The Sun.
London, England, 1867-12-31 00:00:00

OCTOBER.

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NOVEMBER,

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,STEEPLECHASES.
JANUARY, 1868;
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Manchester

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FEBRUARY.
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PARISH REGISTERS.—There are 20,000 parish
registers in England, allof which are exposed to uncertain
guardianship. There is not one, perhaps, without some
peculiar illustration of life and manners in it, besides proof
of birth,.marriage, or death. A suggestion has boon mado,
from which some good may arise, that transcripts of the
entries, and a general index shall be printed down
to 1837, when the present system of registration came into
force. For purposes of genealogy or heirship this would
be of great use, and Parliament might sanction a wol ser
work. One sample of the way in which the old registers
were kept is to be soon in the case of a country clergy-
man, who, being applied to with reference to a genea-
logical matter, cut out of his register every; entry of the
name mentioned by the applicant, and despatched the
fragments by post to London.
THE HEADMASTERSHIP Or ETON COLLEGE. —TO -
morrow is the day fixed for the election by the Provost
and Fellows of a Headmaster at Eton College, in the room
of the Rev. Dr. E. Balston, who has resigned. 4.
CHRISTMAS 0 RATORIOS. —The " Creation" will be
given next Wednesday, at Exeter Hall, by the National
Choral Society, under the direction of Mr. G. W. Martin.
Band and chorus, 700. Mr. Santley sings on this occasion,
also on the following Wednesday in the "Elijah."

ANTIQUITY OF MAN.—Colonel George Green-
wood writes to the Athenceum :—" I have headed chapter
xiv. of ' Rain and Rivers,' Man may have existed in
the Silurian Period.' In the last Atheneum, page 858
C. F. P. says, ' in a quarry near Brewood, in Staf-
fordshire,' on a large slab (of Red Sandstone) I de-
tected the moulds of what aro unmistakably the
imprints of two largo human feet. The mould of the left
foot is very perfect.' These are 'footprints in the sands
of time with a vengeance. Indeed, if C.F.F. has read the
characters aright, he has undoubtedly lighted on the most
intensely interesting passage which has hitherto been dis-
covered in na:ure's hieroglyphics.

UNJUST WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.—During the
past year 740 South London shopkeepers have been
tined for using, or having in their possession, unjust
weights, scales, or measures. The black list is made up
as follows :-109 licensed victuallers and beer retailers,
73 bakers, 10G chandlers, 83 butchers, 76 greengrocers
and coal dealers, 65 grocers and cheesemongers, 11
oilmen, 4 confectioners, 10 fishmongers and poulterers,
7 eatinghouse keepers, 5 corn-chandlers, 13 marine-
store dealers, 1 furrier, 2 curriers, 2 glue and size makers,
2 ironmongers, 3 ham and beef dealers, 2 leather mer-
chants, 1 coal merchant, 1 soapasaker, and 8 general dealers.
The total amount in fines was £1,070 15s. Gd. During
the year 1803 there were 808 shopkeepers fined, which
shows a decrease for the past year of 68.—South Loadom
Press.

OUTBREAK OF FEVER IN ESSEX.—An epidemic
of typhoid fever has suddenly broken out in the village of
rerliug, in Essex. Whole families are attacked with the
disease, which is of great severity. Dr. R. Thorne,
Thorne has been sent down by the Privy Council, and
we understand that the main cause of the outbreak is
contamination of tho drinking water. A thorough in-
vestigation of the nature an causes of the disease will
be made by Dr. 1 horue, who will report the result of
the labours to the Medical Department of the Privy
Council.

rue_quotation of gold at Paris is about at par, and
,he short exchange on London is 251. 15c. per £1 sterling.
c =paring these rates with the English .11int price of
Qi lis. 104 d. per ounce for standard gold, it appeAra that
_cold is about 1-10th per cent. dearer in Paris than in Lon-
don.