The Sun.
London, England, 1864-01-30 00:00:00

WHITECHAPEL.

Beef, from 3s 6d to 4s Gd; mutton, 3s 10d to 4s 8d; veal,
4s 8d to 58 6d; and pork, 35 6d to 4s 6d per 81ba by the
carcase.

BREAD.

The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from
6±d to 7d , of household do., 5d to 6d per 41b loaf.

HIDES AND SKINS.
Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 21d to 3d ; 641 b to 721 b, 3d
to 31d ; 721 b to 801 b, 3d to 3id ; 801 b to 881 b, 31d to 4d ;
881 b to 961 b, 4d to d ; 961 b to 1041 b, 4d to 41d ; 1041 b to
1121 b, —d to —d. Horse hides, 9s Od to lOs 6d ; calf skins,
light, 2s Od to 4s Od ; full, 7s Od to Os Od ; polled sheep, lOs
Od to 13s Gd; half-breds, 8s Gd to lOs 6d; Downs, Os Od to
9s Od; lambs, Os Od to Os Od; sheailings, Os Od to 65 Od.

Naval and Military Intelligence.

THE NAVY.

The Orontes, screw troop ship, Captain H. W.
Hire, will make her trial of speed and machinery,
on the completion of her repairs, at the measured
mile in Stokes Bay, Portsmouth, on the sth or 6th
prox., before again proceeding on foreign troop
service.

Messrs. Penn and Son, and Messrs. Maudslay
and Field, have each received orders from the Ad-
miralty for three pairs of engines with twin screws,
similar in design and power to the engines of the
screw launch Experiment, recently fitted by the
steam factory department of Portsmouth Dockyard,
and the experimental trials of which, both as re-
garded speed and steering power or capabilities of
towing, have been attended with the most satisfac-
tory results. The engines for which the two firms
named have flip order will be fitted to the launches
of six first-class ships in commission.
The Gorgon, 6, paddle, Commander Wilson, ar-
rived at Spithead yesterday morning from the Cape
of Good Hope; and received orders to coal and pro-
ceed round to Woolwich to dismantle and pay out
of commission. She left the Cape on the sth of
December, called in at Ascension on the 26th, St.
Vincent's on the 10th of January, and Madeira on
the 20th. The Narcissus screw frigate, flagship of
the admiral commanding at the station, was lying
at anchor at the Cape when the Gorgon left, and
the Zebra screw corvette was lying at Ascension.
Mr. Strong and Mr. Smith,' masters' assistants,
R.N., with 34 naval invalids, came home in the
Gorgon from the Cape and Ascension, and were yes-
terday transferred from the ship, at Spithead, to the
Victory flagship in Portsmouth harbour.
The Urgent screw troopship, preparing at Ports-
mouth for commission and troop service, under
the command of Captain Henderson, late of the
Megmra, was yesterday undocked from No. 8
dock and placed in the steam basin to complete
her outfit. The Royal paddle yacht Alberta was
afterwards placed in the same dock, to carry out
alterations in her fittings and complete her paint-
ing, in readiness for service.

The screw steamship St. George, 81, Captain the
Hon; Francis Egerton, in Plymouth Sound, just re-
turned from Malta, was inspected on Thursday by
Port Admiral Sir Charles H. Fremantle, K.C.B.
Her powder and ammunition are discharged. She
will shortly go into Hamoaze to be stripped before
the crew are paid off. This will probably take place
on the 10th proximo. The St. George has been in
commission three years and eight months, during
which time she has been chiefly employed on the
North American and Mediterranean stations.

The troopship Alegaara, from Portsmouth, arrived
at Plymouth on Thursday, and, having transferred
supernumerary seamen to the steam tender Trin-
culo for service in the Channel squadron, proceeded
into Hamoaze to be refitted. The Trinculo, which
had been waiting for the troopship, left imme-
diately for Lisbon.