The Sun.
London, England, 1858-12-11 00:00:00

TO THE SHAVEHOLDER-S IN. THE " NAVAL AND
MILITA.RY _HERALD AND COMMERCIAL IMAR INE
REtl IS'f Nit NEW:7; i 'Al' E R COM VAN Y" (LIMITED.)
WOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, an Ex-
traordi7lary General Meeting of the "Naval and Military
Herald anti Commercial Marine Register 'Newspaper Com-
pany" (Limited) will be held at the Register Office of
the said Company,. titnate at No. 7.1, Fleet-street. in
the City of -London, on Monday, the 20th day of P
ember, at Two o'clock in the Afternoon preci,wiv,
and that the purpose ibr which such Extraordinary General
3leetiTyi Is to be held is to enable the said Company to pas:
Special Resolution reqniring the said Company to be wow d
up either voluntarily or by the Court.
AND NoTic 1.1 Li HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN, That
it 14 intended at such Extraord nary General Meeting
to propose a resolution requiring the said Company to be
wonud up voluntarily, and in the event of such last-mentioned
resolution being- 1114 passed, it is intended, at such meeting,
to propose another resolution,. appointing, one or more per-
son, or persons, to be livid:it-or, or litplidators (with such re-
mu -ler:viral as may then be tixe:lo, for the purpose of winding
up time afLies of time said Company, and distributing the pro-
perty thereof.
Dated this 11th day of December,
J. W. CHALLIS, Secretary.

THEATRE•ROYAL, URY-LANE.—Under
the Management of Miss Louisa l'yne and Mr. W
Harrison.

For the Benefit of Miss Louisa Pyne.
THIS EVENING THE DAUGHTER OF THE REGI-
MENT. Miss Louisa Pyne, Miss Susan Fyne; Mr. H. Corri,
Mr. G. Honey, Mr. Terrot, Mr. Bartlernan, and Mr. W. Har-
rison

Conductor-31r. Alfred Mellon,

To conclude with a new Ballet Divertissement, LA FLEUIt
Er AMOUR : Mesdlles. L. Hichelet, Morlacchi, and Pasquale.

OYAL ZRINCESS'S TII,EATRE.
Ai, Under the Manal!•ernent of Mr. Charles Kean.
THIS EVENING, LIVING TOO. FAST
And MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING.
Kean.
Followed by a new Farce, in one act, entitled
THIRTY-THREE NEXT BIRTHDAY,

Mr. and Mrs. C.

rp lIEATRE-ROYAI„ lIAYMARKET.
Los':ce, Mr. J. B. Buckstone.

TEM; ETENING will be performed THE BEAUX'
STRATAGEM : Mr. Buckstone and Miss Reynolds.
A new Spanish Ballet, THE INFLUENCE OF GRACE,
in which FereaNenavwill appear.
With WHITEBAIT AT GREENWICH. John Small, by
Sir Wm. Don, Bart.
And A DAUGHTER TO MARRY.
COLUMCIWZ at 7.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE
Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough.
THIS EVENING, THE LITTLE SAVAGE.
After which THE MAID AND TIIE MAGPIE.
WOOING IN JEST AND LOVING IN EAIINEST
Mitts Swanboroatth.
And THE BONNIE.•FISII WIFE.
Commence at 7 o'clock.

ASTLEY'S ROYALAMPHITHEATIIE,
Westminster-road.

Sole Lessee, Mr. William Cooke.

The Lessee has the Imam!' to call public attention to the phi-
duction of a new grand military and equestrian drama, on
Saturday, Nov. 4, for the first time.
T/I IS EVENING, and during the week, will be repeated
a new grand Spectacle, entitled LIFE IN THE EAST; or,
The Fugitives and their Faithful Steed. Written expressly
for this amphitheatre by Mr. R. Phillips, and embracing the
entire strength of this vast Hippodramatic Temple. Princi-
pal characters by Messrs. R. Phillips, Holloway, J. Anson,
Mark Howard, Francis; Miss Dowton, Miss Weston, &c.

Followed by the inimitable SCENES IN THE ARENA,
in which 31"cs';rs. W. Cooke, -Runnels, W. Cooke, jun.; Hes-
dal= Blanche, will go through their unrivalled feats.

No fees to box-keepers. The art of riding taught.
Commence at seven. Carriages at Eleven.
Prices of admission :--Dress Circle, 3s. ; Upper Boxes, 2s. ;
lit, is, ; Galleries, 6d. Private Boxes, from Li is to £2 2s.
and upwards

Stage Manager, Mr. R. Phillips.

CANTERBURY lIALL, Westminster-road.—
Proprietor C. Mowrox.
The public is most respectfully informed that the FINE
ARTS GALLERY, in connection with the above Hall, IS NOW
OPEN DAY AND NIGHT, from 11 o'clock a.m. until 12
o'clock p.m. The New Gallery contains an extensive Collec-
tion of Pictures, by Ancient and Modern Masters and is also
devoted to Art productions generally. The Proprietor feels
he may confidently assert that, viewed altogether, the exist-
ing Mnsic hall, the New Fine Arts Gallery, and the recently.
added Ante-Hall, will present an attraction which, whether
as regards the architectural beauty of the structures them-
selves, or the varied and hitherto unattempted combinations
Within, will be found to be wholly without parallel in the
Kingdom.
The MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT CODIIRCIICCS as usual at
Seven o'clock.
In addition to the usual entertainment, the SAUVLET
FAMILY, of Amsterdam, Eight in number, whose varied
instrumental performances have created so marked a sensa-
tion in the principal cities and towns of the Continent, will
perform every Evening at Niue al:1 Eleven o'clock.

THE WEATHER.-SUN OFFICE, DEC. 11.

THERMOMETER, TN THE SHADE.

42—highest since noon yesterday.
40—lowest this morning and during :he night.
40—this day at noon.

BArtomETEn-30.34.

WIND, S.W., ; light, w;th dull hazy weather.

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THE SUN.

SATURDAY. DECEMBER 11, 1858.

Last night the grand Manchester soiree to Messrs.
BIIIMIT and GIBSON came off with all the honours.
It certainly left the defeated party at the last elec-
tion little to desire, except the formal retrieval of
their supremacy; and that, so long as they arc sup-
poled to be identical with the old League, will not
be achieved. " Dictation of the League" was, as
every one now knows, the real cry which caused
the rejection of the formerly popular candidates,
but last evening furnished abundant evidence that
the members themselves are still ,as popu!ar

speakers as ever.
Mr. GIBSON had made his speech just before at
Ashton,:and though he could not but take a prominent
place, yet of c )urse the principal part was reserved
for his old colleague the member for Birmingham,
and the Reform Rill-maker-elect of the London
Parliamentary Reform Committee. Mr. BRIGHT
was, naturally enough, in high feather, and had at
least a happy oratorical fling for most of the critics
of his Birmingham orations. Tie has at lea-A the
advantage of replying to his opponents in a style
which induces the public, as well as hi.; antagonists
themstiveq, to read wlrit be says ; and if it be
easy to see, often, where the logician could slip
in a puzzling question, it is easy also
to sec that, at the meeting, the logician would have
little chance with the ready and felicitous turns
and broad assertions of the speaker.
Novelty of topics, or even of illustrations, was
not, now, to be expected. Reform was to be the
topic,and the illustrations h ave long been before us all,
yet everything was well freshened up, and we travel
over the old ground with pleasure in Mr. BRIGIIT'S
speech. lie denied the plea of " indifference,"
for in the course of his experience he had never
known such a concurrence of all Prime Ministers,
and all parties on the subject ; the Whigs, Conser-
vatives, Peelites—Lord DuRnY, Lord PA WSERSTON,
Lord JOHN Russ Eu—all are Reformers now.
Forty years ago the very place on which the meet-
ing Was held was the-scene of the Peterloo Mas-
sacre—now the political successors of the men who,
ordered it, were busy on a scc9nd Reform Bill! !
Retrenchment of expenditure, and a better supervi -
sion of our foreign policy, Mr. BRIGHT thought, were
two things for which Reform was at least ob-
viously needed. •

He
praised quite loyally the present wearer of the
Crown, and repudiated all nonsense about
either to the Monarchy or the Howie of Lords,
although he denied that a hereditary Legislature
could be a
.permanent institution in an in-
telligent and free country ; but, he demanded
that as the QUEEN and the LordA each
held their share in the
govvecrtinctiert3l
that the
of thi.
country, so the people should have
House of Common S-should not be Vac depdty of tbc..
Lords, but the real, not the-share reprekatation ot
the people. How can this be said to be the exice,
when, on the testimony of Lord DERBY himself,
you could tell the politics of a few principal land-
lords in a county, you could tell the politics of tit;
county itself ? How can represention be real, wit,,n
only one million out of five million.; of adult.; h
votes, and when out of that milliou-on3-s!lrth Of th
number return -a majority of the Howe
of COmmons. In regard to the counties them
selves about 200,000 tenants of £5O and upward
were now the 'strength of the landlords' constitu-
encies, while, by a recent return, there were doubh
hat number, occupying between £lO and £5O, who