The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-26 00:00:00

CITY BANKS.

The following return of the money balances of*
City banks was made to the Parliamentary Comeititt"
in 1840, but by them considered an improper docu-
ment for publication at the time. It appears, how-
ever, in the last Number of the British and Foreign
Quarterly Review as a note on an article-on Corn and
Currency, and on collateral authority we have aster'
tained that it is correctly given. Our readers will
understand that the sums placed against the names 0'
the respective banking-houses is the aggregate manna
amount of the bJances for 1840 :

Barclay and Co. . , £107.000,000
Glyn and Co. - 105,000,00Q
Jones Loyd and Co.. .....
Masterman and Co. - • 90,000,000
Robarts and Co. - 80,580,000
Smith, Payne. and Co.
Williams and Co.
Barnett and Co. ' 50,000;000
Lubbock and Co 33,760,000
Stone, Martin, and Co. - 33,700,000
Prescott and Co - 30,000,000
Denison and Co.
Hanbtiry and Co 24,700,000
Lndbroke and Co.
Willis and Co • • 20,500,000
Curries and Co.
Spooner and Cc 10,000,000
Price and Co.
Hankey and Co.
Bernard and Co. 12,000,090
Were and Co.
Rogers and Co 9,000,000
Dorrien and Co. 8,000,000
Fuller and Co 7,500,000
Brown and Co 7,000,000
Bosnnquet and Co. 3,700,000
Stevens and Co.
Weston and Co. ...

Total • . £978,496,000
Since the date of the above return two of the firs
there named have become extinct. Ladbroke and j
has retired, and Dorrien and Co. has been incorporAr
with Curries. These returns possess considerable 111'I
terest, but they certainly convey no correct idea'
the relative amount of the regular banking bustne:
transacted by the respective houses. For exinaPri
Barclay and Co., the first on the list in point,°,
amount, has the business of the immense diseounOr
firm of Gurney and Co., which of itself accounts '°t
their position at the clearing-house. Glyn and Cf;
has by far the largest portion of the business of tlo
railways and other joint-stock companies, and Robs)* e
and Co. stands so high on the list chiefly from tl'h
amount of stock-brokers' cheques, which pass throllg.t
hough
hands. Other cases could easily be pointed (3,10
to account for the position occupied by the hous !.
the list, but we have said sufficient to show that Ow
amounts furnish no fair test of the legitimate banictt
business transacted by the different firms. Loki'
at the whole case, however, it is perfectly clear, fo,s;
that and other circumstances, that the tendency of Oa'
banking business" of London of late years has bees,
very decidedly towards a concentration in comPlire
tively a few large houses. On this principle We hi'
a right to expect that more of the smaller firms *.ll
yet become extinct. Our readers in the country le
understand that the foregoing list does not inclu,be
the bills and, cheques of the Bank of England 9;
joint-stock banks, nor any of the banks westward •
the City.—Herald.

EDINBURGH TOWN COUN CIL•T
TUESDAY, APRIL 9.3.•

PRESENT TO THE CITY FROM I:61145

BROUG HAM.
The LORD PRovosT intimated that. Lord Brougbe°
et,
had been pleased to present the corporation with twell!";e
eight large volumes, containing the Acts of the Sectu,ho
Parliament, from 1424 to 1707, the Statutes of frti
Realm, and the Public Records, published by the flecor
Commissioners. (The books were lying on the Ccti°,,f
table. His LordAiip then proposed that the thanksfor
the Council should be tendered to Lord BroughenLa
his valuable present.
.He knew that Lord. Brotlgrijo
always entertained an affectionate remembrance ci,d
is
native city, and was prepared to do what he c9lll
tn-
promote its prosperity, and to be of service to It°,firie
habitants. It was an unhappy condition of 1111'4.
greatness, that let a man spend a long life in conferrjoi
benefits on the public, should be offend in one etee
those who take offence will consider him guilty 0'
whole law, and will not only forget all his previa°
vices, but the very number and greatness of thernia be
add to the bitterness of their indignation. It won' ti,
very unbecoming in him, and very inappropriate °II but
present occasion, to enter on disputed questiotot
surely he might say Edinburgh was justified in l'heit
proud of Lord Brougham as one of her most distine re-
sons and a burgess of the city, especially when the his
called to mind the great service he had rendered' tb°
country, as the fearless and eloquent defender %X *
oppressed, whether in the humble condition Lre-
printer or an exalted princess ; he had been in the
most ranks of reform, vi hether in the law or gell;,,
policy—he had been one of the most distinguished
cates for-the abolition of slavery, and it was in no sO3„,
degree owing to him that the chains of slavery hndr-o.
for ever broken in the British settlements. It hie
necessary for him to refer to the great services Lae
Lordship had rendered to science and literature, an
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general education of the people—he might, however, I'
mind therdof what they bad 'probably forgotten, th__tro
was to Lord Brougham they were in a
indebted for their seat at that Board, for it w1:7,00
who took charge of the measure of Burgh 11
in the House of Lords, and by his energy and t!'.o"esi.
carried it safely through.—(Hear, hear.) on's
sidering this present as an evidence of Lord Bough e to
kind recollections of his native city, and his
des"
great mane,
adianee its prosperity and the interests of its inhabitanucit
the Lord Provost moved that the thanks of the ecluot.
be tendered to Lord Brougham for his valuable pre {eel-
not more for its intrinsic worth than for the kind
ings which it implied.—(Hear dos
Baihe URQUHART seconded the motion, wale.-
unanimously adopted.
TESTIMONIAL TO MR. ROWLAND MILL. del
The Council, on the motion of Mr. RUSSELL, rrn,r.
to the Lord Provost's Committee, to consider tne. r e
of
priety of taking steps for convening a public meel'llife
the inhabitants in aid of the proposed testimonial °to,
Rowland Hill, the author of the penny postage sal°
r°l,
39, ALDEMARLE-STREET, PICCADILLY. —Gen (Or'
Browne Clayton feels desirous to express the cca
and advantage he has derived at his advanced ag„,° essee•
years, and after two years' trial, from the use of 03,rheit
S. and B. Solomons newly invented Spectacles• hove
valuable inventions fully merit the patronage thej„
received. Address, Adlington-hall, Laneaen.":4o
Major-General Sir Howard Elpliinstone beg;s.to Woe
the Spectacles he has now had some time in use' $.
fully redeemed the assurance of the Messrs. 5;
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Solomons as to their excellence, and having it:)",.e-,
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_far P"treer'
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posite the York Hotel. Gentlemen, I approve very 00°
of the Spectacles I purchased from you ; I 110 eh
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.And Aurists, are not in any way connected with a rhoOd'
-of the same name in their immediate neighh°tOce°'
Nor in any part of the country. To prevent nu7Albe
be cautions and observe—only to be had at 391
marle-street, Piccadilly, opposite the York Hotel. tbje
BRUSSELS APRIL 22.—Scarcely anybody ill for
country recollects to have seen vegetation in general .00
ward in the month of April as it now is. The prolc7o
f tb°
the fields, and the numerous gardens in the environl.
capital, look as if we were already in the middle °A bolo
This extraordinary precocity has occasioned another he er
menon which, indeed, is not so rare ; and that i3,t cbtir
pearance, in some parts of Brabant; of a mulitude_of2f;je,

DIED. , fret, ~
On the 22d inst., at Lincoln, William Hainvrortil' °
14 late of London. te
On the 16th inst., Margaret, daughter of &A—

Patison, of Edinburgh.
On the 18th inst., Mr. William Curtis, Strand• of Bite
On the.2lst inst., -the Rev. James Powell,
woll, Leicestershire. hip IlllB'
On the 31st of January,'on board her Majesty'is
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off the coast of Africa, John Thomas, Esq af
Lovet.,
- On the 15th inst., in the Circus, Bath,•Dirs.
Sackville H. Lovett, Esq. g sannitY
On the 16th inst., at St. John's-wood-terrace, Dirs. ,ut Bar
Saunders, widow of the late Captain Saunders, 15
ment of Foot. ,„ Sis 3
~,.
.•On the 20th inst., in Park-street, brosvenor-El,l•*-
Anne Cathe ' rine Pack, aged ~' pubi""
Ou the 21st inst., at Jury's Hotel, College-gr°-'
Mr, Henry Ward. , _.--
Vicar
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