The Sun.
London, England, 1855-08-18 00:00:00

429,650,275 I 229,650,275
M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier.
Dated the 16th day of August, 1855.

BANKING DKPAinnNT.

Proprietors' capital .. 14,553,000
Rest .......• ........ 3,360,660
Public deposit f (iD,
el uding Exchequer,
Commissioners of
National Debt, Sav-
ing's Banks, and
Dividend Accounts) 6,266,890
Other deposits ...... 11,604.444
Seven Day and other
Bills ........ .. 1,003,187

Government securities

£36,788,191

£38,788.18
if. MARSHALL, Chief CAshier.
855.

Dated the 16th day of August,

COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—YESTERDAY. '
‘rnsterdam •••••••• •• •• 11 if.. 46 Gibraltar •• •• •• •• •• •• --
Ditto, three months .. 11 18 . , I,grorn .• •• •• • 30 5
Rotterdam •• •• •• •••• •• 11 IU. Genoa ..... ••••• •• •• 25 50
Antwerp .• •• •• •• •• •• 25 26. ;Minn •• •• •• •• •• •• ••
itrussels ••• •... •• •••• 25 3g6 , Venice— •• •• •••••• •• se --
ilamburgh •• •• •• •• .• • • 13 Naples •• •• • • • • 44%
#ltona .• •• •• .• •• •• •• • • I Palermo •• •• •• •••• •• •• 1324
Pari5........ •—• 28 1214 t Messina ..
Ditto, three months 25 37 Lisbon ......... •• 53
ttarseilles 25 376 Oporto ...... ba
Roardeaux ,• • Rio Janeiro ....... • ....
F. ankfort•on Maine 118 Buenos Ayres......
;terhn .• New York, 6'r days' sight
Vienna— .• •• .• 11 3i Pluladplphia ••••
I`rieste•• • • •••• •• •• •• •• 3G PRICES OF BIM ICN, PER OZ.
Petersburg ............ 35% Foreign Gola in,B.rs £3 17 9
Madrid 5(1% Portugal Gold Coin •• 0 0 n
tjadiz • ........ ..... .• 504 Mex•can Dolars 0 5 04
,iarcelona „. •• .• New Dollar* • - 0 0
•• •• •••••• •• ••-•• Ativer in bars •.•• •• 0 0 0

WIIVD AND WEAT111?1? REPORT.

Stations. Coarse of Wind.
Greenwich Ca1m......
1 Lothbury
Manchester N. W.....
Sheffield W. S. W..
Stoke-on-Trent
Carlisle
Lancaster ....
Mary-port . W S. W.
Whitehaven
Leeds
Bristol N
Plymouth
Exeter S.
Gloucester N.W
Cardiff E.
Swansea E
Ha verford wecit ... N.W
Southampton N.E.
•
Portsmouth
Poole
Cowes S. W.......
Ipswich
Derby N. E,
Nottingham S. W .......
Leicester W.S.W. .
Leamington N.N.E...
Shrewsbury E.
Holyhead .......... S.
Liverpool ... ....... S. ...
Dublin .............. W.N.W
Hague .............. N.W...
Yarmouth....... N.
Cambridge......... N.
Lowestoft .......... N.
Yorli•
Glasgow w
Sunderland W
Darlington W
Whitby
Hull W
Aberdeen . S. W ,
Berwick S W... .
Scarborough
Perth
Edinburgh N.W..,.
Great Grimsby
Gainsborough
Boston W ..
Newcastle . W. .

FRIDAY, August 17.
Stat • Weather.
Cloudless.
Very tine.
"Very fine.
Foggy.
Fine.
Fine.
Fine.
Fine.
Fine.
Very fine.
Fiue.
Fine.
Very fine.
Fine.
Fine.

Fine.
Very fine.
Fine.
Fine.
Fine.
Very fine.
Fine.
Fine.
Fine.
Very fine.
Very fine.
Fine.
Fine.
Fine.
Fine.
Very fine.
Fine.
Fine.
Fine.
Very fine.
Very fine.
Very fine.
Very fine.
Very fine.
Fine.
Very fine.
Fine.

Fine.
Very fine.
Very fine.
Fine.

Fine.
Very fine.
Fine.
Very fine.
Cloudless.

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Dover

THE CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY.—The twenty-
second purchase of land, forallotment, amongst the mem-
bers, fins ju.t been made in the centre of the town of
Guildford, West. Surrey.
THE SKY IN THE CRIMEA.—The sky in the Crimea, in
ev,,ry reletet «o dissimi ar from that of other aountries,
has also its special character for this season. The "dog
days in the Crimea are known to the inhabitants as a
time of co,tinur.l changes between scorching
heat, rain,
mist, and damp cold. The saying is that the weather
changes every hour, and so it has
tio3e for the last week.
Oil Toes, ay and Wednesday last
cre had 48 hours of
thoroughly
Crimean showers, and the saying about the
hourly change was literally fu:fillea. The whole day
passed with opening and shutting the tents, loosening
and tightening the ropes, according as the sou or the
84 were had tile upper bitud. •

(includg.Dea3Weight
Annuity) .. •• .• 12,756,624
Other securities...—. 14,239,02
Notes 9,156 845
Gold and silver coin", 625,020

AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR.
The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com-
puted from the returns made in the week ending Aug.l4,
1855. exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable
thereon, on the importation thereof into Great Britain :
From the British Possessions in America 228. 11 i 1.
SS Mauritius
It East Indies —s. Od.
The average price of the three foregoing descriptions of
Sugar, computed as above, is 235. 20. per cwt.