The Sun.
London, England, 1856-02-19 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN.

Lessee, Mr. J. H. Anderson.
THIS EVENING
LA 5 ONNAMBUL A .
To be followed by
WHAT DO YOU WANT?

To conclude with
VECO3SAIS FRETILL ANT .

THEATRE ROYAL., DRITRY-LANZ.
Lessee. Mr. E. T. Smith.
THIS EVENING,
THE GREAT GUN TRICK.
After which,
TAKING BY STORM.

To conlade with

REY DIDDLE DIDDLE; or, liarlegula King Nonsense and the
Seven Ages of Man.

THEATRE ROYAL, IIAYMARKET.
Uniar Ille Management of Mr. Buctatonth
THIS EVENING,
THE BEAUX' STRATAGEM.

Followed by
THE BALANCE OF COMFORT.
After which the New Comic Christmas Pantominte, entitled
TIIE BUTTERFLY'S BALL AND TILE ORIS4IIIOPPER'3
FEAST; or, Harlequin and the Genius of the Spring.

ROYAL PRINCEBA'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREZT.
under Use management of Mr. CLUMP Kul.
THIS EVENING,
KING HENRY THE EIGYTH.
Que., Katharine, Mrs. C. Kean; Cardinal Wolsey, Mr. C. Hem.
After which,
BriEQUIN AND THE MAID AND THE MAGPIE ; or, the
Fairy Paradise and Hanky Panky, tke Enchanter.
Harlequin. Mr, Cormacli ; Clown. Mr. Huilne ; Pantaloon.
Paulo end Columbine, Miss Caroline Adams.

MAYBE ROYAL ADELPITT.
Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Dtrectram, Madame Cohost*.
Tilts EVENING.
BETTY MARTIN.

After which.
BETST BAKER.
To be followed by
THAT BLESSED BABY.
To conclude with
ACK AND THE BEAN STALK or. Harlequin and Mother

Goose at Icon Again.

which Messrs. J. Blend. P. Redford, Madam Celeste, Wu
Wyndham, and Miss E. Arden will amar.

ROYAL OLY WPM THEATRE.
Lessee and Maniger, Mr. Alfred Wigan.
THIS EVENING.
STAY AT HOME.

Afber which will ba produced a New and deubly-moral, though
exceulvely old, Melodramatic Fairy Extravaganza, entitled
'TFIE DISCREET pqr gcgas ; or, the Three Glass Distaffs.
in which Messrs. Emery, F. Robson, IL Cooper, Miss Marston,
and Miss Maskell will appear.

ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.
Lessees,
.3fessrs. Shepherd and Creswick.
THIS EVENING
JASPER LANGTON ; or, A Duel to the Death.

To conclude with
A. PRINCE OF P CAECA ; or. Ilarlelittin and lane More,

AsmErs ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
Lassa and Manager, Mr. Wm. Gook&
THIS EVENING,
First time, a Grand Orsental Equestrian Spectacle, called THE
ARAB OF THE DESERT AND HIS FAITHFUL STEED. The
principal character by Mr. W. Cooke, un.
After which the SCENES In the CIRCLE and the performance of
the Stupendous Elephants, ene of which avcends uncontrolled upon a
narrow inclined plane from the centre of the ring to an elevation 12
feat a' ove the stage.
To conclude with HARLEQUIN AND ST. GEORGE AND THE
DRAGON.
Boa•otHce open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W.
West. Equestrian Director. Ur. W. Cooke, Jun.

EM MA STANLEY'S SEVEN AGES OF WOMAN,
Every Evening at 8, and on Saturdays at 3.
ronouneed by the unantmoni voice N the press, and by nightly
Increasing audiences, to be the Greateit'Artlstical Triumph of the
day.

SAINT MARTIN'S UALL. Long-acre.
Ares, Is. Reserved Chars, 2s. Gd.

HISH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.

THIS DAY—Morn. 19 min. aft. I—Evening 40 min. aft. 1
Til-MOBBOW—Sforn. 50 miu. aft. I—Evening 19 min. aft. 2

THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, FEB. 19.
THIL SHAD&
40—highest since noon yesterday.
38—lowest thbs morning and during the night.
39—this day at noon.

Ranomirrza, 29-16.
WIND. N.E. Fresh, with bitter cold, hazy weather,

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LONDON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1856,

The Chancellor of the Exchequer has made his
demand. Five millions sterling by way of loan,
and a funding of three millions of Exchequer
Bills is all that the Financial Minister requires for
the time being. The diminutive offspring of the
teeming mountain scarcely excited greater con-
tempt and ridicule among those who had in gaping
expectation awaited its advent.. There was cer-
tainly no great "welcome for the little stranger."
A feeling of astonishment was perceptible on every
side when the paltry announcement was made.
Was it for that the capitalists were convened,
some of whom might take the entire amount with
but little difficulty ?---was that the thunderbolt
which had fallen on the money market, and
frighted the Isle from its propriety, causing a
monetary panic, and a general fall of nearly 2 per
cent, on all classes of securities, public and pri-
vate. Many of the parties who yielded to the first
impression must have felt deeply humiliated at the
position in which they have placed themselves and
the country by their fruitless apprehensions.
The loan of 5,000,000% is clearly insufficient.
It is neither one thing nor another. It disturbs
the money market, without seeking for any ade-
quate result. If all the preparations for war are
to be carried OR without cessation, an additional
loan, and for a muck larger amount, will be inevit-
able. This is still kejat hanging over the market ;
the inevitable result. being to depress quotations,
and injuriously affect public credit. All that
could be elicited Non the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer was, that. "no similar financial measure
will be taken during the period in which the pre-
sent loan and funding are in progress"—that is
to say, until the 24th of April next, when the
last instalment v.ill be payable. The only respite
given is for two months, and during that time the
public must &raw their own conclusions, which
can scarcely be very favourable to the financial
department of the Government.
It is to 'De regretted on many grounds that so
favourable an opportunity for replenishing the
National Theasury, and rendering the Exchequer
perfectlyi44ePendent of the Bank was disregarded.
It seems .a.s if the Government had resolved upon
Pei" "t any Price, or on any conditions, and
thought that the additional amount that must be
required, could be obtained oemore favourable
tertriP, after a temporary peace had been patched
up. It is needless to show how
injuriously this
soTposition must affect the interests of Great
1.1',-itain. Had we placed ourselves in a perfectly
'easy position in pecuniary matters, much greater
Weight would be attached to the arguments of
our representatives. Un equivocal testimony
would be afforded that England was at length in
earnest, and would display the inflexible deter-
mination which could alone prevent any attempt
at diplomatic trickery and evasion of pledges
deliberately and advisedly entered into.
It is, in fact, so far as any reasonable opinion
can be formed, a following u of the GLADSTONE
financial policy, that was attenp ded with such pre- I
judicial consequences to the best interests of the
nation, and which bad no trifling effect in forcing
on the War. At the very time when the late
AUTOCRAT WM dropping ominous hints as to the
division of the Sick Man's assets, Mr. GLADSTONE