The Sun.
London, England, 1857-04-02 00:00:00

OUTHWARK ELECTION.
To the ELECTORS of the BOROUGH of

SOUTHWARK.

GENTLEMEY,—I hasten to return you my grateful and sin-
cere thanks for the di,tinguished honour which you have
conferred upon me by electing me one of your representa-
tives in the Commons House of Parliament.

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It shall be my earnest endeavour faithfully to discharge the
important trust thus generously confided to me by so inde-
pendent and influential a constituency, whose varied interests
shall at all times command my best attention.
The kind reception which I have met with from the whole
body of Electors demands the expression of my most grateful
feelings.—l have the honour to be, gentlemen, your obliged
and faithful servant,

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JOHN LOCKE.
22, Chester-street, Belgrave-square, March 31.

ROYAL LYCEtM TEtEATRE.
Lessee, Mr. C. Dillon.

,THIS EVENING (for the Thnefit of Mr. C. Dillon, and
last night of the season), RICHELIEU. Richelieu, Mr. C.
Dillon ; Mrs. Charles Dillon. Mr. Stuart, Mr. J. L. Toole.

To conclude with BELPIIEGOR. Mr. C. Dillon.

The box-office open daily, from 11 to 5, under the super-
intendence of Mr. Chatterton, jun.
Carriages conveying parties to the Private Boxes to set
down at the State entrance in Burlcigh-street.

11) OY AT, PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
..I—M THIS EVENING, will be performed
Shakespere's trigedy of
KING RICHARD THE SECOND.
King Richard 11., Mr. C. K.an ; Queen, Mrs. C. Kean.
Preceded by MUSIC HATH CHARMS.

lIIHEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven,
A LIFE'S TRIAL. Messrs. Buckstone, Compton, Howe,
W. Farren, Rogers ; Mesdames Reynolds, Poynter, Fitzwil.
ham, Ere.
After which, MY WIFE'S DAUGHTER,
To conclude with A COMICAL COUNTESS.

THEATRE ROYAL. AD ELPHI.
Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster.

THIS EVENING, will be performed PAUL PRY. Paul
Pry, Mr. Wright.
Followed by a new and orizinal domestic Sketch, entitled
WELCOME, LITTLE STRANGER. Mr. Wright, Mr. Pan'
Bedford, &c.

After which, A NIGHT AT NOTTING-HILL, in which
Mr. Wright and Paul Bedford will appear.

1310YAL SURREY THEATRE
IA) Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick.
THIS EVENING, the celebrated Play of MONEY. Eve
lyn, Mr. Creswick.
After which, ONLY A HALFPENNY. Stanley Jones,
Mr. Eucketone.
To conclude with THE WAITER AT CREMORNE.

ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE.
Lectsee, Mr. Alfred Wigan.
THIS EVENING, a new drama, called DADDY
HARDACRE. Mr. Robson, &e.
The new drama, by Torn Taylor, Esq., A SHEEP IN
WOLF'S CLOTHING.
To conclude with THIEVES I THIEVES ! ! Messrs. F.
.Robson, G. Vining, drc.
Commence at half-past Seven.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMP KITH EATRE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke.
THIS EVENING (the last week before Ea=ter`, Shaks-
pere's Play of KING HENRY THE FOURTH, with Mr.
Wm. Cooke's equestrian illustrations. Hotspur, Mr. James
Holloway; Prince Henry, Mr. W. Cooke, jun.; Falstaff,
Kr. J. W. Anson.
After which, the SCENES of HORSEMANSHIP in the
ARE NA.
To conclude with FORTUNE'S FROLIC.
Commence at seven o'clock. Dress Ilexes, 4s. ; Upper
Roxes, 35.; Private Boxes, from 11., no charge for booking ;
Pit, 25.: Galley Is.: U- -••Gall, - 6d.

, 40. , , ,pper Gallery, .
Box-ofrice open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager,
Mr. W. West, Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun.
A New Grand Military Spectacle will be produced on
EASTER MONDAY.

CANTERBURY HALL. Westminster-road.—
OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow-
ing company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of
felections from all the popular Operas, Madrigals, Choruses,
Glees, Duets, dre., viz.: Miss E. Pearce, Mrs. J. Caulfield,
Miss Brunell, Miss Summers, and Madame Marietta ; Mr. J.
Caulfield, Herr F. long-hmans, 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
Corri; 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, dtc., until twelve o'clock.

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WATER. AT LONDON BRMGE.
Tim DAY—Morn. 13 min. aft. 7—Evening 51 mid. aft. 7
rn-llaßnow—Morn. 38 min. :it. B—Evening 29 rdia.aft. 9

THE WEATHER—SuN OFFICE, APRIL 2.
TIII:RMOMETER, IN TIM SNARE.
58 —highest since noon yesterday
4g —lowest this morning and during the night.
57 —this day at noon.

RA ROVZTWR, 29'17.
WIND.—S.W. Light, with dull, cloudy weather.
Mnro rain in the night.
AFTERNOON.—Fine, sunshiny weather. Barometer
rising--up t 0•29.30.

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LONDON, THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1857.

Scarcely a hundred Members now' remain to
be returnel to the New Parliament. At the very
least five hundred have been already elected by
their constituencies. Supposing, however, that,
without regarding the fragmentary additions
dropping in continually to interfere with our
calculations, supposing we direct our att3ntion
for a moment to the positive Returns now lying
before us actually catalogued. What do these
Returns show ? Why, if they show anything at
all, they certainly show this distinctly--that out
of 481 Members, there are 59 Liberal Conserva-
tives, 148 Conservatives, and 274 Liberals or
Reformers. To put it differently—clubbing Con-
servatives and Liberal Conservatives together
(though we might for that matter go a trifle
nearer the mark by "splitting the difference
giving half of the Liberal Conservatives to the
supporters of Liberalism and half to the sup.
porters of Conservatism) there are :•--

Government Members
Opposition Members 207
Yielding a clear majority of sixty-seven already
in favour of the Ministerialists ! Descending,
however, from generalities to particulars—it is
interesting to note the b'alluce of loss and gain to
the Administration. The Losses out of 481
being no more than thirteen, while the Gains
are only two short of SIXTY ! Now—as to
the losses—they are losses of one at Bury, of two
at Cambridge, of one at Carlisle, at Cirencester,
at Gloucester, at Knaresborough, at Leeds, at
Maidstone, at Northampton, at Stoke, at Tewkes-
bury, and at Windsor. While the gains are gains
of TWO at Manchester, at Norwich, at Penryr,
'and at Sandwich, and of ONE at each of the fol-
lowing places :—Southwark, Andover, Bedford,
Boston, Bridgewater, Bridport, Brighton, Buck-
ingham, Bury St. Edmund's, Cardigan, Dart-
mouth, Derby, Devizes, Devonport, Dover, Dud-
ley, Grantham, Great Grimsby, Harwich, Hert-
fordshire, Honitou, Huddersfield, Leominster,
Maldon, Newark, Newport, West Norfolk, North
Nottinghamshire, Oldham, Oxford, Plymouth,
Preston, Reigate, Retford, Ripon, Rochdale,
Rochester, Shrewsbury, Tavistock, Truro, Ware-
ham, Weymouth, Wigan, Yarmouth, Aber-
deen, Clackmannan, Falkirk, Wick, Ath-
lone, and Coleraine. Altogether, as we
have said, out of 481 members, 13 losses
and 58 gains to the Ministerialists. This,
observe, is without making any note of returns in
any way at all doubtful—returns, for example,
like those of Sir ARTHUR. ELTON for Bath, and Mr.
BOTTIELD for Ludlow. Although, in point of
fact, we don't think there can be much doubt, as
to the fact of those two newly elected members
being to all intents and purposes Palrnerstonians.
Another circumstance beyond what we have
already mentioned in our analysis of very
nearly 500 returns may not be unworthy of
some passing observation. Without one soli-
tary exception all the boroughs of Scotland
have returned Liberal members to the new
Parliament. For the which—Glory say we to
old Caledonia ! Another thing, again, worthy
of note may be briefly alluded to— y namei—,
the
fact that our Ministerial gains in England are not •
by any means through the cities and boroughs ex- ]
elusively. We can count uplosses to the Opposition 1I

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