The Sun.
London, England, 1856-04-08 00:00:00

---:-----------Til EA.T R E --- r ;re' am-coloured, or richly caparisoned, and " all
la ER MAJESTY'S
'S THE AV-. R,E
ILA- It is respectfully announced that her MAJ
a:tel.:Ler
oesntslivel , 1 :tie Q UEEN'S men," both in the House and out of
• will RE-OPEN early in Kay• Enga'rBmeri thofeEg:reTes
been-effected both in Opera and Ballet, and
oceas
la. ? .t, have failed to set him up again. on what was
m lca, the arrangements Worthy of ta io
ta3 Tiea
prospectus will shortly be issue . supposed, nntil so very recently, to be his pre- 1
scriptive post of elevation. So !--i►lready then,
we have enumerated among the overturned Big-
wigs of the Peers and Commons, meal great-grand-
Lord-High-Everythings as the Earl of ABERDEEN,
and the Duke of NEWCASTLE, and my Lord JOHN
\
RUSSELL, awl Sir JAMES GRAHAM, and Mr. HER-
BERT, and Mr. GLADSTONE ! Bek ides whom—
below the gangway—have we not seen " falling,
falling, falling, falling, falling from their high
estate," such leaders of the people►—leaders of the
people, now, no more—as Mr. RUIN BRIGHT and
Mr. RICHA RD COBDEN, the Political. Bagman and the
Belligerent Peacemonger ? Enough, and to spare,
we conjecture—for this one while at least—as to
the 'fading out of so many of the big, flaring,
sputtering Lights of the Age, who have thus died
away abruptly with " a melodious twang," like
the amiable ghosts, who were wont, in the good
old times, so to vanish "out of all knoWledge"—
suddenly—into a mouldy wainscot I

&ATHE RQYAL, DRURY-LANE,
Lessee. Mr. E. T. Smith.
THIS EVENING,
IL TROY A TG RE.
lo c,irlacle with
TdE DAIIGHTER OF THE REGIMEN r.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
IJr3er the Management of Mr. Bucketone.

Tlll3 EVENING,
TUE EVIL GENIUS.

Followed by
EL GAMIN:NINO; or, The Modem Goldseeker,
which PEREA. NENA and the Spanish Dancers will ,spear.
After which,
LEND ME FIVE SIIILLINGS
To conclude with
FISH OUT OF WATER.

ROYAL. PRIXCESEVS TELEA,TRE, OXFORD-EITIQ
under the management of Mr. CwxJa KIWI"
TELISEvENING,
TUB FIRST PRINTER.
'To be followed by
• • A WONDERFUL WOMAN.

To conclude with
A PRINCE FOR AS HOUR.

TB:ZAYRE ROYAL ADELPIII.
reepriator, Mr. B. Webster.—Dlrectress, Madame Celeste.
TIM EVENING,
MOTHER AND CHILD ARE DOING WELL.

The all-important question of the currency was
brought forward last night in the House of Lords
by the Earl of EGLINTON in a very temperate and
able speech. The chief object of the Noble Earl
was to elicit the views and intentions of the Go-
vernment on the interesting topic, and to ascer-
tain whether any move was in contemplation, and
in what direction it would probably be made.
Some little information was obtained, but, we re—
gret to say, of a very unsatisfactory character,
merely tending to show that it was the intention
of Ministers to shelve the entire question for an
indefinite period, or, as the Duke of ARGYLL ad-
mitted, "to tide it over" sine die. They thought
an inquiry into the operation highly desirable " at
the proper time and in the proper mode," and
would await the result of such investigation be-
fore any revision was attempted in the present
arrangements. But no intimation was given as
to the time for that inquiry ; and it is manifest
that unless there be a very considerable pressure
from without, nothing will be done during the
present session., and that the country will be com-
pelled to endure unnecessarily for an addi-
tional year, the incubus that has so long
paralysed its industrial energies, and ren-
dered its legitimate trade and commerce little
better than gambling speculation—not depending
on sound calculation and prudent caution, but on
blind chance, in matters over which the parties
can exercise no possible control, and wherein they
have no data to direct their course.

After which,
lIRGEN T. PRIVATE AFFAIRS.

To conclude with
jAC,Ic AHD THE BEA.N STALK or, Harlequin Mut Mother
Goole at Home' Again.

whtch "Maws; L 144i1d, P.' Bediord,.. Madame Celeste, Miss
vfyndlinin, and-Mist E. Arden'ap'pear. • '

ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE.
Lessee and Manner, Mr. Alfred Wigan.
TEIIS EVENING
STILL WATERS RUN DEEP.
After which will be produced a New and doubly-moral, though
ece.essively old, Melodramatic Fairy Extravaganza, entitled
TIIE DISCREET PRINCESS; o:, the Three (dais Distaff's'.
rn which Messrs. Emery, F. Robson, 11. Cooper, Miss Marston,
and Wes Haskell will appear.

ROYAL SP'RREY TIIEATRE.
` Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and • Creswiek.
TITS EVENING.'
Will be performed a new Drama, entitled
IZIOW WE LIVE IN THE WO iLD OF LONDON.

Followed by
THE POSTMAN'S KNOCK.

To conclude with
TUFFLEHILISZN; or, The Lawyer's Legend.

zturAL irricA.24ll TtiBATFM

U ider the direction of Mr: Pa 3 ne.

THIS EVENING,
MY. WIFE'S COUSI'N.
After Iwhich,
THE LOS t! DIAMONDS.

Followed by
A Ba'let Divertissement.

After which.
COOD QUEEN

To conclude with

WO! NO ! !NO!!!

AATLErS ROYAL AIIIpHITIMATEIC.
Lessee and Manager,Mr. Wm. Cooke.
THIS EVENING,
That unique and unparalle'ed Reneontre Equestrienne, a GENU-
INE ENGLISII STEEPLECHASE!
Also, the Oriental Spectacle, THE ARAB OF TIIE DESERT
AND FITS FAITHFUL STEED.

Although we do not agree with all the conclu-
sions arrived at by Lord EGLINTON, it is impos-
sible to deny the accuracy of his statements, or
that he fully and clearly established the only
point for which he at present contended—viz.,
the propriety, nay, more, the imperative necessity,
for immediate and stringent inquiry into all
the ramifications of the subject. That is re-
quired on every side, by bullionists and anti-
bullionists, by the most strenuous advocates
of monetary restriction, and the supporters of
free trade in money, by those who desire the per-
manency of the monopoly so unwisely granted to
the Bank of England, and others who wish for a
really national bank, the obligations whereof, in
notes of convenient denominations, should be the
only legal tender throughout the length and
breadth of the land. All concur in the opinion
expressed in the Times of the 26th of October
last, to which we have repeatedly referred, " that
a re-discussiers of the whole question in Parlia-
ment cannot be arranged too soon." The Govern-
ment stand alone in trying to evade the consi-
deration of the matter, and even Lord Gun-, an
ardent disciple of the JONES LOYD school, who
only thought the act imperfect " because it did
not carry to their full extent the principles on
which it was founded," was "quite at a loss to
understand the line now taken by her MAJESTY'S
Government." The community at large will
participate in the astonishment of the Noble Earl,
and will, we trust, be prepared to supply the
necessary stimulus to induce it to enter on a more
creditable and politic course.

After which, the WONDERS OF TIIE ARENA, by tilers of
first-rate talent.

To conclude with a Dratni of Peril, Exc'tenient. Laughter,
liis-
hap9, Crossings, Jostling& and Adventures, with Terrific Leaps (rum
the stage to the ring. in FlNat, INIY3 11.1.1tVEST HOME and
NATIONAL srEErLE(Juism.
Box-office open trona Eleven till Font. Stage Manager, Mr. W.
West. Equestrian Director. Mr. iv. Cooke, inn.

But why should there be any pretext for post-
poning the investigation ? The continuance of
the War was urged as an excuse for avoiding that,
as well as every other question that could
by any possibility embarrass the Govern-
ment or disturb its attention from what
was par excellence the topic of the day—
the vigorous and energetic waging of the con-
flict in which we were engaged, until the pride of
Russia had been humiliated, and her power re-
-duced to dimensions consistent with the security
and well-being of Europe. But that pretext,
which we have already proved to be futile and
unavailing, no longer exists. If we are to suffer
the evils of an improvident and impolitic peace,
there is certainly no reason why we should at the
same time endure a grievance to which only war
could reconcile the nation. Our Government
must not at the same time "blow hot and, cold,"
and require the country to submit to sacrifices,
only tolerable from a strong and overwhelming
sense of duty, when it has damped its ardour by
accepting terms and conditions wholly inadequate,
and far beneath what it had the power to enforce
and the right to expect.
Among other matters touched on by Lord
EGLINTON, in his very clear and able speech, was
the absurd prohibition of 1/. notes, which saved
the credit of the Bank of England, and indeed of
the country, in 1825, and against which no
reasonable objection has ever been preferred. It
requires not the examples of Scotland and Ire'and
to show that these worthless raga are invariably
prefeired to gold wherever there is a joint circu-
lation. There never was any feeling of distrust
against these not-es in England. As Lord -Asn-
BURTON declared, " their credit for all domestic
purposes was perfect." They never were resorted
to fox any political purposes, and however much,
the people might be misled in other respects, they
are far too wise to quarrel with their bread and
butter, or to make an onslaught on that which in-
tured the working operative that groat desideratum,
"a fair day's wages for a fair day's work." The
people of Ireland are not less excitable, or less
inclined to net on impulso,• than their English
brethren, and yet there was no example even in
their palmy days of agitation of a political run
for gold, or of any the slightest inconvenience
arising from the smaller denominations of notes.

The liability to forgery is another bugbear, that
should long since have been dispelled, from prac-
tical experience. There can be no reason why
11. notes should be more liable to forgery than
those for 3/. The crime, so far as Bank paper is
concerned, is almost unknown in either of the
sister kingdomq, and, indeed, there is far greater
probability of the circulation o 2 base coin than of
spurious paper. In fact, while the former is ren-
dered every day more threatening from the im-
provements in electrotyping, &c., the latter be-
comes almost impossible, if ordinary care be
exerted in getting, up the bank note. .
Let the monetary reformers, then, exert them,
selves in earnest, and the evil will, speedily be
redressed. Let them, as we have already stated,
give this all-important point " a long pull, a