The Sun. — London, England, 1866-12-29 00:00:00

a w fo tan leg j usti id this of the coin- 'rine° with • • Ms'NEY MARKET AND '.:`,OIII.TVIER,O' 1, ENTET,T,T7.RI,TO, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The business of the week in the discount market is closing very quietly. Only a small amount of paper is on offer, and the rates show no deviation from the recent scale for the various qualities of commercial bills. Gold amounting to £15,000 was received yester day at the bullion-office of the Bank. There is no change to report in the silver market. The Noveau Monle, from Mexico, has arrived at St. Nazaire with 1,000,000 francs. The traffic receipts on the East Indian Railway for the week ending Oct. 28 amounted to £38,423, while for the corresponding week in the previous year they were £44,696, showing a decrease of £6,204. • The traffic receipts on the Atlantic and Great 'Western Railway for' the month of November, amounted to $197,250 against $614,842 in the cor• responding period last year. During the past week the specie movements have been on a very limited scale. The imports have only amounted to about £165,670, including £54,406 from New York by the City of Paris, and £59,065 by tile America. The Poonah, from Alexandria, has brought £4,734 ; the Douro, from the Brazils, £45,425, and about £2,040 in silver has been received from the continent. The exports have been £625 to Bombay by the Syria, and there have been remittances to the continent through private sources estimated at £155,898, the total amounting to £156,523. Two o'CLocr. Transactions at the Stock Exchange have been reduced to a very narrow compass. Yesterday there was a reaction of + per cent., and to-day a similar movement has taken place, the quotations being 871 to 90 for money and the account ; this is wholly to be attributed to the closing of " Bull " accounts, the recent advance offering profits too tempting to be resisted. There is nothing in the present aspect of political or monetary affairs to warrant any depression. The New Three per Cents. and the Reduced An nuities hold their ground, and are comparatively firm, the former being 891, and the latter also 898. Exchequer Bills are 7s. to 10s. prem. ; the 5 per Cent. Indian Loaa 1071 1 ; the 5 per Cent. Enfaced Paper 100+ ; and the Bonds at 22 25 prem. Foreign Securities have been very dull, but the tendency of prices has been favourable. Mexican advanced k to 181 I ; Greek Bonds, + to 141 15 ; Spanish Passive, 11 to 21} a ; the Certificates, to 141 : 4 1 ; and the Italian Loan, 1861, Ito 55+ ; while Turkish 5 per Cents. have declined + to 311 I. In the Railway Share Market business has been rather inactive, and prices generally exhibit less firmness. North-Western and South-Eastern have each receded I, Great Eastern and Midland each 1, Great Western and Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln each and Great Northern and Metro politan each 1. The foreign and colonial lines continue in mode rate request, at steady rates. Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures are steady, at 53 55, but the Consolidated Mortgage Bonds have declined to 40i 41. Bank Shares are quiet. Alliance are marked 19 191 ; Metropolitan, 11 111 ; Oriental Bank, 42i ; and Union of London, 45. Miscellaneous and Finance Shares are generally a shade flatter. Credit Foncier of England are dealt in at 3i ; Egyptian Trading Company, at 5 ; London Financial, at 10 ; Anglo-American Tele graph Company, at 153- 151 ; Atlantic Telegraph 8 per Cents., at 70 72i. MINING MARKET. SATURDAY, Two o'Clock. Annexed are the current quotations : Chiverton Moor, 4-1- ; Chon:ales Gold, 21 3 ; Clifford Amalgamate, 81 9 ; East Basset, 21 23 ; East Caradon, bi 6; East Lovell, 81 9; East Wheal Grenville, 2 2; ; Great Retallack, 24s 0.126 s Od ; Groat Wheal Yet., 141- 15k; I.l::rke Valley, 4 ; North Crofty, 31- e ; North Treskerby, 2i ; Prince of Wales, 26s Od 27s Od ; Prosper United 8 8i; Providenoo blinoa , 25 273 , South Coadurruw, 11n 13s ; South Grenville, 7s 6,1 lOs ; Tincroft, 12 13 ; West Claradon, 12. 13}; West Chiverton, 53 55; West Prances, 15 17j; West Seton, 120 5 ; Wheal Buller, 18 20,; Wheal Chiverton, 6f 7 ; Wheal CrYbor, 12s 14s ; Wheal Grenville, 25s 27s 61; Wheal Rose, —; Wheal Seton, 135 110 ; Wheal Trelawney, 9 10 ; Wheal Uny, 1 11 ; Cooks' Kitchen, 8 81 ; Great Laxey, 17 17 ; South Fran ces, 20 22. BRITISH FUNDS-LCLOSING.;PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols Do. Account, Jan. 10 9Ol 89/ 3 per Cent. Reduced B9a 9 New 3 per Cent B9l 9 New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April, Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 l9i Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 4 per Cent 7 Do £5OO 77 7 Do £lOO & £2OO „ 7 10 pm Bank of England Stock, 61 per Cent ... - INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. I ' , flan Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874... Shut. Ditto for Account Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1880 1)0. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates Do. Enfaced Paper 4 p©r 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 25 pm Do. under £1,000 FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 Brazilian 5 per Cent Do. 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do. 1863 Do. 1863 Do Account — Do. £lOO Bonds — Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent — Do. A ccount Do .ClOO Bonds — Di 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) t_nian 6 per Cent — Do. 3 per Cent. Do. 6 per Cent A Do. 71 B C)lombian, 6 per Cent. Cuba, 6 per Cent. Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 Do. 5 per Cent., 1864 .. Danubian Principalities Do. Account Fquador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — j Do., Provisional Land Warrant Do Deferred egyptian 7 per Cent — 1)o., Second Issue Do £lOO Bonds Do. 1864 Bl Do £lOO Bonds Do. Government Railway Debentures BB3l 4 Greek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons :h Account Du. Coupons G ratemala 5 per Cent. Itiiiern 5 per Cent 1865 Do, Account Do. Maremmana Railway tlexicar. 3 per Cent Do. Account Do. 1864 — Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French — tilontevidean 6 per Cent. • Roorish Imperial 5 per Cent hew Granada — Do 3 per Cen — Do. Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) eeruvian 5 per Cent., 1865 Do Account — Do 44 per Cent. (Uribarron) Do 44 per Cent., 1862 Do Account Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3 — Do. Account Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St Do 41 per Cent. 1850 Du 41 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent. 1859 Do 5 per Cent. 1862 Do 5 per Cent. 1864 — Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1866, all paid 864 Do. do. £lO paid l4 pm SardiMau 5 per Cent Do. Account Spmish 3 e'r Ceat Do Account Do New Deferred — Do Account Do Passive _ Do Acc.unt 2 144444 Spanish Cert. of Coup nut funded — Do Account l4l .1 4 1 Swedish 4 per Cent. Do. 41 per Cent. 1864 Do. Scrip, £6O paid Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 Do. Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do. Account Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent. 1862 . — Do Account 57 Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1863 — Do 5 per Cent., 1865 - Dividencts on the above payable in Louktuk, Austrian, o pr Cent., Ex. 10 Florins 13 , 10 an, 44 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch •ii per ('Ant. Ex. 12 GO, Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ..... — French Bellies, 3 per Cent., Ex 25f. — . I tanal. 3 per Cent. 1831, Ex. 25f. Do. 5 per Cent. Account — TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money Do. Account, Jan. Do. February settlement ILLICIT SALE OF SPIRITS'. On Thursday, at the Justice of Peace Court, Glasgow, Joseph Clark, druggist, was charged at the instance of Peter Connacher, excise -officer, with having, on the 29th October, sold a certain quan tity of methylated spirits, as and for a beverage, contrary to the statute, whereby he had forfeited the sum of £lOO. Mr. T. G. Wright conducted the prosecution ; and Mr. J. L. Lang appeared for the defendant. Mr. Lang said that the defendant pleaded not guilty, and that he had a special defence to make on his behalf. Mr. Clark had been a druggist in Glas gow for nearly 10 years,and during all that time he hat dealt in what was called " finish." It was a liquid which was allowed to be sold, and it was used by French polishers and others. He produced in voices from a number of manufacturers referring to large quantities of the liquid purchased by the de fendant. It was well-enough known by police officers and others that it was drunk by a number of persons, but the defendant never sold it as a beverage. Some change in the law with regard to the sale of finish came into force on the Ist of January ; and he might mention that defendant wrote to the Inland Revenue on the subject, but he got no answer. The following witnesses were then examined : James Weir, excise -officer, said—l went to the shop of the defendant on the 29th Oct., and found him standing behind-the counter attending to a cus tomer. I asked for a seidlitz powder, and while defendant was making it up the customer left the shop, and I asked for a glass of finish to drink with the seidlitz powder. Ile said he could not give me any drink in the shop, but he would give me some in a bottle to drink outside, and I could come back and take the powder. I asked him how he sold the finish, and he said 2d. the gill. I asked for a gill, which he gave me in a bottle, and I then left the shop, telling him I would use it outside. I showed the bottle to Mr. M'Callum, collector of customs, next day, and afterwards in my lodgings till th e 17th i ns t ., kept it sealed up when it was produced in court, and a portion of it ordered to be given to Mr. Moffat and Mr. Con nacher to be analysed. By Mr. Lang—l was sent to the defendant's shop by M'Callum, who told me to purchase finish. I know the difference between methylated spirits and finish, and that parties must be authorised to keep the former, but not the latter. Mr. Denniston accompanied me to defendant's shop, but remained outside. He merely smelt the liquor when I came out with it. Peter Connacher—l am a chemist, and am em ployed in that capacity by the Inland Revenue. Methylated spirits should be composed of alcohol, and not less than one-ninth of its bulk of wood naphtha. I tasted a portion of the contents of the bottle produced quantitatively, and my opinion is that it is methylated spirits with a slight trace of gum. By Mr. Lang—No license is required for the sale of finish. There should be in all finish alcohol or spirits of wine. I tested the contents of the bottle with distilled water, and that showed me the pre sence of certain articles, and not their quantities. I am the informant in this case, and when the bottle was handed to me it was not sealed. This concluded the case for the prosecution, and the following witnesses were then examined for the defence : George Mill Watson said—l am shopman to Mr. Clark, and have been in his employment for the last 12 or 14 months. I produce 20 invoices and ac counts for finish from Robert Thom, J. T. Ramsay, Thomson and Ramsay, J. and D. M'Nair, and Ber nard and Co. Defendant, ever since I went to his shop, like all other chemists, dealt in finish. It is used by French polishers, hatters, and others in their trades, and I have sold considerable quantities of it for Mr. Clark. I have never on any occasion sold it as a beverage, and defendant gave me ex press instructions not to do so. I went with first witness on the 17th inst. to Mr. Moffat's laboratory, Ingram-street. I saw Weir hand a bottle to Mr. Moffat with a view of getting its contents analysed. The sale of finish in defendant's shop, was quite open. By Mr. Wright—•l have sold various quantities of finish—from a gill to a couple of gallons. I am not prepared to give the names of any hatters or French-polishers I have supplied with finish. I think it will be about four months since I sold finish on a Sunday. I recollect of a woman being fined in the Central Police-court far break ing two paucs of glass in defendant's shop window on a Sunday. I cannot say the date when it occurred, but it was since or during last summer. The woman broke the glass because I would not sell her finish. 1 cannot say how we gave up sell ing finish on Sundays, but I had orders from the defendant not to do so. By Mr. Lang—l suspect that Mr. Clark gave me orders n->t to sell finish on Sundays, as he was afraid the people might drink it. Witness after wards read a paragraph relating to the case of the woman who broke the glass, and denied her state ment that she was looking for her husband, but, on the contrary, was there to purchase finish. This concluded the evidence, and the case was adjourned Jill Monday, 7th January, in order that the two letters sent by defendant to the Inland Revenue might be produced, along with the printed instructions given by the board to druggists. MARKETS. this day. COVENT GARDEN. Although the demand is somewhat less active, the trade for all descriptions of fruit continues steady, and late rates are well supported. A fair average business has been concluded in vegetables on former terms. FRUIT—Pine apples, 4s to 8s; grapes, 2s Gd to 7s Gd ; filberts, Od to Os per lb ; apples, 4s Od to 8s Od ; pears, 2s Od to 6s Od per dozen; oranges, 3s to 9s ; lemons, 4s to 8s per 100. VEGETABLES—Cauliflowers, 2s to Gs Od ; cabbages, is to 2s Od; horseradish, 2s Od to 4s Od; celery, Os 9d to is 6d per doz heads; turnips, 3s Od to 4s Od ; carrots, 4s Od to Gs Od per dozen bunches; cucumbers, 9d to is each ; onions, 3s to 5s Gd; spinach, Os to Os per bushel. POULTRY. Turkeys, 5s Od to 15s Od ; geese, 5s Od to 10s dui 2s Gd to 4s Od ; tame rabbits, is Od to 2s Od ; wild do, le to is 3d ; pigeons, 7d to 10d ; hares, 2s Gd to 4s Od ; Surrey fowls, 8s to 12s ; do. chickens, 6s to 8s Od ; barn door fowls, 4s Od to 6s Od per couple. English eggs, 12s to 15s Od ; French do., Os Gd to lOs per 100. Fresh butter, is to is 7d per lb. BILLINGSGATE. Soles, is to 6s Od per pair ; cod, 4s Od to lOs ; brill, 2s 6d to lOs ; and turbot, 5s Od to 21s each ; whitings, 5s to 15s ; haddocks, 6s to 18s per dozen ; herrings, —s to —s per 120 ; native oysters, 70s to 110 s ; other sorts, 30s to 40s per bushel. NEWPORT. Per 81b. by the carcase. Beef 3s Od to 4s 8d Veal Mutton ... 3s Od to 4s 10d Pork WHITECHAPEL. Per 81b. by the carcase. Beef 3s Od to 4s 1041 1 Veal Mutton 3s 26 to 5s Od 1 Pork BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 9d. to 9id. ; of household ditto, lid. to Bfd. per 4lbs. loaf. HIDES ANI) SKINS. Market hides, 56 to 611135, 24d to Od ; 64 to 721bs, 2FI to 3d ; 72 to 801bs, 3d to 34d ; 80 to 881bs., 3d to 31 i d ; 88 to 961b5., 3-fd to 34d ; 96 to 1041b5., Od to Od ; 104 to 112Ibs, Od to Od. liorsehides, 9s to 108 66 ; calf skins (light), 2s Od to 4s; full, is ; polled sheep, lOs to 12s Od; half-breds, 8s Od to 9s 3d ; downs, Gs Od to 7s 3d ; lambs, Os Od to Os Od ; shearlings,Os Od to 08 Od. HAY. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 4s; clover £4 Os to £5 15s Oti ; and straw, £1 Hs to .£2 43 per load Trade slow. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 4s Od ; c l over £4 Os to £5 12s ; and straw, £1 184; to £2 5s per load A heavy demand. WHITECHAPEL.—MeadOW hay, £3 Oa to £4 4s ; clover, £4 03 to £5 15s Ocl ; and straw, £1 16s to £2 4s per load. Trade dull. Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. Market opens with a better feeling. Sales pro bably 13,000 bales. COLONIAL GO VEIINNE British Columbia, 6 per' cent., Dec. 31,1872.. - Uan.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July 1877-64 Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug D. 5 p. c. Mar. & Sept Do. 5 p. c. Jan. & July I Do. 5 p. c. inscribed sk Cape O. Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 Do. Apl. & Ocl , 1690-1900 Do. do 1680-90 Do. Jan.&July, 1890-Y Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 Ceylon. Nov. 186 S. 6 p Do. 1878, do Mauritius, 6 p. 0, 1873, Jan. and July Do. I'7B ?o. 188?, May 15, Nov..: Do. 1.85, Feb. Aug mat • ov. 6 per cent V.ll. 6 p.c.Ja..10 my N. B.W. Gov. 5 p•c., 186 e Do. 5 p.c. 18;1 to 1870 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 180 New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 per cent.... Nova So ,tia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 [Queensland Gov. 6 p. c ~ Aus.Gov. 6 p,o 1868-9 Do. 1878 & upwards Vic,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja & J uly Do. do, April & Oct BRITIS Cam. ConsoL Cold, lien, Chlverton Clifford Amalgamated. Devon G. Cons. (Tavist. Drake l itlast Bassett (Illogan) thtst Caradon lasi Carn BrPa blot Grenville East Gunnislake .. East Loved E. W'l Russell (Tavistk Gam.& StAuhyn(G wen. rcat L Axey, Great South Tolgus Great Wheal tlusy ';. Wheal Vor b.elst Grenville tilerod's Foot llingston Oowna Margaret Uny Lelani I flare Valley vl wyudy Iron Ore, lin, e - ,v Se ton North Roskear .N. Wh '1 Bassett (I Hogan North Wheal Crotty E'rosper United t'r vidence Uny Lelant I S. Caradon (St. Cleer) South Condurrow 'S. Wheal Fran. (Mogan stray Park . Croft 7igra and Clogan, Rm W est :tassett (It togan W. Caradun (Ltskeard (Vest Chi rerton ....... . :Fest Seton Wheal Bassett !Mogan Wheal Buller (Redrutb Wheal Mary Ann (Men Wheal Seton Wheal Trelawney (Lis FR,KFERENCE SaARES AND STOWE& London, Chatham, (te., Metrop. Ext. B, 6 per cent., 30 FOREJGN RAILWAY/3. 4 ntwerp and Rotterdam, 81 Mat Flanders, 71 FOREIGN MINES. Anglo Brazilian Gold, limited, t a T,d par Port Philip, t St. John (lei Rey, lim., 501 i BANKS. Alliance, lim., 19 Auglo Egyptian, lira., 114 Bank of New Zealand, 184 Consolidated Bang, iim., if Imperiat Bank, lira.. 16 London and County, 64, London Joint Stock, 41i London and estrninster, 6961 Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, lint., 11 Midland Bank, lira., 17/ Oriental BanK Corporation, 42 Union of London, 45 MISCICLLANECIM; Anglo-American Telegraph, 15f A nglo-Mexican Mint, 15 Atlantic Telegraph, Dit o, 8 per cent., 70 21 Credit r'oncler of England, Ilm . Egyptian Com. and Trading, lim., 5 Fore-street IVarehouse, lim., 122 City of Moscow Gas, lim , 16} East India Irrigation and Canal, 10 . 91 Gen. Credit and Finance of Loudsn, lim.. 42 I General Steam Navigation, lim., 26.2 , Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour,, 6f Land Securities, Tim., 2} London Financial Association, lim,. 10 London fieneralOmnibus Company, Lim. sk Mulras Irrigation and Canal (4 per cent. guaranteed by In dian Government), Ditto (all), Is Nr.tional Discount I ompany. - 11; Panama Ze.iland, and Aus. R. Mail, 7f Rio de Janeiro City Improvements, 191 Royal M ii Steam, 7 Telegraph Construction and Maintenance, lira., Ditto (el.)), 1:1 Viceroy of Egypt, Aortgage, Loan, The Price of Gold. Tne quotation of gold at - Paris is about at par, and the short exchange on London is 25.17 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of • is. 104 d. per ounce thr standard gold, it appe,xs that gold is about the same price in London and Paris. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Holloway's l'ills.—These pills are better for strengthening a debilitated constitution than any other medicine in the world. Persons of a nervous habit of body, and ali who are suffering from weak diges tive organs, or whose health has become deranged by bilicus affections, disordered stomach, or liver complaints, should lose no time in giving those admirable Pills a fair trial. Coughs, colds, asthma, or shortness of breath are also within the range of the sanative powers of this re markable medicine. The cures effected by these Pills aro not superficial nor temporary, but complete and permanent. They are as mild as they are efficacious, and may be given withoonadeuce to delicate females and young children. r, E SLN, LONLON, SATURDAY EVENIING, DECEMBER 29. 1865. SHARE MARKETS.—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Railways. raid. Closing Bristol and Exeter Caledonian 'Cambrian Cork and 8and0n...... Cornwall . . Dublin & Belfast June. Dun„Perth,& Ab. June. E.London, scrip Certi. Do. Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. st k.! Do. E. Angl. at. No. ',el rat North 01 Scotland! 20 at at 100 ;real Northern D.J. A stock Do. B Do. New, is. at 25 pm [ (HS, and IV. of Ireland We*tern 5. Val. Rail gua. Do. South Wales Do. W. Mid.—Oxford Do. Newport lio. Hereford i LancAshi re & Yoricshirci LJudon and Blackwalil Lon., Brigh.,& S Coast 'Lon., Chat., and Diver Do. Metrop. Ex. A Lon. & M.irth Western Lon. & South Wester!, Man., Shet., & Lincoln Ntetropolitan..... Do. New Do. Extension Metropolitan District Do. do. do. Do. and St. John'alrd Ilid:and Do. £9 Share Do, Birmin.. & Derby odd Kent . . North British Do. Ed., t'th., & Dun Nth. Easternßerwiek Do. (i.N•E purehast Do. Leeds Do. York D. Carlisle ..... Do. Stock.& Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. do. 1861 5 . Do. do. 1866 North Staffordshire v. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E , Aber. stock uo. Scot, Mid. stJok I Shropstiire Union Month Devon 'than E,stern italaes, Wok., t Wok Fall' Vale Do. C Vale o/ Meath IVateriord & Kilkenny Waterloo & Whiteha West Cornwa!l BRITISH 1' Atlantic 2& Si. Lawrence Bom.,Baroda,a.Cen.ln. gu. 5 per cent... Do. I' shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do. Preference Buil.,Brant,&Goderich 6 p.c. 1872-3-1 Calcutta & S. E., aim a, e Town & Dock, gu Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p, East. Bengal, gu., 5 do East ludian, gu. 5 p.c. Do. .1 Extension ~ i rand Trunk of Canada Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c Do. tat Ora. Bonds Do. do deferred Dc. 2d Pr..f. Bonds 1 Du. do. deferred Do. :3€l Pref. stook— Do. do. deferred Du. 4th Pret. stock Do. do. deterred Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c J.o. Gua. 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. c qt. South of India gua. 5 per cent D 4f per cent Do ;reat Wt A. of Canada New. Do. 6p. c &is. pay 1873 51 do. pay. 1877-8.. Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.c Do. 41 do Do. 4i do Do. Fifth Extension 31e1b. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. Mel. & Hudson's Bay N. la.C'da, 6pc Ist pf. ba Scinde .... Do. Delhi Do. do Do. Puniaub O.l Do.lndus St.Flot) 100 100 1(0 85 $7 118 120 4U 15 4 6 e 5 65 70 72 1.4 11 27 23 5 6 1 6 117 i 26 12t 90 02 sii 62i 30 3i 3) 35 1254 127 81 87 151 18. 10 to 1181 /18/ 81 43 50 .21 125 1i 2 p 10 11 84 88 121 i 122 It 2 9) i 2 35 36 4 18 103 1i,7 d 5 67 98 31 55 9 10 p 116 420 1 2p 1 2p ;0 7.; 114 118 148 152 42 44 C 5 C 5 8 9 150 153 3 4; , SSESSIONS. 100 100 100 100 100 100 {lOO 5 100 100 66 58 102 103 ip 4 44 86 60 55 10. 103 101 1(3 105 106 18 20 85 88 57 .59 50 54 5I 54 37 40 23 25 100 100 100 1t 0 100 100 108 107 i Ipl i I VI IT SECU. Bneineoe done. 23 93 94 90 92 90 02 77 78 75 77 104 108 103 105 102 101 104 100 88 ?0 100 102 lu4 1.6 105 107 101 PM 105 (07 KO 108 16 100 90 12 90 92 90 95 81 87 08 100 bi 85 96 99 92 94 119 12S S 8 51 100 108 103 101 128} f I 1201 20 1 / 83 521 2 1 11 1:51 0 5 g 5 101 1 123} 3 I 2.1.0 294 2.14.: 61 71 51 6t 405 115 i 6 Its 20 5 6 2 3 2 3 i 6 9 10 21 21 5 6 17 18 2.14:0 8.3.6 3.9.0 10.8.. 101 i :.7 + GI, 7,1 ISi 19 15 16 11 1) 3U :12 :;a 2 4 31 4,1 2} 11,1 35 45 2 4 21 3,1 24 26 300520 1 1 IS .t 2 1 2 2 1i 16 12 .4 54 56 115 :23 65 75 Id .40 10 12 35 145 7 9 584 5 17.0 5 7 ,TllO6. Sei I 93i i 105} 1 24 i 151 111 The Paris Exhibition. (Groups continued.) The Sixth Group regards all the apparatus and processes used in the common arts, and has no less than twenty classes. Class 47.—Apparatus and Processes of the Art of Mining and Metallurgy : Boring apparatus for artesian wells and wells of large diameters ; boring machines and apparatus for breaking down coal and cutting rocks ; apparatus for blasting by electricity ; models, plans, and views of the mode of working in mines and quarries ; works for obtaining mineral waters, mining ladders moved by machinery, extracting apparatus, ma chines for draining, pimp; ; ventilating apparatus, ventilators, safety lamps, lamps for electric light ; apparatus for saving life, parachutes, signals ; appa ratus for the mechanical dressing of ores and mineral fuel; apparatus for compressing fuel into cakes; apparatus for the carbonisation of fuel ; smelting furnaces; smoky consuming apparatus; apparatus used in metal works ; special apparatus used in forges and foundries ; electro-metallurgical appa ratus; apparatus usol in metal manufactures of all kinds. Class 48.—Agricultural Apparatus and Pro cesses used in the Cultivation of Fields and Forests: Plans of culture, distribution of crops and manage ment ; apparatus for agricultural works, drainage, irrigation, plans and models of farm buildings ; tools, implements, machines, and apparatus used in husbandry, sowing and planting, harvesting, pre paration and 'preservation of crops, carts, and other rural means of transport, locomotives and horse gins ; manures, organic or mineral ; apparatus for the physical and chemical study of soils ; plans of different systems of replanting, managing, and cul tivating forests ; apparatus used in the cultivation of forests ; and in the trades appertaining thereto. Class 49.—Apparatus used in Shooting, Fishing tackle, and implements used in Gathering Fruits obtained without Culture : Guns, traps, and shoot. . mg apparatus and equipment ; fishing lines and hooks, harpoons, nets, fishing tackle and bait; apparatus and implements used in gathering in products obtained without cultivation. Class 50. Apparatus and Processes used in Agricultural Works and in Works for the Preparation of Food : Apparatus• used in agricultural works, manu facture of artificial manures of drain pipes, dairies ; apparatus used in making flour, fecula, starches, oils ; apparatus used in:breweries, distilleries, sugar manufactories, and refineries ; workshops for the dressing of textile materials ; silk worm nurseries, &c. ; apparatus used in the preparation of alimen tary products, bread-making machinery, and me chanical ovens for bakers ; instruments used in mak ing pastry and confectionery ; apparatus for the manufacture of vermicelli, maccaroui, &c. ; machines for making ship biscuits ; chocolate machines ; appa ratus for roasting coffee ; apparatus for making ices and cool drinks ; ice making. Class 51.—Ap paratus used in Chemistry, Pharmacy, and in Tan Yards : Laboratory utensils and apparatus ; appa ratus and instruments used in essays for indus trial and commercial purposes ; processes and apparatus used in the manufacture of chemicals, soaps, candles ; processes and apparatus used in the manufacture of essences, varnishes, and articles in indiarubber and gutta-percha ; processes and appa ratus used in gas works ; processes and apparatus used in bleaching ; processes used in the preparation of pharmaceutical products; processes used in tan yards and leather dressing ; processes and apparatus used in glass works and in ceramic manufactures. Class 52.—Prime Movers, Boilers, and Engines specially adapted to the Requirements of the Exhi bition : Boilers and steam generators, with their safety valves; steam pipes and apparatus connected with them; shafts, pulleys, and belts; appliances for starting and stopping engines, and for throwing in and out of gear ; engines used for supplying the water and steam necessary in the different sections of the Exhibi tion Building and park ; cranes and apparatus of all kinds intended to be used for moving the pack ages ; rails and turntables intended to be used for moving the packages, fodder and manure, and for other purposes that may be required in the Exhibi tion Building and park. Class 53.—Machines and Apparatus i❑ General : Separate parts of machinery, bearings, rollers, slide-bars, eccentric wheels, toothed wheels, connecting rods, cranks, parallel joints, belts, furnicular apparatus, &c. ; gearing, spring, and catch work, &c. ; regulators and governors ; greasing ap paratus ; machines for measuring and registering ; dynamometers, steam gauges, weighing machines, gauges for liquids and gas; machines used for moving heavy weights; hydraulic machines for raising water, &c. ; norias (chain pumps), scoop wheels, hydraulic rains, &c. ; hydraulic engines, water wheels, turbines, &c. ; steam engines, boilers, steam generators and apparatus appertaining thereto ; apparatus for condensing steam ; machines set in motion by the evaporation of ether, chloroform, ammonia ; of a combination of gases ; machines set in motion by gas, hot air, compressed air, electro magnetic machines ; wind-mills and panemoines, air balloons. Class 54.—Machine Tools : Engines and tools for preparing wood for the workshop ; lathes, boring machines, and planing machines; slotting machines, drilling machines, shaping ma chines, &c. ; screw-cutting engines and riveting machines ; various kinds of tools useti in machine workshops ; tools,'engines, and apparatus for press ing, crushing, working up, sawing, polishing, &c. ; special tools and engines used in various trades. Class 55.—Apparatus and Processes used in Spin ning and Rope Making : hand spinning apparatus ; separate parts of spinning apparatus ; machines and apparatus used in the dressing an I spinning of tex tile materials; apparatus and processes for the sub sidiary operations appertaining thereto, for drawing, winding, twisting, throwing ; dressing machines ; apparatus for separating the qualities and numbering the thread ; materials used in rope manufactures, round, flat, tapering cables, cord and twine, Wire rope, cables with wire core, rope matches, quick matches, &c. Class 56.—Apparatus and Processes used in Weaving : Apparatus used in the prepara tion of materials for weaving, warping mills, spool ing (winding) machines, card making for the jac quard loom's ; hand looms and mechanical looms for the manufacture of plain fabrics, looms for the minufactureof figured and brocaded stuffs, damask looms, electric looms, looms fer the manufacture of carpets and tapestry; mesh weaving looms for the manufacture of hosiery and net; apparatus for making lace; apparatus used in the manufacture of lace work ; high warp looms and different modes of preparing the bobbins for weaving. Accessory appa ratus : Machines for falling, calendering, figuring, watering, measuring, folding, &c. Class 57.—Ap paratus and Processes for Sewing and Making-up Clothing : Ordinary implements used by tailors and seamstresses, sewing, quilting, hemming, and embroidering machines ; knives for cutting out cloth and leather for making garments and shoes, machines for making boots and shoes, for nailing and screwing soles. Class 58.—Apparatus and Processes used in the Manufacture of Furniture and Objects for Dwellings : Machines for cutting veneeers, turningwebs, saws frames, &c. ; machines for cutting the mouldings and beading of frames, the squares of inlaid floors, furniture, &c., lathes and other apparatus used in carpentering and cabi net making ; machines for stamping and burnish- ing ; machines and apparatus for working stucco, papier mache, ivory, bone, and horn ; machines for pointing, carving, and reducing statues, for en graving, engine turning, &c. ; machines for sawing and polishing hard substances, marbles, &c. Class 59. —Apparatus and Processes used in Papermaking, Dyeing, and Printing : Apparatus for printing paper-hangings and tissues; machines for engraving cylinders for printing; apparatus for bleaching and dyeing, and for the preparation of paper and tissues '; apparatus for making paper by hand and by machinery; apparatus for embossing, ruling, glazing, and watering paper ; machines for cutting out, paring, stamping paper, &c. ; materials, apparatus, and products of type-founding, stereotypes, &c. ; machines and apparatus used in typography, stereo typing, copperplate printing, lithography, auto graphy, chalcography, :panicono grap h y , chromo .. lithography, &c. ; printing of postage ;tamps, ma chines for setting up am. sorting types. Class 60. —Machines, Instruments, and Processes used in various works : Coining presses ; machines for making buttons, pins, pens, envelopes, packing ma chines, brush-making machines, machines for making cards, capsules for affixing lead seals to merchandise, for corking bottles, &c. ; tools for and processes of making clockwork, toys, marqueterie, baskets, &e. Class Gl.—Carriages and Wheel wrights' Work : Separate parts of wheels and car riages —wheels, tires, axle-boxes, ironwork, &c. ; springs and various methods of hanging carriages ; different systems of harnessing ; breaks; wheel w 2ights' work, waggons, tumbrels, drays, and other vehicles for special purposes. Carriages : public, state, and private carriages; sedan chairs, litters, sledges, &c., velocipedes. Class 62.—Harness and Saddlery : Various articles used for car riage ly - Tsas an l sld lle horses, pack sad- dies, bridles and harness for saddle horses beasts of burden and draught horses ; spurs and whips. Class 63.—Railway Apparatus.--Separate parts : Springs, buffers, breaks, &c. ; permanent way ; rails, chairs, crossings, switches, fish plates, turn-tables, buffers, feeding cranes and tank;, optical and acoustic signals ; rolling stock ; waggons for carrying earth, goods, catffi, passenger car riages, locomotive tenders ; special machines and tools for the maintenance, repair, and construction of railways; apparatus for inclined planes and self-acting planes ; apparatus and engines for atmospheric railways ; models of engines, of systems of traction, of apparatus appertaining to railways ; models, plans, and drawings of plat forms, stations, engine-houses, and other buildings necessary for the working of railways. Class 64. Telegraphic Apparatus and Process : Telegraph based on the transmission of light, sound, &c. ; apparatus for the electric telegraph; post, wires, stretchers, &c. ; batteries, apparatus for sending and receiving messages ; bells and electric signals ; objects appertaining to telegraphy ; lightning con ductors, commutators, prepared paper for printing messages and for sending autographic messages ; special apparatus for submarine telegraphy. Class 65.—Civil Engineering, Public Works, and Archi tecture: Building materials; stone, wood, metals, ornamental stone, lime, mortar, 'Cements, artificial stone and concrete, roofing tiles, bricks, paving tiles, slates, pasteboard, and felt for roofing, materials used in the preservation of wood, and specimens of preserved wood ; apparatus and instruments for testing building materials ; ap paratus for earthworks, excavators ; apparatus used in timber yards ; tools and processes used by stone dressers and cutters, masons, carpenters, black smiths, joiners, glaziers, plumbers, house painters, &c. Locksmiths' Work: Locks, padlocks, railings, balcDnies, balusters, &c. Apparatus and Engines used in making Foundations: Pile-drivers and pile work, screw piles, pumps, pneumatic apparatus, dredging machines, &c. ; apparatus used in hydraulic works connected with harbours, canals, rivers ; apparatus used in the supply of water and gas ; apparatus used in the maintenance of roads, plantations, and public walks. Models, plans, and Drawings a Public Works : Bridges, viaducts, aqueducts, drains, canal bridges, lighthouses, public buildings for special purposes, buildings for civil purposes, mansions and houses for letting, lodging houses for the working classes, &c. Class 66. Navigation and Lifeboats : Drawings and models of slips, graving docks, floating docks, &c. ; draw ings and models of ships of all kinds, seagoing and for rivers ; models of the system of ship-building adopted in the navy; apparatus used in navigation ; boats and barges ; rigging, flags, and signals ; buoys, beacons, &c. ; apparatus for swimming, diving, exhibited in action ; life-belts, life-buoys, floats, swimming-belts, &c. ; diving-bells, cork corsets, nautilus life-belts, &c. ; submarine boats ; apparatus for saving life at sea, rocket apparatus, lifeboats, &c. This group is distributed in the Gallery VI. outside and inside the building. 100 102 91 93 I 1 12} 1: 124 88 82 i 81_ 84 1 11 I}'l 102 103 142 94 65 90 82 S 5 99 101 97 98 ~.1 98 a 9 The Story of the Alabama. According to the Galveston (Texas) Bulletin, , Capt. Semmes has been lecturing in Galveston on the subject of the Alabama's career during the late civil war. Mr. Semmes, who had been introduced by the chairman as "that distinguished hero and pa triot," said —Lecturing is not my art. lam not ac customed to the lecture-room. Othello's occupation is gone. I do not propose to touch any- political sub ject•—l propose to speak of the history of the Ala bama as viewed in the light of history and American precedents. I propose to show to you that she was not a pirate, a privateer, or a buccaneer, but the re cognised ship, wearing the colours of a State, by the laws of nations. On the land an enemy might overrun a country without destroying private pro perty. Destroying private property on land is for bidden. Not so on the sea. The destruction of commerce in ancient times was a slow process. The war between the Confederate and the United States was the first between maritime Powers since the in troduction of steam. The Alabama had warrant for what she did both in the laws of nations and of the United States. She was built abroad. The United States has made the British origin of the Alabama a constant source of complaint. She was built by the Lairds. The United States Government en deavoured to contract with this same firm to build ships for them. (Mr. Semmes here read extracts from Mr. Laird's speech in the House of Commons, already published and well known.) From this speech it appears that before they undertook to build the Alabama, the United States Government had been in treaty with the Messrs. Laird to build gun boats and monitors. We offered better terms—hence the Alabama became a Confederate ship instead of a Federal vessel. She left England as a merchant vessel. Her Confederate commission was read, and her proper flag unfurled on the high seas, where the Confederate had as much authority as the Federal Government. It is the commission a Sovereign puts on board a vessel that makes her a personification of the Sovereign. Even if a ship be built in a neutral territory she is purged of that wrong as soon as she is commissioned. If the Ala bama was built in violation of the neutrality laws, that was a question between the United States and England. From the moment the Confederates were recognised as belligerents they had a full right to make war in every particular. The United States acknowledged this in the first months of the war. In support of this proposition the speaker quoted " Vattel, third book," and argued that if the United States could buy ships the Confederate States could do the same. The speaker then quoted Justice Grier's decision in the prize cases, reported in " Second Black Reports," laying great stress on the passage, "it is not necessary that the State should be recognised." Mr. Semmes entered largely into the history of the South American States, claiming that their cruisers captured prizes and car ried them into American ports. In illustration of the fact that the Confederate States were recognised and entitled to all the sovereign rights of war, Generals Grant and Sherman treated Generals Lee and Johnson as generals of an army. The speaker concluded thus :—The Alabama was not a new construction, save that she was a steam-vessel. Dr. Franklin and his compesrs constructed a good many Alabamas in their day. What our sires did their sons may do. In other generations the his tory of the North will be the history of the South. By the philosophy of history I am willing to be judged. If the philosophy of history embalms the struggles of the colonial States, so will it embalm the struggles of the Confederate States. If it re cords approvingly the exploits of the Surprise and the Revenge, so will it record the exploits of the Alabama. AN INTERNATIONAL ROWING MATcn.—There was a numerous attendance at the Shanghae Regatta on the 26th, and among the spectators were a large number of ladies. There was very great excitement with regard to the eight-oared race for one mile and a half between the English and American crews. The English boat got the lead, but the Americans soon collared them, and kept ahead. About a quarter of a mile from the goal the Eng lish crew entirely gave in, leaving the race to their com petitors. While we have much pleasure iu congratulating our American friends on their slimes% we trust an early opportunity will be taken by the English to challenge their transatlantic friends to another trial. It is only just to say that two of the English crew were somewhat indis posed. The other races wore well rowed ; the Pelorus gig winning the Man of Wars' race ; Reding taking the Junior Sculls with ease, Dunn unfortunately coming to grief, but pluckily recovering himself ; and Low's boat winning the Club Fours in gallant style.:—Overland China NOT. 15. - SilLre IT MINES. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. WILTSHIRE COUNTY STEEPLECHASES. (Under Grand National Rules.) Stewards : Duke of Beaufort, Marquis Of Bath, Lord H. Thynne, T. F. Grove, and B. J. Angell, Esqs., and Capt. Jarrett. Secretary : Mr. E. Reilly. Judge : Mr. J. Powney. Clerk of the Scales: Mr. M. Verrall. Starter : Mr. J. Day, jun. After having been in abeyance for some eight years, racing was yesterday resumed at Westbury, with an amount of success which augurs well for the meeting becoming a very popular steeplechase fixture. Westbury is situated iu one of the most picturesque parts of Wiltshire, about 15 miles from Clrippcuha,n, and the course is in the imme diate vicinity of the " WhiteLlors3 Of Westbury." Tile course is on part of the Penlegli House estate, a short dis tance from the station, across a good hunting country, and is about a mile and a half round, with 24 fences of average character in three miles. Owing to the subsoil being good and the land well drained, the " going" was excellent, ex cept a portion on the far-side, and a piece of plough-land, which which was rather holding. The weather was beau tifully fine, and the attendance very large. Professional racing-men were also well represented, and it is not un likely that Mr. Reilly will be able next anniversary to pre sent a stronger programme to his patrons. The meeting was somewhat difficult of access frum London, and the late hour at which the train arrived in town precludes any lengthened detail of the running. FRIDAY, Dec. 28. The Wiltshire County Handicap of 10 sous each, h ft, and 3 only if declared, with 50 added ; the second to save his stake ; winners of 100 sous after the weights were published 71b, any other winner 41b extra ; about three miles and a half ; 12 subs, 6 of whom declared. Mr. Daily's Ben Nevis, by Big Ben—Golden Pippin, 5 yrs, list 91b Duke of Hamilton's Meerschaum, aged, 12st 21b (inc. 71b extra) (J. Page) 2 Mr. Chamberlain's Rosalie, age d , li s t 91b (M r Thomas) 0 Betting—Even on Meerschaum and 7 to 4 agst Ben Nevis. The last named cut out the work clear of Meerschaum and Rosalie for about a mile, when he was headed by Meerschaum, but the Duke of Hamilton's horse only main tained the advantage for a moment, as before reaching the stand hurdles, Ben Nevis again assumed the lead, which he kept till passing the Stand for the second time round, when Pago sent Meerschaum to the front, and being joined by Dm Nevis about half a Mile from home, the pair finished a good race to the chair, but the weight telling on the Duke's horse, he was defeated by a length. Rosalie trotted in with the crowd. The Beaufort Hunt Stakes of 3 sous each, with 50 added; the second to save his stake ; four year olds list, five list 91b, six and aged 12st ; winners of any steeplechase 71b, of 100 sous or upwards 121 b extra ; half-brads rllowed 71b, and those which have not been in a training stable for six months bofore the day of running allowed 71b ; gentlemen riders who have never ridden a winner of 20 sous allowed 51b, professionals 51b extra ; about two miles and three quarters. Duke of Hamilton's Maurepas, 5 yrs, list 71b (J. Page) 1 Mr. W. Robinson's Tally-ho (h b), 6 yrs, list 121 b (Capt. Smith) 2 Mr. Barker's Saucebox, aged, list 121 b (Rickaby) 3 Earl Poulett's Benazet, 6 yrs 12st 12Ib ...(Mr Thomas) 0 Mr. Owens's St. John (h b), ' 5 yrs, list ...(J Richards) 0 Mr. C. A. Willi ams ' s C a bi n Boy (h b) aged, list 121 b (Mr. P. Merton) 0 Mr. T. Iven's Sir William, aged, list 71b (Mr. F. Wombwell) 0 Lord Charles Innes Ker's Johnny, aged, list 71b wner 0 Major Martyn's A rcus (h b) , aged, 12st (Mr. T. ( Parker) 0 Betting-5 to 4 agst Benazet, 4to 1 agst Tally-ho, 6to 1 agst Cabin Boy, and 10 to 1 agst Maurepas. Arcus cut out the work clear of Saueebox, the remainder running in a compact body. The second time round Benazet fell. Maurepas shortly afterwards took the lead, and won cleverly by three parts of a length ; Saucebox a bad third. Nothing else passed the post. Tho Savernake Forest Handicap of 5 soya each, 2 ft, with 40 added ; the second to save his stake; winners after the publication of the weights 71b extra. About two Mr. Roberts's Lisette, by Yellow Jack—Ninette; 4 yrs, lOst 81b (Capt. Harford) 1 Mr. Hussey's Owlet, 3 yrs, lOst 21b (Cork)) 2 Mr. Daily's Cutler, aged, list 21b (Ablett) 3 Mr. Vallender's Discretion, 4 yrs, lOst 81b (Knight 0 Mr. E. Brayley's Sea King, 6 yrs, lOst 6lb (Rickaby 0 Mr. L. Savern's Approver, 4 yrs, lOst 61b (Hally 0 Betting-6 to 4 agst Cutler, 3to 1 agst Lisette, and 4to 1 agst Sea King. Approver took the lead, followed ty Lisette and Sea King, Discretion bringing up the rear. About a quarter of a mile from home Lisette took the lead, and won easily by a length and a half. Cutler was a bad third, and Discretion was the only one of the others that passed the post. The Longleat Stakes of 3 Boys each, with 30 added; four years olds list, five list 91b, six and aged 125 t ; thorough breds 71b extra ; winners of any steeplechase 71b extra ; the second to save his stake ; to be ridden by gentlemen, farmers, or tradesmen who have never ridden for hire, and those who have not ridden a winner of 30 sous allowed 51b ; about three miles. Mr. Wallace's The Thane, by Rocket (dam's pedigree unknown), aged, 12st (Mr. Thomas) 1 Mr. P. Merton's Jack o'Newbury, 6 yre, 12st 71b (Owner) 2 Mr. Wiltshire's g by Ilotspur, 12st (Mr. F. Wombwell) 3 The Dictator, Westbury, Stiletto, and Naomi also ran. Betting - 5 to 2 agst Jack o'Newbury, 4 to 1 agst West bury, 5 to 1 agst The Thane, and 7 to 1 agst Stiletto. The last-mentioned showed the way clear of the Thane, and Jack o'Newbury, and in this order they ran past the Stand. Before reaching the plough, Stiletto gave way, and The Thane being left with a clear lead of Jack o'Newbury and Hotspur, he made the remainder of the running, and came in alone by about 300 yards. Stiletto pulled up after going half the distance. RACING FIXTURES FOR 1867. JANUARY. Manchester 1 FEBRUARY. Lincoln Spring Harrow 2l MA. Liverpool Spring Chelmsford Spring l2 West Drayton l9 Bromley Nottingham 26 Derby Epsom Spring 26 Lewes Spring 2B Crofton Park 29 Northampton Windsor Spring 4 Edinburgh Sp. Meeting 6 Newmarket Craven 8 Currugh Thirsk Durham .. 22 Newmarket Ist Spring 2 Cattoriek Chester 30 .Y. Chester (continued) 1 York Spring 7 Salisbury Doncastor Spring Bath Harpenden ....... 17 Epsom Summer,, .... """' 21 Newton.,.,,, Croydon .................. 29 21 Ascot Summer 4 Windsor Summer Manchester Summer Hampton l3 Odiham l7 Bibury Club lB Stockbridge l9 Chelmsford Newca.stlo Curragh .. 25 Worcester Summer Ipswich 27 JUT Carlisle 2 Newmarket Ju1y......,, 2 Pontefract Reading ••• 9 Liverpool July Meeting 10 If ungerforcl ............... 11 Nottingham July ...... 16 Down Royal Corporate. 17 Stamford lB Huntingdon 23 Wi n chester 23 Southampton Gaodwood FUST. York August Dover West Dray ton 22 Plymouth... . 23 Canterbury Lichfield Derby Summer Weymouth Tunbrid g e Goodwood (continued). AID 1 Ripon 5 Brighton ......... 6 Brighton Club 8 Lewes Egham Wolverhampton 1 1 4 3 Stockton Oxford 20 Hastings ............... PTEMBER. Warwick 3 Margate 3 Curragh Leicester 5 Abingdon 5 10 Doncaster Richmond l7 Hendon l9 Monmouth Manchester Autumn 2O Newmarket Ist October '2l Walsall 25 OCTOBER. Northampton Autumn. 1 Curragh Edinburgh Autumn 2 Newmarket Houghton Newmarket 2d October. 7 Worcester Autumn Cheltenham l5 NOVEMBER, Liverpool Autumn 5 I Leamington Hunt Shrewsbury ll STEEPLECHASE FIXTURES FOR 1867. TANUARY. Manchester. FEBRUARY. _ Carmarthen Birmingham l2 Windsor MA: Harrow Spring D&rby Liverpool Spring Grand Military Claertsey Malton York Sevenoaks Croydon Spring Cheltenham Grand An 2l Bromley IL. Kildare Hunt THE OCEAN YACHT RACE. Cow Es. The officers of the American yachts, including Mr. J. Gordon Bennett, jun., owner of the Henrietta, were enter tained at a banquet by members of the Royal Yacht Club, last evening. It took place at the club house, and there were ten guests present., but the proceedings were entirely of a social character. The banquet to be given by the citizens of Cowes to the officers of the yachts takes place at the Gloster Hotel, to-morrow evening, wh en th e mem ber for the Isle of Wight, Sir John Sime on , B art., will pre side. The yachts were visited during yesterday by large numbers of persons, and the greatest interest appears to be manifested by the people of Cowes both in the vessels and their crews. The crews have been ashore, and are varysmart-looking fellows. One of the yachts is to anchor in Southampton Water, another is going to Cherbourg, and the third is, it is said, to remain at Cower. The official custom-house papers of the yachts have been lodged with the United States consular authorities, and the captain of the Fleet wing has to furnish the names of the men who were drowned on the passage, with the particulars of their deaths, to those authorities, for the information of the United States Government. Eight men were, it appears, washed overboard ; two were got on board again, and the other six were drowned. The crew of the Fleetwing were not the regular hands who sailed in her before the race, but strangers, who were not used to the size and rig of the yacht. She had scarcely any bulwarks, and she was unfortunately broached to when a heavy sea struck her, and it was a wonder that all on deck were not drowned. If the yachts had had ordinary bulwarks theti• could never have crossed the Atlantic on account of the vast quantities of water that were continually coining on deck. The three racing yachts resemble very touch iu appearanc e the him, ous yacht Amer C;1, which cane here a few years ago, 'out they are much larger. The Alarm is almost the only English yacht which for sizs and speed would be a lit match for the Henrietta. It is understood that the owners of the American yachts will net care to compete with E glish yachts f,,r less than au ocean race, such us round the Western Islands and back. The Southampton and Isle of Wight Mail Steam Packet Corupany have issued the following notice: —" By the kindness of the owcers, the celebrated schooners, Henrietta, Fleetwing, and Vesta may be inspected during the present week. Steamers leave th® Royal pier for Cowes daily, at 8.50, 10.45 a.m., and 1.15 and 1.20 p.m." ;Cit. WILLS AND BEQUESTS. (Front the Illustrated London News.) The will of Major-General Sir Charles lirr.rren, K.C.8., Colonel 96th Regiment, late of :donks town, Ireland, was proved in the London court by his son, Charles Warren, Esq., power being reserved to William Warren, Esq., the brother, and John Henry St. John, the son-in-law. This brave officer had seen much active service in India and China, and was several times wounded. Sir Charles was twice married, and died Oct. 27, at the age of sixty seven. His will bears date Aug. 29, 1864. To his son Charles (Royal Engineers) he bequeaths all his plate and a much-prized chessboard with ele gantly-carved chessmen. To his daughter Mar garet he leaves his jewels and household furniture. To his son William (Royal Rifles) he leaves a legacy of £1,300. Sir Charles divides amongst his said daughter and sons all property to which he was en titled under the will of his late brother, the Rev. John Warren, M.A., Rector of Gravesley, Cam bridgeshire, and Caldecote, Hunts ; and appoints his son William residuary legatee of all other pro perty. The will of Thomas Augustus Gibb, Esq., for merly of Oxford-square, Hyde Park, and late of 90, Lancaster-gate, Bayswater, was sworn under £400,000 personalty in England. The executors and trustees appointed are Thomas Gibb and Ed ward Ford Duncanson ; and his nephews John Darby Gibb and Hugh Bold Gibb, Esqs. The will is dated June, 1860, with four codicils, executed in 1861-2-6. He has left liberal legacies to his brother, nephews, nieces, and other relatives. To his brother, Lieut.-Colonel W. E. Gibb, there is a legacy of £lO,OOO. He has made liberal provision for his servants :—To his coachman he leaves an annuity of £5O, to be continued to his wife if surviving ; to bis housekeeper, £6O a year; to all his servants lega cies ; and an annuity of £2O to a servant of his late mother. To his godson, William Edward Gee, he leaves £50,000, and to his goddaughter, Margaret Gee, he leaves £20,000, on their attaining the age of twenty-three ; and that they shall assume, by Royal license, the name of Gibb. His estate at Marsham will ultimately revert to the children of George Gibb. He leaves all other his property, whether in Great Britain, Hong -Kong, Canton, or elsewhere, to Thomas Jones Gibb and his issue. The will of Daniel Norton, Esq., of the firm of Norton, Hoggart, and Trist, Old Broad-street, City, who died at his residence, Regency-square, Brighton, was proved in London by George Trist (his partner) and Frederick and Arthur Garrard, both of Kennington, the executors and trustees. The personalty was sworn under £:30,000. The will is dated November, 1865 ; and two codicils, May and July, 1866 ; and he died Oct. 29. He has made a liberal provision for his widow, who is also entitled to an annuity from the business under the terms of the partnership deed. To his daughter, Mary Ann Riley, besides other bequests, ho leaves the interest of £5,000, and the principal to her children at her decease; and also an annuity of £159 for their edu cation. He leaves the reversion of the residue of his property to his daughter for her life, and after wards to her children. To her brother Robert ha leaves a legacy of £l,OOO. The wills of the undermentioned persons were recently proved :—The Rev. 11. R. Shepherd, 8.D., Trinity Hall, Cambridge, under £30,000 personalty; Richard Meade King, Esq., of Pyrland Hall, Taunton, Somerset, £5;x,000; William Powell, Esq., of Palace-gardens, Bayswater, and Stock Exchange, £40,000 ; Robert Wilson, Esq., of Durham, ship and insurance broker, £20,000; Miss Mary Touchet, of the Grove, Exton, Hants, £50,000. LONDON GAZETTE—Last Evening. • At the Court at Osborne House, Isle of Wight, Dec. 28, 1866, present—the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. This day, Sir William Bovi ll, Knight , Lord Chief Justice of th e C ou rt of Common Pleas, and William Robert Sey mour V ese y Fitz Gerald, Es j., where, by h e r Majesty' s comman d, s worn of tier Majesty's Must Hon ourable Privy Council, and took their places at the Board accordingly. FOREIGN OFFICE, DEC. 28. The Qiieen has boon pleased to approve of M. G. Pel loux as Vice-Consul at St. Diary s, Bathurst, for his Ma jesty WAR OFFICE, 27. Dec.. the King of the Belgians. The Queen has appointed Stephen Hewitt O'Bryen, E sq „ to be Collector and Receiver of h er M a j esty ' s Re venues at Gibraltar. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, DEC. 28. The Queen has been graciously pleased to command that the 45th or Nottinghamshire Regiment may in future bear the title of " Sherwood Foresters," with reference to the traditions of the county of Nottingham, and in consi deration of the regiment's distinguished services. 6th Dragoon Guards—William Robert Pilelips, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Henry Hugh Ath er t on France, transferred t o th e 15th Foot. 9th Lancers—Captain and Brevet-Major Charles David Rich to be Major, by purchase, vice Musgrave James Bradley Dyne, who retires ; Lieutenant Perceval Clark to be Captain, by purchase, vice Brevet-Major Rich. ; Cornet the Hon. Richard Wogan Talbot to be Lieuten ant, by purchase, vice Clark; Philip Green, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice th e H on . R . W . T al b ot. 15th Hussars—Lieut. James Le Messurier to be Captain, by purchase, vice James Alston Clark, who retires ; Cornet Wm. Macalpine Leny to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Le Messurier. 16th Lancers —Ankerville Scott, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice F. Bagnalla Wardroper, who retires. 2d Regiment of Foot—Captain William Stevens, from the 67th Fuot, to be Captain, vice Grierson, who ex changes. 12th Foot—Edward Maclean Showers, Gent., to bo Ensign, by purchase, vice Patrick Douglas Jeffreys, transferred to 88th Foot. 15th Foot—Ensign Henry B onnor Maurice to be Lieuten ant, by purchase, vice John Gwennap Denuis Moore, who retires; Cornet Henry Hugh Atherton France, from the 6th Dragoon Guards, to be Ensign, vice Maurice. 16th Foot—Lieutenant WilliaM Henry Bayly Pay; front the 35th Foot, to be Lieutenant., vice Richardson, who exchanges. 20th Foot - --John Kennedy M'Causland, Gent., to be En sign, by purchase, vice Francis John Gilbert Cook, who retires, on appointment as Deputy-Assistant Wmmis sary- General. 44th Foot—Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel John Josiah Hort, frmi the 36th Foot, to bo Lieutenant-Col vice Brevet MacM•Lhon, C. 8., who exchanges. • 45th Foot—Lieutenant Henry Lambard, from the 54th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Smart, who exchanges. 54th Foot—Lieutenant Henry John de Berniere Smart, from the 45th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vico Lambard, who exchanges. 67th Foot- Capt. John F. A. Grierson, from the 2d Foot, to be Captain, vice Stephens, who exchanges. 73d Foot—Gcorge Lewis Cuming, EA., to be Paymaster, vice Paymaster, with the honorary rank of Major, Joseph Hely, rho retires upon half -p a y. 80th Foot—Capt. Predk. Napleton Dew, from 37th Foot, to bo Captain, vice Ord, who exchanges. 82d Foot—Ensign William Andrews Dixon to be Lieute rnanrcrtih:boy.te,pvuirecehapsiexonv.ice James Johnston, wh o retires; Sydney Edward ' Underwood Gent., to be Ensign, by 88th u —Ensign Patrick Douglas Jeffreys, from the 12th Foot, t o b o E nsign, vice Pendarves Walter Tre menheero, who retires. 95th F 12th o F ot— oot, En t s o ig b n e E E d . w s a ig r a d Mclea , viacer n on S so h n o b w y ers thl f a r l o v m h, pro moted.te THE FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE METROPOLITAN t i i r e st ev e id d e i n ti c o e n tak y e e n st a e t rci th a e y a l d v j e ou ga rn v ed e i S ein t o . t' B onf a . rtholomew's Hospital on th e b o di es It i t a h ci e l u i c e L o s ‘ m: A m il Y e e l n . d — ce a m i t of the three unfortunate persons killed by the falling of the girder; later in the evening, in our third edition, we published tho result of the deliberation of the jury, viz., a verdict of manslaughter against Wilmot and Chainey, the men in the employ of the Thames Ironworks, and who had the arrangement of raising the girder. They were com mitted to Newgate for trial, but bail for their appeal - we was accepted, and ~~~'• 28. 1, ac- ley, 3 Et rged Bel- street ;Ding anted f the ) the man pri- 31ens ligod ) tho the rder t his oner ce,i the ttcd ow ied rue ler red !en ts, of a ie, cl, he