The Sun.
London, England, 1868-03-06 00:00:00

The minutes of the previous meeting having been
read, a reward of £lB 7s. was voted to pay the ex-
penses of the institution's lifeboat stationed at St.
Ives, Cornwall, in going off during a strong north-
erly gale, and saving the crew of five mcn of the
schooner Gipsy, of Chepstow, which was wrecked
on St. Ives Ridge on the 19th ult. So great was
the violence of the sea that the coxswain and three
of the men were washed out of the lifeboat on the
occasion, but were fortunately enabled to regain the
boat. A reward of £8 G. was likewise granted to
pay the expenses of the institution's lifeboat at
Irvine, N. 8., in going off on the 10th ult. and
bringing safely on shore i❑ two trips, during a
strong wind and in a very heavy sea, fourteen per-
sons from the barque Kate Agnes, of St. John's,
N. 8., which came broadside on to the beach, about
a mile from the river's mouth. A reward of £4O
was also voted to pay the expenses of the Yarmouth
and Caiser Lifeboats, in putting off in reply to
signals of distress on the 23d ult., and saving, after
considerable difficulty, seven of the crew of the ship
Omega, of Newcastle, which during a strong wind
ha I stranded on the Cockle Saud, and afterwards
drifted and sank about 14 miles S.E. of Lowestoft.
It appears that the master of the Omega would not
leave her until she actually sank beneath him, when
catching hold of the rope which the Caister
crew had succeeded in throwing on board he man-
aged to save his life, the men hauling him through
the surf into the lifeboat, a distance of some GO or
70 yards. A reward of £9 was likewise granted to
the crew of the Moelfre lifeboat for going off
on the 19th ult., in reply to signals of distress,
and saving, during a heavy gale of wind from the
N.E., the crews of three men each of the schooners
March, of Liverpool, and Richard, of Bangor,
which stranded in Maelfre Bay. A reward of £5
2s. 6d. was likewise voted to pay the expenses of

the lifeboat at Fishguard, South Wales, in going off
during a strong northerly gale on the 19th ult. and
bringing safely on shore the crew of two men of

the smack Gloucester Packet, of Cardigan, which
had exhibited signals of distress in the roadstead.
Rewards were also granted to the crews of the so-
ciety's lifeboats at Portmadoc, Maryport, North
Deal, Buckie, Donna Nook, New Brighton, llayle,
Padstow, Appledore, Newquay (Cardigan), South-
port, and Porthcawl, for various services during the
recent heavy gales. Various other rewards were
also granted to the crews of different shore boats
for saving life from shipwrecks on our coast. Pay-
ments amounting to nearly £2,000 were ordered to
be made on various lifeboat establishments. It was
reported that lifeboats were ready to be sent to
Broadstairs and Penarth. The Independent Order
of Odd Fellows (Manchester Unity) has presented
to the institution a lifeboat stationed at Cleethorps,
on the Lincolnshire coast. The members of the
Corn Exchange, Mark-lane, having also presented
to the institution the cost of a lifeboat, the society
had decided to name the large lifeboat at Yar-
mouth, on the Norfolk coast, " The Mark-lane," in
compliment to tha subscribers, and since the boat
had been so named she has been instrumental in
saving life. A legacy of £lOO had been left to
the institution by the late Miss Sarah Harrison,
of Edge Hill, near Liverpool, and £5O by the late
Miss J. M. Laing, of Abergele, Flintshire. An addi-

tional liberal contribution of £l5O had boon re-
ceived per Mrs. Boys, from the trustees of the late
Thomas Boys, Esq., of Hove, near Brighton. The
Blackheath (Hartley) Amateur Dramatic Corps had
also forwarded to the society a second donation of
£25 14s. 2d. through H. P. Duke, Esq., being the
proceeds of an entertainment recently given by
them in aid of its funds. A subscription of one
guinea a-year had been received as a token of gra-
titude from a passenger rescued, with others, by
the institution's lifeboat at Holyhead, named
the Princess of Wales, from the ship Lydia
Williams, which was wrecked off that place on the Ist
December last. The committee decided to name
the Saltburn lifeboat " The Appleyard," in memory
of the late John Appleyard, Esq., of Halifax, who
had some time since bequeathed the institution a
handsome legacy. It was stated that the annual
meeting of the institution was to be held on Tues-
day next, the 10th inst., at the London Tavern, the
Right Hon. H. T. L. Corry, M.P., First Lord of
the Admiralty, having kindly consented to preside
on the occasion. Reports were read from Captain
J. R. Ward, R.N., the inspector, and Captain D.
Robertson, R.N., the assistant-inspector of lifeboats
to the institution,lon their recent visits to its various
lifeboat stations.
The proceedings then terminated.

BANE OF FRANCE.

PARIS, March 5.

The following is the return of the Bank of France
for the week ending to-day, together with the cor-
responding figur3s of the previous account :

DEBTOR.

Feb. 27.

fr. c.
182,500,000

Mar. 5.
fr.
Capital of the Bank— c..
182,500,000
Profits in addition to
capital (Art. 8, Law,
Juno 9, 1857) 7,044,776 02 7,044,776 02
Reserve of the Bank

and its branches 22,105,750 14 22,105,750 14
Reserve of landed pro-
perty 4,000,000 4,000,000
Notes in circulation 1,198,503,025 1,189,500,575
Banknotes to order and
receipts payable at
sight 34,438,865 71 33,879,203 42
Treasury account cur-
rent creditor 75,609,194 68 75,157,559 66
Current accounts, Paris 376,033,055 82 393,400,838 52
Do. branch banks 48,825,403 45,9.'1,142
Dividends payable 1,299,626 75 1,418,484 75
Discounts and sundry
interests
Rediscounted the last
six months
Surplus of receipts not

distributed
Sundries

930,376 76 930,376 76

- -
6,4G7,718 96 5,806,369 01

Total
CREDITOR.
Mar. 5. Feb. 27.
Cash in hand and in fr. c. fr.
Branch banks 1,131,602,388 25 1,129,950,314 87
Commercial bills over-
due
Commercial bills dis-
counted, not yet due 226,379,348 70 230,578,520 93
Do. branch banks 212,817,810 215,583,672
Advances on deposit of
bullion 51,907,000
Do. branch banks 10,985,377
Do. on French Public
Securities ll 759 600
, ,
Do. by branch banks 7,269,300
Do. on railway shares
and debentures 36,904,300 --
Do. branch banks
Do. on Credit Fancier
Bonds
Do. branches
Do. to the State (Con-
vention, Juno 10,
1857).. 60,000,000
Government Stock re-

144,904 85

54,313,700 -
10,954,077 -

11,961,300 -
7,407,200

36,824,700 -
27,033,000 -

924,000 - 915,200 -
900,500 -- 913,600 -

60,000,000 --

12,930,750 14 12,980,750 14
40,706,669 66 40,706,669 66

serve
Do. disposable
Rentes Immobalisees
(Law, June '2, 1857) 100,000,000 100,000,000
Hotel and furniture of
the Braik and landed
propel ty branches
Expenses of manage-
ment 723,777 G 9 520,227 CO
Sundries

8,323,003 - 8,322,940 -

Total 1,961,007,205 77 1,964,615,448 93

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