The Sun.
London, England, 1859-07-18 00:00:00

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KEAN BANQUET, at ST. JAMES'S HALL,
WEDNESDAY NEXT, July 20th, 7 o'clock.—After
this day Tickets can only be obtained at Sams' Library, 1, St.
James's-street ; and of Mr. Donald, at St. James's Hall.

CRYSTAL PALACE.—LAST CONCERT by
the Artistes of the ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA,
Covent Garden.—Tickets, at Five Shillings each, for the Con-
cert on Wednesday, may be had to-morrow (Tuesday), at the
Crystal Palace ; 2, Exeter Hall. and of the usual agents. The
price of admission on Wednesday will be 7s 6d.

RV YAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE
'Older the otanagement of Mr. Charles Kean.
THIS EVENING, DYING FOR LOVE.

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After which, ;will be revived Shakspeare's Tragedy of
HENRY VIII. Cardinal Wolsey, Mr. Chas. Kean ; Queen
Katharine, Mrs. C. Kean.
To conclude with IF THE CAP FM.
Commence at 7.

THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Lessee, Mr. J. B. Bucketone.
THIS EVENING the performances will commence with
THE BALANCE OF COMFORT.
After which, THE CONTESTED ELECTION.
Followed by HOW TO MAKE HOME HAPPY.
To conclude with HALLOWE'EN.
Commence at 7.

NEW THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHI.
Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster.
Engagement of the Celebrated Spanish Dancers.—First Night
of a New Burlesque, by J. Byron, Esq.
THIS EVENING, DIAMOND CUT DIAMOND. Mr.
and Mrs. Henri Drayton.
Followed by (first time) THE BABES IN THE WOOD.
Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, C. J. Smith, Eburne ; Miss
Woolgar and Miss K. Kelly.
f Grand Ballet, by the Spanish Dancers.
After which, ICI ON PARLE FRANCAIS. Messrs.
J. L. Toole, Chas Selby, Billington ; Misses Keeley, Arden,
and Laidlaw. and Km Billington.
Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith.

Doors open at a quarter-past six—Commence at seven. Box
Offloe open from 10 to 5 -no charge for booking. No fees to
servants permitted. A registry kept of all articles found.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE,
Lessee and Directress. ldias Swanborongh
THIS EVENING, QUIXOTE, JUNIOR. Mr. J. Clarke.
Commence at 7 o'clock.

VERDI'S OPERA. OF MACBETH. The
whole of the first Act of this Opera, now produced
for the first time in this country (the remaining three acts
Deana in course of rehearsal), is is sung nightly at the CA.N-
TERBURY HALL CO:SCERTS.
THE DELEPIERRE FAMILY,
consisting of three Juvenile Violinists, viz., Jules, Juliette,
old Julia Delepierre, aged, respectively, FOUR, SIX, and
EIGHT years.

The perfect execution by these Lilliputian Artistes of some
of the most difficult and brilliant Solos, Duets, and Trios ever.
written for the violin, has excited mingled wonder and admi-
ration in Continental Musical Circles, and drawn forth enthu-
siastic tributes of praise from the Public Journals of France
and Belgium.
They will perform TWICE EACH EVENING, in addi-
tion to the usual Entertainments.

THE WEATHER.—Sui OFFICE, JULY 17.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
81—highest since noon yesterday.'
68—lowest this morning and during the night.
79—this day at noon.
BanomyrEn--30.10., falling.
WIND, South-Westerly; light, with fine, broiling
weather.

JULY 18.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHAM
82—highest since noon yesterday.
74—lowest this morning and during the night.
80—this day at noon.
BARoxrrEit-29.89, still falling.
WIND, South-Westerly; rather fresh, with fine, cloudy
weather. The heavy passing clouds seem to indicate a
coming change. The sun is, however, still oppressive.

NAPOLEON has arrived in Paris !—no, not in
Paris, but at St. Cloud, some miles remote. Oh !
what a glorious promise of joyous hope blessed his
departure for the once fair land of liberty—and
what a funereal gloom hangs over his sepulchral
return ! Never in the annals of war did such re-
joicings greet the august redeemer of the enslaved,
as the plaudits bursting from the warm hearts of
thousands upon thousands of enraptured individuals
who crowded round his carriage on that ever me-
morable occasion ! And where are they now? And
eeho mutters where ?—as if afraid to awaken the
reflection of the great warrior who steals silently
along in the shadow of his forlorn return It is
not the Engineer hoist with his Own Petard, but
the Macchiavelian depressed with the damnation
of his evil doings ! He has drank the cup of glory
till his very heart sinks within him, at the accursed
cauldron which he mixed up for others, but now
finds the poisoned chalice commended to his own
unholy lips ! So may it ever be to those who attempt
to follow his example. What has he done ? Only
sent a hundred thousand brave Frenchmen, besides
thousands of deceived Italians, to die on the battle-
field. While more, even many more, Austrians fell
that tyranny might triumph and liberty be trodden
under foot from "the Alps to the Adriatic !" Surely
the man must be a madman or a demon, it matters
little which. But his day is surely coming, and he
who is now

" The arbiter of others' fate"

may before long become
" A suppliant for his own I"

The abrupt and unexpected termination of the
war has come upon mankind with as much surprise
as its commencement was sudden. If the beginning
was allowable on the score of helping an ally
struggling for the freedom of oppressed nationali-
ties, the untoward result is disastrous beyond the
wildest apprehension of believing mortals. Hope
was quickened into a frenzy of joy only the more
surely to be blasted into the very depths of despair.
And all for what ? To play out a diabolical game
of ambition.

" And millions die that despots may be great."

The heart sickens at the contemplation of sach
stupendous—such utterly reckless atrocity.
Various as futile are the reasons or opinions
as to the causes of this masquerade, and the conse-
quences likely to result from it. We offer no
opinion on a matter as inexplicable as it is iniqui-
tous. Some say that there was treason in the camp.
It may be so. Others say the French Emperor
was imposed upon by the machinations of the
Italian Priests--Pope, cardinals, and all. Again,
the health of the army was in jeopardy from the
marshes surrounding Mantua, exhaling poison under
the burning suns of July. While some SAW in the
frowning attitude assumed by Prussia, backed by
the cold reserve of England, which might have
warmed into jealous hate, and produced a combus-
tion in the Fatherland of excited Germany—quite
enough to make NAPOLEON hold his hand, in the
hour of victory, while yet master of his own destiny.
Another, and by no means an improbable suppo-
sition, was, that if he proceeded to make Italy free,
his own army might ask to let France partake in
that blessing also. This idea was felt to be the
more grave that young
Prince NAPOLEON was not
to be trusted by his uncle
!---the less so that he was
at the head of a larga force composed of French
and Italians. Else why should p •
Lance NAPOLEON
be kept in a manner inactive,
until the
EMPEROR had achieved the victories himself.
Indeed, the marked non-observation of the
King of SARDINIA was almost as significant as the
studied care of keeping Prince NAPOLEON in the
background. Now all these speculations may be,
some true, or some untrue, and the real murder
may come upon the world before they open their
eyesto-morrow morning For, after all, the deeds
of evil are shrouded in mystery, and he who keeps
the keys of PANDORA'S Box may, in prying into
the future, get so confounded at its contents, that
he will search in vain for hope at the bottom ?

It was a frequent taunt directed against the
chiefs of the late Cabinet by their antagonists, that
as a Ministry they were moribund. As the leaders
of a great Party, however, they are certainly not
moribund—judging from the magnificent demon-
stration made in their favour on Saturday evening

last, in Merchant Taylor's Hall, in the City of
London. A more remarkable evidence of devotiC'n),
of confidence, or of admiration has not been accorded
in our recollection to any living statesman than
that which was thus spontaneously offered on
Saturday, the 16th instant, to the Noble Earl, late
First Lord of the Treasury, and to the Right Hon.
Gentleman the ex-Chancellor of Her MAJESTY'S
Exchequer. It was a voluntary testimony of the
complete satisfaction, and even the earnest grati-
tude with which the services of those two eminent
public men are regarded by the great and united
body of the Conservatives of the United Kingdom.
The number of those assembled together at this
banquet, to do honour to Lord DERBY and
Mr. DISRAELI, and through them to their late
ministerial colleagues, tallied almost to a nicety
with the exact number of their supporters in the
House of Commons. It is the three htindred, let us
say, of the political Thermopylae "An imposing
array" the Times reporter calls it, "of about 300
guests, all more or less well-known for their adhe-
sion to the cause of Conservatism." That other

still more imposing array—for party purposes—
ranged now upon the left hand of Mr. SPEAKER
numbering as we all perfectly know by this time also
an aggregate of just three hundred ! So that, nume-
rically as well as otherwise, the demonstration of
Saturday evening was peculiarly appropriate. It
was more than appropriate ; it was auspicious, and,
for those assembled there, replete with tokens full
of encouragement. The demonstration, in truth,
was such in its whole character and bearing, in the
unaffected unanimity of its enthusiasm, that it
afforded a full and complete justification of the
almost exultant words of the late Prime
Minister, when referring to the circumstances
of his withdrawal, together with his Mi-
nisterial colleagues, from the conduct of
the affairs of Government—" But, my lords and
gentlemen, although we are defeated, I am happy
to think that we are not disgraced ; and
if I rightly appreciate the tone and charac-
ter of this meeting, not only are we not disgraced,
but we are not discouraged or disheartened." As if
to make assurance doubly sure to the Conservative
leaders, there comes to them, upon the very morrow
of their dispersion as a Cabinet, the inspiriting in-
cident of this unwonted and, in many respects,
very memorable demonstration.
It can hardly be matter for surprise to any un-
prejudiced observer to note the haughty satisfaction
with which the Earl of DERBY referred, on Satur-
day, to the reiterated, though doubtless reluctant
tributes offered to the ministerial policy and adminis-
trative proceedings of their immediate prede-
cessors by the members of the present
" motley" Administration. Enumerating three
alone of the great departments of the State
to begin with—Lord DERBY observed "If we
speak of that which is the most pressing, and
which has been among our most anxious cares—
the position of the foreign affairs of this country—
we are told by the Prime Minister who has suc-
ceeded us, that it will be the earnest endeavour of
her MAJESTY'S present Government to walk in the
paths which we have chalked out for them.
If we advert to the efforts which we have
made for the restoration of the great arm
of this country—its navy—to a proper state
of efficiency and power, we are congratulated
by our opponents upon the energy and vigour dis-
played by my right hon. friend late at the
head of the Admiralty. If we speak of the
position of the army, hardly any terms are
deemed warm enough in which to eulogise the
services of my right hon. and gallant friend
lately connected with that department." And so
on. Until the noble Earl is fain to add at last to
the long catalogue of commendations thus strangely
conceded to the late Administration. " If, then,

this harmony so hal.pily exists between the late
and the present Government, we are almost
tempted to ask, Why is it that we are sitting upon
the left and not upon the right of the Speaker ?'
To which inquiry (and no wonder) there is ap-
pended to the report of Lord DERBY'S speech—even
in the Times--" cheers and laughter." The DERBY
Government while in power was reprobated spite-
fully and speciously, we all of us remember
for not preserving a strict neutrality, for
bungling the administration of the army, for

adventuring upon an unnecessary and extravagant
expenditure in the extension and multiplication of
our maritime armaments. Yet no sooner by a dis-
graceful trick is the DERBY Administration driven
from power upon these very pleas, than one after
another they are abandoned as untenable by the
very men who had been the loudest in the promul-
gation of the accusations. The blue book relating
to the recent diplomatic negotiations—when too
late—is published : and lo ! Lord MALMESBURY'S
course throughout is proved to have been one of the
strictest, the most loyal, and the most dignified neu-

trality. Insomuch that the leader of the new Go-
vernment avows the intention of his Ministry to
walk carefully along the line chalked out by their
predecessors. It is thereupon good humouredly re-
marked by the recently maligned but now eulogized
ex-Foreign Secretary, that he don't half like the
phrase through which the foreign policy of the
Coalition is thus indicated ! Chalk, says Lord
M.ALIEESBURY, 13 a very crumbling and perishable
material! T&re is reason to fear that the " line"
spoken of thus by the new Ministers may in the
course of a very short time be obliterated under

their shuffling footsteps ! Happily, however, as yet
the present holders of office are pledged to carry
out their predecessors' policy of Neutrality, and
while doing so they are likewise pledged no less
distinctly to follow out the patriotic course of the
DEBBY Ministry in furthering to the uttermost the
increase and reorganisation of both the military and
maritime departments of the public service. That
double increase, that twofold reorganisation must be

recognised as if anything more than ever requisite—
now when a perillous War has for a while given
way to a Peace that may perchance yet more

disastrously jeopardise the fortunes not of Italy

alone, but of all Christendom !
Reverting :thus for a moment to the past—anti-
cipa ting thus for a moment the future—we would
here, if but in gratitude (as impartial spec-
tators) for the high-minded and magnanimous

policy of the late Derbyite Administration, reite-

rate the graceful and eminently deserved panegyric
prwaounced on [Saturday evening upon the two

chief leaders of that Administration, by the heir to
the Dukedom of Riehmomd! When apply-

ing those household words to the Conservative

Eemiers in the Lords and Commons, the Earl of

MA RCH exclaimed, in far-famed and familiar lan-

gorge--

" With more than mortal powers endowed,
Row high they soared above the crowd
Theirs was no common party race,
Jostling, by dark intrigue for place ;
Like fabled gods, their mighty war
Shook realms and nations in its jar;
Beneath each banner, proud to stand,
Looked up the noblest of the land !,"
And we would remind Lord MARCH, we would re-
m ind the Conservatives, we would remind the
co untry at large that in the passage immediately
pr
• eceding this quotation from Sir -WALTER SCOTT'S
"3 larmion" there is another kindred passage which,
wt • are satisfied, had occasion required during the

existence of the late Ministry, would have admitted
of a no less direct and appropriate application to
the Conservative Leaders in the two Houses of

Pal iliament
WHEN :EUROPE CROUCHED TO PRANCE'S YOKE',
RIA BENT, AND PRUSSIA BROKE,
AND AUST:
' RUSSIAN'S PuthiosE iiRATE
AND THE FIRM
.' A TIMOROUS SLAV 2,
WAS BARTERED Isl
`,'S PEACE THEY SPURNED,
EVEN THEN DISHONOI4.
THE SULLIED OLIVE BRANC.,•T RETURNED,
STOOD FOR THEIR COUNTRY'S O:.ORY FAST,
AND NAILED HER COLOURS TO MAST."

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THE SUN.
MONDAY, JULY 18, 1859.