The Sun.
London, England, 1858-12-13 00:00:00

ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT
GARDEN, under the sole Management-of Misa Louisa
Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison.—The public are respectfully in-
formed that this new and elegant Theatre will be OPENED
for the first ENGLISH OPERA SEASON on MONDAY,
Dec. 20, when will be presented an entirely new and original
Opera, by Mr. W. Balfe, entitled SATANELLA ; or, THE
POWER OF LOVE. Playhouse prices.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean.
THIS EVENING will be presented Shakapere's Tragedy of

MACBETH.
Macbeth, Mr. C. Kean ; Lady Macbeth, Mrs. C. Kean.
Followed by a new Farce, in one act, entitled
THIRTY-THREE NEXT BIRTHDAY.

THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Lessee, Mr. J. B. Bucketone.
THIS ETENING will be performed a new Comedy,
THE TIDE OF TIME. Messrs. Buckstone, Chippendale,
&o. ; Mesdames Reynolds and Poynter.
A new Spanish Ballet, THE INFLUENCE OF GRACE,
In which Pcrea Nena will appear.
With WHITEBAIT AT GREENWICH. John Small, by
Sir Wm. Don, Bait
And A DAUGHTER TO MARRY.
Commence at 7.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE,
Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough.
THIS EVENING, THE LITTLE SAVAGE.
After which THE MAID AND THE MAGPIE.
WOOLNG IN JEST AND LOVING IN EARNEST :
Miss Swanborough.
And THE BONNIE FISH WIFE.
Commence at 7 o'clock.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE
Westminster-road.

Sole Lessee, Mr. William Cooke.
THIS EVENING the performances will commence with
the successful gorgeous Spectacle of THE REVOLT IN
THE EAST ; or, The Fugitives and their Faithful Steed :
concluding with a Grand National and Allegorical Tableaux.
After which SCENES IN THE ARENA, introducing Mr.
W. Cooke, and his beautiful horses, Mr. Runnels, Madame
Blanche, Miss Emily Cooke, Madame Fleurette, and the first
male and female equestrians in the world.

Dress Circle, is. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, ls, ; Galleries, 6d.
Stage Manager, Mr. R. Phillips.

CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.—
Proprie tor —C. MORTON.
The public is most respectfully informed that the FrNE
ARTS GALLERY, in connection with the above Hall, IS NOW
OPEN DAT 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 Music 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 ENTERTAmmENT commences 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 Nine and Eleven o'clock.

THE WEATHER.—Sus Orricm, DEC. 12.

THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.

42—highest since noon-yesterday.
40—lowest this morning and during the night.
41—this day at noon.

BAROMETER-30.12—bning.
WIND, Southerly ; fresh, with dull weather. Rain in
the night.

Dec. 13.

45—highest since noon yesterday.
45—lowest this morning and during the night.
48—this day at noon.

BAROMETER-29.92.
WIND, Westerly ; moderato, with dull rainy weather,

THE SUN.

MONDAY. DECEMBER 13, 1858.

M. MAGNE has a task of no ordinary difficulty
to discharge. It is not merely the finances of the
current year for which he is responsible—he must
look two years a-head, and give a financial scheme
for the year 1860. It is true that he gives merely
the elements of a budget—only an outline of what
may be anticipated; and inasmuch as great latitude
must necessarily be allowed, very favourable anti-
cipations may be indulged in.
There must, of course, be compliments to
the EMPEROR. Every felicitous result must
be ascribed to his prudence and sagacity,
—not anything on the other side as to untoward
events which no foresight could discern, no pre-
caution avert ; but we are told that he has given the
rare example of a prudence which avoids excesses,
and knows where to stop at the right moment. In
this country we do not consider the SOVEREIGN in
any degree responsible for the budget. That is a
matter which rather concerns the tax-paying com-
munity. They do these things, however, very
differently in France, and inasmuch as the EM-
PEROR is not limited, either in private or
personal expenditure, by any constitutional
check, great credit may be due to him for the
economy that leaves a surplus in the national ex-
chequer, or, according to the terms of the report,
confining himself within the means at his disposal.
The French financier does not confine himself to
the prospects looming in the future. He also ex-
amines the accounts of bygone years, to show that
they had fully verified the expectations indulged
in. He declares that the budgets of 185,5, 6, and 7,
despite the difficult circumstances of the time, in
place of showing a deficit, did not even exhaust the
means placed at the disposal of the Government.
He, however, maintains a discreet silence as to the
mode by which these " means" were realised. He
says nothing of loans or future liabilities contracted
—nothing of any additional burden to be sustained
in future years. It is, however, notorious that the
public debt was considerably increased during the
war, and that the addition must be provided for,
and will call for larger receipts from the tax-
paying community.
It appears that the budget of 1855 showed a
surplus of 394,000,000 f., or £15,860,000 sterling; that
in the following year it amounted to 112,000,000 f., or
£4,480,000 ; and that in 1857 it was 36,000,000 f., or
£1,440,000. This is certainiy redeeming the avail-
able balance pretty quickly. It is drawing pretty
sharply on the funds in hand, and would scarcely
be considered as a source of congratulation by a
Prudent trader, or a cautious banker with whom
he kept his account. But matters get still worse
as they go on.

The budget of 1858—the first of peace—was
voted with an anticipated excess of receipts of
20,000,000 f., but they have really exceeded that
amount by 75,000,000 f., or £3,000,000. M.
MAGNE declares that " everything tends to show
that the balance will be an excellent one ;"
but still the accounts of 1839 are started with a
surplus of £8,000,000 only, a great reduction from
the 394,000,000 f. that inaugurated the commence.
ment of the financial year of 1856.

We come, however, to something startling. lAT
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hear of the deficit of many years which has
swelled the floating debt to such extraordinary
proportions, and of the large amounts required to
pay off the necessary bonds and the savings' banks
funds. These are matters that must be attended to,
and although the wisdom of the Emperor
may not have produced such heavy de-
mands, we shall be very happy, indeed, if
the promise shadowed forth in the financial scheme
can be faithfully redeemed. We are too closely con-
nected with France in monetary concerns to be
indifferent in anything that may lead to a finan-
cial difficulty. We can purchase the gold in our
own markets when it is required, but we cannot
hope for pecuniary ease while she is in difficulties.

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