The Sun.
London, England, 1866-12-14 00:00:00

COLONIAL.

SUGAR.—Thore has been a good demand for West Indfa,
and late prices are steadily supported. In refined goods
the dealings have been to a moderate extent at full rates.

COFFEE.—Rather large supplies have been brought for-
ward, andjprices consequently have ruled in buyers' favour.
Ceylon descriptions, however, are well competed for.
. .

RlCE.—Cleaned descriptions have been in moderate re-
quest at steady prices, but in other qualities there has been
no change.
FRUIT. —Only a small quantity has been brought for-
ward. Valencia raisins sold at full rates, while currants
were dull, and inferior qualities a shade cheaper.

TALLOW.—The market has been more animated, and
fair business has been done both for consumption and
speculation. P.Y.C. on the spot is marked 445. ; spring
delivery 445., and March only 445. 9d., per cwt.
GREEN FRUlT.—Market well supplied, and demand
good, which will continue until the Christmas holidays.
Some cargoes of oranges from St. Michael, Terceira, Fayal,
Valencia, and Sicily, sold by Keeling and Hunt at public
sale, went at an improvement in price. Lemons sustain
their value. Nuts of all kinds are in request, without
alteration iu price. Almeria, grapes dull, buyers having
supplied themselves with stock, but any of good quality
will sell. Para nuts cleared off the market.

Bank of England Returns.•-Last Evening.

An Accounts pursuant, to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria,
cap. 32, for the week ending Wednesday, Dec. 12, 1866.

ISSUE DEPARTMENT.
Notes issued ..,..£32,497,700 Governmt. DebLZll,Ol5,lOO
Other Securities 3,984,900
Gold Coin and
Bullion

£32,497,700

Silver Bullion ...,

£32,497,700

BANKING DEPARTMENT.
Governmt. Secu-
rities(including
Dead Weight
Annuity) £13,011,222
Other Securities 19,636,741
Notes 10,403,905

Proprietors' Capi-
tal £14,553,000
Rest 8,247,639
Public Deposits
(including Ex-
chequer, Sav-
ings' Janks,
Commissioners
of National.
Debt, and Div
Accounts) 7,388,241
Other Deposits 18,425,551
Seven Day and
other bills

. .
Gold and Silver
Coin ~. 1,053,771

.Z 44,105,639

£44,103,639

SHIPPING .INTELLIGENCE —This Day.

(in TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Friday Morning.
Arrived, Dec. 14.—Napoleon 111., from Shanghai ;
Irene, from Oporto ; Perseverance, from Caen.
Sailed—Lord J. Bussell,:steamer, for Dunkirk; Mowe,
steamer, for Bremen.

DEAL, Friday Morning.

No arrivals.

THE CONVICTED FENIANS. —The principal grounds
of the motion for a new trial of the Fenians convicted at
Toronto appear to be these :—That the Court was not duly
constituted under the provincial Act of last Session ; that
the prisoners were indicted under a statute relating to
citizens of foreign States, and that (as they allege) there
was no evidence that they were such; that they insist that
there was no evidence of their intention to levy war against
the Queen, and that some evidence came upon them by
surprise and could be answered on a new trial ; that the
Judge misdirected the jury when he told them that the
law cast upon the prisoner the duty of preventing a breach
of the laws or of retiring when he found they were going
to be violated. On behalf of the priest it is urged that the
Judge misdirected the jury in telling them that if the pri-
soner came to minister the consolations of religion to per-
sons engaged in an unlawful expedition he committed an
offence under the statute.

A GENTLIS HINT.—There is rather a good story
current just now abeut the Bishop of Oxford. The story
goes that not long since the Bishop of Oxford and Lord
Derby were together, and that the former began to com-
pliment the latter upon his translation of Homer, and to
express surprise that the noble earl should have found time
for so arduous a task. The Conservative leader replied
that it was nothing ; that he looked upon it only as the
pastime of his leisure hours. Whereupon the bishop said,
" I hope, my lord, that when you next take your pastime
you will translate Samuel."
TESTIMONIAL TO MR. 11. R. FORSTER.—Tues-
day evening a large party of the friends of Mr. Henry
Rumsey Forster, lately manager in Loudon for the well-
known firm of S. Allsopp and Sons, of Burton-on-
Trent dined together at the Albion Tavern, Aldersgate-
street, to fzesent Mr. Forster with a valuable gold watch
dages, together with a purse of 200
and massive ape-nand
experienced his unvarying
the esteem regard felt for him
hkai:djiineo of nature, with integ-
guineas, "in token of.
ham filled the chair,
rireVa isnutreerrb, olf
cboyu r
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easnyy friends
manner
Ileginbot-
wahnod
tom facing the chairman. After partaking of a7Oll-served
rainild `conduct.
secretary Mr.
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ds
t.
dinner, the chairman in an exceedingly complimontary
address proposed the health of Mr. Forster, and handed
him the testimonial of his friends' esteem amidst great ap-
plause. Mr. Forster, in reply, thanked the company for
the kind manner in which they had marked their appre-
ciation of his conduct whilst carrying out business rela-
tions with them, and said he trusted that in his new capa-
city the good esteem which he had acquired would be pre-
served and increased.
FISH IN COLD WATER.—Waters too salt are ad-
verse to the fattening and thriftiness of fish, probably
also to their increase —witness the pitting of oysters and
mussels, the ascent of rivers by fish to deposit their spawn,
and a score of other familiar facts. Warm seas produce but
poor-fleshed fish. Maury even tells us that the fish of the
sea afford, perhaps, the best indication as to the cold cur-
rents in it, The Atlantic cities and towns of America owe
their excellent fish-market to the stream of cold water
from the north, which runs along the coast. The tempera-
ture of the Mediterranean four or five degrees above the
ocean temperature of the same latitude ; and the fish there
are mostly indifferent. On the other hand, the tempera-
ture along the American coast is several degrees below that
of the ocean, and from Maine to Florida tables are supplied
with the most excellent of fish. The sheep's-head of this
cold current, so much esteemed in Virginia and the Caro-
linas, loses its flavour and is considered worthless when
taken on the warm coral banks of the Bahamas. The same
is the case with other fish. In the cold water of that coast
they are delicious ; in the warm water on the other edge
of the Gulf Stream, their flesh is soft and unfit for table.
—Dickens's " 4 al Year Bound."

TMRD EDITIOAT.

SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK.

NOTES

:FROM
TRAINING DISTRICTS.
(THIS DAY).

NEWMARKET.

Exercise was not commenced until late this morning,
but we had a large number of horses out. Harlock gave'
Lord Brownlow and the Barbatus colt out of a West Aus-
tralian mare three smart canters; and Peter Price gal,
loped Regalia a mile and -three quarters, Chepstow and
Caitness a mile and a half, and Stradbroke about a tulle,
Barrington and the rest of his team cantering. Mat Daw_
son set Julius, Avron, and Bombastes to gallop a mile
steadily, and they went uncommonly well and free, the
Flying Scud, Archimage, and Pericles also acquitting
themselves well. From Gilberes wo had D'Estour-
nel and Ravioli ; and the first mentioned gal-
loped so beautifully that he must make the
admirers of The Rake, The Hermit, and Plaudit feel
very uncomfortable. He is not, however, bathe Two Thou-
sand. The Hermit went a mile with Broomielaw, Bertie
leading Knight of the Garter, Blinkhoolie, and the strap-
ping Pedagogue. Thornbv, King Charles, and Tempest
were restricted to gentle canters. Dragon galloped a mile
first rate, but very quietly, as did Euchanteur. The latter
goes on remarkably well. Imperator, Trocadero, Loug_
champs, and Cerf Volante trotted. The Rake had several
brisk canters, but did not gallop. Van Amburgh,
however, galloped a mile and a quarter-, and
the shifty Friponuier was following him. Oecrops
and Friday took Guy of Warwick, Numa Pompilius,
Londesborough, Ettrick, and Cyclone along briskly,
Hippia had a nice mile and a quarter gallop with Janua,
and Jasper accompanied Falkenstein. The following were
also working :—Antipodes, Aladdin, Flamingo, Star of
India, Argentel, Sunnylocks, La Puce, BeuNevis, the colt
by Rataplan out of Amanda, Nutbourne Lad, Dutch' Ad--
miral,Cheltenham, Rue inUrbe, Nine Elms, Ivanhoe, Oa.,
Dunblaue, Bandmaster, Pieman, Land Tax, Scipio, Red
Cross Knight, Roquefort, Ravioli, Moleskin, Rhymer,
Highwood, Alcazar, Verulam, Littlefort, Little Rover,
Opoponax, Novice, Scour de Charitie, Narino, Camilla, La
Dauphine, Sweet Home, Dovetail. &c.