The Sun.
London, England, 1867-09-20 00:00:00

BANK OF FRANCE.

PARIS, Sept. 19.
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.
Sept. 19.
fr. C.
Capital of the Bank.... 182,500,000
Profits in addition to
capital (Art. 8, Law,
June
Reseryo 9,
of 1857 the )
Bank 7,044,776 02 7,044,776 02

Sept. 12.
fr.

182,500,000

and its branches 22,105,750 11 22,105,750 14
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-

30,401,492 09 31,377,826 68

rent creditor 95,903,098 94,203,229 90
Current accounts, Paris 285,894,500 29 295,420,388 91
Do. branch banks 41,240,869 37,533,904
Dividends payable 1,191,125 7i 1,252,932 75
Discounts and sundry
interests
Rediscounted the last
six months
Surplus of receipts not

distributed
Sundries ....,

1,093,802 80 1,093,802 80
6,672,650 73 6,883,451 56

Total
CREDITOR.
Sept. 19. Sept. 12.
Cash in hand and in fr. c. fr.
Branch banks
Commercial bills over-
due
Commercial bills dis-
counted, not yet due 215,708,803 34 213,426,262 30
Do. branch banks 218,693,204 221,284,579
Advances on deposit of
bullion 55,567,500
Do. branch banks 10,126,431
Do. on French Public
Securities
Do. by branch banks
Do. on railway shares
and debentures
Do. branch banks
Do. on Credit Foncier

199,757 35

109,335 58

b 5,885,400
9,901,031

12,509,400 -
7,310,000 -

12,420,100
7,164,900

37,319,700
26,479,750

814,800 -
770,550 -

Bonds
Do. branches
Do. to the State (Con-
vention, June 10,
1857) 60,000,000

800,500
781,050

60,000,000

Government Stock re-

serve
Do. disposable
Renters Inixaobalisees

12,980,750 14 12,980,750 14
35,993,737 91 35,993,737 91

(Law, June 2, 1857) 100,000,000 100,000,000
Hotel and furniture of
the Bsnk and landed
propezty branches
Expenses of manage-
ment 1,332,311 34 1,158,959 48
Sundries

8,376,848 -

8,375,740

Total 1,797,686,387 44 4794,479,578 80
Certified by the Senator Governor of the Bank of France.
(Signed) ROULAND.

SANGUINARY 7 UMULTS IN SO UTLIERN

ITALY.

A Florence letter of the 13th inst. says :—Popular
umults, attended by the moat atrocious acts of
bloodshed, continue to take place in those parts of
the southern provinces visited by cholera. The
populace iu every case appear to have been excited
by their belief that the cholera was propagated
amongst them by the authorities or other persons
who either poisoned their wells, or had some means
of infecting the air with the deadly epidemic. Some
journal; however, attribute the sanguinary excesses
that bare been committed to Baurbon and clerical
intriguers, who have sought to make the epidemic
a means of disseminating hatred against the Go-
vernment, and exciting rebellion. Particulars have
just reached this city of a terrible scene that occurred
within the past week at Ardore, a town in Calabria.
Upon the first appearance of cholera at that place
the populace assembled in arms before the druggist's
shop loudly declaring their intention of burning it
to the ground. There was no military at Ardore ex-
cept a few men belonging to a company stationed
at Gerace. The officer in charge, Signor Garzoni, on
hearing the tumult, immediately hastened to the spot
and endeavoured to dissuade the rioters from their
purpose. But the populace had lost all respect for
the authorities, who, besides, had no means of en-
forcing the law. The earnest appeals of Garzoni
only served, in fact, to increase the fury of the mob,
who finally rushed forward, crushing the unhappy
officer to death under their feet. The druggist's
shop was immediately afterwards set on fire and the
family within ruthlessly butchered. But the thirst
for blood was not yet appeased, for 20 other per-
sons also fell victims to tile ferocity of the populace.
The body of the officer, Garzoni, adds the narrator
of the scene, was thrown to the pigs. Six soldiers
and three carabineers were wounded. Many of those
who took part in these excesses fled from the town
Ito escape retribution at the hands of the troops,
which were rapidly marched upon Ardoro imme-
diately upon receipt of intelligence of what had
taken place. The atrocious acts of the rioters had
produced much indignation throughout the pro-
vince, and 2,000 of the National Guard from va-
rious towns had hastened to the mountains sur-
rounding Ardore, in order to prevent the escape of
the fugitives. Similar tumults have also occurred
in the district of Pontentino. Early on the morning
of the bth inst. the populace, mostly armed, sur-
rounded the house of a certain Antonio Sabellino,
whom they accused of being a poisoner. In the same
house were Francesco, the brother of Antonio, and
a friend, named Giacomo Di Mettle. Some of the
chief rioters broke their way into the house, which
they immediately began to search for the alleged
poison. At length they found on a shelf in mi.') of
the rooms a jar full of a paste that Sabellino kept
for poisoning rats. " Here is the poison," shouted a
woman, one of the foremost among the savage crew.
To prove its effects a dog was made to swallow some
of the paste, and of course died in a few minutes. No
sooner was this known than the mob rushed upon the
two brothers and their friend and brutally mur-
dered them. The few carabineers on the spot were
utterly powerless before the rioters, and it was ne-
cessary to send for a company from Potenza, which
did not arrive, however, until after the populace bad
dispersed. At Leoni, in the Avellinese, the people
assembled riotously, shouting that one of the public
wells had been poisoned, and demanding that the
water should be analysed. In the parish of Cog-
liano, in the Rossanese, it was firmly believed that
the poisoners went from door to door and blew the
infection through the keyhole. This notion became
so universal and deeply rooted that the great majo-
rity of theslower class abandoned their houses and
camped out in the open air so that they should not
be poisoned. Those who remained at home were
constantly firing muskets out of their windows with
theidea of paralysing the action of the poison. The
troops and the authorities only succeeded after im-
mense effort in convincing the people of their folly.
Some arrests were made, and comparative tranquil-
lity was finally restored. To the above incidents
must be added another of a similar character, for-
tunately not attended by fatal consequence, which
took place at thechiglicro, in the district of Ros-
sano. In that town 100 armed peasants paraded
the streets, demanding that the chief of the police
and the carabineers should leave the place at
.once.
The captain of the National Guard had sufficient
influence among the rioters to dissuade. them
from committing any excess, and promised to
represent their wishes in the proper quar-
ter. On leaving him their leader said, " Toil must
tell the chief of the police and the carabineers to
leave Bocchigliero. We don't want either delegates,
carabineers, or soldiers. We want to be left alone,
and to elect as mayor a peasant like ourselves. We
are tired of seeing the poison brought into our
houses. if you will not do as we wish you will see
us assemble again, and we shall then visit your
house." The captain finally prevailed on the peasants
to return llome, promising that they should be satis-
fied. Some arrests were made the following day,
and public order was not again disturbed,