The Sun.
London, England, 1856-03-11 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LAY&
:Lessee. Mr. E. T. Smith:
THIS 7 VENIWG,
.110 T A nID JUDGE.

lo conclude with
HEY DIDDLE DIDDLE 4 dr, Harlequin King Nonsense and the
Seven Ages of Man.

THEATRE ROYAL. HAYMARKET.
1711ler the Management of Mr. Buckst
THIS EVENING,
THE EVIL GENIUS.
Followed by
THE LITTLE TREA.ITRE.
After which,
LEND ME FIVE SHILLINGS.
After which the New Comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled
THE RUTTERFLY'S BALL AND THE GRASSHOPPER'S
FEAST; or. Harlequin and the Genius of the Spring.

ROYAL PR111C634'3 THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
Linda the Management of Mr. Cuirass UAL
THIS EVENING.
KING SletritY THE EIGIETH.
Queen Katharine. Mrs. C. Kean; Cardinal Wolsey, Mr. C. Kean.

After which,

gigr,FATTIN AND THE AT 4.ED AND THE MAGPEE ; or, the
Fairy Paradisa and Hanky Panky, the Enchanter.

ilarlegnln, Mr. Cormack ; Clown, Mr. Hague ; Pantaloon, Mr
r „no ; and Columhlne, Miss Caroline Adams.

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
FLEXIIORE'S BENEFIT.
In nonsegnence of the destruction of Covent Garden Theatre,
Mr. FLEX WORE her; to inform his pa'ron—the Public—that
.is Benefit will take place at the above Theatre on WEDNES-
DAY, March 1?, and that cards of admission, price is., 25., 35., 45.,
and 55., may to hal at 66, Hercules-Balldings, Lambeth.

TIMATRE ROYAL ADIMPIII.

P:oprietor, Mt. E. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste.

TRES EVENING.
BETSY BAKER.

To be followed by
THAT BLESSED BABT.

To conclude with

a ACE AND THE BEAN STALK : or, Harlequin and Mother

Goose at Home Again.

In which Memi. J. Bland, P. Bedford, Madam Celeste, less
Wyndham. and Miss E. Arden will ap,enr.

ROYAL OLY WPIC THEATRE.
Lessee and ManaTer. Mr. Alfrel Wigan.

Tnis EVENING.

FULL WATERS RUN DEEP.

After which will be produced a New aet doubly-moral, though
eXcossively old, Melodramatic Fairy Extravaganza, entitled

rag ONCREF,r the Three Glass
In which Messrs. Emery, F. Robson, 11. Cooper, Miss Marston,
and Miss Ifaskell will appear,

ROYAL SU:ItiEV THEA.TIIE.

Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creewick.

THIS EVENING
JASPER LANGTON; or. A Duel to the Death.

Foßowel by
BROTHER 888,

To oonclnde w.th
PARIS IN 1792.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPLIITREATRX.

Lewoo and `soarer. Mr. Wm. Cooke.

TIIII zrvilso,

(The Last Week before Easter),
THE ARAB OF THE DESERT AND HIS FAITHFUL STEED.
The hone, whose wonderful performance has been the universal
tople of conversation, trainel by :Kr William Cooke.
After which, the EQUESTRIAN SCENES In the CIRCLE. Also,
the miraculous and incredible ascent of the Elephant from the rim
to the stage.
T conclude with a screanalng Farce, called MR. AND MR e,
WHITE.

Boz-oMce open from F.leven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W.
West. P:questrien Director. tdr. W. Cooke, tun.

EMMA STANLEY'S' BENEFIT.

FRIT) Vf Evening next, the 14th instant, Miss Emma Stanley's
Benefit.

On SkTURDAY. the 15th, a Day Performance (the last of her
first brilliant season).

The Second Season of t)e fashionable and popular Lyric Entertain-
ment, THE SEVEN AGES OF WOMAN, will commence on MON-
DAY, the 24th instant, at SAINT MARTIN'S I'm:L. Long-acre.
Stalls Chairs, 35.; Centre seats, 2s. ; Back Seats. Is.
No performance during Passion Week, MiS3 E. Stanley being
engaged for four nights at Sadler's Wells Theatm.

HIGiFI WATER. AT LONDON BRIDGE.
TEM DAY—darn. 37 min. aft. 4—Evening 16 min. aft. 5
TA-MORROW—Morn. 31 min. aft. 5 —Evening 55 min. aft. 5

THE WEA.THER—STN Orval!, MARoa 11.
TIIERNOMETER, IN TEM SHADE.
74 -highest eines noon yesterday.
42 -lowest this morning and Oor'..ng the night.
44 -thin dal, at noon.

BAROMETER, 3014.
WIND, E. to E.S.E.—Frash, with bitter cold, dul
weather.

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LONDON, TUESDAY, AIAIICH 11, 1856.

The Counties and Boroughs Police Bill last
night received its second reading in the House of
Commons, by a large majority. Concessions were
made by the Home Secretary, which remove some,
although by no means all, of the grave objections
to the measure. The changes are in the sth and
6th clauses. In the former, the Right Honour-
able Gentleman has pledged himself to give up
the power of making regulations for the employ-
ment of the police jointly with the local magis-
tracy—or, in other words, of engaging them in
any transactions that might be considered suitable
for the occupation of their spare time. We need
not say to how great an extent this privilege
might be carried. It would, practically, vest the
whole control and management of the local con-
stabulary in the Crown, and would in a very
short time erect the great object of centralisa-
tion. The straightforward and manly opposi-
tion of the municipal bodies has, however,
prevailed, and, thanks to their strenuous
exertions, the obnoxious clause is, or rather will
be, so modified as to remove the greater portion
of its sting, and render it comparatively innocu-
ous. The town councils will now be allowed to
determine exclusively the extra duties of the
police. There will be no divided authority—no
power to send down orders which must be obeyed
without any reference to the legitimate authorities.
We shall not have the police engaged in serving
processes, or perhaps acting as deputies to the
sheriff-officers--a course which was some time
since attempted in one of the eastern counties,
and attracted the attention and umnitig,Yated re-
probation of the Lord Chief-Justice of the Com-
mon Pleas.

The sixth clause originally authorised the Home
Secretary to make rules for the pay, clothing,
accoutrements, be., of the local constabulary.
This had also, and we think judiciously, been
objected to. It was not so much its real opera-
tion, as the appearance that was complained of,
inasmuch as it, in a matter apparently trivial,
inflicts a heavy blow on the principle of self-
government, so dear to every English heart.
The precedent might easily be extended, and
carried to a very formidable point. This has
also been waived, and the obuexious clause is to
be omitted in committee. The proposal to make
the bill ccrnpulsory in counties is also withdrawn,
so that much of the vines is removed by the
emasculation of the measure.

There cau ha little doubt of the end and object
with which it was framed. It was to substitute
the management of the Home Secretary for that
of the magistracy—an introduction of the sharp
end of the wedge that would speedily produce
extract dinary results. The cautious vigilance of
the municipal authorities, however, defeated the
chief provisions of this " Trinity-House" bill—
tf») introduction, or rather the enlargement,
of the Coburg-Germania system that has
for som• time past been aimed at.