The Sun.
London, England, 1844-09-18 00:00:00

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• 1,030,354

SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS
The last flower show of the Royal South London Flo-
ricultural Society for the season was held. at this very
attractive place of amusement yesterday, and was both
numerously attended and well calculated to sustain the
character of the establishment; as one combining a
greater diversity of rational entertainment than is to
.be
found almost at any other place of public resort in the
metropolis. To the ordinary recreations of the gardens
there is added, on the occasion of these flower displays,
an enjoyment of the most elegant kind, and the lovers
' of nature have the opportunity of gratifying a refilled
taste by the contemplation of some of the most choice
and exquisite productions, brought to the highest per-
fection of which they are susceptible by culture and skill.
The fruit and flower show, the principal fentUre of the
day, was rich in the most luxuriant and refreshing spe-
cimens that can be raised at this period of the year. Not
the rarest flower or the most luscious fruit, but had its re-
presentative there, while the presence
.of the more:
un-
pretending classes of these productions showed the
perfec-
tion that may be attained bythe
ed
most
tustr meagreyin
the cultivation of objects even skill
of h
promise in, their ordinary
ea
rnadt
idelicate
ed athhlei ahotmo aspect. From the brilliant
I was in
apples,
marigold—from the aristo-
e_yl Conlon, or the rustic potato—all
dimensions which,
grapes, 1
would apricots, vied
fuchsias, coxcombs,
if
an
artist
wi
athtteemuphteodthwereimn
utilnaties,anhde
be liable to be taxed with exaggeration. If it be
allowable to. individualise where so many objects were
deserving of equal distinction, one might notice a pine—
s blood pine—of real English growth, which in these
days of West India importation was really refreshing to
behold. The several marquees in which the specimens
were laid out were crowded during the day by throngs of
6 animated spectators.

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Total £21,206,624.
The last published return for the month ending
August 17, was 21,980,0001., showing a decrease iu
the circulation of about 780,0001. •
The increase in the amount of the securities ap-
pears to be satisfactorily accounted for by the fol-'
lowing explanation :—At the period of the last re-
newal of the Bank Charter, the debt due from the
Government was about 14,500,000/., and one-fourth
part of this was paid off by a transfer of an equiva-
lent amount of stock. This stock was not divided
among the shareholders, but was left, as so much as-
sets on which interest was annually received ;,,and
it formed no portion of the basis of the .dtirreticy,
but merely , part of the capital of the Bank, in the-
same manner as the remaining part of the debt of
1,000,0001., it was never included in the published
averages. But in the present returns, one part of
which is intended to show the position of the Bank
in relation to the shareholders, the whole of the'
property and assets of the Bank,
so far as capable of
having a numerical value attached to it, must neces-
sarily be inserted ; and thus the securities are sud-;
denly increased, as compared with a 1 former returns:
The only part of the new returns which is defective
is the item in the Banking Department called " other
securities," which, as we have noticed during the dis-
cussion on the Act, should have been divided into
two—namely, " bills discounted" and "other securi-
ties." The portion required separate froia the rest is
the " hills discounted;' and the following table, taken
from the report of the last Bank Committee, will :low
the importance of the subject :

Other Secueities
First week in Discounts. and Loewe
March, 1832 £2,937,000
1833 1,241,000 ...: . 2,839,0.00
1834 2,751,000
1835 2.470.000 ............ 4,878,000
1836 2,901,000 ............ 8,213,1)00
1837 n,217,000 ............ 3,58V,C00
1838 3,292,000
1839 3,296,000 • 4.999,0'0 '
IS4O 4,321,000
The second column in this table does not incite&
the investments which in the new returns are
classed under the head of " Government securities,"
but are merely private and temporary securities,
embracing East India and City boucle:, mertgeges,
and advances on Exchequer-bills, stock,' &c. And
the sudden and great fluctuations which • have
taken place, bcth in the discounts, and the loans or
advances, will clearly show that • the publication .01
the aggregate amount in one line will afford but
little information. The present apparent dispOsitlon
of the Bank of England to extend its discount opera-
tions by the lowering the rate of interest, renders the
subject of much greater importance than in former
periods. However much this omission is to be re-
gretted in a measure which in other respects appears
to be highly satisfactory, it appears for the present to
he without remedy; and the increase in the amount
of bills discounted, if any, must ebe estimated hem
other sourees.—Times - - .
EXTENSIVE FIRE..— : SU P FOS ED INCENDIMitsm.—
Between the linurs'of twelve and one o'clock this morn-
ing, the neighbourhood of West Smithfield was thrown
into the utmost state of excitement, in consequence 'of
the sudden outbreak of a most destructive fire upon the
premises belonging to Messrs. Daveness and Co.; bird
importers. &c., carrying on an extensive business -in
Turnmill-street, Clerkenwell. Tl'e first discovery ale-
eeare,to have been made by a person through seeing ir.
great column Of smoke and sparks mounting over the
roofs* of the dwplling-houses. An instant alarm was
spread, and the inmates were aroused from their slum-
bers. It was lien perceived that the fire was raging in
the centre Of a building tilled with hay and straw:,
over which were erected a range of premises con-
taining upwards of 150 dozens of lire pigeons. An
attempt was made to save them, but the fire heirs,
so powerful, the parties were forced to make a.
precipitate retreat. Fortunately, the horses, were all
got out in safety. About eight engines of' the Brigade,
under the superintendence of Mr. Braidwood, with one
or two more from the parish stations, were remarkably
quick in arriving, and were followed by the West of
England engine and firemen, with Mr. Conuorton..
Watet was obtained in abundance, from which several
engines were set to work, but the firemen, although
they exerted themselves to the utmost, were ienable to
confine the fire to the premises where it began, and very
speedily a longe range of building, nearly 70 feet diee,
became ignited. The engines were worked with full
vigour until two o'clock, when it became e'ident that
the flames were succumbing beneath the exertions of the
firemen, and in the course of another quarter of en
hour or so they were completely subdued.. The damage
done is considerable, for besides the destruction of the 150
dozen pigeons, a great number of fowls perished in the
fire, and the whole of the buildings above named are
gutted. The origin of the fire is not precisely escer-
tained, but it is the opinion of one of the firemen that it
was the work of some vile incendiary. The present is
the third fire upon the same premises within nine months.
The loss will be covered by an insurance in the Houd-
in-Hand-office.
AMUSING INCIDRNT.—A gentleman, one of a pa
recently on a tour throurrh the Higl-lends, writ.', os:—
" Having passed a deliglii;ul mo-...?'^,', on that swi' -'m.t of
stentners the Dolphir. comer,/ eded by Captv'n Pir-teLilop,.
we proceeded to touch at Ballechul:.b, iv Ali the inlein• 'on, ,
of making an excureion t' Glenco. We endrevoured tt
land at the slate quisly, but as Oi• -41 is our rap wee.
thrown over to snare the vt:sel, it tors brag back to the.
steamer. A body of natives soon co"ei.:FA 'e-em thee
gunny, and seemed deterinined to prevent our :I*•xling-,,
regording with a jeal.o9s eye what Iliey cuel:A en in-.
trusion by the SusPerifich. . Mop t toi.oret-ly eve wee..et
provided with ieVo s7xepourders, one of wl'ieh ote is ,e
stently pointed in tits tu,,:•e, on of Vie eremy, se'-,-,„,1e.,
its protection, a sailor lendi i end FecaM:oe- rop?; 'I h.e.,
natives scrupered off in c'" over the shetee, then
roving of Web, added tea the's.. shouts, ,caused no,!: 1:3
a &Pt ion to the lue'eeaue Pewee of the seen`. o.7rasipee,
soefnattai'lermYher Osf s 1 , welll te r T:r foci 1 indg' d"onwdnththe ev.ebraynls:sghort their
own own quarly. Those who,stood at Cie top or the eie9l3er
ready to come to the ti'd of their comtadestf‘low; Ivo°
so
ip,aitnoicj-Eset:eplenßt
be induced to take
Rhalethßeyinsteretly fled, sed "ovld not
any pal,, in the' at trick. —Reslt-Shirdi
LIRE AT MADELETYLTNIO'
Adrerilser.
JUNCTION THE OTT E RIES.—A9.9
AY FROMP THE GvAtt.r.
understand that circulars have been sent to a number ,e
influential persons in the Potteries, inviting them to at-
tend a meeting, before Which proposals for the formation:
of this railway by the Grand Junction Company will ba
hid. Meanwhile, the parties who contemplate tfle lin3
from the Potteries to Crewe are proceeding with theweerveys, and it is expected that the plan will shtly le
It "d before the public by an independent corapny.--.
North Stoffordshire Mercury.
[A DVERTISEMENT.]
THE TURN OF LIFE !—CURE EXTRAORDINARY nY
HOLLOWAY'S PILLS.—A respectable woman, a,escd 47,
named Graham, residing in Seotland-road, Lnierpool,
was in the most critical and dangerous state fbr nine
months, being sometimes almost choked with phlegm,
with shortness of breath, palpitation of theheart, tope.
-thin with a general derangement and debility of tee
whole system. Her life was in the greatest den; er
'when she commenced the use of these miraculous pi! e,
which restored her to the highest state of health in five
weeks. They are the finest medicine in the world rote
females of all ages. Sold (else Holloway's Ointrneet)
at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, • Strand
(where advice may be had gratis), and by almost all
respectable medicine vendors throughout the civilise&
world. ~
A HINT TO OUR CABMEN.--According to a report
of the Prefect of
m 6 Policef.o,nleeyof
left
baly:admr iaissr,ttaitkehleeesinhtoatchkt
ehnier7,vv• hackney-coach
drivers of that capital deposited in the hands of the au-
thorities
2 2,719
t,
i1n8,a01197
during the year 1843. i I

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