The Sun.
London, England, 1854-08-01 00:00:00

THEAT2E ROYAL DRURY LANE;

Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith.
NOTICE.—The Nobility, Gentry, and. Public, Subscribers and
Patrons of the Royal Opera, are respectfully informed, that, in con-
•equence of the Intense Heat of the Weather, there will be NO
PF.RFOttieLLNCE THIS EVENING; and the Performances will be
suspended until author Notice.

HENRY JARRETT, Director.
Theatre Royal, Drury-lane, August I, 1854.

THE &TRE ROYAL HAYMARKET.

Under the management of Mr. Backstone.
THIS EVENDM. Atroun 1,

Will be performed T FIE OLD MATE itf."Charaoters by Messrs.
Howe. Rogers. H. Marston, and Bankston; Mrs. Fitzwiillam, and
Miss Reynolds.
Followed by the SPANISH DANCERS in a GRAND BALLET.
The new Farce AS LIKE AS TWO PEAS.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREE r.
Under the Management of Mr. Cnasias Klux.
THIS EVENING. AIIGCST 1.
Will be performed THE MARRIED UNMARRIED. Characters
by Messrs. W. Lacy, Ryder, and Cathcart; and Misses Heath and
Murray.
Followed by FAUST AND MARGUERITE. Characters by
Messrs. C. Kean and David Fisher ; and Mrs. WinstanleY. and
Miss C. lec.ercq.
To conclude with THE HALT OF THE BALLET.

THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI.
Proprietor. Mr. B. Webster.—Directress. Madame Celeste.
THIS EVENING, Avner I,

Will be performed the popular Drama of THE DISCARDED
SON. Principal characters by Messrs. Selby, Mur av, Belford, and
Keeley; Mrs. Keeley, Miss Woolgar, and MLss If. 31aAtIl.

Foßowel by TII-1 CAMP AT CEJOBEIAM.
To cone:ale with THE COURIER or' LYONS.

ROYAL OLYMPIC THE ITRE.

Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan.

THIS EVENLVG, AUGUST 1.

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will be performed TO OBLME BRYSON. Sapported by Moser—
Emorj. Robson, .ind Leslie; Miss Marston, ani Miss E Inner.
To be folintyed by THE FIRS r NIGHT. Characters by Me.ssrs.
10.reti vngsn, Leslie, Harwood Cooper, ani Vincent ; Miss P. Hor-
ton, and Miss Emily Orm
.7,1 cone a to with the Farce of THE WANDERING MINSTREL.
jerh Mc. F. Robson.

STRAND THEATRE.

r 4. T,cee Mr. F. W..4.llcrort.

TRIG EVENING, .11-..orsT 1,
Mr ba perfonmt4 THE SECON-o. Charteters by
Me3Sr3. Frerb,,rt. :lorzan, and Belfird; Misses LI. Gordon, F. Beau-
mont, and Wharton.

FnUovrc;l by FAUST A \-D MARGIIEINTE,

To conclude with liIGII LIFE BELOW :;T%IRq.
.tAils, 4i.; Boxes, iid.; Pit, 1.. ; gallery. (id.; Private :toxcis
Z 1 1.: to be 'had of 3lr.lcrotL, 15, Sew Bond-strect.

ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL. GARDENS.

"This place fills up an hiatus which the Crystal Palace leave,
wantinT. Vocal ail instrumental in.ls!c of the first order, and a
dlsiday firework.; which exceeds all imagination, are a fitting
close to a d.ay at the Crystal Palace,"

DANSON'S COLOSiAL PANORAMA of CHUSA.N.
Sp!,nrlbt and Extensive Menagerie and Marine Aquarium—Unri
valled Military Band.

VOCAL and INSTRUMENTAL CONCERT,
in which Miss Poo!e, !Cu, Ransford. and Mr. \farmers sing
sever 4 Natiotial and Patriotic Songs—All the %musimr Noyeltte,,
of the Gardens in succession, concluding with the " Feast of Lan-
terns," and a met magnificent display of Fireworks by Aouthby
Admission Orle Shilling. A splendid. Pavillon for Dancing has been
erected. Full Qiadrille Band, &c.

ARTLErB ROYAL h.ATPrIITFIEATRF.

Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke.

Scenes without a parallel !—Trinnillhant and brilliant career of the

Cossacks I

2nd Night of a new Mltholngical Equestrian Melodramatic Ballet

d'Action.

2,1,1 appearance or Herr Chrisst-4,-.iite first Rope Dancer in the

univerae.
THIS It.VFNING,

The War gwet.y.;le, TTIE COgSACKA; or, 'Five la France.

After which, the novel and skilful `SCENES in the MOLE, by
Professors of Vie first class, developing in perfection the high school
of the art of Equitation. The whole invented and arranged by Mr.
William Cooke.
CHRISTOFF, the first Rope Dancer in the universe.
The wonderful BROTHERS FRANCISCO, in their incomprehen-
sible and astonlshthg pert rmances.

The whole to conclude with, 2nd time, a new Equestrian Melo-
dramatic Ballet, by Mrs S. G Healey, callel TaK KNIGHT AND
THE WA TER LILY ; or, Love ativing the Mermaids.
no.'.-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager. 31r. W.
West.

T-1 lOU WATTCR AT LONDON BRIDOE.
DAY —Morniatz 13 nain.aftar 6 awning 40 nain.af.:- 6
TJ-ftra.•iva—.lloraing 2 :aiL.4itur 7 I Evettit4: 271/air-CI. 7

WSAIIIBR.—Suat tirr:aa, AUG. 1.
TiVE3MORIMTEEL,Eurjg.
76 - highest since noon on Saturday.
63 7iowest thka morning and during the night.
71 —this day, at noon.
3Ap,olurrr.n., down to 29'72—now up to 29'78.
variable, W.S.W. to W.N.W.—Light breeze,
with cloudy weather, and sunshine. Heavy rain in tho
night.

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_%.1)0N, TUESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1854.

The Kilkenny cats of famous memory do not
appear to have held on more tenaciously to exist-
ence than the present Government. Each seems
to have the power of surviving every imaginable
defeat and discomfiture, so long as it has a "tail"
remaining. The capacity of the present Ministry
to be beaten has long ago been proved " many a
time and oft," to the wonder of the country and
apparently also to the admiration of Parliament.
What must inevitably, months since, have de-
stroyed another Cabinet, scarcely appears in the
instance of that presided over by my Lord Aims:
DEEN to tickle it into even a momentary state of
irritation. In illustratio4 of all this, as it were
for the ninety-ninth time, there were the pro-
ceedings of last night in both Houses of the Im-
perial Legislature. In both Houses Ministerial
measures were throv;n out. In the Lords by a
majority of ten upon the subject of the " Drain-
age of Lands Bill," moved for committal by Earl

GRANVILLE. In the Commons by a majority of
nine upon the subject of the " Public Health Act
Amendment Bill," introduced for a second reading
by Viscount PALMERSTON. It matters nothing,
however, that these two defeats take place almost
simultaneously. Ministers are accustomed to be
beaten. They are case-hardened. Defeated or
not, they will still consent to retain office—for
Was not office assumed by them out of the
fullness of their magnanimity ? As it was
"mined, so it will be retained—out of the fullness

of their magnanimity ! And in this manner are
the affairs of the Country carried on complacently
between a constantly-beaten but still dominant
and a frequently restive, though "at a
pinch,:' an ever compliant and complacent Parlia-
ment,

The secret strength of the Cabinet is the fact of
our being at war with Russia. It is the all-
absorbing sense of the magnitude of that momen-
tous difficulty, it is the mere knowledge of the im-
portance of the struggle upon la* I,
w the nation.
has adventured that keeps its present rulers to-
gether as a Government. The circumstance of
the war disarms the Opposition. It does more
than this : it gives a specious excuse to Ministers
for the abandonment or postponement of measure
after measure, and justifies them in some manner
*in retaining power in defiance of every successive
majority won over the Administration. So long as
Ministers thought themselves strong enough
to carry their pet bills through the Lords
and Commons, in spite both of the antagonism
of party, and of the apathy of the population-....
they protested that war should not be allowed to
interrupt the development of the reforms pro-
mised by them individually or collectively, on
the occasion of their first assuming the reins of
Government. But no sooner was it made per-
fectly obvious that the Cabinet could not possibly
force nostrum after nostrum down the throat
even_ of a willing and obsequious Legislature, than
Ministers suddenly discovered that patriotism ren-
dered it Pefatively incumbent upon each and all
of th tb
egoAncirJavourite designs and their
rao eAi7iy:-.6hetit4c4r
cofaitratfO'n - ejects of improvement, in
of
--
• r: mount necessity of
dedioafii,
duWot the ‘l‘ir with gto the vigorous con-
,bcl4gis the whole of the
onergi4 k‘hiii4ei at the
Govern Men " Whereiipon Lord J c"linand
of
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m, RUSSELL, ,
with Ealte_tin__g accents, and otherwule• eyi.