The Sun.
London, England, 1868-01-31 00:00:00

FRANCE.

An Athens despatch announces that Greece has
joined the monetary convention concluded between
France, Italy, Switzerland, Belgium, Roumania,
and the Pontifical States.
A new town is about to be built in the province of
the Don Cossacks, to be the capital of the colony of
the Grouchevka mines,
BOURSE, JAN. 30.--Transactions are very nu-
merous, and the market is firm.
Three o'clock.—The market closed as follows
4i. per Cent.
End of month... —• ItaPan Loan
3 per Cent
End of month 6B 47i- Mexican Loan ... 16 25
Credit Mobilier
End of month... 170 Spanish Threes
Credit Foncier ...1380 Home Debt 34i
End of m0nth...1377 50 Deferred
RAILWAYS.
- -

. _ _
...................... Account:: 8i
Orleans , 875
....
Northern
Lyons and Mediterranean
Southern.....
Western Western
Eastern
Sardinian .................................... 38
Austrian
Lombard .352i
North of Spaiu
Saragossa
Roman
4•ll=N=limamMlllll
BANK OF FRANCE

PARIS, Jan. 30.
The following is the return of the Bank of France
for the week ending to-day, together with the cor-
responding figures of the previous account :--
DEBTOR.

Jan. 23. Jan. 30.
fr. e. fr. e.
182500000
Capital of the Bank.... , , 182,500,000
Profits in addition to
capital (Art. 8, Law,
1,212,072,175
Banknotes
7,011,776 02
June 9, 1857) ......... 7,044,776 02
Reserve of the Bank
and its branches...... 22,105,750 14 22,105,750 14
Reserve of landed pro-
ty
.................. 4,000,000. 4,0,-,,,,
1,212,474,170 vu 000
73,156,675 32
72865,918 65
sight ................... .. 0, ~42 88 33,524,732 02
Treasury account cur-
N (l't7reee
receipts
pn.
t..s circulation
payableo i•d er a n..a dt r
594 a
Current accounts, Paris 347,655,237 61 368,996,018 02
39,652,093
Do. branch banks......
rent creditor .........
5 862 711 75 43,254,288
Dividends payable...... , , 2,368,269 75
Discounts and sundry
interests ............... 1,617,883 80 1,863,216 80
Rediscounted the last
six months ............
Surplus of receipts not
distributed ............
Sundries .................. 9 , 99" 0,62 650
8,407,617 46

930,376 76 930,376 76

,7,116,389
Total ............... 3,937,326,072 14 19,602,238 95
CREDITOR.
Jan. 23.
fr. Jan. 30.
78 1,042,678,037 02
Commercial Cashßranch
handbanb
bills
banks
s a .12.
dver-
-102 c• fr. c.

297,800 29

135,511 08

due .... . ........... ~ ...
Commercial bills dis-
counted, not yet due 264,140,588 98
278101433 85
Do. branch banks ....... 247,504,963 _
240,873,666
Advances on deposit of —
bullion .................. 59,647,800 ......
Do. branch banks...... 11,265,477 -... 58,917,800
11,473,277
Do. on French Public

Securities ...............
Do. by branch banks...
Do. on railway shares

12,135,300 - 12,005,400 -
7,186,000 - 7,330,400 -

and debentUres
Do. branch banks
Do. on Credit Foncier

36,671,200 - 36,601,900 -
28,460,900 - 27,904,900 -

- Bonds
Do. branches
Do. to the State (Con-
vention, Juno 10,
1857) 60,000,000
Government Stock re-
serve 12,980,750 14 12,980,750
Do. disposable
Rentes Immobalisees
(Law, June 2, 1857) 100,000000 100,000,000
Hotel and furniture of '
the Bank and landed
property branches „.
Expenses of manage-
meat
Sundries ... 98,917 73 258,688 12
''''''''''''''' 18,901,789 56 20,184,202 42

1,016,600 -
907,600

931,500 -
851,800 -

60,000,000 -

8,287,926 -

8,287,840 -

T0ta1...,, 1,927 326 072 —l4 1,960,223,893 29
Certified by the Senator Governor' of the Bank of France.
(Signed) ROULAND.

FINANCIAL REFOR3I.—A preliminary meeting
was held last night at 10, Bridge-street, West-
minster, of gentlemen favourable to a reduction of the
national expenditure and taxation. The first resolution
adopted was as follows : "That in order to secure the full
benefits of Reform, there must be a large reduction of ex-
penditure, an extension of;trade, and manufactures, and
employment, and that the application of any surplus thus
obtained shall be applied to the reduction of duties on
articles of general consumption, especially those on ten,
corn, coffee, sugar, and other necessaries." It was also
resolved that public meetings should be held throughout
the metropolis, one at least in each parliamentary borough,
in aid of the objects of the association ; and a committee of
influential gentlemen was named to make the necessary
arrangements.

SPECIAL CONSTABLES.—Lieut.-Colonel Ewart,
R.E., who was appointed to superintend the organisation
of special constables, last night issued a notification to the
effect that the organ
organisation of the force having now been
completed, or nearly.so, the temporary office in Welling-
ton Barracks will be closed to-day. At the same time
Lieutenant-Colonel Ewart published complete returns
of the number of special constables up to the present
time enrolled and organised in all parts of the country.
By them it appears that the total number reported
is 113,674. Of these, 52,974 belong to the metropolitan
districts ; the remainder aro distributed through the coun-
try. The contingents are supplied by 100 towns and dis-
tricts, and most of the forces are completely organised and
officered. After London, Leeds has enrolled the greatest
number,Chat-
ham, 3,
0 948,0;0013r;
atdhfeonrd,c27B 2e7 ; inßoirrdmeirn—ghlfaumll,, 3,974 ;
1,461 ; and Manchester, 2,265. The lists
though nob heav a, aro amply f ,ostohoe;r Bristol,places