The Sun.
London, England, 1859-12-23 00:00:00

BANK OF ENGLAND.

An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria,
cap. 32, for the week ending on Wednesday, the 21st day
of December, 1859 :

ISSUE DEPARTMENT.
Notes issued £30,757,625 Government Debt £11,015,1C0
Other Securities .. 3,459,90 u
Gold Coin & Bullion 16,282,625
Silver Bullion .... -

X 30,757,625;

f 30,757,625

BANKING D
Proprietors' Capi-
tal £14,553,000
Rest
Public Deposits (in-
cluding Exche-
quer, Savings'
Banks, Commis-

PARTMENT.
Government Secu-
rities (including
Dead Weight A-
nnuity) £10,925,157
Other Securities 19,586,996
Notes
Gold and Silver
Coin

missioners of Na-
tional Debt, and

719,115

Dividend

counts) 9,575,026
Other Deposits 13,310„221
Seven Day and
other Bills 756,107

£41,343,283
M.]

641,343,283
ARSHALL, Chief Cashier.

Dated Dec. 22,1859.

AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR.

The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com-
puted from Returns made in the week ending the 20th day
of Dec.' 1859, 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 26s 7d
Muscovado, the produce of the Mauritius' 27s 81d
Muscovado, the produce of the East Indies —s
Average price of the foregoing 26s 8d

COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—Tins Diy.
Amsterdam
Ditto
Rotterdam — 11 15} 11 15
Antwerp
Brussels . .-- 26 25 25 30
Ilamburgh
Paris
ilk Ditto
Marseilles — 25 35 25 37f
Frankfort on Maine — 117 117
Vienna
Trieste
Petersburgh "r 341 35
Madrid
491
.- . 49t
...

Cadiz
Leghorn
Genoa

49!
30 ••7f
25 42}

50-
30 30
25 45

Naples
Palermo

Messina

401
121
121 t
52i
521

40
121
121
62
62

Lisbon
Oporto
Rio Janeiro
Now York
Foraign Gold in Bars (Standard).,..per oz. £3 17 9
Mexican Dollars
Silver in Bars (Standard) ,, 0 0 0
South American Doublons

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perial, as infringing the laws. The dikhbar does not state
the nature of the offence.
HOMER v. TAUNTON—THE HINCKLEY FRAME-
WORK KNITTERS' STRIKE—LIDEL.—This case was re-
sumed yesterday in the Court of Exchequer. The jury
found a verdict for the plaintiff on both issues—damages,
£5.
A letter from Hamburg states that in conse-
quence of the severe frost all the steamers between that
city and the northern countries have been laid up. Tra-
vellers who arrive at Hamburg for the North are obliged
to proceed by land via Denmark.
As an inhabitant of Chevregny (Aisne) was pass-
ing through a wood near that village a few days since, he
saw a wild boar startup, and take to flight. On looking at
the place where the animal had lain, he found a litter of
sever. young ones, only a few days old. He took them
home and put them to a sow which had lost her litter a
fow days before. At first she received her nurslings kindly,
but on the following day killed them all.
MAILS FOR THE PHILIPPINE IsLANDS.—ln-
formation has been received that the contract made by the
Spanish Government in 1857, with the Peninsular and
Oriental Steam Navigation Company for the conveyance
of mails once a fortnight between Hong Kong and
Manilla has terminated. Letters for the Philippine
Islands will still be forwarded from this office by each
mail despatched to Hong Kong, to be conveyed to their
destination by such means as may be provided by the Go-
vernment of the Philippine Islands, or, in the absence of
any special provision, by the first opportunity that offers.
By Command of the Postmaster-General, ROWLAND HILL,
Secretary. - - _

EXECUTION IN FRANCE.—A man named Martin,
alias Pinson, who was condemned to death some short time
since by the Court of Assizes of the Charente for the mur-
der of his wife, underwent his sentence two days ago at
Angouleme. The guillotine had boen erected during the
night in the market-place, but the prisoner was not in-
formed until five o'clock in the morning that his last hour
had arrived. When ho heard the chaplain enter his cell,
ho saw that all hopes of reprieve were over for him, and
he became so cast down that after the usual ceremo-
nial of the toilette had been performed, he could scarcely
stand. At about eight o'clock the cortege left the prison,
tho chaplain supporting Martin on one side, and one of the
jailors on the ether. On reaching the foot of the scaffold
ho could not move, and it was found necessary to carry him
up the steps. On arriving on the platform, he seemed al-
most unconscious, and in a few seconds all was over. Not-
withstanding the severe cold an immense crowd had assem-
bled to witness the exocution.