The Sun.
London, England, 1856-01-09 00:00:00

ling, for the barren triumph of extorting pacific
pledges from the Russian Government ; and hav-
ing come to this determination, there would no
longer be any obstacle to peace." Under this
head Mr. Cobden adds that, "whilst attaching no
value to the limitation of the number of Russian
ships, exclusively," be would try to persuade
France and England to reduce their naval estab-
lishments at the close of the war, although
(or because—it does not clearly appear which) there
appears to be a growing desire in the United States
to increase their navy. Believing it impossible to
persuade or compel one State to diminish its naval
force, Mr. Cobden would try his hand on three or
four.
Really it would be sheer waste of time to throw
away a word in the way of criticism on the foreign
policy of Mr Premier Cobden.

Naval and Military Intelligence.

The Colossus, 81, screw ship, Captain Robinson, was
taken into dock yesterday at Portsmouth to complete her
refit for the ensuing Baltic campaign. The Blenheim,
60, screw block-ship, Capt. W. H. Hall, was taken out
of dock at Portsmouth yesterday after a refit. The
Basilisk, 6, paddle-sloop, Commander Jenner, was taken
into the steam basin yesterday at Portsmouth for repairs.
The Norman steam-transport left Portsmouth yesterday
afternoon for the Thames. The Vivid, paddle-wheel
steam despatch boat, Master Commander W. H. Allen,
left Portsmouth on Monday night for the eastward. The
Avon steam-transport, Second Master Veitch, left Ports-
mouth on Monday night with supernumeraries for the
eastward, and the Rhadamanthus left yesterday also for
the eastward, to ship more machinery for the ♦easels in
the engineers' hands at Portsmouth. Her Majesty's
steam-sloop Vesuvius, 6, Commander Hore, arrived at
Spithead yesterday from the Blaek Sea. The Borussia,
No. 33 transport, arrived yesterday from Liverpool to
take in troops, &c.
The new screw steam-ship Belgique, Capt. Tack, which
left Antwerp on the 30th of December, and Southamp-
ton on Sunday morning, with passengers and Belgian
mails for New York, put back to Plymouth Sound dis-
abled yesterday afternoon. She got as far as 90 miles
west of the Lizard on Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock,
when it was found that there were 18 inches of water in
her hold, and that three of her pumps were choked ; her
fireplaces and cylinders are only four feet from the bottom
of the ship, and the master took the precaution to be-
speak the assistance of the passengers to throw the cargo
overboard in case of emergency. The leak was kept under
by the two engine pumps, and against a strong easterly
wind she returned to Plymouth in about 23 Lours.
The gun-boat Bustard, Lieut. W. Hewett (acting) com-
mander, move d down from Woolwich basin yesterday
morning to the Arsenal wharf to receive her ammunition
and sea stock. Her Majesty's steam-sloop Pearl was re-
moved from the inner to the outer basin and placed
under the sheers for the purpose of coaling.
The crew of the Conqueror, 100, Capt. T. C. Symonds,
at Plymouth, got up fore, main, and mizen topmast

rigging on Monday.
The paddle-wheel steam-frigate Sampson, from Ports-
mouth, with seamen belonging to the Neptune, 120,
Capt. Hutton, arrived at Plymouth on Sunday, and left
on Monday for Portsmouth.
The Albion, 90 was warped on Monday to the sheer
hulk in Hamoaze to have her masts taken out.
Among the hories landed from the steam-transport
Cambrian at Plymouth on Monday was a beautiful
Arab, a present to Lord Hardinge, the General-Com-
iranding-in-Chief.
So great is the facility in reuniting the disjointed tim-
brs composing the experimental mortar raft at Wool-
wich, that in three hours after receiving the pontoon
cylinders, which have been repaired and strengthened,
the raft was again in service order. This is an important
item in this newly-invented species of raft, showing the
ready manner in which it may be transferred to any
destination.
Their Serene Highnesses Prince Edward and Prince
Gustavus of Saxe-Weimar, attended by Col.• Hamilton,
Grenadier Guards, and two subaltern officers, paid a
visit to Woolwich Arsenal yesterday morning, where
they were officially attended by Col. Wilmot, Colonel
Tulloh, Capt. Boxer, and Capt. Orr, representing the
departmental government of the Arsenal. The visitors
were conducted in the usual manner through the foun-
dries, various workshops, and laboratories, and repeatedly
expressed their gratification as they were shown the
working of the huge and powerful machinery. Before
leaving the Arsenal the Princes expressed their convic-
tion that this important establishment was unrivalled in
Europe.
The adjutants of her Majesty's corps of Royal Engi-
neers, at Woolwich, have resolved on presenting to
Quartermaster Bradford. on his recent promotion, as a
testimony of their appreciation of his worth, an elegant
sword, on which the following is to be engraved :
" Presented to Quartermaster Michael Bradford, Royal
Engineers, by the following officers who served as Act-
ing-Adjutants to the corps at Woolwich during the time
he was Serjeant-Major there, as a mark of their esteem
and regard for his character and conduct :—Capt. Theo-
dosius Webb, Capt. G. Ross, Capt. Fitzroy Somerset,
Capt. Francis Cox, Lieut. G. Lempriere, Royal Engi-
neers."
The authorities of the Horse Guards have forwarded
an order to the Commandant of Chatham garrison to
hold in readiness the men of the various depots in the
provisional battalion on the Indian establishment who
have gone through a conrn of instriintinn af
of musketry at ftythe, and have qualified themselves for
instructors in the use of the Enfield rifle, to embark for
the several presidencies in India, to enable the Com-
mander of the Forces in that country to carry out the
orders on this head. The following are the depots from
which instructors will be selected :—For the Bengal
station—the 10th, 32d, 35th, 6th, and 95th Regiments,
one from each depot ; for Bombay—the 64th, 78th, 83d,
Bth, and 80th Regiments, one man from the first three
and two from the latter ; for Madras —the 74th and 84th
Regiments, four instructors from the former and one
from the latter.

APPOINTMENTS.
The following appeared in our late edition las
night :

COMMANDERS.
Fairfax Moresby, to the Sappho.
W. T. Bate, to the Mariner, vice Cochran, invalided

LIEUTENANTS.
H. T. Ryves, to the Impregnable.
Douglas Walker, to the Devastation.

MATE.

Thomas T. Mackenzie (acting), to the Intrepid.

SURGEON.
Hugh O'llagan, to the Impregnable.
ASSISTANT-SURGEON.
Robert Madden (acting), to Haslar Hogpitil.

STATE OF TRADE.

MANCHESTER, JAN. 8

The market for cotton cloths has been quiet, but
prices have not given way, and the extent to which
manufacturers are still under engagement prevents many
goods being pressed upon buyers. In yarns the quiet•
ness is not so uniform. Buyers report in some eases
that they have obtained twist at rather easier prices, but
sellers have in some instances done a fair business, and
in low numbers rather better prices have been obtained.
The general report is one of quietness, with steady
prees.

The stoppage of an old and respected spinning and
manufacturing house is reported, but the public will not
be sufferers, the stoppage arising principally out of new
family arrangements.
Messrs. John Slagg and Co. report :—" There is no
new feature in the market to-day. Transactions con-
tinue to be on a very small scale, and prices are un-
changed." _ _ _

LEEDS, JAN. 8

The woollen cloth markets this morning have been
marked by the same cheerful tone that we have had to
point out as the characteristic of the last two or three
markets. There has been a fair amount of cloth, in-
cluding the middle and better qualities, as well as those
of a commoner kind, sold. Merchants appear to be re-
plenishing their stocks for the spring trade. Prices :ire
firm, and have slightly improved for the all-wool sorts of
fabrics. The price of the raw material (wool) is very
firm, with an upward tendency. The manufacturers
throughout this district are gradually increasing their
work, giving employment to more hands or running
longer time, so that the year opens well for the opera-
tive as well as for the master manufacturer. In some of
the outlying town!. of this district a good amount of
work is doing for army and navy orders, and in the
immediate neighbourhood of Leeds some extensive
orders for Spanish stripes and other fabrics for the East
Indies and China have been given out.

The Leeds Intellivisecr of this morning thus speaks
of the present position and prospects of the woollen
trade :

"Trade continues to show an improved tone, and se-
veral large London buyers have been down during the
week, making purchases chiefly in anticipation of the
spring demand. In the warehouses generally there is
more doing for the home trade, and the American orders
are double those of last year. The hall markets show
little alteration, but the stocks on hand do not accumu-
late to any large extent. Manufacturers are remark-
ably well employed, and have large orders on hand.
Now that the accounts of 1855 are straightened, and
balances are struck, the amount of business which has
been transacted at a remunerative profit is most extra-
ordinary, and the woollen trade is another example of
the alight influence which the war has had on the com-
merce of the country. With many the past year has been
better than the preceding ; and if the gross returns have
in most instances been smaller, the absence of heavy
losses, as in 1854, must be considered as a campensa-
Lion. It is an open question whether, taking the trade
as a whole, it has net been beneutted rnther than in-
jured by the war, and whether the advantages of large
Government and foreign contracts have not outweighed
any evils arising from monetary pressure and a con-
tracted home trade. Nor must the latter feature le
laid altogether to the account of the war. A severe
check was certain to follow the reckless overtradiag of
the last few years, and if it bad been further delayed the
reaction would have been all the more violent when it
did come. Present prospects are good. The foreiga
trade suffers no interruption ; the colonial markets are
no longer choked with goods, and are returning to a
more healthy state ; at home stocks of every description
are light, both in the wholesale and retail trade. There
is a general determination on the part of the merchant
to act cautiously, and on the part of the manufacturers
to work only to order."
In reference to another point of cur staple trade, we

copy the following from Another article in the same
journal :
" The American market :it present is that which offers
the most probable continuance of enjoyment generally;
fer the condition of the contl nent of Europe may be so
changed in a commercial point of view this year, in con-
sequence of the war, that we may hardly know what
reliance to place upon its eteetom. And, in fact, in
many parts of it our trade has declined so much of late
years that we seem to have less and less to expect thence,
without even reference to the war. Austria, for in-
stance, in whose territories there was a gradual falling
off of trade with this country between 1846 and 1852 of
7 per cent., exhibits a spec ific falling off in woollen,
1 worsted, hosiery, and small wares between 1852 and
1854 of not less than 13 per cent. ; while she has in-
(creased the declared value of her purchases of steam-
engines and machinery in the same two years equal to
191 per cent. We look upon this increase as significant
of the fact that her population is becoming employed on
English models, if not on English machinery, in weaving
such pieces as she used to buy ; and that, as coming
events cast their shadows before, so our manufacturers
are to learn from it that 801118 of the old markets for
English goods are likely to. be narrowed rather than
widened ; and that others m ust be sought among popu-
lations less settled, and there fore less capable of turning
their attention to the arts of peace. If there is much
competition among the mann facturers between now and
May wool will necessarily be dearer. If that competi-
tion be legitimate the prices .of goods will rise. We are
thankful to see the very greet caution which the manu-
facturers, as a body, are displaying ; and the end of it
will be that, if large fortunes. are not made so fast, they
will be the more safely kept when they are made."
HUDDERSFIELD, JAN.. 8.
There has been a decided improvement in the market
to-day. More buyers attended, and the transactions
effected were of a more extensive character than for some
time past. Black and steel doeskins and mixtures are
principally in request ; other kinds are also in good de-
mand. Wool firm, but in fair request.

From the London Gazette of Last Night.

At the Court at Windsor, the 21st day of Nov., 1855,
present, the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council.
Whereas by an Aot passed in the session of Parlia-
ment, holden in the sixteenth and seventeenth years of
the reign of her present Majesty, intituled " An Act to
amend and consolidate the laws relating to the Cus-
toms of the United Kingdom and of the Isle of Man,
and certain laws relating to trade and navigation, and
the British possessions," it is enacted that, " if the legis-
lature, or proper legislative authority, of any of the
British possessions abroad, shall present an address to
' her Majesty, praying her Aujesty to authorise or permit
the conveyance of goods or passengers from one part of
such possession to another part thereof, in other than
British ships, it shall thereupon be lawful for her Ma-
jesty, by Order in Council, so to authorise the convey-
ance of such goods or passengers, on such terms and
under such conditions as to her Majesty may seem
good."
And whereas an address has been presented to her
Majesty, by the Legislative Council of Ceylon, praying
her Majesty to authorise and permit the conveyance of
goods and passengers from one part of that island to any
other part of the same in other than British ships :- -
Now, therefore, her Majesty, by and with the advice
of her Privy Council, and in virtue of the authority
committed to her by the said recited Act, doth order,
and it is hereby ordered, that from and after the day of
the date of this Order, goods and passengers may he
conveyed from one part of the Island of Ceylon to an-
other part thereof, in other than British ships.
And the Right Hon. the Lords Commissioners of her
Majesty's Treasury, and the Right Hon. Henry Labou-
chere, one of her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of
' State, are to give the necessary directions herein, as to
them may respectively appertain.
WM. L. BATHURST.

At'the Court at Windsor, the 7th day of Dec., 1855,
present, the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council.
Whereas by an Act, passed in the session of Parlia-
ment, holden in the sixteenth and seventeenth years of
the reign of her present Majesty, intituled " An Act to
amend and consolidate the laws relating to the customs
of the United Kingdom and of the Isle of Man, and cer-
tain laws relating to trade and navigation and the Bri-
tish possessions," it is enacted that " if the Legislature
or proper legislative authority of any of the British pos-
sessions abroad shall present an address to her Ma-
jesty, praying her Majesty to authorise or permit
the conveyance of goods or passengers from one
part of such possession to another part thereof, in
other than British ships, it shall thereupon be lawful
for her Majesty, by Order in Council, so to authorise
the conveyance of such goods or passengers on such
terms and under such conditions as to her Majesty may
seem good."
And whereas an address has been presented to her
Majesty by the Legislative Council and the House of
Assembly of the Cape of Good Hope, praying her Ma-
jesty to authorise and permit the conveyance of goods
and passengers from one port of that colony to auy
other port of the same in other than British vessels.
Now, therefore, her Majesty, by and with the advice
of her Privy Council, and in virtue of the authority com-
mitted to her by the said recited act, doth order, and it
is hereby ordered, that from and after the day of the
date of this order, goods and passengers may be conveyed
from any one port of the colony of the Cape of Good
Hope to any other port thereof in other than British
ships.
Anu the Itight Honourable the Lords Commissioners
of her Majesty's Treasury and the Right Hon. Henry
Lahouchere, one of her Majesty's Principal Secretaries
of State, are to give the necessary directions herein as
to them may respectively appertain,
C. C. GREVILLL