The Sun.
London, England, 1858-10-16 00:00:00

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
Under the _Management of Mr. Charles Kean.
THIS EVENING will be presented Shakapere's Play of
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE.
Shylock, Mr. C. Kean—Portia, Mrs. C. Egan.
Preceded by the Farce of
DYING FOR LOVE.

THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone.
THIS EVENING will be performed LONDON ASSU-
ItANUE : Mr. and Mrs. C. Matthews, &c.
After which, THE DAUGHTER OF THE GUADAL-
QUIVER. Perea Nena. •
With HE WOULD BE AN ACTOR.
' And ANY PORT IN A STORM.
Commence at 7.

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
Manager, Mr. Edmund Falconer.
THIS EVENING, EXTREMES; or, Men of the Day.
Supported by Messrs. 11. Vandenhoff, Emery, J. Rogers, J.
G. Shore, and Barrett ; Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Weston, Miss
Hate Saxon.
After which the Lauri Family.
TO conclude with TOO MUCH FOR GOOD NATURE :
Messrs. Emery, Rogers, &c.
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 Swanborough.
THIS EVENING, THE LAST OF THE PIGTAILS;
Messrs.C. Selby, J. Bland, J. Clarke, &c.
After which THE MAID AND THE MAGPIE.
Followed by THE BONNIE FISH WIFE.
And MY AUNT'S HUSBAND ; Mr. Swanboroug'h, Mrs.
Selby, Miss Ternan.

Commence at 7 o'clock.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE,
Westminster-road.

Sole Lessee, Mi. 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, is. • Galleries, 6d.
Private Boxes, from £1 is. to i 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 EVERY EVENING.—The following Company
Of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of Selections
from all the popnlar OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES,
GLEES, DYETS, Ike., viz. :—Miss Russell, Mrs. Badsey,
Miss Brunel!, Miss Ray, Madame Bartoletti, Miss Montague,
Mrs. Lawrence, and Mrs. Anderson Herr F. Jonglimanst;
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 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 Ball.

THE WEATHER.-SuN OFFICE, OCT. 16.

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

BAROMETER-29.8`2.
WIND, S.W.; light with fine sunshiny weather.

THE SUN.

SATURDAY. OCTOBER 16, 1858.

The telegrams from India which appeared in our
impression of yesterday are of the ordinary charac-
ter, and might almost be stereotyped. There are,
it appears, men still to be found so reckless, or
rather so credulous, as to listen to the arguments
of rebel agents, and to exhibit symptoms of dis-
affection, when there was no possible hope of suc-
cess. It appears that the 62d and 69th Bengal
Native Infantry, which, -although disarmed, had
been stationed at Meehan, had mutinied on the 31st
August. Their almost total extermination was the
result. Nothing else could have been anti-
cipated by the ringleaders. Their conduct
seems to have been as foolish as it was atrocious.
The mutineers had long since delivered up their
weapons at the orders of the Anglo-Indian Govern-
ment. Although symptoms of insubordination had
been manifested, they had not absolutely committed
themselves. They were still under the protection
of British law, and in the enjoyment of British
pay and allowances, when the senseless outbreak
took place, which had not the most remote prospect
of success. Indeed, the occurrences at Delhi,
Lucknow, Gwalior, and other districts where the
British arms were triumphant, should have con-
vinced them,. of the futility of their schemes.
And yet even at the eleventh hour we find them
deliberately entering into the most hopeless pro-
jects--wilfully casting away their lives.

There were numerous troops at Mooltan, quite
sufficient to conquer them if they had been fully
armed, and inspired by a better cause. But they
rushed blindfold into the lion's mouth. The only
possible solution of the difficulty is, that the agents
of the arch-demon, NANA SAIIIB, had persuaded
them that he was still in the field, and with a rea-
sonable hope of escape, if not of victory. We can
scarcely conceive such absurdity, but unfortunately it
has been too clearly exhibited to admit of doubt,
and we can only feel astonished at the perversity
that induces them to cast themselves into destruc-
tion after so long keeping aloof from the infection.
Wherever the rebels have come into collision with
British troops they have been thoroughly and com-
pletely defeated, or fled without a conflict. The
Gwalior fugitives, after their defeat by General
ROBERTS, seized on the town of Julra Patun, and
obtained large booty and munitions of war.
General MITCHELL, however, came up and defeated
them with immense loss, and captured 30 guns.
The fugitives are reported to have obtained vast
booty, but the gold and jewels are fatal to their
interests. They think more of preserving their
wealth than -of winning a victory, and each man
carries " the reward for his own apprehension" on
his person. Even the villagers are beginning to
understand the true state of affairs, and there is,
therefore, no security or shelter for the hunted

sepoy.
It only requires that Lord CLYDE should take
the field with the overwhelming force that will be,
if it is not already, placed at his disposal, to make
• every uncompromised native hunt the rebels, who
carry with them so strong an incentive to their
own destruction. There can be no real opposition,
no decisive battle to be fought. All that matter
has already been disposed of. It is now a mere
chase to destroy the vermin, and a very numerous
pack will join in consideration of the spoils that
may be obtained.

The National Association [for the Promotion of
Social Science has achieved a great success.
" JOHNNY was himself again," and we could forget
and forgive all the shortcomings and backslidings
of recent years in consideration of that glorious
oration which was so thoroughly appreciated by
Lord BROUGHAM, Sir JOHN PA.KINGTON, and,
indeed, every one of the favoured audience who
heard it. Who could have thought anything
against him when the sound, practical, common-
sense delivered by the ex-Premier was still ringing
in his ears and dwelling in his mind, or when
HENRY BROVGII 1.3 r, the almost immortal
tud evergreen Henry BROUGHAM was bequeathing
his mantle to his successor ?
,We have for once set

aside his well-merited title of honour, for what title
could be higher than that represented by the simple
words, " HENRY BROUGHAM ?" That name will be
remembered when dukes and marquis 's are forgot-
ten—when earls are numbered with the past.
HENRY BROUGHAM has witnessed the career of
many "representative men," of whom the nation
and the world may well be proud ; but
there are few, if any, that will descend to
posterity under better auspices than himself ;
and that, although they have had an advantage
which can never belong to him, of having their
praises proclaimed by the silver tongue of HENRY
BROUGHAM.

Long may he live to speak of the shining lights
of past generations; to cast a halo round the
memory of a NEWTON, and to show the versatility
of his own genius, and the extended grasp of his
intellect. Long may it be before another, however
worthy, may be empowered to speak of him as one
of the mighty dead.
Lord BROUGHAM well and faithfully discharged
his duty. Although having passed the allotted life
of man by a full decade, his existence has not be-
come mere " labour and trouble." He still enjoys
life. He still toils for the benefit of his countrymen
and of mankind in all parts of the globe. Long
may it be so, and long may his brilliant intellect
remain bright and unclouded, to promote the social
welfare of his fellow men, and serve as a bright
example to the workers in all future ages.
Sir JOHN PAKINGTON, too, has clearly exhibited
the interest which he takes in the great cause of
Educational Progress. It is not recently, or' since
he became a Cabinet Minister, that the
First Lord of the Admiralty had displayed
his zeal and anxiety to promote the welfare
and happiness of the rising generation not
merely of the upper or middle class ; not merely of
those who could pay their way and cause no ex-
pense to the nation, but of the poor and destitute,
of those whose minds required instruction, as their
bodies required food. He declared his
profound conviction of " the extent to
which the welfare of the country depended on
the education question, and that so long as he was
able to take an active part in public life, whatever
situation he might hold, whatever might be his
position, he should never cease to, feel the deepest
interest in promoting it."
Nor were these mere empty words. He had but
that morning promptly and handsomely responded
to an application to give a vessel in the pro-
motion of an institution intended to bring
up boys, whose energies might otherwise be
misapplied, either for the Royal Navy or
mercantile marine. We earnestly hope that
this boon may not be restricted to Liverpool ; it has
unquestionably a very prominent claim. But there
are other parts of the United Kingdom where such
a gift can be turned to great advantage, and where
it will doubtless be duly appreciated not only by
the inhabitants, but by the entire community. Sir
JOHN PAKINGTON has proved himself, in many
respects, a truly efficient Minister, but he
will permanently merit for himself the thanks and
gratitude of the country, by carrying to its legiti-
mate extent the admirable suggestion referred to.
England is essentially a maritime nation, and
everything that promotes and advances our naval
skill, or adds inducements to those by whom it may
be properly manned, will be of the greatest im-
portance to the nation—to all classes, from the peer
to the peasant.

We are, then, surely to have the Ballot at last.
Sir HENRY STRACEY is a convert to it. Our readers
will remember a rather hotly-contested election for
East Norfolk last midsummer, in which Sir HENRY
was defeated, by a rather narrow majority, by the
son of the late Earl of LEICESTER. A milk and
water liberalism—liberalism altogether inferior to
that of his well-known father—did something for
the Whig ; but we believe, we might say we know,
that the Whig screw was put on in many cases,
and that it may well have been that Sir HENRY
and Toryism would have triumphed with the Ballot.
And Sir HENRY is a thorough Tory—no mistake
about that. He will follow Lord DERBY through
thick and thin ; not because he does not think
Lord DERBY much too liberal, but because he is
the best leader of the day, and a man that will
keep his promise. Unlike the Whigs, he will do
more than he has exactly promised, and though he
did not promise a Reform Bill next year, yet, as he
denounced keeping the question dangling before the
eyes of the people, and promised to consider it, he
will bring forward a bill, and very likely one which
will give an extended franchise, and members in
proportion to the population of the country.
But on the Ballot Sir HENRY is quite decided—
as decided as Mr. DISRAELI was five-and-twenty
years ago— decided, too, from the results of expe-
rience, not from radical philosophical theorising.
He would, support the Ballot if in Parliament !
he would support it, believing it best for the Con-
servative cause ! He would support it, because
corruption, especially the abominable screw,
could not be worse than it is under Lord
JOHN RUSSELL'S little Bribery Bills ! We reprint
the Tory Baronet's words, and commend them to
the attention of all concerned :—" The question of
the ballot was one which Conservativeshad always
looked on with horror, and he must acknowledge
that no one had a stronger feeling than he had on
the subject. He had felt that the influence of pro-
perty ought always to be felt, that it ought to be
known how that property was represented—that
is, how persons voted ; and he had also considered
that property would not have its proper influence
if vote by ballot were established. But he had
now had a certain amount of experience in social
and political life ; he had been engaged in two
elections ; he had fought one contest single-
handed, and as far as his experience went upon the
latter occasion, he had been led to the conclusion
that the Conservative cause could not have been
injured by the ballot. He was quite convinced
that the Conservative cause, not only in Norfolk
but throughout the country, could not be injured by
the ballot, if honesty of principle were to prevail
without that abominable thing called the screw.'
Of this he was quite sure, that the present
laws at any rate did not prevent corruption, which
had been general throughout the country ; and
could things be worse with the ballot? He very
much doubted whether they would not be a great
deal better, and he thought the experiment was
well worth a trial. If an honest man had an
opportunity of exercising his judgment freely, he
believed the Conservative cause, in consequence of
the exercise of that honesty, would be in the end a
gainer. Possibly some of them might not agree
with him on this subject ; but Lord STANLEY, who,
as had been ably observed, was a government in
himself, had voted for the measure—so that at any
rate he was not forming a very erroneous judg-
ment; and he felt himself justified from personal
experience in declaring himself in favour of the
Ballot."

One word of advice now to our Whig friends—
if this practical view of things spreads among the
Tories they, the said Whigs, are lost—lost for, it
may be, a qUarter of a century. Lord JOHN
RoSELL will issue a November letter in vain.

Those who spontaneously offer the Ballot will be
held, and justly, to be the honest men. They will
have first trusted the nation, and the nation will
trust them.

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