The Sun.
London, England, 1863-01-16 00:00:00

ARRIVAL OF THE GREAT EASTERN.

The Great Eastern arrived at Liverpool to-day
from New York.

LITERATURE.

The Dramatic,
Eguestr and Muszcal, •Sich
Fund Almanac fot 1863. By J. W. Anson.
zan,
This is the seventh year of this useful little pub-
lication which has
a special claim on all lovers of
dramatic art, from the Worthy purpose to which the
proceeds are devoted. The profits are given to the
Dramatic Sick Fund, and specially laid aside for the
interment of those unfortunate members of this pre-
carions profession who may have died friendless in
hospitals _or unions. It was probably from
the fulfilment of this benevolent purpose that
this little almanac became the means of intro-
ducing the Necropolis Company to the leading
members of the dramatic profession, who are
indebted to to it for the gift of the
land on whicb the College now stands. The most
noticeable feature in this little work iy the summary
of great events of the drama, which extends over
a period of 2,300 years, reaching from the death of
Sheridan Knowles, in 1862, to the first celebration
of the Olympic games in Greece. The names of
London, provincial, colonial, and American theatres
and managers are given, with all other information
likely to be useful to the public or the profession.

COLONIAL AID FOR LANCASIIIRE.—The Provin-
vincial Government of Canterbury, New Zealand,
have appropriated a sum of £lO,OOO for granting free pas-
sages to that province to female domestic servants of good
ekhoaorwaleetdegr,eaonfdfasrinm andglemn be and
in gm
work,arri e d t
oe couples
selectedl e
ma
the cotton districts. The arrangements for carrying out
the object, it is understood, arc to be entrusted to her Ma-
jesty's Emigration Commissioners.
men
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, Jan. 15.—Tne cot-
ton market has assumed a quieter tone to-day; neverthe-
less, the sales reach fully 10,030 bales, one half on specula-
tion and for export. Yesterday's advance has been well
maintained.
MR. EDWIN JAMES,—The New York correspon-
dent of the Standard, writing upon Jan. 2, nays :
In the Supreme Court to-day Mary Ann James succeeded
in getting a decree of divorce from Etwia James, the cele-
brated lawyer. She can marry again, but he cannot,
although most husbands under similar circumstances do
get m:rried, and the law does not touch them. Mr. James
lthlofusghhe
it
so .sdi
single
ei s
hnoo
ist t
thoeo h,
iuns bo-cnoldmoofn t
she;e
slea tpe
01\i
rlar so.f
although.
the law says he is not.
JUGGED HARE.—The following is an instance,
says the Medical Times and Gazette, showing how
our profcs,ton is exposed to ridicule through the exagge-
rations of chemists and sanitarians, who argue a priori,
forgetting that, in all that pertains to human life, experi-
ence is the only safe guide. It is said that Dr. tl ill, the
food analyst for Birmingham, summoned a game dealer be-
fore the magistrates on the ground that he had in his shop
bares which were putrid and unfit for food, and which were
therefore condemned and ordered to be destroyed. When
the defendant came before the bench 11 days afterwards
the doctor is said to have deposed that " all meat that had
undergone any process of decomposition was very unwhole-
sl,,vmh.ealrlet Sandsihsun noCgt Cox, of
some end poisonous. He did net think fire destroyed the
poison of decomposition nor hid the taste of it." At this
point we are told a professional cook was called in, who
produced a saucepan boiling hot, filled with jugged 'hare
and requested Dr. Hid to taste whether it was good. Dr.,
lii '1 did so, and replied, "It appears to me very good, but
rather highly seasoued ; I should not object to cat it my-
self." Great was the laughter when it was shown that this
was one of the hares which had been pronounced by this
eminent chemist as un\fivtitfuoorsfseeosd, la-n 1
ddas3;iseoptroetvoirosushl.:.ioulp'ohoe
off the hare, which was placed at their
aredujoourtiemresd,
taottloornooeyh's,
disposal ; and, on the resumption of business, Professor
net
caste,
ltheytilot
oirl;
wholesome."
sbpiCoetcmondl
destroyed,
cgis
teirs,n(lB:dylhoocipdvsi eifiotdEuur oetdrlhreeiyassnlttitrnrhioaal
destroy
:Bout
hhnti
aehaadolt.
l
sloihedmeeramecdahgtihNsvetirloalttlheeel that things are coming to an alarming
pass, when a dish of jugged hare shall come under the ban
of the pseudo-sanitarian,

THE REPRESENTATION GF WEST SOMERSET.--
Mr. Moody has just issued his address to the electors
of West Somerset announcing his resignation of his seat in
the House of Commons. Mr, Moody ssys---"After what
has fallen from me at the late large meetings of the consti-
tuency the subject of this address will take no one by sur-
prise. In announcing my early resignation of the trust
with which you have so long honoured me, I address you
with mingled feelings of gratitude and regret—grateful for
the large amount of favour and indulgence which you have
granted me, and grieved that the tie which has for so many
years united us must now bo severed. Advancing years
have braught with them an increa•ing inability fitly to dis-
charge lay required duties, and in justice to your iuterests,
as well as to myself, it becomes rue to withdraw from the
responsibility of being any longer one of your representa-
tives in Parliament. The
present time seems most oppor..
tune for my retirement —as, on the one hand, no questions
of great importance are pending,
so that I cannot be said to
relinquish my duties at a critical moment ; and, on the other
baud, this freedom from grave political discussions permits
you calmly to exercise your privilege as electors without
undue agitation and excitement; and the election will take
place at a time when you are not occupied in those busy
scenes of agricultural employment in which, if deferred for
a few months, by the renewed bounty of a
gracious Provi-
dence, I h pe you will be again successfully engaged." Mi
W. 11. P. G. Langton, of Hatch Park, who formerly repee-
sen`cd the division, has announcedhis intention of offering
himself in the Conservative interest ;
and Mr. Ralph Ne-
ville Grenville, the present high sheriff of the county, is
spoken by ale ;iibinial *ii sly to be Aio oPponenti