The Sun.
London, England, 1864-08-12 00:00:00

BANK OF FRANCE.

(REUTER'S EXPRESS.)
PARIS, August 11.
The following is the return of the Bank of France
for the week, together with the corresponding
figures of the previous account :

Auclusz 11. AUGUST 4.
DR. c. f. c.
Capital of the Bank 182,500,000 182,500,000
Profits in addit ion toCapital
(Art. 8 law June 9,;1657) 5,114,862 43 5,096,101 60
Reserve in the Bank and

its branches
Reserve in landed property 4,000,000 4,000,003
Notes in circulation 777,023,925 786,629,025
Bank notes to order and re-

ceipti payable at sight 6,233,349 15 6,056,549 08
Treasury aco. cur, creditor 57,968,339 40 55,941,233 85
Curreut accounts—Paris 122,254,979 44 126,954,304 14
Do. branch-banks 26,611,833 30,859,591
Dividends payable
Disciunta and sundry

interests 7,124,840 91 6,308,241 16
Re-discounts of the last

ail months 2,588,735 17 2,588,735 17
Sundries

1,231,833,415 85 1,247,860,613 46

CR.
Cash in hand and branch-

banks 272,433,487 38 276,790,392 90
Commercial bills ov,rdue 3,216,848 11 1,408,652 95
ComuiercialbillsdiscouLtel

not yet due ....330,403,019 35 333,825,422 33
.Do. branch-banks.... 303,092,556 312,079,470
Advances on depoksit6 of
bullion .
Do. branch. banks 3,957,700 4,104,300
Advsn,es on Frenchpublic
securities,;..
• • •

Do, braich-banks.... 9,412,8.:0 9,511,650
Advancesonrailway shares
and debentures .. 27,792,900 28,380,500
Do. branch-banks.... 18,701,050 18,571,050
Advances on Credit Fon-

cier Bonds 39.5,000 376.100
80, branch-banks.... 356,900 367,100
Advances to the State

(Conv(n. June 10, 1857) 60,000,000 60,000,000
Govt. Stock Reserve 12,b8u,750 14 12,980,750 14
Do. disposable
Rentes immobilisees (Law
June 9, 1857) 100,000,000 100,000,000
Hotel and furniture of the
Bank
Landed property, branches
Expenses of management 712,921 54 690,476 51
Sundries

231,833,445 85 1,247,360,613 46
Certified by the Honorary Vice-Preeident of the Council
of State, Governor of the Bank,

AD. VUITRY.

The Hospital for Consumption, Brompton.

A quarterly general court of the governors of
this charity was held yesterday afternoon in the
board room of the hospital. The meeting was pre-
sided over by Sir Peter Van Notten-Pole, Bart.
The Secretary read the report of the eommittee
of management for the past quarter, which stated
that both as regarded in and out-patients there had
been an increase of good done as compared with the
corresponding quarter of the preceding year. It
was, no doubt, chiefly owing to the large number of
admissions consequent upon the maximum number
of 210 beds having been filled at an earlier period
of the winter than usual that the committee was
enabled to have the satisfaction of announcing that
the number of applicants waiting vacancies was,
though still large, less than it had been for some
time past. The committee had been encouraged by
the accession of several names to the list of goverf
nors, and by much valuable aid they had received
from the clergy, while their thanks were especially
due to the Bishops of Ripon, Bangor, E;y, Ossory,
and Down and Connor for the able manner in which
they had pleaded the cause of the charity. Many
kind donations had also resulted from the appeals
inserted from time to time in the newspapers, al-
though the total amount received from twat source
had been less than on some previous occasions.
Unless, Lowever, the committee chose to seller the
charity to languish for want of funds they ,had no
alternative but to continue their appeals to the pub-
lic for support io every way that was open to them,
so long as the annual expenditure of the institution
exceeded the annual subscriptions to the extent of
Upwards of £4.000. With the help of several lega-
cies that had recently been paid the committee
hoped to be enabled before long to effect the desir-
able object they had long aimed at, and which had
peen formerly mentioned, namely, the purchasing
of the freehold of the land on which the hospital
was built. During the past quarter four bequests
to the charity of £lOO each, one of £l,OOO, one of
£5OO, one of £3OO, one of £5O, and one of £lO had
been announced to the committee. The number of
in-patients admitted since the 26th of May last had
been 213. Of these 182 had been discharged, many
of them greatly benefited, and 23 had died. The
number of new out patient cases was stated- to be
1,521.
The Hon. E, B. C. WROTTESLEY moved the
adoption of the report, which having been seconded
by Mr C. E. K. Butler, was adopted; end after
the transaction of some business of a formal cha-
racter, the proceedings closed with the customary
vote of thanks to the chairman.

CROSSING THE ATLANTIC IN A BOAT.—On
Sunday, the 26th of June, the miniature brig
Vision, the smallest craft that has ever yet attempted to
crois the Atlantic, departed from the Battery at New York,
direct for Liverpool. She sailed out in gallant style, with
colours flying, manned by a crew consisting of John C.
Donovan and his dog Toby, and one man, named Williams,
from Rhode Island, Her departure was witnessed by a
large number of people, who remained, despite the intense
heat, until the vessel became a speck on the water, Yes-
terday we received information that the Coronet, from
Quebec, at London, had spoken the tiny craft at sea, she
being then out 24 days, and having reached lat. 45 10 N
long. 63 W., cr the vicinity of Cape Race. " All hands"
were well, but short of provisions and water, which the
Coronet supplied,—Ztiverpoo; Mercury,