The Sun.
London, England, 1867-12-13 00:00:00

counted, not yet due 251,408,411 71 264,A68,912 45
Do. branch banks 253,904,900 261,514,150
Advances on deposit of

bullion
Do. branch banks
Do. on French Public
Securities
Do. by branch banks
Do. ou railway shares

56,103,100 -
12,0`94,677 -

66,975,700 -
11,833,877 -

12,7,14,700
7,503,200

12,643,200 -
7,566,J00 -

37,200,600 .-
27,641,250 -

and debentures
Du. branch banks
Do. on Credit Foncier
Bonds
Do. branches
Do. to the State (Con-
Yention, June 10,
1857) 60,000,000
Government Stock re-

37,852,500 -
27,420,650 -

977,700 -
920,250 --

984,000 -
905,83® -

60,000,000 --

12,990,750 14 12,W,750 14
35,25;,737 91 3i,988,737 91

Ser
Do. dispseti,ble
Uentes linmobaliseeB
(Lnw, June 2, 1857) 100,000,000 100,000,000
Hotel and furniture of
the Bank and landed
property branches
Expenses of manage-

8,280,265 -

8,291,752 -

snout
Biutdries

2,447,608 67 2,430,307 52
21,626,916 82 21,770,235 23

Total 1,903,269,989 75 1,911,397,288 53
Certified by the Senator CioTen:tor of the Bank of France.
(Signed) BOVIAND.

RESIGNATION OF THE HEAD MASTER OF ETON
COLLEGE.—Yesterday morning it was publicly
announced at Eton that the Rev. Dr. Balston had resigned
the head mastership of Eton College, the onerous and
highly responsible duties of which this learned and much
respected gentleman has discharged with distinguished
honour to himself and universal satisfaction both to the
college and the school.

IPC:411:;
Can 11 -
tal.to
TIM-

HER MAJESTY.

WINDSOR CASTLE, Dec. 12.
The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon, 3c.
companied by Princess Louise ; and ber Alalest/
drove out this morning, accompanied by Priuce;e cs
Louise and Princess Beat;ice, and attended by'
llon. Flora Macdonald.

Prince and Princess Christian and Princess Ilen.
riette of Schleswig-Holstein dined with the Queeo
yesterday.
The lion. Mrs. Bruce has left the Castle.
Sir James Clark has arrived at the Castle.

Prince and Princess Christian and Prig°
Henrietta of Schleswig-Iful,tein visited the Duke c',
Nemours, at Bushey-perk, on Wednesday.
His Excellency Ismail Yousry Bey has returned
to the Alexandra Hotel, Hyde-park-corner, from Bright°ll;
The Duke of Richmond left town yesterday {of
Goodwood Park, Sussex.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesburl,
Maria Marchioness of Ailesbury, and a select party, are
visiting Mr. and Lady Augusta Sturt, at Critchill, Wier
borne.

e
The Earl and Countes Spencer left SPelLet
House, St. James's, yesterday, for Althorp Park.
The Earl and Countess of Fife have arrived
Cannes, south of France, where her ladyship has been °I.-
dared for her health. 'The countess is accompanied 11
Lady Agnes Duff.
Lord Willoughby de Eresby entertained at GrimE;
thorpe last week for covet shooting Lord Aveland, CO
the Hon. Hugh Anuesley, Captain Digby Boycott, CaPtil
Baskervillo, Mr. Heathcoto, &c.
The Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Basset, of Tehidy Park
Cornwall, have arrived at the Burlington Hotel, v'
Burlington-street, from Scotland.
The mortal remains of the late Colonel thole
Hon. Henry C. Lowther, M.P., were removed frc'o
ti
Barleythorpe Hall, Rutlandshire, to Lowther Castle, in
early part of the week. Tho funeral takes place to-dsl.

FOUNDER'S DAY AT THE CHARTER-
HOUSE.
Yesterday the memory of Thomas Sutton 1110
celebrated at the Charterhouse with something ple
than the customary amount of interest (though the
p
muster of old Carthusians was smaller than 11001'
owing to the fact that in all probability before 3;
other year comes round the Charterhouse School 01
have been bodily removed into the country, andL'aecifo
said good-bye to the spot which, having passed
through the successive phases of a Carthusian r0°13,7;
•
tery and the residence of the Howards, has for tgo
°
'-centuries and a half been devoted to the Purrur
of " true religion and useful learning," as ono of
leading public schools.
Divine service was celebrated in the school Clgel
at 4 p.m., the " gown boys," as the college's are
called, and the old pensioners being present, Nga,
ther with the master of the hospital, Archdese°ol
Hale, the masters of the school, and a nueiberia
their friends. The sermon was preached by an (701
Carthusian, the Rev. Robert R. Watts, vicar of
Stourpaine, Dorset, and formerly matheels`lie
master in the school, who chose for his text the
words of St. Peter, " Grow in grace."
; the
m
The " Oration" was delivered at SP. 'll
he
Governors' Room, the orator for the year being `,O
senior gown boy, Mr. John Alderson Foote, "
is proceeding next year to the university.
the
The oration touched upon all the events 0- 0.
past year which were of interest to Carthusiando
Amongst other subjects it congratulated the friel3
of the school on its approaching transfer t° the
" green fields and pastures new" of Godalnalegitio
Surrey ; it lamented the deaths of the Lord Aletbe
Turner (an attached Carthusian, and one °,if 0,
governors), Archdeacon Giles, and the Right Ptlie
Henry Waddington ; it drew attention t° el
handsome monument recently erected in the chap
cloister to the memory of Sir R. C. ShakesPe°;
and congratulated the audience on the proat
of Sir George F. Bowen to the governorship of Nye
Zealand ; and on various successes achieved at 0
two universities during the current year pre°
and " old" Char terhouse men.
tor,
It is almost needless to add that the or-A
ere
whose admirable Latin and graceful delivery 11,30
the subject of many complimentary remarks,
rewarded by seeing his " cap" filled with a bathe
some collection, one which will go far to defray
expenses of his first year at the university.
cp.
The old Carthusians afterwards sat down t° the
ner in the Great Hall, under the presidency 0f libe
master, the Venerable Archdeacon Hale. yea
customary loyal and other toasts were dull gi
and responded to, and " Floreat Eternura Car,
thusiana Domus" was drank with all due honel °l;'
The company present included Mr. J. R. 'Clos
Q.C., Mr. Webster, Q.C., Mr. Glasse, 4:2•C'143.
Dean of Peterborough, the Master the Vell•
deacon hale, General Bates, the Rev. Dr. Dreos,
the Rev. Dr. Currey, the Rev. J. Evans, and 3lesosi,
Tritton, Whitbread, Keightley, Cupuin_ififloer,
u.
Hawker, Henniker, Blacker, &c. The '"d it
wines, &c., were of a most recherche kind, 8'
was late in the evening before the party broke lig.

,00

THEATRICALS AT THE CHARTER Hollo' o°oo
Wednesday the theatrical performance of the Cartblln
took place in the Pensioners' Hall. An abridgo%t
C,leman's " The Heir at Law," and Mr. Morton'll $
Paris and Back for Five Pounds," were perforreeu a
highly creditable manner. Mr. De Lacy Lacy acted
general director and stage manager. it tlie
KELLY'S POST-OFFICE DIRECTORY.---W-11010°
approach of the new year, Kelly's gigantic ro'r
Directory makes its usual appearance. We hay.° f°,tileace
years had to compliment the publishers on the
of the work, the complete and admirable arrangenntsp.,
the diversity of matter contained within the bulky AO'
that little now is left beyond repeating our adrairati°:oo of
commendation to the Messrs. Kelly on the complete Aaf
the work for the year 1868. The alterations caused e its
and the other during the last 12 months by deatho/ howlriai
changes in tho names of struets, and the re-ounibe-for°
others, have all been attended to in the volume orri
us, and hating tested the whole of the twelve dire-,
6°ool
viz., Official, Court, Parliamentary, Law, C°133,,132,,- sou
Streets, Postal, Conveyance, Banking, Trades, u"''booYi
Clerical, and Assurance, which make up the gre,a;tbert°
wo come to the conclusion that the work is, as it has
been, as perfect as possibly could be in a work eoof the
over the great metropolis. To give an instance of
recent corrections that have been made, the names; 013
M.P.
Finch, Esq., for Rutlaandshire, gazetted NO„
' Of'
Jacob Bright, Esq., M.P. for Manchester, gazett°`Ardoli)
29 ; the Lord Advocate (the Right Hon. B.S. V5ll
elected M.P. for Thetford, Dec. 3 ; Thos. T. Pag°;,, ethe/1
11. P. for South Leicestershire, gazetted Dec- 3i4ectorf
inserted in the Parliamentary and in the Court .111 Jo the
Dr. Selwyn, the now Bishop of Lichfield, aPPelbrtlie Ist°
list of Bishops; and the name of Dr. Hamilton, 04,106
minister of the Scotch Presbyterian Church, Regent- 'Pie
has been struck out of the Clerical Court Direct°ll:i
fulness and accuracy of its information makes tbeeed
office Directory" a necessity for every person eas 1°
business. It far
Dietrichsen and Hannay's Royal A-131313.3: grc°,,
1868 has just made its appearance. It contains
avariety of useful information that it is a mat ter el l'"'
how it can be sold so cheaply as it is. gaiil11
70
Bradshaw's Through Route London
(1,001
Guide is a simplification of the larger work, aen„4.
found exceedingly useful to every railway tray
_"tijao, la
BISHOPS AND BOATRACING.—The Gte"icipoi",
speaking of the great meeting held in the She
of Sea;
Theatre on the 3d inst., states " that the Bisb°,Piverea of
Zealand (now Bishop Designate of _Lichfield) dot
entiollo
admirable address, in the course of which his Trovied4
the fact that he was one of the three bishops wil"_,b,r
the first Oxford and Cambridge boatraca—the uo: st. A. 050;
being the Bishop of Newcastle and the Bishor. fors
Irew's---was received with most enthusiastic caii:'..sor
th
the undergra luate gillery." It does not 0 y:vaibri,tls.lo
H:shop Selwyn added the further fact that tho tof ,6,
boat iu which be and Bishop Tyrrell formed. pa' worl)
crew was beaten by the Oxford, in which 1;D'I-WP
worth rowed.
THE DUKE OF BRUNSWICK'S IVILL.-7!vibe boail3:
executed a will in favour of Mr. Dun
for .„
professed a profound attachment. The Inif, ,„ifte 0' Dot
bury had often given him good advice, .
qhatever
queutly had endeavoured to
of ke
regar 1 thesof
7..viceo
w was t suti'. o of
have inspired, his Royal Highuesb s detesta 3 0,011" o
nearest relations influenced him more tha 0
_bo 10
Danc of
such a disposition of his property. - • , _ .4clo
provisions of this testament was loft
otheav boo 140,
Duke's personality. The will appears t
tllat C.
in good faith, and with the understanding
combs was the heir, not only of what , seeafiiid
sessed, but of all to which he had a claint---i-;71103y,
the precious stones, and the terr:tory of h
of Mom Slinpby Durionik.