The Sun.
London, England, 1865-01-12 00:00:00

Opening of Museums on Sundays,

Last night the adjourned conference, called toge-
ther for the purpose of discussing the question " is
it desirable that public museums should be epened
on the Sunday," was held at Spa-fields Chapel,
Exmouth-street ; Captain FISHBOURNE in the chair.
Mr. BAXTER LANGLEY opened the discussion by
observing that the Jewish Sabbath was instituted
for the purpose of marking the Jews as a peculiar
people, and was not binding on Christian Gentiles.
It was clear that the institution was not universal,
and there are many nations which knew nothing of
a Sabbatarian day of rest. He defied any man to
show from the New Testament that the Observances
of the Sabbath was re-enacted, whilst all the moral
principles and rules of the Mosaic dispensation were
enforced by Christ, and received from him a deeper
significance and more extended application. The
Christian was called on to worship in truth and
spirit, whilst the observance of forms and ceremo-
nies was inculcated by the Jewish law. Not only
was there nothing in the New Testament to show
that Christ reimposed the Jewish Sabbath, but
there were indications which went to prove that
those who followed the new dispensation were to
be relieved from that ceremonial imposition. And
the practice of Christians was in conformity with
this view till the prevalence of puritanical
principles in England. Athanasius was opposed
to the rigid observance of the Sunday ; so was
Luther, and so were the Protestants of Geneva.
Was Luther, were the Protestants of Geneva
worse Christians than those Protestants of England
who insisted that public museums should be closed
on the Sunday ? He maintained that in the beat
aspect of Christianity it would be wise and prudent
to allow public museums to be opened on the Sunday,
as it would tend to make people' more moral and
better instructed. In strict argument the Sabba,-
tarians. were pre.cludecl from the use of Scrjpture a
an authority oiri th iluesiiian;lor the Sabbath-thy
commanded to be kept holy by Scripture was the
Saturday, and they could not from Scripture say
that the Sunday was to be kept holy. They must
therefore come out of the Scripture and rely on
some other ground for the observance of the pre-
sent Lord's day.

Mr. Grissell, Dr. Perfitt,andMr. Kenny followed
on the same side.

Mr.• W. Shipton, Mr. Winton, Mr. F. Cox, and
the Rev. H. Stephens, supported the negative of the
question, and maintained that it was contrary to the
spirit of the Christian- dispensation that any work
should be done on the Sunday. From the time of
Christ downwards the practice of the true Christian
church had been to observe the Sabbath and to in-
culcate its observance upon others. It was no argu-
ment against the- Sabbatarian view of the question
that the sanctity of the Sabbath had riot been ob-
served by others. It was no argument that because
the Crystal Palace, Zoological and Botanical Gar-
dens, and public houses were open on the Sunday,
public museums should be opened also, because they
would shut up all these places as well the museums.
They were the :real friends of freedom, for they
wished to preserve the Sunday as a day of rest for
the working man. The economical...aspect of the
question was not much insisted on by the advocates
on either side on this occasion.

The discussion was then adjourned till Wednes•
day next.

AN IMPUDENT THIEF.—About the middle of May
a young sickly-looking man, calling himself Charles
Walter Thome, arrived in Ayr, and on alighting at the
station inquired of Mr. Blair, station-master, if he could re-
commend him to a quiet lodging in the neighbourhood.
He was directed to a house in the suburbs, where he ob-
tained furnished apartments. He was in very delicate health,
and was attended by a medical gentleman of the torl• He
remained here for about a fortnight, during which time he
took daily carriage drives, and his health seemed to improve
considerably. He said he expected a lady whom he had en-
trusted with the transaction of some urgent business for
came. At last he
him in London, to call for him, and he went frequently to
said he would require to go to London himself, and he ac.
the station to meet her, but she never
nothingr announcing
his safe arrival in the metropolis ; but further was
cordingly in
set off on a Monday morning, promising that he
would return in a few days. ile sent a telegram,
heard of him until Wednesday, when a lithographed circular
was received at the various
. banks in town (accompanying
which was a carte de visite of the stranger), stating that hie
real name was Walter H. Dalgleish, late a clerk in the ser-
vice of the Borneo Banking Company at Hong Kong, and
that he had robbed the company of a 3,0001. f()
which he obtained cash in London. On the draft,
D sth May, al-.
gleish paid 1,0001. in fifty Bank
of England notes for 201.
each, into the Mercantile and Exchange Bank at London,
in the name of Ralph Ensign, to be remitted to his credit
with the Glasgow branch of that bank.
He
1,5801. in seventy-nine like notes to the L d alsoß paidk
Scotland, getting in exchange two o orders
oofu
7900 n/. each oortf
their branch in Glasgow, in favour of Ralph Ensign. He
then, as Ralph Ensign, received payment of the 1,000/. and
the 1,580/. in Scotch notes in Glasgow, after which he pro-
ceeded to Ayr. While in Ayr he shewed a considerable
amount in' gold, as well as a number of unset diamonds
and jewellery. He spoke of having a sister in Canada,
who was married to a Roman catholic. The last glimpse got
of Dalgleish was at the Crystal Palace, near London on the
11th of June, since which all trace of him has been lost—but
he is believed to have passed as Henry Gray, of Canada, and
he may have gone to Canada or some other part of America.
It is supposed that after, getting the 2,5801. in Glasgow he
must have opened an account with or procured credit on
America from some bank or banks under the names of Walter
H. Dalgleish, Ralph Ensign, Charles Walter Thome, Henry
Gray, or some other alias, and perhaps transferred the
money from one bank to another to evade, being traced. It
seems Dalgleish had been sent home by one of the partnere
of the Borneo Banking Company in Hong Kong on account
of the delicate state of his health, and he had stolen the
draft before leaving, and the theft not being discovered for
go off to
some time afterwards, he has had ample time to "
parts unknown."—North British Mail.

R°Lak ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-
GARDEN.
(Opera Company, Limited.)
THIS EVENING, THE BRIDE OF SONG. Renee.
'Miss Thu' ;lx, Madame Fanny Haddam ; Adel-
bert, Mr. Henry Haigh; and Hannib..l, Mr. A. Laarence.
Conductor, Mr Alfred Mellon.

To conclude with the Grand Comic Christmas Pantomime,
entitled CINDERELLA ; or, Harlequin and the Magic
Pumpkin, and the Great Fairy of the Little Glass Slipper,
In which the celebrated Donato will appear.

Commence at seven.
A MORNING PER N ORMANCE of CINDERELLA next
MONDAY, Jan. 113, at Two o'clock, and every Monday, till
further notice.

TIER MAJESTY'S THEA.TRE.
111 THIS EVENIN(i, the new Operetta, in one act, en-
ti Lied PUNCHINELLO.
Followed by the new Grand ChristmasG Pan,omime, TILE
LION AND THE UNICORN FIIITIN ii FOA
CROWN

THEATRE-ROYAL, DRURY-LANE,
Managers, Measi s. E. Falconer and F. B.
eek, A ConYOUNG
nexion.
THIS EVENING, and during the w
LAD FROM THE COUNTRY.
HOP O'MY
Alter which, the Grand Christmas Pantomime.
THUMB AN.° HIS ELEVEN 131t0T riEttS; or, Harlequin
and Ogre a the Seven-League Boots : Messrs. G. Rel-
Sno the
re, Tom Matthews, G. Weston, Master Percy Roselle, Stc.
Jr/isses Lydia Thompson. MorrisqMessrs. Bolen°,
C. Lauri, W. A. Barne,, T. Cormack, Saville ; Zion.
Boleno, the Misses Gunnies, and Signor Tescano.

TREATRE-R OYA L, HAYMARKET.
Lessee. Mr. Buckatone.
tits r-vENING, Jan. 12, DAVID GARRICK. Messrs.
Chippendale, Sothern, Buckatone, Rogers, Clark, Coe, Wea-
tilevoy, &c. ; Mesdames Moore, Snowdon, Fitzwilliam,
After which, LORD DUNDREARY MARRIED AND
pc,NN Fun Messrs. Sothern, Buckatone, Braid, Gordon,
Clark, White, Coe, Weathereby, &c. ; Mesdames Snowdon,
&a
with PRINCESS SPRINGTIME. Mr. Compton, Miss L.
Beeiey.
And MRS. WHITE.
To commence at 7.

OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
Mr. r•ECHTER will perform his nnlverbally allowed
great impersonation of RU Y BLAB EVERY EVENING
until further notice.

THIS E VEXING, to commence with Hy WIFE'S OUT.
Messrs. Widdicomb, Charles; Miss 13. ,Mercy and Miss E.
Lavenu.
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—After which, at 8 o'clock, 'WY BLAB. Buy Blas, Mr.
Fechter. Messrs. Ryder, I.'itzpatrick, F. Ch hrintyre,
Garden, Raymond, tollett, C ifford, Moreland ; Misses car-
lotta Leclercq, B. l'ercy, and Mrs. Winstanley.
To conclude with a Farcical Oriental Extravaganza, en-
titled BEARFACED IMPOSI' ORS. Schahabaham (a pasha
of three tails, Mr. Raymond; Mustapha, his vizier, Mr.
Garden ; Bill Stumps and Jack Home, quondam propiietors
of the original named happy family, Messrs. Moreland and
"iriddicomb ; Ali, chief guardian of the ladies of the Harem,
Mr. Collett ; Osman Khan, chief executioner, Mr. Bunch ;
Achmet Aga, an officer of the Sultan, Mr. Kelly;
ajji Baba, chief keeper of the monkeys, Mr. Regau; Ayesha,
formerly Jeminaa Stumps, but no" first favourite of the
pasha, Miss Lavenu; Fatima, second favourite of the pasha,
Miss B. Percy ; Shekerleb, third favourite of the pasha, Miss
'Travers; Bede, fourth favourite of the pasha, Mis., Watson ;
Zenobia, formerly banou of the harem, chief wile of the
pasha, but now discarded for Ayesha, Miss Hama. Various
choice specimens of zoology, guards, slaves, and attendants,
by Ihe numerous and talentea Smith family. Divertissement
des Odalisques.
Doors open at Hall-Past Six.
The Box-office open daily from Alevai till Five.

NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI.-
dole rrupriet4r end Manager, bit. b. ar ouster.
THIS EVENING, ICI ON I'ARLE FRANCAIS. Mr.
J. L. Toole.
At er which, at 8, LEAH. Miss Bateman, supported by
Messrs. George J,.rdan, Swinbourne, It. Philips, Stuart,
Stephenson, Lburne ; Miss H. Simms and Mrs. Bil.ington.
To conclude with DARK DOINGS IN THE CU.'.
BOARD BY THE KNGTI'ING'EaI BItOrHERS. Messrs.
J. L. Toole, Paul Bedtord, R. Billington; Mrs. A.
Mellon. Miss A. seaman.

Commence at 7.

ItO,YAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Ueo. Vining.

THIS EVENING, a new Extravaganzl, entitled THE
MAGIC HORSE AND THE ICE MAIDEN lItINCESI.

Alter which, THE STREkT3 Ol•' LONDON. Messrs.
Vining, J. W. Ray, D. Fisher, D. Murray, J. Nelson, H.
Forrester. H. Mellon; Mrs. Henry Marston, Miss Emma
s4rnett, and Miss Fanny Gwynne.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Atanageress. Mrs. Swanborough.
THI3 EVENING, at 7, LAWRENCE'S LOVE SUIT.
Messrs. Parselle and Thorne; Mesdames Palmer, Carson,
and Hughes.
AiLtr which, the Grand Christmas Burlesque, THE
" GRIN" BU sH ES ; or, the Mrs. Brown of the Mississippi.
Messrs. Stoyle, Thorne, James, Fenton, &c.; Mesdames Ae.da
Swanborough, It aynham, Simpson, Johnstone, dm.
To crnclude with THE WILFUL WARD. Miss Palmer.

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