The Sun.
London, England, 1859-08-05 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 3d day
of August, 1859:

ISSUE DEPARTMENT.
Notes issued £31,201,740 Government Debt £11,015,100
Other Securities .. 3,459,900
Gold Coin & Bullion 16,726,740
Silver Bullion -

£31,201,740

531,201,740

BANKING D:
Proprietors' Capi-
tal £14,553,003
Rest
Public Deposits (in-
cluding Exche-
quer, Savings'
Banks, Commis-
missioners of Na-
tional Debt, and
Dividend Ac-

EPARTMENT.
Government Secu-
rities (including
Dead Weig,htAn -
unity) £11,208,572
Other Securities 17,690,057
Notes
Gold and Silver
Coin .

603,590

counts) 5,323,259
Other Deposits 14,351,004
Seven Day and
other Bills 818,747

£38,302,145 I
M. 111

£38,392,145
lIARSHAL 1., Chief Cashier.

Dated August 4,1859.

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 August, 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 11d
Muscovado, the produce of the Mauritius 20s 2td
Muscovado, the produce of the East Indies 32s 4d
Average price of the foregoing 27s 4jd

COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—THIS DAY.
Amsterdam
Ditto
Rotterdam — 11 16} 11 154
Antwerp
Brussels — 25 17f 25 30
Hamburgh
Paris Short. 25 6 25 15
Ditto
Marseilles — 25 35 25 371
Frankfort on Maine — 1161 117 f
Vienna
Trieste
Petersburgh — 344 . 344
Madrid
Cadiz — 491 50
Leghorn — 30 5 30 10
Genoa — 25 72/ 25 80
Naples
Palermo — 1224 1221
Messina — 1221 123
Lisbon
Oporto
Rio Janeiro
• •
New York - • • • •
Foreign Gold pi Bars (Standard)....per oz. £3 17 9
Mexican Dollars „ 0 0 0
Silver in Bars (Standard) ,, 0 0 0

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS—(YESTERDAY).
The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack
at five o'clock.

THIRD READINGS.

The following bills were read a third time and passed :
Hunslet and Leet Roads ; Lawton, Burslem, and New-
castle-under-Lyme Roads; London and North-Western
(Sutton Coldfleld Branch) ; Ludlow Roads; Sittingbourne
and Sheerness Railway ; North Eastern, Bedale, &c., Rail-
ways Amalgamation ; Finford Bridge and Banbury Roads ;
West-end of London and Crystal Palace Railway (No. 1)
Herts and Hunts Extension Railway; British and Canadian
Telegraph Company, Coke Valley and Halstead Railway,
Chichester Harbour Embankment, Norwich and Spalding
Railway, Maltreath and Corsddaugan. Marsh, and Epping
Railway.
THE ANTICIPATED BUILDERS' STRIKE. _ _

Earl GRANVILLE wished Co ITSkeanexilinaiion7vith
respect to what he said the other evening, and which
appeared to have been misunderstood. He considered it
advantageous that the old combination laws against
workmen had been abolished. He had no hesitation in
saying it was an arbitrary act, which prevented the combi-
nation of workmen for the legitimate purpose of defending
their rights ; but when workmen combined for the purpose
of exercising an unjust influence over the operations
of trade ; above all, when in th 6 slightest de-
gree they exercised compulsion over their fellow-work-
men, he considered their conduct to be unjustifiable. Every
workman should be left quite free to assert his own rights
for himself. He wished it to be clearly understood
in anything that fell from him in favour of the combination
among workmen referred in no way to the strike expected
amongst the builders, which he considered utterly unjusti-
fiable.
MILITIA BALLOTS SUSPENSION BILL.
The Earl of RIPON moved the second reading of this
bill.
The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH did not oppose the
bill, but urged upon the house the necessity of keeping the
militia in a thoroughly efficient state.
After a short conversation, in which the Duke of Cleve-
land, Lord Churston, Lord Aveland, and the Duke of Cam-
bridge took part, relative to transferring militiamen to re-
giments of the line, and the difference between the official
strength of the militia and the number actually raised, be-
ing very short of the proper number, the bill was read a
second time.
MILITARY SAVINGS BANKS BILL.
The Earl of RIPON explained that the object of this
measure was to legalise the investment in the military
savings banks of various funds respecting which Mr. Tidd
Pratt had expressed some doubts whether they could legally
be so invested. The house would rejoice to hear that the
deposits in the military savings banks already amounted to
more than £200,000. (Hear, hear.)
The bill was read a second time.
The Court of Probate (Acquisition of Site) (No. 2) Bill
was read' second time.
The Universities' Incorporation Act Amendment Bill
was read a second time. _

The Income Tax, &c. Bill was read a second time.
IMPRISONMNT FOR SMALL DEBTS BILL.
The LORD CHANCE.LLOR said that the object of this
bill (which had come up from the lower house), was to di-
minish the alarming number of commitments for small debts
by the county courts. It consisted of two clauses, only one
of which he should recommend to the adoption of their
lordships. That clause was the first, which provided that
no one should be committed without proof of his ability to
pay, or of his misconduct in contracting the debt. In
committee he (the noble and learned lord) would move the
omission of the second clause.
Lord CRANWORTH thought that the principle of the
present law was right. That principle was, that when a
man had been found to owe a debt which he neglected to
pay, he might be again summoned ; he might then be
examined by the judge, with a view to see whether he was
able to pay, and if being able he refused, he might be sent
to prison. But suppose he did not choose to appear, it was
manifest that he would escape altogether. It seemed to
him (the noble and learned lord) that the judge ought to
have the power to compel the appearance of persons against
whom a second summons was taken out.
After a few words from the LORD CHANCELLOR,
The bill was read a second time.
The Queen's Remembrancer, &c., Bill was read a second
time.

The County Cess Ireland Acts Contivation Bill was read
a second time.

The Ministers (Scotland) Bill was read a second time.
The Constabulary Force (Ireland) Bill was read a second
time.

The Manufacturers (Ireland) Acts Continuance Bill was
read a second time.

The Galway Harbour and Port Act (1855) Amendment
Bill was read a second time.

FISHING VESSELS PASSING THE NORE BILL.

The Duke of ARGYLL, in movinc, the second reading
this bill, said it was a bill to abolish .a toll to which fish-
ing vessels passing the Nore were subjected.
The bill was read a second time.
The Dwellinge of Labouring Classes (Ireland) Bill
passed through committee.

The Local Government Supplemental Bill passed through
committee.

The Colonial Legislatures Power of Repeal Bill passed
through committee.
The Barbuda Government Bill passed through com-
mittee.

The Cambridge University Commission Continuance
Bill was read a third time and passed.
RAILWAY COMPANIES ARBITRATION BILL.

The report of amendments on this bill was brought up
and agreed to.
The Pawnbrokers Bill was read a third time and passed.
The Boundaries (Ireland) Bill was read a third time and
passed.
The Marriages (Lisbon) Bill passed through committee.
The Charitable Trusts Act Continuance Bill was read a
second time.

Their lordships then adjourned at twenty minutes past
seven o'clock.

HOUSE OF COMMONS-(YESTERDAY.)
The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.

The Lords' amendments to the following bills were con-
sidered and agreed to :—Blackburn and Preston Road and
Bridge; Cowes and Newport (Isle of Wight) Railway;
Ringwood, Christchurch, and Bournemouth Railway ;
and Metropolitan Railway (Deviations, &c.)
The Bombay, Baroda, and Central India Railway Com-
pany Bill was considered and ordered for third reading.
Sir John Ramsden's Estate Bill was read a second time.
On the motion of Mr. BRADT, the following motion was
agreed to :—That in the case of the Londonderry and Cole-
raine Railway Bill, standing orders 176 and 204 be sus-
pended, and that it be an instruction to the general com-
mittee on railway and canal bills, and to the committee of
selection, that they have power to appoint the committee
on the bill to meet any day not earlier than seven clear
days after the second reading.