The Sun.
London, England, 1871-01-20 00:00:00

BONUS YEAR.-SPECIAL NOTICE.

iILERICAL, MEDICAL, AND GENERAL
LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY.
ANNUAL INCOME, steadily increasing.... £230,355.
ASSURANCE FUND, safely invested...... L 1,707,769.
The NINTH BONUS will be declared inJanuary, 1872, and all
With-Profit Policies in existence on the 30th June, 1871, will
participate ; so that persons who complete such Assurances
before June 30th next will share in that Division, although
one Premium only will have been paid.
Report and Balance Sheets, Forms of Proposal, and every
information, can be obtained of

GEORGE CUTCLIFFE,
Actuary and Secretary.

13, St, James's-square, London, S.W.

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and Caps, Boots and Shoes, and complete outfits for all climates.
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List of Prices. with Rules for Self-measure, Patterns, and
Fashion-sheet, gratis and poet-free.
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evening at sunset till Saturduy evening at sunset, when business
is resumed until Eleven o'clock.

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LONDON.
CORNER of MINORIES and ALDGATE.
EW OXFORD-STREET. CORNER of HART-STREET.
CORNER of TOTT Ell HAM-COURT-ROA D and EUSTON-ROAD.

COUNTRY BRANCH.
BRADFORD, YORKSHIRE

ITALIAN OPERA BUFFA COMPANY
(LIMITED)—LYCEUM THEATRE.
THIS EVENING (Friday), January 20th, will be produced
(for the third time in any country), the New Opera, ALI
BABA (written expressly for this Company).

Bores on the grand tier, £3 3s. ; stall tier. £2 12s. Gd.; nor er
circle, £1 7s. Gd.; orchestra stalls, les. Gd.; grand tier dress
seats, 7s, ; upper circle seats, 45.: pit tickets, 2s. 6d. ; am, hi
theatre. ls.

THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE.-
Sole Lessee and Manager, F. B. Chatterton.—Morning
Performances every Wednesday and Saturday, until Saturday,
February 25th, inclusive.—THlS EVENING (Friday), will
be produced the Drury Lane Grand Comic CHRISTMAS
ANNUAL, written by E. L. Blanchard, entitled the DRAGON
OF WANTLEY ! and Harlequin Old Mother Shipton ! with New
and Characteristic Scenery by William Beverley, whose personal
services are now exclusively devoted to illustrating the produc-
tions of this Theatre. The general action of the Pantomime
arranged by, and the whole produced under, the direction of
Mr. Edward Stirling. Characters in the opening by Messrs.
Fred. Yokes, H. Moreland, Charles Steyne, Fawdon Yokes, H.
Naylor, Seymour, Firth, Meade, Webber, F. Wright, Master
Russell ; Misses Victoria Yokes, Jessie Vokes, Rosina 'Yokes
Harriet CoveneY, M. A. Basquerville, A. Hamilton, Hall,
Florence Harvey, De Grey, Ross, Timbrell, Elphinstone, Har-
court, Lee, Leslie, Mills, White, Burpitt, Rivers, Russell,
Hastings. The Harlequinade will include those popular Pan-
tomimists, forming a Double Company, F. Evans and W. H.
Harvey, Clowns ; Paul Herring and J. Morris, Pantaloons ; W.
Fawdon Yokes and Stonette, Harlequins ; the Misses Rosina
and Jessie Yokes, Columbines ; Miss Lizzie Grosvenor, Har-
lequina. B. Slowman, Imitator of Birds, &c. Mr. H. Collard,
the Pocket Sims Reeves. Master Dassie, the Chickaleary Boy.
E. D. Lyon, the Short Footman. Lawson and Garton, the French
Pierrots. Master H. Rawlings, Clog Dancer. La Petrie, the
Baby Velocipedist. The Masks and Costumes from Designs by
Vandyke Brown. The Music Composed and Selected by Mr. W.
C. Levey. The Dances and Action of the Ballet, and the general
business of the Children's Scenes, Invented and Arranged by Mr.
John Cormack. The Comic Scenes and Tricks, &c., arranged by
Mr. John Cormack and Messrs. Evans and Harvey. Doors open
at Half-past Six ; commence at Seven. Box-office open from
Ten till Five Daily. Private Boxes, 1,2, 3,4, and 5 Guineas.
Stalls, 7s. Dress Circle, 58. First Circle, 4s. Balcony, 3s. Pit, 2s.
Lower Gallery, Is. Upper Gallery, 6d.

Ir HE DRAGON OF WANTLEY; or, Harlequin
1. Old Mother Shipten, will be produced To-night (Friday),
January 20, and positively withdrawn on Saturday, February
25. Places can be secured from the first until the last date.
MORNING PERFORMANCES every WEDNESDAY and
SATURDAY ; therefore, to prevent disappointment, an early
application for seats is respectfully requested. Box-office open
from Ten till Five daiIy.—THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.

MORNING PERFORMANCE of the Grand
Pantomime, entitled the DRAGON OF WANTLEY,
every Wednesday and Saturday. Children and Schools at re-
duced prices to the following parts of the Theatre :—First Circle,
Dress Circle, and Stalls. Box-office open from Ten till Five
daily. - THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.

THEATRE ROYAL, HA.YMARKET.-1
Fifty-third Night of a NEW FAIRY COMEDY.—THIS
EVENING (Friday) at Seven, O'Keefe's Musical Piece, THE
POOR SOLDIER, with selections from the original music.
Patrick, Miss Fanny Wright ; Norah, Miss Fanny G ne;
After which, at a quarter to Eight o'clock, a new Fairy Comedy,
in Three Acts, entitled THE PALACE OF TRUTH. Characters
by Mr. Buckstone, Messrs. Kendal, Everil, Clark, Braid, Rogers,
Mesdames Robertson, Chippendale, C. Hill, Fanny Wright, and
Fanny Gwynne. Act I. Garden of King Phanor's Country
House. Act 11. Interior of the Palace of Truth. Act 111. The
Avenue of Palms. Followed by UNCLE'S WILL. Mr. Kendal
and Miss Robertson. Concludinwith the Farce of THE SPECTRE
BRIDEGROOM. Box Office open daily from 10 till 5.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE.—SoIe Lessee, Ben-
jamin Webster. Managers, B. Webster and F. B. Chat-
terton.—THlS EVENING, at Seven, PEEP 0' DAY, by Edmund
Falconer, terminating with the celebrated Quarry Scene. At
8.30 an entirely new grand spectacular extravaganza, entitled
LITTLE GIL BLAS ; and How he Played the Spanish D(j)euce.
By H. B. Farnie. The music by Frank Musgrave; the ballet,
groupings, &c., by J. Milano ; the new and magnificent scenery
by Mr. F. Lloyds and assistants ; the costumes after drawings
by Gustave Dore. To conclude with HE'S A LUNATIC.
Mr. J. Clayton.—Box Office open from Ten till Five.

ADELPHI THEATRE ROYAL. Sole Pro-
prietor, Mr. Benjamin Webster; Managers, Mr. B.
Webster and Mr. F. B. Chatterton.--THIS EVENING, at 7, a
new Drama, in One Act, SMOKE. Mr. Billington, Mr. Ashley,
Mr. C. H. Stephenson, Mrs. Billington, and Miss Furtado. At
8.15 ONE TOUCH OF NATURE. Mr. B. Webster and Miss
Furtado. To conclude with the MISTLETOE BOUGH. Mrs. A.
Mellon, Miss Elise Holt, Mademoiselle Debreaux, Mdlle. Camilla
Dubois, Miss Bellew, Miss M. Cooper, and Miss Bella Moore ;
Mr. Brittain Wright, Mr. John Rouse, and Mr. Odell.

VAUDEVILLE THEATRE, STRAND.
Lessees—Messrs. H. J. Montague, D. James, and T.
Thorne.--THIS EVENING, at 7, CHISELLING, Mr. David
James ; after which TWO ROSES (198th night), by James Albery.
Conclude with (56th night) ELIZABETH. Supported by Messrs.
H. J. Montague, David James, and T. Thorne, &c.; Mesdames
A,ll Fawsitt, A. Newton, and Nally Power, &c.

OYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough. Tills
EVENING, at 7, ON AND OFF. LIVING AT EASE.
Messrs. Crouch, Turner ; Mesdames Ada Swanborough, E.
Button, and F. Hughes. CCEUR-DE-LION, Messrs. Terry,
Paulton, Fenton, and Turner : Mesdames Amy Sheridan, E.
BUtton, Santley, Lee, Goodall, 64,#

LONDON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 1870.

PARIS.

The end. of January has been fixed by most autho-
rities and calculators as the time when Paris
will really come to the end of its resources.
It may be so, but the news from the city
reveals no symptoms of an approaching collapse. If
the end were near some signs would surely become
apparent; but there is nothing more to be noticed
than has been visible for the last six weeks—i.e.,
the very short commons with which the Parisians
have to live. The latest letter represents the
people as united, clamouring for nothing but 'sorties
en masse. Exaggerated ideas of the food supply pre-
vail. One of the leading manufacturers of the city, a
gentleman who ought not to indulge in wild talk, says
the bread will last until the middle of March, and that
a strict search has brought to liglit large stores of
other articlis which will help to eke out existence.
It would not be prudent to indulge in the expectation
that the siege will actually be prolonged until the
middle of March, but there is at least no certainty
that the Germans will get into the city by the
beginning of February.
SIR W. MANSFIELD ON A MILITIA BALLOT.

Sir William Mansfield has written to Lord Elcho
on the question of the militia ballot. Some measure
resting on a principle of national obligation as dis-
tinguished from individual option, is de-
manded to put our forces generally on
a sound and secure footing. The present
mode of recruiting the army is altogether insufficient,
and it is impossible suddenly to extend the forces to
meet an emergency by it. Sir William holds that
we should trust permanently to the militia corps for
filling up the ranks of the Line. The recruitment should
be made every year after the militia training season,
each battalion of militia being then invited to fur-
nish a rateable quota of volunteers for the line.
But it is necessary that the militia and line should
not compete for the same men. Militia officers are
unwilling to part with their men, and it is impossible
to establish real harmony between the militia and
the line so long as both rely on the voluntary prin-
ciple of enlistment. Sir W. Mansfield thinks the
only security for the country, in face of the huge
Continental armaments, is t) be seen in the
principle of national personal obligation
for home defence, subject to exemption on account of
public and ecclesiastical employments or efficient
voluntary service, hut totally excluding pecuniary
exemption, or purchase of substitutes. The admis-
sion of this principle removes all difficulties in
putting our forces generally on a reasonable footing,
and will bring into the militia first, and afterwards
into the army, those yeomen who are now kept out
by the system of recruitment and enlistment.