The Sun.
London, England, 1844-06-15 00:00:00

PRICE OF SUGAR.

The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, for the
week ending June 11, 1844, is 345. 11d. per cwt., exclusive
of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the im-
portation thereof into Great Britain.

MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS.
FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.
CITY, FRIDAY EVENING.
TIMES.—In the foreign exchanges the rate upon Ham-
burgh experienced a decline, owing to letters from that place
by to-day's mail advising a material fall there in the rate
upon London. Amsterdam was likewise rather lower, in
consequence of a demand for bills upon that place, which de-
pression, however, did not extend to Rotterdam. Paris re-
mained about the same as last post.
Sir Robert Peel has answered the application of the Lon-
don bankers for an extension of the Bank of England's power
of issuing on securities beyond the 14,000,000/. in cases of
emergency. He refuses to allow such extension in any other
case than that already provided for in the sth clause of the
Bill—viz., that of a private banker ceasing to issue his own
notes, and even denies that his speech, when first the mea-
sure was proposed, justified the supposition that a different
course would be adopted. It must, however, be said on the
part of the bankers, that whatever was the original intention
of the Premier, both his own language and the correspon-
dence of the Chancellor of the Exchequer with the Bank,
led the most experienced persons in the City to believe that
a general power of extension was contemplated, and not
merely a power in the one particular case.
SUN.—The value of Consols this afternoon wg,s
slightly depreciated, 97i having been paid, though the
latest bargains were at 98 to 98*. The Unfunded Debt
continues firm, as also the heavy securities.
As usual, after the settlement of the account, the Fo-
reign Securities have undergone some fluctuation.
Spanish Actives improved this afternoon to 22/ and
23/, and the Three per Cents. to 341 34 ; but the most
decided alteration was in Mexican Bonds, which got up
to 341 1, owing partly to the more favourable advices
from the United States. Portuguese Converted were
steady at 47. Belgian Bonds were 104*.
The additional transactions in Railway Shares have
been these:—Birmingham and Gloucester New were
54 ; Croydon, 42 to ''4,l ; Manchester and Leeds, 352 ;
Ditto and Birmihgbam, 15 ; Newcastle and Darlington,
212 ; Norwich and Brandon, 54 ; South-Eastern, 2* to
21 •, Ditto New, 7 to 64 ; York and North Midland,
682 to 692 ; Ditto Half, 33 ; Scarborough Branch, 14
to 164 ; and Paris and Orleans, 174 to 18 premium ;
Brighton, 31 to 3f ; Greenwich, .54 to si; and North
Midland, 7 to 71 discount.
With the exception of a slight decline on Hamburgh,
occasioned by the lower quotations per to-day's mail,
we cannot notice any alteration of moment in the Foreign
Exchanges.
The American accounts read well as regards trade.
The following are political extracts relative to Cuba
and Central America :
" The Florence has arrived from Mantanzas, with ad-
vices to the 22d May.
"There had been a number of people, white and black,
arrested two days before the Florence sailed, on suspicion
of being concerned in the abortive insurrection. The
Court was sitting at Mantanzas, trying the negroes be-
longing to the plantations. There had been a number
condemned, taken out to the plantations to which they
belonged, and shot. The prisons and forts were crowded
with prisoners.
"It was said that Mr. Donald, a native of New York,
and an engineer, was arrested and imprisoned, charged
with being concerned in the riots ; alsa several other
engineers.
" The Thomas 11. Benton, Captain Roberts, arrived
yesterday from San Juan, reports that he (Captain R.)
attempted to enter the port of St. John's, in Central
America, but was refused admittance, it being under a
blockade by H. B. M. schooner of war Hornet, Lieut.
Miller. The blockade had lasted three months, the
British vessels which enforced it being relieved monthly."
COURSE OP EXCHANGE.—(YESTERDAY.)

Amsterdam CF. 12 6
Ditto, at sight l2 4
Rotterdam 2U. 12 61
Antwerp 25 90
Elamburgh M.B. 13 14
Altona l3 141-
Paris, 3 days' sight— 25 65
Ditto, 3 months 25 85
Marseilles
Bourdeaux 25 90
Frankfort on Maine l2li
Petersburgh, 3Us 37
Berlin 7
Vienna, effect fi. 3 M 953
rieste, ditto
Madrid 37
Cadiz
Bilbao 36
Barcelona 36
Seville

Gibraltar
Leghorn 3O 45
Genoa 25 90
Milan
Venice
Naples 39
Palermo, per oz ll7
Lisbon 54
Oporto 54
Rio Janeiro 23
Bahia 23
Buenos Ayres
NewYork,2ldys sight
Philadelphia
PRICES OF BULLION, PER OZ.
Foreign Gold,bars..l:3 17 9
Portugal Gold Coin 3 17 5
New Doubloons-- 0 0 0
New Dollars 0 4 10
Silver in Bars 0 4 11;

DURHAM AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.---The County
of Durham Agricultural Protection Society, at a general
meeting held last week, voted the sum of 1001. in aid of the
funds of the Central Agricultural Protection Society, insti-
tuted in London.