The Sun.
London, England, 1860-07-17 00:00:00

THEAza
HAYMATMET
‘esmee, Mr. J. B. Blackstone.
THIS —•""'"-4 (NG the performances will commence with
THE 017'401 NM ROUTE. Messrs. C. Mathews, Buck-
atone, Cow iThippendale, Rogers, Mrs. C. Mathews, Miss
Weekes, ar a. Wilkins.
' After whF4lll Ee new comedietta, HIS EXCELLENCY,
in which Mr. and Mrs. C. Mathews will appear.
And THE BOARDING SCHOOL.
Commence at 7.

ROYA L PRINCE S S'S THEATRE.--
Lessee, Mr. A. Harris.
TO-NIGHT, THE FOOL'S REVENGE. Bertuocio, a
Jester, Mr. Phelps.
To conclude with BOWLED OUT.
Commence at 7.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.-
Mr. A. HARRIS begs to announce that he has entered
into an arrangement with the Conapany of ZOI.TAV ES, origi-
nal founders of the Theatre at Inkerman, during the Crimean
War, where, under the enemy's fire, they gained such renown,
and have since performed in the principal theatres of France,
Vienna, Madrid, Brussels, ConstantiLisbon.nople, Milan, Turin,
Bern, Stockholm, Gibraltar, and
The ZOUAVES will make their
and varied first appe
entearan rtainment.
ce in Eng-
land on Monday, July 23,in a novel
The battles in which these Artists
an were engaged are Alma,
Balaclava, Inkerman, Malakoff, d Sebastopol.

ADELPHI, NEW THEATRROYAL.
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Sole proprietor and Manager, Mr. Beni. Webster.
Last 3 Nights of the popular Adelphi drama, "The Flowers
of the Forest."
12th week of the favourite American Actress, Miss Julia Daly.
TILLS KVENING, THE FLOWERS OF THE FOREST.
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Mssrs. J. L. Toole P. Bedford, Sturt, Eburne,
C. J. Smith, Powell,, Romer ; Missßillington Woolgar, K. a
Kelly, Mrs.
Billington, Miss Laidlaw.
After which, THE FOOL OF THE FAMILY. Mr. Paul
Bedford and Miss Julia Daly.
To conclude with OUR GAL. Miss Julia Daly, Messrs.
Eburne, Ward, and Romer.
Commence at 7.
Box-office open from 10 till 5.
Private boxes, £2 2s. ; Family Boxes, IL
Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Balcony, 9s. ; Front Circle Stalls, as.
Pit Stalls, 25.; Pit, ls. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, ls ; Gallery, 6d.
Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith.

PRENCH PLAYS-ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.
12 Directeur, M. Talexy.—Lessee, Mr. F. B. Chatterton.
EVERY EVENING.
Positively the last Week but Two.
TO-NIGHT,
LE MOULIN DE BLESINET. Madlle. Marie Basta.
And CTIEZ TINE PETITE DAME.
Orchestra Stalls, 7s. 6d. ; Balcony Stalls, ss. ; Pit, 2s.
Gallery, is.
Private Boxes, from Two Guineas.
Commence at 8.
• Box-office open daily from 11 till 5.

A M
STLEY'S ROYAL APFIITHEATRE.-
./.1 Proprietor and Manager, Mr. WM. BATTY.
In consequence of the continued success another MID-DAY
PERFORMANCE will take place on Saturday next, July 21,
1860.—Commence at 2 o'clock.
Every evening the entertainments commencing with the
Spectacle of FAIR ROSAMOND, Or the AMAZON CRUSADERS,
with incomparable Scenes in the Cirque, and a laughable

Farce.
On MONDAY next, July 23, the popular Spectacle a
MAZEPPA will be produced.
Douro open at hall-pact 6, performance commence at 7.
Box-office open daily from 11 till 4.
Stage Manager—Mr. W. WEST.
Director of the Arena—M. Felix Revolti.

CONCERTS.-

CA NTERB URY HALL
THIS EVENING,
C. H. GOIJNOD'S OPERA.
FAUST:
First Time in this Country.
Herbert.
Faust Mr. Henry rt
Mephistopheles Mr. C. Bernard.
Siobel Mrs. Anderson.
Marguerite ..... Miss Russell.
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-
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 gallery is open from 5 till 11 on Sunday Evening.

THE WEATHER.—Svx OFFICE, JULY 17, 1360.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
63—highest since noon yesterday.
59—lowest this morning and during the night.
71—this day at noon.
BAROMETER-29.96.
WIND—South-Westerly; light, with sultry weather.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
THIS DAY. Morning, 12h. 27m.—Afternoon, 12h. 54m,
To-mounow.-Morning, lh. 21m.—Afternoon, lh. 46m.

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THE• SUN.
LONDON, TUESDAY, JULY 17, 1860.

Mr. GLADSTONE made the best of a bad business
last night. Including nearly half a million due to
the Indian Exchequer on account of the last war
with China, nearly six millions has to be provided
for to square our accounts with JOHN CHINAMAN.
It seems hardly credible, but such is the fact, on
the authority of Mr. GLADSTONE himself, that our
proceedings since the affair of the Taku forts at
the mouth of the Peiho, have cost us up to the pre-
sent time just £5,403,000 ; to this has to be added
£450,000, the debt to India just adverted to.
'We are slightly comforted by the information
that not quite all this large sum has now to be
raised. £850,000 of it were charged upon the

income of 1859-60 ; and it is gratifying to know
that so buoyant was the revenue of that year that
it weathered the charge, floated over it indeed with
a surplus. It was entirely met by the produce of
taxes, and not out of temporary resources. The
taking up of malt credits gave almost a million
earlier than usual to the Exchequer ; but, without
that aid, the actual revenue was sufficient to pay
the China demand for that year. Indeed on the
31st of March the actual surplus of income over
expenditure was £1,587,000. We come then to
the present year 1860-61.
The amount now to be raised is £3,800,000. To
meet this Mr. GLADSTONE says, first, there is the
£500,000 of taxation provided for in February ;
next, L 700,000, the proceeds of the Lords' aggression
on the paper duties; next, £1,000,000, which he
proposes to raise by increasing the spirit duties to
10s. for home-made spirits, and 103. 2d. for foreign
spirits respectively ; to which must be added the
small surplus left after ail mistakes are rectified—
amounting to £264,000. Adding these sums
together, a deficiency remains of £1,336,000, which
amount he proposes to take out of the Exchequer
balances, these being, he tells us, in a state in which
they are well able to bear it.
We have thus briefly sketched the leading par-
ticulars of the Chancellor of the Exchequer's pro-
posals. The country will probably think he could
not have done better, while it will be gratified to
be reminded of the elasticity of its ordinary sources
of revenue. To have got over the frightful esti-
mate of nearly six millions, as the cost to us of
Chinese treachery and bad fai:tl;i, with only the in-
fliction of ls. 11d. additional duty on the spirit
drinkers of the country, is certainly matter of con-
gratulation. To be sure we have the mortification,
with Mr. GLADSTONE, of having to pocket the
insult of the unrepealed paper duties to achieve
this ; but for them we should hardly have
cleared our way without another penny of in-

come tax.
And this certainly remin:is us of the assur-
ance of Mr. GLADSTONE in proposing that extra
Penny, when he now skews that he can look
confidently for an equivalent amount of revenue I
from Spirit duties. We entirely acquit him of
any design to jeopardise the repeal of the paper
duties. lie, doubtless, selected inco!re tax as the
compensation, because he wished to put the screw
on our military and naval expenditure. But had
he placed in competition the paper duties, and an
addition to the spirit duties, it seems almost cer-
tain lie would haw., attained his object. Hardly
any old or rustic lord could h„.,
been found, who
would have ventured to spare the spirit drinkers,
and to retain a " tax" on knowledge ~,,
and, as the
event proves, Mr. GLADSTONE might even have
made his peace lessons still more impres-
sive. Had he now to say, " You have
chosen war with China, I must have at least one
penny in the pound more to pay for it"—Alan-