The Sun.
London, England, 1855-09-08 00:00:00

THE WAN LOANS.

A payment of 5 per cent. on the French Loan became
due yesterday. Annexed is a table showing the instal-
ments on the three loans, Turkish, English, and French,
remaining to be met :

TURKISH LOAN,

ENGLISH LOAN,

£5,000,000,
contracted on the
21st of August,
18E5, by Messrs.
Rothschild, at lu2g.

£16,000,000,
contracted •on the
16th of April, 1855,
by Messrs. Roths-
child, at par, for
1001. Consols and
14s. 6d. annuity for
30 years.

FRENCH LOAN,
£30,000,00),
contracted in Paris
by public subscrip-
tion, July, 1855,
at Of. 27c. for
3 per Cents., and
89f. 46c. for 4!.,
per Cents.

Amount already
paid, 10 per cent.
Sept. 12, 20 per ct.
Oct. 20, 20 „

Amount already
paid, 61. per cent.
Sept. 18, 10 per et.
Oct. 16, 10 „
Nov. 20, 10 „
Dec. 18, 10 „

Amount already
paid, 15 per cent.
Oct. 7, 5 per ct.,
and 16 subsequent
instalments of 5
per cent., falling
due on the 7th of
each month, and
terminating on Feb.
7, 1857.

Nov. 23, 15 „
Dec. 14, 15 „
Jan. 1, 10 „
Jan. 25,121. 12s. d.
per cent.

The Queen, in ber visit to France, did not escape the
petitioning fraternity, for it is asserted that no fewer than
100,000 petitions, or begging letters, were forwarded
to her?

The Duke and Duchess of Roxburgh have arrived in
London from Scotland.

The Marquis of Salisbury, in consequence of taking
the command of the South Herts Militia, will be pre-
iented from visiting his estates in Scotland this autumn.
The Dowager Lady Panmure, the Right Hon. W.
Hayter, and Mrs. and Miss Hayter, are among the
arrivals at Brighton.
The Duchess of Cleveland and Lady Augusta Paulett,
after a sty of nearly a month at Pegg's Royal York
Hotel, Brighton, have returned to town.
The Marquis of Bristol and Lord and Lady Alfred
Hervey have left Kemp Town for their country seat.
Sir Er'line Perry, the Liberal member for Devonport,
and Lady Perry, have gone on a continental tour, and
will remain in Italy until the opening of the session of
Parliamei,t.

The Princess Royal of Sweden (says a letter from
Helsinghorg of the 296 ult., in the 'Emancipation of
Brussels) has had the misfortune to break her arm at the
baths of Sandetjord. No particular. are given.
General Lockyer, K.IT., has arrived in London from
tho Crimea, and will shortly proceed to his new appoint-
ment as Commander-in-Chief of thie forces at Ceylon.

The Earl of Yarborough, who for a shoe, time has
been sojourning at Tunbridge Wells, is rapidly approach-
ing convalescence.
Colonel Sibthorp, M.P., has been at Brighton fora short
period, and his health has been considerably recruited.
Mr. Charles Dickens intends visiting Sheffield, early
in December, in order to give a reatiing for the benefit
of the Mechanics' Institution of that town.
THE GOVERNORSHIP OF BAREADOES.—The' Queen,
upon the recommendation of Sir William MolesA orth,
has appointed Mr. Hinukes, a distinguished inember of
the Canadian Legislature, to the governorship of
Barbadoes.

DUBLIN, Friday.—The friends and political admirers
of Mr. Charles Gavin Duffy are to entertain him at a
public banquet previous to his departure for Australia,
which we understand is fixed for the latter end of this
month.

MR. OLIVER'S PAVIICROPTCY.-At the Liverpool B .tnk-
ruptcy Court, on Thursday, the petition of Mr. Evpns
(a creditor), tiled for the purpose of declaring Mr. EA-
ward Oliver a bankrupt, was dismissed. The estate,
theref(lre, remains in the bands of the trustees, who have
in hand about 100,0001. for distribution amongst the
creditors.

THE AFFAIR AT CANTERBURY BARRACKS.—Yesterday
the adjourned inquest on the young man who died from
injuries received in a fall caiped by a push given him by
Sergeant Reeves, terminated in a verdict of " Acciden-
tal death."

ANSTRUTHER HERRING FISHING, SEPT. 4.—During
the past eight days our fishing has been very prosperous,
and the quality excellent.
We understand that Major Claremont, lately attached
to the staff of the French army in the Crimea, has been
appointed Military Commissioner in Paris, in the pia,*
of Major-General Sir Arthur Wellesley Torrens, de-
ceased.

The rest in March last, after the payment of a divi-
dend of 4 per cent., was 3,018,1341. In the present
return it is 3,628,7231., and 4 per cent. deducted from
this would leave 3,046,6031. It may therefore be ex-
pected, as the limit agTeed upon for the rest is
3,000,000/., that a dividend at that rate wilt now be de-
clared.

THE CASE OP THE HON'
—Yesterday morning
Court that the,,judgment in the casesE" 07:i,,
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court
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term,and a;Bueea,alebalgepairnstßoLbiedrdterll
it was stated a..t th'e*Consitory*
athgeairb'i'llimore
on the one side and Dr. Bayfyorcl on*the other, would
not be delivered until November,
THE BrsHOP OF LONDON.—$i 8 lords • hip preached
again on Sunday at Erafrath, near Dusseldorf. He has
derived so much benefit from his stay at Dusseldorf both
in his sight and his general health, that he will be able
to proceed up the Rhine in the course of a few days,
making a tour into Switzerland before his return home.
SUICIDE.—•Mr. Thomas Pask, of Newmarket, has
committed self-destruction by hanging himself. The
deceased carried on an extensive, and, to all :appear-
ance, a flourishing. business, as a draper and silk mercer.
A FlRE.—Shortly after 6 o'clock On Wednesday night
afire was discovered in a large back brick building, situated
on the east side of Sydnepstreet, which runs from Gal-
. lowgate to, Duke-street, Glasgow, consisting of-three flats
tirid,attiee, .a.4d t'Accupied.priocipally by the Sydney-street
WOollpirii.)iiig. o:impaily.' -VIA .destrittliotrtif. property •
Ras on the whole very great. :ind may be roughly
computed at from 5,0001. to 6,000/. Tho proprz.etQrs
4r4).41;51a1 to 4 Cnt4ia-.Wigt.