The Sun.
London, England, 1857-09-12 00:00:00

`gi' SUN, LONDON, SATURDA NINO, SEPTEMBER 121 18 5-I

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The lonian Bank have declared a half-year dividend
the rate of 5 per cent. per annum. •
IRISH MIDLAND RAILWAY DIVIDEND.—It is the in-
tentiob. of the directors of this company to recommend.
to the proprietors at the approaching half-yearly meeting
a dividend of 5 per cent. for the half-year ending the
30th June last.
REPRESENTATION OF GREENVhOII.—At the close of
the meeting of the friends of Mr. Townsend, M.P., held
at the Lecture-hall, Woolwich, on Thursday evening,
a, Sum of 751. was subscribed on the platform towards a
''cad for enabling Mr. Townsend to retain his seat, and
sub-committees to promote the object have been formed
at Charlton and Deptford.
The second sou of George Hudson, Esq., M.P.,
Lieut. John Hudson, is attached to the distinguished
cavalry regiment, the 6th Carbineers, now engaged
against the mutineers at Meerut, and is a promising
Young officer.
• THE QUEEN'S PARK ESTATE, CHESTER.—Tbis fine
estate, which comprises about 102 statute acres of land,
and a number of villa residencee, producing a rental of
from 6001. to 7001. per annum, was disposed of by public
auction, at the Royal Hotel, Chester, on Monday ; it
Was knocked down to Mr. Warner, of Manchesterfor,
19,000/.
The Queen's Warrant has arrived for tha immediate
embodiment of the 4th and sth (or Rtyal Eithorne)
Regiments of Middlestx Militia.
Mr. Thomas Cooper,, author of "The Purgatory of
Suicides," has renounced his former sceptical views, and
.is engaged in lecturing in support of Chris ianity. Ile
still occupies his place as a lecturer in the Hall of
Science, and he has announced a series of lee ures, in
which be will controvert the views of the German
Rationalist Strauss, and seek to show the credibility of
he evangelical narrative.
. APOTHECARIES'-HALL.—Tbe following are the names
of the gentlemen who passel their examination in the
'2 science and practice of medicine, and received certificates
to practise on Thursday, Sept. 10. 1857.:—Sydney
Fen-
Cradly, Worcestershire ; Wm. Edward Hyde,
I.edbmy, Here'oedshire ; Edward Sharpin, Bedford,
11044
RAPID PASSAGE OF SHIPS TO INDIA.—The Lady
- Jocelyn is among the ; =lye's at St. Vincent's, Cape Verd
, Islands. She arrived on the evening of the 20th, having
sailed at the rate of 250 miles in the 24 hours. She left
Cork harbour on the a ternoon of the 9th of August,
and reached St. Vincent's on 'the 20th—less than 11
dave—though with the wind dead against her for the
first part of the passage. She sailed from St. Vincent's
O the 22d, not intending to touch either at Rto or the
Cape, and anticipating a very quick voyage to Point de '
Gale.
LIVINGSTON.—The freedom of the city of Glas- ' 100
gow is to be presented to this distinguished traveller on la
Wednesday next. On the same evening, says the Edina- ; 20
• burA, currant, the learned doctor will be presented with 50
a pecuniary te,timouial amounting to about 2,000/ ,on 20
" occasion he will meet the subscribers in the City 25
'4311. 20
100
MOORS AND FORESTS —We learn from the Banff
jourdat thatgrou e-shooting sportsmen have of late 10
slackened their efforts ve•y considerably. Many of 4
them have left the moors for a time, some removing 25
. from their shooting quarteri, and others turning their
attention to the forests. Oa the let Sept., Lord George
gp
Gordon Lennox killed a stag of ten points, and Lord 100
March, on the 2-3, had a stag oi_nine points. - 00

l'ilAßse—Tz,S This Day.)

RAILWAYS.

Closing Prices
• this day

Business done
this day.

RAILWAYS.

100
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Nottng. Bost.
Si Eastn. June
Belfast & Ballymena
Eirmng. Wolverh.
Stour Va11ey.......„1
Birkenhd. Lancsh.
Cheshire Juliet
Pliellburn
Blyth Si:, Tyne original
£25 (iss. at £45)„
t. 1100 !Bristol & Exeter._
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20 ! all ICork, Black. & Pass
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15 all lnun. P. eiAber.Janc.
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20 1 all Eastern Counties
St. ' 100 , Easternljnion ,A. stk
St. 100 IDo.' do. 8..... ......
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25 17i East Eel
St. 100 rEast Lancashire
20 ' all East Suffolk
10 4 Do.
St .1 1 100 ,Edinburgh & Glasgow
0 all .Edinb. and Peebles._
t. ' 100 ,Edinb.Prth. &Dundeo
0 I all IForthand Clyde June.
St. 1100 iFurness
St. !100 :Glasgow & S.Western
10 1 all !Great N. of Scotland
St. 100 ,Great Northern
St. 100 ,Do., A. Stock
St. ;100 Do., B. Stock
St. (100 Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire. )
St. 1100 .Greg t Western.
St. jl.OO Do. Str.V.R. gua.St
12 all Trish South-Eastern.
5C all Lancaster &Carlisle.
16i, 14i Do., Thirds
16i 12 Do. New Thirds
St. 100 Lancash. &Yorkshire
16 6 Do., do. F £l6
3 ' } Do., Wst. Riding Un
20 all Do. Southport
11i all London & Blackwall
St. 100 Lond.Bright&S.Cst.
St. 100 London &N. Western
20 all Do. Fifths
10 all Do. ,16/.5h.,M&8...0
12i 5 Do. Eighths
: 100 London & S. Western
25 all Lndndrry.&Coleraine
25 all Lndndrry. & Enuisk.
St. 100 Manch . Shef. &Lincln.
10 , 1 Metropolitan
10 1 Do. J. L. Ricartlo'e
arrangement
Midland
Do. Birming. & Derby
Midland G. West. (Ir.)
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Newcastle &Carlisle..
Newpt.lberg.2:llrfd
Newry & Enniskillen
Newry, Warrenpoint
& Rostrevor
Norfolk.— ........
Northn. Counties Un
North British
North Devon, Rail. &
Dock Stock
Do., A Stock
Do., B Stock
N. E astern Berwick
Do. do. Extension
Do do. G.N.E.Purch
Do. Leeds
Do. York
North Loudon
N. & S. Wstn., Ilamp
stead, and City Jn. ,
North Staffordshire
North Western
N. & S. Westrn. June
Oxford Worcester 21
Wolverhampton
Portsmouth
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25 all Stockton & Darling
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25 5 I Do. do., 185
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St. 100 (Taff Vale.
St. 100 IDo. Prof., No.
25 22 ITharaes llay. D. &R
20 all IVale of Neath
20 all iWaterfd. & Kilkenny
50 all N,Vaterford&Limerick
20 all West Col
10 all West End of London'
and Crystal Palace
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BRITISH POSSESSIONS.

10 all Atlan. and St. Law.
.8 9 Bombay, Baroda, and
1 Cen.lnd,guar. 5 p.c.
.8 all IDo. .......
:11)i; 18 Buffalo & Lake Hur
)0.1100 Buff., Brut. & God ch 1
)0 'lOO 6 p.c.bds., 1 Aug. ,'72
Do. do., 1 July, '73
)0 100 Do. do., 1 June, '74
.20 2s. 'Calcutta and S. ast.
20 2s6d 'Central Oude (Lim.)
20 lOs 'Ceylon A shares
20 1' Do. B do.
174 all;Demerara
20 j 2s. 'Eastern Bengal
St. 1100 East Indian
20 115 ' Do. C Shares
00 all ' Do.4i p.c.Buds.,'s7
00 all Do. do. do. '59, do.
20 all Geelong & Melbourne,
guar. 5 per cent
St. 100 Gd. Trunk. of Canada
00 all 1 Do. 6p. c. Deben.„
20 all 'Gt. In. Pen. g. 5 per c.
20 4 IDo. New. guar. 5 p.c.
20i all ;Gt. Westn. of Cauada;
20i 10, Do. New ............
LOO all Do. Bds., payable '57,
100 all 'Do. p.
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100 I all Do. do., '73, do.
100 I all .Do. do., '73, without'
option
20 all ;Madras, guar. 4.i p.c
20 all ; Do. do., 5 per C.
20 10 Do. 4i p. c. Exton.;
20 5 Do. 3d Ex., g. sp. c.l
20 5 Do. 4th Ex., do.
20 ss. Oudo (Limited)
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5 all BelgianneEast. Junct if 1,1,
20 16 Beziers to Graissessac ... •••
6 all Carmeaux&Toulouse
Coal Mines and Ry. 41 41
20 12 Dutch Rhenish
20 all Eastern of Franco
20 all Do. New
20 2s. Euphrates Valley
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20 18 Gt. Central of France 24 24
20 all Great Luxembourg 6l-'— 7
10 4 Italian Junction • .. ...
20 all Lake Const. & Bak .. •..•
20 all Lierre and Turnhout ... ...d
20 6 Lonihardo-Venotian 3/ 4 p
5 . all Lucca & Pist.sp.e.p. ... ..
20 all i Lyons and Geneva
20 all Lyons Sr. Mediterran. ... ...
3:igl all Maria Antezia
10 all Do. New — ...
20 all !Namur & Liege
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16 all I N Gilbert' of France 3311 314
10 all \NcrwegianTrnk.Pref 9 10
20 all Paris and Lyon. 34 —3 i A
20 all !Paris and Orleans 54 56
20 7 ITleeife & San Frau ,
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20 all Sambrei and Meuse... 7 7i
10 all Po. 51 per cent. pref. 8
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83 all West Flanders
10 I all 'Do. 51 per c. Pref -9.!
20 all W.&N.W. of France 27 28
20 6 Western of Austria ... •••
20 all West. of Switzerland ... •••
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JOINT-STOCK BANKS.
40 all Australasia B7 89
25 181 Bank of Egypt
100 50 Bank of London 4B 50
40 all Bri.Col.Bk.&Ln. Co
50 all British N. American 611
20 8 C.Bk.of Ind. Au.ezCh 1
100 50 City 65 67 66 51
100 25 Colonial
100 20 Commercial of Lond
20 all Eng.Scot.daas.Cht. 18 181
20 all Lon. Ch. Bk.of Aust. 171 184
20 all Ditto New
N 20 London and County 292
50 Lnd.&B.Bukng.Corp
lo 10 London Joint Stock.
100 20 Lond.anclWestminst. ..•
100 35 National Pro. of Eng. ..1
20 10 10. New ...............
60 223/4 National Bank •
20 all New South Corp. 35
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100 25 Provinc al of Ireland
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laßßlaill 154 A -
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25 all South Australia. .•••• 321 —33 i
25 all Wilmot Australia... 51 52 51k
2iDo. New .. .. ........
N 10 Union of London....
100 50 Unity Mutual
00 450 WootrulA 9flond l2 114

Leasing
Companies

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Ln.&N.W.
rialadon
E.U.&E.O
Gt.Northn
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Caldonian.

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Australian Agricult.'
Xustraln. Royal Mail
'Berlin Water Works
Brit. American Lano
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Do.Go.6pc.Jan&July
Do. 6 p. c.Feb.&Aug.
D 0.6 p.c. Mar.&bcpt
Copper Min. of Eng.
Do. Pref. p. cent
Crystal Palace
Do. Preference
Crystal Pal, of France
Dustou Iron Ore
Eastern Steam
Electric Telegraph
Electric Tel. of Irel.
En. &Aust.Cop.SmCo
Eur. & Ind.Jetn. Tel.
'Gen, Ir.Sc, Col.(lim.)i
!Gen. Steam Navigat.
!Gen.
Discount
'Loin]. Gen. Omnibus'
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IMediteran. Elec. Tel. I
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Do. Do. ,

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Do. Do.
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N.S.W. Gov.s p.e.D.
,N. B. Australasian...'
Nrth.of BuropeSteam
Oriental Gas
Do New Shares
IPeell{r. Ld. & Minrl
IPeninsular 4 Oriental,

1- -Do. New
Rhymney Iron
Po. New
'Royal Mail Steam
Scot. Austral. Invest
Do. New
S. Aus, Gov. 6 p.c.bds.
South Austral. Land
Submarine Tel. Scrip
Do. Registered
Trus.Ln. Co. Up. Can
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THE ROY AL BRITISH BANK.

As much misconception appears to prevail re-
specting the approaching trial of the authorities
o the late Royal British Bank, it may be conve-
nient, upon the present occasion, to state the
nature of the a roceed ngs wh'cli have been taken
against those persons. In the first place, it may
be observed that until the conclusion of the exa-
minations in Bankruptcy the law officers of the
Crown were not in the slightest degree b mud to
n -rtice any irregular or criminal apt which might
have been committed by the officers of th e b ink. The
statute of the Queen (7 and 8 Vic.,
cap. 111) pro-
vides that the Commi.sioner in Bankruptcy shall in
such cases report the result of the examination
to the Board of Trade, and that the Board of Trade
shall then, if it think proper, place all the papers
beco-e the Attorney-General, with a vies to the
institution of a criminal prosecul ion. Without wait-
ing for the pro Ceases of report and formal reference,
the Attorney-General, upon reading the deposi-
tions—copies of which had been forwarded to him
by Mr. Lin klater. the able solicitor for the assignees
—elected to proceed by way of criminal informa-
tion, and not by way of indictment. Two very
obvious and sufficient reasons may bo stated in sup-
port of the course which the hon. and learned
gentleman adopted. It is very wel known that the
most competent law.) ers entertain very serkus doubts
whether the statute or comm-in law can reach the
offences, with which the offices of the bank have been
c'iarged. Many nice and difficult points will have
to be argued ; such, for instance, as these—whether
the comp ulsor y disclosure made in Bankruptcy does
not exempt the persons who male it from criminal
responsibility, or whether the false statements held
out to the public of the affairs of the bank amount
legally to the offence of conspiracy to defraud. The
effeet of filing aA iuforenation in this case is that
these grave and important que-tiens will ba tried,
heard, and determined, not in the Central Criminal
Court, at the preliminary investigation by a grand
jury, but by the Court of Queen's Bench, that great
tribunal which has the control of all the inferior
common law courts ; and we may add that, if the
par ies desire it, there may be "a trial at bar,"
where, instead of tire Lord Chief Justice alone,-all
the Judges of the Court may takopart in the trial
And decision of the ewe. Considering the amount of
melancholy interest and attention which the failure
of the Royal British Bank has occasioned—consi-
dering also, that the public mind must necessarily
be prejudiced to some extent against persons who,
whether intentionally or unintentionally, have been
the means of ruining thousands, we say that the
Attorney-General exercised not only a wise but a
humane discretion when be determined to submit the
decision of this most important case to a tribunal so
dignified, and in every way so competent, as the
Court of Queen's Bench. We are inclined to think
that the accused, if found gu'lty at all, will be con-
victed of the common law misdemeanour of having
disobeyed the provisiona of an Act of Parliament—
for having made false returns of the amount of
paid-up capital, and other fraudulent returns to the
Board of Trade. But, in every point of view, the
argument must be too teehnic.il, and too legal in its
nature, for the intellectual calibre of an ordinary
petty jury, and -Feref, ra we bdieve that the course
of public justice will be lareely advanced and pro-
moted by the delay which has taken place, and by
the selection of the Court of Queen's Bench for the

eternity.

teal of this prosecution in place of the Central Cri-
minal Court. To show that no efforts will be spar, d
to bring the accused to justice, we may mention
that, on behalf of the prosecution, the following
eminent counsel have been retained—the Attorney-
Guieral, the Solicitor-Genera!, Sir -Frederick
Thesiger, Mr. Sergeant Ballantyne, Mr. Welby.
and Mr. J. Brown• We understand, al o, that
the ex-member for Tewkesbury, Mr. Humphrey
Brown, will be defended by Mr. Hugh Hill, and
by Mr. Roxburgh, of the Chancery bar. This
statement may not be out of place at present,
especially as the affairs of two other insolvent com-
panies—the Royal Surrey Gardens and the Eastern
and Western Banking Corporation—in connection
ith the management of which similar charges of
profligate and criminal mismanagement have been
made are about to undergo judicial investigation.
The authorities of the Royal Br,tish Bank may rest
satisfied that they will have a fair, honest, and im-
partial trial ; and whatever the result may be—
whether the existing law fails in reaching them, or
whether it succeeds In visiting them with condign
and deserved punishment•—the public may equally
rest satisfied with the assurance that, under the
Fraudulent Trustee s' Act of last session, all possible
doubt as to the criminality of such practices has for
the future been happily and completely removed.—
Morning Post.

Prom Alexandria, Sept. 1, we learn that Generals
Windham, Dupuis, and Rose, appointed to commands
in the English army in India, had embarked at Suez in
one of the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamers
for Calcutta.
SUICIDE ON A GENTLEMAN IN THE ClTY.—Last night,
shortly before 10 o'clock, considerable excitement was
created in consequence of a most determined act of sell.
destruction committed by a gentleman unknown, who
shot himself through the head close to the railings of St.
Philip's Church, London Hospital. The deceased was
Carried round to the front of the hospital and placed in
the surgery, where Mr. Francis 0 een, the h }use sur-
geon, examined the deceased, and pronounced life ex-
tinct. The name of " Bell" was marked on the linen of
the individual, who is about 35 years of age, rather
robust and dark hair. In his pockets were found 15s
in silver, and a few trifling articles—a gold watch and
gold chain, t eo rings and a penknife.
THE CIVIL SERVlCE.—War.llepartment.--Mr. C. H.
Rumbold, Military Store Clerk let class, Mauritius, has
been appointed to Pembroke. Mr. Geo. Arber, Military
Store Clerk 2d class,
P mbroke, has been appointed to
the Mauritius. Committee of Council on Education.—
Mr. Frank Marshall and Mr. Henry Cullum have been
appointed Clerks, after a competitive examination. The
Admiralty.—There are six vacancies for established
Clerkships at present in the Somerset-house branch,
which will be filled by Extra Clerks here and at the
Dock and Victualling-yards after a competitive exami-
nation. A Clerkehip in the Secretary's office has become
vacant, vice Burton, superannuated. Mr. P. J. Le
Seur has been appointed a Clerk in the office of Inspector-
General of Imports and Exports, in London. Mr. W.
R. Ryan has been promoled from Tide-surveyor Fourth
Class to be Landingvt a.ter Sixth Class in London. Mr.
E. J. Armstrong has been promoted from Fourth to
Third Class Clerk in the office of the Inspector-General
of Imports and Exports, London. Mr. J. H. Stephen-
son has been promoted from Fifth to Fourth Class Cle k
in the office of Inspector-Generei of Imports and Ex-
ports, London. Sierra Leone.—The office of Queen's
Advocate has become vacant by the death of Mr.
Collett.—Civil Service Gazette
CENTRAL AFRICA.—An official despatch has been
received at the Foreign-office from her Majesty's Consul
at Tripoli, throwing some doubt on the reported death
of Dr. Vogel. The courier who bad tests despatched in
April last for the frontier of Wadai, to obtain, if pos-
sible, some tidings of the fate of this scientific traveller,
having returned to Murzek, brings with him also a letter
from the Sheikh of Berge. From the report of some
people composing a small caravan that had reached
Borgu from Wadai it appears that Dr. Vogel, after
having successively visited several places, had reached
Andra, whence he was summoned toWara, the capital of
Wadai, by the Sultan, by whom he bad been some time
detained, but was supposed to be preparing for his de-
parture to Darfur. Upon the receipt of this report the
Sultan of Borgu, who had zealously interested himself
in the matter, at once sent off two couriers to Wadai,
both of whom had returned with reports corroborating
the story of the caravan
people. Respecting the death.
of the gallant Maguire, no doubt appears, unfortunately,
to be entertained •, arid the favourable report of the
existence of poor Vogel is-still so .much a matter of
uncertainty that, should no positive tidings of his fate
be received by the large caravan, which was daily
expected at Murzuk, other couriers will be immediately
hastened off to obtain, if possible, written evidence of
his fate. To the friends of Dr. Vogel it will be a
groat consolation to know that Lord Clarendon is
thus making every effort to ascertain his fate, and,
should he be held in captivity, to devise means for his
redemption.
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powers acc.rdin;ly. The Royal Exhibition, 1851. —A valu-
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ing one of the glasses out of their spectacles in a letter, and
stating the dist mce from the eye they can read small print
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EXECUTION OF CAPTAIN ROGERS.

(By ELECTRIC TELEGRAFII.)
LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY.

Captain Rogers, late of the ship Martha and Jane,
who was at the last assizes found guilty of the murder
of one of his crew, named Andrew Rose, was publicly
exe :uted this day in front of the county gaol at Kirk-
`dale.
The wife of the captain bad her la,t interview with
the culprit yesterday. She was accompanied by three
of her children—the three oldest, two boy; and a girl.
Rogers was a native of Sunderland,' and aiJout 35 years
of age. He was well known in Liverpool.
At an early hour t',is morning the chaplain of the
gaol, the Rev. Mr. Appleton, visited the wretched man
and remained with him until the arrival of the hour
fixed for the execution. At a few minutes before 12 the
governor, Mr. Gibbs, with the other officials, entered the
cell, and the necessary prelim;naries having been per-
formed, the convict was conducted to the scaffold, where
Calcraft, the London executioner, carried the sentence
of the law into effect.

There was an immense number of people present. The
usual ceremonies having been g one through, the bolt
was withdrawn anethe unhappy man was launched into

THE B.

ANCE,

The following is the monthly debtor and creditor
account of the Bank of France, made up to yester-
day (Thursday) :

Fr. C.
Cash and ingots
Cash at the branch banks 128,219,422
Bills due yesterday to be paid to-day 355,937 62
Bills becoming due in Paris
Bills in the branch banks
Advances on coin and ingots
Do. in the branch banks
Do. on public securities of France 22,560,136 10
Do. in the branch banks
Do. on railway shares and bonds 17,558,500
Do. in the branch banks
Do. on Credit Fonder Scrip 103,300
Do. to the State by treaty of
June 30, 1848
Reritcs of the reserve fund
Rentes of disposable funds
New Shares, not settled
Hotel and furniture of the Bank
Real property of branch banks
Expenses of administration
Premiums on the purchase of matihres
Sundries

50,000,000 -
12,980,750 14
52,189,360 83
77,613,300 -
4,000,000 --
5,013,922 -
766,348 40
696,120 20
529,148 47

Du.

Capital
Ditto, New
Reserve fund
Ditto, New
Reserve immobiliere

1,092,409,318 50

91,250,000 ---
91,250,000 --
12,980,750 14
9,125,000 -

4,00000 -

Notes to bearer, in circulation
Do. of branch banks 51,279,800 --
Do. to order (Post bills)
Bills pa- able at sight 5,115,809
Account-current of Treasury Creditor 121,577,183 97
Various accounts-current 118,507,377 95
Do. branch banks 25,248,595 7.-:.

Dividends to be paid
Discount, interest, and expenses
Charge for safe keeping of securities
Re-discounts of the last half-year
Overdue bills
Sundries

710,710 25
1,048,127 87
8,826,157 22
2,268,387 81
3,663 77

1,703,828, 87