The Sun.
London, England, 1844-02-06 00:00:00

THE BANK OF FRANCE.

The Journal des Debats observes, that it appears from the
account published • by the Governor of the Bank of France
that the increasing business which appeated to be progressive
for some years past, has, during the veal. 1843, been sud-
denly arrested without the existence of any of those causes
which too frequently paralyze ctmmerce. The reduction
during the year 1843 may be termed considerable, as it
amounts to 185,000,000' out of 1,268,000,000. The only rea-
son which can be adduced for this reduction is; that more
commercial bargains have been concluded for cash in conse-
quence of the abundance of capital. The following is the
comparison between the amount of bills discounted during
the year 1843 and the two preceding years :—The commer-
cial bills 'discounted during the year 1843 amounted to
771,500,000 f., in 1842 to 944,000,000 f, and in .1841 to
to 886,000,000 f. The amount of cash advanced by the. Bank
on canal shares amounted in the year 1843 to 13,000,000 f.,
and in 1842 to 17,000,000 f. Cash advanced on Governinent
stock amounted in the year . 1843 to 26,000,000 f., in
1842 to 35,000,000 f. Cash advanced on bullion amounted
in the year 1843 to 25,000,000 E, in 1841 to
93,000,000 f. In fine, the sum total advanced to
the Paris merchants during the year • 1843 amounted •to
1,083,000,000 f., instead of 1,268,000,000 f as in 1842, and
1,219,000,000 f. in 1841.. The amount ofcommercial bills dis-
counted in the ten branch banks established at Angoulemef
Besancon, Caen, Chateauroux, Clermont Ferrand, Grenoble,
Montpellier, Rheims, Saint Etienne, and St. Quentin, in-
creased in the year 1843 to 240,000,000, from 230,000,000 id
1842, and 186,000,000 in the year 1841. "It must -be ad-
mitted," adds the Debuts, " that the circulation of Bank
notes is the weak point of the Bank of Fiance. The average
circulation in Paris during the year 1843 was 230,000,000 f.
The bullion in reserve, however, composed principally of cash
belonging to the Treasury and to private individuals-,
amounted to 226,000,000 f. Thus the Bank issues just as- much
paper as it has cash in its cellars—that is to say, that the ad-
vantage which accrues to society as far as regards circulation
is precisely null. If the Bank of Paris issued notes as low as
100 f. in place of 500 f, and if the Treasury, as in England,
would receive those notes in payment of taxes, this reduction
in the amount of the notes issued would not expose the Bank
to any danger, as those notes would always have a free circu-
lation.

DEATH OF LADY PENNEL GRANT OF GRANT.—We
regret to record the demise of Ladd Fennel Grant of Grant,
sister of the Right Hon. the Earl of Seafield, who expired
at West-park, near Elgin, on Saturday, the 27th ult. 'Lady
Grant inherited, in a high degree, the amiable and virtuous
dispositions of her noble family. Retired and unobtrusive
in her habits, her chief enjoyment consisted in the'exereisa
of social virtues and Christian benevolence. Her memory
will be long cherished and venerated by all who knew her,
for to know her was to love and respect her.—lnverness
Paper.
THE EDINBURGH CHAlR.—There are four candi-
dates who make sure to gain the election of the Professorship
of Music at Edinburgh—namely, Dr. Gauntlett, Mr. W
Bennett, Mr. Donaldson. and Mr. Mainzer. There are only
twenty-seven votes, and three of the above state that they
have had fifteen and sixteen promises ! We opine that the
other candidates, among whom is Mr. G. F. Flowers, will
procure seats upon Arthur's Craig, or upon Mons :Megg, in
the Castle.—Dramatic and Musical Review.
COURT MARTIAL AT MALTA.---;LieUt. C. B. Strong,
of the Queen, has been sentenced to be dismissed his ship
and to lose two years' service, for having absented himself on
two different occasions, once for five days and once for seven
days, without leave. Rear-Admiral Sir L. Curtis was presi-
dent, Captaiii Rich (Queen), Sir G. Sartorius (Malabar),
and Captain Walpole (Vernon), with Commander Kitchen,
of the Queen, members. The Court was sitting four days.
On the 25th"of May, 1788, a five-guinea bill of
the firm of Sir John Duntze, was sent in a letter to Exeter
by a tradesman of Holsworthy ; the letter was miscarried,
and did not reach its proper destination, and the money of
course was considered as lost, when, to the surprise of the
person that sent it, thirty-eight years afterwards he again re-
ceived it from the dead letter office, inclosing the bill.—
Plymouth Journal.

CURIOUS MARRIAGE.--Last week, a clock-maker,
residing in this city, upon whose countenance might be
traced
the march of time, and a female, who was about his
equal in years, presented themselves in the church of St.
Cuthbert, for the purpose of being united in the holy bonds
of matrimony, under the following singular circumstanced
It seems, from the statement of our correspondent, that they
had " —l'ng sync" been married in " bonnie Scotland," accord-
ing to the rites observed by the church of that country, and
having lately unfortunately discovered that the minister was
suspended at the time the gordion knot" was tied, they de-
termined, in order to allay their qualms of conscience, to ap-
pear a second time before the altar of hymen, and accord-
ingly, on the above occasion, • they effectually riveton them.
ted those
bonds which they supposed had hung too loosely up
--York Courant.

LITETt A TITRE.
THE BROTHERS. 3 Volt.
CoMorn, London, 1844.
The civil wars of the Fronde, the most inconsistent,
mismanaged, and puerile of any recorded in modern
history, in which neither party seemed to be in ear-
nest, or to have the slightest c:nfidence in the wisdom
and justice, of their cause; the principal leaders, anti
among them that overrated 'character, the Prince of
Conde, changing sides just as often as suited their
convenience, as though the,war was a mere holiday •
pastime—these childish civil dissensions form the
subject of the tale before us, and having stated this,
we need hardly add that the, incidents are supposed
to have taken place- in France during the regency of
Anne of Ausffia and her wily Minister, Cardinal
Mazarin. The hexo is a young Englishman, of good
family, by name Henry Mornington, who, having
lost all his possessions and many of his relations,
during the great civil war in England, goes ,over to
France as a military adventurer, and obtains .an ap-
pointment as chef d' escadron in the army raised by
the 'court party against the Frondeurs. While' tra-
velling to join his division through a remote woodland
district, he is suddenly alarmed by the cries of dis-
tress uttered in a female voice, and hurrying up to the
spot whence. the •sound proceeds, he finds a carriage
overturned in the highway, close to Which a beautiful
young girl is standing, wringing her hands, and e*hibit-
ing tokens of the
,deepest affliction ; while, at few
yards distance, two men, who happen to be brothers,
are fighting with all the fury of desperation, and be-
fore the English traveller can separate them, they fall
mortally wounded by each other's swords. Theladyr
`being thus left alone, and 4efenceless, is escorted by
Mornington to a neighbouring convent, where he soon
learns, from her own lips, the sad story of her life--
how she was an orphan, but heiress to large entates•
and how, in consequence, she was courted by the
two sons of her guardian, neither of whom she liked,
and who, being distrustful of each other, one of them
had resolved on carrying her off, and marrying her,
in spite of herself, but being overtaken by the other
on the road, a mortal battle had taken place between
the two brothers. On hearing this painful narrative,
Mornington, feeling for the wholly unprotected state
of the Lady Isabel, makes an offer at once of 'hie
hand, which she unhesitatingly accepts, and they are
privately married, at night, in the - chapel of
the convent. Immediately afterwards, however,
the bridegroom is compelled to set forward to
join his regiment, and scarcely is he gone,
with the promise of a speedy return, than Isabel her-
self is tarred off by a party of ruffians, and, after un
dergoing'a world of romantic adventures, is festored.
to Mornington, with which auspicious event the story
concludes. There is no want. of exciting incident in
the story, but its principal recommendations are its
battle scenes, which are pourtrayed with all that
vigour and picturesque skill which we admired in the
Author's first work, " Oliver Cromwell." I,Va know'
no novelist of the day—not even Mr., Lover..--wh!,'
imparts such life and spirit to his decriptions
battles, as 'Mr. Herbert ; but when he attempts t°,.
bring forth the nicer points of character, he Onus'
invariably fails, his various personages, with scarcely
one exception, being deficient in individuality. '

THE BUILDER.
We have here the fourth part of a new week',
magazine which, as its title sufficiently indicates9,..l
devoted almost exclusively to architectural subjec't
and is illiistrated by a variety of appropriate engral,"
ings, executed, for the most part, with very passable

CHRISTIAN'S MONTHLY MAGAZINE.
There is a very lengthy and elaborate article
this Number, entitled " Theology and Philosophy,
in which,- among various other matters, the author.
speaks in terms of regret of the decline of classic°
scholarship among us: The article, though it cont,
Several useful suggestions, is much -too long-win'
and too desultory in its character. In the monthli
register we have a carefully digested account of all tob..
religious ecclesiastical proceedings 'that have 'take'
place during the past month. The 'Magazine is on
intelligent one, but it is too heavy in its tone, and t3°
little distinguished by variety.

CHAMBERS' EDINBURGH JOURNAL.
In this first part'of the new series of the Edinbuln
Journal there an interesting biographical accour
of the late John P4riSh Robertson, the author of the
"'Letters from Paraguay," whose-whole life, from' 0'
earliest youth, seems to have been a constant succe:
giori of romantic adventures. The memoir.is written
in a friendly spirit, and is well worth reading. Irs.
Hall also contributes the first portion of a tale nude`,.
the familiar title of ".Wives and Husbands."- ft"'
as, it has proceeded, it promises w ell.:'

SPORTING MAGAZINE.
,The embellishments to this number are first, a full'
length portrait. of " Jern Hastings," a tailor in 'Chel-
tenham -who, it seems, is well known to tio gentle-
men;
of the Berkeley' Hunt for his enthusiiisnt as a.
sportsman • and secondly, a map of the different places
of
meeting of Earl Fitzi:ardinge's fox hounds. Among
the literary contents, we find .an amusing psper, by
.w 1 r. Tolfrey, under the title of the " Sports: man io
Canada?' . . .
. .

SPORTING REVIEW.
•The " Recollections of a Sportman's Life," 11,
writer who signs himself Hyde Marston, are bel3
continued, and though there is nothing remarlowhe
about them in the way of talent, yet they may Sel.%
well enough to amuse an idle hour. "Wild SP)
in the West" furnishes us with some graphic . ale
pulars respecting a day's buffalo-hunting among,:it
prairies of Texas. Of the two engravings, the
i- a portrait of the famous race-horse Touchstone,
property of the Marquis of We-tminster.

HAND-BOOK FOR 'TRAVELLERS IN LO.
• lAND. By James F;•aser.
This: is a new edition of the ‘.` Guide through J
land," which has already passed through so
pr r! le_r;
editions. Little, therefore; need be said in re ~
mendation of a work.of established reputation. rt,
need only state that the information it contain $1,70
been largely added to, more copious notices o I the
metropolis and its environs have been given, and of
publication of the Ordnance maps and the tens 115
eh
Ireland, has enabled the author to append 'Poo
valuable matter, of which the former• eclitioo
destitute.

• FINE ARTS. •
~gte
'%Sre were favoured on Thursday lait with a Pr.1%.,'t0
view of some pieces Of sculpture,.which are intend eut,
adorn the pediment of the new oval Exchange- tt,
artist who has undertaken them is Mr. Westinacc '0;
'the eminent seulptor, and he has shown great char
l 0
mess and simplicity in his designs, and, s 6
has yet proceeded—for the work is by n° r
complete—great skill. in his execution. The scu
ce
ture consists of several figures; all bearing reterl,
'
to mercantile life, which are. grouped on either s'•7 ;et
colossal figure of Commerce, upwards of nine
high, . These groups are for the most part.detac
. one we see a British and a. foreign 7tergli
'chant, engaged apparently'in conversation wipers" 00
other, while close beside them . stands a ti p s
trader; and in another, a sailor who is tying i 0,
balCof 'goods, while an agent is looking on'
tor
1
,pen in, his hand, as if about to take an iniTePt° fed
each separate • article. The whole. produCes air 'Oil
pleasing effect, and has the merit of being s se
to
appropriate, and intelligible at `the first gwli
raise
every spectator. Mr. WestmacOtt deservesciet r
for having rejected all fantastic mythological. s
Which would have been utterly out of keep lm; ??4,:
place like the Royal Exchange. With it ifft I,a,
il-ble•to associate classic ideas or. images. till
turf., we understand, will not be finigse"
next.

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SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCE.---111 the monti. 0- 01_
tember last, a person residing at Matlock, Bath, bad the A w
fortune to lose a very handsome watch. It was cried, an
reward offered, but without effect. Strange to saY, 89 av
thß
joky
was walking yesterday morning week, in the Chape-
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; seats, which attracted her attention, and on examinst'T.o:
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the owner, and no doubt he will be glad toit ngBl'"
All the damage which it had sustained was a gloms.
—.Derby Reporter.

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