The Sun.
London, England, 1860-04-11 00:00:00

Commence at 7.

ADELPHI, NEW THEATRE-ROYAL.
Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster.
Most powerful attraction for the Holidays. Adelphi Drama
and Grand Extravaganza.
THIS EVENING, April 11, will be reproduced the popular
original Adelphi drama of THE DEAD HEART. Robert
Landry, Mr. B. Webster (who will make his 3d appearance
since his return from his greatly successful provincial tour);
Messrs. P. Bedford, J. L. Toole, David Fisher, Stuart, C. J.
Smith, Killington, Eburne, Powell, Romer, Page; MisaWool-
gar, Miss K. Kelly, Miss Laidlaw.
After which (third time at thil'theatre), the Grand Musical
Fairy Extravaganza, by J. R. P:anche, Esq., of THE FAIR
ONE WITH THE GOLDEN LOCKS. King Lachrymoso,
Mr. J. L. Toole ; Count Pleniposo, Mr. P. Bedford ; Viscount
Verysoso, dlr. C. J. 'math ; 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.
Private boxes, £2 2s. ; Family Boxes, £l.
Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Balcony, 4s. ; Front Circle Stalls, 3s. ;
Pit Stalls, 25.; Pit, ls. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, is ; Gallery, 6d.
Acting Manager—Mr. Win. Smith.

ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE,
King-street, St. James's. Lessee, Mr. T. B. Chatter-
ton. Directress, 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 performanoes will comment* with
A BORDER MARRIAGE. Miss Wyndham, Mr. Robinson,
and Mr. C. Young.
After which, A CHANGE OF SYSTEM.
Followed by a new burlesque, LUC ,lEZIA BORGIA AT
HOME AND ALL ABROAD. Mesdames Wyndham, E.
Scott, Cecilia Ranoe, Miss Clara Morgan, and the Corps de
Ballet.
To conclude with No. 49."

Reduced Prices—Gallery, 8d ; Pit, Is. The Box-office open
from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at hall-past six; perform
anoe commences at 7.

A.STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE,
Proprietor, Mr. Was. BATTY.
Manager, Mr. EDWIN HUGHES.
THIS EVENING, and during the Week,
Grand Military Spectacle (in Four Acts and Eleven Ta-
bleaux), founded upon the French Drama, " L'Histoired'un
Drapenu" now performing at Paris with great success, and
entitled—" THE HISTORY OF A FLAG," To give every due
effect to the Spectacle it will be supported by a new and effi-
cient Dramatic Company, and will introduce real Camels,
Buffaloes, &c.. bought expressly for the occasion.

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The Amusements in the Cirque
will be supported by a Company of continental Equestrian
Stars, comprising Maddle. Monet, Marie, Fernando, and De
Berg ; also, Messrs. H. Williams, Devereux, Wattson, Fer-
nando, and the Wonder of the World, Jonathan Jack.
Clowns—Messrs. Charles Watson and Thorne.
The Entertainment concluding each evening with a Laugh-
able FARCE.
Doors open at half-past 6 o'clock, performance commence
at 7.

CANTERBURY HALL
THIS EVENING,
LIICREZIA BORGIA,
(Donizetti)
Donna Lucrezia Miss Russell.
Manic) Orsini Mrs. Anderson.
Gennaro Mr. Henry Herbert.
Don Altonzo Signor Tivoli.
Conductor—Mr. Jonghmans.
Comic Vocalists —Messrs. George Hodson (the Irish Come
Ilan and Mimic), W. T. Critchfield, and E. W. Hackney.
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.--SuN OFFICE, APRIL 11, 1560,
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
•
55 —highest since noon yesterday.
37—lowest this morning and during the night.
44—this day at noon.
BAROMETER-36.21; a rise of half an inch.
Wm), W.S.W. ; light, with dull cloudy weather.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
This DAY.—Morning, sh. 18m.—Afternoon, sh. 40m.
To-monnow.-Morning, 6h. 3m.—Afternoon, 6b. 29m.

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 2 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 griev-
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. Li e make this suggestion in a spirit
of goodwill, and hope that good may come
of it.
Sun Office, April 4, 1860.

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THE SUN,
LONDON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL ii, iPgp

Our national defences ought certainly to be now,
at length, in an efficient state, seeing that upon
them alone we are expending in a year of Peace
very nearly half of our enormous annual outlay of
£70,000,000 ! With such a lavish expenditure as
this upon our military and maritime services, there
is no longer any excuse left either for the authorities
at the Horse Guards or the Board of Admiralty—for
the War Secretary or the Chancellor of the Exche-
quer. .Thirty millions sterling we know full well
is the stupendous amount set apart during this year
of grace, 18G0, for the payment of all the expenses
incurred within the twelvemonth, for the support
of the Royal Navy, of the QUEEN'S Army, of the
Militia, the Yeomanry, and the Volunteers. Thirty
millions of pounds sterling ! Consider the actual
significance of that almost fabulous amount. It is
as if each man, woman, and child in the three
kingdoms had paid down a sovereign a-piece for the
defence of these islands by sea and by land.
Thirty millions sterling ! Why, it is like the
dream of that cruel old miserly hunks, THELUSSON
—that wicked dream that haunted his imagination,
and that was never to be realised—the dream of a
fortune of several millions multiplying (for some
unborn heir), by interest and compound interest,
slowly, slowly, year by year, through a dreadful
series of neglected generatio t
ns . nritat irr
iIELT:ESON.S
-Will vainly aimed at in effecting this accumulation
through an awful lapse of wasted time_'i here
good, or rather
done to hand, nominally, for the
for the salvation of the nation, is here done, we
say, to hand as it were in a twinkling by a few
votes of the House of Commons in Committee '
Here is the scarcely conceivable sum total of
£30,000,000 set apart for the support of our land
and sea forces during a single year, and that year a
year of peace, viz., this current year of grace 1860.
sow, at least under these cireumstances,our solicitude
tis to the efficiency of our national defences ought