The Sun.
London, England, 1849-06-05 00:00:00

Mr. O'REILLY'S EXPEDITIONto the WHITE NILE. 2 vols., 2

Mr. BELL'S ME norm of the CIVIL WAR. 2 vols. Svo., 20s.
VII.
Mr. J. F. COOPER'S SEA LIONS. 2d Edition. 3 vols. 31s. Gd.
Mr. WRIER'S MARTIN TOUTROND. New Edition. 123.
Ix.
Mr. MACKAI"S WESTERN WORLD. 2d Edition. 3 vols., 31s. 6d,

EVELYN; or, a Journey from Stockholm to Rome In 1848.
2 vols., 215.
XI.
EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND TWELVE; or, the Fall of
Napoleon. 3 vols., 31s. 6d.
Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
GRAND EXTRA NIGHT.
It is respectfully announced that a GRNND EXTRA NIGHT,
Dn the scale of former seasons, will be presented on THURSDAY
EVENING, when will be performed Mozart's celebrated Opera,
DON GIOVANNI.
With various Entertainments in the Ballet Department.
Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the
Box-office of the Theatre, where Pit Tickets may be obtained as
usual, price 10s. 6d. each.

JAMES'S THEATRE.
Season 1849.
FRENCH PLAYS and OPERA COMIQI7E.
TO-MORROW EVENING,

Thy Performances will commence at Half-past Eleven o'clock with

L'APPRENTI. -
To conclude with
LES DIAMANS DE LA COITRONNE.

Mr. Mitchell begs also to announce that, notwithstanding the in-
zreased expenses of the present entertainment, the prices of admis-
ion are determined as follows:
Poxes .. • •
Pit
Amphitheatre ..

.. 6s. Od.
.. 33. Od.
.. 2s. Od.

Subscription; for the season may be arranged at Mr. Mitchell's
Royal Librrzy, 33, Old Bond-street; Mr. Same, St. James's-street;
Mr. Andrew?, New Bond-street ; and at the Boa-office of the
hPatre, which is open daily from eleven till five.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
THIS EVENING,
Will be presented Bellini's Opera of
NORMA.

Pollione, Signor Bordas ; Oroveso, Signor Lablache; Norma, Mdlle.
l'arodi ; Arlalgisa, Madame Giuliani.
After which a selection from the admired Ballet of
TID A.
To conclude with a:Divestissement from
ROB ERTQ IL DI A.VOLO.
Application for Boxes, Stalls, and Ticke s to be made at the
Box-office of the Theatre, where Pit Tickets may be obtained, as
usual, price 10s, od. each.
Doors open at Seven ; and the Opera to commence at llalf-past
Seven o'clock.

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.—GERMAN OPERA.
TO-MORROW EVENING
Will bo produced the admired Opera,
MARTHA ;
Or, The Marke of Richmoni.
Performances to commence at Eight o'clock.
Private Boxes and Places may be obtained at the Box-office ; and
at Messrs. Jullien and Co.'s, 214, Regent street.

Tit LATKE ROYAL,
Mr. B. ITGater, Sale Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton.
TTIIs EVEN{ Ni,,
Will be performed "MACBETH. Macbeth, Mr. C. Kean; Mac-
duff, Mr. Wallack ; Lady Macbeth, Mrs. C. Kean.
After which a Classical Extravaganza, c THE SPHINX.

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHL
Under the direction c; Madame Celeste.
THIS EVENING,
Will be performed THE WHITE HORSE OF THE EEPPERS.
After which a new grand Extravaganza, entitled THE DEVIL'S
VIO!.IN AND THE REVOLT OF THE FLOWERS.
To conclude with THE IRISH POST.

ECYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
Cnder the Management of Madame VeStria.
Fol? Lessee, Mr. Charles Malta ws.
THIS EVENING
Will b 3 performed KILL OR CURE.
To be followed by a new Vaudeville, entitled PROMOTION.
After which, A WO.NDERFCL WOMAN.
To conclude with BOX AND COX.
Dres,, as.; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. No
half-price to any pct of the house.
Thu :New Laos-office, No. 2, 'Wellinton- street, is open to the
public '.cry lay, from Tan till Six.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole LeSREC and Manager.
THIS EVENING,
Will be presented a new serio-comic Drama entitled THE DE,
SERTER.
To conclude wi h LA. SONNAMBULA.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty.
Under the Patronage of her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness
Prince A.lbert, &c.
The following eminent artistes form the greatest amount of female
equestrian talent over engaged in this or any other establishment at
one time :
nine, Hinn!e, 'Valentine, Louise Touirnaire, La Jeans
Josephine ; Miss Woolford, liarrand , Davidson, Avery, and La Petite
Jeanette.
In addition to the above Mr. Batty has great pleasure in =minc-
ing that he has eff.cage I that peerless equestrian Marie Macat ie,
whose brilliant triumphs on the Continent and in America have ac-
quired for her the arpel/atiGn of the Equestrian Enchantress.
THIS EVENING,
The performance will commence with a Grand Military Equestrian
• Spectacle, entitled
MOOLTAN and GOOJEItAT; or, the Conquest of the Seikhs.
To be followed by an inimitable display of SCENES IN THE
CIRCLE. in which the drat Equestrian talent of the day will appear.
To conclude with a favourite Melodrama.
Isos-office open from Eleven till Four.
,tsze M anairer. Mr. W. West.

ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS-
Grand Holiday and National t'etes.
Engagement of 3liss FRANCES MILDMAY.
In consequence of the un'avourable state of the weather on W.Nt-
Monday last, the whole of the magnificent entertainments provided
for that occas!on, will be repeated on
NO.NDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND TIIURSDAY.
Danson's gigantic modelled Panorama of the TOWN AND FORT
OF BADAJOZ, pronounced by the voice of public opinion to be the
most perfect and life-like exhibition ever presented—Splendid
Menagerie—Gotlfrey's unritalled Band—Vocal and Instrumental
Concert—Several Favourite Songs and Ballads by Miss Frances
l‘lildmay (her second appearance) Mits Ellen Rowland and Mr. G.
Tedder—Solos on the Elate by the celebrated Richardson—and
Violin and Violoncello by Viotti anti George Collins—Remington's
Magic Aerial Bridge—and other attractions, concluding with a vivid
representation of the Storming of Jladajoz, pourtraying the advance
of the British army —bombardment and attack—gallant defence—
rush to the breach by real troops—and final tableaux in honour of
the " Hero of a hundred fights."

Doors open at Nine o'Clock, A.M. ; feeding of the animals at Five ;
Pelican 3 and White Bears half-past Five ; Concert at Six ; Storming
of Badajoz, at Dusk.—Admission One Shilling.
SECOND GRAND FLOWER. SHOW of the Seasom on TUESDAY
WEEK, Juno 12.

WEATHEIL—SON OFFICE, JUNE 5.
TRFIIKOXETEII, Lowest, 53, Highest, 73; Noon, 81

BAROMETER, 29.92.
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LONDON, TUESDAY, JUNE 5, 1849.

Leave to bring in a measure of singular importance
was last evening demanded of the Commons by the
Under Secretary of the Colonies. According to the
explanation of the projected Act given by Mr.
Hawes, it will, if carried into effect, bring about a
very considerable improvement in the government of
Australia. Even Mr. G LADSTONE, though averse to
many of the projected alterations of the Administra-
tion, could not but acknowledge that the Bill alto-
gether gave considerable promise of an advance
in our colonial legislation. At a period when,
otherwise, the Cabinet indicates a disposition
not very far removed from that of administrative
stagnation, such a measure as the one here explained
by the Under- Secretary of the Colonies cannot but
be most welcome to the community at large and in
an especial manner to the inhabitants of Australia.
Of such objections as the one raised by the Hon.
Gentleman the representative of Christchurch we
shall make no account whatever. That a mea-
sure of this description is in any degree prema.
ture is altogether beyond the credence of those
who have studied the Jise and progress of our
most interesting settlement—in itself almost a con
tinent. The only fact which is more conspicuous than
another, on the face of such an improvement, is, that
BO far from being premature, the scheme has been.- a
gr .27t deal too long procrastinated. Nevertheless, in-
stead of wrangling over the tardiness or the precipi-
tation of the measure, it is the interest of every well-
wisher of our Australian Colonies to push forward
the prek ct without any further delay, so that the
present generation may reap the advantages of the
change' as specdi!y as is practicable.

As to the precise nature of the plan proposed by
the ruling Government nothing further-remains to be
said in explanation after the lucid and admirable
speech de!ivered last night by the Honourable Mem-
ber for Kinsale—a speech which conveyed not only a
very clear notion of the general characteristics of the
measure, but which also, without incumbering the
attention with. too many detail..:, unfolded iUSeveral
particulars the mintdige of its working. To speak

briefly and to the purpose, we may observe that the
changes would effectua'ly bestow upon Australia the
blessings of a new Constitution ; and this Constitu-
tion would be rendered one not only well adapted to
the present exigencies of the colony, but would
in like manner be capable of adapting itself to the
variations of its own growth and expansion. With
a power situated in the heart of the old world, such
a capacity to change with the changes that may
occur, is wholly essential to the stability of its
fortunes. How much more, therefore, with a country
in which everything is youthful—is not only youth-
ful—is literally nascent ! There the pliability of the
governing force is more than ever requisite. There
provision must be made, not merely for the wants
already visible, but for those which have not rendered
themselves perceptible even in the germ. To effect
this the most readily, we must necessarily have
recourse to the popular form of government—the
Represcatative System ; and to that system, conse-
quently, the measure is especially directed. Each of
the separate colonies of Australia will be empowered,
by the Bill about to be introduced by Mr. HAWES, to
elect certain members of a General Assembly for the
whole Union—an assembly similar in character to
our own Parliament, possessing an immediate control
over the civil list (of course excepting in this instance
the salaries of the Judges and of the Governor),
and otherwise limited to objects affecting the
collective interests of all the Austrian colo-
nies—namely, of New South Wales, of Van Diemen's
Land, of Southern Australia, of Western Australia,
and of Port Philip, which will be transformed by the
Bill into a distinct colony under the title of Victoria.
Beyond this the new Constitution will tend in
another way very materially to advance the interests
of the entire population by linking together what is
at present divided ; in other words, by "creating a
federal union for-all the colonies." Here, therefore,
is a wide vista of improvements suddenly opened to
our view, and in the direction, moreover, of the most
remarkable of all the possessions of Great Britain !

Whether or not the scheme of the Russell Cabinet
in reference to Australia shall receive the cordial ap-
proval of Parliament, it must be quite manifest to the
community at large that in projecting any change of
the kind the Government is labouring forward, upon
one point at least, in the right direction. At the
same time we cannot fail to recognize that, upon
several particulars, the proposed arrangement re-
quires the most explicit explication. For instance,
there was much truth in the remark made last evening
by the Right Hon. Gentleman the Member for the
University of Oxford, that it was essential for the well-
Leing of the colony and for the general advantage of
the whole British empire that some satisfactory con-
clusion should be arrived at as to whether the Aus•
tralian Legislature should consist of a single or a
double Chamber. There is too much correctness, we
admit, in the answer made to this observation by the
Prime Minister, namely, that heretofore the system
of a double Chamber has been found to work very
badly in all our American colonies. Nevertheless,
the fact that a double Legislature has not worked
well with the Canadians is not an adequate
reason of itself why it should not be
conferred upon the Australians. The matter requires
the serious scrutiny of both Houses before the British
Parliament can arrive with safety at any permanent
determination. Now that leave has been granted to
bring in the measure an opportunity will be afforded
the Legislature of subjecting the Bill to the most
elaborate scrutiny; and when the subject comes regu-
larly under the consideration of the Commons, the
members of the Administration will be enabled to
explain themselves more at length as to the details of
the new Australian Constitution.

Whatever decision may be come to by the Lords
and the Commons, the Administration has at length
exonerated itself from the charge of being unconquer
ably apathetic in regard to the most fruitful and
ill cultured of all our colonial possessions.