The Sun.
London, England, 1847-05-15 00:00:00

ATTEMPT ON THE LIFE OF THE

£22,788,85b

➢ANKING DEPARTMENT.
Proprietors' capital.. 14,553,000
(test .... • ..... 3,419,164
Public deposits (in-
eluding Exchequer,
Commissioners of
National Debt, Sav-
ings-banks, and Di-
vidend accounts) .. 2,870,109
Other deposits • • 8,930,328
Seven day and other
bi 115.... • • • • 813,760

4 30.616,361

Dated the 13th day of May, 184'

The commissioners present were the Earl of Aberdeen,
Viscount Mahon, Mr. Hallam, and Mr. Wyse; the secre-
tary, Mr. Eastlake, was in attendance.
The meeting broke up at six o'clock, when Prince Albert
took his departure.
The Duchess of Kent visited the Queen at Buckingham
Palace yesterday.
General Prince Castelcicala, the Neapolitan Minister, was
prevented attending her Majesty's Bill, in consequence of
the death of the Archduke of Austria, father of the Queen
of Naples.

Mr: Thomas Brown had an interview with Earl Grey yes-
terday at the Colonial-office.
Mr. G. C. Lewis had an interview with Sir George Grey,
at the Home-office yesterday.
Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-office,
from the Cape of Good Hope.
Mr. Watson had an interview yesterday with Lord Cla-
rendon, at the office of the Board of Trade.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TATTERSALL'S—FRIDAY.
Business, in the aggregate, was flat, but it did not lack
importance, inasmuch as it once more had the effect of re-
versing the positions of the two Danebury favourites, and
brought Mr. Greville's Mirmillo from the extreme outside to
20 to 1, taken freely in good quarters. This was the only
change worth especial notice in the Derby betting; that on
the Oaks was limited to two or three mares, and resulted in
a marked improvement in Ellerdale, and a further decline in
the Farmer's Daughter, on whom no one seemed disposed to
invest at any price. The last quotations were as follows :
DERBY.
2 to 1 agst John Day's lot—taken to 6001.
7 to 1 agst Kent's lot—taken to 1001.
5 to 1 agst Mr. Pedley's Cossack—taken
6 to I agst Sir R. Pigot's Conyngham—do. and aft. off.
7to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Van Tromp—t. and aft, off.
12 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Planet—t. and aft. offered.
20 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Mirmillo—taken freely
20 to 1 agst Mr. Bouverie's War Eagle
25 to I agst Lord Caledon's Wanota
25 to 1 agst Sir R. Bulkeley's Montpensier
25 to 1 agst Mr. Fuller's Oxonian
135 to 1 agst Lord Stanley's Bowstring
40 to I aget Mr. O'Brien's The Liberator—taken
1000 to 15 agst Mr. Merry's Limestone
1000 to 10 agst Mr. Osbaldeston's Retort colt—taken
2000 to 15 agst Mr. Osbaldeston's Vice-Consul-1000 to 15
laid repeatedly
1000 to 800 laid on Cossack agst Conyugham.
OAKS.
4 to 1 agst Mr. Payne's Clementina
8 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Slander
9 to 1 agst Captain Harcourt's Ellerdale--10 to 1 t. frly.
15 to 1 agst Mr. Day's The Farmer's Daughter
16 to 1 agst Mr. Quartermaine's Lady Lift—taken
18 to 1 agst Mr. Merry's Maid of Motherwell
• This horse was incorrectly returned in our last as the
property of Mr. Gully.

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A NEW NOVEL, entitled " EVELYN HARCOURT,"
has just been published, from the pen of the accomplished
authoress of those striking fictions, " Temptation ; or, a
Wife's Perils," and " The School for Wives" (Mrs. Gas-
coigne). It combines two very attractive features—a pic-
ture of existing society in the upper circles, and a story of
deep domestic interest. It has been rumoured that some of
the characters which are remarkable for spirited portraiture,
have their originals in existing personages. Possibly this
may be true as regards the Duke of Shetland and Lady
Truro ; nor is it at all unlikely that Mrs. Harry Erridge, the
lady who has remained so long abroad as to have forgotten
how to speak her own language, has also been drawn from the
lite.

CALEDONIAN ASYLUM.—We are glad to understand
la the Anniversary Ball will be celebrated with more than
usual splendour; for though there have been so many urgent
calls, owing to the dearth prevailing in some parts of Scot-
land, upon the patronesses in extending the charities of pri•
vate life, they are determined by a well sustained benevo-
lence to aid the directors in maintaining this admirable in-
stitution in the fullest efficiency. It possesses peculiar claims
on the consideration of patriotic Scotchmen, and we trust
they will come forward with hereditary zeal, and contribute
to the furtherance of a beneficent and national object.
A HINT TO PAPER MANUFACTURERS.—We Copy
the following from a recent number of the New Zealand
Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, (Dec. 9,) published at
Wellington :—" We must apologise to our readers for being
obliged, from the unusual scarcity of printing paper in the
colony, to publish the Spectator on blotting paper. We are
in daily expectation of receiving a fresh supply of paper by
the next arrivals, when we hope to be relieved from the in-
convenience of our present dilemma."
DEATH OF GEIJER, THE HISTORIAN.—By the last
advices from Stockholm we regret to learn the death, at
Upsala, of Professor Eric Gustaf Geijer, the celebrated his-
torian and philosopher. The decease of this eminent man is
so much the more to be regretted as he has not been
spared to complete his great work on the history of Sweden,
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EARL OF FIFE.
(From the Correspondent of the Shipping Gazette.)
ABERDEEN, MAY 11.—On Sunday the town of Banff was
put into a state of the utmost excitement in consequence of
an attempt upon his Lordship's life by a servant of the name
of Hammond, who was on the eve of being discharged. The
villain was ultimately overpowered, and removed under the
charge of the police. His Lordship has happily sustained
littla or no personal injury.

BANK OF ENGLAND.
(From last night's Gazette.)
in Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32, for
the Week ending on Saturday, the Bth dayof May, 1847.
ISSUE DEPARTMENT.
Notes issued.... • . .• 22,788,855

Government debt .. 11,015,100
Other securities .... 2,984,900
Gold coin and bullion 7,307,616
SUver bulliou ...... 1,481,239

X 22,788,855
M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier.
Dated the 13th day of May. 1/;47.

Government smut-
ties (including Dead
Weight Annuity) .. 10.308,1 4 1
Other securities .. • • 16,311,781
Notes .. ...... ••• . .. 3,196,535
Gold and silver coin.. 799,904

£30,616,361
MARSHALL, Chief Cashier.

COURT CIRCULAR.
The Queen gave a State Ball last evening at Buckingham
Palace, which was very numerously and brilliantly attended,
the company including the Royal Family, the Members of
the Diplomatic Corps, the foreigners of distinction at present
in town, the Ministers and Officers of State, the Ladies and
Gentlemen of the Royal Household, and the principal
nobility and gentry.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert presided yesterday af-
ternoon at a Committee of the Commissioners for Promoting
and Encouraging the Fine Arts in the Rebuilding the Palace
of Westminster. His Royal Highness arrived at the New
Palace, attended by Captain the Hon. A. H. Gordon, shortly
before three o'clock.