The Sun. — London, England, 1868-01-01 00:00:00

/ / 'CBE SUN, LONDON. WEDNESDAY EVENING JANUARY 1 , 1.5 t 8. .. // , --. _ a __________ • -- - . _ _ CORRESPONDENCE PROM PARIS. • MAGAZINE DAY. no time . must be lost in ?making careful would give it legislative sanction. By so doing ' LATEST - INTELLIGENCE • s l, LIFEBOAT - eve . --„p____ en Z., --ea- A , the present year the National Lifeboat Institution has investigation in all directions, so as to check any troubling, and the discontent of tenants would be (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) , iillthe Yeers roll on the monthly periodicals; certainly con,- =it . ltk - -,J N. I ..e' ''''''• (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) contributed to the saving of 1 027 lives from various ship ' szt wrecks and 32 vessels from destruction : The Institution premeditated outbreak. The apprehension of these for ever set at rest. Like one of the witnesses be- ------pe-___ . trive to increase and Multiply. The brilliantly parti-coloured final .- - .r thank also expended £29,655 in the same period on its Lifeboat prisoners was so well made thrit they had no notion fore a select committee, Mr. Humus regards land- AMERICA. ,PARIS, TUESDAY, Dec 31. sholver of magazines raining in upon our editorial table cs i , e - -.-... /Ii A. ThEyS TP Establishments, in addition to granting .£2,444 for rewards. . The committee appointed to decide upon the Voltaire as publishing day comes round, evidence conspicuously of the affair, and only one of them escaped for a lords as the tenants' only grievance, and he says, NEW YORK, Dec. 31. The Committee of the institution earnestly appeal to the Statue have at last determined that they will have an en- enough upon every successive New Year's Day the fact of - public for assistance to enable them to meet the continued pointedly, if it come to a question of displeasing The Inman steamer City of London, and the The Queen, accomp anied ll EI heavy demands on their 186 Lifeboat Establishments. short time, and was afterwards.; taken. They have larged reproduction of the one by Hendon, which many of their having become at one and the same time more abun. Ynio.nicteTesEs, Louise 0 31 a . nd Contributions will be thankfully received by the London been remanded, and hence the information which the landlords or losing the Irish nation, he would National steamer Helvetia arrived out to-day. Prince Leopold, rounds yesterday di. ---- 6 — ove in the heosgr and country bankers, and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, your readers may have remarked at the entrance of the dant and more variegated. Foremost among them still is afternoon ; and her Majesty drove out this morning, the authorities received about them may be sup- prefer the former alternative. To morrow being New Year's Day will be ob- Com.6die-Francaise. the sober, ripened "brown" of Blackwood, with its holly- Bs q., at the Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi, London. Mr. HUGHES has based his proposal on the wreath round the head of old Geordie Buchanan. There is accon . ipanie 1 by Princess Christian and Princess served as a close holiday. The Commandant of the Tuileries, General Rolin, who posed to have been correct. So many banded to preced„ent. afforded by the " Perpetual Settle- THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. in 1849 was at the head of General Changarnier's staff, has the almost equally sober, or matter-of-fact " stone colour" Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton. gether in one place could have done a great ment in Bengal, and on this ground the received extreme unction. of Fraser, now for the last year or so published in the Morning Performance every Wednesday and Satur- deal of mischief before any one suspected Spectator has endorsed it. The Zemindar CLOSING PRICES.—GoId, 133 i ; Sterling Ex- . Our sporting men are talking much about a dispute Row by the Messrs. Longman. But besides Maga, and day until Feb. 15. Children i rid schools admitted at did hold a position somewhat analogous to the change on London, 110 ; 5-20 United States Bonds, which the Civil Tribunal of the Seinebas been called upon besides Regina-there are among the old and the new Henrietta of Schleswig-Holstein, attended by the reduced prices to the following parts of the Theatre :- anything wrong, and it is certainly most Stalls, dress circle, and first circle, for Morning Per- fortunate VlSlTORScrs.ernherS of the Royal family walked magazines how many others claiming our notice, not only Dowager Countess of Gainshorough. formanee only. -THIS EVENING (Wednesday), Jan. fortunate that so much prevision should have been Ulster tenant, but his landlord was the- State, and 108} ; Illinois, 132 i ;Erie, 72. Cotton :Middling to decide. M. Charles Laffitte, Baron Niviere, and Khalil Bey carried on a racing stable known as Major by right of their contrasting intrinsic excellences, but even The Equerries in Waiting were in attendance when the State gave him his quasi hereditary rights Upland, 15i. 1, and every evening until further notice, will be per- shown. In consequence of this uutoward affair Fridolin's. A short time since Khalil Bey was anxious to externally, by the rivalry of their no less vividly contrast- upon horseback. formed a new and original Farce, by R. Reece, E' en- en- several persons presented themselves to be sworn in perpetuity for a fixed payment it merely tom- PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 31. itled HONEYDOVE'S TROUBLES. Characters by dissolve the partnership, and applied to the Tribunal ing colours and devices ! There are the " golden hues" of TO li I NOWSLEY.-Prince Arthur 'dews. Jos ph Irving C. Warner, J. Morris ; Mes- in as special constables, and as many as a hundred promised its own claims. Moreover, when it Petroleum, standard white, 24k. of Commerce for this purpose. Decision on the a,pplica- the Cornhill, the " apple-green" of Belgravia, the "blue" • lames Kate Harfleur and ' E. Melville. After which will in all are re nets to have been created. Rumours decreed that sub-tenants were entitled to the same Arrived in London 9.45 a.m., Jan. 1, 1868. tion was reserved, but the other partners, being anxiousto , (with iae b h la c c o l l c o a u n r d ” white ofT emple medallion ßar ,the vignet te] "blood red" d T ” i o n f sl l ey on , c t i h on e be performed the Drury Lane annual grand Christmas . . Privileges, it gave an equivalent for what it exacted Society, the " pale-salmon'' of Macmillan, the " primrose" and Prince Christian will, we understand, visit Lord weed the stable, advertised a sale, and amongst the horses Pantomime, written by E. L. Blanchard, Esq., entitled-- had been afloat . for some time past, but little or no Priv • from the Zemindars. In all this it had no third catalogued was Gontran, well and honourably known on . o E f n t g h u e Bh A w Argos y, , , the "crimson" of the United Service, the Derby at Knowsley next week. The Mayor of Liverpool 'rPAW FEE FO FUM ; or, Harlequin Jack the Giant ARRIVAL OF 'fflE AMERICAN MAIL. Killer. The gorgeously beautiful scenery by Mr. William heed was paid to them until the police received parties to consult, no existing rights were disturbed. racecourses here. Khalil Bey maintained that the sale " chocolate" of the New Monthly, the " grass green" of the has invited their Royal Highnesses to visit t t iii ! it t l f y : i n nstv d ai i nt i a l .. - : Beverky. The characters in the opening : Miss Poole, certain information that led to the decided measures , CROOKIIAVEN, Jan. 1, 8.45 a.m. would be an act of alienation of a part of the capital of Mesdames Edith Stuart, Kate Hartleur, E. Mel- ro effect a permanent settlement in Ireland in the a ti v on he . vine, Carew - Blair, Corri, Amy Herbert, Hall, and The Inman steamer City of Boston, from New the association, and. would diminish his share in the the "cream-colour" of Bentiel 3 miscellany, in g T t h l: their std but of t L it ei ln t o e t r y a e n t d kn t o h w e reported above being taken. In many parts of the way proposed, rights that have never yet been division of the property when a general disposition should Mdll'e. Anais? Tourneur, premiere danseuse ; Mr. Joseph questioned, must be set aside. The landlord must York, is now passing Browhead Signal Station, en and so on through the whole catalogue. Little more than tion hasTheen accepted. be made on the dissolution of partnership. He actor- a passing glance can be accorded to the contents of each ; Irving (his first appearance this season), Messre.Moreland, country great excitement prevails, and unusual J. B. Johnstone, -Naylor, Pennington, iMatcheson ; Master At the Warwick- notens volens be bought off, and deprived of any route for Queenstown. dingly applied for and obtained an injunction to restrain but by means of this passing glance some adequate notion hope leave town to-morrow for Elvaston, to attend the Edward Lewis, Master Frederick Charles, and Master precautions have been adopted. i t na e b v e er a y ffo a r g d r e e c: at f ie t : : :: i m si e t3 ,:;:h t e a r i n e , .. :er l yttz: funeral ,,e o c f ( t ) , l u i: t Czt f es 3 s l o o f un H t i_ir E ri d n g g c to u n m . be has somewhat shire quarter-sessions Lord LEIGH moved that a p owe r in the choice of a tenant or the manage- . -- the sale till the case could be argued before the court. Russell, the living Miniatures; Master Percy Roselle. The Harlequinade includes the services of those popu- . This has now been done, and the tribunal has maintained memorial be addressed to the Secretary of meat of his estate. In fact, it would cease to be his ; CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS. ler pantomimists (forming a treble company), the prohibition. No sale can therefore take place. of public opinion- organs for the most part devoted to the improved in health since her arrival at Cannes ; but her M sera. Bolen() C. Lauri, and Tom Dot, clowns ; State for the Home Department, to the effect that hecould neither sell it nor cultivate it himself. His SOUTHAMPTON, January 1. The funeral of the Due de Luynes, which took place at interests of light literature. ladyship is still in a very delicate state. 3,l.3ssrs. Barnes, ' Morris, and Master Russel, pantaloons ; position would be analogous to that of an Enelish th e mag istrates for the county of Warwick have . . . e The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Dampierre, was attended by a large number of the most Messrs. Cormack, S. Saville, and Alger, harlequins ; Blackwood.-Among all the magazines, Ebony still re- The Earl and Countess of Shaftesbury and Messrs Sidney and Jeliea, sprites; Mdlles. Fanny Lauri, .lord of the manor in his relations with aco hold indignation the outrageous copy hold with the above mails, arrived here this prominent literary and scientific men. M. Taschereau, mains facile princeps, or have . little or nothing of " paddin* g," and are in a great family, Lord and Lady De Ros, and Hon. Alexander and tenant. He would retain mineral, sporting, and superintendent of the Bibliotheque Impdriale, M. de lord paramount. Its contents Ladies Ashley, the Earl and Countess of Warwick and Adele ' Marion, and Eugenie Valckenacre, columbines. viewed with the utmost , The Juvenile Christy's Minstrels : Majilton the Gro- morning with 46 passengers and a general cargo, art literature. n it e s w tw ch o a c p u t rr ers ent th s e e f r o ia u l d s h tori ins es t , a o hn ne en h t as ; Mrs. Baring and family are among the English aristocracy acts recently committed by the conspiracy. Some other manorial rights. Otherwise, in lieu of broad Longpdrier, and the Bishop of Versailles were the speakers tesquo ; and the celebrated Skaters, Madame Fredreka including 3,109 bales of silk, value £290,000. rather unnecessary alterations were proposed by acres h© would possess the right conferred by Act and Mr. Elliott. Stage Manager, Mr. Edward Stirling. at the grave. but recently commenced—" Linda Tressel," of which we at present residing at Nice. The ma-sk., designs, and dresses, from designs by the Mr. NEWDEGATE, and subsequently agreed to. He of Parliament to receive an annual acknow- The Poonah experienced strong north-westerly The news of the death of M. Furtado, the brother-in- The Earl of Clonmell has arrived at Doning humorously-renowned Dyk-Wyn-Kyn. The music selected and arranged by Mr. J. H. Tully. The dances an d action did not wish to be committed to advocating le of what had once been his. gales in the Mediterranean, and across the Bay of law of the late M. Achille Fould, has been circulated here while the other " Brownlows " seems though • , , as it would ton Park on a visit to the Marquis and Marchioness of of the Ballet, and the general business of the children's to-day. I hear that a slight shock of earthquake has been never come to a conclusion. The interest of the plot hams Hastings. b 7alr. John Cormack. Costumes " special legislation." Mr. ADDERLEY took a more With this Parliamentary title he could do Biscay and up Channel easterly gales and squally scenes, arranged y . experienced at Lyons. long since terminated, yet the authoress appears loth to The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone arrived in by Mr. S. May and Mrs. Lawler. Private boxes, comprehensive view of the question, and declared as he liked, but with the land —nothing. weather. wind up the thread of one, two, three, four, and five guineas; stalls, 7s. ; In scientific circles the engrossing subject just now is - the narrative, or to dismiss it as a town yesterday afternoon from Ilawarden Castle, Flint dress circle, ss. ; first circle, 4s. ; balcony seats, 3s. ; pit very truly that if Warwickshire was not impli- Such an interference with existing rights could not eeOn the 24th ult. she spoke the steamer Para- the removal of the Paris Observatory. The present tale that is told, and with it the various characters therein shire. It affords us much pleasure to hear that he feels no 25.; lower gallery, ls. ; upper gallery, 6d. Box-offi . ce possibly be sanctioned in this country. Any introduced. The same spinning out was noticeable in ill effects from the accident to his eye. sated in the matter that the rest of the guay ;on the 28th the Pro building is without decent accommodation for the astro open from ten to live daily. Doors open at half-past six, " Zaidee," and again in " The Athelings"-but in neither scheme that required it would be condemned at the nomers who inhabit it, and its position is such as to render the performance to commence at seven o'clock. Country must still be considered, and all The steamers d Stirling,Palmyra,• Le ea, Thetis, so conspicuously as here in " Brownlows." Yet, for all outset by the conscience of the community. it all delicate observations impossible. I have no doubt the REVENUE RETURNS, the ",,counties of England must assist the Thomas Power, and Lindsay have arrived at Gib- that, to our fancy, there is only one character in the whole TIIHEATRE ROYA L, II A YMARKET. would be felt that a political end was being pursued removal will • • shortly be effected. The most suitable site story that can be fairly said to have mastered our --0-- - Government "to suppress this most detestable • of raltar. appears to be the place now occupied by the windmills at . sYmPa - 1.-The following is an abstract of the gross produce of Sole Lessee, Mr. Bnckstone.by immoral means. But beyond this, the idea thies-meaning thereby honest hearted Jack. As for old THIS EVENING, A WIFE WELL WON. Messrs. Sothorn, Fontenay- i3n:Ritillo:Taglr by every necessary means." At Hull Buckstone, Howe, Kendal, Rogers, Braid, Weathersby, &.c , and . conspiracy placing tenants in permanent possession im- his father, ' Robinson. the Town Clerk has reported that information has practicable, and if practicable would be otherwise left Gibraltar on the 238 ult. for Malta. city. It is supposed that the sale of the present ground Brownlow, he is a veritable old rascal, the pa-s- tinned periods, ending Dec. 31, 1867, compared with sion of whose life is the consummation of a fraud, and the the corresponding periods of the • After which, AN UTTER PERVERSION OF THE of the Observatory would realise five millions of francs. preceding year BRIGAND. Messrs, Compton, Kendal, Rogers, Clark, Braid, been received of such a nature concerning the Water undesirable. In the first place, merely to substi- Gibraltar Exchanges unaltered. hankering of whose heart is for murder immediately the Weathersby, Johnson, &c.; Mesdames Burke, Wright, Dalton, A rumour is flying about to the effect that M. Rouher Works establishment, and their liability to be at- tute this tenure for that existing with tenant-right ____ intended fraud has been rendered impossible by its virtual Quarters ended &c. is to have an interview with various foreign Ministers, to Commence at Seven. tacked by Fenians, that he had applied fora force would be a needless change. Where tenant-right CALCUTTA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIAN see what can be done in the way of giving an indemnity exposure. George Eliot, writhe , ' under the .se d f her last hero, Felix Holt the * Radical, leads u onym o s off Maga ROYAL P Le R 1N C e 1 1'SS'S THEATRE. to protect them. This is a very wise step, for the exists contentment exists, and there is no need to MAILS. to the holders of Mexican Bonds. What foundation there for January with a thoughtful ✓ but dull " Address to March 3!, June 30, Sept. 30, Dec. 31, 1867 1867 1867 1887 Sole ssee and Manager, Mr. Vining. engineer had seen men lurking about the works spend public money in a species of landlord CVIC- SUEZ, Dec. 31. may be for it lam unable to say, but the general idea is Working Men" that there are barely twenty working X - —______ ___ THIS EVENING, Grand Combination of the Two Great - X X 4 Dramas, THE COLLEEN HAWN and THE STREETS OF night after night. Some constables have been ap- The Candid arrivedat 10 t d p.m. o- ay. Renter, at 6or 7f. men in England would have the patience to read through. Customs ~, Excise 5,535,000 5.028,000 4,3 0,000 5,092,000 LONDON. Mr. and Mrs. Dion Boncicault as Myles no, . scheme is to solve the tenant-right question, it must In a discursive and desultory essay upon " Modern Cv ' MALTA, Dec. 31.- ---- Stamps Coppaleen andO'Connor, Eily and Mr. Vining as Badger. pointed to keep a strict watch for three months, • be applied to the tenants at will, and what is to , cism" the writer well remarks that- "There is no Taxes 389,000 1,506,000 27 ,000 1,317,000 Messrs. Dominick Murray, J. G. Shore, G. F. Neville, H. For- and all the workmen have nicism in Shakspere, or rester, H. Mellon, E. Atkins; Misses Elsworthy, E. Barnett , prevent landlords anticipating such a measure by BOILER E XPLOSION CY AT SOUTH SHIELDS. o a t - 0 ,c 1,100,001 1,159,000 1,200,t 00 Ilt 0 000 Rachel Sanger, and Mrs. Addle. constables, and no person is to be admitted to the Marseilles, where she may be expected on the 2d Lytton, or Dickens. Men of this high mental calibre see Crown Lands —.-....—.... Doors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. wholesale evictions, so as to leave them free to Mis,:e, aneous the bright as well as the dark side of human nature, and works without an order from the Mayor or one of cultivate their own lands ? Moreover, how does a January. The Northern Evening Express reports a frightful boiler ---. have too much reverence for Gods creatures to look upon Totals 18,141.871 17,781,9,5 ,14,013,740 17,5,5,930 the committee. One of the most influential meet- tenant in perpetuity diffex from a landlord ; how The Ripon, from Southampton Deo. 20, and the explosion at South Shields yesterday morning. The them as utterly bad and to see no soul of goodness in - 0N ' S THEATRE , Long-acre. boiler was attached to a flour-mill, the property of Mrs.e ' lie 1-1 E E Lessee and Manager, Mr. Alfred Wigan. ings ever held in the city of Bath took place yes- are such tenants to be prevented sub-letting in Massilia from Marseilles 28th, arrived at 11 p.m. them. In the thickest darkness of humanity they die- Quarters ended Tony Waller, of Westoe. It appears that about half-past ee MIS EVENING, Shakspere's Comedy of KATHERINE terday to protest against Fenianism. Letters were perpetuity ; and how are the evils of landlordism yesterday, and left at 4 a.m. to - day for Alexandria. eight o'clock, while the mill was in full operation, the cover some gleam, however faint, of Divine radiance, some AND PETRUCHIO. Mr. H. Irving, Mr. W. H. Stephens; Miss kindly quality that shines through . the gloom ; the touch March 31, June 30, Sept. 30, Dec. 31, E. Terry. read from several persons approving of the move- to be remedied by the creation of two or three -- boiler situated in the engine -house at the rear of thelB66 1866 1868 1863 After which, DOING FOR THE BEST; Mr. J. L. Toole. landlords in the place of one ? The only inch- FRANCE. building suddenly burst. A loud report was heard, and of nature that links to their kind even the basest of men • _ - _ To conclude with THE BIRTHPLACE OF PODGERS; Mr. went. The Court of Quarter Sessions at Surrey, and women. In • like manner such artists as Hogarth, £ £ 4 X PARIS, Jan. 1. instantly the engine-house and the property adjacent was Customs J. L. Toole, venience that Mr. HUGHES would get rid of w0u1d5,'39,000 5,271,0( 0 5,541,000 5,96,,000 Box-office open daily from Ten till Four. yesterday, also carried a resolution unanimously, , • • Gi - owlan Seymour, Tenniel , lraa , R dson, Cruikshank, , Excise 5,481,000 5,44,000 4,540,000 i 5,471,000 De the interference of landlords for political pun- In the audience given to him by the Emperor • laid in rums The boiler in the concussion was forced Doyle, and John Leech, who pourtray the vices, the Stamps which declared the necessity that existed for all men out of its socket and sent with great violence into the Taxes poses. The evil is a great one, but the remedy is Napoleon yesterday, Count von der Goltz, the foibles, and the folly of the people of their day, have Property Tax ) 3 4,000 HOLB 0 R N TIIEA T R E ROY A L. to assist in the maintenance of the laws. All these air. Great excitementprevailedwhen • th;t soof the it was known too violent. In order to give security of tenure, newly accredited representative of the North Ger- not a particle of cynicism in their genius, but teach their I: 'ot- o £ ft e 1,05,000 1,(.70,000 1,16t,000 1,140,000 Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Sefton Parry,workmen were buried beneath the Crown Lands have an effect, and exercise a direct things must nothing less is proposed than a transference of lessons of wisdom in the kindliest spirit. They provoke, miscellaneous THIS EVENING, at Seven, THE TWO POLTS. Messrs man Confederation, spoke as: follows :—" Called ruins. Two men, named respectively John Smith, 18,6 •2,9.,5 Price and Widdicombe. influence upon those who are not committed to ownership. and Robert Ridley, 17, employed in the glass-works ad- -whether us to laugh at snobs, humbugs, false pretenders, and fools Totals _____ After which, the Grand Comic Pantomime of VALENTINE upon by the Federal Constitution to represent tho in high life or in t i low-but they never attenip 17,794985 17,463,141 15,148,038 13,332,935 AND ORSON; or, Harlequin the Big Bear and the Little Fairy. Fenianism. Even in Bengal the permanent settlement is eon- - ... ..• .!... :.... •. _ ___L:.......i -.1..4-- IL- joining, were blown into a field on the opposite side of the . . . s , HOLBORN THEATRE ROYAL. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Sefton Parry. THIS EVENING, at Seven, THE TWO POLTS. Messrs Price and Widdicombe. After which, the Grand Comic Pantomime of VALENTINE AND ORSON; or, Harlequin the Big Bear and the Little Fairy. Mesdames Saunders, Goodall, White; Messrs. Garden, Odell Arthur; Mdlle. Montero, Miss Ellis, Lupin°, Green, and the Great Little Rowena. The House of Representatives apparently is not altogether satisfied with its own work. The much vaunted Reconstruction Act, even in the estima tion of Congress, requires some amendment, and a slight, though not very effective, change has been passed, providing that only a majority of those vot ing, instead of a majority of registered voters, be necessary to ratify or reject the new State Consti tutions in the South. There will be probably greater changes before long in the Act and its ap plication, for the States, both North and South, have had nearly enough of Radical policy. The PRESIDENT has sent a message to the Senate communicating General HaNcocx's order announcing that the law in his district will be en forced, but that the habeas corpus and right of trial by jury will not be crushed, the civil courts upheld, and the rights of the people respected. The PRESIDENT, in his Message, compliments the General on the tone of his order, and suggests that Congress should publicly recognise it. Mr. JOHN SON is no doubt anxious to obtain some public re. cognition of this more moderate system of Southern government. The military officers in so many parts have overridden the civil rights of the people that so temperate and constitutional an order from a General in command is something marvellous. We have by this very mail a sample of the temper in which the Government of the South is too often conducted. The Georgia Convention has recom mended General POPE to remove Governor JEN- KlNS—another of those acts of arbitrary interfer ence which have so completely shaken the public confidence. This news, however, is brought by the New York steamer from New York, on the 19th ult., and since then the Atlantic Cable has told us that General GRANT has removed both Generals POPE and ORD from their commands—so that by a rare incident of poetical justice the fate destined for the civil governor has fallen to the share of his adversary. The financial situation continues to en gross a good deal of public attention. Scheme after scheme is introduced into Congress, discussed, "laid over," or " reported." The latest remedy proposed is by Mr. SHERMAN, from the Senate Finance Committee, providing for the funding of the National Debt in Forty-year Six per Cent. Bonds, principal and interest being payable in coin, redeemable, at the option of the Government, after 10 years and free of taxation. He would also autho rise the Secretary of the Treasury to issue Forty year Bonds to the amount of $500,000,000, the interest to be payable in coin at London and Frankfort, to be redeemable at tie option of Go vernment after 20 years. This Bill has also been laid over till after the holidays, but it is quite evi dent that during this session some decisive measures will be taken to remove the prevailing uncertainty and depression. The most effectual means to re store public prosperity will be the improvement in the political tone, and in this respect, at least, we see already a change for the better. America has, in fact, never fully paid her reckoning for the war; excitement and speculation have prevented the people at large from being sensible how much it had cost them. Now the inevitable reaction has come, the taxes press heavily, enterprise is checked, and confidence dis couraged. It is quite time that all parties addressed themselves in earnest to the task of rebuilding and consolidating rather than of destroying and disor ganising, as the Radicals still seem anxious to do. Even in Bengal the permanent settlement is con sidered by the highest authorities in England and in India to have been an economical error. The same result might have been attained in a better way, in which the State should have considered not only the interests of the tenants, but also those of the community, in the soil. Where the land is not the property of the State, as it was in India, the fee simple must be acknow ledged somewhere, and the possessor of that fee simple must be treated as a free agent. He must be at liberty to sell, to lease, to let, or to cultivate the land as he chooses. We have no interest at stake in Ireland to justify an invasion of this prin ciple. Parliament has it in its rights to see that land is not abused for political purposes. It can even deprive it of political value. For the general good it may encourage the granting of leases,- and give a title to compensation for permanent improve ments. These remedies, and above all the creation of peasant proprietorships, will in time settle the Irish land question. A sudden sweeping settlement at once just and beneficial is impossible. The fact, however, that a man like Mr. HUGHES should pro pose, and a paper like the Spectator endorse one, has an obvious moral for our legislators to do what they can and do it quickly. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Sole Lessee and Mans,geress, Mrs. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, at 7, KIND TO A FAULT. After which will be produced a Grand Christmas Operatic Oriental Extravaganza " THE CALIPH OF BAGDAD " Messrs. Thorne, James, Turner, Murray; Mesdames A. Swanborough, Johnstone, Harland, Holt, N ewton, &c. To conclude with NOTHING TO NURSE. T HEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER. Directress, Mrs. Alfred Mellon. THIS EVENING, UP FOR THE CATTTLE SHOW. After which, at 8, NO THOROUGHFARE. Mr. Fechter (his sth appearance here), Mr. Billington, Mr. H. Neville, Mr. R. Phillips, Mr. G. Belmore, Mr. C. J. Smith, and Mr. Benjamin Webster; Miss Carlotta Leclercq (her sth appearance), Mrs. Airrsd Mellon, Mrs. Billington, Mrs. H. Lewis, &c. Commence at 7. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE New Management. Sole Lessee, Mr. B. Webster; Manager, Mr. H. Wigan. THIS EV ENING, FROM GRAVE TO GAY. Messrs. Ashley H. Wigan, ,Iddison, and C. Mathews; Mesdames L. Moore and Stirling. To conclude with PETTICOAT PARLIAMENT. Messrs. R. Soutar and G. Vincent; Mesdames L. Moore, St. Henry, and E. Farnn, Commence at Seven. In the audience given to him by the Emperor Napoleon yesterday, Count von der Goltz, the newly accredited representative of the North Ger man Confederation, spoke as: follows :—" Called upon by the Federal Constitution to represent tho Confederation in its international relations, the King of Prussia eagerly desires to maintain and develope more and more the relations of good feeling and confidence between France and the Confederate States. This desire is at the same time conform able to the sentiments of sincere friendship which the King entertains towards your Majesty's person, and the orders of the King prescribe to me to fulfil my functions in that spirit." 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Omnibuses every half-hour to and from the City. 4k per Cent. End of month... It&l'an Loan 3 per Cent End of month 6B 32k Mexican Loan ••• 13i Credit Mobilier End of month... 162 50 Spanish Threes Credit Foncier ...1337 N Rome Debt 34 50 End of m0nth...1335 Deferred RAILWAYS. Account Orleans ....• .• . 855 Northern Lyons and Mediterranean Southern..... 550 Western Eastern ............ . • 526} Sardinian Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa Roman — The Northern Evening Express reports a frightful boiler explosion at South Shields yesterday morning. The boiler was attached to a flour-mill, the property of Mrs. Tony Waller, of Westoe. It appears that about half-past eight o'clock, while the mill was in full operation, the boiler situated in the engine -house at the rear of the building suddenly burst. A loud report was heard, and instantly the engine-house and the property adjacent was laid in ruins. The boiler in the concussion was forced out of its socket and sent with great violence into the air. Great excitement prevailed when it was known that some of the workmen were buried beneath the ruins. Two men, named respectively John Smith, 18, and Robert Ridley, 17, employed in the glass-works ad joining, were blown into a field on the opposite side of the railway. The poor fellow Smith was found to have been fearfully scalded all over his body. Ridley had sustained a serious gash on the head, as if he had been struck by something while blown through the air. Meanwhile, the work of overturning the ruins in search of others pro gressed vigorously, but for a considerable time without any results. A pony cart, however, was dug out of the debris. The horse was found to be alive, but the cart was partially demolished. Some idea of the violence of the explosion may be learned from the fabt that at the time of the accident the pony was standing yoked in one corner of the yard adjoin ing the engine-house, and when found the cart was lying upon the top of the pony in the middle of the yard. Those in the glass-works were next inquired after, and on all the names being called over it was discovered that a boy, named. Robert Bens on, was missing. On its becoming known that one of his hands had been seen among the bricks, the most intense excitement prevailed, and the spot was speedily surrounded by excited spectators. In a few minutes more the poor little fellow's lifeless body was lifted from among the debris frightfully crushed and mutilated. The destruction caused by the explosion is something dreadful. Situated between the mill and Mr. Johnson's glass-works, with a strongly-built engine-house enclosing it, some idea may be gathered of the havoc wrought by the bursting of a boiler under such circumstances, and the destruction of property that would ensue. Boiler and engine-house have not only been destroyed, but a great portion of Mr. Johnson's glass-works have been blown down. A tall chimney, between fifty and sixty feet high, connected with the engine -house, has also been laid level with the ground. The force of explosion must have been terrific, the main portion of the boiler having been carried into a field, on the other side of the railway, about 400 yards from the mill. The boiler was blown into three pieces. The bottom part was carried about . 500 yards off, while another piece of it has cut a depth of three r four feet into the earth. It appears to have been liter. torn to pieces.- Blackwood.—Among all the magazines, Ebony still re mains facile princeps, or lord paramount. Its contents have little or nothing of " padding," and are in a great part literature. Of its two current serial stories, one has but recently commenced—" Linda Tressel," of which we have here in three new chapters the fourth instalment ; while the other, " Brownlows," seems as though it would never come to a conclusion. The interest of the plot h.a,s long since terminated, yet the authoress appears loth to wind up the thread of the narrative, or to dismiss it as a tale that is told, and with it the various characters therein introduced. The same spinning out was noticeable in " Zaidee," and again in " The Athelings"—but in neither so conspicuously as here in " Brownlows." Yet, for all that, to our fancy, there is only one character in the whole story that can be fairly said to have mastered our sympa thies—meaning thereby honest-hearted Jack. As for old Brownlow, his father, he is a veritable old rascal, the pas sion of whose life is the consummation of a fraud, and the hankering of whose heart is for murder immediately the intended fraud has been rendered impossible by its virtual exposure. George Eliot, writing under the pseudonym of her last hero, Felix Holt the Radical, leads off Maga for January with a thoughtful but dull "Address to Working Men" that there are barely twenty working men in England would have the patience to read through. In a discursive and desultory essay upon " Modern Cyni cism" the writer well remarks that— " There is no cynicism in Shakspere, or Goethe, or Scott, or Bulwer Lytton, or Dickens. Men of this high mental calibre see the bright as well as the dark side of human nature, and have too much reverence for God's creatures to look upon them as utterly bad, and to see no soul of goodness in them. In the thickest darkness of humanity they dis cover some gleam, however faint, of Divine radiance, some kindly quality that shines through the gloom ; the touch of nature that links to their kind even the basest of men and women. In like manner such artists as Hogarth, Gilray, Rowlandson, Cruikshank, Seymour, Tenniel, Doyle, and John Leech, who pourtray the vices, the foibles, and the folly of the people of their day, have not a particle of cynicism in their genius, but teach their lessons of wisdom in the kindliest spirit. They provoke, us to laugh at snobs, humbugs, false pretenders, and fools —whether in high life or in low—but they never attempt to instil misanthropy, They handle humanity as gently as Isaak Walton did the worm, and love even while they impale it." Immediately after this paper, which com prises within it a rarely-deserved tribute to the wittiest and subtlest of all modern cynics, the Due de la Roche foucauld, we have a thoroughly charming and delightful magazine trifle—a love-story, related in a manner that has about it all the effervescence and sparkle of champagne— " What I did at Belgrade," it is called ; "by Bob Con sidine." But aut Charles Lever aut Diabolus, say we, is this same Bob Considine. If not—never was an always welcome voice more marvellously mimicked. Three other papers there are, making up the initial number for 1868 of black wood : " Sketches in Polynesia," and " The Night Wan derer of an Afghaun Fort," and, to crown all with an apropos political article, an argument on " The Education of the People in England and America," evidently penned by the same able and vigorous contributor to Blackwood who has already for some time past been descanting with so much ability upon American themes, either political or social. 'Whoever may be the writer of them, these Ame rican papers recently appearing in Maga are of sufficient freshness and value to admit of there being eventually collected together, as we cannot but hope they will be, for separate publication. The Cornhill.—Charles Lever continues his " Bram leighs of Bishop's Folly " with all his wonted vivacity. His animated narrative is accompanied, by the way, this month by a most grotesque illustration. Not so is it with the novelist contributing the companion serial—" Jack the Giant Killer"—this January instalment of the tale being embellished with a charming drawing, entitled " Waiting for Papa" —a drawing in which we know not whether to admire the more, the little children confront ing each other, or the kindly expression of the womanly face looking down at the wee one who is " waiting." There are some more suggestive " Chapters on Talk," a bold and trenchant political argument, wonderfully apropos Just now, entitled " Liberty and Anarchy," by Mathew Arnold— a retrospective review of those marvellous old-world novels of " Samuel Richardson ;" and, to crown this far more than average number of the Cornhill, a his torical narrative, by an eye-witness, of " Garibaldi's Last Campaign." Macmillan.—The author of "Friends in Council," the au thor of " The Heir of Redcliffe," and Professor Fraser, lead off Macmillan for the new year with their contributions. Charlotte Yonge's consists of four more chapters of her current serial story, " The Chaplet of Pearls ; or, the White and Black Ribaumont." Arthur Helps's consists of as many additional chapters of his thoughtful and sug gestive " Realmah," while Professor Fraser's paper is a disquisition upon " The Philosophical Life of Professor Ferrier." Besides a dialogue, an idyll, and an essay, Macmillan contains within it this month a pearl of price to all lovers of literature, in the shape of a hitherto un published letter of Sir Walter Scott's—a letter dated the 29th of April, 1814, and written at Abbotsford. Customs Excise Stamp' Taxes Property Tax Pos.-Office Crown Lands Mine lineous Total * Including New Zeala Year ei Deo. 31, 1867. 22,630,000 19,955,000 9,597,000 3,454,000 6,266,90 4,630,000 337,000 2,764,516 68,643,516 id Bonds, £5O, ;nded Deo. 31, 1866. 21,915,000 20,616,000 9,2J1,000 3,463,000 5,451 , ,000 4,370,000 327,000 *3,:540,6i2 I f 8,785,qf 2 0,000 IL—lncrease and Decrease in the periods ended Dec. 31, 1867, as compared with corresponding periods of tho preceding year : Quarter ended Dee] Dine Months ended 31, 1867. Dec. 31, 1867. -- --- Increase. Decrease. Increase. Decrease. X X X 4 Cue oms .. Excise •• Stamps. • . 12,0 L 0 177,000 .. Taxes Prop. rty Tax • . 4240_0 . • 134, , 00 Post-O ffi ce ...... Crown Lands blisoalaneous ............ .-"-... Tote's Net Decrease £506,955 Net Decrease £771,052 Year ended Deo. 3., 1867. • —... Increase. Decrease. 4 4 Cugtoms 715,000 .. Excise • • 661,000 Stamps Taxes Property TAX •• Post Office 255,030 .. t. rown Lands • • Misce•laneouss7B,l46 Totals .. l,O O /7,000: 1,429,146 TTIIO'S GRAINGER? LICENSED VICTIJALL7.II3' TOBACCONIST., F!;:trilF,RD'S-BUSII. frißriNG EDITION Cf 'Tli!.: SUN" can bo cecn t very evening by Ei;ht GI LA, rrulE LATE EDITION of " THE SUN" at JAMES SPEEDY'S, "The Welliugton," Wellington-street, Strand. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, oh. 45m. I Afternoon, 6h. Om. To-Moßßow.-Morning, 6h. 26m. I Afternoon, 6h. 47m ( c""/ ity CT'S •i 3 VA i LONDON, TI ED N ESDA Y , J.l NUARY 1, 1868. Considerable excitement has been occasioned by the capture of some Fenians in Wales, among wham is said to be a head-centre. Eight men in all have been taken and charged with treason felony before the stipendiary justice. PATRICK D;ITAN, the supposed head-centre, has come from IrelAnl, where a warrant had been issued against hia'.. These men were employed in the ironwo:ks or manuEctories in the neighbourhood. Fenianism n Wales is something new, and shows that the mischief has spread far and wide, and that .achT,Axn has a bog for statesmen in its land ques tion, capable of swallowing up any number of poli tical reputations, and of involving inextricably any number of theorists. Mr. THOMAS HUGHES has been the last to attempt the perilous subject, and it will be well for him if, like BUNYAN'S Pilgrim, he come out at the right side of the slough. The proposal of the member for Lambeth is, per haps, the most thorough-going of any yet made to solve the Irish land question. It consists essentially in converting the rent now paid to the landlord into a fixed and sole condition of tenure. That rent he regards as the landlord's right in the soil. Its full value should be ascertained, and it should be secured by an Act of the Legislature. But the tenant, he argues, has also a right in the land. In Ulster and some of the other provinces that right is acknowledged, and the occupier often cells the goodwill of his farm for seven or eight, and, in favoured cases, as much as twenty years' purchase. This right, however, rests wholly on "gracious custom." Mr. nuonES NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. Private letters dated the sth ult., received at Chatham, report that her Majesty's screw corvette Malacca, 13, 200 horse-power, Capt. R. B. Old field, attached to the Pacific squadron, had been on shore in the channel leading into La Por, but was got off on the following day without, it was be lieved, having received any very serious damage. At the departure of the mail the Malacca was at Mazatlan. The Topaze, 31, 600 horse-power, flag ship of Commodore R. A. Powell, C. 8., second in command of the Pacific squadron, had proceeded to sea from Callao under orders for Valparaiso, at which port the Alutine, 17, 200 horse-power, Com mander 11. M. Alexander, had arrived from a short cruise. The Reindeer, 7, 200 horse-power, Com mander E. Nares, was stated to be at Tobago, but was expected shortly to proceed on a cruise. A fatal accident had occurred on board to a seaman gunner, named Thomas Rodgers, who during the night ac cidentally fell overboard from the topgallant fore castle, and was drowned, although several of the sailors jumped overboard and dived for him. The Clio, 22, 400-horsepower, Capt. N. E. B. Tumour, had arrived at Callao. The Pacific Steam Naviga tion Company's steamer Panama, arrived at Pana ma, from Valparaiso, on the 29th of November, bringing the mails and passengers for the French mail steamer which left Colon on the Ist ult. The Pacific Steam Navigation Company's steamer Payta arrived at Panama, from Valparaiso, on the 4th of December, bringing no news of interest. She re ported that Surgeon Archibald L. Arthur, M.D., of the Clio, had been examined by a medical Board, and had been invalided home. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—Lieut. John G. Ilanmer, to the Royal Oak ; Sub-Lieut. G. G. Boys and Sub-Lieut. H. W. iliil, to the Royal Oak ; and Reginald P Cochran, nominated a naval cadet. DEATH OF MR. T. P. TEALE.—Mr. Thomas Pridgin Teale, an eminent consulting surgeon at Leeds, died at his residence at that town on Tuesday, aged 67 within one day. The deceased held high rank in his pro fession, being one of the Medical Council, and also one of the Royal Medical Commissioners. He was likewise a Fellow of the Royal Society. His illness had only been of short duration, and his death was somewhat unex pected. The French Government is about to bring forward a bill Tor granting to the Minister of the Interior the sum of three millions of francs. A portion of the amount will be distributed amongst benevolent institutions, and the remainder will be employed in subsidies for communal works. The Legislative Body will also be asked to place in the hands of the . Minister of War a credit of 400,000 francs to relieve the necessities of the Algerians who have suffered from the late cholera visitation. The articles in Colburn's Magazine are, as usual, short, numerous, and varied. Neither tale, nor description, nor argument is maimed by prolixity. The number opens with an opportune chapter on Abyssinia, historical and descrip tive. This is followed by " Deepdale Mystery," which is carried through three chapters of Part 12, the last of them one of the very best in the series. " About One's First Night at the Play" recalls the importance of the epoch in the lives of a long r6le of illustrious personages when began their experiences of playgoing. How Charles Lamb was inspired with "Artaxerxes," and Schiller neglected the classics for the Ludwigsburg Theatre, and Chateaubriand was stupefied with the first play he beheld at St. Malo are well told. Mr. Cyrus Redding writes vigorously on the " Death Punishment," and the "Fenian Assassinations." While strongly urging that the punish ment of death is inconsistent with the Christian code, this writer considers that Mr. Hardy rendered a service to the nation in carrying out the law on the Fenians as it stands. Archdeacon Wordsworth is taken to task for having preached a sermon in favour of capital punishment founded on a text which equally forbids the eating of- blood. Otherwise the author would plead nothing for the Fenians ; hi condemning them he has, one would hope, exaggerated the spirit of revenge—bad as it is— in the worst examples of Irish character. Of the other articles, "The Ghost of Stanton Hall" will satisfy the lover of mystery ; " From Hawaii to England," and " With the French in Mexico," will please those who like travel ; and the clas sical archaeologist will complain, perhaps, that " Wander ings through Italy in Search of its Ancient Remains," by Craufurd Tait Ramage, LL.D., is so transient a notice. But this is a feature of Colburn that gives its reading the racy flavour. The writers who economise time and space generally produce most. The number before us is a suffi cient illustration of the position. Belgravia.—The purchasers of the Christmas number of Belgravia must be as insatiable as the daughter of the horse leech if they be not contented with the variety of tales is contains. The ball is opened with a couple of chapters of Miss Braddon's " Dead Sea Fruit," a story which it is pleasant to feel is less absurdly sensational than most of that lady's writings. So far none of the characters have met with a violent end or proved themselves graduates of the lowest criminal schools. This is saying much, seeing that the 18th chapter has been reached. " Diana Gay," by the author of "Bella Donna," is also continued, and increases in interest. To these must be added " A Great Ball and a Great Bear," by Babington White, of " Circe " noto riety, " The Queen of the Realm of a Thousand Delights," by Charles Smith of Cheltnam, both only mediocre stories ; " Two Christmas Eves ;" an article on Marriage Settle ments ; " The Ghost's Summons," by Ada Buisson ; and the conclusion of " Lost Sight of," a tale of Corsica, by Astley H. Baldwin. Mr. Walter Thornbury chats in his usual happy way about Hyde Park, and Mr. Sala tells how an over-reaching continental hotel-keeper was brought to his senses by a Grand Duchess. Of poetry the only pieces deserving notice are " Music and Melody," by Mortimer Collins, and "He Stoops to Conquer," by H. Saville Clarke. Beach's " Day After the Derby" is • the entrravipz tbe_uumber. ' DEATH OF PROFESSOR MACDOUGALL—We re gret to announce the death of this gentleman, who has for some time been in a state of impaired health, and who this session was unfortunately unable to resume his usual duties at the University of Edinburgh. Since the com mencement of the present session the Moral Philosophy class has, with the sanction of the Senatus, been taught by Professor Fraser. The late Professor Macdougall was for a good many years teacher of moral philosophy in the Free Church College, and in 1852, on the demise of the eminent Professor Wilson, he was chosen to succeed him as Professor of Moral Philosophy and Political Economy. —Edinburgh Courant. THE WESTERN HERRING FISHERY. Large catches of herrings were made off Plymouth during the past week, and the fish were readily disposed of at from 12s. to 15s. per 1,000. On Friday morning upwards of 100 boats belonging to Plymouth and the Cornish ports landld cargoes ranging from 5,000 to 30,000 Lerrings each. 111 r. Frederick B. Rew, writing in the Times, gives an illustration of the hardship of the terms imposed on the Spanish bondholders. His wife's father bought £3,145 of Passive Stock, some thirty or forty years ago, as a b 0,14 fide investment. The trustees have no power to make the conversion insisted on by the Spanish Government. They can simply sell, they cannot invest in foreign stocks. The capital, therefore, after making no return for thirty-two years at least, is now wrested from them by the high handed conduct of the Spanish Government. So much for the present basis of Spanish credit. The New York correspondent of the Daily News states, on "excellent authority," that the fee' ings toward England of General Grant—about whose election to the Presidency the writer thinks there is little doubt—are not of the most amicable kind. It is even hinted in some quarters that he desires the Alabama controversy to be kept open, for he holds to the opinion that soon or later America and Eng land will be forced. into a conflict, if for no other purpose, for the purpose of settling their relative positions, of de ciding once for all what their relative political strength is ; and he thinks the sooner the struggle comes the better, and that the Alabama case is as good a cause for it as any other. These views, it is stated, are causing some anxiety in New York. "Nobody," in a letter to the Times, points out that it is by the free use of money that a safe passage through Africa will be best secured for the Abyssinian expedition. The African love of gold is inordinate, and any covenant having gold for its basis is sound and indissoluble. The writer knew a chief who walked 400 miles to recover £2. One Quamina owed him that amount, and being shot in a hunt by one Coso, the chief came to the conclusion that the dead man's debt ought to be discharged by the person who had slain him, and he took the walk referred to for the purpose of compelling him to produce the money. If, argues " Nobody," Colonel Merewether will only persist in arranging with the heads of the different people through whose territories the British force must pass, that they shall receive a certain sum monthly or weekly for freedom to the English from annoyance, and will further take care that the money is punctually paid, no fear of treachery, rapine, or murder need trouble his mind. In another portion of his letter, " Nobody," referring to the fact that Debra Tabor has been burnt by the King, points out that arson is a grand African military feat. The regal monster of Abyssinia is trying to reach Mag dala, not for strategic purposes, or for defence, but to burn it. Colonel Merewether should therefore hasten to Mag. dala by forced marches. The chiefs of Abyssinia would attach themselves to his standard the moment he arrived. The troops he has with him would be quite enough for the work, for he need not anticipate the faintest resistance from an enemy in arms. African battalions don't like the " open." The shot which may slay comes fitfully and singly from "the tempting covert," from " the sweet• scented shrubs," where the birds preen their gorgeous tolumAge. 'et Decreas, £1 12,146 lII.—An Account showing the Revenue and other Receipts of the Quarter ended December 31, 1867, the ap plication of the same, and the Charge of the Consolidated Fund for the said Quarter, together with the surplus or deficiency upon such charge : Surplus Balance beyond the charge of the Con solidated Fund, for the Quarter ended September 3 ~ 1867, viz. : Great Britain Ireland --- .£223,273 Income received, as shown in Account I 17,5'45,960 Amount nised on Account of Fortifications, &c., per Act. 28th ind 9th Victoria, cap. 61 Amount raised by the issue of Exchequer Bonds, per Act and 31st Vittoria, cap 31 Amount received in repayment of Advances for Public Works, &c. Ditto for New Courts of Justice Ditto for Greenwich hospital . 15 1 ,000 700,000 439,1'6 145, , o 0 115,445 £19,29:48 1 Balance, being the Deficiency en December 30, 1867, upon the olia”ge of the Consolidated Fund in Great Britain, to meet the Divi dends, and other charges, payable in the Quarter to Mardi 31, le6B £23,3)7,7.7 Deficiency of the Income of the Consolidated Fund in Great Britain in the Quarter to September 3 ~ 1867, for the charge of the Consolidated Fund in Great Britain for that Qu-rter (as shown in the prec ding ac count) Less Amount of Sinking Fund Applie , in Repay ment of Advavccs to meet the said Le niency £672,6A Amount applied out of the Income to Supply Ser • vices Amount A cl. anced for New courts of Justice Ditto for Greenwich Hospital Charge of the Consolidated Fund for the Quarter ended December 31, 1867, viz.:— Interest of the Permanent Debt .£6 , ,t 8,971 'terminable Debt Principal of Exchequer Bills 100 Interest of Exchequer Bills 4?,. 81 Interest of Deficiency Bills The Civil List Other Charges on Consoli dated Fund 7;6,818 Advances forPublicWorks,dro. 238,052 Sinking Fund 10 ',2 9 8,4',3,217 Surplug Balance in Ireland beyond the charge of the Consolidated Fund in Ireland for the Quarter ended December 31, 1867 ... 899,221 223,387,727 LETTER FROM MR. RASSAM. We have been favoured with the following ex tracts from a letter written by Mr. Elormuzd Ras. , sam, dated Magdala, the 28th of October :—" We learn from different letters just arrived from the coast that her Majesty's Government intend to ap point Sir William Coghlan to the comtnaad of the expedition which is to be despatched to Abyssinia to effect our liberation. I sincerely hope that such is the case, and, assuming the intelligence to be true, I lose no time in communicating a scheme which, if carried out, will materially assist the General in his dealings with the native Christians. The Metropolitan died here in prison, on the 25th inst., from disease of the heart, and the Abyssinians are consequently left without a spiritual head to ordain priests and deacons, and to consecrate their churches. According to the rules of the Abyssinian Church, the Metropolitan, or Abuna, must bo a Copt, and must be consecrated to the office by the Coptic Patriarch filling the See of St. Mark, in Egypt. I feel confident that the Coptic Patriarch would consecrate a new Metropolitan for Abys sinia, provided that the Egyptian Viceroy gave his consent, and I fancy our resident Consul-General could readily obtain that. In my opinion the pre sence of a metropolitan for Abyssinia, accompany ing the General in command, would remove many of the difficulties which are likely to arise from our invasion of the country, as the Abyssinians are a very superstitious people, and regard their Abuna in the light of an Angel sent from Heaven. When our army enters Abyssinia you may rest assured that many Jesuit priests will follow in its wake, and the fact of an Abuna being with our people will inspire confidence among the people, and render abortive all the intrigues which will be set on foot to instil distrust regarding our object among the ignorant and fanatical. ii tender this advice, whatever officer may eventually be selected to command the expedition, for I feel confident that the mere fact of the Abuna being with the English, and under their protection, will be a great security against the attempts which will be made to intimidate the peasantry, and which, if successful, will prevent them from coming for ward to supply the force with provisions, and from proffering their manual services, both of which will be very much needed by the invading army. Since I last wrote, in the beginning of September, diffe rent rebel chiefs have been reported as coming to invest this fortress; but thus far nothing has come of their boasting. Menilek, the young new Ring of Shoa, has proclaimed that he intends to attack Mag dala, and he is expected to reach this place with an immense host about the end of the week. I fear that this rumour will prove as groundless as many others which have preceded it. One thing is certain, there is no power at present in Abyssinia ,ab:e to capture this fort from without, unless aided by treachery on the part of the garrison. For the last two mouths the Emperor has only been able to communicate once with this place, through a secret messenger, the whole country between this and Debra Tabor being in a state of great anarchy. A messenger whom I sent to the Royal camp has been missing for a long time. I heard of his departure from Debra Tabor, but he disappeared the day after he left the Royal camp, and I have learnt nothing of him since. The messenger who came from the Emperor three days ago brought me, as usual, a private message from his Majesty, stating that the cause of his pro tracted delay was owing to a great mortar which he had had cast and which he found much difficulty in moving. The messenger left the Emperor at Aibankob, about two ys from Debra Tabor, on the way to Magdala. But this kind of rumour has so often proved false that we hope to be left alone until the arrival of the British force."—Pall-mall Gazette. 211 E OXFORD. The reception obtained by Mr. C. W. Mackney, on Monday evening, was of a very enthusiastic character. He had been long absent from the Ox ford, and he received the greeting of an old friend. Mr. Mackney occupies a peculiar ground of his own, and it is in the versatility of his performances, rather than in the crowning strength of any parti cular exhibition of talent, that he excels. Some of his old songs are so telling that he finds it to be superfluous to substitute others for them the addition of a new verse here and there being sufficient to impart the necessary freshness and point to accepted favourites. Mr. Mackney, as of yore, plays, sings, and dances equally well ; and, after his long absence from the metropolis, his performances are very agreeable. In " The Whole Hog or none " he referred to Mr. Charles Morton's establishment of the modern music -hall, and to his early . professional co operation with him, and otherwise inter spersing this and his other songs with little sallies of Yankee humour. Mr. Mackney's changes of costume are extremely rapid; and dur ing the half hour that he occupied the stage he gave a great variety of impersonations. At the close of his performances, and in response to almost inter minable demands for repetitions, he feelingly al luded to the warmth of his reception, and to his desire to please in every' way during his brief ell, ga gement, bL'