The Sun.
London, England, 1861-03-06 00:00:00

OY A L ENGLISH OPERA,
COVENT-GARDEN.
Under the Maaagement of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W.
Harrison, Sole Lessees.
THIS EVENING, LE DOMINO NOIR. Miss Louisa
Pyne, Miss Thirlwall, Miss Leffler ; Messrs. Henry Haigh,
H. ,orri, A. St. Albyn, and Horncastle.
To conclude with a new Divertissement.
Conductor—Mr. Alfred Mellon. Commence at 8.

T BEA TR r!.:-RO Y AL, HA YIVIARKET.
Lessee, Mr. J. B. Backstone.
THIS EVENING, the performancec will commence with
THE SUN AND THE WIND. The Leclercqs, &c.
After which, a new and original comedy, A DUKE IN
DIFFICULTIES. Mrs. Stirling, Miss Fanny Stirling, Mr.
Buckstone, &c.
To conclude with THE HAPPIEST' DAY OF MY LIFE.
Mr. Compton, Mrs. Wilkins, dm.
Commence at 7.'

ROYA.I, PRINCESS'S THEATRE.-
Lessee and Manazer, Mr. A. Harris.
THIS EVENING, the Farce of SUSAN SMITH.
To be followed by DON CIESAR DE BAZAN. Don
Caesar, Mr. Fechter. Supported by Messrs. Basil Potter,
F. Matthews, J. G. Shore, Miss M. Harris, Miss C. Leclercq
and Mrs. Weston.
To conclude with a comic ballet, THE JOLLY MILLER.
M. Espinosa, Mr. Garden, &o.

A DEL PHI, NEW THEATRE-ROYAL.
TA. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Beni. Webster,
THIS EVENING, AN UGLY CUSTOMER. Messrs. J.
L. Toole, C. Selby, and Warde ; Miss K. Kelly, and Miss E.
Thorne.
Alter which, THE COLLEEN BAWN. D. Boncicault, D.
Fisher, Billing,:don, Falconer, Stephenson, C. J. Smith, Romer.
Miss Agnes Robertson, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Billington, and
Mrs. Chatterley.
To conclude with a new Burlesque Extravaganza, entitled
BLUE BEARD FROM A NEW POINT OF HUE.
Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, C. J. Smith ; Miss Woolgar,
K. Kelly, Laidlaw, and E. Thorne.
Doors open at half past 6—Commence at 7.
Box-office open from 10 till 5.
No charge for booking.
Private boxes, £2 2s. ; Family Boxes, £l.
Orohestra Stalls, ss. ,• Baloony, 4s. ; Front Circle Stalls, Zs. s •
Pit Stalls, 25.; Pit, 19. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, Is ; Gallery, ed.
Acting Manager—Mr. Win. Smith.

CANTERBURY-HALL CONCERTS!!
_ Westminster-road.

Proprietor........ C. Morton.
A Grand Selection from Verdi's new Opera,
IL CORSARO,

(This opera has never been produced in this or any other
country, except at these Concerts), having met with that de-
cided success which charactise the most popular werks of
this gr?at Master, will be performed EVERY EVENING ;
together with a Selection from LA FIGLIA DEL REGGI-
MENTO, by Donizetti,
Principal Artistes—Miss Russell, Madame Maria, Miss
Tyrrell, Mr. 11. Herbert, Signor Tivoli, H. Drummond, and
C. W. Bernard. Director, Mr. F. Jonglimsns.
The Comic Department comprises Messrs. E. Marshall, A.
B. Hollingsworth, J. Blanchard, F. Bell, W. H. Welland, and
the Brothers Conrad.
John Martin's Three celebrated Pictures will remain on
view a short time longer in the Fine Arts Gallery of the
Establishment.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
THIS DAY.—Morning, 9h. 29m.—Afternoon, 10h. 20m.
To-moitßow.-31orning, 1111. 10m.—Afternoon, 11h. 48m.

THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, MARCH 6, 1561
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
49—highest since noon yesterday.
46 —lowest this morning and during the night.
43 —this day at:noon.

BAROMETER-29.87 ; falling again.
WlND—South-Westerly—fresh, with fine but uncertain
weather. It is still rather stormy.

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THE SUN.

LONDON, 'WEDNESDAY, "MARCH 6, 1881

Another defeat of the Strong Government !
It will be remembered that very shortly after
the commencement of the session Ministers were
placed in a minority of " four" upon a motion of
Mr. HUBBARD'S in reference to the Income Tax, a
motion introduced and carried notwithstanding the
collective antagonism of the Cabinet, and in very
despite even of the formidable eloquence opposed
to it by her MAJESTY'S Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer.

It remains now to be related (as the second dis-
comfiture endured in 1861 by the Coalition) that
last evening Ministers were placed in a minority
of " five" upon Sir JAMES ELPHINSTONE'S motion
for a select committee to consider the present
system of promotion and retirement in the royal
navy; to consider the present pay and posi-
tion of the several classes of naval offi-
cers ; and to report what changes therein were
desirable, with a view to the increased efficiency of
the naval service. In fact this motion intro-
duced last evening in the House of Commons by
the hon. and gallant member for Portsmouth has
in view the bursting up of the whole rotten system
so long the scandal of the nation, the system hence-
forth, let us hope doomed (by reason of the vote of
last evening), the notorious, extravagant, inefficient,
and, for th.s most part, irresponsible system of ad-
ministration hitherto in vogue at the Admiralty.
The motion, it will be perceived, was in no way
vague or merely generalised. It was specific
enough in its mode of indicating some of the more
grievous abuses complained of in the most popular,
and even, it may-be said, national of the two
great warlike services or professions. It
pointed directly to the necessity for a
clean sweep being made as soon as pos-
sible through the existing system of promotion
and of retirement, and together with this the

necessity also of revising at length at as early a
date as may be, the present scale of yay, and the
present gradation of rank and position discernible
among the several classes of naval officers serving
under the floating banners of Britannia. This
trenchant and two-edged motion, this motion
capable of cutting both ways, and of thus ripping
up the whole system of abuses so long maintained
almost intact at the Admiralty, was introduced,
recollect, by no unprofessional member, but on the
contrary, by one no less qualified to form a decided
opinion upon the matter, than the lion. and gal-
lant representative of Portsmouth, Sir JAMES
ELPIIINSTONE. It was seconded by Mr. BAILLIE
COCHRANE, and was supported among others by
Sir H. STRACEY, by Admiral WALCOTT, by
Sir MICHAEL SEYMOUR, by Lord JOHN MANNERS,
and by Sir JOHN PAKINGTON. It was opposed on
the other hand with considerable and very out-
spoken energy by Sir FRANCIS BARING, by Lord
CLAM:NCB PAGET, and even, be it observed also,
immediately prior to the division, by the noble
viscount at the head of the Administration. Includ-
ing the four tellers and the Speaker, there were in
the house at the time of the division which took
place at the close of this smart little discussion,
altogether 204 of the representatives. Yet
out of that number only 07 could be found
in s all to unite under the beck of the Ali-
teril Tellers in support of the motion—
a motion, recolle&-, like that of Mr. HUBBARD'S,
simply for a committee of inquiry; that motion of
last night being carried, as we have seen, by a clear
majority of " five," lO2 having backed the pro
position of Sir JAMES ELPIIINSTON E.
If Afinisters will run their heads against stone
walls, They must look only for the clearly
inevitable consequences. If they will op-
pose the at.tion of a If
of Inquiry
into the mode of assessment merely of Schedule
I), in the matter .of the Income Tax, they must not
be surprised to fi'ud themselves in a minority of
" four" in a by a, lo means thin house. Again, if
they will oppose, in like manner, the notion of a

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Committee of Inquiry in regard to the state ofthings

at that notorious plac are Admiralty, they must

not feel so annoyed wiwn"shey discover themselves,

THEATRE - ROYAL LYCEUM.
soio Lessee and Directress, Madame CELESTE.
THIS EVENING the Butletta of T lAT RASCAL,
JACK. _

Followed by the new drama, THE HOUSE ON THE
BRIDGE OF NOTRIC DAME. Principal charasters by
Mr. G. Vining, Mr. J. Johnstone, Mr. Villiers, Mr. Clifford,
Mr. John Rouse, Mr. Forrester, Mr. Morris ; Miss M.Ternan,
Miss K. Saville, Miss L. Thompson, and Madame Celeste.
Alter which, the Lyceum Christmas Combs Extravaganza,
CRYSTABELLE ; or, The Rose without a Thorn, showinz
rHE VISION OF A ROSE. ITS FADING AT EVE:
AND THE MAY-BLOO3I OF THE WILD BRIAR.