The Sun.
London, England, 1856-02-27 00:00:00

THIS EVENING

JASPER LANGTON.; or, A Duel to the Death.

To conclude with
A PRINCE Or P T.ARLS.; or, flarleiuln anl lane Shore.

LOYAL iTaAND TilEATIte.
Under the direction of Mr: Payne.

THI3
PEACE AT ANT PRICE.

Followei by
TEIE 11.331.ANNC WIDO T.

ftex which,

LE CHALET.

To conclude with
BLUE JACKETS.

AsTLnrs ZOr.IL

Lome and Mana.ter, Mr. Wm. Cooke.

THl't EVENING,
Exemplification of tbe perfect docility of the horse, in actionl
cloeely- allied to reason, in anew Grand Oriental Eqnertrian Spectacle,
called THE ARAB 01' DEAERT AND HIS FAITHFUL
STEED. The hone traine3 by Mr. VT. Cooke. •
After which, the DELINEATIONS of EQUESTRIAN ART in the
ARENA.
To conclude with BARI, TQUIN AND CT. GEORGE AND THE
DRAGON-; or, the Seven Chaaipioni of Chrietendwn.
The Perfeinance of the Waje,tic E'epharifs will tike place during
the Evening, and the ascent from the ring to the stage.

Box-ofilce open from Maven till 'sour. Ste,Te Maaaor, `Sr. W
West. Equestrian Director, W. Cooke, jun.

EMSIA. KTINTLEY'S SEVF.NT A.GZS W)'LtN,
Every Evening at S, and on Saturdays at 3.
Pronounced by the unanimous vo,no of the brews. and by Mealy
increasing audiences, to be the Greatest Artistical Triumph of the
day.

Stalls, 3s. ; Reserve.l Seats, 2s. ; Back Seats, Is.
SAINT MARTIN'S ILtLL, Long-acre.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.

Tire DAT—Morn. 32 min. aft. s—Evening 48 min. aft.
0 RR° rv—Morn. 3 min. aft. 6—Evening 21 min. aft. 6

THE WEATHER—Sux OFFICE, FRB. 27.
THERMOMETER, IN VIZ SHADR.
56 highest since noon yesterday.
—iowest this morning and daring the night.
52 —this day at noon.
BAROMETER-30 47—rising.
WIND, N.N.W. - Light, with dull weather.

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L3NDON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 185 G

The appointment of the " Crimean Commis-
sion," as it has been termed, will not pass alto-
gether sub siblntio. Not only has the Honourable
and Learned Gentleman the Member for
Sheffield already given notice that he will, on
Friday next, move the following resolution :
" That to appoint a Committee of General
Officers to report upon the Report of Sir JOHN
M'NECL and Colonel TuLLocu, is to substitute an
inefficient for a very efficient means of investiga-
tion, and that such appointment will tend to
strengthen an opinion already prevalent, that the
real purpose of such proceeding is to shelter in-
competence, and excuse the misconduct of those
by whom various departments of our army have
been subjected to the command of proved inca-
pacity ;" but the Right Honourable Baronet the
Member for Droitwitch has announced his inten-
tion of proposing an amendment, which, although
different in terms, is equally condemnatory of the
conduct of the Government in striving to shield
the accused parties from the consequences of their
alleged misconduct. The resolution to be proposed
by Sir JOUN PAKINC:TON is in the following terms:
" That, in the opinion of this House, the Reports
of Sir JOHN APNFaL and Colonel TULLOCH ought
to have been submitted to the Commander-in-
Chief before they were presented to Parliament,
whereby her MAJESTY'S Government might have
avoided the objectionable proceeding of appoint-
ing a commission to inquire, without equal or
adequate means of information, into the conclu-
sion& at which another commission had arrived ;
*and, while this House laments the indication thus
given of a want of concert and co-operation
between the offices of the Secretary of State for
War and the Commander. in-Chief, which cannot
be interrupted without serious injury to the public
service, it, also observed with regret the prema-
ture appointment to posts of importance in this
country, while the inquiry of the Commissioners
was still in progress, of officers whose conduct is
impugned by the said re orts "
p .

Let Ministers choose between the two. It will
be at best a disagreeable alternative.
Either
horn of the dilemma. will be peculiarly painful.
itut they can scarcely hope to escape with inapt-
tiity, when the, Members on both sides of the
House are eletermined to question the policy and
justice of their proceedings.

The new Commission is neither more nor less
than a reversing of the ordinary course. It IS
placing the quondam Judges on trial, and chang-
ing the accused into Crown prosecutors. Sir
Jo my M'NZIL and Colonel TuLLociit, who dig-
charged the arduous duty entrusted to their
charge with such zeal and impartiality, who have
won golden opinions from all classes of her MA..
Jasn's subjects, an :law virtually impeached.