The Sun.
London, England, 1848-08-15 00:00:00

ELEGANT LITERARY PRESENT.
To be had of all Booksellers.
LIVES OF THE
QUEENS OF ENGLAND.
• FROM THE NORMAN CONQUEST.
BY AGNES STRICKLAND.
Complete Sets of this Interesting Work may now be had, in 12
vols., with Portraits of the Queens, ire., elegantly bound in morocco,
with gilt leaves, price G. 6s. ; and any volume may be purchased
separately, price 10s. 6d., bound in cloth.
" A valuable contribution to historical knowledge. —Athenaeum.
Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great 3farlborough-street.

lIER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
Mille. JENNY LIND.
The Nobility, Gentry, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public are
respectfully informed that TWO GRAND EXTRA NIGHTS will take
place on THURSDAY and SATURDAY EVENINGS, August 16
and 19, when Madße. JENNY LIND will appear in one of her fa-
vourite characters each evening.
With various novelties in the Ballet Department, combining the
talents of Mdlle. Carlotta Girls', Mdlle. Carolina Rosati, Mille. M.
Taglionl, Mdlle. Cerito, &c. &c.
Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets, to be made at the
Box-office of the Theatre.

FEE MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
mine. JENNY LIND.
By Special Desire.
The Nobility, Patrons to the Opera, and the Public are respectfully
informed, that a Grand EXTRA NIGH V will take place THIS
EVENING, Aug. 15,• when Mollie. JENNY LIND will appear as
ELVIRA, in Bcllinl's Opera
Pof
U I RITANI.
Mdlle. Jenny Lind ; Riccardo, Signor Collett! ; Arturo,
Signor Gardoni ; Giorgio, Signor Lablache.
To conclvde with Selections from the admired Ballet of ONDINE,
by Mdlle. Cerito, Mdlle. Petit, and Mdlie. C. Rosati; M. Dor, M.
Perrot, and M. St. Leon.
The Free List is suspended, the public Press excepted.
14 Tickets may be obtained as usual at the Box-office of the
Theatre, price 10s. 6d. each, where applications for Boxes, Pit Stalls,
and Tickets are to be made.
Doors open at half-past Seven, and commence at Eight o'clock.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAY MARKET.
Under the Management of Mr. 11. Webster, sole Lessee.
THIS EVENING,
Will be presented the celebrated Drama, entitled THE GREEN
BUSHES ; or, A Hundred Years Ago. 3lurtogh, Mr. 0, Smith ;
Dennis, Mr. Cullenford ; Jack Gong, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Grlnnidge,
Mr. Wright ; Captain Dartois, Mr. Worrell ; Madame St. Aubert,
Madame Celeste; Geraldine, Mrs. Yates; Nelly O'Neil, Miss Wool-

gar
Afir which the Burlesque of NORMA. Norma, Mr. P. Bedford;
Adelgisa, Mr. Wright ; Pollio, Miss Woolgar.
To conclude with DID lOU EVER SEND YOUR WIFE TO
CAMBERWELL.

ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.
By Particular Desire.
GRAND EXTRA AND FINAL REPRESENTATIONS.
Ix compliance with numerous applications, and owing t i the die-
appointment experienced at his last representation, ROBERT HOU-
DIN will TO-MORROW MORNING, and on THURSDAY, FRI-
DAY, and SATURDAY EVENINGS give his Final Performances,
previous to his departure for Mandsester.
Boxes and Stalls may ba secured at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library
33, Old Bondestreet.

ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.
Under the direction of Mr. Kerschner.
Positively the Last Week of Mrs. FITZWILLIAM and Mr. BUCK
STONE. as they have to appear in Manchester on Monday next.

THIS EVENING
Will be performed TIIE FLOWERS OF THE FOREST, in which
Mrs. Fitzwilliam and Mr. Buckstone will perform.
' Atter which, a Comic Drama, called SNAPPING TURTLES, in
which Mrs. Fitzwilliam and Mr. Buckstone will perform.
To conclude IN ith THE ROVER'S BRIDE.
Manager and Treasurer, Mr. B. S. Fairbrother.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty.
Fitsball's new and completely successful Spectacle.
Unparalleled Equestrian Feats.
THIS EVENING,
Will be performed; the new brilliant Spectacle, founded on Sir
Walter Scott's celebrated poetical Romance, and entitled MAR-
MION ; or, The Battle of Flodden Field.
To be followed by the inimitable EQUESTRIAN and GYMNAS•
TIC EXERCISES in the ARENA.
TO conclude with a Grand Pageant, entitled LADY GODIVA
'AND PEEPING TONI OF COVENTRY; or, Clearing the Till.
Boa-office open from Eleven till Five.
Stage Manager, Mr. W. West.

ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.
Attraction unprecedented.
Positively the Last Week of M. JULLIEN'S Engagement.
Continuation of MISS SARA FLOWER and MISS HUDDART,
New Waltz, by Prince METTERNICII.
The DAYLIGHT VIEW of ROME, by Damon.
Superb and Unique MENAGERIE.
Grand Display of FIREWORKS, by the Messrs. Sonthby.
No Extra Charge.
MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, and

to a state of slavery; in place of hundreds of thou-
sands of admiring and adoring adherents, he was
surrounded by half a dozen fellow-prisoners. The
realm " which stretched from Moscow to the South-
ern seas ",, was exchanged for a limited space of
barren rock, and soon for a few yards of ground
beneath a willow tree. The struggle was over—
" after life's fitful fever he slept well." The victory
was accomplished. Now regal diadems once more
overshadowed smiling countenances, sceptres were
clasped in hands that no longer trembled, feudal chiefs
and the upholders of feudality rejoiced; they con-
gratulated themselves, not upon the overthrow of
one individual, however powerful, but (in the
vanity of their hearts) they congratulated themselves
on the annihilation of revolutionary, i. e., of liberal
principles. They believed, in their blindness, that the
weeping willow waved not above the grave of one
enemy alone, but above the spot where lay entombed
all hopes antagonistic to the " right divine " of kings
—a right which (according to its ordinary application)
is incompatible with the " rights of men " or the
" rights of nations." The feudal lords were mistaken,
albeit for a time all seemed to favour their delusion.
Europe was again portioned out in its old divisions,
dethroned monarchs had their own again, and crowns
were replaced on heads which had grown grey in
exile. " Liberty " and " Equality" were, as forgotten
words, never breathed even in a whisper ; the good
old customs of the good old times came back, and
in the precincts of royalty
"all went merry as a marriage bell.
But hush hark, what deep sound strikes like a rising
knell ?
Did ye not hear it ?"

Did ye not hear it? it spoke in a voice of thunder.
The feudal lords have been mistaken. A man may
be crushed by men, great though he be and puny
though they be, individually; but a vital principle is
essentially impassible. The story of CANUTE is no
fable; there are waters which will not recede, nor
even remain stationary, at the mandate of King or
Emperor. Let us look around us now, on this
fifteenth of August, 1848. Has the popular power
diminished since 1821 ? Are hereditary kings more
' firmly established on their thrones since the grave of
St. Helena closed over their most effectual foe ? On
the contrary ; for the principles of which he was
the exponent have gained strength since his de-
cease—they have developed with the course of time
and the mental growth of man. And as an evidence
of this development and maturity, we may cite the
fact of the. recent Revolution having been enabled to
enunciate its principles, aye, and make them heard
too, without enforcing that enunciation with the san-
guinary violence which was the conspicuous and
melancholy characteristic of its predecessor. This
15th of August, which recalls to us the birth-day of
NAPOLEON BONAPARTE, is, as we have seen, interest-
ing in a retrospective, in an immediate, and in
a prospective point of view. Its retrospective in-
terest associates us with the memory of that
extraordinary man—a man whose noblest mo-
nument is the daily increasing admiration and
regard of those who during his lifetime were " the
most powerful, the most constant, and (alas! not) the
most generous of his enemies." Its present interest
is occasioned by the peculiar position of France at
this moment, and its prospective interest consists in
the assurance which it holds out to us—an assurance
based on such reflections as we have just been enume •
rating—that liberal principles and popular power
will progress as they have progressed, and triumph
as they have triumphed, so that the present and all
future revolutions, initiated by the popular will and
supported by popular unanimity, will immeasurably
exceed the efficacy and glory of their predecessors,
although unaided by the energy and genius of a
NAPOLEON.