The Sun.
London, England, 1861-07-16 00:00:00

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This noble building being now completed, its architectural
beauty, elegance of ornamentation, and brilliancy of lighting
render it one of the sights of the metropolis. Open Every
Evening. The programme is varied, and includes Selections
(by a full company of principals, powerful band, and chorus)
from "Macbeth" and "Un Ballo in lllaschera." both operas
by Verdi, the composer of the day—The wonderful
DSolos on
the Cornet-a-Piston of the renowned LEVY—Scotch uets by
the Misses Stuart, and other vocal and instrumental music
of the highest order. Conductor, Mr. F. a
ns.
Hiss
Comic portion of the entertainment is supported by
Green, Messrs. Sam Collins, Harvey, and French (the Nerves),
W. ieland, E. Marsll and W. Randall. Admission,
sixpeneeW ; Balcony and Stalls, one shilling. Private
Boxes, 10s. 6d.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
TKIS DAT.—Morning, 7h. 46m.—Afternoon, Sh. IGm.
To-moßnow.-Morning, Bh. 54m.—Afternoon, 9h. 30m.

THE VTEATIIEft.--SUN OFFICE, JULY 16, 1561.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
71—highest since noon yesterday.
57—lowest this morning and during the night.
70—this day at noon.

BAROMETER-29,75.
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THE SUN.
LOIVON, TUESDAY, JULY 16, 1881.

What number of humiliations will' be sufficient
for the PALMERSTON Cabinet. It has had one great 1
and hardly-won party triumph this year. It has
carried Paper Duty Repeal. It had brought the
question into the position that vindication of the
financial rights of the Commons was even more
important than diminishing the injustice of the
Income Tax, and that argument it certainly was
which carried the Repeal, for, beyond all question,
another penny less Income Tax would have done
more for trade, and more towards just taxation,
than removing an unfelt duty. But with this vic-
tory, requisite only to rectify their errors of the
past year, their day of triumph was over. Ever
since, the Opposition has been in the ascendant;
they have even gained the vote of the Whigs' own
Speaker. On the measure, the only thoroughly
liberal measure of the session, which the principal
Ministers, with one exception, supported; the
Opposition balanced the supporters of Government;
and Mr. SPEAKER sided with the Opposition.
Perhaps it is hardly fair to term the defeats of
Mr. LOCKE KING'S and Mr. BAINES' bills defeats
of the Ministry ; because, though, for decency's
sake, they voted with members who simply took
parts of their own bill, and parts of which, too,
were the very conditions on which they took office,
yet it was well understood that Ministers wished
to commit infanticide when another took charge of
their last year's nurslings, but preferred it should
.be done by the hands of others. Still these Wed-
nesday victories of the Opposition proclaimed to
all the world that the Opposition could now largely
outvote the Ministry on the terms of the Willis's
Rooms Contract, and could so far show that, if the
bond were but fairly insisted on, the two parties
ought to change sides or Ministers to dissolve
Parliament. Ministers have indeed on the Reform
Question been convicted of insincerity. With the
least tincture of that quality in regard to Reform,
with the least sense of honour, they would have
resigned their seats last year or insisted on the
Itetorm Bill passing both Houses under penalty of
an appeal to the country.