The Sun.
London, England, 1848-12-16 00:00:00

BANI,INQ DEP4ITYJNT•

Proprietors' capital.. 14,553,000
Rest -. •••••. . • • • • • 3,374,251
Public deposits (in-
eluding Exchequer,
Commissioners of
National Debt, Sav-
ings-banks, and Di-
.

Government Rectal.
ties (including Dead
. .

Weight Annuity).. 13,329,012
Other securities .... 10,668,551
Notes .• •••••••••••• 10,771,720
Gold and silver coin.. 789,855

vidend accounts).. 7,661,202
Other deposits —•• •• 9,567.966
Seven day and other
bills•• •....... .... 1,002,726

£35,559,145

X 35,559,143
M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier.
;r,1848?

Dated the 14th day of Deeembe]

SPANISH MINISTERS.—Narvaez has been heard to
confess that in 1843 he landed at Valencia with 20 francs,
and now, notwithstanding his reckless extravagance, he
is known to be worth 200,0001. in money, besides pos-
sessing immense landed property, in the shape of confis-
eated Church property, purchased from the States.
Fifteen years ago, Sartorius, the Minister of the In-
terior, was a poor sodista (sizer) in the University of
Salamanca, and in 1840 accepted with gratitude the
situation of a copyist in the office of a newspaper en-
titled the Correo Nacional, for which drudgery he re-
ceived two francs a day. His equipages and general
style of living now are worthy of a prince, and itis no-
torious that he throws away thousands upon his nume-
rous mistresses; which, however, does not prevent him
from investing large sums from time to time in foreign
stock. In 1842, Mon, Minister of Finance, was not
worth 1001. a year, and was celebrated amongst his ac-
quaintances for his " shocking bad bat." He is now
possessed of a fortune estimated at 400,000/. and has
recently presented his illegitimate children with estates
worth 10,0001.

APOTHECARIES' HALL. The following are the
names of gentlemen who passed their examination in the
science and practice of medicine, and received certificates
to practice, on Thursday, the 14th inst:—Joseph Stewart
Burton, Frederick Dicker Fletcher, Canterbury; Thomas
Ward Boswood, Joseph Harvey, Milford, Derbyshire;
Henry Sanders Grant, Northampton.
THE BuAziLs.—By the Dyson, Captain Canning,
which arrived at Liverpool on Friday, we have commer-
cial accounts from Pernambuco to Nov. T. Freight, id.
per lb. for cotton, and 6 per cent,, for Liverpool; and 40s.
per ton, and 5 per cent., for ballast, for sugar, with a
downward tendency. Exchange, 25d. per milrei; money
plentiful. New sugar arriving freely to market. Cotton
—supply continues good; present rates 4 dolls. 100 c.
per arroba. Nothing yet doing in sugar freights; Mus-
covado sugar quoted at 1 doll. 400 c. per arroba. Last
arrival from England—the John hinter, on the 3d of
November, with dates from Liverpool to the 22d of
September.
THE WHOLESALE SWINDLERS _The family of
swindlers, Maria, Ann, and Joseph Whitehouse, alias
Green, whose capture we noted recently, were again
brought up to the Manchester Borough Court, on Mon-
day last. Mr. Reay, of the Liverpool Guardian Society,
stated that a number of other cases of swindling by the
prisoners had been discovered, but they were similar to
those already investigated, and hitherto they bad not
been able to find the husband of Mrs. Whitehouse. He
had, therefore, no additional evidence to produce on that
part of the charge.—Mrs. Buxton repeated the evidence
she had trevinn.ls, eivon rp.p.pting the towel missed
from her °use, and idpntifi.a kJ, but
it was not thought to be sufficiently conclusive to war-
rant the prisoners' committal on that alone. Mr. Reay
then preferred a charge against Maria Whitehouse (the
mother) and Ann (the daughter) for passing base coin
at Liverpool. Mrs. Birchell, of Waterloo, Liverpool,
was called, and stated that the younger prisoner bought
a pound of sugar in her shop, on the evening of Friday
the 28th of January last, for which she paid a coun-
terfeit ss. piece, the baseness of the coin being disco-
vered immediately after she left the shop. Mrs. Rum.
mer stated that she lived about a mile from the last
witness, and she was paid a base ss. piece at nine o'clock
the same night, for some coffee; she believed it was paid
her by the elder prisoner, but she was not positive. A
baker residing near the samo neighbourhood was also
paid a base ss. piece for some bread. He belived it was
the younger prisoner from whom he received it, but he
would not undertake to speak positively. Mr. Maude
said he should discharge the prisoners as far as his juris.
diction was concerned, and leave Mr. Reay to act as he
thought proper with respect to the matter. Mr. Reay
then bad the younger prisoner taken into custody, the
mother and son being liberated.—Manchester Guardian.
Accounts from Smyrna, of the 24th November,
state that business during the week, although not very
brisk, had, nevertheless, not been inactive. The sales of
opium had been about 300 couffes at 72 to 83 the chequi.
Prices continued to have a downward tendency, owing to
the unfavourable news from Europe. The last packet
for England, which left on the 21st, took 238
boxes, 33 of which were for Singapore, 43 for
Hong-Kong, and 162 for London. The exports
of the drug since the commencement of the harvest
up to the above date had been about 1,300 couffes, and
there remained a stock on band of about 700 couffes.
The prices of madders were going down ; 1,000 bales
had been disposed of during the week at from 163 to
175 per owt. The stock comprised 4,000 bales. Or
valonia there bad been sold for the London market
during the same period about 3,500 cwt. at 53k, and
2,000 cwt. of second quality at 35 to 38. The prices of
this article were rising ; the stock on hand consisted of
bstween 5,000 and 6,000 cwt. of the old harvest.
WRECK AND Loss OF LIFE.—The brig Ann Pay-
ley, of Liverpool, Thomas Liston master, the property of
Vivian and Co., of that town, was driven on shore at
Tacumshane, county of Wexford, on Wednesday morn.
in... In a short time she became a total wreck. Of a
crew of 10 men but three were saved. The master was
drowned. The cargo, which consisted of fruit, was
yesterday lying thongthe beach; and it was not ex-
pected that anything of value would be saved from the
wreck.