The Sun.
London, England, 1866-02-16 00:00:00

Total

Feb. 15. Feb. 8.
fr. c. fr. c
420,501,159 01 405,601,638 —.

Cash in hand and in
Branch banks
Commercial bills over-
due
Commercial bills dis-
counted, not yet due 372,169,866 66 377,360,451 67
Do. branch banks 317,195,488 326,966,219
Advances on deposit of
bullion
1)o. branch 'banks
Do. on French Public
Securities
Do. by branch banks
Do. on railway shares
and debentures
D. branch banks
Do. on Credit Fonder

755,712.32 475,942 23

6,762,400 -
5,361,800 -

6,290,000 -
5,105,000 -

11,813,300 -
6,280,700 -

11,866,700 -
6,467,500. -

29,576,500 -
19,533,000 -

29,156,400. --

19,870;200 -

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

617,400 -
301,800 -

626,500 -
412,800 -

60,000,000 -

12,980,750 14 12,980,750 14
36,416,737 91 36,449,737 91

Do. disposable
Rentes Immobalisees
(Law, June 9, 1857) let`,ooo,ooo 100,000,000
Hotel and furniture of
the Bank and landed
property branches ...
Expenses of manage-
ment

8,416,623 -

8,415,223 -

Sundries

228,408 83 222,087 98
8,952,059 79 9,498,625 52

Total 1,417,953,705 69 1,417,802,775 50
Certified by the Senator-Governor of the Bank of France.

(Signed)

ROULAND.

The Bank of France has reduced its rate of dis-
count from sto 4 per cent.

THE POLITICAL CONDITION OF AMERICA.—Gast
evening (Thursday) the Right Honourable Viscount Bury
delivered a lecture on "The History and Present Political
Condition of America" at the London and South Western
Railway Literary and Scientific Institution, Brunswick
House, Wandsworth-road. The Earl of Albeniarle, Lady
Bury, and Captain Mangles, occupied chairs near the
platform. Joseph .Beattie, Esq., William Beattie, Esq.,
F. J. Macaulay, Esq., F. Clarke, Esq., Percy M. Hart,
F.R.G.S., the Rev. C. P. Shepherd, M.A., and H. Fraser
Halle, LL.D., were amongst the gentlemen present in
connection with the Railway Institution ; and the company
assembled together comprised upwards of three hun-
dred persons. The subject was dealt with in a very
interesting manner, in the course of which lucid illustra-
tions were given by the noble lord through the medium of
two large maps, which were specially prepared for the
occasion by the teacher of the drawing-class and his
assistants. Capt. Mangles addressed the meeting at the
close of the lecture, and in an eloquent manner pro-
posed a vote of thanks to Lord Bury, which was seconded
by Joseph Beattie, Esq., and passed unanimously. A cor-
dial vote of thanks was also duly passed to Fredk. Clarke,
Esq. (secretary of the South-Western Railway Company),
for presiding upon the occasion.

LEICESTER, Feb. 15.—Last night a large and
influential meeting was held in the Town-hall, Leicester,
for the purpose of promoting the presentation of one or two
lifeboats to the National Lifeboat Institution. The Secre-
tary of that society attended and explained to the meeting
the lifeboat, and the extensive sphere of operations of the
National Lifeboat Institution. Resolutions were after-
wards unanimously carried that the cost of either one or
two lifeboats should be collected in Leicester.

HER MAJESTY'S STA GH 0 UND S. —On Tuesday
afternoon the Royal staghounds killed a fine stag at Burn-
ham Beeches, near Slough, Buck. Another stag being
started, the scent was lost when near Denham. Much con-
fusion was caused in consequence of the Royal hounds
coming in contact with the old Berkeley foxhounds.

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HER MAJESTY•

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OSBORNE, Thursday'.
Her Majesty drove out yesterday afternoon with
their Royal Highnesses Princess Helena, Princess
Beatrice, and Prince Leopold.
The Duke of Argyll arrived from London, and
had the honour of dining with her Majesty and the
royal family.
The Duchess of Roxburghe has succeeded the.
Dowager Duchess of Athole as Lady in AVaiting.

is expected
Her Royal Highness Princess Mary
to arrive at the Duchess of Cambridge's residence at St.:
James's Palace on Wednesday next, from a protracted vi
to their Royal Highnesses the Grand Duke and Gr3n
d
Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, at Strelitz.
SIR CHARLES WOOD, BART., IVI.P.—It is under°
stood that a peerage has been offered and accepted by the
right hon. baronet.