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London, England, 1865-01-16 00:00:00

CRYSTAL PAL (CE. - TO-MORROW
(TUESDAY) to FRIDAY ONLY.—UNUSUAL
A HUSE3IENTS. Arrangements :--
Band of the Company at
The Wiz ar. Ps Performances , 2.30
Le Petit Blondin and Pantomime s.o
(treat Organ Performance
The Menagerie Open all day.

NOTE.—The above combined attractions cannot be con-
tinued after Friday next.

Open for Admission from Ten till Six.
SHILLING DAY.

MR. and Mrs. GERMAN' REED, with Mr.
JOHN PARRY, in THE RIVAL COMPOSERS. in
which the Sisters Pry will .appear, with THE BARD and
HIS BIRTHDAY; and to cone ude with MRS. ROSELEA.F
AT THE SEA-SIDE. By Mr. John Parry. Eve, y Evening
(except Saturday) at Eight ; saturday Afternoon, at Three.
- -ROYAL GALLERY OF ILLUSTRATION, 11, Regent-
street. Unreserved seats, ls., 28. ; stalls, Ss. ; stall spring
chairs, ss.
OPERA DI CAMERA, the SOLDIER'S LEGACY, by
Mactarren, and TOO MANY COOKS, by Offenbach. Every
TUESDAY and T HURSDAY, at Three.

rTI lIE U X FORD,
3. 6, OXFORD STREET, W.
The Oxford and Canterbury Hell Company (limited).

ORPHEE AUX ENFERS (Offenbach's brilliant Opera
Comique), is achieving an unprecedented success. Vide, the
Song "K.ng of Bceotia ;" " The Hymn to Bacchus ;" and
the spirited "Hilliho " Chorus, by Eurydice, Diana, Cupid,
and chorus; the aide-splitting "Couplets," by Minerva,
Diana, Venus. Cupid, Pluto, and Chorus; and final Minuet
and Galop. Principal characters by Misses Russell, Fitz-
henry, Barrie, -Tyrrell, and Walmsley; Messrs. Greene and
Lascelles.
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Also,— the new Cantata, KING CHRISTMAS, written by
Litchfield Mosely. Esq., and composed by Herr Meyer Lutz,
expressly for tuts estaclishment ; and NORMA. Norma,
Miss Rutseli ; Adalgisa, Madame Maria.
Musical Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans.

Comedy, by Mr. WILLIAM RANDALL, Mr. GASTON
MURRAY, LITTLE 808, SESTIL LION, and all the pro-
curable Talent of the day.

CANTERBURY HALL.
The Oxford and Canterbury Bail Company (limited).

HODGE PODGE,
the most extraordinary Christmas Entertainment in Lon-
doa (inclulng the whole strength of the establishment),
every even)ng at half-past Nine o'clock.
The usual Operatic Selections by Kisses Russell, Barrie,
Hays. Godden, ; Messrs. Lascelles, Harland, Beaumont,
Kimberley, etc.
Musical Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans.
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Extra Comedy by Mr. and Mrs. Randal`, Mr. Hilton,
Stacey, Woodman, Little Bob, &c.

ROYAL CAMBRIDGE MUSIC HALL,
Commercial-street, Shoreditch.
(Close to the Great Eastern TerminusN
Sole Proprietor, Mr. G. W. NUGENT.
SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS.
Operatic Selections, &c. Prima Donna, Miss ELLISON.
The Comic strength of the Company includes ANNIE
ADAMS, NELLY POWER, J. G. FORDE, WEST, GEO.
LEYBOURNE, Mr. HERBERT, J. F. ALEXANDER and
Family; LES FRERES CAVALLINI, the great Italian
Clowns and Gymnasts, from the Cirque Napoleon, Paris,
their first appearance in England.
Permanent prices—Area, 4d. ; balcony, Gd. ; stalls, ls.
Manager and Conductor, Mr. C. GdE VILLE.

MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION.
established 29 years at the Bazaar.:Baker-street
NEW ADDITION.—A Full-length PORTRAIT MODEL
of ISIULLER, taken from life, and corrected from the Cast
taken by Doctor Donovan, is now added to the Chamber of
Physiognomy.
Open, on Boxing Day only, from 10 a.m. till 10 p.m,; other
days from 11 a.m. till 5 p m., and from 7 sill 10.
Admittance, One Shilling ; extra rooms, Sixpence.

ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street,
Piccadilly.
GRAND CASINO. CONCERT. First time in England,
Gungl's new German Toy Waltz. Prince Imperial Quadrille,
Huguenots, Robert le Diable, William Tell, and a variety of
Dance Music.
Conductor; M. LUIGI CURTI.
Admission, One Shilling.
Manager, M. GRENET.

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GLASS AND CHINA,
147, HOUNDSDITCII.

IEFRIES and SONS' TABLE GLASS,
Cut and Engraved. of the choicest designs.

REFRIES and SONS' DINNER, DESSERT,
and Tea Ware, of the newest patterns.

REFRIES and SONS' LUSTRES, TAZZAS.
and Flower Vases for the present season.

TIEFRIES and SONS' CHANDELIERS.
_ILY for the Dining-room, in Bronze, Ormolu, and silver.

D.
EFRIES and SONS' CHANDELIERS'
in Crystal, for the Drawing-Nom, for Gas or Candles.

nEFRIES and SONS' CHANDELIERS,
V in Crystal, in the Venetian and Grecian designs, for
India.
DEFRIES and SONS' SPECIAL DESIGNS
in Lamps for India.

DEFRIES and i SONS' WALL LIGHT
Chandeliers, in Crystal, for India (Registered).

REFRIES and SONS promptly execute CLUB
Mess, and General Furnishing Orders of China, Glass,

REFRIES and SONS supply. MERCHANTS
with Pattern Books and Special Designs.

DEFRIES and SONS have just added Five
o f • New Snow-Rooms to their extensive Minuiactory.
They have nnw on show the largest aesortment in the world
of the above goods of their own manufacture.
MANUFACTORY AND SHOW-ROOMS,
147, Houndsditch.

TEETH. DENTAL SELF-MANAGEMENT.
A brief exposition of Mr. ESKELL'S patented in
vention in the ovnstraction of Artificial reeth. Free on sp.
plication, or by post on receipt of one stamp.-8, Grosvenor•
street, Bond-street.

PRIZE ME D A L.—INTERNATIONAL
EXHIBITION, 1862.
FRANCIS TUCKER sr CO., Wax Chandlers, dro.,
To the Queen and the Prince of Wales.
(Established 1720.)
The Jurors' Report on Wax and Church Candles, in 1882,
testifies to the excellence of the quality of Messrs. Tuckers'
manufacture.
A distinguished Dignitary, in a letter addressed to Francis
Tucker and Co., on the subject of
WAX CANDLES with PLATTED WICKS,
says:--
" 1 have found them fully equal to the recommendation
which you gave them, and can sincerely, in my turn, I com-
mend them to the clergy for the use of the altar."
Finest quality, with latted Wicks, patented.. 2s. 2d. per lb.
Ordinary quality .. • • .. .. is. Od. per lb.
VEGETABLE CANDLES, with a Mixture of Wax.
Best quality .. Is. sd. per lb
Second quality •. ls. 3d. per lb.
Third quality .. .. • • .. •. .. Is. ld. per lb.
Carriage paid in London on Orders of Five Pounds in value.
FRANCIS TUCKER AND CO.,
South Molton-street, Grosvenor-square. Manufactory—
Kensington (Established 1730).
The largest Establishment in England for the Manufacture
of Wax Candles for the use of the Altar.

THE BENEFACTOR OF THE SKIN.-
MOLLARD'S
perfumed Toilet Sulphur Soap and
Cream, highly pz.tronised by the faculty, nobility, and gentry.
Nothing equals the properties and qualitles of the Soap No.
1 for ordinary toilet purposes, and of Nos. 2 to 5 in all cases
of cutaneous affections or rheumatism.
Perfumed toilet cream, cold cream, and pomatam for the
hair.
Barege cream for sulphur baths, without any disagreeable
odour.
All these preparations may be had at the central depot,
221 A, Regent-street, London, W. ; and at Messrs. Newbery
' and Sons, Barclay and Sons, Edwards, Keating, Sang-,er and
Son, Jozeaunetti, and all chemists. Pamphlets and testi-
monfals tree on a plication.
Agent for Edinburgh—Mr. John M`Kay, chemist. 119,
George-street.

DR. SCOTT'S LIVER AND BILLIOUS
PILLS.—A NEVER. FAILING REMEDY.—Pre-
Jared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr.
•,cott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who
-uffer from bilious and Liver nomplaints, indigesticn, wind,
,Fasma, giddiness, dizzinera of the eyes, dm For habitual
vativeness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier
)1 the blood, they are truly excellent ; mild in their opera-
'ion and grAteful to the stomach, they create appetite, pro-
mote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system.
sold by W. Lambert, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross.
London, and by most druggists, in boxes,lB. lid., and three
times the quantity in one, 2a. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr.
Soott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square
green package. with " William Lambert," engraved on the
statue.

ROYAL FREE lIOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road,
in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail-
way Terminus, King's-cross.
Patron—Her Most Gracious Maje.sty the QUEEN.
Vice-Patron—His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, K.G
President—llis Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCH, K.G.
This Hospital, founded in the year 1828, the first to estab-
lish the princip'e of tree admission to the sick poor, 'without
the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders. is whoPy de-
pendent for support on voluntary contributions and 1 gacies.
It affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in
addition to this, the average number of attendance of the
destitute sick has for a con iderable period averaged between
3,000 and 4,000 weekly.
Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward Illas-
rerman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co. ;
Drummond and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; Berries and Co. ; Ransom
and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ;
Barclay and Co. ; W Mani's, Deacon, and Co.; Overend, Gur-
ney, and Co.; Nisbet and Co. , Berners-street ; I. Barned and
Co., Liverpool ; and at the Hospital. from 10 till 5.
fivairogD EMIT U, Segretary,

" A year fertile in events has passed away. In concert
with his Majesty the Emperor of Austriawe have succeeded
in acquitting ourselves of a debt of honour which had been
frequently recalled to our recollection, and with regard to
which sentiments •traditional in the memory of the entire
country had been called forth. An honourable peace has
been won by the brilliant valour of our united armies.
" Encouraged; by the satisfaction with which our people
casts a retrospective glance upon this success worthy of
Prussia, we turn our hearts with humility towards God,
whose blessing has enabled me to give thanks, in the name
of the country, to my army for its exploits, which equal
those of its most glorious military annals. After N years
of peace, broken only by honourable but short campaigns,
the education and discipline of my army, the utility of its
organisation and of its armament, have been brilliantly
tested by the war of last year, which the inclemency of the
season and the valiant resistance of the enemy will render
for ever memorable. Owing to the existing organisation
of the army the war was enabled to be carried on without
our being compelled, by calling out the Landwehr, to in-
flict injury upon the relations of labour and of family among
the people. After such experience it is more than ever my
duty as a Sovereign to maintain the resent arrangements,
and to develop them upon the exisitag basis, so as to impart
to them greater perfection. I may expect that both Houses
of Parliament will afford me their constitutional assistance
in accomplishing this duty.
" The development of the navy also creates special
obligations. By the part it has taken in the war the navy
has acquired just rights to my gratitude, and has proved
its high importance to the country. If Prussia desires to
fulfil the high mission imposed upon her by her geographi-
cal situation and her political position it is requisite for her
to give her navy the fitting development, and not to refrain
from making considerable sacrifices for this purpose.
" Acting upon this conviction, my Government will lay
before you a bill for the augmentation of the fleet.
"The duty of provided for those soldiers whose health
has been impaired in the field, and for the families of those
who have fallen, will find legitimate expressions in the
presentation of a bill for the pensions of invalids, which I
hope will meet with a favourable reception at your hands.

" I have been enabled to put an end to the concentration
of troops upon the Polish frontier after the suppression of
the insurrection in the adjoining country. The moderate
but firm attitude of my Government has sheltered Prussia
from the encroachments of the insurrection, while the com-
petent tribunals have sentenced persons guilty of isolated
participation in tendencies aiming at the separation of a
portion of the monarchy.
" The prosperous state of our finances has enabled us to
carry on the war against Denmark without being compelled
to have recourse to a loan. This result must arouse great
satisfaction. It has been obtained by economical and far-
sighted administration, and above all by the considerable
surplus of the public revenue during the two last years.
" After striking the balance of last year my Government
will lay before you a complete report upon the subject of
the costs occasioned by the war, and the sources from
which they have been met.
" The budget of the current year will be laid before
you immediately. It concludes the increase of revenue
expected to arise from the new land and industrial tax.
While confining itself to the tried limits of a prudent
estimate, my Government has also been able to place
the other branches of revenue at an augmented amount.
It has thus been enabled, not only to re-establish equili-
brium between the revenue and the expenditure in this
budget, but also to allot considerable sums to meet the new
requirements in all branches of the administration. Besides
the general accounts respecting the budgets 1859, 1860, and.
1861, which will be again laid before you, you will also re-
ceive the accounts for 1862, in order that the Government
may be released from the same.
" The labours for the ulterior regulation of the land tax
have been completed within the prescribed period, and in
a satisfactory manner. I am happy to acknowledge that this
result is solely due to the zeal and efforts which have been
made in all quarterfi to arrive at a solution of this difficult
and laborious question. The preparatory labours of the tax
upon buildings are also very greatly advanced, and only
now require definitive approval.

" My Government does not cease its efforts that the same
progress could be realised in the different branches of pro-
duction, and that care should be taken to extend and im-
prove the methods of communication. The bill for a gene-
nil regulation of roads will again form an important item of
your deliberations. Several bills will also be laid before you
for the extension and completion of the railway system.
"My Government has had the preparatory technical
works executed for the construction of a canal between the
North Sea and the Baltic across Holstein and Schleswig,
which should be constantly navigable for merchantmen and
vessels of war of all dimensions. In view of the importance
of this great undertaking to the interest of commerce and
of Prussian shipping, my Government will endeavour to
guarantee its execution by a participation of the state in
the expenses it will occasion. More detailed communica-
tions will be made to you upon this subject at the close of
the preliminary deliberations.
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of this branch of industry.
" The ordinance dictated by the interests of our com-
merce and our maritime ports pending the duration of
the war, relative to extraordinary duties upon the flag,
will be laid before you in virtue of an ulterior authorisa-
tion. My Government has succeeded in removing the
obstacles which threatened to compromise the existence
of the German Zollverein at the expiration of the period
fixed by treaty. The treaties concluded with the Govern-
ment of his Majesty the Emperor of the French have
obtained the adhesion of all the Governments consti-
tuting the Zollverein, and the customs treaties have been
renewed with some modifications justified by experience.
These treaties, together with the arrangements upon the
subject of the wishes expressed by one of our allies in
the Zollverein, will be laid before you for the purpose of
obtaining your assent. The negotiations which, in conse-
quence of these treaties, and in accord with the Govern-
ments of Bavaria and Saxony, have been entered into with
Austria, with the view of facilitating and reciprocally de-
veloping business, permit the hope of a speedy result. The
work commenced by these treaties with France in August,
1862, and the execution of which has been pursued since
that time with equal perseverance by my Government and
that of his Majesty the Emperor of the :French, is thus
approaching a conclusion which will open a vast field to
commerce, and, by the common development of prosperity,
will afford a fresh guarantee for the amicable relations of
neighbouring nations.
" I cannot allude to the exploits of my army without
expressing -my :satisfaction with, and cordial acknow-
ledgment of, the deeds of the Austrian troops. As the
soldiers of the two armies have shared their laurels toge-
ther in the fraternity of arms, so the two Courts have con-
tinued united in the complications that have ensued by a
close alliance, which has found a solid and durable basis in
my German sentiments, and in those of my august ally.
In these sentiments, and in fidelity to treaties, is to be
found the guarantee for the preservation of the tie which
connects the German States and secures them the protec-
tion of the Confederation.
" The peace with Denmark has given back to Germany
her disputed northern frontier, and has restored to the in-
habitants of those countries the possibility of taking an ac-
tive part in our national life. The task of my policy will
be to secure this conquest by institutions which shall faci-
litate the honourable duty of protecting this frontier, and
allow the duchies to employ and turn to account their re-
sources in the interest of developing the land and sea forces
of the common country.
" In the maintenance of these legitimate claims I shall
seek in their fulfilment to combine both the well-founded
demands of the country and of the Sovereigns. In order,
therefore, to gain a secure basis to judge of the legal ques-
tions in dispute I have requested the law officers of the
Crown, conformably with their duties, to give a legal opinion
upon the subject. My convictions on the legal side of the
question, and my duty towards my country, will assist me
in my endeavours to come to an understanding with my illus-
trious ally, with whom I at present share the occupation
and the care of a regular administration of the Duchies.
" It affords me lively satisfaction that the complications
of the war have been confined within a narrow compass,
and that the dangers which might have threatened Euro-
pean peace have been averted. The re-establishment of
diplomatic relations with Denmark has commenced, and I
entertain firm confidence in the formation of those more
friendly and more profitable relations which so thoroughly
conduce to the natural interests of the two countries.
" Our relations with all the other Powers have not been
in any way troubled, and continue to present the most
agreeable and most satisfactory character.
"Gentlemen,—It is my earnest wish that the difference
which has arisen within the last few years between my
Government and the Chamber of Deputies should be
brought to reconciliation. The memorable events of 186,1
will have assisted to enlighten the public mind upon the
necessity of improving a military organisation which has
passed through the test of a successful war.
"I am resolved still to respect and uphold the rights the

Report on the Turkish Budget.

(From the Levant Herald of Jan. 4.)
In anticipation of its official publication in full, the fol-
lowing summary of the Grand Vizier's voluminous report
on the budget will be read with interest. We have also
before us the report of the Minister of Finance on the same
subject, but this is little more than a paraphrase of the
" remarks' appended to the figures of the statement as pub-
lished by us a fortnight ago.
The report begins by stating that although the budgets
for the different departments were delivered in March last,
yet, owing to . the delays in the collection of revenue, the
statement of ways' and means was necessarily kept
back till the month of September. The budget had
been fully discussed by the general council, com-
posed as usual of the Ministers, the chiefs of ad-
ministration, and the members of the grand council of
justice. It appeared from the report of the Finance Minis-
ter that owing to improvements introduced in all the
branches of the administration, both the operations and ac-
counts of the Treasury were perfectly regular and in good
order. This result, however, could only be obtained by the
extinction of the floating debt and the abolition of paper
money. The natural consequence has been the increase of
the consolidated debt, bringing with it an increase on the
sums necessary for the payment of interest and the sinking.
fund ; notwithstanding this, the increase had been met by
a corresponding incsase of revenue, so that in spite of ex-
traordinary expenses amounting to 166,000 purses, the
budget shows a surplus of 46,500 purses.
In consequence of the nature of these increased expenses,
punctual payment was absolutely necessary, and it was
therefore equally necessary to secure punctuality in the
payment of the receipts. Now, agriculture being the
principal source of the taxation, the contributors could only
acquit their obligations by first selling and exporting the
products of the soil, the consequence being an inevitable
delay in the collection of the revenue, so that the receipts
actually realised during the year were not sufficient to
balance the expenditure; thns, not withstanding that almost
the entire of the estimated arrear may be considered as
good, embarrassments and difficulties had arisen to the'
Treasury, and rendered necessary its resorting to extraor-
dinary measures, and meeting the temporary deficit by tem-
porary loans. The Finance Minister having made a recom-
mendation to that effect, it had been taken into serious con-
sideration by the council. It was evident the receipts of the
state could not meet its expenses unless those receipts were
punctually paid ; owing to the absence of such punctuality,
occasional deficits occurred in the budgets of all govern-
ments, and although the deficit in the Imperial budget
was rather longer than in some others, the causes were still
strictly temporary. The council had examined with great
care the various sources of revenue. One part of the re-
venue consisted of fixed imposts distributed among the sand-
jaks, the kazas, and the villages. These imposts being in
proportion to the population, ran no risk of diminution.
There did not seem any probability of exaggeration in the
estimate of the excise ; still it was possible that there might
be defalcations; these were taken into account and valued
at 5 per cent. on some revenues, and 3 per cent. on others.
It was therefore possible to make an approximate
estimate of the temporary deficit, which was fixed at from
30,000 to 40,000 purses. The council had then taken into
consideration the actual receipts realisable in the year. It
appreared from strict examination that out of 3,245,000
purses, the total figure of receipts in the budget from
2,500,000 to 2,550,000 purses constituted the sum likely to
be actually received during 12 months, and a sum of from
700,000 to 750,000 purses would be in arrear. If the receipt
of that sum could be calculated upon during the six months
succeeding the financial year, it would have met the ex-
penses, but it could not be thus calculated upon ; several
years would probably expire before it could be realised.
In calculating the resources of each year for the future,
it would be necessary to take the sums received during
each year on account of the revenues of that year, and to
add thereto the sums received for arrears ; the total so
arrived at would form the basis of the calculation of each
year's receipts. The collection of revenue may be placed
in three categories—the first, taxes from sources wholly
realisable during the year; the second from sources partly
realisable during the year ; and thirdly, the arrears re-
covered from past years. Taking for a basis the receipts of
the year 1280, theAe three categories would be represented
as follows :—First category, 1,060,000 purses ; second,
1,485,000; third, 395,000 purses—making a totalof 2,931,000
purses. Measures had been taken to facilitate the collection
of revenue for the future, but upon the foregoing basis and
comparing the expenses of the same year, which amounted
to 3,205,008 purses, it would be seen that above 270,000
purses of expenss were not met by corresponding receipts.
Now the revenues of 1280, if required in full, would amount
to 3,245,000 purses; there would be a difference between
the revenue and the receipts of about 300,000 purses due
to the Treasury. Even supposing the whole of this sum to
be recovered, it would take at least three years to collect
it, while the obligations of the state must be met at once.
Hence had arisen those financial difficulties which have
now been happily surmounted. Taking all this into con-
sideration, it had become necessary, in view of a balance
of receipts and expenditure of 1280 to reduce the ex-
penditure so as to meet the deficit of _the year, namely,
270,000 purses. So many reductions had already
been made in every department, that it was difficult to make
further reductions without injury to the public service ;
nevertheless, confiding in the duration of a general peace
and of the prosperity of the empire, the council had dis-
cussed several proposals for temporary reductions. The
expenses of the Circassian emigration would be reduced
one-half ; further, the populations offering to give up to the
Treasury one quarter of the advances guaranteed on the
Verghi, that sum would only form a trifling item in next
year's budget. The second part of the budget, relating to
temporary expenses, would admit of considerable reduction,
so that a total reduction of 250,000 purses would be arrived
at, out of which 212,000 purses might be considered as
already saved, and the rest would be saved at the begin-
ning of next year. As to the year 1281, the amount of the
arrears to be collected would be taken as the basis of the
calculation, so that by means of the temporary reductions
and the adjournment of certain expenses, the balance for
the year would be duly regulated. Thus by reducing the
3,205,000 purses, the expenditure of the year 1280, by the
225,000 purses of reductions, the expenses would be reduced
to 2,980,000 purses, which compared with the estimated re-
ceipts of 2,991,000 purses leaves a surplus of expenditure of
about 49,000 purses. Still, by further reductions :and by a
more active collection of arrears it is expected that an equi-
librium would be attained. At all events, the receipts of
1281 would show an increase over the preceding year of
262,000 purses. In future years, when the arrears were
fully brought into the account, and taking into account
the presumed increase of revenue, a profit would arise which
would be set apart under the title of funds of amelioration ;
part of such funds would be devoted to the regulation of
adjourned expenses, and the rest to the development of the
public wealth and of the means of communication and of
general instruction.
In this way an equilibrium will be arrived at between the
general receipts and expenditure ; nevertheless there might
still be unfavourable balances in the separate departments
for which it would be necessary to provide. The floating
debt had been reduced from 800,000 to 200,000 purses ; of
the 600,000 so paid off 400,000 had been paid off by the funds
allotted for that purpose ; the remaining 200,000 had been
met by the Treasury out of the general revenue, and a
further sum of 250,000 would have to be so met hereafter.
The Treasury therefore would require 500,000 purses to
regulate this account. These considerations had been
daily discussed by the council and unanimously adopted.
The report concludes with some suggestions for the regu-
lation of the floating debt, the sinking fund, and the pay-
ment of the On-scheliks.

The Sheffield Independent of Wednesday says the
police at Rotherham are now investigating a case in which
a servant girl is charged with making an extraordinary
attempt to poison her mistress. The latter had reprimanded
her, and it is alleged that the girl afterwards put strychnine
into some cream which her mistress was going to use, but
fortunately did not.
Let them take this report of the Union Post-
master-General and compare it with that of the rebel Post-
master-General, an abstract of which we lately published.
While the Union official announces a receipt of 12,438,253
dols. for the past year, the rebel official acknowledges that
his department has not yielded 3,000,000 dols. ;during the
same time.—New York paper.
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tained to a perfect hurricane on Saturday, such as
has not been equalled for many years. On Friday
night the wind, accompanied by heavy showers of
rains and falls of sleet, which had previously blown
from west, changed to south-west, and thus fit con-
tinued all night.

In the docks, and in various parts of the Pool,
the captains of the large merchant and other vessels,
profiting by the experience of the force of the gale
on Thursday and Friday, took extra precautions to
ensure the safety of their vessels by stronger moor-
ings, and for additional safety many of the smaller
craft were tied securely to each other. Even under
these circumstances some serious accidents occurred.
About eleven o'clock in the morning a barque,

belonging to Goole, but the name of which
could not be ascertained, broke from her moor-
ings above bridge, and in the excitement of the
moment, and the wind at the time blow-

ing a hurricane, became totally unma-
nageable. She drifted with the force of the
current very swiftly on to about fifty barges which

lie moored at the Surrey side of the driver, and the
collision was so violent that two men employed on

board fell over. Every exertion which could pos-
sibly be fa-ant the tide was made to save the poor
fellows, but they disappeared immediately. A re-

port was, however, current on Saturday night that
one of the men had saved
,himself by clinging to

some chains. Below bridge several accidents oc-
curred by vessels slipping from their moorings and
coming into collision with each other.
The river during the whole of Saturday overflooded
the banks, and at Lambeth, Vauxhall, and Battersea

many of the streets leading to the river were flooded
and rendered impassable. The works of the Thames
Embankment were also seriously interrupted by the
force of the hurricane and the great height of the
water, and at that portion of the works between
the Temple and Somerset-house, where the embank-
ment is already formed, the water had completely
reached the top of the groundwork. If the water
had risen a few feet ',higher serious damage to the
works must have resulted. The top of the temporary
stagings on which all the machinery, engines, &c.,
for carrying out the works are placed, was also
reached by the water, and the greatest precautions
had to be taken to avoid accident, the force of the
wind being frequently so strong as to render it a
matter of no small difficulty to retain a firm footing.
In addition to the serious accident by the falling
of a chimney stack (reported below), there were
also two others—one at Wandsworth, by the fall-
ing of a wall, and another at Kingsland, where a
house in course of construction was blown down. In
the latter case a man named Treems was knocked
down, and sustained a fearful scalp wound. In
various parts of the metropolis severe damage was
occasioned by the falling of chimney stacks and
pots, and the parks were also damaged,
. Yesterday the gale had slightly moderated, but a
strong wind was still blowing.
About four o'clock on Saturday morning, when
the gale was blowing with great violence, a loud
noise was heard in Plumtree-court, Holborn. The
court is a densely populated thoroughfare, leading
from Shoe-lane into Holborn, and the house where
the accident occurred, numbered 23, was rented by
a Mr. Watson, who let it out in tenements. The
top of the house was occupied by three married
couples ; on the second floor were a man and a mar-
ried couple ; on the first floor a father with his two
children and another man were sleeping ;

and on the ground floor slept Mr. Watsor

and his wife. At the time mentioned the
wind blew with such power as to force down one
of the shafts on the premises of Messrs. Pontifex
and Wood, and in its descent it completely carried
away another of less dimensions. The •direction of
the fall was towards Plumtree-court, where the
ponderous pile of brickwork fell on the house
already named, forcing the roof completely in, and
causing each floor to fall in succession. A large
portion of the back wall of the Angel-yard, Farring-
don-street, was knocked down, and the iron roof of
the foundry of Messrs. Pontifex was torn to pieces.
From the quantity of dust flying about it was im-
possible at first to see what had occasioned so much
alarm ; and but a few minutes elapsed before seve-
ral fire-engines and an escape were on the spot, as
it was conjectured that a fire had broke out. The
extent of the calamity was then discovered, and the
cries of the poor creatures buried in the ruins were
most distressing No time was lost in endeavouring
to extricate them—a task performed chiefly by the
police. In a little more than an hour all the unfor-
tunate inmates were found. One man and his wife
named llagar,were at once removed to the hospital,
having received severe scalp wounds and fractures ;
and at half-past 12 a message was forwarded to tell
those friends who wished to seethem to do so at once,
as their case was hopeless. Another man named J.
Martin was also sentto the same hospital severely in-
jured ; and the wife of the landlord (Mr. Watson)
was likewise taken there in consequence of internal
injuries. She and her husband were sleeping at the
back of the house, and both were precipitated down
the kitchen stairs and were taken out of the area in
front. An elderly woman named Catherine Fitz-
gerald fell from the attic in her bed to the basement,
and, as in the case of the other lodgers, was much
shaken and hurt. It is needless to say that the loss
to the poor creatures is severe, all their furniture
being broken to pieces. In some instances clothing
ad to be procured for them from the workhouse.

Our Portsmouth correspondent writes : A
strong gale sprung up from the south-west on Fri-
day, and continued with but slight intermission
until late on Saturday night. The only serious
casualty we have heard of at present, however, is
the following :—The schooner Ocean, of Plymouth,
name of the master not known here, was coming
up channel, on Saturday night, bound for Sunder-
land, and laden with clay. By some miscalculation
not explained she got too closely in shore, and struck
the ground on a dangerous shoal near the entrance
of Langstone harbour, about four miles from Ports-
mouth. The sea broke over the ship with great
violence, and the crew took to the rigging for safety,
but one man and one boy were washed overboard
and drowned. The master and two men were after-
wards rescued by the marine artillery boat at Fort
Cumberland, manned by fishermen. The vessel
now lies with her hull just under water, and masts
standing, but there seems to be no hope of her re
covery."

HOLYHEAD, Saturday Night.
About 9.30 a.m. a vessel was perceived in a dan-
gerous position between the Clipera Rocks and
Penrhyn Point. The wind was fearfully high, and
the sea very rough, and had the ship parted her
cable she must inevitably have become a wreck.
The lifeboat of the National Lifeboat Institution
was therefore at once sent out to her. As it VMS
evident that the only method of saving the vessel
was to run her to Perunanarch, that she might be
in a sheltered position and on the sand, four of the
crew of the lifeboat were put on board her and ran
her there safely. Aftenthe lifeboatleft the vessel a
furious hurricane came on and capsized the boat,
and although she self-righted very well, and in a
very short tune, unfortunately, one of her crew,
Willdrowned, being one of four
who
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to regain the boat, the remaining three
, was
were picked up by a steam-tug which came to their
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these men. The hurricane that upset the boat
was considered by Al persons as quite equal
to the violence of the wind on December 3,
1863. The barometer that morning, was at 28.40.
The vessel proved to be the schooner Henry Holman,