The Sun.
London, England, 1847-12-18 00:00:00

7,124,904
---- £18,140,004

STOIM ACCOUNT.
Batik Stock
Undivided profits, or Rest 3,587,004

18.140,004

0 0 0
RETURNS OF NOVEMBER 27 AND DECEMBER
4, 1847, COMPARED.
LIABILITIES.
Increase—Public deposits.- £69,955
Do. Other deposits ... 202,735

.Notes from cir-

£272,690

oulation
Do. Seven-day and
other bills .. 5,362
191,872

ASSETS.
Increfise—Bullion £499,656
Deere ase—Other Securities 461,401

Increase balance ... ... —.£38,255
Amount of increase of Liabilities
una,:.countad fur

". 42,563

80,818

£SO,B IS

0 0 0

Doc. 4 ..
r I ov. 23

TOTAL LIABILITIES.
... £35,909,598
... 35,828,780

/increase Dec, 4 ••• •••
TOTAL ASSETS.
• .C 54,049,602
54,011,347

-Dec. 4 ..
Nov. 23

.
Increase Dec. 4 £3B 255
Balance Liabilities unaccounted for ... 42,563

COURT CIRCULAR.
The Queen and Prince Albert took an airing on
Thursday afternoon in the vicinity of Osborne.
The unfavourable state of the weather yesterday
morning prevented her Majesty and her Royal Con-
sort taking their usual early walk, or the royal chil-
dren from taking their accustomed walking and
riding exercise on the sea beach.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended
by Lady Fanny Howard, arrived at Clarence House,
St. James's, at twenty minutes before twelve o'clock
yesterday, from her residence, Frogmore House,
Windsor. Her Royal Highness, attended by Lady
Fanny Howard, left town at a quarter past two
o'clock, on her return to Frogmore House.
A Cabinet Council was held at one o'clock yes-
terday afternoon, at the Colonial-office. The Minis-
ters present were--Lord John Russell, the Marquis
of Lansdowne, Sir George Grey, Viscount Palmerston,
Earl Grey, the Earl of Auckland, Sir John Hob-
house, Lord Campbell, the Marquis of Clanricarde,
Viscount Morpeth, the Right Hon. H. Labouchere,
and the Right lion. T. B. Macaulay.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer arrived soon after
two o'clock, and joined his colleagues.
The Council sat two hours and a half.
Mr. Brotherton and Mr. Roberts had an interview
with Sir George Grey yesterday, at the Home-office.
Major Macnamara had an interview with Lord
John Russell yesterday, at his official residence, in
Downing-street.
Mr. Adair had an interview with the Right Hon.
T. Milner Gibson yesterday, at the office of the Board
of Trade. _ _ _ _

Dispatches from the Governor-General of Canada,
and also from the Governors of the other North
American Provinces, were received yesterday, at the
Col onial- office.
Dispatches were sent off last evening from the
Colonial-office, for the Governors of the North
American Provinces.
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat
yesterday. Mr. Crowder, Queen's counsel, was
heard on an appeal from the Iligh Court of Ad-
miralty, " Green v. Ryan," relative to the Seringl L-
patam. Mr. Wigram, Queen's Counsel, was heard in
reply.

STANZAS
SUGGESTED BY A. VIEW OF THE COMMER-
CIAL TRAVELLERS' SCHOOLS AT
WANSTEAD.
BY CHARLES NASH.

On Wanstead's broad and verdant fields
Yon hospitable building stands ;
It claims, and glad reflection yields,
The homage Charity demands.
Secluded from the noisy throng,
It shields the friendless and forlorn—
Guards the poor orphan child from wrong
And the cold world's unthinking scorn.
Within its walls fair Learning rears
Her noblest temples ; all are taught
By kindly words, not trembling fears,
The charms with which instruction's fraught.
'Tis Education's ray serene
That gives true grandeur to the mind—
How vast a chasm lies between

A Newton and unletter'd hind !
And who can fail at onao to mark
How Ignorance with evil blends ?
Or doubt the goal, obscure and dark,

To which untutored reason tends ?
The off•prino• of the gardener's art,
So rich in beauty's varied guise,
Uncar'd for, sees its grace depart,
Or, choked with weeds, too early dies.
'Tis thus with Childhood's tender flower ;
Desert it—leave it to the blast—
And if it die not Crime's dark power
May stain its progress to the last.
But tend it with parental care,
And train its dubious steps aright,
Then witness what you witness there—
Youth linked with innocent delight.
Then witness what you witness there—
The orphan suatch'd from peril's jaws,
And taught with pleasure to revere
His Maker's and his country's laws.
To you—the generous Sons of Trade—
Whose will this noble work decreed,
Be every grateful tribute paid,
But slacken not in word or deed.

EDINBURGH THEATRE.
Mr. W. Harrison, the celebrated tenor, made his first
appearance here on Saturday evening, and although he,
has been prevented from commencing his engagement:
at an earlier period in consequence of a severe attack of
the epidemic, we could scarcely discern any perceptible
remnant of cold or indisposition. Mr. Harrison selected
Henry Bertram for his first appearance. The beautiful
songs, " Be mine, dear maid," and " The Thorn," were
given with the most exquisite pathos and expression, and
were both enthusiastically encored. It is an admirable
feature in this gentleman's style, that his articulation is
remarkably distinct and clear, which is unquestionably
one of the most essential requisites of a singer. But it
is almost invidious to speak of one peculiar beauty in Mr.
Harrison's voice, as he evidently possesses all the attri-
butes of an accomplished operatic and ballad singer.
The character of Lucy Bertram was well personated
by Miss Coveney, who sung " My ain fireside," and
" nest thee, babe, rest thee," with great taste and deli-
c,cy. Miss Harriet Coveney was no less successful as
Julia Mannering, and in the duet with Mr. Harrison,
•'Now hope, now fear," she was much applauded, as well
as in the pretty little ditty " Coining through the rye."
Although we had not our old favourite, Mackay, as
Dominic Sampson, yet, in justice to Mr. Ray, who per-
formed the part, we must say that it was a most excellent
portraiture of the character, and was received through-
out with the most marked applause. Dandie Dinmont
found a fair representative in Mr. Melrose, although not
equal to his Dugald Creatur. The tendency of this gen-
tleman, and, indeed, all who have essayed Dandie Din-
mont since the days of Denham, has been to render the
part too broadly. It is no doubt poorly dramatised, but a
skilful performer ought still to endeavour to present the
bold and kind-hearted border farmer of the author,
instead of a rude swaggering inferior horse-jockey.
Mr. Harrison appears this evening as Captain Macheath,
in the Beggar's Opera, a character he has frequently
performed in London with great success —Caledonian
Mercury of Monday.

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.—The following dis-
tinguished company have lately honoured this elegant
theatre with their patronage :—The Duke and Duchess
of Norfolk, and the Ladies Mary and Adelina lloward
the Condo de Montemolin, Prince Leuis Napoleon, the
Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne, the Marquis of
Donegal, the Countess of Essex, the Earl and Countess
of Verulam, the Earl of March, the Earl of Munster,
the Earl and Countess of Ilford, the Earl Falkland, the

Earl Buchan, the Countess of Powlett, Lord and Lad:

A. Paget, Lady Brougham, Lord Gordon Lennox, Lord
Suffield, Lady Temple, Lady Charles Somerset, Lady
Rivers, Viscount Cantalupe, Viscount and Viscountess
Dillon, Lord de Manley, Lady Hawley, Lady Frederick
Bentinck, Lord Burghley, Lady John Macdonald, Lord
and Lady Tenterden, Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, Lady
Augusta Lennox, Lady Caroline Lennox, Lord William
Lennox, Lord Arthur Lennox. Lord Henry Lennox,
Lord George Lennox, Lady Hope Vere, Lady Mary
Fox, Lady Brinckman, Sir Bellingham Graham, Sir
George Wombwell, Sir John Bayley, the lion. Mrs. Nor-
ton,
the lion. Mrs. Murray, Sir Augustus Clifford, the
Raja of Sarawak, Captain Ibbetson, the Hon. Captain
Koppel. MT. Moutagu Chambers, &c. &c.
BANK OF AUSTRALASIA.—The half-yearly meet-
ing of this company was held yesterday, at the establish-
ment in Austinfriars. G. 11. Forster, Esq., took the
chair, and stated that the accounts could not be made
up minutely till the next meeting, but they had met in
accordance with the wishes of the proprietors that the
directors should give them any information they possessed
at the half-yearly meeting, and for which purpose they
had prepared a brief report. The substance of this re-
port was, that it was expected the verdict in the suit
brought by this bank against the Bank of Australia
would be given in January. The business at Sidney
and Maitland had been depressed, owing to
the low price of wool and the high price of
labour. At Melbourne a decided improvement
had taken place in the business of the bank; and at the
Lancaster branch likewise. The transactions in the
Adelaide district had rapidly increased, and the directors
had taken precautions against losses from the extensive
mining operations going on in that quarter. The profit
pf the current year was expected to be equal to that of
the former. The arrival of Mr. Atherton in the colony
was announced. The report concluded by an allusion
to the late mmetary crisis, and stated that the bills re-
ceived from the colonies upon houses which had stopped
payment were not of any large amount. Mr. Meesom
asked for the total amount of the bills returned. The
chairman said the total amount of the bills on houses
which had suspended payment was 14,9381.; but from
the securities they held, every shilling of the money
wws expected to be forthcoming.
PLAIN ENOUGH, ONE WOULD HAVE THOUGHT.—
MX. Haywood, one of the sanitary reporters on the state
of Sheffield, narrates a case which may give some idea
to what extent noxious matters are regarded by many
of the humbler classes. "Do you not perceive an un-
pleasant smell from that place behind your house?" "No,
nowt us i know on." "What I does not that wet which
runs down your wall smell bad sometimes?" "Sometimes
it does a bit, of a mornin', but nowt to mean aught."
Have you lived here long?" " About sixteen years."
" Pretty good health since you came?" " Pretty
middling, considering." " What family have you had?"
" O've had fourteen childer." " Have they had pretty
good health as well as yourself ?" " Nay, o'vo buried
'em all but three." " Were they all born in this house?"
No, four were horn in Derbyshire—three of these are
still living,' but the youngest of 'em died here!"
MERCHANT TAILORS' COMPANT.—Thursday after-
noon Major-General Sir George Pollock was enrolled us
an hcoorary member of this ancient and respected corn-
oany. The " Merchant Tailors" have ever been forward
to nay a tribute of honour to those of our countrymen
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