The Sun.
London, England, 1865-12-15 00:00:00

FRANCE.

BOURSE, Dec. 14.—Notwithstanding that English
Consols are telegraphed with an advance of 1 per
cent., the market is dull, with little business doing.
Quotations, however, show very little variation.
Rente and Credit Mobilier maintain yesterday's
prices. Italian Fives are the only value in demand
—this Stock has an advance of 20c., and is quoted
at 65f. 55c. The weekly return of the Bank of
France shows a decrease in bullion of nearly 4 mil-
lions of francs, and an increase in the portefeuille of
nearly 12 millions. Three o'clock.—The market
became buoyant towards the end, and closed on the
following quotations :-
4} per Cents 97 30
Do. end month —
3 per Cents. 69 05
Do. end month 69 21
Credit Mobilier 887 50
Do. end month
Bank Shares 3790
Credit Fernier 1330 -
Italian Loan 65 25 I
Do. end month 65 65
RAILT

Roman
Ottoman Fives 43 75
Mexican Loan 4B 50
Do. Bondi 333 75
Russian 77' 7.7

Austrian
Spanish Threes
Home Debt
Deferred

WAYS.
• Cash.

Amt.

Orleans
Northern _

~, 840 -
- 1137 50
- 847 50
- 571 25
- 545 -
- 520 -

Lyous and Mediterranean.

SOuthern
Western
Eastern
Sardinian
Austrian
Lombard
North of Spain
Saragossa
Ditto to Barcelona
Roman

- - . 428 75

- - 425
- - 166 25
- - ... 196 25

... 155 -

Royal English Opera•

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On Wednesday night last a new operetta, en-,
titled " Christmas Eve," the music by Mr. Deffell,
the libretto by Mr. M. Brown, was produced for
the first time at this theatre, but we cannot predict
for it any lengthened term of existence, as the
music is devoid of melody, and quite beneath that
which the public have a right to expect from the
management of the Royal English Opera Com-
pany. The title of the operetta would lead an
audience to believe that they were about to hear
a merry and pleasant little performance appro-
priate to the rapidly approaching festive seasons
but such is not the case—in fact, the " Christmas
Eve" is dull, tedious, and unentertaining to a de-
gree, and the wonder is how the management
could have been induced to accept so crude a com-
position. The plot, if we can call it such, simply
consists in an elder sister mistaking a love-letter
addressed to her younger sister by a certain cava-
lier, Sir Hubert, as' intended for herself. Of
course she is unhappy at the discovery, but her
grief is consoled by the arrival of Father Christ-
mas, who promises her all sorts of good things in
place of her sister's lover. Miss Florence Lancia, Miss
E. Heywood, Mr. Miranda, and Mr. Aynsley Cook
were the vocalists engaged, and each did their best
for the composer ; but the music, as we have before
said, was too pointless and over pretentious for the
best of talent to redeem. The management, by the
manner in which the opera was mounted, we should
imagine had no great confidence in the new produc-
tion ; but, whatever the expense incurred, it would
have been far more profitably employed had it been
devoted even to the revival of something more de-
serving representation. The brilliancy of Auber's
charming opera " Le Domino Noir," however, soon
made the audience forget " Christmas Eve," and if the
direction are wise they will speedily set about some-
thing to replace the operetta more deserving the
splendid theatre of which they are for the time being
the possessors. Why can't they give us " Ads and
Galatea," or something of that sort ?