The Sun.
London, England, 1863-02-14 00:00:00

LIABILITIES.

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Capital .. 182,500,000
Reserve-fund 12,980,750 14
New Reserve 9,125,000
Reserve-immobiliere _ 4,000,003

Profits to be added to Capital (Art. 8 of
law June 9, 1857) .. 2,316,503 57
Notes to bearer in circulation in Paris and
the branch-banks 815,755,075

,
Do. to order (Post-bills) 4,514,701 38
Bills payable at sight .. .. 5,349,439
Acc. cur. of Treasury Creditor .. • . 67,301,962 73
Various accounts current .. 129,174,677 94

Do. branch-banks 31,703,557
Dividends to be paid .. .. 2,178,832 75
Arrears of values deposited 2,771,572 39
Discount, interest, and expenses .. .. 4,946,439 19
Re-discounts of the last half-year .. 1,850,877 89
Sundries • . .. • • • . • • 846,917 57

1,277,316,306 55
From those returns it appears that whilst the me-
tallic reserve has increased, the discount accommo-
dation and the amount of notes in circulation have
diminished, but the latter not in large proportions.
The metallic reserve shows an augmentation of 24i
millions, of which 131 are in the Paris establish-
ment and Ila_ in the provinces. The discount ac-
commodation has fallen off not less than 691 mil-
lions, of which 511 were in Paris and 181 in the
departments. Advances on gold and silver bullion,
rente, and railway stock remain without much
change, except in two items, namely, French secu-
rities and railway shares, the former of which have
declined 20 millions and the latter 6. On the side
of the liabilities, the notes in circulation have dimi-
nished 91 millions. The account-current of the
Treasury shows a decline of 25 millions ; private
accounts have also fallen off '271 millions in Paris,
but have increased 1 million in the branch banks,
The whole amount of the metallic reserve at pre-
sent is 2891 millions, to 8251 millions of notes in
circulation.

Further Papers Relative to the Affairs of

Rome.

The following brief but important paper Was
issued from the Foreign Office last night
MR. LAYARD TO THE SECRETARY TO THE ADMIRALTY.
Foreign Office, Aug. 28, 1862.
Sir,-1 am directed by Earl Russell to request that you
will acquaint the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty
that, in the opinion of his lordship, Vice-Admiral Martin
should have orders to accede to any request of the Pope to
send a ship to Civita Vecchia to convey him to Malta.
I am, &c.)

(Signed)

A. 11. LAYARD.

The Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland was a guest at
the banquet given by the Lord Mayor of Dublin on
Thursday evening, and in the course of his speech, in reply
to his health, said :—" Would that we could in any way
waft this olive branch of our own ark of safety to our war-
ring and bleeding brethren in the other hemisphere. I do
not believe in the present position of 'circumstances in that
great continent, and amidst the present passion of men's
minds, the occasion has not arisen when we could interfere
with advantage or with efficacy. There are two points on
which I feel anxious with respect to my own country. One
is that, while we do not pre-ipitate, we should not churlishly
neglect any available opportunity of counselling peace.
The other, which I feel still more strongly is, that we
should keep ourselves thoroughly and entirely clear from
complicity with slavery."