The Sun.
London, England, 1864-12-16 00:00:00

ROYAL GALLERY OF ILLUSTRATION.

R. and Mrs. GERMAN REED, with Mr.
JOHN PARRY, will appear in THE RIVAL COM-
POSERS (for a limited number of representations). To be
%flowed by THE BARD And HIS BIRTHDAY. (Mr. and,
GERMAN REED). Shakespearian Visions of Rosa-
lind, Witch, Touchstone, and Ariel, illustrated by Mrs. Ger-
tlan Reed. Conc uding with MRS. ROSELEA.I AT THE
OEA.-S IDE, by Mr. JOHN PARRY.
kvery Evening (except Saturday) at 8. A Morning Eepre-
mentation every Saturday, at 3 o'clock. Unreserved seats, is.
and 28. • stalls, Is. ; stall spring chairs, ss. stars may be
secured in advance, without fee, at the Gallery

T 1-1 E 0X F 0
6, OXFORD STREET, W.

R D,

The Oxford and Canterbury ITAII Company (limited).
ORPHEFI AUX ENFERS (OffPnhach's brilliant Opera
Comiquel, is achievine an unprecedented success. Vide, the
Song : of ficcotia ;" •• rite Hymn to Bacchus ;" and
the spirited "Elilliho " Chorus, by Eurydice, Diana, Cupid,
and horns; the side-splittinc, "Couplets," by Minerva,
Diana, Venus, Cupid, Pluto, and Chorus ; a- d final Minuet
Land Glop. Principal characters by Misses Russell, Fitz-
henry, Barrie, Tyrrell, and Walmsley; Messrs. Greene and
tascelles.

" Nothing can be prettier of its kind; nothirg can go with
greater spirit or be more heartily enjoyed by the audience."
--A.thenmum.

Musical Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans.
THE DESCENT OF MERCURY, by Mr. Jas. Talliott.
LE mONSTRE CIIARME, by M. SILVESTRE.
The D'AUBANS in their famous Character Sketches

„Poinedy, by Mr. WIL LIAM RANDALL, Mr. GASTON
441,11 R RAY, LITTLE 808, and all the procurable Talent of
ule day.
Instrumental Solos, &a, Arc.

Admission—Area. 6d. ; stalls and balcony, ii. ; private
boxes, 10s. 6d.

ANTERBURY HALL.
The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (limited).
PE {{FUME and BOUQUET, the NEW OPTICAL MIX-
~,
lON in wh'ch the whole resources of the establishment are
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The usual Operatic Selections, the Anthropophaginian,
Wondrous
by Mr. W. Randal', T. Stacey, W. Hilton, and the
"ondrous Indian Rope Trick by Messrs. W. Hilton and
Comic Il'ustrations of Negro character by LITTLE 808.
Admission—Area, ed.; Stalls and Balcony, is.

ROYAL CAMBRIDGE MUSIC HALL,
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(Close to the Great Eastern Terminus'.
Sole Proprietor, Mr. G. W. NUGENT.
SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS UP TO CHRISTMAS.
Operatic Selections, &o. Prima Donna, Miss ELIA:- ON.
The Comic, strength of the Company includes ANNIE
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ii wine
; LES FRERES CAVALLINI, Naporeat Italian
4,, wns and Gymnasts, from the Cirqueleon, Paris,
Llieir first appearance in England.
Permanent prices—Area, 4d. ; baloony, 6d. ; stalls, Is.
Manager and Conductor, Mr. C. GRE VILLE.
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ATADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION,
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Open from 11 a.m. till dusk, and from - ill 10 p.m.
Admittance, One Shilling; extra rooms, Sixpence.
.......

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BANK OF FRANCE.

PARIS, December 15.

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

Dec. 15. Dec. 8.
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) 6,893,0E9 36 6,863,421 06
Reserve in the Bank and

its branches
Reserve in landed property 4,000,000 4,000,000
Notes in circulation 739,383,126 722,291,475
Bank notes to order and re-

ceipte payable at sight 6,432,012 87 5,865,493 16
Treasury aco. cur. creditor 93,0,4,132 63 81,169,733 69
Current accounts—Paris 140,571.991 44 156,053,927 48
Do. branch-banks 20,698,501 22,914,101
Dividends payable
Discounts and sundry _

',interests 21,023,505 87 20,177,984 06
Re-discounts of the last

I tsii months 2,688,735 17 2,688,735 17
Sundries

1,250,055,304 22 1,239,076,195 57
CR.
Cash in hand and branch-

banks 351,562,024 15 355,640,597 15
Commercial bills overdue 558,808 39 685,176 31
CommercialbillsdiscouLted _

not yet due 301,207,229 87 289.476,566 21
Do. branch-banks 285,314,504 277,444,497
Advances on deposits of
bullion . • . 14,076,585 14 15,820,653 95
Do. branch• banks.... 4,9;30,210 4,864,910
Advances on Frenchpublio
securities
Do, branch-banks 7,928,050 8,307,810
Advances on rclway shares
and debentures 26,020,900 25,772,700
Do. branch-banks 17,072,450 17,384,250
Advances on Credit Fon- _ _ •

cier Bonds 643.300 551,000
Do. branch-banks . 339,650 327,890
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) 100,000,000 100,000,000
Hotel and furniture of the
Bank
Landed property, branches
Expenses of management 2,488,973 49 2,460,764 39
Sundries

1,250,055,304 22 1,239,076,195 57
Certified, the Senator-Governor of the Bank of France.
(Signed) 110VLAND.

The position of the company having recently been the
subject of much misrepreeentatian, the beard think it in-
cumbent on them to efford some information to the pro'.
pricers, without waiting until the general meeting at the
end of February. It will bo eatiefoctory to the proprietors
to know that the 32.0 0 shares constituting the third pre-
ference cepilal, bearing interest at the rate of 6 per cent
have, with the exception of 1,640 shares, been surrendered
to the company by the holderi for conversion iota ordinary
stock, and arrargements have been made for the surrender
of these remaining shares also. The position of the ordinary
capital will thus be improved by the rem.ival of a prier
charge of £lB,OOO per annuli]. The proprietors will also: be
glad to know that by means of the capital authorised last
session for the*General Undertaking, Metropolitan Exten-
sion, and City Junction line, the-seaount clue on acknow-
ledements of debt calleklOd's Bonds, issued pending the
placing of that capitai, 7i hem' reduced to 4115,936, for
the payment of veltich'at'n24turity provision has already
been made. The :"authorised capital of the company is in
the „judgment of the board sufficient to complete all the
company's works, including the junction with the
Metropolitan Railway, discharge all their liabilities,
and leave a styplua to meet demands for addi-
tional rolling stock, and aiding accommodation for increased
traffic. An arrangement has been made with the South
Western Railway Company, subject to confirmation by
Parliament, by which the traffic of their whole system will,
on payment of adequate tolls, obtain access over the metro-
politan extension lines to Ludgate-hill station, and thence
ever the City junction line to the Metropolitan Railway at
Farringdon-street, and the Great Northern and Midland.
Railways at King's-cross. The arrangement also embraces
the provision of additional accommodetienut Farringdon-
street for the South Western Railway lidinpany, at their
cost, upon land alreay acquired by this company. The
directors are happy to unzieunce that, eubjebt to the appro-
val of the Government inspector,' the Metroplalitan Exten-
sion lines will be opened tor traffic across the river to the
Ludgate-hill station on the 20th inst. The company's
through and suburban than will then, for the first time,
by admitted to a city station. The recent traffic receipts on
:the Metropolitan Extension have been represented as dis•
couraging, and tending to preclude any hope of adequate
return on the capital expended, Such a representation is,
in the judgment of the board, without-any foundation; and
it must be obvious to the proprietors that any opinion
formed on the basis of existing traffic must
be fallacious. The Metropolitan Extensions were
designed to convey passengers, goods, and mine-
rals ;between the ;Great [Northern, :Midland, ;Great Wes-
tern, and Metropolitan Railways, the South of London, the
Kent Coast, tee South of England, and the Continent.
Therefore, until the last most important link in this chain
i completed, none of this Vast traffic can be brought upon
the lines of the company. Moreover. the company have
now no station for City traffic, and up to this time have
only been able, as a temporary-measure, to avail themselves
of Blackfriara for that purpose, This station, when com-
pleted will, from its position and capacity, be unequalled
for goods traffic, the pritnary object for which it was des-
tined, but its situation on the south side of the river has not
been favourable to the full development of the passenger
traffic between the City and the stations on the line
already opened. In the course of next summer the junction
with the Metropolitan and Great Northern Railways will
be completed and opened, when the board believe that the
consequent growth of traffic and increase of receipts will
prove satisfactory. In the meantime they trust the pro-
prietors will not allow themselves to be misled or influenced
by opinions or statements based on imperfect information,
or emanating from hostile interests.—By order.

HARRIS, D3puty Chairman.
W. E. JOHNSON, Secretary.

SOUTH DEVON.

It appears that a second requisition was presented to the
directors of this company on Monday for the simple-purpose
of inducing them to hold the neLe half-yearly meeting at
Exeter, and all subsequent half-yearly meetings alter.
nately at Plymuth and at Exeter, The requisition calls
the attention of the directors to section 63 of the Com-
pany's Act, 7th Vic., 1844, which provides that the half-
yearly meetings shall be held at Exeter, Plymouth, or Do
vonport. The refusal of the directors to immediately comply
with a requisition signed by 525 shareholders in the com-
pany for so small a matter as holding the next half-yearly
meeting at Exeter instead of at Plymouth, is perhaps the
most extraordinary thing on railway record Had the re
quisitionists asked the directors to improve the miserable
dividends they had ban paying for years there might have
been some difficulty presented, but for merely holding the
meeting at one end of the company's railway instead of the
other, as being more convenient to the shareholders gene-
rally, the refusal seems abaurd. It is usual with chairmen
and directors of well managed railway companies to express
their satisfaction on having a large attendance of the pro-
prietors at the general meetings, but with the South Devon
directors it seems quite the reverse. The first requisition
presented to the board aboura month since on this subject
was signed by 348 shareholders, the answer being to the
eff ct that the directors did, not consider that a sufficient
expression of opinion to induct them to make the alteration;
on which Mr H. S. Ellis again appealed to the shareholders
requesting them to signify their assent or dissent on the
subject. The result was that 525 shareholders expressed
their assent, 15 shareholdeis dissented, of whom nine resided
at Plymouth, and four romained neutral. It appears that
the whole numbers of shareholders in the company is 1,119,
exclusive of the three subscribing companies, and of those
525 supported the requisition. The directors informed the
deputation of shareholders who presented the requisition
the second time, that the directors themselves would take
an early opportunity of wilting the shareholders their wishes
with regard to the question at issue.