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

Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans.

"THE GHOST CLUB" at the
CANTERBURY HALL.—New and Interesting
Spectral Tableaux.—Mr. C. MO RTON is enabled to announce
that, throu2h 'he medium of Professor Pepper's World of
Shadows, a "GHOST CLUB" is nightly 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 pleasantries of the best writers. 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 replaces by others. The pages Shakspere and the
elder Dramatists, of Scott, Hood, Ingoldsby, Dickens, &C., tec.,
in turns, furnish subjects for illustration.
All the other Musical and Pictorial attractions as usual,
including Operatic Selections, &c. ; Comedy by Unsworth
(the 'modern Demosthenes), Eugene, George Hodson, E.
Marshall, and George Hutchenson.

OYAL ALHAMBRA.— CONTINUED and
IMMENSE SUCCESS of FRANCONP
siS CI
the best
Stud of Trick' and Manage Horses in the World, together
with the First Star Male and Female Equestrians, Acrobats,
Gymnasts, Clowns, and Vau tern in either Hemisphere, at-
tracts enthusiastic and delighted audiences nightly to this
Magnificent Building, who behold with wonder and admira-
tion the Marvellous Feats of this far-lamed Co
111mpany8.11CCS,.
Change of Programme Nightly. alorning reTfOr
Mondays, Wednesdat s, and Satiirdays, T o. Two Grand
Performances on Boxing Day, viz , Two and Half-past Seven.
Admission—Private boxes, one guinea; Reserved seats, 38.;
Stabs and Balcony, 2s. ; Pit and Promenade, is. ; Gallery, M.
' Box-oilice open daily.
On Monday, Dec. 2 ; st, first appearance of M. Jules Perez,
f:om Madrid, the Greatest Rider ot the age.

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

PECTACLES.—The Patent Newlv-invented
k ) Tinted Spectacles are patronised by the majority of the
Nobility, includim;Viscount Palmerston. They afford extra-
ordinary re,ief to weak, di and detective vision.—S. and B
SOLO3IONS, Opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly.

CAP'PAIN WHITE'S ORIENTAL PICKLE,
CURRY or MULLIGATAWNY PASTE,
Curry Powder, and Curry Sauce, may onto.ained from all
• Sauce Vendors, and wholes of
CROSSE and BLACKo -squarWELL, Purveyors to the Queen,
ohe, London,

AT Christmas many suffer from INDIGESTION,
and require some little assistance. P.UIR'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 little too freely in good Corist-
rdas la, c. NI ny be obtained of any fnedicine vendor, in boxes,
is lid, 2s Od ; and in family packets, its each.

BEAUTIFUL OMEN.— Alabastcr 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 BACH ti:L'S, 47A, New Bond-street,
where she can be consulted daily. All communications are
strictly confidential.

THE CAPE MAIL.

PLYMOUTH, Dec. 21

The mail steamship Briton arrived here this even.
ing at 10 o'clock. She left the Cape on the 20th
ult., St. Helena on the 28th ult., and Ascension on
the 2d inst., an I 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-
fragans, 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 until 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 Cspt. 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. The crew of the Saxon, with the
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transferred
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vessel
and forwarded to Table Bay.
There had been destructive storms and heavy
floods is the Eastern Province.
Provisions continued plentiful and cheap. Trade
- I was reviving.
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Horniman's Tea is choice and strong, moderate I
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 tbo
rails on the up line. The 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. Thrxe were no marks by which she Could be
identified. The deceased was dreesed as if for travelling.
The body was brought on a truck to S,,vindon station, where
it now lies awaiting identification and the inquest.
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