The Sun. — London, England, 1867-12-03 00:00:00

~- .. 0 N yhr A RKET A ND tIOAIME.ROIAL i?.4IIELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. In the general Discount Market the preparations . made to meet the engagements due on the 4th of the month have caused rather more firmness in the rat " demanded for accommodation, first-class short dated Stock ' ate d Paper not b e i ng t a k en un d er per cent. On h Exchange l oans on G overnm ent Securities i rom day to day are obtainable as low as 1 per cent. At a general meeting of the Bank of British 'North America, held to-clay, the report of the directors stated that, in conformity with their usual Practice at this period of the year, the directors had exa mined the accounts o f t h e b an k up to t h e l atest dates received ; and upon the probable results of the Year's accounts they had declared the usual half- Y e arly dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. per an num, free of income tax. The agent general for the Government of South Au stralia h as g i ven not i ce that tenders for b onds, to s the amo un t of £ 140,500, will be received at the South Australian Banking Company's offices, 54, Old B road -street, up to noon of Tuesday,.loth inst., wh en the tenders will be publicly opened, and the minimum declared. Should the tenders exceed the amount req u i re d a pro rata distribution will be made. The and tto,run (5 bonds are to be issued in sums of £l,OOO, £5OO, £ lO O each, h av i ng f rom thi r ty t o f or ty- one years per cent. to be paid on allotment, and the ulai an ce on the 7th January, 1868), and bearing in terest at the rate of 6 per cent., payable in London b 7 Coupons on the Ist July and Ist January in each Year. The money is required to carry out the ob jects of the Main Roads Construction Act, and the port Wakefield Tramway Loan Act. The bonded debt of South Australia (including the present i ' sB ues) amo un t s t o £1 , 168 , 100 , an d i s secure d on t he general revenue, which last year was nearly e qual to the total indebtedness of the state. At the bullion office of the Bank of England Yesterday there was a withdrawal of £59,000 in bar gold, and 2,000 sovereigns for Egypt, and £lO,OOO was received from Lisbon. Annexed are the latest prices of bullion :—Bar gold, 775. 9jd. Per oz., standard ; do., parting, 783., do. ; Doub loons, Spanish, 755. 6d. to 765. per oz. ; do., Mexi can and South American, 735. 9d. do. ; United States Eagles, 765. 3id. do. ; bar silver, ss. Old. jd. Per oz., standard (scarce) ; do., containing gold ( 5 gr. and upwards), ss. ld. do. ; dollars, Mexican, ls• 10-id. to 11d. per oz. (scarce) ; cake silver, 53. B id. do. Mr. G . Moffat, M.P., and Mr. C. Oppenheim waited on t h e principal bankers to solicit their sup- Port for the sufferers by the West India hurricane, and the following sums were at once subscribed : Glyn, Mills, and Co., £lOO ; Robarts, Lubbock, and Co., £lOO ; Barnett, Hoare, and Co., £lOO ; Ilarel aY, Bevan, and Co., £lOO ; Alexander, Cun liffe' an d Co., £lOO ; Martin and Co., £lOO ; Smith, adoo a Yne, and S m ith, £lOO ; an d M a tthi e son and Co., A despatch h as b een rece i ve d f rom T r ieste, dated the eve ning of the 29th ult., stating that the Greek Government will allow a portion of the customs' d „, lltie s of Syri a an d C a l amata to b e h ypo th eca ted "'t a guarant ee t o t h e old b ondho ld ers f or t h e i n - P v et and sinkin g f un d on th e new £1,000,000 ar range ment per C ent. Stock, to be created by virtue of the of debts of 1824-5. % The Imperial Ott oman B an k h a ve announced 18 e G r umbers of the bonds of the Ottoman loan of 18 , 3 ) and of th e Ott oman Si x per C en t. L oan of oaruo, dra wn on 21st ult., and which are paya bl e at On I st Janu ar y nex t, on p res entation at their ulre..,es, 4, B ank-buildings. -t he last d ay f or receiving appl i cat i ons at par f or shares in th e A nglo-Argentine Company i s fi xe d f or an d aY next, the 9th inst., for London. Foreign i th country app li cat i ons w ill b e rece i ve d u p to llrklay, the 12 t h i nst. at . l the last fcw days there has been very little e lination exhibit e d i n t h e mar k e t s f or f or eign and b Produce, althou g h p r ic e s generally have Bil ee, a well sustained. Sugar has been inactive, only rat qualities of West India supported former es ' Fine qualities of Plantation Ceylon coffee have brought f u ll va l ues ; w hil e i n cocoa, r i ce, f ru it, rll spices there has been no material alteration. has been dull, and quotations for present , f orward deliv er y ha v e sho w n a slight depres sion, The how Honduras Loan is firm at 11 11 prem. t,„ 4"itt litie and Great Witstorn Railway Debon " hale risen 1, to 211 221 ; and the Consolidated Mortgage Bonds to 19k 20. Two o'CLocx. t e 4 a t t he meeting held to-day of the London Char lore' Bank of Australia the abstract of profit and To acc ount at 30th June, 1867, was as follows : divi dend proposed to be paid, viz., 4 per cent. on p ° 1 41 ,;uP capit a l f or h a lf- year ending 30th June, 8,4 (free of income tax), £40,000 ; amount pro "°2ed to be carried to the reserve fund this half- O e l ar ' " ,00 0; amount proposed to be carried to t h e building fund this half year, £ 2 , 000 ; bal. to ii elt h alf -year, £10,338 6s. ld--total, £57,338 6s. ld. xiY. balance carried over, as per last report, 0' 57 0 158. 10d. Balance of profit and loss in ,1 1 ; 11 don and in the colonies for half-year ending 30th C 0,11% 1 867, after deducting current expenses, in fume-tax, and making provision for bad and doubt debts, £46,767 10s. 3d. Total, £57,338 6s. ld. Y b alance brought down, £10,338 6s. Id. li, lv ing to the influence of the account Consols, Threes, and Reduced are flat, stock having f o r nle to market. The first-mentioned are now 931 :ii i ra°a cY and the account, the settlement of which co mmence to-morrow ; for the January liqui vatino the price is 93 5-16ths 7-16ths. There is : ry littl e speculation in progress, and the attention 4einvestors has to some extent been diverted by 17 7 ,,l 3l ropos t a s for the employment of capital. Dutchland has arrived from New York with TO 3O O for E ng l an d an d a b ou t £19,300 for France. NI,Z Sum atra, from Alexandria, has also arrived, as as the City of Baltimore, Sidon, Java, and the but the amount of specie is not yet known. he XeYr Threes are 92*s 3 ; Reduced Annui t 93 2* 3* 2i ; Exchequer Bills, 28s. prem ; 13 : 14 Stock, 2441 ; India ditto, 223 225 ; ditto 5 di t r t egti tt, 1124 ; ditt o 4 p er C en ts., 1001 1 ; and 5 i per C en t s. (1879) 1091 1 ° ef 1 1 ) 1 the For e i gn S toc k M ar k et a mo d era t e amoun t t m usi ness has be en t ransac t e d, and prices rather p a . —e r• Gre e k h ave a d vance d 1 , t o 1314 ; Spanish C o 1 1, to 25; 26 ; and ditto New 5 per Cents., tak t t° 358 36k; while a fall of per cent. has A rn ; ll Place in Italian, to 461 ; Mexican remain Loan at 1 6* I ; an d T ur ki s h a t 321 1 ; E g yptian 1 , 11 scrip remai ns firm at 1 11 prem. ti oa r *reign and Colonial lines show little varia- I/ 14k of i mportance. Great Luxembourg are 141 : (19 1, South Austrian and Lombardo-Venetian . 111 a, 4, East Indi an 1121 , an d G rea t I n di a n Pen -10 1103. 111;71:tnk shares are inactive. London and West- L ou , er, however, have improved to 70i, Union of htd`-'l3o An to 3521, Imperial Ottoman are marked 3i, Ati,gl°EgYptian 16; 17. littl e e " a neous and Finance shares exhibit very , Qady anim ation, and quotations generally remain Ameri can Stvt SCClllitieS are still very steady. United L i . " 6 -20 B onds are higher, at 711 ; and at 891 901 ; but Erie Shares show no ora tion, at 48 1 lAA firmer tone has prevailed in the Railway Share et, and several of the principal lines exhibit a i'l\c?vcrY front the late depression. Caledonian and 61-reto,politan have each advanced 11 ; Midland, ; L._44 ziorthern and South Eastern each ; and Ca'acashirc and Yorkshire, Brighton, London, Chat tn', and Dover, and North Western, each "-Ile following are some of the latest quo qricns since the issue of the official list : tliics:attlitoteo:::: elssot29;rins, 3_4.; 44k ; Leeds, 122,t 123 / ; i V r c . dons, 113 i 114/ ; Midland, 1114 112 ; Caledonians, A a s, 1 81 194; Great Northern, 1061 107 ; ditto 73/ 731- ; Cha -101 ; Metropolitan, 1 7 ,-; South nt ern ' ; Sheffield, 47 471 ; North Eastern .—erwi c k ), 99 100 ; ditto (York), 931 941 ; North "'ash 321 331; Great Eastern, 30k 304. 'asiion, the fer' itnating so ma ° l ed up and devil poetry—as for ngland," " Our llington," "A ° and Bunting , its way, to ttie :is Doyle -4, T he contrasting With 'une Fille et 13 .--- ked ; ~ an y more , so et L'Espoir himsiealities w° s, for examPle, There are severa l morceaux from eat) being " ripe lent, admirable the volume are, however, in aDY with " Rclitsio revert as by fa 3h we have api I Richards. rederick Warne v been published lry of lteferenee nglish language. tints—alphab ets ' uped together• -• The next be st ionary of Dates' agree as compre • tint the accuraef istrable. For-' latest (the 120) 3 may be foue a ally—in Tor lll* tblished this year .el even thousan d habetically. The led very conside' Ible columns on the pages theor -the first issue of the present ell' exceeded by sit' ion, in effect , re reasonably be 6 library iu lit tle ,: abs—each co aw le cell craranlea u-of-letters, thlo da ecessity—a etrically pigeOlV upon the instaat 'nation one 11113 / 4 lts here rectorial betically) are til e mankind- o° i 0 'und in a nnals • Strongly beat° e crown octa° to be an acqui,3l' to any librari/ hat library 04 It is a book 0° 'hen once it 1 18 a nce, that it is far k for the shelves, :onsulted by th e airn of dates All tinging as it does orks o f a well' th " Adolphtls,° with " Wright° e generic article! i ntro duced it t ` li v it wilt be We work to turn 1).7 relating to Celt Ency clopX 116 n.ding more o)3° is ext raordi vari tele NewspapeP o ourseles, wilielll tely noted in th° be in a oarvet3 I even this sceol d's Manual e` cl yet more Oil' et more cornPre' 3 we have ithst •i••• __._.....•.---'''''.•....'''''''' 1T0:,,,,1: ..,_-- OSTLE R 2 tb the ground s Royal ~j attenuv‘ , eer ! as tle for Gil burgh© have left ba o tel Du Pla t tour and Co l° l3e t Waiting t° in Anieric. of the te ic ' t et' io o -making n' ore Imo on the ° 0 led at Bostooater current P u n d d with a C /f sa a Brother, 00 Free Negro ° fie f, \val, o to ' re s'd introduce , The 111°9t 0 ° A n his resia ee )arton Hous e ' 4 to ant and C° r ° ' aco Cl`to the 0 3sosthe so. ,riev OA g i s t e rs of Op' ere 26,7 4 0I 5 , g ,,e b K o : 13,802 P:ti ~ The P ° P , 0 i t ittV c.--This 0 13ftel::, :ford ah o , , , analLifebn"l,ict,'o ~e l th e Civil l o f P GOldSalitb, .—The o , ° t o at LiverPu t .,9l ` ,l ,r migratin g ii j, and 991 1) ,Pod„ the coll c : 0 0t) provion , p)r cent' Sr' ) the ljg l ' e $ 0 ,0( d J er, an Dots repasseg Irish. ....It 0 , t i) on Fr id , " e Y 01 5 ,, 11 ,,Y .y. t, ort e gislatg re, , SS • till viY o °l 11 . IrS' ,n to ,tt , who 0 se° fl Is livoa islet a - tra'" -A por the .0 1. r added t° or ic7 l r of to dress isidr. cto tho RO ° 4 " ,i ,t Vf er ,sa"' adanlo MINING MARKET. TUESDAY, Two P.M. Business has remained very quiet in the market, and quotations are quite nominal. Annexed are the closing quotations : Oarn Brea, —; Chiverton Moor, 51 si; Chontales Gold, 31 33 ; Clifford Amalgamated, 5i 51; East Basset, - - ; East Caradon, 51 6 ; East Lovell, ; East Russell, Frontiuo and Bolivia Gold, 19s Od 20s Od; Great Laxoy, 17 18 ; Great Itetallick, 2, 1 3 ; Great Wh al Vor, 17 18 ; Marks Valley, 6k 6 ; North Crofty, 21 2f ; North Treskerby, 33a Od 355; Prince of Wales, 49s 51s; South Bariset —; South Caradon, —; South Frances, 28 30 ; Tincroft, 12 13 ; West Caradon, 9 10; West Chi verton, 66 68 ; West Seton, 200 210; Wheal Basset, —; Wheal Grenville, 28s Od 255; Wheal Mary Ann, ——; Wheal Seton, 90 95 ; Great South Tolgus, 20s 22s 6d. BRITISII iIiNDS.—CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per hunt. Consols Do. Account, Doc. 5 93± I xd 3 per Cent. Reduced 93 2i 34 2i New 3 per Cent 92i 34 3 24 Now 31 per Cent. Jan. 189-1 Do. 5 per Cent. oan. 1873.. in - unities, SO yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880. Do. for SO yrs, expire sth April 1885 — Do (Red Sea Televaph), Au„., 1908 — March. June E cchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2 &21 per Ct 2B 31 pm £5OO - pta Do. £lOO Sr £'2oo — ptn Bank of England Stock, 41 per Cent 244; Do. Account INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Lock, 104 per Cont., AprillB74 223 5 Do. Account - - Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1880 Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1885 Do. Certificates Do. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent BB4 Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 - Do. 5I per Cent., ➢lay 1879 1094 Do. 5 per Cent., Rup. Deb., 1872 — Do. do. 1877 — Do. do. 188') Do Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 Do. Bonds, 5 per Cent., £l,000 Do. under £I,OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent. 1859 Brazilian 5 per Cent — De. 4i per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do. 1863 Do. 5 per Cent., 1865 — Du Account 75 Do. £lOO Bonds 7si Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent — Do 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) 40 Cuba, 6 per Cent. Cutlion 6 per Cent — Do. 4i per Cent — 00. 6 per Cent., B . Do., 1867 Do., 7 per Cent., 1866 Do., Scrip, £32 paid Co! mbiau, 6 per Cent. Danish Cent — Do eer Cent., 1825 ... D tnubian Principalities, 7 per 8 per Cent., 1867 ......• 66i E i s t ador New Consolidated, 1 per Cue"... tlgyptiar, 7 per Cent — Du. Secoad Issue D . fs'lo Bonds Do. £lO6 Bonds BBf 1 Do. 1864 Do. £5;O Bonds B7 8 Do. £lOO Bonds .. .. 87 Government Railway _D e bentures..... 93 21 i 1 Greek, 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex Coups — 1)0. Account D. Coupons Do. Account G osteniala 5 per Cent .. — Itiliau 5 per Cert., 1865 — Do, Account .. 731 Do. Marenimans. Railway — M. ,xicar. 3 per Cent — Ditto for Account Do. 1864 8 1 Do 6 per Cont. Anglo-French — lontevidvau 6 per Cent. . — boorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada — Do 3 per Con — Do. Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account — Do 41 por Cent. (Uribarren) Do 41 per Cent.. 1802 Do Account • - Port sguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, '7, '9,'60,'2,' 4l 40f Itussian 5 per Cont., 1822, £ St B6 1 Do 41 per Cent. 1850 Do 41 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 5 por Cent., 1862 Do. Anglu-Dutch, 1861, £lOO Bonds BBl Do. do. £Bl 15s. do. Do., 1866, £lOO Bonds BB Do. do. £B4 15s. do — Sa •dinian, 5 per Cent — Span'sh 3 per Con — Do Ace , iunt Do Now Deforroct — Do Account Do Passive — Do Acc*unt Do Com. Cert. of Cow.. not funded Do Account Turkish 6 per Cent., 1854 Do Account Do 6 per Cont. 1858 — Do Account .•• Do £lOO Bonds — Do 6 per Cent., 1862 — Do Account Do £lOO Bonds , 641 4 Do. 1863 Do 5 per Cont., 1865 — Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1865 Do 4 por Cent., Guaranteed Venezuela, 3 per Cent . Do Account Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian o per Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 41 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch '2l per Cent. Ex. 12 Guil., Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ...., B4l French 'lentos, 3 per Cent., Ex. '2sf. — Italian 5 per Cent. 1831, Ex. 251. Do. Account 461 1 f 1 THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, Money 931 1 Do. Account LATEST CITY INTELLIGENCE. CITY, 4.50 P.M. Since two o'clock there has been a decline of i per cent., and all the markets in the Stock Ex change have been depressed. At the Bank of England there has been a with drawal of £200,000 in gold. 20 st st 100 The following were the closing quotations this afternoon of some of the principal railway com panies' shares :—Caledonian, 73f to 741 ; Great Eastern, 301 to 301; Great Northern, 106 to 107 ; Great Western, 441 to 45 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1221 to 1231 ; Brighton, 52 to 52/ ; Metropolitan, 1181 to 119; Midland, 1111 to 112 ; North-Eastern (Berwick), 99 to 101; and South Eastern, 67} to 671. In the Foreign Department there has been a de cline also. The latest prices are—ltalian, 46} 1 ; Greek, 13 4 ; Mexican, 16 1 ; Spanish Passive, 254 1 ; ditto New 3 per Cent., 351 ; and Turkish 0 per Cents., 331 1. American Securities continue firm. United States 5-20 Bonds are 7114 ; Erie shares, 471 48f ; and Illinois, 894 904. Subjoined is Messrs. Alexander Collie and Co.'s report, dated Manchester, Dec. 3 :—" Our market is very dull to-day. Producers are desirous of selling at a decline of id. per lb. on yarns, and 3d. per piece on shirtings, but they meet with little response on the part of buyers. Lower prices of cotton in Ame rica, and less favourable telegrams from the East, lead purchasers to hope for still lower prices." ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE AND CIRCUS.—The Prince and Princess of Teck honoured the performances at the Royal Amphitheatre and Circus, High Holborn, with their presence last evening. Prince and Princess Christian, attended by Lady Susan Melville, left Frogmore yesterday on a visit to the Prince and Princess of Wales at Sandringham. THE LATE DEATH OF A COLLEGIAN AT OXFORD. —The professional attendants of the late Mr. M. Prower, of Brasenose College, Oxford, agree in considering that the blow received during the bread riots on Nov. 9 was not the primary cause of death. So little did he regard the blow on his head that he dined the following day with friends some distance out of town. The symptoms remarked through the entire illness to its melancholy termination were those of a severe attack of typhoid fever. THE TRUE FRIENDS OF ROME.—The anti-lio manist lecturer, Gutteridge—who challenged Dr. Newman to assist him in investigating a terrible case of seduction by a father confessor recently perpetrated in a convent —has been met by the Rev. Canon Estcourt, who states that he has been instructed by the Right Rev. Dr. Ullathorne, Catholic Bishop of Bir mingham, to ask the name of the parties implicated by Mr. Gutteridge's story, and the came of the con vent in which the alleged seduction occurred. But Mr, Gutteridgo declines to give names or places, raises an irrelevant question as to whether the Right Rev. Dr. Ulla thorn° has any locus standi as Bishop of Birmingham be fore the English law, and concludes by saying that " the public courts of England are open for redress to all who feel aggrieved." Really, the cause of Protestantism re quires more protection against its Brockmans, its Mur phys, and its Gutteridges than it does against the whole power of Rome itself.—fall Mall Gazette. Share TIVEI SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEINIBER 3, 1567. 9121 lez 39 1 I 19 1141 I 14 77f 191 Is} 4 i 1081 7, 1 7 12 4 1 1111 114 vs 100 93 95 04} 1 4 vi 1 4 POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGII-STREET. A FRACAS ABOUT A NEWSPAPER. - Edward Attwell, a respectable-looking man, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with assaulting Mr. William Strange, publisher of the Sporting Life. Mr. Strange said—l reside at Osborne House, Holland-park. Last evening I was at the Oxford I Music Hall, when the def e ndant came up and spoke to me. A warm discussion ensued between us as to a newspaper I was connected with—the Sporting Life—the defendant having once been engaged as a canvasser for the paper, and I being the publisher. The defendant made some very offensive remarks, and said he would punch my head. Not wish ing to have any altercation at the Oxford Music Hall, and as I wished to see a gentleman at the Beau fort Club, in Rathbone-place, I left the hall and went to Rathbone-place, but in consequence of the defendant following me all the way, and making use of most abusive and offensive language, I did not go to the club, but turned down a passage, and the defendant then came up to me and wanted to fight, saying "Now, you --, I'll give you something," and he snatched my stick out of my hand and struck me on the hat, smashing it—(the complain ant exhibited his hat in a smashed condition)—and he then struck me in the eye with the stick. I called out " Police," and the defendant threw the stick away, and it went through the window of a public house. A person came out of the public-house and asked me whose stick it was, and I said it belonged to me, and they then told me that it had gone through their window. I told them that though it was my stick it was thrown by the defendant. On a constable coming up I gave the defendant into custody, and before the constable the defendant again abused me. The Defendant—l deny the whole charge. I did not speak to him first at the Oxford. Did you not call me a liar, cheat, beater, and challenge me to fight ? The Complainant—No. I called you a scoundrel !or what you said of me. Mr. Tyrwhitt—What was that. The Complainant—lie said I was a thief, a liar, and all that sort of thing, and that I was never in any way connected with the Sporting Life, but that it was a Mr. Stephens. lie also said he would " punch my head," and " let me have it." Police-Constable James Swain, 68 E--At half past 11 last night I was in Rathbone-place, and the defendant was given in charge by the complainant for assaulting him, and seeing his eye bleeding I took the defendant into custody. The Defendant—He called me a liar, a bester, and scoundrel, and he wanted to fight me under a publichouse lamp, but I told him him that it was too public a place, and went down a mews. lie then said to me, " Now call me a liar," and I did so, and he then struck me and I struck him, and he defied me with his stick. I never struck him with the stick, as he asserts, and it was in parrying a blow he aimed at me that the stick flew out of his hand. The complainant had no witness, but a person who was called by the defendant, and who said he was a friend of both parties, stated that he did not see anything of the assault, but he heard the com plainant and the defendant equally abusing each other. Mr. Tyrwhitt—l think justice will best be done by binding over both parties to keep the peace. 11. EDITION. SUN OFFICE., 7 o'CLocK. SITAI LIT.--This Day. ORDINARY sUAIiNS AND STCCIVA. 81 83 . 74 70 30 35 2 4 74 76 70 72 91 93 3( 3U; 6 7 15 6 106 \t7 1094 1 121 125 96 98 44 83 25 3J 29 3t 121 123 $2 43 182 191 113! )14, 77 79 46i 17 1 1161 119 301 I Closing I Business done. 172} j 4 314 ; 4 1( 6 7 nu A 1 i ; 08 110 (lii 112 60 62 33 3. V'.o 132 il4 116. 1 10 61 dz 110 li2 56 67 41 11 67 Wi 84 10j i4l 115 IDIPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS—(This EVENING.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. GAMBLING HOUSES. Lord TAUNTON said that he would ask the noble duko opposite as to the licensing of certain places in Heli goland. He had seen it stated in the papers that such was the case. It might not be true, but he would ask the noble duke for orders and papers on the question. He had also to ask whether there was not one at Hong Kong. Tho Duke of BUCKINGHAM said that ho believed that a gambling house did exist in Heligoland, and he much regretted it, as it was detrimental to the island. It appeared that the place was leased till 1871. The renewal of the lease was in 1855, but the authorities, and also the governor, disapproved of the licensing of this house, and the license would not be renewed. The papers should be laid upon the table. With regard to Hong- Kong, it was perfectly true that there were such houses. The noble Earl who preceded him (Lord Carnarvon) had written a dispatch, in which it was stated that, considering the mixed nature of the inhabitants, that it was an exceptional case, and that registrations audlicenses should be adopted, in order to be the first steps to abolish ing them, and that the police should have their surveil lance, in order to counteract the evil. He,!after carefully investigating all the particulars as to the conduct of these houses, had come to the conclusion that it would be the best plan for their ultimate suppression. He had, therefore, sent another despatch confirming the former, and having heard that tho i umour of licensing had got wind in the neighbouring towns he sent a more stringent one, and he was happy to say that the Governor was most sanguine of their ultimate suppression. (Hear, hear.) THE ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE. Lord DERBY said that as the other House of Parlia ment proposed to adjourn on Friday next, and as it was better that houses should adjourn at the same time, he would move that the house sit to-morrow for a short time to pass certain bills, and then a Commission would sit on Saturday to adjourn the house for a short period. In answer to a question from a Noble Lord as to what date the adjournment would take place, the Noble Earl said that he really could not tell his noble friend. SALE OF REVERSIONS BILL• This bill was read a second time. METROPOLITAN LOCAL ACT AMENDMENT BILL. Lord CLINTON moved the second reading of this bill, and it was carried, with the addition of a rescinding of the 6th clause relating to costermongers. PROCESSIONS IN IRELAND. Lord CLANDEBOYE moved for the police returns relative to the late processions that had taken place in Cork and other i laces in Ireland, and which were on behalf of those unfortunate men who were executed at Manchester. He was willing to admit that those persons who took part in these might not have come within the within the law, but still he thought that there should be the fullest details as to to this expression of partisanship, espe cially as many of the newspapers had taken up the tone that poor Brett's murder was only a mischance, and that the three men were murdered, he would earnestly direct the attention of her Majesty's Government. In his own county, where he was Lord Lieutenant, he had been called upon to say as to whether they ought not, without respect to any situation, to be vigorously dealt with. An Orangeman, who wore a iband would have to go to prison, why therefore should the other escape. He had respect for the green riband, but he did not like to see it degraded as it lately had been, and could not help expressing his indignation if these processions were overlooked. Lord DERBY said that while he had done justice to the loyalty of Orangemen, he did not scrupple to express his great regret at those festivals which were calculated to raise a great deal of ill-feeling amongst people of other religious denominations. Ho regretted also that the ill-feeling which had been stirred up amongst the people of Ireland by a portion of the Irish, who en tirely misrepresented the whole facts of the execution of the three unfortunate men at Manchester. That execu tion was not carried out from any political feeling but as the legal punishment of an unjustifiable, breach of the peace, attended by murder, and it demanded on the part of her Majesty's Government a proper punishment. They had endavoured to exercise that great prerogative of mercy, and they had done so in the case of Burke, but it seemed to have no effect, and perhaps the clemency exercised then was the production of the evil that bad followed. With regard to the Act regulating processions, it was not the wearing of a green ribaud or any other that brought thepersons assem bled within the scope of the law. It was when a disturb- ance was created, and they had not yet heard that such had taken place at these processions, but if they did they would be firmly repressed. The Oonsolidated Fund Bill and the Income Tax Bill were then read a first time. The house then adjourned. HOUSE OF LORDS-LAST EVENING. EDIJOATION OF THE WORKING CLASSES. Lord RUSSELL moved that the house considered that education in England and Wales ought to be ex tended and improved, and that the Parliament and Government should aid in such extension, and that the universities might be made more useful by the removal of restrictions, and that a minister of education should be appointed. His lordship was un derstood to say that many bills had been brought before their lordships - for the amelioration of criminal matters, but ho contended that such bills must be accepted with examination, or rejected without discrimination if the educational question was omittod from them. He thought that no objection could be made to any of these educational bills for the benefit of the poorer classes. His lordship adverted to the want of educational ad vantages, and stated that 1,050,000 were left totally unprovided for. With regard to the registers, it was found that at St. George's, Hanover-Square, the per centage of those married who could not write was 3 per cent. ; at Gretna Green it was 34 per cent. ; and generally throughout England and Wales it was 30 per cent. It was an enormity to allow children to go out into the street uneducated, ignorant of the laws, and consequently likely to commit crime. It was a disgrace to have to punish these children, when no care had been taken to implant an educational knowledge in their minds. Prussia showed us an example of what could be done with these schools. Many of them existed in Scotland, and partially so in Ireland. Of course a thoroughly organised system must be done by a local rate, or by much more extensive grants from Parliament than had yet been conferred. He thought that both courses would have to be applied. Sir George Grey had heard it said that the body who levied these local rates ought to have a discussion as to how they were educa tionally applied. With regard to the plan of education he thought that, although certificated masters ought not to be evaded, yet others might, under certain circumstances, be appointed. He also considered that the hours might be reasonably dispensed with ; and Mr. Chadwick, a great authority on the subject, was of the same opinion. He now came to a very important point, that was the adapting the revenues of the charitable endow ments to the advancement of education. These revenues were, in the times when there was only one church in England, employed for the purpose of education generally. The noble earl then reverted to a number of historical instances which, in his opinion, still justified their application generally without regard to the religious principles of the recipients of the advantages. Therefore there should be a general education of the whole people; it mattered not how the means were obtained, either by local rata or Government grant. The opinion of the Committee was that there should be a conscience clause inserted in all educational arrangements, and that the children of Dissenters entering National Schools should be exempted frum any restriction as far as their re ligious principles were concerned. By introducing secular schools he did not believe that they would abolish any religious feeling. He did not speak without authority, for Mr. Frazer, who had visited America, found the American schools very excellent, because the whole nation, with a thoroughly noble spirit, determine i that there should be an universal system of education through out the land. The Duke of MARLBOROUGH commented upon the difficulty of replying to the noble earl, owing to the circumstance that ho had not laid down any definite pro position. He thought the question WAS quits inopportune, and that there was not sufficient time during the present short session to deal with so important a matter. The noble duke adduced numerous arguments to prove that the calculations on which Earl Russell based his arguments were fallacious. The number of schools which had re ceived grants could not be relied upon as showing the progress education was making, because there were many schools quite as efficient which received no Government grant at all. Of course there were somo points which had not been reached; there might be room fur improvement ; but he contended that on the whole the progress of educa tion was rapidly spreading over all class.s of the com munity. Ha could not consent to the resolutions, and therefore proposed the previous question. After some further observations from Earl RUSSELL, the previous question was carried, and their lordships ad journed. HOUSE OF COMMONS (Tlll5 EVENING.) The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. The LORD-ADVOCATE took the oath and his seat for Thetford. CROWN PATRONAGE. Mr. D. GRIFFITII asked the Government whether was the imteution of the Government to advise the Crown 1,.0 confer a title of dignity on a gentleman who was for a Short time a member of that house for the borough of Andover, on account of his having vacated his seat in order to provide a seat for one of the law officers of the Crown. Lord STANLEY said there was no intention to confer any such dignity upon any gentleman. Such a use of the patronage of the Crowu would be most improper, not to say corrupt. WESTMINSTER. THE BEGGING TRADE AND THE MARQUIS TOWNSHEND'S EFFORTS.--A rough-looking fellow, with a stature approaching the gigantic, who gave the name of David Deacon, was brought before th 3 court under the following circumstances : The Marquis Townshend said—Last evening, about five o'clock, I saw this man begging on the Wilton-road. He begged of me. He was dragging about a poor lame child with him that could hardly walk, and was carrying another four years old in his arms. When he was given into custody he denied having begged. I thought it right to bring him before you for exciting sympathy by dragging children about this inclement weather. They were taken to the workhouse. Defendant—l did not ask any one for anything. Mr. Arnold—He begged of you, my lord. What did he say? Alarquis Townahend—" Give me a trifle to buy bread." Mr. Arnold—And he begged of others ? Marquis Townshend—Of twenty people before I found a constable. Defendant—l never begged of anybody since I have been here. I always work for my living, and it is not likely I should beg. While I can work I shan't do that. Did he see me begging ? Marquis Townshend—Most certainly, as I have stated. Mr. Aruold--I shall remand the defendant in order to see what is known about him. Defendant was then remanded till Friday. THAMES. A POLITE PRISONER.—Louiss Franklin, a young woman, was brought before Mr. Benson, charged with assaulting and wounding Catherine Paynton. The complainant, a white-haired and elderly woman, said she was manager of a respectable lodg ing-house, at No. 147, Rosemary-lane, which the authorities had altered to the name of Royal Mint street, near the Mint in Whitechapel. The prisoner was in the habit of coming to the house, taking the young men away and annoying her. This had lasted a long time. The prisoner came again last night to take away a young man, and she told her to leave the house. The prisoner refused to do so, and high words ensued, which the prisoner terminated by striking her on the head with a key, and inflicting the wound visible on her forehead. A witness c•nfirmed the old woman's statement as to the assault. The prisoner, in her defence, said that she did not take young men away from the old woman's lodging-house, but she took young men there, and that last night the old woman refused to allow her to remain there. The house was not a respectable one by any means. Mr. Benson dared to say the complainant was not very particular as to the character of the per sons she entertained in her house ; but that was not the question before him. He cared not about the character of the house or the complainant. The prisoner had committed a savage assault with a dangerous weapon. He sentenced the prisoner to imprisonment an d h ar d l a b our. seven days' The prisoner made a low curtsey, and said, "I am very much obliged to your Worship ; very much obliged indeed." DRUNK AND DEAD.—Caroline Mansfield, aged 45, no home, was charged on the police-sheet with being drunk and incapable of taking care of herself, and on Mr. Benson asking for the prisoner, he was police-constable, No. 313 informed by Townshend, a K, that she died in a cell at Bow at three o'clock this morning. Mr. Benson—That is very shocking. Did a medical gentleman see her? Townshend—Yes, sir, every attention was paid to her. Mr. Benson marked the sheet "reported dead," and said that as a coroner's inquiry would be held on the body, there was no doubt all the facts of the case would be fully inquired into. DRUNK AND INCAPABLE, AND ROBBED.—David Horn, an engineer, was brought before Mr. Benson, charged with being drunk and incapable. P. Dunaway, No. 11 13, the well-known detective, stated that a few minutes before one o'clock this morning he was passing along Cable street, Whitechapel, and saw the prisoner wrangling with a man who claimed him as a shipmate, and endeavoured to force him up a side street. From what he saw and what he heard he believed the prisoner had been robbed, and took a woman into custody who had stolen the prisoner's watch. lie found it upon her. The prisoner also lost 30s. in money. The woman was in custody, and ho in tended to bring her before his worship in the afternoon. Mr. Benson discharged the prisoner. Rail ways. Bristol ter. . Caledonian• unau ;ork' and Bandon orn wall Dublin & Belfast Juno Dun„ Perth, & Ab. Jun [E.London, scrip CP7.4 Do. !Glasgow & S. Westeri Great Eastern, Ord.Bl Do. E. Aural. st. No. !Great North of Scotian Great Northern Do. A stock B stock a. Do. New, is. at 25 pm, tS. and W. of Ireland Gt. Western Do. 5. Val. HAM guiti Do. South Wales ....I Do. W. Mid.— Otaorti Do. 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April & Oct lOO 110 112 I.oi kt4'E it EN t:E SHAKZCS Great Northern, 5 per cent. rd. at 10 per cent. pm., 105 Great Western, Orig. 44 per cent., 76 Great Western, 5 per cent., rd., 551 tid Consolidated, 6 per cent. stock, Ditto, Bristol and Birm., 6 per cent., 129 North Eastern, York, H. and Selby purchase, 10 North Eastern, West Hartlepool Harbour and nail,. 82 LINES LEASED AT FIXED UENTALri Midland, Bradford Fref. stock, 914 FOREIGN IiALLWAYI'. Antwei p and Rotterdam, 8} 13.tutagad San Francisco, 11. n., gua. 7 per cent., 13} (;rent Luxembourg, 9j Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidin), 31 Recite and San Francisca, lim., gua. 7 per cent., 9i South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 111 FOKEIGN Chontales Gold and Silver Mining, lira., 2/ Don Pedro, Nor,li Del itoy, 2 . 1-16 put Port Phillip, If Scottish Australian, lira., 1 1.16 St John del Roy, lira, ti:/ DOCKS. London and St. Katharine, 50 i BANNS. Agra, lirn., A, $ Ditto, B, Alliance, .4 Anglo Egyptian, lim., 16/ Anglo-ltaliau, lim., 5 Australasia, la Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China. ii Chartered Al.er. of India, London, anu a:111;1a, 30i 30 Consolidated, lim., 4 1 Imperial Bank, lim., 17 Imperial Ottoman, lim., Laid Mortgage B:tnk of India, Itm., London Joint Stock, 371 61 London and i 1 estininster, 70 1 Litt°, Scrip. 39t Midland Bank, lim., 101 rrov metal of England, ~- Ditto, d and .sd isstre.:i9; Oriental Bank Curpor,ittun, ,31 Union of London, ,-,54 MISCELLANitiOUb. Anglo-American Teleieraph, lint., 184 Atl intic Telegrapn, Z5:l llit o, 8 par zent., 81 21 Bombay Gas, lira., i 4 City of Moscow Gas, lint., 124 12 Continental Union Gas, lint.. 11 Credit e'oncier ut Engtauu, lira., 3 Crystal Palace, Ditto, Prderence, 100 Ditto, 6 percent. perpctl. deb., 109 East India Irrigation and Canal, 17 Ebbw Vale, 11 - 1 Gen. Credit and Discount, I Am.. 51 Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour ) , Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds, redem. It7o, issued 90, 40 London Financial Association, lint., 61 London tieneratOmnibus Company, Bin, 1 15-16 / North British and Mercantile Insurance, 151 Peninsula and Oriental 4iteain, 584 9 ea Ditto, new, 1855, 69 Ditto, new, 1867, WI Telegrat.li Construct. and 3laintecance, lint., 154 United Kingdom Telegraph Co., lint., 2/ Viceroy of Egypt (Mortgage) Loan, 731 . f MERCANTILE MARINE. Mr. O'BEIRNE asked the Vico-Peesid,ut of the Board of Trade whether it was his intention to introduce any measure with reference to the laws which regulate the mercantile marine before the recess. Mr. CAVE said there was no intention to introduce a measure affecting that subject after the recess. NAVAL CHAPLAINS. Mr. EYKYN asked the First Lord of the Admiralty if it was the intention of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to improve the position, pay, and organisation of the duties of the naval chaplains ? Mr. CORRY said the matter was under consideration, not only as affected members of the Church of England, but also Roman Catholics and others. The subject was a difficult one, but no determination had yet been come to. SCOTCH CIVIL COURTS. Mr. WALDEGRAVE-LESLIE asked the Lord Ad vocate whether the Government intended bringing for ward any measure in February, or soon after, so as to obviate the dissatisfaction said to exist owing to the great expense, delay, and uncertainty attending the administra tion of justice in the Supreme Civil Courts of Scotland ? The LORD ADVOCATE said that certain improve ments had been already made, and in the event of the Scotch business admitting of it a bill for remedying this inconve nience as far as possible would be introduced. THE FORTIFICATIONS. Mr. O'BEIRNE asked the Secretary of State for War whether he had taken any and what steps to prevent the erection of the shields sent to Malts and Gibraltar until the result of the inquiry by the Committee of which he an nounced the appointment onMondaylast should have been submitted to the house ; whether he could inform the house when it was proposed that the experiments wi th reference to the Plymouth and Bermuda forts should take place : Whether it was true that, contrary to the cus tom usually observed on such occasions, the experiments which took place at Shoeburyness on the 25th of Oct ober last to test the Malta and Gibraltar shields was kept strictly private, even the representatives of the Press being excluded from the ground: Whether the shield was not closely covered up in tarpaulins immediately after being shot at, and by whose orders: was that strict privacy maintained. If ho would inform the house whether the specifications and drawings issued from the War-office for the target intended to be shot at as a true section of the Plymouth and Bermuda forts were in fact identical with the specifications and drawings issued for that fort, and if they were not identical bf whose orders were the alterations made, and what steps have been taken, if any, to procure a perfectly correct section of the fort as it is being manufactured. And if he would inform the house whether it is the intention of the Government to observe the same degree of privacy with reference to the experiments to be made to test the prin ciple upon which the Plymouth and Bermuda forts were to be constructed. Sir• J. PAKINGTON said he would endeavour to an swer the series of inquiries as near as possible. The shields destined for Malta were sent out from this country some time ago, and whether they were fixed or not he could not say, and if it was necessary that any strengthen- beg was required after the trial had been made there would be no difficulty in effecting it. With respect to the second ques,,ion, he could only s•ty that the target to represent the section of the fort was being constructed under con tract, and it would be two months before it was delivered. Ho (Sir J. Pakington) intended to be present when the trial was made, and he hoped hon. gentlemen would do him the honour to accompany him to witness the experiment. With respect to the third inquiry he could not say the last experiment was kept private ; although the represen tatives of the press were excluded, a very aced rate account of the matter appeared a day or two after in one of the daily newspapers. It was quite true that the shield was covered up immediately after the trial, but by whose orders that was done or the cress excluded he could not say. He was quite certain he (Sir J. Paking ton) had not issued any such orders. With respect to the trial of the Bermuda shield, the experiment was intended to be on a section identical with the original ; there was to be nothing like unfair play in the matter. With respect to the matter being kept private, it had been determined that the attempt should not be repeated. The motive of making these experiments in an open manner, and allowing the representatives of the press and foreign officers to witness them had been under the consideration of the Admiralty with a view of determining how far it was prudent to allow those gen tlemen being present. However, it hal been stated that there would be more information gained by throwing these experiments open to the public, and on application to the proper authorities tickets of admission would be granted to the press and others wishing to be present. (Hear.) Mr. O'BEIRNE said the hon. gentleman had not said whether any alteration from the identical drawing for the original shield had been made in the one experimented upon. He was informed that there had been a very exten sive alteration. Sir J. PAKINGTON said he did not see the original specifications, but he thought only such alterations as wore necessary for the fixing of a section were made. ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE. In reply to Mr. FOSTER, Lord STANLEY said it was proposed on Friday to adjourn the house entil the 13th of February. On the motion of Lord STANLEY, the orders of the day were taken before the other motions, in order tha t the bills on the paper might be sent up to the other house. INCOME TAX BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. CONSOLIDATED FUND BILL. This bill (£2,000,000) was read a third time. TOTNESS, ece., WRITS BILL. Mr. EGERTON said this bill was merely to prevent the moving of writs for the election of a member for the four boroughs. The bill was read a second time, and the standing orders being suspended, it passed through its other stages with out opposition. CHLRCH RATES. On the motion that the house at its rising adjourn until Thursday, Mr. HARDY said there was no intention on the part of the Government to bring in a bill to abolish church rates (LIM BITTING.) This evening the brother rf his Highness the Emperor of Japan and suite entered the House of Commons. Lord Stanley was introduced to the illustrious visitor, and re mained for some time in the Peers' gallery with the party. UPSETTING OF A LIFEBOAT AND SERIOUS LOSS OF LIFE. (BY TELEGRAPH.) YARMOUTH, Tuesday. At 10 o'clock this morning the Gorlestone lifeboat Rescue upset in entering the harbour with a wrecked crew. Twenty-six persons were drowned. We may add that this is the same lifeboat that unhappily capsized nearly two years since with a fatal loss of life. It is a salvage boat, belonging exclusively to the beachmen of Gorlestone, and is in no way connected with the National Lifeboat Insti tution. There is a fine self-righting lifeboat on this station, but hitherto the beachmen have not made much use of it. LONDON GAZISTr.E.-THIS EVENING. FOREIGN-OFFICE, DEC. 2. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. A. For rester Browu as Consul at Madras for his Majesty the King of the Belgians. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Don Luis Casaval as Vice-Consul at Glasgow for her Majesty the Queen of Spain. WHITEHALL, Du. 2. The QUeen has been pleased to nominate the Rev. Wil liam Butler, M.A., to the Perpetual Curacy of the church of Newborough, in the county of Northampton, and diocese of Peterborough, void by the resignation of the Rev. Her. man Douglas. ADMIRALTY, Nov. 30. Royal Marino Light Infantry—Lieutenant James Alfred Godfrey to be Second Captain, ♦ice Naylor, de ceased. Colonel Second Commandant William Grigor Suther, C.:8., to be Colonel - Com mandant, vice Connolly, placed on retired full-pay. Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel George Brydges Rodney to be Colonel Second Commandant, vice Suther ; Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel John William °oilman Williams to be Assistant-Adjutant-Ganeral, vice Rodney. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.--This Evening Atnstordam Short. 11 18} 11 19 Ditto 3 Months. 12 0 1 . 12 1 Rotterdam Antwerp • 25 32} 2b 37, Brussels _._ .., lianiburg Pixie Short 25 10 25 20 Ditto 3 Months. 25 25 25 32 Marseilles Frankfort on the Maine —120 k Vienna — 12 20 12 3U _ . ~.. Trieste Petersburgn Berlin Madrid Cadiz Leghorn Milan Genoa Naples Palermo Messina Lisbon Oporto 12 20 12 30 31/ 32 6 261 6 27 481 481 49 49k 28 37f 28 45 28 37f 28 45 28 37f 28 50 28 37f 28 50 28 37f 28 50 28 37f 28 45 511 511 51f bit TATTERSALL'S-LAST EVENING. DERBY. C to 1 agst Rosicrucian (taken and offered) 6 to 1 agst Lady Elizabeth (offered) 1000 to 70 agst Green Sleeve (taken) 15 to 1 agst Typhoeus (taken) 20 to 1 agst Blue Gown (taken) 1000 to 30 agst Harvester (taken) 40 to 1 agst Banditto (taken freely) 1000 to 10 agst Chelsea (taken) 100 to 1 agst Schiedam (taken) TWO THOUSAND. 10 to 1 agst Typhcaus (taken) St. Albans Races aro postponed until Thursday and Friday. Entries for tho Selling Race close on Wednes day evening. During the afternoon the objection to Flyfisher for the Croydon Cup was entertained, and, as will be seen from the paragraph appended, the judge's verdict was undis turbed : " We, the undersigned, are unanimously of opinion that the objection made by Lord Poulett to Flyfisher for the Croydon Cup has not bean sufficiently proved by the evi dence, and we, therefore, decide that Flyfisher is entitled to the race. " REGINALD HERBERT, acting for Lord Coventry. " H. CRAWSHAW. " CHARLES BEVILL, acting for Sir F. Johnstone. RACING FIXTI FEBR' RES FOR, 1868. ARY. Lincoln lB Harrow 2O MA. Nottingham Spring Derby Spring Liverpool Spring M 3 Chelmsford Spring M 10 West Drayton l2 Epsom Spring Meeting Northampton Durham Hendou l3 Newmarket Craven .., l3 Lewes Spring Newmarket Ist spring Chestor 5 Winchester York Spring Salisbury l4 Bath Croydon Ist Summer Harpenden Epsom Summer • NE. West Drayton 1 Croydon 2d Summer Ascot Summer 9 Windsor Summer I Bibury Club Stockbridge Chelmsford Summer I Alexandra Park LY. Worcester Summer 2 Newmarket July Reading Liverpool l6 Huntingdon Nottingham July Goodwood 'UST. York Oxford Canterbury Derby Summor Weymouth Lichfield Tuubridge Brighton Brighton Club 6 Lewes Summer Wolverhampton ll Stockton Windsor Egharn lB Hastings SEPT Warwick Abingdon 3 Leicester Doncaster 8 Richmond OUT, 19 21 22 26 Bedford 1 Newmarket 2d October 5 Ohelteuham l3 NO VE. 23 30 30 I.IBER. Kelso l5 Hendon l7 31Jamoui . . • Newmarket Ist October 22 West Drayton 29 S lire wsbury Newmarket Houghton 19 Worcester 31 B E 10 STEEPLECHASES. DECEMBER. St. Albans k 5, 6 I Ealing Hendon Kingsbury lO Wiltshire County & Beaufort Hunt 17, 18 JANUARY, 1868 Manchester 1 I Reading FEBRUARY. Birmingham MARCH. Grand Military l6, 17 I Cheltenham 26, 27 PROGRAMME OF ST. ALBANS STEEPLECHASES. THURSDAY. The Selling Steeplechase Stakes of 3 soya each, 1 ft, with 20 added ; three year olds lOst 71b, four 11st 71b, five, six and aged 11st 121 b ; the winner to be sold for 50 Buys (if 30 sovs allowNl 71b); about two miles. Thu Harpenden Plate (Handicap) of 40 sore ; winners of any steeplechase after Nov. 29 (at 11 a.m.) 71b extra; about two miles. Age st lb Oomberton ... a 12 12 Hornet ... a 12 0 Laura 6 11 10 Revolver ... a 11 9 Foxholes 5 11 5 Trap a 11 0 Vindicator a 11 0 La Pique 5 11 0 Harcourt 6 10 12 Serious Case a 10 12 Darkness (lib) .. a 10 11 Helice "... 5 10 11 Franciscan ... 6 10 10 The Guide ... 5 10 10 Bm by Leopold (h b) 6 10 9 Arthur ... .. alO 9 Woodbury Hill(h b) a 10 8 Triumpher .. 6 10 8 Ace of Hearts ... alO 7 Kronberg 5 10 7 The Aristocratic Steeplechase (Handicap) of 10 cove each 3 ft, with 50 added ; winners after Nov. 29, at 11 a.m., 71b extra; gentlemen riders. About three miles. 22 subs. Age st lb Shiite ... a 10 7 Pearl ... 4 10 7 Portfire 6 10 6 Merry Horn (h b) 410 6 Stiff ••• ••• 6 10 6 Dioined 6 10 5 Harbinger a 10 Legerdemain 5 10 4 Caustic ~. 4 10 4 Rosebud ... 6 10 3 Robber a 10 3 Leicester ... 6 10 2 Black Rock 6 10 2 Signal 6 10 2 Crafty 410 2 Vici 3 10 0 Bess 5 10 0 Wedding Peal 5 10 0 Faint Heart ••• 4 10 0 Age st lb Benazet ... ... a 12 7 Despatch ... ... a 12 4 Hornet ... ~. a 12 2 Clansman ... ~. 5 11 8 Lady Newark „. a 11 4 Cabin Boy (11 b) ... a 11 2 Arlescott ... ... a 11 0 Harold ... ... 5 10 13 Ace of Hearts ..... a 10 11 Spatchcock ... a 10 11 Badminton ~. 5 10 11 Ago st lb Highflyer a 10 10 Bishopton 5 10 8 Publics Opinion 6 10 4 Black Rock ... 6 10 4 Bmby Leopold(hb) 6 10 4 Tom Thumb 5 10 4 King Alfred ... 6 10 4 Leotard ... a 10 0 Marmora a 10 0 Kronberg 5 10 0 Vigil ... a 10 0 The Hunt Steeplechase Plate of 40 sous, for hunters ; llst 71b each ; thorough brads 71b extra ; to be ridden by gentlemen, farmers, or their sons. About three miles. Ben (h b) aged, Badminton 5 yrs, Wrangler aged, Hip polyte aged, VraWrperry aged, The Cripple, Patience (h b) aged, Moonbeam (h b) aged, Darkness (h b) aged, Loud water (h b), Seakale 5 yrs, Panther aged, Black Swan (h b) aged. The Steeplechase Free Handicap of 10 BOYS each, 3 ft. ; winners after Nor. 22 (at 9 a.m.) 71b extra. About two miles. 10 subs. Age et lb Mx Bobby ... ... a 12 7 Cabin Boy ... ... a 11 3 Arlesoott ... ... a 11 3 ♦ce of Hearts ... a 11 0 Foxholes ... ... 6 10 10 Age st lb Serious Case ... a 10 9 Hippolyte... ... alO 0 Stiff ... ... 6 10 4 Nabocklish ~. 6 10 0 Wedding Peal ... 5 10 0 FRIDAY. The Selling Handicap Plate of 30 sous ; the winner to be sold for 40 sous. About two miles. The Luton Plate (Handicap), of 30 sous; winners of any steeplechase after NOT. 20 (at 11 a.m.) 71b extra ; about two miles. Age at lb Flyfisher ... a 13 0 Lady Newark ...... a 11 7 ... Trap Franciscan Ls Pique _ _ ._ Serious Case a 11 3 Oldminster Darkness (h b) v. 11 2 Woodbury llill(hb) a 11 2 Arthur Ben (h b)) a 11 2 Triumpher Robber Holice 5 11 0 The Guide 5 11 0 Jacob a 11 0 Port fire 6 10 13 Ace of Hearts _ _ Harbinger a 10 12 Age it lb Leicester Harcourt Kronberg Joker 5 10 12 Sinite a 10 11 Nurthill 4 1U 11 Pearl Bm by Leopold (h b) 6 10 9 D iomed Legerdemain 5 1U 9 Merry Horn (h b) 4 10 9 Wedding Peal Black Rock Signal 6 10 7 Caustic Faint Heart Crafty 4 10 0 Vici 3 10 0 the St. Albans Open Steeplechase Handicap of 15 ' 6 sovs each, 10 ft, with 100 added; the winner of the Grand Metropolitan Steeplechase at Croydon 101 b, and the second in the same 51b, or any other winner after Nov. 22 (at nine a.m.) 71b extra; weights not to be accumu lative ; about three miles and a half ; 25 cubs. The highest weight accepting being list 121 b, it has been raised to 12st 71b, and the others in proportion. Age at lb Sir Bobby a 12 7 Bonazet a 12 5 Despatch a 11 13 Tally-hu(in.slb ex.) a 11 12 Hornet a 11 11 Chimney S weep(in chiding 101 b ex.) 5 11 11 Pensioner (pd) ... 6 11 7 Sprite ... a 11 7 Patience (lib) ... a 11 5 Tusculanum ... 5 11 5 L. S. D. ... a 11 4 Ago st lb Arloscott a 11 3 Cabin Boy (h b) ... a 11 2 Badminton ... 5 10 13 Spateheock a 10 13 a 10 12 Greenland 6 10 11 Lawrence (ti b) a 10 9 Ifighflyer ... a 10 9 King Alfred 6 10 9 Harcourt (pd) 6 10 9 NorthernLiglit(n b) 6 10 9 Polestar ... ... 5 10 9 Clansman ::; 5 11 41 Bishopton ... 5 C The Local Cup (the gift of the licensed victuallers iu the tow and neighbourhood of St. Albans), for horses the property of persons residing within 40 miles of St. Albans, except winners of a handicap steeplechase ; 11st each; and any winner over country 71b extra. Once round the Steeplechase Course, starting iu frcnt of the Grand Stand.' The Maiden Steeplechase Plate of 30 sovs ; llst 71b each ; if beaten three times previous to the time of starting allowed 71b, twice 51b; winners after the day of entry 51b extra; the winner to be sold for 50 sovs ; about two miles. Savannah aged, Chairman a, Kilkenny 4 yrs, Penelope 6, Byfield a, Ni as Franklin, Leicester 6, Signal 3, Caustic 4, Merry Maid, Peignoir a, Joker 5, The Cripple, Hold Houghton 6, Rosebud 6, Bess 5, Scakale 5, Panther a, Black S wan (h b) a.