The Sun.
London, England, 1865-11-23 00:00:00

The Bank of France.

PARIS, Nov. 23.
The Bank of France has reduced its rate of dis-
count from 5 to 4 per cent.

Bank of England Return,•_This Evening.

An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria,
cap. 32, for the week ending;Wednesday, Nov. 22, 1865.
ISSUE DEPARTMENT.
Notes Issued ..........4285323,900 Government Debt £11,015,1(0
Other Securities .. 3,634,900
Gold Coin &Bullion 13,673,900
Silver Bullion ....
£2B 323,930;
BANKING D'

£28,323,900

,EPARTMINT.
i G overnment Sean-

Proprietors' Capi-
tal 414.553,000
Rest
Public Deposits (in-
cluding Exche-
quer, Saving's'
Banks, Commis-
missioners of Na-
tional Debt, and
Dividend Ac-
counts) 6,144,0C3
Other Deposits 12,878,9:3
Seven Day and
other Bills

rities (including
Dead WeightAn-

nutty)
Other Securities
Notes
Gold and Silver 791,14
Coin

490,143

X 37.270,737
V

I 137,276,737
MILLER, Chief Caohicr.

Nov. 23, 1865.

The Loss of her Majesty's Ship Bulldog,

i The Port-au-Prince correspondent of the New
York, Herald, writing on the 28th ult., says :—." We
have just received news of the bombardment of
Cape Haytien by the English gunboat Bulldog. It
appears the Haytian Government has chartered the
English steamer Jamaica Packet to convey troops,
&c., and that this vessel, when flying the British
flag, was chased a short time since and fired upon
by the rebel steamer Voldrogue. The captain of
the Bulldog and the Vice-Consul at the Cape
waited upon the rebel authorities to seek an explana-
tion, but, receiving no satisfaction, or rather being
insulted by Salnave's party, the order was given to
bombard the place. Some say the English Con-
sul was imprisoned, but there are many different
versions of the story. The town, according to some
reports, was destroyed ; others have it that the forts
only were damaged. The Voldrogue was fired into
and sunk, and several small boats shared her fate.
After the bombardment the Bulldog accidentally
got on the rocks, and, to prevent Salnave from cap-
turing her, the captain blew her up, all hands being
in the boats." A despatch from Washington of
10th of November says :—" The Navy Department
has advices from Cape Haytien to October 10. A
daily interchange of fire is kept up between the de-
fenders of the city and the army of Geffrard, but it
is not perceived that any results have been achieved.
The blockade of the port has been raised,
having been effected by the capture by the re-
volutionists on the 3d of October of the blockading
force." Another despatch says—" News had reached
Port-au-Prince that the British sloop-of-war Bull-
dog, 12 guns, was blown up by her commander on
the 25th ult. at Cape Haytien. It appears the
British Consul had some Haytians under his pro-
tection, and Salnave, the rebel, made a demand for
them, which the Consul refused, and he broke in
the doors and took the Haytians out and shot
them. The Bulldog was lying in port, and her
commander asking for satisfaction and receiving no
answer, commenced to fire on Port Peckelet, which
the former returned, and by some mismanagement
of the commander he got his ship on a reef, and after
getting his men into the boats he set fire to the
ship, and she blow up. It was reported that the
commander got on board one of President Geffrard's
boats, and left for Jamaica. The affairs of the
country are in a very unsettled state. Business
was dull. Coffee was coming in slowly, and com-
manded high prices."