The Sun.
London, England, 1864-12-16 00:00:00

public work or duty relating to the ,state. So a wosnan had a
private duty relating to her own hou.tehold, and a public
work or duty, which was the expansfon of those. [he man's
.work for his own home was maintenance, progress, defence
—the woman'teorder, comfort, and loveliness. The man's
duty to the commonwealth consisted in the maintenance
and defence of the state ; the woman's duty as a member
of the commonwealth consisted in ordering, comforting, and
attending to the beautiful adornments of the State. Within
the human heart there was always set an instinct for all its
real duties. It was long since the women of England arro-
gated universally a title that once belonged to t rte nobility
only, that of lady, which rightly corresponded telly to the
title of lord. He did not blame them for this, but only for
the narrow motive for it. They might claim the *le of lady,
provided they claimed also the corresponding (Zee. Lady
meant bread giver, or loaf giver, as lord meant maintainer
of:law ; and these had reference, not to law maintained in
the house, or bread given to the household, but to law main-
tained for and bread broken among the multitude. They
were ladies if they cared for the bodies of their vassals ; they
were queens only as they became empresses tf their souls,
There was not a war in the world, there was not an irjus-
tire doing in it, but women were answerable for it; not
that they had provoked it, but that they had not hin-
dered it. *en by their nature were prone to fight fur
any cause ; it was for the women to choose the cause
for them. There was no suffering injustice, or misery on
earth but women primarily were guilty of it. Men could
bear the sight of it; women should not bear the sight of
it. Instead of exercising their power, women shut them •
selves wilhin their garden gates, and were con'ent to
know that there were beyond them, in the wilderness of
the world, secrets they did not penetrate, and sufferings
they did not attempt even Ito console. '1 his was to him the
most amazing thing among all the phenomena of hum.,
nity. There was another garden besides that in which it
was ;prettily slid flowers would grow the better for
.those
who loved theta. Did they never hear of a Magdalene who
went down into her garden at the dawn, and found one
waiting at the gate whom she took for the gardener ?
Had we not sought Him often at the gate of, 'that old
garden where the fiery sword was set ? He was never
there. But at the gate of the other garden He was
waiting always, to take our hands, and to go down with
us to see the fruits of the valley, to learn whether the vino
had flourished and the pomegrana'e budded. Among the
hills and happy greenwood of this land of ours, should
the foxes have holes and the birds of the air have nests,
while the stones of the street cried out against the women
—the queens—of England, that there were no other pillows
than those stones whereon man, the son of man, could lay
his head P (Applause.) A cordial vote to Mr Ruskin, oa
the motion of Mr Butterworth, seconded by Dr. Wilkinson,
concluded the proceedings.

THIRD EDITION.

SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK.

LONDON GAZETTE—This Evening,

DOWNING-STREET, DEC. 15.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Samuel Weeks
and Andrew Fleming, Eqrs., to be members of the Legis-
lative Council of the Island of St. Lucia ; Richard Southey,
Esq., to be Colonial Secretary for the Colony of the Cape
of Good Hope; and Giovanni Battista Trapani, Esq,,
M.D., to be Collector of Customs, and Vincenzo Borg,
Esq., to be Cashier of the Treasury of the Island of
Malta.

CROWN-OFFICE, DEC. 14.

MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PAR-

LIAMENT.

County of Warwick (Northern Division) —Wm. Daven•
port Bromley, Esq,, in the room of Richard Spooner, Esq.,
deceased.

WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, DEC. 16.
Royal Regiment of Artillery—Second Captain John
Henry Brown to be Captain, vice Thomas Longworth
Dames, who resigns—Second CaptainW alter Aston Fox
Strangways to be Captain, vice William Morris, decleased
—Lieutenant Arthur Ford to be Second Captain, vice
Brown—Lieutenant Francis Montague Smith to be
Second Captain, vice Joseph Nathaniel Portlock Matson,
deceased—Lieutenant Francis Arihur Mant to be Second
Captain, vice Strangways—Gentleman Cadet Edward
Blaksley, from the Royal Military Academy, to be
Lieutenant, vice Ford—Gentleman Cadet John Pon-
sonby Caudill, from the Royal Military Academy, to be
Lieutenant, vice Smith—Gentleman Cadet A. Foulger
Fletcher, from the Royal Military Academy, to be
Lieutenant, vice Mant—Quartermaster-Sergeant Ben-
jomin Trew to be Quartermaster, vice Black, retired
upon half-pay.
The date of the retirement upon full-pay of Major Gene.,
ral Henry Pester and the removal of Major General Sir
Richard James Dacres from the Supernumerary to the
Effective List, is the 11th, and not the 10th, of September,
1864 as stated in the Gazate of the 20th September last.
The second Christian name of Lieutenant Russell is
Broadfoot, and not Broadford, as stated in the Gazette of
the 20th September last.
AD\IIRALTY, DEC. 13.
Royal Marine Light Infantry—First Lieutenant and
Adjutant James William Vaughan Arbuckle to be Captain,
dated 9th instant, vice Clendon, to half-pay—Second Lit u-
tenant Charles Albert Louis Moore to be First Lieutenant,
dated 9th instant, vice Arbuckle.

ADMIRALTY, DEC. 14.
Royal Marine Light Infantry—First Lieutenant John
Strsghan to be Adjutant, vice Arbuckle.

- DEC. 14.
The undermentioned officers have been this day promoted
to the rank of Surgeon in her Majesty's fleet :—Peter Wil-
liam Wallace, Esq., M.D. (acting) ; Alexander Collins,
Esq. ; Arthur McKenna, Eeq., M.D.
Mr Williams Gubbins Starling has been promoted to the
rank of First Class Assistant Engineer in the Fleet, with
seniority of Deo. 7.

BANKRUPTS.
The following are the only bankrupts:of commrcial
portanoe in the Gazette :
George Bloore, grocer, Leek
William Archer, ropemaker, Norwich
George Betts, cheesemonger, Shoreditch
John Wilson, tea dealer, Holroway-road
William Day, grocer, Lambeth Walk
Samuel John Adey, commission agent, Dalston
Wm. Tate, silk manufacturer, Leeds
Benjamin Brindley, grocer, Crewe.
Frederick Robinson, shoemaker, Hastings
James Fleming, traveller, Bradford
George Thacker, greengrocer, Bradford
George C. Pettipher, painter, Warwick
BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED.
Felix M'Donald, journeyman carter, Liverpool
Charles Mars len, decorative paper maker, Shoreditcb.
SCOTCH BANKRUPTS.
H. L. Schneider, yarn merchant, Glasgow
Wm Brown, grocer, Lanark
James Hume, miller, Edinburgh
Robert Burns, jun., coal merchant, Glasgow
Robert Morison, merchant, Stornoway
Robert Gaul, cabinetmaker, Glasgow
Course of Exchange,—This Day.

Amsterdam
Ditto
Rotterdam — 11 18i
Antwerp ... 25 52k
Brussels .— 25 52t
Hamburg — 13 7i
Paris . . Short. 25 12k
Ditto
Marseilles .......
Frankfort on M eine
Vienna
Trieste
Petersburgh — 1 20
4
Berlin —
Madrid

11 151
11 19
12 19
25 571
25 57f
13 8
25 `AO
25 571
25 57}
1201
12 121
12 121
301
461

Cadiz — 47 47i
Leghorn — 25 73 25 77/
Milan 25 70 25 77i
Genoa — 25 70 25 75
Naples
Palermo.. — 25 70 25 75
Messina — 25 70 25 75
Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard)......per oz., £3 17 9
Mexican Dollars
SilNer in Bars (Standard) • 0 0 0

RACING FIXTURES FOR 1865.

JANUARY.

Manchester 2

FEBRUARY.'
Lincoln Spring

MARCH.

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Derby Spring
Liverp00l Spring
Shrewsbury Spring .... 9 Chelmsford Spring .... 28
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The bullion operations at the Bank yesterday comprised
an influx of £58,000 in bar gold, and the withdrawal of
15,000 sovereigns for the West Indies.
The suspension has been announced of Messrs. Berger
Brothers, metal brokers, of Mincing lane.
Daring the last few days there has been rather mere
activity in the markets for Foreign and Colonial Produce.
At the public sales of Indian tea full prices were obtained.
Sugars have been in more demand at enhanced prices ;
while a lair amount' of business has been done in coffee,
rice, and cocoa. In fruit there has been very little anima-
tion, while tallow has been in moderate request at steady
prices orf both present and forward delivery.
An extraordinary general meeting of shareholders of the
London and Northern Bank was hold to-day, for the pur-
pose of considering the propriety of carrying into effect the
proposed arrangement with the Midland Bank, by,which
the latter company takes over the principal branches of the
bank at a sum nearly equivalent to one and a-half year's
purchase of the profits of the business, and also for volun-
tarily winding up the affairs of the London and Northetu
Bank.

AN OLD PONY.—Lord Nelson, a favourite pony,
the property of Mr Palin, of Stapleford Hall, Cheshire, was
found dead on Saturday morning last. He had attained to
the almost unprecedented age of 43. A few days before his
death he could not be caught when turned into the fields,
and few fences could stop him. The day before his death
he appeared quite well, and was grazing as usual. Soma
straw had been placed in a corner of a field, to prepare for
thatching, upon which he had laid himself down and died
apparently without a struggle. lie was perfectly sound in
wind and limb to the last, and had not a windgall about him.
—Manchester Courier.