The Sun. — London, England, 1864-06-30 00:00:00

IN what " Happy Land" can I see you after the "Opera?" I only know of One HAPPY LAND is which a Gentleman may Sup—EVANS', COVENT (zARDEN, my dear fellow! jINAHAN'S LL B RA WHISKY V. COGNAC, This celebrated 014 IRISH WHISKY rivals the finest FRENCH BRANDY, It i 4 Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses is London ; by the Agents in the principal towns in England v.or wholesale I t • 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded "Kinahan's LL Whisky." THE CREDIT FONCIER ( Limited ) FO, Lombard-street, E.C. Capital, £1,000,030, in 20,0 0 ,Shares of £5O each. tzubscribed Capital, £500 , 00 6, in 10,003 Shares. DIRECTORS. Chairman—The Right Hon. James Stuart Wortley. Deputy Chairman—James Levicir, Esq. The Hon. T. C. Haliburton, -Adolphe Hakim, Esq. M.P. Henry rownal. Esq., J.P. Edward Warner, Esq,, M.P. John Westmirfand, Esq. Alexander Dunbar, Esq. Charles E. Newbon, Esq. Charles El Esq. MANAGER. Albert Grant, Esq. BANKERS. Messrs. Masterman, Peters, Mildred, and Co. Bank of London. This Company advances money on the deposit of Title Deeds of approved Freehold or Leasehold Property in Great Britain, with or without regular Mortgage. Guarantees Titles or Securities, and, as Agent, negotiates Loan • on Mortgage, for long or short periods ; also , Receives Money on Deposit for FIXED PERIODSA)NLY, at %pecial rates to be agreed upon. -• Communications to be addressed to the Manager. ALFRED LOWE, Secretary.' 4 Temporary Office, 80, Lombard-street, E.C. T HE CREDIT MOBIL I E R (Limited), 80, Lombard-street, E.C. Capital, £1,000,000, in 20,000 Shares of £5O each. Subscribed Capital, £500,000, in 10,000 Shares. * DIRECTORS. Chairman—The Right Hon. James Stuart Wortley. The Hon. T. C. Hallburton, I John Westmorland, Esq. ALP. Edward Warner, Esq., ikt.P. Alexander Dunbar, Esq. Char.es Ellis, Esq. Ado'phe Hakim, Esq. James Levick, Esq. , lcbarloa-.E4.?/tfogban, - Esq. Henry Pommel!, Xel. MANAtIER. Albert Grant, Esq. BANKERS. Messrs. Masterman, Peters, Mildred. and Co., London. • Meeks. Smith, Payne, und Smiths,.London. ,This Coinp‘ny is prepared to' negotiate Government and :Municipal Loins, and to aid in carrying out Concessions. To make advances on approved securities. To effect the purchase add sale of Shares, Stocks, &e., and rto transact financial business generally. • Also to receive money on deposit, for BRIEF or EX ' •TENDE 0 periods, on terms to be agreed upon. Coinmunications to be made tolhe-Manager. THOMAS SHORT, Secretary. ' Temporary Offices, 80, Lombard-street, London. E.C. THE EBBW VALE COMPANY (Limited). . . Incorporated under the Companies Act, 1&,2. Capital Four Millions, in 80, 1 00 shafes of £5O each. Deposit on application .£ t per'share, and £4 on allotment. Further calls wi 1 not exceed 46 per share, made at intervala of not less than three months, and will extend over a period of three years. It is estimated that not more than two-thirfis of the total capital will be required to be called' up. DIRECTORS. Abraham Darby, Esq., Ebbw Vale Park, Monmouthshire, Chairman and Managing Director. Joseph Robinson, Esq., Berkhampstead and London; Deputy Chairman. Francis Tothill, Esq., Bristol. 'ioiXn`Plattr Rawl, °Qum. G.' S. BeecrOft, ESC ' ranges Aspinall Turner; Esg.,,X.P.. Manchester. harry George• Gordon, Esq., .1, Clifden-place, Hyde-park, London. • •Charles King Anderson, Esq., 65; Old Broad-street, London. RANKERS. The Batik of England. And its several Branches at \Manchester, Birmingham, Liverpool, Bristol, Leeds, Nei:, castie„Hull, Plymouth, Portsmouth, Leicester. • SOLICITORS. • Messrs. Freshfie ds and Neiman, London. BROKERS. Messrs. Joshua Hutchinson.andiSOD, London. AUDITORS. :David Chadwick, Esq. (Messrs. Chadwick, Ada.mson, M'Kenna, and Co.), 27, Great George.stree „Westminster. • sJohit Young, Esq. (Messrs. Ceeeman, Turquand, Youngs, and Co.), Tokenhowie-yard, City. • • OFFICES, PRO 'TEN. • No. 27, Great George-street, Westminster, and 7, Laurence Pountney-hill; C ty." , , The Company is foimed for the purpose of carrying into cifect an agreement made for the purchase of 'the undermen , , tion,ed Coal, Trott), and other Works, which have for a long • tiil been carried on with very satisfaetory results by private ' individuals,;,and'are.cipable of nconsiderable expansion, with Featly increased profits., . " The. Propertieseand 'WOrks hive been purchased on very favourable terms, on valuations made by eminent mining •; engineers. Vie Works consist of • • 1. The Ebbw Vale Collieries and Iron Works. .2. The Sirhowy Collieries and Iron Works. 3. The Victoria Collieries and Iron Works. jo 4. The Aberstychan Collieries and Iron Works. t(c. i • ,5. The Pontypool Collieries and Iron and Tin-plate Works. - . • o. The Abercarn Collieries and the Chapel 3t arni4.2s.ate. - 7. Wharves and Landing Stages at Newport. All in the county of Monmou h. 8. Haematite Iron and Coal Galeages or Royalties In the Forest of Dean, in the county of Gloucester 9. The Brendon Hills Carbonate of Iron or Spathose Mines, in the county of Somerset. And the Ebtates comprise :- 3,251 acres of Fre. hold Land and Mines. 7,215 acres of Leasehold Mines, and agv.ements for leases having upwards of 8) years unexpired. 2,137 acres of Leasehold Mines, having from 10 to 50 years unexpired. 700 acres of MineA in the Forest of Dean, held under a Crown lease, renewable in perpetuity for perio Is of 21 years. About 9 miles in length, or about 3, , 00 acres. on the course of the Spathose iron ore veins, in Somersetsh re, under leases for about 50 years unexpired. The leaseho d coal and iron-stone royalties are held on Very moderate terms. There are upwards of 2,000 houses and cottages on the free hold and leasehold estates. The rentals from land, farms, and houses, amount to about £14,000 a-year. The works afford employment to more titan 15,000 persons, representing a population of 50,000 people. Schools for the accommodation of 2,200 children, and a Me chanics' Institute have been erected upon the estates. There are 23 blast-furnaces, of which 16 are in operation at the present time—three being cold blast. The present annual prcducs of the various colleries is 850,000 tons of coal ; and this quantity can, with a compara tively sma 1 outlay, be increased to Li million tons annually. The produce of iron-stone is 280,003 tons annually, which can be increased to 450,000 tons. The iron-making coals on these properties are of a superior quality, free from sulphur, and eminently adapted for the manufacture of the best class of iron or steel. The present annual yield from the furnaces is about 130,000 tons of pig iron, including 12,000 tons of Pontypool cold blast, but the arrangements are adapted for the production of 180,030 tons. About 90,000 tons of r•ils and finished iron are sold annually, which can be increased to 120,000 tons with the present applianc a. All the properties are very favourably placed in regard to si.uatien of works and facilities' of transport. The coal and iron-atone mines, which are now drained and proved, will supply the present consumption, without any material in crease of dead charges or outlay of capital, for upwards of 50 years ; and with a small outlay will yield a further supply of tOO,COO toes of coal per annum, for household and steam pur poses, for a like period. The hwmatite iron ore and coal properties held in the Forest of Dean will shortly be opened, and placed in direct communication by railway with the various iron works, the distances between which and the place of pro duction will be from 2 • to 42 miles only, whilst this class of ore is now carried to the works 3.0 miles by water and 30 miles by rail. The Forest of Dean ore contains from 35 to 42 per cent. of iron, and is well known for its superior quality over other hmmatite ores for the manufacture of the best iron and steel. It is estimated that, when full' opened, the mines now held by the Company will produce 100,000 tons annually for 50 years. The very extensive and valuable mines of spathose iron ore, in Somersetshire, belonging exclusively to the Company, are the only mines of their kind now being worked in art at Britain, excepting the small veins found in the Durham lead mines. When these mines are fully developed the works of the Company will possess advantages greater than any other works in the supply of this most valuable materia for the manufacture of the best quality of iron and steel. And the cost of producing spiegeleisn (pig iron) with this ore will not 'exceed half the present cost of spiegeleisn deliv. red in England from Germany, which country furnishes neany the whole of the supply required for the present consump tion. The Directors have agreed for a licence for the manufac ture of steel by the Bessemer process, which, from the pecu liar resources they possess, they will be enabled to produce in v ry large quantities, and at a price that in comparison with other works, sill insure to them the same advantages in the manufacture of steel rails as the Ebbw Vale Company have so long enjoyed in respect of iron rails. The stocks of material and finished iron will be taken at the cost price, as entered in the books at the est stock taking in September, 1863, and are to be paid for within six months. The'contracts on hand, which are large, and at remunera tive prices, will be transferred to the new Company. Mr. Abraham Darby, the principal proprietor and manag ing partner of the whole of the concerns comprised in the present purchase, will undertake the duties of Chairman of the Board, and has consented to act as Managing Director for a period of five years, thereby securing to the new Company , the benefit of his long practical experience in the manage ment of the works. Mr. Joseph Robinson, also a proprietor in all the above concerns, and who for many years, as the London partner, has had the princip .1 management of their commercial ope rations, will, under the direction of the Board, conduct the business of the Company as heretofore, From certified reports on the profits of the various works, extending over a considerable period, and from a due con sideration of the advantages possessed by the Company, the Directors feel justified in anticinatieg that the annual dividends will be such as to give satisfaction to the sh are _ holders. 'the Vendors will subscribe for Shares in the Company to the extent of half a million sterling. Three hundred thousand pounds of the purchase-money will be paid within two months, and the remainder by six equal half-yearly instalments, with interest at 5 per cent. paid. No promotion-money or other similar payment will be made. Forms of Application for Shares may be obtained at the Bank of England, and its several Branc hes ; from the brokers ; or from the undersigned, by whom any further information required will be furnished. CHADWICK, ADAMSON, BPKENNA, and CO, Financial Agents, 27, Great George-street Westminster, and 64, Cross-street, Manchester. , -7 ~. THE EBBW VALE COMPANY (Limited). Capital £1,000,000, in 80,000,00) Shares of £5O each. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR ALLOTMENT OF SHARES. No. To the Dire:tors of " The Ebbw Vale Company (Limited)," per Messrs. Chadwick, Adamson, M`lienna , and Co., Finan cial Agents, 27, Great George-street, Westminster, and 01, Cross-street, Manchester. Gentlemen, Having paid a deposit cf £1 ter Share, I beg to apply for Shares of £5O each, in the proposed "Ebbw Vale Company (Limi ed)," and I hereby agree to become a Share holder in that Company, subject to its rules and regulations, and to accept such Shares, or any less number that may be allotted to me. I am, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, Name in full. .... ....... • Address in full Procession or occupation Date No. 22;470. THE SUN,' LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 30, .1861. ?EtttiONS S.EEKING LANDED jll EL,•.ATES, TOWN AND COUNTRY RESIDENCES, FREEHOLD AND LEASEHOLD INVESTMENTS, AND PROPER VIES GENERALLY- Now ready all at the Librarfes, in 3 vols., la A. T T I E. A STRAY. By the Author of "No Church," "Owen • A Waif," &c. " There is great ability in this book"—Spectator. BRIGHTON and BACK for 3s. EVERY SUNDAY and bIOND kY, from London-bridge, Vic toria, and Kensington, at 9.0 am. No luggage allowed. Children und&r 12 years of age half price. would have set forth Dr Cureton's reasons for believing that the epistles ascribed to our Lard and King Abgar of Edessa were not improbably genuine. Whether right or wrong, he had certainly studied the question most care fully, and no man was more competent to form a correct opinion upon the subject. The eminence attained byDr Curcton was mainly fcmaled on his publications from those ancient Syriac manuscripts, distinguished as they are by the intrinsic value of the works selected, by the accuracy of his editions, and the scholarship and honesty displayed in setting them forth and illustrating them. In these qualities of judicious selection, accuracy, scholarship, and freedom from prejudice Dr Cure ton stands pro-eminent among all Englishmen and foreigners who have followed him in the work of editing these Syriac writings. We may add too that he was most liberal in com municating the notes he bad brought together of the con tents of the collection to fallow-students who sought his assistance, and that not a few or the least important of the publication from these manuscripts by other editors were undertaken at his suggestion. We have thought it well to bring into one view all the important results of Dr. Cureton's examination of the Syriac manuscripts in the British Museum. But these do not em brace all his labours in the field of Oriental literature. He was an active promoter, if not the founder, of the Society for the Publication of Oriental Texts, of which he was the honorary secretary until about the year 1850, and for which he edited Al Sharastani's "Book of Religious and Philoso phical Sects," published in two parts in 1842 and 1846 ; Rabbi Tanchum's " Commentary on the Book of Lamenta tions," published in 1843, and in the same year en-Nasafi's "Pillar of the Creed of the Sunnites." He was also an active member of the committee of the Oriental Translation Fund, of which he became deputy chairman in 1848, and Chairman In 1863; on the death of Mr. Beriah Botfield. In 1859 Dr. Cureton was appointed by the Queen the Cr9wn trustee of the British Museum. In 1855 Dr. Cureton was elected a corresponding member of the Institute of France, to supply the vacancy caused by the death of Dr, Gaisford, and in 1860 he succeeded Professor Wilson as Foreign As sociate of the Institute. He was also a member of many other learned societies of Europe, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of London. To BE HAD GRATIS, at the principal Hallway Bookstalls throughout the kingdom, or at the Auction and Estate Offices, No. 67, Chancery-lane, London, Messrs. E. a n d H. L umley ' s "FREE PROPERTY ItEGIBTER," containing a varied selection of landed and house properties now in the market, from the nobleman's mansion, with its manorial domain, to the cottage with its few acres. " The story is worthy of the.author's high reputation. The interest is well sustained throughout. It bids fair to be one of the most popular novels of the season."—John Bull. HASTINGS end BACK for 33. 6d.. by the BRIGHTON RAILWAY, DIRECT ROUTE, every SU.NDAY, from Londoa-bridge and Victoria at t , .5 a.m . These trains all at St Leonard's, Eastbourne, Polegate, and Lewes. No luggage allowed. Chtdren under 12 years 4. f age half price. Htdst and Macke t, 13, Great Marlborough-street. OWNERS OF PROPERTIES Wishing to Sell or Let can em brace the opportunity that the medium of this Register affords, by sending the particu!ars of their properties to the Estate Offices, i 7. Chancery-lane, London, as the Messrs. Lumley can in most cases introduce immediate customers, where the property is of an eligible chara , ter, thereby avoid ing the disadvantages of delay and its attendant incon veniences. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., N 0 T DE AT) Y E T. By J. C. JEAFFRESON, Author of "Live it Down," &c. " Mr. Jeaffreson's present novel is in every respect satis factory. We have read it through with interest, and can recommend it to our readers. It is a pleasant, healthy book."—Athenßum. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. PORTSMOUTH and BACK for 39, Gd., by the BRIGHTON RAILWAY, AW DIRECT ROUTE, every SUNDAY, from London-bjge and Victoria at 8.4) a.m. These trains stop at tiavai Chichester, Bognor, and Arundel. No luggage allowed. C khlren under 12 years of age half price. THERE IS NO CHARGE incurred, unless a tenant or put• cnaser is introduced through Messrs. Lumley's Agency, and then only the usual moderate commission. Auction and Land Offices, 67, Chancery-lane, London. Had Dr. Cureton been able to indulge his inclinations, they might, perhaps, have led him to confine his attention to his favourite branch of Oriental learning; but the duties of a minister of the Church of England were laid upon him, and he did not neglect them. The first curacy which he served Ras that of Oddington, in the county of Oxford. In 1840 he was nominated one of the select preachers of the University of Oxford. In 1847 he was appointed chaplain in ordinary to the Queen, and in the following year he was selected by the Prince Consort, by whom he was held in much esteem; to preach the anniversary sermon before the corporation of Trinity House. To Earl Russell is due the credit of recognising' he clairaS of Dr.'Cureton to substan tial preferment. 112'1849 he became, throughl:is lordship, Canon of Westminster, Rural Dean, and RectorOf St. Mar garet's, Westminster. He felt ,a - deeP interest in all those committed to his' spiritual charge. "Throtigh his exertions the Church of St. Andrew, in Ashley-pladep Westminster„Was built and con secrated. The parish is also indebted toliinif t er convenient school-rooms fOr hoys, and infantrif, &Well, in addi tion to. the- instruction .given.Lto7.:,tli4 volibieli, a lecture, founded by him, is: delivered, wSeklkto tio:oult working classes. And it must be hOruel in min4;iitat this was accompliihed under' the disadvantitgeof 'egroldus of the more •wealthf, 'parti 3 Of iheanhahitauts whi*itook place between the.years 1847 and 180, ,and was;cad by the increase in the value of the housei in Greet deorge-street and Parliament-itieiti , Which ware 'required! fOr railway ofOces: 'He ekeiled himself with 'Much sucesss , to promote habits of ecOnomyand saving among the poorer classes. The felldwing extract from his last report for the Provident Fund and Selio610; issued in March,.lB63, will show with what success his exertions were crowned : "In the year 1853 the amount of the sums deposited in the Provident FUnd was £144, and in the year 1862 it has reached £1,358, Although during the same period the num ber of persons for whose benefit the. Provident Fund was established has been reduced to less than half of what it was 10 years ago by the great demolition of houses in the great rectory district." We have also reatton to believe that in the appropriation of the capitnlar fundite was always ready to contribute to all schemes for the interests of the poor, either by the erection of churches or schools. He was most anxious to bring to gether in occasional social intercourse the different classes as parishioners, and thus identified himself more cloaely with #ll. The kindly feeling engendered by this course manifested itself on many occasions. The parishioners had his portrait painted by subscription, and presented it to Mrs Cureton, and on the day of his funeral showed their respect for his memory by closing their houses. Dr .11.1reton's life was one of labour well directed; the bread which he has thrown upon the waters will be found after many days.— Times, RACING AND RACEHORSES. ---. 4 1 : )-':' . . ;, .1....7•••• , --.,.'4. :...,,',. ''' . 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Kidder minster, Wellington, Croydon. Cambridge, Staines, Dorking, St. A.ban's. Worcester , Ipswich, Peterborough, St. David' s , Wrexham, and above 500 other places in all parts of Great Brita:L. COJ3 SETT and CO., General House Furnishers, Deptford bridge, London, S.E. AGRA AND UNITED SERVICE BANK (Limited), and Messrs. MASTERMAN, PETERS, MILDRED, and CO. _ . NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the BUSINESS of the above-named BANKS will be CARRIED ON at No. 35, Nicholas-lane, Lombard-street, under the title of the A.9-RA and MASTERMAN'S BANK (Limited), on and after the let July. THE CREDIT MOBILIER COMPANY of LONDON (Limited) invite TENDERS for the PUR CHASE of MORTGAGE BONDS of £5O each, to the extent of £20,000, charged upon Leasehold Property of large value, and bearing interest at Ten per Cent. per Annum, payable Half-yearly on presentation of Coupons (which are attached to the Bonds), at the Union Bank of London, Temple-bar Branch, The principal of the Bonds redeemable ia, three years. Forms of Application may be obtained , at the Com pany's Offices, 54, Threadtteedle-street, Loadon. (Entrance, Hercules -passage). CRAMER AND .C . O-MPANY (Limit Aid).; IncorporatEd under the d mpanies' Act, 1862, with, limite C li o ability. Capital £100,0(0, in 10,(00 shares of :£lO each. Deposit £1 per share, and 12 on allotment. Calls not to exceed £3 per three mo share, an nt d hs. at intervals of not less than Guaranteed Minimum Div 5 dend o rs l l 0 per cent. per annum for yea. DIRECTORS. The Right Hon. the Viscount. Bury, M.P., 48, Rutland - gate, s.W. ''Widert Beale, Esq., 28, Grosvenor-street, W. G F. Denny, Esq., 29, Great St. Helen's, E.C. Henry Augustus Murray, Esq., 100, Park-street, Grosvenor square, W. William Edgcumbe Rendle, Esq., Cecil House, Wimbledon ' park, S.W. T. 11. Scarborough, Esq., 5, Bloomsbury-square, W.C. John Gilbert Talbot, Esq., 10, Great Geurge-s reet. West minster, B.W. BANKERS. The London and County Bank, 21, Hanover-square, W. Tne Metropolitan and rrovincial Bi4ik, 75, Cornhill, E.C. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Marchant and Pead, 30, Great George-street, Westminster, S.W. AUDITORS. Messrs. Broom, Bagshaw, and Westcott, Public Accountants, 35, Colt man-street, E.C. T. It. Walker, Esq., 21, Hanover-square. BROKER. J. G. Bone, Esq., No. 2, Couthall court. ThrogmortoU-street, E.e., and Stock Exchange, London. SECRETARY. Charles Sheppard, Esq., pro tem. TEMPORARY OFFICES. 118, fall-Mall, S.W. PROSPECTUS. This companmbalkbeektprmed, as it, name implies, for of ,;ra-mor, w‘Kitt;--ana Co.,the well-known music publishers in itegeut-street. his business has for hall a century been in the highest repute, not only in England, but throughout the whole of Europe. It still maintains its prestige, and is largely in creasing each year. The property comprises the valuable musical copyrights of the firm, embracing the largest collection of music extant. The stock of pianofortes and other musical instruments for sale and hire -one of the most extensive in the metropolis— is, and has for a long time been, highly remunerative. A conditional agreem, nt has been entered into with Mr. Wood, the only surviving partner and present proprietor, for the transfer to the Company as from the 3 at of December last, of the entire business (free from all liabilities), in perfect working order, including the whole sock-in-trade, and the leases of the commanding premises, 199, 201, 207, and 209, Regent-street, 67, Conduit-street, and 85, King-street, at a price the Directors believe to be reasonable and advantageous to the Company. The Directors are fortified in this view by the valuations of competent authorities. Mr. Wood will discharge all liabilities up to the 3:th June, 1864, and will pay over the profits from the Ist January, 1864. He has also agreed to accept a large proportion of the pur chase money in paid-up shares. In the interests of the shareholders it has been thought desirable to keep the present proprietor identified with the business, and arrangements have been made with him which will secure his services in the capacity of General Manager or a period of at least three years. During this time, and for the further period of two years, Mr. Wood undertakes to guarantee—in any manner required by the Directors to make the shareholders secure—the pay ment of a minimum dividend of £lO per cent. per annum upon the capital. Messrs. Broom, Bagshaw, and Westcott, public accoun tants, have invest, , rated the account of the business, and are satisfied of the solidity of the undertaking. With a business in active operation, and a minimum divi dend of £lO per cent. insured for five years, the Company offers unusual advantages as an investment. It is believed that for a long time it will be unnecessary to call up more than £1 per share beyond the amounts payable on deposit and allotment. The liability of each shareholder will be limited to the amount of his subscription. No promoters' fees or promotion money in any form will be allowed. In the event of no allotment being made the deposit wi I be returned in full. Prosper: uses, with forms of application for shares, may be obtained et the Btoker, 2, Copthall-court, Throgmorton street ; at the Metro, olitan and Provincial Bank, '5, Corn hill ; at the London and County Bank, 21, Hanover-square ; a 201, Regent•street ; and at the Offices of the Company, 118, Pail-Mall. FOUR PENNY PACKETS of HARPER TWELVETREES' GLYCERINE SOAP POWDER nd hall a pound of Soap will wash fifty counterpanes in six ours, and sheets, shirts, table linen, &c., in half the usu 4 time.—See Mrs. Goulder's _Report, Chelsea, Laundry, S.W. Sold by grocers and druggists Works, Bromley-by-Bow, London, E. BED .ROOM CANDLES. 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Barned and Co., Liverpool ; and at the Hospital, trona io till 5. STANFORD S. SMITH Secretary. The late Canon Cureton, D. D,, F,R.S, By the death of Dr Cureton the world has lost a ripe and accurate scholar, and the Church of England an earnest and laborious minister. On the 29th of May, 1863, he met with a severe railway accident while returning with his family from Eastbourne, from the effects of which he never reco vered; every improvement was followed by a more severe relapse, and he finally sank at 1 o'clock of the morning of Friday, the 17th inst., in the 56th year of his age, William Cureton was born at 'Westbury, in Shropshire, in the year 1808, and was the second son of Mr William Cureton, of that place, He was educated at the Free Gram mar School of Newport, in his native county, whence he proceeded to Oxford with a Carswell Exhibition at the age of 18. He had intended to join the University as a com moner, but his father having died about this time, leaving the family property much embarrassed, he entered Christ Church as a servitor, in order that his mother might enjoy tt4t.ftglred,e-efskifPet.rfeeGiti: \''.l;.ti this tkst 1p displayed is i 4nspeitat,nee, aftetionate nature; ea practical good -, - pesi Which charactellied him through life., lie was a dili gent student, and gradUated in 1830. He was ordained deacon in 1831 by Dr;:Bagot, Bishop of Oxford, and . priest by Dr Murray, BishOp'ef Rochester, in 1832. He took the , degrecyl of BOcheldr and Doctor of Di Anityhy accumulation in 1858,havink been.previously created Rector of Divinity by an honorary diplopia of the University of ',Halle. • Dr. qiiiitard,then'Dei.ti, of Christ Church, who, was , much at tached to him,made him a 'chaplain of his college, and in 1834 'introduced him to bi' , Bandinel, the Bodlean Librarian, as a - .- good son and a fit person to be under-librarian. - He-con alined in that post untirlB37, when he succeeded Sit4zed. Madden as aesistent'i keeper of the manuscripts in . the British Museum. He Was selected for hilt office on account of his special acquaintance with Oriental languages, parti cularly,Artabic, to . the study of which he had devoted him self from the year 1830, 1 when he took his B.A. degree. In the, British Museum Dr Cureton fetind emploYnient suites to his tastes and studies, The dtiti assigned to him was the preparation of a classed catalogue of the Arabic Por don of the collection... The first part of . thts; work, com prising ChristionAyritings and the divisions of Mahomedan ' theology, jurisprudettoN and history, and in, which every volume noticed was, minutely described ; in Latin, was pub lished'in the spring of 1640. Much alao of the , material for the retnaindei of the catalogue had been prepared by him before the yeat%lBso,.wheikhe resigned' his appointment. Bat the preparation Oftilits catalogie was not. the most important norAhs most laborious of DiCiiKetort's duties, at the British Museum. Akearly as the,year ,4344 his work on ; the Arabic catalogue had been interrupted, through the acquisition by tl4titisteVe,bf that institutiOn of a very re markable collection if manuscripts in the Sac language,- obtained' thrOtigh4 the agency of IF, Tarn from .the Monastery of - St/ Mtiri DOpara, in the 7 -eles4rt dg Nitria or Scete,:nOt_far kopipPairo„; This eventf4rnished him with materials fot , kreseaphes, at . once varietp trd,- ; profound, in a neW ,ficid,,,pii,the arrivalgif the MBS,—thf,first portion in 18.,41,,theaSPond'in 18434-he threw,:?iinitelt heart and soul into fh fr elittidy, of the Syraic langukge*d literature. Op hfni h;rilie ifrattitist4nocidevolved the task'6f classifying 'the voltne4bf*itharhig together, collatingiand arranging the Otihtiplgati: frogniepta and loose leaves of -which the Nitrian : Collection i cOusisted, and of drawing up., a brief suiumari of heir coident# for the catalogue-Of additional MSS. n, die Muse*. One nftliettgt results of these labours was an article in 'the Q*4.oi.Reiiiew; NO. cliii., Dectunber, 1815, giving an account otille'iWaiiii Which the M6S- , were procured, eild;fl i rouglk ? 400. Of : , their: contentr4 and in the same year appeared ;the first edition of the ancient Syriac version of the'Spistle of St. Ignatius to St. Polycarp, the Ephesiani, and the Thimans. The views propounded by I , Dr. Cure;,onithat we have here . the genuine epistles of St, Ignatius in t4eiebrjgbail for' )1 .;.' that the PreViously -kuwwil-riekeesion-s-ro,k bhest- t!..-rar. , '4r:4:tins - kri, muck. altr,Pd and interpolated ; and that all others ascribed to that Father are suppositious—views such as these were cer tain to excite much controversy in the theological world. Commenced by Wordsworth in the English Review, No. viii., July, 1845, the strife was continued by Samuel Lee (British Magazine, vol. xxx ), Bunsen, Baur, Hilgenfeld, Denzinger, Het'ele, Jacobson, and others, of whom the firs two supported Cureton, while the rest combated his views. Cureton himself took the field against 'Wordsworth in his " Vindiciae Ignatianaa" (1846)—a calm but crushing refu tation of his opponent's allegation ,that the Syriac version was a miserable epitome by an Eutychian heretic." The year 1849 saw the publication of the " Corpus Ignatianum," an enlarged edition of the work of 1845, almost contempo raneously with which appeared Petermann's edition of the Ignatian epistles. Since then discussion has been continued by Lipsius (1859) on the site of Cureton, and Marx (1861) on that of his opponents, and is not even yet brought to a final settlement. Cureton, however, remained steadfast to the views stated with such clearness and learning in the " Corpus Ignatianum," and would, if his life had been spared, have once again stepped forward to sum and con clude the controversy. While the Ignatian controversy was at its height Dr Cureton edited the text of a portion of the Syriac version of the long-lost " Festal Letters of St. Athanasius," of which he had been the fortunate discoverer. The preface to these letters contain an interesting account of the Nitrian Collection, more especially of a third portion, which reached the Museum in 1847. These letters have been translated into English by Burgess (1854), and form one of the vo lumesof Pusey's Library of the Fathers. A German trans lation flora the pen of the well-known Syrian scholar Larsow appeared in 1852. In 1851 Cureton edited for the trustees of the British Museum the palimps est fragments of the " Iliad of Homer," contained in the Nitrian MS., now numbered " Add, 17, 210." In 1853 there issued from the University Press ; of Oxford an important contribution to our historical knowledge —the third part of the " Ecclesiastical History of John Bishop of Ephesus," edited by Cureton, from the Add. MS. 14,640. Of this he intended to publish a translation, but other labours prevented hfm, and his wishes were carried out by the Rev. R. Payne Smith, sub-librarian of the Bod leian Library, whose version appeared in 1860. There is also a German translation by Schonfelder (1862). Two years later this indefatigable scholar published his Spicilegium Syriacum," containing remains ascribed to Bardesanes, Melito of Sardes, Ambrose, &c., with an Eng lish translation and notes. The first of these, called in the MS. the "Book of the Laws of Countries," is the Syriac original of the celebrated "Dialogue on Fate." A German translation of it has been given by Marx, in his work " Bar desanes von Edessa" (1863), who has shown that it is in reality the production of a disciple of Bardesanes named rafMelito, but, as Ew a ld treatise of that Fath er Philip. The second tract contained in the " Spicil eg i um " i s, a in nd all Landprobability, have maintained, no t the 'Ap olo th g Trap' tingle - lag. The third is the same, with some modifications, as the Xdyor 7rp6s EXXqvas, which is sometimes attributed to Justin Martyr. _ _ In 1858 Cureton edited, perhaps, the most valuable of all his works, and one which has given rise to scarcely less con troversy than the Ignatian Epistles, He discovered in the Add. MS. 14,451, which belongs to the latter half of the fifth century, the remains of an ancient recension of the Syriac Gospels, differing notably from the ordinary Pehito version. In his preface he dwelt on these divergencies, more especially in the text of the Gospel of St. Matthew— summed up the evidence in favour of the Hebrew original of that Gospel, than which, perhaps, no fact relating to the history of the New Testament is more fully and satisfactorily established ; and endeavour to prove that this particular MS. represented the Hebrew far more faithfully than the Peshito does —at least in the shape it is generally known to European scholars, His views have been warmly espoused by that able critic Dr. Tregel les, It was Dr. Cureton's intention to have returned in after years to this subject, and made known additional evi dence which he had collected upon these points. Three years later Cureton brought out . the last work that he was destined to finish—" The History of the Martyrs in Palestine," by Eusebius of Cro3area, taken from the same venerable MS. from which Dr S. Lee edited the Theophania of that father. The last years of his life were employed in completing a work which he had announced in the pref ace to The Festal Letters of St Athanasius, p. xxiii., note. The text and part of the translation were printed at the time when he met with the railway accident that ultimately caused his death. Fortunately he was able to finish the translation and notes before his health altogether gave way; but the preface, in which the results of the work were to have been summed up, and his views regarding various questions stated, has we fear never been written. According to his own statement the book contains, among other things, " a considerable por tion of the'original Aramic document which Eusebius cites as preserved in the archives of Edessa, and various passages from it, quoted by several authors, with other testimonies, which seem to be sufficient to establish the fact of the early conversion of many of the inhabitants of that city,and among them of the King himself, although his successors after wads relapsed halo paganism,': The unwritten prelim TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—I trust you will allow me space for but a few words of comment on Admiral Rous's letter. He appears to consider that the increased size given to our breed of racehorses, from their having been for many generations reared in a highly artificial man ner, and fed on factitiously rith food, can be at tended with unmixed advantage ; but the whole his tory of our breeds of stocks of all kinds—witness the successive breeds of dairy cattle, and some of our breeds of sheep—show that you cannot give an un. natural enlargement to a race of animals to fit them for any of the various uses of man without in some way interfering with their natural vigour. Thus some of our breeds of dairy cattle have either died out or have been crossed with a hardier race of animals, living in a more natural state and feeding on natural food. Thus, what was called the breed of new Lei cester sheep acquired a delicacy that rendered them of little value unless crossed with animals of a more vigorous race. I readily believe that our race- , horses would vanquish the best Arabs in any trial but one of very long endurance; but the fact that the former have more speed than the latter does not prove that the racehorse would not receive improve rnent in stoutness and soundness by a cross with a breed living under more natural conditions. The vigour of any race of animals is always greatest when the race is at its natural size. This vigour of constitution must not be confounded with muscular power, which is quite a different thing. lam glad that Admiral Rous admits that the regulations for the Queen's Plate were revised in the years 1833, 1847, and 1861, " because they broke down so many horses," for we are always told that the racehorse of the present day could run the old distances under heavy weights with impunity if his owner called upon him to do so. The fact is, when the old distances and weights became too severe for the horses then in possession of the turf, only two alternatives remained to those who had the con. trot of the turf and to the breeders—either to go in quest of fresh blood, or to lower the standard by which the racehorse was tried. Unfortunately for those who regret the test of stoutness being given up, the latter alternative was chosen. A test that would be barbarous now was not so at the begin. ning of the century and earlier ; for while in these days a single race, as the Derby or St. Leger, is often sufficient to render the winner unsound for life, we know that horses of former times remained five and six years on the turf,and ran great distances under great weights without breaking down. No one would dispute that " those who pay the fiddler have a right to call the tune," or that those who own horses have not a perfect right to do what they will with their own ; but when those who agree with me on the question of the deterioration of horses in certain useful qualities see all the great component parts of the racing system—as, for in stance, the light weight handicaps, and the univer• sal practice of running horses at a tender age— lamented and deprecated by many of high autho rity on the Turf, we may be excused if we think that it has ceased to be a system likely to secure and maintain to us a race of stout sound horses for general purposes, and if we consider, to use Admi- Rous's graphic words, that it has become "a game of weights."—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, PEILCY WYNDHAM. 44, Belgrave-Equare, June 29. LIBERATION OF GENERAL LAN GIEWICZ. The Austrian Government, on the application of the Swiss Federal Council, has released General Morgan Langiewicz, who had been confined as a prisoner in the fortress of Joseph stad t. The Federal Government has given an assurance that the general will not return to Poland. The Nord states that Mdlle. Pustovoloff, the " ex-companion in arms" of General Langiewicz, is aboui to be married to a litho grapher at Yieniaa, a role by birth. PRICE .4(1. STAMPED ....sd. Despatch of Baron Beust to Earl Russell, [REUTER'S EXPRESS ] DRESDEN, June 27- The following despatch has been published here : " London, June 1. " Monsieur le Comte—ln endeavouring to explain at our meeting of yesterday the existing situatien, and to demonstrate to the Plenipotentiaries of the new ral Powers the point of view at which it is requicito they should place themselves, to arrive at a just and equitable appreciation of the concessions which the Germanic Confederation would make in the interests of peace, it appeared to me that I pro duced a feeling of surprise. For this reason I oc cupy myself to-day, pen in hand, in once more explaining my idea, and in resuming the thread of my argument, so as to remove all misapprehension from a discussion in which it is above all, necessary that we should come to a good understanding. " I believed it necessary to recall in principle the fact that a different order of succession Lad been considered, from all time and incontestibly, as legally established in the Kingdom of Denmark properly so called, and in the Dachies of Schleswig and Holstein. I added that according to this same' order of success:on the legitimate sovereign of Hol stein ought to be regarded as the legitimate sove reign of Schleswig after the extinction of the Royal branch of which Frederick VII. was the last representative. "In proof tUdrtlie fatrallegfk in , no.w#y4ested upon a German hallucination, but had equally been regarded in this light elsewhere, I quoted the note upon which Lord Palmerston addressed on the 23d May, 1848, to M . ; de Bunsen—a document, the draft of which will easily be found among the records of the Foreign Office, and from which I have the honour to annex an extract. So far as lam aware it is the note in which Lord Palmerston . has taken the initiative of suggesting a partition of Schleswig, an idea now revived pos tot &Sabana reruns. • " I also called attention to the fact-that the ques tion which now occupies us' had , already occupied. the Cabinet of Copenhagen- in 1846, ChristianNlll. having attempted to solve .it by •his well known patent, without, nevertheless, succeeding in so doing. it is evident, thus, that in the eyes of the Germanic Confederation, which has never accepted the Treaty of 1852 (equally intended to solve the probleM unsolved by the patent of 1846), the Duke of HOlit - 4, Whoever he Might .be, it ipso jure et ipso faetO Duke of - Schleswig« Bo long us this duchy' was in the poisession of.a foreign Power, the quesqoule.hethersthek Confederation ought or ought not tnelake nzarinaloassist the Dake of Holstein estakin his riihts "tO SchlesWig was reserved for theacciskin 'Of . the Diet. But now that this' latter I bjr II in the :feivier of German troops, this questiMi . ls set-aside:and deterniineftiiy facts ; and publkopkoni convincedl-as;;it is i of , the con stitutional , insepalabiiityqf thatw? Duchies, would, scarcely understand , wpuld be possitife to give up noaTederal territory, hnt appertainingV right to a member of the Confedeilitsiin;in:fivlur of a foreign Sovereign. The &the. Confederation must take public snelftte is, into account; his commission .randera it impos sible that he should ignore it ; Cad' should con sider myself deficient in good faith, and failing at the same time in respect due to my colleagues, if I al• lowed a doubt to exist as to the limits within which my moderation and my desire to remove the exist ing difficultiesfind themselves necessarily confined. "To arrive at a solid and lasting peace, the con cessions which I might be called upon to subscribe ought to be presented in a form which the public opinion of Germany can accept, in a form which is not in direct opposition to the ideas which pervade the Governmeatcand _the governed ; not,. every concession on my part would only be illusory, and might justly be made the subject of reproach as a lure when the Diet refused to cover my responsibi lity by its ratification. The frankness which is my habit is, therefore, upon this occasion, a duty I shall not fail to fulfil. I desire above all that we should not he goin g in t wo different directions at once. If we take right for our basis, I cannot repeat suffi ciently often that in the eyes of Germany King Christian IX. has not the shadow of a right to make good to the Duchy of Schleswig, since the day when the Confederation, as it has done, refused to recog nise him as Dake of Holstein. This Prince there fore would be unable to cede a portion of this Duchy to the Confederation, or to any one whatever ; on the contrary, it would be the Confederation, or one of its members, which might be induced, in the in terest of European order, to give up to him a por tion of the territory at present occupied by the Ger. man troops. For the better attainment of the end we reciprocally desire—the arrival ultimately at a solid and durable peace—Germany might consent to give up the portion of Schleswig containing a population the majority of whom are Danes. The principle of nationalities is not among our tradi tions; it has not been put forward by us. But as the Government of her Britannic Majesty, in concert with the Imperial Government of France, has pro posed to consult the populations, I do not think important reasons exist upon this occasion for Ger many to offer opposition. The wishes of the Ger man populations in the two Dachies are gained in advance for the solution which Austria, Prussia, and the Confederation have proposed in the Con ference; and the principle of the popular wish once adopted, it will be right—l will go further, it will be indispensable—to apply it to the population calling itself Danish, and to have the boundaries which may be judged suitable sanctioned by a vote freely and loyally obtained. " An agreement would thus be arrived at upon a frontier which would leave the Danish element out side the new State, to which the Duchy of Lauen burg would be united as equivalent. I hasten to add that, in the opinion of the Diet, the succession question in Lauenburg may be considered as doubt. ful, but in no way as decided in favour of his Danish Majesty. As for the engagement not to interfere in the internal affairs of the Kingdom of Denmark when the line of demarcation is once fixed and accepted, nothing prevents our subscribing this agreement ; we shall do so with the more pleasure, as we should consider such an engagement a gua rantee of peace and a means of cutting short all future complications. But it is evident that an engagement of this character would become either impossible or illusory under an arrangement aban doning an entirely German population to Denmark. " This is, M, le ()orate, the order of ideaswhich I endeavoured to set forth, and which must neces sarily guide me in the difficult negotiations with which I am charged. " Within these limits, traced out for me by the logic of facts and the force of circumstances, you will always find me ready to concur with you in everything which might serve to re move the diffi culties of detail still opposing the work of pacifica. tine upon the basis accepted in principle by the German plenipotentiaries. (Signed) " BEUST." Tire following is the extract alluded to in the above despatch, of a note addressed by Lord Pala merston to Chevalier Bunsen, dated June 23, 1848: "The future condition of the Duchy of Schleswig shall be settled upon one or other of the two follow ing plans, according to the choice of the King. Duke : " First, the Duchy of Schleswig might be divided into two parts, with reference to the German or I)inish nationality of its inhabitants, the Southern and German put being to be called the Southern Duchy, the northern or Danish part being to be called the Northern Duchy. The Kin g would then become a member of the German Confedera tion in his capacity of Duke of Southern Schleswig, as well as in his capacity of Duke of Holstein, and Southern Schleswig would, like Holstein, form part of the territory of the German Confederation, and 4,,, ---..---- INTI • 7 -0 , - -- --!;-----,.. . the sovereignty of So u th ern S c hl esw i g wou 11-le;1 the same lino of succession as the severe Vi -i Holstein. 0 " .---, "On the ether ha n d, N or th ern S c hl esw i g .= he attached by its law of succession to the Crow of Denmark, and the sovereignty of that Duchy •,) , .. _ _ would be inseparably united- with the Danish Crown:. " Secondly, if this arrangement should not be thought cipedient, the Duchy of Schleswig miglA remain entire and undivided, such as it now is; it might continue to be administered as it has been by an Administration established for Schleswig and Holstein jointly ; end there should also be pro. estates in which the representatives of the two Duchies would be assembled together in their proper respective proportions. In this case the King of D.:nrnark would remain, as he now is, a member of the Germanic Confederation in his capa city of Duke of Holstein ; but he would not become member of the Confederation in his capacity cif Duke of Schleswig. "No change would in this ease be made is the law of succession in Schleswig," Opening of the Danish Parliament, We have received the full text of the speech of the King of Denmark, read at the opening of the Iti,r4sraad on Saturday, by the President of the Council. It was as follows :-- We, Christian IX., send to the Rigsraad our royal salutation. The critical situation of the coma. try and the extraordinary expenses which the war li;.s already entailed, and which its continuation may yet further require, have imposed upon us the necessity of convoking the Rigsraad, in order that you may approve of the steps which our GoverEment has taken, and that you may give your consent to the measures intended to create the resources which are indispensable. It is not we who have provoked war. Our conscience tells us that we have done all that was in our poWer to avoid it. We have been attacked by a superior enemy, under the pretext that we have not observed the arrangements of 1851 and 1832. Before the commencement of hostilities our adversaries refused to accept a conference to consult in a friendly way with the other signitaries of the London treaty, and it was not until they had seized the greater part of the peninsula that they consented to its meeting, but declaring even then that they did not regard themselves as bound by the transactions of 1831 and 1852. During the short time that our reign has lasted we have learnt by bitter experience how little the clearest rights now weigh in the political balance of Europe, and how a king and his people may be abandoned to themselves in the most unequal contest. Therefore it is that when England, sup ported by all the neutral powers which sat in the Conference of London, demanded of us to renounce altogether the portion of territory belonging to the Danish monarchy situated to the south of the Schlei and Dannewerke, we resigned ourselves to submis. sion to a sacrifice which was so grievous to us. This sacrifice has not been accepted by the German powers. We cannot sacrifice more. To the exhortations which have been made to us we have responded by a negative, in the firm convic tion that our refusal is that also of the Danish people. May God change the dispositions of the powers that hold the destiny of Europe in their hands ! May He at least grant that the sympathy of one amongst them be transformed into efficacious co-operation ! Hereupon we assure the Rigsraad of our royal favour. The reading of the King's message was received by the members of both houses with loud cheers. At the sitting of the Lower House in the evening Director :Brix requested explanations from the Ministry of the state of negotiations at the Confer ence. The President of the Council replied : I consider it quite natural that the house should desire to receive as soon as possible such explana. tions as it is in my power to give, but I should not be justified in yet communicating what has taken place at the earlier meetings of the Conference. 1 must reserve that until I am able to bring up the records of the proceedings. At present I must con fine rolvself to recounting the state of the negotia• tions at the latest advices. The situation last Satire day was as follows. The enemy persisted in their demand that Holstein and Lauenburg, with that portion of Schleswig south of a line drawn from Apenrade to Hoier, should be deprived of all per. soiled connection with Denmark, to form a separate state under a separate sovereign. The Danish plenipotentiary had declared that his Majesty would not oppose a cession of territory, provided not only peace but the entire independence of the rest of the country would be thereby secured. They proposed Eckernforde, the Dannewerke, and Frederickstadt as the frontier line calculated to offer the necessary military and commercial security. These two propositions had been made after Earl Russell, is conjunction with the other neutral powers, had brought forward a plan placing the line of demarca tion south of the Schlei and the Dannewerke, at the sitting of the Conference on May 28. The Danish plenipotentiaries had been empowered to accept this proposition as an ultimatum, as well as to consent to a prolongation of the suspension of arms for a fortnight, provided they were assured Lord Russell would adhere firmly to the proposal put for. ward by the English Government, and supported by the three neutral powers. After the Danish plenie poteutiaries had communicated these instructions to Lord Russell, the English Minister promised that he would not himself bring forward, nor support any motion brought forward by another party, whi c h, should be more unfavourable to Denmark than that of the 28th May, unless the Danish Government should itself consent." After this declaration the Danish plenipotentiaries consented to a prolonga tion of the suspension of arms until the 25th inst. This was the situation up to Saturday last (the 18th),, but at the sitting held that day, Lord Russell came forward with an entirely new proposition, accord.. ing to which only the line of Apenrade to Hoier should be secured to us, while it should be left to the good offices of a neutral power to decide how large a portion of the territory lying between this line and Eckernforde should be given to Denmark. The minor details of this last turn of the negotia tions are not yet exactly known to me, and I am unable to explain how far this last proposal —to which the Government of the King has undoubtedly not agreed—is reconcileable with the declaration made by Lord Russell to the Danish plenipoten tiaries. lam only as yet able to state that the rem presentative of the King rejected the proposition at the sitting of Wednesday, and that the hostile pc:ewers accompanied their acceptance of it with such reserves and limitations as to leave the general im pression, at the Conference, that their assent was rather to be regarded as a refusal. lam unable tee give any intelligence as to the result of to-day's sitting, but as no order of the day had been settled, I assume this meeting was the last. I cannot ex press any opinion as to the turn political relations will take after the termination of the Conference and the resumption of the war, for they will not begin to develop themselves—especially in England. —until after these events have taken place. PRESIDENT LINCOLN AT HIS STORYTELLING AGAIN.—The representatives of the Union League waited on President Lincoln at the White House on the 9th inst., to congratulate him on his renomination by the Baltimore Convention. Mr Lincoln made the following reply : —" am very grateful for the renewed confidence which has been accorded to me, both by the Con vention and the National League. lam not insensible at all to the person :1 compliment there is in this, yet I do not allow myself to believe that any but a small portion of it is to be appropriated as a personal compliment, The Conven tion and the nation, I am assured, ara alike animated by a higher view of the interests of the crountry for the present and the great future, and the part I am entitled to appro priate as a compliment is only tb at part which I may lay hold of as being the opinion of the Convention and of the League, that I am not unworthy to be entrusted with the plane I have occupied for the 14st three years. 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