The Sun. — London, England, 1867-12-18 00:00:00

T HEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, OUR AMERICAN COUSIN. Messrs. Sothern, Tiqymond, Chippendale, Braid, Gordon. Rogers, Clark, Coe, &c.: Mesdames Robertson, lone Burke, Chippendale, Dal ton, F. Wright, &c. After which, TO PARIS AND BACK FOR FIVE POUNDS Mr. Buckstone. To conclude with THE SPECTRE BRIDEGROOM. Messrs J. T. Raymond, 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 GRAND CHRISTMAS PANTOMIME. To be produced on BOXING NIGHT. THIS EVENING, her Majesty's servants will perform the new Itoroa - utic Play, in 4 Acts, entitled THE DOGE OF VENICE, adapted by Bayle Bernard, and Musically illustrated by Selections from the Operas of "Marino," by Donizetti, and the "Duo Fos ea re" and " Bravo " of Verdi and Mercadante, with New and Migniticent Scenery by Mr. Wm. Beverley. Principal characters by Mr. Phelps, Messrs. J. C. Cowper. H. Sinclair, E. Phelps, Barrett, James Johnstone, C. Warner, W. IPlntyre, C. Harcourt, W. C. Temple, C. Webb, &c.; Mrs. Hermann Vezin, Miss Grattan, &c. Increased orchestra and numerous chorus. . - - To conclude with each evening THE LADIES' CLUB. Mes dames Beatrix Shirley, Kate Ifarfleur, Grattan, Hudspeth. L. Wilmot, Mrs. 11. Vandenholl ; Messrs. J. Rouse, Barratt, C. Webb, F. Moreland, Harcourt, James Johnstone, W. C. Temple. Stage manager, Mr. Edward Stirling. Doors open at half-past 6, commence at 7 o'clock. Ou Thursday. December 26, will be produced the Drury-lane GRAND COMIC CHRISTMAS ANNUAL, entitled FAW FEE FO FUM ; or, Harlequin, Jack the Giant Killer. First Morning Performance on Saturday, December 28, and every Wednesday and Saturday, until February 15. Box-office open from 10 till 5 daily. QUEEN'S TIIEATRE, Long-acre. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING the performances will commence with (at 7 o'clock) HE'S A LUNATIC. After which (by 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. Alfred Wigan. To conclude with the Comic Drama of THE FIRST NIGHT. Achille Talmo. Durant (a French actor), Mr. Alfred Wigan. NEW QUEEN'S THEATRE ROYAL. Mr. and Mrs. ALFRED WIGAN every Evening. R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining. THIS EVENING, THE COLLEEN BAWN. Mr. Dion Bouci =it ; Messrs. Dominick Murray, E. Atkins, G. F. Neville, J. G. Shore, H. Mellon, Gresham; Miss Elsworthy, Miss E. Barnett, Mrs. Acidic, 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 Benefit 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 ARRALf-NA-POUUE. lIE ATR E ROYAL, ADELPIII. 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, 49th time, MAUD'S PERIL. Messrs.' Billington G. Belmore, Ashley, Eburne, C. J. Smith; Miss Herbert, Mrs. Billington, Miss Emily Pitt. To conclude with UP FOR THE CATTTLE SHOW. Messrs Belmore, Ashley, Miss E: Pitt, and Miss Harris. TTOLBORN THEATRE ROYAL. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Sefton Parry. THIS EVE.NIG, at 7, the highly successful Drama of FOR LOVE. Mesdames Stephens, ilenrade, C. Saunders; Messrs. Montague, Price, Widdicombe. At 8, Burnand's new Burlesque, MARY TURNER; or, The \Vicious \Villin and \Victorious Wirtue. Mesdames Fanny Josephs, Saunders, Wilmore, Clinton, &c.; Messrs. Robins, Mon tague, Garden, Wilmot, &c. Ma,g,nilleent new scenery, dresses, and appointments. .NOTE.—Seats may be secured a month in advance Box-office open from 10 till 5; and all Libraries. VALE N TINE A...ND ORSON, the great Pantomime of 1567, will be produced on CHRISTMAS EVE, Dec. 24, at the HOLBORN THEATRE.—Scenery by Mr. Telbin.—Principal Danseuse, Mdlle. Montero; Clown, the cele brated Little Rowena. Box-office open on Wednesday, the 18th Instant. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Solo Lessee and Manager, Mr. Fechter. THIS EVENING, at 8, ROMEO AND JULIET. Romeo, Miss Vestvali ; 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 Parselle, Belford, and Turner; Mesdames Johnstone, Gwynn°, and Hughes. To conclude with Byron's WILLIAM TELL WITH A VEN GEANCE. Messrs. James and Fenton; Mesdames Holt 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, 11. Wigan, Addison, and C. Mathews ; Mesdames L. Moore a nd Stirling. Followed by IF I HAD A THOUSAND A YEAR. Messrs. 11. 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. Moore and E. Farreu. Commence at Seven. CANTERBURY lIALL.—NEw MANAGEMENT. —W. HOLLAND, Sole Lessee, late Proprietor of Weston's Music Hall, High Holborn, will RE-OPEN on BOXING ;NIGHT, December '2l, 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 da,y, 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. Full particulars duly announced. The Bars will be under entire new management, and every article will be of the choicest quality, prices of which are greatly reduced. Admission .—Balcony and Asea, 6d.; Stalls, superbly carpeted, Is. REMEMBER-BOXIN G NIGHT. 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LATE EDITION of "THE SUN" at JAMES SPEEDY'S, `• The Wellington," Wellington-street, St rand. T HE LATE EDITION of "THE SUN " at J. smmrs, 39, Bow-street, Covent-garden. rimim LATE EDITION of " THE SUN " at SMITH'S, "Camden Stores," 78, Park-street, Camden- tONVII HIGH ;VA TER AT LONDOY BRIDGE. Tilts PAr.—Morning, 7b. 2m. I Afternoon, 711. 351 n. To-Moßnow.-Morning, Bh. 3nt. I Afternoon, Bh. 40m e , I -M LONDON, WEDNESDAY, DEC. 18, 1867. Every one who is at all versed in the present state of things must regard the prospect before us with anxiety, not from fear of any lasting conse quences that may ensue from the devices and plots of Fenianism, but from well-grounded fear that the lives and property of others may be placed in jeo pardy. So insidious are their designs, a n d so thoroughly reckless their actions, that the greatest caution may not always avail to guard against them. The best way will be for all to be on the alert, and not to allow an opportunity to pass without giving timely notice to the authorities, or adopting such precautions as may avail through the agency of private means. There is nothing so dan gerous as a body of men conspiring together with out regard to consequences, however cruel they may be, and it will not do for those exposed to such out breaks to be deficient in acuteness or behind hand in watchfulness. In all probability the failure just experienced by the Fenian conspirators may serve as some check to their future de signs ; but there is no relying upon their judgment, and the safety of the community as well as the preservation of the law render it incumbent on the authorities not to do so. As at present ar ranged there can be no fault found with those in terested with the preservation of order in the metropolis; and, indeed, we should say on the con trary, that they deserve great credit for the pains they have taken to circumvent the designs .of the miscreants. Besides this, however, Mr. HARDY has resolved upon a very wise step, and has intimated to the Common Sergeant at the Old Bailey that it is desirable for special constables to be sworn in, and thus the gene ral public will be called upon to aid in the protection of property. What has mainly led to this decisive plan being adopted is the danger that threatens the metropolis from incendiarism. It is now no secret that the Fenians, who care nothing for being cowards, are anxious to wreak their vengeance by the agency of the vilest means, and setting fire to places is a resort that affords opportunities for the worse-disposed parties. This is a very wise resolve on the part of the au- , thorities‘ , and we hope it will be carried out to the fullest extent, so that in a comparatively short space of time an end may be put to these vexatious dis turbances. Those who remember the Chartist riots in 1848 will not need to be told of the efficiency of the special constables of that day ; and why should not the adoption of the same means prove equally successful in the present emergency ? Caro and vigilance are now required as much as activity and promptitude were then called for, and no doubt the same result will crown the second effort. One thing must be certain, that sympathy with Fenianisni has received its death blow, for those who would now afford it the aid and encouragement of their sentimental fancies would be publicly approving of murder in the most dastardly style, and of acts of atrocity which may make the coldest feel and the most hardened shudder. The present is the time for those who have been misled by the extravagant pretensions of these men to draw back from them and their machinations, and in so doing they will show their sense and spirit. The only way to deal with this mischievous although most contemptible con spiracy will be to adopt the most firm and decisive measures. The sooner it is crushed out completely the better even for the revolution plotters them selves. They walk in darkness to compass their ends ; they destroy in the noonday to effect their purposes. To meet them on equal grounds inces sant watchfulness and untiring energy must be employed. There can be no doubt as to the result if we take the right way to meet the evil, and to attain that desirable end must be the first wish of all respectable members of the com munity. One thing suggests itself to the mind in dwelling upon these details, and that is the desira bility of more caution being observed in the pur chase of inflammable liquid and other deadly mate rials. Through some means or other the Feuians seem to have got hold of these in large quantities, and at any rate it w..uld be well to put some check upon their obtaining snore. It' we had to deal with disaffected parties of an ordinary character all those precautions would be needless, and might be unadvisable on the :,.:ore of appearing too much alarmed, or attaching too much importance to the case ; but Fenianism is no ordinary thing, and to overcome an evil we must duly measure its extent, and gauge its capacity. The strength of the present conspiracy consists in its vileness, no ravages are too deadly, no devices too mean, and no efforts too ab horrent for its agents to employ. Shutting one's eyes to the real meaning of an adversary will never answer the purpose of those who mean to overcome him ; and therefore the only effectual way of rid ding our streets of this intolerable nuisance, and protecting lives and property from its machinations, will be to rouso ourselves, and in the full conviction of its cowardly design and despicable results to put a stop to it in the most decisive way possible. With care and caution it is not too much to hope that the tragedy of last Friday may not be repeated ; but to gain the desired end it must be absolutely necessary to use due vigilance, and exert all the ingenuity puss ible We have had a warning that must not be neglected. and it is not likely that we should need a second one. Tan year 1860 was a year of storms, and there fore of casualties at sea. We can expect no better of the year 1867. The loss-book at Lloyd's has been unusually heavy of late. The cyclones in the East and the West Indies have strewn the seas with wreck. Nearer home, on the coasts of the United Kingdom, life and property have enjoyed no exemption from loss ; and it will be well if the total at the end of the year does not exceed that of 1866. Until within the last few years the casualties which occurred at sea could be estimated only approximately. The " National " Lifeboat Institution " rendered a valuable servico by publishing its annual " Wreck Register," and this has been supplemented during the last two years with the more precise and detailed information obtained by the Statistical Committee of Lloyd's. We have now before us a comparative statement, elaborated by Mr. JEULA, the secretary to that committee. It refers solely to the loss of property. This, how ever, is a constant index to the loss of life. given the one, the other may be deduced with toler able accuracy. It appears, then, that in • the first six months of the piesent year there were 6,025 • casualties reported, against 6,138 in the previous year. The decrease in the total number of casualties is unfortunately counterbalanced by an increase in most of these of a graver character, with the exception of colli sions. There were 233 vessels abandoned, against 186 ; 366 sunk, against 351 ; 71 missing, against 67 ; .955 in collision, against 974 ; and 1,609 stranded, against 1,676. Year by year additions are made to the number of ships, but still greater additions are made to the number of casualties. While British and foreign shipping entered and cleared at port): in the United lino dom increased between 1864 and 1866 at the rate of 11.72, casualties of all kinds increased at the rate of 52 per cent. Making every allowance for the difference between years exceptionally favourable and unfavourable, these figures are unsatisfactory. The transformation which shipping has undergone of late years has enormously increased its value. The adoption of steam has given constancy and regularity to ocean transit, and the second reconstruction of the mercan tile marine, necessitated by the screw propeller, has increased the comforts of every family in the empire, and enormously aug,mentcd our trade. Comparing merely the tonnage of goods and the number of passengers carried across the sea, we should find probably an increase of security THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 18, 1867. with respect to hoth luircilylesrs than that of rail ways over stage-coaches. But the moment we come to the lease of life which each ship enjoys we encounter evidence of retrogression. We have simply stated results, without inquiring into ex planations. Mr. JEULA attaches great importance to the fact that a progressive diminution in the number of hands employed in both sailing vessels and steamers has been going on for a series of years. In part this may be accounted for by the use of labour-saving machinery. The subject, however, deserves a sifting inquiry. The interests of the public and of seamen, as well as those of underwriters, require that ships should be well manned. It might perhaps be possible to graduate rates of insurance so as to encourage this. The art of shipbuilding is not declining ; the appliances of navigation are improving daily ; science and mechanical skill are continually suggesting the means of lessening the perils of those who go down to the sea in ships ; above all, the captains and mates of the present day are almost the only per sons who, as a elms, receive a thorough technical education. Under these circumstances neither life nor the means of living should be sacrificed to NEPTUNE at the present rate ; and we must not rest satisfied until we have discovered, and, if possible, removed the can:4e of the increased number of disasters ANOTHER experiment in reducing tne cost of tele graphic communication has been made within the last few days, and with the same success which has attended all the movements in that direction. At the commencement of the present month the rate of charge by the Atlantic Cable was reduced one half, and it is satisfactory to find that already the receipts are quite as large under the reduced rate, and will no doubt soon be larger. The uniform success which has followed the re duction of telegraphic rates will inspire the public with confidence in the step about to be taken by the Government in proposing to purchase the pre sent telegraphic lines, and work them at moderate charges. The managers of the old telegraphic companies have thrown away a splendid oppor tunity of enriching themselves and conferring sub stantial benefits upon the public, Until very recently they would not consent to a less rate than 4s. per message for distances over 250 miles. When the United Kingdom Telegraph Company was established on the principle of shilling tele grams, a reduction was made. The effect of this reduction on the old telegraph companies was at once greatly to improve their dividends and the value of their shares. Previous to the reduction the shares of the Electric and International Tele graph Company were at par ; on the introduction of the shilling rate the shares immediately im proved in value, and they are now at 50 per cent. premium. It is to be hoped that the directors of the company feel a suitable degree of gratitude for the success which has been forced upon them, and which would have been more complete if they had accepted the shil ling rate universally, instead of entering into a compact with the United Kingdom Company to increase the rates in some instances from Is. to ls. 6d. and 2s. No system can be more disadvantageous to the public interest than the arrangements under which the telegraphs in Great Britain are now worked. The cost of maintaining three separate and inde pendent comp anies,with separate offices and officers for each, is continued ; and the advantage which should be derived from competition is lost by the fact that the three companies are united under " working arrangements," by which it is agreed that in no instance shall one company afford greater facilities for telegraphing than the others consent to give. We have thus all the evils of a monopoly without its corresponding advantages. The public pay for these establishments, and are left as help less and unconsidered as if there was but one. We shall have to pay the present companies something very handsome for getting out of the way before we can have a reasonable system of telegraphic communication such as other nations have long since enjoyed. If, however, there is no alternative, we had better do this, and the sooner we do it the better. We know the worst of losing so much money, but we do not know the cost of the inconvenience to which we are now subjected by excessive charges and the absence of all reason able motives to give the public suitable accommo io4.? ._. CRYSTAL PALACE COMPANY. —The ordinary general meeting of the proprietors in this company was held to-day at the London Tavern, at which Mr. Thomas Hughes presided. The chairman entered into a detailed explanation of the various items mentioned in the direc tors' report, which has already appeared in The Sun, and expres=ed his belief that next year would prove ono of success and profit, as the tropical department would bo restored, and many other matters hal been arranged of an attractive nature for the now season. The report was adopted, and the usual discussion then followed upon the Sunday question. TILE FENIANS.—Mr. Hardy, Secretary of State for the Home Department, has authorised the Receiver to the Metropolitan Police, on the recommendation of Sir R. Mayne, to pay to Mr. Thomson, the inspector of the de tective force, Scotland-yard, the sum of ten guineas, as a mark of approval of his courage in apprehending, at the risk of his life, the Fenian leader known as Col. Richard Burke; and a further reward of £2 has been awarded to constable Fordham, 33 E, for the firmness ho displayed in effecting this capture, though ignorant of the desperate character of Burke. now TO PUSH TRADE.—In the course of a trial at Westminster the other day a witness was asked whether he had not assisted at a funeral where there was no body to bury. On cross-examination he admitted that he had helped a friend in the funeral trade who, being anxious to impress his neightourhood— a suburban one—with the ability with which ho could conduct funerals, and also to convoy the idea that ho had received a good order, had a hearse and mourning coaches with 20 men, leave his shop, and after an absence of some hours return as if from the cemetery.— South London Press. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—Active steps have been taken in the endeavour to reimburse Mr. Mapleson for the heavy loses ho has incurred, and to enable him to continue the direction of an establishment in which re presentations of Italian opera may be given during the coming season, and to refurnish Her Majesty's Theatre when rebuilt. With this view the friends and patrons of the lessee s have initiated a subscription, and Lieutenant- Colonel G. L. Hamilton, of the Army and Navy Club, has consented to act as hon. secretary. THE LATE COLONEL LOWTHER, M.P.—The re mains of the late Colonel Lowther. M.P. for Westmore land, were interred in the family mausoleum at Lowther on Friday. The funeral was strictly private, only the nearest relatives of the deceased being present as mourners. In the park and church, however, a large number of people had congregated to witness the ceremonial. The latest rumour upon the subject of the representation of West moreland is that Mr. Salkeld, of Holm-hill, chairman o the Caledonian Railway and colonel of the Westmoreland Militia, will be the candidate in the Lowther interest. There is no prospect of a Liberal candidate being brought forward. THE NATIONAL STANDARD THEATRE. This theatre, which nearly a year since fell a prey to the " devouring element, " has, owing to the indomitable energy of Mr. John Douglas, been rebuilt upon its old site, and again opened to the public. The building may now, without misrepresentation, be classed amongst the finest theatres in Europe, and is one of the largest in London. The admirable arrangement of the interior, the appro priate and elegant style of decoration, the commodious dis position of every part of the house, from the first tier of the boxes to the gallery, testify how carefully the tastes and convenience of the public have been studied. The whole of the effective lighting and magnificent crystal adornments of the interior, and the resplendent devices of the exterior, have been executed by the eminent firm of Messrs. J. Defries and Suns, of iioundalitch, and it would be almost superfluous to add ono word more, their repu tation for glittering brightness, beauty, taste, and refine ment, combined with utility, being so thoroughly and so universally established. The grand central chandelier sunlight, containing above 3,000 jets of light, designed and manufactured expressly for this theatre, is a wonder ful piece of workmanship in art-illumination, combining the sunlight with the chandelier. Mr. John Douglas has certainly shown no little wisdom in confiding this branch of the work to such able hands, and from the impression formed on the opening night we feel assured he has been equally judicious in his other selections. The Duke and Duchess of Cleveland and lion. Miss Primrose passed through town yesterday on their way to Battle Abbey, near Hastings, Sussex, from Ruby Castle, Durham. LATEST INTELL MEN CE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) ABYSSINIA. DESTRUCTION OF DEBRA TABOR BY FIRE. SENATE, Dec. 7. The advanced brigade has arrived and encamped. The weather is fine. The troops are well. The march into Abyssinia will be easy. The people are friendly. According to accounts from the interior King Theodore has destroyed Debra Tabor by fire. Ile is encamped in the neighbourhood, and intends marching to Magdala. The insurgents will resist his advance. The natives kill his stragglers. The Scinde Brigade has arrived at Annesley Bay. The men are in good health. CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS, ()ROM SUR OWN CORItRgPONDFNT.) PARIS, TUESDAY, DeZ. 17. It was reported yesterday that a diplomatic conference Would be held last night, at which the Pope's Nuncio and the Austrian, English, Prussian, and Russian plenipoten tiaries would meet with the Marquis de Moustier to talk over the Roman question. As nothing is heard of the diplomatic conference to-day, the report must be set down as having been unfounded. It bas frequently been announced, on the strength of mere rumour, that M. Nigra, the Minister of the King of Italy, has been recalled ; and it has almost as often been announced that the rash and irreconcileable statements of M. Rouher and the Marquis de Moustier respecting the negotiations with Italy will necessitate the retirement of the former from his post as Minister of State. In all rumours of this kind the wish is father to the thought. It is not likely that the Italian Chamber will recall M. Nigro, until that states man's version of his conversation with M. de Moustier is proved to be untrue. Nor, en the other hand, is it pro bable that Napoleon will reduce the rank of such a stout, not to say unscrupulous partisan as M. Rouher. A meeting of Mexican bondholders has taken place here in the Champs Elysdes. The chairman, Senator do la Guerronnibre,reminded the audience that their subscriptions amounted to 29l millions of francs, and exclaimed that Government must do something to save from destitution bondholders who had been deprived of all by events beyond their control. A committee for the defence of the interests of the bondholders was appointed, and the meeting, which was attended by about 5,000, broke up with shouts of " Viva l'Erupereur 1" Thursday is fixed for the discussion of the military law, or, in other words, the new basis for increasing the mili tary strength of France. The proposals of the Government on this question, according to the bill on the subject, are as follows :-1. An effective army of 800,000 men, divided thus-400,000 under arms, and 400,000 in reserve. 2. The National Guard, the effective of which is 448,000 men. Thus the actual defence force of the country amounts to 1,248,000 men. This is an enormous army for a nation at peace, and the expense of its maintenance will no doubt increase the dis satisfaction which at present prevails in Paris. The terms of the interpellations which M. Picard has tabled in his own name and in that of several of his colleagues of the Left, are as follows :-1. On the dis crepancies of the Yellow-book of France and the Green book of Italy; or, in other words, on the despatches that are supposed to have been sent to the Italian Parliament, but which were not communicated to the Chamber. 2. On the interdiction by means of which Italian and Ger man journals were arrested on the French frontiers. 3. Upon the items of the account of 530 millions which the Prefect of the Seine in his last bill states is due, from the city of Paris, out of the city funds. In the frown of Niort the manager of the theatre had promised-a representation of the opera of " Ernani." The piece was advertised, and the public congratulated them selves. But the pleasant anticipations were of short duration. The advertisement was covered up by another Lill, on which the disappointed Niortais read : " Delayed until it obtains the authorisation of the Ministry." Is " Ernani," which is innocent at Paris, ,guilty at Niort ? It appears that the prefects of departments some time ago received a list of inter‘licted pieces. Since that tune, however, the exceptions had been modified at Paris, but the prefects of departments were not made acquainted with the-modifications ; so that "Ernani," though admitted into good society in the capital, was tabooed in the country. Tire opera was played at Lille on the same day for which it was adver tised at Niort. So that the prefect who repressed the performance made himself unnecessarily oonspicuous as a specimen of zeal without knowledge. Two artists have died at Paris within the last day or two. Madame Rude, the widow of the famous sculptor, and herself a distinguished artist, died here at the age of 70. She had lessons from David, and was a regular contributor to the Paris exhibitions for the last forty years. Frederic Auguste Bouterweck died here a few days ago, at the age of 61. He was born at Tarnowitz, in Prussia, but came to France at an early age, and studied under Paul Delaroche and Horace 'Vernet. The old clamour for an advance on Afghanistan ash lately been revived in India. A sort of mania appears to have affected the Bombay Presidency, in particular, that the conquest of Afghanistan has become necessary to pro tect the dependency front Russia. The Tintcs observes that it may be necessary that the hands of Sir John Law rence should be strengthened by a strong expression of English opinion against such a costly and useless enter prise. Our forces in India are now behind a strong line of defence. The country and people of Afghanistan as they exist at present, are the best possible barrier against Russia. Reports not yet confirmed have been in circulation of negotiations between the United States and Spain for the purchase of Cuba and other Spanish islands in the West Indies. The price named is 150,000,000 dollars. Spain might be willing to take the money, but it is doubtful whether Congress would assent to the purchase at present. President Johnson's Government will have to pay £2,000,000 presently on account of Russian America, and £1,500,000 for the Island of St. Thomas, besides dis bursing £4,000,000 at the beginning of the year for current dividends and in repayment of the loan of 1847. The war on the Paraguay has made some progress since the arrival of the last Royal mail. After a series of san guinary engagements on the river, the Allies were enabled to invest Humaita. The fortune of war seems to be deserting the Paraguayans, and in face of the evident determination of the Allies, they will, it may be hoped, speedily make some efforts to come to terms. A terrific hurricane recently passed over the country to the south of Buenos Ayres, which nearly destroyed the growing corn and green crops. M. Pr6vost-Paradol's admiration for English institu tions has led him to write in a melancholy strain about the Fenian outrages. Must we, he asks, definitively veil the statue of Liberty in England ? The Etenclard tells the academician that his article is a tribute, an involuntary homage to the institutions of his own country. What sur prises a French reader, says M. Pr4vost-Paradol, is that such an event should have been possible—the more so when we are told that the agent was a barrel of gunpowder, conveyed to the place on a truck, exploded by a match, lighted, as it is said, on the spot from a cigar. We sometimes reproach the French police for an excess of zeal ; but here there was without doubt an excess of simplicity, naivete, of which they are incapable. The Etendard has, of course, no difficulty in proving that the powers of the French police would be useful hero—in exceptional circumstances. The Journal de Paris compares the Clerkenwell outrage to the attempt of the Committee of Action to blow up thu Zonave barracks at Rome, and asks if England was indig nant at that outrage. The Journal labours under the mistake of supposing that it was approved in England ; the fact being that nearly all Englishmen who knew any thing about the attempt spoke of it iu terms of detesta tion. THREE MEN SUFFOCATED IN A W.r.u. • A..t. occurrence of this nature took place in Birmingham on Monday night. A man named Dainty was sent down a well to make some repairs. Not returning in due time, a second was sent after him with a rope round his waist. By some means the rope got twisted round the pump, and all the efforts made to pull him up failed. A third man was sent down with similarly unfortunate and fatal results. Dainty was not extricated until Tuesday morning at nine o'clock. He must have died very soon after he entered the well, which is 90ft. deep. A SCENE AT THE OLD BAILEY.—In the third Court of the Old Bailey an application was made to Mr. Commissioner Kerr to postpone the trial of a prisoner, which was opposed by Mr. Ribton. A very warm alter cation took place between the counsel and the Court, and in the course of it Mr. Kerr said that the conduct of the learned counsel was " Hibernian." Mr. Ribton, upon this, observed that the proceeding of the learned judge ought to be represented to the Home Secretary. Mr. Commissoner Kerr said that if he repeated the observation he would fine him, and Mr. Ribton twice repeated it ; upon which Mr. Kerr ordered him to pay a fine of £5O. Subsequently, however, there was a mutual withdrawal, and the fine was remitted. THE LATE EMPEROR MAXIMILIAN.—EXTRIOR DINARY SToitY.--The New York correspondent of the Waterforcd Mail, under date of December 3, writes : "Admiral Tegethoff, of the Austrian navy, is now en route for home, with what he believes to be the body of the unfortunate Maximilian. My connection with the Mexican agents in this country forbids my entering into minutiee, but I can assert that the remains which will be honoured by Austria are not those of the ill-fated scion of the House of Hapsburg, but of Hamero, a noted bandit and guerilla, who in life was not unlike poor Maximilian. The latter is pining in an obscure dungeon in Queretaro, fed with felon's food, and awaiting the welcome arrival of death. The night before his supposed execution, Juarez, uncertain of his own success in seeking the presidency, and perhaps unwilling to imbrue his hands in Royal blood, had the noble captive conveyed by stealth to a secret den, and sub- stituted in his stead the ruffian Hamero, hoping, had he not succeeded in his political aspirations, to have made a fortune by delivering him safely to Austria."_ LAW INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. EXTRAORDINARY ACTION AGAINST THE " TIMES." THE LAW IN IZEPORTING.-WASON V. WALTER. This case, which has been long pending, came on for trial this morning. It was an action brought by Mr. Rigby Wason, a barrister, against Mr. Walter, one of the proprietors of the Times. It appears that Mr. Wason had a grievance of many years' stand ing against the present Lord Chief Baron (Sir F. Kelley). As soon as the latter was elevated to the Bench plaintiff induced Earl Ituscll to present a petition to the house of Lords, complaining of some alleged malpractices at elections many years ago on the part of Sir Fitzroy. A debate took place at the time, which was fully reported in the columns of the Times. This report, it is alleged by the plaintiff, is a libel, inasmuch as he contends that such debates are privileged, and that the re porting them is a violation of that privilege. This is the issue to be tried, and several learned gentle men are engaged on each side. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COUR7.-7his Day. OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Lush.) Ernest Roder, baker, 24, was indicted for the wilful murder of Mary Gosling at Woolwich. The facts of the case have already been published at length in The Sun. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty. HUNGARY. PESTU, Dec. 18. At the sitting of the Lower House of the Hunga rian Diet to-day, the Customs and Commercial treaty with Austria was passed. CROATIA. AGRAM, Dec. 16 (Evening). National flags have been hung out in this city, inscribed " Long live union with Hungary for ever !" PARIS, Dec. 18. A circular has been published this morning, addressed by the Prefect of Police to the district police chiefs of Paris. It is intended to refute the theory set up by the journals that the police have no right spontaneously to arrest any person what ever, even in case of a flagrant offence, unless the crime of which he is guilty be punishable before the Court of Assizes. The circular says that it is necessary in the name of the public security openly to repel these theories, which might cause uneasiness to the assistants of justice and the police, with regard to whom they constitute positive attempts at intimidation. The circular concludes thus :—" Continue to ex orcise your duties peaceably in all security. Bring to them, with love for the public welfare, calm mo deration and scrupulous respect for legal forms, coupled with that spirit of good-will which has never ceased to distinguish you." The Constitutionnel of to-day publishes an article bearing the signature of M. de Limayrac, in which it says : " Some journals have asserted that, after the de claration made by M. Rouher in the Legislative Chamber, the proposed conference could not take place. We cannot understand how that declaration, confirming the policy followed by the Emperor for nineteen years, should prevent a deliberation of the European Powers. No one could ever suppose that the representatives of the Courts of Europe assembled in council would, in despite of treaties, dethrone a sovereign legitimately recognised by all. Likewise, no one could believe that, after the universally admitted facts of the last seven years, the same representatives would destroy that Italian tuaity so dearly bought. Terefore there could not have been any question before the sth December either of despoiling the Pope, or upsetting Italy. The state of affairs is precisely the same at the present moment. The mission of the Conference ought to be to induce Rome and Florence to come, not to complete recon ciliation, which time alone can operate, but to establish a modus vivendi, which would level the barriers between the two States, enhance their mutual interests, and put aside any pretext for further conflicts. To attain such a result the in fluence of all Europe was not too much to be asked for. Should the Government of the Emperor have failed in its task to conciliate the interests of Catholicism and Italy, to prevent lamentable con flicts and dangerous agitation, it will, at all events, have done its duty." PORTUGAL. LISBON, Dec. 17. Baron Auguste d'Onetham, the recently ap pointed Belgian Minister to Portugal, presented his credentials to the King in private audience to-day. MALTA. VALETTA, Dec. 16. Her Majesty's Indian transport Crocodile, 7i days from Queenstown, arrived here to-day with the Ist Battalion of the 60th Rifles and other In dian reliefs, 1,230 men in all, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Raikes of the 102 d Regi • meat. All well. The Rev. Mr. Middleton died during the voyage, and was buried off Cape St. Vincent. The ship leaves for Alexandria to-morrow. The troopship Orontes leaves for England to .day. The Achilles, from Alexandria, for London has arrived here. She had expended all her fuel, and was obliged to burn 100 tons of cotton seed. MIERICA. NEW YORK, Dec. 17 (6 p.m.) The Trans-Atlantic Company's steamer Villa de Paris has arrived out to-day. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Closing Prices : Gold, 1331 ; Sterling Exchange on London, 110 ; 5-20 United States Bonds, 1081 ; Illinois, 132}; Erie, 73k. Cotton (Middling Up land) 151. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 17. Petroleum: Standard white, 25c. FRANCE. The Liberte states, on the authority of a Vienna letter, that Prince de Metternich intends to demand from the Emperor Napoleon a remission of the sen tence on the editor and the manager of the Cour rier Francais, condemned for libelling the Prin cess. vv Two sailing frigates of large tonnage, the Porte and the Virginie, are at anchor in the Cherbourg roads, with full cargoes of coal on board for the Mediterranean squadron, in MSC of sudden orders to put to sea for a distant destination, so that the ships of the division will be well supplied with fuel without being compelled to delay their departure. A letter from the Abruzzi, in the Italia of Naples, says :—" The mountains here are entirely covered with snow, and communication has been totally in terrupted at several points. Some villages have re mained for many days in a state of complete isola tion. On the Matese and the neighbouring moun tains the cold is more intense than at any time during the last 20 years." BOURSE, Dec. 16, Three o'clock. -The market closed as follows : 4f per Cent.' End of mouth — 3 per Cent End of month B2 50 Credit Mobilier 170 End of month 166 25 Credit Fancier _137'2 50 End of month 1387 50 RAILWAY Bank Shares 3317 50 Itz.Fun Loan End of month 45 40 Mexican Loan D. Bonds Spanish Threes Home Debt — Deferred — Account Orleans ... 865 Northern ll7Bf Lyons and Mediterranean Southern... — 556 i Western — Eastern • • 53 1i Sardinian Austrian Lombard 352i North of Spain Saragossa Roman 5O NEW COURT. Tyson, the man convicted of perjury at this court in attempting to prove an alibi, was this morning sentenced to six months' imprisonment from the present time. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day, MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A SCENE IN COURT.—THE MARQUIS TOWN MEND AND THE STREET MUSICIAN.—Thomas Hin son, a player on musical glasses, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with placing himself in a public thoroughfare near Regent-street, for the purpose of getting alms. The Marquis Townshend said—l saw the prisoner in Regent-street for the purpose of getting alms. He calls himself a musician, and plays on glasses. He is in the habit of placing a child on cold days in a wooden box, on which is the word " Paralysed." I have cautioned him before. The child, which is paralysed, to-day was being carried by the mother, and another child was placed in the box. What I wish to know is whether playing glasses in the street with a child exposed in such a manner is a legitimate means of obtaining money from the passers-by. I consider his practice of taking his child out, and exposing it in the way I have stated, most objectionable. I do not wish the man punished, but a caution from you may be of some use. The Prisoner—l have been playing my glasses for 15 years. I have two children to keep, and one I buried, or at least it was buried by the parish,' recently. Where am Ito put them ? Mr. Tyrwhitt—ln the workhouse, if you cannot keep them. You have no right to take your chil dren out and expose them to danger. Your only object in doing so is to excite charity. The Prisoner—Am I a forger or a burglar ? Why am I placed. here ? Mr: Tyrwhitt —lt is quite clear that the children are only taken out by you to get alms. As the person who has brought you here does not wish you punished I will discharge you, but I caution you that if you are brought here again under such cir cumstances I will send you for three months. The prisoner, who had all through the case con ducted himself in a most offensive and bullying manner, said---I will play again as soon as I leave the court. Where am Ito put my children ? You say that I am not to do what I have been doing, what am Ito do with them ? You may send me to prison or the workhouse if you like. Mr. Tyrwhitt —Your insolence will have no effect upon me. I should recommend you to take the caution given to you, for if you come here again you will get three months. The Prisoner-1 don't wish to be discharged. The prisoner was then put out of court by the officers. THAMES. APPREHENDED FENIAN DISTURBANCES.--A soli citor and clerk to the vestry of the parish of St. George in the East waited upon Mr. Benson, and said he had received a letter from Mr. Gathorne Hardy, the Secretary of State for the Home De partment, stating that owing to the designs of wicked and evil disposed persons the ordinary police force of the metropolis might at the present time be found insufficient to perform the duties required of them, and that he had instructed the magistrates of the several police courts in the metropolitan dis trict to afford all the facilities in their power for swearing in special constables to assist the metropolitan police in the preservation of the peace, and in affording protection to life and property. Mr. Hardy desired that the vestry clerk of the parish of St. George-in the-east would lose no time in inviting all well-dis posed persons to come forward and enrol themselves as special constables for this purpose. He (Mr. Howell) had waited on Mr. Stutficld, a county magistrate, in Ratcliff-highway, to swear in special constables if necessary ; but Mr. Stutfield, anxious as he was that the peace should be preserved, and that the wise counsels of the Home Secretary should be complied with, thought the application ought to be made to a police magistrate. He begged leave to say that the vestry-hall in the Back-road was at the service of the magistrate, and all loyal people in the parish of St. George-in-the-East, to swear in special constables, and that he would attend on any day and hour to enrol special constables. He did not apprehend any riot or breach of the peace, and the best order prevailed in the parish. Of course if it was necessary thousands of the ratepayers would come forward in support of the throne, the institu tions of the country, and the maintenance of law, order, and authority. Mr. Benson said he could not act without a sworn information, and he was informed that one was be ing prepared by Mr. Turner, an inspector of the K division of police. He requested Mr. Howell to wait until the information was prepared and sworn. Other vestry clerks made similar applications to the magistrate and received like answers. WESTMINSTER. SPECIAL CONSTABLES IN WESTMINSTER.—This morning as soon as Mr. Arnold, the presiding magi strate, took his seat on the bench, an information was laid by Mr. William Hayes, superintendent of the B division of police, pursuant to an Act passed in the session of Parliament of his late Majesty King William the Fourth, " An Act for amending the laws relative to the appointment of special con stables, and for the future preservation of the peace." Mr. Hayes, having deposed in his information that a riot and tumult were to be apprehended in the parish of St. Margaret, St. John, and St. Peter, in the city and liberty of Westminster, and the in formation having been duly signed, Mr. William Eager, the solicitor, of 14, South street, Chelsea, presented himself to be sworn in, and stated that he had served as a special con stable in 1848 in the Chartist riots, and was sworn iu at Bow-street. Having been informed that no information had at present been laid respecting Chelsea, Mr. Eager retired, expressing his intention to go to the Vestry Hall, Chelsea, and there be sworn in for his district. The Marquis of Waterford arrived at Curragh more on Saturday from England. The noble marquis is about to receive a succession of friends at his princely seat. The Earl and Countess of Tankerville, on quit ting Buckenham, after a visit to the Earl and Countess of Dudley, loft for Chitlingham Castle, Northumberland. The Duke of Leinster left Carlton-house-terrace yesterday, to visit Mr. and Lady Jano Ropton at their seat in Bedfordshire. - -r ;FA. 3'-`‘ y HER MAJESTY. WINDSOR CASTLE, Dec. 1 7 . ller Majesty the Queen, their Royal Ilighneges Princes% Louise, Prince Leopold, Princess Beatricei and PI ince Christian Victor of Schleswig-llolste l l left. the Castle this mor n ing a t half-past ten o'clo c fort Osborne. The Marquis of Sligo has left the Clarendon Hotel on a visit to Lord Delantere, at Valo loyal, eh' shire. LITERATURE. Enochus Arden. Poema Tennysonianum. Latoe Redditum. Ed. Moxon et Soc. It was only the other day that we had occasion to comment upon a singularly beautiful tribut e proffered by art to the genius of the Poet Laureate. We have now to direct attention to a tribute n o less beautiful of its kind, w hich has been offen d to that same genius not by art, but by scholarsl4' Professor William Selwyn has in this elegant trans tion of " Enoch Arde n " into Lati n very sigua ll i rivalled, if he has not indeed actually surpassed t latest achievement of Monsieur Gustave Dore as an fed illustrator of one of the masterpieces of Alf - a Tennyson. Thanks to the exceeding purity $ 1) grace of his latinity, the translator has contrivedtl this his version of "Enoch Arden," to transmute in° the classic tongue a poem eminently en titled.- -b 5 reason of the various charms of style and dict ion so conspicuously appertaining to it in the origina l; pre-eminently entitled, we might say, to what b long since come to be so very exceptional an hon ou ' „. It is in terms of deprecation no less winning and s gracious than these, that Professor Selwyn preludes what we cannot bat regard as his Oa llp masterly performance : Si qua notes longo culpanda in carmine ; si qua Archetype iwrinia.s male respondentia, chartte, Judicio leni, velut eebri somnia, pauses : Forsitan et tua to docet oxporientia, sonsum Subtilom, et magni felicia verbs p3etco, Multaque temporibus non coaveniontia priscis, " Difficilo illitstraro Latinis versibus esso." f;10 There is a noticeable echo, in this, of the flora -- reference to the curios; felicitas verborum, in the allusion thus made to the " sensum subtilelll and the " felicia verba" of this charming love - s t n i , of the unconscious biga m i s t A nn i e Lee, wife °I.- ; of all of Enoch Arde n , an d a ft erwar d s (though // ,, - 4 yet a widow) of Philip Ray. I n th e r ender'l of this tender idyll into Latin verso, we know n whether to admire more those portions of it wh ie are descriptive of the picturesque little English 0 ; port where the loves of Annie Lee follow the O r upon the other in their mournful sequenoa , those other portions comprising within them Tennyson's magnificent celebration of the trop'" ; scenery where the shipwrecked mariner is lame ° ing for his lost home, and love, and life, in 5 6°' litude as awful as that of Robinson Crusoe's type, Alexander Selkirk, on the ocean island 00 Juan Fernandez. Thus, for example, in tig) later passages, do we find Professor Selwylf° ar, sion of the IN ords relating how Enoch— . . heard The myriad shriek of wheeling ocean-fowl, The league-long roller thundering on the reef;" thus faithfully echoing their noble resonance-- Audiit innumeros ululara ad litora mergos ; Itninanes fluctus subinersa in saxa, tonantos• „ it The scrupulous exactitude with which the trans is t follows out the lightest turn of phrase, the subtles touch of imagery, could hardly be more sig ll3li c t yet mora delicately indicated, by the way , t i P l il 'p through rome passing reference, here, to ra when— " Rim like the working bee in blossom-dust Blanch'd with his mill, they found;'' Ilium, apis in morem perfuszo polline forum, Alboutem farre inveniunt. t of The original, and the translation, in pai n " fact, might be ahnost taken line fir li e's' here and there, even word for word. is the same—with a difference ! The -c . n g ciency alone discernible in the reflection b e h l , , - 0 that peculiar to many other reflections lvP- ar viewed, as it were, apart, or from without. ra meaning in saying which, we would b e a more clearly indicate, by comparing this n3g3 f reflection of "Enoch Arden" to the refl e ction c ' t any one else's countenance in a mirror, as tb,,,/' reflection appears to our own eyes—not to his when gazing upon it. To us the outlines and P; a , portions of the features of that reflected 0 ' 113 ; 3 1 nance, by t reason of the mere fact of their r evers in reflection (the right side, thereupon, becoming Pr left and the left the right)—the outlines an d 13 ; :o . portions of those features, to our eyes, be it rerocery bered, evidence always an appreciable yet a Y oe subtle distortion. Just such a divergence fro nl symmetrical beauty of the original, we hi ve ir , consciousness of when examining this 133 a u vellous shadowing forth in Latin of " 9 %, Arden"—a divergence, doubtless, hardly reengl a g able to the eye of Professor Selwyn himself, oe e f il, that he is, there, scanning it, so to speak, 0 04°I t i ' a ! the original, like the very alter ego of the Lltir e ` i jo What is, here, far more worthy of note, howev er ', the fact that from the first line to the last, fr°l33 Litorew rupes übi fisss3 in chasms rocedunt, Sic anima inTicta pollens virtuto recossit ; Cum vero efferrant funus, viz lautior unquani Portum per tenuein doducta est pompa sopularl from— , "Long lines of cliff breaking have left a closo3, " So past the strong heroic soul away And when they buried him the little port Had seldom seen a costlier funeral"— r ad throughout the whole (we would say) o f this - oc ti careful, almost conscientious, translation of " En tr of Arden" into Latin, there is manifest on the P 3 ",f0l Professor Selwyn, a genuine love for the g ra° e r labour undertaken by him, together with an o f quisite appreciation of those various beuil 6e : of thought and of diction for which the vei l- y , Tennyson, when at his best, is always so reula rl° lo o Such is the success with which the translaterto here accomplished the task upon which (p 0 with it has been to admirably completed) he ulai rw ety full reason be congratulated upon having a' o / tured—that we are fain to express an earnes t 13(4 0 1 0 one born from this very success of his—a h°l )° blot he may yet be tempted to give the world a f ar /1 1) %t0 work than Enochus Arden—a tranalatioa h it° th e of the poetry, the philosophy, the morality', oci eloquence, the pathos, of all the many exclilis r „ ite l or bewitching beauties appertaining to Alfred •erof, son's incomparable masterpiece, meaningtbe4ol. of course, his grand elegiac poem In 51072°'03e0 In saying which, we would commend this ea co nS l ' hope of ours to Professor Selwyn's gracious deration. Motor's PENNY READINGS.—AnotIiO r t . volume of this charming series of Penni - ,tlO f lugs, gives fresh promise, let us hope, of-4131-006 and yet another. The handy size of the I % i pe; the easy opening of it, the largo & ar ia °' the ample margin, the felicitous sele ct : l - , l3 ti/, pieces—alternately humorous and I)s"edi4" all contrive to render Moxou's Penny illescileAll the 71C plus ultra for those who take part in the and popular entertainments so designatell• 4 , DOI for example, in this additional instahnent,l/0- 001 Selections as perfect as—Tennyson's 0;`; Keats's " Ode to the Nightingale," 1-43031).:siece5', Familiar Faces," Hood's " Domestic .2esll, Locker's " My Neighbour Rose," and P0,0'613;11: laratiug, delightful, radiant, riant " t ')‘l It is a feast with the poets, simply turning che leaves. 0 113 tic ,bratcd D ranl3 l6 o/ Mr. J. W. Anson's celebra , Musical Almanack appears as usual --for I,o' well . up to time in anticipation of Cl irl o ' f 0 1 It is worthy of so distinguished ineioberi3O-00: profession the well-known S •re‘t•try of 1t° 1 , 5 Dramatic College and treasurer of Se the T 4 ' 3 ,: r n ° Adelphi. 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