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MADAMMADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, E BAKER-STREET, WHITSUN HOLIDAYS. NEW ADDITIONS.—SeveraI life-size Portrait Models of the most distinguished Personages of the day (including those of the late LORD PALMERSTON and GUS TAVUS V. BROOKE) have been added since the last Holidays; and in the Chamber of Horrors are Effigies, taken from life, of SOUTHEY alias FORWOOD, and the notorious CHARLOTTE WINSOR. Open from 11 a.m. till 10 p.m. Admittance, ls. ; children, under ten, half price ; Extra Rooms, 6d. A RGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, Piccadilly. :,elections from all the favourite Operas will be performed by the celebrated ARGYLL BAND every Evening. Chef d'Orchestra, Signor L. CURTI. M. LEVY, the Great Cornet Player, at Nine, Ten, and Eleven o'clock. Doors open at half-past Eight o'clock. Admission, Is. Just published, 2d ; sent by the author for 3 sta,nps, UGLINESS and BEAUTY; being a Pamphlet deem% ttve of articles and means used for improving the appearance. By ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London. QPANISH FLY is the acting ingredient in ALEX. ROSS'S CANTHARIDES oLL,whichspeedily Produces whiskers and thickens hair, 3s 6d, 58 6d, and iOs 6d ; sent by post for 54, 84, and 144 .t.,.mps.—AL EX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn. London, and all Chemists. WONDERFUL DISCOVERY.—Corns cured in one day by using ALEX. ROS , 'S CHIROPO. This preparation gradually dissolves the Corn in a few hours, removing the very root. Price 4s • sent by post for 60 stamps. —248, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists. HAIR -CURLING FLUID, 248, High Holborn, London.—ALEX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID ourls Ladies' or Gentlemen's hair immediately it is app tied. Sold st 3s 6d, 5s 6d, and 108 Gd ; sent free for 54, 84, and 144 stamps —Had of all. Chemists. el REY HAIR.-248, High Holborn, London.-- Or ALEX. ROSS'S HAIR DYE produces a perfect colour immediately it is used. It is permanent, and perfectly na tural in effect. Price 3s id, be 6d, and suB 6d ; sent by post for 54, 81, and 141 stamps ; and all Chemists. H AIR DESTROYER.-248, High Holborn, London.—AL EX. ROSS'S DEPILATORY removPs superfluous hair from the face, neck. and aims, without effect to the skin. Price 3s 6d, 5s 6d, and 10s 6d; sent for 54, , 4, and 144 stamps.—Had of all Chemists. PIMPLE REMOVER.—AII diseases of the skin are improved by one dose of ALEX. ROS 'S VE ETAI3LE SKIN PILLS. They remove redness, sal lowness, 2s 9d and 7s ed ;or punt for 4U and 100 stamps. —ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London, and all Cbe mists. H AIR COLOUR WASH.--By washing the head with this beautifully-perfumed Wash, in seven or ten days the hair assumes its original colour, .nd remains so by an occ+sional usinr. lOs ed ; nt for stamps.—ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists. TONES' PATENT VOLUNTEER PRESS, e suitable for Pubic Companies, Architects, Surveyors, etc. This press will stamp card, drawing, parchment. or the thinest paper, by means of a regulating wheel, which no other press will do. DIE SINKER, EMBOSSER, AND ENVELOPE MAKER. WILLIAM JONES, 246, High Holborn. 1,000 Blue-laid Business Envelopes, Is. 10d. SECOND-HAND FIRE-PROOF SAFES and IRON DOORS. Call and inspect the Largest Assortment in the World, by Harr, Leadbeater, Mordan, Thos. Perry and Son, and Geo. Price, at half the cost of new. Sketches and prices free. GRIFFITHS, Cannon-street, West. THE CULTIVATION of TEA in the East Indies is an important feature, and the EAST INDI ► TEA. ( OM I'ANY have, on account of its great strength ..nd exquisite flavour, promoted its sale by every means. The Company are now solli.g Assam, Cachar, Darjeeling', &c., at the reduced, duty viz., from 2s. 8d to 3s. tid. per Ib , and China Teas as usual at Is. 4d. per lb. and upwards. - Ware ouses, No. 9, Great St. Helen's-churchyard, Ilishopsgate T 4 OND ON LABOURERS' DWELLINGS SOCIETY (Limited). Issue of 300 ADDITIONAL SHARES of £lOO each, to be fully paid up.— Th ise who desire to do good, and are content with a moderate diviaend from a safe investment, may ob tain full information regarding this Societ, from the secre tary, Dr. Greenhill. No. 2, Carlisle-parade, Hastings. The Society has been in existence five years, during which period it has aid the members 5 per cent. per annum. The Re• serve Fund a ounts to £1,400. PHILLIPS AND COMPANY'S TEAS ARE BEST AND CHEAPEST. .1. STRONG to FINE BLACK TEA, ls. Qd., 25., 2s. 6d., 35., 3s. 4d. Mobt Delicious Black Tea is now only 35. 6d. per pound. Pure, Rich, Rare, choice Coffee, is. 4d., is. 6d., is. Bd. PHILLIPS and CO., TEA MERCHANTS, 6, King William-street, City, London, E.C. A price current free. Sugars at market prices. PHILLIPS and CO. send all goods Carriage Free within eight miles of to. 8, Kinr William-street, 40s. worth Car riage Free to any iailway Station or Market Town in Eng lav (1. Phillips and Co. have no Agents, nor any connection with any house in Worcester or Swansea. FEOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON .-FUNDS are earnestly solicited for fitting up the TRAINING sair. £2,000 required. WM. WILLIAMS, Secretary. Boys' Refuge, 8, Great Queen-street, W.C. HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-CON TRIBUTIONS are earnestly swicited for establishing th e cG)UNTRY HOME. £l,OOO required. WM. WILLI &HS, Secretary. Boys' Refuge, 8. Great Queen-street. W.C. HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.—The c:ommittee are most anxious to provide for 400 boys. One hundred and fifty are now in the Refuge. The annual e k s ili ma fr te ie fi nd a s t expo ' ileuirneg ffirs a uypepaorr for tng e boy. se y; erai h4aVeopri)rnised to pay for one boy each year. Subsclription. thankfully received by the London and West minster and C roe , Bank, 41 , Lothburv. and 214 , High Holborn ; Messrs. Ransom t l, Q P u a e l e l n -M -st a rl l ev l e E izi a .w s w t . ; ci a .L n L d i b A y ms, . a Secretary. Refuge, 8, t 4 SUBSCRIPTION TESTIMONIAL TO GEORGE CRUIKSHANK. PRESIDENT. JOHN RUSKIN, Esq., M.A. VICE-PRESIDENT. Sir W. C, TREVELYAN, Bart. TREASURER. Louis Huth, Esq, BANKERS. Messrs: Glyn, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard-street, E.C. " Before the century was actually in its teens, we believe tha: Georg 3 Grath ...hank was amusing the public. Is there no way in • which the country could acknowledge the long services anti brave career of such a friend and benefactor ?" THACIEERA Y. The publics in general is invited to co-operate In this move ment. Subs criptions receivable as above, or by the under signed as ho norary secretary, CHARLES A. HOWELL. 3, York-vil las, Brixton, S. pROVIDENCE ROW NIGHT REFUGE, FOR HOWILESS WOMEN AND CHILDREN, 14/., Providence-row, Finsbury, E.C. Sixty Thot tsand Nights' Lodgings, with Suppers and Breakfasts, h: we been given in this Institution to the destitute, wlro otherwise would have had to pass the nights in th: 3 bleak streets or under railway arches. At present no Arly 500 Nights' Lodgings, with Suppers and Breakfasts, as re given gratuitously every week. 'he poor from all part s are admitted, the only condition being that they are Ito meless and starving. The Manager &c., receives nct remuneration whatever. Notwithstand ing the pro vision made by the Poor Houses, each night numbers of young women, children, and orphans are, for want. Accommodation, refused admittance, and have to spend nig le, after night in the cold, wet, and sleet. To meet this evil, and to provide more ample accommoda tion, £2,000 4 has been raised, but to accomplish the work a sum of at least £l,OOO more will Va 3 required. Besides provi:ding shelter for the homeless, this year it is propdsed, .s far as the donations obtained for the pur pose will allot w, to give bread and coals to poor families in want. WI II you, in your charity, help to carry on and accomplish wi tat has been begun ? Will you help to give shelter to the I really homeless, and food to the really starving ? TI he smallest donation will be most welcome, and, night and morning, the prayers of the destitute will be offered in yi our behalf. SUBSCRIP' PIONS aro earnestly requested, and will be gratefully recei ;ved by the LAT. D. GILBERT DJ), No. 22, Finsbury-circil E.G. CHOCOLAT-MENIER is pure, wholesome, and delicious. MENIER'S FRENCH CHOCOLATE, Warehouse, 23, Henrietta -street, Covent-garden. Sold everywhere. STARCH MANUFACTURERS TO H. R. H. THE PRINCESS OF WALES. GLENFIELD PATENT STARCH Used in the Royal Laundry, AND AWARDED THE PRIZE MEDAL. 1862. Sold by all Grocers, Chandlers, &o. HELIO-SCENE.—This very Handsome SUN BLIND is more effectual in keeping out the sun than any other. for the obvious reason that the hoods overlap each other, so as to place a doubie layer of cloth between the sun and window glass ; also the wide, open space between each hoorl insures copious ventilation and the great advantage of a clear view.—R. LOWTHER and CO., 31, Regent-street, near Piccadilly. All kinds of blinds made and repaired. DO you wish to SING, or have a beautiful and powerful VOICE? If so, the " REGISTERED EUPHONIC NOTES are truly wonderful in their action, and are unanimously pronounced the " Marvel of Science." They are inva►uatle to all, and are guaranteed as a protective agent in all weathers. No singer or Speaker should be without them. (See opinion of the press and testimonials.) The Euphonic Note, post free 14 stamps, in boxes 26 .itamps, direct from the sole inventor, SEAGRAVE ALGEN, Dorcas-terrace, Hammersmith-road, London, W. RUPTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. WHITE'S MOO-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN THE GREAT EXHIBITIONS ot 1851 and 1862 , , is allowed by upwards of rwo Hundred Me tical Gentlemen to be the most effective invention in the curative treatment ot HERNIA. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, is here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requisite resisting power is suppli e d b y the Moe-Main Pad and Patent Leval*, fitting with so much ease and close ness that it cannot be detected, and may be Worn during sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, and the truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the circum erence of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. A Sinele Truss, Vs., 218., , 6s 6d., and 31s. 6d Postage, Is, A Double Truss, 318. 6d., 42s and 525. 6d. Postage, Is. Bd, An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage, Is. 1-d. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Pos office, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT ELASTIC STOCKINGS, KNEE-CAPS, &c., for Varicose Veins and all cases Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, prairie, .oc. They are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on like an ordinary stocking. Price la. 6d., 7s. 6d., 105., and 168. each. Postage, 6d. JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly. TEETH AND PAINLESS DENTISTRY.— The fear of pain and dread of ope ation inherent to all deter very many to whom ARTIFICIAL TENTH are of vital importance from availing themselves of the services of a dentist. In a practice founded in 1830. and now ex ending over greater part of the kingdom, an experience unequalled has been obtained, enabling us to offer even the most sensi tive sufferer a system of dentistry perfect in its absolute freedom from pain, a specialite , ertaining only to our prac tice, and for which her Majesty has granted her royal letters patent. This system embraces the non-interference with all stumps, however decayed, the support.ng instead of extrac tion 01 loose teeth midi i hey become firm and useful in mas tication, and the utter absence of all and every operation, so that the most nervt,us person can be supplied without fear of pain or inconvenience. These teeth are cheaper, more dur able, nai ural, and comfortable than any yet produced. Consultation tree. Teeth from ss. Sets from sto 25 ge., warranted. or the efficacy, utility, and success of . this system, vide Lancet." Messrs. LEWIN and SIMEON MOSELY and SONS, 30, Berners-street, Oxford-street, and 448, Strand, Opposite Charing-cross Railway Station. _ _ Daily attendance at 13, Whitefriargate, Hull; 10, Norfolk street, Sheffield; 4, East-parade, Leeds; 14, St. Nicholas street, Scarbro' ; and 33, Coney-street, York. Established 1830. No connection with any one of the same name. The Pacific Policy of the Empire. PARIS, May 23. The following is the text of the Constitutionnel article published this morning under the above heading : As soon as he found himself charged with the destinies of France Prince Louis Napoleon hastened upon the same day when he delivered the eagles to the army to make known to the great Powers his firm desire of preserving good relations with them and of maintaining the peace of Europe. The Emperor Napoleon 111. has remained loyally attached to the policy he then declared. Nothing less than the persevering resistance of Russia to all efforts at conciliation and her enterprises againstthe repose of Europe were requisite to bring about a conflict in which France was inevitably called upon to play a part. The Crimean war was not only just and neces sary. No war was more manifestly undertaken for the defence of European interests. Thus France only entered into it with the alliance or the sym pathies of all the Powers of Europe. She bore the weight of it more than any other, and she also reaped the greater portion of the glory. Notwithstanding the allurements of such a war, in which France saw her victories saluted by the acclamations of Europe, the Emperor Napoleon was the first to think of putting an end to it and to pro pose pea'ce. The situation was delicate and difficult. It was necessary at the same time to conciliate the legiti mate susceptibilities of the enemy vanquished at the Alma and at Sebastopol, but who had still consi derable forces, and to appease the lively resentment of an ally who would have desired to inflict more terrible blows upon Russia. The Emperor Napoleon met with a double success. He offered a peace honourable enough for Russia to accept, and too advantageous to Europe for Eng land to be able to refuse. At the Congress of Europe, where this peace received its definitive form, he was recognised by all as the arbiter of the diffi culties which presented themselves. In the eyes of foreigners, as in those of France, he had the honour of the re-establishment of peace. All the testimonies of public gratitude he had received in Paris, and in the departments, were repeated in Germany when le visited that country the following year, to have an interview with the Emperor Alexander. A short time afterwards Europe was on the point of being disturbed by a new collision. Its cause was insignificant enough, but divers influences were far from showing themselves disposed to favour an agreement. _ _ The town of Neufchatel was in insurrection. It desired to escape from the rule of Prussia, to re enter the bosom of the Swiss Confederation, which prepared to support it. Russia had seen with displeasure the attitude of Prussia during the Crimean war. Austria perhaps desired nothing more ardently than to see her rival in Germany engaged in a war against Switzerland. These two Powers urged the Court of Berlin firmly to support its rights. Other counsellors excited the Confederation to an obstinate resistance. Troops were already on the march upon both sides. War was on the point of breaking out. The Emperor's Government alone endeavoured to prevent it, and succeeded in causing the spirit of conciliation to Switzerland. All danger of which was ac prevail. It obtained the meeting of a C on f erence, at which France, England, Austria, an d R uss i a prepared war had disappeared. Entire Europe k new t h at i t was in especial due to the interventio n o f th e Em cepted by a Prussia projectf and rra o arrangement, Em peror's Government. The attitude taken up by Austria in Italy had at tracted the most serious attention of Europe. The announcement of a Congress appeared to have again removed a new cause of war, when a certain resolu tion of Austria precipitated events. Her army passed the Ticino and marched upon Turin. The object of Austria was to place her dominion in Italy upon still larger and stronger bases. The interests and equilibrium of Europe were thereby threatened. France hastened to defend them. She gained the victories of Magenta and Solferino. A vaster career was offered to her triumphs. But the Emperor Napeoleon does not wish for the insatiable intoxica tion of military glory any more than France. it ' The question of the Elbe Duchies arose. It was not for France to intervene directly. She only en tered into the matter to point out to the different parties the dangers of pretensions which must lead fatally to war, and to impress upon both sides the councils of peace. The official documents published within the last two years bear testimony to the activity and zeal of the Emperor's Government to spare Europe the too lamentable spectacle of a too unequal war, with its vicissitudes and troubles. Nevertheless, the cannon roared in the Duchies. The numerous battalions of Austria and Prussia gained a victory too easy to be very glorious. Now we see the two great States divided by that victory, and drawing Germany with them into an immense and obstinate war, pregnant with disasters, and animated by a fury greatly disproportionate to its first cause. At the same time also Italy enters this great conflict, bringing to it her passions, her hatred, and her national aspirations, and casts herself into it with all her strength. And yet, in view of this crisis, Imperial France is found such as she has always shown herself for the last fifteen years, a friend of peace, soli citous for European interests, but calm, sure of herself, and as far from jealous ambition or unre fleeting impetuosity. She has followed events, without compromising herself. She has given counsel to all parties without engaging herself to any. By everywhere recommending a policy of moderation and disinterestedness she has herself constantly afforded an example. Finally, when the Emperor's Government believed that it could unite its efforts for the maintenance of peace with those of England and Russia it decidedly assumed the initiative of a collective step. The principle of this step is admitted at London and St. Petersburg as at Paris. Communications are being exchanged between the three courts, in order to determine its form and fix the moment wlaen it may be attempted. This concert of the three great Powers in favour of peace is, under pre sent circumstances, an important fact. France will not forget that the Emperor's Government has not ceased, amid the various phases of a war crisis, to preserve in equal degree her interests and her dig. nity, to maintain her liberty of action, and, in fact, to do her utmost in these conditions for the main tenance of peace. TEE RUSSIANS IN BOREARA. - (REUTER'S EXPRESS.) ST. PETERSBURG, May 20. Particulars have been received here of the en gagement of Major-General Romanovsky with the troops of the Emir of Bokhara on the sth April. During the second fortnight in March the Russian detachment encamped upon the Syr-Daria was con stantly kept on the alert by rumours that the Emir of Bokhara was assembling large masses of troops, with which he proposed to attack the Russians. The reconnaissances made from time to time proved, however, that these rumours were greatly exagge rated, or at least discovered nothing that could give rise to any well-founded conjecture respecting the real intentions of the Emir. Finally, on the 4th April information was received that the enemy's forces had appeared in considerable numbers on the Syr-Daria, beyond Mourza-Rabat, 25 versts from the Russian camp. A fresh reconnaissance was consequently decided upon for the sth April, and was to be made by two sotnias of Cossacks, a squadron of cavalry, and five companies of infantry, with four rifled cannon and two pieces of horse artillery. The column had not left the camp when the enemy's cavalry, showing themselves before the Russian troops, charged a small detachment of Orenbourg Cossacks. The latter, however, sus tained by a company of infantry sent to their as sistance, repulsed this attack, and forced the enemy to draw back with loss. The column ap pointed to make the reconnaissance advanced upon the traces of the retreating enemy, and at 18 versts from the camp on the Khodjeut-road met with a considerable force. From the top of a small eleva tion, situate near the road-side, large bands of Bok harian cavalry, headed by several standards, were seen in the plain stretching before Mourza-Rabat. This force consisted of the cavalry of the Beys of Djuzak, Samarcand, and Oura-Tuba. Numerous flocks belonging to these chiefs followed the horse men, and had been partly assembled on account of the Mussulman feast of Kourban-bairam, which the Emir proposed to celebrate this year with great solemnity among his troops at Oura-Tuba. Having waited until the Russian column was properly massed, General Romanovsky advanced his cavalry under aide-de-camp Colonel Vorontzow- Daschkow, supporting it by a company of infantry, and ordered it to charge the enemy's force. At first the Bokharian cavalry, which nearly doubled the Russian force, firmly withstood the charge of the latter, and even made several attempts to re gain the offensive. The Cossacks, however, suc ceeded in breaking their line, and pursued them, lance in rest, for more than 20 versts, inflicting considerable loss and taking 15 prisoners, as well as the whole of the flocks, numbering 15,000 head. The Russians, it is added, experienced no loss whatever. The Intel national Flower Show and Botanic Congress. Yesterday, the third day since the great flower show in connection with the International Botanic Congress was opened, demonstrated in a remark able manner the extraordinary attractiveness of the wonderful exhibition which has been brought together. Even in the forenoon the pleasant walks under the great tents were crowded, and as the afternoon went on the concourse thickened, till, vast as the place is, it was crowded. The roads far away round the entrance to the show in the Cromwell-road were filled with long lines of carriages, pavements thronged with,visitors coming and going, omnibuses, diverted slightly from their route, set down their passengers in unaccustomed places near the ordinarily-quiet piece of ground which has been so converted and beautified, and the days of 1862 seemed in these respects restored. In some ways every day improves the aspect of the display. Cer tain collections, such as the rhododendrons, have been undeniably retarded in their luxuriance by the cold winds of the season. Every hour they remain under protection and the favouring conditions of their present position the blooms are expanding, and attaining that softness and profusion which is cha racteristic of this beautiful class of plants in their summer perfection. The same may be said of many other of the flowers which make the miniature valleys brilliant. Some of the lawns thus decorated have been more completely arranged than was possible on the first day, and the aspect of finish about the whole exhibition is, if possible, more complete. Most of the cut blooms, where they appear to have flagged, or to have become overblown, have been renewed, and the beauty of the whole of collec tions seems to improve with every fresh inspection. The greatest deterioration which can be noticed has taken place among the fragile specimens of wreaths, bouquets, &c., which, although but an item iu the present show, are an exhibition in them selves, forming a separate department, which is located in the Royal Horticultural Society's Gar dens. But among these the most attractive feature perhaps, bright and delicate as the flowers appear, is not affected by the same influences ; the blooms are neither fading nor growing better, nor expand ing till the petals fall, for although they seem so natural as to deceive almost everybody at first sight they are of wax. This beau tiful collection of flowers, numerous varied as they are, have been all modelledabnyd Mrs, Mitchell, of 5, Anglesey-terrace, Battersea. As a result of delicate manipulation, producing wonderful accuracy of colour and form, they de serve all the admiration they have excited. Ou Wednesday evening the Conversazione was held, and proved to be one of the most brilliant and successful that has ever taken place at the South Kensington Museum. There was a very full attend ance, and soon after 9 o'clock the great central hall was filled with company. As the evening wore on the other rooms and galleries were in like manner occupied. A large number of the nobility were present, and many of the most distinguished pro fessors of art, science, and literature, as well as most of the leading horticulturists, whether ama teur or professional. Every expression of courteous welcome and consideration was made to the foreign guests, who formed a noticeable proportion of the assemblage. It has been decided that the International Flower Show shall remain open till Thursday next ; and the council of the Royal Horticultural Society have determined that their gardens at South Kensington shall be, during that time, thrown open to all who visit the flower show. Peabody Memorial. On Thursday a public meeting, convened on a re quisition to the Lord Mayor, signed by three of the members of Parliament for the city, and by magis trates, bankers, merchants, and others, was held in the Egyptian hall of the Mansion-house, to consider in what way the citizens of London can best testify their gratitude to Mr. George Peabody for the act of unparalleled munificence on his part towards the poor of London with which the whole civihsedworld is familiar. The meeting was well attended, and there were present, among others, besides the Lord Mayor, Sir Moses Montefiore, Mr. Alderman Law rence, M.P., Mr. Jones Loyd, Mr. Russell Sturges (of the house of Baring, Brothers, and Co.), Mr. R. N. Fowler, Mr. Sheriff Figgins, Mr. Charles Reed, Mr. Edmund Burke, Mr. Fitzwilliam, Mr. Marmaduke Sampson, Mr. T. B. Simpson, Mr. Newberry, Mr. Alderman Stone, Mr. Alderman Waterlow, Mr. M‘George, Mr. Deputy Snelling, the Rev. Michael Gibbs (chaplain to the Lord Mayor), the Rev. William Rogers (Rector of Bishopgate), Mr. W. F. Rock, Mr. John Finlay, and Mr. Joseph Gibbs. The LORD MAYOR, on assuming the chair, said he had great pleasure in meeting so many of his fellow-citizens on an occasion interesting not only to them, but he thought he might say of universal interest. They were convened together for the purpose of submitting for public consideration in what manner they could recognise the generosity of a great public benefactor—(cheers)--a man who be longed to the whole world and was the friend of every one who had a love for charity and the well being of his fellow-men. For some time he had enjoyed the happiness of being a personal friend of Mr. Peabody, and he thought he might say without hesitation that one endowed with a higher love of freedom and of his fellow-men, or more entirely un selfish, he never knew. (Cheers.) Happy for them in this free country they were surrounded on all sides by men distinguished for highmindedness and for universal philanthropy ; but they must bear in mind that, although Mr. Peabody had been resident among them for 30 years, another land claimed him, and proudly claimed him, as its son. Still, he had been long enough among them to win for himself an unusual amount of public regard and admiration, and they were all happy to recognise him as a friend and fellow-citizen. (Cheers.) Mr. R. N. FOWLER, the banker, who was called upon from the chair, moved the first resolution. It was—" That in testimony of the gratitude enter tained by the citizens of London and the public at large to George Peabody, Esq., for his munificient benefaction of £250,000 for the benefit of the in dustrious poor of London, a public statue to his honour be erected on some conspicuous spot in the city of London." The resolution, he said, was one which he most heartily commended for their adoption, believing that a statute was the highest honour in the power of the citizens of London to confer upon any public man either of our own country or from any kindred nation, and that such an honour ought not to be conferred upon light grounds. (Hear, hear.) Already the city was adorned by statutes of two very distinguished Englishmen —one the greatest soldiers of this century, whose sword had secured for Europe 40 years of peace, who after the advent of that peace took a most conspicuous part in public affairs, and of whom it had been said, "Through storm and darkness, terror and dismay, The star of duty was his guiding ray ;" the other a statesman who for well nigh 50 years was identified with the public life of England, and whose name would always be connected with the practical recognition of the principle of free-trade. The guildhall, too, was graced by statues of the two Pitts and of Nelson ; but on this occasion it was proposed to perpetuate the name of a man whose public services had been of a very- different kind, who had taken no part either in the strife of politics or of war, but who in an equally useful though less ostentatious manner had served his generation, and served it according to the will of God. (Cheers.) In the history of the world there was no act of munificence equal to that which Mr. Peabody had performed, and it was on that ground that the citizens of London were now invited to erect a statue in his honour. In this city the path of com mercial advancement was open to all ; some of the most eminent of its merchant princes, including the Rothschilds and the Barings, among others, were not of English origin ; and from whatever clime a man might come, they rejoiced in his success and recog nised the merits by which it had been achieved. They had now an opportunity of erecting a statue to a man who was not an English citizen, but who was still a citizen of a kindred nation sprung from the great Anglo-Saxon race ; and in embracing that opportunity they would really be doing honour to themselves and evincing their desire that peaceful relations should always subsist between the two countries. (Cheers.) The motion was seconded by Sir MOSES MONTE FIORE, who on presenting himself to the meeting to do so met with a flattering reception. Mr. R. W. BILLINGS said in this country our marble statues were unfortunate. On a rainy day in the Royal Exchange streaks of dirt might be seen running down the face of the marble statue of the Queen, and in the case of the equestrian statue in front of the building, where the use of marble was avoided, the figure of the "Iron Duke" was more like that of a negro than of an Englishman. (A laugh.) The truth was that the climate was not suited to statues in marble. Besides, Mr. Peabody had distinctly declined an honour which her Majesty had wished to confer upon him ; and he had also re fused to be " be-dinnered," and were they sure that he would not also decline that which was asPeabody's posed ? Supposing it met approval, they would not be do not? Were his munificent gift convey a moral .t e hip h man who had they going to embody i n marble the to house the given a quarter of a million of iwnigthhearlf enogh. Did manner, standing in a industrious poor in a London without a hat? (A laugh.) shivering attitude in Peabody, and but to T as h us e ittare q e u t es i t n ion, therefore, was, goinntgutpo do this. He would suggest in every improved building s n h e o o u f l d M b r e . rai that how t a hey statue were that with that view . In Lon donwhich bore thebhe.opnolurfeudnndai wh there were 300,000 men who would :willingly which there should be no large subscription. contribute to such a fund, according to their means, and what the men did not make up the women would. The motion of Mr. Fowler was put and carried. Mr. Alderman LAWRENCE, M.P., moved the next resolution, to the effect that, for promoting the ob ject in view, a subscription be opened ; that the pre liminary committee be appointed the committee for the purpose, with power to add to their number 3 The motion was seconded by Mr. Russell Sturges, representing for the occasion Mr. Thomas Baring, M.P., who was unavoidably absent, and carried. ROBERT FILLINGIIAM a working carpenter, sug gested that a penny subscription should also be set on foot, with the view to found in the metropolis an institution on the principle of the Sailors' Home, to which poor Americans in London of the working class might resort for a time when in want of em ployment. He was sure to such a fund every Sun day-school child throughout the country, with thousands of working men and women, would con tribute, and in that way a memorial of Mr. Pea body's munificence would be raised expressive of the gratitude of the poor and likely to be grateful to his own feelings. On the motion of Mr. Alderman WATERLOO, se me o e n e d ti e l d l g b y w e A r l e r. v S o h t e e r d i ff by F I G a G e l e N l a S in , a t l t l i e o n th t a o n thanks the Lord Mayor for convening it and presiding on the occa sion. The LORD MAYOR, in acknowledging the compli ment, said he had no doubt the matter would be brought to a successful issue, and that whether they saw their honoured friend in marble, with his face a little begrimed (a laugh), or lighted up with aperpetual smile, they would always look upon him as a true and exalted type of a noble, kind, and generous man. (Cheers.) With that the meeting separated. Mr. Charles Dickens. The Times of yesterday takes occasion to re mark that the " readings" of his own works by this distinguished novelist, which for some time past d m h r a a ve been given once every week, continue to fill the large room i n St. James's-hall. Though the works do not nom i nally belong to the dramatic class, there is " reader" who is more essenti a lly. atic than Mr. Dickens, who not only perso lnifaetes anedv characte r e w rayrmthinto in narrative,the dialogue,though but h infusesa spectator watching with interest the progress of a scene, and vividl y revealing the impression made by it on his mi n d. On Tuesday he went back to his old e m holiday-book, e " Chr is t mas Carol," which, p d at th e same time abounding e l i t d e a i y n - itself,o ok, the a and in vivid pictures of the everyday world that derive a fanciful tint from the supernatural element in the story, has always been found eminently suit able for his purpose. The unction with which he describes the jollities of Christmas, rising into a hearty chuckle when he describes the old trades man's ball and other manifestations of mirt , h, i h ny ia quiet pathos when he comes to the death of , T Tim," andtie grasp of character which he exhibits when he follows the conversion of Scrooge from a miserly hunks in a jovial boon-companion are not only admirable in themselves, but are accompanied by a power of enlisting the sympathies of a large audience which is rarely attained even by a theatri cal performance, much less by a " reading." It is a singular spectacle, that of one gentleman in a plain evening dress reading from a book for two hours, and an audience that fills the largest concert-room in London catching every syllable with eager curio sity, yet ready to express their satisfaction whenever their sympathies are moved. More singular does the spectacle become when we reflect that the ma jority of these attentive listeners know the story almost as well as the "reader" himself. It is to the new life given by the wonderful elocution of Mr. Dickens to his own creations that this universal curiosity is to be ascribed. The people know the outline and the details as they stand in black and white, but they desire to see the living figures pass before them, reproduced by the imagination on which the "reader" so strongly works. Mr. Dickens' last readings in London will respectively take place on Tuesday, the 29th inst., and the two Tuesdays following. The Late Colonel Hobbs. The late Colonel Hobbs's brother has written to the Times as follows :—" Hitherto I have forborne addressing you on a subject which has, nevertheless, given me for a considerable time the deepest concern and anxiety namely, the manner in which the name of my late brother, Colonel Hobbs, has been assailed by a portion of the press in this country as to his character, both as an officer and a man, in unnoticedpc r o e n a n s i e o x nf i oorn of aw w l tal i the le h vt ih t rn h aegt e e eat n p hs ot a ts r oeo t uhNvti attacks b h s r i c c eh h aa h r a e ti con t e o r o re kma as an theniannJamaica.soosup reason I was, and s till am, quite prepared to await the Re ffil \ e l r g y , Re port of the Royal Commission on the subject, by which report his character as an officer must either stand or fall ; and lam under the impression that the best way to meet attacks against private character is to live them down in silence. But, as my unfortunate brother no longer lives to enable him to do this, I cannot now remain silent, and trust that you, who did not hesitate to censure his conduct as an officer, will not refuse me space in your columns to say a few words in defence of his character as a man. My brother has been accused of-wanton and unnecessary cruelty in his dealings with the negroes. This I most em phatically deny, and in saying so I am confident I shall be borne out by everyone who ever knew him, for I believe him to have been incapable of ever act ing under the influence of malice and cruelty, and I have not the smallest doubt that in every case in which he found himself called upon to adopt severe measures he did so with pain and reluctance, and would have gladly spared life or the infliction of punishment if he thought he could have done so con sistently with the discharge of his duty to his Queen and his country. However unwiselymy brother may have written or acted, and I do not hesitate to say he may have done both, I feel convinced that he acted solely from a high sense of duty, influenced by sincere Christian principles, and a desire to per formwaa sl wholei t t e h r eo a f l m l y ta h g n e o . a E d su e r d u op t pp o eo l a u r nt e a d pd no and n s u s d. , that duty in a fearle ss an d so ldi erlike manner. If evergra unhappyt there ul at e d b w r b a o y s t h t a t e m r e m co y n lation of Jamaica for the manner in which he acted, under the trying circumstances in which he was placed, he found in this country the same line of conduct commented upon, reprobated, and Con demned in the most unmeasured terms by persons on s s utterly unable either to realise or comprehendn his position. The sense of this injustice cdonlvvienagk con stitutionpa sensitive mind, nervous disposition,nfav unfavourable effect. himself deserted But, in the hour of need, might to have expected, and produced the most findu by those from whom he t th th e i s s a w d " s t or y terminated gave way under the more than he could endure, and was entitled to, his and heavy load of anxiety, with which the whole world in the miserable tragedyand in the premature and un happy now acquainte d, eminently calculated to adorn his end of one happy a zealous, straightforward soldier position in life AS res * Pe m e ind and an am iable and accomplished gentleman." ! HER MAJESTY'S BlRTllDAY.—Yesterday being the 47th anniversary of her Majesty's birthday, the event was celebrated with every honour at Windsor, the royal borough being completely en fete. 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