The Sun.
London, England, 1855-08-30 00:00:00

ROYAL OPERA, IYRURY..I.-ANE.
. , Lame% Mr. E. T. Srdltb.•
. , THIS EVENLNG,
Will be performed MA,zANIELLO. Characters by Messrs Far-
qnhars n, erberte, H. Brahain, fi Hams, and Elliot Caler ; Mdlle.
Julie ani is, Lanza
To conclude with MIDAS.

Prices or admission:--To the two galleries. 6d.; second circle of
boxes and pit, Is.; dress circle, 2s. 6d.; stills, 4s. • private boxes to
sdmlt two persons, 10s. 6d.; four persons, one guinea. Box-office
Open from 10 to 6 daily. .

• THBATEE ROYAL HAY3LARKET.
• Under 'the management' of Mr. Buell:stone.
fiPglbalerforited THE BUST BODY. -
Pollowecl-by COURT FAVOUR. -
To be followed by OLYMPUS IN A MUDDLE; or, Wrong
People In Wrong Places.
To ecipelude with THE SPANISH DANCERS.

[tyYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
Under the Minagement of Mr. Caussam KZAP
- •
=IS EVENING, , 4
Perfofined -HOW STOUT YOU'RE GETTING.:
*Ear ALNIG HENRY THE EIGHTH. Wilson Eat"'
xle..Mr4-4 0.-Kean.; Cardinal Woisey, hfr. C. Kean. -

TR 111A;PRIC ROYAL--A-DELPHI.
Proprietor, Xi. B. Webstet.Difeatregi. MsAtm= Celeste.

- THIS EVENING.
Will be performed VICTORINE.
.After which, HOW'S YOUR UNCLE ?
To eon:lade with FRATERNISATION:

ROYAL STRAND TIMATRE.
•
Under the direction of Mr. Payne.
THIS EVENING,
Will be ,performed FOUNDED ON FACTS.
Followed by TILE GALICIAN FETE.
After which. GIONEM•
To which will be added UNA NOCHE DE FIESTA EN
SEVILIA.
T o conclude with MARRIED DAUGHTERS AND YOU G
inn ISA DS.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke.
Unabated and triumphant attraction *of 3fazeppe.—Fourth and last
week of Mr. George Wild and Miss Fanny Williams.
THIS EVENING,
Lord Byron's MAZEPPA and the WILD HORSE, designated by
the public press the itenomenen of the Day. Mr. William Cooke
has'trainel his matchless stud of horses expressly for this unrivalled
and most popular spectacle.
After which, the Equestrian SCENES in the CIRCLE, arranged
by Mr. William Cooke.
To conclude with arr. Nelson Lee's Farce, A RAFFLE for an
ELEett,txr, bitroducimi Mr. W. Cooke's sagacious Elephant.
W ,st
'l:a-Witco open Isom age
r,
Eleven till Four. stage Man mr. . . keting Ntanazer. Mr. Nelson Lee. Equestrian DirectorW ,
hlr. W, Cooke, Jun.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
Tam DAY—Morn. 39 min. aft. 3 I Evening 0 min. aft. 4
To-Moßßow—Morn.2lmin.aft. 4 f Evening 42min. aft. 4

;;. Orrias,• Aug. 30.
THEHNOMETER. IS THE SHADE.
72 -h'g'nest since noon yesterday.
s:i -:owest this morning and during the night.
2 -this day, at noon.
aAROMETZE, 30'30.
WIND. N.E.—Light breeze, and clowly at times.

7' "rz:
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LONDON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 1856.

The judicious and sensible proposition of Lord
STAIsLEY is one that should receive the earnest
support of every true Reformer. The legislation
of the country can never be materially improved
until the machinery by which it is produced is
ameliorated. The important modifications of the
existing laws, the eradication of the abuses which
have sprung up during a succession of ages, can
never bp completely effected until suitable oppor-
tunities are supplied for the work. Men who will
not, perhaps we might say cannot, devote them-
selves to intellectual labour in the confined and
suffocating atmosphere of a close committee room,
when everything is inviting them to the enjoy-
ment of pure air and rural recreation; will gladly
toil in the winter season, , when " the frost and
snow, and long nights arid short gloomy days, na-
turally"suggest sedentary and social habits."
Under the existing system the working period
does not commence until it ought to be nearly.
concluded. The November or December session,
whenever held,. is_ merely for.some peculiar ob-
ject, to which it is limited. None of the regular
btclitialry business of the session is taken into
consideration. The machinery of legialation has
rnsf.a,- and mu 011 V by depiled to p,parLy (1i.p,41.0
or some topic of
,peculiar. urgency.: Even Feb-
ruary and March are wasted in varied and fruit-
les3 OiSCU*OII, and it, is not until after Easter
that the work really, progresses and the legislator
-show; hirriself 'to le' 'in earnest
ruis would,, however, s-be entirely changed if
Notember 'rind the first half of peoeilAber were
converted into the real business.. periods: More
especially if they were made theseason for finally
decidirif itild carrying in' topracticaloperation, if ap-
proved, the measures brought forward by indepen-
dent members, which are now lost from the-mere
want of- opportunity for discussion. At present,
huwever cleci6ive the majority and urgent the ne-
cessity for a new enactment, no popular represen-
tative unconnected with Ministers can hope t;
find time or opportunity for pressing it forward.
His chief hope is to force it on the GovernMent of
the day, 80 that they may take it up, and that.
thus it may have a chance of passing. We say a
" chance," for even Ministers themselves are fre-
quently'compelled to surrender their own most
cherished measures, as witness the annual " mas-
sacre of the innocents," or to consent to their
mutilation, so that, in order to avert the wrath
of a " tyrant minority," they become of so diluted
a character as to be of little practical utility,
every person must be aware of so many-instances
of this description that it is quite unnecessary to
cite- examples. One will therefore suffice, and it
will be enough to refer to the regrets of Ministers
while inducing the popular branch of the Legisla-
ture to assent to the "deteriorations," miscalled
amendments,. of the. Upper House to the Limited
Liability Bill, whiCh were totally opposed to its
spirit, and calculated to prevent the importan

principle established from receiving a fair or coin

plate trial.

ID all the-other occupations of life we find the
winter the real season of work. The law terms
conclude early in Jane, Michaelmas commences
the 2d of November and ends about the 25th or
26th, and the Christmas vacation commences in

like manner about• the period indicated by the
Noble Lord for the winter recess—viz., the 15th
December. Work is resumed the 11th of January,
and, after the'Easter holidays, again commences

on 15th April'and terminates about the middle of
,Tnne. These•are, indeed, the natural periods for
parties engaged in occupations that render a so-

Pura •in town inclispensible. The beauty and
freshness 'of the country--the long warm days,
offer 'irresistible attractions to those with the
means of enjoyment at their disposal, and the
result is that jobs are slipped through, and
slovenly enactments carried, that are positively
disgraceful to, the collective wisdom. The
drowsy and suffocating atmosphere of the dog-days
exercises its natural, iutluence over members whin
wound be vigilant at seasons of less oppressive heat,
when there were no extraordiva,7 causes conduc-
ing to•somnolency.

It is not with any desire to detract from the
"rePutation of the estimable young nobleman by
whom the preposition bag been put forward, that
we claim fur ourselves the credit of having long
since repeatedly urged on public attention the
propriety and expediency of a winter session,
which, if properly disposed of, would lead to early
prorogation, and continuous legislation,
carrying
on each measure until it had been finally disposed
of on its merits. By these means, both Douses
would find ample occupation during the wl.ol°
sek•ion. The Lords would not be kept vfaitin in