The Sun.
London, England, 1859-10-04 00:00:00

(Translation.)

St. Crnz, Sept. 7, 1859.
As a precautionary measure, the Provincial Health Board
under my Pre:idency has decided that all vessels, which
shall arrive at this Bay, shall anchor to the leeward
of this town; and to carry this resolution into effect the
pilot-boat shall go off to meet them, for which service they
shall be paid, although they may not be admitted on board.
I communicate this to you for your information and guid-
ance.

God preserve you, &c.,
(Signed) J. RAVENT.
To J. Murray, H.B.M's Consul.
ADMIRALTY, SEPT. 20.
. Corps of Royal Marines—Mr. John Serjeant, Gent., to
be Second Lieutenant ; Mr. Henry Ainslie Alfred Turner,
Gent., to be Second Lieutenant ; Mr. Reginald Phillips
Baker, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant ; Mr. Henry Arthur
Thomas, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant.
COMMISSIONS BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT.
West Riding of Yorkshire Rifle Volunteers-Ist Com-
pany (York)—Temple C. Paley, Gent., to be Honorary,
Surgeon. sth Company (Bradford)—Samuel Cunliffe Lis-
ter, Esq., to be Captain ; Wm. Henry Salt, Gent., to be
Lieutenant; Samuel Milne Smith, Gent., to be nsign;
Joseph Farrar, Gent., to be Supernumerary Lieutenant on
the strength of the company ; John Little:WMichan, Gent.,
to be Honorary Surgeon. 6th Company (Bradford)William Brayshay,:Esq. to be Captain ; Abraham Briggs
Foster, Gent., to be Lieutenant; Henry Sagar Hirst,
Gent., be Ensign.
Artillery Regiment of Royal Lancashire Militia—First
Lieutenant Wm. Walker to be Captain, vice Jas. Sothern,
resigned.

la Company of Norfolk Artillery Volunteers—Samuel
Charles Marsh, Esq., to be Captain ; William James Fore-
man, Esq., to be First Lieutenant.
2d Subdivision of Norfolk Rifle Volunteers—Charles
Mortlock, Esq., to be Lieutenant ; Benjamin Charles
Chasten, Esq., to be Ensign.
Wiltshire Volunteer Rifles—John Plnckney, Esq., to be
Ensign of the Ist Company.

BANKRUPTS.
Thomas Hustler Pars, grocer, Newmarket, Oct. 18, at
twelve, and Nov. 22, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
John Brown, beer seller, Hoxton, Oct. 13, at two, and
Nov. 10, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Jaeob Themans, tobacconist, St. George-sretet East,
Middlesex, to surrender, Oct. 14, at one, and Nov. 10, at
two, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
David Alex. Inglis, commission agent, Liverpool, Oct.
19 and Nov. 7, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court.
Thomas Benjamin Blocksidge, tobacconist, Birmingham,
Oct. 20 and Nov. 10, at half-past eleven, at the Birming,-
ham District Court.
Charles Flagg, milliner, Great Yarmouth, Oct. 15, at
half-past twelve, and Nov. 22, at twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy.
Bassett Edward Leigh, merchant, Birmingham, Oct. 20
and Nov. 10, at hall-past eleven, at the Birmingham Dis-
trict Court.
Thomas Wilson, farmer, Wickersley, Yorkshire, Oct. 16
and Nov. 19, at ten, at the Council-hall, Sheffield.
SCOTCH BANKRUPTS.
John M'Kellar, builder, Govan.
John Arnot, accountant, Glasgow.
James Dunlop, wine merchant, Glasgow.

COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—THIS MIT.
Amsterdam
Ditto
Rotterdam — 11 161 11 16f
Antwerp
Brussels — 25 27+ 25 35
Hamburgh
Paris
Ditto
Marseilles — 25 32} 25 40
Frankfort on Maine — . 117} 117/
Vienna
Trieste
Peteraburgh — 341 34
Madrid
a
4

Cadiz
Leghorn
Genoa
Naples
Palermo
Messina
Lisbon
Oporto
Rio Janeiro
New York

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30 5
25 50
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123
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501
30 121
25 55
401
123
1231
52
621

Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard)....per oz. .E; 17 9
Mexican Dollars
Silver in Bars (Standard) „ 0 0 0

THE AURO.R4 BOREALIS.

M. Fournet has addressed a paper to the Aca-
demy of Sciences on the aurora borealis which ex-
cited such general attention about a month ago.
His object is to compare the phenomena which ac-
companied it in different parts of Europe, on or about
the 29th of August last, with those which were re-
marked during the fine aurora of November 17,
1848. In the former case its influence would seem
to have been felt several days before its
apparition. Thus, on the 24th, a violent
storm broke over Grcetz, in Styria. On the
following night Port Louis, in the depart-
ment of Morbihan, was visited by westerly
winds, with thunder; while squalls were general on
the French Atlantic coast. On the 25th, strong
winds from the S. and S.W. prevailed at Lyons,
carrying with them the heavy clouds which were
to close the hot season by their rains. Storms
ravaged the Pyrenean regions of Miranda, Tarbes,
Mont-de-Marsan, and Auch on the 26th. On the
same day a water-spout from the S.W. spread de-
vastation around St. Andre (Eure). On the 27th
the wind had subsided, but the rain fell in torrents
at Lyons, and there was stormy weather at
Bayonne, with lightning. On the 28th M.
Fournet, being at Montrotier, near Lyons, was
unable to take the bearings of certain peaks
in the neighbourhood with his pocket compass,
and in the evening the sky was charged with
electricity. During the night there was a terrible
hurricane at London, the lightning having
the violet hue which characterised the north and
north-west border of the aurora. Storms con-
tinued to rage on that and the following day in
the region of the Pyrenees, at Luz and St. Sauveur.
On the 29th there were sudden showers with' long
flashes of lightning near Lyons ; there was a furious
storm at Avignon; the first snows appeared on the
Alps of the Grisons, and there was incessant light-
ning at Algiers. On the 30th it rained at Lyons;
a northwester caused a hailstorm at Fecamp,
the hailstones being of the size of hazel-nuts ;
the 31st was squally, and the Ist of September was
ushered in at Ouistrehem (Calvados) with a
furious sea. All these phenomena, it must be
remarked, coincided with the effects of electricity
remarked on the telegraphic lines, and which
have already been described. Another circum-
stance of the note was that the aurora seemed to
shift its position in the direction of the wind, from
west to cast. Comparing all these phenomena with
the aurora of Nov. 17, 1848, it appears that on the
day before the general direction of the wind was
west, occasionally inclining south or north. On
the 17th there was rather a calm, rain and snow,
however, falling incessantly at Berlin. The
18th was about the same, but winds generally
blowing frorii the west, and squalls commenced
on the 19th and 20th, at Lyons, Havre, Margate,
and Portsmouth. Violent storms raged in the
Channel on the 21st, 22d, and 23d • also at
Lyons, Cette, Montpeiler, Toulon, and Marseilles.
Moreover a quantity of falling stars were observed
on the 17th at Pisa and St. Laurent du Pont
(Drome), and two fireballs were seen at Dole. At
Paris M. Coulvier Gravier observed some falling
stars on the 29th August last. M. Fournier, after
remarking on the coincidence of stormy weather
with both anroras, concludes with an opinion that
the falling stars move in the direction of the upper
current of the atmosphere, and that the aurora
borealis also seems to obey a similar impulse in
moving from west tr east.