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

CITY BANKS.
The following return of the money balances of-the
City banks was made to the Parliamentary Committee
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 Meer-
tAined that it is correctly given. Our readers will
understand that the sums placed against the names of
the respective banking-houses is the aggregate annutt
amount of the biances for 1840 : .
Barclay and Co. • £107,000,000
Glyn and Co.
Jones Loyd cud Co.
Mastvrman and Co.
Robarts and Co.
Smith, Payne, and Co.
Williams and Co.
Barnett and Co.
Luhbot:k and Co 33,760,000
Stone, Martin, and Co.
Pres;lut and Co 30,000,000
Do.nison and Co. 26,863,000
Banbury and Co 24,700,000 •
Ladbroke at.d Co.
Willis and Co 20,500,000
Curries and Co.
Spooner and Co 10,000,000
Price and Co.
Hankey and Co.
Barnard and Co. 12,000,0110 • .
Were and Co.
Rogers and Co 9,000,000
Dorri,.n and Co. 8,000,000
Fuller and Co 7,500.000 •
Brown and Co 7,000,000
Bosangunt and Co. 3,700,000
Stevens and Co.
Weston and Co..

Total 2978,496,060
Since the date of the above return two of the 11,131
there named have become extinct. Ladbroke and wed
has retired, and Dorrien and Co. has been incorporate.'
with Curries. These returns possess considerable Pi
terest, but they certainly convey no correct /de!
the relative amount of the regular banking buslat
transacted by the respective houses. For exam,P;,/
Barclay and Co., the first on the list in poiPmg
amount, has the business of the immense disconat7,i
firm of Gurney and Co., which of itself accounted,
their position at the clearing-house. Glvn and be
has by far the largest portion of the business of to
railways and other joint-stock companies, and 11013Pii,
and Co. stands so high on the list chiefly from tl;
amount of stock-brokers' cheques, which pass thraqut
their hands. Other cases could easily be pointed °Di
to account for the position occupied by the house 3
the list, but we have said sufficient to show that ,bea,
amounts furnish no fair test of the legitimate bank'''.
business transacted by the different firms. Leak,l.l/;
at the whole case, however, it is perfectly clear, I,l'le
that and other circumstances, that the tendency o,f rte
banking businesS of London of late years has
very decidedly towards a concentration in come
tively a few large houses. On this principle we 10
a right to expect that more of the smaller firms
yet become extinct. Our readers in the countrylifde
understand that the foregoing list does not
the bills and cheques of the Bank of Engleau,,i, of
joint-stock banks, nor any of the banks westwar"
the City.—Herald.

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EDINBURGH TOWN COUNCIJ)',
TUESDAY, APRIL „,
PRESENT TO THE CITY FROM LORI)
BROUG HAM. hsits
The LORD PROVOST intimated that Lord Brag tf.
had been pleased to present the corporation with trientg.b
eight large volumes, containing the Acts of the Se?.t.ibe
Parliament, from 1424 to 1707, the Statutes M Ord
Realm, and the Public Records, published by the Ptc-cil
Commissioners. (The books were lying on the C°l,li; of
table. His Lordship then proposed that the thari—for
the Council should be tendered to Lord Brouglialois
his valuable present. He knew that Lord Broil; bo
always entertained an affectionate remembrance o,i to
native city, and wee prepared to do what he county
promote its prosperity, and to be of service to rayon
habitants. It was an unhappy condition of ,r,.rtsg
greatness, that let a man spend a long life in coOleLiot,
benefits on the public, should he offend in one rf ttie
those who take offence will consider him guilty °"per'
whole law, and will wit only forget all his previolni.
vices, but the very number and greatness of theiVbe
add to the bitterness of their indignation. It Wet' die
very unbecoming in him, and very inappropriate .but
present occasion, to enter on disputed questiong,o4
surely he might say Edinburgh was justified in 1'1°0,4
proud of Lord Brougham as one of her most disting':
sons and a burgess of the city, especially when the! big
called to mind the great service he had .rendeo f the
country, as the fearless and eloquent defender e'of, 0
oppressed, whether in the humble condition for,
printer or an exalted princess; he had been in the n tot
most ranks of reform, eliether in the law or ge-A.efo'
policy—he had been one of the most distinguished 61411
cotes for the abolition of slavery, and it was in noitets
degree owing to him that the chains of slavery Ini""ifir
for ever.broken in the British settlements. it
necessary' for him to refer to the great services which' b,
Lordship had rendered to science and literature, and`,
general education of the people—he might, howereP_ro
mind them of what they had probably forgotten, tb711.14
was to Lord Brougham they were in a great ine6s. be
indebted for their seat at that Board, for it was be
who took charge of the measure of Burgh Pakett
in the House of Lords, and by his energy and tool'
carried it safely through.—(Hear, hear.) ramis
sidering this present as an evidence of Lord Brolig.o,lo
kind recollections of his native city, and hie deli,
advance its prosperity and the interests of its inhaiibl
the Lord Provost moved that the thanks of the 'c'sect.
be tendered to Lord Brougham for his valuable Pr:POP
not more for its intrinsic worth than for the kin .
ings which
URQUHA it implied.—(H
seconded the motion, ws'e
unanimously adopted.
TESTIMONIAL TO MR. ROWLAND RILL'
_mole'
The Council, on the motion of Mr. RUSSELL, " Pro;
to the Lord Provost's Committee, to consider the.pg?
priety of taking steps for convening a public niee!idlr.
the inhabitants in aid of the proposed testimonliu,:elo
Rowland Hill, the author of the penny postage sic A
Deify
39, ALBEMARLE-STREET, PICCADILLY. a
Browne Clayton feels desirous to express the 'of f"
and advantage he has derived at his advanced age 00'
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years, and after two years' trial, from the use of TO/
S. and B. Solomons newly invented Spectacles. 4100
valuable inventions fully merit the patronage tlitire.?;
received. Address, Adlington-hall, Lattonsc. tbk
Major-General Sir Howard Elphinstone begs to bst°
the Spectacles he has now had some time in 11se'osa
~
fully redeemed the assurance of the Messrs. „Lid
Soh m )ns as to their excellence, and having ief
much comfort and advantage from their use, fliff,oret'
able to every other kind of glasses. 13, Norfol"so..Y.
Park- lane.—The Hon. George Cavendish, to gielii,slll
and B. Solomons, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccau'v
polite the York Hotel. Gentlemen, I approve ,/er:o
of the Spectacles I purchased from you ; iiiith r";
use of glasses for many years, and never met I"' ipso
to enable me to see equal to yours, and with lesseliv.;
veniewe to my eyes. Yours obediently, G. C.'`,„.-Tel,e:3
Leixlip Castle, Ireland.—lmproved Achrorns'
copes, Opera Glasses, Microscopes, &c., of the 51ix.13,0
of lances, to surpass any ever yet inveute
Mss -rs. S. and B. Solomons' Invincibleopers°.lifel:
Conductor, Sound Magnifiers for deaf persons' of
mediate relief to old standing extreme cuse9nciticSo
ness.—Caution. Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, 'rperrA'a
and Attribts, are not in any way connected withhos'orn";
of the same name in their immediate neigh 'Oil'
Nor in any part of the country. To prevent IT9'l,
be cautious and observe—only to be had at gl, , 4,0
in trle-street, Piccadilly, opposite the York II?"
BRUSSELS, APRIL 22.—Scarcely anyboofria Ole*
country recollects to have seen vegetation in genrenigenrie
ward in the month of April as it now is. The P,..n'-fiS
the fields, and the numerous gardens in the en
vo- of '.no
cae
pital, look as if we were already in the middle or;ie
This extraordinary precocity has occasioned r
te s
incnon which, indeed, is not so rare ; and that
,Ifsft)
pearance, in some parts of Brabant, of a mulitude ,
BIRTHS. ..ffs „
On the 24th inst., at Cleves Lodge, Chelsea, ""'
Sotheby, of a daughter.
On the 24th inst., Mrs. Henry Page, of Catford--
tb
ham, of a daughter. Atte
On the 24th inst., at Holles-street, Cavendisu-
lady of Dr. C. J. B. Williams, of a son.
On the 25th inst., at Chatham-place, Bla , 000
Stauffer, of a son. David
On the 25th inst., at Leytonstone, Mrs.
Morgan, of a son.
MARRIED. 0n1.7
At Crondall, the Rev. E. Y. White, to Anne►own, t- •hs
of the late 11:w. John Lockmar Crane, Vicar o'f ib• Peo t-,
On the 23 inst., at Eccleston, near Cheater, ts,
Moxon Mann, 8.A., British Chaplain at Cohl4ootia lis
Rhine, to Clara, youngest daughter of Digbyl lu
penter, Esq., of Hawke House, Sunbury. tutVrt.'
On the 23d inst., the Rev. Henry Thomrson,'„r
ouglii°r
Eliza, youngest daughter of Sir William Walt
Pyrlaud Hall, Somersetshire.
On the 23d inst., at Wherwell, Sir 'Million' of •
fr•
to Elfrida S. H. Iremonger, youngest daughter !)
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Iremonger, Wherwell Priory, Hants. thi of Idr
On the 23d inst., sit St. George's Church, rougbter
Charles James Kemp, to Martha, youngest of
tin eg, I%ilidet
John Trevers, of Gloucester-place, (.)Id Ken
On the 24th inst., at St. George's, Calnhery aa
Woods, of Cardiff; Glamorganshire, to Miss
Hanover-place, Rye-lane, Peckham.

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On the 22d inst., at Lincoln, Tf rth'
lliani ilai—n 4tte'r' I.
late of London. late '•
On the 16th inst., Margaret, daughter of the
Panson, of Edinburgh. I OW
On the lEth inst., Mr. William Curtis, Strittle.ar o'• •
On the 21st inst., the Rev. James rowel', '
hip Wir°'
well, Leicestershire. Majesty's I—.• 01
On the 31st of January, on board her ifs.
off the coast of Africa, JUhn Thomas, Egg' LOW' `rife.
On the 15th inst., in the Circus, Bath, Alre. _„pali
Snckville H. Lovett, Esq. _at.... sui•llegi-
On the 16th inst., at St. John's-wood-e, 01'41 it P
Saunders, widow of the late Captain Saunders, Afistj
ugre'
On
mt of Foot. •
the 20th inst., in Park-street, Gres/4111(45' DU blo'
Anne Catherine Pack, aged 76. aveeti,
On the 215 t inst., at Jury's Hotel, Colleg-D: ` • .
Mr. Henry Ward -- - . ;C. .0
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