The Sun.
London, England, 1844-01-09 00:00:00

THE BANK OF ENGLAND.

The return of the liabilities and assets of the! Bank of
England, from the 7th of October to December 30, shows
an immense increase in the amount of the precious metals held,
while the circulation has been decreased. This is a feature,
however, which is generally apparent on the face of the return
that appears immediately preceding the payment of the divi-
dends. In the deposit, and in the securities, there is an in-
crease. A comparison with the items of the previous return
gives the following results :
Circulation, last time £19,121,000
Now

Decrease ' 23,008
Deposits now
Last time

Increase
Seettrities, now
Last time 20,926,000

Increase ... .. 141,000
Bullion, now
Last time...

£580,000

AYLESBURY, JAN. 6.—(Fnom A CORRESPONDENT.)
—The Epiphany Sessions for this county commenced on Tuesday
last, before Sir Thomas Aubrey, Bart., Chairman, and a full
bench of Magistrates ; and continued for three days. As soon
as the worthy Chairman had concluded his charge to the
Grand Jury, the appeal of the Great Western Company
v. the parish of Burnham was called on, and occupied the
whole of the day. In consequence of the great amount in-
volved, and the importance of the parties concerned, this ap•
peal excited great interest. Sergeant Byles was specially re-
tained by the parish of Burnham, and was assisted by Mr.
Wells ; and Messrs. Birch and Saunders, the leading counsel
at the sessions, were retained for the Great Western Company.
Sergeant Byles stated that the ground of appeal was, that the
property of the Company was assessed at too high a sum.
They were assessed at 1,0001. per mile, in a subsequent rate
Companyrate were such as would
of 2,0001. per mile.
they were assessed at 1,500/., and in a third at 1,7001. The
Learned Sergeant quoted several cases to show that the Com-
pany were properly rated, and concluded an eloquent speech,
ably;
ow statingtheir thatline the
be aprofitssesos
assessed a
f the
t the
Messrs. Birch and Saunders contended that the. assessment
was too high, and no satisfactory reason had been given why
the rate had been raised from 1,0001. to 1,5001. They should
propose that a reduction be made for the payment of the income-
tax, the wear and tear of the line, and a number of minor
charges, which would reduce the sum of 1,0001. to 500/. After
the examination of several witnesses, the Counsel for the Great
Western Company, withdrew the case; and Sergeant Byles
applied for costs, which were granted. At these sessions it was
resolved, that it is expedient that a Dew gaol should be built,
and the necessary steps were ordered to be taken on the sub-
ject. The estimated cost is 40,0001.
THE GREAT BarrAtN.—A meeting of the Pro-
prietors of the Great Western Steatn.ship Company was held
at Bristol on Tuesday, when a resolution was passed, empower-
ing the Directors to put the Great Britain en the Liverpool
and .New York station, and the day for her sailing was fixed
for the 27th of May, Captain Hosken leaving the Great
Westtrn to command, and is to be succeeded in the latter ship
by Captain Matthews,late second officer. The Great Western
commences her first spring voyage on the 27th of April.
AN TI-LEAGUE MoVEAIENT IN SUSSEX.—A Corres-
pondent from Chichester writes to say that the adjourned
Bgicrrteai(gt;erhantortiNnailroad pace in his task. He
meeting, said to have been held there on the 4th inst., to form
an association to resist the League, of which a report appeared
in The Sun, was totally unknown to the inhabitants, and the
first information he received of it was from our columns. He
adds that Mr. Rusbridge. who moved the resolution, is steward
of the Duke of Richmond, and that Mr. Newland, who spoke
at the meeting, is an owner as well as an ocncoulpdiesr, of land lßanadysin.
buildersiley for the completion
the neighbourhood of Chichester.
Iprehase, the mansion a
Kovrfact'Amle'irhir:
.errwoGhllori ileso outbidni,R,
oaoccibloeictlnlhdsti;r:sii
is bound, under a heavy tine, to finish it for occupation in four
months.—Brighton Herald.
In the last number of the PalamMe, the chess
magamine, which appears each month at Paris under the
auspices of M. St. Amant, we find the following :—" A French
artist, lately returned from the north of Europe, declares that
he saw M. Wagstrom, of Stockholm, play six games of chess
at the same time against first-rate amateurs, without seeing
the board. This is double what is attributed to Phillidor, and
triple what we ourselves beheld Labourdonnais do. M. Wag-
strum, it is said, intends in the course of the year coming to
Paris, and beating the whole of the celebrities of the Café de
la Regence together without seeing either players or board.
He may find it more difficult to do so than he imagines." The
number of the Palantelde just alluded to gives the first five games
of the late match, with notes from the pen of M. St. Avant.
It also contains a very interesting article on the contest itself,
and the demeanour and play of the two champions.
The satisfaction expressed in the City at the revenue
return is greater than has been knpsn for some time past, the
fact that the greatest increase on the quarter is shown by the
item of Customs being deemed very important. Had the ap-
pearance of prosperity been kept up by the extraordinary
action of the income-tax alone, there would have been less
cause for congratulation, but now we have the signs of a sub-
stantial impro, ement. The announcement in Friday's Gazette
of the application of the fourth part of 908,5001. (the surplus
shown in the October balance-sheet) to the purchase of Stock
and Exchequer Bills, is likewise interesting. The diminution
of the national debt by this process is indeed very small, bat
even a beginning is satisfactory.— Times.
EUROPEAN-MADE SUGAR.—It is well known that
sugar is yielded largely by the roots of carrots and beet. In
Russia there are upwards of thirty. beet-root sugar factories in
full operation. This manufacture is also thriving in Germany.
A few years ago Messrs. Pies and Slaneward, of Quedln_
burgh, Westphalia, discovered a process whereby, in twelve
hours, 101bs. of pure sugar perfectly crystallised may be ex-
tracted from 100Ibs. weight of beet-root. Thwei,sbeueret was
immediately purchased by M. Broklinoff,
20,000 francs ( 800/. ), on condition that
beyond the Rhine and Westphalia. A beet-root
factory has been established in Essex ;
andf
;good ualit and
fined samples of English beet-root sugar 0 g...
it solifould not rbge'used.
el,Praised upon a
Hootsey states that forty tons of mangold• violaswses.
Quar-
single acre, yielded three tons and a half of
colour, were sold in the London market at 5/ erqcsity M.
terly Journal of Agriculture.
i two o'clo,.:k on
was awa e d
Monday morning last, Mr. Jury, of Boot-lane,
the in the same room
by cries from one of his children, who slept
to have become
with iiiimelf, and conceiving the child
oMNAISIIi uLtsm.—Between one an ken
entangled in the bed clothes,
tition of the cry,
soon convinced, from the faint rept!
hastily got up, but was
eparated in some
that it proceeded front some P
• lace s-
searched, but the
was missing. The
child, a girl of eight years of age, . .
_, .nd by the
way from the room. The bed w
cries were again repeated, but still fainTei:► "
was directed
merest accident, the attention of the family
scarcely large
to the chimney, the aperture of which appeared
and there, about
enough f'r a child of three years to enter, and
difficulty,the
poor
three yards up, the was discovered. After some .
situation, covered
poor girl was exrricated from her perilous
with soot, and in an exhausted state. From her own statement,
as .
she must have arisen in her sleep, and, in a state of somno-
lency, forced her %,:i.V up the chimney, believing herself to lie
is • • got and it was a miracle her
being to small, difficult to conceive,
in tie washnouse. hlow she up the chimney, the aperture
life was preserved, as. if her father had not haprened to awake,
death must soon have ensued.—Devonport Independent,