The Sun.
London, England, 1861-03-12 00:00:00

tskiIiEATRQ-ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Lessee, Mr. J. B. Backstone.
':‘ it IS EVENING, the performances will commence with
11 LIE SUN AND TIIE WIND. The Leclercqs, &c.
Aster which, a new and original comedy, A DUKE IN
1.10 IC ULTIES. Mrs. Stirling, Miss Fanny Stirling, Mr.
tiackstone,
And MY WIFE'S DAUGHTER.
Commence at 7.'

OYA 1, PRINCESS'S THEATRE.-
Lessee and ManaEer, Mr. A. Harris.
THIS EVENING, THE LADY OF LYONS. Mr. G.
Melville, Miss Heath, &c.
After which, THRICE MARRIED.
To conclnde with a comic ballet, THE JOLLY MILLER.
M. Espinosa, Mr. Garden, &c.

'THEATRE-ROYAL LYCEUM
Soo Lessee and Directress, Madame CELESTE.

Last Six Nights of the Winter Season.
THIS EVENING the Butletta of T lAT RASCAL,
JACK.
Followed by the new drama, TIIE HOUSE ON THE
BRIDGE OF NOTRE DAME. principal characters by
Mr. G. Vining, Mr. J. Johnstone, Mr. Villiers, Mr. Clifford,
Mr. John Rouse, Mr. Forrester, Mr. Morris ; Miss M.Ternan,
Miss K. Saville, Miss L. Thompson, and Madame Celeste.
After which, the Lyceum Christmas Comic Extravaganza,
CRYSTABELLE ;_ or, The Rose without a Thorn, showing
THE VISION OF A ROSE, ITS FADING AT EVE
AND THE MAY-BLOOM OF THE WILD BRIAR.

A 1) ELPHI, NEW THEATRE-ROYAL.
..r", Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Beni. Webster.
TINS EVENING, AN UGLY CUSTOMER. Messrs. .7.
L. Toole, C. Selby, and Warde ; Miss K. Kelly, and Miss E.
"Thorne.
Alter which, TIIE COLLEEN BAWN. D. Bonalcault, D.
Fisher, Billington, Falconer, Stephenson, C. J. Smith, Romer.
Miss Agnes Robertson, Miss Wooigar, Mrs. Billing-ton, and
Mfrs. Chatterley.

To conclude with a new Burlesque Extravaganza, entitled
3LUE BEARD FROM A NEW POINT OF HUE.
Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, C. J. Smith ; Miss Woolgar,
ji.. Kelly, Laidlaw, and P 3. Thorne.

Doors open at half past 6—Commence at 7.
Box-office open from 10 till 6.
No charge for booking.
Private boxes, £2 28. ; lesunily Boxes, £l.

Orchestra Stalls, ss. • Balcony:4e. ; FrOnt Circle Stalls, Se. •
Pit Stalls, 2c; Pit, is. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, is ; Gallery, 6d.

Aoting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith.

CANTERBURY-HALL CONCERTS!!!
Westminster-road.

Proprietor ........C. Morton.
A Grand Selection from Verdi's new Opera,
IL CORSARO,

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(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 great Master, will be performed EVERY EVENING
together with a Selection from LA FIGLIA DEL REGG ;
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. Jonghmans.
The Comic Department comprises 31essrs. 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.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
THIS DAL—Morning, 2h. 40m.—Afternoon, 2h. 54m.
To-monßow.-Morning, 3h. 12m.—Afternoon, 3h. 26m.

THE WEATHEE..—ScriI OFFICE, MARCH 12, 1861.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
4S —highest since noon yesterday.
34 —lowest this morning and during the night.
46 —this day at noon.

BAROMETER-29.33.
WIND—N.-N.-West—fresh; with fine weather.

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THE SUN.
LONDON, TUESDAY, MARCH 12, 1861.

The Secretary to the Admiralty last evening,
according to arrangement, brought forward the
Naval Estimates. And to-night the Prime Minister
will move that the Order which was carried in the
House of Commons, on the sth instant, by a sur-
prise, which unexpectedly placed the Government
at that sitting in a minority of four, be discharged.
The Order, that is, for the appointment of a select
committee to consider the present system of pro-
motion and retirement in the Royal Navy, as well
as the present pay and position of the several classes
of naval officers, to the end that the changes that
might then be considered desirable as the result of
such an investigation, might be decided upon with a
view to the increased efficiency of the Naval Service
generally. From the words of the Premier's
Notice of Motion for this evening it will be.
seen, that there is appended to this proposal of
Lore; PALMERSTON'S that the order referred to be
discharged, the suggestion explicitly defined in the
following terms :—" That it be an instruction to the
Select Committee appointed to inquire into the
constitution of the Board of Admiralty, and the
various duties devolving thereon, also as to the gene-
ral effect of such a system on the Navy, to con-
sider the present system of Promotion and
Retirement in the Royal Navy, and to report
their opinion thereon." So that Lord PAL-
M ERSTON'S proposition is simply this that
the responsibility which it was originally
proposed should be placed in the hands
of the Select Committee of Inquiry appointed
for the purpose in this matter of our naval
system of promotion and retirement, should be de-
volved upon that other and more comprehensive
committee deputed to examine into the whole
constitution of the Board of Admiralty : with a
view, that is, to its thorough reform, and, if
need be, and as in all probability will be the
case, with a view, in like manner, to its com-
plete reconstruction. By this ingenious proposal
of Lord PALMERSTON'S a little difficulty will be
agreeably got over—the Ministry will
be consoled for the temporary vexation of
having been startled into that annoying little mi-
nority of four, the interests of the naval officers will,
at the same time, be duly cared for, while the whole
structure of the Admiralty administration will be
brought under the consideration at once, and as it
were simultaneously. This after-thought we cannot
in any way regret, upon calm consideration. Dis-
passionately regarded, it appears to us in many
respects, eminently judicious. That the
First Lord of the Treasury will, as a
matter of course, carry his motion this
evening, there cannot remain a moment's doubt
—and when carried, the object of the Select Com-
mittee of Inquiry, thus apparently set aside so very
cavalierly, may be readily enough realised by the
more daring Committee appointed to investigate
the entire constitution of the Board of Admiralty,
to the end that its formal and elaborated recon-
struction may be accomplished.
Meanwhile, the Naval Estimates are being
passed without any serious effort being made,
after all even (except in words) by Mr. LINDSAY,
any very'determined effort at reducing, below the
Ministerial standard, the current years' expendi-
ture upon the maritime department. Altogether
these estimates, it will be seen, from Lord
CLARENCE PAGET'S sufficient lucid explanation last
evening,
amount to the good round sum total of
£12,029,475. A
gigantic sum, compared with
-what the usual
estimates hate been
during the majority
of the years of peace
last passed—yet actually no less than the best
part of a million ,sterling (to be plain, exactly
£806,025) below what the usual estimates were
last twelvemonth. Yet, as the noble lord the
Admiralty Secretarytakes occasion himself to remark
in the course of his speech yesterday, the actual
decrease upon the present year is less by more than
£200,000 than the apparent decrease—X2oB,ooo
having been down in the naval estimates for 1861
a a sort of exceptional expenditure or kind of