The Sun.
London, England, 1861-07-05 00:00:00

AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR.

The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com-
puted from Returns made in the week ending the 2d day
of July, 1861, exclusive of the duties of Customs paid or
payable thereon on the importation thereof into Great
Britain :

Muscovado, the produce of the British pos- PER CWT.
sessions in America ,e, 23s 2id

COURSE OF EXCHANGE:—THIS DAY.
Amsterdam
Ditto .. 3 Months. 12 11 12 1f
Rotterdam
Antwe
Brussels — 25 62f 25 67}
11amlurgh
Paris
Ditto
Marseilles — 25 62i 25 75
_ _
Frankfort on Maine —

Vienna
Trieste
_ _

119 - 120
14 35 14 45
14 35 14 45

Petersburgh
Berlin
Madrid
Cadiz
Leghorn

481 481
484 481,
25 85 25 90
25 82i 25 87i
25 821 25 871
39i 39i
117 ± 1171
117 i 1171
521 621
521 521

Milan
Genoa
Naples
Palermo
Messina
Lisbon
Oporto
Rio Janeiro
New York • .
Foreign Gold in Bars (Stanclard)....per oa. £3 17 ' 9
Mexican Dollars
0 4 10}
Silver in Bara (Standard) .......... v 0 sOi
South American Doubloons ......
0 0 0

THE ANNIV.ERSABNDE Y OF AMERICAN
INDEPECE.

Yesterday the Americans in London celebrated
,he 4th of July, the 85th anniversary of the Be-

elaration of Independence, by a breakfast at the
Royal Opera Colonnade Hotel, Charles-street,
Regent-street. About 100 Americans and several
Englishmen sat down, under the presidency of the
Rev. Dr. Patton, the popular Congregational
minister of New York.

Behind the chairman was a portrait of Washing-
ton, surrounded by the British and American
flags, very ingeniously associated. Most of the
Americans, and many of the Englishmen pre-
sent, wore a very elegant badge, bearing the
arms of the United States, very beautifully
interwoven on a ribbon of a superior quality, by.e
Mr. Slingsby, of Coventry. This specimen ofth
productions of the looms of Coventry was greatly
admired ; and by none more thane
ltlhethAamte
relates
themselves, who admitted that, i a
to
anything they
h
elegance and beauty
aa of
vworkmanship,usl
y
pr e seen.
The dejeuner having been disposed en.
of,
The CHAIRMAN proposed thehhee it sur-
passed
of
Presi-
obae
lth
f th
endowed with
dent of the United States, may iD
to the perils of
wisdom from on High, accord
regular Govern-
his day. There were, he
which lay at the basis of eve y
said, four principles
were allowed to have
certain to work out the
were
5 and if liberty did not
meet, and wherever
rethee
their way, they
liberty of the P
prevail in a cou-netorpye,n the
Tohneefiorrst ootfhetrheosef those
prevail was wanti g.
prin-
ciples the foundation
of all moral sentiment. This
was reverence towards God,
was symbolised by
the Church or the meeting-houses. The second was
universal intelligence, and its symbol was the
s mthefro
from
blacksmith's
his
anvil shop,ruiao
f
school-house. The third was the dignity of labour.
( rCohme e rws .h) tich tshsymbole h hlack wasit
out a character for himself which would survive
when the dandy was forgotten. And the fourth
was tho majesty of the law which used to be sym-
bolised by the whipping post. Wherever these
four principles were in action, they were as
sure to cut their way to light and liberty as it
was certain there was a God on the throne of
heaven. (Cheers.) The reason why slavery
existed in the South was that the dignity of labour
was not respected there.
The sentiment having been duly honoured, Mr.
MORAN returned thanks.
The CHAIRMAN then proposed " The Queen of
England. May the blessings of God rest on her
and all that pertains to her."
This was acknowledged by the Rev. Dr. DAVIS.
The CHAIRMAN next proposed 4, The day we
celebrate the birthday of our nation. May all fu-
ture anniversaries be bright and cloudless."
The response to this was the reading of the De-
claration of Independence.
Several other sentiments were duly honoured,
and the company separated, well satisfied with the
quiet and unostentatious display of their national
feeling.