The Sun.
London, England, 1857-02-25 00:00:00

r E SUN, LONI:4N,_ WEDNESDA.-i- EVENING, FEI3RUARY 25 185/

THEATRE ROYAL, DPXILIi LANE.—
Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith.
Acting Millnger, Mr. C. Mathews. Stage Manager, Mr. It
Boxby. Scenic Artist., Mr. W. Beverley.
The eminent Comedian, Mr. Charles Mathews, every evening

Great Success of the Grand Christmas Pantomime, the•
most magnificent ever produced on the English stage.

TO-MORROW, her Majesty's Servants will perform the
popular Comedy,
A GAME OF SPECULATION.
Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, A. Younge, R. Roxby,
Vincent, Tilbury, Templeton, G. Honey ; Miss A. Oliver,
Mrs. Selby, Miss Barnes, and Miss E, Wadham.

After which will be produced
SEE, SAW, MARGERY DAW ;
Or, Harlequin Holiday, and the Island of Ups and Downs.
The reduced prices as follows, varying throughout the
house to snit every one:—Galleries, dd. and Is. ; Second
Circle of Bores, ls. (A. ; Pit, 2s. ; First Circle of Boxes,
2s. Id.: Dress Boxes, 3s. ; Stalls, ss. ; Private Boxes,
los. 6d., I'. ls., 1/. lls. 6,1., and 2i. 2s.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
si_to TO-MORROW 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
Cormack ; Clown, Mr. Huliue ; Pantaloon, Mr, Paulo ; Co
'mml-,inz, Miss C. Adams.

THEATRE HEATRE ROYAL, Er A.YMARKET.
To-morrow Evening, to commence at Seven,
with the successful new Comedy, iu three acts, entitled,
DOUBLE-FACED PEOPLE. Characters by Mr. Buckstone,
Mr. Chippendale, Mr. Compton, Mr. W. Farren, Mr. Rogers,
Mr. Clark, Miss Reynolds, Mrs. Poynter, and Mrs. E. Fitz-
wil iam.

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Followed by (9th time) a new drama, called A WICKED
WIFE.

After which 58th time) the new comic pantomime, entitled
rHE BABES IN THE WOOD, or Harlequin and the Cruel
Thiele. The scenery of the opening story painted by fr W.
calleott. The pantomime produced under the direction of
M. Milano. Harlequin, 11. Milano; Columbine, Fanny
Wright ; Pantaloon, Mr. Mackay ; and Clown, Mr. Driver

0Y A L LYCEUM THEATRE.
Lessee, Mr. C. Dillon.
TO-MORROW, will be performed the new play, in
five acts, by Westland Marston, Esq., entitled A LIFE'S
RANSOM. Lord Revesdale, Mr. C. Dillon ; Bancroft, Mr.
Stuart ; Felicia Revesdale, Mrs. C. Dillon.
After which, a new farce, entitled MY FRIEND FROM
LEATHERTJEAD. Mr. Toole, Miss Wilton, and Mrs. B.
White.
To be followed by

CONRAD AND MEI)ORA;
or, Harlequin Corsair and the Little Fairy at the Bottom of
he Sea. The burlesqne opening by W. Brough, Esq.,
founded upon the ballet of Le Corsair, as produced at Her
Majesty's Theatre. The harlequinade upon things in gene-
ral. The new and magnificent scenery painted by Mr. F.
Feuton.
Conrad (the Corsair) Miss Woolgar
Birbarto (his lieutenant) Mr. J. L. Toole
Med ora %frs. Charles Dillon
Clowns
Mr. H. Marshall
The box-office open daily, from 11 to 5, under the super-
tdcnilence of Mr. Chatterton, jun.
Carriages conveying parties to the Private Boxes to set
down at the State entrance in Burleigh-street.

THEATRE. ROYAL, ADELPHI.
Leslee—Mr. Ben. Webster.
TO-MORROW, will bo performed the popular drama
of IRELAND AS IT IS. Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams:
After which, A NIGHT AT NOTTING-HILL, in which
Mr. Wright and Panl Bedford will appear.
Followed by a new Piece de Cara.cterc, entitled IN AND
OUT OF PLACE. Mrs Barney Williams.
To conclude with the new original comic drama, called
BARNEY THE BARON. Barney O'Toole, Mr. Barney
Williams.

ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE.
Lessee, Mr. Alfred Wigan.
TO-MORROW, the new drama, by Torn Taylor, Esq.,
called A SHEEP IN WOLF'S CLOTHING.
A CONJUGAL LESSON. Lullaby, Mr. F. Robson ; Mrs.
Lullaby, Mrs. Stirling.
Followed by the new farce, by Bayle Bernard, Esq.,
ailed A SPLENDID INVESTMENT.
Commence at half-past Seven.

A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
„LA_ Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke.

Continued and unabated Success.
TO-MORROW, will be presented the theme of the most
flattering culogium from the whole of the press, the operatic
drama of ROB ROY, with Equestrian Illustrations invented
'vy Mr. Wm. Cooke, and with the original music. Rob
Roy, Mr. James Holloway,
Aftor which, the Equestrian SCENES in the CIRCLE.
To conclude with the equestrian comic pantomime of PAUL
PRY ON HORSEBACK.
Commerce at seven o'clock. Dress Boxes, 4s. ; Upper
Boxes, 3s. ; Private Boxes, from 1 /., no charge for booking ;
it, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. ; Upper Gallery, 6d.
siox-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager,
air. tV. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun.

CANTERIM t.Y HALL, Westminster-road.—
OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow-
Inc, company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of
'elections from all the popula-:. Operas, Madrigals, Choruses,
Glees, Duets, &e., viz.: Miss E. Pearce, Mrs, J. Caulfield,
Miss Brunel', Miss Bummers, and Madame Marietta ; Mr. J.
Caulfield, Herr F. fonglimaps, R. Grover, T. Farrant, S.
Jones, J. Barker, W. Menhir,, P. Coni, Senor Antonio M.
de.Solla, and E. L. Hime ; 'Masters Austin, Bennett, and
Corri; Nr.eSSIT. Sam Collins, E. Mrackney, and C. J. Wilkins.
Pianoforte, Mr. G.Til Hicks; harmonium, J. Caulfield, jun.;
dircecor, Mr. .J. Caulfield. Commence at Seven o'clock pre- 1•
Sr.ppers, eze., until twelve o'clock.

ON, WEDNESDAY., FEBRUARY 25, IPt7

We take the Chinese dii'liculty into consideration
—we have taken it into consideration from the
commencement—without passion and without pre-
judice. As far back as the 2d. of January, the
very day upon which the facts alluded to first
came to the knowledge of the English public, we
endeavoured to weigh those facts in the balance
of our judgment—conscientiously. To which
end, at the time, we held that balance as. nearly as
possible in a state of absolute equilibrium 1* Re-
solved net to commit ourselves precipitately to
any hasty or ill-cOnsidered view of a subject of
such vast and paramount importance. Since
which time, reflection has only served to demon-
strate more and more distinctly and undeniably
the reasonableness of the careful avoidance on our
part of anything like a precipitate condem-
nation of Her Majesty's Government. A ju-
dicious suspension of judgment at the
outset, to say the least of it : seeing that, "at the
first blush," there was an appearance of haste and
harshness on the part of Consul PARKES and
Admiral SEYMOUR in their conduct towards the
Governor of Canton, YEII, the Chinese Commis-
sioner. Subsequent investigation, a closer in-
quiry, and minuter details, proved very soon,
however, that that "appearance" of haste and preci-
pitation was, in point of fact, wholly superficial
and illusory. It rapidly became evident, beyond
the reach of contradiction, that the British autho-
rities, so far from being hasty in their conduct
towards the Chinese authorities, were, on the con-
trary, rather slow than otherwise—that so far
from being harsh they were only, if possible, too
moderate in their demands for reparation.
What were those demands ? First of all, the
simple restoration to liberty of the twelve men
who had been illegally taken prisoners. Secondly,
when YETI had altogether refused any compliance
whatever with that very moderate requisition—
the accompanying with an apology the ulterior
restoration to the Arrow of her dozen sailors, un-
lawfully seized and still more unlawfully detained
after Consul PARKES'S explicit and energetic re-
monstrance. So much for the charge of " harsh-
ness" as to the demands thrust upon the accep-
tance of the Chinese Commissioner.

, Now, as to the unnecessary " haste " imputed to
the British authorities in the enforcement of those
demands vi et armis, after all compliance with
them had been peremptorilyrefused by the Chinese
Governtnent ! Was there such haste ? Why, it
is not for a moment gainsaid—it cannot for one
instant be denied—that fifteen days had elapsed
from the time of the outrage complained
of before a single shot was fired at
the delinquents ! The seizure of the twelve
sailors of the Arrow by the Chinese captain,
LEAN-KWO-TING, took place on the Bth of
October. Force of arms was resorted to by Ad-
miral SEYMOUR not until the 23d of October !
When—all pacific remonstrances proving ineffec-
tual—the Barrier Forts were taken. Subse-
quently, finding even this inoperative of the good
intended, on the 25th of October—and not till
then—our authorities out in those seas brought
the British right of entry into Canton under the
notice of the Chinese Governor. Everything
even then proving ineffectual, the Canton Forts
were taken by the British fleet under Admi-
ral SEYMOUR, and the marines from that
fleet were marched up to the residence of the re-
fractory Commissioner. Such briefly was the
actual situation at the close of .the last Advices
coming to us Overland.

Reviewing which event=, it does appear to us
something worse than idle to charge our authori-
ties out at China either with harshnesss or with pre-
eipitation--and not'only tl do this, but to visit
their purely suppositious crimes upon the heads
collectively of the principal ministers of Her
Majesty's Government. For one thing, the die is
cast—jacta est alia --and it becomes our duty to
make good our position with regard to the Chinese.
The war•trail must be followed—vestigia nulla
rebrorsum.

As to Sir JOHN BOWRING'S share in these tran-
sactions, it is simply preposterous for Lord DERBY
to talk.of his Excellency, in regard to the question
of the British right of entry into Canton, as a
gentleman who appears to be little less than a
" monomaniac !" At any rate, if he be so, he
has, as SHARSPERE terms it, a " method in his
madness," or as HORACE, Insanire paret certo
rationc modoque. Here, however, we take it,
lies the gravamen of the whole Question—Here,
in the malter 'of our right of entry into Canton !
It is upon this point, we conceive, more impera-
tively requisite than upon all others, that we
should come, sooner or later, t ) some definite un-
derstanding with the Chinese.

* Vide The Sun. of Friday Evening, the 21 of January,
857.

The magnificent oratorical display with which The Chancellor of the Exchequer last night
tt:e E trl of DERBY fixed the attention of " the introduced a new bill respectierg Savings Banks.
most august aFsernbly in the world," during three Notsrithst tnding the vast importance of the sub-
mortsl hours, lint evening, entirely failed in at- ject there w.is but a scanty attendance of Hon.
t rching one particle of the very serious Iltme in- Gentlemen t) receive the Ministerial explana-
volve lin hi>s Lsrdship's "resolutions" up9n the tions. Sir G. C. LEWIS was by no means dis-
members of her MAJESTY'S Government. posed t) " wards his sweetness" on " a beggarly
It would he tedious to recapitulate here the account of empty benches." His statement was
long series of facts relating to the seizure of the therefore very brief. One valuable provision was,
lorcha in the first inst Ince, and to the bombardment however, alluded to, which renders the measure a
of Canton in the last instance, because those facts vast improvement on the existing law. It is
have been, for some considerable time past, farni- proposed that henceforth there shall be real bona
liarised to the public mind, with "damnable ite- fide Government responsibility, not merely for
ration," by means of repetition upon repetition, the sums invested with the Commissioners,
In S 9 much so, that to repeat this (more than) but for the entire amount deposited,
thrice-tild tale would be not only tedious, but provided always that certain " conditions
altogether unneesssary. Everybody, who happens precedent" are complied with by the ma-
to take the smallest interest whatever in the pro- !lagers. The nature and extent of these
grew of public events, knows perfectly well by "conditions" were not detailed. The efficacy of
this tine—all about it 1 The sudden capture by the measure will entirely depend thereon, and no
the Chinese officials of twelve out of the fourteen sound judgment can be formed until ample infor-
Seamen forming the crow of the little lorcha called mation has been obtained. It is, of course, right
the " Arrow," on the Bth of last October. The that Government should, before undertaking a
demand immediately addressed to the local Go- serious responsibility, obtain a proper control
vernor (Yrni) by the British Consul (PaßxEs) over the deposits, for which it will become for the the immediate restoration of these men to swerable. But the restrictions may be of such a
liberty, upon the plea taat they were unjusti- nature that trustees and managers would be un-
fiably made prisoners on board a vessel willing to be subjected thereto, and the valuable
only then very
recently chartered as a British elements of local management, and depend-
vessel at the port of lieng-Kong. The refusal of ence on the exertions and recommendations
all compliance with this sufficiently reasonable of local trustees, may be completely lost. If,
demand by the Chinese Coruraigsioner. Together however, the conditions shall prove to be of a
with all the serious and deplorable complications "reasonable and satisfactory character," as de-
t hat ensued as the inevitable consequences of scribed
Simple preliminaries. by the Right Honourable Baronet, if no
these very Every minute sufficient reason can be assigned for refusing the
particular in these transactions have for the last tendered boon, we shall hail with delight the just
few wetks been absolutely- notorious. They are iconceasion that gives valid security to the doposi-
printed in, extenso in the official correspondence tors,
i
and will prevent the possibility of such un-
Submitted to Parliament by the Administration. toward events as those which tended to shake the
They were reesunted yesterday all over again, ccj> > confidence of the working classes iu the stability
initio, by the noble E trl the leader of her MA-
these very beneficial institutions.
JESTY'S Opposition. Having observed which : let So far as we ar© enabled to form a judgment,
that has hitherto been submitted to legislati've
us here reiterate as explicitly and as emphatically the measure appears a vast improvement on any
as possible, that the more closely they are ex's-
consideration. We "trust, too, that it may bo
mined, the more carefully they are contrasted,
the more scrupulously and
these plain facts exonerate Ministers from the massacred at the close of the
punctiliously ilufy are brought to a satisfactory conclusion and not
scrutinised, the more entirely, to our thinking, do cumbered with "the innocents"
ruthless y
Session. We
blame endeavoured to be attached to them last cannot forget that in 1850 Sir CuaRLEs WOOD
night by Lord DERBY'S resolutions, introduced, with considerable flourish, a bill
Let it be remembered that we speak upon this providing for more efficient control. But prc-
matter as upon all others, not by any means crastination was the order of the day, and it was
as the partisans or apologists of the Government. finally abandoned without an attempt to obtain

I the sanction of Parliament. Nothing was done
the following year, although the Right. Hon.
Bart. still presided over the financial department.
It was not until 1853 that another measure was
brought forward under the auspices of the ABER-
DEEN Administration. It was thereby provided
that when the measure was approved by the
Commissioners for the reduction of the National
Debt, the depositors in such bank should have
the guarantee of Government for repayment of
all sums legally deposited, with interest; and when
the measure was not so approved the Trustees
and Managers should be held jointly and severally
responsible to the depositors. That salutary bill
was, however, also neglected, and ultimately
abandoned. So that although the necessity of
legislation was admitted in 1850 nothing has
since been effected to meet the exigency. We
trust that Sir G. C. LEWIS may not be following
the precedents thus established, and amusing the
parties interested with fallacious hopes, never
destined to be realised. A little pressure from
without would insure the success of the bill, and
we trust that if any apathy should be perceptible
that pressure may be applied while there is yet
time to do so, with beneficial results.
Sir. G. C. 'Awls admitted that the unlimited
control exercised by the Financial Minister, for
the time being, over the funds amounting to some
35,000,0001. or 36,000,000/. sterling, is a fit
subject for discussion in the House of Commons.
He did not, however, think that extraordinary
power either " unconstitutional or exorbitant."
He even ventilated an opinion, that the Govern-
ment, " being subject to the losses that arise from
the variation in the funds, was fairly entitled to
make the best use they could of the money by the
transfer of securities when it was more beneficial
to invest in Exchequer Bills rather than in Con-
sols, and vice versa." This would be very reason-
able if they were private individuttls, who defrayed
the losses from their own resources. But the
losses fall on the nation, not on the Government,
and no less than 4,000,0001. or 5,000,0001. has
already been sacrificed, for which Parliament
must sooner or later make provision. It certainly
does not appear at all satisfactory that there
should be an admitted deficiency to a large
amount. The nation should clearly under-
stand the full extent of its liabilities,
which should be represented by existing securities.
An unknown responsibility at present hangs over
us, and the sooner an accurate balance sheet is
prepared, and the accounts are properly audited,
the bettter for all parties concerned. It is not
creditable either to the Government or the People
that there should be a state of affairs similkr to
what might have been anticipated if a ROBSON or
REDPATII had the control and management of
the funds.

Nor is it by any means desirable that the Go-
vernment of the day should be encouraged or per-
mitted to enter into stockjobbing transactions on
a gigantic scale. Many a wild and impDlitic
scheme may be bolstered up by tampering with
capital to such an enormous amount. We find
that of the two millions of Exchequer Bonds,
which the Right Honourable Gentleman is so
solicitous to liquidate immediately, 1,765,000/.
is held by the Savings Bank Commissioners, and
the remaining 235,0001. lsy the Patriotic Fund.
A renewal could, therefore, be effected with the
greatest ease ; but, as that is not proposed, the
two millions. must be flung on the market in May
next—a matter which, of course, will guide
speculators in their proceedings.
It also seems in the highest degree "unionstiht,
tional" that so vast a sum as THIRTY-FITS
aciL-
Llolss sterling should remain at the dispinsal •f
Government to be converted into hard wish at any
moment without the assent of Parliament, or
even the slightest knowledge on the point. It
might give efficacy to a coup d'etat that would
otherwise fall to the ground for want of " the
sinews of war" to force it forward, and by which
the liberties of the people may be destroyed or
seriously endangered. This power should either
be abolished or placed within safe limits, If this
be done, we shall hail the new Savings Bank Bill
with great satisfaction, and return our cordial
thanks to the Government for the introduction of
so salutary a measure.

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