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

AMERICA.

The Hamburgh and American Company's steam
ship Saxonia, from New York on the 30th Nov.,
arrived at Southampton to-day (Dec. 12) with 100
passengers, 37 sacks of mails, and 500 tons of
general cargo.
During the passage the Saxonia spoke the follow-
ing ships :—On Dec. 10, iniat. N. 49.40, long. W.
17.45, an English brig steering eastward, and
showing 4 distinguishing pendant, 512 ; and in
lat. N. 49.40, long. 1% . 15.46, a National Steam
Navigation Company's steamer steering westward,
and a North German Lloyd steamer in the vicinity
of Bishop Rock.

NEW YORK, Dec. 11, 6 p.m.
The steamer Persia has arrived out.
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

Closing Prices. —Gold, 1341. Sterling Exchange
on London, 1091. 5-20 United States Bonds, 1074.
Illinois, 133. Erie, 72g. Cotton—Middling Up-
land, 151.
PIIILADELPIIIA, Dee. 11.
Petroleum, standard white, 244.
(PER THE SAXONIA.)

NEW YORK, Nov. 30 (Morning).

A bill has been introduced into the House of
Representatives for the redemption of the legal
tender and National Bank notes in coin after July,
and for the sale of all gold exceeding $75,000,000
remaining in the Treasury after next January. No
action has been taken in the matter.

It is reported that the Alabama claims will have
early consideration in Congress.

A resolution has been offered in the Senate de-
claring strict neutrality in the war pending between
Britain and Abyssinia.
General llancock has arrived at New Orleans,
and assumed the command of the Fifth Military
District. He has issued an order declaring freedom
of speech and the right of trial by jury, and that the
Habeas Corpus Act must be preserved. Military
tribunals will take precedence in the Civil Courts
only when the latter neglect their duty or abuse
their power.

The Alabama Convention has rejected an ordi-
nance prohibiting marriages between whites and
blacks.

A Fenian funeral procession took place in New
York, on Thursday, in honour of the Fenians that
were hung at Manchester. Five thousand Irish-
men participated in the procession. The Superin-
tendent of the New York police refused a police
escort to the procession, on the ground that it was
in honour of murderers of a policeman.
Admiral Tegethoff has settled all the claims
against the estate of the late Emperor Maximilian
iu Mexico.
Santa Anna was sick at llavannah.

ARRIVAL OF THE CITY OF
WASHIN GTON.
QUEENSTOWN Dec. 12.
The Inman steamship City of Washington, from
New York, arrived here at four p.m. to-day, with-
11. passengers, but no specie. She landed mails
and passengers, and proceeded for Liverpool at
4.15 a.m.

SOUTHAMPTON, Dec. 12.

The Hamburg and American Company's steam-
ship Bavaria, from New Orleans Bar on the 24th
ult., arrived here to-day with 40 passengers for
Havre and Hamburg, $84,735 for England, and
$26,273 for France.

CALCUTTA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIAN

MAILS.

MARSEILLES, Dec. 12.

The Pera arrived at 5 a.m. to-day, having ex-
perienced bad weather. The mails leave for Lon-
don at 11.30 a.m.

FR A.NCE.

PARIS, Dec. 11, Evening.

The bulletin of the illoniteur de Suir recalls the
declarations made by the Marquis de Moustier and
by M. Itouher during the recent debates in the
Legislative Chamber. It adverts to the almost
unanimous vote of confidence expressed iu favour
of the Government, and says that there never was
established a more complete understanding and
sympathetic harmony between the Ministry and
the Chambers. The article continues thus :
" The testimony of approbation of the past and
of absolute confidence iu the future brings
a new strength to the diplomacy of France. The
Government of the Emperor continues to solicit

the concurrence of the Powers for the Wor
of conciliation and justice which it has undertaken
in the interests of the Papacy and of 'tab'. 134
stead of invoking disdain and indifference 1101:1
Italian unity, the Government desires that all
hatreds and reciprocal mistrust may be forgotten'
It would desire to hasten the moment when th.e,
unity now constituted would understand that I"
was its duty to defend the sovereignty of the rope'
The French Government is of opinion that the
counsels of Europe might exercise a happy
euce in promoting conciliation. The prOPO-
sea
Conference has lost nothing of its opportuneness'_
The Government expresses itself in this sense to the
different Cabinets. The negotiations which have
been opened continue." _

BOURSE, Dec. 11, Two o'clock.—Speculation bBs.
been easy, and large investments have been niade I°
the Threes ; generally the market is active and fir°
Three per Cents. are at 69f. 62ic., a rise of 271°'
Italian Fives active at 45f. 80c., an advance of lri;
Credit Mobilier lose If. 25c., at 170 f. SPal3j!!
Mobilier have an advance of 3f. 75c., at 20
Comptoir d'Escompte and Paris Gas shares without
change, at 650 f. and 1,440 f. Credit Foncier
with a rise of 10f. In French Railways little busi:.
ness, although great firmness prevailed. Engll3
Consols are telegraphed with a rise of k, at 03. e.
Three o'clock.—The market was firm at the cloS
Last quotations:--
43; per Cent.
End of month — Itsl'an Loan ...... 45, 95
3 per Cent
44 50
End of month 69 60 Mexican Loan
Credit Mobilier 171 25 Do. Bonds ...... 113
End of month._ 175 Spanish Threes ... 3' 5
Credit Foncier 1377 50 Home Debt......
End of month 1380 Deferred
RAILWAYS. ACCOUIIt
Orleans
Northern
Lyons and Mediterranean
Southern.... 5531
Western
Eastern . • 5331
Sardinian
Austrian

Lombard
North of Spain ,
Saragossa
Roman

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6GI
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tours

HER MAJESTY.

WINDSOII, CASTLE, Dec.
The Queen went out in the grounds this 1011'
ing, accompanied by Prince Leopold. f the
Major J. P. Hopkins, K.H., Governor 0 t
Military Knights of Windsor, and Lieutenants
Colonel J. H. Cooke, Lieutenant of her 11/siesitist
Body Guary of Yeomen of the Guard, arrival to
the Castle this afternoon, and were introduced
lid
her Majesty by Lord Raglan, Lord in Wraith:lk°
received the honour of knighthood. mad
Major-General F. Seymour, C. 8., and Coo io
Du Plat, Groom and Equerry in Waiting, were

attendance.
Colonel H. and the Hon. Mrs. Ponsonby an
Hon. Mrs. Robert Bruce had the honour of di°
with the Queen and the royal family yesterd*

The Duke and Duchess of Wellington hale
las the
Apsley House for Strathfieldsaye, Hampshire, to p,
winter.
fige,
The Duke of Sutherland has left Stafford TO- y
St. James's, on a visit to the Earl and Countess Dt11e1;
Buckenham, Norfolk. The duchess remains at Trak",

Hall.
roller
The Duke of Newcastle has arrived at C' tl-3/0.
Park, Notts ; the duchess remains in town for a fo' -,
The duke and duchess intend to receive a succession
visitors at Clumber early next month.
The Duke of Hamilton °
, who arrived in to or
few days since from Eaton Park, Suffolk, has since le°
Hamilton Palace, N. 8., for a few weeks.

Messrs. Moxon have just issaed a Latin trensi:be
tion of the Laureate's " Enoch Arden," by Dr.
Margaret Professor of Divinity at Cambridge. lib's
undoubtedly be appreciated by scholars.
It
DEATH OF HER MAJESTY'S STUD GR003.."-Itia°
with great regret that we have to announce
11°
death of Mr. John Ransom, stud groom to her Maiestl':°3
died at his residence at the Royal Paddocks, fisinr,,eo
Court, on Wednesday at half-past seven, after a se,sth
illness. The deceased gentleman, who was in his 1,, 0,
year, was on intimate terms with all the b dere treil3lll
ree , a all
and owners of blood stock in England, by whom, au
re,
more by a large circle of private friends, he was higuvoif
spected and beloved, while his loss will be long and 4,e6;00
felt. With her Majesty. whom he served faithfully 10'.tes
less a period than 26 years, he was an especial faV°,ll„eel 0
and on more than one occasion, we believe, the 4,'
her
testified her sense of his merits by substantial tokens extero,
regard, in the shape of marriage presents to his dangb ero
In his profession, it will be acknowledged by all who °lto 41
acquainted with him, that he had few equals ; while
Dour
man his uniform courtesy and his gentlemanly denleiLfere
procured him a good name among all sorts of men'
his connection with the Royal stud he had for 42 to
that is from the age of ten, been in the service of themille•
Lord Jersey, of Middleton, Oxford, the owner of the —ill o
brated horse Bay Middleton. Mr. Ransom was taken at
fortnight ago with a severe attack of bronchitis, whie se
his advanced age, he had not strength to overcools' 10,11
has left a widow, to whom he was married more theillsro.
a century ago, three married daughters, Mrs. BrelideP the
Egleston, and Mrs. George Crandon, and on° 5001;ros
eldest of the family. In his will the deceased gen,"od
expressed his desire to be interred in the burial gr°
a small church at Middleton, and of course his dying or
will be religiously complied with. Every one Wlll
,Ae•
niso in this request a simplicity and gentleness 0 ~,,botigh
ter that marjeed Mr. Ransom throughout his life. 0,01
ha had been so long removed from the scene of
labours, he still looked back on it in his last nionienisindoot
regarding it as that which was connected with his fen
recollections, selected it as his final resting-OW'
curio
GLYCERINE.—Dr. Demarquay, .whose o'
researches on the inhalation and other appliances t: f
it icor
ous substances we had occasion to mention al3°llwreeel/
ago, and whose recent election as a member of the s pot
Academy of llelicine has already been stated, 13$ ratio
published a highly interesting volume on the the.,s, bet
properties of glycerine, discovered by Scheele in `l ,tgoat'
in point of fact only recently admitted as a medie,3by Dr.
it having been for the first time tried in Englanu, ; Dee°
Thomas de la Rue for burns. Dr. DemarquaY
and
hits
one of its most active propagators in Franz°, td
we owe most of its more modern appliances.
~
~4
strange substance. Although it is the sweet In."reochu
oil, and a constituent of all fatty matter, yet it mixes pee'
with water, and leaves no stain on clothes or 000
It is produced on a largo scale by the
os. Ds
of saponification, but may, for medicinal Purr)
obtained iu a purer state by a more costly processitir oteit
laboratory. It does not absorb the oxygen of ,f' 13°_,
therefore possesses the inestimable properifs-,reaV
becoming rancid. Hence it is far preferable to alt ,red
dir
substances hitherto used for potnatunes ; it ranreead being
solves a considerable number of active agent°' teocVe;
itself absorbable by the skin, will facilitate their Inv use
tion into the economy by this property. It Illaierthed
in the various medicinal teas and potions Pres, sonter:''
cases of bad sore throat, intestinal ulcerations, nYttrid
&e. ; it is a useful ingredient in certain poultieeds7ja votb.o
ercises a salutary action on the skin when use pa l
It is moreover an excellent antiseptic,
_atottaiea
preserve from putrefaction all organic matte • Ard
free
subjects injected with glycerine may be preset7oartieno
long time fur purposes of dissection ; and pr. ,
rs. f
informs us that he has in ;his jpossession save
.rdo o
chops kept in glycerine and taken out of it 010. it 00.0
years ago and yet as fresh as ever. Nevertliele°4ooo
not be used for preserving meat, because it P.einv's orb oe'`
thoroughly through all the tissues that no wash „cats to
ing will remove it. Wo cannot dwell on the
rne tAstt
I°'
such as dressing sores, modifying, and, in se Detor4
Af
curing cutaneous diseases, &c., to which Drooa tot
has applied glycerine, but wo strongly r c
coale 0
ferusal of his book to the practitioner, as the
00055
yincergraphy of this remarkable substance We P
-vote
tbe
FIRE AT A CO-OPERATIVE
10,10,01"A:r.cleicl:
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gga,rdae
nsfew o
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Cottonafterl‘6l3ll L°:ic.,
use,
yip
01
oine t'ol)9
road, Bacup, a fire broke out in the Ono
ther por-i toof
rapidly spread to the scutchiug room and bons° to
the mill, and before it was got under the endgo'n'e both to 00
had fallen in, and serious d image
was 3g°
building and machinery. About a fortnight a qua
too
oo
fc ccuortrtoodn at
wasthis
injuredplace,
band
water.iu ex t n
olnuagn of
of r
ttubof 68;e:15:oil
had been placed on the boiler to dry, and „.0 again,
was allowed to remain there until it got o
was the cause of a second conflagration.

LIVERPOOL COTTON 31ii11gE7-015 941.

and the
Market opens with continued dulnes,?,
r.-000 or
endency is downwards. Sales probably

8,000 bales.