The Sun.
London, England, 1845-01-07 00:00:00

THE SUN', LONDON, TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 7,

withdrew fi.om the midst of the intrigue, of which
they constituted all the strength. We think that
these well-thinking men ought to be thanked for
what they have done, whilst, at the same time, they
are warned of the grave shock they might give the
interests of the country, in permitting themselves such
fallings oft The most able and most efficient of go-
vernments could not do any good, if they who give it
their support do not exhibit great firmness and con-
sistency. Months are required for a Cabinet to
repair the evil done in a single day by an inattentive
majority. TheSonservatives ought besides to bear
in mind that the general work of the Cabinet is their
work, and that all the blows which they allow to be
given to this work recoil on themselves."
A leading organ of the Opposition, the Courrier
Francais, is sadly annoyed at the vacillation of the
Chamber, which one day votes against Ministers and
next day neutralises the vote, and says, if the old
system is to be continued, it would be a hundred
times better for the Chamber to adopt the Ministerial
report as it shall be drawn up by M. HEBERT or M.
DE PEYRAMONT, the only reporters possible in this
pleiades of nullities. A discussion would only show
our bebasement the more, and render us the fable of
free nations. The National has as little confidence
in the consistency of the Chamber, and as a proofs
states the fact, that of 28 Conservatives who three
days previously had voted against Ministers, 28
wheeled round like Jim Crow, and two only had
the courage to maintain their previous opi-
nions. The Presse, so far from regarding
M. GIRARDIN'S amendment as hostile, says
he will simply propose an additional paragraph
to the Address, if tho draught be not so composed as
to give satisfaction to that portion of the majority
of the Chamber which wishes for the maintenance
of peace—which wishes for it earnestly, and who are
ready to make every sacrifice for it, on condition that
those sacrifices should be reciprocal, according to the
expression of the Hon. M. SAssEY, in the speech he
delivered when quitting the President's chair. M.
GUIZOT could wish nothing better. The discussion
in Committee on the Address commenced on Friday
in the Chamber of Deputies, and it was expected to
be presented on Thursday next.
The Moniteur publishes the following returns from
the Bank of France on Dec. 26, with the result of the
operations for the last quarter of the year :
" The specie in hand amounted to 245.096,8021.—the
commercial bills to 142,612,6741.—0 f which 19,264,0)2f.
were upon Paris; the advances upon ingots to 6,885,900 f.
and upon public securities to 7,930,1661. The branch
banks were indebted to the Bank 22,000,000 E for their
capitals, and 54,728,426 f. for advances. On the other
side, the notes in circulation amounted to 249.133,5001.,
and bills payable to order 741,1201.; the funds deposited
by the Treasury in account current to 137,249.244 f.;
other accounts current to 47,311,6291.. and certificates,
payable at sight, to 1,656,000 f. The averages during
the last quarter present some remarkable differences
with the State at the end of the year. The
average of discounts amounted to no more than
101,052,3001. ; those of the account current of the
Treasury to 105,496,6001. The difference in this last
item arises, no doubt, from the payments made on ac-
count of the loan. The average of the accounts current
was 50,473,400 f. During the quarter the sum total of
the bills discounted in Paris was 234,101,6041., and of
those in the branch banks 102,038,634 f. The move-
ment of the caisses present some interesting results. The
specie paid in was only 89,303,020 f., and the species
paid out 106,925,550 f. The movement of the notes
was 571,495,000 f. paid in, and 557,781,5001. issued.
The general movement of the accounts current was
1,887,880,0001:

The same journal contradicts officially the statements
which have appeared in several of the Opposition jour-
nals relative to Admiral Dupetit-Thouars being at Ver-
sailles, &c., and adds, that immediab-ly on his arrival in
Paris he waited on the Minister of Marine
TIIE BOURSE—SATURDAY, JAN. 4.

First Highest Lowest Last

Price. Price. Price. Price.
french Five per Cents•• •• .. 120 95 .. 120 95 .. 120 90 .. 120 85
Fours .... ....• ••• .. 108 .. 108 • • 108 • • 108

Three per Cents.— •. 85 10 •• 85 10 .. 85 .. 85
_ New Loan •• •• •• • . 86 60 .• 86 GO .. 86 60 .. 86 60
Bank of France •• 3225 50 ..3225 GO ..1225 50 ..3225 60
f arlitte Bank, I,ooof. Shareslloo ..1100 ..1100 •.1100

1161gmn Bank 635 .. 635 .. 635 .. 63:5
Belgian Fives, 1840 •• •• •• 104 .. 104 •• 104 .. 104
Spanish Threes•. •.•.• . • • 37 .. 37 .• 37 •• 37
Active 37 .. 371 •• 37 .. 371
Pa55ive.••....•...• .. 6 •• 6: ..
Portuguese Five per Cents 5 1 •• 591 .. 59# .. 59-1
Neapolitan .............
gotinta ..... .

RAILWAY SHARES.
Ver5ai11e5,R.8............. 472 10 .. 472 10 .. 410 .. 470
L. 8....• •• 3.15 65 .. 365 65 .. 365 65 .. 365 65
Rouen..

Rouen to Havre...• • • 820 . 820 820 .. 820
Orleans • .....•.....1132 5O ••1132 75 ..1127 50 —1132 50

Strasburg to Rate.. •....... 306 25 306 25 .. 303 75 . 305
Avignon to ••• • .. 917 •• 917 50 .. 920 . 917 50 .. 920
RAILWAYS FOR TILE ACCOUNT, JAN. 3.
St.!German ......... ..... 1020 ..1020 ..1020
Venial 480 .. 410 .. 470
375 •• 375 .. 360
Rouen .
Rouen to Havre ....... . 825 .. 825 • • 815
Orleans .... •• ..... •• • • ....1132 50 ..1135 "1115

..1020
.. 475
.. 370
-1035
.. 815
..1133 75

Strasburg to Bale ••• • • • .... 306 25 .. 306 25 .. 302 50 .. 305
Avignon to Marseilles .... 925 925 .. 915 .. 920

EXPULSION FROM THE BAR.—It will no doubt be
recollected that a few months back complaints were
made against certain unprofessional practices of some
members of the bar, and that eventually the subject of
complaint was taken up by two or three of the inns of
court. It now appears that the complaint against a
barrae-r—of the Hon. Society of Gray's Inn has been
established according to the judgment of the benchers
of that society, and they have not, we are informed,
shrunk from performing the painful duty of expulsion
—from which decision the party has appealed to the
Judges. A charge was also made against a member of
the Hon. Society of Lincoln's Inn for circulating a table
of fees, and offering a commission for business. The
benchers having instituted an inquiry into the circum-
stances, do no not find the complaint established.
THE ROYAL VISIT TO STOWE.—The Duke of Bed-
ford, the Duke of Somerset, Lord Carrington, the Earl
of Buckinghamshire, Lord Nugent, Sir John Dashwood
King, Sir T. Aubrey, Sir W. Clayton, Sir Henry Verney,
Sir George Nugent, the Duke of Buckingham, and the
Marquis of Chandos, are among the nobility and gentry
who have affixed their names to a requisition to the
High-Sheriff of the county of Bucks, requesting him to
convene a county meeting, for the purpose of agreeing to
a loyal and dutiful address, to be presented to her Ma-
jesty the Queen, on the occasion of her Majesty s in-
tended visit to Stowe next week. The meeting has been
appointed to take place in the County-hall, Aylesbury,
on Saturday next.
ADVENTURES OF AN OFFICER IN THE SERVICE OF
RUNJEET SINGEL, BY MAJOR IL M. L. LAWRENCE.—
This curious work bids fair to become one of the most
popular of the class—of mingled fact and fiction—to
which it belongs. The Britannia, in reviewing it, ob-
serves :—" These volumes resemble Anastasius 'in
general design. The adventures of a soldier of fortune
are made the medium of conveying to the reader spirited
descriptions and faithful portraiture, while there is
sufficient connection and incident in the narrative to give
it the interest of a fiction. The country of the Punjaub,
the character of Runjeet and his Ministers, and the dis-
position and habits of the natives, are forcibly delineated.
The Adventures' themselves are boldly told, and have
a lively air of reality. In its mingling of fact with
romance, the book is one of the most successful of its
kind."
EXTRAORDINARY AMOUNT OF PROPERTY TRANS-
FERRED BY A SINGLE INDIVIDUAL.—A curious and
(not a little) interesting document has lately been pre-
sented gratuitously to the select friends and clients of
Mr. George Robins, also a large body of the agricultu-
rists, and such persons as are deeply interested in the
transfer of property. 'We have been favoured with one
of these reports, and have read through it with unmixed
pleasure and satisfaction; as a matter of reference only
it will prove invaluable. It states the quantity of pro-
perty that has changed hands through Mr. Robins's in-
strumentality from the year 1815 to 1842, (and it avoids
noticing any of the estates he has sold at or under
2,0001.;) but it details the situation, extent, and rental
of each property, and the county wherein it is situate,
&c., with the name of the estate affixed to it. From
this condensed history we gather the following facts:
That, during a portion of Mr. Robins's professional pur-
suits, he has sold Seven Hundred Thousand Acres of
Land, the rentals upon which were Eleven Hundred
Thousand Pounds a-year, and the aggregate amount
Eleven Millions and Four Hundred and Seventy-three
Thousand, Two Hundred Pounds. It is said the pro-
perty sold at and below 2,000/. si•ould exceed another
Million of Pounds sterling. A. curious fact is appended
to this unparalleled result. In the year 1824, Mr.
Robins presided over the Sales of the Marquis of Or-
monde' s vast Estates, for which he obtained 477,0001.,
independently of timber; and he valued the remaining
portion of the Lands and Estates of the late Duke of
Atholl (not sold during Mr. Pitt's Administration), to-
gether with his sovereign rights to the government, for
530,000/. Either of these occurrences (as it regards
the extent of the amount) are without a precedent;
but, occurring as they did in one year, are not in dread
of having a parallel case to oppose them.—Brighton
Herald, Jan. 4.

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SELF-MUTILATION.--A very handsome young wo-
man, named Jessie M'Kenzie, who is only nineteen years
of age, the daughter of highly respectable parents, was
on 'Thursday last conveyed to Hanwell Lunatic Asylum,
a confirmed maniac, under the most distressing circum-
stances. For many months past the young woman has
devoted herself to the reading of the Scriptures, and had
become extremely melancholy; while in this state she
committed an act of self-mutilation almost unparalleled.
The unfortunate lunatic was at the time lying in bed, her
mother and aunt being in the same room. Suddenly the
relatives were horror-struck
right eye completely by perceiving a human eye
lying at their feet. The mother ran to her daughter,
and was appalled at perceiving that she had torn her
pletely out of" its socket. The young
woman, who betrayed no agony, said our Saviour had
whispered to her the worcls, "If thy right eye offend
thee, pluck it out," and she considered she was only
fulfilling har Divine Master's will by doing so. The
poor creature afterward.; became much w 4", 4nd it was
found necessary to remove her to Bethlehem Hospital.
From this place she was discharged as incurable, and Sir
Peter Laurie then procured her admission into the
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