The Sun.
London, England, 1848-12-11 00:00:00

PRUSSIA. ness, to be fitted out to be navigated to Liberia, and r PRICES OF SHARES
[The following appeared in our Third Edition of r to be appropriated as a L
tender to Mr. Roberts, the worthy
President of the Republic. The encouragement of these 1- a"
m BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM.
Saturday] :- beriaists in their laudable designs of regenerating Africa will PANIES' STOCK.
From the Official List,
The Provisional Election Law, under which the have more effect in suppressing the slave trade than the em-
ployment of half-a-dozen cruisers. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING.
new Chambers are to be chosen, contains what the THE A, c Ns 1+ •
ASSISTANT-SURGEONS OF THE ..,AVY.-.. IS re-
draft of the Constitution did not--the property qua- LONDON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8.
ported that the Admiralty have offered to compound the
lification required in a Member of the Upper Cham- grievances of the Assistant-Surgeons of the Royal Navy, by TOINT-STOCH BANES.
ber. It is very moderate indeed. It is fixed at the granting them separate cabins, but denying them the privi-
Dividend 'Amount
payment of a yearly class (or direct) tax of 8 thalers leges of messing in the ward-room. We trust, however,. that.
Name of Company, per of Paid. Price
(1/. 45.); real property to the amount of 8,000 thalers the. Assistant-Surgeons.. will reject this paltry composition,
Annum. Share.
which is neither gracious on the part of the Admiralty to _
(1,2001.) ; or a clear yearly income of 500 thalers offer, and could only be accepted by the junior medical offi-
X 2. d. X a. d. -..
UV) For the Lower Chamber no proper qualifica- cers at a sacrifice of their position and profession. Australasia.......... _ 40 0040 0 0 -
tiOn is required. BUILDING MEN-OF-WAR 121 INDIA. -In the Navy List Britshlsorth American 51. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 -3ommercial of London 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 -
fey lop •• • • .... ••• • • • 71. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 -
a ship is given as the " Malacca, 26, Bombay, building."
AUSTRIA. This ship is not now to be proceeded with; and, instead of
building at Bombay, the Surveyor of the Navy has recoils- iloionil.. .... ..... .. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0
Gloucestershire •••• • • 15/per cent - _
The Archduke Charles and his wife (the father mended the Admiralty to build a steam-vessel, to be called •lonian ••••••. . • • • • • • 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 0
and mother of the Emperor Francis Joseph) have the Malacca, at Moulmein, of teak, and their Lordships have Londn and Westminstr 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 -
and mother of the Emperor Frnncis Joseph) have the Malacca, at Moulinein, of teak, and their Lordships have Londn and Westmlnstr 61. er cent. 100 0 0 2250 0 (01 -20%
Ditto .. .. gone to Munich. This Princess was the head of the ordered accordingly. • - - 13 00 We stated some time since London Joint-Stock ... 61. per cent. 50 0010 0 0 -
-
reactionary party, and was the soul of the Camarillo, hTtifE
for the
ISLia. D Provincial of Ireland.. 81. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - which, by its dishonesty and intrigues, caused the
f war to visit the island occasionally. ,ait)
iiottnoa,i Yew......... Si. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 -
Noefwir•e•la-n*d• ••
.
thaadt'oroderteS. a better protection of these islands, the Admiralty
destruction of the Emperor Ferdinand. This lady A body Nat Provncial of Eng. Si. per cent.
ce
1F(00 0 0
0 22
10
g ::
was the Princess Sophia of Bavaria before her union to form the police of the island; but, in the meanwhile, it Ditto, New... -•• • • 51. per cent. 20 0 o to 0 0 -
of military pensioners are about to be sent there
U.nion of Australia.... 61. per cast. 25 0 0 25 0 0 -
22 10 0 -
with the Archduke. It is to be hoped that neither of has been deemed advisable to order a man-on war with South Australia ......5i. per cent. -
Sicrare Thomas
the
island Herbert ' s aqua-until
UnionL nien
of
ff
mL0andcr11n.......... 61. per cent.
4500 -
-00
00
them will ever again set foot in the Austrian do-of
paeatferomvidGx
41002 1000
0:
minions. some
marinesat
their arrival. In such remote places as the Falkland, -
minions.
The following are additional official documents mtoodotareke
the absence of a British pendant is too often the excuse for -
relating to the abdication of the Emperor Ferdinand :- the indulgence of lawless conduct on the part of the discon- ' BRIDGES
PROTOCOL. . tented and ill-disposed, as it affords also an opportunity for
IN TIIIC NAME OF THE MOST HOLY TRINITY. reckless and insolent merchantmen of all nations to break Dividend Amount _____
This is to certify that on the 2d day of the month of De- through the rules and regulations of the island with im-
Na me of Company. per of Paid. Price,
Annum. Share.
cember, of the year 1848, by the order of his reigning Ma- punity. No islands of the extent of the Falkland Islands,
jestv, the Most Serene Emperor and King Ferdinand 1., in in any part of the British dominions, should be without a
X. s. d. X. s. d.
the Coronation Hall of the Archducal residence of the Royal magi-of-war pendant occasionally flying in one or other of Charing-cross ........ - 25 0 o -
Capital Olmiltz, the Ministers of the Most Serene Archducal their ports. Southwrk, Nw Sub. Av. - 632 12 8 -
Di ' 2%
tto Is wof 734 p.c. 355. per cent. 50 0 0 - 15
house of Austria, then actually residing in the said Royal Mr. Blake, late Master-Shipwright of Portsmouth Dock
- - Waterloo ............ - 100 0 0 - 4
yard, who always devoted much time and thought to the
capital of Oliniitz, were present, viz.:- Ditto Old Ann, of 81. 11. ss. 4d. - 60 0 0 28
armament of ships, has projected an
His Imperial Highness the Archduke Francis Charles; and . improved plan for fitting Ditto Nw ditto of 7L 11. 2s. 2d. - 40 0 0 24%
Her Imperial Highness the Archduchess the Lady Sophia; ships ports, and the Admiralty have ordered it to be ap- Vauxhall .... •• • Av. 11. 17s. 70 10 3 - 24
His Imperial Highness the Archduke Francis Joseph ; plied to one of the ports of the Excellent, gunnery ship, at WATER-WORKS.
Their Imperial Highnesses the Archdukes Ferdinand Portsmouth.
Maximilian, Charles, Charles Ferdinand, Charles William, , i Dividend Amount
and Joseph ; THE NAV Y. AND NAVIGATION- Name of Company. per of Paid. Price,
Annum. Share.
Archduchess Maria
Her Imperial Highness the Dowager
„,
the Lady LAWS. Dorothea, her Imperial Highness the Archduchess
X a. d. Z i. d.
Elizabeth and her husband, his Royal Highness the Arch- That England mainly depends on her naval supra- Birmingham. ........ 18s. 25 0025 0 0 -
duke Victor,. and moreover -
maoy for the high rank which she proudly holds amongst EASt London..• ••••• •• 81. 100 0 0 - 170
' : n
•
His Serene Highness Field-Marshal the Prince of Win- nations, is a truth which even the most ardent free- Grand Junction •••• - 21. 10e. 41 13 4 - 80
,Field-Marshal Lieutenant the Baron Jellachich, Kent.-- -••• • • • 3L 10s. 100 0 0 - 75
trader will not dare to deny. More than this, her very New Rivr Lndn Brdge 21. 103 55
Ban of Croatia, and Major-General the Count Griinne, existence as an independent state rests on our possess- vaexhan ........ . 5L per cut. 100 -0
0 - Lord Chamberlain of his Imperial Highness the Archduke - 100
ing the dominion of the sea, " the brightest jewel in the West Middlesex .•: • • 61.05, pr cut. - - 117
Francis Joseph, and the members of the Cabinet, viz. :-
royal crown, as as Queen Elizabeth was
, used to style this
The
Prince of Schwarzenberg, Field-Marshal Lieutenant,xxsum.,AN cla COMPANIES.
President of the Cabinet and Minister of Foreign Affairs and just object of her pride. With these indisputable facts
of the Imperial House. established, the questions that next arise are-how is this Name of Company, Dividend Amount
per of Pald. Price
The Count Francis Stadion, Minister of Home Affairs and naval supremacy to be maintained? How are the ships Annum. Share.
of Public Instruction. of our Royal navy to be manned with efficient crews in -
Dr. Alexander Bach, Minister of Justice. war, whereby to insure to our flag our accustomed victo- x s. d. 4 a. 4.
Albion V. 10s. 500 0 0 50 0 0 75
Major-General, the Baron Francis Cordon, Secretary at ries whenever we may meet an enemy on the ocean? Alliance •B•r•i•t•. a•ncl• io•r•• 61.
per cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 -
War.
Those questions are best answered by referring to Ditto Marine. ••• • •• 61. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 -
Baron Philipp Kraus, Minister of Finance. suss ........ . . .... - 138.6d.prsh. 50 0 0 5 6 8 tau
the evidence of some of the most experienced officers
The Chevalier Bruck, Minister of Trade and of Public British Commercial .. 7s. per share 50 0 0 50 0 5%
Works. of the naval service, as given by them before the Clericl,Med.& Gen. Life tprct.&bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 19
Ferdinand Thienfeld, Knight, Minister of Agriculture : Committee of the House of Lords on the navigation- Csunty .............. 31. 100 0010 0 0 -
14s. 50 0 0 5 0 0 13
laws. Every impartial, right-thinking Englishman, who tingle •• •••••••• •• ••
and, after his Imperial Majesty the Most Serene : Emperor 6s. 50 0 0 50 0 5%
and King Ferdinand 'I accompanied his will reflect on the unanswerable statements which those Eng, es, - • • •
~ by illustrious con- . Scot. Law •• •• 51. per cent. 50 0 0 212 6 -
awn, her Majesty the Empress, and Queen Maria Anna, officers have made, must, we consider, become convinced European Life ••• • • • 534 per cent. 20 0 0 All paid. - and preceded by his Adjutant-General the Prince Joseph that the repeal of the navigation-laws, whereby our Falun), Endow= t Soc. 41. & be. 100 004 0 0 -
Lobkowitz, and followed by the Lord Chamberlain, the mercantile navy will cease to be a nursery for the seamen rrifeeteirsons' ......• .: tii perer cent.eent 208,00ek.0 3 0 0
1741 k
Landgrave of Ffirstenberg, and the Lady-in-Waiting the of our Royal navy, cannot but lead to the speedy down- Guardian . ••• ••••••• ••• ••• • • p 51. 100 00 36 -10 0 403
Landgravine of 1-
,urstenberg, had entered the hall, the per- fall of our maritime greatness. In referring to the im. Imperial Fire •• ••• • • • 121. per ccnt. 500 0 0 50 0 0 212
eons aforesaid then and there assembled, were witnesses to a portant evidence of naval officers before the Coramitttee Imperial Life ••••• • •• 12e. 100 0010 0 0 14%
Certain act and deed, as shall appear hereafter, in the which, of the House of Lords, we will first take that of the Indemnity Marine •• • • 11. sh. & be. 100 0 0 513 1 -
Law Fire -•••••• • • •• - 100 0 0 210 0 2
by
the order of the Minister of the Imperial ouses the office Vice-Admiral of En la-Admirald Sir B
gn yamMartin LAW Life •.•.•• • • • • .. 11. s. 100 16 0010 0 0 36
-
of Secretary was discharged by the Counsellor of Legation, -one of the most distinguished and one of the most ex- Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 200 41 10s.
Mr. Alexander Hubner. London Fire •••• • • • • los. 25 8012 10 0 13%
erienced officers of the navy. Sir Byam observes, in
His Majesty, the Emperor and King, vouchsafed to inform P London Ship 10s. 25 0012 10 0 13%
answer to question 8,365- - 100 0015 0 0 -
the Assembly, that fur important reasons, he had taken the
irrevocable resolution of resigning the Imperial Crown in "If the navigation-lawsshould be done away, the ship- Me •
d• Invlid& Gen. Life 4341. per ct. 50 0 0 20 0 2116
f
favour of his beloved nephew, the Most Serene Archduke owner who would go to foreign countries to build cheap Natonal Lean Fund.. Si.sl. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 -
National Life. -
Francis Joseph, whom he declared to have come to age; his ships, will, from the same motive, take foreign seamen; Palladium Life • • - - - -
•• 31. p. sh. & bs. -
father of the aforesaid, having likewise resolved irrevocably would be content with small wages and a cheap scale of "'mai/ - 149
Pi otector Life.. ••• • - SI. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 -
to resign his rights of succession
in favour of his son afore- dietary. Thus many of our seamen would be deprivedrived Provident Life •••• • • • • 1/. 55. & be. 100 0 0 10 0 0 26 I
said. His Majesty next ordered that the President of the of the employment to which they are at present justly Rock Life- - ........ 45. 50 0 010 0 4)6
Cabinet should read to the Assembly the acts and deeds re- navigation-laws, and in such casethe entitled under the
•Si. per cent. Stock, - 172 4
lative to the resignation aforesaid, viz :-Sun Fire.. - - 1 197 '
naval service will suffer in proportion, when, in time of Ditto Life ....•
We, Ferdinand the First, by the Grace of God Emperor of - - 49 I
Austria, &c., make known and proclaim to all whom it may war, seamen are so urgently required for the public Universal Life to% pr cut. 100 0 0 9 0 e - Victoria Life.... -
concern, that having been repeatedly convinced of our be- service.- 40 0 "-I
loved nephew the Most Serene Archduke Francis Joseph, "It has been 'said, and it is a marvellous assertion,
having arrived at full maturity of his intellect, we, acting in that the merchant service contributes so little to the DOC2LS. s
our legal capacity as Sovereign and head of the family, do wants of the navy, that, as regards that point, there need Dividend Amount 2
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price,
declare and certify the fact of our beloved nephew aforesaid be no hesitation in abandoning the navigation-laws. An
Annum. Share. i
having attained the age of majority, for which purpose we assertion more completely contradicted by all experience - ___-_-
have signed this present document with our own hand, and never uttered. Iconfidently assert that the mer- was . Xs. cl. X 5. d. 3
ordered the signature of the Minister of our House to beCommercial -•••• .• • 41per i
candle marine is everything to the navy, and that the cent. Stock. - 70
likewise affixed to it. East and West India.,,*
6/. pr cent. Stock. - Its t
navy coulchnot exist without it. East Country
Dated in our royal capital of 011mutz, on the Ist of ••. 255. per eh. 100 0 0 - .
. - 21 E
"I am unable adequately to express the surprise with London .. ...
December, 1848, in the 14th year of our reign. - a
which I reeil such a statement, for every person who Ditto Bonds.. ••• •• . 41. per cent. - - -
FERDINAND. St. Katharine .... •• • 4 er e a
thinks for momente of the muster of the navy immedi- Ditto• p c nt. Stock. - - SCHWARZYNBERG. Bonds .. -
I, Francis Charles, Imperial Prince and Archduke of Aus- ately preceding the war in 1793, must see that the great Southampton ••.. •
0 --t,
v
tria, Royal Prince of Hungary and Bohemia, declare- battle of the Ist of June, 1794, under Lord Howe, was
Whereas his Majesty, our Most Gracious Emperor and fought, and that important victory gained, chiefly by the
Lord, my beloved brother, informed me that he was moved merchant seamen of the kingdom. I
Dividend Amount
by important reasons to resign the crown of the empire of Further, Sir Byam observes, after showing that he Name of Company, per of Paid. Price. b
Austria, and of all the crown lands belonging to the same, had equipped sixty sail of the line and as many frigates
_ 5,
that is to say, in favour of his legitimate successor; and, in a very short period-
.x. a. d. A. e. d.
although according to the established order of succession I
"It ought never to be forgotten that we owed all those British .. ••••.. •• • • .• 11. 40 0 0 18 0 0 14 F
ought to succeed to the Imperial Crown of Austria, yet, after
Ditto Provincial- - V. Bs. 20 0 0 19 0 0 20 benefits to the mercantile marine of the country, and
- fi
mature deliberation, I have resolved and declare that I Bristol .............. 101. per cent. 20 0 0 -
resign my legitimate rights of succession irrevocably in that arose from the navigation-laws, which securea to us Brighton ...... •• • ... W. per cent. 20 0 I - 16 fi
favour of my first-born son and legitimate successor, the so great a number of gallant seamen." City of London ...• - 101. 100 0 0 100 0 0 250 t
Most Serene Archduke Francis Joseph, and his legitimate We could desire that Mr. Ricardo and his friend Sir ContinentalConaolidat. 9•525. pri. share
505 0 : 39
15 0 -_
...
successors and heirs ; and I consent, an case of the resigna- James Stirling, and those who think with them, should Equitable........
:...... • - 8 P
.. :. 455 a.. pr shareshare 50 0 0 :0 g g 36 s
lion of his Majesty, the reigning Emperor to the crown of read with the attention that it deserves the whole of the Imperial .......• -.• 6/. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 67 i,
the empire of Austria and of the kingdoms and crown lands evidence of the Vice-Admiral of England, when we Independent ... ....•. 61. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 54
it,
being united under - London.. .... .. .. .... - 50 0050 I 0 - P
think that they become convincedof the fallacy of
must
- so 0 0 50 0 - a
Given in the royal capital of 011mutz, in the year of grace the arguments they. have used on this question. Sup- Phoenix ..• .. --- .. 51. per cent. 50 0 0 46 0 0 20 p
1848, this day, the Ist of December, posing that the navigation-laws were repealed, and that Ratliff ••• • • ••• • •• 51. 100 0090 0 0 72 1
FRANCIS CHARLES.
our merchant ships became chiefly manned with fo- United Genera
Westminster Charteredl
3/. 50 0 0
- •••• • • 4%1. pr cent. 50 0 41 50 0 0 12)6
t
- 504 i SCHWARZENEERG. rei g ners, as no doubt would be the case, where could our Ditto, New ••• • - - 125. 50 0 0 10 0 0 le et
We, Ferdinand the First, Emperor of Austria, &c. ships of war on foreign stations look to complete their
Declare hereby, and proclaim that important reasons here, crews upon the sudden outbreak of hostilities with France CANALS. w
after mature deliberation, moved us to this irrevocable reso- or America? Not only would they be unable to fill up . i
1 .; Dividend . b(
sp
lution of resigning the imperial crown. the vacancies occasioned by the usual casualties, but it Names of E IDlTidend Names of
Aad in virtue of these presents we do resign the said crown is very probable that many of those foreigners in our Companies. 21 per ~. per
-"' Companies. a Price.
Az Annum.
of the empire of Austria, and of all the empires united under Annum. in Sa
merchant service would then leave them, and proceed to
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it, and of all other crown lands, whatever their name or de- ;
nomination may be, in favour of our beloved nephew the Join the ships of war of our enemies that might be on X x th
Most Serene Archduke Francis Joseph and his legitimate those stations. Sir Byam Martin next refers to the sub- Asian& Oldh 97 51 p e 78 Macclesfield 100 - 15
Barnsley.. • • 160 121.. 180 Ne • I
ath ••• • • • 100 181. ado oil
heirs and suceessors, after the voluntary resignation of our ject of apprentices, when he most truly observes:- lirknk&Abrg 150 Si. 85 Oxford.. -•• IN 201. 190 th
beloved brother the Most Serene Archduke Francis Charles, "The merchant service, thus suddenly drained of so Birmingham 35 41. 75 Peak Forest. 78 31. 40
who resigned his legitimate rights to the succession, in certi- many thousands, could afterwards give only a compare- Coventry.... 100 251.
193 Regent's •• • • 33 11. ss. 1834 pe.....
fication whereof he has not only signed an act of resignation, lively small and occasional supply, as ships arrived from Elttata.vrelyc. h-a
11 fg
5:81.
4603 Istooinchdatle6. •.185 _ _ 41. 54 Lu!
150 71.105. 130 wt
but has also added his signature to this present document, foreign ports, or as apprentices grew out of their time. Erea ash• • • 100 asi. - Do .71 F dol 12 61. P. c. - our own act of resignation. Now, this continued, though insufficient, succour to the GrandJtinctn 100, Si. - Stffrd &Wore 140 281. 290 th 4
"In solemn certification of which we have signed this do-. navy, could never have been maintained during the war, Grand Surrey 1001 - 30 Shrewsbury.. 128 IN g. - '-'n
eument with our own hand, in the presence of the members but for the 'd ' •ofthe • ' 1 •
prose ant provision - anon-laws in Grand Union 100; H. 105. 25 Stourbridge..
Grantham .• 150; - •••- Severn and 145 201. 285 TI
of our Imperial family assembled at Court, and in the pre-
aid 26 11.85. 24 be.
making it compulsory on shipowners to take a certain Kennt & Avn 39. 7s. 6d. 5% Wye lt
sense of the Council of our Cabinet, and we have ordered the
Minister of our House to add his counter-signature to the number of sea apprentices, and thus to keep up a con- Lee
Leicester ...• 140 d
101. 75 lairming. is& Livrp 100 341. 310 Warwick&-1
100 '''' „• '' ~,
fie;
same, and affix the great seal of the empire to the same. stunt replenishment of seafaring men." Leicstr &Nth 83 41. 36 Warwick&l 100 Ile:
" Given in our Royal capital of 011mutz, on this the 2d day Should this wise system be ever extinguished, which Lou ghborogh 142 701. 654 Napton. •i - 31. 41
Of the month of December, in the year 1848, and in the 14th we trust and hope no Minister will ever be found so Monmouthsh 100 81. - Worcstr & sitl/ 78 21. 39 I
of our reign. wanting in patriotism as to propose, the best nursery for Mntgernrysk 100 - - Birming.
" FERDLNAND. our fleets will be .at an end ; for if the seed be not Meltnilf wbryiloo - - Wilts & Brks - 11. 11 wit
dot
"FRANCIS CHARLES. sown, it will be in vain to look for the fruit. A sailor LIST OP SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES of
" SCHWARZENBERG." is not made in a month, or in a year, he must be taught Dividend Amount WI
The aforesaid document having been read, his Majesty's from his early youth the hardy duties of his calling, and Name of Company. per of Paid
• Price. lie!
act of resignation was signed by his Majesty and by his Im- by the practical experience of seven years, or of five, at Annum. Share.
penal Highness the Archduke Francis Charles, and by the least, he can alone acquire perfect knowledge of a sea- - - or I
Minister of the House, into whose hands the whole of the do- £ s. d. X s• d fro:
man's work. It is in a merchant vessel that these duties are Bank of Scotland
cements were deposed, for him to act according to the tenor
/
of the same.best learnt, because there stein that no more hands
service '
Bntish Linen Company 81. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 194
His Imperial Highness the Archduke Francis Joseph re- than are absolutely needed to do the work, whereas in a gyedoofnianßa
Glasgownkleank . 761. ILeir sent.cent. 2 00 0
102 to g 41.03 ten
ceived next the solemn congratulations of his Majesty the man-of-war there are tenfold numbers to perform it. Clydesdale Bank• •••• • 6% per cent. '2O 0 0 10 0 0 121 aroe
most Serene Emperor Ferdinand I. as his legitimate succes- Hence the cause for the best and most thoroughbred Commercial Bank •• •• 71. per cent. 500 0 0 ,100 0 0 151 idol
Sot whereupon he was proclaimed Emperor and King under seamen being raised from apprentices; and looking, as Eastern Bank - ... •• • 6/. per cent. 25 u 0 10 0 C 91.105. rep
the name of ,Frederick Joseph I. every Englishman ought to do, to our navy for the Edinb.&Glaegow Bank 61. per cent. 50 0 50 0 636 3
Exehangeßnk of Scot 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 32 th
e
This t
a
This was dune in the Coronation-hall of the Pa Archiep isco 1
maintenance of our national greatness, we could desire Isle of Man. Company 71, per cent. 10 0 0 7 0 0
Palace, in the royal capital of 011miltz, on the day and •
in the to see, instead of the threatened annihilation of the pre- National Bank 6% per cent. se 0 0 10 0 0 13U
- eld(
year as stated above-
North of Scotland Bank 4/.per cent. 20 0 0 5 0 0 3/.175. th a
sent reduced apprentice system, that the 0.-
la Acts of In the presence of Maria Anna; Francis Charles; Sophia; North British Bank •• - 50 0010 0 0 275. gist
Ferdinand Maximilian ; Charles; Charles Ferdinand ; Charles Parliament of Queen Anne, regarding sea apprentices, Royal Bank of Scotland 51. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 118 beh
William ; Joseph ; Maria Dorothea Elizabeth
,• Ferdinand should be revived, by which a ship of 400 tons would Union Bank of Scotland 81. per cent. 100 0 0 so 0 0 79
hip
Este; -Alfred,Prince Windischgratz ; Baron Jellachich ; Felix, again be cimpelled to take five apprentices; whereas Westernt BFain k• . .
d. .I:iy 81, per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 68%
_.m
121. per cent. 12 10 0 2 0 0 2% LI
Prince Schwarzenberg; Francis, Count Stadion; Frederic, under the existing Acts a ship of this size is only obliged ia irceleoerl Liriee and Life
- 20 0 0 011 0 9s Od cou
Landgrave of Fiirstenberg; the Landgravine Fiirstenberg ;to take two, and i 0 on in proportion; a ship of 1,500 tons British Guarantee Ins. _ to o 0 1008 s Od pre
Joseph, Prince Lobkowitz ; Charles, Count Grlinne; Alex- had fifteen apprentices, whereas under the present Act Caledonian Fire Insur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 21
ander Bach ; Phillipp, Baron Krauss ; Francis, Baron Cor- the largest ship that sails has only five. It was under Church of England Ins. - 50 0 o 20 0 2 Per
don; Chevalier Bruck; Frederick Thientield, Knight; those good old salutary enactments, and under the wise City of Glasgow Life 6l. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 21. 4a de
0 12 10 0 17
Edinburgh Life Insur. Cl.per cent. 100 0 of 1
Alexander Hiibner.
"We, Francis Joseph 1., by the Grace of God Emperor protection of the navigation-laws, that our commerce so East of Scotland Life
.- 10 0 0 015 0 112.0 d the
eminently & Scot, Law Life 51. per cent. 50 0 0 217 6 46s 6d
eminently flourished, and our navy gained its glorious
of Austria; King of Hungary and Bohemia; King of Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 (0) 0 1034 old
renown. Surely then, we ought, as the gallant Vice-
ex t
Lombardy and Venetia; of Dalmatia, Croatia, Sclavonia,
Admiralof.England, observed, think
has so justly to Life
[min.. co. of Scetlnd• • 51. per cent. 100 0 0 10
Assoc. of Scotland 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 1/. 63
Galicia, Lodomiria, and Illyria ; King of Jerusalem. &c.;
10 0 0 010 0 43. Od., 'Pe'
deeply, seriously, and long, before we commit such great Mercantile Life -
Archduke of Austria , Grand Duke of Tuscany, Duke of
'
Lorraine, of Salsburg, Stayer, Karnthen, the Ukraine; Grand national blessings to hazard.-Herald. National Fire and Life 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 205.0 d 3,0(
North British Insur s%l.pr cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 2254 thin
Prince of Siebo,nbilrgen ; Margrave of Moravia ; Duke -
_________
____ - North & West of Scot. Si. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 172.0 d, divi
of Upper and Lower Silesia, of Modena, Parma, RAIL WAY RE T URNS. Scottish Life and Guar. - 20 0 0 011 0 ss.
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communicate this tc the Ministers. 1 2 Glaser,- ...,. ~___

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East Country •• . 255. per sh. 100 0 0 21
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Ditto Bonds.. •. • • 41. per cent.
St. Katharine ••• • 4 per cent. Stock.
Ditto Bonds • • 434 pr cent.
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Weetmin.ster Chartered 31. 50 0 0 504
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" FRANCIS JOSEPH.
" 2, Dec. 2. " SCHWA ItZ EN B ERG."
" My Dear Prince Schwarzenberg.—l appoint the Baron
Kulmer to act as a Minister without a porifeuille, with a seat
and a vote in.the Council of the Cabinet.
FRANCIS JOSEPH.
" SCHWA RZENBERG."

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SMITH O'BRIEN AND THE OXFORD AND CAM-
BRIDGE CLUB.—A VENIRE DE NOTO.—A new question
of international law will arise upon the proceedings re-
ferred to in the following circular. Doubtless, the club-
law will not sanction the condemnation of a party un-
heard, and therefore a writ of habeas corpus must issue
to bring up the body of Wm. Smith O'Brien, Esq., M.P.
on Friday, Dec. 15, 1848, at one o'clock, P.M., to be so-
lemnly arraigned in Pall-mall. The Queen's writ used
not to run in Connemara; whether the writ of the Ox-
ford and Cambridge University Club will run into Rich-
mond Penitentiary or not is a question for the gentlemen
of the long robe:—" Oxford and Cambridge University
Club, Nov. 22,1848. Sir—A certificate, signed by 32
members of the club, having been presented to the com-
mittee certifying that the conduct of William Smith
O'Brien, Esq. M.P., has been, in their opinion, deroga-
tory to his station in society and injurious to the cha-
eldstah special ci
December,s l
investigating general
184
8,
hsat
racter and interests of the club, I beg to inform you that
the committee have, in pursuance of the 52d rule, con-
venedmeetingone
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rfog,teehal
o'clock,
obckrl,nu
brought
afFriday,ograthenst
purpose William Smith O'Brien
wheth , Esq., M.P., and deciding
er he has merited expulsion —I have the honour
to
to be, Sir, your most obedient •
I.IORII servant, WM. GEORGE
Sec."—Dubliit Mail.
A NEW ESCULENT ROOT —.1‘.1 Masson, the head
gardner at the Lnxembou • •
rg, has lately grown a new
root, called the ulluco, which can very well, it is thought,
replace the potato.
It originally comes from Peru, and
grows perfectly well in the
nearly the same as that of Open air
potato. In the flavour is very
addition, the
part above ground furnishes
flavour. Three
agreeable vegetable,
something like the bean in
Three crops of the
green part can be obtained in the
P
e same season.—Paris
Paper.

Oilmiitz, Dec. 2.

THE ARMY AND NAVY.
(From the United Sereice Gazette of Saturday.)
The Colonelcy of the 55th, vacant by the death of Lieu-
tenant-General Wardlaw, has been, we hear, conferred on
Lieutenant-General Hamilton. This gallant officer served
in the West Indies in 1795-6, and was present at the capture
of St. Lucia. In 1801 he served the campaign in Egypt,
commanded the Ist battalion of the 44th Regiment in Spain,
and the 2d battalion in the Netherlands and France in 1815.
At the battle of Waterloo, being then a Lieutenant-Colonel,
he received a wound.
UNATTACHED PAY.—The following officers have suc-
ceeded to the Unattached Pay of twenty-five shillings per
diem :—Maior-General J. WDonald, Major. General G. W.
Paty, and Major-General Lord James Hay. Having so re-
cently had occasion to speak of the services of these officers,
we need do no more in this place than congratulate them on
a well-earned addition to their respective incomes.
Goon SERVICE PENSIONS.—Major-General Edward Par-
kinson and Major-General Philip Bainbridge, have respec-
pvgly succeeded to the pension of 1001. per annum.
N t.•
ITMVARaiiralty have at length determined to complete the
tea+aTg to be propelled by the screw.
f;sz , Elbr.tcY BRIGADES.—A return is being made to the
f all stores belonging to the Royal Dockyard
tiii'-tSrtgades.' Their Lordships are evidently "taking stock."
.c.k5i41,74. --The Guiesminent- have still further evinced their sympathy
" :lyktlel int r the permanent establishment of the Repnblic
Oulta on the coast of Africa b emancipated American
- _ by ordering her Majesty's schooner Lark, at Sheer"
iti

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THE SUN, LONDON, MON DAY EVENING, DECEMBER 11, 1848,

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Dec. 9.
(Before Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN and a Special Jury.)
PATENT SAWMILL.—THE QUEEN V. SMITH.
Evidence was adduced during the whole of the morn-
ing in support of the case of the plaintiff.
Sir F. THESIGER addressed the jury on behalf of the
defendants, after which the further hearing of the case
was adjourned until Monday.
The Court will sit at Westminster on Monday, in
order to proceed with this case. One of the Learned
Judges will sit on Monday at Guildhall to try causes.
The other Courts will also sit there.

to be worth 5001. above the payment of all his debts.
He trusted the magistrate would accept Mr. Boucher
new, and that in the course of Monday another gentle-
man would be procured to enter into the other surety for
his keeping the peace.
Mr. SEC/UR refused to rnply.
Mr. Dunn, who exclaimed against this decision of the
magistrate, then withdrew with one of the tipstaffa of
the Queen's Bench.

PREROGATIVE COURT, Dec. 9.
BIRCH V. BIRCH.
This was a case of prDving the will of Mr. Jonathan
Birch (who died in December, 1847), dated the 22d of
February, 1845, by Mr. George Birch, the brother of
the deceased, and one of the executors named in the will,
against Mr. William John Birch, the son of the deceased,
another executor, and also residuary legatee, and only
❑ext of kin. The facts were these:—The deceased gave
directions to his son to draw the will in question, leav-
ing the amount of the legacies blank, which was done,
and the paper delivered to the deceased, after whose
death it was found duly executed, with the legacies filled
up in the deceased's handwriting, some in black ink and
others in red ink. The paper was enclosed in an enve-
lope. which had been opened and resealed. No infor-
mation could be obtained as to when the blanks were
filled up, and the subscribed witnesses were unable to
say whether the sums of the legacies had or had not been
inserted at the time of the execution. Under these cir-
cumstances the questioa was, whether any, and if any
how much, of the paper was entitled to probate. The
suit was an amicable one.

Dr. JENNER, for the brother, sought for probate of
the paper with those legacies only which had been filled
up in black ink, there being, he admitted, circumstances
which led to a presumption that those in red ink had
been inserted after execution.

Dr. R. PHMLIMORE, fur the son, did not oppose pro-
bate of the paper to that extent, but left the question to
the Court.

Sir H. JENNER FIIST said it would be a formidable
position to lay down, that if a will had been drawn up in
blank every one of the insertions must be attested, as
alterations, by the witnesses, and he was not prepared
to go to that length. He was of opinion that where a
will was so prepared, with blanks, and those blanks were
filled up in the testator's handwriting, the presumption
of law was that they had been supplied before the exe-
cution of the will. What reason could the testator have
had for evading the statute? Where a will was altered
after execution, he could understand that the testator
might wish to avoid the necessity of a re-execution. It
unfortunately happened in this case that there were
alterations in red ink as well as in black ink, and that
the envelope had been opened and resealed. He was of
opinion, however, upon the whole, that the presumption
was that the insertions in black ink were made before
the execution, and he accordingly decreed probate of
the will as originally executed, with the legacies in-
serted in black ink, rejecting all those in red ink.

THE STANFIELI) - HALL
MURDERS.
(From the Norfolk Chronicle.)
We have this morning received the following letter
from Mr. Nichols :

" Norwich, Friday, Dec. 8.
" Dear Sir,—ln reply to your inquiry lam happy in
being able to state that Mrs. Jermy has passed another
tranquil night, and is, this morning, as well as I could
expect, The continued absence of unfavourable symp-
toms up to the present time (now nine days since the
injury) leads me to hope that such a state of things may
continue.

" The poor servant still remains in a most precarious
condition. Mr. Tunnaly agrees with me in the above
opinion. " fam, very sincerely,

"W. P. NiOrior.s."
LATEST PARTICULARS.
It being positively stated in Norwich that the pistols
had been found in the moat on Thursday, our re-
porter proceeded to W) mondham, and ascertained that
such was not the fact. The moat has been nearly
ernpt.ed, and a number of men have been searching in
it every day this week ; but up to burr
o'clock on Thursday no pistols had been found. The
whole ground between the hall and Potash farm has been
carefully examined without success ; but it is believed
that the pistols must be secreted somewhere within a
circle from the hall. It has been ascertained from the
statements of two parties named Proctor and Theke,
who were employed about a fortnight since doing work
on Rush's premises, that two large pistols, brass mounted,
were then in the house, and that they were removed
into the wheat shed. They cannot now be found any-
where.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MARLBORO UGH-STREE T.
ALLEGED PLUNDER OF THE CHATEAU DE NEUILLY.
•Eugene Saulier, otherwise Baron de Saulier, and
Marie Delonie otherwise Baroness Richmond de Bassain,
were charged with having unlawful possession of a large
quantity of valuable property belonging to Louis
Philippe, ex-King of the French.
Mr. Bodkin, on behalf of his Majesty Louis Philippe,
said—lt having been recently communicated to the King
that some articles of great value had been brought over
to this country, and were in the hands of persons who
were endeavouring to turn them into money, by offering
them for sale, and inquiry having been made, there
seems to be no doubt that they are part of the per-
sonal property of the King, and that they were stolen
from the palace of Neuilly at the time of the revolu-
tion. A communication was made to the police by
M. Grelliere, an interpreter, employed by the per-
sons before you, and a third person, who is in such a
state of health that he cannot be brought forward.
A warrant was issued from this court, and executed on
Friday evening, by the police, at the Prince of Wales
Hotel, Leicester-street, where the two persons before
you, and a third, who has not been removed from bed,
have been staying there for some time. Whether the
two persons here are entitled. to the title of Baron de
Saulier and Baroness de Bassani, and the third person
also entitled to' the rank of baron, will, perhaps, here-
after appear. On the police officers going to the hotel
they found property to a great extent, but not of the
value which was expected to be found; for among cer-
tain other things missing there was a necklace valued at
10,0001., the property of the king, or one of his family,
but this could not be found. The officer seized some
articles which were in the room where the prisoners
were found. It will be necessary to have the clear and
positive testimony of the owner of the property, but
this cannot be produced to-day, inasmuch as the de-
fendants were only taken last night, and the property
found in their possession has not yet been submitted to
the parties most competent to speak as to the ownership.
Some of the articles which have been worn by the Queen,
such as shaws of great value, would prove their own
identity, as such articles were only to be found in the
possession of royalty. It will be proved that 5001. was
asked for one shawl, and that the parties had been on the
point of getting that sum. Under these circumstances
I have to ask the Court to allow the further examination
to stand over for a week, that I may be able to give
evidence to show that the seizure has not been made
without reasonable cause, and that an opportunity may
be afforded of submitting the articles to those who can
speak confidently to them.
Police-sergeant Thornton, of the detective police,
said he executed the warrant at the Prince of Wales
Hotel. He found the property in the rooms occupied by
the prisoners. He found the diamonds on the bed, and
other property in various places. In the room where
the property was discovered witness found a third
person, lying ill in bed. That person was not re-
moved. Witness also found a number of papers,
which he took possession of. He also took two rings from
the prisoner, which the prisoner himself took off, his
fingers, and he also took two more rings from his breast.
The female prisoner endeavoured to secrete a tablet
book, which she took from a box.
F. Shaw, another constable, accompanied the last wit-
ness, and corroborated what has been just stated. Wit-
ness found the painting now produced concealed in a
sting-room occupied by The Baron.
General Alfred de Chabannes was at present residing
with his Majesty Louis Philippe, at Richmond. Had no
doubt whatever that the picture now produced was part
of a larger picture which was at the Palace of Neuilly.
With respect to the jewellery. now produced, witness be-
of.uilly or the Tuileries.
be-
lieved all the articles either belonged to Louis Philippe
.family, and that they had been taken
ahceissaid this was all the evidence he should
forromtmor
.st ohme ep
Bodkinao
tender for the present. A question of ownership hardly
arose just now. He should have some further proof of
identity ready by next week, if the court would allow a
remand.

The ramrod found in the ball on the night of the mur-
der is of a description exactly suited to the pistols seen
in the house. One of the superintendents took this
ramrod to London, in order, if possible, to find the
maker ; as 'it is believed, being of a very peculiar con-
struction, that it would be easily identified by him, or
by any one who ever saw it. As yet the most active in-
quiries of the metropolitan police have not produced any
satisfactory result.
It has been ascertained that a person answering to
the description of Rush, when in London, frequented
one of the shooting-galleries, and practised shooting at
a mark. He asked the proprietor where he could ob-
tain a good pair of duelling pistols? And the proprietor
remarked the man, as he believed he intended to fight a
duel. We are also informed that Solomon Savery is in
custody; that he now tells a different story about the
shoes, and about the fastening to the back kitchen
door, to what he did at first, and says that his first
story was prompted by his master. It is believed that
Emily James can divulge a great deal more than she has
yet done.

It has just been communicated to us that a pair of
pistols has been found in the wheat shed, but the police
think they were not the weapons used.
The inquiry before the magistrates is proceeding. Re-
porters are not admitted.

COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL.
On Thursday a Court was held for the dispatch of
public business. The principal matter to which the at-
tention of the Court was drawn was the report on the
reference with respect to the poor-laws, a subject of late
become one of paramount importance to the citizens of
London.
THE HEROIC SPANIARD BERNARDINO CAXP.
The LORD MAYOR informed the Court that he had
received a letter of thanks from Captain Bernardino
Camp, who had saved the lives of seventy-nine persons,
and to whom the Court had unanimously voted a testi-
monial of their admiration. The letter, which was read,
was as follows:

" To the Corporation of the City of London.
"Nobody can better than a gres.t and generous people
appreciate the efforts and sacrifices which men can make
on behalf of their fellow-beings. No greater proof of
this fact could be adduced than the silver salver which I
have received in the name of the said city, and as a tes-
timonial of gratitude for having saved, when acting as
captain of the Spanish brig Emilio, the lives of seventy-
nine persons, part of the crew and passengers of the Bri-
tish steamer Tweed, in the month of February last year,
ship-wrecked on the Alacron Rocks.
" For this present I hereby beg sto offer my most
grateful acknowledgments to the City of London, re-
presented by its worthy Corporation, together with the
assurance that I have accepted this gift forwarded to me
with that pride which its possession is calculated to in-
spire, and as a token that my efforts, on behalf of the
unfortunate, have been deemed worthy of eternal remem-
brance by the inhabitants of a city which, in every re-
spect, is justly considered to be the first in the world.
(Signed) '6 BERNARDINO CADIP.
" Barcelona, Oct. 15, 1848."
The Court received the communication with cheers,
and ordered that it should be entered on the minutes.

THE CITY POLICE.
Deputy PEACOCK brought up the annual report of the
Police Committee relative to the force. It stated that
the committee were of opinion that the 567 men of which
the force was constituted needed no addition to their
number, but were perfectly capable of performing the
required duties.—Agreed to and ordered accordingly.
VAGRANTS AND THE POOR-LAW.
Deputy PEACOCK then said he had a report to present
to the Court upon a subject of vital interest to their con-
stituency. Appended to it were the reports of the City
Solicitor and Remembrancer, to which he claimed the
particular attention of the members.—(Hear, hear.)
The reports were received with strong testimonies of
approbation.

" Mr. LOTT then moved that the sum of 2001. be granted
in behalf of the Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners'
Benevolent Society, by which, he said, a vast amount of
good was done.

The motion was unanimously agreed to, as was a grant
of 501., upon the motion of Mr. LOTT, to the Birkbeck
School.

Some discussion took place upon the subject of the
allowances for the mayorality for the ensuing year, but
the report, which recommended that they should be con-
tinued at the usual amount, was unanimously agreed to.
After the transaction of some business of no public in-
terest, the Court adjourned.

Mr. Wontner, for the accused, said, even admitting
that the property was found in the rooms taken by au
elderly gentleman, now confined to his bed, he contended
that the case was not within the jurisdiction of a ma-
gistrate. It was clear, even if the articles in question did
belong to Louis Philippe at ono time, they were left be-
hind at the Chateau de Neuilly, or the Tuileries, at the
time of the revolution, when the Icing took flight to this
country. But he was quite prepared to show how the
present owner came by the property, and that the pro-
perty could not be considered as belonging to the Count
de Neuilly. The bills of parcels relating to the purchase
of large quantities of jewellery had been taken away by
the police. From these papers it would be proved that the
old gentleman now at the hotel had bought jewellery
extensively at Paris. There were bills from the most re-
spectable jeweller's shops to the old gentleman for
3,000 r., 5,000 f., 10,000 f., and 18,000 f., showing thereby
that large sums of money had been laid out by this in-
dividual in the purchase of jewellery and other valuables.
It appeared that M. Grelliere obtained information that
certain valuable property was in the hands of a gentle-
man, an exile, who was residing at the Prince of Wales
Hotel ; he gave information to the police, and the con-
sequence was, that all the valuable articles in his posses-
sion had been taken possession of by the police. The
owner was bedridden—in fact, paralysed—so that the
police were unable to remove him ; but they attached a
constable to him, and because they were unable to get
the pester they took every one who was with him,
whereas with as much justice they might as well
have taken General Chabannes and called on him to
account for the possession of the property. He con-
tended there was no evidence of possession to bring the
parties in custody within the operation of the Act of
Parliament.
Mr. HARDWICK said, the defendants had been found
in a room, in which was property unlawfully obtained.
The Act of Parliament authorised the detention of all
persons so found.
Mr. Bodkin observed that the present proceedings were
not instituted toinflict the smallest punishment appointed
by the Act of Parliament, but to take out of the hands
of the present holders property of this great value. He
did not object to allowing the defendants to be released
on bail.

Mr. fiennwicx decided that the property (said to be
of the value of 20,0000 should remain with the police,
and that access should be given to the documents when
required.
Tho defendants were liberated, on giving sureties to
appear on Saturday.
SOUTHWARK.
FRAUD.. AL Everitt was charged with
defrauding John Culley of 45/.
The complainant, being about to commence business,
had an interview with the prisoner, who agreed to let
him a baker's shop in the London-road, with fixtures,
for the sum of 45L, at the same time producing written
receipt, and guaranteeing that the rent and taxes were
all paid up to that day. The money was accordingly
paid, and the complainant took possession, but had not
been many days in the house when rent and taxes were
demanded of him, and it was then ascertained that the
prisoner, for the purpose of defrauding the complainant
of his money, had forged the receipt to make it appear
that all rent and taxes were paid up to the time of the
transaction.
The prisoner was committed.
MR. DUNN'S BAIL REFUSED.—Mr. Dunn, whose term
of imprisonment in the Queen's Bench Prison, for an-
noying Miss Burdett Coutts, expired on the previous
day, attended for the purpose of entering into sureties
to keep the peace for two years, which he was adjudged
to find at the expiration of his sentence. He then called
forward two persons named Moon and Boucher, and
offered them as his sureties; but the former was rejected
by Mr. Seeker, in consequence of the evasive answers
he gave in the course of his examination.
Mr. Dunn complained loudly of the rejection or one
of his bail, observiug that Air. Moon had swore himself

BANK OF ENGLAND.
(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
The stolen 1,0001 note that was cashed after the
number was altered, reported in your paper of Frday,
has cau':ed great loss to five of the Bank clerks, who
will have to many, many months before their sail-
ries will make up the amount, the Committee of the
Bank of England having decided (and their decisions
are unalterable) that the clerks are to make good the loss
the Bank of England has sustained as follows:

The clerk who originally lost the note to pay ...
The clerk who failed to detect the alteration of
the number to pay ... •••
The inspector who had to examine the goodness
of the note, regardless of the nunity:T, to pa.y...
The clerk who omitted insist upon a mnr::
finite address than "James-struet " to be
written on the note to pay ...
The clerk who paid the gold, and mistaking the
party for a banker's clerk, omitting to inform
his principal, which he should hove done wlic,re
the amount of gold required is above 2001., and
the party unknown, to pay ...

... 1,000

Total ...
Their salaries are as follows, or thereabout.—
First clerk mentioned 200/. a year.
Second clerk, the oldest cashier, 500/. a year.
Third clerk, 280/. a year.
Fourth clerk, 300/. a year.
Fifth clerk, 250/. a year.
Thus five faini3ies are the innocent sufferers from this
oversight in not detecting an ingenious forgery.

BANK OF FRANCE.
The following is a return of the situation of tha Bank
of France on the 7th of December, 1848:

ASSETS.

f,137,562.627 71
. . 109,495,229 00
257,627 92

Cash and ingots ...
Ditto in branch banks
Bills past due ••• ••• •••
Bills falling due in Paris, of which
17,115,575 f. 63c. are from the branch
banks .•• ••• ••• •••
Bills in the branch banks ~.
Advances on coins and ingots... ...
Ditto on French public securities ...
Ditto by branch banks...
...
Ditto to the State on Bons du Tresor...
Ditto on the loan of 150 millions ...
Rentes of the reserve fund ...
Rentes, disposable funds ...
Investments of the new branch banks in
the public funds ...
Hotel and furniture of the Bank ..
Real property of the branch banks ...
Loan of 10,000,000 t. to the city of Paris
Interest in National Discount Bank ...
Ditto branch banks ...
Bills protested at Paris ••• •••
Ditto at the branches ...
Expenses of administration of the Bank
Ditto of the branches ...
Miscellaneous ...
Consolidation of Treasury Bonds

57,483,390 42
107,680,943 28
14,338,486 00
33,654,146 65
1,540,537 00
50,000,000 00
50,000,000 00
10,000,000 00
34,786,288 62

12,806,741 39
4,000,000 00
2,611,621 00
5,500,000 00
200,000 00
230,000 00
12,300,258 13
6,150,881 00
582,143 59

466,885 00
536,394 46
7,906,247 36

f. 669,680,448 53