The Sun.
London, England, 1859-09-02 00:00:00

BANK OF ENGLAND.

An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Btl Victoria,
cap. 32, for the week ending on Wednesday, the 31st day
of August, 1859:

ISSUE DEPARTMENT.

Notes issued £30,401,150

Government Debt £11,015,100
Other Securities .. 3,459,900
Gold Coin & Bullion 15,926,150
Silver Bullion .... -

£30,401,150'

f 30,401,160

BANKING D
Proprietors' Capi-
tal £14,553,000
Rest
Public Deposits (in-
cluding Exche-
quer, Savings'
Banks, Commis -
mis sioners of Na-
tional Debt, and
Dividend Ac-

.EPARTIMINT.
1 Government Secu-

rities (including
Dead Weight A-
nnuity) £11,220,018
Other Securities 18,991,382
Notes
Gold and Silver
Coin 614,304

counts) 7,816,480
Other Deposits 12,740,833
Seven Day and
other Bills E89,415

£39,0768.749
M. /

£39,848,749
RSIIA.LL, Chief Cashier.

Dated Sept. 1, 18.59.

AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR.

The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com-
puted from Returns made in the week ending the 30th day
of August, 1859, exclusive of the duties of Customs paid or
payable thereon, on the importation thereof into Great
Britain :

Per owt.
From the British possessions in America 26s 21d
Muscovado, the produce of the Mauritius 2la 4d
Muscovado, the produce of the East Indies 31s 6d
Average price of the foregoing 27e Itcl
COURSE OF ERCHANGE.—THIS Dir.
Amsterdam
Ditto
Rotterdam — 11 16t 11 16
Antwerp
Brussels — 25 274 27 32
Hamburgh
Paris
..4
25 40
Ditto
Marseilles — 25 35 2.5 40
Frankfort on Maine — 1171 117 t
- 11 95 12 5
11 95 12 6
31 34/
49 49}
49 50}
30 0 ao 726 60 25 a
40i
122 40/
/ 122/
122 i 123
51 511
511 62

Vienna
Trieste
Petersburgh
Madrid
Cadiz
Leghorn
Genoa
Naples
Palermo

Messina
Lisbon
Oporto
Rio Janeiro
New York —
.. • •
Foreign Gold in Bars (Staxdard)....per oz. L 3 17 9
Mexican Dollars
Silver in Bars (Standard) 0 (Standard)

LIVERPOOL, Thursday.—The Canadian mail
steamer
Anglo -Saxon and the Kangaroo, for New York,
which put back yesterday in consequence of the severe wea-
ther, sailed this morning for their destinations.
THE HIGHLAND COACHMAN.—John has a pre-
sentable person, a sagacious countenance, and, when seated
on the box, he flips his steeds and manages the ribbons to
admiration. He has not started a hundred yards when he
finds occasion for a story, which isisure to be greeted wit
him.
h a
roar of laughter from those alongside of and behind
Encouraged by success, John absolutely coruscates, anec-
dote follow anecdote like the flashes of sheet-lightning on
a summer night, and long before he has come to his
is implored to desist, the convulsed
had been picked up
journey's end he
midriffs of his auditors crying out, "Hold, enough 1"
" Water Net." The.
His story of the " Paisley Bodies" is inimitable.
spouses, o utshees ,
knights of the loom and
.shuttle, although desirous of
byT the Itnhveesrare, with
tshteatnhieerr,
enjoyment, naturally gravitated towards the steward's
room. One called out to the other, " Come down closer to
the steerage, Jeames, and has a dram, and you, Magge,
staun where y$ are, and caa us up when the scenery begins."
The power of gallantry could no further go. Another re-
lative to the grief of a Highland farmer, who had recently
lost his wife, is still better. A friend called upon the be
reeved man to condole with him. "It must have been a
great loss, Duncan, to you, for she was a goot women."
"'Deed it was, a fery great loss, indeed, returned Duncan,
wiping a tear from his eye; and then adding, in a tone
laden with emotion, "An', let me tell you, Donald, accom-
panied., too, with a fery considerable deal of expense.—
Eclectic, for September.