The Sun.
London, England, 1852-05-18 00:00:00

ASSETS.

Cash in hand
Ditto in branch banks

„,.... f. 490,963,226 60
..... 106,821,687 0

Bills past due .•• • 250,878 48
Bills discounted, but not yet due, 4 f
which 20,589,197f.0c. were receivet
from the Branch Banks ... 47,936,016 48
Bills in the branch banks . . 82,173,686 0

Advances on coins and ingots... 2,538,700 0
Ditto by the branch banks _.. 2,706,976 0
Ditto on French public securities —.. 64,840,236 10
Ditto by branch banks... ... 5,504,673 0
Ditto oa railway shares and bonds —.. 6,425,000 0
Ditto by branch banks 2,329,445 0
Ditto to the State on Bons du Tresor-- 50,000,000 0
r)itto to the State on the Treaty of 30th
June, 1848 75,000,000 0
Advanced to the City of Paris on the

Pr9visional Loan of 50,000,000 f. ..... 20,000,000 0
Rentes of the reserve fund ... 10,000,000 0
Rentes, disposable funds 55,635,896 32
Hotel and furniture of the Bank „... 4,000,000 0
Real property of the branch banks 3,571,772 0
Interest in National Discount Bank ... 294,006 60
Expenses of administration of the Ba,al:

and Branches 932,384 41
lliscellanooll2 2,459,814 93

f. 1,034,384.403 92
Certified by the Governor of the _Bank,
D'Anao UT.

It appears from the preceding account that the cash
in hand ills decreased by 3,500,000 f The commer-
cial bills discounted has increased oy 0,500,000 F., about
2,500,000 f. being for Paris, and B,ooo', 0001 for the de-
partments. The cash advanced on de posit of French
eeeuritiei has decreased nearly 24,000,0001., in Paris
about 25,000000 f,, and increased in the branch banks
1,000,000 f. Advances on Railway Stoc k have increased
from 4,542,000 f. to 8,754,0001. The Bank notes in cir-
culation have increased by 3,500,000 E The balance to
the credit of the Treasury has increased by 3,500,000 f.
The sundry credits have decreased by 33,000,000 f in
Paris, and increased nearly 6,000,000 f. in the depart-
ments.

FRENCH RAILWAY 'TRAFFIC.
The following are the last returns of the gross re-
ceipts of the principal French Railways :
NORTHERN.—From April 29 to Xl5 ,y 5 : Passengers,
265,345 t.; goods, 278,681 f.; total, 544.3026 f.
ROLTEN.—From May 2 to May 8: Passengers,
91,9191.; goods, 98,144 f.; total, 190,063 f.
HAVRE.—From May 2 to May 8: Passengers,
32,498 f.; goods, 42,688 f. ; total 75,186:1.
ORLEANS.—From May 3 to May 9: Passengers,
118,3171. ; goods, 137,3241.; total, 25.5,641 f.
BORDEAUX.—From April 27 to til.a.y 3: Passengers,
56,141 f.; goods, 76,9041.; total, 133,04 51.
VIERZON.—From May 3 to May 9: Passengers,
49,703 f.; goods, 56,1221.; total, 105,82 Sf.
NANTES.—From April 29 to May 5 : Passengers,
32,5961.; goods, 39,1261.; total, 71,722 f.
STEASBURG.—From April 29 to May 5: Passengers,
123,2611.; goods, 114,1981.; total, 238,4.59 f.
BALL—From April 26 to May 2 : Passengers,
23,243 t.; goods, 28,6741.; total, 51,917£
MONTEREAU.—From April 29 to May 5: Passengers,
9,029 f.; goods, 13,9531.; total, 22,9821.
LYONS. From May 2 to May 8 : Passengers,
194,9621.; goods, 170,5021.; total, 365,4 641.
WESTERN.—From May 3 to May 9: Passengers,
66,3851.; goods, 30,458 f.; total, 96,8431.

HAWKINS'S DIVORCE.
HOUSE OF LORDS, May 17.
This Bill, the second reading of which was postponed
sine die from the 3d of April last, for the purpose of
supplying additional evidence, was taken into farther
consideration this day at half-past three. The Peers
present were the Lord Chancellor, the Bishop of Nor-
wich, and Lord Redesdale.
_ Evidence was offered of the payment of the damages,
amounting to 7361. 165., recovered in the action of crim.
con., brought by Lieutenant Hawkins against Lord
Malden.

.Mr. Warren, captain of the barque the: Earl of Durham,
was called to prove the precise day on which Lieutenant
Hawkins egiled from England to Halifax (16th May,
1850) in charge of his detachment.
Ellen Young, lady's maid to Alm Hawkins, proved
that she had been with her mistress during the whole
of the period of Lieutenant Hankns's absence, and that
during the whole of that time Mrs. Hawkins had not left
England. She hcd been in the habit of undressing her
mistress every night up to the time of the birth of the
child, but she had never once suspected her of being in
the family-way.

The LORD CHANCELLOR, in moving the second read-
ing
of the Bill, said that an extraordinarya if;?ct in this
rs was at
case was that the state in which Mrs. uw
the time her husband returned to England h
escaped the notice of all the personsd entirely
whom she lived. Lieutenant Hawkins had left
England on the 16th of May, 1850, and had
not relttraed until the 23d of March, 1851, and it was
quite impossible that he could have been the father of
the child born on the 2d of June, 1851. That an act of
adultery bad taken place in his absence was, under all
the circumstances, without doubt; and taking into con-
sideration that the time of delivery so exactly coincided
with the particuisr period when the supposed act of
adultery had been alleged to have taken place, there
was no doubt that it did take place in the early part of
September, at the place which had been indicated in the
evidence. The most singular circumstance, however,
was that Lieutenant Hawkins himself should nut have
been aware of the state in which his wife was when he
rejoined her in England, and if this part of the case
were not most completely proved, their Lordships
would not give a second reading to this Bill
without serious further consideration. It appeared that
Mrs. Hawkins had already had two children, and her
husked had therefore cohabited with her during two
pregnancies; and yet on his return to this country he
appeared to have renewed his relations with her in the
ordinary way without evincing the slightest suspicion,
and—it having been proved that there was but one bed
he might
in th • 0
their room—had continued to shop with her
uP to,
Ilsw-a?mus
birthf. say, a quarter of an hour before the
o the etald. It certainly did strike him as being
most extraordinary that, although it had escaped
e h ior
af 3
eel vf e
sr
hy
ob
ao
lddy
haabveoutnoht,er,
birth,o then
the . have up yet
tto the u taecntauna tl
f
was ' child, once suspected that his wife
Mrs. u&wet • .family-way. What took place when
"
cenclusive on this
delivered seemed to him to be
after the event haisd"" They
found Mrs. Hawkins,
the hotel where it happened, entreating the landlady of
to Lieutenant Flawki,eccurred not to break it too suddenly
complaint, and it might
as he was subject to a heart
that the effect of the t kill him, and they found, too,
to leave him in a blow on Lieutenant Hawkins was
by the tertible net'smiserably wretched state, stunned
the first time. lie ote
Lord
he had hoard for
come to the conclusion thatlT Chancellor) had therefore
conscious of .he fact that his eat. Hawkins was wholly un-
-18 Wife •
hebe thought, therefore, that was in the family-way,
he could with confidence recoretthis " a case in which
,i,r6 a secx.d tecding to this Bill,nend their Llrd,hips to
, thereb " " 1.;
Hee kins the remedy to which ber„6 y giving I,:tit.
s entitled.
The Dill was then read a scepnd '
......__ time.

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POLICE INTELL/_----
tt'OilsiiiP-sTRsE,;NCE.
st-street,
bar before Mr.
D'll;'yrei(Jlecoruicrkt, lefhcisirtgjlei dw CV:" cutting an 1
Mil.) end, , living in Ws - 2n
‘,lderly man named Peter Yati39 i. • ' "tiading'
and his bOll George Ytites, whareb
Y bulb their
lives haiibPeu placed in imminent dang,l..
Maria Yate3, the wife and mother O. P
the
o.s In r
complainants, stated Lb': t fur a considerable time past
Ltoo pris)ner had enter lainal the most rariee.
• a feelings
of animosity towards her husband and ace, a
au on the
prccoding evening he called at the house in a state f
intoxicatinn, and, forcing his way into the parlour ?a
which they were seated, commenced assailing them with
scurrilous aril threVentrZ epithets. They succeeded,
with time difficulty, in cifcting his expulsion; but ho
immAiaely began battering the street-door with largo
stones and other missiles and created such a disturbance
that the complainants went out and threatened to give
him into custody unless he desisted from further an.
noYance. The moment the threat was uttered the p/i.

soner made a rush at her son, and raising his hand, in
which he held an open clasp-knife, struck it with all
his force into the lower part of his person. Her
son instantly fell to the ground, exclaiming,
"0, mother, I am stabbed," and the prisoner, after
making a second stab at her son, which inflicted a
frightful wound in the upper part of his face, suddenly
sprang upon her husband, and made such a desperate
blow at him with the knife as to snap the blade, and
the lower part of it remained lodged in his head. The
prisoner then dragged him to the ground, and was pro-
ceeding to further acts of violence, when several of the
bystanders interfered, and secured him till the arrival of
a constable, who took him into custody. The wounded
men were then conveyed into the house, and a surgeon
was immediately sent for, who extracted the broken
portion of the knife, which was about two inches in
length, from her husband's head; and having ascertained
that her son had a dreadful wound in the abdomen,
which penetrated the lower intestines, he directed their
removal to the hospital, to which they were at once con-
veyed.
Two certificates from Mr. Ridley Porter, house.sur-
geon at the London Hospital, describing the nature of
the injuries the unfortunate men had received, were
handed to the bench.
Police-constable Ford, K 341, produced the handle of
a large clasp knife, with the pointed part of the blade
broken off, which he had found upon the prisoner; and
stated that from his inquiries at the hospital that morn-
ing, he had ascertained that both men were in extreme
danger, and that the youngest one had sustained such
serious injuries that scarcely any hopes were entertained
of his recovery.
The prisoner declined offering any defence, and was
ordered to be remanded for a week.
NAMES.

DESPERATE IRISICROW.—DanieI Hayes, 28, and
Bridget Hayes, his wife, 29, residing at 7, Mill-yard,
Rosemary-lane, were charged with assaulting Mr. St.
Leger, proprietor of the George IV., Rosemary-lane,
and also with assaulting several constables of the H
division; Curly Holland, 20, a half-naked savage-look-
ing fellow, was included in the charge of assaulting the
the police and stealing one of their rattles; and Thomas
Moore, 19, was charged with lashing the mob to rescue
the other prisoners and assaulting Sergeant Favy, 7 11.
It appeared that the prisoner Hayes went drunk, be-
tween ten and eleven on Saturday night, to the George
IV., where, on being refused to be served, he became very
riotous, and the landlord succeeded in putting him out,
and called the police. A struggle mimed, during which
Hayes kicked at the most delicate part of his person,
crying "I'll ruin you." In the meantime the prisoner's
wife kicked and struck complainant behind, and his
waistcoat was torn to tatters. When Aimstrong, 57 11,
came up, he found Mr. St. Leger bleeding from the
month, and seized Hayes. By this time a riotous mob
of 200 persons was assembled, who assailed the constable
on all sides, and the prisoner knocked him down twice,
whereupon ha was compelled to draw his staff, which the
prisoner wrenched from him. He then sprung his
rattle, when Kelly, 130 H, came to his assistance,
the crowd at that time having increased to five
hundred persons, and he was severely kicked behind.
The officers were nearly exhausted when 193 H
came to their assistance, and seized Hayes ;• he
immediately bit him in the hand, and kicked
him on the legs. Mrs. Hayes then came up with a heavy
iron bar used in fastening up shutters, which it seems
she snatched from a shop, and struck him three blows,
which smashed his hat to pieces, but fortunately did him
no further injury. She then flung the bar at '193 H, but
it only touched his breast. Both constables had very
narrow escapes. Police•constable 193 sprung his rattle
for more assistance, on which Curly Holland struck him
on the chest and wrested away his rattle, which was
broken in the struggle. The yells and threats of the
mob were appalling, and the prisoner Moore was most
active in hounding them on to " give it to the police."
Sergeant Favy was struck with stones and brickbats se-
veral times in the back, and on turning round saw Moore
in a stooping posture.
The prisoners denied the charge, and Mrs. Hsyes
would swear she had not the bar in her hand.
Mr. YARDLEY said Hayes and his wife were equally
had, and sentenced them to fourteen days' imprisonment
each, and Holland to seven days. As for Moore, his
conduct was that of a lawless ruffian inciting a furious
mob as lawless as himself, and he should be locked up
for a month.

THE COAL AREA OF THE KINGDOM.
It is indeed remarkable that so small a country should
furnish so mighty a supply of fuel. We have 12,000
square miles of coal area—nearly one-tenth of the entire
area of our entire island; but still this bears but a small
ratio to the total quantity in all countries. According to
the estimates of Professor Ansted and Mr. Taylor, the
ascertained area of all the coal strata in the world is not
lees than 150,000 square miles. And yet the an-
nual amount of coal worked and brought to light
in the British islands is nearly double that of all
other countries taken together,—so enormous are
now our colliery operations. The number of
coal fields in these islands, comprising districts de-
tached from all others, is about thirty; the num-
ber of distinct workable seams in these coal fields
varies from one to eighty-four; the thickest seams in
any one field varies from three to forty feet; and the
aggregate thickness of all the seams in each field varies
from three to two hundred feet. From these various
coal fields there are now extracted not less than
35,000,000 tons a year, the value of which, including
transit to the place of consumption, is about 18,000,0001.
This estimate of about 102. per ton may seem small to
Londoners accustomed to a price so much higher,
bat in all the coal-mining and iron-smelting districts, the
average is far under that here named. Of the 18,000,0001.,
it is supposed that about one-half is the value at the pit's
mouth, and the other half the value of the transit to the
consumer. The fixed capital employed in the coal trade,
including mining machinery and transit machinery, is
roughly estimated at 10,000,0001.—Dodd's Curiosities of
Industry,

SEABORNE MAILS.
[N eaniflea that the mails are tient front the General roat-oillee
by the night—and M by the morning--dispatch.]

When made up in 1 From what When
P LA01413. General Post-office port die- due.
London. J patched.
America (by brit. pia.) N May 21 .. Liverpool .. May 24
America (by 17.5. pht.) N May 18 .. •. Liverpool .. May 26
America (by U.S. pkt.) 11 May 25 Southampt. May 21
Africa (West coast)• • Nll4th of the month Plymouth June 3
Alexandria* • • ...... 17,19 th & 30th of mo. Dover .. May 18
Belgium N Daily • • .. • Dover .. Daily
Brazil .. 31 9th of the month I,Southampt. June 16
Buenos Ayres M 9th of the month ;Southampt. June 16
Callfornia(viaCkagrar) M 2d & 17th of month Southampt. May 20
Cape of Good Hops N 14th of month IPlymouth.. June 3
Constantinople* .. N 7th 17th 27th of mo Dover .. May 20
Central America ...' M2d & 17th of mon. ISouthampt. May 20
Channel Isles .. N Mon., Wed., & Fri.' Sauthampt. Tn. Th. Sat
Chili .. M 17th of the month Southampt. May 20
France & N Twice daily .. ;Dover Twicedaily
Greece* .. Nl7thl7th27th ofmo 'Dover .. May 20
Eamburgh N Tuesday & Friday 'London Tema. eat.
m Wednes. & Satnr. 'London lloa.Thur
Honduras .. . N 17th of the mouth Southampt. May 20
Ireland N Twice daily .. ..IHolyhead Twicedaily
India (via Sonthamp.) M 20th of the month Southampt. May 20
India (via Marseilles) Bth& 24th ef month Dover June 1
Mediterranean (via
Southaxnben) M 20th of the month ,Southampt. May 20
Meditertanean (via
meargeineo N Sth& 24tk of month Dover .. lace 1
Mexico M 2d of the menth..lSouthampt.l.Tune 5
Madeira • • •• 9th of the month ISoutharapt. 'June 16
7th,17th,19th,27th
Malta* .• & 30th of month Dover May 18
Naplcs* N sth 15th 25th of me Dover May 22
Papal States* N ,sth 15th 25th of mo; Dover .. May 22
Peninsular •• M 7th 17th 27th ef mo' South ampt. May 26
Peru Mll7th of the month Southampt. ; Slay 20
Tuscany* Nisthlsth2sthofmo Dover •• May 22
West Indies g 17th of the month Southampt.l2day 20

TasCany* Nstla 15th25thofmo
West Indies .. M,l7th of the month
West Indies (etc Irrt
Havanna & Nassau) M 2d of the month ..
The malls to thooe o ountries thus star
French packet vi Ma rseilles.

ISoathaavt.lJune 5
kod (*) are conveyed by

ANOTHER AGONISING SCENE AT A FIRE.—
On Friday morning, at a few minutes before three
o'clock, a fire broke out in the premises belonging to Mr.
George Mewling, boot and shoe maker, situate at No. 34,
Featherstone-street, City-road. When discovered by the
police the fire was making such rapid progress that the in-
mates, consisting of Mr. and Mrs. Mowling, Mr. Flower,
and two children, were scarcely able to stand on the flooring
on account of the intense heat, coupled with which the smoke
was of such a chariteter es to nearly stifle them. The neigh-
bours were runnia g to and fro endeavouring to procure
ladders, but being unable the poor creatures were expected
every moment to !fall a prey to the fury of the fearful ele-
ment. The Roya.l Society's fire-escape, however, came in
sight, and was hail ed with of applause from the popu-
lace. 'The escape was instantly placed in front of the burn-
ing property, when Elden, the conductor, mounted the same,
and brought the wi hole five persons down in safety from the
top of the house, whilst the flames were issuing from the
lower part of the premises. When the conductor entered
the smoke was so 'dense that he could barely see the persons
or keep from being suffocated. The firemen were unable to
get the flames e:ttnnguished until the premises in which they
commenced were :nearly destroyed, and some damage done to
those on either s,ide, Non. 33 and 35, occupied respectively
by Mr. S. Denton, coffeehouse keeper, and Mr. J. Slater,
milliner.

FATAL ACCIDENT.—Oa Saturday morning, at
about nine o'clock, Adelaide Woolenough, aged 37, a ser-
vant, employed at. No. 13, Sidmouth-street, Gray's-inn-road,
was precipitated from the third story window to the yard
below, a height of upwards of 50 feet. In the course of the
fall she burst through a skylight. The fearful crash alarmed
the inmates of the; house, which is a reception or lodging
establishment for foreigners, several of whom rushed out,
and found the unfortunate woman bleeding profusely from
her skull, and quite insensible. Taylor, 81 G, was called in,
and she was conveyed to the Royal Free Hospital, where
Dr. Lane and other medical officers of the establishment ren-
dered every humane assistance. Her skull was fractured,
her ribs were broken, and the whole framework of her body
was shattered in a most dreadful manner. She expired soon
after entering the hospital.
LIVERPOOL AND THE AUSTRALIAN "
0 Nit% to the recent discoveries in the auriferous districts of
Australia the passenger traffic from Liverpool to Ihe ports. of
Sydney and Melbourne has increased considerably, and bids
fair to be a profitable source of income to the Liverpool
shipowners. A =umber of large sailing vessels which have
latterly been comp aratively idle are now in the various.grav-
ing docks, undergoing repairs and alterations, with a view of
being used for the Australian passenger traffic service. At
present emigrants arrive in Liverpool more quickly than
they are carried out, in consequences of the number of ships
being less than the demand requires. A vessel will sail on
the 18th with upwards of 600 emigrants from the Govern-
ment Depot at Birkenhead. The gold fever is affecting per-
sonsin respectable positions of life at Liverpool, and many
aro preparing to bid adieu to that port.
NEWCASTLE.—HIGHWAY ROBBERY. A daring
robbery was committed on the uight of Saturday last, in the
neighbourhood of this town. As Mr. Henry Gribbin, of this
town, was on his way home from Walker, he was attacked
by a man who overtook him, knocked him down, and robbed
him of about twenty shillings in silver. The perpetrator of
the felony ran off, but fortunately Mr. Gribbin was enabled
to give such a description of him to the police as led to his
apprehension, and he has ohne been committed for trial.—
&et/nasal Journal.