The Sun.
London, England, 1867-11-01 00:00:00

DEATH OF THE EARL OF ROSSE, K.P.

A telegram from Dublin informs us of the death
of the Earl of Rosse, which took place yesterday at
his residence in that' city, after a protracted illness.
It is a remarkable fact that three distinguished men
—distinguished for their great knowledge in astro-
nomical science—namely, the Earl of Rosse, Sir
James South, rand Lord Wrottesley—have died
within a period of 10 days, men who have left a
mark behind them in scientific progress. The late
Earl of Bosse had contribut .d papers to the Philo-
sophical Transactions of the Ito) al Society, and had
been awarded the royal weld by that learned body,
of which he was president from November, 18 iS,
to November, 1851. Ile was a member of mmmv
learned and scientific,. societies, and als ) of the Im
perial Academy of St. Petersburg. He was also
nominated a member of the Legion of Honour of
France for his great scientific attainments. T:le
noble earl's name will for ever be identified with the
wonderful telescope he er;eted on his estate at Par-
sonstown, in Ireland—a work of great labour, ex-
pense, and time—commenced in 1828 and corn -
pleted in 1815, at the outlay of upwards of .U. 0,000.
It still remains the most wonderful instrument in
Europe, being the largest and most perfect ever
constructed.

The late Right llon. William Parsons, Earl of
Rosse, county Wexford, and Baron Oxmantown,
county Dublin, in the peerage of Ireland, of which
his lordship was a representative peer in the House
of Lords, was the eldest son of Laurence, second
Earl of Rosse, by his wife Alice, daughter of Mr.
John Lloyd, of Gloster, King's County, and was
born 17th June, 1800, and married 14th April,
1836, Mary, eldest daughter and co-heir of the late
Mr. John Warren Field, of Heaton Hall, Yorkshire,
by whom, who survives him, he leaves issue three
sons, the eldest, Laurence, Lord Oxmantown, born
in 1840, being successor to the title.
The highly respected earl was educated at the
Dublin University before going to Magdalen Col-
lege, Oxford, at which university he took high
honours, being first class in mathematics in 1822.
He was M.P. for King's County, Ireland, in the
House of Commons from 1821 to 1834, and suc-
ceeded his father in the earldom in 1811. In 1845
he was elected a representative peer of Ireland, and
had been Lord Lieutenant of King's County Militia
from 1834. Since 18G2 he had filled the distin-
guished post of the Chancellor of the University of
Dublin. Latterly he had directed his attention to
the local interests of Ireland, and had published a
very valuable pamphlet on the state of that country.
The deceased nobleman was a Conservative in
politics, and during the last Session of Parliament
invariably supported the Government, and was
among the peers who voted for the Reform Bill.
The late Earl of Rosse, independently of his great
scientific attainments, was a genial companion and
a liberal landlord. By his friends and tenantry he
was deservedly beloved.

BANK OF FRANCE

PARIS, OCt. 31.

The following is tho return of tho Bank of France
for the week ending to-day, together with the cor-
responding figures of the previous account :

DZIITOR.
Oct. 31.
fr. 4.
182,500,000

Oat. 24.
fr. e.
182,500,000

Capital of the Bank.,
Profits in addition to
capital (Art. 8, Law,
Juno 9, 1857)
Reserve of the Bank
and its branches
Reserve of landed pro-
perty 4,000,000 4,000,000
Notes in circulation
Banknotes to order and
receipts payable at
sight
Treasury account cur-

7,014,776 02

7,044,776 02

22,105,750 14

22,105, 750 14

3G,976,243 89

31,315,752 3

rent creditor
Current uCCOULItS, Paris
Do. branch batiks
Dividends payable
Discounts and sundry

81,413,628 52
318,376,711 81
32,570,513 -
6-1/,091 75

84,621,016 40
343,458,024 -
40,625,6U2 -
V 17,01.2 75

interests
Llodiscouutod tho last
six months
Surplus of rocoipts not

5,931,371 15

5,571;533 74

1,093,802 30 1,093,802 80

distributed
Sundries

8,507,421 91 8,7136,483 90

Tool

CREDITOR.
Oct. 31.
fr.

Oct. 2L
fr.

Cash in hand and in

Branch banks
Commercial bills over-
due
Commercial bills dis-

528,983 18 209,032 3