The Sun.
London, England, 1850-02-09 00:00:00

£30,104,810 I £30,104,810
M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier.
Dated the 7th day of February, 1850.
BANKING DEPARTMENT.

X.
Proprietors 'capital.. 14,553,000
Rest • . •••• ••• • • 3,232,591
Public deposits (in-
cluding Exchequer,
Commissioners of
National Debt, Sav-
ings-banks, and Di-
vidend accounts).. 5,727,761
Other deposits ... • . • 10,591,707
Seven day and other
bills .• • • ...... .... 1,205,956

I Government securi-

ties (including Dead
Weight Annuity) 14,296,564
Other recurities .. . • 9,828,739
Notes ••••••• • • • •• •• 10,47v,370
Gold and silver coin.. 706,349

235,311,012

£35,311,012
5.1. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier.
1850.

Datod the 7th day of February,

RAILWAY ACCIDENTS AND Loss OF LIFE.—The
five o'clock down train on the North Kent line of rail-
way ran off the line last night, just after clearing the
tunnel at Charlton. The engine buried itself in the side
of the cutting, and dragged all the carriages, which
were heavily laden with passengers, off the line. For-
tunately, beyond a few bruises, and a dotentiOn of some
half hour, they escaped uninjured. On Thursday even-'
ing, about seven o'clock, a corporal of the Royal Artil-
lery, named Bingham, lost his life at the junction at
New Cross. He had been to Greenwich, and was re-
turning by this route, and while waiting for the arrival
of the down train ho imprudently stepped upon the line.
The engineer did not perceive his position till it was too
Into to reverse the engine, and the unfortunate man was
killed on the spot, the body being frightfully mangled.
ST. MARTIN'S HALL.—Under this designation, as
many of our readers are no doubt aware, a building has
been erected, to which the present entrancs is in Long-
acre, and which contains, besides a concert-room and
some smaller saloons suited to instruction and practice in
choral music, one enormous area constructed for the pur-
pose of giving musical performances, vocal and instru-
mental, on' a grand scale. The undertaking, has resulted
from the success attending Mr. Hullah's singing classes;
and it affords one additional proef of the prevailing de-
sire to provide the general public with good music. On
Thursday night, a festival was held here, to inaugurate
the opening of the larger Concert Hall, which is to take
p'a,.:e on Monday next. Some choral music was first
perfumed by Mr. Hullah's pupils; arid there was after-
wards a supper. The Earl of Carlisle presided; and la -
tween six and seven hundred persons, including a pi e-
portionate number of the fair sex, aisen.ibled. A Sister
of the Noble Chairman accompanied him, and sat on his
right. The Bishop c f London, Mr. Justice Coleridge,
and several other distinguished persons, also took part
jet the entertainment. After the usual loyal toasts had
been given, Lord Carlisle proposed " Prosperity to St.
TJacLiti'al Hull," to which toast Mr. responded,
explainin, the many difficulties which Lad obstructed or
impeded the accomplishment of the undertaking. The
Bishop cf London bore testimony to the influence of
music, as inculcated according to the system followed by
Mr. ROA, on the public morals; and Mr. Helps, M.P.,
having been designated by Mr. Hullah as the person who
had first come forward with the donation necessary to
initiate the project, that gentleman was called upon to
speak. Lie delivered an eloquent address, in the course
of which he enabled bin auditory to perceive that his
benevolent enterprise had been dictated by philanthropy
of a high order. Other speeches were made, and the
company did not separate till a late hour.

IMPERIAL PAILLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS, Feb. 8.

The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat upon the
Woolsack at Fi7e o'clock.

PetitiOliS in favour of a re-enactment of protection t
agricuaure were presented by Viscount COMBER:Ia:RE
and the Earl of WINCHILSEI.

The Bishop of EXETER presentnd a ce!ition from the
Archdeaconry of East Cornwall against a Post•cflice
delivery on Sunday.

DOLLY'S BRAE.
Lord STANLEY gale notice that on Monday, the
18th, he should bring under the notice of the House
the transactions connected with the affairs of Dolly's
Brae and the dismissal of the magistrates in consequence
of that affair; and he gave this lengthened notice in
order that the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland might be in
his place, or at least might instruct his cone:iglus to
defend the course which he had pursued in r!a:ioa to
those transactions.

The Earl of RODEN hoped that the Lord-Lieutenant
of Ireland would be in his place in that House when the
debate should come on.

LAW OF DISTRESS IN SCOTLAND.
Lord BROUGHAM introduced a Bill to amend the
law of distress in Scotland.

ECCLESIASTICAL COMMISSION.
The NOBLE AND LEARNED LORD also withdrew the
motion of which he had given notice, lust night, on the
subject ( f the appointment of secretary to the Ecclesi-
astical Commission, because he understood that the other
House had had better notictl ( f the introduction of the
clause than their Lordships had had.
CRIMINAL CODE.
Lord BROUGHAM brought in a Bill for consoli-
dating the criminal code. He hoped it would not un-
dergo those alterations in another place which had
caused so much mischief in another measure.
POOR-LAW RETURNS.
The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH called the attention
of the Noble Earl opposite to the very important ques-
tions thut had been addressed to the chairmen and
vice-chairmen of the poor-law unions of England and
Wales, and which would show the actual state of the
various classes of the United Kingdom. He wished to
know if the answers to those questions had been received,
and if received, when they would be laid before Par-
liament.
The Earl of CARLISLE said ho would make inquiries
about it.
Their Lordships then adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, Feb. 8.
The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock.
PETITIONS.
Mr. Heald, Sir G. Strickland, Mr. M. Milues, Mr.
Cowan, and other Hon. Members presented petitions
praying for the abolition of Sunday labour in the Post-
office.

Mr. W. BROWN presented a petition from Bradford
praying for the establishment of county financial board:.
Colonel CHATTERTON presented a petition from
Cork praying for a grant from Parliament in favour of
national education in Ireland.
THE COLONIES.

Sir WILLIAM MOLESW ORTH presented a petition
from New Zealand complaining of the conduct of the
Colonial Office in not giving free institutions to that
colony.::Also a petition from Graham's Town, accusing
the Governor of violating the rights of the colonists.
He also presented an important petition from New
South Wales, bearing 6,000 signatures, and com-
plaining of the proposal for sending transports to the
colony, and threatening to oppose it by every
constitutional means. The petitioners observed that
such proposals were calculated to shake the union which
subsisted between the colonies and the mother country.