The Sun.
London, England, 1853-08-18 00:00:00

1853. 1852.
£26,832 £20,383
60,885 55,414

Brighton 18,383
Midland 27,993
South Eastern 20,011
Caledonian and Edin . and Glasgow 16,092
Great Northern
Lancashire and Yorkshire 21,461
York and North Midland, Newcastle
and Berwick, and Leeds Northern 30,311

12,811
25,637
19,014
14,078
13,600
20,215

27,518

These earnings, it will be perceived, are very
large upon all the principal lines, and but for the
extensions and the increased expenditure would
afford reasonable ground for the expectation of
better dividends hereafter. Unfortunately, how-
ever, the unproductive branches absorb in many
instances more than the increased revenue. _

In the English Railway Shares there is a slight
improvement, but the amount of business done
has been very limited. Great Western, North-
Western, and the York and Berwick are the only
lines in which there has been dealing of the least
magnitude. French Shares have been in request,
and active, being still very scarce. The Upper
India Scrip is at premium. Central of France
are dearer.
The Gold Mine Shares have slightly risen, and
there is more doing in Linares.
The Joint• Stock Bank Shares have been heavy,
and in the Land Companies there is no animation.

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.
(From the Official List.)
Business done.
Bank Stock 228 i 8
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9Ba i
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities
New fii per Cent. Annuities lolf a i
Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 - 15-16
Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan., 1860 sa
In(Lia Stock 259 7
iniiia Bonds, £lOOO
Ditto, under £lOOO lB
South Sea Stock
Consols for Account Bth September nd 8 7i B.}
Exchequer Bills, ld.
par 3 .d
£lOOO
2500 2 d
Small

PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent
Ditto New, 1852, 41 per Cent 99g 9 x d
Cuba 7 per Ct. (Mata,nza & Sabanilla Bonds) 102
Grenada Bonds, Deferred
Ditto 1/ per Cent 2l
Mexican 3 per Cent.
Peruvian Bonds, 4A per Cent.
Portugucee Bonds, 4 per Cent.
Ditto Ex all over-due Coupons 4l
Sardinia'a Bonds, s:per Cent 974 7
Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent 23i
Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun. 61
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch Exchange, 21 per Cent. .... .......
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates , 984

THREE O'CLOCK.

Consols 9BA
Ditto September Account 9Bb

* Including proportion of traffic previously deducted
under agreement with the North Staffordshire Company.

SUDDEN DEATH OF GENERAL SIR FREDERICK ADAM,
G.C.8., G.C.M.G.—General Sir Frederick Adam, Colo-
nel of the 21st Regiment of Foot (Royal North British
Fusiliers), having been on a visit to his brother Admi-
ral Sir Charles Adam, K.C.8., Governor of Green-
wich :Hospital, entered one of the carriages on the
Greenwich Railway yesterday morning, for the purpose
of returning to London, and suddenly ceased to exist.
Sir Frederick Adam served in Holland, and was present
in the actions of the 27th of August, 10th of September,
and 2d of October, 1799 ; he was also present in the
actions of the Bth, 13th, and 21st of March, 1801,
in Egypt. • Sir • Frederick was severely wounded near
Alicante on the 12th of April, 1813 ' • and at the
Pass of Ordall he received two wounds, one of
which broke his left arm, and the other shattered
his left hand. The late gallant officer was also severely
wounded at the battle of Waterloo. General Sir
Frederick Adam entered the service as Ensign on
the 4th of November, 1795 ; was promoted to be
Lieutenant on the 2d of February, 1796 ; Captain
August 30, 1799 ; Major July 9, 1803 ; Lieutenant-
Colon.el August 28, 1804 ; Colonel February 20,
1812 ; Major-General June 4, 18] 4 ; Lieut.-General
July. 22, 1830 ; and General November 9, 1846. His
cownission, as Colonel of the 21st North British
Fusiliers bears date May 31, 1843, and his decease
places the Colonelcy of that regiment at the disposal of
the Commanding-in-Chief.
GOVERNMENT EMIGRATION.----The Pekin left South-
ampton yesterday afternoon for Australia, with 230
emigrants on board. The Epaminondas will also sail in
a few days with about 340 passengers, and the Hereford-
shire is preparing to sail with a large number of navvies.
L-GNACT.—From a return to Parliament, it appears
that the receipts on account of the several county and
borough asylums in England and Wales during the year
1852 were 294,8921. 15s. 61d., while the expenditure was
356,1291. 7s. 3id. There were balances in hand at the
beginning and at the end of the year.
ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH BETWEEN ENGLAND AND IRE-
LAND.—Telegraphic communication will be continuous
by the Ist October between London and Cork, Dublin,
Belfast, and Killarney, the land lines being completed in
Ireland, and the submarine link between Portpatrick and
Donaghadee being at work.
EXECUTION OF WILLIAM FLACK.—Yesterday at Ips-
wich the extreme sentence of the law was carried into
execution upon the body of William Flack, a labourer,
19 years of age, who was found guilty at the assize held
in this town of the murder of Mrs. Steggles, housekeeper
to the Rev. Edward Buxton Barker, rector of Bacton,
in this county. On former occasions the drop had been
erected in the roadway opposite the County Hall, but
on this it was fixed upon the roof of the Hall, in front
of the prison. The convict made a full confession of his
guilt on Tuesday evening.