The Sun.
London, England, 1860-02-03 00:00:00

Commence at 7.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.-
Lessee, Mr. A. Harris.
Re-engagement of the Wonderful Dancer, Mons. Espinosa.
First appearance of Mle. Marietta Rosetta, Principal Dan-
sense of La Scala, Milan ; and the Delapierre Family.
These highly-talented Children will appear every night.
The Royal Princess's Rifles on parade every evening.
THIS EVENING, THE CRICKET ON TIIE HEARTH.
After which, a new Christmas burlesque pantomime, by IL
J. Byron, called JACK Tilt: GIANT KILLER; or, Harle-
quin King Arf_mr ani the Knights of the Round Table.
Jack, Mies Louise Keeley—Harlequin, Mr. Cormack Panta-
on, Mr. eaulo —Columbine, Miss Caroline Adams— Clown,
Mr. A. F. Forrest.

NEW THEATRE - ROYAL, AD ELPHI.
Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster.
Reproduction of THE DEAD HEART, with all its power-
ful effects.
THIS EVENING, THE DEAD HEART. Messrs. B.
Webster, J. L. Toole, David Fisher, P. Bedford, C. J. Smith,
Billington, Powell, Romer, Miss Woolgar, K. Kelly.
After which THE NYMPHS OF THE LIIRLEYBERG;
or, The Knight and the Naiades. Messrs. Toole, Bedford,
Eburne, Smith, Powell, Romer, Miss Woolgar, C. Webb, K.
Icily, Laidlaw.
Doors open at half-past six—Commence at seven. Box-
Office open from 10 to 5. No charge for securing seats,
nor ler bills of performance. All fees to servants of this
establishment are strictly prohibited.

Acting llanager—Mr. Win. Smith.

ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE,
King-street, St. James's. Lessee, Mr. T. B. Chatter-
ton. The nearest Theatre to Chelsea, Pimlico, and West-
minster, the Park bein,g open to carriages and foot passen-
gers all hours of the night.
Last Week of the Pantomime.
THIS EVEN INS; the performances will commence with
A BORDER MARRIAGE. Messrs. 11. T. Craven' Charles
Young, G. Spencer, and Miss fVyndham.
After which, a new Tragic Ballet, entitled MY NAME IS
NORVAL. Supported by C. Young, Barrett, Miss Lydia
Thompson, Clara St. Casse, &c.
To conclude with the new pantomime of PUNCH AND
JupY. Introducing. Miss Lydia Thompson and the Corps
, de Ballet. Clown, Harlequin, Columbine, and Pantaloon, and
w- the wonderful Performinv, Dogs.
Reduced Prices—Gallery, tid ; Pit, is. The Box-ofEce open
from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at half—past six ; perform
ante commences at 7.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE,
Westminster-road.
Last Three Weeks of Mr. W. Cooke's Season.
THIS EVENING, the (rand Illustration of Shakspeare's
RICHARD THE THIRD, or The Death of White Surrey.
Richard, Mr. Ennis; Richmond, Mr. R. Phillips, New Olym-
pian Scenes in the Circle by the first riders of the day—Mr
IV. Cooke's great Menage Act—terminating with the Eques-
trian, Operatical, and Comic Pantomime of HARLEQUIN
TOM. MOODY ; or, Old Towlcr the Huntsman and the God-
dess Diana ; Diana, with Songs, Miss Jacobs.—Costly and
dazzling Transformation Scene.—llarlequin, M. Richarde ;
Columbine, Mdlle. Mazoni ; Clown, M. Ililderbrandt ; Pan-
taloon, Mr. I'. Abbot --A family of Sprites - Epsom Races by
Living Jockies and real Ponies, with ring and Stage com-
bined.
Commence at 7.
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Grand Morning Performances of the Pantomime on Satur,
Feb. 4 and Saturday, Feb. 11, at Two o'clock each day.

CPANT ER BUR Y HALL CONCERTS.-
vEVERY EVENING. Sterndale Bennett's MAY

QUEEN.
And a Grand Selection from Meyerbeer's new opera of
DINORAII.
Comic Vocalists —Messrs. George Hodson (the Irish Come-
dian and Mimic), W. T. Critchfleld, and E. W. Mackney.
Several interestin 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.
ROSA BON itEUit'S celebrated PICTURE of the HORSE
FAIR is now added to the already magnitic,nt Collection of
Pshitimzs in the Canterbury Hall Fine Arta Gallery. The
gallery is ope,t from 5 till 11 on Sunday Evening.

TILE WEATIIER.--Si,TN OFFICE, FEn. 3, 1360,
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
41—highest since noon yesterday.
50—lowest this morning and during the night.
I"2—this day at noon.
BAROMETER-30.31.—rising rapidly.
WIND, North-Easterly ; with dull cold weather.
was frosty all yesterday, and rainy in the evening.

lIIGII WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
This DAr.—Morning, Bh. 22m.—Afterno,n, Sh. 54m
To-moithow.-Morning, 9h. 28m.—Afternoon, :lob. 4m

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THE SUN.
LONDON, FRIDAY, FEB. 3, 1860.

The recent sudden rise in the rate of Discount is
but another evidence of the suicidal policy of the
Act of 1844. The Bank of England is bound to
buy gold at a fixed price, and sell it at a price far

below its intrinsic value in the markets of Europe

Else why should the foreigner buy our gold at the
low price here and sell it at the highest price he
can command in the European market ? Sir

ROBERT PEEL once said that it was the nature:

interest of commerce to buy in the cheapest and to
sell in the dearest market. A:-.d yet in the same
breath he fixes the value of the standard, which
ought to find its own price in the market, at a
given invariable denomination ! If a madman were
to enunciate such folly, he would only be laughed
at ; but when a Minister of State puts forward such
doctrines he is listened to by one party w ith wondrous
incredulity, and by another with selfish applause.
The bullionists, who live and thrive by the trick
which fills their coffers at the expense of the public'
praise the wisdom of the statesman to the very echo.
On the other hand those who suffer, find it per-
fectly useless to reason with people committed to
foregone conclusio s however absurd in theory and
self contradictory i practice. If people of no poli-
tical status were to set up such unreasonable argu-
ments they would be set aside as visionary.
And whence does all this national grievance
spring from ? From the sordid avarice of the
dealers in money—money accumulated at the cost
of the country—both commercially and agricul-
turally, in fact from every denomination of labour.
And is thtlre no remedy ? Yes—one and many ; but
those who hold the cord of oppression grasp it
with yet a stronger clutch when relief is proposed.
For in the relief of the people they see their own
doom.

We boast of being free-traders, and yet in the
very
essence of what may be termed free trade
we still remain the most inveterate monopo-
lists ? Free trade implies universal freedom—like
the wind that blows from all sides of the compass
at its own free will, But with us, we sanction
the principle of free trade, and yet withhold tilt-
means to use it. Trade is produced and enlarged
by human labour, and thereby spreads over the
world, into many countries
here labourclt ot
is cultivated, hut where its produce id difficult
transfer, and to relieve this difficulty money .ssub
stituted as a token in purchase of this produce,
Thus commerce is free to buy and sell thisproduce
of labour, but the token is restricted in its operation
as a medium of value, and hence the perplexity
that ensues as to a fair barter. What a merchant
-gains in one case he loses in the other.
Now why should a nation, so enlightened and so
rich as England, be so crippled in her commercial
enterprise as to be shackled by the inconsistency of
her own monetary conduct ? It is not carrying out