The Sun.
London, England, 1855-05-18 00:00:00

THEATRE - ROYAL 4 DRURY - LANE. -
Les.ee, Mr. E. T. Smith.—The GREAT DERBY Day 13AtL
MASQUE, May 23.—Mr. smith announces to the nobility, gentry, and
public this Grt'And Fete, on a scale of magnitude and expense never
before attempted. A supern Salon de Danse of 401 feet in length,
embenthad".ad decorated with illuminated bowers, variegated
lamps. tiovadevices. Enlarged o:chestra, wellap pointed Mas-
ters of the Ceretnorries, all the new dances, music, &c., forming a
coop d'ceil. 14tractidri and splendour without parallel. Tickets,
los. €d. each, to be obtained g the principal Musicsellers' and libra-•
runts' ;" and at the theatre.

LYCEUM THEATRE.-MADAME ANNA
THILLON'S FAREWELL of the STAGE. Owing to. tb e
htilliant reception of Madame Anna Thillon in ..tuber's celebri ate d
Opera, THE CROWN DIAMONDS, it will be repeated T HIS
EVENING, May 18. Caterina, Madame Anna Thillon; support& aby
Miss J. Bleadon, Messrs. Leffler, 0. Somers, Bowler, and T. Wil-
liams, with a coraplete Orchestra and Chorus, conducted by M.
Thillon. To conclude with a new Grand Ballet DivertisSenlient.
Dress Circle, ss. ; Boxes, 4s. ;P, 25.; Gallery, is. Prirovate ores.
V. 2s. Tickets and places to beit had at the Box-office from ISc
till 6
daily; and at Mr. Aileron's Office, 15, New Bond-street.
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THEATRE-ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.
Lessee. Mr. E. T. Smith.

THIS EVENING,
'ill be performed IL BA.RBIERE DI SIVIGLIA. Rosins,
Madame Gassier ; Berta, Mdlle. Martini ; Almaviva, Signor Bet-
tini ; Bartolo, Signor Fortini ; Figaro, Signor Gassier.
To conclude with LA PERI.

THKATILE ROYAL HAYMARKET.
Under the management of Mr. Buckstone.
THIS EVENING,
Will be performed THE ACTRESS OF P %Di 4. Characters b
Messrs. Rowe. W. Farren, Rogers, E. Villiers,
Ike. ; Miss Reynolds,y
Miss Cushman, Scc.
After which. a new Extravaganza
1855. . called THE NEW KAY_
MARKET SPRING MEETING,
To conclude with OUR MARY ANNE.

ROYAL PRI).TCESEFS THEATRE. OXFORD-STREET.
Under the Management of Mr. Caw.o KEAY.
THIS EVENING,
yrta be performed AWAY WITH MELANCHOLY.
To ecnclude, with KING HENRY THE EIGHTH. Queen Ka-
tharine, Mrs. C. Kean ; Cardinal Wolsey, Mr. C. Kean.

THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI.
proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste.
_ THIS EVENING,
Will be performed the comedy of P tUL PRY. Principal cha-
racters by Messrs. C: Seley and Wright; Miss M. Seeley, Jirs. L.
Marran and Mies'Woolgar.
To be followed by THC SCHOOL FOR TIGERS.
To conclude with MY PRECIOUS BETSY.

ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan.
THIS •EVENDIG.

be perforated STILL WAS HUN DEEP. Characters
by Messrs. A. Wigan, Emery, Vining, Danvers, Miss Maskell,
and Mrs. Melfort.
To be followed ter tbe Fairy Extravaganza. called THE YELLOA
kRF AND THE KING OF IHE GOLD MINES.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Under the direction of Miss Rebecca Isaacs.
THIS EVENING,
Will be performed OUR NELLY..
After which. ICING QUEER AND HIS DAUGHTERS THREE
To conclude with SALLY SMART.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke.
THIS EVENING.
Those EQUESTRIAN PE RFO EMANCES which eclipse those of
every Establishment in the world.
Also, an interesting FilUpodramatic Spectacle called, THE FIELD
AGAINST THE FAVOURITE
After which, the matchless SCENES in the CIRCLE, executed by
first-rate artistes, including Mr. J. Henry Cooke
To conclude with the Ballet of KATE KE A.B)TEY, or, the Lakes of
Killarney.
Vast preparations are progressing for a magalfteent spectacle at
Whitsuntide.
Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W .
West. Acting Manager, Mr. W. H. Cooke. Equestrian Director,
sr. W. Cooke, Jun.

MGR WATER AT LONDON BRIDG'it.
Tn DAT —Morning 8 tnin.after 3 Evening 26min.aft. 3
To- loamy --Moriiing 44 unmet& 3 Evening 3 rain, alt. 4

WEATHER.—SuN OWO, May. 18.
TELERMOKETEit, IN THE SHADE.
59 —highest since noon yesterday.
45 —lowest this morning and during the night.
60—this day, at noon.
BAROMETER, 30'19.
WIND, S.W.—Moderate, with fine, mild, sunshiny
weather and clouds.

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LONDON, FRIDAY, MAY 18, 1855.

The resignation of General CA.NROBERT, *Mai
we this day announce, will be hailed with satis-
faction by a large proportion of the public.
Whatever may have been his merits or demerits
as Commander-in-Chief of the French forces
before Sebastopol, this much is certain—he was
unsuccessful; and the ardent friendship he had con-
tracted for Lord RAGLAN afforded an argument foi
the retention of that brave, but woefully incom-
petent, General in command. General CAN-
ROBERT gone, Lord RAGLAN must infallibly follow.
His Lordship's blunders have been so many, and
have been productive of such serious results, that
this cannot possibly take place too soon. In a
word, he should be recalled at once, for now
none but the flimsiest excuses can be urged
against the step. Would to HEAVEN it
had been taken earlier ! Then, instead of our
troops dying piecemeal, cooped up like rats in a
trap, in all probability they would have been led
on against the enemy, and, after beating them in
the field, found in the rear of the routed Russians
a practicable highway into Sebastopol ! CANRO-
BERT resigned—NEssELßoDE resigned—what is it
but war to the knife ? France answers Russia
nobly ! Let not England be silent nor answer
less nobly.

Lord PALMERSTON, by his reply to Major REED'S
preconcerted motion, after all did but play the part

of Dame PARTINGTON. The trick was so trans-

parent that he himself could but join heartily in
the laughter provoked by Mr. DISRAELI'S sarcasm.
Still he would not have joined in the merriment

so pleasantly had he not been persuaded that his
mop was really the implement for getting rid of
the Administrative Reform nuisance. No doubt

intervening houses concealed from worthy Dame
PARTINGTON that she was matching herself with
the Atlantic ; and our light-hearted War Pre-
mier's vision is doubtless bounded also by certain
noble houses, to the nature of the movement which
he sallies forth in such haste to meet. He must

now begin to see that he has no mere puddle to
deal with. English merchants and manufacturers,
especially those of London, do not get up meet-
ings like the one at the London Tavern on light
grounds. They may be even party men, but
they are very slow to be moved for such ob-
jects, and when they • are moved, and when,
forgetting party politics and their counting-
houses, they think it worth while to
bestir themselves, it is perfectly certain that
some practical grievance has come home to them.
Lord PALMERSTON'S reception at the Mansion
Rouse Banquet must have satisfied him that his
feat of Friday night had awakened no fresh en-
""tisiasm in the most respectable portion of Lon-
don
over the , and, look which way he will
country, he sees the
ing size and is • wave gather-
trength and that too everywhere,
amongst n wealth
class. They 57.01,
will
connected, and a power-
fulas to the virtues of assuredly enlighten him
business-like and systematic
habits, by the extent, the
efficiency, and the
firmness of the combination e
Mr. LINDSAY will have his
will organise.
"Peter Dicks" before he has „revet'ge on the
'Lune. Wherever
he goes be will find men of large business transac-
tions who have been annoyed by the
uperciliou
ignorance of Government servants ; and just no,
he will find the same men smarting, in additiob.
Under a sense of national dishonour, and the
waste of life and money due to administra-
tive incapacity. An instalment of reform
War-office will be laughed at by such men
:.I"iroffered as .payment in full. They have no
such` . The
y see tio reason'vrhat-
ever why Cabinet Ministers "
.-4: a 1 as
at the head of sum.ca • •
binet departments, shoule
Doi he 'elected fat ea '
WA to do the work of the