The Sun.
London, England, 1844-12-06 00:00:00

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MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS'

FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY;
CITY, THURSDAY EVENING.
TIMES.—The following is an extract from a letter
from Galveston, dated October 1, received in the City:'
" An invasion is expected. Galveston is entirely with-
out defence, and Texas has not a single vessel that 50
put to sea against the enemy."
The plan of stamping bankers' cheques, forthe parse
of securing aprofit to the revenue that could not be evaded,
like the present duty on receipts, has been a good deb °
discussed in the City among persons connected ,t
various branches of business. Among the remarks u3Bl-1
on it is one against its adoption, which certainly uler't,i,
consideration. This is to the effect, that the sterol) °'
checques would fall unequally on different classes of Lb'
community, and, at the same time, without anythig
like a proportion to the income of the paying part
By the nature of their business, merchants, members
the Stock Exchange, and others, are constantly drawi4
cheques in the course of the day, many of which bring'
perhaps, but little profit, and these, though their pi.'
were small, might be paying at a rate t qual to the
come-tax on a handsome fortune. On the other Wu:
the wealthy retired persons at the other end of the 'wl
frequently draw but a few largo cheques in the course:a
the week ; that, unless something like a gradual
scale were adopted, it is contended that these rich ill
five people might be paying rence while the active art,
less opulent merchants witulcl be paying pounds. It 'r;
moreover, apprehended that even if the measure were
adopted, ready means would be found to evade it.
The Government having ceased to make monthly 11;
turns in the Gazette of the average circulation of notes 01
England by the private and joint-stock banks, 58 vi„f
formerly the custom under the provisions of the Act it
4 and 5 Victoria, cap. 50 (the Act passed in 1840,,
becomes a matter of some importance to ascertain:-
what manner the public are to obtain this necessary Irs
formation. It does not appear very evident that the leer
Act for the regulation of the Bank of England and °lllb
banks of issue, which was passed this year, and by vitl
certain returns are ordered to be made, has in any d
superseded the former arrangements ; but the Stall
office have ever since merely published in -the Gazeo
the weekly amount of each banker's circulation, and
ceased to render the averages as heretofore. -
tilt
We are indebted to the Bankers' Magazine ,be
month for a reprint, in a more convenient form, of of
returns contained in the Gazette of the cireulation.tb
notes in England for the weeks ending the 19th and Pio.
of October and the 2d and 9th of November ; and 85
as the persons immediately connected with the differenre
banks are concerned in this question, these return' sod
all that they can require, and are much better a(11400
fur reference than the Gazettes themselves ; but theYLO
not suffieient for the wants of the public, as veil
persons can be expected to take the trouble of addinci;
six closely printed pages, containing each four diets
columns of large amounts, and the aggregate of 011,4
is nearly 32,000,000. We therefore insert the fogey"
abstract, compiled from these tables : to'
The four weekly returns above enumerated form
gether the aggregate circulation of the month °tap
on the 9th of November, and give an average ties'
don as follows : • X. „it
Private banks
Joint-stock banks 3,2

Total circulation of private notes in Eng-
land 7,855,
dia
On a comparison with the return for the month ell
the 12th of October, this shows :—•

--A
decrease in the notes of the private
banks of 39,121
A decrease in the notes of the joint-
stock banks of
Total decrease last month ••• 150,466
And as compared with the same period last year4s
Decrease in the notes of the private-banks 269,v
Decrease in the notes of the joint-stock-
banks

Total decrease as compared with the same
364,6101
period last year
The Bankers' Almanack for 1845, gives a rettiP.Acto,
the country bank; ssues, as allowed by the last ett
which is probably more correct than any yet rrO
lished, as they have corrected several slight (35,beit
which appear to have been made in the 'Gazette'.

estimate is as follows : . •
47
208 private banks allowed to issue X5,153, ,6
72 joint-stock banks allowed to issue 3,496,4*
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Total £8,648'8 to
From a comparison of this statement with th°,,,, ete,
monthly average, it appears that the private bslll,oool'
about 620,000 L, and the joint-stnek hanks about 27v, eb'
below their allowed issues. And it may here
cinder,
served, that the last week, ending the 9th of 10170
is in both cases lower than thr shove average
w
month. • colli
SUN.—The Funds maintain a steady appearance. 0
1
sole have been 100* to 101 for Money this afiernooe,o
99i to par, ex div., for the opening. Bank Steelgoar
done at 208. New Three-and-a-Quarter per
were 1021 i ; and the Three per CentF., 100 ilia'
The Foreign Stoats varied but little after them° po,
Spanish Five per Cents. were 25 to 241- ; the • Th" 651'
Cents., 36,f 1; and Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Ceti „,),
The additional transactions in Railway Shares"
roe
rho
been these :—Bristol and Gloucester, 61 • ~'"Orte
Valley, 11 + ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 11 tc:l ; oter
Western, 69 ; Ditto, Half, 39; Ditto, Fifths, 16; spry
I pool and Manchester, 113; South-Western, 39110 I
Kent, i ; Richmond and West-End Junction, I $
South-Eastern, Scrip, 61 ; Boulogne and Atojell: 4 ,'
Orleans and Vierzon, 9 ; Orleans and BordeePwr
Paris and Lyons, 11 ; Paris and Orleans, OIL f
and Rouen, 191 ; and Paris and Strasbourg, 3
mium. Brighton hare been 11 to i discount. ,
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GOLDEN RULES for MEN DIC--A O,)
(From Cruikshank's Comic Almanack for 19101,
1. Always carry a box of lucifers in your from
It is the .2-Egis of a beggar's life, and shields bin)
•
the invasion of policemen. so'
L i
2. Never be lame and blind together in tl'e ffor lti
town. One infirmity at a time is enough
coldest sympathy. 101
3. Run sedulously after. Quakers and flit f, is
especially if you have with you at the time a yll If
a large family. her. J
4. Never tail to sing out.well in cold weati- plis,le
you have three or four little boys and girls 0- yr
sizes, to sing with you, all the better. AlivitY!,nice4
the middle of the street to give effect to your, '-afell
5. You must be " frozen out" regularly itch
winter, and mount duty in the streets, with * r
fork, tipped with a cabbage, over your shoulder',
6. Your costume in each season must be Wog til;
site of that usually worn ; that is to say, c1u.,,,r004,4
winter, a pair of very thin trousers and a eori-r rtl
be all you require. Shiver violently and chstt,e,o VI
teeth as often as a person passes you. A saile'a is
striped shirt, and canvas trousers, are nab° tej o
country town. .
L Mind, in your orations, you " haveo3:o4
food for three days," and make a practice efhos'e
up bones, or old crusts, out of the gutter, sP" j
ing them, if there is any one looking at you. elie,
8. Never be too modest, if any one hairsi,
you, to ask for " an old coat, or a pair of ouAto fl
Recollect, Holywell-street is not too proud ti
Chase the most worthless of wearing apparel.
„., pot to
9. Take care, if you are deaf and diguiu,eo 00,11
answer any one. Suffer yourself to bets tiesti
custody rather than notice the impertinent q
get f
of an officer of the Mendicity Society.
10. Take care of long crossings, if. you sreitad,„of
lame. It is extremely unpleasant, as well as oif ),,„
to carry your crutches and run all of a sudcle°l"
happen to have at your heels a mad bull or 0 c
omnibus. beier'fild
U. Chalk writing is unprofitable, and - 3di
the old school. If you are driven to it, d°o,l
t; f,
about spelling incorrectly, and be sure )ors ty
" starving." Quiet spots, lilt:. Gower street
~b of 0
sell-square, are the best markets for this brau_.'lo k,O,
profession. In great thoroughfares you 4 j
your fresco or caligraphy rubbed out by e; 0 e
feeling passer-by, and be obliged ultimatell 4'
your chalks." 1,
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BIRTITS. ik he ,
On the 4th inst., at Thornham Ilall, Sano „"-' jell''
Henniker of a daughter.
On the 4th inst., at Melchbourne Park, the Lacif 91
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of a son. , 90. ir;
On the 2d inst., Mrs. Hambleton Custance, at ap tbete
On the 25th ult., at Craigdarroch, Dumfriashiralo" j
Lig
of J. G. Jarvis, Esq , late Captain in the 52d po'
of a daughter. ire, I
.0
On the 23d ult., at the Archdeaconry, List °. e' ,Doll'
Archdeacon Power, of a sen. Lady
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On the 28th ult., at Lee Howie, Lanark, 1,1, eir
Lockhart, of a son and heir. tl, tb •
On the 30th ult., at York-place, Clifton, Dris"° cAl&j,
of Francis Ward, sq., of a daughter. arest Aar
On the sth inst., at Winchester Cottage,...., in-
street, Camden-town, the wife of W. Webbe, rrs ell
d'
of a son. 0, EP,
On the sth inst., at Fairfield, Bow, Mrs .1.- kI,
St'' Pb
'V ARRIED• late of Ae,
On the 28th Bridge, Es+, George 1e to Miss Julia Isolda Bissett, of the latter pie ,eorge el ~
On the 4th inst., at St. Marylebone Chnteli,,s'aeleo4oo
Harding, Esq., of Solihull, Warwickshire, tic'
col 1,7
daughter of the late Rev. J. Watson, of Ara
ton, Hants. i/I°ll4Vet;:
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the 29th ult., at the house of her son, „„ reit Go
Mile-end, Mrs. Elizabeth Serjeant, aged e‘gni6c6 led,'
William Serjeant, of the Foreign Newsl34l3 ply
Post-office. .1, JeFeloreJ
On Tuesday, the 26th ult., aged 9 ive-si. podP of
the infant son of Mr. James Melhuish, 0 oar
~, Dev"
Blandford• square. ' ,notti,m, Atgi°
On the 21st ult., at Tump, near P' ,note -
Mr. Charles Manuelle, of London, stone-ta hL
1..,13'
On the lit inst., at West-hill Lodge, Be'.'" ._,a,i, D
Adelaide, only daughter of W. Atree, F.,5,(1.,,1in ela''
joep
On the Ist inst., at Islington, Sarah Cam'
~aare' t•
ter of Mr. John Blount Price. Chester-l' 6°°ller)
On the 2d inst., in Ebury-street, , i,,bt Prtugb,f 0+
Dowson, Esq., late Captain in the 1401 .1, b
LOUtbillr''Ate. °
tile
On the 4th inst., at Holden HnneeLe gsgis---
age
Thomas Lotherington, Esq., one of tu
,;„h-tolcl3' „pf°'
county. 'co.,— ei- ~
On the 4th inst., at the Vicarage, pow -DP
le 0,
Johnson Grant, M.A., aged 72. _ t,.
stree- ,e bell
On the 4th inst., in Westbouttle -tesiestY ,o, el
Susannah, wife of Mr. Chalmers, of her 1"- J ,
I,oll> ill;
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