The Sun.
London, England, 1849-01-06 00:00:00

ITALY.

A letter from Modena, of the 27th ult., says :
" Yesterday public tranquillity was seriously compro-
mised in consequence of a corporal having seized a
young man who wore a cravat of different co-
lours, telling him that the three colours were
forbidden. The people took the man's part, and
the corporal:would have been severely ill-treated,
if he had not been saved by the Civic Guard.
A detachment of a Hungarian regiment twice drove
him from their ranke. Patrols of cavalry and in-
fantry constantly parade the streets, the theatre is al-
most deserted, and the town is in a sort of state of siege.
Public indignation is very strong against the superior
officers of the garrison, owing to the brutality with
which they allow their men to act."

BANK OF FRANCE
The following is a return of the situation of the Bank
of France on the 4th of January, 1849:

ASSETS.

... f. 145,621,460 61
. . 116,739,717 00
~. 489,678 96

Cash and ingots
Ditto in branch banks
Bills past due •••
Bills falling due in Paris, of which
15,607,176 f. 53c. are from the branch
banks ... ... ... ...
Bills in the branch banks ... ...
Advances on coins and ingots... ...
Ditto on French public securities ...
Ditto by branch banks... ... ...
Ditto to the State on Bons du Tresor...
Ditto on the loan of 150 millions ...
Rentes of the reserve fund ... ...
aentes, disposable funds ... ...
Investments of the new branch banks in

57,680,793 38
106,386,396 54
19,325,613 00
32,538,394 05
1,560,337 00
50,000,000 00
50,000,000 00
10,000,000 00
34,771,288 62

the public funds ...
Hotel and furniture of the Bank •••
Real property of the branch banks ...
Loan of 10,000,000 f. to the city of Paris
Interest in National Discount Bank ...
Ditto branch banks ... •••
Bills protested at Paris
Ditto at the branches ... ..•
Expenses of administration of the Bank
Ditto of the branches ...
Miscellaneous ...
Consolidation of Treasury Bonds ...

12,806,741 39
4,000,000 00
2,273,658 00
7,000,000 00
200,000 00
230,000 00
10,973,225 65
5,120,550 00

39,097 00

1,126,573 94
7,351,107 50

f. 676,734,632 64

LIABILITIES.

Capital ... . .
Ditto of the Branch Banks
Reserve fund ...
Ditto of the branch banks

... f. 67,900,000 00
... 23,350,000 00
... 10,000,000 00
... 2,980,750 00

Reserve-immobiliere ... 4,000,000 00
Notes to bearer, in circulation ... ... 404,916,000 00
Ditto of the branch banks ... .., 16,567,175 00
Ditto to order (post-bills) 415,572 18
Account-current with Treasury creditor 19,204,335 35
Various accounts currant ... 82,989,325 29

... 26,573,759 00
3,411,800 00
907,657 00

Ditto in branches
Bills payable at sight ...
Ditto at branches ••• „ •••
Bills of the branch banks payable by

the Bank
••• ••• •••
Ditto of the Bank payable by branches..
Dividends payable ••• • • ...
Liquidation of the Algiers Bank ...
Discounts, and diverse interest... ...
Ditto branch banks
Re-discounts of the last six months
Ditto in branch banks
Miscellaneous ...

5,677,888 47
2,489,019 00
3,199,545 25
330,714 04
650,495 53
212,736 00
246,051 47
455,275 00
219,334 06

f. 676,734,632 64

THE ARMY AND NAVY.
(From the United Service Gazette of this day.)
STAFF.—Captain W. M. Mitchell, of her Majesty's
84th Regiment, has, we observe, been appointed an Aide-
de-Camp on the personal Staff of the President of the
Council of India, and Deputy- Governor of Bengal.
ARTILLERY FOR CHINA.—Her Majesty has issued a
warrant, authorising a company of Gun Lascars to be
raised for Artillery service in China, consisting of eighty-
eight men,. and to be attached to the Royal Artillery
serving in that country. Pensions and Good Conduct
Pay will be granted, and the total expense of the com-
pany will be charged in the Ordnance Estimates.
DISCHARGED SOLDIERS.—Upwards of 4,500 men have
quitted the service during the last year, and been
awarded pensions under the existing regulations.
THE RECRUITING SERVICE.—We understand that a
reduction has taken place in the recruiting service in
this country to the extent of six sub-divisions. This
measure will remand six subaltern superintending officers
to their regiments.
THE WAR MEDALS.—We have heard with extreme
regret that there is no chance of a distribution of the
long-promised medals for at least two or three months
longer, the silversmiths to whom has been confided the
task of getting them out having disappointed the au-
thorities in their estimate of the time of delivering them.
If the parties were fined 101. for every officer entitled to
the :medal who dies since Christmas, and teithout re-
ceiving his long-earned distinction, there is little doubt
but that the decoration would be ready for distribution
in as many days.
NATAL PENSIONS FOR WOUNDS.—Two pensions for
wounds, amountinglto 182/. 10s. per annum, have fallen
in hand during the past week by the deaths of Com-
mander R. D. Pritchard (1841), and Lieutenant Howard
Moore (1815). The former was a Trafalgar officer, and
consequently a claimant for the long-coming medals.
THE LIEUTENANT'S HALF-PAY LIST.—In consequence
of the deaths of Lieutenants Leech and Shireff not hav-
ing been reported, Lieutenants R. A. Hughes and S.
Conner remain on the ss. per diem list, when they ought
to have been placed on the 6s. list. By the deaths of
Lieutenants Moore and Delap, this week, Lieutenants
Timothy Parsons and George Mitchell (seniority March
2, 1815) become entitled to be placed on the 6s. per
diem list.

We regret to hear that Admiral Sir John West,
K.C.8., has been suffering from indisposition during the
past week.
Wo are enabled to state that the warm-hearted Vice- 1
Admiral M'Kinley, now in his eighty-third year,
although confined to his bed and suffering great pain, is
recovering from—much to the satisfaction of his medical
attendant—a sharp attack of gout.
Lieutenant Willoughby Shortland, R.N., has enrolled
his name as a life governor of the Royal Naval Benevo-
lent Society.
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NEW HOUSES AND WAREHOUSES IN LIVERPOOL•
—The following is a return of the number of houses and
warehouses erected, or in course of erection, within
the municipal borough, from the Ist of January to the
31st December, IS4B, as presented yesterday by Mr.
Pishton, the building surveyor:-74 undor 121. per
annum; 506 from 12/. to 25/.; 48 from 25/. to 351; 28
from 351. and upwards; total, 656 houses, together
with 6 warehouses. The comparative statement of the
number of houses erected within each year since 1838
is as follows:-1838, 1,052; 1839, 997; 1840, 1,576;
1841, 1,761; 1842, 2,027; 1843, 1.390; 1844, 2,450;
1845, 3,728; 1846, 3,460; 1847, 1,220; 1848, 656;
total, 20,317.—Liverpool Mercury.