The Sun.
London, England, 1845-04-28 00:00:00

THEATItk: ROYAL, ADELL'IIL

MADAME CELESTE, (Directress of this Establishment,) re-
spectfully informs the Nobility and the Public, that DER
BENEFIT is appointed for WEDNESDAY NEXT, April 30, and
being the last week but one of her pertOrming in London ti
season, in consequence of her provincial engagements, Mr. Webster
will make his appearance in his celebrated Drama of THE PRETTY
GIRLS OF STILBERG. _

When will be performed, 75th Time, Mr. Buckstone's successful
New Drama of THE GREEN BUSHES, supported by Messrs.
Hudson, 0. Smith, Selby, Wright, Paul Bedford, Mrs. Yates, Mrs.
Fitzwilllam, and Madame Celeste.
After which will be produced, Ist Time at this Theatre, TILE
PRE'ITY GIRLS OF STILBERG. Ernest, Mr. Webster, in which
he will give his celebrated personation of,the Emperor Napoleon;
Margot (her original character) Madame Celeste.
To conclude with, ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON. St.
George, Miss Woolgar.
Tickets and Private Boxes to be had of Madame Celeste, 18,
Suffolk-street, Pall-mall East, and at the Box-offic,e of the Theatre.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
LE.SEE, YR. J. M. MADDOX.
TIIIS EVENING
Will be performed t,herldan Knowles' Play of TILE HUNCH-
BACK. Master Walter, Mr. Wallack ; Sir Thomas Clifford, Mr.
Leigh Murray ; Lord Tinsel, Mr. W. Lacy ; Modus, Mr. Compton ;
Julia, Miss Cushman; lelen, Mrs. Stirling.
Atter which, the Music .1 Entertainment of NO SONG NO
SUPPER, with all the Original Music. Crop, Mr. Leffler; Frede-
rick, Mr. Horn, Jun.
To conclude with THE REAR-ADMIRAL.
Stage Manager, Mr. H. I. Wallack ; Stage Director, Mr. Emden ;
Machinist, Mr. Edmund Bradwell.

THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM.
UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY.
THIS EVENING

Will ba performed a New Farce, called A GOOD NAME. Cha-
racters by Messrs. F. Mathews, Stanton, Mrs. •Woollidge, • and
bliss Dawson.

After which, POLKAMANIA. Mr. Dorrington, Mr. Frank
Matthews; Jemmy, Mr. Keeley ; Adolphus Merton, Mr. A. Wigan ;
Laura Dorrington, Miss Fairbrother ; Susan, Mrs.• Keeley.
To be followed by a Burlesque of English History, Pourtraying
Olden ideal and Modern Notions—lnvested with all the Pomp and
Display of Scene—Painters engaged expressly—Costumes according
to Fancy—Mechanism, Ballet, Music, and Novel Stage Arrange-
ments—to he called, WHIWINGTON AND HIS CAT! Dick
Whittington, Mrs. Keeley ; Tuley Moloch, the Lien Tamer of the
Dessert, Mr. Keeley ; the Cat, Mr. Collier, supported by Messrs.
F. Matthews, and Wigan ; Miss Fairhrother, and Miss Grove.
To conclude with the New Farce of A MODEL OF A WIFE. In
which Messrs. A. Wigan, Turner, and Meadows, Mrs. Woollidge,
and Miss Fairbrother will perform.

ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.—FRENCH PLAYS. •
Continuation of Mdlle. Plessy's Performances, and last Night toi
Three of Monsieur Ravel's Engagement.
THIS EVENING

Will bo performed LA 'MARQUISE DE SENNETERRE. Ilan.
riette de Senneterre, Mdlle. Messy.
. After which, VII Alt EIS CORP US ; ou, Liberte Libertas.
Sigismond Galoubet, Monsieur Ravel.
To conclude w.th LES RES SOURCES DE JONATILA.S. Jouathas,
Monsieur Ravel. '

Boxes, 6s. ; Pit, 3s. 6,1. ; Amphitheatre, as. ; Gallery, 2s. Doors
.vill be opened at Seven o'clock; and the Performances commence
at Half-past.

ASTLEY' ROYAL Alll'll IT Hi- ATBE.
PRUPAIETOR, MIL W. BATTY.
THIS EVENING
The rerformances will commence with a Grand Military Equestrian
ama, entitled THE MAID OF SABAGOSBA ; or, The Spanish
Amazons. _ _ _ .

Entire Change of the Scenes in the Circle.
To conclude with an Admired Farce

DAVIDOE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.

In consequence of the immense sensation created by the Feats of
Mr. Canfield, the American Samson, he will repeat his Herculean
Feats every Evening.

THIS EVENING

Will be performed THE GYPSEY FARMER ; or Jack and Jack's
Brother. Supported by Messrs. Hicks, Bonner, Cowell, Mrs. H.
Vining, Mrs. Hughes, Miss Martin, &c.
To be ,ollowed by the Extraordinary Feats of the American
Sampson.
To conclude with IVANHOE. In which Messrs. H. Hughes, It.
Honner, Neville, Miss Martin, Mrs. H. Hughes, Mrs. It. Honner, kc.,
will perform.
Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box-
office, from Eleven to t our.

ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE.
TYIS EVENING . _

Will be produced an Original r rama, entitled GEOFFREY
KURDISTON or, the Blacksmith's Daughter and the Mock Alhr-
riage. S ,pp .rted by the whole Company.
After which, THE BLOODHOUND: or, the Orphan's Grave.
Ln which Messrs. Cony and Blanchard, and their celebrated Dog
!lector, will perform.
To conclude with THE DUMB MAN OF MANCHESTER.

DIFFERENT SUBJECT EACII SEASON!—GRAND OPENING
FETES.
First Exhibition of the Colossal Pictorial Representation suggested
by H. R. H. PRINCE ALBERT. Under the Patronage of her
most Gracious MAJESTY, her Majesty the QUEEN DOWAGER,
H. R. H. PRINCE ALBERT, &c. &c.
ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDS.
MONDAY, May 5 ; TUESDAY, May 6 ; WD EN
ENESDAY, May 7

A magnificent modelled ltepre •
immortal Scott's " Ain
the . Pride of Scotland and of Scotelimen, and,
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Arthur's Seat, Salisbury Craggs, the Castle, Sir Walter Scott's .. °nu-
meta, the Royal Institution, Holy-rood Palace, and all the most
'trio" alnidill,NNeewlsorzoi''svl3' m
inter-
esting features of " Auld Reekie."
The Proprietor had the honour of submitting the Model to his
Royal Highness Prince Albert, and he is delighted to say it met with
his most decided and perfect approval, and from the more than usual
care which has been observed in its execution, he points it out as the
happiest production of Mr. nausea's pencil. The drawings were
made by Mr. Danson on the spot, and present a blrd's-eye view of
, the principal objects of the Old and New Town, the Firth of Forth, &c.
The PROMENADE CONCERTS, so decidedly popular at this
Establishment, will this season be on an unusually effective scale. Mr.
GODFREY has been occupied since the close of last summer, in com-
posing and arranging a varied and pleasing succession of superior
Novelties, which will be produced in rotation, including some Ori-
ginal Pieces by Foreign Composers, not yet perterrned in this country.
At Dusk will take place the most extraordinary Exhibition of
FIREWORKS ever attempted. Ths entire of the Gigantic Model
will be Illuminated. The different devices in trout of the houses, the
tires on the Carlton Hill, Arthur's Seat, and the surrounding Moun-
tains, the illumination of Nelson's Monument, and all the rejoicings
which took place on her Majesty's Visit will be accurately pour.
tray:d. And, as a Finale, a grand Aquatic Revel and parka',
Tableau, Fifty Feet in Height, will be exhibited in the centre of the
Lake ! The Pormtits of her Majesty and Prince Albert,surrnounted
by Fame, and surrounded by emblems and other devices will be in-
troduced. The Tableau designed and executed by Mr. Denson.
Mr. Southby has been occupied for mouths in givitig effect to this
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allowance of 255. notes to circulate in Scotland, and to
the calculation of the monthly averages, we feel no
doubt that, in practice, these deposited gold specie se-
curities could not be so made. On the other hand, we
have no fear— after the statement of Friday last, com-
paring its proposals with his announced determinations
of last summer—that Sir ROBERT will be found squaw-
able enough-on this, or any other points of exception
which such an influential and determined body as the
representatives of the moneyed and banking interest of
Scotland have shown themselves to be, may hereafter
take to specific details of his plan.
There is one very notable concession, if we rightly
collect Sir ROBERT'S meaning in a (somewhat obscure)
passage of his speech, of his extreme and overruling
principle of a deposited gold equivalent to be. always
forthcoming on demand for paper note circulation. It
is, that he seems disposed to allow a large infusion of
the silver element into this specie " security." If we
are correct in our interpretation, we are glad of the fact.
The necessity fur recognising such an inconsistency in
its action must go far to impress Sir ROBERT'S mind
with a clear, though it be a tardy, conviction of the
fallacy of his gold standard principle. If this be good
for anything, it must he good altogether, not partially.
It is an organic statute in his monetary legislation. To
relux its application, if' enforced at all, is to demolish
the whole Lasis of controlling necessity upon which
alone he, has ever ventured to rt st so vast an interference
with existing contracts, and the value or wages of labour,
as is involved in the whole theory and working of his
bullion standard of currency. He so well understands
that unity is at once the indication and the essence of
truth, that such a deflexion from the base-line of his
system must prove to him its inherent fallacy. But are
we at liberty to augur any favourable result from such
convictions, however strong they may be, when, on the
face of the forfeiture, the sacrifice of interests, and the
destruction of property, and the fearful blow he has in-
fltcted on the great community of industrial labour in
England and Wales, by his abolition of a small
note circulation here, end by his rigid en-
, fureement of the convertibility of all paper
issues into gold at a pre-determined and
arbitrary standard of value, he permits, to Scotland and
Ireland, the very privilege he has thus withdrawn from
us, at so vast and still continued a sacrifice, admitting

that it is essential to their prosperity ? We will fain
hope that the day is nut far distant when some moral
force, of a nature like that which has been so honourably
and emphatically exercised on this occasion by the
gentlemen of Scotland and of Ireland, shall induce him
to extend, in the same matter, "justice to England," by
the removal of his Currency Act and its " complement"

from the Statute-book. What such moral influence,
however, may fail to accomplish, we greatly fear must
soon be granted to external or internal pressure. The
reckoning day, which the frenzied speculators of rail-
way share gambling are assuredly precipitating, and the
ominous aspect of some of our foreign relations, may but
too soon violently necessitate that which sound policy
and provident statesmanship would long ago have con-
ceded.

The last published return; by the Board of Admiralty
of the total number, description, force, &c., of all the
vessels of war now building in her MAJESTY'S dock-
yards, we have not perused without strong feelings of
surprise, and some of disappointment. The force of
these impressions can be but little subdued or altered
by the assurance which the returns convey, that these
vessels are building "on the most approved and scientific
principles." Approved by the Lords of the Admiralty,
and by the Surveyor-General of the Navy they may be,
but how far the principles of their construction w ould
meet with the approbation of those practical and se:en-
tific authorities in naval architecture, who have
recently demonstrated the capital errors incor-
porated into Sir WILLIAM SYMONDS'S ships ; and
who have shown at how vast a cost of public
money her defective craft have been first built, and after-
wards cut down, altered, even widened, lengthened,
shortened, or broken up,—is quite another question.
The revelations of Sir CHARLES NAPIER and the state-
ments of Captain Rous, upon these subjects, have in-
fused into us a degree of scepticism about Admiralty
testimonials to the properties of men-of-war and steamer
shipping, which makes us, probably, unreasonable. But
though we find a summary or rccapitulatien of near 600
ships of war, of from 6 to 120 guns each, all
of them announced to be in a very considerable state of
forwardness, we tremble at some of the details. The
example of our last maritime war—that with America
in 1812—of which the successes we achieved towards
its conclusion to some extent compensated for, though
they could not efface, the disastrous reverses our naval
force had experienced in the earlier periods of the
struggle—this example seems lost on the Admrany.
It is notorious to all the world that the incapacity and
übstitiaey of the Admiralty of that time were the imme-
diate causes of these di-graces. They sent out to
encounter the enormous and heavy-metalled frigates of
ftahreinUfenritieord Ssitzaet, metal,es sailing qualities, and manning.' navy, British ships-of-war of very
Our brave officers and gallant crews were fearfully over-
matched on all the occasions to which we allude. The
inexcusable carelessness and official mismanagement
which seemed to take especial care in mismatching our
small men of-war against superior odds, wherever those
odds were to be encountered—which dispatched, for ex-
isnple, one of our small 36-gun frigates to engage a fine
American one, on the then new construction, being, per-
haps, nominally of 40, but carryieg 50 guns of over.
whelming calibre as compared with ours, or assiduously
laboured to cause disgust and annoyance to officers in
command, by fabricating new, or enforcing obsolete old
regulations, calculated to discourage, instead of to che-
rish, a spirit of generous and disinterested emulation
among them. It was under the very unpopular secre-
taryship of Mr. CROKER (if we recollect rightly), that
the reverses we reluctantly allude to occurred,
and we have heard of the simultaneous severity with
which all the powder expended beyond the regulation
allowance was charged to every officer by whose order
it had been so consumed. The late gallant Captain
tße ar
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who
but
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-uch absurd strictness, must produce on the gunnery of
the crews, whose officers—disinclined to make them.
selves liable to large deductions from their pay—forbore
rapid
action,t he Chesapeake, after a most de
perceived all the consequences
that must ensue where this rule, when enforces! with
to exercise them both at small arms and great guns.
Pay was an object of comparative indifference to him ;
and every day, in almost all weathers, he exercised his
men till he brought their gunnery to a pitch of precision
Ind coolness never since surpassed. Every shot of the
Shannon told, in that memorable breach of th. Chesa
pea
ke ,s st'd • which determined the conflict in the short
es,
space of twenty minutes.
Now, from these Admiralty returns, we infer that
" my Lords" are like the effete race .of the Bourbons, of
whom TALLEYRAND said "that they had forgotten no-
thing, and had learned nothing." They seem still
wedded to that ancient and most favourite crotchet of
building 12, 16, 18, and 20 gun craft in abundance,
which only take the sea in nine cases out of ten, in times
of peace, to be blown over; in times of war, to be captured
by the enemy. It is impossible, as we have before bad oc-
casion to observe, to speak of the exigencies °four navy,and
the course which a wise polio y would dictate as proper to
be adopted with respect to them, without assuming the
possihility, we by no means say the probability, of a war
at no distant day with the same Power which so much
exalt, d its maritime reputation in that war of 1812.
Instead of applying all that they could spare from the
Parliamentary votes for the service of the present year,
to the immediate cure of those organic defects in the
war-steamers already built, and the improvement of those
in course olconstrut•tion, by removing machinery and en-
gines as much as possible out of the reach of shut— by
fitting screw-propellers and Archimidean screws, and
better adapting the decks for the working of the
povtarful 68 and 86-pounders, swivel, and other
guns ; by .at once supplying the deficiencies
which they, have admitted to exist in some
of the most recently built men-of• tsar of the
first, second, and third rates; and by adopting the ad-
mitted excellencies of models, whose superiority over Sir
W. SYMONDS'S they have also acknowledged; what are
the Admiralty doing? Frittering away, as it seems to
us, the public money, and perilling the national la pota-
tion, by persevering in a course of building vessels that
must be almost utterly less
use • • in any future struggle
which the steam arm of great navies will assuredly have
to decide, in conjunction, not with ships either too large
or too small for mere cruising service, but of a force and
of dimensions equal to the demands of naval warfare,
undel such circumstances as those in which it must in
future be carried on.

The Swiss Diet on the 22d inst. closed its proceed-
ings, when the whole of the foreign Dlinisters left for
Berne. It was
generally believed that in a few (lays
which. uniit ER,al:re
ever President, tn
a reason
o the prorogaticn of the Diet:— they would proceed to Lucerne. Affairs are still in a
very unsettled state. The following is the address of
N.I
" The extraordinary Diet this day. terminates its ser,
e
la-
bours by testifying its confidence in the Directory,
v,eh t h
to be well pleased with—
it has charged that body with the ulterior execu-
tion of the decrees which it has passed, and with the
duty of providing generally for such matters as
press most. It is under the immediate impression
of the most afflicting events, and in the midst of the most
active fermentation,
diviSing the best means of arriving at the pacification a the
country; and for that purpose it judged the aid of imposing
that :tbe Diet met for the purpose of
military forces absolutely necessary. Now that the momrigt

THE Su N, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 28, 1845.