The Sun.
London, England, 1867-04-10 00:00:00

Commence at Seven.

THEATRE ROYAL, lIAYMARKET,
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Bucket ,ne.
THIS EVENING, AS YOU LIKE IT. Messrs. Buck-
stone, Chippendale, Howe, Rogers, 'Omen, Compton, Clark,
Braid, Weathersby, Coe, Vincent, P‘tyne, ; Mesdames
bentt-Sidtions, Moore, Sidney, Fitswilliam, ko.

Atter which, LEND ME FIVE SHILLINGS. Mr. Buck
stone.

To conclude with PERFECTION. Mr. Kendal and 31158
lone Burke.

Commence at Seven.

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.-
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Fechter.

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THIS EVENING, at 7, BAMBOOZLING. Mr. E. Price
and Miss Kate Ildshop.
After which, at 8, THE DUKE'S MOTTO. Mr. Fechter ;
Me are. .Jordan, Emery, Price, Widdicombe, k'itzpatrick.
Evans, Dal;un, Nev bound, Anfiereon, Iteynolus, Vivian,
Bennett; Misses llenrade, Elsworthy, Grattan, and Carlotta
Leclercq.

THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI.
Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster.

T 1.113 EVENING, at 7, ICI ON PARLE IettANCAIS.
Dir. J. L. Toole and Hr. Billing*ton.
After which, at 8, LOST IN LONDON. Messrs. H.
Neville, J. L. Toole, I'. Bedt ,rd, Ashley, Eburne ; Miss Neil-
son, Mrs Billington, and Miss 6eaurtn.
To conclu le with TILE STEEVLECHASE; or, in the
Pigskin. Messrs. J. L. Toole, Billin4ton, Stephenson, &c.

ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE.
New Management.
Sole Lessee, Mr. B. Webster ; Manager, Mr. H. 11 igan.
THIS EVENING, LAV.AT ER. Messrs. Ciayt MI, Stuart,
D. Murray, and Charles Mathews ; Mesdames uarris and
DI Palmer.
Followed by THE LIAR. Messrs. C. Mathews, Addition,
B. J. iflontague, and liorax Wigan ; Mrs. Charles Mathews
and Miss Stephens.
Atter whi,h, A ROMANTIC IDEA. Messrs. G. Vincent,
Addison, D. Murray, and Charles Mathews.
Doors open at half-past Six; commence at Seven.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE,
Sole Lessee and Adanager, Mr. Geo. Vining.

TILES EVENING, at 7, No. 1, ROUND THE CORNER.
Messrs. J. G. Shore, li. Forrester.

Followed by, at a quarter before 8, IT IS NEVER TOO
LATE Ti) MEND. ChAractera by Messrs. Vining, F. Vil-
.

C. Verner, J. G. Shore, 6. Ullhaern, H. Forrester, H.
Thorne, H. Mellon, C. 11. Fenton; Mlee Page and Miss
Katherine 'Codgers.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough.
TILES EVNNISG, SWEETUEARTS AND WIVES.
Messrs. Parsel.e, Belford, F. Robson ; Misses Ilughes and
Newton.
After which, the Burlesque, E iMER A LDA ; or, The Sen-
sation Goat. Ntes4rs. Thorne and Jame, ; Mesdames A.
bwanborough, E. Holt, and Newton,
To conclude wi:h THE FRENCH EX ELIBITION.
Commence at Seven.

ITOLBORN THEATRE ROYAL.
_lll_ seic rroprietor and Manager. Mr. ref ton Parry.
THIS EVENING, a new Farce, MY TURN NEXT. Mr.
Beim ,re, Mimi Foote, Nisi Lean() r.
Afrer Which, noncicault's drama of FLYING SCUD.
Aiesiirra. Neville. Belmore, I;lake.li.oden,Voll,tire; Mesdames
.i
.4%ths, C. Sauuthtro, B. Foote, Raymond.

rii HEATRF, ROYAL, ASTLEY'S.
Under the Sole Management ot Mr. W. 11. C. NATION.
Great Treat for Visitors to Li ndou on their way to the Paris
Exhibition —Frotiti,tion ot Benjamin Webster's lairous
Drama," II It V EriT HOME," and 11..1. Byron's piquant
Burlesque, "rnE NYMPH OF TII6 LURLE BURG."
EVE ti Y. EVENING, Benjamin Webster's famous Drama,
HARVEST HOME. Messrs. Fernandez, &Urine, stepheus ;
Misses Edith Stuart, JlArlon, Mrs. Caulfield. • ' -
To conclude with U. J. Byron's piquant Burlesque, THE
NYMPH 010 THE I. UR E. EY BURG, with new and brilliant
Scenery illustrative 0: the beautiful Rhine. Misses Edith
Stuart, Ellen Thirlwall, Nellie thiton, Richardson; Messrs.
Atkins, Stephens, and Arthur.
To prevent disappointment seats mast be booked in ad-
tra,ice. No charge for bills or booking.

T.ATEST INTELLIGENCE._
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Shepherd's Bu di, now or the White Hart, Acton, Iliddle6ex.
b,g's to intone his friends and neighbours that the LATEST
L+'-En LION of nit 61-TS" CAA be aeon at hie house as
above.

LONDON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 1867.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer has addressed
a circular to the members of the Conservative party
in the House of Commons. This circular, dated
yesterday, informs the members that Mr. GLAD-
STONE has given notice of a series of amendments
which he proposes to move in committee on the
Reform Bill on Thursday next. These amend-
ments are Mr. COLERIDGE'S Instructions in another
form. The circular goes on to state that, if any
one of them be adopted, it will be impossible for the
Government to proceed with the bill. The attend-
ance of hon. members in the House of Commons
on that evening is earnestly requested. We
do not wonder that Mr. DISRAELI uses the term
" relinquished," for in that consists the full force of
the accusation to be brought against Mr. GLAD-
SIGNE, and the course ho persists in following
will alienate from him the respect and confidence
of the country. It is a direct insult to the House
of Commons for him to begin his work over again,
and throw everything into confusion just when
people imagined themselves to be safe. He is
certainly conducting himself diametrically in op-
position to his party, for it was only the
other night .that they gave him positive
proof of their unwillingness to damage the
Government measure. It appears to us that as he
was thwarted in his scheme for making a stand
upon the dual vote and the lodger franchise, the
right hon. gentleman the member for South Lanca-
shire has set his wits to work and found out the
most important part of the measure in order to
direct his attack upon it. With ingenuity worthy
of a better cause he has concentrated his energies
in this direction, and we must now await the conse-
quences of his manoeuvres till to-morrow. The first
of these amendments refers to the question of "re-
sidence," and that, as the Chancellor of the
Exchequer remarks,is a vital question of the measure.
All, however, strike at the root of the principle of
the bill, and that the insidious opponents of the Go-
vernment know full well. We do not anticipate
any unfortunate result from the production of these
amendments, but it will be necessary for the friends
of Reform to be on the alert, acd not allow a march
to be stolen upon them.
A more unnecessary and impertinent interference
than this on the part of Mr. GLADSTONE has not
been met with in Parliamentary annals, and
when the strife and turmoil of the present
confusion is over, and people have leisure to go
into detail, those who have been foremost in their
admiration of the talents of, and grateful for public
services rendered by, the right hon. gentleman will
deeply regret the course they have pursued. All
must see that he is now animated by the spirit of
faction, and that he is what ' the French call so
entente, that reason and remonstrance are alike
thrown away upon him. No matter what may be
the consequences, he will go on to the end ; and if
the whole question of Reform be put off inde-
finitely, if the country is disappointed and the
session wasted, so long as his desires are gratified,
and so long as he prevents his political opponents
from succeeding in what he failed to accomplish
himself. We had hoped that the time was past
when English statesmen could thus forget the first
duties they owe to their country, and exhibit such
unfailing signs of selfishness and narrowness of
judgment. We now realise the fact that all
the indignation which Mr. GLADSTONE so
loudly professed last year was levelled
at the heads of the opponents of the
Government, and not at the enemies of Reform.
Had he really or truly lamented the wasted time
he would have rejoiced to see that this Session bid
fair to retrieve the errors of the past ; but no, he
must be the man to do the work, or he will do his
utmost to prevent any one else from achieving it.
Fortunately for every one concerned in the in-
terests of Reform people are by this time pretty
well aware of the state of the case, and
we rely upon the independent Liberals-3 not to
fail the Government on Thursday, but to
complete and consolidate the victory they won on
Monday. Perhaps it is not too much to expect
that if a decided veto be put upon these proposi-
tions of Mr. GLADSTONE that he will consent to
labstain from any more of his vexatious moves for
the rest of the Session. At any rate, the members
of the House of Commons have their duty very
plainly put before them, and it remains for
them to do it totally irrespective of the freaks
and fallacies of the Leader of the Opposi-
tion. If these amendments be thrown out
by the committee by a large majority, the
House can separate for the Easter holidays with
the firm belief and the assured confidence that the
Reform Bill of 1867 is a fact, and not a fiction.
Without any exaggeration, we can assure Mr.
GLADSTONE that the part he is playing is calculated
to injure no one so deeply as himself. The worst of
the danger is over, now that diyitionl in the Liberal

camp are openly seen and acknowledged; but when
the desired work is done, and the end gained, he
who once professed himself so strongly in favour of
Reform will be regarded as the Marplot of the affair,
and only successful for want of power and not of
will. This is, indeed, a sad falling off, and it shows
the evil of politicians giving way to feelings of jea-
lousy instead of devoting their energies to the com •
mon cause of working for the interests of the coun-
try. In some respects the opposition to this new
measure has been more uncalled for and more cha-
racteristic for inconsistency than those of 1839 ;
but, at any rate, it is worse, because there i 3 the
example of the past to teach wisdom and to im-
press upon the mind the dangers of delay.

The question put by Mr. ROEBUCK last evening
to the llotne Secretary with respect to the petty
sessions was not of itself of great importance, but
the subject to which the hon. member more espe-
cially referred is one which deserves some attention.
The morality of some of our South London trades-
men does not appear to reach a very high standard,
and we are glad to find there is a prospect of some
further legislation in the matter. When Mr.
lluGnEs, M.P., a short time since denounced
in no measured terms the disgrace and dis-
honesty of such fraudulent dealings his remarks
were received with laughter, bat they were meant
in serious earnest. The records of convictions
under the law reveal some curious and not very
edifying practices among the small dealers, and the
number and variety of such convictions show that
it is considered in some quarters an easy and not
unsuitable mode of gaining money. A favourite
device is to nail a penny piece under one of the
scales, which deducts, of course, about an ounce
from the fair weight, and when this is detected of
course there is not much room for execuse or ex-
planation. False weights are plentiful enough, and
in short the tricks of trade are evidently a re-
cognised portion of the small dealer's profits.
Such a condition of affairs is very discredit-
able to our commercial morality, and it is
evident that it presses very hardly on those who are
least able to bear it. The poor, in any case, pay at
a far higher rate for everything they have, as is
well known. What with the fatal truck and tally
system, the "getting back" in winter, and in times
of illness or loss of employment, and the loss which
as every one knows is incurred by providing con-
stantly recurring necessaries in small and uncertain
detail, they are very much at the mercy of the
small shopkeepers. Of course the aid of the latter
is extremely valuable to them, and they would find
it difficult, if not impossible, to pull through a hard
season without it ; at the same time, like their
betters, they have to pay for the advantages pretty
heavily. The loss of farthings and half-farthings,
the weight of the paper, and a thousand other little
items, swell up a long aggregate, until we apprehend
that a poor man's weekly bill is often in proportion
to a poor man's rent. They are both out of all re-
lation to the quality of the thing paid for. Many
of these drawbacks are, however, inevitable, and in
fairness to the tradesmen it must be remembered
that they often have to wait a long time for
their money, and run the chance in case of a
total break down on the part of the creditor of
losing everything. But the poor man's case is hard
enough, with its attendant drawbacks, without his
paying for an ounce or two in every pound that he
does not get. If he is obliged to have his coals in
winter time in quarter hundredweights, instead of
in half tons, it is no reason why he should lose one-
twentieth of what he pays for. if the struggling
mother of a large family finds it difficult to buy even
a quartern loaf for her children, it is bard that she
should be defrauded of her full weight. From the great
number of convictions there is good reason to be-
lieve that the pernicious practice prevails to a very
great extent, as we may naturally suppose that
there are a good many more undiscovered. In
many instances the conviction is for the second or
third offence, in which case the culprit deserves to
be dealt with severely. So much is being said about
the progress of the lower ranks in education and in-
telligence that we should like to see a correspond-
ing advance in commercial morality. No one who
keeps a shop can pretend to be too ignorant
to know that it is dishonest to use frau-
dulent weights and measures ; the worst ac-
countant among them could probably tell pretty
accurately, if he chose, his profits from this source.
But the evil of which this fraudulent dealing is a
part has a very wide range. Our mercantile his-
tory during the last twenty years contains some
startling passages, and one reason of the successful
competition of foreign workmen with English me-
chanics is that they are said to be more careful of
their employers' interests as well as of their own.
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lish virtue of honesty, and there is some reason to
apprehend that it has of late years gene out of
favour.

Mr. ROEBUCK'S observations were directed to the
fact of some magistrates having conducted the in-
quiry into these fraudulent cases with closed doors,
a proceeding which is distinctly illegal. Very cer-
tainly such offenders do not deserve to have their
feelings respected. Neither can any public end be
attained by such a course. At Marylebone and
Wandsworth the cases were tried in the usual
manner, and we hope that an improved tune of
public morality will tend for the future to make
their recurrence less frequent.

CORRESPONDENCE FROYI PARIS.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, Tuesday Evening.

The Marquis de Moustier, Minister of Foreign
Affairs, gave an explanation yesterday in the Legis-
lative Body of the feelings and policy of France in
regard to Luxembourg, which may possibly put an
end to the fabrications which have lately been so
rife upon the subject. The Marquis commenced by
stating that the French Government believed that
the real and permanent interest of France was to
preserve the peace of Europe, and, therefore, it had
not spontaneously raised the question of Luxem-
bourg. The undecided position of Limbourg and
Luxembourg led to a communication from the Go-
vernment of the Netherlands to the French Cabinet.
The Prussian Cabinet has invoked the Treaty of
1839. France had never thought of the possibility
of acquiring Luxembourg except upon three condi-
tions. The free consent of the Grand Duke of
Luxembourg. A faithful examination of the inte-
rest of the Great Powers. The wish of the popu-
lations, manifested by universal suffrage. 'We are
disposed to examine, in concert with the other
Cabinets of Europe, the Treaty of 1839. We shall
enter upon this examination in the most perfect
spirit of conciliation, and we firmly believe that the
peace of Europe will not be interrupted by this in-
cident." (Prolonged applause. Noise upon some
of the benches.) Some discursive remarks were
made by M. Thiers, M. Bcrryer, and the opposite
benches, after which the claim made for interpella-
tions on the subject was sent to the bureaux.

As public attention is now so directed towards
Luxembourg, some details respecting it, which I
gather from accurate sources, will be interesting.
The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg is Dutch by the
right of possession of the King of Holland, it is a
little Prussian as far as regards the soldiers who are
on duty before the fortress, but it is essentially
French as respects feelings and language, for it was
united to France from 1793 to 1814, and the French
language is used in administrative allairs and in tilt)