The Sun.
London, England, 1864-09-16 00:00:00

B. ALFRED MELLON'S CONCERTS
EVERY EVENING, at Eight.
OY AL ITALIAN OPERA HOUSE, COVENT-GARDEN.
A MEYERBEER NIGHT THIS EVENING.
xrdlle. C. Patti, Mdlle. Krebs ; Mr. Levy, Mr. G. Perren,
and Mr. Doyle. Orchestra of One Hundred Performers, %rid
the Land of ;he Coldstream Guards, &c.
Conductor, Mr. ALFRED MELLON.
Promenade, Amphitheatre Stalls, and Amphitheatre, One
Shilling; Dress Circle, 2s. Ed. ; Private Boxes, £1 is. and
10s. (5
To-morrow (Saturday), a VOLUNTEER NIGHT. Mr.
Weiss, for thot night only.
On Monday next, a GOUNOD NIGHT. The Band of the
G enadier Guards, in adcition to the Orchestra of One un-
H
dredPerformers and the Band of the Coldstream Guards.

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al IIEATRE ROYAL, lIAYMARKET.
_,,_ Mr. BUCK:STONE respectfully info-ms his friends
and the public that this The )tre ww.illth o,:ena
Ballet, entit on MONDAY
led
next, Sept. 19, to commence at. 7
BACCUHS AND AR I ADN E, in which the Messrs. Arthur
ind Charles Leclemq, with Miss Caroli..e Adams and Miss
Fanny Wright, will appear. ,
After whicn, at halt-past 7, 0 Keefe s revived Comic Opera
of T whoIIA.ST sing ANDALUSIA. Don Cresar, Mr.
IVeis willthe original songs, "Flow thou regal
pk-ple str 'am," " On by the spur of valour goaded," and
.. ,2eWolf Don Alphonso, 31r.Arthur 3lathison, with the
rhe hardy sailor br we i the ocean" and " The
origh: al song, "
but of the ro.e;" 00.‘ Scipio, Mr. Chippendale; Don Fer-
, Mr. W. Farren ; Spado (a robber), Mr. Buckstone ;
nando
driilo, with "A master I have, and I am his man," Mr.
Pe
Compton ; Don Juan, Mr. Rogers ; Sanguine, Mr. Braid ;
Victoria, Miss Nelly Moore; Catalina, with " Two strings to
hi - bo s," Miss Louise Keele; Donna Isabel'a,Mrs.Griffiths ;
Donna Lorenzo, Madame Weiss, who Ah why do
we love ?" (Htton' " Love is a gentle thing," ,Ho(ward
(lover', and a
"The, lark n,w leaves her watery nest"
(Hatton).
To be followed by (first time at this Theatre) (hisMrton
's
i : tree of FRIEND WAGd LES. Horatio Waggloes
ork.;inal character), Mr. Compton. will be
A i ter " Frend Waggles," " God save the Queen"
Bun; hy Mr.i Weiss, Mr. A. Matthison, Piiiss Louise Keeley,
Xiss Fosbroke, Madame Weiss, and the entire company.
Concluding with A KISS IN Tae E DARK.
On Monday, Oct. 3, will be prod d a version of Alexander
Dukias's play of "3lademoiselle de Belle Isle," the Engli. h
Frances Anne Keinbte, in which Madlle. Beatrice
versiCn by
Luechb,sini, of the Odeon and Vaudeville, Paris, will make
her first appearance in England.
i a new Farce, by the Author of "Box and
In rene,`"a ,
in ~hich Mr. Buckstone, Mr, Rogers, Mr. Wal'er
Cox," Snowdon, and Mrs. E. Fitzwil.iam will appear.
Gordon, MiSe will be opened on Saturday next, Sept, 17,
The box-offic,2
from it.' till 5, under the direction of M. G. Turpin.
and daily
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ROY AL d Man Vi
NUNCESS'S THEATRE.-
Sole Lessee al; ager, Mr. Geo. ning.
THIS EVENING, BOI:•)I TO GOOD LUCK. I eddy
O'ltafferty, Mr. Dominick Siarray.
After which, THE STREZT3 OF LONDON. Messrs.
Vining, J. W. Ray, D. Fi her. D. Murray, J. Nelson, H.
Worrester. H. Mellon ; Mrs. Ilt.nry Marston, Miss Emma
Barnett, and Miss Fanny Gwynne..

NOW THEATRE-ROYAL,
Sale PrODriGtOT and Manager. M. B. Webster.
THIS EVENING, A WOMAN OF BUSINESS. Messrs.
Toole and Billington.
After which, 3rd time, STEPHEN DIGGES. Messrs. J.
L. 'Toole, R. Phillips, Billington, Stephenson; Mrs. Killing-
ton, Miss H. Simms, and Mrs. Alfred Mellon.
And T E BABES IN THE WOOD. Messrs. J. L.Toole,
E Bedford, C. J. Smith ;Mellon, &c.
Commence at 7.

OYAL ST. JAMES'S THEA:FRE.
Manager, Mr. Benjamin Webster.
EMINENP TALEN r AND COMEDY.
popular Theatre is now Open for the Winter Season.
THUS EVENING (tor the sth time): Mr. Arthur Sketchly's
..successtul and original CJinedy of 110 W WILL
i_l6y* (2-ET OUT OF IT. After which, F. C. Burnand's
Laughable Travestie of FAUST AND MARG'L'ERITE.
To conclude with LNDEK TIIE ROSE. Those cele-
brated artists Mr. and Mrs. Char es Mathews are re-engaged.
Mr,. Stirling, gr. and Mrs. Frank Matthews, Mr. F. Robin-
son. Mr. Ashley, Mr. J. Clark, Mr. Chamberlain, Mr. John-
stone, Mr. IL Montague, Miss Cotterel , Miss Fanny Joseph
Miss Patti Josephs, &c. &c. Scenic Artists, Mr. Gates and
his pupil. Acting Manager, Mr. J. Kintoch. Musical Con-
ductor, Mr. Wallenstiene. Stage Director, Mr. F. Webster.

COUNTRY and SEASIDE DRESSES.
Messrs. JAY, of Regent-street, have now in stock a
variety of WASEIING DREiSES, suitatle for the
country and seaside, and at the c:earing-out price of only
£1 lis. ed. the dress.

JAY'S,
247, 249, and 251, Iteg,ent-street.

IILACK SILKS.—The price of Silks in the raw
material has already r' sen 15 per cent., and it will soon
reach a far greater per-centage. Messrs. JAY, therefore,
invite their numerous patrons to take advantage of the stock
they have on hand, which they can now dispose of on favour-
able terms ; but the same qualities will naturally b., more
costly as the price of silk fluctuates to a higher average
JAY'S,
217, 249, and 251, Regent-street.

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Terms cash.

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LONDON, FRIDAY, SEPT. 16, 1864.

The yearly meeting of the British Association is
always looked for with interest by all who have
knowledge or intelligence enough to profit by its
discussions. Men of the highest rank in their
various lines of study each bring their contribution
of experience and ability to the general fund, and
no twelvemonth passes without adding something
to tha stores coliected by their study and mental
application. The pursuit of science now occupies
a very different position in public estimation from
that in which it was held. Formerly the scientific
philosopher was looked upon as a sort of visionary,
a scholar whose only place was his study, and
whose theories of gases and compounds, and deal-
ings with test and analysis, were suspiciously akin
to the remnants of the black art. Science, however,
has asserted her pre-eminence long since, and no
class of men are now looked upon with more respect,
even by the unlearned and ignorant, than the
natural philosopher. The study of natural science
is indeed at the bottom of all our great inventions,
and more than one important practical revolution
has been suggested by a man of science. Every
year enlarges our knowledge, if only by enlarging
our experience, by new combinations of matter,
new abplications of received theories, new tests
of those about which the scientific world is
still in doubt. It is, therefore, commonly the
custom of the eminent philosopher who is
selected to fill the presidential chair at
the annual autumnal gathering to devote his
opening discourse principally to a recapitulation of
the progress of discovery and knowledge up to the
date of the assembly. The distinguished geologist
who was this year elected to the presidency, adopted
a somewhat different course, and his hearers must
have deemed the exception a fortunate one. The
place of meeting this season is the famous watering
place of Bath, and considering the high authority
with which Sir CHARLES LYELL'S observations on
any subject connected with his favourite science are
invested, no happier coincidence could have occurred
than that which converted the inaugural address
into a lucid exposition of the nature and history of
mineral waters and hot spt inge. The gaily dressed
crowds who throng the rump-room, and the en.
feebled invalids who creep thither in search of
health, would certainly be puzzled if they were
closely catechised as to the origin and nature of
their favoutito waters. The least scientific among
the audience of the other evening, however, must
have followed Sir CH kitLES'S luminous discourse
with interest ant! delight, and the least attentive
nest have derived from its ample illustrations a
bitter ides, of the qualities and peculiari-
ties of a hot spring than they had peeei.
ouily formed. The Beth waters, though less
farnoae than their Continental rivals, possess
notice, being
rune claioa3 t)
remarkable
for their velame and high temperature, consider-
ing their distance from volcanoes or the regions of
earthge tlee3. In the matter of antiquity, not of
exiateace, bat of discovery, they may also claim
some interest, as in the days of the Roman, they
were in active demand. The modern Bath, like
rainy another city, owes io prosperity And its