The Sun.
London, England, 1856-04-28 00:00:00

THE PEACE REJOICINGS:

The preparations for the fireworks in Hyde-park, the
Green-park, and the Victoria-park, are now completed.
The buildings are each severally 200 feet long; and sixty
feet high. The fireworks are in an advanced state of
preparation, and could on an emergency be completed
in a day or two. On the part of the Government fire-
works. Will be provided of a similar character as those it.
London for Edinburgh and Dublin, and it is expected
that many of the principal cities in the kingdom wit
embrace the opportunity to give vent to their joy at the
return of peace. With respect to the fireworks in the
metropolis, the discharge of rockets from Primrose hill i!
expected to be the most effective. Above 20.000 will h..
discharged at once. Some of the pieces and bouquet,
will be of a most splendid description, several of the!:
being sixty feet high. In the House of Commons it wa,
stated that the cost would not exceed 8,000/. ; but
considering the extent of the preparations, it is v!_r,
questionable whether this sum will cover the outlay.

On Saturday ._a meeting was held of the lessees and
managers of the London theatres, to take into considera-
tion the position in which the various metropolitan.
theatres Aotild be placed, with reference to the general
rejoicings, and public entertainments, which will take
place, it is expected, on the anniversary of her Majesty's
birthday, in the month of May next. There were pri -
sent Mr. Benjamin Webster, of the Adelphi ; Mr.
Buckstone, of the Haymarket ; Mr. Cooke, of.Astley'e;
Maws. Shepherd and Creswick, of the Surrey Me-srs,
Johnson and Nelson Lee, of the City of London ; Mr,
Towers, of the Victoria ; Mr. Conquest, of the Grecian ;
Mr. Payne, of the Strand ; Mr. Lane, of the Britannia ;
Mr. James, of the Queen's ; Mr. A. Wigan, of Vie
Olympic; and Mr. E. T. Smith, of Drury-lane. In the
course of a very animated and earnest conversation en
the subject, it was suggested that the theatres should b,
thrown open to the public gratuitously; and a depuet-
tion of the gentlemen present was appointed to wait or
Sir G. Grey, and learn his sentiments on the matter.

THE LONDON AND SOUTH- WESTERN
RAIL WAY.--TILE LATE NAVAL RE-
VIEW.

We have deferred for a le;days, until the disappointed
and excited parties had so far calmed down as to be ac-
cessible to reason and fact, making any reference to the
events of Wednesday last in connection with the Lon-
don aLd South Western Railway Company. Never was a
Fublic company more unjustly blamed. That the official
did not do all that could have been wished is perfectly
true, and for this great reason—that it was utterly irn-
' possible. It was not within the mechanical capabilities of
the company to whisk myriads of passengers down the
line and back again with the cilerity ancr comfort which
these holiday travellers most unreasonably seemed
to expect, The company, under ail the circumstances,
deserve commendation, instead of censure, for the
wonders they accomplished. Let it never be forgotten, that
they conducted the unprecedented traffic of that day, not
only without the loss of a single life, but without any
accident. whatever. I Snrely that was a Marvellous and
most meritorious thing, considering the hurry-aad con-
fusion which prevailed. It an engine broke down, and
consequently delayed the train, and other trains behind
it, that, assuredly, should not be made a matter of corn•
plaint against the officials. It is an accident of frequent
occurrence on ill the leading lines in the kingdom. Arid
yet, in this case, it has been spoken of as if it were
something criminal on the part of the South-Western
Company. The public view the matter in its proper
light. They concur with us in the expression cf their
wonder, that so enormous an amount of traffic should
have been managed at all, and especially that it should
have been done without one solitary accident. —Morning
A dvertiser. _ _

[The aisappointed and therefore exasperated parties
forget that special trains loaded with early passengers
for the review were running since Saturday, so that it
was totally impossible for all these, the accumulation of
four days to return in one, and yet they expected it-I
The miracle is that so many goi back.—ED. SUN.]