The Sun.
London, England, 1860-05-03 00:00:00

Commence at 7.

ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE,
King-street, St. James's. Lessee, Mr. T. R. 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.
THIS EVENING the performances will comments. with
a new and original comedy, entitled A FRIEND IN NEED.
F. Robinson, C. Young, &c.

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After which, A LADY AND GENTLEMAN IN A PE-
CULIAR PERPLEXING PREDICAMENT. Mr. Charles
-Young and Miss Wyndham.
Followed by a new burlesque, LUC REZIA BORGIA AT
HOME AND ALL ABROAD. Mesdames Wyndham, E.
Scott, Cecilia Ranoe, Miss Clara Morgan, and the Corps de
Ballet.
Reduced Prices—Gallery, 6d ; Pit, is. The Box-offiee open
from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at half-past six ; perform
ance commences at 7.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.-
Proprietor, Mr. Wm. BATTY.
Manager, Mr. EDWIN HUGHES.

First Appearance of Little MONONI and the celebrated
Delavanti Troupe, who are engaged at a great expense.
Great and unprecedented success of the NEW GRAND
MILITARY SPECTACLE, universally pronounced to be the
most perfect and magnificent production ever witnessed in
this Theatre.
The enthusiastic approbation bestowed upon the novel
and varied Scenes in the Cirque is the best assurance of the
unequalled talent of the eminent Equestrian Artistes who
nightly appear.
THIS EVENING,. and during the Week,

To commence with the Great Military Spectacle, in Four
Acts, called " TIIE HISTORY OF A FLAG," succeeded by an
incomparable programme of Scenes in the Arena, supported
by the most renowned and talented Equestrian and Gymnas-
tic Artistes in Europe.
The magnificent Chandeliers are manufactured expressly
by Messrs. Defries and Son, of Houndsditch.
Doors open at half-past 6 o'clock, performance commence
at 7.
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Box-office open daily from 11 till 4.
Stage Manager—Mr. W. WEST.

CONCERTS.-

CANTERBURY HALL
THIS EVENING.
C. H. GOUNOD'S OPERA,
FAUST.
First Time in this Country.
Faust Mr. Henry Herbert.
Mephistopheles Mr. C. Bernard.
Siobel Mrs. Anderson.
Marguerite •••••••••• Miss Russell.
Conductor Mr. Jonghmans.
And selections from
Dinorah, Trovatore, Macbeth, and numerous other
Entertainments.
Balcony, ls , Ball, ed.
Comic Vocalists —Messrs. George Hodson (the Irish Come-
dian and Mimic), and W. T. Critchfield.
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
Bights of the metropolis.
The gallery is open from 5 till 11 on Sunday Evening.

THE WEATHER.-Syx OFFICZ, M. 3, 1360.

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

:BAROMETEIL-30.23 ; rising. 71
WIND, North-Easterly; fresh, with very fine weather,
but cooler than yesterday.

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THE SUN.
LONDON, THURSDAY, MAY 3, 1860.

The country will Not so quietly sit down by
obstruction or mutilation of the Government Re-
form Bill, as its Fabian opponents may imagine.
At a very large meeting—" A Common Hall"—con-
vened by the Mayor of Norwich, who took the chair,
on Tuesday night, and which was addressed by speak-
ers of all classes—what we are confident is the gene-
ral feeling of the country was unmistakably ex-
pressed. It is, indeed, very like what wehave all along
declared would be the general opinion. The bill is
acknowledged to be small enough, but for that very
reason there is great indignation that such a bill
should not be cordially accepted. Middle class
reformers, and working men alike, resent the
unfairness that will accept Reform in no
shape. It has come to them in its mildest
form—it is a kind of vaccination—(our work-
ing•class readers will forgive the illustra-
tion) a vaccination of the electoral constituency
with a milder proportion of the vast numbers who
work for wages, to protect the present constituency
from an " ugly rush" of those numbers which
would certainly quite change, and as Whigs and
Tories would say, disfigure its aspect. We do not,
indeed, regard working-class electors as a disease
to be warded off—but our Rulers do—let them un-
derstaml, then, that if they choose to persist in
obstruction for the sake of it, they may have cause
soon to repent of their futile yet provoking obsti-
nacy.

"We commend to the notice of the wearisome
speakers, who may have purposed to delay yet
longer the second reading of the bill, the admirable
remarks of the Mayor of Norwich. Having ad-
verted to the shabby and contradictory 'pretexts
that when the people are not demanding Reform
in a temper bordering on riot, things are so quiet
that Reform cannot be needed; and that when they
are burning down old towns and castles to get it,
it is undignified to grant it ; he observes :
" But what do we see ? A measure is brought
by Lord J. RUSSELL before the House of Commons.
It is not an extreme measure, but, on the contrary,
a very moderate measure—a measure so moderate,
that the great majority of the working classes
would be excluded even by it, and it becomes a
question how many of them would be able to gain
admission by its clauses. I cannot conceive that a
measure of reform more moderate could be brought
forward with any hope of satisfying any large por-
tcion of the people; but this measure, so moderate
avid so reasonable, is treated with contempt in the
Molise of Commons, although the men who wish it
not to pass have not the courage to move, as a direct
negative, that it be thrown out. They have not
-the courage to come forward and say, "There
uhall be no reform," but all sorts of indirect mea-