The Sun.
London, England, 1859-02-09 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 9, 1859.

PROPOSED BOROUGH OF PADDINGTON.—At a
speial meeting of the vestry of Paddington, held yesterday
--the Hey; Mr. Campbell, the rector of the parish, in the
chair—it Was agreed to petition Parliament to form Pad--
dington into a separate borough, with power to return re-
presentatives to the House of Commons. Sir B. Hall is to
be requested to present and to support the petition:
The commissioners appointed by Prince Napoleon
to report on the expediency of continuing the engagement of
negroes on the coast of Africa for the French colonies,
were unanimous in favour of it. The concession of the
principle proves the great desire of the Emperor to con-
ciliate the people of England.
GOVERNINIENT EMIGRATION.—The Government

emigrant ship Mary Pleasants, 786 tons, Captain Moore
Gilchrist, which sailed from Liverpool on the 28th of July,
in charge of Surgeon-Superintendent Philip Beal, with 35
married couples, 6-2 single men, 95 single women, 21 boys
between the ages of one and 12, 20 girls between the same
ages, three male infants and five female, making a total of
276 souls, equal to 2471 statute adults, arrived at Sydney,
New South Wales, on the 16th Nov. Two deaths (one
adult and one child) occurred during the voyage. Ikr.
Majesty's Emigration Commissioners will receive tenders
to-morrow (Thursday) for ships to proceed to Algoa Bay,
Cape of Good Hope, and to Sydney ; the former to be ready
for the reception of passengers on such days as the commis-
sioners may appoint between the 7th and 14th March, and
the latter between the 21st and 28th.
FLOGGING A ROYAL MARINE AT CHATHAM.—
Yesterday morning the Commandant of the division issued
regimental ordes for the whole of the officers and mat
comprising the battalion to assemble at the rear of the
barracks, to witness the proceedings being read, and the
sentence carried into execution, by the infliction of corporal
punishment or( a prisoner named Charles Thier, 41st
CoMpany, who was tried by a district court-martial for
striking Sergeant Philip Grady, 21st Company, a violent
blow over the head with a fire shovel. Tho sergeant was
on duty at the time, and in consequence of hearing there
was a disturbance in the public-house called the White
Swan, at Chatham, he went into the taproom, when the
prisoner committed the offence. -The proceedings of the
Court were read by Lieut. Caircross. The Court directed
the prisoner to receive 50 lashes, and to be imprisoned in
the Military Prison, Fort Clarence, for 56 days. The
prisoner bore the infliction of the cat with a great deal of
fortitude. He was afterwards removed to the Infirmary ;
and as soon as he is able he will be transmitted to prison,
to undergo the remaining part of his sentence. He bears
a very bad character.
THE TELEGRAPH AS A PREVENTIVE OF RAIL-
WAY ACCIDENTS.—The Lancashire and Yorkshire Rail-
way Company, imitating the example of several other large
lines of railway, have- resolved to extend the- telegraph
through their system, and by its aid anticipate increased
advantages as regards speed, economy, and safety. The
work has been placed in the hands of Sir Charles Bright,
and the planintended`W be adepted is as follows :—When
a train leaves Wigan for Bolton and Manchester, Wigan
will telegraph to Hindley "Train on," and put up the
danger signal or semaphore, to prevent any train passing
the station till Hindley telegraphs back " Line clear,"
which will be done as soon as the train has passed ,that
station. Wiganpen drops its signal, the semaphore being.
raised at Hindley, which will also have telegraphed to
Westhoughton, and the trains both on the up,,and down
lines are thus handed from station to station along the line
with great facility : and as the stations are seldom above
three or four miles, iparrt, it will enable trains to run at
intervals of even five minutes without the possibility of a
collision. Too much value cannot be attached to the
arrangement, which appears to be as perfect as it is simple.
®DISCOVERY OF HUMAN SKELETONS.—Two per-
fect human skeletons have been dug up by the railway
labourers, employed in excavating the earth for the abut-
ments of the new railway bridge over the Severn, near
Pitchcroft meadow. They were lying side by side with
their hands crossed over their breasts, as though interred
in an orderly manner, at a depth of 12 or 13 feet, in a deep
bed of dark clay, or silt, which bore no appearance of
having ever been disturbed. They were skeletons of rather
more than the average height, and in both skulls the brains
remained in a pasty mass. The teeth were nearly perfect.
On the breast of one of them was found some small leaves,
apparently of the salix (withy or osier), which were to all
appearance as fresh and as green as though but recently
placed there. It is thought they were among the slain at
the skirmishes at the siege of Worcester, but the most feasi-
ble conjecture is that they are the remains of two men who
were drowned in the river at a time when the locality where
they were found was a morass. Some time ago near the
same spot, at a depth of 21 feet, was turned up some river
silt, with layers of broad and narrow-leaved salkx and orle,
and which would therefore favour this suppositidn.—Bir-
mingham Daily Post.
WHITTINGTON CLUB.—On Monday evening the
half-yearly meeting of the members of this club was held in
thegreat hall of`theclub-house in Arundel-street. Mr. Ald.
Mechi presided, and in his opening observations dwelt very
strongly on the importance of that care and promptitude in
the monetary matters which he was glad to perceive in the
conduct of the institution. He attached great value to well-
kept honest accounts, and he had examined those of the club
to form his own opinion of its real position. He was con-
vinced that the institution was in "a solvent condition. The
secretary then- read the report, which spoke of - the great
success which, in spite of many difficulties, had crowned
the efforts of the provisional committee, under whose con-
duct the club:louse had been rebuilt and refurnished, and
the ordinary literary and club operations of the institution
re-organised. The report was unanimously adopted, and
its printing and circulation suggested. A managing com-
mittee was then appointed, several subjects of interest only
to members were discussed, and the proceedings closed with
a vote of thanks' o the chairman. Arrangements have been
made for a grand concert on the 17th of the minith, and a
full-dress ball on the let of March, and it wasstated that in
a week or two at farthest the dining department of the club
would be re-established and in full work.
NORFOLK ESTUARY COMPANY.—Yesterday after-
noon the twenty-fifth half-yearly meeting of the share-
holders of this company was held at the Grays-inn Coffee-
house, Holborn;` Mr. West, Commissioner of ,Bankruptcy
for the Leeds district, in the chair. The report stated that
in consequence of the instructions issued to the solicitor of
the company to enforce the arrears upon.calle, upwards of
£4,000 has beeuric6ived On that account dOing the past
year, and it was their intention to persevere iu that policy
until all recoverable arrears were paid up. After alluding
to the loss which the company had sustained Jay the death
of the late Lord Orford, and the late Mr. A. G. Day, the
report proceeded,to state that the directors had made a call
of £2 10s. per share, payable on the 3rd of May, making
the amount paid up on each share £34. According
to the capital account the sum expended by the direc-
tors since the formation of the company was £316,289
3s. Id., or £242 ls. hi. in excess of the amount re-
ceived on calls, interests, &c. The report Of the en-
gineers stated that within the last six -months the works
of reclamation had been so far proceeded withKthat 500
acres had been enclosed, the increased value of which would
accrue to the company, and now that they had got seaward
of the old frontages, all future enclosures in that direction
would be entirely to their own profit. In consequence of a
difference of opinion between the company's engineers and
the contractors (Messrs. Peto and Betts) with regard to the
feasibility of some of the works. contracted for, the Messrs.
Cecil, of Hull, had proposed to undertake the completion of
the work, and Messrs. Peto and Betts were willing to pay
over to them the difference in the cost of the execution of
the work. This offer the engineers advised the directors to
accept, as it would preclude their having recourse to legal
proceedings to enforce the completion of the work by the
original contractors, and save the loss of time which would
otherwise prejudice the company. On the motion of the
chairman, the report was adopted. The outgoing directors
and auditor were then re-elected, and the proceedings ter-
minated in the usual manner.
A GOVERNMENT "AGENT."—On Friday-evening
last a person dressed in a gold-laced uniform, and wearing
an Albert chain, called at the Haunch and Venison Inn,
Maidstone, and represented to Mr. Cheeseman, the proprietor,
that he was an officer in the service of the Government, and
requireneds for twelve men, besides one for himself, as he
had been sent down by the Secretary of State to take charge
of the county prisons. He further stated that he .had
already been to the gaol, and put the governor ".under
arrest," and.that he had left his men there. The fellow told
his tale with so much plausibility that Mr. Cheeseman—
though not easily "done"—was induced to give credence
to it, as also were others persons there at the time. Ac•
cordingly, one of the beat beds in the house was placed at
the disposal of the " Government official," and he was
treated with all the respect and attention which ft person
of such authority would be supposed to command.. Next
day he made known the "important business" which had
brought him to the town to several parties who came to the
house, and even spoke of it openly at the ordinary of the
inn, going so minutely into details that no one appears to
have questioned the truth of his assertions. As may be
supposed, his "mission" soon got noised abroad, and coming
to the knowledge of 'Mr. Hillyard, the governor of the
gaol, he went down to the Haunch, to inquire after the dis-
tinguished stranger by whom he was to be superseded. By
this time, however, the stranger was figuring in the cha-
racter of "a drunk and incapble," in the hands of police-
sergeant Hills.; arid, on inquiry, it turned out that his
name was James Donelly, and that he was formerly in the
6th Carabineers, but latterly had been employed as a
warder in the convict establishment at Brompton, having
obtained leave of absence till Saturday night,' and made
application to Mr. Ilillyard, with a view of getting a situa-
tion in the Maidstone bison. When asked for an expla-
nation of his condUct next morning, he said he was
for what had deeurred, but he attributed it to bl cl.w he
had received-while in the Crimea, and which he said had
affected his brain. As there was not suffieient to detain
him he was discharged, leaving the duplicate of his watch,
which he had pawned fur 10s. at the shop of Mr. Edniett,
as security for the payment of his bill to Mr. Cheeseman.
—South ,'astern Gazette.
THE AFFAIRS OF MESSRS. FELIX CALVERT AND
Co,—Yesterday, a meeting of the creditors of this firm, con-
vened by Mr. Smalley, secretary of " The Incorporated
Society of Licensed Victuallers," was held at the London
Tavern, Bishopsgate-street. On the motion of Mr. Funnell,
seconded by Mr. Dolamore, Mr. Smalley was called to the
chair. There were about 400 persons present The object of
the meeting, as stated in the circular convening it,
was to ascertain whether the admitted. creditors
of the existing firm desire that the rights of the creditors of
the old firm should be further litigated, in the face of an
adverse decision in the case already adjudicated, or whether
it should be at once agreed to treat the whole as one estate,
without any distinction of old or new firm. The chairthan,
who said he had called the meeting at the desire of the in-
spectors, entered at some length into'the circumstances at
tending the bankruptcy, and the various proceedings which
have been instituted under it. • After showing the saving
which had been effected by the inspectors in the carrying on
of the concern, he asked whether it was better to allow

them to continue than to wind-up the affairs, the suspen-
sion of which would create a wide-spread distress. He
hoped that by the vote of that day they would. show the
firm of Calvert and Co. that they were their friends ; that
they believed the inspectors were doilyg their duty ; that
they had confidence in them, and if they did this, he be-
lieved at the end of two years such a statement would be
submitted to them as would be found highly gratifying. In
reply to a question, Mr. Smalley stated that the partners
could not object to the arrangement until it should result in
paying the creditors more than 20s. in the pound. Mr.
Funnoll said that he had spoken to two of the partners, Mr.
Nicolson Calvert and Mr. Phelips, and they were both in
favour of the motion which would now be proposed. Mr.
Funnell then moved a resolution to the effect that it was
not expedient further to contest the right of the creditors
d gnani . Goldring
whose debts were not taken over by.the now firm to rank as
creditors of the e4isting firm. Mr. Leeds Paine seconded
the motion, which NVELS can le mously.
moved, and Mr. Leeds Paine seconded a vote of thanks to
tho inspectors for their past exertions, and requesting them
to gontinue for the future, which .was also unanimously
agreed to, On the motion of Mr. Harrison, seconded by
Mr. Wood, a vote of that was passed to Mr. Smalley for
his conduct in the chair that day, and fqf the SPI'VIPPs tiff
had rendered to all parties interested in the matter under
eonsideartion.

THE LATE MR. ATV-YON.

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Among the losses with. which we have to debit
the year so recently closed, we must not omit some
record of one who was himself an eminent member
of a family long eminent in the branch of art which
they professed. Benjamin Wyon, who died on the
21st of November last, was the son of Thomas Wyon,
the well-known chief engraver of seals to Kings
George 111. and George IV.—and was born, in
London, on the 9th of January, 1802. He began
his Art career, of course, under the eye of his father;
and, along with his cousin, the late Wm. Wyon,
he studied under his distinguishedbrother Thomas,
the chief engraver to the Royal Mint ; whose short
career, as is well remembered, though it ended at the
untimely age of 25, yet sufficed to raise the medal-
list's art in this country to a height of excellence
which before his day it had not at any time
attained. If the prize of pre-eminence be due to
'the early dead, Benjamin Wyon had yet his ample
share of the family gift. At an early age, he carried
off several prizes for medals from the Society of
Arts, and the silver medal of the Royal Academy
was conferred on him fora head of Apollo, which
afterwards the Royal Academy of Music adopted as
the design for their prize medal. At the age of
nineteen, young Wyon was employed, with much
tredit to himself, on the great seal of George IV.
He also attracted considerable notice to himself,
while still young; by a head which he executed of
Dr. Hutton. In 1830, as a natural consequence
of such antecedents, he was appointed to fill the
vacancy which his father left in the office of chief
engraver of his Majesty's seals—and he executed
the seal then required for the new sovereign,
William IV. The works, however, which earned
for the late Mr. Benjamin Wyon his highest repu-
tation were the seals which he executed for the
present Queen.—Out of a vast number of other
medals, regal and corporate, public and private,
which during his successful career Mr. Wyon pro-
duced, we may select the following for separate
mention Shakspere Medal of the City of
London School, presented to that institution by the
late Mr. Beaufoy. The model of the Royal Scottish
Academy, at Edinburgh. Medals, for the Art-Union
of London, in commemoration of the architects, Wren,
Chambers, and Vanbrugh. The medal awarded by.
the Bbard-of Trade for gallantry in saving life at
sea. The medal for the Humane Society at Ply-
mouth. A medal commemorative of her Majesty's
marfiage,--and one commemorative of the baptism
of the Prince of Wales, and the King of Prussia's
visit to this'country as sponsor on the occasion.
A modal commemorating the visit of the Emperor
and Empress of the French to the city of London,—
and another on occasion of a similar visit from the
King of Sardindia. These two latter medals were
executed at the cost of the Corporation of London,—
and are splendid specimens of the medalist's
By a large circle of friends, to whom the qualities •'
that do not belong to a record like this had endeared
him, Mr. Benjamin Wyon will long be missed. He
leaves a widow and many children to mourn his
loss ; -but it is pleasant to know, that if the long-
accustomed pitcher be broken at this old family
fount of Art, death has not dried the well. Mr.
Joseph S. Wyon, whom his deceased fathertrained
to his own profession, and who was the assistant of
his later labours, inherits the family gift,—and has
in virtue of it, been permitted to put on his father's
fallen mantle as chief engraver of seals to the
Queen.—Art-lournal.

A Berlin letter, of the sth, states that her Majesty
Queen Victoria, the Emperor of Russia, the Queen of
Prussia, the Grand Duke of Weimar, and the Princess
Charles of Prussia will be the godfathers and godmothers
of the infant prince.
A private telegraph from Algeria, dated yester-
day, announces that the 23d and 90th Regiments of the
Line and Bth Chasseurs were to commence embarking on
that day for Marseilles, and the 41st and 56th Regiments
were to embark the following week.
At a pexsion of the Society of Gray's-inn,
holden on the 26th ult., Mr. Joseph Thackwell, the first son
of Lieut.-General Sir Jos. Thackwell, G.C.8., was called
to the bar. Mr. Thackwell was, until within the last few
months, in the army, and is favourably known as the author
of "The Second Sikh War," in which he served as aide-
de-camp to Sir Joseph Thackwell.
In consequence of an intimation that the depar-
ture of the Oneida from Sydney with the homeward
January mail would be deferred, it has been ordered by the.
Government that the outgoing Australian mail be delayed'
for a week. The Teviot will consequently not leave Sou-
thampton till the 19th, instead of the 12th ; and the Wye
will be despatched from Marseilles on the arrival of the
London mails of the 23d. Letters for Australia can conse-
quently be posted here up to the evening of that day.
It is said the Chancellor of the Exchequer con-
templates a change in the sugar duties, that discriminating
rates are to be abolished, and a uniform ad valorem amount
substituted. The extinction of the present system will be
generally hailed, but the ad valorem principle will in turn
involve endless difficulties. Some of the chief per-
sons in the trade desire the simple plan which prevails with
regard to tea andother articles, of charging one duty without
reference to differences in value or quality.
" The Dutch flag," says the Pays, "has met with
a serious insult, if the following fact, given in a private letter
from Curacoa of 26th December last, is correct. It states
that the Dutch schooner Amalia, belonging to the house of
Jesurnn an Son, of Curacoa, has been taken possession of
by the authorities of St. Domingo, who have transformed
her into a vessad war without any legal formality, and
simply alleging that she belongedto the republic. The letter
adds that this news produced a great impression at Curacoa,
and it was expected that the Dutch government would
adopt energetic measures to obtain satisfaction."
ROYAL • INSTITUTION OF GREAT BRITAIN.—At
the general monthly meeting, held on Monday last, William
Pole, Esq., M.A.; F.R.S., treasurer and vice-president in
the chair, the Earl of Ashburnham, John Derby Allcroil,
Esq., Capt. Augustus T. Hamilton, and Mrs. M. A. New-
man Smith, were duly elected members of the Royal Insti-
tution, and G F. Chambers, Esq., was admitted a member
of the Royal InStitUtion. The presents received since the
last meeting were laid on the table, and the thanks of the
members returned for the same.
THE GUILDHALL REFORM MEETING.—We ' are
requested to state that Mr. Whitehurst, of the Ballot Society,
did not attend the reform meeting at Guildhall, on Satur-
day, to represent that body, but as an elector of the City,
and that he moved the vote of thanks to the Lord Mayor
without consulting the managers of the meeting, because it
gave him an opportunity .f protesting against the course
pursued by them in calling a public meeting of the electors
of the City of London, and intimating that certain speakers
and resolutions only would be "permitted."
FIRE AT EXETER COLLEGE-HALL—The members
of Exeter College,' Oxford, were 'yesterday morning, about
four o'clock, aroused from their slumbers by the cries of
fire, which it appeared had broken out in their new hall
(late Dickenson's coffee-house), opposite the college. The
fire, which was fortunately confined to the top storey, broke
out in the rooms of one of the undergraduates, and was
caused by the igniting of a beam in connexion with the fire-
place, which was supposed to have been some time burning.
A good supply of water soon extinguished the fire, and but
little dam se was occasioned.
THE MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE OF MR.
JENNINGS, AT MALTON.—Since the 21st of December, the
disappearance of this gentleman has become more and
more a mystery. In addition to the £5O reward offered by
his relatives, the Secretary of State has offered £5O more
for the discovery of his body, if found murdered, and will
advise the grant of her Majesty's most gracious pardon to
any one giving the required information, and not being the
actual murderer. As maybe imagined, the greatest interest
is felt that this strange case should receive some solution.
COLLISION AT SEA AND Loss OF LIFE.—FLEET-
WCiOD, Feb. B.—A fearful collision occurred last night by the
Prince Patrick steamer coming in contact with the iron
schooner Elphin, from Liverpool, for Ardrossan, laden with
pig-iron, and almost instantly sinking her. The master,
his wife and child, and two seamen, unhappily went down
in the ship and perished. The remainder of the crew
escaped by grasping hold of the steamer's bowsprit as their
vessel went from wider them. The steamer, which trades
between this port and Belfast, immediately put back, and
seems to be considerably damaged by the collision.
• FRIGHTFUL OCCURRENCE AT ELLIOT'S BREWERY.
—On Saturday a man,.named John Kirk, aged 24, a dray-
man, was very seriously injured at Elliot's brewery, Pim-
lico. The poor fellow was engaged hoisting a barrel of
beer by means of a crane, when, by some means, the 'barrel
slipped and fell upon him, and crushed his arm and shoulder
in a most frightful manner. lie was taken to St. George's
Hospital, and seen' by Mr. Keal, house surgeon, when it
was deemed advisable to amputate the arm, whic4 was
done ; and the unfortunate man now remains in ..an ex-
tremely dangerous state.
EXTENSIVE FORGERY.—Within the last few days
forgeries, on an extensive scale, of leases granted by some
of the city companies have been brought to light. The per-
petrator, Mr. James Purssell, formerly connected with the
well-known confectioners, has succeeded in raising money
upon the spurious 'documents in various directions, and has
fled on the discovery of the fraud. Although in the aggre-
gate the amount reaches some £30,000, the loss in no indi-
vidual case will be very considerable, the transactions
having been spread over a wide circle, and the measures
adopted to secure his property prompt.
The Roman Catholics of Sydney have been
offended of late by the return to the colony, unsanctioned, of
their bill to establish a Catholic College in connection with
the University of Sydney. In this bill the phrases "arch-
bishop" and. " archdiocese" of Sydney were used, and the
bishop remonstrated against them, not by petition to the
Assembly, but by letter to the Governor, and privately by
communicating with the high ecclesiastical authorities at
home. Lord ,Stanley sympathised with the objection, and
sent the bill back to be amended. Resolutions have been

several times brought forward in the Assembly by the
Catholic party-, strongly condemnatory of Lord Stanley's
conduct, but they have been invariably met by a count out.
ESCAPE OF A• CONVICT FROM DURIIAM GAOL.—
During Thursday.night a convict escaped from Durham
Gaol, and has not -since been heard of. Great excitement
was caused in the town next day on the occurrence being
made known, the officials declaring that they are totally
unable to account for his obtaining possession of the means
by which he made his escape. His name is James Gray,
aged 21, by trade a shoemalcer. He had got through a sky-
having previously secured a quantity of rope suffi-
cient to let himself down from the roof. As a new wing is
in course of erection, he had ample means at conunand to
scale the high wall which surrounds the prison. Gray was
convicted at the July sessions of 185Sfor highway robbery,
and sentenced to 12 mouths hard lab Our.
A CENTENARIAN.—There is living at the present
time in Rochester a man named John Hill, who has at-
tained the patriarchfal age of 101 years. He was born at a
village in Surrey on the Gth of January, 1758; conse-
quently, he is now in his 102 d year, and he has lived in the
reigns of no fewer than five geverelgtm. Nearly all his life
he has been engagjd in agricultural pursuits of a laborious
character, notwithstanding which, and also his great age,
he is still comparatively strong and in the enjoyment of
good health. His hearing_ and seeing are very good, and
his powers of ealcllltltiqll, far which he was always remark-
able, still very extraordinary. He has a good, memory, and
frequently alludes to the incidents connected with the early
years of the reign of the 0144 George.

LATEST NEWS.

THE INDIA MAILS.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
The Pera, with the mails from Calcutta and
China, left Malta for Southampton on the 6th inst.,
at 5. p.m.

The Euxine left Marseilles on the 7th inst., a

6 a.m.
The Ripon, with the Bombay mail, left Malta for
Alexandria on the 7th inst., at 8 a.m.
The Panther sailed on the Bth, at 6 a.m.

The following telegrams have been received al
Mr. Reuter's office, Feb. 8 :
MARSEILLES, FEB. 7.

Advices have been received from Rome to the
.sth inst. The Prince of Wales arrived there on
Thursday evening incognito. The following day
tho Pope sent his major domo to pay him his
respects. Prince Albert of Prussia has left again,
after having had several interviews with the
Pope.

The official journal contradicts the statement
published by some papers that Ferrara has been
declared in a state of siege.

VIENNA, FEB. 8

The semi-official Austrian correspondence ( Oester.
reichische Correspondent), in an "article of this
Oening, . characterises the Emperor. Napoleon's
speech as peaceful, and states that the alliance of
France and England is a guarantee for the main-
taining of the treaties. The same, article hopes
for the speedy solution by diplomatic means of the
question respecting the military ,occupation of the
States of the Church, and also for the discontinu-
ance of the warlike preparations in France.

TRIESTE, FEB. 8

The Austrian Lloyd mail steamer has just ar
riiect here from Alexandria with news from Cal
eutta to Jan. 9th.

Exchange on London 2s. to 2s. lid. Imports
little doing. Exports inactive. Prices firmer on
account of rising freights.
Canton, Dec. 29—Imports quiet. Arrivals of
produce small.

Hong Kong, Dec. 30—Freights lower. Ex-
change 4s. 7d. to 4s. 71d.
Shanghai, Dec. 22—Imports more in demand.
No fresh tea arrivals. Exchange 6s. 6d. to 6s. Gad.
Freights for tea 30s. to 325. Freights for
silk 70s.