The Sun.
London, England, 1868-10-30 00:00:00

BANK OF FRANCE.

PARIS, Oct. 29.

epr
The following is the return of the Bank of France
fortheweekfigeunrdinesg of to-day,th previous
together with the cor-
respondingaccount :

DEBTOR.
Oct. 2).
fr. c.
500,000
r ro fi Capitalts o
inf the
additionß ank 1.0
capital (Art. 8, Law,. 182,
June 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
Banknotes to orderand
receipts payable at
sight 33,400,569 27 34,325,530 03
Treasury account cur-
rent creditor 194,920,407 79 192,148,137 17
Current accounts, Paris 293,072,015 99 319,250,603 66
Do. branch banks 51,999,971 48,916,951
Dividends payable 981,372 1,007,815
Discounts and sundry
interests
Rediscounted the last

Oct. 22.

182,500,000 -

six months
Surplus of receipts not
distributed - -
Sundries

Total
CREDITOR.
Oct. 29. Oct. 22.
Cash in hand and in fr. o. fr.
_ _

Branch banks
1
Commercial bills over-
_ 2064?4 56756 1 222 56 225 81
due
Commercial bills dis-

counted, not
banksnotyet due 241,985,509 11 232,200,995 37
Do. branch
212,554,093 211,117,504
Advances on deposit of
bullion 33,716,200 32,108,000
Do. branch banks 9,356,100 9,339,900
Do. on French Public
Securities 12,037,200 11,885,500
Do. by branch banks 7,600,200 7,542,800
Do. on railway shares
and debentures - 36,249,500
Do. branch banks
Do. on Credit Foncier
Bonds
Do. branches
Do. to the State (Con-
vention, Juno 10,
1857) 60,000,000 -- 60,000,000
Government Stock re- . _

serve y 12,980,750 14 12,980,750 14
Do. disposable
Relates Immobalisees
(Law, June 2, 1857) 160,000,000 100,000,000
Hotel and furniture of
the Bank and landed
propel ty branches ..„ 9,033,706 9,033,723
Expenses of manage-
ment 9,035,706 1,980,040 87
Sundries

Total
Certified by the Senator-Governor of the Bank
of France.

(Signed) RoULAND.

LUXURIANT AND BEAUTIFUL HAIR.—MRS. S. A.
ALLEN'S WORLD'S HAIR RESTORER on DRESSING never fails to
quickly restore Grey or Faded Hair to its youthful colour and
beauty, and with the first application a beautiful gloss and de-
lightful fragrance is given to the Hair. It stops the Hair from
falling off. It prevents baldness. It promotes luxuriant growth
it causes the Hair to grow thick and strong. It removes all
dandruff. It contains neither oil nor dye. In large Bottles—
Price Six Shillings. Sold by most Chen:V.3U aqd Porfunaers
Depot, 266, High Holborn

Extreme Sea
Friday, F. 0
October 30, B. T. W. Ito F. D. WB. 'to
8 a.m. 12 I 9
Nairn
Aberdeen
Leith
Shields ..
Scarborough 30'00r. 42 41 W. 3 6 W.N.W. c. 3
Yarmouth 3oolr. 41 40 W. 3 8 W.N.W. o. 2
Helder
Cuxhaven
Skudesnaes
Ardrossan
Greencastle 30'02r. 48 47 W. 3 8 W.N.W. c.ro 0'23
Holyhead
Liverpool
Valeutia 3o'34r. 51 48 N.N.W. 3 7 N.W. c.ro o'o4l 3
Cape Clear 3o'2Br. 51 49 N.W. 8 9 N.W. C. o'o3l 7
Roche 's Pt. 30'29r. 48 46 W. 3 4 N.W. c.b. 2
Penzance
Plymouth • 30'33r. 50 48 N.W. 3 7 '.N.W. c.o. o'o2 2
Weymouth 30•30 r. 50 48 W.N.W. 1 8 W. c.o. 2
Portsmouth 30'27r. 47 45 N.W. 2 7 N.N.W. c. o'o3 2
London , 3olBr. 43 42 W. 3 6 W. bmclo'ol
,
C'peGrisNez 30'14r. 48 46 W.N.W. 8 9 W.N.W. C. 0'0.7 5
Brest 30•44 r. 52 47 N.W. 4 4 N.W. 0. o'o3, 3
L'Orient 30"41r. 50 46 W.N.W. 7 N.W. c. !0'01! 3
Rochefort
Biarritz
Corunna — --
Brussels
Paris
Strasbourg —
Toulon ••••
Heart's Con-
tent (6 a.m.
local time) 29'945. 35 34 N.W. 7 7 N.W. •.b.'o
_'o9 6
It'd:MARKS.
Barometrical pressures have increased at all stations since last

Barometrical pressures have increased at all stations since last
evening, and readings are now high in southern districts ; the change
during the last twent3 -four hours has bean greatest in the north--
exceeding half an inch at Aberdeen. However, at Nairn the reading
is still nearly seven-tenths of an inch less than at Brest. Tempera-
ture has risen in the N. and W., but at southern stations it is lower.
Gales from the westward prevailed yesterday on the southern and
western coasts, and at Yarmouth. A continuance of fresh westerly
winds is reported on the Irish coast, but in the Channel the wind has
moderated. In the S. of the Bay of Biscay it continues fresh from
the S.W. Some rain has fallen in the S. and W. The weather is
generally cloudy. Hail is reported from Liverpool,

ELECTION INTELLIGENCE

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FINSBURY.—Mr. Cox, who was defeated at the last elec-
tion, has issued an address. He is in favoui of the disen-
dowment and disestablishment of the Irish Church, and of
the equalisation of poor rates. He is a supporter of the
ballot, of short Parliaments, and of fair and, as nearly as
possible, of equal electoral districts. There are now four
Liberals and one Conservative in the field.
HACKNEY.--it is stated that Mr. Locock Webb, of the
Chancery Bar, who was unsuccessful at Bodmin at the last
election, has determined to contest Hackney in the Conser-
vative interest. He will immediately issue his address.
BOSTON.—Mr. Thomas Parry, the sitting Liberal mem-
ber, has retired from the contest. Two Liberals and the
same number of Conservatives are now in the field. The
representation of the borough is now divided.

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY.—Mr. Beresford Hope has issued
an address to the members of the Senate of tho University
of Cambridge seeking re-election. He says—" I have re-
sisted, to the utmost of my power, the proposed disestab-
lishment and diseudowment of the Irish Church." He will
also oppose the measure in the event of his being re-elected.
There is no opposition to the Right lion. Mr. Walpole and
Mr. Hope,

CARMARTHEN BOROUGHS.—After being held for above a
quarter of a century by the Liberals, the boroughs of Car-
marthen and Llanelly are contested by a Conservative, Mr.
Morgan Dalrymple Troharne. The Liberal candidate is
Colonel Cowell Stepney.

BEVERLEY.—Tho Hon. Marmaduke Maxwell and Mr.
Anthony Trollope have comp forward in opposition to Sir
H. Edwards and Capt. Kennard.

LEOMINSTER.—Lord Mahon, one of the sitting members,
has retired. The fight now lies between Mr. Arkwright, the
other Conservative member, and Dr. Spiuks.

THE ABYSSINIAN EXPEDITION.

The Round Table, of New York, contains some informa-
tion and comments, in the matter of the Abyssinian expe-
dition, which should be strictly investigated. " There is
being circulated," it says," in the continental journals a
very remarkable letter, dated Jerusalem, JulylB, which, if
true, throws an entirely new light on the achievements of
the British arms in the late Abyssinian campaign. Could
we credit its statements, nothing in modern history, not
even Turenne's treatment of the Palatinate, nor Tilly's
conduct at Magdeburg in the Thirty Years' War,
could equal the barbarities attendant on the storming of
Magdala. The attacking column, says the letter
referred to, composed of Europeans, not of llindoos, had
arrived on the rock without the least loss. The king
was found lying in his blood. The officers surrounded
the corpse. But their surprise did not last. One
began to tear off a piece of the dead monarch's
shirt, and dipped it into his blood for a keepsake. The
example was followed by others, and Theodore soon lay
there a ragged beggar. The troops dispersed through the
fortress in search of plunder. They found their way to the
treasury, and fell to quarrelling over its ornaments, jewels,
and gold like so many beasts of prey. Bars of gold, even
crowns, were broken into 'pieces. Everything was demo-
lished—books, furniture, dresses, &c. What could not be
conveniently carried away was destroyed and ruined. Not
content with this wanton waste, they went and violated
the graves ; the bodies of the dead were dug up, deprived
of their clothing, searched and rifled, and then left exposed
on the ground. Even the corpse of the Abuna was exhumed
and robbed of the golden cross on its breast. The riot
rose higher and higher. A large number of matrons and
maidens belonging to the noblest families, who hoped to
find safety at the fort, had their necklaces, bracelets, and
rings torn from their persons, were stripped naked, and
then subjected to the grossest outrages by the brutal lust
of the soldiers. The officers, many of whom had got drunk
on the honey-wine found in the royal depots, could not or
would not interfere. Such is the account given of the
atrocities a'leged to have been committed by the forces of
a civilised nation on the anniversary of one of the greatest
festivals in the Christian calendar. It certainly sounds
incredible, but where there is so much nrggte it is hard to
beitevg that_therp i§ DO OK lIJAP_M.?