The Sun.
London, England, 1866-01-02 00:00:00

THIRD EDITION.

:SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK.

THE POPE AND THE FRENCH ARMY.

ROME, JAN. a.

The Pope, on receiving the congratulations of the
French officers, presented to his Holiness by General
.111ontebello, ,expressed his fatherly affection and
gratitude towards the French army in Rome, and
added, ." This: year especially I must express my
thankfulness, it, being, rerhaps, the last in which I
can bestow my Liming on them."
Holiness, in conclusion, said that after the
departure of the Frencli army the enemies of the
Church and of the Holy See would, perhaps, tome
to Rome, but remembering the example of Christ
in the Garden of Gethsemane, the Pope would pray
for the French army and the Imperial family and
the whole of France, and even for poo;..
afflicted by so many evils.

LONDON GAZETTE—This Evening.

FOREIGN-OFFICE, DEC. 29. • •
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. ,J3l.
Bailey as Consul at Glasgow, for the United Statetof
America. ' '
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DOWNING-STREET, JAN. 2.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint llajelfdtifferal
Sir Henry' Knight - Storks, G.C.8., G.C.M.G. Bussell
Gurney, Esq., Queen's Counsel, Recorder of the City of
London ; and John Blossett Mauler Esq., Barrister-at-
Law, Recorder of the town' of Leeds, to be her Majesity's
Commissioners for the purpose of inquiring respecting
certain disturbancrs in the Island of Jamaica; and the niea-
sur es taken in the course of their suppression. • -
Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Charles
Savile Bounden, Esq., Barrister-at Law, to be Secretary to,
the aforesaid Commissioners.

WAR OFFICE, PALL-MALL, J. 2.
Royal Artillery—Lieutenant Hugh F. A. Brodie has bee
permitted to resign his Commission.
Royal Engineers—Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Wolsten-
holme Ward, from the Supernumerary List, to be Lieu-
tenant-Colonel, vice A. O'D. Grattan, retired on full-
pay. The undermentioned Gentlemen Cadets from the
Royal Military Academy to be Lieutenants, with tem-
porary rank :—Sydney Long Jacob, Charles Frederick
Cobbe Beresford, John Simpson Nicholson, Napoleon.
Arnott, George Robert Walker, Robert Charles Thorn-
ton Hildyard, George Dashwood Goldie Taubman,
Duncan M'Netl Campbell, Charles Claude Clifton Bar-
low, and William Robert Purchas.
13th Regiment of Foot—Major Peter Macdonald to bo
Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase, vice Brevet-
Colonel Lord Mark Ker, C. 8., who retires upon half-
pay ; Captain and Brevet-Major Frederick Van Strau-
benzee to be Major, without purchase, vice Macdonald.
BREVET.

Paymaster, with the honorary rank of Captain, Henry
Augustus Powell, Royal Artillery, to have the honoary
rank of Major.

COURSE OF EXCHANGE—This Evening.

Amsterdam Short. 11 17}
Ditto 3 Months. 12 14
Rotterdam
_ /.
Antwerp — 25 47,±
Brussels
Hamburg
Paris Short 25 121
Ditto 3 Months. 25 42*
Marseilles
Frankfort on the Maine —120 f
Vienna — 10 80
Trieste — 10 80
Petersburgh - 29}
Berlin
Madrid —46 i
Cadiz
Leghorn
Milan
Genoa
Naples — 25 62*
Palermo
Messina

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

11 18i
12 2t
12 2i
25 5
25 55
13 91_,
25 29
471
25 471
1201-
10 85
10 85
3
601
47
481
25 67}
25 67
25 G7l.
25 67,1-2
25 67*
25 6

MANCHESTER RACES-MONDAY.

The Handicap Hurdle Race of 5 sovs each, with 25 added.
About two miles. Twenty-nine subs.
Mr. W. Copeland's Queen of Trumps, 6 yrs, 94:71b

J. Knott) 1
Mr. W. Coburn's Vanquisher, 5 yrs, 9st 91b (W. Lomas) 2
Capt. Chaunor's Acolyte, 5 yrs, lOst (J. James) 3
Mr. T. Price's Turcos, 5 yrs, 9st 121 b (Owner) 4
Mr. C. Smith's Abbot, 5 yrs, 9st 71b (Gregory) 5
Betting-5 to 4on Queen of Trumps and 3to 1 agst
Acolyte. Won by four lengths ; a length between second
and third.

The City Steeplechase (Handicap), of 5 sous each, 1 ft,
with 50 added. About three miles and a half.

Mr. A. W. Clayton's CrUsade, aged, list 21b (Jones) 1
Mr. A. W. Clayton's Lightheart, aged 12st 41b
(Mr. Blake) 2
The following also ran :—Dick Turpin, Lurline, Fly-by-
Night, Mountain Boy, Stella, and The Rogue.
Betting-2 to 1 agst Lurline, 3to 1 agst The Rogue, 4
to 1 agst Fly-by-Night, and 6to 1 agst Crusade. Tho
Rogue came in first by two lengths, but was objected to
for missing a hurdle, and the race was awarded to Crusade.
Lightheart was placed second. Lurline and Fly-by-Night
fell.

The Trial Handicap of 3 sovs each, 1 ft, with 20 added.

About one mile on the flat.

Mr. Dobson's Moorgame, 4 yrs, 7st 41b (Sleigh) 1
Mr. Phillip's Diana, 4 yrs, Bst (Tomlinson) 2
Mr. Clayton's Professor Milne, 4 yrs, 7st 81b (Key) 3
Mr. Lyon ns Oulton Lowe, 5 yrs, Bst 71b (Barlow) 4
The following also ran :—Tilt, The Abbot, Malvern,
Hopbine filly, Eastern Lass, and Indulgence.
Betting-6 to 4 agst Tilt, 3to 1 agst Hopbine filly, sto
1 agst Moorgame, 8 to 1 agst Oulton Lowe, 11 to lagst
Malvern. Won by a length ; a neck between second and
third ; a length between third and fourth.

The Hunters' Steeplechase of 3 sovs each, with 20 added.

Two miles and a half.

Blue Light, 12st 71b (Newton) 1
Little Fox," 12st 71b (K. Price) 2
Young Harkaway (Pollitt) 3

Betting —6 to 4 on Little Fox, 7 to 4 agst Blue Light.
Won by a neck ; Young Harkaway did not pass the post.