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

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TliE YEAR 1867.

The annual rates of mirtality, per 1,000 persons living,
tn the great cities of the United Kingdom duxiug the pas
year, arranged in order from the lowest. are asiollows
In London 23, Bristol 23, Birmingham 21, Sheffield 23,
Hull 25, Leeds 27, Edinburgh 27,•liublin 27, Salford 2),
Glasgow 29, Liverpool 30, Manchester 31, Newcastle-on-
Tyne 31. The mortality slimed a decrease in nearly all
the towns upon the rates which prevailed in 1806. Among
the towns which did not suffer from the cholera epidemic
last 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 112,264, and the
deaths 70,588. The births in the year 1866 were 107,502,
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 12 d. per lb. on the Ist of
January, is now about 53. In the. wheat market, where
a rise of lis. was established in 1g63, foil:Awed by a fur-
ther rise of 16s. GI in 18.66, another advance of about 93.
has been upheld, the price, which on the Ist of January
was 655., being now 755., making a total advance in three
years of 303. (31.
• AN IRISH FACTION FIGHT. —A faction fight
occurred on Saturday after the far at. Newinrt, county of
Tipperary, between two rival road contractors and their
assistants, who made a numerous muster of men and
women on both sides. It was fortunately interrupted by
the arrival of a party of the Royal Irish Regiment, but
serious injuries were inflicted while the melee lasted. Two
were dangerously wounded. Four of the combatants have
been sent to l3ridewell.
EDINBURGH CASTLE.—On Monday morning; be-
tween two and three o'clock, a portion of rock, weighing
several hundredweight, fell with a tremendous crash on
the road leading round by the south bide 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,
Scotsman.

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no time. must be lost in ?making careful would give it legislative sanction. By so doing 'LATEST- INTELLIGENCE
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the present year the National Lifeboat Institution has investigation in all directions, so as to check any
troubling, and the discontent of tenants would be (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)
,iillthe Yeers roll on the monthly periodicals; certainly con,- =it . ltk--,J
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contributed to the saving of 1 027 lives from various ship-
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wrecks and 32 vessels from destruction: The Institution premeditated outbreak. The apprehension of these
for ever set at rest. Like one of the witnesses be- ------pe-___
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also expended £29,655 in the same period on its Lifeboat prisoners was so well made thrit they had no notion
fore a select committee, Mr. Humus regards land- AMERICA. ,PARIS, TUESDAY, Dec 31. sholver of magazines raining in upon our editorial table
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Establishments, in addition to granting .£2,444 for rewards. .
The committee appointed to decide upon the Voltaire as publishing day comes round, evidence conspicuously of the affair, and only one of them escaped for a lords as the tenants' only grievance, and he says, NEW YORK, Dec. 31.
The Committee of the institution earnestly appeal to the
Statue have at last determined that they will have an en- enough upon every successive New Year's Day the fact of -
public for assistance to enable them to meet the continued
pointedly, if it come to a question of displeasing The Inman steamer City of London, and the
The Queen, accompanied ll EI
heavy demands on their 186 Lifeboat Establishments. short time, and was afterwards.; taken. They have
larged reproduction of the one by Hendon, which many of their having become at one and the same time more abun. Ynio.nicteTesEs,
Louise
031a.nd
Contributions will be thankfully received by the London
been remanded, and hence the information which the landlords or losing the Irish nation, he would National steamer Helvetia arrived out to-day.
Prince Leopold, rounds yesterday
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and country bankers, and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, your readers may have remarked at the entrance of the dant and more variegated. Foremost among them still is
afternoon ; and her Majesty drove out this morning,
the authorities received about them may be sup- prefer the former alternative. To morrow being New Year's Day will be ob- Com.6die-Francaise. the sober, ripened "brown" of Blackwood, with its holly-
Bs q., at the Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi, London.
Mr. HUGHES has based his proposal on the wreath round the head of old Geordie Buchanan. There is
accon.ipanie 1 by Princess Christian and Princess
served as a close holiday. The Commandant of the Tuileries, General Rolin, who
posed to have been correct. So many banded to-
preced„ent. afforded by the " Perpetual Settle-
THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. in 1849 was at the head of General Changarnier's staff, has the almost equally sober, or matter-of-fact " stone colour"
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton. gether in one place could have done a great
ment in Bengal, and on this ground the received extreme unction. of Fraser, now for the last year or so published in the
Morning Performance every Wednesday and Satur- deal of mischief before any one suspected
Spectator has endorsed it. The Zemindar CLOSING PRICES.—GoId, 133 i ; Sterling Ex- .
Our sporting men are talking much about a dispute Row by the Messrs. Longman. But besides Maga, and
day until Feb. 15. Children i rid schools admitted at
did hold a position somewhat analogous to the change on London, 110 ; 5-20 United States Bonds, which the Civil Tribunal of the Seinebas been called upon besides Regina-there are among the old and the new Henrietta of Schleswig-Holstein, attended by the
reduced prices to the following parts of the Theatre :- anything wrong, and it is certainly most
Stalls, dress circle, and first circle, for Morning Per- fortunate
VlSlTORScrs.ernherS of the Royal family walked
magazines how many others claiming our notice, not only Dowager Countess of Gainshorough.
formanee only. -THIS EVENING (Wednesday), Jan. fortunate that so much prevision should have been
Ulster tenant, but his landlord was the- State, and 108} ; Illinois, 132 i ;Erie, 72. Cotton :Middling to decide. M. Charles Laffitte, Baron Niviere, and
Khalil Bey carried on a racing stable known as Major by right of their contrasting intrinsic excellences, but even The Equerries in Waiting were in attendance
when the State gave him his quasi hereditary rights Upland, 15i.
1, and every evening until further notice, will be per- shown. In consequence of this uutoward affair
Fridolin's. A short time since Khalil Bey was anxious to externally, by the rivalry of their no less vividly contrast- upon horseback.
formed a new and original Farce, by R. Reece, E' en- en- several persons presented themselves to be sworn in perpetuity for a fixed payment it merely tom- PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 31.
itled HONEYDOVE'S TROUBLES. Characters by dissolve the partnership, and applied to the Tribunal ing colours and devices ! There are the " golden hues" of
TO liINOWSLEY.-Prince Arthur
'dews. Jos ph Irving C. Warner, J. Morris ; Mes- in as special constables, and as many as a hundred promised its own claims. Moreover, when it Petroleum, standard white, 24k. of Commerce for this purpose. Decision on the a,pplica- the Cornhill, the " apple-green" of Belgravia, the "blue" •
lames Kate Harfleur and' E. Melville. After which will in
all are re nets to have been created. Rumours decreed that sub-tenants were entitled to the same Arrived in London 9.45 a.m., Jan. 1, 1868. tion was reserved, but the other partners, being anxiousto
,(withiaebhlaccollcoaunrd” whiteofT emple medallionßar ,the vignette]"blood
red"
dT”ionfslleyon,
ctihone
be performed the Drury Lane annual grand Christmas. .
Privileges, it gave an equivalent for what it exacted
Society, the " pale-salmon'' of Macmillan, the " primrose" and Prince Christian will, we understand, visit Lord
weed the stable, advertised a sale, and amongst the horses
Pantomime, written by E. L. Blanchard, Esq., entitled--
had been afloat. for some time past, but little or no Priv
• from the Zemindars. In all this it had no third catalogued was Gontran, well and honourably known on
.oEfntghueBhAw Argosy,,
,the "crimson" of the United Service, the Derby at Knowsley next week. The Mayor of Liverpool
'rPAW FEE FO FUM ; or, Harlequin Jack the Giant
ARRIVAL OF 'fflE AMERICAN MAIL.
Killer. The gorgeously beautiful scenery by Mr. William heed was paid to them until the police received
parties to consult, no existing rights were disturbed. racecourses here. Khalil Bey maintained that the sale
" chocolate" of the New Monthly, the " grass green" of the has invited their Royal Highnesses to visit
ttiii!ittlfy:innstvdaiintial..-:
Beverky. The characters in the opening : Miss Poole,
certain information that led to the decided measures , CROOKIIAVEN, Jan. 1, 8.45 a.m. would be an act of alienation of a part of the capital of
Mesdames Edith Stuart, Kate Hartleur, E. Mel- ro effect a permanent settlement in Ireland in the
ativonhe.
vine, Carew- Blair, Corri, Amy Herbert, Hall, and The Inman steamer City of Boston, from New the association, and. would diminish his share in the the "cream-colour" of Bentiel 3 miscellany, in gTthl: their std but
of
tLiteilntoetr yaentdkntohwe
reported above being taken. In many parts of the
way proposed, rights that have never yet been division of the property when a general disposition should
Mdll'e. Anais? Tourneur, premiere danseuse ; Mr. Joseph
questioned, must be set aside. The landlord must York, is now passing Browhead Signal Station, en and so on through the whole catalogue. Little more than tion hasTheen accepted.
be made on the dissolution of partnership. He actor- a passing glance can be accorded to the contents of each ; Irving (his first appearance this season), Messre.Moreland, country great excitement prevails, and unusual
J. B. Johnstone, -Naylor, Pennington, iMatcheson ; Master At the Warwick- notens volens be bought off, and deprived of any route for Queenstown. dingly applied for and obtained an injunction to restrain but by means of this passing glance some adequate notion hope leave town to-morrow for Elvaston, to attend the
Edward Lewis, Master Frederick Charles, and Master precautions have been adopted.
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be has somewhat
shire quarter-sessions Lord LEIGH moved that a power in the choice of a tenant or the manage- . -- the sale till the case could be argued before the court.
Russell, the living Miniatures; Master Percy Roselle.
The Harlequinade includes the services of those popu- . This has now been done, and the tribunal has maintained
memorial be addressed to the Secretary of meat of his estate. In fact, it would cease to be his ; CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS.
ler pantomimists (forming a treble company),
the prohibition. No sale can therefore take place. of public opinion- organs for the most part devoted to the improved in health since her arrival at Cannes ; but her
M sera. Bolen() C. Lauri, and Tom Dot, clowns ; State for the Home Department, to the effect that hecould neither sell it nor cultivate it himself. His SOUTHAMPTON, January 1. The funeral of the Due de Luynes, which took place at interests of light literature. ladyship is still in a very delicate state.
3,l.3ssrs. Barnes, 'Morris, and Master Russel, pantaloons ; position would be analogous to that of an Enelish
the magistrates for the county of Warwick have . . . e The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Dampierre, was attended by a large number of the most
Messrs. Cormack, S. Saville, and Alger, harlequins ; Blackwood.-Among all the magazines, Ebony still re- The Earl and Countess of Shaftesbury and
Messrs Sidney and Jeliea, sprites; Mdlles. Fanny Lauri, .lord of the manor in his relations with aco hold
indignation the outrageous copy hold with the above mails, arrived here this prominent literary and scientific men. M. Taschereau, mains facile princeps, or
have
.little or nothing of " paddin* g," and are in a great family, Lord and Lady De Ros, and Hon. Alexander and
tenant. He would retain mineral, sporting, and superintendent of the Bibliotheque Impdriale, M. de lord paramount. Its contents Ladies Ashley, the Earl and Countess of Warwick and
Adele 'Marion, and Eugenie Valckenacre, columbines. viewed with the utmost
,
The Juvenile Christy's Minstrels : Majilton the Gro- morning with 46 passengers and a general cargo, art literature.
niteswtwchoacputrrersentthseefroiauldshtoriinsest,aohnneenhtas; Mrs. Baring and family are among the English aristocracy
acts recently committed by the conspiracy. Some
other manorial rights. Otherwise, in lieu of broad Longpdrier, and the Bishop of Versailles were the speakers
tesquo ; and the celebrated Skaters, Madame Fredreka
including 3,109 bales of silk, value £290,000. rather unnecessary alterations were proposed by
acres h© would possess the right conferred by Act
and Mr. Elliott. Stage Manager, Mr. Edward Stirling. at the grave. but recently commenced—" Linda Tressel," of which we at present residing at Nice.
The ma-sk., designs, and dresses, from designs by the Mr. NEWDEGATE, and subsequently agreed to. He of Parliament to receive an annual acknow- The Poonah experienced strong north-westerly The news of the death of M. Furtado, the brother-in- The Earl of Clonmell has arrived at Doning-
humorously-renowned Dyk-Wyn-Kyn. The music selected
and arranged by Mr. J. H. Tully. The dances an d action did not wish to be committed to advocating le
of what had once been his. gales in the Mediterranean, and across the Bay of law of the late M. Achille Fould, has been circulated here while the other " Brownlows " seems though •
, , as it would ton Park on a visit to the Marquis and Marchioness of
of the Ballet, and the general business of the children's to-day. I hear that a slight shock of earthquake has been never come to a conclusion. The interest of the plot hams Hastings.
b 7alr. John Cormack. Costumes " special legislation." Mr. ADDERLEY took a more With this Parliamentary title he could do Biscay and up Channel easterly gales and squally
scenes, arranged y . experienced at Lyons. long since terminated, yet the authoress appears loth to The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone arrived in
by Mr. S. May and Mrs. Lawler. Private boxes, comprehensive view of the question, and declared as he liked, but with the land —nothing. weather. wind up the thread of
one, two, three, four, and five guineas; stalls, 7s. ; In scientific circles the engrossing subject just now is - the narrative, or to dismiss it as a town yesterday afternoon from Ilawarden Castle, Flint-
dress circle, ss. ; first circle, 4s. ; balcony seats, 3s. ; pit very truly that if Warwickshire was not impli- Such an interference with existing rights could not
eeOn the 24th ult. she spoke the steamer Para- the removal of the Paris Observatory. The present tale that is told, and with it the various characters therein shire. It affords us much pleasure to hear that he feels no
25.; lower gallery, ls. ; upper gallery, 6d. Box-offi.ce possibly be sanctioned in this country. Any introduced. The same spinning out was noticeable in ill effects from the accident to his eye.
sated in the matter that the rest of the guay ;on the 28th the Pro building is without decent accommodation for the astro-
open from ten to live daily. Doors open at half-past six, " Zaidee," and again in " The Athelings"-but in neither
scheme that required it would be condemned at the nomers who inhabit it, and its position is such as to render
the performance to commence at seven o'clock. Country must still be considered, and all The steamers d Stirling,Palmyra,• Le ea, Thetis, so conspicuously as here in " Brownlows." Yet, for all
outset by the conscience of the community. it all delicate observations impossible. I have no doubt the REVENUE RETURNS,
the ",,counties of England must assist the Thomas Power, and Lindsay have arrived at Gib- that, to our fancy, there is only one character in the whole
TIIHEATRE ROYA L, II A YMARKET. would be felt that a political end was being pursued removal will • •
shortly be effected. The most suitable site
story that can be fairly said to have mastered our --0-- -
Government "to suppress this most detestable •
of raltar. appears to be the place now occupied by the windmills at . sYmPa- 1.-The following is an abstract of the gross produce of
Sole Lessee, Mr. Bnckstone.by immoral means. But beyond this, the idea thies-meaning thereby honest hearted Jack. As for old
THIS EVENING, A WIFE WELL WON. Messrs. Sothorn, Fontenay- i3n:Ritillo:Taglr
by every necessary means." At Hull
Buckstone, Howe, Kendal, Rogers, Braid, Weathersby, &.c , and . conspiracy placing tenants in permanent possession im- his father,'
Robinson. the Town Clerk has reported that information has practicable, and if practicable would be otherwise left Gibraltar on the 238 ult. for Malta. city. It is supposed that the sale of the present ground Brownlow, he is a veritable old rascal, the pa-s- tinned periods, ending Dec. 31, 1867, compared with
sion of whose life is the consummation of a fraud, and the the corresponding periods of the • After which, AN UTTER PERVERSION OF THE of the Observatory would realise five millions of francs. preceding year
BRIGAND. Messrs, Compton, Kendal, Rogers, Clark, Braid, been received of such a nature concerning the Water undesirable. In the first place, merely to substi- Gibraltar Exchanges unaltered. hankering of whose heart is for murder immediately the
Weathersby, Johnson, &c.; Mesdames Burke, Wright, Dalton, A rumour is flying about to the effect that M. Rouher
Works establishment, and their liability to be at- tute this tenure for that existing with tenant-right ____ intended fraud has been rendered impossible by its virtual Quarters ended
&c. is to have an interview with various foreign Ministers, to
Commence at Seven.
tacked by Fenians, that he had applied fora force would be a needless change. Where tenant-right CALCUTTA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIAN see what can be done in the way of giving an indemnity exposure. George Eliot, writhe,' under the .se d f
her last hero, Felix Holt the *Radical, leads u onym o
s off Maga
ROYAL PLeR 1N C e 11'SS'S THEATRE. to protect them. This is a very wise step, for the exists contentment exists, and there is no need to MAILS. to the holders of Mexican Bonds. What foundation there for January with a thoughtful ✓
but dull " Address to March 3!, June 30, Sept. 30, Dec. 31,
1867 1867 1867 1887
Sole ssee and Manager, Mr. Vining. engineer had seen men lurking about the works spend public money in a species of landlord CVIC- SUEZ, Dec. 31. may be for it lam unable to say, but the general idea is Working Men" that there are barely twenty
working X - —______ ___
THIS EVENING, Grand Combination of the Two Great - X X 4
Dramas, THE COLLEEN HAWN and THE STREETS OF night after night. Some constables have been ap- The Candid arrivedat 10 t d
p.m. o- ay.
Renter, at 6or 7f. men in England would have the patience to read through. Customs
~, Excise 5,535,000 5.028,000 4,3 0,000 5,092,000
LONDON. Mr. and Mrs. Dion Boncicault as Myles no, . scheme is to solve the tenant-right question, it must In a discursive and desultory essay upon " Modern Cv '
MALTA, Dec. 31.- ---- Stamps
Coppaleen andO'Connor,
Eily
and Mr. Vining as Badger. pointed to keep a strict watch for three months, •
be applied to the tenants at will, and what is to , cism" the writer well remarks that- "There is no Taxes 389,000 1,506,000 27 ,000 1,317,000
Messrs. Dominick Murray, J. G. Shore, G. F. Neville, H. For- and all the workmen have
nicism in Shakspere, or
rester, H. Mellon, E. Atkins; Misses Elsworthy, E. Barnett,prevent landlords anticipating such a measure by BOILER EXPLOSION CY
AT SOUTH SHIELDS. oat-0 ,c 1,100,001 1,159,000 1,200,t 00 Ilt 0 000
Rachel Sanger, and Mrs. Addle. constables, and no person is to be admitted to the Marseilles, where she may be expected on the 2d Lytton, or Dickens. Men of this high mental calibre see Crown Lands
—.-....—....
Doors open at half-past 6, commence at 7. wholesale evictions, so as to leave them free to Mis,:e, aneous
the bright as well as the dark side of human nature, and
works without an order from the Mayor or one of cultivate their own lands ? Moreover, how does a January. The Northern Evening Express reports a frightful boiler ---.
have too much reverence for Gods creatures to look upon Totals 18,141.871 17,781,9,5 ,14,013,740 17,5,5,930
the committee. One of the most influential meet- tenant in perpetuity diffex from a landlord ; how The Ripon, from Southampton Deo. 20, and the explosion at South Shields yesterday morning. The
them as utterly bad and to see no soul of goodness
in -
0N ' S THEATRE , Long-acre. boiler was attached to a flour-mill, the property of Mrs.e '
lie 1-1
E ELessee and Manager, Mr. Alfred Wigan. ings ever held in the city of Bath took place yes- are such tenants to be prevented sub-letting in Massilia from Marseilles 28th, arrived at 11 p.m. them. In the thickest darkness of humanity they die- Quarters ended
Tony Waller, of Westoe. It appears that about half-past
ee
MIS EVENING, Shakspere's Comedy of KATHERINE terday to protest against Fenianism. Letters were perpetuity ; and how are the evils of landlordism yesterday, and left at 4 a.m. to-day for Alexandria. eight o'clock, while the mill was in full operation, the cover some gleam, however faint, of Divine radiance, some
AND PETRUCHIO. Mr. H. Irving, Mr. W. H. Stephens; Miss kindly quality that shines through.
the gloom ; the touch March 31, June 30, Sept. 30, Dec. 31,
E. Terry. read from several persons approving of the move- to be remedied by the creation of two or three -- boiler situated in the engine-house at the rear of thelB66 1866 1868 1863
After which, DOING FOR THE BEST; Mr. J. L. Toole. landlords in the place of one ? The only inch- FRANCE. building suddenly burst. A loud report was heard, and of nature that links to their kind even the basest of men
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To conclude with THE BIRTHPLACE OF PODGERS; Mr. went. The Court of Quarter Sessions at Surrey, and women. In • like manner such artists as Hogarth, £ £ 4 X
PARIS, Jan. 1. instantly the engine-house and the property adjacent was Customs
J. L. Toole, venience that Mr. HUGHES would get rid of w0u1d5,'39,000 5,271,0( 0 5,541,000 5,96,,000
Box-office open daily from Ten till Four. yesterday, also carried a resolution unanimously, , • • Gi - owlan Seymour, Tenniel ,
lraa , R dson, Cruikshank, , Excise 5,481,000 5,44,000 4,540,000 i 5,471,000
De the interference of landlords for political pun- In the audience given to him by the Emperor •
laid in rums The boiler in the concussion was forced
Doyle, and John Leech, who pourtray the vices, the Stamps
which declared the necessity that existed for all men out of its socket and sent with great violence into the Taxes
poses. The evil is a great one, but the remedy is Napoleon yesterday, Count von der Goltz, the foibles, and the folly of the people of their day, have Property Tax
)3 4,000
HOLB 0 R N TIIEA T R E ROY A L. to assist in the maintenance of the laws. All these air. Great excitementprevailedwhen •
th;t
soof the
it was known
too violent. In order to give security of tenure, newly accredited representative of the North Ger- not a particle of cynicism in their genius, but teach their I: 'ot- o £ ft e 1,05,000 1,(.70,000 1,16t,000 1,140,000
Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Sefton Parry,workmen were buried beneath the Crown Lands
have an effect, and exercise a direct things must nothing less is proposed than a transference of lessons of wisdom in the kindliest spirit. They provoke, miscellaneous
THIS EVENING, at Seven, THE TWO POLTS. Messrs man Confederation, spoke as: follows :—" Called ruins. Two men, named respectively John Smith, 18,6 •2,9.,5
Price and Widdicombe. influence upon those who are not committed to ownership. and Robert Ridley, 17, employed in the glass-works ad-
-whether
us to laugh at snobs, humbugs, false pretenders, and fools
Totals _____
After which, the Grand Comic Pantomime of VALENTINE upon by the Federal Constitution to represent tho in high life or in t
i low-but they never attenip 17,794985 17,463,141 15,148,038 13,332,935
AND ORSON; or, Harlequin the Big Bear and the Little Fairy. Fenianism. Even in Bengal the permanent settlement is eon- - ... ..• .!... :.... •. _ ___L:.......i -.1..4-- IL- joining, were blown into a field on the opposite side of the . . . s ,

HOLBORN THEATRE ROYAL.
Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Sefton Parry.
THIS EVENING, at Seven, THE TWO POLTS. Messrs
Price and Widdicombe.
After which, the Grand Comic Pantomime of VALENTINE
AND ORSON; or, Harlequin the Big Bear and the Little Fairy.
Mesdames Saunders, Goodall, White; Messrs. Garden, Odell
Arthur; Mdlle. Montero, Miss Ellis, Lupin°, Green, and the
Great Little Rowena.

The House of Representatives apparently is not
altogether satisfied with its own work. The much-
vaunted Reconstruction Act, even in the estima-
tion of Congress, requires some amendment, and a
slight, though not very effective, change has been
passed, providing that only a majority of those vot-
ing, instead of a majority of registered voters, be
necessary to ratify or reject the new State Consti-
tutions in the South. There will be probably
greater changes before long in the Act and its ap-
plication, for the States, both North and South,
have had nearly enough of Radical policy.
The PRESIDENT has sent a message to the
Senate communicating General HaNcocx's order
announcing that the law in his district will be en-
forced, but that the habeas corpus and right of
trial by jury will not be crushed, the civil courts
upheld, and the rights of the people respected. The
PRESIDENT, in his Message, compliments the
General on the tone of his order, and suggests that
Congress should publicly recognise it. Mr. JOHN-
SON is no doubt anxious to obtain some public re.
cognition of this more moderate system of Southern
government. The military officers in so many
parts have overridden the civil rights of the people
that so temperate and constitutional an order from
a General in command is something marvellous.
We have by this very mail a sample of the temper
in which the Government of the South is too often
conducted. The Georgia Convention has recom-
mended General POPE to remove Governor JEN-
KlNS—another of those acts of arbitrary interfer-
ence which have so completely shaken the public
confidence. This news, however, is brought by the
New York steamer from New York, on the 19th
ult., and since then the Atlantic Cable has told us
that General GRANT has removed both Generals
POPE and ORD from their commands—so that by a
rare incident of poetical justice the fate destined for
the civil governor has fallen to the share of his
adversary. The financial situation continues to en-
gross a good deal of public attention. Scheme
after scheme is introduced into Congress, discussed,
"laid over," or " reported." The latest remedy
proposed is by Mr. SHERMAN, from the Senate
Finance Committee, providing for the funding of
the National Debt in Forty-year Six per Cent.
Bonds, principal and interest being payable in coin,
redeemable, at the option of the Government, after
10 years and free of taxation. He would also autho-
rise the Secretary of the Treasury to issue Forty-
year Bonds to the amount of $500,000,000, the
interest to be payable in coin at London and
Frankfort, to be redeemable at tie option of Go-
vernment after 20 years. This Bill has also been
laid over till after the holidays, but it is quite evi-
dent that during this session some decisive measures
will be taken to remove the prevailing uncertainty
and depression. The most effectual means to re-
store public prosperity will be the improvement in
the political tone, and in this respect, at least, we
see already a change for the better. America has,
in fact, never fully paid her reckoning for the war;
excitement and speculation have prevented
the people at large from being sensible
how much it had cost them. Now the
inevitable reaction has come, the taxes press
heavily, enterprise is checked, and confidence dis-
couraged. It is quite time that all parties addressed
themselves in earnest to the task of rebuilding and
consolidating rather than of destroying and disor-
ganising, as the Radicals still seem anxious to do.

Even in Bengal the permanent settlement is con-
sidered by the highest authorities in England and
in India to have been an economical error. The
same result might have been attained in a better
way, in which the State should have considered
not only the interests of the tenants, but
also those of the community, in the soil.
Where the land is not the property of the State,
as it was in India, the fee simple must be acknow-
ledged somewhere, and the possessor of that fee
simple must be treated as a free agent. He must
be at liberty to sell, to lease, to let, or to cultivate
the land as he chooses. We have no interest at
stake in Ireland to justify an invasion of this prin-
ciple. Parliament has it in its rights to see that
land is not abused for political purposes. It can
even deprive it of political value. For the general
good it may encourage the granting of leases,- and
give a title to compensation for permanent improve-
ments. These remedies, and above all the creation
of peasant proprietorships, will in time settle the
Irish land question. A sudden sweeping settlement
at once just and beneficial is impossible. The fact,
however, that a man like Mr. HUGHES should pro-
pose, and a paper like the Spectator endorse one,
has an obvious moral for our legislators to do what
they can and do it quickly.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Mans,geress, Mrs. Swanborough.
THIS EVENING, at 7, KIND TO A FAULT.
After which will be produced a Grand Christmas Operatic
Oriental Extravaganza " THE CALIPH OF BAGDAD " Messrs.
Thorne, James, Turner, Murray; Mesdames A. Swanborough,
Johnstone, Harland, Holt, N ewton, &c.
To conclude with NOTHING TO NURSE.

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI.
Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER.
Directress, Mrs. Alfred Mellon.
THIS EVENING, UP FOR THE CATTTLE SHOW.
After which, at 8, NO THOROUGHFARE. Mr. Fechter (his
sth appearance here), Mr. Billington, Mr. H. Neville, Mr. R.
Phillips, Mr. G. Belmore, Mr. C. J. Smith, and Mr. Benjamin
Webster; Miss Carlotta Leclercq (her sth appearance), Mrs.
Airrsd Mellon, Mrs. Billington, Mrs. H. Lewis, &c.
Commence at 7.

ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE
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Sole Lessee, Mr. B. Webster; Manager, Mr. H. Wigan.

THIS EV ENING, FROM GRAVE TO GAY. Messrs. Ashley
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Stirling.

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The Northern Evening Express reports a frightful boiler
explosion at South Shields yesterday morning. The
boiler was attached to a flour-mill, the property of Mrs.
Tony Waller, of Westoe. It appears that about half-past
eight o'clock, while the mill was in full operation, the
boiler situated in the engine-house at the rear of the
building suddenly burst. A loud report was heard, and
instantly the engine-house and the property adjacent was
laid in ruins. The boiler in the concussion was forced
out of its socket and sent with great violence into the
air. Great excitement prevailed when it was known
that some of the workmen were buried beneath the
ruins. Two men, named respectively John Smith, 18,
and Robert Ridley, 17, employed in the glass-works ad-
joining, were blown into a field on the opposite side of the
railway. The poor fellow Smith was found to have been
fearfully scalded all over his body. Ridley had sustained
a serious gash on the head, as if he had been struck by
something while blown through the air. Meanwhile, the
work of overturning the ruins in search of others pro-
gressed vigorously, but for a considerable time without
any results. A pony cart, however, was dug out
of the debris. The horse was found to be alive, but
the cart was partially demolished. Some idea of
the violence of the explosion may be learned from
the fabt that at the time of the accident the pony
was standing yoked in one corner of the yard adjoin-
ing the engine-house, and when found the cart was
lying upon the top of the pony in the middle of the yard.
Those in the glass-works were next inquired after, and on
all the names being called over it was discovered that a
boy, named. Robert Bens on, was missing. On its becoming
known that one of his hands had been seen among the
bricks, the most intense excitement prevailed, and the
spot was speedily surrounded by excited spectators. In a
few minutes more the poor little fellow's lifeless body was
lifted from among the debris frightfully crushed and
mutilated.

The destruction caused by the explosion is something
dreadful. Situated between the mill and Mr. Johnson's
glass-works, with a strongly-built engine-house enclosing
it, some idea may be gathered of the havoc wrought by
the bursting of a boiler under such circumstances, and the
destruction of property that would ensue. Boiler and
engine-house have not only been destroyed, but a great
portion of Mr. Johnson's glass-works have been blown
down. A tall chimney, between fifty and sixty feet high,
connected with the engine-house, has also been laid level
with the ground. The force of explosion must have been
terrific, the main portion of the boiler having been carried
into a field, on the other side of the railway, about 400
yards from the mill. The boiler was blown into three
pieces. The bottom part was carried about. 500 yards off,
while another piece of it has cut a depth of three r four
feet into the earth. It appears to have been liter. torn
to pieces.-

Blackwood.—Among all the magazines, Ebony still re-
mains facile princeps, or lord paramount. Its contents
have little or nothing of " padding," and are in a great
part literature. Of its two current serial stories, one has
but recently commenced—" Linda Tressel," of which we
have here in three new chapters the fourth instalment ;
while the other, " Brownlows," seems as though it would
never come to a conclusion. The interest of the plot h.a,s
long since terminated, yet the authoress appears loth to
wind up the thread of the narrative, or to dismiss it as a
tale that is told, and with it the various characters therein
introduced. The same spinning out was noticeable in
" Zaidee," and again in " The Athelings"—but in neither
so conspicuously as here in " Brownlows." Yet, for all
that, to our fancy, there is only one character in the whole
story that can be fairly said to have mastered our sympa-
thies—meaning thereby honest-hearted Jack. As for old
Brownlow, his father, he is a veritable old rascal, the pas-
sion of whose life is the consummation of a fraud, and the
hankering of whose heart is for murder immediately the
intended fraud has been rendered impossible by its virtual
exposure. George Eliot, writing under the pseudonym of
her last hero, Felix Holt the Radical, leads off Maga
for January with a thoughtful but dull "Address to
Working Men" that there are barely twenty working
men in England would have the patience to read through.
In a discursive and desultory essay upon " Modern Cyni-
cism" the writer well remarks that— " There is no
cynicism in Shakspere, or Goethe, or Scott, or Bulwer
Lytton, or Dickens. Men of this high mental calibre see
the bright as well as the dark side of human nature, and
have too much reverence for God's creatures to look upon
them as utterly bad, and to see no soul of goodness in
them. In the thickest darkness of humanity they dis-
cover some gleam, however faint, of Divine radiance, some
kindly quality that shines through the gloom ; the touch
of nature that links to their kind even the basest of men
and women. In like manner such artists as Hogarth,
Gilray, Rowlandson, Cruikshank, Seymour, Tenniel,
Doyle, and John Leech, who pourtray the vices, the
foibles, and the folly of the people of their day, have
not a particle of cynicism in their genius, but teach their
lessons of wisdom in the kindliest spirit. They provoke,
us to laugh at snobs, humbugs, false pretenders, and fools
—whether in high life or in low—but they never attempt
to instil misanthropy, They handle humanity as gently
as Isaak Walton did the worm, and love even while they
impale it." Immediately after this paper, which com-
prises within it a rarely-deserved tribute to the wittiest
and subtlest of all modern cynics, the Due de la Roche-
foucauld, we have a thoroughly charming and delightful
magazine trifle—a love-story, related in a manner that has
about it all the effervescence and sparkle of champagne—
" What I did at Belgrade," it is called ; "by Bob Con-
sidine." But aut Charles Lever aut Diabolus, say we, is this
same Bob Considine. If not—never was an always welcome
voice more marvellously mimicked. Three other papers
there are, making up the initial number for 1868 of black-
wood : " Sketches in Polynesia," and " The Night Wan-
derer of an Afghaun Fort," and, to crown all with an
apropos political article, an argument on " The Education
of the People in England and America," evidently penned
by the same able and vigorous contributor to Blackwood
who has already for some time past been descanting with
so much ability upon American themes, either political or
social. 'Whoever may be the writer of them, these Ame-
rican papers recently appearing in Maga are of sufficient
freshness and value to admit of there being eventually
collected together, as we cannot but hope they will be, for
separate publication.

The Cornhill.—Charles Lever continues his " Bram-
leighs of Bishop's Folly " with all his wonted vivacity.
His animated narrative is accompanied, by the way, this
month by a most grotesque illustration. Not so is it with
the novelist contributing the companion serial—" Jack
the Giant Killer"—this January instalment of the tale
being embellished with a charming drawing, entitled
" Waiting for Papa"—a drawing in which we know not
whether to admire the more, the little children confront-
ing each other, or the kindly expression of the womanly
face looking down at the wee one who is " waiting."
There are some more suggestive " Chapters on Talk," a
bold and trenchant political argument, wonderfully
apropos Just now, entitled " Liberty and Anarchy," by
Mathew Arnold— a retrospective review of those marvellous
old-world novels of " Samuel Richardson ;" and, to crown
this far more than average number of the Cornhill, a his-
torical narrative, by an eye-witness, of " Garibaldi's Last
Campaign."
Macmillan.—The author of "Friends in Council," the au-
thor of " The Heir of Redcliffe," and Professor Fraser, lead
off Macmillan for the new year with their contributions.
Charlotte Yonge's consists of four more chapters of her
current serial story, " The Chaplet of Pearls ; or, the
White and Black Ribaumont." Arthur Helps's consists
of as many additional chapters of his thoughtful and sug-
gestive " Realmah," while Professor Fraser's paper is a
disquisition upon " The Philosophical Life of Professor
Ferrier." Besides a dialogue, an idyll, and an essay,
Macmillan contains within it this month a pearl of price
to all lovers of literature, in the shape of a hitherto un-
published letter of Sir Walter Scott's—a letter dated the
29th of April, 1814, and written at Abbotsford.

Customs
Excise
Stamp'
Taxes
Property Tax
Pos.-Office
Crown Lands
Mine lineous

Total
* Including New Zeala

Year ei
Deo. 31, 1867.

22,630,000
19,955,000
9,597,000
3,454,000
6,266,90
4,630,000
337,000
2,764,516

68,643,516
id Bonds, £5O,

;nded
Deo. 31, 1866.

21,915,000
20,616,000
9,2J1,000
3,463,000
5,451,,000
4,370,000
327,000
*3,:540,6i2

I f 8,785,qf 2
0,000

IL—lncrease and Decrease in the periods ended Dec. 31,
1867, as compared with corresponding periods of tho
preceding year :

Quarter ended Dee] Dine Months ended
31, 1867. Dec. 31, 1867.
-- ---
Increase. Decrease. Increase. Decrease.
X X X 4
Cue oms
..
Excise
••
Stamps. • . 12,0 L 0 177,000 ..
Taxes
Prop. rty Tax • . 4240_0 . • 134,, 00
Post-Office ......
Crown Lands
blisoalaneous
............ .-"-...
Tote's
Net Decrease £506,955 Net Decrease £771,052
Year ended Deo.
3., 1867.
•
—...
Increase. Decrease.
4
4
Cugtoms 715,000 ..
Excise • • 661,000
Stamps
Taxes
Property TAX
••
Post Office 255,030 ..
t. rown Lands
• •
Misce•laneouss7B,l46
Totals .. l,OO/7,000: 1,429,146

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Considerable excitement has been occasioned by
the capture of some Fenians in Wales, among
wham is said to be a head-centre. Eight men in
all have been taken and charged with treason-
felony before the stipendiary justice. PATRICK
D;ITAN, the supposed head-centre, has come from
IrelAnl, where a warrant had been issued against
hia'.. These men were employed in the ironwo:ks
or manuEctories in the neighbourhood. Fenianism
n Wales is something new, and shows that the
mischief has spread far and wide, and that

.achT,Axn has a bog for statesmen in its land ques-
tion, capable of swallowing up any number of poli-
tical reputations, and of involving inextricably any
number of theorists. Mr. THOMAS HUGHES has
been the last to attempt the perilous subject, and
it will be well for him if, like BUNYAN'S Pilgrim,
he come out at the right side of the slough. The
proposal of the member for Lambeth is, per-
haps, the most thorough-going of any yet
made to solve the Irish land question. It
consists essentially in converting the rent now paid
to the landlord into a fixed and sole condition of
tenure. That rent he regards as the landlord's right
in the soil. Its full value should be ascertained,
and it should be secured by an Act of the
Legislature. But the tenant, he argues, has
also a right in the land. In Ulster and some of
the other provinces that right is acknowledged, and
the occupier often cells the goodwill of his farm for
seven or eight, and, in favoured cases, as much as
twenty years' purchase. This right, however, rests
wholly on "gracious custom." Mr. nuonES

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.

Private letters dated the sth ult., received at
Chatham, report that her Majesty's screw corvette
Malacca, 13, 200 horse-power, Capt. R. B. Old-
field, attached to the Pacific squadron, had been on
shore in the channel leading into La Por, but was
got off on the following day without, it was be-
lieved, having received any very serious damage.
At the departure of the mail the Malacca was at
Mazatlan. The Topaze, 31, 600 horse-power, flag-
ship of Commodore R. A. Powell, C. 8., second in
command of the Pacific squadron, had proceeded to
sea from Callao under orders for Valparaiso, at
which port the Alutine, 17, 200 horse-power, Com-
mander 11. M. Alexander, had arrived from a short
cruise. The Reindeer, 7, 200 horse-power, Com-
mander E. Nares, was stated to be at Tobago, but
was expected shortly to proceed on a cruise. A fatal
accident had occurred on board to a seaman gunner,
named Thomas Rodgers, who during the night ac-
cidentally fell overboard from the topgallant fore-
castle, and was drowned, although several of the
sailors jumped overboard and dived for him. The
Clio, 22, 400-horsepower, Capt. N. E. B. Tumour,
had arrived at Callao. The Pacific Steam Naviga-
tion Company's steamer Panama, arrived at Pana-
ma, from Valparaiso, on the 29th of November,
bringing the mails and passengers for the French
mail steamer which left Colon on the Ist ult. The
Pacific Steam Navigation Company's steamer Payta
arrived at Panama, from Valparaiso, on the 4th of
December, bringing no news of interest. She re-
ported that Surgeon Archibald L. Arthur, M.D., of
the Clio, had been examined by a medical Board,
and had been invalided home.

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

DEATH OF MR. T. P. TEALE.—Mr. Thomas
Pridgin Teale, an eminent consulting surgeon at Leeds,
died at his residence at that town on Tuesday, aged 67
within one day. The deceased held high rank in his pro-
fession, being one of the Medical Council, and also one of
the Royal Medical Commissioners. He was likewise a
Fellow of the Royal Society. His illness had only been
of short duration, and his death was somewhat unex-
pected.

The French Government is about to bring forward a bill
Tor granting to the Minister of the Interior the sum of
three millions of francs. A portion of the amount will be
distributed amongst benevolent institutions, and the
remainder will be employed in subsidies for communal
works. The Legislative Body will also be asked to
place in the hands of the . Minister of War a credit of
400,000 francs to relieve the necessities of the Algerians
who have suffered from the late cholera visitation.

The articles in Colburn's Magazine are, as usual, short,
numerous, and varied. Neither tale, nor description, nor
argument is maimed by prolixity. The number opens with
an opportune chapter on Abyssinia, historical and descrip-
tive. This is followed by " Deepdale Mystery," which is
carried through three chapters of Part 12, the last of them
one of the very best in the series. " About One's First
Night at the Play" recalls the importance of the epoch in
the lives of a long r6le of illustrious personages when
began their experiences of playgoing. How Charles
Lamb was inspired with "Artaxerxes," and Schiller
neglected the classics for the Ludwigsburg Theatre, and
Chateaubriand was stupefied with the first play he beheld
at St. Malo are well told. Mr. Cyrus Redding writes
vigorously on the " Death Punishment," and the "Fenian
Assassinations." While strongly urging that the punish-
ment of death is inconsistent with the Christian code, this
writer considers that Mr. Hardy rendered a service to the
nation in carrying out the law on the Fenians as it stands.
Archdeacon Wordsworth is taken to task for having
preached a sermon in favour of capital punishment founded
on a text which equally forbids the eating of- blood.
Otherwise the author would plead nothing for the Fenians ;
hi condemning them he has, one would hope, exaggerated
the spirit of revenge—bad as it is— in the worst examples
of Irish character. Of the other articles, "The Ghost
of Stanton Hall" will satisfy the lover of mystery ;
" From Hawaii to England," and " With the French in
Mexico," will please those who like travel ; and the clas-
sical archaeologist will complain, perhaps, that " Wander-
ings through Italy in Search of its Ancient Remains," by
Craufurd Tait Ramage, LL.D., is so transient a notice.
But this is a feature of Colburn that gives its reading the
racy flavour. The writers who economise time and space
generally produce most. The number before us is a suffi-
cient illustration of the position.
Belgravia.—The purchasers of the Christmas number of
Belgravia must be as insatiable as the daughter of the horse
leech if they be not contented with the variety of tales is
contains. The ball is opened with a couple of chapters of
Miss Braddon's " Dead Sea Fruit," a story which it is
pleasant to feel is less absurdly sensational than most of
that lady's writings. So far none of the characters have
met with a violent end or proved themselves graduates of the
lowest criminal schools. This is saying much, seeing that
the 18th chapter has been reached. " Diana Gay," by the
author of "Bella Donna," is also continued, and increases
in interest. To these must be added " A Great Ball and
a Great Bear," by Babington White, of " Circe " noto-
riety, " The Queen of the Realm of a Thousand Delights,"
by Charles Smith of Cheltnam, both only mediocre stories ;
" Two Christmas Eves ;" an article on Marriage Settle-
ments ; " The Ghost's Summons," by Ada Buisson ;
and the conclusion of " Lost Sight of," a tale of
Corsica, by Astley H. Baldwin. Mr. Walter Thornbury
chats in his usual happy way about Hyde Park, and Mr.
Sala tells how an over-reaching continental hotel-keeper
was brought to his senses by a Grand Duchess. Of poetry
the only pieces deserving notice are " Music and Melody,"
by Mortimer Collins, and "He Stoops to Conquer," by
H. Saville Clarke. Beach's " Day After the Derby" is
•
the entrravipz tbe_uumber. '

DEATH OF PROFESSOR MACDOUGALL—We re-
gret to announce the death of this gentleman, who has for
some time been in a state of impaired health, and who
this session was unfortunately unable to resume his usual
duties at the University of Edinburgh. Since the com-
mencement of the present session the Moral Philosophy
class has, with the sanction of the Senatus, been taught
by Professor Fraser. The late Professor Macdougall was
for a good many years teacher of moral philosophy in the
Free Church College, and in 1852, on the demise of the
eminent Professor Wilson, he was chosen to succeed him
as Professor of Moral Philosophy and Political Economy.
—Edinburgh Courant.

THE WESTERN HERRING FISHERY. Large
catches of herrings were made off Plymouth during the
past week, and the fish were readily disposed of at from
12s. to 15s. per 1,000. On Friday morning upwards of 100
boats belonging to Plymouth and the Cornish ports landld
cargoes ranging from 5,000 to 30,000 Lerrings each.

111 r. Frederick B. Rew, writing in the Times, gives an
illustration of the hardship of the terms imposed on the
Spanish bondholders. His wife's father bought £3,145 of
Passive Stock, some thirty or forty years ago, as a b 0,14
fide investment. The trustees have no power to make the
conversion insisted on by the Spanish Government. They
can simply sell, they cannot invest in foreign stocks. The
capital, therefore, after making no return for thirty-two
years at least, is now wrested from them by the high-
handed conduct of the Spanish Government. So much for
the present basis of Spanish credit.
The New York correspondent of the Daily News states,
on "excellent authority," that the fee' ings toward England
of General Grant—about whose election to the Presidency
the writer thinks there is little doubt—are not of the most
amicable kind. It is even hinted in some quarters that he
desires the Alabama controversy to be kept open, for he
holds to the opinion that soon or later America and Eng-
land will be forced. into a conflict, if for no other purpose,
for the purpose of settling their relative positions, of de-
ciding once for all what their relative political strength is ;
and he thinks the sooner the struggle comes the better,
and that the Alabama case is as good a cause for it as any
other. These views, it is stated, are causing some anxiety
in New York.

"Nobody," in a letter to the Times, points out that it is
by the free use of money that a safe passage through
Africa will be best secured for the Abyssinian expedition.
The African love of gold is inordinate, and any covenant
having gold for its basis is sound and indissoluble. The
writer knew a chief who walked 400 miles to recover £2.
One Quamina owed him that amount, and being shot in a
hunt by one Coso, the chief came to the conclusion that
the dead man's debt ought to be discharged by the person
who had slain him, and he took the walk referred to for the
purpose of compelling him to produce the money. If,
argues " Nobody," Colonel Merewether will only persist
in arranging with the heads of the different people through
whose territories the British force must pass, that they
shall receive a certain sum monthly or weekly for freedom
to the English from annoyance, and will further take care
that the money is punctually paid, no fear of treachery,
rapine, or murder need trouble his mind.
In another portion of his letter, " Nobody," referring
to the fact that Debra Tabor has been burnt by the King,
points out that arson is a grand African military feat.
The regal monster of Abyssinia is trying to reach Mag-
dala, not for strategic purposes, or for defence, but to burn
it. Colonel Merewether should therefore hasten to Mag.
dala by forced marches. The chiefs of Abyssinia would
attach themselves to his standard the moment he arrived.
The troops he has with him would be quite enough for
the work, for he need not anticipate the faintest resistance
from an enemy in arms. African battalions don't like the
" open." The shot which may slay comes fitfully and
singly from "the tempting covert," from " the sweet•
scented shrubs," where the birds preen their gorgeous
tolumAge.

'et Decreas,

£1 12,146

lII.—An Account showing the Revenue and other
Receipts of the Quarter ended December 31, 1867, the ap-
plication of the same, and the Charge of the Consolidated
Fund for the said Quarter, together with the surplus or
deficiency upon such charge :
Surplus Balance beyond the charge of the Con-
solidated Fund, for the Quarter ended
September 3 ~ 1867, viz. :
Great Britain
Ireland

--- .£223,273
Income received, as shown in Account I 17,5'45,960
Amount nised on Account of Fortifications,
&c., per Act. 28th ind 9th Victoria, cap. 61
Amount raised by the issue of Exchequer Bonds,
per Act and 31st Vittoria, cap 31
Amount received in repayment of Advances for
Public Works, &c.
Ditto for New Courts of Justice
Ditto for Greenwich hospital .

151,000

700,000

439,1'6
145,, o 0
115,445

£19,29:48 1

Balance, being the Deficiency en December 30,
1867, upon the olia”ge of the Consolidated
Fund in Great Britain, to meet the Divi-
dends, and other charges, payable in the
Quarter to Mardi 31, le6B

£23,3)7,7.7

Deficiency of the Income of the Consolidated
Fund in Great Britain in the Quarter to
September 3 ~ 1867, for the charge of the
Consolidated Fund in Great Britain for
that Qu-rter (as shown in the prec ding ac-
count)
Less Amount of Sinking Fund Applie , in Repay-
ment of Advavccs to meet the said Le-
niency £672,6A
Amount applied out of the Income to Supply Ser •
vices
Amount A cl. anced for New courts of Justice
Ditto for Greenwich Hospital
Charge of the Consolidated Fund for the Quarter
ended December 31, 1867, viz.:—
Interest of the Permanent
Debt .£6,,t 8,971
'terminable Debt
Principal of Exchequer Bills 100
Interest of Exchequer Bills 4?,. 81
Interest of Deficiency Bills
The Civil List
Other Charges on Consoli-
dated Fund 7;6,818
Advances forPublicWorks,dro. 238,052
Sinking Fund

10 ',2 9

8,4',3,217

Surplug Balance in Ireland beyond the charge of
the Consolidated Fund in Ireland for the
Quarter ended December 31, 1867 ...

899,221

223,387,727