The Sun.
London, England, 1857-08-03 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONEON, MONDAY VEN NG AUGUST S; 1A57

HER MAJESTY'S THE A.TR-E.
FAREWELL PERFORMANCES AT
REDUCED PRICES.
LAST NIGHT BUT THREE.
THIS EVENING, MONDAY, Ang. 3,
LA FIGLIA DEL REGGIMENTO.
Marie, Piccolomini ; Marchese, Poma ; Sulpizio, Beletti ;
Tonio Belart.
Betwilen the Operas a Divertissement. Grand Pas de Deux
--Mdle. Boschetti and M. Baratti.
Ths Last Scene of
LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR.
Edgardo Giuglini.
To conclude with the fast Tableau of ACALISTA, by
MAN. Perea New-

for second readings, was, as we have already-
pointed out, intended to prove an insuperable ob-
stacle to its success. Lord J. RUSSELL has, there-
fore, acted judiciously in abstaining from a course
which could only have led to a new insult to the
Representative branch of the Legislature, and
materially damaged the cause which we are bound
to believe he is desirous of advancing.
Ws could, however, have wished that he had
adopted the more simple expedient of introducing
Baron ROTHSCHILD to the table, and, on his taking
the oaths " in the form most binding on his
conscience," moving a resolution analogous
to that of which of Mr. DILLWYN had given no•
tice. The matter would thus have been promptly
and, we believe, satisfactorily disposed of. The
House would have vindicated its own unquestion-
able rights and privileges, and could have fully
and completely protected its member, who had
acted in obedience to its resolution. Indeed,
notwithstanding the extra-judicial and uncalled

PRICES :
Pit Tier, Grand Tier, and One Pair 22 12 6
Two Pair 1 11 6
1 1 0
half Circle
pit Stalls 0 12 6
c,,,illery Boxes 0 12 6
Galiery Stalls 0 3 6
Gallery Side Stalls 0 3 0
pit 0 3 6
Gallery
No free list.—Applications to be made at the Box-office of
the Theatre. Doors open at 7, opera to commence at half-
past 7.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
Farewell Performances at Reduced Prices.
THIS EVENING, MONDAY, Aug. 3--LA FIGLI A.
DEL REGGIMENTO. Last Scene, LUCIA DI LAMMER-
MOOR.
TUESDAY—IL DON GIOVANNI.
W E DIcIESDA Y—FIG ARO.
THURSDAY, (Last Night)—LA TRAVIATA and the
Last Act of I PURITANI.
The NATIONAL ANTHEM will foil)", the Opera.
The entertainments in the Ballet will combine the talents
Madame Rosati, Madlles. Katrine, Boschetti, and Marie
Taglioni.

for declaration of Lord OAMPBLLL, we cannot
conceive that his learned brethren would join
him in an onslaught on one, and by no means the
least important, of the co-ordinate branches of
the Legislature. Nor do we think any informer
would desire to originate, or any attorney to act in
proceedings that would necessarily occasion a pro-
tracted imprisonment to all parties concerned.
We fear, too, that the committee, which con-
sists of 25 members, and " all gentlemeh of the
long robe" will not proceed very harmoniously or

Prices as above.

THEA TR E-R OYA L, DRURY-LANE.
Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith.
OPEN EVERY EVENING.
GREAT EQUESTRIAN AMERICAN and CONTINENTAL
COMPANY. _ _

rapidly to its conclusion. Much time will necessarily
be consumed before a report Gan be agreed on.
and we may easily fancy how great will be the
efforts to follow a Fabian policy, and to shelve
the question, if possible, to another session. We
believe that these efforts will prove ineffectual, birt
much valuable time will be wasted, and many heart-
burnings excited. As we have already stated, the
most simple and straightforward course is by far

Prices—Pit and Promenade, Is; Boxes, 2s. 6d., 25., and ls.
6d. ; Galleries, 6d. Doors open at half-past 7. Commence
at 8.

JACK THE GIANT KILLER, with novel effects.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
THIS EVENING will be performed

Shakespere's Play of
THE TEMPEST.
Preceded by LIVING TOO FAST.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET
Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone.
THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock, with
the new and greatly su,2cessful original Comedy, entitled
VICTIMS, in which Mr. Buekstouo, Mr. Howe, Mr. William
Farrell, Miss Reynolds, rte., will appear.
After which, Douglas Jerrold's drama of BLACK-EYED
SUSAN. William, Mr. T. P. Cooke.
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.

the best. The refinements and complications that
have taken place have only led to ten years' de-
lay, and very serious vexations and annoyances.
We trust that we may at length anticipate a ter-
mination of the dispute. Sooner or later it must
be decided by a resolution of the House, and that
resolution might just as well have been voted and
effectually acted on—first as last. It would have
been well to have avoided the ten years' strife
occasioned by the attempt to make a little political
capital out of a subject that should never have been
made the subject of a bill, or referred to any autho-
rity save that of tho House of Commons.

THEATRE ROYAL, AD EL PHI.
Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster.
THIS EVENING, will be performed the new drama of
GEORGE DARVILLE, in which Mr. BenjaminWehster, Mr.
Wright, Mr. Paul Redford, and Madame Celeste will perform.
After which, he late Mr. Douglas Jerrold's drama of THE
RENT DAY. Messrs. B. Wester, Wright, Paul Bedford,
and Madams Celeste.

The Bank Charter Committee have closed their
labours for the present session. On Tuesday
evening the Chancellor of the Exchequer an-
nounced that they had that day agreed to report
to the House the evidence which they had taken,
and that it was not their intention to sit again.
It did not appear very clearly whether the evidence
already taken would be communicated to the pub-
lic, the committee having agreed to no resolution
except to inform the House that the inquiry was
incomplete, and to recommend the reappointment
of the committee next session.
This is the result we had anticipated. It shows
the tactics of the bullionists in the strongest point
of view. If there had been ease in the Money
Market, and everything proceeded smoothly, the
inquiry would have been brought to a speedy
conclusion, and Sir G. C. LEWIS would have
brought in a bill in accordance with the
opinions which he enunciated in February
last, viz., renewing the existing law with-
out change or modification of any kind for
a further period of ten years. The pressure
however had been too stringent, the rate of in-
terest too enormous, the sufferings and losses of
the industrial community too severe, to render
such a course easy of adoption, or by any means
male for the Minister. It would have excited
strong feelings throughout the country, which
might have proved very unfavourable to the Go-
vernment in the next general election that may bo
confidently anticipated after the promised. Reform
will has received the legislative sanction.
It becomes then the policy of the moneyocracy
to shelve the question for the time being, and to
wait until there has been some glimpse of coming
prosperity. They know by long experience the
extraordinary apathy and indifference of the people
respecting this momentous question, that the mo-
ment the pressure is removed, former suffering is
forgotten, and they calmly permit legislation that
must occasion similar disasters in due regular
course. The bullionists are wise in their genera-
tion and perfectly contented to bide their time,
especially as during the interval they have it all
their owe way, the unjust and impolitic law re-
maining in operaton.
We fancy, however, that the return to cheap
money will not be quite so speedy as to remove
all excitement respecting the currency question
before next session. The drain of silver for
India and China still continues, and it is expected
that 900,0001. more will be despatched by the
next overland mail ; nor is this all, day aficr
day we hear of bar gold taken from the bank for
exportation. It is manifest that our neighbours
are still hoarding specie, and so long as they con-
sider it worth their while to pay a small premium,
say 6 per mine (equivalent to 125.) on 1001. ster-
ling, while we are compelled to sell at par, the
stream of bullion must be attracted to their shores
until it leaves our coffers comparatively empty.
In fact, for a considerable time past all other
nations—France, Austria, Russia, Prussia, and
the minor German States—have all baon helping
themselves at our expense, and we continue the
insane course, and are likely to do so, until
reduced to the greatest exigencies. We will not
hear of closing the stable door until the useful
steed has been removed beyond the possibility of

R OPAL OLYMPIC THEATRE,
Lessee, Mr. Alfred Wigan.

THIS EVENING, MONDAY, Aug. 3, will be performed
the new drama, called DADDY HARDACRE, Mr. Rob-
son, &e.
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To conclude with the original Extravaganza, by Rlbert
B. Brougb, Esq., called MASANIELLO. Messrs. Rob-
son, Cooke, Danvers, dre. ; Misses Swanborough, Thirlwall,
Hughes, Bromley, and Mrs. Melfont.
Commence at half-past Seven.

11) OVAL SURREY THEATRE.
Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswiek.

THIS EVENING will be performed the grand opera of
MASANIELLO. Mr. Haigh, Mr. Durand, Mr. Manvers,
Mr. A. Cooke. and `,liss Lanza.
After which, THE WATERMAN.
To conclude with THE QUAKER.

GREAT NATIONAL STANDARD
THEA.TRE.

Proprietor, Mr. John Douglas.
THIS EVENING will be performed the romance of
HERNE THE HUNTER.
Between the pieces Mr. J. G. Forde, the King of Comic
Vocalists, will open his P.reel of Fun.
To conclude with OLIVER TWIST.

ALSTLEY'S ROY ?.L AMPHITHEATRE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke.
Under the patronage of Her Majesty and His Royal Highnese
Prince Albert.

Positively the Last Six Nights of the Splendid Spectacle
of MAZEPPA, -which must be withdrawn for the production
of a Grand Equestrian and Oriental Spectac e, which will be
produced on Monday, August 10.
. .

7he gre Parisian Equestrienne, Madlle. Mililos, every
night.

THIS EVENING, MONDAY, Angnst 3, and every even-
ing daring the week; the entertainments will commence with
Byron's grand spectacle of MAZEPPA AND THE WILD
HORSE.

CANTE RUT RY HALL, Westminster-road.—
OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow.
inc convany of Vdcalists are engaged for the performance of
Selections from all the popular Operas, Madrigals, Choruses,
G ees, Duets, die:, viz.: Miss E. Pearce, Mrs. Palmyra, Miss
Walcott, ',lies Ilrunell, Miss Summers, and Madame Marietta;
Mr St. Albyn, Herr F. Jonghmans, R. Grover, T. Far
rant, S. /nie.;, J. atricer, W. ;!delling, P. Corgi, Senor An.
tonio M. .le Solla, and E. L. Hume; Master Corgi; Messrs.
Sam Collins, and E. Mackney. pianoforte, Mr Cecil
Hicks; harmonium, Master Williams ; Droctor, Herr F.
Jonghmurs Commence at Seven o'clock pre isely.
per fi 1.1 c., until twelve o'clock

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78 -highest rinse noon yesterday.
54 -lowest this morning and during the night.
75 -this day at noon.
BASOMitrilt. 30.18.
Virtir, Westerly, light, with fine weather.
Auausr 3.
80 -highest mime noon yesterday.
71 owest this morning and during the night.
81 this day at noon.

BAROMETER. 30.01.
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LONDON, MONDAY, AUGUST 3, 1857.

reclam alien.
We have already repeatedly explained the vast
Lord JOHN RUSSELL has given notice that he importance to the nation of having a circulating
will this evening move that a " select committee be medium adequate to its wants and exigencies. It
appointed to consider whether the act 5 and 6 has been truly termed "the life-blood of industry."
When it moves freely and equably in adequate but
Wileeem IV. cap. 62, is applicable to oaths
aPPeinted by law t) be taken by Members of that not excessive quantities, the body politic is sound
House at the table, previously to taking their and healthy, the various funotions are properly
melts, and in what manner it so applied, and to discharged, and cantent and prosperity are wit-
report thereupon to the House." As to the con- nessed on every side. But under the present
stitution of the
committee, he proposes " to name system there is always either an excess or a defi-
-25 members, and that all the gentlemen of the ciency. At one time there is a feverish excite-
long robe should be
members of the committee." ment—money is what is called " a drug in the
Lord PALMERSTON has consented
to yield this market," and wild speculations are entered on,
question the precedence which its importance so
that must inevitably lead to difficulties and ruin.
eminently merits, and to which, as a question of At another,
money cannot be obtained, even on
privilege, it is clearly entitled. The
committee the best securities, save at such exorbitant interest
will therefore probably be granted this evening, that the
and looking to the advanced period of the session
time will be lent before I Ernployment ceases, mills and factories are closed,
wo may assume that no or'
.vrorking half-time ; and all dependent on their
the commencement of its labour?. daily labour for their daily bread are compelled
It may now be assumed that " the Oaths Va- to submit
i to the most painful privations, and a
lidity Act Amendment Bill," has been definitively total absence of their ordinary comforts. In fact,
abandoned for the present session, and that it is it is always ~ either a feast or a famine." Sel-
dom, indeed, is it
intended to authorise Baron ROTHSCHILD to take the happy medium that gives a
his seat by means of a resolution founded on the sufficiency, without waste or excess,.
report of the committee. This is decidedly better i Now, it has been admitted, even by the bul-
than
proceeding with the bill, which could not by lionists themselveq, that so far as the internal
any possibility receive the legislative sanction I trade of the country is concerned, there need not
during the present sessim) and which would 'be a single ounce of gold kept in store. A deposit
scarcely have obtained a very courteous reception ,
of Government stock or other public securities.,
from their Lordships. Indeed, Lord REDESDALE'3 lor the fact that the notes were receivable in pay
esolution, fixing the 7th instant as the last da,- meet of taxation, would be all that oould be re.,

quired t) ensure their ready acceptance. That
which will satisfy the demands of the tax collec-
tor, whose visits are neither few nor far between,
which will pay duties at the Custom-house, or
Excise, or Stamp offices, will never be deemed
" a worthless rag," or scornfully refused by
butcher, baker, brewer, grocer, or farmer. But
we are told that all notes must be convertible
into gold on demand, in order to carry on the
foreign trade of the country. This is the gross
fallacy that is crammed down the throats of the
people. Of course gold is useful as a medium of
exchange and the settlement of our balances with
other nations, but for that purpose it may be ob-
tained as a commodity, the price whereof should
fluctuate according to the demand. That fluctua-
tion would not occasion as much disturbance in the
calculation of merchants as the present variations
in the rate of interest. The fact that gold was a
few shillings per cent, premium (and it would sel-
dom, if ever, be more) would be a matter of com-
paratively trivial consequence, and when such
was the case, it would bring back bullion
as certainly as the forcing down of prices, and
occasioning an incalculable amount of misery
and distress amongst the working classes. Be-
sides, even if it were deemed essential to maintain
the convertibility of the bank note, which we con-
tend is not the case, there is no reason why wo
should not economise our bullion, and diminish
the loss which it is undergoing from the wear and
tear of every-day use, by the issue of notes of
small and convenient denominations, which would
pass current from hand to band in place of sove-
reigns, as in Scotland and Ireland.
Mr. JAMES WILSON has so clearly pointed out
the advantage arising from such an issue of
20,000,0001. of 1/. notes, which would, be de-
clared, be equivalent to the discovery of an equal
amount of gold in the heart of England, that we
cannot conceive it possible for him to vote for the
renewal of the Bank Charter, pure and simple,
without doing something to promote the object
he had once so greatly at heart.
We cannot conclude without expressing an
earnest hope that the evidence already taken be-
fore the Committee may be published. It would
be as well that other members, as well as the com-
munity at large, should have the opportunity of
considering it calmly and attentively during the
recess. We fear that it will be attempted to
keep it back, but we trust that the House may
set its face against such an unfair and unwar-
rantable proceeding.

Miss MARTINEAU, if we remember rightly, once
wrote a " Useful Knowledge Society Book," en-
titled " How to Observe ;" whereupon a reviewer
of the lady's book somewhat brusquely observed
that her next treatise should be entitled "How
to Suck." The reviewer forgot, surely, that very
simple matters in the hands of the philosophical,
or the theological, or the official, may need to be
divested of formidable mystery and obscurity.
We certainly want a well written essay on " How
to Bury." With ABRAHAM, the performer of the
first interment on record, it seems to have been a
very simple transaction to " bury the dead out of
his sight," and the first recorded Christian burial
seems also to have been an equally simple though
melancholy affair. Not so, however, now. Con-
secration, fees especially, Acts of Parliament, sa-
nitary regulations, and Heaven knows what, have
combined to render this most simple matter a
very complex one. As if it were not enough to be
fleeced by all the undertaker's s taff and copartnery at
the hour when sorrow and respect for the departed
indispose you t 3 pecuniary squabbles,cone must be
bored also with every kind of Ecclesiastical and Mu-
nisipal contentions ; above all, the Bishop must
too often stand in the way of arranging a. quiet
resting place for the dust and ashes of our de-
parted ones. The church-yard is closed, the burial
ground is purchased, the laymen, whom it almost
solely concerns, have prepared a place of sepulture,
some of the living lose some of their number, they
want to make use of the ground, but the man of
the mitre, lawn sleeves, and apron, stops the way.
Two points are in everlasting dispute, Fees and
Consecration. There is now pending before the
Courts the notable Episcopal question, whether
a wall twelve inches high be a sufficient line of de-
marcation between the consecrated and unconse-
crated portion ! Here we are, ridiculing the
superstition of Hindoos who will not use our
greased cartridges, and yet bishops amongst us—
men educated at Ox ford or Cambridge,
men enjoying the daylight of the nine-
teenth century in England, are actually
quibbling with common sense laymen about the
boundaries of consecrated earth ! We of the
non-professional laity really cannot understand the
matter in dispute. We want to know whether
the consecration or profanity is likely to overflow
so low a barrier ; and whether in consequence the
blessingsof the former are in danger of being wasted
on heretics, or the profane quality of the schis-
matic earth likely to endanger the repose of their
neighbours in consecrated ground We are tempted
to ask, why not give consecration to the whole, Dis-
senter's part and all ? The latter could only,
according to their creed, regard it as innocuous,
and if it be of spiritual service to the living or
the dead, we, for our part, would most gladly ren-
der it ; it would cost the consecrator but a few
steps more when he was doing it. To us it would
' seem by far the shortest way to pass an act re-
quiring the Bishop to consecrate the whole, if no
one objected, to get rid thus of the boundary ques-
tion altogether, and to allow all to bury hew and
where they pleased.
Probably to ecclesiastical ears such a
proposal would seem simply ridiculous ; we
can assure the ecclesiastics, that these disputes
seem infinitely more so to. laymen ; and, that
perhaps not one layman in a thousand cares for
more than to bury his dead in a decent
cemetery, and with the funeral service
to which his denomination are accus•
towed. Churchmen would not eare to
hinder Dissenters from burying in conse-
crated ground, and Dissenters would be perfectly
indifferent to its consecration ; the laymen have
lived good neighbours, and do not wish to be
divided in their graves. The Ecclesiastical
folly we have referred to is not shared by all
Bishops. We lately went into a beautiful new
cemetery in a country town in the diocese of
Norwich—there was a division of consecrated and
unconsecrated, but so winding were the
walks, and there was no other separation, that
no mere v'sitor could ascertain the line of de-
marcation.

even when no service whatever is actua,ly

dered.

Sometimes, however, even a Bishop gets
misrepresented. The Bishop of St. DAVID'S,
greatly aggrieved in this way, has rushed into
print. Mr. MASSEY introduced a clause into the
Burial Bill now before the House, partly to
meet what his Lordship was represented as
doing. Mr. DILLWYN spoke a little openly on the
Bishops' obstructiveness, and Mr. GLADSTONE
even hinted that Bishops were not superior to law.
To do the Bishop justice, he seems to have been
willing to sanction terms such as the incumbent
would consent to, for providing him with carriage
to travel backward and forward two miles to his
new extramural cemetery. The Bishop thinks
fit, therefore, to satirize and vituperate in the
most wrathy style all parties concerned. But,
did it never occur to the Bishop that the whole
affair is redolent with ecclesiastical huck-
stering ? There is much talk now a days
of Apostolicity and the Primitive Church and
Fathers—can they really imagine such a thing as
PETER or PAUL bargaining with the civil authorities,
not only to retain all the Fees, in a new Church-
yard, which they used to receive in the old over-
filled one ; but also to get larger fees t ) enable
them to ride to the new cemetery without expense
to their pockets, or trouble to their coachmen ?
Are Bishops and incumbents become such sordid bar-
gainers, that they connot consecrate ground till
they have made sure of the utmost obtainable
fees ? Are Fees such a sine qua not in re'igious
services that no Bishop or Priest can perform
them, and leave the amount to the fairness of the
flocks they have so long instructed ? Supposing
consecration to be of such high spiritual and
religious value, we must hold that one of
the most undignified—we might say unchristian
—sights on earth is, that of a Bishop refusing a
valuable religious service, because he is afraid
either that its virtues may not be imprisoned by a
wall sufficiently high, or paid for by a sufficient
number of shillings and pence. The gift of a
bishop, at least, must, it seems, be purchased
with money, and enough money too I

Whether fees are a weightier matter than the
Great Boundary Question betweeen consecrated
and un-consecrated, we cannot tell, but that
they have been repeatedly the bone of contention
all our readers but too well know. Amidst the
indignation of the general public, incumbents
havemanaged t) get clauses securing their fees
in new burial groilinds when their old ones were
too full to hold more. The estate was used up,
but they would Hot be satisfied without
acquiring a permanent living out of the
dust, ashes, and corruption consigned to
A new estate. This is now acquiesced
in as a Nettled clerical claim t A claim

-s`c night in August, at if. 92c. the kilogrian ne, ox
beef (prime parts); cow and bull beef at If. 820. the
kilogramme ; veal at if. 92c. Trimmed chops are
not to be subject to this police tAritf.

BOURSE, Aug. I.—The following were the last
quotations :

Cash.

pied with a Militia Bill. The Governor returns to
England for a short time, and the Hon. W. Walker
will be Lieutenant Governor during the absence of
his Excellency. The ship Burmah has arrived with
277 coolie immigrants from Calcutta. Out of she
number shipped ft otn that port, 49 died on the voy-
age. The exports from Demerara during the fort-
night have he ,n :—Sugar, 668 hhds , 151 trcs., 225
bris., 438 bag ; foreign sugar, 10 hhds. ; rum, 520
puns., 77 hhds , 68 bas. ; foreign rum, 14 puns. ;
.timber, 15,000 cubic feet ; cocoa nuts, 1,600 ;
oranges, 7,000 ; rice, 15 bags ; salted hides, 57 ;
old metal, 27 tons ; coals, 50 hhds. Trade is dull
among the merchants. Freight scarce—sugar, to
London, Is. 6d. to ls. 9J., to Liverpool 2s ; rum,
3d. The weather has been very wet during the
last fortnight in Demerara, but the growing canes
are thriving vigorously. It is too early yet to spe-
culate on the chances of the crop, but present
appearances are favourable for the planter.
The question between the republic of Venezuela
and the Dutch Government has been settled ; the
former is to pay the latter 250,000 dollars as an
indemnity.
Large numbers of gold diggers are flocking to the
Upata gold mines and to the neighbouring towns.
The Royal Gazette of the 9th July says :
We have just been favoured by Mr. Abraham, gold-
smith, of this city, with the sight of some specimens e f
caratal geld from the mines at Upata. It is of very fine
quality, and is found imbedded in quartz. Tne gold is
said to ba found in very great abundance ; but at the
present time, during the continuance of the wet season,
the district is very unhealthy.

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