The Sun.
London, England, 1868-12-09 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
KIN GSBURY RACES—Tius DAY.
METROPOLITAN HANDICAP.

The Metropolitan Handicap of 15 sous each, 10 ft, and
3 only to the Fund, if declared as under, with 200
added. Winners after public, tion of the weights (Nov.
30, at 11 a.m.) of the value of 50 sons 51b, of two or
iou sovs 10lb extra. Winner ti pay 25 sovs towards
&e. Three lades.
The N
Tito Lanib 2
Flatcatcher

Twelve ran.
nuyrEE.,. STEEPLECHASE
Funny Man

'ill't.~ltl

Infleinau

Tea rau.
SELLING PLATE.

St. Patrick

'Vireo rao.
HYDE HANDICAP.

Life Guardmian
Roving Maid 2
Prima Donna •• 3
Eleven ran. Won by a length.
SELLING STEEPLECHASE.

Faint Heart
Frailty
Susan
Twelve ran.

RACING FixT 1
JAN

RES FOR 1869.
ARY.

Manchester
FEBEC
Streatham 11, 12 I
Lincoln l6, 17
Harrow lB, 19 I
Mansfield 18 I
MAI

1, 2
VARY.

Nottingham Spring 23, 24
Chelmsford.... 25, 26
Derby Spring 25, 26

Liverpool Spring 2,3, 4
Shrewsbury Spring 5, 6
Kingsbury l2, 13
Northampton l6, 17

West Drayton lB, 19
Durham 29, 30
Margate 29
Epsom 31), 31

Bromley 1, 2
Newmarket Craven...l2, &c.
Streatham 16, 17
Eastbourne l9

Lewes 20, 21.
Croydon... 22, 23
Newmarket Ist Spring

6, Jca.

Chester 4, 5,6, 7
Winchester ll, 12
York 11, 12
St. Albans
Salisbury l3, 14

Bath Is, 19
i Manchester 19, 20, 21
iCroydon 20, 21
llarpanden 2l.
Epsom Summer .....26, ito.
NE.

Croydon 2 3 4

Newton 2,3, 4
Ascot 9, 10, 11
Liverpool Summer —.15, 16
Windsor 15, 16
Hampton l7, 18

Newcastle 22, 23, 24
Oldham 22
libury Club 28
1 Stockbridge 24, 25, 26
Chelmsford
Sutton Park .....29, 80
LY.

Worcester l, 2
Newmarket July 6, &o.
Kingsbury 9, 10
Nottingham 13, 14
Reading 15, 16

Huntingdon 2O, 21
Southampton 22►, 21
Stamford ... 22, 23
Goodwood 27, 28, 29, SO

Brighton B, 4
Brighton Club 5
Lewes 6, 7
Egtutm lO, 11
Wolverhairptou lO, 11
Windsor 12, 13
St. Albans

Stockton lB, 19, 20
Canterbury....,.......24, 25
York 24, 25, 27
Plymouth . .28
Windsor August l2, 11
Derby Summer ..,81, Sep. 1
Weymouth .. 81, Sep. 1
;MBER,.

SEPT.

Abingdon 2, 3
Doncaster 14, 15, 16, 17
Rich►nond 21, 22
Lichfield

Western (Ayr) 22, 23
Kingsbury . 23, 24
Monmouth... 23, 24
Newmarket let 0at....28, ch.
IBER.

Bedford 5, 6
_

Leicester 7; 8
Newmarket 2d 0ct...11, &c.
Chelmsford l9, 20
NOV]
Worcester 2,3, 4
Liverpool 9, 10, 11. 12

Cheltenham l9, 20
Wost Drayton • 21, 22
Hereford 2l, 22
Newmarket li'ton ...26, k.
:AUER.

Shrowabury 13, Ito.
Leauliugton Hunt 23, 'ie.

IRISH.
MARCIL

Bald:vie First Spring 18, 19

MAY.

Baldoyle Second Spring 11, 12

STEEPLECHASE FIXTURES.
JAIN LIARY.

Manchester l, 9 I St. Albans l9

FEBIWARY.

Birmingham ,-, 9 1 Harrow:: 18, 19
Lincoln l6, 17 1 Derby •• 25
MAUCII.
Liverpool 3 1 Cambridgeshire M 18
Rugby (Grand Mil.) B,. 9 West Drayton lB, 19
Kingsbury 12, 13 Crowlierne lB, 19

A ['EH,.
Aldershot 1,
2 I Croydon 22, 23
Brumley
• AY.

St. Albans
JULY.

Kingsbury 9

AUGUST.

St. Albans 17
OCTOBER.

West Drayton 21, 22

INDIA.

(BY REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

Shere Ali's nephew, Abdool .Rahman Khan, at
the head of 40,000 men, is menacing Cabul.
Three Generals have been despatched to arrest his
progress.
'The defeat of Abdool Rahman by Shere Ali
has duce been announced by telegraph on the
21st ult.

CALCUTTA, Nov. 18.

The Viceroy reached Calcutta to-day.
The cyclone in the Bay of Bengal, on the 13th
instant, raged chiefly along the Arracan coast.
Akyat suffered severely, and the rice crops was
damaged, but no shipping casualties are reported.
The Delhi and Unitalla railway was opened by
the Viceroy on the 13th.
General Parsons is dead.

YOKOHAMA, Oct. 22.

Political troubles continue.

Details of the wreck of her Majesty's ship Rat-
tler have been received. She struck upon an un-
known reef in calm weather.
The Mikado has attained his majority, and
assumed the reins of Government.

Foreign Mail Rama List.

MAILS DUE.

Australia and Now Zealand, via Eoutharaptoit.....Dee.ls.
Ditto, via YArseilles
Ditto, via P..kama
~razli.lsueuor Ayres, and Monte Video Jan. 4.
Ditto, by French packet
••Deo. 22.
Gape Verds, by Brazil paoaet Jo. 4.
Cape of Goo-1 L.{,pe. Ascension. and St. 13.
China, feasiol,•, and Singapore, via Southamptou..Dee. 5.
dtibraitar, via soutliacapton

India,via Southampton
unto, via Marseiileit
ialta, Egypt, &0... ............
Ditto, Marseilles Dec. 7
Mauritius, Cape of Good Ape, and Natal, via
Sc uthams ton
Ditto, Marseiiies ~ Dec. li.
Newfoundland .. ...... ..... ......Deo US
eurtugal ..
United States, t. anada, California, Ste., by British
packet - Dec 5
Ditto, by Canadian packet .. . Dei 9
Ditto, by L 1 ited tatcs packet
. Ditto dal( (Baltimore)
West Indies and Paoilio (except Mexico and Baha-
m . Dec 14,
as)
Dec. 17.
West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe ......
Fatkland Islands ..................... . Jan. 4.
Cuba and Mexico ••••'••'•.......... Dec. 29.
iisha.nas, via New York
..........................Dec. 2.
Bermuda, via Halifax .... ....... .. Dee. 15.

COURSE OF EXCHANGE—Last Evening.

Amsterdam. ..........•••• Short ... 11 19} ... 11 19f
Do 3 Ms. ... 12 1 ... 12 1
Rotterdam ...... — ... 12 1 ... 12 lf
Autvferp - ... 25 32} ... 25 40
Brussels — ... 25 32i ... 25 40
Hamburgh —
... 13 10 ... 13 10}
Paris
Ditto
Ilfrasoill©s ... -- ... 25 35 ... 25 40
Fi ankfort-on-the-Main ... 120 ... 120 i
Vienna _ „. 12 10 ... 12 15
Trieste — ... 12 10 ... 12 15
Petersburg
Copenhagen... .......
Berlin
Madrid..
Cadiz ... 48} ... 48i
Leghorn
Milan ... 27 5 ... 27 15

CRYSTAL PALACE.—One Shilling Day, Tuesday,
Dec. B.—Admission by season tickets, 1,341 ditto on pay-
ment, 700 total Visitors, 2,041.