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

THE PUBLIC HEALTH.

The weekly return of the Registrar-General states that
in the week that ended on Saturday, December 23, 3,079
births and 3,130 deaths were registered in London and in
12 other large towns of the United Kingdom. The annual,
rate of mortality was 26 per 1,050 persons living. The
annual rate of mortality last week was 21 per 1,000 in
London, 30 in Edinburgh, and 22 in Dublin; 21in Bristol,
29 in Birmingham, 32 in Liverpool, 32 in Manchester,
23 in Salford, 29 in Sheffield, 23 in Leeds, 23 in Hull, 27
in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and 32 in GlasgoW. In London
the births of 887 boys and 814 girlie., in all 1,701 children,
were registered in the week. • In the corresponding weeks
of ten years 1837.66 the average number, corrected for
increase of population, is 1,918. The deaths registered
in Loudon during the week were 1,433. It was the
fifty-second week of the year, and the average number of
deaths for that week is, with a correction for increase
of population, 1,595. The deaths in the present return
are less by 162 than the estimated number. Six hundred
and eighty-two persons died under 20 years of age, 197
were 20 and under 40, 227 were 40 and under 60, 239 were
60 and under 80, and 68 ,were 80 years of age'and upwards.
Zymotic diseases destroyed the lives of 239 persons, 237
of whom were under 20 years of age. • Whooping-cough
was the most fatal disease in the zymotic class, and caused
the deaths of 53 children. Fifty deaths occurred from
measles, 30 from scarlatina,, 17 from smallpox, 12 from
diphtheria, 52 from typhus, and 11 from dial-theca.
On the first four days of the week the mean temperature
was above, and on the last three below the average. The
highest day temperature was 43.9 deg., on Sunday, the
22nd of December. The lowest night temperature was
29.4 deg., on Monday, the 23rd of December. The mean
degree of humidity of the air was 94, complete saturation
being represented by 100, which point was attained on
Thursday, the 23th of December. According to a return
furnished by the engineer of the Metropolitan Board of
Works, the average daily quantity of sewage pumped into
the River Thames at the Southern Outfall Works, cross-
ness, was 41,332,333 gallons, or 188,020 cubic metres
equivalent to about as many tons by weight.
THE YEAR 1867.
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The annual rates of mortality, per 1,000 persons living,
in the great cities of the United Kingdom during the pas
year, arranged in order from the lowest. are as follows
In London 23, Bristol 23, Birmingham 24, SheillAd 25,
Hull 25, Leeds 27, Edinburgh 27, Dublin 27, Salford 29,
Glasgow 29, Liverpool 30, Manchester 31, Newcastle-on-
Tyne 31. The mortality shewcd a decrease in nearly all
the towns upon the rates which prevailed iu 1860. Among
the towns which did not suffer from the cholera epidemic
kst year the improvement was most marked in the borough
of Leeds.

In London during the 52 weeks comprised in the returns
of the present year the births have been 112,2G4, and the
deaths 70,588. The births in the year 186 G were 107,902,
and the deaths 80,129.

Some important variations have taken place in
the prices of commodities. In the cotton market the price
of fair Surat, which was about 121 d. per lb. on the Ist of
January, is now about Sd. In the wheat market, where
a rise of Hs. was established in 1865, followed by a fur-
ther rise of ills. 6d. in 1866, another advance of about 9s.
has been upheld, the price, which on the let of January
was 665., being now 155., making a total advance in three
years of 365. 6d.
AN IRISH FACTION FIGIIT. —A faction fight
occurred on Saturday after the fair at Newport, county of
Tipperary, between two rival road contractors and their
assistants, who made a numerous must:r cf men and
women on both sides. It was fortunately interruptod by
the arrival of a party of the Royal Irish Regiment, but
serious injuries were inflicted while the melee lasted. Two
were dangerously wounded. F0u1...0f the combatants have
been sent to Bridewell.

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EDINBURGH CASTLE.—OiI Atonally niorning, be-
tween two and three o'clock, a portion of roc, weighing
several hundredweight, fell with a tremendous crash on
the road leading round by the south side of the Castle.
There was no one near at that early hour, but the noise
attracted the attention of the policeman on the beat, who
reported the circumstance at the central office. In the
course of Monday Mr. Macpherson, the burgh engineer,
made an inspection of the rock. Mr. Waddell, of the War
Department, has given instructions to have any loose
portions of rock that remain immediately removed.—
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-1-4 the present year the National f investigatii in in all directions, so as to check any
troubling, and the discontent of tenants would be (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) ,
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) , Ali bib rein roll On the monthly periodicals certainly cone
contributed to the saving of 1,02‘ lives roTmhvalinosutsitushtirn
for ever set at rest. Like one of the witnesses be- _4,,,_
las to increase andmultiply. The brilliantly parti-coloured Gra " - " "
wrecks and 32 vessels from destruction.
.premeditate,sl outbreak. The apprehension of these
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EeldJby
s :Cry:, tint LI T.
also expended .£29,655 .in the Baru, period on its Lifeboat
fore a select committee, AIL HUGHES regards land- AMERICA. PARIS, TUESDAY, Dee 31. sho'iser of Magazines raining in upon our editorial table
of
frisoners w. Is so well made that they had no notion
The committee aPpointed to decide upon the Voltaire as publishing day comes round, evidence conspicuously
Establishments, in addition to.grl.neting.£2,44forrewtaortdhse.
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 .
Statue have at last determined that they will have an en- enough upon every successive New Year's Day the fact of
The Queen, acicioEmßpailnli
Prince Leopold, drove in the°sg
public for assistance to enable them to meet the continued .
short time, a n
dwas afterwards taken. They have pointedly, if it come to a question of displeasing The Inman steamer City of London, and the
lagged reproduction of the one by Houdon, which many of their having become at one and the same time more shun- .4t,,,:cf: a. a:s
Br 00 iticiNensEis
Louise
yesterday
ya
afternoon ; and her Majesty drove out this morning,
heavy demands on. their 186 Lifeboat, Establishments.
your readers may have remarked at the entrance of the dant and more variegated. Foremost among them still is
been remancle, d, and hence the information which the landlords or losing the Irish nation, he would National steamer Helvetia arrived out to-day.
Contributions will b© thankfthy received by, the London .
and country bankers, and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis,
the authorities received about them may be sup- prefer the former alternative.
To-morrow being New Year's Day will be ob- Comddie-Francaise. the sober, ripened " brown" of Blackwood, with its holly-
accompanied by Princess ChristitatntteanuddedPbriynetehses
Esq., at the Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi, London.
Mr. HUGHES has based his proposal on the
served as a close holiday. The Commandant of the Tuileries, General Rolin, who wreath round the head of old Geordie Buchanan. There is
rnsree d„ent. afforded by the " Perpetual Settle-posed to have been correct. So many banded to-
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. in 1849 was at the head of General Cha,ngarnier's staff, bas the almost equally sober, or matter-of-fact " stone colour"
Henrietta of Schlesw
THEA T R E ROYAL, DRLIRY-LANE.
'cite. in Bengal, and on this ground the received extreme unction.
Our sporting men are talking much about a dispute of Fraser, now for the last year or so published in the
gether in one place could have done a greattci I
sole L.,,:ee and
CLOSING PRICES.—GoId, 1331 ; Sterling Ex-
has endorsed it. The Zemindar
Row by the Messrs. Longman. But besides Maga, and
Morning Performance every Wednesday and Satur- deal of mischief before
.any one .
,suspec e
Spectator
it is certainly most
change on London, 110 ; 5-20 United States Bonds, which the Civil Tribunal of the Seinehas been called upon besides Regina—there are among the old and the new
day until Feb. 15. Children and . schools admitted at
anything wrong:, and
did hold a position somewhat analogous to the reduced prices to the following parts of the Theatre :
Stalls, dress circle, and first circle, for Moming Per- fortunate that so much prevision should have been
Ulster tenant, but his landlord was the State, and 108} ; Illinois, 1321; Erie, 72. Cotton : Middling to decide. M. Charles Laffitte, Baron Nivibre, and magazines how many others claiming our notice, not only Dowager Countemssb:
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
walked
formauco only. - THIS EVENING (Wednesday), Jan.
when the State gave him his quasi hereditary rights Upland, 151. •
fi3:l7:lo= lzdthdee:iiscreashly ;fhtehreeirazott:s,,s=c=s(t)-f upon:ih ioorts:learant
Fridolin's. A short time since Khalil Bey was anxious to
1, and every evening until further notice, will
,he per- shown. In consequence of this untoward affair
illL.,,,tioierAgLroultds.
VISITORS TO ---KNOWSLEY.—Prince Arthur
formed a new and original Farce by I:. R.ece, Esq., en several persons presented themselves to be sworn in perpetuity for a fixed payment it merely coin- PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 31. dissolve the partners,hip, and applied to the Tribunal
Wed .110NEY.DOVE'S TROUBLES.i' J. Characters by
Messrs. Jos ph Lying, U. Warner, Motils , Dios- 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 applica- the Cornhill, the " apple-green" of Belgravia, the "blue"
and Prince Christian will we understand, visit Lord
tyt otii•itottf, .tl.,oizrzorl_
lames Kate Harfleur and E. lelvlle. After which will . decreed that sub-tenants were entitled to the same tion was reserved, but the other partners, being anxious to (with black and white medallion vignette) of Tinsley, the
it gave an equivalent for what it exacted Arrived in London 9.45 a.m., Jan. 1, 1868.
weed the stable, advertised a sale, and amongsty the hnorsoens
Society, the
tchoelo,u,
pea'
be performed the Drury Lane annual grand Christmas in all are reported to have been created. Rumours
Bar,"pale-salmon'' ill tahcein'i'llbalnoo, "blood-hreed,':
pofriLinornodsono,
Pantomime, written by E. L. Blanchard, Esq., entitled
catalogued was Gontran, well and honourably know
.--O.A.W FEE FO FUM ; or, Harlequin Jack the Gi!int had been afloat for some time past, but little or no Privileges%
from the z4cm:ndars. In all this it had no third
ARRIVAL OF THE AMERICAN ,MAIL. Killer. The gorgeously beautiful scenery by Mr. William heed was paid to them until the police received
parties to consult, no existing riglito were disturbed. racecourses here. Khalil Bey maintained that the sale of the Argosy, the " crimson" of the United Service, the Derby at Knowsley next week. T
CRowurAvEN, Jan. 1, 8.45 a.m. would be an act of alienation of a part of the capital of " chocolate" of the New Monthly, the " grass green" of the has invited their Royal Highnesses htoe
Englishwoman's, the "cream-colour" of Bentleys Miscellany, in their stay, but it is not yet known whether the invita-
Boverl,y. The characters in the. opening : Miss Poole,
To effect a permanent settlement in Ireland in the
1103nfuaptyub/:: meansfforil,
opinion-
fioin of tos::laoLeinster and the Hon Henrytan-
the. !ssociation and would diminish his share in the
Meedames Edith Stuart,. hate liarfleur, E. Meld- certain information that led to the decided measures
, The Inman steamer City of Boston, from New
aanpdasssoinoangtlharnocueghcanh
be catalogue.ewahcocloerded to the
contents L i ttle m
of each
lion
ihieaspbueekneaocfeeted.
vine, Carew, Blair, Corgi, Amy Herbert, Hall, an above being taken. In many parts of the Irights that I •
way proposed, have never yet been reported
division of the property when a general disposition should
Mdlie. Anais Tourueur, premiere danseuse ; Mr. Joseph.
questioned must be set aside. York, is now passing Browhead Signal Station, en The landlord must made on the dissolution of partnership. He accor-
n passingc:ir
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of 0 somestta
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arrival
oaluvn:ruaasstt
hoeciia,fn:tvtiose eseabnsarrtut;
somewhatebny attend a
hnt the
Irving (his first appearance this season), Messrs•Mmelalid, country great excitement prevails, and
Warwick-
he J. B. Johnston©, Naylor, Pennington, Mitcheson ; Master
miens volens be bought off, and deprived of any route for Queenstown. dingly applied for and obtained an injunction to restrain
these very agreeable, and, some of them, very able organs The Countess of Mount-Edgg *b h
recautions have been adopted. At the a
luster Frederick Charles, and Master P
the sale till the case could be argued before the court.
Ttd"-BaZ.l Leowill'vi:\j-stMiniatures ; Master Percy Roselle. shire quarter-sessions Lord LEIGH moved that a power in the choice of a tenant or the manage-
This has now been done, and the tribunal has maintained
The darlequinade includes. the services of those popu-
CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS.
sts (forming' a treble company), memorial be addressed to the Secretary of meet of his estate. In fact, it would cease to be his ;
SOUT. HAMPTON, January 1. the prohibition. No sale'can therefore take place.
Alexander and
I%''ir ,sl.-7101,,imnoi, C. Lauri, and Tom Dot, clowns ;
State for
.the Home Department, to the effect that he could neither sell it nor cultivate it himself. His
Warwick hay, position would be analogous to that of an Encrlish T p • The funeral of the Due de Luynes, which took place at interests of light literature, ladyship is still in a very delicate state.
Messrs. Barnes, Morris, and Master Russel, pantaloons;
0 he Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Dampierre, was attended by a large number of the most
she=ers. Cormack, S. Saville, and Al gar, harlequins;
lord of the manor in his relations with aco svliold Blackwood.—Among all the magazines, Ebony still re- The Earl and Countess of
the magistrates for the county of
Attancal:leys, /I,:lr2(lieL(fte,.(trirll)aentootalinlitieloonf.a
Messes. Sidney and Jeliea, sprites; Mdlles. Fanny Lauri,
v.
d
1 s Poonah, with the above mails, arrived her© this Prominent literary and scientific men. M. Taschereau, mains facile princeps, or lord paramount Its contents
superintendent of the BibliotUque Imp6riale, M. de . g padding, and are in a great
Adele Marion, and Eugenie Valekenacre, columbines. viewed with the utmost indignation the outrageous
tenant. He would retain mineral, sportinz, and
have little or nothin of " • ~ wick and
The Juvenile Christy's Minstrels : Majilton the Gro- acts recently committed by the conspiracy. Some
morning with 46 passengers and a general cargo,
other manorial rights. Otherwise, in lieu of broad Longpdrier, and the Bishop of Versailles were the speakers
, 1 celebrated Skaters, Madame Fredreka
part literature. Of its two current serial stories, one has Mrs. Baring and family are among ' • •
tesque - ai., the .
Manager,M Edward Stirling. rather unnecessary alterations were proposed by . h -ld including 3,109 bales of silk, value £290,000.the English aristocracy
and Mr. Elliott. Stage r.acres eis ou possess the right conferred by Act at the grave. but recently commenced—" Linda Tressel "of which at present residing at Nice
The masks, 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- have here in three new chapters the tough inst we
' ' *
ahnent ; 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 and action
- did not wish to be committed to advocating led€,,ment 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 as though 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 has Hastings.
Jahn 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 by Mr.
experienced at Lyons. long since terminated, yet the authoress appears loth to The Right Hon. W arrived •
W. E. Gladstone in
by me. S. Slay and Mrs.
five. Private bo!.e.s,
comprehensive view of the question, and declared as he liked, but with the land nothing. weather. t .. wind up the thread of the narrative or to dismiss it
In scientific circles the engrossityr subject jus now is as a townyesterday
afternoon from Hawarden Castle, Flint-
one, two, three,.. four,. and guineas; stalls, i s.. ;
Such an interfere
if Warwickshire was not impli- nee with existing rights could not On the 24th ult. she spoke the steamer Para- ' b tale that is told, and with it the various characters •
dress circle, ss. ; first circle, 4s. ; balcony seats, 3s. ; pit very truly that
the removal of the Paris Observatory. The presentaracters therein shire. It affords us much pleasure to hear that he feels no
2s. ; lower gallery, Is.; upper gallery, 6d. Box-office
sated in the matter that the rest of the Possibly be sanctioned in this country.
Any guay ;on the 28th the Propontis. building is without decent accommodation for ti: e astro- introduced. The same spinning out was 'noticeable in ill effects from the accident to his eye.
open from ten to five daily. Doors open at half-past six,
scheme that required it would be condemned at the nomers who inhabit it, and its position is such as to render
" Zaidee," and again in "The Athelinge—but in neither
tperformance to commence at seven o'clock. country must still be considered, and all The steamers Ledea Stirling, Palmyra, Thetis,
here ' " ~
so conspicuously as in Brownlows. Y.t, for all -
outset by the conscience of the community. It all delicate observations impossible. I have no doubt theREVENUE 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
HEATRE ROYA L, II A YMARKET.
Sole Lessee, Mr. Buekstone.
THIS EVENING, A WIFE WELL WON. Messrs. Sothcrn, suppress this most detestable Government "to sut
conspiracy would be felt that a political end was being pursued i
by immoral mea,ns. But beyond this, the idea of I
by every necessary means." At llull • . . . . ra tar. removal • • .
will shortly be effected. The most suitable site
appears to be the place now occupied by the windmills at story that can be fairly said to have mastered ours yrnpa-
thies—mea,ning thereby honest-hearted jack. As for old
I.—The following is an abstract of the. gross produce of
The troopship Orontes, with batteries of artillery, Fontenay-aux-Roses, which lies on the south-west of the the Revenue of the United • '
Kingdom m the undermen-
Kendal, Rogers, Braid, Weathersby,,tc, and placing tenants in permanent possession is un-
Brownlow, his father, he is a veritable old rase
Buckstona, Howe,
city. It is supposed that the sale of the present ground . al, the pas- tinned periods, ending 1 1867
Robinsca- the Town Clerk has reported that iuformation has practicable, and. if practicable would be otherwise left Gibraltar on the 23d ult. for Malta.
810 n of whose life is the consummation of a fraud, and the the corresponding • Dec.*
, , compared with
which, UTTER PERVERSION OF THE
of the Observatory would realise five millions of francs.periods of the, preceding year :
After AN
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 _________L________
Aveathersby, Johnson, ece.; Mesdames Burke, Wright, Dalton,
A rumour is flying about to the effect that M. Rouher intended fraud has been rendered impossible by its virtual
Works establishment, and their liability to be at- tote this tenure for that existing with tenant-right
Quarters ended
,tc.
is to have an interview with various foreign Ministers to
Commence at Seven.
, exposure. George Eliot, writing under the pseudonym of
tacked by Fenians, that he had applied for a 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 her last Felix Radical, ym
hero, Holt the leads off Maga
RO YA L, PR I s NCESS'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 31, June 30, Sept 30, Dec. 31,
1867 1867 1867 1867
spend public money in a species of landlord evic- may be for it I am unable to say, but the general idea is
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Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining. engineer hid seen men lurking about the works SUEZ, Dec. 31. Working Men" that there are barely twenty working X 4 4 X
THIS EVENING, Grand Combination of the Two Great . tion to make the content more contented. If the that it will be proposed to convert the bonds into French men in England would have the patience to read through, Customs . 5,827,00a 5,499,000 5,5 2,000 6,102,000
Dramas, THE COLLEEN BAWN and THE STREETS OF nlg 1I t ft • ht Some constables have
a er nig . - The Candia arrived at 10 p.m. to-day.
Rentes, at 6 or 7f.
5,535,000 5,028,000 4,3 0,000 5,092,000
In a discursive and desultory essay upon " Modern Cyni- t-xacmi',eis
LONDON. Mr. and Mrs. Dion Bouciea9 as Myles na .
tadt Is,strictwatch three months e keep a
MALTA, Dec. 31.
Coppaleon and Eily O'Connor, and Mr. Vining as Badger. poi
cism" the writer well remarks that— " There is no Taxes 389,000 i,506,000 27 ,000 1,3 i 7,000
Messrs. Dominick Murray, J. G. Shore, G. F. Neville, 11. For-
and all the workmen have been sworn in as special rhe Bangalore left at 11 p.m. yesterday for cynicism in Shake ere or Goethe, or Scott, or
set Pg,oritkeTax •• • • 2,156,000 1,577,000 648000 885,000
rester. 11. Mellon, E. Atkins; Misses Elsworthy, E. Barnett,prevent landlords
anticipating such a measure by BOILER EXPLOSION AT SOUTH SHIELDS,
Rachel Sanger, and Mrs. Acidic. constables, and no person is to be admitted to the Marseilles, where she may be expected on the 2dLytton, or Dickens. Men of this high mental calibre see Crown Lands
45
Doors open at half-past G, commence at 7. wholesale •'•
evicsions, so as to leave them free to
3.lls..et.aneous-.... 1,087,871 402,925 719,740 55:,',96J
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 God's creatures to look upon
Totals ........ 18,141.871 17,781,9;5 J 4,1,13,710 17,5,5,9 i 0
the committee. one of the most influential meet- tenant in perpetuity differ from a landlord ; how The Ripon, from Southampton Dec. 20, and the explosion at South Shields yesterday morning. The
them as utterly bad, and to see no soul of goodness in -
QUEEN'S TREATYmu E : Long-acre. .
boiler was attached to a flour-mill, the property of Mrs.
'no 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
Lessee and ~ anager, r. Alfred Wigan,
Tony Waller, of Westoe. It appears that about half-past
AND IMV,WIN' 211.Pfrcei.ns.,,V VY. sitceiZrE terday to protest against Fenianisna. 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
kindly quality that shines thretigh 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 the . 1864 l&O 1866 186 i
After which, DOING FOR THE BEST; Sfr. J. L. Toole. landlords in the place of one 1 Theonly 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. menu. The Court of Quarter Sessions at Surrey,
J. L. Toole.
yesterday, also carried a resolution unanimously, venience that Mr. HUGHES would get rid es' would PARIS, Jan. 1. instantly the engine-house and the property adjacent was Customs
Gilray, Rowlandson, Cruikshank, Seymour, Tenniel, Exci,e 5,13,2,000 5,2 1,0( 0 5,541,000 5,06, 000
5,481,000 5, 41,000 4,5.:0,000 5,17 i 'OOO
Box-office open daily from Ten till Four.
id in ruins. The boiler in the concussion
was forced
be the interference of landlords for political pur- In the audience given to him by the Emperor la
Doyle, and John Leech, who pourtray the vices, the TaxesStanif's
which declared the necessity that existed for all men
out of its socket and sent with great violence into the
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 .... ;,914,000 1,597,000 633 000 13 4 000
II OIsI3OItNTIIEAT R E R 0 Y A L. to assist in the maintenance of the laws. All these too violent. In order t • • ' accredited ''.
r North
r i Great •
air.excitement prevailed when it was known
t t,' 1 of c nicis •genius b hth •
no a par ic e y min their b, but teach their cost-oftt e
o give security oi tenure, newly represensasive of the kxer- that some of the workmen were buried beneath the, CroWn Lands
Soio Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Sefton Parry. things must have an effect, and exercise a direct no •
lessons of wisdom in the kindliest spirit. They provoke MisceliancollB •• • • 1•354965 349661 *953,(4U8 69.3 Z
THIS EVENING, at Seven, THE TWO POLTS. Messrs thing less is proposed than a transference i
(.) man Confederation, spoke as, follows :—" Called ruins. Two men, named respectively John Smith, 18,
Price and Widdicombe. influence upon those who are not committed to ownership.
and Robert Ridley, 17, employed in the glass-works ad- us to laugh at snobs hum. , p
humbug false retenders, and fools
Totals
17,792,965 17.46:1.ent INI. a t A A 1 o 1,....'
After which, the Grand Comic Pantomime of VALENTINE
upon by the Federal Constitution to represent the .. . _ .......41, I,mi, 14. ,-,”
-- - - - -- -
AND ORSON; or, Harlequin the Big Bear and the Little Fairy. Fenianism. Even in Renrrel +1,,,---..........., __ ,e,

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; Mlle. Montero, Miss Ellis, Lupino, Green, and the
Great Little Rowena.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Manageress, 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, Newton, &c.
To conclude with NOTHING TO NURSE.

lIE A Tit E ROYAL, ADELPIII.
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 appear:Luce here), Mr. Billington, Mr. H. Neville, Mr. R.
Phillips, Mr. G. Delmore, Mr. C. J. Smith, and Mr. Benjamin
Webster: Miss Carlotta Leclercq (her sth appearance), Mrs.
Alfred Mellon, Mrs. Billington, Mrs. H. Lewis, itc.
Commence at 7.

viT) OYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE,
New Management.

'Soic LEs,e;), Mr. B. Webster ;-Manager, Mr. 11. Wigan,

TIES EV ENING, FROM GRAVE TO GAY. Messrs. Ashley
H. Wigan, ,Addison, and 0. Mathews; Mesdames L. Moore and
Stirling.

To conclude with PETTICOAT PARLIAMENT. Messrs. li.
Soufar art<lo. Vincent; 3lesdanies L. Moore, St. Henry, and E.
Farren.

Commence at Seven.

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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 HANCOCK'S order
announcing that the law in hi 3 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, diszuss3d,
" laid over," or " reported." The latest remedy
proposed is by Mr. SIIER3IAN, from the Senate
Finance Committee, providing for the funding of

the National Debt in Forty-year Six per Cent.
Bonds, principal and intertst being payable in coin,
redeemable, at the option of the Government, after

10 years and free of taxation. lie 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 b 3 redeemable at t'ae 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,
iu 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.

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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 impossii.de. 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.

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
upo❑ by the Federal Constitution to represent the
Confederation in its international relations, the
King of Prussia eagerly desires to maintain and
clevelopemore and more the relations cf 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."
The Emperor replied :--
"In notifying to me the new functions with
which you are invested as the representative of
the Confederation of the North, you renew the
assurance of the friendship of the King of Prussia.
I thank you for it. On my part I embrace the
opportunity with pleasure to confirm the good
undetetauding existing hetwpnn the twn Govern-
ments. I beg of you to be the interpreter of my
sentiments to the King. Having been able to ap-
preciate the high qualities which distinguish you,
I do not doubt that you will continue as hereto-
fore to exert all your efforts to maintain between
the two countries that friendly understanding which
is the pledge of their prosperity and a guarantee
for the peace of Europe."
Count von der Goltz was afterwards received by
the Empress.
BOURSE, Dec. 31, Three o'clock. .-The market
closed as follows :

4i per Cent.
End of month... Itr.l'a.n Loan
3 per Cent
End of month 6B 32i Mexican Loan ... 131
Credit Mobilier
End of month... 162 50 Spanish Threes
Credit Foncier ...1337 50 Home Debt 34 50
End of m0nth...1335 Dtiferrod
RAILWAYS• Account
Orleans ...
N orthern
Lyons and Mediterranean
Southern.....
Western
Eastern • 526k.
Sardinian
Austrian
Lombard
North of Spain
Saragossa
Roman

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. B. 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 Mutine, 17, 200 horse-power, Com-
mander H. M. Alexander, had arrived from a short
cruise. The Reindeer, 7, 200 horse-power, Com-
mander E. Name, 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 let 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 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 d6bris. 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 fact 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 four
feet into the earth. It appears to have been lit': torn
to pieces.

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
for 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.

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-
dD iaasbaon always l u s
welcome
, say we, is this
samein Bob Charles
I f n Leverot— ne antv
r w
voice more marvellously mimicked. Three other papers
8 ie." But
Considine. a u t
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 2iTaga 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.

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THIS DAT.—Morning, sh. 45m. I Afternoon, 6h. sm.
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The Cornhill.—Charles Lever continues his " Bram-
ieighs 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
cipropos 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 Corn hill, 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.

IRELAND has a bog for statesmen in its land ques
_

Mr. Frederick 13. Row, 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 bond
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.

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_1[7,792,965 117,463,C61

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

LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1868,

Considerable excitement has been occasioned by
the capture of so:ne Fenians in Wales, among
whom is said to be a head-centre. Eight men in
all have been taken and charged with treason-
felony before the stipendiary justice. PATRICK
DORAN, the supposed head-centre, has come from
Ireland, where a warrant had been issued against
him. These men were employed in the ironworks
or manufactories in the neighbourhood. Fenianism
n Wales is something new, and shows that the
mischief has spread far and wide, and that

The following appointments were made yesterday
at the Admiralty :—Lieut. John G. Hanmer, to the
Royal Oak ; Sub-Lieut. G. G. Boys and Sub-Lieut.
H. W. Hid, to the Royal Oak ; and Reginald 1'
Cochran, nominated a naval cadet.

Customs
Excise
Stamp
Taxes
Property Tax
Post-Office
Crown Lands
➢Sisce 1 neous

Total
* Including New Zeala

63,653,516
.d Bonds, £5O

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
cluties 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
emu tent Professor Wilson, he was chosen to succeed him
as Professor of Moral Philosophy and Political Economy.
—Edinburgh Courant.

the occupier often sells the goodwill of his farm for
seven of eight, and, in favoured cases, as much as
twenty years' purchase. This right, however, rests
wholly on " aracious custom." Mr. HoonEs

t Decreasi

"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-
dale 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
tallMitgea • -

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 rdle 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 ;
in 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 archmologist 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 orproved 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 "Bela 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
theintraviug si thp uuraker, _

THE WESTERN HERRING FISHERY. Large
eatehe.3 of herrings were made off Plymouth during the
past week, and the fish were readily disposed of at from
12s. to 'Ms. per 1,000. On Friday morning upwards of 100
boats belonging to Plymouth and the Cornish ports landed
cargooo ranging from 5,000 to 30,000 korringg each.