The Sun. — London, England, 1856-01-05 00:00:00

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The Madrid journals of the 30th ult. have ar rived. It was stated a few days ago that one of the insurgent chiefs, Tristany, had fled into France; the Gazette contains a despatch from the Captain- General of Cataloni a , announcing that on the 22d ult. a detach ment of civil guard fell in with a band of 14 insurgents, beaded by the three brothers Tristany, at Alferachs, in Lerida, and killed four and captured six of them. These six, says the de spatch, were to be shot. It was after this affair that one of the brothers Tristany had effected his escape across the Spanish frontier. The Gazette adds that another Tristany, Antonio, was killed in an affair at Pino some days before. The new sur veys of the railway from Seville to Cadiz had been terminated. The journals contain no political news of interest. MONEY MARKET COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE CITY, Two o'CLocK. In the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday the demand was very moderate, and the prices were without particular change. About 7,000 bales Were sold, including 1,500 on speculation and for elport. The Bank of England Return for the week ending Dec. 29 presents some very unsatisfactory features. Besides a further diminution in the bullion the other securities show an augmentation of upwards of half a million, and the amount to the credit of the Chancellor of the Exchequer is Only 5 , 8 43,9321. The following are the various items :-- Active Circulation £18,700,615 Increase 320,725 Bullion Decreaae 161,602 Rest ........ 3,235,328 Increa.se.... Public Deposits—. Increase ... Other Deposits Increase Bevea•Day and other Bills - 15,451 5,843,932 499,179 12,362,512 121,055 802,908 Degrease Government Securities Increase Other Securities Increase Notes unemployed Decrease 48,180 11,425,292 496,095 19,777,860 573,737 5,963,850 500,855 By the Trent, West India mail-packet, advices from Panama give most favourable results of the traffic on th e ra il way across t h e I s th mus . Th e rates of passenger fares have been reduced to 25 dollars, and the charges on gold to per cent., and for silver. Merchandise is conveyed at reduced charges, and there is a consequent increase of goods traffic. This consists almost exclusively of clothing and fancy goods, and the greater part comes from New York for the San Francisco trade. According to a report issued by the United States Inspector of Customs at the port of Panama, the value of merchandise transmitted across the Isth mus from the Ist September, 1854, to the 31 st Octob er , 1855, wa3 as f o llows :—American, $2,438,333 ; foreign, $317,367—t0ta1, $2,755,700. Some excitement was stated to exist in Chili, in consequence of the discovery of a rich gold field Lea r the old mines where gold washing was suc cessfully carried on by the Spaniards during the rule of old Spain. Naeiamento, the place spoken of, Where an American is stated to have extracted 10,000 dollars worth in fourteen days, is at the bead of the estuary of the river Bio Bio, in latitude 35 deg. south, on the frontier of a territory be longing to a warlike tribe of the American Indians. A scientific gentleman, who had visited the country, atate3 that its geological formation appeared to be of the highest auriferous character. A further decline of / per cent. has taken place In the English Stock Market, chiefly attributable to the discouraging nature of the Bank of England Retur n above analysed. As there is now a prepon derance of Bear operations a more unfavourable view' is taken of the weekly statement than Would perhaps otherwise be the case ; but the financial condition of the Government, as well ae the unsettled aspect of the money market, na turally have a depressing influence, and incite cau tion among the speculators. Consols have remained all day at 87 to 87k. The price for the subsequent account is 87g 4. The New Three per Cents. were 8 4 I, and the Reduced 871. Bank Stock has r isen per cent., viz. to 207. Exchequer Bills have rallied to ss. and 4s. discount. In the Foreign Market there has in one or two Cases been a little recovery from the lowest prices of yesterday. Turkish 6 per Cents. have been 81i t ° 81 i. Spanish Bonds have been rather firmer, the 3 per Cents. being 38k, the New Deferred 214 to 21k, and the Passive 7to 7i. Chilian 6 per Cents, brought 101 ; Brazilian New 5 per Cents. IN, and Mexican 19/ to 20. Dutch 4 per Cents. bave been heavy at 94. Tke following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks:—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 61 7; Mexican, 19 i - 20 ; Peruvian, 74 6 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 52 4 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 45 47 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 95 7 ; ditto 41 per Cents., 86 88 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 381 9; ditto Deferred, 211 2 4, ex div. ; ditto Certificates, 41 5 ; ditto Pas sive, 61 71. Railway shares have remained comparatively arm, and Caledonian, Lancashire, and Yorkshire, and Midland have been at slightly enhanced quo tations. The Foreign lines are very little dealt in and Canadian undertakings ruled steady. Cobre Copper Mining shares were without altera tion. The Banks remained quiet, and Canada Land shares have not further receded. South Australian Land have been rather flatter. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE 0 CLOCK. (Prom the Offscial List. ) Bulinee: done. sank Stock a per cent. Rednced Annuities B7l rew 3 per Cent. Annuities Long Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860 32 Ditto 30 Years, expire sth April, 1885 l6f 3-16 Commis for Account . 87 i Exchequer Bills, 20.. £lOOO I'soo %nail . PRIOE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. — Ditto New, 5 per Cent., 1529 and 1839 97* Chiliau Bonds, 8 per Cent lOl Mexican 3 por Cent. Ditto Account 2O 19i Bpanish Bouds, 3 por Cent Ditto Account . _ .. 38i x d bitto Nov Deferred, 3 per Cent. Ditto Account 2lk x d Ditto Passive Turkihti Bonds, 6 per cent Ditto for the Account Dividends on the above payable In London. Dutch Exchange, 2i per Cent., 12 Guil — Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates ....... 94 Two O'CLOCK. Congola ........ Ditto for the account ~ 87i i LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) LONDON, Jan. s.—Wind this day at noon, S.; light airs and dull h azy weather. ORB ELECtTRICI TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Saturday Morning. Arrived SOUTHAMPTON, (80, from Jeraey ; Alarm, Sunder. land ; Ann and Gertrude, Newport. Sailed — Florida, for Newport ; Alliance, (a.), Havre; Despatch, ( 4 .), Jersey. LIVERPOOL, Saturday Morning. Wind S. Off—Chancellor, from New Orleans ; Carmenta, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Eliezer, Santander. Sailed —Cynosure, for New Orleans ; Ripple and Vixen, Gibraltar ; -A-Fienca , (s.), Boston ; Princess Royal and Blondine, Africa ; Jessamine, Mantura, and Gazelle, St. )Michael's; Burlington, Philadelphia ; Frank Pearce and Ashland, New Orleans ; Vi s i on, H ong K ong ; I van h oe , Calcutta ; Lady Bruce, Lim n ; Sebastopol, Bombay. QUEENSTOWN, Jan. 3. Wind S. Arrived.—Bierbocich , from Calla o ; Costa du Priam, Terceira. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Saturday, 10.10 a.m. Wind S.E. ; moderate ; tide, last hour's ebb Arrived, Jan. 4.—Halls, from Megadore ; Revenge, St. Michael's. Sailed, Jan. s.—Westminster, for New Zealand. DEAL, Saturday, io -. Wind S. by W. • light, with rain. Passod—E. D. from London for Salcombe ; Watch word, London, St. Michael's. Anohored.—Chilionge, from London for Cadiz. SHARE MARKETS, (THIS DAY.) RAILWAYS. RtiLwAys. Cllosins Prices yesterday. 1 p,,id. Aberdeen iAmbg. Nottng. Bost and Eastn. Junet... Belfast & Ballymena. Binning. Wolyc rh Stour Vali, y Birk eihd. Lance)... & Choshire Junct Do. Chesh. & Birk. , £5O and £25 Cons Do., ..... Rlyth St, Tyne origins' £25 (isad. at £45 Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Carm. and Cardigan Chester & Holyhead. Cork and Bandon Cork, Black, k Pass Cornwall Do. A Do. B Ci i aff Junction Duolin&BelfastJune Dun. P. & Aber. Jne Do. N 11V ......... East Anglian Eastern Counties , East. Union, A RI , Do., B. Stow Do., New A. East Kent East Lancashire Edinburgh & Glasgoy Edinb. and Peebles,. Edin.Prth &Durder Forth & Clyde Jun Furness . Do. Extension.. Glasgow & S. West, r, Great N. of Scotlnd Great Northern Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &West.(lre Great Western Do. Stour Val. Rail Gua. Stk .. Irish South-Eastern. Lancaster & Carlisle , .Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds Lancash. andYorksh Do. Wet. /tiding Ur Liv:Crsoy.&Southpt 'London & Blackwal Lond. Bright & S.Cst. Lend, and N. Westn. Do. Fifths Do. Eighths . London and S. Westn. 'Do., £5O . Do., L 441 ILndndrry&Colersi ut Ltuindrry. & Ennisk. Mancli.Shef.& Linclu ;Do. Shares, No. 1 Do., Man. & Lin. Un Metropolitan ........ Midland Do. Rirrnng . & Derh Midld. G. West. (he, ;] Do. Half Shares Newcastle & Nwpt.Aberg.,!. - .Hrfd Newry & Newry Warrenpoint and Rostrovor Norfolk . Northn.Connties Un. North British North Devon, No. 1 Do., No. 2 Do., A Deferred Do., B Guaranteo ; N. Eastern—Borwi cis Do. do. Extension Do.do. G.N. E. ?limb. Do. Leeds Do. York North London N.&S.Wstrn.,llainl - stead, and City Jn.. North Staffordshire.. North Western N. & S. Wostrn. June Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester Ox, Wore.. & Wolv 1 Portsnionth L ik o CentrAl ottish Midland Shropshire Un'on South Devon ,South Eastern. South Wales S. Yrksh. & Riv. Dun ,Do Staines, Wok. &Wok tockton & Darll Atc , ..kton & ilr.rtlepl Taff Vale IDo. Prof., No. 1 rhamos Efay. D.& R Ulverstone & Lance Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick West Cornwall West End of London and Crystal Palace Do. A ....... ...... Do. B I West London Wimbledn &Croydon, 22 - 23 31 - 3i ... 7i - 8 16 - 15 13 - 14 9 - 8 5 - 81 53i - 54, 10 - 12 ... - .. 5 - 4 6i - 7 11 - 12 83 - 27 - 29 17 - 19 69i - 50 - .52 Oi -9; 20 - 21 80 - 85 6 7 876 - 88. 73 - 75 119 - 121 10'2 - 104 511 - 52 70 - 75 1 6- 7 1 6 7 p. 76i - 77 6 - 61 93 - 94 94 - 94 1 -1( - 85 fo 8— 7 d 6i 5i ••• ...... ••• i 4 23 - d 63 i — 64 36 38 - 10 1 ii - 45 29 30 67 - 68 8 3 / 4 gd 5 4 3 / 4 , 1 12 I2i 44 45 92 97 4 - M• 21 - 23 101 103 73 75 42 44 11 -• 12 56i —57 i 64 —6 6 t 6 ;id 2d pm 33 - 35 ••• "'" - 19 19, 3i - 4i 4 - 6 .. • • . FOREIGN. n t wer pc t . Kett• •rdlaro Do. 5 p.c. Oblgs. con. in at par till '64 Ardennes .............. Belgian Eastn. June. Beziors to Graissessa , Bombay, Baroda, an ' Central India,Serii 1 Do. 1 'Demerara L I Dutch Rhenish g 1 Eastern of France ) Do. New 1 ast Indian, g. 5 p. c Do. Ey:elision Do. do. do., '59, do iGd. Tk of CanadaA is Do. St. Lawrence br Atlantic do. Do. Cert. of Dcben , con. into Stk. till V Do. Comp. 6p. c., do. IGt. CeLtral of Fran Gt. Indian Peninsnl, guar. 5 per cent. De. New 5 per cent Do. Extensions,... Great Luxembouri Constituted Share , Do. Obligations Gt• Western of Canad Shares Do. New Bds., payable's7, with option till '55.. Do. do., '62, p. '56 Do. do., p. '60... do., 7:1 , without option Qamilton & Toronto Do. 6 por cent. 'Lake Cond. & Lierre and Turnhout l Lyons and Genova Lyons & Mediterran ihdrae IDo. Now Maria Antonia Do. do. Now Namur & Lie ;F' (4vl{ interest) ;Do. (ex interest) INorthern of France 1D0.201. She Do: 201. 3 p. c &Iv (fmy. B. & Ams.Shs. NorwegianTrunkPre Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds Paris and Orleans.... Paris and Ronan.— ParisCaen &Cherbrg. Do Rome and Frascati Rouen and Havre Royal Danish Royal Swedish Do. Obligations Sambre and Meuse._ Do. 5; p. cent. Prof. iScindo Do,. Southern of Franee St. Andrew's and Quebec (A), West Flanders Do 6i per c. Pref Western of France Do. Zealand JOINT-STOI 4 0 I *ll 100 50 40 1% 11 50 25 Anstralama Bank of London Bri. Col. Bk.& Ln . C. Ll British N. American 5 Chartd. Bank of Asia 4 Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Atiatra;ia, & Chi na 50 r , 89 - 41 57 - 159 ii --- id , City ;5 Colonial ... ........... 9 C o mmercial of LOnd. ,II Eng.Seot. Vine. Cht. 11 Loud. Man. Bk. of Australia 20 I 5 Ditto New 50 20 &melon sud County 1 00t 50 Did .&E. Brik g. Corp 50 10 London Joint Stock 100 20 Lond. &Westminster 100 35 National Pro.of Eng 20 10 Do. New ........... 1 50 221 National of Ireland ' 20 all New South Wales, 25 all Oriental Bank of Corporation :5 vineial of Ireland dl o. New 1 Royal Australn.Bkg, & Gold Imp Co , i 0 Royal British....., ... 61l Month Australia 4O -- 42 611 Union of Ans+rslia 73 75 , Do, New .0 Union if London 6. 30 a 31 - .(1 1 62 - 64 100 100 2 100 20 a 20 I a 16i -- 15i -- 16 3 -- 2a d I par -_.. 2p ••• -- woo es. .. .• ..• - ••• 38 - 40 37 - 39 51 - 53 .... 0 so. 6. ... "- ''' 25 i al - 7i 3 - 31 - 3 341 a 4 9 p . 21 214 15 16 61 66 80 85 2i 3 p 5 rR par -- ip 34 - sw 2i - 3A 241 - 24 2t - 2ip 98 - 100 117 - 122 118 - 123 104 106 23 - 24 115 - 120 ... - Al I E3 - 74p1 iB6 is 7 9 2 - 3 4 - 5 1 4 - 4 3 -35 12 - 126 .6 •7 ''••' 44i - 44% 4 :fa ... - pm -19 i 2 - 2i 2# - 8 - Si i. - ip ... ... ... -- pm 3i - 4 i 29 - 296 igi -- INI BANKS. nosiness dor e yeeteclay. 54i 3i 20 20 10 5 5 20 10 20 5 20 18 10 10 4i THE SON, LONDON, SATURDAY EVEN 1 ft, JANUARY 5, 1856 LINES LEASED \T FIXED RENTALS. been from England. Prints of good patterns have ob. . tamed good prices, and continue in demand. In Ger man manfactures little bas been done. Mixed shawls are very scarce and in demand. " Flour.—Sales have been limited to the consump- tion, and, notwithstanding prices have declined some what on account of the wish holders show for realising their stock, the prize in small lots is $lO 50. " Barley.—Prices have declined, and the articles can be bought for $3 75. The sales are very limited. " Beans dull and abundant, and lower prices are being accepted. Leasin Compan, :Closing rrices yester.lay . Btvouesz , yeeter lay " Charqui, tallow, and grease, very scarce and high. " Wheat. —Some parcels have been disposed of at $2 25. Candeal is getting less scarce. " Saltpetre.—This article has risen, and cannot be bought for 19 reals ; for a parcel that is disposable 20 reals is asked. "Brazil Wood.—That of good quality is beginning to get scarce. Inferior wood is very abundant. " Freights.—Brig Medium, Iniqui to Antwerp, 4/. 15s. ; ship Ann Cheshire, ores, Huasco and Caldera to Swansea, 51. ss. ; brig Pickwick, ores, Caldera to Liver pool, 4/. 10s. ; brig Caledonia, guano, Chichas to Great Britain, 41." The Republic of Bolivia had become peaceful, and all the revolutionary movements have been successfully quelled. General Santa Cruz having asked permission to return to Paris, it was granted, and his half-pay as Captain General was conceded to him. From Peru we learn that the Convention was still in session, and many projects of law were being brought forward by the deputies. Among them was one to suppress Free-masonry and pre vent lodges from being held ; another proposed that the Jesuits should be ,expelled, and the same day a counter bill was introduced to legalise their residence in the country. The most extraordinary and important proposi tion made is the project of law, introduced by Senor Roca, to sell the Chinoha Islands. The following is a brief abstract of the law. The preamble states that, considering guano to be the chief source of revenue of the Republic, and at the same time a terminable one, the nation had not derived the benefit from it to which it is enti tled, while the present mode of sale was unsuited and expensive. Considering at the same time the wants of the nation—namely, to encourage immi gration, educate the people, and irrigate the sterile coast lands, and that the interest of the national debt in 25 years will equal the principal, it is there fore desirable to realise the sale of the guano in a more prompt manner for the benefit of the national treasury. Considering further that, according to the best calculations, the present amount of guano is 12,070,152 tons (Peruvian measurement), which may be reduced to, say, 11,670,152 tons by the time the sale was effected, and, lastly, that tile net profit has not exceeded $3O, .to., be it decreed that the guano on the Ckincha Islands, say, 11,670,152 tons, be sold at public auction, in nine months, at a price not less than $3O per ton, equal to $350,104,560 ; the sale to take place under the management of a committee of officials named in the bill. The regulations of the sale are next stated. The nation does not hold itself responsible for the amount of guano, and will allow no reclamation for a deficiency, nor seek it for a surplus. The law to be published in all languages, and circulated, through the Government representatives, in Europe, Asia, and America. The money to be paid cash, or at least ono-fourth of tho sum, the remaining three-fourths at short dates. The money to be de posited in the Bank of England to the credit of the nation, and appropriated in certain sums for the national good, (tc. The foregoing, which is only a brief summary, contains the principal points of the proposed measure. AUSTRALIA. SOUTHAMPTON, JAN. 4. By the Royal Mail steamer Tyne we have re ceived, via Panama and Callao, three days later intelligence from Australia, with dates from Syd ney to the 18th of September. The Legislative Council, or that portion composed of the members of Government and their nominees, were accused of devoting the short remainder of their administra tive career in voting away the public money con trary to the wishes of the more popularly elected members. On the sth a vote to increase the Gover nor-General's silary 2,0001. per annum was carried by a majority of 22 to 9 ; a vote of 2001. for the completion of the garrison garden and cricket ground was lost by a vote of 15 elective members against 13, consisting of seven salaried Govern ment officers, five Government nominees, and one elective member and another vote of 6301. was carried by 15 Government against 14 elective members. ------- On the 11th the report of the Select Committee on Steam Postal Communication was adopted by the Legislative Council after some discussion. The report says that— " After careful investigation, and after having all the best evidence it was possible for them to procure, the select committee had arrived at the opinion, first, that the route which will afford the most immediate, the most certain, and the cheapest mode of communication by steam between Sydney and Great Britain is that by way of Singapore ; secondly, that the most rapid communica tion with Great Britain would be afforded by the estab- li.hment of a line of steamers by way of Panama, and that, if that line could be opened— in addition to the line by way of Singapore—the greatest amount of advan tage possible to be derived from steam communication with Europe would be achieved. The committee recom mended under all the circumstances that the principle of the bill, which should be brought under the conside ration of the council, should be to authorise the Colonial Government to enter into a contract for a monthly lino of postal steamers between Sydney and Singapore only —and that for this purpose a► sum of 25,0001. per an num for five years certain should be placed at the disposal of the executive Government to meet the expenses of ouch a contract." In speaking on the question the Postmaster- General said— "lt had lately come to his knowledge, for instance, that some were favourable to an arrangement, by which the line of communication would be from Panama to Sydney, and from Singapore and Lake Leeuwin to Mel bourne. Ile felt bound to state to the house that, if it were found necessary or advisable to adopt that arrange• ment to which be bad before referred—namely, a line between Panama and Sydney, and between Singapore via Cape Leeuwiu and Melbourne—another bill would be necessary." The tariff of the colony has been again raised. The following figures will show the duties fixed by the tariff of 1852, together with the alterations made last year, and the further alterations by the vote of the 12th : London k N. We 3t. 'aledon... E. Un. & t.Nrttin. E. Count. ICaldonian. Do ~ (it. West!, Yk. New. & Berw.' Y. &NM Do S. Eaetori Do Poto bt Co_ Norfolk.. , L.& N. W & Midid. Stckton & Darlingt. Midland.. En. Coun. E. Count. [Do IL. & N. W. [GtNorthn Lancash & Yorksh. T. Brassoy M.MClean Stockt. & Darlingt Do (tW IE SHARES. 108 - 110 104 - 106 90 - 92 92 - 94 15 - 16 .s• ...... .• q 2 ii - P' 1241' • • • 60 - 62 112 - 114 105 - 107 99 101 4 9 - 10 6 - 64 Rti - 87 77 - 79 77 - 79 9i - 9i 15i -16 i 94 10 66 -64 17 - 18 8i - 9 1:3 - 134 - 131 - 133 ••• ..... N• • • • ... ••• - ••• 12/ - 13, 131 - 133 91 - 93 - 4 - 98 - 100 87 - 84 2i - 34 1 = i;i 91 - 93 13 - 14 id - psi 21i 22; 92 91 9,1 P - 1 Pi .•• - gsl THE WEST INDIA MAIL. A summary of the foil pression of yesterday : SOL By the Royal Mail si Valler, with the mails Gulf of Mexico, andPaci Tampico Vera Cruz owing appeared in our im- TTHAMPTON, JAN. 4. team-ship Tyne, Captain from the West Indies, Lc, we have dates from— ' Demerara Trinidad — 10 Havannah ....... 10 Greytown Carthagena Jamaica Porto Rico Barbadoes Grenada Martinique Antigua St. Thomas - 12 - 10 - 13 - 14 - 18 The Tyne brings 55 passengers, among whom aro Commander Cochrane, Surgeon Mostyn, and Lieut. Carter, of the 2d West India Regiment ; on freight, $3,156,313 in specie, value—say, 631,0001. sterling, of which $lBB,OBB is from Tam pico, $427,329 from Vera Cruz, $60,000 on account of the Mexican dividends, and $lBO,OOO from the Pacific Ports. The specie received by this vessel weighs 89 tons. The cargo consists of 47 serons of cochineal, 19 serous of jalap, 95 cases of cigars, 113 bales of tobacco, 176 bags of cocoa, 110 bales of cork, and a large cargo of sundries. The Tyne experienced strong winds and a heavy swell on leaving St. Thomas's. On the 22d of De cember the wind was from the westward, with moderate and fine weather. On the 28th and 29th she experienced strong north-westerly breezes, with heavy swell, and on the 30th exceedingly strong gales from the westward. The Plata arrived at St. Thomas's on the 15th of Deo. in 12 days 15 hours from Southampton. The Wye steamship, with the mails from Ja maica, in consequence of heavy weather did not arrive at St. Thomas's until the night of the 18th, and the Tyne was accordingly detained. The hurried manner in which the Tyne left St. Thomas's prevented our usual Jamaica files from being transferred from the Wye, and the despatches from that island have not therefore come to hand. HrMedea, coming to St. Thom e as's Majy for e t s h t e 's Admiral's ship letters at Bermuda, was detained some days in Antigua, in consequence of meeting there the United States' sloop of war Cyane of 20 guns, which refused to salute the British flag. The cause assigned by the Cyane was that an Ame rican subject (a slave) had been taken out of an American vessel at Antigua. The Medea left St. Thomas's for Bermuda on the 17th ult. The Cyane had reached St. Thomas's when the Tyne left. On the 3d inst., off Scilly, bearing N.E. 15 miles, the Tyne exchanged signals with the bark Olivia, from Jamaica, bound for London. The Cunard screw steamer Curlew had broken down, and was repairing at Bermuda. Governor Hincks, of Barbadoes, was on board. The mails were sent express by a man-of-war from Bermuda to Barbadoes. _ The ship Severn, with a cargo of coals for the Peninsular and Oriental Company, bound to the East Indies, had put into St. Thomas's in distress, and was discharging. _ From Demerara we learn that the Court of Policy was in session. The New Manner of Proceeding Bill, introduced by the Chief Justice, had been passed, and would come into operation on the Ist of May, subject, of course, to the approval of her Majesty. The charge of the Lord Bishop of the diocese had been delivered. The difficulties of the keeping up of a staff of clergy were alluded to, and the whole of the diocese was regarded by the Bishop as essentially missionary. The schools throughout the colony were stated to be less flourishing than they were 12 years ago. In reference to the weather, state of the crops, and the business posi tion of the colony the Royal Gazette says : " Although we are in the middle of what in ordinary years is considered the short rainy season, the weather still continues dry, and there are no indications of rain setting in. If the weather does not break up on the change of the moon, we may look forward to a continu ance of dry weather for another month at least. The Buck Indians who have come down from the interior state that there will be no rain for some months to come. They give several reasons for coming to this conclusion. One is that, notwithstanding the long continuance of dry weather which we have already experienced, the creeks and rivers continue full—a certain indication, say they, that although there has been no rain on the coast, there must have been an abundance of it in the interior of the continent, and at the sources of the rivers. Another reason assigned by them is still more curious. They say that a flower which is never known to blossom except in seasons of excessive drought, is now in full bloom. We hope they may prove to be false prophets, as the conse quences will be very serious not only to the planters, but to the inhabitants generally, who will be reduced to great privations for want of fresh water it the dry wea ther continues much longer. The young canes will be stunted in their growth, and the next year's crop will be ruined. This is a cheerless prospect to look forward to, but we are not yet without hope that a favourable change may shortly take place. The supply of rain water in the city is getting very short, and people are begin • ning to lock up their vats and to economise their water. " The sugar crop of 1855 is now nearly gathered in, but on some estates operations have been impeded and brought to a stand, for want of water to convey the canes to the buildings and work the machinery. The rise in the price of sugar, the intelligence of which was brought out, by the last mail, has raised the drooping spirits of the planters, and those who a few months ago were walking with downcast eyes, dreaming of ruin, now look up with hope, and cheerfully anticipate better times. "The exports from the colony during the last fort night have amounted to- -Sugar, 4,165 hhds, 314 tierces, 40 half-tierces, 1,9076 barrels, 509 bags ; rum, 2,271 puncheons, 378 Wads, 141 barrels ; molasses, 75 barrels; cotton, 26 bales ; coffee, 1 barrel ; co coanuts, 6,550 ; 20 tierces of foreign sugar ; greenheart, 121 logs, con taining 7,500 feet ; letterwood, 7 pieces ; wallaba, 1 log ; old copper, 10 casks ; old brass, 5 casks ; old lead. 10 kegs and 9 pieces ; 1 box of wine. Of these 268 hhds, 7 tierces, and 39 barrels of sugar were exported to New York ; and 31 hhds, 10 tierces, 146 barrels sugar 53 puncheons, 20 hhds, and 2 barrels of runs were shipped to Bordeaux. " Business among the merchants is not so brisk as it usually is at this period of the year ; this slackness of trade is attributable in part to the high price of provi- sions at the present time, and also w to the increased number of coolies who are employed upon the estates, and who do not require so many dry goods as the creole labourers or even the African immigrants. Provisions at present are double their usual price. " There is but little shipping in the port, and freights continue hiah." A Mr. Francis Burke, a gentleman from Mont serrat, bad arrived in British Guiana, and applied to Government for a patent to protect an invention which be has discovered to separate and prepare in an efficient manner the fibres contained in the plan tain, banana, aloe, and other vegetables, for vari ous manufacturing purposes. At Barbadoes congratulatory addresses had been presented to Sir W. M. G. Colebrooke, Governor and C om mander-in-Chief of the island, previous to his departure. The House of Assembly met on the 4th ult. At Grenada the legislative business of the session was opened on the 27th of November. In conse quence of a difference which existed in reference to the Money Bill for 1856, the house sent an address to the Executive , praying for an adjournment un til the 17th of February. This not having. been granted, the house had refused to meet, and it was rumo ured that his Excellency intended convening it by proclamation for the 18th of December. This, it was believed, would lead to a dissolution, which would be fraught with great inconvenience to the public. The weather continued favourable to the was unusually good. plantations, seasonable showers had r t a ii n da d .d so w m e e le fi a n r e n that the crop of sugar fallen. F 10 Trinidad m stomßakiciongthe cholera, after raging for some whichtime Atapb about had 2 entered San Juan, an d was committing great havoc among the inha bitants. was the outskirts, Yellow fever was also existing at Martinique. The English sloop Etna, which bad arrived at St. Thomas's from Curacoa, reported the loss of the American bark Governor Von Oxholme, which bad gone ashore on the rocks off Bonaire, whether she was bound with salt. Resolu- Tariff of Net of last tiong car -1852. session. ried Sept. 13. a. d. 5. d. s. d. Brandy Gin 6 0 9 0 10 0 Whisky Rum Cordials Perfumed spirits Wine containing more than 25 per cent. of alcohol of a spe cific gravity of 823, at the temperature of 60° of Fah renheit's thermometer — 10 0 All other wine Tea, per lb. Refined sugar, per cwt. Unrefined ditto 2 6 5 0 Molasses, ditto Coffee, per lb. Chicory - 0 2 Cigars. per lb. Manufactured tobacco, ditto 1 0 2 0 Unmanufactured ditto, ditto 0 8 2 0 Snuff Ale and bear in wood, per gal. 0 1 0 1 Al. and beer in bottle THE PACIFIC. SOUTHAMPTON, JAN. 4. By the Royal Mail steam-ship Tyne we receive our usual files of papers and despatches from the Pacific ports. The Pacific Steam Navigation Company's steamer New Granada bad arrived at Panama, with 33 pas sengers, $lBO,OOO in treasure, and dates from Val paraiso, Nov. 15 ; Coquimbo, 16th ; Cobija, 19th ; Arica, 20th ; Callao, 25th ; Payta, 29th ; and Guayaquil, 30th. A great quantity of gold bad been discovered near Naciamento, 90 miles above Conception in southern Chili. It is said that $lO,OOO worth of the precious metal was discovered by one man in 14 days. The Chilian correspondent of the Fanaina Star and _Herald thus describes the discovery : " The steamer Polynesian has arrived, bringing the news of an American named Brown having taken out $lO,OOO in 14 days from the diggingd near Naciamento ; that Talcahuano and Conception were in great excite ment, the shop windows displaying signs, So compra Oro,' &c. " From Quittola, some 30 miles distance, news has just been received of new gold discoveries, which has caused many to look that way fur the ' rock.' There fore you can safely put us down for a gold country. Rents appear to be advancing since the above news, and soon we hope to advise you of young Sacramento, Sonora, &c." - - The following market report is extracted from the price -current of the Dicur io of the 14th Nov. : "There have been very few transactions of any im portance during the past fortnight, the demand from the interior very small ; some sales made for Bolivia. The only arrivals that have brought akieortmente have By this change it is said Governs increased revenue on tea of 27,0001 lent will gain an '., and on sugar of 35,0001. per annum. The commercial record of the Empire of the 15th of September states that— "A further rise in the price of flour has taken place, and stocks are so low that fresh arrivals will meet with immediate sales. Firsts are quoted at 351. per ton, seconds at 33/. Mr. Breillart reports that the rapid manner in which the late importations of wheat and flour have moved off has induced a rise in the market. Wheat is now selling for 14s, per bushel." Exchange, 3 per cent. premium. THE COUNCIL OF WAR IN PARIS. In the course of a few days a General Council of War is to be held at Paris, at which England will be repre sented by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, Sir Richard Airey, and Sir Harry Jones, together with Admirals Sir Edmund Lyons and Dundee. The object of this Council is to collect, to interchange , and to consider all possible information with respect to the,war in every quarter ; but it will not be in the pro vince of the Council to plan campaigns, or to d ec ide, !n the beginning of January, what is to be done in April. The Council, having deliberated filly on t he importat subjects which will suggest themselves to them, will communicate the results of their labo urs to their re spective Gpvernments, who will dis cuss the questions which may be raised, and, having decided them, will give the orders necessary to secur e the objects they m a y have in contecoplation.—Post. We understand that the Hon. Wyndham Quin, late of the Grenadier Guards, only brother of the Earl of Dunraven, is about to form a matrimonial alliance with Caroline, third daughter of Admiral Sir George Tyler, M.P., of Cottsell, Glamorganshire: Miss Harriet Tyler, eldest daughter of the Admiral, will be married at the same time, to Mr. Edward P. 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Co.U.Can DOI 28 Vie Dionnes laud 154 16, _ 15i 16 THE STATE OF KERTCH. KERTCII, Dec. 10.—Less than three years ago few Frenchmen and, perhaps, fewer Englishmen troubled themselves as to what towns or residences the Russians owned on the Cimmerian Bosphorus. Kertch, with its white quay and row of seaside es tablishments, its chapel and museum above —its market-place and Woronzoff-street below, its visit ing aristocracy, its resident burghers, its Tartar agriculturists, its Russian, Greek, and German shopkeepers—Kertch was a comparatively unknown locality. Yet it must have been a busy and attrac tive place. Its public offices must have been filled with talkative clerks, its baths and assembly-rooms must have been favoured by idlers and loungers, its better mansions must have been enlivened by the presence of a more or less brilliant society. In deed we feel assured that many a bright recollec tion, many a sigh for pleasures past, many a revo lution in a matter-of-fact mind, have been occa sioned by a sojourn at Kertch of the Crimea. And what is the picture now ? How shall we paint the scene as now acknowledged by those whom the chances of war have made possessors of this once favourite rendezvous ? The Russians have destroyed our grain and fodder, it is true, but they have left us an abundant store of another character—" food whereon to moralise." This may be part of their tactics, for they know that soldiers do not fatten upon such sustenance. Kertch is at this moment anything but a cheer ful or homely residence. Even the enemy are re ported to have withd r awn th e i r ou tp os t s f rom it s vicinity. The stray Cossack has, within the last few days, abandoned his marauding propensities, so far as the neighbou r i ng h am l e t s are concerne d. N o t one solitary horse man , f rom th e i r numerous h or d es, thinks it worth his while any longer to show himself on the summit of the distant hills to reconnoitre our pickets or patrols. We dig our intrenchments, erect our barricades, legislate for ourselves, our armies, and the remnants of a ruined population thrown upon us for protection ; but all in a kind of solemn silence, broken b . y little el se th an th e tramp ing of the Turkish soldiers, the pattering of rain, or the noisy talk of a reeling drunkard. Lines of roofless and gutted houses tell of a wanton and unnecessary devastation, which now brings a certain amount of retribution by depriving the present garrison of the best of barracks, store rooms, and magazines. The interior of the once elegant museum is a heap of broken and scattered slabs and monuments ; here and there a complete bas-relief and Greek inscription being discernible, to excite the curiosity, and perhaps increase the natural indignation of the antiquary. The churches are unpretending in structure, but sufficiently chaste to give the almost only pleasing feature now left to the town. That of the Holy Trinity stands in a neat plot of ground, enclosed by green palings, at the northern extremity of the main street, whore it branches off to the Arabat barrier, the last-named building conspicuous in its two uninjured eagle-griffins. In the enclosure is also a belfry of considerable proportions. The Turks, whom curiosity leads into the house of Christian prayer as spectators (te plunder, pos sibly, were they not under unusual control) had selected this spot for the practice of their band, and had already commenced disturbing both priest and congregation bysecnlar melodies, performed in most irreverent key. It may be needless to add that such desecration was stopped when brought to notice. Immediately behind the church, and close to the angle formed by Pentecost and Woronzoff-streets, is a long row of 9-pounders, marking the locality of a battery of Turkish artillery. Further towards the Arabat barrier on the left are the cavalry bar racks, which give shelter to the fine troop of her Majesty's 10th Hussars, lately welcomed to the Crimea from Western India. The quarters afforded are spacious and airy. This place was formerly an academical institution for young ladies, known as " Kushinkob's Kertch Institute;" the said Kushi n kob being, it is affirmed, a Russian General. The former inmates transported themselves, or were transported by others. on the sacking of the town ; and scarce a vestige now remains of their occupa tion save the inscription outside the house. They did leave, so the story goes, their pianoes. If such, indeed, were the case, those who succeeded them were not so considerate to their successors. The church at the southern end of Kertch is that of Svetato Joanne Preteschi, Saint John the Fore runner. The less injured houses are occupied by the offi cers and troops of the garrison. There is the Eng lish quarter, the French quarter, th• Turkish quarter. New names have been put upon the streets (or rather translations of the old names), and huge, unsightly numbers have been daubed upon the dwellings. The abode of staff officers and public officers are indicated in crooked painted characters. Russian and Tartar men and women are accommodated with stalls in the market, and sell fruit, vegetables, and many varieties of petty trumpery to the soldiery. The buyer and seller have but few words in common. These few are the names of current English, French, and Turkish coin. The fingers form the language of numbers and are in constant requisition. In Woronzoff street—the Grande Rue of the place—are centred the principal shops. They form there a nearly un broken line ; the rest are scattered, few and far be tween. The owners are Russians, Germans,Greeks, Italians,Maltese, Jews, Circassians, Persians, Turks, Tartars. Each pays a monthly rent, and each is subject to fine for infraction of municipal laws. There is but one trade, however, which can bo termed thriving or attractive. The sale of liquor in retail is the one great source of profit, and thus naturally commands the chief attention of the uew colony of shopkeepers. It is difficult to find the one tailor of the town (a German Jew), who is content to use his legiti mate profession to earn his bread. Fortunately among the ranks of the 71st Highlanders may be obtained a willing hand for the relief of absolute necessities ; and, beyond this, officers, as well as men, should learn to stitch on their own buttons. The writer of these lines has yet to acknowledge the existence of the Kertch shoemaker. A. hatter must, of course, be visionary ; and a bookseller is represented by a woman at a market-stall, who dispenses copy and story hooks published at Mos cow. Even a barber is a rare article—a clean one an impossibility. One is obliged to resort to one's own servant for hair-cutting. This would be no fair complaint in the field, under canvas, or any where, indeed, in an enemy's country save in a town yet full of tradesmen of all sorts. It is this Demon of Retail in the liquor department who blights all honest traffic. There are nearly 100 registered shops in Kertch, and scarcely one that does not keep its glass or two for the ready retail customers. Pocket-handkerchiefs are sold with spirits, sheets of writing paper are sold with spirits, mustard is sold with spirits, pictures, looking glasses, crockery, pamphlets, loaf sugar, candles, all kinds of small ware and Bag Fair merchandise are sold with spirits, and, except the clean-looking German couple who sell pork sausages up a by street one hardly knows whom to denote as free from this sweeping assertion. But these good peo ple only distribute these good things once a-week ! Let no one be deceived by the signboards of the whilom inhabitants of Woronzoff-street. Beneath a full-length portrait of a lady en pleine toilette, with a Russian inscription inviting the passers-by to the pleasant fineries of a modiste's department, the Highlander and Chasseur, the marine and the mariner, wend their way to and fro, in hope or memory of a morning, midday, or afternoon dram. A most respectable-looking shop at the corner has become the cabaret of a reckless Italian, who dis penses the petit verre at all hours to his compat riots, in company with every class of dissipated Levantines. The large substantial shop at the op posite corner shares a like fate, and is also kept by an Italian. We may add, en passant, that it is an Italian keeps the solitary restaurant (6 -decant Hotel do l'Univers) of the town. The few vagrant or impoverished Russians who have been left be hind in the general evacuation emulate the example of their country's invaders by endeavouring cel them in courting inebriety to every possible ex tent. Not only do they sell liquor where a shop is to be secured, but they themselves drink with a gusto of the most determined kind. A drunken Russian is no uncommon sight ; and, certes, very few specimens of utter demoralisation can come up to the huge, vociferating, stumbling creature in furs, sheepskins, and unclean boots and nether gar ments, whose loss of laid!seems to have been com pensated by the loss of reason and intellect. The rulers of the town must not be blamed for the truthfulness of this picture. It is easy enough for good, honest men at home to blame them ; but good, honest men at home are too apt to be simple and ignorant. For the manifold questions which a commission of pure morality would put to any sup posed responsible parties in these gloomy proceed ings a like number of answers are ready and appro priate. It would haply be as ill-advised an attempt at remedy to close at once all liquor depots as to de port the whole civil population of this unfortunate town vi et armis. The authorities no more slumber on their posts than they wink at the irregularities committed. The measures of reform may be slow, but it is hoped they will only be the more sure and salutary. To limit the number of retail vendors, restrict them by severe rules, the infraction of which entail severe penalties, and to compel them, if they must needs sell in retail, to purchase high priced licences, —measures such as these may be effectual in checking at least the prevalence of the evil as it now exists ; and such measures, it is he , lieved, are already in operation. Whether they actually will serve to achieve the desired object is a Problem ; but a problem is better suited to the case than a certainty of continuance in the present r state of things. With the exception of a small detachment of the 10th Hussars, a portion of her Majesty's flat, few Chassours d'Afriquo, and some marines de t from the French troops at Fort Paul, the Turkish Contingent have replaced the former gar• ris on of Kertch. This rapidly-increasing force has tExli:en to itself the Osmanli troops found here on it. arrival ; and, independently of the large num• hers at Kertch, they have some infantry regiments witifi artillery at Yenikale, and infantry regiments with artillery at Fort Paul ; the three stations be ing comprised in a line about 10 miles in length. THE EXPECTED BALTIC CAMPAIGN. La Nord discusses as follows the chances of the expected Baltic campaign : In the plans sketched by the English press, and said to be those which the Allies have formed for the ensuing year, the project of a landing in Finland oc cupies the foreground. To attack Russia simultaneously in the north and the south, by land and sea, to place her between two fires—this is indeed a gigantic plan, but it appears to us, for that very reason, to be imprao ticable. Admitting that the Allies may be disposed to renew by a war in the Baltic the enormous outlay and the sacrifices entailed on them by their expedition to the Black Sea, we may ask ourselves whether after they have uselessly been scratching Russia's feet they will succeed in overthrowing her by seizing her by the hair or bry pinching her ear ? For it is to be observed that when landing an army in Finland, or on any other point of the Baltic coast, the Allies would find themselves con fronted by obstacles far greater than those of the Crimea In that peninsula the campaign, interrupted by the winter, could be resumed in the spring. In the Balti4 t, where the navigation is only open for four or five month s of the year, it must be otherwise. The Allies mns t obtain a complete and decisive victory in a single rim • mer ; they must smite Russia so terrible a blow as to prevent her recovering herself during the winter. Now, if the Allies, if England especially, have beea able to make preparations for so great an enterprise, we must suppose that the Russian Government has net re mained a passive spectator on her part. We confess we do not believe in the destruction of Cronstadt, aid the English believe in it just as little ourselves; buss conceding, for the sake of argument of course, thuds this eventuality is probable or possible ; admitting even that the Allies may be able to make a demo's'. stration against St. Petersburg—it will be seen that w e are making very large concessions—do they imagii that Russia would thereupon consider herself yam quished ? She would be stunned, we grant, but mot overthrown, and one winter would serve to put her on her legs again. And, even in this ease, can it be Tea sonably admitted that this blow can be dealt her in a single campaign ? Why, the allied army would be ob liged to re-embark in the autumn, or else on the ap proach of winter it would resign miens velem to the disagreeable alternative of seeing its retreat utterly cut off, communication with the fleet, driven away by the ice, destroyed—this too, in a country where they would not leave a roof over its head, nor a sack of flour for its sustenance; where the cold, far different from that of the Crimea, sinks to 30 and 40 degrees of R6aumnr • where, lastly, the Russian army which would then be in its own element, might choose its own time to swoop upon it when exhausted by the cold and hunger, oumpelling it t yield or accept battle, the result of which could not be doubtful. Let this expedition be made to Finland or to the Baltic provinces, or even to both points at 'once—a thing less practicable than ever—still the conditions under which it could be carried out would bo the same. It is not upon hypotheses we ground our roa f'oning, but on the nature of these countries them selves—that is to say, on the winter, Russia's potent auxiliary. As we see, the frosts of the north have their own little special advantages. Then, again, Russia possesses at this moment one army in Finland, another in the Baltic provinces, a third in Poland, and yet a fourth in St. Petersburg and its neighbourhood. Surely these are obstacles not to be surmounted in a hurry, nor can any one dream of doing so. In every case it will not be English troops that can do it. It will hence be on the shoulders of the French army that Great Britain would once again lay all the burthen of this fresh expedition. Now, we are of opinion that the French Government, a better judge than England of everything connected with military operations, would look twice before it ventured on so difficult and formi dable an enterprise. It seems to us besides that the French have been for two years doing England's work for her, and paying dear enough for her alliance, not to consider themselves now completely out of her debt. If it is the task of these English to destroy Cronstedt—if that is all they have to do—why have they not done it this year, when they have been showing off before its forts all the summer ? And if it is by the help of their new gun-boats and floating batteries, which they talk so much about, that they count on effecting their object next year, we are afraid they will once more have to be satisfied with feeding their imagination and shooting awny their powder. In the first place, Cronstadt is not Kinbourn ; again, the success obtained by these floating batteries at the bombardment of that petty fortress, where they were employed for the first time, is not yet proved, for the simple reason that Kinbourn, the construction and arma ment of which had undergone no change since the last century, possessed none of those engines that may be happily employed against these said batteries. There was not even a single Paixhan guu in that fort. It is different with Cronstadt, and formidable as this fortress has always been, consisting notoriously of several forts, it is more than probable that since those floating bat teries have been known at St. Petersburg they have discovered the means of counter arming themselves there. The present war has proved that the arms of the engi neers and artillery are not so badly wielded in Russia, and that under this head their inventive power.] are not es poverty-stricken as previously supposed. The Bus elan., it is true, are not in the habit of trumpeting their progress and discoveries. If others feel inclined to con sider this reserve of theirs as a proof of weakness, we, for our parts, see in it a pledge of success, for which both fact and prudence are the first conditions. Thug, even when reasoning on the hypotheses most favourable to the Allies, the possible chances of a fa vourable issue to an approaching campaign in the Bal tic—whether we consider it to he a gigantic enterprise comprehending the invasion of Finland and the Baltic provinces, or whether we reduce it to its simplest ex pression, that is to say, to the mere bombardment of Cronstadt, it cannot by any possibility have for Russia those consequences to which the English journals see her already reduced. We have not yet spoken, our readers perceive, of an active co-operation on the part of Austria, for we do not suppose they can seriously depend on such a thing either at Paris or London. Besides, if Austria were really to take the field against Russia, we are justified in believing, from the private information we possess, that she would encounter a more violent resistance than she expects—. a resistance which on some future day might recoil on Austria, and work more mischief than they seem to cal culate upon at Vienna. The reflections just submitted to the reader are not intended to prove that Russia ought not to make peace. Quite the contrary. They are given merely by way of answer to those threatening, and, as we think, unseason able clamours raised within the last few days by the semi-official organs of the Vienna and London press. The object is so transparent, under existing circumstances, that of creating a sort of moral pressure, that no one will allow himself to be taken in by it. If it is passing strange to see the journals of England, who in this war has only played a secondary part, hold ing forth every day to Russia, in a threatening tone, the conditions of peace which they condescend to con sider acceptable, the Austrian journals, one would think, assign with far less grace the same motives to their Go vernment, which has much less right than England has to hide its own ambitious and selfish views under unjus tifiable and selfish pretensions. The question whether Russia is or is not interested in concluding peace at this present time is very debateable, and very differently judged. We ought then to beware how we render the solution of that question too difficult. NEW AMBCLANCII CARRIAGE. Mr. Tufnell, professor of military surgery, Dublin, submitted this morning to the inspection of Lord Panmure and Lord Hardinge, at the Horse Guards, a new ambu lance carriage for the use of the army in the Crimea in the ensuing campaign. The invention is of the most s i m ple c haracter, yet the conveyance is replete with every article necessary for the proper care and attention to the wants of the sick and wounded soldier in the field. The carriage is a modification of the Irish jaunting car. It will carry three soldiers lying down, or ono lying and six sitting, ,or, if necessary, with the ends of the seats turned down, it will accommodate ten sitting. The middle compartment can also be used as a stretcher; and when the wounded soldier is lifted from the convey ance, the irons or handles are turned down,and it becomes at once a kind of bed on which the surgeon can operate if necessary on the sufferer without his being removed. 1 tent can also be thrown over the top to shelter,the sol diers from the weather. In the well between the wheels provision is made for the requirements of the field. There is a splint case containing splints, bandages, kn., neces' nary for fractures, a case of instruments, a store case with canisters of tea, sugar, arrow root, &c., blanket s to cover four men, canteen, washing materials , and appa. ratus, medicine chest, etc., well stored ; And so we ll arranged are these articles that many of them fit into anl : n u r i e s and on e one another, by which much space is saved, and what the remains turned am bri d t g o e , ho valuable ins p account.c th e n ., r r i s i Greco age yeater day, highly approved of it, Lord Hardinge, this morning. We believe, an order will be given for an immediate supply for the army now a s of f id t he L ord inventionP in the Crimea. The simplicity and in the fitting omitted any thing necessary uof p i 3 s , t i ts r g . reati Tufnell,advantagesor •r t likelyheiinventor, v f e o t no r t e co r or d ,n i ment and care of the w ounded soldier. We understand that another ball will shortly be given by the officers quartered in the royal camp at Alder. magnificent b a ll- room of the New Club house,in the e r the immediat e p a t r o n age of General Knollys shot, and officers of the camp. A list of the allpe persons invited will, on this occasion, be submitted namesroi the e tted leading to the ball committee, and no card of invita tion will be issued unless signed by two or more officers of the camp. Judging from the list of those who are the promoters of this ball, it promises to be of the most bril liant description, 6d ; veal, ' the 'roni af. 1 45 all all 100 100 3t 1P 206 1.00 20i tOO 20 20 is 20 20 all all 143 7 LOO 0 11 2 5 1 all all an 17 all all 1 1191 76f i 931 94 3j 67 i 13 246 i 106 5 20i 1