The Sun.
London, England, 1866-10-26 00:00:00

FRANCE.

A frankfort letter says :—" The vintage in Ger-
many this year is likely to be unfavourable with
respect to quality. As to quantity it will be con-
siderable, and there are fears that casks will be
wanting to contain the must. The year 1865 hav-
ing produced only wines of a superior quality,
there is a want of the commoner sorts, and with
that respect the produce of the present year being
abundant will meet with a ready sale, should not
the foreign wines compete with it in the market.
This eventuality is the more possible that during
the first quarter of the present year the imports of
wine amounted to 125,000 gallons, against 56,000
in the corresponding period of last year."
A communication from Hamburg contains the
subjoined :—" The coin crops in the district around
this city have been abundant, but the quality is un-
fortunately far from responding to the hopes which
appearances at the commencement of the summer
had given rise to. Heavy rains in the months of
July and August prevented the full ripening of
ears ; a large number rotted in the fields, and the
harvest could not take place until four or five
weeks later than the usual period. The wheat,
from the healthy appearance of the stalk in the
spring, promised a most beautiful yield, but the
heavy rain in the latter portion of the summer
spoilt one of the finest harvests ever anticipated.
The inferior quality of the wheat this year in
the neighbourhood of the free city would have
inevitably caused a considerable fall in prices if
the bad crops in France and England had not
rendered necessary purchases abroad by those coun-

tries. In fact the rise i❑ the old wheat of 1865,
which is much demanded, has also caused an in-
crease in the prices of the new crops. There never-
theless exists a notable difference between the two
qualities of 1865 and 1866 ; the old wheat sells
for 300 f. the ton, while the new is worth only from
230 f. to 260 f. The exports from France and Eng-
land are at this moment very considerable, and the
rates of freight have consequently profited by that
animation. The following may be taken as a
succinct account of theresult of the corn-harvest in
this neighbourhood : —Wheat ; yield-very abundant,
20 per cent. above the average ; quality variable,
but generally inferior. Rye : scarce ; 40 per cent.
below the ordinary run. Barley : abundant, good
average, bad quality. Oats : very plentiful yield ;
quality inferior everywhere."
The bulletin of the Paris Observatory gives the

following as the atmospheric situation yesterday :
" The air continues calm in Europe, but pretty
strong winds began to blow from between south-
east and south-west in Norway and Sweden. In

the British Isles the wind is variable between south
and west, in France and central Europe north-east
and south-east currents prevail. The temperature
is a little higher in Russia ; however, it was still
close to zero this morning, and snow has fallen at
Nicolaieff, near the Crimea. The barometer con
tinues to fall all over Europe, particularly in the
south and west."—ln Paris yesterday the weather
was fine, but somewhat colder. The thermometer at
three in the afternoon marked 14.4 Cent. (58 Fahr.)
BOURSE, Oct. 25, Two o'clock.—The downward

tendency of yesterday has ceased, and, excepting
French Rente, securities show a decided advance.
Comptoir d'Escompta Shares are particularly dis-
tinguished, an active demand having led to a rise of
25f., the present price being 920 f. Italian Fives
'are recovering the ground lost in the preceding
market—they are quoted at 56f. 10c., with a rise of
30c. French Threes are quoted with a fractional
decline, at 68f. 87ie. Credit Mobilier Shares at
628 f. 75c., have advanced If. 25c., and Credit
Foncier 5f., at 1,375 f. Railway Shares are rather
flat, with indifferent fluctuation. Front London
Consols come it lower.
Three o'clock.—The market has closed as fol-
lows :-

Ii per Cents 97
Do. end month —
3 per Cents. 6B 90
Do. end month 6B 871-
Credit Mobilier
Do. end month
Credit Foncier —
Do. end month 1370 -
RAIL'

Bank Shares 3600
Italian Loan 56 15
Do. end month 56 10
Mexican Loan —
Do. Bonds —
Spanish Threes
Home Debt —.
Deferred -
IAYS.

For Account.
870

Orleans

Northern
Lyons and Mediterranean........., 922 50
Southern 5BO
Western
Eastern
Sardinian ,

M 7 50

Austrian
Lombard 4lB 75

North of Spain lO6 25
Saragossa
Ditto to Barcelona
Roman

60 -

BANK OF FRANCE.

PARIS, Oct. 25.

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.
Oct. 25.

Oct. 18.

182,500,000

Capital of the Bank 182,500,000
Profits in addition to
capital (Art. 8, Law,
June 9, 1857) 7,044,776 02 7,044,776 02
Reserve of the Bank
and its branches 22,105,750 14 22,105,750 14
Reserve in landed pro-
PertY 4,000,000
Notes in circulation ... 958,247,125
Banknotes to order and
receipts payable at
sight
Treasury account cur-
rent creditor; 190,516,581 83 165,961,091 35
Current accounis, Paris 220,008,651 47 221,194,526 73
Do. branch banks 30,185,454 33,330,265
Dividends payable 1,123,866 75 1,175,096 75
Discounts and sundry
interests
Rediscounted the last
six months
Surplus of receipts not
distributed
Sundries

4,000,000
974,952,725

20,399,905 50 19,422,221 95

2,872,304 91 2,372,304 91

Total 1,659,015,10 39 1,654,623,504 90
CREDITOR.

Oct. 25. Oct. 18.
Cash in hand and in fr. c. fr. c.
Branch banks
Commercial bills over-

102,948 59

101,554 11

due
Commercial bills dis-
counted, not yet duo 292,613,505 30 286,981,279 95
Do. branch banks 852,444,901 347,800,322
Advances on deposit of
bullion
Do. branch banks
Do. on French Public
Securities
Do. by branch banks
Do. on railway shares
and debentures
1). branch banks
Do. on Credit Foncier
Bonds
Do. branches
Do. to the State (Con-
vention, June 10,
1857) 6O, 000,000
Government Stock re-

23,579,900 -
9,990,600 -

20,557,700
9,575,400

14,475,100 -
8,057,600 -

13,286,200
7,944,900

35,868,000 -
24,69.2,000 -

35,688,400
24,752,500

732,400 -
569,000 -

733,700
560,600

60,000,001

12,980,750 14 12,980,750 1,
36,065,273 91 36,073,987 9

servo
Do. disposable
Ikmtes Immobaliseos
(Law, Juno 2, 1857) 100,000,000 100,000,000
Hotel and furniture of
the Bank and landed
, property branches
Lxpenses of manage-

8,421,441 -

8,359,035

ment
Sundries

1,867,911 69 1,873,951 96
18,569,525 74 21,869,169 41

Total 1,659,015,153 89 1,634,623,504 90
Certified by the Senator-Governor of the Bank of France.
(Signed) ROULAND.

THE CANOE CLUB.—On Saturday last the mem-
bers of the Canoe Club held a meeting on board the plea-
sure-barge at Ditton. Thirty members were elected, rules
adopted, and officers elected for the year. After dinner
some of the canoeists spent a pleasant evening in listening
to accounts of the various summer journeys, the most
notable of which were those of the captain (to Norway and
Sweden), and the mate (through the lochs of Scotland).
Several canoe casualties have occurred since the formation
of the club in July last. One gentleman had been pulled
ashore by peasant women in Scotland, and ono had been
spilt over a weir in the Severn, completely wrecking his
canoe, and going within a shade of getting drowned.