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London, England, 1856-05-30 00:00:00

EXCHEQUER BILLS.

Office of Her Majesty's Paymaster-General,
Whitehall, May 30, 1856.
The Exchequer Bills, dated in the months of June and
August, 1855 (per Acts 18 Victoria, cap 8, and 18 and' 19
Victoria, esp. 130, anno 1855), with the interest due
thereon, will be paid off on the 17th of June, 1856, when
the interest will cease.

Such bills will be received. at this Office daily, from
half-past ten till three o'clock, until the 9th day of June,
1856, inclusive.

Printed forma, containing instructions for the prepara-
tion of the lists and the arrangement of the bills, may be
obtained on application at this Office.
The bearers must endorse each bill with their usual sig-
natures, and they must insert their names and addresses
in each list ; and where the names of holders are inserted
in the bills, the indorsements of such holders must also be
obtained previously to their lists and bills being left for
examination.

New bills, bearing interest at the rate of two
pence halfpenny by the day, upon every one hundred
pounds, and dated the said 17th day of June, 1856, may
be obtained in payment of the principal of the whole, or
part, of the Exchequer Bills issued under the Act above
mentioned, on the claimants specifying, in their lists, the
amount of new bills required by them.
The new bills, together with the interest on the bills
left on or before the said 9th day of June for exchange,
will be issued on the 18th day of June, 1856 ; the bearers
must attend at this office to sign receipts for the payment
of principal and interest.
Payment, in money, may be obtained at this office for
any of the said Exchequer Bills, previously to the said
17th day of June, 1855, upon the claimants leaving the
bills for examination one day prior to that en which such
payment is desired.
N.B.—All Exchequer Bills dated prior to June, 1855,
have been previously advertised to be paid off.

NAVAL PRIZE MONEY.
Department of the Accountant-General of the Navy,
Admiralty,.Somerset-house, May 26.
Notice is hereby given to all persons interested therein,
that preparations are now making for the intended distri-
bution of that plrtion of the proceeds to which the officers
and crews of her Majesty's ships are entitled, arising from
the Russian vessel Sitka, captured on the 7th September,
1851, by her Majesty's ships President, Pique, and Virago,
in company with his Imperial Majesty's ships La Forte,
L'Eurydice, and L'Obligado.
Agents or other persons having any just and legal de-
mand, unliquidated, against the said proceeds, are re-
quired to transmit the particulars of any such demand to
the Registrar of the High Court of Admiralty, in order
that the same may be examined, taxed, and allowed by
that Officer, and paid under the sanction of the Judge of
the said Court.

Agents And all other persons holding powers of attorney,
prize orders, assignments, or other instruments, by virtue
of which they may be legally entitled to claim the share
belonging, to any captor, are requested, with as little delay
as possible, to transmit the same, accompanied by the usual
documents, to the Priza Branch of the Department of the
" Accountant-General of the Navy, Adthiralty, Somer-
set-house."

Due notice will be given, by future advertisements in
the London Gazette, of the date proposed for the com-
mencement of distribution ; and, at the same time, the
amount of an individual's share in the respective classes
will be announced.

BANKRUPTS.
James Walker Ninnes (and not James Walker 3finnes,
as formerly advertised), watchmaker, Tonbridge Wells,
to surrender Jane 7, at twelve, and July 11, at eleven, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Al-
dermanbury ; Wilkinson and Stevens, Nicholas-lane.
Benjamin Ridge, apothecary, Putney, June 11, at half-
past eleven, and July 9, at one, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee ; Laurance, Plewa, and
Boyer, Old Jewry-chathbers.
George Tindall and Ranson George Wilkinson, insurance
brokers, Great St. Helen's, Jane 16, at one, and July 5,
at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nicholson,
official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Norton and Son, New-
street, Bishopsgate.

Alfred Quider, grocer, Mallon, Jane 13, at two, and
July 5, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nicholson,
official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Rooke, Bedford-row;
Hance, Mahlon.

Itichard Parry Jones, scrivener, Whitchurch, Salop, June
14, at half-past eleven, and July 3, at.ten, at Birmingham.
Bittleston, official assignee, Birmingham ; Hodgson and
Allen, Birmingham.
Geo., Winn, builder, Tiottesford, Leicestershire, June 17,
and July 8, at half-past tm, at Birmingham. Harris, offi-
cial assivlee, Nottingham; Wigelaworth, Dounington,
Lincolnshire.

James Seddon, sculptor, Liverpool, June 11 and Jaly 9,
at eleven, at Liverpool. Cazenove, official assignee, Liver-
pool ; Francis and Almond, Liverpool.
Augustus Buchanan, baker, Plymouth, June 9 and
July, 7at one, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel,
official assignee, Plymouth; Stogdon, Exeter.
George Bums and Godfrey Rinns, cloth manufacturers,
Hartshead Moor, Popplewoll Hill, Yorkshire, June 13
and July 11, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court.
Young, official assignee, Leeds ; Jackson, Cleckheaten ;
Carriss and Cudworth, Leeds.

Catharine Solomon, outfitter, Bristol, June 9 and July
7, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official
assignee, Bristol ; Bevan and Girling, Bristol.
Frederick George Beale, Gloucester, bill broker, June
16 and July 8, at eleven. at the Bristol District Court.
Miller, official assignee' Bristol; Wilkes, Gloucester.
William Dodds, ironfounder, Wenlock-road, and of 28,
Leadeuhall-street, June 11, at half-Fist twelve, and July
5, at twelve; at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nicholson,
official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Linklater and Hack-
wood, Sise-lane.

(iaOrge Rowland, brewer, Erith. June 10, at two, awl
July 8, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Elwards,
offiJial assignee, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street ; Mat-
thews, 2, Arthur-street West, London-bridge.
Thomas Craven, builder, Birmingham, June 7 and July
4, at eleven at the -Birmingham District Court. Whitmore,
official assignee, Birmingham ; Baknr, Birmingham ;
13,ece, Birmingham.
William fill, timber merchant, Cl9ohnry, Salop, June
9 and 30, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham ,District
Court.- Christie, official asAig-lee, Birmingham ; Boycott,
Kidderminster; Motterarn and Knight, Birmingham.

SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
Thomas Jeffs, contractor, March-hill, Dumfries.
Hoey, Kennedy, and Co., engineers, Glasgow.
Kennedy and Margaret Kennedy, bakers and
provision merchants, Glasgow.

BANK OF ENGLAND.
An Account pursuant to the Act 7th and sth Victoria, cap, 32, for
the Week wiling on Saturday the 24th day of May, 1856.
ISSUE DEPAZTILEWT.
A
Dotes Imo] • 24,413,875 Government debt.... 11,015,100
Other securities ...... 3,459,900
Gold coin and bullion 9,938,875
silver bu11i0n........ -

221,412,875 1 .C 24,413,875
M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier.
Dated the 29th day of May, 1856.
sANICING DEPARTMENT.

Proprietors'capital .. 14,553,000
Rest 3,254,763
Public deposits (in-
cluding Exchequer,
Commissioners of
National Debt, Sav-
ing's Banks, and
Dividend Accounts) 3.535201
Other dci-Joiir* ...• •. 11,472,43:
Seven Day and other
Bills • • • • •• • • •• •• 742,904

government iecurittee
(Includg.Dead Weight

.Annuity) 12,479,416
Other securities...... 15,377,046
N 4.es •• .. ...... 5,0 51.960
()old and stiver coin 619,929

#.33,558,351) £33,558,351
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M. MARSHALL, Chief Caskier,
Detect the 29th Mir of May, 1556.

AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR.

The Average Prioe of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, coin -
puted from the made in the week ending May 27,
1856, exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable
thereon, on the importation thereof into Great Britain :
From the British Possessions in America 2Bs. lid.
Muscovado, the produce of the Mauritius
Muscovado, the produce of the Eva Indies
Average of the two foregoing descriptions

COURSE OF =CI
Ar0dardam............ 11 18%
Ditto, three months .. 12 1
Rotterdam ••••••• • •• •• 12 114
Antwerp .............. 25 6714
Brussels .• • • •• •• • • •• .• 25 6754
Hamburgh ............ 13 11
25 4214
Ditto, three months .. 25 75
Marseilles ............. 25 73
nourdeaux

Frankfort-on Maine.... 121%
Berlin .• ••••••.•••••••
Vienna•••••••••••• •••• 10 22
Trie5te................ 10 21
l'etersbur; ......• .... 26%
Cadrifl .. ~ 49%
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