The Sun.
London, England, 1844-10-31 00:00:00

LITERATURE.

BANK RETURNS.

II'ELSON S DISPATCHES AN!) LETTERS.

Vol. I. album, London, 1844.
The great success which the dispatches of the Duke
of Wellington, as edited by Colonel Gurwood, have
lately met with, no doubt suggested the idea of the 1
pr, sent publication, which refers to subjects of equal
national importance, and bids fair to obtain an equal
measure of popularity. In the volume before us we
have a sketch of the public career of Lord Nelson,
from the year 1777 down to the year 1794—a period
of unceasing toil and anxiety to the hero, when he
was fighting his way to fame, amidst a host of obstacles
which would have crushed the energies of an inferior
mind. But the victor of the Nile and Trafalgar,
notwithstanding the cloud that too frequently over-
cast his prospects, in the earlier portion of his naval
career, when acting under the orders of Lord Hood
in the Mediterranean, seems never to have given way
to despair, but uniformly to have maintained a stout
heart, and trusted, like Napoleon, to his star. his
dispatches, dated in the year 1794, when he was en-
gaged in operations off Corsica, give abundant proofs
of his well-regulated confidence in his own powers of
mind, and his conviction that when called on to play a
leading part, he should not be found wanting. Yet
there is nothing of boastfulness in his private letters
and official communications at this period; he writes
with uniform modesty and propriety ; and when he
ventures upon a decided opinion in opposition to those
under whose orders he is acting, he takes special care
to give reasons for the faith that is in him, and argues
his point with an ingenuity that cannot fail to extort
the reader's respect and admiration. There is
one peculiarity in Lord Nelson's dispatches, which is
equally remarkable in those of the Duke of Wel-
lington. There is nothing cloudy or diffuse about
them ; they deal in no circumlocutions, but come
direct to the point in a concise, nervous, business-like
style, worthy of all praise. He who runs may read
them, which is not uniformly the case with the official
communications of military and naval men, who are
usually more ready with the sword than the pen.
The Editor of the volume before us, who has exe-
cuted his task in a careful and diligent spirit, observes,
in his preface—" Every letter of Nelson, whether
official or private, is placed according to its exact date,
so that the thoughts and duties which occupied his
mind each day, and even at various times of the same
day, may be traced; and these transitions are often
extremely curious. This arrangement has a great
advantage over any mere classification, not only be-
cause the chains of thought and of events are alike
unbroken, but the dry professional details of a public
dispatch are often relieved by the more attractive con-
tents of private and familiar communications." The
editor's arrangement of the " Nelson Dispatches," to
which he here modestly alludes, deserves every praise
for its skill, and enables us to trace the hero step by
step through his arduous career, and gives us an in-
sight into the thoughts and feelings of which his
mind was full, while steadily and perseveringly fight-
ing his way to fame. We quote one of his private
communications to his wife, dated from Corsica, in the
year 1794, previously to that melancholy separation
from her, which was brought about through the 'in-
trigues of Lady Hamilton :
" Off Bastia, February 28th, 1794.
"My dear Fanny,—l write literally to say lam well,
never better, and in active service, which 1 like. Lord
Hood expresses himself on every occasion well pleased
with my conduct. He is come on this side himself, but
would not bring an older captain than me; therefore the
naval service at Bastia is entrusted to my direction,
under his Lordship. I have now six frigates with me.
Our little brush last Sunday, happened at the moment
when part of our army made their appearance on the
hills over Bastia, they having marched overland from
St. Fiorenzo, which is only twelve miles distant. The
general (Lieutenant-General Dundas) sent an express to
Lord Hood to Fiorenzo to tell him of it. What a noble
sight it must have been! indeed, on board it was the
grandest thing I ever saw. If I had carried with me
five hundred troops, to a certainty I should have stormed
the town, and I believe it might have been carried.
Armies go so slow, that seamen think they never mean
to get forward; but I dare say they act on a surer prin-
ciple, although we seldom fail. You cannot think how
pleased Lord Hood has been with my attack on Sunday
last, or rather my repelling of an attack AN hich the
enemy made on me. He is gone to Porto Ferrajo for
some supplies, but will return in two days. I am to
anchor, to have communication with the army. Bastia is
a large town, and populous, having 10,000 inhabitants ;
there is a fine mole for shipping. If we take Corsica, of
which I have not the smallest doubt, I hope we shall
keep it.
" The natives seem to hate the French, and are a brave
people, and free. The attachment of the Corsicans to
General Paoli is wonderful. When 1 took Miomo,
near Bastia, the Corsicans all declared for the English;
and a gentleman came down, and said, I can DOW
venture to say, how attached I am to Paoli ;' upon
which, taking a miniature of him from his bosom, he
kissed it, and hundreds on their knees immediately
begged to do the same. This is pure affection. Paoli
has nothing to give them, nor any honours to bestow. It
is the tribute of a generous people to a chief who has
sacrificed everything for their benefit. I hope he will
live to see the Corsicans truly free. It is a fine island,
and well cultivated, but the produce has been kept under
by numerous detachments of French soldiers. Their
wines interfered with those of France, and in consequence
their exportation was almost prohibited. Should it be-
long to us, it would soon be a rich country ; but would
materially hurt the Italian powers.—Yours, &c.
" HORATIO NELSON."

(From the London Gazette, of Tuesday.)

An Account pursuant to the Act seventh and eighth
Victoria, cap. 32, of the Average Amount of Bank
Notes, of the several Banks of Issue in England and
\Vales, in Circulation during the Week ending Satur-
day, the 19th day of October, 1844 : Average
PRIVATE BANKS. Amount.
Abingdon Bank, Abingdon—Knapp and Co £27,520
Andover Bank, Andover—Heath and Co 17,430
Ashford Bank, Ashford—Jemmitt and Pomfret 13,505
Aylsham Bank, Ayl.-sharn—]l. and E. Copeman 7,279
Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury—Rickford
and Hunt
Bahlock Bank and Baldock and Biggleswade
Bank, Baldock—Wells, Hogg, and Lindsell...
Barnstaple Bank, Barnstaple—Drake and Co
Basingstoke and Oldham Bank, Basingstoke—
Cole, Seymour, and C 0....
Bedford Bank, Bedford—T. Barnard
Bedford and Bedfordshire Bank, Bedford—
Trapp, Ilalfhead, and Co.
Bewdley Bank, Bewdley—Nichols, Baker, and

Crane
Bicester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford
Bank, Bicester—Tubb, Wootten, and Co
Birmingham Bank, Birmingham—Attwoods,
Spooner, and Co
Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Birming-
ham—Lewis, Moilliett, and Co
Blandford Bank, Blandford—Bastard and Oak
Boston Bank, Boston—Garfit and Co
Boston Bank, Boston—Gee and Co
Bridgwater Bank, Bridgwater—E. &J. Sealey
Bristol Bank, Bristol—Miles, Harfurd, and Co.
Brose!ey and Bridgnorth, and Bridgnorth and
BroFeley Bank, 13roseley—Messrs. Pritchard
Buckingham Bank, Buckingham—Bartlett,
Parrott, and Co.
Bury and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, Market
Bank, Bury—Oakes, Bevan, and Co..
Banbury Bank, Banbury—Gillett and Tawney.
Banbury Old Bank, Banbury—Messrs. Cobb
Bath City Bank, Bath—Moger and Son
Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton
Buzzard—Bassett and Grant
Birmingham Bank, Birmingham—Taylor and
Lloyds
Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire—lL
and A. Harris
Brecon Old Bank, Brecon—Wilkins and Co

13ridport Rink, Bridport—S. and W. E. Gundry
Brighton Union Bank, Brighton—Hall, West,
and Borrer
Burlington and Driffield Bank, Burlington—
Harding, Smith, and Co
Bury St. Edmunds' Bank, Bury St. Edmunds—
J. Worliedge and Co.
Bromsgrove Bank and Stourbridge and Broms-
grove Bank, Bromsgrove—Rufford, Briggs,
and Co.
Cambridge Bank, Cambridge—Mortlock and
Sons
Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cam-
bridge—Messrs. Forsters
Canterbury Bank, Canterbury—Hammond and

33,374
14,455

25,352
32,589

Co
Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen—Morris and

Sons
Chertsey Bank, Chertsey—Messrs. La Coste
Colchester Bank, Colchester—Round, Green,
and Co.
Colchester and Essex Bank, Witham and Essex
Bank, and Hadleigh Bank, Suffolk, Colchester

—Mills, Bawtree-, and Co
Cornish Bank, Truro—Tweedy and Co.
Coventry Bank, Coventry—Little and Wood-
cock
City Bank, Exeter—Milford and Co
Craven Bank, Settle—Birkbecks and Co.
Christchurch Bank, Christchurch—Tice, Welsh,
and Co
Cardiff Bank, Cardiff—Towgood and Co
Chepstow Old Bank, Chepstow Bank, Mon-
mouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon
Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank,
Chepstow—Bromage, Snead, and Co.
Derby Bank, Derby—Messrs. Evans
Derby Bank, Derby—Smith and Co.
Derby Old Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak
Bank, Derby—Crompton, Newton, and Co
Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devizes—Hughes,
Locke, and Co
Diss Bank, Diss—Oakes, Finchatn, and Co
Doncaster Bank, Doncaster—Leatham, Tew,

7,771

18,674

26,206

23,590

17,527
8,489
70,723
15,603
9,360
42,514

24,236

and Co.
Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster—
Cook, and Co.
Dover Union Bank, Dover—Lathan, and Co
Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton-
on-Tees Bank, Darlington—Backhouse, and
Co
Devonport Bank, Devonport—Hodge and Nor-

man
Dorchester Old Bank and Dorsetshire Bank,

29,452

84,939
41,850
54,010
3,933

35,863

35,735

12,160
61,593
26,932

31,855

11,790

3,159

15,596

21,818

50,752

35,326

21,934
3,325

22,309

46,875
46,369

10,329
19,717
74,521

2,860
6,860

7,986
12,207
36,806

24,262

20,016
10,334

12,888

57,736
10,052

77,413

9,187

• Average Amount.
Oxfordshire Witney Bank, Witney—Williams,
Clinch, and Co
Pease's Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old Batik and

10,995

46,899
10,855

45,802

Beverley Bank, Hull—Pease and Co
Penzance Bank, Penzance—Batten and Co
Peterborough Bank and Oundle Bank, Peter-
borough—Messrs. Yorke
Peterborough Bank, Peterborough—Simpson,
White, and Simpson
Pembrokeshire Bank,Haverfordwest—J. and
W. Walters
Penzance Union Bank, Falmouth Bank, and
Truro Bank, Penzance—Rickets, Enthoven,
and Co
Reading Bank, Readini—Simonds and Co
Reading Bank, Reading--,Stephens,Blandy, and
Co
Richmond Bank, Rtehmond—Stapleton and Co
Ringwood and Poole Bank, and Town and
County of Poole Bank, Ringwood—Ledgard
and Sons
Rochdale Bank, Rochdale—Clement; Royds,
and Co
Rochester, Chatham, and Stroud Bank, Roches-
ter—Day and Nicholson
Romsey and Hampshire Bank, Romsey—Foot-
ner and Son
Royston Bank, Royston—Fordham and Sons...
Rugby Bank, Rugby—Butlin and Son
Rye Bank, Rye—Curteis, Pomfret, and Co
Reigate and Darking Bank, and Reigate, Croy-
don, and Darking Bank, Reigate—Nash and
Co
Ross Old Bank, Herefoidshire, Ross—Pritchard
Pritchard
and Allaway
Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Saffron
Walden—Messrs. Gibson
Salop Bank, Shrevvsbury—Burton, Lloyd, and
Co
Scarborough Old Bank, Scarborough—Woodall
and Co
Shrewsbury and Market Drayton Bank, Shrews-
bury—Adams, Adatns, and Co
Shrewsbury Old Bank, and Shrewsbury and
Ludlow Bank, Shrewsbury—Rocke, Eytons,
and Co.
Sittingbourne and Milton Bank, Sittingbourne
—Valiance and Eon
Southampton Town ittid County Bank, South-
ampton —Maddison:ind Son
Southwell Bank, Soutliwell—Wilde and Co
St. Alban's Bank, St. Alban's—J. S. Story
Salisbury Bank, Salisbitry—Messrs. Brodie
Shaftesbury Bank, Shaftesbury—Brodie and
King
Southampton and Hanapshire Bank, Southamp-
ton—Atherly and Fall
Stone Bank, Stone—W• Moore 7,150
Stourbridge Bank, . Stourbridge —Rufford,
Wragg, and Co 17,133
Stafford Old Bank, Stafford—Stevenson and Co 12,367
Stamford and Rutland Bank, Stamford—Eaton,
Cayley, and Co.
Stourbridge Old Bank, Stourbridge—Bate and
Robins ...............
Shrewsbury and Welsbpool Bank, Shrewsbury
—Beck, Downward, and Co. 21,529
St. Albau's and Herts,Bank, St. Alban's—Gib-
son and Sturt
Taunton Bank, Taunton—Messrs. Badcoek 29,377
Tavistock Bank, Tavistock—Gill, Rundle, and
Co 14,810
Thornby Bank, Thornby—Ralph, Yates, and
Parblow
Tiverton and Devonshire Bank, Tiverton—Duns-
ford and Barne
Thrapston and Kettering Bank, Northampton-
shire, Thrapston—Yorke and Eland 12,570
Tring Bank and Chesbarn Bank, Tring—But-
cher and Son
Towcester Old Bank, Towcester—J. and S
Percival
Union Bank, Cornwall, Helston—Vivian and
Co. 14,726
Uxbridge Old Bank, Uxbridge—Hull, Smith,
and Co. .......................................... 24,763
Wallingford Bank, Wallingford—Wells and Co. 14,796
Warwick and Warwickshire Bank, Warwick_
Kelynge, Greenway, and Co. 27,583
Wellington Somerset, Bank, Wellington—Fox,
Brothers .............
West Riding Bank, Wakefield, and Pontefract
Bank, Wakefield—Leatham, Tew, and Co 43,700
Whitby Old Bank, Whitby—Simpson, Chap-
man, and Co
Winchester, Alresford, and Alton Bank, Win-
chester—Bulpett and Co.
Winchester and Hampshire Bank, Winchester
—Wickham and Co
Weymouth Old Bank and Dorchester Bank,
Weymouth—Elliott and Pearce
Wirkesworth and Ashbourne Derbyshire Bank,
Wirkesworth—Arkwright and Co.
Wisbech and Lincolnshire Bank, Wisbech—
Gurney and Co.
Wiveliscombe Bank, Wiveliscombe-I'. and W
Hancock
Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton—Good-
ricl:e and Holyoake.
Worcester Bank, Worcester—Farley, Lavender,
and Co. 14,509
Worcester Old Bank and Tewkesbury Old Bank,
Worcester—Berwick, Lechmere, and Co 84,723
Worcestershire Bank, Kidderminster—Farley
and Turner
Whitby Bank, Whitby—Franklani and Wil-

Dorchester-Williams and Co.
East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard-Robins, Foster,
and Co.
East Riding Bank, Beverley-Bower, Hutton,
and Co. 49,281
Essex Bank and Bishops Stortford Bank,
Chelmsford-Sparrow, Walford, and Co 50,424
Exeter Bank, Exeter-Sanders, and Co 36,647
Fakenham Bank, Fakenham-Gurneys, Birk-
beck, and Co.
Farnham Bank, Farnham-Messrs. Knight 14,370
Faversham Bank, Faversham-Hilton and Co. 6,725
Godalming Bank, Godalming-Mellersh and
King
Grantham Bank, Grantham-Kewney and King 17,497
Guildford Bank, Guildford-Messrs. Haydon... 13,911
Grantham Bank, Grantham-Hardy and C 0.... 29,967
Hastings Old Bank, Hastings-Smith, Hilder,
and Co
Hereford City and County Bank, Hereford-
Matthews and Co.
Hertfordshire Bank and Ware Bank, Ware-
S. Adams and Co.
Hull Bank and Kingston-upon-Hull Bank, Hull
-Smith, Brothers, and Co.
lluntingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting-
don-Rust and Veasey
Harwich Bank, Harwich-Cox, Cobbold, and Co 5,445
Hemel Hempstead Bank, Hemel Hempstead-
Smith, and Whittingstall 19,766
Honiton Bank, Honiton -Flood and Co. 13,831
llert fo rd st)i re, Hitchen Bank,llitchen-Sharples
and Co. 37,122
Hereford, Ross, and Archenfield Bank, and Ross
and Archenfield Bank, Hereford-Morgan
and Hoskins 26,585
Ipswich Bank, Ipswich-Bacon and Co.
Ipswich and Needham Market Bank, Suffblk,
Hadleigh Bank, Manningtree and Mistley
Bank, and Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich-
Alexandors and Co.
Kentish Bank, Maidstone-Mercer, Randall,
and Mercer
Kington and Radnorshire Bank, Kington-J.
Davies and Co
Knighton Bank, Knighton-J. Davies and Co 8,026
Knaresborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank,
Knaresborough-Terry and Co 21,765
Kendal Bank, Kendal-Wakefield, Crewdson,
and Co. 43,272
Kettering Bank, Kettering-Gotch and Sons 9,641
Lampeterßank,Lampeter-Jones,Evans,andCo - 8,290
Lane End Staffordshire Bank, Lane End-C
Harvey and Son
Leeds Bank, Leeds-Beckett and Co 51:585
Leeds Union Bank, Leeds-W.Williams, Brown,
and Co.
Leek and Staffordshire Bank, and Leek and
Congleton Bank,Leek-Fowler,G aunt, and Co. 3,395
Leicester Bank, Leicester-Pagets and Kirby 30,641
Lewes Old Bank, Lewes-Molineux and Co 42,167
Lichfield Bank, Lichfield-Palmer and Green 21,985
Lincoln Bank, Lincoln-Smith and Co 100,087
Llandovery Bank and Llandilo Bank, Llando-
very-David Jones and Co.
Loughborough Bank, Loughborough-Middle-
tons and Cradock
Lymington Bank, Lymington-C. and S. St.
Barbe
Lynn Regis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn Regis
-Gurneys and Co. 42,510
Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis-
Massey and Co.
Macelestield Bank, Macclesfield-Brocklehurst
and Co. 12,519
Manningtree Bank,Manningtree-Nunn and Co. 6,815
Marlborough Bank, Marlborough and Wilts
Old Bank, Marlborough Old Bank, Marl-
borough Old Bank and Hungerford Bank,
and Hungerford Bank, Marlborough-Tanner
and Pinckney
Marlborough and North Wiltshire New Bank,
Marlborough-Ward, Merriman, and Hillier
Merionethshire Bank, Dolgelly-Jones and
Williams

12,590

kinsnn •
Walsall Old Bank, Walsall—Charles Foster and

11,642

11,679

20,073
32,870

40,502
5,238

10,364

5,095

11,788

3,776
15,332
13,628
28,455

14,291

HAND-BOOK FOR LIVERPOOL.
Lacey, Liverpool, 1844.
The stranger in Liverpool will derive as much local
information as he can possibly desire from this little
work, which is got up with singular care, is embel-
lished with a variety of illustrations, and gives descrip-
tions of every place and public building of importance
in Liverpool and its immediate vicinity.

THE FREE CHURCH.
(From the Monthly Statement.)
Our attention has been called, of late, by com-
munications from various quarters, to a matter of no •
small importance, as regards the comfort and usefulness
of ministers in country congregations, and even in
some towns. It ought to be borne in mind that the
stipend of the minister is understood to be derived
from two separate and independent sources—the
Central Sustentation Fund on the one hand, and the
Local Sustentation Fund on the other. The Central
Fund is made up of the contributions from the vari-
ous associations accumulated in one fund, and divided
equally among the ministers of the Free Church,
under the arrangement of the General Assembly.
The payments or dividends allowed to each minister,
from this Central Fund, are received by him at the
half-yearly terms of Martinmas and Whitsunday.
We are desirous, however, of calling the attention of
the Deacons' Court in each of our congregations to
the duty which is incumbent upon them, to appro-
priate the Local Sustentation Fund, which is derived
from the Sabbath-day collections at the church doors,
to its important and legitimate object, that of sup-
plementing the minister's stipend. One case has been
mentioned to us, in which a minister of a country
congregation, amounting to 800 or 900 persons, has
received no supplement from the Deacons' Court
during the past year. The clergyman now referred
to has a large family, and yet the deacons, with a want
of consideration which we should hope is rare, have
expended the whole of the Local Fund in defraying
the debt of the church. Such an alienation of the
church door collections from their proper object is in
distinct opposition to the Act of the General Assem-
bly on the subject, which provides that "the ordinary
collections at the church doors shall be administered
by the deacons of the congregations (after deducting
feu-duties, insurance, and the ordinary expenses of
the place of worship, where not otherwise provided
for), in increasing the stipend of the minister," &c.
Tne supplementing of the minister's stipend, then, is
the very first object contemplated by the Act of
Assembly in the disposal of the Local Fund after
paying nece,sary expenses; and it is the imperative
duty of the Deacons' Court to fulfil that object, and
it is the duty of the Presbytery of the bounds to see
that that object has been fulfilled. To pay off debt
from the collections at the church doors is, in other
words, to burden the minister with the payment of
the debt. Nay, we have known one or two instances
in which the proposal has been coolly made, that the
deficiency of the association funds should be made up
from the Sabbath collections. And what is this in
plain language but to propose that the minister should
pay into the Central Sustentation Fund a portion of
his stipend, that the want of vigour and energy on
the part of the association may be concealed from the
view of the Church generally. These abuses, we,
conceive, require only to be hinted at. They are a
plain departure from the arrangements of the Church,
and we trust that Deacons' Courts on the one hand,
and presbyteries on the other, will take care that, in
every case, the evils be remedied promptly and effec-
tually. The best arrangement, perhaps, would be,
that as the grants to the ministers from the Central
Sustentation Fund are made at Whitsunday and
Martinmas, the grants from the Local Fund should
be made at Candlemas and Lammas. The whole
would thus be brought into regular operation, and
the minister would be able to count upon a payment
each quarter from the one fund or the other.—Ber-
wick Advertiser.

78,058

7,310

4,354

39,424

17,325

24,125

9,122

42,301

6,087

17,901
13,645
3,439
23,808

5,109

10,157

6,430

25,990

5,692

7,882

12,526

13,748

1,679

Sons
Warminster and Wiltshire Bank, Warminster—

21,530

Everett and Co.
Wrexham Bank, Wrexham—J. and S. Kenrick
Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton—
Messrs. Fryer
Yarmouth and Suffolk Bank, and Halesworth
and Suffolk Bank, Yarmouth—Gurney,
Birkbeck, and Co.
Yarmouth, Norfolk and Suffolk Bank, Groat

23,309
2,958

10,655

58,400

Yarmouth-Sir E. K. Lacon, Bart., and Co
Yeovil, Old Bank, Yeovil-E. and J. Batten ..•
York Bank, York-Swann, Clough, and Co
JOINT-STOCK BANKS:
Bank of Westmoreland, Kendal
Barnsley Banking Company, Barnsley
Bradford Banking Company, Bradford
Bilston District Banking Company, Wolver-
hampton
Bank of Whitehaven, Whitehaven
Bradford Commerciaj Banking Company, Brad-
ford ................. . ...................... .
Burton, Uttoxeter, and Staffordshire Union
Banking Company, Burton-upon-Trent
Chesterfield and Mirth Derbyshire Banking
Company, Chesterfield
Cumberland Union Banking Company, Carlisle
Cheltenham and Gloucestershire Banking Com-
pany, Cheltenham . . .................. .
Coventry and Warwickshire Banking Company,
Coventry
Coventry Union Banking Company, Coventry
County of Gloucester'Banking Company, Chel-
tenham
Carlisle and Cumberland Banking Company,
Carlisle
...... - ................................
Carlisle City and District Bank Carlisle 19,796
Dudley and West B ,
romwich Banking Company,
Dudley ................... .
Derby and Derbyshire Banking Company, Derby 19,556
Darlington District Joint-Stock Banking Com-
pany, Darlington
East of England Bank, Norwich
Gloucestershire Banking Company, Gloucester. 146,851
Halifax Joint-Stock Bank, Halifax 18,072
Huddersfield Banking Company, Huddersfield 35,668
Hull Banking Company, Hull 28,262
Halifax Commercial Banking Company, Halifax 13,065
Halifax and Huddersfield Union Banking Com-
pany, Halifax. ....... ..
Helston Banking Company, Helston 1,396
Herefordshire Banking Company, Hereford 23,195
Knaresborough and Clare Banking Company,
Knaresborough 26,567
Kingsbridge Joint-Stock Bank, Kingsbridge 4,348
Lancaster Banking Company, Lancaster 52,517
Leeds Banking Company, Leeds
Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester
Lincoln and Lindsey Banking Company, Lincoln 50,350
Leamington Priors and Warwickshire Banking
Company, Leamington Priors
Leeds and West Riding Banking Company,
Leeds . . 18,270
Leeds Commercial Banking Company, Leeds... 14,427
Ludlow and Tenbury Bank, Ludlow 9,631
Moore and Robinson's Nottinghamshire Bank-
ing Company, Nottingham 30,846
No
gNheatmtingham shire Banking
cttoiningpinamy,
29,820
Newcastle, Shields, and Sunderland Union Joint-
Stock Banking Company, Newcastle
75,145
National Provincial Bank of England, Birming-
ham, Head-office,.; 112, Bishopsgate-street,
London ...................... . 405,353
North Wilts Banking Company, Melksham 63,278
Nottingham
Northamptonshire Union Bank, Northampton 81,296
Northamptonshire Banking Company, North-
ampton ............. .. ... ....................
North and South Wales Banl c, Liverpool 61,000
Pares's Leicestershife Banking Company, Lei-

11,998
8,799
47,086

17,067

13,508

8,553
9,370
47,870

8,445
28,950

19,506

51,771

8,240
33,266

10,779

28,235
15,131

tester ................ . .. . 55,497
Saddleworth Banking Company, Saddleworth 7,075
Sheffield Banking Company, Sheffield 33,319
Stamford, Spalding, and Boston Banking Com-
pany, Stamford 68,560
Stuckey's Banking Company, Bristol Somerset-
shire Bank, and Somersetshire Bank, Lang- _ _

port ................. ................................ 336,845
Shropshire Banking Company, Shiffnall ..... 46,711
Stourbridge and Kidderminster Banking Com-
pany, Stourbridge • 58,710
Sheffield and Hallamshiro Banking Company,
Sheffield
Sheffield and Rotherham Joint-Stook Banking
Company, Sheffield
Swaledale and Wensleydale Banking Company,
Richmond 50,213
Stockton and Durham County Banking Com-

THE CONVICTS BARBER AND FLETCHER.—Ac-
counts recently arrived in Lptidon state that in the ves-
sel which took out the above convicted will•forgers a
fever has broken out to which several of the crew have
fallen a sacrifice, and some of the convicts also, and
among others Barber. He has, it is said, left behim-
him some important memoirs connected with the extra
ordinary will forgeries.

pany, Stockton
Storey and Thomas's Banking Company,
Shaftesbury
Sheffield and Retford Bank, Sheffield ...
Suffolk Banking Company, Ipswich
Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Banking Com-
pany, Wolverhampton 35,773
Wakefield and Barnsley Union Bank, Wakefield 14,405
Whitehaven Joint-Stock Banking Company, ,
Whitehaven
Warwick and Leamington Banking Company,
Leamington
West of England and South Wales District
Bank, Bristol. .. 81,126
Wilts and Dorset Banking Company, Salisbury 73,864

7,579

,INDUSTRY or BEES.—The postmaster at Evanton
had three hives in his garden this season. Each hive
cast twice, and produced 2751 b. of virgin honey.
One of the casts weighed 681 b. of honey, and sold for
lorl. per lb., realizing 2/. 16s. 81, giving daily income to
the owner of 9d. per day, for 75 days, being the exact
number of days from the time it cast until taken down.
—Rosa-shire Advertiser.

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY MORN IN G OCTOBER 31 1844.

Average Amount.
West Riding Union Banking Company, Hud-
dersfield • 31,720
Whitchurch and Ellesmere Banking Company,
Whitchurch
Worcester City and County Banking Company,
Worcester 6,508
York Union Banking Company, York
York City and County Banking Company, York 90,709
Yorkshire Banking Company, Leeds 127,168
P. DEANS, Registrar of Bank Returns.

6,970

IRELAAD.

ACCIDENT TO THE EARL OF BES-

BOROUGH.

DUBLIN, OCT. 23.
The Earl of Besborough met with a serious acci-
dent on Saturday last. The particulars are given in
the following letter:—

" Carrick-on-Suir, Oct. 27.
" With feelings of the greatest regret I have to
inform you that the Earl of Besborough met with an
accident yesterday, which was very near being
attended with the most serious consequences. His
Lordship was riding out of the court-yard, in front
of the house at Besborough, when his horse tripped,
fell, and rolled over him. Dr. Purcell was imme-
diately sent for, and on examination it w as found that
his Lordship had sustained a very severe contusion in
the hip joint, and I regret to add, that up to this time
the pain produced by the injury continues unabated.
" As soon as the accident became known, the most

intense anxiety was felt in this town, where his Lord-
ship is most justly esteemed by persons of every creed
and party ; indeed, to use the words cf a gentleman at
the late dinner of the Iverk Farming Society, ' There
is scarcely an individual in Carrick who does not feel
himself almost under a personal obligation to his
Lordship, for the cordial and persevering assistance
he has alisays given to everything likely to advance
the prosperity of their town.'
"But the feelings of respect and esteem enter-
tained for his Lordship are not confined to this loca-
lity, for I am well aware that there is not a nobleman
in Ireland more generally revered than Lord Besbo-
rough ; and I sincerely hope, therefore, in my next
communication to be able to report, for the gratifica-
tion of the public in general, a considerable improve-
ment in his Lordship's condition."

REPEAL ASSOCIATION.
The usual weekly meeting of the Association was
held this day in the Conciliation Hall. The chair was
taken by J. L. Arahin, Esq., Lord Mayor elect.
Mr. MAURICE O'CONNELL handed in 4/. from

Preston, England, and then brought under the con-

sideration of the Association the conduct of certain

repeal wardens in London, who had entered a meet-
ing held in that City in a state of intoxication, and
when requested by their fellow-wardens to retire,
behaved in a most unbecoming manner. It would be,
he said, inconsistent with the rules of the Association
to allow such a gross breach of discipline to pass un-
noticed. He, therefore, felt it his duty to move that
the names of he wardens in question be struck off the
books of the Association.

Mr. CLEMENTS seconded the motion, and stated
that the Committee, after a patient and searching in-
vestigation into the facts of the case, came to the
unanimous conclusion that the individuals referred to

merited expulsion from the Society.
Captain BRODERICK, after handing in several re-
mittances, announced that the returns from the regis-
tries had been most satisfactory ; and he considered
that if the people followed up the blow which had
been so happily struck, they would be in a position at
the next general election to return such a number of
repeal Members as would give a preponderating in-
fluence to their party in the house of Commons. lie
considered any man that neglected to register as an
enemy to his country. Catholic Emancipation was
the result of the Clare election, and that fact ought to
prove to the people the necessity for exertion. If
they were able to return a band of determined men to
Parliament, it would most unquestionably give an

, -
Lrresistible impulse to their cause.
The Hon. Mr. HUTCHINSON handed in 151. from

Liscarroll, county Cork, and read a communication
which accompanied the remittance. The letter called
on the aristocracy " to take the places of honour in
the patriotic agitation which was being carried on for
the restoration of the nationality of their native
country ; if they did so they would receive the warm-
hearted blessings of the people at large, and entitle
themselves to the everlasting gratitude of a generous
nation." lle (Mr. H.) would re-echo the sentiments
contained in the letter he had just read to the meeting.
He would ask the aristocracy, were they English
or Irish—were they fish or flesh ? Now was the time
for them to be up and stirring.—(Hear, hear.) He
would call emphatically on them to consider seriously
the actual condition of the country, and what might
result from its continuance in that state. England, he
was aware, was smiling at the puny efforts of these
gentlemen to shake off their foolish prejudices. Such
he knew were the private sentiments of every English
man, but he knew they dared not give utterance to
them in public. 'What did the objection of the aris-
tocracy to join them amount to? Why, this, " We
hold your opinions, but yet we cannot follow them."
He regretted that the state of his health would oblige
him to winter in France, and he could assure the
meeting that it was to him a source of bitter morti-
fication to leave the country at this peculiar juncture.
Although, however, he would not be present propria
persona, he would be in spirit, and he trusted that
every letter he read from Ireland would give him
assurance of the perseverance and untiring exertions
of the Irish people in their present glorious career.—
(Loud cheers.) Under the leadership of Mr. O'Con-
nell they had nothing to fear. Having every confi-
dence in his wisdom and discretion, he would caution
his countrymen against being led away by any side-
winded doctrines which might be propounded to them.
He would be wanting in courtesy if he departed with-
out tendering to the Association his unfeigned grati-
tude for the kindness they had shown him since his
accession to their ranks.

The Hon. Gentleman on resuming his seat was
moat enthusiastically cheered.
Mr. M. O'CONNELL was sure every Irishman
would sympathise with him on the reason that de-
prived them of the services of Mr. Hutchinson. His
generous and disinterested zeal was beyond all praise,
and any commendations from him would only detract
from his real merit. His career, it was true, was
short, but it had been brilliant, and was such as would
entitle him to the lasting gratitude of his country-
men. They would fondly anticipate his return in
renewed health to witness the triumph of that cause
of which he was so d:stinguished a supporter.—(Hear,
hear, and cheers.) In conclusion he moved that the
most marked thanks of the Association be tendered to
the Hon. G. H. Hutchinson, for his exertions in the
cause of the country.
Capt. BRODERICK. seconded the motion, which passed
with acclamation.

The Hon. Mr. HUTCHINSON returned thanks for

the distinguished compliment which had been paid
him, and assured the meeting that his body and mind
were at the disposition of his country.—(Cheers.)
He felt that, in acting as he had, he was merely ful-
filling the dictates of his conscience, as he sincerely
believed that their cause was a religious and a chari-
table one.—(Hear, hear.) It was not from any vain
notion of courting popularity that he had acted as he
had, but solely for the purpose of serving his country,
and whenever they required his services he was ready
to respond to her call.—(Loud cheers.)
Mr. M. O'CONNELL rose to bring under the notice
of the Association a communication he had received
from the Rev. D. Hearne, of Manchester, directing
attention to the spread of Ribbonism in that town.
The letter contained the following passage :—" I do
not know what to do with the repeal-room in Sal-
ford ; it is giving me more trouble than all the other
wards. The anecdote told in the Association by Mr.
W. J. O'Connell a few meetings back, of a Ribbon-
man being ducked in a pool of water in this town,
has no foundation in fact ; he must have dreamed it.
The other statement, that in consequence there
was not a Ribbonman in Manchester,' is equally in-
correct. I fear there are many, and among the re-
peelers, too. Indeed, I have heard the name of one
who was about to go 'as a deputy to a meeting
of delegates (Ribbonmen), to be held in the neigh-
bourhood of Belfast. I have been battling with
that society for the last nineteen years in this lo-
cality. 1 know no worse enemies of Ireland than the
Ribbonmen. They are, I am told, very strong in
Liverpool, under the. name Hibernian Societies,'
`Friendly Brothers,' &c. The Association would be
doing no little good by sending over a commission to
Liverpool, Manchester, Glasgow, and the neighbour-
ing towns, to inquire into the existence and nature of
such societies. I believe the Ribbon infatuation in
Ireland to be principally kept up by supplies from
this country. I wmalend all my assistance to such
a commission." Whilst on' this subject, he (Mr.
O'Connell) would call the attention of the citizens of
Dublin to the fact that there were at this moment
emissaries going about seeking to entrap them into
becoming members of this ' nefarious system. He
held in his hand a satisfactory proof of the characters
of the demons to which he had alluded, and the class
to which they belonged. An individual, who repre-
sented himself as William Doyle, had been in the
custom of frequenting a certain public-house, and
there infusing his pernicious doctrines into the
minds of those who were so unfortunate as to
meet with him. One evening last week this
wretch, forgetting himself, he supposed, luckily
enough for the people, got drunk, and when leaving
the house he dropped that document. The Honour-
able Gentleman here exhibited to the meeting a
document, which appeared to be a certificate of the
admission of the individttal in question as an Orange-
man, and bore date July 13, 1844. It was decorated
with orange and blue ribbons, and bore thesstignoaftutrhees
of the grand master and deputy grand
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lodge. It appeared that the persons name
Philips, and not Doyle, as,he stated ; and that be
came from the north of Ireland. The production of
the document created the greatest sensation. Mr.
O'Connell then proceeded to dwell at considerable
length on the folly of joining such societies, and the
great evils which they would necessarily inflict on
the country. He concluded a powerful address,
amidst loud cheers.
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