The Sun.
London, England, 1857-10-06 00:00:00

TURKEY.

According to the c nituleutat correspondence of
the Ot,.oman Govoi nment
the Independance Beige,
has issued a circuitr note to its tep)esentativcs at
foreign courts, prute,ting against the union of the
Danubian Paucipalities. It foundi its arguments
upon the indisputable fghts of- the Porte and the
maintenance of the integrity of the Turkish Lm-

- - -
piee. It .appeals to the sentiments of equity of the
Powers interested, and expresses the hope that its
jlist request will be taken into consideration. At
the same time, the Turkish Government expresses
its willingness to accept, as regards the internal re-
organisation of the Principalities, any reform com-
patible with the suzerain rights of the Sultan, and
that the idea of separation does not exclude that of
an assimilation in the government of the two pro-
vinces.

The Indepeudanee, of Brussels, states the com-
mercial circles of Belgium, Holland, Antwerp, and
the Hague have been thrown into some alarm by
the fact of their last letters from Bengal having,
arrived with the Peals broken, and with some pas-
sages erased. Nothing is knoVvia to explain the
origin of this violation of private correspondence.

It is certain (says the Cologne Gazette, under its
Vienna head) that Count de Buol has tendered
his resignation, in case that his absence should be
prolonged on account of his health. It is thought
that the count must remain for a length of time in
a state of complete repose, as his medical advisers
fear an induration of the liver. Should the count
be obliged to withdraw from public affairs, -he
would be replaced by Count de Rechberg.

The Opinione of Turin says :—" The police of
Milan have sent a circular to all the frontier offioes,
in order to recommend them to exercise the greatest
vigilance over persons crossing the frontier, and to
search their persons, in order to prevent the intro-
duction of printed papers and lithographed draw-
ings offensive to the Archduke Maximilian."

THE WRECK OP A RUSSIAA LINE-OP-
BATTLE ,SIIIP.

LOSS OF ONE THOUSAND FOUR HUN-

DRED LIVER

The following extract of a private letter from St.
Petersburg, dated the 16th (28th) September, gives
fuller details than those we published yesterday
" We hear of a most melancholyoccurrence at sea,
in the neighbourhood of Hogland. Five Russian
men-of-war were returning from Reval to Cr onstadt,
They were caught in a squall, and one 84-gun ship,
La Forte,' although carrying double-reefed top-.
sails, capsized and went down with all hands (except
five or six men.) There were upwards of 1,400 per-
sons on board. These ships had been at Royal, and
were returning home with the wives and families of
the crews. There were three admirals on board, one
of them being Admiral Moller, the captain in com-
mand, who had only just married, and had his wife
en board, with two of her cousins."

LUCKNOTY AND THE AUSTRIAN
OPP TUBBS.

A letter dated Vienna, October 3, says :—The
officers belonging to the scientific branches of the
Austrian army take great interest in everything
that occurs in India, and some of them seemed
greatly disap ointed when they learned that General.
Havelock had not succeeded in eaehing Lucknow.'
Naturally the military men who are on the spot
must best know what ought to be done, but it may
be as well to mention that several highly distin-
guished Austrian officers have repeatedly expressed
themselves to the effect that the commander
of the troors before Delhi " Ought to have
imitated the example of General Haynau." When
the garrison of Temesvar was reduced to extremities,
and was in imminent danger of falling into the
hands of the Hungarians, Haynau suddenly quitted
the fortress ofamorn, which he was investing,
and marched his army to the relief of Temesvar.
" Now, Lucknow," say the Austrians, " was in the
same position as Temesvar, and might have been
saved by a coup de maim, although nothing could
with such a small force be undertaken against
Delhi." By the foregoing you see that no hope is
now entertained here that the gallant garrison of
the citadel at Lucknow will be able to hold out
until assistance arrives.

BEIENO.3 AY.RES LOAN.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SIIN.

Sltt,—A. short letter from a holder of some 10,000
bands, published in your excellent journal on the 17th
September, has in it something at once depressing, yet
cheering as regards the above question. I pass over a 0
mere verbiage all the writer says about intention, which
may be good, or may he quite the reverse. I dare not
encroach upon your space at any length, but I must be
allowed to differ with the opinions txpressed in said
letter as to the influence, or supposed influence, of cer-
tain persons (though large bondholders), for I will not
believe that the Messrs. Borings, much loss their
agent, would allow any dictation from any one but the
bondholders.
Their sentiments were clearly c,nveyed in a public;
meeting, held, I think, in Decomber last. Our bomb;
fall, arid from 90 are now little above 80. I am not
clear that a serious reaponslbstlity has.not bean incurred
by some persons. Nothing can justify any such inter-
ference in these financial questions, and if made to pay
handsomely for their good intentions it would only serve
them right.
I sono my name and address, and remain, sir, your
obedient servant,

ALSO A SMALL BONDHOLDER.
Oct. 5, 1857.

POISONED BY A FLY.—A tradesman of Lyons, named
Laprevote, was one day last week pricked on the upper
lip by a fly, but though the little wound caused him
some annoyance, he took no notice of it. After the
fourth day hie face swelled up to a great height, and a
ltrge sore came on it. Medical assistance was of no avail,
aryl two days back he 'died. It turned out that the fl'
must have innoculated him with poisonous virus tak.fn
from some diseased animal.
FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT AT BATTERSEA.—Yesterday an
'accident, from which there is not the slightest hope of
recovery, took place in the Bridge-road, Battersea.
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man named John Scales, in the employ of Mr: Vickers,
cow-keeper, of Pimlico, was driving a waggon loaded
with grains, when, in descending from the ~haft (urnn
wh;cil be had imprudently been riding), he stumbled, and
both the near wheels went over his thighs ; in addition
to which his head was kicked so severely by the hind
legs of the near shaft hor-e that the skull was ,fractured•
The unhappy sufferer was taken up, and conveyed to the
house of Mr. Wheeler, a surgeon, residing in Balersea
Park, who, however, was unable to do anything effectual
f„ir the wretched man, more than stanching the blood bf
profuse bandages. lie was then placed on a mattrasS
is
a perfectly insensible state and conveyed in a ,pring care
to St: George's Hospital. The surifeons gave not the
.101 test hope of his recovery. Last evening his deatlt-
Was momentarily expected.

THE RECENT ESCAPE FROM NEWCASTLE GAOL.
before the midsurnrnJr assitcei, it wid be reinembErecit
fnur pri,oners escaped from the gaol of Newcastle-on•
Tyne. Two of them were re-captured near Carlisle some
days after they escaped, but Blackstone, Hind, and alio*
flier roan named Winship-(the.other two, who had been
c.ntrnitte,l for trial charged cith a violent highway rob-
, hry) have evaded detection until within the-last two or
three days,. when Hind was appreiieridetl at Shell:11
under somewhat singular oireunist ,tees. A man who'
had worked at Gateshead, and knew Hind, and the oir-
cumstarmes of his escape front Newcastle gaol, met him
in the streets of Sheffield, and went up to him and ao•
costed him as Hind. Hind denied that he was the mans
when the person,who had challenged him narrated some
of his adventures to bun, but he still maintained that he
was mistaken, and took his departure. The man, how-
ever, dogged him until he saw him go into a house in a
small row at a place called Stourbridge, in the neigh-
bnurhood of the town, and having given information,
Hind was 'apprehended. he has since stated that for
two or thr€,e weeks after his escaps, he and his compa-
nion Winship lay concealed in Sunderland, only eleven,
miles frill Neweaqle.

EXTRAORDINARY FRAUD ON THE CUSTOMS.—A
covery of a rather ext,ntive tea robbery and fraud on
the Customs, which has just been brought to light in
Bedfast, has created no small excitement in that mercan-
tile community. The Banner of Saturday gives the
following account of the manner :---" Yesterday the
commercial public and general community of this town
were startled by the discovery of one of the most ex-
tensive and systematically fraudulent affairs that have
ever occurred itt this country. It came to light
clearly that a person engaged in the tea trade, under
the firm of John James Moore and Co:, had been
in the habit of replenishing his stock for a con-
siderable period past by an ingenious pieces skil-
fully artful and recklessly illegal, His concern was
situated ih Skippot:street. At the rear of it there are
several storehouses in which bonded teas were placed.
Moore had let this concern to the authorities for this
purpose. He was unmarried and lived upon the pre-
mises ; out of his back office a doorway led to the
tonal store, whiCh is closely adj iin,ing the office.
Moore managed to 'get a key fitted to the lock of
the bond store, and try that means could effect an en-
trance whenever he plesscd. now he got this key
forged and fitted to the lock of the store is, as yet a
mystery, and there are a number of other eircum•
stances in connection with the occurrence that, for so
far, are. unexplained, if at all explicable.
SUNSHINE -AND FIRE.—The common cpiuion that the
sun shining on,a fire tends to extinguisu it, and that
consequently the e inhere must be shaded if we would pre-
serve them alike in a fir. -place, was made the subject of
experiment by Dr. Thomas M'Ksever. The fire employed
in both the sets of expelime.,ts was a wax candle.
M'Keever found it burn about 12 per cent, faster in the
dark, but Le Conte finds the light of the sun, even whoa
concentrated by a large lew, produces no effect except
by heating. It the air in the dark be heated to the same
extent, and the air in each case be kept equally quiet,
the candle burns at precisely the same rate. Al'Keever's
expeiimenta indicated that the candle burned from 5 to
11 per cent. faster in the dark than in common sunshine.
He supposed that the chemicel raja exercised a deoxidis-
ing power, which, to some extent, interfered with the
rapid oxidation of the combustible matter, and by trying
the cAlidie nab rent parts of the e,iloureet
(produced by decomposing a ray of light in passing it
through a prism) his experiments appeared to indicate
that a taper burned more rapidly in the red than in the
vio.et extremity of the lar spectrum,—.774 Scientific
American.

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AFR.CIAL INTELLIG2.W.2),

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.

Letters from Liverpool state that the Cotton
Market yesterday closed firmly, with an animated
appearance, and, compared with Friday, prices of
American and Surat were id. per lb. dearer. The
sales were 17,000 bales, of which 1,500 were taken
for export, and 3,000 on speculation. In the Rail-
way Share Market there was no alteration to
report.

Business in the market for foreign and colonial
produce is rather inactive, and the intervention of
the F;.3t-day will probably render them quiet
• throughout the week. Superior grocery kinds of
sugar are in demand, and other sorts remain at
about previous prices. Coffee is dull, tea steady,
and in rum very feir transactions are recorded.
Notwithstanding the letters from Paris report
some symptoms of improvement in the discount
market there, and the Bank have increased their
loan operations, the progress of monetary affairs on
the continent generally is not altogether satisfac-
tory. Within a few weeks the Banks of Amster-
dam, Frankfort, and some of the other principal
cities have raised their terms of discount, and the
Bank of Berlin have just elevated their minimum
to 6i per cent., owing to the pressure for accom-
modation. These frequent changes denote a very
unfavorable state of affairs; but it is encouraging to
find that the tendency in Paris is temporarily in
the contrary direction. Whenever money becomes
dearer on the Continent it always exercises a sym-
pathetic influence here, but the movements in Paris
are necessarily more important than those in any
other market. It is stated that the Bank of France
is still obtaining supplies of gold, and the with-
drawals from the Bank here are partly ascribed
thereto, but there are two or three circumstances
-which may account for this large and ouclawu efflux.
Owing to the perturbed condition of things in
America, remittances of gold are likely to
be made thither, in payment of calls
upon the railway securities of that country.
For instance, an important sum was paid on the
Illinois Central, and the position of the New York
exchange necessitates the transmission of gold.
However, there is now a demand for gold on the
Indian account, which, in addition to the Conti-
nental requirements for silver and the Paris Bank,
will probably lead to a rapid absorption. Austra-
lian supplies are consequently awaited with some
anxiety, and about half a million is overdue, but
this season of the year is not favourable for quick
passages, and further withdrawals from Thread-
needle-street are consequently anticipated. Yes-
terday about 65,0001. was taken away, and the
Bank return for the current week is expected
to exhibit some unsatisfactory results. Besides a
reduction in the bullion it is feared that the reserve
of Notes will be severely trenched upon ; for in
addition to the commercial demand which is still
very active, the authorities have granted a loan of
a million sterling to the Hon. East India Company,
on India Bonds and other securities. Taking all
these circumstances into consideration, it would
not occasion surprise if an early a Ivance of per
cent. in the minimum took place, and some are of
opinion that the alteration oannot be defered beyond
Thursday next.

The Stock Market continues very heavy. Several
transaclions have taken place for money, but as
they have consisted of small amounta, they have
given very little support to values. Speculation is
still confined within a very narrow compass, owing
to the approich of the settlement, and although
many of the operators are predicting lower prices,
they operate to a very small extent. Consols for
money are 90 to 90k, and 90i I for the November
account, and the variation has not exceeded per
cent. The New 3i per Cents. were 101, and Ex-
chequer Bills are Bs. to 44. discount. India Stock
is 210.

In the Foreign Market there has not been much
animation, and the quotations have appeared heavy.
Turkish 6 per Cents. have receded to 94/ 95, and
the 4 per Cents. are nominally steady. Spanish 3
per Cents, remained at 40i, and the Deferred 251.
Peruvian 3 per Cents. were dealt in at 541, French
3 per Cents 68.25 (exchange 25.25), and Dutch 2b
per Cents 65k.

The following are the nominal prices of Foreign
Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 5i 6 ; Mex.-
can, 21 j ; Peruvian 4i per Cents., 784 9i ;
ditto 3 per Cents., 534 4 ; Portuguese 3 per
Cents., 44i 5i ; Russian 5 per Cents., 109 11 ;
ditto 4i per Cents., 97'4 84 ; Spanish 3 per Cents.,
251 ; ditto Certificates, 51 6 ; ditto Passive, 5i 6.
A moderate business has been done in the Rail-
way Share Market, but at a decline in most cases
of about Ito 1 per cent. on yesterday's rates. Ches-
ter and Holyhead, South-Western, and South-
Eastern receded ss. ; Caledonian, Eastern Counties,
Great Western, and Midland, 108. ; Eiinburgh,
Perth, and Dundee, and North-Eastern (York),
15s. ; Great Northern, Lancashire and York:4llre,
North-Western, and North Eastern (Berwick), 11.;
and North British, 11. 103. The Foreign lines
were rather firmer. Northern of France im-
proved 5A., Paris and. Lyons 5A., and Lom-
bardo-Venetian ss. The Colonial undertakings
aro exceedingly depressed. Grand Trunk of
Canada have receded. 11. 10s., and Great Western
of Canada. ss. to 10s. East Indian and Great
Ind:an Peninsula are steady.
Mining Shares are quiet, and exhibit no mate-
rial variation. St. John Del Rey advanced 10s.
Joint Stock Banks and Miscellaneous Shares
were dealt in to a very limited extent. Union of
London realised former quo4ations, as also London
General ,Omnibus Company and Canada Land.
Peninsular and Oriental Steam shares improved
about 11.

ttITISFI FUNDS.-CLOSING PRICES -7-THIS DAY.

(Irani eke Official List:l

Pneinere dere.
83 90,x, 89i £,Oh 90
101.
210
Tl 7
1)0 90

3 per rent, Conso!s Antmitios
Nov 3i per Cent. Annuttleo
India Stock.
Bank Stock for Account
sot,. : r
..Ex3hogre7 Diila, `tid
a'10u......... ..
50!, .
8
S :;r.ll. ....... .....
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS—TVIS DAY.
Brazilian F. per Cent...,..... d
Do., 1829 and 1839, 5 per Cent .......
Guatemala Bonds, 5 per cent
Mexican 3 per Lent
Peruvian Bonds, 4i per Cent
Ditto 3 per Cent
DittoALcount
Russian Ponds, 1A22, St., 5 per Cent lo9i
Ditto, 4i per Cent. 984 9
Elpneich Bo:As, 3 per cent.
Dittc New Deferred, 3 per Cm'.
D'tto Account
........ 25,1 3,
par cent ..
Ditt ) Account
Dividends on the above payable in London.
French Routes, 4i per Cent.
Ditto 3 per Cent CBf. 25e. 02C 25f. 25c
Dutch Ez.t. ange, 2 per Cen',., 12 Guilders 651
Do. 4 i.icr Cent. Certificates . 93 z d
Consols, money . 7HREB O'OLOCIL.
................ 90 *1 Consols for account, October 14 .. ..........

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By it 3 new commercial treaty with France Russ'a
has inflicted a heavy blow on its protege, Greece. For.
merly the Greek wines introduced into Russia paid
about 50 per cent. lees than the French, but, as the
duty is now almost the same on both, few persons will
continue to drink the produce of the vines of the islands
of Scopelos, Skiatho4, Mykene, Santorin, Naces, sto.
The Greek skippers are also of opinion that they shall
soon lose a great part of the Southern Russia corn trade,
as the ships of France now erjey the same privileges as
the-e of Greece in all the Russian porte.
CLIPPER SIIIP RED JACKET.—A paragrann is goingthe round of the papers of the day to the effect that tat,
vessel has been taken up for the conveyance of horses
from the Cape. We are instructed to contradict the
statement if it is meant to apply to the c-lebrated clipper
of that name, so favourably known in the Austra!ian
trade in connection with the '"
White Star Line" of
Liverpool and Australian packets. The vessd is now
on her passage home from Melbourne, and her owners
intend t despatch her as the packet of the 20th
November.

SERIOUS A CCIpENTS.—Yeaf erday morning Charles
Brown, aged IG. residing in LAt-street, Borough, was
in the act of cleaning a horse, when the animal struck
out his hind leg, and buried the frog of the iron shoe in
his skull. He was picked ur, in a state of insensibility,
sad conveyed to Guy's Hospital. A second case is that
of Wm. Green, age,i six years, who rfsi,led at 'lonely-
down. He was in the act of getting on ths. fender, wben
he slipped, and pulled down an iron saucepan, and the
boilinj liquid went entirely over him. On his clothes
being taken off the fleeh literally adhered to them.