The Sun.
London, England, 1857-08-12 00:00:00

STOCKTON AND DARLINGTON.

The half•vearly meeting of this company was -held yea
terday at D•trlington. The report was adopted, and the
following dividends declared :-5 per cent. on prefersnce
shares, 6 per cent. on Wear Valley and Redcars, and 10
per cent. on the ordinary shares.

NORTH LONDON.
The half-yearly rneetivg of this company was beid
yesterdhy at the Euston Station. The report $O5
a,lopted, and a dividend for the half-year at the rate of
5 per cent. per annum on the preference shares, and 4/
per cent, per annum on the ordinary shares was declareJ.

Country Markets.

LIVERPOOL—AUG. 11.
A fair attendance to-day, hitt wheat and flour did 11°
sell so readily, nor in extent, as on Friday, and tho ,
varced rates of that day were barely obtained. LAW'
corn was again 6,1 per qr. lower on the Mediterranean Or
lities, making the week's reduction fully is per qr.' 031;
meal also declined 6d per load. Oats, barley, beans, slit'
peas at late rates. The day has been showery and sultry,
to the detriment of potatoes, which are represented 38
tainted with disease to some extent.

HULL— AUG. 11.
We bad a moderate show of-farmers' wheat to-day, very
little business done, and the prices unchanged. Best rap,
of red fetch 62s to 635. Foreign not pressed—trs.nsactio9o
only in retail. There have been liberal arrivals of barlef
during the week, and good grinding qualities meet fair da"
mand at previJus rates. Considerable imports of oats fr°l3l
St. Petersburg, which meet a slow sale. Beans and 1073
sell well. Heavy arrivals of linseed, chiefly taken to war
,`,";
house. The demand for cakes is rather checked by t'
rain ; but the high prices of seed prevent any decline.
Wheat, English red, 60s to 639 ; white 63s to 655; oats'
28s to 30s ; barley, 403 to 46s ; Indian corn, —s ; lines
cakes, Hull, 101 12s 6d to 101 15s ; ditto, foreign, 81 to
15s ; rape cakes, 6/ ss. to 6/ 7s 6d ; guano, 81. to 131. 101;
bones, His 6d.; flour, —s to --s; tares, 30s to 40s.

LEEDS--AUG. it.
which
meetare moderately supplied with wheat to-day,
s a fair demand at last rriday's rates. No alteratioa
jn other articles.
Average prices of grain—Wheat, 62s 11d ; barley, 3814
63 ; oats, 31s —d; beans, 46s 6d ; peas, 41.8
rye, —s. Od.

COURSE OF EXOTIANGB.—YESTEMAY.
Amsterdam.......... •• 11 17 Gilbraltar •• •• ••••• • • • --
Ditto, three months .. 11 19% Leghorn ... ...... 29 00
Rotterdam 11 1y Genoa .......... 25 80
Antwerp 25 40 ,1111 an .„ „ ............
Brussels 25 4 Venice—
aamburgh •• •• •• •• •• • • 13 8% Naples •• •• .........• 42
Altona ..•• •• •• •• •• •• •• • • Palermo .• • •
Paris • • ...... ... • • .... 25 25 :Messina ... l2B!‘
Do. three months .•.25 65 Lisbon .. S2N
Mars as •••••• •• • • 25 65 Oporto .• •• •• ... ••• • • • 3
Bourdeaux ............ :Rio Janeiro
Frankfort-on-Maine 119% Buenos Ayres
•• •• •11 ••e••• • • •• • • :New York,6o days' sight ---
Vienna 10 22 Philadelphia
Trieste •• •• .• •• •• •• .. 10 32 PRICES OF BULLION, rya 00,
Petersburg ........ ,; 36% Foreign Gold in Bars £3 17
Madrid 487 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0
Cadiz ......... .• 4931, Mexican Dollars .... 0 0
Barc.clons New Dollars ...... 0 6 ,:r*
Seville•• •• •••....... Say, .11 ban 0 5