The Sun.
London, England, 1867-08-31 00:00:00

THIRD EDITION.

SUN OFFICE, 6 o'CLocI.

SWITZERLAND•

BERNE, August 31

The Federal department for home affairs will very
shortly make the Federal Council fresh proposals
rely Live to the (nation of Alpine Railways.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE---This Dby.

VICTORIA CLUB BETTING—Mrs DAY.

Very little business was doing to-day, the main feature
being the firmness of Hermit for the St. Leger and the
disposition to lay agst Achievement. Vauban met with a
solitary backer content to accept 100 to 6, which price
was freely offered against Julius. Beeswing was in request
for the Leamington Stakes at 5 to 1; ltagalia, at two points
more, also being supported. The other quotations are
appended :

LEAMINGTON STAKES.
sto 1 agst Beeswing (taken freely)
7to 1 agst Regalia (taken)
GREAT YORKSHIRE STAKES.
100 to 7 agst Laneret (taken)
100 to 7 agst Seville (taken)

ST. LEGER.
6 to 4 agst Hermit (taken and wanted)
7to 4 agst Achievement (offered)
100 to 6 agst Vauban (taken)
100 to G agst Julius (offered)
25 to 1 agst Challenge (offered)
25 to 1 agst Fervacques (offered, take 30 to 1)

CESAREWITCH.
50 to 1 agst Proserpina (taken)
66 to 1 agst Regalia (offered)

JOHN STIRK
25, WELLINGTON-STREET, STRAND,
Executes Commissions on all the races to any amount.
The full market odds laid.
Price list daily.

Mu. GEO. WEBB executes commissions, by letter only,
at his residence, 125, Queen's-crescent, Haverstock-hill ;
and has lists posted daily at the City Arches; also through
his Agent, Mr. F. Butler, near Meux's Brewery. No con-
nection with any other person using the same name.

RACING FIXT
SEPT.

Margate
Warwick Spring 3
Abingdon 5
Leicester
Doncaster
Brecon

RES FOR 1867.

:MBER.

Richmond l7
Hendon l9
Monmouth
Manchester Autumn 2O
Newmarket Ist October 24

OCTOBER.
Northampton Autumn. 1 I Newmarket 21 October. 7
Edinburgh
I Bedford 3 Newmarket Houghtou . 21

NOVEMBER.
Liverpool Autumn 5 !Leamington Hunt
Shrewsbury Autumn... 11

COURSING.
COURSING MEETINGS TO COME.
SEPTEMBER.
Name. Judge. Days of Running
Brampton, Cumberland Mr. AVarw ick

OUTOBEIL
lincaster and Willoughby,
Lincolnshire Mr. Spofford

COURSE OF EXCHANGE.-Lot Evening.

Amsterdam Short. 11 19
1 Ditto 3 Months. 12 Of
Rotterdam
Antwerp — 25 37
Brussels — 25 37i
Hamburg — 13 10
Paris Short 25 17k
Ditto 3 Months. 25 35
Marseilles
Frankfort on the Maine —120 k
Timm& — 12 75
A rieste — 12 75
Vetersburgn - 31}
Berlin
Madrid 49
Cadiz
Leghorn
Milan
Genoa
Naples — 27 25
Palermo
Messina
Lisbon —51 t
Oporto — bli

11 19}
12 O
12 O
25 42f
25 42
13 10k

25 25
25 40
25 42+
120}
12 80
12 80
31j
6 27
49}
49i

27 3i)
27 30
27 30
27 30
27 30
27 30

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.—This Day.

LONDON, Aug. 31.- -Wind this day at noon—North-
Easterly ; moderate breeze and fine weather.

PLymorrit, Aug. 30.- Wind S. W.—Sailed—Damascus,
!or Melbourne.

YARMOUTH, Aug. 30.—Wind W.—Arrived—Dunsandl©,
'rem Quebec.

CARDIFF, Aug. 29.—Wind N.'W Arrived—Ellen and
Sue, from Bilboa. Sailed—De Brus, screw steamer, for
Monte Video.

LIVERPOOL, Aug. 30. —Wind N W —Arrived—British
Consul, from San Francisco.

NEWPORT, Aug. 30.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Sir Charlos
Napier, 'from Cuba.

WEITEHATEN, Aug. 30.—Wind S.Vir.—Arrived—Egre-
mont, from Quebec.

BREAKING UP OF THE STRAND UNION.--At the
weekly meeting of the Board of Guardians at the Strani
Union, on Wednesday last, the clerk read a letter which had
been received from the assistant secretary to the Poor-Law
Board. The letter stated that, having regard to the circum-
stances of the Strand Union and the adjoining parishes, the
board had arrived at the conclusion that, as a preliminary
step towards giving full effect to the intention of the Legis-
lature, certain parishes should be separated from, and other
parishes added to, the Strand Union. The board contem-
plated that the parish of St. Anne should be incorporated
with the parish of St. Giles and St. George's, Bloomsbury,
and form together a new union ; that the parish of St.
Clement Danes and the Liberty of the Bolls should be
added to the Holborn Union ; and that the parishes of St.
Martin-in-the-Fields and St. James, Westminster, be added
to the Strand Union. The board proposed to issue the
necessary order for giving effect to their decision as soon
as the state of the business of their office would enable
them to do so.
The Countess de Grey leaves town to-day for
Nocton Park, Lincolnshire, where the Earl and Lord
Goderich are expected in a few days from Scotland.
'The Right Hon. C. B. Adderley, M.P., and
Hon. Mrs. Adderley will entertain a distinguished succes-
sion of guests during the ensuing week at their seat near
Birmingham, to celebrate the coming of age of their eldest
son. On Wednesday the right hon. gentleman and Mrs.
Adderley give a grand ball to a host of friends.
A GIRL STABBED BY HER SWEETHEART.—Emma
Hackney, of Longton, was stabbed by her sweetheart,
Samuel Lee, a clogger, aged 19, on Thursday afternoon,
in Stafford-street. The wound is not in itself mortal, but
it is reported that she is consumptive, and from the shock
to her system and loss of blood she is not likely to recover.
The Mayor, accompanied by the doctor and Mr. Young,
solicitor, as well as the prisoner, wont to the house of the
wounded young woman for the purpose of taking her de-
position.
CITY OF LONDON REGISTRATION.—Mr. Spencer
Perceval, the barrister appointed to revise the list of voters
for the City of London, has given notice that he will hold
a court for that purpose in the Court of Common Pleas,
Guildhall, on Tuesday, the 2d of October.

THE LEGAL VACATlON.—Yesterday Mr. Justice
Willes attended at the Judges' Chambers for Chief Justice
vaca-
tionsummonses.at the
chambers,
h a Therembars, nwasor noa
t theappearance c h
Bovill, who is still on circuit, and disposed of a long list of
chambers otfh eVice-Chan-
cellorMalins, where Mr. Edwards had a list of 112
summonses as vacation business, which he disposed of with
he assistance of Mr. Wood.
STREET ACCIDENT.—A singular accident, which
was attended also with a good deal of personal injury, took
place in Park-lane, Liverpool, on Wednesday. The funeral
procession of a member of the Royal Naval Reserve was
passing, when a carthorse startled by the noise of the
band, rushed into the crowd and disabled a number of per-
sons, who were at once removed to the hospital, some in a
dangerous condition.-. Manchester Guardian.
THE NEW TEMPORARY THOROUGHFARE FROM
ST. JOHN-STREET TO SMITHFIELD.—By the diver-
sion of St. John-street into Smithfield rya Long-lane, a
space of ground upwards of one hundred feet in width at
its broadest end to about twenty feet at the confluence of
St. John-street with Cow-cross, and two hundred and
eighty feet in length, will be thrown into the publie way,
forming a spacious temporary roadway for the general
traffic until the new thoroughfare through the meat and
poultry market is finished. Messrs. Mowlern and Co. have
nearly completed their portion of the paving contract, and
built up the pavement to the future level, the remainder
having to be completed by the Holborn Board of Works,
the men in whose employ are now engaged in raising the
footways on the opposite side, and altering the cellar open-
ings to the requisite level.
REPRESENTATION OF IIuLL.---The Conservatives
of Hull have selected as their candidate at tLe next gone ra
lection Mr. Bell, of the firm of Thomson, Bonar, and Co.

TUE ABYSSINIAN EXPEDITION.—TIIC Admiralty
hare accepted the Kangaroo, the City of Manchester, and
the City of Dublin, belonging to the Intnan Company ;
the England, belonging to the National Steamship Com-
pany ; and the Peruvian, belonging to Messrs. Fernie, for
transport service. Other steamers are still under survey.
The Great Eastern was offered and was declined.