The Sun.
London, England, 1870-12-21 00:00:00

LONDON,

CIRNER of MINORIES and ALDGATE.
'sr t:',W OXFORD-STREET, CORNER OF HART-STREET.
CORNER of TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD and EUSTON-ROAD.

COUNTRY BRANCH.

RADFORD. YORKSHIRE.

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE.
Sole Lessee, and Manager, F. B. Chatterton.—Morning
Performances every Wednesday and Saturday, until Saturday,
February 25th, inclusive.—On MONDAY, December 26, 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 Beverly, 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. Vokes, H. Moreland, Charles Steyne, Fawdon Yokes, H.
Naylor, Seymour, Firth, Meade, Webber, F. Wright, Master
Russell ; Misses Victoria Vokes, Jessie Vokes, Rosins Vokes,
Harriet Coveney, M. A. Basquerville, A. Hamilton, Hall,
Florence Harvey, De Grey, Ross, Timbre% 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 Vokes and Stonette, Harlequins ; the Misses Rosins.
and Jessie Yokes, Columbines ; Miss Lizzie Grosvenor, Ear-
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 Velooipedist. 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, itc., 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, ss. First Circle, 4s. Balcony, Si.
Pit, 2s. Lower Gallery, is. Upper Gallery, 6d. .

THE DRAGON OF WANTLEY ; or, Harlequin
Old Mother Shipton, will be produced on MONDAY,
December 26, and positively withdrawn on Saturday, February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.

/IORNING PERFORMANCES 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,
Dross Circle, and Stalls. Box Office open from 10 till 5 daily.—
THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE.

THEATRE ROYAL DRURY -LA NE.—ln
reply to numerous inquiries, the Lessee begs to state most
decisively that no proposition whatever can be entertained with
regard to the introduction of ADVERTISING SCENES in the
forthcoming Pantomime. Those who desire to avail themselves of
the Drury-Lane Grand Comic Christmas Annual for the purposes
of publicity are respectfully informed that Advertisements can
only be allowed to appear in the Book of the Pantomime, pub-
lished and sold in the Theatre, and for the employment of the
limited number of pages which will be set apart for this pur-
pose, immediate application must be made by letter to Mr.
Quiver, Treasurer.

ADELPHI THEATRE ROYAL.—SoIe Pro-
prietor, Mr. BENJAMIN WEBSTER ; Managers, Mr. B.
WEBErrEn and Mr. F. B. CHATTERTON.—BOXING NIGHT,
Monday, December 26, a new Drama, in One Act, entitled
SMOKE. Mrs. Billington, Miss Furtado, Mr. Ashley, Mr. H.
Stephenson, and Mr. Billington. After which, a new Balladic
Burlesque, written by Mr. H. B. Farnie—THE MISTLETOE
BOUGH ; or, LORD LOVEL, LADY NANCY, or THE MILK
WHITE STEED. New Scenery, Costumes, Music, 6r.z. Mrs. A.
Mellon, Miss Elise Holt, Mademoiselle Debreaux, Mdlle.
Camilla Dubois, Miss Bella Moore, Miss Bellew, Mr. Brittain
Wright, Mr. Odell, and KT. John Rouse. And THE MILLINER'S
HOLIDAY. Box-office open daily from Ten till Five.

IROYAL STRAND THEATRE,
Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. SWANBOROU GIL
is Evening, at 7, ON AND OFF, LIVING AT EASE.
Messrs. Crouch, Turner; Mesdames Ada Swanborough,
E. Bufton, and F. Hughes. The New Hurly-Burly-Es que,
" THE IDLE 'PRENTICE." Messrs. Terry, Paulton, Fenton,
and Turner ; Mesdames Amy Sheridan, E. Bufton, Santley,
Lee, Goodall, &c.

VAUDEVILLE THEATRE, STRAND.—
Lessees— Messrs. H. J . Montagne, D. James, and T. Thorne.
THIS EVENING, at 7 CHISELLINeI, Mr. David James ; after
which TWO ROSES (172nd night), by James Albery. Conclude
with ELIZABETH. Supported by Messrs. H. J. Montague,
David James. and T. Thorne, &o. ; Mesdames AmyFawsitt, A.
Newton, and Nelly rower, &e.

' T. JAMES'S THEATRE.—Lessee and
Manageress, Mrs. JOHN WOOD. LAST WEEK
O 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
Krough, Miss Turner, and Mrs. John Wood.—Doors open at 6.30.
At 7, TO OBLIGE BENSON, by Torn Taylor, Esq. Messrs.
Harry Car, Grainger, Mervin ; Misses Marian Inch and 11.
Everard. At 7.45, FERNANDE. At 10.80, CHRISTMAS EVE
by C. S. Cheltnman, Esq. Messrs. Harry Cox, Dan Leeson, and
Lionel Brough. On Boxing Night the Great Burlesque, BOM-
BASTES FURIOSO.—Box-office 11 to 6. No fees.

OPERA COMIQUE, 299, Strand.—Lessees H.
Leslie, C. Steele, W. No:ton.—This most beautiful
Theatre in London will re-open for the English Dramatis Season
on Monday, December 26, at popular prices, from 6d. to 7s. 6d.

OPERA. COMIQUE.---Mr. G. F. ROWE will
make his re-appearance in London in a new and striking
Drama, founded on Charles Dickens's celebrated novel "Our
Mutual Friend."

OPERA. COMIQUE.—FOUND DROWNED, or
OUR MUTUAL FRIEND. Supported by Messrs. S.
Emery, John Nelson, W. M'lntyre, Charles Warner (by Permis-
sion of W. H. Liston, Esq.), Edwin Stanley, and Granville
Pettifer ; Mesdames Ernstone, Patti Josephs, Holston, Manders,
Tilly Earl, and Miss Rose Lisle.

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LONDON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1870

ME. BRIGHT having resigned now, the inquiry is
naturally provoked as to why, in the name of heaven,
he has waited until now before sending in his resig-
nation. The coincidence of its occurring precisely at
this momont is suggestive also of the gravest possible
solicitude. It is simultaneously with the angry re-
vival of the United States' claim for compensation in
regard to the Alabama, and with the sudden demand
of Count BISMARCK for the absorption of Luxem-
burg into Germany, that the peace-at-any-price
Minister of the Crown insists at last upon
withdrawing his name from the catalogue of Mr.
GLADSTONE'S Cabinet. Parliament is to be reas-
sembled on the 7th of February for the oommence-
meat of the Session of 1871, and it is generally
understood already that immediately the Lords and
Commons have been brought together in Westmin-
ster, Her MAJESTY'S Government will lay before
them with the least possible delay a series of proposi-
tions designed with a view tothe augmentation and the
better equipment of our defensive forces both by sea
andland. It is upon the eve of this transformation in

the whole Policy of the Government with which
his name has been so conspicuously awl intimately
associated ever since the date of its formation two
years ago, that the right hon. gentleman, the member
for Birmingham, very suavely, no doubt, but very
firmly, insists upon his resignation being as-
sented to by his Ministerial colleagues. The
coincidence of time is indubitably significant. It is