The Sun.
London, England, 1857-01-05 00:00:00

THE ADELPHI THEATRE.

There is a delightiul prospect of some genuine
fun this evening at the Adelphi, it being the first
night of a new farce, or " apropos sketch," as the
play-bills call it, entitled, A Night at Notting Bill,
with Wright and Paul Bedford as the imper-
sonators of the two principal characters. Wha t
an anticipatory relish there is in the mere
announcement of a farce promising such laugh-
ter as Wright and Bedford can alone pro-
voke from burglaries, centrebits, garrotting,
and ticket-of-leavers ! ,A promise all the more
reliable when we learn that the "apropos sketch"
in question has emanated from the whimsical brain
•f one of the most sparkling of our new race of
Humorists, the son of the famous actor and
manager of the Adelphi, the clever son of a clever
father—Edmund Yates—a son as witty as his
father was versatile.

TESTIMONIAL TO DR. LIVINGSTON.

PUBLIC MEETING (THIS DAY).
This afternoon a public meeting of the merchatsn,
bankers, and others, was held in the Egyptian-hall, at
the Mansion-house, for the purpose of congratulating Dr.
Livingston on his successful exploration in South
Africa, and to consider the propriety of originating a
pecuniary testimonial as an expression of their admira-
tion and gratitude to him for his self-denying and
disinterested labours in the cause of science and philoso-
phy. The meeting was numerously attended. The
Lady Mayoress and a large number of other ladies were
present.

The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor presided, and was
supported by Dr. Livingston, Alderman Sir P. Laurie,
Alderman Wire, Mr. Sheriff Mechi, Mr. Sheriff Keates,
Colonel Sykes, chairman of the East India Company,
the Bishop of London, Sir R. Murchison, Mr. R. Currie,
Mr. J. Dillon, Mr. Kinnaird, the Bishop of Victoria,
Gordon Cumming, &c.
Dr. LIVINGSTON having addressed the meeting, de.
tailing an account of his jouraoy amongst the various
tribes in South Africa similar to that which has been
already published, the following resolutions were una-
nimously agreed to :

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"That this meeting, consisting of the merchants, bankers,
and others, the citizens of London, hereby present to the
Rev. Dr. Livingston their sincere congratulations on the
signal care and protection of Divine Providence vouch-
safed to him throughout his prolonged and perilous labours
in exploring the interior of South Africa, and the meeting
cherishes the gratifying assurance that the important dis-
coveries of Dr. Livingston will tend hereafter greatly to
advance the interests of civilisation, knowledge, commerce,
and freedom among the numerous tribes and nations of
that vast continent.
"That this meeting, highly appreciating the intrepidity
and perseverance of Dr. Livingston in his extended and
dangerous journeys, deem it incumbent to originate a
pecuniary testimonial, as an expression of their admira-
tion and gratitude for his disinterested and self-denying
labours in the cause of science and philanthropy."
" That in accordance with the preceding resolution, a
subscription be now commenced towards the formation of
a fund, to be called the `The Livingston Testimonial
Fund,'—that the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, be respect-
fully requested to undertake the office of Treasurer."

A committee was then appointed to carry out the
above resolutions, after which a vote of thanks was ac•
corded to the Lord Mayor and the meeting termin at ed.

LIFE-BOAT ACCIDENT.--LOSS OF THIRTEEN
LIVES.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

RHYL, JAN. 4.
It is wall known that the Liverpool Dock trustees
maintain at a large expense five or six life-boats on
different points in the neighbourhood of the Mersey.
One of these is stationed at the Point of Ayr, at the
mouth of the river Dee.

Yesterday, during the heavy gale that prevailed on
this coast, this boat bad gone off to a vessel in distress,
and whea opposite the place was capsized, and her
crew, consisting of 18 men, were unfortunately drowned.
We are assured by a competent authority that the
whole of the life-boats of the Liverpool Dock trustees
are of a very imperfect description, and are only partially
fitted as life-boats ; in fact, that they are in every respect
inferior to the improved class of life-boats which are
new being placed on the coast.
There are three vessels between here and Abergele
shattered to pieces. The Rhyl tubular life boat,
which belongs to the Royal National Life-boat Institu-
tion, went out this morning at 9 a.m., as soon her crew
could after discovering the signals of distress, and suc-
ceeded in saving four lives from one of the three vessels.
The crews of the others had, as far as could be ascer-
tained, aticceeded in getting ashore before daylight in
their own boats. The captain of one of them, after
ones getting ashore, went again to the assistance of one
of his crew, and was so exhausted by his efforts that he
died very soon after getting ashore the second time.
The life-boat behaved admirably, though the surf ran
♦ery high.

TIIB ADDRESS.—The Address to the Queen in the
House of Commons, in reply to the Royal Speech, will,
it is said, be moved by Sir W. Williams, and seconded
by the Marquis of Stafford. In the Lords the same
duties will be assigned to the Marquis of Townsend as
mover, and the Earl of Cork as seconder.

NAiioNAL GALLERY.—Kensington was not a favoured
site for the National Gallery with members of the House
of Commons in the last session. No money was voted
for the buildings proposed. The public may learn for
themselves, by a visit to the spot, the value of a vote of
the House of Commons. The site is still a favourite
with the Prince, and the building is in course of erec-
tion. We trust yet to find that the members will reso-
lutely do their duty.—Atlas.
The next general election is now fixed to take place in
June and July next.
Gibson, the sculptor, is understood to ba competing
for the Wellington monument.
A new work on the blockade of Ears is about to
appear, from the pen of Colonel Lake.
Captain Sherrard Osborne, C. 8., will be appointed to
take the command of the new Arctic Expedition.
There ie a rumour in Paris that M. Ledru Rollin was
lately elected a member of the Council-General of the
department of the Allier, and that the government has
prohibited the publication of the fact.
At the Court of Bankruptcy, on Saturday, Mr. Hum-
phrey Brown, was adjudicated a bankrupt on the
debt due to the Royal British Bank.
The quantity of corn, including oats, &c., imported
into this country from January to November numbered
as many as 10,939,008 qrs. and cwts.
In eleven months the value of coals exported was
2,652,143/.
From January to November the value of haberdashery
and millinery sent abroad was 3,308,3391.
It blew a strong gale from the E.N.E. on Saturday
night, at Liverpool,
driven on the banks, and the captain of one of the smacks
was drowned. and many of the coasting craft were
The British and North American Royal mail steam-
ship America, Captain Small, sailed from the Mersey at
half-past two on Saturday afternoon, for Boston and
Halifax, with the usual mails, 66 passengers, and a full
cargo of merchandise on board.
On Saturday an inmate of Lambeth Workhouse,
named Caroline Cornhill, committed suicide by preci-
pitating herself down the well staircase of the estab-
lishment. She had previously made three attempts at
self-destruction.

A collision occurred in the Shugborongh tunnel on
the Trent Valley Railway on Thursday night, by which
the engineer and stoker of a coal train were seriously
injured. The line was blocked up for 14 hours. Want
of steam and the slippery state of the rails is supposed
to be the cause of the accident.
FORGERY AND EMBEZZLEMENT4ON THE LEEDS, BRAD-
FORD, AND HALIFAX RAILWAY.—On Saturday morning
Henry Autey, aged 30, clerk in the office of Mr. Martin
Cawood, Secretary of the Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax
Junction Railway, was placed in the dock of the Leeds
Court-house, charged with purloining three several divi-
dend warrants from the office of the company, forging the
name of Thomas Thompson Cunliffe Lister, Esq., of
Beamsley Hall, near Skipton, to these warrants, paying
them away, and appropriating the money to his own
use. He was fully committed for trial.