The Sun.
London, England, 1866-12-14 00:00:00

Branch banks
Commercial bills over-

duo
Commercial bills dis-

190,653 41 1,923,806 37

connted, not yet due 291,467,053 15 282,974,938 7?
Do. branch banks 335,576,768 337,652,365
Advances on doposit of
• bullion
Do. branch banks
Do. on French Public
Securities
Do. by branch banks
Do. on railway shares

32,483,400 -

32,770,800 =-
9,436,300 -

7,880,000 -

14,030,400 -

14,188,500 -

7,880,000 -

7;907;200 -

and debentdres
D. branch banks
Do. on Credit Fender
Bonds
Do. branches
Do. to the State (Con-
vention, June 10,
1857) 60,000,000
Government Stock re-

36,972,800 -

25;522;600 -

36,863,400 -
25,266,200 -

707,200 -
622,200 -

714,800 -
614,300 -

60,000,000 --

serve 12,980,750 14 12,980,750 14
Do. disposable
Rentes Immobalis(Ses
(Law, Juno 2, 1857) 100,000,000 100,000,000
otel and furniture of
the Bank and landed
property branches
Expenses of manage-

8,307,205 -

8,349,501 -

ment
Sundries ‘•

2,492,344 89 2,468,873 52
13,123,544 74 13,651,329 02

Total 1,680,388,068 71 1,663,277,944 34
Certified by the Sub-Governor of the Bank of France.
Signed) ANDouiLLE.

Reuter's Telegraph Cable.

TO TIIE EDITOR OF THE SUN:

Sin,—Several incorrect statements have recently
been circulated by the public press on the subject
of Reuter's Telegraph Cable. More particularly
the position of the Prussian Government towards
the new line has been represented by some papers in
an altogether erroneous ,light, and an authentic
account of the real state of matters may not, there-
fore, be devoid of interest.
The concession granted to me by the late Hano-
verian Government, for laying down and working
a submarine telegraph line between England and
Hanover, was confirmed by the Prussian Govern-
ment as far back as the beginning of August last.
It appeared subsequently that some modifications in
the concession affecting the working of the line were
considered desirable.

Both the Prussian Telegraph Administration and
Reuter's Telegram Company displayed the utmost
readiness to effect these modifications by mutual
agreement. The original concession remains, how-
ever, unchanged in its essential points, while several
additions, highly advantageous to Reuter's Com-
pany, have been introduced.
Reuter's Telegraph Cable, and the land lines con-
nected with it, were not constructed simply with the
view of adding one more new line to those already
existing, but was specially designed to introduce a
new system in telegraphic communication,•—that,
namely, of international through telegraphy.
The telegraphic connexion hitherto subsisting be-
tween Great Britain and Germany was conducted
by a circuitous route through France, Belgium, and
Holland—while by Reuter's cable direct communi-
cation is established between England, Prussia,
and the rest of Germany. Another disad-
vantage to which the Anglo-German telegraphic
communication has hitherto been subjected, is
the great delay frequently arising from the neces-
sity for transferring and re-telegraphing mes-
sages at various stations. To obviate this
inconvenient and often serious loss of time, Reuter's
Telegram Company carries four wires, connected
with the cable at Norderney, through Emden and
Oldenburg to Bremen, whence two wires are to be
carried on to Hamburg, and the remaining two to
Hanover. The Prussian Telegraph Administration
has engaged to carry through to Berlin one of the
two wires terminating at Hanover. As the wires
above-mentioned are destined for the exclusive use
of Anglo-German telegraphic correspondence, mes-
sages from London to Berlin, Hamburg, Bremen,
&c., and vice versa, may be telegraphed direct
through without any loss of time, aud, on an ave-
rage, in a very few minute:..

The value and importance of this new telegraph
line are much enhanced, since the cable, which con-
tains four wires, is of the best manufacture, and
the land lines in connection with it are attached to
double posts, in order to better resist the attacks to
wind and weather.

The line will be opened to the public in a few
days.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant,
London, Dec. 13. JULIUS REUTER.

MISS SIDDONS, great-granddaughter of the cele-
brated Mrs. Siddons, made her debut iu the Theatre Royal,
Dublin, last evening, in the character of Rosalind in "As
You Like It."