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

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In the general discount market there continues to 'e a fair d eman d f or accommo d a ti on , an d the rates de manded, except in exceptional instances, are fully equal to the Bank minimum of 2 per cent. The IN has arrived from Sydney with £ 3 8,000 in gold. It is notified that the half-yearly dividend, at the l a te of 10s. p er cen t ., on th e d e bt of Ecuador will be Paid on the 31st inst. t he next ge nera l mee ti ng o f the shareholders of Ine Lond on Joint Stock Bank will b e h e ld on t h e 6 th January, when a dividend will be declared. The fifth general meeting of the proprietors of the London and River Plate Bank (Limited) will be held on the 30th inst., when a dividend will be declared. , The Treemator Granite Company's shares have pees quoted at par to prem. The half- year l y di v id en d d ue I s t J anuar y o n th I r n ntevidean Six per Cent. Loan of 1864 is adver tised for Payment in due course. Messrs. P. F. M an a and Co., the agents, announce that they will be prepared on the 6th January to purchase, on eeentation;to them, at the current market value, ends to the extent of £12,064, being the amount o f the sinking fund. general meeting of the Para Gas Company k,Lunited) is called f o r the 20th inst., when a divi• dea d is t o b e d eclared. The meeting w ill b e ma d e , 13 ,!cial, to a u th or i se th e di rec t ors to issue shares to bearer" in respeot of any shares that are fully Paid up. The shares of the Anglo-Argentine Company Were to-day quoted at j to I prem. T specie movement during the past week has bee n of a very limited character as regards the im- P la rt B 7 Which have amounted to about £165,366 i°°ln t ding £11,600 from New York, by the Pen -barkb ; £33,600 by the Delta, £16,947 by the erussia, and £5,431 by the Cuba. The Rifleman, 'from Australia, has brought £57,000 ; the Syria, from Ale xandria, £3,430 ; £17,958, in gold, has been rece ived from P or t uga l, an d £19,400 in silver from the Continent. Th e expor t s ha v e been £30,000 to the Cape of Good Hope, by the Roman ; £65,818 to the Brazils, by the Oneida ; and there have been `etnitt ances to the Continent, through private sourc es, estimated at £263,799, the total amounting to £359,617. T he directors of the English and Australian Cop- N i- ,,! r M ining Company (Limited) have received ad eee from their manager, dated Port Adelaide, 29' t h Octobe r l as t. Th e quan tity o f coal at Koo ti Ther e Was 131 t ons , and at Port Adelaide 30 tons. were four furnaces at work at Port Adelaide 11 done refinery. As soon as a sufficiency of fuel :E l ,, a ccumulated at Kooringa the furnaces would be 250 tons Si nce d ate o f l as t a d v i ces a shipment of tons of copper bad been made. 'lessrs. Mocatta and Goldsmid, in their bullion t i tarLenlar state as follows :—Very little alteration has e 'en place during the past fortnight, though the a ii ilden eY is rather, downwards, the price of bar 4 7 er being 60id., while the nearest quotation for 69 ? jean dollars is 58id., the last rate having been • All the gold which has been received lately h 6 beeu readily p urc h ase d f or ex p or tation, and in L a e ab sence of large arrivals some considerable sums th ve been taken from the bank. The French Ex to a nge, however, is now ruling firmer, which to ra ne e extent di m i n i s h es th e d eman d, w hile the high te e quoted f rom N ew Y or k wou ld l e ad us to ex- Peet an importation of gold from that quarter. The traffic receipts of the East Indian Railway 11;the week endi n g the 20th October last were 21 02 3, against £35,868 of the corresponding et of the previous year. Two o'C LOCK. Abe market for the English Funds exhibits less -tit tQation, and prices are a shade flatter. Consols have declined 4, to 921 for money and account. 9; 1 ; 4 New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 6 4- 4 i Exchequer Bills, 28s. to 31s. prem. ; India T he 13 4 ° r Cents., 1124 ; ditt o E n f ace d 5 per Cents., 10 and ditto Bonds, 58s. prem. 1144 -he transactions in the Foreign Stock market Z e : _been unimportant. Mexican, however, have 251 .1 ed it to 154 I, and Spanish Passive, 4, to 1 t , 4 „ 26 , but Greek have advanced 4, to 124 134 ; ti c,"all are dull at 454 f, and Turkish 5 per Cents., ,i 3 k i ; Spanish 3 per Cents are at 35/ 36. p reiz " ° New Honduras Loan is steady, at 14 to 14 L a ir ' A merican Securities are very inactive. Illinois at a dvanced 4, to 894 904 ; and United States 5- at 8 1 5 : it 714 724 ; while Erie Shares are stea d y l la tia atie and Great Western Railway Debentures e t. . n i2 en f, to 22 23, and the Consolidated Mort gage Bonds are firm at 19 20. 7 erY limited amount of business has been 1 1 Q asacted in the Railway Share Market, although ( i ot a . fe w instances prices are a shade firmer. Cale stulai,ll and Great Western have each improved 4, poli t . " ri ghton while North-Western and Metro -44 have each declined 4. O f i u e Forei gn an d C o l on i a l li nes ex hibit no c h ange t r aPortan ce . h ow ai lk Shar es a r e very qu i e t. An g lo-Austrian, ert have improved to 9 3-16, London and tri k , e Vall to 16; London and Westminster are li d 69 4 ; and Union of Australia, 504. a e h loc ellaneous and Finance Shares are generally h o ' ad e firmer. Atlantic Telegraph 8 per Cents. 0 1 . i ° iraproved to 91 93, and Peninsular and °Mal Steam to 57. Viceroy of Egypt's Mort al Loan remains steady, at 724. MINING MARKET. SATURDAY, TITO P.ll. bpve market t o -d a y b as b een dull. Bassett, Seton, ien ° l3 . Moor, Chontales, Frontino, East Basset, Ail;great South T o l g us have been freely offered. °z ed are the latest quotations : 4, 1 r earu Brea, 2 21; Chiverton Moor, 5 1 51 ; Choutales 1 2 •1-,' A a i 1; Clifford Amalgamated, 5 1 6; East Basset, 10 -- 'EA O aradon, 51 51 ; East Lovell, 81 81 ; East Russell, 1 41 ; Pro n ti uo and Bolivia Gold, 18s Od 20s Od ; Great 171681 t, 17 1 1 81; G rea t R e t a lli c k, ; Great Wh. al Vor, T reec e 'Starke V a ll ey, —; N or th C ro fty, 21 21 ; North tari a 7b7, 315 33s Od; Prinoe of Wales, 49s 515 ; West I :t4 ""-; South Caradon, —; South Franoos, 24 26 ; ` o li, c e r K — ''' 13 14 ; West Cara don, 101 111; West Chiver- Wii 6 7 ; We s t S e t on, 185 195 ; Wh e a: Basset, 75 80 ; Iy he -44 Gronine, 26s 28s; heal May Ann, 19 21 41 Set (); v 9O 95; Great So ut h Tolgus , 238356 Od. tRI TISII FUNDS.--CLOSING PRICES a p mo'Anlonin• FUNDS. 921 I sr u, 11, at. Consols 92i t I -* 'keennut No w .2 Popp: Per n il :Jo n : 1188? 34- 92i i 1441 (il an 921 t • D iio. f or 30 y Y ro, e li expire st. s h t h A J p a r i n l . , 1198 1 8 2 : 0 : .• ....." t ° (Red Sea Telepitraph), All°" Mara. June co, Ct 2B 31 Pm "equer Bills £l,OOO, 2lf 21 per 31 pm D O , - XOOO 31 pin ki,,,Do. zioo & .£2OO Do. Engiltid st oc k , 4i per Cent 7 . ~ Account ••• 1tte41)04./ GOVIMNMEXT SECURITIES _ O. .!tock, 104 per Cent., April 13 ' 1 _ 00. ,:ACCOUIIt 112 i b o 4 ° }Air Cent. July 1880 D • , Pet* Cent., Oct. 1888 is°. Certificates _ i)-100.. tufaced Paper 4 per Cent 101 5 Per C 1872 N.., cut., Jan. _ Do, ,?1 Per el-nt., May 1879 __ _ • 0 per Cent., Itup. Deb., is, , 1) 0 . 1877 — U°do. Do 1882 _ 33 1)4 r do. e b -, ~ per Cent., Aug. 1873 58 pin DO • .ouds, Per Cent., £l,OOO Pin 0. ander .£l,OOO d.r.,. rOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. ,Zitelltine ltopublfe, 6 per Cent 13r ~11.4 n Donde ° per Cent. 1859 o'3. n ail 5 per bent — li Per Cent 18 52-58-60 ~,, lh, ~ " a. t • 1863 1, 1 / 4) • , per Cent., 1865 75f iiii 1) 0 41-,,ccouut 1 111,,,' <OO Bonds C1:17,0, Ayres 6 per Cent , 4,Per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) u •1') u per Cent. `lrn 6 per Cent 11 .) °,' 9* Per Cent. ),,' Per Cent., B ........................ .• 1 : 1 C) . ' 7 1867 n o ., , per Cent., 1866 .1 6 c:rip, £32 pa i d .... — 'ark. r : -1 - - C mbian, 6 per Cent. Danish 3 p Ceut., 1825. D,naljian Principalities, 7 per Cent — Do 8 per Cent., 1867 E9uador New CJuseiddated, 1 per Ceul d:gyptiar, 7 per Cent Do. St,t eict Issue D . 1510 Bonds Du. £IOG Bonds B9 Do. 186.1 •.• B3 Do. £5 . )0 Bonds — Do. £lOO Bonds • ..... 871 Government Railway Debentures ....• 93 Greek, 5 per Cent., 1824 1 5, ex Coups. -- Do. Account Dv. ooupons Do. Account G tatemala 5 per Cent • , — It.)Han 5 per Cr.2t., 1865 — Do, Account - Do. Maremmaua itailw Ity — Nl.3xicaL 3 per Cent Ditto for Account Do. 1864 — Do 6 per Cont. Anglo-French — Yroutevidettu G per Cent. H oor i,:;1). Imperial 5 per Cent New Gran.!da — Do 3 per Cen....., — Do. DeferYed •S, .--... Do Land Warrants (11OC!4res) PoraYian 5 per Cent. 1865 — Do Account 721 I i __. ...._ .. _ ..... ___ Do 45 per Cent. (Uribarren) Do 41 per Cent., 1862 Do Account Portsguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, '7, '9,'60,'2,'3 401 5 1 401 Russian. 5 per Cent., 1822, £ Si B6l Do 45 per Cent. 1850 Do 45 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cont., 1859 Do 5 por Cent., 1862 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1861, £lOO Bonds BB 1 D o . do. £Bl 15s. do. Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds 875 5 Do. do. £B4 15s. do — Sardinian, 5 per Cent 725 Spanish 3 per Con 3Bl Do Account Do New Deferred 35 5 Do Account Do Passive — Do Acc4ant Do Coin. Cert. of Coup. not funded Do Account Turkish 6 per Cent., 1854 Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 — Do Account Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1862 — Do Account Do £lOO Bonds 631 25 Do. 1863 — Do 5 per Cent., 1865 — Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1865 521 2 Da 4 por Cent., Guaran t ee d Venezuela, 3 per Cent. — DJ Account — Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian 0 per Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 45 per cont., Ex. 25f. Dutch 21 per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil, — Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates .... French Routes, 3 per Cont., Ex. 25f. — Italian 5 per Cent. 1831, Ex. '2sf. Do. Account 455 TWO (31,11.001 C. Consols, Money" 921 1 Do. Account LATEST CITY INTELLIGENCE. CITY, 4.30 P.M. Since two o'clock there has been no variation in Consols, which have closed at 92 i for money and account. _ . At the Bank of England there were no alterations of importance. The following are the closing quotations of some of the principal Stocks :—Mexican, 152 16 ; Spanish Passive, 251 261 ; Certificates, 191 1 ; New Three per Cents., 35 15-16 tbs 36 1-16th ; Turkish 5 per Cents., 331 ; Greek, 12;1 13 ; and Italian 5 per Cents., 451 1. United States 5-20 Bonds have closed at 714 72 ; Erie Shares, 481 ; and Illinois, 89} 90. The following were the closing quotations of some of the principal railway companies shares : Caledonian, 751 to 76 ; Great Eastern, 311 to 31 1 ; Great Northern, 109 to 111 ; Great Western, 44 to 441; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 124 to 124} ; Brighton, 511 to 521 ; Metropolitan 1151 to 115 i; Midland, 1121 to 1124 ; North Eastern (Berwick), 991 to 1001; and South-Eastern, 681 to 68;1. Jll.l. RKETS—( 2 las Day.) COVENT GARDEN. FRUIT.— Apples, 4s 01 to 8s ; ehesnuts, lOs to IGs ; walnuts, lOs to 16s p,n bushel ; cobnuts, Is ; grapes, 33 Oct to Gs ; pine apples, 3s to 6s per lb ; lemons, 6s to 8s ; oranges, Gs to 8s per 100; pears, 2s to 4s per dozen. VEGETABLES.— Artichokes, 2s to 4s ; beet, is to 28 ; cabbages, is 3d to 2s; cauliflowers, 3s to 6s; tomatoes, Os to Os per dozen , carrots, Gd to 8d ; herbs, 2d to 4d ; le , ks, 2d to 4d ; turnips, 3d to 4d per bunch ; celery, is to is Gd; horseradish, 3s to 5s per bundle; endive, is 6d to 2s ; lettuces, is to is Gd per score ; onions, 4s Od to 5s ; spinach, 2s Od to 3s per bushel; potatoes, 80s to 170 s per ton. POULTRY. Turkeys, is to lOs Gd ; geese, 5s to 58 6d ; ducks, 38 Od to 3s Cd ; tame rabbits, is Od to is 6d ; wild ditto, is to is 2d ; pigeons, Od to is ; pheasants, 3s Od to 3s 6d ; partridges, 3s Od to Os Od ; hares, 3s ad to Os ; woodcocks, 3s 6d ; snipes, is Od; pintail, is Gd to Os Od; widgeons, is 2d to Os Od ; plover, Od to Os ; Surrey fowls (per couples) Os to Os ; Surrey chickens, Os Od to Os ; barn door fowle, Os to 5s Od ; English eggs, 14s to 15s per 100 ; French ditto,iOs o lOs 6d; fresh butter, is 2d to is 5d par lb. NEWPORT. Beef M u tt o n Per Ms by the carcase. WHITECHAPEL. Beef Mutton 3 0 to I 4 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 3id ; 721 b to 801 b, 31d to 3rd ; 801 b to 881 b, 3id to 4id ; 881 b to 961 b, 4id to 5d ; 961 b to 1011 b, 41d to bid; 1041 b to 1121 b, 5d to sfd ; horse hides, 9s Gd to 108 Gd. Calfskins, light, 2s Od to 4s Od ; full, 7s Od. Sheepskins, polled, 6s 6d to 7s 6d ; half-brads, 5s Od to 5s 9d ; downs, 4s 3d to 4s 9d. . HAY. - - SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 55s Od to 84s ; mover, 60s to 1053 ; and straw, 30s to 36s per load. A small supply. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 55s Od to 85s ; clover, 60s to 1055; and straw, 30s to 3GB per load. A slow sale. WILITECIIAPEL.—Meadow hay, 55s to 85s Od ; clover, 60s to 105 s; and straw, 30s to 3Gs per load. Demand inactive The new drama " Valjean," which has been expressly adapted from Victor Hugo's celebrated work Lu Miserable. for Mr. Charles Dillon, was brought out at the Theatre Royal, Manchester, on Wednesday night. Those who have read 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 ♦ery 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 bread in order to save from starvation th• 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, rand when at length his long period of slavery terminates, and he is sot free, it is only to find himself spurned by eyery 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 ; he henceforth lives an honest man, though persecuted and tried to the utmost. This appears on the face of the drama us the great leading principle. The events we cannot detail, but we think it necessary to say so much as to what we conceive to be its key note. Tho author has admirably worked it out, and probably he could not have found an actor more capable of exhibit fng 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 thoatres play bills of the per formances are now soil which contain in the centre a photograph of some remarkable scene in the drama which is being played. The Vaudeville, the Opera Comique, and the Ambigu, are the houses wherein at present they may bo obtained. A new phase of co-operation has been developed at Rochdale. 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 £6,000. The theatre, which was opened a few nights ago, will accom modate 2,200 persons. " No Thoroughfare," now in course of preparation at the Adelphi, and i❑ which Mr. Fechter will appear, will con sist of at least fifteen scones, aid will last the entire eyening. Mr. 11. Irving, of the St. James's, joins the Queen's at Christmas. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 14, 1867. ►EPIRIT' OF THE PUBLIC JOURNAL% The blowing in of the prison wall in Clerkenwell is the topic of universal comment. The Times calls i 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 1833 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 are 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 outer 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 arc 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 ho will have to look back upon is the slaughter of a nunnbe~ of innocent people ; the burning and man,gling 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 among us others planning outrages equally dastardly and deadly, and that any slay 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 Clerkenwell, the Fenians have sewn that they shrink not from bloodshed, even for a molt 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 and compensation for their losses. As to the Fenian conspiracy itself, it must be evident that the time is past for clemency and forbearance. 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 forth 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 PM that the Peuians 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 onty 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 form part of a conspiracy which is not only capable of such deeds, but NO/jell glories iu their perpetkation. 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 them organise and carry out their plots under 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( n3d, 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 houses on the opposite aide 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 d e signing leaders of this course of murder and outrage, or to their reckless dupes. We sincerely trust and we have reason to believe that the perpetraters 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 Fenianisin is proved by its audacity, and the astonishment of the public is a test of the absence of real danger. Still, it will not do to t a mper with the spirit which has prop n 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 th e G overnment i s 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 resentmen t against the malefactors who are thus openly at war against society, and of stern determination to pro tect its rights. The Telegraph Las 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 h i . ' scatt ere d 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 gidit 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 the league, and the enormities which spring from it. British civilisation, fully warned will now wake from its apixthx. and take amnia measurw of preservation. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. SALE OF BLOOD STOCK AT PARIS. In expectation. of an important sale, comprising 11 well known horses from Major Fridolin's stud, sportsmen as sembled in rather strong force at Cheri's last Wednesday, but the majority were doomed to disappointment, as just before the commencement of proceedings it was announced that a protest had arrived from the junior partner, which prevented the sale of all the La Morloye lot. It being as signed that a split in the cabinet bad taken place relative to the partnership of the stud, at least that the Eastern partner wishes to get out of the concern or to become its sole master, friendly arbitration has failed to bring matters to a crisis, which may account for this protest, and it is said that in the course of a few weeks the subject will in terest the lawyers. However, as the horses have been ad vertised for a fortnight, it is a pity that matters were nut arranged a little sooner, for, besides bringing down the whole of the professional element from Chantilly and Le Croix "to be sold," instead of to witness a sale, we noticed several commissioners from a much longer distance, in cluding one from Belgium and cue from the neighbourhood of Rouen. After the usual sale of hacks and carriage horses, the following thorough-bred lots were put up and they realised the prices appended:— The Property-of M. Lupin. Frs. Laurentia, oh f, by l'retendant out of Miss Law rence, 2 yrs (M. Verry) 850 Marevidis, br h (brother to Dollar), by the Flying Dutchman out of Payment, 4 yrs (Mr. T. English) 630 Toren°, ch c, by Dundee out of Sauvagine, 3 yrs (M. Sentier)... ... • Belonging to Different Owners. Lesko, br g, by Womeraley out of Myszka, aged (Count de Lair) ••• ... ... ... ... 890 Le Batailleur, b g, by Martel-eu-Tete, dam by Pleni potentiary, 3 yrs (fir. Jordan) ..- ... 1060 200 liandolino,.ch rn, by Minotau.t—Rotts, aged (Count de Cosset to) ... 010 Souvenir, br g, by Elthiron outof Ruthful, aged ... 200 Bay colt, by Gustave out of Nancy, 2 yrs (M. Duriez) 250 NOMENCLATURE. The following names have boon given:— Mr. 11. Wright's Yearlings. Bay filly by Vengeance out of Contraction Expansion. Chestnut filly by Surplice—Cosette, by King Tura 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 Ted dingtou Bay filly (late Meander) by Cavendish out of Bohemia, by Weatherbit Mendicity. Mr. J. Alexander's. Bay filly by Underhand out of Bilberry, by Simoon, 2 yra 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 Bay filly by Oxford out of Whist Brown filly by Tim Whiftisr out of Breaker Brine. SHARE LlST.—This Day. -'. - Share; Railways. Pai , i'riatnl and 1 , ;14 - efei .•. Tlik 'aledonian ...... ....::! too . .l. inuriau. ork and Bandon...—. 'tarn wall all üblin & Belfast Jana. 100 un„l'erth, & Ab.Junc... o)0 *.London, scrip Cal all :JO. 100 <IIa`“..!OLV & S. Wt - stern 100 Great Eastern, Urd. al k 10J Do. E. Angl. at. No.' 100 Great North 01 Scotian. lOU - Great Northern lOO Du. A stock I 100 Do. 11 stuck I luu lio. NOW, is. at' 5 1)1,4 10.: GtS, and W. of lrelanS 100 , tlt. Welder!' -Original 1,.0 Dd. s. Val. Rail gnu: 100 Do. South %Vales I ILO Do. W. AI id.—Oxford, NO D;I. Newuort ' 100 Do. Ilereford I 100 Lancashire& Yorkalflrc ! 100 London and Blaukwall! 100 iLon., Brigh., & S Coal 100 o i ) a o . ~ Cla t t r . ,op. l and i; x D . or . . 100 00 on. & North Western 100 on. & South Wester 100 an., Shel., & Lincol 100 Metropolitan..... all Do. New lO Do. Extension...— all Metropolitan District all Do. do. do. 10 Do, and St. John's W'o 8 Midland Do. X'l Share 7 Do,_Birinin.. & Derby 100 ~:Irl Kent . . all ;North British I Do. W., rth., & Dun lOO 'Nth. Eastern—Berwic 100 Do. („ir,N•E purohas 16.13. Do. Leeds Do. York lOO DG. Carlisle ..... Do. Stook. & Darling all Do. do. 1860-61 lB North London Do. do. 1864 5 . lO Do. do. 180 . 5 North Staffordshire ~$. .St S. W. Junction 6cottish Central &)ot. N. E , Aber. stock 100 Do, SCot, Mid. stock lOO §lirepsiiirs Union South Devon lOO iioutli Eastern . lOO 'Staines Wok., & Wok all rail Vale lOO Do. C Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkeunyo 10u Waterloo & Whitelia 1 6 West COlllWatii lOO 20 at St 100 2 4 74 76 70 72 95 06 ;31.1 311 7 8 15 0 joy 111 !Li Irti 123 145 9d 98 44 44, 25 Su 29 3t 1231 1.4 i ill 623 114 19 115; 116 77 79 46i 174; 1161 1161 OKDINAUT SHARES AND STOCKS. 311 & 1241 52 I 131 19 11r1 151 9111' ICO 130* Closing i Business Prior. i clone. 31 1131 , 751 751 ;51 601 6 2 1 / 4 1 3u 115 1 1 1 1 106 61 I $0 7) 'll2l 12 1 105 106 tl2 SG 62 33 34 93 100 5) 61 trii Ike ISO 132 114 114 1 lip 5) 01 110 112 57 58 42 14 Oh CBl 81 94 145 .00 BUITISII MINES. 'am. Consol. Gold, line I - 'hiverton 'lifford Amalgamated SO 54 6 4 ' evon G. Cons. (Taylst 1 410 430 rake walls 2.1.0 4 1 ast Bassett (Illogatr) 294 10 12 104 1 .'ast Caradon 2.14.1. 5 6 154 t 'as t Cara Brea 3l 2 24 - :ast Grenville 2.14.0 11 2 East Gunnialake . 5.3.0 1 East Loved 3.v.0 8 E. W'l Russell (Tavistk, 11.7.6 11 2 Gam.& StAubyn(G wen. 66 4 5 4 Great Laxey, limited all 17 18 13 Great South Tolgus 0.14. - Great Wheal Busy 14.9. - G. Wheal Vor (Helst.o 40 17 IV Grenville 9.0.6 11 14 fierod's Foot 5.1U.0 35 37 Elingston Downs 5.10. 21 24 Margaret (Uny Lelan 12.17. t 6 5 Starke Valley 4.10.t 41 51 4 Ilwyndy Iron Ore, li 34 21 11 New S ton 56/ 60 70 North toskear I 482 5 7 N.Wh Bassettalloganl 1.4.0 - North Wheal Crotty Prosper 8.11.0 2 24 'ruvidence ,Uny Lelau 10.6.7 29 3t Caradon (St. Ulcer) ll 380 400 'with Condurrow 1.2.0 :.Wheal Fran. (Illogan 18.18.9 374 424 ...tray Park . X 35.15. 4 6 - flu Croft 9 13 14 Vigra and Clogan, lim all West Bassett (Mogan W. Caradon (Llskeard 11 10 i 1 West Chirerton ll 71 73 •—• 'West Setoff . 'Wheal Bassett 'Mogan 54 671 124 ' Wheal Buller (Redruth 16 16 11 —. Wheal Mary Ann (Men 8 18 20 Wheal Seton Wheal Trelawuey (1.10 1 5.17.0 6 8 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. WO Atlantic& St. Lawrence all ,53 45 it llom.,Baroda.&Cen.ln. 100 1(4 1(6 1014 1 1 gu. 6 per cent... 40 Do. F shares lO p ip tOi Buffalo .t Lake Huron all 31 4 10 Do. Preference ilt uff.,Bran t, &Goderich 100 4 p.c. 1872-3-1....—. 100 68 71 it Calcutta AB. E., litn lOO at .:3. 1 .e Town .t Dock, gu lOO 18 52 400 Jemerara, 7 p.c. per. p all 99 lk 2 ~ : ast. Bengal, go. , sdo 100 03 1(4 1054 , 1 East Indian, gu. 5 p.c. 100 110 1104 an 14 :V Do. J Extension • rand Tr uukot Canade 100 17 18 100 Do. Elatp. 3lort. Bond. 1 charge e p.c alt 83 85 WO Do. Ist Pref. Bonds all 50 52 44 100 Do. do deferred 100 De. Id Pref. Bonds., all 40 45 • 100 Du. do. deterred - 100 Do. 3d Pref. stook.— all 32 34 100 Do. do. deferred 100 Do. 4th Frei. stoo k all 194 204 100 Do. do. deterred at (.4t. India Pen. gua. sp.e tOO 107 108 111 4 73 ,o. Gua. 5 per cent lB 241 40 Do. New gua. 52. o 6 Y t at dt. South of India gua. 5 per cent at D.,. 41 per cent lou 92 94 st Do 2 204 ~ great Wes. of Canada, all 151 154 161 204 Do. New ... - 100 Do. 6p. u Bi.s, pay. 1873 all 95 87 100 Do. 51 do. pay. 1877-8.. all 85 37 10 Indian Branoh, limited 8 4d st Madras, gua. 5 p.o .... 100 100 1021 1154 at Do. 41 do at Do. 40 do lOO 89 91 29 Do. Fifth Extension 5 at Melb. Cor. 6p. 0. Buds. 100 50 el. .k Hobson's Bay.. all st .Itl.C'da,6po latpf.los 100 83 85 at Scinde , 100 100 101 st Do. Delhi 20 Do. do 4. 1 5 4 1p at Do. Punjaub 100 99 100 st Do.lndus St.Flot 40 100 85 87 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. - Brltivb Columbia, 6 per oeut., Deo. 31,1572. 100 - - - Can.Gov.6 p.o.Ja.& July - o. 6p. o. Feb. & Aug.. 100 101 103 1021 1877-84 - o. sp. a Mar. & Sept 100 101 103 . - Do. sp. o. Jan. & July 100 90 92 91 - Do. sp. c. Inscribed Mc 100 89 91 - Cape G.Hope, 6 p.c.1873 100 102 104 .- Do.Apl.dzOot, 1890-1900 100 106 108 951 - Do. do 1880-90 100 104 106 - Do. Jan.&July, 1890-91 100 107 109 - Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct. 1900 lOO 95 i 7 ..- ,Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p.c 100 - - - I Do. 1878, do lOO 113 110 1 - Mauritius, 6p. o, 1873, lan. and July - Do. 1878 - Do. 1882, Mayls, N0v.15 100 105 107 - Do. 1895, Feb. t Aug.. 100 107 109 - Natal goy. 6 per oent.. 100 104 106 - N.B.Gov.6p.o.Ja.&July 100 IC3 105 - N. S.W. Gov. 5 p•c., 1860 100 - _ - Do. 5 p.o. 1871 to 1870 100 98 99 99 - Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1895 100 971 9U 981 7; - Do. 5 per cent.... ... 1 0 0 97 99 971 190 IC3 105 $ - Nova Soot's Gov. 6p. 0. p. cent 100 . _ New - ue u u Z sterling, B e i a u l u a d Zealand , 6 G ov. 6p. c. 10 0 103 104 1031 - .Aus.Gov. 6 p,0.1868-9 100 - Do. 1878 dt upwards.. 100 110 111 - Vlo,Uov. 6p.0.7a.&Ju1y 100 - - - Do. do. April & Oot.. 100 110 112 110; - YttEFEBENCE SHAKES. Bristol and Exeter 4 per cent stock, 861 (ireat Northern, 51per cent. rd. at 10 per cent. pm., 106 North Eastern, Cons., 4 per cent., Ditto, 41 per cent. rd., Of South Eastern (Reading Arms., £1.0,6), 221 PREFERENCE SUARES AND STOCKS. London and S.-Western 1i per cent., 89 FOREIGN itArLvrArr. Antwerp and Rotterdam, tif Central Argentine, 13 Dutch Rhenish, ""'Ditto, new, 3 Sambre and Meuse, 61 FOREIGN MINNS, Chontales Gold and Silver Mining, lim., 3 lion Pedro, North Del Rey, 21 Pm Port Phillip, 1 7-16 1 BANAL Agra, lim., A, 71 Anglo- kustrian,.9 Anglo Egyptian, Um., 17 Australasia, e 2 British North American, 48 9 Chartered ?ter. of India, Londonjand China, 204 City, 12 Imperial Ottoman. lim. 9 5.16 London and Brazilian, 1im.,t16 London and River Plate, 43! London and County, 541 6 London Joint Stock, 351 London and Westminster, 691 9 Ditto, Scrip, 3.i B Midland Bank, Urn., 101 1 National Provincial of iingland, Ditto, , d and :id issue, MI Union of Auatralia, 50i MISCICLLANICOUII. Anglo-American Telegraph, 1im.,"18; Ail attic relegrapn, 41 Dit o, 8 p.,r gent, jerlin %V ter Works, qui., 13 City of Moscow Gas, lim., II Continental Union Gas, lim.. 11 Crc lit Fancier 01 En2lat., Jim— 2 13-16 East India Irrigation and Canal. 171 Egyptian 9 per Cent. Viceroy Loan, gua by Egypt. Clor., 16 d tto, 9)t London Financial Association, lint., Lon ou and Provincial Marine, Ocean Marine Insurance), 2' I oriental Gas, lint., 6 Peninsula and Oriental Steam, 57 Viceroy of Egypt (Mortgage) Loan, 724 A new jeuno premier, of whom report bpeaks highly, has been engaged at tbo Gymnase, and will shortly make his first appearance. His name is Pujol, and he comes from Marseilles. "Jean le Poste" (" Arrah-na-Pogue") is a great success at the suburban Theatre du Belleville. M. Ernaux plays Jean, Madlle Hubans Norah, M. 11. Rose the Colonel, and M. Aubert Daniel M'Coum. Since the withdrawal of the "Grande Duches e" from the Varietds a sort of " scratch" programme has been made up. It consists of four unimportant pieces, whereof one has an English title, being called "Furnished Apart ments." NIMROD'S "SYSTEM" OF BACKING HORSES. In the St. Martin's-lane County Court, on Thursday, before Mr. 11. Bayley, Esq., 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 ho forwarded a Post-office Order for 16s. 31.-Is. 3d. for commission ou non-starter, and the remaining 155., 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. ; he said it ought to have been for £2, and if the horse had started that Mr. Wright would have invested tho lbs. 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 ho 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 in 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. " Yr. W. Wright. "Sir,—Huntsman and Confederate being nou-starters yesterday, you have now 255. in hand, less 5 per cent. commission. Enclosed is a Post-office Order for I6s. Bd., which with the sum in your band will amount to .£2; this please invest on Rama for Shrewsbury Cup at starting price.—l remain, Sir, yours respectfully, "11. ELDRIDGB." The entry in the book was also produced, which Lis Honour considered quite satisfactory, and dismissed the case, much to the surprise of Eldridge, who on leaving the court made use of vulgar and insulting language. RACING FIXTI FEBR RES FOR 1888. AUT. Lincoln lB Harrow 2O MA: Liverpool Spring M 3 Chelmsford Spring M lO Wen Dray ton l2 Nottingham Spring 25 Derby Spring :OIL Epsom Spring Misting 2 Northampton AP Durham Hendee l3 Newmarket Craven 13 IL. Lewes Spring Newmarket lot Spring 17 Chester 5 Winchester l2 York Spring Salisbury l4 Bath Croydon Ist Summer Harpenden Epsom Summer [NE. West Drayton ~.. 1 Croydon 2d Summer ... 2 Ascot Summer 9 Windsor Summer I Bibury Club 23 Stockbridge I Chelmsford Summer., 3O Alexandra Park 3O LY. Worcester Summer 2 Newmarket July 7 Reading Liverpool l6 Huntingdon 2l Nottinghalu July Goodwood AUG Brighton Brighton Club 6 Lewes Summer Wolverhampton ll Stockton Windsor Egham lB Hastings SEPT Warwick 1 Abingdon.. 8 Leicester Doncaster 8 Richmond OCT( Bedford 1 Nowniarkot 2d October 5 Cheltenham l3 NOVI Slaewsbury York l9 Oxford Canterbury Derby Summer Weymouth Lichfield Tunbridge rUS T. STEEPL: ;11BER. Kelso l6 {tendon l7 Monmouth . 17 Newmarket tat October 22 West Drayton 2V ,BER. Newmarket Houghton 19 Worcester MBE Lt, .. lO CHASES. JANUARY, 1868. Mancheitor 1 I Reading FEBRUARY. Birmingham 11,12 1 Lincoln MARCH. 7,8, Grand Military l6, 17 I Choltanhain ........ $ 6 , 27 A SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY FOR TES UNITED STATES.—On Wednesday last the Standard made the fol lowing remarks :—"A few days ago we stated that a move men t had been set on foot for the establishment of a Southern 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, Belsizo Park. It is necessary, however, that it should be fully understood that this is not in any sense 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 iu 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 Gladstone, Mr. Gathorno Hardy, Earl Stanhope, the Earl of Shaftesbury, and Lord J.ahu Manners. Upon the committee are the Earl of Carnarvon, Lord Cranborne, earl Nelson, the Archbishop of York, the Bishop of Ox ford, Mr. Beresford Hope, and Mr. Gladstone. There •n.rtaiuly could be no better representation than this of lifferent 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 :ordial reception given to the American bishops who at tended the Pau-Anglican Synod has already produced very ;ratifying results, and it is felt that to assist iu 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 Imerican 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 be received in the best ipitit by Episcopalians throughout the States. The uni versity was originally intended to be to the United States what Oxford and Cambridge are to England, and by none s its restoration more desired than by the American bishops who recently visited our ancient universities." COTTON AND RAILIVAYS LV Mr. Campbell, a gentleman oonnected with rail ways in India, and recently returned from that country, had 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 wore extensively available, and additional facilities for the transport of cotton be secured. The soil of the ludus valley i 3 an alluvial deposit of great depth, and well adapted fur the cultivAtiou of cotton. His residence at Uturitsur, which he describes as the Manchester of the Punjaub for commerce and enterprise, gave him opportunities of witnessing the, marvellous changes effected on theppening of the Punjaub Railway from Lahore to Monitan. lle never saw anything like it, though engaged in railway work in England for more than a quarter of a century. lie is of opinion that the Punjaub could compete 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 an 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 during the hot season, 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 between 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 to the Euglish soldier. Nothing tends to swell the sick list of a corps as the ordinary march through 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 Punjaub must frequently have remarked the numerous rude pieces of tin bearing a name, probably half obliterated, nailed to trees and posts in the vicinity of encamping grounds, these homely memontocs being placed there to denote the last resting-place of a comrade or friend. Such scenes aro 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 mouths, 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, i❑ 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 5,641, while in the United States of America the number of miles opened is upwards of 13,000, besides canals 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. RACE BETWEEN _INDIANS AND HORSES A 7 BOSTON. An interesting and novel race occurred at Riverside Park, November 22, between the Indians Young Deerfoot and Young Steeprock and the horses Empress, 11‘Clellan, 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 ran as they chose. 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 been 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 groat 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 ho would not start, and Jessie Wales was harnessed to take his place The change, of course, affected the bets. The 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 red man," and stand about sft. 10in. each, with 'very good physical development. Young Deerfoot is said to be a son of the noted Indian runner of that name, who years ago raced on the old Cambridge track. He is the largest framed of the two, and is considered the fastest runner. They wore dressed in suits of flannel, fitting close to the akin, and had on low, black leather shoes, large enough to give the foot plenty of room, wore no stockings, and had no covering to their heads. At the commencement of the race Deeded 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 the 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 Deerfoot, 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 11‘Clellan, who trotted twice round the course, making his first mile, and was in turn relieved by Jessie Wales. When Jessie hal made her first mile Em press again started, and at the end of her mile was followed by li‘Clellan, who ii 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. Each of the horses broke frequently and ran considerably, alteoug h they did not gain much by it, except in relief from trot ting. As Steeprock, who had the last half mile to run, passed the quarter pole, Jessie Wales, iu the last half mile of the horses' distance passed him, and decided the rice m favour of the horses, it being of eau rse 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 werk they had done. The following is a summary of the race : RIVERSIDE PARS, BRIGHTON, MASS., Friday, NOV. 22, the Indians, Young Deurfoot n 3} miles while the three Ld Jessie Wales trot six. 1867.—Match 2,000 d'illars ; t and Young Steeprock, to rm horses, Empress, WOlollan, at _ . Indians. Time. Steeprock, I►t quarter 11l 110 Deerfoot, Ist half mile 2.00 Steeprock, 2d half mile 2.10 Deerfoot, 3d half mile 2.2 U Steeprock, 4th half mile 2.50 Deerfoot, sth half mile 2.45 Steeprock, 6th half mile 3.33 Horses. Time. Empress, Ist mile Di'Ulellan, 2d mile Jessie Wales, 3d mile 2.42 Empress, 4th milo sth mile 2.44 Jessie \Vales, 6th mile 2.i8 Aggregate 6 miles in 16.15 Aggregate 31 milesinl6.43 I —From Wilkes's Spirit of the Times. Miss Clara Thompson is engaged at St, James s for Christmas. THE EXPLOSION AT THE HOUSE OF DETENTION. EXAMI IsrAl lON OF 111 E FRIO:NIERS. The three prisoners charged with being impli cated in the diabolical outrage last night at the House of Detention were brought to Bow-Area Police-court at four o'clock th s afternoon, under a very strong escort of mounted polio. As soon as the well-known prisoners' van arrived at the door of the Police Court the mounted police formed a circle around it, and this was no sooner done than a large number of constables who had been on duty at the court during the whole of the day formed an inner guard iu line ou either side of the door, and thus the prisoners as they stepped from the van passed through it, and were conveyed to the cells of the court without the slightest difficulty. The crowd collected in front of the court was much larger than that assembled in the earlier part of the day. On being placed in the dock, the prisoners gave the names of Timothy Desmond, Jeremiah Allen, and Ann Justice, and the charge preferred against them was with being concerned with others not in custody with the wilful murder of Sarah Hodgkin son, aged, 35, William Clutton, 55, and a girl, named Minnie Abbott, aged 8 years, by wilfully and maliciously firing an explosive substance sup posed to be gunpowder, at Corporation-lane, Clerkenwell. Superintendent Gernon, G division, charged the prisoners. The first witness examined was— John Moore, the chief warder of the House of Detention, who said —Yesterday, between the hours of 2 and 3 my attention was called by a police constable to the fact of a man loitering outside the prison and refusing to go away. lie was joined by a female named Justice. Sir T. Henry—Did you know that name, or was it told you ? Witness—l found it out through the visiting book, as she had visited the prisoner Casey. ___ Examination continued—l saw the man Allen loitering about. They were all recounoitreing the prison. My attention was also directed to seeing the prisoner Allen on the top of one of the adjoin ing houses. He came down, and then I saw him talking to five or six other men. I then went to inform the governor of the suspicious circum stances, and whilst I was doing so the explosion took place. The warders went to the stores where the arms were kept, and having supplied them selves, rushed to the spot from where the alarm came, and it was found that from 50 to 60 feet of prison wall had been blown down. Ambrose Sutton, 273 A, Reserve Division, said —I had been employed watching the outside of the House of Detention since Burke and Casey have been confined. At 20 minutes to 4 I saw the female and Allen near St. James's-walk. 'The woman had been in the house of Detention at 1 o'clock, and the man was waiting outside at the time. When the female prisoner came out she found the prisoner Allen, and remained talking with him for some time. After that the prisoner Desmond caine up and en tered into conversation with them for over twenty minutes. At the expiration of that time a fourth person came up, and when they were parting the man who arrived the latest by accident pushed against me, and thus I had an opportunity of seeing him. lie having begged my pardon, asked me a trifling question, to which I 'replied Ilwas a stranger in the place. With that he walked on. After they had been again in conver sation I saw Desmond go towards St. James's-walk. I was directed to watch Desmond, which I did, and saw him go down Corporation-laue, and shortly after that I saw him drawing a truck with a barrel, which he put on the pavement. I followed him up St. James's-walk, where he stopped in the middle for a miuute or two and then went on. Afterwards heard a tremendous explosion, and then I saw Allen and the woman running am ay very fast. As she approached I took hold f her, and another officer secured the man. I tol her I should take her for being concerned with others in causing the explosion. Whilst I had her in custody I saw Des mond running round the prison wall, and as he was passing I caught hold of him with - my left hand, which was up to that time disengaged. I then called upon the passers-by for help. Sir Thomas Henry—You had both Desmond and Justice then in your custody. Witness—YeB ; one iu each hand. Sir T. henry—You, of caurse, obtained instant assistance. Witness—Yes. Desmond—Will you swear I ever left the public house for more than two minutes ? Witness—Yes. Desmond—Then you perjure yourself. Sir T. Henry—You must not make such obser vations. You can put questions to any of the wit nesses, but you must not impute perjury. Have you any questions to put, Allen ? Allen—All I have to Bay is that I was assisting Desmond, who was intoxicated when I first saw him at the public-house. Justice—l deny that I ever ran with Allen. Allen—lt was enough to make any person run— such an explosion. Sir T. Henry (to Sutton)—Where did you see the barrel? Witness—l saw it on the pavement of Corpora tion-lane, near where the explosion took place. The report followed this circumstance in about ten minutes. Superintendent Gernon said at that point he should have to ask fora remand. Sir T. Henry at once acceded to the request, and the prisoners were removed from the dock. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DIJE. ►aetralla and New Zealand, via Southamptes.....Do,l 20. Ditto, via Marseilles Dec. 14• Ditto, via Panama ...Doe. SO. brazil, Buenos Lyres, and Monte Vtdoo Jan. 5. Ditto, by lerenoh packet Cape Verde, by Brazil paotet Cape of Good dope. 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Of the version by Alex andre Dumas and Paul Mourice, one critic says —"lt is a translation graudioso, poetical, and of marvellous exacti tude. Alexandre Dtunas ought to love Hamlet—has he not revivified him in his' Comte de Monte Chrihto ?' As to M. Paul Meurice, a poet also nourished ou the marrow of lions (sic), he has necessarily brought to his task all the respect he professes for Shaksi ore, that precursor of Victor Hugo who is our Shakspere." 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 1547, and was offered to the Theatre Francais, but was declined by the management. It was then produced at the Theatre de Et. Germain en Lay°, a house which Dumas had hisiself caused to be built. It was played for the first time on Dec. 15, 1847, with Ron vier° as Hamlet. Its termination was then happy, the Ghost appearing to the wounded Hamlet and telling him he should live (" Tu vivras"). This has now been ex- I punged, and Hamlet dies poisoned by the sword of Lie:rtes. 11111LD SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK.