The Sun.
London, England, 1866-05-29 00:00:00

N°. 23,072.

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Robbery at the Manchester Stamp Office,

£7,000 WORTH OF STAMPS STOLEN.
Yesterday morning another robbery at the Stamp-
office, in Cross-street, Manchester, was discovered.
About ten years ago the same office was broken
open, the thieves on that occasion entering through
the door in Cross-street, which faces Market-street,
on which occasion about £2,000 worth of stamps
were stolen. Since that time great precautions have
been taken ; the doors have been lined with iron,
and every spot which was thought to -be vulnerable
had been protected in the same manner. The mode
of attack on this occasion was different from that
on the first occasion, and one which displayed con-
siderable planning beforehand and toil in its exe-
cution. At the rear of the Stamp-office is a passage
communicating from a door in Cross-street to the
offices of several firms which occupy the block
bounded by Cross-street, New Market-street, and
Robinson-street. It is believed that the thieves
secreted themselves in some part of the building on
Saturday morning, and waited until after business
hours, at least before commencing their work. The.
officials at the Stamp-officeleft at 12 o'clock atnoon,
and the occupants of the other offices in the build-
ing left at an early hour. The only tenant who was
late in the building was Mr. M'Lachlan, the photo-
grapher, who called about six o'clock, and found
the porter who is employed by the Strap-office
engaged in cleaning one of the rooms. On the first
staircase are the offices of Messrs. Garnett and
Horsfall, cotton spinners and manufacturers, The
lock of the front office door was forced, and from
that room the thieves passed through another door
to a store room or warehouse extending to the rear
of the building. Here they found a number of
bundles of printing cloth, which they subsequently
turned to account. Going to the extreme rear of
the building, they passed down a temporary flight
of wooden stairs which led them to an unoccupied
warehouse on the ground floor. Along the Robin-
son-street wall of that room runs a fixed table, and
it was from beneath that table and through the wall
separting that room from the Stamp Office that the
thieves obtained their entrance to the office of the
Hon. R. Howard, the distributor of stamps for this
city. Working in a confined space, they cleared
away a sufficient portion of the brickwork of a nine-
inch wall to allow a man to pass through easily.
That their work was done with the utmost delibera-
tion is evident from the fact that all the drawers in
the desks belonging to Mr. Howard, and to Mr. B.
J. Last, the supervisor of the newspaper stamping
department, were opened, and the contents, consist-
ing chiefly of letters and official documents, care-
fully examined, but—so far as can be at present
ascertained—not removed from the room. The
thieves next forced the lock of a door in the parti-
tion which separates this room by a narrow passage
from a door communicating with the Cross-street
lobby. From that passage the outer or public
office was separated by a door, which was sheathed
on both sides by strong iron plates. The lock
of that door was forced open, and then the
thieves had to work upon the large Milner's
safe which contained the stamps. This safe, which
is quite a modern one, was sent to the makers
about twelve months ago to be made thief
proof, and when returned was supposed to be im-
pregnable. It stood on a low wooden framework
in a corner of the room at the angle facing Mount-
street, and near the first window in Robinson-street
stood a large desk. That desk was removed to the
middle of the room, and then the bundles of print-
ing cloth (of which previous mention has been made)
were put in its place, so as to form a bed for the
safe, which thieves succeeded in overturning. By
this means the safe (which is between four and five
feet high) was placed upon its side, and the work
which the thieves had then to do was rendered much
easier. Indeed, it is questionable whether without
that removal the safe could have been forced, as
owing to the door of the safe opening from the wall
towards the office there would not have been suffi-
cient space to enable the thieves to use that great
violence which was required. A hole was drilled
in the top of the safe, and wedges were inserted
along the edge of the door. Several of these wedges
were subsequently found in the office. The safe
contained from £6,000 to £B,OOO worth of stamps,
including about £l,OOO in postage stamps, the re-
mainder consisting of receipt stamps, foreign bill
stamps (impressed and adhesive), inland bill stamps,
probate and administration stamps, common law
court fee stamps, and stamps of other descriptions.
All thestamped paper and parchment was marked
with the word " Manchester,” and the date of
stamping in a circle. It is estimated that about
half the stolen property may be convertible ; and of
lnoookin
course it is very portable. Secreted in the safe was
about £3O in money ; but, although the thieves ap-
pear to have taken considerable time to do every-
thing, lls
was money,
any drawer but in
arecess,
Every drawer and desk
in this office was carefully searched, but no money
this
(except the small sum secreted in the safe) could
be found. The porter had the duty of calling at
i oveed
t. being
the premises every Sunday morning, and did so on
Sunday, at about half-past eleven o'clock. He heard
no sound. He had access to every part of the Cross-
street premises, including the cellars where the
stamping presses are kept, but was not allowed to
enter the Stamp OffiCe premises, and could not do
so. The thieves did not confine their operations to
the Stamp Office, but forced open the door of Mr.
Garnett's private room, and ransacked every drawer
in his large writing table. They, however, only suc-
ceeded in finding a small quantity of stamps, and a
little sum of money which was in a purse in one of
the drawers. Probably to their finding nothing valu-
able in this part of the premises may be attributed
the fact that they left untouched two iron safes, in
which, however, there was nothing more than a little
loose money. The manner in which the thieves had
provided for their escape was characteristic of the

SUBSCRIPTION TESTIMONIAL
TO
GEORGE ORUIKSHANK.
PRESIDENT.
JOHN RUSKIN, Esq., IL&
VICE-PRESIDENT.
Sir W. C. TREVELYAN, Bart.
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Louis Huth, Esq,
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" Before the century was actually in ifs teens, we believe
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TLIACIEERAY;

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pROVIDENCE ROW
OR - NIGHT REFUGE,
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HOMELESS WOMEN AND CHILDREN,
14A, Providence-row, Finsbury, E.O.
Sixty Thousand Nights' Lodgings, with Suppers and
Breakfasts, have been given in this Institution to the
destitute, who otherwise would have had to pass the
nights in the bleak streets or under railway arches.
At present nearly 500 Nights' Lodgings, with Suppers and
Breakfasts, aro given gratuitously every week. The poor
from all parts are admitted, the only condition being that
they are homeless and starving. The Manager &c.,
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ing the provision made by the Poor Houses, each
night numbers of young women, children, and orphans
are, for want accommodation, refused admittance, andhave
to spend night after night in the cold, wet, and sleet. To
meet this evil, and to provide more ample accommoda-
tion, £2,000 has been raised, but to accomplish the
work a sum of at least £3,000 more will be required.
Besides providing shelter for the homeless, this year it
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in want. Will you, in your charity, help to carry on and
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adroitness which was displayed throughout their
proceedings. At the rear of the building, in New
Market-street, was a door opening into the room on
the ground floor where they worked. That door was
secured from within by a large iron bar, which was
fastened to a padlock. That padlock was broken off,
but to provide for the. apparent security of the door
in case it should be tried by a policeman, the thieves
screwed on the door a catch lock, and secured it with '
a staple. Probably they were in and out of the build-
ing, for attached to the bolt of their own lock was a
long string, which was passed through a broken square
of glass, and through the iron wire grating, which
covered the window in the door. In order that this
string might not be perceived from without, apin was
carefully inserted, which was seen this morning rest-
ing between two of the wires. A pull at this string
instantly and easily opened the door, which was other-
wise secure. A reward of £4OO has been offered for
the detection of the thieves, or such amount as may
be proportionate with the value of the property re-
covered.

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banks, the party was taken on by Lieutenant Gar-
forth, R.N., to a fine harbour north of the Rovuma,
where they were about to land when the letter was
despatched. As the people of that tract are under
the control of the Sultan of Zanzibar, with whose
protection Dr. Livingstone is fully provided, he
wrote in the full persuasion that he will not only
reach the watershed between his own Lake Nyanza
and the Tanganyika of Burton and Speke, but also
be able to settle the question as to the elevation and
drainage of the latter. If he can reach it, and, after
building a boat on it, is able to proceed to its
northern end, he will at once set at rest the dispute
nt oyikb aesouthernsaos,
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as to whether this lake be really the ultimate
prove
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neous, for by their measurement it was more than
800 feet below the level of the Albert Nyanza, as
fixed byto Baker.thegreat Sir Roderick
tributepaid an eloquent
services which Mr. Baker had
rendered to the cause of geographical
discovery in
Northern Africa, and then referred
to a project to
explore the northern coast line and interior of
Greenland which called for the hearty good wishes
of the society. One of its youngest associates, Mr.
Whymper, already distinguished by his courage and
self reliance in surmounting the highest peaks of the
Alps, has conceived the bold idea of penetrating
along the surface of its glaciers into the interior of
this snow-clad continent, he being convinced, from
the great number of deer that find their way to the
coast, that there are within the glaciers well-grassed
Mr. Whymper believes it is
valleys and recesses.
also possible to trace by land the extent of Green-
land to the north, which was one of the main
geographical objects of the late projected polar
expedition. He would be accompanied only
by a well-trained Danish guide, who was ready at
Copenhagen. A preliminary trip would be made
next summer. This enterprise Sir Roderick
in' dividual
con-
sidered as truly the ne plus ultra of
British geographical adventure. The researches of
Russian geographers in Central Asia and Chinese
Turkistan were dwelt upon in the address. The
whole of the mountain range which formed the
boundary between Little Thibet and Turkistan has
been defined. The altitude of the peaks for 450
miles varies from 21,000 ft. to 28,300 ft., a very
much higher range than that of the Himalayas to
the south of Ladak and Little Thibet.
At the conclusion of this address Sir Roderick
was most warmly applauded, and the meeting then
proceeded to the election of officers, the President
being unanimously re-elected by acclamation. The
other members of the Council, Vice-Presidents,
trustees, &c., were then chosen, and the proceedings
terminated with a cordial vote of thanks to the
chairman.

7-

Later in the evening the Fellows of the Society,
with a number of invited guests, dined together,
according to custom, at Willis's-rooms. Sir Ro-
derick Murchison presided, supported by Lord
Stratford de Redcliffe, Viscount Dufferin, the Earl
of Enniskillen, the Earl of Sheffield, Lord Blantyre,
Lord Houghton, Lord Strangford, Sir Henry Raw-

linson, M.P., Sir Thomas Fremantle, Sir Francis
Grant, P.R.A., Sir Henry Nicholson, &c. Among
others present were Sir A. W. Waugh, Admiral
Collinson, Mr. Baker, M. .du Chaffin, the secre-
taries to the Chinese Commissioners, General Crau-
ford, Dr. Rae, Captain Wills, Mr. Glaisher, Mr.
S. Canning, Mr. S. W. Silver, Captain Blakely,
Dr. Hooker, M. de Candolles, &c. In all about 150
gentlemen sat down to a dinner which was excel-
lent and most admirably served. Except in its
numbers it was almost a private entertainment,
as there was no music, and the few brief
speeches that followed the dinner had no
manner of scientific or political significance,
but were purely of a festive and complimen-
tary character. In fact, the business of the day is
done at the meeting in the morning, and the dinner
which follows is, as it should be, merely a genial
wind up to a good day's work. After the cloth had
been drawn and the customery loyal toasts done
honour to, the chairman gave " The Healths of the
Lords and Commons," coupled with the names of Lord
Dufferin and Sir Henry Rawlinson. Both replied in
the briefest terms, his lordship saying that if the
House of Peers had the arrangement of the monetary
affairs of the kingdom, he thought he could promise
that as far as his exertions went he would do his best
to secure for the society a very much larger annual
grant in aid of their efforts than the small sum of
£5OO which was now given them by the House of
Commons. Sir Henry, in replying for the Lower
House, created much laughter by saying that he
wished more of its members would join the society,
for, whatever other information the House might pos-
sess, it was very weak indeed on the subject of geo-
graphy—so much so, that when the Fenian raid across
the Bay of Fundyin Canada wasfirst spoken of he did
notbelieve there were many more than a dozen mem-
bers in the House who knew where the Bay of Fundy
was. Lord Stratford proposed " The Health of the
Secretaries of the Chinese Mission, and Prosperity
to China," and while he deprecated many parts of
our dealings with that great empire, said it at least
had had one good effect—that of making the two
nations better acquainted with each other, and so lead-
ing them to appreciate the value of the peaceful com-
mercial relations which now subsisted between them,
and the bonds of which were strengthening every
day. The Chairman then gave " The Healths of
the Medallists of the day," and after that of M. de
Candolles of Geneva. In a short but humorous
speech Lord Houghton gave " The Health of the
President," to which Sir Roderick replied in a very few
words, stating that that day was the twelfth anni-
versary of his annual address, and he hoped when
another year had run its course he would have the
great pleasure and pride in seeing all the guests
around him after he had delivered his thirteenth.
" The Health of Sir Francis Grant" and " The
Scientific Societies of London" followed, and a very
pleasant evening was brought to a close soon after
10 o'clock.

Veto of the Colorado Bill by President

Johnson.

The President's Veto Message of the Colorado
Bill is as follows :
" To the Senate of the United States—..
" I return to the Senate, in which house it origi-
nated, the bill which has passed both Houses of
Congress, entitled ' An act for the admisQion of the
State of Colorado into the Union,' with my objec-
tions to its' becoming a law at this time.
" First. From the best information which I have
been able to obtain, I do not consider the establish-
ment of a State Government at present necessary
for the welfare of the people of Colorado. Under
the existing territorial government all the rights,
privileges and interests of the citizens are protected
and secured. The qualified voters choose their
own legislatures and their own local officers, and
are represented in Congress by a delegate of their
own selection.
"They make and execute their own municipal laws,
subject only to revision by Congress, an authority
not likely to be exercised unless in extreme or extra-
ordinary cases. The population is small, some esti-
mating it so low as twenty-five thousand, while the
advocates of the bill reckon the number at from
thirty-five thousand to forty thousand. The people
are principally recent settlers, many of whom are
understood to be ready for removal to other mining
districts, beyond the limits of the territory, if cir-
cumstances shall render them more inviting.
"Such a population cannot but find relief from ex-
cessive taxation if the territorial system, which de-
volves the expenses of the executive, legislative and
judicial departments upon the United States, is for

the present continued. They cannot but find the
security of person and property increased by their
reliance upon the national executive power for the
maintenance of law and order against the disturb-
ances necessarily incident to all newly-organised
communities.

" Second. It is not satisfactorily established that a
majority of the citizens of Colorado desire or are
prepared for an exchange of a territorial for a State
Government. In September, 1831, under the autho-
rity of Congress, an election was lawfully appointed
and held for the purpose of ascertaining the views
of the people.

" Upon this particular question 6,192 votes were
cast, and of this number a majority of 3,152 was
September,w:a
proposedl
1 t change..
,ity, , the
givenB6s7 againstwithout the
anyleg a
questionln
again presented to the people of the territory, with
the view of obtaining a re-consideration of the re-
sult of the election held in compliance with the act
of Congress approved March 21st, 1864. At this
second election 5,905 votes were polled, and a small
majority of 155 was given in favour of a State
organisation. It does not seem to me entirely safe
to receive this last mentioned result, so irregularly
obtained, to out-weigh the one which had been
legally obtained in the first election. Regularity
and conformity to law are essential to the preserva-
tion of order and stable government, and should,
as far as practicable, always be observed in the
formation of new States.

" Third. The admission of Colorado at this time as
a State into the Union appears to me to be incom-
patible with the public interests of the country.
While it is desirable that territories, when suffi-
ciently matured, should be organised as States, yet
the spirit of the constitution seems to require that

there should be an approximation towards equality
among the several States comprising the Union.
No State can have less or more than two Senators
in Congress. The largest State has a population of
4,000,000. Several other States have a population
exceeding 2,000,000, and many others have a popu-
lation exceeding 1,000,000. If this bill should be-
come a law, the people of Colorado, 30,000 in num-
ber, would have in the House of Representatives
one member, while New York, with a population of
4,000,000, has but 31. Colorado would have in the
Electoral College three votes, while New York has
only 33. Colorado would have in the Senate two
votes, while New York has no more. Inequalities
of this chiumeter have already occurred, but it is
believed none have happened where the inequality
was so great.

" When such inequality has been allowed, Con-
gress is supposed to have committed it on the
ground•of some high public necessity, and under
circumstances which promised that it would rapidly
disappear through the growth and development of
the newly-admitted State. Thus, in regard to the
several States in what was formerly called the
' north-west territory,' lying east of the Mississippi,
their rapid advance in population rendered it cer-
tain that States admitted with only one or two re-
presentatives in Congress would, in a very short
period, be entitled to a great increase of represen-
tation. So, when California was admitted on the
ground of commercial and political exigencies, it
was well foreseen that that State was destined
rapidly to become a great, prosperous and impor-
tant mining and commercial community.

" In the case of Colorado I am not aware that
any national exigency, either of a political or com-
mercial nature, requires a departure from the law
of equality which has been so generally adhered to
in our history.

" Information submitted in connection with this
bill is reliable; Colorado, instead of increasing, has
declined in populasion. At an election for members
of a territorial legislature, held in 1861, ten thou-
sand five hundred and eighty votes were cast. At
the election before mentioned, in 1864, the number
of votes cast was six thousand one hundred and
ninety-two, v hile at the regular election held in
1865, which is assumed for a basis of legislative ac-
tion at this time, the aggregate number of the votes
was five thousand nine hundred and five.

" Sincerely anxious for the welfare and prosperity
of every Territory and State, as well as for thepros-
perity and welfare of the whole Union, I regret this
apparent decline. of population in Colorado—but it
is manifest that it is due to emigration, which is
going on from that territory into other regions
within the United States, which either are in fact,
or are believed by the inhabitants of Colorado,
to be richer in mineral wealth and agricultural
resources. If, however, Colorado has not really
declined in population, another census or another
election under the authority of
delay in the ultimate admissicion
place the question beyond doubt and
The tenour of these
rrseeistl:ourytwliltlae
state if desired by the re
favour of the measure
pected to an argumen
act, ntdhC eocanteu
which was passed by
derived from the enabling _ _
_arch,
1864. Although
ttiei:Preply which may be ex-
objections furnishes
supposed the condition of the terri-
tory Congress then
owarrant
its admission as a state,
was such as t
years' experience shows that every
the result of two
existed for the institution of a terri-
torial which
state
Congress on the 21st day of M
Government in Colorado
organisation still continues in force. The
Is first
:otnidition of the Union at the present moment is cal-
culated to inspire caution in regard to the admis-
sion of new States. Eleven of the old States have
been for some time, and still remain, unrepresented
torial instead of a .
in Congress. It is a common interest of all the
States, as well those represented as those unrepre-
sented, that the integrity and harmony of the Union
should be restored as completely as possible, so
that all those who are expected to bear the burdens
of the Federal Government shall be consulted con-
cerning the admission of new States, and that in
the meantime no new State shall be prematurely
and unnecessarily admitted to a participation in th
political power which the Federal
Government
individual States
or section, but for the common safety, welfare, and
wields, not for the benefit of any
happiness of the whole
country.
ar.NDREW JOHNSON.
" vrashington, D. C., 1866."
May 15,

UNREPRESENTED TOWNS IN YORKSIIIII.E.--The
unrepresented towns of Yorkshire are exerting themselves
to secure the utmost advantage obtainable from the Govern-
ment Reform Bill. Batley and Ileekmondwike seek to be
grouped with Dewsbury, and it is urged that Keighley and
the district around it, having altogether a population of
about 60,000, should now have independent representation
in Parliament. The Liberals of Dewsbury are taking for
granted that their town will be enfranchised, and have
already obtained a large number of signatures to a requisi-
tion to Mr. E. A. Leatham to become a candidate.