The Sun. — London, England, 1855-12-18 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocK. The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed tamely but firmly, and prices were the same as last quoted. The sales were 7,000 bales, of which 5,500 were American ; 300 Pernam and Alaranham, 6d. to 6Ad.; 400 Egyptian, 50. to Bd.; 700 Surat, 3 , 1. to 41d.; and 50 Sea Islands, 10d. to 15d. per lb. There was a steady feeling in the Railway Share Market, and prices were higher than on Saturday. The treaty of commerce with Mexico, which was recently entered into by the Prussian Government in its own name and that of the Zollverein States, having been submitted to them separately, has just been ratified, and measures taken to expedite the same to Mexico for the ratification of that republic. According to a list of items imported into these states from the West Coast of America the largest *umber came from there, and the treaty referred to will still further increase the importations of Mexican produce. The general receipts of the Zollverein, published by the Prussian Customs' de partment, for the three quarters of 1855, are as follows :—Amount of import duties, 18,479,630 thalers ; export duties, 169,135 ditto ; and the duties levied upon goods for transit, 169,135 do. Business on the Paris Bourse, yesterday, is re ported as having been dull, especially in the Share Market, where stocks were offered at reduced prices without buyers. The French 3 per Cents, declined per cent. for the account, and money bargains were concluded at 5 centimes less than the previous day. The proposed French Budget for 1857 has been again reported upon after receiving certain modifi cations at the hands of the War Minister and the Minister of the Interior. The latter Minister has increased his demand for a credit to 140,837,000 francs, being an increase of four millions over the credit of 1856. Amongst other matters to receive aid from this increase, it is intended to assist emigration from the central departments of the empire to the French co!onies, also to extend the system of electric telegraph lines. From the statement of the Minister of Public Works there are now 11,000 kilometres in activity, and 200 offices open for public communication. The exten sion of the lines most urgent are projected to Varna and Bucharest. The distress already noticed amongst the poorer classes in Prussia is on the increase, and the Go. Ternment have resolved to obtain the sanction of the Chamber to apply three million thalers (about 900,000 sterling) of the loan of thirty millions for their relief. The advice! received from Jamaica mention that a motion had been brought forward in the House of Assembly upon the Tonnage Dues ques tion, and various opinions had been expressed upon the subject by the merchants and others. It was considered among all classes that a material re duction of the impost, or its abolition, would be beneficial to the interests of the colony. Not withstanding, however, so much was said about a reduction of taxes, &c., the revenue of the island was still insufficient, and an endeavour was being made to curtail the expenditure. The sugar market was quiet but firm, and the quotations were expected to advance. The last instalment upon the English Loan, amounting to 1,600,0001., has been paid to-day, and notwithstanding the recent liquidation of the 10 per cent. on the New Turkish, the Money Market is not expected to be influenced to any im portant extent in consequence. There will no doubt be an increased demand for accommodation, however, and yesterday afternoon full rates wore charged ; still a large portion of the above instalment has been provided for some time past. The creation of such an additional supply of Con sols as will at once take place is not likely to affect the quotations, as it is already absorbed, and pro bably held by that class of persons who subscribed •r bought for a permanent investment. The English Funds present a dull appearance in the absence of speculation, or any foreign intelli gence of a nature to affect them. Until the close of the year the market will probably continue ex ceedingly quiet, unless any unexpected political event occurs in connection with Count Esterhazy's progress. Consols have been 88i to 89, and are Low about 89 buyers. Exchequer Bills are 7s. to 4s. discount, and India Bonds 7s. discount. The New Three per Cents. are 89k to 89i, and the Reduced 88i to 89. Bank Stock is flat, at 209. Foreign Securities are rather more active, and the market continues steady. Mexican Bonds are 20, and Peruvian 75. Portuguese 4 per Cents. have advanced to 48, in consequence of a cor respondence reported to have taken place between the Minister of Finance and Mr. Thornton, the Chairman of the Committee of Bondolders, on the subject of a more equitable reccgnition of the Bondholders' claims. Spanish Deferred are firm at 21, and the Passive At 7f to 7 i l. Turkish 6 per Cents. have been 83{ to 84k, and the New Scrip 31- to 2/ discount, which is in both cases a slight decline. Buenos Ayres are quoted 57 ex dividend. The following are the nominal prices of foreign stocks: Grenada Deferred Bonds, 61 to 7 ; Mexican, 19 to 19i ; Peruvian, 74 to 76 ; ditto Three per Cents., 52 to 54; Portuguese Four per Cents., 47 to 49 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 95 to 97 ; ditto 41 per Cents., 88 to 90 ; Spanish Three per Cen 13., 39/ to 40i ; ditto Deferred, 201 to 21i ; ditto Certificates, 4i to 5 ; ditto Passive, 7i to 7i. In the Railway Share Market the principal feature has been a rise of about 2 per cent. in Great Western Shares, owing to the closing of a large " bear" account. Most of the other shares main tain the improvement of yesterday. In Brighton, South-Eastern, Eastern Counties, and Caledonian a further enhancement has taken place. Scarcely a bargain has been recorded in the foreign market, and the colonial lines ruled ,dull, at previous quo tations. Mining Shares are inactive, but a moderate business has been done in Joint-Stock Banks, at full rates. Union of Australia and Bank of London are 10s. higher. BRITISH /FUNDS% THIS DAY AT ONE 0 CLOCK. ( Front the Official List. rinstnes. dose. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities.„.„ 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities Long Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860... Ditto 30 Years, expire 10th Oct. 1859 3l Ditto 30 Years, expire sth April , 1885... 16 5.16 India Bonds, £lOOO .......... Consols Tor Account B9 8i Exchequer Bills, 24d. £l000 Amnll 6 3 7 Ditto Bonds, IPSB, 3i per Cent.. 971 PP 1859 lf PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLO , It Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent Ditto Account 57 x d Mexican 3 per Cent. Ditto Account . 20 Peruvian Bonds, 4i per Cent. Ditto Account 75 Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1841 Ditto 4 per Cent Ditto Account 4B Russian Bonds, 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — Ditto 4i per Cent gartliniAn Bonds, 5 per Cent. ...... Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent — . Ditto Yew Deferred, 3 per Cent. Ditto Passive Turkish Bonds, 6 per cent Ditto for the Account B4 31 41 Ditto New S , crip, 4 per Cent. Ditto Account 3 21 3} Dlvideada on the above payable in T,onlor Two O'CLOCK. Consols Ditto for the account 88i i 5 5 tY) 10 20 5 40 18 WontmszEß.—Monday, the 24th instant, will be kept as a holiday here, shops all closed, &c., thus giving trade assistants the opportunity of visiting their friends for three days. We believe the non. Mr. Byng has this week been appointed the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the South-Eastern Railway .—Herapath's Journal. THE NEW NAVAL UNIFOR3I.—The further considera tion of this subject has been abandoned for the present. Designs had been submitted proposing to make the new dress somewhat on a par with the army, so far as re garded stars and the abolition of lace ; but the officers could not agree on the subject. The committee, we be lieve, consisted of 5, Sir Thos. Cochrane being tlie lead ing dissentient. SHARE MARKETS. (TIIIB DAY.) RAILWAYS. Rin,wAyo. ...... Nottng. Bost and Eastn. Junct... Belfast & Ballymena. Birming. WoIvor)) i% Stour Valley Birk .thcl. LanceL. Cheshire Rind Do. Chczh. & Birk.,l £5O and £25 Cuns Do., £20...« Rlyth &Tyne origins` £26 (issd. at £45 Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cum, and Cardigan Chester & Holyhead. Cork and Bandon . Cork, Black, 4 Pas. Cornwall Do. A • Do. B Ciie Junction Duol i & Belfast June Dun. P. & AbHr. Joe Do. Nlw East Anglian Eastern Counties.. N as t. - Tnion, A Bth' Do., B. Stotit Do., New A East Kent East Lancashire Edinburgh& Glancy Edinb. and Peebles Edin. Prth & Duadeu Forth Si Clyde Joni, Furness Do. Extension Glasgow Ar,S. W , -st • Great N. of Scotlnd, Great Northern Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &West.(lro ) Great Western Do. Stour Val. Rail Gus Stk Irish South-Eastern Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds ILancash.andYorkf , ' , ID wst. aiding TT n Liv:Crioy. &South TA London & Blackwal Lond. Bright & S.Cs - Loud. and N. Weetn. !Do. Fifths D0.101.13h.,fd&8...0 Tho. Ei g hth.. London and S. WPsti. Do., £5O. Do., £4O Lndndrry& Col erai , t , Lndndrr7. & Ennislr Manch.Shef.k Line" Do. Shares, No. 'DO., Mall fre Lin. ITT, Metropolitan Midland 1)0. Birmng. & Derb• Midld. G. West. (Ire. Do. Half Shares Newcastle & Carlisle Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrfd Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoini and Rostrevor Norfolk Northn.Counties North British North Dovon, No. 1 Do., No. 2 ;Jo., A Deferred Do., B Guaranteed N. Eastern—Berwiet Do. do. Extension Do.do. G.N.E. ?nroh Do. Leeds Do. York North London N .4S.Wstrn. ,Harnp stead, and City Jn.. North Staffordshir... "forth Western N. & S. West rn. June Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester Oa, Wore., k Wolv Portsmouth g( 0 • bish Central Scottish Midland.... Shropshire Un' on South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. Yrksh. Riv. Due Do Staines, Wok. &Wok _ _ tockton & Darli 4tyakton & Hartlepl Taff Vale Do. Pref., No. 1 I'vmmes Hay. P.& R Inverstone & Laucs Vale of Neath.... Waterfl. & Kilkenny' Waterford&Limer ck West Cornwall West End of London and Crystal Palace Do. A Do. B West London. Wimblodn & Croydon flosina Mess yesterday. 22 - ',3 3i- 31 .... •.. 7i - 8 .6 - 15 [3 - 14 9 - 8 79 - 81 55f - 55/ 11 - 12 ..... ••• - 64 - g 74 - 12 8 27 8/1 - 29 1 17 - 19 68i - 69 501 - 51 9 - 9i 16 - 174 77 79 6i 7 88 -- 89 74 -- 75 120 -- 122 102 101 51} blf 50 55 70 -- 75 6 - 7 6 7 i' 77 77i 6# - 6# 94 9 94 - 94. 4 - th - 85# - F 6 70 - '6O 6 5 , id 64 —64 i 36 38 ~N v •~ 'I 28; .w 29~ 67 - 68 85 - Si 5 - 451 115 - 12 445 455 92 - 97 4 bt 22 - 24 100 102 72 74 42 44 it 12 56i 574 31 —31 i 5 3 2d par 34 - 36 ••• """ ••• ''''' ••• - .•. 19 20 - .4 •••• 6 • s• ...I N. ... • •• 53 i } pm 71j i FOREIGN. •-ittverpeatott rift= Do. 5 p. s. Oblgs. con. in Sh. at par till '64 Ardennes Belgian Ewan. June Beziors to Graissessa• Bombay, Baroda, an rlontral India,Sori Do. Demerara I )utch Rhenish Eastern of France . Do. New East Indian, g. 5 Do. Er tensior Do. do. do., '59, do . Gd. Tk of CanadzA Do. St. Lawrence Ai Atlantic do. Do. Cert. of Deben.: con. into Stk. till '63 Do. Comp. 6 p. c., do. Gt. Ceutral of Fran , . Gt. Indian Peninsula guar. 5 per cent. Do. New 5 per cent Do. Extensions Great Lux embour Constituted Shares Do. Obligations....... Gt. Western of Canad Shares Do. Now IDo. Bds., payable's7, with option till '55. Do. do., '62. p. '56 . Do. do., '76, p. '60.. Do. do., '73, without option Rmuilton & Toronl ,Do. 6 per cent. Lake Const. & Basle Liorre and Turnhout Lyons and Genova Lyons & Moditorraix. Madras Do. New Maria Antonia Do. do. New Namur Se Liegv •ritti interest) Do. (ox interest) Northern of France. Do .201. She Do. 201. 3 p. c Bar (fmy. B. & Ams. Shs. ' NorwegianTrankPref Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds ...... Paris and Orleans Paris and Rotten... ParisCaen dt Cherbrg. Do Rome and Frascati Rouen and Havre Royal Danish Royal Swedish....... Do. Obligations Sambre and Meuse Do. 5i p. cent. Pref Scindo Do Southern of Franco St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) .. West Flanders Do 54 per c. Pref Western of France Do Zealand JOINT-S' A. , m4tra.l.,th Bank of London hri. Col. Bk.&Ln. C British N. American Ohartd. Bank of Asia Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australis, & China City . Colonial .... Commercial of Loud Eng. Scot. Aus.Cht Lond. Chart. Bk. of Australia . Ditto New London and County Did.&E.Bnkg.Corp, London Joint Stock. Lond. & Westminster National Pro.of Eng Do. New ......... National of Ireland New South Walec Oriental Bank of Corporation. Provincial of Ireland Do. New Royal Australn.Bkg & Gold Imp Co s ß o o u y t a h l A B u r ih s t t i r s al ia tlnion of Australia Do. New . ••••••••11 • Union p: aldoll v ) 7i - 8 3 3 —2. d par 1 - 35 - 35} 9 - 10 I) 201 - 21 P 9i 8} 15i 16i 62 67 j 82 87 3 i 3 11 ,1 5 5} id iP 31 - 3 i 21 - 3 24 - 2 - 98 - 100 115 - 111 116 - 120 104 107 22i - 231 112 - 117 6 7p / 18f - IR . i i 1 , 9 2 a 441 2 1 41 35 12 r2i 6 - -- 7 I 46 -45 i 6 - ii • .• ..".". • • • ••• - pm - i 54 2f - 2i - 2i 8# - 8i i..... ip ... - pm 1 - 4 i - 30 18 - 19 BANKS, 91. 43 56 - 58 ii —}'d = ..6`61 •w - 17 13 4 2 147 d IP 4 r - 2P • •• MON. ... • • • ••••I ... 38 - 40 38 -. 39 53 - 54 .•• -- .., 40 - 42' 73 - 75 8 - 9 30i 31 bastnaas dot e this day. 10) 76 100 100 3i 100 100 100 31 le al all 100 10( 100 a 1 16 100 1 .!0 all 3 all all THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EV ENING, DECEMBER 18, 1855. LIN SS 1,;• ASED T fri_XFD THE PEACE RUMOURS. WOLVERHAMPTON' RACES (This Day.) All. A. X Compzr yester tiii•Aiosw this day The following is from the Times' (Second Edi tion) Paris correspondent's letter, dated yesterday, 6 p.m.:— (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH) SELLING STEEPLECHASE. Ploughboy. " The difference which existed between the French and English Governments relative to the conditions on which they would make peace with Russia are, as I mentioned in a previous letter, ter minated, and the propositions which Count Valen tine Esterhazy will have to commnnicate to 31. de Nesselrode are such as are considered accept able by England and France. I cannot state in a pesitive manner what was the real ground of difference ; whether, as some say, it referred to a " material guarantee" of a permanent character, or to a war indemnity ; but it is not doubtful that for some time the Eng- Other two did not pass post. HURDLE RACE. Harry Lorrequer Ten ran. LAW INTELLIGENCE —(This Day.) COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. SITTINGS AT GUILDHALL. (Before Lord Campbell and a Special Jury.) THE LATE FRACAS AT WINDSOR THEATRE.--NASH V. lish Cabinet, or a portion of it, was unwilling to accept a settlement on the terms which this Go vernment deemed sufficient. It is, however, cer tain that the difference, such as it was, has now disappeared. The person who lam told was the principal promoter of the arrangement in question is one who has not as yet, I believe, been mentioned in this part of the affair—namely, the King of Sar dinia. Such at least is said in one or two political c i rc l e s. The arguments he used turned ou the difference between England and France—the one insular, the other continental, and the greater fa cility for the former to stand out for conditions of a more ample kind than would satisfy this country. I mention the fact of this Royal intervention as it circulates in the quarter I refer to, and I refrain from entering into particulars, as these are hardly guaranteed by sufficient authority. My letter of yesterday informed you of the mission entrusted by his Government to Count Esterhazy. It would be useless to speculate, or even to hazard a conjecture, on the result. The most experienced, the best informed, and the most clear-sighted men are divided in opinion ; but the majority incline to the belief that Russia will not accept the propositions of which the Count is the bearer, and if she persevere in the determination expressed not many weeks since, I fear that opinion will prove to be correct. Austria is not the first that has, after a certain interval of time, made renewed attempts towards an arrangement. It is not long since Baron Werther, tho Prtzooian Minister at St. Petersburg, had a long and ani mated conversation with M. de Nesselrode on the same subject, and, though the representative of such a Sovereign as Prussia is blessed with, spoke, it is said, with surprising boldness. The temerity of a friend, an associate, if not of an ac complice, is pardonable when it does not go beyond words, and M. de Nesselrode listened with patience to the end. When Baron Werther had exhausted all his own rhetoric, as well as the borrowed elo quence of his master, M. do Nesselrode replied, Russia will not accept such conditions ; Russia will never treat while there is a single foreign soldier on her territory !' Baron Werther again pressed the subject ; ho dwelt on the danger of a change of policy among the German States •f the second. order ; spoke feelingly of the visit of the Bavarian and Saxon Ministers to Paris ; of the impression made upon them by the Emperor and his Minister for Foreign Affairs ; of the effect throughout Germany of the Emperor's speech at the Paris Exhibition ; in a word, he made use of every topic likely to touch the mind or heart of the Russian, but the reply was still the same, and M. de Werther retired from the con ference unsuccessful. This, I presume, will be denied in the Russian organs in Prussia or Bel gium, as was the mission of M. de Munster, or the anxious impatience with which M. Stackel berg's return to Vienna was expected. I have it, however, from too good an authority to have much doubt of its general correctness. To this unwonted liveliness of Prussia is attribut able, perhaps, the rather unexpected intervention of stria. We know how nervous Austria is at any supremacy obtained by her rival ; and as Prussia, uneasy at what was going on in the north, had ventured to be courageous, Austria decided on going beyond her. It was in that temper she made the overtures to M. de Bour queney which were submitted to the French and English Governments, which have been made the subject of some discussion between them, which are now adopted by them, and which will soon be brought before Count Nesselrode. On the question of any previous understanding be tween Austria and Russia much doubt is enter tained. But we may venture to put the question whether Austria would press on Russia proposi tions site does know will riot be accepted, either wholly or in part, or will submit to the same rebuff encountered by Prussia ? M. de Buol has had conferences with Prince Gortschakoff on the point, and I have reason to believe that the language used at them was such as, from any other Power, could only be followed, in case of failure, by acts of vigour. Whether she will do these acts is an other question. It is believed at Vienna and elsewhere that France is more desirous of peace than England, and this desire, perhaps too clearly an I too often manifested, may add to the obstinacy of Russia, and produce its effect on Austria. France has, no doubt, great resources at her command to carry on the war, but her Government would act wisely not to appear to seize with eagerness the first chance that presents itself making peace. Naval and Military Intelligence. The following naval and military movements at Malta are mentioned in a letter dated the 12th inst. : " The Culloden, sailing transport, arrived from Cork on the 6th, bringing Lieutenant Franklin, Ensigns Nablet and Wyly, 18th ;' Captain Burnside, Ensigns Kerr and Read, 21st ; Captain Bale, Lieutenant Dash wood, Ensigns St. Croix, Applegate, and Green, 34th ; Ensigns Thompson and Traggett, 57th ; Captains Ar buthnot, Buron, and Groves, and Lieutenant Clutterbuck, 633 ; Captain Orde, Lieutenants Cockburn and Bos worth, 42d ; the lion. Captain Fitzmaurice, Ensigns Murray, Pennefather, and Kilhol, 72d ; Ensigns Mack enzie and Robertson, 79th ; Lieutenant Mackenzie, 93d ; Lieutenant Dawes, Lieutenant Proctor, and En sign Shaw, 97th ; Surgeon Crawford, 18th ; and 672 nun-commissioned officers and privates of various regi ments for the Malta reserve. " The hired transport ship Standard, with roasts, an chors, and shot for Government, arrived from London on the Sth. " Her Majesty's steam-transport Assistance arrived from Gibraltar on the Bth with 14 horses and 200 mules, bringing, for Malta Mr. Smith, and for Balaklava Cap tain Smith, Lieutenant D'Arcy, Mr. Berretta, and 84 Spanish muleteers. She left for Balaklava on the 9th, atter embarking at Malta Major Maunson and two more military officers, 25 privates, 22 seamen, and 40 Maltese carters and boatmen. "The Orinoco steam-transport arrived from Ports mouth on the 9th, bringing for the Malta reserve Lieu tenants Borne and Duni, 28th ; Macnea and Pearson, 95th ; and for Scutari; Staff-Surgeons Jackson and Langley, and hospital dressers M`Carthy, Sadler, Str:ok• land, and Wallis ; for Balaklava, Colonel Lawrence, Rifle Brigade; Lieutenant-Colonel Seagram, 17th; Major Warren, Rifle Brigade ; Captains Floyde, Hunter, Kirke, Briddle, and Saunderson ; Cornets Brooke and Haines ; Lieutenants the Hon. J. C. Dormer, Butts, Traherne, Poore, and Save.ridge ; Ensigns Adams, O'Brien, and Presgrave ; Acting Assistant-Surgeon Perkins, 846 non-commissioned officers and privates of the Land Transport Corps, temporary Commissariat- Clerks Snow and O'Meara, 10 officers' servants, and nine horses. This steamer left fur Constantinople and Balaklava on the 11th. " Her Majesty's steam-transport Hesper, with warm clothing and provisions, left on the 4th for Balaklava. " Her Majesty's steam-vessel Wye, fitted as a water filterer and condenser, left for the same destination on the 6th, under command of Lieutenant Ballard, R.N., of her Majesty's ship Hibernia, Mr. Dean, who brought her out from England, having been superseded. She conveyed to the alnico. Major Lendaell, 28th • Captain Maclean, Rifle Brigade; Captain Dallas, 11th isears; Lieutenant James, Royal Engineers; Lieut. Gatty, 39th; Lieut.. Furze, 42d; Lord W. Clinton, Lieut. Dashwood, Lieut.Vandeleur, Lieut. Holl, and Lieut. Thomas, Rifle Brigade; Li eu t. ‘falan, 7th JEnsign Cope and Paymaster Lys, 55th ; 14 seamen and 3 men of the Army Works Corps. "The Canadian steam transport left for Spithead on the 4th, conveying Dr. Gibson, Mr.Trotman, Mrs.Win de on and two children ; Misses Smythe, Osborne, Gib son, and Bratuwelt; Capt. Young, 51st ; 89 military in -26 non-commissioned officers and privates,l2 hos pital attendants, 2 of the hospital corps, 4 orderlies, 2 women, and 2 naval officers. " The Dunbar, sailing transport, left for Gibraltar on the 7th. " The Northumberland steam transport left on the 7th for Spithead. " Her Majesty's steam corvette Wasp took her de parture for England on the Bth, followed on the 9th by the London and Rodney, ships of the line, towed out to sea by the Shearwater. "The Edendale sailing transport left for Gibraltar and England on the 11th. "The Indian steam transport, with gunpowder, shot, and shells, and two horses, arrived on the 4th from Con stantinople, bringing Major Collough, Horse Artillery, and Mr. Granfield, and left for Gibraltar and Spithead on the 6th. " The Barossa and Holyrookl steam-transports arrived on the Bth from Constantinople ; the former with re turned and unservi cea bl e s t ores f or Deptford, and bring ing Major Barry, Captains Smith and Wilkinson, Messrs. Barclay, Twedale, Tagder and wife, and 25 Maltese carters, for Malta ; and for England, Captain Hastie, Lieut. Stales, Messrs. Ansell, Halcott, Hatn merston, Oxelby, Rush, Stayers, and Junk ; the last named vessel bringing for Malta Mr. Biancardi, of the Commissariat, and Captain Buckingham, and for Eng land, Messrs. White, Francis, and Dumming. The Ba rossa left for Deptford on the 9th. "The Algiers screw steam-ship of the line arrived from Constantinople and the Bay of Salamis on the 9th. "The Bucephalus, with military and naval trophies, and bringing Major Lukin and 25 artillerymen, arrived from Balak lava and Constantinople on the Bth. "Her Majesty's steam-sloop Vesuvius arrived from ' Katnle,h, Constantinople, and Syra on the 10tb, bring ing Commander Bickford and Mr. Maynard. It is doubtful whether this vessel's defects may not be such as to require her being sent to England. "The Sinai, French postal steamer, arrived from Con stantinople and Smyrna on the sth, bringing among other passengers for Malta, Mr. Francis Iliff Stevens. Her Britannic Majesty's Consul at Trebizond (and son), on sick leave, and Sir S. Graham, Bart.; and for Mar seilles, Colonel Steel, of the Guards, Count Desbasse, Lieutenant-General Niel, and 124 other officers, non commissioned officers, and privates of the French army. She left for Marseilles on the sth, conveying likewise Colonel Sterling. Her Majesty's steam-corvette Niger returned from Tripoli on the 7th, after landing there the British Con sul-General, Colonel Herman, and, having hurriedly coaled, were despatched at the request of Cue Malta Chamber of Commerce, on the same afternoon to Tunis, to assist in the raising of the Cavalmarino and Angio line, Maltese vessels, sunk ill the roadstead with valu able cargoes on board, by a waterspout on the Bth of November. One Sardinian and two French vessels met the same fate, but happily only three lives were lost, viz. —the mate of, and two passengers by, the Angiolioa. The merchants at Malta, chiefly natives, are said to be sufferers by this calamity to the extent of 25,000/. Her Majesty's steam-sloop Caradoc arrived from Mar seilles on the 7th, bringing his Excellency, the Gover nor-General of India, Lord Canning, with Lady Can ning, Lord De Burgh, Captain Bouvorie, and Dr. Leckie, and left for Alexandria on the Bth. _ _ Her Maje,ty's steam-tug Shearwater arrived from Corfu on the Bth, with the mails. In future the Triton will take up this service, and, at the request of the Malta Chamber of Commerce, will call likewise at ZAnte both on her way to return from Corfu. The Dragon, steam-tug, intended for service at Malta, arrived from Newcastle, Lishan, Gibraltar, and Cartha• gena on the 7th, and immediately sot about her useful avocation, with every prospect of reaping from her enter prising proprietors a good return for the capital they have invested, much to the annoyance of the native tow boats, to whose mercy ships of all nations have been too long subject. The steam transports Thames, No. 92, Capt. Strutt ; the Zebra, No. 211, Capt. Betts ; and the Hydaspes, No. 87, Capt. Baker, all arrived at Spithead yesterday from the East. The Thames brought Colonel C. R. Egerton, of the 89th Regiment ; Col. A. G. Burrows, Royal Artillery ' • Capt. Henry Heberden, Royal Artil lery ; Dr. J. B. St. Croix Crosse, of the 11th Hussars ; Capt. J. A. Chrystie, of the Ist Foot ; Lieut. H. S. B. Watson, let Foot ; Lieut. G. H. Sanders, 30th Foot ; Lieut. Roger Swire, of the 17th Foot; Assistant-Sur geon B. L. Hawkins • Mr. James Beattie, civil engi neer ; Mr. A. E. M. Uniacke, Commissariat ; Mr. Jas. Hughes, assistant-engineer (3d class), ; one stew ard of the' Medical Staff Corps ; six non-commissioned ' officers of the Royal Artillery; 20 orderlies, 61 military invalids from various regiments, one woman and child, three naval invalids, two stokers, 13 servants, &c. Ad miralty Agent, Commander L. B. Woodrof. The Ily daspes brought Mesdames Hutton, Winthropp, Halford, Taylor, and F. Taylor, lady nurses from Constantinople, Mr. and Mrs. Saunderson, Messrs. S. Till, W. Clinch, and three third-class passengers. From Malta to Gibral tar she conveyed Captains Christie and Govan, R.A., and Lieutenant Sandham, R.A., and 96 Artillerymen. Mrs. Carey and infant, R. Arthur, second-class, and one sergeant's wife and child ; also Captains Hen gill and Meade, of the Turkish Contingent ; Cap tain Brett, of the 54th ; Captain Evans, R.A. ; Mr. Hustler, purveyor ; one sergeant of the 54th Regi ment, and two convict warders came to Portsmouth. On the 2d inst., in lat. 36 37, long. 12 3, she spoke the steamer Trent ; on the 3d inst., in lat. 37 47 N., long. 9 55 E., spoke the steam transports Northfleec and the Eveline • on the 4th, in lat 37 44 N., long. 6 24 E., the steam-ship Queen. The Geyser, 6, piddle-sloop, Commander Dew, arrived at Spithead yesterday from the Baltic. The steam-sloop Salamander, which left Portsmouth on Sunday with mails for Sierra Leone and the West Coast of Africa, sprung a leak near her paddle-wheel, and put into Plymouth yesterday afternoon, making a foot of water an hour. The hired G overnmen t t r ansport Indiana, No. 147, from Balaklava for Southampton, was spoken off Ply mouth yesterday afternoon. The General Screw Company 's steam-transport No. 195 will probably sail from Southampton 350 men of the -trtahnissp day for Heligoland, to embark 5 office rs and German Legion for conveyance to . . F t olkes_t n o a n n e n . e A few stores, officers will embark ; and some ligh Ord . consisting principally of Sappers' clothing, will be taken on board at Southampton. The Harrier, screw sloop, is not commanded by Com mander Story, as reported yesterday, but by Commander i man , late of the Caradoc , a nd the Naval Bri g ade, Derwhordistinguished himself so repeatedly in the Crimea while aide-de-camp to the Into Lord Raglan. The Conflict, 8, screw-sloop, Commander Browne, ar rived at Spithead yesterday, from the Baltic. The William Hammond, convict ship, arrived at Spit head yesterday, from the Thames, bound for Swan River. The brig James, of London, 34 days from Bermuda, having experienced strong easterly winds all the passage, arrived in Plymouth Sound on Monday. She brings 111 Sappers and Miners, with 59 women and children, under command of Capt. White, Royal Engineers, and Lieut. Goodall, and in medical charge of Dr. Grogan. Mr. J. Neil, chief engineer of the first class, has taken up his appointment to the new screw steam-ship, Mars, 80, and has brought in charge the steam machinery of that ship, now being brought forward in the fitting basin at Sheerness. The Amphion, 34, screw steam-frigate, Captain A. C. 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Mr. James, Q.C., and Mr. Griffiths were counsel for the plaintiff ; the Attorney• General, Mr. Skinner, and Mr. Finlayson for the defendant. Mr. James opened the case, and called the following witnesses : Mr. Albert Nash deposed—l was lessee of the Wind sor Theatre. It was of importance that I should have the patronage of the military stationed there. On the evening of the 21st September last there was a benefit at the theatre for Miss Conway, one of the company, under the patronage of the defendant. Lord Ernest Vane Tempest was behind the scenes of the theatre that night, but I did not think there was any harm in it. It was a usual circumstance his being there. I believe two of his brother officers, Captain Webb Smith and another gentleman were standing by the side of him ; they were both strangers to me. I performed only in the after-piece. After the conclusion of the first piece a message was brought to me in my dressing. room, in consequence of which I gave certain directions to Mr. Rogerson, my stage manager. I received a second message from Miss Emily Stuart, a member of the company, and in consequence of that I went to the ladies' dressing-room, where I saw the defendant. Miss Stuart was also there. The room was lighted with gas at the time, but before I got to it it had been put out. I requested the defendant to leave the room, to which he replied by making use of a very bad expression, tell ing me at the same time to go to hell. I again requested him to leave, but he refused. The performance was de layed in consequence, and the audience were noisy and impatient. Finding I was unable to induce him to leave, I turned to one of his brother officers and asked him to endeavour to get the defendant out quietly, as I did not want a disturbance. He laughed, saying "Get him out yourself." I again requested the defendant to leave the room, and he again refused, on which I threatened to send for a policeman, and remained during the time walking in front of the door—Miss Stuart, who was partly dressed for her part, and the defendant remaining in the room. At the sight of the policeman the de fendant left the room, and I went to my dressing-room and finished dressing. About 10 minutes after some one came to my room and knocked at the door, and said something. About 10 minutes after I had finished dressing, and left the dressing-rooat to proceed to the stage along the back of the back scenes. It was quite dark. I met the defendant there, who said, " Nash, I want to speak to you." I said, " The curtain has been down long enough ; 111 speak to you afterwards." He laid his hand gently on my shoulders, and said, " Come along, I want to speak to you." I said, " No, my lord, the curtain has been down quite long enough, and I'll speak to you afterwards." I en deavoured to pass him, but he tightened his hold of me, turning me round, and forced me to the top of a pair of stairs leading under the stage. He held me in that posi tion that I was powerless, and he said, "Now, ,you young devil, you have dared to give me in charge of a policeman, and I'll break your infernal neck." Think ing I should be killed if I was thrown down, I cried out "Murder." He then threw me down the stairs, and followed me there. My prompter, named Rogerson, hearing the noise, came to the bottom of the stairs, and I fell against him. I fell first against his shoulder, and then on the ground. The defendant was afterwards expelled, and I gave orders that he should not be again re-ad rnitted. After the conclusion of the performances I heard the defendant's voice as if proceeding from behind the scenes. I played in the third piece notwithstanding the knocking about and bruising I had reoeived. I beard the defendant say " I'll kill the young devil if I can find him." I endeavoured to avoid hint if possible. The defen dant had been behind the scenes for a long time, and after the audience had departed I considered it was my duty not to leave the theatre. I had never given the defen dant permission to go behind the scenes. The theatre up to this time had been progressing favourably. I had employed some portion of the band of the regiment who played up to the time of the major's bespeak, which was after this occurrence, and after that they refused to play. Cross-examined by the Attorney-General—l am 30 years of age ; about seven years ago I was the manager of the Deptford Theatre. On the night of the fall of Sebastopol the officers gave a bespeak, and by some ode take the officers' box was filled and I asked them behind the scenes. The defendant did net go into any of the ladies' dressing rooms in my presence. I never said to Rogerson, who came to remonstrate with me for allow ing defendant to go into the ladies' dressing room, " Never mied, its only a lark." I only allowed those I knew to go behind the scenes. My stage manager never remonstrated with me for permitting improper persons (females) behind the scenes. I never allowed smoking there, but I have seen drinking there. I have no recol lection of being remonstrated with by Mr. Eager, su perintendent of police, and that he would complain to the Mayor of Windsor of the conduct permitted behind the scenes. A person named Webber, connected with the amateur performances of Windsor, had made such a statement because be refused him admission behind the scenes. I have been incapacitated from going on the stage to perform but on three occasions. My father is an attorney, and has the conduct of this action. My mother was my check taker. I will not swear a disturb ance arose other than one of the three nights stated with my mother respecting my drinking. I did not pull her out of the box to get at the drink. Indisposition of an actor was often made an excuse for an actor's absence on account of intoxication. It was the usual excuse. On one occasion he rushed from the theatre in my stage dress, and went through Windsor-street to my house. The witness was examined at much length with refer ence to his pecuniary position, and the effect the fracas had on his continuing the theatre open, but the Attor ney-General was stopped by Lord Campbell, who said he understood the special damages were withdrawn. Mr. James said he should press that point, because from this fracas with the defendent the plaintiff's theatre had been ruined. Witness—l spent 101. in fitting up the theatre. Nineteen-twentieths of the country managers opened a theatre without money, I paid for my gas nightly, be cause the company would not trust me. 'n one occa sion the property man lent me half-a-crown to pay the railway fare to Wickham, but instead of going there I went to a public-house and spent it. I have not repaid it. He might have got me a bed at another public house and put me into it that night. The audience were not Kept waiting the first night of the season for want of gas. My mother paid for it. The audience did not one night leave from the band refusing to play because they had not been paid. On one occasion the audience had to leave because Mr. Rogerson went forward and said, " I was drunk," and I went and said I was not drunk. Lord Campbell said he thought enough had been said of the plaintiff's general habits. Witness's examination continued—My rent was 3/. a week I have paid two weeks out of six. Some of the per formers had been paid, and others had not been paid. The night this fracas occurred I wa.s as sober as ever I was in my life. The first night he struck me the house was full. I don't remember of Rogerson, the stage ma- Hager, and Tennent, the property man, retnonstraticg wish me respecting the manner in which the theatre was conducted. Re-examined—Defendant had been in the habit of coming behind the scenes for a few weeks. Drink was brought into all theatres during the acting. Defendant had been there when drink was brought in. Miss Emily Stewart, actress, of Windsor Theatre, was to have performed on the night of the 21st September. I and Miss Conway dressed in one room. The defendant followed me into the dressing-room after I bad sung a duet, after the first piece. Only the dresser and myself were then in the room. I remonstrated with him, and begged him to leave the room. He said he would on one condition—that I would go to supper with him at the barracks. I said, " Net on any conditions." I left the room and went to the stage-manager and corn. plained to him. Mr. Rogerson desired the defendant to leave. He said he would if I promised him on my soul to go to supper with him. I replied "On no account." He refused to leave, and I went outside the room and there saw Mr. Marsh, and I begged him to entreat Lord Vane to leave the room. A policeman, I believe, had been brought to the theatre, and then Lord Vane walked out of the room. The witness was cross-examined by the Attorney- General, but nothing material was elicited. Several other witnesses having been called in support of the plaintiff's case, Mr. James then addressed the jury on the plaintiff's c ase, and was fellowed by The Attorney-General, who addressed the jury for the defendant, contending no damage had been inflicted on the plaintiff, and that the action was brought to recover damages for an assault that had been already adjudi cated on that the law would not recognise. Lord Campbell having summed up, The jury retired, and shortly after returned a verdict for the plaintiff—damages, 251. EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.—The Board of Trade, whose attention to the state of this railway had been called by the Town Council of the city of Norwich, have appointed Lieut.-Col. Wynne, R.E., to inspect the line be tween London and Norwich. The danger, apprehension of which is so strongly entertained, will thus be guarded against, and the Board of Trade, by attending to the representations of the corporatio❑ of Norwich, have shown most laudable alacrity in the discharge of a public duty. Col. Wynne is an officer whose report will satisfy thopublio mind, and remove all doubt. CRIMINAL COURT-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. (Before the Recorder.) Charles Marshall, 27, ship-painter, was indicted for feloniously marrying Ellen Han'. Mr. W. J. Payne prosecuted. The prisoner pleaded guilty. The father of the second wife, in answer to the court, said that his daughter was in business in the Commer cial-road when the prisoner became acquaints 1 with her. They parted in September last, and be then found that the prisoner had been paying his addresses to a third woman, and was about to marry her, having borrowed money from her, as well as he had from him (witness.) The Recorder, on lookin g over the depositions, said that he found upon the examination of the prisont r be fore the magistrate that they had examined his first wife upon oath against him. She was not a competent witness, and should not have been called. It was doubtless an error of th e mag i stra tes' clerk, and as county magistrates w ere not genera lly members of th e legal profession, and so we l l verse d in the law as th e metropolitan ones, he (th e R ecor d er ) made this remark publicly for the guidande of the county magistrates. The prisoner was sentenced to 12 months' imprison ment. Edmonton.tn. mitting ma g i s t ra t e was E. T. Busk, Esq., Samuel Sherrill and James Groves surrendered to take their trial, for conspiring with a man not in custody to give a false character u pon the b eha lf o f a prisoner under conviction at the Middlesex Sessions. Mr. Ballantine and Mr. Poland prosecuted, land Mr. Metcalfe and Mr. Sleigh defended. It appeared that upon the 13th of Sept. a man named Lee pleaded guilty to a street robbery, and called three witnesses, of whom the prisoners were two, to give him a character, which they did, stating that he was a man of great respectability, that they had known him for some years, and gave the address at which they alleged they had known him. This proved to be entirely false; and Mr. Bodkin, who Was presiding as judge at those sessions, sentenced the pri soner L ee to six years penal servitude; and an inquiry, which resulted in the present indictments, was directed. The Recorder, after hearing part of the evidence, decided that the charge of con spiracy could not be maintained, and directed an acquittal. The prisoner was then indicted upon the same facts for perjury, and the trial was proceeding when we went to press. The indictments against the Rev, Thr. Vaughan, the late incumbent of St. Matthew, Brixton, have been re moved by certiorari to the Court of Queen's Bench. MARKET NEWS. —(This Day). HAY MARKETS. Smrrorirm—bleadow hay, 4/ 5, tO6l 03 :closer ditto 4/ 15s to 61 15 s ; an d straw, 1/ 4 sOd to 1/ 10s 0d p er !old: Trade steedy. LAIMBIBLAND.—Meadow hay, 4/ 5s t o 6/ 6s ; c l ovo: d o . : 4/ 153 to 61 153 ; and straw, 11 4s t o 1/ lO s per l oa d. Both hay and straw ruled steady, a t full quotations. WHITSCHAPET.,.—Meadow hay, 4i 4s to 61 Os; clover do., 4/ 1 5 s to 71 O s ; and straw, 11 4 s t o 1 1103 per load. A slow trade. COLONIAL. T EA .—The market has been steady and prices have ruled firm. Common Congou realised 9.1 d. SUGAR. —There have been no transactions of any impor tance to report, prices remaining much the same as last week. COFFSE.---The market has been steady and previous rates were fully supported in the few transactions that took place. RlM—The demand for this article has been dull and prices were barely maintained. Rum. —There has been a firmer market in consequence of the Government having taken 215,000 gallons for the contract, and prices ranged from 2s 11Id to 3s 21d per proof gallon. TALLOW.—There has been but little variation to note in the tallow market for tbe last few days. A consider able amount of speculative business has been transacted, at price , chiefly in favour of buyers. At ater period a heaviness was exhibited, and more disposition evinced to sell on the part of holders. The closing quotations are 68s to 67s 9d for delivery January to M ar ch, 67s ; April, on the spot, 67s 3d. Australian beef, 64e; June, 6 7 s 9 d ; 68s; sheep, 690; South American, 65s 6d per cwt. Owing to the final instalment of 10 per cent. on the English loan of 16,000,0001. being payable to-day, there was a very active demand for money at the Bank of England yesterday. In the general discount market the tendency was rather towards ease. The amount of the instalment will, it is understood, be limited to about 1,000,000/., payments to the extent of 600,0001. having been made in anticipation. 6 50i 74i g gOi I iv all all all 12 , 0 ?813 .... Nore. She came into harbour on Sunday morning. She has been for the most part of her time blockading ,Swea borg, during which time, at different periods, a nu miser of Russian soldiers, artillerymen, and seamen came on board, and gave themselves up as deserters from the dif ferent islands, and the gun-boats which lay secreted. be hind some of the inner islands off Sweaborg. The phion's boats have been busily engaged in destroyin g a number of the enemy's vessels laden with firewood, :for the winter supplies of the garrison and town. She 16 as been twice under heavy and severe fire from tho San d hawn batteries. She has been hulled several times. Chi as solid shot fell on deck over the foremost part of tlhe cabin, which completely shattered the deck and bea m under which it fell. One seaman was killed by a roar id shot, which severed the head from his body. One offutier was wounded and four of the crew. A solid shot pans ad through her mainyard, nearly cutting it asunder, lint being at a short range went through the yard, remaining in the slings. Her standing and running rigging wtre cut to pieces, as the enemy fired with great • accuracy. In her engine and machinery department she is in wiry excellent order, except her main shaft, which was brok en nearly six months since, and was repaired by her o'wn engineers, assisted by the engineers on board the stream factory ship the Volcano. The Driver, 6, paddle-wheel steam-sloop, Commander Alan H. Gardner, which arrived at Sheerness from the Baltic on Sunday, as reported, while cruising off the Aland Archipelago on the 21st of November last, stood in near to Uto Island, and there discovered six Finnish vessels belonging to Abo. They were riding there wind bound, being destined for Sweden. They were laden principally with baulks of timber and planks. Great difficulty was experienced in getting them out in consee quence of the heavy weather and the intricacies of the navigation between the numerous islands. It was at first decided on burning them at their anchor', but, by the judicious arrangements of the commander and first lieutenant, they were alt warped, and sailed out clear of the shoals. This work occupied the whole of one day and a night, the thermometer at the time being 14 de grees below the freezing point. The Driver was attached to Admiral Baynes's squadron as a despatch vessel. She left Faro on the 30th of November, and was beset in the ice in Arinsburg Bay, while communicating with the Archer ; both vessels got clear in the course of the next day. The weather was very severe—such was its severity that, on the Driver getting into anchorage water, on letting go the shank-painter and the stopper, to get the anchor (weighing 36 cwt.) the anchor would not fall, being frozen to her bows, encased in a solid mass of ice. It occupied the men more than half-an hour to clear the anchor from her bows. After this had been effected it was found that the whole of the chain cable in board and out was frozen to a solid mass of ice. After some time they succeeded in anchoring, and afterwards proceeded to Faro, at which port the Admiral was at anchor. All the flying squadron had then returned there except the Falcon and Archer. The Driver left Faro on the Bth inst. for Sheerness ; she arrived at Elsinore on the 10th inst., and proceeded on the 11th, when, on getting to the northward of Anholt, she was compelled to put back, owing to strong westerly gales. She again left Elsinore on the 13th, and rounded the Scaw at midnight, made Lowestoft at 5 a.m. on Sun day, and arrived at Sheerness at 4 p.m. on the same day. For three consecutive months the Driver was not at anchor for more than three days, calculating each time of her being at anchor. Her machinery is in very ex cellent condition, and quite ready for any immediate service for which she may be required. She left at Elsinore the Tartar, Pylades, Esk, Cruizer, Conflict, Centaur, and the French frigate D'Assas. The screw steam-ship Edinburgh, 61, Captain Richard S. Hewlett, arrived at Plymouth Sound on Sunday morning, saluted the Port Admiral at noon, and at 2 o'clock left for the westward, bound, it is said, for Dublin. The screw steam-corvette Cossack, 20, Captain James H. Cockburn, and the screw steam-ship Desperate, 8, Commander R. D. White, both from the Baltic, arrived on Sunday night in Plymouth Sound. The crew of the Royal George, 102, screw steam-ship, Capt. Henry J. Codrington, C.B. are to be paid today,and are to be granted the usual liberty. The Lizard, steam-tender to the Waterloo, Lieutenant Christopher, left Sheerness yesterday at 8 a.m., with a new iron mortar-vessel, for experiments off Shoeburyness. The Porcupine, 3, paddle-wheel steam-vessel, Lieut.- Commander George M. Jackson, arrived at Sheerness at 3 p.m. yesterday, from the Baltic. The f allowing are the latest appointments made at the Admiralty :—Lieut. Lord Edward Henry Cecil is ap pointed Flag Lieutenant to Admiral Dundas in the Duke of Wellington ; C. Gregg, Master, to the Arachne Thomas Ellard, Paymaster, to the Nile ; Henry Gray (a), Paymaster, to the Arachne ; J. T. Sparke, Pay master, to the Perseverance ; H. T. Ireatman, Midship• man, to the Conqueror. The Grenadier Guards, who have during the last three months been stationed at the camp at Alderahott, have quitted the camp, and have been quartered at Windsor, the Tower, and at Portman-street barracks. The Guards have been relieved at the camp by the 80th Regiment, 1,100 strong. The authorities have rented the Victoria Rifle-ground, at Kilbourn, for the daily use, excepting on Wednesdays, of the Household Brigade of Guards, to practise target firing with the Mini 4 rifle, and strong detachments are being exercised there in the use of that weapon. feompany of the Royal Sappers and Miners, in com mand of Captain G. E. L. Walker, reached Brompton barracks yester ?ay from Woolwich. During the after noon the men were paraded and their kits inspected by Colonel Henry Sandham, R.E., assisted by his major of brigade, Captain Fitzroy Somerset. Captain C. E. Thornton, 86th Regiment, Adjutant of the Depot Battalion, Preston, on leaving his corps, is to be placed on the staff. A company of the Royal Marines Light Infantry, Chatham Division, are instructed two hours daily in the practice of the Minie rifle, previous to the commence ment of the Enfield rifle practice by the Line. THE MILITIA. Preparations are being made at Bradford for the North York Rifles, for a portion of whom huts are in couree of erection in the barrack-yard, under the direction of Colonel Stehelin, commanding Royal Engineer of that district. The Bedfordshire Light Infantry Militia, which left the camp at Aldershott on Monday last, and arrived at Dublin on Wednesday, is to be stationed at Galway, under Lieutenant Colonel Higgins ; and two companies were detached to Loughrea. This regiment was held in high estimation at the camp, and received on leaving it flattering testimony in regard to its state of discipline, its internal economy, efficiency in the field, and general good conduct. NEWSPAPERS SENT VIA PANAMA. GENERAL POST OFFICE, December, 1855.—1 n conse quence of the great expense which is incurred in con veying newspapers in the mails across the Isthmus of Panama, it is found necessary, in order to cover the payment made for this service, to levy, in addition to any postage now chargeable, a transit rate of twopence upon every newspaper forwarded in the British mails by that route. The following is a table of the rates which will in future be chargeable on the newspapers in question ; and it must be observed, that such rates are in all cases required to be paid in advance : To any British Colony, via Panama Bolivia Chili} 3d. Ecuador PSaeur California t ti lwich lasnldaucd {when h v o i n a California not d. ia4d. specially ad- } 4d. Oregon 1 dressed via th e U. States ROWLAND HILL, Secretary. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) LONDON, Dec. 18.—Wind this day at noon, E., fresh breeze and fine dry weather. PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 17.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrived—Ca roline, from Quebec ; Thames, Hydaspes, and Zebra (s. tpt.'s), Constantinople, and left for Deptford ; H.M.Str.'s Geyser and Conflict, Baltic. Sailed—William Hammond, for Portland, Plymouth, and Swan River; H.M.S. Sala mander, Coast of Africa. FALMOUTH, Dec. 17.—Wind E., strong.—Arrived— Aurora, from Batavia, for Gothonbnrg ; Mary Garland, Guayaquil, for Hamburg; British Banner, Port-au-Prince for Bremen. QUEENSTOWN, Dec. 17.—The barque Florentia, of Lon don, from Dalhousie, was abandoned on the 3d inst., being waterlogged ; the master and eight men have arrived here in the ship Carwas ; the remainder of the crew are on board the ship Gentoo, for Plymouth. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday:Morning. Arrived.—Arethnsa, from Caernavon ; Llangothland, Sunderland ; Wonder, (a.), and Reindeer, Jersey ; A,t a . lanta, (s.), Havre. Sailed.—Alliance, (s.), for Havre; Despatch, (I.), Jer sey ; Matthew Thompson, Sunderland. LIVERPOOL, Tuesday Morning. Wind S.E. Arrived.—Express. from Mobile. Sailed.—Queen of England, for Melbourne; Bon Accord, Balaklava. QUEENSTOWN, Deo. 16. Wind E.S.E. Arrived.—Galarim, from St. Marla ; Vision, Et. Jean d'Acre ; William and Mary, Syra ; Beta, Calautta. Wind N.W. Doa Y 6. Arrived.—Evanthes, from Newfonndlsnd ;a. Granfe Syra. DUBLIN, Dec- 17. Wind S.S.W. Arrived. —Daring, from St. tripes; Douro, Syra. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday, 9.54 a.m. Wind E. ; tide, high water; weather strong and olottely. Arrived, Dee. 17. —Queen , from Marsala ; Spar e Banken, Gottonborg ; Sally, Guernsey. Arrived, Dec. 18.----Mele Marie, from Nene Diep ; Quee n , Landscrona • Dolphin,. St. M ichael's ; Louisa, Eva , Rea pe r, Isabella and' J an e, Prince Albert, J° ll2 WeeleY, and r sair, Guernsey; James Bates and Caleb, Guttenberg ; Vil lager, Seville; Louisa, Stockholm; Charles L ou i s, Bogs Magdalene Sophia, Salkeld. Sailed.-11altwhistle, for Geelong; S tately, Adelaide. DEAL, Tuesday, 9.25 a.m. Wind E.S.E., strong. Anchored.—H.M. S. Dee, from Portsmouth, for Wool wich. THE LATE Ma. CowLING.—The Deputy High Stew ardship of the University of Cambridge, which has be come vacant by the death of Mr. John Cowling, barrister-at-law, is, it is said, likely to be conferred upon Mr. John George Shaw Lefevre, M.A., of Trinity College, assistant clerk of the Parliaments. Mr. Lefevre was senior wrangler in 1818, and is a younger brother of the Speaker of the House of Commons. The poet of sta n di ng counse l t o the Univ!rsity has also !mom vacant by the death of Mr. Pf.1T414._ ta re -3y he oh !. 100 100 100 20 20 100 50 100 100 20 80i 8 1 j 95f 941 1 68 re 42i 571 I 49 $j