The Sun.
London, England, 1861-07-30 00:00:00

DoYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.—
Lessee and Mana,zer. Mr. A. Harris.

For the Benefit of Miss M. Harris.
PHIS EVENING, THE TWO POLTS. Messrs. Widdi-
combe, Cathcart, Miss R. Leclercq, &c.
Followed by THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. Messrs.
Fechter, A. Harris, Meadows, Miss Murray, Miss R. Leclerq,
and Mrs. Westsn.
To conclude with THE FIRST NIGHT. Mr. A. Harris,
and Miss Maria Harris.

NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI.-
Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster.
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Reproduction of the great drama of "The Dead Heart."
THIS EVENING, the great Adelphi drama. THE DEAD
HEART. Messrs. B. Webster, J. L. Toole, Fisher, Billing-
ton, Ebnrne, Smith, Romer ; Miss Woolgar and Miss Kate
Kelly.
To conclude with (13th time) THE PRETTY HORSE-
BREAKER. Mr. .1. L. Toole, Mr. Paul Bedford; Miss K.
Kelly, Miss Woolgar, Mis 3 E. Thorne, Miss Laidlaw, and
Mrs. Chatterley,

Doors open at hall past 6—Commence at 7.

eIANTERBURY HALL
AND FINE ARTS GALLERY.
Verdi's New Opera, UN BALLO IN MASCRERA,
arranged and conducted by Mr. Jonghmans. Mr. Levy on
the cornet-a-piston. Mr. Wood and his talented little Son,
the best Negro Delineators of the day. The extraordinary
comic duet, " The Nerves," by Messrs. Harvey and French,
the most grotesque performance in London. Mrs. Lawrence
and Mr. Marshall in several New Songs written expressly
for him, including the " Excursion to Brighton."
Admission, 6d. ; Stalls and Balcony, Is.
RETURN of SAM COWELL to ENGLAND, who will
shortly appear at his old quarters, after an absence of five
years.
RE-DECORATION of this Magnificnt HALL, executed
by Mr. William Sanderson, of Lambeth, under the direction
of Samuel Field, Esq., architect, is now completed. This
popular Place of Amusement now surpasses its former
grandeur, and, with the VINE ARTS GALLERY and
SPACIOUS PROMENADE, forms the MOST ELEGANT
PUBLIC BUILDING in the WORLD. Considerable im-
provements have been made in the VENTILATION and
LIGHTING.

T H E

O X F O R D,
6, OXFORD-STREET.
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 Selectiorus)
,ns
(by a full company of principals, powerful band, and ch
from "Macbeth" and "Iln Ballo in Maschera." both operas
by Verdi, the composer of the day—The wonderful Solos on
the Cornet-a-Piston of the renowned LEVY—Scotch Duets by
the Misses Stuart, and other vocal and inongstrumentc
of the highest order. Conductor, Mr. F. Jlimans.al muss
The
Comic portion of the entertainment is supported
Nerves
by Miss
Green, Messrs. Sam Collins, Harvey, and French (the )
W. IL Wieland, E. Marshall, and W. Randall. Admission,'
Hall, sixpenee ; Balcony and Stalls, oneing. Private
Boxes, 10s. 6d.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
Tan DA.T.—Morning, 7h. 4m.—Afternoon, 7h. 24m.
To-motmow.-Morning, 7h. 48m.—Afternoon,
Bh. 18m.

THE WEATHER.—SIIN OFFin, JULY 30, 1861.
THERMOMETER, IN THB
70—highest since noon yesterday.
57—lowest this morning and during the night.
69—this day at noon.

'BAROMETER-29.90.
WlND—South-Westerly ; fresh, with variable weather.

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THE SLTN.

LONDON, TUESDAY, JULY 30, 1881.

Whatever may be the fate reserved for the Bank-
ruptcy Bill, the passing of the Appropriation of
Seats (Sudbury and St. Albans) Bill seems at any
rate to be tolerably well assured. All which is
certainly a turning of the tables with a vengeance.
For, but a very little while since, and the prospects
of the two measures may be said to have been directly
reversed. All was smooth sailing with Sir RICHARD
BETHELL'S pet law reform for the revision and
consolidation of the laws relating to bankruptcy and

insolvency :
"Hope at the prow and pleasure at the helm"—

it glided on, swiftly and surely, towards that wished
for haven where bills become transformed, as it
were by the fiat of the SOVEREIGN, into perfected
enactments. Everything on the other hand seemed
to threaten the Appropriation of Seats Bill with
all but inevitable destruction. The Government
propositions were rejected one after another and
one, at least, of the four vacant seats appeared to be
thrown, so to speak, upon the floor of the house
for an indecorous "scramble" between the sup-
porters of the Government and the Opposition.
Nevertheless, in each instance the auguries, here of
success, there of failure, have turned out to be
almost entirely deceptive. Desolation was suddenly
carried to the cherished day-dream of the late At-
torney-General, the now Lord Chancellor, by the
audacious amendments adventured upon in a sort
of secret committee by the pitiless law lords, in-
cluding amongst their number a formidable cluster
of venerable ex-Chancellors. Amendments so radi-
cal and comprehensive, that the Bill sent up to the
Lords, when returned in its altered state to the
Commons for reconsideration, was literally hardly
recognisable. She amendment among all these
amendments proving in the end to be that sine qua
non of the House of Commons, that shibboleth of
the House of Lords, the new office of the Chief
Judge of the Court of Bankruptcy ! A proposition
now bandied to and fro between Lords and Common 3
like a costly little shuttlecock (valued at £5,000
per annum) between two perverse battledores.
Whether this same shuttlecock clause be destined
to fall to the groundor to be stuck like a crowning-
feather upon the ambrosial wig of my Lord Chan- I
cellar WEST BURY—who shall say ? The Lords are
obdurate, the Commons are imperative—their equa-
lised obstinacy balance the " chances"here of success
or failure in a state of equilibrium, So that, in
common parlance, it becomes the merest toss up
who shall gain the point at issue, the advocates or
the antagonists of that still purely hypothetical
being, the proposed Chief Judge of the New Court
of Bankruptcy.
While affairs are thus ominously situated in
regard. to the eventual fate of the Bankruptcy Bill
—how different the position of things in regard to
the Appropriation of Seats (Sudbury and St.
Albans) Bill last evening passed comfortably,
clause by clause, through the House of Lords in
committee ! It could hardly be wondered at, how-
ever, that the Tory Opposition in the Lords
should evidence no disposition whatever to
impede the progress of a measure so pecu-
liarly auspicious for the interests of Conser-
vatism. As originally proposed to the House of
Commons by her MAJESTY'S Government, the
Appropriation Bill—supposing for an instant that
it could ever have worked its way unaltered from
the Lower to the Upper House of Parliament—
would, in that event, most certainly have encoun-
tered in the Lords a reception altogether different.
For, recollect but for one moment, what was the
Ministerial scheme, as originally submitted to the
Consideration of the popular representatives.
Speaking for himself and his colleagues, the noble
earl the Lord President of the Council frankly
confessed that
" their first proposition was
that two seats should be given to counties
and two to boroughs, the boroughs selected
being Birkenhead alni Chelsea and Kensington.
Tbat scheme," said Lord
ItAN VILLE, " was ono
triecepted by the House of
the West Rid):
Fill now stood ::fn-ys'oraknsdhiraes wasthe
o be divided into two divisions, each of which was
to lave two members, Birkenhead was to have one
-member, and a member was to be added to the
two ilow possessed by South Lancashire:, In other
Words, 4he appropriation of the four seats left'