The Sun.
London, England, 1865-01-06 00:00:00

N°. 22,634.

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THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 6, 1865.

CRYSTAL PALACE. -TO -!MORROW.-
uxuriously WARM and DRY. Brilliint and Sun-
shine at the Palace yesterday.—Lighted at Dusk.

RYSTAL PALACE AT NIGHT.—" If this
C .lighting up. and this alone, were shown as the Christmas
attraction, it would be worth a j Jur ney to Norwoo I to see it.
We can only cordially recommend our readers to see it for
themselves before the wee:, is out"" —Vide Newspapers.
Lighted from dusk till half-past six.

CRYSTAL PALAC E.-TO-MORROW.-
ONLY SATURDAY JUVENILE AF rERNOON of
CHRISTMAS A M.US EM EN i 8 and PROM ENA DE.
Palace open at Ten. Menagerie, Fancy Fair, Picture Huh
leries, &c., &c., open at same time.
First Part of Holiday Revels at Half-past. Two o'clock.
Second Part at H 1--past Four. Palace lighted u for Pro-
menade. Organ Perio:mance Half-past Five Admission,
Helf-a-Crown. Chi dren, One Shilling •, Gnnea season
Tickets free; Reserved Seats for all the Amusements, One
NOTE.—From other engagements, To-morrow will be the
only Saturday at which this year's successful Holiday
Amusements can be given. To be more in accordance with
the u-ual Saturday Afternoon arrangements they have been
fixed to commence at Half-past Two o'clock. 7

COMMODORE NUTT & MINNIE WARREN.
ST. JAMES'S HALL, • Piccadilly. THIS DAY
and during• the HOLIDAYS.—THREE GRAND LEVEES
DAILY, at Eleven and Eight o'clock.
"Na ure's Smallest Edition of her choldeat work"—a
Bachelor and Belle of mature age, not larger than Two
InfaLta! ! ! •
At Eleven o'clock they appear in the identical WEDDING
COSTUME worn by them at the Marriage of GEN. TOM
THUMB; and they also perform Songs, Duets, Dances, &c.,
giving several Comic personations, with an entire change of
programme at each Levee.
They will be drawn to and from St. James's Hall in their
Lilliputian Carriage by four of the Smallest Ponies in the
world, presented to them by General Tom Thumb;
Box Office from 10 till 4 o'clock.
Admission, ls. and 2s. ; reserved scats, 3s. Children half
price to the 2s. and 3s. seats•

SECOND ANNUAL PUBLICATION.
Crown Bvo., strongly bound in cloth, los. 6d.,
-rHE STATESMAN'S YEAR-BOOK. A
:t STATISTICAL, GENEALOGICAL, and lIISTORI-
ACCOUN r of the STA TES and SOVE REIGNS of the
.CIVILIZED WORLD for the YEAR 1815.
• By FREDERICK MARTIN.
(Times).
"The great merit of the Year-Book' is that its matter is
so clearly and system ttically arranged. the statistics of any
one state or nation may be easily referred to, or those of two
or more may be compared with each other without difficulty.
It fully merits the support it claims from ail who an
-actives interest in politics or commerce."
- -

(Examiner).

LAST WEE K.-ST. JAMES'S HALL,
Hwent-street, riecadilly.—Professor ANDERSON
mutt positively terminate his most brilliant season on
SATURDAY NEXI', when ha will have given more than
130 representations in 18 cons( cutive weeks to crowded and
fashionable audiences. More than 250,00) spectators have
witnessed the " World of Magic" by the great Wizard of the
North. The greatest treat in London for the holiday gifts
for the children. Santa Clauses. Admission.l..; balconies,
25.; stalls, 35., which may be secured at the Hall.

"After a year's use of the previous issue of this book we
have begun to wonder bow men ever did without it. The-
issue for 1865 is full of new work, and has prefixed to it some
comparative tables that wi I suggest here and there new
thoughts, born of a clearer knowledge, to the best informed
politicians."
Macmillan and Co., London and Cambridge.

MR. and Mrs. GERMAN REED, with Mr.
JOHN PARRY, in THE RIVAL comrosEtts, in
which the Sisters Pry will appear, with THE BARD and
HIS BIRTHDAY; and to cone ude with MRS. ROSELE ,tIF
AT THE SE A-S OE. By Mr. John Parry. Every Evening
(except Saturday) at Eight ; Saturday Afternoon, at Three.
- -ROYAL GALLERY OF ILLUSTRA LION, 11, Regefit-
street. Unreserved seats, is., 28. ; stalls, 38. ; stall spring
chairs, 58.
OPERA DI CAMERA, the SOLDIER'S LEGACY, by
inciarren, and TOO MANY COOKS, by Offenbach. Every
TUE,,DAY and T RURSDAY, at Three.

NEW FRENCH SILKS, in COLOURS and
BLACK, at 2s. 64d. tbe yard, made of bright Italian
silk, wi►h the guarantee for durability of eminent firms in
Paris and. Lyons.
The Silk' Department includes all the ri.hest and most
costly productions. •
Patterns sent free.
. HARVEY and CO., Lambeth House, Westminster, S.

Demy Bvo., extra cloth, Os. ed.,

IFE : Ita NATURE,. VARIETIES, and
_ILA PHENOMENA. IV LEO H. GRINDON. Third
Edition.

FRENCH MERINOES at 2s. per yard, double
width, including all the new and brilliant colours at
the same price.
adies would do well to send immediately for patterns,
addressed to Messrs. HARVEY and CO., Lambeth House,
Wes' minster, S. _ _ .

This firm during last autumn executed orders for their
Merinoes from more than Twenty Thousand families, and
in every instance gave entire satisfaction.

DINNEFORD'S FLUID MAGNESIA.-
The Medical Profession for thirty years have approved
of this pure solution of alllgnesia as the best remedy for
Gout and stomachic disorders of every kind; and as a mild
aperient it is especially adapted for Ladies and Children.
Prepared solely by DINNIMORD and CO., Chemists, Ito,
172, New Sond-street,London ; and sold throughout the
world by all respectable Chemists. Caut on. - See that
" Dinneford and Co." is on each battle and red label over
the cork.

Naval and Military Intelligence.

•• Mr. Grindon's book has reached, but will not stop at, the
third editon. It is the work of a a holar, a Christian, and a
man of real seence."--Morning Herald.
•• To those who delight in the exercise of their intellectual
pourers, these very thoughtful and b autifully-written reflec-
tions will be a welcome boon, and the source long afterwards,
we mey rest assured, of many fruitful meditations and plea-
sant memories." —Sun.
" The reader will find in it much thoutht and much read=
ing. There is plenty to think up- n, plenty to study, plenty
Jo entertain."—lllustrated London News."
London ; F. Pitman, 20, Paternoster-row, E.C.

Her Majesty's screw corvette Cadmus, 21, 400

horse-power, Capt. Alexander C. Gordon, intended

T H X F O R D,
6, OXFORD STREET, W.
The. Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (limited).
ORPHEE AUX ENFERS (Offenbach's brilliant Opera
Comique), is achieving an unprecedented success. Vide, the
Song "Klig, of Bceotia ;" The Hymn to Bacchus ;" and
the spirited "Hilliho " Chorus, bir Eurydice, Diana, Cupid,
and t horns ; the side-splitting " Couplets," by Minerva,
Diana, Venus, Cupid, Pluto, and Chorus ; acd fiaal Minuet
and Galop. Principal characters by Misses Russell, Fitz-
henry, Barrie, Tyrrell, and Walmsley; Messrs. Greene and
Lascellcs.
Also, the new Cantata; KING CHRISTMAS, written by
Litchfield Itosely, 14:Eq., and composed by Herr Meyer Lutz,
expressly for this estaulishment.
Musical Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans.
THE DESCENT OF MERCURY, by Mr. Jas. Talliitt.
LE' MONSTRE CIIARME, by M. SILVESTRE.
Comedy, by Mr. WILLIAM RANDALL, Mr. GASTON
MURRAY; LITTLE 808, and all the procurable Talent of
the day.

'or service with the North American squadron, in

VANTERBURY HALL.
‘../ The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (limited).
HODGE PODGE,
he most extraordinary Christmas Entertainment in Lon-
don ng the whole strength of the establishment),
should be seen to be appreciated.
The usual Operatic Sele:tions by Misses Russell, Barrie,
Hays, Godden, &c. ; Messrs. Latcelles, Harland, Beaumont,
Kimberley, &a _ • • -

attempting to leave Chatham harbour early on
Wednesday morning on a falling tide, unfortunately
grounded on a bank of sand and mud, which, by
the fresh of the tide at the spot, had accumulated

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Lear the entrance to No. 2 dock. Two of the steam

tenders were immediately brought out with the hope
of floating her off, but all attempts to effect this
were fruitless, and as the tide ebbed she settled
down heavily, and, it was feared, seriously strained
herself. Fortunately, the spot where she took the

Musical Director, Mr. P. Jonglunans.
Extra Comedy by Mr. and Mrs. Randal', Mr. Hilton,
Stacey, Woodman, Little Bob, dm.
Evory even7ng at. 7 o'clobk. " "

11OPAL CAMBRIDGE, MUSIC HALL,
Commercial-streer, Shoreditch.
(Close to the Great Eastern Terminus'.
Sole Proprietor, Mr. (iic W. NUGENT.,
SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS UP TO CHRISTMAS.
Operatic Selections, &c. Prima Donna, Miss ELLI:ON.
The Comic strength of the Comp-ivy inclUdes ANNIE
ADAMS, NELLY POWER, J. G. FORDE, WEST, GEO.
LEY BOURNE, Mr. HERBERT, J. F. ALEXANDER and
Family; LES FRERES CAVALLINI, the great Italian
clowns and Gymnasts, from the Cirque Napoleon, Paris,
their first uppm.ran.e in England.
Permanent prices—Area, 4d. ; balcony, 6d. ; stalls, Is.
Manager and Conductor, Mr. C. GitE VILLE.

CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS.
IU-ADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION.
established 29 years at the Bazaar,:Baker-street.
NEW D DITION.—A Full-length PORT RA IT MODEL
of MULLER, taken from life, and corrected from the Casi
taken by Doctor Donovan, is now added to the Chamber of
Physiognomy.

ground was chiefly mud, so that little apprehension
was entertained that serious harm would result from
the accident. At flood tide on Wednesday after-
noon the vessel was got off, and, in order_ to ascer-
tain whether she had sustained any damage, was
floated late in the day into one of the vacant docks,
a number of the officials and workmen remaining in

Open, on Boxing Day only, from 10 a.m. till 10 p.m,; other
days from 11 a.m. till 5 p m., and from 7 .111 10.
Admittance, One Shilling; extra rooms, Sixpence.

ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street,
Piccadilly.
LEVY will appear at nine, ten, and eleven o'clock during
the week and play new music nightly.

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the yard all Wednesday night employed in the
operation of placing her on the blocks and shoring
her up. On the wafer being pumped out of the
dock an examination of every part of the vessel was
made by her master-shipwright's staff, but no injury
could be discovered, the only defect apparent being
the tearing off of a portion of her copper sheathing
and the breaking of her martingale, which probably
occurred during the opeßation of undoeking. At an
early [hour yesterday morning the Cadmus was
again undocked,,and shortly before daylight left the
harbour for the Nore, where she will have her com-
passes adjusted, and be inspected by the naval Com-
mander-in-Chief, at the same time making another
trial of her engines at the measured mile, in order
to satisfy the officials of the steam reserve that her
machinery is in all respects satisfactory before she
passes out of their hands. At the time of the dock-
ing of the Cadmus Mr. Hatch, the foreman of
riggers, on whom devolved the responsible duty of
placing the vessel -in her position in the dock, was
found to be in such a helpless state of intoxication
that Capt. Stewart, C. 8., directed his ejection from
the yard, pending the decision of the Admiralty.
A testimonial, in the shape of a handsomely
wrought silver goblet, has been presented to First-
class Master-Gunner Alexander Miller, Royal
Artillery, as a token of respect on the occasion of
his retirement from the army, after a period
of 31 years' service in the Royal Regiment of Ar-
tillery, the testimonial being presented by his com-
rades belonging to the first division of the Depot
and Coast Brigade, in the Chatham district. Mr.
Miller has very efficiently discharged the important
post of master-gunner at Sheerness for upwards of
11 years.
The screw gunvessel Torch, 5, 80-horse power
(nominal), having undergone repair at Chatham
dockyard and been fitted for the first-class steam
reserve, was yesterday taken to the measured mile
at the Maplin Sands for the purpose of testing her
engines. She is fitted with a pair of 80-horse power
direct-acting trunk engines by Messrs. Napier and
Son, with most of the recent improvements. The
trial yesterday was under the superintendence of
Capt. W. K. Hall, C. 8., commanding the steam
reserve, the other officials on board being Mr.
Baker, chief inspector of machinery at Chatham
Dockyard ; Mr. Rumble, chief inspector of ma-
chionery afloat ; and Mr. Hutchens, assist. -master
shipwright at Chatham. The vessel drew 9ft. 10in.
forward and lift. 1 lin. aft. The Torch is fitted
with a Smith's propellor of Oft. 10in. in diameter,
with the leading corners cut off, and set at a pitch
of 12ft. 4in. The wind duringthe trial was westerly,
with a form of 3. • Six runs were made at the mea-
sured mile with the following result :—First run—
time, 6 min, 6 sec. ; speed in knots. 9.830 ; second
run—time, 7 min. 46 sec. ; speed,y7.72s knots ; third
run—time, 6 min. 22 sec. ; speed, 9.421 knots ;
fourth run—time, 7 min. 23 sec. ; speed, 8•12€
knots ; fifth:run—timo, 6 min. 32 sec. ; speed, 9183
knots; last run—time, 6 min. 42 sec. ; speed,
8.955 knots—giving the true mean speed of the
ship 8.731 knots per hour. The mean pressure of
steam during the trial was 201 b., and the load
on the safety valve 241 b. The mean number
of the 'revolutions of the engines was 98 per
minute. At half-boiler power the mean speed at-
tained was 6.857 knots per hour. After the comple-
tion of the runs the vessel was tried in making
circles, when at full speed the_ complete circle was
made in 4m. 11s., and at half speed in 4m. 31s.
At the close of the trials the vessel steamed back to
Chatham harbour, and was handed over to the
officials of the steam reserve.
Earl de Grey and Ripon, her Majesty's Secretary
of State for War, arrived at Portsmouth yesterday
morning in her Majesty's steam-tug Sprightly,
Commander G. Allen, from Osborne. The Earl
landed at the dockyard, and entering the carriage
of Col. Shadwell, Deputy-Quartermaster-General,
which was in waiting, was driven to the Landport
Railway Station, whence he proceeded by the 11
a.m. South-Western train to London.
The llighflyer, 20, screw corvette, Capt. Pasley,
made her trial yeaterday at the measured mile in
Stokes-bay, near Portsmouth, under the officials of
the dockyard steam factory and reserve. She
realized a mean speed of 9.48 knots with full-boiler
power and of 6.95 knots with half-boiler power. At
the conlusion of the trials the Highflyer again an-
chored at Spithead, where she awaits her final orders
from the Admiralty.
The following appointments were made yester-
day at the Admiralty :—Edward B. D'Arcy, mas-
ter, to the Fisgard, for the Mutine ; Edward A.
Richmond, naval cadet, to the Achilles ; S. J.
Meiclejohn, surgeon, to the Columbine ; and Fre.
derick A. Smith, clerk, to the Frederick William.

PRICE 4d.
STAMPED sd.

letter was read from the vice-president of the Ana-
tolian Cotton Commission,, Smyrna, stating that
the commutation of tithe on cotton is working fairly
in those parts, and that GoVernMent has redeemed
its pledge. The crop is turning out better than was
expected, except in the northern districts. A report
on the cultivation of cotton in GreeCe, forwarded by
the Foreign Office, was received from her Majesty's
Minister at Athens,- which states that the cotton
crop this year is expected to yield about 10,500,0001 b.
The price of labour has increased, but there is every
probability that cotton cultivation on a considerable
scale will eventually be established on a solid and
durable footing in Greece. Circular reports were
received from the Foreign Office on the cultivation
of cotton in Panama, Maracaiba.,' Madagascar, Re-
union, Galatz, Brussa, Smyrna, Jaffa, Trebizond,
and Manilla. The area planted with cotton in the
state of Panama has increased 'froth 137 acres in
1863 to 550 acres in 1864; and the produce which,
in the former year, was 45,0001 b., is expected
to be in the latter 500,0001b.,' and still further
progress is anticipated this- year. In the state of
Zulia (province of Maracaibo), Venezuela, 2,400
acres have been planted with cotton this year, and
the produce, which was 7,0001 b. in 1863, is estimated
to be this year about 134001 b. The probabilities
of an increased production cannot, in the least, be
doubted ; and if pecuniary assistance could be ob-
tained, immense tracts of land would be brought
under immediate tultivalon. The cottortvoivn in
this state from exotic seed obtained a high price in
the Liverpool market. In Madagascar, the quan-
tity of cotton at present grown is very small, of
short staple, somewhat resembling that of the West
Indies, but the, production might be greatly increased
by the introduction of foreign seed, and by care
being bestowed on its cultivation. The present de-
fective system of local administration is a serious
hindrance, the produce being at the -mercy of the
village chiefs. About 2,000 acres are believed to
have been planted with cotton. Reunion has at.
times produced samples of cotton of finer quality
perhaps than any place in the world, and of a class
highly appreciated in France ; but though a con-
siderable extent of land was planted in 1863, the
yield was so bad and so small as to make it un-
worthy of notice, and little or no progress has since
been made. Her Majesty's consul at Galatz reports
that in his district but little seed has been sown, and
owing to the weather being unusually wet the plants
were either neglected or abandoned altogether. The
recent emancipatiOn of the peasants has made the
landlords entirely dependent on paid labour, and but
little disposed to turn their attention to cotton, and
for some years but little will be done in this direc-
tion. Her Majesty's consul at Brussa states that
much of , the, cotton planted did not come forward
from cold and rainy weather in May, but what was
resown gave good promise, and was partly in course
of being gathered when, in October, an unparalleled
inundation occurred. Though hopes were enter-
tained of copious crops - from New Orleans and
Egyptian seed, a return of cold weather makes it
doubtful whether there will be any gathering, and
accounts from other parts of the
.district of liodo-
vendakian are of a similar import. Iu the consular

report, dated Smyrna, Nov. 30, it is stated that the
quantity realised is as yet unknown, although it
must be far below the anticipated amount, owing to
the late continual rains. A larger extent of land
will be prepared for cotton this year than last, as
the result is far more profitable to the cultivators
than any other agricultural produce, and the far-

niers have found out the localities favourable to the

growth of cotton, and can guard against future dis,
Appointments. - Gins and presses are at work in the
_interior at Minimen, Magnesia, ,Aidin, and liaiadir.
The cotton exported from the port of. Smyrna dur-
ing J 863 was in value £1,674,536. From Jaffa some '
fine pods of cotton were received, grown there from
American seed by her Majesty's (piii-;onli, and 'Oda
present a striking contrast to the...bolls from indi-
genous seed. The example exhibited in the consular
ground has had the effect of proving to the cultiva-
tors of the district the great adVantage:of growing.
this description of cotton. A gin was placed at the
disposal of the consul to encouragehis further efforts.
Her Majesty's consul at Trebizond reports that
Persia will send to that place, in' the course' of the
winter, 40,000 bales of cotton, equal to '4,000 tons ;
and that Georgia will likewise export 20,000 bales,
equal to' about 1,500. The consular report from
Manilla states that cotton is but little cultivated in
the Philippine Islands, tobacco having the prefer-
ence, the Spanish Government possessing a monopoly,
and being determined to promote its growth in the
I different provinces.