The Sun.
London, England, 1860-06-28 00:00:00

Commence at 7.

OY AL P R INCE S S'S THEATRE.—
Lessee, Mr. A. Harris.
THIS EVENING, will ba performed THE MERRY
WIVES OF WINDSOR. Sir John Falstaff, Mr. Phelps.
To conclude with THRICE MARRIED. Mr. Meadows,
Miss C. Leclercq, ttc.
Commence at 7.

A DELPHI, NEW THEATRE-ROYAL.
An
Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster.
Reproduction of the powerful Adelphi drama, "The Flowers
of the Forest."
Ninth week of the popular American Actress, Miss Julia Daly
'I 1113 ,:VENING, THE FLOWERS OF THE FOREST.
Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, Billington, Stuart, Eburne,
C. J. Smith, Powell, Romer ; Miss woolgar, K. Kelly, Mrs.
Billington, Miss Laidlaw. •
After which, OUR FEMALE AMERICAN COUSIN.
Messrs. Stuart, C. Selby, Billinton, Eburne, Miss Julia
Daly, K. Kelly, Laidlaw, and Mrs. Chatterley.

Commence a' 7.
Box-office open from 10 till 5.
Private boxes, £2 28. ; Family Boxes, £l.
Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Balcony, 4s. ; Front Circle Stalls, as. ;
Pit Stalls, 25.; Pit, 18. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, is ; Gallery, 6d.

Acting ➢Tanager—Mr. Wm. Smith.

FRENCII PLAYS-ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.
Directeur, M. Talexy.—Lessee, Mr. F. B. Chatterton.
Positively the last Two Nights of M. LECLERE.
TO-NIGHT (THURSDAY), LE GENDRE EN SUR-
VEILLANCE.
LES NOCES DE CLEOPAT RE. Comedie entrois actes
31. Leclere. Madlle. Marie Basta, M. Thomas.
Orchestra Stalls, 7s. 6d. ; Balcony Stalls, ss. ; Pit, 2s.
Gallery, Is

Private Boxes, from Two Guineas.

Commence at 8.

STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.-
Proprietor and Manager, Mr. WM. BATTY.
New Engagement, for nine nights previous to his departure
for the Continent, of the Greatest Rope Dancer in the World,
HERR CIIRISTOFF, and the popular French Clown, MONS.
L'EPINE. MADLLE. LEONTINE received with enthusiastic
applause. ['he superb Hippo-drama is a decided success.
On Monday, June 25, It6o, and during the week, the En-
tertainments will commence with the Grand Historical
Spectacle in Three Acts, entitled "FAIR ROSAMOND, or
the AMAZON CRUSADERS." To be followed by an incom-
parable display of Equestrian Achievements in the Scenes of
the Arena, supported by the most talented Artistes in Europe,
including Madlle. LEONTINE. To conclude with a Popular
Farce. .

Doors open at half-past 6, performance commence at 7.
Box-office open daily from it till 4.
Stage Manager—Mr. N. WEST.

CONCERT'

CANTERBURY HALL
THIS EVENING.
C. H. GOUNOD'S OPERA.
FAUST.
first Time in this Country.
Faust Mr. Henry Herbert.
Mephistopheles Mr. C. Bernard.
Siobel Mrs. Anderson.
Marguerite
Conductor Mr. Jonghmans.
And selections from
Dinorah, Trovatore, Macbeth, and numerous other
Entertainments.
Balcony, ls , Hall, Bd.
Comic Vocalists —Messrs. George Hodson (the Irish Come-
dian and Mimic), and W. T. Critchfleld.
The AFRICAN OPERA T dOUPE, their first appearance
since 1852, consisting of ELEVEN STAR PERFORMERS,
who will give the whole of their inimitable entertainment
every evening.
The gallery is open from 5 till 11 on Sunday Evening.

THE WEATHER.. -SUN OFFICE; JUNE 28, 1860.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
61—highest since noon yesterday.
51 —lowest this morning and during the night.
67—this day at noon.

BAROMETER-29.80.
WlND—South-Westerly; rather fresh, with very fine
weather. There was some heavy rain in the night.
QUARTER-PAST Two. —11ri!(170, W.S.W. ; fresh and
squally, with a wetting hailstone shower, followed by sun-
shine, and another heavy shower.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
THIS DlY.—Morning, 9h. 4m.—Afternoon, 9h. 38m,
To-mowtow.-Morning, 10h. 12m.—Afternoon, 10h. 48m,

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THE SUN.
LONDON, THURSDAY, JUNE 28, no.

The Anchor has become the very emblem of
security, and every sailor, we may say almost
every landsman, well knows that it is the reality
too. If, therefore, there be one thing in which
common sense may decide, it would be on the ques-
tion whether our now tremendously costly steam
men-of-war should be insured against accidents
when at anchor by furnishing them with the very
best to be obtained, cost what it may. The most
faithful disciple of JOSEPH llumE would at once
exclaim, " in whatever you economise, don't econo-
mise in the quality of your anchors."
The public will learn, therefore, with no little
surprise, that the Admiralty has been, ever since
1852, not economising, but wasting money on in-
ferior anchors. We request every reader to turn
to the plain, business-like letter of Mr. TROTMAN,
and to reflect on its facts. They are briefly these :

—ln 1852, the Anchor Committee reported that
the anchor of Mr. TROTMAN was most ap-
proved. That it was twenty-eight per cent. better
than the Admiralty anchor, and stood at the head
of a list of six, all better than that of the Admi-

rally. We must do the authorities the justice to
say that they have supplied one to her MAJpTY'S
yacht Victoria and Albert—perhaps one of the
royal personages from whom the yacht is named
required it. Another great fact on the subject is,
that the anchor, which is more than one fourth
better for all the purposes of an anchor, costs three-
fourths less than the Admiralty anchor There
can be no dispute about facts here; the Admiralty
anchor costs £3GS, for which Mr. TROTMAN
offers to furnish a substitute at £9O, which shall do
its work better in all respects.

Mr. TROTMAN went to the expense of £4OO
to have his anchors tested before ; and naturally
looked for reimbursement from Government orders.
It will hardly be credited that from that day to
this, now a period of eight years, he has not
had a single order. The QUEEN'S yacht for plea-
sure—not the QUEEN'S ships for her Kingdom's
defence—has alone been provided with an anchor
at once the best and the cheapest. The official
trick seems to be, that if an officer applies for
one, .he is ordered to be supplied with it if
there be one in store. But good care is taken
that there never shall be one in store ! We shall
not anticipate the explanations which the Govern-
ment officials may have to furnish to-morrow night
of their unaccountable conduct. Nothing will
satisfy the public but that our ships, which have
cost us so dear, should have the best possible
anchor insurance, especially when peiuniary eco-
nomy and quality go together.
Mr. TROTMAN offers a second trial, if the
past be not enough. Re •
will submit an anchor of
50 cwt. to competition with an Admiralty anchor
of 100 cwts.—the former to cost but £9O, while
the latter actually costs £3O5—to the severest tests
which nautical men can devise, in regard to every
kind of anchor duty, and the test h 11
s a be made
at his own expense. To the latter part of the
offer, especially if he be triumphant—after the

former trial, too, at his own cost, and the report
founded on it—we beg to demur, The country is
not so pinched for money that it will submit to
such meanness in its name. Let the authorities
make the trial at the country's cost (iz ought to
be at their own), and let it settle the question.

The code of honour and the code of morality do
not always square ; but in one command they
agree, wherever any nation is civilized enough to
have them both. Thou shalt not lie, is the injune-