The Sun. — London, England, 1867-12-14 00:00:00

inst. closes but whololi Dickens and an People is Dickens, on charter two greenbacks• as a decided tug. F i e 20th ult. , of the great g Whe n ) seems obit" novos him to interpreter of and ge ntle' lc lies befor e ut he Well 'm by heart. is artificia l ' prepares 3 700 a of nine lee' I off, an d the Bi will. Mr' ino, the nol B6 ated slips are at silence ° j n ited Stat es not address 3 ring be g oe3 ,rthwith. 'ZONEy MARKET AND COMMEROIAt INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. In the general discount market there continues to be a fair demand for accommodation, and the rates demanded, except in exceptional instances, are fully e qual r to the B an k m i n i mum o f 2 per cen t. The Nine v eh h as arr i ve d f r om Sydney with 13 8,000 in gold. It is notified that the half-yearly dividend, at the !ate of 10s. per cent., on the debt of Ecuador will be paid on the 31 s t i ns t. r rhe next general meeting of the shareholders of the London Joint Stock Bank will be held on the 16th January, when a dividend will be declared. 11 0 fifth general meeting of the proprietors of die London and River Plate Bank (Limited) will be held on the 30th inst., when a dividend will be declared. T he Treemator Granite Company's shares have bees quoted at par to prem. Tile half .y ear l y di v id en d d ue I s t Janalry oa th Il lontevide an Six per Cent. Loan of 1864 is adver tised for payment in due course. Messrs. P. P. Nana and Co., the agents, announce that they will be prepared on the 6th January to purchase, on P re seutation:to them, at the current market value, b ends to the extent of £12,064, being the amount of the sinking fund. A general meeting of the Para Gas Company (L iited) is called for the 20th iust., when a divi' 'Lend is to be declared. The meeting will be made special, to authorise the directors to issue shares "to bearer" in respect of any shares that are fully Paid up. The shares of the Anglo-Argentine Company were to-day quoted at -I to prem. T he specie movement during the past week has be en of a very limited character as regards the im ports, which h ave amoun t e d t o a bout £165,366 nelu cling £11,600 from New York, by the Den mark*j ; £33,600 by the D e lta, £16,047 by the 3r ussia, and £5,431 by the Cuba. The Rifleman, from Australia, has brought £57,000 ; the Syria, from Alexandria, £3,430 ; £17,058, in gold, has been rec eived fr om P ortuga l , an d £19,400 i n s ilve r fr om thee Continent. Th e ex p or t s have been £30,000 to the ' a Pe of Go o d H ope , by th e R oman ; £65,818 to th e Brazil s, b y t h e O ne id a ; an d t h ere h ave b een remit tances to the Continent, through private sourc es, cs estimated at £263,799, the total amounting T he directors of the English and Australian Cop ter Milling Company (Limited) have received ad lces from their manager, dated Port Adelaide, 29t h Oct o b er l ast. Th e quant i ty o f coa l a t was 131 tons, and at Port Adelaide 30 tons. Th ere were fou r f urnaces a t wor k a t Port Adelaide and one refi nery. A s soon as a sufficiency of fuel had accumulated at Kooringa the furnaces would be t e:light e d . Since date of last advices a sh i pmen t o f 2eo tons of copper had been made. ci „. Mocatta and Goldsmid, in their bullion tak en State as follows :—Very little alteration has t enders place during the past fortnight, though the s e i l ilde ncY is rather downwards, the price of bar k ve , r being 60id., while the nearest quotation for 69 41 can dollars is 581 d., the last rate having been ha d. All the gold which has been received lately t , 6 been readily purchased for exportation, and in have absence of large arrivals some considerable sums :,a•ve been taken from the bank. The French Ex change, however, is now ruling firmer, which to un le extent diminishes the demand, while the high ra tes quoted from New York would lead us to ex- Peat an importation of gold from that quarter. '-rhe traffic receipts of the East Indian Railway for ,, the week ending the 20th October last were 4 ,023, aga i nst £35 , 868 o f th e correspon di ng Re ek of the previous year. • Two o'CLocx. The market for the English Funds exhibits lees 1 4 : 11i nation, and prices are a shade flatter. Consols 41 'e declined 4, to 93 e for money and account. rho New Threes and Reduced Annuities arc 5 - I ; Exchequer Bills, 28s. to 31s. prem. ; India I ,Per Cents., 1121 ; ditto Enfaced 5 per Cents., ; and ditto Bonds, 58s. prem. Th e transactions in the Foreign Stock market h 47 b een unimportant. Mexican, however, have , a 0 2 eitned to 154 2 and -Spanish Passive, *, to 1,1. 26 ) but Gre e k h av e advanced 1, to 12; 131; ot ah all are dull at 451 I, and Turkish 5 per Cents., ; Spanish 3 per Cents are at 35f 36. pr Lee New H on d uras L oan i s s t ea dy, a t 11 to lf n a. h A merican Securities are very inactive. Illinois 41;1 a dvanced 1, to 894 904 ; and United States 5- at 48 ° 4 4d8 : 711 721 ; while Erio Shares are steady 9 h tia lltic and Great Western Railway Debentures .eriE eti 1, to 22 23, and the Consolidated Mort gage 4 bonds are firm at 19 20. t r . a & V ery limited amount of business has been nB acted in the Railway Share Market, although do g few in s t ances pr i ces are a shade fi rmer. Cale eontill,,ll and Great Western have each improved 1, 1 , 0 ,. -° righton while North-Western and Metro -4' : it : II have each declined 1. of • e Foreign and Colonial lines exhibit no change llt p o rtance. 1: a llk Shares are very quiet. Anglo-Austrian, 13,: e ., have improved to 9 3-16, London and 4 t g all to 16; London and Westminster are I; ed 69 4 ; and Union of Australia, 50/. a 4c ollaneous and Finance Shares are generally h o 014il de firmer. Atlantic Telegraph 8 per Cents. O r : e illl Proved to 91 93, and Peninsular and fage lcate" Steam to 57. Viceroy of Egypt's Mort -1.401t11 remains steady, at 724. MINING MARKET. SATURDAY, Two P.M. th 'ill i e mark e t t o -d ay h as b een d u ll. B asse tt, S e t on , 44d.?tron Moor, Chontales, Frontino, East Basset, ja r eat South T o l gus h av e b een f r e e ly o ff ere d. 2red are the latest quotations : q 01 4 4, ar la Brea, 2 24; Chiverton Moor, 545 f ; Chentales 1 2 ; ; Clifford Amalgamated, 54 6 ; East Basset, 10 „ kat Caradon, 51 54 ; East Lovell, 8184 ; East Russell, L32 F rontino and B o li v i a G o ld , 18 s Od 20 s Od ; G reat 17 1 6 8 Y' 17 1 181 ; Groat Retallick, ; Groat Wh al Vor, Tr esk ; Xtike Vall e y, —; N or th C ro fty, 21 24 ; No r th Naa e , at bY, 31s 33 s Od ; P r i nce o f W a l es , 49 s 51 s ; W es t Tin .sl ;, "--; South Caradon, —; South Frances, 24 26 ; t i ) ac t i'l 13 14 ; West Caradon, 101 111; West Chiver h,ea; West Seton, 183 195; Wheal Basset, 75 80 ; ~bo 2 Gs 28s ; Wheal Mary Ann, 19 21 al 2 etoe ; 90 95; Great South Tolgus, 23s 25s Od. n tRITISII FUNDS.--CLOSING PRICES. a .-"2IIMICKEICT FUNDS. Der u e ' 921 I to, , at. Consols 92f f 11 pe 6 Aeeount 921 1 tie a%llt• Itedllend 92} i 4,. ;1 ' - Per ent tt 2 ti 1 Per Cent. Jan. 1894 o 4 14:, *. Per Cent. Jan. 1873 h minti es ) expire sth Jan 18y ...... 1--°° (led 00 yrs expire sth April ~ 1880 ) Sea TelOvaph), Aue., "". ilarch. June ko ' , tier Bins, £l,OOO, 2 &21 per Ct 2B. gp t be. .C5OO 31 pia si l k ()I , £lOO & £2OO D e xaightid Stock, 41- per Cent • Account 1 INTlyr. ` ll, li a ,,` ~..1 GOTERNMENT SECURITIES _ the - ,i t° ek, 101 per Cent., April 18i4 bo ~ ecount 112} P o. Per Cent July, 1880 p o ' Per Cent.. Oct. 1888 b • Certificates — _ 00: ,I%ufaced Paper 4 1372 ent 104 1) 0 "z,Per Cent., Jan. _ D o, n Per Cent , May 1879 _ ' 4 Per Cent., Itup. Deb., 1# 572 10 0. _ do. 1877 1) 0 33 . 1 -,°• do. 188'' _ _ 0. Bondy e` per Cent., Aug. 1873 58 pm Do °4 ` 18 ., 5 per Cent., £l,OOO ' under £l,OOO Pra rßetur. REIGN FUNDS—CLOSING 1,4 Republic, 6 per Cent A i4tri ' 1.1 .21 .4 n 4 , 101 .141, 5 per Cent, 1859 _PRICES. 1 ; 5 Per Cent — 'l. per Cont., 18 52-58-60 D° b 0 _ —0 • 1863 ~ per Cent., 1865 .8. f 1) ° '"e'°l-Int 131100. 100 13,.)n.a.,; ..................... ,a,oB Ayres 6 per . Ce* ..... ..... C. , ) 2 per Cent. (Defend 3 par Cent.) e 4 :1 1 6 Cent i t dervr cea.t bu,ll Per Cent . N u''... ..................... bo', ' I ,7 Per Ce 1867 nt., 1866 1 b'ell Pi 4;/2 Pai(i i i 1.. ro t E, Dec. 13. 'BS Christian, rove out yes - F. li. and Holly Grove. this morning, Park. In. Mrs. Wel' he Queen and [c Castle yes" ng invited. [ERICA. ton. PARIO. ) -1 rsiDA Csnferenee...°4 eration of Powers rig be d en Turkel "11 addressed 11 3 Bu inform DI n of " t Lance of . se to you the Odeon D 7 e, December c was notified o' of the Author el 1 grand ode sgisl3tif 311' Pesth Willb° in Ilungoll° ;lighted At the 411 North 00171 • ae since, palu • minute e%*111; owing reniarto re madness is firearM• Is et r to is lighter, lie of the ne ed w ith the vie' rformane e 1 " at the o'l' e the Pie ° e ,_„t icle the livit Ming to P tall, to see f i o r or days P— yre° exertions 'ever, all bed point was r ite d ou bt wer e 7 0t ay, the /1114 d 6 conceive ¢, Da y prO VC s oi He purPo Dhambers 11P° tha t °3° p a pers oc a of two ,4 F ren ch egn ii , Tnar dent, ° i f) coney st et L to the 1 31 1:ip madatu e ' t to s subsegilell.ol tion of P °lit4 of 2,205 Ploy Ither collect, t t Are bigger - to abontl" re o the tr il e P 00 ;er A t 14. 4 1 - 011. 1 The 1185e u . tio o ider °ir e " - se ; !ac he ver, (D e a us r 01, rinc e l a '° tural 9" - for 1 0$t foo t P t their he July 1 g 113$ at >n ne t 1 . e f tba be golf " 1, 0 1 6 ions t ° be , Year' 6. 1._ o bol_ a grey to e 612°11 he ld h a s bee - ° o sio 0 r of an d e a th red t'z' IV mon o,. 0 0, t 1° b e e s abou t 10 be e ar 11 o ve a n y ivit's ios i ot l ion of bot, of ri° l/ A. t the 1 " . en.;--.ra • Do, d hone r 5 PC „Oa A a soui e c " 0 . ; the c ' rg fou PD more' , n the W° for in Pr d og re o t the n 1 12 9 b1e r ow. c ia mit 113 0 s irfl t t ithe be b th uro'ij r , ig ° t o ; ,,d the 5 ° At yer, MO; te r sonae _coo )ar.•„, t al et° oe at avo t C°ll' 185 0 8 at tile' nO rt 5 deb! t • 11-1 00 0 101 0 Op el. : TV 0 'Els* Tia ra e • Ga ' l coto' fj ter c of b e big aeo nits atie` 4, „ tUo , r oo nt ring the 031e-nabian, 6 per Cent~ Danish, 3 pr Cent., 1825 Danubian Principalities, 7 per Cent — Do 8 per Cent., 18G7 Equador New Conaolidated, 1 per Cent — egyptiar, 7 per Cent 10. Second Issue D .C5lO Bonds Do. £loe Bonds B9 Do. 1861 r 85} D0..£5)0 Bonds Do. £lOO Bonds ..... 87} Government. Railway Detwiltures 93 Greek, 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex Coups Do. Account Dd. Coupons Do. Account Girtternalit 5 per Cent ha'Lim 5 per Ccrt., 1865 Do, Account .. )o. Marennnana Bail way 11. , xicar. 3 per Gent Ditto for Account DO. 1864 I D o 1 per Cont. Anglo-Fronch ilontevidqau C. per Cent. .. Aoorish Imperial 5 per Cent `Tow Orinada Do 3 per Geo Do. Deferred Do Land Wfirronts (Hectares) Peruvian 5 por Cent. 1865 Do Account Do 41 per Cont. ( - Uri harron) Do 41 por Cent.. 1862 Do Account Portmguese 3 per Ct., 1.85:i, '6, '7, '0,'60,'2,':± 401 . 1 101- Russian 5 per Cont., 1822, St B6l Do 41 per Cent. 1850 Do 41 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cont~ 1862 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1861, £lOO Bonds BB I Do. do. £Bl los. do. Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds .. 871 Du. do. £B4 15s. do — Sard , nian, 5 per Cent 72f Spanish 3 per Cen Do Acci/unt Do New Duforrod Do Account Do Passive.... — Do Account Do Cent. Cert. of Cou:. not funded Do Account - 2urkish 6 per Cent., 1854 • Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do Account Do £lO6 Bonds 631 21 Do. 1863 Do 5 per Cent., 1865 Da Account Do G per Cent., 1865 521 2 Do 1 por Cent., G ua ranteed Venezuela, 3 per Cent. Account Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Dividends on the abore payaole in London. Austrian a par Cent. Ex 10 Florins Ex. 25f. ,••• Belgian. 41 per cent., _ Dutch 21 per Cent. Ex. 12 Gail., Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ..... French Rentes, 3 per Cent.., Ex. 25f. Its Han 5 per Cent. 1831, Ex. 25f. Do. Account 4 si TWO t.VOLOOK. Consols, Money' 924 Do. Account [The following appeared in our Latest Edition of yester day evening.] CITY, HALT'-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK. Consols have closed at 92i 93 for transfer, and 921 93 for the account. There were gold operations of importance at the Bank to-day. The latest prices of foreign securities are as fol lows, viz.:—ltalian, 454 i; Greek, 121 13} ; Mexican, 15j. 16i ; Spanish Passive, 254 26 ; the 3 per Cents., 354 36 ; and Turkish 5 per Cents., 33} 4, showing little variation since 2 o'clock. American Securities have slightly improved. United States 5-20 bonds are 714 721 ; Erie; 474 484 ; and Illinois, 90 4. Annexed is Messrs. Alex. Collie and Co.'s Man chester Telegram of Friday, Dec. 13 :—Our market continues quiet since Tuesday ; prices have declined fully a farthing per pound on yarns, and three halfpence to threepence per piece on cloths. Tho following are the latest quotations of som e of the principal railway companies' shares this afternoon :—Caledonian, 754 to 75; ; Great Eastern 314 to 31! ; Great Northern, 109 tá 111 ; Great Western, 44 to 444 ; Lancashire and Yorkollire, 1234 to 1244; Brighton 514 to 524; Metropolitan, 115,i to 1154 ; Midland, 112 to 112 1; North Eastern (Berwick), 99 to 100 ; and South Eastern, 684 to 68!. MARKETS—(IItis Day.) COVENT GARDEN. FRUlT.—Apples, 4s Od to 8s ; chesnuts, lOs to 16s ; walnuts, lOs to 16s porbushel ; cobnuts, is ; grapes, 3s Od to Gs ; pine apples, 3s to Gs per lb ; lemons, Cs to 8s ; oranges, 6s to 8s per 100 ; pears, 2s to 4s per dozen. VEGETABLES.—Artichokos, 2s to 4s ; beet, la to 2s ; cabbages, is 3d to 2s ; cauliflowers, 3s to Gs; tomatoes, Os to Os per dozen , carrots, Gd to 8d; herbs, 2d to 4d; leeks, 2d to 4d; turnips, 3d to 4d par bunch ; celery, is to is 6d; horseradish, 3s to 5s per bundle; endive, is Gd to 2s ; lettuces, is to is 6d per score ; onions, 4s Od to ss; spinach, 2s Od to 3s per bushel; potatoes, 80s to 170 s per ton. POULTRY. Turkeys, 7s to lOs 6d; geese, 5s to 5s 6d; ducks, 3s Od to 3s 6d ; tame rabbits, is 01 to is 61 ; wild ditto, is to is 21 ; pigeons, Od to ls ; pheasants, 3s Od to 3s 6d; partridges, 3s Od to Os Od ; hares, 3s 6d to Os ; woodcocks, 3s 61 snipes, is 01; pintail, is 6d to Os 01; widgeons, is 2,1 t o Os Od ; plover, Od to Os ; Surrey fowls (per couples) Os to Os ; Surrey chickens, Os 01 to Os ; barn door fowls, Os to 5s 01 ; English eggs, 14s to 15s per 100; French ditto,los o lOs 6d ; fresh butter, is 2d to is 51 per lb. NEWPORT. Beef Mutton Per Sibs by the carcase. IVIIITECHAPEL. Beef 3 0 to 4 4 1 Veal 3 0 to 4 2 Mutt on 3 0 to 1 4 1 Pork 3 0 to 4 0 Per 81b by the carcase. HIDES AND SKINS. Market Hides, 561 b to 641 b, 24d to 3d ; 641 b to 721 b, 3d to Bid ; 721 b to 801 b, 31d to 3}d ; 801 b to 881 b, 31d to 41d ; 881 b to 9Glb, 41d to 5d ; 9Glb to 1011 b, 41d to 511; 1041 b to 1121 b, 5d to 51d ; horse hides, 9s 6d to lOs 6d. Calfskins, light, 2s Od to 4s Od; full, 7s Od. Sheopskins, polled, Gs 6d to 7s 6d ; half-breds, os 0,1 to 5s 9d ; downs, 4s 3d to 4s 9d. HAY. SmintrlELD.—Meadow hay, 55s Od to 84s ; clover, 60s to 105 s ; and straw, 30s to 36s per load. A small supply. CUMBERLAND. —Meadow hay, 55s Od to 85s; clover, GOs to 105 s; and straw, 30s to 36s per load. A slow sale. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 55s to 85s Od ; clovor, 60s to 105 s ; and straw, 30s to 36s per load. Demand inactive. The new drama " Valjean," which has been expressly adapted from Victor Hugo's celebrated work Les Miserable, for Mr. Charles Dillon, was brought out at the Theatre Royal, Manchester, on Wednesday night. Those who have road Victor. Hugo's work will have a general idea of the main features of the drama, although the author of the adaptation has been compelled to condense to a great ex tent, and has thought it necessary materially to alter the denouement. The author (says a Manchester contempo rary) must be supposed to know better than one else his own meaning, but a very great many, we feel certain, will see in it, whether he intended or not, something higher than the dramatic presentation of a social problem. They will in it an exhibition of the very vital spirit of Chris tianity itself. Here we have a- poor ignorant benighted French peasant, with only a glimmering of intellect, consigned to the galleys for stealing a loaf of broad in order to save from starvation the children of a sister who has brought him up. For successive attempts at escape, his first term of punishment is increased to a period of nineteen years, tand when at length his long period of slavery terminates, and ho is sot free, it is only to find himself spurned byevery one, a mouthful of bread denied him, and every door shut in his face, although he has money to pay for food and lodging. In this dire ex tremity, and literally compelled to sleep in the streets, a good Samaritan, a priest, has compassion upon him, takes him to his own house, feeds him, and provides him with a bed, locks nothing up from his grasp, leaves plate within his reach, and when the old Adam comes over the convict, and he decamps with his benefactor's valuables, and is caught and brought before him, the divine spirit of Christian charity steps in and saves him from the conse quences of his theft, the obdurate heart is melted, tears that have not moistened the eye for twenty years flow freely, and the immortal soul is saved. The good deed is never forgotten ; ho henceforth lives an honest man, though persecuted and tried to the utmost. This appears on the face of the drama as the great leading principle. The events we cannot detail, but WC think it necessary to say so much as to what we conceive to be its key note. The author has admirably worked it out, and probably he could not have found an actor more capable of exhibit ing it successfully than Mr. Charles Dillon, who seems to have a remarkable power of entering into and developing this kind of drama. At some of the Parisian theatres play bills of the per formances are now sold which contain in the centre a photograph of some remarkable scene in the drama - which is being played. The Vaudeville, the Opira Comique, and the Ambign, aro the houses wherein at present they may be obtained. A new phase of co-operation has been developed at llochiale. For some time past a theatre has been greatly needed in the town, and at length a few working men took up the matter, launched a co-operative society, with shares of .£1 each, and obtained a fund of £G,OOO. Tho theatre, which was opened a few nights ago, will accom modate 2,200 persons. THE SUN, LONDoN, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 14, 1857. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. SPORTING INTELLIG.%NCE. • The blowing in of tie prison wall in Clerlcenwell is the topic of universal comment. The Times calls i a 'crime of unexampled atrocity. We are, it says, not a sangui nary people, and acts of wholesale murder are rare in our annals. Till yesterday we could not have believed that there lived among us men capable of planning such a deed as has just spread destruction over a whole neighbourhood. The infernal machines of 1800 and. 1835 have been rivalled by the diabolical device of the Fenian conspirators. In order, as it is supposed, to rescue two of their accomplices who had been remanded by a magistrate and had been placed in the House of Detention at Clerkenwell, it has entered into the minds of the rebels who arc planning the overthrow of the Queen's Government in Ireland to destroy the wall of the prison at the moment the prisoners were taking exercise, and to carry them off through the gap which the explosion should create. So far as regards the effect of the powder, the experiment was horribly successful. A vast breach has been made in the out.T wall ; not less than sixty feet have been. blown away, and the precincts of the prison are encumbered with the ruins. Never was the tre mendous powder of gunpowder more clearly shewn. If the miscreants who have done this deed are capable of remorse, they may well be overcome by the thoughts of their day's work. Burke and Casey are still in confine ment. Nothing that their friends can do is now likely to deliver them from the necessity of answering for their actions at the bar of justice. The conspirators have to no purpose committed a crime which will bring down on themselves and their scheme the execration of the world. If one of them escapes, all that he will have to look back . upon is the slaughter of a number of innocent people ; the burning and mang:ing of women and helpless infants, the destruction of poor men's homes and poor men's property. Some forty persons are dead or wounded. It is terrible to think that there are, no doubt, still allying us others planning outrages equally dastardly and deadly, and that any day may bring some disastrous news. In the Irish outbreak of last March in the attack on the police-van at Manchester, in this traitorous enterprise at ClerkenNvell, the Fenians have shewn that they shrink not from bloodshed, even for a most inadequate end. Their object is now apparently to create a terror throughout the United Kingdom, and such is their unscrupulous ferocity that with a large class of the community they may so far succeed. If the country, however, can do nothing else, it can take care that those who actually suffer at the hands of these public enemies shall not want care in their sufferings anti compensation for their losses. As to the Fenian conspiracy itself, it must be evident that the time is past for clemency and forhearance. With traitors and assassins such as these there can be but one course. We desire to say nothing which may aggra vate the bitterness of English feeling, or increase the indignation which will burst fbrth to-day in every part of the land. We feel that the Fenians have filled to the full the cup of wrath, and that in dealing with them public opinion will need rather to be restrained than instigated. We would im. press on our readers the duty of looking at these events with as much calmness as is consistent with human nature, of remembering that not every Irishman—nay, not even every processionist and every listener to seditious speeches, is a Fenian. The conspiracy to which these Clerkenwell assassins belong is probably directed by a few, and its active co-operators may be only some thousands in the whole kingdom. This leaven might, indeed, if left to itself, soon leaven the whole lump; and it is therefore necessary to remove it at once. It is evident to the Post that the Fenians are despera does of no common stamp, and will hesitate at the com mission of no crime, however monstrous. We have heard a great deal of clemency and conciliation of late, and have tried it again and again, but it is manifest that the only method of dealing with such men is to vindicate the law sternly and implacably, and to inflict in every case the full punishment due to their crimes. With men open to the ordinary feelings of humanity clemency may be fitly used, and may often produce greater and more lasting effects than strict justice ; but with wretches like these, capable of whole sale assassination of the kind which was perpetrated yester day, there is but one course likely to produce any good result, and that is to smite them swiftly and surely with the penalty they so richly merit. Henceforth the utmost rigour in the execution of the law becomes a necessity, and the blood of the murdered men who now lie the dead victims of yesterday's diabolical plot would cry aloud against the extension of grace or favour to any one of those who ferns part of a conspiracy which is not only capable of such deeds, but which glories in their perpetration. It is high time, too, that the police autho rities should stir themselves to make the increased exer tions which the gravity of the case requires. It is not sufficient merely to watch "suspicious characters," such as. were seen congregating around the Clerkenwell Prison, and to let then. organise and carry out their plots uml,er the very eyes of authority. If the means of gaining information are not sufficiently perfect, better means must be devised, and more rapid and effective measures must be taken to utilise it. The Daily News calls it an outrage which in the diabolical wickedness of its design and in the murderous consequences attending its execution has scarcely any parallel or precedent. The feelings of indignation and horror which this diabolic outrage excites do not need to be height , nsd, and cannot, indeed, be fittingly and fully expressed in words. Its wickedness is portentous and almost superhuman. The mind shrinks from dwelling on the sights and sounds of distress which the hospital walls enclose, on the physical tortures of the unhappy victims of the outrage, and on the mental anguish of those who discovered there the friends and relatives they sought for but feared to find. Possibly the perpetrators of the crime did not know the full force of the explosive material they used, nor the strength and resisting power of the wall, and the resulting force of the aerial rebound that destroyed the Louses on the opposite side of the way. But they knew that they were deal ing with a murderous instrument, and were putting to hazard uncounted innocent lives. It is time to ask who and what are these secret and deadly enemies, who are as reckless of their own lives as of the lives of their innocent victims? who live in our midst, discharge for us the menial works of our industry and civilisation, are our hewers of wood and drawers of water, and who spring a deadly mine upon us without a moment's notice? With all the researches of our detective police, we know little of the inspiring principle and organisation of Fenianism. The people of this country, as the Standard well ob. serves, are law-abiding and peaceful. But a repetition of such outrages as this may very easily change the feelings of the populace. There were ominous cries in the crowd last night for Judge Lynch. There were evidences, which no observant man could mistake, of a terrible earnestness in the curses, not loud but deep, that were elicited from the mob as each mangled victim of Fenian prowess was borne off to St. Bartholomew's or Gray's-inn Hospital. God forbid that we should fan the flame. The Go vernment is strong enough to protect the public, and it will do so. But it is plain that the extreme limit of conciliation, and forbearance has been reached, and that henceforth there can be no question of leniency to the designing leaders of this course of murder and outrage, or to their reckless dupes. We sincerely trust and we have reason to believe that the perpetrators of this last crime are by this time in the hands of the police. We know now what sort of men we have to deal with, and how to deal with them. It is a terrible thing, ruminates the Herald., that in the midst of the metropolis, at this age, a street should be demolished as if by an enemy ; that detectives should be on the watch to guard our prison walls from the assaults of armed strangers ; and that practically something like civil war should be raging in the very heart of London. But the 'Very Powerlessness . of Fenianism is proved by its audacity, and the astonishment of the public is a test of the absence of real ganger. Still, it will not do to tamper with the spirit which has grown up amongst us of late. The time has come —and the temper of the anxious crowds that gathered round the scene of the cata strophe yesterday proves it—when the Government is bound to exercise all the rigour with which the law en trusts it as the guardian of the lives and property of the nation. There can be but one sentiment amongst all Englishmen at such a moment, that of a righteous resentment against the malefactors who are thus openly at war against society, and of stern determination to pro tect its rights. The Telegraph has no doubt that this latest act of the secret society will put to flight all that sentimental sym pathy which has been lavished on the Fenians in some quarters. When they conspired in Ireland, when they made war in Canada, when they took the field in Kerry and Dublin, they. were treated with a leniency that no other nation on earth would have shewn. The lives of their leaders were spared, and the dupes who followed them were lightly punished. The clemency of the British people is first rewarded by the murder of a con stable in the execution of his duty, and now by an unprovoked and savage outrage which tu.s scattered wounds and death among innocent and helpless house holds. , Hitherto the Fenian conspiracy has not been regarded with any feeling much stronger than repugnance, but the Clerkenwell tragedy has revealed a depth of guilt that precludes all further mistake. This detestable act of yesterday has a fearful value of its own, since it plainly► discloses the true nature of tho league, and the enormities which spring from it. British civilisation, fully warns will now wake from its arobv- and take ample rneasu of pOpemtiop. SALE OF BLOOD STOCK AT PARIS. In expectation of an important sale, comp rising 11 well known horses from Major Fridolin's stud, sportsmen as sembled in rather strong force at Cheri's laF..t Wednesday, but the majority were doomed to disappoin'Lment, as just before the commencement of proceedings it was announced that a protest had arrived from the juLdor partner, which prevented the sale of all the La Morlaye 1 , 14. It being as signed that a split in the cabinet had tak 311 place relative to the partnership of the stud, at least that the Eastern partner wishes to get out of the concerti or to become its sole master, friendly arbitration has bill 4:1 to bring matters to a crisis, which may account for this protest, and it is said that in the course of a few weeks th e subject will in terest the lawyers. However, as the horses have boon ad vertised for a fortnight., it is a pity that.inatters were not arranged a little sooner, fur, besides ' , tinging down the whole of the professional element from Chan Lilly and Le Croix " to be sold," instead of to witness a sale, we noticed several commissioners from a much longer distance, in cluding ono from Belgium and one from the neichbourhood of Rouen. After the usual sale of hacks an 1 carriage horses, the following thorough-bred lots were put up and they realised the prices appended:— SHARE LIST.--This Day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Railways. i'rfetol anl - Exeter .... 'aledonian ........... 'ltzoorian 'ork and Bandon...—. on:Iv:All üblin & Belfast Jun un„Verth,.ii. A b..Juns S. London, scrip err Ai do. lasgow & S. Western! 'Great Eastern, Ord. s ik4 I Do. E. Angl. at. No. '4 tOrcat N orth of Soo Until kilreat Northern Do. A stock ..1 Do. B stook Do. New, ts. at 25 p,..1 ;tit 8, and W. of IVeitern Du. S. Val. Rail gus.l Do. South %Vales Do. W. Mid.—Oxford Do. Newport. Do. lierabrd 'LAnnaehirc.t Yorkshire) Landon And Illackwalil bou.,lsrit? - 11.,.. 6 CoApt; . And Doted Do. Metrop. Ex. A .North WeAterbi I.on. aouttl 11 - met itj !!dAn., atiei., Z Lincoln ' ..•1 ropol aim . 1)o. iNew Do. Extension Aletrupohtau District do. do. do. and St. John's W", tiltd;a :d Do. .£9 Share Do, ligrby AM IS rut . . jNorth Itrit:sh Do. Ed., 1.%11., St. Dan. z Eastern—Berwiok Do. U.N*.E purehaer Do. Leeds Do. York Dc.. • • .. Do. Stook. it Darling. Do. do. ISSO-61 North Ltsntiou Do. do. 1t 4 61 5 . IDo. Jo. 1566 . Ziorth Station_Ware I N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Cuutral 6c, , t. N. E , A Ser. stocie 130. Scot„l.lld.*took " Shropttiire .Union ! South Pcvon loath Ea*tcrn At‘ines, Wok., & Wok l'atr Yale Do. C VKle of Nenth Waterford & Waterloo & Whitelia.f West Cornwtli Closing Frio'. 13 - 1 --.- 63 751 75 2u 39 2 4 74 76 70 72 95 93 311 11l 7 6 15 lOU 111 111 i li2j 121 1,5 96 VS 41 14, 25 30 29 3i 1 - 1231 I 41 Sli 42i ii 3; lot 1151 116 77 71 16; 075 15} 115/ 105 106 - - 112 it 24 SG 62 33 31 93 100 5) 61 sgli 814 130 132 114 116- 1 lip 5) 61 ISO 11% 37 S 8 42 44 CS b: 145 ,$0 ant. Consul. Gold, lim 1 "•-• - k;hiverton ;litiord Amalgamated 3O 54 6i evon G. Cons. (Tam: 1 41u 430 rakewalls 2.1.0 East Bassett (Illogan) 294 10 12 104 )1 .'ast Caraiton 14.1 5 6 51 East Cam Brea 3l 2 21 :list Grenville ..... 2.11.0 11 3 East Gunniatake 5.3.1. East Loved 3.9.0 8 9 E. W'l Russell (Tavistki 11.7.4 14 2 0 - arn.A. StAubyn(G wen. 66 4 6 4 Great Laxey, limited all 17 18 13 Great South Tolgus 0.14.1 Great Wheal tiosy 11.9.0 - G. Wheal Vor (I.leist,%l, 10 17 19 9.0.6 11 14 Iferod'a Yoe' 8.10.0 35 37 tungsten Downs 5.10. 24 2/ Ilar,garet (Uny .Lelant;l3.l7.t 6 8 Marko Valley. 4.10.t 41 51 4 llwyndy Iron Ore, 11m 31 21 11 New S ton North loskear . I SS/ 6 7 N.Wh Bassett(ltloganl 1.4.0 - North Wheal Crofty 2.13.0 2 3 Prosper United 8.11.0 2 24 Providence ;tiny Lelanti 10.6.7 29 3t S. Caradon (St. Ulcer) ll 380 400 South Condurrow 1.2.0 * I ri.Wheal Fran. (1110gan,18.18.9 374 424 'Stray Park . f 35.15. • 4 6 Tin Croft 9 13 14 Vigra and Clogan, lim all West Bassett (Mogan W. Caradon (Ltskeardl 1 f 1 t 11 West Chirerton ll 7t 73 West Seton Wheal Bassett tlllog - an 54 674 724 Wheal Buller (.11.edruth 16 16 1 Wheal Mary Ann (Men 8 18 20 Wheal Scion Wheal Trelawney (Lis 5.17.0 6 8 ataTisu rossEssloNs. 100 Atlantic .5; St..Lawrenee all 63 65 at 1 Bom.,Baroda,4Cen.ln. 100 1(4 1(5 1044 I gu. 6 per cont... 20 Do. shares lO p 4p 204 Buffalo .k Lake Huron all 34 4 10 Do. Preference 100 ' Ruff Brant 1.; Goderich p.c. 1872-3-1 IVO 68 71 at Calcutta ,t S. E., litre lOO at ...;al-e Town el; Dock, gu lOO 18 t 2 100 Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p all 19 112 st East. loellsal, gu., sdo 100 (3 114 1054 st East Indian, gu. 5 p.c.l 100 110 1104 1121 114 20 Do. .1 Extension. 15 at ;rand Tr unk ol Canad s 100 17 18 too '4O. Equip. Mort, Bond,' 1 charge 5 p.c I all 03 65 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds all 50 52 44 100 Do. do deferred 100 Do. 2d Bonds all 40 45 100 Do. do. deterred all - tOO Do. 3d Pref. Ftock all 32 34 too Do. do. deferred 100 Do. 4th Fret. stock 100 Do. do. deterred at t. India Yen. gua. sp.e lOO 107 108 111 4 ?0 ;'o. Giza. 5 per cent lB 2lh 30 00. New gua. 57. a 6 2 at li t. South of India gua. 5 per cent at Do. 44 per cent lov 92 94 at Do 2 204 . Ireat Wes. of Canada all 154 154 16; 204 Do. New .. .. all - 100 Do. 6p. c 13(.5. pay. 1871 all 95 87 100 Do. 5, do. pay. 1877-9.. all 85 87 10 Indian Branch, limited 3 1 1,1 at Madras, gua. 5 p.o .... 100 100 102 1 MI at Do. 11 do lOO 03 15 at Do. 44 do lOO 69 91 29 Do. Fifth Extension 5 at Ilelb. Cor. 6p. c. I3nds. 100 60 „Mel. llobson'a Bay — et F.ltl.C'da,6po letpf.ba 100 i.. 3 15 at Scinde . 100 100 104 et Do. Delhi w2O Do. do . 15 1 1 P at Do. Punjaub.... n.. 100 99 100 at Do.lndua St.Floi. 100 45 57 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. - British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec. 31,1872.... 100 - - - Can.Gov.6 p.o.Ja.d6 July 1877-80 - )o. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug.. 1 0 101 1t.3 1021 - A/0.5 p. c. Mar. & Sept 10u 101 lt3 - I Do. Sp. c. Jan. & Jul) 100 10 92 01 - IDo. sp. c. Inscribed ak 100 89 91 - Cape G.llope, 6 p.c.1873 100 102 1(4 - 1 0 o.Ap1.&001,1890-1900 100 1(6 1(8 951 - Do. do 1880-90 100 104 106 - Do. Jan.&July, 1890-4. 100 107 109 - Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 lOO 95 a - i Cd) lon, Nov. 1868, 6p. • 100 - - - I Do. 1878, do lOO 'll 110/ - Nl:turning, 6p. a, 1873, Jan. and July - Do. le7B ... lOO 106 108 - Do. 1882, Mayls, Nov.ll. 100 105 107 - Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug lOO 107 109 - Natal riov. 6 per cent lOO 1(4 106 - N.B.Cov.6p.c.Ja.&July 100 103 105 - N. S.W. Gov.s p•c.,1866 100 - - - Do. 5 p.o. 1871 to 1876 } 100 98 99 Of - Do. 5 p.o. 18 8 8 to 1895 100 971 98i 94 71 - New Zealand, 6p. cent 100 - - - Do. 5 per cent.... - Nova Scutia Gov. 6p. c sterling', 1875 l9O 1(3 105 - ueensland Gov. 6p. e lOO 103 104 1031 - .Ans. Gov. 6 p,0.1868-9, 100 - - - Do. 1870 & upwards ! 100 110 .11 - Vio,Gov. 6 p.c..buctJuly! 100 - - - Do. do, April Jr Oct 1 100 110 112 110; - eitiurmitNNUß ti Bristol and Exeter 4 per cent stock, i,reat Northern, %per cent. rd. at North Eastern, Cons., 4 per cent., Ditto, 4. p..lr cent. rd., 91 Snuth Eastern (Reading ALns., £1.0.6), 22i A KlSti. 85} ) per cent. pm., IOC) FREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. London and S.-Western 4 j per cent., 89 FOREJGN ktAILVYArt. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 81 Central Argentine, 13 Dad). Rhenish, "'"'Ditto, new, 3 Sambre and Meuse, 61 FOILICIGN Chontales Gold and Silver Mining, lira., 3 Don Pedro, North Del:ley, 26 poi Port Phillip, 1 BAlilibi. Agra, lim., A, 71 Angie- a us trian,.,9 Anglo Egyptian, lim., 17 Australasia. el British North American. 48 9 Caartcred Au'. of India, Lon don,'and China, 291 City, 12 I aperial Ottoman. Um. 0 5-'6 Llndon and Brazilian, 16 London and giver elate,l3l London and Comity. sfi 6 London Joint Stock, London and 11 cstminster, 691 9 Ditto, Scrip. 34 8 Midland Bank, lim., 191 6 National Provincial of England, Ditto, .1 and :Id issue, 31 Union or Australia, 50,1 MISCELLANEOUS. Anglo-American Telcgraph, lim., Atl Telegrapn, 41 flit o, g par ,ent., 00} Merlin Water Works, urn., 13 City of Moscow Gas, 11w., 11 Continental Union Gas, lim.. it under of Engissio. 11w.. 2 13.18 Nast India Irrigation and Canal, 171 Egyptian 9 per Ccut, Viceroy Loan, gua by Egypt. Gov., 16 Ditto, d tto, (all), 9. , 1 Loudon Financial Association, ltm., 8 Lon ors and Provincial Marine, Ocean Marine Insurance), or'ental Gas, lim., Peninsula and Oriental Stearn, 67 Viceroy of Egypt (Mortgage) Loan, 72} A new jeuno premier, of whom report speaks highly, has been engaged at the Gynmase, and will shortly make his first appearance. His name is Pnjol, and he comes from Marseilles. "Jean le Poste" (" Arrah-na-Pogue") is a groat success at the suburban Tbd.itre do Bolle•illo. M. Ernaux plays Jean, lladlle Hubans Norab, M. 11.. Rose the Colonel, and M. Aubert Daniel M'Coum. Since the withdrawal of the "Grande Duches - e" from the Variete's a sort of "scratch" programme has been made up. It consists of four - unimportant pieces, whereof one has an English title, being calkd "Furnisled Apart ments." lineinene dene. 751 6 Ii 6 311 i The Property of M. Lupin. Frs. Laurentia, oh f, by Pretendant out of Miss LAW rence, 2 yrs (M. Perry) •- 850 Marevidis, (brother to Dollar), by the Flying Dutchman out of Payment, 4 yrs (Mr. T. English) 630 Torello, ch c, by Dundee out of Sauvagine, 3 yrs (M. Scntier)... 1060 Belonging to Different Owners. Lesko, br g, by Womersley out of Myszka, aged (Count de Lair) 890 Le Batailleur, b g, by Martel-en-Tete, dam by Pleni potentiary, 3 yrs (Mr. Jordan) 200 Mandoline, oh in, by Minotau.t—Retta, aged (Count do Cosset to) ... 910 Souvenir, br g, by Elthiron out of Itutbful, aged ... 200 Bay colt, by Gustave out of Nancy, 2 yrs (M. Duriez) 250 NOMENCLATURE. The following names have been given : Mr. 11. Wright's Yearlings. Bay filly by Vengeance out of Contraction Expansion. Chestnut filly by Surplice—Cosotte, by King Tom Bay or brown colt - by King of the Forest out of Lady Graham, by Yellow Jack ... Sapling. Bay colt by Cavendish out of Julia, by Tod- dington Bay filly (late Meander) by Cavendish out of Bohemia, by Weatherbit Mendieity. Mr. J. Alexander's. Bay filly by Underhand out of Bilberry, by Simoon, 2 yrs Cocoatina. Prince Soltykoff's Yearlings. Chestnut colt by Glenmasson out of Sandy Lass Sand Boy. Bay colt by Citadel, dam by Jordan out of Black-eyed Susan ..... Stronghold. Bay filly by Oxford out of Whist Brown filly by Tim Whiffler out of Breaker Brine. NIMROD'S "SYSTEM' OF BACKING HORSES. In the St. Martin's-lane County Court, on Thursday, before Mr. H. Bayley, Ext., judge, Mr. H. Eldridge (Nim rod), an advertiser of Turf "systems," appeared in action to recover the splendid sum of £2 from Mr. William Wright, the sporting printer and commission agent, of York-street, Covent-garden. The plaintiff summoned Mr. W. Wright for £2, money entrusted to the said W. Wright as commission agent, to invest on a certain horse, which the plaintiff denied having been done. His statement was to the effect that he had 255. in hand, and he forwarded a Post-office Order for 16s. 3d.-Is. 3d. for commission on non-starter, and the remaining 153., with the 255. already in hand, to be invested on Rama at starting price for the Shrewsbury Cup. The plaintiff stated that he received a voucher acknowledging the receipt of 16s. 3d. ; ho said it ought to have been for ..£2, and if the horse had started that Mr. Wright would have invested tho 15s. The plaintiff took great pains to inform the court that Mr. Wright advertised to give a start for the money, and printed at the foot of the note in red ink that no money would be returned or transferred until the starting note was returned. The plaintiff submitted that as he had neglected to do so the bargain was off, and he was entitled to the return of his money. In defence, the defendant's clerk assured the court that Mr. Wright had carried on the business for many years iu an honourable ,and straight forward manner, and repudiated the plaintiff's attempt to cast such an unjust imputation on his character. The defendant's clerk produced a letter received from plaintiff The following is a copy : "171, Fleet-street, November 12, 1867. " "Mr. W. Wright. "Sir,—huntsman and Confederate being non-starters yesterday, you have now 255. in hand, loss 5 per cent. commission. Enclosed is a Post-office Order for 16s. 3d., which with the sum in your hand will amount to £2; this please invest on Rama for Shrewsbury Cup at starting plice.-1. remain, Sir, yours respectfully, * "11. ELDRIDGB." The entry in the book vas also produced, which his Honour considered quite satisfactory, and dismissed tho, case, much to the surprise of Eldridge, who on leaving the court made use of vulgar and insulting language. RACING FIXTI FEBRI URES FOR. 1868. ,lIARY. Lincoln lB Harrow 2O MA: Liverpool Spring M. 3 Chelmsford Spring M lO West Drayton l2 Nottingham Spring .. .25 Derby Spring ;CII Epsom Spring Meeting 24 Northampton AP: Durham Hendon l3 Newmarket Craven 13 M 2 Chester 5 Wiochester York Spring Salisbury ll tIL. Lewos Spring Newmarket Ist Spring 27 1 Path I Croydon Ist Summer 1I ;rponden Epson Summer NE. West Drayton 1 Croydon 2d Summer Ascot Summer 9 Windsor Summer I Bibury Club 23 Stockbridge Chelmsford Summer 30 I Alexandra Park 3O LY. Huntingdon 2l Nottingham July Goodwood Worcester Summer 2 Newmarket July 7 Reading Liverpool l6 AUG Brighton Brighton Club 76 I Lewes Summer Wolverhampton ll i Stockton Windsor Egham lB Hastings SEPT] Warwick 1 Abingdon 8 Leicc6ter Doncaster 8 Richmond OCT Bedford 1 Newmarket 2d October 5 Cheltenham l3 NOV] B hro wsbury York Oxford Canterbury Derby Summer Weymouth Lichfield Tunbridge LIST. ;MBER. KQlso l5 Hendon l7 Monmouth .. l7 7VolTmarket let October 22 West Drayton 29 IBER. Newmarket Houghton )9 Worcester 3,18 ER. G. lO STEEPLECHASES. JANUARY, 1868 1 I Reading FEBRUARY. Birminghm 11,12 I Lincoln MARCH. Manchester Grand Military l6, 17 1 Cheltenham ........ 7,8, 26, 27 A SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY FOR THE UNITED STATES.—On Wednesday last the Standard made the fol lowing remarks :—"A few days ago we stated that a move ment had been set on foot for the establishment of a Sou thorn university in the United States, and that the assistance of English Churchmen in attaining that object has been sought by the Rev. F. W. Tremlett, of St. Peter's, Belsize Park. It is necessary, however, thatit should be fully understood that this is not in any souse a sectional movement. It is intended as an offering to the whole American Church, and not to the Southern States as against the Northern. Nor does it proceed from any single party in England; both High Church and Low Church are associated in it. All the archbishops and most of the bishops, all the colonial, metropolitans, and many well-known leaders of Church opinion approve of it, and have expressed their willingness to co-operate. Several eminent statesmen, both Conservative and Libo ra', have promised to assist. Amongst the subscribers are Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Gathorne Hardy, Earl Stanhope, the Earl of Shaftesbury, and Lord John Manners. Upon the committee are the E trl of Carnar von, Lord Cranborne, Earl Nelson, the Archbishop of York, the Bishop of Ox fer,l, Mr. Beresford Hope, and Mr. Gladstone. There certainly could be no better representation than this of different sections of Churchmen. The feeling which has led to the movement is the desire to draw closer the bonds of sympathy between England and the United States and the English and American churches. The cordial reception given to the American bishops who at tended the Pau-Anglican Synod has already produced very gratifying results, and it is felt that to assist in the estab lishment, or rather the restoration of the Southern uni versity, would further strengthen friendship and mutual respect. It will be a pleasing memento of the visit of the American prelate to England. The Bishop of lowa, in a recent lettter, expresses himself in a manner which .proves that the subscriptions raised for such an object will create no jealousy in the North, and will he received in the bust spirit by Episcopalians throughout the States. The uni versity was originally intended to be to the United States what Oxford and Cambridge aro to England, end by none is its restoration more desired than by the American 104110p3 who recently visited our ancient universities." L4l 52 lit 19 1151 151 11 Se I 106 a 50 1, 'll2l I 111 991 100 1301 THE DIABOLICAL OUTRAGE AT THE HOUSE OF DETENTION. The persons in custody of the polico have not yet been subjected to an examination be a police magistrate. The delay occa sioned by the Crown authorities being fully employed with the case of Burke and Casey. In the event of the prisoners being examined before Sir T. Henry, this afternoon, as chief magistrate, they being Crown prisoners, we shall publish the proceeding;. in our late edition. AUSTRIA. DCO. 12 (Evening ) The Pre.rm of to-day says :—Weare inform:l that the French Cabinet is about to 433113 a manifesto, acquainting the Powers that, in accordance with all M. ltouber's statctnenti, Franc; has placA the ter ritorid possessions of the Papacy und.T her guar antee. The Morgvz Poll states that military conferences are about to be held in this capital, under the presi dency of the Archduke Albrecht, to discuss the question of the reorganisation of the military frontier district. LONDON GAZETTE.-LA,T EVENING. • WHITEHALL, DEC. 12. The Queen has boon pleased to present the Rev. henry Grey Graham to the church and parish of Nenthoru, in the presbytery of Kelso. and county of Berwick, vacant by the transportation of the Rev. John Barclay to the parish of Old Kirkpatrick. ADMIRALTY, DEC. 11. Thomas Scotch••r Nunn, En., has this day been •pro motel to the rank of Chief Engineer in her Majesty's Fleet, for his gallant and humane conduct in April, 18tit, during the war in Now Zealand. COURSE OF EXCIIANGE.—Last Eve%ing. Amsterdam Short.. 11 18} Ditto 3 Months. 12 01 Rotterdam Antwerp —2 Z Brussels — 25 321 Hamburg — 13 9k Paris Short 25 10 Ditto 3 Mouths-. 25 271 Marseilles Frankfort on the Main© 1201 i. Vienna — 12 3 ; Trieste — 12 3L Petersburgft Berlin Madrid —48 f Cadiz Leghorn Milan 11 19 12 1 12 1 25 40 25 40 13 10 23 20 25 35 25 35 1201 12 37f 12 37f 32 6 27 48j 28 95 28 95 28 95 28 95 28 95 28 95 51 51 Genoa Naples Palermo Messina Lisbon Oporto 28 70 28 70 28 70 28 70 51f 51f RACE BETWEEN INDIANS AND HORSES AI BOSTON. An interesting and novel race occurred at Riverside Park, November 22, between the Indians Young Deerfoot and Young Steeprock and the horses Empress, 31‘01ellan, and Jessie Wales. It was a match for 2,000 dollars, the conditions being that one of the Indians should start with one of the horses, the horses each to trot one mile alter nately, and the Indians to run as they chow. The latter were to run three miles and a quarter while the horses trotted six. The weather was rather raw and chilly, with threatenings of a snow-storm, and the ground of the track was mud for a depth varying from one to three inches. Considering these facts, the time made by both men and horses was very good—and had it been a good day and good track the advantages would have boon more favourable to a victory for the men. The attend ance was quite large, notwithstanding the unpleasant weather, and the race was watched with a great deal of interest. The match, as originally made, included India Rubber among the three horses, but just prior to the opening of the race it was announced that he would not start, and Jessie Wales was harnessed to take his place The change, of course, affected the bets. Tho Indians and the horses came upon the track about three o'clock, but it was after half-past three that they were sent away on the race. The Indians are good-looking specimens of the diluted blood of the " noble rod man," and stand about sft. 10in. each, with very good physical development.. Young Deerfoot is said to be a eon of the noted Indian runner of that name, who years ago raced on the old Cambridge track. Ho is the largest framed of the two, and is considered the fastest runner. They were dressed in suits of flannel, fitting close to the skin, and had on low, black leather shoe , , large enough to give the feet plenty of room, wore no stockings, and had no covering to their heads. At the commencement of the race Deerfoot was stationed at the score, and Steeprock at the quarter pole. Empress was selected to open the race for the horses. As she came down to the score and received tho word, a flag was dropped from the judge's stand, and Steeprock started from the quarter pole as Empress left the score. He ran well and reached the score, having made his quarter mile in 1.05, and was relieved by Deerf oot, who made his half mile in exactly two minutes, having been passed by Empress on the first quarter. He in turn was relieved by Steeprock, who made his half male in 2.10. In this way the race was carried out, the Indians relieving each other at the score, running a half mile at each dash. At the end of Empress's first mile she was relieved by M'Clellan, who trotted twice round the course, making his first mile, and was in turn relieved by Jessie Wales. When Jessie had made her first mile Em press again started, and at the end of her mile was followed by 31‘Clellan, who is turn gave place to Jessie Wales. The slippery condition of the track, as we have described it, affected the speed of the Indians and fatigued them considerably, although neither of them appeared at all blown at the end of their respective half miles. Erich of the horses broke frequently and ran considerably, although they did not ga'n much by it, except in relief from trot ting. As Steeprocl - , who had the last half mile to run, passed the quarter pole, Jessie Wales, in the last half mile of the horses' distance 'Assad him, and decided the race in favour of the horses, it being of course impossible for Steep rock to run as fast as the mare could trot. Deerfoot, who had gone up the home stretch to meet him, joined him near the upper turn, and the two jogged at an easy gait down to the score, neither looking at all the worse for the work they had done. The following is a summary of the race :-- BIYERSIDE PARK, BRIGHTON, MASS., Fliday, NOT. 22, 1867.—Match 2,600 dDllars ; the Indians, Young Daerfoot and Young Steeprock, to run 3i miles while the three horses, Empress, M'Clellan, and Jessie Wales trot six. Indians. Time. Steeprock, Ist quarter mile Deerfoot, Ist half mile 2.00 Steeprock, 2d half mile 2.10 Deerfoot, Sd half mile 2.20 Steeprock, 4th half mile 2.50 Deerfoot, sth half mile 2.45 Steoprock, Gth half mile 3.33 Horses. Time. Empress, Ist mile n'elellan, 2d mile Jessie Wa'es, 3d mile 2.42 Empress, 4th mile AUGlellau, Oth mile 2.41 Jessie Wales, Gth mile 2.18 Aggregate 6 miles in 16.15 Aggregate 3f miles in 16.43 —From Wilkes's Spirit of the Times. THEATRICAL GOSSIP. Miss Clara Thompson is engaged at St. James s for Christmas. Mr. 11. Irving, of tho St. James's, joins tho Queen's at Christmas. "No Thoroughfare," now in course of preparation at the Adelphi, and in which Mr. Pechter will appear, will con sist of at least fifteen scenos, and will last the entire evening-. Crosti, an excellent actor at the Opera Comique, has been compelled by a severe family bereavement temporarily to quit the stage. M. Mazzolini, the well-known tenor, has been engaged by M. Perrin for the opera, and has arrived in Paris. It is not yet known in what role he will make his debut. Madlle. Scrivaneck commenced on Saturday last a series of performances at the Theatre de Cluny. Her first appear ance was in the " Gamin do Paris." Mr. Harry Beckett, principal low comedian at the Thoatre loyal, Birmingham, joins the Prince of Wales's company at Liverpool at Christmas. The director of the Vaudeville has cancelled the engage ment of Madame These in consequence of her refusal to play a part assigned her. The performance of Hamlet by Madame Judith, at the Gaite is immensely popular, and many of the Parisian critics aro ir. eestacies about it. Of the version by Alex andre Dumas and Paul Meurice, ono critic says —" It is a translation grandiose, poetical, and of marvellous exacti tude. Alexandre Mums ought to love Hamlet—has he not revivified hint in his 'Comte de Monte Christo ?' As to M. Paul Meurice, a poet also nourished on the marrow of lions (sic), he has necessarily brought to his task all the respect ho professes for Shaks: ere, that precursor of Victor Hugo who is our Shakspore." In place of the "Divine Williams," of whom the French have now ceased to speak, we have, in the same article from which the above extracts are given, "Le Grand Will." This version of " Hamlet" was completed in 18.47, and was offered to the Theatre Francais, but was declined by the management. It was then produced at the Theatre de St. Germain en Laye, a house which Dumas had himself caused to be built. It was played for the first time on Dec. 15, 1817, with Rou- Tiere as Hamlet. Its termination was then happy, the Ghost appearing to the wounded Hamlet and tolling hint he should live (" Tu vivras"). This has now been ex punged, and Hamlet dies poisoned by the sword of Laertes. Madame Carvalho has been compelled by fatigue tem porarily to quit the Lyrique. The representations of "Romeo et Juliette" have in consequence to he discon tinued. "Faust" and " Rigolet to" are now played on alter nate nights. COTTON AND RAIL WAYS IILYDIA. Mr. Campbell, a gentleman oonnected with rail. ways in India, and recently returned from that country, bad an interview with the committee, and communicated some valuable information upon the capabilities of the Punjaub and other parts of India for growing cotton, and the means by which irrigation may be made more extensively available, and additional facilities for the/transport of cotton be secured. The soil of the Indus valley is an, alluvial deposit of great depth, and well adaptc for the cultiv:ltion of cotton. his residence at Urnritsur, which he decribes as the Manchester of the Punjanb for Commerce and enterprise, gave him opportunities of witnessing the marvellous changes effected on theppeuing of the Punjaub Railway from Lahore to Moulton. He never saw anything like it, though engaged in railway work in England for more than a quarter of a century. He is of opinion that the Punjoub could cnmpete with any part of the world in growth of cotton, both as regards quantity and, quality. Scinde and the Punjaub, including the States under control, cover a❑ area of 130,000 square miles, with a population of about 25,000,000 of people, industrious and hardy for labour. The water power is immense (luting the hot seson, caused by the melting of the snow on the Himalayas. Cotton grown on the banks of the rivers could be easily conveyed by water, or rail, or road, in different directions, and canals made from these rivers for irrigating purposes would make the Punjaub one of the most fertile countries in the world. The thanks of the committee were given to Mr. Campbell for his interesting information, and he was requested to become an honcrary correspondent of the asso ciation. It is fully expected that by the beginning of 1869 continuous railway communication betwiJon. Calcutta, Madras, Bombay, and the Punjaub will be established. The clearing-house system of this country will soon be applied to India, and the most satisfactory arrangements will be made for the inter. change of traffic, which must be advantageous both for the companies and the public. There will also be a thorough audit of accounts by well qualified persons. The railway system in India is a great boon ', J o the English soldier. Nothing tends to swell th e sick list of a corps as the ordinary march though the country, owing to the men being exposed to varieties of temperature, dew, and chill, and to bad water, fertile sources of dysentery and other fatal diseases. Those who have travelled much through the North-west Provinces and parts of the PunjaulA must frequently have remarked the numerous rud e pieces of tin bearing a name, probably )lalf obliterated, nailed to trees and posts in the vicinity of encamping grounds, these homely memontoes being placed there to denote the last resting-place of a comrade or friend. Such scenes are of course rarer now than formerly. The large number of deaths constantly occurring on the line of march must naturally diminish on the completion of railway communi cation. There are many men now in India who will re collect being on the march during the Sutlej and Punjaub campaign from five to six months, and after all did not arrive at the scene of conflict in sufficient time to participate in the honour of an engagement with the enemy. - When the Presidencies are joined by the railway system each with the other, the Commander-in-Chief ean, in the event of •mutiny, invasion, or war, tele graph to all the military stations, and order, if necessary, from Bombay, Madras, and Bengal, simultaneously by the various railways, an army of 100,000 soldiers, including every arm of the service. This army can be landed in one week at the Khyber Pass, or in any part of India to which the railway system will be extended. By a unity of action and a uniform system of management this can be accomplished in the most perfect order. I have to apologise for the length of this communi cation, and will only add one other remark, namely, that every new mile of railway, canal, or road, opened for traffic, will tend to lessen the price of cotton in India. You will please observe that the number of miles of railway sanctioned in India is 5,611, while in the United States of America the number of miles opened is upwards of 13,000, besides canali and rivers. All the missionaries, civil servants of the Go vernment, European and native merchants, and the managing officers of railways will cheerfully im part all useful information to any gentleman who may be sent out to the Punjaub as a cotton com missioner. Foreign mail PaciEet Wok MAILS DUE. &lusty*its and New Zealand, via Southlmpton.....Del Ditto, via Marseilles . ..... ....Dec. 11 Ditto, via Panama Brasil, Buenos Ayres, and Monte Video Jan. S. Ditto, by French packet Cape Verds, by Brazil packet . .) in 5. eapc of Good Rope, iteocasion, and St. Relena Do.: 23 China, Penang. and Sing tp.w, via Southvnpton Dec. 20. .....Deo. O. Ditto, rla liarseilleft ll raikland Islands Gibraltar, ria Southampton Dee. 14. India.ria Southampton Dec. 14. Ditto, vla Marseil es D c. 28. Malta, Kgypt, Vic. De3 20 Ditto, Marnilles.„ Mauritius, Cape of Goid live, and Natal, via tiout4ampton Del. 0 Pitt Wave! les Deo, t Newtoundlatd .JAII. 5 Portugal .—. Ditto, by pr's Ship to Oporto . Ditto ;tto to Lisbon United States, Canada, California, .to., by British packet.... Ditto, by t lied `.'tates packet Ditto ditto 'New York) Ditto uitto (New York) Ditto ditti (Baltimore) Ditto, by Canadian packet Dec 13. West Coast of Afri a. Madeira, and Tenerin D m 1 7 . West Indies and Pa:Atio exoept Mexico and Baha mas) Cnbi and Mexico Del 21 Bahamas, via New York Bermuda, via Halifax ..Dec, IS. Railway Traffic Returns for the Week. Railways. Mlles Opened. Ewelp; s. 1666. 1867 18f 6 2,225 2,0; , 0 7z7 718 2,343 2,252 1,401 1,128 6,6)5 0,319 31,178 31,8 3 2.:P6 2, Lt. , 5 631 413 465 422 1 8 14i 32L 238 1,6 9 1.1t30 1667. Belfast and N. Counties 9)l Belfast and County Down 444 Myth and Tyne 3O Brecon and Merthyr Bristol and Exeter 1314 Caledonian. Scottish Central 6244 Cambrian Cockermouth K & l'enrlth .. 314 Cork and Bandon 2u Cork, Itlackrock, & Passage 64 Co:k and Limerick Plr‘a,t Cornwall Dees!de l7 Do Extension Dublin & Bellaat J unction.... 03 Dublin and Drogheda 75 Dublin and Meath Dub. & Wicklow anti Wextd lO7 Forth and Clyde Junction Furness, &c B5 Glasgow & South-Western Gt. Eastern,Nrlk.,&E. Union Great. Northern 487 Great North of Scotland 27. tit. Norton. & Wes tn. (Icel.)" 834 fit•Soutlin.& Weatn.(lrlud.) 4l9f Great Weatern 1314 U!stcr Vale of Clwyd . Waterfordand Kilkenny Waterford and Limerick...... 7 7 West Cork.... Wrexham :Mold, .tc ll W'haven,Cleator,& Egrinnt.. 10 FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. Austrian 824 ... Bahia and San Franciaco .... 7.34 Belgian Eastern J unction.... 284 Bombay, Baroda,& . en. India 308 Detroit and 51ilwankic lB9 Dutch Rhenish .. lOB4 Eastern 01 France Eastern Bengal ......... East Indian G rand Trunk of Canada 1477 Great Centrai of Belgium 313 Peninsula Great Indian 852 Great Luxembourg 172 Great Southern of India ..Ireat Western of Canada 349 Madras Madrid, Saragossa &Aiicant B.S3 Northern of Canada ......•• Northern of France B7O Norwegian Trunk Ottoman l'aris, Lyons, & 3leditera.ean 2(80 Faris and Orleans Recife and San Francisco &c... 77i 134 6!14 139 314 £l2 701 412 275 63i 4101 1311 1051 1,673 1.626 1,777 1,796 291 2,t1i2 2,651 :.g 5,:3'33 460 1• , 36 10,.481. 31,053 3 • ,ut t 3,17: 3,2 1 75 . 6.5 0,413 80 6 72,270 7.47'31 2,7 , 53 2,2 4 J6l 124 4 , 5 359 1,4 i 3 1,511) i 61 912 708 0,175 62,117 516 6:i 7.601 7,162 8.8:7 8,2,1 ti,317 83,363 76,011 ~7., 9 2,3 2 38,637 31,110 2 , 00t4 3 ,911 1 , ,341 11,775 6,244 6,211 964 1,7) 16,563 15,010 8,3,11 9,7..5 21,391 17,412 2, 55 2,4114 7 i.': 63 61,970 1,5,t3 1,173 ?,':26 911 186,247 15S, 66 70,739 10; 936 Sc ride - IC9' 1,3 '5 2,' 75 smyrna and Ca.lsaba Southern of Franer 'Ott 978 36,271 3'.!,'5'.,2 Victoria 254 ";34 9,555 9,655 Weiland West aad .4.- %Vett of France 1201 11A 64,051 5a,293 Miss Nielson appeared fur the first time in Liverpool on Monday night last,,eaying at the Prince of Wakk•s's Theatre. ller reception was most gratifying. liar grzat, triumph here, as elsnvhsre, bas been in the "Monastery of St. Just." ?hare £0 at at 100