The Sun.
London, England, 1867-06-14 00:00:00

DEBTOR.

June 13. June 6.
fr. c. fr. c.
Capital of the Bank 182,500,000 182,500,000
Profits in addition to
capital (Art. 8, Law,
Juno 9, 1857) 7,044,776 02 7, 044, 7 76 02
Reserve of the Bank •

and its branches 22,105,750 14 22,105,750 14
Reserve in landed pro-
perty 4,000,000 4,000,000
Notes in circulation
Banknotes to order and
receipts payable at
sight 21,571,763 24 22,444,069 72
Treasury aocount cur-
rent creditor
Current accounts, Paris 302,767,426 92 309,201,286 36
Do. branch banks 36,432,157 36,810,864
Dividends payable,,,,,, 633,450 75 652,459 75
Discounts and sunry
interests
Rediscounted the last
six months ..... .
Surplus of receipts not
distributed
Sundries

Total ............... 1,734,111,792 71 1,733,272,646 89
CREDITOR.
June 13. June 6.
Cash in hand and in fr. c. fr. c
Branch banks 863,627,699 91 860,753,289 94
Commercial bills over-
due
Commercial bills dis-
counted, not yet due 242,255,249 53 243,272,420 31
Do. branch banks 240,424,567 210,377,368
Advances on deposit of
bullion
Do. branch banks 8,897,300 8,712,300
Do. on French Public
Securities 13,005,600 12,973,600
Do. by branch banks 7,715,500 7,674,100
Do. on railway shares
and debentures
D. branch banks 26,295,350 26,256,650
Do. on Credit Fender
Bonds
Do. branches
Do. to the State (Con-
vention, Juno 10,
1857) 60,000,000 60,000,000
Government Stock re- _

serve 12,980,750 14 12,980,750 14
Do. disposable
Rentes Immobalisees _ _ _

100,000,000 100,000,000
Hotel and furniture of
the Bank and landed
propel Ly branches 8,307,919 8,360,977
Expenses of manage-
ment 1,914,019 57 1,924,463 32
Sundries

Total 1,734,511,792 71 1,733,272,646 89
Certified by the Senator Governor of the Bank of France.
(Signed) RouLAzna.

THE LEGION OF tiONOUR.

The past week has been a most eventful one for
M. Nelaton, and must certainly be reckoned among
the most fortunate in the whole career o; this cele-
brated surgeon. On Monday he was named a
member of the Institute, and on the day following
he received from the hands of the Prince Imperial
the insignia of Grand Officer of the Legion of
" Wait a
give Honour. On this occasion he merely called upon
hav peatient something said tt o o
g him,
ie you." He
the Prince at St. Cloud to pay -him his usual visit,
whenthe
doctor young
; I little,
then presented the cross and riband to the surgeon,
saying, "It is not quite new, a 3 my father has
worn it for some time." M. Nelaton immediately
drove to the Tuileries to thank the Emperor. His
Majesty confirmed the welcome fact, and added,
" I shall never forget, doctor, the care which my
son has received from you." It would seem im-
possible to confer a signal favour with greater deli-
cacy and grace. M. Bayer, formerly Dean of the
Faculty, is the only other member of the medical
community in France who has been invested with
this high honour. It was conferred upon him on
his retiring from office.—Tne Lancet.

The House of Lords.

ig A Peer" writing to the editor of the Times

says :
" May I be allowed to make one or two observa-
tions on your article of this morning in reference to
the House of Lords ?
" The institution of a quorum would be bene-
ficial, but the abolition of vote by proxy would
have no effect on the daily routine of business.
The system, no doubt, is vicious in principle, and
should be got rid of immediately ; little, however,
would be gained or lost by such a step, the mode of
voting being troublesome, and seldom resorted to.
The House of Lords is, in many respects, not
jealousy
of the House
e to medieval
rens, with the unac-
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countable reluctance of all Administrations in suc-
cession, prevent the origination of many measures
in our assembly. Bills, moreover, are not sent up
from the Commons with any regularity. Long in-
tervals in which nothing-is 'submitted for our con-
sideration are followed almost at the very close of
the Session by torrents of legislative propositions,
as many it has happened as 50 in a week,
all of
which if properly distributed would, instead of being
passed in haste, and without examination, be duly
and efficiently considered.
Nor may it be overlooked that the House of
Commons has monopolised to such an extent all
the powerof the State that party debates and party
divisions had lost much of their importance in the
House of Lords, and therefore very seldom occur.
This alone would render any deliberative assembly
unattractive, and give
an apparent tameness to
most of its proceeNs

ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS.—The
great rhodo-
dendron show of the year, which is to continue for about
difference of opinion
three weeks, is now open. Though there may be some
display as compared with similar exhibitions of former
years, there is no doubt that it is made exceedingly inte-
resting and attractive in itself by the richness of the bloom
regardinm the relative merit of the
and the lnxuriance of the foliage which the plants constitut-
ing it present. The arrangement of the show, under the
direction of Mr John Waterer, of Bagzlaot, is tasteful and
picturesque, and every care has been evidently taken to
place the plants in such positions relatively to each other
that the greatest artistic effect may be obtained by the
blending and contrast of their various tints and hues.
The flowers most remarkable—where all were good—for
beauty and luxuriance were those called after Lady Alice
Peel, Sidney Herbert, and Lady Eleanor Cathcart. To
attempt to describe a flower show adequately is always a
useless task ; we have, therefore, only so far alluded to the
features of excellence in the present exhibition as to in-
duce rhododendron lovers to pay a visit to the Botanic
Gardens during the progress of the show.
ARRIVAL FROM AMERICA.—The NeW York and
Bremen Steamship Company's steamer Atlantic, from New
York on the Ist inst., arrived at- Southampton yesterday,
with 75 passengers for that port, an—re, and Bremen, but
no spode.