The Sun. — London, England, 1866-12-24 00:00:00

LONDON, MONDAY, DEC. 24, 1866. We are glad to find that there seems a good chance of order being maintained in Ireland, and that this season of peace will not be disturbed by any of those indications of violence and which have caused so much annoyance and confu sion of late. It:is indeed fortunate that this should be the case, but at the same time we do not think that this would have been the present state of things had not the authorities been very much on the alert. In fact, it is in consequence of their stre nuous efforts that the decided movements of the Fenians have been checked in so summary a fashion; and we may now recognise the wisdom and fore sight which dictated the exercise of that vigilance which was at one time considered unnecessary by some people. Added to this, we must mention among the causes which have quelled the disturb ances the right feeling displayed by many of the better classes of all shades of opinion, who, by letters and demonstrations, have made their disap proval manifest. It is greatly to their credit that they should have done so, and they will not regret their efforts to put down Fenianism as time goes on ; but, on the contrary, they will more and more appreciate them. In this instance, as in everything else of the kind, the most powerful and decided m easures are t h e best, and so they have proved to be most unmis takeably in the present case. A tame and hesitat ing policy never answers either in large or small matters, and this makes it the more to be regretted that statesmen and their subordinates should so often indulge in it. Those most immediately con .. cerned always suffer the most in the long run, and we have every reason to be glad for the sake of the Irish themselves that the mischievous agitators of Fenianism should have been put down in their attempts at making disturbances. As it is there is every reasonable ground to hope and expect that Christmas in Ireland will be passed in calm and security, and we hope that by the time it is over men's minds may have resumed their ordi nary tranquillity, and things may go on in a pros perous mariner. The most fortunate kingdom could the leader whom the American Government has accepted as representing the popular party. The integral difficulties of Mexican affairs are very great, and every one who attempts to solve the problem is soon inclined to repent his temerity. The Mexican Republic is almost a caricature of its great neighbour. Rival Presidents are set up and put down, rival proclamations are issued, and the American Government, in trying to regulate the movements of the puppets, is obliged to resort to the expedient of shutting them up. ORTEGA was arrested for opposing JUAREZ, then ORTEGA was released and SEDGWICK imprisoned for occu pying Matamoras. Meanwhile the position of MAXIMILIAN is most uncertain. He is at one time said to have abdicated in due form, at another to have fled secretly to Europe, at a third to have been forcibly detained in Mexico, and again to have declared he will not abandon his throne, but will refer to the decision of the people. Rumours are also current about a junction between the Im perialists and the Church party, but all is uncertain and contradictory. There does not seem to be any one party strong enough to hold its Own, and the people are so accustomed to the perpetual revolutions excitement of rival claims that are • a matter of indifference to them. It is m uc h to be lamented that this fine and fertile country, capable of supporting a vast popu lation in peace and prosperity, should be thus torn and distracted hasby perpetual convu l s i ons . L ong misgovernment left its u sua l di sastrous traces, and it would need a strong hand and a wise head to restore anything like order to the country. From whence the strength is to come that is neces sary it is not easy to fo r etell. The Americans will not suffer the presence of foreign troops, even if any dynasty or form of government could be satisfacto rily based on such a foundation. The -Mexicans them selves are so disunited that it is not likely that a n y Administration which they elect will long retain power, and yet should the Americans interfere with a strong hand they would at once arouse the suspi_ cion of the British Provinces and the jealousy of the Southern Republics. It is altogether a trouble some and perplexing vista which opens out for the year 1867, with the simple announcement that Minister CAMPBELL has returned to New Orleans, and his mission is believed to be a failure. All that concerns Italy is sure to attract interest just now, and many will regard with attention the details of the Budget which the Finance Minister presented to the Chamber of reputies on the 21st inst. It was divided into two special balance sheets—one for Venetia, and the other for the' remaining provinces of the Italian kingdom. Of course a deficit is the result of the affair f as was generally anticipated, and there remains for the two balance- sheets a general deficit of 186,466,334 lire. The surplus yielded by the Venetian budget reduces the original loss of the other provinces seven millions and a half, or a worse figure would have been pre sented by the Finance Minister. Thus we see that the junction of Venetia has already been of service to the rest of Italy. There is nothing to dishearten tha Italians in their Budget, because they have had such difficulties to contend against during the year, and as time goes on they will more and more reap the advantages of what they have gained. With care and caution we have no doubt that they will be able to do a great deal even in the next year, in the way of reducing their expenditure. It seems surprising to be reading details of the united kingdom of Italy, and it shows most de cidedly the folly of despairing, and thinking a cause is lost because of its being delayed. The Italians have, indeed, cause to rejoice at the changes which time has brought them this year, awl we hope that Some doubts again prevail in reference to the pro posed voyage of the Empress to Rome. The France asserts positively that her Majesty will leave Paris for Rome in a few days. On the other hand, the Constitutionnel, speaking officiously, if not officially, asserts that the projected voyage is postponed, at all events for the present. The Americans resident in Paris have given a farewell dinner to Mr. Bigelow, the American Minister, who resigns his functions, and is about to return to the United States. Covers were laid for 300 persons. The utmost cordiality prevailed. The health of Mr. Bigelow, proposed by Mr. Kellogh, of Massachusetts, was given enthusiastically. Mr. Bigelow, in returning thanks, contrasted the happy auspices under - which he should return to his native land with the melancholy position under which he left it in the summer of 1861. The rebel flag then waved over eleven of the Republican States. Trea son prevailed among the officers, which had reduced the small army and navy of America almost to no thing. After a struggle, the issue of which at his departure no one could foretell, and thanks to the heroism, which had never been surpassed and per haps never equalled, he should find at his return the American standard, with its ornaments of stripes and stars floating peaceably over the capital of all the States of the Union. Mr. Bigelow spoke of the French nation as the most amiable which existed, and though it was painful for him, he said, to leave France, he should carry away very numerous and very agreeable recollections of his sojourn there. A widow lady named Gravis, whose husband was an army surgeon, is now residing at Calais, who, although 99 years old, is in full possession of all her faculties, and is in excellent health. She has in her possession a relic, of which she takes great care. Is is a spoon of boxwood, which was used by Marie Antoinette while she was in prison at the Con ciergerie in 1793. Madame Gravis was in that prison at the same time, having been incarcerated by the Revolutionists. The spoon came into her possession in this way. After the death of Robe spierre, Madame Gravis was sent from the Con ciergerie to the College du Plessis, which was converted into a prison. A Savoyard woman, who had been cordemned to death, attended upon the Queen in the Conciergerie, was also sent to the College, where she also offered her services to Madame Gravis. This woman sold her several articles, and amongst them this spoon, which was used by Marie Antoinette when her plate was taken from her. Madame Gravis, regarding it as an h is torical relic, purchased the spoon of the woman and g d a aN v il e yeN h ivn er atnh fo cie r ch it heaa t mu h t e pif s da u el m i‘eel o an f rss 2 tr. s f ueSt r i a ee n tuw c s s in assignats. buildingmonu mentsof t art he fe t u h w foundations d at i o e r e km se e f n a have now commenced e magnificent eseene o m t h t e ° r k r io s s uu pe on account of the Turkish Government, and also a splendid mosquee and a Turkish bath, of course upon a small scale. In the interior of the building the workmen are engaged in finishing a rich and splendid gallery of a style of architecture and de coration after the best model of the Turkish Empire. The new ambassador from the Porte, Mehemet Djemil Pacha, immediately on hi s arrival in Paris, gave orders for the exe cution of these works, and, in spite of the short time to elapse before the Ist of April, there is no doubt they will be completed by that period. The direction of them is confided to an artist equally artistic and skilful, M. Leon Parville, assistant to M.lBarborini, architect, who remains for the present at Constantinople. The Swedish vessel, Hamburger- Daquet, from Gothenbourg, has arrived at Havre, with no less than 585 packets, containing novel articles for the Great Exhibition. A troop of 50 Indians —men, women, and children—from North America, with their wigwams and domestic utensils, will be at the Exhibition. The Siecle, alluding to the advice given to the Emperor Maximilian, by the French General, to abdicate, treats that result as almost an accomplished fact, there being now only a " few formalities" to fulfil. " Whether he should abdicate in favour of young Iturbide," says the Siecle, " or depart purely and simply, the abdication must take place." A tragical occurrence has taken place in the Rue de Chartres, Chapele St. Denis. The door-keeper of the house close to the chop of M. Laniaire, a their cage, and gave us the opportunity of examin ing them, but of course we could make out nothing they said, and were totally unable to ascertain their wishes. They appeared very uneasy when out of the van or cage, and glad to get back to it again. They, five in number, eat, drink, and sleep in this place, which is about 10 ft. in length by 6ft. in width, and are; not even taken out to obey the calls of nature ; there is nothing in it but straw, and, except when exhibited, they have no light but from an aperture in the top of the van." An other gentleman who saw the wild men in July or August, 1865, informed the Society that at that time they were confined in a den, which was not only barred closely, but wire was so closely inter woven that not even a finger could be introduced. The five human beings exbibited in the cage were clothed in furs, and evidently Asiatics. The Society, after endeavouring apparently in vain to discover some legal method of releasing the five human beings from their supposed cruel oppression, sent another agent to visit them on November 1, accom panied by Mr. IVooyeno Riotaro, a native of Japan. They were admitted to the den of the wild men, which was about 10ft. long and sft. or 6ft. wide, with strong iron bars all round, the floor covered with a thick layer of clean straw, and the inmates clean in appearance, well clothed in furs, with the exception of their legs. The Japanese gentleman, Mr. Wooyeno Riotaro, made several attempts to converse with them, but did not succeed in making them understand him, for although they manifested considerable interest in his endeavours, the only reply he could succeed in obtaining was a succes sion of short sharp yelps or barks. From each yelp or bark sounding exacting alike, a doubt arose as to whether or no these men were really speaking the language of the country or merely giving utter ance to sounds which had been taught them by their exhibitors. One of the men was taken out of the cage, but showed signs of distress in facing so ma n y strangers, and appeared anxious t o j o i n hi s com panions in imprisonment again. The Aborigines' Protection Society, as a last resource, appealed to the Home Secretary, urging him to put an end to a " grave public scandal," adding that "such exhi bitions notoriously tend to perpetuate the cruel and pernicious ideas of the natural inferiority and irre claimable barbarism of the weaker races of mankind which have unhappily become too prevalent in this country." It appears that the attention of the Home-office had been previously called to the sub ject, and an inquiry had been instituted, the result of which will be gathered from the following reply of Mr. Walpole to the appeal of the Aborigines' Protection Society:—" Whitehall, Dec. 21.—Sir, — I am directed by Mr. Secretary Walpole to acknow le3ge the receipt of your letter of the 18th inst., calling attention to an exhibition of so-called wild men of Jesso,' which is now taking place in several parts of England ; and lam to inform you that this matter has been inquired into, and that there ap pears to be good reason for supposing that the pub lic are deceived as to these supposed savages, and that the Aborigines' Protection Society, if it should make further researches, will probably find that there is not in reality any such restraint put upon these so-called ' wild men' as it apprehends to be the case. I am, sir, your obedient servant, H. WAD DINGTON." EARL RUSSELL AND ITALY.--An address having recently been presented to Earl Russell, at Florence, in accordance with Garibaldi's suggestion, the noble earl has written a reply, of which the following is a trans lation :—" To Signor Bertani.—Sir,—l have received with much pleasure the address transmitted to me through you. The deputies who signed it have rendered me an honour far above my merit ; they cannot, however, exaggerate the ardent sympathy I have felt for Italy during her struggle for liberty and independence, nor ascribe too much import ance to that solemn occasion in which the deputies from the Venetian provinces joined their colleagues as repre sentatives of a free State. Lady Russell unites very cor dially with me in congratulations at the favourable issue of the great conflict in which the Italian nation has boon en gaged, and requests me to thank you for associating her name with that of her father, Lord Minto, also a true friend of Italy. Bogging you to accept the assurance of my esteem and consideration, I am, Lc., RtiSSF.LL." UNJUST TRADESMEN IN LAMBETH.—Eight hun dred and eight South London tradesmen have been fined during the present year at the Newington Sessions for having in their possession unjust weights and measures, This army of law-breakers was made up as follows :-250 publicans, 147 chandlers, 120 greengrocers and coal-dealers, 95 bakers, 81 butchers, 40 grocers, 24 marine-store dealers, 10 cheesemongers, 8 eating-house keepers, 7 oilmen, 6 woolstaplers, 6 fishmongers, 5 milk men, 3 confectioners, 3 corn-dealers, 3 zinc-workers 2 ironmongers, 2 rope and sail-makers, and 1 cider-seller. Several of the foregoing have been fined twice, thrice, and some even four times, while the majority are church and chapel-going, "respectable" men and women! The fines inflicted amounted to a total of £1,285 16s. 6d.— South Loieduit CHRISTMAS PRESENTS AND NEW YEAR'S GIFTS.— The bust and most varied assortment is to be found at Rimmol's, 96, Strand, 128, R , 3gont-street, 24, Cornhill, and Crystal Palace. Scent Cases, Fans, Toilet Sets, Smelling Bottles, Perfume Boxes and Baskets, &c. Ornaments for Christmas Trees, from 6d.; Christmas Sachets, 6d., is., and 2s. 61; Christmas Cards, 2s. per dozen. Rimmel's Perfumed Almanack, 6d., by post for 7 stamps. The New Illuminated and Perfumed Dinner Cards, 35., by post for 37 stamps. 41 per Cents 97 95 Do. and month — 3 per Cents. 69 321 Do. end month 69 30 Credit Mobilior 492 50 Do. end month Credit Foncier — Do. end month 1385 Bank Shares 3602 50 Italian Loan 56. GO Do. end month 56 50 Mexican Loan — Do. Bonds — Spanish Threes Home Debt — Deferred - AY& For Account. Orleans Northern 1195 Lyons and Mediterranean 897 50 Southern 5Bl 25 Western — Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard 383 75 North of Spain — SaragosEtt Ditto to Barcelona — Roman.. — The Cape of Good Hope. PLYMOUTH, Dec. 23. The Union Company's steamer Norseman, Cap tain Ladds, R.N.R., arrived here this evening from the Caps on the 19th ult., St Helena, on the 28th ult., and Ascension on the 2d inst., with 86 passen gers, six packages of specie, and a large colonial cargo. She experienced light trades throughout. The mails werelanded and forwarded by to-night's mail trains. The Norseman leaves during the night for Southampton. At the Cape the season continued very favourable, crops of all kinds, which were being harvested, had proved abundant. From most parts of the country there are encouraging accounts of future prospects. Farmers were beginning to get out of their late diffi culties. 'With a few such good seasons as at present the revival of former prosperity seemed certain. Owing to this there had been more animation in business during the past month than for a long time previous; but business was yet far from being brisk or remunerative, and no marked improvement was expected until after the New Year, when agri culturists have disposed of their crops. The Government and Parliament had stopped almost all the active work during the past month, until they had the report of the Select Committee on retrenchment in public expenditure before them. This report, which had been handed in during the previous week, evoked a great deal of discussion. The committee recommended the reduction of early £89,000 off the estimated expenditure ; this saving to be made by reducing the official salaries and establishments, including the reduction of the Governor's salary, and by abolishing the salaries of the High Commissioner and of the Lieutenant- Governor and some of the Government offices, con solidating others, and employing a different system of administration in the Post-office, the convict establishment, and other departments. This reduction would bring the actual deficit in the colonial revenue for the coming financial year down to £30,000, part of that sum being also pro vided for ; but from the amount of deduction re commended a considerable portion would have to be spent in compensation and pensions, and pen sions to officers relieved of duty. Parliament had at length agreed to, and for warded to the Governor, a series of resolutions, praying him to cause the necessary measures to be introduced, and the Estimates for 1867 to be sub mitted, with the least possible delay, and in such form as to enable the house to deal conclusively with the details of the report. To this the Governor replied in a message to the house, in which while his Excellency appeared of opinion that considerable reductions might be made without injury to the public service, yet he asked for the best assistance of Parliament, as on some matters involved in the reduction the home authorities would have to be consulted ; and as Parliament were imposing upon him the painful task of extinguishing and reducing offices, almost all of which were in existence before he became connected with the colony, he desired to know the specific requirements of the house as to the abolition of offices or the reduction of salaries ; in fact, whether the house would adopt each indi vidual recommendation in the report. The discus sion on this message was to be opened the day the Norseman sailed, and was believed to be likely to prove the most practical work of the session. The various new railway schemes had all been The decorative lighting surrounding the Hippo drome is also splendidly effective, consisting of 12 elaborately designed chandeliers, exceedingly grace ful in appearance, the pure crystal chains of which have been artistically interspersed with variegated coloured spangles, octagons, and prisms, the play of colours and brilliancy of light producing a most dazzling effect. In addition to these there are bouquet cluster lights, with numerous other crystal devices, such as stars, feathers, monograms, crown of England, &c., which, while giving due pro minence to the splendour of the whole en semble present to the dazzled spectator a coup dceil of inconceivable beauty and magnificence. The principal feature of the entertainment is a pro cession remarkable for extent and elaborate display. The " Congress of Monarchs," as it is called, intro duces potentates from all parts of the world, from the sovereigns of Europe to the King of Dahomey, and gives to each a numerous suite in recognisable, and, at all events as far as the Europeans are con cerned, correct and brilliant uniforms. The royal family of England, the Pope, and the Sultan with his harem, figure in heavy gilded chariots, while other exalted personages ride with dignity on horseback, or are jolted ungraciously on camels, dromedaries, or elephants. The attractions of the ring include some very graceful riding by Mdlle. Gaertner upon a trained horse, the clever performance of another trained horse under the guidance of Mdlle. Ethair, and marvellous vaulting and somersaulting throwing by Messrs. Purvis and Elbin. There is also an oval course tracing the full extent of the hall, in which flat handicap races and steeplechases are run by thorough-breds ridden by " gentlemen" in jockey colours, and in which there are chariot races by ladies, contests of gallant Romans on bare-backed chargers, and races by ponies with monkey jockeys. GREAT DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY BY FIRE. This (Monday) morning the following fires in the me tropolitan district wore officially reported to the Board of Works. About five minutes before three o'clock a fire of a rapidly destructive character broke out in the premises belonging to Mr. Nicholls, a Leer-shop keeper, situate at No. 6, White Lion-street, Islington. The discovery was made by one of the inmates, who was awoke by finding his bed-room so full of smoke and the fiJoring so hot that he could scarcely stand on the boards. The proprietor of the house and three children managed to effect their escape in safety. Conductors Kelley, Ward, and Ruby promptly attended, with three of the Royal Society's escapes, and were followed by the land steamers of Shand and Mason. The mains of the New River Company having been drawn plenty of water was procur e ed, and the engines were called into operation, but the premises by that time were on fire from the base to the roof. The firemen, how - ever, went to work in an admirable manner, but the entire building and the contents wore destroyed and the adjoin ing premises damaged by water, &c. Mr. Nicholls was insured in the County, from which office Mr. White, the assessor of losses, attended, but he was unable to ascertain the cause of the fire. Another fire happened in the premises of Mr. Mackintosh, a builder, carrying on business in Rutland-mews, Hans-town, Chelsea. Tho engines of the Metropolitan Brigade, including the land steamers by Shand and Mason, wore soon in attendance, as well as the Royal Society's escape. Plenty of water having boon procured, the firemen mounted the escape, and by convoy ing the hose up the machine the brigade were enabled to attack the flames at each point, but they were unable to get the conflagration extinguished until the dwelling house, the workshops, and other buildings were entirely destroyed. The origin of the misfortune is unknown. A fire likewise happened in the premises of Mr. Hovey, a cabinetmaker, No. 19A, Haberdasher-street, Hoxton. The fire commenced in the workshops, audit quickly penetrated the roof. Conductors Puzoy and Nicholls attended with the Roy - al Society's escapes, and plenty of the New River Company's water having been procured, the Metropolitan Brigade engines now set to work, but the premises were partially destroyed. LORD ERSKINE.—At the opening of the Confe rence of Advocates, which took place in the early part of the present month, the introductory address was delivered by Ribut, of the Imperial Court, and con,isted of au ex ceedingly well-written biography of the great orator, Lord Erskine. The composition in question, portions of which appeared in some of the French journals, attracted so much attention that 3f. Le Chevalier, the publisher of the Rue Richelieu, has now brought the production out in the form of a pamphlet. Treated by a French lawyer of ability, the career of the English Lord Chancellor possesses so great an interest tlfi to insure a rapid sale for the work.—Graianani. lie saloons ; so broad a statement met with immediate contradiction, and the writer subsequently, we believe, ad mitted this and other charges to be somewhat exaggerated. In June last, one of his reviewers took occasion to de aounce 3lr. Charles Reade's " Griffith Gaunt" as an in decent and grossly impure publication, and to class Mr. bade with George Saud, Eugene Sue, the writer of "Don Juan," and to other pernicious authors. Fair criticism authors must submit to—but denunciation, without a single. • line of proof, exceeds the bounds of decency. Mr. Reads, naturally indignant at this treatment, replied in that terse, vigorous style, of which he is so thorough a master, and dealt some crushing blows upon his antagonist. At a time when a man's reputation and position in society are at stake he must not stop to choose his words, but in tho strongest language at his command he ought to vindicate his character; such was Mr. Reade's reply—it was not a politic, but it was a manly and natural reply. When man calls you " rascal" to your face, if you have a grain of manhood in you, your reply will be neither legal nor parliamentary, but in stria accordance with natural in stinct. In prize fights we are told, when ono of the com batants is sent reeling to the ground by a well-directed blow, his supporters find a brief rest and a plentiful appli cation of vinegar necessary to bring him up to the mark again. Mr. Reade's rough blow was planted on the 13th of October—rest and a plentiful application of mental vinegar has brought up his antagonist again, and in the Round Table of December Ist—with all possible acidity of language—he charges Mr. Reads with plagiarism, drags to light a brief story by Wilkie Collins, published in 1859, and a story which appeared in Household Words in 1856, having some remote resemblance to Mr. Reade's work, and with an un accountable narrowness of vision seeks to brand Mr. Reads as a plagiarist—the very fact of there being two tales bearing a resemblance to " Griffith Gaunt" ought to have suggested a doubt ; but, blinded by passion, the writer flings his arms round wildly in the hopo that a chance blow may do some mischief. To those who know Mr. Reade such a charge is simply ludicrous—to those who do not know him we only say, read all three stories and judge for yourselves. The charge is a proof of the writer's incompetency to criticise, and we are surprised that a re spectable English literary paper like the Reader should give it currency by reprinting the article without any sig n of disapproval. REPRESENTATION OF COLCIIESTER.-Dr. Brewer, who has appeared as a Liberal candidate for Colchester, has issued an address to the electors. Dr. Brewer advo cates the unconditional surrender of church rates, while he observes :—" The state of private and public teaching an d ministrations in the Established Church are alarming the Protestant feelings of the country, and rendering a more intimate union between Churchmen and Nonconformists the desire and only security of the true children of the Re formation. Dr. Brewer contends for the opening of the great national colleges to the nation without respect to special religious formularies. Upon the question of the franchise Dr. Brewer declares that progress is his creed ; while he adds :—" Protection to voters, whether by the ballot or any other effective scheme, is but a reasonable measure whore intimidation is practised, and may be in strumental in securing order in polling even in populous constituencies." Finally, Dr. Brewer winds up with the assurance that " a great and momentous struggle is 0t hand." MR. HEADLAM P M.P.—On Friday night the Right Hon. T. E. Headlam, M.P., addressed a large moot ing of the electors of Newcastle. There was also a larg o attendance of non-electors, and the place was crowded. At the close of the right hon. gentleman's address the foll o ing resolution was adopted:—"That this meeting begs t o thank Mr. Headlam for his attendance here this evening , and for the excellent speech he has made, and the inforun i " tion he has given to his constituents." CONSERVATISM AT D URHAM.—A great Conser vative banquet is to take place at Durham, on Tuesday, Jan. 13, in honour of the return of Lord Derby and th e Conservative party to power, and the reappointment of tit° Right lion. J. R. Mowbray, M.P., to bo Judge Advocat e " General. The Earl Vane is to be the chairman. TUE, LORD LIEUTENANCY OF LOuTII COUNTY.-- 1 Mr. M'Clintock, of Drumcar, formerly M.P. for the county has been appointed Lord Lieutenant of tho county ° f Louth, and colonel of the Louth Rifles regiment of Militia, in the room of Lord Bellew, who died a few days sin °. Mr. M'Clintock is a Conservative. Cardinal Cullen has published his opinion on the Sunday sale of intoxicating liquors. The law, he say' which forbids the sale of other articles on that day sho ul ' make no exception in favour of liquors. Almost all t" crime of Ireland, he adds; is traceable to drunkenness, which can never bo successfully combated until the public' houses are closed on Sundays. In the Roman Cat" lie dioceses of Cashel and Ferns the bishops have induced the people to refrain from selling or buying drink on Sunday' EX-GOVERNOR EYRE.—The so-called "Janiaic Committee" have, we learn, at length passed the Rubicon. They have taken out a writ against Mr. Eyre, and mean te have him immediately before the Court. The Eyre Defence Committee had a private meeting yesterday, at which th defensive proceedings to be adopted in consequence u nder a went lengthened consideration. We understand tha t thes . gentlemen have more than £B,OOO in hand, wherea s their opponents are as yet mainly dependent upon promises. United &nice Gazette. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET, Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Buckstone, THIS EVENIN(4, THE HEIR AT LAW. Messrs. Buck stone. Compton, Chippendale, Farren, Rogers, Braid, &c. ; Mesdames Chippendale, Hill, Moore, dm. Followed by GRIM3HAW, BAGSHAW, AND BRAD SHAW. Mr. Bucketone. II IT° conclude with HIS:FIRST CHAMPAGNE. Mr. Comp ton a d Ilr W, Farren. Commence at Seven. R. SOTHERN.—On BOXING NIGHT, in I_ a New Comedy, "A LESSON FOIt LIFE," by Tom Taylor, klayrearket Theatre. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPIII. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. TENS EVENING, at Seven precisely, TILE BARONET ABROAD. :hiss Roden, her last appearance at present. After which. at Eight, A SISTER'S PENANCE. Miss Rate Terry, Miss Hughes, Miss Emily Pitt ; Mr. llerman Vezin ; Messrs. Billington, Ashley , J. A. Shaw, Stephenson, ;').burne, aid It. Born T. To conclude with A E FASCINA.TIO. Miss F urtado, Miss Emily Pitt.PAS Mess D rs. Eburne, Ashly,N Romer, C. J. Smith. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. New Management —Boxing Night. MR. AND MRS. CHARLES MATHEWS. OYAL STRAND THEATRE, Am Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs, Swanborough. THIS EVENING, NEIGHBOURS. Messrs. Parselle, Belford, and G Murray ; Misses Swanborough, Johnstone, and Hughes. Atter which, will be produced the Grand Burlesque of KENILWORTH Mesirs. Thorne, James, and Fenton ; liesdames Swanborough, Johnstone, and Haynham. To conclude with BOOTS AT THE SWAN. Commence at Seven. O sn L_ e BO i THEATRE rotor N and Manager, MrSefton to ROYAL.n Parry. 1 r p ß rie THIS EVENING, a new Farce, MY TURN NEXT. Mr. Belmore, Miss Foote, )liss Lennox. After Boucicault's drama of FLYING SCUD. Messrs. Ne 7dle, Belmore, Blake, Garden,Vollaire ; Mesdames F. Josephs, C. Saunders, B. Foote. Baym nd. THEATRE ROYAL, ASTLEY'S. Under the SOLO Management of Mr. W. H. C. Nation. On BOXING NIGHT, and every evening during the week, the performances will commence at r.- , even o'clock with a Comic Drama, entitled DELICATE GROUND Concluding with, at a quarter to 8, the Great NATION-AL Pantomime, written by Charles Miliward, and entitled HUSH-A-BYE, BABY, UPON THE TREE TOP. In the Grand Burlesque Opening, Misses Caroline Parkes, Nelly Nisbett, Polly Marshall, Fanny Gwynne, Nelly Burton, Fanny Howard, Lizzie Kelsey, Mrs. C .ulfield ; Mee rs. Atkins, W. H. Stevens, Arthur Milano, Miss Bessie Sim munds, Premier Uanseuse ; and the favourite Children Dan euses, Misses Fanny Higgs, Florence and Annie IVrig lit, will appear. The Harlequinade will include—Clown, the original Little Rowena; Pantaloon, Mr. Beckingham ; HariCqUitli, Mr. Honeywood ; Harlequin (I, la Whatteau), Miss Ester Austin (from Paris); Columbines, Misses Gros venor and Simmonds. The truly magnificent Scenery painted by Messrs. Julian Hicks, 11. r. Hall, and numerous assis tants. The Dances, including an entirely novel and charac teristic Ballet of Ladybirds, arranged by Mr. Milano. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. No charge what evai for bills or booktng. It will be abaolty ely necessary, to prevent disappointment, that seats should be secured in advance. WESTO Ist' S GRAND MUSIC HALL, HOLBORN. Sole Proprietors, SWEASEY and HOLLAND. The most triumphant success ever attained in any Musical Establishment. Grand Selection from Auber's Opera of " MASANIELLO," by 40 vocalists dressed in costume as at the opera. Terrific ovation of the Irish Minstrels with songs, dances, and Irish anecdotes, under the direction of Pat Cord. A new and original overture composed and arranged expressly for the above minstrels by Mr. 11. Baker. Comic supported by Arthur Lloyd, Jolly Nash, Georgina Smithson, Miss Fancourt, Paddy Fannin, Patrick Sellers, and Harry and Kattie King . litlajilton as Messestophles ; and Pis Watkin, the Persian Juggler. Band of 30 first-class mers, and large Chorus chosen from her Majesty's and Covent Garden Opera Honses. Musical Director, Mr. P. CORRI. Prices of admission— Stalls and Balcony, ls.; Area, 6d.; Private Boxes, 10s. 6d. Can be secured at the Box Office, between the hours of 10 and 5 o'clock. Hall open every Evening at -7 o'clock, commencing at Half-past. ril_lHE "SUN" NEWSPAPER.- G. R. GLENIE, Sporting Library, 4, Connaught. terrace, Edgware-road, is specially appointed AGENT to d ,liver the LATE EDITION of "THE SUN " at the earliest possible moment after leaving the press. tie is able to deliver copies in Town, the Suburbs, and in many parts of the Country at a comparatively early hour the same evening, say 11 miles by 9 o'clock. Orders by Post punctually attended to. rr " E "SUN" NEWSPAPER.- G. R. GLENIE delivers the LATE EDITION a Chelse.i, 7.40 ; Kilburn, 8; Starch-green, 8; Woolwich, 7.30 Uxbridge, 9.20; Walford, 8.45. 11HE LATEST EDITION of "THE SUN." J. 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Price one guinea per bottle, or in half bottles, 10s. 81. Testimonials from artistes ottthe highest order, and from Individuals of undoubted re spectability, may be seen on application. Messrs. John Gosneli and Co. have been appointed Perfumers to her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. To-lionnow.-31,rning, 3h. 35m.—Afternoon, 311. 40m l'llts DAY.—Morning, 4h. 20m.—Afternoon, 4h. 46n, titivi;.C., ..:!_. 4. " 4141 *P i 0 N 4 U '..-.otog. •4..,:4 , ~,,,,,,,,... _,..... 4 , -, illt. not possibly withstand the effects of continual out breaks, whether large or small, and it is not giving themselves a chance for the Irish to go on in this fashion. The accounts which reach us from the Cape of Good Hope are for the most part favourable. Na ture is at all events propitious to the settlers, and crops of all kinds have this season proved most abundant. The season has, indeed, been so good in some parts of the country that even the farmers (who are the same at the antipodes as they are at home, we presume, in the matter of grumbling) are satisfied. They have reason to be so, for they are beginning to get out of the difficulties in which a series of causes have of late engaged them. They hope, indeed, if they get a few more such harvests for a revival of former prosperity, though busi ness was not likely to be very brisk or re munerative until after the New-year, when the crops were disposed of. A very important subject has been under discus sion in the Cape Parliament, and one which is likely to produce a sensible effect on the commercial prospects of the colony. The Government and Parliament have been discussing the report of the select committee on retrenchment in public affairs, and have laid aside every other question for its con sideration. The committee recommend very great and striking changes, which have of course provoked some opposition, as must inevitably be the case with every scheme which cuts down salaries and gets rid of superfluous officials. The report re commends the reduction of nearly £89,000 off the estimated expenditure by reducing the sala ries of a number of high officials, including the Governor himself ; by consolidating some other offices, and by employing a different system of ad ministration in several State departments, more par ticularly the Post-office and the convict establish ment. The proposed reduction would bring down the actual deficit for the coming year to £30,000, providing also for part of that sum, but at the out set a good deal would have to be spent in pensions and compensations. After much discussion, the Cape Parliament presented a series of resolutions to the Governors, asking that the estimates for 1867 might be submitted with as little delay as possible, so that the House might deal conclusively with tte report. The Governor replied to the effect that in his opinion many reductions might be made to the Public ad vantage, but he must ask for the best assistance of Parliament, as the Home authorities would have to be consulted on some of them ; he furtaer added that as on him would be imposed the painful task of reducing and extinguishing offices in existence before ho came to the colony he desired to know the specific requirements of the House. The dis cussion on the Governor's message was to b 3 opened the day the mail left, and much practical good was expected from it. If the finances of the country are once placed on a satisfactory footing the Drogress of the people in all industrial and commercial pur suits will no doubt be rapid and enduring. The Atlantic Telegraph has brought us a piece of news dated Dec. 22d, which may prove to be of some importance in its ultimate effects upon Ame rican politics. Minister CAMPBELL, so we learn from New York, has returned to New Orleans, and his mission is believed to be a failure. Whether JUAREZ proved impracticable, or whether circum stances were too strong for the contracting parties, we are not allowed to know. The magic wire, acting upon the principle that brevity is the soul of wit, gives us the most slender information possible ; nevertheless the fact is suggestive. JUAREZ is the most powerful head of the Republican patty, and T, E SLN , LOSI ON, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 24 186E3. they will show themselves worthy of their good for tune, and profit by the opportunities presented to them. It will be a great mistake for them to sup pose that their work is done by the cession of Venetia being Accomplished. In some respects the most im portant part has yet to be commenced, and they must set to with vigour and determination, or they will not reap the results which they ought. We have every cause to be satisfied with the general policy indicated by VICTOR EMMANUEL in his speech of the other day ; and if he is permitted to carry out his intentions there is some prospect of the prowess and prosperity of the kingdom. Not withstanding the prognostications of evil in which many indulged, we have seex how the great work of establishing an Italian king dom has been effected, and we do not deem it likely that the people who have gained so much will soon throw away their opportunities, and refuse to go forward with the work which is so plainly set be fore them—namely, that of carrying on the internal improvement of the kingdom. As the KING said in his speech the other day, the glories of war should now be succeeded by the triumphs of peace ; and we may look with hope and confidence to what the Italians will do during the new year that is before them. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Sunday Evening. The Moniteur contains the following news : " consequence of the measure suppressing the Royal Commissioners in Italy, a decree has just been issued appointing prefects in the cities of Venice, Padua, Vicenza, Verona, Udina, Trevisa, Rovigo, and Mantua." " A Cabinet Council was held yesterday (Satur day) at the Tuileries, at which the Emperor pre sided. " General of Division Baron Durrieu, Com mandant of the 13th Military Division, is appointed sub-Governor of Algeria, in the room of General of Division Ladmirault. " The Nazione states that the entire line of rail way between Florence, Foligno, and Rome has been opened for traffic." " We have received accounts from the Canea to the 10th of December, which states that Moustapha Paella returned on the 6th, having completed the pacification of the provinces of Retimo and Candia, and that he left again on the 9th for Kissamo and Celino. Contrary to the reports of the Greeks, who asserted that Mustapha Pacha was ill, and incapable of proceeding with his mission, his Highness was in perfect health. " The Mudirs were re-established in the villages of the two provinces which had submitted, and the Turks were beginning to leave the towns to com mence their harvest operations. " The Greeks, who had for some days been mak ing attempts against the garrison of the fort of Cas telli, in the district of Kissamo, attempted on the sth an attack which was not successful. They were repulsed by the Turkish troops, and left upon the field of battle sixty dead, among whom were two Italian volunteers. It is said that in the affair of Castelli Zambrakaki was wounded. - " According to information obtained from Greek sources, which is worthy of credence, there is every reason to hope that there will be a speedy pacifica tion of the western part of the country. The volun teers from Greece by their conduct excited the hatred of the inhabitants, who are now desirous of getting rid of them. It is believed, however, that an engagement took place, and that the result was favourable to the regular troops, and that it will lead to the total pacification of the island. " The troops were in perfect health, and the Egyptians had regained the good opinion which their ill success at Vrises had caused them to lose. The Minister of War of his Highness the Viceroy of Egypt, who accompanies Moustapha Pacha, had the idea of dividing his troops into three corps, in order, if possible, to surround the rebels." locksmith, and proprietor of the house, heard some groans from the shop. The door being locked, it was broken open. The son of M. Lemke was standing up, his clothes covered with blood. On the floor was the body of a woman who lodged in the house. She had received mortal cuts about the head and throat. When questioned by the Com missary of Police the son coolly said, " As I knew that my father was about to marry again with this woman I made up my mind to kill her to prevent the marriage." He had decoyed the woman into the shop under the pretence that his father wanted to see her. This murder did not complete the crimes meditated by this young man. He confessed that it had been his intention also to murder;his father, whom he blamed as the cause of all the misfortunes which be suffered. WILD MEN OF JESSO. A travelling exhibition, which offers among its prominent attractions the spectacle of " a horde of wild men from the island of Jesso" has recently been the subject of correspondence between the Abori gines' Protection Society and the Home Secretary, the immediate result of which will probably be to the advantage of the showman, as, whether the sus picions of the Home-office or the apprehensions of the Society be the more justifiable, the curiosity of that portion of the public whose taste leads them to enjoy such exhibitions will be highly stimulated by the publicity now given to the subject. From the correspondence it appears that early in last year a travelling exhibition, styling itself the Russian Circus, appeared in some of the north-eastern towns of England, putting forth among its other attrac tions the wild men from Jesso, of whom the follow ing account was given :—" These aborigines of a wild mountainous country have been exhibited in all the principal cities of Russia, France, and Prussia, where they have created the most extraor dinary sensation and wonder. They landed on the hospitable shores of England at Hall, January 29, 1865, in the good ship Constantine, Cap tain Manderfelt. The proprietor,' unable to speak the English language, has, through the intervention of their consul, made arrange ments to unite these wonderful people with the Grand Russian Circus, where they will appear at midday and evening performance, and give a vivid description of their wild hunting exploits by flood and mountain, war dances, &c." In July last the Rev. Mr. Flowers, vicar of Tealby, called the attention of the Aborigines' Protection Society to this presumed case of oppression and cruelty, and they instructed a solicitor to inquire into the matter, who, after a personal visit to the exhibition, re ported that the proprieter of the circus, a Mr. Boors, stated that the men in question were hired by him from a Mr. Evans (whom he described to another inquirer, as a " collector of curiosities"), and who, he said, had deposited a sum of money in the hands of a consul (not named) to provide for their return to their native country. The report goes on :—" In order to convince us that the men were not detained against their will, Boom, after the usual perform ance had ended, got two of them to come out of LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) OPENING OF THE GREEK ASSEMBLY. ATIIENS, Dec. 22. The National Assembly was opened this morning. No speech from the throne was delivered. The steamers from Candia, Marseilles, and Trieste have been delayed by bad weather. OVERLAND MAILS. MALTA, Dec. 23. The Ripon left at 6 a.m., and the Pera at 1 a.m. to-day. The former may be expected at Marseilles about the evening of the 25th inst., and - the latter at Southampton on the Ist January. OUTWARD BOMB AY MAIL. The Tanjore from Southampton, 12th inst., arrived to-day at 4 a.m., and left at 10 a.m. for Alexandria. The Ceylon, from Marseilles on the 20th inst., arrived at 9 p.m. yesterday, and left this morning for Alexandria. GIBRALTAR, Dec. 22. The Poonah leaves at 10 a.m. for Southampton, where she may be expected about the morning of the 27th inst. She has experienced bad weather. All well. HONGKONG, Dec. 1. It is currently reported that the French expedi tion has been beaten off at Kung-han with the loss of 45 men. The fleet has returned to Shanghae. FRANCE. PARIS, Dec. 24. Djemil racha, the new Turkish Atubassador to the French Court, yesterday presented his creden tials to the Emperor, who replied in a gracious speech. His Majesty subsequently received Mr. Bigelow, the late American Minister at this Court, and General Dix, his successor. The latter expressed the sincere wish of the United States that the good understanding now prevailing between the two countries should become permanent. The Emperor thanked General Dix, and replied :—" The historical reminiscences to which you allude are a sure guaran tee that no misunderstanding will disturb the friendly relations between France and the United States." A loyal and sincere understanding will be of great advantage to the industry and commerce of both countries, which daily astonish the world by mar vels, and will insure progress and civilisation. Your presence in Paris can but contribute to this happy result, by upholding the good relations to which I attach the highest value." The Moniteur of this morning says in its bulletin —" The American press contains very incomplete extracts of the diplomatic correspondence laid before Congress at Washington. It also contains a de spatch of Mr. Seward to Mr. Bigelow, dated 23d November, which has been communicated to the French Government." BOURSE, Dec. 22, Two o'clock.—The market is a little more buoyant, and quotations on Stocks and Credit shares denote an improvement. Italian Fives, however, have declined, and are now at 56f. 50c., with a loss of 35c. French Threes are remark ably firm, and are in good demand at 69f. 35c., an advance of 17ic. Credit Mobilier shares have ad vanced 2f. 50c., at 494 f. 25c. Railway shares con tinue to be firmly sustained without any noticeable variations. English Consols are telegraphed to-day without change. Three o'clock.—The market has closed as fol lows : rejected ; the Acts of 1862 therefore remained in force, but it was not likely they would be used. The wool season was commencing, and prices were looking up. Dr. Colenso had assumed the offensive, and had threatened to excommunicate the Dean and his sup portQrs. He also intended ejecting the clergy from the ecclesiastical buildings, grounding his movement on their having met and elected in a private room at Pietermaritzburg the Rev. W. Butler, vicar of Wantage, diocese of Oxford, England, as their future Bishop. A meeting of Dr. Colenso's sup porters had since been held in the Cathedral, where they protested against this election, and forwarded a petition complaining to the Queen. The Union Company's steamship Mauritius had crushed the cradle on a patent slip, and could not as yet be got off. The Saxon had touched on a sunken rock off Duikcr's Island and required repairs. The rock is not marked on any chart. THE WEST INDIES. The West India and Pacific Steamship Company's steamer Bolivar, Captain Smith, arrived in the Mersey yesterday morning, after a detention of several hours outside the bar owing to a dense fog. The Bolivar brings dates from Colon to the 19th, Jamaica to the 24th November, and Port-au-Prince to the 2d of December. The entire town of Miragug.na, about 40 miles west of Port-au-Prince, was entirely destroyed by fire on the 24th of last month. All the warehoused crops were consumed in the extensive conflagration, and it is feared that some of the natives have perished in the disaster. Immediate relief had been afforded to the sufferers by the Hay tian Govern ment, a war steamer being employed in transport ing stores to the destitute population. The general belief is—in fact it is almost a certainty—that the conflagration was the work of incendiaries. Dr. Tinnant, the surgeon on board the Bolivar, reports that the sanitary condition of Colon has been inuc!l improvel, acid that the congestive forms of fever, always so prevalent there among the residents and railway employes, are now rarely met with. Port-au-Prince, when the Bolivar left, was en tirely free from civil broils and sickness. The Bolivar, besides a large cargo, brough £2,000 in specie. THE AGRICULTURAL HALL. Tbis edifice, so admirably adapted for the pro duction. of equestrian entertainments on a scale of unusual grandeur, to-day opens its doors to the public, the holiday attraction provided being of a very novel character. Having been favoured with admission to a full rehearsal on Saturday evening, we can state that Messrs. Sanger have succeeded far beyond our most sanguine expectations. The Christmas Entertainment, entitled " The Congress of the Monarchs " is one of themost magnificent dis plays ever before attempted. The extensive and novel decorations of the Hall have been completed in a manner befitting the occasion. Among the chief features that strike the beholder on entering the building are the lighting and illu minations, which have been entrusted to the emi nent house of J. Defries and Sons, of Houndsditch, and executed, be it said, to their infinite credit, in a style of novelty, grandeur, and effectiveness utterly baffling all powers of description. Indeed, so wel known are these gentlemen in connection with the lighting and illumination of resorts of public amuse ment and national rejoicing, that the name alone not only guarantees dazzling splendour, unequalled brilliancy, and perfect completion of the work con fided to their care ; but also induces the hope of extraordinary novelty, and certainly, on this occa sion, it must be admitted, they have almost sur passed themselves. In the nave or central transept, a blaze of light, intense in its bril liancy, has been concentrated by means of immense coronas of gas, of over 20 feet in diameter, the suspension of which has been so ingeniously con trived as to appear entirely devoid of any visible support. fz-m ••• Amr trart • HER MAJESTY, &c. OSBORNE, Dec. 22. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Christian and Princess Louise, drove out yesterday. The other members of the Royal family walked and drove. His Royal Highness Prince Christian, attended by Sir John Cowell, Captain von Schroetter, and Mr. Sabi, went to Southampton this morning. DEC. 23. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Christian, walked in the grounds yesterday afternoon. Princess Louise, Prince Leopold, and Princess Beatrice walked out also. Prince Arthur, attended by Major Elphinstone, arrived in the evening from Greenwich Park. Prince Christian, attended by Sir John Cowell, went to Southampton yesterday, and visited the Ordnance Survey establishment there. His Royal Highness was received by Sir Henry James and the officers of the various departments, by whom he was conducted through the establishment. Captain von Schroetter and Mr. Sahl had the honour of accompanying his Royal Highness. The Rev. George Prothro performed the service this morning at Osborne before the Queen, Prince and Princess Christian, Princess Louise, Prince Arthur, Prince Leopold, and Princess Beatrice. _ . . The Ladies and Gentlemen in waiting were also present. -s LORD ST. LEONARDS. We are exceedingly glad to find that a tele gram received from a Dublin correspondent, an nouncing the death of Lord St. Leonard; was incorrect. His lordship is in excellent health at Boyle Farm, his residence near Thames Dittos, Surrey. The mistake arose from a telegraphic message sent to Ireland to some relatives announcing the death of the eldest son of Lord St. Leonards, which occurred on Thursday at Staple House, Nant wich. Owing to some ambiguity in the message this was supposed to refer to the venerable peer, and was published in the Dublin Evening Mail of Friday. The Hon. Henry Sudden, just deceased, was born in March, 1811, and married in August, 1814, Marianne, second daughter of Lieut.-Colonel Cookson, of Neasham Hall, Durham, by whom he leaves a youthful family. Ho was educated at Harrow, and afterwards proceeded to St. Alban Hall, Oxford, at which university he graduated B.A. in 1834, and took high honours in mathematics. In 1837 ho was called to the bar at Lincoln's-inn, and in 1816 was made register of the Court of Chancery in Ireland. Charles Reade and his American Critic. Although we have already ourselves commented at some length upon the gross absurdity of the latest charge directed against the fair fame of Mr. Charles Reade by his now notorious and really scur rilous assailant of the New York Round Table, we cannot resist the temptation to give the following cogent remarks upon the same subject precisely as they appear in the newly-published number of Triibner's American and Oriental Literary Record : " Tho New York Round Table is the best literary paper published in the United States. it is independent, out spoken, free from anything like favouritism, and we be lieve totally inaccessible to corrupt influence ; its warm advocacy of international Copyright, and its denunciations of really indecent literature deserve special acknowledg ment ; setting its face, however, against what is sensational criticism, and in two instances during the last few months has done much, we fear, to lessen its influence as a literary critic, and as a social reformer. One of ita most startling recent articles had reference to Drunkennes among American Women, in which, with a certain show of authority, the writer asserted that hundreds of women, in the best society, were in the daily habit of ordering and drinking whisky and brandy in pub- is U , a ve b "Part' Gold B ank B °verei l fr om A W ere aIE ‘ )4 r last , frc Chow. a ges, cc follo w i u 1111 pric, 4l ightly 4t. previ Gov " D tier c e , o A 3 h •A c viper (5 , 3 PE e rt w 21 / , 12 5 44 nuitij 0 . fox (RE D o .. . ban "Ctl arl Ditto f 0 , 5 P, O . 4 Ce / EL k, o , 5 I O. 5i D o , D e D O . Do O• un L D ( - 1 (4( - "reek 5 j ° Ac G d o. Uc l atelar t +l,; ' l an 5 ~„(), Ac kw' zi t' 14 )- Ac I) 1)r 6 P o ntev'd hi c) e r f,.a /4, - 3 Do 10L „ vian .11: Acc 0 41 44. p 0 o rtli g „ b o 3 1) ( tt„ '• Aci s l , 3 i an t O 4l / 0,04 i b ici o 3 c P' fi v e , 3 5 l'' 1)0 . An ktP ditia °: 4 -Ltla A-e o isy : Acc 1; c : . 1 161 130 p ec 13 ° a ! 13 , 111 ish ( Acc