The Sun.
London, England, 1855-12-01 00:00:00

JULLIEN'S CONCERTS. ROYAL attention even in the bullionist camp, and the very
M. ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. Last Night .
but Twelve.-3ladame Gassier.—The Fall of Seb :stone] Quadrille.- leaders are already arming themselves for the con-
Granl Selection from It Trovatore. The Programme for T'.IS
EVENING (Saturday, Dec. 1) will include—Overture, Buy Bias ; test, which they perceive to be inevitable.
L'Etoile du Nord Quadrille ; the Andante from Hoch Albert's Swiss
Symphony ;La Prima Donna liaise (third axe this season) ; Cava- Yesterday a letter appeared in the Times columns,
tine from 11 Trovatore • and New Song, The Bird of the Forest, sung ,
by Madame Gassier; the' Moldavian Se`rottbrch ,010, flute, by under the signature "Mercator," a well-known
Herr Be chardt ; the New Grand Quadrille, the Fall of Sebastopol, cc
assisted by the military Bands; Grand 0, erat.c Selection from Il "`""" de plume," under which it is generally
Trovatore (tor the fourth time); the Andante from Menqe'ssohn's
Italian Symphony ; the Rataplan Polka (or the third time Solo, believed Lord OVERSTONE, who, as Mr. JONES
Violoncello, by M. Montizny; and the Atlantic Gal Op. LLOYD was the utative parent of the Act of
p
Commence at S. Promenade and boxes, 15. ; dress circle, 25. 6d.; -
private boxes, 125., 1/. Is., and 1/. 11 s. 6d.
1844, published his lucubrations. Such a cham-
The Mozart Festival will take place next Wednesday Dec 5.
On Saturday, Dec. 8, M. Jullien's Annual Benet,
The Beethoven Festival will take place on Monday, 0. pion would not have entered the arena under
Jullien's Grand Annual Nal Masque will takeplace Dec..oa Mon- ordinary circumstances. At former times the
day, Dec. IT, 1855.
bullionists were contented to treat all
attacks with contempt, to pooh pooh the
arguments that were offered against their hobby;
and the energetic character of the defence which
ithey have organised proves beyond the possibility
of doubt the serious estimate which they have
formed of the actual difficulties of their position.
" Mercator" earnestly deprecates any inter-
ference with the Act of 1844 until at least it has
done its work, and brought the anticipated crisis
to a climax. He tells us that " the high rate of
interest is only the indicator of the value of capita.!'
This is the Cant phrase, the conventional platitude
under which the parties so deeply interested n.t-
tempt to veil their unpatriotic schemes. It is
not from the want of real wealth that the nation
is thus placed at the mercy of the moneyocracy.
All that is required is a relaxation of the artificial
restrictions that have been imposed, restric-
tions utterly incompatible with existing conditions.
We want a currency suited for our domestic
trade, :while affording every reasonable
facility for foreign commerce, gold being rendered
an article of merchandise, as it ought to be. By
the employment of really national notes of small
denominations, 11., 21., and 31. each, 40,000,000
to 50,000,000 sovereigns, which at present act
merely as counters, would be liberated, and the
gold available for the proper maintenance of the
War would at once be rendered applicable
for its legitimate use. This remedy would
be perfect ; but to be beneficial it should be
promptly applied. Let the monetary reformers
consider this, and redouble their exertions to pre-
serve their country from the serious calamities
that must ensue if judicious measures be unduly
postponed. It is a time for decided action, and
we must repeat the injunction which we have so
frequently put forward—" Agitate ! Agitate !
Agitate !!"

SMITH'S GRAND BAL MASQUE at DRURY-
LANE, for theILLIO N.
Reduced prices, but increased amusement —Promenade, 7s. 6d- ;
private boxes, fir two persons, 10s. 6d,; for four. one guinea; dress
circle, 2s. ; boxes and galleries, Is.
Ur' E. T. Smith, Lessee, respectfully in'orms the Nobility, Gen-
try, and Public, that a GRAND BAD M tSQUE will take place at the
above Theatre on WE DNESD tY, December 12, on a scale of mag-
nitude and expense never before attempted. A superb salon de
dense, 400 feet in length, embellished and decorated with illuminated
bowers, rariegated lamps, and novel devices. Enlarged orchestra,
!yell-appointed masters of the ceremonies, all the new dances, music,
ae. Tickets, 71. 6d. each, to be obtained at the principal music-
sellers and librarians, and at the theatre. Several thousanl varie-
gateil lamir, by Duffell. The whole of the novel gas fittings under
the superintendence of idr. Jones, of Bow-street, assisted by Mr.
Palmer. The decorations by Dickwynken, assisted by Mr. Need-
ham. The Bowers and scenery arranged by Mr. Tucker. The re-
freshments by Messrs. Scott and Watling, of Piccadilly and Pimlico.
Masters of the Ceremonies under the direction of Mr. Jarvis. The
police under Superintendent Hancock. The Box-office under the
superintendence of Mr. Chatterton.

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.
Lessee. Mr. E. T. Smith.
THIS EVENING,
WHI be performed A GAME OF SPECULATION.
Madame Labarrere's Troupe of Lions, Bears, Ice.
Followed by THE CRITIC. Principal character by Mr. C. Ma.
thews.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Under the Management of Mr. Bnekatone.
VHS EVENING.

Will ess
be performed GUY M,INNEIsTi. Characters by Mrs.
Vill'ers, Compton, and Howe; andß Miss Swanborough and Miss
CuThman.

After which, COURT FAVOUR; or, Private and Confidential.
To conclude with A FITS IN THE DARK.

tO(Au 7,lE.trftE, OIFOtt!)-STRENT.
Under the Vanazement of Mr. CRAW= KEAN,
THIS EVENING
Will be performed DON'T JITDCIE BY APPE AIZA.NCES.
After which, the comely of EVERY ONE HAS HIS FAULT.
Characters by Mrs C. Kean, Meisrs F. Nfatthem-s, Harley, C oper,
Ltuy, Ryder, and Fisher; and Mrs Daly, Misses Heath, hlarray,
and K. Terry.
To conclude with THE MULETEER OF TOLEDO.

TrItATRE ROYAL AIIELPIII.
Proprietor, 32r. B. Webster.—Dlrectross, Madame Celeste.

THIS EVENING,

ba performed MARIE DITCANGE ; or, The Jersey Girl.
After which, the comedy of FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
To conclude with TWICE KILLED.

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
Lessee, Mr. J. 11. Artlerson, IS, Norfolk-street, Strand.
LAST WEEK BUr T

Increased Attractions, and success in equal ratio '
TEM, AND EVERY EVENING, at 'Eight o'Clock,

The reception of the King of SARDrNIA by the
population of Dover and London has, as we pre-
dicted been of the most enthusiastic description.
One that no prestige of rank or territorial great-
ness could have ensured, but a spontaneous and
unstinted homage to the virtues of the individual.
Of the man who, succeeding to an Italian throne,
had dared to throw down his gauntlet, buckle on
his armour, and enter the lists with France and
England in the cause of liberty and civilisation.
A monarch, it is true, who has acted as he has
done, who has set before him as his highest aim,
not his personal aggrandisement, or the exaltation
of petty dynastic interests, but the real welfare
of his people, and the moral and intellectual de-
velopment of the nations of Europe, will find in
the approval of his own conscience his best reward;
but VICTOft EMMAXEEL must have been something
more, or rather less than human, if his heart did
not beat with intense satisfaction as he witnessed
the dense crowds of free men and women congre-
gated to meet him, and listened to the loud and
prolonged cheers with which they hailed his ap-
pearance. The homage of slaves he is well aware
can be had to order, and resolves itself into the
gift of the despot who can command it ; but the
homage of free men, of the high-minded people of
England, is of another sort, and knowing this,
there can be no doubt his MAJESTY prizes it ac-
cordingly. It is not as they received him that they
would recognise the presence of a Prussian Prince,
or a Coburg Duke, a Belgian King, or a German
despot among them, but with contemptuous in-
difference or loud expressions of disapproval ; and
it is earnestly to be desired that his Majesty will
derive from the fact all the encouragement it is
so well calculated to give.
As our readers will have learnt, the working men
of the metropolis wore among the foremost to do
him homage. What to .them was the loss of a
dinner in comparison with doing honour to the
glorious cause of liberty and civilisation ? What
to the representatives of the workers of the world
dry throats, empty stomachs, and the loss of a
little time in comparison with the loss of an op-
portunity like this ? Delighted with pluck in
any form, it was not likely British workmen were
going to let a trifle stand in the way of showing
their admiration of the monarch who had
exhibited so much in endeavouring to secure his
people's happiness, and to withstand the aggres-
sions of a Power in whose dark shade there may
be human beings but can be no People. And so it
was—they whose stalwart frames and pliant muscles
have achieved miracles at which the world
wonders testified by their presence and truly
British cheers that, with the skill to frame and
the strength to execute, there was the great Eng-
lish heart that has ever beat for freedom, and
shall yet throb with exultation over liberated
Europe.
The more subdued, though not less cordial,
greeting of the members of the middle and upper
classes assembled along the line of route was some-
thing to be proud of ; but the enthusiastic cheers of
our workmen, topped by the piercing treble of chil-
dren's voices, was something to inspire a consti-
tutional king and a national ally with confidence.
It demonstrated beyond all dispute that freedom
is prolific of the most generous sympathies, that
a free people are grateful for freedom conceded to
others, and that an ally
of England, in the
cause
of liberty, may rely on never beingforsaken.
When the foundations are unsound the noblest
structure cannot be relied on ; but when a cause,
honoured by all classes in this country, is esopes
cially so by the lower, the might of England m

Will be presented, with entirely New and 12ag,iiticent Appoint-
Meats, ler VIIC and NtriT ltlf, in twelve acts, arranged in two
parts, by Professor Anderson.

.*,ter which, the startling illustrations of Spirit-Rapping. ITALY-
AN-UOUR w[rti 'ME SPIRIT 4, being the most surprising and
Interesting series of experiments ever given within the walls of any
theatre.

Revival, In an improved form, of the astounding novelty which
tartled London 10 years ago, the GREAT GUN TRICK !
Prices of admission :—Private 11)xes, 11. lie. 6'!. and 11. Is.
Orchestra stalls, 4s. ; Dress 13 -mei, 3s ; Uoaer Boxes, 2s. ; Pit,
14. ; Gallery, 6a. No Half-price. Box-odice open from 11 to 5
daily,

Grand Morning Performance on Saturday Next at Two o'Clock.
Doors open at Half-past One.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE,

Under the direction of Mr. Payne.

THIS EVENING,
Will be performe I NICHOL A. 44 NICKLE
After which, a SP, NriArl BALLET, by the Spanish Dancers.
Tote followed by MONSIEUR. JACQ UE3.
To which will be added THE GILICIA.N FETE.
Followed by NITOCRIS.

pass away before it will be suffered to fail. Not

only, however, on his first reception, but through.

out his entire visit, is his MAJESTY likely to de-

rive encouragement to proceed in the gloriona

course on which he has entered. Everywhere he
will witness what civil and religious liberty can

effect, and how steadfast that Monarch's ground

of confidence is whose chief earthly trust is in
the affection of her subjects. He will uee 11°7
well able to maintain order, and yet advance

steadily with the times, they are who in effect
make laws and have them administered for them-
selves ; and whatever may strike his eye as
susceptible of improvement in any quarter,
he will learn can be remedied without risk of
anarchy or confusion. We cannot, to be sure,
iparade a great army before him, but we can show
him the record of gallant deed; and, what is more
than military
pomp, a contented people, loving
their Monarch,
and guarding as a precious inheri-
tance their time-honoured institutions. All this,
and more, he will have the opportunity of wit-
nessing or learning before his departure, ere which
honours
omuorsreawait
iiiwi
enthusiastic greetings and yet further

Sir Benjamin Hall has returned to London from Paris,
Where the right hon, baronet has been staying for a fort-
night.

TICE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EV.ENINCI, DEciligmilEtt, 10 itibk

LATEST NEWS.

A Vienna despatch announces that Omer Pacha

re-commenced offensive operations on the 9th

The result is not known.

Reinforcements from Kamiesh and Eupatoria
had on the 21st ult. raised the force of the Allies
at Kertch and Yenikale to a strength of nearly
The chief concern of General.

45,000 men.

Wrangel, commanding in the eastern extension of
the Crimea, is to protect Arabat, which will be
indispensable to the Russian Commissariat this

winter.

KIEL, FRIDAY,

General Canrobert arrived at Kiel this day at
noon, by mail steamer from Copenhagen. He is
staying at Brand's Hotel, where the French and
English admirals will come ashore to visit him.

MADRID, Nov. 29

The sitting of the Cortes has been unimportant.
Marshal Espartero yesterday replied to the junta
of manufacturers that the Cortes would not de-
cide anything relative to the bill concerning the
tariffs without having previously heard the Cata-
lonian commissioners.

FRANCE.
PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING.
By a decree in the Moniteur, M. de Parieu,
Vice-President of the Council of State and member
of the Superior Commission of the Dotation of the
Army, is named Vice-President of that commission.
The Moniteur contains a decree confirming the
grant of 28 military medals made provisionally by
Marshal Pelissier.

An Imperial decree nominates Rear-Admiral
Febvre to the post of head of the staff of the squad-
ron of the Mediterranean, of which Vice-Admiral
Trehonart holds the chief command.
An Imperial decree, dated the 28th, officially
declares the Universal Exhibition of Industry and
of the Fine Arts to be closed tomorrow, Nov. 30.
About 2,000,000 f. of the subscriptions raised for
the army of the East have already been employed,
and the following purchases have been made with
the money so collected :-5,000 hectolitres of wine,
940 hectolitres of brandy, 186,880 kilogrammes of
juliennes (for soup), 312,500 kilos. of different sorts
of vegetables, 2,200 kilos. of onions, 8,000 kilos.
ham, 2,620 kilos. hogs-grease, 13,445 kilos. Dutch
cheese, 26,000 kilos. chocolate, 43,000 kilos. to-
bacco, 200,000 pipes, and 16,000 mats. A sum of
50,000 f. has besides been set apart for the French
prisoners in Russia, and 100,000 f. for the families
of the victims in the wreck of the Semillante. The
purchases being now terminated, the Minister of
War has decided that the portion of the subscrip-
tions not disposed of shall be paid into the fund for
the relief of the families of the soldiers and sailors
who may have died in the course of the war against
Russia.

BOURSE, Nov. 30.—The following are the las
quotations :

Cash. fr. e. End of Month.
4i per Cents 9O 75 —f. --o.
3 per Cents 66 10 66 10
New Loan 67
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.
Bank Shares 3150 Roman
Credit Mobilier 1335 Austrian
Belgian Fives 931 Spanish Threes —
Pied.montese — Home Debt ........ 3