The Sun.
London, England, 1859-05-03 00:00:00

ItOYAL- PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean.
THIS EVENING will be presented Shakspeare's historical
play of KING HENRY V.
King Henry V., Mr. C. Kean; Chorus, Mrs. C. Kean.

THEATRE-ROYAL: HAYMARKET.
Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone.
THIS EVENING will be performed the new and original
Comedy, entitled THE' WORLD AND THE STAGE. The
characters by Messrs. Compton, Buckstone, Howe, W. Far-
ren, Rogers; Miss Amy Sedgwick, Sre-
After which, a new Classical Extravaganza, entitled
ELECTRA IN A NEW ELECTIi'IC LIGHT. Messrs.
Campton, Braid, Clark, Mrs. Wilkins, Misses Fanny Wright,
Eliza Weekes, and Louisa Loclercq.

And 'TWAS L
Commence at 7.

.NEW THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHI.
Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster.

THIS EVENING, THE SERIOUS FAMILY. Messrs.
B. Webster, Billington, Toole; Miss Woolgar, Miss Sims.
After which, THE DEVIL ON TWO STICKS. Mr. J.
L. Toole, P. Bedford, Misses Woolgar, Keeley, Arden, and
Kate Kelly.
Followed by THE PRETTY GIRLS OF STILBERG.
Mr. B. Webster, Billington, Ebarne,, Misses Woolgar, Keeley,
and Arden.

Acting ntanager—Mr. Wm. Smith.

Doors open at a quarter-past six—Commence at seven. Box
Office open from 10 to 5 --no charge for booking. No fees to
servants permitted. A registry kept of all articles found. -

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough
THIS EVENING will be produced a new Comedietta, by
J. M. Morton, Esq., entitled WHICH OF THE TWO ?
supported by the company.
After which, THE MAID AND THE MAGPIE.
To conclude with- VANDYKE BROWN. Mr. J. Clark.
• Commence at 7o'clock.

ASTLEY'S ROYAI. AMPHITHEATRE,
Westminster-road.
Lessee and Manager. ........ Mr. William Cooke.
Immense Success of INANHOE.—Overflowing Houses
Nightly.
THIS EVENING, the performances will commence with
a new grand spectacle, founded on Sir Walter Scott's popular
work, entitled LVAN FLOE ; or, The Lists of Ashby, intro-
ducing among the vast resources of this great Hippodramatic
Temple,Tournaments, Processions, Banners, Combats, Tilts,
Victories, and Acblevemer is in extraordinary magnificence.
Ivanhoe, Mr. R. Phillips ; Isaac of York, Mr. Jas. Holloway;
Richard of England, Mr. Herbert ; Robin Hood, Mr. Wm.
Cooke, jun. ; Rebecca, Miss Bathurst; Lady Rowena, Miss
Dowton.
After which, the matchless and unrivalled 'SCENES IN
THE CIRCLE, introducing Mr. John Henry Cooke, the
greatest equestrian in the world together with Miss
Erdily Cooke. Madame Blanche, Madame Bridges, Madlle.
Fleurette, and Madame Francisco, being the greatest amount
of female equestrian talent ever seen in one night in any
theatre. Grotesques—Messrs. Hemming and Thorne.
To conclude with the Farce of BATHING. -
:Dress Circle, 4s. ; Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 2s, ; Gallery, Is. ; Upper
Gallery, ad.
Private Boxes, £4 45, £2 2s, and £1 is.
Stage Manager, Mr. R. Phillips

CANTERBURY HALL AND FINE ARTS
GALLERY. Westminster-road.—Open at Seven.

EVERY EVENING during the week will appear
THE DELEPIERRE FAMILY.

Consisting of three Juvenile Violinists, viz., Jules,. Juliette,
and Julia Delepierre, aged, respectively, FOUR, SIX, and
EIGHT years.
The perfect execution by these Lilliputian Artistes of some
of the most difficult and brilliant Solos, Duets, and Trios ever
written for the violin, has excited mingled wonder and admi-
ration in Continental Musical Circles, and drawn forth enthu-
siastic tributes of praise from the Public Journals of France
and Belgium.

They will perform EVERY EVENING, at NINE and
ELEVEN o'clock, in addition to the usual Entertainments.

THE WEATHER.-SUN Orricz, MAY 3.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
55—highest since noon yesterday.
48—lowest this morning and during the night.
55—this-day at noon.

BARO3IETER-29.94.
WIND, Easterly, fresh, with fine cloudy weather, and a
sprinkling of passing showers.

THE SUN.
TUESDAY, MAY 3, 18,59.

-We have at length obtained an authoritative, and,
we -may
.add, an admirable exposition of the.policy
of England, in.reference to the untoward state of
affairs in Europe. The Chancellor of the Exche-
quer has boldly spoken out ! He has explained the
policy of the Government of which he is a very
influential member, and that in a manner which must
be satisfactorytO every unprejudiced and true-hearted
Englishman. As he has truly declared, our policy
is eminently one, of peace. There is no desire to
interfere with the internal affairs of any other
nation!. We may tender valuable advice, but
there our mission ends. We =Mot hope to change
by force their domestic institutions. Their feelings
and opinions are different from ours in many respects,
and too many are unprepared. for the rational
and constitutional freedom which is the happy

privilege of our countrymen.
We must, however, be prepared to mediate when
the golden opportunity arises ; and to do so with
auy hope of success we must be fully and com-
pletely prepared for war. Oar condition must be that
of an." armed neutrality," ready to enforce our coun-
seis, should such acontingency unfortunately arise,
as. that we should be compelled to do so for the
preservation of our honour, our dignity, our
interests, or safety. We must, as we stated yes-
terday:be "ready, aye ready for the field," enabled
to work at a moment's notice. There has, however,
been'tio failure on the part of the Government.
Nevei was -England in a better position. We
have a hundred thousand tried and gallant
soldiers in India—men who have proved themselves
equal to, any the world ever saw. Many of these
must return home, in consequence of the happy
termination of the Indian Rebellion, for which
public Thanksgiving was returned on Sunday
last In addition we have a hundred thousand in
the United Kingdom. They may not have been sub.
je-eted- to the same stringent ordeals, nor be so well
disciplined as those who have defeated ten times
their numbers on many occasions ; but they are
our own countrymen—men whc; :have never - been
found wanting on any occasion, and on Whose
in-
vincible cowge and unflinching prowess we may
place implicit reliance.
%V have already noticed the judicious proclama-
tion for increasing the number of our sailors, and
Mr. DISRAELI now tells us that long before six
weeks have passed we shall not only have a power-
ful fleet in the Channel, but also a powerful fleet in
the Mediterranean. •

This is as it should be. It will maintain the
position which Great Britain ought always to
occupy, and cause her to be respected by those who
might otherwise be- disposed to disregard her sug-
gestions. _We may, therefore, repeat the pertinent
interrogatory of the Right Hon. Member for
Buckinghamshire, " What nation in the world,
then, can compare with England ?" It was not in
a spirit of vain boasting that he asked the question,
or. that We repeat it. It is merely to show
that we are entitled to become the arbi-
trator and mediator, even between first-
rate Powers, who, under a different state of affairs,
might not be disposed to listen quite so favour.
ably to our proposals.
But there is another, and no less important
matter alluded to by the right hon. gentleman
this admirable and interesting oration. Wars are
not -ii(Ay 'decided by mere physical strength. What
has been emyhatieally termed the " sinews" thereof
, e indispensable. Without money or .crelit the r
strong* armaments must fail. They cannot al-
'ays meet the necessary expenditure at the expense
of their adversaries.
One side or the other must
speedily. And' the scene f
action—the
cockpit in which the contest is to be decided—
will be eiha
uAed within a • few- weeks.
We find hotli Prance and Austria already
asking for lOans of tw
• - • - enty millions sterling each,
While more economical Russia limits the demand
to six-tenths of the amount, or twelve millions
sterling; It is quite clear that they will not get
what they require in this country. 'there may be
forced loans and compulsory contributions but such
contrivances cannot belong continued. The money
borrowed for _ waritke. purposes is virtually cast
into the sea,, or, AS:-.A4:,.Disn,int declared,
"goes
like water." There:la-0 return-,—no future benefit

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