The Sun.
London, England, 1860-05-14 00:00:00

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rrHEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone.
THIS EVENING, will be pet:formed THE FAMILY
SECRET. Messrs. Chippendale Howe, W. Farren, Villiers,
Buckstone, Mrs. B. White, Mrs., Fitzwilliam, Mrs. Wilkins,
and Miss Amy Sedgwick.
FoAowed by the Farce, entitled THE RIFLE, AND
HOW TO USE IT. Messrs. Buckstone, Compton, Rogers,
Mrs. B. White, Mr+. Wilkins, and Mrs. E.Fitzwilliam.
After which, a new fairy romance, THE PILGRIM OF
LOVE.

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110 YAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.-
Legsee, Mr. A. Harris. .

THIS EVENING, OTHELLO. Mr. Phelps.
To conclude with the extravaEranza of THE SYLPHIDE.
Miss C. Leclercq, Miss Louise Keeley, Miss Helen Howard,
Miss Rose Leclereq, Mr. Shore, Mr. Saker, and Mr. Frank
Matthews,

Commence at 7.

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.-
OPE RA COM IQU E.

Under the manaT,ement of 31. LAURENT, Sen.

Tills EVENING, LA PORTE OVERTE OU
FEItMEE, Comedie, in One Act; Madame Blainville, N.
Dub.try. After which, LECTTALET ; Madame Latouche,
M. C:istel Mary, M. Wrydach. To be followed by LE MA-
RIA GE AUX LANTERNES, Opera Bouffe ;Madame Salm-
son, Madame Dalis, Madame Seguin, M. Geoffrey. To con-
clude with MADAME REWOUND ET MLLE. RATON,
Vaudeville, in One Act ; Madame Firman, Madame Blain-
♦ille, M. Richard.

Commence at eight o'clock.

ADELPHI, NEW THEATRE-ROYAL.
Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster.

Re-appearance of Mr. and Mrs. A. Wigan—Third week of
the populae American Actress, Miss Julia Daly.

THIS EVENING (first time), ITS AN ILL WIND
THAT BLOWS NOBODY GOOD. Messrs. Alfred Wigan,
J. L. Toole, Stuart, Billington, C. J. Smith, Ward, Mrs. A.
Wigan, and Miss H. Simms..
After which, OUR FEMALE AMERICAN COUSIN.
Messrs. Stuart, C. Selby, Billiagton, Eburne, Miss Julia
Daly, K. Kelly, Laidlaw, and Mrs. Chatterley.
Box-office open from 10 till 5.
Private boxes, £2 2s. ; Family Boxes, Ll.
Orchestra Stalls, ss. • Balcony, 4s. % Front Circle Stalls, 38.;
Pit Stalls, 25.; Pit, Is. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, is ; Gallery, 6d.
Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith.

ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE,
King-street, St. James's. Lessee, Mr. T. R. 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 E'VENING the performances will ennimence with
a new and original comedy, entitled A FRIEND IN NEED.
F. Robinson, C. Young, &c.
To be forowad by DIDO.
After which, A CHANGE OF SYSTEM.
Reduced Prices—Gallery, 6d; Pit, ls. The Box-office open
from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at half-past six ; perform
ante commences at 7.

A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.—
Proprietor, Mr. Wiz. BATTY.
Manager, Mr. EDWIN HUGHES.
The GREAT MILITARY SPECTACLE nightly increases
In popularity and attraction. The brilliant and unequalled
Scenes in the Arena, now rendered the most complete and ex-
traordinary ever witnessed, by the engagement of the cele-
brated " DELAVANTI TROUPE " and the wonder of the
world " LITTLE MENONI," are received with reiterated
approbation and enthusiasm.
On MONDAY, MAY 14, 1860, and during the Week,
To commence with the Great Military Spectacle, in Four
Acts, entitled " Tux HISTORY or A FLAo." splendid
Scenery and Appointments, &c., &c.
The Novelties in the Cirque introducing the following
eminent Artistes—Mdlles. Maria, De Berg, Monet, Devereux,
3lessri. H. Williams, Fernando, Watson, Delavanti Troupe,
and Little Menoni.
The magnificent Chan tellers manufactured by Messrs. De-
lries and Sons, Houndsditch.
Doors open at half-past 6, performance commence at 7.
Box-office open daily from 11 till 4.
Stage Manager—Mr. W. WEST.

CANTERBUR Y HALL CONCERTS.—
Tms ETJENING.
C. H. GOUNOD'S OPERA,
FAUST.
First Time in this Country.
Faust Mr. Henry Herbert.
Mephistopheles Mr. C. Bernard.
Slobel Mrs. Anderson.
Marguerite Miss RusselL
Conductor Mr. Jonghmans.
And selections from
Dinorab, Troyatore, Macbeth, and numerous other
Entertainments.
Balcony, ls, Hall, Rd.
Comic Vocalists—Messrs. George Hodson (the Irish Come-
dian and Mimic), and W. T. Critchtield.
The AFRICAN OPERA T OUPE, their first appearance
since 1852, consisting of ELEVEN STAR PERFORMERS,
who will give the whole of their inimitable entertainment
every evening.
The gallery is open from 5 till 11 on Sunday Evening.

THE WEATHER.—Sux OFFICE, MAY 13, 1360.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADS.
69—highest since noon yesterday.
54—lowest this morning and during the night.
67—this day at noon.

BAROMETER-29.72.
WIND - Westerly ; moderate, with fine weather, but
cloudy. It rained heavily in the night.
MAT 14.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
67—highest since noon yesterday.
i 2 —lowest this morniag and during the night.
57—thiOay at noon.

BAROMETER-29:93.
WIND North-Westerly; light, with dull, rainy
weather. It was fine in the morning, but has now set in
for wet.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
Tins DAY.—Morning, Bh. 41m.—Afternoon, 9h. 15m.
o-moßßow.-Morning, 9h. 48m.—Afternoon, 10h. 20m.

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THE SUN.
LONDON, MONDAY, MAY 14, 1860.

It needs but the last drop to brim over the cup
of indignation. It requires but the last straw, says
the adage, to break the back of the camel. And for
the " last straw" we have now Mr. GLADSTONE'S
proposition, for this evening, to abolish the postal
privilege hitherto accorded to newspapers—and for
the " camel's back," the Patience of the House of
Commons. Heretofore, during the past three
months of this singular Parliamentary session, the
popular branch of the Legislature could hardly
have shown itself in every particular more
obliging or complaisant. The Opposition has never
once proved either implacable or ungenerous. It
has not once afforded Ministerialists the oppor-
tunity of raising anew the old, old cry that we
had come to be so heartily sick of hearing
blatently roared forth perpetually upon all
occasions, good, bad, or indifferent, from
the " leathern lungs" of the Whig Ministers'
supporters on the back benches, namely, that of
stigmatising their confronting antagonists as a
Factious Opposition. There has been every provo-
cation certainly—diplomatic, financial, and legis-
lative. There has been the Treaty—there has been
the Budget—there has been the Reform Bill; each
and all of these more or less obnoxious to the vast
majority of the population. Yet, Treaty—Budget
—Reform Bill, have all been allowed to pass
through their various stages of Parliamentary de-
velopment without hitherto one really vigorous
effort in the way of retarding their progress or
thrusting them back (ignomirtously rejected) upon
the Administration. Step by step they have been
permitted to advance towards completion. And it
is a curious circumstance in the midst of these
reiterated concessions of amiability towards the
Cabinet, that whenever there has, upon rare occa-
sions, been any disposition whatever on the part of
the House of Commons to hesitate about swallowing
whole and entire any one of the Ministerial nos-
trums proffered too it as tonic medicines in every
respect beneficial to the Constitution—Mr.
GLADSTONE, as the mouthpiece of the Ministry,
has raved against these momentary qualms of hesi- '
tation like one d eniented. The Chancellor of the
Exchequer is fast 'becoming among our statesmen
what Marshal I.t...:,SENA was among NAPOLEON'S
Paladins—the "Spo Ut Child of Victory." But the
spoilt child of vie tory, who was the prototype, we
all know got, howeever, far more seriously damaged
by defeat at last iti. the Peninsula. And the Spain
of his administrative emulator nowadays seriously
threatens to reveal itself before the close of the pre-
sent session, and ;to marr materially, if it should '
fail altogether, to, engulph his once dominant re-
putation.

Tonight, in trul'A, the Chancellor of the Exche-