The Sun.
London, England, 1866-04-19 00:00:00

Mr. George Peabody.

The following requisition, carrying the sip-E a
Lres of 119 City firms:, was presented to Mr.

:)eabody

London, April 7, 1865.

To GEORGE PEABODY, ESQ.—MC undersigned
bankers and merchants of the City of London
desire to have an opportunity, before your
departure for America, of manifesting their
sense of the great benefit you have con-
ferred on the poor of London, and their respect for
your personal character. They therefore beg the
favour of you to name a day when it would suit .
your convenience to meet them at dinner for that
purpose.

Amongst the firms whose names were appended

appear :

B. S. Phillips, Lord Mayor ; Baring Brothers and
Co. ; Glyn, Mills, Currie, and Co. ; Anthony
Gibbs and Sons; Martin and Co.; Mattheson and
Co.; Robarts, Lubbock, and Co. ; Smith, Payne, and
Smiths ; Brown, Shipley, and Co. ; Blyth, Green,
and Co.; J. S. Morgan and Co.; Williams, Deacon,
and Co. ; Heath and Co.; N. M. Rothschild and
Sons ; Finlay, Hodgson, and Co. ; Barclay, Bevan,
Tritton, and Co. ; Fruhling and Goschen ; Frede-
rick Huth and Co. ; Crawford, Colvin, and Co. ;
Dent, Palmer, and Co. ; C. de Murietta and Co.,
T. 11. Brooking and Co. ; Coutts and Co.; J. Henry
Schroder and Co. ; Sydney H. Waterlow, Ald.
Mr. Peabody returned the subjoined reply :
" The Palace Hotel, Buckingham Gate,
April 13, 1866.
Gentlemen—l have received with sincere satis-
faction the communication which you have done me
the honour to forward to me, requesting my attend-
ance at a parting entertainment as the guest of the
bankers and merchants of the City of London. It
is with infinite gratification that I recognise amongst
the signatures to this invitation the names of the
most distinguished houses of Europe, and those of
men whose abilities and enterprise have mainly
contributed to elevate and sustain the high cha-
racter of British commerce throughout the world.
Next to the consciousness of having done my duty,
according to my humble abilities, in the station in
which it has been the will of Providence to place
me, and to the distinction of having attracted the
approbation of those in high authority, I shall value
this record of the esteem and confidence of those
amongst whom it has been my good fortune to spend
so large a portion of my life, and for many of whom
personally I entertain the warmest feelings of re-
gard. It is, therefore, with sincere regret that I find
myself compelled by considerations and circumstances
attendant on my almost immediate departure for
the United States to signify to you my inability
to avail myself of the honour so kindly intended for
me. With earnest wishes for your continued and
increasing prosperity, I am, with great respect, very
faithfully yours,
(Signed) GEORGE PEABODY.
To the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, Messrs.
Baring, Bros., and Co. ; Messrs. N. DI.
Rothschild and Sons ; and Others.

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, April 18.

Mr. Byers, the innkeeper who was shot in the
neck by Mr. Sutcliffe, at Glasnevin, some time ago,
appeared yesterday at the Capel-street Police-court
to give evidence in the case. Mr. Sutcliffe was also
present, and surrendered to his bail. Byers declined
to prosecute, stating that he conscientiously believed
the whole occurrence was accidental. It is said that
he has received pecuniary compensation for the in-
jury he sustained. Mr. Sutcliffe was then discharged.
The two men in custody for shooting a man named
Brophy in Thomas-street were again remanded by
Mr. Allen yesterday, the wounded man being still
in a precarious state.

From a report furnished to the Government by
Dr. Neilson Hancock on the deposits in joint-stock
banks in Ireland, it appears that the increase of
£2,628,376 during the year 1865—viz., from
£14,422,176 in 1864 to £17,050,552 in 1865—was
greater than the largest previous increase in one
year—viz., of £2,510,233, from £7,263,091 in 1851.
to £10,773,324 in 1852. It also appears that the
increase of £4,083,821 in the last two years ex-
ceeded the withdrawals during the four bad years,
1860-63, by £1,008,412, so that the deposits,
£17,050,552, at the end of 1865 exceeded by
£1,000,000 the previous maximum of £16,042,140
in 1859. The deposits of £17,050,552 are more than
twice the amount in 1850—viz., £8,268,838, and
three times the amount in 1840—viz., £5,567,851.
Considered with reference to changes in population,
the deposits in 1840 were 13s. 7d. per head of popu-
lation ; in 1850, £1 2s. ld. ; in 1860, £2 14s. Id. ;
and in 1865, £3 35., or nearly five times the amount
per head of population as in 1840. As an evdience
of absolute progress in wealth, and of the recovery
from the effects of losses in recent years, these
figures are more interesting. They show, too,
that there is no want of Irish capital for the im-
provement of land, or for any other legitimate
Irish enterprise. Upon the larger question of the
wealth of Ireland, as compared with other portions
of the United Kingdom, the extraordinary advan-
tages which England and Scotland enjoy over Ire-
land in mines and minerals, and consequently in ma-
nufactures, have led to an equally remarkable accu-
mulation of capital. One bank—the London and
Westminster—holds for back deposits, circular
notes, and other money payable on demand, no less
a sum than £12,224,571. The Irish returns include
deposits alone ; but if even the cash balances were
added, the sum in all the banks would not much
exceed what is held by one English bank.
A soldier named John O'Leary, returning to the
depot of his regiment in Ireland, last nighteeiu a
either
committed suicide by leaping overboard
ito Dublin,
th
Nymph steamer, bound from IToi y
or was drowned by falling overboard ;
accidentally
it has not been clearly ascertained which. Efforts
were, it is reported, made to save him or to find the
body, but without effect. It appears he left a wife
and children on board the steamer.
Copies of
the following document, written in a
bold hand, on
slips of paper about the size of an
ordinary foolscap page, were found posted on Sun-
day morning at the entrance to several of the
churches in Cork :

--,-,lrishmen,—You are earnestly requested not to go to
the Races, or to go Maying.
It is too soon to Forget Those
that Sacrificed their Liberty for you, in Their endeavour to
Right the Wrong. It is those fat-gutted fellows that's get-
ting up the Races for your Oppression. Remember the
Banished—John Lynch, Bryan Dillon, O'Donovan Rossa,
&c.
" God Save the Green !"
(A sketch of four croppy-pikes crossed.)
The police removed the placards immediately on
their attention being attracted by them.

" Old Fritz," who raises pigs and cabbages some-
where in Queen's county, appeared before Judge
11— as witness :—Question by the Court : " Your
name ?"—Answer by Fritz :—" Veil, I calls mine-
self Fritz. But may be so—l don't know—it is
Yawcup. You see, Mr. Chudge, mine moder she
have two little poys ; one of them was me, and one
was my proder, and t'oder was me ; I ton't know
which, and my moder she .ton't know, and one of
us was named Fritz and t'oder Yawcup—or one
Yawcup and t'oder Fritz, I ton't know which ; and
one of us got died ; but mine moder she never could
tell which it was, me or mine proder who got died.
So, Mr. Chudge, I does not know whether lam
Fritz or Yawcup ; and mine moder she ton't
know."
A bill in the New York Senate, prohibiting the
issue of free passes by railroad companies, has
passed to a third reading.

-
MISS BRADDON'S NEW NOVEL.
At all Libraries, in 3 vols.,
lIE LADY'S MILE. A Novel.
By the Author ot " Lady Audley's Secret," ,tc.
London : Ward, Lock, and Tyler, Paternoster-row.

OTICLADY'S MILE.-
An abundant supply of this New Novel, by the Author
of " Lady Audley's Secrer," &c., will be ready on We Ines-
day, April 18. Subscribers to circulating libraries should
order "The Lady's Mile," by Miss Braddon.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.-
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Buckstone.
THIS EVENING, A. ROMANTIC ATTACHMENT :
Mr. Compton, Mr. W. Farren ; Miss Ada Cavendish.
After which, T iIE FAVOURITE OF FOR. TUNE : Messrss
Sot hero, Buckstone, Chippendale, Rogers, Sac. ; Mesdame
Chippendale, Saville, Moore, Fitzwilliam, 11111, Lindley, scc.
Concluding with A DAUAITER. E 0 MARRY Mr. IV.
Farren and Dliss Helen Howari.
Commence at Seven.

ROYAL LYCEUM T UEATRE.—
Under the sole Management et 31r. Fechter.
The Last Two Night's appearance ot Mr. Fechter as Edgar
EaVeTISWOOd.
THIS EVENING, SI3It'SON AND CO. Mast's. S.
Emery, C. llorsman ; Mesdames Elsworthy, Henrade, Hors-
man, and E. Boyce.
Alter which. TILE MASTER OF RAVENSWOOD.
Mr. Etchter ; Alessrs. Jordan, Emery, Widdicomb, Vezin,
J. H. FitzpatriciK, Evans ; Alesdames Ternan, Elsworthy,
Lavenu, and C. Leclercq.
Box Office open daily from Eleven till Five.

NEW TIIEATRE-ROYAL ADELPIII,
Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster.
THIS EVENING. ICI ON PARLE FRANCAIS.
Messrs. J. L. Toole, Billington, Philips; Mesdames Kate
Kelly, eaman, and Godsall.
After which, 4th time, a new Opera Bouffe, entitled
CRYING JENNY AND LAUGHING JOHNNY. Messrs.
J. L. Toole, Eburne, Mfrs Furtado, Mrs. A. Mellon.
To conclude with THE WRECK ASHORE : Messrs J. L.
Toole, I'. Bedford. Stuart, Billingtcr, Ashley; Miss Woolgar
and Miss H. Simms.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S TIHEATRE•
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining.
THIS EVENING, A GHOST IN SPITE OF HIMSELF.
After which, at a quarter to Eight, THE STREETS OF
LON DON. Dlessrs. Vining, T. Mead, D. Murray, Shore,
Viliiers; Mrs. H. Marson, Miss E. l3arnett, and Miss K.
Rodgers.

OYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Pt Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough.
THIS EVENING, at Seven o'clock, PERFE _TION.
After which will be produced a grand Easter Burlesque,
PARIS ; or, Vive Le mpiere Mes,rs. Stoyle, horne, Jame., :
Mesdames A. Swanborougb, Raynham, Simpson, Johnstone,
Ranoe, and Solt.
To conclude with DEAF AS A POST: Mr. Belford.

SADLER'S WELLS THEATRE.-
Under the Sole Management of Mr. W. H. C. Nation.
'PHIS EVENING (Thursday), TO-MORROW (Friday), in
consequence oil s great success, BELPIIEGOR will be re-
vived. Messrs. T. Swinbonrne, Barrett; Miss Ada Dyaq.
Concluding 17th and 18th nights of J. C. Barnand's Ever-
green Burlesque of IXION.
On SATURDAY will be produced Boucicault's beautiful
Drama of DOT. New scenery, new dresses, and appoint
ments.

Commence at Seven.
Acting Manager, Mr. NYE CHART.

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LONDON, THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 1866,

The Paper war between Austria and Prussia still
continues, but there is no nearer approach to a war,
and Judging from the last accounts there seems
indeed more chance of peace continuing. We would
not give much for the length of its duration, how-
ever, whatever is prognosticated of it, because there
are so many incougnious
elements at work, and
affairs have proceeded
so far that it seems almost
to adjust them in a permanent fashion. The pro-
posals of Herr Von BismAßcK e respe ting Federal
Reform -ate very ingenious, and displays-
of that skill and savoir fwre which have
• much
long distinguished that statesman.
Whether
he succeed or not in carrying out his plan eventually
it is sure to answer his purpose for a time, and both
divert attention from his failures and make a show
of his interest for the welfare of Germany collec-
tively, and his zeal in the common cause of Father-
land. His proposals are rather complicated, but
they will be less popular for that in an assemblage
of States and Principalities that deal so largely in
mysticism and manoeuvres. A common Parlia-
ment, on the basis of universal suffrage,
is proposed, and a common Executive, in
which more power will be given to Austria,
Prussia, Bavaria, and the rest of the middle
States, and less to the petty ones. A curious in-
stance of Herr BISMARCK'S cunning is observable in
the manner in which he has arranged the auxiliary
part of the business. Austria is to have no perma-
nent auxiliaries, but will be satisfied, it is hoped,
with some kind of a guarantee. The Vienna Go-