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-- SP' 1; , ibbe r i , a 1 141' ge t 4 4 311, If 31 „" i t e s-sq" t CFA,I V) "',l O f. PI" 7e, f iellri n o ss'i 3l.4l) : Lee 5c1.' 4 Dl I" - 11 1 ; r deiN .!•":/ 8 0 DOJO; iv VTO PERSONS SEEKING LANDED tL, E STATES, TOWN AND COUNTRY RE 3IDENCES. PROPS OLD GENE EEIO AND LEASEHOLD INVEST3IENTS, AND VIES D ° BE RAD GRATIS, a t th e pr i nc ip a l Railway Bookstalls Noughout the kingdo m , or a t the Auction and Estate Offices, t,;67, Chancery-lane, London, Messrs. E. and H. Lumley's of REE PROPERTY REGISTER," containing swirled selection landed and house properties now in the market, from the nobleman's mansion, with its manorial domain, to the cottage with its few acres. OWNERS OPPROPERTIES wishing to Sell or Let can em- Kace the oppot unity that the medium of this Register ~ , , FOrds, by sending the particulars of their properties to the ..sts.te rirs --“es, 67, Chancery-lane, London, as the Messrs. Iwo), u most cases introduce Immediate customers Where the property is of an eligible character, thereby avoid 'a the -d . isadvantages of delay and its attendant incon - Penienee s TriEa B Is No CHARGE incurred, unless a tenant or pur chaser is int ro d uced through Messrs. Lumley ' s A gency, 4 " then onlythe usual moderate commission. Au ction and Land Offices, 67. Chancery-lane, London. T"E NOWGONG TEA COMPANY of ASSAM (Limited). To be i ncorporated under the Joint-Stock Companies Act of 1882 . Capit a l, £2 50,000, i n 25,000 Sh ares o f £lO eac h. First Ernie 18,( 00 Shares. minimum Dividend of 10 per cent. per annum payab'e on Ist J anuary and Ist July, guaranteed for Three Years by the Vendors. Deposit 10s. per share on application, and a further 10s. per • share on allotment. No call to exceed £1 per share, or to be made at a less interval than Three Months from a previous call. Geom. DIRECTORS. -e R. Barry, Esq. DIRECTORS. Serajgun,ge, Bengal), 6, Upper , ,Yde Park-ardens. Mandote g ll, Esq, M.D. (late of the Opium Agricultural Apartment, Bengal , 2), St. Stephen's-square, Bayswater. •altrQd m umiord, .e.sq. (Messrs. Bartrum, Pretyman, and P u mford), Li t ect or o f th e U pper A ssam Tea Company. exan der Stewart, Esq. late Deputy-Commissioner of I C „ usto m ., , Guzerat, and Director of the North London Rail vc-115-, 2, T albot-terrace, Bayswater. lam Thomson, Esq. (late of Calcutta), 2, East India avenue, India House, Leadenhall-street. With power to add to their number. Agra and BANKERS. Masterraan's Bank (Limited , Nicholas-lane, Lom- bard-street. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Thomas and Haams, Mincing-lane. BRKERS. M eSEIS. Lowndes, Surgey, a n d Woolley, 1, Royal Bxehange buildings. SECRETARY. _ _ °in n . Alexer Frbes Eso. —B- 2, East India- a ave nd nue, o India House, Leldenhall- street,' E.C. Thi PROSPECTUS. Company is formed for the purchase of thirteen tr,„` ° ,eele eat tea already in profitable cultivation, situated in '"riovince of Assam, in British India, and for the purp-se ol further developing and extending their operations. ~The proper; y consists of 12,010 acres of freehold land, held '2lisect from Government, ot which 2,182 acres are planted with tea plants of the following ages—namely, 440 acres, 3 yeah old ; 902 acres, 2 years old; Items, list planted. 440 r.cres, 1 year old ; and e th he 5011 a n d c i mate of this local i ty are secon d t o n o ne i n " Province, o ,as t directors of the following at Bishnh Tea Company, a neigh ."riug concern, f or th e s eason ending 31st December, 1i63, "%aubmltted by them to the shareholders, will show: A c ,„i'lle out-turn of tea and seed has been unpre •edented in. f"aArk. The plantation in its fourth year hys given an ave age of 390 lbs and the two year old gardens of 240 lbs. of A li to the acre : and this has been obtained at no sacrifice to nht,P i r °sPects of future years, but with careful and light th - "mg. as is evinced by the present healthy appearance of v .e Plants, which, I have often been assured, are, in size and 1 1 ° ,_ur, unsurpßssed by the of the age in Assam. ' Lae dividends paid byAssam, the Upper Assam, the Biehnath, and by several of the other tea com lutntes in Assam, vary from 20 to SO percent., and their shares 41 'e, at a premium of 100 to 200 per cent. factories have the advantage of being tr av er se d by good roads and navigable rivers, and steamers p'y between Assam and Calcutta, affording great facilities for the supply 91 labour and for the other requirements of the estates. Not less than 8,010 acres c :n be brought into profitable cultiva tion ; and each acre. when in full bearing, is capable of pro ducing at least 400 lbs. of tea. The plantations are calculated to pro iuce, during the first year of the Company's operations (1801-65), eturns sufficient to yield 10 per cent. on the paid-up capital ; r and the vendors guarantee a minimum dividend at the rate of 10 per cent., payable half yearly, u p on th e pa i d-up capital for three years, to be calculated from the date of the re;4istration of the Com pany. At the expiration of the three years the plants will e suffioientiv advanced to give progressively larger divi dends, until the whole have attained maturity and yield a maximum return. _ The price to be paid for the property le Z 163,000, payable _by annual instalments, with interest, at 5 per cent., extend ing over a period of six years. These terms the di rec t ors cons i der to be most advantage °l_,:9, as, while th ey s h ow the confidence of the vendors in the advantage gri°l_,:9, of the property, the easy tnstilment4 as to payments ll enable the young plants to grow up into full bearing, tal istocateldd large returns before the greater part of the capf irile undertaking originates with the Directors and their ands. No pro l notiOn-monOy , will be paid to any one, either etri TY or ndirectly, and the preliminary expenses will be confined to such as are absolutely necessary: i a t e te ven dors stipulate that 6,000 of the shares are to be al to them ; 0,000 of the remaining shares have been purVicloY Subscribed for, leaving 6,000 shares availab e for the It,TICULARS OF THE ESTATES OF THE NOW 1. , r oG IEA COMPANY OF ASSAM (Limited). ConUhl BORKONDO LEE DIVIS1ON•- iee oseheits of the factories of Bolton:10 n , Loonepoong, 1 1 the Nowgong rai,Z et , Topntj sore°, and Remben,. along Nowgong ; vary , on the banks of the rivers Kullung and Nonoye, and inn r the ra nd trunk road from Ooboka to ot Indd distahee from the station from 8 to 16 miles. Extent 2j6.000 acres ; of which 1,117 are planted. oullialLll_ A.MONEE DIVISION hiekeegTstot the factories ot Bamolec, ok and Sepsnul lab, all , , B orhoo'ah, Ss ssabat, Deejoomo Topotjooree, Am withi„ n the Nowgong District, the principaffactories being situai` ' n it es of the station and the others conveniently be j o L d cillltlie banks ot the' rivers Kullung, Nonoye, stances vaiyi n , fl.lr the old station of Hungagora : at (l 6,000 acres Bto 20 miles from Nawgong. 14.xtent of land. 1 -. ..,.. "; of which ',o+s are planted. h at and forms of application for Shares cal be . Patty . "a the Secretaiy, or from the Brokers of the Com i c ,„ I VG ONG TEA COMPANY OF Cri c ,, ASSAU (Limited). at ter List e , SD y which date the share will A PDlicationa for Shares can be ree_e_ived b A , the 18th inst., on e Clo Bed. By order. A. FORBES, Secretary. 1 1111 . 1 - the UNION At a Italf-I:r i tIIRD REPORT' of Court-roo BANK Or LONDON. M e f ear l :fleeting of the r p r r o t p n r e i e e ß t - O s r t s re h et e: m d a a n t s t ie h n e Ous e, on t h e Banking-house, 2 , . 865 /), wunesday, the 11th January, , "U'rrIALL LAURIE, Esq., Governor, in the The fOli 4 Chair, T he n . wag REPORT was read : trectors have to report that the net profits of the p ay .t_lor th e a b c months ending 31st December last, af ter . flent of all charg.s (including the sum of Eteri,37s 12s. 4 4 . interest Paid and due t) customers on their , current and "a,sepsit accounts), and makin , r ample provision for all bad doubtlul debts, amount te.£180,195 2s. ltd., which, with 6 A. 2d. brought forward from 30th June last, amount to ).553 9s. Id. - —The D irectors now declare a dividend for the last six ,T ( lths at the rate of 15 per cent. per annum, and a bonus of I Per cent. on the increased paid-up capital, being at the rate 20 per cent, per annum, clear ot income tax. bPThe /0 000 new shares issued under the authority of the ecial General Meetin gs h e ld i n July last were all claimed ;Me ropri tors, except 6,, shares ; and in order to com plete the capital, the Di rectors have debited the profits of the calt' year with £1,950, the amount of such unclaimed shares. In accordance with the resolutions of those special general Meetings, the p id-up capital of the Bank has been thus raised from £OOO,OOO to £1,20',000, and the reserved fund !rota £67,000 (the amount at which it stood in July last), to £500,000, by the addition ot £233,000, part of the amount re ceived from prea !urns on the new shares. The Directors are ot opinion that the reserved fund is, for the pre3ent, Vequate in amount, and they have therefore appropriated the balance 01 the premiums on the new shares, amounting to £07,000, towards a building investment ac count. -&fTe r payment of the dividend and bonus, amounting to- Rether to £119,182 10s., and appropriating £67,000, received from premiums, in the building investment account, there Will remain a balance of £61,375 19s. Id. to be carried for ward for appropriation at the end of the financial year in July next. The Directors recommend that the 65 unclaimed shares should be placed at their disposal, to enable them to apply the dividends in the temporary relief of some of those urgent and unforeseen cases of pressure from illness which occa sionally occur amongst the clerks in the establishment. THE UNION BANK OF LONDON. For the Half-Year ending 3 lot December, 1864. GENERAL BALANCE. DB. LIABILITIES. Ca pital. —£10 per Share paid up on 60,000 Shares £600,000 £5 per Share added out of reserved fund .. . . 300,000 £l5 per Share paid up on 20,000 Shares, 1864 300,000 by £1,200,000 0 0 Da; Ale acmunts, de- Posit - receipts .a udin (inclg current interest accrued), and other obli ga ti ons Reserved Fund, invested in Consols, as per contra . RBuildings Investment Account ebate on Bills not d ue lance at credit of Profit and Loss 300,000 0 0 67,009 0 0 47,302 4 2 180,558 9 1 £20,602,253 16 10 CR. ASSETS. Cash in Bank £873,527 2 7 in the Bank of England 600,778 6 10 „ lent at call 1,058,000 0 0 Investments 'ln Government Stock, Exche qu-r Bill s , D e b entures, &c .. . . 1,227,0E3 9 8 £337,078 135., C onsols Reserve ..... .. .. .... Bank premises —consisting? of freehold build ings in Princes-street, Mansion Douse street, Argyll-place, Fleet-street, and - Chancery-lane ; and lease and fixtures of No. 4, Pall-malt East . 150,491 13 0 Loans, Bills Discounted, &c 16,359,453 4 1 t £ 20 ,602,253 16 10 PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT. DR. Dividend at the rate of 15 percent. per annum £ 2 59 :7 38 95 a i 7 6 % onus, 21 per cent.... 9 l2 6 £?,532,305 S 5 £119,182 10 0 Balance, being undivided profit carried for ward to next half-year ... 61,375 19 1 £180,558 9 1 R. P rofit unappropriated on 30th Jane, 1864 Amount of net profit of the half-year ending 31st December, 1864, after deducting all ex- Penses and interest, paid and due (.£161,375 12s. 4d.), allowed to customers on their cur rent and deposit accounts £180,558 9 1 gaThe Governor then declared a dividend for the past half- Ir at the rat e o f 15 per cent. per annum, and a bonus of 2} t ee n, clear of inceme - tax. lasedW as resolved unanimously, fat the report now read be adopted, printed, and cireu- T, a mong the proprietors. the ...At 'Ur (I n well-deserved thanks of the meeting be given to th e „-h-vernor, the Deputy Governor, and the Directors, for 4,.""1e, judicious, and profit ble manner in which they yea're conlucted the affairs of the Bank during the past half ,...That the best thanks of the meeting be given to Mr. W. l ir t • Scrinageour, the General Manager, for the zeal at d abi go long displayed by him in the discharge of his impor tant duries. IrantThat the thanks of the meeting be given to Mr. Barton, the az.er ; Mr. Ingpen, the Manager of the Regent-street h Mr. St. Barbi , the Manager of the Charing-cross Brant ; Mr. Beattie, Bran 'the Manager of the Temple-bar __ ch ; and to Mr. Newmarch, the Secretary, for the zea wllll and efficient manner in which they have discharged their ffeveral duties. : s ig g ned) P. NORTHALL LAURIE, Governor. .1.,,. _Tuhraiet,the thanks of the meeting be given to P. Northall the Governor, for his conduct iu the chair this uay, •, (Signed) JAMES FARQUHAR, Deputy-Governor. Extracted from the Minutes. N a—Th W. 0. BEVILLE, Assistant-Secretary. p,,,,__ _ e dividend and bOllllB will be payable en =clatter - •m+ 4 7, the 20th instant. N. 22,639. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., THE THREE WATCHES. By W. G. WILLS. " A powerfully written and attractive story."—Messenger. " There i < a Rembrandt like style of &Aim as well as paint - lug. and Mr. Wills cu tivates it. 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Prepared only and sold by W. LAMBERT, Chemist. 8, King-William-street, Charing cross, London, and by all druggists, in bottles, 134 d., and three quantities in one, 2s. 9d. each. Be particular. and ask for Lambert's Asthmatic Balsam, The name and address are engraved on the stamp. £363 6 2 \--- -... 114 .. .....-; i ~,,,--- 1 1 .!7 ~.,': ...t.:,,...-, ..-,.... , - 1 ; , , : , / it' 4 4 ' ."--.! -',', .fi '.; • ) L 3 , /„.„. /, • The . Alban's 1 aiders. The trial of Lieut. Young and the other recap tured raiders commenced on Tuesday, the 27th of December, in the Superior Court at Montreal, be fore Mr. Justice Smith. It was stated that there were several charges against the prisoners, but it was contended on behalf of the prisoners that the only question to be raised before that Court was the extradition of the accused, whose conviction on six charges would be no better than conviction on one. A commitment on one would answer all the pur purposes of the counsel for the United States. Judge Smith said there were but two warrants before him, and the case of Brecks stood first for examination. So far as both were concerned, the choice lay between them. It was then decided to proceed with the case of Brecks. Cyrus N. Bishop, teller of the St. Alban's Bank, w s sworn,—He related the facts with regard to the Ibbery of the bank by Collins,' Spurr, and three other raiders on the day of the St. Alban's raid. While the parties were in the bank a merchant, named Samuel Brecks, came to the door, rapped, and was admitted by the raiders. They then seized him and demanded his money, which he stated was private property. Witness told Brecks it was better for him to give up his money, which he did. Wit ness learnt that it was $4OO United States' currency. The parties threatened that if Brecks gave any alarm they would shoot him. In re-examination Bishop stated that the raiders were dressed in plain clothes. On Thursday Joseph F. Butterworth, a Confe derate soldier, of Kentucky, was examined. He said he knew several of the prisoners, Young and Spurr particularly. His evidence was to the effect that the prisoners had admitted to him that they went to St. Alban's for the purpose of taking the money from the banks and burning the town. He also said : " When I saw Spurr and Young in Chicago during the time of the Convention I understood that they were there for the purpose of releasing the Confederate soldiers at Camp Douglas. There was an organisation then going on for that purpose. I was told by some of my friends whom I knew to be Confederate soldiers, and also by Young and Spurr, that they were in the Confederate army. I was informed during the time I was in Chicago that a raid or raids were being organised there for the purpose of plundering and burning Northern frontier towns. I was aware that Young and Spurr were then engaged in organising such raid or raids." The trial was proceeding with the greatest despatch. At the opening ofthe Assizes at Toronto, Judge Morrison, in the course of his charge, characterised the way in which the raiders had been discharged as " very extraordinary and precipitate," and allud ing to the plea that the doings of the raiders were acts of war he said— " Without admitting for an instant that, even if they were, it would form a ground for their dis charge, I fail to see that, while the actual seat of war is several hundred miles distant from our fron tier, a mere incursion of a few men, secretly con trived and without the ordinary features or emblems of a warlike expedition, resulting in an inroad upon the territory of a neighbouring country, and the taking of the lives of non-belligerent and unoffend ing citizens and the plundering them of their pro perty, and escaping into this country with their plunder,—l say I fail to see that such acts are en- titled to be treated as acts of war. If it were other wise, the most monstrous and revolting crimes might be perpetrated under such pretexts, and being committed on the borders of friendly and contiguous States, as in the present instance, the offenders would escape the punishment that such crimes deserve. War, as understood and carried on among civilised nations, has enough evils and calamities without extending its horrors to murder and robbery, such as I refer to. As well might it have been argued during the Crimean War that if a few desperate men entered any part of our province from the United States and murdered and robbed our people, and immediately fled thereafter within the American frontier, they were, under the pretext that their crimes were acts of war in aid of Russia, entitled to protection, and not within the treaty. One's . common sense revolts at any law, interna tional or otherwise, being invoked to protect the perpetrators of such atrocities and crimes from being amenable to the laws of the outraged country." THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUANY 12, - 1865. CRYSTAL PAL 4CE.-TO-MORROW. - LUXURIOUSLY WARM and DRY.—Lighted at Dusk.—See the new Pictures in Special Gallery. CRYSTAL PALACE.-LAST DAY of HOLIDAY AMUSEMENTS. TO - MORROW FN' It I D A Y).—Open Ircm Ten till Six o'clock.—Amuse ments. from Morning till Night. —lmpossible to describe in advertisements. L s PETIT BLONDIN, the juvenile Rope dancer; LE FRERES CAVALLIN I , the Italian Clowns and gymnasts ; SILV ESTER, the Charmed Monster, ay. ; the ELLIS rEA BROTHERS, the classical gymnasts; BARNES, the CHAMPION VAULTER, in his sixty somer sauls ; JEAN BOND and his wonderful DOG ; HERR WILLIO, the great German Contortionist. J. 11. STEAD, the Cure. Most amusing* CLOWNS. Comical Pantomimic BALLET, with Mr. STEAD as SIMPKIN, forming an un paralleled variety of Holiday Amusements. At 5.30, Organ Performance by Mr. James Coward. - • • In additbn to these :—The Fine Arts Courts, in variety and beauty unequalled in the world. The decorations of the Pala^e, with the Great Christmas Tree. The Great Fair and Bazaar. Shakspere Montanari Models. Swings, Roundabouts, Invigorators. and other popular amusements. Galleries of Models and Ships. Armour-plates lent by offi cial authority. The extraordinary Chimpanzee. The unique Aquariums. All these render the Crystal Palace the one place for holiday enjoyment. EDMOND ilateWombwelPs) WINDSOR CASTLE GREAT MENAGERIE is exhibited (tor the remainder of the week only) adjoining the Palace. All under Cover. Admission to the Menagerie, 6d. Admission to the Palace. One Shilling. Children under twelve, Half-price. Palace lighted up at dusk. Wonderfully beautitul effect. CRYSTAL PALACE AT NIGHT.—" If this lighting up, and this alone, were shown as the Christmas attraction, it would be worth a journey to Norwool to see ir. We can only cordially recommend our readers to see it for themselves before the weer is out."—Vide Newspapers. Lighted from dusk till half-past six. MR. 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 conc ude with MRS. ROSELE AF AT THE SEA-SloE. By Mr. John Parry. Every Evening (except Saturday) at Eight ; Saturday Afternoon, at Three. - -ROYAL GALLERY Ok' ILLUSTRA 11, Regent street. Unreserved seats, Is., Is. ; stalls, Is. ; stall spring chairs, Is. OPERA DI CAMERA, the SOLDIER'S LEGACY, by Macfarren, and TOO MANY COOKS, by Offenbach. Every TUE::DAY and T EIURSDAY, at Three. T HE XFORD, 6, OXFORD STREET, W. The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (limited). ORPHEit AUX ENFERS (Offenbach's brilliant Opera Comique), is achieving an unprecedented success. Vide, the Song : "King of Bceotia ;" "The Hymn to Bacchus ;" and the spirited "Hilliho " Chorus, by Eurydice, Diana, Cupid, and t horns ; the side-splitting " Couplets," by Minerva, Diana, Venus, Cupid, Pluto, and Chorus ; a , d final Minu-t and Galop. Principal characters by Misses Russell, Fitz henry, Barrie, Tyrrell, and Walmsley; Messrs. Greene and Lascellcs. Also, the new Cantata, KING CHRISTMAS, written by Litchfield Mosely, Esq., and composed by Herr Meyer Lutz, expressly for this esiaclishment ; and NORMA. Norma, Miss Ku sell ; Adalgisa, Madame Maria. Musical Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Comedy, by Mr. WILLIAM RAI),IDALL, Mr. GASTON MURRAY, LITTLE 808, SEST IL LION, and all the pro curable Talent of the day. CANTERBURY HALL. The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (limited). HODGE PODGE, the most extraordinary Christmas Entertainment in Lon don (includ ng the whole strength of the establishment), every evening at half-past Nine o'clock. The usual Operatic Selections by Misses Russell, Barre, Hays, Godden, se. ; Messrs. Lalcelles, Harland, Eeaumont, Kimberley, dm. Musical Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Extra Comedy by Mr. and Mrs. Randal', Mr. Hilton, Stacey, Wbodman, Little Bob, ttc. R OYAL CAMBRIDGE MUSIC HALL, Commercial-street, Shoreditch. (Close to the Great Eastern TerminusN Sole Proprietor, Mr. G. W. NUGENT. SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS. Operatic Selections, &a. Prima Donna, Miss ELLISON. The Comic strength of the Company includes ANNIE ADAMS, NE LLY TOWER, 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. GAB VILLE. MADAME TUSSAITD'S EXHIBITION. established 29 years at the Bazaar,:Baker-street. NEW ADDITION.—A Full-length PORTRAIT MODEL of MULLER, taken from lite, and corrected from the Cast taken by Doctor Donovan, is now added to the Chamber of Physiognomy. open, on Boxin r Day only, from 10 a.m. t:11 10 p.m,; other days from 11 u.m. till 5 p m., and from 7 •in U. Admittance, One Shilling; extra ro:,ms, Sixpence. A RGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, Piccadilly. LEVY will appear at nine, ten, and eleven o'clock during the week and play new music nightly. Admission, One Shilling. TEETH. -DENTAL SELF-MANAGEMENT. A brief exposition of Mr. ESKELL'S patented in vention in the oanstruction of Artificial teeth. Free on ap plication, or by post on receipt of one stamp.-8, Grosvenor street, Bond-street. MEET H.— IMPROVED MECHANICAL DENTIS PRY.—Professional abilities and great artistic skill have been most successfully combined in the promotion of ARTIFICIAL TEETH. upon a new principle. The real value of the perfection of the art of Dentistry will be experi enced by all wishing to avail themselves of professional assistance by =suiting Mr. ALBERT, 34, Great Russell street, Bloomsbury. whose experience has enabled him to means, such admirable, convenient and which are so pettedly efficient.contrivances by artificial ORNAIIENTS for the Drawing - room , 'Library , And Dinin g -room, consisting of a new and e,egant assort ment of VASES, Figures, Groups , Candlesticks, Obelisks, Ink stands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paper weights, &a, in Italian, Alabas er, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, &c. Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mine ralogist to her Atkiesty, 149, Stand, W.C., London. Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of SHELLS, aIINERALS, ROCKS, and FOSSILS, which will greatly facilitate the interesting study of MINERALOGY, CON CHOLOGY, tnd GEOLOGY, at 2, 5,10, 20, 50, to 100 guineas each. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE. fIA.LOGY is given by Mr. TENNANT, at 149, Strand- W.C. CITY SHOW-ROOMS FOR GLASS AND CHINA, 117, HOUNDSDITCH. DEFRIES and SONS' TABLE GLASS ; Cut and Engraved, of the choicest designs. R EFRIES and SONS' DINNER, DESSERT , and Tea Ware, of the newest patterns. REFRIES and SONS' LUSTRES, TAZZAS, Land Flower Vans for t4e'present season. REFRIES and SONS' CHANDELIERS; for the Dining-room, in Bronze, Ormolu, and Silver. REFRIES and SONS' CHANDEL IERS ' in Crystal, for the Drawing-room, for Gas or Candles. riEFRIES and SONS' CHANDELIERS, LI in Crystal, in the Venetian and Grecian designs, for India. -- DEFRIES and SONS' SPECIAL DESIGNS in Lamps for India. TIEFRIES and I SONS' WALL LIG lIT Chandeliers, in Crystal, for India (Registered). DEFRIES and SONS promptly execute CLUB Mess, and General Furnishing Orders oiShina, Glass, DEFRIES and SONS supply MERCHANTS with Pattern Books and Special Designs. oDEFRIES and SONS have just added Five • New Snow-Rooms to their extensive Manufactory. They have now on show the largest assortment in the world of the above goods of their own manufacture. MAIJIACTORY AND SHOW-ROOMS, 147, Hounds ditch. HAIR -CURLING FLUID, 248, High Holborn, London.—ALEX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID curls Ladies' or Gentlemen's hair immediately it is applied. Sold at 3s. 6d.; sent free for 51 stamps. Ross's Toilet Magazine, ls. 6d., or 20 stamps. GREY HAIR.-248, High Holborn, London.— ALEX. ROSS'S charges for Dyeing the hair perma nently— Ladies' Hair from 75 . 6d. ; Gentlemen's from ss. The Dye is sold at .38. 6d ,or sent free for 51 stamps. It I most easy of nee. HAIR DESTROYER, 248, High Holborn, London.—ALEX.:ROSS'S DEPILATORY removes, without effect to the skin, superfluous hair from the face, neck, and arms. 3s. 6d.; sent the same day.as ordered by post for 54 stamps. SPANISH FLY is the acting ingredient in IALEX. ROSS'S CANTHARIDES OIL, which Ppeedily produces whiskers and thickens hair. 38. 6d.; sent free fors4 stamps.—ALEX. ROSS, 248 , High Holborn, London. Essay )n Hair, Id. PIMPLE REMOVER.—AII diseases of the skin are improved by one dose of:ALEX. ROSS'S VEGE TABLE SKIN PILL. They remove redness, sallowness &o. 25. 9d.; by post for 40 sumps.—ALEX• ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London. ALEX.ROSS' FACE POWDER, ls. ; sent for 14 stamps, Ey e C o l our, 3 s . 6d., or 54 stamps. Skin tonic produces a transcendent complexion, 45., or ou stamps. Bloom of Roses, 3s. 64., or 51 stamps.--ALEX. ROSS. 218, High Holborn, London. The Abandonment of Santo Domingo by Spain. MADRID, Jan. 7. The following is the text of the bill presented to the Cortes by Marshal Narvaez, abolishing the decree of the 19th May, 1861, declaring the terri tory of the Dominican Republic reincorporated into the Spanish monarchy : The Bonlba.N' and Mauritius Mails. [REU'. [TR'S EXPRESS.] SouTiumr-rox, Jan. 11. The Peninsular any I Oriental Company's steam ship Euxine, Captain Roskell, with the heavy Bom bay and Mauritius ma as, arrived this evening. She brings 50 passengers, 9 boxes specie (value 4,236/. 16s. 9d.), and 2,044 pa ,ages cargo, of which 1,859 bales are raw silk. GIBRALTAR, Jan. 6 Letters from the Ca na ,ry Islands report that the Infante Don Enrique I tad been making a tour, in the course of which he had visited the towns of Laguna, Oratava, and *Sauzal. lle had been re ceived with the enthusa sm and consideration due to the first member of . the royal family of Spain who had ever law - led in, the Canaries. Lettersschooner Eduardo, from X azel a g announce that the B r iti s h ;anchor in that p or t, was driven ashore during a t:ale , and became a total :. 11 wreck. A heavy gale passed over Valencia on the 26th ult. It rained heavily for 24 lit.mirs, during which vessels could not leave the port. The mail from Madrid was detained at Manuel and at Jativa from the swollen state of the rivers. The railway trains were stopped by the snow. Heavy snow storms fell at Corunna on the 31st ult., on which date four mails from the capital were overdue. A letter from Tangier states that a cara van from Fez to Tangier with flour and dates was lost in crossing one of the rivers, and that some of the people were drowned. The Austrian gunboat Wall has put in here- Her commander reports that he passed on the 28th, twenty miles off Cape Espichel, the Swedish ship Else, water-logged and abandoned. The British schooner Express put into Cadiz on the 28th, with loss of bowsprit. The Russian steamer Almaz, three guns, from Rio, arrived at Cadiz on the 30th. The Prussian war-steamer Mosquito saluted the garrison on the 2d, which compliment was returned, from the battery. The British brigantine Norfolk Hero, on her way to London, put in here on the 3d, with loss of figure-head and head-rails, bowsprit sprung, &c., having been run into by a foreign bark coming into the Bay. The Gibraltar Chronicle of the 6th says :—" The Spanish papers report that the British steamer Macedon had encountered a severe storm on her way from Gibraltar to Italy, and was considered in danger of foundering. It appears from the Spanish papers that the Spanish steamer Valencia took ten of the sailors from the Macedon and landed them at the Grao of Valencia. It is said, also, that it wa s not known what had become of the Macedon, her captain, and four seamen—from which we infer that the captain did not consider the danger so im minent as to justify the abandonment of his ship, and that four of his crew stood by him. The steamer Regina put to sea, to look for the Macedon, and returned again to Valencia, having found the steamer in charge of the captain and part of his crew. A coasting vessel reported seeing a steamer answering to the Macedon steering for Los Alf agues." The following British ships have arrived here since the departure of the last mail— steamer, Livorno, 13 days from Glasgow ; schooner, Mary, 19 days from London ; steamer, 11Inder 61 days from Liverpool ; brig, Henry, 11 days from Cardiff ; steamer, Cadiz, 61 days: from London; steamer, Crimean, 61 days from Liverpool ; brig, Lively, 14 days from Falmouth ; brig, Amphion, 21 days . from Cardiff ; steamer, Genoa, 14 days from Glasgow ; brig, Packside, 13 days from Glasgow ; brig Prairie Flower, 12 days from Newport ; bark, Keepsake, 33 days from Newport ; brig, Triton, 13 days from Milford ; steamer, Engel, 6 days from Liverpool ; bark, Nereid, 8 clays from Milford ; brig, Fassfern, 14 days from Liverpool ; bark, Ocean Child, 8 days from Cardiff ; bark, William Wilson, 10 days, from Liverpool ; schooner, Volant, 14 days from Belfast ; brig, Marmion, 15 days fr9m Cardiff ; bark, Warlock, 11 days from Cardiff ; steamer, Olympus, 6 days from Liverpool ; and steamer, Mavrocordatos, 71 days from Liverpool. The latest Gibraltar Exchanges are quoted, on London, 90 days' date, 491 ; Marseilles, 8 days' sight, sf. 15c. ; Madrid, 11 to 2 dis. ; Cadiz, 3 to 31 dis. ; Seville, dis ; Malaga, dis. ; Valencia, par. Premium on Five Franc pieces 3s. 4d. per cent. ______ The United States war steamer, Sacramento, arrived at Cadiz on the 3d. The British yacht schooner Avalanche, also arrived at Cadiz on the 3d. Mr. Lincoln and the Emancipation Society. The following is Mr. Lincoln's reply to the ad dress of the Emancipation Society, Manchester : Legation of the United States, London, Jan. 9, 1865. Sir,—By direction of Mr. Adams, I have the honour to transmit herewith a letter from the President, in answer to the resolutions adopted by the Union and Emancipation Society of Manchester, with reference to his re-election, which Mr. Adams had the pleasure to . receive from you on the Ist of December last. I have the honour to be, sir, your obedient servant, BENJ. Molt" Secretary of Legation. Thomas B. Potter, Esq., &c., Manchester. 3 To the Union and Emancipation Society, Manchester, England. " Gentlemen,—l have received from Mr. Adams, and have submitted to the President of the United States, your ad dress of congratulation upon the result of our late national election. " I am charged by him to say that the ascertaining of the suffrages and the declaration of the choice of the electors yet remain to be performed by Congress. It would, of course, be presumptuous on his part to anticipate that final declaration by a reply to your felicitations. Nevertheless, the President feels himself at liberty, and under many obli gations to thank you for the favourable opinion of his past administration which you have been pleased to express, and for your entire and hearty devotion to the best interests of our country, and the best hopes of mankind. " I have the honour to be, gentlemen, " Your obedient servant, " WILLIAM H. SEWARD. " Department of State, Washington, Dec. 22, 1864." THE MEMBERS FOR BIRMINGHAM AND THEIR CONSTITUENTS.-It is now considered probable that Messrs. Scholefield and Bright will address their constituents in the Birmingham Town-hall, on Wednesday next. The criminal sessions were held at Southampton on Monday. In the evening, Mr. Samuel, the high sheriff of the town, entertained the Recorder and the bar at a superb banquet at the Victoria-rooms. Upwards of 200 of the elite of the town and neighbourhood, consisting of members of Parliament, clergymen, magistrates, and military and naval men of high rank were invited and were present. Mr. Emmanuel, who is a strict Jew, expressed the utmost loyalty to the throne,- and in proposing the health of the bishop of the diocese and the clergy eulogised the Christian priesthood of the present day. The toast was replied to by the Rev. Dr. Bradshaw, of the established church, the Rev. Dr. Adkins, an independent minister, and Father Mount, a catholic priest. Sir Josiah Cloete and Admiral Tinling spoke for the army and navy respectively. The-gallery of the Victoria-rooms was occupied by a num ber of elegantly dressed Jewish matrons and maidens. Several Turkish naval officers were present. AN ENRAGED ORGAN GRINDER.—On Tuesday last an amusing incident occurred opposite Ro chester-place, Bromley. An organ-grinder was observed grinding away at his instrument, but all in vain, for no sound could he get from it. At length he put his instru ment upon the ground, and, amidst the roars of a largo crowd, hammered his organ to pieces. He next deliberately carried the fragments to the opposite side of the road and set them on fire. The flames having attracted the atten tion of the police, police-constable Austen, 49 It, came upon the scene and took the unfortunate musician to the station house. After a little time, however , Ser g eant Gray allowed him to depart, being satisfied that the organ was his own property. It appears that the man went through the Ita lian war under Garibaldi, and that he received three severe wounds upon his head, which doubtless fully accounted for `this extraordinary freak.—South -Eastern Gazette. " To TILE CORTES. "In the old Spanish island, the first land of the Western World which the great Christopher Columbus considered worthy of an important establishment, in that great An tilles where, many years after its separation from the me tropolis, not a drop of Spanish blood was shed, now flows that generous blood, and the rigours of a pestiferous climate aiding the enemy, make terrible ravages in the ranks of our valiant soldiers. " This sanguinary struggle, which is also attended by the disadvantage of uselessly and profitlessly expending the public treasure, and consuming the abundant products of our colonial possessions, was not provoked by the attempts of anterior Cabinets to carry out an ambitious war of conquest—so opposed to the rational, just, pacific, and disinterested policy so long observed by Spain—neither did it originate from the necessity of repelling foreign aggressions, of opposing force to at any cost, consi dering only the defence of insulted honour—such was not the case : this cruel struggle commenced the day following that on which her Majesty's Government of that day be _ lieved that all the inhabitants of the Dominican Republic asked and solicited with impatient desire to be reincorpo rated with the Spanish nation, their ancient mother, arirl to form one of its province* aspiring to the happiness enjoyed by those of Cuba and Puerto Rico. " Such a desire might not be certain, but it was very probable. The Government, actuated by these senti ments, had faith in that which appeared to inspire the Dominicans, and, therefore, accepted their votes and coun selled her Majesty to effect the annexation which this State professed so ardently to desire. "On this account the Ministers in a solemn document described this event as auspicious, highly honourable for Spain, and one not often encountered in the annals of peo ples. For this also, after referring to.the lamentable history of Santo Domingo since the proclamation of its indepen dence in 1821, following the example of other provinces of the American continent, after drawing the sad picture of such prolonged misfortune, of a state of things in which the sources of public and private wealth were exhausted, independence completely lost for want of strength to main tain it, liberty no less lost through the insecurity felt by the citizens, and the continual agitation of the Republic ; the Ministers invoked every sentiment of justice, humanity, and honour in counselling the annexation of this unhappy island. They believed such a meagure all the more desi rable considering the circumstances and character of its inhabitants, the fertility of its soil, and the strong attach ment which the people, after past excesses whereby they had been terribly disabused, professed• towards their ancient metropolis. " The annexation was thus founded upon two most noble, just, and weighty reasons. The first was the right inhe rent in the unanimous will of a people, a right not disputed and previously affirmed by the general assent of the na tions of Europe and America in a recent case. The second was the duty of humanity, of compassion towards the un fortunate people who sought favour and mercy, over whelmed, as they were, by a sea of disaster and misfortune. No other right supported nor supports the Spanish Go vernment in holding the Spanish portion of the island of Santo Domingo, neither the right of revindication nor the right of conquest, both being opposed to the policy of the Government, the interests of the people, and the friendly relations which Spain has always endeavoured to maintain with the independent States of Ameriea„which once formed part of the immense territory protected by the tutelary mantle of the Kings of Spain. "But such flattering hopes soon disappeared; fatal symptoms very soon manifested themselves that the an nexation had not that spontaneous and unanimous support upon which it was based. Nevertheless, it was the duty of the Government to ascertain with certainty whether those violent protests, several times repressed, did not pro ceed only from a discontented few, but were the expression of the feeling of a people who rejected the legitimate power they had invoked in a time of trouble and distress. The agitation increased, and gained towns and frontiers, extend ing over the whole of the territory, and at this day the Spanish portion of the island of Santo Domingo presents to the civilised world the spectacle of an entire people in arms, ungratefully resisting as tyrants those whom they called in preaorvarc. _ _ _ - - "So strange a political phenomenon has been examined by the Ministers undersigned with delicate attention and deep study. They have thoroughly sifted the sad history of the annexation of Santo Domingo, and have considered the question from every point of view imaginable, commenc ing by those of justice and right, and last regarding those of expediency. They have well taken into account the rea sons that might be alleged on the ground of the national honour and respect, and have considered the event of _the most brilliant future possible, a triumph obtainedat the cost of immense sacrifices ; they have weighed the arguments for and against, that may be based upon considerations of national and foreign policy, and finally have carefully made the sad calculation of the numerous and precious lives that Spain loses every day that this sterile contest is prolonged, and of the great amount of treasure it consumes. "As a result of this laborious examination, the Ministers are impressed with the conviction that the question of Santo Domingo has reached a point which will allow us to make the following deductions : " That it was a delusion to believe that the Dominican people, as a whole, or in the great majority, desired, and above all demanded their annexation to Spain. That the struggle having become general, it does not now bear the character of a measure taken to subject a few discontented rebels, but a war of conquest completely foreign to the spirit of Spanish policy. That, even by concentrating our efforts and sacrifices in order to obtain a triumph, we should place ourselves in the sad position of holding the island entirely by a military occupation full of difficulties, and not exempt from dangerous complications. That, even under the most favourable hypothesis that a portion of the population may show themselves devoted to us after vic tory, the governmental system that would have to be esta blished in those dominions must either be little suitable to the usages and customs of the inhabitants or very dissi milar to that of the other colonial provinces. " Upon all these and other considerations which the superior intelligence of the Cortes will supply, the Ministers, anxious to put an end to the useless sacrifices in men and money which the war in Santo Domingo imposes upon the nation, have the honour to propose, being duly authorised by her Majesty, the following'project of law : "Art. 1. The royal decree of the 19th May, 1861, declar ing the territory of the Dominican Republic reincorporated with the monarchy, is repealed. " Art. 2. The Government is authorised to take the ne cessary Duke of VALENCIA, President of the Council. the same tfoorthtehecoexrteecsu.tion of this law, giving ac ceeoussantryofmthe ANTONIO BENAVIDES, Minister for Foreign Affai r s. LORENZO ARRAZOLA, Grace and Justice. BARZANALLANA, 11 Finance. CORDOVA, It War. ARMERO, Marine. Luis GONZALEZ BRABO, „ Interior. GALIANO, ,t Public Works. SEuAs Lowo, 17 Colonies." A RECOMMENDATION TO MERCY.—At the West Kent Quarter Sessions, just held, before Mr. Ga thorn Hardy, chairman, Richard Hawkins, aged 49, a watchmaker, was indicted for unlawfully selling, in a public place, a certain obscene print called Peter Spy, published in London, on the 19th of December, at Tunbridge-wells. Mr. Russell appeared for the prosecution, and evidence of the sale of the publication named having been given, Mr. Em bery, the superintendent of the local police at Tunbridge wells, stated that for a small pecuniary consideration the prisoner had been accustomed to libel the character of indi viduals, and in this manner had caused much unhappiness in Tunbridge-wells. In one instance a man and wife had been separated through his agency. At another place in the neighbourhood a man had been set at valiance with his wife by the prisoner, whose course of action was to charge persons with some immoral act. By leaving out only one or two letters of the name, and stating " that they lived not 100 miles from such and such a place" (naming the locality where the person resided), he pointed so closely to them that it was impossible to mistake who was meant. The jury found the prisoner guilty, but, to the surprise of nearly everybody in the court, recommended him to mercy on the ground " that they (the jury) saw so much in public life characterised in these prints." The chairman, in sen tencing the prisoner, said the engravings of the paper were not merely satires on the dress or manners of the people, but were filthy in conception and design, executed for the purpose of producing debauchery and immorality among those who read them. If he could suppose, as he fancied the jury did, from their recommendation, that they were mere satires upon the dress and the crinolines of the pre sent age, it would not be an offence he should have thought of placing before the jury ; but this was an offence of the worst character. The paper was also full of passages in tended to wound the honour and insult the feelings of pri vate families. With all respect to the jury, therefore, and desiring always to carry out their wishes as far as he could he could not pass a less sentence than six months' hard labour, and the prisoner must then be bound over in the . sum of 201. not to repeat the offence. Ironmasters' Quart°rly Meeting. WOLVERHAMPTON, Wednesday Evening. The quarterly assemblies of the ironmasters of this district commenced in this town to-day, under auspices anything but favourable ; the attendance was small, with a still less proportion of buyers, and there was a general indisposition to do business. The result was that as few transactions were re ported as ever took place on a similar occasion here, and, although some members of the trade seemed to anticipate that more animation will be experienced at the Birmingham meeting, it is tolerably certain that this will be a quiet quarter-day. Various causes are operating to contribute to such a result. There is scarcely any demand for finished iron on account of America ; the Welsh makers are suc cessfully competing with those of South Stafford shire ; consumers have doubts whether the present list prices can be maintained, and are withholding their orders in consequence, added to which there is the prospect of a difficulty with the puddlers and millmen about the notices given on the 31st of last month to reduce their wages scale. All these influences are operating more or less prejudicially, and the effect was the kind of stagnation ex perienced at this day's meeting. The orders in hand are small for all descriptions of finished iron, and there can be no doubt but that some makers are glad to accept them 10s. per ton below the list price. The market for pig-iron is extremely slack, the price of hot-blast, all mine, Staffordshire, is quoted lower than it was three months ago. In reference to the proposed reduction in the pud dlers and millmen's wages there have been deputa tions of the men employed at some of the principal works to their employers, asking that the reductions may be modified to 6d. per day, and 5 per cent., instead of Is., and 10 per cent., as proposed ; but the masters find it impossible to assent, as the rate of wages after the proposed reduction is in operation will be higher in proportion than the price of iron, as the scale has been for a quarter of a century. The probability is that the men will make a stand for a few days and then yield. They never had less pretence for a strike than at this moment. It was mentioned in conversation to-day that the will of the late Mr. Philip Williams, chairman of the Ironmasters' Association (who died this day three months), has been proved, and the personalty sworn under 200,0001., the value of the real estate is said to be about 90,0001. -- EXTRAORDINARY 111.ANIF—ES—An incom prehensible freak on the part of a young girl, named Sibrey, was disclosed at the Rotherham Court House, on Monday. The girl lately became servant in the house of a workman at Parkgate, named Rushton, and had not been there , long before the windows began to be broken in a unaccountable manner. The girl pretended to be in great yexalnina-a set of malicious fear, and Rushton being unable, after repeated tions, to account for the damage, came to the sill an officer was sent conclu sion fairies. that H h e i s appealed d s to were thehaunted police, abnya crowd bein a t length to his aid, but was as puzzled as himself to account for the collected round the l ' io nl u a se n , if a e n sta d tZonrse2PanAes gbroken, that they were broken by a spectator remarked from inside the house. rrstones and pieces of coal thrown that the "fairy hands This led to the tardy discovery were those of thegirlunseen " which had done all the mis chiefgiven in charge. She could • Sibrey, who was consequently conduct, butgive no reason for her strange on the dis charged on - payin for th intercession of her mother was g e damage and the costs.—Sliejfield Independent. /,'? r, Li_ ; visp AT P R ,'"0.7.•-7.-71_71,..,, , g atf•)' ~_ ~~ ,i ~,~ ~. _ WS; The Royal b.T Ilumane - soclevy. S The half -yearly -----w— meeting of this society was held yesterday at the offices in Trafalgar-square ; Mr. Benjamin Bond Cabbell in the chair. On the motion of the Chairman, a vote of thanks was passed a member o f t h e committee, B p e r d e f s o id rd ent a , n fo n r o his unc s ed ervi th ce e s pasty ear, and he was re electedtadone death thhse support o u :rietr Dalton,o.dfuArgyll,ring the the president. Mr. who had bequeathed to the society the sum of 2001. ; and, there being other vacancies on the committee, the Dean of Westminster, Mr. Donald Nichol, and. Mr. W. Ashurst were elected to fill them. Th e statement of accounts showed that the total i ncome of the society from all sources during the last year was 1,513/. Os. 7d., and the expenditure, including the rent of offices, the salaries of ice men, the cost of keeping up the receiving houses, apparatus, drags, &c., had been 1,492/. 7s. Bd., leaving the small balance of 90!. 12s. 11d. in the bankers' hands. The report stated that during the year 246,926 persons had bathed in the Serpentine, and there had been 35 casualties. Since last July 123 cases had been successfully treated, while eight were beyond recovery. Of 45 cases which had oc curred in Hyde-park since last July, 35 had been successfully treated, one was beyond recovery, and nine were found drowned. There had been eight attempted suicides in the Park. Of the 240 general cases which occurred during the year 232 were suc cessfully treated, and the remaining eight were be yond recovery. On the motion of Mr. Baker, the following -members of the French Humane Society were elected honorary members of this society : The Marquis de Bethisy, the Marquis du Plantz, M. Chateauneuf, M. Jagbert (Sec.-General), and the Abbe Brazier (Chaplain-General). Silver medallions of the society for saving. life were awarded in the following .cases : __T o Albert Wil liams, for saving the lives of four persons, whose boat was upset in St. George's Sound, Australia, last May ; to Philip Ahier, jun., who saved the life of a soldier at Jersey ; to a seaman named Samuel Moon, who saved two lives —one in Zante Bay, and the other in the Bay of Tunis ; to Mr. Corrington, steward of her Majesty's ship Acorn, for attempting to save the life of a private soldier in Shanghae river last June ; to Mr. Russell Frost, for striving to save four persons at Bude, in Cornwall ; and to Mr. F. Hallorman, a naval cadet of her Majesty's ship Britain, who saved his brother's life last November under the most difficult circumstances. Thanks were voted to the honorary officers, and the secretary, Mr. Lambton Young, having been re-elected and received a cordial vote of thanks, the proceedings closed with the usual complimentary vote to the chairman. ... • r, "3 le - ~. • .923:3e , A , ' r • 4... IC v,7'.......V. ,- , ~ TYE .4 .44 . •!....r . "",„ . , - ‘ / v (1 •• • 4 7 4. , , " Ic Ntiigh.ll '' s iqM l ‘ ll.- r ,_ f I, t • -, ‘- , 'h il j 3 , .-." -----' 7 \ s\s, • --,,, 1 ., - " - il. ''- \k- pitak2,-, _, \lt:// ~~-'~~n• -,- ,, ,-E..)Ao 4 3., f' 40011kk ftfi 4 bilw--- • „AO - );_. - fr k- ':,2 ...,,ei , ,„,,, ~.,,, c ,,.:._.,. ,---- - , Cp4,, , 5 '% It ..,-,-, ii -ik tr 2.:7, 1 1 „,, , ,.... A0 - t l.li tz ,,, A _ , T „ ;„,,,, \ 4 , ;, z ., v i,./E . .iii,„,,, pwi t i t le : , xtr ,, hil s 1" - r:tre,t.. 4 " (1hOI T • Opening of Museums on Sundays, Last night the adjourned conference, called toge ther for the purpose of discussing the question " is it desirable that public museums should be epened on the Sunday," was held at Spa-fields Chapel, Exmouth-street ; Captain FISHBOURNE in the chair. Mr. BAXTER LANGLEY opened the discussion by observing that the Jewish Sabbath was instituted for the purpose of marking the Jews as a peculiar people, and was not binding on Christian Gentiles. It was clear that the institution was not universal, and there are many nations which knew nothing of .a Sabbatarian day of rest. He defied any man to show from the New Testament that the observance of the Sabbath was re-enacted, whilst all the moral principles and rules of the Mosaic dispensation were enforced by Christ, and received from him a deeper significance and more extended application. The Christian was called on to worship in truth and spirit, whilst the observance of forms and ceremo nies was inculcated by the Jewish law. Not only was there nothing in the New Testament to show that Christ reimposed the Jewish Sabbath, but there were indications which went to prove that those who followed the new dispcpation were to be relieved from that ceremonial imposition. And the practice of Christians was in conformity with this view till the prevalence of puritanical principles in England. Athanasius was opposed to the rigid observance of, the Sunday; so was Luther, and so were the Protestants of Geneva. Was Luther, were the Protestants of Geneva worse Christians than those Protestants of England who insisted that public museums should be closed on the Sunday ? lie maintained that in the best aspect of Christianity it would be wise and prudent to allow public museums to be opened on the Sunday, as it would tend to make people more moral and better instructed. In strict argument the Sabba tarians were precluded from the use of Scripture as an' authority on this question, for the Sabbath-day commanded to be kept holy by Scripture was the Saturday, and they could not from Scripture say that the Sunday was to be kept holy. They must therefore come out of the Scripture and rely on some other ground for the observance of the pre sent Lord's day. Mr. Grisself, Dr. Perfitt,andMr. Kenny followed on the same side. Mr. W. Shipton, Mr. Winton, Mr. F. Cox, and the Rev. H. Stephens, supported th e negative of the question, and maintained that it was contrary to the spirit of the Christian dispensation that any work should be done on the Sunday. .From the time of Christ downwards the practice of the true Christian church had been to observe the Sabbath and to in culcate its observance upon others. It was no argu ment against the Sabbatarian view of the question that the sanctity of the Sabbath had not been ob served by others. It was no argument that because the Crystal Palace, Zoological and Botanical Gar dens, and public houses were open on the Sunday, public museums should be opened also, because they would shut up all these places as well the museums. They were the :real friends of freedom, for they wished to preserve the Sunday as a day of rest for the working man. The economical aspect of the question was not much insisted on by the advocates on either side on this occasion. The discussion was then adjourned till Wednes day next. AN IMPUDENT THIEF.—About the middle of May a young sickly-looking man, calling himself Charles Walter Thorne, arrived in Ayr, and on alighting at the station inquired of Mr. Blair, station-master, if he could re commend him to a quiet lodging in the neighbourhood. He was directed to a house in the suburbs, where heoh tained furnished apartments. He was in very delicate he alth , _a and was attended by a medical gentleman of the ch to t ivn im . e remained here for about a fortnight, during considerably. He said he expected a lady w ° t business for he and took daily carriage drives, and his health seemedhwnh heto imhapdroenve.. trusted with the transaction of some h he went frequently tOP the m e sta in tf L on on t d o o m n, e to et carne . At last he Londona:edver himself,he ac graphed circular said he would require off on a Monday morning, promising that he cordingly set . w nk h s en in a l ith lithographed would return in a few .candelratl'yofbsog.urothlltsiohne:s, sent a telegram, announcing his safe arrival in the m etropolis ; but nothing further was town (accompanying stranger), stating that his on o 0 1 i e 1 d l e. cashdn fi th f ti e yn companyßLondon.ankof Walter H. real name was Dalgleish, late a clerk in the ser viceoof On the t n 3, 0 0 5 0 t 0 n 1. draft, D f a o l r .. • h was a carte de visite of the of the Borneo Banking Company at Hong Kong, and which vv e ha a si hear d received v i m a d until thevarious Wednesday, ha each, e g lt vhl lealiitshhh into phea Idoa d t b h lt eaori Mercantile and Exchange England ßa nk notesat May,or London,2ol in the name of Ralph Ensign, to be remitted to his credit with the Glasgow branch of that bank. He also paid 1,5801. in seventy-nine like notes to the London Bank of Scotland, getting in exchange two orders of 7901. each on their branch in Glasgow, in favour of Ralph Ensign. He then, as Ralph Ensign, received payment of the 1,0001. and the 1,5801. in Scotch notes in Glasgow, after which he pro ceeded to Ayr. While in Ayr he shewed a considerable amount in gold, as well as a number of unset diamonds and jewellery. He spoke of having a sister in Canada, who was married to a Roman catholic. The last glimpse got of Dalgleish was at the Crystal Palace, near London on the 11th of June, since which all trace of him has been lost—but he is believed to have passed as Henry Gray, of Canada, and he may have gone to Canada or some other part of America. It is supposed that after getting the 2,5801. in Glasgow he must have opened an account with or procured credit on America from some bank or banks under the names of Walter H. Dalgleish, Ralph Ensign, Charles Walter Thorne, Henry Gray, or some other alias, and perhaps transferred the money from one bank to another to evade being traced. It seems Dalgleish had been sent home by one of the partne of the Borneo Banking Company in Hong Kong on a ccount the of the delicate state of his health, and he had stolen t he for draft before leaving, and the theft not being some time afterwards, he has had ample time " o o parts tmknown."—Korth British Mail. discovered ff to to g PRICE 4d. STAMPED 5d - _ _ - On Monday will be published, T ONY BUTLER. In Three Volumes, Post Octavo. Originally published in "Blackwood's Magazine." William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. le 0- ate; Lit uP Ipted loYid and r. ; ) er Per' S. 1 6 4 ••••• ' t! 2 1 L! . a ,u. Ln• 11 l. la' .n_ 1 2 ' in aa• an. I l