The Sun.
London, England, 1868-12-28 00:00:00

THIRD EDITION

SUN OFFICE, 7 o'Cu)cic.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
FIN CHLEY RACES—Tms DAT.
METROPOLITAN PLATE.

Wedding Peal
Pine Apple
Conius
MAIDEN STEEPLECHASE.

Birdie 1
Brown Beter 2
Order 3

Four ran.
SELLING HANDICAP STEEPLECHASE.
Atalanta
Leotard
Wale

Seve❑ ran.
FLNCHLEY OPEN STEEPLECHASE.
Ace of Trumps
Flalcatcher

Nimrol
'l' .11y 110

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TURKEY.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. 28.
The circular of the Turkish evernment to its;
representatives abroad on the subject of the invito
tion to the Conference says that the Sublime :11(W
does not admit the necessity of the proposed Con-
ference, but it is nevertheless willing to agree to it,
provided that the five points of the Turkith Ulti-
matum form the basis of the discussion and the
Cretan question is not brought corward.

AMERICA.

NEW YoRK,Dee. 28.

Advices received from Hayannah state it is re-
ported that the garrison of Santiago, 2,000 strong,
was besieged by the insurgents, and that Lucretia
Point Lighthouse had been destroyed-by the insur.
gents' force.

THE GALES.

PLYMOUTH, Dec. 28.

A heavy W.S.W. gale Las been raging here
during the night and this morning, and appears to
be increasing. The Greenock barque Cabot, Cap-
tain Ritchie, from the Baltic, with deals, for Bristol,
was lying iu the Sound with both anchors down.
She parted one anchor last night and the other this
morning, and while drifting to leeward fouled and
carried with her the brig Flying Cloud, Captain
Evans, of Bideford, from Pernambuco, with sugar
for orders. Both vessels went on the Batten Reef,
and are expected to prove total wrecks. Assistance
was promptly rendered, and every endeavour was
made to get. them off with the rising tide, but the
sea was running too high. The wife and child of
the captain of the Cabot were brought ashore by
the gig of the barque's agents, Messrs. Fox, Son,
and Co. The crews of both vessels were also
rescued. The lifeboat was early in attendance.

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HER MAJESTY.

OSBORNE, Dec. 27.

The Queen, accompanied by Prince Leopold,
walked and drove in the grounds yesterday after-
afternoon.

The Queen, the Crown Prince and Princess of
Prusssia (the Princess Royal), Prince Leopold,
Princess Louise, and Princess Beatrice, attended
Divine service at Osborne this morning,

MILITARY AND NAVAL INTELLIGENCE

One hundred non-commissioned officers and men
of the 109th (Bombay Infantry) Regiment left
Chatham Garrison by special train on Saturday for
Portsmouth, there to embark for India, to join the
service companies of their companies of their regi-
ment in the Bengal Presidency. The officers em-
barking with the troops were Lieut. J. H. Camp-
bell, Lieut. A. Noyes, and Ensign F. F. R.
Burgess. The officers and troops were inspected
previously to their leaving Chatham by Major•
Gen. F. Murray.

The Gibraltar Chronicle of the 18th inst. reports
the presentation, by Lady Airey, of new colourF,
on the previous afternoon, on Alameda, to the 28th
Regiment. After the usual preliminaries of bidding
farewell to the old tattered colours of the regiment
by trooping them for the last time had been per-
formed, Lady Airey handed the new colours to the
regiment, after making a long address on its ser-
vices since 1694, when it was raised. Lieut.-Col.
Daniel returned thanks for the regiment.
The Cossack, 20, 1,296 tons, 250-horse power
(nominal), fitting for service in the East Indies, is
nearly complete in her equipment, and will shortly
be ready to take her departure from the Nore. Her
Royal Marine Artillery and detachment of Royal
Marine Light Infantry have joined from the Chat-
ham division.

The court-martial ordered to assemble on board
her Majesty's ship Victory, at Portsmouth, for the
trial of Captain Wilnishurst, R.N., has been post-
poned from to-day until the 4th of January.
The following appointments have been made IA
the Admiralty :—Navigating-Lieutenant James B.
Hainee, ia command, to the Vindictive ; Henry
Cooper, paymaster, to the Fisgard; and Alfred
Smith, assistant paymaster, to the Fisgard, assuper-
numerary.

MARKE7 S-2 Ills DAY.

MARK LANE.

To-day's market was quite of a holiday character. The
altendance of buyers was vary limited, and the amount of
business transacted was very small.
The fresh supply of Eaglhh wheat on the stands was
very limited, but millers showed no disposition to operate,
and, consequently, sales progressed slowly, at the rates of
Monday last.
In foreign wheat the transactions were few. Prices were
without importaat change. The supply on offer was mo
derate. _