The Sun.
London, England, 1860-05-02 00:00:00

First Appearance of Little MONONI and the celebrated
Delavanti Troupe, who are engaged at a great expense.
Great and unprecedented success of the NEW GRAND
MILITARY SPECTACLE, universally pronounced to be the
most perfect and magnificent production ever witnessed in
this Theatre.
The enthusiastic approbation bestowed upon the novel
and varied Scenes in the Cirque is the best assurance of the
unequalled talent of the eminent Equestrian Artistes who
nightly appear.
THIS EVENING, and during the Week,
To commence with the Great Military Spectacle, in Four
Acts, called "THE HISTORY OF A FLAG," succeeded by an
incomparable programme of Scenes in the Arena, supported
by the most renowned and talented Equestrian and Gymnas-
tic Artistes in Europe.
The magnificent Chandeliers are manufactured expressly
by Messrs. Defries and Son, of Houndsditch.
Doors open at half-past 6 o'clock, performance commence
at 7.

Box-office open daily from 11 till 4.
Stage Manager—Mr. W. WEST.

CANTERBURY HALL
THIS EvENING.
C. 11. GOUNOD'S OPERA,
FAUST.
First Time in this Country.
Faust Mr. Henry Herbert.
Mephistopheles itr. 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
(Ilan and Mimic), and W. T. Critchfleld.
Several interesting 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.
The gallery is open from 5 till 11 on Sunday Evening.

CONCERTS.-

THE WEATHER.-SUN OFFICE, MAY 2, MO.

THERMOMETER, TN THE SHADE.
62—highest since noon yesterday.
35—lowest this morning and during the night.
63—this day at noon.

BAROMETER-30.16 ;
WIND, Easterly; fresh, with fine weather. It blew a
strong gale yesterday afternoon.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
THIS DAY.—Morning, 11h. 21m.—Afternoon, 1113. 49m.
To-monßow.-Morning, Oh. Om.—Afternoon, 12h. 14m.

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THE SUN.
LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 1860.

Thank GOD ! the Admiralty has now fairly got
upon the right track. It is only necessary hence-
forth that it should be kept fairly up to the mark.
There is an end to anything like overweening soli-
citude. We have for months past had a Channel
Fleet cruising about between our shores and
Europe—ever on the alert, and in an admirable
state of efficiency. We have our maritime power
duly represented upon the various naval stations
scattered over the " wide, wide world" in both
hemispheres. Foremost among these separate
fleets being, of course, one great fleet in
the sea of civilisation—the Mediterranean.
Such, in point of fact, is the state of effi-
ciency to which the Admiralty has brought
both the Channel Fleet and the Mediterranean
fleet—our chief Defensive maritime armament and
our chief Offensive maritime armament—that Lord
CLARENCE PAGET could with reason exultingly
direct the attention of the House of Commons last
evening to facts and figures that "speak,"—as the
favourite idiom has it—" volumes." Instance this,
the simple statement that in the Channel fleet there
are only 150 petty officers and 226 A. B. seamen
short of the complement. The Mediterranean fleet
being the while in a yet more satisfactory condition,
-having, with petty officers and able seamen, got
nearly the required maximum of the full compli-
ment ! While such facts as these are beyond the
reach of contradiction, while the Royal Naval Volu-
nteers already number as many as 1,000 and the Coast-
guard volunteers no less than seven thousand—the
men, moreover, dropping in (in both departments)
freely and fast, coming "with a will" to take
service under the Crown spontaneously in startling
contrast to the old brutal system of the press-gang
—we may well throw to the winds the chief part
of our quondam anxiety and look hopefully to the
future of the Royal Navy of England ! Hope-
fully----confidingly—yet even to the last, not a jot
less than of yore. vigilantly. It is true that the
'Coast-guar,:l is still far short of the grand total of
132,000 recomoaendcd by the Royal Commission.
And gladly shall we hail the date when
that maxim of J r..l's Ashore shall have been at-
tained. But oc:r anxiety is modified simply by
the conviction that the recommendation of the
Royal Commissi, on is actually now in a fair way to
be, itt the fullness of time, happily and most satis-
factcnily realise d. Meanwhile, let us not hesitate