The Sun.
London, England, 1852-11-25 00:00:00

EXPORTS.

Total exports 373,852 7 7
Imports re-exported 150,890 19 7
Exports (the produce of the colony) 222,961 8 0

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.
(From. the Official List.)
Business done.
Bank Stock 223
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities lOO3
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities..
New 31 per Cent. Annuities lo3i a 4 g
Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 6 7-16 i
Ditto 30 Years, Expire 12th Oct., 1859 -16 f
India Stock
India Bonds, £lOOO B3
Ditto, under £lOOO BO 3
South Sea New Annuities mai
Consols for Account lolf il 4 i
Exchequer Bills lid. March. June.
£lOOO 73 173 70 72 70
£5OO 73 70 72 70
Small 73 70 72 70
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY.
Brazilian Bonds; 5 per Cent.
Ditto Small
Ditto 4i per Cent 97 4
Chili= Bonds, 6 per Cent lO6
Grenada Bonds, 1 i per Cent —
Ditto Deferred ll
Mexican 3 per Cent.
Peruvian 6 per Cent.
Ditto Deferred, 3 per Cent.
Russian Bonds, 5 per Cent ll9
Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent.
Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 524
Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent 254
Ditto Passive (Converted)
Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun 3i 1 if p c
Swedish Loan li 4 d
Turkish Loan, 6 per Cent., 1852 2i i p
Ditto for the Account 2p
Venezuela Bonds 3i per Cent.
Australian Bonds 5 per Cent. ......

_ Belgian Bonds, 4,3 per Cent. Ex. 25fr. 9Bl 8
Dutch Exchange 2i per Cent 66 5i
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates 97A 7
THREE O'CLOCK.
Consols lOl $
Ditto Account, Dec. 9

Mr. HUME.—The cause of Mr. Hume's absence from
the House of Commons this week is the death of a
lamented sister.
RECRUITING STAFF.—Lieutenant Gore, of the 88th
Regiment, has been appointed Superintendent Officer on
the Recruiting Staff, and will be stationed at Gloucester.
ALARMING SEWER ACCIDENT—(THIS DAY).—The
scene of the present calamity is in close proximity to the
place, where such extensive damage was done by
the tremendous hailstorm on the Ist of August.
1846, when the whole of the neighbourhood was
flooded by the breaking up of the sewers in va-
rious places, and washing away furniture and every
other moveable article in its way. It was at first
thought that a considerable loss of life had taken place,
but this turned out not to be the case. It appears that
at about half-past four this morning, the inhabitants of
Ray-street and Back-hill, Clerkenwell, were suddenly
disturbed from their slumbers by a very loud report, as
though a large piece of artillery had been discharged,
causing considerable alarm in the neighbourhood. The
cause of the alarm was soon found to proceed from the
falling in of some stables and premises belonging to Mr.
Harris, livery-stable keeper, Ray-street, Clerkenwell,
which were built directly over the sewer, and which
have been in a very unsafe state for some time past.
At the time of this unfortunate accident there were three
horses in the stables, who fell, with the rubbish, into
the sewer beneath. One of the horses has since been
got out alive, but it is feared that the other two have
either been buried beneath the rubbish, or else washed
down the sewer and drowned. The sewer is
here of considerable dimensions, being about
the spot at which it is joined by several
water at this point. Men have gone along the sewer to
tributary streams, which causes an immense body of
endeavour to find the horses. The cause of the calamity
is attributed to the late heavy rains, which has also un-
dermined the foundations of several houses in the local-
ity, including the Finsbury Literary and Scientific Insti-
tution, and the Italian School in Leicester-place.

ARRIVAL OF UPWARDS OF SEVEN TONS OF AUSTRALIAN
GOLD IN THE RlVER.—yesterday three vessels arrived
in the river Thames from Australia, with the extraordi-
nary quantity of upwards of seven tons of gold on board.
One of the ships, the Eagle, was freighted with the
largest amount of the precious metal ever known to
arrive in one vessel, viz., 150,000 ounces, upwards of
six tons, and of the value of more than 600,000/. The
Eagle also made the most rapid passage on record, hav-
ing done the voyage from Melbourne to the Downs in 76
days. The other ships are the Sapphire, from Sydney,
with 14,668 ounces on board, and the Pelham from
Sydney, with 27,762 ounces. The Maitland also arrived
a day or two since from Sydney, with 14,326 ounces.
Great, however, as has been the wealth brought over by
the Eagle, the ship Dido is expected in a few days,
which will far surpass it, having on board 280,000
ounces, or about 10 tons and a half of the precious
metal. The Neptune, with 17,000 ounces, Andromache,
42,051, and other ships, with as valuable freights, are
are nearly due.
THE NEW FRENCH BANK.—The letters from Paris
mention that the shares of the new bank got up by M.
Fould, for making advances on railway and other
schemes, have been introduced on the Bourse, and sold
at a premium equal to 120 per cent. The capital is
60,000,000 f., or 2,400,000/., of which one-third is to be
raised in the first instance, the allotment of the remain-
der being reserved for a future period. The 500 f. shares
were yesterday quoted at 1,100 f., and at the close of busi-
ness there were buyers at I,ooof. The plan of operations
marked out for the company is analogous to that of the
Scotch exchange banks established during the railway
mania of 1847, and there appears nothing in its constitu-
tion, or in the circumstances of the time, to prevent it
from coming to a similar termination.
GERMANY AND THE BALTIC.—The North of Europe
Steam Company is announced to have completed its ar-
rangements, in combination with the railways running to
the east coast, for facilitating the traffic to Germany and
the Baltic. A steamer of 200 horse-power is henceforth
to sail every week for Hamburgh from Great Grimsby,
receiving passengers by express train from London, who
will thus save a large portion of the sea route. Another
steamer will start every week from Lowestoft, on the
arrival of the express train from London, for Tonningen
on the Eyder, the chief port for the trade of Schleswig-
Holstein, whence a railway is in course of construction
to Flensburg, that will render it the highway to the
Baltic. This line, which will save 700 miles of steaming
round the SCaW and Cattegat, is expected to be com-
pleted before the end of 1853, and passengers, it is cal-
culated, Will then be able to reach Copenhagen from
Flensburg in 14 hours, and St. Petersburgh in 60 hours.