The Sun.
London, England, 1854-12-18 00:00:00

THE NUN, LONTION3 MONDAY FIVENANG. DE en m n n,lef 11364.

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OVERLAND MAIL.

wv..)4ce‘ret:oisr,f4., our files of papers and private
correspondence lrona Bombay to the 14th Novem-
ber 'LCalcutta, 7th November ; China (Hong-Kong),
28th October Alexandria (Egypt), Bth December.
We_take. the . following summary of news from
the -Bombay Times of 14th November :
The threatened loss of half our opium revenue,
the death of the Commander-in-Chief of Bombay,
and the hurricane which visited the Presidency on
the 24 November, exhaust the topics of any in-
terest which, the last fortnight supplies. We have
been for years past apprehensive that the Chinese
would permit the poppy to be grown in their own
country, or that it would be cultivated by the
Americans in the southern States or in Japan, and
one or other or both of these contingencies will
doubtless in ;the course of a few years be upon Iv.
Meanwhile, in consequence as is supposed of the
disorders in China, the price of opium is
fallen
within the yeir from 1201. to 601. and the bulk of
it is a Government monopoly. This will strike at
least a million sterling of the three millions of
Tran
re-
venue we draw from it, off our income. seastern
quillity prevails throughout all parts of ourea
empire--we have no' warlike achievement
i
forwardnpros-
to,
pect -nor military movement to look
beyond those drills; reviews, and reliefs, which are
the. concomitants of the season, and we have not a
single diaorder to chronicle. The Governor-
General, after a long and strenuous battle with the
Court of Directors, has at length obtained a reluc-
taut -permission to cut down the postage of news-
pap erns by half. The measure was put into effect
the instant it was permitted, and since the Ist No-
vember journals have been transmitted through the
post-office to all parts of India at the uniform
charge of lid. On the 2d of November Bombay
was visited by a violent hurricane, which in less
than three hours' time occasioned the destruction
of half a million's worth of property, and the sacri-
fice-of three or four hundred human lives. Tem-
pests of this sort, which occur two or three times
every year in the Bay of Bengal, near the Mauri-
tius and in tha China Seas, are comparatively rare
in the Arabian Sea. Their visits are periodical, at
average intervals of ten, or occasionally of 17 years,
and four of the seven that have passed over Bom-
bay within the last 70 . years have occurred in the
beginning of November. We have had hurricanes
betwixt the Ist and sth November in 1783, and at
the same dates in 1799 ; in May 1819 ; November
13, 1827 ; June 15, 1837 ; November 3, 1842 ; April
19, 1847 ; and the extreme limit of 17 years ever
allowed us was a fortnight exhausted, and a hurri-
cane was due. On the 30th and 31st of October
we had violent thunder-storms, which are almost
of unfailing occurrence at this season. These hav-
ing passed away, a thick and troubled sky, a stormy
wind from the south-east, with squalls and showers
of rain, and a falling barometer, gave full warning
by noon on the Ist that a tempest was upon us ;
but the warning was unheeded. In the course of
the afternoon a signal was made, indicating that
an ordinary storm was at hand. Several merchant-
men consulted their own barometers, made them-
selves snug, and escaped harm. The fishermen
who went out to sea in the morning, judging by
the sky and without the help of instruments, re-
turned home, drew up their boats on the beach,
and got off scot free. Our men-of-war, within hall
a mile of an unlimited supply of marine stores,
lay at their ordinary moorings without lowering a
spar or an officer deeming it necessary to proceed
on board of them. The various flagstaffs in pub-
lic places remained iu their fair weather con-
dition, and that of the Castle was snapped across.
It was not even deemed requisite to land 10,0001.
of specie on board the Margaret, or to bring
the vessel into a place of safety, and she ac-
cordingly went: to the bottom with her freight!
The tempest burst upon us about midnight, from
east and by south, veering round southerly, and
slackening at south, redoubling its fury from the
westward for about an hour at daybreak, and at
six o'clock passing suddenly away, beautifully
serene weather: almost immediately succeeding.
The hurri9ane.was one of those well-defined whirl-
ing storms known by the name of cyclones. It
seems to have • originated five or six hundred miles
to the southward of us, and to have proceeded about
100 northerly. Its diameter was from 120 to 170
miles, and AS centre, which travelled at the rate of
12 to 15 miles an hour, passed some ten miles to
westward of,. us.. The whole of its features were
peculiarly well-marked and unmistakeable. A few
days afterwards the Marine Police reported the
total loss of five aquare-rieged vessels, of seven
large and small ships of the Indian navy,: and of
142 lesser vessels, mostly native, of various desig-
nations. They calculated. the loss of native crat
alone, all of• which might have found refuge at a ,
couple of hours' notice in the numberless creeks
and places of shelter that surround the harbour, at
a quartet million sterling. The loss of shipping
altogether on shore at 400,0001., and of property at
a million sterling. To us all these estimates appear
excessive, many of them double the reality ; there
were not the less certainly above '2OO vessels
wrecked or severely damaged, and the lws of pro
perty on shore is very great indeed ; but we should
think that 300,0031. would cover the whole. The
Commander-in-Chief, lard Frederick Fitzclarence,
died of gout in the stomach on the 30th October.
He assumed office on the 24th of Nvember, 1852,
being then only fifty-two. His body was embalmed
at Poona.li, where he died ; it was received with
vast pomp and ceremony at Bombay yesterday,
and is now lying in state at the Castle, where it
will remain for a month, and then be sent home
by the Cape. The state of trade in general is not
very favourable, and during the past fortnight
money has been in great dernhud, causing consi-
derable tightness in the Bazaar.

CALCUTTA COMMERCIAL.

We are still .unable to report any activity in our pro-
duce market, the demand for almost all descriptions of
g /Ms continuing very moderate, and in consequence of
native holidays; business has been again interfered with
during the week.
Considering that the first two days of the week were
native holidays, owing to which no business was done,
we think on the whole we must be satisfied with what
.--has been done in our import market. A fair inquiry
has prevailed for all descriptions of British piece goods,
and considerable sales effected in some cases at prices a
shade higher. The stocks are not so heavy now as
some time ago, and if an increased demand is experienced,
we might be enabled to report a further improvement,
and a better feeling on the part of clearers.
The money market continues unchanged. Funds as
abundant as for some time past.
ExcaANuE.—There was little doing until the arrival
of the ateamer Formosa from China with bills to some
extent, which at six months' sight were principally dis-
posed of at is. 11 d. Present rates for Bank Bills and
first class credits range from ls. lldd. to is. Hid.

cniN A.
(Prom the Overland Friend of China of Oct. 28.)
GENERAL SUMMARY.
Two mails from Europe have come to hand since
last despatch hence—that, v.f the 25th of August
on the 12th- inst ,
Septem-
ber the day before. iest the mail of the 9th
Our latest news fron7Tslajailglaae is between two
and three weeks old., hde English, French, ant',
American ambassadc.vis hathenoptestarted on the 11th
on their intended tr...ip to
Intelligence fr 0,.n the northern provinces is again
40 e . patriot causew;hond havefrom
tr a
.?
e. er
sreed-
favourable to
re-
ports of Rom mist missionaries
the country i
, it is now certain that the._ serious
failures ar A fatal checks it was said they had ex-
perience,' . were told of without warra*ty from
actual f Acts.
A, d' -niral Stirling, with the frigate Winchester
a,1:" steam-ships Encounter, Barra.couta, and Styx,
;',a' . returned to Hong-Kong. His Excellency has
' •feri. diplomatising at Japan, where the squadron
hbe,ye.mentioned remained at anchor in the harbour
4ef Nagasaki for a period of six weeks. To warn the
J apanese against giving assistance to the Russians
and to pave the way for amending our treaty are
supposed to have• been the objects of the gallant
admiral's visit. Nothing whatever has been seen
or heard of the Russian Pacific fleet, and ere this,
13p doubt, that section on the American side has
,ejnilek to the combined squadron under Admirals
-c-r. anelPointes.
last Around Canton matters are about the same as
L. . reported. The rebels are somewhatquieter, and
"le alovecl their
but this is s lines a little further from the city ;
it being, as supposed to be from strategic motives,
one else, that tente_to them, doubtless, as to every
out to eausenjielnialve only to tire the Imperialists
wealthy inhaletanta .z by repeated levies on the
the troops (so alienating
their best supporters)) Pay
oat waste .of powder. to gain all they desire with-
Imperialists go out
every now and then a bil raatl-
- after a whole day's seiti',:iF,ahshow of fighting ;
if as many as
three are killed on either side it iing'
After the above was written, w:igrand work.
before 3,7 s
was some extraordinarily ht;avy n • leard that there
rin,,, in direction
north of Oa ntotr-the day a
which we ine'er that4he reledshave acrte-rdaY, from
oale advanced
tteir lines. •
Boats' crews Irma her Majesty's ship Spartan,
under command of lieutenant Palliser, ha;ebee',
doing good seivice against pirates on the west coast
and succeeded in rescuing a French lady (Madame
Fanny Loviet), .who had been taken by- pirates
from the wreck of the Chilian ship Caldera.
Our table,of latest dates is as follows :—Peking,
August 24 ;- Shanghai, October 11 ; Fuh-chow-fu,
October 15 i Amoy, October 22 ; Canton, Octo-
ber 27.
Exchange and Bullion.—Canton : On London,

4 8. On Bombay, 239 Rs. On Calcutta, 240 I
Rs. Carolua dollars, 23 per cent. premium.
Opium.—Canton, October 25 : Patna, 326 t ;*
Benares, $335 ; Malwa, $470 ; Turkey, s3Bso. 1
Freights and Tonnage.—Canton : To Lond Jo,
tea, 4/. 10s. to 5/. 10s.

CANTON MARKET, OCT. 25.
IMPORTS.
We have no improvement to report, either in imports
or exports. The only sales of the former are, 300 pieces
40 yard drills, at 2 dole. 25 c. per piece ; 800 pieces Eng-
lish sheetings 6 catties, at 1 dol. 60 c. to 1 dol. 65 c. ;
300 piculs English lead, at 9 dole. 20 c. • 300 piculs Ban-
jarmassing rattans, at 3 dols. 20 c. ; 100 piculs quick-
silver, at 53 dols. ; while small sales of cotton have been
effected at very low prices, say at 5.5 taels for best

Bombay.
Opium.—Patna, 320 dols. ; Bewares, 335 dols. ; Mal
wa, 470 dols. ; Turkey, 340 dols.

EXPORTS.

Teas.—A. few trifling purchases of Canton-made sorts
comprise the transactions of the fortnight. All nego-
tiations for bringing down further supplies have failed,
and the rebels have destroyed some six or nine chops
which had approached Tsing Yuen, and taken posses-
:ion of as many more, which renders it impossible that
the tea stored at Sew-quan, Naasn-hoong, &C., will
,gain be moved from thence, until one party or the other
na4 undisputed possession of the water channel. No
ales have as yet been effected of the Hine Yuan teas.
Raw Silk.--The sixth crop of Cumchuck is now about
coming to market, and is said to be short. Dealers,
therefore, will not sell at the nominal price of 320 doll.
per picul.
Silk Piece Goods—Dealers are willing to contract for

invited quantities of sarsnets, senshaws,damasks, satins,
and lustings, which are machine made within the city ;
but exclude all of country make, such as pongees, hand-
kerchiefs, shawls, &c.
Exchange and Bullion—On London, first-class paper
and American credits, 4s. 9d. to 4s. &lid.; short dates,
4s. 71d. On India, 243 ra. to 242 rs. The two mail
steamers of the month have imported treasure to the
value of about twelve lacs of dollars. Oriental Bank
bills on London'. at six menths' sight, 4s. 81.; Bombay,
three days' sight, 239 rs.; Calcutta, three days' sight,
240 rs. Commercial Bank of India, bills on London,
six months' sight, 4s. 6Ad.; Bombay, three days' sight,
210 rs.; Calcutta, three days' sight, 242 rs. Mercantile
Balk of India bills on London, six months' sight, 4s. 8 d.;
Bombay, three days' sight, 240 rs.; Calcutta, three days
sight, 242 re.
Sycee, three per cent, premium. Gold leaf, 100 touch,
21 dole. 15c. per tael. Carolus dollars, 24 per cent. pre-
mium. Gold, 21 dole. per: tael.
Freights—To London, 41. 10s.; to the United States,
18 dots. to 16 dole. per ton. Little offering for either
destination.

dopted by the Admiral• Superintendent and the punish-
ment of one of the ringleaders have had the desired effect
upon thp r6ricainder;' add ' they hale returned tor their
duty.
The Himalaya will be ready for sea by Christmas.
Captain Kellock, her late commander, will take his pas-
sage by the Vectis to Marseilles, en route for England.
On the Royal Albert coming into port yesterday she
exchanged salutes. The officers speak in the highest
terms of her performances, and of the comforts they re-
ceived on board. She is truly a splendid vessel.
Post-hour.—The Andes is ready for her departure,
and will leave in an hour. The Royal Albert is just now
moving out.
11th.—The arrival of the French mail from the Levant
announces that some of our line-of-battle ships bad
reached Constantinople—the Britannia, the Trafalgar,
the London, and the Queen—and that the steamers were
to remain in the Black Sea.
The French frigate Laplace, as also the Alps transport,
arrived last night from Marseilles, and left this morning
for the Crimea, with French troops.
The Mauritius, on Saturday, from the Crimea, left for
Marseilles.

THE RIVER PLATE AND

BRAZILS.

SOUTHAMPTON, Dec. 16.—The Royal Mail Com-
pany's steam-ship Great Western, Captain T. A.
Bevis, with the usual Brazilian and River Plate
mails, in charge of Lieut. Henry Beddeck, R.N.,
arrived this day at 11.30 a.m.
The Great Western during the voyage homewards
experienced strong head winds and contrary cur-
rents on the coast of Brazil •, fine to Teneriffe ;
fresh N.E. gales across to Lisbon, and afterwards
moderate.
•The Great Western brings mails from the follow-
ing places, with their respective dates affixed :
Buenos Ayres, Nov. 2 ; Monte Video, 5 ; Rio de
Janeiro, 14 ; Bahia, 20 ; Pernambuco, 23; St.
Vincent, Dec. 1 ;- Teneriffe, 6 ; Madeira, 7 ; Lis-
bon, 11.
She brings 65 passengers, among whom are Mr.
J. T. Blakeway, Lieut. Moore, U.S.N., and Mr.
Backlow and Lady, from-the River Plate ; Mr. Bal-
four, from Madeira ; and Mr. Le Long, French
Consul-General of Paraguay.
We regret to state that Mr. John Rendal,H.B.M.
Consul at St. Vincent, Cape de Verds, died on the
30th November.
The Great Western brings specie to the amount
of 3,475/. ; diamonds, 15,0001.; and on freight, 13
serons ipecacuanha, 50 barrels tapioca, I box musk
1(251/. 12s. 6d.),, 2 half barrels coffee, 3 cases mer-
chandise, 245 serons cockiueal, 1,212 rolls tobacco,
20 pipes wine (Teneriffe), 350 boxes oranges, 99
cases sundries, 1 horse, and 2 pigs.
At Buenos Ayres all was reported quiet. The
inhabitants had adopted a scheme by which they
intended to carry out the introduction of gas.
Exchange was reported on England at 645. 6d. to
655. There had been no alteration in commercial
affairs.
At Paraguay, a dispute bad arisen between the
Americans and the President. The former have
left the place iu consequence, and Lopez, the Pre-
sident, had declared the river closed against the
ships of war of all nations. Lieut. Moore, of the
United States Navy, who is come to England: in
the Great Western, brings despatches for the Ame-
rican Government respecting this matter.
At Rio the Brazilians were fitting out a fleet of
10 steam-ships, which were reported to be going
to Paraguay to claim redress of Lopez for having
insulted their Minister.
Commercial matters are reported to have under-
gone no change, since last advices, at either Rio,
Pernambuco, or Bahia.
STATIONS OF HEE MAJESEY'S SHlPS.—Rio—Ma-
dagascar, Trident, Tyne, Star, and Express ; the
Bonito left for England on the 9th ult. Monte
Video—The Vixen, steam-sloop ; and the Sharp-
shooter, ordered to refit. Lisbon—The Meander, 44.

THE PENINSULAR MAIL.

SOUTHAMPTON, SUNDAY.

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-
ship Iberia arrived last night with the above mail.
She brings dates from Gibraltar to the Bth inst. ;
Lisbon, 11 ; Vigo and Oporto, 12. During her
voyage she experienced throughout bad weather.
The freight of the Iberia consists of specie, value
28,0001. and the usual cargo.
Our Lisbon news has been anticipated by the
arrival of the Brazilian mail steam-ship Great
Western. _ _

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At- Gibraltar we learn several transports had
arrived, and passed to the eastward, from England,
with troops, &c., on board. Amongst them are the
Indiana, screw, on the 28th ult., off Cape de Gatt;
H.M. steam-frigate Dauntless, which arrived from
Portsmouth on the 29th • the royal mail company's
steam-ship Tamar, which landed the 6Gth on the
oth, • and having embarked the 17th Royals,
left for the Black Sea ; H.M. ship Royal Albert,•
on the Ist inst., for coals ; the N iagara, from Liver-
pool, with the 54th, which were exchanged for the
89th ; the Libertas from Constantinople and Malta,
with invalids, on the 4th instant ; the Holyrood,
with stores for the Black Sea ; the Cambria, with

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wounded, from Balaklava. The ship returned LI
the Crimea on the 9th inst. with the 39th Regiment
The Manilla, with stores for the East, also passed
on the same day.

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.

The Royal George, 120, screw, is daily expected to
arrive at Sheerness with other vessels from the Baltic.

The James Watt, screw, 91, Captain Elliot, steamed
into Portsmouth-harbour on Saturday to refit her ma-
chinery. Her crew were paid wages and granted a fort•
night's leave, and provided with steam conveyance to
Plymouth, where most of them joined.
The Prince Regent, 90, Captain Smith, was put out
of commission at Portsmouth on Saturday, and the rem-
nant of her crew forwarded to Devonport, as part com-
plement of the Exmouth, screw, 91, fittingeout there.
The Orion, 90, screw, in consequence of the lowness of
the tides latterly, has been lying up the harbour since
he got clear of Sheerness pier ; on Saturday, however,
sLe would have been towed up to Chatham, only for the
strong adverse winds. Her lower masts are in, and
when she gets there she will be docked, and fitted for
immediate service.
The Cressy,. screw, 81, Captain Warren, got under
weigh early on Saturday morning from the Nore, and
steamed into the harbour at Sheerness, and moored off
in the fair•way. We understand her machinery is in
first-rate order, but her pumps, &c., are very defective.
We hear she touched the ground once in. the Baltic,
which, no doubt, will cause her to be docked to over-
haul her bottom. The crew expect to be drafted to the
barracks prepared for them in the victualling de-
partment in this yard, which have been fitted up by con-
tract by Messrs. Hall, of Queenborough, and capable of
holding 1,200 men and officers. She had struck her
topgallantrnast and unbent sails, and was ten days from
Kiel to the Nore ; all hands well on board, and in a few
days the whole of the barracks will be finished ready to
receive them, or any other ships' crews to the amount
of 1,200 or 1,300. On board this vessel there are about
190 seamen of the Coast Guard stations.

The Majestic, 80, screw Captain Hope, arrived at
the Bignose on Saturday evening at four o'clock. We
understand she left Kiel with the Cressy, and has been
12 days on her pa•sage. She got under weigh this
morning at eleven o'cl,ck, and steamed into the harbour
at noon, and has moored at one of the upper moorings.
Like the Cressy, we hear she has touched the ground in
the Baltic more than once, and there appears to be some
defect in the after part of the main shaft, together with
a leak, to stop which she will have to come into the
dry dock.

The Cressy appears to eclipse the Majestic both in
sailing and steaming qualities, and although both are of
the same horse power, the Cressy will go one knot an
hour faster. She confirms the report of the Euryalus
having run into the Imperieuse in a snow-storm, by
which both have sustained considerable damage.
The Majestic has struck her topgallantiaasts and sent
topgallant yards clown. The Cressy Las unbent her
sails and sent topgallantmasts down.
The Russell; 74, is still in the dry dock, Sheerness.
Many shipwrights, &c., are working at her, converting
her into a screw ; for which, like the Hawke, 74, in
Chatham-yard, progresses fast.
The Phaeton, 50, is in the Sheerness basin fitting,
ready for commission. We hear she is to take 100 tons
of ballast.
The Melampua, frigate, store-ship, is in the Sheerness
graving dock; she has been caulked inside and out, and
is fitting out for the transport service. Her masts are all
taken out, and will be replaced by larger ones, or made
stronger ; her old copper has all been stripped off, and
she is being newly coppered, &c.
The Pylades, 21, screw corvette, is still in the Sheer-
ness thy dock, fitting for immediate service with all de-
spatch. Her rudder, &c., will be shipped next week.
No doubt shortly afterwards she will haul into the basin.
The G'rgon, 6, paddle-sloop, Commander Hawker, is
being fitted in Portsmouth harbour to take 100 men and
five officers of the 21 battalion of the Rifle Brigade, and
stores, to the Crimea.

the Ajax, 60, at Portsmouth ; arid C. I'. Compton
(1844), rocently serving as First Lieutenant of the Fan-
toate sloop, 19 on the Australian 'station, have been
prolneted to be commanders, _

Captain Smith relieved Rear-Admiral Courtenay as
superintendent of the Royal Naval Hospital at Haslar,
and the Clarence Victualling-yard, Gosport, on Satur-
day.
Major-General Sir Frederick Smith, C. 8., R E.,
commanding Royal Engineers in Portsmouth garrison,
is reported to be the lieutenant-governor of that fortress,
vice Bentinok, appointed to a division in the Crimea.

THE KING OF SWEDEN'S

SPEECH.

The following is the text of the speech delivered
by the King of Sweden, on the closing of the Diet,

on the sth :
" Gentlemen, —Your labours are terminated. In dis-
missing you, I feel a real satisfaction at the manner in
which you have employed the time, upwards of a year,
which you have passed in deliberation. The country
has derived as much advaatage as renown from it ; its
situation inspires confidence and respect both at home
and abroad. After a careful examination, I thought right
to lay before you bills relative to the manner in which,
in certain given cases the Government of the united
kingdoms is to be constituted, and relative to the press.
Whilst preserving in the fundamental law the principle
of the liberty of the press, as one of the most precious
rights of the Swedish people, I have proposed to you to
insert therein the principal points which consecrate it, and
to place in the general enactments of the civil code the
subsidiary rules for the application of it. These
questions, which can only be solved in the next
assembly of the States-General, cannot fail to obtain
from them the serious and patriotic appreciation
which their importance and the interests of the
country demand. I have setoi with satisfaction that you
have occupied yourselve.4 with solicitude with the amelio-
rations to be introduced into the Commercial Code. This
grave question will be to me a subject of incessant at-
tention. In consequence of propositions which I have
addressed to you, you have adopted decrees relative
to the consolidation of public credit, the adoption of
uniform postage for letters in the interior, and the adop-
tion of a decimal system of money, weights, and mea-
sures. You have accorded large sums for productive
objects, and principally for the participation of the State
in great railway lines—these resolutions will no doubt
be very advantageous to the country. I thought it
my duty to communicate to you at the beginning
of the session a bill for circumscribing the manu-
facture and consumption of a spirituous liquor, the
disastrous effects of which on the morality and wel-
fare of the people have been too well proved by long
experience. I have learned with pleasure the serious
and patriotic zeal which you have displayed in this
question of general interest ; and I shall derive there-
from a strong inducement to adopt the measures
which it is necessary for me to take, in order to assure
the execution of the laws which you have voted.
The principles which yen have laid down with respect
to the customs' legislation constitute a marked progress
in a more liberal sense. The prosperous situation of the
commerce and manufactures of the country presents a
favourable moment for the changes to be introduced
on that point. You have adopted my propositions
to simplify the collection of the taxes, and to re-
lieve the tax-payers in several important branches ;
and in spite of new allocations, necessary for the
regular march of the administration, you have found
means to diminish the additional imposts by more than
one-third of their former amount. I cannot but warmly
recognise your adherence to the measure by which
the fund for the alleviation of the sufferings, which
may arise in consequence of a want of food, has been
considerably augmented. The generous munificence
which you have shown in favour of establishments of
' education and of public health, has not escaped
my notice. In addition to the sums set apart for the
fine-arts and sciences, you have voted considerable sums
for public buildings and hospitals, and for the ameliora-
tion of the condition of several classes of persons employed
by the state. The sums which you have voted for the
army and navy show that you have formed a just
appreciation of the wants of the country with regard
to its means of defence. In approving of my proposition
for fixing the credits intended for unforeseen cases,
you have put me in a position to take such measures
as might become urgent in consequence of circumstances
impossible to be determined on in advance. I fully ap-
preciate your confidence, snd am penetrated with a
sense of the obligations which it imposes on me. The
Diet, which is new at an end, will hold a prominent
place in the annals of our history. In pronouncing its
close, I indulge in the firm hope that its results will
contribute to the happiness and glory of our country,
and I perform a sacred duty in expressing to you my
gratitude for the good that you have done. I renew to
you, gentlemen, the assurance of all my royal affection
and kind feeling."
•

STATE OF TRADE.

( From the Manchester Guardian of Saturday,

MANCHESTER, Dec. 15.—The demand continues active
from the Mediterranean and Levant markets, and for
some articles it increases ; so that certain longcloths,
T's, and some other goods, with extra hard twist, have
somewhat of an upward .biits and low counts of mule
and •Water, generally, are perfectly firm. Doubled yarns,
from 60's upward, of German quality, are improved.
Altogether, the aspect of business is not less satisfactory
than it was a week ago ; indeed, the prospects as to the
supply of cotton render it rather more favourable for the
interests of our producers.
GLASGOW, Dec. 15.—The demand continues but to a
limited extent, and prices are fully td. per lb. lower
this week.
BRADFORD, Dec. 14.—Wool—The increase" of lookers
referred to in our last has not tended materially to add
to the small transactions in the wool trade. The spin-
ners buy with great caution, and at the price sought by
the staplers it is impossible to (-over cost. There
is no disposition on the pelt of vile growers and
country dealers to accept prices at all in accordance with
what can be realised. Nods and brokes are firm.--
Yarns—There is no inducement to in "s ease the produc-
tion, and as the majority of the spinn ass are only work•
ing daylight, and others not so muca, the supplies are
daily diminishing, and ruled yarns in. stock cannot be
found at prea•ent prices. In spool yams the supply is de.
creased, nor is tliira any chance of spool frames being
put to work without a great advance on the prices now
current. Pieces—ln the warehouses for finished goods,
the demand has been better, and the aierchants have re-
duced their stocks far below their usual average. This
course has deterred the manufactur ;ru from making,
nor is it probable there will be any nn rked activity un-
less better prices can be realised than have been current
throughout the autumn.
LEICESTER, Dec. 14.—Our market continues to re.
ceive great reLief from the:government orders, both in
the regular hosiery, glove, shirt, dras tiers, and fancy
branches.