The Sun.
London, England, 1861-12-14 00:00:00

BANK OF FRANCE.

The following is the account for month ending
Thursday, Dec. 12 :

ASSETS.

Cash and ingots ..
Cash at the branch-banks ..
Bills due to be paid to-day.. .. ..
13ills becoming due in Pari.s, of which
72,996,452 f. 9c, are from Ole branch-
banks
..
.. .. 280,691,656 55
Bills in the branch-banks .. .. .. 333,852,652
A-dvances on coin and ingots .. 14,858,937 30
Do. in the branch- banks .. .. 2,735,600
Do on French securities 17,149 500
Do in the branch-banks
.. .. 7,446,400
Do on railway shares and bondz .. 30,194,700
Do in the branch-banks 15,012,400
Do on Cr4dit Fonder Bonds . . • • 290,300
Do in the branch-banks • • • . 148,800
.., Do to State by treaty, 1848 .. .. 30,000,000
nentes of the reserve-fund 12,980,750 14
,-11'ntes, disposable funds .. .. .. 27,163,698
'ettes immobilised (law of June, 1 857) .. 100,000,000
Uotel and furniture of the Bank .. .. 4,000,000
heal property of branch-banks .. .. 5,836,443
xpenses of administration .. .. 2,065,217 91
Stuidries •• •• •• •• •• 979173,901 77

.. 95,315,231 76
.. 229,600,000 -7

817,256 2

1,237,336,475 38

LIABILITIES.
be • • • • .00
•••• • • • •

Capital
Reserve
Capital ::
neserve -fund • •
ew Reserve
4.,serve-immobiliere.
Profits to be added to Capital (Art. 8 07
law June 9, 1857) .• • •
Notes to bearer in circulation in Paris and'
the branch-banks • •
Do. to order (Post-bills) • •
Bills payable at sight • • • • • •
•A.ce- cur. of Treasury Creditor ..
Various accounts current ..
Do. branch-banks
Dividends to be paid
Arrears of values deposited ..
Discount, interest, and expenses .
Re-discounts of the last half-year
Sundries •• ••

91,2.50,000 -
91,250,000 -
12,980,750 14
9,125,000 -
4,000,000 -
2,316,503 57

715,613,575 -
4,685,144 93
4,918,844 -
110,373,247 67
116,890,815 86
26,4'0,630 -
826,442 75
2,300,407 83
16,954,174 53
1,936,567 58
25,291,371 52

1,2 37,336,475 38

MISS CATHERINE LUCETTE,—The ne w lessee of
115 St. James's Theatre has secured the ser Vices of this
clever actress and vocalist, and she will appear at Christmas
ae the Hero in W. Brough's new burlesque of " Perseus and
Andromeda.—Era.
DEATH OF A COMMISSIONER OF BANKRUPTCY.
--The members of the legal profession genet -ally in the
three northern counties of Durham, Northumh.,rl and, and
Cumberland have learned with regret the death of Mr.
Commissioner Ellison, of the Newcastle-on-Ty n e District
Court of Bankruptcy. Mr. Ellison, who had b, 3E n ill from
July, resumed his seat in court on Monday laa't, -when Mr.
Watson,
in the presence of a considerable nr amber of the
Profession, delivered a very feeling address, cc ,ngratulating
the learned commissioner on his restoration to health. In
replying Mr. Ellison was deeply affected by t he warm re-
ception the profession had given him after his long illness.
tut the excitement had been too much for him, for he
suffered a relapse shortly afterwards, and died c as Thursday,
aged 75 years.
TIIE OLDEST TREE WITHIN THE CIT V BOUNDS.
The venerable tree in the Temple-gardens, which is, in
411 probability, as old as Shakspere's days, and which may
be teen forming one of a row which stood close to t he Thames
wall, in prints of Charles ll's time, is in a sad ea ndition. A
,recent gale has blown off one of its limbs, awl such is the
tottering condition of the trunk, and other ren raining parts
that the whole can be shaken by a touch. WI ien we think
of its venerable age, its picturesque appearane e, that in all
prebability Dr. Johnson and Goldsmith often. rested below
8 shade, and other associations, we trust that neither pains
44 what little expense is necessary for its preservation,
will be spared by the authorities of the M iddler Temple. A
taw crutches judiciously fixed up, whi. le ivy might be
trained to creep around it ; the filling of ttas hollows of the
.111'Ic with plaster of Paris, in the same vay as the
decayed trees are managed at Hatfie Id, 'and some other
might be the means of preserving ;:c for more than a
century to come. As the poor old tresa is at present situate
it isin danger from every strong b:7 .ast which blows.-
04174kr.