The Sun.
London, England, 1842-03-05 00:00:00

meditating an impromptu bolt. But his wife !—she
is the very incarnation of vixenism, as untameable as a
hymna. The " knocker" pourtrays a fat page, or
foot-boy, making vain efforts to reach a knocker
provokingly placed just half an inch above his fingers.
From the expression of his countenance, we gat
that he is expostulating.—and in no very amicable
terms—with destiny. Should the letter, which he
holds in his indignant hand, be a billet dom.'', or have
the word " immediate " marked on the envelope, he
her
will be in a pretty prediciment ! As a specimen of
Punch's powers of humour in verse, we quote his
ac-
count of a late imperfectly developed duel, which
occasioned inextinguishable laughter all over town.
It is a parody on one' of Moore's ballads, entitled the
" Temple of Friendship " :
" A challenge to Wraxall," said Symons enchanted,
"'l'll send by a second; the thought is divine."
The second was found, and they now only wanted
To meet with Sir William before he should dine.
Ley flew to the club, and his message deliver'd
In language the plainest his suit could invent ;
But so cold was S r William, who said as he shiver'd,
'Fat fighting with Symons was not what he meant.
" Oh, how," he exclaimed, " could I thing of a meeting
With a lellow whose ;:laims are so horribly dim ?
But the rwcal who threaten ;d to give me a beating
I'll fight, if you please, Sir, Auel with him."
The bargain was struck; of a challenge each full is :
Ley, Borthwick, and Robertson twa3dle and write :
" Adieu," said the public, " you're not th Arst bullies
Who prate about honour, but dont% mean io Oght."
One more quotation and we have done. The f°l-
- is on " Cecil-street, Strand" :
" At the top of the street many lawyers abound,
Below, at the bottom, the barges are found;
Fly, Honesty, fly to a safer retreat,
For there's craft in the river, and craft in the street."

BANK OF ENGLAND.
Quarterly Average of the Weekly Liabilities and Assets of the
Bank of England, from the 7th of November, 1841, to the 10
of March, 1842, both inclusive, published pursuant to tie
Act, 3 and 4 W. IV., cap. 98.
LIABILITIES. ASSETS.
Circulation .......£16,769,000 Securities
Deposits 8;954.000 Bullion 5,687,01N

£28,786,00°

1:25,723,i?00 I
Downing-street, March 4, 1

842.

PORTUGAL.

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We have received letters from Lisbon to the 28th of February
After an interregnum of 17 days a new Ministry has been ar
poihted. The crisis has terminated in the complete triumph of
Senor Costa Cabral, who is the new Home Secretary'
The Duke da Terceira is President of the Council, but _ ,:th?
leading power in the Cabinet will be wielded by Costa COW'
The new Minister of Justice is Antonio d'Ageredo Mello e Car'
vitho, brother to the second member of the Oporto Junta. This'
bully, therefore, may be conceived at having achieved a
double triumph. Baron de Tojal is the new 'Minister
of Finance—an excellent appointment. The portfolio of
Foreign Affairs is held merely ad interim by the Duke oil
Terceira. Senor Rodrigo da F. Magalhaes has been
to to resume this office, but positively declined. The Marini!
Department is also filled merely ad interim by the chief clef"'
in that office.
The policy of the new Administration will not differ mate"
rially from that which was displaced by the Oporto revolt:,
Its policy with regard to England and all foreign countries wilt
be identical. The first act of the new Government is so '
what remarkable. It is a demand of the Administrator-6e°'
neral of Oporto to specify the sums which be • receliej„,
from the Custom-house, and other sources of revenue, to at
the late revolt—by whose order he received them, godlier,
they were expended. The object is to legalize these glee
transactions by an act of indemnity.. The order to this effecb
is signed by the same Costa Cabral who seized the money 15
head of the Junta.
M. Cappacini, the Papal Minister, had been presented
at
Court.
The King has declared against accepting the commaad?
chief of the army. Thus one of the leading agents of tvi'
movement in favour of the Charter is entirely defeated.
Senor d'Aguilar, returned on Sunday from Madrid, to re:
sume his functions as Spanish Ambassador at the Portugu°
Court. No hostile movement on the part of Spain was sr
prehended.