The Sun.
London, England, 1864-01-18 00:00:00

LIFEBOAT SERVICES. During the stov:ms
of the past year the boats of the National Lifeb oat
Institution saved 417 persons from different wrecks on )ur
coasts. The Institution has also expended £13,819 3s. 2d. in
the same period on lifeboat e3tablishments, in addition to
granting £1,331 6a. Oil. as rewards for saving 714 shipwrect :ed
persons by its liteboats, and other means.
The Committee of the Institution earnestly APPEAL to•the
public for ASSISTANuE to enable them to meet the coon-
tinned heavy demands on the Institution's 125 lil el”at esi;ab-
lishments. Contributions are received by all the Lon :1911
and country bankers; and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis,
at the Instil ution, 14, John-street, Adelphi.
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11HE M ODERN AUGUSTUS, or The Lie of a
Lifetime, in FUN This Week.—One Penny.

ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA,
COVENT-GARDEN.
Under the Management of Miss Louisa Pyle and
Mr. W. Harrison.
THIS EVEaIING, to coramence with (13th time) an en-
tirely new Operetta, entitled FANO il ET TE. Miss Louisa
Fyne anA 'W. Harrison.
After which, a Grand Christmas Pantomime, on a s3alo of
unprecudenter ma_tnificence, ntitled
EAR. LEQUIN ST. GEORGE AND THE DtAGON.
Doors opera at half-past Six—. ommence at Seven.

THEATRE ROYAL . DRUR Y-L AN E.
Man agers, Messrs. Edmond Falconer and
F. B. Chatterton.
THIS EVE ti-ING, the Performances will commence with
the New Serio—Comic Drama, by Edmund en
Falconer, titled
;NIGHT AND MORN. Principal characters by 1%'1./. Phelps,
supported by 31 eisra. Ryder, Raynor, FL zjames, and Misses
Leclercq, dnson, and Heath.
To conclude with the new Grand Christmas Com
Wonders is
Panto-
mime of SINB.A.D THE SAILOR ; or, The Seven
of th World. Clowns, Messrs. H. Boleno and C. Lauri ;
Bariequins, Messrs. J. Cormack and S. Saville ; PantalMadame
oons,
Messrs. W. A. Barnes and J. alorris ; Columbines,
Boleno and Misses Gann's&
Prices as nsnaL Box Office open from 10 till 5 daily.

9IHEATRE ROYAL DRUR Y-L AN E.
Managers, MFessrs.
Cbatterto Edmund Falconer and
n.
A GRAND MORNING PERFORMANCE of the Panto-
mime NEXT 'WEDNESDAY, at Two o'clock, when the &ye
of the Duke of York's School with their Band will attend.
The Free List entirely susp:nd.d, the public press ex-
cepted.
THIS EVENEiG, NIGHT AND MORN. Messrs.
Raynor, Fitzjames ; Miss R. Leclercq, Miss
Phelps, Ryder,
Atkinson, and Miss Heath.
After which, the Grand Cemie Christmas PANTO-
y one. writ-tea by E. L. Blanchard, Esq.. entitled and
founded on the popular Oriental story of SINDBAD THE
LOR. The gorgeously beautiful character of the decora-
tions. inclusive of more thin the usual amount of scenical
surprises and transforma ion wonders, are ensured by the
fact of their being entirely designed and for the most part
executed by the celebrated artist, William Beverley, wh,4se
eminent services have been retained this Christmas exclu-
sively for the Thea tre Royal Drury-Lane. The general
action I the Pantomime, arranged by, and the whole pro-
duced under the direction of, Mr. Robert Roxby. Principal
characters in the opening by Messrs. Tom Matthews, J. Ne-
vil e. Fitzjames, Me af,rreson, G. Weston, and Master Percy
Roselle; Misses Lizzie 'A ilmore, Rose Leclercq, E. Weston,
Coventry, and Cicely Nott. The Harlequinade will include
the services of those popular Pantomimists (forming a
double company), Harry Boleno and Mr. C. Lau i, Clowns
Mr. W. A. Barnes and Mr. J. Morris, Pantaloons ; Mr.
Cormack and Mr. S. Saville, Harlequins ; Madame
Bolen.) and Misses Gunnies, Columbines. The masks,
devices, and dresses, from designs by the humorously re-
nowned Dykwynkvn. The music selected and arranged by
Mr. J. Barnard. The dances and action of the Ballet ar-
ranged by Mr. Cormack. Comic scenes. tricks, Om, invented
by -Messrs. if. B.oleno and Cormack. Box Office open daily
from 10 till 5 o'dlock.
The massive and beautiful decorations of the amphitheatre,
proscenium. aid ceiling, designed and completed under the
direction of Marsh Nelson, Esq., in that uorgeous style of
ornamentation known as characteristic of the Louis Quatorze
period. and which elicited so much praise from the press and
the public last year, having been thoroughly cleansed, make
the aspect of th e house -before the curtain (which, when
lighted up, is admitted to be the inDst beautiful in Europe),
an object of admiration which in itself is worth a visit.
Doors open at Valf-past Six. Performances commence at
Seven, and terminate every evening at Eleven o'clock.