The Sun.
London, England, 1852-02-23 00:00:00

FRANCE.
The receipts of the Orleans and Bordeaux Railroad
Company for the month of January last amount to
452,31.5 f., being an increase of 164,436 f. as comp The
aced
with the corresponding month of the year 1851.
receipts from the Ist of July last to th
being an in-
crease of 1,032,641 f., as compared with the corre-
sponding period of the preceding year.
The following is a return of the situation of the Bank
of France on Feb. 19 :
ASSETS.
Cash in hand ••• •-•
Ditto in branch banks •••
Bills past due t yet •••
due, •of
••
•
Bills discounted, but no
which 13,915,2991. Oc. were received
from the Branch Banks ..• ..•
Bills in the branch banks ~• •••
Advances on coins and ingots...
Ditto by the braneh banks •••
Ditto on French public securities •••
Ditto by branch banks—
Ditto to the State on Bons du Tresor...
Ditto to the State on the Treaty of 30th
June, 1848 •• •
•• • • • •
Advanced to the City of Paris on the
Previsional Loan of 20,000,000 f. ...
Kentes of the reserve fund •••
••• •
Rentes, disposable funds
Investments of the new branch•bank;iii
the public funds •••
Hotel and furniture of•the Bank
•
Real property of the branch banks .
Interest in National Discount Bank
Ditto branch banks
Expenses of administration of the Bank
Ditto of the Branch Banks ...
Miscellaneous

LIABILITIES.

... f. 466,279,023 17
. . 112,065,063 0
217,726 7

43,297,328 37
70,704,538 0
213,600 0
3,131,358 0
17,035,636 10
2,724,266 0
50,000,000 0

75,000,000 0

10,000,000 0
10,000,000 0
42,683,040 83

12,952,725 74
4,000,000 0
3,416,771 0
200,000 0
103,000 0
140,655 33
179,541 0
194,322 72

f. 924.538,595 33

Capital ... ••. •.. ••• ... f. 67,900,000 0
Ditto of tho Branch Banks ... ••• 23,350,000 0
••• ... ... ••• 10,000,000
Reserve fund ')
Ditto of tho branch banks ••• ... 2,980,750 14
Resurve-immobiliere ... ••• ... 4,000,000 0
Notes to bearer, in circulation ••• ... 440,674,000 0
Ditto of the branch banks ••• ... 125,360,400 0
Ditto to order (punt-billa) ••• ... 6,630,764 88
Account-current with Treasury creditor 91,768,250 62
Various accounts current ... ... 110,363,232 40
Ditto in branches ... ... ... 26,404,162 C
Bills payable at sight ... ••• 9,099,000 0
Ditto at branches ••• • ••• 3,087,566 0
Dividends payable • • ••• 601,419 25
Lic:uidation of the Algiers Bank ... 4,850 0
Expenses anticipated ~. ••• ... 112,993 4
Discounts, interest, and expenses ... 355,911 _ 9
Ditto of branch banks ... ••• ... 607,755 0
0
Re-discounts of the last six mouths ••• 168,450 0
Ditto in branch banks .. •.. ... 240,432
Interest on prutcbted bills ••• .. 383,5)9 41
„tiseciLt2eutLi
...
... ... ... 444 759 50

f. 924,538,595 33
Certified by the Governor of the B
Dank.
'ARGOUT.

It unpec.:a from thL preceding account that the cash
in hand has increased by 3,796,000 r, The commercial
bills discounted have decreand by 1,671,000 f. The
Sink noses in circulation have decreased by 6,123,000 f.
The balancia to the credit of the Treasury has ineres:acd
by 609,000 f. The sundry credits have decreased by
3,110,000 f.

THE ARNIY AND NAVY.
(From the United Service Gazette.)
STANDARD HEIGHT OF RECRITITS.—The standard
height for recruits in the Royal Artillery has been
lowered to 5 feet 64 inches.
THE MILITIA.--We understand that it is intended by
the Government to abandon the plan of forming Corps
of Local Militia, and to place the regular Militia in an
efficient state, by completing the establishment of each
regiment by ballot.
bTAFF OFFICERS OF PENSIONERS.—Tho increase in
the number of Steil officers of pensioners will take place
from the Ist of April; Plymouth will be increased from
two to three officers, and Belfast will have an additional

one.
The Commissariat Depertment, under Deputy Com
missary Dobree, will be broken up in Ireland next
spring. W. Booth, Esq., Clerk of Survey of the Ord-
nsnce Department, Dublin Castle, will take charge of it.
CAVALRY STABLES.--in improvement iu the venti-
lation of the Troop-stables of the Re) al Horse Artillery,
in Ireland, has been ordered by the Ordnance De-
partment.
CHANGE OF QUARTERS.—Tl'.3 following change of
quarters in the Infantry 11 giments is about to take place
in the course of a few deys:-931 (Scotland) to Weedon;
4th (Weedon) to Ashton; 21st (Newcastle) to Hull;
281 (Manchester) to Newcastle; 46th (Preston) to
Manchester; 50th (Ashton) to Preston; 85th (Hull) to
Pertsmouth.
CONTINGENT ALLOWANCE.—One effect of the aug-
mentation of certain regiments of the line by ten men
per company, will be to give the captains sixpence per
diem extra contingent allowance.
The otliccas of the sth, or South-West Regiment of
Royal Jersey Militia, have recently paid Colonels Pipon
and Marret the compliment of asking them to sit for
their portraits.
HONO-KONG ARTILLERY COMMAND. —Some consi-
derable excitement exists at Woolwich garrison as to the
successor of the late Lieutenant-Colonel Torukyris
Commandant of the Royal Artillery at Hong-Kong.
Colonel Burnaby, who is first for that duty, has sent is
his papers, for retirement on the full pay of his late
rank. Lieutenant-Colonel Griffins, the next officer on
the roster, seems uncertain in his movements; and
Lieutenant-Colonel Lethbridge, if called upon to embark
for that station, will also retire from the service.
RESIGNATION OF THE GOVERNOR OF MALTA.--It 15
generally understood that the resignation of Lieutenant-
General Ellice has been finally accepted, and that he
leaves the command early in April. The Lieutenant-
General has recently issued an order prohibiting all
children, other than those belonging to the corps in
garrison, from attending regimental schools. The reason
to
of this is Hot apparent; the only children who appea
have enjoyed the advantage, now denied them, were the
offspring of pensioners and widows.
THE SURTEYING EXPEDITION TO THE SOUTH SEAS.—
Captain H. M. Denham, F.R.S., who has commissioned
the Herold, old frigate, at Chatham, and the Torch
se
steam-vessel, as a tender for surveying rvice in the
South Seas, it is expected will be absent from England
for five years. The rendezvous of the expedition will be
Sydney, but the principal work will be the survey of the
Fejee Islands. The officers have be en well selecte
the Ratd,
many of them having I,?rved for many years in -
tlesnake or Havannah, in those seas. The celebrated
naturalist, Mr. Nl'Gillevray, who was in the Rattlesnake
with the late Captain Stanley, goes out with Captain
Denham. This expedition will be a most useful as well
as a most interesting one.
The Pluto, steam-vessel, will be commissioned in a
few days to receive the Jackal, steam-tender, coast of
Africa
u, and will be employed, under command of Com-
mer Wood, in surveying the Bights.
We have stated that the Gladiator, 6, steam-frigate,
Captain Adams, had been ordered from the coast of
Africa to the Cape of Good Hope. On her arrival
there,
if her services are net urgently required, it is
likely she
will to England.
Her Mej,s
ty,a ship Superb,
s SO Captain Purcell, is
now ordered immediately home from' the Mediterranean
to be paid off, her period of service having expired.

MINING INTELLIGENCE•

(From the Mining Journal.)
The market this week has been steady, but not active
—business in dividend mines preponderating, and, in
03
.0 instances, at increased prices, among which are
4 Consols, Condurrow, and Wheal Basset; while
end Levant are at a considerably reduced
- 'he speculative concerns are more in-
ence s
I,ll,l.k.rie•e, in consequence of in-
el no;_waing improvement as
' I t there is a still fur-
Is, to be effected
seised,
Teo
the list of e_
service :
Major-General Peter -
Major-General Sir John Ise..
undermentioned Major-General Bainbrigge, C.b., -
Major-Generall• T. E. Napier, C. 8., 100..
Major-General N. Thorn, c.a, 1001. a year,
The In addition to their present allowance
rzentioned general officers have been placed .-
upon the
pay of 25"a.tpefr generald officers receiving the unattached receive
Mr. Hose-
Major-Gener 'elm '—
Major-Generaa_ Sir Richard England, K.C.B. Mr. Box mows_
Major-General
Charles Middleton. strongly on the point, tiss,
Major-General Alexander Mackintosh. ballot on the question.
Joseph Patterson. The report was then carried amine.
A special allowance of
to the under-mentioned 1001. a year has been granted Mr. GRACE, M.P., then brought forware.
brevet of colonel upon ,Etilu.tenant-colonels having the above alluded to of the remuneration to be aii,
ait PaY, after thirty years' full the chairman, which was seconded by Mr. KNIGHT.
pay service:—
Colonel James Chatterton. The motion, having been seconded, was, after some
of De-_
Colonel Lovell. discussion, carried amidst loud cheers. yeral times,
Colonel Sir Michael Creagh• The CHAIRMAN said he could not find words adequate arras h"--
resulted •
Colonel Pennefather, C.B. to express the gratification he felt. He had never for a quarrel resultçl in
Colonel pennefather, C.B. to express the gratification he felt. He had never for a 'uglishman hadln h- -
Colonel John Eden, C.B. moment anticipated this vote at their hands; but having early period of t the ors.
the evening. 1-
Monins
Colonel Eaton • passed such a resolution, he thought it unworthy his vengeance, went into a butcher's shop,.
name, unworthy his country, and unworthy their confi- of the evening, and on pretence of
Colonel William Cox. requir.-
donald dance, if he did not devote the entire of his time and meat that he had previously purchased, borrows,.
Colonel George Mac •
NT OF THE SERVICES Op T energies for their interests.—(Loud cheers.) He could from the butcher. Armed with this formidable weapoe,
Ac KNOWLEDGMERE ROYALwalked
assure them that when he found himself inoperative for about the streets for several hours in quest of the
E CAPE OF Goon IIoPE.--
MARINE CoRPS AT THThe good, salary should not keep him one moment in his po- Irishman, whom he unfortunately discovered in the High- al'iid,,..
memorandum just •
following is a copy of a circular issued sition.—(Loud cheers.) street of Dumfermline about eleven o'clock, when he ran up :au, the 0.
divisions
active
to the commandants of th© resp
0.
1 the Lord Alfred Paget and Mr. Waddington were then to him and thrust the knife into his side. The Irishman, with the yes,
Royal Marines:—who was a veryspeeches young man, immediately fell, assists..
Royal was carried engaged . the
(Circular.) thanks. into a shop close at hand, where he expired in the course of turning in the tug to the es_
1 Marine-office, Feb. 190852. twenty minutes. The murderer made his escape out of town of the revenue-cutter Active and a
" Roya!dr. Reeves wasalso unanimously re-elected auditor
Lords Commlssio without delay, but was apprehended in a wood, about four of the Active had taken the
" Sir —I am commanded by the . ners of the company.fallowing whole papers and i,....
of the Admiralty to express the gratification their Lord- The cu milee from Dunfermline, in the course of the whole of the salvors assisted in towing
the del,.
Itis..or said he wished to name a subject and lodged "in gaol. into the harbour at
ships feel in having received from Commodore Wyvill before theof breadNewhaven. The finding of two N.,-
reference
separated which had
Goochto the HOOFING COUGH.—In Cornwall a sliceabandoned at once is a most unusual thing here ;
the following most satisfactory report of the conduct of men emplomyeadataingle e but this ..
t their works. at Stratford.. Mr. and butter, or cake, belonging to a married cotup whoseguff__ morning sortie boats belonging to Mr. John Andrews fell in w- 0 ,
the Royal Marines of the squadron,under his command. had brought
under their notice the establishment of a Christian names are John and Joan, if eaten bye r ere with a Swedish •
who have recently re-embarked from service with the mechanics' institution in with their under this disorder, efficacious remedy,
the D d vessel, timber laden, and named, we hear, Majesty ,
connexion -
army on the Cape frontier:— shops. They fouud.--Notes and A e ,•
Mr Barry -
could not vote any sum of mono for that though of course not always readily
tic dead. body was found on board, and that is all the authen- °-
. ' Lieutenants Harris and Reed, with the Royal Ma- purpose without laying it - yhe Q"eries* info •
before the proprietors, and Valparaiso to information which has as yet reached US. THE LAW OF EYIDENt.....
rifles of the squadron, have been attached to the 73d wished to recommend- AFFAIRS IN C —Letters from
HILL
that 500/. be voted towards theVOL amend the law of evidence in Sm._
Regiment, and in all the patrols and operations against establishment of that iastit • the 26th of December mention that on the Bth of that volunteers UNTEERS Fox THE ARMY AUGMENTATION' to
the Katirs their gallantry, endurance of fatigue and dis- many men at their works at Stratfordutaon. They had a great
month a battle took place on the plains
Government9fLongomilla be- from regiments to be redaGed to those to be
.1;i.: by the Lord Advocate, was issued on Wedn.,
, and ho. thought troops creased have readily offered their services. It is now un,e.i___ five sections. It provides that witnesses are nu. _
cipline have been the praise of the whole army, and I at the present time, when there tween the insurgents enlace Cruz the
_3o
lion existing amongst was so much dissatistac- which upwards of ,00 men stood that 20 sergeants, and above 800 rank and file, I °I" r eluded by reason oe c •
rime, agency, partial counsel,
r ale;riff* e • h .`
feel it particularly my duty to represent such conduct to men and th • commanded by Bulnes,
in
The engagement resulted in depots peara ce wit out c
their employers, that it a l5, 26, 30, 36, 42, 67, 69, 97, and 2d batta t dation, or precognition after citatiOn,
he G -•-•
their Lordships. was essential to keep up a good feelin amonst them. • -
were put hors de combat.
favourable to t co ernment. It is brigade will be permitted to volunteer to the Ist R Y „ but ybe examined as to credibil t A.-
iy. A party to an -----
e And I have very great pleasure in requestin that Ho hoped they would give the g • kind of compromise
inilee the opposing partiethrew 7 1 -
s ,, 1 , 13, 16, 19, 21, 28, 33, 38, 46,
.48, 5.0, sb. 4, 58, 64, 72, ''' action may be adduced as a witness, unless it is shown that
make this markoftheir r. rig h' ' arrying it out.
you will be pleased to
ytheir firearms and fought with their knives. 19, 82, 85, 88, 93, 95, and Ist battalion rifle rig ~ ade in aid he has a subst •
regiments to to h • London: Pr.-
ming interest. A witness may be examined ~
nll2, Strae
I approbation known in public orders, at the division under The meeting unanimously agreed to leave it to the away
• -•
of Normanby arrived at of the number of men required to complete these • •
at the as
having made a different statement. All laws and -'
Ihe Marquis the StStrand, in the Preeasse
your command. i discretion of the directors, and after a cordial
vote of George's Hotel, on 5
Saturday, from the British Enahae in • I 850 rank and file each. These volunteers are to pin practice inconsistent with the provisions • •
of thts Bill are to be
I n I also transmit the copy of an order issued by J h kto the chairman the meeting se
his tan s panted. the Rue Faubourg .. °- '
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