The Sun.
London, England, 1857-05-08 00:00:00

rHE SUN, LONDON, PRIDAIY EVENING, MAY 8, 1857.

those who might be inclined to interrupt the course of
business in the present session. Having a clear and dis-
tinct stat etnent from the noble lord that it is his inten-
tion to dt al with the question of ParliaiLentary reform,
I t-hall not interfere with his efforts by throwing any ob-
statle in his way. Such being the interpretation which I
have placed upon the words of the noble lord, I thought
it only right to state to this house, in plain and simple
language, my view of the pledge which I believe he has
given us to-night. (Hear,)
The address was then agreed to.
Tho house then adjourned.

HET, MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
Second Night of LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR.
PICCOLOM INI, GI UGLINI, BELLETTI, VIOLET
POCCHINI.
TO-MORROW EVENING (SATURDAY), May 9.
LUCIA DI LAMNIER MOOR.
Lucia, Piccolomini (ter second appearance in that part).
Edgardo, SiR. Giuglini.
Ballet—LA ESMERALDA.
La Esmeralda, Mdlle. Pocchini.
rOF particulars see bills.
A limited number of boxes in the Half Circle Tier have
peen 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.
Madame ALBONI will make her first appearance on Tues-
day next, as Rosina, in IL BARBIERE DI SEVIGLIA.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
..Last appearance of Madlle. Pocchini.
PICCOLOMINI, GIUGLINI, BELLETTI, VIOLEPTI.
On THURSDAY EVENING, May 14, an Exbra Night.
LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR.
Lucia, Piccolmini ; Edgardo, Sig. Giuglini.
After which,
LA ESMERALDA.
La Esmeralda, Madlle. Pocchini (her last appearance.)
For particulars, see bills.
A limited number of Boxes in the Half-circle Tier have been
e7ecially reserved for the public, and may be had on applica-
tion at the Box-office, at the Theatre Colonnade, Haymarket.
Price One Guinea and One Guinea and a Half each.

rj) OY A.L PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
IA TO-MORROW EVENING will be performed
Shakespere's tragedy of
KING RICHARD THE SECOND.
King Richard 11., Mr. C. Kean ; Queen, Mrs. C. Kean.
Preceded by A GAME OF ROMPS.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone.
NEW ARRANGEMENT OF PRICES OF ADMISSION.
TO-MORROW EVENING (May 9) to commence at Seven,
with THE EVIL GENIUS. Torn E.ipstone, Mr. Buckstone.
After which, the successfu' Classical Love Story, un-
der the Apple-lation of A TALINTA ; or, The Three Golden
Apples : in which Miss M. Oliver will appear; also Miss M.
Wilton, and Miss Ellen Ternan.
Followed by the drama of A WICKED WIFE.
Concluding with A KISS IN THE DARK.
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
Lower Gallery 1 0 Lower Gallery 0 6
Upper Gallery 0 t; No half-price to Upper Gallery.

THEATRE ROYAL, A DELPHI.
Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster.
TO-MORROW EVENING, will be performed PAUL PRY.
Followed by a new Farce, called FEARFUL TRAGEDY
IN THE SEVEN DIALS.
To conclude with the new and original domestic sketch,
entitled WELCOME, LITTLE STRANGER. Mr. Wright,
Mr. Paul Bedfcrd,

410 OYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE.
MA) Lessee, Mr. Alfred Wigan.
TO-MORROW EVENING will he performed a new drama,
called DADD V" HARDACRE. Mr. Robson, &c.
To conclude with YOUNG AND HANDSOME, Messrs',
Robson, G. Murray, die.
Commence at half-past Seven.

A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
lA_ Lessee and Manager, Mr..W. Cooke.

Unprecedented success of the New Grand Military Spec-
tacle, in which Mr. W Cooke's highly trained Horses appear
iu novel and exciting situations.
To-MOHnow EVENING, the Entertainments will
commence with the New Military Spectacle, in three
Acts, entitled THE FRENCH IN ALGIERS; or, The Battle
of Constantine.

To be followed by Recherche SCENES IN THE ARENA,
giving an EQUESTRIAN FETE; introducing the great ar-
tistes of the establishment, including Miss Kate Cooke.
Signor Corelli and Family, and a variety of other entertain-
ments.

ComnaeLeo at seven o'clock. Dress Boxes, 4s. ; Upper
fixes, 3s. ; Private Boxes, from 11., no charge for booking ;
Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, is. ; Upper Gallery,
Ilax-ofilee open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager,
Ur. W. West. Equestrian Director, gr. W. Cooke, jun.

CA. ERBU RY 11A.LL, Westminster-road.—
OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow-
ne company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of
'elections from all the popnla7 Operas, Madrigals, Choruses,
Glees, Duets, dm., viz.: Miss E. Pearce, Mrs. J. Caulfield,
Miss Brunell, Miss Summers, and Madame Marietta ; Mr. J.
Caulfield, Herr P. Jonghrnans, R. Grover, T. Farrant, S.
Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, P. Corri. Senor Antonio M.
de Solla, and E. L. Hime ; Masters Bennett and Corri ;
Messrs. Sam Cowell, Sain Collins, and E. Mackney.
L'ianororte, Mr. Cecil Hicks; harmonium, J. Caulfield, jun.;
Erector, Mr. J. Caulfield. Commence at Seven o'clock pre-
cisely. Suppers, exc., until twelve o'clock.

EIIGEI WATER. AT LONDON BRIDGE.

3tis ll.a.`=•Morn. 32 min. aft. I—Evening 49 rout. aft. 1
rn-Mo3Bow—Morn. 3 rain. aft. 2 —Evening 21 min. aft. 2

THE WEATHER—SUN OFBIOF., MAY 8.
THERMOMETER, IN THZ SHADE.
56 —highest singe noon yesterday.
4.2 -lowest this morning and during the night.
55 —this day at noon.

BAROMETER, 30'03—falling.
WIND, North-Easterly ; light, with fine weather.

,Ll 2
; 7

next session ! To tarry in point of fact—
that is about the English of it !—until Ministers

have made up their minds how far they are wil-
ling to go in the Advance Movement. Fortu-
nately, the proceedings of last evening alone show,
clearly enough that the HougP, to this end, will
have (and that very speedily) plenty of oppor-
tunities. Mr. ROEBUCK, just to begin with, hay-
[afterwards ing given a flourishing notice

withdrawn, according to the old pre-
posterous fashion rendered familiar by
himself and Mr. Layard during the last

Parliament] that upon that day fortnight, he
proposed moving the following exceedingly pithy

resolution—" That in the opinion of this house
the representation of the people is not in a satis-
factory condition, and therefore that the attention
of the Parlianient ought on the first practical
opportunity to be directed to the subject, for the
purpose of rendering this house a correct re-
presentation of the feelings and interests
of the people." Mr. LOCKE KING
giving notice shortly afterwards, that upon "an
early day" he will propose a bill for provid-
for the Ten Pound Franchise ! And—best of all,
because that introduces without any further delay,
the very touchstone, test, and criterion in regard
to the whole complex problem of Reform, as be-

tween the Country and the Cabinet—Mr. BERKE-
LEY gave the House and the Government due
notice yesterday, that upon another " early day"
he would introduce a Bill on the subject—of—
The BALLOT ! Good. We are, therefore,
at last, really, after all, at the beginning
of the end of a great deal of this miserable mys-
tery, as to what actually are or are not the inten-
tions, in respect to Reform, lying somewhere or
other perdu in the recesses of the conscience of
her MAJESTY'S Government.
Distinctly, let us venture to hint to Lord
PALIZERSTON at ones that he is mistaken—,
egregiously mistaken, in spite of his unques-
tionable sagacity and his very prolonged expe-
rience. He is entirely mistaken in supposing for
one single instant that those sincere and
earnest Reformers, who merely want him to STEAK
OUT plainly, and to the point, without any of the
old wearying, heart-rending "Official Circumlocu-
tion"—want him necessarily, at the same time, to
jeopardise all their Hopes by precipitately intro-
ducing a hastily patched-up Reform Bill during
the present session, and hurrying it, with all its
errors and shortcomings thick upon it, through
the various stages required to be passed
through by an enactment in both Houses
of the Legislature. They dont ! Bluntly
and point blank they DO NOT require
anything at all of the kind. They merely—we
rerat our own words—They merely want him,
Lord PALMERSTON, to SPEAK OUT plainly, and to
the purpose—in regard to such vital questions as
the Extension of the Franchise, and the redistribu-
tion of the Electoral Districts ! Above all, and
beyond all, in regard to—

until after the appointment had taken place, and
the Major-General had departed towards his
des;.io The answers, however, are
perfectly plain. There was nothing to call for
such explanations until the appointment was duly
notified. There was no desire to damage the re-
putation of Major-General ASHBURNUAM in his
private capacity. It was not until the public
interests were compromised, and the national
honour imperilled, by _the selection of a
man, who, if not positively disqualified, had
certainly given no sufficient proofs of his qualifi-
cations, that these matters came to light.
Then they were required for the benefit of
the common weal, and then M. L. did not shrink
from the disagreeable task ! The mode in which
the transaction was referred to in Lord (then Sir
EL) GOUGH'S despatch, viz., " It was directed
that this—the taking of the Maichan—should be
done during the night of the 9th, but the execu-
tion of this part of the plan was deferred, owing to
misconceptions and casual circumstances, until
near daybreak," should have occasioned such in-
quiries as would have prevented the appointment,
and thus rendered the protest of M. L. unneces-
sary.

Lord PAN:Iona uttered a variety of pompous
platitudes as to the necessity, of a subordinate
strictly obeying the commands of his superior
officers, and told a good story of one of WELLING-
TON'S officers who disregarded his instructions.
This was all very well in its way, but unfortu-
nately it was totally beside the question under
discussion. It was riding off nn a collateral issue.
The complaint against Major-General ASHBURNHAM
was not that he had obeyed hisinstructions strictly,
but that he had altogether disregarded them, that
he had deferred until four o'clock in the morning-
of the 10th, what was directed to be done during
the night of the 9th. This offence might be ex-
tenuated by a "misconception," but certainly a
man should be very certain as to the nature of his
instructions before he disregarded the advice and
suggestions of those placed around him, and who
clearly perceived the imperative necessity of im-
mediate action.

Such criticisms wafted on the wings of the
press throughout the length and breadth
land have already rendered important services to
the nation. They were, of course, bitterly com-
plained of by the red-tapists of the day, but they
were nevertheless acted on ! Should great disas-
ters unfortunately occur in China under the com-
mand of Major-General ASIIBURNITAM, the nation
will suffer. The tax-payers must defray the cost ;
and, as in the Crimea, many families may have to
deplore the loss of a dear friend or relative. Then
the complaint would be, why did we not hear these
matters earlier, while there was yet time to remedy
the mistake ? Lord PANXIIIRE cannot, however,
put forward such an emicuse. He has had timely
notice, and if he ignores it after such ample
warning, he must himself bear the responsibility.
For the command in China the very best man
should have been selected, and certainly there is
no possible reason for supposing that the Hon.
Thos. ASHEURNHAM is that man. He may, and no
doubt will, take care of all the " Dow.as" that may
be recommended to his notice, no matter whether
the hint be conveyed through electric telegraph
or otherwise. His aristocratic relatives may be
grateful for "the good thing" into which he has
fallen, but the country requires something more,
and we trust that some notice may be taken in the
House of Commons of the transaction, rather dif-
ferent from that accorded to it in the hereditary
branch of the Legislature.

His Royal Highness Prince Albert loft Osborne
this morning, for Windsor Castle, to attend the funeral
of her ;ate Royal Highness the Duc;less of Gloucester,
at St. George'. Chapel, Windsor.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent went to
Kew yesterday, and visited their Royal Highnesses the
Duchess of Cambridge and the Hereditary Grand
Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
Lord and Lady Scarsdale and the Hon. Mrs. Curzon
and Miss Curzon have arrived at the St. George's Hot*
Sir Joseph and Lady Bailey have arrived in Belgravia-
square, ftom Glanusk Park, Brecknockshire, for the
season.

Sir Roger Palmer and Miss Palmer have arrived al
Portland House, for the season.

The Right Hon. B. Disraeli and Mrs. Disraeli have
arrived at Grosvenor-gate, from Hughenden-manor,

Bucks.

Colonel White, M.P., and family have arrived in
Belgrave-square, from Ireland.
The Assediblee Nationale thus speculates on the motive
of Sir R. Peel's withdrawal from the Palmerston Cabi•
net :--" Sir R. Pell (sic) has resigned his position of
Lord of the Admiralty. Has this resignation been a
voluntary act ? Is it not cennected, at least in an in-
direct manner, with the eventuality of a visit of the
Grand Duke Constantine to Queen Victoria ?"
Mn. GLA.DSTONE.—A mistake of Mr. Gladstone's
during the ceremony of swearing in, excited great
amusement in the house. The right bon. gentleman
advanced, pen in hand, to sign his name as having been
sworn in. ahen the clerk of the house called out, " Stop !
stop ! That's the place where Roman Catholics sign."
But for the friendly warning of the official, the name of
the memiter for Ox!ord University would have been
appended to the declaration provided for the Roman
Catholics.—Record.
VAUXHALL-BRIDGE COMPANY.—The usual half-yearly
meeting of this company was held yesterday, at the
London Tavern ; Mr. Pendergast in the chair. The
Secretary read a report, from which it appeared that a
sum of 2501. 15s. 2d. had been taken fur the last six
months over tree corresponding period of last year. The
total receipts for six months in the year 1856 was
4,7021. ls. 11d., and in 1857 4,9071. 17s. ld. The re-
served fund was 2,9341.93. S i., and the unpaid dividend
1801 14e. A dividend of 123. per share was recom-
mended, payable on the Ist June text, The directors
bad pleasure in informing the shareholders that, from
soundings which had been taken, it was found that the
bridge was in a perfectly secure state. Messrs. Rol,erts,
Williams, and the Rev. Thomas Hill, who to out by
rotation, were rceelected, and a vote .of thanks having
been passed to the chairman, the meeting separated.
HANOVER-SQUARE ROOMS.—MadamePuzzi gave a
matinee musicale yesterday morning, which was crowded
by the elite of the beau monde now in town. A charm-
ing selection of music (vocal and instrumental) was
performed, introducing many novelties. Madlle. Fanny
Puzzi made a most successful debut; she gave the aria,
"Bel raggio," from "Samiramide," with much taste,
the facility of her execution being very remarkable ;
and joined flerr Reichardt and Signor Ciabatta in two
duets, by Billetta and Vera, which were greatly ad.
mired. The gems of the concert were Blumenthal's
caprice, "La Caressante," performed on the pianoforte
by the talented composer with all that expression and
execution for which he is so justly celebrated ; and a
romance, "Les Etoiles," also his composition, sung
with the most exquisite taste and true artistic feeling
by Herr Reichardt, which was the theme of universal
admiration, and is a worthy pendant to the author's
popular romance, " Lc Chemin du Paradis."
SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY.—The Belgian Royal Mail
Company's steamship Constitution, Captain Pougin, for
New York to Antwerp, arrived off Cowes this morning,
and after dispatching her English passengers proceeded
on to Antwerp. She briers, in all, 54 passengers and a
heavy cargo. The Constitution left New York on the
18th ult., and experienced during the passage strong
easterly and north-easterly winds, at times blowing a
gale. On the 24th ult., let, 40.10, long. 56 20, passed
the British ship Georgiana of Liverpool, bound east.
Onthe 26th, in lat. 44, long. 49, passed the Bremen
barque Orion, bound to Hamburg, and a steamer
bouird west. On the 2d inst., in let. 49.17, long.
19.12, signalled the Hamburg ship Europa, bound
west, the English barque Robert Eglinton, and the
American ships Pomona and Hamlet, all bound
eastward. On the 6th inst., spoke the Bremen
barque Anna, bound east, and off Portland the
United States mail steamship Arago for New Yolk.
THE STEAM TRADE AT LIVERPOOL.--LIVERPOOL,
May 7.—Toe steam trade of Liverpool has progressed
with such rapid strides that the accommodation is greatly
inadequate to the wants of the port ; and, in consequenao,
the principal owners of steam-vessels, the Messrs. Bibby
and Son, have intimated their intention of removing the
whole of their ships to Southampton, if something is not
speedily done to remedy the evil. The committee some
time ago applied to Parliament for powers to borrow
money to make considerable dock extension, but their
Bill was thrown out. At the Dock Committee to-day a
letter was read from Messrs. Bibby complaining of the
charges at the Stanley Dock, and that the detention of
their Mediterranean steamers was so great that it would
be impossible for them to retain them at Liverpool un-
less more extended facilities were afforded. Messrs.
Bibby offered themselves to provide the money for the
necessary works, The communication was referred to
the sub-committee. The chairman said if the committee
could secure Parliamentary powers very large accommo-
dation would shortly be afforded,