The Sun.
London, England, 1866-04-06 00:00:00

COLONIAL.

TEA.—A moderate business has been done in the pri-
vate market for home consumption, and there has been a
fair inquiry for shipment at fully late rates. The public
sales of Assam are announced to commence on Tuesday
next.

SUGAR.—Tho market continues very dull, and prices
generally exhibit little variation. In refined goods the
operations have been to a moderate extent, common
lumps and titlers are quoted 44s per cwt.
COFFEE.—There has boen a fair inquiry for superior
qualities of both plantation and native Ceylon, and late
rates are supported.

RICE, —The market is quiet ; holders, however, demand
'ully lato prices.

TALLOW.—OnIy a limited business bas been done. PYC
on the spot is quoted 48s ; June delivery, 48s 3d ; and last
three months, 49s t0.49s 3d per cwt.

A Russian artist is preparing for the Paris Exhi-
bition of next year an allegorical representation of the
events in the reign of the present Czar. A group of agri-
cultural implements denotes the progress of the country
in that branch of industry. A broken chain typifies the
abolition of serfdom. Figures of Hope, Faith, and
Charity commemorate the publicity of judicial proceed-
ings, religious toleration, and the abolition of corporal
punishment. There seems in this design to be no refer-
ence to Poland or Circassia.
A MYSTERY AT THE HAYMARKET.—Apropos of
public amusement, I was told, on the best authority, a
curious circumstance the other day in connection with the
Haymarket Theatre. It seems that for the last 20 years
and upwards two individuals unknown to each other have
been in the habit of visiting the theatre in a very eccentric
manner. Stranger No. 1 presents himself regularly every
night the moment the doors are opened, and proceeds to
the portion of the house called " the slips." Here he takes
a seat, spreads a white pocket-handkerchief over his knees,
and, taking a silver watch of turnip dimensions from his
pocket, places it on the seat beside him. He rarely pays
attention to the play, but keeps his eyes, for the most part,
fixed on the upper boxes and gallery. The moment half-
past 8 o'clock arrives ho puts his watch in his pocket, and
leaves the house, not to return until the following evening.
The other eccentric play-goer (Stranger No. 2) is Mr.
H—, a well-known tea-dealer in Ilolborn. He repairs to
the boxes every evening but Saturday, at half-price, and,
as he is a constant patron of the drama, his place is reserved
for him. For more than 20 years he has thus attended
night after night ; but, unlike stranger No. 1, his attention
is fixed on the performance, which ho enjoys with the
keenest zest. His appetite for the drama is unsated by
the sameness of the repetition, for ho seems to relish the
one-hundredth performance of a piece quite as much as its
first representation. It is remarkable, too, that he should
be so much amused with the termination of plays, the com-
mencement of which ho has never witnessed. Possibly
Stranger No. 2 in the boxes compares notes with Stranger
No. 1 in the slips, for the latter has never seen the termi-
nation of the play, the commencement of which has never
been witnessed by the former ! Several attempts have
been made by garrulous box -keepers and others to ascer-
tain the name of the mysterious visitor to the slips, but to
no purpose. He may, however, be identified at once by
the white pocket-handderchief on his knees and the silver
watch by his side.—London Correspondent Belfast News-
Letter.

THE THROAT AND LUNGS.—Dr. W. Abbott
Smith, physician to the Metropolitan Free Hos-
pital, and the author of various valuable medical works,
has published a second edition of his book " On the
Treatment of Diseases of the Throat and Lungs" by in-
halation, to which is added a paper on " Whooping
Cough." The book well maintains the value of the
treatment by Dr. Smith, and the arguments brought
to bear on the subject seem to be unanswerable. The
CaSCS cited in which inhalation has been followed
by tho best results at all events demand a calm and dis-
passionate consideration from those of the medical profes-
sion who yet question the efficacy of the treatment, as it
would be a most regretable circumstance if sheer prejudice
was allowed to stand as a barrier between inhalation and
those suffering from affections which, it is unhesitatingly
affirmed by Dr. Smith, would succumb, if not entirely
yield, to that treatment.