The Sun.
London, England, 1848-10-02 00:00:00

LIABILITIES.

Capital ... •
Ditto of the new Branch Banks
Reserve fund ...
Ditto of the branch banks" ...
Reserve- immobiltoe
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
Bills of the branch banks payable by
the Bank •••
... 5,417,483 14
Ditto of the Bank payable by branches.. 2,096,321 OC
Dividends payable ... . . 817,660 25
Liquidation of the Algiers Bank ... 729,819 04
Discounts, interest, and expenses ... 1,664,938 69
Ditto branch banks ... ... 1,631,116 00
Re-discounts of the last six months ... 422,932 27
Ditto in branch banks .. 641.216 00
Miscellaneous ... ... 250.940 21

f• .67,900,000 00
... 23,350,000 00
▪ 10,000,000 00
▪ 2.980,750 14
4,000,000 00
... 329,8;8.500 00
▪ 48,384,800 00
... 1,157,121 55
... 41,336,555 64
... 71,950,267 88
... 24,040,952 73
2,711,300 00
2,355,703 00

f. 643,698,377 54

Certificate confirmed,
The Governor of the Bank,

D'ARGOUT,

POST-OFFICE REHORIII.
TO THE EDITOR OP THE SUN.
SlR,—Perceiving in your paper of yesterday an
article on a work lately published by W. James, mes-
senger, General Post-office, I venture to hope you will
give insertion to this. I should be sorry to detract
from the merits of any work to which praise is due,
but having carefully perused the work in question, I
cannot agree with you in the strong marks of appro-
bation you have bestowed upon it. The author has
certainly, considering the advantages he must have
had, displayed anything but a practical knowledge of
the subject he has undertaken, and I should much
doubt from the ignorance of many of his suggestions
(such as window cleaning, gas burning, &c., which,
are not all applicable to the public) his being suffi-
ciently qualified for the situation he holds.
Like many other visionaries, his grand idea of pos-
tal reform appears to be an attempt to effect a great
reduction in the salaries of all employed in the de-
partment he belongs to. Would this be a reform?
Assuredly not. All the public journals have, if I mis-
take not, from time to time, strongly advocated a
more liberal allowance to the officers of the Post-office,
on the ground, that persons to whose zeal and fidelity-
so much depends, in a-great commercial country like
our own, and to whose care to much valuabl: property
is daily entrusted, should be liberally remunerated, in
order that no temptation, from the smallness of their
pay, should induce them in an evil moment to break
the trust- reposed in them. The very title of the
book itself bears a doubtful character ; it professes to
contain testimonials from the Postmaster-General
and Rowland Hill, Esq. It is true there are two let-
ters contained in it, orie from his Lordship's secretary,
the other from Mr. Hill ; the latter of whom refers
James to the head of the department to which he be-
longs for a testimonial as to character, &c., and as no
such document is appended to the book, the natural
inference is, that James did not take Mr. Hill's advice.
Altogether, I confess, I cannot see any suggestion
at all calculated to benefit.any portion of the commu-
pity, but rather the contrary ; the author's sole ob-
ject (like many others) being, in my opinion, a desire
to aggrandize himself at the expense of that public,
he wishes it to be believed, his sole object is to
serve. Your insertion of this will oblige,
Your obedient servant,
A SUBSCRIBER.

Camberwell, Sept. 29.

THE CHOLERA.
TO THE EDP! OR OF THE SUN.
SIR,—As the cholera has again made its appear-
ance in Europe, and report says it has just appeared
at Hull, perhaps the following statement may be in-
teresting, if not beneficial, to many of your readers
and the public who may not be influenced (as is too
often the case, both in reference to the arts and in
medicine), to believe that for a thing to be good or
meritorious it must needs be complicated, expensive,
or uncommon.

When the cholera was some years ago in the north,
I happened to be in Scotland, where it was raging
with considerable violence. I became acquainted with
a medical gentleman at Edinburgh, of considerable
practice, named Thompson. Onione occasion, con-
versing on the subject, he addressed me to this effect :
—" If you at any time feel seriously affected in your
bowels, from whatever cause, let me advise you to go
to the nearest chemist's shop, and take a full dose of
castor oil, and if it does not operate in an hour or two,
repeat the dose; do not be alarmed, it will at all events
not hurt you. Abstain from taking any food or liquids
that are of an irritating or inflammatory nature, and
I will guarantee your life•against the fatal effects of
the cholera"—adding, "that. out of a great number of
patients that I have had under my care I have not
lost one, where the parties have applied to me in time;
hence I make it my invariable mode of treatment--
observing further, that if the disease is allowed to
produce a collapse of the bowels, neither oil nor any
other medicine will have much chance of arresting its
fatal progress." I will only add, that 1 have followed
his advice I think advantageously, and what is
perhaps important, it has relieved my mind from any
fearful apprehensions.

I remain, respectfully yours,
THOMAS MOTLEY, Bristol.

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

OXFORD, SEPT 30.
NEW COLLEGE.-A' fellowship and also a living
belonging to this college are now vacant, the former
by the death of Octavius Walford Holloway, who died
yesterday at his father's house, Chadlington ; and the
latter by the demise of the Rev. A. Price, vicar of
Chesterton, Oxon, which also took place yesterday.
The fellowship must, according to the statutes, be
filled up in eight day s after it becomes vacant.
CONSECRATION OF THE CHANCEL OF LITTLEMORE
CHURCH —The consecration of this chancel and tower,
which has been erected through the munificence of
Charles Crawley, Esq., a resident of Littlemore, as-
sisted by a few of his private friends, took place yes-
terday ; the ceremony of consecration was performed
by the Lord Bishop of the diocese, attended by the
Archdeacon, Registrar, and other officials, as well as
by a large portion of the neighbouring pirochial
clergy. The sacred edifice, which is capable of con-
taining six hundred persons, was filled in every part.
At the conclusion of the ceremony (which included
the administration of the Holy Sacrament) the Bishop
and the clergy were entertained by Mr. Crawley,
who, like a " fine old English Gentleman," while en-
tertaining the great, did not forget the small, butt x
tended his hospitality to the children of the parish
school, as well as to the families of the resident poor.

MADEIRA.—SOUTHAMPTON, SUNDAY, OCT. I.
The packet brig Brilliant, Captain Newton, arrived here
this morning with mails of the 14th from the Island of
Madeira. Although this vessel has experienced adverse
winds and calms, she has made the voyage in fifteen
days from Madeira. The Falmouth packet of the 4th of
September had not arrived out when the Brilliant left.
There were no English vessels of war at Madeira. Tlie
American corvettes, Jamestown and Acadia, and Arne.
rican brig of war Porpoise, were in Funchal roads. Ma-
deira was perfectly tranquil, and there was no news of
political or commercial. interest. On Friday morning,
the 28th ult., at eleven o'clock A.M., Captain Newton re•
ports having fallen in with a squadron of her Majesty's
ships about sixty miles south of the Lizards The squa-
dron consisted of three line-of-battle ships, two frigates,
and a steamer. The St. Vincent, 120, with flag of
Rear-Admiral Sir C. Napier, was a head of the fleet,
and hailed the Brilliant. The latter vessel considerably
outsailed all her Majesty's ships, for at six o'clock P.M.
they were six miles astern. The Flact would
to reach. Hymoutlyto-dayS Tbellrilflant sails for Ma
deira on Wednesday, the 3d instant.