The Sun.
London, England, 1855-09-24 00:00:00

THE PENINSULAR MAILS •

SOUTHAMPTON, MONDAY MORNING.
By the Peninsular and Oriental CompanY's
steam-ship Madrid, Captain Cook, we have dates
from Gibraltar, Sept. 14th ; Cadiz, 15th ; Lisbon;
19th; Vigo and Oporto, 20th.
The Madrid brings 39 passengers and on freight
7,0001. in specie, and a cargo consisting entirely
of fruit.
At Lisbon were the English ships-of--war St'
George, Neptune, Sanspareil, and Malacca, and
despatch steamer Newton.
Lisbon exchanges at three months are quoted by
this mail—on London, 54i to 54# ; Paris, 539)
Amsterdam, 43 ; Hamburg, 438 ' • and Genoa, &I'
Money continued scarce on London, with solve
paper over, and other places were nominal, es"
cept Paris and Hamburg. Stocks.—Three per
Cents. 41} to 42 ; Bank of Portugal shares, it,
to 110 milreis discount upon 500 milreis ; Oporto
Bank Stock, 15 to 16 per cent. premium ; Lisb°ll
Bank notes, per cent discount.

AMERICA.

ARRIVAL OF THE CANADA.

LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 23%,,
The Canada has arrived with advices, from 246"
;
York to the 13th by telegraph, and $511,518 'll
specie.
The Washington correspondent of the New /.°1.d.4
Herald states that. Mr. Buchanan, the United
States' Minister to London, would not return h°lllo
on the Ist of October, certain complications with
reference to Central American affairs rendering 16
necessary for him to prolong his time.
It is stated that the Russians intend to negotiate
a loan in the United States.

The ravages of yellow fever in, Norfolk were ury
abated.

The Empire City and Northern Light had
rived at New York with a total amount of $1,983,''"
on freight.
The Panama Railway was in excellent condition.
The mining reports were satisfactory. A number
of murders, and executions 'by Lynch law bad oc-
curred.
Her Majesty's screw-steamer Brisk had arrived
at San Francisco from Vancouver's Island. Tile
Brisk visited Petropaulovski and found there a
Russian merchant vessel which had been
doned by her crew. The vessel was fired and de-
stroyed. On several occasions the Brisk was clogs
to the Russian settlements on the Aleutian islander
but was unable to effect a landing in consequence
of the thick fogs which prevailed.
The British fleet had sailed from San Francis°
for Valparaiso, and the China teas.
Advices from San Juan state that Colonel Sinnelf
had completed the purchase for 500,000 d.ols• ,es
Messrs. Sheppard and Haley's rights in the /o'ln
granted them by the Mosquito Government 1;-
1839, so that he possessed this fertile tract, as I.".
ported, in addition to other 1,700,000 acres.
ogth
Advices from Nicaragua state that on the sg a
ult. Colonel Walker landed at San Juan deli h
with a small party, whereupon the natives, f
the exception of the captain of the port and a le,
others, evacuated the place, taking their mules
with hem. • They were, however, induced to re.;
turn and assist the California passengersi in their
transit across the isthmus.
A bloody battle was fought on the 19th betvieea
the Castellano party underMunes and Alvarez, an
a,`body of clamorous adherents under Guardiolia•
Guardiolia was beaten and fled to the mountain,'
while Munos was reported among the slain. Ce„
Walker was menaced by a strong force of the Cho„-
morro party, posted at Ribas, only 15 miles CO'
San Juan.
Mexican advices to the 2d inst. report affairs
unsettled. General De la Slade had taken posget.
sion of Vera Cruz, refusing allegiance to'the PO;
visional Government. Alvarez had not roadie'
the capital.
At New York on the 11th the demand for money
continued active, but rates of interest remained
unchanged. In exchange there was an appearance
of greater firmness, but buyers did not come for
ward at the rates demanded. Bills on London a,
60 days could have been sold at 1091, and bankersa
at 1091, but 1094 was asked for the former, 3/3
109.4 to 110 for the latter ; France sf. 111°,' ,0
sf. 131. In cotton there was very little (0197;
and prices may be quoted / cent lower. Holds
did not wish to offer their stock freely at the rhrte
duced price. Prior to the advices received by
Atlantic to the 25th ult. the flour-market contion'i
in a depressed . state • these advices, lauvrnrie„s;
caused an immediate advance of 25 cents per, ":„,,,s
rel on the common and medium qualities, auu, -ner
followed by a further improvement of 12i eneiorta•
barrel. Freights were firm on the 13th. lace
had advanced. An advance had also taken Poo
in wheat. Corn had slightly declined. 00
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COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

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Since the arrival of the Francis Henty, the
Northumberland has been announced from. Aus-
tralia, Her dates are not later, but she has on
'ard about 270,000/. in gold.
The letters from Germany state that the English
/tere receiving, at Heligoland, such large supplies
articles suitable to the maintenance of a garri-
te4) that it was more than ever apparent they in-
:ided to make the island an important military
v4ition. A considerable quantity of clothing had
arrived for the Foreign Legion. General Oxholm,
the banish Minister to London, is stated to have
Btructions connected with the Sound dues ques-
tion.

The following are the nominal prices of foreign
clt°l. :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 18 to 20 ;
21k- to ; Peruvian, 76 to 78 ; ditto
nree per Cents., 57 to 59 ; Portuguese Four per
cents., 43 to 45 ; Russian Five per Cents., 97
t40,,09 ; ditto Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 86 to
°46*
Spanish New Deferred, 19!„. to 19;31 ; ditto
41'rec per Cents., 38,- ; ditto Certificates, 4 to
61; ditto Passive, 44 to 41.
The railway " calls" for October are :
Company. rail. Amount.
Belgian
Eastern Junction £o 10 0... £21,250
nlYth and Tyne 2 0 0... 12,000
t• terham
• ester and Stour Valley,
r, c. New 5/.
"rand Trunk of Canada, A issue 2 10 0... unknown
t,itto, ditto, Bonds lO 0 o...unknown
Lancaster
Luxembourg (Constit )
Lancaster and Preston, 11-44.
I,Yons and Iqedtterranean
'"oyal Swedish

Place.

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'(:)4,
( Prom the 05cial

ion.
Pnr Cent, Consols Annnities 9O 89i
Laths Stock
ri.onsols or Account, 12ttk October 904 93

E jlleriner I3ills, 24 'it
.C.,1000

£5OO .. — 1
Small ..
Etcheciner Bonds 1658, 3i per Cent...—. 994 100
Ditto . 1859, .•• 99i 100
PD.IOE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE (A:LOC:R.
Peruvian Bonds, 4? per Cent ,... .....
Ditto for the account TVi G x d
goanisn Bowls, 3 per Cent 3Bi•
tarkith Bonds, 0 per cent 9o.i
Ditto for the account 9O 89,1 904 891
Ditto New Scrip, 4 per Cent.
Ilividends on the above payable In Lon.,ou.
Dutch Exchange, 2} per Cent. 12 Gull —
Ditto 4 per Cont. Certlileates .. ....
HALF-1'1) Si' TWO.
Consols
Ditto for eto Act punt I/0 14-

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CITY, Two O'CLOCK.
lcThe Liverpool cotton market on Saturday closed
ilth more steadiness, but no change in prices took Sit
The sales were estimated at from 6,000 to
i'Oo bales, 500 for export ; and comprising 360 :-1()4
erhain and Maranham Gid. to Gad. ; 200 Egp.
v
Ibi°o 50. to 7d. ; and 800 Surat 41d. to 4' d. per i a
In the Railway Market there was an average ,r,
iotnreber of transactions, and prices were a shade
wer than on Saturday. ei
Corn has opened flatter and nominally lower,
bUt sellers hold back in expectation of foreign St.
St.
purchasers coming forward.
The steamer Canada, brings about half a million
°f dollars in specie from Boston. The American
e 44 market was not very brisk. The Californian 20
w4B
still sending large supplies of the precious 2ig
50

The different governments comprised in the
°llverein are stated to have acquiesced in the re- St.
z
st.
best of Prussia, and have postponed the date
tur allowing the exportation of grain until Sept., 12
!6. Saxony is about to open a loan for five 1;
millions of dollars to extend its railway commu iffy
-
hication. st.
3
The Prussian Government, it is stated, intends 20
t() buy grain to a large amount in the United isv
States, and will supply its army entirely from that st
warter, in order to avoid pressing upon home 20
lit°eks, or competing with the demands of private 12,
assumption. 4+,
2110 English funds have been very depressed 400
rill, notwithstanding the considerable amount of 2f,
lion received within the last day or two, and !:5
thetil idea mooted by a contemporary that differences
25
ay arise with Egypt has some influence, although St 2f
one can feel seriously alarmed on that score. sst:
Consols have been 90 to 90-i, and since 89i for 50
transfer, the prices for October being 90k, 1, and
:104ce 90. Exchequer Bills are about is. discount 21
33. premium. East India Stock has been done
$t 228 and 230. Exchequer Bonds are discount
t° Par.
t.
14 the Foreign Market the principal feature is 3P
4
depression of Turkish Bonds, the 6 per Cents. 1.,3
\Ting receded to 89a 1, and the New Scrip to 4 '6
41 after being t discount. This is in consequence 3
0t
the alleged unsatisfactory nature of affairs in St.
i'gYPt, where the Exchequer appears to be in a ,2
0:3
:'11? condition ; but to the stock guaranteed by so
Igland and France the circumstance should make
;'_() difference. It is asserted that the Pacha shows II))
;78, energy in his endeavours to supply the Sultan !0
money, and hence it is pretended that some
ditturbanee may arise that would interfere with '0
"e regular receipt of the Egyptian Tribute, which lig
fieldsthe interest on the Old 6 per Cent. Debt,
but not on the 4 per Cents. This information ',t•
001Uing within so short a period of the settlement, 0
)41 made a handle of to depreciate both stocks. lt
teh 4 per Cents. are 96l 1. Spanish 3 per Cents. st
v°,l) and Peruvian Active Bonds 761 and 771.

Making a total £501,266 t 174;
The railway meetings announced aro the follow- I lid
bag :

Company. Date.
Apr and Maybole Sept. 25, Ayr.
45elgian Eastern Junction
,ealedonian Sept. 25, Glasgow.
4", aßtern Counties
vk '2risb South Eastern Sept. 26, Dublin.
"490ndonderry and Enniskilen Sept. , Coletnan-st. builds,
Portsmouth
In Railway Shares there has not been a great
deal doing, but prices are decidedly lower, some o
the older trunk lines being, however, less affected
than the others. Great Western have been main-
tained at about the previous rates, and North
Western are merely the turn lower. Eastern
Counties keep up tolerably well. Great Northern
Stock has fallen, South Western are 21 to 1
Cheaper, Midland have receded 1, and South
Eastern A. Great Western of Canada have been
down to I. Northern of France are firmer.
In the Foreign Mining Shares there has been 100
h °thing doing, and the Joint Stock Banks likewise 1°,,0f,
are nominal. Canada Land, however, still pursue -""
their extraordinary upward movement, being 21. I 120
100
higher even than on Saturday. 20

BABY SHOW AT MANCHESTER.— The Manchester public 2(1
were invited to a baby show at the Pomona Gardens, on lt!
Saturday, when there were nearly 300 competitors for 2C
the prizes, and something like 5,000 persons. The grand. 2(
sons in arms of a late M.P. for one of the metropolitan 2(
boroughs was the winner of a . ilirer teapot. 1
FEARFUL BOILER EXPLOSION—GATESHEAD, Sept. 22 u
--An inquest was held at Kibblesworth colliery, near 21
Taimaley, in the county of Durham, yesterday, on the 21
body of John Bewley, an engine-tender, who was killed
by a fearful boiler explosion which took place at that 21
pit on Wednesday. The explosion happened at 8 o'clock
in the morning, and at first it was thought the pit bad
fired, but on the smoke clearing away the nature of the
accident was ascertained. It appears that Bowley was 4
intrusted to take care of the boilers at bank, and finding
as it is alleged, something wrong in boiler No. 2, he had E
proceeded to examine it, and while standing on the top
of it, it had exploded with terrific force, carrying the un-
fortunate man high into the air, and hurling him a dis-
-11
tanco of 200 yards from the pit. One of the 1(
banksmen was blown over the bank a considerable
11
distance, and a brakesman was thrown into the engine
house. Three firemen were very severely scalded, while
several workmen were more or less injured. The body !
of the boiler opened out like a fan at the time of the ex-
plosion, and was carried over the engine-house and land-
ed in an adjoining field. One end of the boiler was like-
wise burled over the bank, and the other within a few 1
yards beyond where the body of Bewley was found. The
body of Bowley was not much disfigured, but from the
deep indentation made in the soil on the spot when it
fell it was evident he must have been blown a .great

height into the air. Y The boiler, weighing between two
and three tons, was blown upwards of 100 yards from
the place where the explosion occurred. Four men are
very badly scalded, but hopes are entertained that they
'will recover. It did not transpire at the inquest, which
is adjourned, how the explosion was occasioned, but it
is supposed that Bewley, finding that the boiler was
short of water, had attempted to hastily supply it, and
bad thus caused the explosion, He is described as a
steady man.