The Sun.
London, England, 1864-07-08 00:00:00

Commence at 7.

ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, under the
Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER.
Crowded with rank and fashion.
Beengagement of those ce ebrai:ed and popular artistes, Mr.
an Mrs. Charles Mathews.
Amongst the artists engaged will be found the popular
names or Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr. Charles Mathews. Mr.
Frank Matthews, Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. J. Clarke, Mr. Paul
Bedford, Mr.
,F. iiobinson, Mr. Ashley, Mr. J. Johnstone;
Miss ILrbert, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss H. Simms, Miss
A. Cottrell, Miss fanny Josephs, Miss Patti Josephs, Miss
Wentworth, Mrs. Sttning„ anu Mrs. Chas. Mathews.
EVERY EVENING, at 7, A SHEEP IN WOLF'S
CLDTIIING, Mrs. S[irinag, Mr. J. Clarke, and Mr. F.
Robinson.
At f, the Combo Dram. of USED UP. Messrs. C. Mathews,
Ashley, J. Johnstone, Montague, W. Chamberlaine ; Miss
Patti Josephs, and M: s. Frank Sl atthews.
At 10, LITTLE TODDLEKINS, Mr. Charles Mathews,
ldr. and Mrs. F. Matthews.
To conclude with BRISTOL DIAMONDS. Mr. and Mrs.
Frank 3latuews, Mr. Ash cy, Miss Wentworth.

On Saturday, July 0, wII be produced FAUST AND
MAW-WERT ELL An Im-morality, by F. C. Burnan.i, Eig.,
in which Mr. and 311 s Charles Atatuews will appear.

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Glasses, in every vane y cf size, form, and mounting,
matchless fur their great magnifying power and sharpness
of definition. Price, from SUs. each, at CALLAGHAN'S,
23A, New Bond-street, W., corner of Conduit-street. Sole
agent for the celebrated race and field glasses and photo-
graphic lenses made by Veigtlander, Vienna. Field glasses
mace expressly for India, warranted to withstand the greatest
tropical heat. The new aluminium mounted glasses (as re-
cently made for H. R. H. the Prince of Wales:, though of the
largest size, weigh but a iew ounce'.

fICIJNTR'I an.l SEASIDE DRESSES.
kJ Messrs. JAY, of Itegent-street, have now in stock a
variety of WAS lIING SILK DitEsiSES, suitatle for the
country and seaside, and at the c:earing•-out pl ice of only
£1 lis. 6d. the dress.

JAY'S,
247, 249, and' 51, Regent-street.

BLACK SILKS.—The price of Silks in the raw
material has already risen 15 per cent., and it will soon
reach a far greater per-tentage. Messrs. JAY, therefore,
invite their numerJus patrons to take advantage of the stock
they have on hand, which they can now dispose of on favour-
able terms ; but the same qualities will naturally b, more
costly as the price a silk fluctuates to a higher average

JAY'S,
217, 210, and 251, Regent-street.

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Well screened and delivered within live miles of their De-
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Best Cole
Terms cash.
JOHN* SCOTT, Sole Agent.

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The Weather--Sun Office, July 8, 1864..

THEE73O3IETE

This day at Two o'clock 6O

Barometer-30.C6.
WIND —N.W. ; moderate breeze and fine.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
THIS DAv.—Morainz, 4h. 44m.--Afternoon, 4h. 58m.
Eci-moitaow.-Morning, ltin.—Afternoon, sh. 35m.

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LONDON, FRIDAY, JULY 8, 1364.

" TaE INSOLENCE OF OFFICE' has never been
more flagrantly illustrated than it was last evening
in the House of Commons by her Majesty's Got
vernment. Ministers are, to all appearance, reso-
lately bent upon completing their career to a nicety.
They are rounding it to a point. Having brought
disgrace upon England by their Foreign Policy—
they have now, so far as in them lies the power for
so doing, brought disgrace upon the House of Com-
mons by their mode of conducting its discussions.
The scene which took place last night in the lower
House of Parliament was simply disgraceful. And
the originators of it from first to last were the lead-
ing members of the Administration. Elsewhere,
the full particulars may be turned to and
examined by themselves. And, when they
have been so examined, we are vastly mistaken
indeed if the opinion pronounced thereupon by
every unprejudiced observer, is not in every parti-
cular directly adverse to the Leaders of the Goa
vernment. Against them, their own Speaker, the
Liberal Speaker, Mr. DENISON, has pronounced
quite unmistakeably. And yet—shameful to relate
—the aged Leader of the House of Commons, the
Prime Miniiter of England, actually took upon
himself to contend against the reasonableness of the
decision of the Speaker of the House of Commons
upon a point of order—and was abetted in that act
of insubordination by the right hon. gentleman
the Chancellor of the Exchequer. It is not many
months since Lord PALMEE.STON had to be taught
what was really his duty as Leader of the House by—
of all people in the wide world !—the Leader of the
Opposition. We assert this, within the recollection
of the House itself, as to what took place. And—now
—outelleroding HEROD—surpassing even himself
in flagrant contravention of the simplest rules of
the House of Commons—the Leader of the House of
Commcus,the Prime Minister of England, no official
less eminent than Viscount PALMERSTON himee!f, out-
rages all sense of decerleY by contending against the
deliberate decision of the Speaker upon a Point or
Order. A little more than a week ago Lord PAL-
MER3TON Was "hooted"
down while addressing the
House in explanation of what
was likely to be,
according to his view of things, the future of the
Foreign Policy of England under his government !
That he absolutely was "hooted"—siee the plain
matter of fact statement of the Liberal Spectator of
Saturday last. And now, last night, Lard FAL-
MEItSTON, by his extraordinary ladt.eorum
in
opposing the decision of the Right Itoo. the
Speaker -- upon a point ofOder—was greeted
by cries of " Order, order !" " Chair, chair
cries so long, 30 genera!, and so reiterated in
accents of indignation, that his remarks became at
last inaudible ! Yet, immediately afterwards, the
Chancellor of the Exchequer did precisely the same
—being thereupon likewise met by stormy cries of
"order" and " chair." The whole scene, we repeat,
Was Simply most disgraceful. It was most discredit-
able to the House. It was most disrespectful to the
Speaker. It affords absolutely conclusive evidence
(if such had been in any way needed) that so far
as' human judgment can foresee, Mr. GLADSTONE
can never hope to become Leader of the House of
Commons, can never dream of a time when
he ein attempt to assume the Leadership
of the Goveronat ut. From this he is conatituy