The Sun.
London, England, 1857-02-07 00:00:00

TEIFIATRE ROYAL, DRUM LANE.— ' ficulties of the RUSSELL Administration were occa- or. other Government securities deposited by them
Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. sioned by the gross mismanagement of the finan- with the Commissioners.
Acting Manager, Mr. C. Math. ews. Stage Manager, Mr. R
cial department. Now what has Sir G. C. LEWIS "And, lastly, the Committee would observe that
Roxby. Scenic Artist, Mr. W. Beverley.
The eminent Comedian, Mr. Charles Mathews, every evening, effected during the two years that have elapsed it might be a matter of after consideration, whe-
Great Success of the Grand Christmas Pantomime, the
since he was pitchforked into an office for which then, at the expiration of theSankCharter, the Corn-
most magnificent ever produced on the English stage.
THIS EVENING, her Majesty's Servants will perform an he was by no means qualified ? During the first missioners might not act as bankers to the public
entirely new three-act Drama, entitled session he was excused from doing anything. departments, whereby• a saving would he effected,
THE BLACK BOOK.
characters by Mr. C. Mathews, A. Younge, G. Honey, Mr. Ample allowance was made for this recent ap- or that the management both of this business and
Vincent, Mr. Tilbury, Mr. Lingham ; Misses Cleveland and
M. Oliver, and Mrs. Selby. . pointment, and it was hoped that by giving full of the National Debt should be undertaken by
After which will be produced time for consideration he might at length effi- any of the principal banking firms?"
SEE, SAW, MARGERY DAW ; ciently discharge the important duties that de- Does Sir G. C. LEWIS consider that this was
Or, Harlequin Holiday, and the Island of Ups and Downs.
The reduced prices as follows, varying throughout the volved upon him. It was clear that he was not not " recommending any alteration of the Act I"
house to suit every one :—Galleries, 6d. and ls. • Second a brilliant orator—that his financial statements Whether his mistake proceeded from a suppressio
Circle of Boxes, is. 6d. ; Pit, 2s. ; First Circle of Boxes,
2s. 6d. ; Dress Boxes, 39.; Stalls, ss. ; Private Boxes, would afford a very deplorable contrast to those neri, or, what is far more probable, gross and cupl-
10e. 6d., U. ls., ii. lls. 6d., and 2/. 2s. of Mr. DISRAELI or Mr. GLADSTONE ; but still helable ignorance, it is perfectly clear that he is
A Morning Performance of the Great Pantomime every
might make up by soundness of principles and perfectly incompetent to discharge the duties of
Wednesday, at Two o'clock.
comprehensiveness of plan for his painful defici- the arduous and important situation which he oc-
ency in that particular. In 1855 he added 2d. I cupies. We shall on a future occasion expose
to the Income Tax, but suggested no modification the fallacies to which he has resorted, and which
of the unjust and impolitic assessment. He also are merely a reeltauffee of the sophisms of Mena-
increased certain indirect duties on malt, tea, tor and his leading disciples. The battle of the
coffee, and spirits, materially enhancing the cost currency must now be fought in the Committee ;
to the consumer of articles, which, in the three and we earnestly hope that the Lords may re-ap-
first cases, were of almost primary necessity, and point their Committee, from which the country
in the latter giving great encouragement to the can alone hope for fair and impartial justice.
demoralising traffic in illicit spirits and occasion-
ing a loss to the Revenue. Last year his finan-
cial scheme was an entire blank. No change of
any kind was proposed. It is impossible at
present to say what will be his plat daring
the present Session. But from the indications
already supplied by the lucubrations of his
Fidus Achates of the Fourth Estate, it requires no
extraordinary powers of vaticination to declare
that, but for the indignant excitement that pre-
vailed throughout the length and breadth of the
land, it would only be signalised by the attempt
to carry the " pettifogging quibble" into prac-
tical execution. According to the Times the pee-
-1 ple should submit to destiny. It was useless to
struggle against what was inevitable, or, at all
events, was a question of expenditure rather than
of taxation ; but now that he has been compelled
to witness the demolition of " that slight con-
venient entrenchment in the distance," it is an-
nounced that " the most that can be expected is
,to be rid of the extra Income Tax." And tho
echo from Downing-street exhorts the nation " to
let the Chancellor of the Exchequer concentrate
his-mind on this one achievement." Consequently
there is nothing else to be expected at his hands !
So much for his fiscal performances, or rather
non-performances, in which he has displayed as
strong a development of the vis inertice, as power-
ful even as Sir CHARLES WOOD himself—now as
to the great monetary problem, on the due solu-
tion whereof tho future welfare and prosperity of
the country so greatly depends. All he proposes is
to renew the Charter for ten years, and to get a
trifling sum, in addition to what he at present
receives, from the Bank, for the removal of its
privileges—a demand with which the Directors
will only be too happy to comply. It is true that
he has asked for a Select Committee in order to
shirk the responsibility of the mischievous mea-
sure. But after the announcement of his views
and intentions last night, it is manifest that he
contemplates that its Report will be a foregone
conclusion, and that he may discharge his formid-
able missile against the trade, commerce,
and manufacture of this country, under
the protection of its shield, without
being held answerable for the more than probable
results. In this, however, he may possibly
"reckon without his host." If a fair and im-
partial committee be selected, if a searching in-
vestigation be instituted into the operation of the
Act, something yet may be effected. But yester-
day we deprecated the reference to a committee.,
as calculated to shelve the all-important question
for the entire session. Now, we hail it with joy,
as affording the only chance of obtaining any
amelioration of the impolitic restrictions. There
were unquestionably ample materials for legislation.
The Report of the Lords' Committee in 1848 sup-
plied ample data, but Sir G. C. LEWIS seemed to
be completely ignorant of the nature of that
Report. He said the Committee (the Lords')
" did not, he believed, recommend any alteration
of the Acts." Now, that Committee declared
that, " the recent panic was materially aggra-
vated by the operation of the statute ;" adding,
" this effect may be traced directly to the Act of 1844
in the legislative restriction imposed on the means
of accommodation ; and it may be traced to the
same cause indirectly, a% a consequence of great
fluctuations in the rate of discount, and of capital
previously advanced, at an unusually low rata of
interest." But it may be said, this is not a re-
commendation for any alteration in the Act. It
certainly unequivocally condemns it, but that is
all. Now, at the end of the report the following

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
1 THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven,
with (first time) a new Comedy, in three acts, entitled
DOUBLE-FACED PEOPLE. Characters by Mr. Buckstone,
Mr. Chippendale, Mr. Compton, Mr. W. Farren, Mr. Rogers,
Mr. Clark, Miss Reynolds, Mrs. Poynter, and
Mrs. E. Fitz-
wil iam.
After which (44th time) the new comic pantomime, entitled
THE BABES IN THE
WOOD, or Harlequin and the Cruel
Uncle. The scenery the opening story painted by Mr W.
Callcott. The pantomime produced under the direction of
M. Milano. Harlequin, M. Milano; Columbine, Fanny
Wright ; Pantaloon, Mr. Mackay ; and Clown, Mr. Driver

OY AL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
THIS EVENING will be performed
_kV
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM.
After which, a now grand Christmas Pantomime, called
ALADDIN AND THE WONDERFUL LAMP;
or, Harlequin and the Genii of the Ring. Harlequin, Mr.
Cormack ; Clown, Mr. Holino ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; Co.
lumbine, Miss C. Adams.

Although the Royal Speech had reference
almost exclusively to our Foreign Relations, it is
remarkable to observe how entirely these topics
have been overruled by others of a more home
character in the preliminary discussions at once
of the Upper and of the Lower Chamber of the
Legislature. It is, nevertheless,feof the utmost im-
portance that public attention should not be alto-
gether absorbed in the vigilant observation of the
Parliamentary " Sayings and Doings " during the
earlier part of the present session, in reference
even to subjects of the imminent value of the
Income Tax, of the Bank Charter, of Law Reform
generally, and of particular notions of improve.
ment, or modification, in the rigid schemes of our
Criminal Jurisprudence. Something—quite ob-
viously—must be done at once in regard to the
diminution of the Income Tax of 16d. in the
pound, in regard to the abolition of the War Tax
of 9d., in regard to the generally iniquitous man-
ner of its as4essment. Something—as evidently
—ought to be done in regard to the reconsidera-

ROYAL LYCEUM TELEA.TRE.
Lessee, Mr. C. Dillon. •
THIS EVENING will be produced an entirely new and
original combination of burlesque and pantomime, entitled
CONRAD AND MEDORA;
or, Harlequin Corsair and the Little Fairy at the Bottom of
the Sea. The burlesque opening by W. Brough, Esq.,
founded upon the ballet of Le Corsair, as produced at Her
Majesty's Theatre. The harlequinade upon things in gene
ral. The new and magnificent scenery painted by Mr. F.
Fenton

„Miss Woolgar
_Mr. J. L. Toole
~.Mrs. Charles Dillon
_Mr. Tom Matthews and
Mr. H. Marshall
To be preceded by THE KING'S MUSKETEERS. D'Ar-
tagnan, Mr. C. Dillon.
The box-office open daily, from 11 to 5, under the super•
ratendence of Mr. Chatterton, jun.
Carriages conveying parties to the Private Boxes to set
down at the State entrance in Burleigh-street.

Conrad (the Corsair) ...
Birbarto (his lieutenant)
Medora ...
Clowns

THEATRE ROYAL, ADEL PH
Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster.

tion of the working of the 7th and Bth VICT., C.
32, as well as in reference to that of the Bth and
9th VICT., C. 37 and 38. Something, too,
it is perfectly clear, is imperatively required
at the hands of Peers and Commons, by way
of realising some at least of the rational hopes
awakened by the Law Amendment Society, as
well as in fulfilment of the expressed promises of
legal reform given to the country by the Lord High
Chancellor. Something instant and vigorous in
the revision of the Criminal Code of England
being no less urgently demanded with a view to
the immediate avoidance henceforth of the many
frightful consequences of the Ticket-of-Leave Sys-
tem by the adoption of some more rational system
of secondary punishments. All these matters are
undeniably forced at the present moment upon the
prompt and conscientious consideration of the
Legislature. We deny it not. We—on the
ceutrary—insist upon the really extraordinary
urgency of each one of these remarkable themes
for discussion ; doing so, in fact, by a reiteration
the most sustained and pertinacious.
Yet, are we, at the same time, most solicitous
also that public attention should not be allowed to
slacken in its vigilance in regard to the Foreign
Relations subsisting at this moment between our
own and many an European and Asiatic Go-
vernment.
A Parliamentary investigation must, sooner or
later, as a matter of course, take place in reference
to the origin and progress of the Chinese war, inau-

THIS EVENING, will be performed BORN TO GOOD
LUCK. Paddy O'Rafferty, Mr. Barney Williams.
After which, A NIGHT AT NOTTING-HILL, in which
Mr. Wright and Pant Bedford will appear.
Followed by OUR GAL. Caroline Morton, Mrs. Barney
Williams.
To conclude with

gu rated by the born bard men tof Canton, and in refer-
ence likewise to those of the Persian war, already
signalised by the seizure of Bushire and the pro-
bable occupation soon afterwards of Bender Ali
and Mohammrad. The proximate settlement at
last of the tedious Neuchatel difficulty must ne-
cessitate, moreover (when it comes), a Ministerial
explanation as to the precise nature of the policy
pursued by the Allies in their diplomatic endea-
vours to bring about a reconciliation of the con-
flicting claims advanced in regard to that princi-
pality by Prussia and by Switzerland. Besides
which, Her MAJESTY'S Opposition will infallibly
" have it all out"—or if not "all," at any rate
as much as possible—in reference to our bungling
at Naples, in reference to our blundering at Wash •
ington, in reference to the Outline at least of what
occurred at the Paris Conferences, and in refer-
ence, among other things, to the withdrawal
from the Piraeus by the Allies of their
little Greek Army of Occupation. The last
mentioned incident, and with it the consideration
of the whole political situation of things at
Athens, it will be observed, has been hitherto of
late altogether overlooked. Not a whisper of it
in the Royal Address at the opening of Parlia-
ment ! Not an allusion to it as yet—good or
bad, vague or explicit—in either branch of the
Legislature ! A little while longer, however, and
we doubt not the whole Greek Question will in due
course be properly ventilated in the Lords and
Commons. A consummation devoutedly wished
for, we do not hesitate to believe, by Her Bri-
tannic MAJESTY'S Ambassador at the Court of
OTHO-a diplomatist placed during the last three
or four years in a situation of surpassing difficul-
ty, and one of all but overwhelming responsibility.
There can be no question at all about it, that it
is the bounden duty of Ministers to make a clean
breast of it upon these and other scarcely less
important particulars. It behoves the commu-
nity at large, at the same time, to be no less (on
their part) alive to the necessity and importance
of these eminently requisite explanations being
extorted, at as early a date as possible, from her
MAJESTY'S Govei nment.

passages occur :

" The following is an outline of the arrange
ment which the Committee would recommend—

"They would propose to establish the issue
department on an entirely separate footing, and to
place it under the management of Commissioners
to be appointed by the Government ; but not ti
be removable from their office, except upon an
address to the CROWN by one or both Houses of
Parliament.

" It should be a fundamental condition
that no species of money transaction should pass
between the Commissioners and the Government,
and that the Commissioners should on no account
lend money to the Government, nor should they
be in any way under its control or influence.

"The Committee would propose that five such
Commissioners should be appointed, and that they
should have the power of issuing notes payable in
specie on demand, as the Bank has at present.
"The Commisiioners should le always obliged
to purchase any quantity of gold that may be
offered to thou, of standard fineness, and exceed-
ing 100 ounces in amount, at a price of 3/. 17s.
6d. per ounce, so as to provide against too great
a limitation of the amount of paper circulation ;
and the Committee incline to the opinion that it
would also be desirable to make it obligatory
on them to sell gold, if demanded, at a fixed
price, say at 3/. 17s. 9d. per ounce, keeping
the price below the Mint price, so as to prevent
the exportation of coin. By thus regulating their
issues according to the market price of gold, the
Commissioners could never err in the manage-
ment of this part of their business.

Her Majesty held a Privy Council this afternoon at
Windsor Castle.
The Marquis and Marohioness of Stafford arrived at
their mansion in Hamilton-place, a few days since, from
Lilleshall, Salop.
We regret to announce the demise of the Marquis Fer-
dinando Incontri, who married a few years since Miss
D'Arcy Irvine, sister of the Viscountess Dungannon.
The marquis expired at Florence on the 24th tilt.
The Countess of Caledon and youthful family are ex-
pected in town in a few days, from Gorhambury, Herts.
Viscount and Viscountess Sydney left town yesterday
for their seat, Frognall, near Footscray. The noble vis-
count and her ladyship will return to town in about ten
days.

" The Committee would propose that the
Commissioners should, in the first instance, pro-
ceed to issue eleven millions of notes to pay the
debt due by the Government to the Bank, and
three millions in addition for the purchase of
Government Securitiev. Thus making a total
issue of fourteen millions as at present, founded
on the credit of the Government. They should
further issue such an additional amount as might
be necessary to purchase a sufficient store of gold.
By the adoption of this plan the Committ-e
conceive that the mercantile community would
receive an equal amount of accommodation as-at
present, the plan being intended to keep the same
amount of paper in circulation, leaving the Rink
the same amount of capital to lend to merchants
and others.

Viscount and Viscountess Bury have arrived in town
from Quiddenham Hall, Norfolk.
Lord Stanley of Alderley arrived in town yesterday,
from a visit to her Majesty, at Windsor Castle.
Lord Overstone leaves town this day, to join the
family circle•at Wickham Park, Surrey.
Mr. G. W. and Lady Jane Repton are expected in
town in a few days from Dorset.hre.

THE CHINESE AND PERSIAN A/VS—Norwicb, Friday
Evening.—At a public meeting held here this evening,
a very decided feeling was manifested against the Chinese
and Persian wars.

A deputation, consisting of Messrs. J. Taylor, Haw-
kins, Verrey, Heath, Abbess, Tozer, Donne, Woodward,
Crane, Faitty, and G. Singer, guardians of the City of
London Union ; Mr. Baylis, solicitor to the guardians ;
and Mr. H. L. Morgan, accountant, had an interview
with the Right Hon. E. P. Bonverie yesterday at the
office of the Poor Law Board, on the subject of the frauds
committed by officers of the union.
Dr. Slattery, titular archbishop of Cashel, died at
Thntles on Thursday last
ADMISSION OF ATToIiNEYS.—In the late term out o'
110 persons who tendered themselves for examination as
many as 30 were not allowed to pass.
In the Bankruptcy Court yesterday the certificate of
Mr. Simonds, of the firm of Cuylits and Simonds, was
ordered to be suspended for five years, without pre-
‘ection for twelve months.

"TheComrnittee are also of opinion that it might
be proper to allow the Commissioners to is,,e
notes to batiks, not only in exchange for gold, but
further, in some proportion to the funded propertv