The Sun.
London, England, 1865-12-27 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 27, 1865.

TODARE. - CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS.-
THEA.VRE OF MYSTERY. y; GYPT lAN HALL.

MARVELS in MAGIC and VEST RILOQUISNI, as per-
formedny command before her 31sjesty the Que n and the
Royal Family at Windsor Castle, Tuesday Evening, Nov. 21,
1865. Great attractions for CHRISTMAS. Magic, Ventri-
loquism, Inexhaustible Showers of Christmas Pre.ents, the
marvellous SPHINX, the BIRTH of FLOWER T REES, and
STODAIU6'S onlebrated INDIAN BASKET FEAT, as only
performed by him.
Every evening at 8 ; Wednesday and s,aturday at 3. Stalls
at Mitchell's, Old Bond-street, and Box-office, Egyptian
Hal,. Admission, Is., 25.; and stalls, 3s.
"Almost miraculous."—Vide Times, April 18, 1865.

nEIRISTY MINSTRELS, St. James's Hall,
Piccadilly.—The only original and veritable legitimate
CHRIST Y MINSTRELS Every Night at 8, Wednesdays ana
Saturdays at 3 and 8, retaining all the specialties and old
favourites who originally created the reputation of the Com-
pany. Fauteuils, 55.; stalls, 3s ; unreserved seats, 2s. ; gal-
lery, is. Tickets at Austin's, 28, Piccadilly.—Manager, Mr.
Frederick Burgess.

T HE
O X F O R D.
6, OXFORD !STREET. W.
The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (limited).

BOXING-NIGHT, and during the Week, EXTRA..PER-
FORMANCES by all the available talent. Opera, Bur-
lesque, Pantomime, Ballet, and Comedy Every Evening,
performed by the entire company, including Misses Russell,
Fitz Henry, Barrie; Messrs. A. St. Albyn, W. Williams,
Spagnoli, ac. The HUNGARIANS in their new entertain-
ment; Messrs. Duriah and Davies's illustrations of Negro
Life ; Herr Preskow, the wondrous posturer from the Grand
Theatre, St. Petersburg; the D'Aubans, Herr Berrani and
his talented family; the ENCHANTED HASH, eleven
characters performed by Mr. E. Marshall (his first appear-
ance here', the entertainment written expressly for him by
Mr. W. T. Vandervell ; and a host of other talent, for which
see programme and small biIIs.—EVERY EVENING.
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Admission—Area, 6d.; stalls and balcony, Is. ; private
boxes. 105. 6d.

CANTERBURY HALL.
RI-FUM! TI-FUM!

The Music composed and arranged by Willem Vandervell,
will be produced on BOXING-NIGHT (Tuesday), December
the 26th, 1865.

Mr. E. MARSHALL will make his first appearance these
two years in
RI-FUM TI-FUM!

Mr. and Mrs. W. RANDALL will make their Re-appear-
ance in
RI-FUM TI-FUM!
LES FRERES D'ETOILE in
RI-FUM TI-FUM!

Lee MONTAGNARDS will make their first appearance in
this Country in
RI-FUM TI-FUM!
- The FLIGHT of MERCURY by the renowned
TALLIoT r in
RI-FUM
Signor TESCANO, the Cousin and laval of the late
DONATO, in
RI-FUM TI-FUM!
The MYSTERIES OF MABILE in
RI-FUM TI-FUM!

Les TABLEAUX D'AMOUR, illuminated by the 3lagneiium
Light, in
RI-FUM TI-FUM!
The Beautiful BALLERINES in
RI-F UM TI-FUM!
LE GALOP INFERNAL in
El-FUM T I-F UM!

The Fairy Orchestra, designed and painted by Mr. W.
Gowrie, in
RI-FUM TI-FUM!
Upwards of ONE HUNDRED PERSONS will appear in
RI-F UM TI-FUM!

MADAAM TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION,
Baker-street.

NEW ADDITIONS.—In the Chamber of Horrors are fall-
length Portrait Models, taken from life, of CHARLOTTE
WINSOR and STEPHEN FORWOOD, alias ERNEST
SOUTHEY.

Open from 11 a.m. till 10 p.m.
Admittance, One Shilling; Children under 10, half-price ;
Extra Rooms, Sixpence.

ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street,
Piccadilly.—GßAND CASINO and MUSICAL PRO-
MENADE is NOW OPEN for the Season.

Musical Director, M. LUIGI CURTI.
Manager, Mons. GRENET.

The Band plays nightly Selections from the most eminent
Composers.
Doors open at half-past 8 o'clock; close five minutes to 12
o'clock

Admission to Promenade, One Shilling.

THE WELLINGTON, ST. JAMES'S-STREET.
Set DINNERS served, at five minutes' notice, from Four to

Nine p.m.. at 23.-6 d., 3s 6d., 4s. 61, and 7s. each.
ELEGANT SALOON DINING ROOMS,
for Ladies and Families,
Prices on the "Carte" moderate.
Private Roo 143 for Lame or Small Partici,.
Reading, Smoking, and Billiard Rooms.
BREAKFASTS and LUNCEIEONS.
D. CAMERON.
Entrances —l6O, Piccadilly, and 49, St. James's-street.

JDEFRIES and SONS beg to call the special
• attention of Merehant3 and the Trade to their

NEW PATENT ASTRA BURNER,
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IX.A STRA LAMPS can be obtained from the
METROPOLITAN LIGHT COMPANY, 417, Strand,
and from all Ironmongers and Lamp Warthousea id Town
and Country ; and the Patentee, 16 and 17, Commercial-
street, WhitechapeL

ASTRA, PETROLEUM, and KEROSINE
LAMPS on SHOW. (New Designs.)

ASTRA (Patent)
(J/MP, for MINERAL

AS TR A LAM P.—Five Hundred NEW
PATTERNS for the Sea Hon now on Show.

TABLE GLASS, ENGRAVED AND CUT.
DEF RIES and SONS,
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TAVERN AND HOTEL GLASS.
Newest Patterns, Correct Measure.
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ALEXANDRA DINNER SERVICES,
For 12 Persons, .81 18s. 6d.
BREAKF .I.ST and TEA SERVICES
in great variety, £1 is.
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CRYSTAL CHANDELIERS,
In the Grecian and Venetian Designs.
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BRONZED AND ORMOLU CHANDELIERS,
New designs, for the Dining-room.
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CRYSTAL LAMPS AND WALL LIGHTS
(Registered) for India.
JDEFRIES and SONS,
• 16 and 17, COMMERCIAL-STREET.

CLUB, MESS, AND FURNISHING ORDERS
for the above Goods promptly executed.
Works —LONDON and BIRMINGHAM.

JDEFRIES and SONS,
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T DEFRIES and SONS'
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16 and 17. COMMERCIAL-STREET, WHITECFIAPEL,
Five Minutes' walk from the Late Establishment,
147, HOUNDSDITCH.

TOHN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY
TOO VII PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth
powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the
enamel from decay, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to
the breath. Price Is. 6d.—Bull Wharf, Rotherhithe, Lon-
don.

SAILORS' ORPHAN GIRLS' SCHOOL and
11011 E, Hampstead. OfTice3, 77, CornhilL

PATkos— T hi Q I; E'EN.
TRUSTEES.

Ca pt. the Hen. Francis Maude, I The Rev. Canon Champreyt
R.N. Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P.
TREASURERS.
R. C. L. Bevan, Esq. I Robert Banbury, Esq.
This Institution is designed to supply a great national
want, viz., an asylum for the orphan daughters of sailors iu
the Royal Navy and Merchants Service and of Marines.
It clothes, maintains, and educates them for domestic
service, and provides a home free of expense for former
inmates while out of situations, thus shielding them from the
temptations they might otherwise be exposed to.
The Committee earnestly APPEAL for CONTRIBU-
TIONS to meet the increasing applications through the
recent storms and loss f life at sea, and: o enable them
eventually to obtain premises more commensurate with the
necessities of this great maritime country, which loses 2,000
sailors annually by casualties alone, without including those
who may perish by war.
Subscriptions thankfully received by the bankers, Messrs
Barclay, Bevan, and Co., Lombard-street, and by the Secre-
tary, at the Offices, No. 77, Cornhill.
R. SWEETTNU, Hon. Sec.
CHARLES NASH, 800.

LT
J. an D. NICOLL, Tailors to the
• Queen, Royal Family, and Courts of Europe.—
For GENTLEMEN the FASHIONS for the SEASONS,
for the promenade or demi-dress—Superfine frock coats,
with rich silk breast facings, or morning coats of superfine
Melton cloths, the charge for the former being 3?2,- to 4
guineas; for the latter 21 to 31 guineas. For neglige
purposes, morning coats with pocket flaps at the waist,
also the neglig6 jackets ; these are of Melton, fancy coat-
ings, Angola and Cheviots, the prices from 255. to 4
guineas. The Angolas and Cheviots are also made in
suits, at prices from 2 to 4 guineas; evening dress, black
cloth of the finest quality. For Overcoats—Melton,
Beaver, and Witney cloths, from 2 to 8 guineas. For
young gentlemen from eight years of age—The morning
coat and neglige jacket ; also suits of Angola and Cheviot,
the prices according to size, commencing at 31s. 6d. the
suit. For boys from four years of age—The Knicker-
bocker and Highland costume of black velvet, or fine
cloth for dress, and of Angolas and Cheviots for morning,
the price of the first size Knickerbocker, 1 guinea the suit.
For Overcoats—Melton, Beaver, and Witney cloths, from
Ito 2 guineas each. Foreigners and visitors to London,
Manchester, and Liverpool will find at Messrs. Nicholl's
garments ready for immediate use, or made at a few hours'
notice.—H. J. and D. Nicoll, 114, 116, 118, 120, Regent-
street; 22, Cornhill, London; 10, Mosley-street; Man-
chester; and 50, Bold-street, Liverpool.

TEETH AND PAINLESS DENTISTRY.
Messrs. LEWIN and SIMEON MOSELY and

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Opposite Charing-cross Railway Station.

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durability, comfort, and all purposes of articulation and mas-
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most nervous patient can be supplied without fear of pain or
inconvenience.

Consultation free. Teeth from ss, Sets from 5 to 25 gs.,
warranted.

For the efficacy, utility, and success of their system, vide
" Lancet."
Daily attendance at 30, Berners-street, Oxford-street, and
448, Strand, London ; 15, Whltefriargate, Hull; 10, Norfolk-
street, Sheffield ; 4, East-parade, Leeds ; and 14, St. Nicholas-
street, Scarbro'.

Observe—Established 1830. No connection with any of the
same name.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

would pay a dividend beyond the guaranteed inte-
rest, was approaching realisation.

CALEDONIAN, NORTH BRITISH, AND GLASGOW

AND SOUTH-WESTERN.

An influential meeting of shareholders in these
railway companies was held on Thursday in Glasgow,
to consider the numerous and extensive schemes of
which the above three companies had given notices
of promoting in the ensuing Session of Parliament ;
Mr. J. Hozier was called to the chair.

Mr. J. WHITE explained that the meeting was
convened for the purpose of affording the share-
holders of the three companies an opportunity of
considering the policy which the directors were pur-
suing, and what, if any, means could be devised to
prevent the great increase of capital which, if sanc-
tioned, the new schemes would necessitate. These
schemes would involve the outlay of about
£10,000,000 of additional capital for hostile and
aggressive purposes. He believed that the share-
holders present held a large amount of stock in those
companies and were therefore deeply interested in
the matter. He knew there were two gentlemen
present who held stock to the amount of £200,000,
another gentleman had stock to the amount of
£50,000 in one of these companies, and many other
shareholders were similarly situated, holding smaller
sums in the stocks of those companies. It was pro-
posed to run double lines parallel to each other to
such places as Beith, Dalmuir, Paisley, Troon, and
Morningside. He could not understand how the
directors of thoe companies could sanction and pro-
mote such schemes, which must tend to the great
injury of the shareholders' property. The directors
appeared to be led by the lawyers and engineers,
whose trade it was to project such schemes. If
the directors, instead of being thus misled by hostile
projects, would devote their energies to the develop-
ment of existing lines, by giving the public good
station accommodation, proper approaches to the
stations, and comfortable carriage accommodation
the result would be much more satisfactory.. If they
would also attend to the requirements of traders on
the various lines, they would be much more use-
fully employed than in promoting competing lines.
It was well known that on many of the existing
lines these companies had not adequate means to
carry the enormous amount of traffic they had
already. While the directors appeared to grudge
the outlay of half a million of money to provide
station accommodation and sufficient rolling stock
to develops the traffic, they did not hesitate to spend
millions on new schemes, which would not only be
unprofitable to themselves, but injurious to their
neighbours. The Caledonian company proposed 181
new schemes, for making in the aggregate 132 miles
of railway and raising £4,933,500 ntw share capital,
together with £1,644,500 borrowing powers. The
North British had 12 schemes, for making 90 miles
of railway, and raising £2,815,000 additional capital
on shares and £938,300 on loan. The Glasgow and
South-Western proposed four new schemes, for 105
miles of railway, requiring "£1,972,000 share capital
and £657,300 borrowing powers. He then described
the nature of the various schemes, and the impro-
bility:of their ever being completed for the proposed
capital. In the last Session of Parliament the Cale-
donian were authorised to raise £2,041,500 share
capital for new schemes ; the North British to raise
£1,780,990, and the Glasgow and South-Western
£1,826,600, making together an additional share
capital of £5,649,000, and with the £12,000,000
they proposed for new schemes in the ensuing Session
something like £18,000,000 of new share capital
would be required from the :shareholders if those
proceedings were not stopped.
After some discussion, in which Mr. Tow ers- Clark,
Mr. J. Bain, Mr. Burges, Mr. M•Gavin, and other
shareholders took part, resolutions were passed ap-
pointing a committee, consisting of Mr. J. Hozier,
Mr. J. White, Mr. J. Jamieson, Mr. G. Smith, jun.,
Mr. D. Burgess, and Mr. J. Bain, with power to
add to their number; expressing concern at so many
schemes being promoted by the three companies for
the next Session of Parliament, involving an enor-
mous expenditure of capital ; deprecating an aggres-
sive warfare carried on between the different railway
companies ; recommending the directors to imme-
diately reconsider the various schemes, and endea-
vour, by conference and mutual concession, to with-
draw many, if not all, of their bills, at least for the
ensuing Session ; to suspend proceedings in carrying
out projects authorised by Parliament last year; and
requesting shareholders to refrain from granting
proxies in favour of any measures, unless previously
satisfied that they were warranted and likely to
prove advantageous to the proprietors.
The proceedings concluded'with a vote of thanks
to the chairman.

MANCHESTER,SHEFFIELD,AND LINCOLNSHIRE.

The total expenses of the company's railways and
canals, including rents, tolls, duty, &c, from July 1
to December 17, 1865, amounted to £220,335, as
against £204,103 for the corresponding period of
1864. The proportion of the South Junction re-
ceipts accruing to this company from July 1 to
December 17 amounted to £18,857, as against
£17,851 for the corresponding period of 1864, and
the expenses to £9,653, as against £9,283.
Forthern Valour and Chivalry.

Before our unhappy conflict broke out it had become so
deep and settled a conviction among the people of the
South that it had almost grown to be a maxim that our
fellow citizens of the North would not and could not
fight ; that by a long, persistent, and exclusive devotion
to the acts and labors of peace, they had become effeminate
and timid, and that the nobler and essential qualities of
manhood had been eviscerated from their organisations.
But this ridiculous idea has now, by the progress of events,
been thoroughly and, we trust, for ever falsified. The
South have found (and from the generosity of their nature
we believe are not ashamed to own) that in council or on
the battle field, in silent endurance and in active strife,
their fellow countrymen of the North are fully their equals
—that in the recent struggle no obstacles discouraged,
and no disasters appalled them—that, thoroughly imbued
with the dominant idea of the integrity of the Union, no
sacrifice was too great to be made, no privations or suf-
ferings too great to be endured to maintain it. Hence, in
the minds of our people as well as of foreign nations,
there has been awakened a deep and abiding respect—
the respect which alivays follows success—and the more
especially when that success is an evolution of the noblest
and brightest attributes of humanity, the existence of
which, in the one people, had not only been not suspected,
but emphatically denied by the other.
We have for our guarantees of a sincere and lasting
peace and final perfect reconciliation both the teachings
of the history of our common race for centuries past, and
of every feeling and sentiment of self-interest—respect
and honor that can control the minds and direct the con-
duct of men. If we ask more than this we aro certainly
inconsistent and unreasonable, and if we demand more,
we shall reject a certain present good for an uncertain
and gloomy future, the end of which no man can fore-
tell.—Savannah Republican.

CONVICTED BY A COD.—A rather curious instance
of conviction by evidonco from the mouth of a cod occurred
in Scrabster Roads the other day. The captain had some
fresh herrings for breakfast, and some of those that were
left worn thrown overboard by the cook, who was either
too lazy or too careless to put them away as ho was told to
do. The herrings being subsequently asked for, as the cap-
tain wished to fish for cod, the cook declared he knew
nothing at all about them, but that he was certain they had
not been thrown overboard. No sooner wale the words
out of his mouth than the captain, who had felt a pull at
his line, drew in a great bouncing fellow of a cod, and the
moment the cod fell on deck ono of the identical herrings
in dispute fell out of its mouth at the storyteller's feet, thus
convicting him by the mouth of a witness whose stomach,
when taken out of his native element, was more tender
than the cook's consciencb.—John 0' Groat Journal.

LADTERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Ointment and Pills.—
There is no question whatever that rheumatism, neuralgia,
and such like painful maladies, are more rife this season
than for some years past. The number of testimonials of
cures effected by Holloway's remedies is unprecedented,
dud should be enforced on the attention of all sufferers
from these complaints. The parts in pain should be fo-
mented for some minutes with warm brine, dried, and im-
mediately well rubbed with the ointment. It will pass into
the pores of the skin and give the greatest relief. Many
valuable lives are annually lost which might be saved if
early recourse in illness were made to these remarkable
remedies, which must necessarily prove beneficial, and
cannot do harm.

PRICE 4d.,
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Naval and Military Intelligence.
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A telegram has been received from India an-
nouncing that the Ilydaspes arrived on the 10th of
December, and that all were well on board. She
took out the A, B, and C batteries, A Brigade,
Royal llorse Artillery.
Au order received at Chatham garrison from the
Horse-Guards directs 60 non-commissioned officers
and men of the 2d Battalion of the 4th King's Own
Regiment, and 58 men of all ranks of the 29th
Regiment, to be held in readiness to embark for
Malta to augment the service companies of those
regiments. 85 non-commissioned officers and men
of the 2d Battalion of the 15th Regiment are also
placed under orders to hold themselves in readiness to
join the head-quarters of that regiment at Gibraltar.
The screw corvette Charybdis, 21, 400-horse
power, attached to the third division of the Steam
Reserve in the Medway, has been removed into the
steam basin, where she will undergo a survey at the
hands of the master shipwright's staff, previously to
undergoing a thorough repair to both hull and ma-
chinery. She is to be brought for the first-class
Steam Reserve, in readiness for commission.
The paddlewheel steamer Virago, 6, 300 horse-
power, belonging to the third division of the Chat-
ham Steam Reserve, has been placed in No. 1 dock
at Sheerness, for the purpose of being repaired and
brought forward for commission. The estimated
cost of the repairs required to be effected in her hull
and machinery is £12,000.
The Admiralty have directed the 12- ton broad-
side gun-carriage of the Admiralty wooden pattern,
but fitted with improvements suggcsttd by Captain
Astley C. Key, C. 8., now on board the iron frigate
Minotaur, to be fitted with Mr. Cunningham's run-
ning in and out gear. The carriage is already fitted
with Cunningham's single chain training gear. The
weather continues much too fine for the contem-
plated cruise of the frigate on her trials of the three
competitive carriages fitted on her main deck.
We have to reeord the death of Lieut.-Col. Alex-
ander Murray, commanding the Bth (Royal Irish
Fusileers) Regiment, quartered at Portsmouth, on
the 24th inst., after a short illness. Col. Murray
served in the 18th on the China Expedition (medal)
and was present at Canton, Amoy, Chusan, Chin-
hae, Ningpo, Segoan, Chapoo (wounded), Shang-
hai, Woosung, and Chin-Kiang-Foo. The deceased
officer will be buried at Portsmouth, and the fune-
ral, it is anticipated, will be conducted with mili-
tary honours.