The Sun.
London, England, 1852-04-10 00:00:00

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BANK OF FRANCE.
The following is a monthly return of the situation of
;he Bank of France up to April 8 :

LIABILirrEs.

Capital ••• —•-• ... ... f. 91,250,000 0
Reserve fund ..
4,000,000 0
... 12,980,750 14
.:
RNeosteersvteo-ihniema r°ebirtiiien.mcirc .u:l.;tion .......
Treasury creditor ..: 501,299,000 0
Bills payable at sight ...
... .
... 133,805,0250_,970449
190 Ditto of the branch banks ...
.. 16,418,404 0
73,203,062 87
Ditto Account-current
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... . _
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173 159,061 30
Ditto in branches
370,622 25
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Discounts, interest, and expenses
• •.•
...... 26,093,746 0
... 2,234,270 69
:six months 408,881 0
Interest on protested bills ... ... 508,019 67
lliscellancoas ... ... ... 552,40 k 0

f. 1,042,253,696 11

...ABSET.,9..
,„f.482,947,508 49
118,490,570 0
•.• ••
Bills past due •
••• • 128,464 94
•
Bills discounted, but not yet. •
due, of
which 17,737,1391.0 e. were received
from the Branch Banks ... 45,128,472 30
Cash
Ditto ii
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hand
branch anks
Bills in the branch banks .•.: .. 74,384,454 0
Advances on coins and ingots... ... 490,300 0
Ditto by the branch banks . ... 2,879,666 0
Ditto on French public securities ••• 89,983,536 10
Ditto by branch banks... ... 4,038,267 0
215
Ditto on railway shares and bonds ... 4,
Ditto by branch banks
... ••• ,500 0
327,200 0
Ditto to the State on Bons du Tresor... 50,000,000 0
Ditto to the State on the Treaty of 30th
June, 1848 ~,
...
... 75,000,000 0
Advanced to the City of Paris on the
Previsional Loan of 50,000,000 f. ••• 20,000,000 0
Rentes of the reserve fund ••• ••• 10,000,000 0
Rentes, disposable funds ..• ••• 55,591,766 37
fiotel and furniture of the Bank ••• 4,000,000 0
Real property of the branch banks ••• 3,416,771 0
Interest in National Discount Bank ... 299,000 0
Expenses of administration of the I3ank
and Branches - 717,184 95
• .••
... •.•
Miscellaneous
... ".... ... , 215,034 76

f. 1,012,253.696 11
Certified by the Governor of the Bank,

D'AnaouT.
It appears from the preceding account that the cash
in hand has increased since the last account, published
March 5, by 10 500,000 f. The commercial bills dis-
counted have increased by 12 500,000 f. The cash ad-
vanced on deposit of French securities has increased from
17,000,000 f. to 94,000,000 f. The Bank notes in circula-
tion have increased by 76,000,000 f. The balance to the
credit of the Treasury has decreased by 27,000,000 f.
The sundry credits have increased by 74,500,000 f.

THE AR.CtIY AND NAVY.
(From the United Service Gazette of this day.)
The commander of the Janus, Commander Powell,
has been permitted to accept the Spanish order of
K.C. of Charles the Third, and the officer second in
command an inferior grade of the same order, for
their conduct against the pirates on the Riff coast.
By the decease of Lieutenant-General Sir James
Harvey, K.C.8., the Colonelcy of the 59th Regiment
has become vacant, as also the appointment of Lieu-
tenant-Governor of Nova Scotia.
Clarke,
STAFF APPOINTMENTS.—Lieut.-Colonel
late 2cl Dragoons, is to be Assistant Quartermaster-
General of the Dublin district. Lieutenant-Colonel
termaster-General, of the Cork
district. Lieutenant- Colonel Forster is to be Assistant-
Adjutant-General at Edinburgh: Lieutenant-Colonel
Brooke Taylor, Assistant-Adjutant-General, and
m a ste r-
Lieutenant-ColonelG ener
alat Manchester. Scott tobe Assistant-Quarter-
STAFF IN IRELAND.—Lieutenant-Colonel R. W.
Brougb, Assistant Adjutant-General at
.Belfast, has
assumed the command of the district during the ab-
sence of Major-General Thomas, C. 8., on leave.
Colonel J. L. Pennefather, C. 8,, Deputy Quarter-
master-General to the forces, serving in Ireland, has
taken the command of the Cork district during the
absence of Major-General Manse], K.H., on leave.
Major-General Cochrane assumed the command of
the garrison of Dublin, and Dublin district, on the
let of the present month. Major-General M'Donald
having received leave of absence, the command of the
Kilkenny district has devolved upon Colonel Johnson,
Acting Assistant Quartermaster-General, the next
senior officer.
RECRUITING Disznicrs.--The following is the per-
manent arrangement for the Inspecting Field Officer
of Recruiting Districts :—London—Colonel Busb,
K.H. Liverpool—Lieutenant-Colonel Davis. York
—Lieutenant-Colonel .Magenis. Bristol—Lieute-
nant-Colonel Patton. GlasgoNewry—Lieutenant-Colonel Adair.
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SOUTH WALES DISTRICT.—CoIoneI Barnard, As-
.—Colonel Slade.
sistant-Adjutant•General of the Northern District, is
°leieiuntethneanctomßmaarnndarodf,
District.a
toG r
enadi succeeder
Guards, Major-General
hasbeen ppointed Aide-de-Camp
to his father.
the South Wales District.
ROYAL ARTILLERY R. EzirtEamsyr.—The following
officers have been permitted to retire upon half-pay
—Lieutenant Colonels M. Louis, J. H. Wood, P. A.
L
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appointed soT va removed
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Lethbridge, and H. Stow.
Limerick district, in succession to Major-General
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DISTRICT.—Major-General
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Shawat hurKer Gge
Kennedy. dnr ya tl.
commandh
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resigna-
tion Captainleomrnt hge,
Napier,
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Major-General,e
Fleming, 63,1
.Regiment, is to be Aide-de-Camp to
his father. Lieutenant-Colonel Douglas, unattached,
son of Sir Howard Douglas, is to succeed Lieutenant-
Colonel Doyle as Assistant Adjutant-General to the
Limerick district.

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,SERVATION OF THE EXHI-
BlTis a
ION BUILDING
The following copy of a letter addressed by Mr.
Oliveira to Sir Joseph Paxton, on the subject of the
revenue which could be derived from the building if
appropriated to the plan proposed
:
8, Upper Hyde Park-street, London, April 5.
My dear Sir,—As one of the objections to the perma-
nent establishment of the Crystal Palace, as a place of
refined amusement, recreation, and intellectual culture
to all classes, is the great cost of maintaining it, I beg
to give
you somewhat more in detail, and with slight
additions, the items of an estimated annual revenue,
which I addressed to you as long ago as last July, when
I formed those opinions which I have since had the
pleasure of participating With
you of the great public
utility to which this splendid creation of yours might
be devoted.
Assuming that the general arrangements of the in-
terior would be a large conservatory, with walks, foun-
tains, plants, and shrubs, that would live in a low tem-
perrchitectature; col
llectidons of mineralogy, botany, geology,
aural moels, designs of various kinds to interest
and instruct all classes of visitors; to which might be
added schools of desige
7lecture
rooms, collections of
inventions and mechanical improvements by ingenious
artizans,
I am of opinion that the following schedule represents
by no means an exaggerated estimate of the sum which
might be derived from the Crystal Palace annually:—
ESTI3II.TE OF REVENUE.
If the outer division of the parallelogram
was devoted to equestrians, having a' light railing dividing it from
the rest of
the building, I propose that all parties
having the privile
should ge of riding there
pay 000 guinea annually, and
that there may be 800 subscribers ...... £B4O 0 0
All persons desirous of having the entree
to the rest of the building every day in
thet year (Sunday included) should have
tickets of admission at 11. is. A. re-
gister to be kept of their names and re-
sidences; and the general board of
management to determine as to their
eligibility. I expect from this source
10,000 subscribers, representing ......... 10,500 0 0
Note—Viewing the success of the Hor-
ticultural, Botanical, and Zoological So-
cieties, where, to . - become a member, it is
necessary to be proposed, seconded,
bal-
loted for, and Pay a lare entrance fee, I
think the foreg,eing item (divested of
those formalities) is not over-estimated.
I propose that Monday and Tuesday in
each week be devoted to the working
classes, who shall visit the whole of the
building ~
-la payment of 3d. each. I
estimate 5,000 daily .................... .
be 500 0 0
;.
6 '
Wednesday and Thursday should
de-
voted to visitors at 6d. each. I esti.
13,000 0 0
mato on each of these days 5,000 ......
13,000 0 0
Friday, I s.,
saY 5,000 .....................
Saturday 2s. GI eaeh, on which day there
might he •
musieal entertain
other attractions caleulared for upper classes, 32,500 oclasses, 5,000 each (Joy ............

THE PRE

£76,340 0 0
Other sources of profit might be available