The Sun.
London, England, 1845-05-15 00:00:00

IlVeston, Young.

2 Williamses, 1 Dea-
con, 1 Labouchere, 1
Thornton, I Melville
2 Tomkinses, I Willis,
1 M'Pherson, I Per-
cival, 1 Blanchard.

Upon comparing the names in the firms with the
names of the respective partners in the above list, we
find that the names of some firms do not correspond
with the names of the partners.
Thus, in the firm of Messrs. Jones, Loyd, and Co.,
there is no parter of the name of Jones.
In the firm of Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths,
there is no partner of the name of Payne.
In the firm of Messrs. Spooner, Attwood, and Co.,
there is no partner of the name of Spooner.
In the firm of Messrs. Stevenson, Salt, and Son, there
is no partner whose surname is Stevenson. The senior
partner is named John Stevenson Salt.
In the firm of Messrs. Robarts, Curtis, Robarts, Curtis,
and Company, there is no Company.
In the firm, also, of Messrs. Fullers and Company,
there is no Company.
The first name in the firm is not always the name of
the first partner mentioned in the official returns.
Thus, the partners in the firm of Messrs. Barclay,
Bevan, Tritton, and Co., stand in the following order:—
Bevan, Barclay, Bevan, Tritton, Barclay, Tritton.
In the firm of Messrs. Glyn, Halifax, Mills, and Co.,
the names stand thus:—Halifax, Mills, Glyn, Glyn,
Halifax, Mills.
In the firm of Messrs. Willis, Percival, and Co., the
names stand thus Tomkins, Percival, M`Pherson,
Willis, Tomkins, Blanchard.
The names of 19 of the clearing firms end in "Co." In
11 instances the " Co." represents partners of the same
name as other partners mentioned in the firm.
11. The number of partners :
The number of partners in the 26 clearing firms is 112,
and the number of names 70. They may be thus classified :
Total Total
Partners. Names.
6 partners 36 22
5 ditto ... 30 17
4 ditto ... 26 ... 17
3 ditto ... 12 ... 9
2 ditto ... 6 ... 5

6 firms have, each ...
6 ditto •••
7 ditto •••
4 ditto •••
3 ditto •

112 70

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111. The names of the partners:—
A plurality of names occurs in 30 instances, and the
number of partners who bear the same name as other
partners is 72 :-
1 Instance of five persons in one firm bearing the
name—Smith
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1 Instance of four persons in ono firm bearing the
same name—llankey
7 Instances of three names—Curries, llanbury,
Hoare, Loyd, Martin, Masterman, Salt 2l
21 Instances of two names—Barclay, Bevan, Trit-
ton, Barnard, Dimsdale, Barnett, Janson, Ken-
nard, Fullgr, Glyn, Halifax, Mills, Stone,
Mildred, Price, Robarts, Curtis, Olding, Ban-
bury, Williams, Tonakins 42

72
40 Single Names

70 Names.

Partners..

In the following firms respectively the partners are
all of one name:—Messrs. Fuller and Co. ; Messrs.
Ilankey; Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smith; and Messrs.
Stevenson, Salt, and Son.

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IV. The occupation of the partners.—All are de-
scribed simply as as bankers, except Sir John W Lub-
bock, who is described as a merchant, and Mr. Young,
of the firm of Weston and Young, who is described as
banker and brewer.

V. The name of the place where the business is car.
tied on :

None of the clearing firms carry on business at any
great distance from the clearing-house, which forms a
part of the old Post-office in Lombard-street. Twelve
of these firm• are located in Lombard-street, and one in
each of the four streets or lanes leading out of Lombard-
street—Birchin-lane, Clement's-lane, Nicholas-lane, and
Abchurch.lane ; one in King William-street, ono in
Mansion-house-street, one in Moorgate-street, one in
Lothbury, one in Threadneedle-street, two in Cornhill,
one in Fenchurch-street, one in Gracechurch-street, and
one in Southwark. Besides carrying on business in
London, Messrs. Jones, Loyd and Co., carry on business
at Manchester under the firm of Messrs. W. Jones,
Loyd, and Co, ; and Messrs. Brown, Janson, and Co.,
carry on business at Leeds, under the firm of William
Williams, Brown, and Co,
VI. The residence of the partners.—Three banking
firms have returned all their partners as resident at the
place where the business is carried on. Three other
firms have each two partners resident on the bank pre-
mises, seven others have each a partner resident at the
hank. Most of the other bankers reside in London, or
within an easy distance. Some reside at a considerable
distance in the country.

The Morning Herald and the Standard have re-
cently betaken themselves to lecturing upon the character of
the newspaper press. They denounce the Times with great
indignation, for maliciously suppressing Sergeant TalfourJs
name in its law reports. We have already expressed our
opinion—somewhat unreservedly perhaps—upon this con-
duct of the Times, and in the absence of any explanation, we
must adhere to our opinion of its unjustifiableness. But we
must protest against the assumption that we participate in
the views or sympathise with the feelings of the Herald and
the Standard. Respect for the character of the newspaper
press is not the motive which induces these journals to assail
the Times. They do it as a speculation—upon the same
principle, and pretty much in the same spirit, that a mounte-
bank abuses a successful rival. It is not by conduct such as
is adopted by the Herald and the Standard that the character
of the press can ever be raised in public estimation. Take,
for example, one fact of very recent occurrence. Mazzini,
the Italian exile, was accused by Sir James Graham of
having instigated the assassination of two men at Rodez.
The Herald and the Standard repeated the charge, and one
of them grossly misrepresented an article in the Chronicle, to
prove that it was well founded. Sir James Graham subse-
quently discovered that there was no foundation for his
abominable accusation. He did what became him as a gen-
tleman : he retracted and apologised. But what did the two
journals, which, in repeating the calumny, took care to in-
fuse into it sonic of their own venom? They held their
tongue. They neither apologised, retracted, nor explained.
Yet they who coolly sit down to perpetrate a piece of villainy
like this, have the face to talk about the respectability of the
press and the unprincipleduess of the Times.—Morning Chron.
accident FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE RIVEIt.
—fatYal
e ste d ay
afternoon, between six and seven o'clock, a
occurred near Southwark-bridge to a young man, named
Edward Lee, an apprentice to a weaver. In e
several others, he had hired about for the afternoon's
with
oin's amuse-
ment, and in attempting to step from one seat to the other,
he overbalanced himself and fell overboard. Being unable
to swim, and somewhat inebriated, he in
despite of the exertions of his eompanions. drowned,