The Sun.
London, England, 1862-01-17 00:00:00

DRURY-LANE THEATRE ROYAL.
Lessee, Mr. E. T. SMITH.
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS.
GRAND MORNING PERFORMANCE of the PAN-
TOMIME every WEDNESDAY, at Two o'Clodr.
THIS EVENING (17th January) her Majesty's Ser-
vants will perform the popular Farce, by J. B. Buckstone,
Esq., entitled AN ALARMING SACRIFICE. Bob
Ticket, Mr. Atkins ; Pugwash, Mr. Barsby ; Mr. Skinner,
Mr. Hope • Susan Sweetapple, Miss Keeley; Miss Wadd,
Miss Stuart; Miss Tibbit, Miss Bland; Miss Gimp, Miss
Hartleur ; Deborah, Mrs. Dowton.
After which will be produced, with that attention to com-
pleteness in every department by which the Christmas
Annuals of this Theatre have been so pie-eminently dis-
tinguished, the New Grand Comic Pantomime, entitled
HARLEQUIN and the HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT;
er, Old Mother Hubbard and her Si onderful Dog.
"If a man do build a dwelling upon common land from
sunset to sunrise, and enclose a piece of ground, wherein
there shall be a tree, a beast feeding, a fire kindled, a chim-
ney smoking, and provisions in the pot, such dwelling shall
be freely held by the builder, anything herein to the con-
trary nevertheless notwithstanding."—Old Forest Charter.
The Novel Effects and Splendid Scenery by
WILLIAM BEVERLEY.
Assisted by Messrs. C. Pitt, Craven, Brow, &c., &c.
Masks, Symbolic Devices, Personal Appointments, and
Designs for the Costumes, by the celebrated Dykwynkyn.
The Overture and Music composed and arranged by Mr.
J. H. TULLY. The Machinery by Mr. Tucker and As-
sistants. The Tricks, Properties, Changes, and Transfor-
mations, by Mr. Needham, assisted by Messrs Glindon, H.
Adams, H. Langham, &c. The Costumes by Miss Dickin-
son, Mr. Lauri, and Mr. Palmer. The Gas Appointments
by Mr. Binckley. The Choregraphic Arrangements by
Mr. Cormack. The Harlequinade and Comic Scenes by
Messrs. Cormack and B. Jones. The Perfume of the
Flowers supplied by Rimmel's process.
The Grotesque Burlesque Opening invented and written
by E. L. BLANCHARD.
And the whole arranged and produced under the imme-
diate superintendence of Mr. ROBERT ROXBY.

Synopsis of Scenery, Incidents, and Characters,
OLD MOTHER HUBBARD'S COTTAGE,
With Rural Landscape, and Rookwood Manor Hall in the
Distance (Daylight).
"Old Mother Hubbard, she went to the cupboard, to get
her poor Dog a bone ; when she got there, the cupboard
was bare, and so the poor Dog had none."—Ancient Nur-
sery Legend.
Old Mother Hubbard, Mr. Atkins ; Her Dog, Signor
Lorenzo ; Jack (the " Man all tattered and torn"), Miss
F. Hunt ; the Squire, Mr. Tom Matthews ; Dame Wiggins
of Lee, Mr. Dixon ; Dame Trot, Mr. Barsby ; Her Won-
derful Cat, Master Waggles ; the Great Goose, Master
Sageaninguns ; Constables, Messrs. Grib and Grab ; Parish
Beadle, Mr. Bumble ; Villagers, Messrs. Yokel, Pumpkin,
Whackatraw, Chawbacon, &c., &c. ; Rosetta (the " Maiden
all Forlorn"), Miss Stuart. How Mother Hubbard has a
certain " party" to tea and turn out, and of the remarkable
pranks played by her comical Dog—The Head, the Hat,
and the Hose—The Dog's Tale and Mrs. H.'s Narrative—
Arrival of the Squire—Proclamation of Witch Burning—
Threatened incremation of Mother Hubbard on her own
hearth, and her Mystic Flight upon a Broomstick.
THE WITCHES' GLEN AND WATERFALL,
in the Valley of Perfumed Flowers, by Moonlight.
Miss Lanza.
Ignes Fatui—Mdlles. Sidney, Travers, Barnes, A. Barnes,
Livermore ; Webb, Taylor, Braithwaite,Hammilton, Stap-
ley, Harris Candy, Copeland, Archer, Hawkins, Delaney,
Wilson, Williams, Robinson, Wood, Watson, and Hamel-
ton.
Grand Ballet, Chagne-a-Lanterne, by the Misses GUN-
NISS and the Ladies of the Corps de Ballet.
The Invocation The Incantation I I and the Evapora-
tion ! !
THE VILLAGE GREEN AND ROADSIDE ALE-
HOUSE.
Old Grype (the Steward), Mr. Glindon •, Old Scratche
(his Clerk), Mr. Tanner ; Tenantry, Messrs. Cringe,
Scrape, Shuffle, Cut, Packoff, Moonraker, and Runaway;
Tailor, Mr. Snipshears ; Bootmaker, Mr. Tight& ; Mum-
mies, Messrs. Grinner, Joker, Magger, Cracksides,
O'Reilly, M'Phun, &c.; St. George, Mr. E. Roe; the
Dragon, Mr. Scalyfellow ; Valentine, Mr. Febbyerry ;
Orson, Mr. Wildman ; Still-Walker, r. Longlegs ; Bear-
Warden, Mr. Smuggins ; the Bear, Mr. Huggins ; Land-
lord, Mr. Trebles ; Morris-Dancers, Messrs. Trip, Tap,
Flip, Flap, &c., &c. ; Jack Padding, Mr. Merryman.
How the Squire celebrates his birthday, and the Village
Revel that follows—Coming of Age in the Olden Time
How the Tenantry treated in one way and how Jack is
rested in another—the Dog's instinct and Mother Hub -
bard's reason.
THE " CAGE" ON THE COMMON (Sunset).
Grand Scena Comique and Pas do Broomstick, by
Mother Hubbard.
The Dreamer and the Worker—The Vision of Pleasure
and the Division of Labour—Figures of Fun (from the
Fancy-store of Dykwynkyn) —Messrs. Mason, Drainpipes,
Carpenter, Hodman, Old Brick, and Young Shaver, Lilli-
putian Labourers, Pigmy Plasterers, Tiny Tilers, Minia-
ture Masons, Baby Bricklayers, Short Sawyers, Dwarf
Drain Makers, and Child Carpenters by a Host of Juvenile
Auxiliaries.

THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT,
The Rat, blaster Longwhisker ; The Cat, Miss Mouser
The Dog, By Himself; The Cow, Madame Brindle ; The
Priest (" All shaven and shorn"), Mr. Jollyman ; The
Cock (" That crowed in the Morn") Master Cocky-doodle..
doo.

Realisation of the famous Picture in the National Gal-
lery of Little Britain, taken (by permission) for Boys, from
a rare work in the collectien of Master Smith, London.

FROGPOOL IN THE MARSHES (Twilight).
Song, " Will o' the Wisp," composed by J. H. Tully, Esq.
How the Squire goes Hunting and loses his way and his
temper, and what follows in consequence—Another curious
instance of Canine sagacity—Bull-frogs, Masters Hop,
Skip, Jump, Creak, &c.
SQUASH-HOLLOW SWAMP AND BED OF
BULRUSHES.
How the Squire comes to grief and afterwards to repent-
ance, and how Jack is recognised as the rightful heir—The
reward and harmonious movements of the Fairies on a
Grand Chromatic Scale towards
WILL 0' WISP'S HOME BENEATH THE
WATERFALL.
The Transformation.
Harlequins Messrs. CORMACK and ST. MAINE.
Columbines The Misses GUNNISS.
Pantaloons . Messrs. G. TANNER and MORLEY.
Clowns Messrs. FORREST and HULINE.
Grotesque
1861-1862
SPRITES by the RIDGWAYS and SUWELL
FAMILY.
I.—EXTERIOR OF TWO SHOPS IN " UP-OR-
DOWN" STREET.
Messrs. Huline, St. Maine, Tanner, and Miss S. Gunniss.
Christmas Presents—every Man (and Boy) to his Post,
even the Post-Man—Clown rides the high horse, which
proves his rock a-head—Two Young Men from the Country,
and Clown gets over them—a Sewing Machine (not a poor
Needlewoman)—a thorough Blow out—a Man in very re-
duced circumstance—Clown finds the Fruits of stealing
Apples in an elephantine way—a Band of Brothers—the
Police in Great and Small Force—Clown gets into a row
and blows up a policeman—the end of this scene is all
Bustle—N.B. Not Crinoline.
2.—THE GREAT SENSATION KITCHEN.
Messrs. Forrest, Cormack, Morley, and Miss Gunniss.
Harlequin seeks Protection, although a Free-trader—
The Cook's Guide—Clown tries to take the chair—the head
ish of the table—Harlequin goes through a Deal, and
Clown becomes a Board-er—Silence those dreadful Bells—
Clown and Pantaloon make an ap-Peal to the Audience on
the Merry Musical Bells—Pantaloon rather hard pressed—
arrival of a distinguished Foreigner—Clown falls into his
own trap, and kills a Blue-bottle, which proves a bad
Buzz-ness for him—a Lecture on the Gorilla, by a well-
known character—Clown meets with a few Friends (not
Quakers)—this Scene ends at the finish of it.
3.—THE INTERIOR OF A RAILWAY STATION.
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Eight hours at the Sea-side for 2s 6d—Duty off Paper—
" The Times" reduced and the Times on the rise—a book
that takes leafe of Clown—Harlequin gets his horse from a
Stall and sets up a trap. No Smoking a-Loud, only on
the Quiet—Clown makes a Tremendous Christmas Tree—
late arrivals—Messrs. Neverintime, Toolate, Dearme, and
Blessme—Clown burns his fingers (not the only person
that has done so)—Clown gives Good Bail and finds a Bale
o goods.

4.—The SEA-SIDE.
The Sands! The Sands 1 I The Sands I! I

Come unto these yellow sands.

A Sailor telling a Yarn and a boat Lying too—the Pier
Master's ap-Pierance—Clown makes a Man's hair turn
sandy and proves himself in the wrong box—by a slight
Miss-Take, which a certain Miss won't Take—Pantaloon
gets some shell-fish in a very Selfish manner—Clown asto-
nishes the Natives--Sailors that use their Cnt-Lasses but
don't Cut Lasses when they can join with them in a
National Hornpipe—Clown gets a Sensation Leader-1 he
Great Donkey Stir St. Leger—Clown and Pantaloon's
Concert—fine ears for Music—they fish in troubled waters
—a Divided Interest—a sudden Squall (Children and all)
—The latest Novelty in Parrchutes.
Scene—A DISMAL SWAMP—After a storm a calm
appears, a HARLEQUIN'S HOME ON HIS THRONE
OF SPLENDOUR.

Doors open at half-past Six, to commence at Seven
o'clock. Tickets for Boxes, Pit, and Galleries, may be
had at the Box Office before the opening.

ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA,
COVENT GARDEN.
Under the management of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W.
Harrison.
THIS EVENING, THE PURITAN'S DAUGHTER. Miss
Louisa Pyne, Miss Susan Pyne; Mr. Santley, Mr. H. Corti,
Mr. George Honey, Mr. Patey, Mr. A. St. Albyn, Mr. T.
Distin, Mr. Wallworth, Mr. Eugene Dussek, Mr. C. Lyall,
and Mr. W. Harrison.
Conductor, Mr. ALFRED MELLON.
After which will be produced (written expressly by J. M.
Morton), a Grand Comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled
HARLEQUIN GULLIVER ; or, A Trip to Brobdignag, a
Peep at Lilliput, and a Flying Visit to Laputa.
Gulliver, Mr. W. H. Payne ; Mrs. GuLiver, Mr. F. Payne.
Principal danseuse, Mdlle. Lamoureux, supported by the
Ladies of the Corps de Ballet. The Harlequin/de sustained
ty the eminent Pantomimists, Messrs. 11. Payne, F. Payne,
Lauri, E. Lauri, S. Lauri, and Miss Jenny Lauri.
Commence at Seven.

rii EA TR E• R 0 Y AL, HAYMARKET,
Lessee, Mr. J. B. finetstone.
THIS EVENING to commence with TIIE HONEYMOON.
Juliana, Miss Jane Coombs ; Jacques, Mr. Buckstone.
After which, a Comic Christmas Pantomime, LITTLE
MISS MUFFET AND LITTLE BOY BLUE ; or, Harle-
quin and Old Daddy Lonrxlegs. Louise Lcclercq, Charles Le-
clercq, Herr Cole, G. Becket, and Miss Roeine.
Commence a 7.

OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
it Manager--Mr. Edmund Falconer.
THIS EVENING, Jan. 17,' the new and original Drama,
entitled PEEP O'DAY ; or, Savourneen Deelish. Messrs.
Walter Lacy, Hermann Vezin, Charles Selby, Edmund Fal-
coner Mrs. D. P. Bowers. Miss Clara Weston.
Alter which a new and original Burlesque Extravaganza,
entitled LITTLE, RED RIDING HOOD ; or, The Fairies of
the Rose, the Thistle, and the Shamrcelc. Principal charac-
Miss L ydi
ters by Mra
Thom. Chas. Selby M* r Warlow, Miss Cicely Nott, and
pson.'
Acting Manager—Mr. F. B. Chatterton.
.Prices as usual. Doors open at half-past 6, to COmmence at
7. Box-office open daily from 3.1 WO.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.—.
Lessee, Mr A. Harris.
THIS EVENING, PLAYING WITH FIRE. Mr. John
Brougham.

After which a Combo Christmas Pantomime, WHITTING-
TON AND HIS CAT ; or, Harlequin King Kollywobbol
and the Genius of Good Humour. The grotesque opening
invented and written by Henry J. Byron, Esq., author of the
Princess's Pantomime of " Jack the Giant Killer." The
Scenery by Mr. James Gates, Mr. H. Cuthbert, and numerous
assistants. Good Humour, Miss Helen Howard ; Princess
Popsiwonsi, Miss Rose Leclercq ; Alice, Miss Pauline Le-
cleroq ; Mears. Garden, Cathcart, Morland, Collett, Hast-
ings, Raymond; Dick Whittington, Miss Maria Harris;
Robin Goodfellow and the Cat, Master John Haslem, (pupil
of the oelebrated Gabriel Ravel; Clown, Mr. Hildyard ;
Harlequin, Mr. John Lauri; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo; Colum-
bine, Miss Caroline Adams. Morning Performances will
take place at Two o'clock every Monday till further notice.

NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI,
Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster.
THIS EVENING, and during the week the great Drama,
entitled THE OOTOROON ; or, LIFE IN LOUISIANA :
Messrs. Grace, Billington, Emery, Phillip 3, Jamison, Smith,
Stephenson, Romer, Lewis ; Mrs. Billington, Mrs. H. Mar-
ston, Miss C. Denvil, Miss Latimer, and Mrs. H. Lewis.

After which, at 20 minutes past 9, the great Irish Dramu
of THE COLLEEN HAWN. Mr.D. Boucicault, Missßanoe,
Mr. Fisher, Miss Woo'gar, .stc.
Box Office open from 10 till 5.

NEW ROYALTY THEATRE
Dean-street, Oxford-street.
For the benefit of Mdlle. Albina di Rhona, and the Last Night
of her present engagement, on which occasion each person
visiting the Stalls, Dress Circle, and Pit will be presented
with her Portrait.

THIS EVENING, A LESSON FOR HUSBANDS After
which, CAMELIA ; Camelia, Mdlle. Albina di Rhona, in
which she will introduce " Les Folies d'Espagne," la Hon-
Trois, and l'Eccosaise. Followed by the Operatic Burlesque,
ROVATOR E ; or, Who Killed the —. To con-lude with
A NICE QUIET DAY.—Commence at half-past 7.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AM PHITHE ATRE.-
Engagement Extraordinary of Young GIINERIIIS
(Ecuyer Norwegien), who created the great sensation at the
Cirque, in Paris, in his original performance of Le Passage
du Pont, and Madame M.• LVERSON, the most daring
Equestrienne in the World, with their highly-trained Steeds,
who will make their first appearance on Monday, Jan. 20.
THIS EVENING, THE COLLEEN BAWN.
New and daring Scenes in the Circle.
Concluding with the Grand Comic Pantomime of
JOHNNY GILPIN'S RIDE TO EDMONTON.

A MORNING PERFORMANCE To-morrow (Saturday:
at Two o'clock.

Stage Manager, Mr. W. Searle.

CANTERBURY HALL CONCERTS,
AND FINE ARTS 'GALLERY.
Triumphant Success of Mr. Marshall's Grand Christmas
Entertainment, "THE ENCHANTED HASH " (SECOND
EDlTlON)—Wonderful Transformations—Every Evening
at a quarter-past ten—in addition to the following Comic
talent: Mr. Frederick French, the great Shakesperian Bur-
lesque Vocalist, Mr. Wood and Son, Mt J. G. Forde, Miss
Harriet Coveney, and Miss Greene.

Grand Selections from
LA TRAVIATA and TROVATORE,
at ten o'clock,

By Miss Russell, Mr. Herbert, SigncW Tivoli, and full Chorus.
Musical Director, Mr. Jonghmans.
Admission—Hall, Bd. ; Stalls and Balcony, is.

CANTERBURY HALL.—VICTOR JULIEN,
" THE FLYING MAN " Every Evening at half-past
Nine o'clock.

T HE 0 X F O R D,
6, OXFORD-STREET,

OPEN EVERY EVENING AT 7 O'CLOCK.

Selections from Verdi's Operas, " Ernani. "La Traviata,"
and " Macbeth," by Miss Russell, Machine Negri, and Madame
Enderssohn ; Messrs. Albert, W. Morley, Greene. and
C. Greville. Full Band and Chorus.—Conductor, Mr. F.
Jonghmans. Solos by Mr. Viotti Collins (the great English.
violinist). And other Vocal and Instrumental Entertain-
ments, the Comic portion by Miss Harriet Coveney, Messrs.
Sam Collins, E. Marshall, M. P. Foster, and W. Randall.

Hall, 6d. ; Stalls and Balcony, ls. ; Private Boxes, 10s. 6d.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
This Dix.—Morning, 2h. 64m.—Afternoon, 3h. 10m
To-moßnow.-Morning, 3h. 30m.—Afternoon, 3h. 45m

THE WEATHER.—SuN OFFICE, JANUARY 17, 1862.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
35-7tighest since noon yesterday.
24—lowest this morning and during the night-8 deg,
below freezing.
27—this day at noon.

BAROMETER-30.05.
WlND—South-Easterly; moderate, with dull, frosty
weather.

LONDON, FRIDAY, JAN. 17, 1862.

Just about this time, according to an excellent
authority, the American Chancellor of the Exche-
quer, was to be quite out of money, with
no known means of obtaining it ; and that,
too, besides the bagatelle of current ex-
penses of Government, with an army hardly
short of half a million, and a navy built and
building rapidly. £100,000,000 a year, we believe,
according to the present rate of spending, to be the
least that will be wanted—and where is it all to
come from ? £40,000,000 is talked of as to be
raised by taxation, but nothing like that sum has
been obtained yet. We much question whether it
will ever be obtained. Meantime it looks as if the
next portion of the loan could not be taken up by
the banks, since they have been obliged to
hold themselves the greater portion of what
they have already taken. In that case the only
reliance of the Government will be its own paper
money, which though secure to the limits of the
annual taxes, will go down rapidly as soon as it
begins to be in excess. One would think, as a
conjecture, that even in time of war the internal
business of the Northern States could not find em-
ployment for forty millions sterling in dollar notes.
We confess, then, we do not see how the North
can get through six months without a fearful
shock to its domestic credit. When the issue of
inconvertible paper becomes useless through depre-
ciation, when loans are not to be had, and
when taxation cannot be pushed further,
revolution must, it would seem, be the result. The
men who would turn off home from Bull's Run while
the sound of the enemy's guns was echoing in their
ears, are not the men to continue on the banks
of the Potomac watching the Confederate army,
and minus their half-crown a day.
But, supposing that the money, or some substi-
tute for it, such as will satisfy M'CLELLAN'S
patriots, can be found, what are we now
to think of the military position ? Men
turned soldiers there appear to be quite enough of.
A correspondent, whose calculations we have
found more correct than most, thinks the following
numbers approximates closely to the truth :—ln
Kentucky, and including the regiments on the
march to that State from the north-west, 150,000 ;
in Missouri and Kansas, and including the forces of
Generals HALLECK, HUNTER, and POPE, 110,000;
at, or near Washington, and engaged in guarding
the capital at various points, 200,000; in Maryland,
but not employed with reference to the capital's de-
fence, and including Gen. BURNSIDE'S expeditionary
force, 56,000; at or near Fortress Monroe, 20,000,
at Port Royal, 20,000 ; at Ship Island, including
those under orders for that place, 10,000; and a

Fort Pickens, 2,000. There are men in garrison at
Hatteras, and also in most of the Northern forte,
and others in the remote territories. Numerous
recruits are in nearly every one of the Northern
States, and there are several regiments yet in the
process of formation in different sections of the
country, bat no more regiments are to be formed
unless a foreign war should occur. To this must

be added about fifty-four thousand cavalry, though
the Southerns—who are good horsemen—laugh at
the Northerns, who, they say, need to be tied to
their horses, unless indeed their horses be tied to
them. The Northern cavalry seems, however, to
be a body of pedestrians on horseback.

If this body has to be maintained with magic
money the army of the South is certainly no better
off in this respect ; the little specie of the Confede-
racy having been very early exhausted, and pro-
bably hardly sufficient left to pay for the small mili-
tary supplies they can obtain from foreign countries.
But the South with all its disadvantages has great
advantages. its soldiers are not men abstracted

from profitable occupations. They consist either

of the rela Southern ehivalrT who fight for inde-

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