The Sun.
London, England, 1853-03-16 00:00:00

VESSELS SPOKEN WITH.

The Thetis, front London, Feb. 25, lat. 42 N., long.
12 W.

The Soren Winkel, from Aalborg, March 3, lat. 44 N.,
long. 10 W.

The Belle Creole, steering W., March 9, lat 47 N., long.
12 W.
The Cambria (s), March 3, between Boston and Halifax.
An American barque, Bth, lat. 49 N., long. 36 W.
A brigantine, steering E. 9th, lat. 50 N., long. 33 W.
The Lady Bannerman, Rowena, and Atkinson, off Cape
de Gatt.

The Czar, Dundee to St. John, New Brunswick, March
1, lat. 49, long. 28.
The Gem, Liverpool to Genoa, Feb. 27, lat. 38 N., long.
12 W.
The Brothers, Calcutta to Hull, March 7.
The Stirlingshire, Cardiff to Valparaiso, Dec. 28, Lat. S.,
long. 50 W.
The Serenus, Sunderland to Madras, lat. 38 S., long. 71.

COURSE OF EXCH.
Am5terdam............ i t 1734
Ditto, three months .. 11 19%
Rotterdam ..... .•• 11 1914
Antwerp .............. 25 30
Brussels .............. 25 30
Hamburgh ............ 13 8%
Altona ................
Paris • • .... ••• • •• 25 7%
, Ditto, three months .. 25 30
Marseilles..•• .. • • .... 25 32%1
Bourdeaux • . ••
Frankfort-on-Maine .... 120
Vienna .. •............. 11 3
Trieste
Petersburgh............ 38%
Madrid ................ 504
Barcelona— ............

NGE-YESTERDAY.

Gibraltar
Leghorn ..............30 15
Genoa ................25 40
Milan
Naples 41%
Palermo .............. 12414
Aessina, ••••••• • •• •• •• 125
Rio Janeiro
Buenos Ayres.... —
New York, 60 days' sipkt
Philadelphia ..........

PRICES OF BULLION, PER OZ.
Foreign Gold in Bars £3 17 9
Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0
Mexican Dollars .... 0 0 0
New Dollars 0 0 0
Silver in bars . . 0 5 1%

RotrrEs TO CALI/PORNIA,—Our enterprising transat-
lantic • brethren have just made the achievement of
abridging by nearly one-half the time spent in the jour-
ney to California. It was a month. It was then re-
duced by several days. It has now been reduced a week
more, having been accomplished in 18 days. A specula-
tive rm has just entered into a contract to convey the
mails in 16 days. The prospect is held out of further
reducing it to 12 days. Thus, every few months some
new progress is made, and the two coasts of the Ameri-
can continent are brought together.
ORIGIN OP THE FIRE AT DONCASTER CHURCH.—
DONCASTER, TIIESDAT.—The judicial inquiry into the
late awful fire which totally destroyed the church of St.
George, at Doncaster, was continued yesterday. That
portion of the tower which was left standing is now
being taken down. The sympathy of the clergy and
gentry of the county is manifested in an eminent degree
by the subscriptions which have been given. On Friday
last a subscription list was opened for the restoration of
the church, which was headed by the corporation of
Doncaster with the munificent sum of 5,0001. The
doubtsamountmeeting,ascribesthe a:et!) the origin of the fire have been set at rest
Braidwood's ablereport report of Mr. Braidwood, of London,
jury, who expressed their to the overheating of the flues. Mr.
which he had reported gave very great satisfaction to the
gratification at the manner in
in doubt and mystery,upon those points hitherto in-
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