The Sun. — London, England, 1868-01-10 00:00:00

A IiTER Covemt-gardel S U. Zit After Drary-lano Theatre EVANS' to SUP. , After Haymarket Theatre EVANS' to SUP, After Adelplal Theatre EVANS' to SUP. After Olympic Theatre EV.lintiS' to SUP. After Strand Theatr3 F f:siNS' to SUP. After New Royalty Theatre EVANS' to SUP. After St. Jlll2loB'B Theatre EVANS' to SUP, After Prince of Wales' Theatre EVANS' to SUP. „Alm Singing and Supper Club, EVANS', Covent-garden. Vocal , Entertainment at Eight. N°. 23,582. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 10, 1868. MAISON DOREE, THE NOW FASHIONABLE RESTAURANT • AND UNCHEON BAR• GLASSHOUSE-STREET , (One door from Regent-street), CUISINE FRANCAISE, &c. High-class Wines at wholesale prices. Spirits and Beers, ace. Private room for Parties. HAMPERS PREPARED AND BENT OPP TO ORDER. Terms, CASH. On and after MONDAY, Dec. 9, SUPPERS from Nine Pan. to One a.m. Manager, CH ARLES CASTLE. RINAHAN'S LL. WHISKY. - DUBLIN EXHIBITION, 186.5. Prize This celebrated OLD IRISH WHISKY gained the Dublin It is Pure, Mild, Medal. Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. theold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London; by Agents in the principal towns in England; or wholesale at 8 , GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. , Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork Branded " Kina nan's la, whisky:, MUTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION rated Act of Parliament. 18. 14. RII SSELL (incorpo STREET, by COVENT-GARDEN. S L 9) ONDON, P VA NCES MONEY up on personal security,Rills of Sale, Free old or Leasehold Property, for one, two, or three years, repay weekly, weekly, monthly, or quarterly. Bills promptly discounted. F orms free o n receipt of stamped envelope. EDWARD HARPER, Secretary. 111ADAmEI lISSAUD'S EXHIBITION. BAKER- BTREET. A • • Life-size PORTRAIT MODEL of THEODORE, KING of AByssi N A is now added; also all the Kings and Queens of g Tl `gl 'AI& American Celebrities &a. A PORTRAIT MODEL o PItEDERICK BAKER, is now added to the Chamber of rrom Open from 11 till d us k, an d from 7to 10. Admittance, 18 .; children under 10, 61 Extra rooms, 6d. ARGYLL ROOMS, WINDMILL-STREET, Piccadilly This . Sole Proprietor, Mr R. R. BIGNELL. havingln%grufteent Terpsichorean and Musical Establishment, , b •- , ell Re-decorated in the highest style of Italian art _Y Messrs. Rubardt, and other eminent artists, is NOW OPEN ror the Solo AN SEASON'. Solo Eunhonion. Signor Moses Corn UT et UM M. Graves. Conductor, Signor Curti. Doors open at half-past S. Admission, 1.5.; Resolved Seats, 2s. T UE OXFORD, 6. OXFORD-STREET. W -1)1111124 the Week will be given a GRAND SELEC EION'from Offenbach's Comic Operetta, ORPHEE AUX I s il T ,EitS, LA TROVATORE, and the New Cantata MERRY CHRISTMAS. tier'..rincipal rtiste Misses Russell, Rivers, and Fitz ! "TY; Messr A s. Bu s: ry Marler, R. Greene, and De Brenner. Fall Band and Chorils:. Instrumentalists: Miss Bryant ; Messrs. Paque, Melling, and Plumpton. I , pIMEDY. &c., by the LEVITES, Miss and Mr. FOS FRED. FRENCH, Mr. H. RICKARDS, and A LFRED PERRIER. this eve I YIr• E. W. MACKNEY will make his appearance again ning. Conductor—Mr. F. Jonghma,ns. • Private boxes, 10s. 6d. ; stalls, balcony, and grand pro reeeage, Is.—THIS EVENING. CANTERBURY HALL.-NEW MANAGEMENT. ' 0 Hall li iia . - W. HOLLAND, Sole Lessee, lat. Proprietor of Weston' s High Holborn Great Alterations and Improvp dents have been made, and an entire new Company, compris hug most of the principal artistes of the day, will have the an T our of appearing. Mr. Fred. Evans (of the Royal Alhambra 0,.`:. Cr ystal Palace), Miss Randall, E. Towers, Vincent, Simpson, g r., `, r ett, and corps de ballet. Ballet, entitled BUMBLE. STII7M ,„ r, and TUMBLE, with new scenery and effects. Original — ` us le by Alfred Lee Tile Great Vance, Master Goodman, George Ellis, Nat ,-,? en, George udieent new 'Washington Pat Sellers, Annie Adams, Brothers `-,rarde, Leroni, Miss Fitzhenry, Mr. Rowland Lascelles. A mag lest ' band, selected from the late orchestra of Her Me ad 8 Theatre, numbering 23 performers, assisted by the drums per bugles of the 2d Battalion Scots Fusilier Guards, by kind lixiiirsZfqLoefe,Lieut.-Colonel Commanding. Musical Director. manager. o " Champagne ChFhe." r ; j and Itra assis t,nt manager. Prices of Admission Balcony --, ills , ls. Doors open at 7, commence at half-past. . WE ST 0 N'S GRAND MUSIC HALL, Mr. sur Proprietor, Mr. J. S. Sweasey. th e tia ~ E kSEY begs to inform the public, in consequence of 'owl tte _ rilig patronage he has received, he has engaged the fol ,__, 0 , GEOEDE ELLIS, ng talented o n •Th Great VANCE; GEORGE T-'l7'.- '° END t • PEnY. -- e lariat • , he Lion ComiqueßOND, the unrivalled Equili the Australianßuffo ; the Brothers DANIELS Z,E are allowed by the Press to be unapproachable by any a p u pe er a eraste in their performances); Co m ; ra nee); Miss ALICE DUNNING, the most fascinating Serio- SIDNEY BARNES (his first the -7 Singer and Dancer at the present time; Mrs. PHILLIPS, M i)e c , asi ,_ l3, g serio-comic; Miss ANNE TREMAINE, the English ou l t— ..ager, is re-engaged after a most successful provincial , Will appear. Pull Or chestra in which Mr. H. Baker, the unrivalled Cornet Plager , s The whole under the direction of Mr. P. CURT. r e Z1. 9 1 . 1 Notice . — ln consequence of the length of entertain in the doors will open at 7, commence at 7.30. No alteration at mi t P ri ces of admission. Private boxes, 10s. 6d., to be secured , ~ ehell's Royal Library, Old Bond-street; and Sams' Library, ," Ms. °clot, --'s; also at the Box-aloe at the Hall from 10 until four x.. Tv F. THOMAS & CO.'S PATENT SEWING The • MACHINES. tlo. celebrated No. 2 Machine, unequalled fer general work, 6 8 to new Domestic, Machines complete (Lock Stitch), Z 5 and £B. Catalogues free. (1„, • ...Thomas and Co., 1 and 2. Cheapside , and Regent -circua s —4o rd - atreet. London. SPANISH FLY is the acting ingredient in p d A LEX. ROSS'S CANTHARIDES OIL, which speedily R l . ° laces whiskers and thickens hair, Price 3s. 6d.. ss. 6d., and 2 4 bd..; sent by post for 54, 84, and 144 stamps,—ALEX. ROSS, 111 8/1 Holborn, London, and all Chemists. " Tale of a Hair," 6d. WONDERFUL DISCOVERY—Corns cured in one day by using ALEX ROSS'S CHIROPO. This Preparation gradually dissolves the Corn in a few hours, re 'toying the very root. Price 45.; sent by post for 60 stamps.- 24-4 High Holborn, London, and all Chemists. Face Powder, is AIR-CURLING FLUID, 248, High Holborn, London.— ALEX. BOSS'S CURLING FLUID awls Ladies' or Gentlemen's hair immediately it is applied. Sold at 85 . 64., 58. 6d., and 10s. 6d • sent free for 54, 84, and 144 stamps. 'glad of Chemists. • Advice upon all subjects of the Toilet. REY HAIR. -248, High Holborn, London.— ALEX. ROSS'S HAIR DYE produces a perfect colour uninediately it is used, It is permanent, and perfectly natural in Meet. Price 38. 6d., 3s. 6d., and 10s. 6d; sent by post for 44, 84 , 444 144 *tarns; and all Chemists. • .. 41:'" Tf, 4 1.: NF °it PEG • • RECEIV El) 2 . C• 7 . • • T 7 t . _ • A • . • -a- • - Opera-- 7 .IWAXS• to 0 , 4 1) •••firtiP • twr-- can. • `qty 4 I *- 1 - cam ~ :4- •ET : .7 . • . s e , ' 'it ill Ya 4 . "7 ' , tV7 - I sit 3 4 . EV.4NS' to SUP. n• _ - I ." -WS' to SUP. 1. og. . .7* " . • - - If ?' 45 * ` fit • . 17 Cms ' mizorr. 4s? • Bloom of Roses, 3s. ft LIAM DESTROY +`R._.._24B High Holborn, hauntdon.—ALE.X. ROSS'S DEPILATORY removes om the face, neck, and arms, without effect to the f ps , —bad Price 3s. 6d., Is. 6d., and 10s. 6d.; sent for 54, 84, and 144 of all Chemists. PARTRIDGE AND COOPER' WHOLESALE MANUFACTURING STATIONERS, 192' FIXET-STRERT (CORN= OF CHANCERY-LANS), LONDON, E.O. THE PUBLIC fiIJPPRILEDCES. AT WHOLESALE P CARRIAGE PAID TO OVER THE 2 C OUNTRY ON ORDERS Per ream. e. d. Pine Cream Laid Note: a cheap paper Superfine Cream Laid Note: much appro ved 4 0 Superfine Thick Cream Laid Note; especially recom -5 6 mended Extra Superfine Double Thick Cream Laid Note 7 0 Straw Paper, " Patent;" adapted for rapid writing Large Commercial Note Papers 35., 45., 55., and 6 0 Foolscap Papers, blue or cream .10s. 61, 12s. 6d., and 14 0 0 Outsides Foolscap, thick hand-made Letter Paper for scribbling Tinted Lined Note ~........five' ..... quire 5.................. 4 G or 6 o per 1,000 Superfine Cream or Blue Envelopes 4s. 6d., ss. 6d., and 6 6 Extra Thick ditto, "Registered Secure" 9 0 Large Blue Wove Commercial Envelopes • 4 6 3 6 Cheap Buff Colour, for circulars, &c. COLOUR STAMPING (Relief) reduced to Is. per 100. Polished steel dies sunk by the best artists in the trade at about half the prices charged by the retail houses. An ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE, co ntaining full descrip tion, with prices of Account Books, Copying Presses, Inkstands, Stationery Cabinets, Postage Scales, Despatch Boxes, Travelling Writing Cases, Desks, Bags, &c., post free. A i r AD AME RACHEL'S Registered ENAMEL, IVV as used by the L a di es of the Royal Courts of Europe , gives a beautiful youthful appearance to the skin. All persons vending dangerous and destructive compounds under the name of "Enamel," in imitation, commit a gross fraud upon the public. 47A, New Bond-street ; 30, Rue de la Pais, and 25, Rue Choseuil, Paris. THE "SIN GE tt" NEW FAMILY MACHINE Is fitted with a new PATENT TUCK MARKER; which GAUGES and MARKS each succeeding TUCK while sewing, a MOST VALUABLE ACCESSORY, not to be had with any other Machine. THE « SINGER " NEW FAMILY SEWING -a- MACHINES are the most complete, with all accessories for the family, seamstress, manufacturers of shirt collars, shirts, cloaks, mantles, children's clothing, caps, corsets, linen and silk goods, umbrellas, parasols, &c. Catalogues and Samples of Work post free. THE SINGER MANUFACTURING COMPANY, . 147, CHEAPSIDE, LONDON. s Y act C whoe E amrop ß dnael l N ndy yao E tnLet , tmeo aipat Paris Exhibition Eed or S ir.t O ihs, ihbui P eat.in . oh — dnilbet A isol CANDLES, GLG Price'sl s c r G i n o re l a d , t ea M nn etdd Candle l oa na w pd a , ny for for these three things combined. The chief Candles of the Company are their "BELMONTINE" and "PRICE'S PARAFFINE" for those who must have the extreme transparency of pure Paraffins ; their "GOLD MEDAL PALMITINE" and " SHERWOOD PALMITINE," for those who, while desiring candles of great beauty, require also steady brilliancy of. light and freedom from smoke and smell; their goodold-fashioned BELMONT SPERM AND WAX," and "BEST" "No. 2," " No. 3," and "BATTERSEA" COMPOSITES for those who require only perfect burning without caring for transparency; and their "CHAMBER" Candles, hard, and of small diameter, to avoid the dripping of grease when cared. Tho it new toilet soap, "PRICE'S SOLIDIFIE I) GLYCERINE" con tains half its weight of their distilled Glycerine, and should be the one toilet soap . in use, especially in winter, because of its admirable effects in preventing chapping of the hands and face. There ought also to be in every h ouse one o f the sealed bottles of their patent distilled Glycerine, known every where as " PRICE'S GLYCERINE," two or three drops of which, mixed with three or four times as much water, will in a day or two remove chapping and roughness of skin, whether of adults or children ; and when this is effected, a single drop of the undiluted Glycerine applied once a day will prevent the recurrence of the chapping and roughness. insist on having " Price's Glycerine" in the Company's own sealed bottles, quantities of cheap impure Glycerine being now sold in the shops . because of the low rate at which the dealers can buy it comparison with Price's. All the good medical authorities abroad as well as at home order " PRICE'S" as the only Glycerine to be used. " PRICE'S NEW PATENT NIGHT LIGHTS" for burning in the wide glasses, are believed to be the very best Night Lights made. " PRICE'S CHILD'S NIGHT LIGHTS" are known everywhere, and are excellent for burning without a glass. Skin Tonic, Iss. 6d. tormpLE REMOVER. All diseases of the ,„ akin are improved by one dose of ALEX . ROSS'S VEGE. 2 o — ,V E SKIN PIL LS. They remove redness, sallowness, &e. 248 nd 7 8.6 d.; or post for 40 and 100 s t amps. — ALEX . ROSS, gh Rolborn, London, and all Chemists. • - - Advice upon the Toilet. Fee, 2s, ed. UIAIR COLOUR WASH. —B y d amp i ng the ten head with this beautifully-perfumed Wa s h , i n seven or 0 73 , s he hair assumes its original colour, and remains so by 248 T.:: a gh sl ° l3 al using. 10s. 6d.; sent for stamps.—ALEX BOSS, Holborn, London, and all Chemists. 'UGLJust published, 2 d.; sent by the author for 3 stamp; INESS and BEAUTY ; bein g t , Pamphlet descriptive of articles and means used for Voving the ajPearance. By ALEIL Bo of an h_eoksell 88 . 248. High Holbo London. T I TO 13°A111) of Al-------.----------.----.-.----77172/ENDON Iik%NIMOP TRIC TIOATA' - wish to call the attention N their friends f,) 4.1 ps . . sitiou i s ) .I „, TA., wish hgthe past year the beds 'NT of the have been almost c iu..tantly fliled,lL 4 the ain on the resources .Of the Rospital has con•eci;m•nb• 13. 4 3e u n great. They trust, there pre, that all, the frieu,:s of ii,.r.ii:k•uputhy, both In town and coun g7, Will rall/ round ti,cin Awl tints prevent the necfssity of P in ailing the usefulnass :it 11) , :, Hospital by the admission of ;ewer patients. Subscrlption: oaruestly requested. Bankers— *afire. prescott anal c.,., Th roi , dueeili4-strect, and Union Bat& Argyll- i. -- P-..-4", liegeUt-estrePt. JOAN It. W ARREN, Cl er k 11°. 5 2, Great Pan ne - 1, r W (1- RE --------- --------L-- ALTH RESTORED WITHOUT MEDICINE OR EXPENSE. BA RRY '3 '3 delicate lze , :lth-restoring Invalids and Infants' Food. THE REVALENTA ARABICA aave ß fiff... di . ..), times its cost in other remedies, and restores pellet ~gestion, strong nerves, sound lungs, healthy liver, refreslaing !,,Leep, functional regularity and energy to the most disordered auf _efeebled—removing speedily and effectually indigestion (dy iu..,PeNia.), cough, asthma consumption, habitual constipation, d a a rrh ht - cca, all gastric derangements, hiemorrhoids, liver corn -11,1)1i-413' f ! ata lencY, nervousness, biliousness, fevers, sore throats, ri.llln.atisna, h e e rm, Catarrhs, colds, influenza, noises in the head and ears, gout, impurities, eruptions, hysteria, neuralgia, ir -1,1,-gutY, dropsy, de11,,,,1a37, sleeplessness, acidity, palpitation, heartburn , headache, cramps spasms nausea and sickness even in of th e or at sea, sinking fits , bronchitis, scrofula, tightness shoulders'ue chest, pains at the pit of the stomach and between the "%uits. It is the most digestible and nourishing of all foods, hble for invalids and infants in all complaints. Lieb' )301re ORTANT Cdt 7 TioN.—Beware of tie many unsavoury and than sloppy imitations to which, without authority, Baron r i g l4 name is most audaciously attached. p_.lenceforth none will doubt the valuable properties of Du p'.,.''Y's health -restoring Revalenta Arabic& Invalids' and Infants' h ' - 'd, since to the thousands of blessings it has already received ~,23,!../1 invalids whose position had been deemed hopeless, we may i T i r i r y alcl that of his Holiness the Pope, whose health has been gat et,Y restored by it after thirty years of unsuccessful medical ,7,; Q. 66 ,413) :_..... x,nent. We quote from the "Gazette du Midi," July 25th (Cure Rome, July 21st, 1866.—The health of the Uo!y arfer is excellent , especially since, abandoning all other rfine ‘fA e s , he has confined himself entirely to Du Barvy'm Yev•tlenta t ra : livCeure bica Food, of which he consumes a plateful t- t"as produced a surprisingly beneficial effect on his health, an. ..ats 'fellness cannot praise this excellent food too highly." No. 58,216 of the Marchioness de Brehan, of seven years' ~,,,I. complaint, wasting away, debility, nervousness, irritability, l "'I a nervous palpitation all over, bad digestion, constant sleep esness, and the most intolerable nervous agitation. d,„'„, u re N o. 78, of dyspepsia, from the Right Hon. the Lord Stuart '''QQlcs, Lord-Lieutenant of the County of Waterford:--- I -ve derived much benefit from your excellent food.—ST (TART Ds Se rived Cappoquin County Waterford." Cure No. 4 9,832.--Of fifty' years' indescribable agony from uspepaia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, 13a84 ' 8 Sickness, and vomiting. Maria Jolly, of Lynn, Norfolk. _ Cure No. 47,121 —Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme nervous 4'518, digestion , in gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fancies. _,,oure .56,814.—Mr. Samuel Caxton, Leicester, of two years' ularrlim„,„ . . The F ood is sold in Canisters, at is. 14d.; 11b., 26. 9d. ; 21b., Is, Ga ,rria • ; 121 b., 225.; 2411)., 40s. The 121 b. and 241 b. canisters, r'ge free on receit of Post-office Order, by BARRY DU .AatRY ‘4 ,,, ... and Co., 77. Regent -street, London; also at e . For .aiason's, and sold by all respectable Grocers and Chemists. ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SEVEN Destitute Orphans are being maintained In the Albert Orphan Asylum, Collingwood Court, Bagshot, surrey. Funds greatly needed for their support. Offices, 96, Cheapside, E.C. CHARLES A. WALKER, SeG ROYAL FlthE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, iu the immediate •minify of the Great Northern Railway Terminus, King's-cross. Patron—Her Most Gracious MAJESTY the QuErtg. Vice-Patron--His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, K.G. President—His Grace the Dake of BuCCLEuCff, K.G. This Hospital, founded in the year 1828, the first to establish the principle of free admission to the sick poor, without the de lay and difficulty of Governors' orders, is wholly dependent for support on 'voluntary contributions and legacies. . It affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in adczc_ lion to this, the average number of attendance of the destitute sick has for a considerable period averaged between 3,000 and 4,000 weekly. The Committee earnestly solicit the assistance of the benevo lent, as the premises of this hospital are capable of containing several hundred more beds had the Committee the requisite funds to maintain them. Contributions aro received by their bankers, Messrs. Brown, Hanson, and Co., Abehurch-lame; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co.; Drummond and Co. ; Glyn and Co.; Herries and Co. ; Ransom and Co.; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Barclay an d Co.; Williams, D eacon, and Co.; Nisbet and Co., Berners-street; and at the Hospital, from 10 tills, PAINLESS DENTISTRY. rp m ESSRS. GABRIEL, DENTISTS (Established .LT.E.. 161), of Loudon 6B, Harley-street, Cavendish-square, 64, Ludgate-Hill, E.C., Liverpool 34, Duke-street, and Brighton have just published a NEW PAMPHLET explaining their Pain loss System of Dentistry, and self-adhesive Teeth without springs, at MODERATE cee,aes.s. which way be had free by post for four stamps. ADVERTlSEMENT.]—Holloway'sPills.—T he Body's Bul wark.—Ninn-tenths of the maladies afflicting adults de pend upon a disordered state of the stomach. Holloway's Pills correct the symptoms of indigestion by acting health fully on the gastric juice, and wholesomely. exciting the liver. They dispel flatulency in incipient indigestion, and overcome heat, distention, and pains, attending more ad vanced or neglected cases. These Pills invigorate and soon restore the dyspeptic from the great and sudden de pression of strength, always accompanying stomach dis orders or biliary derangements. They beget cheerfulness, -vigour, and happiness. In rectifying disorders of the di gestive apparatus these Pills prove themselves the promptest preventives of disease. They raise a bulwark against all approaching maladies, and preserve freshness, health, and life. OPENING OF THE MEXICAN . CONGRESS. As already announced in our correspondence from Mexico, published yesterday, the Mexican Congress was formally opened on Sunday, the Bth ult., by the President of the Republic. The Presi dent read the address of inauguration, of which a sketch is here given : " Citizen Deputies, —On the 31st of May, 1865, I had occasion to congratulate, in this place, the elect of the people on the decision and good faith with which they fought, the good sons of the Re public inspiring us with unlimited confidence in the triumph against a powerful foreign invasion. The national representatives being now assembled again, I can congratulate you with a still greater motive on the complete triumph of the Republic. The Mexican people, with their patriotism, their valour, and their constancy during the strife, have saved their inde pendence and their institutions. In vain did the monarchical intervention attempt to destroy the Republic and its Government. The interven tion disappeared, vanquished by the people ; the Republic niaiutaining itself—stronger at home and more respected abroad. The sons of the people, who by their valour and sacrifices manifested greatness during the strife, have, after the triumph, exhibited still more grandeur. They successfully oecnpied ever_y_eity, gi:vbinssatectine L ana guaranty to even their enemies without distinction of na- - tionality. The Government has concluded to be a true interpreter of generous Republican sentiments, by limiting the strict application of the law to the chief of the intervention, and to a small number of those persons on whom the greatest responsibility for all national misfortunes rested. The execution at Queretaro was necessary from the most serious considerations of justice, united to an imperious exigency of establishing peace in the future, putting an end to intestine convulsions, and to all calamities with which war has afflicted our society. The neces sary example of the application of the law to those who occupied the highest rank among the most cul pable has permitted the use of great clemency towards the rest. The Republic has pardoned her bad sons so far as it was possible, and has been magnanimous with those who came from abroad to cover her with blood and desolation. The calumniators of the Republic have had occasion to see that whenever the effects of the intervention ceased in any quarter public order and obedience to the laws were iname aiately established. As soon as the people had re turned to enjoy the liberty of their institutions they also began to enjoy the blessings of peace. The National Government, after its action had been re established through its whole territory, has employed the meiles which it commanded, and the time at its disposal, to 'reorganise all branches of administra tion. Although invested with discretionaiy powers, it has always acted in accordance with the spirit of our institutions. It has occupied itself in preference to Federal affairs, leaving the action of State func tionaries untrammelled, in order that they might give their attentiontosubjectsrelatingmtott sacred heState; The Government, complying with is most obligations, convoked the people, in order that it might elect its representative for Federal and State powers. It appointed the shortest possible term, so that the people might designate, without delay, to whom they wished to entrust their destiny. The Government has not raised any obstacle against the enjoyment of the,most complete liberty in the elections, in the press, and in all acts of a political character. Necessary dispositions have been marked out for the organisations of tribunals and the good administration of justice. With a de sire of protecting, so far as was just, many interests of private persons, the acts exercised before the fun t t te i o a n u a r t h i e o s isi o ty f h w e i e r n e t t made v i , id w b h y o had equitable o l e n c ti.- - crees. The establishments of instruction and of public charity have been attended to with that soli citude which such important objects deserve. The Government has granted protection and all possible concessions to enterprises which may be of great benefit to commerce, to industry, and to other branches of public wealth. Besides marking out convenient dispositions for regulating the adminis tration of the public revenue, and for liquidating and auditing the legitimate debts of the country, every economy compatible with. good government has been observed, and an invariable rule has been adopted to eschew the former system of business transactions which has been the thorough cause of the discredit and ruin of the Treasury. Thus, regular attention has been given from the time of the occupation of the capital to allowance of the public service, and even to the needy classes. The army has been organised in a number neces sary for the requirements of the military service, se lected from among those who have fought bravely against the intervention. It will be the firm and faithful support of liberty and the laws. The Go vernment has attended, so far as its resources per mitted, to those who retired from the service in order to return to their firesides and to their do mestic occupations. They, as well as those who remained in the army, have signally merited the showed relationsowed their decreed rewards of n a ti ona l gra titude. The monar chical European i n t ervent i on i mpe lled Mexico to maintain sister Republics. D ur i ng our s t r uggle those Re publics of sympathy especial friendship with her in behalf of the liberty and ind e p en d ence of M ex i co . The peoples and Governm en t s o f some o f t h e S o uth American Republics made especial demonstrations in favour of the Mexican cause and the legitimate Govern ment. There arrived recently an en voy from Bo livia, with the particular mission of tendering to the Republic cordial congratulations on its triumph. With the United States we preserve the same rela tions of friendship that existed during our struggle. The uninterrupted sympathy of the people of the United States, and the moral support which its Government has given to our cause, have deserved emphatically the reciprocal friendship and esteem of the Mexican people and Government. On ac count of intervention, our relations with European Powers were broken off. Three of them, by the act of the London Convention, placed themselves in an attitude of war against the Republic. A short time afterwards France alone persevered in the pro secution of the intervention. But afterwards the other Powers who bad held relations with the Re public which they repudiated, recognised the so called Government sustained by France, thus aban doning their position of neutrality. In this manner these Governments broke their treaties with the Republic, and have severed their relations with us. The conduct of the Government of the Republic was to be regulated after that of those Governments. Without having asked anything of them, it has still taken care that nothing should be done which might justly be considered as a motive of offence, and it will raise no difficul ties which may oppose the celebration of new treaties under more auspicious circumstances, on just and convenient conditions, and relating espe cially to its mercantile interests. The Government has also taken care to place the subjects of those nations who reside in the Republic under the pro tection of its laws and authority. The efficiency of this protection has been enough to remove any cause of complaint. A practical illustration has been given that, owing to the enlightenment of our people and to the principles of our liberal institu tions, the foreigners residing in Mexico receive the same treatment as Mexican citizens, and enjoy the same rights and guarantees under the laws, with out needing the protection of treaties. Public opinion has been preoccupied by the importance of the appeal made to the people in regard to some re forms of the constitution announced in the convoca tion of the 16th of August. The discussion rather re lated to the manner of proposing them than to the re. forms themselves. A great number of citizens have voted in favour of them. Some voted against them, others have refrained from voting, sharing, per hips,for s the withoutopinion approving of those of wh amreihnofd of theofavour rc m the o et ap peal to the people in order to bring this about. The Government gave its opinion with frankness in the convocation. It stated its convictions that in ordinary times reforms should only be proposed by means provided in the Constitution, and that an appeal made to the people now could not serve as a precedent to be imitated under ordinary circum stances. The Government considers itself justified in this instance, in view of the extraordinary and exceptional situation arising out of the momentous crisis through which the Republic has just passed. The result of the vote is not yet known, with exact ness'; but even if the presumption is that the votes given in favour of reforms do not reach to a majo rity, still they represent a great number of citizens whose opinion deserves to be considered. If this number is added to those who have voted against the propositions, they form, doubtless, a great majority of the people who have accepted and made use of the means of the appeal. It might be necessary to await the verification of the votes, but questions and doubts might be raised thereby which would delay the resolution, while the principal motive for which the method of the appeal had been adopted was that of a speedy adoption of reforms. The conviction which the Government had, and still has, that these reforms are necessary and urgent, lead it 'to prefer the abrogation of formality, with the Lope that in this way they may be more speedily adopted. Therefore, instead of asking far a verification of the vote, the Government would submit the points of reform in question to the wisdom of Congress, in order that it may come to a determination about them according to the rules established by the constitution. With this end in view, the initiative respecting them will be immediately presented. By the law of the 27th of May, 1863, the concession of powers to the Executive was extended to thirty days after the meeting of Congress, or might expire sooner, if the war with France terminated. Mexico could not declare the war to be ended, although there do not exist de facto hostilities with France. She was the nation that brought the war here, with out having till this time made any declaration im plying its close. According to law, therefore, the powers conceded to the Executive ought to be valid 30 days longer, counted from to-day. Notwith standing this I deem it wise to decline, as I do de cline, by this solemn act, the further use of them. If there should suggest itself anything necessary to give greater action to the Government, I have faith enough in the patriotism of the representatives of the people to be convinced that they will give it their support and co-operation, dictating the means •which their prudence. and high wisdom may regard as convenient. It is grate ful to me, citizen deputies, to return to you the trust of the great powers which you have confided to me. If in their exercise I have committed errors, I ask your indulgence. In the conception of all my acts I have never had any other thought than that of the national good and the salvation of our be loved country. In the Article No. 2 of the law already . referred to a restriction was made concern ing the power of concluding treaties. Governed by this law, I must here declare that it has been the constant purpose of this Government not to com promise in anything the Republic, and that it has not entered into covenant with any nation what ever. Please to accept, citizen deputies, the devout wishes which I make for the success of your delibe rations, in the trust that your intelligence and pat riotism will strive after the greatest good of the Republic." • THE EXTRAORDINARY AFFAIR IN QUEENSTOWN HARBOUR. The Cork. Examiner gives the following account of an extraordinary occurrence which took place at Queenstown on Saturday night—viz., the firing at a vessel in the harbour by an officer of marines. The facts, as stated by the captain of the vessel fired upon, are these : "The Sally Ann, of Beamnaris, Wales, Captain Robinson, left Portdinorwick, in that principality, about a week since, with a cargo of slates for Cork. She is a trim little schooner of about 90 tons, slightly rakish in build and rig, and a fast sailer. She entered the port last Saturday night, and passed unchallenged up the harbour, close by the guard ship Mersey, the night being mild and clear, and not very dark, though moonless. The captain determined to anchor in Monkstown Reach for the night, and it was about midnight when the schooner, under shortened sail, moved slowly up the bay, and her crew went forward to clear the anchor. Just then Captain Robinson, who was on the quarter-deck, saw a boat following at a short distance, and supposing it to contain the custom house officers, he laid hold of the end of the main sheet to pass it to the boat when she came up. The courtesy, however, was disregarded, and, without hail or demand of any sort, the boat was rowed up close to the schooner's starboard quarter, and the forward man in the boat grappled her amidships. Captain Robinson, having thrown aside the main sheet, was then standing on the quarter-deck, close by the starboard bulwark, which is about waist high, and with his right hand on the rail looking for ward, he called to the mate to let go the anchor. Almost at the same moment, and without any par ley or communication whatever, he says the person who seemed to be in command of the boat stood up, and pointing a revolver towards where he was stand ing, fired. The person who did so was at the time not more than three or four yards away from him, and the hand that held the pistol must have been on a level with the schooner's rail, for the bullet passed obliquely through the quarter bulwarks, about half way up, and struck the captain's right foot. It cut the leather of his boot, near the in step, without completely penetrating it, and glanced off. The anchor was let go at the moment the order was given, and the schooner came to at once. Immediately after, the person in command of the boat, and who, Capt. Robinson has no doubt, was the one who fired, ordered his men to board the schooner and search her. One of the crew of the Sally Ann was so alarmed by the firing that he scrambled up the forerigging exclaiming, 'The cap tain is shot.' The mate had not heard the shot as the chain cable was running out at the time, but the boy seems to have seen the flash. Immediately on receiving the order to board three men, armed with guns, whom the captain and crew say they recog nised as marines, jumped on board with the person in charge, leaving about four men in the boat along side, who they say were men-of-war blue jackets. The marines had topcoats over their uniforms ; and the captain says the person in command of them wore an oilcloth coat over a flannel vest, and also an oilcloth hat. From his bearing and address Captain Robinson has no doubt he was an officer, and he surmises he was of superior rank. The party having boarded, the officer ordered the marines to go forward and search the vessel. As they has tened forward, the mate asked them what they were after, adding jocularly, 'ls it Fenians you're looking for ?' They said Yes;' to which the mate rejoined, still in joke, Oh, well, go below—there are lots of them there.' The marines went below and searched the forecastle, and while they were so engaged their commander had turned to Captain Robin son, who at once demanded of him why he had acted in so outrageous a manner as to fire with out any provocation, and even without hailing the vessel. The officer, Captain Robinson says, re plied that they had orders to fire; and when he fur ther asked, Even without hailing the vessel ?' he answered, with a careless air, Yes. We had too much trouble with such vessels as yours before.' He then went down to the cabin, accompanied by the captain, whose foot began to ache, and when below the officer merely looked about, seeming every moment to feel that he had made a mistake. Cap tain Robinson offered to show him the ship's papers, but he replied that he did not want to see them— that be only wanted to search the ship. Having remained a moment below, he returned on deck, and the marines having completed a fruit less search forward, he ordered them to re turn to the boat, and he followed them. The boat was then rowed away, and the captain saw no more of, her or her occupants. Next day his foot was so swollen that he could not put on his boot, and he has since been obliged to sub stitute a soft slipper, and is still a little lame. He refers, in corroboration of his statement, not only to the evidence of his little crew, but to the hole pierced in the schooner's bulwark, the round bit cut out of the upper of his boot, and the dark bruise left upon his foot. He feels naturally indignant at the conduct of the person who fired upon him, and observes upon the hardship of his being innocently exposed to the danger of losing his life and leaving his wife and children without a protector, through the wanton recklessness of a person acting under the ostensible sanction of authority. Other ship masters may at any time be placed in a similarly dangerous position, and he thinks the conduct of the ' officer' should engage the attention of his supe riors. The man, according to his statement, was labouring under considerable excitement at the time. The Sally Ann is at present lying at Patrick's Quay." ON and Afterthe Opening of the Queen's Theatre, Long-Acre, EVANS' to SUP. After Queen's Theatre EVANS' to SUP. After Queen's Theatre EVANS'to SUP. After Queen's Theatre EVANS' to SUP. After Queen's Theatre EVANS' to SUP. / After Queen's Theatre EVANS' to SUP. LONDON SINGING AND SUPPRR CLUB. AT EVANS' COVENT At GARDE igh N o' VOCAL ENTERTAINMENS Et COMPAGNIE GENERALE TRANS ATLANTIQUE, 8, Place Vendome, Paris. NEW YORK, via HAVRE and BREST. The undermentioned Steamers will sail every 14 days, as fol lows: — NAPOLEON II Paddle VILLE.DE PARIS Screw PEREIRE Screw ST. LAURENT Screw EUROPE Paddle RATES OF PASSAGE. 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So far as the Irish Church question was concerned, they had a perfect right to say to their rulers restore to Ireland its Church. (Hear, hear.) Mr. BRINDLEY seconded the motion, which was carried enthusiastically. The CHAIRMAN, in returning thanks, said that the putting of a case was very often the making of it, and he perfectly sympathised and concurred with the lecturer iu the manner in which the case against the Irish Church had been put by Mr. Mason Jones and other speakers. A cheer was then given for the lecturer, and the proceedings terminated. PINCE.. . 4d. STAMPED sd. NATIONAL REFORM - UNION. A public meeting in connexion with the National Reform Union was held last night in St. James's Hall—Mr. E. Miall in the chair. The meeting, which was free, was well attended, the object being to hear an address from Mr. T. Mason Jones on the Irish Church. The CHAIRMAN, on rising, was received with cheers. In opening the proceedings, he stated that he had consented to preside not because he had anything important or new to say ou the sub ject, but to show the interest he took in the Irish Church question, and to evince his con viction that it was necessary that the public should be educated on the subject. Broadly, the people of England were fully convinced of the injustice which was done to Ireland —(loud cheers) —by the establishment of the church of the minority, thereby inflicting an insult on the majority of the people, and fastening on them a badge of conquest. (Hear, hear.) But whilst Englishmen broadly and generally viewed this mat ter as a wrong that ought to be remedied, large numbers were unacquainted with the history of that church,and if they knew the political wickedness and social wrong which had been done in order to bol- ' ster up Protestant ascendancy in Ireland, they would be convinced that the only remedy was to do away with it altogether. (Cheers.) Compromise in this matter would inflict further wrong on Ire land. If we had done wrong in inflicting an alien church on her, it was better to extinguish it, instead of widening the evil, taking into consideration, of course, all interests concerned. He earnestly trusted the new constituencies would make this sub ject one on which their will should be unmistake ably manifested. and if it did not lead to that result it would lead to nothing. He had the fullest confidence in the interest Mr. Jones took in this question. (Hear, hear.) That gentleman pos sessed the fullest information upon the subject, and bad means of judging of the feelings of the people not only of Ireland, but of Irishmen in America. He trusted that before they left the ball they would b 3 of unanimous opinion that as soon as pos sible the word would go forth from the English people that the Irish Church Establishment ought to be swept away altogether. (Cheers.) Mr. MASON JONES reminded the meeting that the truth uttered by Sir R. Peel thirty years ago, that Ireland was England's greatest difficulty, was equally true now. When the Irish difficulty was confined to America and Canada the people of England were comparatively indifferent ; but now that outrage and assassination were stalking in our streets that indifference vanished, and had given place to a feeling of fear and alarm which was not very creditable to the courage of the nation. He believed that for ulterior political purposes a certain portion of the newspaper press fostered that feeling, and endeavoured to drive weak Liberals into the ranks of Toryism for the future. (Hear, hear.) But while the English people were properly deter mined to repress and punish outrages of so terrible a character that those who committed them scrupled not to offer up the lives of innocent persons as a holocaust to their revenge, let them not forget the wrongs under which Ireland laboured, the prin cipal of which were the land question, and the Irish Church. It was on the latter point he was to speak, and it was impossible to use language too strong in referring to that Church. It was, in fact, the grossest, the most monstrous, and unjustifiable anomaly of modern times, the like of which was to be found in no country on the face of the civilised globe. The Established Church was imposed upon Ireland quite as much as a poli tical as a religious institution, with the twofold pur pose of forming a religious garrison and Anglicising and converting the natives to the reformed faith, and they had endeavoured to uphold it ever since by wholesal confiscation and the bayonet. To the evils of conquest they added all the evils of persecution, and the history of Ireland from the early part of Queen Elizabeth's reign to the revolution of 1688 was a ghastly record of unjust laws, conspiracies, in surrections, sieges, and massacres, which destroyed nuamerce, brought agriculture to a standstill, and wasted, despoiled, and destroyed the country. The speaker then went on to quote statistics in reference to the revenues of the Irish Church, and the opinions of numerous statesmen, and then proceeded to discuss the remedies pro posed, giving it as his opinion that nothing would be effective as a cure for the present state of things but the total disendowment of every religious de nomination in Ireland. With respect to the dis tribution of the revenues, that question was pre mature, but he was of opinion that the funds might be profitably expended in bringing into cul tivation the million of acres of waste lands in Ire land and creating a peasant proprietary ; besides which there would be a poetical justice in making the revenues of a church which, 150 years ago, destroyed the existing tenure of land in Ireland, the means of creating a new and loyal peasant proprietary. (Cheers.) To the new Parliament Ireland would appeal as a simple suitor for justice, and he had the utmost faith in the great English heart, with its love of liberty, its love of justice, its love of fair play, and when the Irish people demanded in a constitutional manner that her wrongs should be redressed, he be lieved that the darkness of Ireland's night would pass away, and that her appeal to the justice of England's peo ple would not be made in vai n . (M r. Jones sat down amidst the general cheers of the meeting.) Mr. PROBYN next addressed the meeting, express ing his views as an Englishman and a Protestant on the injustice of maintaining the present Church Establishment in Ireland, and his opinion that the Scotch and English nations were one because their churches were two; and he put it to the meeting whether, if Ireland had been the stronger power and England the weaker, and if Ireland had attempted by penal measures to make Roman Catholicism the predominant roligion of England, and were to support out of Emglish revenues an Irish Roman Catholic churca, the people of England would not resist to the death ? (Cheers.) Sir 11. 110AnE proposed a cordial vote of thanks to the chairman for presiding. That gentles nan was a talented supporter of the voluntary syst am, and he had not only carried out that priu but had come to preside over the meeting at TURKEY. (From the Levant Herald of Jan. 1.) The Porte has decided on sending a couple of staff officers to Abyssinia ; the selection for the mission has not, however, yet been made. Ramazan commenced on Thursday evening, and business is for the time virtually suspended at the Porte. .Mithad Pasha, governor-general of the Danube vilaet, is expected in the capital next week, to make a detailed report on the state of his province, and of his excellency's impressions as to the state of things across its immediate borders. Ahmed Kaisserly Pasha, governor of; the Archipelago, has already arrived on business connected with the islands under his own jurisdiction. The agent of Prince Nicholas of Montenegro, whose expected arrival we recently mentioned, has since reached Constantinople. The Vienna Wan derer says the object of the mission " is peremptorily to demand from the Ottoman Government the cession of the port of Antivari or that of Spizza, and, in case of refusal, to intimate to Turkey that those two places will be taken by armed force, with the aid of Servia." Considerahle dissatisfaction is said to be felt in Turkish quarters with the appointment of a French colonel as tutor to Prince Izzedin. The matter was, it seems, arranged during the Sultan's visit to Paris, and the new " governor"—whose salary is to be on the most imperial scale—is daily expected out to enter on his duties. M. Boudin, who is to be the virtual head of M. Bouree's new college, has also been telegraphed for, and will probably arrive be fort. Bairam. We learn with satisfaction that Mehemet Ruschdi Pasha has not resigned the Ministry of War. Porte rumour stated that he had done so because of the finnan authorising the establishment of the new French " moiel college" having issued, in spite of his urgent remonstrances. The report probably originated in the known opposition of his bigness to the scheme, which he regards, in common with nine ten ths of the public, as utterly impolitic and doc trinaire. BANK OF FRANCE PARIS, Jan. 9. The following is the return of the Bank of Franco for the week ending to-day, together with the cor responding figures of the previous account : DEBTOR. Jan. 9. Jan. 2. 182,300,000 - Capital of the Bank 182,500,000 Profits in addition to capital (Art. 8, Law, June 9, 1857) 7,044,776 02 7,044,776 82 Reserve of the Bank and its branches 22,105,750 14 22,105,750 14 Reserve of landed pro- perty 4,000,000 4,000,000 Notes in circulation Banknotes to order and receipts payable at sight Treasury account cur rent creditor Current accounts, Paris 349,596,003 11 360,987,432 55 Dc. branch banks 38,580,709 47,000,645 Dividends payable 5,627,313 75 9,51:;,968 78 Discounts and sundry interests Rediscounted the last six months Surplus of receipts not distributed Sundries 31,114,275 78 33,618,881 85 1,115,24.1 81 786,196 51 930,376 76 930,376 76 7,140,856 80 Total CREDITOR. Jan. 9. Jan. 2. fr. c. fr. e. 982,786,222 01 983,030,245 86 Cash in hand and in Branch banks Commercial bills over due Commercial bills dis counted, not yet duo 287,322,807 30 2 - 2,324,908 03 Do. branch banks 263,638,138 272,209,465 Advances on deposit of bullion Do. branch banks Do. on French Public Securities Do. by branch banks Do. on railway shares and debentures Do. branch banks Do. on Credit Foncier Bonds Do. branches Do. to the State (Con vention, June 10, 464,572 57 4,686,373 61 58,507,400 - 57,031,000 - 11,511,577 - 1038;677 - 12,257,900 - 12,477,600 - 7,722,800 - 7;80000 - 37,224,800 - 37,004,100 --- 25,719,430 1,019,500 - 955,950 - . , 1857) 60,000,000 Government Stock re- serye 28;04250 - 990,300 -942,40 60,000,000 - 12,980,750 15 12,980,750 14 40,742,669 66 35,988,737 91 Do. disposable Routes Immobalisees (Law, Juno 2, 1857) 100,000,000 100,000,000 Hotel and furniture of the Bank and landed propetty branches Expenses of manage ment 53,283 10 '43,934 90 Sundries 8,268,702 - 8,274,803 - Total 1,934,839,384 23 1,955,435,621 99 Certified by the Senator Governor of the Bank of France (Signed) ROULAND. TILE TVEATIIER IN PARIS. The frost continues to be exceedingly severe all over France, if we except Marseilles, where the temperature has become somewhat milder. At Orleans the Loire is frozen along the left bank, but continues to flow sluggishly on the right. In con sequence of a great quantity of snow recently fallen the temperature is somewhat milder in that neighbourhood ; the thermometer the night before last marked 7 5-10 deg. below zero, in the night 8, and next morning 6. At Angers an enormous quantity of snow fell on Sunday night, and the town awoke on Monday morning shrouded in a thick white mantle ; at the same time the thermometer marked only 4 degrees below zero. At Tours the Loire has been blocked up since Sunday in its whole course, on the territory of the communes of Tours, St. Pierre-des-Corps, St. Symphorien, and St. Cyr. A great quantity of snow has since fallen. At Nevers the cold is be coming more and more severe. During several nights the temperature had descended to 12 or 13 below zero. At Laval there were 9 degrees, and snow very abundant. At Rennes, the same, and without any sign of a mitigation. At Caen, 9 below. The basin, the canal, and even the river Orne, at the round point, have a coating of ice more than two inches thick, and the navigation has been several days suspended. At Fecamp the Perigny basin has been covered with a sheet of ice appa rently strong enough to bear, and the streets and neighbouring fields are covered with snow. The Salut Public of Lyons says:—" On Sunday the snow fell in great quantity over our city, whilst the sky was covered with grey clouds portending a continu ance of the same. On Monday the thermometer was at 7 below zero, whilst the hygrometer showed an augmentation in the humidity of the atmosphere, and the barometer stood at the variable point. The Saone above the lock of Vaise presents a smooth surface of ice, from which proceed from time to time low cracking sounds. The congelation of the Rhone has not made any fresh progress. The park of the Tete d'Or on Sunday presented a most picturesque and animated spectacle from the throng of sliders and skaters disporting on the lake, the frozen surface of which had been carefully swept for their benefit." The Semaphore of Marseilles says :—" At length we can begin to breathe ; more clement days seem about to open upon this city, still quite astounded by the rigorous temperature which had come upon it. The thermometer since Sunday has ceased to descend, and we have no longer to register 6 deg. below zero. The mercury is rising in a reassuring way. On Sunday night it marked 1 deg. below, and during the day rose to 2,3, and even 4 deg. above freezing point. A thaw has commenced. At llonfieur the thermometer two nights back marked 10 below zero (140 Fahr.) The docks and portions of the outer harbour are frozen over, and enormous ice blocks are floating in the bay and about the jetties. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., HER O'S W ° li, K. By MRS. DUFFUS HARD Y Mrs. Hardy has written so well that her book will please a numerous class of readers who like to be addressed by a woman of kindness, good sense, and reilnement."—Times. "A powerful, interesting, and well-wrought novel."—Athe mown. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. y ~ `' -- r