The Sun.
London, England, 1855-02-24 00:00:00

THILLTRIC ROYAL HAYMARKET.
Under the management of Mr. Buckstone.

THIS ETENING, FEN, 24,

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Will be perforated GUY MANITERING„ Henry Bertram, Mr.
G. Tedder ; Meg Merriloes, Miss Cushman.
Followed by the new grand Christmas Pantomime. entitled LITTLE
80-PEEP; or, Harlequin and the Girl who Lost her Sheep. Little
80-peep, Miss L. Thompson ; Harlequin, Mr. Chapino ; Pantaloon,
Mr. W. Barnes; Clown, Mr. Appleby ; Columbine, Mlss M. Brown.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
Under the Management of Mr. eIIAItLES SEAN.
THIS EVENING, FE8..24,
Will be performed the Comedy of TIIE LANCERS. Principal
characters by Messrs. Meadows, Ryder, Melon, Everett, and David
Fisher; Mrs. Winstanley, Mrs. W. Lacy, Misses Daly, and C.
Leclercq.
After which will be produced a New Grand Christmas Pantomime.
entitled, HARLEQUIN BLUE-BEARD; or, The Great Bashaw.
harlequin, Mr. Cormack ; Clown, Mr. Huline ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ;
and Columbine, Miss Desboroegh.

THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHL
Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste.
THIS EVENING, Psis. 24,

Will be performed a new and original Drama, preceded by a Pro-
logue, and called JANET PRIDE.
To be followed by THE UNKNOWN AND THE RATADERE.
Characters by Messrs. P. Redford and G. Lee ; Misses Woolgar and
Keeley, aid Mdlles. klaragaita and Benonl.

ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE.
Leuee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan.
THIS EVENING. Fail. 24,

Wlll be presented the new Comedietta, called TIT FOR TAT, In
Which Messrs. F. Robson, A. Wigan, and Miss Maskell will appear.
Followed by A LUCKY' FRIDAY.

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After which, a new Fairy ExtraYagaitza, entitled THE YELLOW
DWARF AND THE SING OF THE GOLD MINES. Characters
by Mr. F. Rohm, Miss Julia St. George. piss E. °monde, Miss
Manton, Miss Bromley, and Mrs. Fitaallan.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke.
THIS EVENING,
107th time, the BATTLE et the ALMA ! to which will shortly be
added, the Battles of Balakiaya and of Inkerman.
After Which, the Brilliant SCENES of EQUITATION in the
CIRCLE.
To conclude with (the last week) the Grand Comic Pantomime
called GULLIVER and the LILLIPUTIANS ; or, Harlequin and
Britannia.

Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W
West. Acting Manger. air. W. P. eooke. Equestrian Director
Mr. W. Cooke, Jun.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Under the direction of Miss Rebecca Isaacs.
THIS EVENING

WUI be performed the popular Barletta, OUR NELLY. Principal
character, Miss Rebecca Isaacs.

After which, a new Operatic Buriesq*e, entitled, ALONZO THE
BRAVA.
To conclude with HIGH LIFE BELOW STAIRS.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
Tim DAY —Morning 4 inin.a.fter 7 Evening 2$ main.eft. 7
Te-MOitovt-xliorning 0 cain.alter 8 Evening 38 min.eft. 8

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LONDON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1855.

Well, " the deserted " trio have offered their
explanations. The House of Commons patiently
listened to the complaints • put forward by those
who considered that it was not only the duty of
their fellow representatives to stultify themselves,
by rescinding the vote previously carried by an
overwhelming majority of more than two to one,
but of their Ministerial colleagues, to run counter
alike to House and country in order to gratify
their untenable demand. Sir JAMES GRAHAM
has branded the remaining members of the
Cabinet as the deserters, because nine or
ten did not submit to three or four, and
Messrs. GL A DSTONE and HERBERT assumed
a similar position. They wanted, in fact,
to be supreme in the Cabinet—to reduce the pre-
sent Premier into a mere cypher, like the good
and excellent ABERDEEN, who, while denominated
First Lord of the Treasury, cared little in what
manner or by whom the duties of the situation
were discharged—who only sought the name of
power, while lie delegated its exercise to younger
and more vigorous hands. In this they were dis-
appointed. Lord PALMERSTON felt that he
had already sufficiently fled in the face
of public opinion by the formation of a
Government so identical in every respect with
that which had just been censured and dis-
missed from office, that even a microscopic exami-
nation could not detect the slightest distinction ;
a Government that professed to be impressed with
the same opinions, and resolved to persist in the
same policy, as its cashiered predecessors. He could
not go further, he could not do more, than inti-
mate a desire that the inquiry should be post-
poned or allowed to remain in the hands of
Government. When the unpalatable nature
of the alternative was so plainly perceptible—
when it must have been obvious that it would
have been a suicidal policy to have staked the
existence of the modified Cabinet on a determined
Opposition to the formation of the proposed com-
mittee, the PREMIER yielded, and had every
reason to anticipate that those who had so re-
cently agreed to hold office under him would
have exhibited equal deference to the popular
voice. They, however, thought differently, and
hence the speedy destruction of the PALMERSTON
Cabinet ; and the elaborate explanations of the
three gentlemen, who, notwithstanding the pos-
session of great oratorical powers, totally failed in
the attempted self-justification, or in inducing
the House to believe tha they had acted fairly
towards their colleagues ; or were undeserving
the appellation which they had so indignantly
repudiated.

It was not alleged by any of the Right Honour-
able Gentlemen that, before giving in their adhe-
sion to Lord PALMERSTON'S Government, they
had made any stipulation, or even inquiry, as to
the course to be adopted in reference to the
impending COMMittee.tllll". GLADSTONE went even
further--for, in an explanation, elicited by the
Powerful and brilliant speech •f the Right Hon.
Gentleman the member for Bucks, he distinctly
declared that "it was never made the subject
of stipulatish at all." What shadow of excuse,
then, had they, or any of them, for assuming
that the inquiry would be resisted, even at the
expense of another humiliating defeat, another
stinging censure?
Had they really resolved not
to submit to the demand. of th©
Home they should
have clearly and explicitly stated their intention,
and afforded Lord P.s.ratriatrrox the option
either of declining the task of
form' g
an Administration, or of striving to make it 11,:r
feet in the first instance, when all the re-elezti„s
might have been got over at the same time. This
point alone is sufficient to decide the verdict of
the House and country on their conduct.
They have attempted to rest the decisive vote of
the 29th January ou distinct grounds—that many
of its supporters regarded it merely as a vote of
censure, and supported it fur that purpose, with-
out any desire to have the investigation carried
out. 'Without assenting to this proposition, or
admitting that a matter is to be taken, by a
species of Parliamentary fiction, in any other than
the ordinary and common-sense meaning of its
terms, we may ask, Does it justify the notion
that the demand of the House for a change of
Adzaiaistration—the effect of a vote of censure,

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