The Sun. — London, England, 1867-12-04 00:00:00

. ' THE SUN , LONDON, , ..-- _ __....._....... ....._ ,• Laxey, 17 18 ; Great Retallick, 21 3 ; Great Wh al Vor, SITARE LlST.—This Day. la 0 . i 4 ki • 1 MARKET 171 18 ; Marko Valley, 61 61 ; North Crofty, 21 1 ; North ______......._ Treskerby, 30s 32s 6+l; Prince of Wales, 49s 51s; South ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. S NovalS• AND ~ Basset 6 8 ; South Caradon, —; South Frances, - . lON of " O lire A r - 0 amEROIA L 1, N 'l' .-; L 1,1(i i; ::-.‘• t,,, 28 30 ; Tincroft, 121 131; West Cara.don, 9 10; West Chi- 1 Share Railways. paid. ) Closing Business d and " The 01u - [ Hall. TWELVE O'CLOCK. Wheal Grenville, 23s Od 25s ; Wheal Mary Ann, —— ; tre ' Fin/at:al iialibiet,e2 ....- 14;:l 'Bl $3 i st 141enonian ice 75 7, 74 51 51 5 Wheal Seton, 90 100 ; Groat South Tolgus, 17s 60 20s. st ‘..;..aiorian staltnentS of the In the general Discount Market there continues ...;ork and Bandon.-- W begun 3 BIMINI( NI :ENDS—TWO O'CLOCK. Orks— t° be a moderate i nqu i ry, th e paymen t d ue t o -d a y 20 'ernwall , all st Dublin AL Belfast Jun.:" 10c 74 76 " The Picks virl' th e 4 th of the month) having been in a great mea- GOVERNMENT FUNDS. st Dun„Perth, & Ab..lunt , 100 70 72 later by the sure provided for. The rates current, however. 3 p.lr Cent. Consols i fl_ ;: !l, ) 1 ) R.,. !me of " Ma rti° D 9. ACGOIIIIt Dee 5 rea l unaltered, being 1i per c.nt. for first-class , p ' d 93 1 St IC 4 lasgow &S. Wester", 100 91 96 short-daled paper. , per Cant. oduce Aced before I li, New :3 per Cent 9 2lLitil st Do. E. Aug]. st. No. • 100 6 7 41.):5114e0S i r g a o t l r d a, ; from Alexandria, has brought only New 31 per Cent. Jan. 1894 — it Circat North ol Seutlan 100 15 6 two Celebrated st treat Northern lOO 106 108 Do. 5 per Cent. a au. 1873 — af, three othe r the Shannon, from Brazil, has A.unuities 30 yrs, expire sth j an., 1881' — st Du. A citock lOO 1009 110 a 110 a intls arri ve d with st Do. 13 stock luu 123 IZS Once mys. , er -- - 6,460 ; and the Tamar, from the Do. for ' 3O yrs, expire sth April 1885... st Do. New, is. at . .:5 pti 10:, West Indies, brings £68,000 in specie. Do (ited Sea Tule6raph), Au,,., 1908... -- at GtS, and W. of helm), • 10, 9:1 93 Ties attesting le „+ ice etla;brine afnollowing letter has been addressed by the .I.ls.i . ch. June st kit. WeAlern -Origin., 1",0 411 15 11/ !dinary Cre'' E cc:Loper Bills, .£l,OOO, 2St 21, per Ct.... 28 pm it Do. S. Va.!. Rail gn" 100 beengifted l5 _, at Do. South Wales . ~ of the Spanish Passive Committee to Lord .00 .E5OO — pin st Do. W. Mid.-0..,,10r+ 100 25 30 tion of which 1, Stanl ey : Do. £lOO & £2OO — pin et Do. Newport too 2'.) 31 Bank of England Stock, 41 por Gent 2444 et Do. 1ieref0rd........ 100 - by one into c oe' " Guisnes Court, Kelvedon, Essex, Do. Account fiber° st Lantion and Blaukwal 00 Dec. 3, 1867. INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. asually. - tt ir at Lon., 13righ.,& S CORsi 100 52 63 52 11 24 ianks to WO W ,' -oty Lord,--I am exceedingly obliged to your Indian '.t,ock, 104 per Cent., AprillB74 225 st on., Chat., and awe, 100 181 19 19 la/ lordship for your kind letter informinif me that Do. Account mply as a M k) Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1880 A Y L II . h a'r , o been pleased to forward, through' his oo4 it on. As South Wester' 100 77 79 764 8 tintance, au l° , l3g ~, Jest). s Minister at Madrid, to the Government Do. 4 per Cent., Oct.O 1888 Do. Certificates indeed, of 11 °f st stetroriolitan. .. all 117 ID4 1161 118 Passiv e the letter of the Committee of Spanish Do. Eufaced Paper 4 per Cent — at Do. 'New ,del-exemplar 0 1 "lye Bondholders of the 23d of November, for Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 4; , 111, of NO * °f the I beg .respeetfully to tender you the t.hanks Do. o 4 per Cont., May 1879 Do. 5 per Cent., Rep. Deb., 187') — . st f Metropolitan District. all -- 20 ( Do. do. do. 10 ,of Chari ot° ' L 0 committee. I will avail myself of this op- Do. do. 1877 lO3l 10 Do. and St. John'aNl"C 6 - Oliver A° L 0 t Y to correct a slight but immaterial error Do. do. 188 4 himsel f — Do. .£9 Share 7 occurred in the said letter." Do Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 n," a book ass° . . "I t Was not a committee of the Cortes, as stated Do. Bonds, 5 per Cent., £I,OOO d in t tearful recol'i it the bhat letter, that estimated the land assigned to Do. under £I,OOO st Do. Ed., Pth., & Dun lOO FORBRIX ITIDS—TWO O'CLCONE. 4ughter, pe-, , • no dholders at a minimum of £8,700,000 ; but st N th. Eastern—Berwie; 100 91 lel 100 994 lt • ter Argentine Repubhc, 6 per Cent_ — 25 Do. G.N•E purcliaa 10.13.* I and his s ls , th:ra2scia committee appointed by Royal decree on ri. We. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent. 1809 Captain %in of June, 1864, expressly to report upon Matters relating to the public debt. Brazilian 5 per Cent it Do. York lOO 93 95 3 11 Da. 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 chin, and S as et 1)0. stock.& Darling. all ISO 132 d Jr. the The difference is unimportant, as the report of Do. 1863 imber, and co mmittee is as official as if it were given by a conlmittee of the Cortex. Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 ['oodles Faln iii i ' Do Account — Do. do. 1301 5 Do. £lOO Bonds — 10 Do. d. 1866 and Edith, a ° i n ,L ' , l think it right to explain to your Lordship this Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent — at ' orth Staffordshire .. 100 60 62 em ! Lastly' Btj,oluntary mistake, simply because I wish to be Da 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) s t ‘..S. W. Junction .. all 110 112 ;di its — rictl Y accurate, in order that the Spanish Govern- 0 aba, 6 per Cent. shop, " w-- — ' cot. N. E , Aber. stud lOO or4tellt should not be able to impeach any part of our C.,iiian 6 per Cent — 00. Scot, Mid.stuzlc.. lOU .1, beautiful, , sh ould have the honour to be, my Lord, Do. 41 per Cent — dot 'Shropshire Union .... lOU 56 67 . asting as Litt le 31°11r Most obedient, humble servant, Do. n per Cent., B . it 'oath Devon lOO 42 14 Do 1867 their nu "R. "R. R. ISHERWOOD, Chairman of the ~ Do., T per Cent., 1816 Jacob, and the Spanish Passive Committee. Do., Scrip, £32 paid st rail' Vale loo 145 .50 `"r - ad Whisker, the 0 the Right Hon. Lord Stanley, her Majesty's 0,: nihian, 6 per Cent. ° °d First Minister for Foreign Affairs." Danish, 8 nsr Cent., 1825 Short D tnnbian Principalities, 7 per Cent — 10" Waterloo & N'iluteha 6 i aqterl A long report has been received from Mr. C. J. "Test Cornwall lee SL.;hocein, the 4 1 ,1 ", Do 8 per Cent., 1867 — and t " - i .rr'euy, the creditors' representative, on the affairs Elrador New Consolidated, 1 per Cow — algyptiar, 7 per Cent — BRITISH NINES. °I th e Blakely Ordnance Company, but it appears 86 130. Second Issue ration of t h e ° ,! ° ,, that „,„ _ ..., . lON of " Oliver and " The °l4 [ Hall. .stalments of the works—begun 3 " The Pickwick later by the ime of " Marti' aced before 1141 two celebrated af, three other' Once mysteri°. lls ries attesting la •dinary creat 4e been gifted :is ! tion of which 15 by one into eou ; asually. Til er \auks to wil° r° ,' mply as a bo ok ; Lintance, arn °l3° indeed, of I'd r ; ,del-exempla r Agin, of Nan* , of Charl° tte ' t Oli v er himse lf ' n," a book 0 0. .d tearful reeelci' nighter, peeP le 1 and his sister Captain Ca tie ' chin, and Ses sll itnber, and gr . ['oodles Faln ii i' d and Edith, au . em! L a stlY . "; Shop," wi th lt 1, beautiful, °r asting as L ittle their numb er ' Jacob, and t , " ~ ad Whiskery Short all Sehoolinastef! " and t ration of th ° ,. 3 B lotion a vi a wer squand ere r 1 books 11b , irc h as ers, In t o orins and a t ‘ , O 0:1) edition b, e dition, te t 'wards mod i6e ce, thee he°l. ave all so ef t si , ontenr, 3 1. ' 3 11° 4 n this haudisi% the " other word s t lades Dick c° ss letter-Pc j I stratiouso average fo r , and sixPellc' Lever. Isle`fla d a ckwood 3/I "IL R. ISHERWOOD, Chairman of the (( t, Spanish Passive Committee. - 1 -0 the Right Hon. Lord Stanley, her Majesty's First Minister for Foreign Affairs." A long report has been received from Mr. C. J. f „,PPlehy, the c re dit ors ' re p res entative, on the affairs the Blakely Ordnance Company, but it appears t4hat no great progress has been made in the liqui en in consequ en ce of the position assumed by cati aP t aln Blakely. The total estimated assets of the co mpany are about £84,525. t essrs. Fr o hli ng an d G osc h en h a ve gi ven n otice that the coupons of the United Danubian Principa lities Eight pe r C en t. L o a n o f 1867, d ue I s t t",asuary, 1868, and the bonds drawn for redemp itl)", will be paid a t th e i r offices, 12, Austin-friars, that date, and on any subsequent Monday, Tues uaY, Thursday, or Friday. Messrs, Helmuth and Schwartz, in their wool Pri ce current, state as follows:—" The annexed quantities have up to date been offered in our 141 blie sales of wool, which commenced on Nov. 14, 12 ,494 bal es Syd ne y, 9,316 b a l e s New Zealand b '' ,ll bales Port Phillip, 28,038 bales Cape, 2,081 ales Adelaide, 1,006 bales Van Diemen's Land, 920 bales t 'lluaties ; total, 63,766 bales. The sale room is bett er attenoed than during the first week, and there rs increased spirit in the bidding. While at first the ho me trade were almost the only buyers of conse (till:lice, the C on ti nen t now appears a l so wali ng t o e a fair share of the quantities offered. 4, num ber of buyers have coma over, and their 13 i r " e nne accounts in part for the increased anima 'c'tl• Prices for some descriptions, such as Cape ! te ase and S y d ney scoure d, are fd. t o Id. hi g h er, th lld altogether wools cannot be bought quite so ea P as on the first few nights of the sales. I now o„ 4; °te Australian 'combing wools rather easier th a n September; all other descriptions ld. to lid per 113 . lower." 4 1P ith regard to the Manchester markets Messrs. and Co. state as follows :—"We have had C re very dull market during the past week and in eased anxiety on the part of producers to effect ea, Which have led to a further reduction in prices, 13 h r • ab013 id. per lb. on yarns and 3d. per piece on lrt ing6 As, however, these concessions fail to e ffect the desired object, it is scarcely possible, from Nei! e. transactions reported, to name the exact N e i !". Buyers, guided by the lower prices of 12,e 11 in America and weaker condition of the t il ' 4 Lern market, look for a more favourable oppor ,rniLtY to make purchases." " :low Honduras Loan has receded to 1 14 t 4 Atlantic and Great Western Railway Deben kr% have ri sen 4, to 21 23 ; and the Consolidated nrtg age Bonds remain firm at 19 20. t r-213e suspension has been announced of Messrs. th .to, Iloz, and Co., commission merchants. No -0,1,11.g is known at present with regard to the assets liabilities. Annexed is the circular issued to the '4eclitors 20, Milk-street, London, Dec. 3. Ze regret having to inform you that, in consequence of eO - 23' losses and he stagnation of trade, we have been ; g'Pelled to suspend pa ment. Our bookshave been placed a/a t , N t h: B hands of Messrs. P. B. Smart and Snell, accountants Bible _loonvene a meeting of our creditors as early as pos ,e. are, Ire., OTTO, HOZ, and Co. Two o'CLoox. b The English Stock Market has slightly improved, 4 11 t very f ew transactions have been entered into, there i s st i ll rather a dull appearance. Consols hh ya advanced 1-16th, an d are now quo t e d 934 f or u anuary account. 11 : 410 New Threes are 92! ; Reduced An -121)--;ti", 924 ; sank Stock, 2444 ; India ditto, 1p ; ditto 5 per Cents., 1124 ; ditto 4 per Cents., 1; and ditto Certificates, 100. Cuisseellaneous and Finance shares are in some Bvt ins tances a shade flatter. Atlantic Telegraph 0 1 , Cents. h ave d ec li ne d t o 814, P en i nsu l ar a n d l',ental Steam to 584 4, L on d on General Omnibus ()11:1 n ,Pat'Y are dealt i n a t 1 13-16, Honduras Bay g a ° ,7 l) , r a llY at 154, an d - Viceroy of Egypt's Mort 'e - Loan at 73. ti ag very li m i ted amount of business has been tran it;ieted in th e R ailway Share Market, and in a few t o . tan ces price s h ave aga i n s h own d epress i on, ow i ng N.ol3Peculative sales. Brighton have declined 4, Ivh!,t Eastern (B erw i c k) 4 , an d M etropo li tan 4 , sad , C aledonian Caled on i an have improved 1, and Lancashire cii ; 4 York s hi re 4. The following are latest current 122%tatinns ;--Great Western, 44} 444 ; Leeds, 1191 123 4 ; Londons, 1134 114 ; Midland, 1114 Chat' Bri g h ton, 514 524 ; Caledonians, 754 76 ; dit„ hau3 s7 19 194 ; G r eat No r th ern , 1064 1074 ; lig; A Stock, 110 1104 ; Metropolitan, 1184 N ora ' South E astern, 674 674; Sheffield, 47 474 ; 49 a Eastern (Berwick), 994 100 ; ditto (York), I‘Torth British, 83 34 ; Great Eastern, 304 very in the Foreign St oc k M ar k e t h a s been Itj d ull) and p r i ces genera ll y s h ow wea k ness . s pa l ti. have d ec li ned 4, to 464 ; Mexican 4, to 164; C ent l4 Paaaive, 4, to 254 4 ; and the New 3 per : a S tock 1-16, t o 354 4; Turkish 5 per Cents. t he iNT I4 be civY at 331 • ' and Greek Bonds 134 ; i; t o "' E gYPtian 9 per Cent. Loan has advanced rr, het l ' reign O ye. and Colonial lines contiuue very in- Gr eat -sv.-.Treat Luxembourg are nominally 9f ; te en 1 e xtern of Canad a aro marked 16} ; 111 : Ljen gal, 105 ; G rea t I n di an P en i nsa l a 1104 Al ' iad Bombay and B aro d a , 1044 4. sha res an can Securities are still very firm, and Erie 6 -20 I , ll avc advanced. 4, to 48 49 ; United States 9 04 . '' °ll da continue at 714 ; and Illinois at 894 No r tte ad abares continue in moderate request, at ra,t es. City Bank are marked 12 121 ; Im -63 .Aeri4 Ottoman, 94 ; London and County, 54 kelr London and Westminster, 704 ; Chartered 4,a c ,? .u . tile of India, London, and China, 294 30f ; Oriental Bank Corporation, 434. D .1:510 Bowls Do. £lOl3 Bonds Do. 1864 no. 15 )0 Bonds B6 Do. £lOO Bonds „... 881 71 81 Gocarnment Railway thibentures..... 92} 3 21 Greek, 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex Coups 1/o. Account Do. Coupons Do. Account G latetnala 5 per Cent .. .5 per Cert., 1865 Do, Account .. 72} Do. Marenainana Railway ai-xicar. 3 per Cent Ditto for Account Do. 1864 8 Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-Frencl . Alontovicivail C per Cent. Roorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada Do 3 per Con Do. Defer - al Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account 721 2 Do 41 per Ceut. (liribarren) Do 41 per Cent., 1862 Do Account Pirtliguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, '7, '9,'60,'2,'3 41.1 40} Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St B6l Do 41 per Cent. 1850 Da 41 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 per Cent., 1862 D 0.85 f Do. kuodo-Dutcb, 1861, £lOO Bonds... 88f do. £B4 15s. do. Do., 1868, £lOO Bonds Do. £B4 15s. do — Sa - dinian, 5 per Lent Spanish 3 per Con ... Do A.cw.,unt ....... Do New Deferred Do Account Do Passive Accirant Do Com. Cert. of Cot:. not func.d Do Account .. 2urkish 6 per Cent., 1354 Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1853 Do Account Do .el.OO Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1302 Do Account D o 410( Bonds 641- Do. 1863 521- Do 5 per Cent., 1865 — D i Account Do 6 per Cent., 1865 D j 4 por Cent., Guaranteed Venezuela, 3 per Cent. — Do Account — Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Dividends on the above paya ole in London. Austrian o par Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 44 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 'Ai per Cent. Ex. 12 Gail, — Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates — French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. — It%iian 5 per Cent. 1831, Ex. 25f. Do. Account 46a 6 16 4 THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, Money 93 xd Do. A.ocount LATEST CITY INTELLIGENCE. CITY, 4.30 r.m. No change has occurred in Consols since two o'clock, the prices therefore remain steady at 93k for money and the 7th inst., and at 93} I for the settlement in January. A further sum of about £lOO,OOO in bar gold was taken from the Bank this afternoon. In the Foreign Stock Market no change of im portance has taken place, except in Spanish descrip tions, which have improved. Spanish Passive have advanced 1, to 26 1 ; the New 3 per Cent. Stock, 9-16ths, to 36 3-16ths 5-16ths ; and Turkish 5 per Cents. 4, to 331 I. Italian remain at 46 ; Greek, at 13 1 ; and Mexican at 15/ Hi. The following were the closing quotations this afternoon of some of the principal railway com panies' shares :—Caledonian, 734 to 744 ; Great Eastern, 301 to 301 ; Great Northern, 106 to 108 ; Great Western, 441 to 45 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 123 to 1231 ; Brighton, 514 to 521 ; Metropolitan, 117 to 1174; Midland, 1124 to 1121 ; North-Eastern (Berwick), 99 to 101; and South Eastern, 674 to 674. r 'am. ConsoL Gold, WA. 1 - - 'llivertun ,:lillord Amalgamated 3O 5 7 .!even G. Cons. ('ravist 1 4c5 435 ' Take walls 2.1.0 4 .1 .B:asit Baasett (Illogan) 2:14 15 17 :_ant Caradon .) mt. 5 6 !:ast Cara .ilri‘a 3. 3 31 - a;4st G.•enville East G-unnialake .. 8.3.0 4 4 East Loved 3.t. .o 8 9 14. W'l Russell (Tavistk 1 1.7.6 11 24 i. , am.3z, StAubyn(G 7:12.11. 66 4 5 4 ,:ir,at Lixey, limited all 17 16 Great South Tolg,ius 0.14.,4 - - Ureat 'Wheal isu.sy 11.9.i.: ii. Wheal Vor (Lelst ,: <l, 17 19 ,4renville..„,,, , 41.1.6 6 l derod's Fuo ,- .. 6. io., 35 37 11 ingeton Downs b. 10.6 21 21 slargxret (limy Lelant 11.17.6 6 b Ai anie 'Valley •• 4 liwyudy Iron Ore, Um, 31 21 1.1 -. .4 ew S tun - A oral ioskear Ti. Wit 13assett(lilogau 1.1.,• - - North v;Theal Crotty i'rosp,T United B. i 4.0 2 2 4 I.`r,vidence, UnyLelan 6 lv.u.; 29 31 -- S. Caradon (St. Cleer) l4 360 490 South Coudurrow 4.2.0 i S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.18.5 374 426. Stray Park Tin Cr01t...., Vigra and Clogan, Lim all -- - West Bassett (11logan W. Caraoun (Liskeard 1.: 8 10 West Chi rer ton ll 71 73 West Setun ...•.. 471 110 1 - ‘0 Wheal ilasb:,:t 'Mogan 54 674 721 Wheal Buller (Itedruth 16 25 27 Wheal Mary Ann (3len. 8 16 18 Wheal I'etoo . Wii,..,.. Trciawitey (Lis 5.17.W 9 7 sle l ' e ecloott, nd 1 31A t e o ,ea gut' he ro 3 :7 w e bo re jo man 0f gel 3 ;t. nd I f be , b lO For be° b ' vo lt 00e - be' I:haracterci, the hav e 0 3 4 0 tat - a ra lst , dewed tio ie (at t' - ' e cce) der's 13° i d; 1 F ri e 'ua se rd W ho of the vo ,v , e jeo fair gFlora / a for .gto ies 111 CupP d o ter de ~ , 4 r PY i , c lCl`.% A iljtfOli, it is i t e tl- I°Villg ll 3C I•eOrge MINING MARKET. WEDNESDAY, Two P.M. C~ l th e market th ere has been a fair demand for S of vellott Moor, W est Caradon, Clifford, West ~41;°11, Prince of Wales, and West Basset, at slightly ti ot ll ed rates. Annexed are the closing quota- C arp k*ol,l, 33 Brea, 1—; Chiverton Moor, 51 51 •, Chontats 3a ; Clifford Amalgamat e d, oi ; East Basset, C. 0 4 3,) ; aradFroa on, East Lovell, 81 ; East Russell, tiuo and Bolivia Gold, 20s 228 6d; Great During the past week there has been a manifestly growing disposition in the London Market to invest in American Securities, which, coupled with the steady decline in gold, enhanced quotations until to-day, when a reaction set in on the feeling that the heads of the President's Message, as advised by telegraph, were not as satisfactory as had been anticipated. United States 5-20 Bonds (1862), which had advanced yesterday to 714, declined to-day to 71k, but have rallied again and close at 714 to k, and the 1865 issue 701 to For Illinois Shares there has been a strong demand all the week, and we have to note a rise of $4-viz., to 89! to 904, at which they are very firm. Eries, on the other hand s at 474 to 481, exhibit no change, Good Railroad Mortgage Bonds have been more inquired for. Atlantic and Great Western Deben tures are 21k to 22k, and the Consolidated Bonds 19-1 to 4. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKEI—This Day. The market opens quietly, but rather steadier. Sales probably 8,000 bales. Foreign Mail Packet List, MAILS DUE. iustralla and New Zealand, via Sonthamptoa.....Deo. 20 Ditto, via Marseilles .. Deo. 14 Ditto, via ninaina ....... • ...Deo. Ara2li, llilCllo4 Ayres, and Monte Video Dec. 4. Uit..e, by french packet Cape Verde, by Brazil paotet .. Dec. 1. Jr.pe of Good Ltope. A.soeaelon. and st. ilelena 1:8 Jama, Yenaug, and Sing xporo, via Soa..hamptoa..Dee. F. Ditto, via it asseilics ..... . • ....... Deo. 14 Faikiand lolanda iibraltar, via 6outimaapton Dee. 4. luoia, via Southampton Ditto, vi 3 Alarseil es r;gyp t, ,Sto. Del 4 . Alazstilles Dec. y. Ilauritius, Gape of Good lope, and Natal, via Soutnam •••.- Deo. 14 Ditt Maraeliles Deo. 4. , Newfouudlaoo ortugal Do,. 4 -------------- Ditto, by pri\,.to ship to Oporto ... Ditto t .tto to Lisbon United States, ( ansda, California, &0., by British packet Ditto, by L t ited States packet Ditto ditto 'New York) Ditto oitto Nov York) Ditto dittk (Baltimore) Ditto, by Canadian pitoket West Coast of Afri Madeira, and Tenerin...... Dec. 4 Welt Indies and Pacific (except Mexico and Baha mas) POSSESSIONS. iOO Atlantic a St. Lawrence all 63 46 ,t 110m.,Barodis, , s/Cen.ln. 100 1(4 106 1041 gu. 5 per cornt... 20 Do. F eitares lO p 4p 44 Buffalo A/ Lake Huron all 34 4 10 Do. ('reference 130 Butl• ,Braut, &Godtrich f p.c. WO 68 71 et Cal,;otta & S. ,E., lirn loo 23 at „it, •e Town ct Dock, gu lOO 18 '52 100 Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p all 99 11-2 31 :Bast. Bengal, gu., Ido 100 03 104 105 Nst aet 1 uthau, ga. 5 p.c. 100 110 1104 1111 12 20 Do. J Extension at )rand Vraukot Cautsd% 100 17 18 100 Do. Equip. Mort, Bond. 1 charge 0 9.0 all t 3 85 100 Do. lot Pref. Bonds all 50 52 454 100 Do. do deferred 100 De. 2d Pref. Bonds all 40 lb 100 Do. do. deterred - tco Do. 3d Pref. stock all 32 34 100 Do. do. deferred 1 00 D. 4th ?rel. stock 100 Do. do- deterred et Gt. India Fen. gua. sp.c lOO 107 108 111 104 g 3 Gua. 5 per cent lB 2 20 Do. New gust. 5 2.0 6 --2 at tit. South of lltdi a gua. 5 per cent at Do. 42 per cent BA , 92 94 st Do 2 204 Great VV, s. of Canada.. all 152 186 sal 204 Do. New - - 100 Do. 6p. c Bt v .s. pay. 187:, all 95 07 100 Do. 54 do. pay. 1877-s.. all 85 o 7 10 Indian Branch, limited 3 I # 4,1 et Madras, gua. 5 p.O 100 100 104 105 st Do. 42 do lOO 93 95 st Do. 44 do lOO 89 91 20 Do. Fifth Extension 5 st ltelb. Cor. 6p. c. Buds. 100 50 •! lel. & flobson's Bay all st .111.C'da,62131stptbs 100 83 85 st Scinde . lOO 100 101 at Do. Delhi 20 Do. do . : 4 4 1 ? i/ 1 5 st Do. Punlaub.... a n 100 99 100 1025 t DO. Indus St.Flot, 4 ° 100 85 87 T SECURITIEb. 103 105' 101 103 1 101 103 90 92 89 91 104 116 116 108 104 Ks 107 109 95 E 7 108 109 105 107 106 108 105 107 107 10J I€ 4 106 1(;3 105 as 99 t6l 97i 97 98 104} 98 99 98 lOU 103 j 106 108 971 I 97j THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING DECEMBER 4, 1867. T FIE CAB QUES TION. _._.~-__ DEPUTATION TO THE HOME SECRE TARY—('I'ms Dar.) This morning the deputation appointed at the meeting held last night at Exeter attended at Whitehall, to request the Home Secretary to reconsider the obnoxious claims of the Metropolitan Streets Regulation Act, as regarded the cab pro prietors, more particularly with respect to the lamp, and to solicit a suspension of the act, until a full inquiry into the effect of its operation was made. Tho deputation, which was accompanied by Lord Elcho, Sir G. Bowyer, Alderman Salomons, Mr. Gower, chairman of . the meeting, and Mr. Fry, solicitor, consisted, on the part of the masters, of Messrs. Godschalk, Cochrane, Wellbeloved, Case, Boulding, and Crocker, secretary ; and for the drivers, Messrs. George FAnith, Pearce and Sellers. The recognised reporters from most of the daily and evening papers attended, and, on their following the deputation up-stairs Lord Elcho met them on the lauding, and informed them that the interview between the deputation and the Home Secretary was private, and that, there fore, they could not be admitted. One of the gentlemen told his lordship it was an important public matter, and he could see no rea sonable objection to its being reported. Lord ELCIIO said it was a private meeting that he had been to hundreds of deputations to the Home-office, and had never seen a reporter present. The REPORTER said he had been to a great num ber of deputations at the Home-office and other places, and no objection had . ever been made to his presence. Lord ELCHO said there was one authorised re porter, who obtained all the information at the Home-office, and he sent it round to the whole of the newspapers. The Home-Office messenger then told the re porters that they must retire, but before they did so Lord ELCIIO said the result of the interview would be communicated to them if they chose to wait. After waiting nearly au hour in the hall, in com pany with the door-keepers, messengers, and police men, the representatives of the press were informed of the result of the interview, in accordance with the promise of his lordship. The deputation were introduced by Lord Elcho, who informed the Home Secretary of the meeting which was held last night, and at which nearly 7,000 persons, connected with the cab trade, attended, and the universal feeling of the meeting was against the me of lamps, not so much from the expense as thl heavy fine which was to ba inflicted if the lamps were not kept burning. _ . . Mr. GowEtt said the object of the memorial was to obtain a repeal' of the two obnoxious clauses which were so generally objected to. Sir G. BowYER reminded the Home Secretary that the question did not interest the cab interest solely, because if any oppressive cuactment was forced upon the men the public would certainly feel the inconvenience. The HonE SECRETARY informed the deputation that with respect to the reduction of the duty that was a question upon which they must see the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, as he had nothing to do with that. With respect to the other matters, he would see Lord Derby with the view of getting some amendment inserted iu the Bill for the Amendment 'of the Street& Act, which was now before the House of Lords. With respect to the question of lamps, he was perfectly willing that a select committee should be appointed to inquire into the whole of the general laws affecting hackney carriages. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. SIMPSON V. DUCIE.-ACTION AGAINST A PUBLICAN. One of the deputation here said the Hansoms would, of their own voluntary act, place lamps on their cabs that evening. This was an action to recover compensation in damages for an alleged false imprisonment. The defendant pleaded not guilty, and also justification. Mr. E. P. Wood appeared for the plaintiff, and ➢lr. Philbrik for the defendant. It appeared that the defendant was a publican, and tint he occupied the tavern known as the Duke of York, in the Vauxhall-bridge-road. Some months ago, on one Saturday evening, a disturb ance took place in the tavern, and the plaintiff got mixed up in it and was given into custody by the defendant, and detained at the station an hour and a half. He was then bailed, and came up before the magistrate on the following Monday, but the prosecutor did not appear, and he was dis charged from this short term of imprisonment for which he was now endeavouring to recover com pensation. The plaintiff described himself as having merely been a spectator of the affray, and that he was entirely innocent of any participation in it. The defendant and his witnesses, especially a man named Donaldson, who described himself as a costermonger, a vendor of baked potatoes, coke, and coal, stated that the plaintiff interfered with the landlord while he was ejecting a quarrelsome cus tomer, pushed him against some hoardings, and requested him not to meddle in other people's busi ness, used very foul and abusive language, and for this he was given into custody. The policeman who took the charge stated that when he first saw the parties they had hold of each others collar. The Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff— damages, one farthing. POLICE INTELLIGENOE.—This Day, MARLBOROUGH-STREET. THE CAB QUESTION.---CHARGES AGAINST CAB MEN.—George Smith, a cab driver, badge 3,560, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with behaving in a disorderly manner, and attempting to overthrow the cab of James Buckingham, cab proprietor and driver, thereby endangering his life. James Buckingham, proprietor of cab 11,272, said—About 10 o'clock last night I was going up Regent-street .on my cab, being engaged, but having no fare in my cab at the time, when the prisoner and about 20 or 30 others came up. and the prisoner said, " Take that cab home, or I'll throw it over for you, and break your -- neck." The prisoner then seized me by the collar, and tried to pull me off my cab, and then tried to overturn my cab. I then gave him in custody of a constable who came by. Pulice-Constable William Thom, 125 A R—l was in Regent-street last night, and saw the pri soner and about 20 or 30 others walking after the complainant's cab, and I heard the prisoner, at the top of his voice, say, " Why don't you take that --- cab home; we will upset it for you." I saw the prisoner go to the forepart of the cab and lay hold of the complainant, and ho came behind and put his arm upon the hind wheel, as if to throw the cab over, and I then took him into custody. Prisoner—l saw the complainant plying for hire, and all I said was " Take it home." Mr. Tyrwhitt—Why was the complainant not to drive? The HOME SECRETARY said ho thought the placing of the lamps ought to be loft to the discretion of the Home Secretary ; however, the putting them on Hansom cabs would give him time to consider the whole matter, and, as they were now to be carried by Hansoms, he should not deem it necessary to issue any regulations on the subject until something definite had been decided upon. The deputation then retired, and it was under stood that, as regards the cabs this evening, all would go on in the usual manner. Prisoner—That's right enough, but he had no Stamp-office plate. Isaac Powell, a cab proprietor, said—l was walk ing up Regent-street last night, with the prisoner and two others, when I heard the complainant say " Cab, sir," and I said, " Yo, take it home," the reason why I said so being that he had only a chalk number ou his cab. Mr. Tyrwhitt—You were, in fact, enforcing the act of Parliament. PI RKETS—(This Day.) MARK LANE. Witness—Yes. The complainant had no plate oa his cab. The complainant said—" Lock that man up," and the constable came up and did so. Mr. Tyrwhitt—Did the prisoner never take hold of the complainant ? Wituess—Not at all. Mr. Tyrwhitt fined the priscmer 405., or 14 days. William Reed, badge 9,259, was next charged with a similar offence. Mr. Tyrwhitt ordered him to find bail in £lO to keep the peace fur three months. Fresh up to our market to-day the arrivals of home grown wheat have only been limited, but the importation of foreign wheat have been on a fair average scale. For . 11 qualities of English the demand was very inactive on Monday's reduced rates. In foreign a small retail business was concluded at barely that day's currency. Barley was without change in value, but there was a fair demand for rood malting description. Malt was dull at stationary prices. Oats sold steadily at the, late improvement iu the quota tion. The show of samples was good. All descriptions of produce afloat were dull of sale, and prices had a drooping tendency. Beaus and peas net a slow sale on former terms. Linseed and rapeseed were dull. • In agricultural seeds there was very little doing; cakes wore unaltered in value. The flour trade was vol.:- heavy at stationary prices. THE PRESENT AUTUMNAL SESSION. COLONIAL GOVIiIINMEN British Columbia, 6 per e cent., Dec. 31, 1872 Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July 1877-84 o. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug 0. 5 p. o. Mar. & Sept Do. 5 p. c. Jan. .t July Do. 5 p. c. Inscribed sk Cape G.llope, 6 p.c. 1873 1.)o.Apl.&Oot .1890-1900 Do. do 1830-9u' Do. Jan.&July, 1890-911 Do. 5 per oeut. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p.c Do. 1878, do Nlauritiuti, 6 p. a, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1878 Do. 1882, May 15, Nov. ,t; Do. 1835, Feb. & Aug Natal Gov. 6 per cent N. 8.G0v.6 p.c.Ja.&.l uly N. S.W. Gov. 5 We., 186 t, Do. 5 p.c. 1871 to 1876 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1895 New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 per cent Nova &Ala Gov. 6 p. a sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c c'. Aus.Gov. 6 p.c. 1868-9 Do. 1878 & upwards Vic,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja &July Do. do, A pril ,t Oct DO 100 100 1( 0 100 100 110 112 ItEN ilk SHARES. Great Northern 5 per cent., 108 i North Lantern, York, 11. and Selby purchase, 10 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. London, Chatham, Sze., 2nd 6 per cent., 33 TOREJGN RAIL WAYS. San Paulo, lim., gua. 6 per cent.,,161171 FOREIGN MIN NB. Chontales Gold and Silver Mining, lien., 3 Don Pedro, Nor .h Del :ley, 2 1-.6 pm Frontino and Bolivia Gold, lim., 1 Port Phillip, 13 Rossa Grande, 1 St John del Rey, lim , 601 BANES. Alliance, lim., 4i Au;;lv-lustrian, 9 I Anglo Egyptian, lirn., IL Australasia, f 2 I Chartered tiler. of India, London. and China, 391 291 City, 12} 12 Imperial Ottoman, lim., 91 lonian, 25i 6 Land Mortgage Bank of India, lim., London and Comity, 65 4 Ditto, new. 25 4 London and esti - 11111liter, 701 74.) Ditto, Scrip, 39 National Provincial of England. 137 Ditto, _d and id issue, 39 Oriental Bank Corporation, 43i Provincial of Ireland, 89 A Union of London, 36 MISCELL&N.ICOUS; Anglo-American Telegraph, Jim., its k Atlantic Telegraph, Dit:o, 8 per zent , 811 Australian Mart. Laud and Finance, dm., 5 Berlin Water W'orks, inn., 123 • Bon.bay Gas, lim. ; Ditto, new. 2k Credit Foneicr of England, lirn., 2 15-16 k Crystal 'Palace, 23 21 East India Irrigation and Canal, 171" Tien. Credit and Discount, Hudson's Bay, 111 k international Financial Society, lira., 2 13-15 Italian Irrigation (Canal Caroni, Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds, redern. 1,570. Issued 90, 40 LondoiaGeneralOrunibus Company, Um, 1 13-15 k Peninsula and Oriental Steam, 584 1 9 Ditto. new, 1E55, 53 Ditto, new, 1867, 61 Rio de Janeiro City improvements, 19 Telegraph Construct. and Maintenance, lim., 151 Thames and Mersey Marine, Insurance, Hai., 3 4; rust and Loan Company of Upper Canada, 41 Union Marine, Liverpool, Rm., Viceroy of Egypt (Mortgage) Loan, 73 SOUTH KENSINGTON MUSEUM.—Visitors during he week ending Nov. 30.—0 n Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday, free, from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., 6,930 ; on Wed nesday, Thursday, Friday (admission 6d.), from 10 a.m. till 4 p.m., I,3l3—total, 8,243. Average of corresponding week in former years, 8,069. At the Patent-office Museum the number of visitors for the week ending Nov. 30 was 2,645. •lIIIITALI TRU TIM. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. English and Sootch 00 230 1,310 880 Irish Foreign 18,860 7,010 620 - - 7,150 20.100 ski Maize, 1,520 :COMPARATECE QUANTITIES AND PRICES OP GRAIN. For the week ending Nov. For the corresponding week 30, 1807. last year. Qrs. Aver. Qrs. Ayer. Wheat 71,546-68s s,llWhent 69,909-60s Od Barley 94,441-40 s 5d Barley 74,234---45s 10d Oats 8,610--25a 9d I I Oats ➢OROUGH HOP. No improvement has taken placo in the demand for any kind of hops, and our quotations are altogether nominal. On the Continent the markets are heavy and prices going downwards. Mid and East Keats 47 Os to 411 Os per *wt. Weald of Kent 7Os to S 153 'sSussex .............. 6 153 SOs Farnham... 9 Os to 10 10s „ Bavarian 0 I.os to BSe , Belgians sOs to aOs „ Yearlings 6Os to 7 10s „ WHITECHAPEL. Beef I Mutton 3 0 t o 4 6 Pork 3 0 to 4 '2 Per Slb by the carcase. Naval and I►lilitary Intelligence. The Gladiator, 6, paddle, Capt. D'O. D'A. Aplin, arrived at Spithead yesterday morning from the westward. Her Majesty's screw steam frigate Aurora, 35, Capt. De Horsey, from Quebec, Nov. 5, and Hali fax, .Nov. 14, after experiencing several severe easterly gales, arrived at Plymouth Sound yesterday. She brings hone Capt. F. A. Herbert, superseded, at his own request, from the Royal Alfred; Lieut. Larcona and the crew of the gunboat Delight, sold out of the service, and 27 time-expired soldiers, two women, and several children, belonging to various regiments. The Aurora left at llalifax Admiral Royal Alfred, 18 ; th e corve tt es Muudy's flagship 'Wolverine, 21, Capt. Cochran, the Cadmus, 21, Capt. Gordon, and the Favourite, 21, Capt. Shortt ; and the paddle-sloop Sphinx, 6, Captain Hamil ton. The sloop Fawn, 17, Commander Heysham, sailed on the 14th for the West Indies. Her Majesty's ship Juno, 6, gun screw corvette, lamella from her building shed at ;Deptford ou Friday last, was yesterday brought into the outer basin at 'Woolwich to be completed for service, to be ready by June 13. The engines, of 400 horse power, have been supplied by Maudslay and Son ; and the composite gunboat Dwarf, launched ou the same day at Woolwich, was yesterday hauled into the inner basin, and placed under the sheeriugs to be fitted with engines made in the Woolwich fac tory. A. number of additional artificers, principally joiners and shipwrights, have been taken on to has ten the work in hand. The paddlewheel vessel Porcupine, for surveying purposes, is ordered to be out of the shipwrights' hands by the 31st inst., and the 11 gun screw sloop Rapid is to be completed by March 31, 1868. Her Majesty's iron screw store ship Megmra, Capt. Simpson, from the coast of Africa, with stores, having discharged her powder, went up to the dockyard yesterday, and will be paid out of commission. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR—So we have got au autumnal session. A few weeks ago I remarked to you we had had autumnal sessions every ten years since the accession of her Majesty to the Crown in 1837, just 30 years ago, in which last-named year Parliament assembled on the 20th of November, being one day later than it did this year, and on the last-named date Queen Victoria went in person and opened her first Parlia ment. There are a few other autumnal sessions which I omitted to notice. We had au autumnal session in 1841, in consequence of the glorious general election, which had taken place the preced ing summer, when, by means of Peel's great ability, we got rid of that most miserable and wretched of all Administrations, the Melbourne-John Russell- Bedchamber Ministry, being all to nothing, the most despicable and degraded Administration Eng land was ever governed, or rather misgoverned, by. The glorious five years which followed I have too often alluded to in the course of my correspondence with you this dying year to make any further allu sion to than that the late immortal Sir R. Peel, when he took office in August, 1841, found England in a state of all but national bankruptcy, poverty, misery, and commercial depression of all kinds; and, moreover, engaged in two distant wars, all brought about by that bungling and contemptible Mel bourne Ministry. This was in August, 1841, when Peel came into office. We will now step into the train and get whirled on to July, 1846, when Peel quitted office, and what do we find ? We might exclaim with our immortal bard— " Look on that picture and on this." England in a state of complete prosperity, every kind of art and industry flourishing, war apparently ex punged from the face of the earth; and last, not least, the long-bated and detested monopoly of Protection completely abolished, and Free Trade fixed to be come, on and after the Ist day of February, 1819, the law of the land—the same as our new Reform Act passed last session is to become the law of the land on and after Ist of January, 1869, just 20 years later. Thus did Sir R. Peel carry a gigantic measure of commercial reform in 1846 ; which Lords Melbourne and John Russell had only six short years previously declared a man would be mad, and worse than mad, if he ever thought of at tempting. Well, we had an autumnal session in 1841, and again in 1852, in consequence of the general election the preceding summer, which arose from the fact of Lord Derby having acceded to office at the beginning of the aforesaid year. 1854 we had an autumnal session, in consequence of the Crimean War. The question forces itself upon my notice—Why should we not always have autumnal sessions? I speak for myself, and I have no doubt I do for you, when I say 1 have no sympathy with that very con stitutional school of politicians which thinks that the House of Commons ought to sit all the year round, or nearly so, as a check upon the executive. On the contrary, I believe that public interests arc on the whole very sufficiently represented by the pres during the usual and necessary suspension of legislaive business. England is, to the best of my knowledge, the only nation in the world whose civilised inhabitants pass their summer in town and retire to winter in the provinces. Every other community adopts a different arrangement. Nature and common sense tell us to enjoy the pleasures of outdoor life, of rural residence, or of travel at the time of the year when the days are long, when the weather is warm, when trees and flowers are in full beauty, and when the heated atmosphere of a populous city becomes at once unwholesome and disagreeable. On the other hand, frost, snow, in terrupted communications, long nights, and short gloomy days naturally suggest sedentary habits, the assemblage of friends and acquaintances in a place where they may meet without trouble, and the substitution of artificial enjoyments for:: those which nature has ceased to afford us. Briefly, what I propose is this, that Parliament should meet regularly, as nearly as possible, on or about the 19th or 20th of November ; that is to say, about the same time it did this year, or sooner when term commences (i. e., the Law Term), say the 2d Novem ber, at the cud of the long legal vacation ; that it should sit from thence to Christmas, and then ad journ for the Christmas holidays ; resuming its sittings not later than the 15th of January, by which two clear months would have been gained by the time our Parliamentary session usually com mences, namely, Ist February, or thereabouts. Deduct those two mouths from the other end of the session, and Parliament might be prorogued by the first or second week in June, instead of the first or second week in August. I have treated this mainly as a matter of social convenience, but it may be looked at in another light. Of the jobs and blunders which escape the vigilance of Parliament, the great bulk are perpe trated during the last month or six weeks of the ses sion, when heat, weariness, and the attractions of our brief summer have driven or drawn away all . except some 70 or 80 members, a clear majority of whom are often eflicial persons. That this state of things is au abuse no one can doubt ; it is admitted on all hands. Ido not say that it can be entirely remedied, for human energies will flag after a certain amount of human labour, at whatever season per formed, but the attendance would be far larger, the excuse for absence feebler, and the business there fore better done if every M.P. had the certainty of release by the middle or end of June. As matters stand very few constituencies will find serious fault with their representative, especially if he be au old or middle-aged man, because on the plea of health he has paired off in July. Moreover the interven tion of a month's holiday, as suggested, between the first and second acts of the session will give alonger interval of rest than is now enjoyed. The Easter holidays in the plan proposed would remain undis turbed ; at Whitsuntide none would be necessary. 1 may be told " the subject is one which ought to be left in the hands of Ministers, party leaders, and those who are intrusted with the management of Parliamentary business." To such a criticism I reply that leaders of parties are precisely the last persons who can venture to originate an alteration or to lose support by throw ing out ideas that may chance to be unpopular amongst their friends. A question not in any large sense nationally important, and not advantageous in a party point of view, must be taken up by friends and independent members, if meant to be carried through at all. I may be met with an objection to disturb the universal and most laudable practice of family gatherings at Christmas. But for these ample lei sure would be allowed by a Christmas vacation analogous to the vacations at our great public schools and the two universities, commencing, say, on or about the 15th of December, and terminating on or about the 15th of January in each and every year. It may be said that, considering the class from which Parliament is mainly recruited, the habits of fashionable life will interfere with such an altera tion of times and seasons as I suggest. But what is called the season is regulated by the session, not the session by the season. It is to the augmented assiduity of modern Parliaments, not to any change in the pleasure-loving part of the public, that we owe the lengthening out of London festivities into the later summer or almost autumn. In the good old days of seventy or eighty years ago when George 111. was King (all former periods and by days are good on the principle of De Mortuis nil nisi bonunz), and the immortal Billy Pitt was Premier, Parliament assembled almost exactly at the same time it did this year, on or about the 20th of November. But, except on a very special emer gency, it never sat later than about the last week in June, or, at the outside, the first week in July. And to go further back, into the earlier days of George 111. and the reigns of George I. and 11., it oftentimes broke up by the middle of May ; and long after the Session had begun to commence at the same time it does now—viz., the beginning of February—it seldom or never sat later than the last week in June, or the Ist week in July, except, as I have already shown, upon special emergencies, and so matters remained until the very end of the reign of George IV., for in 1829, the year of the passing of Catholic Emancipation, the Session came to an end on the 24th of June; and to prove bow highly injurious late Sessions were always considered in 1822, owing to a very heavy Session, Parliament sat until the 6th August. Lord Londonderry, one of the Ministers, immediately afterwards terminated his existence with his own hand ; and it was the opiuion of many eminent medical men of that period that his temporary insanity (under the in fluence of whOm he was supposed to have de stroyed himself) was brought on by hard work, during what iu those good old days was looked upon and regarded as a most protracted Session. But when to the tomb George IV. descended, and with him the Georges ended, a change came over the spirit of the dream of our Parliament, and never since the passing of the old Reform Bill .in 1832 have Parliaments broken up earlier than August. Nay, oftentimes they have sat until quite the fag end of the last-named month, and sometimes even as late as September. In 1831, the first year of the reign of William IV., Parliament sat until the 20th of October; but this was a year of emergency, the same as 1820, 11 years previously, the first year of the reign of George IV., which was also a year of emergency, being the year of the redoubtable Queen Caroline's trial. The same as 1831 was the year of the discussion of the bill, the whole bill, and nothing but the bill, so often alluded to by me in the course of my correspondence with you this year. In 1820 Parliament sat until the end of Novem ber. Now the great boast of all reformers in their discussions iu favour of reform during the last half century is that they were not innovators, but re storers. The great argument in favour of the old Reform Bill of 35 years since, as well as the Repeal of the Corn Laws 20 years ago, and last, not least, the Reform Bill of 1867, was, that these great mea sures merely restored rights and privileges to the people at large, which time, the greatest of all in novators, had deprived them of. The question, in conclusion, therefore, is, as I set out with asking, namely, Why should we not always have an autumnal session ? Shall the apathy which makes men unwilling to depart from au established custom of little more than 30 years' duration, and the risk of some slight interference with the amusements of some few individuals, stand in the way of a reform recommended by nature, by common sense, by the practice of all other countries, by the wish of a large majority in Parliament itself, and of a far larger number of persons not in Parliament, whose habits are indirectly but powerfully influenced by those of the members of the Legislature ? The matter, no doubt, is not one of. national importance, but no thing is small that concerns the comfort and con. venience of some thousand persons, and that tends to improve the conduct of public business.—Trust ing you will not consider my long letter on the sub ject aforesaid beneath your consideration, I remain, Sir, your faithful servant, A LOVER AND OBSERVER OF HISTORICAL DATES AND FANS. November 2G, 1867. The detachments for the Royal Engineers, Ist Battalion of the Bth (the King's) Regiment, Ist Battalion of the 14th Regiment, and the 31st Regiment, left the garrison, for Portsmouth, yes terday morning, to embark on board the screw steamer Orontes, for conveyance to Malta. ADVERTISEMENT:I—HoIIoway's Pills.— Dangerous Die eases.—How many life long maladies spring from neglect.. ing trifling symptoms ! The pimple, readily curable in the nursery, becomes, through carelessness, the irremediable torment in after life. With a knowledge of the curative powers of Holloway's Ointment and Pills those who fail to use them for extirpating the first seeds of hereditary ail ments will have to bear the punishment resulting from their folly. Holloway's remedies will remove eruptions of the skin, scorbutic diseases, and scrofula, and heal every description of ulcer, sore, wound, or abrasion. By the use of Holloway's excellent, speedy, and safe medicaments, much pain and immense espouse will be saved, and a great benefit be zonferred on the present and succeeding genera tions. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—Th - s Day. ST. ALBANS RACES. The above races are again postponed until Friday and Saturday. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS—(ruis EVENING.) Tho Lonn CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. TILE DRAINAGE AND IMPRO VEMEN T OF LANDS (IRELAND) BILL. Ou the moticu of the Duke of BUCKINGHAM this bill was read a second time. TOTNES WRITS BILL. This bill, on the motion of Lord DERBY, was read a second time, and the standing orders being suspended, was committed. THE EAST LONDON MUSEUM SITE BILL. This bill was read a second time. It is a bill 0 allow the trustees of the site intended for the East London Museum to legally transfer it. The house then adjourned. NAVAL APPOINTME3TS• - The following appointments were raado at the Admiralty this afternoon : Captain Cacil W. Buckloy, R.M., V.C., to her Majesty's ship Pylados, commissioned; Wm. B. Guyer, Engineer to tho Fisgard, additional, for charge of Engineer of Dwarf ; Gustav A. C. Benclro, to the Donegal, additiona for tendere. THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 7 O'CLOCK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. SALE OF BLOOD STOCK AT TATTERSALL'S ON MONDAY LAST. G F. Emmy (3 yrs), by Vedette out of Emily (Mr. Thorne) 17 Bay filly (2 yrs) by Cavendish out of Miss Tennyson (Mr. Sheppard) 42 Emigrant (4 yrs), by Warlock out of Nugget (Mr. Martin) 105 Holkar (5 yrs), b g by Neville out of Countess of Bur lington (Mr. Bilham) 56 Belle of Kars (5 yrs), b m by Knight of Kars out of Perfidious (Mr. Weston) 32 Bay colt (2 yrs), by Ninus, dam by Dromedary (Mr. Barton) 10 RACING FIXTI FEBK URES FOR 1868. ,UARY. Lincoln lB Harrow 2O MA: Liverpool Spring M. 3 Chelmsford Splint; M lO West Dray ton l2 Nottingham Spring 25 Derby Spring (..)11. Epsom Spring Meeting 21 Northampton AP. D arli am Hendon l3 Newmarket Crayon 13 'RIL. Chester 5 Wizehoster York Spring Salisbury l4 Lewes Spring Newmarket Ist Bpriug 27 West Drayton 1 Croydon 2d Summer 2 Ascot Sunnuor 9 Windsor Summer Bath Croydon Ist Summer Harpenden Epsom Summer NE. Worcester Summer Newmarket July 7 Reading Liverpool l6 Bibury Club... Stockbridge Cnelzusford Sumner I Alexandra Park LY. AUG' Brighton 746 I Brighton Club Lewos Summer Wolverhampton ll I Stockton Windsor EghaAn liastings Huntingdon Nottingham July Goodwood SEPT] Warwick Abingdon 3 Loicestor Doucastor 8 Richmond rUS T. York Oxford Cauterbury Derby Summer Weymouth Lichfield Tunbridge OCT Bedford 1 Newmarket 2d October 5 Cheltenham l3 NOVJ :MBER. Kelso Hendon Monmouth .. Newmarket Ist October West Drayton ►BElt. N winarkot Houghtov Worcester Shrewsbury 19 21 22 26 MBEU, 23 24 30 30 WRIGHT'S TURP GUIDE.—TiIO " winter edition" of this excellent turf manual is just published in a neat and compendious form, suited for the pocket. Its contents, which are invaluable to all racing men, embrace among others the racing and steeplechasing in Great Britain and on the Continent during the present year ; nominations for the great races of 1868 and 1869 ; winners of the great races, with the second in the Derby, Oaks, and St. Leger ; new laws of betting, and Grand National Steeplechase rules; list of members of the Jockey Club; table of com parative weights, and of French weights and distances ; list of winning jockeys ; nominations for the Waterloo Coursing Cup, &c., &c. Tho letter-press is clear and dis tinct, while the general get-up of the book shows a con iderable improvement upon all previous editions. BILLIARDS. MATCH BETWEEN ROBERTS AND CHARLES HUGHES. This match came off at St. James's Hall last (Tuesday) evening the Champion giving his opponent 350 points out of 1,000. Notwithstanding that the high price of admis sion (7s. 6d.), on which there was no redaction to accom modate " class," rendered the company exceedingly select, there was a very large attendance—in fact, scarcely a seat to spare. An old public favourite like John Roberts can always command his own price, and certainly the reception he met with when he came up to the "scratch" showed no diminution of his popularity. He looked wonderfully well, and with his usual jovial spirits not all impaired. Charles Hughes also appeared in good fettle, and received the re sidue of the "lion's share" of applause with his accustomed affability. The time advertised for commencement was slightly exceeded, but at twenty-five minutes to nine the ball was set rolling by the combatants " stringing" for the break, which Hughes won, and began the play with the usual miss in baulk. The betting only amounted to a few small wagers not worth mentioning, at all sorts of odds on Roberts. Nothing of any importance took place on eisher side for about a quarter of an hour, neither seeming to be in a hurry to begin, but here the Champion let out his " old:.'uns," and did not trouble himself about stopping until he had scored 149 off the reel. To say that this was a well-played break would be nothing short of gilding refined gold. It was full of brilliant strokes, and one half was accomplished with only two balls. Getting over difficulty after difficulty, or what might be termed such to any one but this billiard magician, he pegged away, giving touches of marvellous cannons, cross-cushions, screws, and ups and downs, until he lost one of the white balls, and then, working his way up to spot, popped the " straw berry" nine times in succession, besides doing some "losers' that might win any game ; and it was trying one of these that he broke down, his score standing 209. Hughes made nothing at all to boast of up to this, his best break consist ing of 28, and the others were miserably small. Roberts, continuing to make the pace hot, went on and added a 61, two 51's, and 33 to his account with the marker, until a quarter before ten, when there occurred an interval for re freshments; his beers standing at 501 to Hughes's 478, having thus caught and passed his adversary before half the journey had been traversed. Hughes did not improve upon the break before mentioned, a modest 15 being the highest after that. Charley, however, displayed several of his own peculiar cannons, which, for grace and finish of execution, have never been excelled. The truce being over at 10 min. past 10, hostilities were renewed by Roberts going on with the break, which he paused in, to allow the spectators to refresh themselves. Manipulating 14, he "fell down," and let up Hughes, who gave some indications of a return to form. Nothing out of the way then was seen for a dozen breaks, when Roberts put on 46, Hughes retiring into the shade again. Shortly after Roberts took a pull for 53, Hughes only feebly ans veer ing with about 20. So the game went in favour of the " crack," who seemed to have the other quite at his mercy till just about half an hour before the termination, when Hughes put on two or three tremendous spurts, and mak ing up lost ground at a great rate brought his score up to 803, while Roberts stood at 826. Hughes here offered to back himself at 5 to 1, but there was na response, his chance being now, from his superior play, considered by no means out. The Champion, however, again went ahead, stringing his favourite spot strokes a dozes at a time, and seemed to be playing with his opponent in a double sense, and though Hughes eventually ►uauaged to teach. 911, the Champion walked iu with 56 punts to spare. Hughes's highest break was 4S, containing thirteen spot-strokes. The appended table will show how the game stood at various periods, being marked at the end of breaks : Time. Roberts. Hughes. 8.45 9. 0 9.15 An interval occurred here play was resumed at ten min' Time. Roberts. Hughes. 10.30 10.45 11. 0 11.15 Timo. Roberts. Hughes 9.30 468 9.45 of tweuty-fivo minutes, and utes past ton. ITime. Roberts. Hughes. 11.26 11.45 11.57 lOOO 91-1 Roberts thus won by 56 points. A match was made at tho conclusion botwoon J)soph Bennett and John Roberts, jun., for £l.OO to coma off at St. James's Ilan in siz woks. •