The Sun.
London, England, 1836-08-24 00:00:00

Mr. JOHN TAYLOR, the treasurer, read the report of
the finances ; from which it appeared that, with a balance
fn hand of 509/. 16s. 3d, the total receipts of the last year
were 3,185/. 15s. The expenditure during the same time,
including the sum of 457/. to various scientific purposes, un-
der the direction of the Association, and 1,000/. invested in
Three per Cent. Consols, left a balance in hand of 670/.
The property of the Association was 3,500/. in the Three
per Cent. Consols ; and with other available assets, was
stated to be a total of 4,564/. The number of tickets
issued up to this evening was stated as upwards of 1,000,
a larger number than had been issued so early on any pre-
vious occasion. In the course of his report, by Dr.
Daubenv, the advantages of the Association holding its
meetings in provincial towns, with the continued intention
of the meeting to do so, was referred to, as promoting that
kindly and generous intercourse betwee❑ the patrons, pro-
fessors, and cultivators of science, which the society had so
much at heart. At the conclusion of the meeting it was
announced that a promenade would be held to-morrow
evening, at Miller's nursery grounds, Durdham-green, in
order to facilitate the introduction of members to each other.

The preparations for laying the foundation stone of the
suspension bridge at Clifton, are in progress.
So soon as Monday commenced, preparations were
made for hauling a hawser seven inches in diameter across
the Avon, and connecting these splendid rocks, and after
many hours of hard labour under the superintendence of
Mr. Brunel, the hawser was hove up, and made fast on each
side, and the rocks are now tied together. This is prepa-
ratory to drawing over the iron bar on which the workmen
engaged in building the bridge are to travel from side to
side. A curious experiment was made last week. An iron
bar, 1 a inch in diameter, 40 feet in length, with a weld in
the middle, was suspended on two strong supports.
Weights were then attached to the bar, and it did not
break, until it had no less than forty tons weight hanging
to it. During the process, the bar stretched rather more
than two feet.

PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
rank Stott:. "11;.,; India Stock 2613

3 per Cent. lied. in 3i o
3 per Cent. Cons.
I,(i per Cent
Ditto Red

Ditto ilonds
South Sea Stock
Old Annuities -
New Ditto

New :1!:, per Cent lOO%, 100
New 3 per Cent —
'tank Long Annuitius to expire i
Jan. 5, 1800 15% 13-10 1
Oct. 10, 1650... ........... ....15 11-16
Jan. 5, Is4lo 15%
~
Jan. 5, !5A0.... —
Aptil 5, !Ron —
Jan. 5, 1870 —
Onmium
pm.

3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751...
i Exch. Bills, .E.l,co+l 8 10 pin.
Ditto 500 S 10 pm.
Ditto Small
Ditto Commercial pm.
Ditto Advertised — pun
Bank Stock for Account —
India Stock for Account —
Consols for Acconnt

PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS
Austrian Bonds
Belgian Bonds 103Y2

THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK
, Peruvian Bonds .

Ditto Account,
Brazilian Bonds
Ditto Account
Buenos Ayres Bonds
Ditto Account
Cnillian Bonds

Ditto ACCOUDI,
Portuguese Bonds
Ditto Account
Ditto New Bonds ........
Ditto Account 7:234 3
Ditto, :1 per cent. 451,,
Prussian Bonds
Russian Bonds, 1822
Ditto Account
Ditto Metallic •
Spanish Bonds
Ditto Account
Ditto Bonds, 1534 .3`_'l4% ly
Ditto Account: 32%
French, 5 per --.
4 per cent —f. —c.

Ditto Account
Columban Bonds 22
Ditto Account
Columbian Bonds, :821 26
Ditto Account —l
anish Bonds
Ditto Account
Greek Bonds
Ditto Bonds, 1525
--
Ditto Account
Nlexican Bonds, 5 per cent
Ditto Account
Ditto, 6 per cent. ......
Account
Neapolitan

3 per cent. —c
Exchange
Dutch, 21,4 per cent.
Ditto Account
Ditto, 5 per cent —
Ditto Account