The Sun.
London, England, 1844-02-19 00:00:00

PROMISSORY NOTES.

The return of the circulation of promissory notes
payable on demand, during the four weeks ending the
3d inst., by the Banks of England, Ireland, and Scot-
land, is rather more interesting than usual, exhibiting a
very decided increase—principally by the Bank of Eng-
land—that will not be likely to gain the approbation of
those inclined to a cautious policy. The discount
brokers may easily account for -abundance of money
and its low value, for although in rather more
request, no one offers higher rates, when such
an addition is made in four weeks to the paper
circulation. of England alone. The Scotch Banks
have been far more prudent.
ENGLAND.

Bank of England now 421,828 000

Lt time

Increase..

2,864,000

Private Banks now
Last time

4,980,138
4,822,675

Increase..

157,463
Joint-Stock Banks now
Last time

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

211,434

2,901,746
2,791,403

Now .• • .-• • •

Decrease ,
IRELAND.

110,343

Bank of Ireland now
Last time .

3,581,000
3,489,650

Increase
Private and Joint-Stock Banks now 2,429,565
Last time

91;350

Increase..

68,376

Bullion now
Last time

Increase

842,000

DREADFUL CALAMITY. - LOSS
OF FORTY LIVES.
(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
lIAVERFORDWEST, FEB. 15.—1 write to inform you of a
most melancholy and awful catastrophe, which occurred
yesterday at Landshipping (a village about five miles from
this place), when no less than 40 lives were lost. The un-
fortunate men were at work in a coal-pit, belonging to Sir
John Owen, Bart., M.P., but having penetrated too far under
the bed of the river, the earth gave way, and an irruption of
water was the consequence; thus 40 souls were hurried un-
prepared into eternity ; many of them were men with large
families.

t'RO.l‘l ANOTHER CORRESPONDENT.)
A very awful calamity has occurred at the Landshipping
Colliery, in Pembrokeshire ; the sea has broken in and
drowned 39 persons.

SPORTING IN'
BETTING AT MANI
CRESTK
15 to 1 agst Merry Andrew (t)
16 to 1 agst Sir Robert
18 to 1 agst Pharaoh
20 to 1 agst Freedom (t)
22 to 1 agst Pagan
No other
DER

TELLIGENCE.
(CHESTER-FRIDAY.
;R cur.
25 to 1 agst Tacita
30 to 1 agst What
30 to 1 agst Y. Lochinvar
40 to 1 agst Rowland

change.

30 to 1 agst Ford's lot
6 to 1 agst Ugly Buck
15 .to 2 agst Rattan
16 to 1 agst Leander
16 to 1 agst Orlando
18 to 1 agst Cockarnaroo
The rest as befor4
OA

27 to 1 agst T'Auld Squire
30 to 1 agst Loadstone
30 to 1 agst lonian
30 to 1 agst Voltri
35 to 1 agst Vat colt
50 to 1 agst Lancet.
T. Betting flat.
Ks.

12 to 1 agst Princess (t) 1 14 to 1 agst Barricade
12 to 1 agst The Bee 20 to 1 agst Barbara filly
NEWMARKET COURSING MEETING.—FRIDAY.
THE OAKs.—First Ties.—Fidelity beat Kitty Bolton—
Garter beat Faultless—Jessie beat Smart.
Second Ties.—Faultless beat Garter—Jessie ran a bye.
THE Cur.—First Ties.—Cruiskeen beat Dalgetty—Jet beat
Foremost—Ferrand beat Simoom—Duncan beat Knight
Errant.
Second Ties.—Duncan beat Cruiskeen—Ferrand beat Jet.
TIIE DERBY.—First Ties.—Dragonetti beat Garrick—
Auber beat Juggler—Viscount beat Donnybrook—Captain
ran a bye.
PORT STAKES.—First Ties—Vale beat Gate—Dolon beat
Jewess—Colonel ran a bye.
HEREFORD MEETING.—FEB 13.
THE Cur (16 Dogs) was won by Mr. W. Raester's Jeze-
bel—Mr. T. Davis's Daybreak ran a bye.
HEREFORD STEEPLE CHASE—THURSDAY (CON-
CLUDED.)
Sweepstakes of 5 sous. each, and 25 added. Three miles.
(8 Subs.)
Mr. Clarke's Little Robert (Mason) 1
The following also ran, but fell, and were " nowhere" :
Mr. Evans's Forester—Mr. Evans's Nottingham—Mr. J.
Bosley's Philosopher—Mr.' C. B. Evans's Flight—and two
others.

A Sweepstakes of 1 sov. each, with a Cup added, I Ist each,
were won easily, in two heats, by Mr. Griffiths's Ungrateful
(Patrick), beating Mr. A. Quintin's Fairy Queen and seven
other*