The Sun.
London, England, 1846-08-29 00:00:00

BANKING DEY•BTMBNT

Proprietors' capital 14,553,000 Government securi-
Rest .. .
Public deposits (in- Weight Annuity) . • 1.'4(11,801
eluding Exchequer, Other securities •. • • I°, 0607.'
Commissioners of
National Debt, Say- Notes . . 9,,.529,676
Gold and silver coin .•
ings-banks, and Di-
vidend accounts) . - 6,843,002
Other deposits .• • • 10,074.026
Seven day and other
bills • .

920,016

Z3n 00-,
r. MARSHALL. Chief C

4 36,003,260

Dated the 27th day of August, 1

COMPLETE STOPPAGE OF WESTMINSTER L'I4TIDGOt ivy
Thursday, notwithstanding the many repairs and doctoL io
which this venerable structure has undergone, not ot..l;l'ore
carriage but foot way, it was found really necessary for tu'd it
safety of lives to stop up one side of the foot passage, 5°,36,
is expected that in another forty-eight hours the oPP:,
side will be placed in the same state. The imperfectio
.tep,
the first five arches from the Surrey side cause this 'der
which, of course will prove very inconvenient to the treho,
men situated in the Westminster-road. It is expected t,", he
as far as toot-passengers sae concerned, arrangements will.
made by the Charing croosorsdn-lihsrritilsagwnelaeCyyomtatr)prpaivnrueydm,
mbauottn;oaW:ir;
nothing was definitively settled yesterday.
LORDen
isSiToAn:NiaLyEYni—ghLt, g fid
shootingwi i
which has a
season
been
by
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nobleh i s
proprietor,L or dshi Lordship's
Lorddisposal for „
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D'Eresby.— Edinburgh paper.
POTATOES.—A curious circumstance attending a fiLitsePt
of wheat growing on the farm of Hudston bas occurred. .0c1;
year, the field being under green crop, potatoes were rataa
like many more in the neighbourhood, the crop Pos thetAlsere, owing to the blight, in consequence of which left
sound ones alone were gathered in, and the diseased 007 the
to rot on the field. No sooner had the spring time°
year come round, than vigorous stems were observed sniivi, b ia
up in every part of the field, indicating a state of befost
the tuber quite unexpected. The crop is prolific, al" fieo
is cf greater consequence, both bulb and plant are freee
any disease. After reaping a plentiful wheat crop, th
tips'
metiltias resolved to dig up the potato crop at the usual
—bundee Advertiser.
0131
NEW SIGN OF DEATH.--The following irer" cjsiii'
discovery is calculated to be of great service in cases 01 the
pected death. The communication was lately made t° id
Royal Academy of Sciences, Paris by M. Ripault, wh°'eb'
directing the attention of members to the discoverY. bed
,'
served, that it consisted in perfect flaccidity of the
one'
the globe of the eye is compressed in two opposite direct'ot
If the individual be living, the pupil retains its cite are
r*"
form, notwithstanding the compression ; if dead, the s
becomes irregular, and the circular form is lost. col
Tnic MOORFe—UNPRECEDENTED FEAT.—Mr.
bell of Monzie, on the 21st current, bagged on the u—ope"
Monzie, 191 brace of grouse, one black cock, one seiP,s.eidee
duck, one rabbit, land twenty-four hares; in all 410 117ded:
game, a number greatly exceeding anything Tat re e° 1,00
The birds are considerably stronger than on the 12t1t,eet
though very abundant, were extremely shy from the iv--
wet weather.—Caledonian Mercury.

BIRTHS. gfr
At the Manse, of Eddrachillis, Sutherlandshire,
Stewart, of a son.
On the 23d ult., at Larnica, the lady of NiTen iter,4s(ls
her Britannic Majesty's Consul for the Island of Cy 10""
daughter. off.
On the 20th inst., at St. Ronans, Winkfield, the lady
Budd, Esq., of a daughter. wife
Ou the 23d inst., at Sussex-gardens, Hyde-park,
of George Reece, Esq., of a son.

MARRIED. Off:
On the 25th inst., at Hornsey Church, Captain C. job°
of the Madras Engineers, to Maria, eldest daughter of
Barclay, Esq., ot Hornsey-lane.

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DIED. Ecigilf°
On the 27th inst., at Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, ..1, 0"
Boyd, Esq., of Merton Hall, in the county of Wigtoll' -
in the 76th year of his age.
lee
Br=•
On the 14th inst., Alexander M'lnnes, son of
Thomson, late of Mortimer-street, Cavendish-square- ,t go,
On the 22d inst..lat the Palace of Holyrood, the Sigh
Thomas, Earl of Strathmore. AlVi tef
. On the 17th inst., at Hawkhill-place, Dundee,
Newall, Esq., aged 82. d rdales
On the 231 inst., at Hungerford, Captain John Lide
formerlf the 15th Hussars, ged 71. Daniel thy eo 25th inst., in Uppera Hat ley-stree, Dam 1_.......
Esq., of Wykham-park, Oxford, aged 80.

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