The Sun.
London, England, 1839-05-29 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION

BANK OF ENGLAND DISCOUNTS.

The pressure for money for commercial purposes was
rather severely felt yesterday, and the amount of bills
sent into the Bank for discount larger than usual. It is
understood, however, that a disposition has been manifested
in that quarter to give increased facilities in the way of
accommodation. A practice has been recently adopted at
the Bank which, as it tends materially to the convenience
of the public, and is not generally known, it may be use-
ful to advert to here. Formerly the rule with respect to
" town bills" intended for discount was, that they should
be sent in once a week—that is, on the Wednesday in each
week ; then to lie over until the next day for approval or
refusal. This detention of one day was of course a mate-
rial inconvenience to the holders or parties concerned, and
more especially in the case of bills thrown out, the nego-
ciation of which, through other channels, would be ren-
dered so much the more difficult by the delay, in periods
of money pressure. By the present arrangement these
disadvantages are obviated. Town bills may now be sent
in for discount every day, and on the same day the appli-
cation is taken into consideration and answered. Such
improvements as these, which evince an inclination to con-
sult the ease and save the time of the moneyed and trad-
ing interests, will be viewed with favour out of doors, as
creditable to the Directors. A similar practice has been
adopted for some time past at the Bank of France.—
Times.

GENERAL MEETING OF THE
NAVAL SCHOOL SUBSCRIBERS.

Yesterday a general meeting of the society was held,
agreeably to annual custom, at the Horticultural So-
ciety's Room, in Regent-street. About one o'clock the
chair was taken by Admiral the Right Hon. Sir George
Cockburn, G.C.B. There were present forty members,
amongst whom we noticed Admiral Codrington, Admiral
White, Sir G. Seymour, Admiral Robinson, Sir F.
Omaney, Sir R. Dobson, &c.
The Report of the Council of Administration to the
General Meeting was then read.
A long discussion then took place on the propriety of
ext,nding the benefits of the institution to Naval Sur-
geons and other officers, which terminated in deferring
he cor.sideration of the question.
A vote of thanks was then given to Lord Yarbo-
rougn.,,ind Sir Isaac Coffin for their liberal support of
ti, school. After passing the various resolutions, thanks
were ,oted to the Chairman. and the meeting a.ljourned.

WESL‘:YAN CHAPEL BURNT.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
WEST BROMWICH, NEAR BIRMINGHAM,
MONDAY, MAY 27, 1839.

Sts,--A. x con•tant prruser of your valuable Journal, I
trusc you will excuse soy ta.iLte the liberty of enclosing a
'holt account of rl calamity which has befallen the Dis-
senters of this nistrict in the destrnetion of the Wesleyan
Nlethoeist Chapel Sunday la,t. After the per-
forownce of Mtn,- Service it. iii evening, the chapel was
left to the care of the usual attendants, whose duty it is to
see el ery thing sate before they leave, and about the hour
often o'elock, flames were observed to issue from that por-
tion of the building which is used as the :Minister's waiting-
room. The town engine was instantly on the spot, and in
the course of a very short period the engines arrived from
Birmingham, but notwithstanding the arduous exertions of
the firemen, assisted by vast numbers of the townspeople,
we regret to state, that in the course of less than two hours
nothing but the walls remained standing. flow the fire ori-
ginated cannot be in any other way accounted for than that
it is supposed the persons who had the care of the chapel
did not effectually extinguish the fires previous to quitting
it. T. H. S.