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The Sun.
London, England, 1868-01-04

kaZe Powder, is.

114 AIR-CURLING FLUID, 248, High Holborn,
London.— ALEX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID curls
37uies or Gentlemen's hair immediately it is applied. Sold at
%re'd., ss. 6d. and Os. 6d.;• sent free for 54, 84, and 144 stamps.
acl of &mist,.

Advice upon all subjects of the Toilet.

GREY HAIR.-248, High Holborn, London.—
, ALEX. ROSS'S HAIR DYE produces a perfect colour immediately it is used, It is permanent, and perfectly natural in
effect. Price 3s. 6d., 58. 6d., and 10s. 6d; sent by post for 54, 84,
and 144 'tamps; and all Chemists.
London, England, 1868-01-04

, .
ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining.

THIS EVENING, Grand Combination of the Two Great
Drattrts, THE COLLEEN BAWN and THE STREETS OF
LONDON. Mr. sad Mrs. Dion Boucicault as Myles na
Coppaleen and Eily O'Connor, and Mr. Vining as Badger.
Messr.i. Dominick Murray, J. G. Shore, G. F. Neville, H. For-
rester 11. Mellott, E. Atkins; Misses Elsworthy, E. Barnett,
liftehel Sanger, and Mrs. Addle.
Doors open at half-past C, commence at 7.
London, England, 1868-01-04

ettiI:FEWNINCP; 611A1:111:b.
Great Western, Orig. 44 per cent., 78k
i'REKKRENCE SUAIIES AND STOCKS.
Midland A and B £5 per cent., 104 i
LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTAL S.
Midland, Bradford Pref. stock, 9.2 i
rOitEJON ttAiLWAYP.
Antwerp and Rotterdam, 9
Rains. and an Francisco, gua. 7 per cent., 14
,•ati Luxembourg. 81
San Paulo, urn., gua. 6 per cent., 19

FOiUIIGN MINKS.
Anglo•l3raz;lian Gold, i
Chontales Gold and Shyer Mining, :lim., 3 5-10
Don Pedro, Isluri,h Del Key, 2 i pin
DOCh S.
London and St. Katharine, 51

BANKS.

Agra, lim.. A, 7
Alliance, lim., t 34
Chartered der. of India, London ;and China, 2EI
Consolidated, tim., 4k
I ,iperin, I%ank, Urn. 194
Imperial Ot.oman. 81 4
Loudon Chartered ()arta of Australia, 23 1
Loudon and estminner, 701
Ditto, Scrip, 40
New South Wales, 46

afiSCICLLANNOUb.
Angio American Telegraph, 19 1
Agl,nexican Mint, 16f
Atlantic telegraph, 524
Ditto, 8 par sent., 98f

Their Rey al Highnescs Prince Arthur and Princo
Christian, attended by Lieutenant-General the
Hon. C. Grey and Major Elphinstone, honoured
Sir John and Lady Simeon with a visit at Swain-
ston, near Newport, to-day, and afterwards went
out shooting there.

MURDEROUS GAROTTE ROBBERY.--At the Not-
tingham Police-court, yesterday, Francis. liattewell
was charged with garotting Mr. Henry Clarke, gentleman,
in that town. The prosecutor was returning home late at
night, when he was attacked by two men. The first
struck him a tremendous blow under the chin, from which
he fell, and they then both kicked him most savagely.
Blood flowed freely, and ho was becoming insensible,
when assistance came up, and the ruffians made off. The
prisoner, however, was pursued and captured. A valuable
watch belonging to the prosecutor was nearly smashed to
pieces in the struggle. The prisoner was committed for
trial at the Assizes.

lhe o.ollfEe of exchange at New York on London for bills
at 60 days' sight is about 1109 per cent. At this rate there
s no profit on the iraportatWa Qt gold toin the United
Bastes.
London, England, 1868-01-04

"Tale'of a Hair," 6d.

WONDERFUL DISCOVERY.—Corns cured
in one day by using ALEX. ROSS'S CHIROPO. Thi6
Preparation gradually dissolves the Corn in a few hours, re-
moving the very root. Price 45.; sent by post for 60 stamps.-
248, High Holborn London, and all Chemists.

Pais Powder, Is.

lIAIR-CURLING FLUID, 248, High Holborn,
London.—ALEX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID curls
Ladies' or Gentlemen's hair immediately it is applied. Sold at
85. 6d., ss. 6d., and 10s. 6d.; sent free for 54, 84, and 144 stamps.
•-11841 of Chemists.
London, England, 1868-01-04

POULTRY.

Turkeys, 7s to lOs ; geese, bs to 7s Od ; ducks, 2s 6d to
38 ; tame rabbits, is 2d to is 6d; wild ditto, is to is 2d
pigeons, 9d to ls ; pintail, is 6d; widgeons, 18 ; teal 10d;
plover, 8d to 10d each ; Surrey fowls, 7s Od to lOs ; ditto
chickens, 6s to 7s; barn door fowls, 4s to 6s per couple.
English eggs, 14s to 15s ; French ditto, lls per 100.

WIIITECHAPEL.
Beef' 3 0 to 4 6 I Veal 3 8 to 4 6
MutCon* 3 0 to 1 6 Pork 3 0 to 4 4

&got
notitl44

HER MAJESTY.

OSBORNE, Jan. 3.
The Queen walked and drove in the grounds
yesterday afternoon, attended by the Duchess of
Roxburghe, and her Majesty, accompanied by
Princess Louise, went out in the grounds this
morning.

On the afternoon of New Year's-day her Ma-
jesty gave presents to all the servants of the house-
hold at Osborne, for whom Christmas trees had
been prepared in the steward's room and servant's
hall.

Her Majesty, accompanied by all the Royal
family, proceeded to the rooms at six o'clock, where
the servants were assembled, and personally distri-
buted gifts, assisted by the Princesses, Prince
Arthur, and Prince Leopold.
London, England, 1868-01-04

for Stafford county, New Hampshire, and formerly State
Senator, died suddenly of apoplexy on the Bth December.

Gen. Samuel Griffin, of Keene, New Hampshire,
died on Wednesday, 11th Dec., at the advanced age of 83.
He was a- man of great integrity, and had been a member
of the State Legislature for 12 successive sessions.

THE TITLE TO HARPER'S FERRY.—Attorney-
General Stanbery has had under consideration, for some
time, the question whether the Government holds posses-
sion of Harper's Ferry in fee simple or merely in trust for
the specific use of an armoury and no other. He says, in
an official communication, that the trust or use declared
in favour of the United States, is not confined to any
specific purpose or object. The Government has had abso-
lute and undisturbed possession of the property for seventy
years, and there is no doubt, on examination of the statutes
of Virginia, that it held a perfect title. The question was
raised by the descendants of the original proprietors, that
the property reverted to them, owing to the United States
abandoning the property for armoury purposes, and on this
question the opinion of the Attorney-General was ren-
dered.—Baltimore Commercial.

A new method of preserving milk has been intro-
duced by the Angle-Swiss Company, whose factory is
situated on the lake of Zug. The process adopted is
simply the abstraction of the watery particles from the
milk and the addition of beetroot sugar. Milk thus pre-
pared remains good for months after the tins in which it
is packed have been opened, becoming neither sour,
mouldy, nor rancid. It bears the ordinary changes
of temperature without injury. It is sold in tins, each
containing the equivalent of rather more than half a gallon
of good milk, of about the quality of the best country milk.
The price of the tin is ls. 3d. The cost of the tin being a
penny, and the. duty a penny, the price of the condensed
milk when diluted for use with five parts of water is
Gd. a quart. About one-third of a pound of beetroot sugar
is introduced into each tin. The use of this preserved
milk is increasing in England. Last month the company
sold for home use and exportation 1,250 dozen tins. The
Peninsular and Oriental, the Royal Mail, and the Pacific
Mail companies use it in all their steamers.
London, England, 1868-01-04

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining.

THIS EVENING, Grand Combination of the Two Great
Dramis, THE COLLEEN HAWN and THE STREETS OF
LONDON. Mr. and Mrs. Dion Boucicault as Myles na
Copps.leen and Eily O'Connor, and Mr. Vining as Badger.
Messrs. Dominick Murray, J. G. Shore, G. F. Neville, H. For-
rester, H. Mellon, E. Atkins; Misses Elsworthy, E. Barnett,
Rachel Sanger, and Mrs. Addie.

tioois open at half-past 6, commence at 7.
London, England, 1868-01-04

THE BELGIAN MINISTRY.

The Moniteur Beige of this morning pblishes the
Royal decree re-constituting the Ministry.
The composition of the new Cabinet will be as

follows :
M. FRERE OMAN Minister of Finance.
M. PORMEZ Minister of the Interior.
M. JAMAR Minister of Public Works.
M. VON DER STITCIII Minister of Foreign Affairs.
ELEN

M. RENAUD Minister of War.
M. BARA Minister of Justice.

ITALY.

FLORENCE, Jan. 3 (Evening.)

The Ministerial crisis continues; several members
of the Right have declined the proposal of General
Menabrea to enter the Cabinet.

Railway communication between Bologna and
Piacenza, and between Bologna and Florence is
still interrupted by the snow.
London, England, 1868-01-04

CANDLES.-A Hint to Purchasers.--110 not
make sure that you know what price. you are paying per
pound foryour candles until you have Etnpped them and put
them in the scale. Some candles are right weight with-
out the wrappers, some with moderately thick wrappers,
some with very thick wrappers, and some are not nearly
right weight with wrappers however thick. PRICE'S
" LD MEDAL PALMITINE," " SHERWOOD
PALMITINE," " BELMONT SPERM," and " BEL-
MON T WAX," "BEST," " No. 2,'• "No 3," and " BAT-
3',A" COMPOSITES, " PRICE'S PARAFFINE,"
and " RELMON TINE," and all other candles of Price's
PatQnt Candle Company Limited, are full weight without
the wrappers.
London, England, 1868-01-04

1-1111,1 "SUN" NEWSPAPER.-
31 G. R. GLEN lE, Sportinc Library, 4, Connaught-terrace.
4tl:,wc.re-road, delivers the LATE EDITION of the "THE SUN"
the earliest possible moment after leaving the press. He is
lble to deliver Copies in Town, the Suburbs, and in many parts
toe country at a comparatively early hour the same evening,
ay 4t) miles by nine o'clock.
London, England, 1868-01-04

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough.
THIS EVENING, at 7, KIND TO A FAULT.
After which will be produced a Grand Christmas Operatic
Oriental Extravaganza " THE CALIPH OF BAGDAD " Messrs.
Thorne, James, Turner, Murray; Mesdames A. Swanborough,
Johnstone, Harland, Holt, newton, &c.
To conclude with NOTHING TO NURSE.
London, England, 1868-01-04

NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE.

- - -
ALGUA AMATIELLA restores the Human Bair
to its pristine hue, no matter at what age.
JNO. GOSNELL and CO. have at length, with the aid
of one of the most eminent Chemists, succeeded in perfect-
Red
ing this wonderful liquid. It is now offered to the public
93, pp in a more concentrated form, and at a lower price.
Bineboll tixtlehs,er3fs: eAanchg;el-aplsaosesasg.,o,7s. 6d., and 15s. each,
Sold
including brush. er Thames-
street, London, E.C.
London, England, 1868-01-04

THAMES.

THE CUSHIOZI OF BACON.—JUVENILE CRIME.
—Robert Clark, a boy aged 12 years, and Jane
Quarrell, the widow of a lighterrnan, aged 44
years, of No. 5, London-street, Ratcliff, were
charged, the former with stealing, and the other
with feloniously receiving, known to ba stolen a
cushion of bacon, weighing 121b5., and valued 95.,
the property of Mrs. Rhoda Hill, a shopkeeper of
No. 10, Bull-lane, Stepney. A boy, named Patrick
Sullivan, is in custody, charged with being con-
cerned in the robbery, and has been remanded.

Mr. Stoddart, solicitor, defended Mrs. Quarrel.

On Welnesday night last Mrs. Hill left her shop
to warm her fingers by the parlour fire, and in her
London, England, 1868-01-04

(pe !igree uuknown) ...
Despatch ... ... a

Clansman ...
Owen Roe
L. S. D. ...

Pigeon, by Lambton—
Wings of a Dove ... a
Chimney Sweep ... ... 6
Tennyson ••• ... 6
Mentmore, by Fazzoletto

Calista - ... a
Kingswood, by Chit Chat 6
Audrey a
Comberton
Hall Court a
Tusculanum 6
Marengo ... ... a
Gameboy, by Gameboy a
Alcibiado a
King Arthur a
Benszot ...
The Lamb
Gladiator ... 5
Surney 6
Steamboat
Musketeer
Havelock ... ...
The Nun (h b) a
Jupiter 6
Globule a
Huntsman's Daughter ... a
Hornet ... a
Cripple, by King Tom ... a
Caustic ... 5
Captain Crosstreo (late
Charlie)
Columbia a
King Alfred ... a
The Fawn (pod. unknown) a
Dahlgren
Woodbury Hill (h b) a

... a

.hat the above entries are Rot

Foreign Mail Packet List.

MAILS DUE.

Amaraila and New Zealand, via eouthamptoa„....Jan. 19.
Ditto, via Marseilles ...., ..... ....Jan. 13.
Ditto, via Panama ........ ......... ........ ...Jan. 28.
Brazil, Buenos Ayres, and Monte Video Jan. 5.
Ditto, by Frenole packet .. Jan 22
Cape Verde. by Brazil packet .... _ Jan 5.
Cape of Good lope, Ascension. anti St. ilelens Jan 7
China, Penang, and Singapore. via Sou9aampton Jan. 3
Ditto, via Marseilles. Jan. 11
Falkland Islands
Wbraltar, via Southampton Jan. 3.
India via Southampton .........Jan. 3
Ditto, via 3larseil es
Malta, v.lgypt, Sza. .. ... Jan 3
Ditto, Marseilles Jan 7.
Mauritius, Cape of Good Hope, and Natal, via
Southampton Jan.l4
Jan. 13.
Ditt ), Mareeitles
Newfoundland . „Jan. 13
Jan. 5.
Portugal
Ditto, by pr: v : I e ship to Oporto ...
Ditto r itto to Lisbon
United States, 1 !nada, California, &c., by British
acket
Ditto, by l_ Lited -,tatea packet
Ditto ditto (New York)
Ditto ditto Nt w York)
Ditto did, (Baltimore)
Ditto, by Canadian packet Jan 3
West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffa Jan. 3
West Indies and Pazifio (except Mexico and Baha-
ma e) Jan. 13.
Cub i. and .nexico Jan. 23.
Baha:nas, via New York
, Bermuda, via ligifax 4.:•••.11,4, Jan. 13.
London, England, 1868-01-04

QUEEN'S THEATRE, Long-acre.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. Alfred Wigan. •
THIS EVENING, Shakepere's Comedy of KATHERINE
AND PETRUCHIO. Mr. H. Irving, Mr. W. H. Stephens; Miss
E Terry.
After which, DOING FOR THE BEST; Mr. J. L. Toole.
To conclude with THE BIRTHPLACE OF PODGERS; Mr

J. L. Toole.
Box-office open daily from Ten till Four.
London, England, 1868-01-04

Bloom of Roses, 3s. ft

AIR DESTROYER.-248, High Holborn,
London.—ALEX. ROSS'S DEPILATORY removes super-
fluous hair from the face, neck, and arms, without effect to the
skin. Price fis. 6d., ss. 601., and 10s. Gd.; sent for 54, 84, and 144
"GPs.—Had of all Chemists.
London, England, 1868-01-04

•
HOLBORN THEATRE ROYAL.
Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Sefton Parry.
THIS EVENING, at Seven, THE TWO POLTS. Messrs
Price and Widdicombe.
After which, the Grand Comic Pantomime of VALENTINE
AlsID ORSON; or, Harlequin the Big Bear and the Little Fairy.
Mesdames Saunders, Goodall, White; Messrs. Garden, Odell
Arthur; Mdlle. Montero, Miss Ellis, Lupino, Green, and the
Great Little Rowella.
London, England, 1868-01-04

CORNER OF BOND-STREET.

AWARDED TO C. F. HANCOCK :
Great Exhibition, 1851—Council Medal for Originality and
Taste. ParisExhibition,lBss—GoldMedailled'Honneur
international Exhibition, 1862—Prize Medal, for great
Excellence of Design and Manufacture. Paris Universal
Exhibition, 1867—Gold Medal.
London, England, 1868-01-04

JAN: 1.

The following promotions have this day been made:—
Commands: John William Pike to be Captain in her ma-
josty's Fleet. Lieutenants—Henry Hugh Monk Magrath,
and Edward Hughes Brodrick Hartwell, to be Commanders
in her Majesty's Fleet. Lieutenant William Charles Geary
to be retired commander, under the provisions of the
Orders in Council of Ist August, 1860, 9th July, 1864, and
24th March, 1866. Sub-Lieutenant John Hale Orlobar to
be Lieutenant in her Majesty's Fleet.

COURSE, OF EXCIUNGE.-Last Evening.

Amsterdam Short. 11 18
Ditto 3 Months.l2 01
Rotterdam
Antwerp —2 Z-. 35
Brussels
Hamburg — 13 91
Paris
Ditto 3 Months. 25 30
M.arseilles _ _ — 25 30
......

11 19
12 1'
12 1,
25 40
25 40
13 10
25 221
25 35

25 35

F7ankf;ii on the Maine
Vienna

120}
12 421
_ _ .

1201
12 5u
12 50

Trieste

12_..42i

Petersburgn
Berlin
Aadrid
Cadiz
Leghorn
• Milan

313
6 26}
481
48}
29 4
29 45
29 4,:
29 45
29 45
29 45
511
511

;enoa
Naples
Palermo •
Messina

Lisbon
Oporto ..

6 27

481
48-1.
29 7U
29 7U
29 70-
29 70
29 70
29 70
London, England, 1868-01-04

UST.

IBER.

ARY.

FEBR'

Windsor Grand Military
and Open .
Derby Spring
Baseb.urch 2B

MA:

LOH.
Margate 23
West Somerset 24
Cheltenham ..... 26
Southdown Hunt
Cambridge
lIL. .• I

Grant National Hunt I Knighton
2
(Bedford) Abergavenny
R)y.Artillery (Woolwich) 3 Hambledon
Bromley .. 6 Kildare Hunt
Aldershot
Hendon -
OCTOBER.
Bromley 1 I Ealing li
DECEMBER.
St. Albans ..................... 1 i Ealing
Kingsbury ... 8 1

62.11)P1FG INTELLIGENC.I4I—This

ay.

GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning.
Arrived, Jan. 3. —Wrilllichnine, from Emden ; Zephyr,
steamer, from Oporto; Cossack, steamer, from Pillau.
Jau. 4. —Moselle, steamer, from Antwerp; Ger-
matrriia,vsetdeiamer, from Hamburg; Triton, steamer, from
Ostend.
Sailed.—Holland, steamer, for Ostend ; Seine, steamer
for Boulogne.

DL AL, ..aturday Morning.
Passed.—Minerva, sere ff steamer, from Gibraltar, for

Loudon.
London, England, 1868-01-04

IS NOW READY.

AMONG a VARIETY of USEFUL INFOR-
mATD,N

IT CONTAINS the FOLLOWING:

ALM AN ACK,

TRANSFER DAYS of PUBLIC FUNDS,

%yEIGIITS AND MEASURES,

-Si TAMP DUTIES,

FOREIGN MONEYS,

MINISTERS OF STATE,

CORPORATION OF LONDON,

lOSTAL INFORMATION,

LIST of BANKERS,

ARMY and NAVY AGENTS,

PARE-z,

tuEADY RECKONER,

A DIARY ARicANGED on the MOST
APV u\r}:l) PLAN,

AND NEATLY PRINTED on GOOD
ING PAPER.

IT MAY BE HAD GRATIS and POST FREE

ON APPLICATION to

INIOSE.3 and SON,

CoRNER OF MINORIES, and ALDGATE,

EW OXFORD-STREET, CORNER OF
IIArIT-STKEE

CIjRNER of TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD,
and EuoToN.lom.: ;

BRADFORD, YORKSHIRE.
London, England, 1868-01-04

LICI•:\SED VICTUALLERS' GUARDIAN

Ci GLENIE, of the Sporting Library,
Nura 4, Connaught-terrace, LTyde-park, London, W., begs to
inform his customers, and the Licensed. Victuallers in general,
that he has been appointed Agent for the above-named paper in
addition to his agency for the Sporting Edition of " Tns Surz,"
and can supply the same on Friday evening, if required, in town
or country.

G. It. G. begs to inform the Trade that he is Agent for the
LATEST EDITION of THE SUN," and can supply it earlier
than any other man in Londun or Country the evenin7 of publi-
rAtion. No connection with any other persons. Bally's, Buffs,
:Wright's, and M`Call's Guides. All the Daily Papers, Maga-
zines, and Periodicals as soon as published. Agent Inc the Joint-
Stock Coal Company. Orders by post attended to.
London, England, 1868-01-04

RACING FIXTURp, FOR 18C8.

Lincoln Spring
Harrow 2O
MA.
Liverpool Spring M 3
Chelmsford Spring M lO
Shrewsbury Spring
West Dray ton l2
Warwick Spring

EOII.

AP.
Northampton (continued) 1
Bromley
Aldershot
Durham
Hendou l3
Newcastle Spring
Newmarket Craven 13

Newmarket Ist Spring
(continued)
Chester 5
Wiachester • 12
York Spring
Doncaster Spring

West Drayton 1
Croydon 2d Summer
Ascot Summer 9
Windsor Summer
Newton
---

Alexandra Park (eon.) 1 I
Otelmsford
Worcester Summer ... 2
Carlisle .................. 7
Newmarket July 7
Reading
Odiham, l6
AUG

Brighton
Brighton Club 6
Lewes Summer
‘Volverhampton ll
Stockton
Plymouth
Windsor
Egham lB
Hastings

SEPT

Warwick September 1
Abingdon 3
8
Leicester
Doncaster September 8
Richmond
Kolso l5
Hampton Autumn l5
OCT(

Ro3 al Caledonian Hunt
and Ayr (continued)... 1
Bedford 1
1
8r0m1ey........... ........
Newmarket 2d October 5
NOVI
Shrewsbury Autumn
Leamington and War.

STEEPL:

J AN lIA]

an3fchestor
liopgrove (York) 1
Donington front

Carmarthen
Birmingham
Lincoln
Harrow 2O
Boston

Liverpool Spring 3
6nrewsbury Spring lO
Grand Military
Warwick l7
Chertsey 2O

FEBRUARY.
Nottingham Spring 25
Derby spring

Margate
Epsom Spring fleeting
Croston Park
Northampton

. Knighton
Abergavenny
Catterick
ILewes Spring
Thirsk
I Curragh April
• Newmarket Ist Spring
:AY.

Salisbury
Lath
Croydon Ist Summer
Harpenden
Epsom Summer

Hampton
Bibury Club
Curragh June
IStockbridge
Alexandra Park
LY.

Liverpool
Stamford
Huntingdon
Nottingham July
Southampton
Goodwood

York August
Oxford
Scarborough
Derby Summer
Canterbury
Weymouth
Lichfield
lunbridge
Margate
;MBER.
Hendon
Monmouth ..
Newmarket Ist October
West Drayton
Royal Caledonian Hunt
and Ayr

Cholmsford Autumn
Cheltenham
Ealing
Newmarket Houghton
Virorcestor
111113 E R,

9

ickshire Hunt l7

CHASES.
tY, 1868.
Reading
,Monmouth Runt

14
'l9
21
.22
26

16
16
21
21
23
28

17
17
22
29
London, England, 1868-01-04

VICTITALTIDS' GL'ATIDIAN

ei GLENIE, of th 3 Si ortin;.; Library,
Conalm3ht-terra.ce, London, VI., begs to
inform his customers, and the Licensed Victuallers in general,
that ho has been appointed Agent for the above-named paper in
odlition to his agenry for the Sporting Edition of DIU Sus,"
and can supply the same on Friday evening, if rzquired, in town
or country.
G. H. G. begs to inform the Trade that he is Agent for the
LATEST EDITION of "THE SUN," and can supply it earlier
than any other man in London or Country the evening of publi-
ration. No connection with any other persons. Bally's, Huff's,
Wright's, and M'Call's Guides. All the Daily Papers Maga-
flill32, and Periodicals as soon as published. Agent for the Joint-
stock Coal Company. Orders by post attended to.
London, England, 1868-01-04

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THREE Sold by
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COMPANY.
Being 4,998 more than Sold by any other Manufacturer.

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tided by the Cockermouth Bench to be the best
means of curing the prisoner of his poaching pro-
pensities. At the Petty Sessions Court held at this
place last week, five convictions were obtained
against various parties for using the click-hook.
Of these two were fined £5 each and costs ; in de-
fault, two months' imprisonment : one £3 and costs.
At the Sessions held on Monday last, the following
cases were disposed of :—John Borwick, J. Hodg-
son, and Joseph Irving, were charged with having
unlawfully taken trout from the river Ellerbeck,
which communicates with the Derwent. The bench
acquitted Borwick, but convicted the other defen-
dants, and fined Irving 20s. and costs, and Hodg-
son 10s. and costs. John Starkie and J. Starkie
were charged with having, on the 21st instant, un-
lawfully- attempted to take salmon from the river
Cocker. Mr. Ramsey prosecuted on behalf of the
Derwent Angling Association. The magistrate
said the bench had decided to convict the defen-
dants, who, being the brothers of a river watcher,
ought to have known better. The sentence was
that John Starkie pay a penalty of £5 and costs, in
default to be imprisoned for two months ; and J.
Starkie a penalty of £3 and costs, in default to be
imprisoned for six weeks.

MAXWELTON.---POACHING IN THE NlTH.—Three
men, old poaching offenders, pleading guilty to a
charge of fishing for salmon during the annual close
time, with a hang net, in the River Nith. The
court sentenced each defendant to pay a fine of
£5 and £1 costs, or three months' imprisonment.—
Land and Water.
London, England, 1868-01-04

RACING FIXT

FEBR'

Lincoln Spring
Harrow 2O

MA:
Liverpool Spring M 3
Chelmsford Spring M 10
Shrewsbury Spring 10
West Drayton l2
Warwick Spring

AP:
Northampton (continued) 1
Bromley •• 6
Aldershot
Durham
Uendon l3
Newcastle Spring
Newmarket Craven

Newmarket Ist Spring
(continued)
Chester 5
Winchester
York Spring
14
Doncaster Spring

West Drayton 1
Croydon 2d Summer
Ascot Summer 9
Windsor Summer
Nowton
JU.

Alexandra Park (con.) 1
Chelmsford
Worcester Summer 2
Carlisle
Newmarket July 7
Reading
0 diham, l6
AUGUST.
York August
Oxford
Scarborough '24
Derby Summer
Canterbury
Weymouth
Lichfield
Tunbridge
Margate 3l
MBER.
liciadou l7
Monmouth .
Newmarket Ist October 22
West Drayton 29
Royal Caledonian Runt
and Ayr 3O

Liverpool l6
Stamford
Huntingdon 2l
Nottingham July
Southampton
Goodwood

Brighton
Brighton Club 6
Lewes Summer
Wolverhampton ll
Stockton
Plymouth
Windsor
Egham lB
Hastings

SEPTI
Warwick September ~ 1
Abingdon 3
3
Leicester
Doncaster September
Richmond
Kelso
Hampton Autumn
OCTC
Royal Caledonian Hunt
and Ayr (continued)... 1
Bedford 1
Bromley
Newmarket 2d October 5
NOVI
Shrewsbury Autumn
Leamington and War

IBER.

Chelmsford Autumn 13
Cheltenham l3
Ealing
Newmarket Houghton 19
Worcester
MEER,

9

STEEPLI

ickchire Hunt l7

J ANU A:
Manchester
tiopg,rove (York) 1
Donington hunt

FEBIt
Carmarthen
Birmingham
Lincoln l9
Harrow 2O
Boston

MA:
Liverpool Spring 3
Shrewsbury Spring.-- 10
Grand Military
War wiel- l7
Chertsey 2O

Grant National Hunt
(Bedford)
R.)y.Artillery(Woolwich) 3
Broniley . 6
Aldershot
Hendon

'CHASES.
tY, 1868.
Loading
Monmouth Runt lO

Windsor Grand Military
and Open
Derby Spring
Baschurch 2B

---
Margate 23
West Somerset 24
Cheltenham ..... 26
Southdown Mut
Cambridge

lin.
Knighton
Abergavenny ............ 16
lb
Hainblodon
Kildare Hunt
Croydon Spring
Rothbury

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This Day,

GRATESEND, Saturday Morning.
Arrived, Jan. 3.—Willhelmine, from Emden ; Zephyr,
steamer, from Oporto; Cossack, steamer, from Pillau.
Arrived, Jan. 4.—Moselle, steamer, from Antwerp; Ger-
mania, steamer, from Hamburg ; Triton, steamer, from
Ostend. _ _

Sailed.-11olland, steamer, for Ostend ; seine, steamer
for•Boulogue.
London, England, 1868-12-10

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is. A Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 428., and 525. 6d. Postage,
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PATENT PICKLES, are perfectly pure and uncoloured. To be
had of all dealers and wholesale of JOHN BURGESS AND
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1111 R. ESKELL, SURGEON DENTIST, the Author
IfIL of "PURE DENTISTRY, and What it Does for Us,"
"PAINLESS TOOTH EXTRACTION, or Anesthesia Locally
Applied," "DENTAL SURGERY—a Practical Treatise," &c., &c.,
may be Consulted Daily as hitherto from 10 to 4 o'clock, at his
ONLY Residence, 8, GROSVENOR-STREET, GROSVENOR-SQUARE (a
few doors from Bond-street).
London, England, 1868-12-10

EAGLE INSURANCE COMPANY,
LONDON.

Report of the Directors for the year ending the 30th
June, 1868, read at the. Annual General Meeting of
Proprietors, August 14, 1868—Colonel CHARLES
WETHERALL, K.C.T., Chairman of the Company, in
the Ohair.

The proprietors will no doubt remember that at the last
annual general meeting a report was made to them for the
quinquennial period then terminating, and that a bonus
was declared in respect of it amounting to the sum of
£208,774. The surplus fund account, as under, commences
with the balance of June, 1867, after deduction of this
bonus—that is to say, with the debit of £772,740 13s. 9d.

SURPLUS FUND ACCOUNT, 30TH JUNE, 1868.
DR. INCOME OF THE YEAR.
Balance of account, 30th
June, 1867, .£981,514 13 9
Less amount distributed
as.bollus 208,774 0 0

£772,740 13 9

Pretniums on new assur-
ances
Ditto on old ditto 366,215 7 3

£380,811 8 3

Interest from invest-

ments 117,584 7 3

£498,395 15 11

Profit and loss, balance
of account
Total income

CR. CHARGE OF THE YEAR
Dividend to proprietors
Claims on decease of lives

asslred £265,52313 5
Additions to those under

participating policies 22,816 4 7
Policie3 surrendered 28,642 11 3
Re-assurances, new
Ditto, old 50,365 0 8

£370,618 5 3
11,702 15 0
751 16 2
2,215 4 7

Commission
Medical fees
Income tax
Expenses of manage-
ment 15,489 8 5

400,777 9 5

Total charge ..
£409,654 14 5
Balance of account, 30th June, 1868 907,552 8 6
London, England, 1868-12-10

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

Tills DAY.

The assembling of the new Parliament excited
to-day more than ordinary interest. Shortly after
12 o'clock the bustle commenced in New Palace-
yard, and a large number of persons collected in
Westminster Hall to witness the arrival of the
newly-elected members. At one o'clock Mr.
lieverdy Johnson, the American Minister,
passed along the Hall, and, on being recognised,
received a most cordial reception. The popular
members of the new Parliament also met with. a

hearty welcome from the spectators as they walked
through the long avenue of sightseers congregated
in the ancient ball.
HOUSE OF LORDS.

At two o'clock Sir W. Page Wood (the Lord
Chancellor), the Duke of Argyll, Earl De Grey
and Ripon, Lord Kimberley, and Lord Sydney en-
tered the house in their robes as Lords Commis-
sioners, the Lord Chancellor, however, wearing
the ordinary black robe of one of her Majesty's
judges.

There were but very few peers present ; a few
peeresses, however, occupied their seats on the left
hand side of the throne.

The LORD CHANCELLOR intimated that he had
it in command from her Majesty to let them know
that after the members of both houses had
been sworn, the cause of calling the Parlia-
ment would be declared. Ile also stated that it was
her Majesty's pleasure that the gentlemen of the
House of Commons should repair to the place where
they were to sit, and proceed to the appointment of
some proper person to be their Speaker, whom they
should present on the following day for her Ma.
jesty's approbation.
London, England, 1868-12-10

THE COURT OF CHANCERY.

The Court of Chancery is once more in a state of.
dislocation. Lord Cairns gives way to Sir W. Page
Wood, who will, of course, have a peerage. The new
Chancellor leaves a vacancy in the Court of Appeal,
and it is supposed that Vice-Chancellor Giffard will
be the new Lord Justice. Then arises the question,
who will be Vice-Chancellor in Sir G. Giffard's place ?
Perhaps the post will be conferred upon Mr. Jessel,
the newly-elected M.P. for Dover, whose seat would
then be available for the Marquis of Hartington, if
he should continue in the Lower House, or for Mr.
Bruce. It was rumoured last -week that Vice-Chan-
cellor Stuart, who has completed the full term neces-
sary to obtain a pension, had retired, in order that
the outgoing Government might console Sir Richard
Baggallayfor his defeat at Hereford; but the rumour
does not seem to have been well founded.
London, England, 1868-12-10

THIRD EDIT!OI,

SUN OFFICE, 7 O'CLOCK.

NOTICE.

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published in time for delivery in town at 7.15 p.m.

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LIVERPOOL COTTON.

December 10.
ka.rket slightly firmer. Sales probably 10,000 bales.

daY I'vIADAAIE TUSSAUb'S,—To-morrow being the last
of the Smithfield Club Cattle Show, we recommend
those of our country friends who may be visiting the me-
°Pelis not to forget the far-famed old-established wax -
ork exhibition, in Baker-street, where they cannot fail,
ea 00 former anniversaries of the Club, to enjoy a delight-
and interesting interesting evening in seeing the hosts of life-size
vao-teis
of the most distinguished personages of the day,
rr,leh have been added since last year.
h 'he Cadmus, 21, screw corvette, 1,466 tons, 400
at °1;? Power, has been ordered to be again tried
t„"ge measured mile at Maplin Sands, her screw
ve fitted on Lowe's plan. An officer from the
4v'totntroller's Department of the Royal Navy will
end, by desire of the Admiralty, and watch the
aTile Formidable, 26, sailing vessel, 2,289 tons,
"'iP at Sheerness, and the Cumberland, 24, sail-
stg. IthiP, 2,214 tons, guarchthip of the Sheerness
ot`anl:Reserve, have been ordered to be paid out
reteobamission. The stores of each ship are to be
rthuroed to the dockyard, and their topmasts struck.
ri eir lower masts are to remain rigged, but the
,04ing will be placed under cover. The Agin-
-1,0114, iron-clad, 26, screw, 6,621 tons, 1,350-horse
.4e will replace the Formidable as flagship at
eruess.
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PRINCESS'S THEATRE.

Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining.
THIS EVENING, at 7, to commence with THE SECRET. At 8,
AFTER DARK, a Tale of London Life: Mr Vining, Mr. Walter
Lacy, Mr. Dominick Murray; Messrs. C. Harcourt, J. G. Shore,
Maclean, Holston; Miss Emma Barnet and Miss Hose Leclercq
Concluding with MASTER JONES'S BIRTHDAY.
London, England, 1868-12-10

HOSPITAL for DISEASES of the THROAT,
Golden-square, WT.

President—His Grace the Duke of GRAFTON.
The Committee of Management earnestly APPEAL for
FUNDS to help them to meet the heavy current expenses.
Upwards of 18,000 poor persons have been relieved in the
last six years.

GEORGE WOOD, Secretary.
London, England, 1868-12-10

,FOREIGN NOTES.
TURKEY AND GREECE.

The prospect of peace has improved. The Constittitionnel
announces that the Porte has consented to respite the
Greek Government until Saturday—perhaps until the
17th. A delay in a quarrel between two nations, like
the postponement of an execution, generally means
escape from the final penalty. There can be no doubt,
however, that Turkey intended to fight. The squadron
which was ordered to leave the Dardanelles with sealed
orders was destined to appear before the Pirmus, the sea-
port of Athens. But if, as is stated, the Governments of
England, France, and Austria have offered their media-
tion, there can be little fear of hostilities. The overtures
which great States make to small ones are rarely disre-
garded ; and in this case it is very probable that more
decided interference will follow, should the mediation
prove unavailing. The Vienna papers state that a com-
bined English, French, and Austrian squadron will be
sent to the Greek coast as a means of assuring the
Hellenic Government that the " mediation" is earnest.
Russia has taken no part in this interference. This is not
surprising, but it is rather strange that Prussia, which
was chiefly instrumental in bringing about the recent
change in Roumania, should net also aid in putting a stop
to the outrageous conduct of Greece.

The Paris correspondent of the Standard says that if
Turkey confines her operations to blockading Crete, then
the disturbance will be only local; but if a single
Turkish regiment crosses the frontier into Thessaly or
Epirus, we may expect to hear of Roumanian raids across
the Danube, and of the appearance of a Russian army on
the Pruth. The mediation and the judicious despatch of
a squadron may obviate these complications.
London, England, 1868-12-10

THE PEABODY GIFT.

A member of the board of guardians of the City
of London Union complains that Mr. Peabody's
beneficence is not properly directed, and that the
really poor reap no benefits from his gifts. He says :
" It is the well-to-do manager of some City business,
or careful clerk, who is encouraged in these honies,
and no one who has the slightest look of manual labour
or poverty. The whole scheme has degenerated into
a commercial speculation. It is made to pay as high
a rate of interest as can possibly be squeezed out of
it, to the exclusion of the poor." At the East-end
of London they want rooms at ls. per week. Poor
widows and single women who earn but a few
shillings a week would be glad of such accommoda-
tion. The matter is worth the most careful atten-
tion, both on account of Mr. Peabody's genero:Aiy
and in the interests of these for whom he set apart
the money.

ANOTHER " INFANT."

Lord Chief Justice Cockburn has had another
infancy case before him, similar in some respects to
Mr. Walker's. Certain Glasgow publishers, named
Mackenzie, who are accustomed to the part and tout
system of publishing, sold an illustrated bible for
fifty guineas to a young Cambridge undergraduates
named Hopwood, who was under age. The infant
had a fortune of £7,000, bringing in £3OO a year,
and this amount he appears to have dissipated
utterly. The publishers contended that this bible wag
a necessary, but the Chief Justice, pointing to its
numerous illustrations and costly binding and
clasps, declared that this allegation was absurd, and
that the work was simply a luxury, or, at the most,
an intellectual gratification. At the same time he
spoke very strongly upon the conduct a Messrs.
Mackenzie in having supplied a young gentleman
with an article of the most luxurious extravagance
without making an inquiry about his position. The
plaintiffs then endeavoured to prove that though the
original order for the work was given when the defen-
dant was under age, the delivery did not take place
until he was past 21, and that therefore he was liable.
They had refused to take back the book, although it
had been repeatedly offered to them. The jury gave
a verdict for the defendant, and Sir Alexander Cock-
burn gave leave to appeal on the technical point
raised by the plaintiff. It is to be hoped that the
Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge will take note of
this case. His right of " discommoning " trades-
men who encourage young men I- run into debt
-ivies him full power to do so.
London, England, 1868-12-10

EMOSES and SON, Ready-made and Bespoke
• Tailors, Habit Makers, Woollen Drapers. Hatters,
Hosiers. Boot and Shoo Manufacturers, and General Outfitters
for all Classes.

The following aro the London addresses of E. MOSES and
SON:—

CITY ESTABLISHMENT.

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Country Branch :
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SPECIAL NOTICE.—In consequence of frequent misrepre-
Fentations, E. MOSES and SON find it necessary to state that
they do not employ any travellers or agents, and that their
ray Establishments are the above-mentioned.
London, England, 1868-12-10

THIS is to give notice that I, the undersigned
AMELIA RUDDERHAM, of Watton, in the
county of Norfolk, Spinster. have relinquished and ceased
to use the name of AMELIA RUDDERHAM, and
assume the name of AMELIA MONTAGU, and intend
henceforth in all deeds and writings which I may execute
or sign, and for all other purposes and on all occasions, to
use the name of AMELIA MONTAGU only.
Dated this 10th day of December, 1868.
AMELIA MONTAGU.
(Witness) RICHARD JACKSON.
GRATIS and POST FREE.
London, England, 1868-12-10

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. P.D. Cbatterton
THIS EVENING, at 7. BORROWED PLUMES. •
At 7.45, KING 0' SCOTS. Mr. Phelps, Mr. E. Price, Mr. H
Sinclair, Mr. Addison, Mr. H. M. Barrett, Mr. Joseph Irving, Mr.
J Ronse, Mr, William Mclntyre, Mr. James Johnstone, Mr. F.
Chsrle, Mr. O'Neill, Mr. W. C. Temple; Miss Heath, Miss Edith
Stuart Miss Fanny Addison, and Mrs. Frank Matthews.
To conclude with a Grand Ballet of A etion, entitled BEDA.
London, England, 1868-12-10

BANKING D.

tal
Rest

- £14,553,000
3,063,536

üblic Deposits
(including Ex-
chequer, Say-
ings' Banks,
Commissioners
of National

Debt, and Div.

Accounts 6,353,525
Other Deposits.. 17,608,301
Seven Days and
other

Z 07,100

.£42,01,962
F:
London, England, 1868-12-10

TUE NEW CABINET.

Mr. Gladstone has constituted his Cabinet with
unprecedented speed. It will contain the full fifteen,
the largest number ever included in this select
assembly. Nevertheless, it will be deficient in one
very important respect. Neither Mr. Forster nor
Mr. Stansfeld is included, and the advanced Liberals
are most inadequately represented. Of the fifteen
Ministers, nine are Commoners, including the Marquis
of Hartington, who will, however, not improbably be
raised to the Upper House. In the last Cabinet there
were at its retirement ten commoners—Mr. Dis-
raeli, Lord Stanley, Mr. Hardy, Sir S. Northcote,
Sir John Pakington, Mr. Corry, Mr. Cave, Lord
John Manners, Mr. Hunt, and Colonel Wilson
Patten. In the present Cabinet the First Commis-
sioner of Works, Mr. Layard, will not have a seat.
Lord John Manners had in the last, and his seat will
be conferred upon the Postmaster-General, who in
the last Administration was the Duke of Montrose,
and in the present is the Marquis of Hartington.
Six of the new Ministers—Mr. Lowe, Mr. Bruce, Mr.
Childers, Sir W. Page Wood, Lord Kimberley, and
Mr. Bright—have not previously been Cabinet
Ministers.

The ages of the new Ministers vary from 68 to
35. Lord Clarendon has attained the first age, the
Marquis of llartington the second. The ages of the
other Ministers are as follows :—Mr. Gladstone is 59;
Mr. Lowe, 57 ; Earl Granville, 63 ; Mr. Cardwell, 55;
the Duke of Argyle, 45; Mr. Bruce, 53; Mr. Chichester
Fortescue, 45; Mr. Childers, 41; Sir W. Page Wood,
67; Earl De Grey and Ripon, 41 ; Earl of Kimberley,
42 ; Mr. Bright, 57 ; Mr. Goschen, 37. There are
thus seven Ministers under 50 years of age, and eight
above. The average is aboat 5Q- years—a far lower
average than we were accustomed to during the
regime of Lords Palmerston and Russell.
London, England, 1868-12-10

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

The attendance of members in the House of
Commons was by no means large until about half-
past one. Shortly before that hour Mr. Reverdy
Johnson and lady entered the house, and, after
shaking hands with several members, entered into
conversation with Colonel Gilpin. The first mem-
ber of the Conservative party that took his seat on
the Opposition side of the home was Mr. Walpole,
who was shortly after followed by Sir John Hay ;
one or two old members of the Conservative
party went to their accustomed seat on the Govern-
ment, but on discovering the change of sides,
crossed the floor of the house in a somewhat hur-
ried manner.

At about a quarter before two the members pre-
sent greatly increased, the attendance on the Go-
vernment side being in a large majority.
At a quarter before two Mr. Mowbray, late the
Judge Advocate-General, entered the House, and
proceeded at once to take his seat on the front
bench of the Opposition, and having done so,
turning round and laughing heartily, he shook
hands with Mr. Walpole. Mr. Hunt, the
late Chancellor of the Exchequer, was the
next person that entered, and he was
shortly after, followed by Sir Stafford Northcote
and Sir J. Pakington. At rive minutes to two
there were upwards of 300 members present, and
the buzz, or rather noise of conversation was some-
rhat of an extraordinary kind.
Mr. Ayrton was the first member of the new
Administration to enter the house and taking his
!ace on the Government bench received the
congratulations of a number of the members. Mr.
K. Huggenson shortly after entered, and was fol-
lowed exactly at two o'clock by Mr. Disraeli, who
entered without the slightest notice being taken of
his presence.
The Deputy-Usher of the Black Rod then ap-
peared at the table and summoned the house to the
House of Peers.

The members of the House of Commons hay-
ing returned to their own chamber, Sir Denis Le
Marchant, clerk of the house, took his usual posi-
tion at the table, and indicated the mover and
seconder of the Speaker--Sir G. Grey and Mr. Wal-
pole. There was no opposition to the re-election
of Mr. J. Evelyn Denison, and the motion being
carried by acclamation, the right hon. gen-
tleman spoke few words of thanks from the floor of
the house, and was then conducted by his proposer
and seconder to the chair, whence he renewed his
acknowledgments of the great honour conferred
upon him for the fourth time, and having received
the congratulations of the representatives of the
Government,
The house adjourned until two o'clock to-mor-
row.

Bank of England .Returns.

An Account, pursuant to
cap. 32, for the week ending
ISSUE DEI

he Act 7th and Bth Victoria,
Vednesday, Dec. 9, 1868.
'A RTMENT.

Notes iseued ....X31,763,985

Governint. Debt.X11,015,160
Other Securities 3,984,900
Gold Cuin and
Bullion
Silver Bullion

£31,763,985

£31,7133,985

!ropriotors'

ePARTMENT.
Govornint. Seen-
rities(ineluding
Dead Weight
Annuity) £15,074,814
Other Securities 17,378,559
Notes 8,563,855
Gull. and Silv4r

Coiu

X 42, 094,962
'WM, RAY, Chief Cashier.
London, England, 1868-12-10

IT CONTAINS the FOLLOWING
ALMANACS.
TRANSFER DAYS OF PUBLIC FUNDS,
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
STAMP DUTIES.
FOREIGN MONEYS.
MINISTERS OF STATE.
CORPORATION OF LONDON.
POSTAL INFORMATION.
LIST OF BANKERS.
ARMY AND NAVY AGENTS.
CAB FARES.
READY RECKONER.
A DIARY, arranged on the most approved plan,
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