The Sun.
London, England, 1855-11-15 00:00:00

THIS EVENING.

There will be acted the Military Spectacle, The FALL of SEBAS-
TOPOL !
With the PONDERS OF THE CIRCLE ;
Mr. J. H. Cooke's FLIGHT OF THE BRIDGES, and other
entertainments.

noz.otlice noon from Eleven till Four: Stage Manager, Mr. W.
Wast. 'filqualtrian INrector, If-. s. Cooke. Jan.

HIGEI WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.

T IIQ DAY—Morn. 3 min. aft. s—Evening 27 min. aft. 5
TJ-Moßatow---Morn. 53 min.aft. 5 —Evening24 min. aft. 6

WEA.THER.—SuN OFFICE, Nov. 15.

THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
47 hi,erhest Aineo noon yesterday.
this morning and during the night.
41.--Ns day at noon.

BAROMETER, 30'18.

from S.W. A. thick fog came on
Carly this Twining. and continued till noon, when it be-
came less dense. Hoar frost in the night.

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LONDON, THURSDA.Y. NOVEMBER 15, 1855.

The Colonial Secretaryship still remains vacant.
Our numerous dependencies, "on which the sun
•
never sets," continue without a responsible mana-
ger ! They have, indeed, been peculiarly unfor-
tunate for some time, seeming to be regarded as
a sort of "refuge for the destitute," into which
any person, however incompetent for the duties
of the position, might be pitchforked to suit the
exigencies of the Government, without regard to
their own peculiar claims and wants.
Last year, when the Duke of NEwOASTLE,
actuated by what Lord JOHN RUSSELL designated
-as "a commendable ambition," abandoned the
Colonial Department, of which he knew some-
thing, for the War-office, of the duties whereof
130 Watt thoroughly ignorant, Sir GEORGE GREY
was nominated as Colonial Secretary. The Right
Honourable Baronet was, however, manifestly
but a mere "warming-pan," to retain the post
until something better suited to himself, and some-
body better qualified for the post, could be found.
In a brief period—before he could master the
ABC of the department—he was removed to an
office in which he found himself more "at home ;"
and Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT, whose sympathies were
far more with Russia than with English Colonies,
was nominated in his place. That Right Hon,
Gentleman only remained long enough to delay
the proceedings of Parliament for a week, while
waiting for his re-election. In his zeal for his
44 mother's country," and in order to save the
ezAR from the humiliation which he had so richly
-merited, he abandoned the Colonies to their fate,
:and seceded from the PALMERSTON Cabinet.

Here, then, was an opportunity of doing some-
thing for the Colonies, but it was merged in the
more urgent claimsof the Administration. Lord J.
'lt"sElLi, although just starting as British Pleni-
potentip.ry
althugh it
to the Vienna Conference, was appointed
.
was certain that the important station
slYould remain Practically unfilled for several Months!. Nor was this all. Mr. FREDERICK
PEEL, who had some trifling experience, chose to
imitate the
~ ~....,. "c°n3mendablo ambition" of the Duke
4.
Of IN EWCASTLE, and to get himself tranAferred to
the War-office, leaving the Colonies to their fate.
we must say, that they greatly i
' Uere, however,
benefited by the change, for Mr. J. BALL, altlnough 1
without red-tapiat experience, made a far. more i efficient Under-Secretary than Mr.
modern Vicar of Bray, who clung to office with a 1