The Sun.
London, England, 1869-01-02 00:00:00

THAIIES.

A MYSTERIOUS PAUPER.—James Johnston, an
able-bodied pauper, was brought befJre Mr. Paget,
charged with tearing up his suit of clothes in the
casu d ward of the Workhouse of St. George-in.
the East.

Mr. Newcombe, superintendent of the ward, said
that the prisoner had a night's lodging, and two
rations of bread and gruel, and refused to do any
work this morning. He then tore up his clothes,
and he provided him with a parish suit. The pri-
soner destroyed them also, and said they were
not fit for a " gentleman" to wear. He
was compelled to provide for another suit for the
pauper gentleman, and marched him to the station-
house. The prisoner said he came from Belfast,
and would walk all the way to Liverpool and-take
ship for his own country if the magistrate would
discharge him.

Mr. Paget said the prisoner was an idle and de-
structive fellow, and deserved a more severe punish-
ment than he was about to inflict. He sentenced
the prisoner to be imprisoned and kept to hard
labour for one month.

BANK OF FRANCE.

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PARIS, Dec. 31

The following is the return of the Bank of France
for the week ending to-day, together with the cor-
responding figures of the previous account :

DEBTOR.
Dec. 31.

Dec. 24.

Capital of the Bank....
Profits in addition to
capital (Art. 8, Law,
June 9, 1857)
Reserve of the Bank
and its branches
Reserve of landed pro-
perty 4,000,000 4,000,000
Notes in circulation
Banknotes to order and
receipts payable at
sight
Treasury account cur-

182,500,000 -

182,500,000

7,044,776 2

7,044,776

22,105,750 14 22,105,750 14

84,580,980 70

32,460,25 93

• rent creditor
Current accounts, Paris
Do. branch banks
Dividends payable
Discounts and sundry
interests'
Rediscounted the last

180,122,347 89
282,599,462 -
48,205,977 -
8,867,435 -

183,100,414 78

260; 487, 407 78

4006;297

684;423

765,324 13 8,230,815 37

six months
Surplus of receipts not
distributed
Sundries

933,790 85 703,152 4

6,345,387 02 8,496,978 92

Total
CREDITOR.
Cash in hand and in Dec. 31. Dec. 24. fr. c. fr.
!Branch banks
Commercial bills over-
due
Commercial bills dis-
counted, not yet due 368,835,035 78
Do. branch banks..: 272,134,755
Advances on deposit of
bullion
Do. branch banks
Do. on French Public
Securities
Do. by branch banks
Do. on railway shares
and debentures
Do. branch banks
Do. on Credit Foncier
Bonds
Do. branches
Do. to the State (Con-
vention, June 10,
1857)
Government Stock ro-
serve
Do. disposable
Routes Immobalisees
(Law, June 2, 1857) 1C0,000,000
Hotel and furniture of
the Bbnk and landed
Mpropez ty branches
Expenses of manage-
ment
Sundries
Total

582,301 88

221,386 83

256,363,107 14
236,923,822 -

39,411,100 -
3,648,100 -

38,668,000 -
3,316,800 -

12,779,500 -
7,156,400 -

12,051,600 -
7,021,100 -

37,417,000 -
28,503,500 -

37,241,500 -
28,331,400 -

976,400
907,000 -

963,700 -
913,400 -

60,000,000

•
60,000,000 -

12,980,750 14
80,633,437 21

12,980,750 14
80,633,437 21

100,000,000

8,961,075 -

8,970,059 -

3,174,05 -
15,618,872 -

Certified b .............. 2,160,879,680 80 2,042,806,961 83
Y the Senator-Governor of the Bank
of France.

(Signed) RoULAND.

RAILWAY COLLISION NEAR SHEFFIELD. —There
was a somewhat serious collision on the Sheffield and
Rotherham branch of the Midland Railway on Thursday
evening. As a coal train was being shunted on to the
siding leading to Messrs Vickers's works, it was run into
by a train from Rotherham. The passengers were very
much shaken, considerable damage was done to the
rolling stock, and some time elapsed before the Hue was
cleared•