The Sun. — London, England, 1865-12-26 00:00:00

ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GARDEN. (Opera Company, Limited.) THIS EVENING (Tuesday), Deo. 26, Mr. Charles Deffelli's new opera, in one act, CictRISTMAS EVE. Madame F. I), L a ncia, Madame E. l le y wood ; Mr. A. Cook, and Mr. Miranda. Conductor, Mr. Alfred Mellon. After which. at 8, the grand comic, skeetacular, and ope ritiO Christmas Pantomime, entitled ALADDIN AN D THE WONDERFUL LAMP; or, Harlequin and the Flying Palace. (See other advertisements). Commence at 7 o'clock. THE AT RE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE, Managers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, the Farce of HUSBANDS, BEWARE. Mr. G. Belmrre, Miss IlazlewoodL, a Alter NI hich. the Pantomime. IT&TLE KING PIPPIN; or, harlequin Fortunatus and the Mag,ic i'urse And Wishing Cap. Mess , P. c. Belmorc. 11. israyton, G. Weston. Master Percy ktoselli ; Misses El azlev , ood, A. Thomson, E. Falconer, As:. Pantomimi-ts, MessrA. H. Bolen°. C. Lauri, Carra t icir t bavillt,, Mias Morgan, and Madame Bolen°. Commence at 7. HEATRE-ROYAL, DR URY-LANE. tanagers, Messrs. B. Falconer and F. B. Ch,t•erton. SPECIAL MORNING PERFORMANCES. In a nswer to numerous applications from parties residing in the environs, and in order to allow country visitors to London during the holiday weak an opportunity to witness the Drury-lane Annual Grand Christmas Pantomime, en titled (this year) LITTLE KING PIPPIN ; or, Harlequin Fortunatus and the Magic Purse and Wishing Cap, Messrs. Falconer and Chatterton have decided on giving FOUR MORNING PERFORMANCES, onWEDNESDAY, Dec. 27th ; THURSDAY, 28th ; FRIDAY, 29th ; and SATUR DAY, 30th; and every Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday In the month of January. Doors open at half-past One. Commence at Two o'clock each day. Children and Schools at reduced prices to the following parts of the Theatre : First Circle, Dress Circle, and Stalls. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, BROTHER SAM : Messrs. Sothern , Buckstone, Compton; Mesdames Nally Moore, Snowden. _ ----- &c. To be followed by ORPHEUS IN" THE HAYMABIKET, Messrs. W. Farren, Fisher , BartLeman, Weathersby, 1 M e sdames Keeley, Snowden , Moore, Lindley, Woolgar, Howard, Wright, Coleman, Lovell, Prevot, Compton. Stc. To conclude with SHOCKING EVENTS. Mr. Commence at IIjOYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. THIS EVENING, Dec. 26, and during the week, a N ew a Powerful rams, entitled TUN: Pechter s u pportedD Edgar Ravenswood, Mr• by company. — NEW THEATRE -ROYAL ADELPHL Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, at Seven, a new farce called LEH'S]) TIII 6. Messrs. J. L. Toole, It. YnilllDs. Eburne, C. J. Smith; Miss A. teaman, &c. After which, at 8, RIP VAN WINKLE. Rip (his 96th appearance), Mr. Jefferson, supported by Messrs. isillington, P. Bedford, It Phillips, k'elix Rogiss, Ashley, .11.burne, C. J. Smith ; Mrs. Billingtor, &c. To conclude with TOE STEEPLECHASE. Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford. Ashley ; Miss K. Kelly, &a ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, QUIET LODGINGS. - _ After which, at a quarter to Eight, IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO MEND. Characters by Messrs. Vining, T. Mel ville, T. Mead, D. Murray, S. Calhaem, F. Villiers, J. G. Shore, U. Murray, 11. Mellon, C. Seyton, R. Cathcart ; M 153 L. Moore and Miss Katherine Rodgers. ROYAL SIRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Airs. kiwanborough. THIS EVENING. at Seven. NOTHING VENTURE ItiuTHING WIN. Alter whic:s will be p'odueed a new Opera Burlesque, L'AFRICAINE; or, The Queen of she Cannibal Islan is. Messrs. Stoyle, James, Thome ; Mesdames Swanboruugh, Kaynham, Johnstone, dm T conclude with MRS. GREEN'S SNUG BUSINESS. ASTLEY'S THEATRE-ROYAL. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. 1865 AND 1866. THU; EVENING (BOXING NIGHT), Dec. 26, will be produced an entirely new, original, grand, pro3hildreni cat, hippo-dramatic, comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled HAIti,EQUIN TOM, Tom, RE SON, POPE JOAN A. 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" The Royal Speech is a document of the highest political importance, and one and the same reply must therefore be given to it by the two Chambers of the Diet," is the decisive reply by which they silence the:proposal of dividing the task. M. Von DEKE appears to show great sense in his 1 mode of dealing with the House ; he is very mo derate, and his great influence is always em ployed in calming those who get excited in the course of the initiating discussion in which they engage. His importance will best be estimated by the fact that he was sent for by the EMPEROR and remained with him for an hour, Of course nothing is officially made known of the nature of the inter view, but some declare that they have good autho rity for declaring that the result was satisfactory, and that the great Liberal champion had obtained a promise from the EMPEROR that he would not lose patience even if the Diet did not at first accede to the desires of the Imperial Government. For the sake of peace, and for the true interests of Hungary, it is very fortunate that the man who possesses so much influence over the turbulent and excited spirits of the Diet is one of discernment and self-control, and not one of the fiery agitators who care for nothing so much as making evident their own power, though by so doing they create endless confusion, and awake the storm " that shuts the gates of mercy on mankind." To his honour be it said, the present ruler of Hungary entertains a very different sense of his responsibilities, and prefers to deserve honour rather than to make the parade of acquiring The EMPEROR also gave interviews to •me more of the Deputies, and in every way seems da be striving to feel his way, and to make things smooth, before the grand argument begins as to the disproportion of power, and the modifications of the Constitution. Genial and gracious influences are not wanting to soften down asperities and take the bitterness from animated discussion and considerable diversities of opinion. The Empress appears to be in high favour in Hungary, and nu merous have been the wishes expressed that her Imperial Majesty should visit the scene. A deputation has gone to Vienna from the two Chambers of the Diet for the purpose of congratu lating the EMPRESS on her birthday, and to invite ' her formally to honour the city of Pesth with her presence. This shows good feeling at any rate, and perhaps the visit of his gracious Consort may do more to favour the plans of the EMPEROR than even his own manoeuvres and machinations. It is a for tunate thing that the desire to welcome the EMPRESS has been so unanimously expressed, because it fur nishes a good chance of a better settlement than otherwise we might have hoped for. The EMPEROR has adopted the plan of taking things for granted, and assuming virtues for the Hungarians whether they have them or not. After he had departed, and a most enthusiastic greeting had been given to him, an Imperial autograph was posted in all parts of the city. In this FRANCIS JOSEPH attests the delight he has felt at his reception, in ingratitude for which he feels he must afford another testimony. The " hearty proofs of loyalty" have afforded great confidence and satisfaction to him, and he is astute enough to take advantage of the temporary excitement fur nished by the eclat of his visit in order to form a solid basis if he can, and make this visit to Pesth the corner-stone of the great work which is to cement more closely the ties between Austria and Hungary. "It is my firm belief," he declares, " that the mutual confidence which has arisen during the joyful days of my sojourn here is the pleasure of a happy future." This may prove to be a true prophecy or not, according to the policy pursued by the EMPEROR. He has now a grand chance before him, and if he neglect to make the most of it he will not deserve the pity of any one. Let him not be led away by the evil counsels of Prussia, but resolve to act in accordance with the dictates of his own conscience. He has discernment enough to know the path he should tread in, and if he swerves from it he will bring himself and his subjects into turmoil and discord, instead of leading them in the ways of pleasantness and peace. The Anti-Malt-Tax Association are bestirring themselves in anticipation of the coming session, and Sin FITZROY KELLY, who has constituted him self the champion of the cause, has been renewing his arguments in favour of its abolition. A meeting of some importance was held in Ipswich last week, at which a considerable number of M. P.'s were present, preparing, apparently, for the evolutions of the new campaign. The tenant-farmer interest was also strongly represented, and one of the farmers was called to the chair. The usual arguments were brought forward, the grievance was represented as a very serious one, and the antagonists of the tax were charged to renew their efforts for its total repeal. Sir FITZROY KELLY was, of course, the principal speaker, and he said all that could be said for his cause. He demanded the repeal on the principle of free trade. The farmers, he declared, had suffered both ways. " They had been made the victims of free trade when the protective duty on foreign corn was removed, and they had remained the victims of free trade, and the continuation and perpetuation of the malt-tax. Real freedom of trade," continued the learned gentleman, " con sisted not merely in the repeal of protective duties, but in the right to grow, to buy, to manufacture, to import, to export, to use, to exchange, to sell, unrestrained by any fiscal or arbitrary law ; and all that he asked, on behalf of those who suffered from the burdens of the malt tax was that the clear, true, and just principles of free trade should be applied to the malt tax.,, This sounds very well and very pl aus ibl e ; b ut if these " clear, true, and just" principles were car ried out to their full extent, our revenue tables would look rather foolish at the end, the quarter ! Sir FITZROY KELLY hardly w i s i tes we should imagine to see the national balance -sheet assume the aspect familiar to the financiers of other European nations, or to see Englishmen forced to atone, by heavy direct taxation, for the removal of all our customary imposts. Undoubtedly the farmer has as good a right as any one else to the removal of oppressive and unequal burdens ; per haps, indeed, he has even a greater claim on the Legislature, considering the tardiness of his profits, and the recent heavy losses which have befallen him. The great difficulty in dealing with the malt tax is, however, that it is very questionable how far it will benefit the farmers. There is good reason to be lieve from former experience that the profits of the repeal or the diminution of the tax will be divided between brewers and landlords. When the Duke of WELLINGTON took off the beer-tax, which amounted to three millions, the public profited by the remova to the extent of about a farthing a quart, and the HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tale DAT.—Morning, 7h. 44m.—Afternoon, Bh. 15m Ta-hlonßow.-Moming, Bh. 50m.—Afternoon, 9h. 26m. Ems, . • , LONDON, TUESDAY, DEC. 26, 1863. --..iipb-----..-_.-.-... After being out of the public mind for some time, Hungary now occupies incessant attention. Day by day accounts reach us of the doings of the EMPEROR and the Diet, which show how arduous Is the task that the Imperial Government has under taken of conciliating the people of Hungary, and how difficult that people and their representatives will find it to establish their liberties on a firm basis. We meet with plenty of professions on both sides, but the question is whether any faith can be placed in them. The real tug of war has yet to come, when the EMPEROR has returned, and when the Diet sets to work in good earnest to adjust its difficulties and solve its problems. The first sitting of the Lower Chamber of the Hungarian Diet was held on the 20th December, and was a momentous one in every respect. More than 300 deputies assembled in the Hall of the Museum where the sittings are now held. In the first place there was a " difficulty" to be got over as to whether the members against whom " reclatuations" had been made were entitled to vote or not. An animated discussion ensued on this subject, but the climax of confusion was reached when M. BISMARCK, the President, said that he felt benefit that they would receive from the repeal now asked for would very likely be in the same degree. As for the farmer, if the landlord chose to raise his rent, as he would be very likely to do in case of the repeal of the malt tax, it would not be much gain to him to have the privilege of doing what he likes - with his own barley. Good unadulterated and and cheap malt liquor would unquestionably be a great gain. Many hard-working men and women would be able to obtain fr3m it the nourish ment and stimulant which their exhansted energies and over-taxed strength really require, and, in spite of the Teetotallers, it would in reality be a powerful counteractive to intemperance. Of course, it would be certain that many would drink too much of it as they do now of the wretched stuff which they pay a high a price for, but the intoxicating and stupifying powers of the pure malt would be very much less than those of extraordinary com pounds which the publicans now pass off upon their customers. A working man may easily find a very little of such mixtures too much for his sobriety ; while, if the liquor were really pure malt, it would be as wholesome as it is now injurious. The farmer's friends, or those who profess to be so, have for some time been agitating for the repeal of this tax, supported, of course, by the farmers, who naturally believe their advocates, and by the landlords, whose interest, as we have said, is in favour of the repeal. Last year a powerful movement to obtain the re duction was set on foot, and some hope was enter tained by the agitators of carrying their point. This year they have a more powerful argument in their favour, which, strange to say, does not seem to have been employed the other day at Ipswich. The agriculturist interest has undoubtedly suffered very heavily this year through the visitation of the cattle plague, and the public sympathies have been largely called forth in their favour. All classes have been made to pay pretty heavily for the infliction by the exorbitant price of meat; but the farmer has certainly borne the brunt, especially as the danger is unfortunately increasing instead of diminishing. Generally speaking, when any particular class is affected by an exceptional disaster, the public expresses its interest by sending contributions towards its relief. Unluckily the butcher has received the benefit as yet, and the brewer is likely to do so should the malt tax be removed. At the same time, the experi ment might fairly be tried in a degree which would not seriously disarrange the finances of the country, and which would be more likely to relieve the farmer than an extensive alteration, because it would allow no ground for others to claim the benefit. If the malt tax were reduced by one quarter, the farmer might very possibly gain more than from a larger reduction, and we might learn from the success or failure of that experiment how far we might subse quently proceed with safety. Such a concession may very well be made by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and we hope that he will give the pro posal due consideration. A wholesale alteration would be neither wise nor expedient, but such a change as this would be both advisable and just. LEE SUN, LONDON, TUESDA LA TEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS. MARSEILLES, DEC. 26. The Pera, with the above mails, arrived here at 2 a.m. yesterday. The mails left for London at 11.30 a.m. Free pratique. The Ripon, with the heavy portion of the above mails, left Malta at 6 a.m. on the 24th. She may be expected at Southampton about the 2d January. OUTWARD BOMBAY MAIL. The Tanjore, from Marseilles on the 20th inst., reached Malta at 11 p.m. on the 22d, and left at 4 a.m. on the 23d for Alexandria. NEW ZEALAND. The following telegram from the Colonial Secre tary, Wellington, New Zealand, has been handed to us for publication by the New Zealand Government agent in London : " The native insurgents were surprised during the present month, and 186 Hau-Hau fanatics have surrendered or were captured, and have taken the oath of allegiance. The friendly natives have gallantly aided in suppressing the Hau-Haus. " Parliament was prorogued on the 13th October. " The Stafford Ministry is in office. Expendi ture reduced. Revenue improving. West Coast Gold Fields returns fast increasing ; they yielded during the month 44,945 ounces." *** The telegram bears no date, but October is doubtless the month referred to. Lyceum Theatre. The success which attended the first representation of the new drama " The Master of Ravenswood" was of the most decided character. It is pleasing to record the fact, because failure, after so much labour in all departments of the theatre, would have been dispiriting and almost insupportable. That the adapter, Mr. Palgrave Simpson, had a difficult task will be at once admitted, especially as the plot of the great novel of Sir Walter Scott, the " Bride of Lammermoor," had been already appropriated by lyric, dramatic, and burlesque writers, and the public were also well acquainted with the incidents of the tragic story. To enable Mr. Simpson to perform his work of producing a new version of the tale to suit the peculiar require ' ments of the management of the Lyceum certain alterations became absolutely necessary, and it was not to be expected that the departures from the original would be so contrived as to give universal satisfaction. However, taking all matters into consideration, we think it will be generally ad mitted that Mr. Simpson has performed the task allotted to him with judgment and discretion. The principal alterations occur towards the end of the play, the conclusion of the drama being the fulfil ment of the following " legend"— When the last Laird of Ravenswood to Ravenswood shall ride To woo a dead maiden to be his bride, He shall find his last bed in the Kelpie's Flow, And his name shall bo lost for evermoe. In the opening scene of the drama, a beautifti representation of the " Mermaid's Well," Edgar the Master of Ravenswood, appears as the preserver of the lives of Sir William and Lucy Ashton from the deadly pursuit of some wild cattle on the knight's estates, and here also we learn that Hey ston of Bucklaw, and his would-be brave follower Craigengelt, are engaged in the endeavour to per suade the Master to join the Jacobites over the water. The latter intention Edgar has lightly enter tained, but the incident above referred to causes him to alter his determination, and he goes ,against the wishes of Alice, an old dependent of the ill-fated house of Ravenswood, to the hall of Sir William Ashton, to receive the thanks his unerring aim as a marksman has entitled him to in preserving not only the life of Lucy but that of her father—the deadliest enemy of the house of Ravenswood. Sir William Ashton thinks it policy to bring about a marriage with Edgar and Lucy, and the course of true love is allowed to run on its peaceful course, the father of the lady at the same time guarding himself from giving his positive assent to their union. Heystone, of Bucklaw, at the opening of the play, is a sort of half-outlaw, half-adventurer, but, by the death of a relative, he becomes the possessor of a splendid fortune, and, having been smitten with the charms of Lucy, he easily falls into the toils set for him by Lady Ashton, who thinks him a desirable husband for her daughter. Secret intelligence is forwarded to Lady Ashton of the suit of the Master of Ravens wood, and she arrives unexpected to the Hall ; and finding Edgar there she indignantly desires to leave a place where his presence is so distasteful to all except the now unhappy Lucy. The suit of Buck law is now rapidly pressed by Lady Ashton. Lucy appeals to her father, whom she fondly expected would at once openly acknowledge his approval of her match with Edgar, but he fearing the auger of his now enraged wife, only consoles Lucy with the declaration that though he had not interrupted her suit with Edgar he had never given his formal ap proval of it. He urges Lucy to comply with the wishes of her mother, tells her that Edgar has for gotten her for another, and that her marriage with Bucklaw will save the house of Ashton from impend ing ruin. The letters of Edgar to Lucy have all been intercepted by Lady Ashton, and thus she helps on her suit in favour of Bucklaw, until at last Lucy, heartbroken and almost bereft of reason, is induced to sign the marriage contract with the now much-courted Heyston, of Bucklaw. At this moment Edgar rushes in breathless from a long journey, and, finding that Lucy has signed the document fatal to his hopes, he upbraids her with her perfidy ; she falls to the ground in a paroxysm of grief, and her lover endeavours to seek repose in the ruined castle of the Ravenswoods. Here he fancies he sees the form of old Alice, and, following in his imagination the shadow of the old sybil, he arrives at the chapel cloisters, where he discovers a marriage ceremony taking place between Lucy and Bucklaw in the presence of the whole of the Ashton family and their retainers. Frantic at the sight, he rushes in, carries off the bride, and, in order to escape, he flees to the seashore which leads to Wolf's Crag- Lucy no longer recognises her deliverer, but, fancy ing that she sees in him her hated bridegroom, Bucklaw, bursts into a paroxysm of madness and dies iu his arms, but not before she recognises her lover. Their pursuers are at hand, and Edgar, de termined she shall be his in death as in life, again takes her in his arms, and rushing blindly along the quicksand is instantly covered by the rapidly rising waves. The followers crowd on the seashore too late to save, and the curtain falls as Caleb Balderstone proclaims the fulfilment of the prophecy. Mr. Fechter, as Edgar, must have fully realised the expectations of his most ardent admirers. Although perhaps a little too interesting in the opening scenes as the gloomy Master of Ravens wood, yet, as the action proceeded, he completely carried the house with him through the entire per formance. Nothing could have been more grace ful or impasssioned than his declaration of his love for Lucy—nothing more dignified whilst listening to the insults of Lady Ashton, or more poignant than the grief at the sight of the lifeless form of his adored Lucy. We have already said in our hasty notice of the first night's per formance that it was equal to his Ruy Blas, and after calm reflection we see no cause to alter our opinion. N ext in importance to the character of Edgar is that of Lucy Ashton ; and we say at once in her vivid embodiment of the part, Miss C. Le clercq fairly took us by surprise. Her acting in the bethrothal scene was such as to call forth our highest admiration ; and, speaking of her imperson ation of the entire part, were we to devote a column to her compliment we should have to come to this conclusion at last, that it was one of the most graceful and artistic performances we ever had the pleasure of witnessing. Mrs. Ternan, as Alice, deserves high commendation, and, although the part was by no means a long one, in her hands it became one of the important features of the piece. Mr. Jordan sustained the part of Sir William Ashton in a highly commendable manner, and Mr. Emery, as Caleb Balderstone, drew a life-like picture of the true and trusted dependent of the Master of Ravenswood. Mr. Hermann Vezin made his first appearance here as Heyston, of Bucklaw, and although the part afforded but little scope for his talent, yet that little was performed with the greatest care and discrimination. We cannot compliment ICTr. Widdicombe upon his version of Capt. Craig engelt. It is altogether a mistake. The entire scenery is of unusual beauty and excellence. The Hall of Ravenswood, the interior of Wolf's Crag, and the Kelpie's Flow, are beauti fully painted, more particularly the last ; for, when the moon sinks behind the thick black clouds and the water begins to rise above the sands, the effect is perfectly magical. The piece, we feel certain, will well repay all the trouble and anxiety attendant on its production. PLYMOUTH, Sunday Evcning.—The screw steam gun vessel Dart, 5, Commander F. W. Richards, from the West Coast of Africa, arrived in the Sound last evening. The merchant steam vessel Cella, Capt. Bellinge, 19 days from New York, with a general cargo, put into Millbay, this morning for coal, and left in the afternoon for London. GENERAL SHERMAN AND THE BLACKS.—The Albany Aryus publishes the following as a characteristic letter from General Sherman, sent by him to a Methodist minister in Baltimore, who had complained of the General's refusal to allow the enlistment of negroes in his depart ment :—" Atlanta, September 13. Sir,—Yours of the 29th of August is received.. Thank you for your kind expres sions. Iron is iron and steel is steel, and all the popular clamour on earth will not impart to one the qualities of the other. So a ' nigger' is not a white man, and all the Psalm singing on earth won't make him so. It is strange to me that among the people North and South, who have so much common sense, you can't say ' nigger,' but both parties make fools of themselves, and it is hard to say which are the worst. When we settle this little fight on hand, the great 'nigger' question will be found settled also.— W. T. SHER3LAS, Major-G[0110ra" ). MALTA. Our Malta correspondent, under date of Valletta, 20th December, announces the rupture of the Malta and Sicily cable. During the temporary interrup tion telegrams will be sent over to Sicily for trans mission to their destination by telegraph, by means of one of her Majesty's ships. The Assurance (gun vessel), Commander H. B. Woolcombe, left with the first batch of telegrams on the 19th inst. The Victoria (102), flagship of Vice-Admiral Smart, K.C.8., K.H., left her moorings in the Great Harbour of Malta on the 20th inst., to exer- cise heavy armament. Her Majesty's ship Arethusa and the Turkish ironclad Abdul Aziz, daily expected from England, had not arrived. FATAL BOAT ACCIDENT AND WONDERFUL ESCAPE. —A few evenings ago an accident of a most extra ordinary character befel the passengers of the ferry boat plying between Llanstephan and Ferry side, by which the lessee of the ferry lost his life and the passengers had an extremely narrow escape of a similar fate. Most of the party had been to a sale at Pilroth, and about nine persons, including two women and the boatmen, embarked about six o'clock in a common fishing boat, the property of Mr. William Davies, fisherman, of FeiTyside. At this time the tide was running in strongly, which, aided by a stiff breeze, rendered it a difficult passage for the small and heavily-laden boat. When little more than half way over the water occasionally came into the boat, and she became heavier with the weight of water in her, the swell at length came over side, and it became evident that she would never get across. It is alleged that even when the water in the boat was up to tho knees of the passengers, the boatmen were joking, and jocularly remarking, in reply to the alarmed inquiries of the passengers, that it would take them three hours to pull to shore. The boatmen made nearly all the party go to the stern. Shortly afterwards the boat began to sink, and the nine persons wore immersed in the water. The deceased seized and threw out the anchor, so that the boat might not be lost. His coolness may be accounted for by the fact that he was an excellent swimmer. The other boatman took charge of one woman, and the other clung to a man from the Dolphin, at Swansea, and he could not swim a stroke. He, however, was holding on to the plank which is used for passengers to walk ashore. The rest of the party were but indifferent swimmers, but as it was nearly full tide, and a very strong current, they were carried up the river to a point opposite Pil Gins, where they all eventually landed on tho sea wall of the South Wales Railway ; and on numbering themselves found that 117 deceased was missing. His companion, however, declared that he had " swam back to look after the boat." The affrighted party then walked down the lino to Ferry side, where they did their best to dry and refresh themselves after their short but dangerous voyage. The deceased was found on the following morning in shallow water, lying on his face close to the boat, and appeared to have struggled violently. WILLIAM ROUPELL, EX-M.P., THE GOOD CON VICT.—It is well known to the authorities of the convict establishment at Portland, and to all who dwell in the lower part of Dorset, that a great deal of what is technically called "trafficking with prisoners," which means eommunicating between convicts and their relatives, is carried on clandestinely through the agency of the prison warders and others. It is very seldom, however, that these offenders against the rules of the establishment are de tected, but a conviction was obtained last Saturday at Dorchester, before H. Williams, Esq., by the help of the convict ex-M.P., William Roupell, who has thereby earned a new claim to the title of "an excellent prisoner," which the governor lately gave him. It appears that a few days ago a warder named William James Turner, who has been employed at the establishment for upwards of seven years, sent a letter by one of the convicts to Roupell, saying that his (Roupell's) relatives had been imposed on by some one who had applied for money on his behalf, and that he (Turner) would serve him faithfully ; he suggested that Roupell should write for £lO, which would enable him to get comforts the prison authorities did not allow, directing it to be sent to him by a post-office order, made payable to William Haigh, of Weymouth, and he enclosed a sheet of note paper for him to write upon. Roupell was annoyed to think his friends had been imposed upon by people writing for money, pretending it was for him, because he did not want anything from them, and he showed the letter to the governor, by whose directions he wrote to his sister asking her to send £lO as the warder had requested. This he con veyed to Turner by a convict, who then wrote on the fly sheet advising that the £lO should be sent in two £5 notes, and forwarded the two communications to Miss Roupell. The governor also wrote to her, and she sent .£4 by post office order to Turner, made payable at Weymouth to Wrr. Haigh. The warder received it on Saturday, and sent his wife to cash it on Monday morning. SuperintendentUndor wood, of the county constabulary, was communicated with, and went to the convict establishment, when Turner was discharged, and the superintendent took him into custody on a charge of trafficking with prisoners. On Saturday Mr. Symonds, for the prosecution, applied for a remand, that the examination might take place at Portland prison, as Roupell and other convicts were necessary witnesses ; but Turner desired to plead guilty to the charge, whereupon he was sentenced to six months' hard labour. It is understood that other charges of a similar nature will be preferred against the prisoner when he is liberated. NEW-DISCOVERED PORTRAIT OF SHAKESPEARE. —A beautiful portrait in oil of this great poet has just been discovered, and is now the property of Chas. Clay, M.D., of Manchester. The style of painting and richness of colour and finish are quite equal to and not unlike the best of Sir Peter Lely's, though evidently of an earlier date. In it the connoisseur will unmistably recognise the hand of a great master. All who have seen it acknowlego it as being the most pleasing of all the portraits of Shakspere extant, and what is of still greater importance in se into reresting a subject, it exhibits more completely that intel lectual capacity in which the other liknesses, whether in oil, engraving, or sculpture, are so painfully deficient. The general outline is similar to the Chandos portrait now in the National Portrait Gallery, but in execution far sur passes it. We may remark that the sugar-loaf form of the cranium, so generally to be observed in the busts and por traits of Shakspere, is avoided in Dr. Clay's portaits. No anatomist or physiologist could with propriety admit the generally received formation of Shakspere's head, for the height of the forehead requires a lateral expanse to support it, in order to accommodate the full power and breadth of intellect specially characteristic of the poet. Dr. Clay's portrait gives breadth proportionate to the altitude. The face is thoughtful and slightly touched with melancholy, the eyes being remarkably expressive and pleasing. Many critics have objected to the Chandos portrait on account of its foreign cast of features; here we have the type of a true Englishman of the Elizabethan period ; there are no ear rings, as in the Chandos, the clothing being simple and unadorned ; the collar is without strings, less in size, and where it meets in front shows a portion of the throat below the beard; the collar itself is not so stiff as iu other portraits. If we might venture an opinion from the luxuriance of the hair, which is of a rich brown, tinted with auburn, this picture must have been painted at an earlier period of life than the Chandos portrait. The face is nearly full, the hair higher over the forehead, and falling partially and gracefully over the collar on the left side. The portrait has been carefully relined, and is in an old-fashioned frame of the period. There is not quite so much of the body in view as in the Chandos, four buttons only below the waist visible, whilst in the Chandos there are seven or eight. The size is 24 inches by 20. Dr. Clay is in posses sion of proofs of its having been the property of one family for more than a century, and is now making fu rther inquiries as to its history. Many capable of judging have seen this painting, and all pronounce it a genuine an ti q ue, and it is in the finest possible preservation.. Death of Sir Charles Eastlake. A telegram, which reached town on Sunday from Pisa, announces the sad intelligence of the death of Sir C. Eastlake, President of the Royal Academy. " Men of the Time" contains the following notice of he late president:—Sir Chas. Locke Eastlake was the son of a solicitor at Plymouth, where he was born about 1793. He was educated at the Charter- house, which he quitted at an early age, for the purpose of pursuing his artistic studies. After the usual probation at the Royal Academy, under Fuseli, he painted a picture of " The Raising of Jairus's daughter," purchased by the late Mr. Jeremiah Harman, one of the leading connoisseurs of the time, by whom he was employed to make copies from celebrated pictures in the Louvre—an occupa- tion which the incursion of the Emperor Napoleon from Elba, in 1815, compelled him to relinquish. On his return home he employed himself chiefly in portrait painting in his native town, and on the arrival at Plymouth of the Bellerophon with Napo leon Bonaparte on board, he managed, from sketches made daily alongside, to paint a full length life-size portrait of the ex-Emperor, as he appeared at the gangway of the ship. In 1817 Mr. Eastlake visited Italy, and in 1819 Greece, accompanied by the late Sir Charles Barry. In the following year he made the tour of Sicily, after which he returned to Rome, where he remained several years. The first year in which we find any pictures in the Royal Academy from his pencil was in 1823, when he ex hibited views of the bridge and castle of St. Angelo, the Coliseum, and St. Peter's. Soon afterwards he began to paint those costumed groups, illustrative of Italian life, for which the neighbourhood of Rome affords such abundant materials, a class of subjects then much sought for by its occasional visitors. The first of his works of this kind sent over to England for exhibition was " A Girl of Albano Leading a Blind Woman to Mass" (1825), to which succeeded, in 1827, a more ambitious attempt, " The Spartan Isadas." In 1827 Mr. Eastlake was elected an asso ciate of the Royal Academy, and in the year ensuing he produced his " Pilgrims Arriving in Sight of Rome," his most successf al effort. During his resi dence in Rome he painted many pictures of cabinet size, of subjects connected with Roman banditti, contadini, &c. In 1830 he attained the rank of Royal Academician, and returned to England, when he abandoned his Italian costumed groups for a higher walk of art. He still continued, however, to illus trate Italian history, poetry, and manners; and his " Contadina and Family Returning from a Festa prisoners to Banditti," a repetition of a similar sub ject painted by him in Rome, and "Escape of Fran cesco di Carrara and his wife," must always rank among his most successful efforts. In a similar category may be classed several scenes of theTurco- Greek war, his " Greek Fugitives," his " Arab Selling his Captives ;" his " Gaston de Foix," &c. About this period he began to devote himself more especially to religious subjects, and his " Christ Blessing the Little Children," " Christ Weeping over Jerusalem," " Hagar and Ishmael," I remind us in sentiment of some of the best works of Ary Scheffer, but are more agreeable in colour. The reputation attained by Mr. Eastlake, both as an artist and connoisseur, led to his appointment in 1841, by Sirß. Peel, to the office of secretary to the Royal Commission of Fine Arts. In 1843 he was appointed Keeper of the National Gallery, but he resigned the office in 1847. In 1850, on the death of Sir M. A. Shee, he was elected President of the Royal Academy, and received the honour of knight hood. In 1855 Sir Charles Eastlake was appointed director of the National Gallery, under the new and greatly extended form of organisation, since which that institution has received numerous and valuable additions worthy of the chefs d'ceuvre in the Angerstein collection gallery, which formed the basis of our national collection. His avocations, however, appear to have left him little leisure for art, and we have accordingly had but few pictures from his easel for some time past. Sir C. Eastlake has made several valuable contributions to the lite raturemen- ti , o N n e o d t e s h t i s o translation Handbook oe o t f h a o i n ntin C g o ,, l , ou a r n , :; "Contributions towards a History of Oil Painting." • •g. " He was one of the trustees of the National Portrait Gallery, and also ex-officio a trustee of the British Museum. DR. PRITCHARD, THE MURDERER.—On Thurs day Dr. James Paterson was presented, in the Crown Hotel, Glasgbw, with a testimonial subscribed for by a large number of citizens, as a mark of respect for and sympathy•with him in the difficult position in which ho was placed in connexion with Dr. Pilchard's trial. The testimonial consisted of a purse containing 200 guineas, and a handsome silver salver bearing a suitable inscriptio which had been subscribed for by a number of old and at tached friends, and also by many who knew nothing of Dr. Paterson except from his conduct. The Church, th and the Temple TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—'l hero has been much discussion lately in the public press as to the scarcity of highly qua lified graduates for clerical preferments. Is this to be wondered at when, among the candidates for the readership of the Temple Church, for which one would suppose learning to be a necessary qualifica tion, appears one who is technically termed a " ten year man ?" lam not acquainted with this gen tleman, and have not the slightest interest in the matter except as regards the general principle. Your readers may not be aware that the degree of 8.D., taken by the candidate to whom I refer, is the lowest that the University can grant, a lite rate or otherwise, by keeping his name on the books of the University for ten years, of which he need only reside in Cambridge three terms, is entitled to receive his B.D. degree on passing an examination (if he can, I speak advisedly) lasting about one hour. As an University man, I must say that I think the clement of learning should not be neglected in so important an appointment. I may add that the act of Queen Elizabeth, authorising this degree, was repealed in 1858, so that no more B.D.'s of this class will be created after 1868. Cambridge has certainly no reason to be proud of such graduates. —I am, sir, your obedient servant, _ . B. A. London, Dec. 23, 1865. Christmas in Rome. It was a glorious and cloudless morning ; sun• beams streamed in columns from the southern win• down, falling on the vast space full of soldiers and a mingled mass of every kind of people. Up the nave stood double files of the Pontifical guard. Monks and nuns mixed with the Swiss cuirassiers and halberds. Contadini crowded round the sacred images, and especially round the foot of St. Peter. I saw many mothers lift their swaddled babies up to kiss it. Valets of cardinals, with the invariable red umbrellas, hung about side chapels and sacris ties. Purple-mantled monsignori, like emperor butterflies, floated down the aisles from sunlight into shadow. Movement, colour, and the stir of expectation, made the church alive. We showed our raiment to the guard, were admitted within their ranks, and solemnly walked up toward the dome. There, under its broad canopy, stood the altar glit tering with gold and candles. The choir was carpeted and hung with scarlet. Two magnificent thrones rose ready for the Pope: guards of honour, soldiers, attaches, and the elite of the residents and visitors in Rome, were scattered in groups picturesquely varied by ecclesiastics of all orders and degrees. At ten a stirring took place near the great west door. It opened, and we saw the procession of the Pope and his cardinals. Before him marched the singers and the blowers of silver trumpets, making the most liquid melody. Then came his Cap of Maintenance, and three tiaras; then a company of mitred bishops; next the cardinals in scarlet ; and last, aloft beneath a canopy, upon the shoulders of men, and flanked by the mystic fans, advanced the Pope himself, swaying to and fro like a Llama, or an Aztec king. Still the trumpets blew most silvery, and still the people knelt ; and as we came we knelt and had his bless ing. Then he took his stare and received homage. After this the choir began to sing a mass of Pales trina's, and the deacons robed the Pope. Marvellous putting on and taking off of robes and tiaras and mitres ensues, during which there was much bowing and praying and burning of incense. At last when he had reached the highest stage of sacrificial sanc tity, he proceeded to the altar, waited on by cardi nals and bishops. Having tensed it carefully, he took a higher throne and divested himself of part of his robes. Then the mass went on iu earnest, till the moment of consecration, when it paused, the Pope descended from his throne, passed down the choir, and reached the altar. Every one knelt ; the shrill bell tinkled ; the silver trumpets blew ; the air became sick and heavy with incense, so that sun and candlelight swooned in an atmo sphere of odorous clouds-wreaths. The whole church trembled, hearing the strange subtle music vibrate n the dome, and seeing the Pope with his own hands Christ's body from the altar and present it to the people. An old parish priest, pilgrim from some valley of the Apennines, who knelt beside me, cried and quivered with excess of adoration. The great tombs around, the sculptured saints and angels, the dome, the volumes of light and incense and un familiar melody, the hierarchy ministrant, the white and central figure of the Pope, the multitude— made up an overpowering effect.—Cornhill Maga zine for January. EXHIBITION OF NATIONAL PORTRAITS. —The ga' leries in which Lord Derby's great scheme, so historically suggestive, is soon to find its realisation are in rapid pro gress of completion at South Kensington. The galleries are perfectly dry. The arrangements to maintain a proper uniform temperature (excluding all fire from the premises) and for constant watch by the police, give every security that can be provided. They have a quiet look of fitness, both in the simple arrangement and decorative colouring, and are calculated to contain about 800 pictures, about the number of British oil paintings exhibited in 1862. We understand that they i,vlll not fail to be adequately filled. On all sides there has bas been a hearty reponse, and many family treasures, which have never before left walls where They have hung for generations, have been placed at the disposal of the committee. It has been proposed that the first year's exhibition, which is open in April next, should extend to the Revolution of 1688 ; but we learn that the number of fine portraits offered may perhaps compel the committee to terminate the first year's exhibition with the portraits of the Commonwealth. MUTINY ON BOARD SHIP.—The Singapore Free Press, of November 2, says :—" We have to report a rather serious matter on the morning of the 28th ult.—a matter fortunately of rare occurrence in our port—that of a mutiny which took place on board the British barque Thomas Dryden, Captain Thompson. It appears that this vessel arrived from Hong Kong on the night of the 27th, and next morning at six o'clock the captain had occasion to read to one of the crew an extract from the ship's log regarding misconduct during the voyage. Having heard it, the man attacked Captain Thompson, who was knocked down. The first officer seized the mutineer, and a scuffle ensued. A rush was then made by the rest of the crew towards the cabin, with an evident intention of rescue. Seeing this Captain Thompson caught up his revolver from its usual place in the cabin and tired at the mutineer who was pummelling the first officer, not, as he says, with the intention of wounding him, but only to frighten him and the others who were then crowding into the cabin. Unfortunately the shot grazed the head of the mutineer, which we believe is nothing very serious, it is true, but still to be regretted. It, however, effected the captain's intention, as the crew, seeing the determination on his part to suppress any uprising, quietly returned to their stations. The Master Attendant when advised of the affair was speedily on the spot, and on a preliminary inquiry arrested the whole crew." COOLIE LABOUR FOR THE SOUTH.—The Stan dard's New York correspondent states that a mercantile firm engaged in business in New Orleans recently addressed the Secretary of State, in order to ascertain what the course of the Government would be if an effort to import coolies should be made. The firm represented, in this matter, many leading planters of Louisiana and Mississippi, and Mr. Seward deigned to reply to the letter. He in formed the merchants that the coolie trade was prohibited by a law adopted by Congress in 1862, which prescribes a severe punishment for those who employ registered United States vessels in the transportation of coolies. By this act, however, the deportation of Chinese is permitted, provided a certificate is obtained from a United States consul that the persons so shipped are consenting parties to the ship ment, " or voluntary emigrants." It is understood that seve ral prominent Mississippians are about fitting out a fleet, if two or three vessels may be called such, for the purpose of securing some of these "voluntary emigrants," the fact having been satisfactorily demonstrated that the freedmen will not work. If it be true that a movement is on foot to bring coolies into the United States, it is quite certain that the Radicals will demand Government interference to put down what they will doubtless call "a now form of slavery." But " slavery" or not, it is something that the Government of the Sandwich Islands has consented to, and to its profit, as it seems. In May last Dr. William Hillebrand, a botanist of distinction, was sent to China from the islands, at the solicitation of the planters, as Royal commissioner of immigration. As the result of his labors a cargo of 250 of the "immigrants" arrived a few weeks since at the islands. About one-fourth of these coolies are women. The Government contracted for them at the rate of $BO for each laborer. The person employing them refunds this sum to the Government, an d in addition guarantees to pay $4 per month to each laborer ($3 to each woman) for the term of five years—supporting them meanwhile. This example in coolie importation should not be lost upon the Southern planters, who, it is quite evident, must look elsewhere than to their late slaves for the labor necessary to the production of the great staple* of the South. - -1 1991 -to_ _ Dm court ' ... 7„-g7T -- 2,k- - 4J11141 HER MAJESTY• ._ _-.:.- OSBORNE, Monday. Her Majesty, their Royal Highnesses Princess Helena, Princess Louise, Prince Arthur, Princess Beatrice, and her Serene Highness Princess Hohen lohe, attended the service at Whippingharn Church this morning, where the Rev. G. Protheroe officiated and administered the holy sacrament. CHRISTMAS AT THE PRINCE OF WALES'S NORFOLK SEAT. SANDRINGHAM, Monday. The annual Christmas presentation of beef to the cottagers on the royal estate took place this morn ing. On the terrace at the west front of the house were provided huge tables which groaned under the weight of about 50st. of beef, cut up into pieces of various sizes, and placed in four diff eren t quantities representing the several parishes, the whole being tastefully decorated with holly and other evergreens. At about half-past nine the presentation took place, his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, accom panied by the Marquis of Carmarthen, Lieutenant- General Knollys, Lieutenant-Colonel Keppel, Mr. Fisher, and Mr. Holzman, came out on to the ter race, and gave away the beef ; her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales, with the infant princes, be ing a gratified spectator of the interesting proceed ings from one of the windows. The recipients, numbering at least 250, comprised the whole of the cottagers in the parishes of Sandringham, Babingley, West Newton, and Wolferton, and those occupying the cottages of the Prince of Wales at Dersingham, as well as a number of aged widows of Dersinghain not residing on the royal estate. The beef, supplied by Mr. Cook, of West Newton, had been labelled by Mr. Carmichael with the name of the recipient, the size of the gift being governed by the extent of family of each person ; thus a man and his wife received three pounds' weight, and one pound extra was given for each child, so that some received up wards of half a stone weight. In some instances the husband, and in the rest the wife came, but all looked clean and tidy. The Sandringham and Babingley poor came first, and, after each had re ceived his or her gift, passed along the terrace mak ing their grateful obeisance to the prince and princess, both of whom evidently derived much pleasure from the enjoyment they were occasioning . Next came the poor of West Newton and Appleton, and then followed those from Wolferton and Der singham. The single men on the royal estate-- labourers and others—received money gifts as an equivalent for the beef. The whole proceeding s terminated in about an hour afterwards. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, with the Marquis and Marchioness of Carmarthen, Lieut. - General Knollys, Lieut.-Colone l Keppel, Mr. H. Fisher, and Mr. Holzman, attended divine service in the pretty little church in the park, which had been very tastefully decorated with wreaths and festoons, by direction of the Prince of Wales. The Rev. G. B. Moxon, 8.A., officiated and preached. The Duke of Northumberland and Lady Louisa Percy left his grace's residence in Portmnn-spiare at the close of the past week to pass the winter at Torquay. The Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury are surrounded by a select party at Hatfield House, Herts. The Marquis and Marchioness of Bath are re ceiving- company at Longleat, Wilts. The Earl and Countess Percy arrived at Albury Park, Surrey, on Thursday last, from Alnwick Castle, Northumberland. The Earl and Countess of Leicester are enter taining a solect party of visitors at Holkham Hall, Norfolk. The Earl of Powis is entertaining a large faxailY party at Powis Castle. The Countess (Harriet) of Ellesmere is sur rounded by a large family party at Bearwood, Surrey, assembled for the wedding of Lady Blanche Egerton and the Earl of Sandwich. Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, Bart., M.P., and Lady Wynn have been receiving a succession of visitors during the past week. The festivities were brought to a close on Saturday last. We understand that Miss Henrietta Margaret Williams, eldest daughter of Sir Hugh Williams, Bart., and niece of Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, Bart., M.P., is about to be married to Mr. Peel, of Denbighshire. THE FRENCH COMMERCIAL MARINE IN CHINA. —According to the terms of the convention recently concluded between the Chinese Government and M. per thorny, the French Plenipotentiary in China, the voyages ef French trading vessels between China, Japan, and Cochin' China will hereafter be considered in respect of the payment of tonnage dues as simple coasting voyages. Consequently all vessels bearing the French flag will be allowed to tarde between the ports of those countries without being called upon to pay tonnage dues oftener than one in four months, whatever may have been the number of voyages they may have made. This measure is also applicable to French vessels trading between one Chinese port and another without touching at any foreign port, and also to junks and other vessels employed by French merchants in coasting operations which hitherto have been exempt from all tonnage dues under the 22d article of the treaty of Tien-tsin.-3foraiteur. THE JAMAICA INSURRECTION.—At the Court of Petty Sessions, which was held at Morant Bay, 03 Saturday, Oct. 7, a disturbance took place in court, which led the sitting justices (Walton and Bowen) to order the police to bring before them whoever it was that was in' terrupting the business of the Court. Charles Geohegan was accordingly laid hold of by the police, but on doing so, Paul Bogle, and about one hundred others of his followers, immediately rescued him fro m custody, took him to the Market-square, where with sticks they severely beat the police who had attempted to WO' out the instructions of the magistrates. On the MondSY following, and immediately preceding the outbreak., Lewis Dick was being tried before the sitting magi strates for a trespass upon Middleton Estate, the Prn perty of W. M. Anderson, the agent general of fal: migration, and the magistrates accepting the plea e' guilty, ordered him to pay a fine or be imprisoned. At this moment Paul Bogle, Charles Geohegan, and some 200 more came into the Court-house, ordered Dick to PO T no fine, but to appeal against the judgment he himself had permitted to be entered upon the recorfl of the court. Now, in order to explain the situation of Middleton, 3 is necessary to say that it is a sugar estate adjoining the negro settlement at Stoney Gut (an old throe' ) up estate, peopled and settled entirely by negroes, and where Paul Bogle kept his "chapel," as it is called) Finding that Bogle, Geohegan, and the mob had g row) bold upon their success of Saturday, in the rescue of Geohegan from the custody of the police, warrants war e ' issued for the apprehension of these and other ringleader°. Seven policemen and three constables were sent to Mail this capture. They were, as our readers know, disarmed and sworn to take sides with the rebels. Immediately afterwards came the attack upon the Court-hous e.--- Jamaica paper. DARING ROBBERY IN THE CITY.—On Saturday fit most audacious robbery was committed in a grey Ar thoroughfare in the city, and at the height of the day , circumstances almost precisely similar to those attends in the robbery of jewellery at the shop of Mr. Wa lker, Cornhill, on the preceding Saturday. Four men , three o.r them very young, wore seen to place themselves with fil el r backs towards the window of Mr. A. Campbell, watchrua"; - and jeweller, 63, Cheapside, and putting the ir elbo w , : through it, to seize indiscriminately a number o f Wate bto and guard chains in the window. Mr. Campbell was i n be shop at the time, and hearing the crash of broke n g la° the rushed into the street and found all the four men t he grasp of people who were passing and had witnesse'tbere outrage. The prisoners were taken into the shop an d bo g, gave up four gold guard chains and two silver yrs°, wo rth together about £3O, and other articles of jewol,l9ity The value of the glass broken was about £ 2 105. '-'0,50, 1 po li ce -constable Henley, hearing the smashing ef t he ran to the spot, and afterwards took from one of ore four men a whole handful of gold chains. The Pri s° ,,,, , o were taken to the Bow-lane police-station, and t her° ; 00 0, the names of James Hawkins, 34 years of age, ii four 19, George Smith, 17, and George Hughes, 1 6 . were found to be wholly penniless, without s hirts, otherwise poorly clad. It was from Smith th at the ""'ger,.. ful of gold chains was taken by the policeman, an d ti ', t of , tleman who had seized the boy Hughes, th e yeungestior the four, in the act of robbery, took from his hand watch. Green and Smith said they had done it forth :I'ot pose of being locked up, and that they had only c°ril too of Coldbath-fields en the previous day. 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