The Sun.
London, England, 1844-08-21 00:00:00

BANK ISSUES.

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The Gazette of last night contains the following re-
turns 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 Commissioners of Stamps and Taxes :
Abingdon Bank, at Abingdon and Wantage—H
Knapp 29,316
Andover Bank, at Andover—W. H. Heath
Ashford Bank, at Ashford—W. Jemmett and V
Pomfret
Aylesbury Old Bank, at Aylesbury, Chesham,
and Thame—W. Bickford and Z. D. Hunt
Aylshanp Bank, at Aylsham—R. and G. Cope- _ _

man - 5,854
Bedford Bank, at Bedford—T. Barnard 34,218
Birmingham Bank, at Birmingham—Taylor,
Lloyd and Co 38,816
Bland ford Bank, at Blandford—P. N. Bastard and
W. C. Oak 9.723
Boston Bank, at Boston—Gee, Gee, and Wise
Bridgewater Bank, at Bridgewater—H. E. and J.
Seeley 10,028
Brighton Union Bank, at Brighton—Hall, West,
and Borrer 33,794
Buckingham Bank, at Buckingham, Stoney
Stratrord, Winslow, and Brackley—G. Par-
rott and T. Hearn
Bury and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, and
Stow-market Bank, at Bury St. Edmund's,
Mildenhall, Thetford, Sunbury, and other
places—Oakes, Bevan, Moor, and Bevan 82,362
Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, at Cam-
bridgt, St. Ives, Royston, Ely, and New-
market—E., C. F., and G. E. Forster
Canterbury Bank, at Canterbury—Hammond,
Plutnptre, Furley, Hilton and Furley
Colchester and Epex Bank, and Witham and
Essex Bank, at Colchester and Witham=
Bawtree, Errington, Bawtrec and Haddock
Diss Bank, at Diss and Harling—Oakes, Fincham,
Bevan, and Moor
Doncaster Bank, at Doncaster —Tew, Jackson,
and Leatham
Hadleigh Bank, at Hadleigh, Suffolk—Bawtree,
Erringtoe, and Bawtree
Hemel Hempstead Bank, at Hemel Hempstead
and Watford—W. Smith & E. F. Whittingstall 23,842
Nuneaton Bank, at Nuneaton—J. Craddock and
W. Bull
Oxford Bank, at Oxford—J. and B. Morrell
Peterborough Bank, at Peterborough—Simpson,
White, and Simpson 12,832
Peterborough Bank and Oundle Bank, at Peter-
borough, Oundle, and Thrapson—D. and C. F
Yorke 12,545
Thornbury Bank, at Thornbury—Rolph, Yates,
and Parslow
Thrapston and Kettering Bank, Northampton-
shire, at Thrapston and Kettering—J. Yorke
and G. Egland
Union Bank, Cornwall, at Helston—Vivian,

Grylls, and Kendall
Wallingford Bank, at Wallingford—Wells, All-
natt, and Clarke
West Riding Bank, Wakefield and Pontefract
Bank, at Wakefield and Pontefract—E. Tew
and W. H. Leatham 46,153
Winchester and Hampshire Bank, at Winchester
—Wickham, Mant, Bailey, and Jessett
Wirksworth and Ashbourn Derbyshire Bank, at
Wirksworth—P. and C. Arkwright
Wisbcach and Lincolnshire Bank, at Wisbeach,
March, Chatteris, Whittlesea, and Holbeach—
Gurney and Co aistk 59,713

THE ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS.—SOIIIO curious
statistical details descriptive of the present state of this
extensive fraternity were laid before the metropolitan
lodges, at the late anniversary meeting. It appears that
on the Ist of April last (when the returns were mad&
up) that there were, in England and Wales, 3,840
lodges, and 325,000 members, being an increase of 450
lodges and 23,000 members over the preceding annual
return. The subscriptions for the year amounted to
352,583/. ; the expenditure to 300,000/. ; leaving
a balance of 52,5831. in favour of the associa-
tion. The whole amount of property belonging
to the order (including pictures, banners, flags,
official apparel, and other insignia) was estimated
at 700,0001. Amongst the names on the books
are 130 Members of Parliament, 629 ministers of,
various denominations, and 9,000 honorary members
who make no demand on the funds. If the members
were to contribute only one halfpenny per week, it
would amount to 34,126/. per annum ; and were they to
walk in procession, two and two, one yard asunder, they
would extend 92 miles and 580 yards. If they walked
three miles per hour, they would take 30 hours
14 minutes to pass any given spot, 10,214 passing every
hour. The chief item of expenditure consists of the
charge for medical aid afforded to indigent brethren of
the order.

FATAL EFFECTS OF a SLIGHT ACCIDENT„—Mr.
lliggs yesterday afternoon held an inquest at the Prince's
Head, Princes-street, Westminster, on the body of James
Pricker, aged 70, a porter, lately employed at Mr. Gold-
smith's ale stores, Margaret-street, Westminster. On '1
Saturday fortnight deceased hurt the little finger °lbis
right hand by getting it jammed between two ale casks.
The injury not getting better ho became en out-door
surgeon's patient of Westminster Hospital. On Thum
-
day last he could not swallow, and next day he was ad- ,
mitted into the hospital as a physician's patient. It Was
then found that he was labouring under a severe attack
of bronchitis, from having got wet through a week pre-
viously. He died on Sunday, having been attacked by -
lock-jaw a few hours before his death. Mr. Tebay, the/
surgeon, said deceased must have died in a day or two of
inflammation of the lungs, even had ho not been attacked
by lock-jaw. Either disease would have proved fatal.
Verdict, " Died of disease of the chest, accelerated by
lock-jaw."
THE PHILOSOPHY OF GOOD CLOTHES. NO marl 1
acquainted with life can be ignorant of the improvement
which genteel apparel produces in the carriage, tone of
with
thought, and principles of an individual. It givesamahis
confidence, self-respect, and a sense of equality
companions ; it inspires him with energy, independence,
delicacy of sentiment, courtesy of manner, andt
an elevation~df
of language. The face becomes mTanhleyr,ebeisk
no slinking
through the brow open, and the eye clear.
through narrow lanes and backstre
steps outbutets,h a
iotn thedete
con-
trary, the smoothly dressed man
ruination not to spare the earth, or to walk as if ho tro.l•
on knives or razors. No, he brushes onward—is thol,
first to accost his friends—gives a careless bow to this, ta,
bluff nod to that, and a patronising " how d'ye do" to sk ,
third, who is worse dressed than himself. Trust me,
kind reader, that good clothes are calculated to advance
a man in life nearly as well as good principles, especially
in a world like this, where external appearance is taken
as the exponent of what's beneath it.— Traits and Stories
of the Irish Peasantry,