The Sun.
London, England, 1858-06-25 00:00:00

ER MAJ EST Y'S THE ATR E. the principles of law, for of these he was, gene-
Lucrer a Borgia.
I rally speaking, profoundly ignorant, nor accord-
TITIENS, ALBONI,
Last appearance of Madlle. Maris Tag'ioni, lug to the weight of evidence, for no reliance
TO-MORR9W EVENING, SATURDAY, will be pre- could be lased on the testimony of the native
sented Donizetti's Opera.
LUCREZIA BORGIA. witnesses ; but just as his caprice dictated. And
'with the following powerful cast :
Lucrezia Bo• gig Madlle. Titiens. yet he received a salary for which the services of
Maffto orsiri Madame Alboni. learned and experienced lawyers, who had ac-
Gubetta...Signor Vialetti i Petrucci, Signor Aldighieri.
Gazella, Signor Beneventano, quired high professional reputations in this coun-
Duke Alfonso... Signor Beletti Gennaro..,Signor Giuglini.
Conductor—Sig.. Arditi, try, might be obtained. There certainly is no
To conclude with the ,ntirely New Ballet Divertissement, Royal road to legal acquirements. There must
by M. Massot, entitled LA BEANE DES SONGES The
principal characters by Madlle. Marie Taglioni (her last be hard study, and ample opportunities of wit-
appearance), Mesdlles. Annetta, Rosa, Pasquale, Morlaczbi, nessing
and M. Durand. the conduct of disputed cases before Corn-
The Opera will commence at 8 o'clock. potent tribunals. No amount of theoretical know-
/. limited number of Boxes have been secured tothe public.
Price 21s and 31s 6(1 e teli, which may bo had at the Box ledge would suffice. Nor could you rely on the
n
oMce, at the Theatre, wisdom of a judge who had never practised as an
advocate. No wonder, then, we repeat, that the
administration of justice in the Provincial Courts
in India should be defective, and give abundant
reasons for complaint to the people.
Mr. BRIGHT'S plan of making five Presidencies
f co-ordinate and cc-equal powers would never
answer, at least until electric chains had been laid
flown which would enable the Home Government
to communicate almost instantaneously with, and
convey its orders to, the Indian authorities.
Until that is accomplished, there must be a single
representative of the SOVEREIGN having control
over all the others. The question might be taken
then into consideration ; at present it is decidedly
premature, and unripe for decision.
That the taxation has been of a very onerous
and oppressive character, and that works which
would materially have increased the national
revenue, and with it enhanced the welfare and
prosperity of the natives, have been neglected, is
indisputable. We have long proclaimed the de-
plorable facts, and earnestly protested against the
renewal of the East India Company's Charter in
1853. The Anglc-Indian Empire was, however,
in that year handed over to the tender mercies of
Sir CHARLES WooD, whose only effort was to main-
tain matters in statu quo The then representa-
tives of the people could not listen to his dreary
harangues, nor endure his frivolous platitudes.
Consequently, they let him do just as he liked,
and the result was the bill, which is now ad-
mitted to have been one of the gravest legislative
mistakes of modern years.
It was of late years that the policy of annexa-
tion, and the total disregard of the Hindoo sys-
tem of adoption, were carried to the highest point
—that those who were most faithful to the Eng-
lish Government were deprived of their territories,
and victimised without the slightest regard to
equity or justice. These things produced very
evil results, and were some of the causes that led
to the terrible mutiny and rebellion that has cost
so many valuable lives, and so much blood and
treasure. Had there been a Minister responsible
to Parliament, and had the fiction of the supposed
Government by the Leadenhall-street Board been
abolished, these things could not have happened.
An interest would have been felt in the affairs of
India equal to that respecting any other portion
of the British dominions ; but the effect of the
" Double Government" was to produce apathy
and indifference, and to lead to the most interest-
ing questions relating to the Eastern Empire
being discussed to "a beggarly account of empty
benches 1" It is more than probable that Sir
CHARLES WOOD was the exciting cause of the
Indian disturbance. A judicious Minister would,
iven at the Board of Control, have conciliated
the inhabitants respecting their conscientious
views, and refrained from outraging their pre-
judices, however unreasonable they might be.
We trust the measure now before the House
will have the desired effect, and prove alike ben e-
a,ie] fo Euslanil sad to

HER MAJESTY'S THE A.TRE.—Madllei
TITIENS.
The following arrangements :lava been In tde
TO-MORROW, SATURDAY, June 26---LUCREZIA
BORGIA Madlie. Titioi.s.
And LA PEINE DES SONGES, with lladlle. Taglioni,
her 'ast spplaranCe.
TUESDAY, June 29—LI1SA Ml' LER will be repeated.
—Luisa.; hladlie. Piceolomini ; Duchesa Frederica, Madtme
All nni ; Roclolfa, Sgnor Gingtini ; Walter, Signor Vialetti ;
Warm, Signor atstelli ; and Miler, Signor Beneventsno.
And a Diverti;sement from Amu r's Ballet of "La Son-
narnimla,7 in which Madlle. Rosati will make her first ap-
pearance.-
ex THURSDAY, Jul.: 1 (Extra Night), IL TROV TORE
and Ballet,. with Rosati and Poechini.
Applications to be made at the Box-office at the Theatre.

ROYAL ITAMAN OPERA, COVENT.
GARDEN, NEW THEATRE.

TRAVIATA.
To comme::ce at half past 8 o'clock.

TO•MQRROW EV eNING, Saturday, June 26, will b•
per ormed (for the last time but one this season) Verdi's
opera,

LA. TRAVIATA.

Violetta, Madame Bosio ; Flora Bervoix, Madame Taglia•
fico ; Georgic) Germont, Signor Graziani; Baron Duphol,
Signor Taglafico; Marchese D'Olat;ny, Signor Bo'oului ;
G, stone, Signor Soldi; Dottore Grenvil, M Zelger ; Guiseppe,
Signor Rosso; and Alfredo, Signor Garcloni.
Att r which, the Ballet Divertissement entitled
LA BRESILIE SN E.
Principal characters by Zing, Madlle. Delechaux,
Madlle. Esper, Niadlle. Zelia, Mr. Payne, and M. Desplaces.
The first per-ormancJ of the Opera of MARTrIA is un-
avoidably Postponed until Thursday next, July 1.
Pi', IN (id amphitheatre stalls, lOs 6d, 7s, and ss; am-
phitheatre, t',s 6d.

ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA
CO VENT-GARDEN.

NEW THE kTRE.
GRAND EXTRA NIGHT.
LES HUGUENOTS.

ON MONDAY NEXT,

JUNE 28.

The nobi ity, gentry, and the public are most respectfully
informed that, on account of the shortness of the preset
season, it is not possible that more than Four Extra Nights
can be given. The first of these nights will take place on
Monday next, June 28, on which occasion will ba repeated
Meyerbeer's grand opera,

East Norfolk is all alive just now with a hotly-
contested election. The struggle is between two
parties of landlords. Shall Whig tenant-drivers cr
Tory Tenant-drivers beat—that is the question.
Having, for certain private reasons of our own, a
special affection for the good old county of
Norfolk, we have taken a circuit amongst old
electoral friends in the now seething and bubbling
constituency ; we have thought it worth while to
refresh our recollections of a regular county conteat,
and surely enough we have found it in the main
just what it ever was—a battle bet weep landlords,
an I between others who are lords as well as land-
lords. To be sure it is with a difference. Public-
houses are not opened as in the good old days
before the Reform Bill ; nor will they be opened
for the week together to treat voters who think
t better to drink at the candidat.'s expense than
to give their vote prematurely. There were,
indeed, in that day proportionately more j 11y,
"free, and independent, electora,"- who could not
reasonably think of voting for a shabby champion
of either side. The rank and file of party men in
these days, however, consisted of the faithful
'enants—very faithful to their landlords' right to
+I what he would with his own ; and that class

ha?, of course, been largely recruited, and become
every way more w,rkable since the enactment of
the 501. tenant-Pt-will clause, mad the division of

ihe counties.
Both parties are canvassing most energetically,
but it is for RA or Blue, not for princip!e. T►he
two candidates, indeed, are men whose names out
of Norfolk probably none of our readers have
heard of, txcept as the name of the father of one
of them is wel known to every politician of the
past generation. Neither of them in their
addresses thinks it worth while to go into any
detail of their political opinions. Sir HENRY
STRACEY thinks whatever Lord -------- now
thinks or may thick ; the Honourable C. W.
COKE thinks whatever his father did think, or at
least he tells the :lonstituency he is his fathet's
son. The candidates are indeed but party pegs ;
neither of them cAres much about anything but
putting M.P. after his name ; nor apparently do
the larger part of the voters, we shonld say the
landlords, care for much more than putting in the
red or the blue man, as the case may be. It is an
lffair of colour, not of polities. The farming
tenants, of course, have little to say on the poli-
tical aspect of the contest. It is no business of
theirs. They must vote as they are ordered.
There are among them plenty of men who could
think for themselves, bat it is useless to do it.
Some do form their own opinions of public affairs ;
but they, too, are equally bound to vote for their
landlords' opinions. On all sides you only hear
that in such a parish Squire This is red ; so it
is of no use the blues canvassing there ; or that
in another parish, Squire That is blue, so the
reds may save their gigwheels and shoeleather
there.

From all that can be ascertained by a stranger
there is no earthly reason why an earnest liberal,
and no-party man, should step over his thresh-
hold to vote for one more t.ian for the othcr.
" Lord DERBY," says one candidate, "My
father," says the other. Some will think that
" a living dog is better than a dead lion," and
that as Lord DERBY lives, and has just done some
capital Liberal work both at Naples and at
home, that voting for au avowed DERBYITE is
substantially good Liberalism. Others argue
that DERBY
principles are a fluctuating quantity ;
that the principles of the late Taos. WM. COKE,
Earl of LEICESTER, are a fixed quantity, and that
he
.is voting for the son of the staunch old