The Sun.
London, England, 1854-12-11 00:00:00

THE FRENCH REINFORCEJDINTS.

Detachments from the 22d, 23d, 29th, and 41st of th
lino, from the 11th battalio-i of Foot Chasseurs, and 12th
light infantry, arrived in Paris on Friday morning, and
left in the evening of Saturday by the Lyons Railway for
the South.
A letter from Nantes, of the 7th, mentions that the 9th
light infantry had received orders to form three war bat•
talions, and to join the camp of the South, whence it is to
proceed in the spring to the Crimea.
We 'read in the Sentinelle Toutonnaise of the sth inst.:--
" The steam frigate Sane sailed yesterday with troops for
the Crimea. 1,229 rank and file, 1,000 of whom belonged
to the 17th battalion of Chasseurs de Vincennes, embarked
the same day for the army of the East. Ammunition
waggons are continually arriving at the arsenal with shells,
cannon balls, and other projectiles destined for the army.
The square opposite the arsenal is literally covered with
pieces of artillery, which are conveyed on board the dif•
ferent transports with as little delay as possible. The
shells and cannon balls are shipped on board the St. Louis.
Two detachments from the 17th and 32d of the line arrived
this morning at Toulon, where they are waiting for trans",
ports to embark. The steamer Meteor sailed last night fo
the Black Sea. 300 men of the 16th infantry packed
their arms this morning in the arsenal, previously to em-
barkation."

OFFICIAL APPOINTMENTS.—The Right Hon. W. 0-
Hayter, M.P., has appointed Mr. Charles William Free-
mantle, of the Treasury, to be his private secretall-
Mr. George Bannerman has been appointed clerk of tha
peace and keeper of the Register of Sasines in the county'
of Banff. Captain Joseph Nias, C. 8., is appointed en'
perintendent of the Royal William Victualling yard
and the Naval Hospital at Plymouth. Captain Charles
Graham and Sir Baldwin W. Walker, K.C.8., are er
pointed paid aides-decamp to the Queen ; and Captains
Lord Edward Russell and Henry J. Colrington, C.B.s
are appointed unpaid aides-de-camp to the Queen, r.
Joseph Senior is appointed third class clerk in the Ad'
miralty, Whitehall. Mr. W. H. Strutt is appointta°
first class clerk ; Mr. Peter Robertson, second da
clerk ; Mr. Thomas Pitcairn, acting second class clerk ;
Mr. Rodolph Alexis Arundel', third class clerk, in the
Accountant-General's department of the Admiralty nt
Somerset house. Mr. J. S. B. De Courcy and Mr. 0-
G. Wilson are appointed acting second class clerks in
the Comptroller of Victualling's department, Somerset-
house. -Observer.
THE BALAKLAvA Peto, BrasseYt
and Bett=, the eminent contractors, having undertaken
to construct a railway for the Government from Ball;
klava to the British camp, a large force of navvies so"
be despatched immediately to commence operation!.
Mr. Kellock, a gentleman well known on the Hereford,
Ross, and Gloucester Railway, will superintend in per-
son the execution of this arduous undertaking, and the
Rev. George Gyngell, the talented and indefatigable
missionary, whose devoted labours amongst the
n.
employed on the line near Ross were the theme of admit,
ration, will accompany the detachment in the capacity 01
fcubranpilliend, aat
ltithweraenttniurernt7esrtofofßMibrle.sPaentdo,Tweshtoatuttasl__O
nob only for the use of the men, but of any others who.
may need them. Mr. Gyngelt also takes out with him
a large number of Bibles and Testaments in the Turkishl
racnodmf French s u
eh languages,
as
rn and
y r
eaqquantity 4nnb:
I 'tß'rniudbsUoitateind'e, b y friends who sympathise with his zealous and
I devoted undertaking.--Hereford Timm.

MONEY MARKET

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COMMERCIAL IN'TELLmENCE.

CITY, TW 0 O'CLOCK
The sales of cotton at Liverpool on Saturday
were estimated at 6,000 bales, including 500
American taken for export. The market closed
steadily without alteration in prices. The sales
comprised 4,700 American, 150 Pernam and Mar-
anham at Sid. to 61d., 20 Bahia at 6,1,d., 100 Egyp-
tian at old. to 6/d., and 1,000 Surat at 3id. to
41d. per lb. Railway Shares were firm.
The corn trade is firm this morning at le. per qr.
advance on wheat.
The next India and China mail on the 19th inst.,
is to be taken out by the steamer Indus.
The ship G-loriana has arrived from the Cape of
Good Hope, with dates of Oct. 20. A very large
mercantile failure had occurred there, by which, as
we understand, some of our most important Man-
chester warehousemen suffer severely.
The intelligence received from Nev York by the
steamer Asia, mentions the important fact that
heavy shipments of breadstuffs were being made to
Liverpool, and so large were the quantities pur-
chased for the purpose, that freights to English
ports had been advanced. On the Monday pre-
ceding the departure of the steamer, the shipments
included 70,000 to 80,000 bushels of grain, and
4,000 to 5,000 barrels of flour. The stock market
continued irregular, but with a fair business doing.
According to the last weekly return the City
Banks showed a decrease in the deposits of
1,846,808, in the circulation of 159,446 dole., in
the specie, of 604,549, and iu the discounts of
492,289 dole.
The Russian Government has been arranging to
obtain surgeons from the colleges, not only of the
Czar's dominions, but, likewise of Germany, and
frOra the latter country a great many students
in medicine will proceed. Very active movements
have been going on in Bessarabia, and Prince
Paskiewitch and Gortschakoff were in constant
communication.
The project of law in Prussia prohibiting the cir-
culation of all foreign paper money in retail trans-
actions, had occasioned much discussion in Berlin,
but it is not proposed that it shall come into ope-
ration until January 1856.
On the Vienna Bourse the hopes of peace are
stated to have become very strong since the re-
ported accession of Austria to the new treaty, and
the note of Count Nesselrode offering to accept the
four points.
At the meeting of the Bank of Australia this day
the following statement was read and passed :
" 1. In pursuance of the course hitherto adopted at
this period of the year, to give the proprietors a gene-
ral view of the progress of the business since the annual
meeting, without entering into details or figures, the
directors have to report that the accounts received since
June exhibit a considerable increase in the operations
of the bank in the colonies, and that the large rate of
profit of the preceding year has been maintained, al-
though not, as then, arising from the purchase and ship-
ment of gold.
"2. The directors have transmitted to the superin-
tendent instructions respecting the separate investment
of the guarantee fund, the receipt of which has been re-
cently acknowledged ; and, although the increase in the
business has temporarily delayed the completion of this
important object, the proprietors may rest assured that
it will be carried into effect at the earliest possible pe-
riod.
"3. The latest advises mention that considerable
mercantile pressure existed in Australia, but no loss of
any importance had at that time fallen upon the Bank.
" 4. The Directors are enabled to state, that the ac-
counts already in their possession, of the profits on the
year's transactions, justify them in declaring their in-
tention of making an increase in the bonus next April of
10s., raising it to 565. per share ; which, together with
the usual rate of dividend of 6 per cent., will make 4/.
per share, being equivalent to 20 per cent per annum
on the capital stock of the corporation."
The English stock market is quieter, but prices
have been at a further advances. Consols have
been at 92g and since at 924 ± for the account
with the dividend off. The New 3 per Cents. have
been marked 91-a- to 92, and, the 3 per Cents. 91i
to 91i. Bank Stock hal been firm at 209. Ex-
chequer Bills have remained at 3s. to 6s. premium.
The Bonds have been done at 99g 2.
Foreign Stocks have been very dull. The
Turkish Scrip is at 7 to 8 discount. Russian 4i
per Cents. have realised 88. Mexican Stock is at
21i Dutch 4 per Cents. have been 92i, and
Belgian 4!,1- per Cents. 91.
The following are the nominal prices of Foreign
tocks :—Grenado. Deferred Bonds, 5 to 6 ; Mexi-
can, 211 to 21 ; Peruvian, 68 to 70 ; ditto
3 per Cents., 48 to 50 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents.,
41 to 43 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 96 to 98 ; ditto
di per Cents., 86 to 88 ; Spanish New Deferred,
19i to 19i ; ditto 3 per Cents., 39 to 39i ; ditto
Certificates, 5i to 5i ; ditto Passive, 411 to 41.
The railway meetings announced are the fol-
lowing :
Company. Date. Place. 17
Caterham Dec. 20, King William-st. . 20
Great Central of France
Great Luxembourg
Ditto
Lake Constance and Basle Dec. 27, St. Gall. 20
Northern of France
West Flanders Deo. 23, 61, Moorgate-street. 100
Ditto
The Railway Share Market has been at advanced 100
rates, and with about an average business doing. N
Caledonian, Midland, North-Eastern, and Great 25
Western have been principally dealt in. Foreign 25
Shares have been in fair request, but not higher.
The Mining Market is heavy, the Joint-Stock 100
Banks are a shade higher, and the Steam Naviga- 100
tion. and Land Shares are about the same. 20
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BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES.
20
(From the O9cial List. ) 1

Business done
Bank Stock ...... ......................... 209
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities... ....... 91i
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities
New 3 per Cent. Annuities ......... 9ll 2 1
Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860
Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan.,1860 3-16
India Stock
India Bonds, £lOOO
Consols for Account, 10th January
India Stock for Account
Exchequer Bills,
21000

~.••••. ....... 3

2500
gras.ll .............. . ....
Exchequer Bonds 1858, 34 per Cent.
Ditto 1859,
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PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY.
Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent
Mexican 3 per Cent.
'Russian Bonds, 4i per Cent
Turkish Scrip 6 per cent...
Ditto for the Account .........••.••••
==. A Otvidends on the above payable in London.
Belgian Bonds 44 per Cent. ex. 25 fr
Dutch Exchange, 24 per Cent. 12 Gull —
Ditto 4 vor cent. tiertifie,ates
THREE O'CLOCK

C0n5015.................................... --
Ditto, January Accwmt ......... ... 911 2x d
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LLOYD'S SHIPPING-?TiIIS DAY.)

we.
LONDON, Dec. 11.—Wind this day at Noon, S.S.W.
light breeze, with fine weather.
DOVER, Dec. 10. —Wind, N. Arrived—Champagne,
from Newport; Thalia, Newcastle, for Malaga, with
damage to sails and bulwarks, having been in contact with
a ship in the Downs. Sailed—lris, for Malaga. Put
back—Dover (s), Ostend, with machinery out of order.
OFF BON CHURCH, Dec.lo.—Cimbria, for Constantinople.
FALMOUTH, Dee. 10.—Wind, N. Arrived—Sylph (s),
from London, and left for Dublin. Put back—Venilia,
• Liverpool.
PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 10.—Wind, N.N.E. Arrived—
Martha Jane, from Shields, and sailed for the Cape and
Madras ; Lady Eglinton (s), Dublin • I. 0., Shields, for
Constantinople, leaky. Sailed—H.M.S. Heels., for the
Eastward ; Cosmopolitan (s.s.), the Crimea ; Magdalena
(Ls.), ditto ; Cambria, Geelong ; H.M.S. Leopard, Black
Sea ; Antinore, Constantinople.
Cowes, Dec. N.N.W. Arrived—Albert,
from London, for Falmouth, with damage, and threeth of
the crew washed overboard. Sailed—Alma (s), for e
Crimea ; Petrus, Antwerp.
Wind, E. Sailed—Syren, for
DARTMOUTH, Dec. 10.—

HULL, Dec. 10.—Wind, Arrived—Quinnswell, from
New York ; Frances Hayes, Quebec ; Puzzle, Terceira ;
'telegraph (s). Antwerp ; Jupiter (s), Gothenburg. Sailed
Richard and Harriet, for Melbourne•
CLYDE, Dec. 9.—Wind, N.W. Arrived—Merlin, from
alifax. Sailed—Queen of the Isles, fur Sydney, N.S.W. ;
Priam, Uelbourne : Ambassador, Havannah ; Mary, Ma-
tanzas ; Eliza, Boston.

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ArISTRALIA.—Further advices have been received from
15000
Adelaide, South Australia, regarding the navigation of 100
the River Murray. It appears that the steamer Lady
Augusta, towing the two barges Eureka and Wakool, 20
nad reached Wellington with valuable cargoes of wool 50
from stations on the river, and had again started upwards 20
on another trip. In the upper Murray district there 25
was much less water than during last year, owing to the
usual floods not having yet come down. Captain Cadell, 101 S
itzhis steamer Melbourne, had entered the river from 5e
sea,and
afterwards crossed the bar outwards for
Port Elliot, 'where he took in goods and went in a second 25
time in
safe
placed a sulicielt is added that the legislative body had 25
beaming
eava nt suu,
on the estimates for surveying, 50
s great rig loadillg marks at the sea mouth, ~,
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