The Sun.
London, England, 1859-12-23 00:00:00

BOROUGH HOP.

Our market is very scantily supplied with all new hops.
The demand, even for inferior kinds, is somewhat active,
and, in some instances, prices have advanced 48 to 5s per
cwt. Fine yearlings command more money.
Mid and East Kent 90s to 150 s per cwt.
Weald of Kont 74s to 92s „
Sussex... 72s to 82s „

COLONIAL.
TEA.—There has been a fair inquiry, and full prices are
realised for the finer qualities.
SUGAR.—The market has been exceedingly firm, and a
good business has been done in the better qualities at hill
rates. In the refined market dried goods have been in fair
demand, and at higher rates.
COFFEE.—AII descriptions have been dealt in to a mode-
rate extent, and higher prices .have been current for the
superior descriptions.
ILICE.—The dealings have not been very extensive, but
prices are well maintained.
SALTPETRE.—At public sale full rates were realised for
the finer qualities. In the private markets, however, there
has not been much activity.
TALLOW.—The market remains steady. P.Y.C., on the
spot, is quoted 58s, and for end of the yeah 57s 9d per cwt.

The Rodney

at Chatham, Uni

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'ping the

terc& from a saiiim-;

[1 to a screw

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rEt portion of her engines and ma-
chinery from Messrs. Maudslay and Co., and work-
men are now engaged in fitting it on board the ship.

The Charybdis, 21, screw corvette, fitting in the
steam basin at Chatham, will be unlocked to-

;farrow, when she will join the steam reserve.
The screw steamship Edgar, 91, flag of Rear-
Admiral Erskine, left Plymouth on Wednesday for
Portland.
The screw steamship Nile, 90, Capt. Wilmot,
was towed by the Confiance and Zephyr on
Wednesday from Plymouth Sound into Hamoaze.
The attempt on Tuesday was postponed in conse-
quence of the heavy weather.
The invalids brought tol'lymouth on Wednesday
by the Firebrand from Gibraltar were transferred
in the afternoon to the flagship Impregnable, in
Hamoaze. Mr. Stra.ubenzee, midshipman, invalided
from the James Watt, came home in the Firebrand.
Mr. W. H. Ward, of Auburn, New York, whose
invention for day and night signals, termed the
" ocean marine telegraph, ' has been noticed on
various occasions as having obtained the favourable
consideration of the Lords of the Admiralty, at-
tended at the dockyard, Woolwich, on Wednesda3r
evening, and entered into a preliminary experi-
ment, in the presence of the Commodore-Superin-
tendent, the Hon. Sir James . Drummond, C. 8.,
Aide-de-camp to her Majesty, attended by the re-
spective officers of the yard, for the trial of an im-
proved apparatus for the same purpose, and which,
it is presumed, will effectually supersede, with much
advantage to the tservice, the introduction of his
original invention. The new instrument differs
materially from the former one, and is secured by
" a distinct patent. It poSseses the means of working
the signals with much greater facility and prompti-
tude, and in its appearance resembles a hugh quad-
ruple lantern or semaphore, furnished with power-
ful reflectors, to be affixed to the mainmast or any
other elevated position on board ship ; the former
method consisting of a fixed branch in the form of
a cross, bearing five reflecting lamps, the colours
being changed by the working of keys similar to the
notes of a piano. Each lantern in the present system
has its own working arrangements., without the dis-"
advantage of the keys, and is arranged with cords
attached to a couple of levers, which lift the various
shades required to form the signals, and which
may be worked by any one standing on the deck.
With the aid of three of these lanterns, one above
the other, a complete code of signals is produced
for working the numerical system, and with four
the entire alphabet is designated, which com-
munications of any length and importance can be
transmitted with clearness and despatch from
ship to ship or land in sight of each other. One of
the lanterns was on Wednesday night placed on
the gun-battery wall overlooking the river in
Woolwich Dockyard, which shone with peculiar
brilliancy, and was supposed to be visible at a dis-
tance of two or three miles with the naked eye—
the gaslights appearing far less distinctly. From
the construction of the lantern, which exhibits a
quadruple front, the signals are perceived from the
four points of the horizon. The improvement and
. advantage of the new system were admitted by the
Commodore as exceedingly satisfactory, a report to
that effect having been forwarded to Lord Clarence
Paget.
,The following appointments were made yesterday
at the Admiralty :—James Flanagan, surg., to the
Victory ; William H. Maunsell, master's-assist., to
the Ariadne ; Henry Payne, promoted to be acting
first class assist.-engineer i
n the Racoon ; John
Critehley, promoted to be acting second class assist.-
engineer in the Gannet; George Bull, to be acting
second class assist.-engineer for temporary service
in the Pitt; Francis Charles Master has been no-
minated to a naval cadetship,

THE ARMY.

The authorities at the War Department are about
to despatch a number Of non-commissioned officers
and men of the Royal Engineers to Now Zealand,
to be employed in making a careful. survey, and in
the engineering operations required to be carried
on in that island. The men to be scnt out will be
selected from the companies now at head-quarters,
Chatham, the men being allowed to volunteer for
this service; and as' each man will receive a consi-
derable addition to his regimental pay and other ad-
vantages, the voluatecri; will be obtained without
difficulty. The number of men to be despatched is
9 non-commissioned officers and 30 sappers.
Capt. C. S. Akers, R.E., late in command of the
25th company of Royal Enlincers, hag joined head
quarters, Brompton barraCks; from the Cape of
Good Hope:
The EaSt India troopship Earl of Hardwicke,
1,000 tons, Com. Knox, arrived at Gravesend yes-

terday morning from Madras, having on board a
larp party of sick and wounded troops belonging
to vanore; cavalry and infantry regiments now ser-
ving in Madras,-together with a, number of-soldiers
who have accepted their discharge from the East
India Company's service under the Royal proclama-
tion. The Earl of Hardwicke embarked her troops
at Madras on the Ist of September, and sailed for
- England on the 3d of the same month ; she touched
at the rape of Good Hope Oct. 18th, and sailed on
the 25th, the passage to the Thames occupying 111
days. The number of troops who embarked at Ma-
draa was 175 non-commissioned officers and men be-
longingto the Ist (the King's) Dragoon Guards, 12th
r 'Prince of Wales's) Lancers, Royal Artillery, Royal
Engineers, Ist Royals, 43d Light Infantry, 44th
Regiment, 3d battalion of the 60th Rifles, 66th
Regiment, • 68th Light Infantry, and the 74th
Highlanders, with- men -belonging to ; various
East India regiments who have claimed their dis-
charge, the whole under the command of Captain
J. Falconer, 74th Highlanders, Lieut. L. Eames,
66th Regiment, and Lieutenant A. B. Trimmer,
44th Regiment. During the voyage there were
four deaths and one birth on board, the. deaths
including one serveant and one man of the 68th
Light Infantry, one man of the Ist Royals, and
one :man of the 44th Regiment., The wounded
and disabled troops to the number of 1.35 ,men of all
ranks, were disembarked at Gravesend yesterday
and conveyed to Fort. Pitt, Chatham, and on their
arrival were inspected by Surgeon-Major T. P.
Matthew, when 23 men were ordered into hospital
for medical treatment, and the remainder sent to
the invalid establishment at St. Mary's,. to await
their discharge. The Royal Artillery were for-
warded to Woolwich. A number of the men ad;
milted into hospital are suffering from ophthalmia,
which. appears to be very prevalent among the
troops arriving from the East Indies.
Gen. Sir Richard Dacres, K.C.8., Commandant
at Woolwich, yesterday attended at the Regimental
Schools and presided at a meeting of the officers of
the Royal Artillery, _for, the purpose of raising a
sum of money to, defray the. expense of providing a
sumptuous feast for the children belonging to the
garrison. The general with his usual liberality
subscribed the sum of £5, and each of the officers
presented from -£1 to £2 each. A most bountiful
treat was accordingly provided, consisting of tea,
cake, bread and butter, and fruit, and the day was
one of infinite amusement. The room was taste-
fully decorated with evergreens and artificial
flowers, and the regimental band was in attend-
ance. The breaking-up for the Christmas holidays,
for which the treat was intended, was accordingly
kept up with much innocent and appropriate
amusement.

—Errs's (llmuceopat:iic
,Chemikit)
Cocoa.—This estaenied preparation is sold by the prin-
cipal }roar,-1 at Is. 6d. per lb., in llb., Vb., and alb
packets.. Each packet is labelled " Jaines Epps, lioniceo •
pathic chemist, London."

[AD VEr.:CIS

.[ADVISIZTISEMENT.]-1101I0Way'S Pill 3 and Ointment.—
Acidity,. Heartburn, Flatulency, Erysipelas.—This for-
addable array of ailments will not alarin ;those who have
once witnessed the happy manner in which each and a,ll of
them yield to the purifying influence of these Pills. heir
effect is vastly increased by rubbing the, part, or the skin
over the part, affected with Holloway's- Ointment ; which
passes through the skin and acts on every organ placed in-
ternal to the, portion rubbed. - It is wonderful how indi-
gestion succumbs; to such treatment; which always gives
relief in a short time. Erysipelas, gout, and rheumatism
are always accompanied by disordered stomach, which the
same remedies readily rectify by purifying-the bhod, and
regulating the action of the liver, kidneys, and bowels.
[Ary-larrisptENT.]--The gyeatest happiness of a jour-
nalist is to introduce to his readers some ncw discovery
calculated to benefit that Nast portion of our fellow arca-
tures, which has the strongest claims upon our sympathies.
It, is with this feeling that we call the attention of invalids
to the following extract froili Du Barry's interesting report
' of ewes without medicine. of indigestion. (dyspq)sia),
fla-
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cough. astfinta, consun ption. and debilitv by Du Barry's
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oat almost any kind of food with great comfort . W. ROL°.
in tins at Is. 6d. ; llb., 3s. ; 21b., ss. 96.'; olb., 125.; 121 h.,
265. The 101 b. and 121 b. tins carriage free, on rceeipt of post-
office order. Du Barry and Co., 77, riegent-street, London'
Fortnum, Mason, and Co., 182, Piccadilly ; 60,
Graceehurch-street ; 4, . Cheapside ; 63, and 150, Oxford-
street ; 330 and 451, Strand ; 49 and 60, Bishopsgate-
street ; 85, Tottenham-court-road. Also at Dublin,
Bewley and Draper ; at Edinburgh,- Raimes and Co.;
at Liverpool, Nixon and Thew; at Manchester, Sharp and
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