The Sun.
London, England, 1865-02-23 00:00:00

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" The Richmond party were then informed that Congress
had, on the 31st ult , adopted by a constitutional majority,
a joint resolution submitting to the several State the pro-
position to abolish slavery throughout the Union, and that
there is every reason to expect that it will be accepted by
three-fourths of the States, so as to become a part of the
national organic law.

" The conference came to an end by mutual acquiesence,
without producing an agreement of views upon the several
'natters discussed or any of them. Nevertheless, it is per-
haps of some importance that we have been able to submit
our opinions and views directly to prominent insurgents,
and to hear them in answer in a courteous and not un-
friendly manner.—l am, &c.,

" WILLIAM H. SEWAItD."

THE CONFEDERATE ACCOUNT.
The Richmond Sentinel of the Bth inst. thus re-
ports the speech of President Davis at the mass
meeting at Richmond on the 6th inst.:—
" His Excellency the President of the Confederate States
being on the stand, was loudly called .for and went to the
front. His appearance was the signal for prolonged and
enthusiastic cheering. Round after round of cheers went
up from all parts of the building, and every vocal energy
of the vast assembly seemed taxed to its utmost in swelling
the tremendous acclamations. The President meantime
gracefully bowed his thanks to the different parts of the
audience, and after the inspiring outburst of sympathy
and enthusiasm had at length subsided he proceeded to
address the assembly. We pretend to no more than to give
the substance of some of his remarks.
" The PRESIDENT said that if ho were there to assist in
celebrating some great and decisive victory to our arms, or
in hailing the establishment of peace, he should have been
most happy. But in times like these which are now upon
us, when dangers confront us and our path is beside the lee
shore and the breakers, to witness the manifestation of such
a spirit on the part of hiscountrymen as was there displayed
was more than happiness--it was ecsta tic joy,. He had always
looked with pride upon his countrymen. He had rejoiced in
their patriotism and their courage. But he was prouderstill
when he contemplated the fortitude which plucks flowers
from reverses, and beats high with hope in the presence of
fresh calls upon its courage and endurance. The President
said that it was meet that the spirit which inspired this
meeting should find its first utterance in Richmond. Hero
every day were heard the cannons of the enemy. In-
numerable hillocks in the neighbouring cemeteries tell of
the brave men from every State in the Confederacy who
have given their lives for their country. On one of the
hills of this city stands that sacred building in which
Patrick Henry and his compatriots pledged life for liberty.
Here, too, was the capital of the . Confederacy and of that
proud old State which had been truly termed the 'mother
of statesmen.' If the spirit which had been here indi-
cated shall meet with a general response, and prove to
be the universal sentiment of the land, of which he did
not doubt, then, indeed, would he feel that we are on the
very verge of success. (Loud cheers.) We should not
again belinsulted by such:terms of peace as the arrogance of
the enemy has lately proposed; but ere many months had
elapsed our successes would cause them to feel that when
talking to us they were talking to their masters. (Great
applause.) Does any one, he inquired, who has seen the
Confederate soldiers, believe they are willing to fail ? If
so, the suspicion is most unjust. Go to our camps, go to our
guarded lines, go where our pickets hold their dangerous
watch, and to the posts where our sentinels tread their
weary rounds, and you will find in none of those the place
for grumblings and complaints. The resolutions of our
soldiers exclaim, with Patrick Henry, ' Victory or death !'
It is in the crowded mart where those are found whose
Pockets are stuffed with illgotten gains, that you find the
persons who grumble and complain. (Applause.) The
progress of events had, however, brought a pressure even
upon these which would urge them to their duty. Their
treasure is in danger, and their only security for it is in
performing their duty to their country. The time for
argument, said the President, is past. The duty that
remains is to stand to our arms. He had just made an
effort to secure peace, as he had done several times before.
He had made it in the cause of humanity and the country.
At the very organisation of our Government, in Montgo-
mery, his first care was to send commissioners to Washington.
They were rejected. At a later period he had requested the
second officer under the Government (Vice-President Ste-
phens), to seek a conference, the avowed object being to
make arrangements for the proper treatment and exchange
of prisoners, but in addition to, and behind that, it was the
object to institute, if possible, negotiations for peace. But our
Vice-President was refused an audience, not even allowed to
approach the throne. Since that time he had in various
ways, and on every proper occasion, proclaimed the desire
of this country for peace, and his own anxiety to secure
it, but, until lately, no opening had presented for an ad-
vance toward negotiation. This recent opportunity he had
embraced. He did it in the hope that some plan of accom-
modation might be agreed upon. He would be less than
man if he had not felt an earnest desire, a yearning anxiety
to relieve the country from the sufferings of the war, and
to send our soldiers to their homes. Anything honourable,
and recognising our independence as a basis, would have
been gladly acceded to. The person did not know him who
might suppose that, under any circumstances, he would con-
sent to reconstruct the late Union. We had now learnt
the terms on which the enemy are willing to accord peace.
We are required to make an unconditional surrender. We
are not even allowed to go back to them as we came out,
but are required to take just what a conqueror may choose
to give the conquered. Man proposes, but God disposes. Re-
lying on the courage and devotion of his countrymen and

reverently appealing to Heaven for its aid to our cause, the
President said his confidence was firm that God would abase

:ho arrogance of our enemies and crown our exertions with
:Humph. President Lincoln had, indeed, promised that in

the enforcement of his laws for the confiscation of our pro-
perty and the hanging of our officers his policy would be
' liberal.' (Laughter.) Beecher, in a late sermon at Wash-
ington, had pictured a long line of rebels on their way to
the gallows; and President Lincoln's heart had, perhaps,
softened at the length of the procession. The leaders whom
they propose to hang are your servants, and thoy are not
worthy to be your servants, the President said, unless they
are willing to be sacrificed in your cause, even unto death.
(Applause.) If the power of the enemy were ten times
greater and ours ten times less than it is, there are still
some rights of which they could not dispossess us—the right
to maintain our personal honour, and the right to fill an
honourable grave. (Loud applause.) If faithful to this end
we shall stand proud among the proudest of earth. Never
before have any people remained so closely united in so
long a war. Never before have a country's best citizens
the amenities of
com-
posed its armies. Our revolutionary forefathers were not
united in a concord so perfect as ours—though it is
more
true they
had less pressure upon them, the British rulers
is c and their humane than those of our present enemies,
°
gene-
rals belonging to a schoolthat
the rec gu
President continued,
war. History affords no parallel,
fulness with which our people
to the struggle which our country is
havenlakinbornge—thsacrifithcees,cheeanrd-
the courage with which our armies have marched to the

there on the night of the 2d of February. The Richmond
Party was brought down the James river in a United States
steamer transport during the day, and the transport was
anchored in Hampton Roads. Oti the morning of the 3d
the President, attended by the Secretary, received Messrs.
Stephens, Hunter, and Campbell, on board the United
1
States steam transport River Queen, in Hampton Roads.
The Conference wes altogether informal. There was -no
attendance of secretaries, clerks, or other witnesses.
Nothing was written or read. The conversation, although
earnest and free, was calm and courteous and kind on both
sides. The Richmond party approached the discussion
rather indirectly, and at one time did they make categorical
demands or tender formal stipulations or absolute refusals.
Nevertheless, during the Conference, which lasted four
hours, the several points at issue between the Government
and the insurgents were distinctly raised and discussed i
fully, intelligently, and in an- amicable spirit. What the I
insurgent party seemed chiefly to favour was a postpone_
ment of the question of separation, upon which the War
is waged, and a mutual direction of the efforts of the
Government as well as those of the insurgents to some
extrinsic policy or scheme for a season, during which pas-
sions might be expected to subside, and the armies be re-
duced, and trade and intercourse' between the people of both
sections be resumed. It was suggested by them that through
such postponement we might now have immediate peace,
with some not very certain prospect of an ultimate satis-
factory adjustment of political relations between the Go-
vernment and the States, section or people, now engaged
in conflict. with it. The suggestion, though deliberately
considered, was, nevertheless, regarded by the President
as one of armistice or truce, and he announced that we can
agree to no cessation or suspension of hostilities except on
the basis of the disbandment of the insurgent forces and the
restoration of the national authority throughout all the
States in the Union. Collaterally, and in subordination to
the propositiOn which was thus announced, the anti-slavery
policy of the United States was reviewed in all its bearings,
and the President announced that he must not be expected
to depart from the positions he has heretofore assumed in
his proclamation of emancipation and other documents, as
these positions were reiterated in his annual message. It
was further declared by the President, that the complete
restoration of the national authority everywhere was an
indispensable condition of any assent on our part to what-
ever form of peace might be proposed. The President
assured the other party, that while he must adhere to these
positions he would be prepared, so far as power is lodged
with the Executive, to exercise liberality. Its power, how-
ever, is limited by the constitution, and, when peace should
be made, Congress must necessarily act in regard to appro-
priations of money and to the admission of representatives
from the insurrectionary States.

The annual general meeting of the members of
this college took place yesterday, in the theatre of
the institution ; Sir F. Goldsmid in the chair.
A lengthy report was read, from which the follow-
ing facts were gathered :—The number of pupils in
the college during the session 1863-64 was 773 ;
viz., 387 students, including 13 attending the even-
ing classes of Latin, Greek, mathematics, and
natural philosophy, and 386 boys in the junior
school. The students of the faculty of medicine were
161, of whom 48 were new students. The students
of the faculty of arts and laws were 213, including
the 13 attending the evening classes. The new
students in the general classes were 136. The stu-
dents of analytical chemistry in the Birkbeck labo-
ratory were 15. The highest number of boys in the
Junior school in any term was 333. The receipts for
the session 1863-4 from students and pupils for fees,
omitting fees for hospital practice was £10,896 10s.
4d. and £2O received in the previous session ; £2,542
10s. for attendance on medical classes ; £2,797 for
attendance on the classes of the faculty of arts and
laws ; and £5,577 on account of the junior school.
The share of professors and masters, exclusive of
the annual augmentations to the professors of natu-
ral philosophy and comparative anatomy, and of the
interest of the Patriot Fund paid to the professors
of the evening classes for attendance at reduced
fees by schoolmasters and ushers, was £8,625 10s.
10d. The college portion was £2,278 19s. 6d.
The sum of £966 19s. received for clinical in-
struction at the hospital was paid to the hospital
committee towards the support of the charity.
The entries for the current session up to this period
were :—Medical students, 150, of whom 47 were
new students ; new entries to the hospital, 38 ;
students of the faculty of arts and laws, 202, of
whom 119 were new students ; analytical chemistry,
20. The number of boys in the junior school this
term was 337, whereas at the corresponding period
of last year the number was only 318. Since the
last general meeting a racquet-court and two covered
fives-courts had been erected on the college ground
the racquet-court and one of the fives-court for
the use of students paying a moderate subscription,
and the other fives-court for the use of the pupils of
the school. This addition to the property of the col-
lege had been obtained without any encroachment
on its capital. As regarded the hospital the council
found cause for congratulation in its improved con-
dition, both present and prospective. The amount
of invested property was now more than £12,000,
yielding an income of nearly £6OO a year. The debt
had been reduced from £7,900 to £4,500 to the end
of October last. Legacies of £2,000 free of duty
for investment and of £6OO for general purposes
were payable in the course of the year. The rever-
sionary property in which the charity was interested
might be estimated at upwards of £70,000. The
great event of the past year had been the bequest of
the residuary and purely personal estate of the late
Mr. Edward Yates. This was estimated at upwards
of £40,000, subject, however, in part at least, to an
annuity of £1,500 provided for the testator's mother
by the will of his father, and a moiety of the income
was to be applied for the benefit of convalescent
patients. Amongst the donations during the past
year was £lOOO received from Mr. Crawford, M.P.,
being a sum of money placed at his disposal by the
Hon. Rustomjee Jamsetjee Jeejebhoy for distribu-
tion amongst the charities of London.

Mr. B. MOCATTA, in moving the adoption of the
report, expressed his regret that the college was not
progressing so satisfactorily as could be wished in an
institution for educating the youth of this country ;
but at the same time it was most gratifying to know
that the council were using every effort to lead to a
more flourishing state of things.
Mr. GREGORY seconded the motion, which was
adopted, and a president, vice-president, treasurer,
members of council, and auditor were elected.
Mr. H. M. BOMPAS, M.A., then proposed a reso-
lution to the effect that it is desirable that a com-

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be requested to consider what means can be adopted
for that purpose.
A brief discussion took place upon this subject,
and on the motion that it be adjourned, the CHAIR-
MAN said he did not think such a course desirable,
as the council would take the matter into their
earnest consideration.
The business then closed with a cordial vote of
thanks to the chairman.

' EAST INDIA REVENUES.—By a return published
yesterday it appears that the total amount of stocks, loans,
debts, and liabilities chargeable on the East India revenues
was, in India on April 30, 1863, £87,017,929 ; and in Eng-
land on Dec. 31, 1864, £28,509,776.
STARVED TO DEATH AND £l2B IN THE BANK.—
Yesterday, an inquiry took place before
fthae Liver-
poolwoman borough Coroner touching the death
the previous Saturday. The deceased, who b
most penurious
age, was a W7,7"Zeping an apple stall
named Ellen M'Grath, who died sontevrwh_aot osuddenly
betweene n
40 and 50 years of
habits. She gained a livelihood
streetsy
near to that in which
at the corner of one of thed
there,toofkwvineryealirtlytles morningwi c n
to grow worse,
of being ill, and
unshetillinive:h4anadnd,shiet
wataste
Seven
yeas ance. On Wednesday she
-street
Wednesday last. Eer bank book, found in
and died on I've nk
complainednedowu
d that 'she had money to the amount
her box, showed remained at her lodgings. She continued
above stated Bwoasld
years --.,
a most filthy and destitute condition. She denied that she
had the means of supplying him With necessary sustenance,
but on a Roman Catholic priest who attended him breaking
ago her hinusbtahned
open a box in the room where the man was lying a large
sum of money was found. The man diedof starvation.
BR E AKE AS T BEVERAG 11
—E. oinceopathie practitioners,
and the medical
as bein the prole • Baloll generally, reommend coccs
g most healthful of all beverages. When the doe.
trine of homoeopathy was first introduced into this country
there were to be obt fined no preparations of cocoa either at•
tractive to the taste or acceptable to the stomach ; the nut
was either Supplied in the crude state, or so unskilfully
manufactured as to obtaiu little notice. J. Epps, of London,
Ilmuccopathic Chemist, was induced in the year 1819 to turn
his attention to this subject, and at length succeeded, with
the assistance of elaborate machinery, in being the first
to produce an article pure in its composition, and so refined
by the perfect tiituration it receives in the process it passes
through, as to be most acceptable to the delicate stomach.
For general use Epps's Cocoa is distinguished as an invigo-
rating, grateful breakfast beverage, possessing a most deli-
cious' aroma. Dr. Hassall, in his work, "Food and its
Adulterations," says -"Cocoa contains a great variety of im-
portant nutritive principles—every ingredient necessary to
the growth and sustenance of the body." Again: "As a
nutritive, cocoa stands very much higher than either coffee
or tea." Directions—Two teaspoonfuls of the powder in 0.1
breakfast cup, filled up with boiling water or milk. Se_e_nr!d
in tin-lined ilb., ilb., and llb. labelled packets, and sofa by
all grocers, (onlectioners, and chemists.- L'Apri'l