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The Sun.
London, England, 1855-12-15

CROSSED CHECKS.

The following letter expresses the general feeling
of business men in connexion with the recent deci-
sion in the Court of Queen's Bench in relation to
crossed checks. The question of a remedy may
present many points for careful consideration, but
no time should be lost in removing the uncertainty
which has now been created, and which must hence-
forth add to the daily anxieties of the entire com-
mercial community:—
" Sir,—Lord Campbell's decision in the case 'Carlon
v. Ireland,' reported in your paper of this day, will give
rise to much inconvenience, and probably lose, to men
of business.
IV My bankers are a mile and a half off, and I there-
fore find it far more convenient to send checks to them
by a cierk than to ineur the daily trouble of calling upon
them myself. Cash I always pay in personally,
always supposed that crossed checks were perfectly
safe so long as the banker's name was written upon
them, whereas it now appears that what is called a bona
fide holder of such a check, although he may have dig.
played want of caution in receiving it, may hold it
against all the world, and pay it through the hands of a
banker other than the one with whose name it is crossed.
" Where, too, is the security of sending crossed checks
per post !
"Surely Lord Campbell's dictum, if right, should be
forthwith quashed, even by an act of Parliament, if ne-
cesitary.—Yours,

" CAVENDO TUTUS."

SERIOUS ACCIDENT.—We regret to announce that an
accident, which it is feared may have a fatal termina-
tion, happened on Wednesday last to Mrs. Buller, wife
of Mr. James Wentworth Buller, chairman of the board
of directors of the Bristol and Exeter Railway Com-
pany. Mrs. Buller had driven into Exeter to meet her
husband, and was alighting from her carriage at.tbf•
Exeter station when she fell and sustained very !emus
injuries. On medical assistance being procured it was
found that Mrs. Buller had ruptured a blood-vessel, and
so dangerous were its possible consequences apprehended
to be that it was held impossible to remove the sufferer
to her home. Such accommodation as could be afforded
in the first-class waiting-room was provided, and there
Mrs. Buller still lies in a very precarious state. The last
reports which reached Bristol yesterday evening were
that Mre. Buller was somewhat bettor, but still.; was
considered to be in imminent peril.
London, England, 1855-12-15

TRIESEMAR, No. 1,

Is a remedy for Relaxation, Spennatorrhosa, and Exhaustion of th,
System, whether arising from excesses, accident, or climate.
To those persons who are prevented entering the married state by
he consequences of early errors it is invaluable.

TRIESEMAR, No. 2,

effectually, in the short space of three days, completely and entirely
eradicates all traces of those Disorders which Capivi and Cubobs
have so long been thought an antidote for, to the ruin of the health
hf a vast portion of the population.
TRIESEMAR, No. 3,
is the great Continental Remedy for that class of Disorders, whict
unfortunately the English physician treats with Mercury, to the in-
evitable destruction of the patient's constitution, and which all the
sarsaparilla In the world cannot remove.
TItIESEMAR, No. 1,2, and 3, are alike devoid of taste or smell,
end of all nauseating qualities. They may lie on the toilet taish
without their nse being suspected.
Sold in tin cases at l is. each, free by post, 21. extra, divided into
,eparate doses, as administered 1,,y Valpeau, Lallemand, Roux,
&c.—To be had Wholesale and Retail in London cf Johnston, 68
Cornhill ; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-street; and Sanger, 150, Ox-
ford-street ; ft. H. Ingham, druggist, 46, Market-street, Manchester ;
H. Bradbury, bookseller, Deansgate, Bolton; J. Priestly, chemist, 52,
LLord-street, Liverpool; Powell, bookseller, 15, Westmoreland-street,
Dll6llll. WinAgle 1/9940110re 4412-1141/0‘
London, England, 1855-12-15

TUE CORRUPT PRACTICES PREVENTION ACT.

This act, one of Lord John Russell's last attempts
to stave off the ballot, was recently tried at the election
for Wells, with what success will be seen from what
follows. The committee of the Society for promoting the
Adoption of the Ballot mado inquiry into the working
of the act, and have obtained information from a trust-
worthy source, which we here publish. The answers to
the questions throw considerable light on the " com-
bination of secret influences" to which Mr. Serjeant
Kinglake' in his farewell address to the electors, attri-
butes his defeat.
London, England, 1855-12-15

THE MILITIA.

The Ist Devon Regiment of Militia, which has been
quartered for some time at Newport Barracks, Mon-
mouthshire, are under orders to embark early in the en-
suing week for Ireland. A. large number of recruits bas
lately been obtained in Devonshire, and upwards of 60
men have recently volunteered into regiments of the line.
Capt. Davey remains in Devonshire with the recruiting
staff.

About 100 of the men of the Royal Aberdeenshire
Militia have volunteered into the line. Most of them
are strong men, well drilled, and fit for immediate ser-
vice. The majority have gone into the 79th Regiment,
whose depot continues to receive a considerable number
of recruits at Aberdeen.
London, England, 1855-12-15

CERTIFICATES TO BE GRANTED.

Jan. 4. G. L. Longfils, Pilgrim-street, Ludgate hill, mer-
chant—Jan. 4. J. V. Simpson, St. Swithin's-lane, City,
and Herne Bay, Kent, bill broker—Jan. 4. C. M. Rigg,
Upper Stamford-street, Blackfriars, apothecary—Jan. 4.
J. Thomas, Catherine-street, Strand, and White Hart-
street, Drury-lane, newspaper proprietor—Jan. 4. W.
Roxburgh, Liverpool, insurance broker—Jan. 8. J. G.
Hopkinson, Nottingham, beerhouse keeper.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
J. 'tannic and W. Rannie, Portsea, Hampshire, mill-
wrights—J. Butler and F. W. Richardson, Woolwich,
surgeons—J. Waller, C. E. Waller, E. F. Ede, and F. H.
Ede, Wood-street, City, and Luton, Bedfordshire, straw
hat manufacturers, so far as regards E. F. Ede and F. H.
Ede—W. Groves and J. Longley, Leeds, contractors—N.
Abrahams and H. Abrahams, Chertsey and Kingston-
upon-Thames, Surrey, aultioneers—L McLintock and J.
Bufham, Barnsley, Yorkshire, stay manufacturers—S.
R,Adish J. Macann, M. H. Wrigley, Liverpool, fruit mer.
chants—J. Harcicastle and J. Hodgson, Bradford, York=
shire, woolstaplers—B. B. 'Wheatley and G. E. Barlow,
Manchester, silk manufacturers—G. F. Dimmack and D.
North, Wolvermapton, ironmasters—G. J. Henly and T.
P, Healy, Corrillam, Wiltakije, fanuelti7W. Clbrig ik#4 V.
London, England, 1855-12-15

BRISTOL SUGAR-DEC. H.

The market continues quite suspended, not a transactioi
being reported for the last three weeks either in rum or
manufactured sugars, and prices are cohsequently merely
nominal. In rum sales continue to be effected at former
rates, and the supply in first hands is now getting into s
small compass.

COAL BURKE'
Prices of Coal per ton at t'

.T.-DEC. 14

;he close of the market.
I Wallemid, /co.

s. d.
Hasting's Hartley lB 9
Tanfield Moor l7 6
Taufield Moor Butes 17 6

e. d.
Russell's Hetton 22 6
South Hetton 22 9;
Cassop 21
Hartlepool 22
Toes 23 •
Whitworth lB 8
Evenwood 18
Carr's Merthyr , 23
Skiborwen Merthyr 23 I
Wayne's Merthyr 23 $

Wallsend, &e.

Heaton
Morrison
Eden Main

.21 9
20 0
~21 6

Framwellgato 2l 0
Haswell 23 0
lletton 23 0
Lambtott 22 6
Ships at market... 75

ISold ..... ..... . 36

COURSE OF EXCH.
Amsterdam ............ 11 17h
Ditto, three months .. 12
Rotterdam ............ 12

LiTGE.-YESTERDAY.
Gibraltar •••• ••••••••••
Leghorn ..•..•.... .• 30 20
Genoa .......... 95 80
Milan •••• •••••• ••••••
Venice•••• •• •••• ......

Antwerp .............. 25 52%
13russels 25 52%
Hamburg' •••• •••••• • • 13 914
Altona •••••••••• •• •• ••
Pari5........ ..•• .... 25 35

Naples . . 44%
Palermo ...... 133,4
Messina ... ... 130)4
Lisbon .... 5314
Oporto •• •• •• •• •• •• 153%
Rio Janeiro ..... .•• ...•
Buenos Ayres.... .• •• ••

Ditto, three months .. 25 724
Marseilles ............. 25 72%
Bourdeaux ~•• ........
Frankfort-on Maine .••• J2O
Berlin ••••••••••.•••••
Vicuna•••• •• •• •11 •• •• •• I 1 19
Trioste•••••••••••••••• 11 22
Petersburg •••••••••••• 35
Madrid ••••••••••, •• .• 49%
Cadiz 49%
Barcelona ••••••••••••

Now York,6o days' sight
Philadelphia . • ........

PRICES OF MAIM PER oz.
Foreign Gold in Bars £3 17 9
Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0
Mexican Dollars .... 0 5 eg
New Dollars ...... 0 0 0
Silver In bars ...... 0 5 1%,
London, England, 1855-12-15

JOINT-S'

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P.Lk. of India,
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Colon4al
Commercial of Lond
Eng..Scot•&A.uP.Cht
Loud. Chart. Bk. ot
Australis
Ditto New
London and County
Lnd.&E. Bnkg. Corp
London Joint Stock
Loud. & Westroinstel
National Pro. of Eng.
Do. New
National of Ireland..
New South Wales....
Oriental Bank of
Corporztion
erovincial of Ireland
Do. New.
Royal Austrain.Bkg.
fa .gold Imp Co
Royal British...
-.nth Australia

Uni of Australis—
Don
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Union 0: Loudon ...
London, England, 1855-12-15

PIE SU N, TO ARRIVE THE SAME
EVENING, supplied to any STATION on the EASTERN
COUNTIES RAILWAY, Carriage Free, by CLAYTON and SON,
General Newspaper and Advertising Agents, 265, Strand, London.

THE PANTOMIME OF 1855-6 will be at the
THEATRE ROYAL, COTENT-iIARDEN.

THE EXHIBITION of the Three Flondred.
and Fifty PHOTOGRAPHS taken by ROGER FENTON,
Esquire, in the CRIMEA. is open daily from 10 to 5, and in the
evening from 7 to 10, at the Gallery,'s, Pall-mall East.—Admission,
One Shilling.

ARGYLL ROOMS.-LAIIRENT'S CASINO
NOW OPEN for the winter season. Prin loaf Cornet
a Piston. M. Bouleourt.—Doors open at S. Admission one Shilling.
Laurent's new Varsoviana every n'ght.

OYSTERS.-BURNHAM RIVER NATIVES
are the best. Six years old ; four hours from the beds.
To be had only of T. Sweating, Fish and Oyster Merchant, Cheapside.

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—The
Directcrre hereby Give Notice that they will receive Money
en Loan, to pay off Dehentnres fallint due, and are prepared to accept
Tenders for -the same for a period of 3,5, or 7 years. at 5 per cent.
per annum. Application may be made to the undersigned.
By order of the Directors.
CHAS. A. SAUNDERS, Secretary.
Paddington Station, 2d November, 1855.
London, England, 1855-12-15

10,1 t‘berleen
8: Ambg. Nottng. Bost
and Eastn.. Junot
all Belfast Ballymena
all Birming. \Volvo rh
Stour V5.11.,y .........
29 Birl eihd. Lanesl.. dr
Cheshire Junet
all Do. Cherh. & Birk.,
£5O and £25 Cons.
19 Do., £2O
all myth PiTyna origin&
£25 (iced. at £4Fy
100 Bristol and Exeter...
100 Caledonian. .......
ils. Cum. and Caidigan
al. Chester & Holyhead.
all Cork and Bandon...
all Cork, Black, & Pass
18 Cornwall
all Do. A

Do. B
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lindrEelfastJune.
DUD. P. at Ab+,r. Jnc.
Do. New
East Anglian
Eastern Counties
Fart. Union, A SO
De., B. Stool
Do., New A
East Kent
East Lancashire
Edinburgh& Glasgow
Edinb. and Peebles..
Edin. Prth Dur
Forth & Clyde Jtn ;.
Furness.
London, England, 1855-12-15

TRIESEMAR, No. 1,

is a remedy for Relaxation, Spermatorrhcea, and Exhaustion of the
System, whether arising from excesses, accident, or climate.
To those persons who are prevented entering the married state by
the consequences of early errors it is invaluable.

TEIESEMAR, No. 2,
effectually, in the short space of three days, completely and entirely
eradicates all traces of those Disorders which Capivi and Cubebs
have so long been thought an antidote for, to the ruin of the health
of a vast portion of the population.
TRIESEMAR, No. 3,
is the great Continental Remedy for that class of Disorders, which
unfortunately the English physician treats with Mercury, to the in-
evitable destruction of the patient's constitution, and which all the
sarsaparilla in the world cannot remove.
TRIESEMAFt, No. 1,2, and 3, are alike devoid of taste or smell,
mid of all nauseating qualities. They may lie on the toilet table
without their use being !inspected.

BOld in tin cases at I Is. each, free by post, 2s. extra, divided inte
,ep,rato doses, as administered '9y Valpeao, Lallemand, Roux,
&o.—To be had Wholesale and Retail in London Cf Johnston, 68
Curnhill; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-street; and Banger. 150, Ox-
ford-street; R. H. Ingham, druggist, 46, Market-street, Manchester;
H. Bradbury, bookseller, Deanagate, Bolton; J. Priestly, chemist, 52,
Lord-street, Liverpool; Powell, bookseller, 15, Westmorelucl-street,
Dulsllo ; Waitollorp
London, England, 1855-12-15

—LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.)

LONDON, Dec. 15.—Wind this day at noon W. , •
light breeze and mild weather.
RAMSGATE, Dec. 14.—Wind W. to W.S.W.—Arrived
—Jenny, from Hartlepool, for Bombay.
PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 14.—Wind N.W. —Arrived—Wm.
Jackson (tpt.), from Gibraltar.
COWES, Dec. 11.—Wind W.—Arrived, Raleigh, from
Callao.
PLYMOUTH, Dec. 14.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Lady
Peel, from Dalhousie; H.M. S. Magicianne, Elsinore.
London, England, 1855-12-15

IN THE HIGH COURT OF CHANCERY.

TRIESEMAR.—On the 29th of May, 1855, an
injunction was granted by the High Court of Chancery, and
on the 11th June following was made perpetual, against Joseph
Franklin and others, to restrain than, under a penalty of one thou-
sand pounds, from imitating this Medicine, which is protected by
Royal Letters Patent of England, and secured by the Seals of the
Ecole de Pharmacie de Paris, and the Imperial College of Medicine,
Vienna.
London, England, 1855-12-15

GUARDS AND LINE.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SlR,—There can be no doubt, from all that has as yet
transpired, that the Guards' petition has been got up in
secrecy, and I regret to find that the Royal Consort,
"still more so" his Royal Highness the Duke of Cain-
bridge, should have condescended to be parties to any
such invidious petition to her Majesty. Just at the
period when the officer, of the Line, with their men,
have borne the exposure of the trenches—have twice
assaulted the Redan when the Guardu have been in corn
parative safety—is not the moment t i select for confer-
ring advantages on the officers of the Guards over their
harder worked, but less favoured, brethren in arms. It
is to be hoped, therefore, that Lord Hardinge, as Com-
mander-in-Chief (although I' fear only so in name), will
not give his sanction to a measure which, if his more re-
solute predecessor had been alive, would never even have
been mooted. As the press has at length freely given its
opinion on the interference of his Royal Highness Prince
Albert in army matters, it is to be hoped that, for the
future, he will abstain from such, and, beyond the cloth-
ing, the cut of the coats and shape of the head-dresses,
leave the management of the army in the bands of the
executive appointed by the Government to administer
its affairs.—l am, Sir,
Your obedient servant,
A RETIRED OFFICER.
London, Dec. 14, 1855,
London, England, 1855-12-15

COURT CIRCULAR.

OSBORNE, DEC. 14.
Major-General Sir Colin Campbell arrived yesterday
on a visit to her Majesty, and returned to London early
this morning.

Dr. Elliott, Monsieur Delabarre de Nauteuil, Major
Blackall, and the Hon. George Edwardes had interviews
with Mr. Secretary Labouchere yesterday at the Colo-
nial-office.

A deputation from the Licensed Victuallers of the
City and County of Bristol, consisting of Mr. J. C.
Mitchell (president), Mr. Geo. `Madge (treasurer), and
Messrs. H. E. Allen and E. Williams (committee), in-
troduced by Hon. Henry Berkeley, M.P., had an inter-
view with Lord Panmure yesterday, on th 3 subject of
the billeting system.
Viscount Sandon, who has been appointed Private
Secretary to Mr. Labeuchere, will commence his duties
at the Colonial-office on the let of January next.
Despatches from the Governor of Ceylon, and also
from the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands,
were received yesterday at the Colonial-office. Des-
patches were sent last evening from the Colonial-office
to the Governor of Canada.
London, England, 1855-12-15

(PER ELECTRIO TELEGRAPH.)

SOUTHAMPTON, Saturday Morning.
Arrived.—Purveyor and Hopewell, from Swanage ;
James and John, Newport • Despatch, steamer, Jersey;
Charlotte, Guernsey ; Comet, Caen.
Sailed.—Pet, for Newport ; Wonder, steamer, Jersey ;
Themis, Shields; Atalanta, steamer, Havre; DeTonshire,
Swansea.

LIVERPOOL, Saturday Morning.

Wind W.N.W.
Arrived.—Fox, from Malaga; Tiiniatoria, Buenos
Ayres ; Elinsa, Gallipoli; Folita, 13ilboa.
-Bailed.—Cintra, for Lisbon.

DUBLIN, Dec. 14.

Wind W.N.W.
Arrived.—Lubec, from Trieste; Harmonia, Amsterdam;
Minerva, Bordeaux.

(BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TEL/CORAER.)
DEAL, Saturday, 9.13 a.m.

Wln 1 ligbt.
Passed.—Palmyra, from London, for the Cape of Good
Hope.
Anchored.—Lydia, from London, for Bombay.
s►ailed.—Piquot, for London ; Caroline, screw steamer,
for the Crimea.
London, England, 1855-12-15

IN THE HIGH COURT OF CHANCERY.

TRIESEUAR.—On the 29th of May, 1855, an
injunction was granted by the High Coart of Chancery, and
on the 11th June following was made perpetual, against Joseph
rranklin and others, to restrain them, under a penalty of one thou-
.and pounds, from imitating this Medicine, which is protected by
Royal Letters Patent of England, and secured by the Seals of the
Ecole de Pharmacia de Paris, and the Imperial College of Medicine,
Vienna.
London, England, 1855-12-15

KINBOURN.

A letter from Kinbourn, of the 26th ult., in the
Presse Orient, says :—" We are busily occupied
in putting our quarters into comfortable condition
for the winter, as the cold begins to be pretty
sharp. The sea is covered with floating ice,
and the vessels at anchor off Otcha.koff have their
lower rigging and sides covered with icicles. When
the five or six buildings within the fort shall .have
undergone the most urgent repairs, we shall be
pretty well quartered. I speak of the officers and
employes of the administration ; as to the soldiers,
a number of them are lodged in the casemates ; one
battalion occupies the village about 10 minutes'
distance from the fort, and the remainder are under
canvas. As, however, all are well supplied with ,
warm clothing and camp equipage of all kinds,
those even who aro the worst off will be able to
brave the rigours of the season. We are expecting
20 wooden huts from Kamiesh, which will each
contain 30 men. Gulls, duck, and other water fowl
are abundant and are easily shot, but unfortunately
many of them when killed are lost for want of dogs
to fetch them out of the water. The gulls which
are good for nothing in the Mediterranean are
very delicate eating here. I have them several
times a week. A good dog would be worth its
weight in gold to us."
London, England, 1855-12-15

DUBLIN, DEC. 13.

STOCK EXCHANGE.—Three per Cent. Console, for
Account, Jan. 8, 881 I—N©w Three per Cent. Stock,
88hs 6—Ditto, for the Account, Bth January, 88i 11--
Midland Gt. Western and Royal Canal, (5Ci. paid), 484
—Great Southern and Western, 51I—Ditto, 6 per cent.
Pref., 711—National Bank (221. 10s. paid)„ 32—Royal
Bank, 204—Dublin and Wicklow., 5/—Waitorford and
Limerick, 19i—Grand Canal, 3i—Bank Steck:, 225—City
of Dublin Steam Co., of 1836, 25—Mining Co,. of Ireland,
14A—Dublin and Drogheda, 574.
London, England, 1855-12-15

PENALTIES.

The Commissioners of Inlaid Revenue Hereby Give Notice, That
every person taking, killing, or pursuing game, without first obtain-
ing a certificate, incurs a penalty of 201., and is also liable to be sur-
charged in double the amount of the certificate duty.
Any person in pursuit of game refusing, on being duly required, to
produce his certificate, or to permit the sum") to be read, or a copy
thereof to be taken, or refusing to declare his true name and place of
residence, also incurs a penalty of 201.
Gamekeepers are desired to take notice that a certificate at the
rate of I/. is. Gd. will not authorise any person to kill game beyond
the limits of the manor for wbich he is deputed ; and, in order that a
certificate at such a rate of duty may protect a gamekeeper, it is
requisite, not only that he should be deputed by some lord or lady of
a manor or reputed manor, but also that such deputation should be
registered With the Clerk of the Peace, or the gamekeeper will be
liable to be surcharged in double the duty of 41. As. 10d , and also to
be prosecuted by any common informer for the penalty of 201.
N.B.—lt is the intention of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue
to publish in a separate list the names and residences of all persons
surcharged in double duty for sporting without certificates.
London, England, 1855-12-15

EGYPT.

ALEXANDRIA, Dec. s.—The India mails have
been at Alexandria since the 3d, and proceed to
Marseilles and Southampton this afternoon by the
Vectis and Ava, which arrived here yesterday.
Said Pasha, the Viceroy, received the engineers
come out to survey the isthmus at the Barrage of
the Nile, where he had collected a considerable
number f soldiers, and treated them all with great
regard. His Highness has since proceeded to
Siout, a town in Upper Egypt.
Since Said Pasha left Alexandria Ahmed Pasha,
the heir apparent, has been here, the latter always
endeavouring to avoid the Viceroy. Haleoro
Pasha, the Viceroy's brother, has asked to be ap•
pointed Governor of the upper provinces, to reside
at Khartoom.

The isthmus engineers have proceeded to the
upper country in the finest steamer on the Nile,
except the Pasha's. After looking about the
deserts in the upper country and the antiquities
they will set earnestly about their work.
A great many travellers have come this year to
spend the winter months in the upper country,
where the climate is very genial. Among other%
there are now on the Nile the Earl of Portarling-
ton, Lord George Paulet, Lord Abercromby, Arc.
Two American frigates and a steamer of war are
now in this port.
Some of the Arabs engaged in Alexandria for the
Land Transport Corps have been despatched to
Constantinople by the postal French steamer.
Very great activity exists in this port, where
about 150 vessels are now loading principally grain
for England and the Mediterranean ports. It is
not yet certain whether the prohibition of expor-
tation from the 6th of January will be enforced or
not, but all are acting as if it will be.
Prices continue to be very high, and the supplies
coming down from the interior are enormous.
During the past fortnight 70,000 quarters of wheat
alone have been shipped from Alexandria.
Exchange on London, 08i piastres per Esterling.

A letter from Corfu, of the Ist, says :--ig The
cholera has nearly disappeared from the island,
and the health of the soldiers is excellent. The
number of deaths in three months has been only'
420 out of a population of 60,000. The civilian
Protestant church, which has been held in the
Palace for these 25 years past, has been closed by
order of his Excellency Sir J. Young, the Lord
High Commissioner. The doors last Sunday were
bolted and nailed, feating a rush being made on
the church. The civilians are now without the
usual place of worship, which has caused a great
dissatisfaction. A report has been forwarded to
the Colonial Secretary, and the civilians resident
in Corfu are in hopes that they will soon have their
place of worship restored to them."

The Military Gazette of Vienna, of the 10th
says :—" All the Austrian army is about to be
provided with new Minie rifles of different sizes,
according to the' different branches of the service.
The Chasseurs have already had them for Bono
months, but it will take at least 4 years before they
can be distributed to the whole army."

The Austrian war-steamer Elizabeth sailed front
Trieste on the 9th for Constantinople, with the
Austrian Internuncio, Baron Prokesch, on board.
London, England, 1855-12-15

DUBLIN, DEa.l3.

STOCK EXCHANGE.—Three per Cent. Consols, fee
Account, Jan. 8,88 i i—New Three per Cent. Stock,
h'—Ditto, for the Account, Bth January, 88i II 13-,
Midland Gt. Western and Royal Canal, (501. paid), 48}
—Groat Southern and Western, 513--Ditto, 6 per cent.
Pref., 7—National Bank (221. lUs. paid), 32—Royal
Bank, 20A—Dublin and Wicklow, s;3—Waterford and
Limerick, 19i—Grand Canal. 33—Bank Stock, 225—City'
of Dublin Steam Co., of 1836, 25—Mining Co. of Ireland,
14i—Dublin and Drogheda, b 7
London, England, 1855-12-15

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East Indian, g. 5 p. c

Do. Eite-nßion..
Do. do. do., '59, do
Tk of Caus.daA
Do. St. Lawrence
Atlantic do.. .....•••
00. Cert. of Deben.
con. into Stk. till
,o. Comp. 6 p. c., do
Gt. Ceutralof Fran
tit. Indian Peninsulr
guar. 5 per cent.
90. New 5 per cent
Po. Extensions....
Groat Luxembotm
Constituted Shares
Do. Obligations
G t,Western of Cansd

Do. Now
Do. Bds., payablo's7,
with option till '55..
Do. do., '62, p,'sB
Do. do., '7O, p. '6O
do., '73, without
option
Hamilton & Toronto
Do. 6 per cent.
Lake Const. & Bast
Liorre and Turnhout
Lyons and Genova
Lyons ix Mediterran.

in,dras
Do. Now
Maria Antonia
Do. do. Now
I Namur & Liege (4riti•

interest)
'Do. (ex Interest)
INorthero of France.
D 0.201. She.
Do. 20/. 3 p. c Bds.
(fmy.B.&Arus.Shs.
NorwegianTrunkPref
Paris and Lyons
Ditto Bonds
Paris and Orleans
Paris and Ronan...
ParisCaen Lt Cherbrg.

Do
Rom() and Frascati
Rouen and Havre
Royal Danish
Royal Swedish
Do. Obligations
iambrq and Meuse_
Do. 54 p. cent. Pref
Scinde
D 0...
'Southern of Francs
ISt. Andrew's and

Quebec (A)..,
West Flanders
Do 5 per c. Pref
Western of France
Do
Zealand
London, England, 1855-12-15

BRISTOL SUGAR-DEC. 14.

The market continues quite suspended, not a transaction
being reported for the last three weeks either in rum or
manufactured sugars, and prices are consequently merely
nominal. In rum sales continue to lee effected at former
rat.,:s, and the supply in first hands is now getting into a
small compass.

COAL MARKS'
Prices of Coal per ton at t'

'.-DEC. 14

;be close of the market.
Wallsend, km.

8. d.
Hasting's Hartley lB 9
Tanfield Moor l7 6
Tanfield Moor Butes 17 6

e. d.
Russell's Hetton 22 6
South Hetton ..... .. 22 9
Cassop 21 6
Hartlep00l
Tees ...23
Whitworth lB 6
Evenwood .lB 6

'Carr's Merthyr 6
Skiborwen Merthyr ..,,,,23
Wayne's Merthyr... 23

Sold
London, England, 1855-12-15

BIRMINGHAM, DEC. 14.

STOCK EXCHANGE.—The tone of the marl tot hag been
dull and inactive to-day, at prices rather 1 Ander yester•
day's. Leeds, 77—Sheffield', 22i—Dovers,, 171--Mid•
lands, 64—Great Northern A, 94.
London, England, 1855-12-15

TO THE EDITOR OF TILE SUIT.

Silt,—Your excellent leader upon the Drainage of
London, in The Sun of Thursday evening, induces me
to trouble you with a few remarks upon the subject.
Firstly—l would observe that the only valuable part
of Mr. Dover's scheme is the production of solid manure.
I much doubt, however, if it can be manufactured, by
his method, for so little as 31. per ton. But, as there
are practically insurmountable obstacles to his plan, it is
idle to waste words upon the matter.
The principal merit of Mr. Ward's system seems to
consist of the smaller sectional areas of the main sewers
The alleged monetary saving is considerable ; but it is
not clear that he would succeed in properly draining
the metropolis. This being the case, it would be unwise
to adopt his theory, until he has proved its efficacy—a
task he will find far from easy.

The engineers appear to have acted prudently in re.
commending larger sectional areas, for the following
reasons. In the first place, the carrying into effect Sir
Benjamin Hall's Bill will greatly increase the qrsantity
of sewage matter from the metropolis. Secondly,
considerable allowance ought to be made for the rapid
increase of population. Thirdly, the main sewers
about to be constructed ought to be large enough to last
for centuries.

The engineers are not, however, right in saying, the
sewage matter is of no commercial value. As liquid
manure it is perhaps not worth much. But, to assert
that the sewage matter of the metropolis, containing
nearly three million inhabitants, and most likely as
many animals, cannot be profitably rendered available
for agricultural purposes is strange indeed.
I have no doubt I can point out a process (differing
from Mr. Dover's) by which the sewage matter of London
may be convected into a cheap, portable solid manure,
easy of conveyance by rail, river, or road.—l am, sir,
yours obediently,

THOS. J. PRING, Architect.
Wellicgton-road, Camberwell, Dec. 14, 1855.

At the particular request of her Majesty Sir Colin
Campbell has sat for a photograph likeness, being the
first occasion on which he consented to have his portait
taken. He is represented in undress uniform, with
round cap, and in the position of giving some routine
order.

REPRESENTATION OF NORTH ESSEX.—A split has oc-
curred in the Castle Hedingbam Conservative Club,
which has for some years assumed to regulate the repre-
sentation of the northern division of Essex, as to the
pledges to be exacted from the candidates. It is under-
stood that Sir ;I,:hn Tvrell will retip• whc'n a, dissolution
Mlles place, aid illr. liucatle, who '.040 for
Ma:don, was to be brought forward in his place. Major
Bereeford has also stated that he shall not again offer
himself.
London, England, 1855-12-15

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHIMEAT&Z.

Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke.
Immense success of Roekwood
This spirited and exciting Hippodrome (with Tarpin's Ride to
York) embraces the principal events of Ainsworth's Rookwood.
TRIS EVENING,
TURPIN'S RIDE to YORK; or, the Heir of Rookwood. Hair-
breadth escapee of Turpin. Terrific leap over a fee-barred gate by
the mare Black " Bees," trained by Mr. William CZoke.
L•st Week of Mlle. Clementine Bonnier in the SCENES of the
CIRCLE.
Mr. J. 11. Cooke's rLIG HT of the BRIDGE, &c.
To conclude with a number of .innising Entertainments.
Gigantic preparations are making for the Grand Christmas Panto-
mime, written by Mr. Nelson Lee.
it.c-otfice open from Eieven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W.
West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke. Jun.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.

TlllB DAY—Morn. 55 min. aft. s—Evening 24 min. aft. 6
TO-310BROw—Morn. 52 min. aft. 6 —Evening 23 min. aft. 7

THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, Dec. 15.
THERIMHETER, IN THE SHADE.
48 highest since noon yesterday.
48 —lowest this morning and during the night.
49 —this day at noon.
BAROMETER. 30.09—rising.
Virutr, W. to W.N.W.—Light, with mild, dull weather.

4 f'
111 14,
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London, England, 1855-12-15

JOINT-S'

kuetralasia
Bank of London
Bri. Col. Bk.&Ln. C.
British N. American.
Chart& Bank of Asia
Chrtd. Buk. of India,
Australia, & China]
City
Colonial
Commercial of Loud ]
Eng, Scot. & &us. Cht
Lond. Chart. Bk. of
Australis
Ditto New
Irndon and County
LocUcE. Bukg. Corp
London Joint Stock.
Loud. & Weaminster
National Pro.of Eng.
Do. New
National Ireland
New South `Vales
Oriental Bank of
Corporation
'rovincial of Ireland
Do. New
Royal Australn. kg

Or•i! CO. ,
.royal
.ioutli Australia
Union of Australis—
Do. New
Uni9ll 9. London ~!
London, England, 1855-12-15

PENALTIES.

The Commissioners of Inland Revenue Hereby Give Notice, That
every per.on taking, killing, or pursuing game, without first obtain-
ing a certificate, incurs a penalty of 201., sad is also liable to be sur-
charged in d.uble the amount of the certificate duty.
Any person in pursuit of game refusing, on being duly required, to
produce his certificate, or to permit the same to be read, or a copy
thereof to be taken, or refusing to declare his true name and place of
residence, also incurs a penalty of 201.
Gamekeepers are desired to take notice that a certificate at the
rate of 1/. 7e. 6d. will not authorise any person to kill game beyond
the limits of the manor for which he is deputed ; and, in order that a
certificate at such a rate of duty may protect a gamekeeper, it is
requisite, not only that he should be deputed by some lord or lady of
a manor or reputed manor, but also that such deputation should be
registered with the Clerk of the Peace, or the gamekeeper will be
liable to be surcharged in double the duty-of 41. Os. 10d , and also to
be prosecuted by any common informer for the penalty of 201.
N.B.—lt is the intention of the Commissioners of Inland Royeaue
to publish in a separate list the names and residences of all persons
surcharged in double duty for sporting without certificates.
London, England, 1855-12-15

Antwerp&Rottardara
Do. 5 p. c. Obl,gs. con.
in Sh. at par till '64
Ardennes

Belgian Eastn. June.
Beziers to Graiasessa,
Bombay, Baroda , and
Central I ndia,Serli
Do.
Demerara

Dutch Rhenish
-
Eastern of France
IDo. New

East Indian, g. 5 p. c

Do. Ertension....
Do. do. do., '59, do
Gd. lik of CanadaA iQ
Do. St. Lawrence &
Atlantic do.

Do. Cert. of Deben.
con. into Stk. till '6l
Do. Comp. 6 p. c., do
Gt. Ccutral of Frane,
Gt, Indian Peninsula
guar. 5 per cent...,
Do. New 5 per cent
Po. Extensions......
Great Luxembourg

Constituted Share
Do. Obligations
Gt. Western of Canad
Shares

Do. New
Do. Bds., payable's7,
with option till '55
Do. do., '62, p.'56
Do. do., '76, p. '6O
Do. do., '73, without
option
Hamilton & Toronto
,Do. 6 per cent.
Lake Const. & Basle
Lierre and Turnhout
Lyons and Genova
Lyons di Mediterran.

iadras
Do. New
Maria Antonia
Do. do. New
Namur di Liege (with
interest)
Do. (ex interest)
Northern of France
D0.20/.Shs
Do. 20/. 3 p. o Bde
(fmy.B.drAms.Shs.)
NorwegianTrunkPret
Paris and Lyons
Ditto Bouds
Paris and Orleans
Paris and Rouon...
ParisCaen & Cliorbrg
I Do

'Rome and Frasoati
Ronan and Havre
Royal Danish
Royal Swedish . ..... „
Do. Obligations
Sambre and Ileum
!Do. 5i p. cont. Prof
Sci ode
Do

!Southern of Franoe..
ISt. Andrew's and

Quebec (A)
West Flanders
IDo 5. per c. Pref
,Western of France
Do
Zealand
London, England, 1855-12-15

SHARE MARKETS.

LIVERPOOL, DEC. 14.

STOCK EXCHANGE.—The tone of the mar ket has been
quiet all day, closing flat at a decline on yesterday's pikes.
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 22-1 3—Ditto, Six
per Cent., new, p. 3—Caledonian, 274—Mid lands, 63i f
—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 76i South Eastern, 17/.
3s. 9d., A—London and North Westerns, 93i— Great
Northern A Deferred, 9A.
London, England, 1855-12-15

CONTRACT FOR AFRICAN MAHOGANY.

• .
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to all persons
who may be desirous of contracting for the supply of
400 LOADS AFRICAN MAHOGANY,
that proposals addressed to the Director• General of Contracts, War
Department, Pall-mall, marked on the outside " Tender for African
Mahogany," will be received on or before the 24th instant.
Parties tendering are requested not to use any form but that which
can be obtained on application at the above Office, any day previous
to that date (Sunday excepted),. between the hours of 10 and 4.
War Department, Pall-mall, 14th December, 1855.
London, England, 1855-12-15

Country Markets.

LIVERPOOL—DEc. It.

There was a good attendance to-day of town and country
buyers, and a brisk demand for American red wheats, in
which a large business was done at an advance of fully 2d
per 701bs. on Tuesday's rates, while white and other sorts
were neglected, and without improvement in value. Flour
met with a slow sale at late rates, and the sun* may be
said of oats, oatmeal, barley, beans, and peas. Indian
corn in request, and considerable sales were of acted at 41s
6d per qr. for prime mixed American.
London, England, 1855-12-15

LONDON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1855.

The cross causes of Guards v. Line, and Line
v. Guards, have occasioned very considerable ex-
citement. The high personages who have lent_
their name to the discussion, as well as the strong
interest entertained on the subject of Army
Reform, have given greater piquancy to the dis-
pute, and led to the interference of a vast number
of sympathisers in the shape of public journalists,
and numerous correspondents, some of whom
supply valuable information on the points at
issue. We must say that the weight of evidence
greatly preponderates in favour of the Liae, and
that if the verdict were now to be pronounced, it
would be, without a moment's hesitation, in
favour of the less aristocratic, but not less gallant,
branch of the service.
Objections have been freely urged against the
form and substance, the manner and matter, of
the memorial to which we alluded yesterday in
our leading columns. It has been shown to be an
ex-parte document, one that was cautiously kept
from public inspection, which none but interested
parties were invited to sign, for which there might
have been some reason, as no others could be sup-
posed to take that side of the question, but it was
"strictly private." The object was that it should
be heard in Chamber, the public being excluded,
so that no unseemly questions might be started
until the fitting time, when the decision should
also be announced, and no amount of clamour or
Just indignation could procure a rehearing. The
public have, however, albeit very unintentionally,
been made parties to the cause, and judgment
must now be given on the real merits, and in
accordance with the voice of public opinion.
A very clear and able writer, who not only
possesses much practical experience, but has also
the art of distinctly expressing his meaning, has
addressed an admirable letter to a contemporary
on the interesting subject. The fact that a gen-
tleman has served tc six years in the cavalry, and
six years in the infantry,' must have afforded full
opportunities for acquiring information, and none
of these opportunities seem to have been ne-
glected or thrown away in the instance alluded
to. The Hon. and Gallant Gentleman enters into
the entire question. He refers not merely to the
solitary grievance of which so much has been made,
but strikes at the very root, from the a to N.
"Ab ovo usque ad mama." He is thus enabled to
show the true state of the case, and to explain
not only what may be the results of the warrant
so secretly complained of by the Guards, but also
what has been the effects of the previous regula-
tions, and what may probably be anticipated if
the complainants' remonstrance should be favour-
ably listened to.
From this unexceptionable authority we learn
at entrance into the Brigade is effected "partly by
London, England, 1855-12-15

FRANCE.

In the month of September last an address was
presented by the oflicersand sub-officers of a French
detachment on its way to the Dardanelles, to Mr.
Augustus Stafford (M.P. for Northamptonshire)
for the valuable services rendered by that gentle-
man to the soldiers attacked by cholera on board.
ship. Mr. Stafford is now on his return to Eng-
land, and the Emperor, who had been made ac-
quainted with all the particulars, learning that he
was in Paris, has addressed to him the following
letter :

" DECEMBER 12.

" have read with the most lively interest the
details that you have been kind enough to communicate
to me on the transport of a certain portion of the French
troops from Marseilles to the Dardanelles on board the
English vessel Etna. They testify the most enlightened
solicitude on your part, and I thank you for it. But
your incessant care for our soldiers, attacked as they
were by cholera, during the whole of the passage, your
self-denial, your courage, the perilous forgetfulness of
yourself in presence of the epidemic—everything in your
o,:ample of ilevntednet-:s yorr
fellow-cr(atures. Already you have obtained the niot
pleasing recompense in those letters in which the offi-
cers and soldiers of the different corps express to you
their admiration and their gratitude. And I ..n2 A b
,Appy

to add to it the expression of my own gratitude, and of
my sentiments of high esteem for you.
(Signed) "NAPOLEON."
The Moniteur contains a decree assimilating the
laws for the expropriation of private property in
Algeria, for purposes of public utility to those now
in force in France.

BOURSE, Dec. 14.—The following are the las
quotations :

Cash. fr. e. End of Month.
4i per Cents 9l 15 —f. -c.
3 per Cents 64 50 64 85
New Loan 65 50
Bank Shares 3210 Roman
Credit Mobilier 1305 Austrian
Belgian Fives ...... .. 934 Spanish Threes —
Piedmontese B7 Home Debt 35

RAILWAY9—FOH CASH.
fr. c. C.
OrMans ............... 1122 50 Western 755
Northern
Lyons —... 1145 New Ditto 750
Tilediterraneen 1255 Grand Central 5Bl 25
1,,0ns Geneva — Teste
Cade 7OO Austrian Com. 726 25
London, England, 1855-12-15

BIRMINGHAM, DEC. 14.

STOOK EXCHANGE.—The tone of the market has been'
dull and inactive to-day, at prices rather under yester•
d.y's. Leeds, 77 Sheillelds, 22i—Dovers, 17A—Mid•
lands, 64—Great Northern A,
London, England, 1855-12-15

INDIA.

The Governor of Madras is at the Presidency.
Lord Eiphinstone returned a few days since to
Bombay from Matheran, a hill station close by ;
he is understood to proceed very shortly on an
official tour to Guzerat. The Commanders-in-
Chief of India and of Bombay are at Simla and
Mahableshwar respectively. Genson Anson has
just returned to Madras, and is expected to suc-
ceed Sir William Gomm, whose five years' term
of service expires next month.
The Bengal Hurkaru, quoting from the Funjaub
Journal, announces as the most important intelli-
gence of the fortnight, "if it be correct," that the
fortress of Heerat, the key of Affghanistan, has
fallen into the hands of the Persians. The Efurkaru
says, the possession of this stronghold will make
the Shah all-powerful in Central Asia, but he will
hardly be allowed to hold it peaceably. The Ameer
of Cabool will in all probability attempt its recovery,
and then it will be difficult for the British to avoid.
joining the contest.

The Rajah of Tanjore has died without heir, either
of his own body collateral or adopted, and his do-
minions lapse, therefore, to the British Govern-
ment.
London, England, 1855-12-15

(PEE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)

SOUTHAMPTON, Saturday Morning.
Arrived.—Purveyor and Hopewell, from Swanage
James and John, Newport ; Despatch, steamer, Jersey;
Charlotte, Guernsey ; Comet, Caen.
Smiled.—Pet, for Newport.; Wonder, steamer, Jersey;
Themis, Shields; Atalanta, steamer, Havre; Devonshire,
g wanaes.

LIVERPOOL, Saturday Moruing.

Wind W.N.W.
Arrived.—Fox, from Malaga ; Tiiniatoria, Buenos
Ayres ; Elinsa, Gallipoli; Folita, Bilboa.
Sailed.—Cintra, for Lisbon.

DUBLIN, Dec. 14.

-
Wind W.N.W. _
Arrived.—Lubec, from Trieste; ilarmonia, Amsterdam;
Minerva, Bordeaux.

(BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.)
DEAL, Saturday, 9.18 a.m.
Wind N.W., ligbt.
Passed.—Palmyra, from London, for the Cape of Good
Hope.
Anchored.—Lydia, from London, for Bombay.
sailed.—Piquot, for London ; Caroline, screw steamer,
for the Crimea.
London, England, 1855-12-15

COURT CIRCULAR.

• OSBORNE, DEC. 14.
Major-General Sir Colin Campbell arrived yesterday
on a visit to her Maje,sty, and returned to London early
this morning.

Dr. Elliott, Monsieur Delabarre do Nauteuil, Major
Blackall, and the Hon. George Edwardes had interviews
with Mr. Secretary Labouchere yesterday at the Colo-
nial-office.

A deputation from the Licensed Victuallers of the
City and County of Bristol, consisting of Mr. J. C.
Mitchell (president), Mr. Geo. Wadge (treasurer), and
Messrs. H. E. Allen and E. Williams (committee), in-
troduced by Hon. Henry Berkeley, M.P., had an inter-
view with Lord Panmure yesterday, on the subject of
the billeting system.
Viscount Sandon, who has been appointed Private
Secretary to Mr. Labauchere, will commence his duties
at the Colonial-office on the Ist of January next.
Despatches from the Governor of Ceylon, and also
from the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands,
were received yesterday at the Colonial-office. Des-
patches were sent last evening from the Colonial-office
to the Governor of Canada.

THE SPEAXERSHIP OF TEE HOUSE

OF COMMONS.

We believe that one of the first acts of the House of
Commons, on the assembling of the session, will be the
election of a new Speaker in the room of the Right Hon,
Charles Shaw Lefevre, who is about to be raised to the
peerage. Mr. Lefevre was chosen Speaker on the re-
tirement of Mr. Abercromby in 1839, and we believe we
are justified in adding that few men have filled that
arduous, responsible, and delicate office with greater
dignity and satisfaction.

We are not in a position to say who will be the suc-
cessor of Mr. Lefevre in an office which is ore of the
first of political prizes. The name of Sir Frederic Thesi-
ger is mentioned as likely to command a majority of
the suffrages of the Commons ' • but it is understood that
Mr. Fitzroy, the Chairman of Committees, will be put
forward by the old Whig party. The salary is 6,0001.
per annum, with a peerage on retirement, and 5,000/.
for three lives.—Morning Advertiser.
London, England, 1855-12-15

TILE SPEAKERSHIP OF TIIE _SO USE

OF COMMONS.

We believe that one of the first acts of the Home of
Commons, on the assembling of the session, will be the
election of a new Speaker in the room of the Right Hon.
Charles Shaw Lefevre, who is about to be raised to the
peerage. Mr. Lefevre was chosen Speaker on the re-
tirement of Mr. Abereromby in 1839, and we believe we
are justified in adding that few men have filled that
arduous, responsible, and delicate office with greater
dignity and satisfaction.

We are not in a position to say who will be the suc-
cessor of Mr. Lefevre in an office which is one of the
first of political prizes. The name of Sir Frederic Thesi-
ger is mentioned as likely to command a majority of
the suffrages of the Commons ' • but it is understood that
Mr. Fitzroy, the Chairman of Committees, will be put
forward by the old Whig party. The salary is 6,0001.
per annum, with a peerage on retirement, and b,OOO/.
for three lives.--Morning Advertiser.
London, England, 1855-12-15

SHARE MARKETS.

LIVERPOOL, DEC. 14.

STOCK EXCHANGE.—Tho tone of the market has beet
quiet all day, closing flat at a decline on yesterday's prices,
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 22i 3—Ditto, Sif
per Cent., new, p. 3—Caledonian, 271—Midlands, 63i
—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 76/ South Eastern, 171,
3s. 9d., t —London and North Westerns, 93i— Great
Northern A Deferred, 94.
London, England, 1855-12-15

AMERICAN MAIL PACKETS.

GENERAL POST OFFICE, Dec. 1855.—The Weekly
Mail Service to and from North America by the British
contract packets will be resumed on the lot Jan. next.
Commencing with the packet to be dispatched from
Liverpool to Boston on Saturday, the sth Jan., these
packets will sail from Liverpool, as formerly, every
Saturday throughout the year, proceeding alternately to
New York and Boston, and calling on her voyage to
the latter place at the port of Halifax, Nova Scotia.
The United States' mail packets will sail every Wed-
nesday, alternately from Liverpool and from Southamp-
ton, proceeding on each occasion to New York.
In exception to the above rule, and to enable the con-
tractors to re-arrange the service, the mails of Wednes-
day, the 9th January, will be conveyed from Liverpool
by a British packet, and the mails of Saturday, the 12th
January, will be conveyed from Liverpool by a United
States' packet. ROWLAND HILL, Secretary.

WELLS ELECTION.
London, England, 1855-12-15

A3IERICAN MAIL PACKETS.

GENERAL POST OFFICE, Dec. 1855.---The Weekly
Mail Service to and from North America by the British
contract packets will be resumed on the Ist Jan. next.
Commencing with the packet to be dispAched from
Liverpool to Boston on Saturday, the sth Jan., these
packets will sail from Liverpool, as formerly, every
Saturday throughout the year, proceeding alternately to
New York and Boston, and calling on her voyage to
the latt-r place at the port of Halifax, Nova Scotia.
The United States' mail packets will sail every Wed-
nesday, alternately from Liverpool and from Southamp-
ton, proceeding on each occasion to New York.
In exception to the above rule, and to enable the con-
tractors to re-arrange the service, the mails of Wednes-
day, the 9th January, will be conveyed from Liverpool
by a British packet, and the mails of Saturday, the 12th
January, will be conveyed from Liverpool by a United
States' packet. ROWLAND HILL, Secretary.

WELLS ELECTION: