The Sun.
London, England, 1859-07-29 00:00:00

438,617,661
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Dated July 28,1859.

AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR.
.01
The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar,,_,
puted from Returns made in the week ending the 26v% or
of July, 1859, exclusive of the duties of Customs 101,1 r, pss
payable thereon, on the importation thereof into
Britain :
Per owt'a
From the British possessions in America 26s °la
Muscovado, the produce of the Mauritius 25s a
Muscovado, the produce of thra East Indies 31s „v
Average price of the foregoing 26s

COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—Tnis DAT. .e.
Amsterdam
Ditto
Rotterdam — 11 15 11 16g:
Antwerp
Brussels •—• 25 10 25 17,g
Hamburgh
Paris
Mar IC°
Ditto
25
25
5
seilles — 30
Frankfort on Maine — 1161 117 k '
Vienna
Trieste
Petersburgh — 335 34
Madrid — 491 50
Cadiz — 495 4010,
Leghorn — 30 5 30
Genoa
Naples
Palermo. — 1221 122.1
Messina — 1221 12:)
Lisbon
Ormrto
Rio Janeiro
New York _
• • .
• •
Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard)....per oz, £3 17 0
Mexican Dollars
Silver in Bars (Standard) 0 °
THE AUSTRALIAN MAIL.—In explanation °OO
further delay of the long overdue Australian mail, °1....9
was last heard of at Aden, it is suggeFited that unfavolt: 111
weather may have caused a delay of, two or three 4187'0
the arrival of the Calcutta and Ckina mails at Sue%' /it'
former would be detained waiti-,ig on the latter. Till tl
convenience to the mercantile interests connected
Australia is severely felt, and furnishes a strongaddLid 0
argument in favour of the immediate establishment
additional mail service by the Panama route.
It appears that tl-Ae new remittances now !IPA
made to the Government in India are to reach £170" 'IV
sterling; of which -2666,000 is wanted at Calcutta,
£333,000 at Bombry, O's
It was stated that, upon good authority,oo4lA
Ten Broeck w Jii. L 23,000, and that his friends or
£7,000 as the;tr share of Starke's victory for the Good
Stakes.
0, COAS': DEFENCES AT TYNEMOUTH.—T-1., e f g A
cations. at the entrance of the Tyne are now ggenwi;ctrA
more, formidable character. Earthworks are being or
for the reception of heavy guns, both in the castle y ds.-011
fAt Clifford Fort. The walls surrounding the Casveooo
been loopholed for the action of musketry in every en." ~.
possible position likely to be required in defence. tie
The Judgeship of the Court of Record for OP
Hundred of Salford, vacated on the appointment old 11
Seger to the office of Judge of the County Court lliliA
Preston, has been conferred by the Chancellor of the ots'
of Lancaster on Mr. Stamford Raflos, of the 11°1
Circuit.
i raft
MURDER.—At the Lincoln Assizes, Yes-ei lce-a
Henry, Carew, aged 24, labourer, and William froctirk
aged 20, a boatman, were charged with the wilfti,l,,tarevj
of William Stevenson, at Stickney, on the 17tb, ilreoco'
1859. The jury found both guilty. They were £le' P
,
~ O
to be hung in the usual 'words.
According to scale Parliamentaryretllol3'o
Indian finance, just published, it appears that the
~cap,l.,
deficit for the current year was estimated, •frora ,t. `j
made up at Calcutta on the Ist April, at £7,243,l'btain :d
meet this it was assumed £5,000,000 would be 000 ,1e
from the 5i- per cent. loan lately opened, and £6oo,vous lit t.
the issue of Treasury bills. But at the last advice 00,7 J
more than a million had been subscribed, and „rofi'l,o
quently upwards of £6,000,000 remained to be P., to
for. It is therefore assumed that the Indian 107.;1,';000
proposed on Monday next will be for about £o2°."' f
£7,000,000. o
Cato
The Genoa Gazette announces th salro
e
thorough-bred English riding horses, one sl—, itiyCag i'o
old and the other eight, both bay, belong
M. Kossuth.

MONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS.

CITY, Two o'CLocs.
During the last few days the market for Foreign
and Colonial Produce has been very inactive, and,
with a few exceptions, lower rates have been ac-
cepted for the principal articles. For tea, how-
ever, there has been a rather active inquiry,
and at public sales higher rates are obtained
for the better qualities of both China and
Assam descriptions. Sugars have been inactive,
and the limited business transacted in British
West India has been in most instances at lower
quotations. Foreign qualities have also shown a
alight depreciation in value. Coffee has been in
moderate :demand at about late rates, Plantation
Ceylon 'being most inquired for. Rice has been
dull, and the inferior descriptions have declined is.
to ls. 6d. per cwt. There has been rather more
demand for saltpetre at about former quotations,
and tallow is a shade firmer.
The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed
steadily, and prices were without alteration. The
sales were estimated at 8,000 bales. In Railway
Shares the traxsactions continued on a limited
Scale, but a slight; improvement was apparent in
values.
A steady demand for nzoney is still experienced
in the discount market, and :he applications at the
Bank are more numerous than
ezlr some time past.
The rates continue firm, and an up 7rard tendency
may be produced by the preparations .for the 4th
of the month, and other demands.
The City of Baltimore has been announced
this
morning from the United States with £218,434 1,".1
specie.
The meeting of the shareholders of the Unity
Bank took place to-day, Mr. Alderman Mechi in
the chair. The report was encouraging, and
showed a nett profit of £986 19s. 4d. in the busi-
ness of the six months. It was proposed that the
above sum of £986 19s. 4d. should be taken to the
account, and for the liquidation of old liabilities.
After some discussion, the report was adopted.
At the meeting of the Scottish Australian In-
vestment Company, also held to-day, a dividend at
the rate of 10 per cent. per annum was declared.
The half-yearly meeting of the Electric Tele-
graph Company took place to-day, when a report
Vail presented showing a total revenue of £97,906,
from which the directors recommended a dividend
Qt the rate of 61 per cent. per annum. The report
now (2 o'clock) under discussion.
There has been very little animation in the mar-
ket for public securities to-day, and the tendency
of f prices has been less favourable than might have
been anticipated, considering the satisfactory feel-
ing created by the announcement in the Moniteur.
Consols have been 95 to 951-, but they are now
?47-1, for money, and 941 95 for the account. The
buoyancy of the market has been checked by sales of
money steek, and the approaching loan for India.
.ie New
_ Threes and the Reduced are steady, at
Bank Stock is 221 to 223 ; and Exchequer
Biller, 28s,
tie to 31s. prem. The 5 per Cent. Annui-
. shave advanced to 111 ; India I,oan Debentures,
1858, are fiat, at 931 , andh S• •
at 94-k. • t e erg) steady,
In the Foreign Stock Market business is rather
Tinactive, and Prices exhibit a downward tendency.
Loan
6 per Cents. are 79 to 81; ditto New
Loan, 703
;,-, to
ceded to 711 ; and the 4 per Cents. have re-
-11:4- ; Venezuelan 1 per Cents., to 149 ;
and Portuguese, to 441 -I; Spanish' 3 per Cents.
Rriare steady at 44 ; and Brazilian 41 per Cents. are
n at 941.
Moss'rs. D. Bell, Son, and Co., give the following
is the price of American Securities :
Redeemable. Prices:
unitedo6 States 6 Cents 1867-1868
AdobaPer Cent lonjs
ICeet„taka. 5 per Cent, Bonds — 75 77
Itte,,,",exY per Cent. Bonds lB6B-72 92 94
lii,;4LTI 5 per Ct. Str. Bonds 95
130—,nciusu.s.e.tt.
.. . t. Str.
str.
Ohio 6 100 101
1,e4.118 rr Cent. Stock 1886 98 100
82. 84
llenireLvama 5 per Ct. Stock.
Ten,--,-vonia 5 per Ct. Bonds 1877 83 85
viraeBBce 6 per Cent. Bonds. Divers 80 82
IT; ,butla 6 per Cent. Bonds
"Ilia 5 per Cent. St. Bonds 1888 83 85
p)er Cent. St. Bonds -
LIZ: Central 7 per Cent.
entral 6 per Cent.
13Oleelands)Central '7 per Cent
. el
110_, arcs, 60 dole. paid ....
I):TRaii Central 8 per Cent.
' ". shares
Pica.
la 7 per Ct., Ist mort-
-1:1/471" St'. Bonds, not cony
Ist co:, Ist. do.
ork Central 6 per Ct ,
xpnot convertible . •
'" °lv York Central 7 per Ct.,
convertible from June 15,
1857_69
..
Roe. do. share.; .
y York and Eric!, 7per Ct.,
andAl `iv York and Erie 7 pez. Ct.,
_convertible
New York and Erie, 7 per Ct.,
sinking fund
DO hares .

1875 78 80
1875 . 75 78

1860 86 88
34 32 dis
1869 82 84
40 46

1883

1864

1883
1862
1875

95
71
62

do. Eu ..7
9
A very limited business has been transacted in
the Railway Share Market, and, in some instances,
less firmness has been apparent. Caledonians,
Eastern Counties, and Midlands have advanced ss. ;
and North-Western and North British, 10s. Great-
Western, South-Western,Manchester, Sheffield, and
Lincoln advanced ss. ; and South-Eastern 15s.
The Foreign lines are inactive. Lombardo-
Venetian being a shade flatter. The Old Shares
are dealt in at 101, and the New at 104 101.
In the Colonial Market, East Indian are steady
at 981 98k. Great Indian Peninsular hate delined
to 96.

Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares show
rather more activity. Bank of Australasia have
Improved Uhl. to 15s. London Joint-Stock, 10s. to
152. Union a London, ss. Royal Mail Steam, £l.

Bank Stoc BRITISHk FUNDS—.CLOSING PRICES.
223 1 3
~3 Per Cent. Reduced Annuities 953 3 5
.k,") Per Cent'. Consols Annuities 96 i 4151 43 5
1-" Iv 3 per Cent. Annuities
6 per Cent. Annuities lll
India Stock
Ditto Debentures, 1858
Ditto, 1859
Ditto Loan Scrip
Ditto Bonds, £l,OOO
Consols for Account (Aug. 9) , .... 95 4i 5
tLvehequer Bills, Z1,000,43d .. 31
Ditto Small, lid
v, lOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. •
..,raziliail 5 per Cent.
Ditto 44 per Cent. 1858 943
Grenada A 'ow Active, 33 per Cent.
Ditto Defe:Ted
PMxican 3 per k7ent
rtuguese, 185;4 3 per Cent.
.. Ditto Account
'Vanish 3 per C0nt..... 44
alirkish 6 per Cent....... Bl3 80i
Ditto Account ee Bl3 1
Ditto New Loan ..
Ditto Account . .. 71
Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cont
Venezuelan 5 per Cent. . —
Ditto 1 per Cent.
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Ilutch Exchange, 12 ui l. 21 per Cent—
Ditto Certificate; G 4 per Cent.
THREE O'CLOCK.
Consols, Money 941 5
Ditto Account

ZLECTION COMMITTEE'S.—(This Day.)

0 Aylesbury," Huddersfield, and? Gloucester (city)
In t
committees resumed their sittings to-day.
ll he
Aylesbury committee it has been decided that the
ae
ma ged bribery and corruption against Messrs. Smith and
Coatenl had not been proved.
of the petition refused-
Te cross petition agst Mr. Wentworth has still to be
one into.

iv.tl Paris moue is ---------
aty• abundant 3 per cent.,
11,44,011gh the rate of the Bank of France is 4 per cent. At
tarnburg the charge is as low as
this cent., and at Am-
aiterdata, Brussels, and Frankfort 3 per cent.
• PARIS REAPING MACHINES.—The competition
lor the prize proelsimed for the best reaping machine came
off at Fouilleuse. The Emperor was present, and exhibited
the greatest interest in the proceedings. A wide extent of
harvest land had been divided in patches of wheat, rye, and
barley, all nearly in equal proportions. The machines were
catalogued under two distinct heads—the foreign machines
and those of French manufacture. The prizes for each
division were the same-I,OOOE and a gold medal first
prize, 5001. and a silver wedal the second ; 300 f. and a
bronze medal the third. Moreover, a great gold medal had
been voted as honorary prize to the machine considered the
test of the whole, whether French or foreign. This prize,
as well as the first in the foreign division, fell to the lot of
Messrs. Burgess and Key. Worked by two horses, its
action surprised the assembly. The har vest fell before it
a precision and regularity never attained by human
hatted, while the quickness with which the work was exe-
cuted proved an incontestible superiority over manual
labour. Moreover, this machine proved itself the only one
in the field capable of being worked with the assistance of
only one man, and by measurement it was known that the
Burgess and Key reaper could clear a hectare of grain in
a hour and a half.