The Sun.
London, England, 1851-10-28 00:00:00

THE SUN,

owners and occupiers of la. ad in the distressed districts
in Ireland, and with this view the demands of the
Government cught to be definite, both in amount,
and also in time.
" My Lords think, therefore, that:remission of pay-
ment, either altogether or to a certain extent, accor-
ding to the circumstances of each district, is far pre-
ferable to postponing the payments; but the sanction
of Parliament must be obtained before any definite
measure for this purpose can be carried into effect.
It is the intention of her Majesty's Government to
submit a measure to Parliament with this object early
next session.
"In the meantime my Lords are prepared to adopt
the following course in anticipation of the measure to
be submitted to Parliament :
"The Poor-law Commissioners in Ireland are au-
thorized to direct the treasurer of any union in Ire-
land to retain i❑ his hand any sum which he may have
received from, or on account of, an electoral division
in which the expenditure for the relief of the poor
in the year ending September 29, 1851, has amounted
to 4s. in the pound on the valuation then in force, assd
not to pay over to the Paymaster of Civil Services in
Ireland the annuity due from such electoral division
for the current year ; and where the annuity for the
current year, added to such expenditure, amounts for
any electoral division to a sum exceeding 4s. in the
pound on such valuation, to pay over to the Pay-
master of Civil Services such sum only, in respect of
the annuity, as, together with the charge for relief of
the poor i❑ the past year, will amount to 4s. in the
pound, and to retain the remainder in his own hands.
" Her Majesty's Government will propose to Par-
liament that the sum so retained in respect of the
annuities due for the current year shall be entirely
remitted."

BANK OF FRANCE.
The following is a return of the situation of the Bank
of France on Oct. 25:—
ASSETS.

Cash in hand .•• • • ... f. 495,156,389 50
...
Ditto in branch banks 117,639,170 0
Bills past due ••• ••• ••• 120,487 85
Bills discounted, but not yet due, of
12,339,0321. Oc. were received
from whichhranch Banks ... 34,493,676 43
whtheß
Bills in the branch banks ... 59,916,552 0
Advances on coins and ingots... 926,800 0
Ditto by the branch banks ... 2,234,850 0
Ditto on French public securities ... 7,821,491 10
Ditto by branch banks... 3,304,896 0
Ditto to the State on Bons du Tr6sor... 50,000,000 0
Ditto on the loan of 75 millions ... 50,000,000 0
Rentes of the reserve fund ... 10,000,000 0
Rentes, disposable funds ... 42,677,621 28
Investments of the new branch banks in
the public funds ... ... 12,952,725 74
Hotel and furniture of the Bank ... 4,000,000 0
Real property of the branch banks ... 3,559,746 0
Interest in National Discount Bank ... 200,000 0
Ditto branch banks ••• ••• ••• 108,000 0
Expenses of administration of the Bank 293,268 41
Ditto at the branches ... 324,821 0
Nliscellaneous 2,049,203 94

f. 597,779,699 25

LIABILITIES.

Capital ... . . 1.67,900,000 0
Ditto of the Branch Banks ... ... 23,350,000 0

Reserve fund ... 10,000,000 0
Ditto of th 2 branch banks ... ... 2,980,750 14
Reserve-immobiliere 4,000,000 0
Notes to bearer, in circulation ... 421,660,900 0
Ditto of the branch banks ... ... 119,279,125 0
Ditto to order (post-bills) 7,516,736 0
Account-current with Treasury creditor 64,991,323 85
Various accounts current 124,518,937 17
Ditto in branches 30,668,573 0

Bills payable at sight ... ... ... 11,129,000 0
Ditto at branches ... ... ... 4,263,353 0
Dividends payable ... . . ... 454,904 25
Liquidation of the Algiers Bank ... 6,790 0
Expenses anticipated ... ... ... 261,782 18
Discounts, interest, and expenses ... 2,492,264 94
Ditto of branch banks ... ... ... 1,087,856 0
Re-discounts of the last six months ... 96,733 70
_ ._

Ditto in branch banks .. 227,245 0
Interest on protested bills ... 584,696 19
Miscellaneous ... 368,728 83

f. 897,779,699 25
Certified by the Governor of the Bank,
IYARGOIIT.

It appears from the preceding account that the cash in
hand has decreased by 6,800,000 f. The commercial bills
discounted have increased by 1,900,000 f. The Bank
notes in circulation have decreased by 3,700,000 f.
The balance to the credit of the Treasury has de-
creased by 8,700,000. Sundry credits have increased
by 5,100,000 f.

TRANSPORTATION OF A FORTUNE
TELLER.

A woman, named Charlotte Morris, aged 39 years,
was indicted at the Southampton quarter-sessions last
week, for having, on the 18th of July last, feloniously
and unlawfully received 55., the property of Isaac
Blandford, well knowing the same to have been fe-
loniously stolen, and further with inciting Mary Anne
Blandford to commit the same felony. It appeared
that the woman had been what is commonly called a
fortune-teller, and some time in the course of the year
a girl by the name of Anne Blandford was most im-
prudently taken to the house of this woman, and sub-
sequently WAS in the habit of going to have her for-
tune told. About the middle of July the girl was
talking to the woman about the Exhibition, when she
expressed her desire to see it. The woman asked her
if she or her father had any money, and she answered
that her father had some ; she eventually went to her
father's house, and took from his hard-earned
savings between 51. and 6/. She went back to the
prisoner's house, and asked Ler advice respecting
her visit to London, and put down ss. ou the
table whilst the prisoner turned her face to the
wall, as she said she would neither see nor touch any
money, whether it was a sovereign or a shilling, until
the girl had gone out of the house, and then she could
say with a Blear conscience that she had never taken
anything from her; but it was proved sufficiently for
the ends of justice that she had received the money,
as she gently moved the money away. The woman
asked her if any one had seen her enter the house,
and she answered that she thought not; when she
was let out, she went home for the money she had
left behind, but on her way she was met by her father,
who took her upstairs, and she told a woman named
Elcock the whole circumstances of the case. When
they returned to the fortune-teller's house, the money
was found to have bee❑ pushed further along the
table under a piece of needlework. It appeared that
the girl had been watched, and her little sister having
discovered the money which her elder sister had left
upon the bed, hail told her father of it, and thus the
plot was stopped, and they, on going to the house of
the prisoner, found the 53. she was now charged with
stealing. The jury found the prisoner guilty. The
Recorder said the offence was one of such a very serious
character that he should consider it his duty to inflict
the highest penalty the law allowed ; the sentence of
the Court was that she be transported beyond the seas
for the space of 14 years. The prisoner, on receiving
her sentence, immediately fainted.