The Sun.
London, England, 1869-12-27 00:00:00

PICrURE GALLERIES.

Bridgewater Gallery—Cleveland-square. Cards to view
may be obtained troru Mr. Mitchell, Old Bond-street.
British Artists—Suffolk-street. April to July. ls.
British Institution-52, Pall-mall. Pictures by British
Artists, in February, March, and April ; and by Ancient
Masters, June, July, and August. is.
Buckinglaun Palace Pictures. —May be viewed by an order
from the Lord Chamberlain.
Cartoons of Raphael—South Kensington Musemn Mon
day, Tuesday, Saturday, free; other days, 6d.
Crystal Palace—Sydeuham. Modern Pictures.and
ture. Is.
Scnlp-
Dulwich Gallery—Dulwich. Chiefly Flemish and Dutch
Pictures. Open free daily, ex,ept Friday.
Flaxman Gallery—University of Loudon, Gower-street.
Foundling Hospital—Guildford-street. Open Mondays,
10 till 4. .
Gallery of Ancient Maters-49, Pall. ls.
Greenwich Painted Hall - Greenwich. Mondays and Fri •
days Free : other days, 4d.
Guildhall—City. May be seen on application to the *had
keeper.
Hampton Court Palace.—The galleries are open free Gaily,
except on Friday.
Monument—Fish-street Hill. Every day. 6d.
National Gallery—Trafalgar-squar,. Open free, Mondays
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays.
National Portrait Gallery-29, Greif. S-eorg3-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 til
10 p.m. ls.

- SUBURBAN PLACES OF RESORT.
Cromorne Gardens—Chelsea. is.
Crystal Palace -?ark—Sydenhatn. Open daily, ls.; Satur-
days, 2s. 6d.
Greenwich Park—Greenwich. OoPn f,eo
Hampton Court Gardens.—Open free daily.
liighbury Barn and Gardens —llighbury. GI and is by
refreshment tickets.
Kew Gardens—Kew. Open free, daly at °Le o'clock.
Richmond Park—Richmond. Open free, daily.
Roshervillo Gardens—Gravesend. Open daily. 6d. .
Royal Horticultural Gardens—Kensington. Admission by
members' order.
Windsor Great Park—Windsor. Op 3n free. Windsot
Castle may be visited on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Fri-
days, by tickets obtainable at the Lord Chamberlain s
Office, in the Castle.

METROPOLITAN MUSIC HALL.—One evening last
week the audience at the above hall were highly amused
at beholding a portly gentlemanly man climbing up the
ladder used for ascending to the platform near the ceiling.
In a few minutes this said gentleman, Mr. Alfred Steel, of
Edgware-road, sprang on the back of the Great Blondin,
and was conveyed as far as the centre of the rope, when
Mr. Steel took off his hat and waved it over his head seve-
ral times. The journey being performed, Blondin re-
traced his steps and landed the gentleman in perfect safety
to the great delight and amidst the hearty plaudits of
the audience.

The closing year finds the large body of men in
Chatham Dockyard fully employed in the construc-
tion of the two powerful iron ships building there,
in preparing the Cerberus for sea, in making
a commencement of the Rupert, and in proceed-
ing with the work of the only wooden ship,
the Woodlark, now building at Chatham. The
greatest exertions are made to hasten forward the
Sultan, 12, armour-plated broadside ship, building
in No. 2 dock, that she may be floated out,
as directed by the Board of Admiralty, in about
two months from this time. The workmen of
Messrs. Penn, the engineers, have been working
overtime on this ship, and it is understood that they
would work to-day, though the dockyard people
make holiday. The Sultan has now a large portion
of her armour plates affixed. The Glatton, 2,
turret ship, building in the next dock, is of less
size than the Sultan, but she will be of im-
mense strength, and her armour will be of unex-
ampled thickness. It is hoped that she will be
advanced sufficiently to be floated out about the
same time as the Sultan. Both ships will be many
months in the Medway before completed for service.
The Cerberus, 4, turret ship, will probably be ready
to leave for Victoria in May next. She has been built
for the defence of Melbourne, and the colony pays
all The Rupert, ironclad ram, will be
buil xPm
keel is being fitted between slips No. 5 and 6, to be
et inei Neo 3.. 2 dock, when the Sultan leaves it ; her
taken to pieces again and re-fitted in the dock as
soon as vacant ; this process will advance her is
some degree. The Woodlark, 3, gun-vessel, in No.
4since the visit of the First
offl
wrights and apprentices are
now employed upon her ; it gives the shipwright
Lord slip,
a is
number
apprentices the only chance of learning their trade
as builders of wooden ships.
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rendered it a general favourite. The • Civil Service Gazette' ro
marks:—.* The singular success which Mr. Epps attained by hi s
homoeopathic preparation of cocoa has never been surpassed by
any experimentalist. By a thorough knowledge of the natural
laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition
and by a careful application of the fine properties of well-selected
cocoa, Mr Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a deli-
cately flavoured beverage which may save us many heavy doc-
tors' bills." Made simply with boiling water or milk. Sold
only in tin-lined packets, labelled "JAMES En's and Co., I.lontozr
pathic Chemists, London."