The Sun.
London, England, 1859-06-25 00:00:00

MR. GLADSTONE'S LONDON COMMITTEE
SITS DAILY, At the UNION HOTEL, Cockspur-
street, S.W.
The Polling will commence on Monday, the 27th, at Twelve
o'clock. It is earnestly requested that promises of support
be communicated immediately to the Secretaries.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
Limner tne slanaaement of Mr. Charles Kean.
THIS E VENING will be presented Shakspeare's historical
play of KING HENRY V.
King Henry V., Mr. C. Kean ; Chorus, Mrs. C. Kean.
After which, IF THE CAP FI CS.

THEATRE-ROYAL. HAYMARKET.
Lessee, Mr..Y. B. Buckstone.
T FM; EVENING the performances will commence with
EVERYBODY'S FRIEND. Messrs. Charles Mathews,
Compton, and Buckstone; Mesdames C. Mathews, Wilkins,
and Reynolds.
After which, THE CRITIC.
To conclude with THE WATER WITCHES.
Commence at 7.

NEW THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHL
Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster.
THIS EVENING, THE MILLINER'S HOLIDAY. Mr.
J. L. Toole, Mr. C. Selby, Mr. Billington, Miss Woolgar, Miss
M. Keeley, Miss Kate Kelly.
Followed by THE ROUSE ? or, THE HOME ? Mr. A.
Wigan, C. Selby, Rillington ; Mrs. Alfred Wigan, Miss H.
Simms. Miss Laid law.
After which, THE RIF I,E VOLUNTEERS. Messrs. C.
Belly and Moreland ; Misses Woolgar and K. Kelly.
To conclude with ICI ON PARLE FRANCAIS. Messrs.
J. L. Took, Chas Selby, Billington ; Misses Keeley, Arden,
and Laidlaw, and Hrs. Billington.
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 inees to
servants permitted. A registry kept of all articles fon d

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.
THIS EVENING, CAUGHT BY THE EARS. Mr. J.
Rogers and Miss F. Illwbes.
Atter which, KENILWORTH.
Commence at 7 o'clock.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE,
Westminster-road.
Lessee and Manager ...Mr. William Cooke.
Last Night of the Season.
For the Benefit of Mr. William Cooke, proprietor.
THIS EVENING, the performances will commence with
a variety of interesting Entertainments, including THE
DAUGHTER OF THE REGIMENT, in which Miss Rebecca
Isaacs will appear.
After which, the matchless and unrivalled SCENES IN
THE CIRCLE, introducing Mr. .John Henrryy Cooke, the
greatest rider in the world, and the whole of Mr. W. Cooke's
family, being the only instance on record of such a domestic
concentration of unequalled male and female talent ; Madlle.
Francisco ; Miss Holloway.
To conclude with a Farce.
Stage Manager, Mr. R. Phillips
Dress Circle, 4a. ; Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 2s, ; Gallery; le.; Upper
Gallery, 6d.
Private Boxes, £4 4s, £2 2s, and £1 Is.
To commence at 7 ; Carriages at 11.

CIANTERRURY HALL AND FINE ARTS
k.) GALLERY, Westminster-road.—Open at Seven.
EVERY EVENING during the week will appear
THE DELEPIERRE FAMILY,

oonsistins; 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 Pin.,
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 EVERY EVENING, at NINE and
ELEVEN o'clock, in addition to the usual Entertainments.

THE WEATHER.-SUN OFFICE, JUNE 25.

THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
72—highest since noon yesterday.
67—lowest this morning and during the night.
74—this day at noon.
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BluommrEn--30.02.
WIND, Southerly ; light, with fine weather.

Our readers will perceive that, as we anticipated
another engagement of a most decisive character
has taken place. Fortune, as before, has declared
herself on the side of the allies, and the successes
Of NAPOLEON THE THIRD in Italy seem worthy of
his brilliant predecessor. The telegram is dated
Carriano, Friday evening. It gives, as is usually
the case, with the first intelligence of a battle, but
a very brief summary of events ; but it is evident
from the 'mere outline given, that it has been the
most hardly contested field of the campaign.
The Austrians having assembled their whole foree,
which extended over five leagues, appear to have
made a desperate attempt to retrieve their former
reverses. They were unable, however, to withstand
the onslaught of the victorious allies, inspired on
the one side by hatred of the oppressors, and fired
on the other by the recollections of Lodi and
Marengo. The battle lasted sixteen hours, which
proves the severity of the contest. Com-
mencing at four o'clock yesterday morning,
it did not terminate till eight o'clock in the
evening. The losses on both sides must have been
considerable, but the Allies, we are told, have
taken all the Austrian positions, and captured
many cannon, flags, and prisoners. To-morrow,
we shall no doubt have further particulars as to
the exact locality of the engagement, and the
number of killed and wounded. The gallant
Allies, we fear, must on this occasion have sus•
tained the loss of many bravo men,
but the discomfiture of the Austrians appears
to have been complete, and it is not likely
they will again risk an encounter on the battle-
fieldsliof Italy, the scene to them of so many
disasters and defeats. They have done little to
increase their prestige as a military power, and
their merited discomfiture may teach despots that
it is hopeless to count on efficient service
from the enforced levies of oppressed na-
tionalities. They will now probably display
that dexterity and rapidity in retreat by which
they compensate for their inefficiency in combat.
Austria must finally surrender those fair Italian
provinces which she has held so unjustly and ruled
so tyrannically. It only remains for the victorious
allies, having gained the vantage ground, to dis-
play in the readjustment of civic affairs a mag-
namity which shall equal the heroism which
has so brilliantly distinguished their military
manoeuvres. Let them wear worthily the
laurels they have so gloriously won and prove
themselves;in deed as well as in name the Liberators
of Italy. If NAPOLEON 111. can resist the tempta-
tions that surround him, and seek no sway in Italy
save over the grateful memories of its people, he
will occupy a nobler position in the records of his
age, than, if, like his great predecessor, he dic-
tated terms on the outskirts of Vienna and wore
the iron crown of Lombardy.

We do not wonder at Sir CHARLES NArIER per-
sisting in his motion for a Committee to remodel
the present constitution of the Board of Admiralty.
We readily admit that the administration of the
late board under the presidency of Sir JOHN PAK-
INGTON was a great improvement on the working
of its predecessors. But we must not take excep-
tions, however good for the time '-eing, as a gene-
ral rule. No. We
want a good plan or system
that shall work of itself, be the managers, or, it
may be, the incumbrancers ever so clever in their
own opinion. "We want a system that shall work
independently of My Lords," be they Whig, Tory,
or Liberal. Of all public departments in the State
that of the Navy is the very soul and pride of Eng-
lishmen; and yet, strange to toll, that department,
on which our national salvation depends, is made
disgrace of office. And why ?
the very sport and
Because Englishmen are so bound up in their pride
and natural respect for the true blue, that they
cannot imagine anything can be wrong at head
quarters in the management of their darling Pet.
Thus it comes of over-confidence, and the sharks of
office seize on the credulity of honest men, and
turn their ignorance to selfish profit. Nor does the
GNU VA b ;—when =Atte= Are wrong at head-

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THE SUN.
SATURDAY, JUNE 25, 1859.