The Sun.
London, England, 1851-12-10 00:00:00

APPOINTME NTS.

WOOLWICH, DEC. 9.—Lieutenant Joseph Dayman
(1843) to study steam at the factory at Woolwich
dockyard.
Acting-Assistant Surgeon—Henry Hanson (1851) to
the Fury steam-sloop, at Woolwich.
Gunner—John Lush to the Fury.

The Barracouta, 6, paddle-wheel steam-sloop of 300
horse power, having had her engines put on board in
the East India Docks at Blackwall, was towed down the
River yesterday by the Monkey and Zophyr steam-ves-
sels, preparatory to having her engines tried at the mea-
sured mile.

The Pioneer and Intrepid screw steam vessels, for-
merly employed in the Arctic expedition under Cap-
tain H. T. Austin, C. 8., have been taken into the
inner basin, alongside the factory here, to have their
engines examined and any defects found in them
made good, preparatory to the vessels being again
made ready, in the spring of 1852, for a further
search for Sir John Franklin and his long absent
companions. Great regret is expressed by several of
the officers who were attached to Captain Austin's
expedition, that they were not made aware, when i❑
the Arctic regions, of what has now been stated by
Captain Penny in a letter to the secretary of the
Geographical Society, that he had found " a watch-
tent upon a height about four miles north and west
from the position occupied by the ships" as the winter
quarters of the missing vessels, " and in the tent we
found a small piece of paper with the words, to be
called,' the other part of which must have been torn
off, thus evidently showing that a regular watch had
been left." Had the officers been aware of the fact
now made public, they would unanimously have vo-
lunteered their services to make further search up
Wellington channel before returning home. The
general impression is, among all naval officers, that
Sir John Franklin must have left papers to indicate
the course he intended to take, and that a further
search is desirable at the earliest possible moment.

SEABORNE MAILS.
[N signifies that the mails are sent from the General Post-office
by the night—and M by the morning—dispatch.]

When made up in From what
PLACES, When
Poet-office port dill- When
due.
London. patched.
America (by Brit. pkt.)N Dec. 12 Liverpool .. Dec. 16
America (by U.S. pkt.) N Dec. 9 .. .. Liverpool Dec. 18
America (by U.S. pkt.) M Dec. 17 .. Southampt. Dec. 11
Africa (West coast).. N 14th of the month Plymouth Dec. 3
Alexandria* N 19th & 30th of mo. Dover .. Dec. 18
Belgium .. •• • • N Daily ..
.. Dover .. Daily
Brazil
• • • .. M 9th of the month Sonthampt. Dec. 16
Buenos Ayres M 9th of the month Sonthampt. Dec. 15
Callfornia(viaChagres)3l 2d & 17th of month Southampt. Dec. 20
Cape of Good Hope N 14th of month Plymouth.. Dec. 3
Constantinople* .. •• N 7th 17th 27th of mo ;Dover .. Dec. 10
Central America .. M2d & 17th of mon. ISouthampt. Dec. 20
Channel Isles .. N Mon., Wed., & Fri. :Southampt. Tu. Th. Sat
Chili M 17th of the month Southampt. Dec. 20
France M& N Twice daily .. Dover Twicedaily
Greece* .. N 7th 17th27th of mo Dover .. Dec. 10
Hamburg!' N Tuesday & Friday London .. Toes. Sat.
Holland • • .. M Wednes. & Satur. London .. Moß.Thur.
Honduras . N 17th of the mouth Southampt. Dec 2.1
Ireland .. M& N Twice daily .. Holyhead • . Twicedaily
India (via Southamp.) M 20th of the month Southampt. Dec. 24
India (via Marseilles) N Bth& 24th ef month Dover • • Dec. 17
Mediterranean (via
Southampton) .. M 20th of the month Sonthampt. Dec. 24
Mediterranean (via
Marseilles) N Bth& 24th ofmonth Dover .. Dec. 17
Mexico .. M2d of the month.. Sonthampt. IJen. 5
Madeira .. M 9th of the month Southampt. Dec. 16
7th,17th,19th,27th I
Malta* •• •• /f 1 I
& 30th of month Dover Dec. 10
Napless Nlsth 15th 25th ofmo,Dover • • Dec. 12
Papal States* .. N sth 15th 25th of mo Dover . 'Dec. 12
Peninsular Ml7th 17th 27th of mo Southampt. IDec. 16
Peru .. 31,17 th of the month Southampt. ;Dec. 20
Tuscany* .. .. • . N sth 15th 25 th ofmo Dover • • IDec. 12
West Indies .. M 17th of the month Southampt. Dec. 20
West Indies (except
r. Sonthampt. Jan. 5
Ravenna
Theaan ma ail& Ns
to as sta those
countries
he
thmousnthma.ked
(5) are conveyed
French packet vial Marseilles.
The direct Havre mail from London via Southampton during this
month will be made u, three times a week only, instead of dally.
The Peninsula mails will be made tip on the morning of Decem-
ber Bth, in consequence of the 7th happening on a Sunday.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
BRISTOL, DSc. 9.
STOCK EXCIIANGX.—The share market has been buoyant
to-day, with a moderate business doing. Great Westerns
rallied full 1/a over yesterday's rates, closing at 83:-Yi.
LIVERPOOL, DEC. 9.
STOCK ExcHANGE.—The share market opened better this
morning, but does not close quite so strong. The transac-
tions were as follow :—Caledonian, 14 15-16—Eastern Coun-
ties, 6%—East Lancashire, 15—Lancashire and Yorkshire,
5514—Ditto, Fifths, 8% dis.—London and North-Western,
1151/2—Ditto, New Quarters, 31/s p.—Manchester, Sheffield,
and Lincolnshire, 3214—)Midland, 5414—North British, 7
South-Eastern and Dover, 20;s—York and North mid-
land, 211/8,

MANCHESTER, DEC. 9.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market was better to-day;
a good business has been done at advanced prices. The
transactions were as follow :—Caledonian, Preference, 71,47
Eastern Counties, 614—East Lancashire, 14%—Lancashire
and Yorkshire, 5414—Ditto, Preference, 131,E West Riding,
di4o...SOuth-Eastern and Dover, aye—Loudon and