The Sun.
London, England, 1864-01-11 00:00:00

BOOKS RECEIVED.

Lloyd Pennant. A Tale of the West. 2 Vols. Chap-
man and Hall.
Meadowleigh. 335 the Author of The Ladies of Beevor
Hollow. 2 Vols. R chard Bentley.
The Cities of the Past. By Frances Power Cobbe.
Ttiibner and Co.
The Grade Lesson Books. By E. T. Stevens. Sixth
(and Last) Standard. Longman and Co.

THE JAPANESE DlFFlCULTY.—lntelligence has
been received that after long discussions, extending
other three days, the agents of Prince Satsuma have agreed
to make immediate payment of the indemnity, and have
promised in writing not to relax in active search for the
murderers of Mr. Richardson, and to subject them when
discovred, to capital punishment, in presence of one or more

British officers.
THE DUKE OF NEWCASTLE.—We are assured
that, notwithstanding that the duke is happily restored to
health, his grace meditates retiring from the Ministry.
MR. ARTHUR SKETCHLET, whose name has
figured so frequently in benefits during the last few months,
is about to produoe an original entertainment, in which our
will appear before the public under
old friend "Mrs. Brown"

a new aspect.
THE NATIONAL SHARSPEARE COMMITTEE has
been joined during the last few days by the Mayor of
Arundel, Colonel De Bathe, Robert Broadwater, Esq., J.
G. Fitch, Esq. (Governraent Inspector of Schools), Peter
Le Neve Foster, Esq., Alfred Mellon, Esq., E. A. Sothern,
Esq., and John Eeq.
ROYAL GALLERY OP ILLUSTRATION.—The Opera
di Camera " Jessy Lea," by Messrs. Oxenford and
"• -

Maefarren, will, after a limited number of representations,
give place to Mr. and Mrs. German Reed's new Egyptian
Entertainment, written by Shirley Brooke, and in which
Mr. John, Parry is announced to appear. The great suc-
cess, however, of the opera, which is one of Mr. Macfarren's
freshest and most melodious compositions, has suggested a
return to the Gallery (after a tour which will be immedi•
ately commenced) on those mornings which are not devoted
to the forthcoming novelty. Report speaks highly of Mr.
Shirley Brooks' work. The design of the piece we hear is
novel, and the situations are highly humorous and effective.
The scenery has been painted by Mr. William Telbin.
ALL THE FOOTMEN AT OSBORNE have changed
their sombre suits to scarlet liveries. The pages and dressers
in immediate attendance on the Queen continue to wear
black.
THE LATE PRINCE CONSORT.—The hatchment
which had remained over the principal entrance to Holy-
rood Palace since the death of the late Prince Consort,
two years ago, was taken down on Friday week.
A GOOD EXAMPLE.—Commandant Colonel Gas-
coigne, C. 8., has forwarded £2 2s to the Royal
National Lifeboat Institution, as a contribution for the
current year from the Plymouth Division of Royal Marines
(Light Infantry). Thus it occasionally happens that soldiers
and others connected with military officers show great in-
terest in providing for the safety of the sailor. Within the
past two or three weeks Robert Whitworth, Esq., of Man-
chester, a member of the firm of the celebrated inventor of
the Whitworth gun, huts collected between £2OO and £3OO
to purchase a new lifeboat to be stationed at Bridlington.
'DE GRENADIERS no longer do duty at the
gates of the British Museum. the National Gallery, and
other public buildings of a like description, the guardian-
ship of which is now in the hands of the civil authorities
and police.
FREEHOLD LAND IN HEATS AND EAST SURREY.
—The Conservative Land Society has just acquired two
new estates, the one at the increasing malting town of
Bishop Stortford, 32 miles from London by the Great
Eastern; and the other in Plough-lane, Battersea. cloee to
the branches of the "all round the town railway" lines and
Wandsworth station en the South Western, and within a
short distance of Battersea-park and the new Chelsea
bridge. The society has now 50 estates in 20 counties,
nearly half a million of money having been expended in
land purchases and public works, such as roads, ornamental
gardens, sites for churches, &c.
THE ACCOUCHEMENT OF THE PRINCESS OF
WALES.—A correspondent signing himself " A
Lover of Historical Dates and Facts," says, it is a curious
fact, and one well worthy of notice, that her Royal High-
ness the Princess of Wales was confined the very day after
the anniversary of the birth of the late lament d Princess
Charlotte of Wales, the only child of the last Prince and
Princess of Wales, afterwards George IV. and Queen Care-
line—the said Princess Charlotte of Wales having been
born on Thursday, Jan. 7,
1796, just 68 years ago.
Dr. Stanley was installed as Dean of Westminster,
on Saturday. Canon Wordsworth, who issued a protest
some time ago against some of Dr. Stanley's theological
"views," was not present at the installation, and the new
Dean was allowed to take quiet possession of his office.
EXETER-HALL.—The Sacred Harmonic Society's
next concert takes place on Friday next, when Haydn's
" Creation" will be performed under the direction of Mr.
Costa, Madame Parepa, Mr. Sims Reeves, and Mr. Santley
being the principal vocalists.