The Sun.
London, England, 1858-10-06 00:00:00

-IaOYAL PRINCESS'S THEATIIE
Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean.
THIS EVENING will be
THE MERCHANTresented
OF VENI C ShakspE.ere's Play of
Shylock, Mr. C. Kean—Portia, Mrs. C. Kean.
Preceded by the Farce of
DYING FOR LOVE.

THEATRE-ROYAL, DRURY-LANE
Under the Management of Miss L. Fyne and Mr. W.

Harrison.

THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone.
THIS EVENING will be performed WIVES AS THEY
WERE AND MAIDS AS THEY ARE.

After which, THE DAUGHTER OF THE GUADAL
QUIVER. Perea Nena.
With LEND ME FIVE SHILLINGS.
And THE KING'S GARDENER.
Commence at 7.

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE,
Manager, Mr. Edmund Falconer.

THIS EVENING, the New Comedy of EXTREMES;
or, Ilex of the Day. Supported by Messrs. H. Vandenhoff,
Emery, J. Rogers, and Barrett ; Mrs. A. Mellon (late Miss
Woolgar), Mrs. Weston, Miss Kate Saxon.
After which the Ballet of THE RENDEZVOUS, in which
the Lauri Family will appear.
Doors open at half-past 6, to commence at 7. Box-office
open from 11 to 5 daily.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborongh.
THIS EVENING, MY AUNT'S HUSBAND; Mr. Swan•
borough, Mrs. Selby, Miss Ternan.
After which THE LAST OF THE PIGTAILS ; Messrs.
C. Selby, J. Bland, and J. Clarke, &c.
Followed by THE BONNIE FISH WIFE.
And I'LL WRITE TO THE TIMES.
Commence at 7 o'clock.

PANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.--
‘.../ OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The following Company
of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of Selections
from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES,
GLEES, D'SETS, &c., viz. :—Miss Russell, Mrs. Badsey,
Miss Brunel!, Miss Ray, Madame Bartoletti, Miss Montague,
Mrs. Lawrence, and Mrs. Anderson ; Herr F. Jonehmans,
Mr. Henshaw, S. Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, Senor Antonio,
E. L Hime, Mr. Badsey, Senor Tirol', Mr. Cozens, Mr. Bell,
Mr. Barnard, and Mr. St. Albyn. Mr. John G. Forde and E.
W. Mackney. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks—Harmonium,
Mr. Courtnay —Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at
7 precisely. Suppers, &c., until 12 o'clock.

NOTICE.—The Proprietor begs respectfully to announce
tnat in the present month
A FINE ARTS GALLERY,
now in course of construction, will be thrown open in con-
nexion with the above Hall.

THE WEATHER.-SuN OFFICE, Our. 6.

THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
59—highest since noon yesterday.
50—lowest this morning and during the night
57—this day at noon.

BARonETER-30.04.

Wnin, W.N.W. ; moderate breeze and fine.

THE SUN.

WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 6, 1858.

Two very important despatches from Lord. CAN-
NING have been published under the authority of
Lord STANLEY, and will be found in another part
of this day's impression. They are peculiarly in-
teresting documents, constituting the defence by
the Governor-General of India of the proclamation
which called forth the celebrated despatch from
Lord ELLENBOROUGH, which led to the resignation
by that noble lord of the office for which he was
so well qualified, and to the organised and deter-
mined onslaught on the Government ; an onslaught
which might have produced very untoward
results but for the refusal of the indepen-
dent Liberals to " march through Coventry"
with the " thick and thin" adherents of the PAL-
MERSTON regime—and the timely arrival of the
energetic protest of Sir JAMES OUTRAN against
the principle on which that .proclamation was
founded. That remonstrance--.-eoming from :the

person of all others most competent to form a sound
and accurate judgment of the probable consequences
of the wholesale confiscation clause, placing every
landowner throughout the entire district on trial,
and visiting him with all the penalties of guilt,
until he could establish his innocence to the satis-
faction of prejudiced and possibly interested
judges—was conclusive. He went even further
than Lord ELLENBOROUGH, in showingthe dangers
and mischief that must inevitably arise from the
inauspicious course, and formed thG full and com-
plete vindication of the Noble Earl, who was made
the victim of the attempt of the Whig party to re-
gain possession of place and power.
Lord CANNING himself, in his own defence, is
compelled to justify Lord ELLENBOROUGH. Indeed
he had given explanations to Mr. SMITH, late
of Cannon-row, which might have altered the en-
tire course, and prevented the transmission
of the celebrated despateh, had not the ex-Presi-
dent of the India Board been pleased to treat it as
a private communication, and to suppress it in toto
from his successor. It was the absence of any ex-
planation by the mail subsequent to that which
brought the proclamation, that compelled Lord
ELLENBOROUGH to speak in such decisive terms.
Had Mr. SMITH exhibited a little more candour,
or had Lord PALMERSTON, when consulted on the
point, instructed him better as to the duty which an
ex-Minister owes not only to the QUEEN and coun-
try, but also to his successor in office—a duty en-
forced no less by private courtesy than public
principle—the CARDWELL resolutions would never

have been brought forward, and the DERBY Go•

vernment would have been prevented from acquir-
ing a vast accession of strength, which enabled
them to defeat every subsequent attack during the
remainder of the session.

The public are greatly indebted to Lord-STANLEY
for the publication of these interesting documents.
Mr. SMITH would have waited for a motion in one
or both Houses of Parliament before he con-

tented to their appearance, but Lord STANLEY,
ex mero motu, freely and gracefully forwards copies
to every London daily journal, and thus gives
ample currency to the opinions and views of Lord
CANNING on the vexed questioß at issue between
him and Lord ELLENBOROTIGII.

The first despatch is dated the 1 ith June, and is
directed to the Secret Committee of the India Board,

avowedly as an answer to that of the 19th April,
by which he was manifestly greatly nettled. He,

however, determined to retain his lucrative position

until further notice.

We do not blame his Lord-

ship. for this prudent decision, although it might

not have been that at which his father would have

arrived. He expresses his belief, that " a change
_ _

in the head of the Government of India, if it took

place under circumstances which indicated a repu-
diation on the part of the Government of India of

the policy which had theretofore been pursued to-

wards the rebels of Oude, would seriously retard
the pacification of the 'country." With that im-

pression he was certainly more than justified in
abstaining from laying down his position until, at
all events, due provision had been made for a

qualified successor.

There is a perfect agreement between Lords
ELLENBOROUGH and CANNING and Sir JAMES

OUTRAM on many points. They concur in the

opinion that the case of the inhabitants of Oude is

altogether exceptional—that they should not be.

THIS EVENING, Balfe's ROSE OF CASTILLE Miss
Louisa Pyne, Miss Susan Fyne, Miss M. Prescott ; Mr. Fer-
dinand Glover, Mr. A. St. Albyn, Mr. George Honey, Mr.
Bartleman, and Mr. W. Harrison.
Conductor—Mr. Alfred Mellon.
To conclude with a Ballet Divertissement : Mdlles. Zilla
Michelet, Pasquale, and Morlacchl.

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