The Sun.
London, England, 1849-10-09 00:00:00

LIABILITIEC.

Capital . . f. 67,900,000 00
Ditto of the Branch Banks ... ... 23,350,000 00
Reserve fund 10,000,000 00
Ditto of the branch banks 2,980,750 00
Reserve-immobiliere 4,000,000 00
Notes to bearer, in circulation ••• 377,478,300 00
Ditto of the branch banks ••• .•• 57,472,500 00
Ditto to order (post-bills) ••• ••• 880,217 95
Account-current with Treasury creditor 52,087,076 2U
Various accounts current .•• ... 85,224,645 62
Ditto in branches ••• ••• ••• 28,928,662 00

Bills payable paatybarbainecahtes3ight ••• ••• ••• 7,927,000 00
.•• ..• ... 1,827,926 00
Billsthe oßfaethke branch...
7,3.23,006 74
Ditto of the Bank payable by branches.. 3,916,795 00
Dividends payable ..• . . ... 434,513 25
Liquidation of the Algiers Bank ... 160,982 99
Discounts, interest, and exnense 2 Br 7 245 39
r s ... , J ,
Ditto branch banks ... ... ... 1,178,086 00
Re-discounts of the last six months
... 143,693 49
Ditto in branch banks
.. ..• ... 321,562 00
Miscellaneous ... ... ... ... 1,220,310 43

f. 737,613,273 6
Certified by the Governor of the Bank of France,
D'ARGOUT

A noble Irish Earl, whose family hare been seated
in Munster for two centuries, is now living in a small
house in the outskirts of an Engli4h watering-place,
while grass grows in the courts of Ws splendid ancestral
mansion•-Somerset Gazette.

RESCUE OF SIR J. FRANKLIN.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR,—I have addressed a copy, of the follow-
ing to the First Lord of the Admiralty ; should you
think it worthy of notice, perhaps you would give it
publicity in your widely-circulated paper.
I am, &c.
G. SHEPHERD, C.E
TILE RIGHT LION SIR F. BARING, BART., FIRST LORD C.E.
OF
THE AD3IIRALT7.
Sir,—l trust your Lordship will excuse the liberty
I have taken in addressing you, bat in the year 1844
I witnessed an experiment on the Danube river. A
mere shell was exploded under the ice, which was
nearly four feet in thickness. The effect it produced
was terrific; large masses of ice were forced in all
directions, or, in other words, rendered the space where
the explosion had taken place completely navigable. 111 y
object for informing your Lordship of this circumstance
is for the rescue of Sir J. Franklin and his compa-
nions by the same means. I beg to suggest that two
or more ships should be sent out, with suitable canes
or charges of gunpowder or gun cotton, varying in
power to suit the various thicknesses of the ice ;
holes could be bored through the ice, the charges
inserted, and fired by means of safety fusees. it is
obvious that, from the incompressive state of the
water and the brittle nature of the ice, that the above
means might be employed in making a road (infinitely
better than ice sawing) for the gallant adventurers
to return to,their friends. I beg to tender my ser-
vices to your Lordship, should the above means be
deemed advisable, to join any expedition for
the above purpose. Judging from the above
experiment, I have no hesitation in saying that from
10 to 15 miles per day could be effected, and this
with trifling amount of labour. I have the honour
to be your Lordship's most obedient servant,
G. SitzrusxD, C.E.
26, Fleet-street, Oct. 6, 1849.

TILE PHRENOLOGICAL DETELOPMENT
OF THE HEAD OF THE MURDERER
WILSON.