The Sun.
London, England, 1862-12-05 00:00:00

AMUSEMENTS.

CI A
Git %,
TERIR URY HALL.
sELEcTio•NS from VERDI'S " SIMON
MACF'ARREN'S CANTATA " ISLAY
43,ENiQ.,,,..-LOCKE'S MUSIC of " MACHETE'," and Mr.
JN p"-crT GILBERT'S NEW OPERETTA, M
"A NIGHT
(111? •••Y LAND." Conducted by M. JONGHANS.
And and Chorus.

PRINCIPAL ARTISTES.
Miss RUSSELL, Miss TOWNLEY.
,1%,•
_Tivoli, Mr. Green, Mr. Raytior, and Mr. Russell Grover.
`4o•N",Comic by UNSIVORTFI (the Original Stump Orator,
1)11,7`"e ANY OTHER MAN"), in conjunction with Eugene,
London Little Bob, forming the greatest Comic Quartet
AIR '"
ttnit,so, the following Comic Favourites :—Miss Georgina
IStessrs F 'Marshall Hollincrsworth, and Arthur
5,74,a...nd,, the Bur. p'rising Performance of " THE ETOILE
E 0 X F OR D,
6, OXFORD STREET.
ihab.,:ilcieltrance of Unsworth (the original of "Or any other
,--The Colleen Bawn, by Miss Caroline Parkes.—
Aa~ great Burlesque Prima Donna.—Arena and
the Neapolitan Minstrels.—W. Randall and A. B.
itytlvgeworth,—Mr. T. 31"..,m.xan'e Ent..tatiiment.—Drew
acylne nn .tie Flute.-1 Pas Seul, by Henri—ln
ot 8,
n to varied high-class musical attraction consisting
Do iectioias from Verdi's "Nablico" and "11 Corsaro,"
444,,,zettra " Don Sebastien, " Auber's "La Circassienne,"
1.1.0-horse, Glees, Duets &a., &c., by Miss Russell, Miss
Ititi,uleY ; Messrs. Bernardi, Greene, Huish, and Albert,
Pull Band and Chorus.
Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans.
Kk 6d,; Balcony and Stalls, is. ; Private Boxes.
omission,

li"*AL ALHAMBRA PALACE AND

•
AMPHITHEATRE. ---
tee p, OLMAR EVERY EVENING.
Leß`Ftles Con ra de on the Low Rope (without balancing pole).
I,,,'Attes Atonstres.—The Olympic Wonders---Pas Soul
urolnedary. -Mrs. Bryan, Wieland, Woodman, itc.
Musical Entertainment of Sixty Performers. First
eceni-ttce of the celebrated Talliotta on Monday next, Bth
iittn er.
144 Neal Director Mr. Thos. Bartleman. Open at 7, cora-
ce at half-past.'

ARGYLL 'ROOMS. Great Windmill-street,
or" liaYniarket.—GßAND CASINO FlLY'"Wiltrice
t. _,rate ery Evening. for Promenade and Dancing,
(' d Band of 50 performers Conductor and Principal
iiric'Wet-k-Piston, M. BouLcounx.—The new Imperial Qu%
be ~,e, Valse Cotillion, and L. blosca's Peep o'DayValse wih '44Yed nightly.
l'
et ~.W Conversation Salon has been added to the above
Ada au"shrient for Reading Coffee, and Refreshments.—
nission U.—Mnager. M.'Grenet.'
it 0 YAL F.,NGOPERA, COVENT-
tilder the Manage GARDEN.
tient of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W.
arrison, Sole Lessees.
• Miss
AIIII•S EVENING THE BOHEMIAN GlBLo_.e,
Miss
Tqu-i-311. Hiles' (her 3rd' appearance). Mrs. Acsley Ce lc
1, ati Pyre
iseet. , tressrs.W.H. Weiss, H. orri,
'''' 'lnd NV. Harrison. St. Albyn, E.

Conductor—Mr. A. Mellon.
Deers open at hall-past 7—Commence at 8.
iiqATRE-R0 V Al„ HAY MARKET.
,Alerrc, Lessee. Mr. J. B. Bnckstone.
4Tea -,,,." __EVENING. at 7, A DAUGHTER TO MARRY.
A 8* r arren, Rogers, Clark, and Miss E. Romer.
,f_ter
upt ,w.hich, at &q to 81l performed 98 time)
Noe :marEßlCANuarter COUSIN., wi
sabe AT en rchard, (2
Mr.th Buck-
Lord Dundreary, Mr. Sothern.
.r , ilt or d:Aved by a new Farre, entitted DUCK HUNTING:
Atise„")Ptcu, Mr. Howe, Mr. W, Farren, Mrs. Wilkins, and
I,_ ‘-• ill.
ivli,:vir
I,_ETTRE.:R(37rAL.
ADELpm._oconclude With JACIVF, RETURN FROM CANTON.
7,,,,___P01e Pro, nrietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster.
_ott.
trier, ,nif,.
,edrord,
Toole, .V.t.NING. THE GREEN BUSHES. Messrs. J.
eflaitinnzt, Aldridge rinte
Tr:
BillinZton Sefton, Stephenson, Eburne,
Woolga'r Mg':
11. Lewis, sA, vanndiaM.rTsonSetsaMeniss
To conc.ude with A TICKET OF LEAVE : M 's
J. L
Toole, P. Bedford, Stephenson, and Mrs. Btlungt,l7B. L.
Commence at 7.
•......____

It
OYAI, PRINCESS'S THEA'rRE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr Lindus.
k..1111S EVENING. the Farce of A.S.S. : Mr. Fitzjames and
-,-• lienderson.
After
tom .., which, at half-pest 7, the new Drama by John Oxen-
17As
,ini t cl., entitled THE TRIPLE ALLIANCE. Mr. Geo.
... whsi; Miss Censtance Aylmer, Miss M. Oliver, and Mrs.
te.
lyilrltecticlude with THE HONEYMOON. Mr. H. Vezin,
kisa irlt"bYs. Miss Constance Aylmer, Miss M. Oliver, and
................2 jone

°,l? AL LYCEUM THEATRE. „.2,010 Lessee and Manarrer—Mr. Edmund Falconer.
t Nizht of the .'ontlnuOUS run of "reep o'i)ay."
Tlt/7„.„1 88
EVENING,' the new Comedietta. •IT MUST BE
nobt, "rWAS IN THE PAPERS. Walter Lacy, J.
4; Mrs. Weston, Miss Weston, and Miss L. Thompson.
411q.4°Wed by PEPor, Savourneen Deelish.
. Wait I. Lacy% Addison, Charles Selby, Geo. Melville,
lirNiltouttole Falconer ; Mrs. D. P. Bowers, Miss Clara
"Sclude with the Last View of KILLARNEY, intro-
Ballet.

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ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT
INSTITUTION
(Incorporated by Royal Chatter).
PATRONESS—Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen.
FRESIDENT —Vice-Admiral his Grace the Duke of Northum-
berland, K.G., F.R.S.
CHAIRMAN—Thos. Baring, Esq., M.P., F.R.S.,
DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN—Thomas Chat:Man, Esq., F.ILS.b
ArlItAL.

The Committee of Management have tO state that, since
to beginning of the year 1860, the Royal National Lifeboat
Institution has incurred expenses amount'ng to X 27,260 on
various Lifeboat Establishments on the Coasts of England,
Scotland, and Ireland.
During the same period the Lifeboats of the Institution
have hem instrumental in rescuing the Crews of the follow-
ing Vessels _
Barque Vermont, of Halifax, U.S. •• •• .. 16 1
Schooner William Keith, of CarnarVon .. 2
Brig Flying Fish, of Whitby
Smack Elizabeth Ann, of Lyme Regis „ „ 3
Steam Dredge, at Newhaven 9
Schooner Admiral Hood, of Rochester 6
Schooner Susan and Isabella, of Dundee .; 8
Schooner Rose, of Lynn
Brig Prodroma, of Stockton .. •• 11
Brig Eliza, of Middlesborough .• .. 7
Brigantine Frela, of Konigsberg 6
Brigantine Diana, of Fredrikshamn
Brig Gloucester, of South Shields 7
Brig Lovely Nelly, of Seaham
Brigantine Nugget, of Bideford .. .. 5
Schooner Prospect, of Berwick
Schooner Ann Mitchell, of Montrose
Schooner Jane Roper, of Ulverstone
Brig Pallas, of Shields 8
Ship Ann Mitchell, of Glasgow .. .. 9
Smack John But of Yarmouth .. 5
Schooner Cathefte, of Newry
Barque Niagara, of Shields 11
A Barge Of Teignmonth
Brig George and James, of London
Brig Zephyr, of Whitby
Coble Honour, of Cullercoats
Schooner Eliza, of North Shields 7
Barque Oberon, of Liverpool .. 15
Brigantine Nancy, of Teignmouth 4
Smack Wonder, of Teignmouth .. 2
Brig Scotia, of Sunderland .. 6
Sloop Three Brothers, of Goole .. 5
Sloop Charlotte, of Woodbridge .. . 5
Brig Ann, of Blyth
Spanish Barque Primera de Torreviega (saved ves-
sel and one of the crew) .. 1
Sloop Hope, of Dublin
Schoener Druid, of Aberystwyth
Schooner Hurrell, of Penzance (saved vessel and
Schoonersßmri
ag cAk Anne, of r
Betsy,o
of oy maf n
va, ot th (saved
Peterhead
Abery vessel
crew)a
twy (saved
ti; and
a(vso
vs
vessel
eyawen;)
d:
68
scahnodoncerrewF)l,::
of
Whitby • (saved -vealVer and crev•v•
sloop Thomas and Jane, of St. Ives
Fishing-boats of Whitburn
Brig Arethusa, of Blyth 8
Schooner Dewi Wyn, of Portmadoo •• .. 8
Flat Cymraes, of Beaumaris 2
Schooner William, of Morecambe :: :: • • 5
Smack Gipsy of Newry ..
scnoonerNaigaret Anne, of Preston. .. 4
Brig New Draper, of Whitehaven 8
Schooner William, of Liverpool .. 5
Lugger Nimrod, Of Castletown
Brig Providence, of Shield
Brig Mayflower, of Newcastle
Schooner Village Maid, of Fleetwood .. 4
Barque Guyana, of Glasgow . 19
Brig Roman Empress, of Shields .. 10
Brig San Spiridi one, of Gala/ride .. 2
Schooner Voador du Vouga, of Vienna .. •8
French Brig La Jeune Marie Therese .. 6
Barque Perseverance, of Scarborough .. 5
Schooner Elizabeth, of Bridgewater
Ship Danube, of Belfast
Schooner Hortensia, or Hanover .. .. 4
Schooner Oregon, of Stonehaven .. 4
Brig St. Michel, of Marans 8
Schooner Epimachus,'of Amsterdam .. •• 5
Barque Druid, of Sunderland
Schooner Bellona, of Red Bay.. .. .. 1
Brig Pioneer, of Carnarvon 1
Schooner Primes§ Alice, of Ipswich ..
Brig Minerva, of Workington .. 4
Schooner Elizabeth and Hannah, of Newburgh .. 6
Brig Sisters, of V 1 hitby .• • • ••
Brigantine Matilda, of Stockholm .. 4
Brig Jane, of North Shields .. .. 10
Brig Trial, of Poole .. 7
Schooner Liberty, of Dublin .. .. 3
Schooner Sylphiden, of Nakskov (saved vessel and
crew) •• •• •• •• •• •• .. 7
Barque Frederick, of Dublin .. 1
Barge Peace, of London
•• •• .. .. 2
Lugger Saucy Lass, of Lowestoft .. 11
Smack Adventure, of Harwich.. .. 10
Pilot cutter Whim, of Lowestoft .. •• • .. 7
Barque Undaunted, of Aberdeen . .. 11
Wrecked boat on Blackwater Bank, on the Irish
coast .. ..
Schooner Skylark, of Folkestone 6
Brig Lively, of Clay, Norfolk .. 8
Schooner Rook, of Liverpool
Barque Robert Watson, of Sunderland .. 5
Schooner Auchincruive, of Grangemouth 6
Schooner Friends, of Lynn .. 4
Schooner Eliza Anne, of Dublin .. .. 5
Brig Content, of Sunderland .. 5
Smack Ellen Owens, of Cardigan .. 3
Barque Cedarine, of Bermuda ..134
Smack Frodsham, of Liverpool .. .. 22
Sloop William, of Liverpool .. .„ 8
Sloop Elizabeth, of Teignmouth 3
.. 1
Portuguese Barque Cruz V. • • • •
Ship Annie E. Hooper, of Baltimore, U. 5... .. 18
Barque Henry Everest, of Rochester ..
Total • • • • •• ••• 762
For these and other Life-boat services the Institution bas
alsovote d
g£l.2a,
oi
da s
rreeswaarrddss taomtohoenctri
ne s
to iot tl57L2i
feobro astasv
n. Igt has
shipwrecked persons, by shore-boats and other means, mak-
ing a total of 1,302 persons saved from a watery grave during
the last two years and a half.
The number of lives saved by the Life-boats of the
Society, and other means, since its formation, is 12,690;
for which services 82 Gold Medals, 713 Silver Medals, and
£16,0L0 in cash have been paid in rewards. The Institu-
tion has also expended £64,300 on Life-boats, Life-boat
Transporting-carriages, and Boat-houses.
The public cannot but symnathise with the vigorous efforts
now being made by this Institution to save the lives of Ship-
wrecked Crews. Their help was never more needed than at
the present time, when, through the extraordinary exertions
'he Society has made within the past few years, it has now
One Hundred and Twenty-three Life-boats under its man-
agement, for the maintenance of which, in a state of thorough
efficiency, a large permanent annual income is absolutely
needed, if its humane mission is to be perpetuated.
The Committee g„ratefuliy acknowledge the following con-
tributions : X s. d
Her Majesty the Queen •• •• •• annual 50 0 0
A Lady at Leith, per W. G. Slater, Esq.. don. 100 0 0
Clerk, Colonel, R.A. .. • • .. annual 1 1
Cotton, Sir St. Vincent, Bart.. .. don. 25 0 0
Coutts and Co., Messrs., Bankers .. .. annual 10 0 0
Erie, Lord Chief Justice .. .. don. 10 10 0
Fanshawe, Vice-Admiral Sir A., K.C.B. 2ffldon. 25 0 0
Harvey, Rev. G. G. and Mrs. .. don. 3 0 0
Lambton, Messrs. W. H. dz Co., Bankers .. don. 21 0 0
Lanesborough, the Earl of .. .. annual 5 0 0
Legacy of the late Wm. Lupton, Esq., of
Salford.. •• •• •• 100 0 0
Martin, Sir Henry, Bart. ••
••
7th don. 10 0 0
Moore, Rev. G. B. •• .. don. 15 15 0
Robartes, T. J. Agar, Esq., M.P. .. anneal 5 0 0
Stirling, Col. Sir Anthony, K.C.B. .. annual 2 0 0
Trench, Lady Helena don. 30 0 0
Donations and Annual Subscriptions will be thankiblly re-
ceived by the Bankers of the Institution, Messrs. Willis,
Percival, and Co., 76, Lombard-street; Messrs. Coutts and
Co., 59, Strand; Messrs. Berries, Farquhar, and Co., 16, St.
James's-street, London ; by a• 1 the Bankers in the United
Kingdom; and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, Esq., at
the Office of the Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi, Lon-
don, W.C.

THAEut
ChoArsU
ofS Ee
eminence
I noe
nf cPe
decline of the
DECAY.—
Roman empire Ith
aEv eMascribedi t tEh e
effeminacy they trace chiefly to vicious
resistance ; and this
to the effeminacy of manners, which precluded
life,by which, in our own time, an
influential journalist has endeavoured to account for the de-
clinethe Asiatic provinces of Turkey.
of population in t
habits acquired in early
been specially deprecated by philo-
sophers to has at all timesphysical and moral degeneracy al-
ludedlt besets inexperienced youth,
misery, poisoning the nuptial
laying the foundation of future
TheP peculiar
ar
philanthropists. of
a scene of anguish, from
cup with bitter malignity; destroying health, curtailing life,
and making it, during its brief career,
the consciousness of humiliating infirmity.
The evil is but too rife in our age and country ; and expe-
n
rience can often discern the sad results i the early deaths,
the hereditary and perpetuated ailment,, and the matri-
monial discords and vandals, described, in COnvential
,_
cases of
par-
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threatened injury
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Dr. L A'MERT, M.D., has been engaged for 20 yearsin the
treatment of these disorders, and his treatise on "Self-Pre-
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lost or suspended, and how they can be restored and main-
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Owing to the restricted accommodation which
prevails on board the flag ships and receiving ships
at Chatham and the 'ore for those continuous ser-
vice and other men rejoining after being paw off
from their previous ships, Admiralty directions
have been received for a report to be made of the
number of officers and men who can be accommo-

dated afloat, and also of the number and names of

those ships, either in the steam or sailing reserve,
which are so fitted as to render it possible to berth
a certain number of men on board each during the
winter months.
The works connected with the 000stroction of the
iron frigate Achilles, 50, 1,200 horse power, have
made considerable advance during the past few
weeks, and should no further interruption take
place there is little doubt that the vessel will be

completed some few months before the time origi-
nally contemplated. On Wednesday another body
of shipwrights were removed from the vessels on
which they have been working at Chatham Dock-
yard, and placed on the iron frigates malt ing the
number of 'hands now employed on the Achilles
close upon I,OOG. The operation of bending the
remaining plates to form the stem of the frigate was
successfully accomplished in the factory on Wed-
nesday, under the direction of Mr. Armstrong, for-
merly employed On the Warrior, under whose su-
perintendence all the mechanical details connected
With the preparation of the iron for the Achilles are
carried out. The stein is formed from three longi-
tudinal plates, each about 3in. thick, and weigh-
ing from 16cwt. to 2 tons. The process of bending
the plates for this portion of the 'vessel has been the
most dilicult yet undertaken, and one which has
taxed the efforts as well as the ingenuity,of the offi-
cials in the factory. The plates used in the process
have to be bent to the shape of a semicircle,
and to effect this the utmost care is required, as the
slightest flaw or crack in the iron during the opera-
tion causes its instant rejection. The plates as soon
as heated are removed to a powerful hydraulic press,
where the mass is gradually bent to the required
shape. Aa soon as this operation has been completed
the parts Ore welded together under the Nasmyth
hammer. The resources of Chatham dockyard not
allowing the iron sternpost to be forged at that
establishment, it has been prepared at a private fac-
tory at Glasgow, and will arrive at the dockyard in
the course of the week, the Rhadamanthus having
been despatched to Glasgow to convey it to Chat-
ham. The internal plating on the midships portion
of the frigate is now completed and ready for the
reception of the teak backing, which will be carried
to a thickness of 18 inches, and on which the exte-
rior 41 inch armour plates will be laid. The whole
of the iron frames, with the exception of a few at
the stem and stern, are now in their place. The
mechanics are DOW employed in fixing on these the
three-quarter inch iron plates which form the skin
of the vessel. There will be 18 compartments, as
bulkheads, all of which will be shot proof and water
tight, and several of these have already received the
first portion of their iron plates. The factory for
preparing the plates for the Achilles adjoins the
dock in which the frigate is building, and is fitted
up with annealing furnaces and the most powerful
hydraulic and other machinery, nearly the whole of
which was constructed for the Government by pri-
vate firms.

Her Majesty's screw steamsloop Racer, 11, Capt.
Algernon M'Lennan Lyons, from North America
and the West Indies, was on Tuesday warped into
basin at Woolwich, and is ordered to be paid off
on Tuesday nest. The Racer was the first ship
sent out to the American coast by the Admiralty
on their receiving intelligence of the blockade.
She maintained a most important position there in
in protecting British interests during the troubles.
Capt. Lyons, whose promotion to his post rank was
notified in Tito 5t476 of Tuesday, received tile appro-
bation of their lordships on his arrival in England
for his zealous and gallant conduct. During her
cruise in the Havannah the greater portion of her
officers and many of the crew were attacked with
yellow fever, and a frightful mortality ensued, eight
officers and 21 men falling victims to the disease in
the course of eight or ten days at Cuba.

The screw corvette Archer, 13, and the Osprey,
4, were on Wednesday ordered to be brought for-
ward at Woolwich with the most urgent despatch,
to be commissioned, as stated, for Capt. S. Osborne's
China expedition. The Archer is to be supplied
with new boilers, and the ship and engines are to
be thoroughly overhauled and repaired. The Osprey
was recently launched at Deptford, and is in good
condition.

The following appointments were made yesterday
at the Admiralty :—Lieut. C. E. S. Woodman, to
the Terror; Lieut. R. H. Swindon, to the Pylades ;
0. L. Llewellyn, surgeon, to the Pylades ; T.
H. Taylor, assist.-surg., to the St. Vincent, for
the Sealark ; Dr. R. Ferguson, assist.-surg., to
the Victory, for Hasler Hospital ; J. Lambert,
acting assist.-engineer, to the Megtera ; J. Hor-
rocks, acting assist.-engineer, to the Pylades:;
T. C. J. Dryden, paymaster, additional, to the
Fisgard ; H. C. W. E. Batchelor, clerk to the
Meanee ; W. M. Chambers, chief engineer to the
Pylades ; R. Winter and A. Purvis, first-class as-
sist.-engineers, to the Pylades ; F. Purcell, acting
first-class assist.-engineer, to the Cumberland, for
the Spanker ; S. A. Shawyer and John Stout, se_
cond-class assist-engineers, to the Pyla,des ; and
John Runnalls, acting second-class assist.-engineer,
to the Indus, as supernumerary.