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The Sun.
London, England, 1854-10-23

ABEEDEEN—OcT. 20.

The prices of grain to-day are—Oats, 00s Od to 00( 0.1,
40 lbs per Lushel; new oats, 24s Gd to 25s 6d, 401bs per
bushel ; bere, 26s 6d to 27s Od, 531bs per bushel ; barley,
26s Gd to 273 Oa, 531bs per bushel ; wheat, rod, 45s Od to
Od, 621b3 per bushel; wheat, white, 58s Od to 65s Od,
621134 per bushtl ; oatmeal, 193 Od tc 20s Od per boll;
floar, 44s 0(1 to 46s Od per sazk. Provisions—Beef, per lb,
7d t, Od ; mutton, slitto, 7d to 9d ; veal, ditto, 8(1 to 9d;
pork, per lb, Os 7d to Os 8d ; salmon, per lb, is Od to Os Od ;
rabbits, each, Oct to Od ; tallow, per stone, 515 9d to Os Od ;
potatoes, per peck, 8(1 to Os 9(1 • butter, per lb, lid to 121 ;
eggs, per doz, Os 101 to Os 11A ' • hens, per pair, 3s 0,1 to
Gd ; chickens, ditto, 0.1 to 28 Gd ; ducks, ditto, 2. 01
to 25 6 1 ; ducklings, ditto, 2s Gd to 45 Od ; turkeys,
35 6 to 4s Od •, geese, (ate, 2s 6d to 3s Od ; butter
for exportation (present cure), per cwt, 89s to 003 Od ;
ditto (summer cured), 003 to 00s Od ' • eggs, wholesale price,,
per dozen, 6d to 7d ; 41b loaf, 7(1 ; 21b loaf, 30; pork,
fine small, Os Od to 'Od pork, arge, Os Od to Os Od ;
lamb, per qr., Os to 03 Otl; cheese, per imperial stone,
5* 6(1 to 7s.

DUBLIN, OCT. 20.
There was a moderate supply at our Corn Exchange to-
day, and the market was brisk for all descriptions of grain.
Wheat of all qualities, and the middling and lower sam-
ples of oats and barley, were 6d to is dearer. The best oats
and prime malting barley fully supported the currencies of
Tuesday, but realised no advance. Foreign wheat and In-
dian corn 2s to 3s dearer.

White wheat, 345. Od to 38s Od ; rod ditto, 31a 0 ! to 35, ;
barley, 15s 6d to 188 Od ; oats, 12s td to 19s Od ; rapeseed,
27s Od to 28s 6d per brl ; oatmeal, 14s 6d to 16a 6d ; bak.rd
flour, 20s Od to 263 Od per cwt ; luuiau corn, 39s Od to 453 Or
per 4801bs.
London, England, 1854-10-23

FRAN CE.

Most of the Paris journals of yesterday appear
without leading articles, and what there is in the
original columns is destitute of interest for the
general reader.

The Emperor has just nominated Admiral Her-
nous to the command of the naval division of the
Antilles, Admiral Guerin to that of the Indo-
Chinese division, and Admiral Larocque de Chau-
fray to that of the division of Brazil and La Plata.
Count Theodore de Lameth, general-de-brigade
and officer of the Legion of Honour, has just died,
aged 99, at the chateau of Busagny, near Pontoise.
He was the senior general in the French army.
Vicomte Lemercier, deputy in the Legislative
Body for the department of the Charente, died on
Thursday. His funeral took place yesterday.

AUSTRALIA.

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ARRIVAL OF THE LIGHTNING.
LIVERPOOL, MONDAY MORNING.
The magnificent clipper ship Lightning, Forbes,
Commander, has just arrive] from Melbourne
with advices to the 20th August, after a most ex-
traordinary run of 63 days mean time.
The Lightning has brought 80 passengers, and
40,000 ounces of gold dust on freight, besides a
large amount in the hands of passengers.
The steamer Great Britain arrived at Melbourne
on the 18th August, and was shortly afterwards
placed in quarantine.
The Lightning has brought answers to the letters
of June 13 per Great Britain, making a course of
post of only 132 days.
The clipper ship John Banks sailed from Mel-
bourne for London on the 15th August, with a large
amount of gold dust on freight.
The screw steamer, Lady Jocelyn, with the mails
of the 4th June, from Southampton, arrived at
Melbourne on the 12th August.
The clipper ship Ocean Chief, belonging to the
Black Ball line, had arrived at Melbourne, after a
splendid run of 74 days.
The clipper ship Frances Henty sailed from
Melbourne, for London, on the 17th of August,
with 83,876 ounces of gold (value 135,5041.), and
4,400 sovereigns 'on freight.

The Mermaid sailed for Liverpool on the 17th,
with 10,000 ounces (value 40,0001 ) in gold dust on
freight.

The clipper ship Ballarat was to sail for London
from Melbourne on the 22d August.
The Portland Bay Guardian states that new
gold diggings bad been discovered about 12 miles
from that town.

Our advices from Hobart Town are to the 15th
August. The Gazette of the 11th announces that
Sir John Lewes Pedder had resigned his office as
Uhief Justice of the Supreme Court of Van Diemen's
Land on account of impaired health; the appoint-
ment of Valentine Fleming, Es to
to the vacancy,
and of Francis Smith, Esq., to he Attorney-Gene-
ralship, was also gazetted.
Sir Charles Hotham, the Lieutenant-Governor
of Victoria, was very popular with all classes.
The Melbourne commercial accounts were still
very unsatisfactory, the markets being glutted
with all kinds of goods. Gold was in good demand
i
at 41. per ounce. The shipments of the precious
metal during the seven days prior to the 20th
had
amounted to nearly half a million sterling.
London, England, 1854-10-23

THE ADMIRALTY.

The whole of the Board of Admiralty will be at their
posts this week. Rear-Admiral Berkeley, C. 8., has
been continuously within hail, and Boar-. Admiral Dun-
das and Captain Richards have continued in town. The
Hon. W. Cowper, has returned from the Continent, and
Captain Milne, whose health had suffered from his se-
vere application to the war preparations and supplies,
and
hall this comp
week elled to a temporary abseace,:returns to White-
.

—...........,
If th• appointment of Admiral of the Fleet should be
filled up, Vice-Admiral Sykes will become Admiral of
the Blue, Rear-Admiral Fitzwilliaro Owen will he:icons'
Vice-Admiral of the Blue, and the three senior captains
on the list, not having served their full time in command
se captains—namely, Captain 0. V. Harcourt Earl
Talbot, C. 8., and Sir William Symonds, t
C.B. ,the
they
and Captain w
ill go, on the reserved half. pay list ; 'James
Scott, C.B. (1838), will become Rear-Admiral of the
Blue,
London, England, 1854-10-23

LLOYD'S SHIPPING-{THIS DA Y. )

LONDON, Oct. 23.—Wind this day at Noon, N.w.;
and fine, clear weather.
POETSMOUTII, Oct. 22.—Wincl, W.N.W. Arrived—
Pauline, from Newcastle, for Lisbon ; Fear Not, Caen ;
Cocyte (French war steamer), Baltic, and left for Cher-
bourg Salaoia, Youghal ; Cyrus, Opoitu ; John and
Mary, Cardiff, with less of boats, tcc., having been struck
by a heavy sea, Oct. 13 ; Konig, from Shielis, for Lisbon.
Put back—Morayshire, Black goa, having sailed oa the
21st inst.
OFF MARGATII, Oct. 22.—Geelong, from China.
"Far.mourit, Oct. 22.—Wind, N.W. Arrivedi—Satelite,
from Akyab ; Henry Bell, Catania; Devonshire (e), from
London, and left for Dublin ; Queen of the Chase, Liver-
pool, for St. Michael's. Sailed—Revenge, for Terceira.
Off pert—Lavinia, from Moulmain.
PENzAtios, Oct. 21.—Wind, variable. Arrived— Orro,
from Quebec. Sailed—Stewart, for St. Michael's.
l'anaTow, Oct. 21.—Wind, W. Arrived— Sacsuso,
from Callao.
COWER, Oct. 22.—Wind, W, Arrived—Tfermann (a),
from Now York, and railed next day for Bremen. Sailed
—Main, for Antwerp.
MILFORD, Oct. 21.—Wind, N.W. Arrived—Carbet,
from Whitehaven, for Dublin, with loss of mainboom, &c. ;
Ann Jenkins, Callao.
POOLE, Oft. W.N.W. Sailed—Secret, for
Newfoundland.
Tonnar, Oct. 21.—Wind, W.N.W. Arrived—Trident
(French man-of-war), from the Baltic, and proceeded for
Brest. Sailed—Emerald, for St. Michael's.
SWANSEA, Oct. 21.—Wind, E. Arrived- •Jessie, from
Quebec.
lIAnTLF.root, Oct. 21.—Wind, N.W. Arrived—Sir
Alex. Id:Kenzie, from Havre. Sailed—Catherine, for
Ceylon ; Dna= Muscat, Moulinxili.
Co,RK Oat. 21.—Wind, N.W. Arrived—Merida, from
Labrador • Shannon, St. John's, N.B. Sailedi—Gipley,
for Barbahoes; Bride, St. John's, Newfoundland.
QUEENSTOWN, Oct. 21.—Wiusi,N.W. rived—Aleeto,
from Callao ; Chance, do. ; Tay, do.; Sarah Jane, Aux
Cayes ; Ocean Queen, St. John's, N.B. ; Jessie Miller,
Carnarvon, for St. Mary's, with pumps choked.
WaYraronn, Oct. 21.--Arrived—Brantam, from Schie-
dam, with three men sick, am! ono died on the voyage
Emerald (s), from Liverpool, with engine out of order, and
loss of some sails; Adolph Warner, Quebec.
in

Tii WOUNDED AT SCUTAIIL—On the 30th of Sep-
tember there were in this hospital 1,114 wounded
British soldiers, 924 suffering front disease, and 150
wounded Russians. There were 41 British officers
wounded, and 30 suffering from disease, with 12 Russian
officers—making a total of 2,268 patients. Our exact
loss at the Alma was 2,106 killed, wounded, and miss•
ing.—Medical Times and Gazette.
London, England, 1854-10-23

COURT CIRCULAR

WINDSOR, OCT. 21.
The dinner party yesterday included the Duchess of
Cambridge and the Princess Mary, the Prussian Mini-
ster and Countess von Bernstorff, the Earl and Countess
of Clarendon, Lady Suffield, Major. General the lion.
Charles Grey, Sir James Clark, and Major Purves.
The Band of the Royal Horse Guards attended during
dinner, and played the following :
Overture—" Songo d'uno Niut d'Ete" Thomas.
Selection Verdi.
Waltz Gungl.
Verdi.
Selection—" Louisa Miller" ..
Her Majesty's private band afterwards attended in the
Castle, and performed the following selection :
Overture—" Marco Spada"
.................. Auber.
Solo, Violin—M. Sainton
Larghetto Sinfonia, (No. 2) Beethoven.
Lord A. Paget and Colonel Seymour were also in at-
tendance.
The Duchess and Princess Mary of Cambridge took
leave of her Majesty to-day, and left Windsor for Kew.
The Prussian Minister and Countess von Bernstorff,
and the Earl and Countess of Clarendon, have taken
their departure for London.

OCTOBER 22.
There was no addition to the royal dinner party yes-
,erday.
The private band attended in the evening, and per-
Formed the following pieces :
Overtnre—" Leonora"
Finale (let act), "Oberon"
Harpsichord Lessons
Selection—" L'Enfant Prodigne"
The Queen and Prince, the Prince of Wales, the
Princess Royal, Prince Alfred, and Princess Alice, the
ladies and gentlemen of the court, and the domestic
household, attended divine service in the private chapel
of the Castle this morning. The Hon. and -Very Rev.
the Dean of Windsor officiated, and administered the
Holy Sacrament.
The Prince of \Vales and Prince Alfred rode ont on
horseback yesterday afternoon, attended by Mr. Gibbs.
The Countess de Neuilly and the Duke and Duchess
of Nemours visited her Majesty yesterday.

The French Ambassador hid an interview with the
Earl of Clarendon on Saturday, at the Foreign-office.
Lord John Russell left town, after the Cabinet Coun-
cil on Friday afternoon, for Woburn Abbey.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer left town on Satur-
day for Hawarden Castle, Flintshire.
DEATH OF VISCOUNT CHEWTON.—It is with feelings
of deep regret that we announce the death of Viscount
Chewton, of the Scots Fusilier Guards, intelligence of
whose demise was received by his sorrowing relatives
yesterday. His lordship died at Scutari, where he
had been conveyed from the Crimea on the 7th inst.,
from the severe wounds he lad received at the battle of
the Alma. This gallaut young nobleman was the eldest
son of the Earl Waldegrave, and was born June 29,
1818. Tho late viscount leaves a widow and three young
children, the youngest, a son, having been born on the
14th inst.
London, England, 1854-10-23

APPOINTMENTS.

Commander Alfred J. Curtis (1852), recently serving
in charge of mails in a contract steam vessel, has been
appointed to command the Brisk, 14, screw steam-sloop,
at Portsmouth, vice Commander Frederick B. P. Sey-
mour, promoted to the rank of captain ; and Lieutenant
George M. F. Molesworth (1848) to the Victory, flag-
ship at Portsmouth.

THE CAPTAINS' MUTINY IF THE BALTIC
FLEET.

It is rumoured that a captain of noble birth, com-
manding one of the Baltic screw liar-of battle ships, is
likely to appear before a court-Lusatia!, when some
curious disclosures may take place touching the pro-
ceedings of the Baltic fleet.
London, England, 1854-10-23

OF A'DAUGHTEB.

On the 20th August, at Bombay, the wife of the Rey. J.
D. Gibson, 351.. A., one of the Hon. East India Company's
Chaplains.
On the 19th inst., at Clapham-park, the residence of her
father, the wife of Howard Joka Kennard, Esq. of Falkirk.
London, England, 1854-10-23

MARRIED.

On the 18th inst., at West Coates-villa, near Glasgow.
John Blaikie, Esq., engineer, Aberdeen, to Elizabeth Mary,
second daughter of Colonel M. Tweedie, H.E.I.C.S.
On the 19th inst., at Almondsbury, near Bristol, Sir H.
Kennedy, Bart., of Johnstown Kennedy, county of Dublin,
to the Lady Augusta Pery, youngest daughter of Henry
Hartstonge, Viscount Glentworth, and sister to the present
Earl of Limerick.

DIED.

On the 21st inst., Sir Thomas yam Martin, G.C.8.,
Admiral of the Fleet, and Vice-Admiral of England, aged
82.

On the 26th ult., before Balaklaya, near Sebastopol, of
cholera, Captain Edward Lowther Crofton, of the 77th
Regiment, only son of the late Capt. E. L. Crofton, R.N.,
C.B.

On the 16th inst., at Exmouth, Commander Reynall
Clint-les Mitchell, R.N., Inspecting Officer, Coast Guard,
aged 45.
On the 17th inst., at Clifton, Miss Constance Lydia Ben-
yon, youngest daughter of the late Samuel Yate Benyon,
Esq., K.C., of Ash, Shropshire.
On the 19th ult., in the Crimea, of cholera, Captain W.
Cresawell, of the 1 th Hussars, second son of Addison J.
B. Cresswell, Esq., of Cresswell, Northumberland.
On the 20th ult., at the battle of the Alma, Lieut. J. H.
Butler, H.M.'s 231 Fusiliers, eldest son of the late John
Butler, Esq., of Rathmoyle, Queen's county.
On the sth ult., at Malta, of fever contracted at Varna,
Lieutenant James Molesworth, of the 7th Royal Fusiliers,
youngest son of the late Rev. Wm. Molesworth, rector of
St. Breock, Cornwall, aged 22.
On the 18th inst. at Hereford, Rear-Admiral Nicholas
Leehmere Pateshall, last surviving brother of the late Ed.
mund Burnam Pateshall, Esq., orAllensmore-house, Here-
fordshire, aged 74.
On the 17th inst., at his house, in the Close, Salisbury,
Louisa, the wife of Captain D. Macdonald.

LoNDow : Printed and Published by MUP,DO YOUNG,
of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112,
Strand, in the ?retina of the Alavoy, in the county of
Alontini, Oct, 23, 1854,
London, England, 1854-12-11

BIRMINGHAM, .DEO. 9.

STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market continues firmer, any
prices of all descriptions in advance. Midland Stock, 684
Great Western, Birmingham Guaranteed, 71i I ; Sout
Staffordshire, 2i die; Great Western, 71; Lonon an,
North-Western Eighths, 1.
London, England, 1854-12-11

PRUSSIA.

A letter from Berlin, dated Dec. 8, says I have
availed myself of the electric telegraph to-day to
communicate to you a piece of news which, if it
has not already reached you from some other
quarter, *ill contribute more than any other to
create a powerful sensation in the political world,
and will at once account for the readiness of Austria
to conclude a treaty of offensive and defensive
alliance with the Western Powers last week. On
the 28th ult. Prince Gortschakoff in Vienna in-
formed Graf Buol Schauenstein that he was autho-
rised and empowered to declare the Emperor of
Russia's adoption of the four points as put
orward by the Western Powers, and adopted
by Austria, unreserved and entirely. The commu-
nication of this news to the Government here will
at once account for why Prussia made no objection
to Austria's entering upon a treaty of offensive and
defensive alliance with the Western Powers, and
she will very probably herself follow the example,
for she will naturally say, if Russia has already
announced her intention of conceding everything
that the Western Powers demand, I don't sse what
harm it could do us to be as big and bold as Aus-
tria, who has waited until the danger is over before
she declares her intention to fight.
Should Russia continue to give way upon every
point, and resign all the pretensions that she has
fostered with so much fondness for so lengthened a
period of consistent policy, and the realisation of
which she has more than once solemnly proclaimed
to be essential to her development, it will be very
difficult for any French or English Minister, with
his eyes opened by recent experience, to conclude
any such fair-speaking treaty while Sebastopol is
still left standing. The very enormous strength of
the place and the immensity of the materiel stored
up there shows that its object and destination are
not merely to form a depot for Russian troops act-
.ng against the wild tribes of Circassia.
London, England, 1854-12-11

DUBLIN, Dec. f.

We had again a dull market. Wheat and malting bar-
ley in most cases about supported the currencies of Tues-
,lay. Middling barley and oats were from ad. to 6d cheaper.
Indian corn and foreign wheats ♦ery difficult of sale.
White wheat, 40s Oil to 42s Od ; red ditto, 3Os ei to 41s ;
barley, 15e 9d to 19s 6d ; oats, 14s 9d to 16s 9d ; rapeseed,
27s Od to 285 6d per brl ; oatmeal, 163 Od to 17s Od ; bakers'
lour, 235 Od to 273 6d per cwt; luaiau corn, 405 Od to 474 Od
per 4801 be.
London, England, 1854-12-11

THE BALTIC.

According to letters from Riga, the barrage of
the approaches to the harbour, by sinking masses
of stone, has been so effectual that even merchant
vessels drawing an ordinary depth of water cannot
enter or depart with cargoes, and all such vessels
must be loaded and unloaded outside this artificial
bar destined to prevent the approach of our cruisers.
There being no prospect of attempts being made to
remove these impediments until peace is signed,
the barrage will 'gain solidity from accumulations
of sand and mud, and many months and a large
expenditure will be required for its ultimate re-
moval.

improved on receipt of European advices. Iron was
very dull. Freights were a shade firmer.

THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26.—The New York Herald
says the President's Message, which is alreitdy
completed, is to be kept back till the last moment,
for fear some warlike intelligence should be re-
ceived before next Monday week which would
render it necessary to change its tone in speaking
of our foreign relations. The message, as com-
pleted, it is understood, is rather quiet, suggesting
no ulterior steps as regards Spain, but simply stat-
ing the result of the negotiations up to this point,
namely, a total failure in receiving any satisfactory
apology or explanations for the Black Warrior and
other outrages. The President is determined—
that is, as far as it is possible for a person of his
peculiar organiiation to have a decided opinion—
that Congress must take the responsibility of
any proceedings against, Spain : whilst at the
same time the Message will be filled with the usual
amount of high-sounding nonsense which has cha-
racterised Mr. Pierce's former messages and his
editorials in the Union.
The greatest alarm is felt by the Cabinet for fear
Soule should manage to kick up a row, and force
the President to recommend the adoption of hos-
tile measures. Even Marcy believes that if Soule
is treated with disrespect it must he viewed as "a
national insult," whilst the contingency of his de-
manding his passports and quitting Spain will be
tantamount to a declaration of war. Of course the
Cabinet are not quite so ignorant as not to under-
stand that under ordinary circumstances the dismis-
sal of a Minister would afford no reasonable ground
for belligerent proceedings; but they believe that the
position which they have taken, that the acquisi-
tion of Cuba is a cardinal point in their policy,
leaves no resource open but to quarrel with Spain
upon the slightest pretext. The good sense of
Congress is all that the country has to rely upon.
The delay in finishing the reports of the different
surveys across the continent will afford the Presi-
dent an opportunity of avoiding committing him•
self upon the Pacific Railroad question in the
forthcoming message.
London, England, 1854-12-11

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THE CRIMEA.

MALTA, DEC. 3.
The Cambria and. Himalaya, which arrived here
on the 30th ult., bring us dates from the Crimea
to the 22d. There had been several sorties from
Sebastopol, which had been successfully repulsed
by the Allies, whose fire continued upon this strong-
hold without any very manifest effect. The Rus-
sian army outside of Sebastopol, although it had
not, after the castigation received at Inkerman, von-
a second attack, was, however, accord-
ingaccounts of some Polish deserters,making
t u r e
tod upont
preparations to do so before the arrival of the ex-
pected reinforcements
bridge he had thrown across the
the accounts of deserters are worthy
orcements for the Allies. The enemy
of credit, the enemy had as many as 25,000 men of
here
rdne
as tyrao.y e d
If
all arms put hors de combat in the battle of Inker-
man.
An assistant-surgeon of the 62d and four-
teen soldiers, who on lauding had to join the Eng-
lish camp, missed their road, and were taken pri-
soners. Between the 15th and 25th November
12,000 French and 2,000 English troops passed
Constantinople, on their way to the Crimea, the
latter in the Jura an
oured th at the lof on the South. It was
g-talked-of assault
d Queen
generally rum
would take place immediately on the reinforcements
reaching the Crimea. The army of observation
outside the walls would be attacked by the Allies
at the same time.
London, England, 1854-12-11

THE NEW .PROJECTILES.

Mr. Lancaster, the inventor of the long-range gun,
has been in Wolverhampton and the neighbourhood the
past two or three days, representing the Admiralty.
Resulting from that gentleman's visit, Messrs. G. B.
Thorneycroft and Co. have undertaken to supply the
Government, in a short time, /With a large quantity of
iron plates, peculiarly constructed and difficult of manu-
facture. Considerable public spirit was manifested by
the firm in the readiness with which, we are told, they
accepted the offer, as its execution involves extensive
alterations of machinery, with only trifling pecuniary
advantages. The plates will be used in the constructim,
of projectiles of anovel description. Messrs. Clarke and
Loveridge, of Horsely-fields, have been engaged recently
is the manufacture of cannon balls of ♦arious sizes.
London, England, 1854-12-11

BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS.

Coastwise and by railway the receipts of potatoes during
the week have been on a fair average scale. The imports
have amounted to only 12 bags from Hambro', 3 baskets
from Harlingen, 6 hampers, 8 baskets, 2 bags from Rotter-
dam, 8 sacks from Dublin, 10 bags from Liwetiek, and
70 bags from Belfast. The general demand is steady, as
follows :—Scotch reds, 105 s to 1103 ; do. Regents, 105 s
to 120 s ; York Regents, 105 s to 125 s ; Lincolnshire do.,
95a to 115 s ; other kinds, 90s to 105 s per ton.
London, England, 1854-12-11

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THE RURAL ECONOMY of ENGLAND,
SCOTLAND, and IRELAND.

By LEONCE LE LAVERGNE.
Translated from the French. With Notes by a Scottish Farmer,
William BlackwoDd and Sons, Edinburgh and Lo,:dm.
London, England, 1854-12-11

Wheat—Essex & Kent.
Red .... new 70s to 835
...... old 74s 8I a

Ditto

Ditto, White new 79s 865
Ditt0........ old 78s 88s
Norfolk and Lin-
coln, Red, old 66s 76a
Ditto new •• 65s 715
Rye—Old •••• •••• •••• --6
jitivr ........ •• •• 42s 47s
Barley—Grinding.•• 325 34a
Malting ..... 33s 365
Chevalier— •• .•• 375 38s
galt--SaffolkandNor.
f01k............ 62s 67s
Brown.•• •• •• 56s COs
HingetonandWare 685 70s

NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.

Very large supplies of country-killed meat have been
received up to these markets since Monday last, and the
show of each kind slaughtered in the metropolis is season-
ably good, thougk deficient in quality. The general de-
mand is in a sluggish state, as follows :
Per 81bs by the carcase.
s. d. s. d.' •a. d. I. d.
Beef, interior 3 0 3 4 Mutton, Inferior 3 4 3 8
Do., middling 3 6 3 8 Do., middling 310 4 2
Do., prime large .3 10 4 • Do., prime 4 4 4 6
Do., do. 5ma11....4 2 4 6 1 Veal 3 6 4 10
Pork, large 30 3 Pork, small 310 4 6
London, England, 1854-12-11

NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANIES.

It is with great pleasure we announce that the Inver-
ness and Elgin Junction and Great North of, Scotland
Railway Companies have adjusted their differences, and
agreed to an amicable apportionment of the ground be-
tween Nairn and Huntly. The Great North retire alto-
eether from the ground west of' the Spey, and the
Inverness and Elgin Junction become bound to push
their hoe as far as tlta river. Owing to the lateness of
the time when this arrangement has been come to, there
will be a little apparent complication of matters in
bringing the two bills before Parliament ; but the diffi-
culty is purely technical, and the good understanding
that exists between the companies, backed by the earnest
wish of the whole country to have railway communica-
tion immediately established between North and South,
will, we trust, enable both companies to complete the
preliminary arrangements, and fulfil the usual conditions
of railway enterprise, in time to let operations be com-
menced next year. There is, •however, a good deal to
do. and very little time between this day and the 31st
of December ; and the public have a grave and pressing
duty to perform in enabling the committee to carry
through their measures. They must either reject the
scheme, or back it with promptness and energy. The
arrangements of the Provisional Committee till the pre-
sent crisis have been made with great judgment, and
carried through with energy and decision ; they
have now come to that point at which the public way
be said to take the matter out of their hands,And are
force(' to pronounce decidedly upon the question. The
capital must be subscribed, and a subscription contract,
to the extent of three-fourths of the required sum, most
be lodged with the clerks of Parliament before the 31st
of this month.--Inverness Courier.
London, England, 1854-12-11

PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS IN THE

ROYAL MARINES.

First Lieutenant Hugh Stukely Buck, of the Artillery
Companies of the corps, to be Captain, and appointed to
the Artillery Companies, in the vacancy caused by the
promotion of Lieutenant-Colonel Holloway.
Second Lieutenant RoLea Abernethie Breton, of the
Plymouth Division, to be First Lieutenant, vice Buck,
promoted and appointed to the Portsmouth Division.
Captain Fermor Bonnycastle Gritton, to be attached
to the Chatham Division, vice Parker, killed in action.
London, England, 1854-12-11

G.RETNA-GREEN MARRIAGE.

A singular case, which excited great interest, was
heard before the Carlisle county magistrates on the 2d
inst. From a report in the Carlisle Patriot, it appears
that a woman named Jane Howe, was married on the
7th of November last to John Orre, a druggist in Car-
lisle. After the marriage he refused to support her, and
Howe then made application for admission into the
workhouse, not so much for the purpose of obtaining
relief, as to compel a summons by the parish authorities
against Orre, thereby obtaining a desision from a bench
of magistrates respecting the validity of her marriage to
the defendant. Mr. Rough, a solicitor, appeared for
Orre, and Mr. Moore for the prosecution.
Complainant stated that she was born in Carlisle, and
a Week before last Whitsuntide she went as servant to
her auat, who kept the Jolly Butcher in that city. De-
fendant asked her to go to Gretna, and she started with
him about half-past 7 o'clock on the night of Tuesday,
the 7th ult. M'Castlin and Leach, two friends of Orre,
went with them. They arrived at Gretna about half-
pastlo, travelling in a gig, and arrived hack at a quarter
past 2in the morning. The marriage had never been
consummated. She did not see Orre till the Saturday
afterwards. Subsequently he refused to support her.
Cross.examined—Defendant was quite sober when he
came to the "Jolly Butcher" on the night of the mar-
ria',e. He had beau drinking hard all the week. He
took a little the day before. He had a glass before we
started. He ordered the conveyance. We stopped only
once o❑ the road—at Kingstown—where we had ionic
whisky to drink. M`Castlin paid the toll bars and the
nuefage fee., because defendant had not a farthing in
his pocket. (Laughter.) When we got there we had
not enough money amongst us, so M'Caetlin pledged his
w-►teh. We did not go at great speed ; we were about
five hours on the way. (Laughter.) Wo had some
whisky at Gretna before the marriage, but none any-
where else, except at Kiagstown.
diseukßion here ensued between the bench and ceur..
London, England, 1854-12-11

COMPLETION OF

THE BOOK OF THE GARDEN,
By CEIARLES XVINTOSH.

On Saturday, the 16th December, will be published,
The Second and concluding Volume of the above work, containing—
The Cultural Management of the Kitchen Garden, Fruit Garden,
Forcing Houses, Plant Houses, and Flower Garden, with carefully-
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Shrubs, and Copious Indices. Illustrated with 2i9 engravings on
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Conservatories, Hot-houses, Pits, and other Gardea Structures; the
Laying Out of Flower Gardens, and of the objects of liature and Art
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SEABORNE MAILS.

(N signifies that the malls are sent from the General Peet-dace
,y the night—and M by the morning—despatch.)

ay when made u) From wi at When
COUNTRIES. in General Post- Port due is
Office, London.* Dispatohw. Eng and.
merica(byllrit.pack)l, &very Friday 44 Liverpool ... Each 1:01
tmerica (by United Ste.
packet).
Imerica (by U. Stated
packet) Nov. 22.. • • .. Southampton
kustralia (via South-
ampton) .......... 31 an. 4 •• •• • • Southampton Doo. 4
M 7. t° (via Marseilles)Jan 9 .1 Dover ..
litto (via Cape of 4..-lod-
HOP) •• •• •• •• ..N Dec. 4.•
k West Coast)...z. :30 of the month.. Plymouth..
4,9, 24, & 30 of m. Dover ..
klexandria .......... Ith & 20th of mon. Southampton
,fthamas ...........M 17th of the month Southampton.
Belgium ............N .. • • .. • . Dover ...... Daily
Brazil 9th of the mouth.. Southampton Dec. 16
Buenos Ayre5........31 9th of the month.. 3,uthampton
ape of t.dood, Hope ..N Various ports Uncertain.
;ape of Good Hope ..N
Cape de Verde ......N 9th of the month Southampton
Ceylon (see India)
Ceylon
hannel Isles Hon ~Wed.,&Frid. Southampton ril.TLlnt
.2hi1i...• • . • • ........ 51 dd & 17th of monti Southampton
China (see India)
ionstantinople ......N 4,13,111,23,&28 of n D0ver......
Constantinople ........ 4th Se 20th of mon. Southampton •
Cont. of Europe M & N Twice daily ...• • • Dover Twicedsll7
Figypt (see India)
France M& N Twice daily • Dover ...... Twicedairi
Mbraltar ..........M 1,7, 17, 20, 27 of m Southampton. Dee. 6
,Preece (see India)
4reytown ..........M 2nd & 17th of mon. Southampton larived
Hamburgh ..........N Tuesday & Frida) L0nd0n.....
Flavannah 51 2nd of the montl Southamptot, Dee.
Holland Daily.... • • ...... D0ver....... Daily
Honduras 17th of the month. Southampton
India (viaSouthampt.)M 4th & 20th of mon. Plymouth .. Dec. 16
India (via Marseilles)M 9th& 25th of month Dover . .
(onion Isles (see India) 7, 17, & 27 of mon Dover
Ireland ........M & N Twice daily ...... Holyhead ... Twieedlll/
7,9, 17, & 27 of m. Southampton Dee. 6
Aadcira ............M 9th of the montl. Southampton
itadeira ............ N 23,1 of month • • Liverpool ... Des. 16
dalta (see India)
Anita ..............N , &28 of men. Dover ...... Dee. 4
qauritlus (see India)
.tauritius ..........N 14th of the montl.
Mexico of the month.. Southampton Dee. 1
Naples 'sthlsth23thofmon. Dover ......
Yew Granada ......51 2d & 17th of month Southampton
New Zealand By private skip .. Various port Uneertalit
?apal States sthlsth2sthofinon. Dover ...... ad
Ceninsula ..........bt Ithl7th27thofmon. Southanyter.
Peru ... .......M 1d& 'l7th of mon. Southampton
Port Natal By private ship.., Tolima ports Uneertahl
41eily ..........N sthlt,th2sthofmon, Dever ......
fuscany ............N sthlsth2sthotinon. Dover
Venezuela 2d& 17th of month Southampton Deo.:l
Pan Diemen's Land (see
Australia) ..
Area Indies 2d& 17th ot month Southanaptet I Dee. I
•

When any of these dates fall o, a Sunday, the mails will be de.
,patched on the following day, with the exception of the India via
.Southampton), and the Malta, both of which will be despatched tle
preceding da Y.
London, England, 1854-12-11

THE BALTIC.

According to letters from Riga, the barrage of
the approaches to the harbour, by sinking masses
of stone, has been so effectual that even merchant
vessels drawing an ordinary depth of water cannot
enter or depart with cargoes, and all such vessels
must be loaded and unloaded outside this artificial
bar destined to prevent the approach of our cruisers.
There being no prospect of attempts being made to
remove these impediments until peace is signed,
the barrage will gain solidity from accumulations
of sand and mud, and many months and a large
expenditure will be required for its ultimate re-
moval.
London, England, 1854-12-11

SPAIN.

The following telegraphic despatch has been re-
ceived in Paris :
" MADRID, 6th.—ln the sitting of yesterday M.
Madoz was elected President of the Cortes by 170 ♦otes ;
M. Infante was elected First Vice-President by 124
votes."

DENMARK.
Our accounts from Denmark are of the 4th inel.
Many of the electoral districts of the provinces
which, since the establishment of the Constitution,
have been accustomed to return the same mem-
bers to the Second Cabinet, have now elected
members the most hostile to the Ministry. The
feeling against the present Chamber is such that
in many districts the newly-elected deputies
have been carried in triumph through the streets
and public places. M. Tutcin, the deputy who pro-
posed the impeachment of the Ministry a short time
back, has been made the object of a popular and
general ovation. All the houses in the vicinity were
illuminated in his honour. In presence of thesefacts
the Ministers have tendered their resignation, and the
King has accepted it. The Opposition, if successful,
will not only cause a general change in the internal
administration of the country, but, if it comes to
power, will probably effect a complete revolution
in the external relation of the kingdom ; and
the system of armed neutrality which Denmark
has adopted and maintained, in common with Nor-
way and Sweden, since the commencement of the
present war, will perhaps be changed for a more
active policy. Considered in this light, the events
which are now passing in this little kingdom be-
come of importance, not only for the Scandinavian
Powers, but for t 1 whole of Europe.
Intelligence of a later date informs us that the
King had named General Krogh Minister of War,
and had commissioned him t• form a new Cabinet.
London, England, 1854-12-11

ARRIVALS FROM THE BALTIC.

The screw steam-ship Caesar, 91, Captain Robb, from
the Baltic, arrived in Plymouth Sound on Sunday morn-
ing. The Princess Royal, 90, with the flag of Admiral
Seymour, arrived in the afternoon, and a screw steam-
ship, supposed to be the St. Jean d'Acre, 100, was en-
tering that port in the evening.
A first-rate man-of-war, supposed to be the Neptune,
120, from Portsmouth for Queenstown, was off Plymouth
on Sunday morning.
London, England, 1854-12-11

COM r LETION OF

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By CHARLES APINTOSII.
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The Cultural %lanagement of the Kitchen Garden, Fruit Garden,
Forcing Houses, Plant II ,uses, and Flower Garden, with carefully-
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Laying Out of Flower Gardens, and of the objects of Nati': e and Art
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APPOINTMENTS.

Master John Kellock (1841), from the Coast Guard to
the Melampus troop-ship, at Sheerness.
Assistant-Surgeon Richard Evans (1851), from the
Blenheim, 60, screw steam-ship to the Hecla paddlewheel
steam-sloop at Portsmouth.
London, England, 1854-12-11

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LONDON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1854,

If Ministers desire to regain the confidence of
the eountry, they must eschew all appearance of
mystery. It is by candour only—full, explicit,
and unalloyed candour—that they can hope to
retrieve the position they once occupied, and to be
regarded as a Constitttional Government, resting
on the substantial basis of popular support. All
red-topist reserve—all the petty devices of secret
diplomacy—must be forgotten, or at least dis-
regarded. They must acknowledge the authority
by
which their power is delegated. If we lived
under as
autocracy,', or despotism of any cha-
racter, it might be very plausibly asserted that
only the ruler or rulers
ac-
quainted with valid. z should be made
negotiations, or the com-
Piet° detallanoyf
demand
dements that had been con-
cluded.
1:), for information. from other
persons would
any ,simplydegrimpee ertinent curiosity.
disapproval influence the result.
They could not in
Their approval or would be a
of the most perfect indifference to those matter
who
be de jure, as well as de facto, their m would
But in this country it is altogether en.
n differe t
p
Po
-le.
All power is supposed to emanate from the people.
The SOVEREIGN rules not for herself or her family,
bat for the community. She is merely the chief
magistrate of the nation, and the pure love and
unmitigated loyalty with which she is regarded, is
because she has invariably understood her true posi-
tion and respected the rights and privileges of those
4' over whom she reigns. When ever her advisers for the
time being forfeited the respect and confidence of
Vtitthe country—whenever they failed to obtain the
'0.7-7-, -support of the PEOPLE, she bowed to the expres-
-i_.
Con of popular opinion, and forthwith removed
the obirAious parties from office, replacing them
by others who had for the time a better prospect
London, England, 1854-12-11

APPOINTMENTS.

Master John Kellock (1841), from the Coast Guard to
the Melampus troop-ship, at Sheerness..
Assistant-Surgeon Richard Evans (1851), from the
Blenheim, 60, screw steam-ship to the Hecla paddlewheel
steam-sloop at -Portal:twitl3.-

PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS IN THE
ROYAL MARINES.
First Lieutenant Hugh Stukely Buck, of the Artillery
dompanies of the corps, to be Captain, and appointed to
the Artillery Companies, in the vacancy caused by the
promotion of Lieutenant• Colonel Holloway.
Second Lieutenant Robert Abernethie Brutton, of the
Plymouth Division, to be First Lieutenant, vice Buck,
promoted and appointed to the Portsmoith Division.
Captain Fermor Bonnycastle Gritton, to be attached
to the Chatham Division, vice Parker, killed in action.
London, England, 1854-12-11

THE NEW PROJECTILES.

Mr. Lancaster, the inventor of the long-range gun,
has been in Wolverhampton and the neighbourhood tht
past two or three days, representing the Admiralty.
Resulting front that gentleman's visit, Messrs. G. B.
Thorneycroft and Co. have undertaken to supply the
Government, in a short time, with a large quantity of
iron plates, peculiarly constructed and difficult of manu-
facture. Considerable public spirit was manifested by
the firm in the readiness with which, we are told, they
accepted the offer, as its execution involves extensive
alterations of machinery, with only trifling pecuniary
advantages. The plates will be used in the construction
of projectiles of anovel description. Messrs. Clarke and
Loveridge, of Horsely-fields, have been engaged recentl3,
in the manufacture of cannon balls of various sizes.

ARRIVAL OF LORD DEINKELLIZT 11V

LONDON.

Lord Dunkellin, Lieutenant. Colonel in the Guards
eldest son of the Earl of Clanricarde, and whe was taken
prisoner by the Russians while on outpost duty befort
Sebastopol, arrived in town this morning by the 8 o'clock
a.m. train South Eastern Railway from Paris.
London, England, 1854-12-11

~Z~ ~
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before the blockade was strictly enforced." In the
first six months of 1854 our imports of wheat ex-
ceeded the imports in 1853 by 530,000 qrs., and it
was the very abundance of our supplies, obtained
after the war was declared, and while it was pend-
ing at the close of the last year, which led to the
decline of price in the summer. That the war,
being a totally new circumstance for the existing
generation of 'merchants, may have confused their
judgment—thallein the long run it will impede
trade of all kinds, including the supply of food,•im-
peding manufacturing industry, cannot be gainsaid
—hut that it has hitherto raised the price of corn
in England is not proved. The expectation that
war might ensue led to excessive importations of
corn ; it has led, as Mr. Sturge notices, to a de-
crease of consumption, and it cannot at the same
time have led to an increase of price. A wordy
war on this important subject is much to be depre-
' cated, and merchants go more out a their way
when they engage in it than journalists—theirduty
being to state facts, as we have endeavoured to do,
whatever opinion they may countenance or con-
tradict. From other countries, now that our price
has risen to pay for importation, we are getting
corn, and it may be doubted whether the great re-
duction in the price at Azoff, mentioned by Mr.
Sturge—the consequence of the accumulation of
stock there from the Czar's prohibitions—will not
more than cover the cost of procuring it. Prussia
wants corn nearly as much as England, if she have
not equal means to buy it, and her merchants•and
other merchants will, in spite of prohibitions,
make the Russian surplus available for other na-
tions. The world is far less dependent on the
Czar for food than Mr. Sturge would have us be-
lieve.—Daily News.
London, England, 1854-12-11

WOOL.

Since Monday last so little business has been transacted
in our market that the quotations have ruled nominal.
The imports have amounted to 650 bales from Melbourne,
500 from Hobart Town, 153 from Buenos Ayres, 9 from
Leghorn, 2,500 from Sydney, 232 from Alexandria, and
93 bags from Hambro'.
The following are the current rates of English wool
Southdown hoggets, is 03 to is ld ; Southdown owes,
is 0,1 to is 0 d ; half-bred wethers, is 03 to Os 03 ;
half-bred hoggs, is 01 to is Oid ; Kent fleeces, is 13 to
is lid ; Leicester fleeces, is 03 to Is 0 d ; flannel wool,
pm to is ld ; blanket wool, 91t to is ld ; and combing
skins, Os Od to Os Od per lb.