The Sun.
London, England, 1870-01-10 00:00:00

MUSEUMS.

Antiquarian—Somerset House. Admission by application
to the secretary.
Botanic—Royal Botanic Society of London. Regent's-
park. Admission daily by orders from fellows. Royal
Gardens, Kew. Open daily, 1 till 6, free.
British—Great Russell-s reet. Open free on Mondays,
Wednesdays, and Frida s, 10 to 4 • summer months 10
till 7. Closed Ist till 7th Januaryst till 7th May, and
Ist till 7th September; al o on all thanksgiving days.
City—Guildhall. A collec, on of antiquities, Sm. Daily

10 till 5.
Geological- Jermyn street. Open daily (except Fridays)
free.
India—lndia Office, Charles-street. Asiatic natural his-

tory, antiquities, &c. Open free on Mondays, Wednes-
days, and Fridays, and on Thursdays by orders.
King's College—Strand. Anatomy and curiosities. Daily
10 till 4.
Patents—South Kensington. Models and •inventions.
Open freo daily.
Royal Institution-21, Albemarle-street. Various objects.
Daily, 10 till 5.
Royal Military Repository—Woolwich. Models of forti-
fications, cannon, and warlike appliances. Daily, 10
till 4.

Royal Polytechnic Institution-309, Regent-street. Scien •
tific, with lectures. Open daily, till 10 p.m. is.
Soane's-13, Lincoln's-inn-fields. Antiquities, curiosities,
and pictures. Open Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fri-
days in April, May, and June ; and Wednesdays, from
February to August. Admission on application to the
Curator:
Society of Arts—John-street. Adelpbi. inventions, pic-
tures, curiosities &c. Daily : admission by member's
order.

South Kensington—Cromwell-road. Open on Mondays,
Tuesdays, and Saturdays, 10 till 10, free ; on other days
10 till 4,5, or 6. 6d.
Tower of London—Ancient armour, &c. Open daily, 10
till 4. ls.

PICTURE GALLERIES.
Bridgewater Gallery—Cleveland-square. Cards to view
may be obtained from Mr. Mitchell, Old Bond-street.
British Artists—Suffolk-street. April to July. Is.
British Institution-52, Pall-mall. Pictures by British
Artists, in February, March, and April ; and by Ancient
Masters, June, July, and August. .1 8.
Buckingham Palace Pictures.—May be viewed by an order
from the Lord Chamberlain.
Cartoons of Raphael—South Kensington Museum Mon
day, Tuesday, Saturday, free ; other days, 6d.
Crystal Palace—Sydenham. Modern Pictures and Sculp-
ture. ls.
Dulwich Gallery—Dulwich. Chiefly Flemish and Dutch
Pictures. Open free daily, except Friday.
Flagman Gallery—University of London, Gower-street.
Foundling Hospital—Guildford-street. Open Mondays,
10 till 4.
Gallery of Ancient Masters-49, Pall. ls.
Greenwich Painted Hall—Greenwich. Mondays and Fri
days Free : other days, 4d.
Guildhall—City. May be seen on application to the hail
keeper.
Hampton Court Palace.—The galleries aro open free daily
except on Friday.
Monument—Fish -street Hill. Every day. Gd.
National Gallery—Trafalgar-squarl. Open free, Mondays,
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays.
National Portrait Gallery-29, Grew Seorge-street.
free, Wednesdays and Saturdays.
Trinity House—Trinity-square, Tower-hill. Models of
lighthouses, &c. Daily, 10 till 4.
Tussaud's Waxwork-58, Baker-street. Open daily till
10 p.m. ls.
SUBURBAN PLACES OF RESORT.
CremorneGardens—Chelsea. ls.
Crystal Palace ?atk -Sydenham. Ops,n daily, is.; Satur-
days, 2s. 6d.
Greenwich Park—Greenwich. Ono?, free
Hampton Court Gardens.—Open fre 3 daily.
Bighbury Barn and Gardens—Highbury. Gd. and is by
refreshment tickets.
Rely Gardens—Kew. -Open free;, daily at ore o'clock.
Richmond Park—Richmond. 0 pen free, daily.
Rosherville Gardens—Gravesen 1. Open daiiy. Gd.
Royal Horticultural Gardens—K snsiugton. Admission by
members' order.
Windsor Great Park—Winds( Open free. Windsor
Castle may be visited on Me aday a, Tuesdays, and Fri-
days, by tickets obtainable at tbA 9 Lord Chamberlain s
Office, in the Castle.

Mr. Bernard Cracroft writes a very amusing and
lively letter, in answer to Mr. E. A. Freeman's con-
demnation of field sports as cruel. Mr. Cracroft is not,
as he says, above his age ; he hits a bird when he
can find an opportunity, and he likes a chase after a
fox. But though he goes thus far in his admiration
for field sports, Mr: Cracroft is earnest and severe in
his detestation of the "elegant atrocities" and "lazy
bloodshed," dignified with the name of sport:—

How shall I express my execration for the horrors of
pigeon-shooting, or my wonder and contempt for the thing
calling itself a man, which glorifies itself in matches,where
pigeons, noblest and faithfullest of birds,have their breast-
bone carefully broken beforehand, "in ordor " that they
may be " easier to shoot at !" How shall I pity delicate
ladies in delicate attire, born and bred to every refinement,
who rejoice to sit under summer trees, and clap fair hands
to these would-be elegant ruffians, unmoved, even when
gentle birds, chosen symbols (justly chosen) in Christian
poetry and Christian art, of all 'purity, sweetness, love,
and loyalty, fall bleeding, crying, shattered, and convulsed
into their very laps, amid a brilliant and tittering circle !
Horror for horror—l agree with Mr. Freeman—give me
the bull-ring. What shall I say of the coarse idiotcy, the
sickly effeminacies of the modern battue, or that triumph
of vulgarity, the " Bouquet," so innocently and earnestly
portrayed by the Illustrated News Last week, to please the
Prince of Wales? To what lower depths are we doomed
of brutality and snobbishness ?
Mr. Cracroft wishes the Prince had better advisers.