The Sun. — London, England, 1866-12-11 00:00:00

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In the discount market to-day affairs are very (Piet, notwithstanding a well-sustained demand, a nd the rates are unchanged. • The bullion mar k e t i s very qu i e t, an d th e fol 10rwing are the latest p r ices published by Messrs. A tocatta and Guldsmid :—Bar gold, 775. 9d. P e ' oz. sta n d ar d ; do., part i ng, 775. 10I d . per oz. ; d a °llbl eens, Spanish, 745. 6d. per oz. ; do. AL-xi n aqd South American, 745. per oz. ; United States Eagles, 765. 24d. ; bar silver, ss. id per oz. ; "lexican dollars, 4s. 1111 per oz. Letter s f rom Glasgow announce t h e f a il ure o f M b e 'ars. Scott and Co., of Cartsdyke, extensive ship tililders, with, it i s b e li eve d, l ar ge liabilities. O w i ng ° t his stopp age an d th a t o f S co tt an d C o ., o f St. p aza ire, previously referred to, the Greenock 11 "rY Company have also been compelled to sus- Pen d Payment. co It appears th a t M r . H enr y J ac kson, the railway *actor, of Parliament-street, has executed a dwher eby which w as reg i s t ere d on the 6th instant, :hereb y the business will be carried on under in tretnra, and his estates and effects be assured to for the benefit of his creditors, as in bank ruptcy. TO- day, December 11th, has become due the half 'early interest on th e D an i s h F o ur per Cent. Loan, ne g o tiated L in 1863. Not a single transaction has 'e'en officially recorded in this security during the pres ent year, and the o n ly bargains in the other s all isli issues have been limited to the following : sL 'OE (1825), July 30, at 81; ditto, August 14, begi A ; ditto, October 21 ) at 81; and ditto, Novem e 1 0, at 82. In the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets duri ng the l as t f ew d ays th ere h a s been a fair inq ui rY for sugar, coffee, and rum, which in most Rice h a nces have been supported at previous rates. v as been neglected, while in tallow the opera lens have been to a fair extent owing to an in creased trade demand. Some dissentient shareholders in Hodge's Dis toi ' e rY Company (Limited) have issued the follow ," circular to th e i r co -p ro p r i e to r s : --" Sir,—Here th We beg to hand you copy of a requisition to be ~"' imade to th e di rectors, t h e o bj ec t o f t h e same b e i ng ti explained therein. We consider that by taking t ire elY action we shall be able to prevent mishap, and n e a ssist in making the concern what we believe it ca pable o f b e i ng made—' a goo d i nvestmen t.' O ur friends already represe n t a very large amount of fillip apital, and we shall be greatly obliged by your gup the form accompanying the requisition, 414 f orwarding the same on or before the 1 3th inst. 4 either of th e un d er signed sub-committee : t' /)11111 TD ELLISTON, Esq., Great George-square, 3 Li verpool ; W. H. B ARB ER, Esq., 2, Stockwell i ar k - road ; and CHA R L E S Buss, Hon. Sec. pro tem, December 10th, 1866. "To the Chairman and Directors of Hodge's Dritl "ery Company (Limited).—Gentlemen,—We, shar eholder s os th e com p an y w hose names are here to attached, representing a considerable amount of t he capital, feeling dissatisfied with the very I,a g l ie information, and the very serious items con tined in the balance-sheet submitted to us at the ann ual meeting, are desirous of appointing a coin ,;ittee of in ves ti ga ti on , com posed of the gentlemen who se names are mentioned below, to inspect the acco unts and transactions of the company. In adO ptingthis requisition we entirely disclaim all per-- 6 4 , 1 feelings or disrespect to you, gentlemen, but Wholesome a con s id era bl e s take in the concern, and a °l esoine warning before us of the way in which a .m mismanaged number of simiiar enterprise have lately been 811141 :aged ; we think, as men of business, it is Imo st desirable we should know something of our ff ` l irs before we go too far. We trust that the ea tigation, if agreed to, will prevent the neces sity of calling an extraordinary meeting ; and wlll give us genera l satisfaction, as we believe the w concern has all the elements of success if i rk ed in a judicious and business like manner. e therefore beg that you will appoint a time be °l‘a t he instant to meet us, and will give us all the facilities we require, for the purpose hi view ; i n tici assure you that the whole of our proceed shall be in perfect faith and for the interests of CA , e . company. —W. H. BARBER, Esq., Acting Sec . Address, 2, Stockwell Park-road. Two o'CLocK. According to Reuter's telegram from Paris to day the French Rentes were 69f. 60c. The Mandingo has arrived at Liverpool from the Ve st Coast of Africa; she brings specie and gold dust, value about £10,700. t jhe public sales of colonial wool have concluded ; the quantity offered has been about 80,0 00 bales, e greater portion of which has been from the ~,,1 13 ° of Good Hope. Australian descriptions have 'd at st ea d y rates, w hil e C ape qua liti es , ow i ng t o th e ~ large quantity offered, have in most instances 'q at a decline of Id. to 2d. per lb. on the rates current at the close of the previous auctions. t The different markets at the St oc k E xc ha n ge : 41 ain in a state of stagnation. The operations are conducted on a minimum scale, the charges in . 11 ! i ces are generally fractional, and there is a con ,....lgerable degree of flatness. The existing quietude not at all unusual at this period of the year, ilaz ticularly when there are no special influences tk 4 t bear up on mone t ar y and political affairs. Q '' c "asols for money have declined k, viz., to 88k I, dad for th e account t h ey are 884 The New t hrees and the Reduced Annuities are each dealt 1n at 87 + ; Indian 5 Per Cents. are marked 105 k and the Bonds, 23 prem. here has been no increase in the amount of bI.ISI- ; 8 . 8 as regard s Fo re ig n Government securities, and pe es have slightly given way. Turkish 5 per k ellt s., for example, have receded f, to 324 33 ; P e xiean 1, to 181 ; Greek 1, to 13} 14 ; Spanish a . 4B iVe I, t o 101. 4 ; ditto Certificates 1, to 131 k ; 4c ,1 the New Russian scrip f, to f prem. The dealings in American securities have been on 7 nr aited scale, and prices have shown less firmness. i lli ted States 5-20 Bonds have reached 1 to 704 I ti ! While Erie shares have advanced 1, to 47f. Il ls shares remain at 77i. 14 British Railway Shares the dealings have a w non a very limited scale, and the general ten -I\l'ae3r of prices has again been towards a decline. ‘ l , °rt h-Western, Great Western, and Manchester, IZeffield, and Lincoln, have each receded 1 ; and ea Tion, Chatham, and Dover, and South-Eastern, ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, and Metropo -44, however, have each improved 1. ijoreign and Colonial Railway Shares remain Northern and w ithout !thy material change in prices. of France are marked 47f ; Dutch h ß eni sh, 201 1 ; Paris and Lyons, 35f ; East "Lao 105+ ; and Great Indian Peninsula, AO6l ' I f I. -tiB cellaneous and Finance shares are in some in ht ' g 1 , 44c " a shade firmer. Anglo-American: Tele , and have improved to 15i 16f ; North British `4 Mercantile Insurance, 151 ; while Telegraph 13 41st ruction and Maintenance have, declined to bj; the,Viceroy of Egypt's Mortgage Loan is firm, : 1 g dealt in at 751. hi ve and Great Western Railway Debentures k o e declined 1 to 55 57, and the Consolidated i r tgage Bonds are steady at 414 421. h, rt Bank Shares there has been little variation. hi l : 4. tered Mercanlle of India, London, and China tate e declined to 294 30 ; London Joint Stock are zttci al3 3" at 42 421 ; Imperial Bank at 221; London of IV estminster have receded to 931- ; and Union "' l stralia to 49g. MINING MARKET. I3n • TUESDAY, Two o'Clock. ait h -81 ness in the Mining Market has been inactive, arc, th °u gh prices generally remain steady. Annexed € current quotations of some of the principal ventures Chive rt ° ll door, 41 h ; Chon:ales Gold, 21 3 ; Carnarvon Qa dated, 1/ p m . ; East Basset, 204 211 ; East Cara- G t .,' 44 I; East Lovell, —; East Russell, —; East Wheal 4tiatville, 1 1 2 ; Gr ea t L axey, ; G rea t So u th Tol 8i . 78 ad 10s ; Great Wheal Vor, 14/ 151 ; Marke Valley, Of Vir Crofty, 3 34 ; No r th T res kerby, 24 ; Prince a4 es, 248 265; Prosper United, 1/ 24; South Condur- row, 10s 12s 6d ; West Caradon, 121 131; West Chiverton, 54. 55 ; Wheal Agur, 31s 33s ; Wheal Chiverton, 7 71 ; Wheal Crebor, IQ3 11s ; Wheal Seton, 130 135. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols Do. Account, Jan. 10 BB I . 3 per Cent. Reduced 874 i 1 New 3 per Cent B7l + Nem ., 21 per Cent. Jan. 1891 .— . Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 — tunuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April,lBBs l3 121 Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — -'xchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 4 per Cent — pm Do £509 77 - pin Do £lOO & .£2OO pin /7 Bank of Eaglaud Stock, 61 pr Cent ... 248 9 Ditto for Account INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. La nan otock, 101 per Cent., April 1874... Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1t8) Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates Do. Eufaced Paper 4 per Cent — Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do. 51 per Cent., May 1879 — Do. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 Do. Bonds,4 per Cent., £l,OOO — pin Do under £1,000 FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent — iustrian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 Irazilitin 5 per Cent — Do. 11 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do. 1863 Do. 1865 — Do Account 69 81 1 I Do. £lOO Bonds — Baenos Ayres 6 per Cent — Do. A ccount Do .c:100 Bonds — DJ 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) _inilian 6 per Cent — Do. 3 per Cent. — Do. 6 per Cent A — Do. „ B — C3lombian, 6 per Cent. Juba, 6 per Cent. Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 — Do. 5 per Cent., 1861 .. Danubian Principalities - tie. Account !Iquador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Do., Piovisional Land Warrant — . Do Defened Ugyptia,n 7 per Cent — Do., Second Issue — Do £lOO Bonds — Do. 1864 B2l 3: Do £lOO Bonds — Do. Government Railway Debentures 81; Greek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons Do. account Do. Coupons G tatemala 5 per Cent. It3lian 5 per Cent 1865 Do, Account Do. Maremmana Railway g.exica.r. 3 per Cent Do. Account Dn. 1864 l2i Do 6 per Cont. Anglo-French — llontevidean 6 per Cent. • — iloorish Imperial 5 per Cent \iew Granada Do 3 per Cent 35 Do. Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) 'eruvian 5 per Cent., 1865 Do Account — Do 4i per Cent. (Uribarren) Do 4i per Cent., 1862 Do Account Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Do 3 per Cunt., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, Do. Account Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — Do 41 per Cent. 1850 Do 41 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent. 1859 Do 5 per Cent. 1862 Do 5 per Cent. 1864 B7l 8/ Sardinian 5 per Cent Do. Account 3panish 3 per Cent Do Account Do New Deferred — Do Account Do Passive .., Do Account.. Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded Do Account l3j 191 i Swedish 4 per Cent. Do. 41 per Cent. 1864 Do. Scrip, £6O paid Uurkish 6 per Cent. 1854 Do. Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do. Account Do £lOO Bonds' Do - 6 per Cent. 1862 Do Account 5Bl 9 81 Do .£lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1863 Do 5 per Cent., 1865 Do. 4 per Cent. Guaranteed Venezuela 3 per Cent. Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do Account no. 6 per Cent, 1864 Ditto 11 per Cent. Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian, 5 psr Cont., Ex. 10 Florins B4gian, 41 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 2* per Cont. Ex. 12 Gull, 55 1 Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ..... French Routes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. Itaiiak 3 per Cont. Mil, Ex. 25f. Do. 5 por Cent. Account THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, Money .Do. Account, Jan. BBl f xd dis MARKETS.--This day. HAY. SMITIIFIELD.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 ss; clover ' £4 4s to £5 15 s Od; and straw, £ll6s to £2 4s per load. Trade quiet. CUMBERLAND.—Moadow hay. £3 Os to £4 5s Od; clover, £4 4s to £5 158 ; and straw, £1 18s to £2 5s per load. A moderate demand. WILITECTIAPEL. — Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 58 ; clover, £4 4s to £5 15s Od ; and straw, £1 16S to £2 4s per load. Trade heavy. COLONIAL. TEA.—A fair amount of busines has been dono, and late rates are fully supported. SUGAR.—There has been a good demand, anil prices are steady. Refined goods remain in fair request, at steady rates. CorrEE.—For plantation Ceylon there has been a good demand, and superior qualities have brought full rates. Rim—There has been only a limited inquiry, but holders show no disposition to reduce prices. TALLOW.—There has been a steady market during the past weak, with a fair business doing, and with rather more inquiry from the trade, but prices remain without alteration. The price of tallow at St. Petersburg for next largest delivery is steady at 50 silver roubles ; exchange, 31i 15-16. For delivery in the last three months next year some few hundred tons have boon done during the week at 455. 6d., which is the exact price. To-day the market is good. 445. is paid for the month ; 445. 3d. January to March ; 455. March; 445. 3d. is demanded for new Y.C. on the spot ; 445. is paid for old Y.C. South American, 455. 6d.; town tallow, 435. 3d. nett cash. Plurality of Votes at Elections. Last evening a paper by Professor Lorrimer, of Edinburgh, was read at the Social Science Associa tion in the Adelphi, Mr. W. T. S. Daniel, Q.C., in the chair, on the principle of voting at elections. He said there were four schemes in point of prin ciple in accordance with which the borders of politi cal power maybe extended. First, to give equal votes, to an additional number of citizens, stopping short at a certain point. This, he said, was the scheme which for the present had taken exclusive possession of the public mind, and to which the objections in principle in the eyes of the constitutionalists are by far the strongest, as it embodies the seeds of oli garchy, of democracy, and even of despotism, with out giving any gtiarantee for the advantages which belong to any of these forms of government. Secondly, to give equal votes to the whole commu nity. To this form it was objected that it was founded on an erroneous conception of human nature, and implied a violation of natural law. Resting on the assumption that all men are equal, it is founded on a falsehood, which it is vain to at tempt to convert into a fact by a violent levelling of social conditions. Thirdly. A system of propor tional voting introduced and extended beyond the limits of the present constitutions, but only so far as to embrace a limited portion of the non-eleetors. By this means one of the faults of the present sys tem would be got rid of, and a false' principle of equality would be abandoned, and the suffrage, so far as it went, would be placed on a basis of fact. The gain both to order and to liberty would be great, however limited might be the extent to which the graduation was applied, or the franchise ex tended for the present. To this there was the ob jection that a scheme of partial graduation is that by maintaining a fictitious boundary line where no natural boundary can be found, that it created an artificial separation between classes. Fourthly. Universal graduated enfranchisement, by means of which alone both the false principles of equality and finality which vitiate the first scheme in conjunc tion and the second and third separately are got rid of. A discussion ensued, in which Mr. F. Hill, Mr. R. A. Macfie, Dr. Pankhurst, Mr. Hastings, Mr. Best, and the chairman took part, after which the paper was ordered to be printed, and the meeting separated. TilE SUN, LON. ON, TUESDAY E\ ENING, DECEMBER 11, 1866. SE - TARE MAY,KETS,—This Day. ORDINARY MAI Share , Railways. Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cambrian Cork and Bandon Corn Wall Dublin & Belfast June Dun„Pertli, & A b.J une E. London, r;erip Certi Do. ilasgoNv & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Angt. et. No. Great North of Scotland Great Northern, Di. A stock Do. 11 stuck Do. New, is. at 25 poel WS, and W. oi Ireland Ut. Wekein Do. S. Val. hail gua Do. South Wales Do. W. Mid.—Oxioro Do. Newpoct Do. Hereford Lanz,ishire.k. Yorkshire Laudon and Black wall Lon., thigh., t S Coast, Lon., Chat., and Wyo. Do. Metrop. Ex. A.. Len. & orttt ‘Vcstert, Lon. & South ‘Vestert. Man., Shot., & Lincoln Metropolitan .... ...... Do.. New Do. Extension.-- Iletropofitan District. d J. do. Do. and St. John'aW"d flidiand Do. £9 Share Do, Birmin Derb) %lid Kent . . North British Do. Ed., Pth., & Dun. :.N th. Eastern—Berwie. Do. (I.N •E purohast De. Leeds ..... Do. York Do. Carlisle _ Do. Stock. & Darling. l Do. to. 1860-61 North London Do. do. 1854 5 . Do. do. 1866 North Staffordshire N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E Aber. stock uo. Scot. Mid. stack Shropshire Union South Devon south Eastern Statues, Wok., & Wok raft' Vale Do. C I Vale of Neath Waterford Si Kilkenny Waterloo & Wliitcha Webt Cornwall :lES AND STOCKS. I Paid. 86 £8 120 122 40 46 all 100 'CO all ILO 4 6 e. 6 6S 70 72 1.7 14) 25a 26 5 6 i 3 111 11l 12; 90 42 GI 52 30 3i 3) 3) 101 100 100 100 100 all 100 7 100 all 100 100 100 16.13.4 ,23i ;24 iil 8t 113. E 17 10 20 1161 )17; 1 80 82 47 48 .21 122 1i 2pl 10 11 85 87 121 123 it 21 , 90 12 35 36 , 4 18 104 10 65 07 95 100 34} 35 11' 10 p lld 120 1 21) 26:$ 11 1 14 21 , 70 72 114 118 150 151 124 i 4 43 44 62 64 80, 7) 15i 474 1 7 12!j i I 11011 981 9 8 V 150 153 2i n Closing BilaiDe SB i Price. done. 54 1 11t1 17 161 63 21 _Mt 40 C rt tidat I.IER MAJESTY, &c. WINDSOR CASTLE, Monday. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise, and attended by the Marchioness of Ely, visited the Windsor Royal Infirmary this morning, driving there direct from the Castle. Her Majesty was re ceived by the Hon. Mr:. Wellesley and theresident physicians. Major-General F. 11. Seymour was in attendance upon horseback . _ _ His Royal Highness Prince Leopold, attended by Mr. Legg, walked in the Home Park. Their Royal Highnesses Prince and Princess Christian left the Castle this morning for Knows ley Park, on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Derby, attended by L•Ldy Susan Melville and Lieu tenant-Colonel G. Gordon. The Judge-Advocate-General had an audience of the Queen this afternoon. THE COURT.—Her Majesty and the royal family are, according - to the latest arrangements, expected to leave Windsor Castle for Osborne on Saturday next. The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland left town yesterday to join the party visiting Sir Edward and Lady Caroline Kerrison at Oakley Park. The Marquis of Bath, Lord and Lady Berries, and Lord Dacre have left Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square. The Earl and Countess of Southampton have arrived at St. George's Hotel. The Earl and Countess Howe will entertain a large circle of friends at Gopsall Hall, Leicestershire, during the present week. The Que-n's Visit to Wolverhampton. Yesterday afternoon, at a meeting of the Wol verhampton Town Council, the Mayor read a letter, which, though marked "private," he had obtained, through Sir C. Grey (the writer), the permission of the Queen to read at that meeting. The letter was dated Windsor Castle, Dec. 1, and, after stating that an official answer to the address of the Corpo ration would be sent from the Home-office, said : "But her Majesty is anxious that you should hear less formally, aud, as it were, more directly from herself, how much she was gratified by the hearti ness and cordiality of the reception she met with from every individual of the vast assemblage that yesterday filled your streets, and how deeply—how very deeply—she was touched by the proof which the day's proceedings afforded of the respect and affection entertained at Wolverhampton for the memory of her beloved husband. The arrange ments for the preservation of order and to prevent confusion were beyond all praise; but even these would hardly have been sufficient had you not been seconded by the excellent disposition of the people themselves. (Loud cheers.) I have also been re quested by Princess Christian to say how much she t has e been rsel f gratified n by ce the Christian, and that she will have much pleasure in wearing the beautiful brace let presented to her at the station as a remembrance of a most interesting and gratifying day.—Believe me yours very faithfully, "C. GREY." Sir John Morris then read a letter he had received from Sir Thdmas Biddulph, in which the Queen de sired that her condolence might be conveyed to the wounded Volunteer, and also the expression of her Majesty's intention to settle upon him an annuity of £2O, payable quarterly. The announcement was received with great enthusiasm by the Council. WHOLESALE POISONING IN FRANCE. The history which the French papers present of Martin Rdau, a rich peasant of Aunis, now about to be tried for murder, forms a terrible list of crimes, by each of which it appears he has contrived to obtain considerable aceessions to his property. Four near relatives have perished within a few years of diseases unintelligible to the medical attendants, and attended with horrible suffering, and it seems that he has inherited the property of every one of these persons. The first was his brother-in-law, Peter Reau ; shortly. afterwards his wife, Mary Jane Reau. Julia Bontemps, his second wife, was the third victim ; and her son Abel Reati, a little child, expired in January last, leaving to his father his portion of his mother's estate. The first crime being of the date of 1853, the ac cused enjoys with respect to it the benefit of the prescription, but its story is briefly as follows : Peter Reau was a bachelor of 32 years of age. About the end of-Jan., 1853, he was seized with sudden illness, leaving frightful inflammation from the mouth to tho stomach. His thirst was insa tiable. His palate and throat were swollen, and other alarming symptoms showed themselves. Mar tin Reau sent a woman named Jacquette to take care of him, and in two days Peter Reau breathed his last. Peter Reau had breakfasted with his brother-in-law after a hunting party, and imme diately afterwards was seized with illness. It was known that Martin Reau had obtained from his brother-in-law a conveyance of his landed property worth about I,ooof. per annum. But Peter Reau shortly afterwards had accused his brother-in-law of having robbed him, by obtaining his signature to this deed when intoxicated. It was revoked, but some months afterwards Martin Reau had contrived to obtain some sort of possession of the property, and a fierce quarrel between the two men sprung up. Three years after the decease of Peter Reau, Mary Jane Reau, the first wife of the accused, died after a short illness. Curious to relate, her malady closely resembled that which had carried off her brother Peter. She experienced violent inflamma tion in the throat and the breast, and she diei at the end of two days in fearful agony. This unhappy Jane had been tyrannised over by her husband, who inspired her with terror. She said she took medi cines to prevent conception. She had a presentiment that her life would be short, and she told her hus band, whose attentions to a certain Julia Bon temps she had observed, " When I am dead thou wilt marry her." By the death of his wife Martin Reau inherited half of her means, for on the morn ing after her marriage he had taken her to a notary, when she made a will in ,his favour. Martin Reau shortly afterwards, a true Blue Beard, married_ Julia Bontemps. This woman is described on all hands-as having been charming ; her sprightliness was increased by the high spirits accompanyingper• feet health, but she soon became sad and suffering. Julia, like the unfortunate woman whom she had succeeded, took by her husband's commands myste rious draughts. One day a servant saw her take from her bosom a phial filled with a white liquid ; he asked if she were ill, and she replied, ‘• It is for peace sake—we are often compelled to do what we do not like," and at the same moment burst into tears. She poured out the phial on the earth, adding " Since my husband is not here I will not take it to day." Some days af terwards Martin Reau said to the same servant, " My wife will ne ver have chil dren; I have besides the means of prevention under my bolster." D es pite these pret en d e d p re ventives Julia Bontemps became enciente towards the com mencement of the year 1864, and her husband did not conceal his irritation at the circumstance. At this time the young wife was exposed to several severe injuries, which plainly were not the result of accident, and which could have had but one object. One day, among others, her husband suddenly flung her violently on the ground. La . er, she had two falls down the cellar steps ; wooden rollers had been placed, as if by design, across these steep and slip pery steps. In one of these falls Julia dislocated her arm. Notwithstanding all these machinations a l son was born Sept. 12, 1864; The child was in stantly taken from 'her and given to nurse to a woman who had not sufficient nutriment to impart to it. But before telling the history of the child it is as well to relate how Martin Reau got rid of the mother. Julia Bontemps became in her turn ill, and soon was overpowered with alarming weakness. Then followed retellings and spasms ; her dry lips rattled like castanets. Her agonies were frightful. For the last two dayS of her life she did nothing but writhe and moan. After her death Martin Reau, who till then had exhibited a revolting carelessness as to his wife's sufferings, had the interment per formed at an unusual hour, made a display of voci ferous grief, and immediately afterwards went to the fair of Theneray, where his presence, after the funeral, produced general surprise. This death fur ther increased the fortune of Martin 'Reau, for he was also the legatee of Julia Bontemps. He had even succeeded in bringing about a marriage be tween his first wife's mother and his second wife's father, and the latter denuded himself of property in favour of his daughter, so that the property of the two families were by the last death added to the fortune of Martin Reau. But the end is not yet. Julia Bontemps left a child, Abel Reau, who became in his turn the victim of his own father's cupidity. Martin Roan, who had never troubled himself about the child, went to see him at nurse last January. The child was immediately seized with violent convulsions and vomiting. It was noticed that his limbs writhe' and his teeth were gnashed together violently. This last crime was the drop which overflowed the cup—public indignation was aroused. The bodies of Peter Reau and Mary Jane Reau were exhumed, and the results were overwhelming. Chemical analysis also proved that Abel Reau had been a victim to poison. In the stomach, liver, and blood were found a poisonous mercurial salt—bichloride of mercury or corrosive sublimate. In the organs of Julia Bontemps also were found traces of this poison. The grave of Mary Jane Reau was opened, and corrosive subli mate was found in the earth about the head and in the mould collected from each side of the vertelmil column. The identity of the poison in each body leads to the belief that it was administered by the same hand. The sams description of poison has been found in the possession of Martin Reau. Being a dealer in mules, he had often purchased for his diseased :animals mercurial medicaments. On the other hand, it is said that he had studied the action of poisons on the human frame—a strange study for one iu his position of life. He had bought a scientific work, which he had principally studied under the head of mercurial poisons. Dreadful sayings of this man are reported, as that he said—" The more wives a man marries the richer he gets." A remarkably interesting trial will now take place, and accompanied by most probably other startling revelations. It is said the accused has seriously increased his own danger by trying to throw the responsibility of the poisoning of his second wife and his son upon her parents, and concocting against them a tissue of false evidence. He promised a witness I,ooof. if he would depose in accordance with a paper which he sent him by a prisoner ; but the man sent the paper to the police. M. Lachaud will defend the accused, and more than 60 witnesses will be examined in this tragedy, one of the deepest that has ever been unravelled in an assize court. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. :Nisi rrius sittings at Guildhall, before Mr. Justice Mellor and a Common Jury.), CHICHESTER V. WIFE V. COBB. _ _ _ Mr. Hawkins, Q.C., and r. Lloyd appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. Huddlesto , Q.C., and Mr. Williams, for the defendant. This was an action by Mr. Chichester, grandson of the Marquis of Donegal, and clerk of the peace for the county of Belfast, io recover a sum of £3OO. Mr. Chichester pro posed to the female plaintiff, who is the daughter of the defendant, a gentleman of small fortune, residing at Kensington, in April, R. 65, which sho communicated to her father. By arra igement the parties met on the 10th July, at defendant's house, and the subject of the proposed marriage was introduced. The defendant said ho supposed Mr. Chichester expected him to do some thing for her, and that he would, but it must be by will. He added, however, that he would give her £3OO. The subject of a settlement made on her sisters was then alluded to, and Mr. Chichester said ho would endeavour to overthrow it, which her father advised him not to do. There was also some conversation respecting the marriage being solemnised in a Roman Catholic as well as Protestant place of worship, she being a Roman Catholic. She denied most positively that her husband made any promise in repect to the latter. (It is necessary to state here that the defendant pleaded that a distinct promise had been given by the plaintiff on this point, and also that he would not attempt to disturb the settlement already alluded to, and that it was his breach of promise in both cases which induced him to refuse the payment of the £300.) Mr. Chichester was called, but Mr. Justice Mellor interposed, and expressed a hope that, as this was a family affair, some arrangement would be made between the litigants. This suggestion was ultimately adopted, and a verdict for the plaintiff was taken by consent for £l5O. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.---This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. AN OLD GENTLEMAN it. OUT or PLACE.— Emma James and Harriett Jones, two unfortunates, were charged, before Mr. Tyrwhitt, with feloniously stealing a silver watch, the property of Mr. Garling, of George-street, Hampstead road. Mr. Edwin Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, ap peared for the defence. The prosecutor, on being asked his name, said (smiling), " Garling. Its a very funny name, isn't it ?" He went on to say that he mot the prisoner James the previous even ing, and treated her to as much beer and gin as she could drink. He then went home with her, when more drink was fetched by the prisoner Jones. He afterwards missed his watch, and gave the prisoners into custody. In cross-examination Mr. Lewis elicited that the prose cutor was intoxicated, a by no means uncommon occurrence with him, and in answer to a further question the prose cutor created some laughter by saying that he missed his watch " when it was gone." Police-constable 134 E deposed that the prisoner James said she gave the watch to the other prisoner to pay for the drink sent for by the prosecutor, and also to finding the watch. Mr. E. Lewis addressed the magistrate for the prisoners, contending that there was no case of felony substantiated. Mr. Tyrwhitt concurred in this view. It did not ap pear that the prosecutor had paid any money even for the drink which ho had himself ordered, but it was probable the watch was taken with his knowledge and consent for the purpose of payment. He should discharge the pri soners. An obscene book (partly printed and partly manuscript: taken from one of the prisoners, was ordered by the magi& trate to be destroyed. THAMES. THE SHADWELL TIGRESS. —Mary Ann Mulcahy, a stout, well-dressed, large-featured Irish woman, about 40 years of age, was brought before Mr. Paget, charged with assaulting and wounding Mary Drummond. The prisoner has boon frequently convicted of very savage assaults, and has been imprisoned with hard labour six or seven times. She is the wife of an Irishman, named Michael Mulcahy, who is the proprietor of several infamous houses in that horrible place, Bluegate-fields, Shadwell, and he has been subjected more than once to his wife's brutality. The complainant in this case, who is a person of bad character and dissipated habits, came into the witness-box in a very weakly condition, with her head bandaged and her left arm in a sling, said she had been acting as servant to the prisoner and working with her in the day time. Last night Mr. and Mrs. Mulcahy had words at supper time, and the prisoner wont out and came in very drunk at a late hour, and said, " Are you here ?" to which she replied, " Yes, I am ; where else should Ibe ?" Mrs. Mulcahy immediately took up the poker and struck her with it across the elbow of her right arm. She called out, " You have broken my arm," and Mrs. Mulcahy swore at her and said, "I'll break your head too," and struck her on the head with the poker. She went out and obtained the aid of a police-constable, and was afterwards conveyed to the London Hospital, where the wound on her head was dressed. Mr. Paget—You said something about Mr. Mulcahy's supper. What do you mean ? Witness—Yes, he was having bread and milk for supper, which I fetched for him, and I was seated alongside of him at the fire place when Mrs. Mulcahy came in and beat me with the poker. Police-Sergeant Procter, of the K division, said be ap prehended the prisoner at 2 o'clock this morning, and visited the room where the prosecutrix was wounded. There was a good deal,of blood on the floor. The prisoner, in defence, said that Mrs. Drummond was drunk all day yesterday, and drinking brandy-and-water with Mr. Mulcahy. When she came home she found her husband taking his supper of bread and milk, and Mrs. Drummond seated near him in a very improper position. She remonstrated with her, and was assaulted and abused. Mr. Paget said he would hear the evidence of the sur geon who dressed the wound before he disposed of the case. lie remanded the prisoner. THE JOURNEY OF THE FRECH EMPRESS TO ROME.--The Inde'pendance Belge says : 6 c The journey of the Empress of the French to Romo no longer appears to be doubtful. The resistance the proposal met with merely led to its adjournment, but its realisation is approaching. A Marseilles paper announces that the apartments of the Empress have boon engaged at the Hotel de Rome, which the Empress of Mexico occupied, her Majesty having refused the accommodation at the Quirinal offered her by the Holy Father. According to some accounts, the 18th of this month is fixed for the de parture of the impress from Paris." BRITISH POSSESSIONS. 100 It!antic& St. Lawrence all 56 58 Born., Baroda, Cen.ln. 100 102 103 10'; I gu. 5 per cent.. 20 Do. F shares lO Id 1p ,01 Buffalo & Lake Huron ail 4 41 10 Do. Preference all 71 F 100 Buff:,Brant, &Goderich 100 6 p.c. at Calcutta &S. 4., lira too st Jape Town & Dock, gu lOO 50 55 00 Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p: all 101 103 3t East. Bengal, gu., sdo 100 01 It 3 4t East Indian, gu. 5 p.o. 100 105 106 1051 I 20 Do. J Extension at Grand Trunk ot Caned ' 100 18 20 00 Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c all 85 83 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds all 57 59 100 Do. do deferred .. 100 De. 2d Prcf. Bonds: all 5J 51 100 Do. do. deterred - 100 Do. 3d Pref. stock— -100 Do. do. deferred 100 Do. 4th Pref. stock 100 Do. do. deterred st (3 t. India Pen. gua. sp.c. 100 101 107 104} 1 20 o. Gas- 5 per cent lB 1 1 1 10 Do. New gua. 52. o 6 1U 6 1 st t. South ot India gua. 5 per cent st D 4} per cent lou 91 93 at Do 2011 tireat VV, s. of Canada all 12} 121 121 204 Da. New . . all 1.: 124 .00 Do. 6p. c. Bds. pay. 1873 all 98 92 100 Do. 5i do. pay. 1877-8.. all 81 84 10 Indian Branch, limited 2 11 1 1 at Madras, gua. 5 p.O ,, 100 IC2 103 102} at Do. 41 do lOO 92 94 at Do. 41 do lOO 85 9 0 20 Do. Fifth Extension 5 st Ilelb. Cor. 6p. c. Bnds, 100 50 Mel. & Hudson's Bay all at N. RIC' da, 6pc lot pf. ha 100 82 85 at Scinde ..... 100 99 101 at Do. Delhi 20 Do. do 4. 5 14 1 37, 4 at Do. Puniaub a 100 98 90 at Do.lndus St.Flot 44 100 COLONIAL GOVERNMEN IT SECURITIES. British Columbia, 6 per cent., Deo. 31, 1572 100 Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.&July 1877-84 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug 1 0 90 02 D p o. 5 .c. Mar. & Set 10 90 92 Do. sp. c. Jan. .N 5 July 100 77 78 774 Do. sp. c. Inscribed sk 100 75 77 Cape 11.ilope, 6 p.c.1873 100 104 166 Do.Apl.&ocl . 1800-1006 100 103 105 Do. do 1880-9 u 100 1(2 101 Do. Jau.&July, 1890-9 100 1( 4 1(6 Do. 5 per cent. 15 Apri; and 15 Oct., 1900 lOO 88 20 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p., 100 1(0 1( 2 Do. 1878, do too 104 1.6 Mauritius, 6 p. 0, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1078 i)o. 0882, Mayls, Nov. :t 100 165 (07 Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug lOO 1(0 108 Natal Gov. 6 per cent lOO 96 100 N.B.Gov.6p.c.Ja.&Jul) 100 93 92 N. S.W. Gov. 5 p•c.,1869 100 90 92 Do. 5 p.c. 18;1 to 1879 100 90 95 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1893 100 81 37 New Zealand, 6p. cent 100 f 8 100 Do. 5 per cent.... Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. C sterling, 1875 l9O 96 98 ..Neensland Gov. 6p. c. 100 92 94 93 8. Aus.Gov. 6 p,o 1868-9 100 Do. IS7B & upwards l lO 10 108 Vio,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja .Sz July 100 Do. do, April ,Sz Oct lOO 103 101 BRITISH MINES. Cana. Consol. Cold, lira. 1 Chiyerton Clifford Amalgamated 3O 4i 5i Devon G. Cons. (Tavist 1 Its 425 Drakewalls 2.1.0 4 East Bassett (Illogan) 294 Is 20 23 East Caradon 2.14.6 5 6 East Carn Brea 34 2 '3 East G:enville East Gunnisiake 8.3.6 4 East Loved 3.9.0 9 10 W'l Russell (Tavlstk 10.8.. 21 24 Gam.St StAubyn(G wen. 06 5 6 Gr.. at L ixey, limited all 18 10 Great South Tolgus 0.14.0 Great Wheal 14.3.0 G. Wheal Vor (heist .I‘ 49 14 16 t 5 14/ Grenville 8.18.0 14 It llerod's Foot .. 8.10.0 30 32 llingston Downs 5.10.6 24 (;4 afar rttret (Uny Lelant 13 .17.6 2 4 Marke Valley 4.10.6 34 31 ~, i wyndy Iron Ore, Bin 34 24 14d New Sewn . 134 35 45 North Roskear 9. Rashett (Mogan 4. 9.0 North Whe.tl Crofty 2.13.( 14 34 Prosper United 7.1.6 Prvvidence UnyLelant 10.6.; 21 26 ,S.'Caradon (St. Cleer) l4 310 330 South Condurrow 3.2.0 4 14 s.Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.18.9 .8 42 stray Park 35 15.6 Croft 9 9 13 7igra and (310gan, lira all 3 5 West t(assett(lltogan W. Caradon (L,alteard 12 13 .5 West ChivertOn ll 59 60 West Seton Wheal Bassett 'Mogan 54 65 75 Wheal Buller (Redruth 16 19 00 Wheal Mary Ann (Men 8 10 12 Wheal Setoa Wheal Trelawney (Lis 5.17.0 7 9 rICEFEREN CUL SHAILIGS. Great North of Scotland, Ist pf., 78 Great Western, Orig. 44 per tent., 834 44 PREFERENCE SHAKES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern 44 per cent. pt., Ditto, 5 percent., tBB :,.55 Ditto, new 5 per cent., 1865, 55 London and N.-Western .5 per cent., 106 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Buckinghamshire, 89 East Lincoln gua. 6 per cent., 127 i Preston and Wyre, 4z IP ° FOREIGN RAIL WAYS. Dutch Rhenish, 20k e Ditto (all), 24i Northern of France, 47! Paris, Lyons, and Mediterranean, 354 %tits t Flanders, 74 FOREIGN KINNS. Pestarenna Gold, II 2 St. John dcl .Rey, tun., 60j n BAN HB. Albion, 4 5 11 Ainauce, line., IS Australasia, 621 Chartered 4cr. of India, London, and China, 30 292 Imperial Bank, lint.. 22i Intr:eta Ottoman, UM., Ei Latkd Mortgage Bank of India, lint., 21 London and River Plata, Ditto, issued at pm., 12 London and County, 64 London Joint Stock, 44 2 London and South African, 121 London and 11 estminster, 932 Midland Bank, lint., 17} National Provincial of England, Ditto, a and 3d issue, 44 1 Oriental Bang Corporation, Standard of British South Africa, Um., 12 Union of A ust ralia, 491 4 . Union of London, 44i 31 DOCKS. London and St. Katharine, 80 3IISCELLAN FOCH. Anglo-American Telegraph, 15/ 16/ 15f Telegraph, Dit o, S per cent., 75 Ceylon Company, 9St City of Milan Improvements, lira., 2/ City of Moscow Gas, litn., 161 16 City Offices, lira., I/ Credit Foncier ot England, lira., 2j B Crystal Palace, 3 i • Egyptian Coot. and Trading, 1im., 1 Gen. Credit and N'inance of Londln. um.. 4 3/ General Steam Navigation, lim., 26 7 lludson's Bay, ), Imperial Land Company ot Marseilles, Um., 21 Italian Irrigatton (Canal Cavour,, 41 Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds, reciem. 1:!•70, issued 90, 52 3 London Financial Association, lira., 51 6 London General Omnibus Company, lira, 31 Nr,tioual Discount ompany, 14 North British and Mercantile Insurance, 15i Quebrada Land, it ,11. and Mning, lint., f bubmarine Telegraph, 59 Telegraph Construuticm and Maintenance, Ditto (Lls), 13Z Vioer3y of Egypt, Mortgage, Loin, 751 The Post Office and the Telegraphs. Shortly before the resignation of the late Ministry a bill was drawn up providing for the purchase and working by Government of the telegraphic lines of the United Kingdom. The project was put forward after a long correspondence with the principal offi cials of the leading telegraphic companies, not only of England, but also of some of the nations of the Continent. It is understood that Lord Stanley of Alderley takes great interest in the promotion of the scheme, and also that the present Ministry have given it their approval. There seems no reason why telegraphs should not be put under the management of Government equally with the Post-office, to which they are so valuable as auxiliary agents—the one having become the complement of the other in the great machinery of the world's correspondence. There is no doubt that if the scheme be adopted the public will be able to send messages at a consider ably lower rate than they are able to do at present. Besides, the details of the working of the various lines would be carried out with far greater com pleteness and expedition. It has been shown over and over again, by the most distinguished of our political economists, that when certain institutions assume a certain degree of ninnitude they can be more easily carried on by one great managing power rather than by several distinct managing bodies, each of which has to undertake expense little less than that by which all the distinct branches could be maintained under the centralising system. Under this principle the Post-office unquestionably come, and we see little or no reason why it should not apply also to telegraphs, for their vast network ,spread over the three kingdoms, has now become so exten sive and complicated that the intervention of Go vernment seems inevitable. The most noticeable fea ture of the scheme proposed is the adoption of an uniform rate for a given number of words as respects any distance, the rate being much lower than that at present followed. And here it may be added that, though the English companies have reduced their prices since their first constitution, their rates are still much higher than those that prevail on the continent and in the United States. Under the plan recom mended, the Government would have to construct new lines in addition to managing those already existing. The postal arrangements would be made to coincide as much as possible with those of the telegraphic offices, and the establishment of a central telegragh bureau corresponding to the General Post-office will make a remarkable addition to the details of the project. The several staffs of the existing companies will, it is presumed, pass into the employment of the Government, while such officials as managing directors and secretaries will have to be provided with fresh appointments or else pensioned off. It appears advisable, consi dering the advantages to be derived from such a step, that Government should proceed at once to buy up and work the telegraphic lines of the United Kingdom, even at a loss, for not only would the public benefit by the prevalence of the low tariff, but more liberal terms could be entered into with foreign Powers, and correspondence with the con tinent greatly facilitated. It is only just to add that the details of the scheme have been drawn up by Mr. Scudmore, of the General Post-office, whose services in similar matters have been gracefully acknowledged by Mr. Gladstone in the House of Commons. COURSING. COURSING MEETINGS TO COME. DECEMBER. Name. Judge. Days of Running Belbroughton (Worcester) Mr. Cherrington 12, T hornton-le-Moor (Chesh.) Mr. Warwick Elm, Cambridgeshire Mr. Spafford Sundorne & Hordley (Salop) Mr. Warwick Cockermouth, Cumberland Mr. Warwick Leinster Club • . Mr. H. Springall... 18, 19 Kenilworth, Warwickshire Mr. Spafford A micable Club, Ashdown Pk Mr. Warwick L udham, Norfolk Ince Blundell, Lancashire Aston, Cheshire \lr. Warwick Currie, Lockerbio JANUARY, 1867. Huntingdon Club Mr. Warwick S. Lincolnshire, Ho'beach ... Mr. Spofford Cool©, co. Cork (Open) Third S. Lancashire, (South- 9, &c. . . port (Open) Spolthorne Club Mr. Warwick Border Union (Longtown) Cumberland Barton-on-Humber, Lincoln. Mr. Spafford Alt= Club, Lancashire - Wigtonsb. Club (Stranraer) Mr. Boulton Little Crosby County Louth Club, Ireland Mr. Spafford Ridgway Club, Lytham - 3O, &c. FEBRUARY. Rufford, Lancashire Cardiff Club Mr. Warwick ...... 14, 15 Waterloo, Lancashire - ...... 20, 21, dro Tamworth, Staffordshire Mr. Warwick ...... 26, MARCH. Irish Grand National (Open), county Louta Ardrossan, Sharphill South Lancashire (South port) Champion ......... ; Leinster (Open) Courtown... Mr. 11. Springall l9, 20 Scottish Open, Lanarkshire -- SEPTEMBER. - - - 6, 7 ...... 7, &c. Brampton, Cumberland Mr. Warwick OCTOBER. Ancaster and IVilloughby, Lincolnshire .................. Mr. Spafford ' l, 2 RACING FIXTi FEBIV Lincoln l9 Harrow MA RES FOR 1867. JARY. Nottingham 24 E by West Drayton l9 Epsom Lowes tIL. Newmarket 3st Spring 22 Durham.. 22 Catterick Chester LY. Bath Harpenden 21 Epsom Liverpool 5 Chelmsford Bromley AP, Northampton Windsor Newmarket Craven 8 Thirsk 11 Spring York Doncaster 7 Salisbury 9 Ascot JUNE. Windsor Manchester Bibury Newton lB Worcester ... ••• ••" 27 19 le eCNNaeorawtldti Nottingham m Nark et JULY. 2 Down Roya l Corporatn. 17 2 Hun ti n gdon 23 . 9 S ou thampton 16 Goodwood AU( Brighton •• 6 Brighton Club 8 Lewes Egham Stockton Oxford l5 Hastings .................. '2O York August ..•••'•"..21 SEPT ] Leicester .................. 5 Doncaster ............... 10 Ri c h m ond .................. 17 H en don ..................... 19 OCT( Northampton Autumn. 1 Newmarket 2d October. 7 NOVI Liverpool FITS T. 22 Dover 22 Nastb Drayton Plymo uth . Can t er bury Lichfield 27 D 28 Weymouth Tunbridgo IMBER. Monmouth Derby Manchester Autumn 2O Newmarket Ist October 24 )BER. ICheltenham l5 Newmarket Houghtov .MBER. 5 The Christmas performance of " The Messiah " by the National Choral Society, under tho direction of Mr. G. W. Martin, will be given by a band and chorus of 700 performers next Wednesday at Exeter Hall. In order that all classes may have an opportunity of hearing this g reat work, a portion of the hall has been sot ap art for the holders of tickets at one shilling. ANGLO-INDIAN TELEGRAPIII-.—III the course of a Parliamentary inquiry last Session respecting the transit of Anglo-Indian messages, it Was elicited that the time of transmission between London and Bombay, Madras, or Calcutta, has varied from two hours to 16 days, and that the average number of m essages received from India is about 30 per day. The cost of a message of 20 words to India is £5 ls., of which the International Telegraph Company receives 3s. 6d., the kustro-Germanic U nion, 10s. 6d , the Turkish authorities, £ 1 B s. ; and the Persian Gulf and Indian lines, £2 195.. The total number of telegrams sent from the United Kingdom to India in 1865 was 11,070, realising nearly £33,000, whereas 8,403 messages were sent westward, repre senting £28,000. The telegraphic communication between India and the Continent gives a total of 2,500 messages, and the returns of the Indo-Euro 'pean telegraph from all sources during the teu months ending the 31st of December, 1865, amounted to £69,770. iirtfirfie SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. LEY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.' KINGSBURY RACES —Tins DAY. HUNT STEEPLECHASE. Waterperry Seaweed Four ran. S FE EPLEUJIASE. .................... 2 Cockßobin ............................................................ 1 1di0t.................................................................... 1, UXENDON HANDICAP. Lisbon ............ 1 Rogue K I NGSB URY PLATE. Ballet Girl . Rogue ..... Bauduline .. SELLING STEEPLECHASE. - - -- Redwing _ _ .. 1 Salamis 2 Four ran. LONDON GAZE:CTE —this Evening. WINDSORn c C e A o S f TL herE , juDarecs.tyB.: —Tho Baro n This day ha W d de Biome, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister from the King of Hanover, to deliver his letter of recall ; to which audience he wasintroduced by Lord,Stanley, herAta jt es y'a Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. FOREIGN-OFFICE, DEC. 7. The Queen has been pleased to approve of M. Au.gust Barsdorf as Consul at Port Elizabeth, Cape of Good )3.131,0, for his Majesty the King of Prussia. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of M. Eduard Rosenbusch as Consul at Malta for the l'ree Han seatic City of Bremen. DOWNING-STREET, DEC. 8. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Captain James George Mackenie, R.N. (now Lieutenant-Governor of the Island of Saint Christopher), to be Lieutenant-Governor of the Island of Saint Christopher and of the Island of Nevis. Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Edward Herbert, Esq., to be Colonial Secretary for the Island Saint Christopher. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, DEc. 11. 20th Regiment of Hussars—Gentleman Cadet Wiiliam Chetwode Lloyd, from the Royal Military College, to be Cornet, vice George Manners Onslow promoted. Coldstream Guards—Lieutenant and Captain Godfrey James Wigrain to be Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Michael Walker Honeage, who retires; Ensign and Lieutenant the Honourable Ileneage Legge to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchace, vice Wigriun ; Aurelius Richard Mark Wood, Gent., to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Honourable Hencage Legge. Scots Fusilier Guards—Leopold James Yorke Campbell Scarlett, Gent., to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Neil Douglas Cecil Frederick Douglas, pro moted. Ist Foot--Gentleman Cadet William Drury Shaw, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without pur chase, vice Augustus William Muncey, transferred t o th e 2d West India Regiment. 7th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Josiah Philip Crampton Ne ville, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Alfred James Medley ltlde, who resigns. 14th Foot—Captain Anthony Robert Keogh, from the 10th Foot, to be Captain, vice Johu G. Maycock, promoted. 15th Foot—Captain Edward Berkeley Mansel, from the 52d Foot, to be Captain, vice Francis Hopkins, pro moted. 24th Foot—Captain Arthur Lake, from the G2d Foot, to be Captain ; Ensign Russell Upcher to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice William Penn Symons, whose promotion, without purchase, on the 29th October, 1866, has been cancelled ; Ensign William Penn Symons to bo Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Russell Upcher, whose promotion by purchase, on the 30th October, 1866, has been cancelled. Tho appointment of the undermentioned Gentlemen Cadets to be in the following succesions :—Herbert Frede rick Thomson, vice Symons ; Edward James O'Hara Browne, vice Upcher.i 42d Foot—Norman Guthrie Chalmers, Gent., to be En sign, by purchase, vice Samuel George Hulse, who retires. 52d Foot—Lieutenant Edward Berkeley Mansel to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice Edward Cooper Wynne, who re tires ; Ensign Robert William Blackwood to bo Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Mensal ; Ensign James John stone, from the 28th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Black wood. 60th Foot—Captain Salusbury Sowell Davenport, from half-pay late 2d West India Regiment, to bo Captain, vice Captain and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel C. 11. Spencer Churchill, who retires upon temporary half pay ; Lieutenant William Lewis Kinlock Ogilvy to be Captain, by purchase, vice Davenport, who retires ; Lieutenant F. Augustus Campbell to be Captain, by purchase, vice John D'Olier George, who retires ; Ensign Francis Alexander Gordon to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Ogilvy ; Ensign William Tilden to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice F. A. Campbell ; John Henry Burstall, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice F. A. Gordon ; Harry Paul Burrard, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Edward Bernard Coleman, who retires ; Claude Champion do Crespigny, Gent., to be Eusign, by purchase, vice Wm. Tilden. 63d Foot—Lieut. Wm. Lancelot Knowles to be Captain, without purchase, vice Alexander Macleay Duniaresq., deceased; Ensign Jasper Borne to be Lieutenant, , with out purchase, vice Knowles; Gentleman Cadet Charles Day Durnford, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Burne. 64th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Robert Brooks Giles, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without pur chase, vice Charles Stevens Ward, deceased. 65th Foot—Lieutenant Robert Murray to be Captain, by Eurchase, vice John Owen Jones P r i es tl ey, w h o ret i res; usign Edmund Iron Barnewell Bax to be Lieuenant, by purchase, vice Murray; Hugh Fitzßoy Marryatt, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Bax Rifle Brigade—Lieutenant Sir Archdale Robert Palmer, Bart., to be Adjutant, vice Lieutenant L. V. Williams. promoted. 2d West India Regiment—Ensign Augustus W. Munsey, from the Ist Foot, to be Ensign, vice C. H. Tongue, promoted. Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Gentleman Cadet Adolphus James Price, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice C. W. J. Taylor, pro moted. PURTEYORS' DEPARTMENT.—T he undermentioned Pur veyors' Clerks to be Assistant Purveyors:—John Speucely, John Smith Young, Charles Frederick Flower Woods, Marlow Sidney John Wollett, Michael Francis Fitzgerald, Paul Dennis Costa, John Oakshott Spriggs, and Charles Bruce. REVET. Captain Walter Tuekfi ß eld Goldsworthy, 91st Foot, to be Major. have been per undermentioned officers upon , half - pay The MoffiENLORANDUIet; milled to retire from the service by the sale of their late 9th Foot. Major James Stillman , commissions, under the conditi ons of the Horse Guards' Circular Memorandum of 15th February, 1861 : paLy,ieluatteenla3ntth-CFoolootn.el Frederick Van Straubenzee, half half-pay, o Major Henry Ferdinand Turner, half-pay late 65th Foot. ADMIRALTY, DEC. 7. Mr. William Ilonry quiliver has this day been pro moted to the rank of First Class . Assistant Engineer iu her Majesty's Fleet, with seniority of 27th November, 1866. DEC. 10. Commander Henry Baker has been this day placed on the Retired List and allowed to assume the rank of Retired Captain, under the previsions of the Orders in Council of Ist August, 1860, 9th July, 1864, and 24th of March, 1866. SEIZURE OF A SUSPECrED FENIAN MAN-OF-WAR. A large three-masted iron screw steamer has arrived in CHATHAM, Tuesday. the Medway from one of the Northern ports, and from several suspicious circumstances connected with her movements she is believed to be intended for a Fenian vessel of war, and her seizure has fie' cordingly been made by the authorities. She passes by the name of the Bolivar, and on the autho rities taking possession she was found to have •about 30 tons of gunpowder on board, which she had shipped from a barge since her arrival in the Medway, together with a number of rifled Blakely cannon, revolvers, swords, and other war materials. She is laden with coals, beneath which aro concealed a quantity of shot and shell. No papers or documents of any kind have been found ou board, and the ship is without a captain, the second officer, who was in charge at the time she was seized, having since made stated voyage t t o o C belong.o u m- his escape from the vessel . The crew, numbering about 20 e bTiha men,Colum bia, o ß s t C a T te i h v i a tc r hha a tptpho Governmentae y r s ' t v o h e ra theshippedve vessel a is sailed from Shields on Wed nosday last. She is a new vessel, built by Palmer and Co. , of the Jarrow Works. A strong party of Royal M ar i nes has been placed iu charge of the ship by Admiral Sir D. W. Walker, and the vessel is also guarded by the guns of the Formidable, 84, while the Lizard is moored close to her to prevent her escape. COURSE OF EXCHANGE—TIiis Evening. Amsterdam short. 11 16 11 17 Rotterdam 3 Months. 11 19k 11 11 Antwerp — 11 19} 11 19 Brussels Hamburg — 25 40 25 47 Paris — 13 84 13 9 Short 25 17 25 22k Ditto 3 Months.2s 85 25 40 Marseilles Frankfort on the Maine 124 .120 f Vi enna - 13 30 13 40 T r i este — 1 3 30 13 40 30 Yetersburgn - } 30i Berlin Madrid — 47* 471 Cadiz Leghorn 27 25 27 35 G e Milannoa - '227 25 27 35 Naples Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. Market dearer. Sales probably 12,000 bales or more. 20 at at 'CO