The Sun. — London, England, 1865-04-24 00:00:00

ME ‘C / /- Z., 4- -e,,,ea/.e_t gt,; IN E W S PAPE R L-V,r,e .6e 4!.... - , r 746 F•cc,_ V' A 5 . .-' letter of the Bth inst., they 14;1%14 ~ ....: t: , -1 c ~ik- , -, .-. 0 r,t', 1,..,, , ...... ~, rc ... ..' - '7"' t.--:::7 /4 5- - proceed to designate the proper ' ' stipulations into effect. N. li S "Very respectfully, your obedient servant, " R. E. LEE, General. " Lieutenant-General U. S. Grant, Com manding United States' Armies." REMEMBER, YOU WILL SEE YOUR FRIENDS at f O EVANS'. " Atter the Opera we al)hll Sup there! 7 •.• • • - zAI (A i& 2 - 4. i-, fr „, „, • Ist • , - • - v 1 . 7 . -4 4 444 14, j . l; 4l.kn izolT' \ l4 -•=a0(. 0 .: , ICNAHAN'S LL WHISKY v. COGNAC , E ,Llig celebrated Old IRISH BRANDY WHISKY rivals the finest .ntiNCH BRANDY, It is Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. aSold in Bottl es, 35. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ; b y t e Agents in the principal towns in England ; or wholesale 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded "liinahan's LL Whisky." No. 22.728. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 24, 1865. PRICE 4d STAMPED sd. Refugees arrived at Goldsborough on the 6th re port that the Confederates have evacuated Raleigh. Rumours prevailed in Memphis on the 9th that the Federal cavalry force, under Gen. Wilson, which recently moved southward from Eastport, Missis sippi, had captured and burnt Selma, Alabama. Mr. Lincoln returned to Washington yesterday, and immediately visited Mr. Seward, with whom he held a long conference. Gold, 1441. APRIL 11. No later war news from Virginia or Northern Carolina. DEDICATED BY PERMISSION TO THE RT. HON. W. E. GLADSTONE, CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER. Now ready. VoL 1., Bvo , with Portrait and upwards of 1 0 Illustrations, price 215., elegantly bound. The work will be completed in one more volume. ASIATIC BANKING CORPORATION. NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS. The DIRECTORS HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that the FIRST 0 DINA ttY GENERAL MEETING of theshare holders is this Corporat on will be held at this Office on THURSDAY, the 4th of May next, at One o'clock p.m. pre cisely, to receive the Directors' Report and Statement of Accounts to 31st December, to decla e a Dividend, to elect Directors and Audit r 3 for the current year, and for the transaction ol other business. AMERICA. OYAL NAVAL, MILITARY and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY (Esta 'mbed A.D. 1837. under Royal Patronage), 17, Waterloo , London, S.W. SURRENDER OF LEE. (Per the Asia, via Crookhaven, April 23.) NEW YORK, April 10. Gen. Lee has surrendered the army of Northern Virginia to Gen. Grant. The following is the cor respondence between the two generals, settling the terms. A ii.THIM R, HAMILTON, Secretary. Agents wanted in towns not yet represented. THE LIFE OF JOSIAH WEDGWOOD. From his Private Correspondence and Family Papers in the rossession of Joseph Mayer, Esq.. F.S.A., Francis Wedgwood, Esq., C. Darwin, Eaq., M . A., F.H.8., Miss Wedg wood, and other original sources ; with an Introductory Sketch of the Art of Pottery in England. By kLIZA METEYARD. "This is the Life of Wedgwood, to the expected appear ance of which I referred at Burslem."—Extract from a letter to the author by the Rt. Hon. W. E. Gladstone. Hurst and Blackett. 13, Great Marlborough-street. By order of the Directors, ESTABLISHED 1837. BRITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. Empowered by special Act of Parliament 4 Vict., cap. 9. `CRYSTAL P ALA C E.-NOW VISIT THE NJ PALACE.— Delighti ul Spring Appearance of Gardena am! Park. Nature in early beauty. F. W. LAWRENCE, Acting General Manager. N.B.—The Transfer 8031E,3 will be Closed from the 27th April to the 11th of May inclusive; and Dividend Warrants will be issued as early as possible after the General Meeting. 1, Princes-street, Bank, London. DIRECTORS. George Bevington, Esq.. The Lodge, Dulwich. MfiliA Cohen, ieSq.. Shacklewell. Coventry. Esq , Corn Exchange Chambers. Jonathan Duncan Dow , . Esq„ 12, Pembridge Villas, Bays- JohnWate „„Drewett, Esq., 50, Cornhill. Edward Samuel Girdler, Esq.. 7, Tokenhonse-yard. i"idward Hales, Esq., North Frith, Hadlow, Bent. t .,.,enrs' Lewis Smale, Esq Doctors' Commons. 'j descrion of at the lowest ip rat t es of Pre Life mium Assurance consistent business with security.transacted The various Tables, some of which are peculiar to this Com vverhave been studiously adapted to the requirements of y class of Assurers. ZWUAL RATES FOR WHOLE TERM OF LIFE. - 20 AGE ANNUAL PREMIUM. 4 AG E. _ 25 _ 1 12 5 35 80 1 16 0 40 2 0 8 . 45 ..-.._________ ANNUAL PREMIUM. 2 6 9 2 15 1 3 6 3 ANDREW FRANCIS, Secretary. T111,,,e , eX ceedingly choice and very valuable Stock of high-class ott "'nes, of Messrs. Thomas Forbes, Hudson and No., Co in !.sequence of their giving no their Premises, l4, nth ampthn-street, Strand, where the Wines may be in fected, and from whence the same will be delivered to the Purchasers. MESSRS. TOPLIS and ROBERTS will SELL Stre et bY AUCTION at the Cellars. No. 14, Southampton _, Strand, on Friday. April 23, the exceeimgly choice w e y,crY valuable STOCK of the above old-established and selection lown firm, who have bestowed the greatest care int 'whi of the whole of the WINES now offered for Sale best comprise Ports of the following first-class shippers and vi ntazes —viz., Sandeman and Co.'s, 23 dozen 1840 (12 ii'Vn bottled 1846, sealed Ellis, Castle, Richmond); 27 dozen c 0 .;.. and 14 dozen 1844, bottled 1854. Martinez, Gas , iot, and d0A 4 0 6 dozen 1844, bottled 1851 ;46 zen 9 years in bottle, zen dozen 5 years in bottle. Thompson and Croft's, 4 doz en ' 7 ., e lY sperior. and 3 dozen 1810, bottled 1 846 ; also 30 seal ed ' l ° ', d 1854, and 2 dozen- Magnums 1851 (each dozen Bull, Castle, Richmond). Tuke, Hankey, and Co.'s, 2 do zen ' : Years in bottle. Gould, Campbell, and Co.'s. ?8 bottiet- Years in bottle. Hooper and Son's, 3 dozen 1 840, b. ottled , 1 , 2 1„ 16 (Se tied Feltoe and Sons); and 6 dozen 1851, year s - 4 -4 ; and Quarles Harris and Co.'s, 15 dozen pints, Don ae ,, 41, bottle. Sherries of the fol owing shippers— Pale , 6' l'B ' 11 dozen very old, 17 years in bottle ; 21 dozen 18 doz4eare bottle ; and 70 dqzen pale, 12 dozen gold, and also d o v .e.!7 superior Amontillado, each 3 years in bottle ; oak. Years i n very old East India, and 16 dozen A , n0r050, 3 2 dozen br Misa's, 47 dozen pale, 41 dozen gold, and •As 42 doze„Onl, each 4 years in bottle ; also 40 dozen pale an d 6 do zen - gold, each 3 years in bottle ; and 23 dozen pale an sup erio gold, each 2 years in bottle. Pico's, 6 dozen very bottle r old gold, 17 years in bottle, and 15 dozen one year m Ir on • Haurie and C0.'5,12 dozen old gold, 7 years in bottle. a nc i'Pr and Son ' s, 25 dozen gold (sealed Bull and Bloxam), au perio doZen s Pale, each' 3 years , n b o t t le. Also other very_ r ..herries of Duff Gordon and Co.'s, Garvey's, and n _, n _,o le B rothers. Chateau Clarets : Devaux and Borkheim s, n 1 851; Caller and Co.'a, 4 dozen; Dupre's, 2 dozen doz e an d 8 our; atour, first Co. ; Brind and Co.'s, 3 t f ,, n Latour ; Clossmann and 's. 9 dozen St. Julien ii ( rPor and Son's, 20 dozen Medoc, 4 years in bottle; and ursot and co.'s.6 dozen Medoc old in bottle. Champagnes : Jp e e r rr ß !er', Jouet, and Co. 20 dozen 1846, coal 5 dozen dozen pin fier, and Co 4 dozen first qity and 8 d ; and Bollinger's . 5 dozen 1857, also 9 dqzen and 17 Pnts. oc z n Moselles Beckh , rt's, 21 dozen ; Espenschie erl ; and Leiden's. 8 dozen, and 6 dozen pints. Bur dies, 22 dozen, and Lausseure and Co.'s, 16 dozen, each 3 years in bottle. Chabis : Hooper and Son's, 3 dozen old in Hockheimer, 3 dozen. Rhein Wefn. 5 dozen. Stein 18 5 ``nr 4 dozen. Steinberg, 3 dozen. Scharzberg, 2 dozen n „1: Rudesheimer, 2 dozen 1842. Johannisber, 6 dozen, 4 dozen pints. And Vino de Pasto, 10 do g zen.—The 2liara may be inspected two days preceding the sale, by Fflogues only (Is. each, returned to pnrchaters), when the rues rnay likewise tased, or samples had by payment. Cate res may be obtained at the Cellars. and at the ces of Messrs. Toplis and Roberts, 2, Conduit street egen t - street, and South Kensington (facing the Museum'. RAM-CURLING FLUID, 248, High Holborn, London. —ALEX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID ourls .-, adies' or Gentl emen ' s h a i r i mmediately it i s appl i ed. S old at 3s. ed .; sent free for 54 stamps. Ross's Toilet Magazine, , Is. 6 d. or 20 stamps. CIREY HAIR.-248, High Holborn, London.— , k_A ALEX. 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For notices of this starting work see the "Saturday Re view" of April 1, entitled "Quacks and Quackery ;' the " Weekly aspatch" of April "The Quacks and their Crimes " The Sun" of April 12, "'Detector's' Broadside on Quacks and Quackery." GUIDE TO THE QUACKS OF LONDON . . A Series of Papers relative to Quacks, which appeared in the " Medical Circular," with the signature of "Detector," has been republished in the form of a short pamphlet. The reader of "Punch" should read this pamphlet also. He has often read, in the pages of "Punch," of certain Quacks, frau dulent and noisome, who obtain money by false pretences, and more money by menaces and extortion, from green young men. For their names, which " Punch" would not advertise, he has referred his readers to the lower corner of the advertising columns of low newspapers, amongst which too many of Mr." Punch's" contemporai ies, especially in the country, may still be enumerated. But now he begs to pub lish the information that a nominal list of these miscreants, with copies of their pull's and other particulars concerning them, n-.edfut to be known, will be found in the pamphl t above referred to, which is entitled "Revelation of Quacks and Quackery." and is to be had at the "Medical Circular " Office, 20, King William-street, Strand, W.O. The vile practices, the monstrous impudence, the cruel rapacity, and the enormous gains of the obscene tribe of Quacks, the mischief they do, the ruin they work, even to the causation of suicide, are iully.set forth in " Revelations of Quacks ai , d Qackery." And mark espec'ally that, as aforesaid, the names of the Quacks are publishet The pamphlet in question thus constitutes a regular Quack Di rectory, by consulting which every young man may know where he may go if' he wishes to get plundered and destroyed. Buy, therefore, reader, by all means buy " h evelations of Quacks and Quackery." 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EGYPTIAN HALL, •PICCADILLY (THE LATE ALBERT SMITH'S ROOM). OPEN TO-NIGHT with Colonel STODARE'S entirely New Entertainment, MAGIC and VKINTRILOQUISM, and every evening at Eight, and Saturday afternoon at Three. Stalls, 35.; Area, 25.; Gallery, Is. A. NIMMO, Acting Manager. MR. and Mrs. GERMAN REED, with Mr. JOHN PARRY, will appear In their new entertain ment, entitled A PECULIAR FAMILY, by William Brough. New scenery by T. and W. Grieve. To conclude with MRS. ROSELEAF AT THE SEASIDE, by Mr. John Parry. Every Evenine, except Saturday, at 8. Wednesday and Saturday afrernoons, at 3. ROYAL GIALLER O Y OF ILLUSTRATION, 14, Regent-street. Unreserved seats, ls., 28. ; stalls, Is. ; stall chairs, 58. May be secured in advance, without tee, at the Gallery. OPERA DI CAMERA, every Tuesday and Thursday at 3, and Saturday at 8. H E 0 X FORD 6, OXFORD STREET, W. The Oxford and Canterbury H.ll Company (limited). . - - ORPHEI AUX ENFERS, FAUST, and LA CIRCAS SIENNE will be performed during this week Principll artistes : —Mons. Layessiere, Signor Spagnoli, M. Marini, Mr. Green, and Misses Ellison and Barrie, with full Band and Chorus, conducted by Mr. F. Jonghmans. . Comedy, by Mr. George Hodson (the celebrated Comedian and Mimic), W. Randall, Little Bob, Sim Kate Balle, Les Freres Talliott. the ilrotesque, D'Aubacs, Madame Barns den, and Les Freres Stonette. Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Every Evening at Half-past Seven. Admission—area, 6d. stalls and balcony, is.; private boxes, 10s. 6d. CANTERBURY HA LL. The Oxford , and Canterbury Hall Company (limited). HODGE PODGE, (According to Act of Parliament). CANTERBURY HAL L. --EVERY EVENING at half-past Nine o'clock. In addition to the other attractions of this wonderful establishment. VASTER HOLIDAYS.—Mdme. TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION. Established 30 years, at the Bazaar, Baker-street. A full-length Portrait model, life-size. of the late RICKARD COBDEN - , M.P., taken during the period of tie Great Anti-Corn Law League Agitation, my be seen in the Hall of Kings. NEW ADDITIONS.—ModeIs. life-size, of the YOUNG KING of GREECE, and MURRAY, who was Regent of Scotland in the time of nary Queen of Scots. Open from 11 I;.ni. two p.m. Admittance, One Shilling; Extra Rooms, Sixpen:e. ARGYLL ROOMS.-NOTICE.-RE ENGAGE lIENT of J. LEVY, the celebrated raga nini Coma-a-Piston, will appear EVE KY EVENING, at Nine, Ten. and Eleven o'clock, and perform on Distin's Patent Light-Va:ye Cornet. Conductor—M. LUIGI CURTI. Manager—M. GRENET. THE Duke of SUTHERLAND and PER CENT AGES to SERVANTS. —Write for yourBTEA direct to the EAST INDIA TEA COMPANY. China, Assam, and Japan Teas in every variety, from Is. 10d. per lb. upwards. List of prices sent on application.—Ware houses, 9, Great St. Helen's Churchyard, City. DINNEFORD'S FLUID MAGNESIA. 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Barclay and Sons, London, to. &o.; and by Grocers and Oilmen uni versally. ARMY CONTRACTS. Commissariat Office, Aldershot, April 9, 1865. TENDERS will be received at this Office, until 12 o'clock (noon) on Wednesday, 26th April, 1865, from persons who may be willing to enter into CONTRACTS for the supply of FLOUR (Ration and Hospital), AND MEAT, in such quantities as may be required, from Ist June to 30th November, 1865, for the use of her Majesty s Forces stationed at Aldershot Camp, and within the command. These being three distinct Contracts, separate Tenders are required for each description of Flour and for Meat. Forms of Tender and Conditions of Contract may be ob tained on application at th s office, by letter addressed to the Senior Commissariat Officer, or in person, between the hours of ten and four o'clock. The renders must be properly filled up, signed, and deli vered at this office (under closed envelope, marked on the outside " Tender for Army Supplies"), by the hour appointed, and no Tender will be noticed that shall not be in compliance with these conditions. ARMY CONTRACTS.- TENDERS will be received at p erson Office until 12 o'clock noon, on the 28th of April, from s who may be willing to enter into CONTRACTS to supply BREAD AND MEAT - in such quantities as may be required, for the use of her Majesty's Land Forces stationed in the following places, from Ist June, to 30th November, 1665. LONDON DISTRICT, 1. Brompton House, Knightsbridge and Magazine Barracks Hyde -park; and Kensi ng t on . , 2. Regent's -park, and St. John's-wood. 3. New Barracks, Chelsea; and Ordnance Survey Office, Pimlico. 4. Wellington Barracks, Buckingham Palace and St. George's Barracks. • 5. The Tower. 8. Hounslow and Kneller Hall. 7. Hampton Court. 8. Windsor. 9. Brighton, with Coast Forts iron' Newhaven to Shoreham. 10. Sandhurst. Separate Tenders for Bread and for Meat must be made for each of the above-mentioned Stations or Barracks, as sepa rately grouped and numbered. Forms of Tender and Conditions of Contract may be ob tained on application at this Office, by letter addressed to the Senior Commissariat Officer, or in person, between the hours of 10 and 4 o'clock. Tenders on the printed forms must be properly filled up and signed, and no Tender ill be noticed unless delivered at the under-mentioned Offiee,under closed envelope (marked on the outside "Tender for Commissariat Supplies"), before 12 o'clock noon on the 28th April. e a n e s n , er z a o l n 's d O on ffi , cg :w., 5, New D - e s p tr u e t e y t, v 6th April, 1865. rminigs•s-garYard The Royal Dramatic College. A very interesting gathering of the leading members of the theatrical profession and others connected with the drama took place on Saturday, at the Royal Dramatic College, Maybury, near Woking, for the purpose of holding the first anniversary dinner in commemoration of the birth of Shak spere, under the will of the late T. P. Cooke, his natal day also falling on the 23d of April. That date falling this year on Sunday, it necessarily had to be anticipated by a day, so as to permit the full enjoyment of the festival pro vided by the donor, who for that purpose left a legacy of £l,OOO, the interest of which was to be applied to defray the expense of the entertainment, of which, by a clause in the will, the pensioners were also to be partakers. Mr. Benjamin Webster, the Master, presided. There were present about 120 gentlemen, the majority of whom were well known in the musical and theatrical world. Mr. Keeley sat on the left of the Master, and on the right was Mr. Cumming, the son-in-law of the late Mr. T. P. Cooke. Near them were seated Mr. Buckstone, Mr. Creswick, Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. J. Toole, Mr. J. Robins, Mr. J. Cooper, Mr. Anson, Mr. Nelson Lee, Mr. Wellington Val lance, Mr. Sams, Mr. Gruneisen, Mr. Barnard, Mr. Thomp son, and others. The dinner took place in the centmlhall, a fine gothic apartment, the walls of which are already covered to a considerable extent by oil paintings, water colour drawings, portraits, and prints, more or less con nected with the theatrical profession, the gifts of charitable donors. Among the company were the residents of the college, the " worn-out actors and actresses," for whose benefit the college had been established, and some of them received a hearty shake of the hand from some of the elder members of the profession who had known them in days long gone by, when they had taken an active part in the business of the stage. They were looking hale and'hearty, and, judging from appearances, would yet live long to en joy the provision made for the comfort of their declining years. The MASTER, in proposing the first toast, that of " The Queen," said—The bead and the gems in our glass, the wine that sparkles within, are not more cheering to the eye and to the palate than the name of our gracious Queen is to the heart of every Englishman. (Cheers.) Cleopatra's pearl could not be drunk with greater pride than we drink to that model of her sex, the mother of her people, and a loving wife. (Cheers.) God give her the courage to come among us once again to receive the ovation she so richly deserves. (Cheers.) She was one of the first to generously help the erection of this college with the munificent sum of £lOO ; and her noble Consort laid the foundation stone of this building with an earnest hope for its prosperity, and the strongest expression for its future. (Cheers.) The toast was drunk with hearty demonstrations of loyalty, and was followed by the National Anthem. The next toast was " The Prince of Wales, the Patron of the Royal Dramatic College, and the rest of the Royal Family," in proposing which the MASTER said—His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, patron of the Royal Dramatic College, is full of English life and English feeling. He loves the rational amusement of the drama, an example I hope his future subjects will follow. Thank Heaven it is inborn, and I have reason to believe he will practically show his hearty interest in this institution as its patron, and carry out his noble-minded father's intentions. He is the expectancy and fair rose—or rather he is the expectancy, and his charming Princess the fair rose of the State. (Cheers.) The MASTER next gave, as required by the will of Mr. T. P. Cooke, "The Memory of the Immortal Bard Shakspere." Mr. WEBSTER said—Gentlemen, under the will of Mr. T. P. Cooke, the first glass of wine after the routino toasts is to be drunk or drained " To the Memory of the Immortal Bard Shakspere." Any attempt to urge you to honour the memory of the immortal poet would be impertinence upon my part; but you must allow the poor player to express his gratitude to the mind of him who imagined these wondrous characters,clothed in sucninparalleled language, which aro the life and soul of histrionic art. (Cheers.) Shakspere car ried the dramatic art under Elizabeth and James to a degree of splendour that has never been surpassed. Though a pleiad of great authors—Jonson, Massinger, Rowe, and Webster—were his egntemporaries, the dazzling sun of the great dramatist, which rendered lustrous the end of the 16th century, and the beginning of the 17th, had absorbed in his rays the eclat of the stars which gravitated around him, though some in passages were scarcely inferior when perused and studied. Ben Jonson alone has appeared, in some sort, to have escaped from this eclipse ; but if he was cited, or quoted, or read, it was loss to render a merited homage to the vigorous painter of the manners and vices of his times, than for the sake of contrasting his rude talents and his humours with the genius of his rival, and to draw from this comparison a now subject of glorification, all to the advantage of the [gentle Shakspere. (Cheers.) His works alone, by the abundance of composition, the dis tinction of tone, the vigour of style, and the free render ing, are eloquent protestations against the bloodless and pale abstractions of those who would cavil at the drama and the stage. (Cheers.) Two of our bishops have, to their honour, in the pulpit made Shakspere their theme of elo quence ; andnothing has been more pleasing tome thantho lately published part of a lecture of that renowned Roman Churchman Cardinal Wiseman—(cheers)-who, in the lone liness of hours beneath an Italian sky, amidst the fragrance of orange flowers and the murmuring of sparkling streams, dwelt upon the w or d s and thoughts o f Sh a k spere w ith t h e unmeasured d e li g ht o f a highly accomplished mind. He elevates him far, f ar a b ove all other poe t s , an d p l aces hi m on a level with Homer and Dante as the former of his lan guage in its most beautiful qualities, and that no change can ever push from this round and top of sovereignty. Leslie, the great painter, conceived that Shakspere's cha racters are as beautifully defined, and stand out from the canvass as clearly as those majestic figures of the prophets and;sybils of Michael Angelo. How justly proud must every Englishman, then, feel that he is the countryman of Shak spere, whose words axe instruction and gratified wonder to the educated, and fall from the exponents of his poesy like manna in the wilderness to the uneducated, each rising from the perusal or the representation a wiser and better man. Let those noble editions of his works be accessible to all, and these monuments of paper will outlast all the statues in marble or in bronze. (Cheers.) The company h av i ng drunk to t h e memory o f Shak spere, the fin e g l ee, " The Cloud-capped Towers, " as ar ranged by St evens, Hersee, Mr. Fi e ldi ng, Mr. Montem Sm i th, M r. Ringsbury, and Mr. Lawler. was admirably sung by Miss Rose The MASTER then said—My next duty is one which I rise to perform with considerable emotion—it is to give you a toast To the Memory of Mr. T. P. Cooke." He was one of my earliest instructors. In youth I earned his goodwill and retained his friendship in after life. One of his most intimate friends, Mr. Lane, is present with us, and he will be better able to speak of the toast than myself, and I have much pleasure in calling upon Mr. Lane for that purpose. Mr. LANE, in obedience to this request, said—Mr. Master and Gentlemen,—l hope that the memorial which we cele brate to-day will grow in interest with the return of each anniversary. We meet in fulfilment of the intention of a e mory moved. ( Ch Te . (Cheers.) p s distinguished actor, a good m an, and a dear friend, to do h ? Cooke to take a d van t a ge It was a genial and a generous on of "the accident of his birth," for the sa k e of hinging for ward, periodically, the claims of th e Royal Dramatic our t o motive his that College, to which, in life, he did good service, and the cause of which he thoughtfully advocated when he came to make his will. Now, first, for the birthday of the great poet. As the literature of the stage is the glory of our country, so is the name of Shakspere the glory of every nation under heaven, while, as Englishmen, we alone have unstinted enjoyment of what " Rare Ben jonson " calls "His well joined and true filed lines, In each of which he seems to shake a lance, As brandished at the eyes of ignorance." Then, there is, you know, another happy accident associated with the birth of our British sailor—the launch of the good ship St. George, whose wooden walls and hempen tackle he lived to see give place to iron sides and twisted wire. He did not like it and could not help it. Let me speak of him as a player, as a gentleman, and in tho relations of social life. On the stage he always spoke from the heart, and so never failed to reach the hearts of his audience. While as "the well-graced actor," he often furnished, in graceful and classical action, an admirable model for the sculptor and the painter. In his homo, every one who knew him was impressed with the character of his domestic life; while in general society ho did honour to the profession that he loved, and wherever he went he took with him the best of courtesy and good breeding. Now let us get a little closer to him. Like Polonius, " he had one fair daughter, and no more ; the Which he loved passing well." But, unlike Po lonius, he lived to see her mated. It would ill become me to enlargb upon the unspeakable blessing to him of that marriage, or on the delight with which we saw him with his grandchildren on his knee, and little T. P. Cooke Cum ming old enough to love him dearly and to mourn his lbss. With reference to his grandson, as well as to his daughter, we may fairly quote again from Ben Jonson's lines— "Look how the father's face -- Lives in his issue." I hope, Mr. Master, that we May be permitted to look for ward to the presence in this ball, actually and bodily, of Mr. Hugh Cumming. (Cheers.) The MASTER then read the portions of the will of the late Mr. Cooke which had a more direct bearing on the occasion of the present anniversary. The extract was as follows : "Now I give the sum of Two Thousand Pounds New Three Pounds per Cent. Annuities part of a larger amount of such annuities standing in my name in the Bank books to the Master Deputy-Master and Wardens of the Royal Dra matic College to be held by them and their successors for the time being in perpetuity for giving a prize for tho best drama on a nautical or a national subject to be called ' T. P. Cooke's Nautical or National Dramatic Prize' and to be competedfor on the terms and conditions hereinafter mentioned. And I direct that such my bequest and intention shall be carried out in the following manner videlicet the interest of the fund shall be invested in like annuities and accumulated for succes sive periods of two or three years (in the discretion of the said Master,Deputy-Master, and Wardens of the said Royal Dra matic College) as from the time of my decease and at the end of each such period this accumulation shall be awarded as a prize to the author of the best drama on any nautical or national object. The piece then to be sold, or disposed of at the best and most eligible offer from the manager of any metropolitan or provincial theatre or licences for represen tation thereof to be granted upon such terms as the Master, Deputy-Master, and Wardens of the said Royal Dramatic College may think fit. The copyright thereof to be always retained as the property of the College and the profits aris ing from the sale licences or disposal of the piece to be re ceived and held by the Master Deputy-Master and Wardens of the College to be applied by them ion the general pur poses of the Institution And judging from the profits of some of the pieces in which I have myself been engaged as the ' Pilot' The Red Rover' The Flying Dutchman' and ' My Poll and my Partner Joe' and 'Black-eyed Susan' some of which had a run of two hundred and fifty successive nights and even calculating on moderate success without taking into account the chance of 'an immense hit' on a nau tical or popular subject or favourite actor or a fortunate cast the pecuniary results to-the funds of the College I should hope would be considerable irrespective of what may arise from the copyright from provincial acting and other sources And I hereby direct that the terms and conditions upon which the said prize shall be competed for shall be as fol lows Each candidate or author shall on or before the Ist of January in each year in which a prize shall be given send in to the Master of the Royal Dramatic College his workor drama under a sealed cover which cover shall bear some motto or inscription and his name and address under another sealed cover bearing the same motto or inscrip tion and no cover containing a name and address shall be opened except the one bearing the same motto or in scription as the cover of the work or drama to which the prize shall have been adjudged the successful candidate or author shall assign or make over to the College all his inte rest in the copyright of his prize work or drama. And for the purpose of determining the work or drama to which the prize shall be adjudged some disinterested'person of compe tent taste and judgment shall be chosen by the Master Deputy Master and Wardens of the said College to select the six best pieces offered for competition and those six selected pieces shall be read to a Committee of the College to be chosen by the said Master Deputy Master and Wardens and such committee shall determine and award the prize. And as a mode of giving publicity to the scheme and inducing authors to compete I would suggest to the Master Deputy Master and Wardens of the said College (but without im posing any obligation upon them in this particular not wishing to interfere in any way to control the wise and wholesome discretion these gentlemen will I feel certain exercise in the trust reposed in them) that advertisements should be published in such newspapers or otherwise in such manner and at such times as they shall think proper (the expenses of such advertisements to be defrayed out of the dividends of the said prize fund)intimating that every two or three years (as may be) a prize would be offered for a prize drama' in accordance with this gift And in the same spirit I would likewise suggest and express a wish that for the more effectually carrying into operation my intentions . on the twenty-third day of April in each year which is the birthday of our immortal dramatic.poet Shakspere and which is my own natal day also a public holiday or treat should be given to the pensioners of the College for the a c e u l u e s r a l t i d o i n u u o e f r this o u d l a A dy be ep n r d that ovfded on tn t t h h oc eis hall s o io an fn the College at which the Master Wardens and Members of the Council should preside and to which the whole of the pensioners and any supporters and patrons of the drama and well-wishers to the College and such members of my family as shall be living and the trustees for the time being of my will (if any) shall be invited And that after the toast of the day ' To the memory of the immortal bard Shak spore' shall have been duly honoured the terms and condi tions of this my gift shall be read and in every year in which a prize shall in pursuance of, my gift for that purpose hereinbefore contained be given an announcement made of the name of the successful candidate the title of the piece and the theatre at which it is to be acted and a statement of the funds which may have arisen from or in consequence of this my gift and of the application thereof And for pro viding a fund for defraying the expense of this entertain ment I give the further sum of One Thousand Pounds New Three Pounds per Cent Annuities further part of the afore said larger amount of like annuities standieg in my name in the Bank books as aforesaid to the Master Deputy Master and Wardens of the said College to be held by them and their successors for the time being In trust to apply the dividends thereof for this purpose." The memory of Mr. T. P.Cooke was then duly honoured by the company, after which Mr. Paul Bedford sang with his accustomed feeling Dibdin's fine old song of ,4 Tom Bowling," which, it is scarcely necessary to say, was most heartily cheered. Mr. WEBSTER next announced 'that he had received a parcel which was directed to be opened only after the toast of the evening. On opening the parcel it was found to con tain the medal presented by the actors and actresses of Covent-garden Theatre to David Garrick nearly a century since. Mr. ROBERT BELL proposed the " Drama.," which was re sponded to by Mr. CRESWICK. Mr. BUCKINGIiA.M gave the " Dramatic College, and Health to the Pensioners," which was briefly acknowledged by Mr. CAMPBELL, one of the pensioners. Tho healths of the Master and other officers of the charity were drunk, and it was announced that a few gentlemen had agreed to provide the funds for filling in the windows of the central hall of the college with coloured glass. The Stranding of the Camilla, OFFICIAL REPORT. NASSAU (N.P.), Jan. 12, 1865. The Hon. C. R. Nesbitt, Esq., Colonial Secretary. Sir,—l am directed by the Commissioners of Pilotage to state, in answer to his Excellency the Governor's minute regarding a report on the circumstances attending the stranding of the British brig Camilla on Toney Rock Bar, that they have carefully investigatad the case, and find that the Camilla arrived off the mouth of the harbour on the sth inst., about the time that her Majesty's ship Medea was leaving the port ; that a flag for, a pilot was hoisted on the foremast of the Camilla, but all the pilots being employed, none went to her. The master of the Camilla having approached close to the bar, had given orders to put the ship about, when he perceived a two-headed boat on the bar, which he took to be, and which was in fact a pilot's boat ; there was no pilot flag flying at the stern, but the captain thought the men were waving to him to 'come on ; he therefore again stood in, and crossed the bar He then observed that a flag was hoisted, indicating him to lull, which he was endeavouring to do when the ship struck. The master states, as his reason for following the pilot-boat in, that he had read in the sailing directions that, in the event of the bar being practicable, but too rough for pilot-boats to go out, a pilot would be sta tioned inside the bar. He had forgotten, or did not notice, that in such a case a white flag would be hoisted on the flagstaff at Hog Island. No such flag was, however, hoisted that day, and the commissioners can, therefore, only attribute the accident to the unfortu nate, though pardonable, mistake of the master, who took the pilot boat of Mr. Joshua Seymour for a boat stationed purposely to guide his entrance into the harbour, whereas she was simply returning to port, having no licensed pilot on board. It is quite evident that no blame could be attached to the men in the pilot boat, as they only exhibited a flag when they observed the vessel to be in extreme danger, and in so doing they in all probability saved the Camilla from total destruction, as she would otherwise have struck the Bar Head on, under full sail, instead of being carried slowly broadside on by force of the tide. The Camilla has since been extri cated from her perilous situation, and has, apparently, sustained but little injury. The pilot-boat returned from the Medea under sail until she reached the bar, when her sails were furled, and tho masts unshipped. It was while this was being effected that the master of the Camilla first caught sight of the boat, and it is, therefore, easily under stood how the master could mistake the action of the men for so waving to him to come on. The Commissioners think it, also, but fair to the master to state, that his mate and one_of his men being sick appears to them a reason able excuse for the master not leaving the deck to again consult the sailing directions of the port.—l have, Sc., GEORGE D. HARRIS, Chairman of the Board of Pilotage. THE LARGEST AND MOST DESTRUCTIVE AVA LANCHE which is chronicled, probably in the history of Europe, is one which fell in the year 1689, and destroying in its fall, the village of Rashnal, near Sans, in the Prat tigau. It fell on St. Paul's Conversion , lay and destroyed 150 houses and stables ; 58 men and women,:and 300 head of cattle found their death through it, The village of Eashnal has never been rebuilt. Secretary Stanton has ordered a salute of 200 guns to be fired from every arsenal, fort, and military headquarters in the United States in cele bration of the event. (Official Despatches.) " GENERAL GRANT TO GENERAL LEE. "April 7. " General,--The result of the last week must con vince you of the hopelessness of further resistance on the part of the Army of Northern Virginia in this struggle. I feel that it is so, and regard it as my duty to shift from myself the responsibility of any further effusion of blood by asking of you the surrender of that portion of the Confederate States' army known as the Army of Northern Virginia. " Very respectfully your obedient servant, " U. S. GRANT, "Lieutenant-General Commanding the Armies of the United States. " General R. E. Lee, Commander of Confederate States' Armies. " GENERAL LEE TO GENERAL GRANT. "April 7. " General,—l have received your note of this date. Though not entirely of the opinion you express of the hopelessness of further resistance on the part of the Army of Northern Virginia, I reciprocate your desire to avoid useless effusion of blood, and there fore, before considering your proposition, ask the terms you will offer on condition of its surrender. " R. E. LEE, General. " To Lieutenant-General U. S. Grant, Commander of the Armies of the United States." " GENERAL GRANT TO GENERAL LEE. " April 8. " General,—Your note of last evening, in reply to mine of same date, asking the conditions on which I will accept the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia, is just received. In reply, I would say that, peace being my first desire, there is but one condition that I must insist upon—viz., that the men surrendered shall be disqualified for taking up arms against the Government of the United States until properly exchanged. I will meet you, or designate officers to meet any officers you may name, for the same purpose at any point agreeable to you for the purpose of arranging definitely the terms on which the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia will be received. " Very respectfully, your obedient servant, " U. S. GRANT, Lieutenant-General Commanding Armies of the United States. " General R. E. Lee, Commanding Confederate States' Armies." " GENERAL LEE TO GENERAL GRANT. " April 8. " General,—l received at a late hour your note of to-day, in answer to mine of yesterday. I did not intend to propose the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia, but to ask the terms of your pro position. To be frank, Ido not think the emer gency has arisen to call for the surrender ; but as the restoration of peace should be the sole object of all, I desire to know whether your proposal would tend to that ; and I cannot, therefore, meet you with a view to surrender the Army of Northern Virginia ; but as far as your proposition may affect the Confederate States' forces under my command, and lead to the restoration of peace, I should be pleased to meet you at 10 a.m. to-morrow on the old stage-road to Rich mond between the picket line of the two armies. " Very respectfully, your obedient servant, " R. E. LEE, General Confederate States' Army. " To Lieutenant-General Grant, Commanding Armies of the United States." " GENERAL GRANT TO GENERAL TARE. " April 9. " General,—Your note of yesterday is received• As I have no authority to treat on the subject of peace, the meeting proposed for 10 a.m. to-day could lead to no good. I will state, however, General, that I am really anxious for peace with yourself, and the whole North entertain the same feeling. The terms upon which peace can be had are well under stood. By the South laying down their arms they will hasten that most desirable event, save thousands of human lives and hundreds of millions of property not yet destroyed. Sincerely hoping that all our difficulties may be settled without the loss of another life, I subscribe myself, " Very respectfully, your obedient servant, " U. S. GRANT, Lieutenant-General United States' Armies. " General R. E. Lee, Commanding Confederate States' Armies." " GENERAL LEE TO GENERAL GRANT. "April 9. " General,—l received your note of this morning on the picket line, whither I had come to meet you, and ascertain definitely what terms were embraced in your proposition of yesterday with reference to the surrender of this army. I now request an inter view, in accordance with the offer contained in your letter of yesterday for that purpose. " Very respectfully, your obedient servant, " R. E. LEE, General. " To Lieutenant-General Grant. Commanding United States' Armies." 64 GENERAL GRANT TO GENERAL LEE. "April 9. " General R. E. Lee, Commanding Confederate State Armies,—Your note of this day is but this moment 11 50 a.m. received, in consequence of my having passed from the Richmond and Lynchburg road to the Farmville and Lynchburg-road, and am at this writing aboutfour miles off Watter's Church, and will push forward to the front for the purpose of meeting you. Notice sent to me on the road where you wish the interview to takeplace will reach me.—Very respectfully, your obedient servant, " U. S. GRANT, Lieutenant-General." THE TERMS. " Appomattox Court-house, April 9. " General R.E. Lee, Commanding Confederate States' Armies,—ln accordance with the substance of my letter to you of the Bth inst., I propose to receive the surrender of the Army of Northern Vir ginia on the following terms :—Together with rolls of all the officers and men, to be made in duplicate one copy to be given to an officer designated by me, the other to be retained by such officers as you may designate, the officers to give their individual paroles not to take arms against the United States until properly exchanged, and each c om p an y or regimen tal commander to sign a like parole for the men of their commands. The arms, artillery, and p u bli c property to be packed and stacked, and turned over to the officers appointed by me to receive them. This will not embrace the side arms of the officers, n or their private horses or baggage. This don e , eac h officer and man will be allowed to return to th e i r homes, not to be disturbed by United St a t es ' authority so long as they observe their parole and the laws in force where they may reside.—Very respectfully, " U. S. GRANT, Lieut.-General Commanding." THE SURRENDER. • "Head-quarters, Army of Northern Virginia, April 9, 1865. " General, ---I have received your letter of this day, containing the terms of surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia, as proposed by you. As they are substantially the same as those expressed in your The surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia has caused great rejoicing throughout the country. Yesterday the Government employes in Washington were released from duty and paraded the streets. They called upon Mr. Lincoln for a speech, which he declined to make then, but promised them one to-day, when he expected a formal demonstration would be made. They were, however, addressed by Gen. Butler, who argued that after the South should be conquered her military leaders ought to be hanged, her legislators deprived of the rights of citizenship, her misguided soldiers in the ranks paraded, and her blacks raised to equality with the whites in every respect. He was applauded. Last night there were illuminations in Washington, Baltimore, and other cities. A number of the leading citizens of New York have addressed the President, asking him to appoint a day for national thanksgiving. A correspondent of the Cincinnati Gazette, who has recently made a tour of observation through the Confederate trans-Mississippi department, reports the effective military force at 53,000 disciplined troops, plentifully supplied with provisions, clothing, arms, and ammunition. General Kirby Smith is in chief „-:nmand. Mr. Lincoln to-day issued a proclamation declaring that all Southern ports, t.oopting Alexandria, and Norfolk in Virginia, Beaufort in North Carolina, Port Royal in South Carolina, Pensacola and Fer nandina in Florida, and New Orleans in Louisiana, will remain closed to commerce until hereafter opened by his special order. • The condition of Mr. Seward's health was considered less favourable yesterday, symptoms of erysipelas being observed by his physicians. Both Houses of the Federal Legislature of Ten nessee have ratified the constitutional abolition of slavery. The Vermont raiders were brought before the Toronto Court yesterday. All but Capt. Bennett Young, who was committed for trial, were dis charged. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Gold has varied to-day between 1451 and 1472, closing 1462. Exchange, 109, for gold. United States' Sixes, 1881, Coupons, 1082 ; Five- Twenties, Coupons, 1082 ; New York Central, 100; Erie, 69 ; Illinois Centrals, 104. Cotton,3sc. Breadstuffs and provisions improved. Sugars and coffee firm and quiet. APRIL 13. The siege of the eastern defences of Mobile con tinued on the 3d. Fort Spanish is reported com pletely surrounded by the Federal batteries, and the ferocity of the fighting to have beenunequalledsince the siege of Vicksburg. On. the 31st ult. the Federals lost 420 men on planting a battery to prevent com munication between the port and Mobile by water. Three Federal ironclads have been destroyed by torpedoes sent adrift from the city. A general assault is expected on the 4th. General Granger, at Huntsville, Alabama, has forwarded to General Thomas, at Nashville, a non official statement that General Wilson captured Selma on the 2d inst., together with the entire com mand of Generals Forrest and Roddy. He also reports the capture of Montgomery. Mr. Stanton announces that a Federal scouting party took possession of Lynchburg on the 11th. Non-official advices from Goldsborough of the 10th state that General Johnston's army was still in the vicinity of Smithfield. Mr. Lincoln has added Key West to the number of ports at which commerce will be permitted. On Thursday he issued a second Proclamation, to the effect that hereafter foreign war vessels will re ceive in the Federal ports only such privileges as are conceded to Federal vessels in foreign ports. He considers that whatever claims and pretences may have existed for refusing full maritime rights to Federal war vessels, the United States are now entitled to claim and receive an entire and friendly equality of rights and hospitalities with all mari time nations. On Tuesday evening he made his promised speech to the citizens of Washington, which he devoted almost exclusively to advocating his one-tenth plan of reconstruction, as acted upon by Louisiana. He considered it the best that had yet been suggested, and urged that it be adopted by all the other seceded States as they desire to return to the Union. The speech has caused much disappointment, both in the Republican and Democratic parties. Mr. Seward is better, and almost, if not quite, out of danger. On Tuesday the employes in the Brooklyn Navy yard suspended work in consequence of a reduction by the Government of 50c. per diem on their wages. General Grant has rescinded his order of the 10th ult., prohibiting trade within the States of Virginia, North and South Carolina. and Georgia. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Gold, 1461. Exchange, 109, in gold - T . Sixes, 1881, Coupons, 1081 ; Five-Twenty Cou pons, 107 ; Ten-Forty, 931! New York Central, 1011 ; Erie, 681; Illinois Central, 1131. Cotton, 33c. Breadstuffs and provisions fin. proved. Sugars and coffees in good demand. BRITISH NORTH AMERICA. The Confederation of the North American Pro vinces is progressing favourably. Two members of the Canadian Ministry—Messrs. Galt and Cartier — are in the Asia, as a deputation to the Homo Go vernment. They were met at Halifax by the Nova Scotia Government and leading citizens of Halifax . :_ ie bo y l y va a made of the Scotiary large and and New Brunswick. A torchlight procession a mile in length was formed to conduct them to the Temperance-hall, where an immense concour se had assembled, and an address was p resented by the Mayor of Halifax on behalf of the citizens, strongly urging on the Confed eration scheme. The greatest enthusiasm prevailed, an d most favourable sta t em ents were pub licly prog iess of the measure in both N . N ew Brunswick. Canada has already adopted majority. " LES FEMMES DE JULES CESAR, sa Vie Privee, et ses Mceurs," is the titl e of another of the numerous pamph lets to which the Emperor's work has given rise. It is written by Benjamin Gastineau, and published by Dentu. ACCIDENT AT THE WINDSOR STEEPLECHASES.---OR Saturday afternoon a serious accident occurred dur ing the steeplechases on the racecourse at Spital, near the cavalry barracks on the outskirts of Windsor. Among the horses which started for the Military Sweepstakes, the third event of the day, was Major Wombwell's (12th Lan cers) Bell's Life, a well-known horse, the winner of several steeplechases, and usually a great favourite at the Windsor meeting. Captain Rowley, of the 2d Life Guards, one of the stewards, and an experienced horseman, rode Bell's Life in this race, and it would seem that all went on well till a small brook running from the side of the Osborne road was approached. The stream is very narrow, and is, in fact, nothing but a ditch, though the jump presents some rather awkward features. It would appear that Bell's Life had made the jump and cleared the brook, but after the leap the horse fell dead, throwing Captain Rowley with eb R es, e on- great force to the ground and falling partly upon the stunned rider. Bell's Life being thus killed u p on the s p ot, Captain Rowley, who had suffered severely . from the vio lencedition of a n t d h e rem o concussion, ved to t h w e a was residencepicked of Colonel upin C a o ni n s e d s e nile lat Queen's-villas, only a few yards from the scene of th e occurrence, and where he was attended by Dr. Rerin, who happened to be present. Although much shaken, it is be lieved that Captain Rowley has not received any serious injuries, and in the course of the evening he was enabled to proceed to London. 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