The Sun.
London, England, 1856-02-12 00:00:00

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.)

LONDON, Feb. Ig.—Wind this day at noon, S. ;
fresh breeze and squally, with rain.
PORTSMOUTH, Feb. 11.—Wind S.W. to W.—Arrived—
H. M.S. Lapwing, from Cowes.
FALMOUTH, Feb. 11.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Moroi-
dita. from Monte Video, for Liverpool.
MILFORD, Feb. 11.—Several casks of palm oil and
pieces of wreck, apparently but a vary short tune in the
water, were passed on the 6th Feb., about 60 miles S. by
W. of Ballycotton.
PLYMOUTH, Feb. 11.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Kent,
from London, for MelbOurne ; Cumberland (s.), Wool-
wich, for the Crimea.

KILRUSII, Feb. 10.—The Auguita, from Demerara, for
London, ruu on a rock and carried away part of false
keel ; is now iu safety.
Sr. IVE'S BAY, Feb. 10.—Arrivod—Guillaume, from
Havana, for Havre, lost mainmast and two men in a hur-
ricane off the Azores on the 18th of January. •
NEWPORT, Feb. 11.—Wind W.—Arrived—Humboldt,
front London, for St. Thomas. Sailed—Venus, for Lon-
don ; Moses Wheeler, Calcutta ; Achsab, Jamaica.
SWANSEA, Feb. 11.—Wind S.S W.—Arrived—St. Vin-
cent, from the Cape of Good Hope ; United, St. Jago de
Cuba. Sailed—Gratitude, for Huasco ; Parga, United,
and Cuba, Coquithbo.

(PER ELECTRIC) TELF.GEAPII.)
SOIITiLtAIPTON, Tuesday Mai eking.
Arrived—Wonder, steamer, from Jersey.
Sailed—Herman, steamer, for Bremen ; Sylph, steamer,
London ; Caledonia, Sunderland; Despatch, steamer, Jer
say ; Alliance, steamer, Havre ; Susanna, Newport ; Ti
tania, Cardiff; Le Coq, Cherbourg.
LIVERPOOL, Tuesday Morning.
Wind S.
Arrived—James,White,. from Bombay.
Sailed—Delta, for Havre.

BY SUBMABINE AND BRITISH TELEGBAPA.)
GRAVESEND. Tuesday, 10.18 a.m.
Wind S.S.W. ; title, four hours' ebb ; fine.
arrived, Feb. 11.—Holywood, from Constantinople.
Arrived, Feb. 12.—Pollux, from Hamburg.
DEAL, Tuesday, ).40 a.m.
Wind S.S.W. ; moderate.
Passed—Sonora, from Calcutta, for London.

MARKET NEWS.—(This Day.)

HAY MARKETS.

SmiviriELD.-,—troadow hay, 4/ Os to 5,.134 ; elOvor ditto.
4/ 15s to G/ 14a and straw, 11 5s Oil to 1/ 93 Od per lo•id
Trade rather dull.

ullll2RLAND.—Aleadow hay, 4143 to 5/ 15z.; clove, do.
41 151 to 14s ; and straw, 1/ Si to 1/ 10 i per load,
A slow trade.

WIIITROHAPTEL.—Maadow hay, 41 5s to 5' 154; elovoi
4/ 159 to 61 154; 'and straw, 1/ 49 to 11 94 per load
Supply good, and trade dull.

COLONIAL.

The market for tea has been extremely inactive, and prices
are only nominal. Common conTou 9d to 9id per lb.
SUGAR.—An increased demand has prevailed for the conti-
nental markets and for, home consumption : a fair amount of
business has been done. The supply continues moderate, and
rates generally aro firm. There are but few parcels declared
for public sale.

COFFEE.—The market continues firm; low to fine ordinary
brought 51s to 535. Plantation was at rather higher rates,
awl for the better qualities an aetivo demand existed. Mocha
has also been in request, at rather higher rates.
IttcE.—The demand has rather improved, and higher rates
have been obtained for the better qualities.
Rum continuos steady, ,Pri,Cus are without any material
alteration. . .

TALLOW.—The market still continuos dull; and prices still
show a downward tendency. P.Y.C., February and March,
57s 9d ; April and June, 525; last throe months, 50s 9d to
51s per cwt.

The newly erected barrack huts at Pembroke dock-
yard are to be immediately filled with militia.
We hear from Madrid that orders had been given to
sell the Crown property in the Basque Provinces.
DEATH OF LADY EMILY HENRY.—WO regret to an-
nounce the death of the Lady Emily Henry, which oc-
curred, atter a lingering and protracted illness, on
Saturday morning, at her residence, Cumberland-ter-
race, ltegent's•park.
It has been decided':by Mr. Justice Crampton that an
insolvent leaving the court with an order of protection
eannot be arrested on-his way home.
'DIE MURDER IN SO,Ho.—Yesterday the man BOW-
field was brought up at the Marlborough-street police,
and formally committed to take his trial for wilful
murder.

The Czar has decreed that a year's pay shall be given,
aq a gratification, to all the gtneral and other officers
of the army and navy,' to the civil entitloyes, and the
medical and 'transport service, who took part in the
defence of Sebastopol. .

AFFAIR BETWEEN THE PIEDMONTESE AND RUSSIANS.
--A letter from the French camp, dated Jan. 29, says :
—"On Tuesday last the Piedtnoutese had an affair of
outposts with the Russians., and made 200 prisoners."
GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—The directors propose
to declare a dividend at the rate of 21 per cent. per
annum.

EASTERN COUNTIES• RAILWAY. Yesterday, at a
meeting of those shareholders of the Eastern Counties
Railway Company who aro dissatisfied with the present
management and opposed to the re-election of. Mr.
Waddington, held at the London Tavern it.was resolved
to support Mr. Orr, Mr. Walters, and Mr. Helps at
the next election of directors, in place of those who re-
tired by rotation.
ENORMOUS BLAST AT HOLYHEAD NEW HARBOUR.--A
monster blast, which has required the labour of six
-men
in itslormation for the last .ten months, and which- re-
quired 6/ tons of powder to, explode it, was let off in
the quarry belonging to theie works on Wednesday
last, in the Presence of the chief engineer and a nu-
merous staff... It is calculated that the quantity of stone
loosened by the explosion will be no less than 60,000
ton-,
BARNUM S MASTERPIECE,--Barnum has performed
matey wonders, but the greatest of all is the folloviing.
It consists in nothing less than in passing down the
Niagara ca aract In a vessel Constructed for this purpose.
The vessel- is a ball of gutty perclia, thirty feet in dia-
meter, supported in its interior by hoops, rings of steel,
and wood. Strings of gotta percha, coming from four
points of the rings, meet:in the centre of the sphere,
where they are fixed to a coat of mail of the:same ma-
terial.. This is so fitted that a man buckled in it hangs,
supported by the four strings, safe in the middle of
the ball.- At one end of ,the ball, where the lower
part of the mail is direCted; some lead is put, so that
swimming on the-wateithe head side will be turned up-
wards. On this upper part there is a hole which may be
opened or shut by_the person in the interior. The hall is
as strong as to stain without danger the shock ,of the
fall. 0„ account of its size it cannot sink, nor can the
person buckled in the coat of mail suffer any harm by
the violence of the fall. As soon as thcrball, alter its
fall; bait:found its centre of gravity, its inhabitant-un-
buckles himself, opens the flap, and gets out of the
hale, waving
'
the United States colours under the ap-
piano, 'of souls 50,000 or 100,000 spectators, whom
Barriuni intends to assemble,. at one dollar eaob, upon
the occasion of his first performance. From every
such
,pertormance a gain of 20,0_00 or 30.000
dollars are to Le counted on, :lime from
all parts of the Union spectators will fla,11( 'to the
cataracts of Niagara. Barnum is about-to mace the first
experiment with a dog.lf that animal arrives all right below,
a nigger or Irishman will be engaged fur the 'next expe-
riment. If this one arrives equally safe, the Yankeo
undertakes the first serious passage himself, I—Attanti
Studies,