The Sun.
London, England, 1863-10-06 00:00:00

plummer blocks, friction cones and friction discs—
about strain and torsion, about velocity and about
lubrication. Here not only is every required
information upon these subjects ready at
hand when wanted, but it is of a kind, it is
from an authority that may be relied upon by
one and all implicitly and with absolute confidence.
That is, in one word, the distinct and instantly re-
cognisable merit of the work : it is worthy of taking
its place at once upon our kcientific bookshelves as
—an authority. Nay, more even than that—as the
authority upon Mills and Mill Work.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

[REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.]

AMERICA.
(Per the Damascus.)
NEW YORK, Sept. 26 (Noon).
General Burnside has reached a point where he
is expected to prevent a flank movement by the
Confederates.
Reports from Nashville assert that General
Rosencranz's position is more favourable than is
believed at the North.
General Meade's army is moving transports, and
are loading at Alexandria. Their destination is a
matter of conjecture.
An important Federal movement is also taking
place on the line of the Baltimore and Ohio rail-
road.
The Evening Post believes that the reinforcements
sent from Virginia to Bragg have left Richmond
nearly defenceless.
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
Money easy. Gold, 391 prem. Exchange—
Bankers' bills, 153 to 1541. Stocks depressed—
New York Central, 133 y; Illinois, 1221; Erie,
1061.

EARTHQUAKE AT HEREFORD.
HEREFORD, Ocr. 6.

At 3.20 this morning the city of Hereford was
violently shaken by an earthquake. The sound was
perfectly awful.

THE POLISH INSURRECTION.
BRESLAU, OCT, 6.

The Cossacks have killed on the high road the
Councillor of Justice Blodowski, and the proprietor
D angel.
Fresh detachments of insurgents have appeared
in the vicinity cf Kalisch.

INDIA AND CHINA.
MARSEILLES, OCT. 6.

The Messageries Imperiales steamer Peluse, with
India and China mails, arrived here yesterday at
9.30 p.m.

FRANCE.
PARIS, OCT. 6.

The Constitutionnel of to-day, in an article
signed by M. Limayrac, condemns the exaggera-
tions of MM. Gueroult and Emile de Girardin, and
says—" The Imperial policy knows how to ally
prudence with firmness. It is incorrect to say
France is responsible for the bloodshed in Poland.
'File Polish question has entered a new phase in
consequence of the declaration of Earl Russell
concerning the treaties of 1815. Upon this new
ground France will do her duty es she has done in
the recent negotiations, and will not give way to
passionate excitement. Conservative France has
no more to fear an adventurous war under the nego-
tiator of the peace of Villafranca, than liberal
France has to fear a compromising peace under
the conqueror of Solferino."
The Emperor and the Imperial Prince arrived on
Sunday evening at Bordeaux, where they remained
yesterday. They are expected in Paris to-day.

BOURSE, Oct. s.—The market has not been ani-
mated, but the quotations of Saturday were well
maintained—Threes being now nnvaried at 67f 75e.
Mobilier have improved to 1,185 fr. Railway Shares
are on the declining scale. The market closed as
follows

It per Cents, 95 90 Italian Loan 73 60
Do. end month.... Do. end month 73 55
3 per Cents
Do. end month.... 67 75 Do. end month....
Credit Mobilier.... 1165 Russian
Do. end m0nth....1230 Austrian

Bank Shares — Spanish Threes....
Credit k oneier 1312 50 Home Debt

ILA IL WAYS.
Cash. Account.
Orleans
Northern ....
New. ditto
Lyons and Mediterranean 1027 60 .. 1005
Geneva 497 50 ..
Southern
Western
Eastern
Sardinian ..
Austrian
Lombard
North of Spain
Saragossa..
Ditto to Barcelona .... .. 353 _

THE STORM BEFORE THE BATTLE OF SALAMANCA.
—described by Sir Edward Cust in his " Annals of
the Wars of the Nineteenth Century."—The night was
oue of more than common darkmhs, for a storm—the fre-
quent precursor of a battle—broke with violence over the
landscape. Torrents of rain had already swollen the river
fords, and, as the men emerged dripping out of the water,
the deafening thunder rolled in successive peals. and the
lightning flashed out brilliantly, playing with remarkable
vividness on the tops of the soldiers' bayonets and the
scabbards of the marching cavalry. In the midst of this
crash of the elements, the whole of the column, cavalry and
infantry, gained an uncomfortable bivouac very late. An
unusually vivid flash of lightning killed some men, and so
frightened the horses of the cavalry, that they broke loose
from their pickets and, galloping wildly across the country,
were mistaken in the obscurity for patrols of the enemy.
But this dispersion of the frightened and riderless horses
added to the awlul effect of the tempest, and was altogether
a scene ever to be remembered.

PORTRAIT OF LORD BROUGHAM FOR THE PAR-
LIAMENT HOUSE, EDINBURGH.—Some time since
the Lords of the Court of Session and the members of the
Scottish Bar resolved to have painted a full-length original
portrait of Lord Brougham, to be placed in Parliament
House, Edinburgh; and conferred the honour of executing
the commission on Mr. D. Macnee, Lord Brougham, on
being apprised of the selection, intimated with much cor-
diality his readiness to give every facility to the artist ; and
the picture, as it now appears, represents his lordship hold-
ing in his left hand a document or copy of an address,
and, with his right hand extended, he seems to be in the
act of addressing a deputation with much earnestness. Lord
Brougham's robes as a Peer of the realm are represented as
thrown over a table on the background, while the rich gold
embroidered purse of a Lore Chancellor of England lies on
a cushion at his feet, indicating the high political and judi-
cial office which his lordship had filled. Two busts are
seen behind the main figure on the canvas, which any one
will recognise in a moment as those of his lordship's old
friends, James Watt and the Duke of Wellington ; and
these, we believe, have been introduced by Lord Brougham's
special suggestion. Tho other accessories are entirely in
keeping with the subject, and of a singularly graceful
character.

A SUBSTITUTE FOR COAL—There is in Trinidad,
only a mile from the coast, a basin of 99 acres filled
with asphalt, yielding 70 gallons of crude oil per ton.
There are also springs of asphaltic oil in the neighbourhood,
and large pitch banks off the shore. It is estimated that
the take is capable of producing 300,000,000 gallons of oil,
and 40 or 50 gallons are considered equal to a ton of coal.
The Trinidad Colonist publishes a memoirs by Mr. Stoll-
meyer, of Port of Spain, proposing the use of this liquid
fuel for oceanic steam navigat ion, and he states that he has
been at various times for these three years suggesting the
employment of a distillate from the pitch lake of Trinidad.
To oil a ship would not take above a tenth of the time it
takes to coal her if pipes were employed, and the oil would
not take above a fcurth of the space occupied by coals. He
recommends that it be applied at once as auxiliary to coal
by throwing jets over the burning mass, but contemplates
eventually upright tubular boilers, the liquid fuel to be
supplied as fast as it can be converted into flame. Of
course the North American oil springs are another source
of supply.
A WILD-PLOWER SHOW is Spoken of as a pro-
bable novelty in London.