The Sun.
London, England, 1854-06-16 00:00:00

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ASCOT RACES.

(TIT. S DAY. )

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
SWEEPSTAKES OF 50 SOPS.

Epaminondas .
Weathercock .

Three ran.
FIRST CLASS WOKINGHAM STAKES
Hobby Horse
Octavia

I St.
1 20

.. 1 I 31

GREAT WESTERN TTAKES.
Dead heat with Diana and Kennyside Hero.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF COMMONS—(THIS DAY.)
The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.
The Lords' amendments to the following private bills
were considered and agreed to :—Blyth and Tyne Rail-
way, New Valley Drainage and Navigation, Newport
Improvement, North London Railway, and the Ryde
Improvement.
The following bills were read a third time and passed :
Bangor and Canarvon Railway, Darlington Local Board
of Health, Hilgay Great West Free Drainage, Ouse and
Dervrent, &c., Drainage, Stockport, Disley, and Whaley
Bridge Railway.
The following bills were considered and agreed to, and
ordered to be read a third time :—Chapel-en-le-Frith
Roads, Londonderry Post, Paisley Waterworks (No. 2.),
and the Patent Solid Sewerage Manure Company Bill.

PETITIONS.
Several petitions were presented against the opening
of the public houses on Sundays. A number of petitions
were also presented, praying for the abolition of Church
rater

4s.
Colonel BLAIR presented a petition from a place
In Scotland against the Manses and Glebes Bill.
VALUATION OF LAND (SCOTLAND) BILL.
The house went into committee on this bill. The
details gave rise to considerable discussion, but they were
of no general interest whatever, except to the distant
part of the country to which the measure relates.
[LEFT SITTING.]

LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) I V,

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Fane.)
IN RE MOSS.

This bankrupt had carried on business as a tea and
colonial broker in Little Tower-street, and to-day came
up for his certificate.
The balance sheet extends only over ten months. The
solicitor to the assignees opposed on the ground of ex-
cessive expenditure, the profits having been 1211., and
the domestic and personal expences 3001. ; travelling
expenses, 801.; assets, nil. It was contended that the
bankrupt ought to have come before the court before he
became so.involved, as he now owed 5001.
His Honour said that the bankrupt could not have
come before the Court on his own motion, as the law
required that in such cases the petitioner should swear
he was possessed of sufficient to pay a dividend of ss. in
the pound. A man's hands were therefore tied in that
respect, and he was deprived of the power of doing jus-
tice to his creditors to the extent of his means when he
found himself going down.
Mr. Linklater, for the bankrupt, said, one-third of the
personal expenses had been incurred for medical attend-
ance, and the travelling expenses had been in the trade.
The bankrupt had previously carried on a profitable
business.
His Honour granted an immediate certificate of the
third class.

BANK CFTARTERS.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR,—Observing some remarks of late in the different
newspapers, on the Bank charters of 1844, 1815, and
1846, I am surprised that not a single hint is given
about the immense sums of unclaimed moneys that continue
to remain in hands of all the old banking companies in
England, and Ireland, and Scotland also. These companies
have hitherto been realising large profits from such depo-
sits, and it is impossible for the shareholders to put the
annual interest, or dividends on the unclaimed moneys
into their pockets in strict honour or honesty.
These funds belonged to our forefathers and their
heirs, or next of kin, and ought to be now paid
over, with the interest annually due, to the Commissioners
who manage the National Debt, and applied in part to pay
off the debt due to the Bank of England, upon a receipt or
obligation that the various sums will be paid to the par-
ties who are the heirs or next of kin to the original depo-
sitors ! As to the renewal of the charter to the Bank of
England, so far back as 1822 Mr. John Smith,
M.P., stated. in Parliament that he decidedly ob-
jected, because the directors could not give an equiva-
lent for such a valuable monopoly ! The question now
must very soon be discussed ! Is the Bank Charter to be
renewed and continued for over, or when is it to have an
end? It is gross absurdity to continue the monopoly a
single year longer, because the directors cannot at all
times advance the moneys required for the business of
the Government, and continue to discount the enormous
amount of bills of exchange daily presented to them ;
and being so tied up by the stringent measures and
clauses in the charters for 1844, 1845, and 1846, they
are so awkwardly placed, that they are compelled to
raise the interest on the loans and bills they discount, and
put on the screw, as they term it, that the whole trade of
the country is deranged. By referring to the speeches in
May, 1847, in both Houses of Parliament, Lord Brougham
stated as an undoubted fact, that paper of the very best
description had been refused to be discounted the past week
at 12 per cent., and in the north of England traders had large
orders from America ; but in consequence of the want of
money they could not execute them, and were obliged to
stop their mills, and throw a great number of people out of
employment. 12th May.—The pressure for money very
severe. Interest on Exchequer bills proposed to be raised
to 3d. per day. 16th May.—lt was estimated that there
were 40 millions of sovereigns in circulation. Mr. Hume
recommended 1/. notes to be again issued—Lord George
Bentinck knew one house that had 40,0001. sterling of
silver, and could not raise any money on it !
Now, the late advance of the interest to 5i per cent. by
the Bank directors, in the opinion of many intelligent mer-
chants and bankers, was rather premature, especially as
the value of money continues so reasonable in France, and
in Holland, and large arrivals of specie and gold dust
are expected from Australia.—Trusting that you may
consider the above worth your notice in your next paper,
you will much oblige a constant reader and a supporter of
our able Chancellor of the Exchequer.—Your obedient
servant,

COMMON SENSE.

Cheapside, London, Juno, 185}.
P.S.—lf any further advance in the rate of interest
takes place, there will, to a certainty, be public meetings
announced similar to those at the end of May, 1847.

THE WESTMINSTER ANNIVERSARY..—It iS expe•^.ted
that there will be a great gathering of Old Westminsters
at the anniversary to be held at the Thatched House on
Wednesday next. The relation of Westminster School
with the universities is, at the present time, a matter of
great moment and interest ; and Old Westminsters will,
no doubt, delight to honour the health of their gallant 11
school-fellows in the East, four of whom are at the very
height of their profession in each department, namely,
Lord Raglan, the Earl of Lucan, General Cator, and
Lord de Ros.
THE BELISABIUS PICTURE.—This splendid picture, by
Salvator Rosa, which has for so many years been com-
paratively unknown to the public, is now, by the kind-
ness of the present owner, being exhibited, among other
works of ancient masters, at the British Institution.
The picture was given by Frederick the Great to the
first Marquis of Townshend, and it has lately descended A
to Captain Townshend, R.N., M.P. for Tamworth, who
has taken the earliest opportunity of exhibiting it. The
excellence of this picture as a work of art may be esti-
mated by the fact, that 10,000 guineas have been more
than once offered to the family for the picture, and de-

caned.
?)3ESIGNS OF RUSSIA ON FINMARE.— Recent advices 2
from the Norwegian province of Finmark, near the nor- 1
thorn frontier of Russian Lapland, contain the follow-
ing remarks on the designs of Russia in that quarter :--
" The Russians are collecting forces in Finland, appa-
rently to threaten Sweden and Norway. They are also
anxious to get this northern part, which would provide
them with fine shelter for their fleet, with the means of
putting to sea at any season of the year, as our Fiords
here do not freeze unless the water be very shallow."
GAME PRESERVING EXTRAORDINARY.—A. correspon-
dent says :—" A novel plan is adopted to preserve the
game on the estates at Westley Bottom, near Newmar-
ket, and very much to the injury and annoyance of the
farmers, who are not allowed to sport, and sometimes
lose their dogs in a very mysterious manner. An exact
account is kept (the more exact as nearly all are sent to
market) of the number of hares killed on the estates
during the season, and at its termination the men em-
ployed on the farms receive for every hare so killed 2d.,
while the shepherds on the estates receive 3/. 10s., and
this for preserving hares during the breeding season, so
that they may live to eat up the produce of their mas-
ter's farms. During the last season the enormous num-
ber of 849 hares were killed by the landlord and his
friends on the Westley Manor, and the sum received by
the men for hare money,' besides the allowance to shei .
herds, was 71. ls. 6d., the day selected for paying this
money being Good Friday, when the men had what they
a regular jollification,' and not being able to ex-
pend the whole of the money on that day, they returned
to their revels on the Saturday. Can this system be
justified ? It is reckoned, also, that three hares will
consume as much as one sheep."
TgE Alooßsou SHELL.—The Derby hereury pub
lishes a letter from an officer on board the Clesar who
witnessed the bombardment of the Hango Forts. He
says it was beautiful to observe the manner in which
11loorsom's new shells struck and bursted on the Rus-
sian batteries ; they will prove a most deadly missile
during the present war. The Russians fired with great
precision and with much pluck ; but the Dragon
was the only vessel injured to any exten:;. I went
on board of her after the cessation of firing, and found
that fifteen shot had penetrated her hull, but, most
providentially, only one man was killed ; a cannon
ball took off his leg, and he died from hemorrage
in twenty minutes. No other man was wounded, if we
except one brave fellow who lost the use of his nose by a
splinter. Jack immediately wiped his nose, and vowed,
in not the most elegant terms, that he would have a
"Roosian" for it; no doubt he exacted ample vengeance.
Speaking of the affair at Eckness, he says a little grape
and Moorsom told with a terrible effect on the Russian
s.)ldiers. I had it from the lips of one of the officers of
the Arrogant that it was melancholy to witness the
manner in which the limbs of both men and horses flew
in the air from the explosion of the shells,