The Sun.
London, England, 1851-07-28 00:00:00

LIABILITIES.

Uapital . . f. 67,900,000 0
Ditto of the Branch Banks ... 23,350,000 0
Reserve fund ... ... ... 10,000,000 0
Ditto of the branch banks ... 2,980,750 14
Reserve-inamobiliere ..• ... 4,000,000 0
Notes to bearer, in circulation ... ... 421,978,800 0
Ditto of the branch banks ... 113,614,67'5 0
Ditto to order (post-bills) 6,416,666 50
Account-current with Treasury creditor 113,102,300 71
Various accounts current ... ... 82,252,451 69
Ditto in branches ... 29,262,270 0
Bills payable at sight ... ... 8,182,500 0
Ditto at branches 3 166,457 0
Dividends payable
Liquidation of the Algiers Bank ... 7,760 0
Expenses anticipated ... 269,939 83
Di,counts, interest, and expenses ... 182,798 74
Ditto of branch banks ... 356,514 0
Re-discounts of the last six months ... 96,733 70
Ditto in branch banks .. ... 227,245 0
Interest on protested bills ... 398,539 1
Iliscellaneous 38

f. 889,321,690 95
Certified by the Deputy-Governor of the Bank of
France, J. E. GAUTIER.

It appears from the preceding account that the cash in
hand has increased by 4,000,000 f. The commercial bills
discounted have decreased by 500,000 f. The Bank
notes in circulation have increased by 2,000,0001.
The balance to the credit of the Treasury has in-
creased by 3,000,0001. Sundry credits have decreased by
1,500,000 f.

THE SANDWICH ISLANDS.—By the Chagres
steamers to New York we hay e advises from the Sandwich
Islands to the 3d of May. The British store ship Da3dalus,
Captain George Wellesley, with stores for her Majesty's ships
in the Arctic Seas, arrived at Honolulu on the 16th of
April, and was to sail in a few days in search of Sir John
Franklin.
Sir Robert Peel,-Bart, 111. P., has left town, on a
continental tour, and, according to present arrangements,
will not return to this. country until the month of November
next.

OFFICIAL APPOINTMENTS.—Mr. S. C. Denison is
appointed Deputy Judge-Advocate to the Queen, in place of
Mr. F. Newman Rogers, Q.C., deceased. Mr. Sergeant
Kinglake is appointed Recorder of Exeter. Messrs. Bour-
geois, J. Pollock. and Beausoleil are appointed members of
the Legislative Council of St. Lucia.

PUBLIC DINNER TO MR. PaxTori.—The commit-
tee appointed to superintend the arrangements for the dinner
to be given to Mr. axton at Derby on the sth of August
have issued circulars altering the day, in order that Mr.
Paxton might be enabled to accept an invitation to the Pa-
risian fires. We are, however, requested to state that, in
order to suit the convenience of Mr. Paxton and other gen-
tlemen, the dinner Ail' take place on the sth of August, the
day originally appointed.
COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' BENEVOLENT INSTITU-
TION.—A special general meeting of the friends and sub-
scribers to this institution was held on Saturday last, at the
London Tavern, 13ishopsgate-street, for the purpose of taking
into consideration such portion of the rules of the society
as bear upon the election of annuitants. Mr. Jenkin Jones
in the chair. The chairman said, in his opinion, there
should be an election of one or more annuitants before Christ-
mas. He was sure that if an election was to take place it
would tend more than anything else to the success of that in-
stitutiJn, which he was cer ain they all had at heart. Mr.
J. Aden moved a resolution to the elect that as soon as the
state of the funds of the society shall enable the board of
management to grant two or more annuities, they have
power granted them so to act. Mr. J. Peill seconded the
resolution, which, on being put from the chair, was carried
unanimou-ly. Mr. W. G. B. Gunton, in referring to the im-
proved prospects of the institution, stated that he believed
there were very few instances on record of an institution like
this meeting with so much success in so short a period, and
from that circumstance he augured a gratifying and prosper-
ous result. A vote of thanks was then moved and carried,
thanking the chairman for his urbanity in taking the chair,
which having been acknowledged, the meeting separated.
On Saturday morning, between twelve and one
o'clock, a policeman on duty near London-bridge discovered
smoke issuing through the fan-light over the shop-door of
one of the large houses in Duke-street. immediately at the
rear of Tooley-street, belonging to Mr. Alderman Hum-
phery, but occupied by Messrs. J. Wynn and Co., boot and
shoemakers. The policeman immediately sent for the en•
gines. Several quickly arrived on the spot, and in a very
short time the tire was extinguished, before any material
damage was done. The origin of the outbreak is unknown.
EXTRAORDINARY AFFAIR —We hear from a private
source that a rather extraordinary case is likely shortly to
occupy the attention of the Bristol District Court of Bank-
ruptcy. So long ago as 1769, a person, named Constable,
became bankrupt, and his affairs were wound up. It so
happened that some time before his failure he had made a
deposit of 500/. in one of the Bristol banks, but, through
some inadvertence, the deposit note was overlooked, among
the rest of the papers, and no mention was made of it either
in the balance-sheet or any of the proceedings under the fiat.
Constable shortly afterwards died; and, in the course of
years, a change took place in the banking firm, and in the
arrangement of the private affairs of the partners at this
time (1820) the 5001. deposited by old Constable was paid
away to one of the retiring partners. Through a series of
almost romantic circumstances, the papers in Constable's
bankruptcy fell, with some others, into the hands of a highly
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ATTOILNETS AND SOLICITORS REOI,
LATION AC..—
The Bill which originated in the House of Lords, for amend-
ing the several Acts for the regulation of attorneys i
n Ire
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soli-
citors was brought before the House of Commons, 17th o
July. The object of the Bill ii to extend to the degree of
bachelor of arts and laws in Queens
the provisions of former Acts relating to the admission and
enrolment as attorneys of bachelors of arts or laws at Oxford,
Cambridge, and Dublin. Also to extend to students of
Queen's colleges attending lectures acid PassiPig examinations
in the faculty of law during the collegiate years, the provi-
sions of former Acts as to persons bound for five years, and
serving part of that time, not exceeding one year, with a
barrister or special pleader. '

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A CHILD KILLED WITH DR. COFFIN'S MEDICINE.
—VERDICT OF MANSLAUGHTER, AGAINST AN AGENT.—
On Friday afternoon Mr. W. Baker, the coroner, and
a jury. resumed an adjourned inquiry at the Bell Tavern,
Ratctiff-highway, which lasted until a Lite hour last night,
concerning the death of Henry Stewart Davis, aged thirteen
years, an idiot, who died from the effects of medicine admi-
nistered by Mr. John Stevens, an agent for the sale of Dr.
Coffin's various compounds. Lengthened evidence having
been produced, the jury announced that they had unani-
mously agreed to a verdict of " Manslaughter against John
Stevens ;" and the Coroner then made out his warrant for
the committal of Mr. Stevens, who was conveyed in a cab
to liewgate, to await his trial.

AWFULLY SUDDEN DEATH.—A terrible instance
of the uncertainty of human life occurred on Friday last at
Plymouth. A poor woman named Ann Martin, who had
previously enjoyed excellent health, was standing by her
fireside, talking in a lively strai❑ to the members of her fa-
mily, when she suddenly fell to the ground a corpse. Dr.
Fuge, of Plymouth, was immediately cal.ed in, but he de-
clared that death must have ensued instantaneously.
HARRow, JULY 26.—This day Mr. H. M. Butler,
son of the Dean of Peterborough, was elected scholar on the
Gregory foundation.