The Sun.
London, England, 1860-06-12 00:00:00

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THEATRE-ROYAL, HA YMARKET.
Lessee, Mr. J. B. Bnekstonc.
THIS EVENING, THE FAMILY SECRET. Messrs.
Chippendale, Howe, W. Farren, Villiers, Bucnd kstone, Mrs.y
B.
White, Mrs. litzwilliam, Mrs. Wilkins, a Miss Am
Sedgwick.
After which, a new farce, entitled FITZSMYTHE OF
Farren
FITZSMYTHE HALL. Messrs. Buckstone, W. , and
Ewers; Mrs. Wilkins and Miss Henrade.
To be followed by THE ODDITIES OF THE OHIO. By
Vie Leclercqs.
To conclude with A KISS IN
mence at 7. THE DARK.
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IVY A L Plt INCE S'Sarris THEATRE.—
Lessee, Mr. EA
H.
THIS EVENING, RICHELIEU. Mr. Phelps.
To conclude with the drama of PAULINE. Mr. Melville,
Sirs. Weston, and Miss C. Leclercq.
Commence at 7.

A DELPHI, NEW THEATRE-ROYAL.
ASole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. W€bster.
Last Sty of Mr. and Mrs. A. Wigan.
Seventh week of the celebra' ed American Actress, Miss Julia
Daly.
THIS EVENING to commence with IT'S AN ILL WIND
TIIAT BLOWS NOBODY GOOD. Messrs. Alfred Wigan,
J. L. Toole, Stuart, Killington, C. J. Smith, Ward, Mrs. A.
Wigan, and Miss 11. Simms..
To be followed by A MODEL OF A WIFE. Messrs. A
Wigan, Toole, Miss K. Kelly.
After which, OUR FEMALE AMERICAN COUSIN.
Messrs. Stuart, C. Selby, Billing-,ton, Eburne, Miss Julia
Daly, K. Kelly, Laidlaw, and Mrs. Chatterley.
Box-effice open from 10 till 5.
Private boxes, 12 2s. ; Family Boxes, 11.
Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Balcony, 4s. ; Front Circle Stalls, Is. ;
Pit Stalls, 25.; Pit, Amphitheatre, ls ; Gallery, 6d.
Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith.

FRENCH PLAYS-ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.
Directeur, M. Talexy.—Lessee, Mr. F. B. Chatterton.
EVERY EVENING.
Mdlle. DUVERGER.—M. PAUL DEVAUX.
THIS EVENING (Tuesday), Wednesday, and Thursday
first performances of "LA ?ARTIE DE PIQUET "
" LES PREMIERS ARMES DE RICHELIEU "—" LE
CODE DES FEMMES." Mdlle. Dwrerger and M. Paul
Devaux.
Orchestra Stalls, 7s. 6d. ; Balcony Stalls, ss. ; Pit, 2s. •
Gallery, is.
Private Boxes, from Two Guineas.
Commence at 8.

A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.-
ri and Manager, Mr. Wm. BATTY.
'l.' El IS EVENING,
Entire Change. Production of a Grand Historical Hippo-
Drama on a scale of Great Magnificence. Varied Novelties
in the Scenes of the Arena. On Monday, June 11, 1860, and
during. the week, the Entertainments will commence with
ct a
deeply-interestin,, and splendid spectacle As,
entitled "FAIR HOSAMOND, or the AMAZON CRUSADERS."
Produced with entirely new and magnificent scenery, costly
costumes, and appointments. To be succeeded by the Scenes
of the Cirque, supported by the most talented British and
Continental Artistes in the World. Concluding with a
Laughable Farce.
The magnificent Chandeliers manufactured by Messrs. De-
fries and Sons, of Houndsditeh.
Doe: s open at half-past 6, performance commence at 7.
Box.oftice open daily from 11 till 4.
Stage Manager—Mr. W. WEST.
Director of the Arena—M. Felix Revolti.

CONCERTS.-

CANTERBURY HALL
THIS EVENING,
C. H. GOUNOD'S OPERA,
FAUST.
First Time in this Country.
Faust Mr. Henry Herbert.
Mephistopheles lllr. C! Bernard.
Siobel Mrs. Anderson.
Marguerite ..... Miss RusselL
Conductor Mr. Jonghmans.
And selections from
Dinorah, Trovatore, Macbeth, and
ts. numerous other
Entertainmen
Balcony, Is, Hall. 6d.
Comic Vocalists —Messrs. George Hodson (the Irish Come-
dian and Mimic), and W. T. Critchfield.
The AFRICAN OPERA TROUPE, their first appearance
since 1852 consisting of ELEVEN STAR PERFOTIMERS,
who will, give the whole of their inimitable entertainment
every evening.
The gallery is open from 5 till 11 on Sunday Evening.

THE WEATHER.-SUN OFFICE, JUNE 12, MO.

THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
63—highest since noon yesterday.
Si—lowest this morning and during the night.
60 —this day at noon.
BAROMETER-29.54 ; a fall of nearly half an inch.
WIND—Southerly ; fresh and stormy, with miserable
rainy weather.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
THIS DAy.—Morniag, 7h. 40m.—Afternoon, Bh. 7m.
To-ummow.-Morning, Bh. 37m.—Afternoon, 9h. 7m.

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THE SUN.
LONDON, TUESDAY, JUNE 12, 1860,

If we say that the House of Commons is paved
with good Reform Bills, we shall doubtless recal a
a proverb, of IVHITFIELD'S, we believe, 'which has
been uttered over many a lapsed penitent. And
when we see the House, after having been preached
to from the Throne, on the subject of Reformation,
again and again ; and after having, through its
Leaders, promised as many times to amend itself;
wad only this month, we certainly calmot say
nemine contra-DICENTE, still, no one daring to vote
otherwise, but agreeing to one step towards Refor-
mation,—when we think of all this, and yet see both
Ministerialists and Opposition, all of them only too
well pleased to throw up their resolutions of amend-
ment, and to live on after their old course, what
can we say for our unregenerate, and therefore
ever lapsing House P It reminds us inevitably of a
far more sacred proverb, and compels us to exclaim
—" Can the Ethiopean change his skin, or the
leopard. his spots "—then, probably, and certainly
not before, may a House of Commons Reform itself.
Never, indeed, yet, has it done such a thing. The
Reform of 1832 was effected, not by the House, but
by the people. The numerous Reform proposals
of the last ten years have not been such as the
people eared to put their hand to. They were
merely the fa.int resolves of political"parties in the
house to do something that should look like an in-
tention to be good, but there has not been enough
in any one of them, certainly not in this last, to
arouse any enthusiasm abroad. The present
one -was, by all classes, Whig, Tory,
and Radical, supposed, at first, to be
intended merely to pass. As a Reform Bill,
stauncher Liberals regarded it as something almost
laughable.; it was not supposed that Tories would
care to oppose it. Nor did they at first. They
evidently felt baulked of a good subject for attack.
However, when they saw that real Liberals
despised the bill, arid that the re-election soon to
follow made it distasteful to both sides, the BEN-
TrNeK clique recovered their pluck, revolted against
their leader, made hint follow them, and rallied all
the glib-tongued of thoir party to delay the bill by
talk, and by empty resolutions, until the session
should be almost gone—and then, after having
themselves wasted and lost it, to cry—time ! !
At the stage at which things had now arrived,
however, there was no alternative for Lord JOIIN
RusSELL and the Ministry but to withdraw the
bill, or to have faced what would have made them
very unpopular in the House, though not,
Perhaps, with the country. But the House is the
In home of a Government, and it concerns
them much more to stand well with hon. members
than with the people generally. Either a disso-
lution, or a prolongation of the session, would,
doubtless, have been. annoying to members to the
last degree ; and, as no manifest effort was made by
the public to support him in any such course, he
held himself quite at liberty to withdraw the Bill.
On one point there seemed to be a virtual agree-
ment between Mr. rItIGHT and Mr, DISRAELI. The
Latter attributed the necessity of withdrawing the
lbill, to the magnitude of tha other measures intro-
used by the GovermnE nt, and the discussiOns ine-
vitably raised by them; interfering with all other
I ess important, yet n ettessary business; and Mr.
I 3RIGFIT, on his part, seemed but too well content
1 hat he had got the treaty and the budget, from
which he expects ;such splendid results, and now
teels us that the Pfench Government is carrying