The Sun.
London, England, 1864-07-20 00:00:00

Commence at 7.

ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, under the
Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER.
Crowded with rank and fashion.
ne•engagement of those ce'ebrs.ied and popular artistes, Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Mathews.
Production of an entirely new original 'rravestie of a very
popular subject, by F. C. Burnand, Esq., entitled FAITS
Ara) MARGUERITE, in which Mr. and Mrs Charles
Mathews will appear. The new scenery by the celebrated
artists, Messrs. Danson and Sons ; the incidental lia,let by

Osear Byrne.
Amongst the artists engaged will be found the popular
names of Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr. Charles Mathews. Mr.
Frank Matthews, Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. J. Clarke, Mr. Paul
Bedford, Mr.:F. Robinson, Mr. Ashley , Mr. J. Johnstone;
Miss Herbert, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss 11. Simms, Miss
A. Cottrell, Miss Fanny Josephs, Miss Patti Josephs, MISS
Wentworth,-Mrs. Stirling, ana Mrs. Chas. Mathews.
EVERY Est-ENING, at 7, A SHEEP IN WOLF'S
CLOTHING. Mrs. Stirling, Mr. J. Clarke, and Mr. F.
Robinson.
At a quarter-past 8, a new Travestie, entitled FAUST
AND MAGUERITE Mr. Chas. Mathews, Mr. J. Clarke
Mr. Ashleßy, Mr. Montague, Mr. W. H. Eburne, Mr. W,.
Chamberlaine, and Mrs, C. Mathews.
At 10, LITTLE TODDLEKINS, Mr. Charles Mathews,
Mr. and Mrs. F. Matthews.
To conclude with BRISTOL DIAMONDS. Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Mathews, Mr. Ash ey, Miss Wentworth.

GOODWOOD.—RACE GLASSES, the best at
CALLAGHAN'S, 23A, New Bond-street, W., corner
of conduit-street. N.B.—Sole agent to Voigtlander, Vienna.

OPERA. and RACE GLASSES, Field and Yacht
Glasses, in every varie y of size, form, and mounting,
matchless for their great magnifying power and sharpness
of definition. Yrtce, from 20s. each, at CALLAGtiAN'S,
23_1, New Bond-street, W., corner or Conduit-street. Sole
agent for the celebrated race and field glasses and photo-
graphic len, es made by Veigtlander, Vienna. Field glasses
mane expressly for India, warranted to withstand the greatest
tropical heat. The new aluminium mounted glasses (as re-
cently made for H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, though of the
largest size, weigh but a low ouuce..

COUNTRY and SEASIDE DRESSES.
Messrs. JAY, of Regent-street, have now in stock a
variety of WASHING SILK DRESSES, suttatle for the
country and seaside, and at the c.caring-out price of only
£1 Ils. 6d. the dress.

JAY'S,
247, 249, and 251, Regent-street.

BLACK 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-centag,e. Messrs. JAY, tnerefot e,
invite their numerous patrons to take advantage of the stock
they have on band, which they can now dispoe of on favour-
able terms ; but the same qualities will naturally b more
costly A 3 the price of silk fluctuates to a higher average
JAY'S,
217, 210, and 2.51, Regent-street.

COALS.—The LIIALESHALL COMPANY'S
COALS.
Direct from their own Collieries.
Marquis'. ......235. per ton. I Double.. 203. per ton.
Top 225. „ i Deep . .2ls. ~
Well screened and delivered within five miles of their De-
pots, Westbourne Park-road, W., and 17, South Wharf,
Paddington, W., and Maiden-lane, N.
Best Coke
Terms cash.
JOHN SCOTT, Sole Agent

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The Weather—Sun Office, July 20, 1864.

THERMOMETER
This day at Two o'clock .. S 3

Barometer-30.20.
WIND—W. ; calm, and sultry.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
TFus am—Morning, 2h. 31m.—Aaarnoon, 2h. 58m,
To..moßisovr.-Morning, 3h. 20a1.—Afternoon, 3h. 4403,

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LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 1864.

The rather questionable advantages held out to
society by that wonderful little Divorce Court,
originally established, not so very many years
since, in one of those judicial holes and corners hid
away yonder down at Westminster—have been
rather curiously illustrated within the last few
days by the result of the case of HOPLEY versus
llopLEy. The case Was in itself, no doubt, a very
curious one—nay, thank GOD, we may even add,
'we believe quite confidently, one in its whole
character entirely and absolutely exceptional.
Into its
merits (to employ a current phrase that
seems to drop into its place here, by the way.
rather oddly) into its merits, so-called, we don't
propose in any way to enter. byre refer toil, or
rather to the decision that it has led to, ato one
of the latest nod, beyond an instant's doubt, one of
the strongest illustrations of the system of wLieh
it is mainly valuable as it is also -.Lost painfully
interesting as an illustration. As such, namely,
as a truly astounding illustration of the glorious
uncertainty of the law as it is revealed to our con-
templation at work, there in these later days in the
Divorce Court, it is, in simple truth, the ne plus
ultra of:non sequiturs !It shows to us—as we should
certainly never have expected to have shown to us
by any even the most eccentric scheme of judicial
Eirrangemonts—How a young wife can prove to
alasolnte demonstration, can prove beyond all pos-
sibility of denial (as shown by the summing up of
the judge, as shown by the unanimous
verdict of the jury)—How, we say, a young
wife can prove to absolute demonstration
the fact of her having been subjected to a series of
the most revolting cruelties by her husband, and