The Sun.
London, England, 1855-12-20 00:00:00

HAY MARKETS.

Burr AFISLD.—Moadow hay, 4/ 5s to 6/ Os ; clover ditto,
41 15s to 6/ 15s ; and straw, ld 4s Od to 1/ Os Od per lold.
A stendy trade.
CIIMBEELAND.—Meadow hay, 4/ 8s to 6/ 6s ; clove] do.,
41 12 to 6/ 153 ; and straw, 1/ 5s to 1/ 103 per load.
Trade firm.

WrirrzoilAPAL.—Meadow hay, 4/ 5s to 61 Os; clover
do., 4/ 15s to 71 Oa ; and straw. 11 Ss to 11 9e per load.
A. short supply, and a steady trade.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.)

LotinoN, Dee. 20.—Wi❑d this day at noon, E.,
strong breeze and fine clear frosty weather.
PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 19.—Wind E.S.E., blowing a gale
—Arrived—Hesperus, from Cheeme, for Bremen, with
loss of bowsprit, cut water, &c., from contact with a large
ship, 6th Dec, off Cape Fini sterre ; Canadian (s. tpt.),
Constantinople, &c.
JERSEY, Dec. 18,—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Shamrock,
from Gaspe. Sailed—Souvenir, for St. Thomas.
KINGROAD, Dec. 19.—Arrived—Ocean Queen, from
Quebec, for Gloucester.
HOLYHEAD, Dec. 18. —The Elizabeth, from Neath to
Liverpool, which was on shore near Aberfrau, 15th inst.,
has been got off, after discharging part of cargo, and is now
in the old harbour here.

LIVERPOOL, Dec. 19.—The vessel which was ashore
yesterday off Tranraere slip, leaky, was the Koh-i-Noor,
from Cornwall.

DUBLIN, Dec. 19.—The John, of Troon, was wrecked
on Arklow Bank, on the 17th inst.
BaYTH, Dec. 19.—The Mead, of and from London for Har-
tlepool, got on the Seaton Sea Rock, and is in a dangerous
position, the sea being high and the wind from S.S.E. ;
crew saved.

LowEsTorr, Dec. 19.—The Token, of Leith ; the Emma,
of Exeter ; and the George and Margaret, of Seaharn, are
on shore; crews all saved.
HARTLEPOOL, Dec. 19. —Wind S.S.E., blowing hard—
Arrived—Concord, from Dalhousie ; the sloop Ino, from
Boston, is on share at Seaton Carew ; the sloop Brougham,
from Boston to Newcastle, has put in with loss of bow-
sprit and other damage, and must discharge.

(PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday Morning.
Arrivcd.—Despatch, (s ), from Jersey ; Alliance, (s.),
Havre.

Sailed.—Psyche, for Black Sea ; Wonder, (s.), Jersey ;
Atalanta, (s.), Havre.
LIVERPOOL, Thursday Morning.
Wind Southerly.
Arrived.—St. Charles, from New Orleans.
Off.—Excelsior and Ashburton, from New York.
Sailed.—Volant, for St. Michael's; Thomas Joaquin,
Havannah; Georgians, Leghorn.

(BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Thursday, 9.51 a.m.
Wind S.E. ; tide, four hour's flood; weather flue and
frosty.
Arrived, Dec. 19. Great Britain, from Quebec; Lord
Strangford, Guernsey ; Sostene Gottenborg ; Idalia, Am-
sterdam; Victoria, Gijon; Velocity, Oporto.
DEAL, Thursday, 9.26 a.m.
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Wind S.E., very strong.
The schooner Lelean still remains on the Goodwin, with
her masts standing.

OHANGES ILV THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.

Several new members will take their seats on the
opening of Parliament, and some writs will be moved
for as moon as the house assembles. The Right Hon.
Robert Lowe, having accepted the office of Vice-Presi-
dent of the Beard of Trade, resigned his seat, and was
elected for Kidderminster on the 14th of August, the
day on which Parliament was prorogued. On the same
day, the Right Hon. William Cowper, having resigned
his seat in consequence of his appointment as President
of the General Board of Health, was re-elected for
Hertford. On the 16th of August, the Right Hon.
Edward Bouverie, having resigned his seat in con-
sequence of his appointment as President of the Poor-
law Board, was re-elected for Kilmarnock. These
three right hon. gentlemen will take the oaths and their
seats. Mr. James Rust will take the oaths and his seat
for Huntingdonshire, in the room of Viscount Mande-
ville, who has become Duke of Manchester ; the Earl
Gifford succeeds Lord Seymour in the representation of
Totnes, the noble lord having become Duke of Somer-
set ; Captain Jolliffe will take his seat for Wells, in the
room of 'lr. Robert Charles Tudway, deceased ; Sir
Charles Napier succeeds to the representation of South-
wark, which became vacant by the death of Sir William
Molceworth, Bart.; Mr. Bond will take his seat for
Armagh, in the room of Mr. Ross Stephenson Moore,
who died shortly after the prorogation of Parliament;
Mr. M'Evoy succeeds Mr. Frederick Lucas, deceased,
in the representation of the county of Meath. 011 the
meeting of Parliament, new writs will be moved for
Taunton, in the room of the Right Hon. Henry Labou-
ohere, who has become Secretary of State for the Colo-
nies ; for Leeds, in the room of the Right Hon. Mat-
thew T. Baines, who has become Chancellor of the
Duchy of Lancaster ; for New Ross, in the room of Mr.
Charles Gavan Duffy, who has retired from the repre-
sentation ; for Rochester, in the room of the Hon.
Francio J. Villiers, who has accepted the Chiltern Hun-
dreds ; and for Yarmouth, in the room of Mr. C. E.
Rumbold, who has intimated his intention of withdraw.
ing from Parliamentary life.

AN INVOCATION FROM THE ARMY.

(From Punch.)

To IN ILIASTRIOUS FIELD-MARSIIAL.
By the service thou haat seen ;
By each hour that thou haat been
Under fire in trench or field,
By that sword which thou dost wield
First in breach or upon wall ;
By thy daring actions all ;
By thy charges and attacks ;
By the halts and bivouacks;
By the nights which thou has spent
In the cold and dreary tent ;
By the hard and scanty faro
Thou has often had to share;
By the country thou haat saved ;
By the nations thou hest braved ;
By the Mini 6 bolts of lead
Which have whistled past thy head ;
By the countless cannon-shot,
Round, grape, canister, red-hot,
Near thee which have plough'd the ground ;
By the bombs that have burst round ;
By the rockets that have dropp'd
Right before thy feet—and popp'd ;
By each sabre, bay'net, lance,
Which thy breastplate hath made glance ;
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With thy laurels on thy brow ;
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UNION OF COLONIAL SCIENTIFIC INSTITU-
TIONS WITH THE SOCIETY OF ARTS.

The council of the Society of Arts, having received an
application from the Jamaica Society of Arts to be taken
into union of the same footing as the mechanics' institu-
tions of Great Britain and Ireland, have bad under con-
sideration for some time past the means of most effectu-
ally extending the benefits of the principles of associa-
tion and co-operation to similar societies throughout the
British colonies and India. With this view they have
laid down the following conditions and terms of union :-
1. The Society of Arts is prepared to receive into
union any institution, established in a British colony or
in the British possessions in India, for the advancement
of literature and science, or for the encouragement of
arts, manufactures, and commerce.

2. It shall be the duty of the officers of the Society of
Arts to correspond with the secretaries of such associated
colonial institutions on matters relating to their recog-
nised objects.
3. The productions or manufactures of a colony, trans-
mitted by a colonial associated institution, shall receive
all due publicity by means of the society's exhibitions,
publications, and discussions.
4. The weekly journal of the society, with its other
publications, shall be duly forwarded to every associated
colonial institution, and a portion of the columns of the
journal shall be reserved for colonial discussions and cor-
respondence.
5. Whenever any member of an associated colonial
institution, bearing a letter of introduction from its
secretary, shall visit London, he may enjoy the usual
privileges of a corresponding member of the S ,ciety of
Arts during his stay, and may have his letters addressed
to him at the Society's home, in the Adel phi.
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6. The council will afford their advice and vsistance
to any colonial associated institution which may desire
to obtain in England or France any scientific or educa-
tionAl apparatus, and will obtain and furnish to any co-
lonial associated institution reports on any produce sent
over for examination.

7. A colonial associated institution shall have the pri-
vilege of purchasing books through the society's agency,
on the same scale of reduction as is now granted to home
associated institutions.

8. The system of examination proposed to be insti-
tuted by the Society of Arts filial] be extended so as to
embrace candidates who shall have duly attended classes
at colonial associated institutions, and certificates of
merit shall be awarded by the society's examiners on
examination papers duly authenticated and remitted
from the colonies.

9. A colonial institution may be admitted into union
on the same terms as a home iu.stitution—namely, an
annual payment of two guineas.

- By orJer,
PETER LE NEVE FOSTER, M.A., Secretary.
Society's House, Adelphi, London, Dec. 19.

MISS NIGHTINGALE'S LIST OF THINGS
NEEDED BY OUR S9LDIERS IN THE
CRIMEA.

A letter from Miss Florence Nightingale has been re-
ceived by Miss Halliday, of Manchester, in answer t
one from the latter lady, inquiring the nature of the
articles now most needed by our brave soldiers, those
in hospital e,pecially, in the Crimea. We beg to call
particular attention to this letter, as it corrects sonic
misapprehensions as to the nature of the articles at pre-
sent really needed, and as to those of which a super-
abundance has already been received. Miss Nightin-
gale's letter is in the following terms :
"Castle Hospital, Balaklava, Nov. 23, 1855.
" You have my best thanks for your very kind offer of
again assisting in the supply of the wants of the soldiers.
Of other articles there is now such a sufficient supply that
the only things which it would be now of we to send are
the following :--Stationery of all kinds, threads, cottons,
tapes, buttons, the small `diamond' size of Testaments
and small Prayer-hooks, this size being best adapted for
the space the soldier has at disposal. Books of travels,
biographies, 'Constable's Miscellany,' HouseholdWords.'
Of sermons and tracts, and of novels, wo have an over-
abundant supply. I bog also to thank you for your kind
inquiries after my health, which is bettor than it has
boeu.—l remain, dear madam, yours very truly,
" FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE."