The Sun.
London, England, 1859-05-16 00:00:00

THE BANE OF FRANCE.

The Moniteur of Friday morning publishes the
usual monthly debtor and creditor account of the
Bank of France, made up to (Thursday). The cor-
responding figures of the last month are added :

DEBTOR.

April.

May.

C-
Capital of the Bank 91,250,000 0 91,250,000 0
Ditto, New
Profits in addition to Capi-
-tal (Art. 8, Law of June
9, 1857) f 1,510,527 65 1,510,527 65
Reserve of the Bank
New Reserve

Ditto in landed property 4,000,000 0 4,000,000 0
Notes in circulation 730,371,825 0 736,844,178 0
Bank-notes to order 6,507,855 72 7,199,511 69
Receipts payable at sight 8,948,766 0 12,473,741 0
Treasury account current
creditor
Sundry accounts current 209,804,576 91 263,389,366 79
Ditto with branch banks 28,224,369 0 37,240,364
Dividends payable. 652,674 25 496,207 26
Discts. sundry interests 2,232,389 62 2,889,820 41
Commission on deposits 5,617,304 50 7,678,127 74
Re-discounted the last six

months
Surplus of paid-up bills 20,629 22 14,164 22
Sundries

Total 1,283,181,273 80 1,377,360,958 86

CREDITOR.

April. May.
F. C. F. C.
Cash in hand
Cash in the branch banks. 315,094,036 0 343,394,746 0
Commercial bills overdue. 364,913 47 625,290 61
Commercial bills dis-
counted, not yet due
Do. in the branch banks .
Advanced on deposit of

bullion. _
Do. by the branch banks..
_.. ...

163,800 0 306,200
405,900 0 588,800 0

Do. on Frenchpublic seen-
rifles
Do. by the branch banks 13,202,500 0 14,606,200 0
Do. on railway securities 95,236,300 0 114,972,800 0
Do. by the branch banks 30,519,300 0 30,552,100 0
Do .on Credit Foneier Scrip 633,900 0 704,200 0
Do. on branch banks Scrip 424,700 0 451,100 0
Do. to the State on agree-
ment of June 30, 1848 48,000,000 0 70,000,000 0
Govern. stock reserved
Do. disposable
New shares, not settled 4,125 0 6,050 u,„
Hotel and furn. of Bank
Landed property of branch
banks 6,787,597 0 6,871,419 •
Expenses of management 1,219,152 34 1,637,648 43
Sundries

Total 1,283,181,273 80 1,377,360,958 86

SHOCKING STEAMBOAT EXPLOSION

IN AMERICA.

On the 24th of April the boilers of the steamer
St. Nicholas exploded during the passage between
New Orleans and St. Louis. The loss of life wall
between 30 and 40 persons. A large number were
injured. The captain met his death in a frightful
manner. A heavy piece of timber, displaced by
the explosion, caught his feet and held him fa.s_.t•
By almost superhumLn efforts he disengaged no
right foot, but his left still remained fast. During
this time he exhibited great solicitude for the safety
of persons on the boat, and not until the flames had
come within reach of his own body did he exhibit
any anxiety for himself. Then, finding he could.
not release himself, he implored those in reach a
his voice to relieve him from his dreadful dilemma',
requesting at last that some one would bring an
axe and cut off his leg. Every exertion was made
to relieve him, but without avail, and the noble
captain and true man was consumed by the flames'
meeting death manfully at his post. One of the
most affecting incidents of the entire tragedy
occurred i.i ther conduct of Miss Kennedy. 'She Was
thrown by the explosion from the state room into
the river, and floated down to the stern of the boat;
when she caught her hand in one of the rings
attached to the hull, and hung in that perilous
dilemma, when death stood threatening her upon
either hand. To loose her hold was to sink into tilte
waves, and to hold on was to burn with the wree'''
to which she was clinging—every moment being
an age of alternating pe and despair. She re-
mained in this position until the flames actually
burned the hair and skin from her head—the only
part of the body above the water, except the hand
by which she clung to the wreck, and that was
burned to a crisp. While in this awful suspense,
and suffering intensely from the heat, such was her
presence of mind and her wonderful heroism, that
as a man, who was worse stunned, perhaps, than
herself by the explosion, was floating by her in a
drowning condition, she seized him by the hair
with her disengaged hand, and held his face out of
the water until a skiff was brought to the rescue of
both.—Memphis Advocate.

MR. ALBERT SMITH'S CHINA,
TO-NIGHT at 8, and TO-MORRO W at 3 and 8.
Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly.
Just published, price 6d.,
"TO CHINA AND BACK." By ALBERT SMITH. For-
'warded from the Egyptian Hall, for Seven Stamps.

CRISTY'S MINSTRELS.—Every Night at 8,
and a Grand Day Performance on Saturday Afternoon
at 3, at St. James's Hall, Piccadilly. Change of Programme for
the Easter Holidays. Stalls, 3s. ; unreserved seats, 2s. •
gallery, is. Tickets and places may be secured at Mr:
Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street.

RYSTAL PALACE. GREAT FLOWER
SHOW.—Tickets of Admission, at Five Shillings each,
May be purchased THIS DAY and TO-MORROW, up to
Five o'clock, on the ()icier (accompanied by the Ticket) of any
Season Ticket holder, at the Office in Exeter Hall.

REV. J. M. BELLEW on GOLDSMITH.—
The Rev. J. M. BELLEW will give a READING from
the works of OLIVER GOLDSMITH, with Incidents in his
Life. at St. James's-hall, Piccadilly, on THURSDAY
EVENING, May 19, at 8 p.m. Stalls (numbered and re-
served), 4s. ; centre area and balconies, 25.; back seats, is. ;
of A. Austin, St. James's Hall ; Mitchell's Royal Library ;
Seale's Library, Circus-road, St. John's-wood ; and Cramer
and Co's, Regent-street, where plans of the stalls may be
seen.

JOHN VANDENHOFF, ESQ.,
PUBLIC READING SOCIETY.—A READING
in AID of the FUNDS of the above Society will take
place at the Assembly Rooms, Eyre Arms, St. John's-wood,
on Wednesday Evening next, at Eight o'clock precisely, on
which occasion JOHN VANDENHOFF, Esq., the eminent
tragedian ' • G. D. Thompson, Esq., Professor of Elocution at
the Royal Academy of Music ; E. W. Cox, Esq., and C. J.
Plumptre, Esq„ have kindly consented to give their gratuitous
services as readers.—Programmes and reserved stalls, &c.,
may be obtained on application at Mr. Serle's Library, Circus-
road, St. John's-wood; and at the Eyre Arms.—Admission
Reserved Stalls, 3s. ; Front Seats, 2s. ; Back ditto, ls.

ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE, Leicester-
Square. —M`COLLTIM'S GREAT ANGLO-SAXON
CIRCUS. Two Performances Daily, commencing at 2 p.m.
and 8 p.m. Prices of Admission—Stalls, ss. ; Reserved
Seats, 35.; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, is. ; Gallery, 6d. Private Boxes
from £1 10s. to £2 109. Private Boxes, Stalls, and Reserved
Seats can be secured every day at the Box Office, from 10
a.m. till five p.m. ; and at Mr. Mitchell's, Royal Library, Old
Bond-street. Performances are over in season to reach all
Parts of London and suburbs by omnibus or rail. .Carriages
can be ordered quarter past 4 and quarter past 10.

OREMORNE.—Admission, ls. Open Wet or
Dry.—The natural beauty of these extensive grounds is
how well worthy the attention of the Metropolitan Visitor,
and affords a'deliglitful promenade to the early patron pre -
Vious to the amusements, which commence at 5 o'clock, and
Include Military Music, by the Sax Horn Band—A Grand
Ballet " The Magic Star "—A Marionette Burlesque, termed
"Our Reform Bill," the music incidental to which is per-
formed by the Cremona Band—and the Al Fresco Ball on the
brilliantly illuminated Crystal Platform.
The Gardens open at 3, from which hour the resources of
the hotel department are available for dinners and general
re freshment, in public or private rooms. The Cremorne
Supper from 9. Table d'hote on Sundays at 6.

Just published, price 2s:, free by post, 2s. 4d.,
ON SPERMATORRHCEA.
By F. R. COURTENAY, M.R.C.S.E.,
And formerly Sur ;eon to the Metropolitan_ Infirmary for the

Cure of Strictures of the Urethra.
" The aim of the author is to.present a common-sense view
of the Causes, Nature, Consequences, and Treatment of this
Disease, as also to free these questions from the Professional
Fallacies, the Popular Delusions, and the exaggerations of
Quackery by which. they have hitherto been surrounded, to the
destruction of the health and happiness of thousands. These
objects are discussed in a common-sense and highly practical
manner."—Medical Circular.

London : li. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street.