The Sun.
London, England, 1855-12-31 00:00:00

The eam-ship Ainprx 1-.CaPtfttiS
itri , ..Lcived in 'the. Riv
usual mails from the United States and' British
North America. She sailed from Boston on the
19th instant, and Halifaxl on the 21st; and has
brought, besides the mails, 133 passengers, and
$338,480 in specie.
The America passed the steam-ship Asiii briDec.
19th, off Boston ; the steam-ship Baltic arrived at
New York on Dec. 13th. • • •
No Speaker had been, elected when the America
sailed, consequently no ,Message had been de-
livered.
The following was the result of the 64th vote, on
the 13th day after meeting :—Bank, 106 ; Rich-
ardson, 73 ; Fuller, 38 ; Lester, 2 ; Messrs. Har-
rison, Winslow, Williams, and Orr, 1 each; ne-
cessary to a choice, 112.
Mr. Thorington then offered a resolution for the
election of a Speaker by plurality, pending which
the house adjourned.
The New York Herald states that the President
will recommend in his Message the purchase of the
rights and possessions of the Hudson Bay Company
on the north-west coast of the continent. These
rights and possessions are exercised and. held
within the territory of Oregon; .a large portion of •
which formerly belonged to the old Pacific Fur
Company.
The Washington correspondent of tie same
journal, writing on tie Kith inst., says "
The Prddident, with ranch earnestneas, assured
Member of Congress last' evening, that he should
hate tto Messages to transmit to Congress upon
its organisation. His original Message, prepared
for
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represent the inhabitants of that territory as being
under arms. Three thousand men are said to bo
already in the field to put down the opponents of
law and order ; and a violent collision is looked for
between the belligerents."
Havannak advices to the 10th inst. report the
health of the island to be good, and the sugar
market active ; freights were dull.
Advices from Vera Cruz to the Bth, and Mexico
to the sth inst., have been received. A conspiracy
had been discovered, the object being to make
General Uraga President. Neagh, Padra, Mianda,
and General Colonel Aisello save been arrested for
being concerned in the affair, which caused groat
excitement.
Colonel Rollos kad been appointed to succeed
Senor Almonto as Minister at Washington. It was
rumoured that Communiort would retire from the
Ministry.
The Church was opposed to the existing Govern-
ment, and things were generally in great confusion.
Money at New York was extremely abundant on
call, and for large amounts a few negotiations had
taken place at a fraction of 7 per cent. First class
paper is still difficult to negotiate under 10 or 12
per cent.
The Stock market continues active without im-
portant change, and prices are well sustained. The
business in exchange has not been large ; bankers
are asking 9 per cent. for Sterling and for France,
but at these rates the transactions are very limited;
first-class sterling drawn by leading houses on Bar-
ing Brothers have been sold at 81 per cent. Cotton
without change in prices. Flour is easier for in-
ferior and common grades, while sales of all kinds
were moderate. There was more doing in wheat,
while prices favoured purchasers. Indian corn in
fair demand, at 84c. to 95..1. for new mixed; yellow
and white at 97c. to 99c. for western mixed from
store and delivered. Pork was dull, with moderate
sales, and at rather easier prices. Beef was heavy,
without change of moment in prices, while lard
was from 5 30. Sugars were firmer.
Freights—There were a fair amount of engage-
ments of grain to Liverpool. Rates were rather
easier. To London and the continent they con-
tinued from 5 30.

EX7ENSIVE ROBBERIES OF BONDED STORES
AT BRISTOL, AND ARREST OP SEVERAL
PARTIES.

BRISTOL, Saturday.—A great sensation has been pro-
duced here to-day by the arrest of several parties on a
charge of having been concerned in a robbery of wines
and spirits to the extent of 2,0001., from the bonded
cellars of Mr. Alfred Phillips, Small-street. Tke parties
charged were Mr. Stephen Bendall, who till recently
carried on a large arid fashionable business as.aperfutuer
' in College-grveu, bat -wtm trail InreTY been concerned as
'a shipper to the colonies and Africa ; George Davis, a
jlo,cl,inerKileintdhaellCulasttenitynsc,haind John
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porter in his service named Garrett, are also in custody.
Some wee%s ago, upon ooe of the Cestorn-Lease dip-
pers going to re-game a cask (upon which duty was aboat
be paid) in Mr. Phillips's cel'ar. he was surprised at
finding it many gallons deficient He wa' induced to try
some others, and finding them likew'se short, the cellars
were tried through, and it. was found that they had been
plundered to the extent of at least 2 000/, As the cellars
are kept under double locks, one set kept by the Customs
lockers and the others by Mr. Phillips's men, and as
there is no means of access t.) the stores otherwise than
by the door, it became at once apparent that the robbery
could not have been effected without the privity of per-
ons connected with both establishments, and the police
having hien set on the qui vivo, their inquiries resulted
.in the arrest of the parties named, who were this day
brought before the magistrates.
The only witness ex un'ned was the clerk Kennel',
who deposed that soon after his joining Mr. Phillips, in
1349, he yaw Davis, when orders were given for wine or
• pirit,, fill one cask no out of others. Davis told him
that the cask wanted hal I,_en robbed by a man names,
Buries, a former eellarman, who had absconded, and
that he was obliged to fill it up to keep it all straight.
Had seen Davis do so on o'her occasions., and had seen
him take bottles of spirits, but never more than one at
a time. The witness further stated that Benda!l had
induced him to take spirits, and that he had sold him on
one occasion two gallons, and on two others one-and•a-
half gallons each time, for the whole of which he paid
him 3/.
The witness was severely cross-examined with a view
to indule the magistrates to discredit his testimony. It
waR ultimately resolved to remand the case, admitting
).1i the piisoners to bail.

BELGIUM AND THE UNITED STATES.—On Monday
nest the Belgian royal trans-Atlantic mail steam-packet
Belgique, 2,500 tons burden and 500 horse power, will
arrive at Southampton on its way to New York, being
the pioneer of a line of steamers which is about to run
between Antwerp, Southampton, and the United States.
The burgomaster and several of the municipal authorities
of Antwerp, some of the members of the Belgium Go-
vernment, and the director+ of the Belgian Royal Steam
packetTompany, purpose paying a visit to Southampton
in the Belgique. The Mayor and Corporation of South-
ampton have resolved to receive the distinguished visit-
ors in state, and to invite them to a grand banquet before
their return ti' Belgium.
ENfIGRATION FROM LIVERPOOL.—LIVERPOOL, Dec. 29.
—The einigrivion returns for the present year will ex-
hibit a diminution in the number of persons sailing from
this port to the extent of nearly one-half as compared
with last year's return. The total number of ships which
have sailed hence for all foreign ports during the year,
including "short ships," or those which do not come
under the surveillance of the Government officers, has
been 576, carrying altogether 122,480 souls, against 957
ships, which took their departure hence for all foreign
ports in the year 1854 with 210,742 souls on board. Of
this number about 90,010, or two-thirds, have proceeded
to the United States, and about 27,000 to the Australian
colonies, the bulk of the remainder being equally divided
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perform at three concerts i each
tion that has come to our knowledge in this matter, and
mice. Mr. Mitchell has engaged Madame doldschmidt
and her husband for twenty weeks, and for that period
they are to receive 20,0001., on the condition that they
week. We have also
heard that an eminent musical firm offered to give Mr.
Mitchell 5,0001. for his engagement.—Sussex Express.
THE GOVERNMENT DECISION RES/IEOIIHG THE UNI-
VERSITY OF LONDON.—The following letter was some
time since addressed by the Home Secretary to Lord
Burlington, as Chancellor of the University of London
the honour to inform your lordship that I. have had
under consideration the correspondence which passed
18th August, 1855.--.-My Lord,—l have
Lon-
don ; and I beg leave to state to your lordship,. that as
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to the legal difficulty adverted to in the opinion given by
Mr. Tomlinson, I am prepared to advise the Crown that,
in the event of a new charter being issued to the i
Uni-
versity, a clause be inserted in t making the consent of
the majority of the senate necessary to the sirrender of
the charter, provided that upon an examination of the
law it should appear that a clause of this nature can be
made effectual for its object ; and that with respect to
the admission of graduates into the senate, I propose
that the new charter should provide that every alternate
vacancy in the senate shall henceforth be filled up by the
Crown with a graduate of the University of London,
until the number of graduates in the senate shall amount
to one fourth of the total number. I further propose that
every such graduate appointed by the Crown shall be
selected from a list of five graduatei to be chosen by the
graduates at large.—l have the honour to be, my lord,
your lordship's obedient servan!r—G. CAW.

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for the opening of the session, would require further
alteration,
ready when called on, the intelligence brought by ',.
the Baltic would render necessary A supptnentarl - 1
document. The President of the United States
has issued two proclamations—one against the * )!
Nicaragua Filibusters', and the other anouneing
that Newfoundland has complied with the provi- • - )-4t '- -- 1
sions of the Reliproolty Treaty-with the Britieh..,de.rett#"-,.00474, t
1 North American Pro*thces, and villhereafter par- - • _,
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ticipate in its benefits. Accounts from Kansas