The Sun.
London, England, 1847-09-09 00:00:00

BANK OF ENGLAND.

A General Court of the Proprietors of Bank Stock
was held at the Bank of England yesterday, for the
purpose of electing a Deputy-Governor for the re-
mainder of the year, in the room of James
Morris, Esq., the late Deputy-Governor, now
elected Governor. The voting of the Proprietors
commenced at eleven and concluded at four o'clock,
when Henry James Prescott, Esq., was declared duly
elected to the office of Deputy-Governor.
The Court then broke up.

ENTERTAINMENT TO COMMO-
DORE DE KAY AND THE OFFICERS OF
THE MACEDONIAN.
On
Monday the Central Board of the Highland
Relief Fund gave a dinner to Commodore de Kay,
and the officers of the Macedonian, at the Tontine
Inn, Edinburgh. The Lord Provost filled the chair,
supported by Commodore de Kay, Sheriff Alison,
Bailie M'Kinlay, Principal Macfarlan,
Captain Ca-
meron, Mr. Joseph Cowden, and Bailie Stewart. Sir
James Campbell was eroupier, supported by Sir John
Maxwell, Dr. M‘Leod, Dr. Scoresby, Sheriff Bell
Bailie Orr, Dr. Ormond, Bailie Honeyman, and J.
Lumsden, Esq., &c. &c.
After dinner,
The CHAIRMAN proposed, in succession, the healths
of her Majesty, the President of the United States,
and the Prince Consort, which were duly honoured,
Mr. Cowdin returning thanks for the toast of the Pre-
sident of the United States.
The CHAIRMAN said the next toast he bad to pro-
pose was the health of the Gallant Officer on his
right, Commodore de Kay.—(Loud cheers.) The
manner in which they
Shad received his health indi-
cated to him that it required no words on his part to
make the toast acceptable to them. Commodore de
Kay's life had not been one of inglorious sloth—by his
own good sword, by hii determined bravery, and by
his knowledge of the profession he had chosen—
a profession alike beloved and esteemed by Ame-
ricans as well as Britons—he had carved out for him-
self a name which would always be remembered in
the page of history ; but he ventured to say that the
brightness of his present mission would rather dim
his previous expeditions.— (Cheers.) He had laid
aside all the heat of party strife, he had assumed all
the duties of an active and civil citizen, but when he
heard of the distresses in the old country, he, no
doubt, remembering the green fields of Erin, where
his own progenitors first drew breath, had felt all the
sentiments which one high-minded man must feel to
anoter.—(Cheers.) His countrymen had come to
relieve by their support their distressed and afflicted
countrymen, and the small tribute they now paid to
Commodore de :Kay was not at all commensurate
with what he received from the approving of his own
conscience, and from the conviction that he had done
much to relieve the distress of this afflicted country.
—(Cheers.) He could not sit down without refer-
ring to the early connexion which existed between
Great Britain and the United States of America.
Two hundred and thirty years ago a small band
left this country, and that small band had increased
to a mighty army, until the whole continent of North
America was under the domination of the Anglo-
Saxon race. Seventy years ago, on account of exac-
tions, which few at this time would allow to be just,
and none would allow to be politic—but on account
of that contest, feelings of hostility had existed in the
minds of men on the other side of the Atlantic, as
well as upon this side ; and it was as if Providence had
sent this present season of distress to bring forth the
sympathy of the one country towards the other, and
he trusted it would tend to the permanent harmony
and peace of the two countries. He trusted that they
would all join him in drinking to the health of their
worthy guest, Commodore de Kay.—(Cheers).
Commodore DE KAY said he thanked them for
that demonstration of kindness towards him, for the
exhibition of that proof, as be might call it, of the
sympathy which ought to exist always between the
two countries, and which certainly existed at the pre-
sent moment, for they were all labourers in the same
vineyard, and that vineyard was one into which no
man need be ashamed to come. They all met to-
gether in this dreadful calamity to do their best to
relieve suffering fellow-creatures. They had heard
the cry of distress from every quarter, and their
attention was more awakened to it than the attention
of the people of this country could be ; it was not a
solitary voice, it was not the voice of a thousand, but
it was the voice of millions which came to them.
There were many in America who had struggled
and strove to do more than he had done in this
way in that good, that glorious cause. It was
not only Scotchmen and the descendants of Scotch-
men, nor Irishmen and the descendants of Irishmen,
but the descendants of people of all countries, who
vied with each other in their endeavours to send for-
ward help to this country.—(Cheers.) There were
several men, well-established merchants in New York,
who did more than could well be imagined or con-
ceived by persons so far distant. It would be, per-
haps, improper in him to name them, as they had re-
quested not to be named, although he could hardly go
home without doing so ; suffice it to say, that the ex-
ertions made by those gentlemen, and the enthusiasm
kindled up by them, resulted as they had seen in
sending the ships of war. Those ships of war, he
trusted, would do more good than the simple cargoes
with which they were loaded could be expected to
do; he had no doubt they would do much to cement
the union between the people of the two countries.—
(Cheers.) He must again return thanks to them for
the kindness they had shown him, and he would con-
clude by giving " The Central Board for the Relief
of the Ilighlands."—(Loud cheers.)
A variety of toasts were proposed and duly
honoured, and the company separated about eleven.
o'clock, much gratified with the evening's entertain-
ment.—North British Mail.

MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS

NUMBER OF DEATITiI FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN
THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, SEPT. 4, 1847.
Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ... 351
Diseases of Uncertain Seat ... 122
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ... 138
Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of
Respiration ... ... 202
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 7
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs
of Digestion... ...
Diseases of the Kidneys, &c.
Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c.
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles
Diseases of the Skin, &c.
Old Age, or Natural Decay ...
Deaths by Violence, Privation, or Intemperance ... 40
Causes not specified 2
DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES ... •••

... 101
... 7
... 8

ronulation
Enumeratwl,
1841.
West Districts... 301,326
North Districts.. 376,396
Central Districts 374,759
'ast Districts ... 393,247
South Districts .. 502,483

1,05

T0ta15........ 1,948,211

Average weekly Deaths
Deaths, 1842-6. in the
Five Summers. Week.
137 ... 133
. 175 ... 210
173 ... 213
. 212 ... 250
. 244 ... 245

Male 3 ...
Females ~.

... 1,05

BIRTHS IN THE WEEK.

Males
Females

... 526
... 525

Totals ..

... 652
... 643

-.1,295

The Duke and Duchess of Somerset entertained at
dinner on Tuesday, at their mansion in Park-lane, the
Prince and Princess Doria Pamphili (previous to their
return to Rome), the Duchess of Inverness, and a select
family circle, after which her Grace had music. M. and
Madame Oury, the violinist and pianiste, came from
Brighton expressly to attend.
ARRIVAL OF THE DUckiKss or KENT.—Ifor Royal
Highness the Duchess of Kent landed at Dover at an
early hour yesterday afternoon from Ostend, under a
royal salute from the heights. On landing her Royal
Highness was received by a guard of honour from the
Castle. A special train was in readiness at the South-
Eastern terminus, and the Royal Duchess was received
at the station by Tames MacGregor, Esq., chairman of
the board, and several of the directors. The train
stopped at New Cross, at which station horses were
waiting to convey the Duchess to Windsor. Colonel Sir
George Couper, Bart., and the suite in attendance pro-
ceeded on to the Bricklayers' Arms Station. Mr. Cud-
worth, the locomotive manager of the line, drove the
engine from Dover to London.
BANKRUPTCY AND INSOLVENCY.—The new Act
on bankruptcy and insolvency will take effect on Wed-
nesday next, the 15th instant. It contains 21 section
and is entitled "An Act to abolish the Courtof 1 s'
eview
in Bankruptcy, and to make alterations in the j risdic.
diction of the Courts of Bankruptcy and Court for the
Relief of Insolvent Debtors." By the Oct the insol-
vency business of the Court of Bankruptcyo is trans-
ferred to the Insolvent Debtors' C
of the Post-office, and the other businessurt'within 20 miles
of that court,
as well as the District Courts, is given to the new
County Courts. The new rules by the Insolvent
Debtors' Court have not as yet been printed; the new
forms are, hoNsever,inpreparation. It is understood
'
that the four Commissioners of the Insolvent Debtors'
Court, whose circuits are abolished by the Act, will
hold several courts at the same time, but such an ar-
rangement would be very inconvenient, and would seem
to be unnecessary, as the business under the two sys-
tems committed to them could be disposed of by one
court sitting daily.
MELANCHOLY SUICIDE. Mr. George Burnett,
lead and chemical manufacturer, Newcastle-upon-Tyne,
committed suicide in a corn field near that town on
Monday night, and was discovered early on the follow-
ing morning, with his throat cut, and quite dead. The
unfortunate deceased was of a nervous temperament ;
and on Monday evening he was seen loitering between
the villages of Blay don and Scotswood, near to which
latter place he breathed his last. He was respected by
all who knew him.