The Sun.
London, England, 1868-04-25 00:00:00

liINAHAN'S
EXHiriaBITIIOVNHIIBS6SICY
Prize Mill celebrated OLD IRISH WHISKY
Medal.
It is Pare, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very
Sold in Bottles, 35. 81, at the Retail Housi the Agents in the principal towns in England;
8, GREAT WINDMILL-STRELT, LO:
Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cori han'e LL Whisky."

CANTERBURY HALL.
New Management.—W. HOLLAND, Sole Proprietor, returns
TS thanks te the'entire Press for their valuable notices ono he
tmanagement and the entertainments, ono and all having pro-
eueeed them unrivalled and an immense success. Two !naval-
„ tit and costly Ballets, Band of Twenty-five, Fifty Dancers in
I.lle Ballet, Ethardo, and Forty Acrobats, and all the Comic
i_efiers of the day', including the great Vance, Harry Liston,
'me. Sherrington, and Daniels (the great Negro Delineator).
"With SOME OF THE OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.
so Powerful a concentration of those attractions which
appeal most strongly to the tastes of the visitors, it is not sur-
-1"1,8„,ilig that the hall is nightly thronged."—Daily Telegraph.
-1-!to programme is an unusnally good one."—Standard.
no't`Tae 'Canterbury' is one of the sights of London which most
in:Tbe rnissed."--Moruing Advertiser.
he Canterbury' is one of the sights of London for astound-
, Perform anees."—un.
Le.lrThose who are only familiar with the ' Canterbury' as it Used
will hardly recognise it wrier the new direction, so much
,will
Herald.
b:Iho entertainmen
described.t has never been surpassed, and can scarcely
aul gthed or "—Era.
Stalls and Crystal Lounge, ls.; Area and Balcony, 6d.
Doors open at 7, commence at 8 o'clock.

NO. 23,673.

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STz AlPsa) 5 j.

Now ready, at all the Libraries, iu 3 vols.,

SECOND EDITION of A NOBLE WOMAN.
By J. C. JEAFFILESON.
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91b, four Bst 111 b, five and upwards Ost 111). T.Y.G. 6
subs.
• If by Young llelbourni out of The R •seued 3 yrs,
Leonie 3 yrs, Blue Gown 3 yrs, Ninny 3 yrs, Friponnier
yrs, :lAA Suffolk 3 yrs.]
Tho Newmarket Two Year OH Plate of 200 SOY:3 ; colts
Bst 10lb, fillies Bst 81b; winners of a p'ato or sweep-
stakes 51b extra ; the last five furlongs of JOE.
Iteartley, Caphearer, Khatlidj th colt- Caelnica
filly, Figtree colt, Lnrley colt, Alpenstock, 11rattia, Rho-
dodendron, Noyau's datu filly, VeraticAli, Lady Eliz theth
filly, Avon, l'eAwator, I,ady Stanley, (;liff.e (wrong
Saraband, Lady Arlington, Sister to VA..,
Sr to Hermit (slb ox), 1;r toClys anooga, Dioniedie filly,
Brother to Union Jai*, Acaster, Harkover, Hoplite,
Juanita' T,Tritic filly, I,illingto•,, 9:!fender. Black Jimmy,
Queen Esther, Tho Baroness (dr.iwe), Odin° filly S,r
Hercules filly, Y9lltlg Melbourne colt, Mai,' of M 3 811a,11
filly, Perfume, Plaids, Sedition, Fictiot, Slownian, Bene-
factor, Brigantine, M.2.rryttriker. Carit t„ Miss M wgati
Banco, (51b extra), Tro :111 Ate, OuriJnio (511;
extra), Pirate King, Martyr, 'l'bo Priest, Sukey, L tdy
Skeynes, Wild [lee, Clotildl filly, Crotchet colt, Glen
Stuart, Runaway. Burton, Lure (51b (alm), Teeswator,
Clifton, Tom Oliver' BeAy. Sharps, B tgoipes, Troy,
Dutchman, Gibraltar filly, Protection filly, Royal Rake,
Director (brother to Poleaxe) (51b extra), thermion colt,
Duchess col', Sister to Tomato, April Alorn, Sahreur,
Rosary. Brother to Ravioli, The Rajah. 11 golboche filly,
Middleton Maid colt, Vertunina colt, Baolsworth (sth ex.),
Sandboy, Alma 3Lita, Coup de Grace. Odessa, Achiever,
Bratlgate, Woftil, Winchilsea, Provider, Fairplay colt,
Cornemuse, and L'Oise.

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"A very pleasant book. The story has a healthy, genuine
reality, which makes it charming."—Athenteum.
" A Noble Woman' is written from flr-4 to last in a style that
is lucid, easy, and vigorous. A great charm about it is its
thoroughly pure and healthy tone."—Star.
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WESTON'S
ROYAL MUSIC HAL L, HOLBORN.
Proprietor, Mr. J. S. Swoasey.
TRIUMPHANT SUCCESS OF THE EASTER FESTIVAL AND
MONSTRE ENTERTAINMENT AT THIS HALL ONLY.
LE PETIT BLONDIN (the marvellous Reps D inc6r).
A. G. VANCE, Mr.FORDE. JOLLY NASH.
iBB SMITHSON, Miss FENOULJET, HARRY and
ti.TTIE KING, Miss TRE A.INE. Miss BROUGHAM,
COVEN Ey, Mr. SIDNEY BARNES. Mr. J. HUSK,
• IL LASCELLES, and OLIVER'S MINSTRELS.
Pull Orchestra, allowed to whole
the best band at any Music
ipi:1101 trtLio.tt ti on. The whole under the direction of Mr.
1".--Mies KATE SANTLY will appear shortly.

congregation.

A Sweepstakes of 100 sovs each, h ft; two year (Ads CA
71b, throe Bst 101 b, four 9st 1011', CIT.", six, and ag,ql 9st
121 b; mares and geldings allowed ; maiden four
year of is and upwards allowed 14Ib ; a winner of 500
sous in 1867 or isqs 71b extra.- subs.

EASTER HOLIDAYS.
MADAME 1 USSAUD'S EXHIBITION,
BAKER-STREET.
b,Nr4W ADDITION.—A Life.siz.) Portrait. Model of the
''l.7ht lion. the EARL of SHAFTESBURY id the mag-
!,."=.e_ent robes of the Order of the Garter ; also of DOOl.lOll
YINGSTONE.
Horrors,
of Is. • children under ton, 6d.; the Chamber
6d. e;tra.

Pun by Teddington colt, 4 yrs, Xi, 5 Runaway,
2 yrs.

The Prince of Wales's Stakes of 150 sovs each, h ft ; four
year old colts 84 91b, fillies Bst 4th ; the wiener of the
Derby or St. Leger 716, of the Oaks, Two Thousand
Guineas, Port, or Claret Stakes 31b, or of any two of the
above stakes 91b extra ; maidens which have never re-
ceived 100 sovs for running second allowed 71b. Cesare-
witch Course. 17 subs.

place to refer.

ARGYLL ROOMS, WINDMILL-STREET,
Piccad illy
This ,„ Solo Proprietor, Mr R. IL Bitimir,r..
!Apt,. -,intflelltlt Terpsichorean and 31.usical Establishmsnt,
by It's "eon Be.4ecorated in the highest stylo of Italian art
for the"rs. Rubardt and other eminent artists, is NOW OPEN
Sol A.,ATITUMN SEASON. Solo Euphonion. Signor Mosca;
° -"rnet, M. Graves. Conductor, Signor Curti.

Taraban, Claymore, Pedagogue ((lead), Tho Ringtail
Screamer, Ines, Prodigal, Contelia c, Stockstill, Gipsy
Kiug, La Puce (p:tid), Baansta Architnage, Ailesbury,
The Jewell, Peggy, Sir Oliver, Kid lerminster.

A Sweepstakes of 50 sovs each, for four year olds; colts
Bst 10lb, fillies Bst slb ; winners of the Derby, Oaks, or
Diacaster St. Leger, Port, or Claret Stakes 61b, of any
two of those stakes I.olb extra; maidens which have
never received 100 sous for running second allowed 51b.
The last three miles of B.C. 5 subs.
Owain Glyudwr, Wroughton, Honesty, Flying
Scud.

Doors open at half-past 8.
A4rnlssion, Is.; Reserve 4 Sotts, 2s.

ANFIELD'S PATENT PICKLES are per-
fectly pure and uneolortrAl. To b 3 had of all doalorA,
str 'wholesale of JOHN BURGESS and SON, 107,
and (corner of Savoy-steps), London..

FURNISHED HOUSES. from £2 2s. to £2O
rt inibjrr Week.—D. S. THJAIVII ittEi his at all tini-s a
or unp," or rim-elms RtyilD 40 to be I.E.T. furn.she I
bood:u ".Salshed, or mol more na-tienbirly in the nelzhbmr-
blty......` lvdenhirn. (Tool!. lorwool. ani
viat-
equ may be had at the ()Mee, Printing, 11 )cm-

A Sweepstakes of 50 sous each, h ft, for three year olds ;
colts Bst 10Ib, fillies Bst Glb ; 31b allowed. D.M.

9 subs.

Marquis of Carabas (31b), Booty, Midshipman Easy, St.
Ronan, EqUerry, Princess Mary (31b) (dead), Ritualist,
The,Sphyoxi Suffolk.
_ _ _

And lip ut ATEN r 8 WAvrRD. and tube LILT
ppo,r Stn.!). ittP4lll4:3iNA far DESP
'''PERTY, FREEHOLD or LENSEHOLD.
an den• 111111PFIRIRS has contin sal applications for
for o:rptions of PltarliaTY which will pay: ood Intereat
.ptn Z'ar• Manses out ot rep
findsir not objectid
ousPories can at all tirne4 tnyttonters tor all 44scrip-
tritraor basinesses Rotel% puhilc hows. &a . soli and
in, /04- Apply D. T. Humphries. Estate Azent. Print-
% _ _
.ie.

A-S!vocifOtakoauf 5f snver each, for three year olds; colts
. fiat 1641,*fitlies:str-s:b,- and not engaged in thi Two
',tciu`riauti Guineas' or-One ~Thousand Guineas Stakes

4112.a11ced."-AF.
.4 subs.
Pains:iiill(4lb); The Spy, Tregeagle (41b), Prioress
colt (41b).
A.Sweepstake"q of 50 sovi each, h ft, for three year olds;
Bst 101 b fillio4 Bst 61b; 3lb allowed ; D.M. 4 sub'.
Fitz-Chantilly (31b) (dead), Zamiel (31b) (dead), Casse
Tete, and Mysotis (31b).

SPANISEI FLY is the acting ingredient in
a OIL, which
6peedilypZlie ROSS'S PAlTttirenlsDiaTr.
loses w6dts. ers an
Price 3s. 6d„
t„,„61, and
--‘'P'l•---A.L EX • " sent' by
'h London, and
post for 51, 84, and 141
All chemists. . ROSS, 218,Holborn,

Match 1,000 h ft; ;11.11.11.—Duke of Noweastl9's Julius,
Bst 101 b, agst Mr. 11. Clutpliu's Hormit, Bst 91b (both
four year olds.)

THURSDAY.

A. Free Handicap of 25 sovs each, 10 ft, with 200 sovs;
added by the Jock-y Club, fur three year olds and up-
wards. A winner of any race after the weights are de-
-1.), to carry 31b; .of a haudi-
nalties will be accumulative.
two of the Cesarewitch
les. Twenty accept +noes, or

" Talo of a Hair," 6d,

-WONDERFUL DISCOVERY.—Corns cured
This in one day by using &LEX. ROSS'S CRIROPO.
hour.. rPreparo.t.ion gradually dissolves the Corn inn fAw
for I,f) etnovlng the very root. Price 4s. ; bent by pest
Oh Snl EaPS. --- 218,high Holborn,t London,
enlists. aud

dared (April 18, at ton a.ni
cap race, 71b extra ; the pel
B.utrance, two sovs. Last
Course. Sixty-thr 30 untri
no race.

Ago st lh Ago st lb
Minkboolio 4 9 8 Roquefort ... 4 6 7
Lord Lyon 5 9 0 Cavalier ... 4 6 7
Miss Sarah colt ... 4 8 10 Montbar ... 3 6 7

Tormentor 5 8 7 Nyanza ... ••• 3 6 6
Tenrmaiin 5 8 7 Slanderer ... ... 3 6 5
Van Atuburgh ... 48 6 Nine Elms... .. 46 5
liippia 4 8 5 The I'•!er 5 6 5
Ceylon 5 8 2 Numa Pomplius ... 4 6 4
Lenehamps 4 8 '2 Blue Peter.— 4 6 4
Au4uste ...:5 8 1 Vortigern 3 6 3
Sealskin ... 5 8 1 Caue.tsus ... 4 6 2

Knight Err,►iit I 8 01 Ploughboy

... 4 6 2

Br h by Toxophilito Ingns ... 3 6 '2
—Strafford's dam 5 7 n stogy.... 4 G 2
Brown Bread ... 6 710 Pyrrhic ... 4 6 0
Blueskin 3 7 8 Black Dlionoud ... 3 6 0
Moleskin ... 4 7 7 Cork Jack .t ... 3 6 0
Leases ... 4 7 7 Handsome Jack ... 3 5 10

Contempt ... 3 7 7 Demonstration 3 5 10
Mariner ... 3 7 7 1i {lb rurro... 3 5 10
Ailesbnry 4 7 5 Prince 11 ... 3 5 10
Miss Havelock ... 5 7 5 it,),livivits, 3 5 ,
4 7 3 Wellow 3 5 7
Roland 5 7 2 Afinillt 3 5 7
Loop Year... ... 4 7 1 Papillon ... 3 5 7
midwife • 4 7 0 Ajax 3 5 7
Maid of Masharn m 5 6 13 Meriy Andrew ... 3 5 7
Lyrnington 3 6 13 The Popo 3 5 7
Gny of Warwick... 4 6 13 Elmira 3 5 7
Stephen Langton... 4 6 12 Red Comyn 3 5 7
Othello ... ... 5 612 Gomera •6 drawn
Clot-nonce ... 3 6 12 Plying Scud 4drawn
A Maiden Plate of 50 sous, for two year olds; colts Bst
10lb, fillies Bst 71b ; the winner to be sold for 300 sovs,

if demanded ; if entered for 100 sous allowed 51b. Last

half of R. 31.
A Plato of 100 soya ; three year olds, 7st, four Bst 101 b,
five, sir, and agid 9st ; m►iden four year olds allowed
71b, five and upwards 141 b; 11.31.
A Plato of 50 sovs (llaudicap), f•ir throe year olds and

up wardi. A.F.

A fluidic-tip of 10 SJITS each, fur threo year olds and up-

wants. T.Y.C. -
A Sweepstakes of 10 sous each ; three year olds 7st 121 b,
four Bst 10:b, five and upwards, Bst 131 b; snares an I
ridings allowed 31b ; the whiner to bp s,)l I fur 100 sovs

if demanded, &e. T.Y.C.
The One Thousand Guineas Stakes, a subscription of 100
sous each, b. ft, for three year old fillies ; Bst 101.13
the second to save h r stake; D.M.; 71 stib.3.
Franchise, Miss Thunderbolt, Belle Sauvage, Rosa
•Doretta, Lady Grace, f by Y. Melbourne—la') at the
Bowster, Yang Ylaum, Merry and Wise, Booty Fashion,
Offering, Inspiration (pd), Golden Gift (pd), Nelly Bose,
Lady Coventry, Buttercup, Pearlfeather, Spruce, Antonia,
Sister to General Peel, Sister to Ascham, br f by Y Mel-
bourne, dam by lolling on, Clemente, Leortie, Athens,
Grand Duchess, Lady Elizabeth, Naivette, gnadroon (dead),
Green Sleeve, .A.dosiuda, Virtue, Tutela, Cerise,Chie, Cym-
bal, Formosa, Janet Raweliffe, Sonveraine Bolls dos Pres,
Sarah, La Munch, f by Thormanby out of Car Line, Lady
Morgan, Circe, llightlioru, Corinne, Perea, Nell
Discord (dead), Lais(pd), Epigram, Hatihment
(pd), 'Miracle, The Sphynx, It action, Nyanza, Sister to
Slaid,M4rian, Diadem, Coup d'Eclat, QuArm of Beauty,
i happy Thought, Sedella, Antonina, Elmira, Choral,
Bouquotiere,aial Mysotis, Kelly, Aunt Sofer.
A Sweepstakes of 100 soya each, h ft, for three year old
colts; Bst 101 b each ; the winner of the Two Thousand
Guineas Stakes 71b extra; BM. ; 4 subs. •

Blaukney (dead), Courtunautle, Phoo)us, by Thormanby
—Suubeam, The Parson.

FIUDAY.
A Plate of 100 sovs (Handicap), for three year olds and

upwards; Ancaster M.

A Plato of 100 sous (handicap), for three yr olds and up-

wards. T.Y.C.
A Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each; two year olds Gst 10Ib,
and three Bst 131 b; fillies and geldings allowed 31b;
the whiner to be sold for 50 sovs if demanded,

A Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each; throe year olds Bst 81b,
four 9st 41b, five and upwards 9st 71b ; the winner to be
sold for 100 sovs if demanded, &c., if for 50 allowed 71b.
T.Y.C.

The Newmarket Stakes, a subicription of 50 sovs each, h
ft, for three year olds; colts Bst 101 b, fillies Bst 51b; the
second to save his stake; the winner of the Two Thou-
sand 71b extra. D.M. 21 subs.

Picnic, The Spy, Arran, Innerdalo, The E.trl, Equerry,
Belfast, Athena, Blue Gown, Head Centre, Talk o'the
Bainerges, Ritualist, The Sphynx, Northerner, Macleod,
Brother to Olaverhouse, Elmira, Roll Call, Redivivus, and
Gleutarson (pd).
Match 100, h ft ; Bretby Stakes Course. SirF. Johnstone's
Giorno, Bst 10Ib, agst Admiral Rous's Puff, Gst 101 b
(both three year olds).
Math 500, h ft ; A.F. Mr. Chaplin's Hermit, 8d 101 b,
• at* Sir J. Hawley's The Palmer, 7st 111 b (both four yr

olds).
Match 50, hft ; last half of Ab. Mr.Bromsgrove's
llin-
ttin, Bst 101 b, agst Mr. Le Blonde's Mercury, Bst 31b
(both two year olds).

An official proclamation has been naade of the postal
convention between the United States and the Colonial
oiiernment of Hong Kong. The mails aro to be carried
11y the direct line of American packets plying between
San .Francisco and Ming Kong.
_Twenty thousand Norwegians, Danes, and Swedes
are expected in America this spring. The most of them,
it ie thought, will settle in the West.
FADVERTISEM. ENT.] —Holloway's Ointment and Pills.—
With r the departure of the inelemencies of winter many of
its.intlictions will refuse to leave unless means for extir-
Filing them be adopted. No lingering cough, hoarseness,
nor shortness of breath ou slight exertion should be per-
mit-red to continue a single day without mea-aires being
taken for their removal, more especially when remedial
means are safe, rapid, and effective - these qualities are
disPiayed in a high degree by Holloway's preparatiouy.
The ointment rubbed upon the skin draws surplus blood
from -eongested structures, and gives immense relief to
every oppressed organ concerned in the respiration and
the circulation. This wholesome effect externally, aided
by the alterative action of the pills internally, dispels all
daPger-from latent mischief.

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I. R. NEWSPAPER RELY
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INDON, W.
ic Branded "Kina- _ 16.

" Sir,—Though reluctant to attenAlny a-roar:anent
on your space with reference to personal matters, I feel
that I have no alternative at a time when pe-smal charges,
however irrelevant, are employed as the means of injuring
or impeding a great cause.

" Within the last fortnight or thereabouts, the following
statements, purporting to be of fact, have been assiduously
circulated respecting me in different parts of the country:—
"1. That when in Rome I made arrangements with the
Pope to destroy the Church Establishment in Ireland,
with some other like matters, being myself a Roman
Catholic at heart.

"2. That during and since the Government of Sir
Robert Peel I have resisted and (until now) prevented•tho
urefennent of Dr. Wynter.

"3. That I have publicly condemned all support of
the clergy in the three kingdoms from Church or public'

"4. That when a Balmoral I refused to attend her
Majesty at Crathie Church.

"t. That I have received the thanks of the Pope for
my proceedings respecting the Irish Church..
"6. That lam member of a High Church Ritualist

"Aware how in times of public excitement rumour
grows and gathers through the combined action of
eagerness, credulity, and levity, I will not bestow
a single harsh word upon any of these statements.
Neither will I advert to the cause to which some of
them may be due, for I am determined to avoid, as long
as it may be possible, envenoming a great political con-
troversy, and what I think a noble cause, with the
elements of religious bigotry anal hatred. But I will, in
the first place, declare that these statements, one and
all, are untrue, in letter and in spirit, from thq begin-
ning to the end ; and, since it is impossible for Lie to con-
tinue entangled, as I have recently been, in the searches
and correspondences which such fictions entail, I venture to
request all persons whatsoever who may be interested in
the matter, if any like statements should hereafter come

under their view, in the interest of truth to withhold their
belief.

To more vague and general charges this is not the

" I have the honour to be, sir, your faithful servant,
" W. E, GLADSTONE.
" 11, Carlton-house-terrace, April 24."

NAMES ENDING IN "ON."

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We have recently, on more than one occasion, drawn
attention to some striking coincidences—coincidences in
names and trades, coincidences in averages, and so on ;

the fact that the same number of thousands will, each
week, for many weeks together, visit some public museum,
or go night after night with few to spare to some parti-
cular dramatic entertainment. Boxed up alone in a
railway carriage a few nights ago, the observation,
belonging to the same class of facts, occurred to us that
a large proportion of our most eminent men in their
various paths bear a name ending in " on." Thus we
have :

Bacon, our greatest philosopher ; Byron and Thomson,
our greatest descriptive poets ; Clarkson, Buxton, and
Colston, some of our greatest philanthropists ; Gibbon,
our most eminent historian : Clarendon, not far short;
Gibson, one of our best sculptors ; Hilton and Hayden,
amonget our best historical painters ; Incledon,
our greatest ballad - singer ; Jameson, our greatest
female writer on art ; Johnson and Addison,
our most distinguished essayists ; Lytton, our greatest
living novel writer ; Milton, our greatest epic poet ; Mur-
chison, our most distinguished geologist ; Newton, our
greatest astronomer ; Palmerston, the most English of
statesmen Stephenson, our greatest railway engineer;
Tennyson, our greatest living poet ; Wellington, our
greatest military commander (with Napoleon for adver-
sary) ; and Nelson, our greatest sea-captain.
As amongst men of lesser rank, Ben Jonson, Chatter.
ton, Hutton, Wharton, Emerson, Simpson, John Britton,
Alison, Paxton. ilawlinson, Bennington, Watson Gordon,
Noel Paton, Hepworth Dixon, Mark Lemon, Gardener
Wilkinson, James Fergusson, Donaldson, Sir Thomas
Watson (our first physician), and many others will recur
to the memory. Surely this is very remarkable, and, so far
as we know, the observation has never been made before.
All these names speak of progress : they cry, " Excelsior!"
Echo herself says, as each name is repeated, " On !"
The circumstances that London may be given as the
scene of their labours, and that these lines were penned in
Brompton, may serve curiously to carry on the terminal
coincidence, though they do not bear on the origir.al obser
vation.—Builder.

The English Church Union report states. that
their " Case and Opinion " has cost £4OO ; the St. Alban's
and East Teignmouth cases, £1,600 ; other cases, £2OO ;
and various other matters, £lO3 ; total, £2,300 ; leaving a
balance of £5OO ; but there was still owing £2,030 for the
St. Alban's and East Teignmouth cases, exclusive of the
costs of the appeal.

MODELS IN MINIATURE. —His Royal Highness the
Prince of Wales, on visiting the agricultural show at
Dublin, was much interested in some exquisitely-finished
models of machinery made by artisans
.employed at the
works of Messrs. Howard, Bedfa.d, and expressed his
admiration of a beautiful miniature plough, weighing only
two ounces, yet perfect in every part. Messrs. Howard
offered, and his Royal Highness has since signified his
pleasure in accepting, the gift.
LAND TRANSFER AND REGISTRY OF DEEDS.—
The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Right Hon.
John Baron Romilly ; the Right Hon. Spencer Horatio
Walpole ; Mr. George Markham Giffard, a vice-chancel-
lor ; Mr. Edward Howes ; Mr. Arthur Hobhouse, one of
her Majesty's counsel ; Mr. Jacob Waley, Mr. Henry
Thring, Mr. Edward Parker Wolstenhohne, barristers-at-
law; Mr. John Young, and Mr. William James Farror, to
be her Majesty's commissioners to inquire into the opera-
tion of the Land Transfer Act, and also into the present
condition of the registry of deeds for Middlesex.

A THIEVES' PRAYER MEETING. —At the Glasgow
Special Circuit Court, before Llrd Jerviswoode, four
men, named Han•ison, Longford, Forsyth, and Rodgers,
were charged with robbing a Sabbath-school teacher
under somewhat peculiar circumstances. The teacher, it
seems, while standing, at the door of the Wynd Free
Church one evening in February last, was accosted by a
young man, who asked him to accompany him to a house
hi New Wynd, where there were a number of children
whom he wished to have brought to a meeting, then being
held in the church. The teacher consented, and on enter-
ing, the house found there a woman, two children, and one
of the prisoners. Shortly afterwards the other prisoners
appeared on the scene, one of them intimating that
he had just been holding a prayer meeting, and
wishbd to hold another. Longford, one of the prisoners,
then read the 2nd and 3rd chapters of St. John, after
which another offered up a long prayer. The teacher after
" worship " was over, when about to leave the house, was
seized by Harrison, who told him he was in a bad house,
and "would have to pay the consequences." The " conse-
quences" seemed to be so much money, which the teacher
had not to give, and the prisoners then proceeded to rob
him. He made a vain resistance, and was speedily relieved
of his coat, vest, and watch, an operation which was
rendered easier than it otherwise might have been by a man
outside the door, propes'n:; to tie him and throw him over
the window. The poor fellow was let off without further
molestation, and on giving information to the police the
four prisoners were speedily apprehended. The jury found
them guilty, and Lord Jerviswoode sentenced them each to
five years' penal servitude.
DEATH OF MISS COPLEY.—Death has at length
carried off the last surviving child of John Singleton Cop-
ley, the well-known B.A. and historical painter, the
venerable Miss Copley, sister of John Singleton Copley,
Lord Lyndhurst, whom she has survived by little more
than four years. Miss Copley, who has jutt died at the house
of Lady Lyndhurst, in Eaton-square, was in her 95th year.
Of Mr. Copley's three daughters, two grew up to woman-
hood ; of these two she was the younger ; and it
may be of interest here to record the fact that her elder
sister, Elizabeth, who married a Mr. Greene, died at Bos-
ton, Massachusetts, on the Ist of February, 1866, at •
the ripe age of 95. As Lord Lyndhurst had completed.
painter
91st year when he died, the three children of the p!,in
of
her son seated
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died in 1836, at upwards of 90,
on the woolsack. Mr. Copley,
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and she
were privileged to enjoy the society at Lord Lynd-
burst's, where she was always lively and cheerful, and
George-
street,
displayed a rich fund of anecdote and pleasant remini-
scences. Her portrait as a little child, playing with the
future Lord Chancellor of England and her other bro-
thers and sisters, will be remembered by all those who
saw the celebrated family group painted by Copley,
which used to hang in the large drawing-room of Lord
Lyndhurst's house in George-street, and formed one of
the attractions at South Kensington during the Greg
Exhibition df 1662. -