The Sun.
London, England, 1845-08-13 00:00:00

AIIBURG I-1 MAIL.
laPpLiN, JuLy 29.—The Austrian Government has
t,!Y ordered that travellers arriving from foreign
in
produce not only their passports but
cerificate (*llerrnaths-schcin).This
pt. cogst important measure, the motives fur which are
tht" ilhly to be looked for in the Catholic infection and.
ntred'ictiun of ideas of reform connected with it. It.
Nzi2_llsid,.r the probable effects of this measure on the
Procal intercourse, there seems reason to apprehend
...4t,other Governments may be obliged by it to adopt
4veilsals Izreatl) to be regretted.
,ect PETxasputtog JuLy 26.—The merchants of
xi° hangel and \Volegda have received, on their applica-
th:ht° the 'Ainister c pormission to seek within
o,o,',unaaris of Russa for guano, which is found nct
of t'h in "Flue island of the South Sea, but in the islands
41(1° IVhite zieft and the Northern Ocean, to collect it,
Sept' export it duty free from the seaports of the White

sev,i!xl.l CHAPELLE, Aro. 2.—A great sensation is
,to th
hPre by the answer of Lbc Minister of Finance,
duties Petition for an aurtmentaiion of tile protective
The S, 'which was signed by rea.rly 2.000 of our citizens.
shall 403Wer promises, indeed, that special attention
jcv,„ " maid to the subject, but observes, that his Ma-
ths{ cannot approve of such collective petitions evading
`legal channel. Every bay asks, what does he mean
expression
kt"a LIN, AUG. 3.—We expect in a few weeks the rati.
t1.01:1 of a treaty of commerce between the Z01ive-
...48,
and the kingdom of Sardinia, which is said to be
'arY,.lvantageous to
withladen marble, silk, oil, and fruit,
shortlyJtll arrive in our ports, and we shall supply
"Itila with our manufactun s, particularly linen. Such
ilotr eeaty
.‘vas contemplated some years ago, but is only
wo ncludod, through the able negotiation of the Sar-
ipttin Government to the Court of Berlin.—Hamburgh
gfets, Aug. 8.
pk,.
.e This German word seems to mean a certificate of the usual
of a bode.

BELGIAN FUNDS.—Baussus, Alta. 9.
Actual Debt, 2% per Cent •••••• • • • • • • •
Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent •••• • • • •
Loan of Thirty 31illions, Four per Cent •. • •
Ditto Three per Cent .•••••••• • • • • • • • • •
Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto ••• • • •
Ditto, ditto, 1840 .. •...•.. • • • .. .• •. IOIN
Ditto,ditto,lB44.. • • •• • • • lOl%
Ditto of the City, 1832
Ditto, 1843 101%
Rank ofßelgium.... • • •• . • •
Papers, Aug. 9.

DUTCH FUNDS.—ANSTERDADI, AUG, S.
Money. Bills.
... 64% 64%
77% 7814
• 100% 10114
1(.0 101
93 94%
16914 170%
• 100% 100
12 22
12 17
35 81 1£
35 5 0

Actual Debt, 234 per Cent
litho, 3 per Cent • • • • • •
Ditto, 4 per Cent.• • ....
Arriort Syndic, 434 per Cent ..
Ditto, 3,4; per Cent
Commercial Company, 434 per Cent .
Last India Loan, 4 per Cent • • • • •
Exchange on London, at sight .. •
Two months. • • • • • • • •
On Hamburgh, at sight
Two months,
On Paris • •
,„ Two months.
rapers, Aug. 9.

AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, AUG. 2
per Cent. Meta'finites ...... • • • • • • • • • • • • 1133,4
4 per Cent. ditto ..... ........ 102
3 per Cent. ditto
Loan, 1834 •
Ditto, 1839 • • • • • • • • • • • ...
Bank Shares •• • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Esterhazy's L wan •• • • • • • • • • • •
RAILWAYS.
The Northern, or Ferdinand ••••• . • • .. 2063
Vienna—Milan • • • • •• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 13736_
Gloo-gnitz ..... . .• ........ .• .• • • • • .. 157%
Leghorn 1243
Pesth .... • • •"" • • • • 112%
-"NeUlelne Zeitung, Aug. 5.
BORSENHALLE, Aug. 5,
Bills.
kustrian 5 per Cents • • . • • • • • ........ 1143
'lank Shares • • • •
uglo-Russian Loan • • • •
'lussian 5 per Cent., Ilamb. Certificate 105%
Ditto Ist series Inscription •••••• • • • • • • •"" 105%
Ditto, rlope and Co., 3d and 4th series • • 993
Ditto, in Certificate ••••• • • • • • •- 99 913%
New 4 per Cent., Hope and Co. ••• • • • 99%
Ditto Stieglitz • . . • • •
Spanish New 5 per Cent ••••••• • • • • • • • 20%
Ditto 3 per Cent • • • • • • • • • • 40
Anglo-Portuguese Loan, 234 per Cent 65
Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent ••• • •
Ditto 3 per Cent...
Polish New 4 per Cent. Loan, 1844
Anglo-Danish Loan 3 per Cent
National Bank Shares'
ht

.. 15914
.. 1291 i
.. 1630

Money

. 86,4
• 87%

'IREMENT of POST CAPTAINS.
rcpTO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
t alt'---The scheme of retirement proposed to the ac-
hithe of 300 captains of the royal navy has been,
erto
%kb. Variously commented on, but now appears to
tho, ine, in one opinion of its merits, the majority of
thc° interested and of those who can best appreciate
01,4.1' claims ; which opinion nearly coincides with my

Con •
b,L.ldering my position on the list of captains—about
bo 4nird from the bottom, my age being somewhat
legs 5 5 years—and sinking the regard which I, never-
tilled think due to 32 years previous time as lieutenaiint
teehe4nander, a large portion of which was passed
Ism'e War service, and ought in fairness to be held as
Pl4„l'ing my claim fur retired pay, I make no corn-
sQ„,-t on my own account. I readily admit that a fair
lit alert is offered me (should I relinquish my eligibi-
kitiVor active service), for what would be my chance of
i5:4;1441g the rauk and pay of rear-admiral, on the sup-
ttvi'm that 260 or 270 of my scuiors accept the offered
:,retner.t, and I decline it ?
illtbkit when I look at the proposed measure as it seems
etc tied to affect a large proportion of my elder brother
the I cannot conceive how any person can so abuse
.if l ght meaning of words as to call that liberal, which,
kkiet„ware a transaction in the ordinary relations of
an could hardly be characterised as anything but.
cif 53... Pq `"ly attempt to deprive most rightful claimants
The day.
!heir 6° or 60 senior captains, under whatever aspect
44Yin,-4, is viewed (more than that number of admirals
ttltiti°,uied since the last promotion), are most justly
kid ;" to the immediate rank and pay of rear-admirals ;
first if; the same advance were forthwith granted to the
Undred on the list (the junior of them having been
any ,tll° 32 years a captain), it could not be considered
The at stretch of generosity.
haye Government may or may not feel some real em-
Nuitan,ssn'ent in requiring the needful supply for the
othe-ule recompen-e of these veteran and meritorious
otia but would not all the disinterested and gener-
Jost, °L our land—all who would be distinguished as
liptshgrateful, ar.d patriotic, be forward to consent to the
ilitcs°, were it even greater than can be requisite ?
olay be many—no doubt there are some—of
tirip,„ain private means, to whom the proud title of a
4111,7 Admiral is the most coveted reward, but bare
of e '8
are a slender substitute for the well•earned means
vi(ikfort and independence.
grail Must doubt the genuiness of that justice, that
Prsi,ttldv, that patriotism, which, though loud in the
itql)fe °f these apil such men when their important and
th,i: services were rendered, in fighting the battles of
allbr country, protecting her commerce, guarding her
" from insult and invasion, and upholding her
r)fliZr in every corner of the world, now talks to them
?kir, erality, whilst essaying to foil their long-cherished,
aild reasonable expectationA s.
tig• 9, 1845. POST CAPTAIN.

thRESPECT TO THE DEATH BY
SL-4iPENTINERIVER LAST W EEK
()WNING OF WILLIAM POWELL IN THE

Royal Humane Society's Office, No. 3, Trafalgar-
square, Aug. 11, 1845.
Trafalgar-
Dear Sir--4 feel greatly obliged to you for drawing
hewattention to a report of proceedings at an inquest
*4, "fl Friday last on the body of a young man abo
De • ,unfertunately drowned while bathing in the Ser-
haltlit'ne River, and who might probably have been saved
for th,e Society's boatmen been more accurately in-
be hbY the eye-witnesses as to the exact spot where
4 4. ad been last seen; but on his body being found (at
th,siBtanee of more than a dozen yards from where the
4841(lers had indicated) fourteen minutes had elapsed,
4Which time was marked by a policeman.
was immediately carried to the Receiving-house,
attend "cry effort tees used by Mr. Woolley, the medical
tueetlesrt, to restore animation, but unhappily without
take this opportunity to inform you that this is the
kt,,tY fatal accident which has occurred since the bathing
411 Z ,bas commenced, although upwards of FOUR
ekr"REI) THOUSAND BATHERS have enjoyed
, Iu,11,11 health,,i. and cleanly exe-ci.st in the Serpex tine.
itig„-" here beg leave to add that at the aforesaid
or:est one of the jury having remarked (in the absence
it :13' knowledge of our very limited funds), " that
boatmen great pity the Society had not more boats and
til,tl:9en fur the protection of bathers," my reply was,
Ported Royal Humane Soaii..ty was more liberally sup-
tu e 9 the public the committee would be most happy
'end their aid in additional boats and not nay
;Di: the Serpentine, but Likewise upon the rive, 7 homes,
e andfatil accidebts almost daily occurred.

.rettlaie, dear Sir, your most obedient servant,
Pro J. CHARMER, Secretary.
p.s.vaeorge Robins, Esq., Covent•garden.
4itis James Carnie, for whom you obtained a small
%tatte_tiPtion for his great courage in leaping into the
last
.11 at Leith, during the frost and a heavy fall of snow
Prta",anulry, and saving a fellow-creature, has just been
ser‘;,..7ted at our Board with the medal he has so de-
ferebs'" wen, and a high testimonial on vellum, in re-
ly a arAt !.0 his bravery and great perseverance. I have
also that your assistance has been extended to a
m~'
''eserving and worthy husband and father.
01119 the above statement Mr. George Robins would
144141 d, that it really amounts to something AP-
11G4'iter,IIING SACRILEGE, TIIAT SUCH A
tub "1-Y INSTITUTION, instead of being properly
to`trted, sold only have such STINTED MEAN`
411'Y outfits benevolent intentions.

n.-I's
-Tow.—The news of the South Wales Rail-
th•°palll h •.
t„ aving received tbe royal assent, was received in
ourst"" au Tuesday last, when one universal shout of joy
orth
r,4 among the inhabitants : the bells were set in mo-
-4 Pealed out their jocund sounds at intervals during the
tttpet:od in the evening the strains of music were heard in the
kte,toll4,which did not cease until midnight. Indeed we do not
u'bite-d ahy occasion when such unmixed satisfaction was ex-
a 4,6 ILI, on this desired event. We hope the expectation of
roeh oat of trade here will be realised in consequence. Trades-
the Tnaking every preparation to meet the emergency, and
afo_a and lodging-V,uses also look forward to better times.
antouthshire Merlin.
stir. `fir Laidlaw, the faithful steward of Sir W.
4gL,ed about sixty-six, died on the 18th of May, in Ross-
tbi hi r,," was the friend from youth of the Ettrick Shepherd,
4").his—'ha'l7.fda Pastoral poet of no mean powers, as he evinced
aad Forest A . " Lucy's Flitting," and other ieces
.in Hogg's
alt linstrel." He was the occasional amanuensis of Scott
,
°P.ther an ornament to his own or to any other station
Treeem..4lltelligence and integrity are of value.—Literary