The Sun.
London, England, 1864-05-24 00:00:00

Liverpool Cotton Market—This Days

Market firmer. Sales, about 6,000 bales, Im-
ports, 15,924, Previously, 8,290,

FRENCH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES,

At the last sitting the Minister of Public Instruc•
tion announced that the Minister of the Imperial
Household and the Fine Arts had ordered a bust of
the late M. Biot, executed by M. Lequesne, to be
placed in the Palace of the Institute. A paper was
received from M. Vionnois, d.cscribing six brick-
kilns of the Gallo-Roman period discovered at La
Roche-du-Thay, in the department of Ille-et-
Vilaine. The fragments of tiles lying about suffi-
ciently prP:ve their origin, their shape being Gallo-
ItonPll, and some of them even bearing the
trade mark of the briokmaker, which, however, it
has been impossible to decipher. The tiles are flat,
40 centimetres in breadth, and two in thickness,
with lateral rims. The kilns were all alike, and one
of them is still in good preservation. It is rectan-
gular, 2 08 metres long by 1.70 in breadth ; its walls
are vertical ; the fire-place is 10 centimetres deeper
than the kiln itself, and separated from it
by a floor resting on three supports, and
pierced with holes, through which the flame
penetrated between the tiles placed verti-
cally in rows, The holes near the perimeter are
wider below than above, while the contrary is the
case with those near the centre. From all this it
appears that bricks used to be burnt in kilns similar
to those now used for earthenware. 11. Garraud
communicated a method imagined by him for
preventing the terrible consequences of explosion
by fire-damp, or at least for reducing them to
mere pecuniary damage without loss of life. His
plan is to determine explosions by means of
the electric induction-spark of Ruhenkorff's
machine before the miners descend into the
galleries. After describing the way in which
the wires ought to be arranged, he says
:
"Every day, before the miners go to their work,
several sparks must be let off in the galleries ; then
if an explosion ensues the gas will be destroyed;
if, on the coatrary, after several sparks there is no
explosion, there is no reason why there should be
any with an ordinary lamp. The Perpetual Secre-
tary remarked that a similar practice had long been
in use, thongh not with the induction-spark; men
being eent down into the galleries with lights fixed
a
to long poles, They creep along, holding the lights
aloft, because fire-damp always accumulates at the
roof of the gallery, and thus produce explosions
which ere harmless in proportion to the frequency
with which the operation is performed."

NATAL SUGAR.—Sugar has taken a proud position
as our largest staple. It is difficult, in the absence of
reliable statistics, to form an estimate of what the year's
crop may have bsen, but it cannot have fallen far short of
3,000 tots. The yield has been generally satisfactory. 46n
very few estates less than a ton per acre has been averaged.
°rt many two tons have been obtained, and several fields
are cited as having yielded fully three tons per acre.-1Y
litercury.

BRITISH POSSESSIONS.
Closing
-,harr
100 Atlantic &St Lawrencr all 60 62
- - 60
sk (
I Bom.,Barodat•Cent Ind 100 1023 1033 1033
Gu. 5 per cent.. ......
20 Do. New ..... 8
20 Do. E. Shares... 73 id I p
403 Buffalo and Lake Huron all '1 61
10 Do. Preference .... • • all 8.2 93
00 f Bufralo,Brant,&Godrieb 10,, 77 82
t 6 p. ot. bds. Aug. 1, 187%
100 Do. do. July 1, 1874 100 77 B'.
100 Do. do. June I, 18;1 100 77 82
st Cleutta.&S.Eastn. (1 ,: i , 100 101 103
st Cape Town L.- Dock Seri/ 100 98 100
stock Eastn. Bengal go. 9p. ( 100 105 107 IC7 8
suck East Indian, gu. sp. c. 100 1043 1053 1041
20 Do. do. G Ext..— 15 3 1 P
20 Do. do. H do. .. 151 P
stock Grand Trunk of Canada leo 20 21 203
100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds.. all 74 04 721
100 Do. do. deterred.-- all 61 63
100 Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. all 63 65
100 Do. do. deferred...... all 53 55
100 Do. 3d Pi ef. stock ... all 48 50
100 Do. do. deferred...... all 40 42
100 Do. 4th Pref. stook... all 27 30 233
100 Do. do. deferred...... all 25 t 7
stock Gt•lndlarenin.gua.sp.c 100 104 105 1043 1
20 Do. New gua. sp. c... 12 3 3 r
Do. January, 1862 ..
stook Gt. South.of lndia(Lirn
guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 1023 1033
203 Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 10 101 103
203 Do. New
100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt, all 90 62
100 Do. 53 p. c. do. '77-8.. .. all 82 84
10 [tidies Branch Limited 2 par /p
stock Madras. guar., 5p.0. .. 100 102 103
stock Do. 41 p. c. Extension 100 96 98
stock Dc. 1* d 0........ 100 94 91
20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2
stock Melb•Corp. np. c. Bnds. 100
So Melb. & Hobson's Bay. all 57 59
100 Do. 7p. C. llortg. Bds. all
20 Newb'ruuswick at Canda
Class A and 8... all S 6
N.lll.C'dat3 p 0 Ist ppof bds 100 82 H.
4tock Scinde .. • • .... (110 1023 1033 1033
stock Do. Delhi, • -.7 ' 100 1.07, 103
40 ;Do. do LI ~ 2 id 313
st I Do. Punjaub
Do. Do.
~.,,,,S, lOO --
I
sock I Do. Indus. St. Flo.) k. 100 96 98

LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day.)

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.)
IN RE DOBSON.

This bankrupt had carried on a very extensive business
as a merchant, in Great St. Helens. The bankruptcy took
place a short time since. The creditors resolved to take the
proceedings out of court. The present was an application
with respect to certain moneys received by the assignees,
which it was considered ought to be paid over to the trus-
tees. The case was adjourned.