The Sun.
London, England, 1861-03-07 00:00:00

TUBA TB.I-&-RO YAI., HAYMARKET.
Lessee, Mr. J. B. Backstorte.
THIS EVENING, the performances will ootnmense with
/THE SUN AND THE WIND. The Leclercqs, &c.
After which, a new and original comedy, A DUKE IN
IDIFFICULTIES. Mrs. Stirling, Miss Fanny Stirling, Mr.
'Buckstone, &c.
To conclude with THE HAPPIEST DAY OF MY LIFE.
plr. Compton, Mrs. Wilkins, &c.

Commence at 1.1

OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.--
II) Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Harris.

THIS EVENING, the Farce of SUSAN SMITH.
To be followed by DON CESAR DE BAZAN. Don
Caesar, Mr. Pechter. Supported by Messrs. Basil Potter,
F. Matthews, J. G. Shore, Miss M. Harris, Miss C. Leclerc*"
and Mrs. Weston. _ _

r To conclnde with a comic ballet, THE JOLLY MILLER,
M. Espinosa, Mr. Garden, Sze.

THEATRE - ROYAL LYCEUM.
So:s Lessee and Directress, Madame CELESTE.
THIS EVENING the Butletta of Tll AT RASCAL,
JACK.
Followed by the new drama, THE HOUSE ON THE
BRIDGE OF NOTRe DAME. Principal charasters by
Mr. G. Vining, Mr. J. Johnstone. Mr. Villiers, Mr. Clifford,
Mr. ,John Rouse, Mr. Forrester, Mr. Morris ; Miss M.Ternan,
Miss K. Saville, Miss L. Thompson, and Madame Celeste.
Alter which, the Lyceum Christmas Comis Extravaganza,
CRYSTABELI.E ; or, The Rose without a Thorn, showing-
PRE VISION OF A ROSE
O, ITS FADING AT EVE,
AND THE MAY BLOOM F THE WILD BRIAR.

ADRLPHI, NEW THEATRE-ROYAL.
Sole proprietor and Manager, Mr. Beni. Webster.
THIS EVENING, AN UGLY CUSTOMER. Messrs. .J.
L. Toole, C. Selby, and Warde ; Miss K. Kelly, and Miss E.
Thorne.
Alter which, THE COLLEEN BAWN. D. Roucicault, D.
Fisher, Billington, Falconer, Stephenson. C. J. Smith, Romer.
Miss Agnes Robertson, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Billington, and
Mrs. Chatterley.
To conclude with a new Burlesque Extravaginza, entitled
BLUE BEARD FROM A NEW POINT OF HUE.
Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, C. J. Smith; Miss Woolgar,
K. Kelly, Laidlaw, and M. Thorne.
Doors open at halt past 6—Commence at 7.
Box-office open from 10 till 5.
No charge for booking.
Private boxes, £2 2s. ; Family Boxes, £l.
Orchestra Stalls, ss. ' • Balcony, 4s. ; Front Circle Stalls, es. ;
Pit Stalls, 2s. ; Pit, Is. 641. ; Amphitheatre, is ; Gallery, ed.
Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith.

CANTERBURY-HALL CONCERTS!!!
Westminster-road.

Propitei;7.77.7.l:l4orton.
A Grand Selection from Verdi's new Opera,
IL CORSA RO,

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(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
this 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.
B. 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.
THIS DAY.—Morning, 11h. 10m.—Afternoon, 11h. 48m.
To-monnow.-Morning, Oh. !Wm.—Afternoon, 12h. 24m.

THR WEATHER..—Stm Osten, MARCH 7, 1361.
THIIRMOVETBP., IN' TEM SHAM
55 —highest since noon yesterday.
39 —loweei this morning and during the night.
52—this day atZnoon.

BAROMETER - -30.13.
WlND—North—fresh, with fine weather.

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TII F. SUN.
LONDON, THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 1881
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The Church Rate Bill has passed through com-
mittee under a flag of truce—the hostile amend-
ments were made but to be withdrawn, and the
Solferino of Abolition is to be fought on the
third reading. It can hardly be doubted that the
Liberal members will do their duty on this
occasion ; if so, the result is pretty certain to be
an increased majority. The Government must
see the necessity of doing their very best. They
have had already two defeats on divisions, and
a third without one ; they must, therefore, show
the Oppositon that the :.iberal party is a great fact,
when it is challenged on liberal questions. Nothing
will do the Ministry now so much good as the head
of a great party, as to show that, notwithstanding
differences of opinion on minor details of administra-
tion, when the party unites on a general question,
it is clearly master of the field. We should say that
au the third reading Mr. BRA NI, should send out
"a double-thonged whip." The third reading should
be carried by a larger majority than the second,
and not, as it was last year, by a smaller
one. We do not remember that there is any
other subject this session likely to become
a fair test of the position of the two
great parties. And hence in the history of the
session the relative strength of each will be esti-
mated pretty much by the division lists on Church
Rate Abolition. The Government, if it wishes to
encourage its own .supporters, and to reverse the
effect of the two or three small defeats we have
mentioned, cannot do better than make one of its
great efforts on the Question "that Sir JOHN
TRELIWYY'S Church Rate Abolition Bill be now
read a third time."
The debate added little to the views which can
now be taken of the whole subject. Amendments
to lay the rate on all property which had paid
Church Rates during the last seven years, to be
levied with the county rate; or to exempt Dis-
senters by " ticketing" them Non-conformists,
limiting at the same time the application of the
rate, were not likely to be received with more
favour than formerly ; and Mr. NEWDEG.tTE and
Mr. CROSS, who moved them respectively, seemed
to do so with the understanding that they were to
be withdrawn. It is perfectly useless to talk of
such compromises, or of any compromise now. A
tittle misunderstanding seemed to arise in the early
part of the debate respecting the position of
of the Methodists on this subject. Sir JOHN TILE
LAN' NY had petitions from fifteen thousand
Methodists against the !rate, called, forth by the
declarations of two Methodists, before the com
mittee of the House of Lords, that Methodists were
not hostile to it. Mr. HARDY replied that these
petitions were not from the old Wesleyan body.
The fact is that the Ecclesiastical Toryism of the
old Wesleyan ministers, which is always accom
panied by political Toryism, has driven half the
members of the community into revolt ; and
the seceders declare themselves to be the
More genuine Methodists. They are, in
the eyes of indifferent persons, quite as
toed Methodists as the old ones ; in the eyes
of liberal men, better Methodists. The old
fw
laethodist ministers have a strong tendency to
upon power. They are extremely illiterate,
and, being absolute rulers of their members, are
rraturally jealous of every exercise of liberty.
Hence they use their people, who are even, as
a body, more illiterate
than themselves, as tools
of their Toryism
; they form,
Of Toryism in lowerindeed, the strength
life. In this respect they
are a perfect contrast to the educated and en-
lightened Non-conformists, who are one of the
strongest regiments in the vanguard
of the Liberal
army.

's speech on the second The effect of Mr. BRIGHT
reading of the Bill was visible enough yesterday ;
and the hon. member, though he said nothing,
looked as if he thoroughly enjoyed the consterna-
tion with which several speakers adverted to his
• remarks. We certainly, when reading them, could
not perceive anything in fair in Mr. BRIGHT'S argu-
ment or illustrations; -I bat ie,from him,as an a‘ owcd