The Sun. — London, England, 1854-12-18 00:00:00

THE NUN, LONTION3 MONDAY FIVENANG. DE en m n n,le f 11364. fliK o l- 1, • t-4-4 OVERLAND MAIL. wv ..)4 c e‘ r et:o i sr , f 4., our files of papers and private correspondence lrona Bombay to the 14th Novem ber 'LCalcutta, 7th November ; China (Hong-Kong), 28th October Alexandria (Egypt), Bth December. We_take. the . following s ummar y of news from the - Bombay Times of 14th November : The threatened loss of half our opium revenue, the death of the Commander-in-Chief of Bombay, and the hurricane which visited the Presidency on the 24 November, exhaust the topics of any in terest which, the last fortnight supplies. We have been for years past apprehensive that the Chinese would permit the poppy to be grown in their own country, or that it would be cultivated by the Americans in the southern States or in Japan, and one or other or both of these contingencies will doubtless in ;the course of a few years be upon Iv. Meanwhile, in consequence as is supposed of the disorders in China, the price of opium is fallen within the yeir from 1201. to 601. and the bulk of it is a Governm en t mono p o ly. This will strike at least a milli on s t er li ng o f the three millions of Tran re venue we draw from it, off our income. seastern quillity prevails throughout all parts of o urea empire --we have no' warlike achievem ent i forwardnpros to, pect -nor military movement to look beyond those drills; reviews, and reliefs, which are the. concomitants of the season, and we have not a single diaorder to chronicle. The Governor- General, after a long and strenuous battle with the Court of Directors, has at length obtained a reluc taut - permission to cut down the postage of news pap erns by half. The measure was put into effect the instant it was permitted, and since the Ist No vember journals have been transmitted through the post-office to all parts of India at the uniform charge of lid. On the 2d of November Bombay was visited by a violent hurricane, which in less than three hours' time occasioned the destruction of half a million's worth of property, and the sacri fice-of three or four hundred human lives. Tem pests of this sort, which occur two or three times every year in the Bay of Bengal, near the Mauri tius and in tha China Seas, are comparatively rare in the Arabian Sea. Their visits are periodical, at average intervals of ten, or occasionally of 17 years, and four of the seven that have passed over Bom bay within the last 70 . years have occurred in the beginning of November. We have had hurricanes betwixt the Ist and sth November in 1783, and at the same dates in 1799 ; in May 1819 ; November 13, 1827 ; June 15, 1837 ; November 3, 1842 ; April 19, 1847 ; and the extreme limit of 17 years ever allowed us was a fortnight exhausted, and a hurri cane was due. On the 30th and 31st of October we had violent thunder-storms, which are almost of unfailing occurrence at this season. These hav ing passed away, a thick and troubled sky, a stormy wind from the south-east, with squalls and showers of rain, and a falling barometer, gave full warning by noon on the Ist that a tempest was upon us ; but the warning was unheeded. In the course of the afternoon a signal was made, indicating that an ordinary storm was at hand. Several merchant men consulted their own barometers, made them selves snug, and escaped harm. The fishermen who went out to sea in the morning, judging by the sky and without the help of instruments, re turned home, drew up their boats on the beach, and got off scot free. Our men-of-war, within hall a mile of an unlimited supply of marine stores, lay at their ordinary moorings without lowering a spar or an officer deeming it necessary to proceed on board of them. The various flagstaffs in pub lic places remained iu their fair weather con dition, and that of the Castle was snapped across. It was not even deemed requisite to land 10,0001. of specie on board the Margaret, or to bring the vessel into a place of safety, and she ac cordingly went: to the bottom with her freight! The tempest burst upon us about midnight, from east and by south, veering round southerly, and slackening at south, redoubling its fury from the westward for about an hour at daybreak, and at six o'clock passing suddenly away, beautifully serene weather: almost immediately succeeding. The hurri9ane.was one of those well-defined whirl ing storms known by the name of cyclones. It seems to have • originated five or six hundred miles to the southward of us, and to have proceeded about 100 northerly. Its diameter was from 120 to 170 miles, and AS centre, which travelled at the rate of 12 to 15 miles an hour, passed some ten miles to westward of , . us.. The whole of its features were peculiarly well-marked and unmistakeable. A few days afterwards th e M ar i ne P o li ce repor t e d t h e total loss of five aquare-rieged vessels, of seven large and small ships of the Indian navy,: and of 142 lesser vessels, mostly native, of various desig nations. They calcul a t e d. the lo ss o f nat i ve crat alone, all of• which might have found refuge at a , couple of hours' notice in the numberless creeks and places of shelter that surround the harbour, at a quartet million sterling. The loss of shipping altogether on shore at 400,0001., and of property at a million sterling. To us all these estimates appear excessive, many of them double the reality ; there were not the less certainly above '2OO vessels wrecked or severely damaged, and the lws of pro perty on shore is very great indeed ; but we should think that 300,0031. would cover the whole. The Commander-in-Chief, lard Frederick Fitzclarence, died of gout in the stomach on the 30th October. He assumed office on the 24th of Nvember, 1852, being then only fifty-two. His body was embalmed at Poona.li, where he died ; it was received with vast pomp and ceremony at Bombay yesterday, and is now lying in state at the Castle, where it will remain for a month, and then be sent home by the Cape. The state of trade in general is not very favourable, and during the past fortnight money has been in great dernhud, causing consi derable tightness in the Bazaar. CALCUTTA COMMERCIAL. We are still .unable to report any activity in our pro duce market, the demand for almost all descriptions of g /Ms continuing very moderate, and in consequence of native holidays; business has been again interfered with during the week. Considering that the first two days of the week were native holidays, owing to which no business was done, we think on the whole we must be satisfied with what .--has been done in our import market. A fair inquiry has prevailed for all descriptions of British piece goods, and considerable sales effected in some cases at prices a shade higher. The stocks are not so heavy now as some time ago, and if an increased demand is experienced, we might be enabled to report a further improvement, and a better feeling on the part of clearers. The money market continues unchanged. F un d s as abundant as for some time past. ExcaANuE.—There was little doing until the arrival of the ateamer Formosa from China with bills to some extent, which at six months' sight were principally dis posed of at is. 11 d. Present rates for Bank Bills and first class credits range from ls. lldd. to is. Hid. cniN A. (Prom the Overland Friend of China of Oct. 28.) GENERAL SUMMARY. Two mails from Europe have come to hand since last despatch hence —that, v.f the 25th of August on the 12th - inst , Septem ber the day before . iest the mail of the 9th Our latest news fron7Tslajailglaae is between two and three weeks old., h d e English, French, ant', American ambassadc.vis ha the no p t e started on the 11th on their intended t r ...ip to Intelligence fr 0 , .n the northern provinces is again 4 0 e . patriot causew;hond havefrom tr a .? e . e r sreed favourable to re ports of Rom mist missionaries the country i , it is now certain that the . _ serious f ailures ar A fatal checks it was said they had ex perience,' . were told of without warra*t y f rom actual f Ac t s. A , d ' -niral Stirling, with th e fri g ate Win chester a , 1: " steam-ships Encounter, Barra.couta, and Sty x , ;', a ' . returned to Hong-Kong. His Excellenc y has ' •feri. diplomatising at Japan, where the squadron hbe,ye.mentioned remained at anchor in the harbour 4 ef Nagasaki for a period of six weeks. To warn the J apanese against giving assistance to the Russians and to pave the way for amending our treaty are supposed to have• been the objects of the gallant admiral's visit. Nothing whatever has been seen or heard of the Russian Pacific fleet, and ere this, 13 p doubt, that section on the American side has ,ejn i lek to the combined squadron under Admirals -c-r. anelPointes. last Around Canton matters are about the same as L. . re ported. The rebels are somewhatquieter, and " le a lovecl their but this is s lines a little further from the city ; it being, as supposed to be from strategic motives, one else, that tente_to them, doubtless, as to every out to eause n j ie l n ia l ve only to tire the Imperialists wealthy inhalet anta .z by repeated levies on the the troops (so alienating their best supporters)) Pay oat waste .of powder. to gain all they desire with- Imperialists go out every now and then a bil raatl - after a whole day's seiti',:iF,ahshow of fighting ; if as many as three are killed on either side it i ing ' After the above was written, w:igrand work. befor e 3 ,7 s was some extraordinarily ht;avy n • leard that there rin,,, in direction north of Oa ntotr - the day a which we ine'er that4he reledshave a cr te - rda Y , from oale advanced tteir lines. • Boats' crews Irma her Majesty's ship Spartan, under command o f lieutenant Palliser, ha;ebee', doing good seivi ce against pirates on the west coa s t and succeeded in rescuing a French lady (Madame Fanny Loviet), .who had been taken by- pirates from the wreck of the Chilian ship Caldera. Our table , of latest dates is as follows :—Peking, August 24 ;- Shanghai, October 11 ; Fuh-chow-fu, October 15 i Amoy, October 22 ; Canton, Octo ber 27. Exchange and Bullion.—Canton : On London, 4 8. On Bombay, 239 Rs. On Calcutta, 240 I Rs. Carolua dollars, 23 per cent. premium. Opium.—Canton, October 25 : Patna, 326 t ;* Benares, $335 ; Malwa, $ 4 7 0 ; Turkey, s3B s o. 1 Freights and Tonnage.—Canton : To Lond Jo, tea, 4/. 10s. to 5/. 10s. CANTON MARKET, OCT. 25. IMPORTS. We have no improvement to report, either in imports or exports. The only sales of the former are, 300 pieces 40 yard drills, at 2 dole. 25 c. per piece ; 800 pieces Eng lish sheetings 6 catties, at 1 dol. 60 c. to 1 dol. 65 c. ; 300 piculs English lead, at 9 dole. 20 c. • 300 piculs Ban jarmassing rattans , at 3 dols. 20 c. ; 100 piculs quick silver, at 53 dols. ; while small sales of cotton have been effected at very low prices, say at 5.5 taels for best Bombay. Opium.—Patna, 320 dols. ; Bewares, 335 dols. ; Mal w a, 470 dols. ; Turkey, 340 dols. EXPORTS. Teas.—A. few trifling purchases of Canton-made sorts comprise the transactions of the fortnight. All nego tiations for bringing down further supplies have failed, and the rebels have destroyed some six or nine chops which had approached Tsing Yuen, and taken posses :ion of as many more, which renders it impossible that the tea stored at Sew-quan, Naasn-hoong, &C., will ,gain be moved from thence, until one party or the other na4 undisputed possession of the water channel. No ales have as yet been effected of the Hine Yuan teas. Raw Silk.--The sixth crop of Cumchuck is now about coming to market, and is said to be short. Dealers, therefore, will not sell at the nominal price of 320 doll. per picul. Silk Piece Goods—Dealers are willing to contract for invited quantities of sarsnets, senshaws,damasks, satins, and lustings, which are machine made within the city ; but exclude all of country make, such as pongees, hand kerchiefs, shawls, &c. Exchange and Bullion—On London, first-class paper and American credits, 4s. 9d. to 4s. &lid.; short dates, 4s. 71d. On India, 243 ra. to 242 rs. The two mail steamers of the month have imported treasure to the value of about twelve lacs of dollars. Oriental Bank bills on London'. at six menths' sight, 4s. 81.; Bombay , three days' sight, 239 rs.; Calcutta, three days' sight, 240 rs. Commercial Bank of India, bills on London, six months' sight, 4s. 6Ad.; Bombay, three days' sight , 210 rs.; Calcutta, three days' sight, 242 rs. Mercantile Balk of India bills on London, six months' sight, 4s. 8 d.; Bombay, three days' sight, 240 rs.; Calcutta, three day s sight, 242 re. Sycee, three per cent, premium. Gold leaf, 100 touch, 21 dole. 15c. per tael. Carolus dollars, 24 per cent. pre mium. Gold, 21 dole. per: tael. Freights—To London, 41. 10s.; to the United States, 18 dots. to 16 dole. per ton. Little offering for either destination. dopted by the Admiral• Superintendent and the punish ment of one of the ringleaders have had the desired effect upon thp r6ricainder;' add ' they hale returned tor their duty. The Himalaya will be ready for sea by Christmas. Captain Kellock, her late commander, will take his pas sage by the Vectis to Marseilles, en route for England. On the Royal Albert coming into port yesterday she exchanged salutes. The officers speak in the highest terms of her performances, and of the comforts they re ceived on board. She is truly a splendid vessel. Post-hour.—The Andes is ready for her departure, and will leave in an hour. The Royal Albert is just now moving out. 11th.—The arrival of the French mail from the Levant announces that some of our line-of-battle ships bad reached Constantinople—the Britannia, the Trafalgar, the London, and the Queen—and that the steamers were to remain in the Black Sea. The French frigate Laplace, as also the Alps transport, arrived last night from Marseilles, and left this morning for the Crimea, with French troops. The Mauritius, on Saturday, from the Crimea, left for Marseilles. THE RIVER PLATE AND BRAZILS. SOUTHAMPTON, Dec. 16.—The Royal Mail Com pany's steam-ship Great Western, Captain T. A. Bevis, with the usual Brazilian and River Plate mails, in charge of Lieut. Henry Beddeck, R.N., arrived this day at 11.30 a.m. The Great Western during the voyage homewards experienced strong head winds and contrary cur rents on the coast of Brazil •, fine to Teneriffe ; fresh N.E. gales across to Lisbon, and afterwards moderate. •The Great Western brings mails from the follow ing places, with their respective dates affixed : Buenos Ayres, Nov. 2 ; Monte Video, 5 ; Rio de Janeiro, 14 ; Bahia, 20 ; Pernambuco, 23; St. Vincent, Dec. 1 ;- Teneriffe, 6 ; Madeira, 7 ; Lis bon, 11. She brings 65 passengers, among whom are Mr. J. T. Blakeway, Lieut. Moore, U.S.N., and Mr. Backlow and Lady, from - the River Plate ; Mr. Bal four, from Madeira ; and Mr. Le Long, French Consul-General of Paraguay. We regret to state that Mr. John Rendal,H.B.M. Consul at St. Vincent, Cape de Verds, died on the 30th November. The Great Western brings specie to the amount of 3,475/. ; diamonds, 15,0001.; and on freight, 13 serons ipecacuanha, 50 barrels tapioca, I box musk 1 (251/. 12s. 6d.),, 2 half barrels coffee, 3 cases mer chandise, 245 serons cockiueal, 1,212 rolls tobacco, 20 pipes wine (Teneriffe), 350 boxes oranges, 99 cases sundries, 1 horse, and 2 pigs. At Buenos Ayres all was reported quiet. The inhabitants had adopted a scheme by which they intended to carry out the introduction of gas. Exchange was reported on England at 645. 6d. to 655. There had been no alteration in commercial affairs. At Paraguay, a dispute bad arisen between the Americans and the President. The former have left the place iu consequence, and Lopez, the Pre sident, had declared the river closed against the ships of war of all nations. Lieut. Moore, of the United States Navy, who is come to England: in the Great Western, brings despatches for the Ame rican Government respecting this matter. At Rio the Brazilians were fitting out a fleet of 10 steam-ships, which were reported to be going to Paraguay to claim redress of Lopez for having insulted their Minister. Commercial matters are reported to have under gone no change, since last advices, at either Rio, Pernambuco, or Bahia. STATIONS OF HEE MAJESEY'S SHlPS.—Rio—Ma dagascar, Trident, Tyne, Star, and Express ; the Bonito left for England on the 9th ult. Monte Video—The Vixen, steam-sloop ; and the Sharp shooter, ordered to refit. Lisbon—The Meander, 44. THE PENINSULAR MAIL. SOUTHAMPTON, SUNDAY. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Iberia arrived last night with the above mail. She brings dates from Gibraltar to the Bth inst. ; Lisbon, 11 ; Vigo and Oporto, 12. During her voyage she experienced throughout bad weather. The freight of the Iberia consists of specie, value 28,0001. and the usual cargo. Our Lisbon news has been anticipated by the arrival of the Brazilian mail steam-ship Great Western. _ _ .. ----- At - Gibraltar we learn several transports had arrived, and passed to the eastward, from England, with troops, &c., on board. Amongst them are the Indiana, screw, on the 28th ult., off Cape de Gatt; H.M. steam-frigate Dauntless, which arrived from Portsmouth on the 29th • the royal mail company's steam-ship Tamar, whic h landed the 6Gth on the oth, • and having embarked the 17th Royals, left for the Black Sea ; H.M. ship Royal Albert,• on the Ist inst., for coals ; the N iagara, from Liver pool, with the 54th, which were exchanged for the 89th ; the Libertas from Constantinople and Malta, with invalids, on the 4th instant ; the Holyrood, with stores for the Black Sea ; the Cambria, with • wounded, from Balaklava. The ship returned LI the Crimea on the 9th inst. with the 39th Regiment The Manilla, with stores for the East, also passed on the same day. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. The Royal George, 120, screw, is daily expected to arrive at Sheerness with other vessels from the Baltic. The James Watt, screw, 91, Captain Elliot, steamed into Portsmouth-harbour on Saturday to refit her ma chinery. Her crew were paid wages and granted a fort• night's leave, and provided with steam conveyance to Plymouth, where most of them joined. The Prince Regent, 90, Captain Smith, was put out of commission at Portsmouth on Saturday, and the rem nant of her crew forwarded to Devonport, as part com plement of the Exmouth, screw, 91, fittingeout there. The Orion, 90, screw, in consequence of the lowness of the tides latterly, has been lying up the harbour since he got clear of Sheerness pier ; on Saturday, however, sLe would have been towed up to Chatham, only for the strong adverse winds. Her lower masts are in, and when she gets there she will be docked, and fitted for immediate service. The Cressy,. screw, 81, Captain Warren, got under weigh early on Saturday morning from the Nore, and steamed into the harbour at Sheerness, and moored off in the fair•way. We understand her machinery is in first-rate order, but her pumps, &c., are very defective. We hear she touched the ground once in. the Baltic, which, no doubt, will cause her to be docked to over haul her bottom. The crew expect to be drafted to the barracks prepared for them in the victualling de partment in this yard, which have been fitted up by con tract by Messrs. Hall, of Queenborough, and capable of holding 1,200 men and officers. She had struck her topgallantrnast and unbent sails, and was ten days from Kiel to the Nore ; all hands well on board, and in a few days the whole of the barracks will be finished ready to receive them, or any other ships' crews to the amount of 1,200 or 1,300. On board this vessel there are about 190 seamen of the Coast Guard stations. The Majestic, 80, screw Captain Hope, arrived at the Bignose on Saturday evening at four o'clock. We understand she left Kiel with the Cressy, and has been 12 days on her pa•sage. She got under weigh this morning at eleven o'cl,ck, and steamed into the harbour at noon, and has moored at one of the upper moorings. Like the Cressy, we hear she has touched the ground in the Baltic more than once, and there appears to be some defect in the after part of the main shaft, together with a leak, to stop which she will have to come into the dry dock. The Cressy appears to eclipse the Majestic both in sailing and steaming qualities, and although both are of the same horse power, the Cressy will go one knot an hour faster. She confirms the report of the Euryalus having run into the Imperieuse in a snow-storm, by which both have sustained considerable damage. The Majestic has struck her topgallantiaasts and sent topgallant yards clown. The Cressy Las unbent her sails and sent topgallantmasts down. The Russell; 74, is still in the dry dock, Sheerness. Many shipwrights, &c., are working at her, converting her into a screw ; for which, like the Hawke, 74, in Chatham-yard, progresses fast. The Phaeton, 50, is in the Sheerness basin fitting, ready for commission. We hear she is to take 100 tons of ballast. The Melampua, frigate, store-ship, is in the Sheerness graving dock; she has been caulked inside and out, and is fitting out for the transport service. Her masts are all taken out, and will be replaced by larger ones, or made stronger ; her old copper has all been stripped off, and she is being newly coppered, &c. The Pylades, 21, screw corvette, is still in the Sheer ness thy dock, fitting for immediate service with all de spatch. Her rudder, &c., will be shipped next week. No doubt shortly afterwards she will haul into the basin. The G'rgon, 6, paddle-sloop, Commander Hawker, is being fitted in Portsmouth harbour to take 100 men and five officers of the 21 battalion of the Rifle Brigade, and stores, to the Crimea. the Ajax, 60, at Portsmouth ; arid C. I'. Compton (1844), rocently serving as First Lieutenant of the Fan toate sloop, 1 9 on the Australian 'station, have been prolneted to be commanders, _ Captain Smith relieved Rear-Admiral Courtenay as superintendent of the Royal Naval Hospital at Haslar, and the Clarence Victualling-yard, Gosport, on Satur day. Major-General Sir Frederick Smith, C. 8., R E., commanding Royal Engineers in Portsmouth garrison, is reported to be the lieutenant-governor of that fortress, vice Bentinok, appointed to a division in the Crimea. THE KING OF SWEDEN'S SPEECH. The following is the text of the speech delivered by the King of Sweden, on the closing of the Diet, on the sth : " Gentlemen, —Your labours are terminated. In dis missing you, I feel a real satisfaction at the manner in which you have employed the time, upwards of a year, which you have passed in deliberation. The country has derived as much advaatage as renown from it ; its situation inspires confidence and respect both at home and abroad. After a careful examination, I thought right to lay before you bills relative to the manner in which, in certain given cases the Government of the united kingdoms is to be constituted, and relative to the press. Whilst preserving in the fundamental law the principle of the liberty of the press, as one of the most precious rights of the Swedish people, I have proposed to you to insert therein the principal points which consecrate it, and to place in the general enactments of the civil code the subsidiary rules for the application of it. These questions, which can only be solved in the next assembly of the States-General, cannot fail to obtain from them the serious and patriotic appreciation which their importance and the interests of the country demand. I have setoi with satisfaction that you have occupied yourselve.4 with solicitude with the amelio rations to be introduced into the Commercial Code. This grave question will be to me a subject of incessant at tention. In consequence of propositions which I have addressed to you, you have adopted decrees relative to the consolidation of public credit, the adoption of uniform postage for letters in the interior, and the adop tion of a decimal system of mon e y , weights, and mea sures. You have accorded large sums for productive objects, and principally for the participation of the State in great railway lines—these resolutions will no doubt be very advantageous to the country. I thought it my duty to communicate to you at the beginning of the session a bill for circumscribing the manu facture and consumption of a spirituous liquor, the disastrous effects of which on the morality and wel fare of the people have been too well proved by long experience. I have learned with pleasure the serious and patriotic zeal which you have displayed in this question of general interest ; and I shall derive there from a strong inducement to adopt the measures which it is necessary for me to take, in order to assure the execution of the laws which you have voted. The principles which yen have laid down with respect to the customs' legislation constitute a marked progress in a more liberal sense. The prosperous situation of the commerce and manufactures of the country presents a favourable moment for the changes to be introduced on that point. You have adopted my propositions to simplify the collection of the taxes, and to re lieve the tax-payers in several important branches ; and in spite of new allocations, necessary for the regular march of the administration, you have found means to diminish the additional imposts by more than one-third of their former amount. I cannot but warmly recognise your adherence to the measure by which the fund for the alleviation of the sufferings, which may arise in consequence of a want of food, has been considerably augmented. The generous munificence which you have shown in favour of establishments of ' education and of public health, has not escaped my notice. In addition to the sums set apart for the fine-arts and sciences, you have voted considerable sums for public buildings and hospitals, and for the ameliora tion of the condition of several classes of persons employed by the state. The sums which you have voted for the army and navy show that you have formed a just appreciation of the wants of the country with regard to its means of defence. In approving of my proposition for fixing the credits intended for unforeseen cases, you have put me in a position to take such measures as might become urgent in consequence of circumstances impossible to be determined on in advance. I fully ap preciate your confidence, snd am penetrated with a sense of the obligations which it imposes on me. The Diet, which is new at an end, will hold a prominent place in the annals of our history. In pronouncing its close, I indulge in the firm hope that its results will contribute to the happiness and glory of our country, and I perform a sacred duty in expressing to you my gratitude for the good that you have done. I renew to you, gentlemen, the assurance of all my royal affection and kind feeling." • STATE OF TRADE. ( From the Manchester Guardian of Saturday, MANCHESTER, Dec. 15.—The demand continues active from the Mediterranean and Levant markets, and for some articles it increases ; so that certain longcloths, T's, and some other goods, with extra hard twist, have somewhat of an upward .biits and low counts of mule and •Water, generally, are perfectly firm. Doubled yarns, from 60's upward, of German quality, are improved. Altogether, the aspect of business is not less satisfactory than it was a week ago ; indeed, the prospects as to the supply of cotton render it rather more favourable for the interests of our producers. GLASGOW, Dec. 15.—The demand continues but to a limited extent, and prices are fully td. per lb. lower this week. BRADFORD, Dec. 14.—Wool—The increase" of lookers referred to in our last has not tended materially to add to the small transactions in the wool trade. The spin ners buy with great caution, and at the price sought by the staplers it is impossible to (-over cost. There is no disposition on the pelt of vile growers and country dealers to accept prices at all in accordance with what can be realised. Nods and brokes are firm.-- Yarns—There is no inducement to in "s ease the produc tion, and as the majority of the spinn ass are only work• ing daylight, and others not so muca, the supplies are daily diminishing, and ruled yarns in. stock cannot be found at prea•ent prices. In spool yams the supply is de. creased, nor is tliira any chance of spool frames being put to work without a great advance on the prices now current. Pieces—ln the warehouses for finished goods, the demand has been better, and the aierchants have re duced their stocks far below their usual average. This course has deterred the manufactur ;ru from making, nor is it probable there will be any nn rked activity un less better prices can be realised than have been current throughout the autumn. LEICESTER, Dec. 14.—Our market continues to re. ceive great reLief from the:government orders, both in the regular hosiery, glove, shirt, dras tiers, and fancy branches. WOOLLEN TRADE- (From the Leeds Mercury of Saturday.) LEEDS, DEC. 15.—We have no change to report in the state of the woollen trade. The markets have been of a sluggish character this week. The trade in the warehouses is inactive. The shipping lie lases are doing nothing, and the demand for the home market is rather quiet. HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY.—The market , has not yet assumed any brighter aspect. Complaints are very general. There is a slackening in work at some of the factories. We understand a little has been done in what are called job-lots, in cases of pressure for catch. ROCHDALE, Dec. 11.—As Christmas approaches the demand for flannels is not quite so brisk as has been. The wool market has been firm, and for broloes (broken woo') and noils a better price has been obtain ed. HALIFAX, Dec. 9.—We have had more i nquiry to day both in the piece and yarn markets. The re is more doing in the wool trade, and combing kinds sh‘lw rather an upward tendency. PRISONERS OF WAIL—A copy of the Conventtion be tween her Majesty and the Emperor of the Fre.l,3ls re specting prisoners of war, signed at London 3/1"1 ., y 10, 1854, was laid before Parliament a few days ag .. It contains five articles. The first article provides; that the prisoners made in the course of the present wa't shall be divided equally between the two countries, an 61 that whenever one of the two countries shall have main ttained a greater number of prisoners, an account of the excess of expenditure shall be rendered every three m ;smiths, and repayment be made of the half of the amo not by the Government of the other country. Depot. ; esta blished for prisoners in any foreign country are to be supported by both the Governments. As regard s the exchange of prisoners, no distinction is to be matt be tween the respective subjects of the two Governn I ents who may have been captured, but their liberation to be stipulated, except in special cases, according tic. the priority of the date of their capture. The fifth .ar Licle refers to the ratification of this canvention, whicht tc sak place in London on the 20th of May last. [ADVERTISEMENT.) —Du Barry's Delicious Rev, lc Arabica Food invariably restores hea.ith, without n u ',H eine, inconvenience, or expense, as it saves fifty MI nes its cost in other 'remedies. We extract a few out of fifty thousand testimonials of cures, which had resisted all medicines. Cure No. 180. " Twenty '-five years' nervousness, constipation indigestion, and deb' lity, from which I had suffered great misery, and w hicn no medicine could remove or relieve, have been e Hee tually cured by Du Barry's Food in a very short t is ne —W. F. Reeve, Pool Anthony, Tiverton." Cure 2 V°. 4,208.—" Eight years' dyspepsia, nervousness, debili with cramps, spasms and nausea, have been at ct tually removed by Du Barry's delicious Food in a ve 19 short thne.—Rev. John W. Flavell, Ridlington Re& Norfolk." Cure No. 1,784.—N0t expected to live six . di Ts longer, I was cured by Du Barry's admirable Healtl -re storing Revalenta Arabica Food. Magdalen Purvis, M , ,fat, Scotland. Cure No. 51,416.—" Fifty years' indescri table agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, cr. tnsti pation, flatulency, spasms, sickness at the stomach ai ul vo ii - mitings, have been removed by Du Barry's excellent Food. —Maria Jolly, Wortham, Ling, near Diss, Norfolk." Cure No. 3,9o6.—Thirteen years' cough, indigestion, and ; ral debility have been removed by Du Barry's exce !; 'ent Food.—James Putter, Athol-street, Perth." C era No. 81.--" Twenty years' liver complaint, t zith disorders of the stomach, bowels, and nerves, have 1 ieee perfectly curad by Du Barry's Revalenta Arabic a.— Andrew Frazer, Haddington, East Lothian." " Treva ;ler, , Gulva,l, near Venzance. Feb. 20eti, 1851.—Eighteen y atrs' nervous debility, violent palpitation of the heart,'k rob- Ling of the temples, violent pains in the left side and I ack, shortness of breath, coughs, numbness of the extreini lea, cramps, spawns, flatulency, retching, and such got eral weakness, that I w.B constantly fearful of falling whel ion my logs ; all these sympt , ins have been removed by Du Barry's excellent Arabica Food.—Mary Gilbert."—ln ca nis tors, suitably packed for all climates, and with full hist ruc tions —llb., 2s. 91; 21b., 4s. 6d. ; 51b. ' lls. ;121b., 2. 23 . super-refined, 11b. 6s. ; 21b., 11s. ; 5113., 225. ; Zl3s. The 101 b. and 121 b., carriag e f ree , on post office or iter- Barry du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, Lend an ; Fortnum, Mason, and C o ., purveyors t o h er Majesty, 182, Piccadilly ; also at 68, Cornhill; 60, Gracechurch-strc 330 and 451, Strand ; 63 and 150, Oxford-street ; 55 . Charing-cross ;4. Cheapside ; 54, Upper Baker-street ;a, zd . may be ordered through all respectable booksellers, g ro- cars, and chemists. Important caution against the feat dangers of spurious imitation. MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. Casualties by death in India since the departure of the Mail on the 28th Oct. 11 ,1 1.'s Troops.—Lieut. H. John Hinde, 24th Regt., at Lahore, Oct. 24. MADRAS —Capt. George Simpson, 22d Regt. N. 1., at Chinsurah, Oat. 6 ; Lieut. Samuel James Ilumfrays, Engineer., on board the steamier Argo, Aug. 2; Coionel Peter Whannell, 32d Regt. N. 1., at Edmore, Oct. 28. BENGAL.—Lieut. Magnay, 22d Regt. N. 1., at Feroze pore, Oct. 17 ; C tpt. James Rattray, 2d Regt. N. 1., at Dorundah, Chotah Nagpore, Oct. 24. BOMBAY COMMERCIAL. The state of trade in general is not very favourable, .and during the past fortnight money has been in great demand, causing considerable tightness in the bazaar. EGYPT. ALEXANDRIA, Dec. B.—The Peninsular and Ori ental Company's steamer Vectis arrived here on the 4th inst., with the Marseilles portion of the London mail of the 24th of November, and leaves again this day. for Marseilles with that portion of the Calcutta Mail of the Gth of November. The Tagus, with the mail via Southampton, arrived only yesterday, and will leave again to-morrow. M. Lesseps, formerly French Consul in Egypt, has obtained from the Viceroy, Said Pasha, a fir man, granting to a company of which he is a direc tor the applied-for authority to make a ship canal across the Isthmus of Suez, connecting the Medi terrean with. the Red Sea. The canal, 75 miles long, is to be completed in twelve years, the com _ pan - y - having the right of levying a toll on all yes sels passing through for ninety-nine years. The capital is to be raised by shares, and M. Lesseps expresses himself as being promised the support of eminent bankers in France and Germany. Egypt will not be called upon to make any outlay ; the Viceroy is to have 15 per cent. of the net profits, and at the expiration of the lease the works are to become the property of this Government. Notwithstanding the sanguine expectations of M. Lesseps, it is generally believed that this great un dertaking, which wilt r2quire a capital of fully 6,000,000/. sterling, will not be carried, into effect, as, while Europe is engaged in a terrible war, the end of which no one can foresee, it is not likely that many persons will embark their funds in such a project, and, therefore, like the scheme which was recently entertained of rumning steam tugboats on the Nile, it will die a natural death ' from the want of capitalists to take shares. It is ' not unlikely that Said Pasha gave his consent so readily because his Highness siiw no great proba bility of the work being ever coniuwneed, and it must also be considered that said Pasha's assent requires confirmation by the Sultan at Constanti nople, where political interests may induce the European Ministers to advise the Porte to with hold it. _The great difficulty attending the usefulness of a Canal: across the Isthmus of Suez lies in the shal lowness of the sea to a considerable distance from both the Suez and the Mediterranean shores, and that it is tc be cut through a barren desert, where not a drop of potable grater is to be found. At Suez vessels cannot approach the shore within seven miles, so that a canal across the isthmus would be of little use, when vessels could not reach the mouth of the proposed cut within seven miles on the Red Sea side, and four miles on the Medi terranean side. It is fortunate that Said Pasha has not com mitted himself to bear any portion of the expense of this undertaking, otherwise he might have found himself in a position similar to that of his father, Mehemet Ali, with the barrage of the Nile, planned and attempted by a French engineer, which cost the country 1,600,0001. sterling, and is not only of no use 'whatever, but has impaired and en dangered the navigation of the river. Said Pasha has declared his intention to com plete the , line of railway from Alexandria to Suez as soon as the means of doing so can be contrived ; but, as his funds are at present very much strait ened by the numerous calls he has lately had to meet, and particularly for the current expenses of that part of the line which is now in course of con struction, his Highness has determined upon adopt ing th e plan of giving over, or ceding for a fixed period, the whole line between Alexandria and Suez. to any company or capitalist that may be tempted to make an offer. A portion of the line between Alexandria and Cairo is already in com plete working order, and the person s t a ki ng th e lease will have to ind themselves to extend the line to Suez within a certain period at their own expense. The propounders of the canal scheme are fully alive to the necessity of the railway being com pleted to Suez before they can begin their work, and therefore, instead of opposing it, as was there wont, they now urge the Pasha to take steps to finish it at once. The Hon. C. A. Murray, formerly Consul- General in Egypt, and now appointed Minister in Persia, arrived here by the last English steamer, on his way to his post. Prices of produce still keep advancing here. Wheat has now reached 50s. ; beaus, 40s. ; barley, 28s. per quarter, free on board without freight. Fr eights above 6s. 3d. per quarter for beans. The la,t two steamers have brought to Alexan dria 180,0001. sterling in specie, which is at once engulfed in the country, and mostly buried by the tillers of the ground, who get in payment of their produce. Exchange on London, 98 piastres per pound MALTA. Malta letters, dated 11th December, contain' various items of naval and military intelligence. The Himalaya, attended by th Cambria, c ame i nto port yesterday. The former vessel is in a very sad state, and will be hove down for repairs, the dockyard being , too short and too narrow to receive her. Dec. 4.—The Himalaya has been taken under the dockyard ahem- for the repair of her screw. Her fore comparttrents are to be filled with water to raise her by the stern, by which operation it is hoped she may be re paired without the necessity of sending hex to England. Dec. 9.—Since my last the passage of troops to the East lla-; continued. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer the -- Ripon and the screw seam-ship the Thames have ar rived the former with Fr , . neli troops from Marseilles,Cliaplaine —R ev . Henry 13. iNlatchett (1354) from the forming an aggregate of 71 officers and 2.289 soon. On Blenheim, 60 screw steamship, to the Exmouth, 90 board the Thames was General Dubar and his suite, screw steamship, at Devonport ; Rev. Henry Alexander Lieutenant-c o lonel D'Airollee, Colonel Lefebvre , and (1854 ) , recently serv in g in the Prince,Re;eut, 9)," at Lieutenant-Colonel De Boxes. Portsmouth, to the Blenheim, vice Matchett. The Dauntless had on hoard 301 men of the Royal Naval Instructors.—William Salmon (1846), to the Artillery, under command of Captain Graydon, with Exmouth, 90, screw steamship, at Davenport ; Thomas Captains Oldtield, Gleig; and Soady ; and Lieutenants Crockford, to the Blenheim, 60, screw steamship ; John Champion, Jones, Wolfe and Briscoe. W. Lawless, to the Ajax, 60, screw steamship at Ports - The compart men t s o f the P Himalaya having been filled mouth. getting her read with water and her . has worked.lo to the height artisans they Were to retu.. mizenmast taken , out her stern rose Clerk.—William Evans (1853), for the Itnperieuse, required with a very little assistance, and 51, screw stearefrigate, to the Monarch, 84, at Devon theof the dockyard are now actively engaged in port. her Present sta o a s e ey ' fusing to return to the En for sea, by repairing her shaft, which Lieutenants.—James Hunt (1841), recently serving and renders her unfit for service in in the Coast Guard ; John A. P. Price (1842), recently Sheer signed articles forrnTail crew, under an impression that serving as First Lieutenant of the Nile, 91 screw steam gland, have struck work, re- * ship, at Devonport ; Sampson H. Ricketts (1842), re , Black Sea. But, as they had cently serving in the Waterloo, 120, flagship at Sheer indefinite period, the measures lien ; William J. Pollard (1843), recently serving in THE DRAKE MORTAR VESSEL. On Saturday the experiments on board the Drake mortar vessel, fitted by Capt. Julius Roberts, Royal Marine Artillery, at Portsmouth, were continued off Shoeburyness. The great advantages possessed by this system of fittings and the principle of construction over the old plan have caused the Admiralty to press these experiments forward. The question as to the principle has been decided by the experiments, hut the more vital one, that of the strength of ironwork in the carriage requisite, is still a subject of trial. DESTRUCTION OF THE TOWN OF CHRIS TIANSAND BY THE BRITISH SQUADRON, COAST OF AFRICA. The Prometheus, 5, paddle. Commander J. H. Sel wyn, arrived at Sierra Leone, Oat. 28, 11. (lays from G.braltar. According to orders left by the commodore, she immediately embarked sewn ofFcers and about 120 men of the 2d -and 3d West India Regiments, to join the force previously sent to Accra in the Britomart. She also convoyed a colonial steamer with additional troops. When the wail steamer left Accra on the Bth, she was at that place, together with the Scourge, 6, paddle, Commodore Adams, and Dolphin, brigantine, Lieutenant Commander Webber. There bad been some smart fighting with the native population, who were in a state of revolt, arising out of the refusal to pay duty on spirits. The whole of the town of Christiansand had been de stroyed by the English steamers, which had lost a good many men. The Minx, 2, iron screw gun-vessel, Lieut. Com mander Ryves, left Lagos, Nov. 6, for Prince's Island, where she would water, and thence proceed to Ascension to recruit the health of her crew, having 26 hands sick with the fever. The Crane, 6, Commander Miller, was at Lagos on Nov. 6.—Plymouth. Mail. ROYAL MARINES. The following is a onpy of a letter from the Admiralty to Major-General Sir John Owen, K.C.8.K.H., on his retirement from the duties of Deputy-Adjutant-Gene- rat : " Admiralty, Dec. 13,„1854. • Sir,—l am commanded by my Lords Cotnniission6rs of the Admiralty to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 11th inst., and I am to acquaint you that in accepting the resignation of your appointment as Deputy-Adjutant-General of the Royal IViartre Forces, my Lords are sensible that you have continued to dis charge your duties with zeal and fidelity to as late a period as the state of your health would permit, and my Lords much regret the loss of your services, which have been alike honourable to yourself and useful to the corps in which you have been so long and so highly distin guished.—By command. " R. OSBORNE." Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Robert Wesley, on re ceiving his appointment as Deputy-Adjutant-General, in the room of Major-General Sir John Owen (retired), had it announced to him that it was conferred with the rank of colonel. Captain Farquhar is going on favourably in llaslar Hospital. Rear-Admiral Michael Seymour returned from the Admiralty to Devonport on Saturday, when he hoisted his flag, blue on the wizen, on board the Royal Wil liam, 120, and resumed his duties as Superintendent of the Dockyard. We learn by electric telegraph from Plymouth, that the new screw steam-frigate Malacca, 17, from Woolwich for the Black Sea, taking a mail, arrived in Plymouth ;Sound yesterday morning the Calcutta, 85, from Fal mouth, also arrived there in the evening. The Bulldog war steamer, Captain Hall, arrived in th Tyne, from Kiel, on Friday afternoon. In her passage across the North Sea she had encountered very rough weather, and had lest her stern boat. She took in eight keels of coals on Saturday, and will leave for Ports mouth immediately. Surveyors froin the Devonport Dockyard have con demned the stowage of the screw-transport Firely, 153, which left Woolwich overloaded for the Black Sea, and was compelled to put into Plymouth Sand. She will be relieved of 80 tons of 'dead weight in the bottom of her hold, and her cargo will 'be re-arsanged. In consequence of the numbor of recruits and volun teers who have joined the Plymouth division of Royal Marines, the barracks are now full and same of the men are obliged to be billeted on the innkeepers. Captain Hillyar, appointed acting captain of the screw corvette Malacca pro tem., has joined that vessel, and she left Portsmouth for the Crimea on Saturday evening. THE MILITIA. The Leicestershire Militia assembled on Friday at Leieester fur permanent service. The Royal Cumberland Militia have a.setnbled at heal-quarters, Whitebs.ven, and the men have muStered eteeedingly well, about 750 being present.' Ail 'the staff serjeants :at from crack ,regiments of the line. , The Northumberland Light Infantry Regiment of Militia are to be embodied on Tuesday, the 9th of January next, at Alnwick, and are to hold themselves in readiness to march to any part of the united king (tom. The nominal strength of this regiment, as en rolled, is 1,277, but this number has been rwiner.d below 1,000 by enlistments into the regular forces and other causes. The militia forces raised in Oxfordshire have been re gularly drilled during the week,- and are already attain ing great proficiency. The complerne,t of the free is nearly completed, and at present no intimation has u een received as to its being ordered away on garrison duty, although both officers and men are ready and willing to ,o wherever their services are required. The 3d West York Militia, stationed in Dublin, have already furnished 136 volunteers to the regiments of the Guards and line serving in the Crimea, and many others are still enlisting. , ENLISTMENT OF FOREIGNERS. A Bill intituled an Act to permit Foreigners to be en listed and to serve as Officers and Soldiers in Ler -- --- Majesty's Forces. Whereas it is expedient that her Majesty, during the continuance of the war should be enabled to enlist and employ foreigners in her army ; be it therefore enacted, by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords spirjtual and temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament as sembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows :- 1. It shall be lawful for her Majesty to cause to be enlisted as soldiers into her service persons not being na tural subjects, or entitled to the privileges of na t ura l born subjects of her Majesty, who may voluntarily enter them selves, and to grant commissions or letters of service to any such persons to serve as officers, the persons so enlisted and commissioned to be formed into separate regiments, battalions, and corps, and to be employed within or, out of the United Kingdom as her Majesty may deem expedient for her service ; and such enlistment, commission, and the service thereunto, shall be as lawful as if such persons were natural born subjects of her Majesty. 2. Provided always, that there shall not be within the Unite , l Kingdom more in the whole than fifteen thou sand men serving under this act at any one time. [Th e number was reduced on Saturday to ten thousand.] 3. Every person enlisted as a soldier under the authority of this act shall be attested in such manner as her Majesty shall direct, and not otherwise ; and all haisndact, sh a ll t a k e such officers, non continuance in her private soldiers, c eo o na Tin t fi i on s rg s i one re e ci d ro o m ffi ni c i e s rs fidelitysi o , ndde dining iu m nng. m d drummers, theirt, Majesty's service as her Majesty shall direct, and no other. _ 47Subject to the provisions herein contained, all officers, non-commissioned officers, drummers, or pri vate soldiers, serving under the provision s of this act, shall be subject to all the provisions contained in any act for the time being in force " for P un i s hi ng Mutiny and Desertion, and for the ,Better Payment of the Army and their Quarters "and the arti c l es o f war made in pursuance thereof, i n the same manner to all intents and purposes as any of her Majesty's regular forces are subject to the same. G. It shall be lawful for her Majesty, if she see fit, to makeany supplemental articles of war to be applicable spe cially to persons who maybe enlisted or commissioned under this act, and thereby to vary or coot r of any articles of war for the time being in force ; and the restrictions and pro visions contained in any act for the time being in force " for Punishing Mutiny and Desertion, and the better Payment of the Army and their Quarters," in rel a ti on to articles of war taade thereunder, shall be applicable to such supplemental articles of war as aforesaid. 6. No officer, serving under this act, when reduced, -shall be entitled to receive half pay, provided neverthe less, that when any such officer shall be rendered incap able of military service by wounds or infirmities contract ed while discharging his military duty during the period of his continuing to serve as such officer under the provi sions of this act, then and in such case it shall be lawful for her Majesty to make such provision for such officer as she shall think proper and necessary, so that such pro vision shall in no case excead the half-pay of the rank in the British serviee,' simtlar to that which such officer shall have held at the time of his becoming so in cap able as aforesaid. 7. This act shall continue in force during the present war, anti until ono year after the ratification of a de fiuitive treaty of peace. [ADVERTI SEIIEXT].—HoIIoway's O in t men t an d Pill s, ezzsefitially b eneficial for healing wounds.—Mr. Paul Spencer, of West Brunswick, informs Professor Hollo way, Ina letter dated May 20, 1854, that a friend of hit; residing in New-street, in that town, and well known there, was afflicted for a length of time with 10 running ulcers, and although he had the best medical advice for miles round, yet he was . not benefited by the same ; therefore, as a last resource, h e was i n d uce d to t r y Holloway's ointment and pills, and, after persevering with theca for three months, the wounds all healed, and he was completely cured, to the wonder of every one who knew him. Sold by all vendors of medicine and at Professor Holloway's establishments, 244, Strand, Lon don and 80, Maiden-lane, New York. PRICEB OP 8 fl A RES IN BLINKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM PANIES' STOCK, --4 From the Official List. PLIBLI3IIED EVERY TCIEDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. LONDON, EIDAY, DEC. 8, 1854. Paid. Price. X s. d. British • • • • • • • • • • •• •• Ditto Provincial.... Brighton . • .... ••• City of London .. • • •• Continental (3d Cap.)... Equitable •••.. • • • • Great Central .. Imperial .. • • ...... • • Independent.. • • L0nd0n.............. 20 0 0 21 20 0 9 100 a 0 100 43 10 0 all all 1 i 4 all 91 00., Parl. Preference 25 50 0 0 2 ,1 ,4 90 0 0' 20 „ 3711 10 0 6% P 011 JAC . • • .. • . • • a• United General •• •• Westminster hartered Ditto, New .... •• •• OAS-LIMIT AND COKE COMPAI, Name of Company. Dividend Amount per i of Annum. Share. s. d. 11. Bs. 2O 0 0 51. , 20 0 0 4! 103. 'lOO 0 0 41. 10s. 50 0 0 1/. ss. 50 0 0 71 per cent 10 0 0 10, & bonus. 50 0 0 51. 40 0 0 L 0 0 0 GI or cent. 25 0 0 4:. per cent. GO 0 0 1 51. 100 0 0 115 s. 50 0 0 5 per cent. 50 0 0 51. per cent. s'l 0 0 WATER-WORKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. - -- — £ s. d. £ s. d. ;ast London 'rand Junction ---- dl nor rut. 1100 0 0 60 s. d. East London Grand Junction Kent.... • C. per cut. 100 0 0 Lambeth .. New River Company.. 21. 10s. Southwark & Vauxhall 5: per mt. West Middlesex .. •• .. 51.105. pr et., ,too 0 DOCKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per I of Paid Price. Annum. Share. ,---- £ a. d. , X s. d. Commercial .• ...... 41. pr cent. Stock. Stock. East and West India.. fr. pr zent. stock. • —12 1 1 A East Country.. - London .... I 5,. pr cent. Stock. Ditto Bonds 4l. per cent. St. Katharine outhampton Victoria .......... BRIDGES. Divdend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. £ s. d. £ a. d. llunq,erforcl .... • • ...• 12 Southwark ...... •• • • 100 0 0 9 Ditto New of 714 p.c. 70s. per cent 50 0 0 Waterloo ..... ~ .....• 1100 0 0 414 Ditto Old Ann. of 81. I/. 14s. 60 0 0 -- 32 Ditto Nw ditto of 71. 11. 10s. Od. 40 0 0 28 Vauxhall ............ 1/. ss. 70 10 3 22 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. 1 per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. E s. d. £ s. d. Au5tra1a51a........... 61. per cent. 40 0 0 a t ll 81 British N or th American 6/. per cent. , 50 0 0 634 9 Commercial of London. 5/. per cent. :100 0 0 20 0 0 3114 Colonial .............. 31. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 lonian Lond. Char. Bk. of Aus. 20 0 0 all 0 24 1 4 London and County • • 61. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 Londr. and Westminstr 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 39 j 6 London Joint Stock •• . 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 28 provincial of Ireland. • 81. per cent. l 100 0 0 25 0 0 Ditto, Ncw• . .. 81. per cent. 10 0 0 all National of Ireland.... 41. per cent. 50 0 0 22 10 0 Nat. Provincial of Eng. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 33 0 0 Ditto, New Oriental Bank Corpora. 121. p. ct.&bs. 25 0 0 all 39 South Australia • • .... 8 , . p. ct.Sc os. 25 0 0 9, 43 Union of Australia.. —40 c cent. 23 0 0 25 0 0 4211 Ditto .............. 40/. per cent. 210 0 Union of London ..... . 8/. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 Union of Madrid ... •• ' 40 0 0 all CANALS. Names of E; Dividend Names of t Dividend per Companies. 1 A per Price ' Companies. Price, , , Annum. 1 w 'Annum.. w , ---- — -- --- £, 1 £ tishtn &Oldh 93 7:. p. et. 154 Macclesfield. 100 21 . 10 s. 51 % Barnsley •• • • !160 : Neath ...... inn 161. 150 Brkiik& Abrg : 150 . 41. 60 Oaten'.. •• • • •100 13'. 110 Birmingham a 41. 9330 Peak Forest. 78 bi. Os. 86 Coventry.. • • 100 , 251. 209 Regent's •• • . 30' 134. 1635 Derby • • ... 100: 6/. 80 Rochdale .. •. 85 11. 10s. 60 Ellsnire&Chsi 69 : 2% p. et. Somrse:: Coal , 4 0, GrandJ , inetn 100'41 pr. ct. 53 Do. Lk F,l-4 121 Do., 6 pr•Ct•l 1061. pr. et. 11% Stil 'd &Wore 1 40 , 281. 425 „rand .urrey, 100 2/. 10s. 48 Shrew B bury.. l i2s' Grand Union,' 1001 11.1's 12 1 ,4 Stoarbridge.. l ; 45 121. 285 ennt & Awl' 39, 68. Od. 6% S'eve.n and 1 , li Lancaster ..:10C! --Woe Rail. j 26 21. 28 Leeds &Vv: p 100 251. Warwick 80 ~ 20 Leicester ..•. 10( 51. 59 Bin-ring. 5 100 4.• Leicstr &Nth 83 41. 28% Warwick & 1 31. 10 L oug hborogif 142 701. 575 Napton.. j 1001 Monmouthsh' 100 , Worcstr & t „..! 07. 25 Nlntgnierysh 100 — j '''l '' Meltnsiwbry 100 Wilts & Brks. —i 10s. Od. INSURANCE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. --- - , X s. d. X a. d. Albion ..... • .... • • .. Alliance Brit. and For. 7/. N . . 1° 1 5. 5. 5 1 0 0 0 0 ( 13 ) 21 7? 0 a 0 . -0% A=. ...„ . ri . 1 . ................ 6 per cent. . apc. & bs. 100 0 0 25 1 0 g -..... 15s 03. 53 0 a 515 0 1 xtlas • • ,rgus Life ........... 41. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 22 British Commercial 7s. 63. 50 0 0 5 0 0 7 . Clericl.Med.& Gen:Life spr ct. &bs.•100 0 0 10 0 0 - 4/. 103 0 0 10 0 0 125 Crown .............. 175. 03 60 001 6 0 0 17' Eagle . Equity and Law...... 4 1 4 per cent. 100 0 0 , 5 0 0 5% European Life it. 20 0 0 ! a n 19 1 1 ; General.- .......... 6/. 5 0 0 ,, st, • .. Globe .. . 6' per cent. Stock. I .. 194 (I' nardian 1 inpertai t ire... •.. .., izr. ~,, ,m,t Isno o 0, 50 0 0 330 Imperial Life Indemnity Marine.... 1 33 A 31. 160 0 0 ' i t i 20 0 0 65 Law Fire .......... • • 2s. & 2s. b s . .100 0 0 210 0 4 Law 1.ife..... • • 100 . 0 0; 10 0 0 56 Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 I 2 0 0 614 London London Itip.... ..... - Marine ..•• •.. 18s.per share 100 0 0 18 0 0 211 Med.lnvlid& Gen. Life 4% i. per ct. 50 0 0 2 0 0 - Minerva ......,..... sp. et. &,bs. 20 0 0 2 0 0 5 %s Monarch .... ...... - 5 0 0 1 0 0 - National Loan Fund.. 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 2% Palladium Lite ... - Pelican - - - - Phcenix - - - - p , ofessional Life...... 5". per cent. 5 0 010 0 34 Provident Life........ I/. ss. & be. 100 0 0i 10 0 0 39% Rock Life_ .......... I as. 5 3 0 010 0 734 Royal Exchange ....• • 1 61. p ct. & bs. Stock. all - Sun Fire - - Ditto Life ll lOs - - United Kingdom .... V. pct & bs. 20 0 0 4 0 0 4% Universal Life ••• ..... 2'. ss. per sh. 100 0 0 10 0 0 Victoria Life ........ 51. per cent. 1 - 412 6 5% MISCELLANEOUS. Dividend Amount I Name of Company. per of Paid. Price, Annum. Share. £ s. d. ! X s. d. Assam Tea .......... s'. 50 0 0' 20 0 0 20 &uctiBri Mart •• •-• • • • 2 1 4 per cent. 50 0 0 - - tustralian A4riculturl 1/. Is. 100 0 0 17 10 0 37 Australian Trust .... 6/. per cent. - 25 0 0 - ' Australian Royal Mail 51. 10 0 0 an - A nglo-Mexican Mint.. 11, 10s. 10 0 0 all - British American Land 15s. - 40 0 0 - Canada ... •• ......... 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 52 10 0 99 Do. 5 per cent Bonds at. per cent. - - - Ditto, 6 per cent. .. Gt. per cent. - - 110 City Navigation Bonds - - - - Electric Telegraph (A) 7 per cent. 25 0 0 21 0 0 - Ditto -•• • • .... (a) - 25 0 0 15 0 0 - ' Equitable Revers_olry 51 pr. cent. 100 0 0 1100 0 0 - ' Ditto New ....., • - 50 0 0 17 10 0 - Gen. Revers. & Invest. sp.c. & bs, 100 0 0 100 0 0 - Gen•SteamNav;_,..'don 10 p. ct. 15 0 0 14 0 0 27 Iludson's 8ay.... •• •• - Stock. - - Flungerlord - ' London institution .•• - - - _ • London Reversionary 4% per cent. 15 0 0 all - Russell in - stitution•• •• - - 12 10 0 - Price's PatentCand.Co 10/. per cent. 20 0 0 17 10 0 26 R e versionary Int. Soc. '74/. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 - F, Royal mail -team •... Al. p. share. 100 0 0, 60 0 0 - i South A ustral lan. •. • . 61. per cent. 25 00 1 al 35 Trust and Loan (2cmi. Upper Canada .... - - - - 1 LIST OF SCOTTISEI COMPANIES' PRICES. Name of Company. Bank of Scotland British Linen Company Caledonian Bank City of 441asgow Bank Clydesdale Bank .... mmercial Lank .. Eastern 8ank........ Edinb & Glasgow .... Exchange Ilnk of Scot.. National Bank .. North of e ot'and Bank Royal Bank of cotl. Union Bank of Scot. .. Western Bank • . . • .... ',Mance Fire and Life.. British Guarantee Caledonian Fire Insur. City of Glasgow Life.. Colonial Life Edinburgh Life Insur. Eng. & Scot. Law Life Life assoc. of Scotland National Fire and Life North British Insur... Scottigh Union Insrnc. Standard Life United Dep. Assurance Dividend per Annum. Amount of Share. Paid. I Prii 4 s. d. 7/. per cent. 8/. per cent. 81. per cent. 5 1 . per cent. 5%/. p cent. 71. per cent. 6/. per cent. 3%1. p cent. 4 per cent per cent /. per cent 41. per cent 71. per cent. 8 4i.pr cent it. per cent. 101. per cent. 61. per cent. 51. per cent. 6/. percent. Sl. pc r cent. Cl. per cent. 61. per cent. 71. per mat. 7%1. prcent. 51. per cent. 5/. per cent. 4 s. d. ,100 0 0 1100 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 5 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 IPO 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 50 11 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 200 0 0 20 0 0 '0 0 0 10 0 0 100 0 0 1781 100 0 0 2051 2 10 0 3'. 1 10 u 0 10/1 10 0 0 :2: 100 0 0 2021 10 0 0 10/1 5 0 0 1/. 1 10 0 0 161 910 0111. 100 0 0 11291 50 0 0 921 50 0 0 'G II 0 0 19: 2 0 0 U. 10 0 0 251 2 0 0 41. 1 0 0 .5?. 15 . 0 0 '25/10s 3 s 0 141. 7s Os 0 Os 11 100 00 s'. 1/• 13 s 20 0 ,3 1 0 0 11 . 41 l is 7 0 o 171 cs 10 0 RACING FIXTURES FOR 1855. MARCH. Coventry SaliAiury Doncaster 13 I Northampton 27 Th Ink l5 Croxton Park 29 APRIL. New market C ............ 9 Malton l9 Catte rick Bri:ige... ...... 11 Newmarket F S ........,23 York Spring ............... 17 MAY. Rath Epsom * Alaricheste r •30NE. Cheste r Spring .........••' 1 News: ar het S S ............ 8 *Shre% rsbury ............... 10 Ascot .. Hang) ;; 0n ... 13 Bibu . cy oo 3 I Liverpool ll 3 *Stamford 17 5 I Nottingh am ........... 5 I Goodwood North Staffordshire__ A 7 UGUS *Le .. Brighton Brighton Club 10 *Egham.. * Wolverhampton 13 *Derby .. * Reading l4 Stockl,rid ge 9j Winchester 9 2 Newcastle 26 Ne• rmarket Cm lisle .... \V orcester. . *'Lancaster COUN "ETS. 11A.DDINGTON CORN MARKET—DE°. 15. NVIIEA.T. I 13AP.LEY OATS. EXANF. First Bss Od. 37s 6d 32s 6d 56s Od Second 76s 3d I 35s 7d I 30s 4(1 I 498 01 Third 6ls Od I 31s Od I 25s Od 1 46s 0 1 Total quantity of wheat in market, 635 qrs., 608 sdd PP PP barley PP 761 qrs., 6'il. sold If PP oats PI 515 qrs., 515 sold PP PIP beans PP 95 qrs., 66 sold AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER. - - Wheat, 3/. 16 3 8-12ths I Barley, l/. 15 7 1 1 - 12 ths Oats, ... 1L 10 4 9-12ths I Beaus,, 21. 9 0 6-12 tbs DALKEITII GRAIN MLRICET—Ditc. 14. Qrs. Best. Current. Inferior. ;195 'Wheat 93s 01 1.359 Oats 32s 4:i oox Od ......... 243 01 1174 Barley 3Bs 01 oos Od 33 Peas & beans 55s 0.1 oos Od. ABEaDEEN—DEC. 15. The prices of grain to-day are—Oats, 00s Od to 00, 01, lbs per Lusliel; new oats, 24s 64 to 25s Od, 401bs pet bushel ; here, 318 Oil to 31s Gd, .531b8 per bushel ; barley, 303 61 to 31s Od, 531bs per bushel ; wheat, red, 60s Od to 61s Od, 62163 per bushel; wheat, white, 68s Od to 72s Od, 62113 per bushel ; oatmeal, 193 Oil te 20s 04 per boll; fl, nr, 56s Od to 53s Od per sack. Provisions-43eef, per lb, Sd ; mutton, ditto, Gd to 83 ; veal, ditto, 7d to 91; perk. per lb, 0:- 54 to Os G 1 ; salmon, per lb, is Od to Os Od ; rabbits, each, Od to Od ; tallow, per stone, 5s 9d to Os ; potatoes, per peck, 8d to Os 93; butter, per lb, lld to 12d ; eggs, per doz, Os 101 to Os 114 ; liens, per pair, 3s Od to 38 6,1 ; chickens, ditto, 2s 01 to 2s 64 ; ducks, ditto, 2s 01 to 2s 6 l ; ducklings, ditto, 2s Gd to 4s Od ; turkeys, 3s 61 to 4s 04 ; geese, ditto, 2s Gd to 3s Oil ; butter for exportation (present cure), per cwt, Ks to o'.:`,s OJ ; ditto (sunnr er cured), 00s to OUs Od ; eggs, wholesale price, per dozen, 6d to 74 ; 41b loaf, 7d ; 21b loaf, 3id ; pork, fine small, Os 04 to Os Od ; pork, large, Os 0(1 to Os Od ; lamb, per qr., Os to Os 0(1; cheese, per imperial stone, 5s Gd to 7s. DUBLIN, DEC. 16. There was a fair supply of all kinds of grain, and the market was generally brisker than of late. Wkeat was 6d to is, and oats and barley 3d to 6d dearer. Indian corn continues dull, but there was rather more demand fur foreign wheat at late prices. White wheat, 40s sa to 42s 6d; red ditto, 37s 01 to 41s ; barley, 16s Od to 19s 9d ; oats, 15s Od to 17s od • rapesee,,, 27s Od to 28s 6d per brl ; oatmeal, 16 s Od to 17s ; bakeie flour, 23s Od to 273 6d per cwt ; luLtiau corn, 405 Od to 47s k d per 4801bs. SEABORNE MAILS. (N signifies that the mails are sent from the General Post-office by the night—and /A by the morning—despatch.) Day when made ti) F ro m w i at Whoa COUNTRIES. in General Post- Port due ill Odle% London.* Dispatchoo. En and. — ---. tmerica(byßrit.paek)l, Every Friday ... ll,lverpool ... Eack 31.11 kmeriea (by United Sts packet) ...... „...b. I Nov. 14.... ..... • Liverpool ... Jan, 3 knierica (by U. State: packet) ..........N Nov. 22 .. • • ...... Southampton tustralia (via South. ampton) ..........N Jan. 4 .... . Ditto (via Marseilles) 7 Jan 9 •• Dover Ditto (via Cape of tloe , Hope) ............N Dec. 4 .... .. lulu( ( West Coast) ..1., :34 of the month .. Plymouth kleaandria..........N 4 ,9, 24, & 3(1 of I. Dover k1e5andria..........31 ith & 20th of mor. . iouthamptot Bahamas ...........A. 17th of the montl -Iluthamptot Belgium ............/, : /ally .. .. .. • • • • • • Dover Brazil .... Buenos Ayres ......A1 I tit of the month.. aoutham;.t. i. :;ape of Good Rope ..1 , Varims ports Uncerta.ll Cape of Good Hope ../, Cape de Verds ......1 , 9th of the montl Southamptol. .leylon (see India) .3ey10n.....• • .......N . .lhannel Isles ........N NIon.,Wed.,&FLE. iouthamptc.n ru.lh.qat Milli—. .. .. ........1M 'd & 17th of moat: Southampton China (see India) l onstantinople ......N 4,13,18,23,308 of t Dover ...... Constantinople ........ tth Sc 207 h of mot. 4onthomplen . font. of Europe M& B twice daily ..... Dover ...... Psvicedalif Egypt (see India) France .. .. M& 2, rwice daily.— • • Dover ...... rwleoditlii Gibraltar ..........111 1,7,17,20, 27 of n 4outhamptot , Dec 20 Greece (see India) Greytown ..........1,1 Ind & 17th of mon 41:ithampto, krrived Haraburgh ........ N tuesday &, Frid a , L0nd0n..... flavannah ..........111 Ind of the wont! Southamptop Dec.l6 Holland ............ 31 DanY• • • • • • .... Dover ....... Dal'Y Honduras .......... ki ,7th of the month. couttiamptot India (viaSouthampt.)A ith & 20th of met:. Plym , uth .. Dec. lli tndta (via Marsellies)N 9 th& 25 th of moult. Dover .....• lonian Isles (see India, *, 17, &2/ of 11101. D0ver...... Ireland ~ . ..... 31 & N ['Mee daily ...... Holy head ... Twieedai, Lisbon .............. b , 7,9, 17, &27 of in. Southampton Dec. 16 liadoira ............11 Oh of the month Southampton Siadeira _ _ ........ P 13d of month •• • • Liverpool ... Itec. / 6 Aalta (see India) kuta .... i l ex ati E rltius 00.. .. : .. .. .. .. .. ..:: 31 ‘ e ie m m on ° t n h t . l .l6outhamptet. Dec* ` 6 ‘itturitins (see India) t 4th l, ttof of t t h e N ap ', New Granada ...... Id Ss 17th of monG i SouthamptoL • New Zealand•• ... Oa •• •• 1Y Private ship .. Various port UaCertsli 11 Papal Mates ........k thlsth2sthofmon. Dover ...... Peninsula .......... thl7 th 2 7thofmon.,Southampto: ecru .............. iv 27th of mon. Aouthamptot Port Natal -Sicily .............. N qhlstll2sthormon,!Dover ...... ruscany ............/. thl s th2sthofmon.lDover ...... V enezu ela „.........11 Id& 17th of usonthlSouthamptot Dec..lo Van Diemen's Land (te • Australia) . attest Indies ...... ..L t& 17th o t moot!. iSouthamptet 1 Dec. 16 __—. IDec. 16 11lacer's. rtair ,Unct 1 When any of these d sp atched on the followh % icothampton),azd the : preceding da . fates fall on a iunlay, the mall 9 will be de• is day, with the exception of the In.iio vla Tana, both of which will be despatched the WIND AND WEATHER REPORT. • SATURDAY, Dec. 16 . Stations. Course of Wind. State of Weather. Greenwich .. W. by N.... Moderate. Lothbury Dublin Holyhead Bangor W. Fine. Liverpool Manchester Bradford . ..... ..... N.N.W Fine. Sheffield Wakefield Carlisle Lancaster WhitehaYen Mary port - Fine. • Stoke-on-Trent ~ N.W. Leeds Southampton S.W C' oudy. Cowes N.W. Portsmouth Poole Dorchester W. Cloudy. Normanton W Cloudy. Masborough Chesterfield ... ..... S. \V Fine. Nottingham Stamford N.W Fine. Leicester S. Derby N.W Windy. Newcastle Brighton N.W Cloudy. Ipswich Yarmouth Leamington N. Cloudy—Unsettled. Boston S.W Fine. Great Grimsby ... fi.E. Lowestoft W Cloudy. York Darlington W. Fine. Scarborough Whitby . N Sunderlat.d Bridlington Hull A calm . ... Fine. Stirling Glasgow W. Cloudy. Berwick W. Frosty. Edinburgh N. Fine. Dundee Perth Aberdeen . N.W Fine. Kirkcaldy W. Frosty. Forfar W . Greenhill S.W Fire. Bristol N. W... ..... Fine. Plymouth Torquay W . . Windy.—Very cloudy. Taunton S.W. Very windy. Bath Gloucester Ca - diff N.W. - Cold. :Swansea N. Fine. Um% erford west Hague W. Rain. 10 ILLNESS OF LORD ROBERTSON.—We regret to stab 16- that shortly after his arrival in Court yesterday morning It: Lord Robertson was suddenly seized with what was un derstood to be an apoplectic fit, and at once conveyed 14s home. In order that the business of the First Division 2, might not be interrupted, Lord Curriehill, the senior „ Lord Ordinary, was called in to supp l y his learned I '.14 brother's place. BIRTIIB. OF A SON. On the 7th inst., at Middleton Rectou, the wife of Cap tain Robert Hallowell Carew. On the 16th inst., at Strea.tham-common, the wife of Alderman and Sheriff Muggei idge. OP A DAUGHTER. On the 15th inst., in Lower B er k e l e y- s t r eet, the Alumni Lad? William s Wynn. • MARRIED. On the 14th inst., at St. George's Hanover -S q UaTl3, Hamilton Beckett, Esq., to . the Hon ' . Sophia Clare nce Copley, second daughter of Lord Lyndhurst. On the 14th inst., at All Souls' ehureh, Marylebone, th Rev. James E. T. Rogers of Magdalene Hall, Oxford, t° Ann S. Charlott e , daugliter of H. R. Reynolds, Esq., °f Upper Halley-street. .; uri O ods niartheol, Officer 4th .l ult., at Ba p lalfla E va p , in the hurricane, JesePh Chief of 11.11 S.S. Prin ce, second son o John Richaidson, Esq., of Swansea. t On the 11th u lt., wrecked in the storm off BalaklaTa, F );,1 Ainslie, Esq sixth officer li. M .S.S. Prince, and filth son of Montague Ains.ie, Esq., of Grizedale II llawkeshead, Lancashire aged IS. On the 11th inst., John Inman, Esq., of Acomb, York shire, aged 79. On the 31 inst at West Cowes, Commander John Day. aged 79. Northum• Oa tho 7th inst., at the Vicarage, . aged 79. v i of e Lord Robert ~ 1, Rev. Charles Perigal, o t f o n t h s at ( p i e a r r i s s e h t On the 14th hist , Augustus 31.Qh-Aa-s: y o unge"st son * of the late Lieut.-General E. li. Somerset, aged 33. _.28 -28 LONDON Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG'. of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Stran 1, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the cotuity ci Middl ese x, Monday, Decevabcir 18, 1854. t r i