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THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 27, 1869. --------_ _ feeling on both sides of the Atlantic might moderate. By the 25th of September this desirable result, ac cording to Mr. DKr, had been attained, and the time for resuming parley was accordingly come. The United States were ready " to consider propositions from the British Government." No doubt; but England had already made an offer, it had been accepted by the accredited represen tative of the other party, and the Senate almost unanimously rejected the resulting treaty. The cir cumstances were such that there can be little doubt of the right of England to close the question for ever, and to refuse further discussion, no matter on what terms. In any event, if we do consent to reopen the controversy, the next advances must surely come from the other side. And such was the tenor of Earl CLARENDON'S reply, dated November 6. The honour of the nation is concerned in adher ing to this resolution. To refuse our offer and then expect us to begin again may be very natural to the Americans ; but it would be contrary to English nature to fall in with this notion. As Earl CLAItENDON says, the basis on which the United States will negotiate must be clearly intimated before the ques tion can be gone into again. And though it will be gratifying, of course, to put an end to the question, it is not easy to see how, with any pretence to honour or consistency, we can concede more than the very large measure already given. VERY gratifying and seasonable is the news jus received of the remarkable progress of Christianity in Madagascar. That island was long remarkable for the dreadful treatment accorded to mis sionaries and native Christians. Some of the former established themselves in the country previously to 1816, and under a moderately humane, though selfish king, the work of conversion went on with rapidity. But RADAMA, as the Sovereign was called, soon died, and for a long series of years ending 1862, the great island was under the absolute dominion of a sanguinary woman named RANAVALA. This despot closed the missionary schools, drove away the ministers, put many of the native Christians to death with great tortures, and compelled the rest to find a miserable refuge in inland fast nesses. A weak-minded king who succeeded RANA VALA was put to death in 1863. The Queen who now reigns has inaugurated a new era. Of her ante cedents it is sufficient to say that they were in strict accordance with the habits and morals of her race ; but her later doings deserve the highest praise. She first tolerated Christians, then she encouraged them, and now she has joined the " white " faith herself. She became a Christian early in the present year, the aristocracy followed, then the people of the province in which the capital was situated, and ere now the Reformation has doubtless spread through the entire land. In order to fully establish the new religion it was necessary to first remove the old one. This task, always a difficult one, even for a ruler, was triumphantly accomplished by the QUEEN. The priests threatened, but the nobles supported the Sovereign ; whilst the people stood still. When the priests came to the royal residence to assert their rights, a party of officials was sent off privately to destroy the great Madagascar idol. In the absence of the priests the monstrosity was brought out in state before the wondering people. The great god consisted of nothing more than a small piece of wood with a piece of silk, about three feet long and three inches wide attached on each side. The people, contemptible as was their object of adoration, believed it invincible ; but it disappeared in the fire, and the downfall of idolatry was complete. Other images followed ; and soon the people were without an object of worship, and calling loudly for one. It was found that of 280 towns in the capital province, 120 were provided with churches, and a supply of teachers was at once forthcoming for the remainder. Thus the victory of Christianity is complete. The consequences, in a country so vast, and so contiguous to great and almost unexplored territories, ought to be highly important. NEVER perhaps did Christmas find the aspect o. the world more pacific. We are not, it seems, to be blessed with the disarmament project announced a few days ago; but there are at least no signs of any serious rupture. If Europe is not to be relieved from the burden of its armaments, they are at all events inactive, and likely to remain so. The state of affairs is singularly reassuring. At home, the threatening aspect of Irish law lessness has passed away in great measure, and the festive season is marked by that dulness which in variably precedes the Parliamentary session, in the absence of exciting foreign events. France is occu pied with the important, but not alarming, question as to whether M. DE FORCADE or M. OLLavfnn shall be the EMPEROR'S lieutenant—whether, that is, the old style of personal rule is to be kept up a little longer, or the moderate Reform policy make further advances. Prussia is chiefly concerned with that regular occupation of European Governments, getting rid of a financial deficit. Russia, true to her old policy, is looking after her own business. Austria, whose history just now presents the most interesting features of foreign politics, is troubled with a Ministerial state of uncer tainty, not to say a crisis, and with the aspirations of those small nationalities who desire to share the privileges which have been granted to Hungary. In Italy a Ministry has just been formed. This infant Government was received into the world with the gratifying prediction that it would not exist a month ; and unless Signors LANZA and SELLA abandon the de plorably bad system of government adopted by their predecessors, the forecast may not unlikely prove true. Repressive and tyrannical measures, heavy army ex penditure, and the extravagance in Court and official circles, represented the policy of the fallen Ministers. Let the new corners take warning by the example. From Spain comes nothing but the old story, that the Spaniards want a King, and nothing but a King, but yet cannot find one. Lastly, the temporary settle ment of the Turco-Egyptian dispute leaves Europe without even the shadow of a quarrel. All that we can wish is that nothing disagreeable may be done at Rome. If the sons of the Apostles can manage to keep the peace, there need be no apprehension about the sons of men. It is true that there is a little insurrection here and a certain turbulence there. The Republi cans in Spain have not yet forgotten their recent defeat. The Dalmatians are considering whether they will do better to give in at once or fight a little longer. The Danes who are incorporated with Prussia are stewing more serious signs of discontent. Finally, the discovery of Socialist plots in Russsia proves that the Muscovite Empire has so far advanced in ideas as to possess a few equality thinkers. But these things are not worth mentioning, save as testimony to the healthy condition of the European body ; for as mankind cannot exist without fighting, so these small outbreaks are to be regarded as safety-valves in the absence of more serious business. Amongst other pacific symptoms, we are promised or threatened—it is not clear which word is most appropriate—with another attempt to settle the Alabama question. From the correspondence which President GRANT has sent to the United States' Senate, it is clear that the energies of the English and American diplomatists were by no means exhausted by the heavy work of preparing the JOHNSON-CLARENDON Treaty, nor their spirits damped by the unceremonious reception which their remarkable production met with at Washington. It was a strange chapter in diplomatic history. The British Government yielded well nigh all that they had previously refused ; and the Americans refused the free gift of , almost all that they had previously asked. Mr. JOHNSON, in spit© of his dinner-eating, overmatched our states men, and the discerning authorities at home abused him for it ! Of course the Senate at the time was confifient in its wisdom, but it does not seem that the 1. LT, ie of above half a year has served to dissipate its doll ision, which was shared by the new Govern ment az d the American nation generally. On the 15th of May last, Mr. Fisir, President GnANT's Secreta; y of State, informed Mr. MOTLEY that the Goys rat lent " had abandoned neither its claims nor its ltopet lof a speedy settlement." The Secretary advc,catec 1 a brief delay in order that public L ROYAL LABORATOO, IVOOLTVICIL The persons employed in the Royal Laboratory assembled in the model room of the Royal Labora tory, Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, on Thursday even ing, for the purpose of presenting Col. Boxer, on his retirement, with a testimonial of their high esteem and regard, in the shape of a silver table centrepiece and candelabra, manufactured by Mr. Smith, of King-street, Covent-garden. Capc.V. 1). Majeudie, Royal Artillery, As3istant-Superintendent Royal Laboratory, in presenting the testimonial to Col. Boxer, said that 15 years ago Col. Boxer was called in at a time of great emergency to help the country through a great difficulty. What he had done could best be told in the words of a gentle man, a member of the present Government, who at the time held the responsible position of Clerk of the Ordnance : " In the month of April last I was for a short time the only officer at the Ordnance, and from returns which I called for I saw clearly that in the event of any large expenditure of shell in any military or naval operations we should have been entirely un able to supply the wants of the service. I sent for Capt. Boxer, and, pointing out to him the danger of our position, told him that some means must at once be found to improve it. He pledged himself to place the department in five weeks in a position to supply any number of shells that would be required, at an expenditure of about £B,OOO. He also pledged himself to such a saving in the work as would in six months be sufficient to pay the whole cost of the proposed factory. The annexed letter, forwarded in October last by Colonel Wilson, clearly shows that Captain Boxer's expectation's were more than realised, that the department was relieved of all danger, and that in the present year a sum of at least £40,000 has been saved to the public. It is almost unneeessary to observe that such great results could have been been at tained only by the union of great ability, great scientific knowledge, and great energy." The Secretary of state for War (Lord Panmure) had said on this occasion,—"To the untiring zeal of Captain Boxer I am delighted to confess my means of keeping up the fire before Sebastopol was en tirely owing." If Col. Boxer had stopped here—if be had retired without doing another stroke of work —he would have earned a just title to the gratitude of the Department which he had saved from dis grace and, the country which he had saved from danger. For 15 yeats he had laboured to raise the character of our war material to a standard of ex cellence and simplicity unattained in any other country, and opposed the introduction or retention in the service of complex, costly, and inefficient stores. Captain Majendie, in conclusion, expressed a hope that, though absent in body, Colonel Boxer might still be with them in spirit, and the friend ship which bound them and which had brought them together that night might connect them, how ever distinct and distant their future paths might be. Colonel Boxer, in reply, referred gratefully and gracefully to the astdstancephich in his early years—ten years before he had any official connection with the Royal Laboratory—he received from some of those who now stood before him. He ascribed the success which had attended his ad ministration to the skill of his fellow-workers, to their zeal and devotion to the service, and to the observance of the principles which had ever governed his conduct of the Department—of placing trust and confidence iu those under him, and not inter fering more than necessary with the details of their special work. After he had concluded his remarks those present gave him three hearty cheers, and three cheers more, and thus appropriately brought to a conclusion proceedings which must have been as gratifying to Col. Boxer as they were honourable to all concerned. THE FIRE AT ST. PANCRAS. LITERATURE, SCIENCE, ART, (f-c. (From the Atheneum) There is good news for literary antiquaries this week. A fragment of about 800 lines of an early History of the Holy Graal, in alliterative verse, has been found in the noble Vernon MS., in the Bodleian, by the well-known editor of Early English texts, the Rev. Walter W. Skeat. The fragment is without beginning or end, hut it describes chiefly the wondrous shield prepared by Evalash or Mor dreins (Slow -of-Belief) for his descendant, Sir Galahad. Its position in the romance is easily ascertained by refe rence to Lonelich's translation of Robert of Borron's French Romance, edited for the Roxburghe Club by Mr. Furnivall.:This alliterative Graal fragment will go to press at once for the Early English Text Society. The original of Chaucer's " Man of Law's Tale of Con stance" has been proved to be, as Professor G. Stephens, of Copenhagen (in his " Fi3rteckning," Stockholm, 1847, p. 20), said it was, in an early French Chronicle in the National Library at Stockholm. In this chronicle the Constance Story occupies eighteen quarto leaves (155-173). The story has been much abridged by Chaucer, but all his incidents, and some of his reflections are in the original. That refers frequently to a chronicle of the Sessons, or Saxons, whence it took the story ; and the French Chroni cle even quotes in English ("• en sa lanyaye") the words of Constance to the blind beggar,when she " gives himhis sight again," as Chaucer says, 1. 4982. We may thus hope that some day the English original of the French chronicle may t urn up. In most pleasing contrast with the selfishness which disgraces at least one English collector, the Swedish authorities have, at the instance of their librarian, the Chevalier Flemming, most generously sent their MS. over to England, and deposited it with the Keeper of the Manuscripts in the British Museum for the use of the Chaucer Society's editors. For this society the Constance episode will be forthwith copied and printed, with a trans lation, and a comparison of Chaucer's treatment of it. We mentioned some while ago Messrs. Moxon and Co.'s plan of a series of English poets, at a cheap price, to be edited by Mr. W. M. Rossetti. It had been intended to issue some of the volumes of this series within the current year ; but the present idea is to wait until next summer, and then to publish the whole set of volumes, about twenty, altogether. Seven of the volumes are to be selec tions ; the others will, of course, make no pretension to forming a complete body of the English poets, but need not be the less acceptable on their own showing. The earliest writer included in the series, as at present sketched out, is Milton; Professor Longfellow is the latest ; but the series may be extended should it be found to meet a public requirement. The volumes will have a fair complement of illustrations. Mr. Rossetti supplies a condensed notice, mainly biographical and partly critical, to each poet. In the volumes of selections he will have a wider field for expatiating in. The work of making the Darien Canal is soon to begin. The United States screw steamer Nipsic has been ordered to convey a surveying party to the isthmus, and the store ship Guard will carry the provisions, tents, and scientific apparatus of the party from the Brooklyn Navy Yard. There is a dispute as to the boundaries of New Granada in Columbia. The Brazilian Boundary Commission has attempted to include the river Putumayo, to the mouth of a stream called Guequi. It also claims the mouth of the Iza. The New Granada Government denies this. The Royal Society, at their last meeting before the Christmas holidays, did honour to themselves and to a famous captain by electing Lord Napier of Magdala a Fellow of the society. We understand that the new telescope to be used as refractor or reflector, constructed for the Royal Society by Grubb and Son, of Dublin, will be ready for trial by the end of the present year. It was ordered last July, and those who know anything of the operations required for the production of a large and perfect instrument will under stand that the manufacturers have not been idle. Mr. Huggins is building his observatory to suit the telescope, and we may expect in the course of the coming year to hear of his making fresh spectroscopic discoveries by aid of the new appliances. It appears that the preliminary Report of the Scientific Exploration of the Deep Sea, drawn up by the three naturalists engaged in it, is shortly to be published in the "Proceedings" of the Royal Society. Readers will then have an opportunity of judging in how far certain off-hand con clusions as to a disturbance of geological theories is sup ported by the facts set forth in the report. For the present we confine ourselves to stating that the questions raised are undergoing lively discussion, and that physical science as well as natural history will gain by the results of the expedition. THE PENALTY OF BEING IMPERIAL.—That she monkey brought from the East by the Empress of the French has begun to pay the penalty of the greatness which has been thrust upon it. No less than fifteen photo graphers, who are all announced as " devoted to the reigning dynasty," have applied for the honour of perpetuating the feature of this new member of the Imperial House. If the right should be accorded to any of them, we shall not only pity the poor little quadruman the torture of having to sit still for its portrait, but we may also inspect with some interest the series of portraits of the Imperial family which may appear in shop-windows and in albums. Will the series hereafter be held as complete without the picture of this female monkey, which is now the talk of Paris, and which, now that the Emperor's faithful dog ift mentioned no longer, is more identified with the dynasty than any other living thing which is not of its blood? LUTHER AT EISENACH.—At two we started for Eisenach, a quaint and foreign-looking town, overlooked by the Wartburg, famous and interesting as having been Luther's "prison," or more properly speaking, stronghold, for a season. Half an hour's brisk walking brought us from the station to the summit of the eminence on which The castle stands. The date of the oldest portion of the building lies as far back as the 11th century, having been founded in 1067. One portion has been restored within the last six years. The judgment-hall is frescoed with represents, tions of various events in the lives of the several Land oyes to whom the castle has belonged. The chapel is sithly coloured. The roof is of a deep blue, bespangled with golden stars. From a painted glass window of early date a " dim religious light" is cast over the several objects of interest—the pulpit from which Luther preached :so boldly,tho ancient seats of carved oak, the crimson-oovered altar. The banqueting hall is very handsome,with polished oaken floors, and walls decorated in the mediaeval style. The apartments in the tower were then occupied by the Grand Duke of Gotha ; so that we could not see them. Quitting, therefore, that portion of the castle, we followed our guide to the quarter in which Luther's room is still to be seen in its original condition. The great splash of ink en the wall where ho is said to have beheld the devil in A rid persona tempting him, has been more than once tenowed, and as often carried away by visitors piecemeal. It exists no more ; but the broken plaster shows where it Once was. The square, rudely-built oaken table, at which Mc Reformer wrote his translation of the Bible, stands ever against the door. The edge is bound with iron, to P revent its being further hacked and def%ced by eager chippers. Beneath it reposes a mammoth stone, used by Luther as his footstool! Ina recess stands a wooden bed stead, to represent that in which ho slept; but the four posts pre all that remain of the original, they say. An a ntique-looking stove, covered with bright green glazed tiles projects far into the room. The walls are adorned with portraits of Luther and his parents, and some auto graphs of the former, framed and glazed, dated respectively 1533 and 1539. The lattice-window looks upon the moun tain ridges of the Thuringerwald. As we gazed forth, car ried tack in thought nearly three centuries and a half, the sun sank like a golden ball behind a forest-clad peak, and we turned to Those the cell, that we might descend th,e 1491111tain-side by daYlighto-01i4c71 4r9Y2'3t An enormous saving will be effected in plain, fanny, and commercial stationery, by dealing with the manufacturers, Perkins and (lotto, who receive the papers direct from the mill, and cut, press, and finish it upon the premises, employlng UP wards of 150 hands. They undertake to supply the public with largo or small quantities at a trifling advance upon the cost. A a an example, a ream of 180 sheets of Note Paper for Is. 500 En • velopes for 2s. 3d. Samples and price list post free. Parkins and (lotto, manufacturing stationers, 24 and 25 Oxford-es reet, THE BISHOP OF ROCHESTER ON THE OFFERTORY. The Daily News thus comments upon the fatal firo at ..... St. Pancras :—" Christmas Day has this year been marked Dr. Claughton, in his recent charge, thus refers to the by an appalling calamity, the death of a mother and five weekly offertory :—.` The offertory is as much a part of the children by fire. In the topmost story of a lodging house service as the prayers are, or the P salms, or the reading in one of the crowded stree ts of St. Pancras, a p oor woman, and preaching of the Word The distribution of it is in who had only been confined on the Sunday before, lay the elected representatives of the people, the church helpless and untended ; her nurse had gone out, but four ' wardens, jointly with the minister. Some look u p on it as of her own children and an oth e r w ho had been brou g ht , a kind of forcible distraining upon our goods. How in to play with them were in the room with her. I grievously they err in this! It is the very idea of a volun- A fire broke out in the room just beneath hers, the tart' offering, made to God, approved by God. Some grudge tenants of which had gone out, leaving their door locked, . the few minutes added to the service, as though it were an and by the time it was discovered it had filled the stair- : undue encroachment on our time. I would ask them case leading to the rooms above with smoke, so that it i to consider one thing, i.e., the time expended by men could not be ascended. No one seems to have heard any 1 of business, who can ill spare tho time , i n g oin g round to outcry, and it is supposed tha t the poor woman and the 1 ! the houses or offices of the better sort of the p arishioners little ones were suffocated before the flames reached them. to collect their subscriptions. I say days of valuable time It may be hoped so. The inquest will probably throw ! are thus consumed in the world, which might all be saved, some light on the possibility of saving the unfortunate If our Christian congregations could agree to make their family at the time when the discovery of danger gifts in God's house as is appointed. Some men say that was first made. The report leaves the impression that if , this method is utterly inadequate to m eet the wants of a nyone who had had experience of fires , an d knew the i the case. Might it not be made wholly adequate, and that best way of passing throu g h smoke, had made a ply, by throwing upon it our church expenses courag eous attempt, the family might have been sa ved. I very sim When the fire-escape arrived the flames h ad acquired of whatever kind, and then thro win g ourselves into it so as to defray them ? Of course we may such ascendancy that the apparatus no sooner throw expenses upon it, and having no faith in it hold touched the building than it caught fire. The alarm I back, and lose our venture. But let us boldly say to one supply of the water of the New River C om p an y was was given at 8 . 20, .and in a few minutes an abundant another, l " This is a mode indicated" (I do not say co manded, but indicated) " in Holy Scripture ; we will nuke afforded; but under ou r p resent wretched arran g ements this was of no use witho ut an en g i ne , and the first engine trial of it ;we will lay by us in stor e ever y week as God has blessed us, and will cast our offering into the plate as did not arrive until half an h our had ela p sed, and was not at work until t e n minutes after that. With a high 1 God's p or tion of our blessing, and we will teach our pressure water service the water would, in t his case, have . children the same." No greater pleas ure to a child, no been poured upon the house half an hour before it was or . better teaching for a child, that it may learn what is due to God, than to give something out of its little could be. treasure for God's glory. In no very long time our chil- dren will become our teachers by their bountifulness. Their unselfish nature, or their nature, if selfish, acted on by Divine grace (you believe that God's grace doth act upon children's heart's), will expand in our very sight, in this simple act of giving. They will be our remem brancers on the Lord's day morning, not to forget God's house, God's poor, the homeless, the sick, the destitute. I say there is a blessing in the Offertory in this respect,that it teaches the children of the very covetous to give. You rejoice to hear your children sing God's praise. By the same law you will rejoice to see your children give to God's glory. I will trust the offertory for this grace of giving habitually as we can afford. In it we have the poor always with us. In it we learn to think of the preacher of the Gospel, who must live of the Gospel, and of the whole household of faith. I have seen men and women learn this lesson by it, that their goods are not their own, but God's; that they are God's stewards. I deny that it is inadequate to supply the wants of the Church in any place, if the people will only support it by common consent and endeavour. This is all that is wanting! nothing but a good heart and faith, if Christ's love be in us. Why should a farmer in a rural parish say, " There are only I and two or three others to give, we won't have the offertory here? " I ask you why you should not give your gifts in that way, if it is a right way ? I ask you why your labourer, and your servant that serves you, should not give his penny in that way, if it is a right way? I ask you why it is better that those who are well-off in a parish should meet together and agree what to subscribe, instead of doing this simple thing which St. Paul suggested ?" THE SITE OF THE FLEET PRISON.—The Com mon Council have agreed to convey to the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Company, for the sum of £60,000 tho freehold interest of the corporation in a piece of ground on the east side of Farringdon-street, the Bite of the late Fleet Prison. A PRINCE ON lIIS ASSASSINATION.—A few days since the Moscow public were thrown into a state of con sternation by a circumstantial and apparently well authenticated report that Prince Yury Nikolaievitch Galatzin, a distinguished member of St. Petersburgh society, had, while travelling in the central pro vinces of Russia, been surprised one night by three men disguised as monks, cut down, and despatched with great barbarity. And while everyone was shuddering over this appalling recital, a few days ago there appeared in the Moscow News a letter from the murdered man himself (whose powers of composition seemed no whit deteriorated by the operation) to the following effect :—" Sir,—l have just read, with no small entertainment, the minute details of the barbarous murder of which I was the victim in the town of Kozlov, a few days after my arrival in St. Petersburg, the assassins being, I believe, ' three men disguised as monks' The fact of my being here, alive and well, renders it probable that I was not the person assassinated ; but I am fairly informed, through official sources, that the existence of these three worthies is somewhat dubious, no one in Kozlov having either scen them or met anyone who has. I am, therefore, somewhat inclined to doubt the accuracy of the informa -1 tion.—l am, &c.", A NEW WORK ON THE MARVELLOUS BOY Dr. Daniel Wilson's book on Chatterton, just published, is remarkable as being the first biography of the marvellous boy in which the house in which he perished is correctly pointed out. An examination of the old rate-collector's books of the parish of St. Andrew's, Holborn, for the year 1770, for which we are indebted to a correspondent of the Atheneum, has clearly demonstrated that " Mrs. Angell, the sackmaker," from whose house in Brooke-street, Holborn, the poet's latest letters were dated, resided at No. 39 in that street, a few doors from Holborn, on the left hand side. It is an old red brick house, which has evidently undergone no important change since the Bristol boy died by his own hand in one of its garrets. Hitherto every biographer—and even Mr. Peter Cunningham, that laborious literary antiquary—has for no reason that we know of, mentioned No. 4 as the residence of Mrs. Angell, a house which has long ago disappeared. It is curious that Mr. Phillips's famous picture of Chatterton's death represents St. Paul's in the distance through the garret window, which was a possible thing from the garret of No. 39, but quite impossible from that of No. 4, for Chatterton's room, as we know, looked on to the street, while the front windows of No. 4 must have turned their backs on the City. The discovery will save the artist from the reproach of a blunder. It is also noticeable that Dr. Wilson fully accepts, as indeed it would be difficult not to do, the arguments which have been advanced to shew that the very full and circum stantial report of the inquest on Chatterton, which cheated Dr. Maitland and Professor Masson into writing elaborate essays, is an impudent forgery. TRAGIC END OF A MASK.—Towards midnight, when all were half mad with wine, De Guisay suggested a mask. These things, rough as they were, were usually pre arranged. Everybody knew when to look for the maskers, and, in most instances, who they were. But the marriage had been too hasty for this ; nobody now ex pected anything of the kind; and the King took the hint all the more eagerly. He retired, unobserved by the crowd with De Guisay and four other wild ones — scions all of the noblest houses in France. The projector of mischief had a quantity of tot and a pitch-pot in readiness, and the tight dresses of the group were speedily covered with a very good imi tation of the shaggy hide of the bear. Masks for the face were always at hand, and thus the travestie was effected in a very few minutes. Five of the gang were then bound together by means of a silken rope cut from the tapestry, and the sixth, the King, led them into the hall, where the thing took amazingly. " Who are they ? " was the general cry ; but that, of course, nobody could tell. At this instant entered the wildest of all the wild Dukes of Orleans. Hearing of the superior order of the fun going on at the palace, he had left his own amuse ments in another quarter, and hurried thither. He found the torch-bearers ranged close along the walls and the in quisitive company gathered round the maskers. " Who are they?' hiccupped the three-parts intoxicated prince. " We'll soon find that out." And snatching a torch from one of the bearers, he stag;ered forward. Some gentle men attempted to stay him, but he was obstinate and quarrelsome, and refused to be restrained, except by main force ; and as this was not to be thought of with a prince of the blood, however fuddled or miselliev ous, they gave way. The prince lowered his torah to examine the nearest of the maskers. But hand and foot being equally unsteady, he brought the flame in contact with the tow, and the group was instantly in a bright flame. Presence of mind, or common sobriety on the part of spectators or actors, might have averted the results. But there was none of the latter there, and but two instances of the former. The youthful consort of the aged Duke of Berry seized the King, and envelor «A, him in her ample robe ; thus he was saved. Another of the maskers, the young Lord of Nantouillet, noted for strength and agility, rent the silken rope with a wrench of his strong teeth—pitched himself like a meteor through the next window, and plunging into a cistern in the court, escaped with scarce a scar. As for the other four, they dragged hither and thither through the horrified mob, fighting with each other and the flame, and uttering the most awful shrieks. Men who had gone un faltering through a hundred fights sickened at the sight, .4,nd women fainted by scores. Roused by the uproar, all Paris was soon afoot in wild excitement, and crowded round the palace. A hundred reports were current—that the princes wore engaged in deadly strife being the ono most credited. At last the flame burnt out, and the four maskers lay a black and writhing heap on the floor.— Carnhill Magazine for January. IHE LATE EDITION of "THE SUN " at J. SMITH'S, 32, Bow-street, Cogent-garden. 11HE LATE EDITION'THE SUN" at IL W. SMITH'S Camden Stores," 78, Park-street, Camden MILE LATE EDITION of " THE SU ton-N " street JAMES SPEEDY'S, "The Weldngton,"Welling 3 rand. ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY. THE DIRECTORS have now the pleasure of submitting the following statement, showing he financial position of the Company : The CAPITAL available for the purpose of meeting any unusual calamity happening 'to the assured is Two MILLIONS STERLING. The amount actually paid up is £288,495. This, with the accumulated funds in hand, exceeds £1,800,000. For the satisfaction of the public the whole of the se curities belonging to the Company are annually submitted to the careful scrutiny of two independent auditors, and the following in au cvract from their report to the last annual meeting : " The whole of your books have been audited ; every document, every account, every voucher, your bank-book, and every security - all hate been most carefully kept, and there is not one doubtful security in the whole." A detailed List of the Investments of the Company, as already published, may be obtained on application. Au independent valuation of the Life Liabilities, as at 31st December, 1 68, has also been obtained from Mr. !_..areuel Brown, the result being— LIABILITIES AND ASSETS. Net Value Accumu- Number. Assu o r f ances hated Fund Surplus. General Life As surances, less re• Assurances 13,844 £765,021 £942,643 £177,622 Children's En dowments 207 21,260 23,287 2,027 Annuities (Im mediate and Deferred) 421 137,544 156,345 18,801 "'-‘-, 11 17' , P 923.825 -£1,122,?75 £198,450 Total 14,472 £923,825 1-£1,122,T75 :198,450 The -valuation has been made at 3 per cent. interest, and the net premiums only have been taken, so that the loadings for future profits and expenses are entirely held in reserve and not brought into the valuation. The results show a considerable surplus in the Life branch, amounting in the whole to .£198,450. JOHN H. M.LAREN, Manager. JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary in London. TII EATRE- ROYAL DRURY-L AN E. dole Lessee and Manr.,,,rer, Mr. F. B. Chatterton. Tins EVENING. at 7, I'M NOT MYSELF AT ALL. At 7.45, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST t Messrs. Fred. Yokes, Brlttain Wright, Harry Bolen°, &e.; Misses Yokes, Harriet Coveney, Kate Santley, THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Tins EVENING, at 7 o'clock, 74 EW MEN AND OLD ACRES: Mr Buckstone, Mr Chippendale Miss Robertson, &c., &c. After which, THE FAIR ONE WITH THE GOLDEN LOCKS: Mr. A. Wood, Miss F. Wright, &c. Concluding with A CO OPERATIVE MOVEMENT. THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPIII. •r}TTS EVENING, at 7, THE LONG STRIKE: Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr A. Stirling, Mr George Belmore, Mr Atkins, Mr I.ignold Sii s Furtado, &c. Followed by LOST AT SEA: G. lielmore, Mr A. Stir Aug, Sir Atkins, Mr W. Rignold, Mr C. z.tephenson, Miss Furtado, and Mrs L. Murray. GLOBE THEATRE-ROYAL. lins EVENING, at 7, A HOUSEHOLD FAI,iY. At ". , 5, NOT sUCH A FOOL AS HE LOOKS: Mr H. J. Byron. And LORD BATEMAN : Miss Fanny Josephs, Mr J. Clarke, dze. TIIEATRE-ROYAL, HOLBORN. THIS EVENING, at 7, THE BATH ROAD. At 7,45. LOVE'S SACRIFICE: Mr. Barry Sullivan, Mrs. Hermann Vezin, &C. And STATE SECRETS. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress. Mrs. Swanboronzh. Tuts EVENING, at 7.30, AMONG THE BREAKERS: Mr Clarke. With THE TOODLES. And ISO. Concluding with THE CHOPS OF THE CHANNEL. (In RISTY MINSTRELS, St. James's Hall, Every Night, at Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 3 and 8 all the year round. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regent's-bark, OPEN daily (ex cept Sundays). Adsliseion, 18.; on Mondays, 6d. Children under twelve, 6,1 ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. THREE BALLET ; Promenade Concert. Band of 60. Begin at 8. lg. Box-office o pen from 11 to 4. ( 111 (.7 r.ONDO MONDAY, DEC. 27, 18.;9. 7 7 , t. , ,F ~ r s Ttr -4 • , •-• "411 'l44` HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, Dec. 26. The Queen, with their Royal Highnesses Prince and Princess Christian, Prince Leopold, Princess Louise, and Princess Bea - Wee, and the Ladies and Gentlemen in waiting, attended Divine service this morning at Osborne. LATEST lii DEL WINCE (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AMERICA. (Per French Atlantic Cable.) NEW YORK, Dec. 24. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CLOSING PRICES. Gold closed at 120 i ; the highest quotation dur mg the day was 1201 ; the lowest, 1201. Sterling Exchange on London lOBl. 5-20 U. S. Bonds, 1882 ll3l. " 1885 ll2l. " 1867 ll5. 1091. 10-40 Illinois 132. Erie Cotton—Mid. upland 2sic. Petroleum—Standard White 3oc. Flour, extra state, $5.10c. to $5.70c. Corn, old mixed, sl.loc. According to Messrs. Moffatt, Davidis, and Co.'s report the week's receipts of cotton at all ports have been 115,000 bales, and since the Ist of September 1,232,000 bales; shipments to England, 58,000 bales ; to France, 7,000 bales ; to the Continent, 7,000 bales ; and since the Ist Sept., 647,000 bales. Stock, 358,000 bales. Middling, 110., cost and freight per steamer. DECEMBER 25. The Hamburg and American steamship West phalia arrived out at 9 o'clock last night. PLOT TO ASSASSINATE AN AMB&S- SADOR. YOKOHAMA, Dee. 2. The English Ambassador has been informed o he existence of a plot to assassinate him. The captainof the Runnymede has been drowned. The Austrian Envoy has quitted the country, the Austrian subjects being left under the protection of the British ALnister. The tea demand is good, the crop being short. Silk is quiet. Exchange on London is 4s. 51d- NEW TREATY WITH CHINA. HONG KONG, Nov. 19. A new treaty bas been signed between the Eng lish and Chinese Governments, but it will not come into operation "ur til the other Governments having dealings with China accept its provisions. The treaty guarantees a modification of the transit dues, the opening of two new ports, the working of coal mines by English appliances, a reduction of duties, the right of navigation on inland waters, and the right of foreigners to temporary residence in any part of the country. An English barrister will be employed to frame a code of mercantile regulations under this treaty, the draft of which Sir Rutherford Alcock is about to take with him to England. The Duke of Edinburgh has been splendidly en ,ertained at Hung Kong. At Shanghai the exchange on London► is ss. 11 id The vessels Mikado, Gladstone, Willis, and Reck mers have sailed. BOMBAY MAIL. ALEXANDRIA, Dec. 26, The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Ceylon sailed at noo❑ and the Tanjore at 2 p.m. on the 25th. The former may be expected at Marseilles on the morning of the 31st (Friday), and the latter at Southampton onil he 6th proximo. F RAN CE. PARIS, Dec. 27 The Official Journal of this morning announces Senor Olozaga, who had been summoned by his Government to proceed to Madrid, was received by the Emperor and the Empress at the Tuileries yesterday. BOURSE, Dec. 24.—Three o'clock—The market closed as follows :- 41 per Cent. End of month... Italian Fives 56 60 3 per Cent End of month 72 45 Ottoman Loan ... 333 Credit Mobilier Transatlantic 220 Spanish Threes ... 26i Credit Foncier 1722 50 Rome Debt Paris Gas 1640 Deferred RAILWAYS. Cash Orleans , ... 957 Western Northern ..... ...... 1125 Strasburg • • ........................ 590 Lyons and Mediterranean ............... 9721 Southern.... 5924 Sardinian 820 Austrian 525 Lombard North of Spain 46 Saragossa Roman 44 ME NEW BANKRUPTCY AC7 The leading provisions of the Act 32 and 33 Victoria, cap. 71, are sufficiently well known ; but it may be of service to the members of the commercial community to point out the principal alterations which this statute will effect in the pro ceedings and practice of the Court of Bankruptcy. Much has been left by the Legislature to the Lord Chancellor and those gentlemen by whom he may be assisted, in framing rules and orders for the working of the new Act, and until those are in the hands of the public, many matters are, of i necessity, left in great doubt. One point is pretty clearly determined, that, at the end of the year, two of the present commis• sioners, Mr. Holroyd and Mr. Winslow, will de. finitively retire, and of the six registrars, Messrs Hazlitt, Roche, Brougham, Murray, Pepys, and Spring-Rice, four will be retained, the other two retiring at the end of the year. It has not yet been announced which of the above-named gentlemen will retire, but it will probably be the two juniors. On the Ist of January Mr. Commissioner Bacon will assume the office of Chief Judge, and will hold his sittings at first in the court hitherto occupied by Mr. Commissioner Holroyd, and sub sequently in Portugal-street as soon as the late Insolvent Debtors' Court can be adapted for the purpose ; unless, indeed, moved by a consideration of the great inconvenience which will be suffered by the profession and the public at large from a division of the business of the court, his Honour should decide on continuing his sittings iu Basing hall-street. In the first few weeks of the operation of the new system, the business claiming the atten tion of the Chief Judge will necessarily be light, the earlier proceedings in the new bankruptcies being conducted before the registrars ; and it is probable that the first matters which his Honour will be called on to determine will be appeals from the de cisions of those gentlemen, or of the new officers to be called trustees. Meantime petitions are pouring in at the rate of 50 or 60 a day ; it is no extravagant supposition that, by the end of the year, something like 1,000 cases will remain to be dealt with under the pro visions of the old Act. By a singular oversight the new statute contains no express provision for the disposal of those cases, beyond a general authority ;~~ to the Chief Justice (given by sec. 64), with tie assent of the Lord Chancellor, to assign to the registrars and other officers such duties as lie may think flit. It is expected that these gentlemen will thus be empowered to adjudicate on the old cases, while the Chief Judge devotes his undivided at tention to the business arising under the. new Act. At p resent the registrars have not power to pass examinations, or grant orders of discharge ; and the question will probably be raised, and may oc casion au appeal to the Court of Chancery, whether this delegated authority can be legally exercised under the new Act. Under the present arrange ment., one or two days a week will be devoted to disposing of the old business, and there are already sittings fixed up to nearly the middle of next year. Taking into account the trobability of one or more adjournments in the more important cases, it is not likely that the pending matters will be worked off before the end of the year. The old and long-existing cffice of messenger is entirely swept away, and those officers will no doubt claim and receive compensation. Creditors wi l now have to take their own measures for the safe custody and realising of a bankrupt's property; and the first step in each case will be the appointment of a trus tee, whose powers will be analogous to, but more extensive than, those hitherto exercised by trade assignees under the old law. The registrars will, of course, preside at, those first sittings ; and the trustee, when appointed, will have the important duty aszigned to him of receiving and deciding upon proofs of debt. This enactment is not unna turally expected to give rise to much disagreement and dispute, and will probably be a fruitful source of appeals to the Chief Judge. The trustee is re quired to give security, and a further check upon him is supplied by the appointment of a committee of creditors (not exceeding five) ; and a new officer, to be called a comptroller, will be appointed by the Lord Chancellor, with power to examine the state ments of trustees and to call theni to account if need be. The provisions of the act regulating the order of discharge are well known, and perhaps no part of the new law has given more general satisfaction, as putting an end to the frightful abuses which were practised under the " bankruptcy made easy" Sys tem of the old act. The Chief Judge will, of course, decide on such applications, and where fraud is esta blished, he may commit the bankrupt, under the Debtors Act, 1869, for any period not exceeding two years. This latter act specifies noless than 16 offences which will render a bankrupt liable to this punishment. The applications for release from custody are diminishing in number, the bankrupts now in con finement being, doubtless, well aware that the prison doors will be thrown open to them at the end of the year, unless in the excepted cases speci fied by the Debtors Act. It is believe•! that about 50 persons, now in custody, will be liberated under this enactment. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. EAST INDIAN. The report of the directors of this company states that steady progress was being made in com pleting the light unfinished works on the main line. The representations made by the Board to the con- ,ractors in respect of the chord line had led to their taking energetic measures in view to the early completion of the works. The only incomplete works of any importance on the Jubbulpore line were those at the Jubbulpore station. The Board, acting in complete harmony with the directors of le Great ludian Peninsula Railway Company, were determined to limit the expenditure on the arrangements at this station to the smal!est amount possible consistent with a due regard to the conve nience of the public ; the interchange of traffic be tween the twosystems. Thepermanent way and works had been maintained in efficient order during the half-year, at a cost of 6.69 d. per train mile, against 10-42 d. in the corresponding half-year. The working expenses had been 38.32 per cent. against 4560 per cent. in the corresponding half of 1.868. The cost per train mile had been 33. 41d., against 3s. 74d., in the corresponding half-year. The total number of passengers car, ied during the half" year was 2,520,944, including 2,225,17 S third- class passengers, against 2,576,910 in the corre sponding half of 18G8. The tonnage in goods and minerals for the half-year ended the 30th of Juae last was 697,835 tons, against 584,989 tons in the same half of 1868, showing an increase of 112,846 tons. The gross earnings for the half year ending the 30th of June last bad been £1,349,821, against £1,084,634 in the same half last year, showing an increase of £265,187, and the net earnings £832,481, against £590,022, show ing an increase of £242,459. The net earnings per train mile had been 6s. 5d., against 4s. 3d. is 1868. Looking to the increase in the receipts and the low cost at which they had been earned, the board felt that they might fairly congratulate the shareholders on the result of the half-year's work' ing. The permanent way and works on the Jub bulpore line had been maintained in efficient order during the past half-year, at a cost of Is. sd. per train mile. The number of passengers carried had been 83,221,including 80,252 third-class, as agains t 79,195 in the corresponding half-year, showing an increase of 4,026. The tonnage in goods an d minerals was 45,896 tons, against 52,849 tons is the same half of 1868. The gross earnings for the half-year ended 30th of Junepast on the Jubbul pore line had been 54,307, against 41,283 in the corresponding half-year. The working expense° had exceeded the receipts by £10,560. That whic h appeared to a loss on the Jubbulpore line repre sented, more or less, a corresponding profit on the main line. After providing for the payment of Sir M. Stephenson's annuity, £2,500; and laying aside £10,560 to meet the difference between the receipts and expenditure on the Jubbulpore line, ther e would be available for distribution in this country £65,490, from which the board recommend the 09' ment of a dividend at the rate of ss. per cent., fre e of income-tax. The difference between the sue / drawn for (£78,550) and the full amount of the company's moiety of surplus profits represented e sum which would be required for distribution in India. After payment of the dividend and incon e : tax, there would remain about £5,700 to be c arrie d over. On the 10th of October the Hullshur a nd Barr district was visited by an unprecedente dl heavy flood. The water having risen in a compare; tively short time 6ft. higher on one side of the lie than the other, a dangerous flow ensued throu_li d the openings subjected to the great strain c..t 1 . 4 by the head of water. On the evening of the 11t11 a small brick bridge was swept away, and the g r, 39 0 in the embankment was increased to 150 ft. v.lO the morning of the 12th, by the most commenda b energy on the part of the officers and the centi m e tor's staff, a flying bridge was thrown across tP gap in the course of a few hours after th e water had reached the same level on both sides ; the p as s engers and mails both up and down were safe, ;'t passed over, with but slight inconvenience on o'l3 day and during the following week, when throug, traffic for goods and pa ssenger s was resure ed r Mutual satisfactory arrangements had been made fe through booking with th e D e lhi R a il w ay CoulP ell vo i and for the interchange of traffic between the 0 0 lines. The company was suffering, in common N ' l . a others, from the depressed state of trade in Ind t o i but though there was no increase in the traffic the current half-year, as compared with the cart.°s ~, pending half year, it had not at present fallen bel°:g it. The revenue discount of the main line ( W ill 0 the half-year ending the 30th of June shove £1,319,821 had hem received on 1,133 'linos , e si , £517,340 expended, leaving a balance of 1124, 40 The traffic receipts on the company's Jab hull'u jo line for the half year amounted, on 223 milessol, length, to £51,306, and the expenditure to £6 4, showing a loss on the working of E. 10,560. CH M RISTAS PRESENTS AT PARKINS AND Go- „ o e- , Portrait albums, dispatch boxes, writing case s, dressing ' aco lOs dressing bags, envelope cases, blotting books, inkstan o, ' D A s t a tionery cabinets, hookslides, work boxes , tea caddies,coo,; bags and reticules, card cases, purees, scent bottles, ciga r „,oo4 earl trays, pockot books, ornamental articles in china, gilt, and elegantly mounted for mantel shelf, drawing an'l 5 s of 6 t a bles ; bagatelle boards. indoor croquet and indoor ga.' ne ... c tYP., kinds; Bibles, Prayer - books , and Chur ch Services iu evc,`°fr:; Thousands of the above articles, all perfectly new an , lit Small articles careiully selected and sent port paid IV payment Catalogues five. M C COM] To-day the Stock gether el( urgent In The C: specie fro The tr; Novembe receipts. was X 46, A coin protectin It consist A. Heati F. Satter in the Sn view of r The n states the with grea ing the e The Ai says—Tl iug up deuce. 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