The Sun.
London, England, 1859-12-15 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 15, 1859.

THE ECONOMIC LIFE ASSURANCE
SOCIETY.
6, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars, London.
!Established 1823.
The lowest rates of Premium on Mutual System.
• The whole'of the Profits divided every Fifth Year.
Assets amounting to X 1,840,000.
The Bonus additions in 1859 (which averaged £55 per Cent.
„
en the Premiums paid) amounted to £175,000, the sum of
£890,000 having been added as Bonus at previous Divisions.
The Annual Income exceeds £260,000.
The Society continues its invariable practice of making no
charge for service.in any volunteer corps.
AL EXA.NDE R. MACDONALD, Secretary.

141CONOMIC LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY
SPECIAL NOTICE.-BONUS OF 1864.

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Proposals for Assurance should be made before the Ist
January, IMO, to entitle the Assured to Participation in the
Division of Profits in 1861.

THE LIVERPOOL and LONDON FIRE and
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.

Established 1836.

Offices—No. 1, Dale-street, Liverpool, and 20 and 21, Poultry,
London.
Liability of Proprietors Unlimited.
Invested Funds . £1,150,035.
PROGRESS OF THE COMPANY.,
Year. Fire Premiums. Life Premiums. Invested Funds
18.18 35,472 .... 19,840 388,990
1813 113,612 .... 49,128 620,898
1858 276,058 .... 121,411 .... 1,156,035

The Annual Income exceeds £150,000.
Policies expiring on CHRISTMAS-DAY should be re
newed before the 9th of January.
SWINTON BOULT, Secretary to the Company.

INDIGESTION CURED at last by MEN-
TIIANODYNE, or Pain-relieving Mint.—lt is nowdls-
covered that the power of restoring health to the stomach
depends upon the normal condition of that very sensitive
pneumozastric nerve. The miseries of melancholy, despair,
rheumatism, spasms, diarrhoea, piles, are removed by the use
of menthanodyne ; irritability is allayed, sleep restored,
pulsation rendered more equal, and man becomes more evenly
energetic in his duties of life, and happy.-Sold by all medi-
cine vendors, and wholesale at J. GROSSMITH'S, 85, New-
gate-street, London.

unfavourable circumstances, connected with an appearance
of a tightness in the money: market, produced the quietness

which prevails just now in the piece and yarn market.
Prices began to fall off again both for goods and yarns, and
the reasons that we explained in our previous reports pre-
sent the future prospects•ss rather uncertain and unfavour-
able. The stocks of piece goods in first and second hands
are still heavy and the supplies on the way from England
too large, and unless a very brisk consumption shall be
manifested we cannot expect any great improvement in this
market.

Metals—Copper sheathing remains steady in demand at
about 45rs. to 45rs. 4an. per mautid.
Joint-stock Shares—The intervention of holydays since
our last has retarded business, but some transactions have
taken place in India General shares and Bonded Ware-
house stock at our quotations. Ganges shares aro in less
favour, o wing to the comparative smallness of the dividend
declared ; the scrip of this company is to be divided into
three, thus making the shares 500 r. each, instead of 1,500 r.
Dock shares are inquired for at quotations, and steam tugs
are now saleable at 650 r In Gas and Auction shares there
is nothing doing.

Government Securities.—The value of the 5f and 6 per
Cents. has been maintained at previous rates, say 95 and
90 ; a considerable amount of both had been taken out of
the market for European account. The 4 per Cents. are
neglected, and the value is nominal.
The purchases for Europe appear to have little effect for
the present on prices, and sales are readily made.
Exchange.—The rates on London have kept steady at
from 2s. op. to 2s. Old., and 2s. Old& to 2s. Old., for credits.
Documentary continues in limited supply, and has been
taken freely at 2s. Oid. The arrival of the China mail yes;
terday has given the market an upward tendency, and we
look for higer rates by the next mail.
Freights.—There has been a slight dullness since the de-
parture of last mail in the freight market, and rates to Lon-
don and Liverpool, as also to Mauritius, have receded a
little, which is £2. for London, 15s. for Liverpool, and
1.2 rupees a bag for Mauritius ; to all other ports and places
there has not been any alteration.

TILE AUSIRAL lAA- AND BuMBAY
TAILS.

.The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-
ship Ripon, Capt. J. S. Field, arrived at Southamp-
ton yesterday morning with the heavy portion of
the mails from Bombay, Australia, New Zealand,
B:c., in charge of Messrs. Casson and Lea, of the
General Post-office. She left Alexandria on the
30th ult., Malta the 4th inst., and Gibraltar the
9th, and had variable weather during the voyage.
The Ripon brought 100 passengers, of whom 38
were first-class, 22 second, 29 deck, and •11 chil-
dren ; and on freight £1,671 in specie, gold dust
value £l3,lsB—total• value, £14,829 ; also 1,205
bales of silk, and a general cargo.
On the 10th inst., the Ripon passed the company's
steamer Delta off Cape Espichel, steering to the
southward ; and on the 13th, off Ushant, the Pere,
both outward bound.

Her Majesty's ships Renown, Racoon, Banshee,
Caradoc, and Wanderer were at Malta.
At Gibraltar were her Majesty's ship Marl-
borough, Cadmus, Doris, Lapwing, Scylla, Orion,
Neptune, and Caesar.
Her Majesty's steam. sloop Mohawk, Commander
M'Dougall, arrived at Gibraltar on tho Ist inst.,
six days from Plymouth. The gunboat Vigilant,
Capt. Armitage, from Malta, arrived at Gibraltar
on the sth, laden with condemned stores, and
bound for Spithead. She was obliged, through
stress of weather, to put into Algiers, where she
took in .30 tons of coal. The Vigilant put to sea
again on the 6th. The steam sloop Firebrand,
Coamiander Bruce, arrived at Gibraltar ,on the 6th;i
11 days from Falmouth ; she had a steam dredger
in tow for service at Malta, and, after coaling, re-
sumed her voyage with the dredger.

The Turkish steamer Sinope, Capt. R. Driver,
10 days from Southampton, with coals for Constan-
tinople, arrived at Gibraltar on the 6th.
The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-
ship China, Captain N. Cook, from Southampton
on the 27th ult., arrived at Gibraltar on the 3d
inst., and proceeded to Malta and Alexandria. She
had experienced very bad weather.
The following British merchant steamers had
arrived at Gibraltar :—Nov. 30, the Thessalia, Cap-
tain R. 1?lim, six and a half days from Liverpool,
with general'eargo for Gibraltar, Malta, and Alex-
andria; same day, the Gibraltar, Captain W. G,
S. Hall, ten days fram London and three from
Corunna, with bullocks, Government stores, &c. ;
Dec. 3, the Palestine, Captain H. Dubbins, seven
days from Liverpool, with general cargo for Malta
and Alexandria ; 7th, the Tweedside, Captain C.
S. Suckling, eight and a half days from London,
with telegraph wire for Algesiras ; same day,
the Hutton Chaytor, Captain W. Morrison, 13 days
from Liverpool and seven from Cork, with railway
carriages for Barcelona.
The Tweedside, having on board the submarine
electric telegraph cable which is to connect Ceuta
with Algesiras, arrived at Gibraltar on the morning
of the 7th from London. Messrs. George, John,
and James Hamilton, telegraph engineers, with
nine men to assist in paying out the cable, were on
board the Tweedside. The laying down of the
wire was to eommence forthwith.

The British brig Margaret, Captain F. Jefferson,
40 days from Newcastle and 14 from Portsmouth,
with coals for Gibraltar, arrived at the latter port
on the 2d: She had experienced heavy weather,
and lost bulwarks and head rails.

The Austrian brig Giovanni Leopoldo, in enter-
ing Gibraltar Bay on the afternoon of the 4th,
missed stays and grounded near Punta Mala at low
water; she floated off at high tide during the night.
The Norwegian barque Falken, 0. J. Rod mas-
ter, from Alexandria with barley, bound to Cork
or Falmouth, went aground on the night of the 4th
when entering the bay, near the second river. She
remained on the rocks and was making water. .

The Norwegian barque Queen Victoria, which
arrived at Gibraltar on the 4th, laden with barley
for London from Odessa and Constantinople, would
have to discharge to undergo repairs on account of
being in a leaky state.
A letter received at Gibraltar from Almeira,
dated Nov. 27, reported the loss of the Neapolitan
brig Rachele, Raffaelo Scarpati master, on the flats
near Roquetas. She was laden with wheat, from
Marseilles, bound to Cork or Falmouth for orders.
Little of the cargo had been saved, and the hull,
owing to the bad weather, had gone to pieces, but
the rigging had been preserved.

The Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian and the
Archduchess Charlotte, who arrived at Gibraltar
incognito on the 28th ult. in the Austrian steam-
frigate Kaiserin Elizabeth, took their departure
shortly after eight o'clock on the morning of the
3d inst. During their stay his Imperial Highness
had a cabin erected on the deck of the steamer, to
be used as a library or reading-room. The steamer
was to proceed direct to Madeira, where prepara-
tions had been made by the Austrian Consul and th•
Portuguese authorities to receive him. It was sup-
posed that their Imperial Highnesses would also
visit the Azores and Canary Islands. _ _

Gibraltar advices contain no later news from Mo-
rocco than that received via Madrid. The Chronicle
of the Bth has the following items :
" Arrivals front Mazagan and Saffi state that it
was rumoured at those places that, owing to the
commencement of hostilities with Spain, a holy
war had been proclaimed throughout the empire,
which would soon bring down to the seaboard towns
thousands of armed Moors to defend their country
and religion against the Spaniards. Trade with
the interior was, in consequence of these events, in
a paralysed state. The populations of these towns,
notwithstanding, are reported to be in a quiet con-
dition, and peaceably inclined towards neutral
Powers.

"From Mogador we have received the following
lists of the contingents furnished by the Moorish
tribes in that part of the empire towards the holy
war proclaimed by the Emperor against Spain :—.
Cavalry. Infantry.
Iloda
Soos
Eutorga
El Massa 1,500 18,000
ltos el Wad 2,000 .. 7,000
liowara

Edow el Teet
Ite Baanuan
Ite Zhcroa

Edow Baaky
Tazawelt .
Luksos
Stuka
O'Zewa ..
Waduoon or 800 Zhabtine

7,000 .. 9,000
16,000 .. 15,000
2,000 .. 3,000
5,000 .. 3,000
- .. 5,000
.. 1.5,000

Total 41,100 116,700

Latest quotations of exchange at Gibraltar were
as follow :—Loudon, 90 days' date, 51; ; Paris, 90
days' date, sf. 33c.; Marseilles, 90 days' date, sf.
32c.; Genoa, 90 days' date, sf. 37c, ; Madrid, 8
days' sight, dis.; Cadiz, 8 days' sight, dis.; Ma-
laga, 8 days' sight, dis.; Seville, dis.; Alicante,
I die.; Valencia, } dis.; Barcelona, par; Spanish
pillared dollars, 3 per cent. pm., none, and no de-
mand.

Freights to Brazil and River Plate, 12 dols. per
ton, and 10 per cent.; Gulf of Mexico and Havan-
nail, 12 dols. per ton, and 10 per cent.; Malta, Leg-
horn, Genoa, and Marseilles, 4 dols. to 5 dols. per
ton, and 5 per cent.; lead, at less.
The following war steamers and transports ar-
rived at Cadiz on the 4th :—The screw sloop Edi-
tana, 2 guns, Lient. Quintas, from Carthagena ; the
steam transport Marques de la Victoria, Licut. Mo-
reno ; and the hired French steam transports Pro-
vence and Jean Mathieu, all from Ceuta. The Da-
nish brig•of-war St. Thomas, Commander M. Fro-
lich, sailed on the 3d for Santa Cruz; and the
Belgian steamship Gustave Pastor put to sea on the
same day.

CAMBRIDGE LOCAL EXAMINATION AT LIVER-
rooL.—A local examination, in connection with the Uni-
versity of Cambridge, opened at St. George's-hall, Liver-
pool, on Tuesday the examiners being Dr. Goodwin, Dean
of Ely, and the Rev. H. M. Campion, fellow and tutor of
Queen's College. A fund is in progress for the purpose of
rewarding those who are in the first or second class, and a
public prize-giving in 1860 is contemplated. On this oc-
casion there are 72 candidates for middle class. honours.