The Sun.
London, England, 1859-10-26 00:00:00

BENSON'S "W ATCHES.
" I'erfection of mechanism."—Morning, Post.
Gold Watches 4 to 100 guineas.
Silver Watches
33 and 31, Ludgate-hill, London, E.C.
Send 2 stamps for Benson's Illustrated Pamphlet on Watches.

ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA,
COVENT-GA ELDEN.
Under the management of Miss L. Pyne and Mr.W. Harrison.
THIS EVENING, D INOR AH. Messrs. Santley, TI.
Corri, St. Albyn, and W. Harrison. Misses Pilling,
Wall, and Miss Louisa Pyne.

Conductor, Alfred Mellon.
DIVERTISSEMENT. Mdlles. Levine, rasquale, rier-
TOU, and Mons. Vandris.

Commence at 8 o'clock.

THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Lessee, Mr. J. B. Bnckstone.
THIS EVENING the
THE ROAD TO RUIN. performances ll commence with
And PAUL PRY. Mr. and Mrs. C. Mathews.
Commence at 7.

R--OYAL PRINCESS'SI THEATRE.—
Lessee, Mr. A. Harris.
THIS EVENING, the pertormanc.es will commence with
HAMLET. Hamlet, Mr. G. Melville; Ghost, Mr. Ryder;
Ophelia, Miss Carlotta Lcclercq.
To be followed by a dramatic tablean in Wattean colours,
by J. it. 'gauche, Esq., entitled LOVE AND FORTUNE.

NEW THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHI
Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster.

Open for the Winter Season.
THIS EVENING will be performed ICI ON rARLE
FRANCAIS. Messrs. J. L. Toole, Chas Selby, and Miss
Kelly.
After which, THE WILLOW COPSE. Luke, Mr B
. en.
Webster; Hulks, Mr. David Fisher ; Augustus, Mr. J. L.
Took ; Staggers, Mr. Paul Bedford.
Followed by LOVE AND HUNGER. Mr. David Fisher,
Mr. Panlßedford, C. Selby, C. J. Smith, Miss K. Kelly, Miss
Laidlaw.
Doors open at half-past six—Commence at seven. Box-
Mice open from 10 to 5. No charge for securing seats,
nor for bills of performance. All fees to servants of this
establishment arc strictly prohibited.
Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith.

ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE,
King-street, St. James's. Lessee, Mr. T. B. Chatter-
ton. The nearest Theatre to Chelsea, Pimlico, and West-
minster, the Park being open to carriages and foot passen-
gers all hours of the night.
THIS EVENING, Poole's comedy, THEY'RE BOTH TO
8LA31141. Messrs. Leigh Murray, Barrett, Walter Carle ;
Mesdames Frank Matthews, Murray, Catharine Hickson.
After which the successful Ballet Farce, by John Oxen-
ford, Esq., entitled MAGIC TOYS, supportA by Miss Lydia
Thompson, Miss Clara St. Cassc, and a numerous Corps de
Ballet.
To conclude with the New and Original Burlesque, by L.
Buckingham, Esq., of VIRGINIUS ; or the Trials of a Fond
Papa.
Reduced Prices—Gallery, 6d; Pit, Is. The Box-office open
from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at half-past six; perform-
ance commences at 7.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE,
Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough
THIS EVENING, THE GOOSE WITH THE GOLDEN
EGGS.
After which THE GREAT RUSSIAN BEAR; or, An-
other Retreat from Moscow.
Followed by THE VERY LATEST EDITION OF THE
LADY OF LYONS.
And CAUGHT BY THE EARS.
Commence at 7 o'clock.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE,
Westminster-road.
Sole Lessee Mr. William Cooke.'
Brilliant reception of the New Historic.il Drama, by Tom
Taylor, Esq., called GARIBALDI, sustained by a New Dra-
matic Company, full Stud of beautiful horses, ChaTacteristic
Costumes and Picturesque Scenery. Engagement for a
limited period of also, Great Delavanti troupe, Gymnasists
par excellence ; Little Menda. the most Wonderful
Juvenile Equestrian in the- World. Scenes in the Circle by
Star Riders and talented Equestrians. Terminating with a
Laughable Farce.
Stage Manager, Mr. R. Phillips

CANTERBURY HALL CONCERTS.-
EVERY EVENING.—The Music of Verdi's Opera of
MACBETH (now first made public in England at these Con-
certs).
And a Grand Seeetion from Meyerbeer's new opera of
DINORAH. _ _ _ _

Comic Vocalists -Messrs. George Hodson (the Irish Come-
dian and Mimic), W. T. Critchtield, and E. W. Mackney.
Several interesting Pictures arc 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
sights of the metropolis.

THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, OCTOBER 2G.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
52—highest since noon yesterday.
48—lowest this morning and during the night.
49—this day at noon.

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Wnrn--South-westerly, strong breeze, with fine weather.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
THIS DAY.—Morning, lh. 32m.—Afternoon, lh. 53m.
To-Moßaow-Morning, 2h. 13m.—Afternoon, 2h. 33m.

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THE SUN.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1859.

" UNION is strength "—says the old proverb
There are some cases, however, in which Union is
productive only of weakness, and occasionally even
of a weakness amounting to nothing less than
actual paralysis. Of this exceptional character
certainly the Trades Unions form at times terribly
vivid illustrations. The intermittent Strikes origi-
nating in them paralyse trade, attesting while so
doing the weakness of the victims involved in all
the ruinous consequences of these cruel, and
tyrannous, and pitiless Associations! A weakness
so absolute of its kind that the unfortunate work-
men are revealed to the world in the midst of these
miserable Strikes as powerless in their utter subjec-
tion to the central authority as the obedient slaves
of the old mysterious Vehmgericht.
The honourable member for the city of Edin-
burgh, Mr. ADAM BLACK, the eminent publisher
and bookseller, on Saturday evening very lucidly
argued the whole of those weighty problems of
Wages, Trades Unions, and Strikes, in the course of
an elaborate and masterly lecture on that three-
fold theme, addressed to an audience of two thou-
sand working people. Through the medium
of the public journals, Mr. BLACK'S Gan-
did, cogent, and as we conceive them
to be, perfectly convincing arguments, will go forth
to the consideration not of thousands but of mil-
lions of working people. They are addressed to
the working classes personally in fact through the
true electric telegrams, the newspapers, and they
are addressed to those classes, aiowedly by one
who is proud to call himself a working man also.
The arguments of the member for Edinburgh will
be found upon examination to be no loose and dis-
jointed notions strung together in an idle hour or
two by one who has crammed for the occasion, like
the majority of amateur lecturers, upon all varieties
of subjects, selected from literature, art, science, and
philosophy. Mr. ADAM BLACK has studied mani-
festly, and studied not only readingly but think-
ingly, at the feet of that great Economic GAMALIEL,
that famous namesake of his own, who is distin-
guishable among all the numerous race of SMITHS
by the magnificent title of Author of" The Wealth
of Nations." Beyond any book-learning, however,
upon these vital problems of Social and Political
Economy taken by him into consideration at a
period peculiarly opportune, and before an audience
in its character necessarily the most likely to be
fully appreciative, Mr. BLACK enjoys the advan-
tages accruing to him from his own prolonged
personal experience ! The advantage of regarding
these problems (worked out over and over again
by himself in detail) through the light thrown upon
them by his own lengthened labours in the
highest senso as a Workman, and by his own long
realised and fully comprehended responsibilities as
an Employer. At the outset of his valuable and
practical observations on Saturday, he remarks to
his audience This subject is one of very great
importance, as it seriously affects the peace and
prosperity of the country, th 3 accumulation of
capital, and the protection of property ; and it
more especially affects the happiness of the opera-
ratives and their families." [flow far it does
so, we ourselves took occasion to intimate
only as recently as yesterday.] And Mr. BLACK
goes on then immediately afterwards to observe,
" It-is a question, moreover, requiring an attentive
consideration of first principles, with their bearing
upon the common business of life ; at the same
time, it is one which is much obscured by the ani-
mosities and excited feelings occasioned by the