The Sun.
London, England, 1854-09-29 00:00:00

MISCELLANEOUS.

The result of the numerous reconnoitrings of the
coast of the Crimea proves the Russian charts to
be entirely false. Where cliffs and mudbanks are
marked down in these charts, neither the one nor
the other were to be found ; and on the other
hand, where a good anchorage is marked, there the
coast was found to be dangerous. The Russian
Government has engaged all the bricklayers and.
masons which were to be got in Poland, with the
intention—as is believed, at least—of sending them.
to Kiev, where fortified works on a very extensive
scale are being constructed.
A letter from Vienna of the 24th, in the Ham-
/ug News, says :—" In a Council of Ministers,
held the day before yesterday, the augmentation
of the Austrian army in Gallicia, and some impor-
tant arrangements of the army in the Bukowina,
were resolved on.

The King of Prussia, attended by the Ministers
of the Interior and Finance, left Baden yesterday
morning, the 25th, for the inundated Silesian dis-
tricts. His Majesty will not return from his hu-
mane and useful inspection until the 30th inst.
Letters from Vienna state that the King of the
Belgians is expected to arrive shortly at that place,
and that his Majesty has been confidentially in-
formed from St. Petersburg that his mediation
would be acceptable.
According to general reports from the Rhine,
the fruit harvest and vintage of this year have com-
pletely failed, so that prices threaten to be as dear
as they were in 1846.
According to accounts from Darmstadt the Zoll-
verein conference there assembled has, in considera-
tion of the continued high prices of grain, and
indeed of the necessaries of life, determined to
recommend the prolongation, until the 31st of
December, duty free, imports of all kinds of grain,
peas, and farinaceous articles.
Accounts have been received from Newfound-
land to the 28th ult., from the Iphegenie and the
Penelope, French frigates. They had quitted the
Havana in consequence of the yellow fever.
The ilfoniteur publishes a decree and a series of
regulations relative to the organisation of the bands
of the different regiments of the Imperial Guard.
MUNICH, Sept. 27.—A Prussian note has been
presented to the Diet, promising a moral support
to the four guarantees required from Russia, but
urges a postponement of any discussion.
The Archduke Albrecht arrived at Lemberg on
the 21st, perfectly recovered from his late attack
of cholera. _ .

Mr. Wenland, secretary to the King of 'Greece,
is at present at Berlin. The Lopes entertained by
the Russian party of that country being converted
into a powerful diversion against the Sultan have
long been dispelled by the -rigour of the French
and English Cabinets.
Dr. Pauli, of Berlin, has published a pamphlet
upon " the existence and cure of cholera, sporadic
and Asiatic." The work is learned and instructive,
but throws no light on antidotes, unless it be that
he regards " moral courage " as the best preserva-
tive against attack. But how is the public to be
innoculated with this eszental ?
Letters from Chourouk-su announce that the
Russian gunpowder magazine at Gori, near Kutais,
exploded on the 24th August, and that the explo-
sion caused the death of 250 Russian soldiers, and
destroyed a great portion of the village.

THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION TOR THE
ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE.

LIVERPOOL, Thnrsday.—The proceedings of the British
Association were brought to a close yesterday afternoon
by the final general meeting of the association in St.
George's Hall, the president (the Earl of Harrowby), in
the chair.

The CHAIRMAN congratulated the assembly on the
success attendant on their meeting in Liverpool, and
proposed the cordial thanks of the association to the
mayor and corporation, and the different scientific and
literary societies of the town, which was seconded by Sir
Roderick :Murchison, and carried.
Sir WILLIAM HAMILTON, in an eloquent address, pro-
posed a vote of thanks to the foreign visitors, which
was responded to by L'Abbe Moigno, and Professor
Dove, of Berlin.
A vote of thanks having also been tendered to the
local committee, the president declared the meeting ad-
journed to Glasgow, to be held next year.
Last evening a soirée was given by the Historic Society
of Lancashire and Cheshire to the members of the Bri-
tish Association, in the Philharmonic Hall ; and this
morning a great many of the members started on vari-
ous excursion trips to the towns and objects of interest
in Lancashire and Cheshire.

THE REGISTRATIONS.

MIDDLESEX.

The Revising Barrister, on his arrival at Enfield yes•
terday, was escorted at once to the King's Head, where
he opened his court. The rush of claimants to obtain
places, when the doors were thrown open, was great,
and the absence of courtesy in the parties as they rushed
and pushed by each other, indicated that they were
" Whigs and Tories struggling for places."
Among the claimants were George Woodroffe Frank-
lyn, Esq., M.P. ; T. J. Muller, Esq. ; the Rev. G. B.
Lee, Dr. Golding Bird, G. Miller, Esq., chairman of
Lord Maidstone's election committee ; K. Macauley,
Esq., Q.C. ; G. Whitley, Esq. ; and H. S. Pattison,
Esq.
The cases in the Enfield district were gone into, and
25 new claims were established.

MONEY MARKET

AND
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. shr•
The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday
were estimated
_sat 8,000 bales, including 1,500 c
American taken. for export and on speculation.
The; market was steady, and closed without change
I. Prices. The sales comprised 5,500 American, Ei
100 Pernam and Maranham at 5/{l. to 7d. ; 600
Egyptian at sid. to Bid. ; 1,000 Surat at 3d. to 31
*(1. ; and 300 Sea Island at 11d.• to is. 11d. per 27i
lb. Railway shares were firmer.
For most articles of consumption full prices have 25
been realised this week. Although the aggregate
business has not been large there has been more :.•
Inquiry for particular articles. Tea has been in 10
request since the Overland Mail arrived, and has 50
recovered...h from the previous tendency to decline. 50
The deliveries from the bonded warehouses of the 20
United Kingdom for the year ended the sth April 10
last are officially returned at 55,549,4541 b., and 50
the amount of duty thereon at 5,181,9081. Rice 25
has been held for advanced rates, and this 25
has checked the demand. The accounts from
America state that great injury had been occasioned St,
to many of the plantations by the storms that had
Occurred. Tallow has been fluctuating, and tcnd-
jug downwards. In cotton there has been a fair st.
business. Saltpetre has had a readier sale, and
10
st.
Cochineal is higher for silvers. Cocoa has been inSt.
request. Spices have not been largely dealt in. 10
Sugar has been moderately purchased, and Coffee sstt
has been firm, but not active. Ruin has been st.
St.t
higher.
We hear very loud complaints among the St..
Mercantile community at the non-receipt of the St.
otters, supposed to be a large quantity, brought
12
by the ship Eagle from Melbourne. This fast- 50
sailing ship left Australia on the 30th June, and 16i
her advices would be very acceptable, as supplying ig6t,
dates two or three weeks later than anything we 19i
have yet had, and enabling exporters to trace dis- 21
tinctly the course of the markets up to the period
of the later advices, which will reach on Monday,
st.
by the Overland Mail. As the Eagle was tele- 20
graphed off Holyhead the day before yesterday, it is 10
thought that, by a little exertion on the part of
1g!
those who are usually held responsible for the 50
Prompt forwarding of the mails, they might have tg
been distributed in London yesterday. Some are 25
of opinion that an effort should have been made to
8d t.
send them ashore at Holyhead, while others contend st2.'
that, at least, a tug should have gone to meet the ship st.
and bring her letter bags to Liverpool. Whether 255
the captain; the owners, or the Post-office authori- Loo
ties are to blame, it is impossible for us, in the
26
absence of fuller information, to determine ; but as
the same thing has happened before in the case of 2(
Clipper ships arriving at Liverpool, it is very natural
that the merchants here should almost universally
Complain, while we trust that their complaintswill
meet either with future attention, or lead at pre-
sent to a satisfactory explanation.
In a colonial contemporary appear the following
remarks upon a new law of the New South Wales
Legislature :--
"We notice in the Sydney papers a shameful case
Connected with the ' Master and Servant's Act ' of that
colons. A poor Chinaman bad been induced to sign an
agreement for service for five years. Finding, perhaps,
that he could do better as he became acquainted with
the country, he neglected strictly to fulfil the agreement
for so long a period of slavery at low wages, and was in
Consequence brought before the magistrates, who forth-
with sentenced him to a month's imprisonment, and
then return to his servitude. Its master gave as a
reason for enforcing the agreement, that he treated
his Chinamen kindly.' So does a Yankee slaveowner
his slaves, if he be a wise man, and wish to make a good
profit out of them. It is disgraceful that ignorant
foreigners should be entrapped under such an abomi-
nable system. At the same sitting of magistrates, an
Englishman was sentenced to three months' imprison-
ment for refusing to work under his agreement, and
then to return to work, his time of imprisonment not
counting in the agreement. Emigrants signing such
agreements may judge from this what is befure them in
Sydney if they are dissatisfied and neglect to fulfil their
contracts. Keeping a single Saint Monday brings down
the imprisonment. The poor Chinaman was charged
with nothing more than being absent on the 4th inst.'
This was his crime—he had taken a holiday. This in
Sydney is penal. Awl yet New South Wales is a British
colony, the humane press of which writes down Ameri-
can slavery:!
The business done in American Securities has

slightly, increased, and the quotations given by
Messrs. D. 8011, -Son, and Co. are as follow :
Redeemable. Per Cent.
Cent. Bonds 1863...107 109
United States 6 per
United States 6 per Cent. Inscribed
Stock ................................. 1867-1868...107 109
St
Pennsylvania 5 per Cent 76 78
Pennsylvania 5 per Cent. Bonds 1877... 82 83
Massachusetts 5 per Cent. (Star). Bonds) 1863 4103 105
Maryland 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds) ... 92 0
Alabama. 5 per Cent. (Sterl. Bonds) 1858-9-66... 83
irginia, 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds) 1888... 90 92
Virginia 6 per Cent. Bonds lBB6 .. 921
931
LOANS OF CITIES.
Boston 41 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds) ...
RAILROAD BONDS.
Pennsylvania Central R. Rd. 6p. Cent... 1880... 90
91
New York and Erie 7 per Cent. Ist Mort-
gage .................................. .1868-1869-101 103
New York and Erie 7 per Cent. 3d M0rt-
....1883..................... 75 78
gage ..
Cent.,Convertible.lB62... 65 68 1L
New Yorkand Erie 7p.
It is just stated that a steamer has been sent
100
from Liverpool to meet the Eagle. 20
The English Stock market has lean firmer with- 255
out any increase of business, but there is
.a more
2?)
confident feeling in consequence of the news from
the Crimea that the allied armies are marching
100
upon Sebastopol. Consols have been 951 to 95f
for transfer, and 951 Y for account. Exchequer 20
Bills are rather heavy at ss. to Bs. premium, money
g
being still in request. 201
Foreign Securities are dull, and the settlement
of the account occasions no movement of import- 100
ante. The Turkish Scrip is at 2a to 24 prem. import-.
100
Peruvian 3 per Cents. are at 53, and Brazilian 5 rog
per Cents. at 1012 ; Dutch 2 per Cents. bring
611 to 62i. 2C
10(
The following are the nominal prices of foreign 2,
stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 to
Mexican, 241 to 241 ; Peruvian, 70 to 72 ; ditto
3 per Cents., 51 to 53 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents.,
40 to 42 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 98 to 100 ; ditto
4i per Cents., 87 to 89 ; Spanish New Deferred,
18i to 18/ ; ditto 3 per Cents., 37/ to 38 ; ditto
Certificates, 5 to 5i ; ditto Passive, 4 to 41.
The railway share market has been flat again,
and with very little business doing either in the
English or foreign lines.
The Mining market has ben steady. The Join t-
stock Banks are supportede, and Crystal Palace
rather good.

99 101

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(Prom the Oficial List.)

Business done.
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 9si , t
India Bonds, £lOOO ........................• —
Ditto, under £lOOO 9 p
Consols for Account 17th Oct. - 9si i
Fachequer Bills, lid.
£lOOO ........ ...... . 8 5 p
2500 8 5 p
Small 8 5 p
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent lOl
Peruvian Bonds, iii per Cent. —
Ditto 3 per Cent
2
rurkish Scrip
2
Ditto for the Account
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch Exchange, 2 per Cent. 12 Gull 6li 21
HALF•PA ST TWO.

COll5OlB ......... . ................... 951
Ditto October Account .................. 951 g

DIVIDEND WARRANTS.-- °
WARRANTS.--A din to an intimation
from
from the Stamp-office, all dividend warrannattsiesssueedf
tbhye 25
public
re
public companies and requiring the
signatures
bear the penny "
parties to whom they payable
receipt stamp. If issueda payable mustata future date they 100
will become liable to stamps, as if they were bills of ex- 100
change, and this practice, which has prevailed in some 20
instances, must therefore be discontinued. 20
THE CLIPPER BOOMERANG.—We have to announce
the arrival on Tuesday at Cork, after a very successful 50
run, of the clipper ship Boomerang, from Callao. The 50
Boomerang sailed from Liverpool last year for Mel- 100
- 'bourne, in charge of Captain Brown, with Government 100
emigrants, and made a very quick run—so fast as to pro-
voke a discussion with the commander of the celebrated
Marco Polo as to the claim of each ship for the honour
of the fastest. run. Having landed her passengers and
cargo, she sailed with a large number of passengers for
Callao, the reported discoveries of gold in that quarter
proving attractive ; from which port she sailed for Eng- 100
land on the 20th of July, and arrived at Queenstown on 12
the 26th inst., having made the run in 88 days. Since "
her leaving this port the Boomerang has been purchased 25
by Messrs. James Baines and Co., of Liverpool, and 25
will form one of their celebrated Black, Ball liners from ...
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laiTerrid to Australia‘ • Do

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