The Sun.
London, England, 1855-01-10 00:00:00

CORN EXCHANGE.

To-day's market was fairly supplied with Monday's un-
sold samples of English wheat. All kinds were very dull,
at almost nominal quotations.
The show of foreign wheat was.but moderate. Sales pro-
gressed with great heaviness; indeed, there were scarcely
any buyers to be met with.
We had an unusually dull inquiry for both barley and
malt, the value of which had a downward tendency.
For oats, beans, peas, and flour there was scarcely any
demand. Prices were, therefore, nominally the same as
on Monday.

ARRIVAL% VHS WEER.
Wheat, Barley. I Malt.
760 t 2,430 1,810
1,191

English ..
Irish ....
Foreign ..

Oats. Flom%
1,39) t 610
1,300 i
3,960 380sks.
630 brls.

BOROUGH HOP.
Good and fine hops are in steady request, at full prices.
In other kinds very little is doing.

WHITECHAPEL.

The general demand ruled heavy to-day, as follows :
—Beef, 3s 2d to 4s 4d ; mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; veal,
4s Od to 5s Od; pork, 3s Od to 4s 4d per 81bs. by the
carcase.

ROYAL INSTITUTE OF BRITISH

ARCIIITECTS.

At the usual bimonthly meeting at their rooms, 17
Grosvenor-street, Mr. Benjamin Parry in the chair;
Professor DONALDSON, hon. see., on laying on the
table the several donations presented to the library and
museum since the last meeting, mentioned that a new
process of oil painting was at present being tried
at Metz, whereby, without any previous preparation
of the plaster, the whole effect of fresco was obtained.
The decorations were painted on an exceedingly thin
medium, and then made adherent to the walls. He also
referred to the new blocks of houses in course of erection
in the neighbourhood of the Louvre, and stated that the
municipality of Paris have lately voted a million of mo-
ney to improve and ornament that city, in order to bring
to it a concourse of strangers, and thereby promote the
welfare of every class of tradesmen.
Mr. BAKER then exhibited an elegant model of the
dome of the tomb of Ibrahim Rajah at Beegepoor, which,
even under disadvantageous circumstances, showed that
the equilibrium of that structure was so perfect that no
abutment was required to counteract a lateral thrust.
Mr. CALDWELL read an interesting paper on the warped
appearance not the spire of All Saints' Church, Chester-
field. There were( he said) different opinions entertained
about it in the neighbourhood of the town. Some persons
maintained that it had been built awry, whilst others, in
contradiction to their eyesight, maintained that it was
perfectly straight. He found, in reference to the his-
tory of the church, that it had been dedicated in
1232 ; but he bad been unable to discover at what
time the spire assumed its present twisted ap-
pearance. A. work, published in 1753, descriptive of
Derbyshire, referred to the circumstance of its being
warped, but gave no clue as to the time it became so.
By correct measurement, the top of the spire had a de-
flection of seven feet from the perpendicular, in a south-
western direction. He had himself recently examined
it, and found that the tower supporting it had never
in the least settled, but he also found that the sus-
' taining timbers had been put up on a bad system
of construction, so that a set of columns on the
weather side of the spire contracted • and it was his
opinion that the other sets were twisted by the weight
of the superincumbent lead, so as to accommodate that
subsidence, and that the lead itself thereby was made to
assume the warped appearance which it at present
presents.

An interesting conversation followed the reading of
Mr. Caldwell's paper, for which he received the thanks
of the meeting.

It has been reported in Vienna that the grand attack
on Sebastopol was to be made on the 4th.
Eight of the English sailors, engineers, and stokers,
taken prisoners at Gamly-C:aleby, left Hamburg en the
4th, on board of the London steamer, for their homes,
well satisfied in having once more gained their freedom.
CRYSTAL PALACE, TUESDAY.—SHILLING DAY.—Ad-
mission at the doors, 1,712 ; admission by season tickets,
230 ; total, 1,995.

DEATH OF THE GOAT OF THE 23D FUSILIERS.—The
celebrated snow-white goat presented by her Majesty to
the 23d Royal Welsh Fusiliers died on the 20th ult.
After weathering the campaign in Bulgaria, and march-
ing proudly at the head of his regiment from Kalamita
Bay to Sebastopol, he has at last fallen without wear-
ing the Alma medal he had earned on the way. His
stately demeanour and reverend beard made him a
prominent feature in the appearance of the regiment as
it moved along, and the gap left by his absence will force a
recollection of the fine animal upon the memory of every
one familiar with the gallant 23d. He had been hutted
and every care had been taken to protect him against
the exposure and inclement weather, but all this atten-
tion was unavailing, and he died two days ago.
THE FRENCH HORSES IN THE CRIMEA.—The Courrier
de Lyons publishes a letter, dated from before Sebasto-
pol, the 21st ult., written by an officer to his family at
Lyons, in which it is said the cold kills a great many of
our French horses daily. The Arab horses of the Chas-
seurs d'Afrique resist better, as may be supposed. The
former are brought up in warm stables, thQ others in the
open air. The poor Artillery horses which are so fine in
France are at present so thin that it is sad to see them,
_ _

ITALY.

The Piedmontese Gazette, of the 6th inst., an-
nounces that the military cordon established along
the Sardinian frontier by the Government of Este,
was withdrawn on the Ist inst., but that the state
of siege still continued at Carrara.
The Diritto having mentioned as positive that
the Sardinian Government and the Western Powers
were negotiating a treaty of alliance offensive and
defensive, one of the first stipulations of which was
that a portion of the Piedmontese army should be
sent to the Crimea, the Genoa Corriere Mercantile
of the 6th contradicts that report. "England and.
France," it says, "have thrown out vague and offi-
cious insinuations to that effect, but hitherto they
have made no serious overtures."

The Avisatore Alessandrino disapproves of the
sending of 15,000 men of the Sardinian army to the
Crimea, at the request of England and France.
" Those men, it sa)•s, " belong to Italy, and must
remain there." The same journal, however,
adds :

" We have reason to know that our Government, at
the demand of England, will authorise the latter to
recruit, in the country, among the Sardinian citizens,
who have accomplished their time of military service,
and among those who have drawn a number exempting
them from the conscription."

The Tuscan Monitor, of the 4th inst., publishes
the following report, addressed to the Grand Duke
by his Ministers

"We submit to the examination and approbation of
your Imperial and Royal Highness not only the general
budget of receipts and expense of the States for 1855, but
also the special estimates of each Ministry. The general
budget which we submit to your approbation presents
the following results :—Receipts, 47,608,400 livres • ex-
penses, 37,546,700 livres; balance of receipts, 61,700
livres. Thus, exclusively of the expenses, which the
maintenance of the auxiliary troops and those required
for the execution of the decree of November 3, 1852,
may render necessary, the State can reckon, as far as
reliance can be placed on human affairs, usually so un-
certain, on a surplus of 61,700 livres. The expenses in-
cluded in the above total, are divided as follows be-
tween the different Ministerial departments : Interior,
2,741,100 livres ; Grace and Justice, 3,464,000 ; War,
7,883,900 livres ; Foreign Affairs, 240,604 livres; Public
Instruction, 867,600 livres; Ecclesiastical Affairs, 189,600
livres; Finance, 21,530,000 livres. In all, 37,546,700
livres. The war estimates exceed by 254,300 livres
those of last year. When the situation changes we must
abide the consequences of that change, and, to meet the
emergency, submit to an augmentation of expenditure,
the terms of which cannot
amply compensate
ecxoametplyensfaotreeseuesn,fborutththaet
a
success of the reorganisation of our army on a most re-
sspcerficitacbe.le footing will
(Signed) " G. BALDASBERONI.
" E. LANDUCCI.
" Duke de CASIGLIANO.
" M. LAAII.
" G. BOLOGNA.
" C. BUONA.ROTTI.
"Dated December 19, 1854."

LETTERS FOR THE TRANSPORT SER-
VICE IN TURKEY AND THE BLACK
SEA.

In accordance with the provisions of a Treasury war-
rant, the postage upon a letter, not exceeding half an
ounce in weight, posted in the United Kingdom, ad-
dressed to any seaman serving on board a transport em-
ployed by her Majesty's Government in Turkey or the
Black Sea, or forwarded by any such seamen, ad-
dressed to the United Kingdom, conveyed by direct
packet (which term includes a ship of war, or any vessel
employed by, or in the service of, her Majesty) or vice
Malta, but without passing through France, has been
reduced to One Penny.
To entitle such letters to conveyance at this reduced
rate, however, the following regulations must be ob-
served :-
Ist. The penny must be paid at the time the letter is
posted.
2d. It must be stated in the direction of the letter
that the person to whom it is addressed, or by whom it
is sent, is a seaman serving on board a transport.
3d. When the letter is from a seaman serving on board
a transport the officer having the command must sign his
name, and specify the ship to which the seaman belongs.
4th. The letter must not exceed half an ounce in
weight.
sth. The letter must relate entirely to the private
concerns of the seaman.
The foregoing particulars must be given in the follow-
ing form :

From A. 8.,

Seaman on board the Transport ---
(Here the direction of the letter must be inserted.)
C. D., Captain or other Commanding Officer
Transport Ship --
To A. 8.,
Seaman on board the Transport ---
(Hero the direction of the letter must be finished.)

Upon letters sent to a seammn serving on board a
transport, if the postage of one penny be not pre-paid
in the United Kingdom, the Itaers cannot be forwarded,
but.will be returned to the writers.

Letters sent by seamen, upon which the penny has not
been pre-paid, v, ill be liable to a charge of 2d. each on
delivery ; but to enable seamen to pay the postage of
their letters in advance, they will be permitted to use
postage stamps, which may be obtained from the Post-
masters of her Majesty's forces in Turkey.
Letters addressed to cr sent by officers serving on board
transports, when forwarded by direct packet or via
Malta, will be liable to a postage of 11d. the half ounce,
which postage, upon letters sent from the United King-
dom, must also be paid in advance.
It must be distinctly understood that the reluction of
postage here authorised applies exclusively to letters
sent by the direct sea route between this country and
Turkey, and that letters sent via France will be charge
able with the following rates of postage, viz.:—
Not exceeding 4 ounce, ls.
Exceeding oz., and nut exceeding oz., 2s.
Exceeding oz., and not exceeding oz., 3s.
Exceeding 4 oz., and not exceeding 1 oz., 4s.
Exceeding 1 oz ,and not exceeding 14 oz., ss.
And so on, increasing ls. for each I oz.
ROWLAND nILL, Secretary.