The Sun.
London, England, 1860-04-25 00:00:00

Commence at 7.

ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE,
King-street, St. James's. Lessee, Mr. T. B. Chatter-
ton. Direetress, Miss Wyndham. The nearest Theatre to
Chelsea, Pimlico, and Westminster, the Park being open to
carriages and foot passengers all hours of the night.
THIS EVENING the performances will comment* with
a new and original comedy, entitled A FRIEND IN NEED.
F Robinson, C. Young, &c.
After which, A LADY AND GENTLEMAN IN A PE-
CULIAR PERPLEXING PREDIC ANENT. Mr. Charles
Young and Miss Wyndham.
Followed by a new burlesque, LUC REZIA BORGIA AT
HOME AND ALL ABROAD. Mesdames Wyndham, E.
Scott, Cecilia Ranoe, Miss Clara Morgan, and the Corps de
Ballet.
Reduced Prices—Gallery, 8d ; Pit, Is. The Box-offloe open
from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at half-past six ; perform
awe commences at 7.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.-
Proprietor, Mr. Wm. BATTY.
Sole Manager, Mr. EDwrx HUGHES.
The New Management, in announcing the Triumphant
Success of the Re-opening of this Popular Theatre, have the
utmost satisfaction in stating they but re-echo the senti-
ments expressed by the entire Press and the Public nightly,
that the NEW GREAT MILITARY SPECTACLE, with its
unprecedeutedly magnificent scenery and effects, splendid and
appropriate costumes sad appointments, and grand mis-en-
scene, is the most perfect and imposing hippo-drama ever
produced. The renowned Continental and British Eques-
trian Artistes are also 'received each evening with the un-
bounded approbation of astonished and delighted audiences.
The novel and elegant arrangement and conducting of the
Aeena give the most complete satisfaction ; and with the truly
gorgeous decorations render the evening's amusement in this
far-famed Establishment one of the most varied, tril.iant,
and recherche in this great metropolis.
THIS EVENING, and during the Week,
To commence with the Great Militar' Spectacle, in Four
Acts, entitled "THE HISTORY OF A } LAG." To be Suc-
ceeded by an inimitable routine of Equestrian Achievements
in the Scenes of the Arena, supported by a host of Star Riders
of the day, and Last Nights of the Wonder of the World,
Jonathan Jack.
Doors open at half-past 6 o'clock, performance commence
at 7.

Box-office open daily from 11 till 4. •
Stage Manager—Mr. W. WEST.

CONCERTS.-

CANTERBURY HALL
TMS EVENING,
LLTCREZ IA BORGIA,
. (Donizetti).

Donna Lucrezia Miss Russell.
Matflo Orsini Mrs. Anderson.
G ennaro Mr. Henry Herbert.
Don Alfonso Signor Tivoli.
Conductor—Mr. Jonghm ans.
romic Vocalists —Messrs. George Hodson (the Irish Come-
dian and Mimic), W. T. Critehfield, and E. W. Maclmey.
Several interesting Pictures are added to the Fine Arts
Gallery. The suite of Halls have been re-decorated and
beautified, and constitute one of the most unique and brilliant
sights of the metropolis.
The gallery is open from 5 till 11 on Sunday Evening.

THE WEATHER.--Smq OFFICM, APRIL 25, 1860,

TRZZ3IORZTZI4 IN THIS SEAM,
44—highest since noon yesterday.
37—lowest this morning and during the night.
51—this day at noon.
BAROMETER-29.95.
WIND, N.W. ; fresh, with fine sunshiny weather,
blew a heavy gale last night.

HIGH WATER AT 'LONDON BRIDGE.
This DAY.—Morning, 4h. 9m.—Afternoon, 4h. 29m
To-monnow.-Morning, 4h. 29m.—Afternoon, sb. 9m

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THE SUN.
LONDON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 1860.

" Poor little Bills" seem to be the order of the
day. If the Bill for the Reform of Parliament be
of rather puny dimensions, that for the Reform
of the Corporation of London is its twin. It
alters almost without mending. We say almost,
because doubtless a better division of the wards
is someth;ng, and some other points also are
well enough in their way. But it leaves un-
touched the financial wrongs done by the City to
the public, in which most of all reform was needed,
and the general expensiveness of the management.
It leaves untouched, also, the great absurdity of
permitting the small section of the city of London,
called the City, to isolate itself from the rest by
corporate privileges, to be, in fact, a city within a
city, to have power to make regulations affecting
the comfort and the pockets of the vast majority
who are not squeezed within its walls—and then
to strut before Europe and the world as the Cor-
poration of the first of commercial cities.
Whether Mr. AYRTON'S proposal be precisely the
one by which the right idea of the thing should be
practically carried out, we will not now pretend to
say—this point we regard, however, as beyond
all reasonable dispute, that when two millions and
a half of persons dwell in houses which all join
each other; when one part of the space occupied by
them is that in which their great business trans-
actions are carried on ; when all the vehicles nearly
start from or pass through this central part ; when
the chief passages over a large river are also to be
found there ; when the docks and warehouses must
of necessity be there; when the central spot is that
which all the dwellers in the vast circumference
are interested in having under the beat manage-
ment ; when these and many other facts combine
to make what is technically called the City the
common concern of all that is properly called Lon-
don, then it is a glaring absurdity that this little
spot should be under a separate municipal
management from the rest.
The little part, indeed, called the City, is ludi-
crously insignificant in point of both area and
population compared with the real London. It.is
134 700 acres anfl 113,000 inhabitants, and those