The Sun.
London, England, 1857-04-11 00:00:00

IRE SUN, LONDON, S/ATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 11, 1857.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATR E. ling upon him at laA, upon any subject, for two
SEASON 1857.
The THEATRE will OPEN on TUESDAY, April 11, when
will be presented Don:zetti's Opera of
LA FAVORITA.
Leonora
Baldassare
Fernando Signor GIUGLINI.
To be followed (first time these 10 years) by the favourite
Ballet of LA ESMERALDA.
Founded on Victor Hugo's "Notre Dame de Paris."
La Esmeralda, Madlle. POCCIIINI.
Claude Frollo Signor RONZANI.
AND
Pierre Gringoire M. MASSOT.

evenings together. A very different man—

," this

H 000," as he was scornfully termed upon a me-
morable occasion, by one of the NAPIEItS (the
greatest of them), Sir JAMES WEIR, has been
abruptly turned to the right about by the electors
of Honiton. Then, again, a very notable Fox
—WILLIAM JOHNSON, to wit—has been no
less suddenly dismissed from Oldham, receiv •
ing a punishment as condign as any that Mr.
PA.NCKS (even if armed with a pair of scissors),
could have inflicted in a moment of supreme
wrath upon Mr. CASBY, the long-haired Pa-
triarch ! The Right Hon. EDWARD CARDWELL,
again, down at the City of Oxford has been in.
continently left in the lurch by his quondam
supporters—disgusted at the recent " trimming"
of one of the most promising of PEEL'S Boys !
Rochdale has rid itself for once and for all of a
namesake of his—Mr. MIALL, the very "type"
of Nonconformity 1 And Lanarkshire, strangely
enough upon the very day Lord DOUGLAS dies,
throws overboard—a veritable political JONAH—
ALEXANDKR, BAILLIE COCHRANE, heretofore the
favourite, as well as the representative, of that
Conservative Constituency ! These are among the
list of the Rejected Notabilities—a catalogue
brought to a climax by the bowling down of the
Two Tellers, as coolly as a couple of ninepins, by
the sure aim and the stern resolve of the electors
of Manchester and Huddersfield. Perhaps there
never was at any General Election before such a
clear sweep of conspicuous delinquents.

All the Boxes and Stalls having been disposed of for the
Subscription or Opening Night, the same Opera and Ballet
will be Repeated on THURSDAY, April 16 (it being an extra
night not included in the subscription).
A limited number of boxes in the Half Circle Tier have
been specially 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.

THEATRE-ROYAL, DRURY-LANE,
Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith.
On EASTER MONDAY will be performed OTHELLO.
Mr. Charles Dillon and the Lyceum Company.
After which, CONRAD AND MEDORA and SEE SAW,
MARGERY DAW. Mrs. C. Dillon, Miss Woolgar, dic.
Commence at 7.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
On EASTER MONDAY, will be performed
Shakespere's tragedy of
KING RICHARD THE SECOND.
King Richard 11., 3fr. C. IC, an; Queen, Mrs. C. Kean.
Preceded by A GAME OF ROMPS.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone.
NEW ARRANGEMENT OF PRICES OF A DMISSION.
On EASTER MONDAY, and during the week, the new
rama of A LIFE'S TRIAL. Messrs: Bnckstone' Comp-
ton, Howe, W. Farren, Rogers ; Mesdames Reynolds, Poyn-
ter. Fitzwilliam, dre.
After which, for the first time, a Classical Love Story. un-
der the Apple-lation of ATAL ANTA ; or, The Three Golden
Apples: in which Miss M. Oliver will appear; also Miss M.
Wilton, her first appearance here, and Miss Ellen Ternan, her
first appearance in London.
Concluding with GRIMSHAW, BAGSHAW, AND
BR ADS HAW. Mr. Buckstone.
In future the prices will be:—
Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the
evening), 6s. each. (No charge for booking.)
First Price. s. d. Second price. s. d.
Dress Boxes
Upper Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0
Pit ... ........... 2 0 Pit 1 0
Lower Gallery 1 0 Lower Gallery 0 6
Upper Gallery 0 6 No half-price to Upper Gallery.

It is universally felt, not only in this country,
but in all parts of the Continent, that Austria
committed a great blunder in the abortive demon-
stration against Sardinia. An Ambassador should
not be withdrawn on trivial or insufficient grounds.
Generally speaking, it may be regarded as a &I:-
berate and wanton insult, analogous to the cut
direct in private life. The suspension of diplo-
matic intercourse is the first step towards hosti-
lities. It is true that exceptional cases may arise.
There may be special causes which, with ample
explanations, might justify or extenuate the
measure. But there is nothing of the kind in the
present instance. The Cabinet of Vienna chose
to sulk on three points, viz.—the protection
afforded to political refugees in Piedmont ; the for-
tifications of Alessandtia ; and the reception of
subscriptions from other Italian States for that
purpose ; but chiefly on account of the freedom
of the press—a matter which is regarded by
Austria with a peculiarly evil eye. The
admirable answer of Count CAYOUR, to which we
have already directed public attention in The San,
completely removed this ground from under the
Austrian feet. But although it cannot be so
prominently put forward, it still rankles in their
hearts, and may be regarded as the real lupis
offensionis—the veritable grievance which they
would endeavour to remove by any means that
did not involve Austria in hostilities with any of
the Great Powers of Europe.
Were the matter to be decided between Austria
and Sardinia alone, it is probable that other steps
would rapidly follow that already initiated. But
VICTOR EMMANUEL, by his chivalrous conduct
during the late war, has earned for himself a
name and a position which would not permit
France and England to stand tamely by while
their faithful and efficient ally was unwarrantably
assailed. Austria knows this well ! and although
she may, to gratify her petty spite and vindictive
feeling, venture on a paltry affront, she could not
so far "screw her courage to the sticking point"
as to unsheathe the sword, and proclaim war
against the recognised " champion of Italian
freedom I"
But there are ,reasons why Austria fancies
she can indulge in a little fluster and
" bunkum," as our transatlantic brethren
term it. She knows that Louis NarskEoN par-
ticipates in her feelings of abhorrence against the
liberty of the press, and that he will not be likely
to object to a course which naturally follows in the
track of Count WALEWSKI, who, as President of
the Conferences at Paris, thought it consistent
with his dignity to fulminate threats against the
journalists of Belgium, or of the official scribe in
the Moniteur who assailed the English Press. He
fancied she had even more certain guarantees in
England ! The influence of " Uncle LEOPOLD"
was strongly relied on, and the prevalence of
" Germanism" at the Court of St. James's. But
those who calculate too highly on such elements
may possibly reckon without their host ! It is
true that King LEOPOLD, who is closely connected
bymarriage with FRANCIS-JOSEPIt, is also the uncle
not only of the QUEEN, but also of the Prince-
Consort, and that he is regarded as the
very Ulysses of the House of Ciburg, the chief
adviser of the policy pursued at Gotha. But
Lard PALMERSTON is not merely the Minister of
the Crown ; he is also the Minister of the People
of Great Britain. The spirit so recently exhi-
bited on the several hustings throughout the
length and breadth of the land must guide and
direct him on his course. It was not merely for
the person, but for the policy of which he was
supposed to be the representative, and any back-
sliding on that point would inevitably be attended
with very untoward results. Whatever may be
the views of Austria, or even of France, England
has no alternative. She must support VICTOR
EMMANUEL, so long as he is deserving of assist-
ance, and there is no grave mistake on his part,
or on that of his efficient and patriotic Minister,
Count CAVOUR.
England, however, is brought into the scrape.
chiefly through the unfortunate system of Roya]
Marriages. She "has no cousins"—but unfor•

THEATRE ROYAL, AD EL PHI
1 Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster.

On EASTER MONDAY, will be performed the new and
original domestic sketch, entitled WELCOME, LITTLE
STRANGER. Mr. Wricht, Mr. Paul Bedford, &c.

Followed by THE ELVES, in which Madame Celeste will
make her first appearance
After which, A NIGHT AT NOTTING-HILL, in which
Mr. Wright and Paul Bedford will appear.

TRAIN T HEAT RE. —Mrmaqer, M;. T.
Pavn,). —On Easter Monday will be performed
RUTH OAKLEY.

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

ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE.
Lessee. Mr. Alfred Wigan.
On EASTER MONDAY, a new drama, called DADD Y
HARDACRE. Mr. Robson, &c.
The new drama, by Tom Taylor, Esq., A SHEEP IN
WOLF'S CLOTHING.
To conclude with THIEVES ! THIEVES ! ! Messrs. F.
Robson, G. Vining, &c.
Commence at hair-past Seven.

CANTERBURY HALL. Westminster-road.—
OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow-
in g• company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of
',elections from all the popular Operas, Madrigals, Choruses,
Glees, Duets, &c., viz.: Miss E. Pearce, Mrs. J. Caulfield,
Miss Brunel!, Miss Summers, and Madame Marietta; Mr. J.
Caulfield, Herr F. Jonghmans, R. Grover, T. Farrant, S.
Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, P. Corri, Senor Antonio M.
de Solla, and E. L. Hime ; Masters Austin, Bennett, and
Corti; Messrs. Sam Collins, E. Hackney, and C. J. Wilkins.
Pianoforte. Mr. Cecil Hicks; harmonium, J. Caulfield, jun.;
director, Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence at Seven o'clock pre-
cisely. Suppers, &c., until twelve o'clock.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRTDGE.

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tunately those who are brought into the country,
and who exercise an unconstitutional influence,
have. The present difficulty would not have oc-

curred but for our unfortunate matrimonial

provide for a daughter in a match exclusively of
his own making. He is in the annual enjoyment of
some Forty Thousand Pounds sterling of British
money, and, considering his other perquisites, he
=not have much less than half-a-million already
accumulated. If, then, he desires to dispose of his
iciest child in opposition to the wishes of the
English people, he should himself provide
the dowry. Tbis is a question that will probably
come before the new Parliament ere many
months have elapsed, and we earnestly hope
that every member will justify the confidence
reposed in his fidelity ; and that if it be

could do it. But to "cook" an extended suffrage
with the Ballot would be very much like drawing
water with the sieve of the Danaides. Let, then,
the friends of the Ballot bestir themselves. Let
them ask to be as free as their cousins and bro-
thers in Australia. It will be hard to resist such
a demand, though of course resisted it will be
with all the pertinacity of men fighting for the
great stronghold of aristocratic despotism. The
outposts, however, have been carried in Victoria ;
the greater victory is now only a question of stra-
tegy and time.

impossible to prevent a Prussian marriage, he
will, at all events, to the best of his ability, pre-
vent a Prussian dowry, which would be regarded
as a testimonial of the approval by the British
people of the ill-omened alliance.

We have now before us a copy of the VICTORIA
ELECTORAL LAW, being a return made from the
Colonial-office to the House of Commons. It con-
tains many provisions well worthy of attention
here, but it is the clauses relating to the Ballot
which we would commend to the impartial con-
sideration of Mr. DISRAELI, Lord J. RUSSELL, and
others, who pretend that neither France nor Ame-
rica are examples for us. It is rather wearisome,
to be sure, to be obliged to hunt up illustrations
of the successful working of the Ballot, and as we
bring them forward, to have them one after another
pooh-poohed, as if there was nothing in them.
It makes one believe that the fault lies not in the
examples, but in the thing. The executioner, to
whom the Irishman under the cat-o'-nine-tails
cried out, " hit lower," " hit higher," " not so
high," and so forth, exclaimed at last, as the story
goes, " why, I cannot please you, hit where I will
and we rather tkink the Ballot will not please
Whig and Conservative statesmen, let our example
be where it will. Great States or small ones,
Republican, Constitutional, or Despotic, if it be
but the Ballot they wince under, it is just the same.
France or America, Belgium or Sardinia, it is all
the same ; it does not work to their satisfaction.
That we quite believe. Still we cannot let
these gentlemen rest. Those who are on the
right and the winning side can afford to be good
tempered ; so, although it is a kind of surplusage,
we now give them another example. One which
her Graoious MAJESTY approves, and which they
as loyal subjects will approve therefore also. We
point them to the Victoria Electoral Law, and
invite their special attention to clauses XXXV.,
XXXVI., XXXVII., and XXXVIII. Also to
schedule F (the form of the Ballot paper), and
certain other subsidiary clauses. These clauses
establish the Ballot in Victoria. Indeed at the
very opening of the Act, it is declared that the
words " poll" and " vote" shall apply to and
include taking the voices or votes of electors by
Ballot.

THE GENERAL ELECTION.-GAINS
AND LOSSES.

The plan is very simple. The returning officer
is to provide a room, supplied with pens and ink
and a ballot box, into which no one but the officer
or his deputy, the scrutineera of each candidate,
and the voter may enter. Any other person en-
tering is liable to prosecution for a misdemeanour.
Each scrutineer has to make and subscribe a de-
claration, that "he will neither attempt to ascer-
tain for whom any elector shall vote, nor, by any
word or action, directly or indirectly, aid in dis-
covery of the same." The officer has ready a
number of printed forms of the balloting paper,
signed by the returning officer, and containing the
names of all the candidates. The elector, on
answering the questions requiste to identify him
with his name on the register, has one of these
handed to him. The officer, however, first torites
on the paper the number opposite the voter's name
in the register. The voter takes the paper, and
erases the names of all the candidates but those
for whom he intends to vote, folds it so as to con.
teal the erasures, and passes it through the slit
in the ballet box.
It will be observed that it is not rendered abso-
lutely impossible to discover for whom the elector
voted ; but it is quite impossible for this to be
discoverel unless a scrutiny should be demanded.
All the parties present are solemnly, indeed, under
the penalties of perjury, bound to secrecy. Even
did they break their oaths, and attempt to dis-
cover for whom any one bad voted, it must be a
very difficult, almost an impossible, thing to re-
member the number opposite a voter's name in
the register, to bear it in mind till the papers were
counted over, and by it then to identify the vot)
with the person. Every precaution, moreover, is
taken. The deputy in each district has to seal up
immediately all the papers, and forward them to
the returning officer; in like manner, aftsr count-
ing up the votes before the scrutineers, the re-
turning officer has again to seal them up forth-
with, and transmit them to the Clerk of Council
or Assembly, by whom they are to be kept for two
years; then, we presume, to be destroyed by him.
Such is the system of voting which is now law
in Victoria. We have already heard how satis-
factory was its working at the last election. Nor
is this merely a partisan account, for having tried
it at the general election, they like it so well that
it has been adopted at the municipal election also ;
and even at Sydney the new corporation is to be
elected in like manner. We might have preferred
to make it impossible to identify the vote of the
electors even for legal purposes ; but we have
known honest friends of the 13%110t, persons who
would vote for it, and who yet thought its greates

Of the 654 members who will form the new
House of Commons, 630 have been already re-
turned, leaving 12 Irish counties to select the re-
maining 24 representatives. The English and
Welsh boroughs, including the Universities, return
335 members, and have exercised their privileges
by selecting 223 Liberals and 112 Conservatives.
The English and Welsh counties have returned 56
Liberals and 103 Conservatives, there being a
double return for Huntingdonshire, while Scotland
has contributed 39 Liberal members to the new
House of Commons, and only 14 Conservatives.
In Ireland parties have been morn evenly balanced
—39 Liberals having been elected, and 42 Conser-
vatives. The relative gains and losses by each
party stand as under :

Liberal Conservative
gains. gains.
English and Welsh boroughs . 37
... 19
English and Welsh counties* ... 23 ... 1
Scotland ... ... ••• ... 5 ~.. 0
Ireland, at present ... ... 4 ... 7

Total ... ... 69 ... 27
Leaving a net gain of 42 seats, equal to 84 votes, in
favour of the Liberal party. The new Parliament
will comprise 171 gentlemen who had no seats in
the last House of Commons. Of the displaced
members 105 voted or paired upon Mr. Cobden's
motion, which produced the dissolution. Of that
number 62 voted in the majority and 43 with the
Government.

* Huntingdonshire double return.

HOLY THURSDAY IN PARIS.

drawback was that in no case, however villanous,

could the culprit be brought to justice, or the
personated votes be deducted. It way be worth

PARIS, FRIDAY.—The ceremonies of Holy Thurs-
day were yesterday celebrated in the churches of
Paris with more pomp than usual. The attendance
was great everywhere from morning tilt late at night,
and in some places the tide of human beings leaving
one church to perform their devotions in others
hardly ceased for a moment. At the Madeleine,
St. Roche, Notre Dame, St. Sulpice, Abbaye-aux-
Bois, and Notre Dame des Victoires the attend-
ance was particularly numerous. Most of them
were fitted up magnificently. Representations
of the events connected with the Passion of the
Saviour took place in several of them, but that of
Calvary, at St. Roche, particularly attracted atten-
tion, and was the object of general veneration.
Amid the sharp rocky eminences arose the cross,
half covered with black cloth. A number of lamps,
partly concealed among the crags, shed a " dim re-
ligious light" over the chapel in which the tomb was
erected, while the cross itself, on which the brilliancy
was skilfully thrown, came out in bold relief. At
the Madeleine the tomb was erected in one of the
side chapels, but the effect, however in harmony
with the rather ostentatious ornaments of the inte-
rior of that church, was not so striking nor so
solemn as at St. Roche or St. Sulpice. The coffin
was covered with velvet embroidered in gold, and
above the whole rose a canopy of crimson velvet
surmounted with white plumes. At St. Eustache
the tomb was placed in the embrasure of the prin-
cipal entrance beneath the organ. At the doors of
all the churches ladies belonging to various charit-
able societies were stationed for the purpose of
making collections, and it was evident that the ap-
peals on behalf of the poor were not made in vain.
This clay the same crowds throng the churches, and
in all of them there is preaching.

LATEST NEWS.

was engaged with
th the Government in negotiations
for the continuation of the Santarem Railway.
When the Lisbon correspondent closed his letter
the House of Deputies was engaged in a very ani-
mated debate respecting the legality of the forma-
tion of Prost's Credit Mobilier Company, which
had given rise to some disturbance In the house ou
the previous day.