EXHIBIT 23



                 CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS



Employee Benefits and Compensation Committee
    REPUBLIC NATIONAL BANK OF NEW YORK


       We consent to the incorporation by reference, in
the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 33-44048) of Republic
New York Corporation, of our report dated June 13, 1994, relating 
to the statements of net assets available for plan benefits of the 
Profit Sharing and Savings Plan of Republic National Bank of New 
York as of December 31, 1993 and 1992, and the related statements 
of changes in net assets available for plan benefits for the years 
then ended, and all related schedules, which report appears
in the December 31, 1993 Annual Report on Form 11-K of the Profit
Sharing and Savings Plan of Republic National Bank of New York, 

                                      KPMG PEAT MARWICK


New York, New York
June 29, 1994