The Sun.
London, England, 1849-08-20 00:00:00

ITALY.

Letters from Turin of the 15th inst. state that
the Chamber of Deputies had assembled in secret
committee to hear the explanation of the Ministry
relative to the peace concluded with Austria. The
Minister of the Interior had demanded the ap-
pointment of the secret committee, which was
declared by the Chamber to be urgent. The Minis-
ter declared that the treaty of peace contained
no secret cause. He then demanded of the Chamber
the funds necessary for the payment of the war in-
demnity fixed by the treaty at 75 millions of francs,
of which 40 are to be paid forthwith, and the re-
mainder within twenty months. The Chamber of
Deputies almost unanimously refused the supply
demanded. The Minister persevered in his demand,
adding that six days only were allowed for accepting
the treaty. The Chamber deferred its final decision
until the following day, when it was to meet in secret
committee.

BANK OF FRANCE.
The following is a return of the situation of the Bank
of France up to Aug. 16:—

A SSETS.

... C 9.36,872,282 00
. . 128,567,723 00
... 1,440,469 00

Ca?l,. and ingots
Ditto in branch Walks
Bills past due
Bills falling due in Paris, of which
15,373,5141. are from the branch
banks ••• ••• •••
Bills in the branch banks
Advances on coins and ingots... ...
Ditto by the branch banks ...
Ditto on French public securities ...
Ditto by branch banks... ... ..•
Ditto to the State on Bons du Tresor...
Ditto on the loan of 130 millions
Rentes of the reserve fund ...
Rentes, disposable funds ...
Investments of the new branch banks in
the public funds ...
Hotel and furniture of the Bank ...
Real property of the branch banks
Interest in National Discount Bank ...
Ditto branch banks ...
Bills protested at Paris ••• •WO
Ditto at the branches ... ..•
Expenses of administration of the Bank
Ditto of the branches •••
Miscellaneous ... .. • .. • ...
Advance to the department of the

42,498,690 00
81,343,292 00
6,688,800 00
546,176 00
22,184,035 00
1,331,715 00
50,000,000 00
50,000,000 00
10,000,000 CO

42,581,488 00

12,779,541 00

4,000,000 00
2,396,225 00
200,000 00
230,000 00
4,359,256 00
2,842,580 00
96,070 00
151,763 00
731,673 00

Seine ••.. ••• ••• •••
Loan of 3,000,000 f. to the city of Mar-
aeilles ... •.-

3,000,000 00

... 1,075,000 00

E 705,916,780 00

LIABILITIES.

Capital ...
Ditto of the Branch Banks
Reserve fund ...
Ditto of the branch banks

... f. 67,900,000 00
... 23,350,000 00
... 10,000,000 00
... 2,980,750 00

Reserve- inamobiliere
Notes to bearer, in circulation ...

... 4,000,000 00
... 3.€8,054,300 00

. ,
Ditto of the branch banks ... ... 41,265,074 00
Ditto to order (post-bills) ... ... 602,711 00
Account-current with Treasury creditor 53,344,562 00
Various accounts current ... ... 84,164,069 00

... 25,710,491 00
8,902,000 00
1,542,382 00

Ditto in branches
Bills payable at eight ...
Ditto at branches ••• ••• •.•
Bills of the branch banks payable by
the Bank ..• ••• •••
Ditto of the Bank payable by branches..
Dividends payable ••• • • •••
Liquidation of the Algiers Bank ...
Discounts, interest, and expenses
Ditto branch banks ... ••• •••
Re-disccunti of the last six months ...
Ditto in branch banks -.. ... •..
iscellaneous ... ... • . •

6,887,257 00
3,802,089 00
725,486 00
170,282 00
1,228,056 00

684,206 CO
143,693 00
321,562 00
137,842 00

f. 705,916,780 00
Certified by the Governor of the Bank of France.
D'ARGOITT.

TO THE _EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR, —1 beg to inform you that I have paid to•day
into the bank of Leatham and Co., of this place,
311. 165., to the credit of Coutts and Co., to assist the
brave Hungarians, and which, I hope, will find its
way to your committee. We shall have a little more
shortly, which shall be duly forwarded. Hoping to
see the favour of a copy of this subscription in your
paper.—l am, Sir, yours very truly,
SAMUEL SEAL,

Treasurer to the Wakefield Committee.
Wakefield, Aug. 18, 1849.

[We shall acknowledge the receipt of the same to-
morrow, under the usual heading, and also the sub-
scription from Edinburgh, per George Harrison, Esq ,
amounting to 201., which had been paid into the
banker's without our being made aware of it. We
always publish the subscriptions sent to us shortly
after their arrival.—ED. Sun ]

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TIDE MOORS AND FORESTS.
The opening of the grouse-shooting season has
been marked by most unpropitious weather, at least
in the county of Inverness. Monday morning
dawned
in clouds and storms, and drenching rains
prevailed throughout the day over a wide extent of
the county. Nor was Tuesday
.much
.more favour-
able. The morning, it •
f is true, was fair, and may
have permitted some the keener. sportsmen to try
their dogs and gun. ob
guns, but heavy rain. set in early in
the forenoon. On
the better took place,t
showers
fair shooting may
and
ctsday morning a change for
have been enjoyed,
with a high wind. The
ers
.fell about mid-day,
many
stfatetheofparttihees
moors marred the sports of
who went out, and under these untowyarod c. cuistan.ces
our list of sport cannot be otbeilthan smalll The first
grouse seen in town were eight brace from. Moyhali,
which arrived at the coach-office here by mid-day on
the 13th, and we understand that The Mackintosh's
gamekeeper (Donald Macbean) killed sixty brace of
grouse and two hares, on the moors around Moyhall,
vn the 13th. Sir Francis Tyrell, at Lakefield, shot
15 brace. H. Martain, Esq., Errogie, had 15 brace.
John Wood, Esq., at Flichity, had 6i brace in two
hours. Mr. Biscoe, at Kingillie, had 10 brace. A.
Macmahon, Esq., at Corrybroughmore, had 34
brace, and D. Fullerton, Esq , 17 brace. S.
Boulderson, Esq., and friends, were out at Erch-
less Castle in two parties of two guns each :

On the 13th, the one party bagged 22 brace, and
the other 23 brace ; and on the 14th the one party
shot 3 brace, and the other 20 brace. R. Winsloe,
Esq., killed 441 brace of grouse at Dallas. The birds
were found very strong and wild; but all were fine
healthy birds, though scarce in number.
We have little news from the deer forests. The
most interesting note of the week's sport is from Bra-
han, where the woods were beat for fallow-deer and
roe, on the 10th current, by Keith Stewart Mackenzie,
Esq., of Seaforth, Captain Dougla,, Captain Jocelyn,
Mr. Langton, Mr. Fowler, of Raddery, and J. W.
Ramsay, Esq. The whole party shot with single bullets,
and the trophies of the day's sport were nine fallow-
deer and roe. One of the latter had a most curious mal-
formation of one of its horns, the first antler twisting
downwards close to the head, and overhanging the
right eye. The head is to be preserved as a curiosity.
The only other stalk we have heard of was at Guis-
achan, where R. Ainslie, Esq., brought down a
capital stag on the 11th inst.
The recent rains have swelled the Ness and occa-
sioned a run of fish from the sea. For two or three
days the numerous anglers have been very successful
in the streams and pools, and the nets are capturing
large quantities of tine fish.—lnverness Courier.

EXTRAORDINARY OCCURRENCE

AT HORBURY.

The quiet village of Horbury, near Wakefield, has
been throws into a state of great excitement by a
painful occurrence that has come to light within the
past week. An independent gentleman of the name
of Craven lived in the village in respectable style.
He was a bachelor, and a young lady lived with him
as housekeeper, who was known as Miss Craven, and
was reputed to be his natural daughter. In the
middle of last week a report prevailed that this young
person had given birth to a child, which had been
made away with, and that the body had been
found buried in the plantation belonging to the
house. The report was, of course, not long in
coming to the ears of the constables, who instituted
proper inquiries—traced the report to a man
who bad seen the body of the child—and then in-
formed the coroner, who thereupon directed that an
inquest should be held forthwith. Accordingly, on
Saturday last, the body of the child having been pro-
duced, an inquest was held over it at the Fleece Inn,
when the following extraordinary facts were elicited
in evidence :
Thomas Nettleton said—l live at Horbury, and
am a butcher. I was told by Ellen Sykes (Mr.
Craven's servant) that she saw Mr. Craven burying
something in the plantation, and in consequence I went
to the place. I took some earth up with mr y hlatnedosk,
and found a bundle wrapped in brown pape .
it up and
o t openedhe new-bornheliet,enanddbufroluendditaagain.l
showedchild. itl
made
anr
to Ellen Sykes before I buried it—it was a boy. This
was on Tuesday morning. I was called upon by Mr.
Roger Hirst, Mr. Joseph Berry, and Mr. John Gee,
on Friday morning. They are constables for Hor-
bury ; they asked me to meet them at the Fleece Inn,
in Horbury, and to bring the bundle I had found. I
went and dug up the bundle and brought it to the
Fleece. I laid it on the table in the room in the pre-
sence of the constables and other persons. I left it
with them. Ellen Sykes told me not to say anything,
so I did not mention the finding of the child to the
constable nor to any one. Ellen Sykes told me she
saw Mr. Craven digging something. She told me
she suspected something was up. I never denied I
knew anything about the child, or had it in my pos-
session. I groom and work occasionally for Mr.
Craven.

Ellen Sykes, upon her oath, said—l am a single
woman. I was servant to Mr. Edward Craven, but
was discharged last Thursday by Miss Craven. Mr.
Craven is a bachelor. Miss Craven is about 24 years
old, and lives in his house as his daughter. I had
been there three years the Ist of last June. I never
told Nettleton I saw Mr. Craven digging or burying
in the plantation, but I did tell him I saw Mr. Craven
graving in the garden—by graving I mean working
in the garden. He is in the habit of doing so. He
(Nettleton) said he suspected something was up, and
said he supposed I suspected. I laughed and put it
off, and a little girl came in and we said no more at
that time. This conversation took place on
Tuesday evening. I never told Nettleton not
to mention the finding of the child to any one.
It was last Monday morning, betwixt nine and
ten, when I. saw Mr. Craven working in the garden.
Nettleton told me I was not to name it to any one
that he found the child. At the time Miss Craven
was confined to her bed I had reason to suppose she
was delivered of a child. My reason for supposing so
was the difference in her appearance before she was
confined to her bed and after she came down stairs;
' she came down stairs about four o'clock last Monday
afternoon. I saw the bed linen was changed and
taken away. There were finer sheets on the bed
than were put on before. I did not attend her on
Saturday and Sunday. Mr. Craven himself attended
to her on those two days, but I went into her bcd-
room occasionally. No medical man was sent for to
Miss Craven. Mr. Craven, on Saturday, shut the
inner door leading from the kitchen to the room after
him, as he often does ; it was betwixt twelve and
one o'clock. I also heard him shut the stairs door. I
heard Miss Craven crying out as if in much pain all
Saturday morning, and was very poorly. On Wed-
nesday night I think it was, I went into Miss Cra •
ven's bedroom ; she was undressing ; I saw her ap-
plying something to her breasts, but did not notice
what it was • I shut the door and went away without
going into her ; it was bed time, and I had my shoes
off. I had not spoken to Nettleton on Wednesday
morning before he brought the child. I have looked
at the piece of cloth the child is now wrapped in ; it
is a piece of linen cloth ; the child was wrapped in
calico that Nettleton produced to me on Wednesday
morning.
Medical testimony concluded the evidence, and the
coroner then went over the evidence very minutely,
and directed the jury as to the law of the case. The
jury returned a verdict of " Still-born."
J. Stringer, Esq., solicitor, Horbury, was present
on behalf of the authorities, and three other solicitors
were also present to watch the inquiry.
On Monday, Mr. Stringer applied to the magis-
trate for warrants of apprehension against the parties
concerned in the above offence ; but the magistrates
required some evidence to be produced before taking
this step, and issued summonses to the witnesses al-
ready named to appear before them. This no doubt
has been done, and the warrants have doubtless been
granted, although we have no information to that
effect. Mr. and Miss Craven have left Horbury,
no one knowing whither they are gone.—Bradford
Observer.