The Sun.
London, England, 1847-04-26 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL BANK OF ENGLAND.

About half-past one o'clock en Thursday morning the
manager was disturbed by a noise at the shutters, and on
throwing up the sash of his bed-room window he perceived
a man run away, dropping something that sounded like an
iron bar. On examining the shutters, it appeared that an in-
strument had been inserted between them to three them open.
They glide from the inside, and would have to be forced back
to obtain an entrance. The plate-glass was the next ob -
stacle ; then came sundry iron doors, by which the safe is se-
cured; so that if the thief had got in at the window, he
would still have had some work to do before he got at the
cash. There is at present no clue to the parties.

KING'S COLLEGE.—The annual and general court
of the proprietors of this Institution, was held yesterday in
the hall of the building'. The Bishop of Winchester presided.
There were present—Lord Radstock, Sir R. H. Inglis, M.P.,
Mr. Cotten, the Rev. Dr. Spry, the Rev. Dr. Shepherd, the
Rey. Dr. Jelf, the principal, and the assistant masters and
professors. The business of the day was commenced with the
reading of the report, which spoke highly of the progress if
the institution and the conduct of the pupils of the c ece
and the school. More than a thousand students had re-
ceived instruction during the last year in the various
branches of education cultivated in the establishment. The
efforts of the hospital attached to the medical department had
been instrumental in relieving a vast deal of misery; during
the year 17,823 patients had been relieved. To the list of
scholarships instituted in former years, a scholarship
called the ° Daniell " scholarship had been added, intended
to encourage the science of chymistry. The progress of the
theological students had been favourable. A Chinese pro-
fessorship had been established. In closing their report the
council stated, that they could not omit the expression of
their fervent thankfulness to the Giver of all Good for the
prosperity he had vouchsafed to the college, and their
earnest prayers that he would be pleased still further to bless
their labours. The report having been adopted unani-
mously, the Rev. Dr. Spry moved, and Archdeacon Harrison
seconded, a resolution for the re-election of the retiring
members of the council, with the addition of Mr. Newell
Connop, in the room of the late Duke of Northumberland.
Mr. Alderman Thompson, the treasurer, was then re-elected,
after which a vote of thanks was passed to the Bishop of
Winchester for his conduct in the chair, to which the Right
Re:. Prelate having replied, the proceedings were terminated.
Tee receipts for the last year were, 30,3831. 4s. Bd. ;
the expenditure, 27,648/. 6s. 3d.—leaving a balance of
2,7341. 18s. sd.
THE FISHMONGERS' AND POULTERERS' BENEVO-
LENT lererrnenoxe—Thursday evening the twelfth annual
n e ling of the members and subscribers of the above society,
fo, nded for providing an asylum for aged and infirm mem-
bers of the trade, was held at the London Coffee House, Lud-
gate-hill, to receive the report for the past year, the election
of officers, &c., Mr. John Surman in the chair. The report
congratulated the subscribers on the important progress
made during the past year. The receipts in donations, sub-
scriptions, and the last anniversery dinner, amounted to
1,0261. 13s. 51, which, after payment of permanent pensions 1
and casual relief,and allexpenses, lefta balance of 5171. Is. Id.
The permanent fund of the society amounts to 2,7501. An
asylum is now in course of erection at Wood Green, near
Tottenham, for the reception of 24 aged and decayed mem-
bers, the cost of which, including the purchase of the site of
ground, will amount to 3,250/., and which sum is now in'
hand. Amongst the recent donations was a further subscrip. '
tion of 50/. from J. Grove, Esq., in compliance with the wish
of his late wife. A gentleman, formerly connected with the
poultry trade, has also promised a bequest of 1,0001. The
report was adopted, and thanks to the chairman and the
officers being voted, the meeting separated.
AWFULLY DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN NEW ORLEANS,
lam Our city has not, for a great length of time, been visited by
as destructive a fire as broke out at about three o'clock this
morning. On both sides of Chartres-street, from the Cus -
tom-house half down to Bienville, nearly all of the extensive
establishments there have already been destroyed. The
fire originated in the store of Ravalet and Huet, in the second_
story of the building, one door below Custom-house-street,
en Chartres ; it then crossed to the opposite side of Chartres-
street. At the hour of going to press nine of our largest
stores, with immense stocks of dry goods, &c., are already
burnt. Among those who have suffered are Simpson, fancy
dry goods ; Ravalet and Hunt, dry goods, &c. ; Albert,
bat store ; Heilman, dry goods, &c. ; Derringer, Vignaud,
Loison, and Sylvester, Simmonet, Emanuel, and Co., Du-
congle, druggist ; Mace. It would be difficult at the present
moment to estimate the amount of loss, nor could we get
any particulars of the extent of insurance ; but perhaps
00,000 dollars is as near as may be the loss up to the time
of going to press. Rte have again visited the scene of de-
struction, and as otzfiremen seem to have overcome the
element, wejudge it Orleans Times, Marcht2.Cannot extend much further.— Were
SEIZURE OF AN ILLICIT DISYILLERY.—A seizure
ce an illicit distillery was de
on Friday by the police
in. a very private-looking eet,,,V
effected an en-
grove, Holloway. The Ce
eionelgilzwitei,n No. 12, Eden-
Pe
lower room
tranee at the back of the hone
the still at
found a distillery completely fitted up,
strong supiPritv*s.ith
molt work, and running off
sses wash was prepared for working, attd quantity of
was in readiness to dispatch it from the prenii.eevs as erything
as it was reduced to spirit. The stock of spirit sei h:dsoon,
small. The fermented wash was destroyed,
but the rest of
the seizule was conveyed to the Excise warehouse, in Broad-
street.
THE PARIS SPRING R ACES.—The first spring
meeting. takes place on Sunday, on the Champ de Mars, and
a good day's sport is expected. Five different prizes will be
run for—viz., the I,ooof. Stakes for horses and mares of
three years and upwards, P entry for which eight entries
:have been made; the 2,0001. Stakes of the Administration
eles Hams, for three years-old colts and fillies, 100 f. entry,
teight entries made; the Prix du Cadran 3,000 f. for four-year-
told colts and fillieee entry 500 f., 10 entries made; the Prix
de j'lisplanade I,ooof. for horses and mares of three years
and upwards, entry 50e, five entries made; and the Pre-
rnieee Cours de Hales 1,5001, entry 1001., seven entries
-male.
rv.:ATEI Or LsRD ROKFBY.—We have to announce
the (lea' le of the above highly-respected nobleman, who ex-
-pi rei tn? ehli inst. at Naples, after a short illness. The
bie Lord Lad been some menthe absent on the continent,
he losing for the lest seven years, without exception, passed
the winter in Italy or the south of France.

CUSTOMS DUTIES' BILL.
HOUSE OF LORDS -APRIL 23.
AGAINST TILE DUKE OF MONTROSE'S AMENDMENT,
DMUS. Burlington LORDS.
Norfolk Cowper
Bedford Granville
St. Albans Effingham
Leicester
Lovelace
Zetland
Romney
Auckland
Ripon
Clare
Fingall
Wicklow

Dacre
Camoys
Beaumont
Teynharn
Byron
Montfort
Bruce
Foley
Denman
Strafford
De 3lauley
Wrottesley
VISCOUNT. Sudeley
Falkland De Freyne
BISHOPS. Campbell
Hereford Vivian
St. A saph Erskine
Worcester Leigh
Wharncliffe
Lord Chancellor ChUrchill
PAIRS.
AGAINST. FOR.
Marquis of Anglesey r Earl of Charleville, till
nine o'clock
Lord Crewe Lord De Lisle
Lord Lyttelton Lord Willoughby d'Eresby
Marquis of Headfort Lord Munster
Duke of Roxburgh Lord sheffield
Lord Portman Earl of Oxford
Earl Radnor Earl of Orkney
Bishop of Durham Earl Tankerville.

MARQUISES.
Lansdowne
Westmeath
Camden
Clanriearde

sauz•s,
Spencer
Devon
Fitzwilliam
Shrewsbury

Ilchester
Clarendon
St. Germans
Grey
Minto
Suffolk
Morley

PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS.
From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.)

FRIDAY, APRIL 23.
NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL-OFFICE.

RAILWAYS.
The Committee of Selection have nominated the following
Select Committees on Railway Groups :
A Committee consisting of—Lord C Hamilton (Chair-
man), Mr. Bramston, Mr. Horsman, Mr. Burroughes, and
Sir Thomas Troubridge, to whom they have referred the
Bills comprised in Group No. 7, viz.:—
Southampton and Dorchester (New Forest Deviation and
Branches),
Southampton and Dorchester (Weymouth Branch),
London and South-Western (Andover to the Bishopstoke

and Salisbury Branch, &c.
The Select Committee to meet on Monday, May 3, at 12.

A 'Committee consisting of—Sir C. Lemon (Chairman),
Colonel Reid, Mr. Curteis, Mr. S. Davies, and Mr. Dash-
wood, to whom they have referred the Bills comprised in
Group No. 25, viz.:—
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (Branch at Bugs-
worth, &c.),
Manchester, Sheffield, aad Lincolnshire, and Manchester and
Lincoln Union Railway, and Chesterfield and Gains-
borough Canal Amalgamation,
Manchester and Lincoln Union Railway (Deviation),
Midland (from the Erewash Valley to the Nottingham and
Mansfield, &c.),
Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, and Midlands Junction
Railway (Deviations, Amendment, &c.),
Manchester and Birmingham, and North Staffordshire Junc-
tion Railway.
The Select Committee to meet on Monday, May 3, at
half-past twelve.
A Committee consisting of—Lord Seymour (Chairman),
Lord Hotham, Mr. Marshall, Hon. S. Carnegie, and Viscount
Alford, to whom they have referred the Bills comprised in
Group No. 41, viz.:—
Dundalk and Enniskillen Amendment,
Portadown and Dungannon,
Dublin and Belfast Junction and Navan Branch Act,
Dublin and Drogheda ( Branch from Navan to Kells),
Newry and Enniskillen Amendment,
Dublin and Drogheda (Purchase of Navan Branch, &c.)
The Select Committee to meet on Monday, May 3, at 12.

A Committee consisting of—Lord R. Grosvenor (Chair-
man), Hon. F. Tollemacbe, Sir T. D. Acland, Mr. C. Turnor,
and Mr. Tomline, to whom they have referred the Bills com-
prised in Group No. 42, viz.:—
Midland Great Western (Deviations),
Midland Great Western ( Extension from Athlone to Galway),
Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow, and Dublin Amendment,
Dublin, Dundrum, and Rathfarnham (Exter.aion to Stephen's

Green),
Great Southern and Western (Portarlington to Tullamore),
Grand Canal Amendment and Amalgamation,
Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow, and Dublin Repeal.
The Select Committee to meet on Monday, May 3, at half-
past twelve.;
A Committee consisting of—Mr. Protheroe (Chairman),
lfr. M. Gaskell, Mr. R. Yorke, Mr. Ackers, and Sir R.
Pig,)tt, to whom they have referred the Bills comprised in
Gruup No. 43, vie.:—
Cork and Bandon,

Cork, Blackrock, and Passage,
Wexford and Valencia (Killarney to Valencia),
Waterford and Limerick.
The Select Committee to meet on Monday, May 3, at one.
A Committee consisting of—Right Hon. F. Shaw (Chair-
man), Mr. Bruce, Mr. Leslie, Mr. Morris, and Sir T. E. Cole-
brooke, to whom they have referred the Bills comprised in
Group No. 31, viz. :
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (Junction with Mid-
land Railway, via Barnsley, and Branches therefrom),
Manchester and Leeds (Branch from the Huddersfield and
Sheffield Railway, &c.),
South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole, Penistone, &c.
(Purchase of Sheffield, Rotherham, Barnsley, Wakefield,
Huddersfield, and Goole Railway, Bcc-),
Sheffield, Rotherham, and Doncaster Junction (Masbrough
to Doncaster),
Great Northern (Deviations between Gainsborough and
Doncaster).
The Select Committee to meet on Tuesday, May 4, at 12.

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PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS.

(From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.)

FRIDAY, APRIL 23.
SUPPLY.

Motion made, and Question proposed, " That Mr. Speaker
do now leave the Chair :"—Amendment proposed, to leave
out from the word " That" to the end of the Question, in
order to add the words " it is expedient that in any plan
for promoting the education of the people by pecuniary
assistance from the State, provision should be made, that in
schools receiving such assistance the opportunity of partici-
pating in all instauctioa other than religious should be
afforded to children whose parents may object to the religi-
ous doctrines taught in such schools," instead thereof :
Question put, " That the words proposed to be left out stand
part of the Question." The House divided :

MAJORITY—AYES, 210.
Ackers, James Forbes, William Mostyn, E. M.
Acland, Sir T. Fox, S. L. Mundy, E. Miller
Acland T. D. French, F. More, Colonel
Adderley, C. B. Gibson, T. M. Newdegatc, C. N.
Anson, Colonel Gill, Thomas Newport,Wisct.
Antrobus, Edmund Gladstone, J. N. Newry, Viscount
Archdall, Captain Gordon, Admiral Nichol', John
Bailey, J., jun. Gore, Montague Norreys, Lord
Baillie, Col. Gore, Robert Northland, Viscount
Barclay, David Graham, Sir James O'Brien, A. Stafford
Barkly, Henry Granby, Marquis of O'Conor, Don
Baring, F. T. Greene, Thomas Ogle, S. C.
Baring, Thomas Grey, Sir G. Ord, William
Beckett, W. Grimsditch, Thomas Ossulston, Lord
Bell, Matthew Guest, Sir J. Oswald, Alexander
Bell, John gale, R. B. Owen, Sir John
Bellew, K. M. Hallyburton, Lord Padre, C. W.
Bennet, Philip Halsey, T. P. Pakington, Sir J.
Bentinck, Lord G. Hamilton, W. J. Palmerston, Viscount
Berkeley, Captain Hamilton, Lord C. Parker, John
Blackburne, J. I. Hanmer, Sir John Patten, J. W.I 1
Blackstone, W. S. Harcourt, G. Philipps, Sir R.
Borthwick, Peter Harris, Captain Plumptre, J. P.
Botfield, Beriah Hawes, Benjamin Plumridge, Captain
Broadley, Henry Heathcote, Sir W. Polhill, F.
Buck, L. W. Heneage, G. H. W. Ponsonby, C. F.
Buller, Charles Heneage, E. Powlett. Lord W.
Buller, Edward Henley, J. W. Protheroe, E.
Boller, Sir J. Y. Herbert, Sydney Pusey, Philip
Byng,3G. S. Hill, Lord E. Rashleigh, W.
Cavendish, C. C. Hobliouse, Sir J. Repton, G. W.
Cavendish, G. H. Hope, Sir J. Rich, Henry
Cayley, E. S. Hope, A. Richards, Richard
Chelsea, Vise. Hope, G. W. Bomilly, John
Chichester, Lord J. Hotham, Lord Round, C. G.
Christie, W. D. Howard, C W.G. Round, John
Christopher, R. A. Howard, J. K. Rumbold, C. E.
Chute, W. L. W. Howard3E. G. Russell, Lord J.
Clerk Sir G. Hudson, G. Russell, Lord C.
Clive, Viscount Hurst, R. H. Russell, C.
Colvile, C. R. Ingestre, Viscount Rutherford, A.
Coote, Sir C. 11. Inglis, Sir. It. Scott, Francis
Copeland, Ald. James, William Seyeaer, H. K.
Corry, Henry James, Sir W. C. Sheridan, R. B.
Courtenay, Lord Jervis, Sir John Smith, J. A.
Cowper, W. F. Jolllffe, Sir W G. H. Somerville, Sir W.
Craig, W. G. Jones, Captain Stanton, W. H.
Cripps, William Labouchere, Henry Staunton, Sir G.
Dalrymple, Captain Lambton, H. Stuart, Lord J.
Davies, D. A. Law, C. E. Stuart, Henry
Denison, W. J. Layard, Major Stratt, Edward
Denison, J. E. Legh, G. C. Talbot, C. IL
Denison, E. B. Lemon, Sir C, Tancred, H. W.
Dickinson, F. H. Lincoln, Earl of Tollemache, F. J.
Dodd, G. Lindsay, Colonel Tolleroache, John
Douglas, J. S. Loch, James Trevor, J. R.
Duckworth, Sir J. Macaulay, T. B. Trollepe, Sir J.
Duncembe, 0. Mackenzie, W. F. Vane, Lord 11.
Dundas, Admiral 3P.Neill, Duncan Verner, Sir W.
Dundas, Sir David Mahon, Lord Villiers, Viscount
Du Pre, C. G. Mainwaring, T. Vivian, J. E.
East, J. B. Maitland, Thomas Waddington, H. S.
Ebrington, Viscount Manners, Lord J. Ward, H. G.
Egerton, Sir P. March, Earl of Wilshere, W.
Emlyn, Viscount Motile, Fox Wodehouse, E.
Entwisle, W. Meynell, Captain Wood, Sir Charles
Fielden, John Mlles, Philip W. S. Wood, Colonel T.
Ferguson, Sir R. Miles, William Worcester, Marquis
Filmcr, Sir E. Monahan, J. 11. TELLERS.
Finch, George Morgan, 0. Turtle% Henry
"Floyer, John Morpeth, Viscount Hill, Lord Marcus

MINORITY-NOES, 74.
Aglionby, H. A. Escott, Bickham Napier, Sir C.
Armstrong, Sir A. Evans, William O'Connell, M. J.
Baine, Walter Evans, Sir De Lacy Osborne, Ralph
Barnard, E. G. Ewart, William Pattison, J.
Berkeley, Craven Fitzroy, Henry Pechell, Captain
Berkeley, H. F. Fitzwilliam, G. W. Perfect, Robert
Bouverie, E. P. Gisborne, Thomas Puisford, Robert
Bowring, Dr. Granger, T. C. Roebuck, J. A.
Bright, John Hall, Sir Benjamin Scrape, G. P.
Brocklehurst, John Hastle,tArchibald Stanley, W. 0.
Brotherton, Joseph Hay, Sir A. L. Stansfield, W. R. C.
Brown, W. Heathcoat, John Strickland, Sir G.
Browne, R. 1). Heron, Sir It. Thornely, T.
. Callaghan, D. Hlndley Charles Trelawny, J. S.
^Chapman, B. Holland, Robert Villiers, Charles
'Collett, John Howard, P. H. Vivian, J. H.
Crawford, W. S. Hume, Joseph Wakley, Thomas
'Currie, R. Langston, J. H. Walker, Richard
Dashwood,:G. H. 3l`Carthy, Alex. Warburton, H.
Dennistoun, J. 3farjoribanks, S. Wawa, J T.
ID'Eyncourt, C. T. Marsland, Henry Williams,.W.
3fatheson, James Yorke, R.„. 11.
Duke, Sir J.
Mitchell, T. A.
Duncan, George
Duncom be, T. Moffatt, George TELLERS.
Umndas, F. Morris, David Clay, Sir W.
Allis, Wynn 3funtz, G. F. Duncan, Lord

EXTENSIVE ROBBERT BY A BOY.—BIRMINGHAM,
Atzt IDAY EVENING.—Last evening, Mr. Stephens, super-
iur,..endent of police in this town, was waited upon by a mer-
el t. uit of high standing in Liverpool, who informed him that
in , the course of the day a youth named Drury, about fifteen
.zi
neeyttiosStlia:datCtoh.
.1...(,,e.r.i5t?f age, who, for a few months past, had occupied a con-
itii _
Propertyollice, to a serious amount, consistinof bank-notes,
Sti
ntime
tLiverpool,he merchant
tothe amountwaited .. .
,eofti
St et hens, no uopfolf .15°Iri.
tet la cut from the information had been received by the supe-ra-
wa a to issue notices t authorities at Liverpool, and his first slTp
anal at the same time to
o all the metropolitan police-offices,
up on the Channel COaSt, apsrse the authorities of the towns
wi th the Continent. It is,
sstto cut off all communication
dhat there is no doubt
wl tate ver the youth proceeded fromat
I in the saute train which brought his Liverpool to Birmingham
master, and he was then
trm iced on his ‘9l)- to London.
r SEAMEN'S CHURCH.--Mr. L b h a ouc ere, the trea-
EL/ .r r, on Friday received from an "Anonymous Friend"
el, qua for 3:")01. towards the funds of this church. Thea
- 1 serous- donor merely expressed a hope that the church
g :
Ink ;Iv; be opened by Midsummer, and as only 500/, now re-
ma; ro.; to be subscribed, the committee tuut they shall be
ena 1;40 to accomplish that object.