The Sun.
London, England, 1866-09-28 00:00:00

WESTMINSTER.

TEMPTATION.—Thomas Harker and James Evans, two
boys, were charged with stealing a half-pint of milk and
the can containing it.

David Thomas, a dairyman, said that he loft'the can and
milk at the door of a customer in Stafford• place, Pinilico,
at half-past 7 this morning. It was taken away from there,
and subsequently a policeman brought the prisoners and
the empty can to him.
Mi. Selfe—Do .you commonly leavo your milk on the
steps of the door ?

brosecutFLYes; when lodgefs are not up.
Mr. Selfe—tOurs a great state of trustfulness. Do
you apprize. your customers in any way when you leave
the cans?

Prosecutor—Yes ; I call out milk.
Mr. Selfe—And take the chance of its being taken, or
taken in ? It seems to me if boys are thirsty it is a great
temptation.
John Steel, 80 A, proved seeing the boys at nine this
morning in the Green-park trying to conceal the empty
can.

Harker—l did not take it. Ho (Evans) did.
Evans —Ho told me to do it.
Mr. Selfe—Are the friends of either of them here ?
Harker's mother—He's my boy, and he never did a
wrong thing before in his life.
Mr. Selfe—T hen all I can say is, ho is a natural curiosity
I should suppose he is the first boy that ever reached his
age with such a character. `•

Evans's father—My boy is as bad a boy as can be; I
can do nothing with him.
Mr. Sella— Correct him for this, and if brought here
again I must punish him.
The boys were then discharged.

MARLBOROUGH STREET.
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.

Joseph Riccas, a French shoemaker, was charged be-
fore Mr. Knox with attempting to commit suicide at the
Cafe Regence, No. 1, Tichbourne-street.
Leopold Boer, a waiter at the Cafe Regence, said that
about half past ten on the previous night he went to one of
the closets, and not being able to open the door, and not
getting any answer to his knocks at the door, he looked
over the top, and saw the prisoner suspended by a piece of
cord round his neck, and fastened to a water pipe. The
prisoner was cut down and the police sent for.
Police constable Elliott, 43 C, said thatohe was called to
the Café Regence, and found the prisoner lying on the seat
of the closet in a state of insensibility. He spoke to the
prisoner, but could not get him to answer. He took the
prisoner to the station, and he afterwards told him that he
had been in prison three months for stealing a coat,- and
rather than be dishonest he thought he would destroy
himself.

Mr. Knox said he would remand the prisoner fora week,
and a communication should be made on his behalf with
the Prisoners' Aid Society.

BANK OF FRANCE.

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.
Sept. 27.
fr. c.
182,500,009

Sept. 20.

Capital bf
Profits in addition to
capital (Art. 8, Law,
Juno 9, 1857) 7,044,776 02
Reserve of the Bank
and its branches 22,105,750 14
Reserve in landed pro-
perty 4,000,000
Notes in circulation ... 936,574,475
Banknotes to order and
receipts payable at
sight
Treasury account cur-
rent creditor
Current accounts, Paris
Do. branch banks
Dividends payable
Discounts and sundry

fr. •c.
182,600,000
7,044,776 02
22,105,750 14
4,000,000
943,254,825

26,506,220 63
188,370,523 06
241,756,182 55
33,981,596 -
1,380,367 75
7,177,730 20
2,372,304 91

28,886,731 04
169,678;937 21
259,166,756 76
35,975,502 -
1,447,816 76
6,868,253 67
2,372,304 91

interests
Rediscounted the last
six mouths
Surplus of receipts not
distributed
Sundries

8,922,802 46

8,528,781 03

Total 1,662,692,728 72 1,671,330,434 53
CREDITOR.
Sept. 20. Sept. 27.
fr. c. fr. 0.
727,919,404 64 727,437,618 21
89,273 01 168,815 02
266,747,687 78 261,151,586 85,
333,254,156 332,902,164

Cash in hand and in
Branch banks
Commercial bills over-
due
Commercial bills dis-
counted, not yet due
Do. branch banks
Advances on deposit of
bullion
Do. branch banks
Do. on French Public
Securities
Do. by branch banks
Do. on railway shares
and debentures
D. branch banks
Do. on Credit Foncier
Bonds
Do. branches
Do. to the State (Con-
vention, June 10,
1857)
Government Stock re-
serve

15,625,800 -
11,264,900 -
13,661,400 -
7,636,200 -
34,681,300 -
23,675,500 -
684,600 -
541,300 --

14,958,200 -
10,792,200
18,484,000
7,348,100 -
84,580,100
23,610,100 -
698,100
556,400 -

60,000,000 -
12,980,750 14
36,158,987 91
100,000,000 -

60,000,000 -
12,980,750 14
36,158,987 91
100,000,000 -

De. disposable
Rentes Immobalisdes
(Law, Juno 2, 1857)
Hotel and furniture of
the Bank and landed
property branches
Expenses of manage-
went
Smithies

8,327,017 -

8,327,017 -
1,385,8G6 07
16,209,723 N

1,351,072 27
16,731,085 78

Total 1,671,330,434 53 1,662,692,728 72
Certified by the Deputy-Governor of the Bank of France.

(Signed)

ANDOIRILLE.

•

RAILWAY .TARIFFS IN EUROPE.—The following
are the average fares per 100 miles on the different rail-
ways of the continent as prepared for the Royal Commis-,
sion on Railways, viz.: Russia, first class, 14s 5d ; second
class lOs 10d, third class 3s. ; Prussia, first class 12s 6d ;
second class 10s, third class 3s 2d; express trains, first
class 14s, second class 12s; the Rhine, first class lls 10d ;
second class Bs, third class 3s 10d ; Norway, first class
13s, second class 9s, third class 4s 6d; Sweden, first class
lls, second class 7s 6d third class 4s 9d; express trains,
first class 13s; second class lOs; Bavaria, first class 10s,
second class 75, third class 4s 10d ; Belgium, first class
lOs 3d, second class 7s 6d, third class ss; Wurtemburg,
first class lOs Bd, second class 6s Bd, third class 5s id ;
Denmark, first class 12s, second class 9s, third class Gs ;
Spain, first class 14s 7d, second class 10s sd, third class
6s 3d ; Austria, first class 13s, second class 10s 3d, third
class 6s 6d ; Saxony, first class lls, second class 8s Bd,
third class 6s 8d ; Switzerland, first class 12; second class
9s, third class Gs 8d; Italy, first class 14s, second class
lOs 6d, third class 7s ; express trains, first class 16s, second
class 12s ; Portugal, first class 13s 3d, second class 10s,
third class is ; Hollmad, first class 14s, second class 10s 6d,
third class 7s ; France, first class 14s 6d, second class lls,
third class is 6d ; Great Britain and Ireland, first class
18s 6d, second class 13s 4d, third class 8s ; express trains,
first class 21s, second class 16s Bd. From which it appears
that the Russian and Prussian Railways accommodate the
working classes at the cheapest rate, while the tariff of
Great Britain and Ireland is the highest of them all for
first, second, and third, and express trains. It must, how_
ever, be borne in mind that, in those foreign countries
where the railways do not belong to the state, the share-
holders receive considerable government assistance in con-
sideration of their being obliged to adopt a low tariff.
A TELEGRAPHIC MESSAGE AND ITS " VARIOUS
READING."—A gentleman the other day had occasion to
telegraph to Cambridge for a book. The book was a copy of
prize poems containing, as the telegram was worded,
."Johnson's Poem on Plato." By the time the message
reached Cambridge (it would have to pass through London
on its way) it had become altered into "John Pomens on
Plate Money." The bookseller at Cambridge wrote by re-
turn to say that ho regretted his inability to find any such
w ork.