The Sun.
London, England, 1861-03-19 00:00:00

ttO YAL ENGLISH. OPERA,
COVENT-GARDEN
Under the Management of Miss Louisa Fyne and Mr. W.
Harrison, Sole Lessees.
THIS EVENING (19th), for the Benefit of Mr. William
Harrison, MARITANA (for this night only). Miss Louisa
/erne, Miss Huddart, Miss Leffler; Messrs. U. Corti, Durand,
Morncastle, and Mr. W. Harrison.
To conclude with A GRAND CONCERT.
Conductor—Mr. Alfred Mellon. Commence at 8.

rI,HEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Lome, Mr. J. B. Baokstone.
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THIS EVENING, the nerfonnanoes will oommenae with
A DUKE IN DIFFICULTIES. Mrs. Stirling, Miss F.
Haydon, Mrs. Wilkins, Miss Fanny Stirling, Mr. Buckstone,
lir. Compton, Mr. Howe, .tc.
After which, TURNING THE TABLES.
And THE SUN AND THE WIND. By the Lecleroqs.

Commence at 7.,

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.—
Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Harris.
THIS EVENING, THE LADY OF LYONS. Mr. G
Btelville, Miss Heath, &c.
After which, THRICE MARRIED.
To ooncinde with BOWL'D OUT.

•DELPHI, NEW THEATRE•ROYAL.
Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Ben). Webster.
THIS EVENING, AN UGLY CUSTOMER. Messrs. J.
L. Toole, C. Selby, and Warde ; Miss K. Kelly, and Miss E.
T horne.
After which, THE COLLEEN BAWN. D. Boucicault, D.
Risher, Billington, Falconer, Stephenson. C. J. Smith, Romer.
M les Agnes Robertson, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Bills baton, and
Ars. Chatterley.
To conclude with a new Burlesque Extravvanza, entitled
BLUE BEARD FROM A Nk.:WsrairOtir; TlinsoB FwooHigUarE:
Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, C. J.
K. Kelly, Laidlaw, and E. Thorne.
Doors open at half past a—Commence at 7.
Box-office open from 10 till 5.
No charge for booking.
Private boxes, £2 2s. • Family Boxes, £l.
0 raters Stalls, ss. ; Balcony, ; Front Circle Stalls, 2s •
Int Stalls, 25.; Pit, is. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, is ; Gallery, if.
Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith:

CANTERBURY-HALL CONCERTS!!!
Westminster-road.
Proprietor Morton.
A Grand Selection from Verdi's new Opera,
IL CORSARO,
(This opera has never been produced in this or any other
country, except at these Concerts), having met with that de-
cided success which charactise+ the most popular works of
his great Master, will be performed EVERY EVENING ;
together with a Selection from LA FIGLIA DEL REGGI-
MENTO, by Donizetti,
Principal Artistes—Miss Russell, Madame Maria, Miss
Tyrrell, Mr. H. Herbert, Signor Tivoli, H. Drummond, and
C. W. Bernard. Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans.
The Comic Department comprises Messrs. E. Marshall, A.
R. Hollingsworth, J. Blanchard, F. Bell, W. H. Welland, and
the Brothers Conrad.
John Martin's Three celebrated Pictures will remain on
view a short time longer in the Fine Arts Gallery of the
Establishment.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
T Ens DAY.—Morning, 6h. 18m.—Afternoon, 6h. 40m.
Th-moßßow.-Morning, 7h. 9m.—Afternoon, 7h.38m.

-1118 WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, MARCH 19, 1861.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
48—highest since noon yesterday.
38—lowest this morning and diving the night.
47—this day at noon.
BA.RourrEn-29.1; a fall of iths of an inch.
WlND—West.-N,-Westerly—moderate; with dull rainy
w(tather.

HALF-PAST Two.—Heavy hail storm and lightning.

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THE SUN.

LONDON, TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 1861.

If anything, humanly speaking, can mitigate the
poignant grief felt upon the occasion of a great
.domestic bereavement, it is sympathy, the sympathy
of an affectionate and respectful condolence. And
that consolation to the fullest extent is certainly now
afforded to her most gracious MAJESTY upon the
death of her Royal Highness the late lamented
Duchess of KENT, the honoured and admirable
mother of the most beloved of English Sovereigns.
In the grievous sorrow which has now fallen upon
the QUEEN, all ranks and classes of her MAJESTY'S
subjects sympathise to the full. And to that
pablic and universal sympathy of the
people of these realms, the Ministers of
the Crown gave expression last evening in the
two Houses when moving—the President of the
Council in the Lords, the Prime Minister in the
Commons—the addresses customary upon these
occasions, the address to the Crown expressive of
the deep sorrow and the respectful condolence of
the Imperial Parliament. The Earl of GRAN-
VILLE'S speech in the House of Peers, and Viscount
PALMERSTON'S speech in the House of Commons,
when moving these addresses respectively the
former seconded by the Earl of DERBY and
the latter by Mr. DISRAELI, as the leaders of
her MAJESTY'S Opposition—could hardly in any
way have been more gracefully or more touchingly
indicative of the feelings of the two Houses, and we
may add also, as a merely obvious matter of fact, of
the entire community. " I am persuaded," said
Lord PALMERSTON, " that in making the-proposal
I am only meeting the feeling which animates
every member of the house, in whose hearts glow
the most fervent personal affection towards her
MAJESTY, and who therefore take the deepest in-
terest in everything which concerns her welfare;
and I am sure there is no occasion on which this
house is a more faithful expounder and organ
of the feelings of the nation than when they
tender to her MAJESTY the expression of their
sympathy in all her afflictions, and the most ardent
attachment to her person as well as loyalty to her
Throne." There is no exaggeration whatever in any
one of those earnest expressions of attachment, of
loyalty, or of admiration. England, at any rate
under VICTORIA, has "that chief defence of nations,"
as BURKE admirably called that sentiment, of per-
sonal devotion to the SOVEREIGN. And it is only
due to the memory of her late Royal Highness to
acknowledge, also, what the Premier last
evening thus eloquently articulated, when he
said that, "To the care and attention of the
late Duchess of KENT we owe in a great
measure that full development which we so much
admire of all those great and eminent qualities by
which our SOVEREIGN is distinguished—while on
the ether hand the grateful and affectionate care of
the SOVEREIGN has enabled her to repay by her
kindness and attention those advantages which the
mother was able to confer in the early years of her
daughter's existence." To the right hon. gentle-
man the member for Buckinghamshire fell, not
inappropriately, the lot of seconding the motion
thus impressively made by Viscount PALMERSTON
for the address of condolence to her
MAJESTY from the Commons House of Perna-
ment. Not inappropriately, we say, remember-
ing that it was his pen that proffered the most
graceful and courtly tribute of congratulation to
the young maiden Queen when she first passed
Irma the able and amiable tutelage of her MA-
Jzs.Ms late lamented mother, to assume the awful
responsibility symbolised in the grasp of that
sceptre, the authority of which extends far and
wide over
the four quarters of the globe—to the
north and to the
south, to the east and to the west,
in Europe, Asia,
Africa, and America, and far away
into the vast untrodden depths of the world's fifth
great continent—Australia.

We may here briefly congratulate her MA TESTY'S
Attorney-General upon having _
carried his, at this
early period of the Session, suceess
abbreviated, but, so far vs it goes, his carefully
elaborated Bankruptcy- Bill through Committee i
the Commons, The disappointment generally felt
last year in consequence of the failure of Sir
RICHARD BETHELL'S more ambitious attempt
with a view to the comprehensive readjustment and