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The Sun.
London, England, 1855-12-01

SHARE MARKETS.

LIVERPOOL, Nov. 30.

STOCK EXCHANGE.—The tone of the market was Ye/
4eady to-day, closing with a firm feeling. Caledonian'
71 .I—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 76& 7—Midland*
(34 34 4—South Eastern, 171—London and North-Westerl3l
934—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 231—Greer
Western of Canada, 23 3a—Dutch Rhenish, d. 13s. 9d•-'
Eastern Counties, 8$ 4—East Lancashire, 174—N.-Britiabo
64—N.-Eastern, Berwick, 16.18.9.—Birkenhead, Lanes.
shire, and Cheshire, 13g.

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BIRMINGHAM, Nov. 30.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The tone of the market has
lull to-day, and shares generally lower. Great West'Bl4
Birmingham Pref., 93—London and North-Westerns,
94i—Midlands, 64 64i.
London, England, 1855-12-01

IRISH AND SCOTCH BANKS.

The returns of circulation of the Irish and Scotch
banks for the four weeks ending the 27th of Oct. last,
when added together, give the following as the average
weekly circulation of these banks during the past month,
viz. :

Average circulation of the Irish banks £6,783,615
Average circulation of the Scotch banks .....

Average circulation during past month —£11,090,950

On comparing the above with the fixed issues of the
several banks, as given in the Banking Almanac, the
following appears to be the state of the circulation :

The Irish banks are below their fixed issue £434,121
The Scotch banks are above their fixed issue 1,215,126

Total above the fixed issue £1,:349,247
The amounts of gold and silver held at the head offices
of the several banks during the past month have been as
follows :

Gold and silver held by the Irish banks £3,079,355
1,750,462
Gold and silver held by the Scotch banks

Total of gold and silver held 23,829,817
The above statements complete the returns of the cir-
culation in England, Scotland, and Ireland for the month
ending the 27th of Oct.
These returns, combined with the average circulation
of the Bank of England for the same period, will give
the following results of the circulation of notes in the
United Kingdom, when compared with the previous
month :
London, England, 1855-12-01

COVRT CIROOLAI?.

by Colonel WINDSOR, FRIDAY.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge (attended
the
n ton E Hon. J. Macdonald), the Duke of Wel-
li, arl Spencer, the Marquis of Breadalbane, the
Earl of Clarendon, Viscount Palmerston, Lord George
Lennox, and Major-General Wylde, arrived to-day,
on a visit to her Majesty.
His Highness the Maharajah Dhuleep Singh, Vie-
count and Viscountess Hardlnge, Colonel Sir T. Trou-
bridge, Lieutenant-General Sir J. Simpson, and Sir J.
Login left, the Castle this morning.
The Duchebs of Sutherland arrived yesterday at the
Castle.

The royal dinner party at the Castle yesterday even-
ing included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent,
his Highness the Maharajah Dhuleep Singh, the Duchess
of Sutherland, Lady Fanny Howard, Lady Isabel How-
ard, Viscount and Viscountess Hardinge, Colonel Sir T.
Troubridge, Lieutenant-General Sir J. Simpson, Sir J.
Login, and Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps.
The band of the 2d Life Guards was in attendance,
and played during dinner.

Despatches for the Governor of Canada, were sent last
evening from the Colonial-office. Despatches were re.
ceived at the Colonial-office from the Governor of St.
Helena.

REPRESENTATION OF LEEDS.—In the event of a dis•
solution of Parliament, Mr. Robert Hall, a, well-known
barrister on the Northern Circuit, has given notice of
his intention to offer himself as a candidate in opposition
to Mr. Baines and Sir G. Goodman.
London, England, 1855-12-01

OP ♦ DAUGHTER.

O❑ the 28th ult., at 59, Gordon-square, the wife of the
Rev. George B. R. Bousfield.
On the 29th ult., at Streatham-hill, Mrs. Harold Turner'
MARRIED.

, Hanover-vinare'
On the 27th ult., at St. George's
Charles Turner Simpson, Esq., of Lincoln's-inn, barrister
at-law, and Fellow of St. John's Col., Cam., to Gayw9t
Elizabeth, second daughter of Robert Wynne Willianill
Esq., of Bedford-place, Russell-square.
On the 29th ult., at St. Giles's, Camberwell, J. Shields'
Esq., of Durham, to Frances, eldest daughter of Richari
Stokoe, Esq., of Peckham-rye, Surrey, and Heiham, Nt'r
thumberland.
London, England, 1855-12-01

HOSPITAL STAFF.

To be Assistant-Surgeons Assistant-Surgeon John
Meane, from the 31st Foot, vice Corbett, appointed to the
68th Foot ; Acting Assistant-Surgeons Patrick Andrew
M`Dermott and John Michael.

To be Acting Assistant-Surgeons—John Lizars Lizars,
Thomas Henry Newsam, Thomas Perkins, Herbert Beres.
ford, Henry M‘Niece, William Harry Cooke, Edmund
Greswold. APDowall, and Benjamin Cowan Kerr, Gent 4.
Acting Assistant-Surgeon D. Bridges has been permitted
to resign his commission.
London, England, 1855-12-01

DIED.

On the 29th ult., at 1, Brunswick-place, wahforth,
Philip William Urlwin, Esq., aged 82.
On the 28th ult., at Camden-terrace, Peckham, 16'5
Gray, aged 70.
On the 28th ult., J. R. Clementson, Esq., aged 68.
On the 28th ult., at Plittlowed, Essex, Thos. Mashiter
Rowlatt, Esq., late of the Essex Rifles, aged 34.
On the 26th ult., at Cullen, Ralph Abercromby Buche'
nan, Esq., Lieut. R.N., second son of the late Thom°
Buchanan, Esq. of Powis.
On the 27th ult., at Holly Lodge, Campden-hill, ICeir
sington, T. A. Shaw, Esq., late ofthe Bengal Civil Ser-
vice, aged 59.
On the 23d ult., Mr. John Elsden, Norfolk Cotteq:
Albion-road, Stoke Newington, formerly of Great Bo°.
lane, City, aged 75.

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MARKET NEWS.—(This Day).

COVENT GARDEN.

There was a steady business doing in our market to•d ay
as follows :

FRUIT.—Pine apples, English, 4s to 7s per lb; colonial
do., Os to Os each ; hot-houss grapes, 3s Od to 6s Od per lb
foreign ditto, Od to Os ; melons, 2s Od to 4s Od each
peaches, 2s Od to 6s; nectarines, is 6d to 4s per dozen ;
apples, is Od to 3s Od per half sieve ; pears, 2s Od to
53 per half sieve; plates, Os to Os per sieve ; green gages, Os
per punnet; apricots, is 6d to 510 d per doz.; common plums,
03 01 to Os Od per sieve ; cherries, Od to Od per pound ;
lemons, 4s to 8s Od per 100 ; oranges, 5s to 108 per 100; 81-
berts, Os to Os per doz. lbs ; cobnuts, 10s to Os ; almonds,
Os to Os per lb. ; walnuts, 8d to 10d per 100; figs, Os 9d
to is 6d per doz. ; stra 4-berries, Od to Od per pottle ; goose-
berries, Os Od to Os Od per half sieve ; currants, Os Od to
Os Od per half sieve ; raspberries, Od to Od per pottle.
VEGETABLEb.—Greer, is 6d to 3s Od per doz. bunches;
Savoy cabbages, 9d to is 6d per dozen ; red ditto. 3s to
5s Od per ditto ; brocoli, 6d to is 6d per doz. ; potatoes, 853
to 115 s per ton ; vegetable marrow, Od to Os per doz. ; peas,
3s to 5s Od per bushel ; broad beans, is Od to is 9d per half
sieve ; turnips, 2d to 4d per bunch ; carrots, 3d to 5d per
bunch ; cucumbers, Os 2d to Os 6d each ; garlic, cid to
Os 81 per pcund ; spinach, 1s 6d to 2s Od per sieve ;
old onions, 45 to 5s per bushel ; new ditto, Os 01 to Os per
doz. bunches; leeks, Id to 21 per bunch ; shallots,
4d to 6d ; horse-raddisti, 2s Od to 4s Od per bundle ; parsley,
21 to 3d per bunch; celery, Os 91 to is 3d per
bunch ; endive, is 3d to 2s 3d per score; beet, is 01 to 2s
per doz. ; parsnips, Os 61 to is 01 per dozen ; small
salad, 2d to 3d per punnet ; mushrooms, is 3d to is 91 per
pottle ; artichokes, 3s to 4s per half sieve ; cabbage lettuces,
91 to is Od per score ; sorrel, 6d to is per half sieve ;
radishes, is to is 3d per dozen hands ; tomatoes, 3s to 4s
per half sieve ; chillies, is to is 61 per 100; Brussels
sprouts, Os Od to Os per half sieve ; capsicums, is 01 to 2s
per 100; walnuts pickling, 6d to is per 100; cauliflowers,
s to Os Od per doz.
NEWGATE AND LEA.DENHALL.
Turkeys, Os Od to Os Od ; Geese, 5s 01 to Os 6d each ;
Ducks, 2s Od to 2s 9d ; wild ditto, is 3d to 2s Od ;
rabbits, 8d to is 6d each ; Pigeons, 7d to 9d each ;
large Surrey Fowls, Os Od to Os Od ; middling, is 91 to
2s 91 ; Chickens, is 6d to 2s Od ; Capons, 38 01
to 4s Od ; Hares 2s Od to 3s 6d; Grouse, is 91 to 2s Od each ;
Pheasants, 3s Od to 3s 6d ; partridges, is 3d to is 9d each ;
Guinea Fowls, 2s 6d to 3s Od each. Ostend fresh butter, lls
61 to 12s 6d, and English lls 6d to 15s Od per dozer lbs.
English Eggs, 9s 01 to 10s Od ; French ditto, 5s 01 to i s Od
per 120.
London, England, 1855-12-01

THE LONDONDERRY MONUMENT.

The following is the copy of a letter lately ad-
dressed to his Imperial Majesty the Emperor Na-
poleon 111., with the gracious communication re-
ceived in reply:—
"TO HIS MAJESTY THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON.
" Sire,— The well-known condescension of your Ma•
jesty emboldens the committee with whom I act to submit,
without for,nality, the enclosed copies of their proceed-
ings, as friends of the late Marquis of Londonderry, in
relation to the erection of a monument to his me-
mory. The committee believe that, from the prominent
position held by Lord Londonderry, as a brave and
chivalrous soldier, and a nobleman of most estimable
character, many of his friends in England and elsewbera
will share their sentiments, and cordially aid them in
their object of honouring his memory by the erection of
a monument on the family estate in his native county in
Ireland. The Irish people have observed with pride,
admiration, and gratitude, the military honours recently
paid in France to the mortal remains of their gallant
countryman, Torrens ; and recognise in that fact another
proof of the mutual esteem and respect which animate
the nations and armies of England and France, and of
the identity of sentiment and action which pervades the
two countries, now so happily and firmly united in the
bonds of loyal, sincere, and enduring friendship. Deign
to accept, sire, the assurance of profound respect and
esteem which I am charged to convey to your Majesty.
"I have the honour to subscribe myself, Sire,
"Your most humble obedient servant,
" W. R. ANKETELL, Honorary Secretary
Londonderry Monument Committee.
"Ballynahinch, county Down, Ireland."
" Cabinet de l'Empereur, Tuileries, Nov. 23, 1855.
" Sir,—The Emperor has deigned to comply with the
request which you have addressed to him in the name of
the committee appointed for the erection of a monument
to the Marquis of Londonderry. His Majesty has directed
501. to be forwarded to you as his subscription. I have
the honour to remit you that sum by an order on Messrs.
Latouche and Co., bankers in Dublin, and request your
acknowledgment of its receipt.—Receive, sir, the assur-
ances of my most distinguished sentiments.
"Le Sons Chef du Cabinet de l'Empereur.
" Mr. Auketell." " ALBERT DE DALENAY."
London, England, 1855-12-01

ftlir6.ll inglo Andrin. Gold
4.11 lAn glo Californian ~.
6 knstrslian

all tustralian Cordillera
all \vo Maria

all Baden (Gd.Ditchy of
all Bloonarvon Iron and
Coal
14 3ritish Iron

26 grazilianlmn. (issuoo
at £5 pm.)
all Do. Cocaos & Culab
15 Do, St. John Donley
Clarendon Cons. Min,

- Co. of Jamaica
all Cobre Copper
1 colonial Gold

all Copper Min. of Bug
all Do. Prof. 7i p. cant.
1C Copiapo ...
1 EPortuna . .
all General
all Gt.lsruggetVeinneg.
all Great Polgooth .
all Gt Wheal Vor United
all Liberty
all Linares.
1 Lusitanian

all Aariquita
all New Granada
all Nouveau Monde
all Pontgibaud Silver

1 Lead Min. & Smelt
1 Port Philip
all quartz Rock
__ __

all Rhymney Iron
all Do. Now
12 Santiago de Cuba
all •iouth Australian
all Do. Scrip...
Do. 10 per cent Pre:
9 Liu Croft ..
all United Mexican
all Waller

all ost Mariposa
12s. Worthing Mining o!
Australia
vn Yuba,
London, England, 1855-12-01

HER MAJESTY'S POSTMASTER-
GENERNL will re eive TENDERS for the SUPPLY of
UN I FORM HATS for the Letter Carriers, Mall Guards, Accelera-
tor Drivers, and Riders of this department, and for the letter
Carriers of the Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, and Bristol
Post-offices.

The Tenders must be enclosed in sealed covers, addressed to " Her
Majesty's Postm aster-General." and superscribed " Tender for Letter
Carriers', Guards', &c., Hats ;" and they must be delivered at th,
office at or before noon on SATURDAY, the 15th December, 1855.
They must show the prices at which the Hats will be supplied for
a period of one year and three years respectively.
Specimens of the Hats to be supplied may be seen on application
at the Circulation-office of this department.
The parte, whose Tender is accepted will be required to enter
into a contract, and to give bond, with two sureties, in the sum 01
Sob., f ,r the due t.erformance or the contract.
General Post-office, November, 1855.
London, England, 1855-12-01

ARTICLE OF FOOD

forwarded to all parts, ou receipt of penny postage stamps or P. 0.0
(preferred). Send full and plain direction, county, and nearest sta-
tion.—Address THOS. LETTIS. jun., Fish Curer, Ot. Yarmouth.

"This is the third season 11fr., Lattis has supplied us with Tar•
mouth bloaters, and we find the quality excellent.—J. Brashowe
house steward. Blenheim Pal tee. —Oct. 20, 1854."

" Mr. Lettis,—As soon as you send out your genuine bloaters, I
shall be glad to have a supply as usual; those I had last year gave
great satisfaction.— F. Courroux, Ambassador's Court, St. James's
Palace.—Oct. 1, 1855."
London, England, 1855-12-01

HER MAJESTY'S POSTMASTER
GE !.*TE RAI. will receive TENDERS for the SUPPLY 0,
UN t FORM CLOTHIN,4 for the Letter Carrierq, Mail Guards, Acce
lerat.tr Drivers, and Riders of this department, and for the Letter
Carriers of the Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, and Bristol Post
Offices.
The tenders must be enclosed in sealed covers, addressed to " Het
Majesty's Postmazter-General," and superscribed, "Tender fot
Letter Carriers', Guards', &c., Clothing ;" and they must he deli
vered at this office at or before noon on SATURDAY, thk.. 'ti,
December, 1855. . . .

They m rst show the prices at which the several articles will be
supplied for a period of one year and three years respectively.
Specimens of the Clothing to be supplie i may be seen on appli-
cation at the Circulation-office of this department. . .

Thep trties whose tender is accepted will be required to enter
into a contract, and to give bond, with two sureties, in the sum
of 100/., for its due performance.
General Post•ofTice, November, 18b5.
London, England, 1855-12-01

MANCHESTER, NOT. 30.

STOOK EXCHANGE.—The market to-day has been at
alight advance upon the highest prices of the week, bui
a bad business none. Leeds, 77i—Sheffie1d, 23—Mid'
lands, 634—Eastern Counties, 81--East Lancashire,
Great Westerns, 50.
London, England, 1855-12-01

PURSUANT to a Decree of the High Court o;
Chancery, made hi a cause, Smith apiarist Kitipton, th
Creditors of T,IOMAS STEWAIt M`if.WEN, late of a 3, Newton
road, Vire;tbourne-grove, in the parish of ' addington, in the county
of Middlesex, tsqu.re, who died in or about the month of August.
1855, are, by their Solicitors, on or before the 7th day of January
1856, to come in and prove their debts or claims, at the Cham:)ers to
the Vice•Cha icellor sir Richard Torin Kinder ley, No. 3, Ston,-•
buildings, Lincolninn, Middlesex ; or in default thereof they will
be peremptorily excluded from the benefit of the said Decree.
Tuesday, the 15th day of January, 1856, at 12 o'clock at noon, at
the said Chambers, is appointed for hearing and adjudicating upot
the Claims.

Dated this 30th day of November, 1855.
CHARLES PU LI, Chief Clerk.
HENRY WOOD, 14, Bartlett's• Buildings, Fiolborn,
Plaintiff's Solicitor.
London, England, 1855-12-01

AUSTRIA.

The Ost Deutsche Post of Vienna states that the
presence of General Count Coronini in the Aus-
trian capital was partly connected with the pro-
posed railway from Kronstadt (Transylvania) to
Bucharest. Prince Stirbey and the principal
Boyards have given their support to the project
proposed by the Chamber of Commerce of Kron-
stadt, and it has been decided that the works shall
be commenced simultaneously at the two ex-
tremities.

SWEDEN.
The deliberation of the commission• respecting
the Sound Duties, which were to commence on the
20th November, but were postponed, will not now
commence before the arrival at Copenhagen of M.
Tegoborksi, formerly Secretary of Legation at that
capital, who is expected with instructions from St.
Petersburg. The other governments interested in
this question will be represented by their respec-
tive diplomatic agents at Copenhagen. Mr. Bid-
dinger, the United States Minister, still remains
without instructions. The President of the Con-
ference has arrived in Copenhagen. He is M.
Bluhme, one of the members of the former Cabinet,
the trial of whom is at this moment pending before
the High Court of Justice for high treason.

.
A letter from Naples of the 24th Nov. says :
"The King has ordered the execution'of an under-
taking of great public utility. The lake Averno is
to be formed into a military port and put into
communication with the Lucrine lake and the sea,
by means of a junction canal which is to run into
the port of Baja, near Pozzuoli. The object of
this important work is, in the first place, to render
the country near those lakes more healthy, [the
pestilential emanations from them being very in-
jurious, particularly during the great heat ; and
next, to have in this place, which is surrounded by
natural defences, an excellent military port, where
vessels of the largest size may always find shelter.
Four officers of the naval engineers, 40 sailors, and
500 convicts from the galleys have been already
ordered to commence the works."

Major-General Sir A. J. Cloete, C. 8., lately in com-
mand of the South Wales district, has been appointed
Commander of the Forces in the Windward and Lee-
ward Islands, with the local rank of Lieutenant-General,
in succession to General W. Wood, C. 8., resigned on
promotion. Sir J. Cloete is a distinguished officer. He
served at the Cape for many years, and rendered much
valuable service to the colooy. He was, in 1816, sent
in command of an expedition to take possession of the
island of Tristan d'Acunha, served in India during the
Pindaree and Mahratta war from 1817 to 1819, and
during the last two Caffre wars in various situations o
importance,
London, England, 1855-12-01

In the Press, and will shortly be published„

THE LEGAL and COMMERCIAL POCKET-
BOOK for the New Year 1856.

Containing a Perpetual Almanac, and Acts of Parliament for Ma-
gistrAtes.—An Introduction to the Laws of England, omitting obso-
lete technicalities, and coat tining useful matter, calculated as a
legal compendium for generrl readers, including statutes and cases
to the present time ; noticing Acts improving administration of jus-
tice, and ameliorating our criminal code, Limited Liability Act, 1855
&c.; with Precedents to elucidate principles. •
By a BARRISTER of the Temple, London.
Printed for Benning and Co., Fleet-street, and other Booksellers.

EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY,
LONDON,3OTH NOVEMBER, 1855.
To THE SHAREHOLDERS OF THE EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.
My LORDS, LADIES, AND GENTLEMEN,

The report of the Committee of Investigation was placed in my
hands this morning for the first time, and some few days must
nee issartly elapse before I can thoroughly an rlyse its contents
Nevertheless, for the interest of the under aking in which we are al
concerned, as well as in fairness and conimon justice to myself and
others whose conduct is impugned, I have to request that you win
suspend your judgment until my reply is before you. In the meat,
while I pledge myself to prove that the report of the Committee is
based upon mi conception and ignorance of the Facts connected
with the case they have undertaken to investipte.
I arn, my Lords, adies, and Gentlemen,
Your most obedient servant,

D AVID WADDINGTON.

PURSUANT to a Decree of the High Court of
Chancery, made in a cause, Smith against Kingston, thr
Creditors of THOMAS STEWAR C M` EWEN, late of 23, Newton
road, Westbourne-grove, in the parish of addington, in the county
of Middlesex, Esquire, who died in or about the month of August.
1855, are, by their Solicitors, on or before the 7th day of January,
1856, to come in and prove their debts or claims, at the Chambers o;
the Vice•Chaacellor Sir Richard Torin Kinder dcy, No. 3, Stonc-
buildings, Lincoln's-inn, Middlesex ; or in default thereof they will
be peremptorily excluded from the benefit of the said Decree.
Tuesday, the 15th day of January, 1356, at 12 o'clock at noon, at
the said Chambers, is appointed for hearing and adjudicating upon
the Claims. _

Dated this 30th day of November, 1855.
CHARLES PU ill, Chief Clerk.
HENRY WOOD, 14, Bartlett's• Buildings, Holborn,
Plaintiff's Solicitor.
London, England, 1855-12-01

CONTRACTS FOR FRESH BEEF.
Department of the Comotroller for Victualing,
Somerset-House, 28th November, 1855.
THE Commissioners for Executing the Office
Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Brits,
std Ireland, do Hereby Give Notice, that on fIIUR ADAY, th 13 h
December next, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such
persons as may be willing to contract for supplying (under separate
contracts) all such quantities of
FRESH BEEF
f her Majesty's Ships and Vessels,
st January to the 31st December,

as may be demanded for the use 01
at the Ellovring places, from the 1
1856, both days included, viz.:—
Chatham.
Cewes.
Cromarty.
Deal and in the Downs.
Deptford to London-bridge, inclu-
sive.
Falmouth.

Hull.
Kingstown and Dublin.
Leith.
Milford and Pembroke.
North ••;hields.
Portsmosth.
Queenstown and Kinsale.

Greenock.
thiernsey and Jersey.
Harwich.

Sheerness.
Woolwich to Gravesend, both in
elusive.

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None of the Contracts to be sub-let, and the Contracts for Dept
,Ord, Woolwich, Chatham, and She .rness to be taken by persons
residing o t the spot, and the Cattle for hatham and Sheerness tot
'slaughtered on the spot.
A Form of the Tender may be obtained, and the conditions of th.
revised contracts, to wnich particular attetvion is called, may be seer,
at this office, or by applying to the Superintendents of the Victual
ling Establishments at Deptford and Gosport ; the -,tmerintendents
of her Majesty's Donkyards at Woolwich, Chatham, Sheerness, an,
Pembroke ; the Clerk in charge of her Majesty's Yard at Deal ; the
Agent for the Victualling at Ilaulbowline ; the Agent for Transports
at Leith; the ecretary to the Postmaster-General, Dublin; or to
the Collectors of her Majesty's Customs at ea h of the other places
No tender will be received atter One o'clock on the day of treaty
nor any noticed unless made on the printed form provided for tin
paipose ; but it will not he necessary that the party tendering or a,
agent app tinted by him should attend at this office, a • the result o'
the offer received from each person will be communicated to lain
and his proposed sureties In writing.
Every tender must be delivered at the above Office, and signed ir
two responsible persons, engaging to become bound with the person
tendering in the sum of 1,5001. for the due performance of each of Olt
contracts for Sheerness, Chatham, and Portsmouth ; and in the sun,
of 5001. for each of the others.

TO LOVERS OF. FISH.-100 GENUINE
YARMOUTH BL'►ATERS for Gs., oackage included.
THESE HIGHLY ESTEEMED DELICACIES AND CHEAP
London, England, 1855-12-01

CONTRACTS FOR FRESH BEEF.

Department of the Comptroller for Victualling,
Somerset-House, 28th November, 1855.
rill:1E Commissioners for Executing the Office of
11,_ Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britoil-,
and Ireland, do Hereby Give Notice, that on CHURiDAY, the 13th
December next, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such
persons as may be willing to contract for supplying (under separate
contracts) all such quantities of
FRESH BEEF

as may be demanded for the use ol
at the following places, from the 1:
1856, both days included, viz.:—
Chatham.
Cowes.
Cromarty.
Deal and hi the Downs.
Deptford to London-bridge, inclu-
sive.
Falmouth.
Greenock.
Guernsey and Jersey.
Harwich.

her Majesty's Ships and Vessels,
it January to the 31st December,

Kingstown and Dublin.
Leith.
Milford and Pembroke.
North Shields.
Portsmosth.
Queenstown and Kinsale.
Sheerness.
Woolwich to Gravesend, both in•
elusive.

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None of the Contracts to be sub-let, and the Contracts for Dept
Lord, Woolwich, Chatham, and Sheerness to be taken by persons
residing o n the spot, and the Cattle for Chatham and Sheerness to be
slaughtered on the spot.
A Form of the Tender may be obtained, and the conditions of thr
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EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY,
LONDON, 30TH NOVEMBER, 1555.
To THE SHAREHOLDERS OF TIIE EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.
MY LORDS, LADIES, AND GENTLEMEN,

The report of the Committee of Investigation was placed in my
hands this morning for the first time, and soire few days mus
nec :sarily elapse before I cart thoroughly all Ay-se its contents
Nevertheless, for the interest or the under aking in which we arc al
concerned, as well as in fairness and common justice to myself and
others whose conduct is impugned, I have to re 4uest that you will
suspend your judgment until my reply is before you. In the mea
while I pledge myself to prove that the report of the Committee i,
based upon ml conception awl Ignorance of the Facts connected
with the case they have undertaken to investig to.
I am, my Lords, adies, and Gentl,men,
Your most obedient servant,

1) IVID WADDINGTON.
London, England, 1855-12-01

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.)

LorDoN, Dec. I.—Wind this day at noon, /sLw.
by W. ; light, with fine doll weather.

(PER ELEOTRIO TELEGRAPH.)
SOUTHAMPTON, Saturday Morning.
A.rriv ed—La Poule, from Cherbourg; Despatch (s.), Jer-
; Pet, Newcastle Charles Stewart and Cicely, Sun.
"rizind ; Argyll (s.), Carentan ; Atalanta (s.), Havre.
LIVERPOOL, Saturday Morning.

_
R rind N.N.W.
A ..yrived—Judith, from New Orleans; Wilson Kennedy,
QF,ebec ; Enterprise, Alexandria.
Sailed--Trinity yacht, for St. Michael's.
QUEENSTOWN, Nov. 29.
-Wind E.N.E.
•,,,,h-rrived—Araaranth, from Akyab ; Prima Donna and
'l3-"Jiry Marsden, Syra.

(BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Saturday, 9.51 a.m.
Wind W. ; tide, half-ebb; hazy.
Arrived, Nev. 30.—Ellen, from Honduras.
Dec. I.—Earl of Shaftesbury, from Malta.
Sailed—Amazon, for Adelaide ; Gwalia, Swan River;
Ulysses, Calcutta; Isabella, Sydney.
DEAL, Saturday, 9.31 a.m.
Wind N.W., light and hazy.
Passed, Nov. 30 —Aerika, from London, for Charles.
ton, U.S.

On the 23d the Diet of Mecklenburg rejected by a
ma jority of 38 voices to 23, a proposition providing for
the accession of Mecklenburg to the German Customs
Un ion.

M INEEL—At this season of the year it is no uncom-
mon t thing to find a degree of languor in the mining mar-
ket., for which no palpable reason can be assigned, and
"nipared with a few previous weeks, business since our
mat has not been very extensive, or very active. Of the
few mines in demand it is difficult to find seller 3, and
actual business has been more confined to low priced
and al )eculative shares, in which many transactions
tr 4 qu .)ted.—Mining Journal of this day.
London, England, 1855-12-01

SHARE MARKETS.

LIVERPOOL, Nov. 30.

STOCK EXCHANGE.—The tone of the market was verb
•,teady to-day, closing with a firm feeling. Caledonian,
27i 4—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 761 7—Midlands'
64 3i 4—South Eastern, 17i—London and North-Wester'',
93i—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 234—Great
Western of Canada, 23 3i—Dutch Rhenish, d. 13s. 9d.-"'
Eastern Counties, 8$ i—East Lancashire, 174—N.-Britishr
6i—N.-Eastern, Berwick, 16.18.9.—Birkenhead, Lanes'
shire, and Cheshire, 13g.
London, England, 1855-12-01

RUSSIA,

We have received the St. Petersburg journals
of the 23d of November.

The Invalide Busse publishes the following :
" Under date of the 6th (18th) of November, Aide•
de-Camp General Prince Gortschakoff sends the follow

Nothing remarkable has taken place in the
Crimea. According to information deserving of credit
only a °mull TuLelea hew'. left Euriavv,...;%.
The European troops have remained there, and on every
point the enemy generally is occupied in making great
preparations for the winter.

" The number of the enemy's ships of war in
Kamiesh Bay and in Sebastopol roads is very small."'
Under date of Simpheropol, 31st Oct. (Nov. 12),
the Emperor Alexander addressed the following
order to his troops :
" Brave soldiers of the army of the Crimea! By my
order of the day of the 30th of August last I expressed
to you the sentiments which filled my heart with sin-
cere gratitude for your services, which have immor-
talised the glory of the defence of Sebastopol. But it
did not suffice for my heart to thank you from a dis-
tance for the great acts of bravery and self-denial which
even astonished your .enemies, and which made you
brave all those difficulties of nearly a year's siege.
" Here, in the midst of you, I desired to say to you
personally how much benevolence and real affection I
entertain for you. My interview with you has procured
me inexpressible pleasure, and the brilliant condition in
which I found all the troops of the army of the
Crimea, after having inspected them, surpassed my ex-
pectations. I felt pleasure in beholding you and in
admiring you. I thank you, from my very soul, for
your services, your exploits, and y our bravery. They are
guarantees for me that my brave army well knows how to
uphold the glory of Russian arms, and to sacrifice itself
for its faith, its sovereign, and its country,
" In commemoration of the celebrated and valorous
defence of Sebastopol I have instituted, especially for
the troops who defended the fortifications, a silver me-
dal, to be worn at the button-hole, with the riband of
St. George.
"May this sign be the certificate of merit for each,
and inspire your future comrades with that sentiment of
duty and honour which constitutes the unshakeable
foundation of the throne and country.
" May the union upon this same medal of the name
of my father, of imperishable memory, and myself, be a
pledge to you of our sentiments, which are equally de-
voted to you, and may it perpetuate with you the inse-
parable memory of the Emperor Nicholas and of myself.
"I am proud of you as he was. Like him I place
full confidence in your tried devotion and in your zeal
in the accomplishment of your duty. In his name and
in my own I once more thank the brave defenders of
Sebastopol.—l thank the whole army.
(Signed) " ALEXANDER."
London, England, 1855-01-23

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plated drill, will be moved to some other station. A great
number have volunteered from this corps into the Artil-
lery, Cavalry, and Line. The Marquis of Donegal is
colonel of this Royal Corps, but Lieutenant-Colonel Fer-
guson is at present doing duty as commandant.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

TATTERSALL'S-MONDAY.

Speculations on the Chester Cup was stimulated to a
marked degree of activity by the publication of the Han-
dicap, in which The Reiver and Arthur Wellesley are
considered to be on terms sufficiently favourable to en-
title them to the most prominent positions in the bet-
ting. At the commencement 25 to 1 was taken about
each, but 30 to 1 was afterwards laid against Arthur.
Llanforda, Brown Brandy, and the Early Bird were
backed at the rate of 1,000 to 20 each, Scythian and
Andover at 1,000 to 15 each, and 1,000 to 10 each
against Bright Phcebus, Catastrophe, and Canute was
betted, and repeatedly offered afterwards.
Llanforda and The Early Bird had an advancing ten-
dency at the close.

THE DERBY.
750 to 100, 700 to 100, and 1,400 to 200 were booked
about the favourite, and 1,000 to 80 and 1,201 to 100
about Lord of the Isles. De Clare again receded to 13
to, 1, taken to 1401. 1,800 to 1000 was taken about
Oulston, 1,000 to 40 about Bonnie Morn, 1,000 to 20,
four times, about Affghan, 2,000 to 40 Vexation Colt,
and 2,000 to 35 Clementine colt. The other sets quoted
below were only to small sums.
Offers to lay 1,000 to 30 against Polydore, and to
back Lord of the Isles against anything bar one.
Grmculus Esuriens was quite in th• shade.

CLOSING PRICES.
CHESTER CUP.
25 to 1 agst The Reiver (taken)
25 to 1 agst Arthur Wellesley (taken)
50 to 1 agst Early Bird (taken)
50 to 1 agst Llanforda (taken)
50 to 1 apt Brown Brandy (taken)
66 to 1 agst Scythian (taken)
66 to 1 agst Andover (taken)
100 to 1 agst Bright Phoebus (taken)
110 to 1 agst Catastrophe (taken)
100 to 1 apt Can't' (taken)
TWO TROUSAND GUINEAS.
10 to 1 agst Polydore (taken).
DERBY.
7to 1 agst St. Hubert (taken)
12 to 1. agst Lord of the Isles
13 to 1 agst De Clare (taken)
18 to 1 agst Oulaton (taken)
(taken))
225550 ttt oo 1
o 11 ggg ass agst
Rambling
loaan
int tnbei ene Morn
k e
Katie
(taken)
50 to 1 agst Afghan (taken)
50 to 1 agst Vexation colt (taken)
2000 to 35 agst Clementina colt.

'RING HANDICAP.
Age et lb
Small Parcel 4 6 9
Incubus 4 6 8
Whiteloek
Knight Errant
Firebrand
Medal 4 6 5
Jenny Wren 4 4 5
Sir James Graham 4 6 5
Pole Star
Nell Gwynne
Meliora
Redemption
Sylvia 3 5 5
Prince Plausible 3 5 4
Lady Alicia
Troutina
Rajah 3 5 1
Cossey
Cropper
Duke of Hamilton 3 5 0
Newmarket
Banbury 3 4 9
Palmerston
PLATB.

Age st lb
Small Parcel ..... 4 6 13
Miss Briggs
Medal 4 6 6
Ceres
Nell Gwynne 3 6 4
Lady Alicia
Sylvia 3 5 12
Medway 3 5 11
Johnnie Taft 3 5 10
Resistance 3 5 8
Newmarket
Bambury
Black Pepper 3 5 0
London, England, 1855-01-23

LOCAL DUES.

Mr. HUDSON w'shed to a,lc the President of the
Board of Trade whether he was prepared with any mea,-
sure with reference to local dues and charges on ship.
ping.

- Sir. CARDWELL said a commission had been
Bitting on this subject, which bad reported with regard
to this part of the country, but the report relating to
Scotland and Ireland was not yet ready. It would be
ready, however, in a few days, and he did not deem it
expedient to legislate upon the subject until he was in
possession of that report.. _ _ .

THE CAVALRY CHARGE AT BA.LAKLA7A.
Mr. C. BERKELEY wished to ask the Secretary at
War two questions. In the first place, he wished
to ask whether the order which has been pub-
lished in the newspapers as emanating from Lord
Raglan to Lord Lucan, for the disastrous
cavalry charge at Balaklava was the correct order or not.
The second question he wished to ash was, why the cavalry
who were engaged in that charge were not to have a
clasp ? It was not the fault of the men that the charge
was so disastrous, and they ought to have a clasp as
well as the others who took part in the battles of Alma
and Balaklava.

Mr. S. HERBERT said he would answer the ques-
tion on ThurE,Oay.

NATIONAL EDUCATION,

Lord J. RUSSELL gave notice that on Friday he
should move fur leave to bring in a bill for the promotion
of education in England.

NAVY ESTIMATES.

Lord J. RUSSELL took this early opportunity of
stating that the Navy Estimates would be laid on the
table in the course of a day or two, and his right hon.
friend the First Lord of the Admiralty would be pre-
pared to go into a committee of supply, for the purpose
of considering these estimates, on Friday se'nnight.
London, England, 1855-01-23

LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.)

LONDON, Jan. 23.—Wind and weather this day at
Noon, Nerbherly breeze, with snow at times and a thaw.
PORTSMOUTH, Jan. 22.—Wind, N.E. Off Port—Charles
and Richard, Crimea. .
Hartlepool—and
DARTMOUTH, Jan. 22.—Wind, N.W. Arrived—Zee-
vaart, Vlaardengen, for Gibraltar, with considerable
damage, having been in contact on the 21st, off Salcouibe,
with the schooner Sir Charles Napier, of Southampton.
A ,Hi
mAi nr
aTIL EyPoorokr, ,(
sJcahno.o2n2e
r. —) , TQhf e
wbrig Aid,
the of Whitby—the
Mary Muir, of Sunderland—which went on shore on Nov.
last, all became total wrecks yesterday.
GIBRALTAR, Jan. 16.—The Rufus (British brig), from
Garrucha to Swansea, which was wrecked hero on the 12th
lust., is full of water, and it is doubtful if any portion of
her cargo (ore) will be raved.
The Nautilus (schooner), of Dartmouth, from Palermo
to Dublin, put in here on the Bth inst., with considerable
damage.
The Helen, from London to Constantinople, is detained
at Gibraltar, the crew refusing to proceed with the present
master.

(r ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
LIVERPOOL, Tuesday Morning,

Wind, E.
Sailed—Frederick, for Melbourne.
QuuENgrowzr, Jan. 21.

Wind, calm.
Arrived—Corce, from Alermdria ; Charles, from Prince
Edward's Island.
Sailed— Rezid, for Boston.
London, England, 1855-01-23

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THE PERSEVERANCE.

WOOLWICH, Jan. 22.—The Widgeon, steam-vessel, ac-
companied by two lighters, brought down a great number
of casks this morning to aid in attempting to raise the
Perseverance, iron screw steam troop-ship, slill lying on
her beam-ends in the East Dock at Woolwich. Powerful
anchors, to which the strongest cables were attached, and
every kind of available powers wore also used, but not the
slightest movement could be effected. Captain Sir B.
Walker, Surveyor of the Navy, arrived at the dockyard
yesterday to witness her position. Every time the tide
rises she fills with water on her port side, so as nearly to
touch the funnel in the centre of the ship.
London, England, 1855-01-23

FAILIRE IN THE IRON TRADE.—We regret to have
to state that the furnaces, two in number, of Messrs.
Turiff and Sharp, at New Cumnock, were blown out on
Friday last, the firm having been compelled to suspend
payment. The outlays connected with these works have
been very large, some six or seven miles of railway, to
be traversed by locomotives, having been made for the
purpose of bringing the mine to the works ; and
another line of railway, bver difficult ground, having
been made to connect it with the Glasgow and South-
Western Railway. By this suspension a large number
of workmen have been thrown out of employment, tem-
porarily at least. We have not beard particulars of tht
liabilities of•the firm, or the prospects as rewards the
settlement of their affairib—alasyow Daily Maal.•
London, England, 1855-01-23

STORES FOR THE CRIMEA.

Yesterday nearly 2,000 hair beds and bolsters, 4,000
pairs of cotton sheets, and about the same number of
blankets were put on board lighters at the Tower-wharf, to
be shipped on board the transports at Deptford, to be con-
veyed to the hospital at Scutari, for the use of the sick
and wounded.

Yesterday another extensive shipment of Canada stoves
for the Crimes took place from the Tower, as also several
thousand feet of iron tubing for chimneys. For the con-
vonieuce of fixing, this tubing, which is eight inches in
diameter, is made in two-feet lengths.
120,000 waterproof articles of dress for the army in the
Crimea, consisting of hoods, coats, and leggings, have just
been sent into the Government stores by the contractors.
The Oriental Company's screw steamer Rajah leaves
Southampton this day, with 53 huts for the British troops
in the Crimea. She proceeds to Portsmouth to take in
200 tons of warm clothing for the British troops in the
Crimea.

A farther contract has been entered into by Govern-
ment for the supply of 3,000 revolving pistols for her
Majesty's service.
The Swiftsnre, a sailing ship, laden with buts for the
French troops in the Crimea, left the port of Southampton
yesterday. She has been delayed for want of hands.
London, England, 1855-01-23

MILITARY.

The following appointments have been made to the
Royal Horse Artillery, consequent on the recent promo-
tions in the Royal Regiment of Artillery

" GENBEAL ORDERS.

"Deputy Adjutant-General's Office,
Woolwich, Jan., 1855.
"The Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance has been
pleased to appoint the under-mentioned officers to the
itoyal Horse Artillery, viz. :
" Colonel W. C. Anderson, vice Brereton, removed as a
general officer.
" Brevet-Major Charles Colville Young, vice Gilbert,
promoted.
"Brevet-Major John James Brandling, vice tho Hon. R.
C. H. Spenser, retired.
" Second Captain George Barstow, vice Lennox, pro.
moted.

" Second Captain Archibald M. Calvert to be Adjutant,
+rico Henry, promoted. '
" Second Captain Gaspard Lo Marchant Tupper, vice
Shakespeare, promoted.
" First Lieutenant William Booth, vico Campbell, pro-
moted.

" First Lieutenant Edwin Markham, vice Seale, pro-
moted.

" Woolwich, Jan. 13, 1855.

" Tho Lieutenant-Genoral of the Ordnance has made
the following appointments, viz.:—
" Captain and Brevet-Major George Ashley Maude,
Royal Horse Artillery, to be Brigade-Major at Woolwich,
vice Bingham, promoted.
" Captain and Brevet-Major John James Brandling,
Royal Horse Artillery, to be transferred to 1 Troop, va-
cated by Major Maude.
" Captain Henry Lynedoch Gardiner to the Royal Horse
Artillery, and posted to D Troop, vice Brandling.
" Woolwich, Jan. 19, 1855.
" The Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance has appointed
Second Captain and Brevet-Major Dixon Edward Hoste to
the Royal Horse Artillery, in the room of the Hon. David
M`DowallFraser, promoted.

" H. PAiLIBER, Assistant Adjutant• General,"

COLONEL ELPHINSTONE DALRYMPLE.
It is not genorally known that Lieut.-Colonel J. H.
Elphinstono Dalrymple, of the Scots Fusilier Guards, who
was ill on board ship in the harbour of Balaklava on the
sth of November, no sooner hoard of the attack on tho
British lines, than he rose from his sick bed, and, though
suffering from fever, and the effects of a wound in the
knee which he received at the battle of the Alma, made his
way to the scene of action, and (the senior officers being at
that time killed or wounded) took the command of the bat-
talion, from about ono o'clock till the shattered remnant of
the bravo band was marched off the ground at four p.m.
This energetic action nearly cost the gallant officer his
life; a violent relapse of the fever ensued, and a medical
board decided on sending him instantly to England for the
restoration of his health, which, as we are happy to hear,
is now improving.

The 42d Highlauderi are under orders to leave Stirling
Castle, for foreign service. They will be replaced by the
North York Regiment of Rifle Militia.
The Norfolk Regiment of Artillery are to assemble this
morning at Great Yarmouth, to be embodied for active
service. It is understood that the corps will immediately
be removed for garrison duty.
Captain Price's troops of 2d Dragoon Guards (Queen's
Bays), with tho Rifles and depot of the 26th Cameronians
at present constitutes tho Belfast garrison.
London, England, 1855-01-23

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NEWSPAPEAS.—Copies of "Times," and all
the other Papers posted same evening, clean and regular ;
also, the day after publicatioa.—Address to Mr. Geo. Ward, llall of
Commerce, City, London,

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.

'CUM DAY —Morninr, 33 min.tfter 5 I Evening 54 min.elt. 5
To-lleanow - Morning 18 min.after 6 Evening 39 min.aft. 6

TUE WEATHER.—Scno Oriwl, Jan. 23.
TdIZEMOMETICE, MTE SUA.DE.
36—highest since noon yesterday:
31—lowest this morning and during the night.
38—this day, at noon. _ _

BAILOMETRB, 29'90.
WIND, Variable from S.W. to N. —Light and cloudy,
with occasional snow and thaw.

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