The Sun.
London, England, 1866-11-20 00:00:00

NORTH EASTERN.

The contract for the construction of the York and Mu-
castor F4tension of this company's railway has been let to
1117, Nelson, of Carlisle, at £239,500 ; and the constrnctioa
of tlip,Chureh Penton and Muklefleld branch to _Messrs.
Knight and Co., of Manchester, for £49,000.

CENTYtAL NO ILT UMBERL AND.
At a meeting of this companyheld at Alawick it had hem
determined to apply to Parliament for power to abandon the
portion of their undertaking north of Rothbury, audsimply
to comploto the works from Scots Gap to that place.

MAURITIUS.
The traffic receipts on the Mauritius Government rail-
way amounted on Go miles, for the four weeks ending tho
14th of October, to £7,130, against £3,421 for the corrQ-
sponding four weeks last year on 31 miles of railway.

IFEI3 OAT SERVICES.—Daring the storms
of the past twenty months the National Lifebsat
Institution, by its life boats and other means, contributed to
the savin : of 1,475 persons from different wrecks on our
coasts. The Institution also expended .C 45,000 in the same
peri..d on its lifeboat establishments, in addition to granting
£3,530 as iewa.rds.
The Committee of the Institution earnestly A PPEAL to
the i.ublic for ASSISTANCE to enable them to meet the
continued heavy demands on the 172 lifeboat Stations of the
Institution.

Contributions are received by the London and country
hankers ; and by the Secretary. Richard Lewis, Esq., at the
Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi, London.

THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE.—
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. CHATTERTON.
Unequalled Combination of Attraction.
THIS EVENING (Tuesday), Nov. 20, at seven o'clock,
her Majesty's servants will perform Goethe's romantic
Play, in Five Parts, FAUST, aiiapted from the Poem by
Tile Bernard. Mephistopheles, Mr. Phelps ; Faust, Mr.
Edmund Phelps: Valentine, Mr. W. Harrison ; Margaret,
Mrs. lisrmann Vezin ; Lisa, Miss Poole ; with increased
Orchestra and numerous Chorus. New and characteristic
scenery by Mr. W:n. Beverley. Previous to the Play the
orchestra will perform Spohr's Overture to "Faust."
To-morrow (Wednesday), Nov. 21, the performances
will commence with Shakspere's Play of AS YOU LIKE
IT. Rosalind, Miss Helen Faucit ; Orlando, Mr. Walter
Montgomery ; Amiens, Mr. W. Hareison ; Jaques, Mr. T.
Swinbourne ; supported by the entire strength of the Com-
pany.
On Friday, Nov. 23, Lord Lytton's Play of THE LADY
OF LYONS. Pal-Ohio Desehappelles (her original charac-
ter), Miss Helen Faueit ; Claude Melnotte, Mr. Walter
Montgomery.

On Thursday and Saturday, Nov. 22 and 24, the per-
formance will commence with Goethe's romantic Play of
FAUST (see cast above).
To conclude with, each evening, Shakspere's Comedy of
KATHARINE AND PETRUCHIO. Petruchio, Mr. T.
Swinbourne ; Katharine, Miss Isabel Adams.
Notwithstanding the unparalleled success which has at-
tended the production of Goethe's Play of "Faust," Mr.
Chatterton begs to call the attention of the public to the
fact that it can only be performed for twelve nights more
previous to the Christmas Holidays—viz., Tuesday, Thurs-
day, and Saturday of each week up toThursday, Dec. 13—
in consequence of the immense preparations necessary for
the production of the Grand Christmas Pantomime on
Boxing Night, Wednesday, Dec. 2G.
Doors open at half-past six; performances commence at
seven o'clock.