The Sun.
London, England, 1859-03-14 00:00:00

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ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT
GARDEN, under the sole Management of Miss Louisa
ryne and Mr. W. Harrison -
For the Benefit of Mr. W. Harrison.
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THIS EVENING, MARTHA. Miss Louisa Pyne, Miss
Susan Pyna, Mr. Geo. Honey, Mr. H. Corri, Mr. Frederick
Glover, and Mr. W. Harrison
Conductor—Mr. Alfred Mellon.

And a new ballet of action, ROBERT AND BERTRAND.
Messrs. Payne, Miss Morgan, Mdlles. Morlachi and Pasquale.
Commence at Seven,

rviHEATR.
E-ROYAL, DRURY-LANE
Lessee—Mr. E. T. Smith.
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THIS EVENING, will be performed the original English
Ballad Opera, entitled WILLIAM AND SUSAN. William
Mr. Haigh ; Susan, Miss Lucette,
ro conclude with the new pantomime, ROBIN HOOD ;
or. Harlequin Friar Tuck and the Merry Men of Sherwood
Forest.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean.
THIS EVENING, will be presented Shakspere's Tragedy
Of HAMLET.
Hamlet, Mr. C. Kean—Gertrude, Mrs. C. Kean.
After which, a new grand Christmas Pantomime, entitled
TFIE KING OF THE CASTLE ; or, Harlequin Prince
Diamond and Princess Brighteyes.

THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Leases, Mr. J. B. Euckstone.
THIS EVENING, an entirely new comic drama, called
THE YOUNG MOTHER.
A new Comedy, MILLINER TO THE KING ; or, The
Royal Salute. Mr. and Mrs. C. Mathews.
With NOTHING TO WEAR. Mr. and Mrs. C. Mathews.
And THE GALICIAN FETE.
Comments at 7.

_ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
Manager, Mr. Edmund Falconer,
Engagement of Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams.
THIS EVENING, will be produced BORN TO GOOD
LUCK, Mr. B. Williams.
After which, LAW FOR LADIES. Mrs. B. Williams.
And ROBERT MACAIRE.
Reduced Prices—Dress Boxes, 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 3s. ; Pit,
es.; Stalls, ss. ; Gallery, ls.
Box-office open from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at half-past
6 to commence at 7 every evening.

NEW THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHL
Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster.
Last Week but Two of the talented and celebrated artistes,
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Wigan. Every Evening Mr. Wright
in DOMESTIC ECONOMY.
This Evening,, STILL WATERS RUN DEEP. John
Mildmay, Mr. A. Wigan ; Mr. Potter, Mr. Charles Selby ;
Hawksley, Mr. Billington; Mrs. Mildmay, Mrs. Billington ;
Mrs. Sternhold Mrs. A. Wigan.

Alter which, WELCOME, LITTLE STRANGER. Mr.
Wright.

To conclude with THE INVISIBLE PRINCE. Mr. J. L.
Toole, Miss Woolgar, Miss Arden, Miss Keeley, Miss Kate
Kelly.

Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith.
Doors open at a quarter-past six—Commence at seven. Box
Office 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, Miss Swanborough
This Evening, will be presented MATRIMONIAL PRO-
SPECTUSES.
After which, the new Extravaganza, KENILWORTH ; or
Ye Queene. ye Earle, and ye Maydenne
And THE LITTLE SAVAGE.
Commence at 7 o'clock.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE
Westminster-road.

Lessee and Manager _ Mr. William Cooke.

Brilliant and unprecedented success of the new Dramatic
Spectacle.
THIS EVENING the performances commence with a grand
new Spectacle, from the pen of R. Phillips, Esq., Interspersed
with extraordinary hippodramatic effects and striking situa-
tions, in three Acts, and entitled THE HUNDRED
CUIRASSIERS. Produced with new scenery, mechanical
arrangements, gorgeous in 1 characteristic costumes, elabo-
rate equestrian and spectacular appointments, and the hand-
somest Stud of Horses in the world. Characters by Messrs.
Holloway, Phillips, Anson, Francis, Anderson, M. Howard.
Herbert ; Mesdames Dowton, Blanche, JullaWeston, Thorne,

To be followed by SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, intro-
ducing Miss Kate Cooke, Miss Emily Cooke, Madame Blanche,
Madame Bridges, Maddlle. Fleurette, and Madame Fran-
cisco, being the greatest amount of female equestrian talent
ever seen in one night at any theatre. Grotesques : Messrs.
Hemming and Thorne.

To conclude with the CAPTAIN IS NOT AMISS.
Dress Circle, 4s. ; Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 2s, ; Gallery, ls. ; Upper
Gallery, 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 DAT AND NIGHT, from 11 o'clock a.m. until 12
I'clock p.m. Th 6 New Gallery contains an extensive Collec-
.ion 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 COMMCROCS 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.

"'""TRE WEATHER..-.SUN OFFICZ, MARCH 13.

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

BAROMETER--29,71,
WIND, South-Westerly; fresh, with dull weather. II
blew a storm, with rain, last night, but now is getting fine,

MARCH 14.
61—highest since noon yesterday.
53—lowest this morning and during the night.
56—this day at noon.

BAROMETER-29.62.

WIND, S.W. ; fresh, with rough weather, and con.

tinues rain.

The whole of the amount about to be raised for
the home Government of India will be forthwith
placed on the money market. It will be required
for the immediate exigencies of the magnificent
empire which constitutes the brightest gem in the
British diadem. But there is not the slightest
reason for despondency, on that account. We
should not despair of India, although its debts
were doubled. In fact its liabilities bear a far less
proportion to its revenue than those of Great
Britain itself. And nothing more beneficial could
take place than a considerable addition to its debt
for the purpose of developingits almost miraculous
natural resources. Roads, tramways, irrigation,
would all materially enhance the national wealth
and enable the taxpaying community to provide
the necessary means for meeting the interest and
reducing the principal of the debt and main-
taining all the public establishments in full
efficiency. It may appear strange, but many ex-
perienced and learned men have declared that a
large public debt has invariably been productive of
benefit to the nation. Great Britain and Holland
are the two owing the largest amounts, when com-
pared either with population or revenue; and yet
there are no kingdoms in the world in which the
people are so prosperous and enjoy so many mate-
rial comforts. Why, then, should we fear for
India, even if its debt should reach ninety or a
hundred millions ? When such is the case, means
are always provided to enable the parties to meet
the claims that must be fully and fairly satisfied.
Some year and a half since, in November, 1857, as
we are reminded by our esteemed and talented con-
temporary, the Derbyshire Courier, one of the sound-
est authorities in the liingdom on monetary affairs,
the Leviathan itself, propounded a currency theme
for India, which, if carried into operation, would
have been productive of the most beneficial results.
It is not often that we agree with the Jupiter
Tonans of Printing-house-square on questions of
currency, but we yield a cordial and willing assent
to the proposition that there should be for India
"an interest-bearing but temporarily inconvertible
paper." Adding, with a true appreciation of the
real state of affairs—" The natives would be found

sufficiently keen to estimate the value of a Govern-
ment note, carrying 6 or 7 per cent. in terest, and
receivable at par, in the course of six or twelve
months, FOR REVENUES DUE ; and, at the same
time, we (the Times) should have the satisfaction of
knowing that every one with paper of this de-
scription in their pockets would feel an access
of loyalty, and a proportionate desire for
the maintenance of order." If these are wise and
wholesome doctrines that ought to be circulated
throughout every kingdom of the civilised world,
they are not applicable to India exclusively, but are
equally appropriate for the United Kingdom. All
that is required is that the nation issuing such
paper should stand in good credit, and have invari-
ably discharged its previous obligations with per-
fect faith and honesty to its creditors. In those
respects England has never been found wanting,
and any Minister or independent member who
should venture to suggest a transatlantic states-
man's suggestion of the " wet sponge," would not
easily forget the comments both of Parliament and
the Press on his nefarious proposition.

It is because that perfect credit, which is essen-
tial to the fair development of such a project is, and
always has been, enjoyed by the British Exche-
quer that the experiment could be tried with the
most perfect safety. We know what had been
accomplished with inconvertible paper money
from 1797 to 1815. The heaviest drain which the
nation ever encountered was easily met. Paupers
became wealthy. " Pig upon bacon," a phrase that
will be thoroughly appreciated in Manchester, was
readily accepted, and the foundation of a gigantic
fortune was laid by the system which the present
possessor thereof so earnestly repudiates.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has a great, a
golden, opportunity before him. He invariably
dissented from the bullionist theories. He voted
with dear old JOE HUME in the minority in the
packed committee of 1848. He is not in any
degree committed, like Sir CHARLES WOOD or
Sir GEORGE CORNEWALL LEWIS; and a sound
currency measure, giving really national notes
of small and convenient denominations, say £l,
£2, and £3, would gain for the Government the
thanks and gratitude of the nation, and place them
in a position which could not be shaken by any
amount of factious opposition.
While people are well off—while they are in the
enjoyment of even moderate comfort, they are not
to be dreaded. It is" the lean and hungry kine"
that are formidable. But every man able and
willing to work might find remunerative occupa-
tion if currency matters were more attended to. The
unemployed operatives may thank the authors
of the Act of 1844 for the privations which they
have endured—are enduring—and must still endure,
until a better system is inaugurated. Let that
which has been suggested by the Times be carried
into operation, not only in India but in the United
Kingdom, and then, indeed, we shall see a degree
of happiness and prosperity, in both countries,
which will destroy the theories of, and (if possi-
ble) put to the blush all the currency quacks of the
present day, who insist that the circulating medium
should be as closely as possible assimilated to a
purely metallic currency.

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THE SUN.
MONDAY. MARCH 14, 1859.