The Sun.
London, England, 1860-03-09 00:00:00

EW THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHI.
LSole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster.
TIIIS EVENING, ICI ON PARLE FRANCAIS, Mr. J.
L. Toole, Chas. Selby Billing,ton, Mrslaw. . Chatterlev, Mrs. Bil-
lington, Miss Kate Kelly, and Laid
Alter which, PAPER WINGS, Mr Alfred Wigan, J. L.
Toole, D. Fisher, Billington, P. Bedford, Stuart, C. Selby,
Eburne, C. J. Smith, Powell, Romer, Mrs Alfred Wig,an,
Miss IL Simms, MDINORAII UNDERiss Kate Kelly, and Mrs
DIFFICULTIES.
Chatterley.
Followed by
Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, Eburne, C. J. Smith, Miss
K. Kelly.
Doors open at half-past slic--Commenoe at seven. Box-
Office open from 10 to 5. No charge for securing seats,
nor fer bills of performance. All fees to servants of this
establishment are strictly prohibited.
Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith.

ROYALJAMES es'S THEATRE,
King-street, St. James's. Lsee, Mr. TT. 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 EVENING the performances will oommence with
" No. 49."
After which, MAGIC TOYS. Miss Lydia Thompson.
Followed by a new burlesque called DIDO. Mr. Charles
Young, Mesdames Wyndham, Clara St. Casse, Murray, Eliza
Arden, C. Ranoe, A. Evans, and Corps de Ballet.
To conclude with FIRST AFFECTIONS. Messrs. 11. T.
Craven, G. Spencer, and Miss tiryndham.
Reduced Prices—Gallery open; Pit, Is. The perform
from 11 to 5 daily. Doors at half-past six;
&nee commences at 7.

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CANTERBURY HALL CONCERTS
THIS EVENING,
LUCREZIA BORGIA,
(Danizetti)
Donna Luerezia Miss Russell.
Maffio Orsini Mrs. Anderson.
Gennaro Mr. Henry Herbert.
Signor Tivoli.

Don Allonzo
Conductor—Mr. Jong!moans.
Comic Vocalists—Me ssrs. George Hodsn (the Irish Come.
titan and Mimic), W. T. Critchfield, and E.o W. Mackney.
Several interesting. Pictures are added to the Fine Arts
Gallery. The suite of Halls have been re-decorated and
eautified. and constitute one of the most unique and brilliant
sights of the metropolis.
The gallery is open from 5 till 11 on Sunday Evening.
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THE WEATHER.-STIN OFFICE, MARCH 9, 1860.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
42—highest since noon yesterday.
34—lowest this morning and during the night.
40—this day at noon.
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BAROMETER-30.17.
WIND, North-Easterly ; light, with cold weather and
some snow. .

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To-mounow.-Morning, 3h. 40m.—Afternoon, 3h. 59m
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THE SUN.
LONDON, FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 1860

After some questioxs and answers more or less in
reference to the Budget, Savoy, and other matters,
Mr. BYNG rose to move that " a humble address be
presented to her MAJESTY to assure her MAJESTY
that, having considered the treaty of commerce
concluded between her MAJESTY and the EMPEROR
of the French, this house begs leave to
approach
her MAJESTY with their sincere and grateful ac-
knowledgments for this new proof of her MAJESTY'S
desire to promote the welfare and happiness of her
subjects; to assure her MAJESTY that we shall pro-
ceed to take such steps as may be necessary for
giving effect to a system which wt, trust will pro-
mote a beneficial intercourse between Great Britain
and France, tend to the extension of trade and
manufactures, and give additional security for the
continuance of the blessings of peace." The hon.
gentleman then proceeded to explain that his
motion was in strict accordance with precedents,

from the time of Mr. PITT doWn to the late treaty
with Russia in 1856. That was a treaty which in
our apprehension was also a one-sided arrangement
the benefit of
100,000,000 which was all on one
of sidemoney,w•
and
ex-
pended nearly
sacrificed the lives of tens of thousands of brave
men without any recompense whatever. On the
present occasion the arguments of Mr. BYNG were
of course laudatory of the good intentions of Mini-
sters in negotiating the treaty. Several members
spoke for and some against the one-sided character
of the treaty, which was a sort of free trade in
disguise, for we conceded all, while France
conceded little or nothing, and that little was only
to come into operation some twelve or even eighteen
months afterwards.
Acting on this latter view, Lord A. VANE TEM-
PEST, notwithstanding his sincere wish to see the
friendly relations between France and England ex-
tended to their utmost limits, yet expressed his fears
that this was not possible for the present, and con-
cluded by moving an amendment to the effect that
the House declined to declare its opinion upon the
assumed advantages of the Treaty, until the Em-
peror of the FRENCH should make a distinct avowal
of his intentions with respect to the annexation of
Savoy and Nice.
Sir liuGH CAIRNS made an excellent speech,
hoping that the address would be carried, but he de-
precated that the linen trade was overlooked in the
treaty.
The hon. gentleman considered that Government
had acted without due caution or knowledge of the
various subjects considered in the treaty, and that
they ought to have obtained, not only from France,
but also Spain, ample concessions for the sacrifices
made. Still the treaty, as a whole, merited his
support, rather than that its overthrow might en-
danger the relations between France and England.
After an eloquent speech from Mr. MILNER GIB.
SON, in support of the treaty in all its scope, the
amendment of Lord A. VANE TEMPEST was with-
drawn, and the debate was adjourned to this even-
ing, when the Address will of course be carried, out

It is not desirable that the subject of the Volun-
teer movement should be allowed to pass away from
immediate discussion, as no festal days of triumph
and excitement will avail, unless beneath the sur-
face of the glittering exterior there exist some
solid and valid foundations. It is very saticfactory
to notice the unremitting attention given by the
press in general to this national question. It was
also most gratifying to find that the Duke of CAM-
BRIDgE made no merely complimentary address to
the assembled ranks of volunteers around him ; but
spoke with a frank cordiality, and an earnest man-
ner that could not but have favourably as well
as forcibly impressed them. Another most
important consideration is that the proceedings of
Wednesday must have had an immerse influence
on foreign nations. They must have learned,
whether willing or not, to admit that they did, the
all-important fact, that the " nation of shop-
keepers" can yet turn their attention to arms.
Also they must notice the unanimity that prevails
i among divers classes and separate interests. There
.s nothing in which foreigners make greater mis-
takes than in the temper of the English people. It
is very different to their code of laws to
hear of free discussion, and public meetings to
discuss political and social questions ; hence
they are apt to imagine that great discontent must
exist, and perhaps incipient revolution is engender-
ing. But let a commen cause arise and ali
secondary ideas are banished. It has been so in
the present case, and the sons of the volunteers who
prepared themselves for the declared invasion of the
First NAPOLEON, did not forget the spirit of their
fathers when they made ready for a whispered
hint of another Imperial transit. It is not to
be supposed by the countries on the Continent,
however, thatbecause we are about to set our house
in order that there is any wish for a contest, or
that the fact of such arrangements being made
necessitates any angry sentiments in our inter-
course ; above all, it must not be allowed to give
rise to the report that we are afraid. It is a strange
sign of fear to prepare for fighting, but those who
are the most determined on the dayof battle are always
the last to propose the unnecessary warfare, and the
slowest to give offence. It is therefore incumbent
on all who are connected with the movement that
on Wednesday was triumphantly celebrated in the
metropolis not to allow the present efficiency to
lapse into neglect. If the storms now threatening 1
in the political horizon pass away, and if the 1
unpropitious state of affairs should happily be
turned to oil° of security, there will still be no
need to relax in the efforts that have been so spon-
taneously made and so energetically persevered in
by the inhabitants of the country in all directions
and of all classes. " 'Tis not in mortals to com-
mand success, but we'll do more, we will deserve
it ! " is a fine sentiment, and one whieh can never
fail to animate and inspire. It is so with the
people of England. They cannot prevent the dis-
turbed nations of the Continent from making
war with their alternate revolutions and
despotisms, but they can prevent their
own country from being taken unawares
or at a disadvantage. Strong in the unanimity of
the various grades and separate classes of the
community, if the trumpet's voice should rouse the
land, it will call forth prepared and disci-
plined defenders of their country. Should we
rot be exposed to the horrors of war, one
of the chief causes that will have con-
tributed to preserve for us tho blessings of
peace will have been the Volunteer Move-
ment, which has so powerfully declared to the
world that no spread of commerce, no manufactur-
ing interests, and no class grid political rivalries
have prevented our banding together when danger
threatened ; and that the sound of an enemy's ap-
proach made all unite as brethren in arms, and
rivals only in renown.
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The select committee appointed by the House
of Commons to inquire into the best means of throw-
ing open the public institutions of the metropolis
to the working classes met yesterday, the chair
being taken by Sir JOHN TRELAWNY, the well-
known advocate of Liberal principles. It is a
subject of very great interest and importance,
which will at once address itself to, the consi-
deration of all who concern themselves
in the social welfare of the lower classes. Popular
education has long been admitted to be the first
step towards social reform, and information con-
veyed by means of lectures and museums is more
attractive to the uneducated man and more adapted
to his wants than any kind of book learning or
deep study. The object to be attained is
the enlargement of his mind, the cultivation
of his faculties. We do not expect to
make him so proficient in scientific learn-
ing or to enable him to compete successfully
with logicians and philosophers. There are, of
course, exceptional instances in which a small
amount of acquired knowledge has brought about
the most important practical results, but in most
cases the general cultivation of the intelligence, and
the provision of healthy and rational objects
of interest, are all that is aimed at. Many
a man who would soon weary of poring over
a treatise, would be interested and absorbed in a
popular lecture, and amused and occupied over
the cases of a museum. Among the witnesses who
gave evidence yesterday before the committee was
Mr. JAMES WHITMORE, machinist, and formerly
overseer at Messrs. SPOTTISWOODE'S. He afforded
full confirmation of what the supporters of the pro-
posed movement had asserted, and remarked that,
as a body, working men were more open to educa-
tion by the eye
lectures tly Illustrtahteadnthe
w ear,er e andth e tbhe as t
consequently t
adapted to their comprehension. He had stated to
a body of fellow workmen that he had been sum-
moned to give evidence on this subject
before a committee of the House of Commons, and
asked them how he should represent their feelings. They weror unanimous in expressing a wish to
have these institutions opened in the evening, so
that they might have some place of resort
without being required to spend money. Mr.
WurratoßE himself expressed his conviction that
should the National Gallery, British Museum
and similar places be thrown open to the working
man in the evening, they would attract many from
the beershop and gin palace. The South Kensing-
ton Museum, as he justly remarked, is compara-
tively useless to the vast numbers of workmen
residing in the east of London. It would be
absurd to suppose that when wearied by the
day's labour, the artisan would walk so
many miles for the pleasures of scientific
instruction. Yet that they are not insensible to
these pleasures is proved by the statistics given by
Sir Roderick MURCIIISSON and Professor Hoxi.Ev
of the attendance at the lectures of the Geological
Institution in Jermyn-street. Mr.
,WIIITMORE,
himself a representative of the class, and familiar
with their habits, expressed his opinion that popu-
lar lectures given at any of these institutions would
be the best corrective that could be devised for in-