The Sun.
London, England, 1859-10-01 00:00:00

Commence at 7 o'clock:

pA.NTERBUR Y HALL CONCERT S.—
k..) EVERY EVENING.—The itusic of Verdi's Opera of
MACBETH (now first made public in England at these Con-
'lefts), the extraorainary Violin Performances of the cele-
Irated Infant DI LEPIERRE FAMILY, and the usual
Vocal Concert.
Comic Vocalists —Messrs. George Hodson (the Irish Come-
dian and Mimic), W. T. Critchfield, and E. W. Mackney.
Several interesting Pictures are 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.
Will shortly be produced, a Grand Selection' from Meyer-
limper's new opera of DINORAH.

THE WEATHER.—SuN OFFICE, OCTOBER 1.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
63—highest since noon yesterday.
61—lowest this morning and during the night.
68—this day at noon.

BAROMETER-29.87.
WIND, Westerly; rather fresh, with squally weather.
Boine rain in the morning.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
Tins DAT.—Morning, 4h. 33m.—Afternoon,
4h. 52m,
To-Mox.Raw-Morning, sh. 11m.—Afternoon, sh. 32m,

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THE SUN.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1859.

We intimated yesterday that we must wait awhile
before we could ask three cheers for Lord JOHN
RUSSELL and Reform. We were so well pleased
with his thorough English sentiments and policy
on Italian affairs that we did not feel disposed to
mingle up the home work allotted, somewhat in-
congruously to our Foreign Secretary, with his
foreign policy. We must not, however, dismiss
his remarks at Aberdeen on Reform without the
courtesy of a brief notice ; the more so, as he
assures us, that " the matter of representation has
engaged the whole attention of Government."
We naturally hope, therefore, to find something of
the governmental mind in Lord JOAN'S speech.
We scan it as we do the Moniteur. We may perhaps
detect what the mysterious council thinks—or at
least, which way the wind seems likely to blow.

Well—and what do we learn from the Reform
Premier—for, such he is in the Cabinet—why,
about as much as we knew before. We really can-
not gather the least clear conception of what Lord
JOHN purposes to do, from what Lord JOHN has
said. We know no more than we do from the
speeches he made before the session closed. We
have a tolerable string of vague generalities, but
not a single non-elector in this country will guess'
from the speech, whether he is likely to be enfran-
chised or not ; not a single worthless borough quakes
for its £5 or £lO a-head for each elector ; not a
single victim of coercion rejoice in the hope that his
vote is likely to be protected to him ; not any
class of voters be able to conjecture whether their
numbers are to enjoy any measure of respect ;
rather, indeed, on this point, the appearances are
very favourable to the petty Whig boroughs, and
very unfavourable to the large populations.
The constitution is not, we are informed, arranged
according to abstract principles—it is not, like that of
France or America, founded on universal suffrage ;
but the first result of the " whole attention of
Government" having been concentrated on Reform
is the discovery that the " matter is one of extreme
complication, and requires great nicety in the
adjustment of the separate parts." That it is most
fitly figured by the ingenious devices of the cotton
machinery of Aberdeen itself—which, in one sense,
all who have had to do with Government too well
know to be true, for assuredly there is " wheel
within wheel." Lord JOHN scouted statistics. An
apprentice or clerk to a land surveyor could divide
the country into equal electoral districts and give
every man a vote. Whig statesrnenship is something
higher than that. If a principle it has this is it—
"to find everywhere the fittest persons in whom a
certain degree of power shall be placed, and to give
the power to those persons." Unfortunately there
is not a Tory in the kingdom who retains his facul-
ties at eighty years of age who would not assent
to this doctrine. The application of it is every-
thing. If Lord JOHN had vouchsafed to tell us
who, after all the discussions we have had on the
subject, he thinks are the fittest persons to be
trusted with power, he would have done something

for our entertainment during the political recess

All, literally all we know, is, that he thinks the £lO
franchise " too high." So did Mr. WALPOLE, so
did Mr. HENLEY, so latterly did Mr. DISRAELi and
Lord DERBY.
Lord TEYNILtM and Lord JOHN RUSSELL are