The Sun.
London, England, 1869-12-16 00:00:00

DEBTOR.

Dec. 2. Dec. 9.
fr. c. fr. c,
Capital of the Bank 182,500,000 182,500,000
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 22,105,750 14 22,105,750 14
Reserve of lauded pro-
perty 4,000,000 4,000,000
Notes in circulation
Banknotes to orderand
receipts payable at
sight 48,942,596 12 46,835,692 44
Treasury account cur-
rent creditor 222,395,969 04 218,758,168 66
Current accounts, Paris 322,924, 101 15 351,199,034 70
Do. branch banks 45,11x,077 45,779,808
Dividends payable 286,4774,— 851,473
Discounts and sundry
interests
Rediscounted the last
six months
Surplus of receipts not
distributed —
Sundries

Total
CItEDIWOR.

Dec. 9. Doc. 2.
Cash in hand and in fr. c. fr. c.
Branch banks 1,24246,124 76 1,233,508,807 51
Commercial bills over-

due
Commercial bills dis-

339,784 37

931,774 46

counted, not yet due 319,067,353 94 309,841,100 03
Do. branch banks 285,933,929 802,234,930
Advances on deposit of
bullion
Do. branch banks 1,8(13,080 —2,1,02,98 - -
Do. on French Public
Securities 22,619,400 19,553,000
Do. by branch banks 8,895,700 8,90,600
Do. on railway shares
and debentures • 39,619,600 40,172,100 --•
Do. branch banks -
Do. on Credit Pow:kr
Bonds
Do. branches
Do. to the Sate (Con-
vention, June 10,
1837) 60,000,000 60,000,000
Government Stock re-

serve 12,980,750 14 12,980,750 14
Do. disposable
ilentes Immobalisdes

(Law, June 2, 1857) 100,000,000 100,000,000
Hotel and furniture of
the Bank and lauded
propel Ly branches... 9,057,681 9,171,784
Expenses of manage-

inent v 2,511,841 43 2,505,975 19
Sundries

Total
CertiOed by the Seuator-Governor of the Bank
of France.

(Signed) R 0 ULAND.

THE SEA SERPENT AGAIN.

Everybody will be glad to hear that the sea ser-
pent has turned up again ; and what makes the in-
telligence doubly gratifying is that, not only does

it seem in good health and spirits, but since we last
heard of it it has given birth to a small serpent.
There can be little doubt that the domestic arrange-
ments consequent upon this inter. sting event have
been the cause of its temporary seclusion. Captain
Allen, of the barque Scottish Bride, was fortunate
enough to meet the mother and her child on the
23d of last month, in latitude 38 16, long. 74.09,
and full accounts of the appearance of both are
given in the American papers. It seems that Cap-
tan Allen (who has been " interviewed" on the
subject by the Commercial Advertiser) was in his
cabin at dinner when he was summoned on deck
by his second mate. There he found the crew as-
sembled on the starboard side of the vessel, looking
with " awe-stricken" faces in the water. Ho also
joined them, and a sight met his eye the memory
of which, he says, will never fade. About four feet
from the vessel lay the monster, " accompanied by
a smaller specimen of its own species." It (the
mother serpent) was about twenty-five in length
and proportionately thick ; its head was
very large and flat,lllwhile at each side,
on the extreme edge, were set two bright scin,
tilating eyes, " looking dangerous and wicked."
Its back was covered with large scales, like the cro-
codile, about three inches in length, which booked
together and formed an impenetrable armour. Its
belly was of a tawny yellow colour, and alto-
gether hideous. The child serpent was but a
few feet in length, but in shape and colour closely
resembled its mother. The captain gave orders
to have a boat lowered to attack the monster,
but the little serpent was too sharp for him. Its
attention bad by this time been called to the
presence of the vessel ; it raised its head a few
inches above the surface and then went towards
its parent, and seemed to tell her of the circum-
stance, upon which she immediately disappeared
head downwards, her body describing a circle like
a hook, thus exposing to view her tail, which Cap-
tain Allen says tapered off to a sharp point. 'I he
calm that had beset the vessel now gave way to a
storm, much to the alarm of the sailors, who dur-
ing the whole of the night would not go on deck
without lanterns, such was their fear of again
meeting this disagreeable creature with her off-
sprit)... The officers and crew of the ship testify,
we are told, to the truth of the story in all its
essential points.

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unless the cause of the irregularity be expelled from the
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secretions. Such easy means of instituting health,
strength, and cheerfulness should be easily available, to
check, it possible, the first symptoms of approaching ill-
ness, or, at all events, to break its fierceness and to cheek
its progress Ore it Qbtains &firm footing.

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