The Sun.
London, England, 1848-09-26 00:00:00

having cut and wounded her under the following
cumstances
The proseeutrix, whose fingers on the
right ban
were nearly cut off, deposed that yesterday morn out
about half-past ten o'clock, the prisoner was calling °of
" knives and scissors to grind." She took out a Pirip
scissors and handed them to the prisoner to grind.
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ground them and brought them back to witness, wh.h
she paid him a penny, but he demanded twopence,
she at first refused to pay and requested hiss to cep
when her husband was at home, and he should hail Ib
-
other penny. He abused her, and while she held I,
scissors in her right hand, standing with her book to:
wards the prisoner, he seized the handles of the scissor!:
and drew them from her hand, and her fingers we 7
nearly cut through by the back part of the scissolrot
which were very sharp, and she went to a surgeon, 11,
dressed the wounds, and she fainted away through t
loss of blood, lo
Mrs. Ball, a neighbour, confirmed the evidence, to
answer to Mr. Cornbe, both witnesses concurred tbid
penny was the usual charge for grinding scissors, and
the prisoner's conduct was wilful and malicious. d,
The prisoner did not deny the charge, saying that "
was the usual charge for grinding scissors. nia
Mr. COMBE suggested that he (the prisoner) Bil°"13,
make some compensation to complainant, which a
however, declined doing, and he tined him 31., °`
commensurate term of imprisonment in default of 1)51.
went.

RECREATIONS IN NATURA
HISTORY.

(From Punch.) bos
Really Lord John has had a narrow escape. fle:`—Apj
been to the Zoological Gardens, Dublin, ands ocr
the trap that was laid for him. A cage was Alre y,
prepared. The Premier was to be caught, and
bited behind some iron bars. However, the conspr%d
was betrayed, as Irish conspiracies invariably are,
his Lordship escaped being shown at sixpence a•hell'i,"
The partrides are said, this year, to be very 041;
Now, really, sportsmen should recollect that whit
game to us is death to them. We can hardly exPe;,
the partridges to come and be shot, as if it was A Piet,
sure fur which they were dying. If this ware the cash
they would not fail, as well-bred birds, to bring t'
own bread-sauce with them. tbSt
Talking of birds, we know of one at Boulogne 0
is so extremely shy, that nothing will induce btd is
come across the water, unless he sees that the 0115'
perfectly clear. The shyness of this bird is attribut;
to a deal of shot which, it is said, he has left behind bid
in the hands of several persons, who would be too hoP1)01
to get a discharge, if they could catch an opportunity
firing into him.

BANK OF FRANCE.
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The following is a return of the situation of tuF J
of France on Thursday, Sept. 21, 1848:
ASSETS.
Cash in coin and ingots .. f. 130,01

Ditto in branch banks ..• • • 95,34;9
Bills over due ••• ••• 1,t0819 04
Bills becoming due in Paris ... 72,794,830 40
Bills in the branch banks 118,220,69' 00
Advances on coins and ingots... 14,314,590, 65
Ditto on French public securities 34,007,796 00
Ditto by branch banks... ... 1,309,404
Ditto to the State on Bons du Tresor... 50,000,000 Op
Advance to the State on the lean of 0 00
150,000,000 f. ••• ••• ••• 25,000,00
Stock forming reserve 10 000,000 vvo
Rentes, disposable funds 33,902,413
Investments of the new branch banks in
the public funds ... 12,806,741 5090
Hotel and furniture of the Bank 4,000,000 00
Real property and branch banks 2,624,093 00
Loan of 10,000,000 f. to the city of Paris 1,000,000
Interest in National Discount Bank ... 200,000 u.
Interest in old Departmental Banks in
National Banks of Towns ...
Bills protested in the Bank
Ditto in the branches ...
Expenses of administration of the Bank
Ditto of the branches ... •••
Miscellaneous •••
Consolidation of Treasury Bonds

230,000 00
-• 16,543,461 10
9,198,643 00
253,751 01
209,120 00
360,539 30
621)72220..„20
f. 643,961,691 17

LIABILITIES.

Capital ...
Ditto of the new Branch Banks
Reserve fund ...
Ditto of the branch banks
Reserve-immobiliere
Notes to bearer, in circulation ...
Ditto of the branch banks ...
Ditto to order (post-bills) ...
Account-current with Treasury
Various accounts current ...
Ditto in branches
Receipts payable at sight ...
Ditto at branches ••• •••

f. 67,000,000 00
23,350,000 00
10,000,000 00
-• 2,980,750 14
4,000,000 II
318,271,600 #1
50,636,300 00
1,178,075 85
••• 56,125,301 51
• 67,596,247 02
23,046,872 00
• 2,886,300 00
••• 2,366,019 00

Bills of the branch banks payable by 4 950 23
the Bank .** 'B2 "^° " 00
Ditto of the Bank payable by branches.. 2,194.244
Dividends payable . , 835,737 2J
Liquidation of the Algiers Bank ... 808,359 04
Discounts, interest, and expenses ... 1,219,735 27
Ditto branch bank ... 1,536,213 00
Re discounts of the last six months ... 422,932 27
Ditto in branch banks 641,216 00
Miscellaneous „. 162,730