The Sun.
London, England, 1857-04-14 00:00:00

E MAJ ES S TIIEA T R E. at the mere thought of any such wholesale innova-
SEASON 1857.
bons.
VIALETTI, and POCC ons. If, on the contrary, he bids for something
EZIA,OPENING NIGHT, THIS EVENING (Tuesday), April 14, like an obdurate scheme of Finality, or, still
Opera—LA FAVORITA.
The Opera will be succeeded by the National Anthem.
Ballet—LA ESMERALDA.
The same OPERA and BALLET will be REPEATED on
THURSDAY, April 3.6 (it being an extra night not included
in the subscription).
A limited number of boxes in the Half Circle Tier have
been spezially reserved for the 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.
The doors will open at seven ; the Opera commences at
half-past seven.
Madile. PICCOLOMINI has arrived. Due notice will be
riven of her first appearance.

EIER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
GRAND EXTRA NIGHT, THURSDAY, April
SPEZIA, GIUGLINI, VIALETTI, BENEVENTANO, and
POCCHINI.
Opera—LA FANO R ITN.
Ballet—LA ESMERALDA.

For particulars, see bills.
A limited number of Boxes in the Aalf•circle Tier have been
specially reserved for the public, and miy be had on applica-
tion at the Box-office, at the Theatre Colonnade, Haymarket.
Priee one guinea and one guinea and a half.
The doors will open at 7, the Opera commences at half-
past 7 o'clock.

THEA TR E-R OYA L, DRURY-LANE.
Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith.
DRAMATIC FESTIVALS for the EASTER HOLIDAYS.
Immense Attraction for Positively Six Nights only.—
Engagement of Mr. and Mrs. CHARLES DILLON, who will
appear THIS EVENING and Every Evening during the
week, supported by Miss WOOLGAR and the principal
members of the Drury-lane and Lyceum Companies. Grand
Combination of the Lyceum Burlesque of CONRAD AND
MEDORA, with the Drury-lane Pantomime of SEE, SAW,
MARGERY DAW, with Beverley's magnificent scenery,
" Holiday's Mistletoe Home," &c., and Fenton's unequalled
Transformation Scene.
This Evening, RICHELIEU : Richelieu, Mr. C. Dillon ;
Julie de Mortimer, Mrs. C. Dillon. On Wednesday, a Play
in which Mr. and Mrs. Dillon will perform. On Thursday,
HAMLET : Hamlet, Mr. C. Dillon. Concluding each even-
ing, with the Grand Combination of Lyceum Burlesque of
CONRAD and MEDORA, and the Drury-lane Pantomime of
SEE, SAW. MARGERY DAW. Box-office open daily, under
superintendence of Mr. E. Chatterton, from 11 till 5. Private
boxes, 21. 25., 1/. lls. ed., 1/. ls., and to hold two persons.
10s. 6d. ; stalls, 541. ; dress circle, 4s. ; first circle, 2s. 6d.
upper circle, ls. 6d. ; pit, 2s. ; first gallery, ls. ; second
gallery, 6d. Half price to all parts, except stalls and upper
gallery, at 9 o'clock.

ROY AL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
THIS EVENING, will be performed
Shakespere's trlgedy of
KING RICHARD TETE SECOND.
King Richard 11., Mr. C. Kean ; Queen, Mrs. C. Kean.
Preceded by A GAME OF ROMPS.

THEATRE ROYAL, Er 4YMARKET.
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. Buckstone, Comp-
ton Howe, W. Farren, Rogers ; Mesdames Reynolds, Poyn-
ter. Fitzwilliam, 61c.
After which, for the fir4t time, a Classical Love Story, un-
der the Apple-lation of ATATANTA ; or, The Three Golden
Apples: in which Miss M. Oliver will appear; al .o Miss M.
Wilton, her first appearance here, and Miss Ellen Ternan, her
first appearance in London.
Concluding with GRI NISH AW, BAGS RAW, AND
BRADS II AW. Mr. Backstop°.

In future the prices will he :
Orchestra. Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the
evening.), 6s. each. (No charge for booking.)
First Price. s. d. Second puke. s. d.
Dress 80xe5................ 5 0 Dress Boxes 3 0
Upper Boxes ....... ... 3 0 Upper Boxes
Pi t . 2 (1 Pit 1 0

Lower Gallery 1 0
Upper Gallery 0

Lower Gallery 0 6
No 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, Sze.
Followed by THE ELVES, in which Madame Celeste will
make her first appearance
After wbich, A NIGHT AT NOTTING-HILL, in which
Mr. Wright and Paul Bedford will appear.

TRAND THENTRE.—Mlnazer' M. T.
0:7 Pavne.—THlS EVENING will be performed
RUTH OAKLEY.

After which, WILLIAM TELL (Burlesque.) Mesdames
Leigh Murray, Cuthbert, Somers, die.
To conclude with a Farce.
Commence at Seven. Stalls, 3s. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, ls. ;
Gallery, 6d.

worse, of something Itke absolute Retrogression—
farewell at once to the aid otherwise secure at the
hands of every Lambeth repudiator of Wiscount-
cies, and other titular glories of the //aristocracy !
According to the anti-Palrnerstonians, in fact, the
Noble Lord at the head of the Government is in
a cleft stick. According to them he had much
better have been defeated. According to them his
victory is a veritable disaster, not so much to the
country as to himself. Why, upon this principle,
one might as rationally have tried to frighten
DANIEL LAMBERT with the dread of atrophy—or
ba.ve endeavoured to appal the Living Skeleton with
the notion that he would die the victim of ele-
phantiasis. The arguments employed by the
enemies of the Administration are altogether too
preposterous. They remind us of one of those
memorable apophthegms of Mr. SAMUEL WELLER
—" Rayther too rich, as the little boy said when
he objected to a pork pie because it was all fat !"
Really and truly the logic of the anti-Palmer-
stonians in blowing in one and the same breath
hot and cold, in proving everything to be at one
and the same time black and white, is just a trifle
too ridiculous. The weakness of Lord PALMER-
STON, if we are to listen to them, consists in his
strength—their strength in their weakness.
"Fair is foul and foul is fair,
Hover thro' the fog and filthy air"—

fOYAL SURREY THEATRE,
Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswiek.
THIS EVENING, the new drama of TETE IRON ARM.
After which, MIDAS. Apollo, with songs, Miss Poole.
To conclude with THE DISMEI SAVOYARD AND HIS
MONKEY, The Monkey, Mr. Flexmore.

ROYAL- OLYMPIC THEATRE.
I.o.see, Mr. Alfrocl Wigan.
THIS EVENING, will he performed A new drama, called
DADDY HARDACRE. Mr. Robson, ke.
The new drama, by Toni Taylor, Esq., A SHEEP IN
WOLF'S CLOTHING.
To conclude with THIEVES THIEVES ! ! Messrs. F.
Robson, G. Vining, dee.
Commence at half-past Seven.

A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
4.11. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke.
THIS EVENING (First weeks, a New and Grand Mili-
tary Spectacle, introducing Mr. W. Cooke's admired Stud of
trained Horses, ke., called THE FRENCH IN ALGIERS;
or, The Battle of Constantine.
After which, a novel Series of EQUESTRIAN ACTS in
the CIRCLE, in which Miss Kate Cooke will appear.
Appearance of M. Croueste. the inimitable Clown, and of
Signor Corelli and Family.
To conclude with THE TAILOR OF TAMWORTH.
Commence at seven o'clock. Dress Boxes, 4s. ; Upper
&zee, 3s. ; Private Boxes, from 11., no charge for booking ;
Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, ls. ; Upper Gallery, 6d.
Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager,
Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. 'W. Cooke, jun.

CANTERBURY HALL. Westmingter-road.—
OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow-
biz company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of
Selections from all the poprtla,: Operas, Madrigals, Choruses,
Glees, Duets, ere., via. :'''lMiss E. Pearce, Mrs. J. Caulfield,
Miss Brunel], Miss Summers, and Madame Marietta; Mr. J.
Caulfield, Herr P. longhmans, R. 'Grover, T. Farrant, S.
Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, P. Cori, Senor Antonio M.
de Solla, and E. L. Mime ; Masters Austin, Bennett, and
Corti; Messrs. Sam Collins, E. Mackney, and C. J. Wilkins.
Pianofort, Mr. Cecil Hicks; harmonium, J. Caulfield, jun.;
director, ?Ir. J. Caulfield. Commence at Seven o'clock pre-
cisely. Suppers, drc., until twelve o'clock.

meaning the politi&l atmosphere just now, accord-
ing to the view of the anti-Palmerstonians.
Before the Dissolution—the noble Visebunt
could not survive his Defeat. After the Dissolu-
tion, now that the General Election is pretty: well
completed, it is absolutely impossible he can by
any chance survive his Victory. So we are told
by his discomfited antagonists. Well—we dare
say that he will somehow or other just manage to
survive it nevertheless. It is a very bitter pill for
him to swallow, we don't, of course, attempt to
deny the, for a moment—a very bitter pill, this
overwhelming Majority of his in the new Parlia-
ment Yet, lo and behold, he has already con-
trived to swallow it ! It is perfectly wonderful
what taste some people have. But it really does
appear as if this Itosicrucian Premier of ours, this
Youth-in-Age, this Adolescent Octogenarian (or
very near it), so far from revolting from the poi-
soned chalice of a Majority presented to him by
the constituencies—so far ftom revolting from it,
actually seems to quaff it with a relish like an
Elixir I Well—again we observe, we dare say
he will contrive, somehow, to survive it. A diffi-
cult matter, no doubt, to endure the anguish of
such a really glorious triumph : but still we dare-
say lie will survive it—the deadly anticipations of
his enemies to the contrary (as the old legal idiom
has it) nevertheless notwithstanding. Obviously
to them, to those enemies, " the wish is father to
the thought." Thal, no doubt, will be a solace
to the Prime Minister in this afflicting hour of his
success. Under the pressure of which calamitous
happiness, we here venture to proffer to him, our
commiserative congratulations.

Increased firmness is perceptible in the money
market. There was an advance yesterday of one-
eighth in the quotations of the Government 3 per
Cents. ! Better still, we hear that " there was a
temporary absence of the pressure for money in the
Stock Exchange, the discount market, and at the
Bank !" These results have followed, and pro-
bably were the consequences, of the arrival of
gold from Australia by the Royal Charter. In
other words, the receipt of something more than
half-a-million of pounds sterling (525,000/.) has
occasioned this conspicuous change, and pos-
sibly prevented the addition of another half
per cent. to the minimum rate of dis-
count. Can there be a mcre striking illustration of
the impolicy of our present monetary code
than the above-mentioned circumstances. In
private life, a man worth some seven or eight
thousand pounds would not rejoice excededingly at
the receipt of half-a-sovereign a little sooner than
he had anticipated. It would be a bagatelle, not
worth taking into consideratio•J. But Lombard-
street rejoices at this compar.atively trivial addition
to the stock of the precious metals. There is ease
in the money market, and that although a large
proportion of '‘he recent arrival will, be
exported to °trier lauds. This clearly proves
that it is edurrency, not capital, that is want-
ing. We are to all intents and purposes the
wealthiest nation of the world, and yet we are
brought to a stand-still ; production ceases, in-
Ou3try is paralysed for the want of a proper mea-
sure and representative of value, a suitable me-
dium of exchange that will permit a fair adjust-
ment of accounts. For permanent investments
little more than 3/. 2s. per cent, can be obtained,
while the highest class paper will not be discounted
for double the rate. And the parties are fortu-
nate if they can obtain legitimate accommodation
at that price, together with " a commission" that
will increase the charge to some 10 or 12 per
cent.

This striking difference between " interest" and
"discount" clearly proves the " thimble-rigging
dodgo" performed by the moneyocracy. Under fa-
vourable circumstances "discount" should be much
less than "interest ;" and such was invariably the
case in the palmy days of England, when the for-
tunes were acquired which the owners are seeking
to increase in value at the expense of the
rest of the community, but especially of the
industrial classes. But now matters are altoge-
ther changed, rand if affairs should long remain
in the same condition, we may reasonably con
elude that the culminating point of British pros-
perity has been passed, and that men now living
will witness the decline and fall of the once proud
"Queen of the Ocean."
Surely the new Parliament will pause before
they sanction the renewal of a system to which
this untoward state of affairs may be directly
traced. A new Bank Committee must be ap-
pointed immediately after the meeting of the
Legislature ; and if that Committee ho-
nestly and fairly discharge its arduous
and important duties, we cannot doubt
but that considerable alterations will be
inaugurated in our monetary code. Sir G. C.
LEWIS has avowed his desire to renew the act of

1844, without change or modification of any
kind. But as we have stated in reference to
other topics, he is made of "squeezable mate-
rials," and will readily yield to an adequate pres-
sure from without. The exertions of monetary
reformers should now mainly be directed to
obtaining a fair and searching investigation
into the operation of the existing law.
There are many competent and trustworthy
witnesses ready and willing 6 come forward
and to detail the results of their experience. But
their evidence will not be received unless forced
on the " packed jury." Desirous of having some
foundation for their previously concocted report,
they will refuse t.> listen to those who may con-
fute their "foregone conclusions." Mercator

and his disciples will alone be heard. Their palp-
able fe.llacies will be "cooked" into a report,
and the community at large condemned to ten

years additional " penal servitude," making
brkka while tbe &lt•aw is Lilt back from the