The Sun.
London, England, 1861-03-13 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EV .BNING, MARC a 13, 1861.

MI R. CHARLES DICKENS-TO-MORROW,
.kri. 14th, at 8 o'clock, at ST. JAMES'S HALL, Piccadilly
—will Read his CHRISTMAS CAROL and THE BOOTS
AT THE HOLLY TREE INN. Stalls, 9s. ; Balconies and
Area. 2s. ; Back Seats, Is. ; at Messrs. Chapman and Hall's,
193, Piccadilly, and Mr. Austin, Ticket Office, St. James's
H all.

LAST WEEK OF FATHER KEMP'S OLD
FOLKS' CONCERT COMPANY,
THIRTY LADIES and GENTLEMEN,
with their New England Orchestra, all clad in
COSTUMES of ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO,
Last Week of Emma J. Nichols, the young American
ocalist.—Every night (except Monday', at 8 o'clock.
MORNING CONCERTS.—Mon day, Wednesday, and Sa-
turday, at Three o'clock. Stalls, 3s. ; Area,',zs.; Gallery, le.

MR. W. S. WOODIN'S NEW ENTERTAIN-
MENT, the CABINET of cußrnsurEs, POLY-
GRAPHIC HALL, King RTil lam-street, Charing-cross,
TO-NIGHT, and EVERY EVENING (except Saturday), at
Eight. Private boxes, .£1 la. ; Stalls and box stalls, 3s. ;
area, 2s. ; amphitheatre, is. - A plan of the stalls may be
seen, and seats secured (without extra charge), at the Box-
office, from 10 till 4. Morning' Performance, Saturday,
March 2.

A RGYLL ROOMS. - GRAND MUSICAL
ENTERTAINMENT,
with the Celebrated BAND, Forty in number (established
eleven years), chosen from the Philharmonic Concerts, Royal
Italian Operas, and the Household Troops. Conducted by
Mons. Lamotte. Cornet-a-piston, M. Boulcourt.—Dancing
at Nine o'clock.-Is. admission.

THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ROOMS,
High Holborn.—The most elegant entertainment in
the world. The dancing area is most extensive. The readinfl
and smoking rooms on either side of the spacious galleries are
replete with every comfort, and the refreshment rooms at-
tached to the ball room are unrivalled even by Oriental
beauty. The wines, &c., are of the highest quality. The
band, directed by Mr. ?acker, stands alone for its excellence.
Admission, is.

longer be received as the representative of the late
Government of King Francis 11.
"The same reasons Which caused me to make that
communication to you preclude me from replying to
your :Etter of the 22d, but I must request you to be
assured that my abstaining from doing so does not
resuit from want of personal consideration for your.
self, but is the ❑ecessary consequence of the cessa-
tion of the political relations which up to the date of
my letter of the 20th I had the satisfaction of main-
taining with you.

" I should have been glad if my sense of public
duty had permitted me to show more stupathy than
I have been able to do for the misfortunes of the
young King and Queen whom you 116.ve so faith-
fully served,—l am,.&e., "I, RUSSELL."

docks at Chatham Dockyard is now completely
covered with the sheds, workshops, forges, and other
buildings for the workmen who will be engaged
in the construction of the large iron war steamer
shortly to be commenced at that establishment.
The whole of the buildings are of corrugated gal-
vanized iron, and have been erected in a most
substantial manner by Messrs. Grissell and Co., of
the Regent Canal iro❑ works, in an exceedingly
short space of time, under the superintendence of
Mr. Rivers, clerk of the works. The largest of the
sheds is a commodious workshop 320 feet in length
by about 50 fret in width at its largest end. This
building has an exceedingly light appearance, the
roof being formed of iron and glass. At the extreme
end a large engine-house is now being erected by
Messrs. Foord and Sons, the contractors for this
1 portion of the undertaking, who are also preparing
the beds of concrete for the foundations of the
punching, drilling, stamping, and other powerful
machinery whieh is to be erected. The number
of mechanics and labourers who are to be em-
ployed exclusively on the new vessel will be
upwards of 1,000, and some idea may therefore
be formed of the extensive workshops required
to enable this large body of workmen to
carry on their operations. The second dock,
in which it is intended to build the iron steamer,
is at present occupied by the Hussar, which is under
alterations to adapt her for a target ship. This,
however, will only occupy a few weeks, at the ex-
piration of wbich period the whole of the prepara-
tions will have been completed for the commence-
ment of the new ship, Portions of the beams and
other parts of the vessel continue to arrive at
Chatham from the Low Moor, Bowling, Butterly,
and other iron-works which have entered into con-
tracts with the Admiralty for supplying them.
The following appointments were made yester-
day at' the Admiralty :—Nathaniel Stearn, pro-
moted to the rank of second-class assistant-engineer
in the Asia, for service in the Osborne; James
A. France, promoted to the rank of second-class
assist.-engineer in the Trident ; William Giles,
promo' ed to the rank of second-class assist.•engineer
in the Narcissus; John Ker, promoted to the rank
of second-class assist.-engineer in the Edinburgh ;
Henry Parry, promoted to the rank of acting
second-class assist.-engineer in the Styx; Peter
Robertson, promoted to the rank of acting second
class assist.-engineer in the Curacoa; Thomas G.
It. Knight, promoted to the rank of second-class
assist.-engineer in the Curacoa as supernumerary;
Thomas Marsden, promoted to the rank of second-
class assist.-engineer in the James Watt ; and
James R Jackson and John Miller (c), acting third-
cia•s assist.- engineers to the Asia as supernumer-
aries.