The Sun.
London, England, 1858-10-13 00:00:00

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE;
Westminster-road.
Sole Lessee, Mr. William Cooke.

This Grand Hippodramatic Temple of the World IS NOW
OPEN FOR THE SEASON, elegantly re-embellished and
artistically decorated by Mr. Hurwitz, with new and ap-
propriate Act Drop, painted by Mr. F. Fenton, massive and
elaborate Chandelier by Mr. Hinckley. Powerful Dramatic
Company., comprising established favourites and additional
artistes, Gem and Star Equestrians, together with the best
and largest Stud of beautifully trained Horses in Europe.
Notwithstanding the sum expended, the following is the
scale of the reduced prices of admission :
Dress Circle, 3s. ; Upper Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, ls. ; Galleries, 6d.
Private Boxes, from £1 ls. to £2 25., and upwards.
The opening piece, full of striking situations and effects,
Is a dramatised version of a tale in the Waverley Novels, by
Mr. T. Townsend, entitled THE COVENANTERS ; or, The
Battle of Bothwell Brig. Produced with new scenery, cos-
tumes, appointments, and properties, and in which the entire
resources of this leviathan establishment are called into
action.

The Illustrations of all Nations in the Arena include the
united strength of the First English, American, and Conti-
nental Professors of the Art of Equitation.

To conclude with THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.
Stage Manager, Mr. R. Phillips.

CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.—
OPEN EVERT EVENING.—The following Company
of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of Selections
from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES,
GLEES, DWETS, &c., viz.:—'Miss Russell, Mrs. Badsey,
Miss Brunch, Miss Ray, Madame Bartoletti, Miss Montague,
Mrs. Lawrence, and Mrs. Anderson ; Herr F. Jonglimans,
Mr. Henshaw, S Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, Senor Antonio,
E. L Hime, Mr. Badsey, Senor Tiroli, 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 annonnoe
tnat in the present month

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A FINE ARTS GALLERY,
now in course of construction, will be thrown open in COn
nexion with the above Hall.

THE WEATHER.-SUN OFFICE, OCT. 13.

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

BAROMETER-30.03.
WIND, South-West; light, with dull weather; and
alight rain.

THE SUN.

WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 13, 18.58.

Another of her MAJESTY'S Ministers has broken
the silence of the long vacation. Lord JOHN MAN-
NERS has scarcely had time to explain his adhesion
to fox-hunting, when another of his colleagues
" follows suit" with a tribute to the genius of Lord
BROUGHAM. Meanwhile the great Questions of
the Day are left altogether in nubibus. The
Chancellor of the Exchequer avoids the
chance of letting his constituents into any of
the Cabinet secrets. The Colonial Secretary
evades any similar danger down in Hertfordshire.
It is true that the President of the Council upon
this very occasion escaped from by the Right Hon.
Baronet, was compelled to speak not once, but
several times during the course of the evening,
having assumed the convivial and necessarily
loquacious part of chairman. But Lord SALISBURY
displayed at the time a sagacious and dexterous
power of reticence eminently creditable in one
having the responsibility of presiding over the
councils of the Administration. True, again, that
the Right lion. Gentleman the President of the
Board of Trade twice indulged in discourses of a
public and political character ; but Mr. HENLEY,
in neither instance, did more than comment upon

upon the abstract merits at one time of
Progress, and at another of Conservatism.
More recently, as we have said, the Com-
missioner of Parks and Palaces has for a brief
interval had the ear of the country—only, however,
as recently observed, to evidence his loyalty to his
own chivalrous and genial aspirations those
having, as their cherished aim and object,
the exhilaration of the toil-worn multitude.
And now the First Lord of the Admiralty has, in
his turn, been upon his legs in the presence of
a numerous and intelligent audience at Liverpool.
As ill luck would have it, however, Sir JOHN
PAKINGTON rises merely to second the resolution
proposed by the Earl of SHAFTESBURY, to the effect
—" That the thanks of the National Association
for the Promotion of Social Science be given to the
Right Hon. Lord BROUGHAM for his services as
Founder and President of the Association."
Wherefore—true to his text, the Right Hon.
Baronet, while referring pointedly by name to—
" the most important public interests," to social eco-
nomy, to the amendment of the law, to the treatment
of crime, to the improvement of public health by sani-
tary measures, to the advancement and extension of
education, and so forth—allows us really to see not one
inch further into the future—permits us to have
not a momentary glimmer of the light reserved for
the session of 1859—dooms the country upon all these
vital points to wait still baffled and disappointed.
Instead of uttering a syllable capable of encouraging
a single hope, Sir JOHN restricts his remarks
entirely to comments upon the career and achieve-
ments of the Noble and Learned Lord, the founder
and first president of the Association. In every
expression of his admiration for Lord BROUGHAM
we do most cordially sympathise especially
when he observes that " the illustrious life
of Lord BROUGHAM had been devoted to objects of
public interest, and to advancing the interests of
all classes of the people ; and" that "he never had
given, or rarely given, a more remarkable proof
of that, or one which would be longer remem-
bered, than by the part he had taken in the foun-
dation and in the support of this institution."
Yet more cordially, if possible, do we sympathise
with the words immediately following, when Sir
J. PAKINGTON remarked (somewhat after date, it
true) how " all men had recently read a most
striking proof that the great intellect of HENRY
BROUGHAM was still bright and unclouded"—
adding, amidst the cheers of the assembly, " Long
might it continue so ! Long -might he (Lord
BROUGHAM) enjoy from the people of this country
feelings of well-merited gratitude." Nevertheless,
while delighting to read the genial tribute of the
First Lord of the Admiralty to the truly noble and
learned ex-Chancellor, we finish the kindly speech
of Sir JOIIN PAKINGTON, as we finished that of
Lord Jouzi MANNERs, as we previously finished

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