The Sun.
London, England, 1862-08-26 00:00:00

CHELMSFO

The supply of wheat was si
advance of is to 2s on last we(
firm, and prices as of late, but
Wheat, old white 45s 62s
new —s —s
old red 50s bBs

new --il —8
Barley 30s 398
Chevalier 3os 42s
Grinding 24s 32s
Malt__ 61s 67s
Chevalier . 64s 69s
Oats 22s 29s

KIRKCALDY GRAIN—At G. 23.
.-
A small show of wheat and oats to -day, and three par.
cols of barley. A. slow trade, at about former prices.
Wheat. Barley. Oats.
First....sos Od 33s Od 1 28s Od
Second ..52s 6d 34s 6d 29s Od
Third....62s Od —s Od 31s Od

COAL M.

.ARKET.
the close of the market.

(rrioes of Coal per Ton at
s. d.
BOwer's West H artleyls 0
Craighead Steam 13 6
Carway and Duffryn.
Malting 23 0
Do. Anthracite 21 0
Byass's Bebside West
liTanfi°HlYwaretledlileYl4..o..e..r. ************
:15
153 (9;10
Davison's West Hart-
ley ..15 0
Grey's West Hartley.. 14 6
alker Primrose 12 6
Eden Main ...15 6
Wylara ..16 0
Cowpen Hartley 15 0
North Percy Hartley 12 6
Hastings Hartley l5 0

s. d.

Ships at marker

Walls End.
South Kelloe.. l6 0
Kelloe .............. l6 3
Cassop . l6 0
Framwealgate l5 6
Hetton .. l7 0
South Hetton.... 17 0
Eden l5 6
Tunstall
Trimdon Hartlepool ..16 3
Hartlepool 16 3
16 3
Caradoc .
acorn Close .. 15 6
Hedley .. 15 0
Braddyll's Hetton 16 0
Stewart's 16.. 6
Trimdon Thornley... •11 6
Whitworth. l5 0
Heugh Hall . • l5 6
, 98 ; sold, 61

FOREIGN MAIL PACKET LIST.

MAILS DUE.

Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton....... Avg. 18.
via Marseilles
.ciraAil and Cape Verds, by British packet. Sept. 3.
Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.. Sept. 1.
China, Penang, and Singapore, via Seuthampton.Sept. 3.
via Marseilles ...Aug. 28.
Falkland Islands
Gibraltar, via Southampton .. Aug. 29.
India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Sept. 3.
via Marseilles Aug. 28.
India (Bombay), via Southampton
via Marseilles Aug. —.
Lisbon .. .. Supt. 3.'
Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Aug. 29.
via Marseilles Aug. —.
Newfoundland ....
Oporto and Vigo . Aug. —.
U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... Aug. 28.
by U.S. packet....
by Canadian packet. Aug. 27.
W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe Sept 10.
Bahamas, via New Yak .... Aug. 28.
Mexico Aug. 28.
}Aug. 28.
All parts of West Indies, incluang Chili, Peru,
California, and British Columbia... ..... • • • )

TAXES troll TRAVELLING.—The produce of the
taxes upon railways rose from £280,314, in 1852, to
hd34,063, in 1857, and to £372,178 last year. The produce
of the tax upon stage carriages has also risen from£ll4,Bo7l
in 1857, to £125,557 last year.
PHOTOGRAPHY ON MONT BLANC.—We find is
the Moniteur an interesting description of an ascent of
Mont Blanc, effected on the 11th inst., by M. Bisson,
an eminent photographer, who had already performed
the feat last year, but was desirous of completing
his collection of views. His progress as far as
the Grands-Mulets was not marked by any particu-
lar incident: he took various views from different
points, and then proceeded to tee Passage des Echelles,
where he and his party crossed the ravines, some 300 feet
deep, crawling on horizontal ladders one by one on their
hands and feet. Their further progress to the Dome du
Goutte was, however, impeded by an unforeseen incident.
A bridge of ice and snow, which had hitherto served as a
passage to the Grand Plateau had broken down, and they
found a yawning abyss, from 45 to 155 feet in width, be-
fore them. No other passage seemed possible, and M.
Sisson was on the point of giving up the adventure, when
he was hailed by three of his men who, unperceived, had.
sought a convenient place, and, with their hatchets, hewed
out a path, by which they had succeeded in gaining the
icy crest of the Mont Maudit. They soon descended the
rocks on the other side, and threw ropes to their comrades,
by which the luggage was hauled up. M. Bisson and the
rest of the party followed the new but dangerous path,
which brought them two hours sooner to the Grand
Plateau. There, new difficulties awaited them; they bad
to hew 800 steps, and ascend the side of the corridor, which
in some places had an inclination of 50 degrees. On reach-
ing the end of the corridor, they vi ere assailed by an icy-
cold wind. On arriving at the summit after some further
labour, M. Bisson found to his regret that the silver of hie
plates was crystallised, the temperature having suddenly
fallen 10 degrees Centigrade, although it was exactly noon.
At two p.m. he re-descended the summit, but visited it
again on the 14th, and returned to Chamounix on the 15th
without any further accident.

BIRTHS.
BENTHAM.—On the 24th inst., at King William• street,
city, Mrs. Wm. Bentham, of a daughter.
BORIVICK.—On the 25th inst., at Walthamstow, Mrs. A.
Borwick, of a daughter.
Mossor.—On the 24th inst., the wife of Mr. Charles Mos-
sop, solicitor, of 1, Ironmonger-lane, and Oakley Lodge,
Chelsea, of a daughter.
MoNcK.—On the 23d inst,, at 37, Fitzwilliam-place, Dub
lin, the wife of the Hon. R. Monck, Coldstream fruards,
of a son.