The Sun.
London, England, 1854-12-29 00:00:00

ARTICLE IV.

The conditions undeT;iiicl;;;,;papers, gazettes, peri-
odical works, stitched books, pamphlets, sheets of music,
catalogues, prospectuses, announceiments and notices of
various kinds, whether printed or lithographed, forwarded
from one of the two countries addre seed to the other, are
to be exchanged, shall be regulated 'liereaf ter by a special
Convention which shall be based upon the principle of
compulsory prepayment to destinatil)n, and of the removal
of every duty or tax which would of herwise be payable by
the persons to whom newspapers aad the other printed
papers enumerated above are addressed.
ARTICLE V.

The present Convention, which shall be considered as
additional to the Convention of the 3d of April, 1843,
shall be ratified ; the ratifications shall be exchanged at
Paris as soon as possible ; and it shall be put into execu-
tion on the lit January, 1855.
In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have
signed the present Convention, and. have affixed thereto
the seal of their arras.

Done in duplicate at Paris, the twelfth day of Decem-
ber, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four.
(L.S.) COWLEY.
(L.S.) DROUYN DE LHUYS.

BANK OF ]
An Account pursuant to the Act
the Week ending on Saturd,

ENGLAND.
7th and Bth Victoria, cap 32, for
Ay the 23d day of Del., 1854.
ART311..14 T.

ISSUE DEP.
Notes Issued .. • • .... 27,478,155

Government debt.... 11,015,100
Other securities.- 2,944,900
Gold coin and bullion 13,478,185
Silver bu11i0n........ -

$37,478,185

£27,478,185
MAMSIIALL, Chid Cashier.

Dated the 28th day of Dec., 185

BANKING DE
Proprietors' capital .. 14,553,000
Rest
Public deposits (in-
cluding Exchequer,
Commissioners of
National Debt, Sav-
ing's Banks, and

:pARTNENT.

Government securities
(Incladg.Dead Weight

Annuity) . 11,609,553
Other securittes ...... 14.581,403
Notes 8,352,740
Gold and silver coin .. 658,919

Dividend Ace-mints) 6,560,414
Other deposits ...... 10,009,957
Seven Day and other
. 938,622

435,202,615

435.202,645
'. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier.

Dated the 28th day of Dec., 18

PRICE OF SITGAR.

The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar com-
puted from the returns made in the week ending the 261 k
Dec., 1854, is 19s 101. d per hundredweight exclusive of
the duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the im-
portation thereof into Great Britain.

[That portion of the Gazette containing the Bankrupts
had not arrived when we went to press.]

00138,5 E OF EXcil
Amsterdam 11 15%
Ditto, three months .. 11 17%
Rotterdam ............ 11 17%
Antwerp .............. 25 30
Brussels ••.•••• • • • •• • 25 30 r
llamburgh ............• l3 5%1
Altona .• •• •• •• .• •• • --
Paris .......• - ........ 25 5
Ditto, three months .. 25 30
Marseilles •• • • • • • .. • • • • 25 30
Bourdeaux ........
Frankfort-on Maine •• .. 117%
Berlin • • •. • • •• • • • • • • • •
Vienna•••••• •• •••• •• •• 12 42
Trieste ••••••••• • • • • • • • 12 45
Petersburg 35
Cadiz ........ • •
Barcelona ............
Seville.. • ... .........

32,6A.v...
Gibraltar •• ......
Leghorn .. • • • ..... . • . 30 5234
Genoa ...... • • ...... 25 55
Milan ...... • • ...... • •
Venice • • •• •• .• • • • • .• ••
Naples
Palermo ...... 13034
Messina ... . 13(%
Lisbon ......
Oporto ........... ..... 53X
Rio Janeiro ..... . ••
Bumf a Ayres.... ••.• • •
New 'York, 60 days' sight
Philadelphia ......

PR ICES OF BIILIICN, PER OZ.
Foreign Gold In Bars £3 17 9
Portivial Gold Coin .. 0 0 0
Alext,can Dollars 0 0 0
-.we, Dollars 0 0 0
Silver in bars . . 0 5 1%