The Sun.
London, England, 1858-12-17 00:00:00

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WLNTER. —NO GENTLEMAN during the'
Winter should be without one of
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Universally acknowledged to be the most comfortable,
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o r Town wear, or the Rail, the Coach, Riding,-Driving, and
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of Plain Colours, and very pretty Mixtures: also in dark
Grey and Black, foriClergymen's wear.
Good useful qualities from.... 265. to 365.
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The Height and Size round Shoulders is sufficient measure.
Patterns and price per post, free.
Any number of Cloaks forwarded in four days from date of
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D. MACDOUGALL,
THE ROYAL TARTAN WAREHOUSE.
INVERNESS.

ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT
GARDEN, under the sole Management of Miss Louisa
Pyne and Mr. W. Harnson.—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 EVENDapkvill be presented Shakspere's Tragedy of

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

►THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone.
THIS EVENING will be performed a new Comedy,
THE TIDE OF TIME. Messrs. Buckstone, Chippendale
ac. ; Mesdames Reynolds and Poynter.
A new Spanish Ballet, THE INFLUENCE OF GRACE
to which Perea Nena will appear.
THE TOODLES. Sir Wm. Don, Bart.
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.
WOOING 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 ; •r, 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.
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Dress Circle, 3s. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, is, ; Galleries, 6d.
Stage Manager, Mr. R. Phillips.

CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.--
Proprietor --C. MORTON.
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 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 ENTERTAINMENT CODIRICIICCS 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.-SUN OFFICE, DEC. 17.

THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.

43—highest since noon yesterday.
39—lowest this naorning and during the night.
41—this day at noon.

BAROMETER-29.98—falling.

WIND, South-Easterly; light, with dull weather.

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THE SUN.

FRIDAY. DECEMBER 17, 1858.

Mr. BRIGHT has certainly reason to complain of
unfairness when he is asked to produce at once
his bill, with all its clauses complete. A great
professed leader of public opinion taunts him with
telling immense assemblies nothing more than we
all knew before, and wants to know why we have
not the clauses and schedules of the BRIGHT Reform
Bill complete. Now, we can assign plenty of good
reasons why. JOHN BRIGHT must be a man far
less wise or shrewd than we or any one else takes
him to be, if he were to be moved by such
taunts as these. Very fairly, he is quite con-
tent with ato quoque answer. Here is the Times
writing every day, and writing on Reform, too,
and as yet it bas never got beyond the most vague
suggestions, such as those presented via voce the
other day at Kidderminster on the subject. How
is ft that we have not already had the Times'
Reform Bill ? Can the reply be—lt is ours to
criticise only, not to construct ? but how can a
critic criticise fairly who has not some fair con-
ception of the right on the subject he criticises ?
The truth is, that at present no one wants details.
We want to settle principles first. Mr. BRIGHT wants
to take the sense of the country as to the principles on
which he would arrange his bill; having done this
he will be in the position of the House of Commons
when it orders a bill to be brought in, founded on
resolutions whichithas already passed. In any case
the hon. member for Kidderminster and the Tories
are the last parties in the world to complain of
Mr. BRIGHT for not giving them the details of the
bill. How can they tell yet that her Majesty's
Government may not agree with him in many of
its most important provisions. He will certainly
wait till he sees what they propose to offer to the
people. He also remembers something about the
folly of casting pearls before swine.
The meeting at Edinburgh, like that at Man-
chester, gives the lie to all the allegations of the
people's want of interest in the Reform ques-
tion. Indeed, it does so more completely, for
the Edinburgh folk had not, like vast numbers at
Manchester, any special interest in Mr. BRIGHT ;
yet the meeting was crowded almost to suffocation,
and three or four times as many went away as
could gain admission. Again, Mr. BRIGHT spoke
with unusual moderation and propriety. He had
no crotchets. He is addressing his vigorous busi-
Mess mind to practical objects, and we must confess
we have never read any of his speeches of late years
with so much pleasure as these on reform. There is
unusual absence of dogmatism, and, we may add,
corresponding force of argument. " Our measure
(he says) shall be moderate in its strength,
but it shall be irresistibly strong in its moderation."
And this tone of feeling pervades all his views
and arguments. He is desirous to be fair to all
parties, to the House of Peers itself as well
as to the people—to the counties as well as to the
boroughs. He justly conceives, however, that the
people are the party who have not yet had fair
play in the representation.
Mr. BRIGHT contends that he is but carrying eut
the principles of the Reform Bill of 1832, " less
individual influence, less of the influence of small
classes, more of that; general influence and power
which in every time eountry must rest upon
the great body oif the people." He objects
wisely, as we tb k.-.;nk, to new electoral divi-
sions, and woul d content himself with
disfranchisements af!,:er the manner of the old Re-
form Bill, and enfral 2 chisements of new places, with
additional members• to large constituencies. To
the counties he does not seem disposed to give more
representatives. H I would add to their present
electors the 400,000-• .additional voters which Mr.