The Sun.
London, England, 1867-01-18 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANITARY 18, 1867.

CIVIL SERVICE OF INDlA.—Candidates
intending to present themselves at the OPEN COM-
PETITIi commencing. on April 9, are reminded that cer-
tificates of birth, health, and character should be sent to the
Office of the Civil Service Commisisfoners on or before Ist
February.

AFTER Covent-garden Theatre—EVANS' to
SUP.
After Drury-lane Theatre EVANS' to SUP.
After Lyceum Theatre EVANS' to SUP,
After Adelphi Theatre EVANS' to SUP.
After Olympic theatre
After Strand Theatre }'VAN& to SUP.
After New !loyalty Theatre ... —EVANS' to SUP.
After St. James's Theatnt FVANS' to SUP.
Alter Prince of Wales' 'fheatre....EVANS' to SUP.
London Singing and Supper Club, E VANS', Covent-garden.
Vocal Entertainment at Eight.

T E 0 X F 0 it D
6, OXFORD-STREET, W.,

THE MUSICAL ESTABLISHMENT OF LONDON.

LES DRAGONS DE VILL ARS (Opera Comique), Music
by A. 31aiilart, in which Miss RUSSELL will appear, as-
sisted by Misses Barrie and Fitz Henry ; Messrs. A. St. Albyn,
Hulls, Fox, Husk, Evans, and Bury, with Kxtra Band and
Chorus ; produced and conducted by Mr. F. Jonghmans.
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" The strength of Mr. Morton lies in his operatic selections,
executed by a small but highly efficient band, and a well-
selected body, of vocalists, under the direction of Mr.. F.
Jonghmans. —Times, Jan. 9,1867.
COMEDY, by Messrs. Harry Sydney, Brierley, and Eger-
ton; Mr. G. H. FREDERICKS and Mr. FRANK HUSSEY.
of the NEW AMERICAN 31INSTRELS ; together with
an Entirely New Divertissement. entitled THE OXFORD
REVELS, arranged and produced under the immediate
superintendence of Mr. W. H. Payne, THIS EVENING.

" Of the decorum that prey tils throughout (very section
of the Hall it is impos.lble to seeat too highly.' —Times,
Jan. P, 1897.

ADAMS TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION,
BAKER-STREET.
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS.
NEW AD DI LIONS. —Life-size Models of the KINGS and
QUEENS of ENGLAND, from WILLIAM of NORMANDY
to QUEEN VICTORIA.
Open from 11 a.m. till dusk, and from 7 till 10 p.m.
Admittance, Is.; children, under ten, half-price; extra
rooms, 6d.

ceed on to Devonport with engineers from the
Portsmouth Steam Reserve for the screw frigate
Bristol, Capt. Leveson E. 11. Somerset, now refit-
ting at Devonport for flagship duties on the West
Coast of Africa.

,The St. Lawrence, hired screw steamship, sailed
from Portsmouth on Wednesday with two batteries
of artillery and detachments of other troops on
board for Gibraltar.

The keel pieces and timbers for the frame of
the uuarmoured screw sloop Sirius, 1,268 tons, are
being collected under No. 1 building shed at Ports-
mouth dockyard in readiness for setting up on its
slipway. The Sirius is one of the two vessels ordered
to be built at Portsmouth dockyard on the lines of
the Danae, now building there on the adjoining
slipway.

The first instalment of the 5,000 of the converted
Snider breech-loading rifles, for naval service, has
arrived at the armoury, Chatham, from the Royal
Small Arms Factory, for issue to the ships in com-
mission. About 20,000 stands of the Enfield rifles
for land service are undergoing the process of con-
version to breech-loaders on the Snider principle,
the first supply of which will shortly be shipped for
issue to the troops at Chatham.
The names of the two officers of the 2d battalion
15th Foot who embarked on the 15th inst., on board
the St. Lawrence at Portsmouth for Gibraltar, are
Major Hopkins and Ensign Lacy, not Hopkinson
and Tavy.