The Sun.
London, England, 1862-02-17 00:00:00

sacred to the present Manchu dynasty as the. cradle of their
race. According to the former the Amur is formed by the
junction of the Kerlon, called Argun in its lower course,
with the Shilka, the Shilka itself being formed by the
junction of the Ingoda and Onon. According to the Chinese
the Sung Khua Kiang, or Pine-Blossom River, which they
consider the head of the Amur, rises from six springs on
the north-west slope of the Shan-alin. The Manchu call
this river Sungari, Cc., Milk-street River. After a course
of 300 miles the Sungari receives the Nonni from the north,
and assumes the name of Kuentong, which with the Chinese
it retains until it enters the sea. From the left, this Kuen-
tong receives the Helong Kiang, river of the Black Dra-
gon, called Sakhalin Ula, Black Water, by the Manchu,
and Shilka (Silkar) by the Tunguzian Oronchons and
Manyrg. This Sakhalin Ula, according to the Russian
view, is in fact the Upper Amur. The Lower Amur, or
rather the Amur below the mouth of the Sungari, is called
Mango by the Goldi, and Mamu by the natives near its
mouth. The Russian Amur is believed to be a corruption
of the latter.
If we consider that source of a river situated at the
greatest distance from its mouth entitled to the honour of
being looked upon as the fountain-head of the whole sys-
tem, then must the Kerlon in the present instance be
adopted as such. The development of the Kerlon (and
Argun) to its junction with the Shilka is 1,000 miles, ex-
clusive of all minor windings, which in the present state of
our geographical knowledge of these regions it would be
impossible correctly to estimate. The Amur thence to the
sea has a development of 1,400 miles. On the other hand,
from the source of the Sungari to the mouth of the Amur
the development of the river is only 1,450 miles. It has
not yet, however, been ascertained whether the Sungari
or Sakhalin Ula carries the greater quantity of water.
Schrenck is in favour of the former, and if we add the
fact that the Amur below its junction with the Sungari
mountains the north-easterly direction of the latter to
its mouth, we must acknowledge that after all the Chinese
may have good cause for maintaining their side of the
question.
The great drawback to the navigation of the Amur
is that towards its mouth the river takes a northerly
direction ; and although the main course of the
river is in a mild climate, its mouth is ice-bound
through the winter months, which, of course, is
much against the commercial importance of the
river. The population of the country is remark-
ably scanty ; in fact, the resources of the eountry
are as yet undeveloped, and -it will require the
energy of the West to bring its full value to be
understood. This work gives a very fair account
of the country and its inhabitants, and is illustrated
with some good engravings and maps.

MONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS.

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.

During the past week there has been little change
of importance to record in the progress of business
in the manufacturing districts. At Manchester,
however, the prices of yarns have shown an upward
tendency, and piece goods are also held for higher
rates. The woollen trade at Leeds, Bradford, Hali-
fax, and Huddersfield has continued dull, and little
improvement can be reported in the hosiery and lace
trades at Leicester and Nottingham. In the hard-
ware districts of Birmingham, Sheffield, and Wol-
verhampton, a moderate business has been nego-
tiated, chiefly however to supply home require-
ments.

About £BO,OOO in gold was withdrawn from the
Bank of England on Saturday.
There is a moderate inquiry for discount accom-
modation, and the rates continue easy. The abun-
dant supplies of floating capital, and thq competi-
tion which prevails among the joint-stock banks
and private establishments, enable the mercantile
31asses to negotiate first-class securities on terms a
fraction under the Bank of England minimum of
21 per cent.
Continued activity was apparent in the Liver-
pool Cotton Market on Saturday, and prices tended
upwards. The sales were 12,000 bales.
The shareholders in the Bank of Egypt, at their
meeting to-day, agreed to a dividend at the rate of
7 per cent. for the half-year, ending the 31st of
December last, the actual balance being £13,534.
At the annual meeting of the Red Sea and India
Telegraph Company held to-day, Mr. Marsham in
the chair, the directors' report, which has already
been published, was received and adopted, and the
retiring directors re-elected.
Although the variation in the Market for Public
Securities to-day has been merely fractional, some
indications of heaviness have been manifested con-
sequent upon the extreme inactivity of business.
Consols are quoted 921 93 both for money and 6th
prox. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are
marked 93} ; the New 21 per Cents. 771 ; Exche-
quer Bills, March, 13s. prem. ; ditto, June, 15s.
to 19s, prem. Bank Stock is 241 243; and India
Stock 224 226.

Foreign Stocks continue to attract attention, and
the principal movement this morning has been
a further important rise in the Mires
Turkish 6 per Cents., which are now quoted
66 661. The old 6 per Cents. of 1854 have
been dealt in at 841 85 ; and those
of 1858 at 75 751: Venezuela are firmer,
being 251 26, but Mexicans are flatter, viz., 341-
351. Some of the Spanish securities are also less
buoyant, the Deferred having been 434, and the
Passive, 19:I 20,1.
The operations in the Railway Share Market
have been of a rather active character, and for
most of the principal undertakings a slight
improvement has been established in prices.
Great Nortberns, Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin-
coln, and North British have improved 55., Lanca-
shire and Yorkshire, North Westerns, Midlands,
and South Easterns, 10s. ; and Bristol and Exeter,
15s. ; London and Brighton, however, have receded
about ss.
The Foreign and Colonial lines remain in fair
request at steady rates. Dutch Rhenish, however,
have improved about 1. Grand Trunk of Canada,
Great Western of Canada, and East Indian, fully
sustained former prices, while Great Indian Penin-
sula are a shade flatter.
Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares
remained in good demand. Union of London im-
proved 311 32 ; Union of Australia brought 421 ;
Ottoman Bank, 211; Canada Land, 110 ; Peel
River Land, 511; Red Sea Telegraph, 191
and Scottish Australian Investment 135 to 138.

BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 931 h
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities
New 3 per Cent. Annuities 931 i
Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 —
Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 l5 7-16
India Stock
Ditto 5 per Cent.
Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent —
Ditto 5 per Cent. lO2
Consols for Account, March 6 ..
March. June.
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO 2d.... 13 19 15
Ditto £500
Ditto Small l3 15
FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
Chilian 6 per Cent
Litto 41 per Cent
Equador New Consolidated
Mexican, 3 per Cent
Ditty Account
111, t'Ov tan 41 per Cent .. QC)
Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 461
Russian 5 per Cent.'lB22, £ St lOll 1 2 11
Ditto 3 per Cent. 1859 .. 61/
ardinian 5 per Cent
Spanish 3 per Cent ...
Ditto New Deferred
Ditto Passive
Spanish Cert. of Coup. not funded
Turkish 6 per Cent. —
Ditto Account
Ditto New Loan
Ditto Acco mt .. 751 i 5
Dividends on the above payable in London.
TWO O'CLOCK.
Consols, Money
Account

COLLIERY ACCIDENT—ADVANTAGE OF A MODE
OF EXIT INDEPENDENT OF THE MAIN SHAFT.—The other
day, an accident occurred at the Kepier Colliery, near
Durham, by the breaking of the crank-pin of the drawing
engine. There were 42 men and boys in the pit at the
time, and was two o'clock next morning before the
accident could be repaired so as to enable anyone to de-
scend the shaft. Fortunately a drift had some time
previously been driven from the workings into Kepier
Plantation, by which the whole of the men and boys
made their exit in safety, otherwise they would have had
to undergo an imprisonment of 24 hours in the pit. This
colliery, of which Mr. John Thwaites became lessee in
1860, we are informed, had been worked for a period of 21
years with only one mode of exit. When the project of
driving this drift—one hundred yards in length from the
present workings—was first mooted, there was much diver-
sity of opinion as to the cost of the undertaking. Mr.
Thwaites, however, being desirous that it should be done,
the work was taken in hand, and ultimately accomplished
at a cost of £6O, although some individuals calculated that
the work would cost at least £2OO. This is a practical
proof. if any were needed, of the great advantage of inde-
pendent
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workings, not
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cated.—Durham Chronicle,

The Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners' Royal
Benevolent Society has forwarded an additional contribu
tion of £l5O to the National Lifeboat Institution, being the
amount gathered from sailors who are members of that
society.