The Sun.
London, England, 1855-08-13 00:00:00

THE GERMAN DIET.

A letter from Dresden of the 7th, in the Moni-
tear, says :—"
The final sitting of the Diet for the
session took place this morning at the Palace.
The King in the speech delivered cm the occa-
sion, in, speaking of the law on sporting which
had been rejected by the Second Chamber,
said ;—‘ I regret that an underataudipg could

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not have been come to on this lap,, a
thus have satisfied a public sentiment tb
justice which has been ()ranged ; I regret it
ell-
more as this circumstance deprives me of a
founded hope which I had entertained of healing
by a conciliatory measure, the last remainfleof
„wound of a distant and stormy period.' The
lowing is the only other passage of interest.;
'The political complications, of which I eP°lll3/0
the opening of the last extraordinary session, bele
not yet received a solution. Nevertheless we ilies
acquired a well-founded hope that the calamine
and sacrifices of war will be spared GermanY,cr,
our Saxon country. The firm attitude of the Gels
manic Ccnfederation has notably contributed to
result, and has at the same time preserved
e,
and interests of Germany. MY GetrlPie
ment only raised its voice in that sense in the
Diet.'—His Majesty, on entering and leaving .
hall where the members of the Diet and the hied
of the Crown had assembled, vral ha
ll
by numerous cries of ' Long live the sing "

THE CRIMEA.
ODESSA, July 28.—The garrison of Odessa, utel.
the head-quarters of General Luders, was two
day reviewed. It consists of 16,000 Jnfau"'Lsof
regiments of light cavalry, and a few batter'-- •
artillery. to
The telegraphic line from St. Potersburjoitr
Sebastopol is now in operation throughout '—
tire extent. ••

AMERICA.
ARRIVAL OF THE CANADA'
LIVERPOOL, SOPAIsis)
This morning the royal mail steam-ship Caab the
Captain Judkins, arrived in the Merge' Ifivieit
usual mails from the United States and
North America. d Os"
She sailed from Boston on the Ist inst.,
fas on the 3d, and has brought besides the
146 passengers and 600,000 dollars in °Pecie
freight. lye
The royal mail steamer Asia, from hence °
21st ult., arrived at Halifax on the Ist Aug' s 01
The yellow fever is raging to a great exto°
New Orleans.
ober°

The ship William M. Rogers has been - pigs.
at Halifax for the conveyance of the foreign
to England.
the 041
The latest dates from the Havana are to "un-
ult., at that period the island was quiet9.,7torp
cholera was very prevalent amongst the U'

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COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE; if SO. .1
Thar Yorc, ti•',oo6l
The market is very quiet, and there is no "„0- 0,0
material importance; money is yet freely offered pse
call and time, and there is more short time businesso
offering both at the banks and in the -street' IrA
taken at 6 to 7 per cent. There is no chsvg- ore
rates of interest, although the turn is in farthro'be!,'
borrower. Foreign exchange is heavy, en",
selling slowly at 109 i to 110 on London, 60 okl:order,
stock market is steady, with slight animation. Dor-
from London have raised the value of the bonds°oooll,
railways, and in particular for Illinois Central, ,10,
and Construction Bond-, Erie 1883's, Erie 18'.:400°-
the Michigan Central Eight per Cent. Bonds a
1869.
The following are the ruling quotations for the
government, state, and miscellaneous security''erOk
are known, and more or less dealt in, on the •thiceld
yor
—United States 6's of 1867-8. 1204 ; New
1872, 119; ; New York 6's of 1873, 119/ ;
1860, 106 ; Ohio 6's of 1875, 112 ; Pennsylvania.
89 ; Pennsylvania Coupons, 931 ; ,orr
Virginia 6's, 974 ; Tennessee 6's, 97 ;_ 14°,,t1Q1s:00,
95 ; Missouri 6's, 95i • North Carolina 6,se ;
6's, 98 ; California 87 ; Indiana s's, ''‘,7l;vir
York City s's, long, 101; Philadelphia 6'sr
cinnati 6's, 96 ; Baltimore 6's, 993 ; St. Louis
New Orleans R. R. d's, 80 ; New .Orleans 6's, "yo;.
Chicago 6's, 93 • Sacramento City 10's, 87 ; •'„1-1;
Central 7's, 10i/ ; New York Central 6's, vigrie
York Central Shares, 98; Erie 7's, 1883, 98;,7 04,
1875, 934 ; Erie Shares, 51 ; Panama Sbarelsi;)
Hudson Ist Mort., 104 ; Hudson Convert, 10;...,
linois Central 7's, 871 ; Illinois Free Lands, 911 Vag
Shares, 97 ; Mich. South, Shares, 103 ;
tral, 97 ; Ohio Trust ex div., 921 ; Delaware ° •
son, 132 ; Pennsylvania Coat, 111.
There is o good demand for State and ViTeB,terillogstrAno
and with a continued active inquiry for exporilaaterj'
with more than usual animation for home ooll'A.Ors
and light receipts, prices for common to goof 47111:04,,
very firm, and in some cases an advance i;
per barrel was obtained today for the cot:010,1141!
grades ; the sales are 10,000 barrels at our
eluding 1,000 barrels for October at 7 dole. dos''
barrels for direct shipment at 7 dole. 75c, eV'
Dols. 8s
Common to good state 7.75 t° Stl
Favourite state 7.871 t° Lle •
Extra state
Common to good Indiana, Ohio,
and Michigan
Extra Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, to 1(1'0
and St. Louis 8,50 O. Ai,
Extra Genesee 16.27 t° ora,
Southern flour is more active, and prices are "bp
firmer; the sales are 1,500 barrels at 9 dole. to 9 1010•
,or
for common to good grades ; 10 dols. to 11 joij.grde
extra, including 400 barrels Petersburg, at 19A tont
Canadian flour is also selling more freely, ati."o brtlf
ket shows more steadiness ; the sales are le°,':',t f.
8 dole. to 9 dole. 50c. f.r common to extras u",:n 010 '
at 8 dole. 50c to 9 dole. ; it is difficult to obtie'
de,4
dols 50c. for the choicest brands. Rye ittnirto nor
but steady, at 7 dole. t 8 dole. 50c, for 911 e 66Pite.
Corn meal is oull at 4 dole. 50c. to 4 dole. fide
0 .001
Jersey, and 5 dols. for Brandy wile. Wb_Zie NOP
active, hut prices are steady ; the sales ii' B°°''
bushels Southern red at 1 dol. 75c. to 1 dol. 'Ace
ditto white at 1 dol. 950. ; 600 yellow Teone7,o lOr
dol. 86c. ; and 10,000 Southern red, to arrive.° to 0,
p.p. Rye is in fair request, with sales of 2°W °for
bushel,' at 1 dol. 17c. for old and 1 dol. 18e. 684e0.1,
Oats are dull, and prices are lower at 560• not
State and Western ; Southern are quiet an .10A
C irn has declined lc. to 2c per bushel ; tai%o
elude 80,000 bushels at 88c. to 89c. for westerPoicarg
mostly at 884 c. ; there is but little Southern 01
and, with no sales, we omit the quotations. ttakd
There is only a moderate demand for e° sr-
prices for middling are firmer, with sales at g°
of ic. over our last quotations.

Tv falk
FATAL ACi!IDENT AT TILE lib--
WAY BRIDGE, ROCITESVEP.

THREE LIVES Losr.
.eo,6oij:
ROCHESTER, Saturday Evening.—An 3°1,30 coif'
very serious nature, by which three lives were 00 the
occurred at Rochester this inorninz, at the " croo,oo'
netted with the railway bridge now erecting aivok) fot
Medway, in this city, for the East Kent 11i/tooternlittia
piny. Messrs. Fox and Henderson, the CO for .1.
this portion of the works of the line, have beep-0 bri,
months past pushing on the erection of then o;p11;d
and a large number of workmen have bee° the .00
preparing the foundations of the bridge bele-1,00000
the river for some time past. At the time ef t-eot :104
a body of labourers were at work near the %I for
will form the centre arch of the Strood pier, a" tee '0
oa
here that the accident took place. The plan that esifers,
laying the foundation of the pier is similar ti)"
erecting similar structures. At this bridge 030%0'
cylinders of about 9 feet in diameter, and of rg
ore 6tim-
and thickness, are used, and several of theSe 1, forme
spots spots selected. They are then braced togethbee; ptirr3l;eti
a long upright hollow pile. The water is to to tbAe Fibr
out, and workmen proceed down the inside rest"beeti°t
of the river, where the soil is excavated to a ;1381°'
the cylinders sinking with their own weight. e'',
is then filled with concrete mixed with graY,,,,e 'aseerit;cr'
whole forming a solid bed for laying on the `7,000 r tb°
On Saturday morning a number of worwide;oo
employed, under the superintendence of 3lnieg l'll
the
manager of the whole. For the purpose of 0 piles tilt of
a large steam-engine has been erected 00 o.,,terfbio;
centre of the river, which also pumps the,,,,v, Welit
the cylinders. There is also a large diving,'" deseeper3i
several tons, used. Ttie men had made t,',JofFoiltoot°,o
safety, and had sent up several "journeys came jeol'a
from some unexplained cause, the bottoto%ooo.,oloi
the buckets, and the whole suddenly fellS
of
the cylinders, carrying in their fall the etageeporu
also the bell, the whole mass weighing
several tons. re
At the time of the accident there weweight eoe-'
working inside, and from the immense „..tapte,ster'e
fell on them, their deaths must have been roos LEl,oorgr
Their natues are—Themes Colvill and <)3 Toed 0004
One man, who was working with the bell, Do; Bob 0..4.0,
Humphries, was also killed. The escaPe*ljog a°
of
men was most marvellous, ono of them having a
escape by grasping at the upper staging' 3 0-- og• 0,
As soon as the accident became kuo7Lieri 50 cfli
th thoo's'
men were employed in removingth
buckets. &c., but owing to the great dePlown, it toe,
tiers, and also the heavy mass thrown Ad be re„hrii;
veral hours before either of the bodies cotoof oetnvro be :it
The first brought to the surfrce was tha_tioos
bit
frightfully injured. The most active es.e_'
other reed a,
made all day to recover the bodies of he
loyed b of
t
up to Saturday evening the men ern? portion
40.
succeeded in removing a very swe'l
runt:ll
weight under which they were buried.
late ato
The most active exertions were wade a
t . 3o
last night to recover the bodies of the,o
to fo,
men who lay buried at the bottom of !'-‘l,oivill ours .og,
eight o'clock this morning the body 01,,,`Iree betirecill
beneath the staging and buckets. :_dod in t
itlet)
wards—at 11 o'clock—the men succ u bt•
the body of the third man, Carter. eof thevireaS.o
It is now ascertained that the eau' of the ng 417 e.
is to be attributed to the side of nnear.h, Of pale
iron buckets, which contained the eto 1.1 lat
which caused the whole of those below
IPS fr;
tached. infer° 00 tlO/
It is expected some important our gel
Mills, the resident eng,neer of . of - •
tendered to the jury at the inqutheestt;t
ifrollOrPi
Company, and Ur. Winder, 12)100