The Sun.
London, England, 1865-01-26 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 26, 1865.

CRYSTAL PALACE.--SUNDIER in
WINTER.—LUXURIOUSLY WARM and DRY.—
ARRANGEMENTS TO-MORROW:—
Orchestral Band
Wizard's World of Magic 2.30
Rope-Tying Trick
Great Organ
The thousand and one other attractions of the Palace in-
clude : —The New Picture gallery The Fine Arts Courts, in
variety and beauty unequalled in the world—The decorations
of the Palace, with the 3reat Christmas Tree Shakspere
13 ouse-51 ontanari Models—Swings, Roundabouts, Invigo-
rators, and other popular Amusements—(galleries of Models
and Ships—Armour Plates and Armstrong 40-pounder lent
by official
Ale extraordinary
en 1 he
unique Aquariums. these things rderChimpanzee— the Crystal
Palace the one place for holiday enjoyment.
Admission, One Shilling. Children under 12, Sixpence.
Ope, for Admission from Ten tit Six o'clock, Lighted up
till halt-past Six.

W. and Mrs. GERMAN REED, with Mr.
JOHN PARRY. in THE RIVAL COMPOSERS. in
which the Sisters Pry will appear, with THE BARD and
HIS BIRTHDAY; and to cone tide with MR :Li. ROSELE AN'
AT THE SEA-SWE. By Mr. John Parry. EvelyEvening
'except Saturday) at Eight; Saturday Afternoon, at Three.
-ROYAL GALLERY ON' ILLUS'ritA LION, 14, Regent-
street. Unreserved seats, ls., 28. ; stalls, Is. ; stall spring
chairs, ss.
OPERA DI CAMERA the SOLDIER'S LEGACY, by
Mactarren, and TOO MANY COOKS, by Offenbach. Every
TUESDAY and T HURSDAY, at Three.

T HE U XFORD,
6, OXFORD STREET, W.
The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (limited).
ORPHEE AUX ENFERS (Offenbach's brilliant Opera
Comique), is achieving an unprecedented success. Vide, the
Song : "King of Beeotia ;"Hymn to Bacchus ;" and
the spirited "Hilliho " Chorus, by Eurydice, Diana, Cupid,
and horns ; the side-splitting " Couplets," by Minerva,
Diana, Venus, Cupid, Pluto, and Chorus; and final Minn. t
and Galop. Principal characters by Misses RMessrs ussell, Fitz-
and
henry, Barrie, Tyrrell, and Walmsley ; . Greene
Laseelles.
Also, M ASANIE LLO, in which Mons. L AVESSI ERE, the
successful new Tenore, from the Theatre Lyrique, Paris, will
make his appearance.
lilusical-Direotor, Mr: F. J'onghmana.

Comedy, by Mr. WILLIAM RAN.)ALL, Mr. GASTON
MURRAY, LITTLE 808, SESTILUON, and all the pro-
curable Talent of the day.

CANTERBURY HALL,
The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (limited).
HODGE PODGE, _ _

the moat extraordinary Christmas Entertainment in Lon-
don (inclulng the whole strength of the establishment),
every evenlng at half-past Nine o'clock.
The usual Oper,ltic Selections by Misses Russell, Barrie,
Hays. Godden, ; Messrs. Lasoelles, Harland, Beaumont,
Kimberley, &c.
Musical Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans.
Extra Comedy by Mr. and Mrs. Randal', Mr. Hilton,
Stacey, Woodman, Little Bob, &c.

ROYAL CAMBRIDGE MUSIC HALL,
Commercial-street, Shoreditch.
(Close to the Great Eastern Terminus'.
Sole Proprietor, Mr. G. W. NUGENT.
SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS.
Operatic Selections, &c. Prima Donna, Miss ELLISON.
The Comic strength of the Company includes ANNIE
ADAMS, NE LLY POWER, J. G. A
FF. ORDE, WEST, GndEO.
LEYBOURNE, Mr. HERBERT, J. ALEXANDER a
Family; LES FRERES CAVALLINI, the great Italian
Clowns and Gymnasts, from the Cirque Napoleon, Paris,
their first appearance in EngtAnd.
Permanent prices—Area, 4d. ; balcony, 6d. ; stalls, ls.
• Manager and Conductor, Mr. C. GAR VILLE.

MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION.
established 29 years at the Bazaar,:Baker-street.
NEW ADDITION.—A Full-length PORTRAIT MODEL
of MULLER, taken from We, and corrected from the Cast
taken by Doctor Donovan, is now added to the Chamber of
Physiognomy.
Open, on Boxinz Day only, from 10 a.m. till 10 p.m,; other
days from 11 a.m. till 5 p m., and from 7 ill 10.
Admittance, One Shilling ; extra rooms, Sixpence.

ARGYLL' ROOMS, Great Windmill-street,
Piccadilly.
GRAND CASINO. CONCERT. First time in England,
Gungl's new German Toy Waltz. Prince Imperial Quadrille,
Huguenots, Robert le Diable, William Tell, and a variety of
Dance Minim
Conductor, M. LUIGI CURTL

Admission, One Shilling.
Manager, M. GRENET.

- ROOMS

CITY SHOW
FOR
GLASS AND CHINA,
117, HOUNDSDITCH.

REFRIES and SONS' TABLE GLASS,
Cut and Engraved. of the choicest designs.

DEFRIES and SONS' DINNER, DESSERT,
and Tea Ware, of the newest patterns.

REFRIES and SONS' LUSTRES, TAZZAS
, and Flower Vans for the present season.

TEFRIES and SONS' CHANDELIERS,
for the Dining-room, in Bronze, Ormolu, and silver.
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IREFRIES and SONS' CHANDELIERS'
jif in Crystal, for the Drawing-room, for Gas or Candles.
riEFRIES and SONS' CHANDELIERS,
I-7 in Crystal, in the Venetian and Grecian designs, for
REFRIES and SONS' SPECIAL DESIGNS
in Lamps for India.

IREFRIE S and !SONS' WALL LIGHT
JLF Chandeliers, in Crystal, for India (Registered).

nEFRIES and SONS promptly execute CLUB
1, Mess, and General Furnishing Orders of China, Glass,

DEFRIES and SONS supply MERCHANTS
with Pattern Books and apeeial Designs.

DEFRIES and SONS have just added Five
el • New Snow-Rooms to their extensive Manufactory.
They have now on show the largest assortment in the world
of the above goods of their ( wn manufacture.
MANUFACTORY AND SHO VV-ROOMS,
147, lloundaditch.

PR Z E ED A L.-INTERNATIONAL
EXHIBITION, 1862.
FRANCIS TUCKER & CO., Wax Chandlers, &0., &0.,
To the Queen and the Prince of Wales.
(Established 1720.)
The Jurors' Report on Wax and Church Candles, in 1862,
testifies to he excellence of the quality of Messrs. Tuckers'
manufacture.
A distinguished Dignitary, in a letter addressed to Francis
Tucker and Co., on the subject of
WAX CANDLES with PLATTED WICKS,
says :
" I have found them fully equal to the recommendation
which you gave them, and can sincerely, in my turn, I com-
mend them to the clergy tor the use of the altar."
Finest quality, with latted Wicks, patented.. 25. M..
pe per lb.
lb.
Ordinary quality .. • • .. zs Od
VEGETABLE CANDLES, with a Mixture of Wax.
Best quality .. Is. sd. per lb
Second quality ls. 3d. per lb.
Third quality .. is. id. per lb.
Carriage paid in London on Orders of Five Pounds in value.
FRANCIS TUCKER AND CO.,
South Molton-street, Grosvenor-square. Manufactory—
Kensington (Established 1730).
The largest Establishment in England for the Manufacture
of Wax Candles for the use of the Altar.

THE BENEFACTOR OF THE SKIN.—
MOLLARD'S perfumed Toilet Sulphur Soap and
Cream, highly patronised by the faculty, nobility, and gentry.
Nothinz, equals the properties and qualities of the Soap No.
1 for ordinary toilet purposes, and of Nos. 2 to 5 in all cases
of cutaneous affections or rheumatism.
Perfumed toilet cream, cold cream, and pomatam for the
hair.
Barege cream for sulphur baths, without any disagreeable
odour.
All these preparations may be had at the central depot,
So s, London, W. ; and at Messrs. Newbery
and Sons, Barclay and Sons, Edwards, Keating, Sanger and
Son, o7eaunetti, and all chemists. Pamphlets and test-
`KaY, chemist, 119,
montals tree on a plication.
George-streetAgentforEdinbtugh—Mr. John M

THE RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another
er
home to the 12 now in operation. Last year no few
han 455 poor, friendless, young females were rejected,rcini
want of FUNDS and room, making a total of 3,087, who have
been sent away in live years. Hcre are brief details of a tevwe
of the wost recent cases :
F. v., aged 15, fallen, mother dead. deserted by, her father.
M. A. F., aged 13, homeles , both parents dead.
A. 8., aged 17, fallen, father dead, deserted by her
mother.
dead
S. D., aged 15, fallen, mother dead.
C. 8., aged 15, fallen, mother
A, 8., aged 16, fallen, both parents, dead.
H. S., aged 14, homeless, deserted by her parents,
M. IL. aged 17, fallen, both parents dead.
C. IL, aged 17, fallen, both parents dead.
to 15, who
A. G., aged 18, fallen, father dead.
E. K„ aged 18, fallen, both parents dead,
S. B. aged 17, fallen, both partnts dead.
M. A. W.. aged 17, fallen, both parents dead.
S. D., aged 15, fallen, both parents dead.
The new home the Committee wish to form would be for
oung girls, almost children, from the age of 5
have been led astray from the path of virtue.
contributions will be received gratefully by the Secretary,
Mr. Daniel Cooper, 85, Queen •street, Cheapaide; "bY Messrs
Barclay and Co.. Lombard-Street.

The Right Hon, F. Peel at Bury.

BURY, Wednesday Night.
The Right Hon. F. Peel, Under Secretary to the Trea-
sury, addressed his constituents to-night, in Bambrook-
mill. Mr. H. Oram presided over a large meeting.
The Hon. MEMBER, who was warmly received, com-
menced his address by remarking that the Danish question,
which was so popular a year ago, was now a bygone one,
and by contending that the charge of humiliation brought
against this country was wholely unfounded. It was, he
said, wise to narrow the .subjects which might be called
proper ones; for the interim-once of this country. Our aim
should be peace and neutrality, and non-intervention
should be our line of conduct. (Applause.) Non-inter-
vention had long been the rule as regarded the interna-
tional affairs of foreign countries, and it was the rule of con-
duct in those cases where part of a country detached itself
from the other and endeavoured to set up itself and make
good a title to independence. This principle had been ap-
plied to the case of the Southern. States of America. We
had recognized those States as belligerents, but not until
the Northern States had done the same, and, having placed
North and South in the same rank as belligerents, if our
duties as a neutral Power required us to refuse to supply
arms and ammunition to the South, the same neutral con-
duct required us to refuse arms and ammunition to the
North. (Applause.) We had not recognized the South be-
cause the North had not abandoned its efforts, still less its
hopes, of subjugating the South ; nor, on the other hand,
had the South succeeded in establishing its independence ;
and therefore.recognition at such a time would be more than
an acknowledgment of ,such a fact—it would be, in fact, as-
sistance inconsistent with the observance of neutrality.
(Applause.). But it was not possible to lay down positively
upon this question of non-intervention that, happen what
may, Englandwould_unt r go,
bo laid clOwn as e Ater
policy that peace and neutrality
should not be departed from except in cases where there was
really no option. The object of the existing Parliament had
been in recent Sessions to diminish the burden of taxa-
tion, and as a necessary preliminary to diminish taxation.
In 1860 the expenditure of the country exceeded £72,000,000
but since then it had been declining, and for the year 1861
it was not more than £67,000,000, and he hoped it had not
yet reached its lowest point. This reduction, however, gave
but an inadequate idea of the relief it had brought upon the
taxes. The income tax had been reduced from 9d. to 6d. in
the pound ; and it had reduced the money paid by the tax-
payer every year by £4,000,000. The consumers of tea and
sugar had also experienced considerable relief. Since 1860
there had been a total of taxes remitted of £10,000,000, and
the surprising thing was that the general income was no
less now than it was before the reduction commenced.
Pruning the revenue in this prudent manner was like thin-
ning a plantation. The more that was cut away within
bounds of prudence the more vigorous was the growth of
what was left behind. We appeared to be about to lose the
long pre-eminence we have maintained in the matter of a
national debt. We were threatened with a rival, the ra-
pidity of whose debt, although they were much junior to
ourselves, had far exceeded our experience. Our debt had
been the accumulation of a war expenditure spread over
several years, and America, which had been at war but
four years, had already a public debt which could not be
less than 400 millions sterling, and the annual charge upon
it would be much more than ours. Although not insensi-
ble to the evils of intemperance, he could not vote for the
second reading of the Permissive Bill. Neither the law
nor the Government were indifferent on the subject. Had
the bill, however, been carried there* would have been
never-ending strife in every district, and Parliament would
have been called upon to abolish the means of existence of
some 150,000 families in the country, and to mitke them
depend upon the uncertain issue of a vote, and perhaps be
annihilated by a single blow. He voted for Mr. Baines's
and Mr. Locke King's Reform Bills, but he was bound
honestly to say he did not go the length which was gone
by some, and did not accede to those broad propositions
which were laid down that the Englishman was not free be-
cause there were millions in this country who did not possess
the right of voting. (Cheers.) The franchise, however,
might be extended to a certain point. It was like extending
a telescope—when the tube was pulled out the object be-
came more distinct, unproved in appearance, had a clearer
outline, had every feature in detail better defined ; but if
that tube were pulled out indefinitely, although the object
became vaster in appearance, it lost its distinctness. Its
outline could scarcely be discerned, and everything by and
by appeared upside down. (Cheers.) The franchise might
be extended by wholesale to those who had now no right of
voting, and it would be justified if thereby could be obtained
the advantages of a better Government. But the question
to be considered, and the difficulty to be encountered, was
the danger thiit if in the constituencies there were the
mere numerical majority of those who lived by the labour
of their hand, the House of Commons would become the
representative of one class, although not necessarily of
one opinion ; and thereby the House of Commons would
lose that characteristic which it had so long enjoyed of
being the representative of all classes and interests in the
country, which thus acted as a check upon each other, and
secured that everything done should be for the general
good. (Applause.) It would be, indeed, a great misfor-
tune if the essential character of the House of Commons
should be in any degree altered. Upon a question like this
it was impossible not to contrast Parliament with Congress.
The House of Commons was chosen by a free and open,
but not unbalanced constituency. And Congress was re-
turned by a suffrage without restriction. Had Congress
been blotted out of the map of the institution of America ?
Strange that it should have dropped out of view, at a time
like the present, when one would have thought that the
people in that country would have turned instinctively to
their representatives in the National Assembly, to be ad-
vised by their council in the great perils and agitations
existing. But, agitated as that country had been—as if by
the fury of a tempest—there had not been to his knowledge
a voice out of Congress heard with power sufficient to stir
a single wave in that great commotion. It would seem
that the power of the House of. Commons and Congress, as
regarded the influence of the constituencies, was in reverse
ratio. Therefore, let us extend the franchise, as far as it
was possible, but only upon the condition that we did not
forego any one of the securities now possessed for the pre-
servation of genuine liberty and good settled government.
(Loud cheers.) It was satisfactory to know that the subject
was engaging general attention ; and, although he did not
agree with all the propositions recommended in Lord Grey's
book, he thought it—and especially the two chapters newly
added—well worth reading, and would much contribute to
a right settlement and conclusion of the question. (Cheers.)
The right hon. member concluded with general and local
references to trade and commerce, past and present.
A warm vote of confidence was also unanimously passed
by the meeting, and acknowledged by
Mr. Peel.

Antiquity of Nan•

Mr. Locke read a paper on this subject before the
Royal Irish Academy on MondaY. He attempted
to prove from history, sacred and secular, and from
experience, that civilization was the primitive con-
dition of man, that moral declension to extreme
barbarism had been cumulatively rapid in every age
of the world ; while of spontaneous progression, ab
infra from savagery to civilisation, apart from the
introduction of extern aid or special supplement of
Christian culture, there was no authenticated ex-
ample. The opinions of archaeologists and geolo-
gists respecting the so-called stone era were re-
viewed, and the pariah tribes and lake dwellings of
Switzerland referred to the historic period of Hel-
vetia, as known to the Greeks and Romans, from
the Christian irruptions of the Teutons and Cimbri
to the barbarian invasions of the Gallo-Roman
period. Respecting the transmutation theory of
pithecoid to rational man,. he observed that in Aus-
tralia,link might be
.pec of the human
confi-
dently sought ; for there the aborignal Papuan pre-
sents if anywhere, the missing
organism. Nevertheless, it so happens that the
simix are not found, either fossil or indigenous, the
the most debased
palaeontology of that region indicating a geologic
era many thousand years anterior to their appear-
ance on the earth; however, there was no account-
ing for taste, and the pride of ancient ancestry some-
times assumed an amusing perversion. The simian
advocates might easily test the conditions of their
fantastic thesis by organising a mission to the banks
of the Gaboon--
4' Where wild in woods the noble savage runs"—
not for the purpose of skinning their hirsute cou-
sins, like Hanno or du C.haillu, but of introducing
social reform and educating them up to their own
standard of rational accountability. Doubtless the
civilized Orsons of Gorilla Land would hereafter
move respectably on all fours in anthropomorpho-
logical circles, and in due time be enabled to en-
lighten their scientific patrons and the public on the
genealogy and habits of pithecoid or priscan man.
Mr. Locke contended that sufficient evidence had
not yet been produced to demonstrate the univer-
sality of a stone era, or. to disprove the Mosaical
limit of 6,000 years since the creation of man.
From the days of Adam to the present time civilisa-
tion and savagery had dwelt together upon "the
earth, associated, although in contrasted aspects ;
and their continuance without coalescing awaited
the solution of the providential, not geologic,
future.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE,

LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN.

We have ascertained that the paragraph which appears
in the Times of this morning, respecting the coming divi-
dends of the London and North Western and Lancaster
and Carlisle Railway Companies, is not authentic. The
accounts for the past half-year Cannot be made up for
some days, consequently the pretended results are fabri-
cated.