The Sun.
London, England, 1860-05-24 00:00:00

-s-DELPTII, NEW THEATRE-ROYAL. I
J Sole proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster.
He-appearanpce of Mr. and Mrs. A. Wigan—Third week of
the pop American Actress, Miss Julia Daly.
THIS KNENING (eighth time), ITS AN ILL WIND
THAT BLOWS NOBODY GOOD. Messrs. Alfred Wigan,
J. L, Toole, Stuart, Billing,ton, C. J. Smith, Ward, Mrs. A.
Wigan, and Miss 11. Simms..
After which, OUR FEMALE AMERICAN COUSIN.
Messrs. Stuart, C. Selby, Billington, Ebtirne, Miss Julia
Daly, K. Kelly, Laidlaw, and Mrs. Chatterley.
To conclude with GRIMSHAW, BAGSHAW, AND
BRADSHAW,

Box-office open from 10 till 5.
Private boxes, £2 2s. ; Family Boxes, £l.
Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Balcony, 45.: Front Circle Stalls, 3s. ;
Pit Stalls, 2e.; Pit, Is. Bd. ; Amphitheatre, is ; Gallery, 6d.
Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. 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 ETENING the performances will comrnense with
a new and original comedy, entitled A FRIEND IN NEED.
F. Robinson, C. Young, &c.
To be followed by DIDO.

After which, A CHANGE OF SYSTEM.
Reduced Prices—Gallery, 6d ; Pit, is. The Box-office open
from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at half-past six ; perform -
ance commences at 7.

A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.-
-J. -1- Proprietor, Mr. WM. BATTY.
Thirty-seventh Night of the GREAT MILITARY SPEC-
T ACLE. In compliance with numerous inquiries at the Box
Office, the Management has arranged to give Four Grand
Mid-day Performances during the Whitsun Holidays, viz.—
on Whit-Monday, May 28th, Tuesday, 29th, Thursday, 31st,
and Saturday, June 2d. The Entertainments will consist of
a Recherche Display of Euestrian Performances and a
Light pleasing Dramatic Piece; commencing each day at
Two o' Clock.

THIS EVENING,
The Grand Hippo-Drama. " THE HISTORY OF A FLAO."
Wondrous Scenes in the Cirque, supported by the most
talented Equestrian and Gymnastic Artistes in the World.
Concluding, with a Laughable Farce.
The magnificent Chan fellers manufactured by Messrs. De-
fries and Sons, Houndsditch.
Doc): s open at half-past R, performance commence at 7.
Box-office open daily from 11 till 4.
Stage Manager—Mr. W. WEST.

CONCERTS

CANTERBURY HALL
THIS EVENING.
C. H. GOITNOD'S OPERA,
FAUST.
first Time in this country.
Faust Mr. Henry Herbert.
Mephistopheles Mr. C. Bernard.
Siobel . Mrs. Anderson.
Marguerite
Conductor Mr. Jonghmans.
And selections from
Dinorah, Trovatore, Macbeth, and numerous other
Entertainments.
Balcony, Is, Hall. 6d.
Comic Vocalists —Messrs. George Hodson (the Irish Come
than and Mimic), and W. T. Critchfield.
The AFRICAN OPERA T itOUPE, their first appearance
since 1a.52, 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 E: ening.

THE WEATHER.,-Strx OFFICE, MAY 24, 1360,

THERMOMETER, TN THE SHADE.
71—highest since noon yesterday.
d3—lowest this morning and during the night.
70—this day at noon.
BAROMETER-30.02 ;
WIND—W.N.W ; fresh, with fine, cloudy weather.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
THIS DAY.—Morning, 3h. 50m.—Afternoon, 4h. 20m
TO-MORROw.-Morning, 4h. 41m.—Afternoon, sh. 3m

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THE SUN.

LONDON, THURSDAY, MAY 24, 1860,

To-night, if other business do not interfere, Mr.
GLADSTONE is to propose in the Committee on
Customs Acts the cessation of duties on the im-
portation of paper from foreign countries.
Whether he will now do so remains to be seen.
If he does, the House of Commons will, we trust,
and on both sides of it, decline to follow him. The
House, to be sure, does not yet know what the
Lords have done. It has heard a rumour of
a certain bill which it sent up being rejected in
• another place by a majority of nearly two to one."
To the Commons, however, the paper duty is only
" missing," and they are about to send an expedi-
tion in search of the missing bill. Its fate they
expect to learn from the logbook of the House of
Lords. How long the search will take we,
never having undertaken sueh voyages in such
company, are not able to conjecture. Probably it
will be successful soon enough to enable the Com-
mons to take the case of the Paper Duties Repeal
Bill into account.

Whether it does or does not, the speeches and
the votes of the house will, we presume, be guided
by common knowledge and by commonsense. If so
there can be little doubt as to what will become of
the Repeal of the Customs duties on Foreign paper
in the House of Commons. Possibly some of our
readers may not remember the precise position of
the question. The duty on English paper is Ltd.
per lb.
,French and other foreign paper pays an
additional customs' duty of ld.—that is, all foreign
paper pays 21d. per lb. To the extent of this addi-
tional penny, English paper appears to enjoy pro-
tection. It is just here, however, that the Great
Rag Question arises; and also the question of what
is due to English manufacturers on account of the
cost and trouble of Excise supervision and inter-
ference. Taking the two into account, English
paper not only enjoys no protection, but is rather
at a disadvantage as compared with foreign paper.
Now, when the Government proposed to abolish
the excise duty here, that part of the claim for the
protective penny of course went with the abolition.
Not so the other and the greater. It was soon found
that the French prohibition of tho export of rags
was tantamount to the grant of a bounty to the
French manufacturer to a very heavy amount—
not less, we are informed by the trade, than 25 per
cent. on the manufactured article. Indeed, so
large is the bounty, that French paper now comes
into our market notwithstanding the countervailing
duty of one penny—the calculation, therefore, is no
imaginary one. If prohibiting the exportation of
rags from France more than countervails the penny
duty now, it is obvious that if the prohibition on
export of rags remaias, and we abolish the extra
custom-house pelany, our papermakers will be
placed at a most unrighteous disadvantage.
It may be re ieuzbered, also, that there was a