The Sun.
London, England, 1848-08-01 00:00:00

BANK OF FRANCE.

The following is the return of the state of the Bank of
France and its branches to the 27th July, 1848:

A NETS.

Cash in coin and ingots . . ... f. 90,878,058 48
Ditto in branch banks ... ... 76,554,648 00
Bills past due ... ... ... ... 1,384,778 91
Billb becoming due in Paris ... ... 98,753,161 52
Bills in the branch banks ... ... 139,595,100 67

Advances on coins and ingots... ... 16,186,300 00
Ditto on French public securities ... 37,982,596 65
Ditto by branch banks... ... ... 1,365,925 00
Ditto to the State on Bons du Tresor... 50,000,000 00
Advance to the State on the loan of
150,000,000 f. 25,000,000 60
Reserve Renter 10,000,000 00

Rentes, disposable funds ... 11,248,460 71
Investments of the new branch banksin

the public funds ... ... 12,806,741 39
Hotel and furniture of the bank ... 4,000,000 00
Real property and branch banks ... 2,523,241 00
Interest in the branch bank at Algiers... 1,000,000 00
Interest in National Discount Bank ... 200,000 00

Ditto branch banks ... 230,000 00
Bills Protested at Paris ... ... 23,065,307 37
Ditto in the branches ... ... 11,012,655 00

Expenses of administration of the bank
Ditto at branches ... ... ...

500 00
46,970 00

Miscellaneous ... ... ... .-.. 1,605,592 00

£617,434,037 97

LIABILITIES.

Capital ... . • ... ... ... 67,900,000 00
Ditto of the new Branch Banks ... 23,350,000 00
Reserve fund ... ... ... ... 10,000,000 00

Ditto of the branch banks ... ... 2,980,650 14
Reserve-immobilii.Te 4,000,000 00
Notes to bearer, in circulation ... ... 307,050,500 00
Ditto of the branch banks ... 69,023,075 00
Ditto to order (post-bills) 655,055 00
Account-current with Treasury ... 12,197,246 00
Various accounts current 51,049,212 53
Ditto at branches ... 23,268,865 00
Bills payable at sight ... 2,357,000 00
Ditto in branches ... 1,432,464 00
Bills of the branch banks payable by
the Bank ... 4,821,355 72
Ditto of the Bank payable by branches . 1,945,717 00
Dividends payable . . 1,204,990 75
Branch Bank of Algiers, sum not yet
employed in Treasury Bonds ... 1,109,638 19
Discounts, diverse interests, &c. 739,1K35 30
Ditto branch bank ... 771,205 00
Re-discounts of the last six months ... 422,932 27
Ditto branch banks ... ... 642,105 00
Miscellaneous ... 482,081 97

617,434,037 97

Certificate confirmed,
The Governor of the Bank, D'ARGOUT.

ITALY.

Letters from the :Piedmontese army of the 24th
state that on the previous day General Asrae, with
25,000 men, came out from Verona, forced the
position of Sona and Somma Campagna, and drove
the Piedmontese from all the country be•
tween the Upper Adige and the Lake of
Garda, and the plain of Verona and the
Mincio. At the same time an Austrian force of 8,000
descended the Montebeldo, and, after taking the
heights of La Corona, ejected the Piedmontese from
the Plateau of Rivoli. The beaten Sardinians,
whose force was not one-fourth that of the enemy,
retired opportunely, some to Peschiera, others
across the Mincio, and a few to Villafranca.
On the 24th General ASPRE attempted to force
the Mincio at Monzanvano' and to establish a
bridge at Salionza, but at the hour the courier left,
he had not succeeded at either point. He proposed,
it was said, descending to Vallegio, and trying to
force the river at Borghetto, as the heights at his, the
left side of the river, command the right. The Pied-
montese had, therefore, broken up the bridge, and
troops were ordered from Goito to defend that impor-
tant point.
Letters of the 25th state that the Austrians had
been successful in all their operations. The Mincio
had been forced at Monzambano and at Salionga,—
and Ponti on the right bank at Pozzolongo, six miles
at this side of it are occupied. The King, with
25,000 men, was at Villafranca. It was said he was
marching towards Goito by one account, while another
alleged that he was moving on Somme Campagna. The
King's hesitation arose from the uncertainty which
prevailed of the enemy's ulterior object, as it was
still uncertain whether he meant to follow up his
successes on the right of the Mincio, attack the posi-
tion of Goito, destroy the field-works and entrench-
ments made there by the Piedmontese, and then enter
Mantua by La Grazzie, or retire by the road now open
to him to the Upper Adige, cross the river at Pon-
tone or Bussolargo, and march into Verona by the
high road of the Tyrol, liberated by his late operations.
The fortresses of Peschiera were closed even to the
Piedmontese troops, and all those who defended the
passage of the hlincio have retired in some disorder
on Sonata, where they are to rally and be reformed.
A perfect panic prevailed in the country on the right
of
an°
zz the Mincio, so much so that all the visitors at De-
er iononthe theL akeof Garda,to Milan,
O fled milie in dismay
from
Monday night to
Pes-
chiera,high road
Brescia. The Austrians had com-
mitted no excesses, and
the cavalry that appeared at
Pozzolongo on Tuesday morning, on alighting at the