The Sun.
London, England, 1860-01-20 00:00:00

BANK O,F ENGLAND.

An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria,
cap. 32, for the week ending on Wednesday, the 18th day
of January, 1860:

ISSUE DEPARTMENT.
Notes issued X29,613,005 Government Debt X11,015,1C.
Other Securities .. 3,459,90 u
Gold Coin & Bullion 15,168,005
Silver Bullion .... -

£29,643,005;

529,643,005

BANKING D'
Proprietors' Capi-
tal 414,553,000
Rest
Public Deposits (in-
chiding Exche-
quer, Savitfs'
Banks, Commis-
missioners ot Na-
tional Debt, and
Dividend Ac-

Government Seen-
rifles (including
DeadWeightAii-

nuity) £10,813,822
Other Securities 19,593,664
Notes
Gold and Silver
Coin 716,493

counts) 5,166,259
Other Deposita— 14,850,754
Seven Day and
other Bills 812,430

.£38,713,944
M.l

£38,713,841
,ItS HALL, Chief Cashier.

Dated Jan. 19, 1860.

AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR.
Tha Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com-
puted from Returns made in the week ending the 17th day
of Jan., 1860, exclusive of the duties of Customs paid or
payable thereon, on the importation thereof into Great
Britain :

Per cwt.
From the British possessions in America .. 28s 3id
Muscovado, the produce of the East Indies 32s Old
Average price of the foregoing

COURSE OF EICHANGE.—Ti
Amsterdam
Ditto
Rotterdam — 11 14]
Antwerp
Brussels — 25 12,
Huruburgh
Paris
Ditto
Marseilles — 25 30
Frankfort on Maine —11 t
Vienna
Trieste
Petersburgh —35 i
Madrid
Cadiz — 491
Leghorn — 30 271
Genoa — 25 40
Naples

OS DIY.

11 121
11 15
11 15
25 171
25 17
13 4
25 71
25 321
25 35
1171
13 40
13 50
351-
49f
60
30 321
25 45
40j
121
121
62
621

Palermo

Messina

121 k

Lisbon
Oporto
Rio Janeiro
Now York — • • • •
Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard)....per oz. £3 17 9
Mexican Dollars 4,o* ~ O5 21
Silver in Bars (Standard) 0 5 2
South American Doublons

NATIONAL DISCOUNT COMPANY
(LIMITED.)

The followingis the Seventh Report of the Directors of the
National Dis.ount Company (Limited), to be read to the
Ordinary General Meetin„,,r of Proprietors, at the London
Tavern, on Wednesday, the 25th January, 1860, at Twelve
o'clock precisely :
'l'he accounts which the Directors now have the pleasure to
submit to the Shareholders, show for the half-year ending
31st ultimo a gross profit of £30,938 Bs. '2d.: and that after
deducting the current expenditure, writing off bad debts, the
usual proportion of the preliminary and building expenses, and
reserving £9,917 18s. 11d. for rebate of interest on Bills dis-
counted, not yet due, there remains for appropriation the
sum 0f.£14,740 15s. ltd.
Of this sum it is proposed to apply £9,633 12s. 6d. to the
payment of a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum,
free of Income-tax, and to carry the balance of £5,107 3s. sd.
to the credit of the " Reserve Fund," which with the interest
thereon will then amount to £25,604 9s. 9d.
The Directors have to announce the retirement, through 111
health, of their esteemed and valued colleague, Alexander
Mackenzie, Esq., and the election, subject to the confirmation
of the Shareholders, of T. W. L. Mackean, Esq., late of the
firm of Messrs. Turner and Co., of Canton, and of T. W. Wat-
son, Esq., of the firm of Messrs. Watson, Tyrre 11, and Lark.
The Directors who retire by rotation upon this occasion.
are C. R. Fenwick, Esq., George Nicholas, Esq., and F. W.
Russell. Esq., M.P. ; all of whom being eligible offer them-
selves for re-election.

The Shareholders will have to elect two Auditors, as pro-
♦ided by the Deed of settlement.

( A
Balance Sheet, Saturday,) 3lst December, 1851
Da.
To capital called up, viz.:—
£5 per Share on 77,069 Shares
Amount due by the Company on Loans,
Deposit, &c.
Premises Redemption Fund 204 0 0
To Reserve Fund,-
30th June, 1859 20,194 8 1
Six mouths' Interest thereon,
at 3 per cent per annum

302 13 3

20,407 G 4

Amount at Credit of Profit and Lose Account,
as shown on Statement B