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.
O.
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) 1,510,527 65 1,510,527 65,
Reserve of the Bank
750 14
New Reserve
Ditto in landed property 4,000,000 0 4,000,000 0
Notes in circulation- 730,371,825 0 736,844,178
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 0
Dividends payable 652,674 25 496,207 25
Discts. sundry interests 2,232,389 62 2,889,820 41
Commission on deposits 6,617,304 50 7,678,127 74
Re-discounted the last six
months
37
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. C.
Cash in hand
Cash in the branch banks. 315,094,036 0 343,394,746 :,
Commercial bills overdue. 364,913 47 625,290 0'
Commercial bills dis-
counted, not yet due
Do. in the branch banks _ 226,778,150 0 250,116,915 0
Advanced on deposit of
bullion.
163,800 0 306,200
Do. by the branch banks 405,900 0 588,800 0
Do. on Frenchpublic secu-
rities
26,865,600 0 29,730,900
Do. by the branch banks 13,202,500 0 14,606,200 o •
Do. on railway securities 95,236,300 0 114,972,800
Do. by the branch banks 30,519,300 0 30,552,100 0,
Do.on Credit Fancier Scrip 633,900 0 704,200
Do. on branch banks Scrip 424,700 0 451,100 ,1
Do. to the State on agree-
AM 0
ment of June 30, 1848.. 48,000,000 0 70,000,.,-- i 4
Govern. stock reserved 12,980,750 14 12,980,750
Do. disposable
New shares, not settled 4,125 0 6,050 0
Hotel and urn. of Bank .. 4,000,000 0 4,000,000
Landed property of branch
banks
Expenses of management.
Sundries

6,787,597 0 6,871,419 0
1,219,152 34 1,637,648 43
4,222,530 80 7,210,609 20

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

SHOCKING STEAMBOAT EXPLOSION

IN AMERICA.

On the 24th of April the boilers of the steamer
St. Nicholas exploded during the passage betweeri
New Orleans and St. Louis. The loss of life w. 8.16.
between 30 and 40 persons. A large number
injured. The captain met his death in a MOP",
manner. A heavy piece of timber, displaced of
the explosion, caught his feet and held him fin;
By. almost superhuman efforts he disengaged r"..
right foot, but his left still remained fast. Dur:13,..,,'
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 cell f
not release himself, he implored those in reach °
his voice to relieve him from his dreadful dilemma'
requesting at last that some one would bring e;
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 flinhoc;
meeting death manfully at his post. One 0f
most affecting incidents of the entire tragedy
occurred Li the conduct of Miss Kennedy. She wto
thrown by the explosion from the state room in
the river, and floated down to the stern of the boat,
when she caught her hand in one of the ri,e81,,,,
attached to the hull, and hung in that peri'c'
dilemma, when death stood threatening her upo:
either hand. To loose her hold was to sink into th
waves, and to hold on was to burn with the wreck
to which she was clinging—every moment being
an age of alternating hope and despair. She fie"
mained in this position until the flames actually
burned the hair and skin from her head—the onll
part of the body above the water, except the ba11...,
by which she clung to the wreck, and that vo'
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, tilt,
as a man, who was worse stunned, perhaps, tilt
herself by the explosion, was floating by her in.
drowning condition, she seized him by the 11,.':f
with her disengaged hand, and held his face cob "f
the water until a skiff was brought to the rescue°
both. Memphis Advocate.