The Sun.
London, England, 1868-08-07 00:00:00

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HER MAJESTY.

The christening of the infant Princess, fourth
child of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and
Princess of Wales, took place yesterday at Marl-
borough-house.

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The infant rrince33 received the names of Vic-
:oria. Alexandra Olga Mary.

BANK 01! FRANCE.

PARIS, Aug. 6.

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

DEBTOR.
July 30.
fr. c.
Capital of the Bank 182,500,000
Profits in addition to
capital (Art. 8, Law,
June 9, 1857) 7,044,776 02
Reserve of the Bank
and its branches
Reserve of lauded pro-
perty 4,000,000 4,000,000
Notes in circulation -
Bank notes to order and
receipts payable at
sight 40,338,230 07 39,047,410 55
Treasury account cur-
rent creditor 79,397,603 91
Current accounts, Paris 340,752,489 97
Do. branch banks 50,032,444
Dividends payable 2,415,675
Discounts and sundry

Aug. G.

ir: C.
182,500,000 --

7,044,776 02

22,105,750 14 22,105,750 11

73,835,116 59
3:',4,640,157 -
49,602,882 -
2,070,479

1,481,212 7-2 1,820,943 07

interests
Rediscounted the last
six months
Surplus of receipts not

703,152 42 703,152 42

distributed
sundries

9,119,091 60 8,681,757 33

Total
CREDITOR.
July 30. Aug. G.
Cash in hand and in fr. c. fr. C.
Branch banks
Commercial bills over-

271,521 85

798,777 72

duo
Commercial bills dis-
counted, not yet due 241,991,361 79 196,112,067 79
Do. branch banks 198,428,115 191,855,664
Advances on on deposit of
bullion
Do. branch banks
Do. on French Public
Securities
Do. by branch banks
Do. on railway shares
and debentures
Do. branch banks
Do. on Credit Fonder
Bonds
Do. branches
Do. to the State (Con-
vention, June 10,
1857) 60,000,000
Government Stock ro-

31,187,300 - 32,189,780
7,487,300 - 7,375,900 --

11,840,500 - 11,948,800
6,245,100 - 6,179,500

35,077,300
25,1t3:4,000

1,001,200 - 1,020,200 -'
826,200 - 826,900 --

60,000,000 ---

12,980,730 14 12,980,750 14
40,636,419 66 40,636,419 66

serve
Do. disposable
Rentes Immobalisees
(Law, June 2, 1857) 11,0 000,000
ilotel and furniture of
the 11:.nk and lauded
propel ty branches
Expenses of manage-

100,000,000 -'

8,40,769 - 8,403,974

nieut
Sundries

660,359 77 G 85,761
17,635,731 G 9 21,116,667 53

,
Total
Certified by the Senator-Governor of the BAfik-

a France.

(Signed

ROULAND•

TERRIBLE FIRE AND PROBABLE LOSS

OF LlFE.—This Day.

About seven o'clock this morning a fire of a wort
rapidly destructive nature, and which, it is feared,
will be attended with loss of life, occurred at the
premises of Mr. George Mattocks, French polisher,
in a large way of business, Pintland-street, St.

James's.
It appears that some short time after the men in
Mr. Mattocks' employ commenced work a barrel of
methylated spirit by some means or other becarue
ignited, and an explosion immediately following'
the whole place in a few minutes was on fire, th
flames darting from the back warehouse where the
calamity originated through the house with such la'
tensity that a number of houses in the opposite side
of the street were greatly damaged, some houses to
such an extent that they were obliged to be closed.
Mr. Mattocks' premises were situated at the cor-
ner of a gateway, and extended some distance down
the yard, the whole of the lower portion of thee'

being used for trade purposes.
immediately after the alarm of fire was give°
the police went for the engines, and four of tb°
land steam engines were promptly in at
e,
and the flames were extinguished, but not till th
whole of the premises were burnt out, the tire
lasting little more than half au hour.
Four persons, namely, Mr. George Mattocks,
the proprietor of the premises; Edward Walters'
of Green-street, Little Pulteney-street ; Edward
Monument, of Union-street, Middlesex Hospital ;
and John May, of Clystone-street, were more or
less injured by burning, and taken to the Middle;
sex Hospital where they were immediately attenole'
to, but the poor fellow Walters is in such a pre°3'
rious state that his life is despaired of.
Some lives were saved by the police by means °f
ladders.
A body of the C division of police, under tb°
superintendence of Inspectors Harrison and 13a80/3'
rendered great assistance to the police. es
It is a fortunate circumstance that the
were prevented from entering a store house opPon-
Mr. Mattocks' back warehouse, in which a 13'4
quantity of varnish and other inflammable TOW
rials are stored. We believe Mr. Mattocks is
is
sured.
ROYAL GARDENS, NORM WOOLWICII*
Under the spirited aud intelligent manage° „4
of Mr. Chas. Morton these spacious and tasteful e.
laid out gardens have exhibited a great inaprc)vt;
meat on past seasons. There is plenty of Orie
in the entertainments, and the quick succession o,
amusements keeps the attention of the visitors c°l;
stantly employed. On Mondays and Sat
te
there are grand galas, when Madlle. Geraldine/ t,
flying lady, goes through some astonishing Pe,,
formances on the trapez3. There is a bone;
ascent, and a brilliant display of fireworks. O°
°.
other nights there is a vocal and instrumental ev a
cert, under the direction of Mr. Jonghmans, afar
of which Miss Fitzhenry is the bright partichoero
vocal star. The band, composed of many nte°l" era,
of the Oxford orchestra, numbers fifty perforol,bo.o
and gives immense force to the dance music• rieo
is also a ballet d'action, called "Le Deni°ll 311
Paradis," executed by the Carle family, and wlO. ish
these good things have been exhausted the war
public commence dancing on their own aceotilit,,tbr
the Magdala platform. The gardens are brilP"oo
illuminated every night. The gigantic piettiftee of
the other side of the lake, representing the ro°4o
the British army through Abyssinia to the be'e of
of Magdala, painted under the superintenden't
of
Mr. Matt. Morgan, the formidable eartoonliceoio
the Tomahawk, is a striking specimen (:),,,f sraso.4
art. Altogether North Woolwich "-°il-doat
are the Cremorne of the East of 11:1-00ge
and fully serve the liberal Pat,rdi, arid
ar bestowed on them. We perceive that u'raeos
Morton announces his first benefit at these gar jot.
for Monday and Tuesday, the 24th and 2rl witO
" The Beggar's Opera," in full operatic 'beo3°' per'
Miss Fitzhenry as Captain Macheath, will have
formed, and a host of professional celebritiavoif,
volunteered their services on Mr. Mortorl'6
f,
Few men more deserve the sypathy of tie 01i0
m areirolo
and the profession, and we hope that a lar.
D.
of his friends will support Lim on the oec°l°

Schneider, who received-s ssoo—a—nig—l—it in the 1 'svo
oLpixeura,. is described as a fair, stout woman, with liht-ifiail
dra roloa,ut hair, shoulders as broad as those of a l'l.---° es-
cepgtia.al, a short neck, a waist that no one could clastP:,,,d,
and wonderfully brilliau ?jot
which figurativelast she "n",
uses to produce her greatest effects. P.
costumes are something startling, the state l'Obe°,l;v
whichmed she appears in the second act glittering Witil_„o
and the gold-embroidered tiaiu trimmed 74 to
esurtrrniiijnoseirecriring all the strength of the blaelc I'gt
mtnonwealth. IBS
l.liE WEATHER AT LIVERPOOL.--rfliere - , .ter
dmost welcome change iu the weather at Liverpevl P:iore
ay. Ilain began to fall heavily in the morning, nild ~00:
Tile teillYog,
were thunder showers throughot the day.
tire, however, continued high, uand the attuesPert)
t
Very close avd, oppressive.