The Sun. — London, England, 1867-01-02 00:00:00

was tion, as a tho ,i7:7EY MARKET AND (70MMERCE INTELLIGENOI3, TWELVE O'CLOCK. There is very little inquiry for discount accommo dation at the Bank in Lombard street, and in financial circles generally. The rates remain undis turbed, the supplies are daily becoming more exces sive, and the bills on offer continue of moderate amount. In the Stock Exchange daily loans on Govern ment Securities were negotiated at 23- per cent., with few borrowers. At the Bank of England yesterday there was an influx of £70,000 in gold. The silver market is very quiet, and the prices are steady. The mail from Guayaquil has brought a remit tance of £661 7s. 101 on account of the dividend on the debt of Ecuador. The half -yearly meeting of the Bank of New Zealand was held at Auckland on the 31st October, when a very favourable report was presented to the shareholders. The total profits for division to the 30th September amounted to £56,067, mil a dividend of 10 per cent, and a bonus of 7s. per share, equal to 17 per cent. per annum, were declared. This amounted to £42,500 ; £7,000 was added to the re serve fund, and £6,567 was carried to profit and loss new account. The report was unanimously adopted, and the usual forms of electing directors, &c., terminated the proceedings. The Northern Assam Tea Company have an nounced the payment of the usual guaranteed divi dend at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum for the past half-year on the A shares. Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures have advanced 1, to 51 53, and the Consolidated Mortgage Bonds are steady at 40 41. Two. O'CLOCK. The City to-day has presented an extraordinary appearance. Snow has thinned the attendance at the Stock Exchange and the other principal departments of business. Even those who have been present have had but few commissions to execute, and the prices of stocks and shares are ,almost nominal. The streets are in a most dis graceful condition, different altogether from anything of the kind that would be tolerated in the principal cities of the Continent. It is a perfect disgrace to the municipality of London, who s h ou ld have taken steps to have pro vided labour, and lessen the interruption of the trade of the metropolis. Even recourse might have been had to able-bodied paupers, and in addition to those of the City of London Union, Shoreditch, \Vhitechapel, and other outlying parishes would have supplied men enough to get the snow in heaps and facilitate the ordinary traffic. Excessive mud or excessive snow seem to be matters altogether be yond the consideration of the civic authorities. Con sols are / higher, viz., 901 for money and the pre sent account, and 91 for the February settle ment. Th e N ew Threes were 891 and the Reduced A nnu i t i es 89 f ; Bank of England St oc k , 2 48 250 ; I n di a 5 per Cents., 107 / ; ditto 4 per Cents., 941. There is very little animation exhibited in the Foreign Stock Market, and the variations have been unimportant. Turkish 5 per Cent s . h ave declined /, to 31i ; Mexican Stock, to 18 / Passive, /to 21 / ; and the N ew 'Spanish Russian Loan Scrip, /to prem. American &ecurities are steads-20 y. United St ates 's ha ve advanced to 7i ; Shares h ave i mproved 2to 82 1. 2 73 and Illinois A fair amount of business has been done in the British Railway Share Market, and prices ,most in m inst ances, show i ncreased firmness. and Lond on, Chatham Western proved , and D Great over have eac h im / ; Lancas hire and Y orkshire, / ; Great Eastern, ; Great Northern A Stock, N orth Wes tern, Manchester , Sheffield, and Li ncoln, and South Eastern ;a/ . n Caledo n i an 11 ; while Mid land hav e declined d Thq rates. F oreign and prt,v Colo n i a l lines generally sustain 12 ious G reat Luxemb ourg are dealt in at 1 ; San Paulo, at 13/ Grand T run k of Canada, Indian Peninsuli 20 ; East ; at 19 I ndian, at 1041 105 ; and Great I ndian, at 1041. Bank Shares are very quiet, and variation. E ast London are marked 3 3 show li/ ; Imperial ttle Ottoman, 8 1 1- ; Oriental Bank Corporation, 42 . In the Miscellaneous Market a firmer tone pre vails. ;Hudson's Anglo-American 16 telegraph ha ve i mproved to Penin sular and 16-1 -Bay Comp any, to 161 ; and O riental Steam, t o 6 5 ; Atlantic Tele grap h 8 per Cent. are • marked 75 ; and Credit Fonder of England, 3e MINING MARKET. IV EDXESDAY, Two o 'cl ock. In the Mining Exchange to-day there has been an active inquiry for Cooks' Uny, S eton Kitchen, W est F rances, North , Trelawny, Pr ov id ence, Great Vor, Crofty, Marko Volley, and Tiucroft, at fully previous rates. Annexed are some of the current quotations : Clnyertou Moor, 41 51; ChonZales Gold, 21 3 ; Clifford Amalgamate, 8 81 ; East Basset, 21 22 ; East Caradon, 51 6; East Lovell, 991 ; East Wheal Grenville, 21 ; Groat Rotallack, 22s 0.1 24s Od ; Great Wheal Vor, 16 17; Markel Valley, 41; North Crofty, 4 ;North Treskerby, 21 3•; Prilace of Wales, 26a Od 28 3 Od ; Prosper United, 31 1; Providence Mines, 27/ 30 ; South Coudurrovr, 9 14s ; South Grenville, 73 6d 103 Od; Tincroft, 13 14 14; West Oaradon, 121 131; West Chivorton, 53 55 ; West Frances, 141 16; West Seton, 120 5 ; Wheal 22 Wheal Chivertou, 64, 7 ; Whe a l Cr3bor, -- a —a ; Buller, 20 Wh/ ; eal Grenville, 26 s Od 28s; Wheal Rose, ; Wheal 1 35 140 ; Wh ea l T relawney, 10 12 ; nySetuu, 30a 353 ; Kitchen 9 10 Wheal U , earn Camborne, 11 11- ;• Central Miner a , ——; Cooks' , ; East .Carn Brea, 21 3 ; Great Laxey, 17 18 ; Great South Tolgus, 10s 15s ; South Frances, 20 22 ; St. Ives Consols, —; South Caradon, 300 320. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. UCVEItNICENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols ........................... 1 3 Do. Acc ount, Jan. 10 ........ per C ent. Reduced .....N...................... 9490} 1 1 e w 3 .... per Cent ................................ 891 1 I ow 2i per Cent. Jan. 18 94 ................. 89 1 An............. Do. 5 per Cent. J an. 1873 .................. nuities, 30 y rs , expire sth Jan. 1880 Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April,' 1 885... Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1 908... Excheque r Bills, .£ £5OO .1,00, ... 4 .per Cent ...... 11 pm Do .................. 0 .... 8 Do .......... £lOO & £2OO 7 pra Bank of England Stock 61 per 'l2ent 248 50 lisurks GovßroatENT SECURITIES. Ultimo Stock 101 per Cent., .A.pril 1874... Ditto for Account ......................... DDo. 5 per Cent. July, 1880 ...1 1 Do. 4 p er Cent., Oct. 1888 """"'•••••• 94 lO7 7 o. Certificates ....................... .. Do. Do. Enf ace d P aper 4 per Cent........' 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 - Do. 51 per C en t ., May 1879 . — Do. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. DDo. Bo n d s, 4 per Cent., £l,OOO .... 25 o under £l,OOO — pm pm Argentine Rep u bli c, 6 per Cent...,...,, FOREI GN FUNDS—CLOSING P —RIVES. BAustrian Bonds 5 per Cent, 1859 — razilian 5 per 'Cent. Do. 41 per Cent., 1 852-58-60 Do. 1863 Do. count Do Acco 1865 unt ........... Do. £lOO 80nd5..... Ayres 6 per Cent Do. .4 c Do 4100 Bonds °DJ 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) Lillian 6 per Cent Do. 3 per Cent. DDo. 6 per Cent A. o. B ........................ ... 6 per Ce n t. ...... Cuba, 6 per Cent. ....... . .................... Danish 3 per Cent. 1820 ...... Do. 5 per Cent., I ' B6l Danubian Principalities Do. Account Equador Now Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Piovisional Land Warrant Do Doteriod p:gyptiau 7 p er C en t B3i Do., Second Issue Do £lOO Bonds Do. 1864 Do £lOO Bonds Do. Government Railway Debentures 79i 19 G:eek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons 'o Account 1 0. Coupons G latemala 5 per Cent. It .;ian 5 per Cent 1865 Do. Account Do. Alaremtnana Railway 13xicar. 3 per Cent Do. Account 1864 Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French ontevidean 6 per Cent.......... Inloorial 5 per Cent • ew 10 3 per C0n,....... Do. Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) 'eruvian 5 per Cent., 1865 no Account Do 43. per Cent. (Uribarren) Do 43 per Cent., 1862 Du Account Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Do 3 per Cent., 1856 '7, '9, 'GO, '62, '3 — Do. Account. ilussian 5 per Cont., 1822, £ St Do 43 per Cent. 1850 Do 43 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent. 1859 Do 5 per Cent. 1862 Do 5 per Cent.. 1864 - Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1866, all paid B6l Do. do. £lO paid Sardinian 5 per Cent Do. Account, ipanish 3 per Cent Do Account Do New Deferred Do Account Do Passive Do Account Sp.miBh Cert. of Coup not funded Do Account S wedish 4 per Cent. Do. 43 per Cent. 1864 Do. Scrip, £6O paid dis Turkish 6 per Cont. 1851 Do. Account Do 6 per Cont. 1858 Do. Account ............... Do £lOO Bonds -- Do 6 lr Cent. 18,— pe, .)62 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1863 Do 5 per Cent., 1865 Do. Account Do. 4 per Cent. Guaranteed Venezuela 3 per Cent. Do Account ................ Do 6 per C en t ., 186 q Do Account Po. 6 per Cent, 1864 Ditto 1, per Cent. Divideuds on the above payable in London. Austrian, 5 par Cent., Ex. 10 Florins Belgian. 4-1 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch 2* per (iont. Ex. 12 Gull, Do. 4 per C en t. Certificates French lientes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. Italia). 3 per Cont. 1831. Ex. 25f. Do. 5 per Cent. Account THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, Money 9Ol 1 Do. account, Jan. 9Ol THE WEST COAST OF AFRICA. LIVERPOOL, Jan. 2. The African Company's steamer Calabar, the first of the bi-monthly line of steamers arrived here this 7 morning. Her dates are Fernando Po, Nov. 29th ; Cameroons, 29th; Old Calabar, 27th; Brass River, December 2d; New Calabar, 2d; Bonny, 2d ; Benin, 3d ; Lagos, sth; Jellah Coffee, 6th ; I( Accra, 7th ; Cape Coast Castle, Bth ; Cape Palmas, 10th ; Sierra Leone, 15th ; Bathurst, 19th ; Tene riffee, 24th ; and Madeira, 26th. Old Calabar, Cameroons, Fernando Po, and Bonny were healthy. Trade was very brisk at all the above ports. it In consequence of a misunderstanding King tc Agary at Cap e C oas t C as tl e h a d been ar res t e d an d to sent to Sierra Leone. Trade was very dull, but the 1 0 ° public health was good. Sickness has entirely dis appeared from Bathurst. to The Calabar brings eleven passengers and a fair to, cargo. SHARE 11.1.9.RKETS.— This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. tare ; Railways. I Paid) Closing Bu'in"B i rice. dene. )0 88 48 )0 1122 121 ,0 40 15 at Bristol and Exeter ~ at Caledonian at Cambrian Cork and Bandon -- 20 ICorn wall . . al, at Dublin & Belfast June. 10( at Dun ,Perth, & Ab.Junc. ICO !;.London, aerip Certi. all Do. at Glasgow &S. Western 10( at Great Eastern, Urd. stk. tut st Do. N. Aug!. at. No. x 10( of Great North of Scotland 10( st Great Northern 10( at D.,. A stock .. 101 I Do. LI stock luf Do. New, is. at 25 pm 10 of (it S. and W. of Ireland ICS at Gt. Western -Original Jul at 1),,. 6. Val. Rail gua. 10( at Do. South Wales at Do. W. Mid. —Ox tore 10( at Do. Nevrpot t at Do. Hereford . 104 st Lane,shire..tr, Yorknltin. 101 at London and Black walll 101 at Lou., Brigh.,& S Coast, 10. at Lon., Chat., and Dover 10; at Do. Metrop. Ex. A.. 101 at Lyn. & North Western 101 at Lou. & South Western 10 at Man., Sher., & Lincoln, it at 3tetropolltan.... 10 Do. New 10 4 6 65 68 70 72 10 1.6 118 )0 28 2) 10 5 6 30H 2 291 1 )0 1:8 120 )0 127 12z; Do. Extension...... I 3letropolitan District. al Do. do. do. 1 ,0 'loo. and St. John'Ord A nid:and 9 Do. £9 Share st Do, Birrain.. & Derby 1 25 Alid Kent . . . a st North British ...... IC st Do. Ed., fth., & Dun. 10 st N th. Eastern— Berwick 101 25 Do. (1.11• E purchast 16.1 st Do. Leeds st Do. York lOl st Do. Carlisle ..... 101 25 Do. Stock. & Darling, al 10 Do. do. 1860-61 ll et North London 3t Do. do. 1884 6 . at Do. do. 1866 at North Staffordshire at N. &S. W. Junction 15 Scottish Central ,t Scot. N. E , Aber. stock 104 10 110. Scot, Mid. stack lOl it Shropshire Union 104 it South Devon lOl it "outh E. stern . 0 itairres, Wok., & Wok a'. it fail . Vale luu 0 , Do. 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Aug lOl atal Gov. 6 per cent lOl N.B.Gov.6p.o.Ja.&July 101 N. S.W. Gov. 5 p*C.,18116 101 Do. 5 p.c. 18;1 to 1870 101 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1893 101 New Zealand, 6p. cent 101 Do. 5 per cent.... lOl Nova Sc,,tia Gov. 6 p. e sterling, 1875 l9l Queensland Gov. 6p. c lOl S. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 18158-9 101 Do. 1878 & upwards ll Vlo,Gov. Sp.a.Ja ez July it Do. do, April.t Oct ll 131 3)j 30} 36} 3} 6} 5}4 130 I I 114 II 11'21 I Si 54} 0 4 3i 71 111 Se /0 03 91 0 90 IQ 10 90 n 10 77 78 10 75 77 IU4 LG6 /0 103 tOS 1U 1(2 104 i 0 1( , 4 It 6 121 f 1 31 38 1091 $f 67} 102 i li 10 88 10 ICO 102 10 144 35i 5 47 7' 2 Cgt 7 )0 105 )0 161 10 105 /0 IG6 10 96 )0 00 )0 8t 10 P 8 10 81 101 105 li 191 20 ;01 107 100 (07 108 100 101} 911 8 ITIES. 831 41 901 90 lot i 16g 17 ME SUN, LO" L ON, WEUNESIAV EVENING, JANUARY 2, 1867. The Fire at the Crystal Palace. The public interesi in the disaster which has caused the destruction of a material part of the Palace at Sydenham is shown by the crowds of people who have gone to see the ruins during the last two days, but especially yesterday. On Mon day evening a telegram was received by the autho rities there from Osborne to the effect that the Queen was concerned to hear of the fire, and wished to have some details in reference to it by post. These were furnished by Mr. Bowley, the manager, by the mail of that evening, and would reach her Majesty yesterday morning. Already steps have been taken by the directors towards repairing the damage caused by the fire. Yesterday, Mr. Edwin Clark, the consulting engi neer of the company, and Mr. Rose, the resident engineer, made an official survey of the ruins, and agreed to recommend to the directors the enclosure forthwith of a space of about 120 ft. on the northern side of the screen, separating what was the tropical department from the rest of the nave, with the view to the eventual restoration of that part of the fabric, if the directors should so determine. As the roof and side's of the building for that distance north of the screen have been saved, the enclosure of so much of the space is easily effected, and the rest of the area, extending about 300 feet further in that direc tion, and which is now covered with the wreck oc casioned by the fire, may be restored in course of time. As much has been said, and truly said, in reference to the languid supply of water from the hydiants in the Palace for some time after the fire broke out, and to the inefficient state of the canvas hose, it may be well to state what precautions were ordinarily taken by the company in the event of fire. With respect to water, they have four different and abundant sources, and that irrespective of the various fountains and lakes on the terraces and in the grounds. At the top of each of the water-towers, north and south, there is a tank 42ft. 6in. in dia meter by 38ft. deep, and capable of containing about 700 tons of water each. At the north end of the building there is an open reservoir, level with the floor of the building, extending over an acre and a half, and ordinarily containing 5,500,000 gallons of water, though capable of containing half as much more. In the immediate vicinity of this and of the water tower at the northern end there are two raised tanks, 15ft. deep, and each capable of ;containing 207,360 gallons. When the fire began there were about 9ft. of water in the large open reservoir, or 4,950,000 gallons, and next morning, after the fire was completely extinguished, 7ft. of water remained in it, or about 3,300,000 gallons, although six of the large engines of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade had been draining it for two or three hours conti nuously, while the fire raged, and more or less dur ing the following night in cooling the ruins. The immense volume of water stored at the top of each of the lofty water-towers is easily available in case of fire, and was available on Sunday last during the conflagration. It is, moreover, capable of being delivered and directed upon a given point at a pres sure of from 1101 b. to 1201 b. the square inch, and that simply by gravitation. Such was the supply of water ordinarily at command for the uses of the building and in case of fire. But, unfortunately, for some time at least, and that at a most critical period, just after the outbreak of fire, and when all the resources of the company should have been called into requisition with the view of extinguishing it, all that immense volume of water was kept pent up for want of some one familiar with the duty promptly to turn on the mains, and was rendered still further useless by the rotten condition of the hose belonging to the company. The fire broke out about 2 o'clock, and Mr. Rose, the resident engi neer, arrived 20 minutes or half-an-hour after wards. Until then the hydrants appear to have been but imperfectly charged, and hence the languid supply of water when it was most wanted at the first appearance of fire. The fist act of Mr. Rose on his arrival was to cause all the mains in the building to be turned fully on, including those of the tank at the top of the northern water tower ; but as the grounds and building are exten sive all this required time, and in the interval the fire made great way. The moment, however, the mains were completely charged a new and most vexatious effect was produced. The water, which until then had required to be coaxed and cajoled, flowed in such force as to burst the canvas hose, and it was not until the Croydon and Clapham engines with their leathern hose arrived that any decided effect was produced in arresting the progress of the fire. It is currently reported, upon what appears to be reliable authority, that in the event of the northern end being rebuilt the cost will be from £50,000 to £60,000, and that in addition to the expense of reinstating it in other respects, should the directors decide upon restoring the tropical department, with the various courts that have been destroyed, as it ori ginally stood. In the meantime the ordinary re creations of tke Palace go on as usual, and the effects of the fire cannot be seen from the interior of the building. They can, however, from the grounds, and during yesterday, as on Monday, crowds of persons assembled to see the ruins. The havoc caused in the Alhambra and Assyrian Courts is most complete, and scarcely less so in the Byzan tine, immediately opposite. All three are dis mantled, and present a dep!orable sight. Of the Alhambra Court, erected and embellished under the superintendence of Mr. Owen Jones, and with which thousands must be familiar, little re mains but the gilded walls, and these are blackened in places by the action of the fire and otherwise defaced. As will be renir2mberel, it was a repro duction on a small scale of the far-famed Court of Lions, the Tribunal of Justice, the Hall of Abence rages, and the Divan of the fortress-palace of the Alhambra, situated on a hill above the city of Granada, in the South of Spain, the capital of the Moorish Kingdom of that name. Passing through the central archway a fountain was seen supported by the lions that gave name to the court, and through the archway opposite the stalactite roof of the Hall of the Abencerages, composed in the ori ginal of innumerable pieces. The Court of Lions, in Mr. Owen Jones's reproduction, was 75ft. long, or two-thirds of the length of the original. The columns were of the same height and size as those of which they were restorations, and the arches that sprang from them were also of the actual size of the originals. The Assyrian Court was 120 ft. long, 50ft. wide, and had an elevation of 40 feet. Its chief interest lay in its illustrating a style of art of which no specimen had, it is said, been before presented in Europe, and it was erected from designs by Mr. James Ferguson, assisted by Mr. Layard. The Byzantine Court, on the opposite side of the nave, was a restored copy of a clois ter of the Church of Santa Maria at Cologne, of the date of the close of the 10th century. The roof was beautifully decorated with Byzantine ornaments, and at one end was a recumbent figure of Richard Cceur de Lion from Rouen, which has been compa ratively little injured by the fire. In the centre stood a marble fountain, au exact copy of one at Heisterbach, on the Rhine. That, too, has been but slightly damaged, as have also the recumbent effigies of Henry IL and his Queen, Eleonora ; Richard 1., and Isabella, wife of King John, copied from those of Fontevrault Abbey, burying-place of the Plantagenets, and which are said to be the only copies in existence. The greater part of the court itself, however, with all its characteristic architec ture and elaborate decoration, has been irreparably injured. With the library and reading-room perished a copy of the New Testament, printed in 1851 for the then King of Prussia, and said to be unequalled as a specimen of Gothic typography. Twenty-five copies only of the book were printed when the type was broken up. Of these five existed in England—four now. The magnificent volume was the gift of the late King to the library of the Palace. MERCHANT SEAMEN'S ORPHAN ASYLUM, SNARESBROOK.—The fourth entertainment provided for the inmates of this institution during the winter sea son took place on Monday evening, when, under the title of " Literary Extracts in Prose and Verse," Mr. Arthur S. Wieland gave a series of readings and recitations from the works of popular authors, proving equally successful in catering for the amusement of his audience in the delivery of both the humorous and pathetic selections made. Th French in Mexico. Diplomatic agents of the Emperor Maximilian accredited to certain European Courts complain of the interception of letters sent to them from Mexico. Despatches known to have been put on board packets in Mexican ports have never reached their destination. It must of course be a matter of con jecture where, by whom, and with what objects this foul play has been perpetrated. It is thus that au thentic information of what has lately passed in Mexico is rendered almost impossible. A few letters have escaped, and extracts of them arc sub joined. They proceed from Imperialist sources, but their writers are of high respectability, and the facts they contain may be acwptel as undoubtedly cor rect. The first in date was written at Mexico, No vember 17. It contains the following passage : " The French are going, but they have not said so here officially, nor do they leave the Government any liberty to act at this moment of supreme diffi culty, when action might perchance be the salvation of the country. The situation of affairs is extremely difficult by reason of the attitude of the French, in open collision with the Government, which must perforce keep up an appearance of harmony, and in decided rupture with the Emperor, whom they are endeavouring to drive out of the country in a man ner greatly resembling violence. Meanwhile we are upon hot coals, seeing one place after another fall ing into the power of the enemy merely because the French would not allow us to form a national army, while they themselves do absolutely nothing. Na poleon will not run counter to the United States, and we it is who must pay for the inconceivable errors that have been committed in this unhappy expedition. The disorderly and fatal policy adopted has had our ruin for its result." The following extract is from a letter dated Vera Cruz, November 21 : " The country is in a state of fever, brought on by the unfortunate position in which we find our selves. The French want to carry out the fatal convention of July 30, authorising them to take 50 per cent. of the proceeds of the maritime custom houses. "When this shall be done, the part remain ing to the Government will be only one or two per cent. of those proceeds, with which it is not possible for it to exist. Everything here is paralysed by the want of resources of our own•and by the of the French. We have been obliged to suspend mili tary operations, and the enemy daily gains ground . The French beheld with shouldered arms, entirely unmoved, the surrender of Oaxaca with all its mili tary materials and stores. The Austrian garrison of Jalapa surrendered, leaving to the enemy its arms and thg park of ammunition. Our complete inac tion encourages the Juarists. Alas! for poor Mexico. Generals Marquez and Miramon are now with the Emperor, and both of them hope and feel confident that the state of affairs may change greatly for the better. But the French insist on appropriating the receipts of the custom-house, the only important branch of revenue in the country, and this aggra vates the evil. No money can be sent by this steamer to Yucatan for the troops who are there bravely fighting against the Indian barbarians. You will have seen by the papers the atrocities committed by the Juarists at Atsam, where they destroyed the railway (constructing with English capital) between Mexico and Puebla, burnt the carriages, sacked the houses, violated the women, and carried off the daughters of the first families in the place, after kill ing their fathers and brothers who defended them. One of these unhappy girls contrived to escape and hid in some bushes. Her savage captors probed her hiding-place with their sabres, and drove her out to die covered with wounds. You will perhaps also have read the murders committed by the Liberals o Guaymas on the persons of Fanori, Almada, and other officers. After the disaster of Ures they em barked with their families for California. The Libe- rals sent an armed vesiel in pursuit, which over took them and brought them back to Guaymas, where they were all shot —men, women, and child- ren, down to the very infants at the breast. The corpses were dragged through the streets, mutilated and burnt. The immaculate Juarez and his com- manders upon the frontier are dividing and sharing among themselves the estates and property of the Imperialists. They confiscate everything, and whithersoever they carry the liberty they bring the traces of profound ravages remain. This is what Jules Favre and his friends applaud as pa triotism and liberalism. Such are the Republicans _ _ and patriots protected by the Washington Govern went." A third letter is from Merida, Yucatan, and is dated November 27. Its writer says : " Pablo Garcia, with the assistance of Tabasco, has now invaded the territory of the Carmen, oc cupied Palizada, and summoned the Laguna to sur render. The French steamer anchored in the port will not assist in the defence of the place, its com mander having orders not to do so. . . Apropos of the manner in which Mexican affairs are judged in Europe, I am induced to refer to an article pub lished in the Revue des Deux Ofondes for September 15, under the title of Le illexique et ks Chances de Salut du Nouvel Empire, by M. de Keratry. What is there said concerning the Emperor's journey to Yucatan is false and absurd. Every one here knows that no member of the Gutierrez family accom- panied him, and that his journey, far from being a failure, was a continual and spoUtaneous ovation, such as few Sovereigns have ever recaved.' The force to which the Austrian garrison referred to in the letter from Vera Cruz surrounded at dis- cretion consisted of a few Indians and half-castes, the cowardly mongrel breed of which thousands have been wont to fly before a mere handful of horsemen The Imperialists declare Mexico on the eve of a saturnalia of atrocities unparalleled even in her blood-stained annals, and they bitterly denounce what they call the treachery of the French Govern- meat, which they say has abandoned them to ;he mercy of their enemies. They expect whole sale executions and confiscations to redouble as the Juarists advance. Mexican diplomatists in Europe positively contradict the report lately spread that the Emperor Maximilian had been held pri- soner by Marshal Bazaine, but they admit that a very strong pressure was put upon him to induco him to quit the country ; and they point with parti- cular indignation to the fact that the French are actually treating with Juarez in the presence of the Prince whom they lured from his own country to a foreign throne only to desert him iu the hour of his greatest need. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. (Br TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Jan. 2. Arrived—Rose Eliza, steamer, from Dieppe ; Holland, steamer, from Ostend. DEAL, Jan. 2. Passed; Jan. I.—Devana, from London, for Port Phillip Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. Market dearer, with very little offering. Sales probably about 20,000 bales. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day, MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ROBBERY OF JEWELLERY, &C., BY A VALET.—Hermann Abbott, a valet, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with stealing some jewellery and wearing apparel, of the value of about £6O, the property of Mr. Prowse, a gentleman, re siding at No. 14, Arlington-street. The evidence showed that the prisoner entered the ser vice of Mr. Prowse,in August, at that time residing at N 0.44, Duke-street, St. James's. The prisonerhad not been in Mr. Prowse's service more than a few days when he asked Mr. Prowse if he had seen a valuable pin, as he had missed it from a jewel-case. Mr. Prowse said he had not, and the prisoner then said that the previous valet must have taken it. Nothing was heard of the pin, and the prisoner then told Mr. Prowse that ho had been to Messrs. Attenborough's, the pawnbrokers, in Picca dilly, and gave notice of the loss of the pin, and that if Mr. Attenborough heard anything of the pin he would let him know. Subsequently the prisoner left Mr. Prowse's service in consequence of there being disturbances in the house between him and the other servants in consequence of other property being missed. Mr. Prowse afterwards went to Attenborough's with Police-constable Butcher, 137 C, and found some of his property had been pledged there, and from inquiries Butcher made ho found that the prisoner had got a person to pledge some of the property for him. Butcher then proceeded to Tiverton Junction and took the prisoner into custody, when he found some duplicates upon the prisoner relating io the articles belonging to Mr. Prowse. A witness stated that the prisoner had given him some of the property to pledge, telling him that ho pledged the property because his master had not paid him his wages. Mr. Prowse said the assertion of the prisoner was an entire falsehood, as he could prove by a book showing that the prisoner had received his wages. Butcher said , that through a false accusation made by the prisoner a servant had been discharged from the house. Mr. Tyrwhitt said it was a very bad case, the prisoner having commenced robbing his master as soon as ho entered his service. The prisoner pleaded guilty, and Mr. Tyrwhitt corn mitted him for six months, with hard labour. THAMES. A NOTORIOUS THIEF CLEVERLY DETECTED.—TIIOIIIIIB Parker, alias Parkins, a young man, who was described as a labourer, of N 0.3, Westover-street, Stepney, was brought before Mr. Partridge charged with being concerned, with two others not in custody, in stealing a table cover and three books, value 155., the property of George Stephen Bond, and also with stealing two plush sheets, value 18s., the property of Mrs. Susan Upson, of No. 6, Catherine street, Limehouse-fields. On Sunday evening last the house of Mr. Bond, No. 85, tGrafton -street, Globe-fields, Stepney, was entered, and a able cover, th ree books, a glass, and other articles stolen frg t rom the front p ar l our. An entrance was effected by open- he parlour window. One of the inmates of the house went into the parlour to close the shutters. The win dow was then open, and the property was missed. Immediate information was given to the police. About the time the robbery was discovered a police-constable, No. treet 70 -s IC, saw the pri soner in Carlton-square, near Grafton, in company w i t h two boys--one of the Mac boys was carrying some thing bulky u n d er hi s arm . kay suspected they had been been committing a rob bery and pursued them, when a boy dropped from under his arm a table cover and three books, which were now identified by Eleanor Bond, a single woman, dwelling at No. 85, Grafton -street. The house of Mrs. Upson was entered by the front parlour window on Monday night, and two plush shirts taken away. Last night police -sergeant Briden went to No. 10, Edward-street, Limehouse, for the purpose of suppressing a disturbance there, and the door was opened by a woman, who was immediately recognised by Briden. He knew that she had cohabited with the pri soner for some time. Briden also knew that the prisoner was " wanting" for the robbery in Grafton -street. Briden immediately said, " What, are you here ? Where's Tom ?' The woman at once said, " Tom is not here." Briden said, "I am sure he is here," and went to the door of a back room, which was locked. Briden forced open the door, and saw the prisoner in the room. Briden collared him and said, "I want you, Tom, for two or three robberies. I must see what you have here." Briden then searched the room, in which he found one of the plush shirts stolen from Mrs. Upson's dwelling, and a quantity of other property, including a black and white plaid shawl, a black frock coat nearly new, a little boy's grey suit, a child's black silk jacket, a light mohair dress, a flannel petti coa t , a pair of lady's drawers, a child's pinafore, two ladies bodices, and four pawnbrokers' dupli cates relating to wearing apparel. Sergeant Briden begged of the magistrate to remand the prisoner, and said he ex pected to find owners for all the property. The prisoner was a most notorious thief and burglar, and had boon in custody several times. Mr. Partridge remanded the prisoner until Saturday next. STREET SINGING AT NIGHT. The Paris Court of Caseation has just decided on an appeal that singing in the streets by night does not constitute the offence of nocturnal disturbance punished by Art. 479 of the Penal Code, unless aggravated by circumstances which change the character of the act and causes it to become a nuisance to the inhabi tants. The proceedings which gave rise to that decision were a charge brought against four young men marching n company and singing a piece from the " Dame Blanche" at a quarter to ten at night. HEAVY SNOWSTORM.—During the night and thi morning one of the heavi es t snowstorms occurred in th e metropolis which h as b een k nown s i nce 1855. The snow the began to fall abo u t one o ' c l oc k , and when morning daned from six to ei g ht i nc h es h ad fallen. At nine o'clock itwhad become so deep that carriage traffic was almost Wholl y suspended, and it was with the utmost difficulty that foot passengers could wend their way to their respectivete placeswind, of busine ss . I n consequence of the severityof the which drove vast snow drifts into the railway cuttings, al most all the lines were blocked up. 11tHIPEUENCE 511 A RIM Bristol and Exeter 4 per cent stock. 81 Great Western, Orig. 46 per cent., 8.6 Mid Consolidated, 6 per cent. stock, Ditto, Bristol and Birtn., 6 per cent., Ditto, 45 per cent. st. rd., 91_ LINI 4 IB LtASEU ILT FIXED RENTALS. Chester and Holyhead, - - Ditto, 5 per cent.. 112 FOREJON RAILWAY/5. Great Luxembourg. 12i San Paulo, litre., gua. 6 per cent., 13} 10SIGN MIDI US. Panulcillo Copper. Ilin., 21 St. John del trey, Um., 51 BANK:L. Bank of Victoria, Australia, 38} 1 East London, Him, Si 3 Imperial ottoman, lina_. Si Oriental Banx Corporation, 42 DOCKS. London and St. Katharine, CS 71 MISCELLANEOUS. Anglo-American Telegraph, 16, Anglo-Mexican Mint, 15k 'Atlantic Telegraph, Dit o, 8 per cent., 75 City Discount, lim, 2k City of Moscow Gas, lira., 17, Credit Voneler 01 Engiauti. lim . I} Crystal Palace, 101 E..glish and Australian Copper f Gen. Credit and Finance ox Louu 3n, lim., 4* Hudson's Bay, It f Imperial Land Company of Marseilles, lim., 21 International Financial :_-ociety, Land Securities, I:m., 2f London iientraiOmnious Company, lim, 3/ 3 Nntional Discount t.ompany, reniusula and Orenial Stearn, 05 THE LATE SIR W. ARKER.—It is remarkable that Sir William Parker, thi last of Nelson's captains, should have commanded the last fleet of sailing line-of battle ships that England will ever possess. In 1848 Sir William Parker might have seen the Blenheim, a ship but a very little better specimen of a man-of-war than that Orion in which he first wont to sea, steaming about Spit head at the then astounding rate of five miles per hour ! The world was moving, my masters! for by 1854, when the admiral's flag was flying at Plymouth, vessels like the Agamemnon and the Prince Albert, twice the size and four times the armament of Nelson's Victory, were dash ing about the high seas at ten knots per hour without wind or sail. Sir "William, doubtless, must have felt astonish ment at the revolution that was taking place in his much loved profession ; but he was in no wise an obstructionist, and was not the man to be guilty of the act of an old Scotch contemporary of his, who in the Baltic was so astonished at the first screw gunboat's proceedings as to request her commander to take his " wriggling thing out of his sight as quick as possible, Sir."—Blathwood's divazino. BRITISH YOB ;SESSIONS. 1.1 I 58 58 Atlantic & St.Lawrenoe Bom.,llaroda, , tCen.ln. 11 gu. 5 per cent... :0 Do. F shares 1 .06 Buffalo & Lake Huron al 10 Do. Preference )0 Butf.,Brant,& Goderich I 6 p.c. 1872-3-1 11( at Calcutta &S. E., Bin lOl at e'town & Dock, gu lOl 00 Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p , al at East. Bengal, gu., sdo 101 East ladian, gu. 5 p.c. 101 20 Do. J Extension at ~ ,raud Trunkof Canada 101 00 Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c al DO Do. Ist i'ref. Bonds al )0 Do. do deferred .. „ at )0 De. 2d Pref. Bonds al, )0 Du. do. deferred )0 Do. 3d Pref, stock. at 10 Do. do. deferred ;0 Do. 4th Pref. stook al 10 Do. do. deterred t G India Pen. gua. sp.c 10( :o. Gus. 5 per cent.. 11 20 Do. New gua. 57. 0.. at tJ t. South of India ...... gua. 5 per cent at 81 Do 2 D 41 per cent lou 91 93 204 reat Wes. of Canada all 111 121 204 Da. New .. 00 Do. 6p. c &a. pay. 1873 all /.8 92 08 1)o. 51 du. pay. 1877-8_ all 81 84 10 Indian Branch, limited 2 14 1& at Madras, gua. 5 p.o 100 112 103 at Do. 41 do lOO 92 54 at Do. 46 do .. 100 85 90 20 Do. Filth Extension 5 st Melb. Cor. 6p. c. Bnds. 100 5O Mel. & Hudson's Bay.. all at N. ICI. C'da, 6pc lstptbs 1 00 t Scinde .. A • 1 ' 3t Do. Delhi 10 Do. do . 1 trs 5t Do. Puniaub.... It Do.lndus St.Flot 10 102 103 0 id .ip 11 4 4t 1 7i tit 10 50 5'5 11 10l 103 10 101 IG3 10 105 108 5 - - 18 20 1 85 88 1 57 69 1 60 64 1 59 64 ,11 - - Li I 37 40 II - - ( 23 25 f 0 100 107 ,8 i 1 t• 6 6 1v 82 85 10 99 101 00 97 98 5 11 i at 00 98 99 00 BRITIS MINES. 2 cam. Consol. Hold, Um 1 - - Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated 3O 54 66 - Devon G. Cons. (Tavist 1 405 4:5 Drake walls 2.1.0 4 East Bassett (Illo g a n) 204 1 8 20 East Caradou 2.14.1 5 6 East Carn Brea 3l 2 3 East Grenville East Gunnislake 8.3.0 4 1 East Loved 3.9.0 9 10 E. IV'l Russell (Tavistk 10.8. t 2} 21 GamAt StAubyn(G wen. 66 5 6 4 Gruat L oley, limited all 17 18 Great South Tolgus 0.14.e - - Great Wheal Busy , 11.0.0 - - G. Wheal Vor (1101st , 40 15 16 ;irenvilie 8.18.0 11 14 Ilerod's Foot .. 6.10.0 30 32 llingston Downs ...... 5.10.6 21 51 Margaret (Uny Lelant 13.17.6 2 4 - slarke Valley 4.10.6 3/ 41 4 rtwyndy Iron Ore, lim 31 21 110 New Se ton - North Roskear N.Wh'l Bassett(lllogan 1.4.0 North Wheal Crotty Prosper United 7.1.0 Pr.,videnee UnyLelant 10.6.: 21 26 I S. Caradon (St. Cleer) ll 300 320 South Condurrow 3.2.0 4 11 S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.18.9 18 22 Stray Park 35.15.6 - - tin Croft 9 1 2 5 Vigra and Clogan, Jim all P 10 - IVest 1 iassett (Mogan W. Caradon (Liskeard 11. 12 14 West Chiverton ll 54 56 West Seton 471 115 125 Wheal Bassett 'Mogan 51 65 75 Wheal Buller atedruth 16 18 20 Wheal Mary Ann (Men. 8 19 12 Wheal Seton -. Wheal Trelawney (Lis 5.17.0 7 9 21 3,1 10 I 96 10 92 0 1106 108 103 101 MI. Bright and the "Fortnightly Review." The f( 193, Piccadilly, Dec. 5. Sir,—l have communicated With the writer of " Public Affairs," and requested him to verify the phrases attributed to Mr. Bright. He assures me he can do so. I shall hear from him to-morrow, when I will acquaint you with what he has to say. He is a Liberal member of the House of Commons, and would not, I think, speak rashly. If, how ever, it should appear that he was wrong, you may rely upon a public and adequate acknowledgment of the mis take.—Yours faithfully, Jew's MORLEY. Jacob Bright, Esq. Alderley Edge, Manchester, Dec. 8, 1866. Sir,—l have your note of the sth inst. After what occurred in the last session of Parliament I am not sur prised to find that "Public Affairs" was written by a " Liberal member of the House of Commons." Ho states that he can certify the phrases which he attributes to Mr. Bright. I know that their verification is impossible, and on that ground I account for his delay. You inform me that if lam right there shall be an acknowledgment of the "mistake." The offence seems to be very inadequately characterised by the term "mistake." I call it a deliberate falsification. The words on which the "Liberal member of the House of Commons" founds the charge that in his heart Mr. Bright has adopted the maxim, "La propriete c'est le vol," are placed between inverted commas. Inverted commas imply a literal quotation, and no honourable man will make use of them, especially when about to draw in ferences intended to damage another's reputation, unless he is sure of the truth of his quotation. As you will not desire to take upon yourself the respon sibility of the "blemishes" and " wild inaccuracies" of this discreditable article, may I request you to furnish me with the s name of the writer ?—I am, yours truly, John Morley, Esq. JACOB BRIGHT. 193. Piccadilly, Dec. 15, 1866. Dear Sir,—l wish to state parenthetically that in no case should I be responsible for the misstatements about Mr. Bright, as they appeared before I succeeded to Mr. Lewes as editor of the Review. It appears that the state ments to which you take exception are inaccurate. The inaccuracy shall be acknowledged in the Review for the Ist of January, which, as you will see, is all that I can do to repair tho injustice. I do not think the writer would object to my furnishing you with his name. Ile is out of town at present, but I hope to see him on Tuesday, when will write to you if you still think it worth while to know the writer's name.—Believe me, yours very truly, Jacob Bright, Esq. JOHN MOIU,EY. Alderley Edge, Manchester, Dec. 19, 1866. Dear Sir,—ln answer to yours of the 15th inst. I bog to observe that when a writer is engaged in fair criticism, or when he attacks, I do not care with how much severity the views of an opponent, he has a right to the anonymous, if he wish to assumo it ; but when he resorts to falsehood, or is guilty of carelessness so extreme that it cannot be distinguished from falsehood, then, in the interest of the public and of anonymous writers themselves, he should no longer be allowed to conceal himself. Such a writer re quires to be put under restraint, otherwise anonymous slander might become general. I know of no mode of ap plying that restraint but by placing his name before the public in connexion with his offence. With these views I " still think it worth while to know the writer's name," and beg that you will give it me without further delay. Yours very truly, John Morley, Esq. JACOB BRIGHT. Alderley Edge, Manchester, Dec. 27, 1866. My dear Sir,—l trust you will excuse me for reminding you of my letter of the 19th inst., to which I have not yet been favoured with a reply, , Yours very truly, Juhn Morley, Esq. JAC JB BRIGHT. Alderley Edge, Manchester, Dec. 30, 18G6. My dear Sir,—As I do not hear from you I presume I am not likely to be put in communication with the writer of "Public Affairs." Being unable, therefore, to address him through the post, I must ask you to give him the enclosed letter, which I shall publish with this correspond ence. Yours very truly, John Morley, Esq. JACOB BRIGHT. To THE " LIBERAL MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS" WHO CONTRIBUTES TO THE " FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW." Alderley Edge, Manchester, Dec. 30, 1833. Sir,--In your article, "Public Affairs," of last Novem ber, when criticising Mr. Bright's Glasgow speech, you say —"The absurd inaccuracy of some of his statements, as, for instance, that all the land of Scotland is in the hands of 12, and of England in the hands of 150, proprietors, are serious blemishes in his oratory." Mr. Bright's own state ment, taken from the Glasgow Weekly Mail, is as follows : " Are you aware of a fact, which I saw stated the other day in an essay on this subject, that half the land of England is in the possession of fewer than 150 men? Are you aware of the fact that half the land in Scotland is in the possession of riot more than 10 or 12 men ?" In another part of your article you write :—" Mr. Bright says that the poor aro the only people fit to legislate for rich.' Again you say, "Mr. Bright, if left unchecked, would speedily bring on the war between those who have and those who have not. His tone too much indicates that in his heart he has adopted the French maxim, 'La pro pridti c'est le vol.' What other interpretation can be placed on his saying that 'the poor only aro fit to legislate for the rich ?' Such a course as this would bring us to the bloody days of June, which is a curious climax for a mem ber of the Society of Friends to wish fol." The passage from Mr. Bright's Glasgow speech on which you have dared to found this disgraceful attack is as fol lows ;—" But I deny altogether that the rich alone are qualified to legislate for the poor, any more than that the poor alone would be qualified to legislate for the rich. My honest belief is, that if we could be all called upon to legis late for all, that all would bo more justly treated, and would be more happy than we are now. We should have then an average ; we should have the influence of wealth and of high culture, and of those qualities that come from leisure, and the influence of those robuster qualities that come from industry and from labour." Now, sir, I shall not seek for epithets wherewith to characterise your conduct in this matter. It is enough that your silence and secrecy show that you regard it as I do. I observe that you go out of your way to make an at tack upon Mr. Cobden. I believe your statement is false, but as it appears to refer to unreported conversations I am unable to convict you as I have done in the case of my brother. You are a "Liberal member of the House of Com mons." lam at present ignorant whether you represent a free constituency (of which there aro some in England), or whether you sit for a place where the electors have wily the appearance of choice. If the latter, you may be less afraid of giving the publicyour name, as you might thereby establish an additional claim to the support of your patrons. If the former, the case would be different. Those who elected you might put inconvenient questions. in the course of Sour article you say the people at Glasgow "knew they had no real grievances." If tkat be your view should you not take your seat on the other side of the house, among those who think that think things are perfect as they are, and that change is an evil ? You speak of Mr. Gladstone's reform Bill as "a double dose of concession in granting the voting privilege " in order to compensate for its author's illiberality in other directions. And yet you know that if that bill has passed millions of your country men would still have been excluded from the franchise—a state of things now hardly to be found in any civilised country. You have done one service to the cause of Reform, and for tliat I thank you. By attacking Mr. Bright through miserable inventions of your own, you have given the strongest testimony which it is possible to obtain that the speeches, whose influences you would fain undermine, aro themselves unanswerable.—l am, &c., JACOB BRIGHT. EXETER HALL.—The performance of the "Crea tion" to-morrow night will commence at 8 o'clock, instead of half-past 7, as previously announced. Mr. Santley will sing on this occasion for the last time in oratorio, prior to his leaving London for a throe months' tour. Conductor, Mr. G. W. Martin. EXTENSIVE ROBBERIES.—At the Sheffield Town hall yesterday William Stones, of Verdon-streot, a private watchman in the employ of the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway Company, was charged with having committed a series of robberies from tho goods department at the Victoria station. The prisonerentered the company's service three months ago with a four years' excellent cha racter from the Lincolnshire Constabulary. As soon as he began his watching robberies began, and at the end of three months he was suspected, watched, and detected in the act of abstracting articles from a parcel. Among the property afterwards found at his house, all new, were an iron bed - stead, a pistol, a revolver, blankets, calico, rugs, smocks, bed-ticks, brushes of all kinds, boots and slippers, shawls embroidered wrappers, lard, cheese, cutlery, crockery, pipes, a hare, a duck, &c. Three cases only against the prisoner were gone into. To these he pleaclsd "Guilty," and was committed for trial. 'ollowing correspondence has been published : Alderley Edge, Manchester, Nov. 29, 1866. Sir—ln an article in the Fortnightly Review of November 1, entitled "Public Affairs," criticising the speeches of Mr. Bright, M.P., you say, " The absurd inaccuracy of some of his statements —as, for instance, that all the land of Scotland is in the hands of 12, and of England in the hands of 150, proprietors, are serious blemishes in his oratory." Again you say, "Ills tone too mush indicates that in his heart he has adopted the French maxim La propriete c'est le vol.' What other interpretation can be placed on his saying that the poor onlyare fit to legislate for the rich?"' As these things never were spoken by Mr. Bright, and as I cannot suppose the editor of a respectable publication has invented them fur the purpose of misrepresentation, you will not be surprised that I should ask you what report of Mr. Bright's speeches you had before you when you wrote the article iu question.— I am, &c., JAcoB BRIGHT. To the Editor of the Fortnightly Review. The Price of Gold. The quotation of gold at Paris is about at par, and the short exchange on London is 25.14 per £1 sterling. on comparing these rates with the English Mint price of 23. 108 d. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is about the same price in London and Paris. The qourse of exchange at New York on London for bills at 80 days' sight is about Mk per cent. At this rate there is no profit on the Lnpurtation ut gold fr,,m the United States A very successful show of canary and song birds has been held at Sunderland. There were 45 competitors from all parts of the kingdom, and the entries were nearly 400 in number. One of the most successful exhibitors was Captain Ashton, of Polefiold Elan, Prestwich, near Manchester, who carried off nine of the first and several of the second prizes. rADVERTISEMENT.] —Holloway's Ointment and Pills.— Influenza, Colds.—ln diseases of the throat and chest, so prevalent in this country, nothing so speedily relieves, or so certainly cures, as those inestimable remedies. These disorders are too often neglected at the commencement, or are injudiciously treated, resulting in either case in dis astrous consequences. Whatever the condition of the patient, Holloway's medicines will restore, if recovery be possible. They will retard the alarming symptoms till the blood is purified, and nature consummates the cure, gradually restoring strength and vital nervous power. By persevering in the use of Holloway's preparations tone is conferred on the stomach and frame generally; the fluids aro regenerated, morbiac matter is expelled, and a happy revolution occurs throughout the system. 41. BREW. THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, 7 O'CLOCK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE —This Day. - CITY BETTING—Tms DAY. TWO THOUSAND. 7 to 2 ngst Plaudit (offered) 15 to 1 ngst Grand Cross (taken) 11 to 1 agst Julius (offered) DERBY. 8 to 1 ngst Tho Bake (taken) 10 to 1 agst Plaudit (offered) 20 to 1 agst Dragon (offored) 33 to 1 agst Master Butterfly (taken) 100 to 3 agst Marksman (taken) 1000 to 15 agst The Priest. (taken) 1000 to 12 agst Avron (taken) 1000 to 12 agst Star of India (taken) There were a good many members ' , Tomtit, but specu lation was net brisk, the above quotations being almost nominal. The principal subject of conversation was the entries for the Spring Handicaps, which we will publish in a day or two. MANCHESTER RACES—YESTERDAY. The sudden setting in of the frost at Manchester pre vented the races, fixed for yesterday and to• day, taking place, and the intelligence transmitted by telegraph last night intimated that snow was falling fast, the frost grow ing more intense, and that the stewards had finally decided upon postponing the meeting to Friday and Saturday next. RACING FIXTURES FOR 1867. FEBRUARY. Lincoln Spring Harrow MARCH. Liverpool Spring Chelmsford Spring l2 West Drayton l9 Bromley Epsom Spring '26 Lewes Spring . 28 Croxton Park ... 29 Northampton Windsor Spring 4 Edinburgh Sp. Meeting 6 Newmarket Craven 8 Curragh. ' I Thirsk Durham .. 22 Newmarket Ist Spring 22 Catterick Chester :AY. Chester (continued) 1 York Spring Salisbury 9 Doncaster Spring Bath Harpenden Epsom Summer Newton 29 Croydon JU. Ascot Summer Windsor Summer 11 Manchester Summer .. 12 I Hampton l3 J 17 B ° i Li b i u h r a y m I Club lB Carlisle 2 Newmarket July 2 Pontefract Reading Liverpool July Meeting 10 Hungerford Nottingham July Goodwood (continued) 1 Ripon Brighton .. 6 Brighton Club 8 Lewes Egham ..... l3 Wolverhampton l3 Stockton Oxford • • ••• 15 Hastings York August . 21 Dover .... 22 West Drayton 22 Plymouth... . 23 Canterbury Lichfield Derby Summer Weymouth Tunbridge SEPTEMBER. Warwick I Margate Curragh Leicester Abingdon 5 Newmarket Ist October 24 Doncaster OCTOBER. Northampton Autumn. 1 Curragh Edinburgh Autumn ... 2 Newmarket Houghton Newmarket 2d October. 7 Worcester Autumn Cheltenham l5 NOVEMBER. _ . Liverpool Autumn 5 I Leamington Hunt Shrewsbury ll STEEPLECHASE FIXTURES FOR 1867. TANITARY. Manchester., FEBRUARY. Carmarthen 5 Harrow Spring Birmingham l2 Derby Windsor MARCH. Liverpool Spring Grand Military Chertscy Malton COURSING-. COURSING MEETINGS TO COME. JANUARY, 1867. Name. Judge. Days of Running Huntingdon Club Mr. Warwick Lincolnshire, Holboach Mr. Spafford Coole, co. Cork (Open) - Third S. Lancashire, (South port (Open) Mr. Westropp 9, 10, 11 Spelthorne Club Border Union (Longtown) Cumberland Barton-on-Humber, Lincoln. Mr. Spafford Altcar Club, Lancashire - Wigtonsh. Club (Strauracr) Mr. Boulton Little Crosby County Louth Club, Ireland Mr. Spofford Ridgway Club, Lytham - 3O, &c. FEBRUARY. Milford, Lancashiro - Cardiff Club Mr. Warwick Waterloo, Lancashire - _ _ __ MARCH. Irish Grand National (Open), county Loutn Ardrossau, Sharphill South Lancashire (South port) Champion Leinster (Open) Courtown... Mr. 11. Springall l9, 20 Scottish Open, Lanarkshire - APRIL. York Sevenoaks 25 6', 7 7, &c. SEPTEMBER. Brampton, Cumberland Mr. - Warwick OCTOBER. Ancaster and Willoughby, WLincolnshire Mr. Spafford BOAT RACE ON THE TYNE.---A boat race equaling in interest that which recently took place between J. Tay lor and J. Bright, came off on the Tyne yesterday. Bright was again a competitor, and pulled against G. Carr, a pro mising Tyneside oarsman. The stakes were £5O aside, and the stretch was upwards of 2} miles—from the High Level at Newcastle to the Meadows House. The agree ment was that the men row in open boats, in the manage ment of which both aro knows to be adepts. Carr has already pulled several successful matches in these boats, and since Bright's defeat by Taylor the odds have risen considerably in his favour. For some dad s back he has been readily backed as the favourite, and on Saturday night 6 and 7 to 4 were freely offered upon him. Harry Clasper was referee, and the umpires were--For Carr, John Adams ; for Bright, H. Nichol. Bright won by 5 lengths. Ma. GLADSTONE AT ST. PETER'S.—The following letter appears in the Unita Cattolica of Dec. 18 :-- " Mr. Editor of no (7aita Cattaiica,—Your Roman corres pondent's letter, dated Dec. 8, inserted in your issue of the 11th inst., speaking of the ovation received by the Pope in the Piazza of the Holy Apostles on the evening of Dec. 7, says, 'lt is a pity that Lord Gladstone was not at Rome yesterday evening.' Know, then, that 1 myself accom panied Mr. Gladstone to our coretto, which commands th• Presbytery of the Church of the Holy Apostles ; and he, beholding the magnificent temple, most richly ornamented, and crowded with people, and the vast presbytery filled with cardinals and other exalted personages, and the Chief Pontiff in his robes singing the To Down, said to me, Come sono beato di vedero queste grandi cose !' (How blessed am Ito see these grand things !) After the bene diction he was led to the gallery of the apartment of Car dinal Panebianco, which commands all the immense pia .zza, and thence witnessed and felt the ovation to the Pope.-1 am, with esteem, your most humble servant, Fr. Gio ANTONIO BONELLI, Miu cony Parochus SS. Apostoli. LORD LITTON'S " LADY OF LYONS.”—It may ho observed generally of Lord Lytton's play that, although the more bigoted worshippers of the past are apt to look down upon it as a comparatively trivial production it is a piece which, the inure it is seriously studied, presents the more apparent claims to commendation. Among its merits is the clearness with which the characters are drawn. From Pauline and Claude Melnotte, on whom the interest of the story depends, down to poor Deschappelles, who is as insignificant in the eyes of the atrlience as he is in those of his own wife, the personages all remain true to themselves from the beginning to the end of the play. Saturday I?eriew. HARE HUNTING EXTRAORDINARY IN KENT. — On Monday, Dec. 24, the Herne harriers met at Eddington, at Mr. John Bushell's, the well-known malster. After a sharp run the hounds found the third hare on Burton Downs, where she took a turn to the cliff, came back over the Lon don, Chatham, and Dover Railway, by Eddington, Under down Farm, Green-hill, Hampton, down the cliff, through the brick-yard to St. Goorge's-terrace, where she jumped on the roof of a house, and lay on the pavement for a moment apparently stunned ; she then started off down the Herne Bay Pier, which is t hree-quarters of a mile in length, leaped over the end of it, and was picked out of the water alive, and given into tho hands of the hunts men, who afterwards adjourned to the Pier Hotel, thoroughly pleased with their day's sport. 'NE. Stockbridge l9 Chelmsford Newcastle Curragh Worcester Summer 27 Ipswich 27 LY. Down Royal Corporatn. 17 Stamford ... lB Huntingdon 23 Winchester Southampton Goodwood UST. 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