The Sun.
London, England, 1856-08-15 00:00:00

LOANS OF CITIES.

Boston 5 per Cent. Bonds (Divers) B3l
Montreal 6 per Cent. Bonds 1856-1865... 83 85
Pittsburgh 6 per Cent. Stock 1869-1883... 65 67

RAILROAD BONDS.

Illinois Central 7 pe-i.oeni:l;t

not Convertible

'1875_ 83

Illinois Central 6 per Cent 1875... 82 84
Illinois Central 7 per Cent. Freeland
__Bonds 1860... 93• 95

Illinois Central (Shares), $25 paid
Michigan Central S p. Cent., Convert 1860... 93
Do. do. do. 1869... 95
New York Central 7 p. Cent., Convert 1864... 93
New York Central 6 per Cent., not

Convertible -
1883... 80
New York and Erie 7 per Cent. Ist Mort-

7p
95
97
95

gage 1867... 98 1C 0
New York and Erie 7 per Cent. 3d Mort- _ _

gage 1883... 90
N. York and Erie 7p. Cent. Convertible 1862... 82
N. York and Erie 7 per Cent. Sinking
_ Fund 1875... Fl

92
81
85

Panama Sterling Bonds 1A64... 94
Pennsylvania Central 6p. Cent., Ist Mort 1880... 89

In most of the principal English railway shares
an advance has taken place of about ss. to 103.
The lines most in favour are Great Western, North-
Western, South-Western, and Midland. The
French, Belgian, and Colonial lines are firmly sup-
ported. Itigas are better.

Mining shares are neglected, banking shares
steady, and miscellaneous without particular alter-
ation, Cobre Copper Mine are 1/. to 2/. lower.
South Australian Land shares have been 351.

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(Prom ilt; Official List.)

Risqinest done.
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities...
8 per Cent. Consols Annuities! 954 i
New 3 per Cent. Annuities
Long- Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860 3 5-16
Ditto 30 Years, expire sth April, 1885 13,1
Console for Account
Consol Scrip 3i P
Exchequer Bills, 2td.
£IOOO
Ditto Bonds, 1858, 3. per Cent. lOO2
Ditto, 1859
PR•TCES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT OW O'CLOCK.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent.
Grenada New Active, .2i per Cent.

Ditto Deferred
%
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1841
Ditto 1853, 3 per Cent
Tr kinh Bonds, 6
,pur cent —
Ditto Small lO3l
Thtto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent.
nivioent. 0 t' R hove c.h.,, In ruin"
Dutch Exchange. 2i per Cent., 12 Guilders 65
Peruvian Dollar Bonds, 41 per Cent.
TWO O'CLOCK.
95i i
.. .

Consols
Ditto, Account

CRYSTAL PALACE.—ONE SHILLING DAY, Thursday,
Aug. 14 :—Admissions on payment, 6,188 ; ditto by
season tickets, 425 ; total visitors, 6,613.
A prospectus has been put forward for the issue of
450,000/. first mortgage bonds of the New Orleans,
Jackson, and Great Northern Railway. The bonds,
which are of 2251. each, bearing 9 per cent. interest, are
• be sold at 214.

THE Naw HAMBURG BANKA.—ThA three days' sub-
scription for shares in the Bank of Northern Germany
closed last evening. The number of shares applied for
is 3,183,492, which would give a sum of 1,591,746,000
marks banco.

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SUDDEN DEATH.—This morning a melancholy instance
of sudden death occurred at the Euston-square station.
A. French gentleman, with his wife and family, arrived
at the station in the course of the morning, to proceed
by one of the trains. Whilst waiting on the platform
he suddenly fell down and expired. Death is attributed
to disease of the heart.
[ADVERTISEMENT.]— THE MYSTERY SOLVED. THE
RIMEAN HEROES AND BURGESS'S BANDOLINE.—Many
persons are astonished at seeing the luxuriant growth and
beautiful arrangements of the beards of our gallant eons
of Mars just returned from the Crimea ; bat we, who know
everything, can solve the mystery. Burgess, perfumer and
hairdresser, Opera-arcade, opposite the pit entrance of that
temple of fashion, her Majesty's Theatre, has invented this
indispensable to the toilette of every lady and gentletnan,
which is patronised by all the Sovereigns of Europe.—
Prepared only at Burgess's Haircutting Establishment,
Nos. 11, 15, and 16, Royal Opera-arcade, back entrance to
the Opera, Charles-street, Haymarket. Agents—Birch,
liolesworth-street, Dublin; Peagam, King-street, Jersey;
Apothecaries' Hall, Glasgow; and Ludwig, 33, Chailotten,
Strassen-Berlin.