The Sun.
London, England, 1864-10-21 00:00:00

MANCHESTER DIALOGUE.
THE DEGENERATE PEERS.
A GIRDLE ROUND THE WORLD, ate.
In "} UN" This Week. One Penny.

LIFEBOAT SERVICES.—Daring the storms
of the past year the boats of the National Lifeboat
Institution save d 417 persons from different wrecks on our
coasts. The Institution also expended! £13,819 3s. 2d. in
the same period on lifeboat establishments, in addition to
granting £1,351 6s. c d. as rewards for saving 714 shipwrecked
persons by its lifeboats, and other means.
The Committee of the Institution earnestly APPEAL to
the public for ASSISTANCE to enable them to meet the
continued heavy demands on th,.: Institution's 137 lifeboat
establishments. Contributions are received by all the London
and country binkers ; and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis,
at the Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi.

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY- LANE,—
Managers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton.
THIS EVENING, a new and original Farce, by Edmund
Falconer, entitled THE O'FLAIIERTY 'S. 31-. Edmund
_Falconer; .31essrs G. Belmore, Barrett. Fitzjames, Ric.; 31iss
lindspeth, Miss E. Falconer, Mrs. 11. Vandenhoir,
.„%iter which, at a Quarter to Eight o'clock, Shakespere's
Play or CYNII3I4,LING-. Mr. Phelps; Messrs. Creswi k,
marstOn, Walter Lacy, E-mund Phelps, A. Raynor, G F.
Fitzjames, dic.; Miss Atkinson and Miss Helen
Fauzit.
L'oors open at ha f-past Six—Commence at Seven.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.-
Lessee. M-. Buckstone.
THIS EVENING, I3ACCHUS AND ARIADNE.
Aft r which, MADEMOISELLE DE BELLE ISLE.
Messrs. Howe, Farren, Gordon, Baird, &c. , Mesdames
'icatrice, Ange,, &c.
Followed by BOX AND COX. Mr. Buckstone and Mr.
Compton.
And OUR MARY ANNE. •
To commence at 7. _

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
Under the sole management of Mr. Fechter.
This Theatre will OPEN on SATURDAY. October 22,
wish a New Drama, entitled the KING'S BUTTERFLY,
In which Mr. Fechter will perform the principal character,
The Scenery painted by Mr. William Callcott.
The BOx-office open daily from Eleven till Five.

ROYAL. PRINCESS'S THEATRE.--
Sole Le,,:see and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining.
THIS EvENINGi, BORN TO GOOD LUCK. I addy
0' Rafferty, Mr. Domitoek Murray.
After which, THE STREETS OF LONDON. Messrs.
Vining-, J. W. Ray, D. Fi.her. D. Murray, J. Nelson, H.
Forrester. H. Mellon ; Mrs. Henry Marston, Miss Emma
Barnett, and Miss Rainy Gwynne.

NEW THEATRE-R0 YAL, ADELPIII.-
Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster.

Novelty and Attraction - Third Week of lir. John Collins,
the popular Irish Comedian and Vocalist, who is only en-
gay,ed for a limited number of nights.
THIS E VENING, and during the Week (by desire), the
Comedy of THE IRISH AMBASSADOR. Sir Patrick
O'l'lenipo, Mr. John Collins (with the song of "The Bold
soldier Boy"), supported by Messrs. Billington, Stuart,
Stephenson, C. J. Smith, R. Romer; Mrs. Billington and
Miss Hearin ta. Simms.

To conclude with the celebrated s-rlo-cemic Drama, by 5.
Lover, Esq., of RORY O'MORFi. Rory, Mr. John Collins,
with the songs of "The `Vi tow Machree," and "The Sprig
of Shillilah." Iho other characters by Mr Billington, Mr
Phillips, Mr Paul Bedford, Mr Stuart, Mr Stephenson, Mr
C. J. Smith.; Mrs. Alfred Mellon and Miss Kate Kelly, ,tc.

Commence at 7,

ROYAL ST. JANIES'S THEATRE.
Manager, Mr. Benjamin Webster.
EMINEN I' TALENT AND COMEDY.
This popular Theatre is Open for the Winter Season.
THIS EVENING, UNDER THE ROSE.
At a quarter to 8, Mr. Arthur Sketchley's highly successful
and original Comedy of HOW WILL THEY GET OUT
OF IT ?
Mr. J. Maddison Morton's New Comedy Farce, entitled
WL,OD, OCK'S LITTLE GAME. Mr. C. Mathews, Mrs.
Frank Matthews.
Those celebrated artistes, Mr. and Mrs. C. Mathews, are re-
engage& Mrs. Stirling, Str and Mrs. Frank Matthews, Mr.
Robinson, Mr. Ashley, Mr. J. Clarke, Mr. Chamberlain,
Mr. Johnstone, Mr. W. H. Eburne, Mr. U. J. Montague;
Kiss W entworth.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough.
THIS EVENING, JNLI3IITE CONFIDENCE.
Followed by, at Eight, MILKY WHITE. Messrs. Craven,
Stoyle. James ; Mesdames Swanbor :ugh and Mande a.
After which, the great Burl. sque, THE MILLER AND
HIS MEN. Messrs. Fenton, James, and Thorne; Mesdames
Swanborough, Simpson. Johnstone, Hughes, and Carson.

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Terms cash.
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LONDON, FRIDAY, OCT. 21, 1861.

Among the many topics discussed by the Chan.
cellar of the Exchequer in his recent oratorical
campaign, brilliant and statesmanlike as all Mr
GLADSTONE'S displays unquestionably are, he
touched but incidentally on fin anc';—the very topic
of all others with which he is suppled to be most
practically conversant. Whether it was from
modesty or policy we leave time to determine. He
made but a slight allusion to the present accumulat-
ing distress in the great monetary circles of com-
merce, but he eulogised the wisdom and foresight
of the directors of the Bank of England as exem-
plified in their conduct of that national establish-
ment, as they no doubt amply deserved. That this
was a trying time for men in business was, of course,
no fault of theirs, but still the pressing circumstances
did exist, as the public felt to their coat. Nor was
this attributable to any specific cause, so far as events
in the wide range of public opinion seemed to indie
cate. Still bankruptcies took place, and rumours of
failures or impending failures were of daily—nay, of
hourly occurrence—until apprehension produced
alarm, and the very suspicion of danger actually
precipitated the evil which a cooler judgment
might have prevented. If the adage that money
be the root of all evil be correct, surely the want of
credit, or the imputation of the want of it, is quite
as bad, if not worse. For who will trust if there
b.) a doubt ? And if the rumour of the doubt be
magnified by frequent and' insidious iteration, no
virtue can well bear up against the scandal ; for
men do not stop to inquire, but believe, or affect to
believe, and seemingly lament the unexpected
catastrophe to a neighbour who was ever the most
honourable of unfortunatea. Thus, unlooked for
circumstances, however trivial at the beginning,
s?)on assume an adverse character, and calumny,
-with ill-concealed jealousy, hurries the victim to
his doom. But the question still occurs. Here
we are in the full tide of prosperity,
with business ever increasing, not only in our
home trade, but expending in our foreign with a
fair promise of still further extension, and yet
there is a ecarcity of money. How is this ? Have
our means of production exceeded expectation, or
has the equ'valent for oar labour failed to keep
pace with our power of production ? Is not this
the age of free trade, which Mr. GLADSTONE has
so eloquently and so truly glorified ? Yes; but
the free trade principle is chiefly felt at the extremi-
ties ; it is in full swing at the circumference, but
almost inert at the centre, where its influence
should be most active. We have free trade in
almost every thing but the one thing needful—
moner. Is not money the symbol of power, the re-
presentative of labour, the true source of wealth
'Tien why restrict the free action of that labour by
contracting or restraining the action of its
representative or
symbol money ? It is
to this narrow
view of the operation of
cause and effect that our present difficul-
ties and commercial failures are mainly
attributable. The habiliments of
the youth have
ceased to suit the necessities of the
man, and the
wonderful growth of our trade and commerce has
outstripped the limited power of what
Wile our
standard currency. That amount of currency re.
presented as a token the extent of our productive
labour, but no Pr fails to represent our accumulated