The Sun.
London, England, 1860-03-31 00:00:00

A MOST LAUGHABLE STEREOGRAM.
Ist of APRIL,
C , 0 M I C S U N.
By CROWQUILL. Photographed by
• . LONDON STEREOSCOPIC COMPANY,
t. 4, CHEAPSIDE, AND 313, OXFORD-S vREET.
POST FREE FOR 18 STAMPS. MUST ORDER EA RLY

THEA'T'RE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Lessee, Mr. J. B. Bnckstone.
THIS EVENING, will be performed THE OVERLAND
ROUTE. Messrs. C. Mathews, Buckstone, Compton, Chip-
pendale, Mrs. C. Mathews, Miss Weekes, and Mrs. Wilkins.
To conclude with Mr. C. Mathews.

THEATRE-ROYAL LYCEUM.-
Sole Lessee and Directress. Madame Celeste.
For the Benefit of Madame CELESTE, who will speak an

Address on the occasion

THIS EVENING (first time here) the Drama, SUZANNE.
Suzanne (her original character), Madame Celeste.
And "117, .ARUNDEL-STREET, STRAND." Cbarac-
. ten; by Mr. Walter Lacy, Mr. J. Rouse, Miss Kate Saville,
Mrs. Campbell, and Mrs. Keeley.
After which, will be performed the new drama, entitled
THE ABBE VAUDRECJIL ; or, The Court of Louis XV.
The Abbe Vaudreuil, Madame Celeste ; Louis XV., Mt. IL
Butler; Lieut. Henri Deleour, Mr. F. Villiers.
During the evening Miss Louise Keeley will sing " Two
Strings to his Bow." The Zeleski Family will appear in
their novel entertainment, The Aerial Bridge.

Followed by Callcott.'s Mag•nificent Transformation Scene
from " KING THRUSTS BEARD."

Commence at 7.

ROYAL PR INCE S S'S THEATRE.-
Lessee, Mr. A. Harris.
For the Rencfit of Mr. Harris, who will deliver an AddreSs.
THIS EVENING, A WONDERFUL WOMAN. Mr.
A. Harris, Shore, Frank Matthews, and Miss C. Leclercq.

To be followed by A. CONGER L.
After which, GOOD FOR NOTHING.
After which, the Princess's " Rifle Volunteers " in full
costume.
To conclude with THE TWO POLTS.

NEW THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHI.
Sole Proprietor and Manager. Mr. Benj. Webster.
Last Night Mr. and Mrs. Wigan's engagement.
THIS EVENING to commence with (6th time) THE
STAR OF THE writEET. Mr. J. L. Toole. Chas. Selby,
Killington, C. J. Smith, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Chatterlev, and
Miss Laidlaw. '

After which, STILL WATERS RUN DEEP. Messrs.
Alfred Wigan, C. Selby, and Billington ; Mrs. A. Wigan,
Mrs. Billington.

To conclude with A MODEL OF A WIFE. Messrs. A
Wigan, Toole, Selby, Mrs Blllington, Miss Laidlaw.
Doors open at halt-past six-Commence at seven. Box-
Office open from 10 to 5. No charge for securing seats,
nor ter bills of performance. All fees to servants of this
establishment are strictly prohibited.
Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith.
On Easter' Monday, the popular Adelphi drama of THE
DEAD HEART, in which Mr. B. Webster will make his first
appearance since his return from his successful provincial
tour, and Grand Musical Fairy Extravaganza.

ROYAL ST.. LAMES'S THEATRE,
King-street, St. James's. Lessee, Mr. T. B. Chatter-
ton. Directress, Miss Wyndham. The nearest Theatre to
Chelsea, Pimlico, and Westminster, the Park being open to
carriages and foot passengers all hours of the night.
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THiri ErICNiNG the performances will commence With
'DIX. LADY OF LYONS. Mr. Charles Dillon.
Followed by BLACK-EYED SUSAN.
Reduced Prices—Gallery, 8d ; Pit, Is. The Box-office open
train 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at half-past six ; perform
ace commences at 7..

ASTLEY'S .ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.-
l'oprietor, Mr. W.M. BATTY.
This World-renOWned Amphitheatre will OPEN on EAS-
TE MONDAY,;,ApriI 9, with, for the First Time, an en-
tirely New Grand Military Spectacle (in Four Acts and Ten
'I. Tableaux), founded upon the French Drama, "L'Histoired'un
Drapesu" and 'now performing at Paris with great success,
entitled—"Thr. "[lsla-nix- or A FLAG," which will be pro-
duced upon a scale of unprecedented grandeur, with entirely
new scenerY; 'by Messrs. Cuthbert, Days, Herbert, and
Thorne; deCorations and properties by Mr. Harvey: cos-
tumes by-Mr. Bovey and Mrs. Masterman ; extensive military
appo ntmenta by Mr. Wood, Jun. ; the Music composed and
directed by Mr. George Phillips ; and in order to give every
pos"ible effect to the production of this Grand Hippodramx,
a- New antl.,Enlarged Stage, with every modern mechanical
improvement, has been constructed at an immense outlay.
The Spectacle will be supported by the following Dramatic
Company;.:—
. 'Messrs. J. Holloway • Mrs. Purday
Walter Carle „ W. Carle
;; F. C. Harris „ Thorne
;# ustleby
•91 H „ Green
, • Friend Miss Miriam Martiney
„ Phelps „ Alice Seaman
• . „ Herbert „ Howard
•;' • Green, and „ Poole, and
„ G. Belmore. „ Jenny Mason
The Equestrian and Gymnastic Artists engaged for the
-"Pbptilar Scenes in the Circle are-
-. Mathilde Monet, from the Cirque Imperiale, Paris,
with her three highly-trained Manege Horses.
Madlle. Marie, the most accomplished Equestrienne of the
• day from Rentz Cirque, Berlin.
M'adame Fernando, the fitscinating French Equestrienne,
from Woolschlager Cirque, Berlin.
' Also, Madlles. Jnlietta, Pauline, Josephine, and Celina,
• from the principal Continental Cirques.
Mr. 11. Williams—The Greatest Double Horse Rider in
Europe.
Herr Fernando, the celebrated Trick Act Rider.
• Mons. Victor and Messrs. Devereaux, Wattson, and F.
Wattson.
Jonathan Jack, the Wonder of the Equestrian profession,
is also engareal for at limited number of nights.
Clowns, Messrs.. Thorne and Wattson.
Other important continental engagements are pending.
The Theatre has been completely redecorated in a most
costly style, under the supervision of Mr. It. Harvey. and will
be embellished with numerous beautiful Lustres and a gigan-
tic Centre CRYSTAL. CHANDELIER, designed and mannfile-
tureil purposely by Messrs. Defiles and Son, of Ifoundsditch.
Every possible attention has been paid to the comfort and
convenience of the public.
The Box-office will be open on Thursday, April ii.
Director of the Arena—Signor Rivolti.
Stage Manager—Mr. Wm. West.
Sol', Manager—Mr. Edwin Hughes.
Treasurer—Mr. T. 11. JOHN.

CONCERTS.-

CANTERBUR Y HALL
THIS EVENING.
LUCREZIA BORGIA,
(Dontzetti).

Donna Luerezia
Maffio Orsini Mrs. Anderson.
Gennaro Mr. Henry Herbert.
Don Altonzo Signor Tivoli.
Conductor—Mr. Jonghmans.
Comic Vocalists —Messrs. George Hodson (the Irish Come-
dian and Mimic), W. T. Critchtleid, and E. W. Mackney.
Several interesting Pictures are added to the Fine Arts
Gallery. The suite of Halls have been re-decorated and
beautified. and constitute one of the most unique and brilliant
sights of the metropolis.
The gallery is open from 5 till 11 on Sunday Evening.

THE WEATHER.--SUN °MCI!' MARCH 31, 1360.

THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.

55—highest since noon yesterday.
48—lowest this morning and during the night.
53—this day at noon.
ElnomETEn-29.3; a fall of nearly an inch.
WIND, South-Westerly ; light, with rainy weather.

HIGII WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
TRIG DAy.—Morning, 7h. 33m.—Afternoon, Sh. 15m.
To-MORROW.-Morning, 9h. 4m.—Afternoon, 9h. 54m.

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THE SUN.
LONDON,' SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 1860.

The discussion provoked last evening in the
House of Lords by Earl GREY'S motion, although
that motion was eventually withdrawn, was not
without its importance. It elicited, as far as was
in a ny way practicable or reasonable under the cir-
cumstances, the views and intentions of her MA-
JESTY'S Government in sending out once more to
the Chinese waters a pacific agent or negotiator,
in the person of his Excellency the Earl of ELGIN,
at the head, or rather backed by the companionship
of another great warlike expedition. So far as the
enterprize can be defined by a figure of speech, it
may be said that England sends forth anew her
plenipotentiary, carrying in one (outstretched)
hand the olive branch of reconciliation, but retaining
firmly in the grasp of the other (at his back) that
keen good sword of Britain which is never drawn
idly from its sheath,
It is hardly to be conceived that Earl GREY
could seriously have counted upon his particular
motion being acceded to by the Government. For
what, in point of fact, did it really amount to but
to a demand for a hypothetical estimate to be drawn
upon a ealculation of contingencies ! The noble
lord's argument was this : Here is a
new expedition fitted out and sent forth
against China by the British Government.
It has already involved an expenditure
(to begin with ! ) of £BOO,OOO, or from that to
£1,000,000 ! This preliminary expenditure, more•
over, having 'been incurred by Ministers upon their
own responsibility before the commencement of the
present session of Parliament, and consequently
without the concurrence of, or the slightest autho-
rity limn, the Imperial Legislature ! Added to
which, the probable cost of the next year, the
financial year 166061, has been stated (of course
hypothetically) by the Secretary of State for
War at the amount, in round numbers, of
£2,500,000 additional ! Haviri reminded the
the House oflords of all which—the Earl GREY
continued—" But when they considered the enor-
mous expense of military operations at such a dis-
tance from England, ha must be a bold man who

would predict what their cost would be, to what
limits they would be confined, or when they would
be brought to a close." Let the words we have here
italicised be particularly borne in consideration,
because it is especially worthy of note that—having
uttered them—Earl GREY actually closes his re-
marks by moving for an estimate of the probable cost
of the expedition to China up to the close of
the financial year 1860-61 ! He does this—having
said that " he would be a bold man who would pre-
dict what the cost would be !" And having pre-
viously (as we have observed) reminded the House
of Lords that the probable cost of the operations
for the next year (namely, this very financial year
1860-61) has been estimated by the Secretary of
State for War at, in all likelihood, £2,500,000.
Surely—that being the case—the very estimate
Earl GREY was last night moving for, he and the
country at large had already obtained ! He has
received it—the Parliament and the people have
received it—unasked—from the highest, from the
Minister who will be held responsible, in the first
instance, for this expedition, from the Secretary of
State for War, from the right hon. member for
South Wilts, from Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT himself.
At the best, any estimate of this kind could only be
expected to be something approximating in round
numbers to the probable amount required. Such
an estimate is precisely the one already received
from the lips of Mr. HERBERT, who tells
es frankly that the probable cost of these
operations against China for the financial year
IS6O-61 will, in round numbers, be somewhere
about £2,500,000. Any more precise calculation
than this it would surely be preposterous to ex-
pect—particularly as Earl GREY has himself very
reasonably remarked, ",lie would be a bold
man who would predict WHAT the cost would
be!" The probable cost, the proximate amount,
as nearly as it can be reasonably con-
jectured, has been stated, and stated, too,
upon no mean authority, upon the authority
of the right hon. the Secretary of State for War,
at £2,500,000 ! No wonder the motion was with-
drawn—the very estimates moved for having, upon
Earl GREY's own showing, already been obtained.
Idle, however, though the motion itself was, it
elicited, as we have before intimated, no idle dis-
cussion. It drew forth the opinions of others be-
sides Earl GREY himself, whose opinions upon the
matter of this new China expedition we would all of
us naturally enough like to have. It afforded an
opportunity to the Earl of MALMESBURY and to
the Earl of ELLENBOROUGH upon the side of the
Opposition, no less than to the Duke of SOMERSET
and the Earl of ELGIN himself upon the side of the
Government—an opportunity (for speaking out as
plainly as was in any way practicable under the
circumstances), of which none of those noble lords
were in any way loth to avail themselves. We know
now as much as we could seriously want to know
upon the subject of this new Chinese Expedition. We
know as nearly as could be indicated at this junc-
ture what are the real intentions of her MAJESTY'S
Government. We know that the expedition has
already necessitated the outlay within the past
financial year 1859-60 of nearly as possible
£1,000,000. We know (from the assurance of Mr.
SIDNEY HERBERT himself) that the operations for
the next financial year, 1860-61, will require
a further outlay in round numbers of (probably)
£2,500,000. And we know, best of all, that
the whole scheme of this new enterprize
has been entrusted to the wisdom, the patriot-
ism, and, as Lord ELLENBOROUGH last evening
happily termed it, the "fortunate audacity" of the
noble Earl, who, in the same capacity as Envoy
Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, con•
ducted our previous negotiations with the Chinese
Government. If the dispute between China and
England can be brought to a bloodless
conclusion by anyone it will be by the
Earl of ELGlN—and in that contingency we may
rest confident that the honour of England would
suffer no loss from his negotiations. Supposing,
however, that the extended olive branch in his left
hand be spat upon and derided by the Chinese—
there will be, in the grasp of his right, the keen and
sheathless sword of England, ready to deal upon
the necks of that recreant race a terrible and
avenging retribution.

t Reform must wait, it seems, upon the treaty—
not upon the budget, except as the budget is part
and parcel of the treaty—but on the treaty itself.
We might have proceeded in the usual course, and
taken the budget at its proper time; but there was
a treaty which must be considered accepted, and
the house pledged to pass the needful bills in time
—to prevent the tricks of the EMPEROR from ren-
dering the treaty impracticable. Were it now
before the house, n o one doubts that it would be hard
to persuade the Commons of England to accept
such a one-sided bargain at the hands of the man
who had just filched Savoy from Sardinia, and in
doing so had equivocated, and falsified his own
word times without number. Be the treaty the
right thing or the wrong for this country,
it is a huge and clear advantage to France,
and the Commons would not have been
in the mood to give such an advantage to a Power
which had deceived our Government in the face of
all Europe. One of two things—our Government
has been grossly deceived by LOUIS NAPOLEON, or
it was privy to his designs. In the former case,
the House would not have given the EMPEROR his
treaty, and Savoy, too ; in the latter, it would not
have endorsed the treaty made by a Government
which acted on secret knowledge. Perhaps, however,
a third supposition is admissible—it may, indeed,
be the most reasonable—that
oonursaGvooyveyrnetment,
though not privy to the, designs
sus-
pected them, or at least suspected some such mis-
deeds on the part of the EMPEROR, as would endann.er
the acceptance of the treaty here. This would
be sufficient to explain the setting aside
the Reform Bill for the treaty and bud-
get, and] making us wait just five weeks
for the former, while the latter was pushed
forward as fast as Mr. GLADSTONE'S sore throat
and arrangements at the Tuileries would permit.
And, now the budget and its bills are before the
House, the Reform Bill must wait nearly two
months more from its first reading before it can
get a second ! After the 20th of April we are to
have the five-and-twenty speeches of Mr. -WHITE
SIDE'S friends.

The income tax is, of course, the first and most
important object—and Mr. GLADSTONE, if he has
much conscience on the matter left, must have felt
himself not a little perplexed last night. He is
not, of course, the man to show it—being, as Mr.
DISRAELI told him, a fiat-fate hand at defence.
Still, there the damning fact remains. A seven
years' splendid reputation he has enjoyed, first,
because he had promised to abolish the tax tvhen
the £2,000,000 of Long Annuities felt in ; and,
secondly, because of the " rcuson why" he wished to
abolish it—that the tax was the most immoral
of taxes. Mr. GALDSTONE We know is a famous
preacher of morality—in 1852 he gave Mr. Dis-
nitEm a parting lecture on morality, when his
object was to eject him from office—next year he
lectured on the intolerable immorality of the In-

come tax, and sentenced it to death after a seven

years' reprieve. And now this immoral tax is the

one he selects for perpetuation and increase. We