The Sun.
London, England, 1859-01-15 00:00:00

Comm ence at Seven,

.ROYAL PRIN CESS'S THEATRE.
Under the Managen tent of Mr. Charles Kean.
THIS EVENING will b. performed THE CORSICAN
BROTHERS. Mr. C. Kean .
After which, a new grant I Christmas Pantomime, entitled
THE. KING OF THE C. A.STLE ; or, Harlequin Prince
Diamond and Princess Brig l tteyes.

THEATRE-ROYAIL, HAYMARKET.
Lessee, Mr. B. Backstops.
TTIT6 EVENING will be Oerformed THE BUSYBODY.
Messrs. Buckstone, Farren, do e. ; Mrs. E. Fitzwilliam and
Miss Reynolds.
After which, a new grand Comic Pantomime, entitled
UNDINE ; or, Harlequin and the Spirit of the Waters.
Commenee at 7.

OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
_llt, Manager, Mr. Edmund Falconer.
THIS EVENING the new Drama, entitled MARION DE
LORME ; or, The Cradle of Steam : Madame Celeste, Mr.
Va ndenhoff, Mr, Emery, Mr. Falconer, &c.
After which, will be produced the new Burlesque, written
expressly for the Lyceum Company by Robert B. Brough,
and entitled THE SIEGE OF TROY. The principal cha-
racters by Mrs. Keeley, Miss Julia St. George, I%ln. Weston,
Aim: Portman, Miss Talbot, Miss Kate Saxon, Miss E. Homer,
; Mr. Emery, Mr. Charles Young, Mr. Ellerton, Mr. .1.
M.
Rogers, Mr. Barrett, &c. ; Miss Rosina Wright, Miss
Charles, Miss Harriet Dalton, &c.
To conclude with the new Comic PftlltOMirae•
re fete with
new trielcs and mechanical devices, entitled HA LEQUIN
TOY HORSE; or, The Cremorne Fete. Clown, Mr Charles
Lauri ; Harlequin, Mr. John Lauri ; Pantaloon, Mr. Henry
Lauri ; Columbine, Miss Jenny Lauri.
Reduced Prices—Dress Boxes, 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 3s. ; Pit,
2s. ; Sta Ils, ss. ; Gallery, is.
Box-mlice open from 11 to 5 daiiy. Doors open at half-past
6, t 6 eoi2mence at 7 every evenng.

NEW THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHL
Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster.
M WEBSTER'S IS
THIS BVENING,
REQUESTED AT AR. PHOTOGRAPHICCOMPANY SOIREE.
Manager, Mr. B. Webster; Photographer, Mr. J. L. Toole;
Memory, 'bliss Woolgar; Everybody, by Everybody. else.
After which, GOOD FOR NOTHING. Messrr. J. L. Toole.
Binington, Eburne, and,Miss Woolgar.
Followed by THE BIRTHPLACE OF PODGERS. Mr,
J. L. Toole. Mr. C. Selby, Mr. Billington ; Miss Kelly, Mrs.
Chatterley.
To conclude with the grand Christmas Pantomime, entitle d
RIOTHER RED CAP ; or, Harlequin Johnny Gilpin's Rid 'e
to, Edmonton. Clown. Mr. Croueste ; Harlequin, Mr. Elide
brand; Columbine, Miss Hayman ; Pantaloon, Mr. Livino ;
Sprite, Mr. Le Barr.

x) OYAL STRAND THEATRE.
i) Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanlborongh.
THIS EVENING. THE RULE OF THREE.
After which, the new Extravaganza, KENILWORTH ; or
Ye Queene. ye Earle, and ye Maydenne.
And THE LITTLE SAVAGE.
Commence at 7 o'clock.

ALVLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE,
Westminster-road.
Lessee and Manager Mr. William Cooke.
Immense Success of the new Pantomime.

Dress Circle, 4s. ; Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 2s, ; Gallery, ls. ; Upper
Gallery, 6d.
During the week, the great Eastern Spectacle of THE
REVOLT IN INDIA; or, The Fugitives and their Faith-
ful Steed.

After which SCENES IN THE CIRCLE by the Star
Riders of Europe.
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To conclude with the great Operatic and Burlesque Eques-
trian Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN BARON MUN-
CHAUSEN, AND HIS COMICAL CREAM COB
CRUISER. Baron Munchausen, Mr. W. Anson ; Harlequin,
Mr. H. Hemmings ; Pantaloon, Herr Cole; Clown, Mr. A.
F. Forrest; Columbine, Miss Julia Weston. The grand
Transformation Scene, introducing Mr. W. Cooke's beautiful
and highly-trained palfries, pronounced unpreeedentedly
magnificent. The new scenery, including the matchless re-
presentation of the "New Palace of the People, at Muawell
Hill," perfect gems of art.

Stage Manager, Mr. It. Phillips.

A Morning Performance of the renowned Pantomime every
Saturday, at Two o'clock.
Carriages for day performances at half-past four, and for
night representation at half-past eleven,

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 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 ENTERTAINMENT commences as usual at

Seven o'clock.
In addition to the usual entertainment, the SAIJVLET
t 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.-Sux OFFICE, JAN. 15.

THERMOMETER., IN THB BRADS.

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

RenomzTEß,--30.35.
WIND, S.W. ; light, with very fine weather.

THE SUN.

SATURDAY. JANUARY 15, 1859.

Will the peace and tranquillity of Europe be
maintained, or is it on the eve of a sanguinary and
terrible war ? These are the great, the all-im-
portant questions to which public attention is mainly
directed at the present moment, and which must
speedily be determinekone way or the other. The
very apprehension of hostilities is in itself an evil
of no ordinary magnitude. The ominous cloud
may pass away from the political atmosphere. The
storm may blow over, but still mischief must have
been occasioned which can never .be remedied. Trade
and commerce will havebeen paralysed for a season,
credits suspended, and hundreds of really solvent
firms reduced to the verge of bankruptcy, or find their
means so deteriorated by losses, that sooner or later
they must succumb under the inevitable pressure !
A few days since we stated that the diminution in
the nominal value of Public Securities amounted
to no less than sixty millions of pounds sterling.
That enormous sum has since been greatly increased.
But it is even of less importance than the injury to
the industrial communities in every nation of
Europe. As we have already stated, the former,
is only a " nominal," while the latter is a real
loss. There may be some who are compelled to
sell their securities, but generally it will be the
speculators for the rise or the fall—those who in
England are designated as " Bulls" or " Bears," who
will be the parties chiefly affected. We cannot
feel any, sympathy for gamblers of any class. They
• may risk all they possess—become millionaires or
penniless outcasts—without creating any extraor-
dinary excitement ; but the industrial classes, who
are dragged into the vortex, without any fault on
their part, are worthy of commiseration. They
are in no degree responsible for the evil, are in-
volved in it by no act of their own, and yet they
are the chief sufferers. They are "brought to
grief" by the indiscreet announcements of their
rulers.

But is " grim-visaged" war really impending ?
Are we -again to be subjected to an increased
income-tax, and other burdens which may become
essential, from the necessity of being fully pre-
pared for any alternative, although we keep
ourselves out of the scrape, and merely maintain
an armed neutrality ? We believe not, although
it is impossible for any not entrusted with the
secrets of NAPOLEON to speak authoritatively.on
the subject. As we recently pointed out, he is a
man of mystery, who seldom suffers his intentions
to be ascertained until it is his desire that
such should be the case. Ile has taken a leaf
from the diplomatic book of our transatlantic
cousins, and sends forth a doubtful sentence, pro-
bably as a feeler, knowing that--

" A hint in tender cases is enough."
There has been nothing from which he cannot
easily retreat, and it seems clear that VICTOR
EMMANUEL is but a tool in his hands, who will act
only in accordance with his inspiration, so that
really the solution of the all-important problem
rests in his hands.

It is said that the French army wants work, that
it has become ennuied for want of occupation, is

tired of the dull routine of garrison life, and that
its nominal master must provide adequate work,
or that it may, like the familiar in the of L tales of
witchcraft, turn against its employer. But idle-
ness is, save in time of war, the normal condition of
all standing armies, and the Fre IL h sabreurs
must be vontented to accept the common lot.
The mere hint thrown out may create a temporary
excitement sufficient to answer the contemplated
I nu-pose. There was something of a similar cha-
r. scter with respect to Great Britain a year since.
D.ut we could afford to laugh these menaces to scorn,
arv.d matters soon resumed their ordinary appear-
an• !e. We believe it will be so in the present in-
str Lnce, and that the apprehensions which have occa-
sic med so much mischief will soon be satisfactorily
di sposea of.
VICTOR EMMANUEL is unquestionably in earnest.
B although he would, with very slender encou-
ragement, endeavour to retrieve the misfortunes of
1848, he would not be so insane as to make the
attempt without the certainty of powerful
assistance. The sacrifice of his young
daughter will not give •a sufficient assurance.
He must have a direct pledge, and the moment he

accepts he will become the mere tool of the French

EMPEROR-a man without a will of his own, or
power to initiate an independent movement. At
present Sardinia has great weight in the councils
of the Great Powers, but the' moment it acts so
recklessly, its prestige will vanish,- and it will
become a mere cypher in the diplomatic world.
Austria will not take the initiative. It is making
every preparation, but certainly it must be the
chief sufferer by war, as it cannot hope for assist-
ance from either England or Prussia for the
defence of Lombardy, it will endeavour to avert
the .danger. We trust it may be by reasonable
concessions, by removing the real grievances that
oppress its Italian subjects. We do not therefore
believe that war is certain, or that in this country
oar foreign relations will supersede our domestic
concerns.

Among the blue books that have recently ap-
peared, in anticipation of the approaching session,
There is one entitled to some passing consideration,
from its remarkable significance. This is no other
than a volume of some three hundred pages, com-
prising within it statistical tables in reference to

the commercial relations, in 1856, between the
United Kingdom and all its gigantic and scattered

possessions—dependencies distributed far and wide
over both hemispheres—territories in Europe, Asia,
Africa, both the Americas, and Australasia. A

tour of this description is equivalent to a plummet
sounding the deeps and the shallows of the relative
value of the different parts of the British Empire.
It is tantamount, in another sense, to a gauge of
the elements of its wealth and industry. Hence,
while turning the leaves of this blue book,
it is as though we were feeling the pulse
of the mercantile enterprise of the community.
The peculiar significance of the extraordinary facts
and figures here compacted together in a tabular
form will be at once appreciated by a brief enume-
ration of some among the more remarkable " tot-
ties" particularised. Glancing, for instance, at the
record given in this blue book of the total exports
from, and imports into, the several colonies of Great
Britain during 1856, we find that Hindostan alone
exported £23,639,435, and imported £25,244,782--
England absorbing of those exports £10,305,539,
and contributing to those imports £14,668,312.
Canada, again, or rather the two Canadas, im-
ported in 1856, £9,806,487, and exported
£7,210,579. New South Wales imported in the
same year £5,460,971, and exported £3,430,880.
Victoriai'mported,wonderful to relate, £14,962,269,
and exported £15,489,760 ! Tasmania imported
£1,442,106, and exported £1,207,802.
West Australia importing nearly £122,938, and ex-
porting no more than £44,740. New Zealand im-
ported in 1856, £710,868, and exported £318,433.
Reverting to the East. Indies, we find Ceylon
marked in 1856 as importing £2,714,568, and ex-
porting £1,663,612. Turning, on the other hand,
to the West Indies,we find Jamaica in the same in-
terval importing £961,886, and exporting £935,060.
Barbadoes is marked as having of Imports £841,254,
and of exports £97l,o2B—Trinidad, of imports,
£664,474, and exports £s74,767—Honduras im.
ports to the value of £254,994, with exports
to the value of £446,649. The Mauritius
absorbed in 1856 imports to the tune of £2,133,085,
and yielded exports to the aggregate value of
£1,804,123. The Cape of Good Hope imported to
the extent of £1,512,269, and exported to the
amount of £1,24,625. Malta—the small and rocky
group of the Maltese islands, exceeding both in
imports and exports—the former amounting, in
1856, to a total of £2,724,999, the latter to a total
of £1,838,449. Nothing whatever is said, rather
unaccountably, of the exports and imports of Hong
Kong, the statistics with which were, perhaps, be-
coming confused by the threatening of the Chinese

war, happily so soon afterwards and so very satis•

factorily to be brought to a final termination. Two of
our possessions in the Eastern hemisphereyet remain
to be particularised. We have drawn attention to
the exports and imports of each during 1856, until

the close of the preceding catalogue, because we
cannot help regarding them as items of especial in-

,erest and value at the present moment—of an in,

terest and value, indeed, wholly disproportioned to
their relative magnitude, or rather, it should be
said, insignificance. Labuan—the province which

the First Minister of the Crown threatens to cut
adrift from us—showed in 1856 imports to the
value of £33,916, and exports to the extent of
£20,080. The lonian Islands—the inhabitants of
which evidence such_ an cagehess to be severed
from the British Protectorate, and to be added to
the kingdom of Greece Proper—importing in 1856,
£1,187,123, and exporting to the total value of
£1,118,747. A blue book replete with informa-
tion of this important character could not make a
more timely appearance. It serves to throw a
broad flood of light upon many difficult problems
connected with our Colonial Empire, not the less
welcome at this moment in reference to the Bor-
nese colony and the Septinsular Protectorate.
Conspicuous among the future divisions to be spe-
cified in a sequel volume will doubtless be one
never dreamt of in 1856, nor yet in 1857, being,
in fact, the creation wholly of 1858—to wit,
British Columbia.

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