The Sun.
London, England, 1854-07-22 00:00:00

DIVIDENDS DECLARED.

Charles Clarke, of Norwich, brewer, first dividend of Is.
in the pound, payable at 3, Guildhall-chambers, Basing-
hall .street, ou any day before July 29.
Josiah Brockwell, of Old Broad-street, City, merchant,
first dividend of ls. 7d. in the pound, payable at 3, Guild-
hell•chambers, Basinghall-street, on any day before July
29.

Arthur Osborne, of Reading,linen-draper, first dividend
of 3s. Bd. in the pound, payable at 3, Guildhall.chambers,
Basinghall-street, an any day before July 29.
Elizabeth Chapman, of Waltham Abbey, widow, second
dividend of 14s. 6d. (making 205.) in the pound, payable
at 3, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-street, on or before
July `z9.
George Potter, of Earl-street, Blackfriars, lime-burner,
first dividend of s. 6d. in the pound, pa) able at 3,
Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-street, on any day before
July 29.
James Thorn, of Sackville-street, chemist, first dividend
of is.. 7.1, in the pound (separate estate), payable at 3,
Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-street, on any day before
July 29.

Daniel Grant, of Cheapside, lithographer, first dividend
of 9Ad. in the pound, payable at 3, Guildhall-chambers,
Basinghall street, on any day before July 29.
David Frazer, of 14, Little Tower-street, first dividend
of 2s. M. in the pound( payable at 3, Guildhall-chambers,
Ilisinghall-street, on my day before July 29.
Messrs. Wright and Anstie, of 41 and 42 Upper Thames-
street, drysalters, first dividend of 6s 8d in the pound, pay-
able at 24, Basinghall-street, on any Tuesday.
Henry Groom, of Bray, Berkshire, miller, first dividend
of 4s 6d in the pound, payable at 24, Basinghall-street, on
any Tuesday.
John Barrel], of Billericay, Essex, grocer, first dividend
of is in the pound, payable at 24, Basinghall-street, on any
Tuesday.
Hodges and Son, of 2, New Bond-street, hosiers, first di-
vidend of 6d in the pound, payable at 24, Basinghall-street
on any Tuesday.
John Collins, of Beccles, Suffolk, plumber, first dividend
of is 2d in the pound, payable at 24, Basinghall-street, on
any Tuesday.
Richard William, of New Brentford, boot maker, first
dividend of is al in the pound, payable at 24, Basinghall-
street, on any Tuesday.
Thomas Radford, of 26, Noble street, City, and of Man-
chester, warehousemen, first dividend of 2s 6d in the pound,
payable at 24, Basinghall-street, on any Tuesday.
Wm. Thomas Hannam, of Brighton, wino merchant,
second dividend of 5d in the pound, payable at 24, Basing-
hall street, on any Tuesday.
Duncan Mearns Maitland, of Finchley, Middlesex, wine-
merchant, first dividend of 4s. 6d. in the pound, payable
at 24, Basinghall-street, on any Tuesday.
William Bromley, of Gray's-inn-square, scrivener, second
dividend of 3Ad. in the pound, payable at 25 Coleman-
street, on Thursday, July 27, and three subsequent Thurs-
days.
Henry Rimington Tickell, of 75 Mark-lane, and of Roy-
don, Essex, brewer, first dividend of 10d. in the pound,
payable at 25 Coleman-street, on Thursday, July 27, and
three subsequent Thursdays.
Thomas Barber, of Cambridge, schoolmaster, first divi-
dend of Is. 94d. in the pound, payable at 25 Coleman-
street, on Thursday, July 27, and three subsequent Thurs-
days.
William Toovey Ashfield, of 5 and 6 Church-street,
Lambeth, printer, first dividend of 2s. in the pound. pay
able at 25 Coleman-street, on Thursday, July 27, and
three subsequent Thursdays.
James Black and Rupert Cope, of Earl-street, Black-
friars, iron merchants, first dividend of ss. 3d. in the
pound, payable at 25 Coleman-street, on Thursday, July
27, and three subsequent Thursdays.
Antonio Jose Meirelles, of Liverpool, merchant, first di-
vidend of 1 15-161. in the pound, payable at 35 Moorgate-
street, City, on Wednesday, July 26, and two subsequent
Wednesdays.
Messrs. Ruddock and Ebison, of Bradford, masons,
second dividend of 3s. 4d. in the poun I, and first and se-
cond dividends, on new proofs, of 6s. Bd. in the pound,
payable at 11 St. James'-street, Sheffield, on any day ;
and first dividend of Id. in the pound on the separate es-
tate of Edward Harris Ruddo.-k, on any day after July 25.
George North, of Chesterfield, coal dealer, first dividend
of 3s. 6d. in the pound, payable at 11, St. James's-street,
Sheffield, on any Saturday.

Edward Rose, of Nottingham, lace cap manufacturer,
first dividend of 3s. in the pound, payable at the office of
Mr. J. Harris, Middle-pavement, Nottingham, on July 24,
and two following Mondays.
Joseph Cam, of Quorndon, Leicestershire, miller, first
dividend of ss. in the pound, payable at the office f Mr.
J. Harris, Middle-pavement, Nottingham, on July 24,
and two following Mondays.
Richard George Beesley, of Manchester, cotton spinner,
first dividend of 7s. Wid. in the pound, payable at 7, Char-
lotte-street, Manchester' on any Tuesday.
Wm. Clarke, of Manchester, check manufacturer, first
dividend of 3s. Bd. in the pound, payable at 7, Charlotte-
street, Manchester, on any Tuesday.
James Henderson, fourth dividend of Bs. Bd. in the
pound, payable at 9, South Castle-street, Liverpool, on
any Monday.

Robert Williams, of Mold, Flintshire, draper, a divi
lend of 4s. 4d. in the pound, payable at 53, South John
street, Liverpool, on any Wednesday.

BANK OF ENGLAND.
An Account pursuant to the Act 7th and 9th Victoria, cap 32, for
the Week ending on Saturday the 15th day of July, 1854.
ISOUE DEPARTMENT.
Notes hotted ...• .... 27,085,945

Government debt.... 11,015,10()
Other securities.-- 2,984,901.
Gold coin and bullion 13,085,945
Bilvcr bu11i0n........ -

£27,085,945
M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier.
Dated the.2oth day of July, 1851.

$27,065,945

BANNING DEPAUTMENT.

Proprietors' capital .. 14,553,000
Rest „ 3,309,129
Public deposits [in-
cluding Exchequer,
Commissioners of
National Debt, Sav-
ing's Banks, and
Dividend Accounts) 3,207,955
Other deposits 11,655,973
Seven Day and other
13111 s •••• . • • • ... . 1,120,013

Government securities

(Includg.llead IYeight

Annuity) 12,470.237
Other securities . . 14,234,926
Notes .. ••. • .. 6,402,940
Gold and silver coin .. 737,927

£33,846,070

£33,s 4",070
,f. MAI:SHALL, Chicf Cashier.
Dated the 20th day of July, 1854.

PRICE OF SUGAR.
The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar com-
puted from the returns made in the week ending the 18th
July, 1854, is 225. lid. per hundredweight, exclusive of
the duties of Customs' p^..id or payable thereon on the im-
portation thereof into Great Britain.

RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURN,;.

TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE PAST WEEK.

Miles
opened. NAME OF RAILWAY.': Receipts.
1854.
1853. 1854.
BRITISH.
72 Aberdeen ••••.. • • .. £1,765 1,.99
37% Belfast and Ballymena • • . 823 873
17 Belfast and County D0wn............ -
33 Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire 2,402 2,647
26% Bolton, Blackburn, and West York .... 863 813
104% Bristol and Exeter •..... • • ••• • .: 5,431 6,080
307 Caledonian. ........... ..........
Edinburgh and Glasgow. I 15,037 16,252
943 i Chester and Holyhead .......... 5,246 6,129
6% Cork, Blackrock, and Passage ...... 217 210
20 Cork and Bandon •••• •• 291 193
56 Dublin and Beltast Junction 953 1,416
62% Dublin and Drogheda.. 43 1,486
6 Dublin and KingStown ... ••• .• 1,618 1,795
16% Dundee and Arbroath .............. 5,5 518
31 Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junction 834 879
19 Dundalk aml Enniskillen...... •••• .• 214 190
68 East Anglian.... •••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • 780 803
81% East Lancashire •• • • ........ •••• • • • • 4,954 5.688
417 Eastern Counties and Norfolk.. • ... F 20,502 22,721
Eastern Union .• • ... ..
78 Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee.7Bs 3,195
6 Exeter and Crediton.. • • • • • • •• • •
19 Furness Railway •• • ••••••• • • • • • • •
171% Glasgow, and South-Westem.• ...... 5,660 6,050
283 Great Northern and E. L.- . • .... 16,250 18,106
188 Great Southern and Western (Ireland) 6,948 6,1;48
8191% Great Western .......... 26,405 25,176
2514 Irish South Eastern •• • • 222 236
90 Lancaster and Carlisle.. • • .....• •• • • 5,459 6,188
260 Lancashire and Yorkshire •••• • • • ..• 20,, 73 20,776
- Leeds Northern .. •• •••••• • • •• .•
18k Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport.... 544 526
55314 London and North Western 56,54 59,072
5% London and Blackwall- 1,627 1,814
1734 London, Brighton, and South Coast.. 15,205 15.546
253% Louden and South We5tern......... 17,658 15,442
41 Londonderry and Enniskillen 455 513
- Manchester, Buxton, and 51 atlock, &c.
1673] Manchester, Sheiti eld, and Lincolnshire 7,913 8,917
91x6 Manchester and South Junction 702 778
28 Maryport and Carlisle .............. 859 906
498% Midland .. V, 84 27,162
126 Midland Great Western (Irish) .. •• •. 3,065 3,074
37 Monklands •
78% Newcastle and Carlisle ••••• • •• ••
149 North British 3,933 4,696
- North Staffordshire •• •• .• •••• • • • •
47 North-Western ••••• • • • • 1,278 1,137
82 Scottish Central •• •• •• •• •••••• ' • • • } 2,998 3,343
Scottish Midland •• •• •• •••••• • •
29% Shrewsbury and Birmingham ••• • ..
4) Shrewsbury and Chester • • ...• • • 1,965 2,023
29 Shropshire Union .. •••••• • • • • • • ••• • • 695 828
58 South Devon ... ..••.. • • • .
288% Sent), Eastern ••••• • • • •• . • •• .. 19,095 20.211
- South Wales .. ••..•••• • • • • - • 4,720 5,513
85% South York., Doncaster, and Goole .. 1,5,18 1,049
40 Taff Vale ••••••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • • .. 3,267 3,4, 6
36 Ulstor. .. ••••••••• • • • • • . • . •
75 Waterford and Limerick 661 64G
25 West Cornwall • ............ 538 679
12 White.haven Junction 247 347
682 York and Newcastle, and Berwick &
York and North Midland & Leeds 26,905 .32,300
FOREIGN.
57t,4 Dutch Rhenish . „„„ 1,880 1,996
185 Lyons and Mediterranean •
63 Montereau and Troyes 1,070 1,154
63 Namur and Liege 1,489 1,772
444 Northern of France ................ 26,762 32,120
697 Orleans and Central*
240 Paris and Lyors • • .... 16,153 16,1,8
84 Paris end Rouen. ........ • • • • • • • • . 9,635 8,16 i
392 Paris and Strasburgh • ••• • •• • • 23,748 25,193
59 Rouen and 11..svee.. „ ...... .. 4,033 3,481
118 Western of France . 5,513 7,428