The Sun. — London, England, 1867-12-17 00:00:00

LIFE BOIT SERVICES.—During the Storms o f the present year the National Lifeboat Institution has contributed to the saving of 1,027 lives from various ship wrecks and 32 vessels from destruction. The Institution also expended £29,655 in the same period on its Lifeboat Establishments, in addition to granting £2,444 for rewards. The Committee of the institution earnestly appeal to the public for assistance to enable them to meet the continued heavy demands on their 186 Lifeboat Establishments. Contributions will be thankf Idly received by the London and country bankers, and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, Esl., at the Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi, London. MOSES and SON (the Originators of the J -1 ....4• lleatly Made Clothing System) beg to remind the public that in every departrlent of their business a large and varied STOCK is constantly maintained, and excellence and cheapness area combined in a d. , rce hitherto unequalled. 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MOSES and SO corner of Minories and Aldgate; New Oxford-street; corner of Hart-street; corner of Tottenham-court-road and Euston-road; and Bradford, Yorks. T HEATRE ROYAL, lIAYMARKET Sole Lessee end Manager, Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, OUR AMERICAN COUSIN. Messrs. Sothern, Raymond, Chippendale, Braid, Gordon, Rogers, Clark, Coe, &c.; Mesdames Robertson, lone Burke, Chippendale, Dal ton, F. Wright, &c. After which, TOP.A.PIS AND BACK FOR FIVE POUNDS Mr. Buckstone. To conclude with THE SPECTRE BRIDEGROOM. Messrs J. T. Ilayur..nd, W. Gordon, &c. Commence at Seven. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton. Last 5 nights of the Company's performing previous to the Christmas Holidays. Notwithstanding the Triumphant and Bril liant Success of the DOGE OF VENICE, it cannot be performed after Thursday, December 19. in consequence of the preparations for the GLAND CHKISTUAS PANTOUI3IIi. To be produced on BOXING NIGHT. THIS EVENING, her Majesty's servants will perform the new Romantic Play, in 4 Acts, entitled THE DOGE OF VENICE, adapted by Bayle Bernard, and Musicallyillustrated by Selections front the Operas of "Marino," by Donizetti, and the "Duo Fos care" and "Bravo" of Verdi and Mereadante, with New and Mlgniflcent Scenery by Mr. Wm. Beverley. Principal characters by Mr. Phelps, Messrs. J. C. Cowper, H. Sinclair, E. Phelps, Barrett. J ames Johnstone, C. Warner, W. 3Pintyre, C. Harcourt, W. C. Temple, C. Webb, &c.; Mrs. Hermann Vezin, Miss Grattan, • Incgvased orchestra and numerous chorus. To conclude with each eveninr , THE LADIES' CLUB. Mes dames Beatrix Shirley, Kate Ifartleur, Grattan, Hudspeth, L. Wilmot, Mrs. 11. Vandenhoff ; Messrs. J. Rouse, Barratt, C. Webb, F. Moreland, Ilar,eurt, Jame, Johnstone, W. C. Temple. Stage manager, Mr. Edward Doors open at half-past 6, commence at 7 o'clock. On Thursday, December 26, will be produced the Drury-Line CRAND COMIC CHRISTMAS ANNUAL. entitled 12i.W FEE I'o FUN; or, Harlequin. Jack the Giant Killer. First Morning Perf,rartnee uu Saturday, December 25, and everi Wedueschly awl Saturday, until February 1L Box-office epee fr,..rn 10 till 5 daily QUEEN'6 THEATRE, Lo .~a-acre. Leace and Manager, Mr. Alfrcd Wigan. THIS EVENING the performances will commence with (at 7 o'clock) lIE'S A LUNATIC. _ _ .Ifter which (by particular desire), the celebrated comedy, by Tom Taylor, EN., called STILL WATERS RUN DEEP. Prin cipal Ouiracteri by Mes:re. Alfred Wigan, W. H. Stephens, C. Wyndham, W. M. Tarot, C. Seyton, Miss E. Terry, and )Jr:.. Alfred Wigan. To conclude with the Comic Drama of TUE FIRST NIGHT. Achille Taima Dufard (a French actor), Mr. Alfred Wigan. EIV QUEEN'S THEATRE ROYAL. IA Mr. and Mrs. ALFRED WIGAN every Evening. R OYAL soI P e LR,IN Manager,ee and E EATR E. THIS EVENING, THE COLLEEN BAWN. Mr. Dion Bouci cault; Messrs. Dominick Murray, E. Atkins, G. F. Neville, J. G. Shore, 11. Mellon, Gresham; Miss Elaworthy, Miss E. Barnett, Mrs. Addie, and Mrs. Dion Boucicault. The wild scenery of Kerry and the Water Cave have been painted by Mr. F. Lloyds and assistants. The Drama preceded by A LITTLE FLIRTATION, and fol lowed by NO. 1, ROUND THE CORNER. On Monday and Tuesday. Dec. 23 and 24, the performances will be for the Benetit of Mr. J. Roberts, Acting Manager. Doors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. N.B.—Due notice will be given of the next representation of THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. Solo Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER. Directress, Mrs. Alfred Mellon. • THIS EVENING, at 7, MAN IS NOT PERFECT, NOR WOMAN NEITHER. Messrs. G. Belmore, J. G. Taylor, C. H. Stephenson, Miss E. Pitt, and Mn. Alfred Mellon. After which,43 th time, MAUD'S PERIL. Messrs. Billington G. Belmore, Ashley, Eburno, C. J. Smith; Miss Herbert, Mrs. Billington, Miss Emily Pitt. To conclude with UP FOR THE CATTTLE SHOW. Messrs G. Belmure, Ashley, Miss E. Pitt, and Miss Harris. HOLBORN THEATRE ROYAL. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Sefton Parry. THIS EVEN G, at 7, the highly successful Drama of FOR LOVE. Mesdames Stephens, Henrade, C. Saunders; DlesErs. Montague, Price, Widdicombe. At S, Burnand's new Burlesque, MARY TURNER; or, The Wicions Willin and Wictorious Winne. Mesdames Fanny Josephs, Saunders, Wilmors, Clinton, Messrs. Robins, Mon tague, Carden, Wilmot, Sc. Magni:lead new scenery, dresses, and appoint me nts. ANOTE.—Seats may be secured a. month in advance Box-office open from 10 till 5; and all Libraries. VALENTINE AND ORSON, the great Pantomime of 1867, will be produced on CHRISTMAS EVE, Dec. 24, at the HOLBORN THEATRE.—Scenery by Mr. Telbin.—Principal Danaeuse, Mdlle. Montero; Clown, the cele brated Little Rowena. Box-office open on Wednesday, the 18th instant. R OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Pechter. Tilly EVENING, at 8, ROMEO AND JULIET. Romeo, Miss Ve:;tvali ; Mercutio,. Mr. Walter Lacy; Friar Laurence, Mr Ryder; Nurse, Mrs. Marston; Juliet, Miss Milly Palmer. Preceded by, at 7, PERFECTION. Messrs. J. Neville, Dalton J. Francis, and Miss Maud Shelley. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough. • THIS EVENING, at 7, NOTHING TO NURSE. Mr. Thorne and Miss Newton. After which, a New Comedy, KIND TO A FAULT. Messrs Panelle, Belford, and Turner; Mesdames Johnstone, 0 wynne, awl Iltv . ;llcs. To coq,!lndo with Byron's WILLIAM TELL WITH A VEN GEANCE. Messes. James and Fenton; Mesdames Holt and Weathers ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. New Management. Sole Lessee, Mr. B. Webster; Manager, Mr. H. Wigan. THIS EVENING, FROM GRAVE TO GAY. Messrs. H. Neville, H. Wigan, Addison, and C. Mathews; Mesdames L. Moore and Stirling. Followed by IF I HAD A THOUSAND A YEAR. Messrs. H. Wigan, Cooper, C. Mathews, and Farrell; Mesdames L. Moore and St. Henry. To conclude with MY WIFE'S BONNET. Messrs. R. Souter, 11. Cooper, and J. G. Taylor; Mesdames L. 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Prospectuses and forms of Tender may bo obtained at the ofrc !s ef the '2ompany, Ni. 6, Westminster Chambers, Victoria-street, London, S.W., and from all the principal stockbrokers in London and the country. (By Order.) GEO. HOPWOOD, Secretary. Dec. 7, 18G7. TILE LATE EDITION - of " THE SUN " at JAMES SPEEDY'S, "The Wellington," Wollington-otreet, Strand. T HE LATE EDITION of "TIIE SUN " at J. SMITH'S, 39, Bow-atreet, Covent-garden. rim-1E LAI'E EDITION of " THE SUN" at _IL w. SMITH'S, " Camden Stores," 78, Park-street, Camden- Nvn. MOH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, 6h. 10m. Afternoon, 6h. 37m. 720-310 m tow.-Morning, 7h. 2m. Afternoon, 7h. 35m. lr ~i4cy emg e:^4irotit 4 4" , • LONDON, TUESDAY, DEC. 17, 1867. Sympathy with the unfortunate sufferers in Clerkenwell is so universal a feeling that the mere mention of the name of the locality which witnessed the outrage is enough to awaken thoughts of interest and to arrest attention. Last night a public meet ing was held at the Industrial Schoolroom, Amwell street, Clerkenwell, in pursuance of the request of several inhabitants of the district, to take into con • sideration the most fitting means to alleviate the distress that had been created by the late explosion. The place was very crowded. The Chairman very properly said that it was difficult to use moderate expressions in speaking of the fearful crime just committed; but they must bear io mind that this was not an " indignation meeting, but intended to express thorough English, hearty sympathy." The occasion that called them together was, indeed, enough to call for earnest attention, LT they had to consider the case of those who had suffered permanently, and those who had been deprived of their homes. The Govern ment have acted, as was mentioned here, in loco parentis, and with a spirit worthy of the occa sion ; still this must not prevent the others from coming forward and doing their utmost. The Rev. Mr. MAGuinE moved the first resolution, to the effect that the meeting expressed its deep sympathy with the unfortunate sufferers by the atrocious crime just committed, and approved of the appcintment of a committee to receive sub scriptions on their behalf. The reverend gentle man remarked that he had followed the unhappy sufferers to their beds, and he was anxious to ex pree,s his deep debt of gratitude to' the " splendid surgical state of these noble hospitals." It is net surprising to hear that those who visited tho sufferers declare tii;,y have never wit nessed such heartrending scenes as thus before them. A letter was read from Mr. Conur, which was very satisfactory. lie informed Mr. MAGyinF., on the part of the part Of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, that the Government did not de sire to arrest the sympathy of the public with the victims of this atrocious act, and in sending the rend of the other day the Government only " con templated the mitigation of the more urgent and pressing duties of those who have been injured in person or property." Mr. AIAGUIRE concluded by stating that Mr. CORRY had given him a kind of carte blanche on the part of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and he promised them on the part of the Government that they would receive ample aid in their benevolent work. Mr. TORIZENS, M.P., in seconding the motion, paid a jest tribute to the Chancellor of the Exchequer for the " wise and noble example he had set in taking upon him the responsibility of this matter," and added—what is doubtless true—that Parliament would sanction his proceedings. It appears evident that this under taking will be a useful one in every respect, and answer the purpose for which it is designed. Yesterday Dr. JENNER, her MAJESTY'S physician, visited the hospital where the sufferers were lodged in accordance with the Royal command. Dr. JENNER announced that her MAJESTY would have come in person if circumstances had permitted. It is for tunate that all the cases seem to be progressing favourably in both Hospitals, but the friends of the parties, and the public also, will appreciate this kind consideration shown by the few. Prince ARTHUR yesterday visited the ruins, and, indeed, the interest taken in the sad affair is most complete. It is believed on good authority that the Mau has been arrested who fired the powder, but it is not yet certain that this is correct. This morn ing the witnesses will see him. The most alarm ing rumours are in circulation, but, of course, credence cannot be attached to many of them, though that the state of things is most unsatisfactory cannot be denied. 'We should hope, at least, that one good may come out of this evil, and that the false sympathy which has done so much harm may be put a stop to. From mistaken motives a sort of premium has been held up to crime, and the error of transforming criminals into heroes and martyrs is a very serious one at this juncture. Those who have persuaded themselves and persisted in declaring, in spite of all contradic tion, that no real harm was meant by Fenianism have before them proofs they cannot gainsay ; and by the ruins of houses, and the beds of the suffer ing, and the remains of the dead, they may learn their mistake in a manner not likely to be soon forgotten. Great excitement took place yesterday upon the prisoners being brought up on remand before Sir TuomAs HENRY - at Bow-street. The very efficient measures that were adopted by the authorities, however, prevented any likelihood of a disturbance, and very nearly set curiosity at defi,inco, so carp. fully were the prisoners aurroundtd rail guarded. Very little of a material nature was done, however; for Mr. POLAND, who had been in- Ltructed to conduct the prosecution, hail to ask for a further remand on account of the mass of evi dence that has to be got together, and the extreme importance of the case. This delay was the more advisable, as the prisoner ANN JUSTICE was very unwell, and hardly fit to be long detained. The police have a most arduous task before them just now, but they appear to be completely on the alert, and we hope that any future attempt on the part of any miscreant will be suc cessfully baffled. We have had warnings enough at any rate to be careful, and must all feel quite assured that Fenianism is a thing that must, be dealt with in the most determined manner, and with an THE SUN, LOINDoiN. TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 17, 1.867. unfline hing purpose if it is to be trampled down and put RI end to. The last news from Paris informs us that there will be no European Conference upon the Roman question, and this must, we suppose, be looked upon as decisive, as it is reported that the negotiations with: the principal Powers have failed. Perhaps upon the whole this may be for the best ; for, as Lord STANLEY truly observed, it would be of no use to en gage in an affair of the kind unless it was likely that the different parties would agree, or at least approach agreement. To judge by circum stances, we cannot say that there promised to be way accordance, and hence perhaps it may be for the best as it is. At any rate, decision is better than uncertainty, and the state of confusion into which some people had been thrown by the conflicting rumours that prevailed was injurious in many respects to the best interests of those con cerned. After such a serious disturbance which took place in Rome, and prevailed to a certain ex tens more or less about Europe, it was perhaps rather premature to look for a speedy - settlement of the question, or to expect that the ad vocates of either side would find a neu tral ground upon which to meet and to reconcile differences of opinion. Another year or so miy pass with advantage before these matters are in quired into, and the best thing all parties can do just now is to be as calm and collected as possible, and not to advance any extreme views and particu lar opinions to the disturbance of others, and to the detriment of peace and order. One of the chief causes that led to the failure of the pro posed Congress was the extreme language used by M. ROUITER to the Legislative Chamber, for he compromised the Government to such an extent by his one-sided declarations that any alte ration was seen to be impossible even in a modified form. It is much to be regretted that so bad an under standing should prevail between France and Italy, but time alone can be expected to soften down asperities, and make nations more willing to meet each other's views. The interest which attaches itself to the debate in the Italian Chambers is not likely to be diminished just yet, and indeed there is plenty to arrest attention in the speeches recently delivered by the Ministers or others on the subject of the interpellations relative to the foreign policy of the Government. The Minister of Justice, M. MARI, mado a very eloquent speech, in which he justified the course adopted by the Government in arresting GARIBALDI and clos ing the Insurrectionary Committees. In concluding his remarks he used the following impressive language—" All who value order and respect the authority of the law must approve the conduct of the Government." This is strictly true, for nothing can be done unless due respect be given to those in authority. It cannot be said that the representatives of the late Government made a very good defence of their conduct, though they tried hard to do so ; in deed Signor MINGIIETTI was justified in bis remark, that if they bad adopted a line of policy similar to that of the late Ministry, the French occupation of Rome would have been a permanent one. In fact, the new Government were only just in time, as it were, to prevent Italy from sinking down into a very unsatisfactory condition, and losing all the prestige she had recently acquired, which would have been much to be deplored on all accounts. The arrival of two mails from America almost simultaneously brings us a good deal of additional news. The City of Paris, bringing intelligence from New York to the 7th of December, reports that a resolution has been introduced into the Senate, declaring that the national debt should be redeemed by legal tender. The Senate has also adopted a resolution instructing the Finance Committee to examine into the expediency of authorising the Secretary of the Treasury to contract for the re demption of the Five-Twenties, a forty-year loan on bonds bearing 5 per cent. interest, both prin cipal and interest being payable in gold, the Go vernment to have the option to redeem them after twenty years. The members of the Senate have evidently made up their minds to active interference in the adjustment of the finances, for, after having decided what the Financial Secretary was to do, they 'proceeded to consider what he should not do, and a bill has been reported to repeal the authority granted to the Secretary to contract the currency or cancel the United States notes. The situation of the finances is likely to be the most troublesome question with which Government and Congress will have to deal. The evil day has been deferred until it can no longer be avoided, and the Radicals, who are now so ready with their schemes and their remedies, have had a good share in producing the embarrassment. The Presidential Message has excited a good deal of displeasure in the Upper house of Congress. Those portions which condemned the course of Con gress have not unnaturally given offence to the Senate. Mr. SUMNER has denounced the whole Message as " incendiary," calculated to " stimulate rebellion and promote civil war." A coalition, Le declares, must exist between Mr. JOHNSON and the rebels. Mr. DAVIS, according to Mr. SUMNER, might have made just such a speech. This attack on the part of Mr. SUMNER called up Mr. DIXON, a Conservative Republican, who defended the PRESI DENT, declared that Congress was misrepresenting the people, and advised the Radicals to reflect on the results of the late elections. The change in public feeling still continnes to show itself. Mr. IlornttAN, a Democrat, has been re-elected Mayor of New York by a majority of 22,000 over the Republican candidate. The several Conventions meanwhile are pro ceeding in very different directions. The Geor gia Conservative Convention has passed resolutions protesting against the Reconstruction Act, and declaring the present state of the reconstruction Convention to be an illegal body obtained by frau dulent votes, and forced upon the people by mili tary power. The Alabama Convention, on the other hand, has been busy annulling all contracts made during the rebellion, while the Louisiana Convention have recommended the substitution of the common law of England for their present State laws. In some parts the negroes are more and more disposed to take matters into their own hands. In Bullock county, Alabama, they have organised courts of their own, and the manner in which t.hoy proposed to administer the law was very efficacious, for they were armed, and they threatened to seize the property of the whites. This novel mode of jurisdieisin was, how ever, summarily interrupted by a detachment of troops. General lIANcocK has reversed one of SHERIDAN'S most oppressive orders—the prohibi tion of participants in the rebellion from serving on juries. The whole text of the PRESIDENT'S Message is now before us, and although the summaries trans mitted previously have given a very fair account there are many points of great interest. Referring to the question of negro supremacy, Mr. JOHNSDN says very truly that it is a peculiarly unfortunate time to put so large a share of power into the Lands of the blacks. The task before the legislators of the South is a most arduous one. " Industry must be reorganised, justice re-esta blished, public credit maintained, and order brought out of confusion." To imagine that the negroes are competent for such a task would, he declares, be worse than madness. Already they are influenced by promises of confiscation and plunder, and should such a system continue order and industry will alike be at an end. "Of all the dangers," adds Mr. JOHNSON emphatically, " which our nation has yet encountered none are equal to those which must re sult from the success of the effort now making to Africanise the half of our country. " Considera tions of money must not,'" he says, " be put in com petition with justice and right; but the expenses of the reconstruction system are of themselves a na tional wrong. Already it has cost uncounted millions ;' and to force negro governments upon the unwilling South would require a strong standing army, and probably two hundred millions of dollars. It is vain to hope that the negroes can maintain their own ascendancy without military aid. They cannot do it, and the sum thus proposed to be thrown away would in fifteen years pay the whole national debt!" Surely such practical considerations as these must influence every American. ROMAN CATHOLIC PRISONERS.--.-The Roman Catholic chaplain of Preston House of Correction, in a letter to the Times, says:—" Sir,—ln perusing the Times of Monday, Dec. 9, I find a letter on Roman Catho lic Prisoners,' signed by A Catholic Magistrate.' This gentleman enumerates various prisons to which Roman Catholic chaplains are appointed, but I am sorry to find that no mention whatever is made of the Preston House of Correction. To the credit of the magistrates of Fres ton, lam happy to say, that, as far back as Juno 30, 1864, a Roman Catholic chaplain was appointed, with a salary of £lOO per annum. As chaplain of this gaol I am in a position to state, both from the testimony of my predecessor and from my own short experience, that in the discharge of all religious duties every attention has been shown and every encouragement given. As a proof of this I may state that I have free access to any part of the prison, that I have full liberty to see the prisoners at any time, that I have the use of a large and commodious room for mass on Sundays and for service during the week—in a word, that whatever could tend to the full exercise of the Roman Catholic religion has been freely granted. In grateful acknowledgment for the kindness and attention which I have ever received from the prison authorities I feel my self bound to call attention to the fact that, though the Preston House of Correction has been overlooked by your correspondent, yet, in my own humble opinion, I think it may deservedly hold a place entitling it to the respect, if not the example, of other towns." A MOTHER AND SON BURNT TO DEATIL—At West Bromwicl2, on Saturday morning, a carter, aged 40 years, and his mother, aged 79, were burnt to death. The carter, whose name was William Hakes, was noted for his drunken habits, and it appears that he wont home intoxicated on Friday night. He went to bed in the back room upstairs, and in his stupor must have up set his candle upon the bed, or in some other way have set fire to some portion of the furniture in the room. The fire spread, and was discovered by people outside very early on Saturday morning. So soon as the flames were extinguished a search was made for the bodies. Mares was found lying in bed, his face downwards, and his body which had been literally roasted, was so drawn up as to show that he had died in extreme agony. His mother had also suffered terribly. Her legs had been severed from her body by fire. COMPETITION IN THE DOCKTATIDS.--The half yearly open competition of boys for the situation of ap prentice in the Government dockyard and engineer stu dent in the steam factories, has just been held at the various yards by the Civil Servica Commissioners. There were 172 candidates for the former class of situations, and 75 for the latter. At the same time occurred the large annual competition amongst the dockyard artificers for promotion to the higher grades. Tilos° examinations also are now, at the request of the Ad niralty, conducted by the Civil Service Commissioners, the test consisting partly of exercises in arithmetic, (to., and partly of practical ques tions prepared at the Admiralty. The number of compe titors on the late occasion was 649. THE COURT OF SESSION OF SCOTLAND.—The Edinburgh Courant says :—" It is reported that Lord Ormi dale has rent to the Juridical Society a letter of explana tion in reference to the construction put upon some of the statements iu Lis address to that society. If this be so, the question may fairly be asked whether this explanation should not receive as great publicity as has teen given to the address itself. It seems hardly fair that statements Should be made public through such a body as the Juridi cal Society, by a person in Lord Orinida!'s influential and authoritative position, rrflecting so strongly upon an im portant public institution, and that explanations after wards made should not be allowed !o reach all those to whom the original statements were disclosA." We understand that the star, collar, and badge of the most noble order of the Garter were on Thursday last senb through the Foreign Office to his Imperial Ma jesty the Sultan, at Constantinople. It is needless to re mark that the decorations were of the most exquisite workmanship and the jewels of the purest water. RESTITITTION.—TIIO will of tho late Cardinal Archbishop of Malines is likely to produce some sensation. By the will of two elderly sisters, named Segers, who died come twenty years ago in Brussels, the Archbishop in herited two houses in the Belgian capital, and a splendid property at Lacken. On his deathbed Cardinal Stercks restored this property to the natural heirs, with the into rest which bad accrued upon it during the time it was in his possession. THE RITUAL COMMISSION. — The .sittings of this commission are now, it is understood, adjourned till the middle of January next. Since the first report of the com mission was submitted to Parliament, which related to the "vestment question," but few witnesses have been exa mined, though the commission have met regularly twice a it is anticipated, will be week in the Jerusalem Chamber, Westminster. The on its reassembling in l s a e i c d o n b d ef r o e r p e o r r t ar o l f ia t n li i e e t o n i n n l n in is e s ( i t o i a n t , ely February. DESTRUCTION OF ST. PAUL'S CHURCH, CLIFTON, BY FIRE.—At midnight on Sunday St. Paul's Church, which is attended by one of the most fashionable and aristocratic congregations in the very centre of Clifton, Bristol, was totally destroyed by fire, the only things saved being the registry-book, the communion plate, and the vestry furniture. The incumbent, the Rev. F. V. Mather, of Worcester-terrace, Clifton, estimates the damage at upwards of £5,000. The fire originated from the chamber of the heating apparatus being overheated. The church had just been insured for £3,000. CONSERVATISM AT IFSWICII.—The Ipswich Work ing Men's Conservative Association has adopted the fel lowing resolution :—" This meeting being fully impressed with the importance of maintaining the present Govern ment as her Majesty's advisers, and believing that that can be effected only by the united action of the Conservative societies throughout the country, this association now decides to become a branch of the National Union of Conservative and Constitutional Associations." MYSTERIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE.—An officer of the King's Own (2nd Stafford) Militia, named Captain Dimey, has been found dead in the Sbugborough Tunnel, near Stafford. The body was frightfully mangled. The deceased's watch and a quantity of money was found upon him, with some visiting cards with " Captain Dimey " en them. The watch has been identified by his son. On the previous night the deceased retired to bed about the usual time, and nothing more was heard of him until he was found dead in the tunnel, a distance of five miles from his residence. There are footprints as though he had walked about the mouth of the tunnel. MURDEROUS OUTRAGE ON A POLICEMAN IN FOMERSETSHIRE.—A dastardly outrage was perpetrated on the morning of Saturday upon a policeman on St. George's Common, Somersetshire, by two unknown men, who made off without being recognised. They had robbed a poultry-house, and on being challenged by the police man one of the ruffians produced two largo horse pistols, and fired the contents of one barrel into the officer's bowels, and as he sank to the ground the murderous ruf fian stood over him with the other pistol for a moment or two, apparently to ascertain the effect which the charge had taken upon his victim. Seemingly satisfied, he then made off to join his companion. The officer now lies in dangerous state. NARROW ESCAPE FROM ANOTUER COAL-PIT Exmosicg.—A correspondent writes from Merthyr : "On Friday evening a most alarming accident occurred in the Abercwmboy Pit, in the Aberdare valley, which not only gave an idea of what a blower is,' but also showed how terrible they are in their character, and how, in all probability, they "are the cause of most of our great explosions. Two hundred men were hard at work when ene of them struck into a fissure, and in a moment a strong current of gas burst forth that in an incredible space of time completely checked the ventilation. The men flew for their lives ; one lame man narrowly escaped suffocation, as he was not able to keep pace with the rest. Happily, no one was injured, and measures were at once taken to clear the workings of gas and restore the ventila tion. Had this ' blower' not been discovered at the moment, or had there been one damaged lamp, all or nearly all of these 200 men would have been sacrificed. No more striking instance of the fact that awful calamities arc at the mercy of any man or boy in a pit has been given of late years," LATEST INTELL MENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) TifE kBYSSINIAN EXPEDITION. The following telegram, forwarded from Suez yesterday, has been received from the limes special correspondent with the Abyssinian expedition :-- "The advance brigade reached Senafe, in Abyssinia, on December 6th : all well. " The natives are friendly in their behaviour, and offer sn.pplies. " Water is abundant. The climate is good ; the variations of temperature ranging between a maxi mum of 73 degrees and a minimum of 33 degrees." AMERICA. NEW YORK, Dcc. IG, 6 p.m. The steamer Tarifa arrived out to-day. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CLOSING PRICES.—GoId, 1341; sterling Ex change ou London, 110 ; 5-20 United States Bonds, 108 ; Illinois, 133 ; Erie, 72g. Cotton, middling upland, 15i. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 16. Petroleum, standard white, 25k. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, Dec. 17. The Debatle understands that Count Taaffe, and not Prince Carl Anersperg, will probably be charged with the formation of the new Cabinet. The official Vienna Gazette is authorised to deny as altogether baseless the report now cur rent as to an impending loan for military purposes, and that an increase of the tax upon coupons is intended. Aix, Dec. 17. At the trial of the Italian bandits accused of murder, Coda, Quaranta, Nardi, and Mulateri were condemned to death ; Cardin°, Oggero, and Trivero were sentenced to twenty years, Varsovic to fifteen years, and Milano, Bassano, and Serra to ten years' hard labour at the galleys. Maletti was acquitted. THE WEST INDIA AND PACIFIC MAILS. PLYMOUTH, Dec. 17. The Royal Mail Steamship La Plata, with the above mails, arrived here this morning. PLYMOUTH, Dec. 17, 11.30 A.M. The royal mail steamer La Plata has anchored in the Sound. All well. No sickness on board. CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS. SUEZ, Dec. 16. The Mongolia arrived at 6 a.m. to-day. BOMBAY, Dec. 7. The Columbian arrived to day, 59 days from Southampton. FRANCE. Several of the journals of Saturday evening state that a rumour prevailed yesterday in the Salle des Conferences of the Legislative Body that the Chamber would be dissolved beforo long, and that the new elections would take place in the course of the spring. The Journal de l'Aisne reports the disappearance of M. Beffroy, Mayor of Oisy, the proprietor of two large sugar factories, one in that town and the other at Villers les Guise. le has been declared bank rupt, and the authorities have taken possession of the property. Several journals state that M. Charles Gamier, the architect of the Grund Opera, intends to be come a candidate for the chair in the Academy of Fine Arts, left vacant by the death of his master, M. Lebas. M Renan has, it is announced, completed his new work, ►vhich is to bear the title of " Saint. Paul." The MS. has been for some time in the hands of the printer. The Committee on the Press Bill met on Saturday and heard observations from M. Pinard, Minister of the Interior, and M. Baroche, Minister of Justice. A Rottirdam journal has discovered a new argument for the abolition of capital punish• ment. The Budget of the Minister of Justice in Holland for next year comprises an item of 7,046 florins for the salaries of the executioners. But as in that country only one execution takes place, on an average, in ten years, each one costs 74,400 florins in payment to the headsman alone. The bulletin of the Paris Observatory of yes terday morning gives the following as the at mospheric situation :—" There has been a rather rapid fall of the glass in the south-west of the Baltic, but it has risen in Scotland and England. The wind is strong in the North Sea and over the Pas-de-Calais, from N.W. to N.T.W. In the west of Europe and on the Irish 'and Portu guese coasts the weather is calm, and the sky begins to clear in the south of England and north of France. The wind is W.S.W. in the south of Europe and in Sicily."—ln Paris yester day the weather was unseasonably mild, with the sun shining oat occasionally as in spring. At three in the 'afternoon the thermometer marked 8.50 cent. (47 1-5 Fahr.) According to letters from Copenhagen, in the Debatte of Vienna, M. de Quaade is not to return to Berlin, or perhaps, if Denmark continues to be represented at the Court of Prussia, M. de Quaade will be accompanied by some one charged with the negotiations relative to the northern part of Schles wig-Holstein. " The Court of Honour," says the Siecle, " con stituted on the proposition of MM. Ravin and Gueroult, has met a first time." An explosion of fire-damp occurred on Friday morning in a coal mine at Blangy (Saone-et-Loire). Two galleries in which some men were at work, behind the spot where the disaster occurred, are obstructed by the debris, and several days will be required to clear the approaches. Eighty dead bodies have already been got out. Every effort is being made to save, if possible, the men who may be still alive. The Emperor, on hearing the disas ter, forwarded a sum of 10,000 f. to the Prefect of the department, to be distributed amongst the families of the victims, and has since sent one of his aides-de-camp to make a report on the catas trophe. The Union, in announcing the death of M. Dreysse, inventor of the needle-gun, adds :—" Will a statue be raised to him ? Perhaps so. But Gari baldi will certainly not aid in collecting subscrip tions, as the general must have but a slight en thusiasm with regard to the needle-gun." The prosecution commenced against the Phare de la Loire for the publication of a letter respecting the affair at the cemetery of Montmartre on All Souls' Day has been abandoned for want of proof. The charge against the journal was the publication of false news. In the Kerveguen affair, since the refusal of M. Schneider to preside over the tribunal of honour, the four gentlemen first named have added to their number AI. Scgris, Viscount Lanjuinais, and Buffet.. BounsE, Dec. 16, Three o'clock.—The market closed as follows : 4} per Cent. End of mouth — 3 per Cent End of mouth 6B 75 Credit Mobilier End of month 167 50 Credit Foncier 1365 End of month 1367 N RAILWA' Bank Shares 3320 ItaPan Loan End of month 45 45 Mexican Loan Do. Bonds Spanish Threes 88 25 home Debt / Deferred — Account Orleans Northern 1175 Lyons and Mediterranean Southern..... 555 Western Eastern • • 533k Sardinian Austrian Lombard 355 North of Spain 62i Saragossa Roman O5 CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PARIS, Monday, Dee. 10. An eibeLlent letter irom the pen of M. Louis Blanc kppears, in the Temps of to-day. It is devoted to the Fenian utrage of last week, and is remarkable for judg ment, impartiality, and literary force. This writer, the London correspondent of the Temps, always commands attention in Paris ; and it is fortunate for Parisians that a man of so much moderation and soundness of sense should be in the habit of sending to Paris denriptions of events that transpire in " perfidious Albion." Two young artistes of great talent and accomplishment are staying at Brussells just now--Mdlle. Virginie Huet, pianist, and Mdlle. Helene de Katow, violoncellist. The concert which the two young ladies have premised to give is looked forward to with much expectation. Gustave Dory's immense picture which hung in the central salon of the annual exhibition at Paris this year was bought the other day by an American amateur for the handsome sum of £2,200. The subject is a gambling-table at Baden, and the picture vividly suggests the ordinary life at a German kursaal. In order to give to the picture an additional value as a faithful transcript of an actual scene, a number of ladies, more remarkable for their beauty and the courage they displayed at the gambling table than for their respectability, sat for their portraits in this picture. The widow of Iturbide, the Emperor who reigned In Mexico in the early part of the century, with the title of Auguste 1., is now in Paris. It is said that the ex-Em press is in deep distress, and that she has come to solicit help from the French Government. The apartments of the Prince Imperial at the Tuileries are not yet completed, and the Court will not leave St. Cloud till the 23rd of the month. The Petite Presse says that Prussia is in mourning. The journals of Berlin announce •tke death of one through whom the fate of Europe has changed—Nicholas Dreyse, the inventor of the needle-gun and the grenade rifle. " Quel dommage !" exclaims the Presse, "Un homme qui avait si bien commun4 1" The magistracy of Paris have been labouring with great anxiety to find out some means of improving the lighting of the city. Every one has remarked the experiments with the electric light made at the Port St. Denis. The entrance to the great station of Strasbourg is lighted by the electric light. Two letters written by Garibaldi from Caprera have just been published. They are addressed respectively to the chairman of the public meeting held in Glasgow, Nov. 7, and to the chairman of the Orange Associa tion of Glasgow. Copies of resolutions passed by the " public meeting" and by the Orange Association, expressing sympathy with Italy, had been forwarded to Garibaldi ; and the letters referred to are in acknow ledgment of the receipt of these resolutions. The tone of the letters is almost identical. The General thanks his friends in North Britain, compliments them upon their love of freedom, and concludes his epistle in both eases with a request that the Glasgow people will con tinue to afford him' that material and moral support which they have always been willing to render to him and to Italy. Zeidler's Correspondenz, a semi-official Berlin paper, says that the French diplomats in Southern Germany are again busily employed in recommending alliance with France as the great Catholic and Conservative Power. However successful they may be elsewhere, while Prince Hohenlohe is in office at Munich they will not estrange Bavaria from the Confederacy. This loyal and patriotic Prince told the Bavarian Chamber that, in the event of a crisis, Bavaria would stand by Prussia and defend the right. The Times Berlin correspondent states that Count Bismarck has informed the members of the Prussiau Par liament that the Prussian envoys to the principal Courts will he shortly recalled, to be reaccredited in the name of the North German Confederacy. The Livonian Parliament has voted an address to the Czar, requesting the continuance of the German language as the official medium of communication in the Baltic provinces of Russia. The petitioners remind their sove reign that the privileges of the province they represent were sanctioned in the agreement of July 4, 1710, as well as in the Nystadt Treaty of Peace. The answer to the petition is awaited with feverish anxiety at several towns in those prc vinces. The needle-gun now definitely adopted by the Russian War Office is of the Prussian pattern, but the needle being somewhat shorter and thicker the rapidity of the firing is said to be slightly increased. If Russian accounts are trustworthy, an ordinary soldier will easily accomplish eight discharges in a minute, while a skilled hand is stated to have no difficulty in reaching up to fourteen. There are not -many new rifles being made, the old ones admit ting of adaptation. FENIANS ON THE FENIAN OUTRAGE, The Telegraph gives the following communication, word for word, it says, as it was received:— " THE OUTRAGE IN CLERKEHWELL.-A DISCLAIMER. " Sir,—lhe opinion having been circulated through the entire public press of Saturday that the body known as the Fenians are to be held responsible for the murderous atrocity committed on Friday at the House of Detention, we beg to inform you as follows : "1. That we, the London committee, on behalf of the thousands of our Irish Republican Brothers resident here, whom we represent, emphatically disclaim any connec tion, direct or indirect, with that outrage ; or as being accessory to it in any way before, during, or after its com mission. "2. That we pledge ourselves to do our utmost to discover the perpetrators, and that, having discoveredthem, we shall make them amenable to our laws, and carry out on them the punishment that they so richly deserve ; thus for once acting in conjunction with the British Government; in order to vindicate our name before the world, and to shew that we do not war on women and children, but with men—honourably and according to the rules of war. " 3. That from inquiries set on foot immediately the terrible news reached us, we have reason to believe that it has been the deed of individuals acting from personal motives and impelled to it by one whom, if our suspicions be verified, we shall execute without compunction as one unworthy to live, in our own interest as well as in that of humanity at large. " THE LONDON COMMITTEE OP THE IRISH REPUBLICAN BROTHERHOOD." , ''. x , ixri't -' HER, MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, Dec. 1 6 . The Queen walked in the grounds this morning! and drove, accompanied by Princess Beatrice. 1 3 ! incess Louise went out walking, attended by the Hon. Flora Macdonald. His Royal Highness Prince Arthur, attended b 1 Major Elphinstone, left the Castle this morning f or Greenwich Park. THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES' SANDIZINGHAM, Dec. 16 . His Royal highness the Prince of. Wales havi n g arrived home on Saturday afternoon from a viz . : l ' ; c1 the Earl and C o u n t ess o f D u dl ey , th e d a y being I L ° e sixth anniversary of th e P r i nce C onsort ' s death, tn s usual private service took place in the presence °` the Prince and Princess of Wales. DEPARTURE OF THE QUEE N FOR OSBORNE.---- Thi 3 morning, at half-past ten o'clock, her Majesty, ac e°l3l a panied by their Royal Highnesses Princesses Louise a n 'Beatrice, and Prince Leopold, were to leave Windsor Cas tle for Osborne. Her Majesty' s h orses (11 i n number) and carriages were sent from Windsor yesterday morning 11 special train, at 7.20 a.in., and at the same time this moor' ing the royal household will leave Windsor for Osborne' also by special train. The Duke and Duchess of Roxburghe have le ft the Clarendon Hotel for Broxmouth Park. FENIAN MEETINGS. A correspondent of the Isirmingham Daily Post writes to that join-nal as follows : " On Tuesday night I attended a Fenian ball and enter tainment in a filthy den in the neighbourhood of the Westminster bridge-road. The place, which was a sort Qi low theatre, was crammed with Irish men and women, and the entertainment consisted of songs, jigs, and recitations. All the singers wore large tin shamrocks and green ribbon, and the way in which every sentiment of a treasonable tendency was greeted with a howl of de light, was something to be remembered by a law-abiding and peace-loving citizen. My friends and I, who were politely shown into a private box, as representatives of the press, little thought that we were attending at what was, perhaps, a rehearsal of one of the greatest tragedies of the present century. An English agitator of notoriety was in the.how3e, and it was alleged that he was to address the meeting ; but the programme was altered, and there were no speeches while we were there. So little did we think of the affair that, although representing several London morning papers, we decided not to write a line upon what we had seen ; and yet I have now a very strong suspicion that the gunpowder plot was hatching behind those very scenes, and perhaps our shillings taken at the door laid out in the infernal grain which has wrought such desola tion among our brethren. The meeting to which I refer was not called in a public manner, but, like most Irish secrets, was well kept—moving !" A meeting of Fenians, which was attended by persons from Manchester and Liverpool, was held in Warrington on Sunday night. A number of strangers arriving in the town by the last trains attracted the attention of the police, who watched them enter a beerhouse at Town's-end, which is known to be a Fenian rendezvous. Mr. Hunt, the chief constable of the borough, having been ap prised of the circumstance, proceeded with a number of constables in the direction of the house, but their approach was communicated to those within, and the conclave immediately broke up. The police met a large number of men coming from the house, and observed a man who is said to be a " head centre " in Warrington, amongst them. They separated and took different directions, followed, however, by the police. They subsequently met at Bank-quay Bridge, but, seeing that they wero dogged by the police, they went along the Liverpool-road a considerable distance beyond the boundary of the borough. It is believed that they remained in the fields during the night, and did not separate until Monday Morning was far advanced. The station-master at War rington received the following note yesterday morning from the master of a station three Miles distant from • Warrington on the road taken by the Fenians the previous night :—" Dear, sir,—Please inform the police in your town as soon as possible that a very suspicious-looking Irishman got on the 7.32 train this morning, at this station. His attire did not correspond with his appear• ance, and he had a large sum of money, in gold, in hi 4 possession. He booked to Oxford-road. He wanted tc book here for Bradford. I am sure he is in disguise fox wale purPOse." POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This DAY• WESTMINSTER. SECRETARY OF STATE'S ORDER.—On entering fh ° court this morning the presiding magistrate, g r ' Arnold, said, " I have just received directions fr° °l ,. the Home Office to afford every facility for swesri l36 in all respectable persons presenting themselves a s special constables. I can only say that I shall b ° most happy to do so on receiving the usual Ail , necessary information on oath,without which 1 1131 no power to act. FRAUDS IN ARTICLES OF ORNAMENT.—A v erf respectable-looking man solicited a summons aga inst a person who had two months ago sold him so ni chains, pretending that they were gold. Applicant said that a large sum had been fa ob e tamed of him, which bad clearly been got by ll ! pretences. He produced the chai n s now to 011° " that there could be no doubt of his having W eil imposed upon. He then handed the chains to the magistrate' who said, " Do you mean to say you ever beug ht these for gold ?" Applicant—l did, your lordship, and thoug ht they were good. of Mr. Arnold—You must be a very bad judg e precious metals I should think. tni. 4 " Applicant—Your worship might have been lid led yourself. A jeweller to whom I took thew “, not know until he had tried them that they wer not gold : they were got up so exceedingly W el • The application was granted. MARLBOROUGH-S rREET. A COWARDLY FELLOW.—Herbert Barnett , tle ' scribed as a plumber, was charged before ,f r. Tyrwhitt: with destroying a quantity of a li b - 0 . broker's duplicates, representing property of t ; „ value of £6O, and also with violently assault7t. Sarah Blackburn, of 10, Portland-mews) James's. V, The complainant said that on the previous rt;e l'r, n e the prisoner with whom she cohabited, afte r stroying a quantity of duplicates belonging t ° it struck her heal on the window-sill, and n° badly. a t'o Mr. Tyrwhitt, observing that the complai n°. nose had been injured, asked her if the prisoner hurt it, ? The complainant said that the prisoner did thii: on a previous occasion, but she did not &PP ° against him. Police-constable Loosley, 46 C, said that on ing the prisoner into custody he found the c °11 1 : 0 plainant bleeding profusely from a wound o n t h back of her head, and she was smothered I'l' blood. The prisoner said that the complainant was ill. jured by accident. fefl The complainant said that the prisoner, a weeks ago, destroyed some valuable pictures belol3t'o; ing to her, and although she charged him she did ° press the charge. Mr. Tyrwhitt to the prisoner—You are a covra A fellow, who has got hold of a foolish woma n, j o t lives upon her. You destroy her things, and st , to get here for assaulting her, and you will noW " prison for two months for it. _-J3 l3 ' THAMES. IRISH BUTTER AND IRISH BLARNEY. — - It Hicky, an Irish labourer, was brought befor° 1 Benson, charged with stealing three rolls o f "" r ro . butter, weighing 6lbs., and valued at 65., the Pars perty of Messrs. Hartley and Co., the proP rie- et of the British and Foreign Steam-wharf, 11°' East Smithfield. The prosecutors were very busily engaged on threif o • wharf in the importation of foreign and Irish P o o visions yesterday; there were 700 cases of butter 40 the wharf, and the prisoner was observed 11 9 10 Tisley, a gate-keeper among them, and liek in t4sl l Linger_, which were covered with very delicionsuiroa butter. " What are you doing there ?" i nc i fr oal the gate-keeper. 4t Smelling the nice bother er to ould Ireland," was the reply. Tisley went 01 an d him and found one of the cases broken 00, 1/ bed. that the rolls of butter within had been dist'''. nd 'fp The prisoner was at once taken into custody , a - to olf• rolls of butter found concealed inside his W ilii3 , A rellf He was afterwards searched by Samuel P aw e iee No. 140 H, who found another roll of butter, sldye ing 21bs., in his trousers. He said he Woilliaa ot 0 the butter back to the place he took it frog', " or of he had not improved the quality or the 0 1 the " best Irish" his offer was declined. t ie James Martin, employed on the w harf, S aif lo to prisoner take butter out of the case, and told 0 111 00 put it back again, or he would get every 011 trouble. littlear d The prisoner in defence said he took 14 , of whisky too much yesterday, and the row, the whisky and the smell of the butter 00131 him. 0 10 The witness said the prisoner was net 0%- yesterday. . 0 Mr. Benson said the prisoner had COillw,o.tp very impudent robbery, and that it wa s arty (0 protect, not to plunder, his employer'slocil o thr e sentenced him, on his plea of guilty`, * months' imprisonment and hard labour. c o(bt l ; FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT TO A DRUNK O —Richard Monday, a cab-driver, wei"Doosoli; badge 1,93 Q, was brought before gr• 0 0 ° charged with being drunk and incap able 14 care of himself. bil l 4 The prisoner is a heavy, red-faced 1 1 1; ea d A il eo the appearance of a hard drinker. Il i ! t . sp aag o ; face were enveloped in London Hospital b3c f through which the blood was oozing- 11 a 10 0 ceived a very severe wound on the head,.: ll i nk oo o bruises on other parts of the body. 1111 , 1 b y C° o , at four o'clock the prisoner was folio". ins A nite stable, named Liilystone, No. 307 N, ( 1, 0 -Dos o f sible in Oxford-street, at the back of ylOO,lOll. Hospital. His horse and cab were . atui, fro: him. The prisoner was bleeding en pio l u: ;7 , I , o ol t frightful gash on his head, and there was blood about him. He was taken into the and his wound was dressed. at be The prisoner, in defence , said. beer y es bo c$ a few drops of gin and a few dro p s 0f lyboAtio • day, and that he was getting off his e wheelllll slipped and struck his head ag ainst the b boo o had been a cab driver 35 yea rs, and bope a fof be forgiven. disgra c oa r Mr. Benson said it w as very lo cab-driver to be intoxicated while he . n o c f of a horse and cab. There was no far e d F risov th ° ort of ed sh hl u m id . _ ha s Y , C _„ fl i n d e rel ) . e hadHe discharged Inspector 'fanner said that he „e_u a r ra i s sion' e I h f e a t v h il e y r c e h n a r h g b prisoner's misconduct to the C o ne Police. olice. Tho r , accom m the rate on t 1 bans at from i The specie t , Paris at Plata, Indies. known. Ann e Bar got standarl ditto 11 United silver, upward: Aloxical Portug t 11-0.; The' t goo's B. ber to £10,23( The Prem. tl3,r amain sage 13 _ln th At a Aany, ftvailab bleat of Propose The apathet the Ina COTISOIE to 92 1 The tie s , 92 Sto c k , 4 Per ( Busi Excha r h ave di acivanc ii Turku A.rAte Ethr tres, i 1 1 tl 4 a3 be( to 3i r additio als o " kent . each rc Chester Gr eat great Th e so tto 0 44 : 1 44 75 } ; C ditto South- Easter North tto . le acti Price, East ; 12~Ea I 4 ~....... DU Il ani c 1)0. Ar gei 4 lliit b razi 03 13 % abq tt s. Dc , 1) ( u )h 1) %11 ' i '"'4)7l