The Sun.
London, England, 1869-04-16 00:00:00

BANK OF FRANCE.

PARIS, April 15.

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.
April a.
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 0
Reserve of the Bank
and its branches
Reserve of landed pro-
perty 4,000,000 4,000,000
Notes in circulation
Banknotes to orderand
receipts payable at
sight
Treasury account cur-
rent creditor 154,509,822 63 155,608,280 14
Current accounts, Paris 263,437,174 90 216,648,475 44
Do. branch banks 42,724,878 41,970,021
Dividends payable 1,036,279 979,540
Discounts and sundry
interests
Rediscounted the last
six months
Surplus of receipts not
distributed
Sundries

April 15.
fr.
182,500,000

22,105,750 14 22,105,750

35,658,290 01 35,940,463 22

5,207,6:)7 GO 5,511,463 96

933,790 85 933,790 83

Total
CREDITOR.
April 8. April 15.
Cash in hand and in fr. c. fr. c.
Branch banks
Commercial bills over-
due
Commercial bills dis-

196,294 62

counted, not yet due 253,263,352 57 263,534,069 81
Do. branch banks 235,408,626 236,87.5,068
Advances on deposit of
bullion
Do. branch
.banks 3,144800
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) 60,000,000
Government Stock re-

17,C05,200

2,563',800

13,635,100 - 13,704,900
6,583,080 - 6,44.6,580

38,611,600
28,319,300

996,200 - 995,800

958;400 - 959;500

60,000,000

serve
Do. disposable
lien tes Immobalisees

12,980,750 14 12,980,750 14
80,633,437 21. 80,627,187 21

(Law, June 2, 1857) 100,000,000
klotel and furniture of
the Bank and landed
propel ty branches ...
Expenses of manage-

100,000,000

9,003,812 - 9,022,395

went
Sundries

1,151,169 52 1,174,503 92
9,854,085 16 9,385,403 56

Total ' 2,050,346,479 64 2,055,760,431 16
Certified by the Senator-Governor of the Bank
of France.

(Signed) RoULAND.

ARCHBISHOP .11.41V1V/NG AND IHE

FENIAN PRISONERS.

The formal reply promised by Archbishop Man-
ning to the deputation that waited upon him on
Monday from the English Amnesty Committee,
with the view of obtaining his grace's sanction to
signatures being taken at the Roman Catholic
Church doors in London to the petitions praying
the Queen's pardon to the Fenian prisoners, reached
the secretary of the Amnesty Committee, Mr. J.
P. M'llonnell, late on Wednesday night. It is in
these terms :

" 8, York-place, W. April 13, 1869.
" Sir,—l have carefully considered the request
made to me yesterday by the Amnesty Committee,
that copies of their petitions should be signed at the
Catholic churches in London. I need not assure
you, and the committee through you, that anything
directed to the obtaining mercy would always have
my sympathy, and, if I am unable in this instance
to comply with their request, my decision is dic-
tated by duty, and I may add by the strong con-
viction of what will _best promote the object you
have in view.

" The invariable rule of the diocese handed down
to me by my predecessors has been to exclude from
our churches all matters which are not religious
or ecclesiastical. From that rule I am unable to
depart.
" I desire very strongly to express my opinion
that your hope of obtaining an amnesty for political
offences will be greatly weakened by seeming to
identify your appeal with the Roman Catholic
churches in London, and that it will be greatly
strengthened by disengaging your appeal from all
special associations of nation and religion, and by
addressing it to the kindly and merciful feelings
of our country at large. With every good wish, I
remain, sir, your faithful servant,
" f HENRY EDWARD MANNING,
Archbishop of Westminster.
"J. 1114)ot:well, Esq."