The Sun.
London, England, 1862-02-14 00:00:00

Commence a 7.

11,0YAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
Manager--Mr. Edmund Falconer.
THIS EVENIN(-4, Feb. 14, the new and original Drama,
entitled PEEP O'DAY ; or, Savourneen Deelish. Messrs.
Walter Lacy, Hermann Vezin, Charles S,lby, Edmund Fal-
coner; Mrs. D. P. flowers. Miss Clara Weston.
After which, a new and original Burlesque Extravaganza,
entitled LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD; or, The Fairies of
the Rose, the Thistle, and the Shamrcck. Principal charac-
ters by Mr. Chas. Selby, Mr. Wariow, Miss Cicely Nott, and
Miss Lydia Thompson.
Acting Manager—Mr. F. B. Chltterton.
Flees as usual. Doors open at half-past 6, to oommence at
7. Box-office open daily from 11 tlll5.

POYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.-
..0u Lessee, Mr A. Harris.
THIS EVENING, AS YOU LIKE IT. Mr. Ryder, Mr.
iddicomb, Mr. Jordan, Miss Carlotta Leclercq, Miss Maria
Harris, ex.
After which a Comic Christmas Pantomime. WHITTINr..,-
TON AND HIS CAT; or, Harlequin King Kollywobbol
and the Genius of Good Humour. The grotesque opeuir,_
invented and written by Henry J. Byron, Esq., author of th,
Princess's Pantomime of "Jack the Giant Killer. ' The
EiCenery by Mr. James Gates, Mr. H. Cuthbert, and numerous
assistants. Good Humour, Miss Helen Howard ; Princess
Popsiwopsi, Miss Rose Leclercq; Alice, Miss Pauline Le-
clercq; Messrs. Garden, Cathcart, Morland, Collett, Hast-
ings, Raymond; Dick Whittington, Miss Maria Harris;
Robin Goodfellow and the Cat, Master John Haslem, (pupil
of the celebrated Gabriel Ravel; Clown, Mr. Hildyard ;
Harlequin, Mr. John Lauri ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo; Colum-
bine, Miss Caroline Adams.

NEW THRATRE-R0 VAL, ADELPHI.—
Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster.
352 d Night of the
BOEngU( agement
IC of Mr. and Mrs. DION
AULT.

THIS EVENING, the great American Drama of THE
OCTOROON. Messrs. Dion Boa:leanit, S. Emery, Billington,
Jamison, P. Bedford, Stephenson, Eburne, Powell, Romer,
H. Lewis ; Mrs. Billing-ton, Mrs. H. Marston. Miss Latimer,
Miss Denvil. After which (4th time), THE DUBLIN BOY.
Andy, Mrs. Boucicault. To conclude with MARGERY
PAW. Messrs. D. Fisher, Billington. W. Smith, Miss Wool-
gar, and Miss K. Kelly. Commence at 7.

NEW ROYALTY THEATRE,
Dean-street, Oxford-street.
THIS EVENING, A CHINESE ROMANCE.
After which Offenbach's Opera Buffo, entitled LE MARI-
AGE AUX LANTERNE. Mr. John Morgan, Mesdames
Stanley, Payne, and Mason.S
To conclude with a new and original Farce, by
Messrs. Ben Barnett and George Webster, entitled CARNA-
TION OF CARNAOTTAGE.
CoTlmmenON cCe at half past 7.

AS TLEY'S ROYAL AMP HITHE ATRE.-
Last 2 Nights of The Colleen Bawn, and of the Nor-
wegian Wonders, to make room for the Grand Equestrian
Spectacle, now in preparition, introducing; Two of the finest
Performing Elephants ever seen in this country.
THIS EVENING, THE COLLEEN BAWN.
To be followed by the SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, when
the great Norwegian Wonders will appear.
Concluding with a favourite Farce.
The world-renowed Rumsey and Newcomb's Double Troupe
of Ethiopian Minstrels are engaged for six nights only, com-
mencing Monday, Feb. 17.

CANTERBURY HALL AND FINE
ARTS GALLERY.
"THE ENCHANTED HASH " (SECOND EDITION)
by Mr. E. Marshall, with Eleven Wonderful Transformations
(the most talented performance ever attempted by a single
person), at a quarter-past ten. Also the following extraor-
dinary combination of Comic talent, viz.: Mr. Randall, Mr.
Frederick French, Mr. J. G. Forde, Miss Harriet Coveney,
and Miss Greene.

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Grand Selections from LA TRAVIATA, by 'Mille. Nezri,
Mr. -Herbert, signor Tivoli, and a powerful Chorus, at Ten
o'clock.

Musical Director, Mr. Jongbmans.
Admission—liall, ed. ; Stalls aid Balcony, is.

VICTOR JULIEN, " THE FLYING MAN,"
at CANTERBURY HALL, Every Evening at half-
past Nine o'clock.

H E 0 X F 0 It D,
6, OXFORD-STREET,
Two Selections Every Evening alternately trom" Ernani,"
Lucrezi a Borgia," "La Traviata," "Simon Boccanegra,"
"La Circassienne," &c., by the entire Company, Full Band
and Chorus.—Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Solos by Mr.
Viotti Collins (the great English violinist). And other at-
tractive Entertainments, the Comic portion by Miss Harriet
Coveney, Messrs. Sam Collins, Wood and Son, E. Marshall,
M. P. Foster, and W. RandalL
Hall, 6d.; Stalls and Balcony, ls. ; Private Boxes, 10s. 6d.

THE OXFORD. 6, OXFORD-STREET,
"LES MERVEILLES GYMNASTIQUES"

By HENRI and PFAU
(aged Nine and Eleven years),
From the "Cirque Napoleon," Paris, at which place they
performed for Three Hundred Consecutive :Nights, creating
the utmost enthusiasm and excitement.
The Double Feats on the Flying Trapeze of these Youthful
Artistes are unsurpassed for daring, skill, and grace.
They make their First Appearance in England at this
Establishment on MONDAY next, the 17th of February.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
THIS DAY.—Morning, lb. 58m.—Afternoon, 2h. 12m
To-monnow.-Morning, 2h. 33m.—Afternoon, 2h. 50m

THE WEATHER.—SuN OFFICE, FEBRUARY 14, 1862,
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
38—highest since noon yesterday.
34—lowest this morning and during the night.
36—this day at noon.

B ARoMETER-30.10.
WIND—N.-Easterly ; rather fresh, with dull cold weather,

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LONDON, FRIDAY, FEB. 14, 1862.

It is always tempting to an opposition when a
vehement outcry arises against a Government pro-
posal. We do not wonder, therefore, that some of
those gentlemen who sit opposite the Treasury
benches should hardly be able to refuse the chance
of making capital out of the teachers protection
agitation. It is something to get the goodwill in
every parish and town of persons who are instruct-
ing the rising generation, and who have, too fre-
quently, on their side, for one reason or another, the
clergy of most denominations. Indications of an
inclination to head the army of State-paid teachers,
pupil teachers, and clerical agitators for grants of
Public money, to men, and not to work done by the
men, are not wanting on the Conservative
benches. Other Conservatives, however, are
acting a more honest part, and the influence
of the latter will be, we trust, sufficient to repress
the injudicious party hankerings of the others. The
great Conservative
party may rest assured that
nothing will really be more for their future discre-
dit than to have used the new minute for party
purposes;just as, en the other hand, nothing will
gain them more respect than honourably supporting
proposals which the general public, as soon as it
understands them, must and
will approve.
The Conservatives will be wise to remember that
their leader has in truth been at the bottom of the
Government proposals, and certainly need not blush
that he was so. Lord DERBY'S Government ap-
pointed the very able commission whose report has
I.een the foundation of the Government minute.
Of course the Conservatives might in some „sptets
}lave deduced from it a different practical scheme ;
e how it is possible for any schemeyet we do not se
honestly bast d on the report, to he.ve been of a very
different character. Uhitss the Gr;vernmcn, ware
prepared to accept the views of the two Voluntaries
on the Commiszion, less, on behalf of the taxpayer
and on behalf of the untaught children could hardly
have been offered. If the report was conclusive on
any point, it was so on this that hardly a fourth
of the children for whom the Government—that is,
the taxpayer—were making such costly grants, re-
ceived any elementary knowledge which they could
be expected to retai •
n after they left school.
What we want taught for Government money