The Sun.
London, England, 1859-04-08 00:00:00

Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith.

Doors open at a quarter-past six—Commence at seven. Box
Office open from 10 to 5 -no charge for booking. No fees to
servants permitted. A registry kept of all articles found.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough
This Evening, will be presented MATRIMONIAL PRO-
!WECTIISES.
To be followed by VANDYKE BROWN. Mr. J. Clark,
and Miss M. Ternan.
After which, the new Extravaganza, KENILWORTH ; or
Ye Queene, ye Earle, and ye Maydenne
Commence at 7 o'clock.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE,
Westminster-road.
Lessee and Manager ........ Mr. William Cooke.
THIS EVENING the performances will commence with
DICK TURPIN'S RIDE TO YORK ; or, The Death of
Black Bess. Dick Turpin, Mr. James Holloway.
After which, the matchless and uurivalled SCENES IN
THE CIRCLE, introducing the great Star Riders and Miss
Emily Cooke, Madame Blanche, Madame Bridges, Madlle.
Fleurette, and Madame Francisco, being the greatest amount
of female equestrian talent ever seen in one night in any
theatre. Grotesques—Messrs. Hemming and Thorne.
To conclude with a Screaming Farce, in which MiiTY.
Jackson will make her sth appearance at this theatre.
On Saturday, first time, a new grand Drama, entitled THE
MUSKETEERS.
The splendid romance of IVANHOE ; or, The Knights
Templars, is ill active preparation, and will be revived with
extraordinary magnificence.
Dress Circle, 4s. ; Boxes, is. ; Pit, 2s, ; Gallery, la.; Upper
Gallery, fid.
Private Boxes, £4 4s, £2 2s, and £1 Is.
Commence at Seven Carriages at 11.
Stage Manager, Mr. R. Phillips

CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.—
Proprietor —C. MORTON.
The üblic is most respectfully informed that the FINE
ARTSGALLERY, in connection with the above Hall, IS NOW
OPEN DAY AND NIGHT, from 11 o'clock a.m. until 12
o'clock p.m. The New Gallery contains an extensive Collec-
Jon of Pictures, by Ancient and Modern Masters and is also
devoted to Art productions generally. The Proprietor feels
he may confidently assert that, viewed altogether, the exist-
ing Music Hall, the New Fine Arts Gallery, and the recently
added Ante-Hall, will present an attraction which, whether
as regards the architectural beauty of the structures them-
selves, or the varied and hitherto unattempted combinations
within, will be found to be wholly without parallel in the
Kingdom.

The MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT commences as usual at
Seven o'clock.

In addition to the usual entertainment, the SAITVLET
FAMILY, of Amsterdam .Eight in number, whose varied
instrumental performances have created so marked a.sensa-
tion in the principal cities and towns of the Continent, will
r)erform every Evening at Nine and Eleven o'clock.

THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, APRIL 8.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
73—highest since noon yesterday.
56—lowest this morning and during the night.
62—this day at noon.

BAROMETER-29'82.
WIND, S.W. ; light, with dull weather, and slight rain.

THE SUN.

FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 1859.

The note of preparation is being sounded in every
quarter. Some honourable gentlemen have pru-
dently abstained from troubling their quondam
constituencies, and left the ground open for new
parties, whose opinions may be better calculated
to promote the cause of reform. Others are endea-
vouring to excuse their votes in favour of the
obnoxious resolution, pretending that they did not
for a moment suppose that carrying the resolution
would have led either to the resignation of Ministers
or a dissolution of Parliament. It was merely a
gentle hint, to induce them to be more liberal in
their offers, and to extend the measure so as to
meet the requirements of the age.
Lord PALMERSTON, who threw out this tempting
bait, still adheres to the view which he put forward
during the debate. He says that " Ministers might,
instead of putting the country to the expense and
inconvenience of a general election, have with-
drawn their objectionable bill, and have
proposed another framed in conformity with the
views of the large majority of the House of Com-
mons." Adding- -"There can be little doubt that
such a measure would have passed into law in the
present session, and there seems good reason to be-
lieve that it would have been satisfactory to the
country." Would Lord PALMERSTON himself have
consented to hold office on what the Times truly de-
clared to be " a base and servile tenure ?" It might
be very well to heap disgrace and dishonour on the
heads of those who occupy the position which he
would fain see filled by himself and his coadjutors,
to make them swallow their leek before the
community at large. Nay, more, it might
constitute a convenient precedent to which he him-
self could resort on some future emergency. He
would have taken the power of objection away
from the most powerful opponents of his policy.
But Lord PALMERSTON, and those who have
followed in his wake, have wholly ignored the
fact that they were fully and unequivocally warned
as to the results that must inevitably follow the
adoption of the resolution. Sir JOHN PAKINGTON
clearly announced the determination of the Go-
vernment not to submit to the chastisement, or to
crouch like a whipped spaniel beneath the lash.
After thespeeches of Lord STANLEY, Mr. WHITE-
SIDE, and Sir JOHN PAKINGTON, it was absurd to sup-
pose that the course suggested by Lord PALMER-
STON could under any possible circumstances be
followed. It is, therefore puerile to urge it as an
apology for a vote the effect whereof was to shelve
Reform for at least the present session, if not for a
series of years.

One remarkable feature in the present instance
is, that neither in speech nor in address have any of
the supporters of the resolution ventured to make a
bidding in opposition to that of the Government.
Tey criticise, but they do not emulate or enter into
fair competition. They attack " fancy franchises,"
but they will not say what they will do themselves
in the event of succeeding Lord DERBY'S Adminis-
tration. There is not a single promise, a single
suggestion, by which they can be fixed—for eight
years reform has been on their lips but not in their
hearts. Had they been really sincere they would
have at least brought forward some measure and
pressed for a decision ; but such a course was aban-
doned on sundry frivolous pretexts. It was post-
poned from time to time in order that it might
prove a stumbling-block, lapis offension is, in the
way of their successors. The discreditable ruse has
succeeded for the moment ; but we strongly suspect
that it will fall more heavily on the parties by
whom it was prepared—that they will tumble into
the pitfall which they had prepared for others.
What other Government can be formed with
any prospect of success ? As to the notion
of a strong Ministry, with an absolute majo-
rity in both Houses, it is simply ridicu-
lous. Where could it be found ? Lord DERBY
hag, as we pointed out on Saturday last, 273 fol-
lowers, certainly a third more than the former
Premiers could command between them, if in
every respect pulling together and really desirous
of uniting their forces under the same banner.
The election must inevitably add to the Ministerial
Strength, for those who have the power of bestow.

ing " loaves and fishes are generally faioured. It
is by no means improbable that-Ministers may have
300 supporters in the new Parliament, and with
such a body they could carry everything be- '
fore them. They will not, however, ne-
glect Reform. They see how deeply the
feeling of the country is engaged. They have
performed faithfully and honourably the task
which they had undertaken, and thus exhibited a
strong contrast to the conduct of their predecessors.
Nor will they now hold back. The wishes of the
community will be expressed on the various hus-
tings erected in every county, city, and borough
throughout the United Kingdom, and these wishes
must be duly and properly responded to. But for
the accession of Lord DERBY to office, there would
be no Reform Bill offered worthy of acceptance.
The Ballot is especially objected to by the rival
Lords, and that, in the opinion of the People, is the
alpha and omega of political amelioration, without
which everything else is "worthless and of none
effect." The Ballot, and nothing but the Ballot, is
the touchstone of all true Reform.

Very clever, Lord JOHN, "too clever by half," as
some Radical member said of Mr. DISRAELI'S Bill.
Your address to the worthy citizens of London is
quite worthy of a practised Whig politician. It
ought to get you some votes, it is so very clever.
There are, however, ten or a dozen days for the
good citizens to consider this clever address, and it
often turns out that, the more these very clever
things are looked into, the less they are liked. The
first part of the address—one-third or so—is a sum-
ming-up of the parliamentary debates against the
bill, and an adroit tit-bit of flattery is inserted
for the small boroughs,—" they are not neces-
sarily corrupt or servile." Surely they will re-
turn RIISSELLITES after the compliment, and after
the assurance that the "present Government" will

corrupt them if it can.
Then comes the personal defence; his resolutions
were "the manly and direct course." Whatever
the manliness of resolutions which committed the
mover to nothing, there can be no question that
they were supposed to be the " direct course " to
office ; grievously as Sir HUGH CAIRNS sinned
against Parliamentary conventionalities by blurt-
ing out the undoubted fact. On one point the pub-
lic will easily judge for themselves. Mr. DISRAELI
says the Opp Dsition was composed of such diverse,
almost hostile parties, that it is worth a dissolution
to get a working majority on the Conservative side
of the House. Lord JOHN says there was such a
general agreement amongst the independent men
that it would have been easy to pass a satisfactory
Bill! Of course he means with Lord JOHN RUS-
SELL as Prime Minister. We must confess that
Mr. BRIGHT and Mr. BERKELEY were much too
compliant for our notions of " independence." But
after all, did Lord JOHN RUSSELL expect that they
and Lord PALMERSTON would all bow to his Dic-
tatorship ? It is notorious that if the election does
not unite the discordant Liberals, they will be, as
they have been all last session, at the mercy of
well-led Conservatives.
But how wicked to dissolve! "Public arid
private business suspended and loss of many useful
measures are evils of no common magnitude."
There was Lord JOHN'S Bankruptcy Bill, or, was it
the dropping of the Church-rate Abolition Bill
which calls forth these regrets ? And then, there
was no policy to dissolve for—no one knows what
the Ministry mean to do in a new Parliament. So
much the better ; it is left to the country to issue
its instructions to Ministers. What, then, will Lord
JOHN do? He will " endeavour to procure the
immediate enactment of a sound, moderate, and
constitutional measure." Doubtless Lord DERBY
and Mr. DISRAELI would profess their unhesitating
belief in the same trinity.
But what of secret voting ? That, alas, is a tender
point. At the last election brother CHARLES helped
brother JOHN over the stile. This year he must get
over himself as he best can. His colleagues have
been sound on the point, and he is the black sheep
—how shall he prove himself white? Let us see.
Ist. " He will not recur to his votes on the subject."
That is wise. " Least said soonest mended." But
others may yet recur to those votes. 2dly. "He
is in favour of publicity, as most conducive
to freedom of thought and action." -Why,
yes, we may grant that. It leaves the class
who turned his Lordship out of South Devon very
free, not only to think for their tenants, but to act
too on their fears ; and it leaves many classes,
whom we need not again enumerate, very free to
act in the way of intimidation and bribery. Or,
take it another way—open voting leaves tenants-
at-will, and others, full freedom of thought, and
landlords full freedom of action. The tenant is free
to curse his landlord, if he likes, in thought ; the
landlord free to act through his tenant, whether his
tenant likes it or not. Most of us think, however, that
the freedom bestowed on the landlord under open
voting is rather what we term " making too free."
3rdly. He must not affront electors, if he can help it,
any more than petty boroughs—so he " honours
the aim and object of those who support the
Ballot :" they are the same as his own ; he
" wishes, like them, to check intimidation and
corruption,"—that is, when it turns Whig Lords
out of counties. We are much obliged to
Lord JOHN for all the " honour" he gives us, and
his love too if he feels it ; but the pledge to
" obey" also, if he wishes for political marriage
with a Liberal constituency. Begging, however,
his Lordship's pardon, we thank him little for
honouring our aims and objects, for he tells us he
honours his own in doing so—that is, that we
have the honour of like aims with himself. The
difference is that we are such fools that we know
not what we need ; and that he is so wise as to
know what is best for us better, than we ourselves
do. It may be so. But we who wear the shoe
think we best know where it pinches.

But, fourthly, what will he do ? Why, " that
is a question which must be decided by the
growth and maturity of public opinion," There,
electors, you are fairly challenged ! Lord
JOHN RUSSELL throws the decision of the
Ballot question on your opinion. Tell him

your opinion unmistakeably---on its growth and
maturity—show how it has grown since the last:elec-

tion. Hundreds of thousands all over the kingdom
look to constituencies like the city of London, com-

paratively free themselves, to liberate those in elec-
toral bondage. Liberal electors of London do fear-

lessly- your duty to the country ! Tell his lordship that
he die is cast. Tell him that the greatest Reform

of all now is, that of electoral indepertdence ; and
tell him that, use what sophistry and what fine

phrases he may, the plain fact is, that electoral
independence is inseparable from the Ballot. That

he must vote for it, or forfeit your votes.

For the postponement of more legislative im-
provements than those involved in the great
scheme of a comprehensive measure of Parlia-
mentary Reform, the country is immediately in-
debted to a petulant and factious Opposition. It
is especially and peculiarly indebted to the noble
lord under the glamour of whose wily resolution
the motley ranks of that Opposition were—for one
single division—brought together. Legal reforms,
sanitary reforms, educational reforms, ameliora-
tions and modifications of every description have

ban set aside collectively for another session—
solely that that noble lord 'night enjoy the oppor-
tunity of at least striving tot wrest power from his
political antagonists. It is earnestly to be hoped
that the citizens of London will bear in mind this
undoubted fact and wreak upon the noble lord a
fitting vengeance by way of retribution. Now is
the very time for the reappearance under happier
auspices of the young man from Northampton.
The Reformers of London ought to bear in recol-
lection the contrast presented at this moment by
those two Liberal candidates upon the most im-
portant of all questions in regard to the Reform
of Parliament. \lr. RAIKES CURRIE is for the
Ballot. Lord JOIIN RUSSELL is resolutely, distinctly
obstinately against it! Lord JOHN voted against it
upon the division taken upon the hon. member
for Bodmin's amendment upon his lordship's amend-
ment. Lord JOHN further endorsed that vote by
his personal and petulant announcement on Mon-
day evening, to the effect—" If the present minis-
try should introduce any Reform Bill containing
clauses introducing the Ballot, I shall feel it my
duty to vote against it." Nothing could be more
explicit, more definite, more precise than the avowal
again and again reiterated by the noble lord, that
he will not consent to the admission into any Re-
form Bill of the most essential of all reforms—the
Ballot. In this he is directly opposed to the ma-
jority of those clustered about him below the gang-
way. He is distinctly opposed in this to the hon.
member for Birmingham. He is at issue with the
right hon. member for Carlisle, with whom, never-
theless, he concocted that precious amendment in
the shape of a double-barrelled resolution—loaded,
as it now turns out, with cartridge as blank as the
faces of those ranged behind it, now that it has been
fired off ! Again, we would remind the Liberal elec-
tors of the city of London that the Noble Lord is
absolutely pledged now to oppose the Ballot—his
Lordship having not only gone into the lobby
against Mr. IV-vED's amendment upon the Resolu-
tions, but having, furthermore, since then, declared
his intention to vote against it hereafter, should it
eventually be introduced as a clause in any
future Reform Bill to be laid before Parliament.
The constituency that returns Sir JAMES DUKE, as
he deserves to be returned with unhesitating cor-
diality, should bear in mind, at the ensuing general
election, not only the course Lord JOHN has recently
pursued in regard to the Ballot—not only the course
he has plainly announced it to be his intention to
pursue, yet further, as its implacable antagonist—
but that same constituency should remember, in
distinct contrast to this, the manly vote, in favour
of the Ballot, given by the Noble Lord's colleague
(Sir JAMES DUKE), and the unflinching advocacy
of the Ballot by which the Noble Lord's former
antagonist (Mr. RAIKES CURRIE) distinguished
himself at the time when he competed with
him for the representation of the City,
upon the platform in Guildhall. The citi-

zens of London should consider that Lord
JOHN is but a sorry champion for Reform—
opposed thus flagrantly to the Ballot, and driving
all hope of any reform whatever again out of our
reach by means of this further most vexatious post-
ponement. Better than the Noble Lord, as a fourth
M.P. for the City of London, better as a colleague
for Sir JAMES DUKE, better a " young man" of
"fifty-eight," who is in favour of vote by Ballot,
who is in favour of Church Reform, who is in
favour of National Education—even Mr. RAIKES
CURRIE—the young man from Northampton.
" Palmam qui meruit ferat." Lord JOIIN should
have his deserts. And these are they. It were a
fitting retribution for his late factious manceuv.ring,
for his intolerable antagonism of the Ballot
for leis perverse postponement for another
session of any Reform Bill whatever—it were
fitting retribution, we say, if Mr. CURRIE" were
preferred by the City of London to the noble lord
the author of the late triumphant but futile reso-
lution. Certainly of that noble lord and of his
" noble friend" the member for Tiverton, it might
be said with bitterest irony,

" Their's was no common party race
Jostling by dark intrigue for place."

It was so un-common in. its way that it was
literally one which, as the Prime Minister observed
on Monday, in the House of Lords, " we only not
unprecedented, because the noble lord the member
for the City of London had himself furnished a
precedent for it !" The natural retribution for this
should be, that the noble lord should at this next
general election cease to be—member for the City
of London.

JUVENILE BALL AT BUCKINGHAM

PALACE.

Her Majesty the Queen gave a juvenile ball yesterday
(the birthday of his Royal Highness Prince Leopold) at
Buckingham Palace.
The juveniles honoured with invitations were between
six and 14 years old, and appeared in fancy dresses. The
parents accompanying the children were in evening dress.
The company began to arrive at half-past eight o'clock,
the ball commencing at nine. The invitations amounted
to 234.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent arrived at the
Palace, attended by Lady Susan Melville and Sir George
Couper. The Duchess of Cambridge, the Princess Mary,
and the Duke of Cambridge also arrived shortly before nine

o'clock.
The members of the Royal family, upon their arrival,
were conducted to the White Drawing Room, where the
Queen and Prince Oonsort received their illustrious guests.
Her Majesty was accompanied by Prince Arthur, Prince
Leopold, the Princesses Alice, Helena, and Louisa, and

also by their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess
Augustus of Saxe-Coburg, Prince Philippe, Prince Augus-
tus, the Princess Clotilde and Amelia of Saxe-Coburg, the

Duke and Duchess of Aumale, and the Prince of Conde.
The juvenile visitors and their relatives were conducted
to the Picture Gallery, through which her Majesty and the
Royal circle passed about nine o'clock to the Banqueting
Room, which was prepared for dancing, and.in which was
stationed her Majesty's private band.
Their Royal Highnesses the Princess Helena and the
Princess Louisa wore the costumes of peasants of the
Canton of Berne : dress of gros bleu silk, edged with a band
of scarlet velvet; the body trimmed with black velvet and
steel ornaments. Chemisette and sleeves in white cambric.
Black velvet round the throat, with steel ornaments. Black
lace mittens. Headdress: hair done in long plaits with red
ribbons. A straw hat trimmed with red roses.

Their Royal Hignesses Prince Arthur and Prince Leo-
pold wore'the costumes of the sons of Henry IV. of Eng-
land : white satin tunic, with a light blue velvet cape, in
points, trimmed on the right side with gold braid ; the left
with silver braid. The tunic trimmed to correspond.
Fleurs-de-lis on the side with silver. One shoe in blue
satin, trimmed with silver ; the other white, with gold.
White silk hose. Blue velvet bonnet, trimmed with silver,
and a gold fringe.
Prince Philippe of Saxe-Coburg wore the uniform of a
Saxon grenadier of the 18th century.
Prince Augustus of Saxe-Coburg, the uniform of an
Austrian grenadier of the 18th century.

Princess Clotilde of Saxe-Coburg wore the costume of a
Hungarian peasant.
Princess Amelia of Saxe-Coburg, the costume of a can-
tiniere, from the opera of " La Fille du Regiment."
The Prince of Conde wore the uniform of a sergeant in
the Conde Infantry, 1745.
Miss Van de Weyer, the costume of a vivandiere of the
date of Louis X.V.

Miss Maud Sidney Herbert, costume of a marquise of the
same date, composed of white moire gothique brocaded,
with bouquets of roses.

Dancing commenced immediately after the entrance of
the Queen and the illustrious party.

The Queen will hold a Privy Council on Tuesday
next, at Buckingham Palace. Her Majesty and the Prince
Consort will leave Buckingham Palace on the 18th inst.,
according to present arrangements, for 'Windsor Castle, to
pass the Easter holidays.

His Royal Highness the Prince Consort, attended
by Captain du Plat, went yesterday morning to the New
Palace, at Westminster.

Their Royal Highnesses the Princess Alice and
the Prince and Princess Augustus of Saxe-Coburg visited
her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent on Wednesday,
at Clarence House, St, James's.

PASSENGERS FROM 'INDIA' AND-AU-8:

TRALIA.

The following is a list of the passengers by the
Peninsularand Oriental ConipanY's steamship Per?,
Captain Jamieson, which lett 'Malta at four p.m. on
the Ist inst., with the. lieaV3 mails from Bombay
and Australia, and is expected atSouthampton on
. .
Saturday afternoon : -
From Sydney.—Capt. Symons; Hon. A. and Mrs.
Donaldson, three-children, and servant; Mr. and
Mrs. Ritch ; Dr. 'M'Donald, Capi, Wiseman, Mr.
G. - Thorne, Mrs. Thorne, -Miss -Thorne, Mr. G.
4,
Thorne, jun., three childrdn, and servant ; Mr. A.
Watt, Mr. J. Watt, Mr.. A. Davis, and R. Jones,
Mr. J. Davis, Mr. J. LewiS, Mr. Pride, and Mr. and
Mrs. Johnson ; Lieut. Napier,., Hon. Mr. and Mrs.
Urquhart, two children, Miss Urquhart, and ser-
vant ; Mr. and Mrs. Chisholm, two children, and
servant ; Mr., Mrs., and Miss Mack ; Mr. W. Edgar,
Mr. Guich, Mr. Webster, Misses Butterworth, Mr.,
Mrs., and Miss Moses, five children, and two ser-
vants • Mr. Cousins, Mr. Jamieson, Mr. I'. Seaton,
Mr. Bourguignon, Mr. Burnett, General and Mrs.
Bishop, •Mr.. and Miss Bishop, three children, and
servant ; Mr. Musgrove, and Capt. Birch.
From Bombay—Lieut. Malden, Mr. Guille, Mr.
M'Neil, Col. O'Brien, Capt. Paul, Mr. Ogilvie, Mr.
Coates, wife and infant ; Mr. Macaulay, Capt. Pur-
chase, and man servant ; Mr. Crawford (chief engi-
neer, company's service), Rev. R. Watson, Mrs.
Watson, two children, and servant ; Mr. and Mrs.
Reid, three children, and servant; Captain and Mrs
Mitford, Lieut. Gordon's two children and servant.
Lieut. F. Wright, Lieut. Harman, Lieut. Strong,
Mrs. Chitty and infant, Lieut. R. Boyce, Mrs.
Woolley and two children, Captain and Mrs. Vau-
Tenau, Mr. and Mrs. Ranking, Dr. Sandwith, Lieut.'
Clarke, Colonel and Mrs. Hawkins, two children,
and servant; Mrs. Winchester, child, and servant;
Lieut. Pope ; Mrs. Willis, three children, and ser-
vant ; Lieut. Hogg, Master A. Sped, Mr. Chase,
Lieut. Strong's native female servant, Mr. A. Duff,
Mr. and Mrs. Davies, and two children ; Mr. J.
M'Cleary, Lieut. M'Adam, Mr. Fleming (chief
engineer Company's service), Mr. Cursagee, Mr.
Smyth, Mr. Prodigees and servant, Mr. and Mrs.
Brooks, Mr. Stiles, Mrs. Nesbitt, four children, and
servant; Capt. Graham, Master Wainwright, an
Arab pilot, Rev. W. Somerville and servant, Capt.
Sir G. Brooke, coxswain, steward, cook, and domes-
tic ; Mr. Taylor, seven sick seamen, Mrs. Somer-
ville and infant ; Private M'Mahon, Mr. Shorman.

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