The Sun.
London, England, 1867-12-18 00:00:00

BOROUGH. HOP.

No improvement whatever can be reported in the hop
market either at home or abroad, and prices still tend down-
wards. The few purchases affected have been made to
meet immediate requirements.
Mid and East Keats .f 6 15s to .£lO lOs per cwt.
Weald of Kent
Sussex 6Os to 6 15i 71
Farnham BOs to 10 Os 17
Bavarian ' 4 lOs to 7 Os
Belgians 3 158 to 4 15s
Yearlings

WIIITECIIAPEL.
13,3 cf 3oto 4 6 I Veal •.310 to 4 6
Mutton 3 0 to t 6 Pork
Per 81b by the carcase.

LIVERPOOL COTTON MAR,KEI—This, Day

Market opens with a good demand at steady
prices. Sales probably 10,000 bales or more.

PROGRAMME OF THE METROPOLITAN (KINGS-
BURY) GRAND STEEPLECHASES.
WEDNESDAY.

The Metropolitan Handicap of 10 soys each, 3 ft (to the
fund), with 100 added; winners after December 2 (at
6 p.m.) of the value of 50 soya Sib, or two of 100 sous
101 b extra.; weights not accumulative; three miles.
Ago st lb
Comberton ... a 12 10
Benazet ... a 12 8
Daisy ... a 12 8
Fan 11 6
Sir Bobby ... 11 6
Musketeer ... 5 11 4
King Alfred 6 11 4
Patience ... ... a 11 2
Bishopten 5 11 2
Foxholes 5 11 0
Spatchcock ... all 0
Arlescott a 10 12
Felice ... 6 10 12
Pensioner ... 6 10 10
Cabin 80y... a 10 8
Wings of the Wind 5 10 6
Northern Light a 10 6
Vindicator... 5 10 6
Monitress ... 4 10 6
Corkscrew... 5 10 6

Age st lb
Portland ... a 10 4
The Lamb... 5 10 4
Clansman ... 5 10 4
Greenland... ... 6 10 2
Fairy Mount ... 5 10 2
Harcourt ... '6 10 2
Hippolyte ... a 10 2
Jassy ... 5 10 0
Faustus ... 610 0
Polestar ... ... 510 0
Topthorne... a 10 0
Sylph ... ... 5 10 0
Nabocklish a 10 0
Lawrence ... a 10 0
Love in a Mist ... alO 0
Bandoline ... a 10 0
Captain Crosstree... a 10 0
Elsie Venner ... a 10 0
Badminton ... 5 (paid)
Mother of Pearl ... 4 (paid)

L.S.D. a 10 6
A Selling Plato of 25 sove,
each, for three year olds an'
sold for 30 sovs ; winners of
61b extra; about two miles.
The Hyde Plate (Handicap) of 40 Boys; the winner of the
K:ugsbury Cup or Metropolitan Handicap 101 b, or of
any other race 71b extra ; about two miles and a half.
Ago st lb
rty nsher a 13 0
Sir Bobby ... 12 0
Patience (Ii ... a 11 7
Red Its, 5 11 0
ttniff 6 11 0
The Guide._ ... 5 11 0
Holice 6 11 0
Gorsehawk ... a 11 0
Peignoir a 10 4
Wedding Peal ... 510 4
Kronborg ... 5 10 4
The Hunters' Steeplahase Stakes of 3 sovs each, with
30 added ; four year olds list 71b, five 12st 41b, six and
aged 12st 71b; mares allowed 31b, and maidens having
run twice :lb winners of a flat race, hurdle race, or
steeplechase, in the present year once 61b, twice 101 b
extra; professional jockeys 51b extra. About three
miles. 20 subs.

lded to a Handicap of 3 sous
id upwards ; the winnor to be
fter publication of the weights

Ago st ]b
Camillus ... 5 10 4
Savannah ... a 10 2
Wellesley ... ... 4 10 0
Risk ... 5 10 0
Signal ... 6 10 0
Sylph 5 10 0
Love in a Mist a 10 0
Faint Heart ... 4 10 0
Marmon). ... a 10 0
Torpedo ... 5 10 0

Kennet 6 yrs, Ilectlamite 3, The Bell 6, Tom Bowline
aged, Gooseetep 6, Reginald aged, Waterperry aged,
Fleetwing (h b) 6, Badminton 5, King Tom aged, Morris
Dancer (lib) aged, Bicester (11 b) aged, Father O'Leary
aged, Sensation 6, Nell Gwyune, Waterstown (h b)
Italia 4, b g by Stockwell out of Waverley's dam 4, Laura
(h b), 6, and Corkscrew (h b) 5.
A Selling Steeplechase Stakes of 3 soya each, with 25
added ; four year olds lOst 71b, five list 31b, six and
aged list 71b ; the winner to be sold for 50 soya ; if
entered for 30 sous allowed 71b. About two miles, not
over the brook.

PROGRAMME OF WILTSHIRE COUNTY & BEAU-
FORT HUNT (WESTBURY) MEETING.
WEDNESDAY.
The Beaufort Cup, added to a Sweepstakes of 3 soya each
1 ft ; four year olds, 12st, five 12st 91b, six and aged
13st ; half breds allowed 71b ; to be ridden by gentle-
men, farmers, or tradesmen, who have never ridden fur
hire, and those who have never ridden a winner of 20
sovs 51b extra ; the second to receive 10 soya out of the
stakes; about three miles of the Steeplechase Course.
21 subs.
Moonshine (h b) 6 yrs, Princess b) 4, Mail Train aged,
Queensland (h b) 4, Beeswing (h b) a, Bat thyany 5, Frailty
4, Jacob (h b) 4, Brush (11 b) a, Billy (h b) 6, Apple Pulp
(lib) a, Hotspur (11 b) a, Handsome Jack (h b) a, Mon-
mouth (h b) a, Deerhound (11 b) a, The Needy Mizzlor 6,
The Major a; Polly (h b) a, The Drover 6, The Dictator a,
Rhone 5, Swindler (h b) a, Cranmore Lass (h b) 5, Bel-
grave 5.
The Penleigh Stakes, a Free Handicap of 5 soya each, 2
ft, with 40 added; the winner of the Wiltshire County
Handicap 101 b, any other winner after Nov. 28 (at 11
a.m.) 71b extra, not accumulative ; the second to save
his stake; about three miles; 15 subs.
Age st lb Age st lb
Sir Bobby a 12 7 Spatcbcock ... a 10 11
Sprite ... a 11 10. Daniel O'Rourke ... 6 10 10
Cabin Boy (h b) .. all 7 Corkscrew (h b) 510 10
Violet all The Guide... ... 510 10
Fairy Mount (h 1)). 6 11 1 Stourtou 10 9
Arlescott all 0 Mackintosh —... -5 10 5
lleurlys a 10 12 Miss Dodson Or b).. 6 10 5
Orletou (0 0) ... alO 12
The Beaufort Hunt Stakes of 3 sovs.each, with 50 added
four year olds list, five list 91b, six and aged 12st; the
winner of any steeplechase 71b, of 50 soya or upwards
101 b extra ; half breds allowed jlb, and those that have
not been in a training stable for six months before the
day of running allowed 71b; gentlemen ridertiand those
who have never ridden a winner of 20 soya allowed 51b,
professionals 51b extra; the second to save his stake
about two miles and three quarters; 30 subs.
Ganymede (11 b) aged, St. Magnus 5 yrs, Forest Lass
(h b) aged, Lawrence (h b) aged, bk in by TeUipest dam
(h b) 5 yrs, Corkscrew (h b) 5 yrs, Violet aged, The Tartar
6 yrs, Tinderbox (h b) 6 yrs, Arlescott (0 b) aged, The
Robber aged, Frailty 4 yrs, Demon aged, The Switcher 6
yrs, Andover (h b) 6 yrs,,Empress 6 yrs, Woodbury Hill
(h b) aged, Northern Light (h b) 6 yrs, Jassy 5 yrs, Ode-
ton (11 b) aged, Batthyauy 5 yrs, BrJuknell aged, Sprea-
combo 4 yrs, b to by Leopold .(h b) 6 yrs, Rocket (0 b) 5
yrs, Miss Dodson (0 b) 6 yrs, Yarborough (0 b) 6 yrs,
Mother of Pearl 4 yrs, Warwick Lass (0 b) aged, Merry
Horn (0 b) 4 yrs.
The Draycot Plato (Handicap) of 30 soya; any winner
after the publication of the weights 71b extra ; about ono
mile and a half.
Confusion aged, Warwick pass (0 b) aged, Useless aged:
Heurlya 6 yrs, Joker 5 yrs, Crafty 4 yrs, Cabin Boy (0 b),
aged, Mother of Pearl 4 yrs, My Love (h b) 5 yrs, Stour-
ton 6 yrs, Queen Bee gelding aged, lichee 5 yrs, Wedding
Peal 5 yrs, La Pique 5 yrs, Miss Dodson (h b) 6 yrs, Red-
mire 5 yrs, The Robber aged, Penelope (h b) 6 yrs, Nimrod
aged, Barumite 5
yrs, Allow Me aged, Swindler (0 b) aged,
Janet (h b) 4 yrs, he Drover (h b) 6 yrs, Vanity (ii b) 5
yrs, Polly (h 0) 5 yrs, Six Bobby aged.

THE BETRAYAL OF THE EMPEROR MAXI3IILIAN.
—The Kreutz Zeitung publishes a long letter signed
Prince de Solms-Solms, general of brigade, aide-de-camp
to the late Emperor Maximilian, in reply to the famous
protest of Colonel Lopez endeavouring to prove that he
had not betrayed his master. The letter is dated the 4th
October, from the prison of Queretaro. The prince for-
mally rejects as false and lying all that Lopez has ad-
vanced, and maintains that Queretaro fell solely by the
treason of Lopez, and that he, Lopez, is a traitor and the
veritable murderer of Maximilian. Tho missive con-
cludes by accepting the challenge proffered by Lopez to
whoever should qualify him as a traitor.
Prince and Princess Christian and Princess Hen-
rietta of Schleswig-Holstein are at Now Lodje, OA A Tibit
to M. and 144clanat Yon do Weyer.