The Sun.
London, England, 1868-10-07 00:00:00

I'our ran.

WRIGHT'S TURF GUIDE.—The montlily part of Wright's
Racing Turf Guile has just bcen published, containing the
racing of the sm),son up to the cud of last week, giving the
complete results of some two hundred and fifty meetings
at home and abroad, with a copious index, the rules of
racing and betting, lengths of courses, names of tit.: pi in-
cipal wiuners in past years, and other turf matters; alto-
gether about 500 pages of letterpress, in small pocket form,
at the cost of one shilling.

RACING FIXTURES FOR 18G8.
OCTOBER.

Chelmsford
Cheltenham
Northillertou
Hereford
Perth
1,4 OVEiIBER.
Liverpool
I Shrewsbury

TIIR BRAZILS.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

On the 26th of August the Brazilians defeated
the Paraguayan vanguard, and on the 28th they
attacked and captured their fortified position to the
left of the Tebiquary. Lopez, with a small escort,
had retreated to the neighbourhood of Assumpcion.
Prisoners say that Berger and others had been shot,
and that Lopez's two brothers had been arrested.
The Allies consider the movement of Lopez as equi-
valent to flight.
The United States gunboat Wasp had gone up to
the capital of Assumpcion, which was undefended.
The Wasp was followed by the Brazilian ironclads.

THE SPANISH COLONIES.

PARIS; Oct. 7.

The Gaulois of this evening announces, under
reserve, that a rising had taken place in
Havana, and that the Island of Cuba had declared
its independence. The Figaro gives currency
likewise to this rumour.

GREAT FIREWORK EXPLOSION.

THIS DAY.

LEEDS, Wednesday Morning.

At seven o'clock this morning a terrific explo-
sion took place at Morris's firework manufactory,
Barnsley. The building was blown to atoms.
Five persons were killed and seven others seri-
ously hurt.

COURSE OF EXCHANGE—Last Evenzng.

Amsterdam Short ... 11 19 ... 11 191
Do
Rotterdam • ... 12 i ... 12 =,
Antwerp — ... 25 4U ... 25 45
Brussels
Ilamburgh — ... 13 10} ... 13 11
Paris
Ditto
Mrasoillos - ••• 25 35 ... 25 42}
Frankfort-on-the-Main ... 120 k ... 120 f
Vienna — ... 11 80 ... 11 871
Trieste — ... 11 80 ... 11 87}
Petersburg • ... 32 ... 32;
Copenhagen .... ... 9 20 ... 9 23
Berlin
Madrid..
Cadiz — ... 474 ...
Leghorn - ••• 27 60 ... 27 70
Milan
--- • •
Palermo .....: 2:777 66611 .......:
222777 7UO
Genoa

We have reason to believe that Mr. Lumley,
Euvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenip )tertiary
to the Swiss Cmfoderation, his been app3inted iu the s•itne
capacity t) the Legation at llnwiels, vacant by the death
of Lord Howard do Walden.

HOUSES OF PAlLLlAMENT.—Preliminary steps are
now being taken by the Commissioners of her Majesty's
WTorks and Public Buildings to clear the site for the con-
struction of the Embankment on the nofth side of the
Thames and for the improvement of the approaches to the
New Palace of Westminster, as provided by the Houses of
Parliament Act, 1867. Yesterday the first sale of property
on the newly-acquired additional lands, consisting of
several houses in Little Abingdon-street, Westminster, ad-
joining the Victoria Tower, was held, and further sales by
auction are speedily to follow, involving the removal of
buildings, wharves, stairs, piers, and other erections, the
sites of which are to bo appropriated to the above-named
purposes.