The Sun.
London, England, 1853-02-01 00:00:00

COTIRSE OF EXCEANGE—Tais DAY.

Amsterdam ............ 11 173 Gibraltar ..............
Ditto, three months .. 11 19 Leghorn 50
Rotterdam ..
Antwerp .. 25 3136 I Milan .. .. •. • .
Brussels .......... 25 32% Venice .......... ••• • • •
Hamburgh ............ 13 64 Naples .. • ....... 41%
Altona ....... ..... Palermo .............. 12414
Paris... ...... .... 25 7% Messina ...... 124%
Ditto, three months .• 25 30 Lisbon .............• • • 53%
Marseilles....... 25 35% Oporto .. ••• • • • 53%
Bourdeaux .. — Rio Janeiro ....
Frankfort-on-Maine 119% Buenos Ayres .• ...• •• • •
Berlin • ..... New York, 60 days' sight
Vienna 11 6 Philadelphia .. .••• • • •
Trieste ............ • • 11 10 PRICES OP BULLION, PER oz.
Petersburgh...........• 38% Foreign Gold in Bars £3 17 9
Madrid 50% Portugal Gold Coln 00 0
Cadiz 50% Mexican Dollars .... 0 0 0
Barcelona...... • . New Dollars ...... 0 0 0
Seville ................ Silver in bars ...... 0 5 1%

THE DEPTH OF THE OCEAN.—The Royal Society met
of the 27th inst., the Earl of Enniskillen, vice-president,
in the chair. A very interesting communication from
Captain Denham, It.N., of her Majesty's ship Herald,
was read. Captain Denham is engaged on a scientific
voyage in the above ship, and among other subjects, he
was particularly enjoined to endeavour on favourable
occasions to ascertain the depth of the ocean. The pre-
sent communication gives an account of a deep sea
sounding in 7,706 fathoms, in 36 deg. 49 min. south
latitude, and 37 deg. 6 min. west longitude. The
sounding was obtained on a calm day, October 30, 1852,
on the passage from Rio de Janeiro to the Cape of Good
Hope. The sounding line was 1-10th of an inch in dia-
meter, laid into one length, and weighing, when dry, 1
lb. for every 100 fathoms. Captain Denham received
from Commodore M'Keevor, of the United States navy,
commanding the Congress frigate, 15,000 fathoms of this
line, 10,000 on one reel and 5,000 on another, and he
considers it to, have been admirably adapted for the pur-
pose for which it was made, and to which it was applied.
The plummet weighed 91b., and was 11 inches long, and
1-7th of an inch in diameter. When 7,796 fathoms had
run off the reel the sea bottom was reached. Captain
Denham stated that Lieutenant Hutcheson and himself,
in separate boats, with their own hands, drew the plum-
met up 50 fathoms several times ; and after it had re-
newed its descent, it stopped abruptly at the original
mark to a fathom, and would not take another turn off
the reel. The whole time taken by the plummet in
descending to this amazing depth of 7,706 fathoms, or
7.7 geographical miles of 60 to a degree, was 9 hours
and 24 minutes and 45 seconds. The highest summits
of the Himalaya are little more than 28,000 feet, or 4.7
geographical miles above the sea. The sea bottom has
therefore depths greatly exceeding the elevation of the
highest pinnacle above its surface. Great care was
taken, in the endeavour to bring the plummet again to
the surface, to show the nature of the bottom, but while
carefully reeling in, the line broke at 140 fathoms below
the water line, carrying away a thermometer which had
been attached to it at 3,000 fathoms. This sounding is
the deepest that has ever been made.
THE EMPRESS'S GRAND-AUNT AT DUMFRIES.—Hav-
ing observed that one of the titles of the intended Em-
press of France was " Kirkpatrick de Closeburn," our
curiosity was excited to know whether she .was in any
way related to the ancient family, the Kirkpatricks of
Closeburn, in this neighbourhood. Well, we have had
the honour of conversing with a venerable and worthy
maiden lady—residing at Nithbank here—a member of
the family of the Kirkpatricks of Conheath, Caerlave-
rock, a branch of the Kirkpatricks of Closeburn. She
informs us that her brother, William Kirkpatrick, became
American Consul at Malaga, Spain, and married into an
ancient family of the name of Graves or Gra.vi, our in-
formant is not certain which. The fruit of this marriage
was the mother of the intended Empress, who married the
Count de Montijo. Our venerable friend is therefore
aunt of the Empress's mother, and grand-aunt of the
Empress herself.—Dumfries and Galloway Standard.
THE BISHOP OF RIPON AND BAPTISMAL REGENERA-
TION.—At the general ordination recently held by the
Bishop of Ripon, his lordship refused to admit a gen-
tleman named Hayward, who has for some time past
been in deacon's orders, into the priesthood, on the
ground that he believed in the doctrine of baptismal re-
generation—the point which gave rise to the long liti-
gated case between the Bishop of Exeter and the Rev.
G. C. Gorham. The Bishop of Ripon, in rejecting Mr.
Hayward, gave him the following certificate :—" This
is to certify, that the Rev. George A. Hayward was
examined by me as a candidate for priest's orders—that
his examination was in every other respect satisfactory,
but that I found myself unable to ordain him because he
persevered in maintaining that the outward and spiritual
grace of baptism is 'a saving grace,' which is explained
as meaning a grace which effectually secures salvation,'
so that none but
thisth grace.—(Signed) oseo. iged
who_ (asre
otilt) C. T. RlPON."imatelysaved can
have received of
GENERAL ROSAS AND HIS BARBER.—After a solemn
silence of months, this distinguished personage has
spoken, and to his—barber, of all human beings. Much,
too, in the style of his Buenos Ayrean state papers ;
with the same dignity and self-complacency to the daily
shaver of his beard, as to the assembly of his late state ;
in a
spirit
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attended upon the general since his
the ffam
W. Nives, hairdresser, of Bernard-street, who
PslexiltentadtePorenodfenßt
in Southampton, with a silver shaving basin,
residence
water dish, on which is neatly engraved the
or perfume
Presented by his Excellency.
following inscription .
has Mr. professionallyF
testimony of '1852? re-
gard. Acco-
mpanying Southampton, 25th December,s
a letter written by the general, in Span-
it was
is translation South-
ampton,General de Roma to F. W. Nives, as a
25, 1852.—Dear sir,—Be • Be pleased to accept
Dec.
Its chief value or merit consists
of this shaving basin. .
dme in all my campaigns. It
in its having accompanied
ish, of which the following a
It is more for use
serve you as a remembrance of
than grandeur, and may
be convenient in your duties.—
Acceptyour visits to me, and
faithful servant,
• cere affection of your
of the sin
IP
was manufactured at Buenos Ayres.
JUAN MANUEL DE ROSAS."
MUTUAL
CONFIDENCE.—Before railroads were built,
Mr. forced one night to make a journeyby
o to ashinton. The
who drove the
private conveyance from Baltimore
was suchWi
Mr. Webster wasrc ,
an ill-log el-
oking f
man waggon
f bberies and murders,
stories ro
low, and told so m any
one far,o Mr. Webster was almost
that, before they had
frightened out of his wits. At last the waggon stopped
.
man,
in the midst of a dense wo
ssen, ger, exclaimed fiercely,
suddenly round to his
Paou are." Mr. Webster re-
" Now, air,
tell me who
voice, y
plied, in a faltering and ready to spring from the
od when the turning
I Webster, Member of Congress
' "What !" rejoined the driver,
from Massachusetts.'
b the hand, " are you Webster
grasping him warmly
God You were such a deuced ugly
Thank God ! thank
vehicle, " I am Danis
chap that I took you for some cut-throat or highway-

man."
THE PENALTY OF GREATNESS.—It is a vulgar error
to speak a mechanics, laboureTs
.in wood, iron, &c., as
the working classes—the term, if it has an exclusive ap-
plication, belongs to successful public men. Mr. Cob-
den, writing to a friend a few days ago, says, "lam in
such a daily treadmill oo
ccupations,cun that one cantk do
is
constantly superseding unless I
I whatever I have to do at once, it is sure to be set aside
by something else ;" and Vice-Chancellor Wood told his
constituents last week, that during the whole term of his
office as Solicitor-General he had only three weeks' holi-
day, and that it was his constant practice to be on duty
every day from nine in the morning until two o'clock
the following morning ! We know, also, of others well
to do in the legislative world, who yet more completely
deserve the honoerable title of "working men,"— Weekly

News.
[ADvERTIMIENT.I—EfoIIoway's Pills an effectual Re-
medy for Gout and Rheumatism.—Extract of a letter
from Mr. W. Moon, at Messrs. Godwin's, auctioneers,
Winchester, dated April 8, 1852.—T0 Professor Hollo-
way: Sir,--1 beg to inform you that for years I was a
sufferer from chronic rheumatism, and often laid up for
weeks together, unable to move. - I was attended by the
most eminent surgeons here, but obtaining no relief, was
induced to go into our county hospital. The medical
talk/mu:tent, 244 Strand,
treatment there, however, being of no avail, I left, and
commenced using your pills, which, I am happy to say,
all druggists, and
in a short time effected a perfect cure, and enabled ista
to resume my employment.—Sold. by
at Professor Holloway's QF

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