The Sun. — London, England, 1854-12-29 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET a. ND VOMMERCIAL L.VTELLIG.ENCE. CITY, TWO o'CLOCX. The sales of ootton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 6,000 bales, including 500 American taken for export. The market was heavy, with but little alteration in prices. The sales comprised 5,000 American, 80 Pernam and Maranhana at Sid. to 7,/d., 20 Bahia at 6d., 200 Egyptian at 6d. to 81d., and 700 Surat at 3d. to 4d. per lb. Rail way Shares were rather dull. The Produce Markets being closed, we may use fully give a comparison of the prices of some of the principal staples during the first and last weeks of this year : Sugar— Jan., Mi. Doc., 1851. British Plantation, s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. per cwt. -32 oto 41 0 ... 29 oto 41 0 Matiritin4, do. 27 6to 43 0 ... 25 oto 42 0 Havana, do. Coffee— West India, do. Ceylon Native, do 5O oto 50 6 ... 44 6to 45 6 Brazil, do 45 oto 58 0 ... 41 oto 57 0 Ruin— Leeward Island, p. gal., proof to 5 . per cent 0ver...... 2 9to 4 1 .. Rice— 3 4to 4 11 Bengal White, per cwt. Cotton— Sarat and Madras, per lb. Saltpetre — Bengal, per cwt. Hemp— Manilla, per ton £43 to 250 £47 to £62 The American State documents are usually so voluminous, that there is a difficulty in giving facts without entering into detail. The following appear, however, to be some very interesting results in connection with the lani sales : " It appears that during the fifteen months ending with September, 1854, the sales of land were 13,735,203 acres ; a very large proportion of which was in those regions where railroads have penetrated. This settlement of Government land contributes largely to the success of the roads that induce the settlement. The land report shows that in the line of the Illinois Central region, where, for fifteen years, the Government could not sell an acre, there have been sold 2,377,994 acres, much of it at double price. This tract, equal to the State of Connecticut in surface, will, in a few years, be come tributary to the Central Railroad. In the midst of that large tract, the Central Company own a large quantity of selected lands—to be put upon the market when its value shall have felt the influence of the sales of the Government. The Commissioner states that so numerous are the applications that this cannot be acted upon for months to come. An active demand and settle ment is accumulating round the Illinois road with in creased effort, which will insure its property, had it no land of its own to fall back upon. The money pressure at the Weat has thrown some of the best paper into Wall-street. Illinois Central acceptances, which were largely taken by the Chicago Banks, have been turned over to capitalists in Wall-street." There has been no feature in the American Stock market, which is duller at about last week's rates, according to the list furnished by Messrs. D. Bell, Son, and Co. The English Stock market is very quiet, although some parties still indulge the belief that a Peace Congress is about to be opened at Vienna. Consols have been quoted 911 to 91i for account. Exche quer Bills remain at 4s. to 7s. premium. The Bonds have been quoted 991. Bank Stock is firm at 208 to 2091. The New 3 per Cents. have been 911 to 911, and the Reduced 90i to 91. Foreign Securities have been mostly nominal, so limited are the transactions. The Turkish Bonds are 751 to 751. Sardinian Stock is worth 841. Dutch 4 per Cents. have been 91'1. The following are the nominal prices of foreign stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 5 to 6 ; Mexi can, 204 to 21 ; Peruvian, 69 to 71 ; Ditto 3 per Cents., 48 to 50 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 41 to 43 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 97 to 99 ; Ditto 41 per Cents., 87 to 89 ; Spanish New Deferred, 18k to 18 ; Ditto 3 per Cents., 38k to 381 ; Ditto Certifi cates, 5 to 5i ; Ditto Passive, 42- to 4i. For Railway Shares the market is not so high as yesterday, a reaction of 10s. having occurred iu the North-Eastern, of ss. in the Great Western and Midland, and similar per centages in the others. This, however, is simply the result of the "fag end" of the account. Luxembourg shares continue heavy, and the French lines suffer by the heavy tone of the Paris bourse. There is nothing doing in the Foreign or Colo nial Mining Shares. The Joint-Stock Bank Shares have been steady generally, and London and Westminster rather higher. Crystal Palace are in more request, and South Australian Land aro firm. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Ofccial List.) ns , iness done lb.* Stock 2OB 9 8 Pe. Cent. Reduced Annuities 90,1 1 New 3 ler Cent. Annuities Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 -16 E Ditto 30 Expire 10th Oct., 1859 41-16 Consols for AcccN n t , 10th J anuar y India Stock for Acc,uut 226 x d Exchequer Bills, 24a., 21060 _ .. 7 4 Small 5 7 Xxchequer Bonds 1858, 3i 1-r Cent. — Ditto 1859, ~ PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNINg AT ONE O'CLOCK. Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent Turkish Scrip, paid up in full .. Ditto for the Account 7si i Dividends on the above payable in Lomn. Dutch Exchange, 2i per Cont. 12 Guil Ditto 4 Der Cent. Cortifieates ..... HA LP-P A Sl' TWO. Consols 9lh i 20 20 10 10 20 St. St. 10 GA St. 10 St. 25 10 5 20 20 '31251 THE WEATHER IN THE CRIMEA The Moniteur de l' Armee publishes the following letter, dated before Sebastopol, Bth : "The weather since the last two days has be come delightful ' • the heat of the sun already be gins to harden the ground, and the roads will soon be in a better working condition. The -natives of the country give us hopes that the weather may con tinue so for some weeks, which will allow us to carry on our operations according to our wishes. In a few days our batteries, which have been considerably increased, will be completed, and we shall be ready to open a formidable fire against the place. It is doubtful whether our allies will be equally forward, as they have not the same means of transport as we have, and it will be more difficult for them to get up their heavy guns, unless the state of the roads is materially improved. They have not equipage trains militarily organised as we have ; the resources which they find in the country are of great assistance to them when the com munications are easy, but they are far from being sufficient in bad weather. In a country like this it is impossible to get on except with suoh ' an organisation as ours ; an army must be able to rely on its own means, which must be sufficient for its wants. Our allies envy us onr trains and our ambulances, which are so admirably arranged. Our contact with them will certainly not fail to cause great and useful modifications in the organisation of their army. Thanks to the numerous reinforce ments, which are constantly arriving, our forces will suffice to meet all eventualities, and to carry on with success any operations which circumstances may call for. The Russian army of the Danube appears to be on its way toward the Crimea. The third corps, it is said, quitted the Pruth in the early part of November, with thousands of arobas. The bad weather will, doubtless, arrest the progress of this corps, but we may expect that the Russians will use extraordinary efforts to bring up their troops, the Crimea being destine d to become the great field of battle on which the present struggle will be settled. It is perhaps better that it should be there Ulan elsewhere, for the great naval re sources possessed by the two allied nations will enable them to readily supply their armies with provisions and stores of every kind, while Russia will have great difficulty to furnish theirs, distant as they are from their great cen tre of supplies. The Russian line-of-battleships, which are still afloat in the port of Sebastopol, are no longer in a state to put to sea ; for their crews, who have been em ployed in the defence of the place, have suffered such considerable losses that it is impossible to turn tke ves sels to any account. Some deserters have even de declared that 2,000 sailors were sent a short time since to Odessa, where there were no longer any troops, and where the appearance of some of the Allied fleet had caused serious fears of an attack. Our sailors are very anxious for the Russian vessels to come out ; for al though many of our vessels have gone to Constanti nople to refit, the Allies have still more than enough left to destroy any Russian fleet that may show itself outside the port." Tim BORNEO INQUIRY.--Letters from Singapore state that the commissioners have, as they think, com pleted their task, and the investigation has ceased. They do not proceed to Labuan or Borneo, but termi nate their proceedings at once, and m a ke their report to her Majesty's Government. That it will be favourable to Sir James Brooke the commissioners have not con cealed.—Shipping Gazette. Loss OF A FRENCH SCREW STEAMER.—The iron screw-steamer Mediterran4e, belonging to the Rouen to Algiers Steam Navirtion Company, foundered on the 120, twelve len, : ips .. thy' • of Fi, ister , . She sprung a leak in - thy' c ,, consequence of a heavy gale, and all the efforts of the crew being unavailing to keep it wader, they were obliged to take to their boats, and on the 24th arriyod at Coucarneau. SLIARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) RAILWAYS. I(Tiosins Prices yestu lay. RA.ILWATO. digau Chester a Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Black, & Pass Cornwall `Orloff Junction Dubl in &Belfastjunc Dundee Perth &Abel dem Junction Do. New East Anglian Eastern Counties 'Eastern Union, A Stock ... B Stock Do.; Now A East Lancashire 100' .100 9 100, Edinburgh & Clasgriw Edinb. and Peebles Edin. Prth di Dunder Forth & Clyde June. alasgow &S. Western ;reat Northern 1100 100 00 100 I.CfJ Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &Wcst.(lre. Great Western Do. Stour Val. Rai Gua. Stk .. I Irish South-Easton. Lancaster & Carlisle Do Thirds Do. New Thirds., Lancash. andYorksh Do., Fifths D 3., Wst. Riding Un Li v. Crsby. & Southpt London & Lond. Bright k S.Cst. Lond. and N. West:, Do. Fifths Do.lo/. Sh.,M&B„ •Do Eighths London and S. Westu , £5O Do., 4 ( ) . uidndrry ex Col erainc fJudnfliTy. & Ennisk. • gall ell. Shef. & Linelu Do., Man. & Lin. Un Midland )o. Birrang. & Derb: G. West. (Ire, Do. Half Shares Newcast]e & Car'sh:. Newmk t. Bury Exton., Nwpt.A.berg. llrfd Newry &Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoini and Rostrevor.. Norfolk Northn.Connties Un. North British ~„ • North Devon, No. 1 Do., No. 2 )0., A Deferred Do. „:t, 13 Guarantee'' N. Eastern—l3erwicl Do. do. TlAcusion Dodo. G.N.B. Purch. Do. Leeds Do. York North London Do. New £lO N. &S. Wstrn. , Hamp stead, and City Jn .sTortli Staffordshire N,,rth N. & S. Westrn.Junc Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester )xforkl, Worcester, ti wolverhampton tsmouth seottish Central IScottish Midland ihrewsby. do Hcrefd ihropshire Uuion Do. A, B, C,& D,full ; paid up at per een . iCuth bovou „, -loath Eastern ;oath Wales Yrksh. & Riv. Put Do . .. Staines, Wok. &Wok tockton & Darliu z. Stockton dr Hartlepl. raff Vale . .113m - dem .A.rnbg. No ttng. Bost. and Eastn. Junet Belfast & Ballymena riirming. Wolverh. & Stour Valley ...... Birkenhd. Lanesh. Cheshire Junet Do. Chesh. £5O and 225 Cons. 80., £2O myth &Tyn 3 original £25 (isod. at £45) Bristol and Fxeter Caledonian. Catmarthen and Car Do. £lO shares... Do. Prof., No. 1.... Maims Haven Dock and Will Way . Vale of Neat ll.., )11‘1. & Kilkonnv West Cornwall. West End of London and Crystal Palace.. West London. Wimbledn & Croydon 20 - 4i - 5 8 -8, 13 - 12 16 - 17 7 - 6 93 95 60a 61 14 - 15 9 - 11 4 - 3 -7, 14 - 15 11 - 11; 28 - 30 20 - 22 71 - 72 54 - 56 fii = io 67 69 90} -- 91 77 79 1.23 - 124 89 - 91 691 701 58 -- 62 , 72 - 77 6 - 8 6 - 8 73,i -73 i 5 1 -- 5i •..(il 84 [O6 108 1004 101 d— id d— id 14 834 —84 A 9 8 .1 9 8 iii 7 6S 69 41 - 42 1,1 par 10 94 11 2 49 - 51 3i 3i 31 32 8 10 lf 74 - 75 6i 6i 4 4 12f —12 i 52 -- 53 52 54 par 4a 44:; 6 65 ia—iP 31 - 32 95 - 98 61 - 63 8 - Sip 46 - 47 12 - 14 58i -59. f 28i - 29, I d 35 - 37 ,•• 3 - 3i 1Q 17i 4-__ 4i, 6 - 7 6 .•• ... - 7 FOREIGN. Antwerp &Rotterdam 'Belgian Eastn. June Beziers to Graissossac Bombay, Baroda, and Central India,Scrip Central of Italy Demerara Dijon and Besancon Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Do, New East Indian Do. Extension Do. 4l p. c. Bds., pay '57, convertible Do. do. do., '59, do Gd. Junct. of France Gd. Tk. of CanadaA. ie. Do. do Do. St. Lawrence & Atlantic do. Do. Cert. of Deben , con. into Stk. till '63 Do. Comp. 6 p. c., do. Gt. Central of France, Gt. Indian Peninsula Do. New 5 per cont.' Gt. Woatern of Canad Shares Do. Bds., payable's7, with optlon till '55 Do. do., 62, p. '56 De. do., '76, p. '6O Do. do., '73, without option Hamilton & Toronto Do. 6 per cent. Lake Coust. & Baslo Lucca & Pistoja 5 p.c. prof Great Luxembourg, Constituted Shares Do. Obligations Lyons and Genova Lyons & Mediterran Madras Do. Now Maria Antonia Do. do. Now Melbourne Dk. ISt Ry Namur & Liege (with interest) Do. (ex interest) Northern of France. D 0.20/. Shs.late Char leroi and Erquelines guar. 3a p. c. & red. at 221/. dur,BB yrs. from - 1 Jan. 1854 Do. 201. 3 p. a Bdr (fmy. B. & Ams.Shs.) NorwogianTrnnkPref Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds Paris and Orleans.... Paris and Rouen ParisCaen & Cherbrg. Rouen and Havre Royal Danish Royal Swedish Sambre and Meuse Do. se, p. cent. Pref Southern of France St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) West Flanders Do 54 per c. Prof._ Western of France 'West. of Switzerland Wiesbaden Zealand JOINT-Si Australasia .. . ......... British Colonial Bank and Loan Company British N. American Chartd. Bank of Asic Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & Chins Colonial Commercial of Lend English Scottish and Australian Lond. Chart. Bk. o! Australia London and County London Joint Stock Lend. & Westminster National Provincial of England,,,, Do. New National of Ireland New South Wales Oriental Bank of Corporation. 'Provincial of Ireland Do. Now Royal Atetrain. Rtzg. & Gold Imp C 0.... [ South Australia ... Union of Australia : .. Do. New Won of Londou..nt 61$ - 6 11 - 1$ id -hp P 3i -- 31 d 3i -- 1 4i o -- 3 51 par -- 4p -- - 1 7i -64 i 8 - 7 9 7d 10 81 t - 6p )ar p 161 174 - id I it 2 d par 2 d par 2 d -- par din 24 - 2i - i"d a d 6i - 7 33 - u 124 -12 i •.• - ..• Eli - 94 18i - 19 45 47 37 39 Pm 20A 21 id IP 7# l 7di ... - ••• ... - pm 3i - 4 i - 5iP 16/ - 171 BANKS. 80 -- 82 ld—id 3 2id 21i 22 35 - 40 37 - 39 41 -- 43 68 - 70 8 - 10 Buttnege done this day. 691 k i 70k ox SITS 241 5 4/ 68i 91 60 I a] St. ti St. 11 St. LI 5 af 25 al 12i al 12E; al 20 al 10 al Bt. [C St. u N 50 I a] 10C a] 60 a] London N. W,..t. Oaledou... It.Nrthn. Caldonian. Do Westll Yk. New. Berw 'Do Do S. Eastern Do Pato & Co. Norfolk L. &N. W. & Milld. 3tekton & Dar line. Aidland.. E. Count Do L. &N.W &Ln&Yk Do Gt Northr faancash Yorksh. MClean ;took t. Darlingt [GtWestv. 60 - 65 113 - 115 1 ICS - 110 99 - 101 - D 6 10.1 17 —10 i 73 —19 i 9i —14 i id 135 95 - 100 98 - 100 130 - 135 104 - 106 13 -13 i 23 - 24 11. -11 i 25 - 2i 92 --- 94 57 - 59 iio I= lia • • •• 2i • 2 41 30 - 31 91 - 93 THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 29. 1854, LINES LEADED AT FIXED RENTALS. Leasing , Compans.l Molina Prices yesterlay. RAmwArt; Shr 1 Pi 11 Do. Shares. Roystn.&Hit Shcf.Roth an( Goole g. 5 p.c Stafford Ab. Al Wear Vali eygr 6 per cent 251 all Do St, E [OO AriltsVonirst al Bedford and Bletchley Buckghamsh. '0 Clydesdale Jc. 10 E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. 11 Glas. Barr. & Neils. Direct 11 Do. New 611 Glstr.& Dn. Fr 611 Flrtlpl. Dk. & Railway al & Selby dl Do. Shares. 611 Do. / Shares. dl Lon. & Grecnw al Do. Freferenee al Lon.,Til., &S. , )0 Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. )0 Do. 6 per et. ill :elanch. Bxtn. and Matlock al Vfiddlosbro' & Redcar all Aidld.Bradfd 31 Northern and Easternsp.c. 11 Do. 6 per ct. ,11 Do. Fixcds p , 11 Prost. & Wyrc 12 a, St. 10 , 25 1) 12 50 I :.).] PREFERENCE SHA.KES. 97 - 100 94 - 96 • •• ."..... ••• Si - 6i - P 12 - P - 134 Buainosis this day. MARLBOROUGH-,STREET-(THIS DAY.) A LAWLESS RIIITIAL—James Lawless, an Irish tailor, was brought before Mr. Hardwick, charged with vio lently assaulting Mary Lawless, his wife. The presecutriz, whose face was severely bruised, de posed that, about ten o'clock last night, the defendant came home rather drunk and went to bed. About eleven o'clock he got up, had his supper, and went to bed again. She subsequently retired to rest, when he awoke and asked her for a handkerchief, and because she did not give him one directly, he struck her with his fists about the head and face, and kicked her about the body. She screamed out, and a constable came in and took defendant into custody. Police-constable Baldwin, 135 C, was on duty last night in Archer-street, when he heard loud screams proceed from No. 4 in the same street. He at once rushed into the house, and took the prisoner into cus tody. The complainant wai much bruised about the face. Defendant, in reply to the charge, said he was drunk a t the time, and knew nothing at all about it. To refresh his recollection, Mr. Hardwick committed Lim for three montlas. THE NORWICH ELECTION. RETURN OF SIR S. BIGNOLD. NORWICH, THURSDAY EVENING. The contest, which has been a severe one, has resulted in the return of Sir S. Bignold. Mr. Hatnond's com mittee made no return of the state of the poll through out the day, but the following figures have been issued by the committee of Sir S. Bignold NINE O'CLOCK. Bignold ... Hamond .. ELEVEN O'CLOCK. Bignold Hamond TWELVE O'CLOCK. Biguold Hatnond 1,216 1,071 TWO P. 31. . • • l,m 1,374 CLOSE OF THE POLL. Bignolpl lia,mond Bignold ........................... . .... 1,899 Hamond ............................... 1,629 Majority The official declaration of the poll will be made to morrow. .REPRESENTATION OF AYR. CLOSE OF THE POLL. Sir James Fergusson (Conservative) Mr. Oswald (Liberal) Majority for Fergusson Sir James is with the. Guar(ls in the Crimea THE BLOCKADE OF THE DANUBE. A letter from Vienna, of the 24th, in the Leipsic Gazette, says : "Among the political notabilities who have received Austrian decorations may be remarked the Turkish Civil Commissioner in the Principalities, Dervish Pacha, who, it is said, has been made commander of the order of Leopold. A part of the garrison of Pesth-Olen will in a short time enter the Principalities, under the com mand of Field-Marshal B iron de Dietrich. Several of the neutral States have requested France and England to raise the blockade of the mouths of the Danube ; but these Powers have, it is said, refused to do so from strategic considerations, founded on the presence of Russlan troops and of the Russian flotilla on the banks of the Danube, in Bessarabia." MAREBT NE fY 2-f,T HIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The present week's arrivals of English wheat have been on a very ►uoderats scale, and the show of samples here to-day was limited. Fine white qualities sold steadily at fully last week's prices ; but red parcels were dull, at barely late rates. With foreign wheat we were rather scantily supplied. The amount of business doing in all kinds was very mode rate. In prices, however, we have no change to notice. Barley, the supply of which was but moderate, moved off slowly on for►ner terms. The malt trade was heavy at barely previous rates. We had a good demand for oats, arid sound heavy corn was rather dearer. Beans, peas, and flour were slow in sale. ♦RRIVALS VIM WM. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. j Flonr. 2,310 1,320 3,850 852 1 1,170 2,910 2,79) 430 9,25) ( 260sks. 3000 brls. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN English .. Irish .. .. Foreign .. For the week ended Dec. 29, 18e4, made up from the Returns of tl 0 Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales per Imperial Quarter. WIIEAT. BAEI.EY. OATS. I ITS. BEANS. I PEAS. is 41 33s Si 1 1 27s 41 , 4Gs 01 t 47s 101 4Gs 111 THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGE. WHEAT. BAUM I OATS. RYE. BEAKS. 1 PEAS. 73s Id 245 I 28a 6d 455 Id 49s 3.1 485 101 puritan -ON FOREmar aoaabs. - - WHEAT. r BAELZY . I I OATS. I ETV. /MAN'S. Is T=U. Od Is 04 Is Od 0d is Od Is Od QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. Wheat, 118,798; Barley, 112,744; Oats, 21,231; Rye, 347 ; Beans, 2,727; Peas, 2,944 quarters. SMITHFIELD. To-day's market was fairly supplied with beasts in but middling condition. The beef trade ruled somewhat na tive, and, in some instances, the primest Scots realised 5s 4d per 81bs. Amongst the stock were 210 oxen from Spain. We had about an average supply of sheep on offer. The mutton trade was firm, and Monday's cur rency was fully supported. Calves, the supply of which was very limited, advanced 4d per Sibs. Pigs were some what firmer. Mich cows realised 14/. 108 to 19/ 10s, including their small calf. Per Slbs to sink the offals. s. d. s. d. Inferior Beasts.... 3 6to 3 8 Second quality.... 3 10 4 6 Prime large oxen 4 8 410 Prime Scots, dm. 5 0 5 2 Inferior Sheep ...3 8 3 lel Second quality ...4 0 4 4 ( Prime crse.-wlled.4 6 4 10 , TOTAL SUPPLI. ' R. d. s a PrimeSouthdown 5 0 i 2 Largo ors°. calves 4 6 5 4 Prime small d 0... 5 6 6 0 Large hogs 3 2 4 0 Small porkers 4 2 4 6 ( Sueklingealves ..22 0 29 0 ( Quarter pi; old a2l 0 27 0 . Beasts Sheep ••• •• .... •• •• .• 6,201 Calyes:.• •• •• ..• "• •• •• 69 Pigs •• •• •• •... FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts ....•• —•• •••••• • 4110 Sheer •• •• •• •••• •• •• •• •e • • 560 Calves•••••• •••••• .• •••• •• GO Pigs•—• •••• •• •• •• —•• •••• NEWGATE AND ' We had a good demand fo: prices. 1 LEADENHALL. a. each kind of meat, A full Per Blbs by g. d. s. d. Beef, inferior 3 2 3 4 Do., middling 3 6 3 8 Do., prime largo 3 10 4 2 Do., do. small 4 4 4 8 Pork, large 3 0 8 ii the carcase. s. d. s. d. Mutton, Inferior 3 4 3 8 Do., middling 310 4 4 Do., prime 4 6 4 8 Veal 4 0 5 4 Pork, small 310 4 l BOROUGH HOP. Our market has been extremely ins.ctive this week. lq the general quotations we havo no change to notice. The imports amount to 478 bales from Ostend, 696 from New York, 6 from Antwerp, and 45 from Rotterdam. New Mid and East Kent pockets, 151 15s to 221 Os ; Weald of Kent ditto, 151 Os to 16110 s ; Sussex ditto, 1 4 / 1 0s to 15110 s per cwt. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DI Y.) LONDON, Dec. 29.—Wind this day at Noon, S.W. ; light breeze. PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 28.—Arrived—Kafferland, from Lon don, for Sydney, N.S.W. Sailed—Muse, for Sydney, N.S.W. ; Zeepaard, Hobart Town; Eagle, Port Philip; Northumberland, Geelong ; Excelsior, do. ; Rubicon, Calcutta ; Li eu t enan t B e ll o t, River Gamia ; Lady Blauey, Callao ; Harbinger, Berbice ; Vero, Jamaica ; Canada, do. FALMOUTM, Dec. 28.—Wind, N. Arrived—John Sugars, from Adelaide, S.A. PLYMOUTH, Dec. 28.—Wind, N. Sailed—Else, for Rio Janeiro. DOVER, Dec. 28.—Wind, N. to W.N.W. Arrived— Estafette, from Canton, for Hamburgb. Off Port—Ade- line, from Quebec, for Newcastle, leaky. COWES, Dec. 28.—Wind, N. Sailed—Africa, for Africaa ; Elizabeth, for New Orleans. DARTMOUTH, Dec. 23.—Sailed—Osbert, for Barbadoes ; Adam V. Koss, Havannah. BEAUMARIS, Dec.2B.—Arrived—Halcyon, from Quebec, for Lancaster. TORBAY, Dec. 28.—Wild, N.N.E. Sailed—Cimbria„ for Geelong; Tamar (s), Hobart Town. (PEE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Friday Morning. Wind, W. ; moderate. Arrived—A.. Z., from New York; Aden, Whampoa ; Sarah, Quebec. Sailed—Friends, for Ceylon. QUZENSTOWN, Deo. 27. Wind, W. Arrived— Undine, from Bona; Amazon, Quebec ; Co umbine, New York. (BY BIIBMABINE G A R N A D TE = F T r E i L d E ay 7A IO 7I I . S ) a.m. Wind, N.W. ; tide, first hours' obb ; weather, mode rate, with rain. Arrived,. Dec. 29—Adolph, from Odnse ; Danebrog, Newstadt ; Columbine (s), Rotterdam; City of London ( 8 ), Dunkilk. Sailed—Alexandria, for St. Helena; Fanny Gann, St. Michael's; Chapman, Cochin ; Swartz rvick, Gothonborg. DEAL, Friday, 9.33 a.m. Wind, W. ; light and Silo. Passed Dungeness, Dee. 27—Europe, from Honduras, for Chatham ; Dorothy, Mauritius, for London. THE WEATHER IN LIVERPOOL.—Owing to the heavy gales which have prevailed almost uninterruptedly since the beginning of this month, our river has been filled with an immense outward bound sect of vessels. The view from the Cheshire side is very beautiful. From the Rock Lighthouse, right away to Eastharn, or more than six miles of anchorage, the river is dotted with every description of craft, from the tiny smack to the colossal merchantmen of above 2,000 tons borden. The large vessels, however, have the preponderance. EMIGRATION FROM THE CLTDE.--Her Majesty's COlO - Land and Emigration Comn iisioners ale mat , to receive tenders for the establishment of a Government Emigration depot at Glasgow or Greenock on the same terms as at Southampton, Plymouth, or Birkenhead..- 13A/Our:4 Courant. THE WAR IN THE CRIMEA. ( Front the Constitutionnel, The Russian army has this advantage over those of the allies, that it acts in its own country, its soldiers are accustomed to the climate, and its generals and com missariat are acquainted with the ground and the re sources to be derived from it ; but, os the other hand, the Black Sea is closed to the Russian army by our fleets, and the Sea of Azoff and the land road only are open to it to procure all the supplies which it cannot find on the soil itself. The steppes, which are uninha bitable in the winter, and only practicable by the road which leads from Perek op to Simpheropol, form two-thirds of the Crimea ; the other third is a mountainous region. Prince Menschikoff has established himself from Simphe ropol, Kara-sou-Bazar, and Baksbi-Serai to the west coast, a radius of about 25 leagues. The ordinary ration of the Russian soldier is composed of bread, groats, and brandy, to which in war is added meat. This latter is the only thing that the Crimea can supply. The oxen and sheep amply supply the wants of the Russian army, but the corn, brandy, and other supplies are drawn from Nikolaief, Kherson, and Taganrog, where large depots have been for some time formed either by the navigation of the Dnieper, which traverses very rich provinces, or from Odessa. Niko laief and Kherson now serve as the bases Of the supplies of the Russian army, and it' they were destroyed Prince Menschikoff would find himself in a very embar rassed position. The transport of supplies is attended with great difficulty in a country where no regular esta blishments for that purpose exist. The roads are very bad, although not quite impracticable. The Russian Government has collected together by requisition a great number of vehicles, and by this means secured the ser vice, notwithstanding the season, the rain, the cold, and those dreadful snow storms which sometimes sweep away whole flocks and entire convoys. Many carriages are lost, and many men perish on the road, but the eon voys succeed each other without interruption, and traverse the isthmus of Perekop, by which road provisions, reinforcements, and ammunition mast come. The sea of Azoff being free, numerous cargoes are also despatched from Taganrog, Berdianck, and Ma rianpol, and which, after being landed at Kertch, are sent on by the road which leads from that port to Simpheropol. If our accounts are, therefore, as we believe them to be, correct, the Russians are not in want of pro visions, or, at least, it is clear that the Russian Govern ment has taken every means for securing a supply for them. The troops live badly, but they do live. Not one of our soldiers could eat the black bread, and the half rotten biscuit that is served out to the Russians, whose stomachs, accustomed to misery, can receire and digest it. The real cause of the sufferings of their army and of the numerous deaths is the want of shelter and clothing suit ablefor the winter; and the deaths aro numerous from the want of propercare and remedies in illness, notwithstand ing the enormous sums expended by the Government for that purpose. The troops composing the reinforcements sent to Prince Menachikoff arrived without any baggage. They were compelled to leave everything behind them, in order to travel quicker. None of the workmen, who generally accompany every regiment, could follow them. They are therefore without any camp equipage, and ex posed to all those sudden changes in the temperature, and to those torrential rains to which generally succeed hurricane of wind and violent snow storms. It is on these occasions that the resignation of the soldiers is truly admirable, it might be almost said that they regard gaffer juges their lot on earth. Never is there a in urmurheard ; they pray to the image of the Virgin, and suffer in silence, or at times begin one of those inte rm i na bl e an d melancholy songs by the aid of which they, as it were, lull their grief. The want of medical men and of medi cine for the sick is the greatest suffering now experienced by the Russian army. It is impossible to convey an idea of the state of abandonment to which the sick are reduced ; to enter the hospital is almost synonymous to entering the grave. Some German medical men, who are not without skill, form part •f the medical staff, but all their efforts are powerless. Either they want resources, and are deprived of the most neces sary articles, or their good will is cheeked by the very men who are charged with the surveillance of the depart ment. The intendants and sub-intendants are charged in Russia to provide for all the wants of the army both in times of war and peace ; but far from intimating the probity and devotedness of the commissariat staff, which do so much honour to the French army, they more frequently set an example of the most scandalous cor ruption. They are in this particular but too well seconded by the commanding officers of regiments, who themselves seek to gain all they can out of the sums paid to them for the support of their men. The picture we have just drawn is not exag gerated, and is founded on certain data. Thus, ad mitting that Prince Menschikoff has at this moment the provisions necessary for his army, the occupation of Perekop, and the burning of Nicolaief or Kherson, be fore the Dnieper and the swamps at its mouth are frozen up, would be sufficient to cause him the greatest embar rassment. This army has, besides, numerous other causes for weakening it ; every day the chasms in its ranks increase, while reinforcements only come up with great difficulty, and if they do arrive are in very bad condition, for during winter the cold is too severe, the days too short, and the snow storms frequently of too long duration for regiments on the march not to suffer in the most frightful manner." THE NEW F.RENCIT LOAN. awe ralloviing is the bill laid before the Legisla tive Corps, authorising the Minister of Finances to contract a loan of 500 million francs :-- "EXPOSE DES MOTIFS. " Gentlemen,—When at the commencement of the present year France thought it her duty to engage in war required for the defence of a friendly Power, and the maintenance of the equilibrium of Europe, the Govern ment demanded at the same time the material support necessary to sustain a great struggle, and the moral sup port which must result to it from the assent of the coun tryexpressed through yon. " You have nobly answered to the appeal by unani mously voting a loan proportioned to the necessities and previsions of the moment: The resources obtained by that means have been consecrated to the object for which they were created. The produce of the emission of Rentes authorised by your deliberation of the 7th March has been even more than absorbed by the deve lopment given to our forces by land and sea, and by the expenses of a war carried out on distant shores hitherto unknown to the greatest flight of our arms. "The courage of our soldiers and of our allies has added new pages to our victories. " Against an enemy, for a long time past prepared for the struggle, and attacked in the very heart of his power in the Black Sea, the most glorious feats of arms have not yet terminated the war. Persevering efforts are imposed on the two Great Powers of the West, if they wish to obtain the triumph necessary for the accom plishment of this object, the solid and definitive re establishment of European peace. These generous efforts for the success of a great cause the Government of the Emperor expects with confidence from your patriotism. " Taking into consideration the expenses actually accomplished, and the military eventualities of the year 1855, it demands from you to carry to 500 millions the produce to be realised by a new loan. Less resources will not be sufficient to support in the East a numerous army, and to meet all the necessities of the struggle. " You will think, no doubt, as we do, that the ex penses of the war in the East ought to be especially raised by a loan. Whatever may be the present sacri fices imposed by circumstances, the Government of the Emperor, in stopping an ambition which would every day fortify and extend itself, spares to a not distant fame sacrifices which we are convinced would lame been still greater. "At the same time that we demand in the new law the latitude of execution which you have accorded to it in the former operation, the Emperor has not hesitated to tell you beforehand his idea as to the mode which he thinks most opportune, and which bay been recently practised with too much success not to be attempted again. " The mode of loan by national subscription was at your last session unknown or forgotten. It has been justified in France by a striking trial, and already imi tated in other countries. " Without excluding any other mode the Government has been anxious to inform you in advance of the sense in which it intends making use of the faculty with which you will doubtless invest it, by reproducing the terms of the bill accepted by you in your last session. "In voting patriotically the resources for which the Government applies to you, you will teach, gentlemen, our enemies, as our allies—you will inform Europe, whose sympathies accompany us, of the firm resolution of the French Government and nation to carry on with energy the war which they have undertaken. " And our patient, our heroic army, already proud of the testimonies of gratitude which have emanated from a friendly nation, and highly recompensed by the eulo gluing of the Emperor, will also receive from the legis lative body of France those encouragements which carry with them the means of continuing the course of victory, and causing it to bear proper fruit. (Signed) " ESQUIROU DE PARIEU, President of the Section of Finance at the Council of State. " AD. VUITRY. " E. BOINVILLIERS." "BILL TO AUTHORISE THE MINISTER OF FINANCE TO CON TRACT A LOAN OF 500 MILLIONS OF FRANCS. " Art. 1. The Minister of Finance is authorised to have inscribed on the great book of the public debt the amount of Rentes necessary to produce, at the rate of the negotiation, 500 millions of francs. " These Rentes shall be alienated in such a manner as to rate and conditions as shall best conciliate the interests of the Treasury, with facility of negotiation. "A sinking fund of one•huudredth part of the nominal capital of the Rentes created in virtue of the precodhl authorisation, shall be added to the donation of the Caisse d'Amortissement. 41 Art. 2. The sum raised by the loan shall be applied, under the title of extraordinary resource, to the wants of the year in which it shall be raised. "This bill has been deliberated on and adopted by the Council of State, in the sitting of December 27, 1554." IMPORTATION OF FLAX.--From a return of the House of Commons, lately issued, it appears that in 1853 the flax' and tow or codilia, of hemp and flax imported into the United Kingdom amounted to 1,902,447 c :as., of which 1,294,827 cwts. were from Russia; and that the hemp undressed amounted to 4218,770 cwts., of which 80,06 cwt were from Russia. TEE RUSSIAN MOVEMENTS IN INDIA. The following are extracts from a Calcutta letter, dated Nov. 18 : "The prominent event of the fortnight is the com mencement of a friendly communication with Dust Ma homed, the ruler of Affghanistan, who holds Cabe], which has often been designated the key of India. To understand the nature and importance of this event, it is necessary to glance for a moment at the progress, not so much of the Russian arms, as of Russian influence, to the west of the Indus. It has often been surmised that the Russians bad an intention of marching an army to the banks of the Indus for the invasion and con quest of India, but the probability of any such move ment is exceedingly remote, and of the failure of it there can he no doubt whatever. If 100,000 men were to start from the Russian station nearest to India it is certain that not more than one-fifth of that number could reach the Indies. and they would not be in a condition to encounter the fresh ard well equipped army of four or five times that number with which we should meet them. The Russians cannot transport their commis.,ariat 1,500 miles where there are no roads. At the same time it is perfectly palpable that Russia has been gradually working her way down to our frontier, never making a startling move, but steadily advancing her pawns. Her object is to establish her paramount influence throughout the various tribes of Central Asia, to inspire them with awe of her power, and to impress on their minds that the Russians are a far more powerful nation than the English, though they have conquered Hindosten. The Russians are anxious to constitute themselves the arbiters of Central Asia ; and, when this preponderating influence has once been thoroughly established, there will be a hundred ways of using it to our disadvantage, which will at once occur to the mind. Not the least annoying result of these ad vances is the feverish excitement it creates in India, both in our own territories and among our native allies. "These intrigues are not of yesterday. They have been steadily pursued for the last 20 years, but they have been redoubled since the commencement of hostili ties. Russian emissaries are now at work with all the chiefs to whom they can gain access, and Central Asia is now agitated beyond all former example by the ex pectation which is held out of the portentous advance of the great Russ, the antagonist of England. It is, how ever, a well a'certained f ac t th a t th e repor t o f th e a d vance of Russian troops upan Khiva is fabulous. Russia har not a soldier in the neighbourhood of the Oxus. The only Russian troops which have advanced up that river are, I believe, at Ark Musjeed, and they do not exceed 2,000 men, supported by not more than six pieces of artillery. The advances which Russia is thus making towards our own north-west frontier have liven no alarm to the Government of India, but they hare pointed out the importance of forming alliances with the independent chiefs across the Indus, and thus cresting a harrier to the encroachments of Russian intrigue. "The Delhi Gazette comments on the latest accounts from the north of the Hindu Koosh as follows : " As to Ruseophobia., there is still a rational one, and the o s eeetion may be thus summed up. The fear of being laughed at for suspecting Russia of any design on the British possessions in India is the form which Russo phobia takes among us at the present day. This reaction against the gild, because timid, policy which led us into the Affgban war, is only natural. But, like every other violent reaction, it is liable to run into extremes. "'Napoleon wrote to hie brother Joseph (as appears from his lately published correspondence) that Russia was too far off ever to give him any concern ; and yet we all know how the history of a few subsequent years forced on him the conviction that there were but two alternatives for Europe, to become either Republican or Cossack. So heze in India have we been accustomed to believe that Russia was 'too far eft' ever to disturb our peace. And yet there is evidence, hardly now to be gainsaycd, that Russia is rapidly becoming possessed of the whole Doab of the Jaxartes and the Oxus, a country which for 10 centuries of history and 20 more of tradi tion has supplied India with invaders. The head-quar ters of a Russian force, how large or small that force is of little moment, are now established within 500 miles of our North-west Frontier.' " The object of the Czar is evidently to compel Persia to join him, and then to effect a junction be tween the Russian force is Kokan and the Persian army at Merw or Merve. This junction would place the resources of Bokhara, Persia, and Affghanistan at his disposal, and tkereby render him paramount in all the countries between the Caspian and the Indus. The immediate advantages that Russia would obtain wou'd be the co-operation of a Persian army against the Turks in Armenia, and the power of harassing our Indian army by stirring up and uniting against us the tribes of the Indus frontier, who are said in the Punjaub re port to be able to bring at least 100,000 fighting men into the field. It is true that these are altogether un able to cope with our regular troops in the plains, but by a well-organised system of incessant inroads into our territories they would compel us to keep up a very much larger force on the frontier than .is necessary at present." "The Nepaulese Cabinet is increasing its military establishment to such an extent as to enforce the neces sity of demanding explanations. The Minister pro fesses the most cordial friendship for the British Go vernment, and replies that the armies are intended for an expedition against Lassa ; but there is some reason to suspect that these armaments have some connection with atter progress of Russian intrigues. "You will notice a great outcry in the local journals regarding the annexation' of Nagpore, and the confisca tion of the Crown jewels, which has been represented as near:y, if not altogether, equal in atrocity to the plunder of the Beguins of Oude, so celebrated in the annals of British eloquence. This letter must not be too elabo rate, and I must reserve all particulars for my next communication. Meanwhile, it may be sufficient to state that there was absolutely no heir whatever, natu ral or adopted, to that throne, and that our Govern ment, finding a sum of about 700,0001. in the Rajah's treasury, in money and jewels, has waived all claim to this property, and declared that it shall not be alien ated from the family. The object of the sequestration, which is so loudly reprobated, was simply to prevent its falling into the hands of the Raness, to the detriment of other branches of the Royal family." "A treaty has also been made with the Khan of Khe lat, by which he binds himself to consider our enemies as his enemies, and to protect the whole of our frontier province of Scindo from all encroachments, and also to allow merchandise to pass through his territories un molested at a fixed rate of duty. On these conditions he is to receive a subsidy of 5,0001. a year." THE SUPPLY OF GRAIN, dc. The following communication has been received respecting the abundant supplies of grain and other food available for this country, as well as for the armies in the Crimea, in the Turkish principalities, but which are understood to be prevented from reaching U. 3 by the English and French blockading squadron at the mouth of the Danube. Although no explanation of the actual state of affairs at that point was offered during the recent sitting of Parliament, the question is one of vital importance not only to merchants and s'uip-owners, but to the general population, while it also has serious bearings on the welfare of Turkey. According to current rumours the Turkish and Austrian Governments are both anxious that the trade should be opened forthwith, and statements of this kind increase the general desire to learn the motives that prompt the allies to an opposite policy, especially as it is believed that arrangements could easily be put ill force to enable vessels to enter in ballast, and to leave with cargoes of produce, under a system of certificates and examination, such as wholly obviate any danger of the blockade for war purposes being infringed : "61, Moorgate-street, Dec. 27. "Sir—Having recently perused with much inters t several communications on the subject of the navigation, of the Danube, we beg to enclose an extract of a letter just received from our agent at Galatz, which appears to us to contain some valuable suggestions as to the extent to which supplies for our army in the Crimea might be derived from the Danubian provinces, and which infor mation may, perhaps, offer additional inducement to Government to take measures for raising the blockade of the Danube. " We are, your obedient servants, " CHARLES JOTCE and Co." (Extract.) _ " Galatz, Dec. 11. " One of the most important questions awaiting solution at the present crisis—one to which the allied Governments cannot too early or too closely devote their attention—is, undoubtedly, that of thgeuefsrteieonnoar vigation of the Danube. Not only is it a vast importance to the commercial world in general, as affecting the exportation of grain from Wallachia, Moldavia, Bulgaria, and Bessarabia, but the circum stances appear to have been hitherto overlooked that these provinces would form one of the nearest and cheapest markets whence the allied armies in the Crimea might obtain supplies of provisions of every kind with the utmost facility. The difficulties put in the way of the exportation of corn during the past year by the Russian Government have caused the accumulation of enormous stocks of all kinds in Moldavia and Wallachia, and putting entirely out of the question the quantity of cattle, &c., that might be obtained from Servia and Bulgaria, the provinces of Moldavia and Wallachia alor.e are capable of furnishing any quantity that can possibly be required of flour, barley, kidney beans, potatoes, bar, wines, spirits, oxen, pigs ' preserved meats, &c., for the supply of an army i n th e Crimea, or any other point on the shores of the Black Sea. It is therefore to be hoped the allied Powers will not lose sight of the incalcu'able advantages which the immediate re-opening of the Danube would offer, not only t o commerce in ger era' , but to their own armies at this moment, and tl at by i occupying t thes of coast s o e f p B r o e v s i s :c r e a s b i t a o t b h r e i y e g n f o a r y w e a n r a d b e their supplies in safety." THE LivEr.roor,, CROSBY, AND SOUTHPORT R AIL WAL—A meeting of the contractors was held in the Ci aren d o n Rooms, on Wednesday , t o devise measures for improving the facilities for reaching their respfr2tive abodes on the line, and impressing upon . the Gover nmen t the neccspity of making some altvat on to carry ou t t h e desired effect. 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The following letters have been addressed to the Editor of the Times : Sir,—The columns of the Times are hardly at any time the most fitting place for the discussio n of a scientific question relating to the attack of fortified places, and cer tainly are not so in the instance where reference to plans and diagrams is absoluteiy necessary for a right under standing of the sul t ject in dispute. If, however, your cor respondent, "Gurwoodiensis," will refer to Chounaara's celebrated treaties on fortification, at page 371, with plate 5, I think he will find it pretty clearly explained how the English failed in taking Burgos. It is there also shown that, had they battered the masonry keep and enfilades, the one rampart towards the town from St. Michael's -mount, the place must have surrendered in a few days. Instead of this, they attacked the three lines of earthworks towards the country, and for this neither the materiel nor the time at their disposal was sufficient, and it became, in consequence, strategically necessary to raise the siege and forego the fruits of a hard-fought campaign. I decline to submit to the dictum that the laudatory expressions of a general despatch are to be considered a final judgment on the merit of au officer, especially whoa the question is more regarding his subsequent career than the particular instance to which the quoted despatch refers. I be7ieve I am correct in stating that Sir John Bur goyne first commanded the Engineers in chief at Burgos, and subsequently at St. Sebastian, only on the death of Sir Richard Pletcher. I am, of course, aware that he was present at Ciudad Rodrigo and Badajoz, but only in a subordinate capacity. OMICRON. Sir,—ln the Ti 2 2 "tes of j esterday you i nserte d a letter, Ri , ne "Omicron.referri ng " to the siege operations and disasters at Burgos, wh ere Sir John Burgoyne was chief engineer, and to disaster s of a similar nature which now present themselves at Sebastopol, which, after an interval of 42 years, ought to have been foreseen and provided against.", This letter, Sir (among a variety of others which have recently appeared in your valuable colum ns), contains facts connected with our Ordnance DepartmeAt deserving of the attention of our Government if a sueccnsful ter mination to the present war is contemplated, as, while our affairs at home and abroad are conducted by some heads of 'departments upwards of, and others bordering on, 70 years of age, we must expect all operations con nected with that war to be retarded by ideas equally an tiquated, owing, as your correspondent justly observes, to " those veterans having, during the last 40 years' peace, resisted every improvement in military science as a personal insult to their superior knowledge and expe rience, having been able, in consequence of their posi tion, to keep things pretty much as they were at the end of our last continental war—pre-eminently what is termed in official parlance safe men,' never troubling the Minister for money to make scientific ex periments. For every inventor buckets of water are substituted and administered in the blandest manner possible," &c. Complaints of this nature, Sir, have been reiterated by the press ever since the commencement of the pre sent war, without making any apparent impression on Government, and even i❑ the House of Commons last week Mr. Williams (the member, I presume, for Lam beth) was reported as having noticed letters from the Crimea inserted in your paper, complaining of the great loss of life occasioned at Inkertnan and subsequent engagements by the defective percussion caps issued to our men by the Ordnance Depart ment, which would not explode in wet weather, while it was proved that waterproof caps had been offered to that department, and rejected by the committee at Wool wich after a trial of 24 hours' immersion in Water, and fiend as perfect as possible—those now in use at the Cri:nea having been tried also, after immersion, and all found to fail ; nevertheless, they were selected in pre ference, and the consequences have been described by an effleer of the 19th Regiment, referred to tinder the head of "percussion caps," in a letter in the Times of the Bth inst., in which the writer emphatically declares " that the parties in question should, bo made responsible for the lives of our brave fellows thus needlessly thrown away." Another fact alluded to by Mr. Williams in the House of Commons had reference to an improvement in the destructive powers of our weapons, which would have the effect in certain cases of enabling 100 men to do more execution in action than 500 men as at pre sent armed, thus virtually augmenting in the ratio of 400 per cent, our effective forces in the field, with a cor responding saving of expense to the country ; but, although the practicability of this proposition was sup ported by the opinions of some of our principal gun makers, the wet blanket was thrown on it by this Wool wich committee, and even a trial, which would not have cost 1001., objected to, although it might have been the means of saving millions of our money and thousands of lives of our brave troops. When such facts, sir, were thus publicly mentioned in Parliament, and net even denied bj any member on behalf of the Government, it is high time to have such proceedings inquired into by a committee of the House of Commons, as it is evident that this war is conducted in a manner to call forth the just expressions of disap probation so powerfully put forth in your columns within the last few days, " and the noblest army Eng land ever sent from our shores sacrificd to the grossest mismanagement, incompetency, official indifference, and aristocratic hauteur," When this view of the case is justified and confirmed by so many letters from the seat of war, and more par ticularly by one which appears in your columns of this day from an officer of the Royals, apparently in comman d of a brigade, I trust that you will persevere in your efforts until effectual remedies are applied to these evils, and the honour of the nation and the safety of the cause in which we embarked with our not less brave, but more provident, allies triumphantly insured, as these are not times for misapplications of the compliments of the season in unmerited quarters. Brighton, Dec. 27. AMICUS ems. Sir,—As it seems desirable that anything tending to illustrate Sir John Burgoyne'e qualifications for direct ing the operations in the Crimea should be made known, I beg leave to relate the following passage in his past history, the facts of which are within my own know. ledge :—A few years ago, when there was much discussion and negotiation going on respecting Cap tain Warren's destructive projectile, for revealing the secret of which an enormous sum was demanded of the Government, a barrister of the Inner Temple, of con siderable scientific attainments in chemistry, and who had devoted some of his leisure hours to the sub ject of explosive balls, wrote to the Board of Ordnance to say that, as it seemed probable, from the negotiations carried on with Captain Warner, that the Government deemed the acquisition of some such secret desirable, he had discovered a method of making projectiles of this description of enormously explosive power ; that from their shape, as compared with Captain Warner's, they were far more certain in their operation ; and that if the Board of Ordnance, after investigation, thought the secret worth linving, they were wel come to it for nothing. A reply was received in due time, requesting the gentleman who made this offer to meet some members of the Board at Woolwich on a certain day, when an opportunity would be given him of e xplaining his plan. Accordingly, he went down to i Woolwich, and was introduced to the board, at the head of which sat Sir John Burgoyne. He proceeded to explain to Sir John the method of making the explo ( sive material, and also the advantages of his shell, as Ihe believed, over that of Captain Warner's. Ono of these advantages consisted in the fact that his shell was spherical, while Captain Warner's was shaped some thing like a pear ; and all gunners were well aware of the impossibility of firing any projectile of this latter shape so as to hit even the largest mark with any thing like certainty ; whereas his shell, being a sphere, could be fired with the same certainty as any ordinary shell. Then, again, the explosion of the material in side depended upon a certain amount of pressure caus ing friction, being occasioned by the shell striking and being flattened against its mark. Now, it was by no means certain that in a body shaped like a pear the ne cessary amount of pressure would be caused by its shape being altered in striking against the mark, for it was quite possible that its capacity might be enlarged, in stead of being diminished, by an alteration of its shape, while a spherical body was the only one of which it was certain that if you changed the form you necessarily diminished the capacity, and so caused pressure and friction to act upon the material enclosed in it. This last reason seemed utterly beyond the comprehension of Sir John Burgoyne. This eminent scientific engineer could not be brought to understand the simple truth that a sphere was the only body of which, if the torm was altered, the capacity was necessarily diminished. The gentleman of whom I write laboured for some time to explain it to him upon simple metiers' principles, but all to no purpose. Sir John could style, telling .m tt a i t ii h n e r . make some of the shells at his own expense , the B o a rd would interpose not see it, and evidently thought the whole thing-a great mystery, quite beyond the province of military engineer s and heads of the Board of Ordnance. He c on sequently interviewethnidsegdentthleemanthat, if he e n thought true fit °ffici t a o l no obstacle to their being tried on the practising ground at Woolwich ; but the Board could not undertake to bear any portion of the expense. The inventor very naturally replied that he was not an operative chemist, and had no means of making the shells, nor any inducement to incur expense for such an objeet, inasmuch as, if the Government thought the invention worth trying, he offered it to them for no thing ; that the expense would be very trifling in any of the Government laboratories, or ammunition manufactories, and the loss not worth mentionirg, even if the whole thing turned out a failure; and that, if the Board thought fit to undertake the experiment, he would superintend it, and render every assistance in his power gratuitously. This, however, Sir John Burgoyne declined—true to his "safe" prin ciples of "throwing a bucket of cold water over every inventor," of "never troubling the Minister for any money for scientific experiments." I have read, as you will perceive, the letter of " Omicron" in the Times of to-day, and think that perhaps the facts stated above may tend to throw some additional light on Sir John Burgoyne's character as a military commander and engineer. — l am, air, your obedient servant, Dec. 28. E. S. CHANNEL ISLANDS.—The committee appointed by the states to consider the recommendation of Governmeit to assimilate the Jersey laws as to shipwreck and salvage with those of England met on Friday, and appointed a sub-committee to prepare a bill for that purpose, in con formity with the act of Parliament and order in council; F }~ i all all 1 6 WO 100 all Al all Ills. 511 31 8 2s. 20 ?., 100 20 all all 11 all 20, 20 33i 10• 20 10 20 20 20 50 20 25 10 22. ) , all . all all all 2. IV 60i 1 lf 81 3 74i 4 13 52i i 2i I 2/ 5 I al 3 1 4 1041 ~., K