The Sun.
London, England, 1861-10-26 00:00:00

Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2d.....
Ditto £5OO ..
Ditto Small
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Brazilian, 5 per Cent. ......
Ditto 41 pei Cent., 1860 92
Cuba' 6 per Cent —
Ditto (Matanza (% Sabinilla) 7 per Qent, 101
Equador New Consolidated
Mexican, 3 per Cent.
Ditto Account
Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853
Ditto Account
Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St .. 1004
Tc-kish 6 per Cent ..
Ditto Account
Ditto New Loan
Ditto Account
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch 22 per Cent., Exchangel2 Guil.
Ditto Certificates, 4 per Cent...
Ditto Account
Consols Money
Ditto TW OO'CLOCK.
Account 93 ii-

COURSE OF EXCHANGE.--YESTERDAY.
Amsterdam
Ditto
Rotterdam — 12 1 12 1/
Antwerp
Brussels — 25 65 25 70
Hamburgh
Paris
Ditto
Marseilles — 25 70 25 75
Frankfort on Maine —119 f
Vienna
Trieste - 14 10 14 25
Petersburgh —32 k
Berlin —
Madrid • --•
Cadiz —
Leghorn —
Milan —
Genoa
Naples
Palermo —
Messina.
Lisbon
Oporto
Rio Janeiro —
New York — .. Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard).... per oz. £3 17• •
9
Mexican Dollars ... „ 0 0 0
Silver in Bars (Standard) „ 0 6 01
South American Doubloons

48$
481
25 80
25 80
25 80

481
48a
25 85
25 85
25 85
394
118 k
1184
52h
52k

391
118 k
1181
bli
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THE SCHOOL OF PRACTICAL NAVIGATION,
GItAVESEND.—The following pupils of this School have
recently passed the examination of the Marine Board, and
obtained their certificates :—Mr. William Bigg, Mr. Wil-
liam Rae, and Mr. Cornelius Charlton.

Visitors from Boulogne declare (says the Critic)
that the Lord Chancellor's new Bankruptcy Act is the
most popular reading in that city of sanctuary. It is even
said!that:Mr. Merridew (the local Mudie) has:had to provide
400 copies of that interesting work to meet the demands
made upon them.

THE YELTERTON MARRIAGE CASE.—At the
Judge's Chambers, yesterday, before Mr. Baron Martin, an
application was made by Mr. Patrick Adam, on the part of
the lion. W. C. Yelverton, major in the Royal Artillery,
for an order under the statute 22 Vic., cap. 20, to compel
the attendance of several witnesses at the Palatine Hotel,
Manchester, before John Cay, Esq., commissioner from the
Court of Session in Scotland, appointed to examine wit-
nesses on the part of the lion. Major Yelverton, in the suit
instituted in the courts of Scotland for a dissolution of his
marriage with Maria Theresa Longworth, which has been
for some time past brought before the public in a prominent
manner in the Irish and Scotch courts of law. The order
was granted.

WARMING RAILWAY CARRIAGES•—A corre-
spondent, under the signature of " A Frequent Traveller,"
suggests that, now that the winter and cold nights are set-
tisysgteim of warming
companies should avail themselves of the
warming their carriages, introduced in France
last winter, !from the exhaust steam of the engine. This
mode of using up the waste steam involves only a trifling
expense, it appears
; being
dthe result is a great boon to the
public, every
carriage g
made comfortable, without ex-
ception of class._ Builder.
THE FRENCH DIPLOMA
TIC AND CONSULAR SER-
TICES.—The diplomatic staff
persons-96 political, and 194 ofPrance consists of 290
consular.ministers-plenipotentiary,
The former con-
sist of 11 ambassadors, 23
The salarsiernipotentiary, and 62
secretaries of embassy.
ambassadors vary
greatly, those at St. Petersburg and Lorfideoon being 300,000 f ;
Constantino le and
Vienna, 200,000 f; Madrid, 150,000 f ;
Rome, 140,000 f; Berlin and Berne,raslxitr,ooof ; Turin,
80,000 f ; and Brussels, 70,000 f. The
ministers-plenipotentiary is 80,000 f ; and
reof to
the minimum
salary
of
yis
have, moreover,
30,000 f; that of secretaries. off
ambassadorsembass from 1400
5,000 f; and the secretaries o
an additional allowance of from 4,000 f to I,ooof. Invtehre
consular service are 29 consuls-general, and the rest are
consuls, chancellors, dragomans, interpreters, eco. The
salaries of the consuls-general vary from 18,0001 to 50,000 f.
In the Budget of 1862 the Budget of 1862 the total sum set
down for diplomatic and consular salaries is 6,222,800 f.
DEEROOT AND HIS MATCHES.—The Sporting _Lye
says :—" Public interest in the deeds of Deerfoot has by no
Means abated, and there already seems plenty of work cut
out for the wild child of the prairie. The Indian's guide,
Philosopher, and friend' is determined that his man shall
lose no opportunity of distinguishing himself or winning
fresh laurels. The following is a list of his engagements
for 1861, and no others will be entered into until they are
decided :—Four mile handicap, at Birmingham, on Mon-
day next ; one mile handicap, at Sheffield, on Nov. 4
(although one mile is not his forte, and wiil be the last
handicap he will run in) ; ten mile sweepstakes, at Ports-
mouth, on Nov. 13; ten mile match with Barker, Nov
backer
and twenty miles in two hours, for £lOO a side, if the
of time will allow him a reasonable chance of accoat-
"hing it,"