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BOMBAY, DEC. 4.

Lucknow was taken on 17th of November, Sir
Colin Campbell reached Alumbagh o nthe the 12th
of November, and began fighting the next day.
On the 13th two guns were taken from the rebels,
and the fort of Jellabad was destroyed. On the
15th, after two hours' hard fighting, Sir Colin
Campb€ll occupied Delkhosah and Martiniere.
Five hours afterwards, the enemy made a despe-

rate attempt to recover these positions, but were
beaten back with heavy loss.
Sir Colin Campbell crossed the canal on the
16th, and after an obstinate struggle took Se-
cunder Bagh. A heavy artillery fire was opened
on the Samuch, and kept up for three hours, at
the end of which the place was carried.
Early on the 17th, a communication was opened
with the barracks. A long cannonade was com-
menced, and the place was carried by assault at 3
p.m. The troops pushed on, and occupiel the
Motee Mahal before dark.

Sir James Outram and Sir H. Havelock then
met Sir Colin Campbell.
The following officers were killed and wounded
at the canal ; the loss of men during the last two
days is not stated.

KILLED.
Midshipman Darner, Naval Brigade
Captain Hardy, R.A.
Captain Dalzell, 93d Highlanders
Captain Lumsden, 30th N.I.
Lieutenant Franckland, 2d Punjaub Infantry

WOUNDED.
Sir Colin Campbell, slightly ; but his wound
does not interfere with doing his duty
Major Alisod, military secretary
Captain Alison, A.D.C.
Captain Anst ten (?), A.D.C.
Lieut. Senlod (?), Naval Brigade
Midshipman Clingtott (?), Naval Brigade
Capt. Travers, R.A.
Major Pennyouick, R.A.
Lieut. Ford, R.A.
Lieut. Milman, R.A.

Assistant-Surgeon Veale, R.A.
Capt. Hood, Bengal Artillery
- Hammond, ditto
- Balton, H.M. 53d

Lieut. Munro, ditto
Major Baruchson, H.M. 99th
Lieut. Widne (?), H.M. 99th
Rowell, H.M. 99th
Lieut.-Col. Ewart, 93d Highlanders:
Capt. Burroughs, ditto
Lieut. Cooper, ditto
-- Werth, ditto
Moltfid (?), ditto
- Wood, ditto

Ensign Macnamara, ditto
Lieut. Dobbs, 13t Madras Fusiliers

- Batson, 2d Bengal Infantry
Ensign Paul, 4th Bengal Infantry
Lieut. Macqueen, 4th Bengal Infantry
- Oldfield, 4th Bengal Infantry
- Hackee (?), Hobson's Horse

CAWNPORE.

The Gwalior rebels advanced to within fifteen
miles of Cawnpore, but have again retired to
Calpee. General Windham is stated to have
marched to attack them.
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BOMBAY, DEO. 4.

Lucknow was taken on 17th of November, Sir
Colin Campbell reached Alumbagh o nthe the 12th
of November, and began fighting the next day.
On the 13th two guns were taken from the rebels,
and the fort of Jellabad was destroyed. On the
15th, after two hours' hard fighting, Sir Colin
Campbell occupied Delkhosah and Martiniere.
Five hours afterwards, the enemy made a despe-
rate attempt to recover these positions, but were
beaten back with heavy loss.
Sir Cohn Campbell crossed the canal on the
16th, and after an obstinate struggle took Se-
cunder Bagh. A heavy artillery fire was opened
on the Samucb, and kept up for three hours, at
the end of which the place was carried.

Early on the rrth, a commumication was opened
with the barracks. A long cannonade was com-
menced, and the place was carried by assault at 3

p.m. The troops pushed on, and occupied the
Motee Mahal before dark.

Sir James Outram and Sir H. Havelock thin
met Sir Cohn Campbell.

The following officers were killed and wounded
at the canal ; the loss of men, during the last two
days is not stated.
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AGRA.

The detachments under Colonel Riddell and
Major Old are employed in clearing the Ullgour
(Ilighur)districts.

Major Old, on the 19th of November, fell in
with and dispersed a body of Robileand insur-
gents.

All is quiet in the Punjaub ; the Gogaria rising
has been entirely put down.

Neemuch has been besieged by the Mundesore
insurgents for nearly a fortnight.
On Nov. 21 an attempt was made to take the
fort by encalade, but the enemy were repulsed
with great loss, and the siege was raised on the
22d.

The Mb)ow column, under Brigadier Stewart,
was attacked near Mundesore by the insurgents

on the 21st of November. The insurgents were

repulsed.

On the 23d the column advanced to the North
, of Munctesore, on the Neemuoh road, and found
the rebe' in a strong position, with five guns.
The pos;rtion was immediately attacked, and the
rebels eiefeated, with the loss of all their guns.
While t 1 is battle was in progress the Mundesore
garri sou came out and attacked our rear, but they

got wolf beaten also.
The rebels, in the fights of the 21st and 23d,
lost fift.)en hundred men, while our loss was in-

eonside :able.

Lieu tenant Gedmayne, of her Majesty's 24th,
Was ki lied, and Major Robinson, 24th NJ.,

wound Led,

Tlle caumn afterwards entered Mundesore on
the. '2sth, -the rebels having evacuated it on the
Welt of th e 24th.
The fort and town of Saagor remained un-
London, England, 1857-12-25

LOUTH—Dze. 23.

An inactive trade in corn to-day, with little variation
in rates, but a downward tendency.
Wheat, 403 to 44s ; extra, 46s ; barley 33s to 353 ; oats
20e to 23s ; baans, 41s to 455.
London, England, 1857-12-25

22d.

repulsed.

On the 23d the column advanced to the North
of Mundesore, on the Neemuch road, and found
the rebels in a strong position, with five guns.

The position was immediately attacked, and the
rebels defeated, with the loss of all their guns.
While this battle was in progress the Mundesore

garrison came out and attacked our rear, but they
got well beaten also.
The rebels, in the fights of the 21st and 23d,
lost fifteen hundred men, while our loss was in-
considerable.

Lieutenant Gedmayne, of her Majesty's 24th,
was killed, and Major Robinson, 24th NJ.,

wounded.

The column afterwards entered Mundesore on

the 25th, the rebels having evacuated it on the
night of the 24th.

The fort and town of Saugor remained uII•
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BOSTON—DEc. 23.

The wheat trade to-day was in a rather inaotive state.
The few sales passing in wheat were at a reduction of Is
to 2e. Spring corn a slow sale, and on easier terms.

Prices :—Wheat, red, 39s Od to 46s Od; new, —s to -s
white, 44s 0(1 to 47s Od ; extra, 495. Barley, 26s Od to 38s
01. Oats 18s to 25a. Peas, 353 to 42s Od. Beans, 36s
Od to 43s Od per qr.
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ACADEMY OF SCIENCES.

At the last sitting M. Pelouse read a report on
a paper by M.G6lis, entitled "On the Action of
Heat on Neutral Organic Substances," divided into
two parts ; the fist comprising all that relates
to the action of beat on saccharine substances,
and the second containing ail the facts relat-
ing to starch and iectike. Having confirmed
the fact that the volatile products resulting
from the decomposition of sugar are solely
composed of partieles of steam, without
the slightest trace of permanent gases, M. Gels
has examined the fixed residues obtained by the
operation. These residues, far from consisting of
a single substance, contain three different ones,
which are successively obtained by continuing the
action of heat for a sufficient length of time.
These three substances he has callei caramelane,
coramelene, and carameline, the three different
vowels in the last syllable marking the order in
which they are produced during the operation.
They differ in taste, appearance, and colouring
power. They are-decomposed by several teats, and
especially by acids. Caramelane only differs from
sugar by a deficiency of two equivalents of water,
and, like sugar, it contains twelve equivalents
of carbon. Caramelene contains still less water,
and thirty-six equivalents of carbon ; and carame-
line is almost anhydrous, and contains 96 equiva-
lents of carbon. The report concluded with re
commending the insertion of M. Gilis's labours in
the " Metnoires des Savants Etrangers.” Marebal
Valliant and Admiral Du Petit-Thouars presented
papers on the grape-blight, and M. Delavergne sent
iu an apparatus for aulphurising vines. M. Vine
wrote to claim the right of priority regarding M.
Bousingault's observations respecting phosphate
of lime as manure. (See Messenger, Dec. 5.) To this
claim M. Bousingault replied that he bad not by
any moans attributed to himself 'he discovery of the
favourable action of phosphate of lime as manure, a
fact which is by no means new; and that he only
claimed to have proved that phosphate of lime un-
mixed withan notated substance did act produce Cie
same salutary effects.—M. Waraksine sent in a
description of a machine for sorting seeds. The
contrivances at present in use merely separate seeds
according to size, the largest being preferred for
sowing ; M. Waraksine, on the contrary, has suc-
ceeded in sorting them by weight, that being the
most important element for securing a good crop, as
he has ascF.rtained by numerous experiments. His
system consis 'sin letting the seeds fall vertically ups n
an inclined plane under the action of a horizontal
current of air. The heaviest seeds fall vertically,
and are projected by the inclined plane to a par-
ticular spot ; while the lighter seeds, in receiving
the impression of the current, deviate from the
vertical line, and are projected elsewhere.—
M. Maumene communicated a paper on alcholic
fermentation, establishing ; 1. That sugar may be
London, England, 1857-12-25

AGRA.

The detnchments, under Colonel Riddell and
Major Old are employed in clearing the Ullgour
(Alighur) districts.

Major Old, on the 19th of November, fell in
with and dispersed a body of Rohilound incur•

gentF.

All is quiet in the Punjaub ; the Gogaria rising
has been entirely put down.

Neemuch has been besieged by the Mundesore
insurgents for nearly a fortnight.

On Nov. 21 an attempt was made to take the
fort by escalade, but the enemy were repulsed
with great loss, and the siege was raised on the
London, England, 1857-12-25

BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED.

Charles John Mare, shipbuil ler, Blackwell.
John Otto William Fabert, snip chandler, Liverpool.
Savas Caracaziani, merchant, Manchester.
BANKRUPTS.

'James Eddy, iron manufacturer, Edward-street, Dept-
fOrd, Jan. 7, at twelve, and Feb. 6, at eleven, at the Court
of Bankruptcy.
Henry John Loe, stonemason, Guildford, Surrey, Jan.
5 and Feb. 4, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy,
Robert Bentham, dyer and stover, Halifax, Jan. 8 and
Feb. 12, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court.
C. and T. Topham, dyers, York, Jan. 8 and Feb. 12, at
eleven, at the Leeds District Court.
William Horsfall, cotton spinner, Halifax, Jan. 11, at
twelve, and Feb. 8, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court.
Robert Henry Adamson, scrivener, York, Jan. 8 and
Feb. 12, at eleven (not January as before advertised), at
the Leeds District Court. _

John Ecclep, Edward Eccles, and Alexander Eccles,
cotton brokerF Liverpool, Jan. 8 and Feb. o, at eleven, at
the Liverpool District Court.
James Howard and Charles Howard, silk manufacturers,
Macclesfield, Jan. 4 and Feb.l, at 12, at the Manchester
District Court.

Edward Reaston, lodging-house-keeper, Filey, York-
shire, Jan. 18 and Feb. 16, at eleven, at the Leeds District
Court. . _

Edward Lindsey Baker, ship broker, Liverpool, Jan. 8
and 29, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court.
James Hagen; candle manufacturer, Bristol, Jan. 5 and
Feb. 2, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court.
Thomas Taylor and John Seeger, indigo manufacturers,
Soundwell, Gloucestershire, Jan. 4 and Feb. 1, at eleven,
at the Bristol District Court.

Thomas Roe, machine builder, Nottingham, Jan. Hand
Feb. 4, at half-past ten, at the Shire-hall, Nottingham.
John Porter, lace manufacturer, Old Radford, Jan. 14
and Feb. 4, at half-past ten, at the Shire-hall, Notting-
ham.

George Hamilton, cotton spinner, Bacnp, Lancashire,
Jan. 5 and Feb. 2, at twelve, at the Manchester District
Court. LI
William Robinson Urwin, iron merchant, fCTewcastle-
uPon-Tyne' Jan. 8, at half•past eleven, and Feb. 19, at
sass, at the Royal Arcade, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
.huames Brown, innkeeper, Whaley Bridge and Buxton,
Court. • IFeb.2 and Fb 2, at eleven, at the Manchester District
iukerau aettri,i .
y si,
4,,i
c Dean,,lii i atone,
5 masonsai;dllFaebbe.sg2b, ham
! Eaves,W ili
twelve, at the ManclLater District Court.
W
gs, haberdasher, Finsbury, Jan. 5, at
eleven,
Feb. one, at the ourt of Bankruptc
Johnll Dyne and Sydney y.
jerrai
t-
iiaamnd .
eb 21
Dyne, builders, Croydon, Jan.
15, at half-past one, and Feb, 5, at twelve, at the Court of
tailor, Hastings,
Bankruptcy.
Jan 9, at half-past
at twelve, at. the*
Court
of Bankruptcy.
P t 'll
en onvi e-road, Jan, 7, at half-
John Young, draper,
twelve,Thom anasd/ Fe b• Taylor,
,
London, England, 1857-12-25

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nearly at its lowest, pours into a fissure of the
basaltic rock that forms its bed, and at theibottom
is forced to take a direction at right angles to its
former one. The lips of the fissure are only 80 or
00 feet apart, and the effect to the eye is that the
whole body of a stream as broad as that of the
Thames at Limehouse vanishes suddenly in smoke I
There is an island on the very edge of the fall,
and to this Dr. Livingstone was conveyed in a
canoe, and, "creeping with awe to the verge, taw
that a stream of 1,000 yards broad leaped do'wn
100 feet, and then became suddenly compressed
into a space of 15 or 20 yards.
Without approaching thus near to the gulf, the
existence of the river cannot be perceived at all.
The columns of vapour which arise were visible five
miles off, and the natives, whose awe prevents them
from going near enough to examine the locality,
give the place the appropriate name of Mosiotunya
(" Smoke sounds there.") Dr. Livingstone con-
fbrred on it the title of the Victoria Falls, and in-
dulged in the very pardonable "vanity" (if his
_
own-I-Era:Se is to be used) of carving his initials and
the date of his visit upon a tree in the island. But
mindful, as he habitually was on all occasions, of
tie interest of the children of the soil, he also
selected a spot upon it suited for his purpose, and
planted therein about a hundred peach and apricot
stones, and a quantity of coffee seeds. The con-
tinual moisture from the spray furnishes a security
for the proper irrigation, and if it only escapes the
ravages of the hippopotamus there seems every
prospect that our traveller's little nursery will be,
as he hopes, the parent of all the many gardens
which will come into existence in this new region,
should its resources be rendered available by means
of, the discoveries which have rewarded his courage
and perseverance.
London, England, 1857-12-25

DELHI.

Twenty-four inferior members of the royal
family were executed by sentence of a military
commission on Nov. 20.

Yookeen Abdo°lah, an influential rebel chief,

wtts executed on the next day.

The force under CoL Gerard proceeded to inter-
cept the Joudpore Legion, which, with many other
rebels, had appeared in Shikawattie. The force
met the enemy, on Nov. 25, near Narnool, and
defeated them with great slaughter, and the loss
of all their guns. Our loss was 15 killed, and
45 wounded ; but Colonel Gerard was among the
killed,
London, England, 1857-01-09

(No. 20,143.)

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BIRMINGHAM, J. 8.

6TOOE EXOHANGE.—The market was steady to-day, and
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EXPEDITION to PERSIA.—The MAP of
PERSIA, with Part of the Ottoman Empire. By G. LONG,
M.A. Price fici. plain ; 9d. coloured. Published In the Series of the
Useful Knowledge Society. Can be obtained of all booksellers.
Also, same series and price, a Map of Afghanistan, Beloochistan,
with parts of Persia, Bokbara, and Sinde. London : Edward Stan-
ford, 6, Charing•cross, S.W., whose catalogue of maps can be had
on application.
London, England, 1857-01-09

Country Markets.

DERBY SMITHFIELD.—JAN. 6.
There was a short supply of fat beasts to-day, which
sold readily. Sheep was also scarce, realising high prices.
The supply of fat pigs was about the average. Fat calves
were few.

The following were the quotations t—Beef, 6d to 61d;
mutton, 7(1 to 7 ; lamb, —d to Od ; veal, 7d tc 8 1 per
lb. ; pigs, 10s 6(1 to lle Od per score ; rough fat, 5s 6a to Os
per 141 b. ; hides, 4/d to 6 d per lb ; calf-skins, 4id to 6}
pgr lb.

EDINBURGH GRAIN.—JAN. 7.
A fair supply of grain in the market to-day, A good
demand for all kinds, and prices a shade better.
Wheat, on the top, 3s down, and on the average Oa 5d
up. Barley, is &l up on the top, and lld up on the
average. Oats on the top is Od up—on the average bd
9dup. Beans on the top 4s 6d up, and on the average
up.
London, England, 1857-01-09

WYLb'S NEW MAP OF LONDON.

A Shilling Plan of the British Metropolis divided
into the newly organised Postal Districts is yet
another timely, and therefore most acceptable, boon
offered by Mr. Wyld to his fellow-Londoners. A
Shilling Plan embellished by a margin of illustra-
tive woodcuts—having the "Postal Districts"
indicated by a broad red outline, and the important
initials of those districts printed in violet charac-
ters. So that whatever difficulties there might be
in the new system are removed at once, are com-
pletely removed, and that, moreover, at the cost
of one single shilling.

Mr. A. W. Kinglake, the author of " Eothen," and
brother of Mr. Kinglake, of Weston-super-Mare, is a
candidate for Newport, Isle of Wight, in the room of
Mr. Biggs resigned.
METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS. —The first business
of this board at its meeting to-day was to receive a
communication from Henry Burslem, Esq., resigning
his seat as a member of the board. Mr.ißurslem repre-
sented the district of Paddington.
RURAL POLICE.--At the Devon Epiphany Sessions on
Tuesday, Lord Courtenay in the chair, the number and
pay of the new rural police for Devonshire were settled
as follows :—One chief constable at a salary of 4001. p:r
annum, and 2001. for expenses ; four superintendents at
a salary of 1501. a-year, expenses 501., and 121. for
clothing ; nine inspectors, one of them to act as clerk, at
30s. per week, and 31. 14s„ per annum for boots and oil ;
23 sergeants at 235. per week, with the like allowance ;
60 first-class constables at 20s. per week, with an
allowance of 1/. 14s. for boots and oil ; l3O second-
class constables at 13s. per week ; and 73 third class
constables at 16s. per week, with the like allowance.
This force of 300 inert will give one constable to every
1,350 inhabitants.
London, England, 1857-01-09

COLONIAL.

TEL.—The market has been rather quiet, but prices
have raled steady. Common congou brought 116 d. per lb.
A every fair business has been done in the finer kinds at
full rates.
SUGAR.—There is a good demand for fine grocery de-
scriptions for home consumption, but the quantity on offer
is very small, and full prices are realised. Other kinds
meet a rather dull sale at fully former rates. In the re-
fined market there has been an aotive demand, and a fur-
ther slight advance has been established. Brown lumps
are 625. to 625. Gd., low to fine 635. to 615., and Titlers
665. per cwt.
COFFEE.—FuII prices have been realised for all qualities,
particularly for plantation, Ceylon, and mocha. Native
has also been inquired for, at fully former values.
RlCE.—Thero has been a very good demand for all the
lower kinds, and previous rates have been fully maintained.
Other qualities have been steady, but business has not been
very active in the finer sorts.
Rum.—The market rules very quietly, and prices are
fully sustained.
SPICES.—A very limited business has been transacted,
and prices rule rather lower for mace, cinnamon, nutmegs,
and ginger ; pepper and pimento are at steady rates.
SALTPETRE.—FuII prices are demanded by holders, but
very little business has been transacted.
TALLOW.—An active speculative business has been done,
and prices have advanced about 9d to is por cwt., as com-
pared with the rates ruling this day week. P.Y.C. on the
spot, 59s 3d to 59s 6d per cwt., and last threw months' de-
livery, 52s 6d to 53s per cwt.
London, England, 1857-01-09

DR.

Capital
Reserve fund 12,980,750 14
Reserve immobiliere
Notes to bearer, in circulation
Do. of branch banks 68,298,775 --
Do. to order (Post bills)
Bills payable at sight 3,473,647
Account-current of Treasury Creditor 76,479,128 58
Various accounts-current 138,704,889 63
Do. branch banks 22,778,023 6
Dividends to be paid 570,258 25
Discount, interest, and expenses
Charge for safe keeping of securities (?)2,596,202 91
Re-discounts of the last half-year
Overdue bills 1,945 86
Sundries 2,163,015 87

986,151,419 88
PREVIOUS MONTH'S RETURN.
CR. Fr. c.
Cash and ingots
Cash at the branch banks
Bills due yesterday to be paid to-day 3,339,525 72
Bills becoming due in Paris
Bills in the branch banks
Advances on coin and ingots
Do. in the branch banks
Do. on public securities of France 26,600,436
Do. in the branch banks
Do. on railway shares and bonds 17,635,500
Do. in the branch banks
Do. to the State by treaty of
June 30, 1848
Advances on Treasury bills 40,000,000
Rentes of the reserve fund 52,190,645 98
Rentes of disposable funds 12,980,750 14
Hotel and furniture of the Bank
Real property of branch banks
Expenses of administration 776,393 88
Premiums on the purchase of matibres 3,197,158 58
Sundries 129,723 17

950,216,038 27

DR.

Capital _ _

91,250,000 -

Reserve fund 12,980,750 14
Reserve immobiliere 4,000 000
,

Notes to bearer, in circulation
Do. of branch banks 69,046,375
Do.. to order (Post bills)
Bills payable at sight
Account-current of Treasury Creditor 92,753,313 62
Various accounts-current
Do. branch banks 23,930,380 --
Dividends to be paid
Discount, interest, and expenses
Charge for safe keeping of securities —
Re-discounts of the last half-year
Overdue bills
Sundries

950,216,035 27

FRANCE.
A council of ministers, at which the Emperor
presided, was held yesterday at the Tuileries.
The Moniteur contains a decree making further
appointments and promotions in the ranks of the
magistracy.
A letter from Frankfort of the 2d, in the Con-
stitutionnel, says :—"ln addition to a corps of troops
which the Grand Duke of Baden has ordered to
assemble near Bale, the Government of Wurtemburg
has also decreed the formation of a corps of obser-
vation on the frontiers near Switzerland. It is
thought here that the popular agitation against
the march of the Prussians will extend from Wur-
temberg to other German states, such as BadJn
and Bavaria."
the I
BOURSE, Jan. B.—The following werelast
quotations
Casb. fr. c. End of Month.
4i per Cents
3 per Cents 67 10 66 35
New Loan — _
•

.•
Bank Shares 4,000 Roman Ot .........
Credit Mobilier 1,375 Austrian ...........
Belgian Fives — Spanish Threes 4O
Piedmonteee (5) 9l 50 Home Debt
London, England, 1857-01-09

NEWARK—Jem. 7.

At our corn exchange to-day we had a good supply of
grain of all descriptions, and a full attendance of farmers.
Wheat and barley met a ready sale at late prices. The
same may be said of other articles.

Wheat, white 64s to 68s, red 603 to 635; barley, malting
46s to 50s, grinding 40s to 425; oats, 24st. 34s to 375, 223 t,
Es to 303; beans, 52s to 54s ; malt, 75s to 801 ; peas, 38s
to tOs ; tares, 503 to 51s per qr.
London, England, 1857-01-09

OSLONIAL.

TEA.—The market has been rather quiet, but prices
have ruled steady. Common congou brought llid. per lb.
A very fair business has been done in the finer kinds at
full rates.
SIIGAR.—There is a good demand for fine grocery de-
scriptions for home consumption, but the quantity on offer
is very small, and full prices are realised. Other kinds
meet a rather dull sale at fully former rates. In the re-
fined market there has been an active demand, and a fur-
ther slight advance has been established. Brown lumps
are 625. to 625. 6d., low to fine 635. to 615., and Titlers
665. per cwt.
COFFEE.—FuII prices have been realised for all qualities,
particularly for plantation, Ceylon, and mocha. Native
has also been inquired for, at fully former values.
Ricz.—There has been a very good demand for all the
lower kinds, and previous rates have been fully maintained.
Other qualities have been steady, but business has not been
very active in the finer sorts.
Rum.—The market rules very quietly, and prices are
fully sustained.
SrICES.—A very limited business has been transacted,
and prices rule rather lower for mace, cinnamon, nutmegs,
and ginger; pepper and pimento are at steady rates.
SALTPETIE.—FuII prices are demanded by holders, but
very little business has been transacted.
TALLOW.—An active speculative business has been done,
and prices have advanced about 9d to is per cwt., as com-
pared with the rates ruling this day week. P.Y.C. on the
spot, 59s 3d to 59s 6d per cwt., and last three months de-
livery, 52s 6d to 53s per cwt.
London, England, 1857-01-09

BOSTON-JAN. 7.

We had a good attendance at market to-day, and a fair
supply of all kinds of grain. The wheat trade ruled firm,
at last week's prices ; but all attempts on the part of the
growers to obtain an advance were effectually resisted by
the dealers. Spring corn unchanged.
Prices :—Wheat, red, 49s Od to 61s Od; new, —ate —a ;
white, 603 Od to 63s Od extra, 665. Barley, 38s Od to 45s
Od. Oat, 18s to 265. Peas, 36 to 40. s Od Beans, 37a
Od to 46s Od per qr.
London, England, 1857-01-09

WYLb'S NEW MAP OF LONDON.

A Shilling Plan of the British Metropolis divided
; into the newly organised Postal Districts is yet
another timely, and therefore most acceptable, boon
offered by Mr. Wyld to his fellow-Londoners. A.
Shilling Plan embellished by a margin of illustra-
tive woodcuts—havin,, the "Postal Districts"
indicated by a broad red outline, and the important
initials of those districts printed in violet charac-
ters. So that whatever difficulties there might be
in the new system are romoved at once, are com-
pletely removed, and that, moreover, at the cost
of one single shilling.

Mr. A. W. Kinglake, the author of " Eothen," and
brother of Mr. Kinglake, Weston-super-Mare, is a
candidate for Newport, Isle of Wight, in the room of
Mr. Biggs resigned.
METROPOLITAN BOARD of WORKS. —The first business
of this
.board at its meeting to-day was to receive a
communication from Henry Burslern, Esq., re-igning
his seat as a member of the board. Mr.ißurslem repre-
sented the district of Paddington.
RURAL Pot!
Tuesday, Lord Courtenay in the chair, the number and
gE.—At the Devon Epiphany SesAons on
pay of the new rural police for Devonshire were settled
as follows :—One chief constable at a salary of 4001.
annum, and 2001. for expenses ; four sup orintendents at
a salary of 1501. a-year, expenses. 501., and 121. for
clothing ; nine inspectors, one of them to act as clerk, at
303. per week, and 31. 143. per annum for boots and oil ;
23 sergeants at 233. per week, with the like allowance ;
60 first-class constables at 20s. per week, with an
allowance of N. 144. for boots and oil ; 130 second-
class constables at 183. per week ; ,and 73 third class
nistables at 163. per week, with t'ae like allowance.
This force of 300 rnett will give. one ronstAble to every
7,350 inhabitants.,
London, England, 1857-01-09

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-.-(This Day.)

LONDON, Jan. 9.—Wind at noon S.W.—Light breeze
and mild cloudy weather.
RAMSGATE, Jan. B.—The Alfina Egbardina, from
Dautzic, to Guernsey, has been assisted in leaky, having
been on the Kentish Knock. Sailed—Globe, Cape of
Goad Hope.
COWES,, Jan. B.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrived—Fortuna,
Antwerp, from Havannah.
PORTSMOUTH, Jan. B.—Wind S.S.W. to W.S.W.
Arrived—Mary Ann Wilson, Calcutta; Columbus, Deme-
rara ; H.M.S. Urgent, Malta. Sailed— Zurich, for Ne w
York.
PLYMOUTH, Jan. B.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived—Bourse
d'Anvers, Havannah.
MILFORD, Jan. 7.- Wind S.E.—Sailed—Albanie, Nova
Scotia.

SOUTHWOLD, Jan. B—The Cheverill, of Whitby, sank
last night near here ; crew saved.
ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 6—The roadstead of Revel is
covered with ice as far as the island of Wulff. To-day
there are t 3 degrees of frost here.
KONIGSBERG, Jan. 4.—The navigation is closed again.
BREST, Jan. 6—The Francois (sc.s.), Nantes, from Car-
diff and the West Indies, put in here with machinery da-
maged, leaky, &c., and will go into dock.
LAURVIG, Jan. I.—The Concordia, Odens, from Lon-
don, was brought in here, on the 30th December, with
cargo heated, and discharging. Weather mild. Naviga-
tion open.
WATERFORD, Jan. 7.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Recipro-
city, from Monte Video.
ConK, Jan. 7.-Wind S.S. W.—Arrived Acadian,
from St. John's, N.B.
HULL, Jan. B.—The Johanna Andre, from Carlscrona,
to London, put in here yesterday, after being on the Dog-
gerbank—will discharge.

(PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.,
SOUTHAMPTON, Friday, 10 a.m•
Wind S.W., drizzly rain.
Sailed—Odessa, for Constantinople.
LIVERPOOL, Friday Morning.
Wind S.S.E
Arrived—Water Sprite, from Alexandria ; Baccante,
Calcutta; Laguno, Monte Video ; Halton Maid, Messina;
Britannia, Dantzic ; Anomina and Ticonderoga, Bilboa ;
Ellen Rawson, Ichaboe.
QUEENSTOWN, Jan. 7.

Wind S.S.W.
Arrived—Princess Eleanor, from Demerara; Welcome,
Rotterdam ; Maxwell, Marianopol.
WATERFORD, Jan. 7.

Wind S.E.
Arrived—Recipweity, from Monte Video.
DUBLIN, Jar. S.

Wind N.W.
Arrived—John W. Lovitt, from St. John's.

(BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISiI EGRAPII.)
GRAVESEND, Friday, 9.15 a.m.
Wind S.W. ; tide three hours' flood ; fine.
Arrived, Bth—Himalaya, from Mauritius ; Humility,
from Bremen.

Arrived, 9th.—Maria Manuelle, from Cadiz; Jane and
Mary, Terceira ; Northieet, Canton; Clive, Antwerp.
Sailed, 9th.—Cheapside, for
DPEoArtL,Alaide.
Friday,
10.10 a.m.
Wind S.S.W., fresh.
Passed:—Fruiterer, from St. Michael's, for Hull ; Oscar
Vidal, from Moulmein ' • Baldera, bark, from the west-
ward ; Blanch Moore, from Calcutta—all for London.
Prospero, London, St. Michael's; Ida, schooner, Terceira,
London. _ _

Anchored—Rose, from London, for Bathurst ; Princess
Royal, London, for Galati ; Ulverstone, bark, Carthagena,
for the North; Westmorland, London, for Cardiff; Lun-
dale, London, for Lisbon.
The Lion, American ship, has been assisted off the beach
at Kingsdown, and proceeded to Ramsgate, in tow, last
night.
London, England, 1857-01-09

WYLD'S MAP OF PERSIA.

The Royal Geographer, Mr. James Wyld, of the
Great Globe, has just issued simultaneously from
his City and West-end Establishments, from
Charing-cross and the Royal Exchange, another of
those astonishingly prompt" Maps"—the publica-
tion of which, from time to time, has served so
one coming as
mate-
rially to enhance his geographic reputation. The p
c, pat "blic
as e inverilep toresent the point most
Map given to the ut in stance is
conspicuously under public consideration. It is a
comprehensive sheet, embracing within its circum-
ference not merely. the Persian Gulf and the whole
Persian Empire, but, together with these, all the
adjacent countries—Russia, India, Egypt, Nubia,
Thibet, Caubul, Mekran, Oman, Arabia, and
Asiatic Turkey. It comprises not merely the whole
of the great Persian
.Gulf from Shatt al Arab to
Ras al Had—but with it the whole of the Red Sea,
fro& its northern extremity at Suez to its southern
outlet at the Straits of Bab el Mandeb. Besides
which, it includes the whole of Lake 1311kash of
the Aral Sea and of the Caspian, with portions also
of the remoter Euxine and Mediterranean. It
shows at a glance, consequently, the important
regions along the shores of the Caspian which have
been the scene of the gradual encroachments of
the Russian Autocracy—on the one side, as far as
Astara—on the other, as far as the Tarachta.
Wholesale robberies effected by Muscovite Diplo-
macy or, by Muscovite Conquests, alternately
from Persia, from Turkey, and from Tartary !
Bringing the Russians in alarming contiguity
by means of the waters of the Caspian, with Astra-
bad, from which, by a direct line across Khoras-
san, a line running a little to the south of Mushid
and Neshapore, the approach of a hostile force
would, at any moment, be rapid and easy enough, to
that covetted city of Herat, which is universally re-
cognised as the key to our Indian empire through
Afghanistan. Nothing could be more timely alto-
gether than the issue at the present moment of this
remarkable publication, which has thus added
another to Mr. Wyld's very numerous geographical
achievements.
London, England, 1857-01-09

THE LATE ARCHBISHOP OF PARIS.

The body of the Archbishop of Paris lay in state
on Wednesday, from one o'clock, in a chapelle
ardente erected in the grand drawing-room of the
ground floor of the archiepiscopal palace in the Rue
de Grenelle St. Germain. The principal entrance
to the palace was entirely hung with black, and in
the midst of the hangings are placed the armorial
bearings of the family of the archbishop. The cha-
pelle ardente is reached after passing through seve-
ral rooms, hung with black, and scarcely having
any light admitted. In the chapelle, the body of
the deceased, clothed in his pontifical robes, is
placed on a satin bed. The features have not been
changed by death. They retain all their usual
expression of mildness to such a degree that a per-
son would be almost tempted to believe that the
deceased was asleep rather than dead. The hands
are crossed over the breast and touch the cross sus-
pended from his neck. On one of the fingers of
the right hand is his pastoral ring. The bed on
which the body lies is covered above by a canopy
formed of black and white drapery, and surmounted
by the arms of the archbishop. The canopy is
surmounted by high wax tapers, and by candelabra
full of smaller ones. Twelve priests, placed on
either side of the body, recite aloud the prayers
for the dead. Some other priests and religieuses
also pray in other places. A numerous crowd as-
sembled in the forenoon in the Rue de Grenelle,
and being at last admitted passed through the
chapelle ardente with every mark of respect and ,
regret. The whole scene was full of song and gran-
deur. The body is to lie in state for several days,
the public being admitted for the future at eleven
o'clock-

Verger, the assassin, is the son of a tailor at
Neuilly He owes his education to protectors who
took a'i interest in him, from the disposition to learn
hich, he showed while he was pupil at the commu-
nal set,ool at Neuilly. Among those protectors was
Mine- de Rochefort, better known by the name of
Siste7e Ste. Melanie. As he at the same time showed
Brea',; religious fervour his education was con-
tine ,ed so as to enable him to enter holy orders,
ane, he thus became a priest. Verger was of a very
vit ,lent temper, and wherever he lived he quarrelled
vr:rth those around him. Several times, in the com-
ix tunes where he officiated, his parishioners rose
a gainst him. In addition to ideas against the dogma
,of the Immaculate Conception, he advocated the
marriage of priests, and a number of writings on
both these questions have been seized at his resi-
dence. It is positively stated that he published a
few months since a pamphlet against Mgr. Sibour
and the Metropolitan Chapter, which was seized.
He then applied to the Chamber of Appeals of the
Correctional Police on the subject, which again
condemned the work. It appears that on leaving
the court on that occasion Verger exclaimed, "Gaye
a l'Archeveque !" This fact, if correct, would tend
to prove that the assassin had given way to ranco-
rous feelings of revenge, in committing the crime
which has so painfully excited the inhabitants of
Paris,
London, England, 1857-01-09

R. LIVINGSTON'S DISCOVERIES IN
AFRICA.—The MAP of AFRICA, in the Series designed and
engraved by the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge,
illustrates the Route and Discoveries of this distinguished traveller.
Compiled from the maps in the pos3ession of the Royal Geographical
Society. Price, plain, 6d.; coloured, Pd. A list of 221 maps in this
series may be had upon application to Edward Stanford, 6, Charing-
cross, S.IV., London ; per post for ene stamp.
London, England, 1857-01-09

DIED.

On the 7th inst., at Summorlands, Exeter, Georq
Granville Kekewich, Esq., Judge of the County Courts °
Cornwall, aged 55.
On the Bth inst., at 5, Whitehead's-grove, Chelsea, IV
Struthers, Esq., aged 87.
On the 7th inst., at Bedwelty House, Tredegar Iron
Works, S.W., James Bramwell, Esq., late of Royal 10'.
change-buildings, London, aged 35.
On the 6th inst., at Plas noel, Carmarthenshire, 1,15.Pr'
General Thomas Samuel Trafford.
On the 7th inst., Mr. Wm. Hailes, of Marton, SurreP
late of Newgate-market, aged 84.
On the 7th inst., at the house of John Aird, Esq.,
rof
Lee, Win. Mourn, Esq., of Elgin, Scotland, many Yes'
engineer to the Phcenix Gas Company, in London, aged
6g.

LONDON : Printed and Publitthod by MURDO Y 01350.
of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, -11,°, ,
112, Strand, in the Precinet of the Savoy, in the cod"
of Middlesex, Friday, January 9, 107.
London, England, 1857-01-09

WYLD'S MAP OF PERSIA.

The Royal Geographer, Mr. James Wyld, of the
Great Globe, has just issued simultaneously from
his City and West-end Establishments, from
Charing-cross and the Royal Exchange, another of
those astonishingly prompt "Maps"—the publica-
tion of which, from time to time, has served so mate-
rially to enhance his geographic reputation. The
Map given to the public in the present instance is
one coming as
" pat" as ever to the point most
conspicuously under public consideration. It is a
comprehensive sheet, embracing within its circum-
ference not merely the Persian Gulf and the whole
Persian Empire, but, together with these, all the
adjacent countries—Russia, India, Egypt, Nubia,
Thibet, Caubul, Mekran, Oman, Arabia, and
Asiatic Turkey. It comprises not merely the whole
of the great Persian Gulf from Shatt al Arab to
Ras al Had—but with it the whole of the Red Sea,
from its northern extremity at Suez to its southern
outlet at the Straits of Bab el Mandeb. Besides
which, it includes the whole of Lake Bslkash of
the Aral Sea and of the Caspian, with portions also
of the remoter Euxine and Mediterranean. It
shows at a glance, consequently, the important
regions along the shores of the Caspian which have
been the scene of the gradual encroachments of
the Russian Autocracy—on the one side, as far as
Astara—on the other, as far as the Tarachta.
Wholesale robberies effected by Muscovite Diplo-
macy or, by Muscovite Conquests, alternately
from Persia, from Turkey, and from Tartary I
Bringing the Russians in alarming contiguity
by means of the waters of the Caspian, with Astra-
bad, from which, by a direct line across Khoras-
san, a line running a little to the south of Mushid
and Neshapore, the approach of a hostile force
would, at any moment, be rapid and easy enough, to
that covetted city of Herat, which is universally re-
cognised as the key to our Indian empire through
Affghanistan. Nothing could be more timely alto-
gether than the issue at the present moment of this
remarkable publication, which has thus added
another to Mr. Wyld's very numerous geographical
achievements,