The Sun.
London, England, 1865-09-26 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 26, 1865.

GREAT ST. JAMES'S-HALL.—WORLD. of
MAGIC, Second sight, and " Begone, Dull Care,"
every evening at 8. A Day Performance. Saturday, at 3.
" Tile most varied entertainment in the metropolis."—Vide
the Press. Admission, is.

PROFESSOR and the Misses ANDERSON.—
Farewell season. World of Magic. Second Sight, and
the original Indian Basket Trick, in conjunction with Fre-
deric (the great, Maccabe, the unrivalled ventriloquist, mimic,
and character actor.

IREDERIC MACCABE, Ventriloquist, Mimic,
&a., in his original entertainment, "Begone, Dull Care,"
"Miss Mary May," " Early in the Morning." Balcony, 28 ;
reserved seats, 3s. ; stalls, ss. ; at Ur. Austin's office, St.
James's-hall, V, Piccadilly.
A. NIMIIO, Acting Manager.

PHRISTY MINSTRELS, St. James's Hall.—
" THE VISION."—Mr. Rawlinson will sing J. R.
Thomas's admired ballad, " Happy be thy Dreams," THIS
and following EVENINGS. • Price 24. 6d.
London : Robert Cocks and Co., New Burlington-street.

T " 0 X• F 0 I{,' D.
6, OXFORD STREET. W.
The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (limited).

SIXTY-SIX, by J. Offenbach, performed by
Misses Russell, Barrie, Walmesley, Tyrell, Ellen Reid, Ma-
dame Maria, and Miss Fitz Henry ; Messrs. A. St. Albyn,
Husk, and Green, with full Bandiand Chorus.
Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans.
Belief, Comedy, Burlesque, &c., by the celebrated D'Au-
bans, Messrs. Duriah and Davis, and. the Misses TESSY
and SARA. GIIPANISS.

NO FLOE.—The Oxford has been entirely Redecorated,
Altered, Newly Lighted, and Ventilated, and now is one of
the most ,agreeable places of resort in the kingdom.—OPEN
EVERY EVENING at Eight o'clock. '

The Classical Bxllet, entitled THE BRIDAL of BEAUTY,
in which the Misses TESSY and SARA GUNNISS will
make their re appearance THIS EVENING.
Admission—Area, 6d.; stalls and balcony, is. ; private
boxes, 10s. 6d.

CANTERBURY HALL.
KO KO RI KO.
This wonderful entertainment, having proved the greatest
hit ever made, will be repeated EVERY EVENING, in ad-
dition to the Operatic Sele3tions, supported by the whole
talent of the establishment.

Comedy, Burlesque, and Ballet by Mrs. and Mr. Randall,
Messrs. Duriah and Davies, the D'Aubans, and Arthur
Lloyd.
Director, Mr. F. Jongmans.
All visitors to London at this season should see the above
entertainment

MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION...—
Established 30 years, at the Bazaar, Baker-street.

NEW ADDITIONS.—In accordance with the season, the
Exhibition has been entirely re-embellished. The whole of
the ancient Court Dresses of the most costly description,
faithfully copied from the most minute pictures, have been
renewed. Modern Court Dresses of the most splendid de-
scription, selected from the first houses in Paris and London,
and probably never equalled or surpassed, are now on view.
. _

Life-size Models of DOCTOR E. W. PRITCHARD and
CONSTANCE KENT are now added.

Open from 11 a.m. tilllo p.m.
Admittance, One Shilling; 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 CURTL
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
itiine p.m., at 2s. 6d., 3s 6d., 4s. 6d., and 7s. each.

ELEGANT SALOON DINING ROOMS,
for Ladies and Families.
Prices on the "Carte" moderate.
Private Rooms for Large or Small Partier.
Reading, Smoking., and Billiard Rooms.

BREAREAS rs and LUNCHEONS.
D. CAMERON.
Entrances-160, Piccadilly, and 49, St. James's-street.

310NEY ADVANCED, for any period not
exceeding three years, on personal security, one or
more suet es being required according to circumstances, or
on the borrower's own promissory note when a deposit is
made of any available security. Apply New National Life
and Loan Company (established 1853), 481. Oxford-street,
W.C. THOMAS BOURNE, Secretary.

QWEEt OPOPONA X, PIESSE and LURIN'S
new Perfume.—OPOPO AX is a native flower of
Mexico of rare fragrance. This scent, and a thousand others
for choice, Ss. Ocl. and ss. each. Solt by all fashionable
chemists and perfumers.— Laboratory of Flowers, 2, New
Bond-street, London.

R. HOWARD, SURGEON-DENTIST, 52,
leet-t-treet, has introduced an entirely new descrip-
ti n of A ItTIFiCIAL TEE rn, fixed without spring's, wires,
or ligatures. They so perfectly rosernh'e the natural teeth
as not tOirerfitloguished fro a the originals by the closest
observer; they will never change colour or decay, and will
be fount superior to any teeth ever before used. This
method does not require the extraction of roots, or any pain-
ful operation, and will support and preserve 'teeth that are
loose, and is guaranteed to restore articulation and mastica-
tion. Decayed teeth stopped and rendered sound and useful
in mastication.

THE RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another
1111_ home to 12 now in operation. Last year no fewer
han 455 poor, friendless, young females were rejecte,t rom
want of FUNDS and room, making a total of 3,087, who have
been sent away in five years. Here are brief details of a few
of the most recent cases :
F. F., aged 16, Mien, mother dead, deserted by her father.
M. A. F., aged 13, homeles-, both parents dead.
A. 8., aged 17, fallen, father dead, deserted by her mother
3. D., aged 15, fallen, mother dead.
C. 8., aged 15, fallen, mother dead,
A. 8., aged 16, fallen, both parents dead.
H. S., aged 14, h"meless, deserted by her parents.
M. H., aged 17, fallen, both parents dead.
C. H., aged 17, fatten, both parents dead.
A. G., aged 18, fallen, father dead.
E. K„ aged 18, fallen, both parents eead,
S. 8., aged 17, Mien, both parents dead.
M. A. W., aged 17, fallen, both parents dead.
S. D., aged 15, fallen, both parents de td.
The new home the Committee wish to form world be for
young girls, almost children, from the age of 8 to 15, who
have been led astray from the path of virtue.
Contributions will be received gratefully by the Secretary,
Mr. Daniel Cooper, R 5, Queen 'street Cheapside; ur by Messrs
Barclay and Co., Lombard-street.

LOSS AND GAIN.—On Saturday evening, about
8 o'clock, a barge laden with some 100 casks of
Guinness's XX stout was run into by a steamer at West-
minster-bridge. She shortly afterwards sank a little fur-
ther down the river and opposite to Mr. Furness's Thames
Embankment works, leaving her casks of malt liquor float-
ing on the river. The men on the embankment works
were not slow to appropriate the welcome beverage.
Casks were quickly broached and emptied into cans and
stomachs, and there was naturally a rather enlivening
scene fora while. There was a Thames police boat close
at hand, but no lives were lost, nor was any harm done
beyond the sinking of the barge, the loss of some Dublin
stout, and the inebriation of a few navvies.

A PRETTY PICIEURE.—" Indeed, there was one
particular plant, the pride of the Rook's garden,
that they (the architects of the Cathedral) had copied with
singular felicity, although they had been obliged to twist
and twine it until it had assumed the proscribed form of
the pattern. This was the polypody fern, whose matted
roots had thrust themselves into a fissure on the top of the
parapet, and whose jagged fronds, so thickly dappled with
orange spores, waved their feathery plumes in the slightest
breeze. There was but one specimen of it in the Rook's gar-
den, and he was so proud of it that one day, when he saw a
lark soaring in song ashigh and higher than the cross on the
summit of the Cathedral spire, he took up his guard on the
parapet, prepared to defend his plant from any inter-
lopers. There was also another fern in the garden—this
was the well-rue ; and although not quite so showy as the
polypody, yet it was very valuable; for it kept its small
leaves green all through the winter. But the gayest, and
largest, and most plentiful plant in the Rook's garden was
the wall-flower, that, in the spring-time, scented the air
with the most delicious fragrance, and, with its yellow and
orange blossoms, some of which were striped with a
tawny crimson, flecked the blue sky with their golden
petals, and made a blaze of bright colour against the cold
grey hues of the tower. Whether originally sown there by
one of his ancestors, or borne thither by some upward
breeze, the Rook did not know ; but, by the time that he had
chosen that spot for his garden, the wallflower had so re-
sown itself, year after year, that it had converted the place
into quite a little shrubbery. . . . Ile had other floral trea-
sures besides the wallflower and the ferns. There were two
or three patches of yellow stonecrop, with its vivid green
foliage and golden clusters of bloom; there were masses of
the toad flax or roving sailor, with its ivy-like leaves and
lilac flowers ; there were clusters of the red valerian or
setwall, and of the dragon's-mouth, that made gay the
summer months with their crimson and purple capsules ;
and there was a bit of the blue blossomed borage, that may
have been a descendant of a plant that had flavoured the
cool tankard of the old monks who had once lived hard-
by the Cathedral."—Cuthbert Bede's " The Rook's Garden."

THE VOLUNTEERS.

In Essex a match has taken place between the A
and B companies of the Colchester corps. The shoot-
ing was at ranges of 200, 500, and GOO yards, and
eight gentlemen shot on each side. The scores made
were as follows :—A cOmpany, 272 ; B company,
273. The Ist Essex Administrative Battalion had a
field day at Witham on Thursday ; the assembled
force mustered altogether 443. In the absence of
Lieut.-Col. Sir Clade de Crespigny and Captain
and Adjutant de Crespigny, the command devolved
on Major Bishop. Lieut.-Col. Deshon, the new
inspecting officer for the Eastern district, was pre-
sent, and complimented the battalion at the close
of the manoeuvres. Lieutenant Hill has been
chbsen captain of the Brentwood company, in the
room of Mr. T. Hill, resigned. Mr. W. Ruth (for-
merly a lieutenant in the Jersey Militia) has been
chosen lieutenant, and Mr. A Lewis ensign. A
challenge cup offered for competition among the
Ungar company has been won for the fourth time
this season, by,Private Mott.

In Suffolk we may note the annual competition
for prizes of the Iladleigh Company :—A silver cup
of the value of £g Bs,, given by Capt. Rowley, was
won by Private Spooner. A challenge vase—won
in 1862 by Corporal Gardiner, in 1863 by Sergeant
Kersey, and in 1864 by Lieut. Robinson—was won
by Ensign Freeman ; ,the cup to become the abso-
lute property of ally member must be won by him
for two consecutive years, and it consequently still
stands over nr competition. In a return match be-
tween sides of six each, selected froth the Beceles
and Harleston companies, the shooting was at ranges
of 200 and 500 yards, and the scores made were—
Beccles, 190 ; Harleston, 199. The best shots of
the Stawmarket company have had a competition
for a number of prizes. The first prize, a bronze
clock, presented by Major Tyrrel, was won by Ser-
geant S. Matthew.
The third annual battalion rifle matches of the
Ist Suffolk Rifles were shot at the Sudbury butts
on Friday. The prizes, amounting in value to £3O,
were given by Lieutenant-Colonel Anstruther,
commanding, and the other staff officers—Major
Tyrell, Major Michell, Rev. H. B. Knox (chaplain),
and Adjutant Barnardiston. The ranges were 300
and 500 yards, seven shots at each. The firing
generally was far from good, the wind being
vailable, and therefore unfavourable. Eight com-
panies were represented. The first prize, aggregate
score at both ranges, as taken by Corporal Fisher
(Eye), with 37 poims. 300 yards only-Ist,
Private Pike (Eye), 18 points.
A fifth annual competition has taken place among
the members of the Wisbech corps for a ladies' chal-
lenge cup ; it was won a second time by Colour-Ser-
geant Bennett. The first competition took place in
1861, when the cup was won by Corporal Tunna-
cliffe. In 1862 the cup passed into the hands of
Corporal Pattrick ; in 1863 it was carried off by
Colour-Sergeant Bennett, and last year by Private
Holmes. The Ist Cambridgeshire has had a com-
petition for prizes. The shooting was at ranges of
200, 500, and 600 yards, and the highest scores
were made by Private Barton, Ensign Hall, Private
Hodson, and Private Ling,
The Huntingdon companies have had a competi-
tion for a ladies' challenge cup and other prizes. The
winner of the cup and first prize was Corporal Wallis.
The first of the other prizes, to which Capt. Herbert
was a contributor, was won by Ensign Stafforth.

In Norfolk, the 3d Norwich has just had its an-
nual prize shooting. This company Tossesses a chal-
lenge cup, and it was won last yearpy Capt. Gurney;
at this year's shooting he again stood first. There
was another contest for several money prizes, of
which the first was won by Private J. Craighill.
The challenge cup of the Aylesham corps has been
won by Corporal Tuddenham ; a prize given by
Lieutenant Ernuin was secured by Private G. Dur-
rell. The Ist Norfolk battery of Volunteer Artillery
has had its annual carbine prize shooting at the
butts, North Denes, Great Yarmouth. The first
match wasfor a prize of £lO, presented by the mem-
bers for the borough, Sir E. 11. N. Lacon, M.P.,
and Mr. J. Goodson, M.P., the £lO being divided
into shares of £3, £2 10s, £2, £1 10s, and £l.
There were 27 competitors, and the first share was
won by Gunner Riches, the second by B. S. M.
Baker, the third by Sergeant Cocks, the fourth
by Sergeant Page, and the fifth by B. S. M.
Mack. The second match was for a ladies' prize
of £5, divided into prizes of £1 15s, £1 ss, and third
and fourth £l.. The first share was won by Cor-
poral Mack, the second by gunner Ellis, the third
by Corporal Sadd ; and the fourth by gunner
Shimpling. Some other prizes were also com-
peted for. The Ist Norfolk Administrative
battalion has met in Gunton-park for batta-
lion drill, under the command of Col. Lord Suffield
and Adjutant Toke. Prizes for shooting were given
by Lord Suffield ; the first of £2 was won by Ser-
geant Timbers, of the Reepham Company, and the
second of £1 by Private Maidstone, of the Aylsham
Company. •

The Warwickshire Volunteers, comprising the
Coventry, Rugby,
Warwick, Stratford, Nuneaton,
Saltley, and Leamington companies, and numbering
563 in all, were inspected on the Warwick Race-
common last. The reviewing officer was Lieut.-Col.
Manners, of the 6th or north-west Rifle Volunteer
district, Sir Edward Campbell, appointed for the
Midland counties, being now at Hythe. The rifle-
men, brigaded as the first administrative battalion,
executed the usual movements, the bayonet drill,
under Adjutant Edwards, the former instructor of
the Prince of Wales, being long and well performed.
While the file firing, with a view to test their power
of keeping up a continuous fire upon a supposed
enemy, Private Charles Wright, of the Leamington
corps, standing in the rear, was struck on the right
temple by the accidental discharge of the rifle of the
front-rank man. Wright's shako was blown high
into the air, and he fell to the ground as if dead.
Staff-Surgeon Philips, of Coventry, Assistant-Sur-
geon Tibbits, of Warwick, as well as other medical
men, were at once in attendance, and it was found
that he had fortunately only suffered a flesh wound.
This was bandaged on the spot with a handkerchief,
and the use of stimulants restored him to conscious-
ness and enabled him to leave the ground with as-
sistance. The inspecting officer, after drawing at-
tention to the necessity of keeping rifles at half cock
instead of full cock when awaiting orders, prior to
firing, as had been the case in the above instance,
passed a high compliment upon both officers and men
Ifor their efficiency, the bayonet-drill being par cicu-
larly worthy of commendation.
The North Cotswold Rifle Corps competition has
just come off at Chipping Campden, when the suc-
cessful shooters were :—Ladies' prizes-Ist, Private
eY
subscription prizes-Ist, Sergeant
Gallon, 15th Gloucestershire ; 2d, Private A.
Sl ICkingett.. 2d,
Town Sergeant Warner ; 3d, Private C.
Beard ; 3d, Private Skey. Town extra prize-Ist,
Private Gallop; 2d, Private Drew. Officers' chal-
lenge cup—Private Jeffrey. Campden challenge
eup—Private Izod. The distribution of prizes took
place in the market square after the shooting, Mrs.
Keunaway, the wife of the vicar, handing them to
the successful riflemen.. Later in the day there was
a dinner, at which the Earl of Harrowby presided.
An all-comers' rifle contest took place -at Pen-
zance on Wednesday : there were 57 competitors.
Lieut. Pollard, of the Wadebridge corps, won the
first prize, £lO.
The annual prize shooting of the Barnstaple Vo-
lunteers was held on Tuesday, seven shots, at each
distance of 200, 400, and 600 yards. Corporal
Marsh made 35, the highest score, and won Sir W.
Fraser's gold medal and £2. Sergeant Seldon won
the second prize, and Sergeant Williams the third.

The chief Yorkshire Volunteer event has been the
annual three days' prize shooting of the Ist West
Yorkshire rifle volunteers on Bootham Stray. With
the exception of the last day, the weather was highly
favourable, and some capital scoring was effected

on the last day a very puzzling, gusty rear-wind
completely played with the bullets of the best marks- I
men. The meeting has been remarkable for the
debuts of several recruits as first-rate shots. The
prize list amounted to about £lOO. The Ist East
York Rifle Volunteers shot for a silver salver, value
7 guineas (presented by Mr. Bell), at 200 and 400
yards, five rounds. There were 55 competitors, and
the prize fell to Private Bulmer, who tied with Ser-
geant Meggitt, with 35 marks, but the former had
made most bull's-eyes at the longe range, and was
by the regulations declared the winner. The Settle
(11 men) and Keighley (9 men) Volunteers con-
tested on the ground of the latter, at 200, 400, and
500 yards, when the Keighley men won with a gross
score of 300, against 280 for the Craven team.