The Sun.
London, England, 1864-07-18 00:00:00

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OAYL IT A.LIAN OPER,A,I
.Ni- covent-garden.
Positively the Last Week but One.
Extra Night.
Adelina Patti; Signor Ronconi, Signor Ciampi, and Signor
Mario.
THIS EVENING (Monday), July IS (positivey for the
last time this season), Rossini's Opera, in two acts. IL
DARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA. Rosin, Wile. A.delina
p; ati ; Bertha, Madame Tagliatico; Figaro, Signor Ronconi ;
Ba.rtolo, Signor Ciampi ; Basilio, Signor T agliafico ; Fiorello,
Sig‘ior Polonini ; Sargente, Signor Rossi ; and Almaviva,
Sig-n.or Mario.

Conductor, Mr. Costa.
Commence at half past Eight.
Pit tickets, 7s. ; amphitheatre stals, 10s. 6d., 75., and
amphitheatre, 2s. 6d. Boxes, stalls, and tickts may be had
at thetboatre,
box-office under the portico of the theatre, which is
open from ten to dye, and at the principal musicselltrs' and

irtOYAL PB.INCESS'S THEATRE.-
1.-4) Sole Lessee andß Manage
TOr,
GOOD Mr. GeoLUCK. paddy
. Vining.
1 HIS EVENING, BON
O'lt,Lfferty, Mr. Dominick Murray.
Aftor which, the new p:ay by John Oxenford, Esi., TIIE
1M0N,,., STERN OF SP. JUSr : Messrs. Vining, i. Mars-
toe, J. ,Nelson, J. W. Ray, H. Mellon, W. Robins, cyarn,
thapmau ; Mrs. 11. Marston, and adile. Stella. colas.

Ni-CW THEATRE-RO YAL, ADELPHI.—
&ale Proprietor and Mansasr, Mr. B. Webster.
TIIIS EVENING, THE IRISLI TIGER. Mr. C. 11.
Stephenson, Mr. Billington.
After which, JANET PRIDE : Messrs. B. Webster, J. L.
Toole, P. Bedford, Stuart, Stephenson, item
er ; bliss Woolgar,
3,l;ss Denman.
rollowed by THE AREA BELLE, with a Horrible Tale:
Diesels. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, .d. RomerMiss Woolgar, and
Jars. ii. Lewis.

Commence at 7.

OYAL ST. SA:NIES'S THEATRE, under the
R
Management of Mr. B. VrEBSTER.
Crowded with rank and fashion.
Re-engagement of thoMse ce:ebra-cedharles Mathe and popular artistes, Mr.
an
s Charles
ycnrur original Travestie of a very
Production of an 1071
Esq., entitled FAUST
popular subject'
Aksi 3110tGatirE, wnlan%ll; Mr. and Mrs Charles
will appear. The new scenery by the celebrated
Mathews
artists, Messrs. Manson and Sons ; the incidental Ba;let by
()sear BYrne•
ongst the artists engaged will be found the popular
mines of alr. Benjamin Webster, Mr. Charles Mathews. Mr.
ranor ic Matthews, Mr. J. L. Toole. Mr. J. Clarke, Mr. Paulß
e,dsd, Mr.:F. Robinson, Mr. Ashley. Mr. J. Johnstone.,
3ii,a Herbert, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss H. Simms, Miss
A. Cottrell, Miss Fanny Josephs, Miss Patti Josephs, Miss
Wentworth, Mrs. Stirring, and Mrs. Chas. Mathews.
EVERY EVENING, at 7, A SHEEP IN GOLF'S
F'S
CLOTHING. Mrs. Stirling, Mr. J. Clarke, and MrF.
itcbi 12 son.
At a quarter-past S, a new Travestie, entitled FAUST
AND MARGUERITE Mr. Chas. Mathews. Mr. clarke,
air. Ashley, Mr. Montague, Mr. W. H. Eburne,J. Mr. W.
Chamberiaine, and Mrs. C. Mathew.i.
At 10, LITTLE TODDLEKINS, Mr. Charles Mathews,
Mr. and Mrs. F. Matthews.
To conclude with BRISTOL DIAMONDS. Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Mathews, Mr. Ash ey. Miss Wentworth.

Cl OODIVOOD.—RACE GLASSES, the best at
ki CALLAGHAN'S, 23A, New Bond-street, W., corner
of .Conduit-street. N.B.—Sole agent to Voigtlader, V!enna.

()VERA and RACE GLASSES, Field and Yacht
Glasses, in every vatic y of size, form. and mounting,
matchlek's for their great magnifying power and sharpness
of dedtth On Price, from 30s. each, at CALLAGHAN'S,
23A, New Bond-street, W.. corner of Conduit-street. Sole
agent for the celebrated race and field glasses and photo-
g,raphic lenses made by Veigtlander, Vienna. Field glasses
made expressly tor India. warranted to withstand the gteatest
cently m
tropica,l
adheat. The new aluminium mounted glasses (as re-
e for H.R.H. the Prince c.f Wales though of the
largest size, weigh but a few ounces.

COUNTRY
and SEASIDE DRESSES.
3lessrs. JAY, of .Relent-street, have now in stock a
variety of WASHLNG
titheSlL DILESSES, suitatle for the
Gountry and seaside, and e:earing-out price of only
£l. u s. ed. the dress.

JAY'S,
247,20, and 231, Regent-street.

BLACK SILKS.—The price of Silks in the raw
material has already ',seri 15 per cent., and it will soon
reach a far greater per-centage. Messrs. JAY, therefore,
iavite their numerous patrons to take advantage of the stock
they have on hand, which they can now dispose of on favour-
able terms ; but the samo qualities will naturally more
Cortly as the price of silk fluctua Ss to a higher average
JAY'S,

217, 249, and 251, Regent-street.

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COALS.—The MLLES HAL Ls COMPANY'S
COALS.
Direct from their own Collieries.
Marquis'....-..233. per ton. I Double.. 20s. per ton.
Top 226. „ 1 Deep
Well screened and delivered within rive miles of their De-
pots, Westbourne Park-road, W., and 17, South Wharf,
Paddington, W.. and 3laiden-lane, N.
chaldron
Best Coke
Terms cash.
JOHN SCOTT, Sole Agent.

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The Weather—Sun Office, .Tuly 18, 1564.

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This day at Two o'clock 7c)
Barometer-30.04.
; light breeze and very warm.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
nr.Ts DA-Y.—Morning, 12h. 50m.—Afternoon, lh. 20m
ro.voimow.-Morning, .111. 45m.—Afternoon, 2h. B.n.

LONDON, MONDAY, JULY 18, 1864.

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The do•nothing system in politics turns out, after
all, to be by far the best. Never mind what you came
in for. Forget it. Undertake, when once you are in,
to do anything but that. Supposing, for example,
just by way of argument, that you came into office
distinctly for the purpose of carrying triumphantly
through both houses a really good Reform Bill.
Shelve it—pat it aside altogether—that is, the
notion of any Reform Bill at all. Supposing even
(again, of course, purely for the sake of argument)
that you have ousted your predecessors in office
from power because the Reform Bill they could
have carried, through both Houses, if you would
only have let them, was, when you came to look at
it, really not by any means good enough. For your-
selves—when once you are comfortably settled down
into your places—quietly cushion the whole subjsct,
by submitting no Reform Bill whatsoever to either

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of that. True, you are nominally its custodians.
But all that sort of thing has long ago become 1
The Age of Duelling
notoriously a mere pretence.
has, however, long ago become no less undeniably a
thing of the past than the age of Tournamerits.
Honour, forsooth I—while the lengths we ought to
go upon that score might have been estimated pro.
bably by the interval between the point and butt
of a knight's spear—they are calculated far more
accurately la ow-a-days by the calico printers' yard
measure. And so—let it be understood now once
far all—as the great guiding principle henceforth
regulating cur foreign policy, tiaat tlw power ofEn gm
and by
sea and land shall never be manifested
from this time forth, unless it is conclusively shown
that its manifestation is imperatively required by
considerations of pounds, shillings, and pence. Let
it affect merely what is called the National Horiour
—andyou may confidently give it the go-by. Let
it, on the contrary, but merely touch the :National
Pocket, anl—Have at you, one and all, wi et arm's,
by sea and by land, horse, foot, and artillery.