The Sun.
London, England, 1859-08-19 00:00:00

BANKRUPTS

Asher Weinthal, warehouseman, Cannon-street, to sur-
render, Aug. 30, at half-past twelve, and Sept. 30, at half-
past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Charles Thomas Ingram, oil merchant, Fenchurch- street,
Aug. 29, at half-past twelve, and Sept. 30, at eleven, at the
Court of Bankruptcy.
Levi Cobh. eating-house keeper, Liverpool, Aug. 30 and
Sept. 23, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court.
Henry Sturemburg and William Goldenstedt, ship bro-
kers, Liverpool, Sept. 2, at eleven, and 23, at two, at the
Liverpool District Court.
William Lindop, brush manufacturer, Newcastle-under-
Lyme, Sept. 5 and Oct. 3, at eleven, at the Birmingham
District Court.
Clement:Edward Davies, spirit merchant Gainsborough,
Aug. 31 and Sept. 21, at twelve, at the Town-hall, King-
-Bton-upon-Hull.

SCOTCH BANKRUPTS.
William Buchanan, merchant, Glasgow.
Andrew Roxburgh, pattern drawer, Bowling, Dumbar-
shire.
John Macdonald, grocer and spirit dealer, Dingwall.

BANK OF ENGLAND.

An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria,
cap. 32, for the week ending on Wednesday, the 17th day
of August, 1859 :
_____

- .
ISSUE DEPARTMENT.
Notes issued £30,85905 Government Debt £11,015,100
Other Securities .. 3,450,900
Gold Coin & Bullion 16,384,605
Silver Bullion .... -

$30,859,605

X. 30,859,605

BANKING D.
Proprietors' Capi-
tal £14,553,000
Rest . . 3,440,262
Public Deposits (in-
cluding Exche-
quer, • Savings'
Banks, Commis-
missioners of Na-
tional Debt, and
Dividend Ac-
counts) 6,229,336
Other Deposits 14,240,460
Seven Day and
other Bills 845,733

EPARTMENT.
Government Secu-
rities (including
Dead Weight A-
nnuity) £11,209,668
Other Securities 18,291,096
Notes
Gold and Silver'
Coin 624,542

239,308,971
M.l

Z39,,7
.RSHALL, Chief Cas3oBhier.9l

Dated August 18,1859.

AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR.

The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com-
puted from Returns made in the week ending the 16th 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 .. 26a61d
Muscovado, the produce of the Mauritius —s
Muscovado, the produce of the East Indies.. --g —d

COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—THIS Day.

Amsterdam
Ditto
Rotterdam — 11 16%
Antwerp
Brussels — 2,5 27i
Ha.mburgh -- 13 6i
Paris: Short. 25 7%
Ditto
Marseilles - 25 35
Frankfort on Maine — 117%
Vienna - 11 95

11 141
11 161
11 16
25 32
25 32
13 6
25 15
25 40
25 40
117 i
12 5

Trieste
Peterskirgh
Madrid
iz
Leers)._
NElllc
Palermo, ..... „ . .* • • •
Messina
Lisbon

11 95
341
49
49
30 5
25 65
40
122
122
51k
61f

12 6
35i
49i
60
30 10
26 70
40i
122 i
12211
51t
62

Oporto
Rio Janeiro
New York .........
9
Foreign Gold in Bars (Standar-15.. ..per oz. £3 17
Mexican Dollars ................. 0 0 0
Silver in Bars (Standard) .......... f) 0 0

celebratedDoherty, the
on the waters,fimlianilylayreaney fisherman.
rs,efltelate
the
teLet.d
W-ea'aicy, has at length come to the end of his line, at the
patriarchal ago of 96. He retained his racy intellect to the
last, and up to a recent period. could play a 141 b. salmon,
successfully, sure of a guinea in the evening from the bene-
volent relict of his venerated patron.—Tralce Chronicle.
GREAT FIRE AT LIVERPOOL.—As briefly noticed.
in lite Sun yesterday, a most destructive fire broke out is
a warelionse, in Love-lane, stored with cotton, corn, and
other merchandise. The damage has been very great, about
3,000 or 4,000 bales of cotton having been destroyed along
with the building itself. The loss is estimated at from
£25,000 to £30,000. The cotton was owned by Messrs.
Joynson, Messrs. Fielden, Brothers, and other parties.
Several Greek houses are interested in the corn, which is
almost entirely destroyed.