The Sun.
London, England, 1845-08-23 00:00:00

ISSUE DEPARTMENT.

Notes issued ...... 29,075,905 I Government debt 11,015,100
Other securities... 2,984,900
Gold coin and bul-
lion ... 13,086,136
Silver bullion... .. 1,989,769

£29,075,905
J. R

£29,075,905
ELSEY, Deputy Cashier.
it, 1845;
IPARTMENT.

Dated the 21st dad• of Augu:

BANKING DE
.E.
Proprietors' capita 114,553,000
Rest ..
Public deposits (in-
cluding Exche-
quer, Savings-
banks, Commis-
sioners of National
Debt, and divi-

Government secu-
rities (including
Dead Weight
Annuity)
Other securities 11.679,359
Notes 7,494,205
Gold and silver
coin 603,898

dend accounts) 4,969,963
Other deposits 8,973,401
Seven day and other
bills

£33,219,306

Dated the 21st .day of Augu.

£33,219,306
F.LSEY, Deputy Cashier.
"it, 1845.

COURSE OF EXCHA/
Amsterdam CF. 12 8
Ditto, at sight l2 6
R Aterdam 2U. 12 84
Antwerp 26 0
Harnburgh 31.8. 13 14
Altona

rGE.—(YESTERDAI.)
Gibra1tar..............
Leghorn ......... 30 60
Genoa
Milan
Venice .... . .....
Naples ...... 40
Palenno, psr oz l2Ol
Lisbon s3i
Oporto
Rio Janeiro ... 23
Bahia •
Buenos .4y,•%58..
NewYoik.::7dyssight
Philad~~;l is
piumr.4 1;7 RULUON, TER OZ
Foreign ;old, bars. £3 17 9
Portuga' '39ld Coin :3 17 5
New Poubbons 0 0 0
New D:.."ars 0 4 Vi
Silver .!. Furs 9 0 0

Paris, 3 days' sight 25 65
Ditto, 3 months 25 90
Marseilles
Bourdeaux 26 0
Frankfort on Maine 1221
Petersbiugh, 3 Us..
Berlin

Vienna, effee. fl. 3 M lO 2
Trieste, ditto
Madrid 36i
Cadiz
Bilbao —
Barcelona

'Spills

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
THE EXPERIMENTAL SQUADRON.

PORTSMOUTH, FRIDAY.-Accounts from thesquadron to the 10th
inst. have this day reached us, which state the Queen to have
proved herself the best of the three.deckers, and the Canopus the
best of the two deckers, in all the trials which had taken place up
to the date of our letters. It is also stated that the Trafalgar,
Vanguard, and Superb, were the sternrnost ships of the squadron,
the latter universally so, and her performances altogether had
been throughout the reverse of her name.
The appointment to the command of the Excellent, gunnery.
ship, vacant by the appointment of Captain Sir T. Hastings to the
Ordnance department as storekeeper, has been conferred upon
Captain Chads, late second in command on the China station, in
the Cambrian 36, with the broad pendant of Commodore. We are
glad our anticipations of the 25th have been confirmed. There Is
not on the navy list a man more deserving of the post conferred
upon him.

The Mercury, Second Master-Commander Scarlett, arrived this
morning, from Brighton, whither she had been dispatched on
Tuesday, with Sir Charles Rowley and household.
In Harbour—The Victory, Excellent, President, Athol, Adver-
ture naval transport, Rhadamanthus and Echo steamers, and
Sylvia cutter.
In. Dock—Prince Regent, Trincomalee, Amphitrite, Centaur
and Scourge steam sloops, and Leander frigate (building).
In the Basin—Nelson, Carnatic, and Carysfort.
At Spithead—No man• of-war.
APPOINTMENTS.

Captain—Henry Ducie Chads (1825), late of the Cambrian, to
the Excellent, gunnei y.ship, vice Captain Sir T. Hastings, re.
moved to the Ordnance department.
Lieutenants—F. Martin, H. A. Kerr, and the Hon. M. Kerr,
to the President; C. J. Walton (additional), to the Vindictive.
Masters—J. T. Russell (1837), to the President; B. Simpson,
and G. A. Winters (second), to the Dee.
Paymasters and Parsers--J. M. Hope (1814), to the President ;
W. B. V. Farrar (1841), to the Siren, vice Cunningham, ap-
pointed Secretary to Rear-Admiral Dacres.

Surgeons—W. H. B. Jones, M.D.; J. J. W. Roberts and J.
Cockin (assistants), to the President; F. Anderson (sating assis-
tant), to the Victory.
Chaplain—Rev. A. Browne (and naval instructor) to the Cro—
codile.

Naval Cadet—C. Montagu, to the President.
Midshiomen—A. D. Mercer, to the Canopus; F. G. Probyn,
to the Ilthernia.

SHEERNESS, THURSDAY.—The Russell, 74, in the basin, in ac.
cordance with a recent Admiralty order, is being further advanced
by having the hreectiings of all the guns fitted complete, and hay.
log two main and fore and one mizen topmast put on board, with
several small stores not formerly provided.
The Dove lighter is busily employed under the riggers, in con.
vcying the topmasts, &c., for all the other advance ships at this
port.

The Ocean, 80, Captain R. Arthur, C. 8., Is to take up moor-
ings near the dockyard, and be fitted to carry her full armament,
so that she may be available en an emergency.
The Sappers and Miners, under Captain Alexander, R.E., are
busily employed lining out the ground for the new fortifications.
Wooden profiles are up, showing the height to which the works are
to be carried, to assist contractors in taking the contract. The
works surrounding the barracks, and to extend in a semi.circle up
the Medway as far as the dockyard wall, are to be carried consi.
derablY higher than the old fortifications, while those to extend
down the beach as far as the magazine and the termination of the
fosse leading from the Medway are apparently to be on a level with
the old works.

In Harbour—Ocean, 80, flag-ship pro tem. ; Raven, 3; and
African steamer.

CRATMAM, Avousr 22.—The Active, 36 guns, having had her
bottom coppered, and Sir H. Davy's protectors placed on her
bottom, was undocked on the 18th instant, and placed in ordinary.
The Cumberland, 70 !guns, was taken into dock on the 19th
inst., to be fitted as an advance ship.
The Retribution, steam-frigate, in dock, fitted for sea, is nearly
ready for the pendant, and is expected to be in commission the
beginning of next week.
The Bult.dog steam-frigate will not be launched before the
end of September next, by which time the contractor will have her
engines ready to be put on board.
The Janus steam-sloop.—This unfortunate and most expensive
craft is having her engines again taken to pieces, for the purpose of
endeavouring to discover the cause of her failure.

The whole of the smiths on this establishment have commenced
during the week working by task and jolt, from five in the morning
until seven o'clock in the evening, to bring up the arrears of iron
work.

THE IRON TRADE.
STRIKE OF THE COLLIERS AND PUDDLERS.

We regret to learn that the partial strike of the puddlers, in the
parish of Tipton and other parts of the district, is likely to be fol-
lowed by a general turn-out of the colliers and ironstone miners.
Notice was given a fortnight since to the puddlers, that the reduc-
tion of one shilling a tun would be generally adopted by the mas-
ters, and as the notice expires this day, it is expected that opera-
tions will be suspended in most of the works in South Staffordshire.
The thick coal colliers. with the stone-getters, have also had no-
tices in the district west of Dudley, for a reduction of sixpence,
bringing the wages of the former to 45., and the latter to 35., per
day. These notices expired last Saturday, and hundreds of men
are now perambulating the neighbourhood in every direction,
watching the pits at work, and threatening those who continue in
employment at the reduced rates. From the measures adopted by
the " turn.outs," it is expected that all the mines in the district
will very soon be at a standstill. This state of things, in
connexion with the expiration of the puddlers' notices, will
cause one of the greatest strikes hitherto witnessed in South
Staffordshire. It is difficult to say how the disagreement
will terminate, as the masters have resolved not to submit to
the—terms of the workmen, and the latter seem equally bent
on enforcing • their demands. The stocks of coal are very
limited, and should no immediate arrangement be come to, the
masters will be obliged to blow out their furnaces, and thus throw
out of employment all the hands engaged in the manufacture of
iron. It is to be hoped that matters will not be pushed to this
extremity, as the men and their families are already in a state of
great destitution ; and although they may obtain partial employ.
ment in field labour, this resource cannot last long; and while
they continue " at play," workmen and colliers will flock in from
other districts, and take their places in the mines and at the fur.
naces. We have been informed, on what we deem good authority,
that by the stoppage of three furnaces alone in the parish of Tipton,
during the present strike, the puddlers have sacrificed in wages
1,000/. a.week. Thus 15,0001., which would otherwise have
found its way into different channels of industry, giving employ.
ment and bread to hundreds of families, is irrecoverably lost, and
this unfortunate state of things is not only to be perpetuated, but
widely extended, producing discontent and want in a district which,
in the present state of trade, possesses all the elements of long-
continued prosperity. Regarding the price of iron, it is difficult
to arrive at anything like a correct conclusion as to the actual
Position of the market; but the certain, and not very remote supply
of rails, &c , required by the companies whose Bills have passed
through Parliament, and the general exhaustion of the stocks held
by consumers, combine to give increased stability and prosperity
to the trade—Birmingham Journal.