The Sun.
London, England, 1854-12-21 00:00:00

AMERICA.

LIVERPOOL, DEC. 21, 1 A..M.
The steamer Baltic has arrivedi with the mail
from New York of the 9th inst.
She has brought no specie.
The Union, from Southampton, arrived on the
Bth. _

The proceedings in the Congress were unimpor-
tant. Mr. Bright had been elected President of
the Senate.
Secretary Dobbin in his annual report on the
navy, demands an increase of war vessels..
Several disasters by fire and storm had occurred.
There was no confirmatory news relative to the
discovery of the remains of Sir John Franklin and
his party.
A Washington letter of the Bth states that the
motion for the total, repeal of the duty on coals will
be carried by a large majority in Congress.
A. party of Sioux Indians had attacked the mail
from Salt Lake, murdered the men in charge, and
rifled the bags of their contents.
The New York money-market showed a slight
improvement.
The stock market was better, with extensive
transactions.
Exchange heavy ; bills on London, 106i•to 108 ;
Paris, 5 15 to 5 20.
Cotton declinedic. ; business limited.
Flour had advanced. The cold weather had closed
the rivers and canals in the neighbourhood of New
York; and the winter stock was lighter than for
manyyears past.
Provisions without change.

Iron dull.
Freights were a shade lower. To London—flour,
2s. to 2s. 3d. ; heavy goods, 20s. to 255. ToLivor-
pool...cotton, 5-32 to 3-16 ; flour, ls. 9d. to is.
lOid. ; grain, 6d. to 6W. To Havre—Cotton,
1.48 c. to 3ic. ; grain, 10c.
EW ORLEANS, DEC. 8.
Cottox declined c. to ic. The increased receipts
at this port over last year at this time are 44,000
bales.

DEPARTURE OF FRENCH MEDITER-

RANEAN PACKETS.

GENERAL POBT-OFTICE, Dec., 1854.—The following
are the days fixed for the departure from Marseilles of
the French packets in the Mediterranean, communicated
to the Postmaster-General by the French Post-office,
and printed for general information :—ltalian line—Ge-
noa, Leghorn, Civita Vechia, Naples, Messina, and Malta,
leave Marseilles every Monday, due on return every Wed-
nesday. Levant Lice. (Ordinary). Malta, Syra,
Smyrna, Mytelene, Dardanelles, Gallipoli, and Constan-
tinople ;1 leave Marseilles every Thursday, dna on re-
turn every Saturday. Levant Line (Supplementary).—.
Messina, Piraeus, Gallipoli, and Constantinople ; leave
Marseilles every Monday, due on return every Tuesday.
Egyptian Line.—Malta and Alexandria ; leave Mar-
seilles on Thursday in every alternate week, commencing
the 21st inst., due en return Sunday in every alternate
week. Algiers Line.—Algiers, leaves Marseilles, sth,
10th, 15th, 20th, 25th, and 30th of each month, due on
return 2d, 7th, 12th, 17th, 22d, and 27th of each month.
Oran Line.—Oran, leaves Marseilles 3d, 13th, and 23d
of each month, due on return Ist, 11th, and 21st of each
month. Tunis Line.—Stora, Bona, and Tunis, leaves
Marseilles Bth, 18th, and 28th of each month, due on
return sth, 15th, and 25th of each month. Letters,
&se., intended to be forwarded by these packets, must
be poster' in London two clear days before the date of
departure from Marseilles. Thus a letter for the packet
proceeding to the Italian coast and Malta, leaving Mar-
seilles on Monday, must be posted in London on the
evening of the preceding Friday ; and letters for the
orclinari Levant line, leaving Marseilles on Thurtday,
must be posted in London on the evening of the precede
ing Monday.