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

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A DELPHI, NEW THEATRE-ROYAL.
A Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Beni. Webster.
Most powerful attraction for the Holidays. Adelphi Drama
and Grand Extravaganza.
On Easter Monday, April 9, will be reproduced the popular
original Adelphi drama of THE DEAD HEART. Robert
Landry Mr. B. Webster (who will make his first appearance
since his return from his greatly successful provincial tour);
Messrs. P. Bedford, J. L. Took, David Fisher, Stuart, C. J.
Smith, Eburne, Powell, Romer, Page; MissWool-
gar, Miss K. Kelly, Miss Laidlaw.
After which (first time at this theatre), the Grand Musical
Fairy ENtravaganza, by J. R. Planche, Esq., of THE FAIR
ONE WITH THE GOLDEN LOCKS. King Lachrymoso,
Mr. J. L. Toole; Count Pleniposo, Mr. P. Bedford ; Viscount
Verysoso, Mr. C. J. Smith ; Graceful, Miss Woolgar ; Queen
Lucidora, Miss Emily Thorne (her first appearance at this
theatre) ; Mollmopsa, Miss K. Kelly.
Box-office open from 10 till 5 on Thursday the sth, and on
Saturday the 7th. Private boxes, .£2 2s. ; Family Boxes, £1;
Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Balcony, 4s. ; Front Circle Stalls, 3s. ;
Pit Stalls, 25.; Pit, Is. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, is ; Gallery, 6d.

Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith.

CANTERBURY HALL CONCERTS.-
THIS EVENING,
LUCREZIA BORGIA,
(Dontzetti).

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Donna Lucrezia ........ Miss Russell.
Maio Orsini Mrs. Anderson.
Gennaro Mr. Henry Herbert.
Don Alfonzo Signor Tivoli.
Conductor—Mr. Jonghmans.
Comic Vocalists —Messrs. George Hodson (the Irish Come-
Can and Mimic), W. T. Critohfield, 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
sights of the metropolis.
The gallery is open from 5 till 11 on Sunday Evening.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
THIN DAY.—Morning, 12h. 21m.—Afternoon, 12h. 45m,
To-Koßßow.-Morning, lh. Sm.—Afternoon, lh. 9m,

THE POST-OFFICE AND

NEWSPAPERS.

Scarcely a day elapses that we do not
receive complaints of newspapers missing,
being too late, or arriving several posts be-
hind time. This is an intolerable nuisance
to our subscribers, and is, besides, highly
prejudicial to ourselves. Where rests the
evil ? It is idle to complain, for polite
answers and promises avail nothing.
Surely Sir Rowland Hill will have some
merciful consideration, and endeavour to
redress the grievance. It is a double geiev-
ance, for we are made to pay for not send-
ing the paper, which is often kept back till
next morning, which loses a day to our
subscribers, who truly say that old news is
no news, causing anger rather than benefit.
If the General Post-office be not large
enough, then extend it, or build another
capacious enough for every purpose, be the
cost what it may. It will serve for all
time. We make this suggestion in a spirit
of good-will, and hope that good may come
of it.
Sun Office, April 4, 1860.

Spain has been latterly endeavouring to follow
in the footsteps of France—Marshal O'DONNELL
has been taking a leaf out of the book of NAPOLEON
111. The comparison—saving only in the sly
evasion characterising the policy of both the prin-
cipal actors, and in regard to which the resem-
blance is certainly very exact—reveals in effect
nothing more nor less than a grand political
travesty on the part of the Spaniard.
Marshal O'DoNNELL wanted a little political
capital. He wanted to be recognised by his Queen
and by Europe generally as something better than
a successful political adventurer. He desired, like
a true Spaniard, to be formally enrolled among
the haughty ranks of the Grandees ! He deter-
mined if possible to win his spurs of knighthood-
-to receive the ennobling stroke of the accolade--to
becomelike a greater man than he, one who had long
occupied the same position under the same sovereign,
at Madrid, to wit, the illustrious Patriot and Soldier,
Statesman and Administrator, BALDOMERO ESP AR-
TERO, a Duke by a new creation, commemorative in
its very name of some signal victory. So far—
Marshal O'DONNELL has certainly, in a measure,
carried out his intentions. He has ingeniously
contrived to manufacture this recent war in
Morocco. He had previously parodied the career
of the French EMPEROR—in so far as the com-
mencement of his virtual rule had been signalised
also by a coup d'etat. O'DONNELL, from the moment
of the explosion of His coup d'etat at Madrid, had
gathered up in his grasp pretty firmly—as upon a
larger and more heroic scale his Imperial prototype
at Paris had done from the moment of ms—the
reins of the Government. But, as the French
EMPEROR appeared to feel towards the close of
1858 that it would be, perhaps, better, all things
considered, to win new favour with his army by
showing in a conspicuous manner his capacity for
its command, his capability (previously only
surmised by those who knew his military
genius and his theoretical aptitude as
Generalissimo) of conducting his soldiers
triumphantly through a campaign from victory to
victory—so did O'DONNELL emulously follow in
the footsteps of his chosen Pattern and Example,
and strive to do in like manner : as the Frog did of

old in Xsop's fable, when endeavouring to assume
the proportions of the ox ! The Moroccan war was,
however, it must be confessed, but a sorry imitation,
after all, of the recent campaign in Lombardy.
Instead of being—like the latter—rapid and dash-
ing, it was lamentably lame and halting, it was

miserably and tediously prolonged. The victories

of Marshal O'DONNELL must, even by his own in-
infatuated [sympathisers, be :confessed, to pale
their ineffectual fire beside those won by
the French EMPEROR and his Marshals,
beside the name and fame, for example, of
such " foughten fields" as Magenta and Solferino.
However, the Spaniard is now a Grandee—he is
Duke of Tetuan—he has marched and fought at the
head of his men—he has had gazettes and congra-
tulations. And now, if he be without his Solferinos
sad so forth, he has at any rate worthily followed
so far in the footsteps of the French, now that he
has also his Villafranca and his Savoy ! There is
the treaty, which is to be signed at Tetuan on
the 26th inst. between Spain and Moroeco, and
there are the subsequent acts of annexation ! Mo-
rocco is to cede to Spain the whole territory from
the sea to the hollow road of Anghera, and also in
the neighbourhood of Santa Cruz a certain portion
of other territory ! Like France—Spain now
4/ keeps the word of promise to the ear and breaks
it to the Irope !" Lord JOHN RUSSELL had
written on the 15th October to Sir ANDREW
BUCHANAN— -" Her MAJESTY'S Government ear-
nestly desire that there may ,be no change of
pos4ession o a the Moorish coast of the Straits.
The importa rice they attach to this object can-
not be over rated ; and it would be impossible
for
them, or indeed for any other maritime
Power, to see with indifference the present
occupation by Spain of such a position on that

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THE SUN.
LONDON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 1860.