The Sun.
London, England, 1857-01-26 00:00:00

'ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
THIS EVENING will be performed
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM.
After which, a now grand Christmas Pantomime, called
ALADDIN AND THE WONDERFUL LAMP;
or, Harlequin and the Genii of the Ring. Harlequin, Mr,
Cormaek ; Clown, Mr. Huline ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo; Co-
lumbine, Miss C. Adams.

for a moment relaxing its exertions, but repeating
the same wholesome truths day after day—and
that the people cordially responded to its call,
that the nation was freed from the monster mono-
poly, that the grim incubus was dislodged from its
shoulders.
But whence does this very convenient doctrine
emanate ? Is it from the honest convictions of
au independent journalist ? or is the in-
spiration derived from official quarters ? Has
the Chancellor of the Exchequer propi-
tiated the oracle of Printing-house-square by a
few significant hints as to his intentions, so that
it may earn a character for prescience at a cheap
rate ? There is, indeed, an extraordinary resem-
blance between the leading article that appeared
on Friday morning, and the official statement
delivered in the afternoon. Both dwelt at consi-
derable length on the "money being required to
discharge existing obligations ;" that it is " a
question not of taxation, but of expenditure."
The Times says, "The Chancellor of the Exche-
quer first tells us that he must have the money,
and then he suggests the mode." Sir G. C.
LEWIS follows suit. " The House of Commons,'
he observes—" first inquire what is the expendi
ture of the country, and then vote the ways and
means that will meet it 1" Again, the Times speaks
of " the Abyssinian cattle" alluded to by BRUCE,
and the "skill and humanity" (!) of the drivers who
severed a steak from the still living animal, add-
ing " that is the skill and humanity of tie finan-
ciers, and the fact of our bellowing under his
knife and steel is not conclusive against his official
dexterity. It is only a choice of evils !" On the
other hand Sir G. C. LEWIS blandly remarks that as
large sums of money are to be collected from the
public in a limited time, we must expect that
some complaint will be made . . . The Go-
vernment have not any wish to maintain taxes
which are not absolutely necessary for the public

hours' fire from the fleet, completely surrendered !
The crowning success of the British being achieved
by them without one single casualty—the neigh-
bouring island being occupied without the loss to
the captors of one drop of blood—but the seizure
of the fort unhappily involving in it the death of
four officers, together with about twenty rank
and file ! A remarkable disproportion, it is ob-
servable—this loss of four officers and of twenty
rank and file—a disproportion as honourable to
the former as, i❑ itself, it is undoubtedly extra-
ordinary. The four gallant officers England has
reason thus to lament being Brigadier SW:WORD,
Colonel MALET, Lieutenant WARREN, and Lieute-
nant TlrrEnsoN. One offioer alone (Captain
WOOD) is spoken of, by the ways as wounded.
The names of the as yet " unnamed demigods "
being reserved for publication, a little later on,
in that periodical scroll of Ciao, the London Ga-
zette. Such, then—as far as we have yet
been enabled to obtain the particulars
through the more than stenographic Sashes
of electricity along the submarine cable—
are our actual gains and our actual losses,
in the new War in the East which has thus in
genuine earnest commenced. A quarter of a
hundred killed and wounded on our side—as a
" set-off" to which casualties we have won posses-
sion of a Persian fort, and a Persian island, and
the city and harbour of Bushire.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYAIARKET.
THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven,
The Comedy of MONEY.

After which, a new comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled
THE BABES IN THE WOOD, or Harlequin and the Cruel
Uncle. The scenery of the opening story painted by Mr. W.
Callcott. The pantomime produced under the direction of
M. Milano. Harlequin, M. Milano ; Columbine, Fanny
Wright; Pantaloon, Mr. Mackay ; and Clown, Mr. Driver.
A Morning performance of the Pantomime will be given
every Thursday : commencing at 2, concluding at 4.

ROYAL SURREY THEATRE
Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswiek.
THIS EVENING, an original play, in three acts, entitled
A BIRD IN THE HAND WORTH TWO IN THE BUSH.
Roderick Praiseworthy, Mr. Shepherd.

After which, HARLEQUIN AND THE SUMMER
QUEEN. Harlequin, Mr. F. Glover ; Clown, Mr. Buck ;
Pantaloon, Mr. Bradbury; the Four Sprites, the Fillis Fa.
'oily; Columbines, Mesdames Marie and Agnes.

ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE.
Lessee, Mr. Alfred Wigan.

THIS EVENING, DELICATE GROUND. Messrs,
G. Vining and Leslie ; Mrs. Stirling.

A new Fairy Extravaganza, by J, R. Planche, Esq., called
YOUNG AND HANDSOME. Messrs. F. Robson, Rogers,
Leslie, G. Cooke, Danvers. Misses Swanborongh, Thirlwall,
St. Casse, Castleton, Bromley, Maskell, awl Mrs. Melfort.
After which, CRINOLINE.
Commence at ha'f-past Seven.

Congratulating England on this ready capture
of Bushire and of Karrak, the organ of Lord PAL-
ssensros is already encouraging itself in the very
sanguine belief that because of the fall of Larrak
and Bushire, therefore the Smart will, in all
likelihood, consent immediately to some pacific
arrangement. " It is very probable," says the
Morning Post of to-day, " that as Bushire and
Karrak aro now in our possession, the SHAH will
listen to reason !" Although the great seaport in
the Persian Gulf is not less that, five hun-
dred miles from the actual seat of the
SHAM'S Government ! Not merely, however, is
this extravagant hope cherished—not merely is
this sudden and very convenient conclusion
jumped at by the orgai of Lord PALMERXTON—

riIHEATRE ROYAL, A DELPHI.
1 Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster.
Great Hit of A Night at IN otting-Hill.
THIS EVENING will be performed
DOMESTIC ECONOMY.
After which, A NIGHT AT NOTTING-HILL, in which
Mr. Wright and Paitl Bedford will appear.
To conclude with the new and original union of modern
burlesque and old English pantomime (as originated
at this theatre), by Professor Wordspiuner, Member of Every-
thing, with entirely new scenery, dresses, transformations,
do., called

service !"
The Times also speaks of tke Exchequer Bonds
in these terms, " It happens unfortunately, how-
ever, that this year the first flight of those Ex-
chequer Bonds which Mr. GLADSTONE let loose on
the world will be returning home, and will have
to be met. That can be done with other bonds,
or bills, but the whole charm of the invention will
be lost (1) if they are not paid out of the revenue !"
while Sir G. C. Lewis announces " Ther© will
be 2,000,0001. of Exchequer Bonds which will
fall due in course of next year. Of course, they
will fall within the expenses of neat year." We
might multiply parallel passages. But there is
one other point so striking that it cannot be
overlooked. The Times referred to a sum of
8,000,0001. The Financial Minister to the very
same amount. The other points may be but re-
semblances ; doubtless very suspicious. The exact
figures, however, show that all the shafts are drawn
from the same quiver ; that the voice of the
journalist was but an echo to Downing-street,
rather than an original oracle from Printing-House
Square.

but'a positive intimation, an intimation still more
•ztravagant than the hope, comes floating to us
from Vienna, to the effect that already the Court
of Teheran, on hearing of the fall of Bushire, had
actually consented to accept the conditions offered
to the Sian by the British Government. Al-
ready I—The news of the fall of Bushire corning
to us by way of Trieste, and the news of the effect
of that fall at the Court of Teheran coming to us
by way of Tienna—simultaneously! With an in-
terval of five hundred miles between Bushire and
Teheran—news coming to England of the fall of
Bushire, and of the influence produced by that
fall at Teheran—siimultanecnasly! The thing is
preposterous! Even in our age of electric tele-
graphs the thing, we repeat, is simply preposterous
—particularly remembering that the wires end
long before the Asiatic traveller approaches the
western extremity of the Persian dominions at
Anerbijaun. It is about a companion scrap of
intelligence to that astounding little bit of news
which came bounding across Europe the other
day in a sort of an eccentric ricocheti, to the effect
that Brigadier CILLMDER.LA.YNE with his 5,000
men had marched towards Cabul along the
Khyber Pass from the direction of Peshawur,
and had then-...marched back again ! like the
ling of FAN going up and down the hill with
his 40,0001 Intelligence that may after all, of
course, be as " true as gospel'--but still intelli-
gence, coming to us in such a very " questionable
shape," that we may be reasonably pardoned for
not consenting to swallow it at once, before it has
received some definite and reliable confirmation !
And so with this fresh morsel of news about the
change wrought, in the twinkling of an eye, upon
the policy of his Majesty the SIMI by the
downfall, five hundred miles away from him,
of his great southern seaport of Bushire. A
change of policy that may—no less than the
abrupt retreat of our 5,000 men from Cabul—be
as undeniable as any proposition in " Euclid."
But still, as a piece of news, equally with the
news about that retreat, requiring some simple
and definite confirmation. Until we receive which
confirmation, we must really be pardoned for
remaining incredulous, both in reference to the
miraculously reported submission of the SKIN,
and in regard to the mysteriously rumoured re-
treat of Brigadier CIAMBERLAYNR.

The oracle has again spoken this day....aud,
hat its connection with the Phcobus of Downing-
street, may be manifested to the most obtuse per-
ception, it re-echoes the ipsissiraa verba of the
financier. It certainly shows itself conscious of
the oontemplated dodge. It confesses that " the
Chancellor of the Exchequer shows a certain in-
clination, not unoatuaral to his position, to keep
sight of this very letter of the law," * • *
" As a slight convenient intrenckment in the dis-
tance, not for the purpose of actually retiring be-
hind it, because that would be illiberal and
cotsard/y, but rather for the purpose of pointing
to, and producing the impression on the enemy
that you might take advantage of its protection
if you liked, and that, therefore he must not push
you le. far." Or, in other words, the letter
of the Act will not be resorted to, if
the House obey the will and pleasure
of the Minister. But should the independent
members prove unruly there is the "convenient"
entrenchment to which he can retreat whenever
he thinks proper so to do ; and, therefore, the
enemy must not push him too far. Sir G. C.
Lnitls deprecates " pettifogging and chicanery,"
and he will not avail himself thereof, unless ab-
solutely required This is the convenient
morality of the Financial Minister, and of his
bottle-holder of the fourth estate. The whole
burden of the song of the Times is that " it is
not worth while to fight against our destiny ;"
that we may as well patiently submit to what is
inevitable. To induce us to do so, it holds out
vague expectations of the entire abolition of the
charge in 1860 ; but, as we repeatedly proved,
that is a desideratum which cannot wader circum-
stances be accomplished. What the nation wants
is an equitable apportionment, not the repeal of
the impost.
The nation will not, however, be discouraged,
notwithstanding the perverse obstinacy, and pern•
pous platitudes of the Chancellor of the Exchequer,
ner the scandalous tergiversation of the Leviathan.
They have unanimously resolved upon obtaining
justice, and that they must, and will have, no
matter who may gainsay the right. The Minister
deprecates the notion that the Government had
any disposition to deal with the question in " a
pettifogging way, or with anything like chica-
nery 1" As, however, the renowned PICSICESNITY
was anxious to obtain "Mrs. Toionß's" notion of
a wooden leg, we should greatly like to have Sir
G. C. LEvers's opinion as to what he con-
siders " pettifogging " and " chicanery."
We might have placed some dependence
on the pledge but for the significant qualification
at the close of his address. He said there is no
doubt as to the construction of the Act. It is a
tax payable for another year, but there is no wish
to found any claim upon that " beyond chat is

The Queen has intimated her intention not to open
parliament in person. The Speech from the Throne
upon the re-assembling of parliament will, therefore, be
delivered by Lords Commissioners on Tuesday, 3d Feb.
The Address, in answer to the Speech from the Throne,
will be moved in the Lords by the Earl of Cork, and
we believe will be seconded by Earl Cowper. The
Address of the Commons will be moved by Sir John
Ramsden, Bart., member for the borough of Taunton,
and seconded by Sir Andrew Agnew, Bart., member
for Wigtonshire.
Summonses have been issued by direction of the noble
Premier for meetings of the members of the Cabinet on
Monday and Tuesday next, at the official residence of
the First Lord of the Treasury, in Do wning-street.
The Duke of Argyll has returned to town from Scot-
land for the season. The Duchess and family have also
arrived at the family villa, at Campden-hill, Kensington.
The Earl of Harrowby is expected to arrive in town
early in the week.
On Friday Mr. Lowe left Manchester to pay a short
visit to the Right Hon. E. Cardwell, M.P., at
Ellerbeck, near Wigan. Mr. Cardwell is still suffering
from injury to his arm, the result of a fall from his horse.
J. L. Ricardo, E-1., M,p and the Hon. F. L.
Gower, M.P., the two hon. members for the borough of
Stoke-upon-Trent, are announced to meet and address
their constituents and friends in Hanley Town•hall,
to-morrow evening.
Lord Panniure, the Right Hon. 8. Vernon Smith,
the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Lord Chancellor,
the Right Hon. Sir Charles Wood, the Right Hon. M.
T. Baines, and Lord Stanley of Alderley, have come to
town for the approaching session of Parliament.
A Privy Council will be held by the Queen on Men-
day
the 2d proximo, at Windsor Castle, when the royal
speech will be determined upon.
Lord Monteagle and the commissioners on decimal
coinage have resumed their meetings at their residence
in Manchester-buildings.
Lord John Russell, M.P., is expected in town early
in the present week from Italy, in order to be present at
the opening of Parliament.
On the proposition of M. Auber, the Minister of State
has appointed M. George Ka-tner member of the Com-
mittee of Musical Studies at the Conservatoire de Musique.
The Earl and Countess Stanhope left the Grove, near
Watford, where they have been staying with the Earl
and Countess of Clarendon, on Saturday last, for Burgh-
Isy House, near Stamford, on a visit to the Marquis
and Marchioness of Exeter.
The Countess of Jersey and Lady Clementina•Villiers,
who have been on a visit to the Earl of Cardigan, at
Deane-park, left on Saturday last, to join the circle
visiting the Marquis and Marchioness of Exeter, at
Burghley House.
Lord and Lady Londesborough, though passing the
winter at their chateau on the shores of the Mediterra•
nean' have not been unmindful of their home duties.
The Yorkshire papers announce that the liberal dona-
tions and subscriptions contributed by the family in the
localities of the noble lord's extensive estates in the
East, West, and North Ridings, have been paid as
usual this season, and that none of the poorer depend-
ents of his lordship have suffered by their absence
from England.
The Earl and Countess of Clarendon have, during the
last few days, entertained a select circle at the Grove,
near Watford. The guests of the noble Earl and Coun-
tess have included his Excellency the Austrian Minister
and the Countess d'Appony, his Excellency the Russian
Minister and the Countess Creptowitch, the garl and
Countess Granville, the Earl of Verulam, the Earl and
Countess Stanhope, Count Pahlen, the Right Hon. C.
P. Villiers, &c.
The Earl of Cardigan has had a select circle staying at
Deane Park, Northamptonshire, during the past week.
The Earl of Westmorland, the Countess of Jersey and
Lady Clementina Villiers, Lady Ernest Bruce, Lord
Cave .dish, Lord Otho Fitzgerald, Colonel the Hon. Jas.
Macdonald, Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Cust, Sir Thos. and
to Tlhiee minorsttaalterematai
iLoarddy Gshiyrmegsluy, estasn.d Mr. Curzon, have been among his
Wednesday. On the following day the interment will
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take place in the family mausoleum, within a short dis-
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necessary for the service of the year This in-
deed is a convenient loophole for evasion, a mode
by which he may wriggle out of his promise—
that is to say, if the people do not clearly show
the inevitable result of such conduct, that it will
be followed not only by the disgrace of the

Minister, but by his Bummary expulsion from an

office for which ha is, by no means qualified I

Once more, then,, we sip to the people—Agi
tate, agitate, agitate, and complete success must

attend your efforts. The very article in the Times
shows the powerful effect already produced. A
little more and the great desideratum will be
achieved, and th e tax-paying community
will only
be called on to i.:ontribute to that item in propor-
tion to their actual means. The port is at hand—
let not the c Few slumber before the vessel is
safely anellor'id, and the abolition of the accursed
War Income Tax will be, indeed, a "GREAT FACT 1"

Nothing further—in regard to the forces des-
patched against Persia by the Bolan Pass, under
Colonel JA COB, and by the Khyber Pass, under
Brigadier OHAMBERLAYNE
But a f treat deal further—in reference to the
united mi litary and maritime expedition, which
took its departure from Bombay for the Persian
Gulf on 'the 1.14 h of last November ! It appears,
now, b'l telegraphic despatch received from
Trieste, that the Island of Karrak was eceupied
on the .4th of December—that, on the Bbh of
Decew,ber, Fort Bushire was captured—and that,
on ti'as 9th of December, Bushire itself, after four

THE SUN,I"iLONDONI"ft MONDAY EVENING!; JANUARY s 26, 1857.

NEWS.

i East I sought with pleasure to renew our former
1 relations with Persia, and her neutrality was not
useless to us. I now congratulate myself upon the
1 treaty of commerce concluded between our two
countries, as commercial relations firmly established
always cement the friendship of nations.
"It is with regret that I heard of the war
which has broken out between you and one of my
most intimate allies, but I make most ardent wishes
that your mission to this portion of the globe may
hasten the return of a lasting peace.
I thank you for the flattering things you have
said to me for France and for the Prince Imperial,
and I beg of you to believe in my full sentiments
of benevolence towards you."
The Ambassador handed to tho Emperor the
Royal order of Persia, and presents for the Empress
and the Prince Imperial."
Ferukh Khan and his suite were conducted to
the Palace in three court carriages. He wore a
magnificent cashmere gown, trimmed with fur, and
ornamented with diamond clasps, wore kersey-
mere pantaloons with gold stripes, and the Astrakan
cap. Two of his suite wore the same costume.
The rest were in military uniform. The cortege
approached the Tuileries by the Place du Car-
trousel, and on' passing the triumphal arch was
received by a regiment of grenadiers of the guard.
Among the presents which Ferukh Klan has
brought for the Emperor and Empress are some
magnificent pearls from the Persian Gulf, and some
of the famous otto of roses, called in Persia Zeuna,
and in scientific dictionaries Lauzonia inennis. The
Persian ladies use this precious perfume to give a
roseate tint to their nails and eyebrows.
The Moniteur publishes the official returns of the
customs revenue for the past year, as well as for the
month of December. For the latter they amounted
to 15,207,360 f., being an increase of 2,385,723 f. on
the corresponding month of 1855. The receipts
for the whole year were 174,293,664 f., being a de-
crease of 16,105,081 f. on those of the previous year.
The items which show the greatest falling off are
coffee, 2,011,946 f.; bar iron, 597,497 f.; raw wool,
6,287,763 f.; foreign sugar, 15,794,893 f.; brandy,
1,832,731 f.; oils, 546,753 f. Those which show an
improvement are corn, 1,907,525 f.; raw cotton,
2,934,166 f.; coal, 716,093 f.; pepper, 221,024 f.;
French colonial sugar, 3,759,490 f.; linen goods,
348,480 f.; oleaginous seeds, 237,268 f.

The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Consti-
tutionnel describes as follows a new ministry insti-
tuted by the Emperor Alexander, with the view
of introducing improvements into the agriculture
of Russia :—" This ministerial department will be
charged with the task of ascertaining the actual
state of cultivation in the provinces, and the means
best calculated to vanquish the obstacles in the
way of agriculture ; it will also decide on the ad-
visability of making pecuniary advances to farmers
to effect improvements. The ministry will likewise
be charged with the establishment of model farms,
agricultural societies, and popular libraries for the
dissemination of practical farming ideas, with the
purchase of new agricultural instruments, &c."

A letter from Vienna of the 19th, in the _Bourse
Gazette of Berlin, says :—" Notwithstanding the
important questions which have been lately agi-
tated, the Austrian cabinet has not lost sight of the
affair of the domains of Holstein Lauenbourg.
Count Buol, before his departure for Milan, had a
conference with Count de Bille Brahe, the anish
ambassador, on the subject. The result of this
conversation does not appear to have been very
satisfactory, f,,r we learn from good authority that
immediately after instructions were sent to Count
de Rech berg at Frankfort, which lead to the belief
that a communication will shortly be made to the
Diet on the subject by the Austrian ambassador."