The Sun.
London, England, 1848-04-22 00:00:00

BANKING Di

Propr;etors' capital.. 14,553,000
Hest ••.. 3,4'10,552
Public chipusits (in-
cluding Exchequer,
Commissioners of
National Deist, Sav-
ings-banks, and Di-

vidend accounts)•• 3,120,901
Other deposits •• • • •• 11,950,962
Seven day and other
bills•• .• •• •• .• .... 1.025,762

£34,051,177

Dated the. 20th day of April, 1141

PROLIFIC ENTE.—A ewe of the black faced breed,
belonging to Mr. John Savage, of Hanging Bank, near
Bolton, has brought her owner fifteen lambs within the
last six months.

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STATE OF TRADE IN CARLISLE.—We regret to
have to record the existence of great depression in the
trade of this city ; arising, no doubt, from causes which
have affected trade generally throughout the entire
country, more especially in the manufacturing districts.
The falling off in the Custom-house receipts at this
port during the last quarter has amounted, on tho aver.
age, to nearly the enormous sum of 2501. weekly.—Car-
lisle Journal.

CUSTOMS.-Mr. D. W. Law, searcher at the port
of Loudon, has been appointed landing surveyor at the
port of Plymouth. Mr. E. Cowcher and Mr. J. M.
Arnaud, searchers at the port of London, have been
selected to act in the superior capacity of landing stir•
veyors when a pressure of business, or other cause, may
require their services in that department.
RECAPTURE OF THE ESCAPED PRISONER DIX.—
It will be recollected that a prisoner of the name of
Robert Ross Dix, who stands charged with extensive
embezzlement by Mr. Christopher George, a shot manu-
facturer at Bristol, and for whose apprehension a
reward of 100/. was offered, escaped on the 4th instant
from the custody of Sergeant Reardon, of the R division.
Yesterday Inspector Field, of the R division, received
information from the police authorities at Bristol that
Dix had been recaptured by the local police, at the
village of Bradstock, in Somersetshire.
THE CHARTIST CONVICT, WILLIAMS.—The Laun-
ceston papers received by the late Sydney mail, dated the
18th of December, state that Zephaniah Williams, who
was transported for life with Frost and Jones, for parti-
cipating in the Chartist riots at Newport, a few years
since, has been sentenced to one year's hard work in
chains, to the settlement at Port Arthur, for attempting
to escape with another convict from the colony.
WHISKY FOR TUE ROYAL FAMILY.—We under-
stand that Mr. Macdonald of the Bennevis Distillery,
Fort William, has presented a cask of whisky to her
Majesty, and that an order has been'sent from the Trea-
sury to permit the spirits to be removed, free of duty,
and deposited in the cellars of Buckingham Palace. The
cask is not to be opened until his Royal Highness the
Prince of Wales attains his majority, which will give it
a rest of fourteen years!—lnvereess Courier.
ROYAL NAVAL SCLIOOL, NEW CROSS.—The Earl
of Auckland has signified his intention of bestowing a
marine cadetship for competition amongst the pupils of
this institution, at Midsummer next. In addition to this
valuable boon, two naval cadetships are annually placed
at the disposal of the council by the Admiralty. The
Earl of Yarborough has also given the munificent dona-
tion of 1,000/. to found a " Yarborough Scholarship."
SALMON FISHING IN THE TAY.—The " take" has
fallen off greatly during the past two or three weeks,
owing, it is slit posed, to the snow water in the river,
and Co the extreme cold. One of the Duke of Athol's
marked saimon was caught on Tuesday week, opposite
Springlands, near Perth, with his Graces's plate, bear
ing the figures " 172" attached by
a wire. It appeared
pretty clear, from its diminutive size, its sickly appear.
ante, and the fact that the wire had lacerated the flesh
(or rather thefish), that it had suffered materially by
its artificial appendages.—Edinburgh Weekly Register.

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