The Sun.
London, England, 1855-12-19 00:00:00

ASIATIC TURKEY.

The Breslau Gazette publishes a letter from St.
Petersburg, containing extracts from the Caucase
and the TyUser Blatte, both published at Tiflis, re-
lative to the siege of Kars. The writer says that
early in November the blockaded garrison volun-
tarily surrendered 15 Russian prisoners and one
officer, obviously for the purpose of diminishing
the number of mouths to be fed, although at the
risk of exposing the extremity of the condition.
He then praises the happy audacity of General
Susslow's advance upon the Droen Dagh, which so
" imposed " on the Turkish commander, Vely
Pacha, that he abandoned the hope of relieving the
garrison. It would have been, he says, very easy
to relieve Kars soon after the 29th of September,
but the attempt was deferred until Mouravieff had
had time to recruit his army. The St. Petersburg
correspondent, who necessarily writes in ignorance
of the fall of Kars, concludes thus :
Should Kars, however, be compelled to sur-
render, the enterprise of Omer Paella will have
fallen to the ground. General Mouravieff will not
have earned any great renown, but the moral effect
on the Turkish army and its foreign officers, so
helplessly abandoned by the authorities at Con-
stantinople, will be immense. That army, how-
ever, may take to itself credit for having held the
Russian army of Asia in check until a season when
it must suspend the further prosecution of its
pl,ans.

A Piedmontese, writing from the camp, says
that the allied generals were certainly in error if
they supposed the enemy had only one road of
emimunication with Perekop ; there are tbree—
the main and central communication, one skirting
the Putrid Sea, tArl one by way of Tchongar. The
writer concludes that the enemy can hold his
ground. The condition of the Italian army is very
favourably repi.rt*d. He says—" La salute dei
nostri soldati continua ad essere soddisfacente."
General La Marmora wz,s very popular, and de-
voted himself to ameliorating the condition of his
army in every way.

THE AFRICAN MAILS.

PLYMOUTH, TUESDAY NIGHT.

The African mail steam-ship Candace, Captain
Hawkesley, arrived here this afternoon. She brings
the usual mails and a full cargo, consisting of
2,000 ounces of gold dust, 90 bags of ground nuts,
30 bags of gum copal, 300 boxes of sugar, 150
boxes of cochineal, 200 bales of beeswax, 500 bales
of opium, and 15 passengers, among whom are
Captain E. Davies, Lieutenant Maunsell, RN.,
Lieutenant Hill, third West India Regiment, Rev.
Mr. Pawley, and eight seamen belonging to the
barque Sophia, of London, condemned. at Sierra
Leone.

The Company's steam-ship Ethiope arrived at
Liberia Nev. 18, all well.

The Candace has brought no news. The colony
was hcalthy, but trade dull.

Mr. Taylor, chief engineer of the Candace, lost
his life by that ship coming in contact with her
Majesty's ship Ferret, at Sierra Leone.
The Candace has experienced vei y heavy weather
during her homeward voyage.
The Euryalus and Vulture steam-ships both ar-
rived to-day direct from the Baltic.

ALLEGED STARVATION OF FOUR CHILDREN.—Yester•
day morning the parochial authorities of St. Matthew,
Bethnal-green, were informed of the deaths of four chil-
dren, the offspring of Jane Hiller, a widow, residing at
No. 20, George-street, Hope Town, Bethnal•green. It
Amelia, aged 4 years, died on Saturday week, the Bth
instant ; and 44 boy, named Frederick,
deadik
appears that one of the children, a laitgbteloeddigl
lesBir months,convaeinreead
rc,
expired on the following morning.
The poor woman,
finding that her means were so small, and that others of
her famiily were dying, kept the
over in the corner of the room, to await the decease cf
another child, which took place on F r:cily morning last.
A fourth child likewise expired at an early hour on Mon-
clay morning last. The family it seear,i lived in a wretch( d
place, badly drained and ventilated. The news of tl e
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ed
rreun.mho:dr.ibete,e:docairrevueidaspt;ddteia3tththrhoeaunegdffheogcurtottsthslailyet death of the four children having
district, a crowd collected iu front of the house, and
their dies Leing
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vbwt
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cond,tion
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diseaseof honeso;:
present a question for the medical gen-
tlemen who will give evi.lence at the coroner's inquest.
DupuiF, the actress of the Vaudeville Theatre,
Paris, on Saturday, appeared befcre the Tribunal of
Correctioi,al Police, to cE7iinplain that M. Jallabert,
editor of the Theatre, bad libelled her, by comparing her
in Offensive terms to a Nuremberg doll. The Tribunal
decided that such a etyle of criticism was not allowable
and as it apaeareti to hsvi• been dictated by personal
rr)inyi cauclenined J.4112.1),:rt tit pay 500 f. tine and
damages, to of
in his paper, and to pay the expenses of inserting it in
three cither papers of Faris, to be oho= by the coga"-
Piaiut*.

MONEY MARKET

AND
COMBIER,CIAL liII'ELLIGENOL.

MIA, Two o'CLoox..
The Liverpool Cotton Market yeacrday closed
Very tamely, but quite steadily, and prices of all
kinds were unchanged since Friday. The sales
'were 6,000 bales, all to the trade, comprising 5,000
Americans ; 200 Bahia, 6d. to 6d. ; 200 Egyp-
ttan, 51d. to 7d. ; 500 Surat, 3V.to 4td. ; and 60
Sea Islands, 10d. to 131. per lb. In the Railway
Share Market a slight advance took place, but the
transactions were not numerous, and the market
Closed quietly.

Letters from the manufacturing districts give a

rather more favourable account of trade, which at
this period of the year is not usually very brisk.
&t Manchester the principal factories are busy
completing large orders of both cloth and yarn
for the India Market ; and these have been in-
creased by the last advices from Calcutta per Over-
land Mail. There is a steady demand also for cloth
raitable for the China market, chiefly shirtings,
Prints, good T cloths, madapollams, and jaconets.
At Halifax the prices of wools, both long and
short, continue firm, and a brisk trade has been done
in the former. Buyers of wool havenot been inclined
to lay in heavy stocks, and latterly in the expectation
that prices would decline, but in this they have
been mistaken, and are now compelled to purchase
at advanced rates. Manufacturers and spinners
complain of the small remunerative rates obtained.
for yarns and cloths, considering the high prices
.they have to pay for the raw material. The at-
tendance of buyers at the Leeds cloth halls has
been a little better, and a moderate amount of
business has been done in winter cloths. There is
to alteration in quotations.
In consequence of the strong northerly gales the
foreign mails have not yet come to hand, and se-
Veral Australian ships due are, no doubt, prevented
coming up Channel. By submarine telegraph the
closing prices of the French 3 per Cents. are given
at 64f. 90c. for money, and 64f. 10c. for the ac-
count, being a slight improvement on Monday's
quotations. _ _

Trade at Paris is rather better this week in con-
sequence of the Bank of France becoming more
libetal in its discounts. Manufacturers have been
gradually lessening their stocks, and those of the
retailers aro nearly exhausted, so that the demand
for all kinds of merchandise suitable for the winter
is remarkably brisk. Large orders are in hand on
nglish account and the united States, and there
is every probability of these increasing towards the
close of the year. Money is pientiful amongst the
Community, and purchasers operate with freedom
for the coming festive season.
The Grain Markets throughout Franoe show a
`further tendency to lower in prices, and it has
been ascertained that last year's crop was not so
deficient as interested parties represented it to be.
Wheat has declined lf. per hectolitre and a half,
and best quality of flour has been sold at IC4f.
Per sack. Sugar still maintains its recent high quo-
tations, in consequence of the small stocks on hand.
.4.dvices from the :Jape of Good Hope to the 191,11
October have come to hand, but very little com-
mercial intelligence is reported. Trade was rather
dull, and a small number of ships was in the har-
bour. The copper mining companies in the colony
►ere progressing favourably ; and the attention of
the colonists was being directed to the development
of the mineral resources of the country.

The Walter Hood, for Sydney, has put in at
Portsmouth in a damaged state. She came into
collision with the Bremen ship " Emigrant," off
the Owers, and carried away her port bulwarks,
atancheons, and part of her main rigging.
The foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon were
generally steady for three months' bills, but on
Amsterdam and Trieste there was a slight decline.
In Mark Lane to-day firm rates are current, but
the market is rather quiet.
In the English Stock Market a further decline
bas taken plate, owing to the renewed sales of
savings' bank securities. These operations are
Stated to be on account of the Chancellor of the
Xxchequer, who has to provide for the dividends
Which are due in January next. The fur-
ther issue of Exchequer Bills, for which power
Was obtained last session, cannot be attempted
Without an increase in the rate of interest, and the
Chancellor is, therefore, supposed to be exercising
his privilege of disposing of Savings' Banks stock,
and replacing it with his bills or bonds. While
the sales continue the market will naturally con-
tinue heavy, and Consols, which opened at 881 f,
have since been 881 1. The New Three per Cents.
are 88i to 894, and the Reduced $B4 I. Exche-
quer Bills have fallen 35., viz., to 10s. and ss.dis-
count. The Bonds are quoted 93 to 98.
Some flatness is observable in the market for
foreign securities, and the dealings are not numer-
ous. Turkish 6 par Cents. have declined 4to f
Per cent., having been 834 to 832, and 831 to 834.
The New Scrip has receded to 3#, and 3i
discount. Dutch 4 per Cents. are 1 per cent.
lower, namely, 934. Spanish Securities ruled
steady, the Deferred being 211, the Passive 74 and
7i, and the Certificates 4f. Danish Five pi r Cents.
are 1011, Mexican 191, Peruvian 41 per Cents.
751, and the 3 per Cents. 53, being rather heavier.
The following are the nominal prices of foreign
stooks: Grenada Deferred Bonds, 64 to 7 ;
Mexican, 194 to 19f ; Peruvian, 74 to 76 ; ditto
Three per Cents., 52 to 54; Portuguese Four per
Cents., 48 to 50 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 95 to 97 ;
ditto 4/ per Cents., 88 to 90 ; Spanish Three per
Cents., 401 to 40f ; ditto Deferred, 21k to 211 ;
ditto Certificates, 4 to 5 ; ditto Passive, 74 to 7i.
The Mexican and South American Smelting Com-
pany have received advices from Chili. The dates
from Hunandura. Works are to the 31st October.
Smelting operations are proceeding favourably, and
a cargo of copper and copper regulus was ready for
the first ship. The Lord Stanley arrived on the
22d with 900 tons of Welsh coal. The Najaden
arrived on the 20th with a cargo of bricks and
clay from Swansea, for the works. From Tongay
works the dates are to the 12th October. Mr.
Sinclair reports that No. 1 furnace is being rebuilt,
and a roof is in progress over the furnace house.
The receipts of ores during six months have been
about 5,000 tons. The mole and tramroad are
nearly finished. Dates from Caldera Works are to
the 3d Nov. ; at that date the establishment was
short of suiphuret ores, a vessel from Cahija being
kept back by contrary winds, but the Saucy Jack
had gone to Huasco to load. An ore station had
been opened at Tiena Amarella, a station on the
Copiapo Railway, sixty miles distant. News had
arrived of the loss of the Carleton, fully insured,
off the Falklands, with one thousand tons of coal
on board ; no lives lost. The stock afloat has,
however, been fully kept up. Dates from the
Company's screw steamer Aisne are to the 31st
o.ltober ; she had carried nearly 20,000 quintals of
ores in the month to Hernandura.
Railway Shares, although rather flatter, do net
exhibit any general movement of importance. In
one or two instances a decline of 1 per cent. is re-
corded, but the transactions are as limited as for
some days past. Great Western of Canada are at
rather fuller rates, but Paris and Lyons have de-
clined ss. ; the other foreign lines are neglected.
Mining Shares have attracted very little atten-
tion. Banking Shares rule steady, and Canada
Land have risen 11. to 21.

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES,
( From the Oficial Liu.
nueines, done.
8 per Cent. Reduced Annuities BBl
New 3 per (lent. Annuities
Long Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860 3i
India Bonus, XlOOO ......................
Ditto, under £lOOO
Console ;or Account .....................
Exchequer Bills, 24d..
£lOOO .............
I'soo ...................................... 4
Small • ....... ........ 8 3
Ditto Bonds, 1858, 31 per Cant ........... 98 71
„ 1859 ...... 93 7i
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY.

8 10
, BBi I,

Danish Bonds, 3 per Cent., 1825 —l
Ditto 5 per Cent loli
Equador Bonds
Hex:loan 3 per Cent. .
Ditto Account l9l •
Ferttrian Bonds, 43 per Cent.
Ditto Account 754
Ditto 3 per Cent . —
Ditto Account
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1841
Ditto 4 per Cent
Ditto Account 5O
Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent.
Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent
Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent.
Ditto Account 2 3
Ditto Pamir() 7
Spani,h Committee Cert. of Coup. wit fun 4i p c
Turkish Bonds, 6 per cent —
Ditto for the Account 834 i i 4
Ditto New Scrip, 4 per Cont.
Venezuela Bonds, 41 per Cent —
Ditto Deferred, 13 per Cent.
Divideade on the above payable in London.
Dutch Exchatuna, 2, nor Cent., 12 Gni]
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