The Sun.
London, England, 1868-12-17 00:00:00

SPAIN.

MADRID, Dec. 16.

The rumours current relative to the imminence of
a Cabinet crisis are unfounded. It is stated, on re-
liable authority, that the same Ministers who have
been at the head of the Government since the revo-
lution:will present themselves before the Constituent
Cortcs.

that the normal state
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Senor Possada Herrera has left for Rome.

FRANCE.
o'clock.—The market
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41 per Cent. ...... 101 65
1:
-5.—Three
End of month...
3 per Cent ......... 70 45
End of month... 71 10
Credit Mobilier 291 25
End of month... 291 25
Credit Foncier ...1525
End of month...

RAILWA'

Bank Shares 3175
Ital,an Loan
End of month —
Mexican Loan
Do. Bonds
Spanish Threes
Home Debt 3Ol
Deferred
'B. Cash

Orleans ...... ... 916 f
Northern ........ . .................... ...• 3201f
Lyons and Mediterranean
Southern.... 6284
Western
Eastern ............ .. 562k
Sardinian
Austrian
Lombard 4171
North of Spain 6Bi
Saragossa
Roman 5O

THE VOLUN7EERS.

The meeting for the presentation of the prizes
won by the members of the Tower Hamlets Rifle
Brigade was held last evening at the Town Hall,
Shoreditch. The company was very large, and in-
cluded a considerable number of ladies. It bad
been arranged that the prizes should be distributed
by Major-General the Hon. James Lindsay, but,
as that gallant officer was unexpectedly prevented
from attending, Lieutenant-Colonel Thomson,
commandant of the brigade, delivered an address,
in the course of which he remarked that on occa-
sions like the present pleasure was most happily
combined with duty. That evening, at all events,
there was no drill to be gone through, nor had they
the prospect of a hard day's work in the field; while
they had the happiness of being surrounded by
their fair friends, without whose approving smiles
volunteering would be very slow work indeed.
Many were of opinion that volunteering was all
play and no work, but he wished that such persons
would join the ranks of a Volunteer corps for a
year and bring their notions to the test of experi-
ence. If at the end of that time they still held to
their original belief he would like them to take an-
other twelvemonth's turn at being commanding
officers. (Ilear, hear,
and laughter.) He was
happy to say that the brigade was in a most satis-
factory condition. This time last year they had
a muster-roll of 1,073, but since then 229 recruits
bad joined the brigade, and 104 members had re-
signed, the result being that they had at the
present moment a muster-roll of 1,198. Of these
806 (or 67 per cent.) were efficients, leaving, he was
sorry to say, 392 non-efficient members. It should,.
however, be borne in mind that among the
latter ware many of the new recruits, who could
not by possibility have yet rendered themselves
efficient. The number of men who had shot
through their classes was 302, and of these 81 had
become marksmen. Mrs. Say° (sister-in-law of
Lieut.-Colonel Thomson) and the two Misses Holt
(daughters of Major Holt) then distributed the
prizes. At the conclusion of tills ceremony the
tom was cleared fora ball.