The Sun.
London, England, 1844-10-28 00:00:00

PROMISSORY NOTES.

In the weekly account of the operation of the Bank of
England, Gazetted on Friday night, the only important
feature is a considerable reduction in the public deposits.
In the circulation of the country there has been a gene.
ral increase, as the following figures will show:—

ENGLAND.

Private Banks, Now
Last time

£4,674,162
4,338,569

Increase
Joint-Stock Banks, Now
Last time

335,593
3,331,516
3,158,290

Increase .
SCOTLAND.
Chartered, Private, and Joint-Stock Banks,

173,226

Now
Last time

2,987,665
2,940,456

Increase ...

47,209

IRELAND.

Bank of Ireland, Now..
Last time

3,597,850
3,359,150

Increase
Private and Joint-Stock Banks, Now
Last time

238,700
2,456,261
2,052,262

Increase - 403,999
TOTAL, Now 17,047,454
Last time

Increase

£1,198,727

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
(From the Hampshire Telegraph.)
The Victoria and Albert yacht is ordered into dock to
undergo such alterations as may be directed by the chief
assistant to the surveyor, John Edye, Esq. The best
thing to be done is to break her up, as she is not only
falsely constructed, but worse arranged, and that the
Admiralty buy the best of Cunard's packets, to which
add a little ornament, and it would give her Majesty a
much more convenient, safe, and serviceable vessel than
any the surveyor seems able to project.
STATE OF THE BRITISH NAVY IN THE PACIFIC.—The
following is the amount of our naval force in the Pacific:
—Basilisk, 6, Lieut. H. S. Hunt (acting), at Otaheite;
Carysfort, 26, Lord George Paulet, now or late at Sand-
wich Islands; Collingwood, 80, Rear-Admiral Sir George
Seymour, G C.H., on her way ; America, 50, Hon.
Captain Gordon, at Rio ; Cormorant, 6 (steamer), Com-
mander G. P. Gordon ; Daphne, 18, Captain J. J.
Onslow ; Dublin, 50, Rear-Admiral R. Thomas ; Fis-
gard, 42, Captain J. A. Duntze ; Modeste, 18, Comman-
der P. Baillie ; Hazard, 18, Commander C. Bell ; North
Star, 26, Captain Sir J. E. Home, Bart., at New Zealand;
Salamander, 4 (steamer), Commander A. S. Hamond ;
Talbot, 26, Captain Sir T. Thompson ; Thalia, 42, Cap-
tain C. Hope.
PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS.
PROMOTIONS.
Commander—William H. Hall, of the Victoria and
Albert yacht, to the rank of captain.
Lieutenant--William Tringharn, of the Victoria and
Albert yacht, to the rank of commander.
Mates—Leighton P. Pigot (1840), and the Hon.
George Henry Douglas (1841), of the Victoria and
Albert yacht, to the rank of lieutenant.
APPOINTMENTS.
Captain—• The Earl.of Hardwicke, to the St. Vincent.
Lieutenants—G. G. Randolph, G. 0. Popplewell, and
R. W. Clark, to the Daedalus.
Paymaster—W. Tinhorn, to the Daedalus.
Masters—W. Miller to the Caledonia, to do duty as
Master of the Fleet ; Wm. Barrett to the Daedalus.
Surgeon—Alexander Neil, to the Daedalus.
Assistant-Surgeons—Gerald Yeo and Alexander Barr,
to the Penelope steam-frigate ; Richard C. Russell,
Thomas William Remell, and Godfrey J. A. M'Cullagh,
to the San Josef, for service at the Royal Hospital,
Stouebouse ; Alfred Clarke, M.D., from the San Josef,
to the Alfred ; James Wade, James Cronin, John
Forbes, and George Simpson, to the Victory ; J. Col-
lings, and D. Durgan, to the Agincourt ; John Barnard,
to the Daedalus.
Clerks—J. C. Aldridge (additional), to San Josef,
vice Hay, appointed clerk-in-charge to the Raven ;
George Reilly, to the Caledonia ; Thomas Price, to the
Daedalus.
Midshipman—H. F. APKillop, to the Caledonia.
ROYAL MARINES —Captain Gillespie has taken pas-
sage in the Apollo, to join the Marine Corps in Ireland,
vice Captain Dusautoy ; and Lieutenant Puddicombe, is
ordered to join his division at Portsmouth, from Spike
Island.

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" It is now nearly three months since I wrote to you,
when we were driven on shore. We have every hope of
getting off without any considerable delay, and all on
board have written home to prevent their letters from
being directed hero. Some say we will be able to float
again in a fortnight ; but, if I may be allowed an
opinion, I would say with the next high tide ; at all
everts we cannot get off before the next high tide. W,
are making great efforts towards getting afloat, and it
requires the strength of a horse to stand the labour,
which is continued by night as well as day, almost with-
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before you receive this letter, we will, I hope, be floating
in the harbour of Monte Video."

i Court Palace was enlivened, on Friday
eveningltaosnt, by a ball given by Lady Montgomery to
all the fashionables in its vicinity.