The Sun.
London, England, 1870-12-12 00:00:00

HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.

IZEFUGES FOR HOMELESS AND DESTI-
TUTE CHILDREN and CHICHESTER TRAINING
SHIP.--Upwards of 500 Boys and Girls are now being supported
in these Refuges and Ship.
Owing to the benevolent and praiseworthy exertions which
have for several months been made to aid the sick and Woutided
in the present War, the funds for the support of these Refuges
and Ship have decreased considerably.
An urgent appeal is therefore made for assistance to support
the inmates.
£l5 will keep a boy or a girl for one year, and £1 ss. for a
month.
Contributions thankfully received by the London and West•
minster Bank, 214, High Holborn, and 41, Lothbury,
E.C., and by

WILLIAM WILLIAMS, Secretary.
No. 8, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's Inn Fields, W.C.

MIDNIGHT MEETING MOVEMENT. Office, 5,
Red Lion-square, W.C., London.—During the last 10 years
this Institution has been instrumental in rescuing a vast number
of poor girls from a life of degradation and misery. The plan
adopted has been to seek the wanderers in the streets of London
and gather them together at the midnight hour, when short and
faithful addresses have been given.
During the present year the Meetings have been held nearly
every week iu some of the most frequented districts of the
metropolis.
The promoters have abundant evidence that these efforts have
been most successful in effecting a great moral change in many
fallen ones.
To enable them to continue their important work, FUNDS are
earnestly solicited, and will be thankfully received by Mr. John
Stabb, lion. Sec., b, Red Lion-square, W.C., London ; and at the
Union Bank of fondon (Carey-street Branch), W.C.

CITY of LONDON HOSPITAL for DISEASES
of tht CHEST, Victoria Park.
special APPEAL for the NEW WING
Amount still required, £4,000.
Number of beds now occupied, 120.
Number of beds available with proposed addition, 164.
'he Hospital is entirely dependent on voluntary support.
tinkers, Messrs. Barclay, BMWHEand, CoSE., 64WELLm, Hon. Sec., Lobard-st reel
HENRY
Offices, 24, Finsbury-circus. RICHARD P. SLATER, Sec.

The Economist remarks :—That General Grant may
be sincere in what he says against England is
very likely. On the Alabama claims we be-
lieve he shares the convictions of his country,
and not improbably he may believe that the claims he
urges as to the fish in the bays of Canada are sound and
good. It is the sort of complex question on which anyone
may believe anything—or rather, on which the belief
of most people will be dictated by their patriotism (or
what they call such), and not by their understanding,
But General Grant, even if he does believe what
he says against England, does not say it because he be-
lieves it. There are many other things that he believes
which he does not say. He says it because he thinks it
will be beneficial to abuse England, and that he will be
President of the United States for another four years if
only he does so skilfully
political constituti seems
created on purpose to occasion a difficulty, yet when on
this occasion we examine our own constitution we shall
see cause to almost be disposed to find fault with it and to
say the same of it. There are certain "fish " which
American boatmen wish for, and which Canadian boat-
men wish for, in which the Canadian Government lays
down rules to suit its own boatmen, and in wliich we are
bound to support those rules, even though their effect
may be unjust, and though the Americans may resist. In
theory, perhaps, the English Crown had a power to annul
those regulations when sent home for its sanc-
tion ; but a Colonial Minister across the Atlantic
can hardly perceive all the latent evils of a Fishery
Act, and even if he should suspect something, he would
be a bold and almost a rash Minister if he acted on the
suspicion. He would be sure to offend our greatest
colony, and he would be sure not to have a plain case ; for
such devices are always cloaked in dubious phrases and
ambiguous words. He would inevitably ensure enmity,
and he would not be at all sure to attract support. Pro-
bably, therefore, ho would do nothing ; probably he
would even allow improper regulations, and when once
allowed and once acted on by Canadians, there is
the greatest difficulty either in their preventing injustice
or in terminating their existence. We do not
say that in this case the Canadian regulations
are unjust We shall, we fear, have many occasions of
discussing that hereafter. We only say that there seems
a fatality of difficulty in this question. That just as by a
faulty system of politics the Americans are inclined to
make every objection to it, so we by a faulty system, too,
are responsible, and may have to fightior rules which we
did not make, which we wer hardly consulting
making, which were made in the interest of others, and
Which, therefore, may well be open to every objection,
though we clic:1)1ot know of it. 't.4

Mrs. ( Theresa) Yelverton has had a narrow escape
of her life in America. While travelling on horseback
at Mariposa, in California, she got lost in a snowstorm,
and she was found by some persons who went in search of
her in an almost exhausted condition.
Rapid progress is being made with the South
London tramway in continuation of the lines from Brixton
and Stockwell, the permanent way being now laid to a
point in the Westminster Bridge-road a few yards distant
from the bridge. The terminus of the line for the present
will be close to the Surrey side of the Westminster Bridge,
but notice of an application to Parliament has been given
for an extension of the line over the bridge, so as to form
a junction with other contemplated tramways on the
Middlesex side.
THE CHANGE IN THE BELGIAN MINISTRY.—SOIIIe
excitement was produced in the Belgian
which er
were
relative to the retirement of M. Malou, who had been
Minister without a portfolio. No explanation had been
given with respect to the withdrawal, and peat surprise
was created by its announcement in the Moniteur. The
Ministers refused, however, to gratify the curiosity of the
Chamber, and M. Anetlean, the Chief of the Cabinet,
merely stated that M. Malou had not retired from any
political motive. lie was only influenced by personal
considerations, and would still remain the friend of the
Government. No further information could be extracted,
although many attempts were made to force the Ministers
to be more communicative. One member declared that
M. Malou's resignation was a practical confession of
failure on the part of the Government for having taken
into the Ministry a director of the Soci4t4 G6n4rale, and
that the affair justified the criticism of the Left on the
appointment of M. Malou. On the other hand M. Bazier,
who had made the inquiry as to the cause of M. Malou's
resignation, regretted his departure, and pointed out the
loss he would be to the Ministry, who could no longer
avail themselves of his services in meeting the attacks of
the Left. The Government maintained a stolid in-
difference, and the debate was productive of no results.

MISS NEILSON will appear in the character
of AMY ROBSART, in the Drama of that name,
TIRS,EVENING, Dec. 12.—THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE.

MR. T. C. KING will appear in the character of
VARNEY, in the new Drama, entitlei AMY ROBSART,
THIS EVENING, Dee. 12.—THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE.

111100HOBUS'S FIX, in which the celebrated
YOKES FAMILY will appear at Seven o'clock THIS
EVENING, Dec.I2.—THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE.

AMY ROBSA RT ; a new Historical Romantic
Drama, written by Andrew Halliday ; founded on Sir
Walter Scott's celebrated novel " Kenilworth," with new and
-haracteristie scenery by William Beverly, at a Quarter to Eight
o'clock THIS EVENING, Deo. .I.2—THBA.TRE ROYAL DRURY-
LANE.

AMY ROBSART; new drama : Characters by
Miss NEILSON, Misses Fanny Addison, Jesse -Yokes,
Kemp, J. Mortin, and Rosina Vokes, at a Quarter to Eight
o'closk THIS EVENING, Dec. 12.—THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-
LANE.

AMY ROBSART; New Drama, characters by
Messrs. T. C. KING, Morton, Tavares, J. B. Howard,
Brittain Wright, F. Moreland, F. Charles, J. Neville, Fawden,
Yokes, F. Stanforth, H. Naylor, and Fred. Yokes, THIS EVEN-
ING, Dec. 12.—THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE.

A MY ROBSART; New Drama. The Overture and
J-11,_ Incidental Music selected and composed by W. C. Levey,
executed by an increased Orchestra and numerous Chorus.
The Ballet and Grouping of Crowds arranged by Mr. John Cor-
tmok. The whole produced under the direction of Mr. Edward
Airling at a Quarter to Eight THIS EVENING, Dec. 12.
fiIEATRE ROYAL, DRITRY-LANE.

A DOMESTIC HERCULES, New Farce, by
Martin Becher, atjEleven o'clock THIS EVENING, Dee. 12.
--THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE.

A DELPHI THEATRE ROYAL.—SoIe Pro-
prietor, Mr. BENJAMIN WEBSSER • Managers, Mr. B.
iirEBSTER and Mr. F. B. CHATTERTON.—THIS EVENING, at 7,
TEE GREEN BUSHES, OR ONE lIUNDRED YEARS AGO.
Miami, Madame Celeste, Mrs. Alfred Mellon, Mrs. Billingtou,
My. Billington, Mr. Ashley, Mr. John Rouse, Mr. C. H.
Stephenson, Mr. C. Sennet, (tc. To conclude with THE
'.ll LINER'S HOLLIDAY. Mr. John Rouse and Miss Emma
Burnett,

T. JAMES'S THEATRE.—Lessee and
Manageress, Mrs. JOHN WOOD. LAST WEEK
OF FERNANDE. This Evening at 7.45 great play,
FERNANDE, Messrs. Farren, Leeson, Lin Rayne, Murray,
and L. Brough ; Mrs. Hermann Vezin, Miss Larkin, Miss Fannie
'rough, Miss Turner, and Mrs. John Wood.—Doors open at 6.30.
At 7, TO OBLIGE BENSON, by Tom Taylor, Esq. Messrs.
Harry Cox, Grainger, Mervin : Misses Marian Inch and H.
Everard, At 7.45, FERNANDE. At 10.30, CHRISTMAS EVE,
by C. S. Cheltnman, Esq. Messrs. Harry Cox. Dan Leeson, and
Lionel Brough.—Box-office 11 to 6. No fees.

gis OYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. SWANBOROUGH
Evening, at 7, ON AND OFF, LIVING AT EASE."
Messrs. Crouch, Turner ; Mesdames Ada Swanboreugh,
E. Bufton, and F. Hughes. The New Hurly-Burly-Esque
" THR IDLE 'PRENTICE." Messrs. Terry, Paulton, Fenton:
and Turner; Mesdames Amy Sheridan, E. Bufton, Santley,
Lee, Goodall, dec.

VAUDEVILLE THEATRE, STRAND.-
Lessees— Messrs. H. J. Montagne, D. James, and T. Thorne.
TH'Eg EV}ININO, 'at 7 OFLISELLIN6, Mr. David James: after
which TWO RASES (164th night), by James Albery. Conclude
wiab Supperted by Messrs. H. J, Montague,
David James. and T. Thorne, ece. ; Mesdames Nelly Power, A.
Newtmon, and Amy Fawsitt, &c.

cTrLOBE THEATRE, NEWCASTLE-STREET,,
STRAND.--Manageress, Miss ALLEYNE.—LAST WEEK
B ONE OF THE SEASON.—BOARD AND RESIDENCE,
at 7. Grand Ballet, THE THREE ROSES, or the
CHOSEN ONE, as danced by Madame Colenna and Troupe
for 260 consecutive Nights. The TAMING OF THE SHREW.
To Conclude with MARCO SPADA,in which Madame Colennaasd Troupe will appear in their favourite characteristic
DANCE. A New and Original Burlesque, by F. C. Burnand, Esq.
entitled THE WHITE CAT, in active preparati9n for Christmas:
SPECIAL NOTICE.—In consequence of the serious indisposition
of Miss Alleyne, the New Comedy of ECARTE will be with-
drawn until further notice.

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THEATRES, AND AMUSEMENTS.

DRURY-LANE—A Domestic Hercules.
Phobus's Fix.

Amy Robsart.

HAYMARKET—The Wolf and the Lamb. The Palace of
Truth. Uncle's Will. Blue Devils.
ADELPHI THEATRE.—Milliner's Holiday. Green Bushes.
VAuDEviLLE—Chiselling. Two Roses. Elizabeth, or

the Invisible Armada.
STRAND—On and Off. Living at Ease.

The Idle

Prentice.
GLOBE—Board and Residence. Taming of the Shrew.
Marco Spada. Ballet Divertisement.
OPERA COMIQUE -La Joie Fait Peur.
Letorieres.

Le Vicomte

St. JAMES'S—To Oblige Benson.

Fernande. Christ-

mas Eve.

OLYmPio—Nell and (Burlesque) Paul and Virginia.
ROYALTY - Wealth, and Whittington Junior and his

Sensation Cat.

GAIETY - Happy Village. Fra Diavolo.

Ttombal-

calzar.

Quznes—Aunt Carlotte's Maid. Richelieu.
STANDARD —The Wife's Tragedy. Ballet. Chapter of
IlAccidents.
FlousonN—The Married Bachelor. The Odds. jezabel.
PRINCE OF WALES'S. - Queen Stork. Ours. Locked
In.

PoL=clime—Professor Pepper's War Lecture. After-
noon and Evening.
EGYPTIAN HALL—Poole and Young's Panorama of the
Franco-Prussian War.
AMPIIITMEATRE AND CIRCUS (Holborn)—Scenes in the
Arena.
ST. JAMES'S HALL.—Christy Minstrels. Every evening.
PALAIS ROYAL—Professor Faber's Talking Machine.
The Wizard of the East.
ALHAMBRA—Promenade Concert.
MADAME TUSSAUD'S (Baker-street) —From 10 a.m. till 10
p.m. Is.; extra rooms, 6d.