The Sun.
London, England, 1861-03-01 00:00:00

Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith.

A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.-
ri and Manager, Mr. WM. BATTT.
Immense success of " Turpin's Ride to York."
sth appearance of Mons. Hillier, the Greatest 'Equestrian
of the day, who has just arrived from Lisbon.
THIS EVENING. will be reproduced TURPIN'S RIDE
TO YORK AtiD THE DEATH OF BLACK BESS in
which the Brothers, Edwin will appear with their celebra,ted
Steed Black Bess.
To be succeeded by Scenes in the Arena, supported by
talented Parisian and British Artistes.
Concluding, with Batty's Prize Equestian Comic Panto-
mime, for Good Little Boys and Girls, by T. L. Greenwood,
entitled HARLEQUIN AND THE WONDERFUL
HORSE ,• or, Percinet and Grociosa, the Ugly Duchess and
the Greedy King, produced with Gorgeous Scenery, by Mr.
Cuthbert, new Costumes and Appointments, and introducing
in the comic scenes Batty's Prize Equestrian Harlequinade,
and the celebrated Old Bob Ridley
Box-ofiloe open daily from 11 ti 11.4
Stage Manager—Mr. W. WEST.
Director of the Arena—Mr. Pearson.
Commence at 7.

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 works of
this grPat 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. H. Herbert, Signor Tivoli, H. Drummond, and
C. W. Bernard. Director, Mr. F. Jonrhmsns.
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.

CANTERBURY HALL CONCERTS.
In consequence of Its Great Success,
THE ENCHANTED HASH
EVERY EVENING,
The whole of the CharactersndFßELL
by Messrs. E. MARSHALL
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HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
Tau DAY.—Morning, 4h. 42m.—Afternoon, sh. sm.
To-moßitow.-Morning, sh. 27m.—Afternoon, 513.43 m.

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39—lowest this morning and during the night.
51—this day at noon.
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THE SUN.

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LONDON, FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 1881

The greatest of the PLANTAGENETS was mastered
by a priest, and had to do penance, and to bear the
lash on his naked shoulders before his shrine. Our
great ally, therefore, must not be too restive
beneath the lash of words, though sometimes it
must be confessed as hard to bear as that of the
cat-o'. nine-tails. Very unpleasant indeed must it
be to the master of the half million pretorians and
legionaries to be in one sentence both ridiculed and
cursed before the joke-enjoying Parisians, and the
superstitious provincials. And, which of these will
annoy the EMPEROR most, it is hard to say. To hear
the hearty laugh of all the places of entertainment
in Paris at the new title bestowed on his MAJESTY
—to hear that PONTIUS PILATE is likely, for some
time to come, to be understood as meaning a gen-
tleman who a few years ago was Louis NAPOLEON,
but who now is known as his Majesty the EMPEROR,
must tax even Imperial patience to the uttermost.
We question whether the rustic belief in the impiety
of all denounced as impious by a bishop is worse
to put up with than the laugh of the cafés.
And the worst of it is, that the bishop has the
best of it. Louis NAPOLEON is at Rome by right
of conquest, the same right which made
PONTIUS PILATE supreme in Judea. But
Louis NAPOLEON is there with professedly very
pious intentions, the very culmination of his
piety being, his tender care for the Holy Father.
Then, to the Bishop of POITIERS and to all staunch
Catholics, and, of course, to Louis the Pious, the
POPE is CHRIST'S vicar, his representative on earth
—to deliver him up is about the nearest thing
possible to the crime of PILATE. LOUIS the Pious,
no doubt, kept his army in Rome for Imperial pur-
poses only, but that has not been his profession.
He went, there, and has kept there as the POPE'S
patron—a patron of the Vicar of CHRIST—yet he
has so managed that he is obliged to give
up his patronage at last. Europe is get-
ting tired of it—England especially reminds
him that non-intervention is the acknow-
ledged and agreed on policy between them. Italy
says we can take care of our POPE and our capital
without you. The Pious Louis must be deeply
grieved with all this, but what can he do ? The
world will not allow him to domineer at Rome for
ever. He has done what he could to make POPE
and Cardinals a little reasonable ; he certainly
desired roost sincerely to keep Italy divided, and
therefore to have the POPE as one of his Princes,
but he has got into a false position. Events are
against him, as the chief priests and their mob
were against PILATE, and he is at his wit's
end to know how he shall quit Rome with credit,
and without incurring the maledictions of his
Bishops.

We must give entire the picture drawn of the
EMPEROR by him of PoITIERs :

"PILATE, finding that he gained nothing, that, on the
contrary, the exactions of those around him increas-
ingwere
and becoming imperious, and understanding tha
though he had yielded to every demand of the multitude he
was on the point of being led on to the last act of weakness,
ordered water to be brought him. He washed his hands, and
said, 'I am innocent of the blood of this just man,' and having
scourged JESUS, he delivered Him over to the Jews to be
crucified. But has posterity ratified the sort of absolution
which P ILA T u gave to hiaoelf? And the washing ofb.ishands,