The Sun. — London, England, 1868-01-11 00:00:00

1101 i /3Y MARKET AND 'i.;C)MktEitOIAL 1,7"fIlLI,I31131.)X, Crrr, Two o'CLocx. According to Reuter's telegram from Paris to day the French Renter were 68f. 85c. The Stock Markets are perfectly inactive. The attendance is small, and no disposition is shown to engage in fresh transactions. Some degree of firm ness is shown by the Funds, and Railways are not so well supported as they were at the opening. Foreign Stocks, in some cases, show a partial re lapse. There is no improvement in Foreign Stocks, but on the contrary the speculative kinds continue to be offered. The present quotations are as follow : r rhey show a relapse of in Turkish and Italian ; Mexican, 151 to 151 ; Greek, 12 to 121; New Spanish, 341 to 35 ; Turkish (1865), 29 . 1. to 301 ; Italian (1861), 41'1 to 414 ; Portuguese Scrip, 1 to 1 prem. ; and Egyptian Railway, 90 to 91. 'The Discount Market is very quiet, with rates , unaltered, at 11 to 11 per cent. Consols are firm at yesterday's prices at 921 to 921 for money, aed 91 to 911 for account ; New and Reduced Three per Cents., 921 to 921 ; India FiTe per Cents., 111 to 111 f ; Bank Stock, 240 to 242 ; Exchequer Bills, 225. to 275. prem. In American Securities, United States Five- Twenty Bonds are steady at 711 to 731. Erie Rail way are 4 lower, at 494 to 501 ; Illinois, 1, 871 to 881. Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures have risen 1, to 23 24, and the Consolidated Mort gage Bonds!, to 20 21. English railways opened steady at last night's ad vance, but there has since been a slight falling off. Great Northern are 1 lower, Caledonian 1, Midland and Sheffield and Metropolitan 1. The prices are— Lancashire and Yorkshire, 123 to 1231 ; Midland, 1031 to 1031 ; South Eastern, 671 to d 8; Lon don and North Western, 114 to 1141 ; Great Northern, 1051 to 1061 ; ditto A, 107 k to 1081 ; Great Eastern, 291 to 29/ ; Great Western, 45/ to 46 ; Brighton, 48 to 481 ; Sheffield, 441 to 441 ; Cale donian, 73 to 734 ; Metropolitan, 1151 to 116 ; and Chatham, 18 to 181. Alliance Bank Shares are dull, at the decline of £2 10s., which took place yesterday ; the price is now 14 dis. London and County, 54 to 55 ; and Imperial shares are 10s. lower, at 18/ to 181 dis. London Financial Shares are 24 to 22 dis. ; Atlantic Telegraph New Preference i prem. ; and St. John del Rey, 34 to 36. CITY, TWELYL o'CLoct. There were no bullion operations at the Bank of England yesterday. The Pera has arrived from Alexandria with £7,428 in specie. Mr. Stebbing, the chairman of the New York Stock Exchange, has been elected chairman of the Atlantic and Great Western Railway, and Mr. E. F. Satter thwaite, of Austinfriars, has been elected a director. It is rumoured that the Midland Railway directors 'lave signed the contract for the construction of the Carlisle6and Lettle line since the publication of their report. The report to be presented at the meeting to be held on Tuesday next states that the profits, less interest paid to customers, as will be perceived from annexed statement, amount to £27,757 17s. After de ducting the current charges making provision for bad and doubtful debts, and allowing rebate on bills discounted n °t.Yet due,a stun of £15,278 1 ls 4d remains,from which the directors recommend £11,250 to be applied to payment of a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. per a'nn tun, free of income tax, and that the residue, X 4,028 is 4d, he carried forward to profit and loss new account. The directors announce that they have appointed Mr. Alfred Brown, who has been contaected with the bank from, its commencement, to the office of manager. The director s o f th e E as t I n dia R a ilway Company have called up their third instalment of £5 per share : on the prop r i etors o f t h e "L" Extension shares. It '3 payable on the 18th February. It is expected that a special general meeting of the Citied "i"ii Railway Company will be held in Glasgow en the 30th inst., to consider the report of the Com mittee of Investiaation, and, in particular, the recotn inendatien that the Board of Directors should be reconstructed as to " secure a change of policy at the Board" so T he annual genera l meet i ng of the Ind i a Carry i ng t "'Pliny has be en ca ll e d f or th e 21 st i nst., f or t h e raisaction of the ordinary business of the company. The half year l y meet i ng of the Fore-street Ware ri lari ng ase Company has been convened for the 224 i ns t., Ple purpose f receiving the directors' o report and 11 e .e r dividend. ,11.111 consequence of the Glasgow and South Western of hway C ompany h av i ng arrange d w i t h t h e di rectors the Caled on i an f or t h e li ne b etween Gl asgow and Rilmarnock via Barrhead, becoming joint Property t h us involving the abandonment of tie K ilmarnock di rec t li ne , th e ca ll o f £2 Ws per share s 81a re, with 55 per sh are p rem i um , d ue on th e £lO c° of the per and S ou th W es t ern Railway C° Glasgow on th e 10th of February, will not be rc ciuLred for at least two years. , The di rectors of John Crossley and Sons propose Lo declare a dividend of 15s per share for the half ,ungust lasetn, with the interim dividend paid in will make 15 per cent. per annum, leav fund. a balance o f £ 6, 7 71 to be added to the reserve The * Union Bank of Manchester (Limited) has de bear r ed a di v id end for the half-year, at the rate of 8 c el:it• per annum, and a bonus of 3s per share. vela. dividend of 5 per cent. will he paid, on the Ist o, Th l.arY, to Railway of the full-paid shares in the ',1,1,018 Central . mtne General Board of Directors of the Thames and inen s d eY Marine I nsurance Company (limited), recom payment of 2s. pe r s h are f or t h e h a lf- year . resolvedT direche tors of the Union Bank of Australi a have 0 13er upon a dividend o f £2 2 s f id per s h are, b e i ng Th cent. for the half-year. dividend of the British and Foreign Marine . o tr ance Company is 4s per share. 1 , 8 4 t. C all of £3 per share is to be made on the 28th 41•ssnrancehe contributories of th e P ro f ess i ona l Lif e t Com an tutoiTile annual report of the N a ti ona l Provident lush n was issued this morning. The following are the Principal papers : —Besides the atthual pren)iums %Payable in respect of 1,032 new policies issued during %Past year, amounting to £16,576, the sum of 5s 14 has been received in single payments f), atinuities effected during the same period. In whose course of the year, 271 members have died, on liose lives 354 policies had been effected, being a reduction of twelve in the deaths compared with the P r eceding year. The claims which have thus arisen are : Original sums assured, £149,01:3 17s ; bonus addi tions thereon, £13,814 16s. Twenty-eight policies, Payabl e on the members attaining a given age, h also fallen due, amounting to £9,448 18s, which has been duly paid. The accounts for the year show a balance of receipts over disbursements of £149,388 6s 10d, or an increase of £39,785 compared with the preceding year. BRITISH PIINDS.—CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 8 per (mut. Console Do. Account, Feb. 6 921 8 per Cent. Reduced 92 New 3 per Cent 921 2 I New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 O. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 Annuities, 80 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Do. fo r $0 yrs expire sth April 1885 — Do (Red Sea T ele,raph), Au g ., 1908 — tc hcquer Bills, .£l,OOO, 2 & 2rper Ct 22 p m Do £5OO pm Do. flO Bank of England Sto o k c, 41 per Cent — Do. Account INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Indian stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 216 xd Do. Account Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1880 Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates _ D2 O . Enlaced Paper 4 per Cent — 0 . 5 per Ce nt . , Jan. 1 872 °5/ per Cent ~ May 1879 _ Do. 5 per Cent., Rup. Deb., 1872 — Do . do. 1877 — , Do. do. 1882 ',', o Deb., 5 per C ent., Aug. 1873 — "0. Bonds, 5 per Cent., £l,000 Do. under £l,OOO pm A FOREIGN FUNDS —CLOSING PRICES. '"`r4entine Repubbc, 6 per Cent LOSING Bonds, 5 per Cent. 1859 Brazilian 5 per Cent D o. 4/ per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do 1863 uo. 5 per Cont., 18 65 .. — Do Acc ount 7s} /d _ Do. X lO O Bopds uties Ayres 6 per C en t — D U 2 Cuba Per Cent. (Deferred 3 per C en t.) 6 per Cent. o, tlian 6 per Cent — Da. 4/ per Cent 00. 6 per Cent., B • ••••-. 130 . 1867 86,1 Do., 7 per ,Cent., 1866 ~.. Do., Scrip £32 paid . .`rsikaish p -a- ent., 4-I,nubian Principalities, 7 per Cent 631 1) 9 § per Cent., 1867 . .. Tat L 10. sterdaY clge bas lg to es' 1,. The guest of g pa rty .lightteso io death eud, Sir i Life," far the by the is work ng play 1. We parti. /lreadY rtunitl nevf Measure d suc' r inte- Ows :--- an, and t om all lto bad ief cow' ad bet rns out in a lot ratched ry that thua readful it does thering 27th his boy crime mds to laid to ring of it it is from d to a Et M e ter the family front estore s mtable cousin rriage• ther is p a y it thieve repre - arner. g, ISIr i Tied e may ble to ,ective )rofes n itbe ract prove t cer- Rifle [ones, even. ugtou is the E inador New Con. o'Hated,l per Cent eiyptian, 7 per Cent B6i 1)0. Second Issue B6i 6 D 151)0 Rands Do. £lOO Bonds Do. 1864 n o . £s'lo Bonds B7l Do. £lOO Bonds BB} 1 Government Railway Debentures — Greek, 5 per Cont., 1824-5, ex Coups Do. Account Do. Coupons Do. Account G latemala 5 per Cent Honduras Gov. Rail. Loan., 7p. Ct., £l5 pi pm It ,:ian 5 yr t Tt., totia Do. Account Do. Alaremmana Raiway xicar. 3 per Cent Ditto for Account Do. 1661 Or i per Cent. Anglo-French ilontevid9ati 6 per Cent. • I..)orisli imperial 5 per Cent Net Granada Do 3 per Con Do. Deferrad Do Land Warrants (liecw-es) Pdravian 5 per Cent. 1865 .. Do Account Du 44 per Cont. (Urilmrron) Do 41 per Cent.. 1802 Do Account P.)rtaigueso 3 per Ct., 1853, '6, '7, '9,'60,' - 2,'8 371 1 i Ruisian 5 per Cent., 1.822, £ St B6l. Du 41- ° por Cent. 1850 Do 41 per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cont., 1859 Do 5 por Cent., 1 ,4 ,62 Do. Anglo-Dutch, 1864, £lOO Bonds — Do. do. £B4 15s. do. __ _ Do ., 1866 , ..£lOO Bonds ' BB} Do. do. .£64 15s. do — Sa dinian, b por Cent — Spinisli 3 per Gen — Do Ace , ,unt . Do New Deferroci Do Account Do Passive — Do Account Do Gum. Cert. of Coui , . not funded _ Do Account To .kish 6 per Cont. Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do Account Do .£lOO Bonds t Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do Account Do .£10( Bonds Do. 1863 Do 5 per Cent., 1865 D , Account Do 6 por Cent., 1865 _ - • 56 1 , 6 ~ 58/ 8 Do 1 por Cent., Guaranteed Venezuela, 3 per Cent. D.) Account Do 6 per Cent., 1862 Do 6 per Cent. 1864 Divideuas on the above payaOle iu Lonclo, Austrian o par Cent. Ex 10 Florins Belgian, 41 per cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch '2l- per Cent. Ex. 12 Gui! Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates .... French Rentes, 3 per Cent., Ex. 2M. 5 per Cent. 1831, Ez. 25f. Do. Account TWO IYOLOOK. Consols, Money 921 Do. Account LAW INTEL LIGENCE—This Day. CITY OF LONDON COURT. (Before It AL Kerr, Esq.) AN UNGENTLEMANLY BET ABOUT A YOUNG WOMAN-. HALL V. O'REILLY. This was an action to recover £4 14s. 6d. balance of a sum of £5, which defendant said he did not owe. His Honour (Mr. Kerr)—How was this, plain tiff ? _ _ .._ _ Plaintiff—He asked me to lend him 15, and I did so. Defendant—l deny it. It arises out of a betting transaction. His Honour--What kind of a betting transae. tion ? . Defendant—About a young woman. His Honour—lt is very improper to make bets about young women. How did this arise ? Defendant—We had some conversation about a young woman we both knew. Plaintiff said she would not go to the theatre With him, but I said I was sure she would, upon which plaintiff said he would bet £5 she would not go. The bet was made and the money staked, and I went to see the young woman and told her to go with plaintiff, which she did. The money was then handed to me, and I kept it. Plaintiff—l deny it. I lent the money. His Honour—lf the transaction took place as related by the defendant, it is both hutnoral, im proper, and lam surprised to hear that any such thing could have taken place. According to de fendant's own showing he is not entitled to keep the money, which I shall order to be returned to the plaintiff forthwith with costs. Verdict for plaintiff with costs. MARKETS—(2 his Day.) COVENT GARDEN. FR=.—Apples, 4s Od to 8s • chesnuts, Os to Os ; walnuts, lOs to 18s per bushel ; cobiauts, is ; grapes, 4s Od to 8s ; pine apples, 3s to Os per lb ; lemons, 2s Gd to 7s ; oranges, 4s to 8s per 100; pears, 2s to 4s per dozen. VEGETABLES.—Artichokes, 2s to 3s; beet, is to 28; cabbages, Os 3d to 2s; cauliflowers, Os to Os; parsnips, 9d to is per dozen , carrots, 6d to 8d ; herbs, 2d to 4d ; leeks, Od to Od ; turnips, 3d to 4d per bunch ' • celery, le to is Gd; horseradish, 38 to 5 s p er bundle; endive, is 6d to 2s ; lettuces, is to 1s Gd per score ; onions, 4s Od to 5s ; spinach, 2s Od to 3s per bushel; potatoes, Bus to 160 s per ton. POULTRY. Turkeys, 5s to 15s; geese, 5s to is Od; ducks, 3s Od to 3s 6d ; tame rabbits, is 3d to is 9d; wild ditto, is to is 3d ; pigeons, 9d to is ; pheasants, 4s 6d to 5s 6d ; partridges, Is 9d to 2s 6d ; hares, 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; wild ducks, is 9d to 2s; widgeons, is 3d to is 6d each ; Surrey fowls, 8s Od to lls ; ditto chickens, 67 to 8s ; barn door fowls, 5s to 7s per couple. English eggs, 13s to —s ; French ditto, Ils to 12s per 100. Fresh butter, is 2d to is 5d per lb. NEWPORT. Beef 34to 4 8 I Veal 3l oto 4 8 Mutton Per Blbs by the carcase. WIIITECIIAPEL. Beef Mutton 3 2 to 1 0 Pork 3 0 to 4 2 Per 81b by the carcase. HIDES AND SKINS. Market Hides, 561 b to 641 b, 3d to 3id ; 641 b to 721 b, 3d to 34d ; 721 b to 801 b, 3id. to 3i-d; 801 b to 881 b, 3i to 4d ; 881 b to 961 b, 4d to 44 ; 961 b to 1.041 b, Od to Od ; horse hides, 9s Od to lOs 6d. calf skins, light, 2s to 3s Od.; do. full, 7s Od. Sheepskins, polled, 786 d to 9s Od ; half-breds, 6s Od to 7s Od ; downs, 4s 9d to 5s 6d. At 10e in t a t B I e a S d t ,;, ix e r n e . n i c n e . l a o l o l 10 5 4 3 1 6 0 0 5 ' lot I at gu. 5 per p ip ' 20 Do. F shares 7O 201 Buffalo & Lake Huron; all 31 4 10 Do. Preference I all 5 6 100 I Buff.,Brant, &Goderieh s t C a 6 lc P ult . a lB & 72 l:l -3 . et .Jape Town & Dock, gu. 100 18 52 :00 Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p: all 99 112 at East. Bengal, gu., sdo 100 1 3 114 1021 1 10 11 0 0 68 _ 2:1 at East Indian, gu. 5 p.o. 100 110 1108 104 gBl 40 Do. J Extension - - st ,randTrunkof Canada 100 17 18 100 Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c all 83 85 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds all 50 52 100 Do. do deferred - - 100 De. 2d Prtf. Bonds all 10 45 100 Do. do. deterred 100 Do. 3d Pref. stock.— all 32 34 100 Do. do. deferred - - IGO Do. 4th Pret. stoCk all 101 20i 100 Do. do. deterred - - at Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c lOO 107 108 1071 7 10 o. Goa. 5 per cent lB - 2 p 40 00. New gua. 6p. e 6 - 2 at ti t. South orindia gua. 5 per cent at D.. 11 per cent lov 92 94 at Do - - 204 mat Wos. of Canada all 151 154 161 I 201 Do. New ...... all 100 130. 6p. e Be.s. pay. 1873 all 95 17 lOC Uo. 54 do. pay. 1877-8 all 85 67 10 Indian Branch, limited 3 4 ,1 . at Madras, gua. 5 p.c 10U 100 102 at Do. 41 do at Do. 44 do lOO 89 91 21 Do. Fifth Extensioi, 5 - -- at Melb. Cor 6p. c. Bnds. lOU - - 50 & llobson's Bay 1 all - s! "N.lll.C'da,6pclstpt. bs 1.(10 83 85 6.2inde ICU 100 iOl at Do. Delhi 20 Do. do . 41 15 * P at Do. Pan;aub.... p 190 99 100 100 s' Do. lipins _.s IC.) 85 87 BRITISI4 MINE 3. •.- Gam. Consol. Gold, Wm 1 - Cluverton - (Ail:ford Amalgamated 3O 5/ 6) - Devon G. Cons. (Taoist 1 410 430 - Drakewalls 2.1.0 4 - • aat Bassett (Illogan) 294 10 12 - East Caradon 2.14. e, 5 6 - East Carn. Brea 3l 2 24 - _East Grenville 2.14.0 11 2 - East Gunnislake .. - East 3.8.0 8 D - E. W'l Itustreil(Tavistk 11.7.0 14 2 - StAubyn(G wen. 06 4 5 4 Great Laxey, limited.. ail 17 18 - Great South 'reigns.... 0 .14.1 - - Great Wheal nay..... 14.9.0 - - G. Wheal Vor (lielst•oi 40 17 19 - Grenville - tierod's Foot .... 8.10.0 35 37 - Elingston Downs 5.10.6 21 21 - Margaret (Un7 Lelant 13.17.6 6 - Marke Valley.. I('01 44 5.1. 4 Awyndy Iron Ore, lin, 1 t - e - .v S ton - .North toskear . 484 5 7 N.WII Bassettalloga,n 1.4.0 - - - North Wheal Crotty 2.13.0 2 3 - erosper United........ 8.11.0 2 21 - Providence, UnyLelant WA: 29 31 - S. Caradon (St. Cleer).. 11 690 410 - South Condurrow ...... 3 .2.0 - S. Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.18.9 , 374 421 - stray Park . 35,15.4 4 d -- 'fin Crof t . 13 14 - '7igra. and (;loran, lim„ all West Bassett (LI iugan 1; ; 14 w. Caradon (Luskeard! 1 10 12 _ ;Vest Chie ertco/ ....... . 11 64 08 _ West Se ton. ..... . ..... 171 115 ~05 - Wheal Bassett 'Mogan; 5/ 85 9; - Wheal Buller (Bedruth , 10 16 13 11'itegl Ilary Ann (Step ! 8 1 8 20 I t Wheal 6e10l When) Trz , iawney (Lis 5.17.0 6 8 , lIA.Y. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 55s to 85s 0.1"; clover, 60s to 1058 ; and straw, 30s to 368 per load. A moderato supply. CUMBERLAND. —Meadow hay, 55s to 878 6d ; clover, 60s to 1058 Od ; and straw, 30s to 36s per load. A slow trade. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 55s to 87s 6d ; clover, 60s to 107 s 6d ; and straw, 30s to 36s per load. Demand in active. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKE7 —This Day. --~. Market opens with a good demand at rather firmer prices. Sales probably 12,000 bales. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning. Arrived, Jan. 10.—Baron Osy, steamer, from Ostend; Ironside, steamer, from Odessa; Oleator, steamer, from Lisbon; Frederick Snowdon, steamer, from Marseilles ; Johanna, from Uddevealla ; Mignonette, from Berbice. Arrived, Jan. 11.—John and Ann, from Dunkirk ; Pre cursor, from New York ; Express, from Rouen ; Con cordia, steamer, from Boulogne. Sailed.—Fiery Queen, steamer, from Dieppe ; Rhine, steamer, from Boulogne. DEAL, Saturday Morning. Passel—Nanhoran, from London, for Bermuda. Sailed.—Esk, screw steamer, for London, after repair ing damage. Foreign Mail Packet List, MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand, via Southamptos. Jan. 19 Ditto, via Marseilles, ....... Jan. 13. Ditto, via Panama Jan. :S. Brasil, Buenas Ayres, and Monte Video Jan. —. Ditto, by Frenoti packet JAn 2.), Cape Verde, by Brazil packet ....« Cape of Good Hope. Asoension. and St. lielena Jan. 1.7. China, Penang, and Singapore, via 3 o uttiamp ton Jan 11. Ditto, via Marseilles ..... .• • .-•• . ..• Jan. 11 Faikland Islands Gibraltar. via Southampton . Jan. 13. Indla.via Southampton Ditto, via Hamel' es Malta, Wgypt, J 0... .... • ... .... Jan. 1g Ditto, Marseilles.. Jan. 7. His Excellency Mr. Edward Thornton, the re cently-appointed Minister Plenipotentiary at Washing ton, in piece of the late Hon. Sir Frederick Bruoe, left town yesterday for Liverpool, to embark. for New York, on his way to Washington, to enter on his diplomatic functions. The mortal remains of Sir Henry W. des Vosuz, Bart., will be deposited to-day in the family vault at Drake low. The funeral will be conducted with the greatest simplicity, but many iohnsite personal friend,' intend to attend the obsequies, !'REFERENCE s aellEs. North Eastern, Wesellartlepool Harbour and Rail,. 824 bliAttEb AND STOCKS Great Eastern 44 per cent., D do i n tt LINES LEASED AT FIXED RE NTALS. Lon 5 per cent., 1803, 57t Ditto, PriterenCe. .10 LINES reenwieh, N'OttEMN Dutch Rhenish, Ditto, new. 2 9.16 South AUStriall mid Lombardo Venetian, 131 FORA:1(1N x:'. lion Pedro. NorJ' Del Rey. 21 Pm St. John del Rey, lim ,37 5 United Mexican, lite. lo Yudan.unatana of South Australia, 11. n i BAN ho. Agra, lira.. A, 61 Ditto, ,9i Colonial, 33 Consolidated, lirn., 4} English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 17 Imperial Bank, lira.. I , i Land Mortgage Bank of India, Din., ;I London and estininster, Ditto, Scrip, 40 Midland Bank, Urn., 19i National Provincial of England. -- Ditto, d and .id issue. 39f Oriental Bank Corporation, 4li Union of Ireland, 17 Union of Loudon, 3IiSCICLI,ANIIIOUn Anglo American Telegraph, 29 Atlantic Telegraph, 4%1 Dit o, 8 par -lent., 101111(0 • Bo ,bay Gas, lira., 4 Ditto, new, 2 B. and I. Ma,;netio rele,gkaph. Bin.. 1211 Credit eoncior of lim.. 3 East India Irrigation and Canal. 171 Fore-street Warehouse, lim., ill § Hudson's Bay, 141 • International Financial Society, lira.. 21 Madras Irrigation and: Canal (guaranteed 5 per cent. by Indian Government); 101 Ocean Ai arine Insurance), 21 Royal Mai Steam, 6 1 Thames and Mersey Marine, Insurance, lira.. 4 3-16 Trust and Loau Company of Upper Canada, 41 United Kingdom Telegraph Co., Bin., 3 5-16 Viceroy of Egypt, 7 per cent. (Mortgage; Loan, 641 What! am I to take internally the same preparation I use as a liniment ? " Why not ?" we ask. "Is it necessary that a liniment should be poisonous ?" That many of those in common use. are, we admit. But the Pain Killer is a purely vegetable meiicine, and contains no poisonous in gredient. And although it is principally used to take in ternally, it is, nevertheless, one of the most powerful and best liniments in the world. Be sure you get the right article. None are genuine without Perry Davis and Bon's trade mark, PAIN KILLER, on the Government stamp. Sold by chemists generally. Principal depot, 171 Sclutluunp- W i llgrit 1191 b° 0 ? WSt—(ARYL) THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 11, 1868. 1151 1G 151 1031 2; WORKING MEN Aip.POLITICS. The firs general meeting of the London Working Men's Association for the ear has just been held, Mr. George Potter presiding. In opening the proceedings, the chair man said that it had been resolved upon by a sub-committee that an agitation should be organised with a view to secure the repeal of the ratepaying clause of the Reform Bill. Working men complained that they had to pay rates in addi tion to their rents. The section of the new Rqform Bill to which he had alluded entailed an increase of ls. or ls. Gd. a week in excess of what they formerly paid, and even the vestries felt themselves incapable of completing their collections. The association had also resolved on promoting the labour registration scheme, and several influential members of Parliament had expressed their approval of the movement. One of their number had already issued an address to the electors of one of the metropolitan boroughs. He did not know whether the proposal he was about to make would meet with the ap proval of the society. They had resolved that the committee should consist altogether of working men, and that the board of trustees should be formed of gentlemen, among whom were Mr. .M'Cullagh Torrens and other prominent politicians. The present aspect of things was far from encouraging. The Working Men's Association had no sympathy with any physical force movement. The working men of England had now sufficient power to procure a redress of their grievances by moral, legitimate, and con stitutional means. He regretted that the oligarchy of the country were still unwilling to give up any portion of the power of which they had the monopoly so long, and he was sorry to have to add that great apathy existed among the working men of England regarding the objects the asso ciation was seeking to advance. He believed that on the reassembling of Parliament several members of the House of Commons would become honorary members of the association, and there was no doubt that they would then receive a considerable accession to their numbers. They would endeavour to promote the subject of education, and the Irish Church and the Irish land question would also engage their most earnest attention. It was a disgrace to our civilisation that only one in forty of the people of England could read and write. He trusted that in a short time their children would be:able to obtain as good a secular and rational education as the youth of any other country. They would soon put prominently before the public ,lie true principles of trades union societies. The oppo nents of trades unions should remember that these associ ations had superseded secret societies, and the proportion of working men who now advocated physical force against those who differed from them was very insignificant com paratively with the number which would have advised that course of procedure some few years ago. A resolution was then passed condemnatory of " a proposed loyal and anti-Fenian meeting," organised by the Metropolitan Conservative Working Men's Association. One of the delegates present (Mr. Gilmore) remarked that Mr. Digby Seymour's appeal to the Irishmen in London to sign an address asserting their loyalty to the Throne was an insult to those to whom the appeal was particularly directed, and the resolution was altered to comprise the opinion ex pressed by Mr. Gilmore. SHARE LlST.—This Day. - - 4110. , :ti,11..E.Y SHARES AND STOCKS. Cloeing Fria. i 83 E 5 72 73 20 30 2 4 74j 754, 7:.; I 93 97 271 25 S 15 ti IJS Ul :C7 10; 123 145 96 98 14 41 25 3') 2'J 3 _ - ;22 i 24 48 41 Is 141 114 :15 16 :8 41 141 115 lot 103 _ - 1022 1031 71 73 33 35 98 99 73; 4 3.3 29! .1 45, & 123 f =:1 114 i Businese done. 59 61 90 92 130 132 113 113 1 lip 5) 61 113 115 6 +57 42 14 66k 67 145 ,60 AIENT SECU itiTlll,!. 95 b 7 101 1(3 106 tO6 105 107 107 109 11,4 106 lu3 Ivs 100 IGO 100 100 luu 100 - fli 99 9$ 100' 100 102 1 100 102 81 38 b 5 87 102 104 106 108 104 ICI 107 109 11J 1101 . 98 99 97E 936 10 i 98 96 5} 102 104 103 105 110 11 t 110 112 1 i to i 4 11 lON. PURCHASE OF IRISH RAILWAYS. A meeting, convened by the High Sheriff of the county of Ahtrim, has been held in B ifast for the purpose of con sidering the question of the purchase of Irish railways by the Government. The High,Sheriff, Sir Edward Coey, presided. Mr. Galt contrasted the railway charges in England And Ireland to show that they are excessive in Ireland, and that nothing can remedy the evil except Government interference. He mentioned the fact that there was no great obstacle presented to Govern ment interference and management by the extent of railway property in Ireland, for all the traffic of all the Irish railways amounted in the course of the year to but £1,700,008, which was little more than a fourth of that of one of the English railways alone — the London and North-Western. Last year 44 com panies of the poorer class in Ireland applied to Govern ment for loans of money to pay their debts, under taking that, if they got the advances they sought, they would make large reductions in their charges, and by that means effect a good deal for the public. But most of these lines were in an incomplete state, and if they got the loans they would then come into direct competition with lines like the Belfast and Northern Counties Railway or the Great Southern and Western Railway, which do not require any money.—Colonel • Shafto Adair, who moved the first resolution, said his impression was that if tilt plan of purchase were to be of any value at all, it should be carried out in its entirety, so that there should be one well-understood, uniform, and responsible system of rail way administration, and that it should become a substan tive department of the public service. He would like to see the railway system become Governmental, and its managers have greater power to carry out its plans than individuals could have.—Mr. J. J. Murphy, who seconded the resolu tion, thought they should not stop until the fares every day were as low as the cheapest excursion fares now charged.—Mr. M`Gildowney moved a resolution recom mending the adoption of the scale of fares suggested by the Earl of Lucan in his evidence before the Royal Com mission—namely, ld. for first-class, id. for second-class, and id. for third-class passengers per mile.— Mr. Thomas Lindsay, in seconding the resolution, advised all railway companies to reduce their fares from 50 to 33 per cent. — Mr. Stannus, J.P., who followed, remarked how much better it would be for Ireland if members of Parliament, instead of frittering away session after session in proposals of wild schemes for setting the landlord and tenant in op position to each other and disendowing our fixed establish ments, came forward one and all to insist upon the Govern ment taking up the Irish railways. He proposed, and Mr. Jackson seconded, a resolution urging the advantage of reducing the fares for the transit of cattle and goods. —A vote of thanks was passed to the Parliamentary Committee. This brought up Mr. Lanyon, M.P., who spoke hopefully of the prospect of being able to over come the difficulties in the way of a settlement of the question DREADFUL TRAGEDI 1N FINSBURY, A. little boy named James Strangeways, was found dead in a house in Clifton-street, Finsbury, on Thursday even 'lT, under circumstances which tend to show that he had `)een barbarously murdered. The deceased boy, who was lnly 13 . years old, was the son of a vellum binder, living at No. 55, Clifton -street. On Thursday afternoon his mother gave him permission to invite another boy, also 13 years of age, to play with him, and to take tea. The otherboy was named J. Loader. He came according to theinvitation, and Mrs. Strangeways left him playing amicably with her son, and went out. After some two or three hours' absence, she returned at about half-past six, and knocked at the door, expecting to find the two boys ready for their tea. No answer, however, responded to her knocks, and when at length an entrance was gained by means of the neighbours, the boy Loader was found not to be in the house, and James Strangeways' body was in the back parlour quite dead, There was a frightful knife wound in the groin, and there was a quantity of blood splashed bout- The tongs, and a hammer, and a clasp knife lay bout, as if there had been a regular fight in the room. Dr. Chandler was sent for, but, of course, he could do nothing for the deceased. He pronounced death to be the result )f the wound in the groin, and said that the body had been dead at least an hour or two. Inquiries were forthwith *nstituted with respect to the boy James Loader, and the ..esult was that he was apprehended on the charge of •murdering the deceased. It appeared that he bad returned home some two hours before the discovery of . the body of his companion, and had merely said that he had been play ing with Strangeways, but that he had not got his tea. He took tea at his parents', and still said nothing of any casualty. Afterwards, however, when spoken to about the death of Strangeways, he said that while they were both playing together in the afternoon they were alarmed by a noise as if thieves had entered the house. They both ripened their pocket-knives, and went out into the passage to see what was the matter. The deceased by some awkwardness struck the handle of the knife against the wall, and drove the blade into his stomach. He (Loader) then took him into the parlour, and placed him on the chair, and left him sitting there, being afraid to tell anyone what had happened. It is a singular cir cumstance, however, that there is no sign of blood in the passage. Neither, on the other hand, are there any marks of blood on the accused's clothes. The boy Loader posi tively denies having injured the deceased in any way. THE WIDOW OF SERGEANT BRETT.—jt is stated by Captain Palin, Chief Constable of Manchester, that a sufficient sum has been collected to afford a .comfortable provision for life for Mrs. Brett, the widow of the police. man murdered by the Fenians at Manchester. We are glad to hear it. Only this week it was announced that the total subscriptions was £196, a very insufficient sum. DEATH OF THE ARCHDEACON OF BEDFORD.— The death is announced of the Venerable Henry Tattam, LL.D., who was for many years Archdeacon of Bedford. Fie was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, for which he received the degree of LL.D. The degree of D.D. he ob tained from Gottingen, and that of Ph.D. from Leyden. In 1822 he was presented by Lord Eldon, then Lord Chancellor, to the rectory of St. Cuthbert's, Bedford, and in 1831 to the rectory of Great Woolstone, near Newport Pag - nel, and both these benefices he held up to 1849, when he was presented to the Crown living of Stanford Rivers, Essex. In 1844 he was presented by Dr. Allen, Bishop of Ely, to the Archdeaconrt of Bedford, and resigned it in 1866. Archdeacon Tattam was a Fellow of the Royal Society, and was the author of several theological works in Coptic and English, Coptic_ and Latin, and Coptic and FISHING TACKLE, ETC., AT 7'HE PAJUS EXHIBITION. (Front Land and Wizter.) Following upon the exhibitions of fishing gear, fish-culture, and fish-products held at Arcachon and Boulogne, it was to be expected that the Paris Exhibition would contain a highly interesting col lection of these objects, and accordingly I devoted no little time to the-search after and examination of such things as appertain to the res piscaria et piscaloria, with what result I will briefly state. Piscicultural apparatus figured largely in the cata logue, but with the exception of a few specimens of fish-hatching, exhibited in the subterranean aqua rium in the French garden, which have been de scribed by your Paris correspondent, there was little to be seen. The iluninguc establishment sent a complete set of apparatus which seemed to puzzle the spectators as to their application, particularly the blow-pipes and egg-carriers. There was also a very complete series of fresh-water fish alive in the aquariums, but these have also been done ample justice to by your Paris correspondent. But, like your Paris correspondent, I wandered upstairs and downstairs searching for the salt-water fisli " all alive," which were promised by the catalogue, but with the same result. We could not see them for the same reason that Mr. Toots could not see Sol Gills, because, as Captain Cuttle said, he was " inwincible." In the interior of the building there were several fish-hatching apparatus, particularly those of Car bonnier of Paris ; but, as far as I saw, they were but a " beggarly account of empty boxes." The Irish Fisheries Company sent a number of models of fish passes and ladders, but they were in a remote and back settlement, and there was no attendant to give any information about them. Howbeit they obtained a medal. Perhaps their best models were illustrations of various methods of preventing sal mon from approaching mill wheels, such as iron wire gates, and revolving drums of wire, which would prevent the fish ascending without stopping the flow of water. There were several attempts in the Exhibition to show a collection of the fishes of particular rivers in countries. Thus there was a collection of stuffed fishes by Capt. Michell, of the East Indies, also of Australian fishes including the Murray cod, cat fish, Murray turtle, and crawfish (Astacus astacoides). There was a collection of the fishes of the Loire and Saithe, in spirit 3, very flabby and ghastly ; and among other fish products an immense quantity of cod-liver oil from Nova Scotia, Denmark, Nor way, and other maritime countries, and many kinds of gueldres and rogues (uo lack of the latter in the exhibition) for attracting sardines, anchovies, and mackerel. Preserved fish was there in every variety, lobsters, salmon, mackerel, tunny, anchovy, red mullet, herring, oysters, and sardines, met one at every turn, pickle or oil, dried or smoked. With regard to the sardines, which are the best known foreign comestible in England, I may remark that the former, which are most renowned in England, Are not those which have the best name in France. Poor John Bull thinks he gets the pick of the mar ket in this article as in claret, champagne, cognac, &c. ; and perhaps his ignorance is bliss. Perhaps I ought to include the pearls, corals, and sponges, among the products of fisheries, and cer tainly there were splendid specimens of each, par ticularly the sponges of Greece ; but I must proceed to speak of fishing tackle and gear, les instruments de travail proprenient dits. And first of fishing boats. There were some very interesting models of the fishing boats of Norway and Denmark, very shallow and crank with great square sails; also of an Irish trawl-broat, very strong and stiff-looking, with tarred sails ; and the National Lifeboat Institution of Great Britain sent models of their improved fishing boat, five of which haie been placed at various stations as models from which local boats may be built. The safety prin ciple of these boats consists in making the usual fore cabin a water-tight compartment, as like ;vise the stern locker ; and in turning a side-deck along each side of the otherwise open boat, so that a hatchway is formed which can be covered when necessaay with portable hatches and a water-tight tarpaulin. Those who know the recklessness of our fishermen, their disregard of storm signal and barometrical warnings, and the annual loss of life consequent upon this recklessness, will be glad to promote in every way the adoption of fishing boats on this safety principle. Next in importance may be placed the diving apparatus of Messrs. Rouquayrol and Denayrouye, specially adapted to the coral and sponge fisheries. Every visitor to the exhibition will remember their elaborate display of working models and the unfortu nate diver who made grimaces at the little port holes in the diving bell cistern. Coupled with this was a submarine lamp for attracting fish, which must be an improvement on "burning the water,' , and rival " the sun's perpendicular rays which illu mined the depths of the sea." Coming still closer to fishing tackle, I remarked an immense variety of nets and cordage of all nations, seines, trammels, and casting nets, with innumerable traps and en gines for captivating the finny prey. Our net makers were, as . far as I could see, represented only by Hounsell, of Bridport ; but for strength and neatness his bore the palm. The Norwegian nets were all good, and were pro vided with glass globes for floats ; they seemed very strong and durable, and with care would last out endless relays of cork. In the collection called the " History of Labour" were to be seen fishing implements, hooks, and harpoons of the stone and bronze ages, and some bits of charred netting from the lacustrine dwellings. They are, of course, very rough and rude; indeed, it would seem as if the shrewedness of the fish kept pace with the march of intellect of their pur suers. Scarcely less rude were the huge spinning tackles exhibited by Derrien Cantu, of Primpol, the leaded shanks about eight or ten inches long, fa shioned into a rough imitation of a fish, and armed with immense hooks. Among the Norway tackle I saw a capital instrument for arranging trot hocks, for want of which many a fisherman has had his hands grievously wounded, and some, as I have been told, dragged overboard and drowned. The hooks are confined by a split rod, similar to the wooden game-carriers, and can be delivered out without fouling, no slight boon in a long line with five or six hundred hooks. I have already noticed in your columns the harpoons, and the harpoon guns, and the explosive balls which throw out barbs when they strike the fish. These are to be had of Devisme, the famous Paris gunmaker. Hav ing now mentioned most of the remarkable imple ments of sea-fishing, I may now speak of fresh water fishing tackle ; and here, again, I am sorry to say our countrymen did not come out so strong as they should have done in their special line, Class 49, Group 6. Ryder, of Birmingham, sent some capital reels; Buchanan, of Glasgow, sets of hooks ; Aldred, of London, a very handsome collection of tackle cases, and rods, with modern improvements, glued-up tops, telescopic, and perforated joints; and Charles Farlow, a set of beautiful rods, and specimens of all the best salmon peal and trout flies, with spinning baits of all kinds ; but the show, though every article, was of the best quality, was insignificant, and Aldred, probably, owed his medal more to his archery than his fishing tackle, or at any rate to the union of both in the same case. There were scores of French fishing tackle-makers who exhibited more than all our English makers put together, and some of the tackle very good and cheap. Moriceau and Blanchard, of Paris, in particular, had a very large show of tackle, including ready fitted boxes of tackle for £6, rods of all sizes and prices, from tit 4 canne roseau at 10 francs, to a salmon rod at 100 francs. Robillard's show •was principally remarkable for highly ornamented floats emblazoned with arms of all nations, and ledger lines with the leads and corks similarly embellished. Your French fisherman neglects no detail ; some of the floats arc grotesque figures of Punch, or a fat priest, or sometimes a graceful water nymph. There were very good imitations of grasshoppers, shrimps, molecrickets, &c., and spin ning baits or tue-diables of various monstrosity. Among the provincial exhibitors, Clerot, of Av. ranches, and Loisin Arne, of Morlaix, were the best, both of whom had evidently taken leaves out of English flybooks. Poor Massas and his cannes ru bannes were not visible, but I saw many beautiful specimens of the red and bamboo rods. Walking stick rods there were, and I saw an umbrella-rod, which I have often dreamt of, but never supposed a possible combination. French gut is much thicker than ours, but also much stronger than that which has been lately im ported into England. I fancy the Spaniards must be playing some trick with the manufacture. I fancy they are taking to fishing, as I saw a collec tion of trout-fly, feathers, and flies sent by one Val gonia from Spain. Judging by the flies, the fisli must b...! still very unsophisticate I there. 1 - tailwaye. Isristol and Exeter .... !Caledonian Caul tartan Cork and 8and0n...... !Corn w.,11 & BeHag June. Dun„ Perth, Sr b.J unc. E.Loudou, 1.10. !Glasgow & S. Western Gre.tt Eastern, Ord.stk. Do. Aug': st. No. 'tircat North :A Scotlaud. tirintt ortilero Do. A stock...—. Uu. i 3 st tie!: - Do. tS. and W. of irelanu Weiteru lit). S. V 4). gos. Do. South Walt,s Do. W. Do. Newport 00. itereforn , . ILanu,stlar, a Yuri:shit', I.Judou and ilia::kwati 8ri511.,.& 6 Coal, Chat., and Duvet Metrup..E.x. A Lon. & North Weston Lou. South Weston Man., She!., s LiunoiL Aetropolitan.... Do. New Do. Exteut , ,io .. , 'trttrtrpolltan Distrtei 00. do. do. Do. and at. John's nidiand Do. .£0 Share Do, Wraith.. 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Gov. 5 p'e.,186 ( Do. 5 p.c. 18:1 to 187) Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1815 1 1 New Zealand, 6 p. cent' Do. 5 per cent—. ... Nova SoAla Gov. 6 p. 0 sterling, 1875 ";lueensland Gov. 6 p. C S. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c.1868-1 Do. 18788 c upwards Vic,Gov, 6 p.c. J a July I Do. do, Li pri l W Oct BItITISII t'' SPORTS AT IN FERARY. In these days, when sham Fenians have made that ancient and venerabl e name a t erm of reproach throughout the woild, it may interest your readers to learn how genuine Fenians of the old breed oc cupy their leisure in their native laud. According to all Gaelic traditions, Campbells, and many other families of their stock. who live in Argyleshire and elsewhere, descend from Diarmid O'Duiblme, who was the nephew of Fionn, who was " Righ na Feinne," king or leader of those ancient Fenians of whose exploits and adventures all Celtic tradition in Scotland and Ireland is full. On Friday, the 3d of January, a picked body of dwellers on the banks of Loch Lyue met to play once more the game which Cuchullin and Oscar Diarmid and Fionn used to play in the olden time. It was to be a peaceful battle between dwellers on opposite sides of the beautiful loch, and the men were headed as of yore, by the gentry of the old country which they love so well. The Cowal men were headed by George Callander of Ardkinglas, and his guest, Mr. Maitland ; the Inverary men by Lord Archi bald Campbell and his brother, Lord Walter ; and 39 picked men on each side made a total of 82. The ground chosen has seen many a sturdy fight. For untold time the old grey stone, which stands in the green turf among the old trees, beneath the Castle walls, has been the gathering-place of the district in peace and in war. For hundreds of years a shinty match has been played beside the old pillar at the New Year; but this was some thing more important than usual, and the excite ment was in proportion. Lords and labourers, Volunteers and their officers, farmers, burgesses, fishermen, shepherds, tradesmen, all armed with shinties, clustered about the old stone ; stripped to their work, while spectators clustered under the trees and hung in clumps on the turf slopes wherever a view of the coming battle could best be obtained. In that bright, clear, frosty morning it was some thing to stir the blood of old and young to see men who hang together as these do, gathering for mimic fray, where their fathers had gathered time out of mind, and the sight brought out many an old me mory carefully preserved by the old race. There was Macarthur, a tenant whose ancestors have held the same farm for 500 years, who was proud to say that one of his people had preserved the Argyll title deeds when theAthole men made a stable for horses of the castle of Maccalain, his chief. There was Munro, whose forbears had held the farm which he now holds for the same time ; and many of their stamp leaned on their sticks and told their old-world histories to all who cared to hear. But the players had other work in hand. At half-past 11 the ball a block of birch root cut out with a knife, according to immemorial custom—was thrown up by the umpire, between the two leaders, with the old battle cry of " Cothrom and Feinne"—Fenians' opportu nity—which stands for fair play—and at it they went, as if they were fighting for dear life, instead of barren hsnour. The goals were two pairs of flags, 12 yards apart, and the distance from goal to goal was about 450 yards. For more than an hour 82 men ran after the birch ball, and smote it and each other, and shouted and cheered, and worked for fun and fame as no men ever worked for pay. Hugh Brodie, a farmer on Ardkinglas, about 80 years of age, acted general on one side, and Willie Mackenzie, ground officer, who is nearly 70, marshalled the Inverary men. With white hair streaming in the, wind, and clear bright eyes glittering in the sunshine, they rushed through the melee, shouting their orders, and praising those who did well ; while the young leaders plunged into the thick of the fight, and did all they could to win. The judges and the um pire did all they could to follow and see fair play, and they, too, bad to keep moving. Many a hard blow was given and well taken ; many a man rolled prostrate and rose again with honourable scars ; but at the end of the first hour the whole party were still fit for work, and Inverary had gained one goal. Now came a pause, and the heaving of deep chests showed how hard the work had been. Inverary now struck off from between the goals which they had won, and the game went on very keenly for another hour with varying success and manycasual ties. Lord Archibald was partially stunned by a blow on the head. Lord Walter had his upper lip split by the wooden ball. George Fergusson, clerk in the Chamberlain's-office, lamed in a previous game, was forced to give in. Dugald Mackenzie, son of the Inverary general, got two very bad blows on the mouth from shiuties, and, being asked if he meant to retire, declined with strong language. Two Ardkinglas men, names unknown, were con siderably damaged ; and many others had hard knocks, of which they took small heed. At last au Ardkinglas man caught the ball in his hand in the first hop, threw in through the goals, and so the game was made even at the end of the second hour. Ardkinglas now struck off, and. by good luck and right good play the Inverary men won the third goal in about five minutes, and gained the day. And so this mimic war ended in perfect good humour; the players were entertained at the inn, and drunk many toasts, after which the pipers struck up, and many reels were danced on the road. The two leaders danced with their aged generals, who showed that years had not ex tinguished their youthful fire. The judges danced with the umpire, the rival players with each other, young maids and matrons of mature age joined in and danced with boys or old grandfathers with equal joy ; and so the fun went on till the bell of the little steamer warned the Cowal men to depart, and away they went, cheering and happy, to tell their friends at home of the glorious shinty match at Inverary. And as they went the setting sun lit up the grand old hills and woods with glorious colours of orange and purple and green and gold, and the smooth loch mirrored a scene of beauty that many will remember as long as they live. Surely this kind of Fenian play is a good school for stout soldiers, and better than treason-felony and Greek fire.—Glasgow Daily Herald. THE POISON OF THE COBRA.—Our readers will recollect that some interesting experiments have lately been made in India relative to the action of the poison of the cobra, by Dr. Shortt. This gentleman, having regard to the numerous lives that wore lost an nually in India from the bite of this snake, was mainly anxious to discover some antidote for its poison, ,and set about testing its various remedies in repute for that ob ject. After much expense, and no little risk to himself, he has found that all are valueless. Still, thinking that ' some effective agent might bo known to the natives, he offered a reward of 500 rupees for its production, stipu lating that be (Dr. Shortt) should find the cobras and conduct the experiments, which were to be three in num ber. The prize still remains unawarded. Recently Dr. Shoat has received a communication from Sir T. Madava Row, the Dowan of Travancore, intimating that his Serene Highness the Maharajah has taken much interest in the question, and begs to offer a reward of 1,000 rupees, under such conditions as Dr. Shortt may think desirable, to the person who can produce a remedy, and satisfy him that it is effectual against snake bite. The prize, there fore, now amounts to £l5O. The discoverer, whoever he may be, will servo the cause of humanity greatly ; and this announcement, we hope, will awaken an interest in the question that may lead to some satisfactory result. Dr. Shortt has been good enough to say that he will be glad to facilitate the conduction of experiments (or to re ceive any suggestions thereon), and that he will consign to us, for the use of any gentleman disposed to investigate the question, heads of cobras, uninjured, preserved in spirits or simply dried, or in any other way that ni.Jy be desirable ; and, should we advise it—the idea is exceedingly unplea sant, but if science demand we must obey—he will send one or more cobras themselves for experiment, on our be ing satisfied that every precaution will be taken to prevent the likelihood of any accident occurring. Certainly never were conditions more favourable for experiment, ugly though it may be. We therefore hope the result will be the discovery of an antidote to a poison which kills so many human )sings ®very year.—Lancet. THIRD EDITION• SUN OFFICE, 6 o'CLocK. ARRIVAL OF THE CROCODILE. PORTSMOUTH, Jan. 11.—Tier Majesty's Indian troopship Crocodile, Captain Watson, from Alex andria, arrived at Spithead at two p.m., to-day. TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, Jan. 10.—h is assecterl that J. Delayannis is to replace here as Minster for Greece his brother, M. P. IMayannis, who has left for Athens. The Turptie &ni'!s the resioation of Ruchdi Pasha. 7 HEI E I.IN S. A FENIAN BITIANT WTITII GREEK FIRE„ CORK, Jan. 21. At midnight the outside pocket of one of two men passing through Patrick-street was perceived to be on fire. He immediately:took off his coat, flung it in the street, and both men decamped. Subsequently, the coat was found to contain two bottles of Greek fire. The coat was almost de stroyed. A young man, believe I to be Michael Doheny, a colonel in the American service, son of General Doheny, of '4B rebellion, has been arrested in D unman way. THE TRAGEDY IN FINSBURY, To-day Mr. John Humphreys, the Middlesex coroner, opened an investigation at the White Hart Tavern, Clifton-street, Finsbury, into the circum stances of the death of John Strangeways, aged 13 years, the facts of which will be found in another column. After hearing the evidence, the jury returned the following verdict—" That the death of the de ceased was caused by hemorrhage, resulting from a wound in the groin ; that the injury was inflicted by his own hand, and was through misadventure." CRYSTAL PALACE. The special holiday attraction at the Crystal Pa lace—for as to pantomime it is no longer a novelty there, but holds regular possession of the stage in the transept every Christmas—is the " zoetrope," or " wheel of life." This optical toy is everywhere fashionable just now. The London Stereoscopic Company cannot keep pace with the demand which has sprung up within a few weeks ; and piratical traders hawk about the city streets a curiously im practicable supply of materials, together with a book of instructions, for making the instrument at home. The zoetrope belongs to a class of simple inventions which exemplify the fact that the reflections of images linger for a moment or two upon the retina when the images themselves have passed from the orbit of sight. That delightful humourist and true philosopher, the " Autocrat of the Breakfast table," has commended the zoetrope on the ground of its utility in thus illustrating and enforcing a scientific truth ; but it should be noted that the practical demonstration of this truth is not entirely due to the particular form of apparatus now so popular. In the boyhood of men who are grey, there were toys the principle of which was the same ; and in the gallery of the Polytechnic Insti tution something resembling the " wheel of life," something at the same time as old as the diving bell and the electric batteries may yet be seen. A simpler application of the principle that objects don't disappear the instant they are " out of sight" used to be made by schoolboys in the manner following :—On one side of a circular piece of cardboard, a little to the right of the centre, would be pictured, say a timid little mouse ; and on the other side, to the left of the centre, there would be the counterfeit of a fero cious tabby. By attaching two small pieces of silk to the cardboard disc, at opposite ends of a sup posed equator, a spinning motion may easi!y be attained ; and, as the pictures on the two sides are twirled rapidly round, they appear to be one. The subjects may, of course, be endlessly varied, care only being taken that either half of the complete group shall be so placed on the card that it will come properly into relationship with its fellow. A stream of water, with a boat or a swan float ing on it, will, for example, serve as the com plementary obverse to a bridge ; a wig to a hair less mask ; a circus-rider to a bare-backed steed ; a bird to a birdcage ; a railway train to a viaduct ; a pair of horses to a carriage ; a swordsman to his opponent with pike or bayonet ; and so on, without limit to the combina tions. But the instrument known as the " zoe trope," or " wheel of life," is an improvement on everything of the kind that has preceded it ; and there is a remarkable and specific difference between it and the contrivance we have just described. In the oue instance, a fixed and motionless picture was attained by bringing its two separate halves into seeming conjunction ; but in the case of the zoetrope the pictures appear to be animated. A grotesque face rolls its goggle-eyes and silently gnashes its two great rows of teeth ; or an acrobat vaults and turns somersaults through hoops ; or a little gen tleman trots nimbly along with raised umbrella be neath a never-ending, still-beginning shower of pitch-forks ; or a spider-like personage, lying on his back, jerks with his feet a huge ball to another spider-like personage, who, catching it on the soles of his feet, passes it on, along a spider-like and in verted row. At the Crystal Palace, the instrument which the London Stereoscopic Company has brought into fashion is shown on a magnified ~tale. It is, in all respects but size, the same " wheel of life" that you may place in the middle of your drawing-room table, and set aspinning for the diversion of the youngsters ; but, instead of its being turned by the light touch of a hand, it is kept in motion by a llugon gas-engine. The ordinary diameter of a zoetrope is about 12 inches ; and the big brother of the popular toy measures 16 feet across. The little figures become, in proportion to the general scale, pretty large figures ; and the effect is very striking for a time ; but after one or two changes of scene the eye begins to miss the strangeness of magnitude; and it is but fair to say that the instrument, in its original and do mestically convenient size, answers all the pur poses of amusement. As manufactured and sold by the Stereoscopic Company, it is one of the most fertile sources of entertainment ever devised ; for, properly lighted, it may be seen by a whole room-full of company without crowding or any kind of trouble. For the giant zoetrope, in the concert room of the Crystal Palace, a spacious gallery of seats, capable of accommodating 400 spectators, has been erected. The exhibition is accompanie l by music and by an explanatory lecture. RACING FIXTURES FOR 1868. FEBRUARY. Lincoln Spring Liarrow 2O I Derby Spring MARCH. Liverpool Spring M.... 3 Margate Chelmsford Spring 31. 10 Epsom Spring .Nlecting Shrewsbury Spring ... 10 Croxton Park West Drayton l2 Northampton Warwick Spring Ar. Northampton (continued) 1 Bromley Aldershot Durham Hendon l3 Newcastle Spring Newmarket Craven RIL. Knighton Abergavcnny Catterick ILewes Spring Thirsk Curragh April I N ewma rket Ist Spring :AY. Newmarket Ist Spring (continued) Chester 5 Winchester York Spring D on caster spring Salisbury Bath Croydon Ist Summer Harpenden Epsom Summer West Drayton 1 Croydon 2d Summer Ascot Summer 9 Windsor Summer Newton JU, Hampton Bibury Club Curragh June Stockbridge Alexandra Park Alexandra Park (con.) 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