The Sun.
London, England, 1860-01-16 00:00:00

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Notice.—The Grand Day performances, at Two o'clock, will
take- place on Saturday, Jan. 21 and 28, and Saturday, Feb. 4
and 11.
Mr. Cooke respectfully intimates his Farewell Benefit will
take place on Monday, Jan. 30.

nANTERBUR V HALL CONCERTS.-
NVERY EVENING. Sterndale Bennett's MAY
QUEEN.
And a Grand Selection from Meyerbeer's new opera of
DINORAH.

Comic Vocalists —Messrs. George Hodson (the Irish Come-
dian and Mimic), W. T. Critchfleld, and E. W. Mackney.
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
eights of the metropolis.
ROSA BON Fl EU IL'S celebrated PICTURE of the HORSE
FAIR is now added to the already magnificent Collection of
P.intino-s in the Canterbury Hall Fine Arts Gallery. The
gallery is open from

THE WEATIIER.—SUN OFFICE, JAN. 15, 1860.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHAM
49—highest since noon yesterday.
47—lowest this morning and during the night.
49—this day at noon.
BauommTelt-29.89;
WIND. South-Westerly ; fresh, with continuous drizzling
rain and dirty weather. The rain lasted for about twenty
hours, and the streets were one slush.

JAN. 16.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
52—highest since noon yesterday.
40—lowest this morning and during the night.
45—this day at noon.
BARomETER--30.28; rising rapidly.
WIND, South-Westerly; light, with fine cold, dry
weather.

lIIGII WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
Tim aky.—Morning, 7h. 28m.—Afternoon, 7h. 56m,
To-moartow.-Morning, Bh. 29m.—Afternoon, 9b. 5m

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TILE SUN.

LONDON, MONDAY, JAN. 16, 1860.

The Emperor NAPOLEON 111. is the very Genius
of Surprise—of surprise sometimes as startling as
it is magnificent. He certainly does things with
a masterly hand, and leaves the world to wonder
at the results so teeming with promise. On the
prosent occasion he has enactwl the conjuror with

two strings to his bow. He has partially liberated

mind from the most gross assumption of spiritual
power. Bat he has done more—he has touched
belief with the spear of ITIIURIEL, and he has
smashed the bonds of commerce with the bolt
of JUPITER. lie is, indeed, the very beau ideal
of NASMITH'S all crushing hammer. We have

often, as occasion required or circumstance pro-
voked, dealt very freely with NAPOLEON, both in
eulogium or censure ; we can therefore with cordial
praise thank him sincerely in the catholic name
of humanity for his chivalrous doings, for they
are doings, in the cant meaning of the word,
both spiritual and commercial. He has used the
priests until his purpose was served, when they
blindly thought they could still use him in their
turn. He has suffered the monopolists to practise
their crooked ways because he did not wish to
have too many irons in the fire at once while he
was quietly growing in power, and so undermining
the ground under their feet. And now that he has
felt his strength, he blows all their monopolies and
themselves into the
them to wonder at his might and curse their own
well-merited doom Their long-cherished cupidity
has been their ultimate ruin. You might as well
attempt to convince BALNAM'S understanding as
reason with a French Monopolist. He had but

was that
one argument,. and. all centred in
himself—and 'or himself alone. The world—
nay, his own lolls, try—was only made for his
prosperity. He s.cetued to overlook that wherever
monopoly throve tl;%ose who paid for it suffered ill
proportion. Privile •I'e is only conceded. at the
expense of others, ~vlwther it be to individuals or
classes. But the' mirries its own remedy in the
end,—for wheret• it is abused, concession ceases and
vengeance rears her head. The few cannot with-
stand the many in such cases, for where right is out-
raged rettibuti on is certain to ensue. And so the
monopolist .$ of Fr,inee, like those of England, are
brought to b()Ok w ith a strong master-hand.
We have hnme nse pleasure in commenting on
ti2"3IPERoi, ' • in the interestsof French
losion