The Sun.
London, England, 1848-05-30 00:00:00

LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S-OFFICE, MAY 29.

Orders for the Court's going into mourning, On Thurs-
day next, the Ist of June, for her late Royal Highness
the Princess Sophia, aunt to her Majesty, viz.:—
The ladies to wear black silk, fringed or plain linen,
white gloves, necklaces, and ear-rings, black or white
shoes, fans, and tippets.
The gentlemen to wear black, full trimmed, fringed
or plain linen, black swords and buckles.
The Court to change the mourning on Thursday, the
15th of June next, viz.:—
The ladies to wear black silk or velvet, coloured
ribands, fans, or tippets, or plain white, or white and
gold, or white and silver stuffs, with black ribands.
The gentlemen to wear black coats, and black or
plain white, or white and gold, or white and silver stuff
waistcoats, full trimmed, coloured sword and buckles.

And, on Thursday, the 22d of June next, the Court
,o go out of mourning.
COLLEGE OF ARMS, MAY 29.
_ _

THE EARL MARSHAL'S ORDER FOR A GENERAL
MOURNING FOR HER LATE ROYAL HIGHNESS THE

PRINCESS SOPHIA.

In pursuance of her Majesty's commands, these are to
give public notice, that upon the melancholy occasion of
the death of her late Royal Highness the Princess
Sophia, her Majesty's aunt, it is expected that all per-
sons do put themselves into decent mourning for ten
days, to commence from Thursday next, the Ist of June.
NORFOLK, E. M.
ADMIRALTY, MAY 29.
Her Majesty does not require that the officers of the
Fleet or Marines should wear any other mourning, on
the present melancholy occasion of the death of her
Royal Highness Princess Sophia, than a black crape
round the left arm, with their uniforms.
11. G. WARD.

BANK OF FRANCE.
The fallowing was the situation of the Bank on Thurs-
day evening, May 25:

c.
Cash and ingots 64,669,393 10
Cash at branch banks
Overdue bills ... 76,729959;929209 0
390
Bills becoming due in Paris, of which
30,639,699 f 99c. are from the branch
banks 147,243,105 69
Bills in the branch banks ... . . 94,685,163 14
Advances on coin and ingots ... ... 8.988,400 00
Ditto on public securities of France . . 29,059,982 90
Due from the branch banks on their

ASSETS.

notes in circulation
Rentes of the reserve fund
Rentes of disposable funds _
Deposits of the new branch banks in
public funds ...
Hotel and furniture of the bank
Interest in branch bank at Algiers
Interest in National Discount Bank
Bills protested ...
Expenses of administration ...
Sundries
Advance to the State on Bona du Trisor
of the Republic

... 100,990,550 00
... 10,000,000 00
... 11,G60,197 89

... 12,744,498 00
... 4,000,000 00
... 1,000,000 00
... 200,000 00
... 24,742,078 59

541,551 61
539,972 29

... 50,000,000 00

625,065,082 60

LIABILITIES.

Capital
•••
Ditto of the new branch banks.
Reserve fund ... ••• •
Reserve immobiliare ... •
Bills of branch banks ... •
Notes to bearer, in circulation .
Ditto of the branch bank
Ditto to order (Post bills) .
Account current with Treasury
Various accounts current . .
Bills payable at sight . .
Re discounts of the last half-year
Dividends unpaid
•• •••
Discounts, interest, and expenses ...
Branch Bank of Algiers, sum not yet
employed in Treasury Bonds
Branch Bank drafts to be paid
Sundries

... 67,950,000 00
▪ 23,350,000 00
... 10,000,000 00
▪ 4,000,000 00
▪ 2,980,650 14
• 302,113,750 00
... 100,990,550 00
• 1,169,500 00
... 26,561,565 51
... 75,308,766 71
• 1,791,500 00
▪ 728,692 37
▪ 175,090 25
3,654,868 73

... 1,106,923 69

2,733,820 34
••• ••• 499,404 86

625,065,082 60

COURT CIRCULAR.
The Duchess of Gloucester visited her Royal High-
ness the Duchess of Kent yesterday, at her residence,
Clarence House, St. James's.
Lord Portman had an interview with Sir George Grey
yesterday, at the Home- office, and delivered to the Right
Hon. Baronet loyal Addresses to the Queen from sixty-
four parishes in Somersetshire.
Mr. Mark Boyd and Mr. Samuel Browning had an
interview yesterday with the Right Hon. 11. Labouchere,
at the Board of Trade.
The Duke of Roxburghe had an interview with Lord
John Russell yesterday, at his official residence in
Downing-street.
Baron de Goldsmid, Mr. J. Bailey, and Mr. Maynard,
had an interview yesterday with the Commissioners of
her Majesty's Woods and Forests, in Whitehall-place.
Mr. Richard Henry Jones and Mr. John White
Welch, the Chairman and Deputy-Chairman of the Pro-
vident Clerks' Association, had an interview with the
Right Hon. H. Labouchere, at the office of the Board of
Trade, yesterday.
Sir William Herries, the Chairman of the Commis-
sioners for auditing the Public Accounts, had an inter-
view with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday,
at his official residence in Downing-street.
office, from the Governors of Hong-Kong,
Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-
Ceylon,Aus-
tralia, Mauritius, the lonian Islands, Malta, and Gib-
raltar.

The Lords Committee of the Privy Council for Trade
and Plantations, had a meeting on Saturday, at the office
of the Board of Trade. There were present the Right
lion. H. Labouchere, Earl Granville, Earl Grey, Lord
Campbell, Sir James Stephen, and Sir Edward Ryan.

THE COBDEN FUND.
An account current of this fund has been published
within the last few days, from which it appears that the
subscriptions received amount to 76,7611. 6s. 6d., and
that there are subscriptions yet outstanding, to be col-
lected to the amount of 2,0001. The credit part of the
account stands as follows .

s. d

By cash, as per receipts of R. Cobden,
Esq. 58,488 0 7
By expenses on subscriptions received in
Manchester, consisting of salaries,
weekly wages, agents' travelling ex-
penses, postage, printing, stationery,
stamps, advertising, rents, taxes, gas,
coals, &c. ... 4,027 17 0
By balance in Messrs.
Jones Loyd's Bank ... £2,206 11 1
By balance in the hands of
the cashier
By balance of ;petty cash

r

269 17 8
5 11 2
2,451 19 11
By amount paid R. Cobden, Esq., per
London treasurers ... ... 11,763 9 0

£76,761 '6 6
The accounts have been audited and declared to be
correct by Mr. Henry Ashworth, of Turton, near
Bolton, and Mr. Sails Schwabe, of Manchester. The
greatest portion of the fund was raised in the manu-
facturing districts of the north of England. Lancashire
contributed 46,944/. 63. ; Yorkshire, 3,898/. 15s. 9d.;
Cheshire, 2,799/. ; Nottinghamshire, 525/. 7s. ; and
Warwickshire, 1,2841. The other English counties
subscribed comparatively small sums. Of the Scottish
towns Glasgow was the largest contributor, the sum
received from that place amounting to 4,206/. The
London subscription amounted to 11,763/. The receipt
of the entire subscription is acknowledged by Mr.
Cobden in the following letter ;
"TO THE SUBSCRIBERS TO THE COBDEN TESTIMONIAL