The Sun. — London, England, 1868-01-03 00:00:00

.KAHKET AND 105IMEROIAL 1., .1 CITY, Two o'CLocK. Consols are steady, at 911 to 921 for money ; New and Reduced Three per Cents., 91/ to 911; India Five per Cents., 1101 to 1111 ; Bank Stock, 239 to 241 ; Exchequer Bills, 255. to 28s. prem. The monthly settlement on the Stock Exchange commenced this morning. The foreign stocks Italian bonds continue to de cline. The price this morning is 411 to 411, being f lower ; Mexican are 151 to 151; Spanish, 34 to 341 ; Turkish, 291 to 301 ; Portuguese Scrip, 1 to prem. ; Old Stock, 371 to 371 ; and Viceroy of Egypt Railway Loan, 711 to 72k. Of railways, London and South Western have de clined 1, at 75 to 77 ; Metropolitan, 1, at 1144 to 1141 ; Great Northern (A), 1, at 1081 1091 ; Shef field, at 44 to 441 ; Midland, at 1031 to 103,1 ; and Lancashire and Yorkshire, at 1221 to 123, f each ; South Eastern are firm, at 664 to 661 ; London and North Western, 1131 to 114 ; Great Eastern, 291 to 301 ; Great Western, 44 to 41} ; Brighton, 47f to 481; Caledonian, 691 to 70 ; and Chatham, 171 to 181. American Securities are firm. United States Five-twenty Bonds are / better, at 721 to 72/ ; Erie Shares and Illinois are each 1 higher, the for mer being quoted at 48 to 49, and the latter at 89 to 90. Indian and Canadian Securities are steady. Great Indian Peninsula Railway is quoted at 106 to 107 ; East India Railway, 108 to 109 ; Grand Trunk Railway of Canada, 15 to 451 ; Atlantic and Great Western Railway of Canada, 16k to 16t. Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures have risen k, at 21 to 22, and the Consolidated Mortgage Bonds at 18 19. The New Honduras Loan ist, 1 prem. ex Coupon. From a telegram to hand from Jerez, the sherry shipments for the past year amounted to 43,180 butts. The principal shippers being—Gonzales, 5,826 ; Misa, 4,630 ; Garvey, 4,047 ; Domecq, 3,658 ; Cosens, 2,793 ; Mackenzie, 2,611 ; Pemar tin, 1,829. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The return of the Bank of England, which is made up to the evening of the Ist inst., shows the impor tance of the temporary changes arising from the ad justments previously to the commencement of the year. 'While a large sum has been disbursed on ac count of public salaries, there is an increase in the Goventnent Securities, probably representing Defi ciency Bills, in order to maintain the public balances. The Bank has enlarged its private securities by up wards of £2,600,000 ; but on the other hand, it has received a still larger amount in private deposits. These changes represent balancings ; and they are fully as important as those at the beginning of 1867, though they will probably be far less lasting. Con siderable as these variations are, the Reserve is little less than thirteen millions, and practically the Bank is in a very strong position. The Bullion once more exceeds twenty-two millions sterling. The following are the changes since the preceding return : Increase in circulation £901,558 Decrease in Public Deposits Increase in o th er D epos i ts Increase in Government Securities 249,843 Increase in other Securities ...... 2,606,510 Increase in Bullion 120,681 Increase in Rest • 51,264 Decrease in Reserve ......... 758,509 Bullion in both Departments ...... ......22,061,728 Reserve of Notes and Coin 12,819,673 Circulation, including Bank Post Bills 24,832,122 The return of paid clearing for the week ending January Ist, as certified by Mr. J. C. Pocock, deputy inspector, is as follows Dec. 26, Thursday £6,061,000 Dec. 27, Friday Dec. 28, Saturday 9,838,000 Dec. 30, Monday 16,907,000 Dec. 31, Tuesday 14,083,000 Jan. 1, 1868, W e d nes d ay 9,557,00C otal X65,153,00 The return to r DecemberT 26, the day after o Christ mas Day, was the lowest of any day in the year. In other respects the aggregate corresponds to the move ments incidental to the adjustments of the period. The discount demand, in spite of to-morrow being the 4th of the month, is still very light as compared with what i t was t o the 31st ult. The minimum rate current in Lombard-street is 1 per cent. There were no bullion operations at the Bank yesterday. The City of Boston has arrived from New York with £112,000 in specie. The Oriental Bank invites tenders to the 14th inst. for £758,000 New South Wales Government De bentures, bearing 5 per cent. interest, and redeemable in 281 8 years. Ten per cent. is payable on application, and the balance on the 30th inst. This issue is made under the Colonial Act for the purposes of public works. The annual general meeting of the National Bank has been called for the 28th inst., for the transaction of the ordinary business of the company. At a meeting of the board of directors of the Ocean Marine Insurance Company yesterday, it was resolved to recommend to the shareholders at the annual meeting on the 30th inst. the following pay ments :--A bonus of 20s per share, interest of 5s Per share ; and that a further stun of £lO,OOO be added to the reserve fund, thereby increasing it to .Z 60,000. The usual payment of 5s per share will be made in July in each year. The numbers are published of 126 bonds of the Chilian Six per C en t. Loan, amounting to £40,000, which have been drawn for redemption at par on the 16th inst. The Leeds Town Council have unanimously resolved to oppose the abandonment of the Leeds and Wetherby Railway by the North-Eastern. The Council would not object to the postponement of the works for a short time. Mr. Alfred Brown, who has been connected with the Imperial Bank since its formation, has been appointed manager. The following is a review of the market for Petro leum from Messrs. Rose and Wilson's annual re port :—Refined : We commenced the year with a large stock, which our home trade was not sufficiently large, without the assistance of an export demand, to consume, so that it increased to such an extent that our stock during the autumn months exceeded • that of any other period in the history of the article ; the same may be said of all the ports on the Continent trading in petroleum. Prices throughout the year have almost entirely been in buyers' favour, and never at so low a point as during the past twelve months: is per gallon was in one instance accepted. This had the effect of inducing the Americans to send large orders to this country and to the Continent to buy up several thousand barrels, at prices ranging from is Cid to is 2d per gallon ; a great portion of this is still firmly held. In consequence of large " bear" sales in America, prices rose there during August to October, which enabled us t o o bt a i n i s 7d per gallon and even is 8d for later deliveries, which rates were not maintained. Our market is now so en tirely ruled by the daily telegrams from the United States, that unless we receive thence a succession of higher rates, we cannot expect an meat in pri ces h ere. On the whole, the business done during the past year has been good and steady, devoid (with one exception) of reckless speculation. We close with a quiet market at ] s 4d per gallon spot, and is 4id per gallon for January to March, Standard White. Crude Petroleum all but neglected, and price is quite nominal. Petroleum Spirit, up to about the month of August the value was about 8d per gallon ; but since then in consequence of a very large demand for the ' Continent for burning purposes, and there being no stocks, prices rapidly advanced to 2s 2d per gallo n ; t hi s has induced shipments from the United States, so that the price is easier. Refined Coal and Paraffin Oils.---The low price of petroleum has been most disastrous to this branch of the trade, so that it has not been developed at all during the year. The number of refineries at work in Scotland at the beginning of 1867 was twenty, of these nine have entirely ceased working. The estimated production sof refined oil has been the very limited quantity of about 160,000 barrels, which has nearly all • been sold. The only hope for our coal oil refiners is that the Legislature will prohibit American refined petroleum being imported into the United Kingdom under a much higher degree of igniting point than at present ; this is a step naturally very much to be desired by them, but the business in the article between this country and America has become so extensive, that it will meet with the most strenuous opposition both here and in Liverpool, especially when it is well known that hardly a single accident, if any at all, has happened from its careful use. BRITISH FUNDS.:-.--CLOSING PRICES. (10 VERNAIENT FUNDS. 8 SrP (Amt. Consols D>. Account, B or P Cont. Roth' , , ' IsT w 3 N per Cent 9ll i 2 i iv 2} per Cent. Ja,n. 1894 Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 _ Annuities, SO yrs, expire sth Jan. 188 e — Do. for 80 yrs, expire 6tia April '1885., 121 i Do (Red Sea Telof,raph), Au ' ~- Etchoquer Bills, £l,OOO, 2 &21 per Ct 22 6 pm Do £5OO 22 6 pm Do. £lOO & £2OO 22 6 pin Bank of England Stock. 41 per Cent — Do. Account LITMAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. ndiau cock, 101 per Cent., AprillB74 — Do. Account Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1880 Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates Do. Enfacod Paper 4 per Cent Do. 5 por Cent., Jan. 1872 Do. 5f per Cont., May 1879 Do. 5 per Cent., Rep. Dob., 1872 ' — Do. do. 1877 Do. do. 188') Do Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 Do. Bonds, 5 por Cent., £l,000 Do. under £I,OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Argentine Republic, (t por Cent Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent. 1859 Br tzilian 5 per Cent D). 41 per Cent., 1852-58-00 Do. 1803 Do. 5 por Cent., 1865 !Jo Account 751 1 41 51 Do. £lOO Bonds Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent DJ 2 per Cent. (Daferrtd 3 per Cent ; 43 21 0 aba, 6 per Cent. Cadian 6 per Cent Do. 41 por Cent 00. 6 per Cent., B • Do., 1867 Do., 7 per ,Cent., 18E6 9Ol Do., Scrip £32 paid 0 mbiau, 6 per Cent. Danish, 3 plr Cent., 1825 D ,nubian Principalities, 7 por Cent — Do 8 per Cent., 1867 Eluador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent... rigyptittr, 7 per Cent 1)0. Secoad Issue .• D £5lO Bonds Do. £lO6 Bonds Do. 1864 Do. £5lO Bonds Do. £lOO Bonds .... 88 Government ita,il way ilebonturiis .... 921 Greek, 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex Coups — • Do. Account — 12 Do. Coupons Do. Account ... 5 per Cent .. liondurasGov Rail Loan ip.Ct.,Xlspd pin . It3ii,u o peL ("et t., 1660 .. . Do. Account • . Do. Alaremmana Itaiway M 3xicail 3 per Cent Ditto for Account Dn. 1864 - Do 6 per Cont. Anglo-French 51ontevidoan 6 per Cent. — .. I.oorish imperial 5 per Cent New Granada ll/ Do 3 per Con , Do. Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) Peruvian 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Account Do 4/ per Cent. (Uribarren) Do 44 per Cent.. 1862 Do Account Po - tuguese 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, '7, '9 7 '60,'2,'3 Russian 5 per Cent. , 1822 7 £ St — Do 44 per Cent. 1850 Do 44 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cent., 1859 Do 6 per Cont., 1662 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1861, £lOO Bonds BB Do. do. £Bl 155. do: — Do ., 1866 , £lOO Bonds - B 7l 4 Do. do. £B4 15s. do — Sa.-diniau, 5 per Cent — Spanish 3 per Cen — Do Account _ ... Du New Deferred ••• ••• Do Account Do Passive 254 4 Do Acc.out Do Corn. Cert. of Coup. not funded Do Account Turkish 6 per Cent. — Do Account Do 6 per Cont. 1858 .. Do Account Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1862 — Do Account Do XIOC Bonds • 6l Do.. 1863 — Do 5 per gent., 1865 — DD Account Do 6 per Cent., 1865 DJ 4 por Cent., Guaranteed - Venezuela, 3 per Cent. — D J Account — Divideuas on the above payaule in London French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. — It %hal. 5 per (lent. 1831, Ex. 251. Do. Account THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, Money' 92 i t Do. Account SUPPING INTELLIGENCE—This Day ---~---- GRAVESEND, Friday Morning. Arrived Sikkebu Fena; from Groningen. Sailed—Zurburan, steamer, for Cadiz; Panther, steamer, !or Boulogue. DEAL, Friday Morning. Passed, Jan. 2.—Susan, for Salcombe; Venus, screw steamer, for Cardiff ; Aboyne, for Colombo— all from London. Anchored.—Normandy, screw steamer, from Taganrog 'or London. OLD FOLK IN NORIIANDY.---In the provincial die tricts of France one cannot fail to be struck by two equally noticeable facts in the families of the peasants: children are brought up with excessive indulgence ; old people are proportionably neglected. This state of things has its exceptions. 1 have known working mothers who were able to make their children obey them, and 1 possess among nay poor people some few ancient friends whose eons and daughters surround them with all tender care. But., generally speaking, among our peasantry the two facts I have named always co-exist, the one naturally re sulting from the other; for spoilt children who are neither respectful nor obedient in their youth are not likely to become so in riper years. In our Normandy, when parents are no longer fit for work, it is customary for them to divide any small property they have among their children, and then to go and live with one of these upon a sort of pension, to which the others contribute, tho amount and payment of which small pittance the ma gistrate often has both to decide and enforce. The poor, old folk, thus completely stripped of their possessions, lan guish forlornly in the chimney-corner. Often I meet them, dragging themselves feebly and solitarily, up and down the orchard which is attached to almost every Norman cottage, or else put in charge of a troop of indocile, rude children, who torment them unceasingly. Continually I have said to myself, "Why cannot our peasants be taught the duty of taking care of their aged parents ? or why, at least, is there not some asylum for poor old men and women?"— Macmillan's Magazine for January. THE ORIGINAL JEST-BOOK.—It is singular to find how soon the stories became old, even in early times. Even the exclamation of "Joe Miller ! to indicate a vene rable joke, is as old in sense, if not in sound, as the days of the father of Alexander the Great. When Philip was the Macedonian king, there was a club of wits in Athens which met once a week, not in the tavern, but the temple of Hercules. They had such a favourable opinion of their own powen, that they chronicled all their own jokes, and kings sent to borrow the book—" The Book of the Sixty" it was called, from the number of the members—when they were depressed by the turn of politics, or by their own humours, and stood in need of a laugh and its refreshing influences. Very many "good things" must have been entered in this proto-jest book, though we do not know what they wore. For a time they served the . purpose of "diners out," and of men who carried no wit about with them save what was contained in their memory of the wit of others. The volume, however, became so familiar through its contents being circulated abroad, viva voce, that the hearers at last got weary of it, and whenever a dull fellow sought to derive some brilliancy by re peating one of the oft-told stories, he, was met by a general cry of "Come, that's an old Sixty."—Argosy for January. THE EMPEROR'S PRIZE.—The Independance Beige, speaking of an audience which the Papal Nuncio had with the Emperor Napoleon a few days back, says:— "It is believed that at this interview Mgr. Chigi handed to his Majesty the hat and sword which the Pope had blessed at the last Consistory, and which, according to custom, are presented to the Sovereign who has rendered during the year the greatest services to the Holy See and the Catholic Church. SONG BIRDS FOR NEW ZEALAND.—The Otago Times states that Mrs. Bunbury, a lady who arrived from Great Britain in the William Davie, has landed with quite a collection of song-birds—only a portion of those which she had when the ship sailed, but enough, and of kinds, to constitute a most valuable present to the Acclimatisation Society, to which body Mrs.Bunbury has presented them. There are in the collection skylarks, thrushes, blackbirds, starlings, goldfinches, and linnets, and all of them were landed in such excellent condition as to prove that throughout the voyage they had been tended constantly and with skill. Captain Logan also successfully brought out some song-birds, although he lost propel tionately many more than Mrs. Bunbury. Indeed, of some 70 shipped by the captain, only 10 or 12 have survived. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS, REGENT'S PARK.-A remarkable plant, perhaps more curious than beautiful, is now in flower in these gardens. and is supposed to be the first of its kind that has yet flowered in England. It is a species of agave nearly allied to the so-called American aloe, said to flower " once in 100 years," but differs from its brother, and most if not all other members of the agave family, by carrying its flowers on a pendulous or drooping flower spike some 10ft. long, curving to one side, with the point nearly reaching to the ground; the flowers are closely packed round the stem, and number some thousands. The plant was raised from seed received-at the gardens from Mexico about 25 years ago, so that in England, although perhaps not in its native country, it appears to be of very slow growth. The name at present attached to the plant is Agave dasyliroide,s, but it may probably turn out to be a now species or variety. TB .0 • SLTN, LONDuN, FEID.W EVENING JANUARY suAE,7, LlST.—This Day. - -o ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS• Share i:ailways. p aid ) Closing I Business ' Price. I done. st 10u , 8284 st Caledonian • 10) 1 70j 71 625 911 705 it Cambrian - Cork and Bandon - - 20 Cornwall all 2 4 st Dublin & Belfast June lOO 745 755 st Dun,,Perth, & A b.J una 0 , .:0 70 72 100 E.London, scrip Certi. all - - Do. 100 - -. 1 st Glasgow &S. Western 100 91 'O7 st Great Eastern,Ord.stk. 100 aut 311 3) 5 st Do. E. Angl. st. No. 2 100 7 8 at (ireat North of Scotlani! 100 15 6 st Great Northern lOO 107 09 1061 6 7 St DJ. A stock .. 100 iOl 109, 1085 st Do. B stuck lOO 123 Izs st Do. New, is. at 25 pw 10. st Gt. S, and W. of Ireland 100 06 98 at Gt. Western -Original 11..0 44 4 4 5 st Du. S. Val. Rail. gua. 100 - • st Do. South Wales 1‘..0 - at Do. W. blid.-Oxforu 100 '25 3J st Do. Newport lOO 29 31 st 100 - st Lancashire& Yuri:shin .100 124 123 25 5 st Landon and Blackwell 100 - - st Lon., Brigh.,& S Coast BF, 43 4,i 48 85 st I-on., Chat., and novel 100 18 1 9 ) 8 at Do. Aletrop. Ex. A lOO - - st Lun. & North Western 100 114 115 1135 14 145 st Lou. & South Western 100 :+5 77 765 6 st 51an., Shet., & Lincoln 100 111 155 44 at Metropolitan all 115 117 /145 155 1 st Do. New lO - - st Do. Extension...- all 102 103 103 25 et iletrupolitan District all - 26 ( Do. do. do. 10 - - 10 1)0. and St. John'sls o o 6 - - st Midland - Do. £9 Share 7 - - et Do, tlirmin.. & Dorhy 100 72 74 - aid Kent . - - st North British at Do. Ed., Pth., & Dun. 109 - Nth. Eastern-Berwick 100 98 99 935 25 Do. ti.N•E purchase 16.13.4 - - st Do. Leeds st Do. York lOO 90 92 92 st Do. Carlisle - - st Do. Stock. & Darling. all 130 132 45 Do. do. 1860-61 lB p at North London - Do. do. 1864 5 - 10 Do. do. 1860 at North Staffordshire st ,N. &S. W. Junction - Scottish Central - Scot. N. E , Aber. stock 100 SOot, 100 t Shropshire Union et South Devon.. lOO 12 14 et South Eastern 20 Staines, Wok., & Wok all 84 94 it Tali Vale lOO 145 ;50 10 Do. C . - - - V ale of Neath - Waterford & Kilkenny 100 - - 10 Waterloo & Whiteha 1 6 - - West Cornwall lOO - - , COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIE.S. British Columbia, 6 per cent., De 0.31, 1872 100 Can.Gov.6p.c.Ja.&July 1877-64 Do. 6p. o. k'eb.& Aug 1 0 101 It 3 -- +D°. sp. a. Mar. & Sept 10,) 101 1.3 1/0. sp. c. Jan. & July 100 90 92 Do. sp. c. Inscribed sk 100 89 91 Cape U. Hive, 6 p.c. 1673 100 102 164 ou.Apl.&Oct 1890-1900 100 166 168 do 1880-9 u 100 104 106 Do. Jan.&July, 1890-9, 100 107 109 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 lOO 05 17 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p.e 100 Do. 1878, do lOO 11/ 1106 110 Mauritius, 6p. 0, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1378. 1882, Mayls, Nov. ,5 100 105 107 Do. 1845, Feb. & Aug.. 100 107 100 Natal , lov. 6 per cent.. 100 1(.4 106 N.B.Gov.6p.o.Ja.&July 100 11)3 105 S.W. Gov.s p•c.,184t , 100 - - Do. 5 p.c. 1821 to 18701 100 98 99 Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1895 100 974 966 951 61 New Zealand, 6p. Cent 100 - - Do. 5 per cent....... 100 .98 99 Nova Se ,tia Gov. 6p. a sterling, 1675 l9O 162 104 ,2ueeasland Gov. 6p. c lOO 103 1(5 S. Aus.Gov. 6 p.c.1868-9 100 - Do. 1878 & upwards l, 0 110' 11l Vic,Gov. 6 p.o.Ja &July 100 I Do. du, April dc Oct lOO 110 112 ILO, BUITISLI rossEssioNs. lantio Sy St. Lawrence all 53 5 5 , t acrn., BarOda, eCen.ln. 100 114 115 1121 1 gu. 6 per °aut.:. 20 Do. F shares lO p 204 Ruffalo & Lake Huron all 34 4 10 Do. Preference too isuil.,Brant, &Goderich 6 p.c. ,872-3-9 lOO 66 71 st 4Jalcutta &S. E., Bin lO - - - at •al.e Towu & Dock, gu. 100 18 52 00 tense-rare, 7 p.c. per. p• all 99 102 st , :ast. Bengal, gu., sdc 100 ,13 164 103 at East Indian, gu. 5 p.c. 100 110 1104 1081 S Do. J Extension - - at irand Trunkof Canad% 100 17 18 151 100 Do. Equip. Morl.Bonch. 1 charge 0 p.c ali 83 85 100 Do. Ist Prof. Bonds all 50 52 100 Do. do deferred „ ail - 100 Do. 2d Fret. Bonds_ all 40 45 100 Du. do. deterred - -- .100 Do. 3d Pref. stook all 32 34 100 Do. do. deferred - 100 DO. 4th Pref. stock 100 Do. do. deferred - - st Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c. 100 107 108 Mk 93 •o. Gua. 5 per cent lB - 2IN 20 00. New gua. p. c 6 - 2 t at Ut.Bouth of India • gua. 5 per cent at D., 41 per cent lou 92 94 94 at Do . . - - 204 • reat Wes. of Canada ail 151 154 204 Do. New .. - 400 Do. 6p. c B4s. pay. 187;). all 95 t 7 lOC Do. 54 du. pay. 1b77-8.. all . 85 57 10 Indian Branch, limiter 3 1 1 ,1 st Wadras, gua. 5 p.o 100 100 102} at Do. 41 do lOO 03 95 at Do. 14 do lOO 69 91 2') Do. Fifth Extensioi 5 - - at Me-lb. Cor. op. c. Buds lOO - - 50 Mel. & Hobson's Bay all - at I4.lll.C'da,6pclstpthe 100 83 85 at 3cinde 100 100 101 10:1 t• Do. Delhi 20 Do do st Do. Puniaub n., 100 99 100 et Do.lndus St.Flol be 100 85 87 BRITISH MINES. :U 7 : „e .C rt o on nsol. Gold, 'ha. t i 5 s — i 'lifford Amalgamated. 30 51 6) evon G. Cons. (Tavist. 1 4..(1 430 rake walls 2.1.0 1 2 East Bassett (Illogan) 2 ,4 10 12 - last Caradon 2.11.1 N 6 - 'Etat Carn Brea 3s 2 2t o:4st Grenville 2.14.0 1i 2 East Gunnislake 8.3.t 1 6 East Love Al... 3.0.0 8 9 E. W'l Russell (Tavistk. 11.7.0 1/ 2 tiatn..ls StAubyn(4l wen. kit 1 5 4 Great LAxey, limited., all 17 18 Great South Tolgus.... 0 .14. • - Great W heal Busy.... 11.9.0 • G. Wheal Vor (lielst,... 40 'l7 10 171 , irenvilie..... , ........ 9.0.4 14 1 tlerod's Foot .... 8.10. 0 35 37 Hingston ['owns ...... 5.10.6 2} 21 Margaxet (Uny Lelant 13 17. ' 6 8 Marke Valley 114.10.11 41 51 4 viwyndy Iron Ore, li 8,1 21 14 ._!New S ton II 504 60 70 North toskear , i.NVh Bassettallogan 4.4.0 _ North Wheal Crotty Prosper United 8.11.0 2 21 l'r.,vidence ,Uny Lelant 10.6.7 29 al —.. S. Caradon (St. Cleer) ll 390 410 South Condurrow 3.2.0 i f t3.Wheal Fran. (Illogau 18.18.9 371 421 Wray Park . 35.16.6 4 6 'Tin Croft....;, 0 13 14 131 Vigra and Clogan, litn all _ __, %Vest oassett (Mogan W. Caradon (Ltskeard it 10 12 West Chtverton ll 60 t 8 West Seton. 474 135 205 -- Wheal Bassett 'lllogan 51 85 95 Wheal Buller (Itedruth 16 16 10 Wheal Mary Ann (Men. 8 18 20 —. Wheal Setou - Whea , Trelawney (Lis 5.17.0 6 8 ‘ N '? S rOCK3. ~88 t'IIEFitRENCE S 'ARE London and S.-Weatern per cen LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS London and Madman, 876 rtiIiEJGN ItAILWAIk. treat Luxembourg. 86 San Paulo, 11m., gua. 6 per cent., 191 _ FOktl4lltiN oon Pedro. Nor,h Del Rey, 2 Pm restart:nil United Gold, lim , 2 9-16 BALI ti b. Agra, Urn.. A, 7 Anglo Egyptian, lirn. 161 I , uperiai Bank, litn..lBl Imperial Ot:oman, 81 11-16 London and Brazilian, lim.. 15 London Chartered liana of Australia, 23 London and County, 511 London and '. estminster, 691 Ditto, Scrip, 391 Union ot London, 361 .11.15CNLLA.NEOUb. Anglo American Telegraph, .191 Agto- Mexican Mint, i 6 Atlantic telegraph, 50 1 Jut o, 8 p,r Jeot., 931 5 Canada Company, 64 31 Corporation ot London Bonds, 18 ; 2 . 4 Vper cent., 1011 Credit foncier 01 rdigian , i. iim.. 3 1 Egyptian 9 per Cent, Viceroy Loan, gua. by Egyp Govt. 901 ttuason's Bay, 14i London Financial Association. lim., 7 National Discount Company, 11 North British and Mercantile Insurance, 15} Oriental Gas, lim.. 61 Ditto, new, 1( Peninsula and Oriental steam, 56 Ditto, new, 1867, 51 Royal Mill Steam, u2 l Telegraph Construct. and Maiatenance, 11m., 111 Ditto, new, 26i National Provincial of England. Ditto, :d and 3d issue, 3sl DARING ROBBERY BY BRIGANDS. —A most daring robbery was committed a few days back at Ferrara, in Italy. The Countess Giovanna Massel was returning home at about ten in the evening in a carriage, which had entered the courtyard of the house, when five robbers, masked and armed with pistols and poignards, rushed for ward, and while two of the number kept the coachman quiet by menacing him with a pistol and kept guard at the entrance, the three others handed the lady from the car riage and followed her to her room, where they made her give up all the ready -money she had on her, which amounted to about 130 f., and then, taking her watch and chain from her, with a silver candlestick, they made off, after having first lifted the pockets of the servants, by means of which they obtained about 35f. more. No traces of these men have been discovered. rhe ‘.lourse of exchange at New York on London, for billb at 60 days' sight Is abent Ilo9per cent. At this rate there s no profit on the importlti,,4 oL gold trclin the Uniten Ssates. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. BOW-STREET. SYSTEMATIC PLUNDERING OF SOLDIERS AND SAILORS.—SamueI Heath, a coffeehouse - keeper, carrying on business at 17, Western-place, close to the Great Northern Railway Station, was. charged before Air. Vaughan with having feloniously stolen property, consisting of carpet bags, a musical in strument, and wearing apparel, the property of soldiers who had bden lodgers in his house, and also of the colonel and officers of the 4th Dragoon Guards. It appeared that a soldier named Keeley, belong ing to the 4th Dragoon Guards, went to the house of the prisoner on the 29th of November last. At that time he was on furlough, and was introduced to the house by soma per:;on whom he had met in the neighbourhood. On the 30th, the next day, which was Saturday., he was robbed of some money while sleeping on the sofa. On that day Cor poral G:over, of the Ist Drtgoon Guards, having arrived at the Waterloo Railway Station, and being on his way to Wakefield, ou furlough, was induced to go to the same house, and from his statement it seemed that after having been there some time, during which he had three cups of tea and three chops, the prisoner charged for that 12s. 6d., which he considered too much, and refused to pay it. He wanted to go out, but the prisoner would not let him. He, however, did go•out, and slept at the coffeehouse afterwards. The prisoner then took his bag. He had three medals on. He found two of them off his breast when he awoke. The whole three were on the table. The prisoner had them; they were worth about 255. llis cloak, which he also lost, was worth about 15s, the carpet-bag 6s. or 75., and the things in the carpet-bag about £l. Keeley told him that the landlord had taken some money from his pockets, and he also had to leave his clarionet. The prisoner paid his fare to 'Wake field, which was 14s. lid. In his carpet-bag, which he identified, was an account-book, which he iden tified, and which contained his will. Abraham Ballard, police constable 154 Y, stated that he had gone to the house of the prisoner, who was well known to the police, for the purpose of seeking for a watch which had been stolen, and which there was every reason to believe bad been left with the prisoner, and for the receiving of which he was committed on the previous day. On searching the place, he found a cupboard in the back room containing the property already men tioned. The prisoner was then taken into custody, and the prosecutors having been communicated with, the present charge was brought. Mr. Besley contended that the principal charges had not been sustained. Mr. Vaughan intimated his intention of commit ting the prisoner for trial. Mr. Besley then requested that substantial bail might be taken, when it appeared that twice in 1865 the prisoner and hs wife had been taken into custody for robbing soldiers and sailors, and on being liberated on bail had managed to square the matter with the prosecutors. Bail was consequently refused, and the prisoner committed. Amongst the property discovered by Ballard not yet owned are a gold pencil-case, from Z. M. H. to his friend, L.M., 4 carpet begs, 22 silver forks, and two spoons. THAMES. A BAD LODOER.—ROBBING A TILL. Henry Crosscover, a young man, was brought before Mr. Paget charged with stealing various sums of money from a till in the Brunswick Arms publichouse in Wellclose-square, Whitechapel. Mr. H. Adolphe Hasleworth, the landlord of the Brunswick Arms, said the prisoner had been a lodger in his house for some months, and in the course of that time and not before he had fre quently missed cash from his till. His suspicions of the prisoner were slowly aroused. In conse quence of a communication from his barmaid he deposited 6s. Bd. in silver and copper monies in his till on Tuesday night last. Mr. Paget hearing that another witness would give evidence against the prisoner requested the witness to leave the box. . _ William Skipper, of No. 40, Smith-street, Step ney, paper hanger, said he markedBfd, 3 sixpences, and 2 threepenny pieces, which he deposited in Mr. Hasleworth's till last night. lls remained in the back parlour concealed all night. At half-past five this morning the prisoner came down stairs. He saw him look at the clock, say something in German to himself, go to the kitchen, come back again, and get over the counter into the bar. The prisoner then put his hand into the till, took some money out, and put it in his pocket. The prisoner hada knife in his hand, which he did not like the look of, but he was not to be frightened of a German thief, and he laid hold of him and gave him into custody. He searched the prisoner, on whom he found 2s. 60. in pcnae and halfpence. William Coroly, 175 H, said that the prisoner was given into his custody, and while the last witness was searching him he said, " Here it is, Mr. Hasle worth, and handed to him the marked money." The evidence of the prisoner having been inter preted to him by Mr. Wintjen, the interpreter of the court, he said he wished the case to be settled at once. Mr. Paget—Does he plead guilty or not guilty ? Mr. Wintjen.—lle says he is Mr. Haslcworth recommended the prisoner to mercy, and said he was a person of respectable connections. Mr. Paget sentenced the prisoner to three months' imprisonment and hard labour. MARKETS—(ihis Day.) -t MARK LANE. Our market to-day was very scantily supplied with English wheat coastwise and by land carriage. Selected Samples—the show of which was unusually small—were held for more money. Low and damp qualities were in active, but not cheaper. The show of foreign wheat was seasonably good. On the whole, a fair average business was doing, in most kinds, at Monday's currency. Floating cargoes of grain were a slow inquiry, but not cheaper. . . . Fine barley was the turn dearer, owing to its scarcity. Grinding and distilling sorts supported former terms. No change took place in the value of malt. The supply was tolerably good. Oats were a slow inquiry, at.., the late decline in value. The show of foreign was large, Beaus and peas were quite as dear as last week. Both English and foreign flour was very firm in price. ARRIVALS THIS WEER. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. English and Scotch 720 830 2,910 50 1,330 Irish Foreign 15,520 1,150 41,500 100 ske. Maize, 2,780 gra 2,840 brls THE MAGAZINES. I`raser's Magazine.--" Fraser" looks dry, but 2.4 reverse of that. The articles are long, the subjects somewhat grave, but the writing is lively.. Some. times there is a little too much liveliness, and "M.," discoursing on "The Politics of Young England," is occa sionally flippant. Nevertheless, this is a very clever essay, full of smart things, from a writer who is, in all things but one, the antipodes of him who wrote " Shooting Niagara." He believes, as Carlyle does, that democracy is inevitable, and that the T >ries of the Disraelian school who think that the lowest class is essentially conservative and wilbrove a bodyguard to &Lad "our glorious institu tion in Church and State" are living in a fool's paradise. He recommends allsuch to add to their Sunday Litany the prayer, " From a reading peasantry, Good Lord, deliver us ;" for so soon as the agricultural labourer attains to the education of the skilled mechanic will he begin to have notions of his own about the law of entail and the right of landowners to hold an unlimited amount of land. But "M." does not dread the future—he welcomes it. Mr. Edwin Chadwick, an old social reformer, writes to urge the consolidation of the police force. He argues that our police are lamentably inefficient because they ai.e under such a multitude of different authorities. By placing them under as few as possible and mobilising them, the police throughout the kingdom would be available for any part thereof, and in case of riot we should not be compelled to call out the military. Con solidation would, so far as our experience gas gone, render the police force less costly at the same time that it became more efficient. Miss Cobbe writes on "Household Service." "Those plagues of servants" is rather a trite subject, but Miss Cobbe makes the most of it, and is epigrammatic as usual.' She advises mistresses of househol , " 3 to adopt the system of increasing the wages in proportion to the length of service ; this would be both fair to the employed and save the employer much of the discomfort which arises from the frequent giving of warning because the servant wishes to " better" herself. Mr. Bonamy Price has a long paper, the first of two, on Free Banking, with special reference to the controversy which has arisen between MM. Chevalier and Wolowski thereupon. We need hardly say that Mr. Price sides with M. Chevalier and free trade. Mr. Proctor, whose beautiful book on " Saturn and its System " scientific readers will remember, writes on " Coloured Suns." Sir Edmund Head sends a Norse ballad. " The Marstons " is continued. St. Paul's.—The editor's story of " Phineas Finn " is better than ever this month, and Mr. Millais has surpassed himself in one, at least, of his two charming illustrations ; in the one, we mean, which he has contributed to Mr. Anthony Trollope's serial tale, and in which the Royal Academician's pencil has pourtrayed Phineas, the hand some young Irish member (" as handsome as a god," Lady Laura Standish tells herself), standing on the mountain top at Loughlinter beside the woman he loves best in all the world, offering friendship instead of love immediately after Lady Laura has announced to him her betrothal to Mr. Kennedy. It is an exquisite picture of an incident that, in the story itself, has been quite as exquisitely described. The re:. of the number —consisting of a further instal ment of " All for Greed," and eight other contri butions—is of more than average excellence. Among the miscellaneous papers there is one which we cannot help attributing to Mr. Thomas Adolphus Trollope, It is a paper on Italy, entitled " The New Member of the European Family," and in it occurs this remarkable inti mation in reference to the Roman question : "We will abstain from touching it any further than to mention the very pregnant fact that it is within our knowledge that it was the opinion of Cavour that Florence ought eventually to become the Italian capital." Florence, observe, not Rome ! And that according to the opinion of Cavour ! The Month.—With the exception of a brief first instal ment of a new serial story, entitled " Eudoxia : a Picture of the Fifth Century," there is nothing very attractive in The Month for January. For the author of " Eudoxia," however, " Callisto " has not been written in vain ; and if continued with an ability in any way comparable to that in which it has been commenced, " Eudoxia " promises to be a rare attraction. Good Words.—Already an immense success, this first of all the sixpenny monthlies makes a grander start than ever with January—comprising among its contributors such illustrious names as those of Mr. Gladstone and the Poet Laureate. Tennyson's contribution is a new poem, entitled " The Victim," while that from the hand of the right hon. the leader of the Opposition is the first portion of a remarkable criticism on a remarkable book, to wit, " Ecce Homo." Dinah Mulock leads the number off with the opening of a new serial love story, called " The Woman's Kingdom." The Rev. Charles Kingsley is con spicuous among the other contributors to Good Words, wirier is edited (all the way from India) by Dr. Norman Macleod, and profusely, and occasionally very beautifully, illustrated. The Sunday Magazine.—Edited by Dr. Guthrie, the Sunday Magazine is remarkable for papers from hands as able as those of the Dean of Canterbury, Dr. Guthrie himself, and George Macdonald, poet and novelist. It also, like Good Words, is noticeable for the excellence of its embellishments. The Art Journal. —Two exquisite engravings form the cnicf attractions of the January number of the Art Jour nal - one from Maclise's " Orlando and the Wrestler," the other from Ward's " The King's Daughter." Besides these, we have the tenth instalment of Mr. S.'C. Hall's magnificent French Exhibition Illustrated Catalogue, giving us the choicest gems last year on view at Paris in the great world-gathering in the Champ de Mars. The Intellectual Observer and The Floral World come to hand simultaneously—the latter beginning a new series with the new year, and still edited by Shirley Hibbred. The British Postal Guide. —No. 47 for the Ist January is as accurate as, and more copious than ever in its authen tic supply of information. Under the editorship of Mrs. Henry Wood, the current number of the Argosy is a capital sixpennyworth. "Anne Hereford," commenced in the December number, is con tinued, and the two chapters now given possess some very readable matter. The author of " Christmas Eve in Rome " tells a story of absorbing interest to herself, and that is, how she lost her way amid the shadowy ailes of St. Peter's Cathedral, was found by an English gentleman, who escorted her home, and soon afterwards became the lady's happy husband. Another Christmas tale involves the shaving of two proud ponies' tails as a practical joke, or rather as a piece of revenge by a wayward son on a passionate father—pater having previously inflicted on young hopeful a smart personal chastisement. The recital is an amusing one, and especially in the portion where the youthful delinquent leads the parish constable a dance which that stout official was not often in the habit of en joying. "The Miller's Revenge" is a story from Jersey of rather a sensational character, including as it does a murder and a suicide. There is a good description of a hurricane in the West Indies: the details of which, after the narratives of the recent disasters in those hotbeds of volcanic disturbances, are read with a more than ordinary interest. The Presse, in a lengthy review of the state of Europe at the close of 1867, examines the probability of a war wit either of the Great Powers. Austria, it is argued, has a paramount interest in maintaining peace. Only by so doing can her institutions be renovated and her prosperity and influence in the world restored. Like France she has nothing to expect from war, and the two Powers mr.y be considered at this moment ME the two resting points of general peace. Having thus dealt with Austria, M. Cucheval-Clarigny turns his attention to England, and remarks that she still oscillates between the jealousy of France and her abso lute inability to dispense with her alliance as the means of defending the most important British interests. She will declare for peace, because perturbation in Europe would be so prejudicial to her commerce, and would so seriously endanger "the fragile edifice of her prosperity." Whatever sympathies she may profess for the Italian revolutionists and the success of M. Bismarck, England will make no more sacrifice for either the one or the other than she made to save Denmark. France has nothing to fear from England, and the more Russia discloses her designs the more will England be disposed to approach nearer to France. That a coolness has arisen between Russia and France M. Cucheval-Clarigny does not deny, but it does not follow that peace is seriously endangered. Russia knows that she cannot go to Constantinople without the consent of France or of England, and as she has nothing to offer to either the one or the other which would be a sufficient compensation for the perils involved in the destruction of the Turkish Empire, she has never conceived any serious hopes of bringing such an issue about. What she wants is to make the Christians take Constantinople from Turkey, in order to transfer it to herself ; and the question is, does she anticipate difficulties serious enough, to prevent any Power from coming to the aid of the Sultan ? Prussia, the reviewer thinks, has no grievance against France, and if she only wants to preserve what she has con quered she has nothing to apprehend, and there is in danger to peace in that quarter. The military prepare tions made by her are, however, admitt6d to be among th, most disquieting symptoms of the present situation. An; , . attempt made by Prussia to destroy the independence Germany would seriously affect the security of France an, Austria, which a common danger would bring close together. Russia would not aid the ambitious projects of Prussia, and England is quite as much interested as France in saving Austria from destruction. In concluding his review, M. Cucheval-Clarigny insists that the only way in which the peace of Europe can be secured is by France pursuing a policy which shows Prussia that she can, and Italy that she will resolutely e • . - 94-19iO_BPDOct to trepitieel BOROUGH HOP. Nothing of interest has transpired in this market since our last report. The demand has been confined to the immediate wants of consumers, and prices are almost nominal. Mid and East Keats a6 15s to £lO lOs per cwt. Weald of Kent 6 Os to 7 7s „ Sussex 6 Os to 6 15s Farnham 8 Os to 10 Os " Bavarian 4 lOs to 7 Os " 11 Belgians 3 15s to 4 153 ~ Yearlings NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL Large supplies of meat are on sale at these markets • The trade is heavy, and prices have a drooping tendency. -•-- Inferior beef Per 8 1 bs by the carcase. 3 3 6 Inferior mutton.... 3 0 3 6 a d 8 d idsd Middling do. 3 8 3 10 Middling mutton.. 3 8 4 2 Prime large do 4 0 4 Prime do 4 4 4 6 Vrime small d0....4 4 4 6 Large pork 3 0 4 4 Veal 3 8 4 6, small pork 6 3 8 2 THE BRIGHTON STAGE COACHES.—The success which has attended tho experiment of running four-horse °aches for the conveyance of passengers from London and Brighton during the past three summers, has induced the proprietors to continue these coaches on the road during the winter months, and a stage coach drawn by four fast horses makes a journey every day either way, between London and Brighton, and the distance is accomplished with five relays of horses on the road, in five hours. The revival of "old times" during winter is a great boon to many rural villages through which the coaches run, and good loads of passengers are picked up and carried between theintermediate stages; and since coaches have been put in this road, the value of many roadside inns have boon conaidorably gultpced. 1868 SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, DONINGTON HUNT MEETING. THIPREMAY. On Thursday evening it was announced at Donington that nothing short of a heavy fall of snow would interfere with the ,sport of the following day, and in such fine con dition was the running ground that the prospects of a brilliant tneeting looked cheerful. Snow fell in several parts of Derbyshire on Wednesday afternoon, but there was no visitation at Donington. With the shades of evening, however, a severe frost set in, and the ground this morning was found to be so hard in several places as to be 'positively dangerous to run upon. When the company assembled a conference of the authorities was held, and it was decided to run off the Hurdle Race and the Pony Race, postponing the steeplechases until to morrow (Friday). Tho Marquis of Hastings was present with a numerous party from Donington Castle. A match was got up prior to the Hurdle Race between a couple of the ponies, and resulted in the hollow victory of the non favourite. The Hurdle Race produced only a couple of runners, and was as one-sided an affair as the match. Snow fell whilst the race was being decided, and though it was only slight, there was every appearance of a con tinuation. The frost was also severe, and, unless there is a change in the weather racing to-morrow will be , almost impossible. Details of the three races will be found below : Match, 23 sous. Ono mile, over three hurdles. Mr 11. Story's Silly, aged, Ilst (Owner) 1 Capt. Johnston's The Bounder, list (ear. list 21b) (Owner) 2 Betting-6 to 4on the Bounder, who hold the lead for a quarter of a mile, when the non-favourite took up the running, and came in alone. The Donington Park Hurdle Race Handicap of 5 soy's . each, 2 ft (to the fund), with 25 sous added. Two miles, over hurdles. 19 subs. Capt. Helmsley's Welford, aged, 9st (car. 9qt 41b.) (W.Johnston) 1. Mr. Saxon's Spurgeon, 4 yrs, 9st (11. Sharpe) 0 Betting opened at 10 to 8 on Spurgeon, and closed at 7 to 4 on Welford. Spurgeon led for a short distance, when Welford took up the running, the other following until about half the jour ney had been accomplished, when he pulled up, having been thrown a long way in the rear by bungling at the jumps. Welford accordingly came in alone. A Plate (pony race), by subscription of 1 soy each, with 15 added, and 5 to the second, for ponies of all ages up to 14 hands 3 inches high ; lOst 71b each ; weight for inches below that height ; one mile on the flat. Mr. Goodwin's Little Rosa, by Ledbery —dam by Weatherbit, aged, 105 t...... Mr. R. Herbert's Mystery, aged, lOst 71b ... (W. Reeves) 2 Mr. Nadin's Little Gipsy, aged, 10st 71b (Audinwood, jn.) 3 Mr. J. Houghton's Moll iu the Wad, 5 yrs, lOst 71b (J. Pear) 0 Mr. Dickinson nd Crab, aged, lOst (carried 10st 51b) (Mr. Brockton) 0 Mr. J. H. Johnstone's Rosa, aged, 9st (W. Page) 0 Mr. H. Story's Silly, ag ed, 10st 71b (H. Oustance) 0 Mr. Barker's Dairymaid, 6 yrs, 9st (carried 9st 41b (J. Page) 0 Miss Fox's Little Dickey, aged, Bst 71b (car. Bst 11Ib) (Compton) 0 Mr. Lathbury's Ina, Bst (J. Churchill) 0 Betting-11 to Bon Little Rosa, sto 1 agst Mystery, 6 to 1 agst Crab, 10 to 1 each agst Silly and Dairymaid. Silly made the running, followed by Dairymaid, Mystery, and the favourite, for about three-quarters of a mile, when she relinquished the lead to Little Rosa and Mystery, the former of whom won easily by a couple of lengths; Little Gipsy was a bad third ; Silly fourth, and the others finished at wide intervals. READING STEEPLECHASE MEETING. TUESDAY, JAIL 7. Selling Steeplechase of 3 sovs each, with 25 added ; 4-yrs old, 11. st, five, 12'it, six and upwards, 126 t 51b ; the v in ner to be sold by auction after the race for 50 Boys, and any surplus to be divided between the owner of the second horse and the fund; if entered to be sold for 30 sovs allowed 71b ; about two miles. An Open Hunters' Stakes of 3 sovs each, with 20 added, for horses which have been regularly hunted with some established pack of heunds during the season of 1867- 68, and which have not been in any training stable for three months prior to the time of running for this stake ; 13st each ; any previous winner of 50 soya to carry 7lbs extra ; the winner to be sold for 100 BOYS. Weights for the Whitley Stakes (free handicap) of 5 soya each, with 30 added; winners after Dec. 31, at 1C a.m 71b extra. About three mi Age at lb Sir Bobby a 12 10 Tally-ho ... a 12 3 Lawrence ... a 12 0 Garus a 11 12 Harold ... 611 5 13ristles ... a 11 4 S, atchcock ... a 11 4 Arloscott a 11 4 Siuite ... a 11 0 Portfire a 10 12 A Handicap Plate of 50 sov to be sold fur 70 sous, Aga et lb Coverdale ... a 10 1( aterporry ... a 10 7 Nabocklish ... a 10 7 Forest Lass ... a 10 4 Chesterfield ... 6 10 4 Legerdemain ... 610 0 Puebla ... ... 6 10 0 The Svriteher ... alO 0 Joker ... ... 6 10 0 for all ages ; the winner d any surplus to bo divided between the owner of the second horse and the fund ; entrance 2 sous, to go to the fund about two miles and a half. Ago st lb Lore ida Mist ... a 11 7 Fitz-Adiue ... all 5 Lord Waldegravo 6 11 0 Pakiugtou ... 5 10 10 Ago st lb The Robber (late Quicksilver) ... al2 7 Serious Case ... a 12 5 ... a 12 2 a a 12 WEDNESDAY, Jan 8. A Handicap Steeplechase of 5 sovs each, 2 ft, with 25 added ; gentlemen riders. About two miles and a half. A Handicap Selling Steeplechase of 3 sovs each, with 25 added; the winner to be sold for 40 sovs; about two Sportsman Farnborough miles and a half. A Selling Steeplechase of 3 sovs each, with 20 added ; four year olds list 41b, five 12st 51b, six and aged 12st 101 b ; the winner to be sold by auction for N soya, and any surplus to be divided between the owner of the second horse and the fund; if entered to be sold for 30 sovs allowed 71b ; horses which have run at this meeting without being placed first or second allowed 51b ; about two miles. Weights for the Berkshire Open Steeplechase of 10 sou each, with 70 added; winners after December 31, at ten a.m. extra. About three miles and a half. Age st lb Sprite ... a 12 7 Tally-ho a 12 3 Lawrence ... a 12 0 Garus a 11 12 Arlescott a 11 4 Meerschaum ... a 11 0 Captain Crosstreo a 11 0 Age st lb Sylph ... alO 9 Waterperry a 10 7 Farnborough ... alO 7 Topthorne... a 10 7 The Cripple a 10 5 Nabocklish a 10 5 Forest Lass ... a 10 4 Chesterfield ... 6 10 4 Joker ... ... 6 10 0 ISnowstorm ... 5 10 0 Snide ... a 11 0 Imogene (in 71b ex) a 10 12 Marengo ... a 10 10 Bishopton 6 10 9 Weights for the Innkeepers' Plato (handicap) of 40 sova winners after Dec. 21, at 10 a.m., 71b extra. About two miles and a half. ge st lb Age st lb The Guide... A 612 7 Olefins ... alO 7 Spatcheock ... all 12 Puebla 610 5 Smite ... a 11 10 Le Willows ... 5 10 5 Portfire ... a 11 7 Joker 6 10 4 Coverdale alt 5 Ledgerdemain ... 610 0 Fitz-Adine all 0 Ned of the Hills alO 0 Lord NV aldegrave... 6 10 9 FORFEIT LIST.—The forfeits of the following horses have been paid : Clarina, Rod in Pickle, Scavenger, Special, Elvire, Prince of Wales by General Williams, Buruboat, Foreign Stamp, Deerhound, Sisyphus, Seamew (to qualify), Alice Mary, Greyfoot, Madame Bosco, Dutch Admiral, Wild Bee (to qualify), Fan (to qualify), Tormen tor (to qualify), Maurice, Morning Star, Arigill (to qualify), Gleaner, Highland Chief, Lucette, Dunsany (to qualify), Pest, Vittoria, Sportsman, and Trapeze (to qualify). STEEPLECHASE FORFEIT LIST.—The forfeits of the fol lowing horses have been paid :—Ballycasey, Tally-ho, and Lady Newark. Bosco should not have been published, as the forfeit was paid to the Clerk of the Course without notice having been sent to the office. Mr. Pedley's nominations for the Derby, Oaks, and St. Leger, 1869, and any others made by him since the pub lication of the Forfeit List, Dec. 22d, 1866, are invalid, Mr, Ptdley having omitted to pay the forfeit for Ever green in the Derby, 1866, published in that list. Thsehrhad e orse had been sold with engagem ents, and the purcha failed to pay. ST. ALBANS.--- The Cripple has bee ground description, and the race has been awarded to Patience, who eame in second. Warwick, 5 yrs ; Bra cken, 4 yrs ; an d Special Commis sioner, 2 yrs, are now geldings. The Sea The following name s have been giv en : ham's br f by Nutb ourne, out of Lady Bird, by , --,-Mr. John In yrs, Cicada; b f by Jordan, out of Wrynock, 2 y r s, Miriam. The following assumed names have been registered : Mr Peters, Mr. Hood, Mr. Talton, Mr. Humble, Mr. W. Hale, Mr. B. Hoel, and Mr. M.J. Partiugton. COLOURS OF RIDERS. Mr. Peters, blue jacket, and orange cap ; Mr. Hood, amber body, rose sleeves and cap; Mr. B. Heel, white body, blue sleeves and cap ;* Mr. Tattoo, green and gold stripe ; Mr. Humble, crimson, white stars, white cap. HORSES STRUCK OUT OF THEIR ENGAGEMENTS.—Dee. 27, Lawrence, out of Local Cup, St. Albans; 28, at 3 p.m., (to Mr. T. Marshall) Helice, out of Reading engagements ; 30, at 9 a.m., Spatchcock, out of Donington Hunt Open Steeplechase; 30, at 9 a.m., c by Tim Whiffler, out of Lightfinger, out of all engagements; 31, at 9 a.m., Clara de Clare and Lady Glencora, out of Manchester engage ments; 31, at 5.45 p.m., King Arthur, out of Doniugton llutA Open Steeplechase. Jan. 1, 9 a.m., Confidence, by West Australian, out of all engagements. BOMBAY HEAVY MAIL. MALTA, Jan. 1. The Pera left at 10 a.m. to-day. She may be expected at Southampton about the 10th inat, THIRD EDITION- SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK. ARRIVAL OF THE RUSSIA. CROOKHAVEN, Jan. 3, 2.45 p.m. The Cunard steamer Russia, from New York, is now passing Browhead signal station, en rout,! for Queenstown. LONDON GAZETTE.-THIS EVENING, ADMIRALTY, DEC. 31. Royal Marine Light Infantry—Lieutenant William Armstrong to be Second Captain, vice Usher, whose name is removed from the list et Royal Marines. JAN: 1. The following promotions have this day been made : Commande: John William Pike to be Captain in her Ma jesty's Fleet. Lieutenauts—Henry Hugo Monk Magrath,- and Edward Hughezißrodrick Hart well, to be Commanders in her Majesty's FL:et. Lieutenant William Charles Geary to be retired commander, under the provisions of the Orders in Council of Ist August, 18J0, 9th July, 1864, and 2lth March, 1866. Sub-Lieuteuaut John Hale Orlebar to be Lieutenant in her Majesty's Fleet. COURSE OF EXCAANdif.—This Eve.iing Amsterdam Short. 11 18/ 11 10 Ditto 3 Months. 12 4 12 1 Rotterdam Antwerp —2 Z 25 40 Brussels — 25 35 25 40 Hamburg — 13 91 13 10 Paris Ditto 3 Months. 25 80 25 35 Marseilles Frankforl on the Maine —120 k Vienub. — 12 42} 12 Su Trieste —1242 i 50 ~., Potersburgn Berlin Nladrid Cadiz Leghorn NIB= Genoa Naplos Palermo 11.essina Lisbon Oporto .. 31f 32 6 26i 6 27 48f 48i 48f 29 4t 29 7u 29 45 29 70 2942 `2970 29 45 29 70 29 45 29 70 29 45 29 70 511 51} 511 51fr SALMON FISHERY IN THE FAR WEST . And now all the traps are sot, and the - watchers anxiously look out for the appearance of the first salmon. Their sharp eyes full soon detect the silve'y fish, and the welcome tidings of the salmon's arrival spread with telegraphic rapidity. The revels are at once abandoned, and we now see stalwart savages standing on every available point of rock armed with formidable three pointed barbed spars; their eager eyes are pouring into the bubbling waters, on the look out for salmon. Once descried, the salmon's chance of escape is small indeed ; the unerring spear is deeply buried in its flesh, the barbed points hold on with the tenacity of fish-hooks, and the victim is dragged out of the water to flap and flounder itself to death, surrounded by the delighted throng. The capture of the first salmon is the signal for a general re joicing; the "medicine men" go through the most weird and absurd incantations to please, as they think, the " Great Spirit," and thus induce him to send an abundant supply of fish, and, what to these impostors is of far greater import, to convince the assembled tribes that their medicine-making has been pre-eminently successful. The men and women dance and shriek, and give vent to yells, war-whoops, and other uncanny sounds in sheer mad ness of delight. As a general r u l e , th e fi rst sal inoa is presented to the Hudson's Bay C ompany ' s chief trader, and twice in my life I have partaken of the " first salmon," and I can bear truthful testimony that its quality was equal to the best salmon the United Kingdom produces. The fishery business now commences in right good earnest. The salmon day after day arrive in numbers not to be computed, and I am not in the slightest degree overstating the truth by saying that, when tho "run" is at its best it would be almost an impossibility to throw a stone into the eddies underneath the falls without striking a salmon. I have stood upon the rocks, by the side of the " salmon baskets," and tried in vain to count the number of salmon that were leaping clear out of the water at ono and the same time. And it is at such times as these that we wit ness the extraordinary success of the redskins' basket system of fishing. The poor salmon, in their untiring efforts to master the falls, and thus get into the mountain streams to deposit their eggs, far too frequently for their own safety jump short of the height they desire to achieve, and then are instantly washed back iuto the wide-mouthed baskets. Often and often I have seen six, and sometimes as many as eight. salmon caged at a time ; and, start ling asihe statement may sound to persons in this coun iry, I have myself known over three hundred salmon lauded from one basket betwixt sun-up and sun-down. these fish vary in wei;ht from 201 b. to 751b.—Land and Water. RACING FIXTURES FOR 18e8. FEBRUARY. Lincoln Spring I harrow 2O Derby Spring MARCH. Liverpool Spring M.... 3 Margate Chelmsford Spting M. 10 Epsom Spring Meeting Shrewsbury Spring ... 10 Croiton Park West Drayton l2 Northampton Warwick Spring APRIL. Northampton (continued) 1 Knighton Bromley 6 Abergavenny ., ... , • • Aldershot Durham liendou . Thirsk - 7_ Newcastle Spring Newmarket Craven Curragh April Newmarket Ist Spring Newmarket Ist Spring (continued) Chester Winchester York Spring Doncaster Spring Salisbury Bath Croydon lat Summer Harpenden Epsom Summer West Drayton 1 Croydon 2d Summer Ascot Summer 9 Windsor Summer Newton IHampton ....... l3ibury Club Curragh Juno Stockbridge I Alexandra Park LY. Alexandra Park (con.) 1 Chelmsford Worcester Summer ... 2 Carlisle Newmarket July 7 Rending Oldham l6 Liverpool Stamford Huntingdon Nottingham July Southampton Goodwood AUG Brighton Brighton Club 6 Lewes Summer 7 Wolverhampton ll Stockton Plymouth Windsor York August Oxford Scarborough Derby Summer Canterbury Weymouth Lichfield Egham lB Tunbridge Hastings SEPTEMBER. Warwick September 1 Abingdon 3 Leicester Doncaster September 8 Richmond Kelso l5 Hampton Autumn l5 no3al Caledonian Hunt and Ayr (continued)... 1 Bedford 1 1 Bromley Newmarket 2d October b NOW Shrewsbury Autumn Leamington and War 23 21 27 31 ----- Hendon l7 Monmouth . Newmarket Ist October 22 West Drayton 29 Royal Caledonian Rant and Ayr BO 13 ER. OCT . I Ch e lmsford Autumn l3 Cheltenham 1 Ealing Newmarket Houghton l 9 Worcester :11BEtt, vickchire Hunt l7 THE SUB-EDITOR IN HIS DEN.—There is the greasy date-box on the chimney-piece, the dingy old maps hung against the wall, the clumsy volumes of the "file' piled in hopeless confusion in the rack, little bookcase, stuffed with works of reference—Dictionaries, Peerage; Encyclopaedias —the labyrinth of speaking-tubes gathered on all sides of the sub-editor's seat, and the huge heaps of old newspapers, over which the unwary visitor stumbles. This, far more than the room of the chief leader-writer or of any other member of the staff, is the real heart and centre of the great machine whoso influence is felt all over England, and the man who labours here is he who ap proaches most nearly to the popular ideal of a newspaper editor. It is into his hands that the epistles of "Pater familias," " An Indignant Traveller," "A Volunteer," "A Constant Subscriber to your valuable Journal," and the other variously named writers who look to the Press for the redress of their grievances, fall; ho it is who knows the night before what the paper of the next morning is going to con tain; who decided whether the "copy" which poor Flimsy the penny a-liner has dropped into the box with fear and trembling an hour before, shall be accepted and paid for, or flung carelessly into the waste-basket ; who writes the short stinging notes at the end of letters of, disagreeable or wearisome correspondents, which aro invariably signed " Ed.," as though they alone, of all the original matter in the paper, Lai cotno from the hands of the editor; who ciu five minuteslesthere you mayadoable makesummary yoofutristef acquainted dtycl'suntleinwtso,ci with allwhereby the more important contents of the paper; and under whose direction the whole of that vast array of close road- Mg, the law reports, accounts of meetings, accidents, core:- monies, and races, letters front foreign correspondent and miscellaneous items of information which make nit the htilk of every modern newspaper, are gathered togeth condensed, digested, and arranged in the convenient form in which they are subsequently presented to the publi9 Chambtris Journal.- UST. ich hat ;nti tif. are ,uld ow )00, aria In )r th ded L an ice, ,ary 1 in MS a trry k.nd find ;let To the r of pro -44 was her 110, cast ony Eller Drll. 1 up and Lave site, The se-. onS. are