The Sun.
London, England, 1855-11-30 00:00:00

MARKET NEWS.—(This Day).

CORN EXCHANGE.
Several of Monday's unsold samples of English wheat
were on offer in to-day's market, but the fresh arrivals
were very moderate. For all kinds we experienced a slow
sale at Monday's decline in the quotations.
The imports of foreign wheat are under 2,000 quarters.
That article was very dull, yet wo have no change to no-
tice in the currencies.
Floating cargoes of grain were mostly held on former
terms.
We had a slow inquiry for barley and malt, at barely
stationary prices.
Good sound oats were scarce, and quite as dear as on
Monday. Inferior qualities were a dull sale.
Beans, peas, and flour moved off slowly at Monday's
prices.

Wheat.
3,290

ARRIVALS THIS WBEK.
Barley. Malt.
3,710 1,890

L'ngllsh ..
Irish ....

Oats. Font
4 i 0 2,980
150
—sks
17'590 2190br1s

Foreign } I 1,770

METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.
The show of beasts here, to-day, was moderate, and
chiefly in poor condition. The primest beasts ruled steady,
at Monday's prices. Otherwise the trade was heavy, at a
decline in the quotations of 2d. per 81bs. The supply of
sheep was on the increase, and the inquiry for all kinds
was heavy, at barely stationary prices. Although there
were very few calves in the market the veal trade 1.110,1
heavy, at last week's decline in value. Pigs were dull in
sale, but not cheaper.
ilch cows were heavy, at from 141. to 19/. each, in-
cluding their small calf.

Per 81los to slnk the offals.
s. d. s. d.l s. d. s d.
Inferior Beasts.... 3 6to 3 B,PrimeSonthdown 410 5 2
Second quality.... 3 10 4 2 I..argo crse. calves 3 G 4 0
Prime large oxen 4 4 4 10(Prime small d 0... 4 2 4 8
Prime Scots, dia. 5 0 5 21Large hogs ...... 310 4 4
Inferior Sheep ...3 6 3 8 liSmall porkers 4 6 5 0
Second quality ...3 10 4 4(Suckling calves.. 43 0 30 0
Prime orse.-w110d.4 6 4 B,Quarter old pige.22 0 28 0

TOTAL SUPPLY. NOSEIGN SUPPLY.
1,052 Beasts— •• •• •• •• •• . . 300
Sheep •• • •••
. ..... 4,230 Sheep ..-- •• •• ..•• •• •••••• GeO
Calves . • ..•• •• •• 210 I Calves-- 19)
Pigs •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •••• 350 Pigs...• ...•• •• ..

NEWOATE AND
The demaJd for each kind
quotations.

LEADENHALL.
of meat ruled steady, at our

Per Blbs by

the carcase.

s. d. s. d.
Beef, inferior 3 2 3 6
Do., middling 3 8 3 10
Do. prime largo 4 0 4 2
De , do. small 4 4 4 6
Fork, large 3 10 4 4

s. d. s. d.
Mutton., Inferior 3 2 3 6
Do., middling 3 8 4 0
Do., prime 4 2 4 6
Veal 3 6 4 4
Pork, small 4 6 5 4

BOROUGH HOP.

Fine new hops are in fair request, at full quotations.
In all other kinds very little is doing, and prices are barely
supported. Mid and East Kent pockets, 4/ Os to 6/ Os per
cwt ; Weald of Kent, Si 10s to 4/ 15s ; Sussex, 315 s to 4/ 10s.

Naval and Military Intelligence.

The 6team transport Europa, No. 55, Capt. J. Leitch,
arrived at Portsmouth yesterday afternoon from the East.
She left Malta on the 18th inst., and brought Col. Coul-
bourne, of the Staff ; Capt. Mundell, of the Land Tran-
sport Corps ; Capt. Leslie, of the Royal Artillery, wife,
and servant ; Capt. Heath, C. 8., R.N., late principal
agent for transports at Balaklava ; the Misses Bellamy;
Sergeant-Major Browne, of the 7th Fusiliers ; Sergeant
Cook, of the 30th Regiment ; and four seamen.
The Orinoco steam-transport left Portsmouth yester-
day afternoon with the Land Transport Corps and other
levies for the East.

The hired screw steam transport Jura, No. 14, Capt.
Wickham, which left Balaklava on the 15th inst., arrived
in Plymouth Sound yesterday morning. She left Malta
on the 9th. Excluding 60 hours of coaling the passage
was made in 13 days and 6 hours. The Jura embarked at
Kazatch Bay and Balaklava, under command of Col. Hal-
lo way, 1048 Royal Marines from Kinbourn and Balaklava,
many of whom have been employed in the trenches be-
fore Sebastopol. At Scutari she discharged 122 men
iato her Majesty's ship Queen, and at Malta 258 men
into the London and Rodney. At Plymouth she lands
260 men and six officers—viz., Lieut.-Colonel Camp-
bell, Lieut.-Colonel Michell, Lieutenant and Adjutant
Elliott, and Lieutenants Turpin, Spratt, and Thorns....
The remaining 410 will be landed at Portsmouth,whither
she also conveys Colonel Hurdle, C. 8., who joined at
Malta. The Jura was only 23 hours and 20 minutes
from the anchorage at Balaklava to the anchorage at
Constantinople—the fastest passage known. In going
from Constantinople to Balaklava some ten days previous
she is said to have beaten the screw steam-ship Hima-
laya, which sailed one hour and a half before and arrived
half an hour after the Jura. The Jura belongs to the
Cunard line of steamers.

As soon as they can be obtained 200 additional ship-
wrights and about 150 other artisans and labourers are
to be entered in Chatham Dockyard. The floating bat-
tery that is ordered to be built at that port is to be 14
feet longer than the one that was unfortunately de-
stroyed by fire at Bidwell ; all the material of that ves-
sel which remains in good condition is to be appropriated
in the building of the new battery ; it consists princi-
pally of the thick iron plates, iron knees, and some of the
cabin fittings.
The following are to be her principal dimensions :
Feet. Inches.
Length between perpendiculars lB6 0
Breadth extreme
Depth of hold
Burden
The principal dimensions of the new class of despatch
and gun-boats are ordered as follows :-
- - -

Feet. Inches.
Length between perpendiculars l5O 0
Breadth extreme
Breadth per tonnage
Burden

The principal dimensions of the new class mortar.
boats are to be the following : Feet. Inches.
Length between perpendiculars... - 70 0
Breadth extreme
Breadth for tonnage 23 0
Depth in hold
Burden 156 tons.

The Royal George, 121, screw three-decker, Captain
Codrington, C. 8., is ordered to be stationed at Gilling-
ham, in the Medway, and the Cressy, 80, Capt. NVar-
ren, at Black Stakes. The officers and crews of these
ships are to have charge of the gun-boats and mortar-
vessels as they are being rigged. Some of them are
shortly expected at Chatham.

_ .
The Caesar, 91, Capt. Robb, was taken into the steam
basin at Portsmouth yesterday, to refit for the next
Baltic campaign.
The Arrogant, 46, Capt. F. Yelverton, C. 8., returned
to Spitheai yesterday afternoon, to augment the force
at that anchorage, to salute the King of Sardinia on his
visit to Portsmouth.

The Castle Eden convict ship sailed from Spithead
yesterday afternoon, for Plymouth.
The Sampson, 6, paddle-frigate, Capt. Hand, returned
into Portsmouth harbour on Wednesday evening, after
trial of her engines at Spithead, &c.
The Volcano steam floating smithery, Second-Master-
Commanding J. H. Ryan, R.N., arrived at Spithead
from the Baltic on Wednesday.
The American merchant-ship Spitfire, of 1,549 tons'
register, put into Plymouth Sound on Wednesday, in
consequence of strong easterly winds. She left Foo-
Chow-Foo for London on the 24th of July, with a
cargo consisting of 1,900 tons of tea, contained in
18,000 packages, and valued at about 250,0001. On the
23d of August she anchored in the Straits of Alias, and
in consequence of the strength of the current the chain
was brought under the fore foot and keel, which tore
off the copper and strained the ship so that in four
hours there were 22 inches of water in her. Undaunted
by this leak, and notwithstanding he was short-
handed, Capt. Arey proceeded on his voyage down the
coast towards Anjer. 'The pumps were kept going, the
ship was trimmed by the stern one foot more than the
ordinary draught by bringing the cargo aft, and sail was
shortened when by the wind so as to keep her upright,
and prevent damage to the tea. In this condition she
passer' the Mauritius, encountered a heavy gale off the
Cape of Good Hope, and put into St. Helena with the
crew sick on the 7th of October. Here the United States'
Consul and others considered that the cargo should be
discharged and the ship repaired, but the agent for
Voyds, who went on board and examined her, the
pumps, and log-book, and questioned the officers, gave
the captain written authority to continue the voyage.
Additional hands being engaged to make the complement
40—officers and men all told—the Spitfire left the island
on 9th October and is now in the Sound, the leak not
having increased or decreased since she left the Straits of
Alias.

The steamer Baron von Humboldt, now registered
under the new name of the Buffalo, which arrived on
Monday evening at Woolwich, from Deptford, to embark
stores, has been found defective, and has in consequence
been docked for examination. A telegraphic message
was yesterday morning despatched to Woolwich, order-
ing her defects to be made good with all possible baste.
The repairs and alterations of the Devestation are pro-
gressing rapidly. Yesterday morning her masts were
laid under the shears ready to be fixed on board. A con-
siderable number of hands are busily engaged on board
the steamers Princess Alice and the Taurus. They are
likewise in a very advanced state. Both these vessels
have undergone thorough repairs.
A court-martial assembled yesterday morning on board
her Maje-ty's ship Victory in Portsmouth harbour, for
the trial of John Maggs, locomotive engine driver,
serving as acting assistant engineer of the third class on
board her Majesty's steam-sloop Basilisk, on the charge
of being drunk and unable to perform his duty on board
the said sloop on the evening of the 221 of September
last, while the vessel was at sea under steam. The
prisoner put in certificates of good character from the
houses he had served in ashore. The Court adjudged
the charge proved, and sentenced the prisoner only, in
consideration of his previous good character, to be dis-
missed from his ship, to be severely reprimanded, and
not to receive any increase of rank iu her Majesty's ser-
vice for the space of one year. The same Court then
proceeded to try Mr. Robert Cumming, acting-assistant
engineer of the second class, serving on board the Basi-
lisk, for having left the said ship on the 28th of August,
and not returning until the afternoon of the 29th, he
having been previously refused leave by the commanding
officer. The charge was declared proved, and the Court
adjudged the prisoner to be severely reprimanded, to be
reduced to the third class of acting-assisting engineers in
her Majesty's fleet, and not to be promoted therefrom
for the space of one year.
Captain John Bruce, Ensigns Augustus Frederick
Perkins, and Elliot Armstrong, of tho 91st Regiment,
are under orders to proceed to Deptford to embark for
Malta to-morrow.
Second Class George Smith King, M.D., being relieved
from the charge of the Ordnance Corps in Chatham, will
do duty with the Provisional Battalion in the Garrison
Hospital.
We are requested to state that boxes and packages in-
tended for transit to the army or navy in the East must
not exceed the following dimensions :—Length, 2 feet 9
inches ; breadth, 1 foot 6 inches ; height, 1 foot.