The Sun.
London, England, 1868-11-09 00:00:00

TALLOW.

The market is firm. Town tallow, 50s 3d ; Petersburg
Y.C. on the spot, 51s 9d ; Deco tuber, 51s Ed to 51s 9d;
January, 52s to 52s 3d ; March, 52s Gd to 52s 9d.

Foreign Mail Packet List.

MAILS DUE.

Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton...... Nov.
Ditto, via Yruseilles .........N0r 30
Ditto, via Pr.. ama ......... ........ ........ ...Nov 23
Brazil, Buenos Ayres, and Monte Video .... Nov. 4
Ditto, by French packet
Capp Verds, by Brazil paoltet
Cape of Good LE.pe. Ascension, and St. Helena —.Nay. I!.
China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton Nov. 7.

Nov 7
Nov

Indta,via South amoton ..... . ... ..... ..........Noy. 7

uitto, via Marseilles
• • •••
Malta, Egypt, &o.

Ditto, Marseilles Nov.
!Mauritius, Cape of Good Hope, and Natal, via
Southams too
Ditto, Marseilles , , Nov. 13
Sewfoundla nd ...... ........ Nor 4
Portugal .. ..... •. Nov. 4
United States, anada, California, &c., by British
oacket . ...Nov 7
Ditto, by Canadian packet 8
Ditto, by L ►sited States packet
Ditto ditt, (Baltimore)
West Indies and PlUitiO (except Mexico and Baha-
mas) .......... Nov 13
West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffa Y. t
Falkland 151and5...... ..... _Nov 4•

TIDE RECENT VOLCANIC DISTURBANCES IN HAWAII.
—A correspondent of the Tribune, in an account of the
recent phenomena which were the result of the volcanio
disturbances in the Sandwich Islands, says: • • •
" Hawaii is apparently settling slowly into the sea. • •
This uncomfortable phenomenon was first noticed soon
after the great earthquakes of last April ; but the derange-
ment of level was at first supposed to be temporary, and
due to a tidal wave which would recede in due course of
time. It soon became apparent, however, that the crust
of the ear was yielding, and allowing the greater partof
of this great island, which has an area of no less than four
thousand square miles to settle gradually towards the
centre. . . The island has settled upon its foundations
a few feet on the southern and western shores, a few
inches only on the east and north ; but enough to cover the
old tide-marks, and to overflow the vegetation of the more
level beaches. . . The other phenomenon, which wo
have experienced in common with the people of Hawaii, is
a continued succession of volcanic waves, uncaused by
any condition that we are as yet able to discover.
The first of these waves was observed at Honolulu on
the night of August 13, and noted at nearly the same
moment two hundred miles to the south-east. . . The no-
ticeable feature of this and of the subsequent waves that
have rolled in upon us from parts unknown was:that they
were more powerful in proportion to their proximity, as mea-
sured by the nearness of our different islands to the Ame-
rican coast. . . The speed of tidal movements so vast
as those which recent earthquakes have caused is almost
incredible. The groat earthquake wave of April 20 was
transmitted from Hawaii to the shores of Mexico, Cali-
fornia, and Oregon, a distance varying from three thou-
sand to five thousand miles, in five hours' time, as indi-
cated by the Government self-registering tide gauges at
San Francisco and Astoria, which recorded its arrival on
the evening of the same day in which it had desolated the
coast of Puna and Kan."
The military clothing establishment at Wool-
wich is to be closed for that purpose, and the work
transferred to the establishment at Pimlico. The
buildings will be given over to the lilitary Store
Department, to be used for the storing of barrack
and other stores. The closing of this establish-
ment causes several hundred persons (principally
women) to be thrown out of employment in this
neighbourhood, in addition to the vast number of
workmen, computed at 1,500, discharged from the
Arsenal and Dockyard establishments. The greater
part of these men are first-class mechanics, who
have tray elled some distance from their native
homes to be engaged in the manufacture of warlike
materials, &c. ; consequently, through want of
wok they because chargeable upon the parish, the
inhabitants of which are principally in Government
service, and the poor rates are sensibly increased.
NEW YORK, Nov. B.—The Inman Royal Mail
steamer City of Paris -arrived here to-day. All
well.