The Sun.
London, England, 1868-12-14 00:00:00

CUBA.

Accounts have been received from the Havana
to the 17th November. At that date the expedi-
tionary column sent from Santiago against the in-
surgents of the east had returned to the town, after
obtaining some unimportant successes which had
not led to the dispersion of the bands spread over
the country.

SPOR riNG INTELL MENGE.

RACING FIXFURES FOR 1860.

JANUARY,

Mauches

1, 2
F1:1311UAlt1.
St reat I imn 11, 12 I Nottingham Spring... 23, 24
Lincolu l6, 17 Chelmsford.... 25 26
Ifirrow l6, 19 ,
erby Spriug 45, 26
Mansfield l6 D

31.11

cif.

Liverpool Spring 2,3, 4 West Drayton ......... 18, 19
Shrewsburi i'jpriug 5 6 West Somerset ......... 18, 19
\Varwiek 9, 10,1 I
11 Margate ........................ 29
Kingsbury l2, 13 Durham 29, 80
li ortha uti! tuu l6, 17 Cps= 39, ill
APIIIL.

Bromley 1, 2 I Newmarket Craven...l2, &e.
Aldershot l, 2 Eastbourne l9
Catterick Bridge 1, 2 1 Lewes 90 21
Thirsk .. 6, 7 Croydon... 22, 23
I SLreatham 8, 9 Newmarket Ist Spring

Y 6, ac.

MAY.
Chester 4, 5,6, 7 1 West Drayton ..........17, 18
Winchester ll, 12 I Bath 18, 19
York 11, 12 Manchester 19, 20, 21
St. Albans
Salisbury l3, 14 Harpenden ................. 21
Doncaster 13, 14 1 Epsom Summer .. ...2b, Ito.

•
JANE
Croydon 2,3, 4 'Newcastle ..........22 23, 24
Newton 2,3, 4 Oldham ..:......22
Ascot :....3, 9, 10, 11 Bibury Club 23
Liverpool Summer ...15, 16 Stockbridge 24, 25, 26
Windsor 15, 16 I Chelmsford
Hampton l7, is Sutton Park .....29, N
JULY.
Worcester l, 2 i Reading 15, 16
I
Newmarket July 6, &c. Huntingdon 2O, 21.
Kingsbury . 9, 10 Southampton 22, 2,
Pontefract 12, 13 Stamford ... 22, 28
I
Nottingham l3, 14 Goodwood 27, 28, 28, 30
AUGUST.

Brighton 3, 4 Oxford
Brighton Club 5 Canterbury ...... ...... 21, 25
Lewes 6, 7 York 24, 25, 27
Eguain lO, 11 Plymouth ..26
I
Wolrerhairpton lO, 11 Windsor August l2, 3
Windsor 12, 13 Derby Summer ...31, Sep. 1
I
St. Albans
Stockton lB, 19, 20 1

SEPTEMBER.
Warwick.. 7, 8 Western (Ayr)........22, 23
Abingdon 9,1 I 0
Kingsbury... 23, 24
Doncaster 14, 15, 16, 17 I Monmouth 23 24 Joy
Lichfield
I
21, 22

OCTOBER. __________
Bedford 5, 6 I Cheltenham l9, 20
Edinburgh 6, 7, 8 1 West Drayton 2l, 22
Leicester 7, 8 Hereford 2l, 22
I
Newmarket 2d 0ct...11, &c. Monmouth 23, 24
Chelmsford l9, 20 I Newmarket H'ton ...25, &u.
N OVEMBER.

Worcester 2,3, 4 I Shrewsbury 15, dm.
Liverpool 0, 10, 11. 12 I Leamington Hunt ....23, ecc.

IRISH.
MARCII.

Baldoylo First Spring

MAY.

Baldoyle Second Spring 11, 12

STEEPLECHASE FIXTURES.
JANUARY.

liopgrove 1 I Coverdale 6
Mauchestor l, 2 I S. Albans l9

FEBRUARY.
Birmingham s, 9 I Harrow.: 18, 19
Lincoln 16,17 Derby .• 25
.......___

MARCH.
Liverpool 3 1 Cambridgeshire M 18
Rugby (Grand Mil.) 8, 9 West Drayton lB, 19
Kingsbury 12, 13 Crewkerne 18, 19
APRIL.

Aldershot 1, 2 I Croydon 22, 23
Bromley 1, •P
A.l car.
St. Albans .. 13 I West Drayton 17
JULY.

Kingsbury

St. Albans..,

9
AUGUST.

17
OC

West Dr.tyton 21, 22

Foreign Mail Packet List.

MAILS DUE.

Australia and New Zealand, via ,Southampton..... Jan. 2.
Ditto, via Ai' Arbeilles .... .........Dce 28
Ditto, via Pa-arna ......... .......
Brazil, Isuenoo Ayres, and Atonic Video Jan 4.
Ditio, hylercueic packet . Dec. i 2.
Cape Vercb, by Brazil paotet ..•....
Cape of Goo./ 11.-pc. As. encion. anti St. Ileiena Dee. 23.
Chita, Penang, and Singspure, via Southampton Dec. 19.
lilbraltar, via Southampton . Dee 12
india,vni Southampton ...... .........., ----Dee. 14

unto, via IlarseilLes
Malta, r;gypt, &0... ............ Dec. 12.
Ditto, Marseilles... De 0.17
Mauritius, Cape of Good lope, and Natal, via

toa
Ditto. Marseilles ~ Dec. 13.
Newfoundla no
Portugal ...
United States, t anada, California, &c., by British
packet
Ditto, by Canadian packet ....
Ditto, by I_ fated Mates packet
Ditto di tt t (Baltimore)
West Indies and Pazific (except Mexico and Baha-

mas)
West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe. Dec. 17.
Fs kland Islands
Cuba and Mexico .... ......... Dec. 29.
Bahamas, via New York
Bermuda, via llalifax ....... .. Dee. 18.

DRUItY-LANE THEATRE.—MR. G UIVER'S BENEFIT.
The annual benefit of Mr. Guiver, the treasurer of Drury-
lane Theatre, takes place on Wednesday next, on which
occasion every seat in the house ought to be occupied. In
addition to the important post Mr. Guiver fills, he is inva-
riably "in front" of the house, ever ready to volunteer
his assistance to the visitors to the Theatre. His urbanity
and politeness have rendered him a great favourite, and the
best means of showing an appreciation of his exertions is
to give him a bumper benefit, an honour he richly deserves.
'i'IIE CASE OF MADAME RACIIEL.—The fiat, as
it is termed in legal phraseology, of the Attorney-General,
for granting a writ of error in the case of Madame
Rachel, was renewed on Saturday. There appears
to be some doubt whether the legal advisers of
Madame Rachel are any parties to the proceeding,
the Corporation of London being, of course, con-
siderably interested in the question, and it being a eery im-
portant consideration with them whether Mr. Kerr, who
attends every session of the Central Criminal Court and tries
a number of persons, is legally competent to do so. If it
should be determined, however, in the result, that Mr. Kerr
is not a commissioner of that court, the effect will not be,
as has been stated, that Madame Rachel will be discharged
but the formerproceedings will bo treated as a mis-trialp
and she will have to be tried again. Madame Rachel, in
the meantime, remains at the Penitentiary, Millbank.

PORPOISES IN THE RIVER.—On Wednesday we
related the capture of a porpoise in the Thames; another
was caught on Friday at Vauxhall, driven here by stress
of weather; sea-gulls have also been plentiful in the river,
and some fine specimens have been shot; and most extra-
ordinary, a sword fish, said to be 10 or 12 feet long, has
been lately seen in the neighbourhood of the Mouse light
ship and in the S win Channel.

GOLD IN SUTHERLAND.—No small sensation has
been created throughout the eastern district of Sutherland
within the last few days by a report that gold had been
found in Kildonan Strath, and though it has not yet so
affected the public mind as to lead to a " rush to the
diggings," it has raised sufficient interest to justify
such an amount of " prospecting" as will put en
end very soon to all doubt on the subject.
Meantime, it has been established beyond doubt that gold
is to be found there, and the only question for solution is
as to the quantity. We believe that, in addition to gold
there has been detected the presence of scarcely less pre-
cious minerals iu the same locality, and that a very do_
cided impression prevails that considerable quantities of
both descriptions may bo obtained. No time will be lost
in testing the matter. Meantime, the fact of gold being
in Kildonan is established by the successful search of
several persons, and the report of mineralogists as to the
quality of the ore.— Northern Ensign.
TESTIMOMAL TO A POLICE OFFICER. Last
evening a meeting of the ocffiers of the 6th division of
the City of London Police Force took place in order to
present a testimonial to one of their body who, after 29k
years of service, is retiring. Tho testimonial consisted of an
elegant silver mug, tastefully chased, and bearing the follow-
ing iuseription:—" Presented to William Wretord by the
members of the 6th division of the City of London Police
Force as a mark of respect for his long and praiseworthy
services as sergeant, Pee. 11, 1868." The presentation was
made in highly complimentary terms by Sergeant Mit-
chell, and Mr. Wreford made a suitable reply. Although
this meritorious officer has been so long in the force, and
contributions dining many years to the superannuation
fund have been deducted from his pay, he loses all parti-
cipation in its benefits because he resigned instead of being
eupQrallAUMW,