The Sun.
London, England, 1865-01-20 00:00:00

Bank of England Return,•--Last Evening.

An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria,
cap. 32, for the week ending Wednesday, Jan. 18, 1865.

ISIMIE DEPARTMENT.

ot ea issued ..—.£2,8.081,675,

Government Debt £11.015,1C0
Other Securities .. 3.634,900
Gold Coin & Bullion 13,411 6:5
Silver Bullion ....

.£25,C61,6751

.£28,061,675

BANKING D,
Proprietors' Capi-
tal £14.553.000
'test
Public Deposits (in-
cluding Exche-
quer, Savings'
Banks, Commis-
missioners of Na-
tional Debt, and
Dividend Ac-

,EPA.RTMENT.
Government Seen-

Titles (including
Dead Weigh tAn-
unity) £11,023,211
Other Securities lB, 69,062
Notes
Gold and Silver
.756,55
Coin

counts) 4.186.614
Other Deposits 14,653,015
Seven Day and
other Bills 513,148

£37,394,803
V

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MILLER, Chief Cashier.

Jan. 19, 1865.

THE LATE MR. CROCKFORD.—The Queen of this
day says—We have to announco, with profound sorrow,
the premature death of Mr. John Crockford, the publisher
of this journal, which took place on Friday last, the 11th
inst. Ills many kindly qualities had endeared him to a.
large circle of friends, by whom his loss will long ba
mourned.

CORONER'S INQUEST.—A few weeks ago a deplor-
able accident occurred at Leeswood-green colliery, near
Mold, by which eight persons were drowned. At the ad-
journed inquest on Tuesday a verdict of manslaughter was
unanimously returned by the jury against the proprietors of
the colliery, Messrs. Craig, Taylor, and Craig.

FATAL FALL DOWN A SAW-PIT.—On Wednesday
an inquest was held in Felix-street, Bethnal-green, as to
the death of John Seddon, aged 66 years, who died from
injuries received by falling down a saw-pit. Verdict,
"Accidental Death."
THE OXFORD DRAMATIC CLUB.—The tenth annual
ball of this celebrated amateur dramatic society took place
01:0Ttg0eh:E5SD2Ee—orThge Be
on Tuesday evening, at Willis's Rooms, King-street, St.
James's. About 450 of their friends were present, and danc-
ing was kept up until a very early hour, to the strains of
Jewell's celebrated band.
ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY.--A meeting of
ethigishtsopeimety., Navtilli3bureiihnegldtoonnirMonunsde_TsJiranrinito..fa2t3lo,niamatmluh.arelfhis-
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candidatesd ,
had o been .
K.C.8., president, in the chair. The followingwetroePaerilubeiwid:.ieleza
be read :—" Exploration of the North Pole, by Captaia
Sherard Osborn, C. 8., R.N.
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HARD CASE.----A woman presented her-
-1,775,200 : majority for Lincoln,
self at the central police-station IChicago, the other day,
and complained that though she had two husbands in the
army she could get no
relief from either the county or the
city war committee.

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meetingTHE AD L
committeeLlFEßOAT.—Yesterday sNational
Lifeboat Institution was held at its house, John-street,
Adelphi, Captain Sir E. Perrott, Bart., vice-president, in
the chair. A grant of £4O was made in aid of the funds
now raising for the widow and three young children of the
poor man who perished by the capsizing of the Holyhead
lifeboat, on Saturday last, when the boat, manned by 15
men, put off during a furious storm to the help of the
schooner. Henry Holman, of Plymouth, and her crew of
eight men. After four of the lifeboat-men had bOarded the
vessel, and had taken her to a place of safety, the lifeboat
was returning to the shore thus short-handed, when the
gale increased to a hurricane and broke the clamp of her
mainmast, which caused the mast to. hang over the leeward,
and the boat to fall off to leeward, when the boat suddenly
upset, from the joint action of the tremendous wind and
sea. The lifeboat immediately self-righted and brought
back with her six of her gallant crew; five others were left
in the surf—four of them were picked up at great risk, by
a steam-tug, but the fifth man unhappily perished from ex-
haustion. igtor