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The Sun.
London, England, 1866-01-13

LIFEBOAT SERVICES.--During the storms
of the past year the National Lifebsat Institution, by
its Lifeboats and other means, contributed to the savinz of
'4'o7 persons from different wrecks on our coasts. The Insti-
tution also expended .£21,374 in the same perivd on its life-
boat establishments, in addition to granti.g £4,950 for le-
Wards for saving life and exercising the lifeboats.
The Committee of the Institution earnestly A 'PEAL to
the public for ASSISTANCE to enable them to meet the
continued heavy demands on the Institution's 150 lifeboat
st.tions.
Contributions are received by
ution the London and country
bankers ; and b the Secretary, Richard Leis, Esq., at the
Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi, London.

ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-
GARDEN.

(Opera Company, Limited.)
THIS EVENING (Saturday), Mr. Charles Deffelli's
new opera, in one act, CHRISTMAS EVE. Madame F.
Lancia, Madame E. Heywood; Mr. A. Cook, and Mr. D.
Miranda.

Conductor, M.r. Alfre'l Mellon.
After which. at 8, the grand comic, et
eAacular, and ope-
ratic Chris mas Pan ()mime, entitled A LA.IWIN AN i THE
WONDERFUL LA.3ll'; or, Harlequin and the Flying
Palace. (see other advertisements,.
Commence at 7 o'clock.

IIE ATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.-
TManagers, Messrs. E. Falconer and le. B. Chatterton.
THIS EVENING, the Farce of HUSBANDS, BEWARE.
Mr. G. Belmore, Miss Hazlewood, &c.
After which, the Pantomime, LITTLE KING PIPPIN;
or, Harlequin Fortunatus and the Magic Purse and Wishing
Cap. Messrs. U. Belmore, H. Drayton, G. Weston. Master
Percy ttoselli ; Misses II azlewood, A. Thomson, E. Falconer,
c, Pantomimists, Messrs. H. Boleno, C. Lauri, Cormacic,
Miss Morgan, and Madame Boleno.
Commence at 7.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYiIIARKET.-
Sole Lessee and Mansger, Mr. Buckstone.
THIS EVENING, BROTHER SAM : Messrs. Sothern,
Buckstone, Compton ; Mesdames !Seib, Moore, Snowden,

To be followed by ORPHEUS IN THE HAYMARK ET.
Messrs. W. Farren, Fisher, Bartleman, Weaihersby, &o ;
Mesdames Keeley, Snowden, Moore, Lindley, Woolgar,
Howard, Wright, Coleman, Lovell, Prevot, &c.
To conclude with MY HUSBAND'S GHOST.
Commence at Seven.
London, England, 1866-01-13

!'tt MFMRENtIk; SHAKJCs
Midland, Leicester and Hitchin 4 per ct., 00

['REFERENCE BHARES AND STOCIi
London, Chatham, No., Metrop. Ext. B, 6 per cent.. 921
Metropolitan 5 per cent., 105

LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS.
Lancaster and Carlisle, 215
London Tilbury, and Southend,9B

r'oREJUN RAILWAYS,
Dutch Rhenish, 22
(treat Luxembourg, 15} 1
uttoman (Smyrna to Aidin), 9i I
Sambre and Meuse, 8i

FuItEIGN MIN EP.
Frontino and Bolivia Gold, lim., 1
Washoe Gold, lira.,
Ditto (£4), di

BAN tie.

Albion, 91
Alliance, lira.. 27} 7
Anglo Austrian, 613
Anglo Egyptian, 1ira.,021
Australasia, 711
Bank of Britisu Columbia, 216
English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 19}
Imperial Bank, Bin_ 28/
Imperial Ottoman. 14 t 3
Ditto, new, 61 1
London B..nk o 1 aexico and S. America, lira., 14 13
London and County, 82} 6
London and %% estminster,
New Zealand Bank orporation, lira., 1
Uuton of London, a

MISCICLLANNOUN
Credit Fonder and Mobilier of England, 811
Crystal Palace, "`4
East India Irrigation and Canal. Fi
Egyptian Corn and Trading, lira., 2}
Fore-street Warehouse, lim., 111
Gen. Credit and Finance of Lonuon, Brn.. 6 t);
Hudson's Bay, 154
Imperi.l Mercantile Credit Asso., lim., 7
International Financial ociety, lim.,
,loint Stock Discount, Um., 8
London Financial Association, lim , 181 I
M dras Irrigation and Canal, 1
Ditto, new, 171
North British Australasian, 54
Overend, Gurney, and Co., Urn.,
South African Mortgage and Investment, Um., 2

LORD ROMILLY AND THE STATE PAPERS.—The
elevation of the Master of the Rolls to the peerage, what-
ever may be said of it by lawyers and politicians, is a fact
most welcome to scholari and men of letters. Lord
Romilly's reign of the Rolls has been distinguished by the
opening of our national archives to historical inquirers, in
a manner unknown to our fathers, by the arrangement and
calendaring of our state papers, by the publication of our
ancient chronicles, and by the preparation Of a splendid
catalogue of the materials of our history. Our public papers
are the highest in Europe, and have no rivals for copious-
ness and completeness anywhere, except in the United
States. Lord Romilly had the happy genius to imagine,
and the resolute courage to carry out, a magnificent scheme
for making these documents the common property of all
students and writers. In connection with our literary
history his name will be gratefully recalled long after his
fame as a lawyer may have become a thing of the past.
Such services as his do not easily die out of reraegibrause.
—Athenaeum.
London, England, 1866-01-13

Now ready, in 2 vols., with Illustrations, 215.,

ENGLISH TRAVELLERS and ITALIAN
BRIGANDS : A Narrative of Capture and Captivity.

By W. J. C. AMENS.

"Mr. Moens tells us in this book of his life among the
brigands. It is a good, honest story, full of adventure, re-
cent, and quite true. It is very interesting."—Examiner.

Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street.
London, England, 1866-01-13

SAILORS' ORPHAN GIRLS' SCHOOL and
11031 E, Hampstead. Office.,, 77, Cornhill.
PATRON—The QUEEN.
TRUSTEES.

Capt. the Hon. Francis Maude, The Rev. Canon Champneys
R.N. Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P.
TREASURERS.
R. C. L. Bevan, Esq. Robert Hanbury, Esq.
This Institution is designed to supply a great national
want, viz., an asylum for the orrthal daughters of sailors iu
the Royal Navy and Merchants,service and of Marines.
It clothes, maintains, and educates them for domestic
service and provides a home free of exbense for former
inmates while out of situations, thus shielding them from the
temptations they might otherwise be exposed to.
Tne Committee earnestly APPEAL, for CONTRIBU-
TIONS to meet the increasirg applications through the
recent storms and loss f life at sea, and to enable them
eventually to obtain premises more commensurate with the
necessities of this great maritime country, which loses 2,000
sailors annually by casualties alone, without including those
who may per,sh by war.
subscriptions thanL.-iully receive, i by the bankers, Messrs
Barclay, Bevan, and Co., Lombard-street, and by the Secre-
tary, at the Ofaeee, NO. 77, Cornhill.
R. SWEETING, Hon. Sao.
CHARLES Liiisll, Sett
London, England, 1866-01-13

Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols.,
ILL Y'S HERO.
By the Author of "Grandmother's Money," &e.
" The situation of two women in love with the same man
has always been a favourite subject with writers of fiction.
The author of Milly's Hero' has depicted with considerable
skill the moral attitude of two women under such circum-
stances. The book is worth reading."—London Saturday
Eevie.v.
Hurst and Blackeit, 13, Great Marlborough-street.

THE BULLIONIST.

SHARE DinRKETS,—This Day.
ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS.
London, England, 1866-01-13

THE IRON TRADE.

BIRMINGHAM, Friday Evening.
The second meeting of the ironmasters of thig
district for the current quarter was held in the
Town-hall here this afternoon, In one respect the
assembly afforded a contrast to that of Wel/el:
hampton ; the attendance was large, and the trade
in other iron-producing districts was well repre-
sented; but as to buyers, the number was comps'
ratively scanty, and beyond the ordinary contracts
not much business was done. In that and other re-
spects it was unquestionably a quiet quarter-4W,
but there were no indications whatever of depres-
sion, and the tone was rather cheerful than other-
wise. None but over-sanguine people, or those who
have pushed their power to obtain credit to the ei"
treme, and are always expecting something extra;
ordinary to turn up, would expect a large amount
to be done at the beginning of January, with money
at 8 or 9 per cent. ; but those who have somethl
at stake are content in existing circumstances with
a steady though moderate trade ; and although
there were not any speculative orders given out here
to-day or at Wolverhampton yesterday at nearly
all the works they have sufficient on the books t°
keep them in full operation.
For bar iron the demand is dull ; the unsatisfa°'
tory state of the trade in respect of sheets was
d
alluded to in our report from Wolverhampton, all 0
no improvement was experienced to-day. As town'
iron of the very best quality, the price asked was
some instances 7s. 6d. per ton in advance of last
quarter day. In reference to the meeting today
it may also be noticed that the Liverpool houseo
evinced little disposition to enter into engagemelitt
The pig-ironmasters were in good spirits egalli
to-day--the prevailing quotation for all mine
Staffordshire, was £4 per ton.
For Shropshire iron, Lilleshall and otherwise'
there was the usual steady demand.
London, England, 1866-01-13

DANUBE AND BLACK SEA.

A special general meeting of this company was
held on Thursday at the offices, Abingdon-street,
Westminster—Mr. Liddell in the chair.
The CHAIRMAN said the meeting had been con-
vened for the pu-zpose of obtaining the sanction of
the proprietors to a convention with the Imperial
Ottoman Government, by which the company pro-
posed to transfer the nominal ownership of the har-
bour of Kustendjie, on the Black Sea. The company
were to receive £7,500 a year in lieu of the dues,
and £2,500 for the maintenance of the harbour and
quays. In consequence of the difficulty experienced
with ambassadors and sea captains as to the levying
of dues a deputation waited upon Earl Russell, who
warmly took up the views of the company, and wrote
a despatch requesting the English Ambassador to
bring his influence to bear on the matter. 'Eventu-
ally the convention passed, owing in a great mea-
sure to the exertions of Lord Lyons, and it now only
awaited the ratification of the Sultan.

In reply to questions, the CHAIRMAN said he be-
lieved the payment by the Turks would be good for
some years, and in default of their receiving £lO,OOO
a year as stipulated, the company could still work as
usual, owing to the receipts for grain and other
traffic.

A resolution pledging the sanction of the share-
holders to the convention was then agreed to unani-
mously, and a vote of thanks to the chairman con-
cluded the proceedings.

Railway Traffic Returns for the Week,
Mlles Opened. Receipts.

Railways.

18C5 1864

Belfast and N. Counties 9ll
Belfast and County Down 441
Blyth and Tyne . 30
Brecon and Merthyr ........ 6i
Bristol and Exeter l2ll
Caledonian, Scottish Central 4OB
Cambrian 133

go
4,
36
6t
1211
408

Cockermouth K & I'enrlth .. 311
Cockermouth and Wurkin 9
Cork and Bandon 2O
Cork, Blackrock, & Passage 6l
Cork and Youghal
Cornwall 651
Deeside l7
Do Extension
Dublin & Belfast J unction B3
Dublin and Drogheda 75
Dublin and Meath
Dub. & Wicklow and Weald lO6
Forth and Clyde Junction .. SO

X
2,825 1 736
573 5:6
1,'56 1.01
1,193 816
5,5 8 5,414
27,455 21,9.6
1,931 1,730

19.1
i 315
111 133
341 (5)
1,414 1.391
2)5 31,5
1 2 93
1,370 1.307
1.400 1.311
3 0 241
2,954 2,717
269 2CB
London, England, 1866-01-13

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.—This Day
CITY BETTING—Tnis DAY.

DERBY.
15 to 2 agst Rustic (taken)
Bto 1 agst Lord Lyon (offered)
9to 1 agst Student (taken)
20 to 1 agst Augusto (offered)
25 to 1 agst Janitor (taken)
25 to 1 agst Blue Riband (taken)
50 to 1 agst Knight of the' Crescent (taken)
TWO THOUSAND.
3to 1 agst Student (taken)
LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE.
30 to lon the field (offered)
London, England, 1866-01-13

•
oHRISTY MINSTRELS, St. James's Hall,
lIJJ Piccadilly.—The only original aria veritable legitimate
OHRE sT Y MINSTRELS Every Night at 8, Wednesdays and
Saturdays at 3 and 8, retaining all the specialties and old
favourites who originally created the reputation of the Com-
pany,. Fauteuils, 55.; stalls, Is ; unreserved seats, 25.; gal-
lery, Is. Tickets at Austin's, 28, Piccadilly.—Manager, Mr.
Frederick Burgess.
London, England, 1866-01-13

On Saturday, January 27, will be published, price 61,
LAND AND WATER, a Journal of Field
Sports— Sea and River Fisheries—The Stable and
Kennel—The run and the Rifle—The Farm-yard—Athletic
Exercises The Traveller and Explorer Archeology—
Practical Natural History, &c., &c.

The department of Fisheries and Practical Natural History
will be conducted by

FRANS BUCKLAND, Esq.
Pnblibhed every Saturday, by Thomas Baker, for Messrs.
Chapman and Hall, and Proprietors, at the Offices, 80, Fleet-
street, London, E.C.
London, England, 1866-01-13

COUNTRY MARKETS

• -----

We had a fair attendance at our market to-day, and the
tone was again firmer, and the business in wheat more ad'
tive than of late, at an advance of 2d per cental since this
day week. Flour steady ; Indian corn 6d per qr. advance.
Beans firm ' • peas inquired for ; barley unchanged ; oat°
and oatmeal unchanged.
London, England, 1866-01-13

WHAT DO THE WILD WAVES SAY
NOW? - That the FIKRY CROSS has arrived,
bringing some magnificent E AISi )W CONGOUS of delicious
flavour, and which may how be had, at a mere commission on
the import price, of the EAST INDIA TEA CO ,IPAN Y,
No. 5, Great St.. Helen's Churchyard, Bishopsga:e-street.

TOHN G 0 ONELL and CO.'S CHERRY
TOO PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth
powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the
enamel from decay, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to
the breath. Price Is. 6d.—Bull Wharf, Rotherhithe, Lon-
don.
London, England, 1866-01-13

DERBY-FRIDAY.

Our corn market to-day was fairly supplied with wheat,
which sold at about late rates. Barley at top prices. Oats
same as last week.
New white wheat, 52s to 56s ; old red, 49s to 534 per 36
stone. Barley for malting, 34s to 42s per qr. ; grinding,
26s to 28s per 30 stone. Oats, new, 22s to 265; old, 28s to
30s per 24 stone. Beans, old, 50s to 525; new, 45s to 503
per 38 stone.
London, England, 1866-01-13

Share/ Railways. Closingl
Paid.' price

Bristol and Exeter
Caledonian
Cambrian .....
Cork and 8and0n......
Cornwall
Dublin & Belfast Jane
Dun„Perth, & A b.Juno ,
ii. London, bcrip Certi

93 95
!26 127
94 96
13 15
4i 54
68 70
70 72

Do. -
Glasgow ct S. Western
Great Eastern, Ord. stk.
Do. E. Angl. st. No. 2
Great North of Scotland
Great Northern
Da. A stock
Do. B stock

111 113
41 42
71 6}

124 127
145 146

Do. New, Is. at 25 pm
Gt S. and W. of Ireland
Gt. Western -Original
D. S. Val. Rail gua.

91 93
58 184

Do. South Wales-.

Do. W. Mid.—OxiCaCi
Do. Newport
Do. Hereford
Lancashire &Yorkshir
LDndon and Blackwal
Lon., Brigh., & S Coax
Lon., Chat., and Dover
Do. Metrop. Ex. A
Lon. & North Western
Lon. & South Western
Man., Shet., & Lincoln
Metropolitan .....
Do. New

38 40
33 87
101 103
1212 1222
89 91
100 102
36 38
iS to
1241 1251
91 45
62 63
133 V 5
21 22p
1 12p
100 102

Do. Extension
Metropolitan District
Do do. do.
Do. and St. John'sW'd
Midland
Do. £9 Share

124 123
II lf T,
94 14

Do, Birmin.. & Derby
%lid Kent .
North British
Do. Ed., Pth , & Dun
Nth. Eastern—Berwick'
Do. (.N•E purchase
Do. Leeds
Do. York
Do. Carlisle _ ,

G 7 59
• 7 29
110 111

Po. Stock. & Darling.

Do. do. 1860-61
North London
Do. do. 1864

Do. JO. 1865
North Staffordshire
N. & S. W. Junction
Scottish Central
Scot. N. E Aber. stock
1)0. Scot, Mid. stAk
Shropshire Union
South Devon
South E..stern
Staines, Wok., & Wok
Taff Vale
Do. C
Vale of Neath
Waterford & Kilkenny
Waterloo & Whiteha
West Cornw.lll
London, England, 1866-01-13

VICTORIA STATION AND PIMLICO.

Yesterday the half-yearly meeting of this com-
pany was held at the offices, Westminster-chambers,
Victoria-street ; Mr. W. Lee, M.P., in the chair.
The report, an abstract of which has appeared in
The Sun, was taken as read.
The CHAIRMAN remarked that the brevity of the
report might be taken as an indication of the pro-
sperity of the company. It was stated in the re-
port that the revenue account showed a balance of
£8,946, admitting of the same dividend as last half
year—viz., 31 per cent. ; that during the current
year the receipts would provide a dividend of 74
per cent., and in 1867 the dividend would reach
its maximum of 9 and a fraction per cont. He
wished to correct this statement, as in 1867 the
dividend would reach its maximum of 9 per cent.,
with an occasional bonus. He then moved the adop-
tion of the report, which was seconded by Mr.
Blyth, and carried unanimously.
Messrs. G. Witt and P. P. Blyth were re-elected
directors, and Mr. J. Ball as auditor. The dividend
of £3 ss. per cent. for the half-year was declared.
A vOte of thanks to the chairman concluded the
proceedings.

MIDLAND AND GREAT WESTERN JUNCTION.
It appears that the bill for this line has been

withdrawn.

ATLANTIC AND GREAT WESTERN.

An alliance has been formed between this com-
pany and the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
Company for mutual traffic facilities, by which the
Atlantic and Great Western Company will obtain
access to Philadelphia, and the Philadelphia and
Reading Railroad Company access to the West.
London, England, 1866-01-13

OSES AND SON'S
E M
• Ehtablishments are closed every Friday evening at,
sunset until Saturday evening at sunset, when business is re-
sumed until 11 o'clock.

All articles are marked the lowest prices in plain figures.
Any article not apprJved of will be exchanged, or the money
returned. .

List of Prices with Rules for Self-measurement, Fashion
Card, and our new pamphlet, " The Philosophy of Dress,"
gratis and post free.

(-VIM LAST EDITION OF ,4 THE SUN,"
Containing the Latest SPORTING INT ELLWEAN C
Oat' be had Every Evening of

G. R. GLkNIE, NEWB AGENT,
No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park.
London, England, 1866-01-13

CANTERBURY HALL.
RI-FITIII TI-FU3t!

During the Week will De performed the above most extra-
ordinary Entertainment, containing all the novelties now in
this country, and including the services of Lea Montagnards,
their first appearance ; Mr. E. Marshall, Mrs. and Mr. W.
Randall, the renowned Talliott, Les Freres d' Etoile, Signor
Tescano, a la Donato; Lea Tableaux d'Amour, illuminated
by the Magnesium Light; Fairy Orchestra, designed and
painted-by Mr. T. Burgess and Mr. W. Gowrie ; and Grand
Ballet of upwards of one hundred ballerinea. The whole
written and composed expressly for this establishment by
William Vandervell, Esq. In addition to the usual vocal and
instrumental entertainment. EVERY EVENING.

Admission—Area, 6d. ; stalls and balcony, is.
London, England, 1866-01-13

AMERICA.

-- -

QUEENSTOWX, Friday.

The royal mail steamship Cuba, from Boston and Halifax,
arrived' here to-day with 82 passengers and $2,400 in
specie. She landed all the mails, consisting of 121 sacks
and 10 passengers, and proceeded immediately for Liver-
pool. All well.

NEW You; Jan. 4 (Evening),

It is said that the Congressional Military Commission
will introduce a bill increasing the peace establishment of
the army to 100,000 men.

A semi-official Washington despatch states that Mr.
Seward's trip to the South Atlantic has no political object,
and ho will be absent three weeks.. The Washington
correspondent of the Courier des Etats Unis positively
asserts that Mr. Seward will visit Vera Cruz.

The Governor of Ohio has ::strongly denounced the
Monroe doctrine.

The public debt on the Ist of January, 1866, amounted to
2,800 million dollars.

The Herald hints that the Mexican question will be
settled by a division of Mexico between the United States
and Maximilian, the latter ceding to the former the nor-
thern provinces of Tamaulipas, New Leon, Coahilua,
Chihuahua, Sonora, and the peninsula of Lower California.
The same paper denies the French and Federal Govern-
ments have arrived at an understanding concerning the
Mexican question. It is known, however, it says, that
Maximilian has not met his pecuniary engagements with
Napoleon for the keep of the French troops in Mexico,
and that Napoleon will not support a military force there
at his own expense.

The New Hampshire Republican Convention bas passed
a resolution declaring that it is the urgent duty of the
Government to take decisive steps for bringing about the
abandonment of Mexico by Maximilian.
The Fenian Congress at New York have notified to
O'Mahony and the Senate to report to them. O'Mahony
has complied. A company of the 99th New York State
Militia guards the entrance to the Congress. The Fenian
secretary has issued a manifesto urging concord amongst
the Fenian factions.

The Herald recommends the Fenians to disband, as it
considers their cause hopeless.
The importation of cattle into the United States from
Canada has been prohibited by the Federal Government.
The Herman has arrived out.
London, England, 1866-01-13

HILL V. FINNEY.

The hearing of this extraordinary and protracted
case was resumed.

Mr. Karslake, Q.C., on the part of the defendant,
concluded his summing up yesterday.
Mr. Coleridge replied on the whole case this
morning. He contended that the medical testimony
advanced on behalf of the defendant, in support of
the alleged cruelty of the plaintiff to his wife, had
entirely failed, and the facts upon which his client
founded the present suit were fully established.
The learned counsel then went through the evidence
in detail, laying great stress on the portions of the
statement of the plaintiff which had been corrobo-
rated both by the testimony heard before the court
viva voce as well as that taken by commission.
The case will not, at the earliest, conclude before
Monday.
London, England, 1866-01-13

taREY HAIR.-248, High Holborn, London.—
kA ALEX. ROSS'S HAIR DYE produces a perfect colour
immediately it is used. It is permanent, and perfectly na-
tural in effe Price 3s. Ed. 55. 6J., and 105. 6d. ; sent by
post Mr 54, 84, and 144 stamps.
London, England, 1866-01-13

ROYAL S 1 RAND THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough.
THIS EVENING, at 7 (3rd time), NELLIE'S TRIALS.
Messrs. rarselle, Beltord, Priec : Swanborough and
Rance.

After which will be p7odueed a new Opera Burlesque,
L'AFRICAINE ; or, The Queen of ihe Cannibil Islan~s.
Messrs. Stoyle, James, Thorne; Mesdames Swauborough,
Itaynham, Johnstone, .tc.
Ti conclude with TURN HIM OUT.
London, England, 1866-01-13

ROYAL LYCEUM T H.EATRE.-
Under the sole Management of Mr. Fechter.
THIS EVENING, THE ILLUSTRIOUS STRANGER.
Mr. H. Widdicomb.

Alter which, THE MASTER OF RAVENSWOOD.
Mr. Ftchter ; Messrs. Jordan, Emery, Widdicomb, Vezin,
J. H. Fitzpatric,:, D. Evans ; .nesdamesTernan, Elsworthy,
Lavenu, and C. Leclereq.
Box Office open daily from Eleven till Five.
London, England, 1866-01-13

ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-
GARDEN.

(Opera Company, Limited.)

THIS EVENING (Saturday), Mr. Charles Di&lli's
new opera, in one act, CLIIII6TMAS EVE. Madame F.
Lancia, Madame E. II,ywood; Mr. A. Cook, and Mr. D.
Miranda.

Conductor, Ur. Alfred Mellon.
After which, at 8, the grand comic, si ectacular, and ope-
rate Christ may Pan ornime entitled ALADDIN AND THE
WONDERFUL LA MP ; 'or, Harlequin and the Flying
Palac.,. (See other advertisements).
Commence at 7 o'clock.

THE ATR E. ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.-
Managers. Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton.
THIS EVENING, the Farce of HUSBANDS, BEWARE.
Mr. G. Belmore, Miss Hazlewood. &O.
Atter which. the Pantomime. LITTLE KING PIPPIN;
cr, Harlequin Fortunatus and the Magic Purse and Wishing
Cap. Messrs. G. Belmore, H. Drayton, G. Weston. Master
Percy Rosen' ; Misses Hazlewood, A. Thomson, E. Falconer
Pantomimists, Messrs. H. Boleno. C. Lauri CormacK,,
Saville, Miss Morgan, and Madame Boleno.
Commence at 7.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.-
Sole Lessee and Manzger, Mr. Buckstone.
THIS EVENING, BROTHER SA3I Messrs. Sothern,
Buckstone, Compton; Mesdames Neßy Moore, Snowden,
&c.

To be followed by ORPHEUS IN THE HAYMARKET.
Messrs. W. Farren, Fisher, BartLeman, Weathersby, &o. ;
Mesdames Keeley, Snowden, Moore, Lindley, Woo'gar,
Howard, Wright, Coleman, Lovell, Prevot, &c.
To conclude with MY HUSBAND'S GHOST.
Commence at Seven.

}ROYAL LYCEUM T REATRE,
Under the sole Management of Mr. Fechter.
TIIIS EVENING, TOE ILLUSTRIOUS STRANGER.
B. %Viddicomb.

After a hfch, THE MASTER OF RAVENSIVOOD.
Mr. Ftchter ; Messrs. Jordan, Emery, Widdicomb, Vezin,
J. H. Fitzpatrick, D. Evans ; tdesdAmes Ternan, Elsworthy,
Lavenu, and C. Leclercq.

Box Office open daily from Eleven till Five.
London, England, 1866-01-13

T HE O X F O R D.
6, OXFORD IsTREET, W.

TheDxford and Canterbury Ball Company (limited).
THIS EVENING, and during the Week, EXTRA PER-
FORMAN(;.ES by all the available talent. Opera, Bur-
lesque, Pantomime, Ballet, and Comedy Every Evening,
performed by the entire company, includiug Misses Russell,
Fitz Henry, Barrie; Messrs. A. St. Albyn, W. Williams,
Spagnoli, .Ic. The HUNGARIANS in their new entertain-
ment; Messrs. Duriah and. Davies's illustrations of Negro
Life ; Herr Preskow, the -wondrous posturer from the Grand
Theatre, St. Petersburg; the D'Aubans, Herr Berrani and
his talented family; the ENCHANTED HASH, eleven
characters performed by Mr. E. Marshall (his drat appear-
ance here, the entertainment written expressly for him by
Mr. W. T. Vandervell ; and a host of other talent, for which
see programme and small biIIs.—EVERY EVENING-

Admission—Area, 6d.; stalls and balcony, Is. ; private
boxes, 10s. 6d.
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lombo, Dec. 15 ; Hong Kong, Dec. 1 ; Melbourne,
Nov. 25 ; Sydney, Nov. 21, &c.
London, England, 1866-01-13

Railway and other Companies.

NORTH LONDON.

In the account of the proceedings at a meeting of
this company which appeared in The Sun of Thurs-
day it was stated that Mr. Hartridge called the
attention of the directors to the delays that fre-
quently occurred in working the traffic on their
line between Broad-street and Bow, it should have
been between Camden-station and Bow. Travel-
lers between Camden and Bow stations and the
Great Eastern and Blackwall Railways now had to
make a detour to Dalston, there alight, pass over a
bridge, and proceed
,by the next train ; instead of
as formerly, travelling in one carriago throughout.
The working of the traffic as between Broad-street
and Bow was deemed satisfactory.
London, England, 1866-01-13

SPANISH FLY is the acting ingredient in
ALEX. ROSS'S CANTHARIDES OIL, which speedily
produces whiskers and thickens hair. 30. 6d, ss. 6d., and 10s.
6d..; sent free for 54, 84, and 144 stumps.—ALEX. ROSS, 248,
High Holborn, London.
London, England, 1866-01-13

WAKEFIELD.-FRIDAY.

Our market to-day was tolerably attended. There WO
about an average supply of wheat, which sold at the rates
of last week. Barley met a fair demand at about late rates'
Oats without material alteration. The demand for other
articles inactive, and last week's rates generally made.
Averages, January B—Wheat, 420 qrs, at 47s 71u;
barley, 687 at 37s 7fd ; oats, 45, at 23s Bd.
London, England, 1866-01-13

ThEAFNESS.—The SOUND MAGNIFIER, and
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perceptible; the unpleasant sensation of sinAni.,c noises in
the head is entirely removed. It affords immediate relief to
deaf persons, and enables them to hear distinctly at church
and public assemblies. Every othrr kind of bearing inaru-
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London, England, 1866-01-13

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London, England, 1866-01-13

STEW THEATRE-ROYAL ADELPIII.
Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster.

„ .
THIS EVENING, at Seven, a new farce called LEHIND
T 1316. Messrs. J. L. Toole, U. Phillips, Eburne, C. J. Smith;
Miss A. Seaman, &c.
After which, at 8, RIP VAN WINKLE. Rip (his 113th
appearance), Mr. Jefferson, supported by Messrs. Billington,
P. Bedford, It Phillips, leelix Rog,trs, Ashley, iiburne, U. J.
Smith; Mrs. Bihingtor, &c.
To conclude with THE STEEPLECHASE. Messrs. J. L.
ToOle, P. Bedford, Ashley; Miss K. Kelly, &a.
London, England, 1866-01-13

NEIV THEATRE-ROYAL ADELPHI,
bole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster.
THIS EVENING, at beven, a new farce called t;EHIND
TIME. Messrs. J. L. Toole, R. Phillips, Eburne, C. J. Smith;
Miss A. beaman, &c.
After which, at 8, RIP VAN WINKLE. Rip (his 113th
appearance), Mr. Jefferson, supported by Messrs. Billington,
p. Bedford, R. Phillips, Felix llogtrs, Ashley, hburne, C. J.
b'mith ; Mrs. Billingtor, arc.
To conclude with THE STEEPLECHASE. Messrs. J. L.
Toole, P. Bediord, Ashley; Miss K. Kelly, &a
London, England, 1866-01-13

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining.

TIIIS EVENING, QUIET LODGINGS.
After whl.ll, at a quarter to Eight, IT IS NEVER TOO
LATE TO MEND. Characters by Messrs. Vining, T. Mel-
ville, T. Mead, D. Murray, S. Cathaem, F. Vilifiers, J. G.
Shore, G. Murray, 11. Mellon, C. Seyton, It. Cathcart; Altai
L. Moore and 3liss Katherine Rodgers.
London, England, 1866-01-13

ITAIR DESTROYER, 248, High Holborn,
London.—ALEX.`ROSS'S DEPILATORY removes,
without effect to the skin, superfluous hair from the face,
neck, and arms. 3e. 6d., ss. 6d.. and 10s. 6a. ; sent the same
day as ordered by post for 54, 84, and 144 stamps.
London, England, 1866-01-13

ASTRA LAMPS can be obtained from the
METROPOLI TAN LIGHT COMPANY,4I7, Strand,
and from all Ironmongers and Lamp War(houses in Town
and Country; and the Patentee, 16 and 17, Commercial-
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ASTRA, PETROLEUM, and KEROSINE
LAMPS on SHOW. (New Designs.)

ASTRA (Patent) LAMP, for MINERAL

AS TR A LAM P.—Five Hundred NEW
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WHAT DO THE WILD WAVES SAY
NOW? That the FIh.RY CROSS has arrived,
bringing some magnificent KAISuW CONGOUS of delicious
flavour, and which may now be had, at a mere commission on
the import price, of the EAST INDIA. TEA CO mPAN Y,
No. 5, Great St. Helen's Churchyard, Bishopagate-street.

TOHN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY
eTOO PH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth
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the breath. Price is. 6d.—Bull Wharf, Rotherhithe, Lon-
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and public assemblies. Every other kind of hearing inbtru-
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London, England, 1866-01-13

MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION,
Baker-street.
NEW ADDITIONS.—In the Chamber of Horrors are full-
length Portrait Models, taken from life, of CHARLOTTE
WINSOR and. STEPHEN FORWOOD, alias ERNEST
SOUTH EY.
Open from II a.m. till dusk, and from 7 till 10 p.m.
Admittance, One Shilling; Children under 10, half-price ;
Extra Rooms, Sixpence.
London, England, 1866-01-13

ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road,
in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail-
way Terminus, Ding's-cross.
Patron—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN.
Vice-Patron—His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, E.G

President—His Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCH. K.G.

This Hospital, founded in the year 1828, the first to estab-
lish the principle of free admission to the sick poor, without
the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders, is wholly de-
pendent for support on voluntary contributions and I acres.
It affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in
addition to this, the average number of attendance of the
iestitnte sick has for a considerable period averaged between
1,000 and 4,000 weekly.

The Committee earnestly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the
benevolent, as the premises of this Hospital are capable of
containing several Hundred more beds, had the Committee
the requisite funds to maintain them.
Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward Mas
terman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co.;
Drummond and Co. ; G:yn and Co. ; HArries and Co. ; Ransom
and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ;
Barclay and Co. ; W Iliarns, Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gur-
ney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co , Berners-street : I. Barned and
Cl . Liverpool ; and at the Hospital. from 10 till 5.
STANFORD IT. Secretary.
London, England, 1866-01-13

Published by J. Clements, Little Pulteney-street, price 7d.,
in cloth 13d., a New Work on the Teeth, entitled
PURE DENTISTRY, and WHAT IT DOES
FOR US.

By A. ESKELL. Surgeon-Dentist, Grosvenor-street, W.

`• The present may be looked upon in some measure as a
popular supplement to the author's former work, • A Treatise
on Dental surgery ;' and should b.tperused by those who are
troubled with their teeth."—Morning Advertiser, Aug. 31,
1865.

Sold by Simpkin and Marshall, and may be had of all book-
sellers.
London, England, 1866-01-13

MOSES AND S 0 N
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assorted stock of JUVENILE CLOTHING. The newest
tarries are combined with the latest and most fashionable
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ROYAL S 1 RAND THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough.
'rats EVENING, at 7 (3rd time), NELLIE'S TRIALS.
3.lessrs. I'arselle, Belford, Price Swanboruugh and
Ranoe.

After which will be produced a new Opera Burlesque,
L'AFRICAINE ; or, The Queen of the Cannib►l Islan'h.
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LIFEBOAT SERVICES.--During the storms
of the past year the National Lifebsat Institution, by
its Lifeboats and other means, contributed to the savin:;
of
:07 persons from different wrecks on our coasts. The Insti-
tution also expended .£21,374 in the same period on its life-
boat eetablishmcnts, in addition to granting £4,050 for le-
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The Committee of the Institution earnestly A OPEAL to
the public for ASSISTANCE to enable them to meet the
continued heavy demands on the Institution's 150 lifeboat
st.tions.
Contributions are received by the London and country
bankers ; and by the 'Secretary. Richard Lewis, Esq., at the
Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi, London.
London, England, 1866-01-13

['REFERENCE SHARKS.
Midland, Leicester and Hitchin 4 per et, 90
PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS.
London, Chatham, ha., Metro?. Ext. B, 6 per cent., 92}
Metropolitan 5 per cent., 105
LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS.
Lancaster and Carlisle, 216
London Tilbury,•and Southend,9S
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Dutch Rhenish, 221
Great Luxembourg, 151 /-
Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidin), 91 /
Sambre and Meuse, 8k

FOREIGN MINEF.
Frontino and Bolivia Gold, Bra., 1 i
Washoe Gold, lim.,
Ditto (X 4), 6}

BANKS:

Albion, 91
Alliance, lim.. t7l 7
Anglo ustrian, oil
Anglo Egyptian, 1im.,2121
Australasia, 711 a
Bank of Britisu Columbia, 211
English. Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 19}
Imperial Bank, Dm., 281
Imperial Ottoman. 12} 13
Ditto. new, 61 a
London B.ink of uexico and S. America, lim., 12/ 13
London .and County, 82}
London and 1% estminster. 961
New Zealand Bank Corporation, 11w., 1
Union of London, 52

MISCELLANEOIIIS.
Credit Fonder and Mobilier of England, 82 f
Crystal Palace, F 4
East India Irrigation and Canal, Fl
Egyptian Com and Trading, lira., 21
fibre-street Warehouse, lim., 111
lieu. Credit and linanJe of LDndon, lim.. 6 51
Hudson's Bay, 15i
Imperial Mercantile Credit Asso., lim.. 7
International Financial society, Um., 5}
Joint Stock Discount, Urn., 71 8
London Financial Association, lim , 182 f
M dras Irrigation and Canal, 1 f
Ditto, new, 171
North British Austr,lasian, 51
Overend, Gurney, and Co., lim., £(1 1 1
South African Mortgage and Investment, Um., 2

LORD RoMILLY AND THE STATE PAPERS.—The
elevation of the Master of the Rolls to the peerage, what-
ever may be said of it by lawyers and politicians, is a fact
most welcome to scholars and men of letters. Lord
Romilly's reign of the Rolls has been distinguished by the
opening of our national archives to historical inquirers, in
a manner unknown to our fathers, by the arrangement and
calendaring of our state papers, by the publication of our
ancient chronicles, and by the preparation of a splendid
catalogue of the materials of our history. Our public papers
are the highest in Europe, and have no rivals for copious-
ness and completeness anywhere, except in the United
States. Lord Romilly had the happy genius to imagine,
and the resolute courage to carry out, a magnificent scheme
for making these documents the common property of all
students and writers. In connection with our literary
history his name will be gratefully recalled long after his
fame as a lawyer may have become a thing of the past.
Such services as his do not easily die out of remembrance.
—Atheneum.
London, England, 1866-01-13

STARCH MANUFACTURERS
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Used in the Royal Laundry,

AND AWARDED THE PRIZE MEDAL, 1862.
Sold by all Grocers, Chandlers, Sze. Arc.
WOTHERS BOON and CO., Glasgow and London.
London, England, 1866-01-13

DIMPLE REMOVER.—AII diseases of the 'skin
are improved by one dose of ALEX. ROSS'S VEGE-
TABLE SKIN PILL. They remove redness, sallowness,
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. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London.
London, England, 1866-01-13

THE SUN, LONJDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 13, lE€6.

LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH:

(Before Mr. Justices Mellor, Blackburn, and Lush.)

LLOYD V. LITTLE.
Mr. Sergeant Atkinson, for the defendant, moved
in this case for a new trial. The case was origi-
nally heard before Mr. Justice Blackburn at Guild-
hall, and resulted in a verdict being returned for
plaintiff, the defendant being absent when he was
called upon to give evidence. The learned sergeant
said the defendant was absent from accident, and
had he been examined a different version would
have been presented. The action was brought for
the recovery of the price of a quantity of gold quartz,
iron ore, and wine, which, the plaintiff alleged he
sold to defendant quite as a matter of speculation.
The mineral, if it proved to be gold quartz, would
be wocth twenty times the value paid for it ; but
if not, it would be comparatively worthless. This
latter circumstance turned out to be the case, but
the defendant said such was not the arrangement.
The money alleged to be clue had been paid into
court, and, under all the circumstances of the case,
he submitted there ought to be a new trial.

The Court granted the application.
(Sittings at Guildhall.)
(Before the Lord Chief Justice and a Special Jury.)

HILL V. FINNEY.
The hearing of this extraordinary and protracted
case was resumed.
Mr. Karslake, Q.C., on the part of the defendant,
concluded his summing up yesterday.
Mr. Coleridge replied on the whole case this
morning. Tie contended that the medical testimony
advanced on behalf of the defendant, in support of
the alleged cruelty of the plaintiff to his wife, had
entirely failed, and the facts upon which his client
founded the present suit were fully established.
The learned counsel then went through the evidence
in detail, laying great stress on the portions of the
statement of the plaintiff which had been corrobo-
rated both by the testimony heard before the court
viva voce as well as that taken by commission.
The case will not, at the earliest, conclude before
Monday.
London, England, 1866-01-13

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1E• MOSES AND SON'S
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sunset until Saturday evening at sunset, when business Is re-
sumed until 11 o'clock.
All articles are marked the lowest prices in plain figures.
Any article not approved of will be exchanged, or the money
returned.
List of Prices with Rules for Self-measurement, Fashion
Card, and our new pamphlet, " The fhilosophy of Dress,"
gratis an post bee.
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LONDON, SATURDAY, JA V. 13, 1866.

The more we consider the conduct of the Go-
vernment respecting the Jamaica affair, the more
extraordinary and inconsistent does it appear. The
despatch which was read to the House of Assembly
from Mr. CARDWELL has seriously compromised
matters, and the news brought by the last mail of
its being received by that body has added greatly to
the confusion of those who lent themselves in such
haste and inconsideration to the cause of faction.
As for the excuse that Mr. CARDWELL'S acknow-
ledgment really meant nothing, that is a very un-
tenable one, because the right hon. gentleman is
in far too responsible a position for his
to be of
and, no account ; wordbesides,
he did a great deal more
when he com-
mented upon the intelligence he had received,
the particulars of which he had had time to con-
sider before he framed a reply. As time goes on
and events multiply, we recognise more fully than
ever the absurdity and the chimerical notions of the
faction. If any Whig could prove more completely
than another the opinion formed in Jamaica of the
outbreak it would be the measure just introduced
into the House of Assembly to transfer the control
of the island to the management of the QUEEN. It
is not likely that so extraordinary a step
as this would have been taken had there
not, existed grave reasons for its adoption.
Deep-rooted xaust have been the feelinr, which
prompted such
a Proposition, and only the
London, England, 1866-01-13

ARGYLL ROOMS, WINDMILL-STREET,
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London, England, 1866-01-13

LONDON, SATUI?DAY, JAN. 13, 1866.

The more we consider the conduct of the Go-
vernment respecting the Jamaica affair, the more
extraordinary and inconsistent does it appear. The
despatch which was read to the House of Assembly
from Mr. c,
kRDWELL has seriously compromised
matters, and the news brought by the last mail of
its being received by that body has added greatly to
the
confusion of those who lent themselves in such
haste and inconsideration to the cause of faction.
As for the excuse that Mr. CARDWELL'S acknow-
ledgment really meant nothing, that is a very un-
tenable one, because the right hon. gentleman is
in far too responsible a position for his
word to be of no account ; and, besides,
he did a great deal more when he coin-
wilted upon the intelligence he had received,
the particulars of which he had had time to con-
sider before he framed a reply. As time goes
on
and events multiply, we recognise more fully than
ever the absurdity and the chimerical notions of the
faction. If any Whig could prove more completely
than another the opinion formed in Jamaica of the
outbreak it would be the measure just introduced
into the House of Assembly to transfer the control
of the island to the management of the QUEEN. It
is not likely that so extraordinary a step
as . this would have been taken had there
not existed
grave reasons for its adoption.
Deep-rooted must have been the feeling which
prompted such a proposition, and only the
London, England, 1866-01-13

INDIA.

The advices from Calcutta by the present mail
are no later than those via Bombay published in
our impression of the Bth inst.

CHINA.

The Overland China Mail says that Sir Ruther-
ford Alcock, her Britannic Majesty's minister and
plenipotentiary, is just arriving at Peking, at a
most critical moment, when the anti-foreign party
at the court and in the provinces is raising its head
and asserting its exclusive policy. " Now that the
danger from the rebels has vanished, the Imperial
Government (it adds) is beginning to breathe more
freely; and taking advantage of the present com-
parative quiet, is re-establishing its power through-
out most of the eighteen provinces of the empire."
It is stated that her Majesty's gunboat Grass-
hopper, Lieut. Morant, has had a very severe en-
gagement with pirates near Port Matheson, the fight
lasting between two and three hours. It appears
from the report in circulation in Amoy that she fell
in with no less than eight heavily-armed craft of
Rogues Point, and met with very determined resist-
ance, one shot piercing the gunboat's quarter and
wounding severely several men ; seven or eight shells
were fired into one junk before she blew up. The
Grasshopper, at the termination of the engagement,
however, proved to have had the best of it, as she
sank four, and managed to capture another, which
she towed into Amoy. She also took 17 prisoners
she had captured to Amoy, and delivered them to
the authorities. None of her crew were badly
wounded.
London, England, 1866-01-13

Malta and Alexandria Telegraph Line.

A telegram has been received from Malta, dated
Jan. 12, 5.25 p.m., announcing the restoration of
the Malta and Alexandria line, which is conse-
quently reopened for the transmission of messages
to Egypt, india, Australia, and other places in pos-
tal communication with Suez.
London, England, 1866-01-13

Lately published, Id., sent free by post for two st,mps,
AN ESSAY upon the HUMAN HAIR : Its
Close Analogy to Vegetation, and its Reproduction t,y
the Stimulant Spanish Fly or Cantharides.—By ALES.
ROSS, 248, High Holborn. London.