The Sun.
London, England, 1842-10-05 00:00:00

CREDITOR.

Cash on hand
Bills out for collection
Commercial bills discounted 150,674,078 18
Advanced upon deposit of ingots 3,741,300 0
Advanced upon deposit of public

. . _
securities 20,971,604 26
Accounts current debtor 16,323,531 17
Capital of branch banks 20,000,000 0
Reserve
Vested in public securities
Hotel and furniture of the Bank
Sundry credits

482,666,529 68

OPERATIONS REALIZED.

Commercial bills discounted 251,285,000 0
Interest of cash advanced on a de-
posit of bullion 8,015,600 0
Ditto on public securities 16,466,300 0
Ditto on Treasury bonds 1,754,600 0
Amount received from sundry ac-
counts current 1,002,966,400 0
Amount paid ditto
Received from the Treasury 100,425,800 0
Paid ditto 111,476,000 0
Received in cash 79,626,000 0
Ditto in bills of exchange
Paid in cash 97,332,800 1
Ditto in bills 525,998,500 0
Certified by the Governor of the Bank,
J. E. GAUTIER.

ALARMING ACCIDENT—On Monday last an alarm-
ing accident occurred at the house of Mr. Lock, a
merchant, residing in Notting-hill-square. It seems
that the lady of Mr. Lock had recently been con-
fined, and though symptoms of danger made their
appearance in the first instance, by the skilful treat-
ment of Mr. Chisholm, of 32, Devonshire- street, Port-
land-place, Mrs. Lock was fast approaching to con-
valesence. On the day, however, above named, by
some incaution on the part of a female domestic, the
curtains belonging to the bed in which Mrs. Lock
and her infant were lying were set fire to, and in an
instant were in flames, as well as the bed and
bedstead. Mrs. Lock at once seized her infant,
and rushed to the door of her room in a state of great
terror ; and although her night-dress was in a blaze,
fortunately she was not burnt, but the fright, as may
be imagined, caused a relapse, and for some hours
Mrs. Lock was in great danger, but by the very abk.
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view of the body of a lad named William Shelton, 14
years of age. Edward Green stated that he was e
seaman on board the Olive Branch, now lying in the
West India Export Dock. On Sunday afternoon the
deceased came alongside the ship in a boat, and whilst
standing on the thwarts his foot suddenly slipped and
he fell overboard. Witness, with the officer on board,
immediately jumped into the boat and endeavoured to
rescue him, and at one time, as he rose to the surface
of the water, got a piece of timber under his arms,
but he was unable to hold on, and he sank. The
drags were immediately put in requisition, but up-
wards of three hours elapsed before the body was
found.—Verdict, " Accidental death."
Miaacumus ESCAPE.—An attempt at self-destruc-
tion was made on Monday afternoon by John Martin,
a man who is well known on the Brighton beach, as
the master of a pleasure-boat. He had been living for
several years with a woman somewhat his junior, who
on Sunday morning disappeared, and at the same time
he missed a considerable portion of his portable pro-
perty, which, on inquiry, he learned had been be-
stowed by her as a marriage portion on a man to
whom she, on leaving the house, had immediately got
married, at St. Nicholas' church. The loss of his
companion, perchance of his hoardings, so preyed on
his mind, that on Monday he resolved on self-destruc-
tion, by throwing himself down the well of his own
house. He was observed in the act of leaping down,
and a young man, a neighbour, at once voluntered to
descend in the bucket. He did so accordingly, and
brought up Martin, who, to the astonishment of nu-
merous persons, who had by this time congregated
around the well, proved to have entirely escaped in-
jury. The well, which is at the back of Chester-
field-street, nearly at the top of the hill above Devon-
shire-place, is upwards of 120 feet deep, and contaiued
20 feet of water.
SOUTHAMPTON, OCT. 5, 8 A.M.—The Royal Mail
Steam-packet Company's ship, Dee, has just arrived
with 60 passengers, and 500,000 dollars on freight.
When 140 miles off the Lizard (on the 27th ult.),
the Dee encountered very boisterous weather, which
compelled her to put in to Corunna ; her dates are—
Havannah, Sept. 1 ; Nassau, Sept. 5 ; Bermuda,
Sept. 11 ; and Fayal, Sept. 21.