The Sun.
London, England, 1860-08-14 00:00:00

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ITHEA TRE-R0 YAL, HAYMARKET.
Lessee, Mr. J. B. Bnckstone.
THIS EVENING the performances will commence with
JACK'S RETURN FROM CANTON.
And THE OVERLAND ROUTE. Messrs. C. Mathews,
Buctatone, Compton, Chippendale, Rogers, Mrs. Charles
Mathews, Miss Weekes, and Mrs. Wilkins.
After which, the new comedietta, HIS EXCELLENCY,
In which Mr. and Mrs. C. Mathews will appear.
To conclnde with THE CHRISTENING.
Commence at 7.

OYA I, PRINCES S'S THEATRE.-
..L. Lessee, Mr. A. Harris.
THIS EVENING, will be performed A WONDERFUL
WOMAN. Mr. A. Harris, Miss Heath, &c.
A new burlesque tragedy, LES FUREURS DE L'AMOUR
Supported by the Zouaves
And LES DEUX AVEUGLES. By the Zouaves.
With the farce of A.S.S.
After which, UNE FILLE TERRIBLE. Characters by
the Zonaves.
Followed by AN AMBUSCADE AT INKERMAN.

Commence at 7.

ADELPHT, NEW THEATRE-ROYAL.
Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Beni. Webster.
THIS EVENING, JANET PRIDE. Messrs. B. Webster.
J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, Stuart, C. Selby; Miss Woolgar and
Miss Laidlaw.
After which, THE FOOL OF THE FAMILY. Mr. Paul
Bedford and Miss Julia Daly.
Commence at 7.
Box-office open from 10 till 5.
Private boxes, £2 2s. ; Family Boxes, XL
Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Balcony, 4s. ; Front Circle Stalls, Zs. ;
Pit Stalls, 25.; Pit, is. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, is ; Gallery, 6d.
Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith.

....ALSTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.-
Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Was. BATTY.
Immense Success of "Mazeppa."
A Grand MID-DAY PERFORMANCE will take place on
SATURDAY next, Aug 18, commencing at Two o'clock.
This Evening, Lord Byron's splendid Hippo-drama of
MAZEPPA AND THE WILD HORSE, with entirely new
and beautiful scenery, costly costumes, and appointments,
introducing the largest stud of highly-trained Horses, Po-
nies, Buffaloes, and Camels in the World.
To be followed by Scenes in the Arena by the Star Riders
of the day.
Doors open at half-past 6, performance commence at 7.
Box-office open daily from 11 till 4.
Stage Manager—Mr. W. WEST.
Director of the Arena—M. Felix Revolt'.

CANTERBURY HALL CONCERTS.-
EVERY EVENING,
A Grand Selection from
MARTHA,
And Selections from
DINORAII, TROVATORE, MACBETH,
And numerous other Entertainments.
Balcony, is, ...Hall. Bd.
Comic Vocalists—Messrs. George Hoison (the Irish Come-
dian and Mimic), and C. Marshall.
The ETHIOPIANS, consisting of 17 performers (organised
expressly for this Establishment), for the performance of
Vocal and Instrumental Music, Comic and Sentimental, with
Negro delineations, anecdotes, &c., in addition to the usual
entertainments.
The Fine Arts Gallery is open from 5 till 11 on Sunday
Evening.

THE WEATHER.-SUN OFFICE, AUGUST 14, N6O,
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADS.
69—highest since noon yesterday.
55—lowest this morning and during the night.
74—this day at noon.

BAROMETER-29.75.
WIND—S.E.; light breeze, and fine.
4.45 r,m,—Violont storm of rain.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
THIS DAY.—Morning, llh. 31m.—Afternoon, —h.
To-monnow.-Morning, 12h. Bm.—Afternoon, 12h. 37m

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THE SUN.
LONDON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1860,

An Indian debate in August ! Members, how•

ever, indemnified themselves for their numerous
- muster on paper duties by taking leave of absence
from Sir C. WOOD'S budget—not more than thirty
of them at a time honouring him with their pre-
sence during the debate. Yet there is no small
reason to fear that vigorous and competent manage-
ment alone can save India from becoming to us

what Algeria is to France—that we may have to
pay heavily for the honour of governing India.
What a change of our notions from the
time when India was thought of only
as the land of diamonds and rubies, of
gems and of hoards of untold treasure. The sad
fact now is, that the chief interest we feel about
India, in a political point of view, is—how to re-
dress the deficiency in its revenue. After all Lord
STANLEY'S sanguine calculations, and Sir C. WOOD'S
endeavours to put the best face on things, and the
sending of that finance machine, Mr. JAMES WIL-
SON, to grind down the deficiency, and to grind
revenue out of classes who have hitherto been
exempt, or ne,arly so—Deficiency—Deficiency—is
still the Report, and seems likely to be so.
There is, indeed, a future which is to help us ; only
it seems like that almost unserviceable tense of the
grammarians, the Paulo post Future. It has
always, yet, been a little in advance of us. We
were pushing on towards a balance just before the
mutiny ; that came down on us and deranged all
things. During the mutiny, we are informed, the
revenue increased, and we were released from the
enormous charge for a Sepoy army ; but, not only
did a doubled European army swallow up more
than the revenue, but we found ourselves saddled
with a new and costly army of natives, Sikhs
for the most part, who actually outnum-
bered the old Sepoy army. Again, Mr. WILSON
sets to work. He found that the extraordinary
expenses of the two years terminating last August
had caused a deficiency of £24,000,000 for both
years together ; and that this year, after such
trivial economies as were conceded, he had to face
a deficiency of £7,470,000, including guaranteed
interest on railway capital—about one million and
a quarter. 'We have repeatedly heard how bravely
Mr. WILSOIi r set to work to create new taxes; India
was to lear n the advantage of an Income Tax ;
of licenses for trades of all kinds ; of a to-
bacco tax, now commuted into a less un-
popular tax on the trade itself of tobacconist ;
but all, it seems, will not avail. This year the
proceeds of the new taxes, as might be expected,
will not be more than about £1,000,000; but in
the year et tding April, 1862, they are expected to
yield £3,501),000. Still, even so, the deficiency is
such as would send down Consols apace did it oc-
cur in our own revenue. It will be considerably
more than 1°,3,000,000 after all ! What is to be
done ? Must the revenue rise to the expenditure,
or the expenditure humble itself to the state of
the revenue ?

For the present year it is plain that some extra
Provision must be made. Sir CHARLES will ask
Power, therefore, to raise £3,000,000 by loan, should
that he shall not need it. We may well wonder
*where he has found a mine which will fill up
such a financial void. It is from the Indian rail-
way Payments that he hopes to obtain the funds
which will obviate the necessity of using the power
to raise a loan. The Railway Commissioners are
expected to pay in #;;,000,000,
while not more
than four or f.:.'ve millions OF it
;ill be wanted in
India. But then, what is to be done with The omi-
nous future ? Why Sir CHARLES actually has hopes
that the Govern,'Nent of India will make ancaxnest
effort still further to reduce the deficit." The ex-
travagantly paid Civil Service cannot, he thinks,
be reduced in cost ! The army he thinks may.
One would think so too. The military expenditure
for the ciarrent year is not less than £17,000,000, for
the po) ice £2,000,000, exclusive of buildings, for