The Sun. — London, England, 1866-12-22 00:00:00

gONEY MARKET AND COHMERCIU INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. There has been the usual Saturday diminution in the demand for discounts, and the rates are without the slightest alteration. At the Bullion-office of the Bank of England, Yesterday, there was an influx of £261,000 in bars, and 35,000 sovereigns from Australia. The Scotia has arrived from New York with specie amounting to about £54,000. It may be of importance to those connected with the late Birmingham Banking Company to know that Mr. Foster, solicitor, acting for a trade credi tor of Mr. W. H. Beaumont, the late manager of the Birmingham Banking Company, to whom Mr. Beaumont owes some £4,000, filed a petition in the Bankruptcy Court, and obtained an adjudication of bankruptcy. The act of bankruptcy upon w hich the adjudication was obtained was the , all eged " absconding " of Mr. Beaumont, who left the country immediately after the stoppage of the bank. Mr. Foster placed the adjudication in the hands of Mr. E. W. Genever, accountant, with i nstructions to proceed to Brussels, to which city Jr. Beaumont was said to have gone, and serve n otice of the adjudication upon the bankrupt. This nas been done, and the case will come on for hear ing in due course. The dividend of 4s. in the pound of Overend, Gurney, and Co. (Limited) will be paid on the 27th, 2 8th, and 29th inst. With reference to the Nicaragua Railway Com pany, Limited, we are requested to state that some of the engineering staff proceeded to Central America by the mail steamer of the 17th inst. from S outhampton, while others will be sent out on the 17 th January, and that Captain Bedford Pim, 11 . X., has lefc for New York for the purpose of Ulaking arrangements there, which it is believed Will prove highly advantageous to the undertaking. The specie movements during the past week have again been of an extensive character. The imports, W hich have amounted to about £753,560, have been chieflyr. from Australia and America, including 4 16,700 overland by the Massilia, from Alex andria; £54,000 from New York, by the Scotia; £ 4 lOOO by the Africa, £27,000 by the Aleppo, £3,000 °Y the City of Baltimore, and £53,000 by the Ger- Mania. The Fire Queen, from New Orleans, has also brought £20,000 ; the Woolloomooloo, from Sydney, £25,000. £3,656 in gold has been re ceived from Portugal, and £67,204 in silver from t he Continent. The exports have comprised £2,450 to the East Indies and China, by the Nyanza ; and there have been remittances to the Continent; through private sources, estimated at £209,392 ; the total amounting to £211,842. The annual drawing of 4 per cent. of the gross amount of the Atlantic and Great Western Railway (Pennsylvania. Section) First Mortgage Bonds is announced to take place on the 18th proximo. The Coupons on the Atlantic and Great Western Railway (New York Division) First Mortgage Bonds, and on the Pennsylvania and Ohio Division S econd Mortgage Bonds, are announced as payable on the Ist January at the rate of 4s. to the dollar. Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures are firm at 54 56, and the Consolidated Mortgage fonds at 41i- 42. The traffic receipts on the East Indian Railway for the week ending the 21st October amounted, °n 1,1291 miles, to £35,868 13s. 3d., against £35,836 4 s. ld. on the corresponding period of last year, allowing an increase of £32 9s. 2d. Two o'CLocK. According to Reuter's telegram from Paris to day, the French Rentes were 69f. 220. There has been a decline of per cent. in Consols to-day, owing to a few speculative sales. The Prices are 89i for money, and 89/ 90 for the ac count. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 89i ; Exchequer, Gs, to 10s. prem. ; India 5 Per Cents., 1071 1 ; and ditto 4 per Cent. Bonds, 25 5. prem. Foreign Stocks show little variation of import ance.,, Turkish 5 per Cents. are steady at 32,1 to 33. Mexican Stock at 181 1. Greek Bonds have de clined k, to 134 14 ; while the Spanish Pas sive have improved to 201 1 ; the Certificates 1 to 1 31 141 ; and the Russian Loan Scrip I to 1 11 pre m. In American securities there has been no further variation. Erie shares, however, have declined 1 to 47 i 48, while Illinois shares improved 1 to 781 791. A fair amount of business has been done in the railway Share Market, and with one or two ex ceptions prices show increased firmness. Midland bave improved ; Great Northern, ditto A Stock, London, Chatham, and Dover, and North-Western, e ach i; Lancashire and Yorkshire, ; and Great Western, 1 ; while Great Eastern have declined and Brighton and South-Western, each 1. The Foreign and Colonial lines are dull, and above no material change in values. Reciffe and San Francisco are marked 10i ; San Paulo, 141 ; Grand Trunk of Canada, 1811 ; East Indian, 106 } ; and Punjaub, 994. Miscellaneous and Finance Shares are without a ny material alteration. Atlantic Telegraph 8 p2r Cents., however, have declined to 734 ; Credit Poncier of England are. marked 341; Electric ' telegraph, 1361 ; and Telegraph Construction and Maintenance, 13k. The shares of the Belgian Public Works Company are steady at 14- pm. Bank shares remain at steady rates. Consoli dated are dealt in at 4 ; Imperial Ottoman at ; London Chartered of Australia at 20 and Alliance at 18*. MINING MARKET. SATURDAY, Two o'Clock. The Milling Share Market has again been very active. Subjoined are the current quotations of some of the principal adventures : Chiverton Moor, 1 ; Chonzales Gold, 211 a ; Clifford A malgamate, 64 7 ; East Basset, 204 214 ; East Caraden, 3 4; East Wheal Grenville, 24 4; Retallack, 17s 6.1 22s 6d ; Great Wheal Vor, 14 144; Marks Valley, 31 4 ; North 2}ofty, 21 3 ; North Treskerby, 24 ; Prince of Wales, 8 268 ; Prosper United, 21 f r ; South Condurrow, lls 13 s ; South Grenville, 7s 6d lOs ; West Caradon, 124 134 ; `Vest Chiverton, 51 53 ; West Frances, 94 10 ; West Seton, 110)115 ; Wheal Buller, 17 18 ; Wheal Chiverton, 6 4 7 ; Wheal Cr3bor, 108 12s 6d ; Wheal Grenville, 14 4 ; Wheal Seton, 130 135; East Lovell, 9 94; Great Limey, 17 18. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. GCTERNMENT FUNDS. 3 Per Cent. Consols , Do. Account, Jan. 10 B9l °„.,,Per Cent. R e duced BBl 9 1 New 3 per Cent B9 81 91 'Jew 21 per Cont. Jan. 1894 — Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 — Annuities 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do. for 130 yrs, expire sth AprillBBs — 1 ., Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — rehequer Bills, £l,OOO, 4 per Cent 6 10 pin Do £5OO .17 6 10 pm Do £lOO & £2OO „ 6 10 pm Sauk of England Stock, 61 per Cent ... INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. l aitirla OtOck, 10 per Cent., April 1874 Ditto fol. Account — Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1880 Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates Do. Enlaced Paper 4 per Cent — be. 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 £1,600 FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. 4 rgentine Republic, 6 per Cent 72 AUstri an Bonds, 5 er Cent, 1859 tr azilian 5 per Cent Do. 4,} per Cent., 1852-58-60 Lo. 1863 ' - 1a Do. 1865 — Do Account 7Ol i 1 Do. £lOO Bonds — . 1) lenos Ayres 6 per Cent — Do. A ccount. Do .clOO Bonds — D 3 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) o4 ilian 6 per Gent — Do. 3 per Cent. Do. 6 per Cent A lOOl 1) 0 , B 97 031 b . "' ~ oin lan, 6 per Cent. ' 1 , 413 a 6 per Cent. ' - 'anish 3 per Cent., 1825 — a o. 5 per Cent., 1861 .. annbian Principalities 'Jo. Account 'quador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — D o., Provisional Land Warrant — Do Dame(' t minims tttt itt sin tttttt f"" trice, d her cd by ster the idish. 1011 - Ty of i von fCgyptian 7 per Cent 834 44 Do d Issue Secon 834 Do £lOO Bonds -- Do. 1864 B4 34 Do £lOO Bonds . 84 Do. Government Railway Debentures. 851 1 i Greek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons 'o account Jo. Coupons — Giatemala 5 per Cent. — It iiian 5 per Cent 1865 Do, Account Do. 111aremmana Railway — 11exicar. 3 per Cent Do. Account Do. 1861 -- Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French — dontevidean 6 per Cent. . *** lloorisli Imperial 5 per Cent yew Granada — Do 3 per Ceu — Do. Deferral Do Land .larrauts (lltotttres) *truviau 5 per Cent., 1865 Do Account 7o} Do 41 per Cent. (Uribtrron) Do 41 per Cent., 1862 Do Account 'ortuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, Do. Account Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St B7 Do 41 per Cent. 1850 Do 11 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent. 1859 Do 5 per Cent. 1862 Do 5 per Cent. 1861 — Du. Anglo-Dutch, 1866, all paid — Do. do. £lO paid — Sardinian 5 per Cent Do. Account 3panish 3 per Cent Do Account Do Now Deferred — Do Account Do Passive — Do Accsunt 2Ol 1 Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded — Do Account — S cvedish 4 per Cent. — Do. 41 per Cent. 1861 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 59 1 Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1863 — Do 5 per Cent., 1865 Do. Account _ 33 . 24 . . — Do. 4 per Cent. Guaranteed 99j Venezuela 3 per Cent. — Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do Account Do. 6 per Cent, 1864 Ditto 11 per Cent. Dividenas on the above payable in London. Austrian, 5 psr Cent., Ex. 10 Florins 41 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 21 per C nt. Ex. 12 Guil, Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ..... — French Rentes, 3 per Cent. Ex. 25f. It 3 per Cent. 1831, fix. 25f. Do. 5 per Cent. Account 551 6 TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money B9l 4o Do. Account, Jan. 9O THE FENIAN MOVEMENT. DUBLIN, Friday Night. John Boland, silk-weaver, was charged at the police-court to-day with having some pistol bullets and a sword-bayonet in his possession. Concealed in the rafters of the room was found a bundle of letters written by Stephens to the prisoner's brother in-law, James O'Connor, who had been convicted at the special commission. The prisoner was re manded. James Pallis, supposed to be " Centre" for Meath, was arrested to-day at North Wall on the Lord Lieutenant's warrant. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. Commissioner Kerr.) A NOVEL MODE OF SETTLING A TAILOR'S BILL.- ADOLPHUS V. SPIERS. This was an action upon a tailor's bill. Mr. Lewis appearing for the plaintiff, and Mr. Beard for the defendant. The plaintiff proved the delivery of a certain coat, but defendant disputed the " fit." After hearing the evidence, whEch was of a contradic tory character, his Honour would refer the matter to a practical tailor in the City, as it was impossible that ho personally could decide the matter between the parties. Mr. Lewis did not think that would be the best way to decide the question. "Two of a trade never agreed" was an old saying, and plaintiff ought not to be tied down by the opinion of any other tailor. He had supplied the goods in the ordinary way, and ought to be paid for them. His Honour remarked that ho was not in a position to judge whether the coat fitted or not. It was purely a question for a tailor, and not a judge. Mr. Lewis —Defendant can try on the coat. His Honour—How can I decide it ? Mr. Lewis—ln the great Landseer case the defendant tried on the coat in Court, and it was decided upon that test. His Honour—lt was decided by the jury, not by the judge. You had better go to the gentleman to whom I wish to refer the dispute. Mr. Adolphus objected to do so, and thought the test by no means a good one. His Honour said he could not decide tho case, as he was not a tailor. Mr. Beard said he did not raise any objection to having the matter sent to a practical tailor, but as plaintiff de clined his honour's offer, the case was ultimately adjourned for a jury. MARKETS.--This day. - --+-- COVENT GARDEN. There are moderato supplies of fruit and vegetables, and the trade is firm at the annexed rates. FRUIT—Pine apples, 3s to 6s; grapes, 2s Od to Gs ; filberts, 9d to is per lb ; apples, is 3d to 3s Od ; pears, Os Od to Os Od per half sieve ; oranges, 68 to 12s ; lemons, 58 to lOs ; walnuts, is to 3s per 100. VEGETABLES—Cauliflowers, 2s to Gs Od ; cabbages, is to 2s Od; horseradish, Zs 6d to 4s Od; celery, Os thl to is Gd per doz heads; turnips, 3s Gd to 4s Od; carrots, 48 Od to 6s Od per dozen bunches; cucumbers, 9d to is each ; onions, 3s to 3s Gd; spinach, 2s to 3s per bushel. POULTRY. Turkeys, 4s Od to 20s Od ; geeso, 5s Od to lOs : ducks 2s 6d to 3s 6d ; tame rabbits, is Od. to is 6 , 1; wild do, 10d to is 2d ; pigeons, 8d to 10d; hares, 3s Od to3s 6d ; phea sants, 2s 6d to 3s 6d ; partridges, is 6d to 2s 6d ; plover, 6d; teal, is each ; Surrey fowls, 5s to 108 ; do. chickens, 4s to 8s Od ; barn-door fowls, 5s Od to 7s Od per couple. English eggs, 15s Od to —s Od ; French do., lls 6d to 12s per 100. Fresh butter„ls 2d to is 6d per lb. BILLINGSGATE. Soles, is to Gs Od per pair ; cod, 4s Od to 15s ; brill, 2s 6d to Os Od; 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 Gd 1 Veal Mutton 3s 4d to 4s 10d 1 Pork WHITECIIAPEL. Per 81b. by the carcase. Beef; 3s 4d to 4s BCi I Veal Mutton 3s 6d to 5s Od Pork BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 9d. to 94d. ; of household ditto, 7id. to Sid. per 41bs. loaf. lIIDES AN!) SKINS. Market hides, 56 to 641bs, 241 to 2/d ; 64 to 72Ibs, 2ld to 3d ; 72 to 801bs, 3d to 344 ; 80 to 881bs., 3d to 31d; 88 to 961b5., 31d to 3 : 1-d ; 96 to 1041b5., 34d to 4d ; 104 to 1121bs, 4d to 44d. Horsehides, 9s to lOs 6d ; calf skins (light), 2s Od to 4s; full, 78 ; polled shoep, 10s to 12s Od; half-breds, 8s Od to 9s 3d ; downs, 6s Od to 7s 3d ; lambs, Os Od to Or Od ; shoarlings, Os Od to Os Od. HAY. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £3 5s to £4 Os ; clover, £1 lOs to £5 15s Od ; and straw, £ll6s to £2 4s per load. Demand heavy. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £3 5s to .£4 4s Od ; clover, £4 lOs to £5 12s ; and straw, £llBs to .£2 4s per load. Trade quiet. WRITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £3 5s to £4 OS ; clover. £4 108 to £5 15s Od ; and straw, £1 16s to £2 4s per load A heavy inquiry. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. LONDON, Dec. 22.—Wind this day at noon—South Westerly ; light breeze, and cloudy weather, with a dense fog. PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 21.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Caro line, from Quebec. SWANSEA, Dec. 14.—Wind S.W—Arrivod—Favourite, from Prince Edward's Island. (BY TELEGRAPH. GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning. Sailed, Dec. 22—Normandie, steamer, for Dunkirk. DEAL, Saturday Morning. Passed —Maynards, from London for tlardiff. Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. The Market opens with a strong upward ten dency. Sales probably 12,000 bales. France and Russia have concluded a convention relative to the restoration of the chapels in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre at Jerusalem. The French and Russian representatives in Jerusalem demand that the houses built on the terraces of the church shall be pulled down. 'THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 22, 1866. SHARE MARKETS.—This Day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. 106 1 106 I SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. PROGRAMME OF WILTSHIRE COUNTY (WEST BURY) MEETING. FRIDAY, Dec. 28. The Wiltshire County Handicap of 10 soya 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. Ago st lb I Age at lb Little Frank ... 6 11 4 Ben Nevis ... 5 10 6 Arlescott all 4 I Meerschaum ... alO 6 Rosalie ... ... alO 6 Jack's Alive ... 610 2 The Longleat Stakes of 3 sovs each, with 30 added ; four years olds list, five list 91b, six and aged 12st ; thorough breds 71b extra ; winners of any steeplechase 71b extra; the second to save his stake ; to bo ridden by gentlemen farmers, or tradesmen who have never ridden for hire and those who have not ridden a winner of 30 sovs allowed 51b; about three 'mulles. Lady Walton aged, Jack o' Newbury 6 yrs, The Dicta tor 6 yrs, Lady Pigott, Westbury aged, Troublesome, g h by Hotspur ' Hard Times aged, Leonard 5 yrs, Mustang (h b) aged, Stiletto (II b) 5 yrs, Naomi 5 yrs, Alice Grey (lib) aged, Flying Scud (h b) aged, The Thane, and The Reaper. The Beaufort Hunt Stakes of 3 sovs 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 sovs or upwards 121 b extra ; half-breds tillowed 71b, and those which have not been in a training stable for six months before the day of running allowed 71b ; gentlemen riders who have never ridden a winner of 20 soya allowed 51b, professionals 51b extra ; about two miles and three quarters. Maurepas 5 yrs, Benazet 6 yrs, Meerschaum aged, Quick silver aged, Zephyr (ft b) 4 yrs, St. John (II b) 5 yrs, The Thane aged, Rufus (late Harkaway) aged, Mustang (h b) aged, Tally Ho th b) 6 yrs, Molly Carew (h b) 6 yrs, Waterperry (h b) 5 yrs, Ibex (h b) 6 yrs, Ballet Girl (h b) 5 yrs, Cabin Boy (h b) aged, Sir William aged, Cock-a- Doodle (h b), Gaunymede (h b) aged, Johnny aged, High land Piper 5 yrs, Arlescott aged, Monitor 4 yrs, Westbury aged, Lady Pigott, Arcus (h b) aged, and Saucebox aged. The Savernake Forest Handicap of 5 sovs each, 2 ft, with 40 added ; the second to save his stake; winners after the publication of the weights 71b extra. About two miles. 6 Ago st lb Flyfisher (pd) ....a 12 7 Sir Bobby ... a 12 5 Ibex (h ... 6 12 0 Arloscott a 11 10 Serious Case ... a 11 '2 Cutler ... a 11 0 Harrington (h b) a 10 10 Rosalie a 10 8 St. Maximum, a 10 8 Westbury ... a 10 8 Discretion 4 10 6 Age st lb Jack o' Newbury... 6 10 6 Lisette ... ... 4 10 6 St. Magnus (pd) ... 4 10 6 Sea, King 6 10 4 Approver 4 10 4 Nabocklish 5 10 4 Comet ... 6 10 4 Ned of the Hills ... a 10 0 Owlet 3 10 0 Hunchback (pd) 410 0 THE JOCKEY CLUB. A meeting of this club was held in Old Burlington street on Friday—Present : Mr. W. G. Craven ; Hon. Admiral lions and the Duke of Beaufort, stewards ; Mr. G. Payne, General Peel, Colonel Towneley, Lord Henry Lennox, Mr. Sutton, and Capt. Seymour; when it was decided to continue the Ascot Spring Meeting, the programme of which will appear in this day's "Calendar." The Soiled Dove case camp before the Stewards, who, after the reading of Professor Spooner's certificate that the mare is three years old, and rising four, disqualified Soiled Dove for all races she has won; and she will hereafter be subject to all the penalties exacted in the 17th Rule of the " Laws of Racing." The stewards aro awaiting further evidence before they give any decision respecting the per petrators of the fraud. The question as to the bets will be decided by the Committee of Tattersall's. STOCKTON RACES.—On the Ist of January the following stakes for this meeting will close and name : —The Cleve land Stakes, for then two year olds; and the Stockton four year old Claret Stakes, for yearlings of 1866, to run as four year olds in 1869. A promising yearling sister to Salamanca, and a year ling filly by Donateur out of Tisiphone (The Tartar's dam), bred by Mr. R. Wright, of Richmond, have joined H. Clay's string at Mead's House, Eastbourne, Sussex. Watchbox, 4 vrs, who was knocked down to Mr. Wad dington at Tattersall's on Monday last for 36 guineas, was immediately resold to John Nightingall for " fifty,' and, together with Freedom, 3 yrs, has joined his string at Epsom. _ _ Delight, 3 yrs, who made such a sensation in the spring by running away with the City and Suburban, and after wards broke down in the Chester Cup, is dead. Charming Woman was scratched to Mr. J. Swindells, jun., on Thursday last, at 10.30 a.m., for the Hurdle Race at Manchester on Jan. 1. Tho Royal Artillery Steeplechases are fixed for Thurs day, March 4. The Alexandria (Egypt) Rtces come off on Jan. 5 NORTkIAMPTOS.—The programme for this meeting has been very materially strengthened by the addition of 100 sovs instead of 50 to the long-established two year old race, the Althorp Park, and doing away with all deduc tions from the winners. A new race for hunters, to which 100 SOVS is added, has also been introduced. This race has been named The Waterloo Gorse Stakes, that being the covert which provided the fox in the memorable run last season. DOWN ROYAL CORPORATION RACES (MAZE COURSE), IRELAND.—The following stakes will close and name for this meeting on the first Tuesday in January, namely, the Kilwarlin Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 100 added, for now yearlings, to run as two year olds in 1867 ; and the North of Ireland Produce Stakes of 10 soya each, h ft, with 50 added, for the produce of mares covered in 1866, to run as two year olds in 1869. DURHAM RACES, 1867.—The stakes for this meeting will close and name on the first Tuesday in January, namely, the Durham Handicap of 10 sovs each, h ft, and 2 if de clared, with 100 added, for all ages ; and the Lambton Stakes of 5 says each, with 50 added, for two and three year olds, weight for age. BLAIR ATHOL.—While being led out to exercise at Fair field, a few days since the distinguished son of Blink Bonny stepped with his near hind foot on a trap door which covers a drain, a plank of which gave way. Had the trap given way altogether, Mr. Jackson might have been a loser of some thousands ; as it was, we aro pleased to say that the white-faced chestnut escaped with a few slight bruises above his hock, and is now perfectly himself again. NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE RACES, 1867.—These races will take place on the 25th, 26th, and 27th of June, and the large sum of 1,800 sovs will be added to the various stakes, out of which sum 300 sovs will be added to the Northum berland Plate, besides which 50 sovs or a service of silver plate of that value will be given to the trainer of the win ner of that race, in commemoration of the new manage ment of Newcastle Races. Plans are preparing for a now Stewards' Stand, which will be completed and ready for use at the June Meeting ; it is intended to be a neat, com modious, and graceful building. Three stakes close and name on the Ist of January, namely, the Tyro Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 150 added, for yearlings of 1866, to run as two year olds in 1867 ; the North Derby of 10 sovs each, h ft, with 200 added, for yearlings of 1866, to run as three year olds in 1868 ; and the Seaton Dolaval Stakes of 10 sovs each, h ft, with 200 added, for foals of 1866, to run as two year olds in 1868 ; all the additions to the stakes with out deductions. THE ENGLISH Tuar.—We give the events at the Leamington and Warwick hunt races, in which yr. Ten Broack was concern e d. He was not successful on the whole, winning but once out of many starts. A letter has been sent over here, in which it is claimed that Fitzroy, who broke his leg at Newmarket, was the best two-yr-old in England. Wo have our doubts about this, and remem ber to have heard something of the same sort about Paris, who is of no account now, and never was of much. Wilkes' Spirit ofthe Times, New York,. RACING FIXTURES FOR 1867. (JANUARY. Manchester FEBRI - ARY. Lincoln Spring Harrow 2l Nottingham 26 Derby ,CH. MA: Liverpool Spring Chelmsford Spring l2 West Drayton l9 Bromley Epsom Spring 26 Lewes Spring 2B Croxton Park 29 Northampton Windsor Spring 4 Edinburgh Sp. Meeting 6 Newmarket Craven 8 Curragh _ _ Thirsk Durham .. 22 Newmarket Ist Spring 22 Catterick Chester 3O Y. Harpenden Epsom Summer Newton 29 Croydon Chester (continued) 1 York Spring 7 Salisbury 9 Doncaster Spring Bath Ascot Summer 4 Windsor Summer Manchester Summer Hampton l3 Odiham l7 Bibury Club lB Stockbridge l9 Chelmsford Newcastle .. 25 Curragh Worcester Summer 27 Ipswich 27 ,Y. Do a N m n fo llo ra yal Corporate l7 Stamford Huntingdon 23 Winchester t 23 Southampton G3od wood Carlisle 2 Newmarket July 2 Pontefract Reading Liverpool July Meeting 10 llungerford Nottingham July NOVE. PAIBER. Leamington Hunt Liverpool Autumn 5 Shrewsbury ll AUG Goodwood (continued) 1 Ripon Brighton .. 8 Brighton Club 8 Lewes Egham ... Wolverhampton l3 Stockton Oxford . .... 15 Hastings UST. York August Dover West Drayton 22 Plymouth ..... 23 Canterbury Lichfield Derby Summer Weymouth Tunbridge SEPT] Warwick Alargato Curra.gh Leicester Abingdon 5 Doncaster OCT( Northampton Autumn. 1 Edinburgh Autumn Newmarket 2d October 7 Cheltenham l5 IMBER. Richmond .. Hendon Monmouth ... l9 Manchester Autumn 2O Newmarket Ist October 24 Walsall . 25 IBER. Curragh Newmarket Houghton Worcester Autumn STEEPLECILLSE FIXTURES FOR 1867. JANUARY. Manchester FEBRUARY. Carmarthen 5 Harrow Spring ... 21 Birmingham l2 airby Windsor MARCH. Liverpool Spring Grand Military Chertsey Talton York l7 Kildare hunt Seveuoaks COURSING. COURSING MEETINGS TO COME. DECEMBER. Name. Judge. Days of Running Aston, Cheshire Mr. Warwick Corrie, Lockerbie Mr. Warwick JANUARY, 1867. Huntingdon Club Mr. Warwick Lincolnshire, Holbeach Mr. Spafford Coole, co. Cork (Open) Third S. Lancashire, (South- port (Open) Mr. Westropp 9, 10, 11 Spelthorne Club Mr. Warwick Border Union (Longtown) Cumberland Barton-on-Humber, Lincoln Mr. Spofford .... 16, 17 Altcar Club, Lancashire - Wigtonsh. Club (Stranraor) Mr. Boulton Little Crosby County Louth Club, Ireland Mr. Spafford Ridgway Club, Lytham - 30, &c. FEBRUARY. Rufford, Lancashire Cardiff Club Mr. Warwick Waterloo, Lancashire Taraworth, Staffordshire ... Mr. Warwick 26, &c. I Share Railways. Railways. Closing Business ' raid * Price. done. , Bribtol and Exeter 'Caledonian Jumbrian Cork and 8and0n...... Cornwall . . Dublin & Belfast Juno. Dun„Perth, & Ab.Junc. I .lLondon, .scrip Certi. 85 87 118 120 40 18 4 8 85 68 70 72 Do. I , 31asgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Angl. st. No. 2 Great North of Scotland Great Northern Do. A stock Do. B stock I'4 'l6 27 28 5 6 1 6 111 126 12tt Do. New, Is. at 25 pa. GtS, and VV. 01 Ireland Gt. Western -Original , 0. , . S. Val. Rail gua.l Do. South Wales ....{ Do. W. Mid.—Oxlorul 90 92 5 L2j 30 3' 3) 35 Do. Newport Do. eford Lanc.ishire & Yorkshirvi LJndon and Illackwallj Lon., Brigh.,& S Coast Lon., Chat., and DoveP Do. Metrop. Ex. A Lon. & North Western Lou. & South Western Shel., & Lincoln Metropolitan. Do. New Do. Extension Metropolitan District Do. do. do. 1231 127 81 87 154 161 10 tO 1181 1181 81 63 43 53 121 125 p 10 11 84 86 Do. and St. John'aird Ilidland Do. £9 Share I2li 122 It 2 1 9J D 2 Do, Birmin & Derby %lid Kent . . North British Do. Ed., Pth., & Dun. Nth. Eastern—Berwick, Do. ii.N•E purchasel Do. Leeds Do. York 35 36 4 18 105 107 65 67 98 9,) Do. Carlisle ..... Do. Stock. 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Very soon after this number of the Spirit reaches the hands of our city readers the yachts Vesta, Fleetwing, and Henrietta will sail on their racing voyage from Sandy Hook to Isle of Wight. The race creates very great in terest, and there will be much anxiety to hear of the ar rival of the schooners in the English Channel. Some seem to think that it will be a feat of great daring to make the passage across the North Atlantic in these vessels at this season of the year, but it will not be so considered by seamon and those who are familiar with the history of navigation. The chances for fair winds and a tolerably good passage are much greater at this time of, year than they would be in February or March. Twenty years ago next February the William J. Romer, a New York pilot boat, sailed to Cork and bask. She had very heavy wea ther. We had occasion to remember the gales of that spring well, and have not often seen it blow harder than it did at that time. But from the 11th of December to the end of the month westerly winds will probably prevail, and not in such force as to prevent the yachts from carry ing a fair amount of canvas. By the end of the month, if all goes well, they ought to be in soundings, if not at anchor in Cowes Roads. The size of these schooners has made some people think that it is a terrible undertaking to sail to England in them. But the truth is,that the ocean traffic of the world was once carried on in no larger vessels, and the most notable disco veries of the great navigators were made in craft not so large, and not lull as well fitted to resist the perils of the seas, as these schooners. The big ships, except as men of war, are things of comparatively modern date. The size and grandeur of our steam and packet ships have made us forget the nature of the craft in which our ancestors sailed to the uttermost parts of the earth, and established their dominion on the seas. Two out of the throe vessels with which Columbus disco vered America were only half decked; the Pinta and Nina being quite open amidships. The ship with which Vasco de Game doubled the south part of Africa and defied the dreaded Spectre of the Cape, was 120 tons burthen ; her consort, commanded by his brother, was a hundred tons ; and the third vessel in that memorable expedition was only 50 tons. Jacques Cartier, sailing from St. Malos in France, discovered the Straits of Belle Isle, the Gulf of St. Law rence and Canada. His vessels were two, of GO tons each. In his next voyage he had three; one was 120, one GO, and one 40 tons. The vessels with which Willoughby sailed to navigate the frigid and stormy seas of Nova Zembla, in quest of a north-east passage to the Indies, were three in number : one was 180, one 160, and one 90 tons. Hawkins and Drake may be called the first yachts men, and their downright method of doing business has re cently been imitated by Brooke in the islands which Drake visited. They prevailed a good deal more by valour and daring than by size of ships. Drake's vessel, in his cruise under his kinsman, Hawkins, was the Judith, of 50 tons. After returning to England in her, he sailed with two vessels on his own hook. One of these was 70 tons. With these Drako crossed the Atlantic, took the towns of Nombre do Dios and Vents Cruz, on the Isth mus of Darien, and captured a convoy of gold, silver, and pearls. He also beheld the Pacific Ocean from the top of a high mountain, and this resolved him to return home and fit out an expedition to cruise in that great sea. Queen Elizabeth heard his plan, but determined to keep, techni ca Ily, at least, on the windy side of the treaties and public law; so Drake sailed again as a "yachtsman." He had five vessels. The largest was his own, the Pelican, of 100 tons. The smallest was the Swan, of 50 tons. He went west of Cape Horn ; took treasure and gems from ono ship worth a million of dollars ; sailed as high as the 48th de gree of north latitude in the Pacific ; dropped in at the bay now called San Francisco, and took pcssession of Califor nia; sailed away for Java and the Moluccas; doubled the Cape of Good Hope, and, returning to England, completed the circumnavigation of the world. Drake was out two years and ton months in the Pelican. When ho got back, stout-hearted Elizabeth went aboard to see him, and this first of yachtsmen, kneeling down on the deck, plain Drake, rose up Sir Francis. Now, here was yacht ing to some purpose. Moreover, it appears that the Mayflower, in which the Pilgrim Fathers, and mothers, to the number of a hundred and ono, men, women, and chil dren, took passage to Massachusetts, was only a hundred and eighty tons. So the abovementionod vessels, whose achievement aro for ever part of the grand history of navigation and the world, were none of them as largo as the least of the schooners in this race. It follows that, however we may look at it, our ancestors would not have esteemed it a heroic thing to have made the passage across the Atlantic in a schooner of above 200 tons, stoutly built, well fitted, and furnished with spare spars, spare sails, and preventer rigging. So far as danger is involved, it is less than that incurred by the people in high pressure steamboats from Cincinnati to New Orleans in ordinary passages, and nothing like as great as what happens when two go puffing and belching, and snorting and throbbing, with the furnaces red hot, in a race on the rolling river. To bear, not to dare, must be the motto of those who sail in the running schooners. In the Fleetwing the pas sengers will be Mr. Robert Center and Mr. Ernest Staples. In the Vesta Mr. George Lorillard and Lieut.-Col. Stuart M. Taylor will go. In the Henrietta, the owner, Mr. Bennett, will be accompanied by Mr. L. Jerome, and Mr M. Knapp. Bon voyage, say we ! and Larry, when the wind blows a screamer, and the waves run high, think of Jacques Cartier, in his vessel of GO tons on the Atlantic ; and remember the mighty seas off Cape Horn, pitching into the Pelican of a hundred, that bore the fortunes of Francis Drake. Do this, as you "freshen the nip" on the banks of Newfoundland, and in the frothy chops of the Channel. The Vesta is to be navigated by Capt. Johnson and sailed by G. M. Dayton. The Henrietta will be navigated by Capt. Samuels, and sailed by M. J. Lyons. The Fleet wing will be navigated by Captain Thomas. She was to have been sailed by Richard Brown, who took the America and the Sylvia to England, but he has resigned on soma matter of etiquette. This is to be regretted, be cause he is as good a man as ever trod a plank, and can handle a yacht to perfection. Some of the most stupid remarks that ever were penned and printed have appealed in reference to this matter. After reciting the experience of Capt. Thomas, in the ship City of Now York, and that of Captain Samuels, in the Dreadnought, the writer goes on to say, "It is to such men as these, whose experience in sailing fore-and-aft vessels admirably fits them fur the position, should be entrusted the charge of the yachts in such an undertaking as the coming Atlantic match, and not to the fresh water 'longshoremen." Now, this lubber evidently thinks that a fore-and-aft vessel is one that goes backwards and forwards across the Atlantic. In a former disquisition about a yacht be spoke of the beauty of her keel, not knowing the hull from the keel. We submit to all concerned, that this is a pretty fellow to abuse Dick Brown and the real nauti cal population of America. This stupid person is perhaps unaware of the fact that the seamen who go the long voyages are mostly foreigners, while those he calls "fresh water 'longshoremen" aro natives of this country. No real sailor ever underrates the men of the coasting traffic in this country or the British Islands ; but this person thinks that the further you get from land the greater the peril. Ho believes that the jeopardy is to be estimated by the depth of the water; and so it is, only the danger is greater in the shallow seas on the coasts, and not in the real blue water of the open sea. Bya supplementary article entered into after we published the conditions of the race, it has been agreed that neither vessel shall take a Channel pilot from New York. And by another it is stipulated that the end of the race shall be when the Needles Light is on the larboard beam of the yachts standing up Channel. But as they may not be able to stand up Channel so as to bring the light abeam, this article ought to say, " When the Needles Light bears . duo north the course shall be ended." As none of the yachts will have a Channel pilot, ono is as well off as another. There might be a contingency in which a pilot's services would be valuable. We take it that the captains who are to navigate the yachts have mostly run to Liverpool, and now, instead of turning north up Saint George's Channel, the course is to lay east by the S4illy Islands, and on past the Lizard and Start Points. Three hundred miles west of the Land's End the schooners will be on deep-sea sound ings, and if a Channel-pilot was aboard, and got the depth of the soundings, and the nature of the bottom brought up, he would know how to steer, in thick weather, about as well as if he had already seen Saint Agnes Light, or that at the Lizard. We here suggest that when a pilot is picked up in the Channel, the pilot-boat be forthwith sent into Falmouth with a telegram for New York. The in terest and curiosity hero will be very great, and a large amount of money will be pending. A day, or perhaps two, may be saved by letting us hear from Falmouth, in stead of waiting till Southampton is reached. In con clusion, we once more wish a swift and pleasant passage to all hands. RACE BETWEEN R. A. W. GREEN AND W. HICKEY, FOR £lOO A-SIDE. We have already given briefly the result of this affair, and now have further particulars, which we extract from Bell's Life in Sydney : This match, about which considerable interest was evinced in aquatic circles, came off, as arranged, on the Parramatta River, last Saturday afternoon. The stakes were £lOO a-side, and the distance one mile. These men have met on several occasions before, and Hickey has proved the winner on five of them. This time the distance was shortened, and the pullers changed boats. Six or seven steamers wore employed to convey the spectators to the scene of the contest, and all were crammed. They all left the Circular Wharf about three o'clock p.m., and steamed right away to their destination,which they reached in safety, though some of them rolled rather uncomfortably. Quite a fleet of yachts and pulling boats were present, all occupied by eager spectators of the proceedings. The weather was cloudy, and a still breeze from the S.E. blow ing, which kept the water somewhat lumpy. The betting was in Green's favour —odds from 4to 3 to 2 to 1 being freely offered, and cautiously taken. About half-past four Hickey got into his boat, pulled round the Illalong, which contained his friends, and was loudly cheered ; ho seemed confident in manner, bat far too fleshy, wo thought, to perform such a task as that before him. Green took to his boat shortly after, took a turn round the little Fairy, and was well applauded. He seemed everything that could be desired as to form, and cool in manner. Tho men now got together, and started themselves, Hickey (to the surprise of all who remembered Green's quickness in getting away) taking the water first., and get ting the lead. Green at once dashed after him, and before they got 200 yards on their short journey, was leading by about a boat's-length, pulling 37 strokes a minute. When 800 yards had been pulled, Hickey appeared to bo making his effort and got alongside of Green, but the latter put on a little spurt, and regained his lead, which he kept to the finish. Time, 7 min. 21 sec., there being a head wind and an ebb tide. Green left his skiff for his trainer's gig, and was loudly cheered. Hickey soon got on board the Ilia long, where he met anything but a gratifying reception from his friends, many of whom had backed him heavily, and who, like most people who lose their money, did not feel at all satisfied, indeed many loudly asserted that they had been sold. The steamers and the immense fleet of smaller craft at once made for Sydney, which was reached safely by every one. The stakes were paid over at Mr. O'Brien's, Tattersall's Hotel, in the evening, by Mr. George Thornton, who had acted as umpire. In paying over the money, referring to the statements made that the race had been sold by Hickey, Mr. Thornton took occasion to assert his opinion that the race was a fair and honest one, both men having done their best. Cheers were called, given for both the men, and suitably acknowledged. Mr. Thornton threw out a suggestion as to sending Hickey to England as our champion, but nothing definite was done. With regard to this race, our opinion is that it was quite "square." The distance suited Green to a T, and he was in splendid form— never better—which his constant practice has largely contributed to. On the other hand, the distance did not allow of the development of Hickey's strength and endur ance; and it was evident he was not at all in condition, which he attributes to the short time he had to prepare himself, and his changed mode of life, ho being in busi ness, and not nearly so actively employed as he used to be. At three miles we feel confident he could boat Green, and there are many who agree with us. The Italian Parliament FLORENCE, Dec. 21. To-day, in the Chamber of Deputies, Signor Ferraris was elected fourth Vice-President, and the Committee of Presidency is now complete. Signor Mari, on assuming the office of President, delivered a speech in which he dwelt upon the loss sustained by the House through the death of seve ral members since the last Session. Baron Ricasoli brought forward a Bill proposing that persons holding certain offices should not be eligible for seats in Parliament. He also introduced a bill for the construction of roads in Sicily. The Minister of Foreign Affairs presented to the Cham ber the Treaty of Peace concluded with Austria, the convention with France relative to the payment of the Pontifical debt, and various diplomatic docu ments. Signor Scialoja, Minister of Finance, in troduced bills relating severally to the administra tion of the Treasury, the accountability of the State, the provisional exercise of the Budget of 1867 for the period of three months, and the extension to the year 1867 of the financial measures voted in 1866. Signor Scialoja announced his readiness to give the Chamber an account of the state of th e f i nances, but expressed his belief that it would be better to defer doing so until the Ist of January. The Green Book laid before the house contains documents relating to commercial and political nego tiations with the States of the Zollverein ; to special negotiations with England ; t o an international monetary convention ; to v ar i ous i nternat i onal ar rangements having for object the prevention of cholera ; to affairs in the Danubian Principalities, Candia, Servia, and Montenegro ; to complaints ad dressed by the Italian Government to the Republic of Venezuela ; to affairs in La Plata, P eru , and Chili ; and to the Treaty of Commerce with Japan. The Green Book also contains liO documents re lating to the union of Japan with the Italian kingdom. CRUELTY IN RAILWAY TRANSIT. --At the Petty Sessions, Edmonton, yesterday, William and Charles Lowe, horse slaughterers, Cambridge, appeared to answer a csarge preferred by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, for causing to be conveyed from Cambridge to London two horses in such manner as to cause them unnecessary pain and suffering. The secretary to the society stated the facts. On the 3d inst. the defen dants hired a cattle-truck at Cambridge, into which they put two old, decrepid, living animals, and two dead horses, and consigned them to Atcheler's, knacker, London. U pon arrival at Tottenham , the animals were seen struggling on the floor of the truck, the shaking and motion of the train having caused them to fall; and while in this posi tion they injured themselves and each other by plunging and kicking. It was contended that the cattle-truck was an improper vehicle for the conveyance of animals ema ciated, and put together without dividing partitions, and that unnecessary palm and suffering must follow such a course. The defendants pleaded guilty, and promised not to repeat the offence, and in future to kill their old and discarded horses at Cambridge before Bonding them to London. The magistrates said this practice was not only a very cruel one to the horses, but fraught with danger to the other animals, which might become infected with glanders and other contagious diseases. It must be stopped ; but this being the first offence against defen dants, they would only fine them £3, including costs. HER MAJESTY'S STAG HOUNDS.—This pack met on Friday at Warfield, and a stag was uncarted whose name was "Accident," in consequence of his suffer ing an accident the first and only time he bad ever been before the hounds, from which he subsequently recovered. This being the second time ho was bro u g ht to the field, ho showed himself a very-gallant animal, as he gave the field a very fast run of one hour and a quarter—heading first to wards Shottesbrook. lie afterwards changed his course, and bore away towards Wink field, through IV ink field park, on to New Lodge—passing the front of the Belgian Minister's residence, where the owner of the noble man sion, with Madame do Weyer, witnessed the exhilarating sport from their door. Ile thou made towards Clewer-hill and on to the Long-walk, Windsor, after passing through the gardens of several of the gentlemen living near Queen's villas. At the top of the Long-walk he attempted to leap the railings, but his unfortunate luck stuck to him, because he had a second accident that will mos t p ro b a bly termi nate his existence. lle was deservedly regretted by all the field.a6 one of the " plucky sort," SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—Ths Day. CITY BETTING—THis DAY. There was no business of any importance transacted to day—the principal topic of conversation being the Great Ocean Yacht Race from America. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. ---This Day. 11 NE BOROUG II- STREET. AN AMATEUR POLICE CONSTABLE. - 'now rough-/Ooking fcIIOWS, named Bryan, Smith, and Sullivan, were charged before Mr. hoax with loitering for the purpose of commit ting a felony. The prisoners were seen, together with another man not in custody, in Compton-street last night by a young loan named Wm. Scherer, living in Broad-street, Golden-square, dodging about t, waggon in Wardour-street, and a dog cart and railway van in Bend-street, Scherer having fol lowed theni from place to place, Smith and Sullivan tak ing an active part. At last the prisoners were seen by the police, and they were then taken into custody. Sullivan asked Cheney, 87 C, whether he saw him do anything wrong, and Cheney said that had not a boy jumped out of the railway van he (Sullivan) would no doubt have taken something. Bryan said that three weeks ago he came from New haven, where ho was with 50 others discharged from work. lb was no thief, and was on the way to the Vine-street Station to got a ticket for the workhouse when the other prisoners said they would show him the way. Sullivan said he was never in a police-court before, and was on the way to the police-station to got a ticket for the workhouse when the police took him. Mr. Knox said the prisoners conduct was very myste rious, and he would have them remanded that the police might make inquiries respecting them. THAMES. TOBACCO SMUGGLING. EXTRAORDINARY HEAVY PENALTY.—Wm. Farrant Chenoton, who gave the first two names only last night, was brought before Mr. Par tridge, charged with having in his possession and smug gling 122 lbs. of foreign manufactured tobacco and cigars, which had not paid duty. Mr. Garner, barrister, on the part of the Commissioners of Customs, said that under the Customs Consolida tion Act the prisoner was liable to a penalty of £lOO, which was the amount sued for in this case. James Fry, police sergeant, No. 658 A, and Robert Bil lings, 103 H, constable, were in Lower East Smithfield this morning at an early hour, and saw the prisoner with a load on his back. It was a sack containing something bulky. The officers stopped the prisoner, and asked him what the sack contained, to which ho replied old pieces of bread and the refuse of ships. The sack was opened. It was full of tobaaco and cigars. The prisoner said that a man over the water gave him the sack and its contents to carry for him, and that he was to receive a shilling for his trouble. Mr. Partridge said this was a very bad case of smug gling, and asked if the prisoner was known ? Billings and Fry said the prisoner described himself as a ropemaker. They believed ho was a sailor, and had bought the tobacco and cigars from a foreign-going steamer on the river. Mr. Partridge fined the prisoner £IOO, and in default of payment six months' imprisonment. IINRYLEBONE. horse - n k W eep n e o r s , G w o a o s sE e S h E a N rg T e ll d om w E. it — h W b i e l i l n ia g m d tch nk ard a s n , (l a disorderly. Stuart, 348 S, said—Last night he saw the prisoner outside a poulterer's shop in the Maldon-road. He was abusing the tradesman. It appeared that the prisoner had bought a goose, and•ordered it to be sent home. A goose was sent home, but prisoner said not the same one, and he went back to the shop about it. The tradesman said ho had not bought it at his place, but higher up the road. lle was the worse for drink, and as he would not go away he was taken into custody. Prisoner said it was true he was there. He was annoyed at not having the same goose as ho purchased sent homo. He paid 7s. Gd. for it, and the one they sent was not worth 55. Mr. Mansfield said under the cir curnstances he should discharge State of Trade. -r-- BRADFORD, Dec. 20. —There has been rather more doing in wool since Monday, and though it cannot be said there is animation, yet there is a much bet ter tone prevailing. The smallness of the stocks in hand enables staplers to be extremely firm in their quotations, and the hardening tendency continues. In worsted yarns spinners have their frames well engaged on contracts previously entered into. The demand on the part of t!:e shipping houses has slack ened, but still some sorts are inquired for, especially in lustre yarns, single 40's, and twofold 40's. There is rather more doing for home sorts. Carded yarns are also in better request. Spinners who have re cently disposed of their stocks are necessarily much firmer in their quotations in consequence of their altered position. There is a slight improvement in the tone of the piece market. Both the home and foreign trades are exceedingly restricted. Owing to the firmness in wool and cotton prices are stiff. TIIE SUSPECTED F.'OISONING IN NORFOLK.—ln quiry into this case has been adjourned. Mary Grief has been admitted as evidence against an aged relative, who is expected to have administered the arsenic to the unfor tunate children in whose remains the poison has been de tected. In all, three infants—the illegitimate children of Mary Grief, and her sister Sarah Grief—have been disin terred, and traces of arsenic have been observed in each case. . The coroner's jury has returned a verdict " That the children died from the effects of arsenic, but by whom administered there is no evidence to show." The further inquiries which the police are making may, perhaps, throw some further light upon the subject, but at present the evi dence given as to the administration of the poison is very weak and inconclusive. In the body of one of the child ren enough arsenic was discovered to have caused the death of a full-grown person. SIR DAVID BREIVsTER ON LIGHTING DARK ROOMS. _lf , i n a ver y narrow street or lane, wo look out of a win dow with the eye in the same plane as the outer face of the wall in which the windowis placed, we shall see the whole of the sky by which the apartment can be illuminated. If we now withdraw the eye inwards we shall gradually lose sight of the sky till it wholly disappears, which may take place when the eye is only Gin. or Bin. from its first posi tion. In such a case the apartment is illuminated only by the light reflected from the opposite wall, or the sides of the stones which form the window ; because, if the glass of the window is 6in. or Bin. within the wall, as it generally is, not a ray of light can fall upon it. If we now remove our window and substitute another in which all the panes of glass are roughly ground on the outside, and flush with the outer wall, the light' from the whole of the visible sky, and from the remotest parts of the opposite wall, will bo introduced into the apartment, reflected from the innurner atle faces or facets which the rough grinding of the glass has produced. The whole window will appear as if the sky were beyond it, and from every point of this luminous surface light will radiate into all parts of the room. Builder. NEW GAME AT TIIE TITILERIES.—A new game has been invented by the Empress Eugene for the a.nusomont of her guests. Tho official reception at Com piegne terminates at 10 o'clock. Her Majesty at that hour retires to her private apartments, where those of the invites whom ehe has honoured by a special invitation aro received by her without any ceremony. A vslvet bag, filled with slips of parchment, on each of which the name of a guest is inscribed, is handed to her Majesty, who draws from thence a single name. Tho individual thus chosen by fate is bound to relate a story which will amuse the company during the space of ono hour. At the last party M. Edmond About excollod in this story-telling; but it appoars that the amusing contributor to the Figaro, Alboric Second, h as thrown him completely into the shade. _ - MONT BLANC IN WINTER.—It WIS strange to see everything so familiar, and yet so utterly diffe rent from what we had over known it to be. Lovely and treacherous as the steep green slopes of summer pasture had always been, they were yet more lovely and treacherous now that they lay smooth with untrodden snow. Pure as the fresh green of the young meadows might be in summer, their winter dress was purer still. And never on the loveliest summer's day had the atmo sphere been so exquisitely clear; the view so wonderfully grand. The whole range of Mont Blanc stood out free from the dark seams which in the hot season mark the desertion of the snows ; and from Mont Blanc eastward the horizon was studded with all the white peaks which link the summits of Savoy with the furthest giants of the Boniest) Oberland. —Once a Week.. A Paris correspondent informs us that on Wed nesday evening a complimentary- dinner was given at the Grand Hotel to his Excellency John Bigelow, United States Minister, where he was welcomed by isa p as said d y o n t f ia p t wa th r e d s H o o f t e 3 l o Odeladies a a l nd i d slv gentlemen. ll te I o p en t during the Exhibition to receive foreign military men, and more particularly the Militia of New York, among whom the 7th National Guard are fully expected to visit the French capital during that period. The Emperor is stated to have given orders on the subject 271 81 117 128 71 8f 71 51i II 2 1,1 1 127 j I 6 7[j'; 86 161 15j 119 18i 191 81 2j 3 1241 I 1 101 1 851 6 121/ 21 11 2 SI 36 i 1051 61 66} colga 9 65 3 i II 81 THIRD EDITIO.W. SUN OFFICE, 6 o'CLocK. i~ JS'• ay to Coster rived from the loath lotel Li re- 1 in a six don, unty eave it to 3 Lo front lef t He - eo- lin- was nil- was lOU q 1 too 1