The Sun.
London, England, 1865-02-15 00:00:00

No. 22,668.

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 15,' 1865

ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road,
in the immediate vicinity of the treat Northern Rail-
way Terminus, Icing's-cross.
The Committee earnestly solicit the ASSTSTANCt of the
latnevo ent, as the premises of this Hospital are 'capable of
co• taining several hundred more beds, had the Committee
the requisite funds to maintain them.

NEW NOVEL.
On Sa urday, in 3 vole ,
SHATTERED IDOLS.
Also now ready, in 3 vols.,
BEATRICE. By JULIA KAVANAGH.
Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street.

ORYSTAL PALACE..—TO-MORROW and
FRIDAY..LUXQRIOUSLY WARM and DRY.—
Arrangements :
Orchestral Band
Mr. Stokes on " Memory" in the Lecture Room 3.0
Great Organ ......
Orchestral Band .... . .
No extra cluarg,e to the Lecture Room.
The thousand and one other attractions of the Palace in-
clude :—The Picture GallericA, the Pine Arts Court-,, in
variety and beauty unequalled in the world; Shakspere
House, Montanari Models; Galleries of Models and Ships;
Armour Plates, lent by official authority • the extraordinary
Chimpanzee, the unique Aquariums. All 'these things render
the Crystal Palace the one place of holiday enjoyment._
Admission, One Shilling. Childnn under Twelve, Six-
pence. Open for admission from 10 till dusk.

preferential duty imposed on British shipping, which were
placed in the same position as the shipping of any other
country.
MEDICAL OFFICERS IN POOR-LAW UNIONS.
Mr. LONG asked the President of the Poor-law Board
whether he proposed tore-appoint the select committee on
the poor laws, with the view of further inquiry into the
position and the grievances of medical officers of Poor-law
Unions ?

Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward bias-
terman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; and at the llospita!, from 10
till 5.

STANFORD SMITH, Secretary.

Now ready, in crown Bvo., with an Illustration, 125.,
ALADY'S WALKS in the SOUTH of FRANCE.
By MARY EYRE.
"A very clever book by a very clever woman, full of vivid
descriptions of the scenery of the Pyrenees, the manners of
the Edarnais, with plenty of legendary and folk lore, and
some very charming specimens of minstrelsy."—lllustrated
News.

Mr. VILLIERS said it was not the intention of the
Government to renew the committee.

REUTER 'S TELEGRAM COMPANY
(Limited).
• Incorporated under the Joint Stock Companies Act, 18:12.
Capital 50,• 00, in 10,000 Shares of .Z-t 5 each.
First Issue 4,000 Shares,
Of which more than 2,000 Shares have been already sub-
sr•rJoed.
Payment on application £l. and on Allotment £4 per
share ; it is not intended to call up more than £2O per share.
At least Two Months to intervene between each Call.
DIRECTORS.
John Dent, Esq , 35, Grosvenor-square.
Sir John Dalrymple Hay, Bar ~ F.R.S.
Colonel James Holland, Deputy Chairman London and
South African ank.
James Sydney Stopford, Esq., Director of the Agra and
Masterman's Bank.
Julius Reuter, Esq., Managing Director.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Bishoff Coxe and Bompas, 10, Coleman-street.
AUDITOR.
John Ball, Esq. (firm of Quilter, Ball, and Co.), 3, Moorgate-
street.
BANKERS.
The Agra and Masternan's Bank (Limited), 35, Nicholas-lane.
BROKERS.
Messrs. P. Cazenove and Co., 52, Threadneedle-street.
SECRETARY (pro tern )
Mr. Frederick J Griffiths.
OFFICES.
1, Royal Exchange-buisdings, London.

BRITISH KAFFRARIA AND THE CAPE OF GOOD

HOPE,

Mr. A. MILLS asked the Secretary of State for the
Colonies, whether it was the intention of her Majesty's
Government to introduce, during the present session, any
measure for the annexation of British Kaffraria to the
colony of the Cape of Good Hope?
Mr. CARDWELL said it was intended to bring in a
bill for the purpose referred to.

MR. and Mrs. GERMAN - REED, with Mr.
JOHN PARRY, in THE RIVAL COMPOSERS, in
which the Sisters Pry win appear, with THE BARD and
HIS BIRTHDAY; and to conc ude with AIRS. ROSELEAF
AT THE SEA-SIDE. By Mr. John Parry. Every Evening
except Saturday) at Eight ; •Saturday Afternoon, at Three.
--ROYAL GALLERY Or ILLUSTRACION, ii, Regent-
street. Unreserved seats, is., 211. ; stalls, es. ; stall spring
chairs, ss.
OPERA DI CAMERA, the SOLDIER'S LEGACY, by
Macfarren, and TOO MANY COOKS, by. Offenbach. Every
TUESDAY and T LEURSDAY, at Three.

TOLLS, FARES, IRISH RAILWAYS, &c.
Mr. SCULLY asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if
it was intended on the part of the Government to give any
notice or to introduce any bill during the present session,
with a view to the revision of the tolls, fares, and charges,
or to the purchase of any railways in the United Kingdom ;
or if it was intended to institute any Parliamentary inquiry
into the policy of revision and purchase upon general and
national grounds, as contemplated by the act of 7th and
Bth Viet., c. 8 ; and had his attention been directed to the
expediency of purchasing the railways in Ireland by way
of experiment, or for any reasons specially applicable to
that country ?
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said it was
not intended by Goveinment to introduce a bill on this
subject, which could do no good ; but he admitted there
were facilities for the. purchase of railways in Ireland
which did not exist elsewhere.

T H E X FORD,
6, OXFORD STREET, W.
The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (limited,.
ORPHEE AUX ENFERS (Offenbach's brilliant Opera
Comiquel, is achieving an unprecedented success. Vide, the
Song : "King of Bceotia ;" " The Hymn to Bacchus ;" and
the spirited "Hilliho " Chorus, by Eurydice, Diana, Cupid,
and thorns; the side-splitting "Couplets," by Minerva,
Diana, Venus, Cupid, Pluto, and Chorus ; and final Minuet
and Galop. Principal characters by Misses Russell, Fitz-
henry, Barrie, Tyrrell, and Walmsley; Messrs. Greene and
Lascelles.
Also, MASANIELLO, in whlbh Mdtrs. LAVESSIERE, the
successful new Tenore, from theitheatre Lyrique, Paris, will
make his appearance.

VACANCY IN THE POOR-LAW BOARD.
Mr. A. SMITH asked the First Lord of the Treasury
whether it was intended to fill up the office of the hon. nicre-
tary of the Poor-Law Board, rendered capable of sitting or
voting as a member of the Commons' House of Parliament
by the ninth clause of the Poor-Law Act, now understood
to have been vacated by the hon member for Northampton?
Lord PALMERSTON said that he much regretted the
resignation, of his hon. friend the member for Northamptori,
particularly as it proceeded from ill health. It was not
thought desirable to fill the office occupied by his hon.
friend.

This Companyis established to provide cap•tal for the pur•
chase and exten Won of the well-known Telegraphic Business
of Mr. Ju ius neuter.

Mr. IteutJr has,-13-5; fifteen years' labour, org liaised a most
extensive system of Telegraphic correspondence, for obtain-
ing and communicating to his subscribers the earliest and
most reliable Political, Financial, and Commercial Intelli-
gence.
A large revenue is now derived from this source, which is
capable of considerab e extension by the use of additional
capital.

Musical Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans.
Comedy, by Mr. WILLIAIt RANI)ALL, Mr. GASTON
MURRAY, LITTLE 808, SESTIL LION, and all the pro-
curable Talent of the day.

The services of Mr. Reuter as Managing Director have been
secured for a term of years, and in the agreemPnt for the
transfer of the business is a clause by which Mr. Reuter is
bound, in the event of his connection with the Company
ceasing, either by the termination of the periol of his en-
gagement, er from any other cause, not to assist directly or
indirectly in the prosecution of any bimilar business.
Mr. Renter will continue to have the exclusive manage-
ment of the Telegraphic Department, which will be con-
ducted, as heretofore, with the utmost secrecj, fidelity, and
impartiality.

nANTERBURY HALL.
V The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (limited).
• HODGE PODGE,
the most extraordinary ,Christmas Entertainment in Lon-
don (inclui.ng the whole strength of the establishment),
every evening at half-past Nine o'clock.

FOOD FOR CATTLE.
Mr. FENWICK asked the Vice-President of the Board
of Trade whether the experiments recently made under the
direction of the Board of Trade, on the relative merits of
barley and malt for feeding cattle, would be laid upon the
table of the house, and when we might expect them to be
in the hands of members ?

The usual Operatic Seleztions by Hisses Russell, Barr's,
Hays. Godden, dm.; Messrs. Lascelles, Harland, Beaumont,
Kimberley, etc.

Musical Director, Mr. I'. Jonghmans.
Extra Comedy by Mr. and Mrs. Randall, Mr. Hilton,
Stacey, Woodman, Little Bob, &c.

Mr. M. GIBSON said he was not prepared to answer the
question at present, but might do so to-morrow. (A laugh.)
EUROPEAN TROOPS SERVING IN INDIA.
Mr. VANSIT TART asked the Secretary
.of State for
India whether anything had been done to improve the
sanitary state of Calcutta ; if so, whether he had any ob-
jection to produce papers relating to the same. And
whether it had been determined to relieve the European
troops serving in India by the overland route ; if so,
whether any and what arrangements hud been made for
their transmission ?

The whole of the profits from the Ist of January will be-
long to the Company.
All applications for Shares must be made at the Offices cf
the Company, of the Brokers, or of the Bankers.

fir C.WOOD said that he had not received any report
on the subject. .
PATRONAGE IN THE IRISH CHURCH.

Mr. SCULLY called attention to the recent exercise of
public patronage with reference to the benefices or parishes
of Clonpriest, Farrahy, and Carigeohane, in the county
of Cork, and moved for returns in a tabular form, showing
as to each of those benefices or parishes the date of the
last presentation, the name of the patron, the annual
value, including any glebe or glebe-house, &c. The hon.
and learned member said that there were two parties in
Ireland, one of whom was desirous of the total
abolition of the Established Church there, and
the other, who only wished for its reform, He
was not in favour of extreme measures, but the anomalies
that existed in the Establishment were such as required.
remedy. He quoted statistics to show that the endow-
ments to Protestant clergymen were, in the parishes
to which he referred, in the diocese of Cork,
totally disproportionate to the duties they had to
perform. For instance, in a certain number of parishes in
the diocese of Cork, there were 2,729 Catholics and only
251 Protestants, and the latter had three churches, includ-
ing a cathedral with deacons and precentors and inferior
clergy, while the revenues amounted to £1,176 per annum.
There was a parish in Cloyne, which contained only 14
Protestants, including the incumbent, his family, and
a policeman. The incumbent had been brought from Tam-
worth, where he:was paid a small amount, comparatively,
for the duties discharged ; while in Ireland he was
paid at the rate of £4O per head for his congregation.
The clergymen in question received from £5OO to £7OO for
his parish in Ireland. He mentioned other anomalies in
the district to which his motion referred.
Sir R. PEEL defended himself from any personal feel-
ing in the7appOitment of the clergyman in question, or any
favour in regard to other Irish clerical appointments
recently. With modifications he had no objection to the
production of the returns.

Mr. LEFROY opposed the motion.
Mr. HADFIELD denounced the continuance of a State
Church in Ireland.

Mr. VANCE objected to bringing this question of the
Church in Ireland before the house by a side wind, as re-
garded the Establishment in Ireland.

After a few words from Mr. HADFIELD, tho motion was
agreed to.

NIGHT-HOUSES REFRESHMENT ACT.
Mr. COX moved for leave to bring in a bill to amend the
act of last session for closing publichouses and all other
places of refreshment. He argued that it was harsh and
arbitrary to prevent persons attending the markets, and
others engaged in industrial pursuits at night, obtaining
any refreshment, simply because it had been found de-
sirable to close the night-houses in the Haymarket.
Sir G. GREY consented to thO introduction of the bill ;
but warned the house how it interfered with the principle
of the law as at present laid down, or give a monopoly to
certain establishments to the prejudice of others.

Leave was then given to Mr. 'Cox and Mi:dosehen to
bring in the bill.
THE LAW OF EVIDENCE.

Sir F. KELLY obtained leave to bring in a bill for the
'urther amendment of the law of evidence and of the
practice in certain courts of justice by enabling accused
'persons and defendants to give witness on their own behalf
so minded.

Leave was also given to Mr. PAULL to bring in a bill
to consolidate and amend the acts regulating proceedings
before justices of the peace out of quarter sessions in Eng-
land; as also a bill to facilitate the discharge of insolvent
debtors in certain cases.
Mr. DENMAN obtained leave to bring in a bill for the
amendment of practice and procedure in the courts of
criminal jurisdiction ; and Sir C. OIOGIILEN to amend
the Election Petitions Act of 1848 in certain particulars.
The house adjourned at 20 minutes past 7 o'clock.

Death of Professor Ramsay.

William Ramsay, for more than 30 years Profes-
sor of Humanity in the University of Glasgow, died
at San Remo, near Mentone, on Sunday morning,
soon after entering his 60th year. Mr. Ramsay's
health had been for a long, time in an unsatisfactory
condition. Ever since his severe illness in 1851 his
right lung had been of little or no service to him,
and the consequent disorder had caused' displace-
ment of the heart, which organ had, doubtless, also
become enlarged. In autumn last he was attacked
by severe fits of breathlessness, and it soon became
evident that his intention of passing the winter in
London must be abandoned. He went away to Men-
tone, where all the symptoms grew worse. He got
little or no sleep, lost weight rapidly, and was un-
able to take any exercise at all. A change from
Mentone to San Remo failed to arrest this course
of things, and the end came—suddenly at last,though
without pain, on the morning of the 12th inst. Mr.
Ramsay was the descendant of a family of great
antiquity in Perthshire. For six centuries at least
the Ramsays of Banff have held land in the south-
eastern corner of that county. Sir Gilbert Ram-
say of Banff was created a baronet in 1666, and
from this gentleman the late Professor, a third son
of Sir William, the seventh baronet, was lineally
descended. Born at 'Edinburgh in February,
1806, he received his first education at the
High School during the rectorship of Mr. Pil-
lans. He also attended the Universities of Edin-
burgh and Glasgow, from the last of which he pro-
ceeded to Cambridge. He was still an undergradu-
ate at Cambridge when he undertook the duties of
the Glasgow Mathematical Chair, which he dis-
charged for two years. In 1830 he graduated at
Cambridge, and in 1831 he was chosen to succeed
Mr. Walker as Professor of Humanity in the Uni-
versity of Glasgow. It was during his long tenure
of that office that his chief influence was exercised,
and his reputation as a scholar acquired. In 1840
appeared his " Extracts from Tibullus and Ovid ;"
in 1851 his " Roman Antiquities ;" in 1858 his
edition of the " Pro Cluentio ;" and soon afterwards
an enlarged edition of his " Manual of Latin Pro-
sody." Most of these works have been widely circu-
lated ; all are executed with admirable completeness,
neatness, and finish, and are used as textbooks by
the best schoolmasters. But the literary power in
its highest sense of Professor Ramsay is seen to
greatest effect in the biographies which he contri-
buted to the well-known dictionaries bearing the
name of Dr. William Smith. His " Cicero," for
instance, is a masterpiece of lucid and vigorous
narrative and disquisition. Mr. Ramsay resigned
his chair in May, 1863, amid expressions of admira-
tion and regret from his colleagues, which touched
him deeply, and passed the following winter in
Rome, with which city he was previously well ac-
quainted. He employed himself there in collating
the most important MSS. of Plautus, an author on
whom he had long laboured. His Prolegomena „
and his text of some portions of Plautus must, we
and will, we hope, be
think, be ready, or nearly so,

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given to the world by the nephew who succeeded
him in the Glasgow chair. But, undoubtedly, his
ill-health and death have deprived us of much im-
portant work that he was quite ready to execute
under favourable conditions. Enough remains,
however, to secure him a permanent place among
the scholars of his age, and Scotsmen will long re-
member with pride and pleasure the name of a man
who has helped to keep alive the ancient literary
glory of the land of Buchanan.—Edinburgh Courant.