The Sun.
London, England, 1870-07-21 00:00:00

(Fain, Fun. )

A-ROVSBY THEN, MY MERRY, MERRY MEN !—On
Friday, the 22nd instant, Mrs. Rousby, who has so long
charmed the town with her impersonation of Elizabeth in
" 'Twixt Axe and Crown," will take her benefit. There
will be lots of crowns, doubtless, and no need for axin'.

INN-DEED - Irate Hibernian : " Walther ! Thim
pitatees isn't rhiddy !" Waiter : " Very sorry, sir.
Cook's been a-b:ilin' -ern these two hours." I. H.: " Two
hours, is it ? Faix, it's cold watter she's been bhilin"em
in thin 1"

HANG IT ALL !—This is a case of "locking the stable
door," etc. :—" A Missouri tewn is raising money to buy
a tombstone for a man hanged for horse-stealing, who has
been found innocent." This comes rather too late. They
should have suspended their judgment instead of the
prisoner. Of course the proposed stone will take the form
of a lsaltar-tomb.

SHEWING HIM THE DOOR ; or, what must be the next
Deputation to the Board of Works.—Mr. Gladstone to
Mr. Ayrton (John Bull and Fun looking on) : "As these
gentlemen assure me• that, with all their regard for my
Ministry, they cannot support it and bear you, you had
better try to improve your knowledge of art by studying
the outside of this door."

TURF REFORM.—Bell's Life is given to understand
that Mr. T. Hughes has withdrawn his bill relative to
Turf reform until the ensuing session.

The Duke of Cambridge, as Field Marshal Com-
manding-in-Chief, held a levee on Tuesday afternoon at
the Horse Guards. Nearly 130 officers attended.

The improvement in the health of the Venerable
Archdeacon Hale, mentioned a few days ago, still con-
tinues.

THE INDO-EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.—A steamer,
chartered by Messrs. Siemens, filled with telegraphic
apparatus for the repair of submarine cables, has left
Kertsch to repair the submarine cable of the Indo-Euro-
pean Telegraph Company, which has been broken in the
Black Sea.

PRINCE NAPOLEON.—Prince Napoleon arrived off
Aberdeen on Tuesday evening, and having received news-
papers and landed the persons engaged at Peterhead for
the expedition to the North, he sailed shortly afterwards
in his yacht for France. He has returned in consequence
of having received telegrams while in Norway.

TEE ROYAL WESTERN YACHT °MM.—This
annual regatta commenced on Tuesday at Plymouth.
A prize of £lOO was sailed for by cutters and
yawls of thirty tons and upwards, carrying the
Admiralty warrant. The first prize was won by
the Fiona, beating the Rose of Devon, the Bird, and
the Vindex. The owner of the Rose of Devon has,
however, protested against the Fiona for not leaving the
starting vessel on the port hand. The. Rose of Devon car-
ried away her topmast after rounding the western mark
vessel on the third round. A piece of plate presented by
the tradesmen of the club was won by the Ida over the
Proserpine, the latter yacht having lost her topmast and
gaff during the match.

ADVICE FOIL HOT DAYS. Idolatry of the ther-
mometer is foolish. The eager curiosity of most people
to know its variations in the very hot weather, collecting a
cro'wd in Broadway, under the full blaze of the sun, to
study the weather bulletin of the Western Union Telegraph
Company, sets the imagination working, and disposes the
system to succumb more readily to the heat. To prohibit
by law the sale or exhibition of thermometers during a hot
spell would be, perhaps, an unwarrantable stretch of
authority, but the wise man who possesses one will lock
it up when the dog star rises, and steadily refuse to look
at it until the setting of the same. The moment we see
that the mercury is above 90 we begin to feel the heat ten
times more than ever. In fact, watch the thermometer,
and you need never expect to be cool. The best way is
to go about your business, if you have any, and pay no
attention to the heat.—New York Times.

SILVER FROM CANADA.—The New Dominion on
our northern frontier, in addition to the many other
grievances that have vexed her young life ever since she
became a Confederation, has been suffering for a long
time from a dropsical tendency to too much silver. She
has, in fact, had so much silver about her house that she
is now at work to get rid of it at a loss, and since March
last has succeeded in buying up six million dollars' worth
of American silver at eight per cent. discount, and shipping
it to the United States. .it,n agent of the Government is
now busy buying it up at six per cent. discount, and at
this rate the influx of our much desired silver pieces may
be greatly increased. We look to our brokers and mer-
chants, therefore, to put this returning silver on the
market, circulate it, give it a healthy ventilation, and let
the mass of us enjoy much more the musical chink in our
pocket which seems to have become such unharmonious
discord in Canada's.—New York Herald.