The Sun.
London, England, 1851-01-07 00:00:00

LIABILITIES.

Capital ...

... f. 67,900,000 0

Ditto of the Branch Banks ... 23,350,000 0
Reserve fund ... 10,000,000 0
Ditto of the branch banks 2,980,730 14
Reserve-immobiliere ... 4,000,000 0
Notes to bearer, in circulation 420,5E0,800 0
Ditto of the branch banks ... 86,899,225 0
Ditto to order (post-bills) ... 6,099 809 47
Account-current with Treasury creditor 77,052,373 53
Various accounts current 73,714.690 17

Ditto in branches ... ...
Bills payable at sight
Ditto at branches ... ...
Dividends payable . .
Liquidation of the Algiers Bank
Discounts, interest, and expenses
Ditto of branch banks ...
Expenses anticipated
ne-discounts of the last six months
Ditto in branch banks .. ...
Miscellaneous ...

... 25,017,763 0
3, 728,000 0
... 2 624,186 0
... 4,403,747 25
.•• 8,730 0
... 100,896 53
... 160,763 0
... 409,116 68
... 169,730 65
... 287,673 0
... 2,581,383 98

f,817,049.638 40
Certified by the Governor of the Bank of France,
D'ARGOUT.

It appears by the precedinz account that the cash in
hand has increased by 750,000 F. The commercial bills
discounted hie increased by 11,250,000 f. The Bank
notes in circulation have 4.1-crewed by 2,500,000 F.
Tho baknee t the credit of the Treasury has decreased
by ,CO()2 COOf. 'sundry credit; have decreased by
1,00,000 f.

THE RECENT MURDER IN PARIS.
The authorities 11.1ve commenced a searching in-
vestigation into all the circumstances of the murder of
the aged female, Madame Lebelle, and the attempted
murder of Madame Itibault, both of the Rue Bourbon
le, Chateau. It appears that afzer the assastin had
gone away, Mad Arne Itibault, whilst lying bleeding
on the ground, feared that she would die before as-
sistance sboal.d arrive ; she accordingly attempted
to trace in blood on her chemise characters which
would indicate the assassin, but, reflecting that
they would not be legible, she, by a great effort,
managed to crawl to a chimney-board, where she
traced with her finger, dipped in blood, the letters
" Commis dr. lki. T—." These letters are very it-•
regular, but are perfectly legible; some others-that
foitb Iv the letter 'L' are illegible. After this Madame
• Riblult begin to make as much noise as her failing
strength would allow, in order to attract assistance, and
at last the door of hor apartment was forced open.
The courage displayed by this old lady was extraor-
dinarily great. For eight hours she remained lying
on the ground in a pool of blood, and every hour be-
came weaker and weaker, and during all this time the
corpse of her murdered companion was lying near her.
After Madame Eibault had been stabbed by the as-
sassin in different places, he attempted to thrust a piece
of cloth into her Brost, but she succeeded in dragging
it away. The cloth in question, a napkin, was found;
it bore the marks of teeth and blood. It was be-
lieved that M,darne Lebelle had been strangled ; but
on examination of her throat by medical men,
core of the contusions occasioned by strangulation
could he discovered. In examining the mouth of
the deceased, a back pin was found, and after-
wards a piece of black ribbon was seen in the throat.
Br t) aid of instruments this was with some
difficulty pulled tin, and to it was attached the cap
which Madame Ribault had worn on the previous
evening. This cap had been presed into a sort of
ball, and thrust violently into the throat of deceased
by a stick, or some such sort of thing. Madame Ri-
bault is in a sesious state, hut there is reason to 1)2-
lieve that she will recover. The assassin is named
Laforcade, nod the newspaper to which he belongs is
the Petit courrier des Dames Yesterday morning
he atternpl-e:d suicide by opening a vein with a piece
of glass, which he took from the window ; but he
was discovered in time, and measures were at once
taken to prevent any new attempt.—Galignani's
Messenger.

LAUNCH OF THE, MARION MACINTYRE.

A most interesting. event in the annals
of ship-
building took place on Saturday last, at the building
yard of Messrs. Jordan and Getty, Sefton-street, by
the lauching of a beautiful barque called the Marion
Alacintyre. More than ordinary interest was
excited from the fact that the principle on
which this vessel is built is almost entirely
dew ; but one experimental craft, the Excelsior,
having been previoy constructed upon it, under a
patent obtained for combining the strengthening unity
of wood and iron.
Booker, The Excelsior was built for Josias
Esq., to trade to the_ West India islands, and
the success attendant upon her voyage outward drew
to the scene of the launch hundreds of merchants and
others interested in the trade
and corn, c,
pelt ; and, at- the hour announced, h nerc... of the
thant ere could not
have been fewer persons present
portionthousand,
n f
amongst whom were many of the fairera
creation.
Almost punctually to the hour, twelve o'clock, the
launch took place amidst the usual demonstrations
such occasions, the ceremony of christening being
performed by Mrs. J. Macintyre.
The Marion Macintyre is about 300 tons register.
She is 117 feet in length (builders' measurement, keel
and fore-rake), with a beam of 22 feat 5 inches, which
amidships is carried well down to her bilge, giving her
great bearing, and not interrupting her well rounded
lines, fare and aft. Her stern, which is gracefully
ornamented with carved work, somewhat approxi.
mates to that known as the Aberdeen clippers. Aft
she is equally clean. On her stern is a bold carving
of the Royal Arms of Scotland, surrounded by re-
lieved foliage work, running to the quarters. The
peculiarity of this vessel is, that the whole of her
framework i= of angle iron, and, where extraordi.
Try strenqkh is required, it is rivetted back to back,
rming what is known as T iron. Diego-
nll pieces (iron) commence, crossing each other amid-
ships, and run oppositely, fore and aft, connecting
every " ttnber," while exterior stringers are car-
ried to fOrm a circle, so as to prevent the possibility
of her either " hogging" or " breaking her back."
The planking is most ingeniously attached to
this framing, and, while the tension of iron is
brought fully into play, the resistance of wood is
equally effective. Her ceiling is all put down with screw
bolts, so that it can by removed when required, and
thus full access is given to examine relative to cor.