The Sun.
London, England, 1866-01-25 00:00:00

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DULL EVENINGS MADE MERRY.—AII the new
parlour games, magic lanthorns, musical boxes (from 125.),
and thousands of Id. toys—the ss. Gd. parcels contain 73
articles. Arthur Granger's noted cheap warehouse, 308,
High Holborn, W.C., and the new bazaar, 95 and 96,
Borough.

EXETER HALL.—The National Choral Society,
under the conductorship of Mr. G. W. Martin, will give its
first performance this season of Handel's " Judas Macca-
bceus" on Wednesday, the 31st. The band and chorus
will number nearly 700 performers. Miss Louisa Pyne,
Miss Lucy Franklein, and the new tenor, Mr. Leigh Wil-
son are already engaged as principal vocalists.
GOOD NEWS FOR GAMBLERS.—The Evenement
announces that the lease of the gaming tables at Baden
held by M. Benazet, and which expires on the last day of
1867, has been prolonged by the Grand Duke, on the pro-
position of his Ministers, to December 31, 1870.
CRYSTAL PALACE.—To-day and to-morrow there
will be a continuation of the present series of holiday
amusements. On Saturday next the Saturday concerts
and promenades will be resumed, when a collection of the
works of John Gibson, R.A., will be on view, as well as a
great display of camellias in bloom. Signor Ethardo will
give a tato ran-formanee at. firs o'clock.
THE LATE MR. G. V. BROOKE.—Measures are
about being taken to perpetuate the memory of Mr. G. V.
Brooke, by establishing a lifeboat on some part of the coast
hereafter to bo decided upon, and by building a house in
connection with the Royal Dramatic College. A. com-
mittee, consisting of Mr. Paul Bedford, Mr. J. L. Toole,
Mr. Billington, Mr. M. W. Hodges, Mr. Clarence Mit,
Mr. J. W. Anson, and Mr. Switzer have been appointed
to carry out the object.
THE SHIP DESERTION MANIA IN LIVERPOOL.—
It appears that not only seamen, but engineers and
other officers of steamers and sailing vessels, have during
the last month in a great many cases neglected or refused
to join their vessels. Yesterday an engineer was charged
with this offence, and Mr. Raffles, the stipendiary magis-
trate, remarked that, if certificated officers continued in
this way to refuse to join their vessels, a communication
must be made to the Board of Trade with a view to the
suspension of their certificates. Yesterday, also, nine sea-
men belonging to the Mediterranean steamer Melita were
charged with refusing to put to sea in that vessel (which
had put back); but as it appeared that the men had a sub-
stantial grievance, in the shape of bad water supplied, they
were discharged.
THE FENIAN TRIALS.--D ÜBLlN,Wednesday Night.
—William Francis Roantree was convicted this
day, and sentenced to penal servitude for ten years. The
prisoner made a violent speech, and concluded by saying,
"As an Irishman, I appeal against your sentence to my
fellow-countrymen, and I pray that the God of Justice may
guide and strengthem them in their holy determination."
WORTHING NEW LIFE-BOAT.—The National Life-
boat institution has just forwarded to Worthing a
fine new lifeboat, 32ft. long and 7ft. 4in. wide, rowing 10
oars, and double banked, to replace the present small life-
boat on that station. The cost of the lifeboat station has
been presented to the institution by a lady who had pre-
viously given the institution the cost of two lifeboats. The
lifeboat was publicly launched at Worthing on Tuesday.
A free conveyance was readily given to the lifeboat and car-
riage to Worthing by the London, Brighton, and South
Coast Railway Company.
THE PRESIDENTSHIP OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY.—
Yesterday evening a meeting of the Royal Acade-
micians was held at their rooms, in Trafalgar-square, for
the purpose of electing a president in the room of Sir
Charles.Eastlake, deceased. The whole of the body was
represented, and a discussion in reference to the various
candidatures was protracted until nearly 10 o'clock. It is
understood that the very honourable position of president
of the Royal Academy last night rested between Sir E.
Landseer and Mr. Gilbert Scott, the former the represen-
tative of painters, and the latter the chosen candidate of
the architects, both .of which branches of art seem to be
pretty fairly balanced at the Royal Academy. No decision
at last night's meeting was arrived at, the conflict of
opinion amongst the academicians being between the
merits of a painter and those of an architect. At all events,
the Royal Academicians, after deliberating about two hours,
separated on the understanding that they should meet
again on Thursday, the Ist of February, when, possibly,
the Royal Acamedicians will be able to make up their
minds with regard to the president.

IN THE LION'S DEN.—An unprecedented scene
occurred at the Cirque Napoleon on Monday night, during
the performance of Mr. Batty, the successor of Van Am-
burg, who is now exhibiting in Paris. The moment he en-
tered the wild beasts' cage the lioness was observed to be in
a terrible rage. The lions were also roaring and jumping
about, and Mr. Batty seemed to have lost his usual in-
fluence over them. The public, fearing to see him torn in
pieces, cried "Go out, go out!" Mr. Batty took the ad-
vice, and cautiously withdrew, walking backwards. The
cause of the extraordinary commotion in the cage was soon
ascertained. A few minutes before the commencement of the
performance the lioness had given birth to a cub, who was
thought to be an only son. The young lion was taken away
from her and given to a bitch to suckle; but just as Batty
entered the cage the lioness unexpectedly produceda second
young one, and the lions wanted to eat it--a propensity said
to be very common with wild beasts when in a state of cap-
tivity. The fury of the lioness in defence of her offspring,
and the ferocious attitude of her companions in the cage,

produced an extraordinary panic among the spectators, and

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several ladies fainted. After a short pause Batty contrived

to separate the lioness from the cub, and the latter, about

the size of a cat, was held up by the nape of theneck for the

inspection of the company.

The screw steam surveying-vessel Baun and
victualling-tender Thais were placed on Tuesday in

No. 2 dick at Devonport, to be repaired.

The crew of the screw steam-frigate Galatea, 26,
Capt. Rochfort Maguire, were paid off on Tuesday

morning alongside the dockyard at Devonport.
The Commander-in-Chief has approved Ensign
Crockett, of the 84th Regiment, exchanging from

the service to the depot companies with Ensign

Hamilton. Mr. D. Lamont, who has for some time

past held the post of superior barrack sergeant at

Colchester camp, has been appointed barrack. Inaster

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