The Sun.
London, England, 1850-12-21 00:00:00

LIABILITIES.

Capital ... . . f. 67,900,000 0
Ditto of the Branch Banks ... ... 23,350,000 0
Reserve fund ... 10,000,000 0
Ditto of the branch banks ... '2,980,750 14
Reserve-immobiliere 4,000,000 0
Notes to bearer, in cilculation ... 398,176,100 0
Ditto of the branch banks ... 83,376,150 0
Ditto to order (post-bills) ... 6,419,016 5
Account-current with Treasury creditor 83,586,048 77
Various accounts current 74,403,370 3
Ditto in branches 27,266,076 0
Bills payable at sight ... 3,527,000 0
Ditto at branches 990,989 0
Dividends payable . . ... 257,723 25
Liquidation of the Algiers Bank 8,730 0
Discounts, interest, and expenses ... 3,227,132 24
Expenses anticipated ... ... 536,366 29
Ditto of branch banks ... ... 604,173 0
Re-discounts of the last six months ... 119,474 40
Ditto in branch banks .. 270,407 0
Miscellaneous ... 488,550 33

f. 791,488,056 50
Certified by the Governor of the Bank of France,

D'ARGOUT .

It appears by the preceding account that the cash in
hand has increased by 4,000,000 f. The commercial bills
discounted have increased by 1,000,000 f. The Bank
notes in circulation have decreased by 2,500,000'.
The balance to the credit of the Treasury has increased
by 10,000,000 f. Sundry credits have decreased by
3,500,000 f.

THE ARMY AND NAVY.
(From the United Service Gazette of this day.)
SUPPLIES TO THE BERRING'S STRAITS ARCTIC
EXPEDITION.—We stated some months since that
Captain Collinson, in command of the Behring's Straits
Expedition in search of Sir John Frankin, had been
order&, on joining the Plover, Commander Moore, to
re-enter as many men of that ship as would volun-
teer, and to send home the others of the ship's com-
pany who had served their three years ; and, more-
over, if he deemed it requisite, he was to dispose of
the Plover, and not incur the expense of navigating
her to England. Since Captain Collinson, however,
has reached the scene of his arduous Arctic opera•
tions, some other arrangements have been deemed im-
peratively necessary, and we believe Captain Collinson
has retained the Plover as a reserve ship, to fall back
upon in the event of any accident happening to his own
ship, the Enterprise ; but, acting upon his former in-
structions, Captain Collinson will, no doubt, send either
the Plover or the Investigator to the Sandwich
Islands in the spring ; and to meet this arrangement,
we understand that the Admiralty have sent out
overland orders to the Commander-in-Chief of the
Pacific to dispatch one of the ships under-his com-
mand, filled with stores and provisions for refitting,
repairing and replenishing any vessel that may be
sent there ; or if no ship should be met with at the
Sandwich Islands, the vessel dispatched will proceed
to the rendezvous of the Plover, in or near Behring's
Straits; and on fallieg din with the Plover, that ship
will be n fit-ed by the united crews, and then from
her crew, and the crew of the vessel sent to meet
her, a new ship's company will be formed of volun-
teers ; and those of the Plover who have served their
time, and are desirous of returning home, will have
a passage to Vatparaisf., and the Plover will then con-
tinue her services in Behring's Straits until the end of
1852, to alcl m prosecuting the search for Franklin
and his missing companions.

would be an act of
r (I RLO UG US To E
kindness to the soldier it the a(ason for furloughs in
Great Britain were either extended another month
Or, if this indulgence cc u'o, who the garrison duty,
permit; be granted to more than the present number
of 10 men per company. At present only 40 men in
each company can go on furlough during the four
months, as they are seldom issued before the Ist
of November, and never aft:r the Ist of March ; so
that each man, supposing all wish to go, can visit
his friends but once every two years. Tne period of
the stay of an infantry corps in England is usually
so short, as compared to the length of their service
abroad, that it seems hard that every man should not
have the option, if possible, of going holm, once a
year. Were the periods of half-yearly inspection
fixed for the months of Airil and Scptemb?r, the sea
son for furloughs would commence on the Ist of
October and end on the 31st of March ; and if fifteen
non-commissiom d officers and rank and file per cum-
pany were permitted to absent themselves at a time,
every man would have his turn of furlough during
each winter.

THR SURVEY OF THE MEDITERRANEAN.—A report
bas been published by our contemporary, stating—