The Sun.
London, England, 1864-12-30 00:00:00

SPAIN.

The Chamber of Deputies at Madrid has corn.
plated the organisation of its bureau by the nomi-
nation of vice•presidents and secretaries, who all
belong to the Ministerial party. I❑ the Senate, of
the four secretaries named, two are supporters of
the Cabinet, and two belong to the Opposition. In
the Senate it is that the new Ministry must expect
to meet with the greatest resistance. According
to the Epoca the votes of that assembly as at pre-
sent composed are divided as follows, without
taking into account the members who may arrive
at Madrid befero the division on the address and
that on the Santo Domingo question—Ministerial
majority, 104 ; Opposition, 58 ; doubtful, 16. In
the Chamber of Deputies the Count de San-Luis
and M. Nocedol are mentioned as the most con-
spicuous leaders of the Opposition—but, says the
Correvondencia, those ex. Ministers can only count
about 20 deputies. The Consultative Junta of
War at Madrid has held a meeting to examine
the project of abandoning Santo Domingo, and the
Correspondencia makes the following remarks on
the sitting

The Marquis do Pezuela voted against each a
measure in a military point of view, making that
decision, however, subordinate to any economical
or political considertitions which might induce the
Uovernment to adopt it. The other members of
the Junta, while not denying the possibility of
suppressing the insurrection, declared in favour of
the abandonment of the island, where the soldiers
were falling without either
.glory or benefit to
their country, not before their enemies, but as
victims of a climate which could not be supported.

BANK OF FRANCE.

PARIS, DEC. 29.

The following is the return of the Bank of France
for the week, together with the corresponding
figures of the previous account :—.

• Dec. 29. Dec. 22.
DR. f. C. f. c
Capital of the Bank 182,500,000 . 182,500,000
Profits in addition toCapital
(Art. 8 law June 9, 1857) 6,923,915 08 6,912,460 91
Reserve in the Bank and _

its branches
Reserve in landed property 4,000,000 4,000,000
Notes in circulation 726,212,275 -- 721,487,475
Bank notes to order and re-

ceipts payable at sight 7,427,596 04 5,774,783 36
Treasury ace, cur. credit0r122,312,552 55 103,359,256 06
Current accounts—Paris 146,645,897 84 136,089,007 48
Do. branch-banks 24,675,970 20,104,508
Dividends payable
Discounts and sundry
interests 789,981 57 21,660,20 29
Re-discount of the last
six months 2,789,444 58 2,588,735 17
Sundries

1,270,310,135 86 1,237,994,159 61

CR.
Cash in hand and branch-
banks 359,969,767 16 364,008,378 83
Commercial bills overdue 620,025 69 708,763 66
Commercial bills discounted
not yet due ,...303,839,895 33 274,518,191 83
Do. branch-banks.... 293,317,935 287,085,185
Advances on deposits of
bullion
Do. branch-banks.... 4,955,181 4 860 184
Advances on French public , ,
securities
Do. branch-banks 7,931,350
Advances on reilway shares
and debentures 26,743,900 26,543,800
Do. branch-banks 17,259,550 16,787,150
Advances on Credit Fon-
cier Bonds 534,800
Do. branch-banks.... 401,950
Advances to the State
(Conven. Juno 10, 1857) 60,000,000 60,000,000
Govt. Stock Reserve .... 12,980,750 14 12,980,750 14
Do. disposable
Rentes immobilisees (Law
June 9, 1857) 100,000,000
Hotel and furniture of the
Bank
Landed property, branches
Expenses of management 2,756 2,849,239 24
Sundries

14,687,200 -
7,595,550 -

548,500 -
414,750 -

100,000,000 -

3,348,078 -

1,270,310,135 86 1,237,994,159 61
Certified, the Senator-Governor of the Bank of France.
(Signed) ROULAND.

I RIVER POLICE FOR THE MERSEY.—For some
time past the advisability of establishing a river police for
the Mersey has engaged the attention of the local autho-
rities, who are anxious to "put down" crimping and
other notorious evils peculiar to large seaports, and which
have too long flourished at Liverpool. Yesterday, at a
meeting of the Mersey Dock Board, a report, prepared
by four officials of the board and the corporation, was
read. The report recommends the appointment of an
educated nautical man as a superintendent, with two or
three boats' crews of water constables, The estimated
cost for two boats and their crows is £948 a year, and
£1,400 for three, exclusive of the superintendent's salary,
which it is recommended should not exceed £l5O per an-
num.

DEATH OF A CHILD BY FlRE.—Yesterday
evening a little girl named Matilda Atherton, five
years of age, residing with her parents, in a place called a
" cottage," at the back of No. 4, Noel-street, St. James's,
died in the Middlesex Hospital, from the effects of painful
injuries she received from burning. It appears that the
child was reaching something from the mantelpiece when
her pinafore caught fire, and in a moment she was in flames
Ayounger child's clothes had also become ignited by coming
in contact with the other's. Both children were at once
taken to the above hospital and attended by Mr J A. Smith,
the house-surgeon, when it was found that the younger, two
years and three months old, was burnt about the legs, but
nct to such an extent as to endanger its life. The injuries
the elder child had sustained were however of such a fright-
ful nature that it died an hour after admission,