The Sun.
London, England, 1848-10-17 00:00:00

HAI%IBURGH MAIL.

HAMBURGII BOURSE, OCT. 12.—The funds and rail-
way shares were again lower to day; very little busi-
ness, however, was transacted.
LIAMBURGLE FUNDS, OCT. 12.
Bills. Money.
Hanoverian New Loan, 5 per Cent.'.... 101%
Bank Shares •••••• • • • • •• .......: ....
Anglo-Russian Loan • ..... , .
.... 97
Ru-3slan meta., 5 per Cent 5.......... 91%
Ditto let serieslnscription...„.., .... _
Ditto,3d and 4th series .......
.....
.. _
Ditto, in Certificate • ............... ....• 88%
New 4 per Cent., Hope and
Ditto Stieglitz ••,•••• • • • .• • • ....... 77 q 77
Spanish New 5 per Cent— ...
Ditto 3 per Cent .• • • •............. 16%
Swedish Loan • • • • • • •• •• .......... .. _
Ditto, 4 per Cent • • •• ..........
_. 95
Anglo-Portuguese Loan, 234 per Cent.. _
Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent......
Ditto 3 per Cent. • • .............. _ _
Polish New 4 per Cent. Loan, 1844.• ..
Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent •• • ... 66
National Bank Shares •••. • • • .........
RAILWAYS.

Ditto, Priority Shares •. • •••• •• • • 95 95
Berlin and Hamburg . • •. • • 63
Ditto, Priority Shares .•••. . • .• 89
Cologne and Minden .................314 73
Ditto, Priority Shares .. ••••• • • • • • 88%
Mecklenburg ............ ..
Altona and Kiel .....
Gluckstadt • • • . • • • • • • • • '•
Hanseatic Steam Company .•••• • • • ••
HAMBURGH CORN MARKET, OCT. 12.
WllEAT—Polish .......... 132 145
Ant. Magd., Red •••••••• •• • • • • 137 149
Ditto, White ••••.• •• • • • • 136 148
Marks and Brunswick ••••• • • • • • 136 149
Silesian yellow .... •••••• • • • • • •
31ecklenb. Porn. ••.•••• • •• • - • • 131 110
Ilolstein .... ••••••••• • • • • • • • • • 132 145
Eider and Busum . • • •
Lower Elbe .. ••••• • • • ..
RT6 - Silesian ... •• •••• • ••• • • • 62 •72
Ant. and Magd. ................67 • • 72
Marks., Meek., and Porn. ••• • • 67 73
BAILEY - Mark. and Oder .. •••• • • • • 56 66
Anhalt and Magd .. ••.••• • • • • • • 72 90
Lower Elbe, winter ••••.• • • • • • • 50 56
Ditto, summer ••••• • • • •• 47 55
OATS—Upland ••••..•••• • • • • • • • • 33 46
Meek and Holstein ..... .•• .. 33 46
Lower Elbe, White •• .. ..... 32 44
IluckwirEAT ••• • • • . ..... .. ••• • .. 78 83
PEASE ..... ............• .... • • • • 80 105
RAPE SEED •••• .• • • .. 136 141
BELGIAN FUNDS.—BaussxLs, OcT. 12.
Actual Debt, 21,4 per Cent ••••• • • • • • •- •
Rothschlld's Loan, Five per Cent •••• • • ••
Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent
Ditto Threeper Cent• ••••••••• •• •• •• ••
Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto ......
Ditto, ditto,lB4o •• ••••••••• • • • • • • • • • 784
Ditto,ditto,lB42 .••••••• • • • • • • ••• • • • 764
Ditto, 1844... •••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • •• • 72
Ditto, 1836... ••..••••••••• • • • •• • • •• •• 61'
Ditto of the City, 1832 •••••••• • • • • - •
Ditto, 1843
Bank of Belgium • • • • ••••-• • ' • • • •" •• 62%
Issue of 1841 ...... ••••••••• • ' • • • • • • • --
Exchange on London, 25.45.
--Brussels Paper. Oct. 12.
AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, OcT. 5.

.••••• • • • • • • 64

5 per Cents. .. .. • • .. • • • •
4 per Cent..... • • • • ••• • .•
3 per Cent........• • • • • • •
2% per Cent. ••••••.• •• • • 41X
1 per Cent.............................
Loan, 1834........ • • • • • • • • • •• • • • • 127
Ditto, 1839...• ••••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • • 85
Bank Shares .... • ...... • • • • • • • 1,085
Esterhazv's Loan •• • • ••••••• • • •• • •
RAILWAYS.

The N0rthern............
aloggnitz ...... • •
Venice-Milan .. . . • • • • • .
Budwels .................

.......... 10414

Leghorn •• •• ...... •.
Sienna .. •• •••• .... ••

• 653

• •

.. •••• •• •• 95%

A TERRIBLE ADVENTURE.

On Thursday morning last [says the Bytown (Ca-
nada) Gazette], seeing a number of persons hurrying
toward the Chaudiere Falls, we inquired the cause,
and were informed that a crib of timber, with two
men upon it, had passed over the "Big Kettle," and
that one of them had been drowned, while the other
was stuck on the table-rock, upon the aide of the
river, immediately opposite the suspension bridge.
Having repaired to the scene of the accident, we found
this melancholy tale verified. It appears that being
unaccustomed to navigate the channel leading into
the slide, which is perfectly simple and easy of access,
they had neglected to keep close enough to the shore,
until, too late, they found themselves drawn with
gradually increasing rapidity toward the fearful abyss,
through which no man living had ever been known to
pass, although many have found in its deep waters a
grave. Upon entering the rapid immediately ap-
proaching the fall, one of the men (whose name we
have since learned to have been Baptiste Beaudran ;
that of the other, Paul Filardeau) jumped off the crib
toward the shore, since when, no vestige of him has
yet been seen.
But amongst the anxious crowd gathered upon the
beach which could not have numbered less than four
hundred persons, sympathy for the unfortunate dead
seemed almost wholly merged in the most intense and
absorbing interest for the salvation of the living.
Standing upon the small rocky island, upon which the
miraculous intervention of a merciful Providence had
placed him, with a " hell of waters" roaring around
him on all sides, his was a critical and fearful situ&-
tion In comparative safety, save from the constant
exposure to the spray, some proposed that he should
remain until the water would fall sufficiently to per-
mit his passing ; while others, who understood the
danger better, suggested that means should be
adopted at once to convey him to the main land.
In pursuance of this determination, a stone having
a string attached to it, was after several ineffectual at-
tempts thrown across the water. A rope was then
fastened to the string, which was passed over a high
post, and drawn across by Filardeau, and made fast to
the rock ; a large iron ring having been put upon the
hawser, a small rope was tied to it, a few feet at one
end being allowed to hang down for the purpose of
securing around his body. This was also passed over
by a string as before.
The arrangements having been completed, the
signal was given for him to prepare for his preca-
rious voyage. This he did with a great deal of cool-
ness, arranging the rope round his body with admi-
rable skill. During the time thus occupied the ex-
citement became breathless. It arose to the highest
possible pitch, when apparently misunderstanding
signals made to him, to await some further arrange-
ments upon the shore, he poised himself upon, the
portion of the crib, which had formed a 'jam upon
the rock, and launched off boldly wi▪ th nothingbut the thin air between him and eternity.
The moment was a thrilling one. A portion of
his body dipped into the foami▪
ng waters
below—we turned to look upon the effect pro-
duced upon the multitude around. All seemed to
hold their very breath, while with pallid cheeks, and
eyes intensely fixed, they gazed upon the scene,
A moment passed, which to many there doubtless
seemed an age, the rocks resounded with one loud
deep shout, in which even the roaring of the torrent
itself was lost. Drawn swiftly along the hawser by
the ring, in less time than we have taken to
narrate it, the shore is reached in safety,
.and congra-
tulations are poured upon the hero of this adventure
for his miraculous escape from sharing the untimely
fate of his unfortunate companion. Long will this ex-
traordinary passage be remembered from this island,
which may henceforth be appropriately designated
" Filardeau's Rock."
Bytown is on the Grand Ottaway River, far in the
interior of Canada. The situation of Mr. Filardeau
was one of great peril; quite as much so as if he had
been driven on one of the small islands directly above
the Falls of Niagara.

INTERESTING ANTIQUARIAN DISCOVERT.-011 Fri-
day a valuable addition to the recorded Roman remains
in this country was made by Mr. H. Ecroyd Smith, of
this city, at Aldborougb, the Roman Isu Brigantium.
On digging in the garden of the Black Swan Inn,
about three feet from the surface, a low wall was ex-
posed, and found to surround one of the finest Roman
tessellated pavements hitherto met with in Britain, being
12 ft. square, perfect, well-executed, and in the highest
state of preservation, the tesselce remaining as fresh and
bright as when the room was last occupied, some, 1,000
years ago. It is only about 14 ft. distant from another cu-
rious pavement, found in 1832, on digging to bury a
calf, and next spring will, like the latter, have a building
erected for its preservation by A. Lawson, Esq., the pro-
prietor, and will be ready for public inspection.—
Yorkshiremun.

APPOINTMENTS.--Mr. Leslie is appointed Pro-
vincial Secretary, and Mr. W. H. Merrit, President of
Committee of Council for the province of Canada.—
Mr. Sullivan is appointed Judge of the Court of Queen's
Bench in Canada West. —Observer. _ _

The Banffshire Journal announces the death of the
Rev. John Edwards, of Marnock, the clergyman to whose
settlement so great an opposition was manifested, giving
rise to proceedings which ultimately led to the disruption
of the Church of Scotland in 1843.