The Sun.
London, England, 1869-02-20 00:00:00

FRANCE.

BOURSE, Feb. 19.—Three o'clock.—The market
closed as follows :-
41.1vr Cent.

End of mouth... Fives 57 85
3 per Cent
End of month 7l 47i Mexican Loan 24 o 0
Credit
End of mouth... 293 Spanish Throes 33
Credit Fourier ...162 50 Home Debt —
End of mouth... Deforre.l —

Cash
Orleans ... 5
Northern
Lyons and Mediterranean

RAILWAYS.

612
595
585
51i
658,1;
4;Bk

Southern..
Western ..
Eastern ..
Sardinian
Austrian
Lombard
North of Spain
b'aragossa
Rowan.

BANK OF FRANCE.

PARIS, Feb. 18.

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.

Feb 11. Feb 18.
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) 7,041,776 02 7,014,776 02
Reserve of the Bank
and its branches 22,105,750 li 22,105,750 14
Rcserve of lathled pro-

perty - • 4,000,000 4,000,000
Notes in circulation 1,352,6:;3,7.50 1,313,10..),359
13ank notes to ordprund

receipts payablo at
sight 35,395,122 40 31,079,872 50
Treasury account cur-

rent ci•editir 131,017,963 43 143,155,793 37
Current accounts, Paris 2 5,112,96'2 17 253,'‘ 4 t,891 33
Do. branch banks 46,960,195 44,895,663
Dividends payabl,• 1,823,089 1,620,906
Discounts and buudry
interests
Rediscounted the last
six mouths 933,790 85 933,790 85
Surplus of receipts not
distributed —
Sundries

Total

CREDITOR.
b.Feb.Cash in hand and in Fe
fr.ll. C. Feb 18, c
f r.
Branch banks
Commercial bills over-
due 802,079 87 263,003 85
Commercial °bin; dis-
counted, not yet due 287,568,296 65 280,663,421 84
Do. branch banks 272,844,510 263,076,311
Advances on deposit of
bullion 31,036,400 28,898,600
Do. branch banks 6,937,180 4,210,000
Do. on French Public
Securities 13,603,700 13,615,500
Do. by branch banks 6,937,180 6,857,880
Do. on railway shares
and debentures 36,971,600 37,588,800
Do. branch banks
Do. on Credit Foncier
. Bonds
Do. branches
Do. to the State (Con-
vention, June 10,
1857) 60,000,000 60,000,000
Government Stock re-
serve 12,980,750 14 12,980,750 14
Do. disposable
Rentes Immobalisees
• (Law, June 2, 1857) 11,0,000,000 100,000,000
Hotel and furniture of
the Bank and landed
propel ty branches
Expenses of manage-
ment 263,207 54 273,842 14
Sundries

Total
Certified by the Senator-Governor of the Bank
of France.

(Signed)

ROULAND.

THEATRICAL AND MUSICAL 111 EMS.

Mr. George Perren is about to attempt a revival of Eng-
lish Opera at one of the West-end theatres.
On Monday evening Miss Eveline and Mr. George
Jordan will appear at the Lyceum in the " Wife's Secret."
Dr. Westland Marston's new play "Life for Life," for
Miss Neilson will be produced on the 16th of March.
Mr. Boucicault has another new piece ready for the
Princess's, in which Madame Celeste will sustain the lead-
ing part.
The anniversary festival of the Royal Society of Musi-
cians will take place ou the 31st of March at the Free-
masons' Tavern.

A morning performance is bring arranged to take placa
at Drury-lane Theatre for the benefit of the eufferers by
the destruction of the Hull theatre.

Mario is laid up with illness iu St. Petersburg.

Mr. Costa has refused his usual eugagement at the
Italian Opera, because it was not accompanied with the
usual independent control of the orchestra and chorus.

MR. SIMS REEVES AND HIS PUBLIC ENGAGE-
MENTS.—At the Cheltenham County-court yesterday an
action was tried in which the plaintiff was Mr. George
Hodson, lessee of the Gloucester and Cheltenham Theatres,
and the defendant Mr. Harrison, agent of Mr. Sims
Reeves, the claims being for damages for th 9 non-appear-
ance of Mr. Reeves at a concert given at Cheltenham, at
which he had been engaged to sing. The jury found for
the plaintiff for the full amount, £23. The verdict was
applauded by the audience.
The greatest number of successful candidates
from any one school at the late Cambridge local examina-
tion was 34, from the Devon County School, West Buck-
lend ; and the greatest number of boys in honours was 15,
from the same school.

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