The Sun.
London, England, 1849-06-04 00:00:00

LIABILITIES.

Capital ...

... f. 67,900,000 00

Ditto of the Branch Banka ... 23,350,000 00
Reserve fund ... 1u,000,000 00
Ditto of the branch banks ... 2,980,750 00
Rserve• immobiliere 4,000,000 00
Notes to bearer, in circulation ... 376,567,100 00
Ditto of the branch banks ... 28,259,275 00
Ditto to order (post-bills) ... „, 766,419 65
Account-current with Treasury creditor 28,462,706 17
Various accounts current 96,989,921 35
Ditto in branches 29,425,369 00
Bills payable at sight ... 4,177,800 00
Ditto at branches 1,269,665 00
Bills of the branch banks payable by

the Bank ... 5,540,941 78
Ditto of the Bank payable by branches.. 4,529,571 00
Dividends payablo 206,348 25
Liquidation of the Algiers Bank ... 181,437 44
Discounts, interest, and expenses ... 3,534,958 35
Ditto branch banks ... 1,907,168 00
Re discounts of the last six months ... 246,109 85
Ditto in branch banks .. ... 460,661 00
Miscellaneous ... ... 298,319 78

f. 691,054,521 62
Certified by the Governor of the Bank of France.
D'ARG OUT.

SIGNS or BETTER TIMES.—A correspondent of
the Lee Is Mtrcury says:—" Whitsun week, or rather ,
the preparations for it in Manchester, among the labour-
ing
classes, are in good times of the most extensive de-
scription, so far as the clothing of families, or even the
purchase of finery is concerned. Having a little leisure
this week, I devoted some time in making inquiries as ,
to the receipts of shopkeepers in the principal street in
Manchester—Deansgate—and was well pleased to find
in almost every instance where inquiry was made, that
the receipts of the linen drapers, haberdashers, shoe
warehous, ready- made clothes establishments, &c. during
the present preparations for Whitsuntide, have been
double those of the year 184 S, and that this class of
shopkeepers are of opinion that every week will add an
additional sum to their receipts."
THE MURDER OF THE POLICEMAN AT BRISTOL.
—We understand that the Home Secretary has issued an
order to the Commander-in-Chief, directing, for the
ends of justice, the recall from Ceylon of the two men of
the 15th Regiment, M•Farlane and Daly, against whom
a verdict of wilful murder was returned at the inquest
recently on the body of John Pyre, a police constable of
this city,—Bristol Mirror.
FOREIGN SUGAR. THE DANISH BLOCKADE.—
The vessel Gloriosa has arrived in the docks from Ha-
vannah with 1,716 boxes of sugar on board. The cargo
is necessarily entered for exportation only, as the vessel
belongs to Denmark, and it is, therefore, not admissible
into this country, under the existing laws of navigation,
for home use. The vessel was originally destined with
the cargo for Hamburgh, but is prevented from com-
pleting her voyage in consequence of the Danish block-
ade of the German pox is preventing Danish as well as
German vessels from having commercial intercourse
with the ports of Germany; and arrangements have
therefore been made for the transhipment of the cargo
of sugar into British or neutral vessels for transmission
to its destination. The vessel Thorwaldsen arrived in
the docks from Bahia, has brought 564 cases, 6 boxes,
and 1 barrel of sugar, with other merchandise, which,
for similar reasons, are necessarily entered for exporta-
tion only to a foreign country, as the importing vessel
belonged to Norway, and therefore the cargo was, in
consequence of the existing navigation-laws, inadmissible
for home use.
INSPECTION OF THE ROYAL MARINES AT CHATHAM.
—The annual inspection of the battalion of Royal Ma-
rines of this division took place on Friday, the Ist inst.
in the square of the barracks. The division, consisting
of 135 sergeants, with 1,370 rank and file of Royal Ma-
rines, and three sergeants and 72 rank and file Royal
Marine Artillery, assembled in heavy marching order
shortly before twelve o'clock, under eommand of Colonel
S. B. Ellis; and, on the division being formed into line
on the parade ground, they were inspected by Deputy-
Adjutant-General Colonel John Owen, K.H., accompa-
nit d by the Commandant, Colonel Powell, Colonel J.
Filcher, Colonel James Whyloek, with Lieutenant and
Adjutant Fellows, and Captain Lanby of the Marine
Artillery, aide-de-camp to the general.
PORT or GLOUCESTER.—The number of vessels
which have arrived in the port of Gloucester, from
foreign ports, during the first five months of the present
year, amounts to 180, being four more than arrived in
the first eight months of 1848, and 90 more than in the
first five months of the same year.—Gloucester Journal.

PIGEON SHOOTING.—The match for 25 sous. a- side
between Mr. Jae. Dennis and Ben Caunt, the well-
known ex-champion of the fistic world, was decided on
Friday, in presence of many hundred spectators, who
pretty freely speculated 6 to 4 on the opponent of " Big
Ben." The ground, at Copenhagen-house having been
mutually agreed on, Mr. Garrett, the proprietor, made
every arrangement for the satisfactory conduct and fair
issue of the match. At two o'clock the shooting began,
and until the very close the contest was an extremely
close one, as tray he judged by the fact that Mr. Dennis
proved the victor by a single bird only, he killing 41,
while Caunt scored 40. We may as well remark, en
passant, that Benjamin was anything but fortunate in the
progress of the affair, several of his birds falling just
beyond the boundary. We take it that this was occa-
sioned by his use of No. 8 shot, and his method of allow-
ing his birds a good " laes" on rising, instead of firing
close. If birds are suffered to fly far, friend Ben would
find No. 6 more to his purpose; indeed, most present
were of opinion that but for this oversight, the victory
might have been reversed.