The Sun.
London, England, 1859-07-30 00:00:00

Commence at 7.

NEW THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHI.
Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster.
THIS EVENING, the performances will commence with
NEVER DESPAIR. Mr, and Mrs. Henri Drayton.
And (9th time) a new comic drama, in two acts, entitled
AN OLD OFFENDER. Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. C. Selby, Mr.
Billington, Mr. C. J. Smith, Mr. Eburne, and Miss H. Simms.
Followed by the new burlesque, THE BABES
JJ. Sm IN THEith
WOOD. Messrs. J. L. Toole, Paul Bedford, C. ,
Sburne ; Miss Woolgar and Miss K. Kell
v.
And a Grand Ballet by the Celebrated Spanish Dancers.
Acting Manor—Mr. Win. Smith.
Doors open at a quarter-Past six—Commene,e at seven. Box
011143 e open front 10 to 5 —no charge for booking. No fees to
wants permitted. A registry kept of all articles found.

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ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough
THIS EVENING, QUIXOTE, JUNIOR. Mr. J. Clarke.
After which, A SCHOOL FOR COQUETTES. Misses
Ewanborough. Oliver, and Lavine.
Followed by THE VERY LATEST EDITION OF THE
LADY OF LYONS.
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Coence at 7 o'clock.
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VERDI'S OPERA OF MACBETH. The
whole ef the first Act of this Opera, now produced
for the first time in this country (the remaining three acts
being in course of rehearsal), is sung nightly at the CAN-
/itUBURY HALL CONCERTS.
THE DELEFIERRE FAMILY,
consisting of three Juvenile Violinists, viz., Jules, Juliette,
and Julia Delepierre, aged, respectively, FOUR, SIX, and
ZIGHT years.
The perfect execution by these Lilliputian Artistes of some
of the most difficult and brilliant Solos, Duets, and
and Trio
a s evat-
written for the violin, has excited mingled wonder dmi
ration in Continental Musical Circles, and drawn forth enthu-
dtributes of praise from the Public Journals of France
Belgium.
They will perform TWICE EACH EVENING, in addi-
tion to the usual Entertainments.

THE WEATHER.—Strs OFFICE, JULY 30.
TREEMO3CETEIL, IN THI3 SHADE.
78—highest ethic* noon yesterday.
63—lowest this morning and during the night.
70—this day at noon.
BiatomwrEa-29.97—falling.
WIND, Northerly; light, with dull weather.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
Tuts DAY.—Morning, lh. 49m.—Afternoon, 2h. 14m.
To-Moßß,ow-Morning, 2h. 39m.—Afternoon, 3h. 3m.

Symptoms of the " early closing movement"
begin to develope themselves already. Last night
two of the great guns of this nondescript session
have been fired off the lists for competitive
honours ! The precious London Corporation Re-
form ? Bill ! has met the fate of its more virtuous
predecessors by being quietly withdrawn. Then
the total Abolition of Church Rates Bill is put off
for three months.

Nobody is inclined to quarrel with that—no, not
even Mr. NEWDEGATE ! But the total, aye, and ,
uneompensated abolition of that odious impost will
be carried in the fulness of time, and the Church
battlements become stronger than ever, because
they will not depend on any adventitious aid, nor
draw their support from spoliation of property, nor
be deemed repugnant to conscience, and. cease to be
a byeword and a scandal.

It now turns out that the tub thrown to the
whale in the Moniteur of Thursday morning was
just what we expected. There is to be a seeming
reduction in the French Navy by paying off the
the ships now in Commission on their return from
foreign stations, such as China, the West Indies,
&c. Why such a reduction would have taken
place in the ordinary course of business, just
as we pay off our ships after having been
abroad for four or five years. But to call that re-
duction is to throw dust in the nation's eyes, and
trifle with their credulity ! It would appear from
the correspondent of the Morning Post—not a bad
judge of the secret doings in France, that the
French people are not only delighted at th•
gigantic progress making in the French arsenals,
but they are actually proud of it ! Well, be it so.
Every one thinks his own toy the best, and why
should we begrudge to our neighbours the pleasure
of taking a natural and even a national delight in
the splendid toys they are willing (?) to pay for ?
No: let the French dream on, and indulge in
" The rupture of the victory 1"
which is yet to come off at the expense of

" The flag that braved a thousand years

The battle and the breeze 1"
NAPOLEON may build as many ships as he pleases,
and case them with iron to his heart's content, but
let him bear one thing in mind—he cannot build the
true hearts of oak which alone give vitality and
vigour to the Naval arm of Old England.

The discussion last evening in the House o
Commons upon Mr. HORSMAN'S patriotic and well
timed motion will be pleasant reading, we warrant,
to every loyal Englishman in the land. Not
one of the eminent men who spoke last night in
the course of that discussion but inferred, directly
or indirectly, by his every syllable the neces-
sity upon which we are all rapidly becoming
perfectly well agreed—the great and paramount
necessity of perfecting as far as in us lies, and as
speedily as may be, no matter at what cost, our de-
fensive armaments. It matters comparatively no-
thing in itself that the resolution of the right hon.
gentleman the member for Stroud was eventually
negatived by a clear majority of 87, in a house of 237
—7O voting for, and as many as 167 against that reso-
lution. Mr. HORSALAN's intention was gained, though
his resolution was lost—the motion served its purpose
to the full by being the peg upon which was hung
yesterday's important, and, as we cannot but re-
gard it, eminently satisfactory and peculiarly
inspiriting discussion. Conspicuous among those
who spoke
,last evening directly to the
point was Sir JOHN PAKINGTON, the re-
organiser of the Royal Navy of England !
The right hon. baronet insisted with peculiar force
upon the absurdity of contenting ourselves with
o
relying upon the integrity of any alliance or upon the
good. faith and magnanimityof any foreign Sovereign.
He c oncurred, moreover, cordially in that portion of
the resolution before the house which reprehended
the practice of spending money upon
our
work g of defence by driblets, instead of
undertaking those works as they ought in
reason to be undertaken, upon a grand scale—
upon a sea le commensurate with the very grandeur
of the et mpire to be conserved, upon plans
Combining within them the three chief re-
quisites —• /aridity, munificence, and eompre-
hensiveness i Perhaps the most remarkable
speech delivered •yesterday, however, throughout
the whole o! this di;.3cussion was the one with which
Mr. COBDEI inaugurated his return to the House of
Commons, i after two years absence, as the hon. mem-
ber for Rod tdale—it might have been, as we all know,
(had he so 1 pleased) as a Minister of the Crown, the

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THE SUN.
SATURDAY, JULY 30, 1859.