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The Sun.
London, England, 1859-09-24

HAY MARKETS.

SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £2 108 to £4 4a ; clover,
£4 Os to £5 5s ;. and straw, £1 4s to £1 10s per load.
A slow trade at our quotations. Supplies rather large.
CIIMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £2 lOs to £4 4s; clover,
£4 Os to '£s 5s ; and straw, £1 5s to £llOB per load.
Both hay and straw moved off slowly at the above quota-
tions.

WHITECH APEL.—Meadow hay, .£2 lOs to £4 4e; clove),
£4 5s to £5 bs ; and straw, £1 4s to £1 ths per load.
Trade dull.

COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—YESTERDAY.
Amsterdam
Ditto
Rotterdam — 11 161 11 17
Antwerp
Brussels
Hamburgh
Paris
Ditto
Marseilles
Frankfort on Maine — 1171 117 a
Vienna
Trieste
Petersburgh — 34 34k
Madrid
Cadiz — 494 50/
Leghorn — 30 5 30 10
Genoa — 25 50 25 55
Naples
Palermo — 1221 123
Messina — 123 123/
Lisbon
Oporto
Rio Janeiro
New York — • • • •
Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard)....per oz. £3 17 9
Mexican Dollars
Silver in Bars (Standard) ,, 0 5 II

AN AUSTRIAN VIEW OF THE
CHINESE- QUESTION.

The Austrian Gazette has the following:—
" If a Russian Ambassador demanded to go up
the Thames with his fleet—if a French Envoy de-
sircd to penetrate the Scheldt with a strong squadron
—the whole of Europe would raise an indignant
cry, and every one would bless the arms that re-
sisted such an attempt. Now this is precisely, what
the English and French are doing in China, and
the Chinese Governor has done but his simple duty
in defending his country. The whole world saw
the matter in this light at once. and England her-
self is beginning to take the same view. Whilst the
people of London are enthusiastic for nationalities,
and the people of France put themselve forward as
the champions of the same principle, both these na-
tions, at the present moment, seek to trample a
people who possessed a literature when Englishmen
and Frenchmen were clothed in bearskins, and civi-
lised Europe did not know even how to write. No
nation has a right to force another to hold inter-
course with it, and each nation is at liberty to
keep its own doors closed. But to the Chinese it
is said Rascals, you must like us, you must
trade with us, you must receive our Ambassadors,
although you know we are but spies who desire to
find out your weakness, and how we may open a
passage to the heart of your empire.' The hostility
of the Chinese to Europe is founded on a truly na-
tional sentiment, and it will not be so easy to quench
it as is supposed. If France and England unite in
carrying on the war we shall see the results of the
Crimean campaign reproduced, and England oc-
cupying the second rank. The French will have
another opportunity of discovering the vices of the
military organisation of England, and the people of
Asia will also begin to understand them. The
French transports, which will have to pass by Egypt
and come into contact with the English possession.
in India, will not be quite promotive of British in-
terests. The English people, who are now crying
out that Lord Palmerston is going to throw hun-
self and his country into the arms of the Emperor
of the French, cry oat in vain. They are more
moderate because they are more sensible of their
weakness."
London, England, 1859-09-24

Commence at 7 o'clock:

CANTERBURY HALL CONCERTS.-
EVERY EVENING. —The Music of Verdi's Opera of
MACBETH (now first made public in England at these Con-
lefts), the extraor .inary Violin Performances of the ode-
Lrated Infant DELEPIERIU FAMILY, and the usual
Vocal Conceit.

Comic Vocalists -Messrs. George 'Tolson (the Irish Come•
dian and Mimic), W. T. Critchfleld, and E. W. Mackney.

Several interesting Pictures are added to the Fine Arts
Gallery. The suite of Halls have been re-decorated and
beautified, and constitute one of the most unique and brilliant
sights of the metropolis.
Will shortly be produced, a Grand Selection from Meyer-
beer's new opera of DINNORA.
London, England, 1859-09-24

THIS DAYS SHIPPING.

LONDON, Sept. 24.—Wind this day at ncon, South-
Westerly; moderate breeze, and fine.
PORTSMOUTH, Sept. 23.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived—
Mogul, from London for Bombay.
SOUTHAMPTON, Sept. 24.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—
Ariel, steamer, from Now York ; left on the 10th inst. ;
she brings 150,000 dollars for England, and 300,000 dollars
for France.

NEWPORT, Sept. 23.—Win3 S.W.—Sailed—Con-
sul, for the Cape of Good Hope ; Conference, for New
York.

QUEENSTOWN, Sept. 22.—Wind S.—Arrived—Cunard,
from Callao ; Atlantic, from Honduras ; Amalie, from
Ibrail; Masseno, Monetozzo. Sailed—City of Manchester,
steamer, for New York.
FALMOUTH, Sept 24.—Wind S.W—Arrived—Peter,
from Monte Video; Lafoen, from Santos; Elizabeth, from
Taganrog.
BRISTOL, Sept. 23.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Louisa,
from Quebec.
BEAUMARIS, Sept. 22.—Wind W.—Arrived—Meta,
from Bilboa, for Liverpool.
WARRINPOINT, Sept. 22.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—
Marian, from Richibucto.
SHEERNESS, Sept. 23.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—lslam,
from Seirra Leone.
SHIELDS, Sept. 23.—Wind S.—Arrived—Vasco do
Gaeta, from St. Stephen's; Marquis of Bute, from Mira-
michi.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
LIVERPOOL, Saturday Morning.

Wind S.W.
Arrived, Sept. 23.—Empress and Eagle Speed, from
Bombay; Jessie, from Canada; Great Northern, from St.
John's, New Brunswick ; Orso, from Quebec.
Arrived, Sept. 24.—IIuron, from Demerara ; Carlos, from
Laguna; Helena, from Taganrog; Chary Soucha, from
Charente ; Arnott, from Junther.

(BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELT:GRAPY.)
GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning.
Wind W., with three hours' Hood ; fresh.
Arrived, Sept. 23.—Rover, from Guernsey ; Comet, from
Archangel; William Wallace, from Pugwash • Wheatsheaf,
from Guernsey ; 'Weasel, from Saguenay ; Observer, from
Guernsey ; Underwood, from Saguenay.
Arrived, Sept. 24.—Cambria, from Jamaica; Otto Au
guste, from Griefswaide ; Parsee, from Bankok ; Vivid
from Guernsey ; Emma, from Cherbourg; City of Nor•
wich, from Tonning.

DEAL, Saturday Morning.

Wind S.W., fresh.
Arrived—Resolute for Port Phillip; Buonaventura, for
Barcelona; Revarni , for Cardiff; Plymouth Belle, for
Barbadoes ; Seine and Tamise, screw steamer, for Rouen—
all from London.
Passed—Atalanta, from New York, for London.
London, England, 1859-09-24

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.-
Lessee, Mr. A. Harris.
...

THIS EVENING, the performances will commence with
(first time) a new Drama, by J. Oxenford, Esq., entitled
lv IC HALL. Messrs. H. Bland, H. Widdicombe, Frank
Matthews, Graham, Garden; Mrs. Newberry, Mrs. Weston,
Miss Kate Saville, and Mrs. Charles Young.
To conclude with a dramatic tableau in Watteau colours,
by J. R. Planche, Esq., entitled LOVE AND FORTUNE.
London, England, 1859-09-24

BREVET.

The undermentioned promotions to take place, conse-
quent upon the death of Major-General Sir Wm. Eyre,
K.C.8., on the Bth September, 1859 :
Colonel Sir Alexander Murray Tulloch, K.C.8., Lieu-
tenant-Colonel, half-pay Unattached, to be Major- General.
Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Clifford Lloyd, of the 68th
Foot, to be Colonel.
Brevet-Major George Waller Meehan, Captain, half-pay
Unattached, Staff-Officer of Pensioners, to be Lieutenant-
Colonel.
Captain Richard Burnaby, of the Royal Engineers, to be
Major.
Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Roxby Benson, of the 17th
Light Dragoons, to bo Cblonel in the Army.
Captain D. Sarsfield Greene, of the Royal Artillery, to
be Major in the Army.
MEMORANDUM.—The exchange between Lieutenant G.
Herrick, sth Foot, and Lieutenant E. Bolger, 13th Foot,
as stated in the Gazette of the Bth July, 1859, has been
cancelled.

WAR-OFFICE, SEPT. 23.
MEMORANDUM.—Lieutenant Thomas Edward Pinkctt,
having obtained a First Class Certificate at the School of
Musketry, at Hythe, has been appointed by the General
Commanding-in-Chief, with the concurrence of the Secre-
tary of State for War, to act as Instructor of Musketry to
the Royal Wiltshire Militia.
ADMIRALTY, SEPT. 20.
Corps of Royal Marines—Second Lieutenant William
Davis Welch to be First Lieutenant, vice Inglis, deceased;
Second Lieutenant William Stewait to be First Lieutenant,
vice H. Wolrige, deceased.
London, England, 1859-09-24

NEW THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHL
Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster.
This splendid New Theatre, replete with every comfort,
WILL OPEN for the Season on MONDAY, Sept. 26, 1859.
AI)ELPHI DRAMA, COMEDY, FARCE, and BUR-
LESQUE, and ADELPHI EFFECTS ! ! !—On which occa-
sion 31r. Benjamin Webster, Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. David
Fisher (his first appearance at this theatre), Mr. Paul Bedford,
Miss Woolgar (Mrs. Alfred Mellon), Miss Henrietta Simms,
&c., will appear. The performances will consist of a
DRAMA (2d time), of the highly successful piece of ONE
TOUCH OF NATURE ; a new Farce, by J. M. Morton, Esq.,
called LOVE AND HUNGER ; and the popular Burlesque
of THE BABES IN THE WOOD.
The Box-office will be opened on Thursday, Sept. 22, and
every day after, from 10 to 5. No charge for securing seats,
nor for bills of performance. All fees to servants of this
establishment are strictly prohibited.
London, England, 1859-09-24

COUNTRY MARIRTS.

LIVERPOOL—Sirr. 23.
The arrivals from Ireland and coastwise are liberal of
wheat, oats, and oatmeal, but very light of other articles.
From foreign ports and Canada we have received 66° cill
`wheat, 2,310qrs of oats, 803 qrs of beans, 4,595
corn, 1,116 sacks and 5,200 barrels of four. The eiPer,!!,
comprise 316 qrs wheat, 192 qrs of Indian corn, 736 s"'"
and 284 barrels of flour. The weather has been stormy
There has been little activity in the demand godurin tte
week, still prices were well supported in the businessnw•
Our market this morning had a rather small attendancl,
of the town and country trade, and a rather slow sale 0,1,1
experienced for wheat, at barely the late advance sale
per rental, and flour a good sale at 6d per sack and bel"'"
gra Indian
advance for fine qualities, but ordinary runs easier to buy.
Oatmeal neglected. and brought le per load less ra01109;
Beans, peas, and barley were in fair request, at Aix)"
previous prices. Oats in moderate request, at late raat
Indian corn attracted less attention, and prices
were rt"--
lower.
London, England, 1859-09-24

MINING INTELLIGENCE.

(From the Mining Journal of this day.)
The Mining Share Market is in a particularly
active state, not from mere speculation, but from
bona fide business ; the public, during the wee.k.,
having purchased largely for investment in d-
end and other mines, and in consequence of the in-
creased demand and the limited supply of stock,
good rise has taken place in several. Progressive
mines, too, have had a large amount of attention,
and the state of the market is such as to lead us 0
expect a still further rise in msny of them. Aln°l4
dividend concerns mostly sought after have been
Wheal Clifford, Margaret, Herodsfoot, West Caro'
don, Tincroft, Mary Ann, Providence Mines, fling"
ston Down, Rosewarne and Herland, Wheal Trr
lawny, &c. Progressive : Wheal Grenville,Trelowt.?,
Tamar Console, Tolcarne, North Robert, Great Al
fred, North Downs, Great Crinnis, South Cain Brea,
Wheal Unity, East Russell, West Alfred, Strat
Park, and several other shares. We do not hear 01
much change in the metal market, but there 1111
been a slight improvement in the copper standar"'
The Government and the East India Company have
purchased largely of late, and a demand which d
18 8
hought likely to arise in France may cause an o,_
vance in the standard. Wheal Clifford shaves off
vanced at the latter part of the week, and leave 0
at 260 to 265. Herodsfoot have been in great (11•''
mand during the week, and leave off at 19 to 2, a1);r
no change noticed at the mine. Cook's Kitchen in
mand, and have risen to 11, 12 ; the mine is
very soon to pay dividends,as we are informed. Or"'
Consols, 3 to 31, and mine said to be looking
Bedford United, 71 to 71 C 1 k Consols, sea°
; a stoc t
32. Treloweth shares have still been largely
in, and leave off at 41- to 5 ; the latest report stateo
the lode in the engine-shaft continues worth 11
12 tons of copper ore per fm. • the 110 east has
little improved. West Alfred Consols, adjoining
Treloweth, have advanced to 20 ; the mine is 013eni
ing out well ; the 75 west continues in a course o
holed to
ore, 'worth £3O per fm. ; a winze has been
away good ore ground, which will better
the back of this level, and six men are stop
ing
add co
siderably to the next sampling. South Con'
durrow, 17s. to 18s. ; the lode has been cut in is
engine-shaft, and the latest advices state it
4 to 5 ft. in width, composed of mundic,
spar, and a little grey and black copper ore.
and
Grenville shares have been in good request, Oho
leave off at 4 to 41; the lode is improving in .t,e_
engine-shaft below the 90 ; the 90 west is 2 ft. sroi
and on Wednesday was worth .£2O per fin., bul n
now so rich, though again improving; the esettebr the
stopes in the 80 are yielding 1 ton per fel•ipeir
western stopes producing 1 to 11 ton per flu- =s...
deen, 31 to 41 ; the 180 tons of ore sampled 7.8 j
culated to realise £7l 103. ; the mine has improve!
in the 94, where some very rich grey ore has been
in
broken ; after this sampling the mine is expel
to pay cost, and make profits.
London, England, 1859-01-18

THE EDINBURGH REVIEW, No. CCXX:
Was published yesterday.
CONTENTS.
I. Helps' Spanish Conquest in America.
Jr. Life Assurance.
111. The Church Rate Question.
IV. The Roman Catacombs.
V. The Hudson's Br.y Territory.
VI. Lord Liverpool's Administration till 1822.
VII. Library of the British Museum.
VIII. Life and Organisai ion.
IX. History and Prospects of Parliamentary Refoim.
London : Longman and Co. Edinburgh : A. and C. Black.
London, England, 1859-01-18

MISS PARDOE'S NEW WORK.
Now ready, in 2 vols., 218., bound,
EPISODES OF FRENCH HISTORY
DURING the CONSULATE and FIRST EMPIRE.

By MISS PARDOE.
Author of " The Life of Marie de. Medicis,"&c.
Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street.

Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols.,

O N W A R.
By the Author of " Anne Dysart," &c.
"One of the best of the new novels." —Examiner.
" This is a novel of the 'John Halifax ' type, and, like II
will not fail to command a wide circle of delighted admirers.'
Caledonian Mercury.
Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, successors tolll. Colburn.

Now publishing,
London, England, 1859-01-18

THE SUN.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1859.

One of the promised measures of Reform has at
last been duly ventilated. Mr. BRIGHT has lifted
the veil, and it will require a tolerably high
bidding to run ahead of the honourable gentleman
in the race for Reform. As might naturally be
expected, he gives the Ballot. The freedom of
representative institutions entirely depend on the
power of excluding every undue influence—of
banishing bribery and intimidation, and enabling
every elector to give his vote in favour of the can-
didate whom he believes to be most competent to
represent his wants and wishes in the popular
branch of the Legislature.
The Ballot is indeed the chief, the all-important
feature of Parliamentary Reform. With it, almost
any measure would be acceptable ; without, the
best in all other respects would be regarded as a
mockery and delusion, and the addition to the
franchise would be regarded as an injury rather
than a benefit. The Ballot is absolutely essential
to enable every trading and working man to exercise
the suffrage in accordance with his conscientious '
opinions. We belieTe that the voice of public
opinion will sustain the honourable gentleman
on this most interesting point, and that none of
the rival schemes will be acceptable to the
community unless the Ballot is one of its
leading features. We know that both Lord PAL-
MERSTON and Lord JOHN RUSSELL are committed
on the other side, and it is from the Ministerial
benches that we hope to find an acceptance of the
proposition of the member for Birmingham, so far
as secret voting is concerned.
There is, of course, to be a large extension of the
franchise—a considerable addition to the number of
electors. Many will be removed from the class of
political cyphers, and enabled to have, through their
chosen representatives, a voice in the national legis-
lation, and.a control over the national expenditure.
According to the constitutional theory, there can
be no taxation without representation ; and as
every man not in the receipt of parochial relief
must indirectly contribute to the public treasury,
there ought to be something nearly approximating
to universal suffrage. Mr. BRIGHT, however, does
not go to this extent. Although he does not ex-
press any direct disapproval, he feels that it would
be perfectly useless to propose it, inasmuch as it
would never receive the legislative sanction.
Mr. BRIGHT does not approve of what he terms
" fancy franchises," although we think they might
very properly be included in the bill. A barrister,
or a doctor, or any man assessed to the Income-tax
ought, ex delecto justitice, to be entitled to exercise
the suffrage in any district wherever he resided,
and in which he is registered. There are many
parties who would be the best class of voters who
are now altogether excluded. It is not long since
that we met a gentleman who had been a graduate
in honours at one of the old universities, a barrister
of nearly 20 ycar--; standing; a contributor to the
London, England, 1859-01-18

SARDINIA.

' The first proposals of marriage of Prince Napo-
leon with the Princess Clotilde, says a letter from
Turin, dated lan. 13, came last year from the
Tuileries, but wore not received altogether with
favour; and this year the gravity of circumstances,
a seriousness that is at present extreme, has cleared
away every intervening obstacle.. The sole condi-
tion imposed by King Victor Emmanuel has been,
that the future bridegroom and bride should first
see and become acquainted with each other. Hence
the coming o the Prince. The betrothed Princess
is only 16 years old, not remarkably beautiful, but
graceful and animated. The Prince is 37 years
of age, and his expectations of ever becoming
heir to the throne are remote. Under these cir-
cumstances it is natural that people should talk of
a kingdom, to be procured by war, for a scion of
the Napoleonic house.

It is believed, then, that there is a special league,
or alliance, if you prefer that term, between France,
Russia, and Sardinia. Russia herself will take no
active part in the war, unless certain contingencies
should arise, but she guarantees to Prussia that the
Rhenish provinces shall remain intact. Should these
be attacked, she will renew the old formidable coali-
tion with Austria, Prussia, and England. It is ex-
pected that upon the faith of this guarantee, Prussia
will observe neutrality. In this way the Powers
will remain spectators of the combat between France
with Sardinia on the one side, and Austria on the
other. It is further believed that Austria will be
sure to succumb; and on the strength of this
prescient conviction, the Italian States are to be
remodelled as follows :—Piedmont will cede Savoy
to France, but will possess as her indemnity the
Duchies and the whole of Lombardy as far as the
Adige. Tuscany, with the Romagna, the Marches,
and Venetia, will form a kingdom of more
than five millions, to be conferred on Prince Napo-
leon, who will have become in the interim the
son-in-law of the King of Sardinia, without, how-
ever, introducing any French garrison. The king-
dom of Naples is to be dealt with according to
circumstances. Lastly, Rome with the patrimony
of St. Peter will remain to the Pope.
You will say that all this is selling one's eggs
before they are hatched. These nuptials of Prince
Napoleon are a fourth battery amasked by the
Emperor of the French, and all the four have been
discovered within thirteen days.
General Hess has already arrived in Italy. The
Sardinian Government is stationing its troops
between Alessandria and the frontier.

We have reason to believe that a marriage is
arranged between Lady Harriet De Burgh, youngest and
only unmarried daughter of the Marquis and Marchioness
of Clanricarde, and Mr. T. Vernon Wentworth, only son
of Mr. F. and Lady Augusta Wentworth, of Wentworth
Castle, Yorkthire.
London, England, 1859-01-18

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long range guns, a careful exalt tination of her hull
has been made for the purpose o; ascertaining what
effect the shot has had upon he r iron-plated sides.
Although several shots were .fired at her from
the Mayflower steam gunboat, Id distances vary-
ing from 200 to 400 yards, only- two or three appear
to have done any very serious amount of damage.
In one instance the thick iron plate at the side has
been split and the ball penetratod through the wood-
work, and two other shots alt ;o appear to have
penetrated the iron sides of the battery, the
majority, however, having made but trifling impres-
sion on the ship's side. Another trial of the effect
of a larger description of shot is to be made upon
one of the floating batteries, which will be put to
a much severer test than in the last experiments.
Her Majesty's screw frigate Craracoa, of 31 guns,
Captain Thomas H. Mason, has been taken out of
No. 2 dock at Portsmouth and placed in the fitting
basin,

Her Majesty's screw frigate Mersey, of 40 guns
of the largest calibre, in the steam basin at Ports-
mouth, commenced the first trial of her powerful
engines yesterday. In the absence of the screw
the average of 44 revolutions was all that it was
necessary to obtain—nothing could be more satis-
factory than the working of the engines.

Letters have been received at Plymouth from the
screw steam-frigate Tribune, 31, Captain Hornby,
dated Hong Kong, November 27. She was then on
the point of departure, with 7 officers and 165
Marines, for Vancouver's Island. The paddle-
wheel steam vessel Volcano, 3, Master Commander
J. M. Hockly, was to leave for England in a day
or two. The storeship Adventure would leave early
in January with a party of Marines for Plymouth
or Portsmouth.
London, England, 1859-01-18

COLONIAL.

TEA.—The transactions have been extremely limited, the
trade havim, been occupied with the samples of the large
quantity to be offered for public sale to-day. Prices con-
tinue firm.

SUGAR.—A very moderato business has been reported,
but quotations are steady. A considerable quantity will be
offered for public competition to-day and during the week.
In the refined market there has been about an average de-
mand, and prices are firm.
COFFEE.--There has been very little animationonnd the
few dealings reported have been chiefly in Plantation Cey-
lon for home consumption, and prices generally show little
variation.
RICE.—The demand for the inferior descriptions has
been active, chiefly for exportation, and prices show an
upward tendency.
SALTPETRE.—There has been a fair inquiry for the better
sorts, and fully late rates are current.
TALLOW.—A slight depression has taken place in values.
P.Y.C. on the spot is now quoted 52s 9cl, Os to 53s 3d for
March, and 51s 9d to 52s for last three months.

COAL MARE
(Prices of COal per Ton at
,

ET-JAN. 17.

the close of the market.)
Walls End.

s. d:
Buddle's West Hartleyls 3
Davison's WestHartleyls 3
Wylam l5 0
Tanfield Moor 12 0
Tanfield Moor Butes 12 .0
Lambert's W. Hartley 15 0
Walker Primrose l3 0
Haswell Gas. 13 3

ii. U.
dosforth l7 3
Eden Main
Hetton .
Cassop lB 9
Whitworth 15 0
Bradyll's Hotton 18 9
Eden 18 3
Harvey
Trimdon Thornley ..:.17 6
Riddell 17 3
Belmont l7 3
Russell's Hettou 18 6
Ffamivellgato l7 9
Haswell 2O 0
Hunwick' 15 0
Nixon's Duffryn.. ~- 21 •0
Nixon's Merthyr 21 0
Powell's Duftryn Steam 21 0
71--Sold, 32.

Walls End.

South Hutton 19 6
Acorn Close 18 3

Byron. lB 6
Northumberland l5 3
Hough Hall 18 3
Kelloe l9 0
South Kelloe l9 0
South Hartlepool . . 18 0
Hartlepool. l9 3
Ships at market,
London, England, 1859-01-18

MARRIAGES.

GRAY—ROWLAND.—On the 15th inst., at Iver, Bucks,
H. Gray, Esq., of Eccleston-square, Pimlico, to Sophiq
youngest daughter of the late Wm. Rowland Esq., °
St. John's, Westminster. ,
PENNEY—STARTIN.-011 the 15th inst., at Brighton, Oft
Hamilton Penney, Esq., of Granville-park, Blackown
to Sarah Elizabeth, daughter of William Startin, EST'
of Turnham-green._

DEATHS.
BAKER.—On the 14th inst., at his residence, 13 Woolnler
Cottages, the Grove, Hammersmith, Mr. William Baker'
aged 66.

BAILEY.—On the 14th inst., at the residence of his sod'Leather Market Tavern, Bermondsey, Henry Bailey, AP-
-67.
CHINN.—On the 13th inst., at Tideswell, Derbyshire, the
Rev. Henry Barrow Chinn, rector of Carsington, Derby-
shire.

GALLUP.—Ou the 10th inst., at Milford, near Godalmia'
Mr. E. J. Gallup, aged 69.
PITCAIRN.—On the 12th inst., at his residence in Dublin
Sir James Pitcairn, M.D., In4ector-Gen. of Hospitarl
aged 83.

WOILTLEY.—On the 16th inst., at 25, South-street, 6°7;
venor-square, Alan, the infant son of the Hon. Fra'
and Mrs. Stuart Wortley, aged three months.

LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOTIDTT
of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 111
Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the Milt" of
Middlevess Tuesday, Ja,uualy 18, 1868..
London, England, 1859-01-18

BREVET.

Lieut.-Col. Julius Edmund Goodwyn, C. 8., 41st Foot,
having completed three years' actual service on the 19th
March, 1858, in the rank of Lieut.-Colonel, to be promoted
to be Colonel in the Army, under the Royal Warrant of 6th
Oct., 1854.
The promotion of Lieutenant-Colonel Charles William
Dunbar Staveley, C.D. 44th Foot, to be Colonel in the
Army, to bear date the 9th March, 1858, instead of 6th
May, 1858, as stated in the Gazette of 17th Sept., 1858.
The undermentioned promotions to take place in the
Indian Military Forces of her Majesty, consequent on the
death of Major-General Henry John Wood, C. 8., Bengal
Infantry, on 12th November, 1858, and Charles Wadding-
ton, C.B , Bombay Engineers, on 22d November, 1858 :

TO RE MAJOR-GENERALS.

Colonel 2Eneas.Shirreli, Madras Artillery.

Colonel Edward Messiter, Madras Infantry.
The undermentioned Officers of the Indian Maita
Forces of her Majesty, retired on full-pay, to hay, a
step
of honorary rank as follows, viz. :

• TO BE MAJOR:GBNEItiLS.
13PP:gal Infantry.
Bogf.a Ilift7,try.
Colonel Stephen Glynn° Wheeler,
Colonel Cie Pe Tylee,
Colonel Arthur Cleghorn Wigh,,, Madras Infantry. .
Colonel Archibald Neikklaelean, Bo:abav Infantry.
Colonel CievlB.o glitt, c%.14., Bombay Artillery.

TO BE COLONELS.
Lieutenant-Colonel George Munro Arthur, Madras In-
fantry.
Lieutenant-Colonel James Ramsay, Bengal Infantry.
Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas William Hicks, Bombay
Artillery.

Lieutenant-Colonel George Fleetwood Charles Fitzgerald,
Bengal Artillery.
Lieutenant-Colonel Stuart Bayley, Madras Infantry.
TO BE LIEUTENANT-COLONELS.
Major John Alexander Church, Madras Infantry.
Major Henry Lawford, Madras Artillery.
Major John Macdonald, Bengal Infantry.
COMMISSIONS BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT.
South Salopian Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry.—Bald-
win Leighton, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Henry George
Harnage, promoted.
sth or Royal Elthorne Light Infantry Regiment of
Middlesex Militia.—Charles May Hayes Newington, Gent.,
to be Ensign, vice Baylis, resigned.
Hampshire Militia Artillery.—James Walkinshaw Bell
Alder, late an Assistant-Surgeon of Her Majesty's Royal
Regiment of Militia, of the county of Berks, to be As-
sistant- Surgeon.
2nd Regiment of King's Own Staffordshire Militia.—
Thomas Bradney Shaw Hellier, Gent., to be Ensign, vice
Disney, resigned.
Royal North Lincoln Militia—Lionel Wentworth Atkin-
son, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Augustus Charles Short,
promoted on 6th of April, 1858.
Oxfordshire Regiment of Militia—Albert M. B:arto,
Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Severne, promoted.
East York Regiment of Militia.—Lieutenant Francis
Garden Fraser to be Captain, vice Lloyd, superseded ;
Ensign Frederick Caldwell Hamilton Parks to be Lieu-
tenant, vice Fraser, promoted ; Ensign William Henry
Dean to be Lieutenant, vice Ramsay, retired.
Royal South Lincoln Militia—Lieutenant Theodore
Ingram, struck off the strength of the regiment, he having
been absent without leave from the recent training of the
regiment.
London, England, 1859-01-18

le MRS. GEORGE LENOX-CONYNGHAM'S POEMS.
Just published, in Bvo., price 15s. cloth,
HORDE POETICiE : Lyrical and other Poems,
By MRS.:GEORGE LESOX-CONYNGHAM.
London : Longman, Brown, and Co., Paternoster-row.
London, England, 1859-01-18

COMMERCIAL BANK OF LONDON.

A meeting of the Commercial Bank of London took place
this day, at which the following report was presented :
" The directors have now to lay before the shareholders
of the bank the balance-sheet for the half-year ending 31st
December, 1838, showing a net profit (including £1,391
Bs. 3d. brought forward from last half-year) of £13,822
ls. sd. after payment of all expenses, and making provision
for bad and doubtful debts. The directors propose to de-
clare a dividend for the half-year at the rate of £6 per cent.
per annum, payable on and after the 31st inst. The divi-
dend will require £9,000, and after allowing £3,420 19s. scl.
for rebate on current bills not yet due, there will remain a
balance of £1,401 2s. to be carried forward to the present
half-year."
The report was adopted.
London, England, 1859-01-18

Just published, price 25., by
,post free, 2s. 4d., ^-
ON SPERMAfORRHCE A.
By F. B. COURTENAY, and formerly
Surgeon to the Metropolitan Infirmary for the Cure of Stric-
tures of the Urethra.

" The aim of the author is to present a common-sense view
of the Causes, Nature, Consequences, and Treatment of this
Disease, as also to free these questions from the Professional
Fallacies, the Popular Dejusions, and the exaggerations of
Quackery by which they have hitherto been surrounded, to the
destruction of the health and happiness of thofisands. These
objects are discussed in a common-sense and highly practical
manner."—Medical Circular.

London : H. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street.
London, England, 1859-01-18

SARDINIA.

The first proposals of marriage of Prince Napo-
leon with the Princess Clotilde, says a letter from
Turin, dated Jan. 13, caxue last year from the
Tuileries, but were not received altogether with
favour; and this year the gravity of circumstances,
a seriousness that is at present extreme, has cleared
away every intervening obstacle. The sole condi-
tion imposed by King Victor Emmanuel has been,

that the future bridegroom and bride should first
see and become acquainted with each other. Hence
the coming of the Prince, The betrothed Princess
is only 16 years old, not remarkably beautiful, but
graceful and animated. The Prince is 37 years
of age, and his expectations of ever becoming
heir to the throne are remote. Under these cir-
cumstances it is natural that people should talk of
a kingdom, to be procured by war, for a scion of
the Napoleonic house.

It is believed, then, that there is a special league,
or alliance, if you prefer that term, between France,
Russia, and Sardinia. Russia herself will take no
active part in the war, unless certain contingencies
should arise, but she guarantees to Prussia that the
Rhenish provinces shall remain intact. Should these
be attacked, she will renew the old formidable coali-
tion with Austria, Prussia, and England. It is ex-
pected that upon the faith of this guarantee, Prussia
will observe neutrality. In -this way the Powers
will remain spectators of the combat between France
with Sardinia on the one side, and Austria on the
other. It is further believed that Austria will be
sure to succumb; and on the strength of this
prescient conviction, the Italian States are to be
remodelled as follows :—Piedmont will cede Savoy
to France, but will possess as her indemnity the
Duchies and the whole of Lombardy as far as the
Adige. Tuscany, with the Romagna, the Marches,
and Venetia, will form a kingdom of more
than five millions, to be conferred on Prince Napo-
leon, who will have become in the interim the
son-in-law of the King of Sardinia, without, how-
ever, introducing any French garrison. The king-
dom of Naples is to be dealt with according to
circumstances. Lastly, Rome with the patrimony
of St. Peter will remain to the Pope.
You will say that all this is selling one's eggs
before they are hatched. These nuptials of Prince
Napoleon are a fourth battery unmasked by the
Emperor of the French, and all the four have been
discovered within thirteen days.
General Hess has already arrived in Italy. The
Sardinian Government is • stationing its troops
between Alessandria and the frontier.

We have reason to believe that a marriage is
arranged between Lady Harriet De Burgh, youngest and
only unmarried daughter of. the Marquis and Marchioness
of Clanricarde, and Mr. T. Vernon Wentworth, only son
of Mr. F. and Lady Augusta Wentworth, of Wentworth
Castle, Yorkshire.
London, England, 1859-01-18

THE EDINBURGH REVIEW, No. CCXX:
Was published yesterday.
CONVENTS.
' T. Helps' Spanish Conquest in America.
11. Life Assurance.
The Church Rate Question.
IV. The Roman Catacombs.
V. The Hudson's Bay Territory.
VI. Lord Liverpool's Administration till 1822.
VII. Library of the British Museum. •
VIII. Life and Organisa 'ion. •
IX. History and Prospects of Parliamentary Refoint.
London : Longman and Co. Edinburgh : A. and C. Black.
London, England, 1859-01-18

CITY BANK.-(THIS DAY.)

The half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of this cor-
poration was held to-day, at the London Tavern, Bishops-
gate-street—Sir Robert Carden, M.P., chairman of the
board of directors, presiding. The dividend at the rate of
5 per cent. per annum, usually declared at this meeting,
was ordered to be paid, free of income tax.
The report of the directors was as follows .

" The directors have the gratification to report that the
business of the bank has, throughout the past half-year,
continued the same steady course of extension which has
marked its progress from the commencement of its opera-
tions; and they have the pleasure to announce that not-
withstanding the low rate of interest which has prevailed
during the whole of the period to which the accompanying
accounts relate, they are enabled, after paying all the cur-
rent expenses of the establishment, and making a liberal
provision for bad and doubtful debts, to declare the usual
dividend of £5 per cent. per annum, free of income tax, and
to carry forward the sum of £6,982 19s. 11d. to the credit of
the new profit and loss account, for disposal at the end of
the financial year. The dividend will be payable on and
after Tuesday, the 25th instant."
The CHAIRMAN having expressed his gratification at
seeing so large an attendance of shareholders, as it showed
they looked to their own interest, and were desirous to see
for themselves how things were going on, said he could
state nothing more than what appeared in the report, viz.,
that the steady extension of business which had marked
the bank from its commencement still continued. (Cheers.)
He then asked if any shareholder wished to put-any ques-
tions upon the report.
No shareholder having risen, the CHAIRMAN then moved
the adoption of the report, which was carried-unanimously.

A resolution for the declaration of a dividend at the rate
of 5 per cent. per annum, free of income-tax, payable on
and after Tuesday, the 25th inst., was then agreed to.
Votes of thanks to the directors, Mr. White, the manager,
and to the auditors, having been given, the meeting sepa-
rated.
London, England, 1859-01-18

Charles Chesterfield. kyyrs. Trollope. Knight

and Son.

Another of the reprints of popular novels which
Messrs. Knight and Son have been recently issuing
in a cheap and convenient form. Mrs. Trollope's
amusing works have long been popular with novel
readers, and her admirers will probably be glad to
see them reproduced in such a complete and com-
modious manner.

Who's Who in 1859. Edited by C. Oakes, M.A.
Baily Brothers.
Another of those useful little compendiums
which give the public an almanac, and all informa-
tion connected with official appointments, the
Members of the Houses of Parliament, of the Privy
Council, the Royal Household, &c., as well as a
list of legal and ecclesiastical dignities. The little
work before us pays especial regard to the Mem-
bers of the Peerage, giving a table of Peers who
are minors, Peeresses in their own right, widows
of 'Peers whose peerages are extinct, besides the
usual particulars respecting the Upper House.

The Scottish Annual for 1859. A. and C. Black,
Edinburgh.
_

This is one of a race which is nearly extinct,
but the present volume seems' likely to flourish,
judging from the sense and variety which meet us
in its pages. A numerous list of contributors, some
of whom are known to the literary world, is pre-
fixed to it, and they maintain the literary reputa-
tion of their nation. There is one article on the
Comet of Donati,:and another on Robert Burns, which
are especially commendable. Two very interesting
papers are on national topics. They are entitled
" Traditions of Scottish Patriotism," and " Scottish
Contributions in Social Improvement." Stories and
Songs are pleasantly intermingled with graver sub-
jects ; and the miscellaneous papers are many of
them of a high order. We commend this annual
highly to those who wish for pleasant and varied
reading.
London, England, 1859-01-18

THIS .DAI'S SHIPPING.

LONDON, Jan. 18.—Wind this day at noon W. to S.W. ;
fresh breeze and squally. It has blown very heavily all
night with squalls and rain.
J EUSEY, Jan. 16.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrived—Oriente,
and Dalhousie.

SOUTHAMPTON, Jan 17.--Sailed—Sultan, steamer, for
Alexandria; Atmto, steamer, for the West Indies.
PILL, Jan. 17.—Wind W.—Sailed—Louise, for Mel-
bourne.

HOLYHEAD, Jan. 17.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Sea
Queen, from Liverpool, for Singapore ; James Symonds,
and Commodo re, from Liverpool—both for Barbadoes.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH
SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday Morning.
A strong westerly gale has been blowing all night, with
heavy rains, and still continues.
Arrived—Lass of Gowrie, from London ;
steamer, from Havre; r Etoile, from Cherbourg; Wonder,
steamer, from Jersey.
Sailed—Ruby, and Resolution, for Cardiff; Atrato,
steamer, for St. Thomas's; Dispatch, steamer, for Jersey;
Havre, steamer, for Havre, Sultan, steamer, for Gibraltar;
Ally, for Sunderland.

LivEnrooL, Tuesday Morning.

. _
Wind W.S.W., fresh.
Arrived, Jan. 17.—Ellen Jenkinson, from Monrovia ;
Orontes, screw steamer, from Alexandria; Tvarance, from
Aveiro.
Arrived, Jan. 18.—Sarah Jane, from Smyrna; Henry
Imlay, from Oporto; Pepita, from Alexandria; Grace
from Seville ; Morgenstein, from Leghorn ; Fereiri, from
Gallipoli; Sextus.

(BY SUBMARINE AND BAITISH TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning.
wina IV. by S. tide, three hours' flood ; weather
showery and cloudy.
Arrived, Jan. 17.—Merlin, from Terceira; Spriug Rice,
Eclipse, from Seville; Heroine, from
nptiu;nlAirlakr;m, from Seville ; Contest, from Patras ;
AGfrnermngelsabella, from
Favanilla ; Rebecca, from Savira ;
Clarence, from Seville; Chinsura, from Demerara; Narcis,
from Nantes.

Wind SAV, DEAL, Tuesday Morning.
strong ; with rain.
Anchored .—Bezeleel, for East London ; Sea Nymph, for
Corfu.—britb. from London.

Sir James Clark has gone to Prussia to be in
attendance upon the Princess FroJerick William at her
confinement, now daily looked f?r.
HUGHES V. LADY DINORBEN.—The rule ob-
tained last term calling upon the plaintiff to show cause
why a new trial on the ground of misdirection, was yester-
day discharged by the Court of Queen's Benc'•.

- -
THE ANDOVER MURDER.—Emma Banks, who is
confinement in the county prison, charged with being a
participator in the murder of Mr. Parsons, was delivered of
a male child on Sunday last.
London, England, 1859-01-18

Just published, price 25., by post free, 2s. 4d.,
ON SPERMATORRHM A.
By F. B. COURTENAY, M.R.C.S., and formerly
Surgeon to the Metropolitan Infirmary for the Cure of Stric-
tures of the Urethra.

" The aim of the author is to present a common-sense view
of the Causes, Nature, Consequences, and Treatment of this
Disease, as also to free these questions from the Professional
Fallacies, the Popular Delusions, and the exaggerations of
Quackery by which they have hitherto been surrounded, to the
destruction of the health and happiness of thousands. These
objects are discussed in a common-sense and highly practical
manner."—Medical Circular.

London : H. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street.
London, England, 1859-01-18

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Snt,--Allow me to suggest the idea of a collec.
tion being made (to be limited to one penny) in all
churches and chapels next Sunday on behalf of our
houseless and homeless poor, whose cause has been
so warmly advocated lately.
I feel sure by this means a large sum would be
raised, and an incalculable amount of good effected.
I am, sir, your obedient servant,
A FRIEND TO THE POOR.
Jan. 17, 1859.
London, England, 1859-01-18

ABSTRACT OF SCHEDULE A.

Threct Taxes
Population Payable £lO No. of
in 1851. in 1857. Electors.Boros. ,I^4
. 332,540 119,713 18,163 56 87
. 51,146 12,412 1,558, 9 9

England'.
Ireland . .
Scotlabd (Contribu-
tory Boroughs) . 28,204 e - 8,975 1,091 21 0
- -
Totals . . 411,890 141,100 20,812 86 96'

. „
GENERA ABSTRACT OF SCHEDULES, SHOW-
ING THE -RESULT OF - THE PROPOSED -
CHANGES; • ,- ' '
FIRST DIVISION. BOROUGHS TO RETURN NOT MOlt
THAN Two MEMBERS:EACH.
Direct Taxes •
Population Payable £lO No. of Mein.
in 1811, in 1t357. Electors..Boros. Proposed
Schedul© B 769,916 386,900 _32,689 69 . 69
Schedule C 821,553 470,772 33,034 41 55
Schedule D 1,490,153 965,191 60,087 43 86
London, England, 1859-01-18

THIS DAI'S SHIPPING.

LONDON, Jan. 18.—Wind this day at noon W. to S.W. ;
fresh breeze and squally. It has blown very heavily all
night with squalls and rain.
JERSEY, Jan. 16.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrived—Oriente,
and Dalhousie. _

'_SOUTHAMPTON, Jan 17.—Sailed—Sultan, steamer, for
Alexandria; Atrato, steamer, for the West Indies.
PILL, Jan. 17. Wind Nil'.—Sailed—Louise, for Mel-
bourne.

HOLYHEAD, Jan. 17.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Sea
Queen, from Liverpool, for Singapore.; James Symonds,
and Commodore, from Liverpool—both for Barbadoes.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH )k
SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday Morning.
A strong westerly gale has been blowing all night, with
heavy rains, and still continues.
Arrived—Lass of Gowris, from London;
steamer, from Havre ; l'Etoile, from Cherbourg ; Wonder,
steamer, from Jersey.

Sailed—ltuby, and Resolution, for Cardiff; Atrato,
steamer, for St. Thomas's ; Dispatch, steamer, for Jersey ;
Havre, steamer, for Havre , Sultan, steamer, for Gibraltar ;
Ally, for Sunderland.

LIVERPOOL, Tuesday Morning.

Wind. W.S.W: fresh.
Arrived, Jan. 17.—Ellen Jenkinson, from Monrovia ;
Orontes, screw steamer, from Alexandria; Tvarance, from
Aveiro.

Arrived, Jan. 18.—Sarah Jane, from Smyrna; Henry
Ismay, from Oporto; Pepita, from Alexandria; Grace,
from Seville ; Morgenstein, from Leghorn ; Fermi, from
Gallipoli; Sextus.

(BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND; Tuesday Morning.
tide, three hours' flood ; weather

Wind W. by S
showery and cloudy.
Arrived, Jan. 17.—Merlin, from Terceira; Spring Rice,
from Dunkirk ; Eclipse, rom Seville ; Heroine, L•om
Gergenti ; Alarm, from Seville ; Contest, from Patras ;
Ann Isabella, from Savanilla ; Rebecca, from Savira ;
Clarence, from Seville; Chinsura, from Demerara; Nareis,
from Nantes.

DEAL, Tuesday Morning.
Wind S.W., strong ; with rain.
Anchored.—Bezeleel, for East Logdon ; Sea Nymph, for
Corfu—both from London.

THIS DAY'S MARKETS.
London, England, 1859-01-18

Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols.,

U A
By the Author of " Anne Dysart," itc.
" One of the best of the new novels." —Examiner.
" This is a novel of the '.John Halifax' type, and, like II
will not fail to command a wide circle of delighted admirers.'
Caledonian Mercury.
Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, successors to:11. Colburn.
London, England, 1859-01-18

No. 20,772.

P ÜBLICATIONS.

MISS PARDOE'S NEW WORK.
Now ready, in 2 vols., 215., bound,
EPISODES OF FRENCH HISTORY
DURING the CONSULATE and FIRST EMPIRE.

By MISS PARDOE.
Author of" The Life of Marie de Medicis,"&c.
Ilurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street.
London, England, 1859-01-18

COMMERCIAL BANK OF LONDON.

A meeting of the Commercial Bank of London took place
this day, at which the following report was presented

" The directors have now to lay before the shareholders
of the bank the balance-sheet for the half-year ending 31st
December, 1858, showing a net profit (including £1,391
Bs. 3d. brought forward from last half-year) of £13,822
Is. sd. after payment of all expenses, and making provision
for bad and doubtful debts. The directors propose to de-
clare a dividend for the half-year at the rate of £6 per cent.
per annum, payable on and after the 31st inst. The divi-
dend will require £9,000, and after allowing £3,420 19s. sd.
for rebate on current bills not yet due, there will remain a
balance of £1,401 2s. to be carried forward to the present
half-year."
The report was adopted.
London, England, 1859-01-18

ABSTRACT OF SCHEDULE A.

Direct Taxes
Population Payable £lO No. of
in 1851. In 1857. Electors.Boros.
England'. . . 332,540 119,713 18,163 56 87
Ireland . . . 61,146 12,412 1,558 9 9
Scotland (Contribu-
tory Boroughs) . 28,204 8,975 1,091 21 0
Totals . . 411,890 141,100 20,812 86 96

GENERAL ABSTRACT OF SCHEDULES, SHOW-.
ING THE RESULT OF THE PROPOSED
CHANGES.
FIRST DIVISION. BOROUGHS TO RETURN NOT MORE
THAN Two MEMBERS EACH.
Direct Taxes
Population Payable £lO No. of Hem.
in 1851, in 1857. Electors. Boros. Proposed
Schedule B 769,916 386,900 32,689 69 69
Schedule C 821,553 470,772 33,034 41 55
Schedule D 1,490,153 965,191 60,087 43 86
London, England, 1859-01-18

Since the Trusty floating
to Chatham from Shoeburyness, where she was ex-
posed to the fire of one of Arms- trong's :32-pounder
long range guns, a careful exam :nation of her hull
has been made for the purpose of ascertaining what
effect the shot has had upon her ir onplated sides.
Although several shots were fire 3. at her from
_
the Mayflower steam gunboat, at distances vary-
ing from 200 to 400 yards, only two or three appear
to have done any very serious am% Int of. damage.
In one instance the thick iron plate a It the side has
been split and the ball penetrated throt Th the wood-
work, and two other shots also appear to have
penetrated the iron sides of the battery, the
majority, however, having made but trifling impres-
sion on the ship's side. Another trial
,of the effect
of a larger description of shot is to bed made upon
one of the floating batteries, which will be put to
a much severer test than in the last experiments.
Her Majesty's screw frigate Curacoa, of 31 guns,
Captain Thomas H. Mason, has been taken out of
No. 2 dock at Portsmouth and placed in the fitting
basin,

Her Majesty's screw frigate Mersey, of 40 guns
of the largest calibre, in the steam basin at Ports-
mouth, commenced the first trial of her powerful
engines yesterday. In the absence of the screw
the average of 44 revolutions was all that it was
necessary to obtain—nothing could be more satis-
factory than the working of the engines.
Letters have ben receivekat Plymouth from the
screw st • igateribune, 31, . stain Hornby,
date. - ,p, 0gg..1, k•vern r 2 7 . •.s then on.
the point . • epartuxfo, • ~ •:, c s and 165
Marinekkyoz Nancauv skid, 'he paddle-
wheel ptetliThyessel Vol&M10► 3, Master Commander
J. M. illockly, was to leave for England in a day
or two. The storeship Adventure would leave early
in. January with a party of Marines for Plymouth
or Portsmouth.