The Sun.
London, England, 1865-07-21 00:00:00

PROSPECTI7S.

The Bank has acquired the banking, bullion, and ex-
change business of tho late London, Hamburg, And Cont'-.
nontal Exchange Bank, by which it has secured an awisr
sive and profitable connection, embracing a large number
of current and deposit accounts and foreign agencies.
Under the agreement for taking over the premises, busi-
ness, goodwill, and assets of the London, Hamburg, and
Continental Exchange Bank, the shareholders in that bank
are entitled to subscribe for 10,000 shares in the General
Exchange Bank (Limited), credited with £8 per share,
being an exchange of two £5O shares, £8 paid, for ono
£lOO share, £25 paid. Should the assets of the former
bank not realise the sum to be credited, the deficiency to
be made up by such shareholders.
In addition to the existing arrangements, laegotiations
are in progress for amalgamating other banks with this
Company, and a concession is promised by a foreign Go-
vernment which will carry with it important banking
privileges. _ _

- The Bank has, since the issue of the original prospectus,
concluded arrangements for the purchase of the old and
highly-respectable banking business of Messrs. Scicluna
and Sons, of Malta, as also that of Messrs. Borg and Co.,
of Alexandria.

The exchange and bullion department of a banking busi-
ness is well known to be most lucrative ; and in this par-
ticular branch the Bank, from its extensive existing con-
nections, possesses important advantages.
The Directors have sccured the services, as manager, of
P. Dixon-Ifartland, Esq., a gentleman of considerable
banking experience.
The Articles of Association and Agreements may be in-
spected at the offices of the Solicitors of the Bank.
Application for shares to be made to the Secretary; at
the Bank, No. 79, Lombard-street •to the Brokers ;to the
London and County Bank, or the imperial Bank.

EMEMBER, you WILL SEE YOUR
Le, FRIENDS at " EVANS'." After the Opera we
sbkll Sup there!

liINABAN'S LLBRAMSKY v. COGNAC
Tails ode :witted Old IRISH WHISKY rivals the finest
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sold in Bottles, 3s. ,at the Retail Houses in London; by
the Agents in the principal towns In England; or wholesale

8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W.
Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded
"Kinahan's LL Whisky."

wrilAT A STUPID FELLOW YOU ARE
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buy one of "BUTCHER'S PATENT KEY -RI:NGCIGAR
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14, RUSSELL-STREET, COVENT.GAItDEN,
LENDS 'MONEY on Parsonal and other Security, in sums
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one, two, or three year& Thelarge C tpital of this Associa-
tion enables it to complete its transactions without delay.
No inquiry or office fees, and strict secrecy ob&trvel. Bills
Discounted at short notice. Form sent free on receipt of a
directed stamped envelope.
The Association also lends Money for the purchase of a
house by a tenant, or for the liquidation of mortgages, on
terms most advantageous to the borrower.
EDWARD HARPER, Secretary.

QTODARE.-100TH REPRESENTATION.-
EGYPTIAN HALL.- THEA LEE OF MYSTERY. -
The new and marvellous Illusions, the INS EAN TAN EOUS
GRO WTH of FLOWER TREES and the REAL INDIAN
BASKET FEAT, as only performed by Colonel Stodare and
the Indian !Magicians, and introduced for the first time in
this country, by Colonel Stodare, on Easter Monday, April
17. 1865, in his celebrated entertainment of MAGIC an.l
VE N T RILOQUIS M. Every night at 8, Saturday included,
and Special Day Representations on Wednesday and, Satur-
day Af tern, ons at 3.
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Hall, from 11 to 5.
"The sensation of the season."—The Punch, June 3,1865.

R. and Mrs. GERMAN REED, with Mr.
111., JO lIN PARRY, will appear in their new entertain-
ment, entitled A PECULIAR FAMILY, by William
Rrough. New scenery by T. and W. Grieve. Alter which,
John Parry will give a few Memoranda from his Musi-
cal Note Book, entitled "RECOLLECTIONS," vocal and
instrumental. Every Evenine-, except Saturday, at 8. A
MORNING REPRESENTATION every Wednesday and
Saturday, ht 3. ROYAL GALLERY OF ILLUSTRA-
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58.. Stalls may be secured (without fee) in advance at the
Gallery.

H E 0 X FORD,
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SIXTY-SIX, by J. Offenbach, performed by
Misses Russell. Barrie, WalmeAey, Tyrell ; Messrs. A. U.
Albyn. Husk, Green, and Mons. ERVAH, the new French
Tenore, with full Band and Chorus.
Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans.
Bane`, Comedy, Burlesque. &c., by the celebrated D'An-
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and SARA GUNNISS.
NO LICE —The Oxford has been entirely Redecorated.
Altere.l, Newly Lighted, and Ventilated, and now is one of
the most azreeable places of resort in the kingdom.—OPEN
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Admission—Area, 6d.; stalls and balcony, is. ; private
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fIANTERBURY HALL.
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Hays, ; Alessrs. ST. ALBYN, Green, &c., with Full
Land snd Chorus. Conductor, Mr. F. Jongmans.

Comedy by Arthur Lloyd, Messrs. 'Judah and Davis, and
the Grotesque D'Aubaus.

THIS EVENING will be produced, with new Optical
effects, the Illusion, entitled KO KO RI KO, on a scale of
magnificence never before attempted, and embracing the ser•
vices of the entire establishment.

lIIADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION.-
Established 30 years, at the Bazaar, Baker-street.
NEW ADDITIONza.—In accordance vi ith the season, the
Exhibition haa been entirely re-embellished. The whole or
the ancient Court Dresses of the most costly description,
faithfully canted from the most minute pictures, have been
renewed. Modern Court Dresses of the most splendid de-
scription, seleckd from the first houses in Paris and London,
and probably never equalled or surpassed, are now on view.
A life-size Model of JOHN WILKES BOOTH, the base
assassin of the late President Lincoln, is also to be seen.
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'RICE

Yet ,
sohns_
allowed thein. They were finally condemned on
Thursday, and they were hanged on Friday—a
quick despatch indeed, and a most cruel one. This,
however, was martial law, and it overrode the civil
authorities. On the morning of the fatal day a
brave attempt was made to stay the execution of the
unhappy Mrs. Surratt. A certain Judge Wylie--to
his honour be it said—granted a writ of habeas
corpus upon representations made by Mrs. Sur-
ratt's counsel, and the writ was actually served
upon the general who had charge of the executions.
But in America there is a higher power than the
law, and that power appears to be the President
of the Republic. He put his veto upon delay, and
flung mercy to the winds. " I do hereby
especially suspend this writ," he wrote to Gene-
ral Hancock, " and direct that you proceed to
execute the order heretofore given you." From
this there was no appeal. Less formal attempts
to obtain a respite for Mrs. Surratt failed as
signally, for the President, who was deaf to a writ
of habeas corpus, would scarcely listen to the prayers
of an almost frantic daughter. Poor Miss Surratt, a
young lady of 22 years of age, left her mother's cell
in the early dawn of the day of execution, and went
tearfully to the White House. But Andrew John-
son was well guarded against entreaties. The
wretched girl ran the gamut of all his family, but
no one connected with the President could be seen
on that day. Backwards and forwards from the
Penitentiary to the White House went this tearful
appellant, till the fatal hour arrived, when, kissing -
her pinioned mother, the hysterical farewell was
accomplished. " Good-bye, take care of Annie,"
said Mrs. Surratt to a gentleman who visited her in
her cell, and the last care the mother left her daugh-
ter was in the cold care of prison stones. But even
this was to be outdone by the scene in the court-
yard. The prison and the enclosure were guarded
by cordons of troops, as though an attempt at rescue
was anticipated ; and, in the midst of this military
display stood the gallows, a horizontal beam 20ft.
in length, supported by three props. From the beam
four ropes dangled, and the whole machine was
guarded on three sides by a body of soldiers. In
the hollow square thus formed were the reporters, a
phOlOgrapher, and six artists sent by the illustrated
papers. Marching from the Penitentiary door to
this champ des morts, came the condemned; Mrs.
Suratt between two Catholic priests first, and the
three male culprits following. On a rudely con-
structed stair they walked to the platform or drop,
where, seated in chairs, and with the noose dangling
before their eyes, they listened to the sentence of
the court-martial, read to them by General Hart-
raupt from beneath the shelter of an umbrella.
The demeanour of the unhappy creatures was in
three instances sad enough. Mrs. Surratt moaned
occasionaly, but checked outward signs of emotion
whenever the crucifix was placed before her.
Her face was pale and her lips trembled
nervously. Harrold wept without intermis-
sion ; Adzerodt " groaned and whined as con-
tinually ;" but Powell was firm and unyielding
to the last. This was their bearing as they listened
to the finding and sentence of the court-martial,
somewhat unnecessarily read to them while they sat
in their awful position behind the dangling ropes.
The reading over, the pinioning commenced. It
was a necessary operation, no doubt, but brutality
might, in the case of Mrs. Surratt, at least, have
been avoided. The reverse of this happened. " A
Federal officer grasped Mrs. Surratt's dress, and
twisted a rope tightly about her limbs, so tightly
indeed that she was unable to stand, and sank back-
wards." This Federal officer had surely graduated
in the shambles, so well did he " throw" the un-
happy lady. But she did not complain. She merely
murmured a request that she might be " supported,"
and thus with her three fellow sufferers she went to
her account. This is the first batch of victims claimed
by the Northern Nemesis ; and against the justice
done upon three of them we have nothing to say,
except that it was done with shameful and indecent
haste. But as to Mrs. Surratt there is much more
to say. Her sex should have secured her some con-
sideration, and the fact that grave doubts exist as
to her being guilty of anything more than indiscre-
tion should have saved her from the gallows. She
gave shelter to Wilkes Booth, and she may in some
indirect way have assisted his plans. But surely the
manes of Abraham Lincoln would hrsve been satis-
fied without the hanging of a widow woman in a
court-yard full of soldiers, and by the side of three
admitted culprits. A little more time at least for
this poor creature might have been allowed. She
asked for " four days' time to prepare for death"—
that was all ; and it was denied her. " You shall
die, and you shall die within 24 hours !" That was
the immutable sentence passed upon a woman by
Andrew Johnson, and carried out roughly by his
subordinates. To Englishmen this looks like bru-
tality, not justice; fiendishness, not magisterial so-
lemnity and deliberation. It is the red, eager hand
of a new " terror," grasping at life with the sa-
vageness of brutal instijicts. America should be
ashamed of such bloodthirsty rage—such indecent
precipitancy; and if America is not ashamed, Eng-
land, that protested honestly against the crime of
assassination when Booth struck down Abraham
Lincoln in Ford's theatre, is both ashamed and dis-
gusted. 0 ursense of wholesome justice is as strong
as any " sympathies" we possess. But this taking
of life by express speed is not justice, and cannot be
received as such. It is merely vengeance in the
case of Mrs. Surratt—Lynch-law rudely performed
by the agency of -supposed civilisation, " Give me
four days' time in which to prepare for death," was
the prayer of a woman who, even in Washington,
is not held to be proven guilty. " Away with her !"
is the reply of Andrew Johnson ; and so the unhappy
creature is hobbled and thrown like a sheep, and
strangled like a proved murderer, at twenty-four
hours' notice !Itis a disgusting story—a black page
in the American annals ; and it helps to turn from
the men who nave made it the sympathy of all
Christian communities.

Further Confession of Pritchard, the
Glasgow Murderer.
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