The Sun.
London, England, 1844-10-29 00:00:00

ENGLAND.

Private Banks, Now £4,674,162
Last time

Increase
Joint-Stock Banks, Now
• Last time

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

Increase ~
SCOTLAND.
Chartered, Private, and Joint-Stock Banks,
Now 2,987,665
Last time

173,226

Increase ...

47,209

IRELAND.

Bank of Ireland, Now 3,597,850
Last time

Increase

238,700

Private and Joint-Stock Banks, Now 2,456,26,
Last time 2,052,262

Increase
TOTAL, Now
Last time

403,999
17,047,454
15,848,727

Increase X1,198,727

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 w)uld 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. 11. 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.
Oalow ; 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 Tringham, 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,
Stonehouse ; 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 Bernard,
to the Dmdalus.
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. M'Killop, 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.

THE NELSON DISPATCHES AND LETTERS.—We are
requested to state that Mr Colburn of Great Marlbo-
rough-street, has this day published the first volume, in
Svo., price 15s. bound, of" The Dispatches and Letters
of Admiral Lord Nelson," edited by Sir Harris Nicolas,
G.C.M.G., which can now be had of all booksellers. The
work will be completed in three volumes, the second of
which will appear in January next. Mr. Colburn has
also published this day "A Journey Across the Desert
from Ceylon to Marseilles ; comprising Sketches of
Aden, the Red Sea, Lower Egypt, Malta, Sicily, and
Italy," by Major and Mrs. George Darby Griffith, in
two volumes, small 8y2,., with twenty-one_ illustrations,
price 21s. bound:
OPENING OF THE NEW ROYAL EXCHANGE.—Fu-
ture English Historians will have a fine field for elegant
narration in recordinm''' the gorgeous spectacle of Queen
Victoria opening the New Royal Exchange. The tens
of thousands who witnessed this ever memorable event
when they beheld their Queen, it was as if the very win-
dows spoke : such eager looks—such . vivid, sparkling,
animated eyes, gazing with rapture on the glorious scene
—while the all-attractive charms of the fair actresses
shone resplendent in their power, and the white and
swan-like neck, the rich luxuriant tresses, and the pearly
set of teeth, formed admirable trophies of the inestima-
ble qualities of Rowland's Kalydor, Rowland's Macassar
Oil, and Rowland's Odonte.