The Sun.
London, England, 1854-04-11 00:00:00

Stock on Ist October, 1854

.... 20,000

It must be remembered, that from October onwards,
our great supplies from Russia arrive, and our great
demand on the spot takes place. What are we to do
without these supplies I

Letters from St. Petersburg do not quite bear
out the view that the Emperor of Russia has seized
the private property of Sir Hamilton Seymour, our
late Ambassador there, but it does appear, at any
rate, that there has been some difficulty, and
whether this rests simply with the agents and re-
lates*to official forms, or is more serious and results
from the direct interposition of the Government,
has yot to be seen.
Mercantile , failures are occurring in Russia
sooner than was expected, and the cessation of pro-
duce exports will probably occasion further disasters.
At St. Petersburg, Ilja Stephanoff has stopped ; at
Moscow, S. Alexeyeff, T. Mathias, and C. Keyser;
and at Riga, M. Jensen.

From Florence we are advised of the suspension
of three large firms, viz., Lomprenti, Finzi, and
Cini.

Accounts from Madrid state that since the de-
claration of war the Bank of San Fernando was
more shy in making advances to the Minister of
Finance ; and mining industry, which was actively
prosecuted a short time back, has received a severe
check, as well as the construction of railways.
Up to Sunday evening last, the advices received
at Vienna from the Russian Quartermaster-Gene-
ral made no mention of the alleged battle at
Rassova. On the contrary, it was asserted that
General Luders had advanced as far as the wall of
Trajan, without meeting any opposition.
The evacuation by the Russians of the Aland
islands, appears to be confirmed in the Hamburg
letters dated yesterday.
A. great change has come over the English Stock
Market, the renewed doubts cast upon the sincerity
of. Austria and Prussia, having had a sensible in-
fluence in inducing sales. Consols opened at 87,i-
-to 88, and have just been done as low as 87 to t,
upon the assertion" tVat the Prussian Envoy,
Chevalier Bunsen, is recalled. The New 31 per
Cents. have been 871 to 87k, and the 3 per Cents.
861 to 87. Exchequer Bills have been marked 2s.
to 65., and India Bonds 2s. premium.
Foreign Securities have been flatter, and with
more disposition to sell. Russian 5 per Cents.
have been 95 to 4, and the 44 per Cents. 82 to 4.
This is an advance, which must be ascribed to the
scarcity of the stock compared to the bearing car-
ried on, for no rational person would invest in it
under present circumstances, and at the current
high prices, when the dividends may at any mo-
ment be suspended. Spanish Deferred Stock has
been at 174. Mexican Bonds have dropped from
24t to'23i. Venezuela Stock is at 224 ex dividend.
The Railway Share Market has been decidedly
worse. Midland have receded about 1. to 14, Cale-
donian 1, Great Northern 1 to 14, South Eastern
4, and the rest in proportion. French shares are
1 to 14 per share lower than at the official close
yesterday. The arrangements for the settlement
have some effect.

Mines, Banks, and Land Companies are easier

to buy.

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK,
(From the Official List. )

Ruitney. dane.
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities B6 76i
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities B7A 8 7B
New 31 per Cent. Annuities
New 2i per Cent. Annuities
Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860
Dittc 30 ,Years, Expire 10th Oct., 1859 4 7-16
India Bonds, £lOOO .......,.... .............
Ditto, under £lOOO 2 p
Consols for Account 18th April 874 87a
Exchequer Bills, 2d.
£l000
£5OO 6 2 p
Small 6 2 p
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent 99i
%lexicon 3 per Cent.
Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. £St 95 5
Ditto for the Account
Ditto 4. per Cent B2 2
Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent..
Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent. l7i
Swedish 4 per Cent.
Venezuela Bonds, 3i per Cent. x d
Dividends on the above payable in London.
HALF-PAST TWO.
87 A
87 A

Consols
Ditto April Account

PASSION WEEK.—The customary performance of
Handel's oratorio, " Messiah," will be given by the
London Sacred Harmonic Soeiety, Exeter-hall, on
Thursday evening, under the direction of Mr. Surman,
the conductor and founder of these oratorios. The solos
will be sung by Miss Louisa Pyne, Miss Dolby, Miss
Messent, Miss C. Henderson, Mr. Donald King, Mr.
Lawler, and Mr. J. Marshall. The band and chorus
will be on its usual magnificent scale, complete in every
department.
SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY.—By the unanimous vote,
both of old and new colleagues, Mr. Chaplin was, on
Thursday last, again placed in the chair of this company.
Remembering all the eventful circumstances and great
changes of the few years last past, this must be most
gratifying to the feelings of Mr. Chaplin. Silver and
gold testimonials are numerous enough, but it is seldom
that a testimonial consisting of the supporting votes,
not only of old friends, but of old enemies, is given.
Such a testimonial is legitimate and valuable in the
highest degree. —llerapath,'s Journal.
BILLS OF EXCHANGE BILL.—Lord Brougham's Bill
for the Registration of Dishonoured Bills of Exchange,
and for speedy execution thereon, proposes to provide
that bills of exchange and promissory notes may be pro-
tested by any attorney or solicitor, and that the
holder of any protested bill or note which is duly
stamped and free from erasures or alterations may, at
any time within six months after its becoming due,
register it with the master of one of the three superior
courts of law, and shall thereupon be entitled to judg-
ment and execution against the parties to the bill or
note, within six days after service of an order of
the court to that effect, to be given to him upon such
registration ; and power is left with the judge to direct
execution, without personal service of the order, if it
shall appear to him that the order has come to the
knowledge of the party, or that he wilfully evades ser-
vice of it. Such an order may be served out of the juris-
diction, but the period for obtaining execution is then
to be extended beyond six days. The party served with
the order may apply to the court to stay execution,
the application to be supported by an affidavit disclosing
what would constitute a legal defence, and the court
may then stay execution, and direct a trial or a spe-
cial case for the opinion Of the court ; but execution is
not to be stayed unless the party seeking to stay it give
security for the payment of the bill and costs, or satisfy
the Court that his signature has been forged, or that
the title of the holder is affected with fraud, or that
other circumstances exist to induce the Court to dispense
with such security. Where the amount of the bill or
note does not exceed 501. it may be registered in the
County Court within the jurisdiction of which the
acceptor or maker resides, and the proceedings may be
in that court. A judgment-order on a bill or note
accepted, made, or endorsed within two months of
bankruptcy is to be void.
DEPARTURES FOR AUSTRALIAN COLONIES.—The de-
partures from the port of London for the Australian
colonies during the past week show a decrease. They
have comprised altogether 8 vessels-2 to Port Philip,
with an aggregate burden of 1,530 tons; 2 to Sydney,
with an aggregate burden of 1,512 tons ; 2 to Hobart
Town, with an aggregate burden of 915 tons ; and 2 to
Adelaide, with an aggregate burden of 899 tons. Their
total capacity was consequently 4,856 tons. The rates
of freight are steady, without material alteration.
THE EXPENSE OF LAW PROCEEDING S. —Yesterday a
return showed that in one year the expense to parishes
in England and Wales of proceedings in law and equity
was 62,831/.

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LATEST FOREIGN NEWS.

THE BALTIC.

By telegraphic despatches we learn that five
English ships of war passed Hammaran, in the
island of Bornholm, at half-past six on the sth,
with a fresh westerly breeze.
The navigation of the Gulf of Finland is not yet
open.

The Austerlitz is at Helsinfors.
Five men of the British steamer' Driver have
been drowned in the Belt by an accident.
The Danish Government considers as contraband
of war, wood for ship-building, cordage, tar, and
sails of hempen manufacture, but not coal.
Russia seems to direct a most vigilant attention
to the defence of the coasts of Finland. A line of
telegraph has been established from St. Petersburg
to the promontory of Hangs.
The Patric says, private letters from the Gulf of
Finland, of March 24, say the ice is still very
strong at Cronstadt, and that a violent north-east
wind was prevalent. From the state of the atmos-
phere at Lake Ladoya, at Petersburg, and at
Cronstadt, it was thought that the thaw had not
begun, and that Cronstadt would not be accessible
before the beginning
.of May.