The Sun.
London, England, 1868-12-31 00:00:00

FRANCE.

PARIS, Dec. 31.

The Paris papers publish a telegram from Corfu,
dated 29th instant, emanating from a Greek
source, stating that three engagements had recently.
taken place in Candia, at Apocoroua Atnarion, and
Hera,clion, in which the insurgents were victorious.
BOURSE, Dec. 30.—Three o'clock.—The market
closed as follows :-
41 ver Cent.
End of month... Italian Loan
3 per Cent -
End of mouth_ 69 971 Mexican Loan 24
Credit Mobilier '286 25 Do. Bonds
End of month... 286 25 Spanish Threes
Credit Foncier —1513 75 Home Debt —
End of month... Deferred
RAILWA r 4. Cash
Orleans ... 920 -.al the
N orthern

Lyons and Mediterranean -
Southern-- 5731
Western
Eastern
Sardinian
Austrian
Lombard 4274
North of Spain
Saragossa
Roman 534

ST. MARK'S lIOSPn'AL.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

City-road, E.C., Dec. 29, 1868.
SIR,--Permit me to appeal to your charitable
readers for a contribution iu aid of the funds of the
St. Mark's Hospital' for fiitula and other diseasee
of the rectum. 11, has alleviated the sufferings of
21,500 patients ; upwards of 500 are in att ,ndaucei
and 88 anxiously awaiting vacant beds. Of these
there is room for 50, but the funds are not sutn-
cieut for more than 34, so that 16 remain empty'
The committee would gladly keep them filled, but
the inadequacy of the means at their disposal pre'
vents them.
Last year we found it necessary to apply 12,000
of our capital to current expenses; and this year
has entailed heavy expenses for painting, white.
washing, and repairs.
In the hope that some of your readers will aid ee
in our efforts to maintain, and, if possible, extend,
the sphere of our operations, I venture on this sr
peal.
Contributions may be sent to the treasurer, 134'
B. Martin, Esq., 68, Lombard-street, or to 03°
here.--I have the honour to be, sir, your very obe'
dient servant,

J. PIKE, Secretary.

LII ERARY INTELLIGENCE.

Messrs. Hurst and Blackett announce as in pre-
partition the following new works Her M
jesty's Tower," by W. Hepworth ltixon, dedicated,
by express permission, to the Queen,—A. Nesg
Story, by Mrs. Oliphant, 3 vols.—" Lucre
Borgia, Duchess of Ferrara," a biograp*
illustrated by rare and unpublished documente:
by William Gilbert, author of " Shirley fit
Asylum," 2 vols., with portrait.—" Meta's Faith'
by the author of " St. Olave's," 3 vols. --"l3e
Sunny South : an Autumn in Spain and Majorca,
by Captain Jr. W. Clayton, F.R.G.S., late 13th
f
Hussars, Bvo., with illustrations.—" The Life eu
Rossini," by Sutherland Elwards, 2 vols., W't/'

portrait. A New Novel, by Lady Chary
Thyune, 3 vols. " Chaucer's England," bi
Matthew Browne, 2 vols., with Portrait 11°d
numerous Illustrations—" Only an Earl," by the
Countess Pisani, 3 vols.—" Prince Charles and the
Spanish Marriage," a Contribution to EnglishlVP
tory, 1617 to 1623, from unpublished Docuinotl
in the Archives of Simaucas, Venice, 5111
Brussels, by Samuel Ita.vvsou Gardiner, 2 1":/;'s.
Bvo.—" Trials of an Heii ess," by the Hon. Am,-4;
Gifford, 3 vols.—" My Holiday in Austria',o
by Lizzie Selina Eden, Author of " A Lady
th
Glimpse of the War in Bohemia," 1 vol. W`i.
Illustrations. - " Peasant Life in Sweden," „
Lloyd, Author of Field Sports of the North, 8/";;
with Illustrations—" Lodge's Peerage and Bar°l3,,eer
age for 1869," under the Especial Patronage of I,'
Majesty, a new and Enlarged Edition, coutaillll3°
all the new Creations, royal Bvo.

STREET NAMES.—The Metropolitan Board -- of
a
Works has ordered that the line of thGroughfare eitte,ll.„;
iug westward from Cavendish-square to the intersect'''. a
of Duke-street, and now known as Wigmore-street
Edsmrds-street, ba named Wigmore-street
That the sub-names in Clapham-road and Clapb,"wla're
be abolished, and that the whole line of thorunO'be
from Kennington Park-road to High-street, Claphsuj'a,
called Clapham-road. The Board has also issued ge-of
rul order directing that in every case where plans 01,1109
streets are appioved, a condition be attached tilA' oci
name of each street, as approved by the Board, be d'otil
on posts at both ends of such proposed new street, °,41.
the houses are built, when the name shall be aifiOd
cording to law.