The Sun. — London, England, 1865-01-30 00:00:00

) I.°( (z, ~~~ ~_ ~~ L i__ ! . e _ //~2 -~= z li (1 41 } 11 111 " 1 1! WE WAIT SUP -‘-R YOU, after the Pantomime, at E VANS '. Fail • 7 4 I k I . 0.13 - 1 • , 0... 4 4 lrelt 4k , , ; -N t kt v 4 - , . - - / , 4, vs ver•-•- -ET( 1111 0051 ,- 11, , , _ ) 4 ,4 - - DIE )11C , pakiwit 'lir I - VII - '-bEca . T. \\\\N\ rdettitig of the Froprietors of Drury-iana Theatre. On Saturday the annual general meeting was held in the saloon of the theatre to receive the reports of the committee, and of Mr. 0. Marsh Nelson, archi tect to the company of proprietors, to fill up the vacancies in the committee caused by the retirement of six members who go out by rotation, to elect an auditor, and for other purposes. Mr. Joseph Arden was called to the chair. THE 'SUN, LONDON, MON DAY EVENING, J A.N UMW 30, 1865 PRICE STAMPED No. 22.654. At all Libraries. Vol. 1., in demy Bvo., with clans of Bat , les, CRYSTAL PALACE.—TO-MORROW to FRIDAY.—LAST FOUR DAYS of the WIZARD of the NOKTH and Miss ANDERSON.--Also LAST WEEK of LIGH LING UP the Palace. Admission, One Shilling. Children, Sixpence. THE WEATHER. The Sewage Report THE CATCHMENT BASINS OF RIVERS. When Bramah about 35 years ago invented the watercloset he little dreamt of the great sanitary and • THE HISTORY of the PRESENT AI\IERI CAN WAR, from the Commencement to the Conelu son of the campaign of 1863. By Lieut.-Col. FLETCHER, Scots Pushier Guards. Richard Bentley, Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty. t , - - It IN ARA.N'S LL WHISKY_ v. COGNAC Thi s BRA. ItAucceulebEritatAciid O IRIS a NDY WHISKY rivals the finest rt i, p ue DY, ld Sold i '' 1111 d, Mello w, Delicious, and very Wholesome. t i li te 0: A _ enot ßo B lu tt th es e , 38gdt a t the Re tail Houses in London; by principal to w ns in England ;or wholesale ', Gitp the . Dbßer. 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DESIGNS btl,;ll}, CRIES and SONS WALL L I G HT lilt, 41441te1v, taeryfor India (Registered). tP lllts ----- lite CLUB ere Idess and SONS promptly exec in , and General purni s hi n g Orders of.gh • I)tPllitS a, Glass, c and SONS supply MERCHANTS vitt p )r , . ...4.____, attern Books and Special Designs. $ 1' 1 1 1 : 1) 14 F I s ti i O— S i7:11 - (.1 g-----ONS have just added Five or tiLhakve „,w7l; It h ooms to their extensive 3 anufactory. auove goods B or o ult r he ow l a i r i g in es a t nu il a sar u tznt in the world • DI &NITPACTORY AND SHOW -ROOMS, 147, l lonndsditch. - ilt D t , ri horw,„,setTE SOCIETY wishes to add another r hat, t o 111 '1 12 now in operation. Last year no fe ir we m 1,,,,,t or pfT,l',., friendless, young females were rejected ot ;1! B ent - 4 ,.."S and room, making a total of 3,037, who have .ew i , lnio st ' re 4 e Y in five years. Here are brief details of a i a,., ent cages • A. ,A . ; p'.:a.„.14, f.a..llen, Mother dead, deserted by her father. 1..13'., a4-e c i'q if 4, homelesA, both parents dead. C. I t , aged 1 5 '- a .llen, father dead, deserted by her mother. A, ii , ag ed is : laa4en, mother dead. li. s., ag:d 16, falrenri,nbooger deal, dead. IIP 4,C4 ' d 14, h,rneless dePsaerrredsb erParents. IT" 'aged 17, fallen b . th parents ydead. A fp aged 17, fa,i en ' b ' 3 t f . t _. : a a g eed 18, „ _ n: f ottait2adreeandt.s dead. ti. 111:: 4ddll7B,l;jeen, b a oth Parents dead, . II- W., agg'4en, both par, fits dead. fa,u,eaallenoth parents dead. t, 01'5b.5e1.,,,,,,.;:and0in15,e m n, b oth parents dead. leonqat•pe nlB, ajrnoste Comittee wish to form would be for ~ e en lea __, children, from the age of Bto 15, who __a:trity from the path of virtue. ~,4 r . N.,/ .i,oono will be received gratefully b the Secretary, '1 relaYgaeniCe.elf.OB.ls,'l2urceie-ent.rseterrtletleaPsile; or by Messrs CIATE for LITTLE BOYS, Tottellharal N 7 IEI for the Race i 0 all parts ot the liinF.rdom, o il'iTorsito ayaeadrpot tatc,t:!e B ye, and those verging, on crime, President—ROßEßT RANBURY, Es q., 11. P, VICE-PREstuus. Rtephen CaVe, Rsq., M:P. I it S. M. Peto, Bart., M.P. ..Elenry E. Gurney, Esq. 11 Abel Smith, Esq., M.P. vtetaz r e e l_lll_l.ey, Ego rW R. ens, R4q., 78, 13asinghall-street, E.C. COM3IITTEE. Mr Ale_ .1r Anderson I Rev. R. M'Sorley. M r. . 11. Burrows.. i Mr. W. J. Maxwell. Mr. A. D. Chapman. 1 Mr. Alfred Short. lltr, 1 . , .. p. qed4.-e. --' I Mr. Robert Sinclair. Mr. Qeorge Moore. I Mr. E. J. Tabrum. 110 kr. Francis Lyeett. 1 Mr. R. I'. Turnbull. ll°rarY Secretav—lltr. A. 0. Charles, 26, Sufrolk-street, hkkera—Mesars. Sall.ittl,allaP;4tiset,'asnd Smiths, 1, Lombard- This o n street, 1,.C, tak e ~, „ ➢Ole was opened in April, 18 61. It was designed es 018„,,iti,Ino little ones whose charact,r and circum Itec:',.,"lll the .. for the Orphan Asylums, and whose tenda se r Wholechades their admission to the Refuges. Such are tl i w ore tho,p rein neglec, are already on the road to ruin. S l ett fotThbe _ave, been deserted by their natural 11:111ofs :tiThliterolitileontve tinindeoroerrsrbeSruch are parishreceived relief, iloe arSehin- prison,osaenCig_tvhsoe !I,l.4a,7l(4llll,3oltarreebnoNavkterrisenop hos oirthafol. eh are those P r( . ) te e, : 0 1 ; e h a o n s d e _l/114,,t4tetiflorinle,sir.iltt in the seamae I: gy, rdhthelrheilDlaltgulhelee Zito and 7ettoleuaid them to aavleifeaol iecartme and misery. 4,41 frarreletY ifr an Institution for t s h b e o s w e ill i t a le r ones inL i o s n e d v o i a . kite,l,.ll the ypeearneoakawbear i Z'a W n 3fl boys under 10 years Were coi7vile,.en apprehended for various o pes, 7 bulk 2329 were dis t„hj.red b;Letll_alld punished, of 'e"riV:.plfi,isiel.pioa,crizs.trates u h not toowyoung to learnoltil3leerbse4tonlg whileithatbreebuke, as being too Itlli!he Ny473,111115 other hand. young are numbers u itoetillivnic;, bs toro: l o n au a o ff e o r rd s eadn here ylosingh nlnstitution, must all ideas of self-reli terh4 ITotieffho: l ti tit PClrTsabhealist tbll l e r r d e e f b or s e to , been State.esbli established l'tti:elltillibl,tha,,elil!le ones, to save ihem „ t ake ff,4 ( l 4l e e f ,:f rio rk e hrott r e s oottl society. er, and t front porisordeoanvour 4e114. daily routhae of tlke Inwitution presents all the fea red et a h orrie, a school, d a workshop. The little ones ittliitailrc;dtriontreoonlortehidrena;llthey have their regular meals,en clnt,:,. their hours of play and a 1,1.1..° T 4 1ri e 1.." Is devoted.% sTet2Y' j'4'l,l_ll)lterinv".. and Scrip °"1 !fr r re 4 ,4 1 4 i: oller.cts and other subject& krio lr ibr tural inustkruction. fyith occasional are treated alinsehaonluladrusv,:mietvienrgy. But they of their brow, ~s grin ste er s eact (ince aThAtahtheY must all, and that at a ve their living by the sweat ;ups occupied Itllhoe will wal ttlelvt hf,tibits of indust. occupations ierTrZi(berrnown paper bags foar'b oatinl industrial)era, z an d white P gaper bags atiy bu;tibaent(o! .do?or rna,...ts d servants"kno mats, mending en, tit, e oth es ..__ P .eking La n doil for the S o the rYar e a e f a t e r rl brow, d 5414. i "co, Sorne assist the master in thertgha. By et.t,eBt theA anting, watering weeding, and so to bbing 1,4" 8 ' l' are watering ?ri dill' f 1 i the house, seruhoots, -alve:''el4l,l4'. whilegtnea eldeare ounens clean Work i .2 eLe. In this way it is sought to fit them all fo t r b a e n active T,_?.g Ilfe. about four y ears of ho e eo ;oare now 50 little inmates from C thmittee ItYoeralti joifahere is ro om fOr n„ rly 1 d Peey only watt Thiteeee,%l44eBtitlik3emlrliortcle filled atonce to ho those w 4ti nett"Nttee feel coUntZalned to plead for e etr csk,sthruta plead for themselves ; and, referrin they 41.--.1810,2! some w have been already admitted ilpauners for iiiirtl),?e,t 4 r e % ) ,l t t le t toot make t e a widow rcl her otln taheYtanriy) rffs till hl!1?)e streets anPineeytioandglaci:con y trol ? Is it willkd to.- not 4111 p he' to'eaus has so hrge a family, TglTleb, must It tip i to ,ptillt usedilof them into a Hor t r4 l l 3 3 l . ! ot We ma fo r the (loi ',destitute Orphant ‘vo u Id they ddo I toun !is them w_nm, stritttie Ones have ununatural parents wa turnutnhawainy:;: Iront o .:),Irilforce them by ill-treatmentoin e m dly e? Ra?, torteth:rin,.. abbeef f9undd tliolllca,rtoor tthe;lvtlave themr'setill onnetne doorstep, Passing bY o t t he t P. 14,beDer;;;'5, or else exclaiming "Am I my bro house th and aPe clothe k a t k h i b ‘ 4 lte fr,„,, _lat. fi'.-_'? ol.adreission to the Rouse is twofold, Vea and taught till i.rereAA,": ecieption of the subscribers. y thus admitted Lney ii're"T.l Tree, boarded clothed, educated , sae With ,:)1 Years o' g. ~a, fh`,,,e view t 0 secure the election of the discouragedmostcleosaei,viansg.. ,j.ll, ati,;iiteorattdiltte have from thedfiersasteso of the subscribers: Iteyv?_tilli; 013:14.%°,,tnit)aqinntaaicasaccr l ip r tion of each cassein7oeramrea. tti4othu:eBB4tt:,;catritll by themselvestheampittuz.leantdorwihthi 24. let,?et eligibleertoarrree aed4sjsion. quarterly in advance. A Ah cii'„l'laYeOinnt of ss. a weet. 1 ni V s e of ag, at the time of as to Zltrrirl.,,:44.' ,Ittlmoistr‘NtrebeeTvuer,lieorn, pyy 1 4 :I 4 '::.11 Murnved hYt‘'!44',A".l.-tee will ta.ktii4a9c,evAst a ment i are admitted at any cut, lilt c 1 On b e ad Waal subscrfp ad hR in% inereue in the man(' t.,alit, till th be ren may -41 ,Y e ...tome is full ; they will then be held periodt "mq°4lrtlatillication for the admission of elliid -- - ' 91:4 ; Illld et the RellererY becret ry, market nn tlige has l we jofli fu l Pr ic° 6ats gti tos• or. cles at 50 1 a ste:d---fii aeSt, ats, ', ,a evlllyrie°. Woo' • perP ;g to 39° r c1 . 05 1 qs; g 3•IS to atts, 1 04 whe t 00, e• s per 1 01,1 toy-; I na 0' !0 stone. 09 0, ies Il evr y 09° 45s ; ne ❑t factorS Dell week Ps wee k end Drloy, 227 qi . l; 7 ""' qrs., at ble suPP l, ), A o lj ci L l e . The w oil ir ates wer e . 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Orehestral Band Wizard's World of Magic 2.30 Rope-Tying Trick Great Organ The thousand and one other attractions of the Palace in clude: —The New Picture tiallery The Fine Arts Courts, in variety and beauty unequalled in the world—The decorations of the Palace, with the 3reat Christmas Tree Shakapere House—Montanari Models—Swings, Roundabouts, Invigo rators, and other popular Amusements—gallerles of Models and Ships—Armour Plates and Armstrong 40-pounder lent by official authority—The extraordinary Chimpanzee- 7 he unique Aquariums. All these things render the Crystal Palace the one place for holiday enjoyment. Admission. One Shilling. Children under 12, Sixpence. Open for Admission from Ten till Six o'clock, Lighted up till halt-past Six. yr. and Mrs. GERMAN REED, with Mr. JOHN PARRY, in THE RIVAL COMPOSERS, in which the Sisters Pry will appear, with THE BARD and HIS BIRTHDAY; and to cone tide with MRS. ROSELE AP AT Tli E SEA- S IDE. By Mr. John Parry. Every Evening (except Saturday) at Eight; Saturday Afternoon, at Three. - -ROYAL GALLERY OF ILLUSTRA LION, 11, Regent street. Unreserved seats, ls., 28. ; stalls, Ss. ; stall spring chairs, 6s. OPERA DI CAMERA, the SOLDIER'S" LEGACY, by Mactarren, and TOO MANY COOKS, by Offenbach. Every TUESDAY and T EIURSDAY, at Three. T " XFORD, 6, OXFORD STREET, W. The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (limited). ORPHEE AUX ENFERS (Offenbach's brilliant Opera Comique), is achieving an unprecedented success. Vide, the Song : of Bceotia ;" The Hymn to Bacchus ;" and the spirited "Hilliho " Chorus, by Eurydice, Diana, Cupid, and thorns ; the side-splitting "Couplets," by Minerva, Diana, Venus, Cupid, Pluto, and Chorus ; and final Minuet and Galop. Principal characters by Misses Russell, Fitz henry, Barrie, Tyrrell, and Walmsley; Messrs. Greene and Lascelles. Also, M ASANIELLO, in which Mons. LAVESSIERE, the successful new Tenore, from the Theatre Lyrique, Paris, will make his appearance. Musical Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Comedy, by Mr. WILLIAM RANDALL, Mr. GASTON MURRAY,LITTLE 808, SEST IL LION, and all the pro curable Talent of the day. pANTERBURY HALL. X.) The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (limited). HODGE PODGE, the most extraordiniry Christmas Entertainment in Lon don (induling the whole strength of the establishment), every evening at hall-past Nine o'clock. The usual Operatic Selections by Misses Russell, Barrie, Hays, Godden, &c.; Messrs. Lascelles, Harland, Beaumont, Kimberley, iirc. Musical Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Extra Comedy by Mr. and Mrs. Randal, Mr. Hilton, Stacey, Woodman, Little Bob, dm. ROYAL CAMBRIDGE MUSIC HALL, Commercial-street, Shoreditch. (Close to the Great Eastern TerminusN Sole Proprietor, Mr. G. W. NUGENT. SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS. Operatic Selections, &c. Prima Donna, Miss ELLISON. The Comic strength of the Company includes ANNIE ADAMS, NELLY POWER, J. G. FORDE, WEST, GEO. LEYBOURNE, Mr. HERBERT, J. F. ALEXANDER and Family; LES FRERES CAVALLINI, the great Italian Clowns and Gymnasts, from the Cirque Napoleon, Paris, their first appearance in England. Permanent prices —Area, 4d. ; balcony, 6d. ; stalls, is. Manager and Conductor, Mr. C. GitE VILLE. BEDROOM CANDLES. " PRICE'S CANDLES , which will not dro p grease when carried."—Thin, very hard candles sold in boxes ls. and 3s. (non, are recommended as the bes carriers. " EXTRA HARD 5.12 CHAMBER CANDLES," sold in boxes 20. each. Thicker candles intended for those who will not burn thin. " SHERWOOD ECONOMIC BED LIGHTS," in packets of 36 candles for one shilling, intended for use Where cheapness Ps a great object, will be found an improve ment on the ordinary candles, as they gutter less. Special candlesticks to fit thin candles, Is. and 2s. 6d each; reducing sockets, making them fit any candlesticks, 2d. each. TOILET SOAPS. Sherwood Brown Windsor Soap, with a pleasant scent. Belmont Glycerine Soap, contains ?rice's Glycerine. Camphor and Glycerine Soap, fo tender skins in winter. GLYCERINE. S II ERWO ODO LE Prin.'s Glycerine" may be Cleans gloves and removes " had from any Chemist, in grease and other stains. capsuled bottles, lettere d Perfumed, Price's Patent," in casuled bot from 6d. ties, 6 d. and is. e ach. upwards. Impure Glycerine has been sold ',la the state ment that it is "equal to Prices." Retail throng Wholesale by Prioe's Patent Lon, ;h any Grocer. t Candle Company (Limited), Ldon ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library , .ind Dining-room, consisting of a new and eiegant assorL ment of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Ink stands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paper weights, &a, in Italian, Alabaster, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spare. Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, ralogist to her Majesty, 149, Stand, W.C., London. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of SHELLS, MINERALS, ROCKS, and FOSSILS, which will greatly facilitate the interesting study of MINERALOGY, CON CHOLOGY, Ind GEOLOGY, at 2,5, 10, 20, 50, to 100 guineas each. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE. RALOGY is given by Mr. TENNANA at 149. Strand W.C. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE.—The greatest and most useful invention of the day, AGUA A MAR ELL A. Messrs. JOHN GOSNELL and CO., 3, King-court, Lombard street, London, Pert minors to her Majesty, respectfully offer to the public this truly marvellous Mil 1. which gradually rest,res the human hair to its pristine hue—no matter at what age. The Agua Amarella has none of the properties of dyes ; it, on the contrary, is beneficial to the system, and when the hair is once restored one application per month will keep it in perfect colour. Price one guinea per bottle, or in half bottles, 105.61. Testimonials from artistes of the highest order, and from individuals of undoubted respectability, may be seen on application. Messrs. John Gosnell and Co. have been appointed Perfumers to her Royal Highness the Princes of Wales. DR. SCOTT'S LIVER AND BILLIOUS PILLS.—A NEVER FAILING RESIEDY.—Pre :Hired without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. ;cott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who uffer from bilious and liver complaints, indigestion, wind, 'pasms, giddiness, dizzineati of the eyes, &o. For habitual 'ostiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier the blood, they are truly excellent; mild in their opera tor' and cfr.teful to he stomach, they create appe lie, pro. , wtr 1 1.!esttoli, and s.ren , then the whole nervous system. W. lambert, William-street, Charing-cross. and by most druggists, to boxes,is. i d., mad three times [he quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask Por Dr. _S r oott , s Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine arc a square ; 3 4 Z p. P age. With " William Lambert," engraved on the MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION. established 29 years at the Bazaar,:Baker-street. NEW ADDITION.—A Full-length PORTRAIT MODEL of MULLER, taken from life, and corrected from the Cast taken by Doctor Donovan, is now added to the Chamber of Physiognomy. Open, on Boxinz Day only, from 10 a.m. till 10 p.m,; other days from 11 a.m. till 5 p.m., and from 7 gill 10. Admittance, One Shilling; extra rooms, Sixpence. ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, Piccadilly. GRAND CASINO. CONCERT. First time in England, Gungl's new German Toy Waltz. Prince Imperial Quadrille, Huguenots, Robert le Diable, William Tell, and a variety of Dance Music. Conductor, M. LUIGI CURTI. Admission, One Shilling. Manager, 31. GRENET. DINNEFORD'S FLUID MAGNESIA. The medical profe anion for Thirty years have approved of this pure solution of Ma , 2nesia as the best remedy for Gout and stomach disorders of every kir d ; and as a mild aperient it is esrecially adapted for ladies and children. Prtpared DINNEFORD and CO., Ciemists, 172, New Bond-street, London ; And sold throughout the world by all respectable chemists. CAUTION.—See that " Dinneford and Co." is on each bottle and red label over the cork. THE BENEFACTOR OF THE SKIN.- MOLLARD'S perfumed Toilet Sulphur Soap and Cream, highly patronised by the faculty, nobility, and gentry. Nothing equals the properties and qualities of the Soap No. I for ordinary toilet purposes, and of nos. 2 to 5 in all cases of cutaneous affections or rheumatism. Perfumed toilet cream, cold cream, and pomattun for the hair. Barege cream for sulphur baths, without any disagreeable odour. All these preparations may be had at the central depot, 221 A, Regent-street, London, W. ; and at Messrs. Newberg and Sons, Barclay and Sons. Edwards, Keating, Sanger and Son, Jozeaunetti, and all chemists. Pamphlets and testi monials tree on a plication. Agent for Edinburgh—Mr. John M'Kay, chemist, 119, George-street ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail way Terminus, King's-cross. Patron—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. Vice-Patron —His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, K.G President—His Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCH, K.G. This Hospital, founded in the year 1828, the first to estab lish the principle of free admission to the sick poor, without the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders, is wholly de pendent for support on voluntary contributions and legacies. It affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in addition to this, the average number of attendance of the destitute sick has for a con iderable period averaged between 3,000 and 4,000 weekly. Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward and Has terman, Esq., Nicholas - lane; also by Messrs. Coutts Co. ; Drummond and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; Herries and Co. ; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote , an d Co. ; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Williams, Deacon, and Co.; Overend, Gur ney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co. , Berners-street ; I. Barned and Co., Liverpool; and at the Htal. from 10 till 5. STA os NF pi ORD 81111T13, Secretary. SAILORS' ORPHAN GIRLS' SCHOOL and 11031. E, Hampstead. Offices, 77, Cornhill. PATRON—The QUEEN. TRUSTEES. Capt. the Hon. Francis Maude, The Rev. Canon Champpsp I R.N. Thomas Baring, Esq., M•r• TREASURERS. R. C. L. Bevan, Esq. I Robert Banbury, Esq. This Institution is designed to supply a great national want, viz. an asylum for the orphan daughters of sailors in the Royal , Navy and Merchants service and of Marines. It clothes, maintains, and educates them for domestic service, and provides a home free of expense for former inmates while out of situations, thus shielding them from the temptations they might otherwise be exposed to. The Committee earnestly APPEAL for CONTRIBU TIONS to meet the increasi g applications through the recent storms and loss • f life at sea, and to enable them even' ually to obtain premises more commensurate with the necessities of this great maritime country, which loses 2,000 sailors annually by casualties alone, without including tnose who may perish by war. Subscriptions thankfully received by the bankers, Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co., Lombard-street, and by the Secre tary, at the Offices, No. 77, Cornhill. R. SWEETING, Hon. Sec. CHARLES NASH, Sec. M. SAINTINE, author of one of the most charming of tales, " Picciola," and Honorary President of the Societe des Gens de Lettres, died in Paris this week. M. Saintine, in cq,njunction with M. Scribe and others, wrote several theatrical pieces, the " Ours (et le Pacha," and " Riche d'Amour," still retaining possession of the stage. A GODSEND FOR THE SHETLANDERS.—By a pri vate letter from Shetland we learn that, since the recent storms many of the voes (or arms of the sea running in land) have swarmed with the small fish known as " sil locks" to a degree unequalled for many years. The natives have been bagging them by the boatload, and building them up on the beach in heaps, literally like peat stacks in size, preparatory to boiling them down for the oil ; and at this process some of the people have been making as much as £1 a day.—Aberdeen Free Press. CIRCULAR OF CARDINAL ANTONELLI . The Gazette de France publishes the following as a letter which Cardinal Antonelli sent with the syllabus to the various bishops :—" Rome, Dec. 8, 1864.—0ur very holy lord Pius IX., Sovereign Pontiff, deeply occupied with the welfare of souls and healthful doctrine, has never ceased' from the commencement of his pontificate to proscribe and condemn the chief errors and false doctrines which exist, especially at this unhappy period, by his encyclicals and allocutions pronounced in consistory, and by other apostolic letters which have been published ; but as it may happen that the whole of the pontifical acts may fail to reach each of the ordinaries, the said Sovereign Pontiff has decided that a syllabus of these same errors should be drawn up and forwarded to all the bishops in the Catholic world, in order that they may have before them all the errors and pernicious doctrines which have been reprehended and condemned by him. He has also ordered me to see that the printed syllabus be forwarded to your excellency on the occasion and at the time when the said Sovereign Pon tiff, in consequence of his great solicitude for the well-be ing and happiness of the Catholic Church and of the whole flock which the Lord has confided to his care, has thought proper to write another encyclical letter to all the Catholic bishops. While acquitting myself of this duty with the zeal and respect due to the commands of the said pontiff, I hasten to forward to your excellency the syllabus with these letters. I avail mykelf with much pleasure of the opportunity of expressing my respect and attachment to your excellency, and humbly kiss Pair hands. The very humble and devotQd servant of your excellency, G. Cardi- A utti AIiTOEILL Large crowds assembled in the parks yesterday to see the skaters. As might have been expected from the great quantity of snow that has fallen since Friday, the ice is by no means fit to bear large numbers. About 5,000 persons ventured upon the ice on the longwater in Kensington= gardens, and during the day not fewer than 25 fell through the ice in deep water. The icemen of the Royal Humane Society, with their drags, ladders, and ropes, managed to get them out, but in so doing they were themselves several times under the ice, which was so rotten as not to bear the weight of the apparatus and the men. A man named*Raws ton, of Trinity-cottage, Brunswick-street, was brought out so much exhausted that at first it was fearpd he was dead. He however recovered under the treatment of Mr Super intendent Williams and the other officers of the spciety. On the Royal Round Pond there were on the ice nikwards of 7,000 persons. There also the ice gave way, amen persons became immersed. They were, howeverOrtu nately rescued by the Royal Humane Society's ink:'. In the Regent's-park not less than 20,000 persons crowed the ice. The principal performance upon this ice yesterday j c o o in ns in is g te h d a o n f a a s n to e g w et g h a e m r, e a , nd so a m t when once off none of them could stop until they cant () .to some or 60 men and women signal startingt. tend the end of the river. The weight of so many personi:be ing suddenly concentrated at one point of necessity Woke the ice, and more than a dozen persons became imme*ed. One person, Mr. Robert Stone, was a very long time in the water before he could be rescued. On the Serpentine, Hyde park, there were 1,00 sliders and, skaters, including several Suddenly, Awing; to-the gitong wind,e ice parted, and eight persons became immersed. They were extricated by the society's icemen, and after being attended to were able to return home. Police-constable Smith, No. 315, who was off duty, and who was skating, fell and cut his neck and face in a fearful manner. He was taken to the Royal Humane Society's house, and was attended by Mr. Young, Mr. Williams, and Dr. Christian, and was able to return home. In St. James's Park there were 5,000 skaters and sliders. Upwards of 100 immersions occurred during the day, and three persons had their heads cut. The whole were attended to by Dr. M'Cann, of Parliament-street. The thermometer on Saturday night stood at 18 deg., yes terday at 20 deg., and last night it rose to 35 deg. In the midland counties the frost, which set in with some severity early last week, has been followed by a heavier fall of snow than has been recorded for a great many years. The first snowfall occurred on Thursday. It was followed on Thursday night by another snowstorm, so that on Fri day there were lBin. of snow. In places where it had drifted it had accumulated to the depth of many feet. In a few situations the railway cuttings have been partially blocked up, and on some portions of the Welsh district of the West Midland line there has been an obstruction to the traffic ; but generally there has been no hindrances. The inconve nience is felt most severely on the turnpike roads, the traffic on which is reduced to the narrowest limits owing to the accumulation of snow. On Saturday, although the sky was unclouded, the sun had no effect upon the snow, ex cept to increase its dazzling brightness. The frost was intense on Saturday night. In Wilts and Somerset there was a snowstorm on Fri day. On Mendip and on the Wiltshire Downs the drifts are very deep, and traffic has almost ceased. The trains, how ever, are as yet enabled to keep tolerable time, and the lines are much encumbered with snow. In Yorkshire there has been more than a week of con tinuous hard frost. The lowest readings of the thermometer at Walton for the week has been—Friday night week 25 deg., Saturday night 24 deg., Sunday night 27 deg., Mon day night 24 deg., Tuesday night 24 deg., Wednesday night 28 deg., Thursday night 31 deg., and Friday night, the coldest this winter, 23 deg. At Welham the reading has been 1 deg. to 2 deg. lower. On Friday night a heavy fall of snow took place, with a strong north-east wind. The roads are much obstructed with drifted snow, and the trails were from the same cause mostly late on Saturday morn ing. There is every appearance of continuance of frost. A very sevare gale from the E.N.E. prevailed on the Northumberland coast on Friday night, and the sea 'was very high. The only vessel which sailed on Friday was a barque, the Holywood, bound to Carthagena, and the Dundee and Newcastle steamship. But the steamship was glad to get back to the shelter of the port, after encoun tering the gale for a few hours off the Northumberland coast, and the pilot and some other men, who went into the offing with the Holywood, had some difficulty in landing. A boy could not be landed, and he will pro !l).ablvaiava.nn with the 314355e1, to_ Spain. A leitar written from Hartlepool last night says :—" About eleven o'olock a full-rigged ship, which turned out to be the Clon tarf, from Sunderland to Alexandria, laden, was observed in the offing displaying a signal for assistance. Mr. Thos. Dawson, the proprietor of the tugboats at the old har bour, ordered two of the boats to go out, notwithstand ing the heavy sea that was running. The Apollo went first, and encountered some very heavy seas, and before she returned a portion of her paddleboxes was washed away. The Amelia next followed, having in tow one of the lifeboats. Both boats had a number of pilots on board, to render, if necessary, assistance to the vessel. As the latter boat, was passing the now pier a heavy sea broke over her, and carried away her gangway. The sudden shock of so great a sheetof water caused not only alarm on shore, but appeared to unnerve those in the boat, for the steam was shut off, and the boat was for a few minutes at a stand still. As the worst of the sea appeared to be in that par ticular locality, however, they steamed forward and joined the other boat at the vessel. During the passage out of the boat, the Clontarf was lying to, sideways to the wind, and unable to turn round and put to sea. Jhe nautical men on the land who were looking at the position of the vessel doubted very much her ability to get way on her to make to sea, and were of opinion that, unless the wind changed, she would drive ashore, or would be compelled to make for and anchor in the roads, as it was clear she was drawing too much water to enter the port. The wind, however, fortunately for the ship, veered round in a more northerly direction, and the vessel was r stayed' just as one of the boats got to her. The captain of the vessel offered £4OO to those on board the boat to tow her to Shields ; but they, considering the severe weather and wind which they had to contend with, refused to take her for less than £5OO. A further offer was made to take her at the same price to the Humber, but this also was declined. No terms being come to the boats eventually left, and the vessel steered in a southerly direction. Two or three vessels have arrived at the port in safety, and several are observed off, which are said to be laden." The weather was a little moderate on the Northumberland coast on Saturday, and several laden vessels, both steam and sailing, loft the Tyne in the afternoon, though the sea was very high. T here was no appearance of the frost yielding. On Friday morn ing it was very intense, and the earth was thorougly ice bound. A good deal of snow fell. on Saturday. The aurora borealis was very beautiful off the Northumberland coast on Saturday night. A heavy snowfallltook place throughout the south-eastern counties of Scotland on Wednesday night and Thursday morning, accompanied with a strong north-east wind, causing a great drift in many of the hilly districts. The snowstorm was followed by a ;keen frost, which still con tinued on Saturday evening. A day or two before the snow the lochs had begun to breeze, and catching the snow on the surface, the ice, became very rough and heavy. The curlers, however, turned out in large numbers, and thou sands betook themselves to the ice for skating and prome nade. In the Firth of Forth above 100 vessels took shelter from the gale which prevailed in the North Sea all Thurs day and Friday. At Belhaven Sands, Dunbar, on Friday the crew of the Vulcan, Simpson master, from Newcastle for Aberdeen, with coal, were rescued by the Coastguard by means of the rocket apparatus. The vessel was drifting ashore, when Mr. Brodie, of Belhaven brickwork, observed at daybreak its perilous condition, and sent an intimation to the Coastguard station. He at the same time turned his own workmen down to the beach. In about an hour the Coastguard, under Lieut. Hamilton and Morgan, chief boat man, arrived. The sea was breaking astern and midships and the men, four in number, were taking refuge in the forecastle. The third rocket carried a line to the ship, which was made fast to the rigging, and the crew were taken off g f ro ru n m R o in u to e n ff f o . r s G t r a A n b g b e , s one after another, the master being the last to leave. In an hour afterwards the ship sank and afterwards 'broke up. Head by a brig, name unknown, and the crew had to take to their boat, in which they were tossed for four hours in m Th ou e t J h, ose w p a h s ine o , n a high sea and amid a heavy snowstorm, till taken up by ofF riNclaeyvibmurgornhin the brig Hubertus, of Sunderland, which conveyed them to Burntisland. AN EXTRAORDINARY OCCURRENCE.—Last market day Mr. Richard Beale, of Frensham Mill, drove into Alton as usual, to attend the market, accompanied by a friend. He was dr ivin g a y oun g and s p irited horse, and ever ything went well until t he y arri ved inside the yard of 's friend alight e d, an d Mr. across the horse's ba c k. The horse bridle and bit, when he started off t \Bv h ei e na iSceewd threw a n n H rattled o t h th e l . r e M ntsh r. . 0a with a bound, ran round the yard, and, seeing no exit ex cept by an open door, dashed into the back door of the hotel, passed through the hall, and out at the front door into the street. Of course the wheels of the dog-cart struck the brickwork on either side of the doorway, the shock snapped off one shaft, the harness and breachhig gave way, and allowed the thorse free exit through the hotel, dragging one shaft with him at full speed. Mr. Beale sat quietly in the dog-cart, and escaped perfectly unhurt, the horse and trap parted company, and the rider came to the ground without the slightest injury. Happily no one was in the hall or entrance at the time, and the horse, 'having passed into the street, was soon secured and taken back into the stable yard, and on examination found also un injured.—Surrey and Hants News and Guildford Tinto. agricultural revolution he was inaugurating. We all know upon what trivial events momentous changes sometimes depend; but possibly in the whole history of our material progress no such example of this trite saying can be found than is afforded by the intro- duction of this useful appliance. Before its intro duction the house drains were in no manner connected with the public sewers; the sewage flowed into cess- pools which riddled our basements and perpetually gave forth deadly gases, which filled our houses and killed us with fevers, while the main sewers only took off the surface drainage. They were simply the conductors of the watershed of towns, and any attempt to turn the house drains into them was resisted by the Commissioners of Sewers. The rain fall throw them found its way to the river, and the sewage to the land, which was removed at stated times by a service of nightmen, as it is at present in Paris and other large Continental cities, after doing all the mischief it could to the household, and after losing as much as possible of its own virtue for the purposes of the soil. When the hydraulic appliance of Bramah come slowly into operation, the cesspools could r no loriger hold the largely diluted sewage, and the evil became so great that the custom arose of flushing the house drains into the main sewers. This was clearly contrary to law, but it was winked at by the authorities ; it was a great public necessity, in fact, which put all old arrangements aside, and slowly the whole sewage of the metropolis was con ducted into the Thames. Those who remember the river 30 years ago can remember a comparatively pure stream, up which salmon used to work to their spawning grounds. Shortly, however, its colour began to change from year to year, and at last it became so foul in 1859 that white paper thrown into the stream was immediately blotted out by the dirty water, and the committee rooms of the Houses of Parliament became unbearable in conse quence of the stench it gave forth. Chief Justice Hale laid it down as law, that " every man was to keep his own dirt at home ;" we did this, and pro bably should have gone on doing so until this day had it not been for Bramah ; he washed it up before our very eyes and noses in the river, and, more dis gusting still, he made us drink of it, and forthwith we commenced mighty works to take it down to the ocean. But other towns higher up the valley of the Thames having acquired powers under the newly-constituted local Boarks of Health, took example by the metropolis, and transferred their cesspools into the stream, and thus com menced again the poisoning process we have taken so much trouble to abolish. Every day sewage is flowing down into our drinking water from the 800,000 persons located in the valley of the Thames above) London. The gross absurdity of thus going to the expense of millions to get rid of our own sewage, that we may have the pleasure of drinking that of the 53 towns and villages of the upper Thames, nthst have struck everyone. It is quite certain that the maxim—" everyone for him self "—must in its narrower interpretation give way to some scheme for dealing with the difficulties thrown upon us by the independent action of local Boards having jurisdiction over restricted areas only. The Thames valley, containing perhaps the most important elements of the problem to be solved, has attracted the greatest amount of attention. Dr. Ackland, of Oxford, has for some time advocated• the necessity of appointing some authority to control the catchment basins of rivers, and, in :conjunction with other gentlemen, presented a memorial to Sir George Grey two years since with respect to the particular catchment basin of the Thames. The evidence he gives of the report before us of the con dition of the river near Oxford is certainly disgust mg. He states that in one place the deposits of sewage have diminished the depth of the river by 6ft., " a disengagement of gas takes place at the bottom of the water, and large masses of black sew age which have been deposited are thrownup to the surface," masses of human ordure totally unchanged are seen floating down the river for several miles. Every year the other large towns on the Thames, — Abingdon, Wallingford, Reading, Windsor, Eton, Walton-on-Thames, Richmond, Brentford, &c., are obtaining powers to drain into the Thames. Each town thinks only of getting rid of its own refuse, quite regardless of the nuisance it is creating for the other towns lower down the stream. It is quite clear that no genuine system of fluvial purification can be carried out as long as mere local interests are allowed to be consulted. Mr. Rawlinson, the principal inspector in the Local Government Act-office, who has inspected the rivers of Lancashire and parts of Yorkshire, says (3,993) " They are foul almost from source to estuary." The rivers Irwell, Medlock, Irk, and the Bridgwater Canal are more offensive from sew age than the Thames. The Medlock at Manchester is covered with a black scum so thick that birds are able to walk over it ! The rivers and streams in Lancashire and Yorkshire are fearfully abused. There are river beds in Lancashire and Yorkshire that are raised 10 or 15 feet by sewage, ashes, and other refuse. " There are," says Mr. Rawlinson, " bridges under which a dog can scarcely creep, and I have had evidence from inhabitants that they have driven loaded carts under these same bridges." In the neighbourhood of Birmingham the streams have been silted up many feet in the same manner. The want of some central authority to deal with the watersheds of districts is illustrated by the case of Salford. The inhabitants of this town wished to carry their sewage by tunnel three or four miles from Manchester at an expense of £BO,OOO, but were prevented from doing so by the refusal of other towns to co-operate. "Of what use is it," they say, " to expend large sums when Manchester and all the other towns above will continue to foul the river '?" The river at Birmingham contains in dry weather as much sewage as water. Birmingham once boasted of being one of the healthiest towns in England, but this distinction it has long lost, as its mortality is now much higher than that of the metropolis, and it always suffers from a type of fever. The river Aire, which passes through Leeds and Bradford, is as foul as the Medlock. Passen gers crossing the canal in trains are obliged to shut the windows in consequence of foul air (4,115). The Clyde at Glasgow is worse even than the Thames. We might perhaps expect to find filth in the rivers of manufacturing towns, but it is observable that places famed of old for hygi enic advantages are now being poisoned by the practice of throwing the sewage into the river. The case of Bath is particularly strong. The river Avon, near that city, is nearly a stagnant stream, and is quite poisoned from this cause, and so great is the deposit of sewage in it that the navigation is impeded. It is not quite so bad at Bristol, as a portion of the sewage of the town is diverted into the tidal river, but the floating harbour which runs through the old town is quite pestiferous. The per verse arrangements which obtain in many of our watering-places are very observable. In many cases the outlet of the drains is into the sea. The sewage of Exmouth passes, by an open drain, along the foreshore as far as low-water mark, which is within 70 yards' distance of the public bathing place. At Brighton the ladies are subjected to a similar ob noxious arrangement. At Southsea, again, the mouths of the sewage pipes open close to the pier and to the bathing machines. The county surveyor for Somersetshire, who has paid much attention to the drainage of towns, gives a most deplorable account of the condition of some of the western towns. In the rising watering-place of Weston super-Mare all the sewage runs into one of the rhynes, or open ditches which drain the marsh land of the district. The water in it is so foul that the cattle will not drink it. The river Tone is poisoned by the sewage of Taunton. The river Frome in many places is in a disgusting condition with respect to the water and the deposit along its banks. Indeed, the evidence in this respect gives most abundant proof that our rivers are everywhere being silted up by deposits of cinders and sewage, and that nobody interferes, the reason, in many cases being, I according to the ev id ence of Mr. Mini Taylor, the secretary of the Local Government Board. (3,897), that the persons who create . the • nuisance are themselves members of the local Boards whose duty it is to conserve them. That it is a nuisance at Common Law to discharge sewage into a river has been decided, but where it is only a public nuisance there is no one to put the law into operation. When, however, direct injury is done to the property of any individual, local boards can be restrained frOm pol luting streams by injunction. Indeed, several Boards of Health have been stopped in this manner. At Ux bridge, for instance, Col. Tower obtained an injunc tion against the Board for poisoning his fish in the river Coln with the sewage; at Ilitchin the local Board was restrained in a similar manner, and so terrified were the members at the penalties threa tened by the law that they resigned, and there is now no Board in the town. At Croydon the Board have suffered six or seven injunctions, and have been so embarrassed with their sewage that they have ab solutely been forced to do what.- they should have r done in the first instance, and"which has mine them the example to every other town in England—they have turned it on to the land at a profit! When we remember that every farmer is compelled by his lease to consume upon his land all the manure produced upon it, it does seem extraordinary that a reverse rule should obtain when human beings are concerned. And we think we are justly open to the reproach cast upon us by Liebig, who accuses us of wilfully cast ing forth into the ocean those fertilising elements we have drawn not only from our own fields, but from those of Europe and the whole world. But Croydon, we say, has solved the difficulty Bramah has slowly brought about, by the introduction of the water-closet. His invention emptied the cesspools into the rivers, and for a time robbed the land, for of old their contents were returned to it in a very disgusting and costly manner. His invention now enables the sewage to carry itself on to the land. At Croydon, being stopped by injunction from throw ing the sewage into the Wandle, the local Board leased 240 acres of land at £4 an acre, turned their sewage upon it, and relet it for £5 an acre. Thus they make a clear profit of £240 a year, and enormous crops are got off the land, which serves as a pattern card, as it were, to the surrounding farmers of the value of sewage. Moreover, there appears to be good reason to believe that at least another hun dred acres may be profitably employed, considering the heavy dressings placed on the land by the pre sent tenant. This would yield £340 a year, which would go in diminution of the rates. It is true that Croydon is favourably situated for the distribution of its sewage, as it stands on a height, and it can therefore be distributed by means of simple gravita tion ; but there are hundreds of towns in England just as favourably placed ; and with this example before their eyes, of turning this heretofore consi dered public nuisance ihto a source of profit, it is really disgraceful that they should any longer pollute our rivers with it. The importance of the principle of placing entire watersheds under the control of some central Board is most clearly set forth in the evidence published in the volume before us, but there appears to be a very general agreement of opinion that the functions of Boards appointed for such catchment basins should be, merely to supervise the action of the local Boards within their district, and to enforce obedience to the law, leaving the necessary works to be carried out by the local Boards alone. In short, 1 that fear of centralisation whith is ever before the eyes of Englishmen, and which has led to evils almost as great in some cases as those it wishes to avoid, is clearly evinced by all those who have given evidence upon this very important subject. The Committee, in their Report, have embodied their opinions upon it in the following paragraph : " We recommend that the important object of completely freeing the entire basins of rivers from pollution should be rendered p ossible by general legislative enactment, enabling the inhabitants of such entire districts to adopt some con trolling power for that purpose; but it should include a pro vision for compelling local boards to render the sewage of their districts innocuous by application to the land for agri cultural purposes. The case of the valley of the Thames (where the purification of the river has been sought by the expenditure of enormous sums, is, to a considerable extent, counteracted by the increased discharge of sewage from towns higher up the stream) requires special and imme diate attention." Naval and Military Intelligence. Advices received by our Southampton correspon dent, by the mail steamer Atrato, report the follow ing movements of her Majesty's ships of war on the West India and Pacific stations :—The Aboukir, 80, Commander Cracroft, C.B. ; the Fawn, 17, Commander Wrey ; and the Nimble, 5, Lieut. Hallowes, were at Port Royal, Jamaica, on the 9th inst. The Rosario, 11, Commander Palmer, left Kingston for Honduras on the 7th, with and for the mails. The Styx, 6, left Antigua for Barbadoes on the 11th. The Cordelia, 11, Commander J. B. Scott, was at Dominica on the 10th. Admiral Sir James Hope, K.C.8., in the Duncan, 81, Capt. R. Gibson, was expected at Barbadoes on the 20th. The Shannon, 35, Capt. 0. J. Jones, arrived at Aspin wall on the Ist from Greytown, and she reported the safe arrival of the steamship Golden Rule at San Juan del Norte. The Phaeton, 39, Capt. G. L Bowyer, was at Matamoras on the 28th December. The Petrel, 11, Commander E. Madden, left Vera Cruz on the 30th December for Matamoras. The Wolverine, 21, Capt. A. F. R. de Horsey, left Ha vannah for Matamoras on the , Bth January. The Leander, Commander Harvey, was at Callao on the 28th December, and the Shearwater at Islay on the 23d ; the latter vessel was to rejoin the Commodore in a day or two. The Alert was at Valparaiso on the 17th December. The Sutlej, flagship, with the Admiral, was expected at Valparaiso, from Vancou ver's Island, about the end of December. An Ame rican paddle steam ram had arrived at Havannah, and left the same day for Wilmington, to join the squadron there. A Federal stain corvette and two gunboats were off Brazos. The French frigate Bel lone, Rear-Admiral Hoy, was at Martinique on the 6th of January. The French transports Entrepre nante, Eure, and Rhine, and the Austrian frigate Navarre, were at Vera Cruz. The Rinaldo, 17 gun screw corvette, 951 tons and 200 horse-power, Commander Hon. Maurice H. Nelson, arrived at Spithead early yesterday morn ing from Jamaica, last from Falmouth, having , put into the latter port on Wednesday, the 25th just. At flag-hoist time yesterday morning the 11,Waldo exchanged salutes with the Victory, Cavliin F. Scott, C. 8., A.D.C., flagship of the Port Admiral,Sir M. Seymour, G.C.B. The Ri naldo awaits orders at Spithead. has The be deathen reported ofia j o a r t - h e e n . R Ho . r s se . AGr:arsastro. nghßto.Ao.k place on the 18th inst. at Lucerne, Swi, at Walcheren n was in his 75th year. He served i Switzerland. H e 1809, and in Canada from May, 1811, to July, 1815. He obtained his com mission as second lieut. Decl7 1807 ; first lieut., March 22,18019841 e capt,. Nov. 6, 1827 ; brevet majo r, Nov. 23, lieut.-col., Nov. 9, 1846; col., June 29, 1854 ; major-gen., J an. 15, 1859. A general officer's "distinguished service" pens ion of £lO O per annum is vacant b y his death. "good service" pension placed at the disposal caPta captain's s the First Lord of the Ad m i ralty by the death of Capt. R. Harris, R.N., ha s b een con ferred on Capt. M. De Courcy. ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.—On Saturday there was a very good display of tulips and mignonnette at these gardens, when the great conservatory in which the plants were arranged was visited by many visitors and fel lows of the society, who were enabled to enjoy a pleasant promenade in an atmosphere far more agreeable than that which was to be met with out of doors. The CHAIRMAN said that those who had for many otifiatthteheptzapritiev . to years rew a e t r t e e i h ul es e t d a t w he ar a e n o n f u t a l l , e a i s i s r e o u g i r b e l ss y had made in the estimatioof t h h a e d p a u t b t l e t n c, d a e u d d i t t w oth a e patronage and success whichs tmiungghtt they heineremasiegdht nat dividend they he a yhatdhnlNes on received. lse, l() i man associated with him, who had having so enterprising a lessee, and anodtilsiplagyeedntlaen mamanouagnetnoifenzteaolfanthdeinthdletastt,rrye. nev T er he s r u e rp . r ,as ec a l u il o i ti t i l e ie r matter which was also deserving of notice, inasmuch as for years the regu l ar d rama h a d no tbeeuwitnessed in that theatre, the lessee had made it profitable by restoring this temple, hitherto famed throughout the world, to its proper and legitimate objects. The SECRETARY then read the advertisement con vening the meeting,• and afterwards the following report of the committee : bmithtteedbatolant c li e9 e loBf3s,c.. general lids " The accounts for the last 12 months ending Dec. 31 , 1864, duly audited, and the annual report of the architect, 3 . ll4h assembly.e.ip payments . in cludingaresu y oniTnehnthe receipts, n 11sotuamount Dee., to 1862, amount to £6, £5,583 18s. 5d., leaving a balance of £1,334 ss. 3d. The receipts comprise the sum of £4,500 from the lessees for rent of the theatre, and a further sum of £lOO for extra formances during the season of 1 863-4. The payments cotn- •,,, t , , igw: it f _Cli;6l_ls.. 2cl._ fur ii , fteaTtors "rt. 414 i'llqhf• ' Atli& ' v , ,id, and £760 -Is. 5,1. f - ''''''Rti2s Mul-tax(P. The 161111110 _ an- 50. to - r_ sum of £1,950 has been paid to the trustees of new renters, and all the ordinary current expenses of the 12 mouths have been paid up to Christmas-day, The committee refer with pleasure to the continued success of the lessees, and they feel assured that the general assembly will receive with satisfaction the report of the architect upon the condi tion of the property." Mr. MARSH NELSON, the architect, read the fol lowing report : " My Lords and Gentlomen,—ln addition to the ordinary affairs of the theatre, the following works have been done during the past year, namely, the reconstruction of a por tion of the Main Northern Longitudinal Sewer, which had given way; the rebuilding of the property-rooms,chimney stacks, and the fence walls on the southern side next Vinegar-yard. Two houses on the estate, Nos. 16 and 17, Marquis-Court, have been thoroughly repaired, and the ground landlord (the Duke of Bedford) has converted the two houses into three, and effected other permanent im provements, at his own cost. The result will be an increase of rental to the proprietors for the remaining term of the lease. By direction of the sub-committee, I prepared in March last valuations of the theatre and properties, and gave evidence at an appeal before the Property-tax Com missioners. A reduction of £B4B was obtainedin the amount of the assessment, and a proportionate annual saving will thus be effected. The monthly report from the firemen shows that the fire-cocks and apparatus throughout the theatre for the prevention and extinction of fire are in good working order, and I have the satisfaction to state that the lessee (Mr. Falconer) has faithfully carried out the instruc tions of the sub-committee, referred to in my last report as having been highly approved by the inspectors of theatres of the Lord Chamberlain's department, in removing all barriers and keeping open all doors of exit communicating with the various fire-proof corridors and staircases, and in guarding all exposed lights, both before and behind the curtain. These precautions, especially the latter one, add to the security of the property, as well as to the safety of the public. On the motion of Mr. RAWLINSON, the report was agreed to. Mr. BURTON moved that the report be adopted. Mr. ROBINS seconded the motion. Mr. SHARPE said before the chairman put the mo tion he wished to make a few remarks. He wanted to know if he was right when he said that two quarters' ground rent were owing to the Duke of Bedford? The CHAIRMAN said it was paid up to Midsummer. Mr. SHARPE said it appeared that they had in hand a balance of £1,334 ss. 3d., and, such being the case, he begged to repeat what he said at the last annual meeting, and to express his opinion that they ought to get out of debt when they had the means. As they had a sufficient sum in hand, he thought they ought to pay off the two quarters' ground rent they were in arrear to the Duke of Bed ford, and so get out of debt, and especially as they would then have in hand a sum sufficient 'to meet the ordinary requirements of the committee. Ho moved that the two quarters' rent in arrear be paid to the Duke of Bedford. Mr. PYEFINCH seconded the motion. He had ex pressed the same opinion at their last meeting, and he was surprised that the suggestion had not been acted upon by the committee. At a subsequent meet ing of the renters, who were only interested in the finances of the theatre, there was a unanimous feeling that this debt should be paid off. As the committee had a sufficient sum in hand for the purpose, he was surprised that they had not done so. The CHAIRMAN said it would be better that he should give some little explanation of the matter, as it might save some misconception and discussion. It was true that at the last meeting the hon; gentleman moved a resolution almost similar to the one he then offered to the meeting. At the meeting of the new renters a resolution was passed, and the committee stated that they would, as far as their views were sound, endeavour to carry them, and to some extent they had carried them out. Any. suggestion from the new renters would always be received with courtesy, and as far as was consistent with the protection of all the interests concerned they would endeavour to carry it out. 1n1863 they paid four quarters' rent, and in the last year, fall ing in with the suggestion to which he had referred and having a large balance in hand, they paid five quarters' rent instead of four, and thus brought down their arrears to a lower amount than was ever known in the memory of anyone in that room. In stead, therefore, of being admonished for not having done more, they expected to have received credit for their prudence. Supposing their balance at their bankers should be reduced by the amount suggested, and any serious calamity should occur, how would they be placed ? They would have to pay the rent, t q a u e r s e d , fi t r o e b b e r i g n a la d d e e , b m e s o i n d teshlpyayaniudenqtawrtehircihy,waerendrei-f anything were to occur to interrupt the prosperity of the lessees, and they had no money to go on, the hon. gentleman would not like to be called upon to put his hand in his pocket to meet the current ex penses. Although they had paid the Duke of Bed ford five quarters' rent, they had made also an addi tion to his income of the renters, for it was treble over what it was ten years ago. Things were pro gressing, and their prosperity was most unaccount able, for property which a short time ag o was of the value of £B,OOO at a sale by auction was_ now worth from £50,000 to £60,000. The increased sum of money Which had been paid to the Duke of Bedford was a proof of the earne s tness and independent zeal. and anxiety of the committee, but they must exer cise some discretion. Any suggestion offered, as far as prudence wou ld allow, would be adopted and followed up, and as they had done in the p as t so in the future. th e y would do Mr. SHARPE said the chairman had mad e . a cap tai speech, but it was only a piece of special plead ingafter all. He contended that they had the means of getting out of debt they ought to do so. There was no complaint that their regularly paid, and as th ey had the rent was not ting out of debt to their _ _ mean s o f get to do so. ground landlord they ou g ht The CHAIRMAN said the facts were not as the hon. gentleman had stated. If they Bedford they h a d an outstandingley paid th e D u k e o f . debt of £270 to pay for the repa i rs of the dila'd ation of two houses, and they wou l d then not hand at their bankers have to carry ou e . nough money in if the lessee was not to pay his rent. Lord W. LENNO X was about offering some obser vations, when the ch • airmail ruled that he was out of order. The motion was then put, and negatived by a large majority, and the report was received and adopted. The six members of the committee who went out of office by rotation—viz., Mr. Holme s , Lord Wm. Lennox, Mr. H. Wilson, Mr. O'Dowd, ‘fr. Arabin, and Mr. Bond Cabbell—were then re-elected. The following gentlemen were re-elected as the sub-committee :—Mr. Joseph Arden, Mr. B. B. Cabbell, Sir W. De Bathe, Mr. T. Rawlinson, and Mr. T. Waring. Mr. Crombie was re-elected auditor, and thanks were voted to the auditors for their services. A vote of thanks to the chairman and to Mr. Falconer, the lessee, c lose d the proceedings.