The Sun.
London, England, 1858-07-09 00:00:00

Capital.

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Diito, New
Profits in addition tJ Capital 1,513,467 77
Reserve fund 12,980,750 14
Ditto, New
Reserve immobiliere
Notes to bearer, in circulation 592,145,100
Do. of branch banks 40,792,615 _.
Do. to order (Post bills)
Bills payable at sight 4,447,730
Account-current of Treasury Creditor 108,683,133 30
Various accounts-current 141,516,745 27
Do. branch banks 25,177,075
Dividends to be paid 6.583,659 25
DiscOunt, interest, and expenses ....... 5,394,806 25
Charge for safe keeping of securities 1,026,427 20
Re-discounts,of the last half-year
Overdue bills
Sundries a.'
1,883,573 88

1,148.131,546 79

and ingots
at the branch banks

Bills due yesterday to be paid to-day 390,729 2
Bills becoming due in Paris
Bills in the branch banks
Advances on coin and ingots
Do. in the branch banks
Do. on public securities of France 29,007,800
Do. in the branch banks
Do. on railway shares and bonds 39,125,695 86
Do. in the branch banks
Do. on Credit Fuicier Scrip 326,700
Do. on Branch BAnks Scrip 120,100 --
Do. to the State by treaty of
June 30, 1848
Rentes of the reserve tend
ltentes of disposable funds
New Shares, n,it, settled 1,026,850
Hotel and furniture of the Bank _
Veal property of branch banks
Expenses of administration 133,059 45
Premiums on the purchase of matteres
Sundries 4,340,214 GO

1,143,131,540 79
PREVIOUS MONT}TS RETURN.

DR.

Capital - -
Ditto, New
Profi',s in addition to Capital 1,413-1 610 35
Reserve fund 12,980,750 14
Ditto, New
Reserve innnobilibre 4,000,000
Notes to bearer, in circulation
Do. of branch banks
Do. to order (Post bills)
Bills payable at sight
Account-current of Treasury Creditor 112,639 627 5
Various accounts-current
Do. branch banks 39,484 252
Dividends to be paid
Discount, interest, and expenses
Charge for safe keeping of securities 11,145,925 74
Re-discounts of the last half-year
Overdue bills
Sundries

1,106,100 403 99

Cash aningotsots ---•
t:
229,057,915 12
Cash at the branch banks
281,330,239
Bills due yestm:`lay to he paid to-day 203,407 22
Bills becoming a:te in Paris
Bills in the branch illanks
Advances on coin and il'7,ots
DO. in the branch .ba.nks •., 1,754,100
000
Do. on public securities of France 21,480,0
Do. in the branch banki ..,
Do, on railway shares and bonflg, 49,740,312 06
Do. in the branch banks ........ ,
17,055,350
Do, on Coedit Foncier Scrip .••••• 271,500
Do. on Branch Batiks Scrip ..• .• 116,300
Da. to the State by treaty of
June 30, 1848 ~. 50,000,000
12
Rentes of the reserve fund ,980 ,750 14
Rentes of disposable funds
i New Sharps, not ,ettlpgi 8,253 575 _
Hotel and furniture of the Bank
4,000,000
Real property of branch banks.... 6027,364
Expenses of administrationl 733,849 86
Premiums on the purchase of matistres '
Sundr.es ...... . ............. _

7,029,761 80

1,106,100,043 99

Lord Colchester, Postmaster-General, has appain ted
Mr. Oldham Barlow to be his Lordship's privatesecre-
tary_. in the room of the late Mr. Charles Franc's Scott.
,NcaNG.—Tsai. GRAND CHALLENGE COP.—The
raceY
for the Grand Challenge Cup took place yesterday.
The
itconditions ef this prize (established in 1856) are that
must be wcn twice by the same yacht to become the The Select Committee of the House of Commons,
Permanent property of the owner. The fires year it was comprising the following members :—Lord Ho-
won by the Flirt ; last year by the Little Mosci nit,. thaw (chairman), Mr. Brady, Mr. Bright, Lord
(Mr. E. T. Bultner), which was the fav turite on the Gode,tich, Mr. Hardy, Sir John Trollops, Mr.
present occasion. The only vessels tt at started against
Aithiir Mills, thy Right Hon. T. M. Gibson, Mr.
her were the Hawk (Mr. Hampton), the. Video' ine (Mr.
Frßdgley), and iho illver (Mr. Puilnell). The race, •Fraok Crossley, Mr. Collier, the Hon. E. Yorke,
from Er th to a mile beyond Chapman Point or Creek, Mr. Cubbett, Mr. Mls3es, Mr. Wilson, and Mr.
was won by the Little Mosquito, but owing to the want Adams, a ,:ntett to inquire into the case of Mr.
pp
of wind it aas a very slow affair, the start taking place Barber, yesterday mide their report, of which the
at sbaw. a quirter past 12, and the winner not getting following is a copy .
in till after dark.
NARRDW Efic siv. —A few days ago the crew of the allegations contained in the petition of Mr. W.l-1- Barber,
"That your committee have inqnired carefully into the
Point of Ayr lifeboat perceived signals at the telegraph- and find the same to be substantially proved.
station, directing attentinn to a vessel in distress four " Your committee have not eatervd upon the considera.
miles to the westward ef the station. The life boat tion of the question whether, in
bethe present or like cases,
pulled off directly, and arrived at the sinking vessel only ing them fro pecuniary compensation shouldt granted, the rules and
m making any
in time to save the crew, consisting of two old men, who
rb-ar to state
grant of public
in a few minutes must have lost their lives, as they were practice of the house preven
,Tt°tneceY'canttot. •however, fo
piresented to their notice' •
on the crostrees of the mast up to their waists in water, Ila respect to the
with a rapidly rising tide. The vessel was the Betty ' conviction of tr.l Barber, to the sufferingsd he endured dur-
and Pegu, of BeaucbariP, with slates from Bangor for in.; the time his st nteoce was being car
' that yourtli acct°sl
in Norfolk
Liverpool, and one of the Poor fellows, just as the vessel Island, and to his subsequent exculi atTole
n from the charge
was sinking under him Jaded to gain the rigging and on which he was convicted, are so peculiar as to render hi
case exccptional and
was under the water, 'but he providentially reached a your committee desire to express
rope by which he was enabled to gain the crosstrees, their opinion that Mr. Barber has strong claims on the
faVOarable c,nsid,-rAtion of the Crown."
and to hold on until rescued. _
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TIE CASE OF MR. BARBER.

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