The Sun.
London, England, 1856-09-13 00:00:00

Mining, Banking, and Miscellaneous are dull.

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
( From the Official List;
pnOnpas dOT O.
3 per cent. Consols Annuities 93i
Bank Stock for Account 220
Consols for Account
Exchequer Bills, 24d.
£IOOO
_ _ _

.E 560 ]4 17 p
Small ... ...
Ditto Bonds, 1858, 34 per Cent 99}
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK
Buenos A yres Bonds, 6 per Cent. 75 x d
Grenada New Active, 21 per Cent.
Mexican 3 per Cent 228 i 1
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1841
Ditto, 4 per Cent.
Russian Bonds, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent —
Ditto 44 per Cent. . 971 i
Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent.
Spanish Bowls, 3 per Cent 44 4
Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent.
Turkish Bonds, 6 per cent lolk 2} 11
”itto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. . . i 24 1
'Venezuela Bonds, 41 per Cent

Dividends on the above psvable In London.
Dutch Exchange, 2a per Cent., 12 Guilders 65
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates
TWO O'CLOCK.
Consols, money 931 4
Ditte Account

GALLANT REPULSE OF PIRATES..—SWANSEA, Sept. 10.
—The ship Rajah of Sarawak, Capt. Giles, of this port,
was attacked by pirates in June last, in the Canton
River. The Rajah of Sarawak was bound from Calcutta
for Whamposa. The particulars of the attack are thus
described in a letter from Capt. Giles to his friends :
"The ship was attacked by pirates coming up the river.
We, however, beat them off without losing one of our
men, but killed eight of the pirates. There were 40
men in the pirate pros, 32 of whom made their escape,
though their boat sank before reaching the shore, from
the effect of our nine-pound grape."
BLAST OF 12,000 TONS.—The great limestone quarries
at Penderry, in the Vale of Neatb, have been the scene
of a blast which has detached the enormous mass of
12,000 tons of solid rock. An old obamber was cleared
out to an extent of 10 yards, and half a ton of powder
was placed therein. The match having been lighted, in
11 minutes the explosion took place, which drove out a
mass of rock 20 yards square, and immediately the whole
face of the rock, 120 feet in height, rolled down and
filled the quarry below. The calculations range as high
as 15,000 tons, stones 250 tons being detached sepa-
rately. These quarries are the property of Mr. Wm-
Crawshay, and supply great quantities of limestone to
the adjacent ironworks.
FINLAND.—A letter from Wiborg, in Finland, of the
29th ult., says :—" One of the most collossal enterprises
ever undertaken in Finland, the construction of a canal
rom Siama to Wiborg, bas just keen terminated, after
twelve years' uninterrupted labour, though sixteen had
been considered necessary. This immense canal, which
has innumerable branches, places the interior of Finland,
where there are scarcely any roads, in fired communi-
cation with the Gulf of Bothnia. The length of it, in-
cluding the branches, is equal to a third of the total

ength-of Finland.
PEMBROKE DOCKYARD.—Great additions and altera-
tions are being made at Pembroke Dockyard. The pre-
sent dry dock is being widened and lengthened, so as to
meet the requirements of our new class men•of--war.
Two now slips for ship-building are in course of erec-
tion ; these are being made of huge blocks of limestone,
with copings of granite. Other slips are being length-
ened to meet the increased size of the ships, and the
consequence is a great increase seaward of the establish-
ment. The lengthening and widening of the dock this
year cost 10,0001., and the new slips and beat basin
will take 14,0001. The entrance of the dock is to be
widened, at an expense of 5,0001.