The Sun.
London, England, 1853-12-02 00:00:00

BANKRUPTS.

Louis Diespecker, dealer in general fancy articles, Little
Moorfields, City, to surrender Dec. 9, at half-past eleven,
and Jan. 12, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell,
official assignee, Coleman-street-buildings ; Solomon,
Fenchurch-street.

John Wills, builder, Exeter, Dee. S, and Jau. 11, al
one, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official assignee;
Exeter ; Merlyn, Exeter.
Edward Bladon and Henry Coates, stuff merchants,
Manchester, Dec. 19 and Jan. 10, at twelve, at the Man-
chester District Court. Putt, official assignee, Manehes-
ter; Sale, Worthington, and Shipman, Manchester.

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Edward Cot, plane and lathe manufacturer, Great Queen-
street, Dec. 14, at one, and Jan. 10, at twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Graham official assignee ; Greig,
Gray's-inn-square.
John James Harris, brewer, Waterloo-road, Dec. 9 at
eleven, and Jan. 12 at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Neale,
Austin-friars.

William Brown, wine and spirit merchant, Portsmouth,
Dec. 15, and Jan. 17, at eleven, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Sambrook-court, Bas-
inghall-street ; Low, Chancery-lane ; Ford, Hampshire.
Hugh Williams, senr., and John Williams, tailors, West
Smithfield, Dec. 12, at eleven, and Jan. 7, at twelve, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee,
Basinghall-street ; Sheard. and Baker, Old Jewry.
John Edward Crockford, grocer, Wendover, Bucking-
ham, Dec. 9, at one, and Jan. 14, at twelve, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, Basinghall-
street ; Amory, Travers. and Smith, Throgmorton-street ;
Benson, Aylesbury.
Wm. Andrew, baker, High-street, Sha,dwell, Dec. 9, and
Jan. 14, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nichol-
son, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Newbon and Evans,
Doctors' Commons.

BANK OF ENGLAND.
An Account pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for
the Week ending on Saturday the 26th day of November, 1853.

ISSUE DEPARTMENT.
X ! X
Notes issued .. • • .... 28,334,025 Government debt .. .. 11,015100
Other securities .. .... 2,984,,900
Gold coin and bullion 14,334,025
Silver bal ion ...... • •
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£28,394,025

M. 11,11tSIIALL C £28,394,025
Dated tho lot day of Dec., 1853. Chief Cashier.

BANKING DEPARTMENT.

Proprietors' capital .. 14,553,000
Re5t....Re5t........... ... 3,184,137
Public deposits (in-
cluding Exchequer,
Commissioners of
National Debt, Sav-
ing's Banks, and
Dividend Accounts) 7,534,179
Other depoili a ...... 11,012,432
Seven Day and other
Bills ........ ..

Government securities
(I n cludg.Dead Weight
Annuity) „ 3389,037
Other securities .. 18,315,862
Notes • • ••••• • .. . • 7,049,825
/Gold and silver cow .. 696,061

1,267,037

437,550,785

£37,550,785
MARSHALL, Chief Cashier.

Dated the Ist day of Dec., 1853

PRICE OF SUGAR.
The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed
from the freturns made in the week ending the 29th day of
N0v.,1853, is 235. llid. per hundredweight, exclusive of
the duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the im-
portation thereof into Great Britain.

COURSE OF EXCHANGE-THIS DAY.
Am5terdam............ 11 14% G4t,altar ..............
Ditto, three:months .. 11 1614 Leghorn .......• •• •—• 30 20
Rotterdam .......• 11 161 Genoa 25 52%
Antwerp ..............25 22kg Milan

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Brussels .............. 25 22K; Venice ••••••
Hamburgh ............ 13 6 Naples 4211,
Altona ................ ,Palermo ..... •..• • • • 126 Yi
Paris •• . • • .... 25 5 l'afessina ....... 12614
Ditto, throe months ••25 31 'Lisbon ......
Mar5e111e5.............. 25 30 lOporto ..........
Bourdeaux ............ Rio Janeiro . •••••
Frankfort-on-Maine ~.. 119 'Buenos Ayres.. —
Berlin ........ - 'New York, 60 days' sight • -
`Vienna • •. •
Trieste .
Tetellburgh ....... , ~ 38 Foreign Gold in Bars #3 17 9
Atadril •.. 50 !ortugal Gold Coin .. 0 0
CaEarl"o
"'• • •
.... ............ 512 Mexican 9, Dollars .... 5 1
stvViaa• • ...... New Dollars ...... 00 0
•• • • 'Silver in bars ...... 0 5 15

POST-"VICE
NOTICE.—WITHDRAWAL OF lIAMBIIEGH
MAIL:PAcEEr.
packet appointed to r the despatch of the direct contract
comes
London for Hamburgh on the
2d inst., the
correspondence for Hamburgh, Bre-
men, Hanover, Bruens"
wick, Mecklenburgh Schwerin,
Mecklenburgh Stsrweleiin Oldenburgh, Denmark,
Norway, and
conveyed Which correspondence
has hitherto been
frome, this office
Hamburgh packet), will be fo'rwas, a rule, by the
) by the route daily (Sunday excepted
Prussia, unless specially addressed ttee of
Belgium and
other route. Letters not exceeding be sent by any
will be liable to the following rates of half an ounce
Hamburgh, Bremen, Hanover, Brumfwitt ge, viz. ~..._
burgh Schwerin, Mecklen burgh Strelitz and
burg, Bd. ; Denmark, 11? d. ; .Norway, ls. 5,i. ; s Olden.
ls. 2d. These rates, which include the whole pletdaen'
British and Foreign, to destination, will increase
for heavier letters, according to the scale in opera:
tion for charging letters in the United Kingdom :
and the postage may be paid in advance, or the
letters may be sent unpaid, at the option of the
jgndegt.,Newspapers for the several countries and places
S hboveadentioned will not be liable in the United King-
r:7#llll.l"4.Frij, , ' stage ; but periodical works, not of daily
, . , ‘,, ilia/WOO* ~. . ich have heretofore been forwarded by
or '.l,::ithelfatribu4ll ..acket, to Hamburgh, Bremen, Lubeck,
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