The Sun.
London, England, 1854-02-03 00:00:00

BANKING DZ]

Proprietors' capital .. 14,553,000
Rest.. 3,339,394
Public deposits (in-
cluding Each equer,
Commissioners of
National Debt, Sav-
ing's Banks., and
Dividend Accounts) 2,515,384
Other deposits .... 13,486,234
Seven Day and other
Bills 1.202,155

£35,096,167

Dated the 2,1 day of Feb., 1854.

COURSE OF EXCHANGE—THis DAY.
Amsterdam .. —......... 11 14% Gibraltar ..............
Ditto, three:months .. 11 16 Leghorn 30 35
Rotterdam .. —... • • .... 11 16% Genoa ................ 25 55
Antwerp .... —......... 25 20 Milan .... •• • • ........
Brussels ..... ........ 25 20 Venice
Hamburgh ........ 13 434 Naples 42%
Altona ................. Palermo 127
Paris • . • • .... 25 2% Messina .............. 127
Ditto, three months •• 25 32% Lisbon ................ 53%
Marseilles.... ........ 25 35 Oporto 53%
Bourdeaux ............. Rio Janeiro
Frankfort-on-11d aine .... 118 • Buenos Ayres ........ ..
Berlin .................. !New York, 60 days' sight
Vienna
Trieste .... • • ....... ••..12 50 PRICES OP BULLION, PER OZ.
Petersburgh.. •••• • ...... 37% !Foreign Gold in Bars .£3 17 9
Madrid ................. 50% !Portugal Gold Coin 00 0
Cadiz................... 50% !Mexican Dollars .... 0 411 ji
Barcelona.... —.— I New Dollars ...... 0 0 0
Seville ................. Silver in bars ...... 0 5 1%

THE WAGES MOVEMENT IN DEVONSHlRE.—Notwith-
standing the advances which have in many instances
been made in the wages of various artisans in the west,
there still continue to be strikes, which, though not of
so much importance as those in the north, produce great
inconvenience and mischief. During the past week the
men in the employ of Mr. J. Cock, at Northmolton,
struck for an advance of wages. They were engaged in
an extensive oontract into which he had entered with
the Poltimore Gold and Copper Mining Company. Their
wages were on ly 12s. a week, but the complaint is that
they took advantage of their employer being particularly
busy to " strike," and, consequently to cause him great
loss. The Government riggers at Devonport have me-
moralised the Admiralty for an advance of 6d. per day.
THE COLO'S:IAL EXPENDITURE BY GREAT BRITAIN.—
It appears that by a return to the House of Commons
that of the su:m of 3,555.573/. 15s. 3d., the net military
expenditure was 3,003,282/. lls. 6d. in 1852. The civil
expenditure was 499,350/. Bs. ; and the naval expendi-
ture, 55,717/. 4s. 11d. The expenses of the penal settle.
ments were as follows :-39,0251. 4s. 4d. for New South
Wales ; 199,284/. 16s. Bd. for Van Diemen's Land.
The Cape of Good Hope cost in the year mentioned as
much as 1,079,792/. 14s. Bd.
[ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Pills a safe and cer-
tain cure for Coughs, COlds, and Asthmatical Corn-
plaints.—The autumnal quarter is the season when
coughs, colds, and wheezings on the chest are most pre-
valent ; such are the properties of Holloway's Pills, tba
if taken at the commencement of the attack, the viru-
lence of the disease is very much abated, and the patient
thereby suffers little or no inconvenience, but if neg-
lected, it frequently occurs that the foundation of in-
curable disorders is laid ; therefore let those who are
liable to attacks of this nature try these invaluable pills,
and they are also particularly recommended to those
who are afflicted with asthmas and diseases of the chest.
—Sold by all druggists, and at Professor Holloway's
establishment, 224, Strand, London,
[ADVERTISEMENT.] Sight and Hewing The
Royal Exhibition, 1851 Extraordinary 'Powerful
Munich German Glass Telescopes. 39, Albemarle-
street, Piccadilly. Observe opposite the York
Hotel. The Royal Exhibition. -- A valuable, newly-
invented, very small powerful waistcoat-pocket glass,
the size of a walnut, by which a person can be
seen and known one mile and a half distant ; they
answer every purpose on the race-course, at the opera
houses, country scenery, and ships are clearly seen
at 12 to 14 miles. They are invaluable for shooting, deer-
stalking, yachting, to sportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers,
and tourists. Telescopes—A new and most important
invention in telescopes, possessing such extraordinary
powers that some, 3.; inches, with an extra'eye-piece, will
show distinctly Jupiter's moons, Saturn's ring, and the
double stars ; with the same telescope, weighing only 3
ounces, can be seen a person's countenance three miles
and a half distant, and an object from 16 to 20 miles.
They supersede every other kind for the waistcoat-pocket.
and are of larger and all sizes, with increasing powers
accordingly. Opera and race-course glasses, with wonderful
power; an object can be clearly seen, from 14 to 16 miles
distant. Deafness—New Discovery—The Organic Vi-
brator, an extraordinary [powerful and newly-invented
instrument, for Deafness, entirely different from all
others, to surpass anything of the kind that has been,
or probably ever can be, produced. Being of the
same colour as the skin, it is not perceptible ; it enables
deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at public as-
semblies ; the unpleasant sensation of singing noises in
the ears is entirely removed ; and it affords all the assists
ance that possibly could be desired.-39, Albemarle-street,
Piccadilly. Obsorve, opposite the York Hotel.
EXTENSIVE FORGERY IN LIVERPOOL.—On Monday
last, at the Liverpool Police-court, a very respectably.
dressed person named John Simpson, was brought up
on a charge of uttering a forged cheque for 1,5001. pur-
porting to be drawn upon the London bankers, Glyn,
Mills, and Co. It appeared that on the morning of
Monday the prisoner presented the cheque at the Bank
of Liverpool, and to account for their not having had
previous advice of it, stated that Mr. St. Leger Glyn
had occasion to go to the north on some Parliamentary
business, and that his father, fearing he would run short
of funds, had given him (the prisoner) the cheque to
furnish him with anything he required. A communica-
tion having been received from the Messrs. Glyn on
Saturday, and not having mentioned ought of the cir-
cumstance, excited some suspicion in the mind of the
manager, to whom the cheque was presented, and while
in consultation with the manager, Joseph Langton,
Esq., the prisoner seemed uneasy, and endeavoured to
leave the premises. He was immediately given into
custody, and at the Bridewell and before the magistrates,
he confessed his guilt. He had been formerly a clerk
in Messrs. Glyn's bank, but had left for America, and
had only lately returned to this country.
DEATH IN A POLICE CELL.—Wednesday Mr. Brent re-
sumed and concluded an investigation, at the Bank of
England, Paddington, into the death of Mary Hines, a
widow, aged 58, which took place under the following
circumstances :—As police constable 268 D was on duty
in Lisson Grove, his attention was drawn to deceased,
who was sitting on a door step near the Brazen Head,
partly unconscious. Considering that she had been
drinking to excess, he immediately procured a truck and
had her conveyed to the Molyneux-street police station,
where she was placed in a warm cell by order of the in-
spector on duty. She was visited every half hour bythe
policeman in charge of the cells, who after the lapse of
three hours reported that a great change had come over
the deceased. She was then removed into the open air
and medical assistance sent for, when, upon the arrival
of Dr. Dutton, that gentleman pronounced life extinct.
The body was then removed to St. Mary's Hospital,
where subsequently Mr. Baker, the resident medical offi-
cer, performed the autopsy, and made a careful analysis
of the stomach and its contents. He discovered no trace

of any poison, nor were there any appearances to lead
him to believe deceased had been drinking. Although
not very extensive, yet there was sufficient disease in se-

veral of the organs to account for death. A large num-
ber of witnesses were examined, but their statements were

so contradictory that not much reliance could be placed
upon their evidence. Several of them charged the police
with treating the deceased harshly, while others lauded
the constables for their humanity. Ultimately a verdict
in accordance with the medical testimony was returned
by the jury, who before separating commented strongly
on the practice of the police, who were always led to be-
lieve that because a person was unconscious that he was
intoxicated, and therefore took him to the station house

instead of conveying him to the nearest hospital or infir-
mary. Such a system was fraught with great danger—
for in many instances the lives of persons who fell insen-
sible in the street from apoplexy, might in all probability
be saved by prompt medical attendance.