The Sun.
London, England, 1868-01-20 00:00:00

AFTER Covent-garden
Alter Drury-lane Theatre,
After Haymarket Theatre
After Adelphi Theatre
After Olympic Theatre
After Strand Theatre
After New Royalty Theatre
After St. James's Theatre
After Prince of Wales' Theatre
London Singing and Supper Club, EV
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N°. 23,590.

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THE NOW FASHIONABLE RESTAURANT
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PE ICE.. 4d.
STAMPAD sd.

ON and After the Opening of the Queen's Theatre,
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LONDON-SINGING AND SUPPER. CLUB.
AT EVANS' COVENT GARDEN VOCAL ENTERTAIN VENT
At Eight o'clock.

LUNCHEON BAR, GLASSHOUSE-STREET

EDUCATION IN IRELAND.

(One door from Regent-street),
CUISINE FRANCAISE, &c.
High-class Wines at wholesale prices. Spirits and Beers,
&c. Private room for Parties. HAMPERS PREPARED AND
SENT OFF TO ORDER. Terms., CASH.
On and after MONDAY, Dec. 9, SUPPERS from Nine
p.m. to Oue a.m.

ASV LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, Fleet-
LA street, London, E.C., 2d January, IS63.—Notice is Hereby
Given, that a GE • ERAL MEETING of the Proprietors of the
Law Life s ssurance Society will be held at the Society's Office,
Fleet-street, London, on Saturday, the Lst day of February next,
at 12 o'clock at noon precisely, pursuant to the provisions of the
Society's Deed of Settlement, for the purpose of Receiving the Au-
ditors' Annual Report of the Accounts of the Society up to the
3st December last; to elect a Trustee in the room of the Right
Hon. Sir George James Turner, deceased; ani for general pur-
poses.

Manager, CHARLES CASTLE.

KINAIIAN'S
EXLTIBITIOVHNIIBS6-KY. DUBLIN
I
This celebrated OLDIRISH WHISKY gained the Dublin
Prize Medal.
It is Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome.
Sold in Bottles, Is. Bd., zt the Re'ail Eloases in London; by
the Agents in the principal towns in En7land: or wholesale at
8, GREAT WINDMILL-STR MT, LONDON, W.
Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork Branded " Kina-
han's LL Whisky."

Ey order of the Directors.
WILLIAM SAMUEL DOWNES, Actuary.

MUTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION
(Incorporated by Act or Parliament. 185.9),
14, RUSSELL-STREET, COVENT-GARDEN. LONDON,
ADVANCES MONEY upon personal security, Bills of ,Male, Free-
hold or Leasehold Property, for one, two, or t'iree years, repay-
able weekly, monthly, or quarterly. Bills promptly discounted.
Forms free on receipt of stamped enrelope.
EDWARD HARPER, Secretary.

COMPAGNIE GENERALE TRANS.
ATLA\TIQUE, 8, Place Vendome. Paris.
NEW YORK, via HAVRE and BREST.
The undermentioned Steamers will sail every 14 days, as fo.
lows:— -

NAPOLEO v ll' Paddle
VILLE DE PARIS Screw
PEREIRE Screw
ST. LAURENT Screw
EUROPE Paddle
RATES OF PASSAGE.
Havre or Brest to New York, Ist class, £33 0 0
~ ,if . 2d class, 17 0 0
3d class, 14 0 0
Agents—STRINGER, PEMBROKE, and CO.,
8, An:stinfriars, E.C.

h.p.
h.p.
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h.p.

31ADAA1E

1 USSAUIPS EXHIBITION,
BAKER- STREET.

.a. •
A Life-size PORTRAIT MODEL of THEODORE, KI VG of
ABYSSINIA, is now added; also all the Kings and Queens of
Englind, American Celebt ies, &c. A PORTRAIT MODEL
of FREDERICK BAKER; is now added to the Chamber of
horrors. Open from ' '.till clask, and from 7to 10. Admittance,
-18.; children under 10-, ed Extra rooms, 6d.

' F. THOMAS & CO.'S PATENT SEWING
• MACHINES.

ARGYLL ROOMS, WINDMiTiri-STREET,
Piccadilly
Sole Proprietor Mr R. R. BIUNELL.
fl, This magnificent Terpsicho:dan and Musical Establishment,
aving been Re-decorated in the highest style of Italian art
155' Messrs. Rubardt and other eminent artists, is NOW OPEN
for the AUTUMN SEASON. Solo Euphonion. Signor Moses.
Solo Cornet, M. Graves. Conductor, Signor Curti.

The celebrated No. 2 Machine, unequalled for general work,
£lO. The new Domestic Machines complete (Lock Stitch), £5
Sc, £6 65., and £B. Catalogues free.
W. F. Thomas and Co., 1 and 2. Cheapside, and Begent-circus,
Oxford-street, London.

TIIE "SINGER" .NEW FAMILY
_ _ MACHINE

Doors open at half-past 8.
Admission, ls.; Beeman Seats, 2s.

Is Atted with new
PATENT TUCK MARKER,
which GAUGES and MARKS each succeeding TUCK while
sewing, a MOST VALUABLE ACCESSORY, not to be had with
any other Machine.
THE " SINGER " NEW FAMILY SEWING
MACHINES are the most complete, with all accessories
for the family, seamstress, manufacturers of shirt collars, shirts,
cloaks, mantles, children's clothing, caps, corsets, linen and silk
goods, umbrellas, parasols, &c.
Catalogues and Samples of Work post free.
THE SINGER MANUFACTURING COMPANY,
147, CHEAPSIDE, LONDON.

Tll E 0 X F OR D,
6, OXFORD-STREET, W.
During the Week will be given a GRIND SELEC-
TION from Offenbach's Comic Operetta, ORPHEE AUX
ENFERS, LA TROVATORE, and the New Cantata
MERRY CHRISTMAS.
Principal Artiste, : Misses Russell, Rivers, and Fitz-
IrenrY ; Messrs. Bury, Mader, R. Greene, and De Brenner.
Pull Band and Chorus: Instrumentalists: Miss Bryant ;
Messrs. Panne, Melling, and Plumpton.
COMEDY. &c., by the LEVITES, Miss and Mr. FOS-
TER, FRED. FREN3H, Mr. H. RIOKARDS, and
ALFRED PERRIER.
Mr. E. W. MACKNEY will make his appearance again
this evening.

GEOLOGY-ICING'S COLLEGE, LONDON.
PROFE;SOR TENANT, F.G.S., will commence a
COURSE of LECTURES on GN:OLOGY on FRIDAY, January
24, at 9 a.m. They will be continued on each succeeding Wed-
nesday and Friday at the same hour. A shorter course will also
be given on Thursday evenings from 8 to 9. First Lecture, Jan.
23. Text-Bock, Lyell's "Elements of Geology." Professor
Tennant accompanies his students to the Public Museums, and
to places of Geological interest in the country.
R. W. JELF, D.D., Principal

Conductor—Mr. F. Jonghmans.
Private boxes, 10s. Gd. ; stalls, balcony, and grand pro
nienaie, ls.—T HIS EVENING.

DISCOVERY OF GUNPOWDER (TEA.)_
Large quantities of the very finest descriptions have
been discovered in Great St. Helen's, at the Warehouses of the
" EAST INDIA TEA COMPANY,"

and are going off rapidly at importers' prices. Also the most deli-
cious Kaisows and Monings ever shipped from China, from 2s 6d
upwards. Family Tea, 25.; in half-chests, ls. 10d. Tea for the.
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million, Is. ld. Price Lists post free on application at 9, Great
St. Helen's Church-yard, Bishopsgate-street.

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THE CLIMATE AND THE 'WATER.
The special correspondent of the Times, w4ting tram
Annesley Bay on the 2nd inst., thus speaks of tte health of
the troops, the climate of the country, and the prospects of
a good water supply :—" I am happy to say that so far the
climate, from which so much was apprehended, has done
little or no mischief to bipeds. The.troops, European and
native, are enjoying their average health. The mortality
among the horses and baggage animals is still considerable,
though not so great as it was. We had this morning our
first instalment of the rain declared due early in November,
but there was no attempt to make up for arrears. The
blower lasted little more than hour, and for the greater
part of this time was only a feeble drizzle. It is here a
question, however, whether we are not better without
rain than with it—strange as this announcement may
seem to those of your readers who remember how much
the expectation of a rainy season had to do with the
decision, so tardily arrived at, that an Abyssinian
expedition was not impracticable. The natives here
say that if the rains begin the • horses and baggage
animals will die by hundreds, and our doctors are
afraid of fever and dysentery. For the last few days,
moreover, there has been an aba.ndant supply of water
from the steamers, and yesterday two condensers on land,
one supplying 4,000 gallons a day, the other 2,000, were
got into working order,—thanks to the energy of Captain
Goodfellow, and to the cordial support which he has re-
ceived from Captain Edye, to whom, as chief naval officer,
the water supply was entrusted, and whose men, always
ready for any and every job in their way or out of their
way, have worked with the heartiness which as over the
world distinguishes the British sailor. A hot spring has
also been discovered, with the assistance of the American
pump sent out from England, at Koomaylee, and as
Unomaylee—the first depot on the road to Senafd--is
only thirteen miles from Anncsley Bay, there is some talk
of having the water brought down here in pipes ; or,
as Lieutenant Willans has already more than half com-
pleted his railway to Koomaylee, and one locomotive has
arrived, a supply of water might before long be sent here
daily by rail. A still more welcome discovery of water has
been made up in the Senafe Pass. (Your readers may per-
haps remember that in a former letter—that is, if it has
ever reached them—l mentioned that one of the great
difficulties of the pass was the want of water between
Upper Sooroo and Rayray Guddy—a distance of nearly
thirty miles. A well has just been made, containing a fair
supply, at Undul, which is about half-way between these
t o places, and the American pump will probably discover
rnor water there. This will enable a depot to be formed
t Undid, and thus greatly facilitate the movement of
troops and supplies up to Senafe."

KING THEODORE AND HIS PEOPLE.
from Senafd the Post's correspondent gives us a native's
idea of Theodore's position and power :—" Two days ago I
was talking to an Abyssinian chief, who has been educated
at Bombay, and speaks English well, and he had been very
intimate with King Theodore. He represented him as very
passionate and vindictive, with an enormous influence over
the minds, not only of his own subjects, but of all with whom
he came in contact ; ' in fact,' said he, ' were Theodore to
Jay himself on the ground and say, " No one can pass over
my body," all his people would implicitely believe it as a
fact.' This almost beats Canute and the waves. `You
will never catch him,' continued the chief , he may
fight—it is not probable ; but he will sure to escape,
even if he has to sacrifice the prisoners and his whole
army ; he never sleeps for more than half an hour
without rising from his couch and personally inspecting
his guards, and he always carries two pistols, one for
his enemy, and the other for himself.' No doubt my friend
was a little infected with the prevailing dread of the fierce
Theodorus, although so far out of his reach ; but I fear he
is right in saying that searching for the King in his native
fastnesses will be like looking for a black cat in a coal
cellar. I inquired what were the probabilities of conspi•
racy against him, or assassination, and was told nil. He
is too superstitiously;looked up to. It is, of course, impos-
sible at the present moment to assume what the actual
plan of the campaign will be, but in the event of our
having to penetrate all the way to Magdala and Debra
Tabor, I believe the advance will be conducted with
unparalleled care and caution. The two principal posts on the
line of march are Antalo and Sokota, and at each of these
places, as well as at Senafl, ample provisions and supplies
of all kinds will be laid in before we proceed one step in_
advance from each depot in succession. In this case it
must prove a lengthy business, and as the heavy rains set
in about May, it will probably be September next before
we reach King Theodore's capital."