The Sun.
London, England, 1854-07-28 00:00:00

EXPORTS TO FRANCE. IMPORTS PROM FRANOR.
Official Value. Amount of fm
Total. Official Val---

Years.

..otal.
"ue. _ Duties.
1852 £5,592 721 ......... 26,590,84 t
1853 5,375,971 ......... 8.613,432
An official return gives the amount of moneys
remaining to be raised on the sth inst., granted by
Parliamentary aids, for the. service of the years
1852 and 1853, as follows :

Consolidated Fund-11,832,225/. 7s. 2d.,
perrAct 15 and 16 Vic., c. 82
Consolidated Fund-10,634,0471. 2s 4d ,
per Act 16 and 17 Vic., c. 110 1,700,185 3 7

To be Raised,

£1,810,98718 9
The letters from India and Australia, by way of
Southampton, will not be delivered until the sth
or Gth of August, more than a week later than
those via Marseilles, and it is understood that the
cause of such a difference is the smaller power of the
steamers employed. It seems a matter for regret
that now railways offer facilities for the conveyance
of packages of almost any proportions, and that
steamers crossing the Channel from Calais to Dover
can likewise raadily convey as many tons as would
be requisite, an arrangement could not be made with
the French Government to lower its charge, so as
to allow of the entire correspondence being landed
at Marseilles. A payment of Md. additional upon
a letter weighing a quarter of an ounce, compared
with the charge via Southampton, is certainly ex-
cessive for the service performed, and hence the few
letters that come through France. If 2d. or3d. were
charged, the Post-office revenue of our neighbours
must largely gain, as we presume that nine-tenths
of the correspondence, including that from Aus-
tralia, now comes from X_.,ypt direct to South-
ampton. A week is often of importance even to
parties not largely engaged in commercial pursuits,
nor can we better illustrate this than by the fact
that before the Indian or Colonial letters reach
England by the Peninsular and Oriental Company's
steamer on the sth proximo, the outward mail to
Australia will have left, and a mouth's delay will
occur ere another opportunity of steam conveyance
for the mails to the colonies presents itself.
The accounts from 'Vienna this morning notice
the er.traordinary alacrity with which the volun-
taiy loan was being subscribed, and such
patriotism and cheerful exertion evinced by
the population generally should prove the
strongest possible inducement to Austria to
pursue a loyal course and to introduc e
a con4titutional system. The subscriptions flow in
thus freely, there cannot be the slightest doubt,
because a feeling of greater confidence has arisen
that Austria will go with the Western Powers.
Let her manifest a contrary.disposition, and how
different would be the result. It is true that her
hesitation subjects her to raistrust, and that even
now, as some may believe, the movement of her
armies,—certainly very active according to this
morning's advices,—is intended to favour the po-
pular enthusiasm. Even the waiters at the hotels
were subscribing, and at the Café Daum more than
6,000 guilders were written fur. The maximum
sum of 500,000,000 guilders will no doubt be rea-
lised, and Austria has reason to be thankful that
of late years she could no longer raise foreign loans,
and that she has had the courage to evoke the
sympathy of the public. The opportunity for re-
trieving her finances and establishing equilibrium
between the income and expenditure was never
better.

The Funds have a firmer tone again, and this
notwithstanding there is a very limited business
doing, and an absence of any important foreign
news. Money is easy, being worth about 3 per
cent. upon stock, while in the discount market the
best bills can be done at 54. Consols have realised
924 to 92i for transfer, and 924 to 924 for August.
The New 34 per Cents. have been done at 921 to
934, and the 3 per Cents. at 924 to 4. Exchequer
Bills have been at par to 3s. prem., and the Bonds
have been dealt in at 981 to g.
There have not been half a dozen bargains in
the foreign market. Russian 5 per Cents, have
been quoted 984, and Dutch 4 per Cents. 914.
Brazilian Old 5 per Cents. have been at 994.
The following are the nominal prices of foreign
stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 to 64 ; Mexi-
can, 248 to 241- ; Peruvian, 66 to 68 ; Ditto 3 per
Cents., 50 to 52 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 39 to
41 ; ussian 5 per Cents., 97 to 99 • Ditto 44 per
Cents., 81 to 83 ; Spanish New Deferred, 184 to
182 ; Ditto 3 per Cents., 364 to 374, ; Ditto Certi-
ficates, 31 to 4f ; Ditto Passive, 31 to 44.
The settlement of the account in the Rail way
Market now occupies the chief attention, hut it is
not a heavy affair. Great Northern, North Western,
Brighton, and Caledonian have been moat dealt in,
and the prices have been generally firm. French
shares have been quiet, but Namur and Liege have
risen.

The Joint Stock Bank Shares have been steady.
Union of Australia are quoted ex dividend. Land
Companies' bring previous rates. Mines are no-
minal.

LIRITISII FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES,
( Prom the °tidal Liao.)

per Cent. Reduced Annuities ...... Ruthless done
.. 921.
3 nor Cent. Consols A unnities
......... ..
.. . . 92k
34 per Cent. Annuities • ..................... . 93i 2i 3i 3
Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 4 11-16 Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth
..
Jan. 44
India Bonds, £lOOO ......
........
.. —
.
Ditto, under £lOOO. . ....
2 Consolsfor Accot 17th August •...... 92f
p
..................... .
2500 .................. ..... ..... par 3 p
Small. ....................... par
Exchequer Bonds, 1853................. .
...
..
4 1 y
984
Ditto Scrip, 1859 p
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY.
razilian Bonds, 5 per Cent.
Ditto Small . 99
5 tussian Bonds, 1822,
.„
.......
..•• ...
............. '
93 10 1
per Cent... X Sty Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 374 x d
Spanish New Deferred, 3 Per Cent. 18i d
Divinen:b on the eh," nyable In London.
Dutch Exchange, 24 per Cont. 12 Gull
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certifleates ..
THREE O'CLOCK.
922,
924

Consols ...
Ditto Augu5...................
t Account ...

CONTINENTAL
EZCHANGES
profit, and there
Continent show an improvement—The advices from the
in the exchanges, the
rates being firmer both at Paris and Hamburg. Re-
mittances of gold therefore scarcely yield the slightest
was less readiness yesterday to purchase
the amounts in the market from Australia.
Rtassia.—The letters from St. Petersburg are to the
20th inst. Business remained in' a state of stagnation,
but the funds and the rate of exchange were steady
The weather was remarkably fine, and
all accounts con-
cur in representing the crops throughout Russia as ex-
tremely abundant. Permission had been given by the
allied admirals for the neutral ships which have been
locked up by the blockade at Riga and elsewhere to re-
turn home.
THE CHARTERED BANE OF INDIA.—In the case of the
Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, judgment
was given
It was to the effect that an injunction should be granted,
until further order, to restrain the direct,irs from the
Yegt-rda afternoon by the Lords Justices.
attempted forfeiture of shares for the non-payment of
calls, ,ii,d. to prevent a compulsory execution of the deed.
The cause, on its iiitrinsic merits, of course remains to
be heard, and will perhaps corns on about Christmas.
LOANS TO THE WEST INDIA IsLANDS.—A Parliamen-
tary return, published yesterday, gives an account of
the loans advanced by the Government to proprietors in
the West Indies. The total sums advanced to the
Islands of Jamaica, Barbadoeq, St. Vincent, St. Lucia,
and Dominica, amounted to 948,0001., of which 278,0001.
has been repaid on account of principal, and 404,0001.
on account of interest, leaving 630,0001. still due as
principal.

CHARGE OF STEALING ONE THOUSAND POUNDS.—
LIVERPOOL, Thursday. Yesterday afternoon, Mr.
George Foster, sharebroker, and a member of the Stock
Exchange, Was
the borough sessions, charged with stealing a bill of ex-
placed at the bar before the Recorder, at
change for 1,0001. from the counter of the Liverpool
Borough Bank, on the 22d of April last. The case ex-
cited the most intense interest, and the court was
unusually crowded with mercantile men. Mr. Blair
and Mr. Raffles conducted the pro.secution, and the pri-
sciner was defended by Mr. Aspinall. Mr. Foster wao
acquitted. J