The Sun.
London, England, 1858-11-13 00:00:00

LANDED ESTATES COURT.

Property to the amount of about £lOO,OOO was
disposed of yesterday before Judge Martley.

TIIE GWEEDORE SHEEP -STEALERS.

A " Donegal Landlord," writing to a Dublin
paper, tells this curious anecdote, for the truth of
which he vouches :—" Three or four days before Mr.
Nixon was shot, Mr. Cruise, resh.ent magistrate,
told me and several other people that he lately had
an interview with the Roman Catholic bishop and
some of his clergy, on the subject of a lot of sheep
(40) lately taken off the Gweedore Mountains, and
on informing them that the continuance of such
outrages in the district would cause the levy of the
police tax, which had been suspended, to bo re-
sumed, was told by them—first, that this lot of
sheep were taken by people not belonging to the
district ;' and on his saying that this would make
no difference, ' that the sheep would be brought
back again.' I would like to know if men who are
possessed of such accurate information, and who
make such undertakings, can be regarded -as other
than participcs cruni►us, or rather c►•i►ni►euni, of
their flocks."

THE BANK OF FRANCE.

DEBTOR.

Nov.

Oct.

V. C. P. C.
Capital of the Bank 91,?.50,000 0 91,2.50,000 0
Ditto, New
Profits in addition to Capi-
tal (Art. 8, Law of J title
9, 1857) 1,513,467 77 1,513,467 77
Reserve of the Bank
New Reserve
Ditto in landed property 4,000,000 0 4,000,000 0
Notes in circulation- 690,841,025 0 690,492,375 0
Bank-notes to order 6,60.5,774 59 7,454,000 83
Receipts payable at sight 7,320,086 0 8,096,786 0
Treasury account current
creditor
Sundry accounts current 13.5,557,608 9 140,199,963 75
Ditto with branch banks 30,212,141 0 28,320,980 0
Dividends payable 603,317 25 734,599 25
Discts. sundry interests 3,215,877 44 2,269,248 77
Commission on deposits 7,211,526 71 5,658,245 81
Re-discounted the last six
1,066,532 18 1,066,532 18
months
Surplus of paid-up bills 37,089 43 34,757 68
Sundries

Total .......... 1,203,083,633 21 1,215,458,509 31
CREDITOR:

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Oct.

F. C. F. C.
Cash in hand ........... 239,976,963 31 253,294,667 20
Cash in the branch banks. 286,438,641 0 296,080,748 0
Commercial bills overdue. 2,291,604 87 268,161 67
Commercial bills dis-
counted, not yet due 201,439,217 84 191,492,672 73
Do. in the brunch banks 219,246,724 0 211,724,901 0
Advanced on deposit of

847,700 0 1,006,300 0
1,457,500 0 1,654,600 0

bullion.
Do. by the branch banks..
Do. on French public secu-
rities
Do. by the branch banks 10,438,710 0
Do. on railway securities 48,793,400 0
Do. by the branch banks 24,664,3.50 0
Do.on Cr&lit Foncier Scrip 502,700 0
Do. on branch banks Scrip 210,100 0
Do. to the State on agree-
ment of June 30, 1848.. 45,000,000 0 45,000,000 0
Govern. stock reserved 12,980,750 14 12,980,750 14
Do. disposable
New shares, not settled
Motel and furn. of Bank .. 4,000,000 0 -- 4,000,000 0
Landed property of branch
banks
Expenses of management
Sundries

51,804,200 0
10,823,510 - 0
45,770,200 0
22,553,850 0
577,000 0
219,300 0

6,645,548 0 6,617,585 0
1,617,468 56 1,269,894 38
4,405,253 31 6,058,917 4

Total 1,203,083,633 21 1,215,458,509 34

Yesterday morning a meeting of the Reformer;
of Birmingham was held in the Committee.n om
of the Town-hall, fir the purpose of da?rmining
the best mode of rendering assistance to Mr. Bright
in preparing and introducing a Reform Bill into
Parliament. Mr. Muntz was in the ckair, and the
room was well filled. The chairman, after alluding
to what had taken place in reference to reform
since 1828, expressed his opinion of the propriety
of intrusting Mr. Bright with the Itask
of framing a Reform Bill. It had been said (added
the chairman) that they ought to place con-
fidence in the present Administration, and wait to
set what they were prepared to do. Some objected
to this, and asked what was to be expected of men
of their antecedents. Now, being an oldish man,
he (the chairman) could remember Lord Derby
being a member of Lord Grey's Cabinet, and in
correspondence with Thomas Attwood and the
Political Union of Birmingham. He could remem-
ber another very prominent member of the Govern-
ment, who was desirous of being one of the last
members of the great O'Connell's tail. There were
in the present Government other gentlemen who had
been accustomed to veer with the political weather-
cock just as the wind blew, and who could tell
whether, if a good stiff breeze blew from the north,
it would not influence them. (Hear, hear.) But
as it was doubtful how the present Government
might act, he thought the Reformers of England
should be prepared for the worst, and prepared to
support Mr. Bright in the measure he was going
to bring forward. (Cheers.) Before concluding, he
(Mr. Muntz) might advert to one very singular
style of remark indulged in some of the metropoli-
tan and provincial press with regard to reform.
The Times, for instance, stated that they wished they
could find one man who honestly wanted reform for
anything but a hobby. Now, he did not know what
the large meeting before him felt, but he knew at
least one man who did want reform, and that not
for a hobby. He believed he might say of all pre-
sent, as he did of himself, that if he were to consult
his interests, or his comfort, or his inclination, he
would never again enter into the turmoil of politics.
(Hear.) But lie did not undentand how any man
possessed of the slightest generosity of feeling could
stand aloof and take no part in a movement which
the interests of his country so obviously required.
(Cheers.)—Mr. W. Lucy said the resolution he had
to submit was a very general one, containing no de-
claration of principle whatever. It was well.under-
stood that not only would an extension of the franchise
be sought for in the proposed bill, but also that
which would be snore important still—a better dis,
tribution of the electoral districts. If a great
stand was made upon this point, much benefit
must follow. Having requested the gentleman
who probably stood foremost in England at
this moment to prepare a measure and take charge
of it, they had now an opportunity of uniting to
support a bill which, if at all good, would pro-
bably be refused neither by the House of Com-
mons nor the House of Lords. No man defended
the present system. No man possessed of com-
mon sense, or common knowledge could be found
who would say, " Let us stand still where .we
are." If the measures now proposed were too
sweeping, they might fail ; but of this he had no
fear. One thing was certain, that the more the
popular feeling was resisted the more it would
ultimately demand and have. (Hear.)—The resolu-
tion, which was seconded by Alderman Lloyd, was
unanimously agreed to.—On the motion of Mr.
George Edmonds, it was also agreed that an asso-
ciation should be formed, to be called the Binning-
ham Reform Association, for the purpose of co=
operating with Mr. Bright, and of w•;tching over
any bill on the subject of reform introduced into
Parliament. A committee was appointed to carry
the resolution into effect, and a subscription was
commenced. A sum of about £3OO was promised
by those present.