The Sun.
London, England, 1863-12-22 00:00:00

Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans.

"THE GHOST CLUB" at the
CANTERBURY lIALL.—New and Interesting
Spectral Tableaux.—Mr. C. MORTON is enabled to announce
that, throu2.ll the medium of Professor Pepper's World of
Shadows, a "GHOST CLUB" is n'ghtly held at the CAN-
TERBURY HALL. The object of the Club is not the re-
peopling of the Haunted Houses of London ; but, through
the agency of Phantoms, to present vivid (if transient)
pictures of the drama of real life, both in its serious
and mirthful aspects ; and, by means of spectral tableaux,
to recall, and still further impress on the mind, some
of the teachings or ple«santries of the best wr:ters. At pre-
sent, the two orders of Slavery—the Slavery of the South,
and the " White" Slavery of a more boastful civilisation,
receive emphatic illustration ; and these life pictures will be
rapidly replace Iby others. The pag,es cf Shakspere and
&C., the
eli;er Dramatists, of Scott, Hood, Ingoldsby, Dickens, &e.,
Wi 1. in turns, furnish subjects for illustration.
All the other Musical and Pictorial attractions as usual,
including Operatic Selections, &o. ; Comedy by Unsworth
(the modern Demosthenes), Eugene, George Hodson, E.
Marshall, and George Hutchenson.

OYAL ALHAMBRA.— CONTINUED and
b 2) IMMENSE SUCCESS of FRANCONI'S CIRQUE
IMPEECIAL.—This Renowned Troupe, comprising the best
Stud of Trick and Manage Horses in the World; together
with the First Star Male and Female Equestrians, Acrobats,
Gymnasts, Clowns, and Van ters in either Hemisphere, at-
tracts enthusiastic and delighted audiences nightly to this
Magnificent Building, who behold with wonder 'lnd admira-
tion the Marvellous Feats of this far-famed Company.
Change of Programme Nightly. Morning Performances,
Mondays, Wednesday s, and Saturdays, at T o. Two Grand
Performances on Boxing Day, viz , Two and Half-past Seven.
Admission—Private boxes, one guinea ; Reserved seats, 35.;
Stalls and Balcony, 2s. ; Pit and Promenade, is. ; Gallery, 6d.
Box-office open dully.
On Monday, Dec. 21st, first appearance of M. Jules Perez,
from Madrid, the Greatest Rider of the age.

ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street,
Piccadilly.
During the Concerts given by Mons. JULLIEN. at Her
Majesty's Theatre, the- BALL will commence EVERY
EVENING at NINE O'CLOCK.
Doors open at 8 o'clock.
Admission, Is.
Manager—M. Gnrsrr.

QPECTACLES.—The Patent Newly-invented
ki Tinted Spectacles are patronised by the majority of the
includiwz Viscount Palmerston. They afford extra-
ordinary re del* to weak, dim, and detective vision.—S. and B
SOLOMON S, Opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly.

CAPTAIN WHITE'S ORIENTAL PICKLE,
CURRY or MULLIGATAWNY PASTE,
Curry Powder, and Curry Sauce, may be obiained from al'
Sauce Vendors, and wholesale of
CROSSE and isLAC4WELL, Purveyors to the Queen,
Soho-square, London,

ALT Christmas many suffer from INDIGESTION,
and require some little assistance. PARR'S LIFE
PILLS stimulate the digestive organs, and remove, without
the sligh. est pain, uneasy or nauseous sensations, so familiar
to thoselwho have indulged a I ttle too freely in good Cnrist-
mas fare. May be obtained of any medicine vendor, in boxes,
Is lid, 2s Od ; and in family packets, lls each.

BEAUTIFUL WOMEN.—Alabaster Powder,
and the Magnetic Rock Dew Water from Sahara. Cir-
cassian Bloom, Arabian Soaps, and Alabaster Liquid. These
costly and inimitable toilet preparations render the hair,
teeth, and complexion beautiful beyond comparison.—Can be
had only at Madame RAC r;L'S, 47A New Bond-street,
where she can be consulted daily. All'communicationa are
strictly confidential.

THE CAPE MAIL.

PLYMOUTH, Dec• 21

The mail steamship Briton arrived here this even
ins at 10 o'clock. She left the Cape on the 20th
ult., St. Helena on the 28th ult., and Ascension on
the 2d inst., alai brings 39 passengers.
Bishop Colenzo's trial commenced at the Cape on
the 17th ult. in St. George's Cathedral, before the
Metropolitan Bishop of Cape Town and two suf.
frt gaps, the Bishop of Graham's Town and the Bishop
of the Orange Free State. The accusing clergy, the
Dean of Cape Town and the Archdeacons of
Graham's Town and George Town, were present to
support the charges they had preferred. Dr. Black,
Curator of the Grey Library, attended on behalf of
Bishop Colenzo, and read a letter from the Bishop,
denying the jurisdiction of the court and handed in a
formal protest against the proceedings. The Dean of
Cape Town supported the charges in an eloquent and
forcible speech, characterised by deep research and
great ability. The trial was expected to extend
over several days. The question at issue would
finally pass into the hands of the Judicial Committee
of the Privy Council.
A civil action was pending against the Dutch
Reformed Church for suspending from the ministry
the Rev. Mr. Kobse, on a charge of heresy.
The Federal steamship Vanderbilt returned to
Cape Town from the Mauritius, and remained in
Table Bay uutil Oct. 27. She then proceeded to
Angra Pequina, the Confederate rendezvous, and
carried a quantity of coals stored on Penguin Island,
which was annexed to Cape Colony two years since.
The Vanderbilt also seized the British bark Saxon,
of Cape Town (in British waters, it is said) that
vessel being supposed to have been laden with part
of the cargo of the Federal bark Conrad, captured
by the Alabama and converted by Capt. Semmes
into a tender to the Alabama, and renamed the
Tuscaloosa. The Vanderbilt then put a prize crew

on board the Sazon, and sent her to New York for

condemnation. Tho crew of the Saxon, with the
exception of the mate, said to have been shot by a
Federal officer, were transferred to a coasting vessel
and forwarded to Table Bay.
There bad been destructive storms and heavy
floods is the Eastern Province.
Provisions continued plentiful and cheap. Trade
was reviving.

Horniman's Tea is choice and strong, moderate
in price, and wholesome to use. These advantages have
secured for this Tea a general preference. It is sold in
packets by 2,280 Agents.
ACCIDENT ON A RAILWAY.--On Sunday morning
the driver of the goods train which arrives at Swin-
don station on the Great Western Railway at 2 o'clock was
passing Hay.lane, midway between Wootton Bassett and
Swindon, when he perceived something lying between the
rails on the up line. Tho engine was stopped, and it was
found to be the body of a woman, about 40 years of age,
quite dead. The legs of the deceased were broken ; the head
was crushed. There were no marks by which she could be
identified. The deceased was dressed as if for travelling.
The body was brought on a truck to Swindon station, where
it now lies awaiting identification and the inquest.
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