The Sun. — London, England, 1867-12-21 00:00:00

L O.NDON, BRIGHTON, and SOUTH. COAST RAILWAY. CEIRISTMAS ARRANGEMENTS. On Christmas -day the trains will run as on Sundays, and the Goods Traffic will be entirely suspended. In addition to the Ordinary Trains leaving Victoria at 6.55 a.m., and Loudon-bridge at 7 a.m., for Brighton, on Christmas-day, an Extra Fast Train (Ist, 2d, and 3d Class, at ordinary fares) will leave Loudon -bridge at 7 a.m. for Brighton direct. An Extra Late Train will on Christmas -day leave Epsom at 11 p.m. for London -bridge, and for Victoria via the Crys tal Palace, calling at Intermediate Stations. On Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, 26:1, 2;th, and 28th Decerulxr, a Special Late Train (let, 2d, and 3d Class, or dinary faros), in connexion with the regular Trains leaving London -bridge at 12.20 Midnight., and Victoria at 12 5 will leave West Croydon for Epsom at 12.55 a.m., calling at all Intermediate Stations. On Boxing-day Special Trains to the Crystal Palace will ran, as required, from Lontion-bridge, Victoria, and Ken sington Termini. Ordinary Return 'rickets will be available from Satur day, the 21st, to Saturday, the 28th December, except those issued for distances less than ten miles. rgillEAT LRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE Sole Lessee and Manager. Mr. F. B. Chatterton. First Morning Performance of the Pantomime on Saturday, Dec. 28, and every Wednesday and Satur day until Feb. 15. Children and schools admitted at reduced prices to the following parts of the Theatre : Stalls, dress circle, and first circle, for Morning Per formance only.—On BOXING NIGHT (Thursday), Dec. 26, and every evening until further notice, will be per formed a new and origi nal Farce, by R. Reece, Esq., en titled IIdNEYDOVE'S TROUBLES. Characters by Messrs. Joseph Irving, C. Warner, J. Morris; Mes dames Kate Harfieur and E. Melville. After which will be performed the Drury Lane annual grand Christmas Pantomime, written by E. L. Blanchard, Esq., entitled FAW FEE FO FII3I ; or, Harlequin Jack the Giafit Killer. The gorgeously beautiful scenery by Mr. William Beverley. The characters in the opening: Miss Poole, Mesdames Edith Stuart, Kate 'Lafleur, E. Mel ville, Carew, Blair, Corti, Amy Herbert, Hall, and Mdlle. Anais Tourneur, premiere danseuse ; Mr. Joseph Irving (his first appearance this season), Messrs:Moreland, J. B. ,Johnstone, Naylor, Pennington, Mitcheson ; Master Edward Lewis, Master Frederick Charles, and Master Russell, the living Miniatures; Master Percy Roselle. The Harlequinade includes the services of those popu lar pantomimists (forming a treble company), Messrs. Boleno, C. Lauri, and Tom. Dot, clowns ; Messrs. Barnes, Morris, and Master Russel, pantaloons ; Messrs. Cormack, S. Saville, and Alger, harlequins; Messrs. Sidney and Jeliea,' sprites; Mdlles. Fanny Lauri, A. l lele Marion, and Eugenie Valckenacre, columbines. Tho Juvenile Christy's Minstrels Majilton the Gro tesque ; and the celebrated Skaters, Madame Fredreka and Mr. Elliott. Stage Manager, Mr. Edward Stirling. The masks, designs, and dresses,. from designs by the humorously-renowned Dyk-Wyn-Kyn. The music selected and arranged by Mr. J. 11. Tully. The dances and action of the Ballet, and the general business of the children's scenes, arranged by Mr. John Cormack. Costumes by Mr. S. May and Mrs. Lawler. Private boxes, one, two, three, four, and five guineas ; stalls, 7s. ; dress circle, ss. - first circle, 4s. ; balcony seats, 3s. ; pit 25.; lower gallery, ls. ; upper gallery, 6d. Box-office open from ten to live daily. Doors open at half-past six, the performance to commence at seven o'clock. IIEA.TRE ROYAL, II A YMARKET. Sole Lessee, Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING-, OUR AMERICAN COUSIN. Messrs. Sothern, Raymond, Chippendale, Braid, &c.; Mesdames Burke. Robertson, Chippendale, &c. After which, TO PARIS AND BACK FOR FIVE POUNDS Mr. Buckstone. To conclude with A KISS IN THE DARK. Commence at Seven. QUEEN'S THEATRE, Long-acre. Lessee and Manager, ➢lr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING the performances will commence with (at 7 o'clock) HE'S A LUNATIC. After which ()y particular desire), the celebrated comedy, by Tom Taylor, Esq., called STILL WATERS RUN DEEP. Prin cipal characters by Messrs. Alfred Wigan, W. H. Stephens, C. Wyndham, W. M. Terrot, C. Seyton, Miss E. Terry, and Mrs. Alf red Wigan. To conclude with the Comic Drama of THE FIRST NIGHT. Achille Talma Dufard French actor), Mr. Alfred Wigan. NEw QUEEN'S THEATRE ROYAL. Mr. and Mrs. ALFRED WIGAN every Evening. HEATRE ROYAL, ADELEHI. Sole 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 Mrs. Alfred Mellon. ',After which, s'ld time, MAUD'S PERIL. Messrs. Billington, Belmore, Ashley, Ehurne, C. J. Smith; Miss Herbert, Mrs. I3illington, Miss Emily Pitt. To conclude with UP FOR THE CATTTLE SHOW. Messrs G. Belmore, Ashley, Miss E. Pitt, and Miss Harris. RO YAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining. THIS EVENING, at 7, Mr. Dion Bouci?.ault's celebrated Irish Drama, entitled THE COLLEEN BAWN. Mr. and Mrs. Dion Boucicault as Myles na Coppaleen and Eily O'Connor. After which, THE STREETS OF LONDON. Badger, Mr. Vining; Messrs. Dominick Murray, J. G. Shore, G. F. Neville, H. Forrester. 11. Mellon, E. Atkins, Maclean, W. Gresham, R. Cathcart; Misses Elsworthy, E. Barnett, Rachel Sanger, and Mrs. Addle. On Monday and Tuesday, Dec. 23 and 24, the performances will be for the Benefit of Mr. J. Roberts, Acting Manager. Doors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. HOLBORN THEATRE ROYAL. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Sefton Parry. THIS EVENING, at 7, the highly successful Drama of FOR LOVE. Mesdames Stephens, Henrade, C. Saunders; Messrs. ATuntague, Price, 'Widdicimthe, At 8, Burnand's new Burlesque, MARY TURNER; or. The \Vicious Willin and Wictori(.us \Virtue. Mesdames Fanny Josephs, Saunders, Wilmore, Clinton, &c.; Messrs. Robins, Mon tague, Garden. Wilmot, &e. 3lagnidcent new scenery•, dresses, and appointments. NOTE.—Seats may be secured a month in advance Box-office open from 10 till 5; and all Libraries. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. se,ie Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, at 7, NOTHING TO NURSE. Mr. Thorne and Miss IN ewton. After which, a New Comedy, KIND TO A FAULT. Messrs Parselie, Belford, and Turner; - Mesdames Johnstone, Gwynn°, and Hughes. To conclude with Byron's WILLIAM TELL WITH A VEN GEANCE. Mess's. James and Fenton; Mesdames Hult and Weathersby. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. New Management. Sole Lessee, Mr. B. Webster; Manager, Mr. 11. Wigan. THIS EVENING, FROM GRAVE TO GAY. Messrs. H. Neville, H. Wigan, Addison, and C. Mathews ; Mesdames L. Moore and St irling. Followed by IF I HAD A THOUSAND A YEAR. Messrs. IL Wigan, Cooper, C. Mathews, and Farrell; Mesdames L. Moore and St. Henry. To conclude with MY WIFE'S BONNET. Messrs. R. Souter, IL Cooper, and J. G. Taylor; Mesdames L. Moore and E. Farren. Commence at Seven. ICI.NTERBURY lIALL.-NEW MANAGEMENT. ' —W. HOLLAND, Sole Lessee, late Proprietor of Weston's Music Hall, High Holborn. will RE-OPEN on BOXING IGHT, December 26, this favourite old established Music Hall. Great Alterations and Improvements are being made, and an entire new Company, comprising most of the popular artistes of the day, will have the honour of appearing. W. Holland's known liberality as caterer for the entertainment of the public is a sufficient guarantee that the amusements will be both novel and unequalled. A new grand Ballet will be produced, under the direction of Mr. Fred. Evans, of the Alhambra and Crystal Palace. 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In the Upper House of the Reichsrath the public debt bill, with the alteration of the paragraph that was agreed upon between the Austrian and Hungarian Minis ters, has passed the third reading. Some other measures of importance have also been passed, so that upon the whole considerable progress has been made. From Pesth we learn that the Upper House of the Hungarian Diet has been engaged in considering the bill for fixing the sum that Hungary is to contribute towards the expenses of the empire. The result of the elections to the Croatian Diet has been of a majority of two thirds in favour of union with Hungary, and this again looks well for the happy result of the present changes. We may regard the attitude of Austria and Hungary with the greater complacency because of the disturbing influences which combine to render the position of France and Italy uncertain. In these countries, unfortunately, there is at present no chance of a satisfac tory settlement being come to just yet ; and in the meantime, of course, a great deal of excitement necessarily prevails. In Florence the Chamber of Deputies continue to be occupied with the discus sion on foreign affairs, and the last debate on the subject was distinguished by a very acrimonious tone throughout. Signor RATTAZZI'S speech was a very vehement one throughout, and he seems to have set moderation at defiance, which was a very ill judged thing to do at the best under the peculiar circumstances of the case. We said that he re signed because he could not carry out that line of policy which was essential for the dignity of the empire. The KING consulted others who were op posed to his views. Not content with having openly avowed his intention of sending the Italian army to Rome, Signor RArrazzt went on to insult the French by every means in his power. He actually went so far as to declare that if the asser tions first made in the French Chambers were correct it would be necessary to withdraw the Italian Ambassador from Paris. This is a very awkward way of deciding the question ; and all we say i s that, to take Signor RATAZZI at his own estimate, the country has had a very good riddance of him, for if he had been permitted to remain in power ho would have infallibly have compromised the peace of Europe with his mischievons notions and uncer tain line of action. General MENABRIA made a very good reply to the attacks made upon his Government, and announced his intention of producing certain documents which had previously been withheld out of consideration for IZATTAzzt. A very significant fact was also adverted to, namely; that the report of the committee of in :inky to investigate the measures taken to prevent GARIBALDI'S escape from Caprera last October had declared them to be illusory and useless. After a discussion of considerable warmth, it was deter mined upon that the said documents should be published. This is a satisfactory result, for it is just as well that the matter should be made as public as possible. So many insinua tions have been made that it is important the Ita lians should be enabled to see the rights of the affair, and form their own judgment upon it. In the Corps Legislatif at Paris the subject of the Army Bill has been brought forward and discussed 4 with more freedom of expression than we ordi- THE SUN, LOADoY. SATUIWAY ENING, DECaIBER 21, 1,0 nariay nal eet with in the debates of this Chamber. A great divergence of opinion may be noticed in this matter, but it is most probable that tb'A bill will be carried, and, tak ing all tthings into account, it will be as well that it should. The aspect of Continental affairs is by rwo means so satisfactory that France can afford 1 o lose her prestige, or expose herself to the c'aa nee of being taken unawares if any sudden emergency arises. M. LATOUR spoke very forcibly in ;ardport of the proposed scheme, and showed that it was roniered desirable, :because of the inci,tr,se of the forces of the other Powers, par tit ularly of Prussia. This crafty and ma nceuv ring Power is indeed to be regarded with suspicion, and the French politicians have shown their acuteness all along iu mis trusting the policy of M. Von BISMARCK, and regarding his professions:with doubt and suspicion. If it were only because of the insincerity of the Berlin Government the measure proposed by the French Ministry would be more than justified, and there are other considerations to be thought of as well. A thing of this sort is always difficult to carry out at the best, and it is hardly fair for it to be too harshly criticised at the outset. At any rate the Empe ror is on the right track, and he is not one likely to be turned aside from his purpose when once he has made up his mind on a subject. The most sanguine must view the present aspect of affairs abroad with some misgivings, while the initiated cannot fail to recognise the gravity of the situation in many respects. The best that can be expected is that a policy of moderation may finally prevail, but with the many contending influences at work, and such excitement in many directions, it was but natural to consider the consequences in case of the favourable anticipations not being realised. THE only use that can now be made of the frightful explosion on the Newcastle Town Moor is to render, as far as human provision can do it, the repetition of such a catastrophe impossible. That which has happened was insignificant in corn parison with what might have happened. We write not only of what was possible, but of what was probable, what was almost inevitable. After the evidence given at the inquest by Mr. ISAAC LOWTHIIN BELL, than whom there could be no better autho rity, doubt on either of these points is impossible. The power of the explosive agent was more terrible than any other with which we are familiar, and its liability to explode was vastly greater. It cannot be top deeply impressed upon us that the cellar of the White Swan contained at one time the equivalent of four-and-a-half tons of gunpowder— a power capable of blowing down, says Mr. BELL, 115,000 tons of solid rock. This reserve of forco was stowed away in the heart of Newcastle, imme diately to the rear of the Bank of England, in the midst of shops, houses, and public buildings. The imagination recoils before the effort to transfer to these crowded streets and buildings the scene enacted in the Town Mo r on When we attempt it, our grief for the sad fate of men who lost their lives in the discharge of a great public duty, and the sympathy for their friends which it is impos sible not to feel, are overpowered, with a sense of thankfulness that the half of Newcastle was not laid in ruins, and that the dead aro not counted by hundreds and the injured by thousands. Many a time within the last few years has the pall of gloom settled over the northern metropolis when coal pit explosions have swept away at a stroke scores or hundreds of miners ; but there is no exaggera tion in saying that Mr. MAwsoN, Mr. BRYsoN, and their associates in death have sacrificed them , selves in removing from Newcastle a disaster to which those of - Wallsend, Burradon, Hartley, • and the explosion at Gateshead in 1854 might have been insignificant. Yet, alarming as this conception is, it is a cause for the most pro found astonishment as well as thankfulness that we are not called upon to record it as a reality. The mythologies of all nations abound in legends of vast spiritual powers beyond human control, but also all but beyond human power to invoke. The great physical agents of destruction are unlike these. A spark, a flame, a high tem perature may suffice to call out all the might of gun-cotton or of gunpowder. Yet even these are safe when compared with nitro-glycerine. In the case of this tremendous agent, quiescence seems to be its abnormal state, and high and low tempera tures equally dangerous. Its parts are held together as if by an involuntary bond, so that the slightest mixture of extraneous matter loosens their af finity. It seems to combine in itself all the destruc tive might of petroleum, gas, steam, firedamp, gunpowder, and gun-cotton, with at the same time the danger of each. It would in . any case be vain to depend on such a precarious element as absolute purity in a compound of this kind. Yet when this is wanting it may explode spontaneously at an ordinary temperature. And, on the other hand, where com plete purity may be relied upon it is unsafe to subject the liquid to any pressure or motion. Even this, however, is an inadequate catalogue of the dangers to which Newcastle was exposed. To realise all its completeness we must add that this terrible agent was committed to the custody of persons for the most part ignorant of its properties. We have then a total of precariousness to which it is difficult to find an analogy. The miner working with a naked light among the elements of fire-damp is not too strong a comparison. The lives of hundreds of persons for the last six months have depended upon the exercise of supreme caution by persons unaware of danger. A stone thrown into a cellar by a heedless boy, the fall of one of the canisters in the act of removal—chances like these occurring daily—might have cost a waste of human life the like of which is seen only on the battle field. The impression which these considerations should make on the public mind cannot be too deep. What has transpired has demonstrated with painful conclusiveness that the public are insufficiently protected. It is obvious that the lives of hundreds of persons and the safety of whole towns cannot be made to depend upon such conditions as those on which the safety of Newcastle has rested since March last. Nor will the sense of security be restored by the verdict of the jury, that in this case the law with respect to the storing of nitro-glycerine has been grossly violated. Cata strophes like these should be removed from the list of contingencies, and of accidents properly so called —not being produced by mere inhuman malig nity—and nitro-glycerine can be handled only with so much danger that it would seem to lie be yond the province of the voluntary miscreant. But in addition to this national protection it should be fenced with every other practicable precaution. The storage of considerable quantities should be universally forbidden, and the sale even of small amounts placed under the strictest regulations. So long as nitro-glycerine continues in an unpro tected state every movement of it, if not, indeed, every transaction in the article, should be reported to the authorities. If it must exist, a necessity not yet proved, let responsibility exist with it. Meantime it is stated on an excellent authority that nitro-glycerine, like gunpowder, may be rendered innocuous, and that when dissolved in two or three times its bulk of methylated spirit it is non-explosive. As in the case of the protected gunpowder, too, the efficiency of the blasting oil is in no way in terfered with; by the change which renders it harm less. The addition of a small quantity of water sets free the spirit and leaves the oil unaffected. If the manufacturers of this compound for a trifling consideration of bulk choose to neglect these preagtions, the public must protowt them ming, The principal duty of the Coroner's jury has at last been brought to a conclusion, and they have returned the only verdict possible under the cir cumstances :—"That WILLIAM CLUTTON, SARAH ANN lIODGKINSON, MINNIE JULIA ABBOTT, and MARTHA EVANS, had come to their deaths by the explosion which took place at Clerkenwell, on the 13th inst., and that TIMOTHY DESMOND, JEREMIAH ALLEN, and ANN JUSTICE were guilty of wilful mur der." After the evidence which had been laid before them, there could be no doubt of the guilt attach ing to those three persons, though, perhaps, they might, with equal propriety, having included some others not now in custody in the verdict. The accounts given by the several eye-witnesses of the whole transaction yesterday were full of interest, and no doubt every word uttered by them will be eagerly scanned by thousands of curious readers. It is not a little singular that so many persons should have seen the whole affair, while those who were warned, and were supposed to be on the look out for mischief, knew nothing until too late. We are not surprised that the Coroner should have ex pressed his surprise and regret that a better ar rangement should not have been come to between Sir RICHARD MAYNE and the Governor of the prison. No doubt it is difficult for persons in their position, who are in the habit of receiving all kinds of warnings and pre monitions to distinguish accurately between the true and the unreliable. They have to protect themselves against being continually the victims of mischievous hoaxes, as well as to protect the public from possible danger. If it was known they took alarm at the least hint or caution, there would always be plenty of threatenings or warnings forth coming, and the regular course of the service would be perpetually interrupted or delayed. At the same time, in times like these, it is better to err on the side of too much care rather than too little. Without imputing anything more than want of judgment to the authorities in either case, we must regret that at Clerkenwell, as at Manchester, if it was thought nocessary to take any precautions at all, more were not taken. If the information received were suffi ciently reliable to act upon, it should have been acted upon with vigour. The facts which have been elicited with regard to these arrangements are not altogether satisfactory. As too often happens the public interests have been allowed to suffer from private pique and professional jealousy. Inspector THOMPSON said that on Thursday he went by order of Sir R. MAYNE to the Governor, Capt. CODD, and told him that the police had received information that the prison walls would be undermined in order to rescue BURKE and CASEY. The Governor, owing, it would seem, to some previous differences with Sir R. MAYNE, resented this interference, and said that he was quite capable of taking care of the inside of the prison. He did not believe, he said, that the prison would be attacked, and that if he lived till it was he thought he should live to a good old age. No doubt Capt. CODD now deeply regrets his incredulity, but it is others who have bad to suffer for it. As the Coroner observed, be- tween the Commissioner of Police and the Governor of the Prison more might have been done, and in all probability if more precautions had been taken these sad occurrences would not have taken place. The Commissioner himself did not certainly act as if he thought his information reliable. He put on three extra constables, one of whom, according to his own account, " arrived about 12 o'clock, and left before 2 o'clock, and knew nothing about the explosion." This was not the way to guard against a serious and imminent danger. If the walls were to be mined, or an attack of any kind attempted, it was hardly likely the assailants would be so obliging as to select just those two hours. Sir Rim MAYNF. should have picked out a sufficient number of his best men, and told them to watch the walls of the prison with unremitting vigilance day and night, and no loiterers allowed. More especially men and women known to be in communication with the Fenian prisoners should not have been suffered to remain near the place. The criminals themselves seem to have been particularly open in their move ments, so much so that if anything like proper energy had been used attention must have been attracted to them earlier and their plans frustrated. The constables, few as they were, could not help noticing them during the day, though they seem to have been contented with watching them and giving information, and doing nothing e l se , if no intimation had been received of tke intended attempt the catastrophe would have been deplorable but unavoidable. As the day before there were grounds for suspicion, it is doubly lamentable, as it might have been averted. At Manchester the preliminary information was turned to little profit ; but the authorities in the Clerkenwell affair should have been doubly on their guard after the Manchester experience. We hope that on another occasion party and personal jea lousies will ho laid aside, and the safety of the public made the first consideration. The responsibility rests upon those who have the prior knowledge, and it is for them to see that they turn it to proper ac count. The following appeared a day or two ago in several of our contemporaries : " Gustave Dore has just sold the immense picture which occupied so large a space in the central saloon of the Annual Exhibition at Paris this year to an American amateur for £2,200. The subject, it will be remembered, is a gaming-table at Baden. Several of the celebrated anonymas of the day sat, it is said, for their portraits in this picture, which is a life-like photograph of the scene daily enacted at a German kur said." We are enabled to state, on good authority, that not only has the above-named picture been bought for a 1 larger sum, but along with it a number of important and valuable works by the same master, all of which are to be exhibited in London before going to America. The ex hibition will be opened to the public on and after Decem ber 24. (See alvt.) SALMON IN NEW ZEALAND.—The Celestial Queen, one of Messrs. Shaw, Savill, and Co.'s clipper ships, will leave the St. Katherine's Docks on or about the loth January next ; she will conta,n as part of her cargo a con signment of the highest interest to naturalists and agricul turists, and the greatest importance to our friends at the antipodes ; namely, salmon eggs taken from the rarent fish in various parts of the United Kingdom, and destined if good fortune attend them, to be hatched out in New Zealand. William Carr Young, a gentleman who has been sent over to England on business, by the Government of Otago, in conjunction with Mr. John Auld, the resident agent for Otago, in Edinburgh, has undertaken the general official superintendence of the arrangements. On the 2d of December last, Mr. Young sent, via Panama, as a present from Mr. Buckland to the Acclimatisation Society of Otago, a series of preparations showing the development of the salmon from the egg to the adult state. There are several fine rivers near Otago which promise well for the salmon ; their tributaries rise among mountains, and the estuaries are good; among these may be mentioned the iiver Moly neux, Waitangi, and Toitocs. It is not yet determined into which of these rivers the young salmon shall be placed •when largo enough to be turned down. Dlr. Buckland strongly advises a river to be selectee, if possible, which shall be free from the washings of gold mines in the upper waters.—Land and Water. . HOPS.—The quantity of foreign hops imported into the United Kingdom in the year ending at Michaelmas last was 101,622 cwt. More than a third of the quantity came from Belgium, 8,009 cwt. from the United States, 29 cwt. from Canada, 5 cwt. from Brazil, 7 cwt. from Aus tralia. The quantity of foreign hops exported from the United Kingdom was but 4,152 cwt. In the previous twelvemonth the import amounted to only 69,788 cwt., and the export to 13,425 cwt. The export of British hops in the year ending Michaelmas last reached only to 12,314 cwt., of which 7,552 cwt. to Australia, 1,862 cwt. to France, 1,023 cwt. to the United States. In the previous twelvemonth the export of British hops amounted fo 31,022 cwt. CRYSTAL .PALACE.—One Shilling Day, Fri day, Dec. 20.—Admissions on payment, 280 ; ditto by sewn tickets, 1,203 —total visitors, 1,483. ORRESPONDENCR PROM PARIS, 'FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDEXT.) PARIS, FRIDAY, Dec. 20. 'The debate on the military law still occupies the Corps Legislatif, and does not seem to be advancing to a con' elusion. I shall have something to say on this question when the debate is finished. I am credibly informed that a commission has been gtven by Italy to the factories of Belgium for 400,000 Chassepot rifles. There are at Raris two editors of the name of Lacroix. One of these; who has got a Government invitation to prolong his stay at Paris, is M. Lacroix of the Franco- Belgian publishing-house of Lacroix-Verbockhoven. He is a member of the Municipal. Council of Brussels, &c. It is for having published a Bible annotated by Prowllion that the gentleman has been condemned and imprisoned by the " correctional" police of Paris. A number of the journals here continue to busy them selves with the probabilities and rumours relative to the project of the Conference. Now it is England that has refused its consent to a limited Conference of the Great Powers, Now it is Russia that has become bearish, and won't listen to anything on the subject, or, if she does sulkily listen, returns only a growl of refusal. Now it is to the Cabinet of the Tuileries alone that all the despatches and diplomatic acts on the subject are due. All such rumours are mere hypotheses. Without pretending to be au couramt of the conversations which take place between Ambassadors and Ministers, I believe I am able to guarantee that since the declaration of M. Rouher in the Chamber of Deputies, no diplo matic act has taken place touching the Conference which has rendered any step necessary either in a forward or in a backward direction. The status quo remains undisturbed. One cannot say, perhaps, that the project has been abandoned ; but, on the other hand, one cannot say that it will be followed out. A story which for its munificence recalls the wonders of the "Arabian Nights" is now, we are informed, being told in the salons of Paris. The Sultan, during his sojourn in France, was returning from St. Cloud incognito, and had arrived at the quays, when he heard joyous singing. He inquired of his interpreter the cause of the singing. "It is an artisan's wedding," answered his interpreter ; " the poor wretches are forgetting their miseries for a moment in order to fete their friends." The Sultan was touched by the simple narrative, and expressed a desire to see the bride. The interpreter descended from the voiture, overtook the wedding procession, and announced to the bride that a Turkish Grand Seigneur desired to see her. She refused the invitation on the ground that Turks frightened her. In vain the interpreterassured her that the Grand Seigneur did not wish to talk to her upon chores (thimbles ; she turned a deaf ear to entreaty and con tinued to march on. Disappointed, the interpreter returned to the Sultan, and told him of his failure. The voiture drove on, and the Sultan replaced upon his finger the ring which he held in his hand. This ring, which was enriched with a diamond worth 10,000 francs, was destined for the young bride, who but for her unfounded suspicions might have received from the generous monarch the nice little fortune of over £4OO. During the last few days a female clothed in the garb ot the ancient pilgrims attracted attention in the town of Toulouse. She is a young and handsome Spanish lady, named Saturnina Lopez y Alonzo. Having been attacked by cholera at Madrid, she made a vow that, should she recover, she would make a pilgrimage on foot to Rome, and Jerusalem. She has performed her pious undertaking with astonishing courage. Setting out in March, she arrived at Rome on the 27th of June, and witnessed there the Fetes of the Canonisation, reached Jerusalem in due course, where she visited all the holy places, and is now returning home. A klespatch from Florence has arrived, and makes known tne somewhat exciting news that in the Italian capital it is expected to-day that the Italian Parliament will adopt an order of the day affirming Rome the capital of Italy, confidence in the Minister Menabrea, and disap- Proval of Garibaldi's last attempt. The "jury of honour" elected to examine the case of M. de Kerveguen assembled yesterday evening, under the presidency of M. Berryer. M. de Kerveguen has demanded the assistanco of an avocat, which was accorded to him ; and his adversaries, MM. Havin and Gueroult, taking benefit of the same privilege, have charged M. Emileollivier with their defence. M. de Kerveguen, having afterwards demanded a delay of some days, the jury is adjourned till the 31st of December. Let us hope the quarrel will end with the year, and everybody turn over a new leaf with New Year's Day. The Prussian Lower Hou.3e has increased the civil list of the Lower House from 3,000,000 to 4,000,000 thalers— from £450,000 to £600,000. The salaries of Ministers have also been increased, and will henceforth amount to £2,000, exclusive of extras, such as official residence money for giving entertainments, which in some cases make the emoluments amount to £2,000 more. The Elendard says that the second supplementary report of M. Gressier has been published. It is devoted exclu sively to the examination of four amendments proposed during the discussion of the military law question in the Corps Legislatif. These amendments were, that of ISL Andelarre, granting an indemnity to the extent of a franc a day to the 'wives of soldiers of the reserve; that of M. Tillancourt restraining taxation; that of M. Delamarre rendering change of dwelling place legal and unrestrained; and that of M. Mopold Javal, interdicting substitution in the Garde Nationale Mobile. The COUrrier Politique, or political summary or toe Demlard, on Saturday is occupied chiefly upon the affairs of England. The Fenian outrages and the calamity at Newcastle supply the materials. Carl Mayer, the editor of the 13ro57ehter, a Wurtem burg paper, has just been tried, at the instance of the Prussian Government, for having published an article insulting to the King of Prussia and his Cabinet. A cer tain Herr Wachter, who was formerly a member of the Prussian Chamber, conducted the case for the prosecu tion. Towards the end of the proceedings the defendant, Herr Mayer, was asked what he had to say in his defence. Upon this he produced from his pocket a report of a cL : , ate in the Prussian Chamber in 1804, and read a speech of Herr Wachter, in which he attacked Count Bismarck and the Prussian Cabinet in far more violent language than that for which he (the defendant) was then prosecuted. The effect was humorous in the extreme, but has not been of any service to him, as he was condemned to three months' imprisonment and a fine of 100 florins for his attack on the Prussian Government, and six weeks' imprisonment and forty florins fine for his disrespect to the King. The whole prosecution is a matter of very doubtful policy on the part of Prussia. It will probably have far more effect in producing an anti-Prussian feeling than the objectionable article. The Army and Navy Gazette regrets to learn that within the last few hours a telegram has been received, an nouncing the death of Colonel Clark Kennedy, C. 8., the Commandant of the Military Train. As is well known, he had been sent to Egypt to superintend the despatch of the mules for the Abyssinian expedition, and had nearly completed his task last week, when he was seized with dysentery, dying on Wednesday night at Cairo. Colonel Kennedy was a very clever as well as a very distinguished officer. He will no doubt be succeeded as Commandant of the Military Train by Colonel Robertson, C. 8., who is now discharging the duties of the appointment at Woolwich. Colonel Robertson has the recommendations of capacity, of very distinguished service in the field, and and of seniority in the corps. The Rev. Robert Maguire, incumbent of Clerkenweu, has addressed a letter to the Times, giving a specimen of the work of the sub-relief committees and visitors in St. James's-buildings, where the former inhabitants of Corpo ration-lane are now lodged. In sixteen houses as many as fifty-nine families are dwelling—all more or less affected by the explosion. On Friday morning each of the eight sub-committees was voted £lOO, for the purpose, as Mr. Maguire says, of " putting the poor people to rights," setting the men to work again by purchasing- tools to replace those that were lost, and generally providing for the wants of the needy and destitute. Here is an instance of the havoc caused by the explosion : A small tradesman in the watchmaking trade gives employment to six men in his workshop in a street adjoining the House of Deten tion ; the explosion unroofed the house ; the men were struck down and injured; the tools and gold and other valuables were scattered ; and when the man came to weigh his gold-dust in the evening (as is the custom here) he found it lacked qoz., which would cost quite £25. This is only one specimen out of many. The Essex Liberals have had a demonstration at Mahlon. Sir Thomas Western, M.P., who fought such a gallant battle against Major Beresford in 1865, presided, and was supported by four other Liberal members of the House of Commons, viz., Mr. Hardcastle, Sir T. F. Buxton., Mr. C. Buxton, and Mr. Gurdon Rebow. Mr. Anthony Trollope and Mr. Mechi, of Tiptree Hall, were also amongst the company. The tone of the speeches was strongly in favour of Mr. Gladstone as the leader of the Liberal party ; and, as might have been expected, the conduct of the Conservatives in agreeing to the passage of a Reform. Bill was strongly commented upon. Mr. Charles Buxton was especially emphatic on the future duties of the Executive - and the Legislature. He believed the new Parlia ment would be more responsive to popular impulses, and this would increase the energy of legislation. In the course of the evening it -was stated that great attention was being paid to the registration in the Liberal interest both in South Essex and also in the new division of North-East Essex. In South Essex it was announced that the pro spects of the Liberals had improved to such an extent that at the next gperal. election the present Conservative 3xiembeik would )i 1427/94 9ff Ow solve gltoget4er. lATEST JNTELL WINCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) TIIE ABYSSINIAN EXPEDITION. Sir S. Northcote has received the following tele gram from Col. &Eerewether " NEAR RENECE, Dec. 5. " All prospering hero. Chief of Senafe took us yesterday there. People very glad to see us. We move on to camp there to-morrow. Special mes sengers from Prince Kursu arrived yesterday Brother of Gabriel Murcha sent because he spoke English. Brought us most friendly letter and messages. Wagshuat - f is also sending messenger. Menelek, from Shoa, is reported to have reached neighbourhood of Magdala. in force, and hones to gain possession of it first. King had burnt Debra Tabor, all but one church; has formed camp a few miles off ; wishes to go to Magdala, but finds great opposition. Country people kill his soldiers when they attempt to cut grass or wood." * Kassai ? t W ayshum ? ITALY. ROME, DEC. 20. Cardinal Ugolini died yesterday. The Pope held a secret Consistory to-day, at which he delivered an Allocution, the text- of which has not yet been published. His Holiness after wards appointed M. Dechamps to the Archbishopric of Mechlin, M. Gravez to the Bishopric of Namur, two Bishops in Brazil, Father Raffaele to be Bishop of Bagnorea, and Father Maccabe to be Bishop of Ardross, Ireland. The Pope also appointed several Bishops in partibus. Many recruits are arriving here for the Pontifical Zouaves, chiefly from Holland. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, Dec. 21. The Debatte of to-day denies the statement of some other Vienna papers that Russian troops are being concentrated on the Galician frontier. The Morgenpost announces that the Minister Count Slachelberg will leave to-morrow for St. Petersburg. He will be absent one month. The official Weiner Zeitung announces that the Emperor has authorised the dissolution of the spe cial Mining Department, and in future all mines will be placed under the direction of the Minister of Finance, by whom a general mining inspector will be appointed. AMERICA. NEW YORK, Dec. 20. Congress has adjourned till January 6, having ,aken no action as to the cotton tax. FRANCE. BOURSE, Dec. 20, Three o'clock..—The market closed as follows : 4/ per Cent. End of month - 3 per Cent End of month 6B 90 Credit Mobilier End of month 172 60 Credit Fonder 1367 50 End of month 1372 50 RAILWA' Bank Shares 3275 Ital'an Loan End of month 45 77; Mexican Loan 12 25 Do. Bonds Spanish Threes Home Debt Deferred Account Orleans ... 865 Northern ll7Bl Lyons and Mediterranean Southern..... 5501 Western Eastern • • Sardinian Austrian Lombard 3521- North of Spain 6l Saragossa Roman 5l TIIE WAR IN TLIE BRAZILS. RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov. 23. Accounts from the seat of war reach to the 12th inst. The investment of Humaita by land is at last complete, and Brazilian batteries command the river Paraguay in front of the mouth of the Ber mejo, where the river is very narrow. On the 28th October the commander-in-chief of the Brazilian forces, the Marquis of Caxias, de tached a column of 2,000 cavalry, 2,400 infantry, and four rifled field piece:, under the command of Brigadier-General John M. Menna Barreto, to occupy the potrero Ovella and Tayi. The only entrance to the potrero was through a narrow passage defended by £two deep trenches, a lake and a battalion of infantry. After three hours' fighting, however, the place was taken, the Para guayans losing 80 men killed and 56 prisoners, besides 200 muskets, 1,200 head of horned cattle, and 50 horses. The Brazilians lost 67 men and nine officers killed, and 255 men and 18 officers wounded. The place was immediately put in a state of defence, and the general, leaving there half of the force, marched on with the rest to Tayi, which was found to be occupied only by a very small force, which fled, leaving two pri soners. On the night of the Ist instant, how ever, a column of about 800 infantry were perceived landing a little higher up under the pro tection of three steamers. Next morning the Brazilian infantry received orders to dislodge the enemy, who had commenced to fortify the position with incredible rapidity. The Brazilians advanced in three columns, and, without firing a shot, car ried the place with the bayonet in a few minutes. The Paraguayans suffered severe losses. 600 were made prisoners, and those who swam off to the steamers were for the greater part drowned, as the vessels could give them no assistance ; for the four field pieces, which had taken up a very favour able position, kept up such an effective and well directed fire on them that one of them foundered, another was set on fire, and the third had her ma machinery and one of her paddle-wheels so much damaged that she drifted helplessly down towards towards Humaita. A fiat boat armed with au 80- pounder was also sent to the bottom. Tayi is now well fortified, and, in case of an attack, from 8,000 to 10,000 men can be marched up from Tuyucue. President Lopez, finding his position desperate, on the morning of the 3d sent 5,000 infantry and 1,000 cavalry to attack the lines of Tuyuty. The right of these lines was never very strong, and, lately some of the fortifications had been impru dently razed, to shorten the road for the supplies of Tuycue6. The defence of the position had been confided to a corps of Correntine soldiers and the Paraguayans serving in the Argentine Army. On the morning in question the latter were doing duty at the outposts, and on seeing their countrymen advance, retired without giving the alarm, and may be said to have led the enemy into the centre of the Brazilian camp, whence they were repulsed after four hours' of very hard fighting, leaving upwards of 2,000 dead—of which number 78 were recognised as officers—and 155 prisoners. The Brazilians lost 205 men and eight officers killed, and 533 men and fifty-four officers wounded. A Brazilian battalion, nearly 400 strong, was surprised, surrounded, and made pri soners before help could arrive. The Paraguayans also took four Argentine field-pieces, but of these three were afterwards found in the marshes. The Argentine cavalry under Hornos, and the Brazilian under Victoria, which had been despatched to Tuyuty from Tuyucue as soon as the news of the attack reached the Marquis of Caxias, arrived in time:to do good service in the pursuit of the retir- ing force. The commander-in-chief at Tuyuty, Gen. Vis count Porto Alegre, had two horses killed, and was slightly wounded ; and General Joseph Louis Menna Barreto severely by a ball in the cheek. LIVERPOOL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.—Yesterday a deputation from the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce waited upon Mr. W. E. Gladstone, M.P., at his brother's 'office in Liverpool, and informed him that it was their in tention, before the meeting of Parliament, to hold a ban quet, and that they purposed inviting the members for the borough and county, Lord Stanley, and others, and expressed a hope that the right hon. gentleman would be able to attend. Mr. Gladstone did not give a positive answer. nil It 4,Clige-, _ Mlita HER MAJESTY. OSBORNE, Dec. Yu. The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon , ac compauied by Prince Louise and Princess Beatrice, and attended by the Equerry in waiting, upon horseback, and her Majesty walked in the gro in° this morning with their Royal Highnesses. Prince Leopold also walked out. The Queen held a Council at Osborne at o'clock to-day, at which were present the Duke 01 Marlborough, the Duke of Buckingham, Lord 1 1 . Montagu, and Lord Claud Hamilton. Previous to the Council Sir Francis Head was introduced to her Majesty's presence, and swor ll in a member" of her Majesty's Most Hono urable Privy Council, and took his seat at the Board ;IC' cordingly. LITERA LUitE. ,fusell The Boy's Own Book. New Edition. Pro Illustrated. Lockwood and Co. Numerous as the rivals of the 44 Boy's °` cia , Book" have become, not one amongst them, 110 half-a-dozen of them rolled into one, can match our old favourite. As an Encyclopedia of the SPe rts and Pastimes, Athletic, Scientific, and simplY creative for Boyhood and Youth, the book i s still"; peerless 1 And in its present form, in the form e t , this really beautiful reissue of it—an Edition ° which we may say at once that it has been yell greatly enlarged, very carefully revised, and veil admirably illustrated throughout—The Boy's ° ` l l 4 Book puts on a more radiant appearance than e're'' in doing so setting at rest any doubt as to its per; fect right to its emphatic title as the be of all Christmas Presents for a schoolboy Home for the Holidays. Formerly in til t : latest and largest edition of it, it exte nded as many as 600 pages. It has now, in this n oA edition of the work, been increased, by 100 scl"` tional, to a total of 700 pages, imperial 1611 1 e handsomely and serviceably bound in bright sc arle cloth, richly emblazoned on the back and 011 the side with kites, tops, bats, balls, bows and arr°v/- battledores and shuttlecocks, with divers othe r toyo garden-tools and instruments—the paraph ernalia 1 of indoor and of out of door amusement. Seat°a f d abundantly among the letter-press, are hundre ds , * ° ge capital illustrations—so abundantly that, in 700 pages, there are no less than 600 embellishn3e7e; Two hundred of them are entirely new, and--be si to the 600 in all, old and new—there are gen vig ° % o titles, printed in gold, at the beginning of the 153 40 number of compartments. Recognizable artonc ar illustrators of the dear old book—a book fa 111 " 1 1 to the last three or four generations of ec il° . ° o ; boys are artiste as eminent as W r .. ,, illla b o Harvey, the illustrator of the " Arabian 1 11 g ho Entertainments," and Kenny Meadows, ci best of all the book-illustrators of the Pl a Y poems of Shakspere. In the revision of the Foray, of as it stood in the last of the preceding editioneota it, nothing of interest or importance worthy of 13 ¢d, has been anywhere omitted. But while this is eet d of ditions of a remarkable kind, of great variety an a t considerable extent, have been introduced. S° " t o " The Boys' Own Book" is more truly than W r . ril e Lawgiver in regard to all the Games and restl-ith of the Playground. All conceivable gam es tops, with balls, or with marbles, are here win" m i n . described and illustrated. Athletic tiOr ts tba il, eluding among theca Cricket, Golf, Ten nis, Croquet, Troco, Hookey, Rackets, Fives , I nv, Pallone, Quoits, Bowls, Skittles, Aunt eic , Gymnastics, Fencing, Broadsword, singles.tliog Boxing, Wrestling, Archery, Riding, and Drilled. —are all very carefully and graphically deserliag, So, too, are Aquatic Sports—such as Swi rall3 s i cs t• Rowing, Angling, Canoeing, Sailing, a pt ing, Sliding, and Curling. The N atur , i tion Department gives all kinds of in f " r %ircls , in regard to Singing Birds, Talking 0 " - ii eti the Poultry Yard, Pigeons, Rabbits, u"5-0. Pigs, Dogs, Cats, Squirrels, White Mi ce ' TV worms, Bees, the Aquarium, and Gardening' pi - Scientific Recreations comprise among theta use• rably clear descriptions of Arithmetical AlllOO. meats of various kinds Magnetism, c he . tricity, Galvanism, Electro-Magnetistn, vire mistry, Optics, Acoustics, Pneumatics, '-cove, works, Ballooning, Photography, the Mier°ls 0 ' the Telescope, the Stereoscope, 80. of 01;i11, ticulars are given of the different games wo es, such as Chess, Draughts, Backgammon, P° . ra des 5 11 Solitaire, Bagatelle, and Billiards. Be si tr ick s which--sleight-of-hand or legerdemain, easy tricks and simple deceptions, tricks with money 813 d old with cards, feats requiring a pparatu s e a fter feats requiring only confederacy, are ° ll a 3 0 3 another illustrated with delightful precis° frolic, distinctness. Paradoxes and Puzzles, f° ll ' doer:l - The and amusement of every imaginable fill the goodly volume from cover to cover. , be Boy's Own Book," in effect, is calculate " .0 0 to regarded by every boy who is fortunate li ng 0 0' possess it, as his very Own—as a never-faille.dieo sury to him of delightful instruction an d entertainment. n 1 86 ! CASSELL'S ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUEfo' makes one of the most charming fil c of beautiful 016 --C pictures--a very feast for the 0' 64 ' little ones. iC A O BOOSEY'S CHRISTUAS ANNUAL OF NEB eat can hold its own side by side with th e chear 0 p best re of its competitors. Original contribilti° A p comprised within it from Claribel, I° l3 g ' ttol l : Strauss, as well as from Forbes, Berger, 'lie' Thomas, and Offenbach, so that abo ut the the contributors there cannot be two 02'13-11: 0 5 the " result of their eo-operation bei n g 3 11;1 success. Dgle,:eyan T pneee l r l ,st: E ul upior yrbaCl Highgate Bishop 00,f IuECII IN THE METEOPOII , I I: l' i : Londonri--"st phaa:lhrerderdal7thueporarebtho t agtlilogriateto-Srachoorrool; Ilmiesraltoards(hsipoL) iticet; Chapel Royal, Whitehall. The servicegwill 0111113° who for nearly 30 3 1k, ears bas e:nbe:3l:le :I:Iliac 0,13,:i METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITIES.---- I- ti °I3 '' ;4 Od er s l t il- ood that Mr. Ayrton, M.P., has been at 14 , 1.1 :;( 413° ; bill for the municipal . government of London, ' 4 4 d i' l , tßehaoieadrredp that oort the hise billselect fe now rea doyf l a s T t h o o es s 3j i ltro' - I P: il i t i r l o' metropoli n s, includ i i s i u ,i rity, underf Works to THE FIRST b c A the title of "The Miinicipal Coen c i ii ° O O tii : gA pr )tih o p p ei o oc s N e i d ty,O as F th e ielf,uctrti:tifv,Val: don." improvement-rate is to be li ds ;eel are the Node r6ii.„-Citi Y.the " Metropolitan o u n ce' Press. IV kg V; • • t fl i r n s e t ti w on aterman who attained the honourable title 00 0 u of of the champion of the Thames was Charhihorotls, bell,Lambeth, a most powerful Willer, an d t ' c o fte' 0 waterman in tha strictest sense of the word , N/11 ;err a to couple of years' servitude as ' ntice to a sv:- tr i e entered on board a man-of-war' aPj,hreere be s erge- of 131°. f t yweaatres ont h e very day of his return to b r i e g e %; nese wate rs unwittingly laid the foundation of his fd f il , t . 0t 1j 05 4 11 appearanceth , e o e r v i e g r i y na i l nc C i h i aamsp,itoilno,ro,f tll° Tharno6' v- fin cit° 4 tlio o . l B d bwan, London-bridge, with his se a-chest' ;sea le a et ruen, but bailing an btother wl.t, • Holm ' es to take him up to Lambeth, and liell wherr',' c heavy l sea-chest in the stern-sheets of th e °I Der ' 1 „ 1 1 ' 10 soli tuos,;.•,to ,1 0 1 0 coo lly said, " Sit down, Mr. Holmes, 111 r. Holmes was by no means willing to gio 11P roo P° : 12° to a man-of-war's man, as in those dap., of Ile s ' l l is • it watermen held a very high opinion of their 61'1 , o f ° i r e , trim-built wherry, and were,moreover, o r 61'1, it. tee f honour when entrusted with the life and t.r,i3ssitiaiie3 " Sit down aft there, Mr. liolines,” 00, 1- 0 an'' 'ay.: 5 old u °t frien d i+,s tiliilie:!, itre. future champion ; " this is not the first OW 11. 10 , a 4 . 7s e if a lt pair of sculls, and won't be the last, I tee a D oi: it was not, however, until Campbell roves'enci; °All that he was allowed to take the sculls in l ia- ,,, OP i -,, so happened that William Noulton—better kuos't'" set fa Noulton—then in great repute not only as $ ` i v e ct 0 f are jo t ro 1,01,00 00 but a general in aquatic matters, ha,d from Westminster to London -bridge, and started /001.teo. distance ahead of the Jack Tar and 3:lr. flolilleeje•ittlef '‘d wing in a new and fast wherry, and haviag ,troyst,ciof chest nor sitter to carry, yet had to make such * 0 r eti c oe so many of them, to bold his bead, th a t :so '`''', l ; P t . Lambeth, and tiedine• out who it was that Wl•-• oe' ' L I ' if ho can row that old boat, and carry PI7,, thO'" him, at once reroarke% " Then I niast brioF..,/10:1)0 P') sitter in the stern as fast as I can lily I.,beL,."' ' mistake about bia sculliois."—Land and Ir a ' • Th Re COll and t class cent. preni, Atl have Mort! Th Were Th closed Th parry gener Hotel the n Th Loan and t busin In Li The Th the p S it m you tL autho: all th of ap] capita the 1 the 'V remit SOON to £ Fore Itali I, to Spar 351-, TI the r a sh adva but ] 01 tram save] East and tern polit havc iusta Lou mint Con lin►i mar: Frai Pen near inste instz Am( gala Mai tere late Got 8 pe 3 pe New Ne E :c Ban D 1 3tte C A L 041