The Sun.
London, England, 1856-11-03 00:00:00

THE MEDITERRANEAN•

SOUTHAMPTON, MONDAY MOBI4'0;"
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By the Peninsular and Oriental Companie 0-bine,
steam-ship Pera, Captain Soy, with the India, lean'
and Mediterranean mails, we have dates from ti
dria October 21 ; Malta, 25 ; Gibraltar, 29. 4001'
The Pera brings 70 passengers, and on freight
in specie, and a cargo consisting of silk, dates,_ gll`,V 40
During the voyage she spoke, on the 26th 11,,`":der,
miles west of Cape Bon, the barque Ann, of oil-tit ot
land, steering westward ; on the 27th, 65 miles ell,. De
Algiers, exchanged signals with the screw steame'
banon, steering east, and the Alexandria mail B°ll'll4
Indus. On the 29th the R.Y.S. Sultana, Lord Celli
arrived at Gibraltar from Cadiz, all well.
From Gibraltar we learn that on the night of the or
ult. the British barque Dauntless, which was dill the
ing a cargo of coal in the bay on board one 0`
hulks, drifted from her moorings. On the following Dee'
she was beating up to her anchorage, but in
quence of the squalliness of the weather was „rum,,,.0-141
the night driven on the rocks near the Green xe'-je'
where she remains a total wreck. The consignee! the
spatched the steam-tug Orient to afford assistance to
les
ship, and soon after her Majesty's steam-tug Bustle"
under way for a similar purpose. Crew all saved. stet'
Her Majesty's steam-sloop Ariel left our baYlfecli'
day
at 2 p.m. to join, the British squadron in the
terranean. sieve

A continued east wind has been blowing here. BS'
the 15th inst. No appearance of a change; no rall34oeo
cepting a few drops not worth mentioning, bas ouch
since the sth of September. The want of it is veil
felt, water having become a dear commodity. „voter,
This time last year the tanks had plenty of sre
owing to the late previous rain, but this year thoY
almost 91l empty, and many wells are nearly dri•

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NEW LAW OF PARTNERSHIP.—After to-day -eel° 003'
of partnership under the new Government Stock -Des
panies Act, the 19th and 20th Vic., chap. 471 'Zoe,
into operation. The act provides, i the firlt
that seven or more persons, not exceeding tviellVreite
form themselves into a company, with or without sire
liability, provided that they comply with the re". OS
ments of this statute, without any restrictiott. 10i,
to the number of shares or the amount of 6,1091
By the 63d sec. a shareholder in a limited 01):bel°
in the event of its being wound up, can only
liable for one year prior to the commencement ri:Pclet
winding up. With respect to companies forme' tore-
the act without limited liability, the funds of the tee
pany will al be liable to the creditors, arid inpable
event of winding-up every shareholder will be ;vial
for the whole of the company's debts, togetherpord°
the charges and expenses of the same ; while, o's r,"-tiOc„°
time, each shareholder will be considered an
shareholder," who has held shares in the cc -gee)"
within the period of three years of the coroteece- jog
of winding-up (eec. 62). In order to determine Pre t,, 0
what shall be understood as the " coMmenoeweP be fr
Tech a course, the 64th section declares it to with
time‘ of presenting a petition is accorclaeCet_ut I
h 69th section, if wound up by the court ; urea'
wound up voluntarily, from the date of paegillg
lution to that effect by the company.