The Sun.
London, England, 1857-04-20 00:00:00

I'HE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY

ITER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
SEASON 1857.
Filet appearance of Madlie. PICCOLO.MINI.—BOTTARDI,

BELLETTI, POCCHINI.
TO.MORROW EVENING (Tuesday), April 21.
LA FIGLIA DEL REGGIMENTO.
Marie, Mdlle.
Ballet—LA ESMERALDA.
La Esmeralda., Mdlle. Pocchini.
A limited number of boxes in the Half Circle Tier have
been specially reserved for tee public, and may be had on ap-
plication at the Box-office at the Theatre Colonnade, Hay-
market.

Price One Guinea and One Guinea and a Half each.
La Favorita will be repeated forthwith. Mdlle. Ortolan'
Las arrived.

nER MAJESTY'S THEATRE,
EXTRA NIGHT, THURSDAY, April 23,
LA. TRAVIATA,
PICCOLOMINI, GIUGLINI, BENEVENTANO, POCCHINI,
Opera—LA TRAVIATA.
Ballet—LA ESMERALDA.

operation of the unwise and impolitic law that
had occasioned all the mischief. Now this mea-
sure which, sooner or later, must be resorted
to, might just as well be taken in good time!
We should not wait for the abstraction
of the steed before securely fastening the stable
door ! The indispensable precautions should be
adopted while there is yet some bullion to pro-
tect, and not delayed until every French peasant
has 4/. or 5/. in English sovereigns, or French
gold carefully hoarded for any emergency that
may arise.

One of our most consistent and indefatigable
monetary reformers, Mr. HAVER STANSFELD, has
directed public attention to this inevitable con-
sequence of the Act of 1844, and the nation has
now irresistible proof of the accuracy of the as-
sertions we have incessantly put forward respect.
ing the tendency of this iniquitous and unstates-
manlike code, intended to make money, or rather
currency, scarce and dear, but which may end in
something like the destruction of " the goose that
laid the golden eggs," and involve the moneyocracy
themselves in the ruin of those who have hitherto
been their dupes and victims ! As Mr. STANSFELD
shows, the Bank of France, "by beingt a liberty to
buy the very gold which our laws prevent us from
buying, by taking away all inducement to buy,"
have been enabled to relax the stringency of their
rules for discounting, and even to contemplate a
further reduction of the rate. They, in fact, gain
by being free what we lose by being restricted,
and the result is that their gold, as well as the
gold of the Bank of Vienna, is increasing, while
ours is steadily and rapidly decreasing ; and, as
Mr. STANSFELD truly declares, assuming the rate
of discount at 6 per cent., " the Bank of France
makes a profit of more than 12 per cent.,
whilst the Bank of England receives only lid. per
ounce for the cost of paper and printing. Under
such circumstances it is surely well worth its
while to pay not merely 125., but ten times 12s.
per 100/. premium.
The Bullionist organ is exhibiting its usual
versatility on this important question. It is
already trying to wriggle out of the admissions, so
damaging to the cause it advocates,which it made
on Friday. On that day it announced, ex cathedra,
that " the perplexities of the money market seemed
greater than ever," and that " under np circum-
stances could a return to cheap money be anti-
cipated for several years." This day, however,
it completely changes its views. It declares that
the operations of the Bank of France " can have
no permanently disturbing influence," and that if
the process straitens us to-day, we shall be so much
the easier for it a month hence." This is the old
and used up cant, that has already been repeated
usque ad nauseam. It is not merely a twice told
tale," but one continued from day to day with
variations of every kind. But the flattering illu-
sion has been constantly dispelled by the sad
reality, and it must still vanish before the wand
of truth. The Times acknowledged on Friday
that " for many months' persons have been look-
ing to the present period as that at which some
change in the unfavourable state of our bullion
balances might be expected, and instead we have
the Bank reverting to almost its highest rate of
discount, while the stock of gold is reduced to a
point lower than at any time during the last
ten years !" It is astonished at, but cannot
deny the facts. They have, however, been
strictly in accordance with the predictions of the
Monetary Reformers, the natural and inevitable
results of existing and easily-ascertained causes.
At present there is a competition for the precious
metals. The Bank of England is prohibited from
meeting its opponents on equal terms, and there-
fore must yield. The gold must leave our
shores. There must be a dearth of currency ;
and the trading and manufacturing interests
must be exposed to serious losses, if
not reduced to bankruptcy and ruin.
This is the actual state of affairs, and with the
deplorable experience of past years the Chancellor
of the Exchequer proposes to renew the existing
code for a further term of ten years, without
change or modification of any kind ! This suicidal
determination must be resisted by every possible
means. The nature of the disease is patent—the
remedy easily discoverable.

For particulars, see bills.
A limited number of Boxes in the Half-circle Tier have been
specially reserved for the public, and mly be had on applica-
tion at the Box-office, at the Theatre Colonnade, Haymarket.
Price One Guinea and One Guinea and a Half each.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
THIS EVENING, will be performed
Shakespere's trigcdy of
KING RICHARD THE SECOND.
King Richard 11., Mr. C. Kean ; Queen, Mrs. C. Kean.
Preceded by A GAME OP ROMPS.

THEATRE ROYAL, If A YMARKET.
Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone.
NEW ARRANGEMENT OF PRICES OF ADMISSION.
THIS EVENING, and during the week, the new
Drama of A LIFE'S TRIAL. Messrs. Bnckstone' Comp-
ton Howe, W. Farren, Rogers ; Mesdames Reynolds, Poyn-
ter, Fitzwilliam, dre.
After which, for the sixth time, a Classical Love Story. un-
der the Apple-lation of A lALANTA : or, The Three Golden
Apples : in which Miss M. Oliver will appear; also Miss M.
Wilton, and Miss Ellen Ternan.
Concluding with LEND ME FIVE SHILLINGS.
In future the prices will be :
Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the
evening), 6s. each. (No charge for booking.)
First Price. B. d. Second price. s. d.
Dress Boxes • 5 0 Dress Boxes 3 0
ITpper Boxes ... 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0
Pit...
Lower Gallery 1 0 Lower Gallery 0 6
Upper Gallery 0 61No half-price to Upper Gallery.

THEATRE ROYAL. A DELPHI.
Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster.

THIS EVENING, will be performed the new and
original domestic sketch, entitled WELCOME, LITTLE
STRANGER. Mr. Wright, Mr. Paul Bedford, &e.
Followed by THE ELVES, in which Madame Celeste will
perform

- After which, A NIGHT AT NOTTING-HILL, in which
Mr. Wright and Paul Bedford will appear.

TRAND THEATRE.—MInaaer, Mr. T.
• Payne.—THlS EVENING will be performed
RUTH OAKLEY.

After which, WILLIAM TELL (Burlesque.) Mesdames
Leigh Murray, Cuthbert, Somers, &c.
To conclude with a Farce.
Commence at Seven. Stalls, as. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, ls. ;
Gallery, 6d.

0 Y ..4,14 SURREY THEATRE,
Lessees. Messrs. Shepherd and Creswiek.
• THIS EVENING, the new drama of FLORENCE ; or,
The Fatal Error. Characters by MCS3r3. Creswick, Norman,
Charles, Miss Mortimer, dzc.
After which, MIDAS. Apollo, with songs, Miss Poole.
To conclude with VIE DUMB SAVOYARD AND HIS
MONKEY. The Monkey, Mr. Flexmore.

OYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE.
Lessee, Mr. Alfred Wigan.
THIS EVENING, will he performed a new drama, called
DADDY HARDACRE. Mr. Robson, Rte.
The new drama, by Tom Taylor, Esq., A SHEEP IN
WOLF'S CLOTHING.
To conclude with THIEVES I THIEVES ! Messrs. F.
Robson, G. Vining, &c,
Commence at half-past Seven.

ASTLETS ROYAL AMP FIITHEATRE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke.
THIS EVENING (24 week), the highly successful Grand
Military Spectacle, called THE FRENCH IN ALGIERS
or, The Bkittle of Constantine, introducing Mr. W. Cooke's
admired Stud of trained Horses, &c.
After which, Miss Kate Cooke will appear in the EQUES-
TRIAN ACTS in the CIRCLE.
The performance of Signor Corelli and Family.
To conclude with A RISIBLE FARCE
Commence at seven o'clock. Dress flexes, 4s. ; Upper
Rotes, 35.; Private Boxes, from I i., no charge for booking ;
Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, ls. ; Upper Gallery, 6d.
Vox office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager,
Mr. W. West, Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooko, jun.

CANTERBURY HALL. Westminster-road.—
OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow-
Inz, company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of
Selections from all the popnla.: Operas, Madrigals, Choruses,
Glees, Duets, dre., viz.: Miss E. Pearce, Mrs, J. Caulfield,
Miss Brunell, Miss Summers, and Madame Marietta; Mr. J.
Caulfield, Herr F. Jonghmaus, R,. Grover, T. Farrant, S.
Jones. J. Barker, W. Melling. P. Corti, Senor Antonio M.
de Solla, and E. L. Hime ; Masters Austin, Bennett. and
Corti ; Messrs. Sam Collins, E. Macknoy, and C. .T. Wilkins.
Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Tricks; harmonium, J. Caulfield, jun.;
director, Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence at Seven o'clock pre-
cisely. Suppers, &c., until twelve o'clock.

scattered, routed, and condemned by means of a
Penal Dissolution ! Like HAMLET'S father, it
went to its account with all its imperfections on
its head ! But, unlike HAMLET'S father, it could
not by any chance have done otherwise ! There
was no means of shriving it that we can in the
wildest freak of francy conjure up before our
imagination. There was no good to be got out
of it—and obviously, in its almost every
act, not the smallest opening anywhere dis-
cernible for repentance. "Mr. li."—said
the Critic upon CHARLES LAMB'S Farce,
so entitled—" Mr. H. thou wert damned !"
And so might it assuredly be declared with equal
justice of this Mr. H. of a Parliament ! An
egregious failure from first to last—it is now,
happily, as we have said, a thing dead and gone
—a vanished snare, mockery, and delusion.
The Parliament just chosen by the constitu-
encies in place of it—the Fifth Parliament of
VICTORIA—about to be assembled for the first
time upon the eve of May Day, will compensate,
let us hope, in a great measure, for all our recent
legislative disappointment 4. Yes—let us take
the words literally—Will compensate for our re-
cent legislative Disappointments in—A Great
Measure ! A Measure comprehensive and
well considered ! It has the capacity of
extracting anything it pleases, in the way
of political amelioration and social improve-
ment, from Lord PALMERSTON. If it only put
the screw on promptly and vigorously—it may
squeeze anything it pleases from a Premier
so pliable and complaisant I Or, supposing the
Noble Lord to prove what he has never yet
proved—inflexible—it may give him the "go
by" instanter. THAT is the alternative before
the new Parliament ! Palmerstonism—supposing
that to mean wise, immediate, and judicious im-
provement Anything but Palmerstonism—sup-
posing it to mean just the very reverse of all this,
—supposing it to mean, that is to say, a laissez
faire system, Toryism in disguise, or (worst of
all) absolute Retrogression.

It is a preposterous thing to declare, as the
organs of the Prime Minister are doing of late
perpetually, that the enormous majority gained
upon the aide of the Miniaterialista is literally
nothing more nor less than a majority of blind,
willi-nilli, thick-and-thin .Paltuerstonians I To
assert this, we repeat, is to assert nothing less
than an absurdity. The majority is a Liberal
majority, It is a majority not in favour of a
single individual statesman—but in favour of a
great variety of measures. It is a majority of
Reformers—not simply one of Palmerstonians.
Lord PALMERSTON may make the words synony-
mous if he pleases. That is his affair. It is,
comparatively speaking, a matter of very small
importance, or, at any rate, a matter of very
secondary importance,ito the general population.
It is a subject, of course, of great moment to the
Prime Minister, and as such we would all of
us commend it to his most serious conside-
ration. But to the nation, to the Parlia-
ment, to the constituencies, to their repre-
sentatives, it really and truly signifies very little,
if, indeed, it signifies anything. Whig or Tory--
Peelite or Cansingite—Radical so-called, or so-
called Conservative ; any statesman of any Party,
under any Name, carrying any colours, will be
secure of the support and approbation of the pub-
lic at large upon this one proviso--that he is at
the same time a Reformer. If the Noble Viscount
now in office at the head of Her MaJzsrfs Go-
vernment choose to retain power within his grasp
upon that one simple condition—so be it I We
are ready, upon that explicit understanding, at
once to enroll ourselves among the most energetic
supporters of Lord PALMERSTON.

Tun QUEEN,—As soon as ever her Majesty
:.11 strong
enough to travel, it is recommended by the. medical Hen-
trip .
tlemen in attendance that the Queen sh.
-cold make a short
trip to the sea side, so as thoroe _hi_ to complete her
'
recovery, aid restore her h
e ag y
the shortest possible ti selth to its usual vigour in
petted, should every.' tee. For this purpose it is ex-
hitherto done, .
, sning go on as favourably as it has
tli.at her Majesty may be enabled to leave
latter e'
town for bee. marine palace, Osborne, Isle of, Wight, the
ed of the first week in May.—Observer,
r
eetarerer COUNCIL.—Summonses were issued on Satur.4e.y for a weekly meeting of the members of the Cabinet
on Wednesday next, at the official residence of the First
Lord of the Treasury, in Downing-street. The Minis.
tees are to assemble at three o'clock.
ILLNESS OF THE DUCHESS OF GLOUCESTER.--We regret
to say that no favourable change has taken place in the
illness of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester,
which continues of a nature to excite serious anxiety in
the minds of her Royal relative,. It is unnecessary to
say that the greatest attention and interest have been
shown to the Royal sufferer. The Duchess Dowager of
Cambridge has been constant in her visits. Prince Albert
has called several times daily to make inquiries on behal
of her Majesty. The Princess Royal and Princess Alice,
the Duchess of Kent, the Princess Mary, the Dake of
Cambridge, and the Princess of Hohenlohe have also
visited the venerable invalid. The list of visitors and in.
quirers comprises the names of almost every nobleman
and gentleman in town.
ILLNESS OF THE MARQUIS OF DALHousiE.--Ars regret
to state thae alarming accounts have just reached us
" The Bank of France have again increased
from Scotland respecting the health of the Marquis of
their rate for the purchase of gold from 4fr. to Dalhousie. The noble marquis has been in bad health
for many years, but until the last few weeks his friends
tS fr. per mills." In other words they pay a pre-
were not apprehensive of any serious result. It is right,
however, we should state, that Dr. Syme, of Edinburgh,
mium equivalent to 6 per cent., or 12s. per 1001.,
where his lordship is, has not yet quite given up all
for the bullion which they supply at par to their
customers. We need not Fete' that this is opposed
hope. The mind of the noble marquis, notwithstanding
to every sound principle of banking, and that a his great bodily illness, is as clear and vigor gas as ever.
APPROACHING MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIPRe—We un-
operation. But yet the managers of the establish-
derstand a matrimonial alliance is arranged between Mr.
certain loss must necessarily be incurred in the
Beecher, second RCM of the late Sir W. W. Beecher, and
ment find their account in this abnormal proceed-
the Lady Emily Hare, second daughter of the late Earl
ins, It is perfectly clear that so long as it is of Listowel.
continued the gold must be attracted from Eng-
Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge
4
Saturday, at Clarence House, St. James's,
His Excellency Don Luis Gonzalez Bravo, the Spanish
land to France, and no increase in the rate of The fifth Parliament of VICTORIA may now be and the Princess Mary visited the Duchess of Kent, 0
discount, even were it advanced to 10 to 12 said to have been completed by the Constituencies.
per cent., could resist the stream. An ad. It seems only yesterday that the "
Fourth" way at this Court, left London on Saturday even.
ditionalins for Paris, en route to Madrid. His Excellency will
it. or 1 per cent, is simply ridiculous, in the very flush of its existence. Yet it is be present at the opening of the Spanish Corte., and will
and can only be paralleled by the proceeding, actually to-day as much a thing of the past, as probably return to London at the end of n eat month.
of Mrs. PeitriNoroN in striving to sweep hack utterly dead and byegone as any specimen (even The Marquis and Marchioness of Ely arrived in town
the advancing tide with a broom. By the course the earliest) of the old Saxon Witenagemot. on
tShaet
Countessurday,fro
ofm Claren. don will have an assembly on
adopted the French Bank can obtain an ample And already—before its succssor has assembled; The
next, at her residence in Grosvenor-
supply of the precious metals at a comparatively before a single division beset
ken place, before crescent.
trifling expense, which will not only be amply re,. one solitary proposition, good, bad, or indifferent, The Esrl and Countess of Bradford are expected in
imbursed by additional business, but for which a has been submitted to its deliberate judgment—
sa ankehnamth. e
state indemnity can readily be obtained at any we may safely predicate of this fifth Parliament town on Wednesday, frtom thefirDsaerantlenyearbaßviermti g
residence
?Es a
ofrl ma nrd
Jones
moment. By this skilful manoeuvre they transfer of VICTORIA that it is a vast improvement upen (of Pantglas), in Eaton-square,
for the season.
the difficulty from their own to our shoulders and its immediate predecessor. Nor is this saying The Earl and Countess of Durham have arrived in
town for the season,
obtain perfect ease at a trifling cost ; while the com- very much after al), in praise of the new House of
rnercialandmanufacturinginterosts of Greatßritain Commons ! For the old one, the Home of 's2 Viscount and Viscountess Combermere arrived
obsbi it.:
townfortbeonseSaatanurday, from Combermere Abbey,
arson the verge of ruin, and completely paralysed, the House that began its existence by sounding
in consequence of the dearth of the "very life- the superfluous Requiem of Protection, and ended Viscount and Viscountess Ingeetre Imre taken a
blood of industry,"
the latter end of the present month.
a circulating medium sac:quate by chaunting the worse than superfluous Poaan house in Eccieston-square, and are expected in town at
to the wants and exigencies of the country.
of the bloody-minded barbarian, Yua ! For
Lord and Lady Naas are staying at Palmerston House,
It is easy to ascertain the trifling expense at that Parliament, in the aggregate, we entertain
Kiliare, and will not return to town until the first of
which these untoward results may be produced, not the most spectral semblance of the merest next month,
mitts amounts to but sentiment of a regret, It had but one conspicu-
A premium of 6 francs per
The Dowager Lady Suffield is at present staying on
6,000/. an 1,000,000/. ;to 60,000/., on ous merit that we are aware of—the merit of
durin. a visit with Lord and Lady Carington, at Wycombe
10,000,0001,, nearly a million more than was re- readily and ungrudgingly voting thesupplies Bucks.
Mayfair,H Her ladyship has taken a house in
Hertford-street,.
tained in the coffers of the Bank of England during the cont:nuance of the aanguinary and expo:33i °
ye The Dowager Lady Leigh is expected in town this
Abbey,
the week ending the 11th inst. For each 6,000 t., contest with the CZAR of all the Russias. But day from a tcur of visifr. '
or 12,0001., as a portion would he withdrawn even that one redeeming characteristic is all but Mr. Edw. Eyre l'ad an interview with Mr. Secretary
from general circulation, say equal in amount to blotted out of our grateful remembrance by its Labouchere on S:atnrday at the Colonial-office.
that taken from the Bank itself, the stock of equally ready and ungrudaing approbation of the Despatchee, were sent to the Governors of Malta, Gib-
both precious metala in both departments would despicable compromise called a Peace, with which
be reduced by 1,000,0001., and this would no- the Muscovite war was brought to a premature railer, Cr j,i,„, Hong Kong, La uan, and Mauritius,
f").,,,n) ti' Colonial-office on Saturday.
-ai•r 'Fe. Peel, the rejected candidate at Bury, will, it
cessitate, according to the present system, an and ignominious conclusion. No—frankly be it ie. *th,o.ught (.ay s the Bristol Advertiser), find a seat in
increase of 1 per cent, to the rate of discount ; j confessed, as to the House of Commons which has
and before 120,000'. had been applied, the ' but just now "died the death," we cannot by any Wjdia°l9'
of
Kara,
will
make
wai"him.
that it has
understand
i r:tlej. Lansdowne borough of Caine, where Sir W.
We (Cambridge Independent)
" Old Lady' should stop payment, we the possibility think otherwise than with unalloyed,. been decided to proceed to a Scrutiny of the votes
a n
gcioven
Government intertos3d, and again suspended the satisfaction of its having
been dismissed abruptly ,'at the late election for Huntingdonshire;
before
s Inittll' of the House of corowkas.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
THIN DAT—Morn. 30 min. aft. 10 —Evening 8 mid. aft. 11
rn-MottitOv —`horn. 0 min. aft. 9—Evening 0 min.aft. 0

TEr E WEATHER—Sim OFFICE, APRIL 19.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
65 —highest Muse noon yesterday.
51 —lowest this morning and during the night.
6.5 -this day at noon.

The Bank of England must be enabled, to
compete iu our own markets, on. tqual
terms with the foreigner, or far better it
should be freed from every re,vansibility in
--
connection with the currery,,y, which should
by a Government de-
partment under the
henceforward be regulatPAt-
mtrol of Parliament. Na-
tional Bank note
of small and convenient de-
nominations, receivable in payment of taxes, and
made a 1er:341 tender in all parts of the United
Kingd-Jm, would answer every purpose that could
be required for a domestic currency. The price
of gold would then vary according to the natural
laws of supply and demand, and England would
be enabled to supply her wants in the same man•
ner as other nations, All that she requires, is
a clear stage and no favour," She will
not shrink from equal competition, but that
she has a right to demand, notwithstanding the
specious fallacies and pompous platitudes of
Mercator and his disciples. The present system
cannot be maintained 1 In justice to our indus-
trial population, we are entitled to demand a
decisive and comprehensive change--a mere modi-
fication, which might have satisfied the people a
few months' since, will not answer now. ho
activity of the remedy must be proportioned T
.to ,
to the extent and magnitude of the disease.

BAROMETER, 30'05.
Wrxr.—S.W., light, with very fine sunshiny summer
weather.
Two O'CLOCK.—Wind more westerly, and fresh, but
ine.

Arun 20.
67 -highest since noon yesterday.
4' -)owest this morning and during the night.
62 -this day at noon.
RAnowirrim, 30.30—a sudilen rise.
WIND, W.N.W to W.—Light, with fine sunshiny
weather.

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LONDON, MONDAY, APRIL 20, 1857.