The Sun.
London, England, 1848-12-30 00:00:00

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FRANCE.

We read in the Moniteur :

" An exemplary punishment has just been inflicted on
the first division of the Ecole Special° Militaire, in con-
sequence of grave disorders which took place in the night
of the 19th of this month, of which it is important to
make known the motives. The participation of the pupils
of that division in all the events which have oc-
curred at Paris since the revolution of February,
their long absence from the shoo], the antici-
pated advancement accorded to the promotion which
preceded them, and the hopes they had themselves
conceived, left in their minds an agitation injurious to
the discipline of the schools, and thus caused the Minis-
ter of War to send them to their families to the month
of October last. From that time to the present calm
was re-established in the schools, and the studies con-
tinued their course in a satisfactory manner. But the
entry of the newly admitted students caused some bsd
traditions, which have never been completely destroyed,
to be restored, and thus drew on a small number of pupils
punishments from which they had tho pretensions to re-
lieve themselves on account of the importance they at-
tached to the services which they rendered in Paris, and
the praises they had received for them. These punish-
ments became the pretext of tumultuous demonstrations,
forbidden by the regulations, and, at length, in the
evening of the 19th, the agitation assumed the charac-
ter of open revolt, during which the authority of the
chiefs was completely and grossly disregarded. In con-
quence of the investigation which took place on these
events, the first division was dismissed, and immediately
re-organized by a special commission, which only admit-
ted the pupils who, by their conduct and industry, of-
fered the strongest guarantees for securing order in the
school, and good officers to the army."
The following is a return of the situation of the Bank
of France on the 28th of December, 1848

A SSETS.

. . f. 143,243,781 44
. . 115,335,537 00
198,677 80

Cash and ingots ...
Ditto in branch banks
Bills past due ••• •••
Bills falling due in Paris, of which
14,651,874 f. 77c. are from the branch
banks 58,458,853 08
Bills in the branch banks ... 104,833,577 22
Advances on coins and ingots... ... 17,560,918 00
Ditto on French public securities ... 32,754,368 85
Ditto by branch banks... ... ... 1,560,310 00
Ditto to the State on Bons du TrCsor... 50,000,000 00
Ditto on the loan of 150 millions ... 50,000,000 00
Rentes of the reserve fund 10,000,000 00
Rentes, disposable funds ... 34,771,288 62
Investments of the new branch banks in
the public funds ... ... 12,806,741 39
Hotel and furniture of the Bank 4,000,000 00
Real property of the branch banks ... 2,273,658 00
Loan of 10,000,000 f. to the city of Paris 5,500,000 00
Interest in National Discount Bank ... 200,000 00
Ditto branch banks 230,000 00
Bills protested at Paris ... 11,256,525 42
Ditto at the branches 5,259,618 00
Expenses of administration of the Bank
Ditto of the branches
Miscellaneous •••
Consolidation of Treasury Bonds

... 32,663 00
... 749,102 20
7,848,032 50

E 668,873,682 47

U~BILITIEU.

Capital •.• •• • • •••
Ditto of the Branch Banks
Reserve fund ...

... f. 67,900,000 00
... 23,350,000 00
... 10,000,000 00

Ditto of the branch banks ... 2,980,750 00
Reserve•immobiliere 4,000,000 00
Notes to bearer, in circulation ... 392,780,700 00
Ditto of the branch banks ... 16,317,225 00
Ditto to order (post-bills) ... 437,218 65
Account-current with Treasury creditor 25,176,814 35
Various accounts current ... 82,011,436 04
Ditto in branches 25,959,324 00
Bills payable at sight ... 3,022,300 00
Ditto at branches ... 940,356 00
Bills of the branch banks payable by
the Bank ..• 5,188,015 86
Ditto'of the Bank payable by branches.. 2,509,630 00
Dividends payable . 4,279,176 25
Liquidation of the Algiers Bank 341,384 04
Discounts, and diverse.interest... ... 608,788 04
Ditto branch banks 99,990 00
Ro-discounts of the last six months ... 246,051 47
Ditto in branch banks -.. ... 455,275 00
Miscellaneous ... 262,747 77

f. 668,873,682 47