The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-02-27

ing ten millions Of notes. 30 TO give the said bank.
means for the future that viii enable them TO tXtsnt
their operations wthou, let or hindranos and 70 fern
anew rs.srvs cspital with the previous foundAon
Is consequently decresd-Frst to hand 70 tbs
nss bank and the discount bank the rsmaning ten mil
lcps Of notes. ssoont TO found for ths national banks
new capital In notes for forty millions OF sve
roublss third causs the issue OF the bank notes OF h
capital only in csss Of rec. nsossdty for the pport
the national banks, and Afssr concession previously
b obtained from u.s. fourth TO- devsr over TO tbs OK
change furd the corresponding sixth part Of the is
bsnI. to the bank note once 81 management; aith, &
cause the full making Of this fund By OF III,
manifesto thereto sppsrtaining Of Jane !, lsls
The French Empire.
OPERATIONS OF TBB BANK OF FRANCI-RkILwAy
lECEIPTs, nc.
The Moniteur publishes the account Of the opera
tons Of the Bank Of France in 1853, presented by
Count d'Argout, the governor to the general assem-
bly, Of the shareholders held on the 26 h ult. II
commences by expressing regret at the death OF N
Oder, censeur for thrty-four years, and Of N. Hal
phen, one of the regents It then makes the following
observations -
Various circumstances inf asnosd In married manner
the operations Of the esablshmsnt Never st any period
was the activity Of trade maDuourss public works,
AID spsoulaons Of all kinds greater than IL 1885, ssps.
cal dutpg the frat nine months Of the year. hence
trapsaopns Of the bank unusually Important The
irsucisnoy Of the harvest caused numerous purchases
has been oscasobsd The increase in
the importation OF gold has considerably modified the
tuie Of the metallic circulation OF France Formerly this
circulation consisted amos. exclusively Of pieces OF silver
but pre in tho Of the Central Bank and in
the collections made At Paris goi dom TIE Kity
Of the relative value Of the two metals has undergone
certain alerS ton
The report then gives the following details Of the
operations Of the bank =
In the year ls47 that which preceded the last rsvo,u
tioD this total operations greater than they hs'
sSsr s 10 ISL
600 o0f and In 1853 Attsned the extra odn at
Of 96a 900 0cof Thus the last exceeded lSs7 by
I424 600 0Oos The total amount Of comm sreal bills d
counted In 1858 was s42 900 which was LOIS 600,
ooos more than In the preceding year. The advances
re.ts 2l6 o0o, o00f whereas In the pre-
c.dirg year they ospg 80 the conversion OF the
Eve per cent into four halt $50 0o0 000f At the
for such adrspc.s The advances made the shares OF
the Quars Canaux from % 500 G00t. In 1852 70
s6oOo,Cotf IN 1853 Tbs advances made on railway
amounted 522 COO 000E and the OF such
riss in hand tbs 26th December last 81 600 0of
cd to oo to oc Bat the mint Ssr
rants which. in 1862, only discounted &, the
amount Of is $685. COZ, to 2s6 900 o00 The bank
trbutsd amongst III. public $40 DOOR in gold The
treasury, LIST July last. paid the hrst instLmen
Of 5000 t0of the loan Of 7b ooof nids BY the
bank 10 1852 which Loaf Is to be paid Of in 6een years
Ia 1853 the Der Of bills paid into tbs Central Bank
for current accounts III 000 and the amount Of
them 926 600 0o0f; this 1855 oO00c0f than In
1852 In 1858 the Gas BsSk made not-s
to the amount Of 0ouf ane in specie 600 toof
and the transfers we're 1905 600 oo0f these items
make e tai of 20 Gao coo 0c0 and they BY
404o 0o0f than toat Of 1852 Tho maximum Of the
with the treasury ia 900 000k the
minimum 50 eco o0of the average 7eooe ooof The ma.
imum Of the various current accounts AT 900 0c0t
the minimum 1872 600 00tf and the average ia 0O0
Toe maximum OF the metallic was ION 9th Juue)
684 0C0 t00f the minimum ION s0h Dscsmber) 307 000
0C0f The deohne continuing and the Goth ulimo
zoos Ct0 After the revolution OF 1SA8 the total
amount o: bills not paid held by the Central aud Branch
pAv ka hat 49, hat o.
has sipce been paid sum Of 4,45l.0o0i. hsd bescss
been written CT ~ loss, but 800 e0of have since
banks hunted to 2,oss o0o o00f, which vas an ia
Of 7e2 0 O00 compared with 1852 The gross
profits vera AIS ooof and tbs not profits $50 oOo:
portADt Aarsaillss Tor 372 600 DOOR Lyons for
2s2 700 000f; Bordeaux, l67 $50 0o0f.; and luis,
S.pe1 .na ~ os
their expenses BY 1856 ooOf This owing sxtrsord
nary having been and 10 the expenses
thorised In 1852 namely ~ L. Rochelle Nancy, Amses
Toulop, End Nesers Toe civd-pda which In 1862
ha1s bs hah.p were in ls4s ADD iss7 xa.s they we're
respectively 1897. and l77f Toe total wers
$3.50 sf0, which, from the increase Of busosss aad
branch banks, constructions and repairs more
by ,te6 900i than in 1852 The report oonclades BY
stating that the bank had created ssond sepot for
csiypg renies shares boncs sscurts Of ali kinds
and the dividends thereon, payment o. . small sum
annually. and BY mentioning that 10 October lsst tbs
bark obliged 10 il interest 70 four per cant and
on the goth iDst to I've per cent.
The above is followed by report from the eensors
Of the bank, testiying to the order and regularity
with which ell the operations were conducted and
- the fidelity with which the standing regulations
were observed. This report also gives detailed
count Of the expenses of the year; in it losses figure
for 900 oOO and increase Of salaries for is4 ,sool
The Mom,tenr also publishes return Of the re-
ceipts Of the railways, from which 1t appears that in
1853 they were 165 sos ,450f, whilst in 1852 they
were only 1872 ,49O ,239f-an increase of more than
Audt hto 10 NJ ~
solely to the opening Of new lines, but arises prnci
pally from an augmentation of traffic thus for ex-
ample. the average receipt per klometre, was
Al 304 l00Oths francs in 1853 whereas in the proceed
ing year 1t was only Is 7l2-l000ths francs which
gives an increase of 1886 per cent.
Italy.
We learn from the Genoa papers of Feb. that Q
Dutch squadron consisting Of the Prins Van Orange
freste Capt. Stoll having Rear Admiral Burcius
on board; the Doggers Bank, 60, Capt Dexmit, and
the brig Zechone, II, have arrived in that port.
The Corriere Mercantile of Genoa states from
Milan that $4,000 Croatians are expected In Lom.
bardy and that all the fortresses are receiving pro-
visions The silk trade is said to be dull there on
account Of the scarcity Of capital.
The Pnri1n'ento OF Turin mentions report that
the French garrison at Rome is to be raised to 80 900
men, end that quantities Of grain are being pur-
chased by the military administration.
Spain.
II was on the 10Th ult that General Manuel de Ia
Copcha reached Cadiz. The Queen took drive on
the 2sth for the first time since her confinement.
Her Msjesty was in an open carriage, and was &C.
companied by the King. The Duke of Parma
reached Barcelona on the 2sth uit.
A letter says:-General Dulce, who has been ap-
pointed director general of cavalry is the officer who,
in 1S4i, at the head Of some haberdiers bravey de-
Tended the palace Of the Queen when invaded by the
revolted troops. The accounts from the provinces
are satisfactory, II appears certain that General
Jose de Ia Concha has sent in his resignation to
the Minister Of War who has referred it to the su-
preme tribunal OF war. The affair Of General O'Don-
nell has also been referred to the same court
The EngliAh Coasting Trade.
PROCEEDINGS IN THE nYGLIsH PARLIAMENT.
In the House of Commons on Wednesday, February
the sth, Mr.. Cardwell moved that the bill for throw
ing open the British coastng trade to foreign ship.
ping be read first time"
The bill was read accordingly without debate, and
The second reading fixed for the 18th.
We annex q copy Of the bill