The Sun.
London, England, 1869-12-17 00:00:00

APRIL.'

Aldershot 7, 8 I Kingsbury

Tllls HOLLORN 17,11)UCT.

The report of the engineers appointed to examine
the present condition of the viaduct has to day
been preat"-uted to the Court of Common Cou. cil.
After th.e. most 'minute examination tf the (laws
in the granite supports it i, the opinion of tho
,!ngineers.,.that the defect is merely superficial,
it'd in uo way affects either the durability or
strength of the work. Orders, therefore, have fern
given to at once fill up the fissures in the b:ocks of
granite, so that the mirk of completing C.is im-
portant, public improvement will be pr,pceoded wi• It
without any further delay.

ITA LY.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

RoME, Dec. 14.

The Bull, which has been published, provil-
ing that in case the Poutiticial Chair might be-
come vacant during the sitting of the CEcumeuical
Council, the Council should only reassemble at the
pleasure of the new Pontiff is a preliminary for-
mality al pertaming to all Councils of the Church.
The health of the Pope continues excellent.
There is no foundation in the rumour that the
Holy S::e is disposed, in consequence of the re-
spectful representations of several Fathers, to mo-
dify, in a liberal sense, the tenor of the letter
" Multiplices," wherein the regulations for the con-
duct of the Council are laid down.
The Queen of Wurtemburg leaves to-morrow for
Florence on her return to Stuttgart.

BANK OF FRANCE.

PARIS, Dee. 16.

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 :

Dec. 9.

DEBTOR.
Dee. 2.
fr. c.
Capital of the Bank 182,500,000
Profits in addition to
Capital (Art. 8, Law,
June 9, 1857) 7,044,776 02 7,044,776 02
Reserve of the Bank
and its branches
Reserve of landed pro-
perty 4,000,000 4,000,000
Notes in circulation 1,372,828,350 1,350,527,620
Banknotes to order and
receipts payable at
sight
Treasury account cur--
rent creditor 222,395,969 04 218,758,168 66
Current accounts, Paris 322,924,101 15 354,199,034 70
Do. branch banks 45,118,677 45,779,808
Dividends payable 286,477A— 851,473
Discounts and sundry
interests
Rediscounted the last
six months
Surplus of receipts not

182,500,000 -

22,105,750 11 22,105,750 14

48,942,596 12 46,835,692 44

991,660 38 991,660 38

_
distributed
Sundries

Total
CREDITOR. _ _

Dec. 9.

Dec. 2.

Cash iu hand and in fr. c. fr. c.
Branch banks
Commercial bills over-
due
Commercial bills dis-
counted, not yet due 319,067,353 94 309,811,100 03
Do. branch banks 285,933,929 302,234,930
Advances on deposit of

339,784 37

934,774 46

21,616,000 -
1,803,080 -

bullion
Do. branch banks
Do. on French Public
becurities 22,619,400
Do. by branch banks 8,805,700
Do. on railway shares
and debentures
Do. branch banks
Do. on Credit Fender

21,439,200 -2,t,02,980

19,553,000 -
8,969,600 -

40,172,100 --
33,034,450 -

1,134,900 -
1,299,40)0 -

Bonds
Do. branches
Do. to the State (Con-
vention, June 10,
1857) 60,000,000
Government Stock re-

1,129,600 -
3,217,200 -

60,000,000 -

12,980,750 11 1-2,980,750 14
80,595,187 21 80,595,187 21

serve
Do. disposable
Elentes Immobalis6es
(Law, June 2, 1857) 100,000,000
Hotel and furniture of
the Bunk and landed
propel ty branches
Expenses of manage-

100,000,000 -•

9,057,684 -

9,171,784 -

went
Sundries

2,541,841 43 2,505,975 19
7,116,007 57 9,009,869 18

Total
Certified by the Senator-Governor of the Bank

of France.

(Signed) RQULAAD•