The Sun.
London, England, 1859-05-07 00:00:00

Commence at 7.

NEW THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHL
Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster.
THIS EVENING, THE SERIOUS FAMILY. Messrs.
B. Webster, BilibVtan, Toole ; Miss Woolgar, Miss Sims.
After which, THE DEVIL ON TWO STICKS. Mr. J.
L. Toole, P. Bedford, Misses Woolgar, Keeley, Arden, and
Kate Kelly.
Followed by THE PRETTY GIRLS OF STILBERG,
Air. B. Webster, Billington, Eburne, MissesWoolgar, Keeley,
and Arden.

Acting ,ianager—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 fbund.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough
THIS EVENING will be produced a new Comedietta, by
J. M. Morton, Esq., entitled WHICH OF THE TWO ?
supported by the company.
After which, THE MAID AND TELE MAGPIE.
To conclude with VANDYKE BROWN. Mr. J. Clark.

Commence at 7o'clock.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE,
Wes tmins ter-road.
Lessee and Manager Mr. William Cooke.
Immense Success of INANTlOE.—Overflowing Houses
Nightly.
THIS EVENING, the performances will commence with
a new grand spectacle, founded on Sir Walter Scott's popular
work, entitled IVAN HOE ; or, The Lists of Ashby, intro-
ducing among the vast resources of this great Hippodramatic
Temple,Tournaments, Processions, Banners, Combats, Tilts,
Victories, and Achievemer ts in extraordinary magnificence.
Ivanhoe, Mr. R. Phillips ; Isaac of York, Mr. Jas. Holloway;
Richard of England, Mr. Herbert ; Robin Hood, Mr. Wm.
Cooke, jun. ; Rebecca, Miss Bathurst ; Lady Rowena, Miss
Dowton.
After which, the matchless and unrivalled SCENES IN
THE CIRCLE, introducing Mr. Joim Henry Cooke, the
greatest equestrian in the world : together with Miss
Emily Cooke, Madame Blanche, Madame Bridges,
Fleurette, and Madame Francisco, being the greatest amount
of female equestrian talent ever seen in one night in any
theatre. Grotesques—Messrs. Hemming and Thome.
To conclude with the Farce of BATHING.
;Dress Circle, 4s. ; Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 2s, ; Gallery, Is. ; Upper
Gallery,
Privatoßoxes, £4 4s, £2 2s, &ad £1 ls.
Stage Manager, Mr. R. Phillips

OANTERBURY lIALL AND FINE ARTS
J GALLERY. Westminster-road.—Open at Seven.

EVERY EVENING during the week will appear
THE DELEPIERRE FAMILY,

consisting of three Juvenile Violinists, viz., Jules, Juliette,
and 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.

The will perform EVER Y EVENING, at NINE and
ELEVEN o'clock, in addition to the usual Entertainments.

THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, MAY 7.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
60—highest since noon yesterday.
48—lowest this morning and during the night.
68—this day at noon.

BAROMETER- -30.04.
WIND, South-westerly; light, with fine summer weather.

THE SUN.

SATURDAY, MAY 7, 1869.

The Austrians_have lost the golden opportunity.
They adopted a Fabian policy when action was
all-important. They might have inflicted a heavy
blow and great discouragement on Sardinia, but in
place of so doing they halted between divided
counsels—General Hzss, at Vienna, dissenting from
the views of General GYULAI, who, being in actual
command at the seat of war, should be enabled to
arrive at the soundest opinion. Such differences
are invariably injurious to the parties concerned,

and it is by no means improbable that Austria
will, in consequence thereof, be compelled
to abandon the position she intended to assume,
and to fall back on her own territories.
The Moniteur declares that the troops who had
advanced to Cambio had recrossed the river, and
that in consequence of the heavy rains which had
fallen great obstacles would be opposed to their
passing of the Po at Frassinetto. This is by no
means improbable, and we may therefore, for
once, credit the statement of the French official
journal, more especially when it does not refer to
the pacific intentions or extraordinary mode-
ration of the EMPEROR. The contemplated
advance on Turin will be adjourned sine die,
and another Marengo may convince FRANCIS
JOSEPH of the great error which he has committed.
The three days' delay will cost Austria thousands
of lives and millions of pounds sterling.
It is more than probable that the invading troops
will now have to fall back on their own territory and
to 52t on the defensive. Seventy thousand French
soldiers are already in Piedmont, and no sudden
blow can be inflicted which might paralyse the
Sardinians, and, to a certain extent, prove decisive.
In every case of a similar description procrastina-

Lion has led to defeat, and the present will be but
another illustration of an ancient and well-recog-

nised principle.
There will,
.in all human probability, be a
tedious and prolonged struggle unless Austria
should change her notions, and consent to good
government in_ the. Lombardo-Venetian, kingdom,
and to abandon _her undue interference in the
quasi independent Italian States. The British

Government have earnestly pressed good advice
oil the EMPEROR. It has hitherto been disre-
garded, but the failure of the contemplated coup
may possibly induce the Cabinet of Vienna to
listen to more rational opinions.

We have, even 'at the eleventh hour, ascertained
the nature of the treaties that have been entered
into with the• minor States of Italy. They can
only be regarded as conspiracies against the people,
intended to keep them in a state of serfdom and
slavery, and to prevent any chance of constitutional
government. It is asserted that Austria was will-
hig to exhibit all these private engagements before
the Congress ; but as she prevented the meeting of
that Congress, and had kept these matters secret
many years, we must receive her present declara-
tions with considerable doubt and reserve.

The French are again boasting. They are para-
phrasing the proclamation of the First NAPOLEON.
Them is to be another " Army of Italy," every
soldier' whereof will be distinguished. It is not,
however, likely that there will be another Maren-
go, although the parties are not far distant from
the locality, or that the Austrians will be driven
from Italy, to defend themselves in their father-
fond. They have many disciplined soldiers and
strong fortresses, and although they may be
unable to assume the initiative or become the
assailants, it will be by no means easy to drive them
from their strongholds.

It is true that NAPOLEON I. gained decisive
victories, and in a short time compelled Austria to
come to terms. But there is a great difference
between the uncle and the nephew, and we cannot
anticipate similar triumphs for the present

pissessor of the French diadem. NAPOLEON
the GREAT was a tried and experienced soldier.
He had passed through many serious crdeals,
and, perhaps, a more able General had never
appeared in any age. But Louis NAPOLEON, how-
ever he may have studied the theory of war, has
had no practical experience. He has never heard
the booming of cannon, save as an imperial or royal
salute, or a single angry fusillade intended to do
mischief. What, then, can he expect or anticipate
by taking the command of the army ? He may have
very good dry-nurses who may inform him what
to do, but that will not quite satisfy the people of
France or convince them that he is a great general,
and that the mantle of his uncle has been trans-
felled to his shoulders. Austria, by her procras-
tination, has forfeited the great advantages she
might have obtained ; but it may be fortunate that
she has done so. It may lead to the more speedy
restoration of peace and tranquillity, than if she
had, in the first instance, reached Turin and plun-
dered the capital of Piedmont.

Amongst the most interesting of the features of
the Irish elections is the regeneration of a Peelite
influence at Dublin. Many persons supposed that
the public had done for ever with a combination of
politicians: seeking to extract political capital
from the memory of the late Sir ROBERT PEEL.
We had for many years a " Pitt Club," and we
should not be surprised if certain persons should
organise a " Peel Club." Be that as it may the
" Peelites," at Dublin, have been active on their
legs during the present struggle, and have
made their influence felt with no little
effect. At Carlow the return of Sir JOHN
ACTON was considerably facilitated by a previous
canvass of a Peelite, who seasonably withdrew
after having sapped and undermined the Derbyite
influence in the borough. At Dublin the Peelites
left no stone unturned in order to return the Con-
servative majority, and in the King's County and at
other elections the Peelites were active in using
their old Tory connections as a means for damaging
the Derbyite party. It may, therefore, be worth
while to scrutinise the objects of these Irish
Peelites.

That they follow the guidance of Sir J. GRAHAM
and Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT is beyond dispute.
The large patrimonial estate inherited near Dublin
by Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT necessarily gives that
Right Honourable Gentleman great influence in
Ireland, and Sir JAMES GRAHAM is well acquainted
with the many blunders in Irish politics committed
by the Whigs. There is pending, besides, a most
interesting question as to the distribution of Irish
patronage consequent on a restoration of the Libe-
rals to power. Some have said that there wags too
much of cliquism, and of favouring of certain con-
nections by the Liberals in Scotland, and without
here discussing that point, the question has assumed
a personal aspect in the discussion—" Whether the
Right Honourable MAGUIRE BRADY or the Right
Honourable ABRAHAM BREWSTER should be the
Lord Chancellor of Ireland ?"

Much may yet depend on the solution of that
question. Personal considerations are of great
influence in a country like Ireland, where the
social influences are so quickened by ambition.
Those liberal Protestants and non-political Catholics
who have been displeased or dissatisfied with ex-
Chancellor BRADY'S official distribution of patron-
age will naturally be desirous of seeing Mr.
BREWSTER Made Chancellor of Ireland. On
the other hand the old Whig connection
and the performers on the Dublin platform
will eagerly extol Mr. BRADY'S claim. It is sup-
posed that the Whig- statesmen in England do not
very much care about Mr. BRADY; but it is known
that Sir JAMES GRAHAM is ardently interested
about Mr. BREWSTER. The candidature of Mr.
BRADY's eldest son to the Irish capital is a plea
that will be urged by the Bradyites ; but it will
be traversed on the other side by the fact that Mr.
FRANCIS BRADY'S attempt to carry the city of
Dublin has not been successful. Advantage,
also, will be taken of the circumstance
that Mr. BREWSTER has paid a heavy price for
the sincerity of his political conduct. No
man of equal distinction at the Irish bar has fared
so badly in point of promotion as Mr. BREWSTER
has done. What was said of THEMISTOCLES has
been applied with some felicity to Mr. BREWSTER,
" If every man at the bar of Ireland had to put in
a ticket as to professional eminence he would ensure
himself as first, but be sure to cite Mr. BREWSTER
as second."

Nor is Mr. BREWSTER witheut a considerable
following. He has been for many years a member
of the Kildare-street Club (the "White's" of
Ireland), and he has courted the regard of
some of the great Whig proprietors. The PON-
SONBY interest is favourably disposed towards him,
and several of his professional brethren would
gladly see the forensic patronage of the sister
country entrusted to his hands. Mr. BALL, Q.C.,
a Protestant, and a consistent Peelite, joined Mr.
BREWSTER in supplanting the Liberal candidate;
and Mr. M`CARTHY, the Roman Catholic candidate
for Dublin, is a personal friend of Mr. BREWSTER.
The presence of this Irish Peelite can be
tracked in many of the elections in the sister
country, and it adds to the splitting influences
which dissever so many sections of the Liberal
party. At Dublin the Liberal politicians connected
with the Fouf.Courts are fast passing into sections
of " Brewsterians" and "Bradyites," and the pre•
cedence of Mr. BRADY and Mr. BREWSTER will
have, probably, to be decided in London, and upon
statesmanlike considerations. It is thought that
the Whig proprietors in Ireland would prefer the
selection of Mr. BREWSTER, and it is significant
that the speech of Mr. Sergeant DEASY, in intro-
ducing Mr. MCCARTHY to the Dublin electors,
lauded the Peelite statesmen to the skies.
Between the rival pretensions of Mr. BRADY and
Mr. BREWSTER we do not here decide. We are
content, for the present, with indicating the high
personal question which must arise, on a change of
Ministry, about the Chancellorship of Ireland. O❑
a future occasion we may possibly comment on the
difference between the system of governing Ireland
as advocated by the old officialised Whig " tail" at
Dublin, and with the prospective " large measures"
system recommended by the Peelites.

GOVERNMENT EMIGRATION.—Her Majesty's
Emigration Commissioners have chartered the Abyssinian,
1,072 tons, to sail from Plymouth for Sydney, New South
Wales, at £l4 18s. 1041. per statute adult; to be ready for
the reception of passengers on such a day as the Commis-
sioners moy appoint between the 2d and 9th of June.
METROLITAN BOARD OF WORKS.—At the weekly
sitting of the Board yesterday, a great deal of business,
consisting of the reception of deputations and of reports
from the various committees, from the engineer, and from
the superintending- architect, was transacted, but no subject
involved in any of these matters was of sufficient import-
ance to require notice. After some conversation as to the
period to bo allowed to contractors to inspect the plan and
specification for the rebuilding of Berkeley-house, Charing-
cross, it was determined that the time for inspection should
be extended, but that the day already fixed for opening the
tenders (namely June 3), should be adhered to.
:NlNES,—There has been a want of general acti-
vity in the mining share market this week, and, as a na-
tural consequence, prices, with few exceptions, have been
quoted lower. This is not mach to be wondered at, taking
into consideration the depressed state of the stock markets,
and the confusion attending the different failures and set-
tlement of accounts. The Consols account, which it was
thought would create fresh disasters, has passed off better
than anticipated, and in some cases, to save more failures,
time has been given to coinplet engagements. For the
mining interest, we certainly consider it cause for congratu-
lation that it has all through the panic been so well sup-
ported. Dividend mines have been in fair request, and a
moderate amount of transactions recorded in Margaret,
West Seton, West Caradon, Basset, Herodsfoot, West
Dasset, Wheal Trelawnr, Providence =llea, and South
France.—ltining Journal:

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