The Sun.
London, England, 1855-12-29 00:00:00

DECLARATIONS OF DIVIDENDS.

Thos. Downes Taylor, Lower Holborn, City, oilman—
final div. of is. 4d., Jan. 1, and any subsequent Tuesday,
at Pennell's, Guildhall-chambers.

Henry Peaty, Bristol, grocer—div. of 25., and Ist div.
of ss. on new proofs, Jan. 2, and any subsequent Wednes-
day, at Miller's, Bristol.

DIVIDENDS.
Jan. 22. J. Batters, Tokenhouse-yard, City, shipowner
—Jan. LB. W. Grant, Brighton, newavender—Jan. 18.
R. W. G. Douglass, Woodcote, stage coach proprietor—
Jan. 18. C. Kelly, High-street, Kensington, and Baker-
street Bazaar, Portman-square, auctioneer:-Jan. 18. W.
Batley, Northampton, engineer—Jan. 18. I. Cowan and.
M. Braham, Aldgate High-streak City, waterproof cloth-
ing manufacturers—Jan. 18. J. Purdy and W. T. Purdy,
King's Lynn, Norfolk, builders- -Jan. 18. H. W. Brown,
St. Alban's, innkeeper—Jan. 18. J. Willow, Broadway,
Westminster, cheesemonger—Jan. 18. A. Cooling and H.
Marcham, London-wall, City, soap makers—Jan. 18. W.
Hackett, gas and water engineer—Jan. 18. W.
Ostler, Earl-street, Finsbury-square, cab proprietor—Jan.
18. J. Bronson, Liverpool, hosier—Jan.2s. W.W.Rawling,
S. Rawling, and J. Rawling, Manchester, curriera—Feb.l.
T. Deans,Blackburn,Lancashire, draper—Jan.24. T. Youn-
ger, sen., Sunderland, builder—Jan.2s. S.Carlton,Darling-
to n,D urham,coach manufacturer— Jan. 24. J. A. Noel, South
Shields, Durham, wine merchant; S. Langdale, J. Eyton,
and M. J. Cooke, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, merchants—Jan.
22. T. Lurnsden, South Shields, Durham, ship builder—
Jan. 18. J. Mills, New Bank, near Halifax Yorkshire,
ironfounder ; J. Smith, Low Moor. Yorkshire, worsted
spinner ; S. Oldfield (separate estate), Huddersfield, wool-
len cloth merchant.

CERTIFICATES TO BE GRANTED.
Jan. 21. B. French, St. Mary's-terrace, Walworth-road,
stationer -- Jan. 18. J. Howarth, Ashton-under-Lyne,
Lancashire, linendraper —Feb. 1. T. Deans, Blackburn,
Lancashire, draper—Jan. 19. F. Robinson, Masbrough,
Yorkshire, contractor; W. T. Staniforth, Sheffield,cutlery
manufacturer ' G. Milnes, Sheffield, brickinaker Jan. 24.
J. Davies, Cradley Heath, Staffordshire, plumber.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
H. Wood and A. J. Todhunter, Dunkirk, France,
bankers—A. W. Hartley and J. Rawnsley, Bradford,
Yorkshire, wool dealers—J. Hepworth and W. Brittain,
Bishop Auckland, Durham, drapers—S. P. Nock and P.
D. M`Callum, Birmingham, papier macho manufacturers
—S. Ibbotson and J. Taylor, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lanca-
shire, bricknaakers— S. J. Paris and W. Kirk, embossers
by patent process —A. L. Holgate, J. Wright, J. J. Muir,
and F. J. Walker, Manchester and York—J. W. Dixon
and S. Merryweather, Rotightengill, Cumberland, smelters
—J. Millar and S. S. Millar, Enfield, Middlesex, surgeons
—John Eyre and Joshua Eyre, Manchester, silk manufac-
turers—W. Hewetson, J. Hewetson, and T. Hewetson,
Oxford-street and Tottenham-court-road, upholders—Jones
Badcock, John Badcock, and T. Badcock, Tottenham-
court-road, St. Pancras, linen drapers—M. Mourilyan and
J. R. Casey, Crane-court, City, lithographers—J. Laurie,
R. Bedford, and T. Rand, Oxford-street, Hanover.
square, saddlers—W. J. Myers, H. Bland, C. Myers.
and M. A. Bland, Liverpool, merchants, so far
as regards W. Myers and H. Bland—J. Robinson
and J. Hampson, Manchester, makers-up and packers—
T. A. Clifford and E. Layton, Kingston-upon-Hull,
brokers—S. Willans and S. Fozard, Batley Carr, York-
shire, rag e. ders---J. Duncan, W. Flockhart, D. Hunter,
W. M'Farlano, C. Newton, and W. Tait, Edinburgh,
chemists, so far as regards C. Newton—D. Davis and E.
Davie, Glasgow, watch manufacturers.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.

Afatthew Henry Hunt, wholesale woollen warehouse-
man, Glasgow—Creiitors meet in the Globe Hotel,
George-square, Glasgow, Jan. 5, at twelve.
Robert Fairgrieve, merchant, Galashiels Creditors
meet at the Salmon Inn, Galashiels, Jan. 7, at eleven.

BANK OF ENGLAND.
An Account pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap, 32, for
the Week ending on Saturday the 22d day of Dec., 1855.
ISSUE DEPARTMENT.

Notes unto se •....• 24,844,595

Government debt .... 11,015,100
Other securities...—. 3,459,960
Gold coin and bullion 10,369,595
Silver bullion .. .. ....

424,844,595

524,844,595
:. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier.

Dated the 27th day of Dec., IS

BANKING DE'
Proprietors' capital .. 14,553,000
Rest ..... 3,219,47
Public deposits (In-
cluding Exchequer,
Commissioners of.
National Debt, Sav-

:PARTDIENT.

Government securities

pncludg.Dead Weight

Annuity) 9,929,197
Other securities 19,204,123
Notes .. .... 6,464,705
Gold and silver coin .. 612,150

Ing's Banks, and
Dividend Accounts) 5,314,753
Other deposits ...... 12,241,07
Seven Day and other
........ 851,088

A 36,210,175

£36.210,175
i, Chief Cashier.

Dated the 27th day of Dec., l&

AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR.

The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com-
puted from the returns made in the week ending Dec. 25,
1855. exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable
thereon, on the importation thereof into Great Britain :
From the British Possessions in America......... 31s. Od.
Muscovado, the produce of the East Indies ... 375. 4id
Average of the two foregoing descriptions ... 365. Bid

ANGE.-YESTERDAY.

Gibraltar .. .. .. • • • • • • • •

Leghorn .... •• 30 17%
I Genoa . ..... 25 77%
Milan .• .• •• •• •• • .•
Venice.......••• ......
Naples .. •• ....
Palermo ....
Messina ... ... 133%
Lisbon ..
Oporto ..., ...... .. .. 53N.
Rio Janeiro ..... .•• ....
Buenos Ayres .. ..
New York,oo days' sight
Philadelphia ... —

PRICES OF IiCLLICN, PER OZ.
Foreign Gold in Bars X 3 17 9
Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0
Ifexican Dollars .... 0 0 0
New Dollars ...... 0 0 0
Anver In bars ...... 0 5 l%

BEABORNB MAILS.

(N signifies that the mails are sent from the General l'oet4lsoll
by tho night—and M by the morning--despatch.)

Day wnen male up From what gum
COUNTRIES. in General Post- Port Ike is
Mee, London.* Dispatched. England.
imeriea(byßrit.paok)N Every Friday •• • • Liverpool ... IDec. 31
imeriett (by United Ste.
packet) .. • • • • • • N
America (by U. States
packet) N •• ...... ....
Australia (via South- ••• •••• SUOvuerP°°thampi to. I,lYDaeen.. 829
ampton) ..... .11 •••••• ••• •• • • Southampton
Ditto (via Marseilles) N • • • Dover .....•
Ditto (via Cape of Good
Hope) ............N Uncertain
Africa ( West Coast)..Nll3d of the month.. Plymouth .. Jan. 6
.9. 24. 30 of m • Dover
Alexandria.......... 5t 4th & 20th of moo. Southampton
Bahamas 17th of the month ampto,
Belgium Da11y...... • • .• • • Dover lDafly
Brazil 9th of the month.. Southampton Jan. 15
BeemaAres........m 9th of the month.. Southampton Jan. 15
Cape of Good Hope ..N - Various port. Uncertall
Cape of Good Hope ..N
Cape de Verds ......N 9th of the month Southampton Jan. 15
Ceylon (see India)
Ceylon ..............N
Channel 151e5.... ~.•N Moo”Vrod..Strill• Southampton T0.1%.111
2d &17th of month Southampton)
China . Once a month.... Jan. 4
Constantinople 4.13.111.23,&28 of m Dover
Constantinople 4th & 20th of mon.Southiunpton
Cont. of Europe If & N Twice daily .... • • Dover TWiee4lll,
Egypt (see India)
France ........ M & N Twice daily...". Dover Twieedolll
Gibraltar .. 51,4•1• 17.20.37 if m• Southampton
Greece (seo India)
Greyto„ ml2nd & 17th of mon. Southampton
Hamburgh N 'Tuesday. & Friday London .....
//warmth 2nd of the month Southampton Jan. 1.
Holland Dai1y........ Dover .......
Honduras 17th slthe month. SoUthamptonll6thohnoll
India (viaSouthampt.)M
,4th t 20th of mon. Plymouth .. gan. 4
India (via Marseilles)m ifttlik26th of month Dover
lonian Isles (see India)l7. 17, &27 of mon D0ver......
Ireland ........M & NiTwice dai1y...... Holyhead ...1 T14'0(111:
Lisbon . ......... Ml 7, 9, 17, &270 f m. Southampton an: IS
siadaira 9th of the month Southampton
Madeira .. N 23d of month .. • • Liverpool ...
Malta (see India)
Malta ...N 808. Ss 25 of`mon. Dover ...... ..iJan. 4
Mauritius (see▪ India) •
Ifanrlthet 14th of the month
Qmfnion°llBoDUTtehr&M"Plo.l;
mule° of the month.. Southampton Jan. 1
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Sicily N:
sthlsth2sthofmon. Dover .....
2(114 17th otmonth Southampton 1k 1 me
TVuensceanznyelt.... . ....51
Van Diemen's Land (see
Australia)
West Indies ▪
2d& 17th of month ,Southamptonll k 15 men

L 15outhampton

k k IS mon

When any of those dates fall on a Sanday, the malls will be des
spatchod on the following day, with the exception of the India (vie
eouthampton), and the Malta, both of which will be despatahod tbe
preceding day.

WIND AND WEATHER REPORT.

Pamir, December 28.
Stations. Conrse of Wind. state of Weather.
Greenwich S.W Partially cloudy.
Lothbury.
Liverpool
Holyllead
Dublin S.
Bristol S. ............. Unsettled.
Gloucester
Cardiff S.
Plymouth
Haverfordwest ... S.E.
Exeter...
Swansea S S.E.
Harwich S. W Cloudy.
Ipswich B.W Fino.
Shrewsbury N.E. Cloudy.
Derby 5....
Nottingham
Leicester S.E.
Leamington S. rnsettled.
Rugby S.
Amsterdam . S. W Cloudy.
Leeds....
Manchester S.W Cloudy.
Sheffield S.W. Rain.
Stoke•on•Trent S.E.
Lancaster E.
Whi tehavon
Carlisle E. S.E ..... ... Cloudy.
Maryport.. E. N.E.
Brighton N.E . Unsettled.
Yarmouth
Cambridge S.
Lowestoft
Southampton S.E.
Portsmouth S.E.
Poole S.E Fine.
Cowes S.W Cloudy.
Great Grimsby... -S.
Gainsborough .... S.E.
Boston 5.E.... ...... Fine.
York
Edinburgh S.W Cloudy.
Whitby
Scarborough
Perth
Dundee
Aberdeen S.E.
Newcastle
Sunderland N.W Cloudy.
Hu11....
Strood . LW Partially cloudy.
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BIRTHS.
01 A BON.

On the 27th inst., at 28, Belgrare-road, Pimlico, Mrs.
A. F. de Neumann.
On the 27th inst., at 23, Priory-road, Kilburn, the wife
of Christopher Robson, of 13, Clifford's-inn, Fleet•street,
solicitor.