The Sun.
London, England, 1864-11-25 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Money easy. Gold, 1371 premium. Exchange
on Lyndon Banker's Bills, 261; ditto on Paris,
284 to 23.

Stocks tending downwads. New York Central P,
1241; Illinois Shares, 1271 ; Erie, 1008 ; 5 20
Bonds, 103 i. Cotton dull. Middliug Upland,
142 c. Flour, wheat, and corn dull. Provisions
heavy. Coffee, sugar, and molasses steady. Petro-
leum crude 46; refined, 70.

OVERLAND MAILS.

SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 25.

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer
Masailia, with the heavy portion of the above
mails, has arrived here.

She brings 52 passengers and a general cargo,
including 218 bales of raw silk, value £20,000
sterling'

From Malta to this port she experienced strong
head winds and a heavy Eel.

On the 19th inst. she spoke the steamer Syria,
on the 20th the Prussian brig Philomel, and on
the following day the steamer Victoria, of
London.

The Syria, with the outward mails of the 12th,
encountered a heavy gale in the Bay of Biscay.
A heavy sea struck the vessel, carrying away
the fore companion, and crushing the arm of the
quartermaster of the ship,

GJERALTAR, Nov. 20.—Exchange on London,
50 to I ; on Marseilles, 5,22 ; Madrid, 2 dis.
Freights unaltered.

CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS.

The following telegram has been received at Mr
Renter's office from the Peninsular and Oriental
Steam Navigation Company, Nov. 25:
MARSEILLES, Nov. 25.
The Delta arrived at 9 a.m. to-day. The mails
leave for London at 11.30 e,m.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day,

CHERTSEY RACES-THIS DAY.
(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH
'WOBURN PARK PLATE.

_ _
Don
1
Sir Bobby
Sinite
3
Ten ran. Won easily by a length.
SELLING STEEPLECHASE.
White Stocking
Lord Stanley
Scotch Grey

Ten ran.
HUNT RACE.

Confederate
Swindlur

Nine ran.
MILITARY STEEPLECHASE.

Diadem 1
Kitty

LONDON GAZETTE—This Evening,

At the Council Chamber, Whitehall, the 25th day of
November, 1864.
_ _

Her Majesty having been pleased to appoint the Right
Bon. Edward, Lord Belper, to be her majesty's LicutaiaLt
of the county of Nottingham, his Lordship this day took
and subscribed the oath appointed to be taken thereupon
instead of the oaths of allegiance, supremacy, and abjura-
tion.

FOREIGN OFFICE, Nov. 23.

Tho Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Robert
Thomas .iharles Middleton, Etq., now a Second Secretary
in her Majesty's Diplomatic Service, employed in her Ma-
jesty's Legation at Lisbon, to be Secretary to her Majesty's
Legation at Mexico.
MzellßhAasLtTilYis,dNayovb.et2n2.
promoted to the
Mr Clement IlAiDri
rank of Master in her Majesty's Fleet.

• Nov. 23.
Mr Edward Hocken and Mr Henry Rider have been this
day tromoted to the rank of First Class Assistant Engi-
neers in her Majesty's Fleet, with seniority of Ist Novem-
ber, 1861.

BANKRUPTS.
That portion of the Gazette containing the Bankrupts bad
not arrived when we went to press.

Course of Exchange, —This Day,

Amsterdam
•
Ditto
Rotterdam - 11 191 12 191
--25 60 25 65
Antwerp
Brussels — 25 60 25 65
Hamburg — 13 81 13 9
Paris . Short. 25 17f 25 2,5
Ditto
Marseilles — 25 60 25 65
Frankfort on Maine — 1201 1201
Vienna
Trieste
2,a 291
Petersburgh .. ,
Berlin — Madrid
Cadiz
461 471
Leghorn
•—.. 26 75 25 80
Milan - 25 75 25 81
Genoa
--- 25 75 25 80
Naples ............ . 26 771 25 821
Pa1erm0.......... -- 26 771 25 821
Me55ina...,........ 26 771 25 821
Lisbon ............ --
511 51}
Oporto
per oz., £3 17 9
Mexican Dollars
Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard).... • .

COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' ECHOOL DINNER.-
11,11,11, the Duke of Cambridge has kindly consented to
take the chair at the annual dinner, which will be held at
the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-slreet, in the latter pact
of December next,

MINING IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.—Upwards of 150
persons, consisting of miners and their families, have this
week left Cornwall to work on the extensive copper mines
in Sauth Australia. The whole of the party received free
or assisted passages under the G3vernment system of emi.
gratiOn to Adelaid.