The Sun.
London, England, 1866-03-17 00:00:00

Lyons and Mediterranean.

Southern
Western
Eastern
Sardinian ,
A ct riall
Lombard
North of Spain
Saragossa
Ditto to Barcelona
Roman

BANK OF FRANCE.

PARIS, March 15•
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.
March 15. March B.c
fr. c. fr. '
Capital of the Bank.... 182,500,000 182,500,000 ---
Profits in addition to

capital (Art. 8, Law, ,-76 02
June 9, 1857) 7,044,776 02 7,044,1
Reserve of the Bank
and its branches
Reserve in landed pro-
109080:902050
14
perty
Notes in circulation 8934: 001050; 702050 ,
22,105,750 14 22,105,750 14
Banknotes to order and
8841,

receipts payable at 97 06
sight 5,771,381 71 5,4251''''
Treasury account cur- 903 14
rent creditor I^l61^16 1a 69
Current accounts, Paris 123,565,358 14 132,628,r41
Do. branch banks
Dividends pay able 1,288,101 75 1,422,327
Discounts aid sundry
interests
Rediscounted the last 03

2,074,992 92 2,074,992 92

six months
Surplus of receipts not

distributed
Sundries

-
6,266,264 60 6,70759 5°

Total
752
1,368,369,878 43 1,362,000,•-

CREDITOR.
March 15. S•
March
Cash in hand and in fr. c. fr.
,„ 84
Branch banks
Commercial bills over-

211,069 74 374,859 19

due
Commercial bills dis- 47 25
counted, not yet due 302,746,632 74 299,721,9
Do. branch banks 277,841,536 279,667,844
Advances on deposit of

bullion
Do. branch banks
Do. on French Public

97 085 300 -

10 159,300
....1-
8:283,400

9;830;100 -

Securities
Do. by branch banks
Do. on railway shares

11,255,000 -
5,151,300 -

11 454,100 ---
5:408,900

and debentures
1). branch banks
Do. on Credit Poncier

29,822,700 -
19,067,800 -

30 125,000 ---:
19,009,900 --

Bonds
Do. branches
Do. to the State (Con-
vention, June 10,
1857) 60,000,000
Government Stock re- 750 14
serve 12,980,750 14 12,980,75 91
Do. disposable
Rentes Inunobalisees
(Law, June 9, 1857) 100,000,000 100,000,000 dn.
Hotel and furniture of
the Bank and landed 54`
property branches
Expenses of manage-
ment 656,824 69
Sundries

607,300 -
353,000 -

608,900 --
360,700 -..

60,000,000 --•

8,447,549 --'

8,449,411 -

Total 1,368,349,878 43 1,362,00U,4,-
c(1.
Certified by the Senator-Governor of the Bank of Frilll

(Signed) ROTILAND.

Liverpool, Cotton Market. —This DAY'

• Market steady. Sales probably 15,000 bales °r
more.

STATE OF TRADE.

MANCHESTER, March 16.—For all kinds cf
ping yarns there has been a large business, and
treme prices have been freely paid. Some of the CO
tracts placed extend deliveries over a long PericPw..
early deliveries being quite out of the question, ° ,0
ing to the heavy engagements previously
of spinners. Higher prices have been obtained od
this kind of yarn than for many months past'
the market closes strong. In home trade ye
ar—te
there has also been a strong market, with a 111°deratis
amount of business. In the cloth market, which /14.
weak and depressed in the early part of the wecoi
there was some movement to-day in consequence... 4
in the hanouo
accounts from India of a prospective improveune,
there, and of the lowness of stocks both in the
ulLr
rior andl at the ports. Prices have been ratneav
stronger, and in many cases sellers have advanicao
their quotations. But little business, however, itti
been done, manufacturers being well engaged, at
finding a difficulty in obtaining an advance suftiele
to cover the enhanced cost of yarn and cloth'