The Sun. — London, England, 1855-12-08 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocK. The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday was firmer, and prices were 1-16th to per lb. higher far American than on last Friday. The sales were estimated at 10,000 bales, of which 2,000 were for export and on speculation. The Railway Share Market was dull and prices were a shade lower. The Bank of England return for the week end ing Dec. 1 presents scarcely any change of im portance. There is a slight increase in the bullion, however, and owing to the large arrivals from Australia this is likely to be more apparent in sub sequent statements. Active Circulation Ircrease Bullion Increase £19,075,085 24,185 11,227,107 87,170 3,185,588 50,914 4,439,589 Rest.. Decrease Public Deposits Decrease Other Deposits Increase Seven-Day and other Bills Decrease Government Securities Decrease Other Securities Increase Notes unemployed 359,365 12,234,788 705,403 883,294 79,189 10,275,480 64,368 18,868,757 217,318 5,505,485 lucreage 12,840 Yesterday there was a reaction on the Paris Bourse, and the prices of the French Rentes reco vered all they had previously declined, and ad vanced 35 centimes in the 3 per Cents. for money, and 20e. for the account. The 4/ per Cents. ruled at 91f. 50c. both for money and the account, being an improvement of 1 per cent. on the former, and per cent. on the latter. The following Railway Shares improved also :—Orleans, 2f. 50c. ; Nor thern, sf. ; Lyons, 2f. 50c. ; Midland, 7f. 50c. ; Western, 2f. 50c. ; Grand Central, 2f. 50c. ; and Shares of the Credit Mobilier rose 15 francs. In the Paris Grain Market much activity was observable among buyers, at a decline in the high prices both of wheat and flour which have ruled for the last month. The best samples of flour were offered at 108, and purchased at 107 for immediate delivery. The factors declared a sale of 1,534 sacks, at an average of 106 f. 19c. the 157 kilo grammes. Wheat has fallen from 50c. to lf. per sack of 1/ hectolitres, rye is always in demand at an advance of 50c. per sack of 115 kilogrammes, and oats have fallen 50c. per 3 hectolitres d uring the week. Commercial advices from Havre contain a letter from the Prefect of the Seine-Inferior, relative to a rumour which was current in that city, that the Government were purchasing, through the agents of the Credit Mobilier Bank, large quantities of American wheat and flour, arrived there. The letter contradicts the assertion, as being totally without foundation. Accounts from the Vienna and Berlin Bourses inform us that the number of subscribers for the sum of 15 million florins, set apart for the public in the New Austrian Bank of Credit, from all parts of the Continent was most extraordinary, and many would consequently be disappointed in the allotment of shares. There has been very little animation in the Eng lish Stock Market to-day, partly in consequence of the transfer books being shut for the deduction of the interest. The quotations, however, have ruled firmer. Consols were 898 and, lastly, 89 ex dividend for January 10. For special transfer the prices have been 90k to 90k. The New Three per Cents. have ranged from 8n to 89 i , and the Reduced from 898 to 89k. Bank Stock ruled steady at 209 to 2101. Exchequer Bills remained at 6s. to 2s. discount, and India Bonds were 4s. to 3s. discount. The Thirty Years' Annuity of 1885 has been 16. E 5-16ths. The dealings in the Foreign Stock Market have not extended to half-a-dozen securities, but the quotations have been rather higher. Turkish 6 per Cents., after rising to 84i and 85, closed at about 841 In the New Scrip no business was officially recordud. Duonos Ayroa Donde are buoyant, viz., 55 to 58, and Spanish have tended upwards, the New Deferred being 20i and the Passive 7g. Dutch and Mexican Stocks were nominal. The following are the nominal prices of foreign stocks: Grenada Deferred. Bonds, 61 to 7 ; Mexican, 19'g= to ; Peruvian, 75 to 76 ; ditto Three per Cents., to —; Portuguese Four per Cents., 41 to 46 ; Russian Five per Cents., 97 to 99 ; ditto Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 88 to 90; Spanish Three per Cents., 391 to 40 ; ditto Deferred, 20B to ditto Certificates, 4i to a ; ditto Passive, 71 to Railway Shares have generally been supported. Caledonian improved 55., Lancashire and York shire 55., North British 11., North-Eastern and Berwick 155., and do. York 10s. Paris and Lyons were ss. higher, and also Great Western of Canada. Mining and Banking Shares were firm, but quiet. Oriental have risen 103. Van Diemen's Laud have further receded. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY IT ONE O'CLOCK. Frcrri, the Otieial Lire. Au ones- :on • Bank Stock 3 per Lent. Reduced Anu,dtis. 3 per Cent Consols Annuities N , ~v 3 per Cent. Annuities .......89 B Long Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860... . Ditto ',?O Years, expire 10th Oct., 1859 3 5-1 G Ditto 30 Years, expire sth April, 1885 l6 5-16 1 India Bonds, £lOOO Ditto, ander E.I.M) 3 ecou , :ols ,or Account, Jan. 10 B9l 1x d Exchequer Bills, Yid. £l000 Small 5 1 - • PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLO( K. Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 por Ceut 55 8 Spanish Bowls, 3 per Cent Ditto Few Deferred, 3 per Cont. Ditto Passive Tarkinh Bonds, 6 per cent Ditto for the Account B4 5 4Lt Dividends on tho above payable in London. TWO O'CLOCK. Consols ... B9l 5 5 10 10 20 5 !0 18 LITERATURE. The Dictionary Appendix. By C. Vines. Sixth Edition. Seeley and Co. Honestly we must, just in so many words, pro test against this little volume of a hundred pages, boastfully entitled " The Dictionary Appendix and Orthographer," as a really miserable and con temptible catchpenny. It requires, we think, to be characterised at last thus plainly—because we observe that it has already been puffed into a sixth edition, by means of what we cannot but re gard as a series of most unjustifiable advertise ments. The book is announced to be one contain ing " upwards of seven thousand words " not contained in the Dictionary, and people deluded by that announcement expend four shillings in the purchase of a copy of this boasted treasure of in formation, only to turn over 100 pages to the fol lowing efect : "Yarr, yarred, yarring Yawl, yawled, yawling Yawn, yawned, yawning 3 Yean, yeaned, yeaning 3 Yearn, yearned, yearning 2 Yelp, yelped, yelping Yield, yielded, yielding 2 " Page after page, leaf after leaf, " The Dictionary Appendix," published by the Messrs. Seeley and Company for 4s. (and "no money returned," as they say at the Hockley-in-the-hole places of enter tainment), comprises a store of inestimable instruc tion, going just so far and no farther " Do, done, doing." " Cheat, cheated, cheating." And so forth, and so forth—with a cabalistic number affixed to each precious fragment of intelligence, a number referring the astonished student to one or ether out of some fifteen arbitrary rules—preceded by this astounding Note ! "For the information of those who have not received a scholastic education, we observe that the vowels are a, e, i, o, u, and y, and &so w when it follows another vowel, and that all the other letters in the alpha bet are consonants." It is something, we conceive, perfectly monstrous that a hundred and odd pages of such stuff as this should have been foisted through six successive editions—at the rate of 4s. for each copy of the little catchpenny volume—by means of an organised scheme of delusive advertising. So monstrous "that we here protest against it in the strongest of indignation. 1311 ARE IVI ARK ET S. (THIS DAY.) RAILWAYS. 101oaing Prices 1 yesterday. 8 iislassa dot a thLa day. RAILWAY!. ikbera.en Ambg. Nottng. Bost. and Rasta. Janet_ Belfast & Ballymen.x. Wolverh Stour Valley '_lirkeihd. Lancak. Cheshire Janet )o. Chezh. & Birk.; £5O and £25 Cons Do., £2O ftiyth &Ty n e original £25 (ism'. at .£4.; Bristol and Exeter... Caledonian. Carm. and Ca - rdigan Chester a Holyhead. Cork and Bandon.. Cork, Black, +Ss Pas, Cornwall Do. A Do. B CI le/ Junction.... Du olitlaßelfastJunc Dun. P. & Abe,. Do. ...... East ALglian Eastern Counties East. Union, A SU Do., B. StottE Do., New A East Kent East Lancashire Edinburgh& Gllasgort - Edinb. and Peebles Edin.Prtb dinrui4H, Forth & Clyde Juni Furness Do. Extension Glas'ow&S Neat Great N. of Scotind, Great Northern._ Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &West.(lre Great Western Do. Stour Val. Rs!: Gaa. Stk Irish South-Eastern. Lancaster & Carlisle (,Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds andYorksi Do., Wet. Tin. Liv.Crsby.&Sonthpt London & Blackwa)l Lon& Bright & S.Cet. ILond. and N. Westn. 'Do. Fifths D0.101.1.1h.,M&8 , ..0 Do. Eighths . London andS. Waste Do., L 51.1 Do., £4O. Lndndrry& Col ors i u. Lndndr7. & Ennisis Manch.She°.k Lincl. Do. Shares, No. ' Do., Mae , . tiL Lin. u n Metropolitan Midland I ie. Birmng. & Derb ;AIM. G. West.(lre, Do. Half ShareQ Newcastle & Carlisif Nwpt.Aberg. Newry & EnniskilloL Newry Warrenpoim and Rostrevor.. Norfolk Northn.Comities North British North Devon, No. 1 Do., No. 2 ; )0., A A Deferred Do., B Guaranteed N. astern—Bendel= Do. do. Extension Dodo. G.N.E. Do. Leeds ... Do. York North London N.&S.Wstrn.,lianD stead, and City Ji ' North Statfordshir• 1 North Western I.& S. Westrn. Junc Nuneaton, Flinckl , y and Leicester.. tlx, Wore., & Woly. I ?txtfriaouth o.,tiali Central_ Scottish Midland Shropshire Unton month Devon ;oath Eastern South Wales S. Yrk,sh. & Riv. 1 1)0 'Raines, Wok. &Wok tockton & Dan! 4thAton is Hr.rtlepi raff Vale Pref., No, 1.. Thames liay. D.& R. Mverstone dr Lanes Vp.le of Noath Waterfd. & Kilkenn3 Waterford&Limor , el West Cornwall. West End of London and Crystal Palace Do. A ..... Do. B West London. Wimblodn Sz Croydon ke-itwert,iy rd,tn Do. 5 p. c. Oblgs. eon. in Sh. at par till '6•l Ardennes gavtn. Juru Beziers to On' ss-skr.L. • Bombay, Ilaroda, an ' Do. Demerara Rhenivh Eastern of Franca . be. New East Indian, g. 5 p. r, Do. Est.ension Do. do. do., '59, do. Gd. Tk. of CanadttA Do. St. Lawrence A Atlantic do. I . )o. Cert. of Deben. eon. into Stk. till 'fi:Ts DO, Comp. 6p. c., do. Gt. Central of Fran' Gt Indian Peninauln guar. 5 per cent... Do. New 5 per cent, no. Extensions. Great Lnxembottri Constitutorl Sharep Do. Obligations... Ot.Westornofflanad Shares Do. New Do. Rd% ' payable's7, r with option till , 50.. Do. do., '62, p. '56... Do. do., '76, p. M. do., '73, without option Hamilton & Toronto Do. ti per cent. fake Const. & Liorro and Turnhout I Lyons and Genova Lyons & Mediterran. Madras Do. New ?(aria Antonia Do. do. Now Namur & Liege (.4 , it'r, interest) Do. (ox interest)._ Northern of France. D0.20i. She Do. 20/. 3 p. c Bdr (fmy.B.&Ams.Shs. NorwegianTrunkPre' Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen— ParisCaeu & Cherbrg. Do.. Rome and Frascati Rouen and Havre IRoyal Danish Royal Swedish Do. Obligations Sambre and Mouse 1 Do. 54 p. cout. Prof Made D 0... Southern of Franee St. Andrew's and Quebec (A). West Flanders Do b por u. Prof_ Western of France Do. Zealand JOINT-SI Bank of London ..... -sri. Col. Ilk .& Li% C. , ritish N. American :Marti]. Bank of Asinl ' l hrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China City.................... Colonial . . ............... Commercial of Lond. Eng. S3 cot.&Aus.Cht. Lend. Chart. Bk. of Australia Ditto New ................ and County Lna. &E. Thakg. Corp London Joint Stock. Lond. & weatminstel National Pro.of Eng. Do. New National of Ireland. Now South Wales Oriental Bank of Corporation. ?rovincial of Ireland Do. Nrw Royal Australia. Bkg & f 01 i Trap Co Royal British .oath Australia Union of Anstr=dia Do. New ..... 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''' pin - 191 23 - 213 2 1 1 -- 24 8i - 8i i - iP ... ... -- pm 34 - 4 i 294 - 30 18 - 19 BANKS, 91 : , 3 54 - 66 ii : i-d 59 - ; .. - ... 15i - 16 - 17 par 2p •« - ... 37 : 3:1 38 - 39 t' 3 M ~M 40 - 42 73 - 75 8 9 30 31 THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVRN'Ii MARKET NEWS.—(This Day). SPORTING NOTES. COVENT GARDEN'. WORDS ABOUT WOLVERHAMPTON. We had a steady demand for fruit and vegetables to day, at full quotations. The supplies were seasonably ex tensive. With its combined attractions of flat races and steeple chases, the meeting announced to take place at Wolver hampton on Monday and Tuesday next will doubtless command a fair share of success. The promoters of it certainly deserve encouragement ; and the liberal sup port which they have received from their fellow towns:, men indicates that in their own locality at least their spirited exertions have been appreciated. Ten events are appointed for decision during the two days ; and al though the fields are not likely to be large, yet the sprat will doubtless be suffiJiently interesting to excite and sustain curiosity. Much uncertainty of course exists as to the probable starters, the cold weather which has set in doubtless causing many of the animals which have been entered for the flat races to be confined to their straw beds. The Shorts Handicap has sixteen nomina tions. Of the three-yr-olds Usurer and Plausible are the most noteworthy, and of the two-yr-olds the speedy little Prince's Mixture. Should old Ploughby start for the Selling Steeplechase, he ought to win, unless indeed he find Ginger too " hot" for him. Of Bourton's pre sent form and condition I have no certain knowledge ; should Emigrant, therefore, be " intended," I shall be inclined to let him do battle for me for the " Grand Annual." For the Autumn Handicap I shall select Alonzo. For the Hurdle Race I have no "fancy." December 8. A FRESH MAN. FRIIIT.—Pine apples, English, 4s to 7s per lb; colonial do., Os to Os each ; hot-house grapes, 3s Od to 6s Od per lb ; foreign ditto, Od to Os ; melons, 2s Od to 4s Od each; peaches, 2s Od to 6s ; nectarines, is 6d to 4s per dozen ; apples, is Od to 3s Od per half sieve ; pears, 2s Od to 5s per half sieve ; plums, Os to Os per sieve ; green gages, Os per punnet; apricots, is 6d t.o 5s Od per doz.; common plums, Os 01 to Os Od per sieve ; cherries, Od to Od per pound ; lemons, 4s to 8s Od per 100 ; oranges, 5s to 10s per 100; fil berts, Os to Os per doz. lbs ; cobnuts, lOs to Os ; almonds, Os to Os per lb. ; walnuts, 8d to 10(1 per 100 ; figs, Os 9d to is 6d per doz. ; strawberries, Od to Od per pottle ; goose berries, Os Od to Os Od per half sieve ; currants, Os Od to Os Od per half sieve ; raspberries, Od to Od per pottle. VEGETABLES.—Greens, is 6d to 3s Od per doz. bunches; Savoy cabbages, 9(1 to is 6d per dozen; red ditto. 3s to 5s Od per ditto ; brocoli, 6d to is 6d per doz. ; potatoes, 85s to 115 s per ton ; vegetable marrow, Od to Os per doz. ; peas, 3s to 5s Od per bushel ; broad beans, is Od to is 9d per half sieve ; turnips, 2d to 4d per bunch ; carrots, 3d to 5(1 per bunch ; cucumbers, Os 2d to Os 61 each ; garlic, Gd to Os 8d per pcund ; spinach, is 6d to 2s Od per sieve ; old onions, 4s to 5s per bushel ; new ditto, Os Od to Os per doz. bunches ; leeks, Id to 2d per bunch ; shallots, 4d to 6d horse-raddish, 2s Od to 4s 0(1 per bundle ; parsley, 2d to 3d per bunch ; celery, Os 9d to is 3d per bunch ; endive, is :id to 2s 3d per score ; beat, is Od to 2s per doz. ; parsnips, Os 6d to is Od per dozen ; small salad, 2d to 3d per punnet ; mushrooms, is 3d to is 9d per pottle ; artichokes, 3s to 4s per half sieve ; cabbage lettuces, 9d to is Od per score ; sorrel, Gd to is per half sieve ; radishes, is to is 3d per dozen hands ; tomatoes, 3s to 4s per half sieve; chillies, is to is 6d per 100; Brussels sprouts, Os Od to Os per half sieve ; capsicums, is Od to 2s per 100 ; walnuts pickling, Gd to is per 100 ; cauliflowers, s to 6s Od per doz. NEWGATE AND LEADENFIALL. Turkeys, 4s 6d to 10s Od ; Geese, 5s Od to Os 6(1. each ; Ducks, 2s 3d to 2s 9d ; wild ditto, is 3d to 2s Od ; rabbits, is to is Gd each ; Pigeons, 7d to 9d each ; large Surrey Fowls, Os Od to Os 0(1 ; middling, is 9d to 2s 9d ; Chickens, is 9(1 to 2s 3d ; Capons, 3s 6d to 4s 61.1; Hares 2s 6d to 3s 6d. ; Grouse, is 9d to 2s Od each ; Pheasants, 3s 3d to 3s 6d ; partridges, is 3d to Is 9d each ; Guinea Fowls, 2s 6d to 3s Od each. Ostend fresh butter, lls 6d to 12s 6d, and English lls 6d to 15s Od per dozer lbs. English Eggs, Os 01 to 10s Od ; French ditto, 5s 6‘l to Pi s 61 per 120. NEWPORT. Beef from 3s 4d to 4s 6d ; mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 6d veal 3s 8d to 46 8d ; pork, 3s 6d to 5A d per 81bs. WRITECIIAPEL. Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 6(1; mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 6d ; veal 3s 8d to 4s 8d ; pork, 3s 6d to 53 Od per 81135 by the carcase BILLINGSGATE. Turbots, 3s Od to 218 ; Brills, 3s Od to lOs each; Salmon, 2s 6d to 3s Od per lb ; Cod Fish, 2s Od to 12s each ; soles, 3d to is 6d per pair; Eels, 8d to is per lb; Lobsters, Is Gd to 3s Od ; Crabs, 6d to 2s Od ; Whitings, 3s Od to 12s per doz. ; Common Oysters, 20s to —s ; Natives, 60s to 64s per bsh ; Mackerel, 60s to Os per 100 ; Smelts, is Od to 3861 per doz.; Skate, 6d to Od per lb; Shrimps, is 6cl to 2s 6d per gallon; Bloaters, is Od to is 6d per doz. ; Fresh Herrings, 4s Od to 5s per 100. ; Scotch do.. 6d; Sprats, 8s Od to Os 0.1 per bushel ; Doreys, 2s 6d to lOs each ; Haddocks, 4s to 15s per doz. ; Pike 6d ; Sturgeon, 6d per lb; Prawns, 4s Od to Os; Mullets, 6d to is 6d ; Plaice, 4d to 18 each ; Halibut, Gd per ; Flounders, is 6d to Os per dozen. BREI.D. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis aro from lld to llid ; of household ditto, 9d to ioo per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 3id to Od ; 641 b to 721 b, 3id to 4d ; 721 b to 801 b, 4d to 41d ; 801 b, to 881 b, 44(1 to 40 ; 881 b to 961 b, 46d to 5d ; 961 b to 1041 b, 5d to 5Ad ; 104 to 1121 b 50 to 6d ; upwards, Od to Od ; Horse hides, 6s tid to Os Oil ; calf skins, light, 2s 6d to 3s 6d ; ditto, full, 68 6d to 7s Od ; Polled Sheep, bs Od to 7s 3d ; Dents, 4s Od to 5s 6d ; Half-broth, 4s 9d to 5s Gd ; Downs, 3s 9d to 4s 6:1; Lambs, Os Od to Os Od ; Shearlings, Os Od to Os Od. HAY &tA[LKETS. SMITIIITELD. — Meadow hay, 4/ 58 to 6/ Gs ; cloves ditto, 4/ 15s to 7/ Os; and straw, 1/ 49 Od to 1/ 98 Od per 10.J.d. A moderate supply, awl a steady demand. UIIIIMERLAND.—Meadow hay, 4/ 8 to 6/ Os ; clovoi do., 41 15s to 7/ Os ; and straw. 1/ 5s to 11 10a per load. Supply rather limited, and trade firm. WHITECHAPEL. — Meadow hay, 4/ be to 6 , Oi; clover do., 4,10 s to 71 Os ; and straw, 11 4s to 1 / 10a nor load. Both hay and straw sold steadily, at full quotations. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) I,ONDON, Dec. 7.—Wind this •tay at noon, N.W. strong breeze and fine frosty weather. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Saturday Morning. Arrived—Fox, from Newport ; Alliance, (s), Havre ; Wonder and Sonth•Western, (s), Jersey. Sailed—Argyll, (s), for Carentan ; Atalanta and Alliance, (s), Havre ; Despatch, (s), Jersey; Vesta, Dublin; Char lotte, Guernsey. LIVERPOOL, Saturday morning. Wind N.N.E. Sailed—Countess of Sefton, for Lima. QUEENSTOWN, Dec. 6. Find N.W. • Miramichi, from Quebec ; Wm. Myles, E. A. Soullard, Melbourne, and British Merchant, Callao ; Hibert, Monte Video ; Albert, Demerara ; Elizabeth, Athens ; Clipper, Mangan ; Harriett, Athens ; Jonquil, Santander ; De spatch, Syra ; Flora, Labrador ; St. Croix, Honduras ; Moses Wheeler, Baltimore. Sailed.—Josephine, for Philadelphia; Susan, Genoa. (BY SUBMARINE AND. BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Saturday, 9.41 a.m. Wind E. ; tide two hours' flood ; weathor cloudy. Arrived—Prima, from Guernsey; Speedy, Patras ; Ara bella, Patras. DEAL, Saturday, 9.34 a.m. Wind E.S.E., moderate. Passed.—Patricia, from Jamaica, for London ; John Adamson, from London, for Trinidad ; Lucia, from Lon don, for Naples ; St. George, from London, for Barbadoes ; Ganges, from St. John's, for London ; Primula, from Mauritius, for London; liarbingcr, No. 86, Transport, from the Black Sea, for London. Sailed, nearly the whole of the homeward bound and outward bound for their dent inations. The Southampton remains and some others. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. Trade Wind (ship), Arraca ,n to Falmouth, Nov. 14, lat 27 N, long 36 W. Mary Ann Christoph, of and from Glasgow to Singapore, July 26, lat 17 N, long 26 W., Eliza Stewart, Calcutta to. Havre, Dec. 3, lat 48 N, long 9 W. Salatija (Dutch barque), London to Batavia, Oct. 12, lat 16 S. long 33 W. No. 9450, second distinguishing pendant, Oat. 22, let 1 S, long 30 W. Cressy (ship), Oct. 28, let 9 N, long 28 W. No. 6982, second distinguisAing pendant, Bahia to Lon don, Nov. 11, lat 33 N, long 37 W. Bengal, Ceylon to London, Dec. 3, lat 43 N, long 9 W. Belfast (ship), Aug. 5, let G N, long 94 E. Reliance, Calcutta to London, Sept. 11, lat 33 S, long 31 W. Gezusters, Simon's Bay to Amsterdam, Oct. 11, let 15 S, long 7 W. Chetchey, of London, from. Akyab, Oct. 23, lat 6 N, long W. Von Capone, Amsterdam two Melbourne ; Hogue, Lon don to Sydney, N.S.W. ; Che aidernagore, London to Bom bay, all on Oct. 27, let 9 N, 1 sug 24 W. Nymph, of Jersey, London to Mauritius, Oct. 9, let 19 S, long 30 W. Melbourne, Callao to Queertsrtown, Nov. 10, lat 30 N, long 42 W. Ocean Gom, of Sunderland, for Table Bay, Oct. 5, let 5, long 28 W. Janet Willis, Lacadive Isla ads, to Llanelly, Oct. 16, let 9 N, long 25 W. The Canute, bound to Calciatta, Oct. 17, let 10 N, long 26 W. William M'Gowan, from Liverpool, Dec. 4, Tuskar Light bearing N.E. 45 mile s . Windsor (English ship), and Useful, steering WNW, Aug. 19, the Lombock Peak, .bi3aring S W. Pequot (ship), Calcutta to Li rndon, Aug. 13, lat 29 5, long 44 E. Alexander Baring, Liverpool to Calcutta, Oct. 23, lat 8 N, long 23 W. Pocahontas, Madras to Lon coon, Oot. 29, lat 19 N, long 32 W. Steadfast, of London, for Geelong, Nov. 19, lat 41 N, long 17 W. Grampian, London to Ne p• Orleans, lat 45 N. long 11 W. Emile (Oldenburgh brig), "Li o Janeiro to Cowes (75 days out), lat 49 N, long 6 \V. Emerald Islo, Malta to M varitius, and Alonzo (ship), SAM e day. Hurricane (Dutch ship), Nov.. 2, lat 10 N, long 24 W. William of Dundee, Cardiffl o Monte Video, Nov. 3, lat 11 N, long 24 W. Ida, Launceston to London,. Nov. 9, lat 24 N, long 31 W, and was in company six d2s: ys. PEACE RETMOURS. (Front a Correspon dent of the Times.) VIENNA, Deo. 4.—ln his letter of November 30th, which appeared in the seco.zhd edition of the Times of December Ist, your Paris , correspondent states that Austria has announced to the Emperor Napoleon her in tention to present an ultimatfam to Russia, calling upon her to accept peace on te) rms to which the Western Powers can with honour awree. In diplomatic circles it is related that Count Boot! is inclined to believe that he has found a basis for pea c(., "which is likely to prove acceptable to both parties ;" and it is also known that Prince Gortschakoff has, wi thin the last few days, some what lowered his tone, but still the prevailing impres sion is, that Russia will con Mune to refuse to consent to any limitation of her fleet in the Black Sea. As you well remark, in one of your :recent leaders, p eace i s w h at . every rational man desires, but must be peace "on such terms as will insure a continuance o the bles s i n g to Europe for many years for come.' The bar silver brought by the last West India steamer was sold yesterday at 61g.d., showing no alteration in price. The Mexican doll:a re are not yet sold. The Madrid papers sar that, in some excavations which were recently made o n the site of what was for merly the cemetery of the .. ens of Santa Clara, in that city, a deal body was found •which there is reason to be lieve was that of the famous. -painter Velasquez. IRON Strips.—Their platf Is ought to have the makers' names stamped legibly upof t them, as there has been a deal of bad iron made dur in g the last three years, and some of it little better than a cast iron. Should any of the ships built in the last foi w years meet with an acci dent from the cause of bad iron, the makers of it ought to be made a public exam pie. I saw a vessel a short time ago that bad been run into, that was built in the Clyde, and the quality of by tr. plates was very bad, and looked more like cast than ar rought iron. Plates have been ,nade so as barely to stae nd the punch going through them, and plenty of the holes have been cracked in the riveting and filled up with re d lead. The rivets ought to be made from the best war ought scrap iron, and not from the rolled bars,—.T. Cl 4 ,re, jun., in the Mechanics' Magazine. THE NEGOTIATIONS. (From the Press of this day.) The information which the Press was the first to com municate to the public, that a pacific negotiation, directly sanctioned by the Emperor of the French, was in progress, is now universally known to be correct. After four weeks of mysterious silence, occasionally broken by impertinent doubts and equivocal denials, the truth is admitted by the organs of Government. But they are careful to leave the transaction in obscu rity. We are not told what the proposals transmitted by the Emperor of the French were, nor in what spirit they have been considered by our Cabinet—nor -what has actually been done with respect to them—nor what probability there is that they will lead to a satisfactory result. These dark oracles only inform us that a nego tiation is in progress, and that Austria is the mediating Power ; they leave us to guess the rest. We believe we may affirm that the proposals have in substance been sanctioned by Lord Palmerston's Cabi net ; that they have been returned to the Emperor of the French ; and that direct communication upon theca is now opened between the Courts of Vienna and St. Petersburg. It is hinted by the Ministerial journals that Russia has not yet been in any way a party to the negotiation. If they intend by this to discredit its sincerity, and to make it unpopular, they perform an ill office f,r their patron. Are we to suppose that Lord Palmerston would lend a willing ear to proposals which came from Austria only, and that he would consent to the Allies making the first advances for peace ? What becomes, then, of the ':.oasts of his partisans—that he would make Russia sue for peace on her knees, and that he would nerer incre recognise Austria as a mediator in the quarrel ? Bat, altogether apart from the previous declarations of Lord Palmerston, to which we admit no great import ance should be attached, we have in the character of the Emper.x of the French a guarantee that the negotiation opened under his auspices is bona fide. Re is too politic to commit himself to proposals of peace without some firm assurance that Russia is disposed to accept them. Another abortive negotiation would cover the courts of France and England with disgrace. It is not to be cre dited that they should expose themselves to the humilia tion of soliciting peace from St. Petersburg, and of soliciting it in vain. Aga:n - st the vague statements of the Ministerial organs our readers may set our positive assertion that the first overtures proceeded from Russia, and that the Emperor of the French is satisfied of their sincerity. Hence we are disposed to augur favourably of the nego tiation, and to believe that with judicious management it may be brought to a successful conclusion. The failure of the last effort affords no ground for dis couragement. The time was unreasonable and the cir cumstanceg adverse. The persons principally concerned in originating the negotiation were removed from its conduct—the Emperor Nicholas by death, and Lord Aberdeen by the dissolution of his Government. By the Emperor of the French it could never have been regarded with favour, as it would not have been possible for the Allies to have withdrawn their forces from before Sebastopol without grievous injury to their m►li tary reputation. It is questionable whether negotia tion should have ever been entered on while an enter prise undertaken with so much pomp remained in sus pense. The abrupt ending of the Vienna Conferences may be attributed to other causes than the impossibility of solving the third point in a satisfactory manner. The great difficulty which then existed to the establish ment of peace is now removed. The negotiation will be opened on new ground, and in all probability with a clear understanding between the Powers concerned of the points which must be enforced on one side and con ceded on the other. The Emperor of the French will feel his honour concerned to bring to a successful issue an arrangement which he has taken a leading part in originating ; and under his firm and skilful guidance, we may reasonably hope that in the discussion of the pro posed terms whatever difficulties occur they will be overcome. To save Europe from a grave scandal, it is above all things necessary that now, at the very commencement of the negotiation, the several Powers should declare their sentiment. with perfect sincerity, and prevent, a• 3 far as in them lies, all chance of future inisraidkretand jog. We desire negotiation,—not for the sake of nego tiation, bet fur the sake of Peace. It is not to be tolerated that any Government should take part in it with the view of creating obstacles, or of watching for opportunities of dissension. Bitter, a thousand times, that no pacific discussion should take place than that it should he conducted with duplicity and marred by chi cane. If, in the opinion of the belligerent States, the time for. Peace has not yet come, and, in the present state of affairs, it is impossible to arrange their pretensions, of what avail will it fie to amuse their people with idle hopes of a cessa tion of hostilities ? Each failure of the kind will tend to weaken public faith in future negotiation, and thus bring into disrepute the only means which exist of ter minating the calamities of war. The Allies on one side, and Russia on the other, now thoroughly understand each other's position, can compute their respective forces, and know with tolerable precision what are the objects in dispute. If the desire for peace be mutual, and the outlines of a settlement be arranged, ordinary good faith with ordinary prudence on the part of the negotiators can scarcely fail of being at. tended with success. They will play a perilous game for themselves and their countries should they venture on falsehood, for no punishment would be too great, and no execration too loud for the diplomacy which sacrificed the peace of the world to the attainment of its own sinister ends. ItU;33IAN VERSION OF THE _PASSAGE OF THE INGOUB. Wo have received the St. Petersburg journals of the 29th of November. The Invalids Russe publishes the following, under the heading " News from the Eastern Coast of the Black Sea" : "In the second half of the month of October the Turkish troops landed at Soukum Kaleh, under the command of Omer Pasha, commenced an offensive move ment against Mingrelia, a d vanc i n g in two columns, the one onAnaklia, by the sea coast, and the other towards the lower course of the river Ingonr, following the Roukleroad by Otsartsa The total force of these troops amounted to about 28,000 infantry and 2,000 cavalry with 26 pieces of artillery. " On the 17th (29th) of'October flying detachments of the enemy showed themselves on different points of the right bank of the Ingour, but received by the fire of our pickets placed along the left bank, they withdrew. " Meantime, Major-General Prince Bagration-Moukh rausky, leader of the Gouriel detachment, concentrated the main body of his forces in the Roukh position to await the enemy as soon as he had crossed the river and give him battle, turning to account the advantages of the ground, which were favourable to defensive operations. "On the 25th of October (November 6), about noon, the Turks near Otsartsa opened a violent cannonade against our position at Roukb, and, after two hours violent firing, advanced a portion of their infantry to ' wards the river. Our well-directed fire forced them to withdraw hastily. "Simultaneously with this demonstration 25 hostile battalions, which had crossed the river below Roukh (at from 15 to 20 Torts) near the village of Koki, at tacked two battalions of the line of Georgia, which were stationed at that point. At the very commencement of the combat the two commanders of those battalions, Colonel Josselian and Lieutenant-Colonel Zvanboi, were killed. Our reserve, on arriving on the ground, con tinued the combat for some time, but, after an obstinate struggle of FIX hours duration, in which 'the enemy had four times been driven back into the river, the Turks, eight times their number, and, as some of the artillery horses had been killed, 'our detachment was under the necessity of sacrificing three guns. Accord. ingly, after three murderous rounds of grape fired into the dense columns of the enemy, our gunners, according to order given beforehand, dismounted the guns, and, having rendered them unserviceable, abandoned them. "To cool the ardour of the enemy's attack, Prince Rigration-Monklira.usky (who bad arrived on the field of battle) ordered the 11th battalion of the Black Sea division to advance once more ; the Turks were driven b ack; they, however, maintained their footing on the left bank of the Ingour in the intrenchments which they had erected. Darkness put an end to the combat. " Our loss, an exact return of whi c h h as not yet b een made, was considerable ; that of the enemy must also have been heavy, for, as already observed, their troops were four times driven hack into the river. "Oa the 26 th of October (7th of No vem b er ) th e Turks occupied the village of Zougdidy, having pushed on their advanced posts to the river Djouma ; our forces are concentrated on the river Tsiva, which falls from the tight side ii to the Rion, at about 40 versts from the mouth of the latter. THE MARCO PoLo.--Liverpool, Dec. 7.—The Marco Polo floated off safely with last night's tide, and, having fortunately sustained no damage, she proceeded on her voyage this morning. ni i i 88i 8 9 33 d i 9 8 54 DEC I ENUBER 8 1855. TICKETS OF LEAVE. The following letter has been addressed to the editor of the Times : Sir,—l shall be glad if you can afford space in your columns for a few observations upon the probable future working of the ticket-of-leave system, or, I should rather say, of the system of secondary punishment substituted for transportation. In order, however, to make the subject intelligible, it is necessary to disabuse the public mind, and also a con siderable portion of the press, both as to the causes which led to the grants of these tickets, and the inten tion of the grants themselves ; and, to do so, I must shortly revert to our colonial policy with respect to eon yids. It was formerly the practice to distribute the con victs in different colonies, and assign them by tickets of leave, after a term of probation, to respectable colonists, to whom they became domestic or farm servants, shep herds, and the like; but they continued subject to the colonial authority, and liable to have their tickets re called, and be remitted to incarceration upon complaint of misconduct. They were also, under special cir •umstances —as extraordinary good conduct, or in cases—allowedpolitical to become settlers under a ticket of leave—a system not ill adapted to the wants of a growing colony, but, I believe, wholly inapplicable to the mother country. It is manifest that regulations which may be advantageous in a thinly -peopled country, where labour is scarce and temptations not abundant, may be most mischievous in a country where the labour-market is overstocked and the temptations to crime are enormous. Some years ago it was deemed expedient—whether rightly or not I have no means of judging—that the as signmeet system should be abandoned ; and the natural result was that the colonists, losing the personal advan tage they had previously enjoyed from unpaid labour, saw only the evils which the convict population brought upon them, and became averse from its continuance ; and shortly afterwards it became the practice for the Co lonial-office to transport all the convicts to Hobart Town. The consequence was that the colony was soon over stocked with a convict population, which became so dis proportionate to the respectable settlers, and had such a fearful ratio of males beyond females, that thegravestdis orders ensued, and I am not overstating the case when I say that the reports to the Colonial-office on this subject were unfit for the public eye. The next step of necessity was the suspension of all further deportation to Hobart Town ; and then it was that the most rash experiment ever ventured upon was male, and a whole shipload of convicts was consigned to one of our most flourishing colonies—namely, the Cs pe of Good Hope—without first ascertaining the feeling of the colony, or, as it would seem, without even giving notice of the shipment. The result of that disastrous ex periment is too well known to need comment here; but the consequence was to place the Government in a se rious dilemma. The assignment system having, as I have already observed been abolished, the colonists had no counterbalancing interest to reconcile them to the im portation of convicts. They all took the alarm, and the outcry against transportation became universal. The impetus which would be given to crime by its abolition--for it is well known that it was a punishment much dreaded by thieves—was not thought of ; the moral and social evils of the constant accumulation of confirmed criminals in our densely crowded districts were overlooked. The Government yielded, and, after two years' deliberation, the present system of penal ser vitude was devised, by which, in effect, save in some rare and exceptional cases, transportation is abolished. In the meanwhile upwards of 6,000 convicts, who during these years had been sentenced to different periods of transportation, had been detained in our Eng lish prisons. It would have been manifestly unjust to keep these persons in a state of penal servitude during the whole period of their sentence, because, without going into minute detail, by the enactments of the statute the sentences of penal servitude did not exceed in length above one-half of the corre sponding sentence of transportation. Acting on this principle, the convicts have, generally speaking, been discharged (irrespectively of their antecedent characters), at the expiration of one half of the term of their sen tences, although occasionally detai ne d an a dditi ona l s ix months in case of misbehaviour in prison. The discharge, however, has been conditional only—that is to say, the parties have had tickets of leave to remain at large during good behaviour, subject to revocation in case of their misconduct; and they have also, with few exceptions, received gratuities on quitting the prison. About 2,000 convicts still remain to be so discharged, and then the grants of tickets of leave will cease, for it is not the pre sent intention of the Government to extend them to cases of penal servitude. It would therefore, be a waste of time to make any comments upon the pracitical con sequences of these tickets, which are evidently only of a temporary character, if the evil was not more deeply seated. But the vitality of the new system of secondary punishment is not dependent on these tickets. It will continue after their cessation, and with either aggravated or diminished evils as the grant of a ticket of leave, which sounds well in theory, shall have practically operated as an assistant to the reformation of the grantee or an additional incubus on his honest endeavours. I do not think the public are sufficiently aware of the actuai state of crime in our metropolitan and other densely-populated districts, nor are they sufficiently impressed with the fact a the criminal population form a dissinct glass of regurlary educated persons, fol lowing distinct branches of their trade. Let us take the subjects of these tickets-of-leave as a test. Up wards of one-sixth of the whole number of convicts who, as appears by the Government returns, have been discharged upon these tickets, received their sen tences of transportation either at the Central Criminal Court or the Middlesex Sessions. I have not the means of ascertaining the antecedents of the prisoners so sen tenced at the Central Criminal Court, but I cannot be wrong in assuming that the Judges of the Central Crimi nal Court are at least as careful in awarding such sen tences as the judges of the Sessions, arid that, as the heavier classes of offences alone are reserved to Le tried there, the offenders are rot less familiar with crime than those who are tried at the session. But it is in my power, from the documents we possess, the registers we preserve, and the inquiries we direct before transporta tion is awarded, to give a history of every prisoner transported by our Court. I have directed the Govern ment returns to be carefully compared with our docu ments, and the result of the comparison is, that every convict who has been discharged on a ticket of leave was, at the time of his conviction, a professional thief. They m-y be thus divided :—One-tenth children, who, when convicted, ranged between the ages of 11 and 14, novices in crime, having only undergone the preliminary discipline of short imprisonments and whippings under Sir John Pakingtoe's act, and been sentenced to trans portation in the full expectation of admission into the Reformatory at Parkhurst. Five-tenths—that is to say, one-half—youths between 14 and 20, who, having passed the initiatory stage and become regular thieves, had been already pre lonely convicted of felony, or suffered under numerous summary convictions. Three-tenths young men between the ages of 20 and 30, who bad been thieves from their youth up ; and the remain ing tenth men more advanced in life, but all, with one exception, under the age of 40. Now, I would ask, if the wildest dreamer of dreams ever hit upon such a system of reform —young men in the prime and vigour of manhood, youths at the most dangerous period of their lives, and even children—homeless, houseless children — sent indiscriminately to their old haunts and associates in the worst parts of the metropolis, with, on the ave rage, Si. in their pockets to celebrate their return, but with no provision for their future employment or well doing, and no certificate of character but a ticket of leave ? I know how strongly the current of public opinion has for some time set in against the deportation of cri minals, and the odium I have personally incurred by my obstinate disbelief in the beneficial effects of this new system of secondary punishment. The working of the system has act tended to diminish my preconceived opi nions, and I still think that if the abovementioned victims of our wretched system of criminal jurisprudence, as re gards juvenile offenders, had been, either before or after their respective imprisonments—and I care little which —been dispersed in different settlements where popula tion is scanty and labour scarce, not as convicts, but under proper guardianship and superintendence, the State would have been better and more cheaply served, and the offenders have enjoyed a far more rational chance of becoming honest members of society than will ever be attained by their retention in the mother coun try, either with or without the aids of gratuities and tickets of leave. I hope it will not be supposed I mean to assume that no ticket-of-leave man has amended his ways. I know the contrary to be the fact ; and I believe in rural dis tricts it will be found that many idle, dissolute castaways, who have been transported at a quarter session for a series of petty thefts, such as stealing a pork pie, or a dead rabbit, or a tame fowl, &0., (see the Government returns), have come back to their respective villages more cautious in their conduct, and perhaps more regu lar in their habits ; but, as regards the real criminal population, the experiment has been a complete failure. And this brings me to the marrow of my letter. We must not rashly impute blame to the projectors of the scheme. It was an attempt, forced upon them by cir• curnstances, to mitigate the social disorders whi,th must of necessity flow from a retention in the mother country 'if all our confirmed and accomplished criminals. It has failed, and if those criminals :are still to be retained among us we must abide by the conse quences. The subject is too vast to be here discussed, and I, therefore, conclude my letter with a quotation from the leading article in the Times of November 21, which expresses those consequences in more forcible language than I could myself hope to furnish, and may lead the public mind to a right contemplation of this mo-t important subject. "Every criminal whom we send back to the streets unreclaimed goes back not merely a social nuisance, but also a political firebrand. We have hitherto got rid of our worst offenders by transportation ; they now go to establish among us that `dangerous class' whose exist ence so many foreign states have had to lament." --I gm, Sir, yours obediently, December 1. JOHN ADAMS• The Melton season has begun ; the Earl and Countess of Wilton 'have arrived there. Lord Canterbury and Lord Gardner have been there some days, and the Hon. Colonel Forester is expected ; also Lord and Lady New port, and the usual frequenters of this fashionable resort. The Brazil:a❑ mail, telegraphed yesterday afternoon, has arrived earlier than on any former occasion, and just in time for her letters to be answered by the outgoing steamer of the 9th. The North Cork Militia arrived at Liverpool yester day, in the steam-ship Niagara, and proceeded to Al dershott. In the afternoon the West Kent Militia em barked ou board the Niagara for Dublin, e SUN OFFICE, Six o'clock. REVOLT OF THE KURDS AGAINST THE RUSSIANS. BERLIN, SATURDAY. The Russian journal the Caucasus states that General Lonsdoff had been obliged to send a detachment of troops to Van, beyond Alladagh, against the Kurds, who had revolted against the Russians. MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. BY THE QUEEN-A PROCLAMATION. VICTORIA R. Whereas our Parliament stands prorogued to Tues day, the 11th day of this instant December, we, with the advice of our Privy Council, do hereby publish and declare that the said Parliament shall be further pro rogued, on the said 11th day of December instant, to Thursday the 31st day of January next ; and we have given order to our Chancellor of that part of our United Kingdom called Great Britain to prepare a commission for proroguing the same accordingly : And we do hereby further, with the advice aforesaid, declare our Royal will and pleasure that the said Parliament shall, on the said Thursday the 31st day of January next, assemble and be holden for the despatch of divers urgent and important affairs : And the Lords Spiritual and Tem poral, and the Knights, Citizens, and Burgesses, and the Commissioners for shires and burghs of the house of Commons, are hereby required and commanded to give their attendance accordingly, at Westminster, on the 31st day of January next. Given at our Court, at Windsor, this 7th day of Ja nuary, 1855, and in the 19th year of our reign. GOD SAVE TEE QUEEN. DESPATCH FROM ADMIRAL LYONS ( Rom a Supplement to the Landon Gazette of r;day. ADMIRALTY, DEO. 7. Despatches, with enclosuro, of which the follocs,iug are copies, have been received from Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons, Bart , G.C.8., Commander-in-Chief of her Ma• jesty's Ships and Vessels in the Mediterranean and Black Sea. REPORTED DESTRUCTION OF CORN, &C., IN GREISK LIMAN. Royal Albert, Kazatch Bay, Nov. 24. Sir,—Their lordships are aware that when the small gun-boats were no longer required at Kinbourn I sent them back to Captain Osborn, to afford him the means of destroying, at the latest p?riod of the season, the har vest of this year, which I understood to be collecting in the neighbourhood of Gheisk-Liman, for the purpose of being transported in the whiter months, partly to the enemy's army in the Crimea over the frozen Gulf of Azoff„ and partly to his army in the Caucasus by the military road. 2. The enclosed copy of a letter from Captain Osborn will show their lordships that in this, as on many former occasions, he has fully justified the confidence I have placed in Lim. The skilfulness of the arrangements made by him, and the admirable manner in which they were executed by himself, by Commander Kennedy, of the Curlew, and by the officers and men under their orders, completely frustrated the efforts of the large force that was brought against them in defence of the stores, which the enemy appear s t o h ave considered safe from any naval attack, in consequence of the shallowness of the water. 3. The effects of this brilliant enterprise, in the de struction of so much corn and forage at the commence ment of winter, cannot fail to be severely felt by the Russian armies b.th in the Crimea and the Caucasus. 4 Commander Kennedy, in reporting his large share in the proceedings of the day in the command of the Curlew, states to Captain Osborn that at one place alone the rows of stacks were six deep and extended two mils-, and it appears that for economy in transport and stor age the straw was cut sear to the ears of the corn. 5. As the ice is now forming on the shores of the Sea of Az9ff and the squadron is withdrawn, I feel it to be due to Captain Osborn to record that, under cir cumstances of great difficulty, occasioned by unusually tempestuous weather, he has most ably continued through the summer, and brought to a successful close in the autumn, operations successful in their nature and extremely detrimental to the enemy, which commenced auspiciously in the spring under the direction of the late Captain Lyons of the Miranda ; nor is it too much to say that both commanding officers were supported through out, by as dashing and as intelligent a baud of young officers, seamen, and marines, as ever shone in the British navy.—l am, &c., (Signed) EDMUND LYONS, Rear-Admiral and Commander-in Chief. The Secretary of the Admiralty, London. lI.M. steam•slocp Vesuvius, off Gheisk, Nov. 7. Sir,—After dark on the evening of the 3d instant, the squadron under my command was assembled and anchored in 1G feet water, off Gheisk-Liman, and I made arrangements for the morrow to operate against the extensive collection of corn, forage, and fuel, belong ing to the enemy, stacked along its shores, so as to dis tract the attention of the large force which, from pre- vious observaton, I knew to be in the neighbourhood. Under Lieutenant Ross, of the Weser, I placed the Curlew in the temperary charge of Lieut. Miall, and the Ardent in charge of Mr. Tilly, Second Master, each vessel having sufficient men left in her to weigh an anchor, or fight a gun, and man a few boats, giving orders to Lieut. Ross to close in on the northern face of Gheisk, and to be prepared to co-operate with me in side the Liman. The Vesuvius I left in the offing, denuded of every available person ; embarking officers and men as in the a.lnexed list, from the Vesuvius, Curlew, We,er, and Ardent, with their boats, we left 4 daylight, towed by her Majesty's gun-boats. Recruit, Lieutenant G. Day. Boxer, Lieutenant S. P. Townsend, Cracker, Lieutenant J. H. Marryat. Clinker, Lieutenant J. S. Hudson. By 6 . 30 a.m. the flotilla was off Vodina, three miles north ofGlotira ; here long tiers of corn-st Eeks and mush fuel was stored along the coast, with a Cossack guard for its protection ; I immediately detached Commander Ken nedy with the boats, covering him with the gun vessels, and in a short time all was in flames, and the party cleverly re•etubarked at the moment that a large body of Cossacks rode up from Lazalnite. The town of Glofira, became the next point of attack ; it was greatly changed in appearance since visited by Captain Rowley Lambert in July last. Clrn-stacks, for some miles in extent, might now be seen along its southern and eastern face, placed close to the water's edge ready for transport ; and between the rows of houses tier on tier were to be seen. An entrenchment had been cut along the edge of the cliff commanding the spit ; large bodies of dismounted cavalry were seen lining it, and armed men showed in the rear of every house. To endeavour to flank the defences, as well as destroy the corn stacks stored on a high hill east of Glofira, I despatched Commander Kennedy, with the boats of her Majesty's ship Curlew, a paddle•box boat and cutter of the Vesuvius, the whole towed by the Clinker, Lieut. Hudson, with orders to turn the spit end, and then attack in that direction, alter giving a certain time to allow the enemy's attention to be divided by the other attack. The gun-boats Recruit, Grinder, Boxer, and Cracker opening fire on the entrenchments with Shrapnell shell, and on the corn ricks with carcases. As the enemy eonld only be dislodged from the ex treme west, and the carcases did not well answer, and moreover endangered the whole town, I despatched Lieuts. Day and Campion with the small force of marines available, a howitzer boat and two rocket boats, to aid more effectually in carrying out my object. Lieut. Campion, w ith M r . V erey , gunn er, charging at the head of the marines, supported by Lieut. m Da k ya r c: the seamen, all b e i ng un d er a s h ar p fire of 9sety. succeeded in d r i v i ng th e enem y, w ith considerable loss, out of their t renc h wor k, an d capturedback, w ith logs, a s mall brass piece, and then steadily forced them from store to store, until the whole of the vast quantity of corn, s t ac k e d rea dy f o r thrashing and transport, was in flames. The gallant manner in which L ieut. Campion led the marines deserves to be brought under your notice. Seeing the enemy collect in g beyond my for c a e ravine had on to charge our men if they i a m a n umber of men, ready l r v e a c nc l e le d d the east face of the town, the satisfaction of s eein g all embarked, with, and only one man wounded. Th e vessels o ff Gheisk were now seen to be engaged, Lieut. Ross,of the Weser, having placed them in capi tal; ) positions and as the enemy moved down large bodies of troops, especially cavalry, to resist his landing, an d he ve unwillingly had t o fi re on opened fire on him, them ry t h e town, to dislodge . Th e proceedings of Lieut. Ross were ably executed, and he fully succeeded in keeping in check a heavy body of cavalry which might have much incommoded the small force under Commander Kennedy, w h o, b y the most strenuous exertions, had reached his position, and find ing the cliff too steep to scale in the face of a large num ber of troops, who were firing on him from its crest, he very judiciously executed the duty I had entrusted to him with the gun and the carcase rockets of the ship's boats, setting every store in flames except one large Go vernment building considerably in the rear. Commander Kennedy speaks in the highest terms of his party, for the shallowness of the water obliged the crews of the boats to be rowing and wading through the water from noon until midnight, the season too be ing now very cold. Throughout the night the stores were burning fiercely, a sheet of flames extending fully two miles, b u t the town of Glofira, e xcep t w h ere the troops had use d the houses against us, remained untouched. At an early hour on the Gth November we weighed and proceeded into the Liman, steering towards Gheisk ; the valuable services of Mr. George Perry, Acting Master of the Vesuvius, and Mr. Parker, Second Master play ; and, at an early of the Rec r uit, came here into period, I had the satisfacti on of seeing all the gun-boat anchored just in their own draught of water, within long gun-shot of the east extreme of Gheisk and the neigh bouring steppe, along the e dg e . of w hi ch, fur four miles, corn and hay was stacked I quantiti es f ar b eyond what I had conceived to be possible, and at the base of the steppe, as well as that part of the spit commanded by the town, timber yards, fish stores, boats, &c., in num bers were accumulated. To attack upon as many points as possible was, I thought, the only way to foil the troops that had now had Sti hours to prepare for us ; the gun-boats Grinder, Boxer, Cracker, and Clinker, were left to cover the landing party. To Lieutenant Ross of the Weser, I signalised to prepare to land, and divided the force in the Liman into three bodies ; the left under Lieu tenants Day and Townsend, consisted of boats and men of Recruit and Boxer; the centre I entrusted to Corn. wander Kennedy, having under him Lieutenants Hamil ton, Campion, Marryat, and Mayne, with all the boats of the Curle w , A r d ent, Grinder, and Cracker, and port rocket and gun-boats of the Vesuvius, in charge of the officers named in the margin ;* the right division under Lieutenant Chetham Strode, and Lieutenant Hudson, consisted of the starboard gun-boats of Vesuvius, and tho-e of Clinker, togeth er w i th some marines, Mr,' R. Farquharson, midshipman, in charge of the latter. Lieutenant Ross, on the west side of Gheisk Spit, had tke boats and small-arm men of th e W eser, with a small force from Curlew and Ardent, under Lieutenant Miall and Mr. Tilly, Second Master, in readi ness t o co-operate ' . The different parties pulled in and effected a landin g at appointed places, fully a mile apart ; th e R ussian troops, within light breastworks, attempted to prevent them, but failed, and in a few moments a screen of flames and smoke rolling from our men towards the enemy, prevented the latter seeing where or how to manoeuvre in order to cut off any of our small detach• meets. Oa the right and centre the enemy mustered strongest, and at one time observing a column of 1,500 Cossacks moving rapidly off the left, I directed Commander Ken. nedy (who by that time had connected his fires with those of Lieut. Day) to re•embark all but the marines, and with them to proceed to his right, and I reinforced him with the marines of the Recruit and Weser, under Lieut. Campion. This answered perfectly; the enemy arrived too late to save anything on the left, whilst our men steadily worked towards the right division, under Lieuts. Strode and Ross, who, in spite of a heavy but badly directed fire from the houses on the heights, steadily held their ground, and effectually destroyed a great ace 1 mulation of materials for boats and ship build ing, fish stores, cavalry camp gear and granaries. When everything but the town of Gheisk was de stroyed, I ordered the embarkation to take place, and detached some boats to cover Lieut. Ross, between whom and his boat the enemy were throwing a body of men, who, by their uniform, I believed to be regular in fantry. By 2 p.m., everything was finished, and all the parties safely re-nnbarked on board their respective gun-boats, the casualties amounting to only six men wounded in all, one of there dangerously and another severely. Nothing further being left within our reach in Gheisk- Liman, except the store of corn cshich escaped on the previous day at Glofira, I, therefore, ordered Com mander Kennedy with the moiety of the boats to re turn to their respective ships, and remained' with the Recruit, Ardent, Boxer, and Cracker's boats to finish what had escaped east of Glofira. On the 6th the weather, which had favoured us most providentially, changed ; fogs and strong breezes came on, but directly I was able, the rocket boats and car cases were again employed upon Clofira until the fires extinguished yesterday were re lighted, and another ex tensive accumulation of corn in flames ; I then weighed and returned to the Vesuvius, reaching her the same afternoon. I despair of being able to convey to you any idea of the extraordinary quantity of corn, rye, hay, wood, and other supplies so necessary for the existence of Russian► armies both in the Caucasus and the Crimea, which it has been our good fortune to destroy. That there vast stores should have been collected here so close to the sea, whilst we were still in the neighbour hood, is only to be accounted for, by their supposing that they could not be reached by us, and judging by the position the squadron under the late Captain Edmund Lyons, took up in May last, the Russians had established a camp and fortified their town only to meet a similar attack. During these proceedings we never had more than 200 men engaged ; the enemy had, frem the concurrent tes timony of Lieutenants Ross and Strode, and my own observation, from 3,000 to 4,000 men iu Gheisk alone. Where every officer exerted himself to the utmost, and did all and more than I expected of them, it would be in v idious for me to mention one more than another ; it was their coolness, zeal, and example, that rendered steady many of their younger men, who for the first time were under fire, and but for their general intelli gence and zeal, the enemy would have easily frustrated our operations. _ The zeal, good conduct, and gallantry of the men were deserving of every praise. Commander Kennedy, my second in command, gave me most valuable cooperation, and from him, as well as the reports of the other officers, I feel justified in placing before you the names of the following warrant officers and men, who, under fire, behaved remarkably well, viz. :—Mr. Richard Very, Acting Gunner of her Ma jesty's ship Ardent ; Thomas Kerr, Gunner, Royal Ma rino Artillery, her Majesty's ship Vesuvius ; Peter Hanlan, A. 8., her Majesty's ship Curie ; David Barry, A. 8., her Alajesty's ship Cracker. 'l'he enclosed plan, illustrative of our operations, by Mr. Geo. Parry, Acting Master of the Vesuvius, will, I trust, be of use, and I beg you will allow me to call your attention to the unvarying zeal of that officer. I have, (te. (Signed) SHERARD OSBORN, Captain and Senior Officer iu the Rear-Admi r al Si r Edmund Lyonß,eaS of Azot. ff. Bar, btc„ .ETURN OF MEN WOUNDED DURING THE OPERATIONS OF THE 4TH, STH, AND 6TH NOV., 1855, IN GHEISK-LIMA.N. Thos . Middl€ton, Vesuvius, Gunner, R.M.A., slightly. John Cook, Vesuvius, Ord., slightly Peter Haulan, Curlew, A. 8., dangerously Thomas Cuddehey, Curlew, Private, R.M., severely John Burke, Recruit, A. 8., severely Robert Atwood, Weser, Private, R.M., slightly (Signed) SHERARD OSBORN, Cdptain and Senior Officer. A. RETURN OF OFFICERS AND MEN OF HER MAJESTY'S SHIPS VESUVIUS, CURLEW, AR DENT, AND WESER, DETACHED AND EM PLOYED DESTROYING THE ENEMY'S RE SOURCES IN GHEISK-LIMAN, DURING THE 4TH, STII, AND firil NOV., 1855. VESUVIUS. Gig—Captain S. Osborn, Senior Officer; Mr. G. D; Perry, Acting Master. Rocket Roat--Lieut. Chetham Strode ; Mr. Joseph Scott, Gunner. Paddlex-box Boat—Mr. IL R. Armstrong, Mate. Paddle-box Boat— Mr. Gilbert King, AEsistant- Surgeon; Mr. R. 1). Farquharson, Midshipman. Boats' crows, all small-arm men and Marines. CURLEW. Gig—Commander J. J. Kennedy. Pitmcc3—Lieutenant Mayne Gig—Lieutenant Mall. Pinnace—Mr. Goorge hioraut, Midshipman. All small-arm men and marines. A RDENT.—Cutter, Rocket-boat and Gig—Lieutenant Campion ; Mr. Veroy, acting guLner. 20 Blue jackets and 11 Marines. WESER.-11 Marines belonging to Weser. (Signed) SHER ARD OS BORN, Captain and Senior Officer. In consideration of the services mentioned in the above despatches, Commander John James Kennedy will be ; be promoted to th e ran k o f C ap t a i n so s oon as he shall ee n a b ll qualified and Lieutenant Hubert Campion h promoted to the rank of Commander. * Mr. Armstrong, mate; Mr. Scott, gunner; Mr. Verey, gunner. BREAD-STREET WARD. ELECTION OF ALDERMAN.—(THIS DAy . ) Th e polling comm enced this morning, and finally closes at four o'clock. The following was the state of the poll at FOUR O'CLOCK. Lawrence Niooll 43 31 Majority for Lawrence l2 The electors took no interest in the proceedings, on account of a legal protest being handed in by Mr. Nicoll's legal adviser against Mr. Lawrence, on account, it was asserted, that he was not proposed and seconded by duly qualified persons. AN INDICATION OF PEACE. TO THE EDITOR OF TUE SUN. Sin, —You probably are not aware that a circular has lately been addressed to the Commandants of disembodied militia regiments, from the War Department, directing them not to enrol any more volunteers until furthter. orders. Now, does not this look very like drif o til a o t, wards peace ? For, can it possibly be soP°(ia for should the war continue, and with it the necessity rseryfo ; the getting up the strength of the militia as a e n s u e. unaccount regular army, any Government would take able a step as thus to reject the nev ser ! s ic rocribed ? stil l volunteers. whilst th e o ld system o f th e ballo t a Russia p will a But what a peace is it likely to be until a severer blow grant us a sa f e an d honourable on d c ..., IA COMMANDANT, tii am, Sir, yours,:: A MI is inflicted on her than the Allied forces have hitherto one.—l 7th December, 1855. ALLEGED BIBLE BURNING AT KINGS TOWN. DUBLIN, Friday.—This morning at 10 o'clock Fattier Pecherine and John Hamilton entered the court, and took up their position at the traversers' bar. The judges having taken their seats on the bench, the Attorney- General and Solicitor-General appeared in person to con. duct the prosecution. The panel having been called over, after several objections had been made by the Crown and the accused, the jury was empanelled, to whom the traversers wore given in charge. The Attorney - General ha v i ng state d the case, t h e w it ne sses fo r t prosecution were called and examined until 3 o'clock. Mr. O'H agan t h en a dd resse d t h e j ur y and at 6 th e court a dj ourne d. The trial wi for l l b t l e l e c ednettrucerl to-morrow. er of li it- I.• ~~~. r~ ~l i~ al' all 1 10 4 10 43 20i 2C4 [OO 20i 100 8i 10 20 20 20 100 100 100 20 20 100 too 20 50 10G 25 25 50 1 1. 014. 8i I `; 4 l I 30 29 24 1 7i i 100 8 1 i 5i 161 i