The Sun.
London, England, 1844-08-17 00:00:00

BANK ISSUES.

The Gazette of last night contains the following returns
under the new " Act to make further provision relative
to the Returns to be made by Banks of the amount of
their Notes in Circulation." The period is twelve weeks
prior to the 27th of April last, and the average amount
in each case is certified by two of her Majesty's Com-
missioners of Stamps and Taxes :
Banbury Bank, at Banbury and Woodstock—
Gillett, Tawney, and Gillett
Banbury Old Bank, at Banbury and Shipston-
on-Stour—T. R. and E. Cobb
Basingstoke and Odiham Bank, at Basingstoke
and Odiham—Cole, Seymour, Brooks, Lamb,

£
43,457

55,153

and Hillier
Bedford and Bedfordshire Bank, at Bedford—
Trapp, Half head, and Trapp
Bradford Old Bank, at Bradford, Yorkshire—

24,730

H., A., and W. M. Harris

8,515

Brecon Old Bank, at Brecon, Merthyr Tydvil,
Carmarthen, Llanelly, Haverfordwest, and
Cardigan—De Winton, Jones, Church, and
Evans
Bridport Bank, at Bridport, Beaminster, Lyme
Regis, Chard, and Axminster—S. and W. E.

12,67

Gundry
Burlington and Driflield Bank, at Burlington
and Driffield—Harding, Smith, Faber, and

68,271

Foster
Craven Bank, at Settle, Shipton, Keighley,
Gisburn, and other places—J., T., and R.
Birkbeck, and W. N. and H. Alcock
Hereford, Ross, and Archenffuld Bank, and
Ross and Archenfield Bank, at Hereford and
Ross—Hoskins, Morgan, and riamp
Lincol❑ Bank, at Lincoln, Gainsborough, Brig,
Market Raiser', Caistor, and Grimsby—
Smith, Ellison, Smith, and Melville
Newark Bank, at Newark—T. S. Godfrey and

24,698

12,745

77,154

27,625

G. Hutton
Newbury Bank, at Newbury—E. B. Bunny and
C. Sloeock
New Sarum Bank, at Salisbury—Hetley,
Everett, Hetley, and Smith
Norwich Crown Bank, at Norwich, Loidol,
Thetford, Bungay, and Southwold—Harvey,
Hudson, and Harvey
Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, at
Nottingham—F. Hart and A. T. Fellowes
Penzance Bank, at Penzance—Batten, Carrie,
and Marrack
Readin,? Bank, at Reading and Maidenhead—
J. and' C. Stephens, and W. C. Blandy
Royston Bank, at Royston—J. G., IL, and F
N. Fordham
.Salisbury fl h, .t 0411 bl-wry and Fording-
bridge—W. B. and C. G. Brodie
Shrewsbury and Market Drayton Bank, at
Shrewsbury and Market Drayton—C. M.
and C. Adams, and C. Warren
Southampton own and County Bank, at
Southampton—M. Maddison and R. Pearce
Southwell Bank, at Southwell, Mansfield, and
Alfreton—W. and J. C. Wylde
Stone Bank, at Stone and Stoke-upon-Trent—
W. Moore

100,342

28,788

36,786

15,659

45,120

10,866

11,405

43,271

16,393

23,335

9,700

18,589

14,744

9,154

MEETING OF IRON AND COAL
MASTERS, IN SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE.
FRIDAY EVENING.—A highly influential meeting of
the leading gentlemen connected with the above trade in
this district, has just been held at the Royal Oak, Dud-
ley Port, Tipton, for the purpose of taking into consi-
deration the great decrease in the sales of South Stafford-
shire coal in the midland counties, occasioned by the late
sudden rise in the tonnage rates of the Warwick and
Birmingham, Warwick and Napton and Coventry canals,
and to determine on the propriety of laying before the
Board of Trade a memorial stating the difficulties, bur-
thensome regulations, and heavy compensation and
mileage tolls to which the products of South Stafford-
shire are subject, in passing from the Birmingham canal
to the midland counties and the metropolis ; also to de-
termine on the propriety of taking the necessary steps
for obtaining from Parliament, in the next session, power
to shorten and improve the navigation communication
between Birmingham and London. Amongst those pre-
sent were Messrs. P. J. and H. Williams, J. E. Piercy,
Esq., It. Scott, Esq., M.P. for Walsall, and chairman of
the Birmingham Canal Company, and Messrs. J. Haines,
V. Houghton, J. Bagnall, J. Spittle, T. Bolley, T. Jes-
son, J. Tilsley, and many other principals of the largest
establishments in the trade.
Mr. J. Williams having been called to the chair, reso-
lutions to give effect to the objects for which the meeting
was called were unanimously agreed to.

SIIRIMPS.—The office of shrimps, says a writer in
the Penny Cyclopadia, seems to be analogous to that of
some of the insects on land, whose task it is to clear
away the remains of dead animal matter after the beasts
and birds of prey have been satiated. If a dead small bird.
or frog be placed where ants have access to it, those in-
sects will speedily reduce the body to a closely-cleaned
skeleton. The shrimp family, acting in hosts, as speedily
remove all traces of fish or flesh from the bones of any
dead animal exposed to their ravage. They are, in short,
the principal scavengers of the ocean ; and, notwith-
standing their office, they are deservedly and highly
prized as nutritious and delicious food.
BELGIUM.—It is interesting to observe, in the
Belgian papers, the announcements of cheap travelling
to England, as if a trip to London were as usual a
summer occupation with our continental neighbours as
it used to be with our country neighbours at this season.
We are informed that in Cologne, Aix, Ilerbesthal,
Ostend, Antwerp, and Brussels, passengers may be
booked through to London, at one fare, by single
tickets. From Cologne to London you may be booked
for 31. 10s. first class, and 2/. 7s. second class. To Aix-
la-Chapelle the price is the same. There is also this
additional advantage to travellers on this route, that if
you wish to stop on the way, you may do so as often as
you please; the ticket given you lasts a month, a certain
portion being cut off at each principal stopping place-
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members had joined it, and the provisional committee had
received assurances of support from masters, journey-
men, and private individuals. The committee were
also in communication with twenty-nine " houses of
call," that would no doubt join the Institution in time.
Letters were received from Mr. Liston, surgeon, approv-
ing of the Institution, and from Doctors Cox, Roberts,
and Bowkett, offering their services as physicians. The
receipts, after discharging all liabilities, left a balance in
the Commercial Bank of 151. ss. 9d. The report was
adopted, after which the officers for the ensuing year
were elected, and thanks voted to the chairman.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN Sollo.—Last night, about
a quarter to ten o'clock, one of the most destructive fires
witnessed for many years broke out in the workshops
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Mr. llarpur, coachmaker, George-yard, Soho.of
premises are in a neighbourhood composedoo, and
work-
shops, and the buildings all composed wod a
burning only
6 a few minutes elapsed before the whole was
mass. The St. Anne's parish, and also the C section
engines of the London Establishment, as well as many
others, were in a short ti
me on the spot, but from the in-
flammable nature of the materials on fire the destruc-
tion of thousands of pounds worth of property was
quickly completed.
TIER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—This successful sea-
son of the opera will terminate definitively on Tuesday
next. The talents of all the first artists of the esta-
blishment in both branches of art will be called into.
play. The performances will embrace the operas and
ballets which have been the greatest favourites with the
public.