The Sun.
London, England, 1868-01-17 00:00:00

heavy koorbaj until the wretch who is vicariously
ordering and superintending the infliction of the
torture thinks their endurance has been sufficiently
tested. They are then cut loose and left to be carried
away by their friends. Will such things be credited
in England ? Let Lord Stanley call for a report of
what has been going on in the villages ; not from
the Consul• general only, but from every consul,
vice-consul, and consular agent in the country, with
instructions to refer especially to the treatment to
which the villagers aro subjected, in the collection
of the Government dues, in their persons, property,
and labour, and his lordship will then learn what
Egypt is suffering to-day."

The King of Abyss,nia to the Queen of
England.

The text of the letter, the postage of which Mr.
Bernal Osborne declared in the House of Commons
was likely to cost the nation 15,000,000 :
" In the name of the Father, of the Son, and of
the Holy Ghost, one God in Trinity, chosen by God,
King of King,,, Theodor( s of Ethiopia, to Her
Majesty Victoria, Queen of England. I hope your
Majesty is in good health. By the power of God I
am well. My fathers, the Emperors, having for-
gotten our Creator, He handed over their
Kingdom to the Gallas and Turks. But God
created me, lifted me out of the dust, and restored
this empire to my rule. He endowed me with
power, and enabled me to stand in the place of my
fathers. By His power I drove away the Gallas.
But for the Turks, I have told them to leave the
land of my ancestors. They refuse. I am now
going to wrestle with them. Mr. Plowden, and my
late Grand Chamberlain, the Englishman Bell, used
to tell me that there is a Great Christian Queen,
who loves all Christians. When they said to me
this, We are able to make you known to her,
and to establish friendship between you,' then,
in those times, I was very glad. I gave them my
love, thinking that I had found your Majesty's
good will. All men are subject to death, and my
enemies, thinking to injure me, kille 1 these, my
friends. But, by the power of God, I have exter-
minated those enemies, not leaving one alive, though
they were of my own family ; that I may get, by
the power of God, your friendship.

"I was prevented, by the Turks occupying the
sea-coast, from sending you an embassy when I
was in difficulty. Consul Cameron arrived with a
letter and presents of friendship. By the power of
God I was very glad hearing of your welfare, and
being assured of your amity. I have received your
presents, and thank you much.

" I fear that if I send Ambassadors, with presents
of amity, by Consul Cameron, they may be arrested
by the Turks.
" And now I wish that you may arrange for the
safe passage of my Ambassadors everywhere on
the road.

" I wish to have an auwer to this letter by Con-
sul Cameron, and that he may conduct my Embassy
to England. See how the Islam oppress the
Christian !"—Beeton's Journal, Jan. 18, 1868.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE,

RACING FIXTI
FEBR

RES FOR 1868.
rARY.

Lincoln Spring
Harrow 2O

I Nottingham Spring 25
Derby Spring
WTI.

MA:
Liverpool Spring M 8
Chelmsford Spring M 10
Shrewsbury Spring 10
\Vest Drayton l2
Warwick Spring

Margate
Epsom Spring Touting 21
Croxton Park
Northampton

AP.
Northampton (continued) 1
Bromley • • 6
Aldershot
Durham
Hendon l3
Newcastle Spring
Newmarket Craven

'RIL.
Knighton
Abergavenny
Catterick
Lewes Spring
Think
Curragh April
Newmarket Ist Spring
AY.

Newmark©t Ist Spring
(continued)
Chester 5
Winchester , l2
York Spring
Doncaster Spring

Salisbury
Bath
Croydon Ist Summer
Harpenden
Epsom Summer

West Drayton 1
Croydon 2d Summer
Ascot Summer 9
Windsor Summer
Newton

Hampton
Bibury Club - 23
Curragh Juno
Stockbridge
Alexandra Park 3O

Alexandra Park (con.) 1
Chelmsford
Worcester Summer ... 2

LY.
Liverpool
I Stamford
Huntingdon 2l
I Nottingham July
I Southampton
I Goodwood

Carlisle
Newmarket July 7
Reading
Odikam, l6
AUGUST.

Brighton
Brighton Club 6
Lewes Summer 7
Wolverhampton ll
Stockton
Plymouth
Windsor
Egham lB
Hastings

York August
Oxford
Scarborough 24
Derby Summer
Canterbury
Weymouth
Lichfield
Tunbridge
Margate 3l
IMBER.

SEPT]
Warwick September 1
Abingdon 3
Leicester
Doncaster September 8
Richmond
Kelso l5
Hampton Autumn l5

Hendon l7
Monmouth ..
Newmarket let October 22
West Drayton 29
Royal Caledonian Hunt
and Ayr 3O

OUTi
Royal Caledonian Hunt
and Ayr (continued)... 1
Bedford 1
Bromley
Newmarket 2d October 5
NOW
Shrewsbury Autumn
Leamington and War.

STEEPLE

FEBR
Carmarthen
Birmingham • 11, 12
Lincoln
Harrow 2O
Boston
MAI
Liverpool Spring 3
Shrewsbury Spring.. 10 ••••
Grand Military . 16, 17
War wick l7
Chertsey 2O I
API

Grant National Hunt
(Bedford) 2
Roy. Artillery (Woolwich) 3
Bromley
Aldershot