The Sun.
London, England, 1860-02-10 00:00:00

DAN KI?iG D

Proprietors'
Capi-
tal .£14,553,00t1
Rest
PublioDeposits (in-
cluding Exche-
quer, Savings'
Banks, Commis-
missioners of Na-
tional Debt, and

Dividend Ae-
oounts) 6,:i01,217
Other Deposits 14,301,086
Seven Day and
other Bills

750,175

£39,1?0,023

Dated Feb. 9,1860.

A'

AVERAGE PRIOR OF SUGAR.
The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, eon-
puted from Returns made in the week ending the 7th day
of Feb., 1860, exclusive of the duties of Customs paid or
payable thereon, on the importation thereof eat° ,Great
Britain :
Pet cwt..
From the Britieh possessions in America 2753 Vitt
Muscovado, the produce of the Mauritius 30s o+4l
'Muscovado, the produce of the East Indies 30s• I+d
Average price of the foregoing 2Ba • 7d

COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—Tuts Dh:T. "7
Amsterdam
Ditto
Rotterdam — 11 15/ 11 16
Antwerp
Drussels.
liamburgh
Paria
Ditto . ') Mouths. 25 35 25 40
Marseilles
..35
95 4Q

Frankfort on Mainu
Vienna
Trieste

1174
13 55
13 60

Petersburgh
Madrid
Cadiz
Leghorn
Genoa t • •
Naplea
Palermo
Messina
Lisbon
Oporto
Rio Janeiro
New York

34
49,
49i
30 35
26 40
401
121}
121 i
521
62f

1171
13 65
13 70

_ .
34f
"50
30 44
2.5 43
40i
121
122
62f
63

read at the meeting of the-
tion from the Wars
~
gatt°tbliee
'I RE DEFENCES OF LIVERPOOL.—A coma:mica-
fohfu
thersde yd )o,c requesting qwuoerskt ian
informed as to ther
completion
in order that the Government
Mersey Dock Board yesterday
arrangements for the construction
north end of Liverpool,
The letter also referred to several
icetioti
ofthe margin docks as avail
might i
ag ht
fortm
able for a similar
other sites on
aakteththaet npeo7.ats. .
The Chairman explained that a correspondence
purpose.
had taken place on the subject
.in l„ 56, when it was be--
Hayed by the Dock Committee of that day that the Govern-, •
merit had waived their intentions with regard to any sitee
but that at the north end. The letter was referred to a
committee.
ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS.—The following.,,
members of the College having been. elected FelloWs r:t pl'ae
vious meetings of the Connell, were admitted, as such on
the 9th inst. viz :—Messrs. Mich aol Fen`,on Manifold,
army, diploma of membership dated July a 4, 1843; Ernst.
woe Wren, Bedford-row, Novernbox 3, 111,37 ;Wm Henry
Gardner, Gloucester-terrace, Hydi ) Par' ,';‘.ugust 27, 1839 ;
Walter Chapman, Lower Tooting, Mr,y 27, 1840; and Johd
John Arthur, Commercial-place, M arch 10, 1843.
PRICE OF GOLD.—The (PI "J'Atioe ofold at Pant. g
is about i per mills d, and the sY
Art exchango on London is
2'5.07.i per £1 sterling. On corn paring these rates with the
English Mint price a£3 178., WO. per ounce for standard'
gold, it appears that gold is at about 3-10ths per cent. dearer
in Paris than in London. P,y advices from-Hamburg the
price of gold is 423 per ma,
.k, and the short exchange on
London is 13.3 a per £l'
sterling. Standard gold at the
English Mint price is therefore about 3-10thi per
cent. dearer in Hamburg ' than in London. The course of it'-
change at New York on
about 114 per cent., W JAich, when comparedwt
haitht the :-
proportions between th ,
. London for bills at 60 days' sight ii:
,two countries, shows _
change is slightly ae Limit England ; and, after' making
t on the uniortatien
allowance for charges of teansport said difference. of inte-
rest, the present rate 1 pews no profi
of gold from the UreAt id Stet ts.