The Sun.
London, England, 1855-01-03 00:00:00

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Is. 03.
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Ditto ditto First Tier
Ditto Four Persons on the Second Tier. l2s. 03.
Commence at Eight. Places and Private Boxes may he engaged
at the Box-office of the Theatre, and Private Boxes of the principal
inusicsellers and librarians.

llien begs most respectfully to state that his Concerts will
terminate on Friday, February 2, with a Grand Bal Masqa6, to be
given on a scale of unprecedented splendour.

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from Kingstown by the City of Dublin Company's Packets at 7 p.m.,
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2d January, 1855.

DRIIRY-LANE.—Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith.—
Reduced Prices as MAL-A Morning Performance every
Wednesday, at Two o'clock.
THIS EVENING, Jay. 3,
Will be presented EITGIENA. Characters by Messrs. T. Mead,
Belton, A. Younge, and Worrell; Misses Marriott, Arden, and War.
rington.
After which, A DEAD SHOT,
To be followed by the entirely original, extraordinary, lite-
rary, traditionary, coinicel, gastronomical, and peculiarly culinary
and fantastic domestic grand comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled
JACK AND JILL; or, harlequin King Mustard and the Four-
and-Twenty Blaelebirds Baked in a Pie. The extensive scenery, en-
tirely new, by 'Messrs. Nicholls, Cuthbert, Cooper, Gordon, Wilson,
and Moore. The machinery by Messrs. Tucker. The extraordina: y
properties, decorations, trt.ks, changes, and transto-mations by Mr.
Needham, The choregraphic anengements by Madame Louise.
The over eure and music composed and selected by J. 11. Tully.
Leader, Mr. Hayward. The wt °le of the designs, models. and sketches
furnireted from the studio of Dikwynkyn, who for many weeks past
has been personally supervising their gecution. The novel grotesque
burlesque opening invented Mid written by E. L. Blanchard , and
tie weole arranged and produced under the immediate superin-
tendence of Mr. Edward Stirling. Principal Ingredients in the
Christmas Bill of Fare : --The Hall of Hypochondria in the Domains
of Dulness.-Misanthropy (Genius of Gloom), Mrs. Halford. Fog,
Drizzle, Taxes, Spleen, Indigestion, Quarter-day (his Ministers of
Melancholy), elessrie E. Y. Dent, E. Y. Wet, E. V. Load, E. V.
Day, E. V. Weight, and E. V. Bills. Azure Diabolicals in attend-
ance, Messrs. Croak, Quake, Fret, Fidget, Worry, Flurry, Fume,
Vex, Groan, Growl, Grumble, and Grizzle. Apparition e Misan-
thropy on her favourite Nightmare, and Magical Appearance of
Good-Humour in her Christmas Car, Good Humour, _Miss Alder
Lightheart and Sunshine (her Attendants), Misses Honey and
Brown ; Mrs. Glasse (the original "Cook's Oracle," an I tha well.
known adviser of the " First catch your hare," &c.), Miss Rosina
Collins. The receipt given to make a good pantomime, and its con-
coction accordingly. Cottage of Jill on the borders of Fairyland (by
Sunrise), with Enchanted Kitchen, Garden, and Region of Preserves
"Sing a song of Sixpence,
" Pocket full of rye,
"Four-and-twenty blackbirds,
" Baked In a pie."--Ancient Nursery Legend.
Jack (the interesting hero of the olden story, who went up the hill
to fetch, &c ),afterwards Harlequin, M. Milano; Jill (the heroine of
the adventure, In love with Jack), afterwards Columbine, Mdlle.
Bolero; Marmalade (the Fairy Queen of the Preserves), Miss K.
Warrington ; Pineapple, Raspberry, Lemon, Cherry, Apple, and
Greengage (her Assistants), Misses Cliflord, Gower, Johnson, Love,
Zunis, and Richardson; Strawberry, Cranberry, Gooseberry, Cur-
rant, Apricot, Damson, Q•lin• e, &c. (Fancy Preserves), Misses Grace
Honey, Ellen Honey, Laurance, Louise, Therese, Charley, Kine,
Sidney, Gordon, Barnes, Emily Barnes, Richardson, Eliza Richard-
son, Rose, Sidney, Emily Moore, Elizabeth Smith, Lille Ellis, Itcsa
Harrison, E. Box, Tayler, Matilda Chef:ley, Martiney, St. Clare,
};v ,re, Joins Levines, S. Johnson, and Roberts; Preserved Ginger
their warm ally), Master Pungent; Fruit Blossoms by a Blooming
Selection of Coryphees. The Will and the Way-the Talismanic
Sixpence-1 he Change. Grand Ballet. Principal Dancers, Mae.
Therese and Annie Cushnie, Therese, Smith, &c. The Four-and-
Twenty Blackbirds, Masters Tweet Tweet, Toot Too, Loodie Loodle,
&c. The Reading of the Wilt-
" Jill must not a husband take,
Till she a pie can :make and bake."
Interior of Jill's Cottage (by Moonlight).-Coal, Mr. Hobbs; nmdle
of Wood, Mr. Halfpenny ; Congreve Box, Mr. Fizzer ; Bellows, Mr.
Leathertongue ; Dutch Oven, 3lynheer You Tan ; Rolling Pin, Mr.
Sinoothpaste ; Gridiron, Mr. De Bar; Frying Pan, Mr. Broadrim t
Soyer'e Three-legged Iron Pet, Herr Potluck. Cruet Castle in the
Table Cloth Territory (by Moonlight), and Golden Palace of King
Mustard.-King Mustard (afterwaxds Clown), Harry Bolen° ; the
Empress Vinegar (afterwards Pantaloon), Herr Kohl ; Black Pepper
and White Pepper (;sentinels on duty at Cruet Castle), Mr. Dusky
and Mr. Sneezuras ; Sweet Oil, Miss Florence: Cayenne, Mr. Capsi-
cum; Harvey's itauce (attendant In waiting), Mr. Savoury ;the Army
of Zests, Messrs. Indian Soy, Curry, Capers, Ketchup, Mushrooms,
Garlic, Shalot, Sweet Herbs, Potted Tongue ; Potted Beef, Potted
Illoaters, Potted Anchovies, Potted Shrimps, &c. ; Horse Radish
(from the King's stable), by a Racing War. elrend Review-Ter-
rifle Attack upon the Appetite, and Rally of the Relishes--Great
Progress of Jill in her Culinary Career. The Abode of Chtitnee in
the Province of Pickles (by Sunset).-Chutnee (Chief of the Pickles),
kr.. Fiery Fact s, a; the Pickle Army, Messrs. Onions, Walnut, Gher-
kins, Cauliflower, Red Cabbage, &c.; Small Jar, Master Piccalilli.
*Great demand for Pickles and determination of the Door to Stand a
Jar. Interior of he Stupendous Salt Mine (by Moonlight). - Salt
. Bock (a bright White Sprite), Herr Willikind hfoleno. Imminent
danger of Jill in splitting upon a Rock of Salt- Treachery of Vinegar
-Upsetting the Pail above, and Evaporation of the Saline Stalactite
Columns, disclosing The Emerald Temple of Salad.-Magical
Union of the Sweets and Sours, and " a Pie" termination of the
Loves of Jack and Jill. The Transformation. -Harlequin, M.
Milano ; Columbines, Mdlle. llo'eno and Miss Ellen Honey;
Pantaloon, Mr. Cole ; Sprite, Herr Willikind Moleno ; Clown, the
celebrated Harry Boleno (his first appearance in London for
many years) ; Aerial Evolutionists, by the inimitable Italian
Brothers The Turk's Head Public-house and Hairdresser's
Shop,-Hairdresser, Mons Pomade. Publican, Mr. Billy Williams;
Customers, Messrs.' Rednob, Smockface, Owen Swift, Beardless,
Whisker Want. Baron Nicholson, and Tom Steed; the British Pub-
lic by themselves; Policeman A I Mr. Vigilant. Approach of tho
. bel4rlgnagt rita'titig!redoßldn. Whines the Porte, which,
steulannaßear-How, he after
out somewhat crusty-A Dose of Turkey
Ritubarb-A Donee Cossack-Pure Circassian Cream-How one
Sham 11l makes all well-The Great Bear turns out a Great Boar
'-ittlesiall Attachment to Grease--Clown Cuts his Customer's Hare
and afterwards Dresses it a la Soyer -The Great Moustache Move-
ment-A Close Shave -Clown shows his high attachment to the
Pole-Sudden Rise in Porter-An ef.T.M.P.-A Patten Lock at 10
o'clock-A Bona Fide Traveller-Ginger Beer and Gin without ger
--le Mm, a eseget, a newer
Row,
Great American Baby Show -A anti Station-house for, Two.
Squall-Ma's ueon the Eve of B rrival of the Infantry-Sudden
the Prizes-
and Pantei Battle-General Attack-Awarding
se the world-A Modgue,lB eon's Offsprings-The Prettiest Baby
Effects of Dr. De Jon Bcat,bdy and a Spirit Child-The Wonderful
-Fresh Arrival ore%) More B liver 011-Clon's Great Prize Baby
'Uproar-An Unwelcome visite lea- The Judge Confounded-Great
el to a Ladles' and Juvenile Party-
and Extraordinary case of
steelsendel Animation by the Ita-
lian Sprites. scottni Oyster Biscuit Baking and Confectioner"' New
ewspaper-ollice, and Pursell's
rouse
ye then,
my
merry
mon yi- tateishment, Cornhill.-" Up-
-4 p our opening day"_A Holster
for one end a Lobster for two-
aaund aandwreaddMinagne,f,okr,
„IS
Muscle-Duty and Custom-A Brldlen,Csulakrae
First Edition and Fecond Edition-
Press of the Privilege anl Fri iiieeft Out
f"r
Want
of
Ro'in-
rowe a rumpus, what a riotine,e vt; kigtes of the Prese-" Oh, what a
,Pit tera. Messrs.
Mr. Scales; Master Newsboy, Christmas, Mrl,Crust Fishmonier,
Typo and Chapel ; Editor, Mr. Cuterndoeex
; Critic, Cuternup
sengere, Messrs. Trot, Cosey, Stretalorsg I,'
osunge,
advent; Boaniman, Mr. Boisaday. nosk, . Leiter, and Walk. Mal a Happy
Somerset-house.--Here we are-ese . 0.711e1s and New Wing of
New 'Year -1117,h l'rices arid Low Prices-I'l'4n), 's
atocles--Ford's
lish Comrorters-Stocks on Heed and Ilandaseo-esti'' Stuff-Erg-
Eureka Shirts-Reform in the Civil List and I; me
the Clerks-Transfer-day at the Bank, ane Somerset-houte. -Hosier, Mr. Stocker; see rieral nolyday at
bird ; Boy, Master Toddles. Soyer's MaelePrinos'eellir. Early-
Cuisine, Mons. Sayer; Ritthenmaids, -...,1i5.e. --E-:::1-- Chef de
Drippingscil; Guardsman, Corporal Longshanee7enaY and
Sergeant Podgier. Cupboard Lovers-Soyees" Last -s2"eeeeTeaut
Where's the Knives and Forks e-Boiled and ue" eCee„-
sters-Headless Swains-Lobster Patty and Gitlet sbt_e-- -e,..;
Gone all to Pot-Harlequin Gets well Towelled anCafa terw-lar-ti;
Mangled-Clown and Pair saloon in a Stec et
411 the
Thou come3t in such an unquestionable shape, thaesl'e eTel3rs°il--;
to thee (Soyer, or rather Shaksoeare)-Tee Many Cooks s
4.2-I:ear:
(Clown's) Broth-The scene finishes in a very
GspriarnitdedArtn:
An Illuminated Page of the History of England.-
Tableau with PanDIAMIC Effects, illustrative et the Triumphs'7(7lclatesl
Allied Forces. Young Jullien's " Allied Army Quadrille," by the
doable banes of the English anti French. 4' God save the Queen "
" ['anent pour la eyrie," ands" eule Britannia." Daughter of the
Regi nest, Miss Rebecca Collins, in width el :erecter she will sing
the spirited patriotic effusion, published in "j tack
gine".
for December, and written by Corporal John Brown, of the Grena-
dier Guards, whin the linen g t some drink fur the first time at
Biztaklava, Sept. 2Sth :-
Come all you gallant British hearts that love the red and blue,
And drink the health of those brave lads who made the Ra,sians rue.
Then fill the glass, and let it pass, three times three, slid one more,
e'er the twentieth of September, eighteen hundred and fifty-four.
Vestibule of the Temple of Victory. The Tribute of England to
the Itra.ee Patriots. Distribution of Laurel Wreaths, Gorgon:6' and
Elestrle elente Climax, with Revolving Columns and Variegated
lieurninatems. Terrific Fight of the Italian Brothers. The vs-hole
scene presenting, a coup d'ccilnaver before witnessed on the English
stage. Admission :-talls, 55.; dress circle, 4s ; second price, 25.;
upper circle. 3s:: second trice, ls. 6d.; pit, 2s. : second price, Is ;
lower gallery, Is.; second priee te s ' '' - • e- t
, • , upper gallery bd.; p.s a e
boxes, 10s. GA., 155., 215., an.l upwards. Do? ris open at balepast G,
performance at 7 o'clock. Helepre-e at 9 '
The box (ace
open daily, Irons 11 till a o'clock, under the °dlere°c.
Chatterton. Notice..-Tha following' pi ees arell", of Mr. Edward
preparation, and will shortly be produce,l:
Paltomime, by E. L. Blanchard, Esq. ; a Drama. by in
()Christmas
A. Harils, Esq. ; an Adaplt:tiO3°uret-
-Tee GarPaP,red and in
cault, Esq.; Two Dramas, by
Meyerb?er's Opera, L'Etolle du Nord, With new scemsry, plating from
and effects; to be succeeded by an English vershm (by Mr. lleyrsold'.
son) of Gluck's Iphigenia in Tauride. The Grand ilistoricsl Egyp.
Han Drama, many months in preparation, will also shut tly appear.

THEATRE ROYAL HAYMAR;
Under the management of Mr, Liu:Aston%
TH[3 EVENING, JAN. 3,
Will be performed the Drama of THE. KNIGHTS OF THE
ROUN D TABLE. Characters by Messrs. Chippendale, Howe,
W. Farren, Compton, and Buastone ; Misses Reynshis and E.
Chaplin.
Followed by a new grand Chr7strnas Pantomime, entitled Ll TTLE
80-PEEP; or, Haile win awl the Girt who Lost her Sheep. Little
80-Peep. Miss r.. nomps3n ; Harlequin, Mr. Chapin(); Pantaloon,
yr. W. Barnes; Clown, Mr. Appleby ; Columbine, Miss M. Brown.

ROYAL FRINCESTA THEATRE.
Under the fs,fanagement of Mr. CIIADLES "KEAN.
THIA EVENING, JAN. 3,
Will be performed HAMLET." Principal character by Mr. C.
Kean.
After which will be produced a New Grand Christman Pantomime.
entitled, LIARLEQUIN BLUE -BEARD; or, The Great Bashaw, ,
lialleexin, Jr.A CA Puck ; ClJwn, )Ir. Ituline ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ;
and Columbine, Miii IleF borough.

irnder the ROYAL LYCEUM TIIEATRE.
management of Madam° Vectris. Sole Lessee Mr,
10..ltathews.

Tvr, JAN. 3,
TIII3 EVEN' —-' • 1 character
~ Will be rerferrned AGGRAvATING SA3.I. Principal
by Mr. C. Mathews.
Wlll be producc*l'a now and or rl- Fairy PN;.rfiva - v y
titled PRINcE PRETTYPPT and 'TB E nFTER. I . .
oN.E.
1;t "1
To be followed by Two HEADS An BE TTEIC TITAN
ganza, en-
ti
Box-ofllce open from 10 until G•
gale agent for Privatel3ozes. 11r,
A.llcroft, 15, New Bond-street.

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ASTLEY'S LOYAL AMPHITH4ATiI,
Lessee and Mcnagcr. Mr. Willlam cooks.
The moat varied round of, cute tainraeut in London is to be found
at this vett Establishment.
Two m ore
Tremendous succeqs of the Comic Pantomime t
Jan. s
GRAND MORNING PER M
FORANCEK, MondslY,
th. Monday, Jan. 15th, 1855, each commencing at Two ceelook,
THIS EVEN/NG,
And during the week, the splendid Spectacle of
' •
' TUE BATTLE of VIE ALMA!
With a Classical Series of SCENR3 in the ARENA.I
caTo conclude 7
El -with the gorgeous Equestrian Comic Pantomime
ISLANDS
lled GULL' eA THAN,' ELS T °UGH TII F. HORSE
; or, 'Harlequin and Brita H linnia!
Ea.-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W.
West. Acting Manager, Mr. W. U. Cooke. Equestrian Director,
Vt. IV. Cooks, inn.

TH.2I C.l,z7=cr, Jan. 3.
THERMOMEME, IN THE SHADE.
52—highest since noon yesterday.
48 —lowest this morning and during the night.
52—this day, at noon.
BAROMETER, 30'27.
WIND, N.W.—Light breeze, with cinll weather.

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If this be not altogether true, it ought to be
so. There is a verisimilitude about it that would
-entitle it to attention at any moment or on any
authority. The difficulty hitherto has been how
the noblemen above alluded to, and some others
holding high office, have consented to sustain, by
their popularity, experience, and talent, the blun-
dering incapacity of the Prime Minister and same
of his highly-favoured colleagues. Although hat-
ing a party altogether consisting of officers, and
numerically inferior .to any in the House or in
the country, he has continued to monopolise fcr
his immediate followers all the offices relating to
the conduct of the War—the mismanagement
whereof has cast the deepest disgrace upon
the collective body. The Whig portion of
the Cabinet cannot, so long as they consent to
act with the Peelites, escape £rom a portion of
the blame. The nation sees that it is the duty
of those, in whom it still feels some degree of
confidence, to shake off the unholy alliance without
further loss of time, and, if they cannot see their
views fairly carried into operation, to sever the
connection. It is by their strength only that
LordABzRDEEN and his followers have attained, and
continued in, power—we should, perhaps, rather
say his associates—for without auy claims to the
position he was merely pitchforlrecl into the Pee-
r iership as the only one with whom the others
would act, his acknowledged mediocrity ignoring
the superiority which might have been asserted if
any of half-a-dozen more competent leaders had
beep selected. They are therefore responsible to
the nation, and as they have been so palpably
jockeyed, so contemptuously excluded from all par-
ticipation in the management of the War, it is a

duty to themselves, even at the eleventh hour, to

assert their own independence and vindicate their

characters from the damaging charge that must

otherwise inevitably be brought against them.
There are still the materials for a Liberal Go-
vernment without the ABERDEEN mixture ; or, if
not, far better that Lords Jon RUSSELL, and
PAL3IERSTON, and CLARENDON, and LANSDOWNE
should form a vigorous Opposition, that would en-
force due attention to the wants and exigencies of
the country, and see that the War was vigorously
and energetically waged, until it can be brought
to an honourable conclusion. The safety of our
gallant fellows in the Crimea demands a change ;

and we care not what may be the undue influence

which Lcrd. ABERDEEN possesses in high quar-

ters ; it must fail before the constitutional ex-
pression of the popular will—the true source of
legitimate power in this favoured land.

Where are the mercenaries for the Foreign
Legion to come from ? It is quite clear that the
good "Clicquot" hasresolved that no Prussian shall
honour the English flag by fighting under its sha-
dow. Tito Angel of Peace has been seriously
alarmed lest some of his subjects should be seduced
by British gold, and that his neutrality, so per-
severingly clung to, at an alarming sacrifice of
honour and dignity, should thus be compromised, or the interests of his dear brother-in-law damaged.
Already proclamations have Leon published cau-
-1 Comning tho people against being led astray, and
fulminating fierce threats against those who may
endeavour to enlist them.
The following notification las been put forward
in the province of Posen, wWch, as a portion of
dismembered Poland, might be supposed to sym-
pathise with the Western Powers against the
chief conspirator against Polish nationality. That
it has emanated from a higher authority is cer-
tain, and it is therefore more thansimilar probable that
Proclamations have been circulated
throughere out the length
We h and breadth of the land,
repeat the notice which appeared in our
impression of yesterday

"The Prussian Criminal Cod
He who enrols a Prussian for set POSEN, DEC. 28.
e.;.A.rt. 111, ordains--
or the recruiters who conduct then," n foreign States,
~,„ian 144Ziekewise ho who
premeditatedly excites a P
desert, or
favours premeditatedly the desertion ot titre te.
punished with imprisonment varying from 'trree: "all be
to three years. All attempts at such dealings sTaTlths
punished in a similar manner. As it appears that ofUeLen II
are to be established in the Netherlands and
lianse (free)
Towns, for the purpose of foreign. enlistment, I avail
myself of the opportunity to briPag the above penal
enactment to memory, and enjois, as a duty upon all
pollee authorities of the province to arrest forthwith all
recruiters, and to deliver them veer to the Attorney.
General, to take from them their papers of legitimation
(passports, &c.), and, if he be a foreigner, to look to his
expulsion, after he has undergone punishment, or other
expired imprisonment. I expect a report upon each
case that shall come to notice.
(Signed) " VON PIITTKA3I3I2II, Chief President
of the Province of Posen."

We confess that we could not have expected it
to be otherwise. It was one of the
-- many cogent
objections which we put forward against the bill
while it was still pending before the House. We
pointed out that no Sovereign who wished to
keep aloof from the contest cpuld sanction the
employment of his subjects against a nation at
peace with himself. Before we could obtain the
requisite
Permission we should enter into a series

M . JI7LLIEN'S CONCERTS,i HI lff WATER AT LONDON BRIFDO1!:,
• RJYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. ~
,mg DAT —Mcrninf 53 .c).h.3.nfter 1 1 Evening 14 min.,nft, 2
F,r 011 e Month only. 1 To-77.,7' •.:W - .!-Torni7t, 34 :.riln.,ft,-,r 2 i 7,-,:nip' 5277,01,,,,,_,.
• The PiC GRIM? .II fc,r TWA EVEN I :NIG, - 'Wednesday, Jan. 3,
pill include Mendel•3sohn's grand Concerto in G minor, for pianoforte,
performed by Madame [duel; the S;.,a.nish 4 htnzonetta, ,n,l the
new Song "Say 1,-c," s'm-g by Medarno Anna T,illon ; Overture
tO Tannhauser ; L'Etoib. du Nord Quadrille; grand Operatic Selec-
tion from non Giovanni ; the First Movement from Spo'ir's Sym-
phony, The Power of Sound ; the Return Valse; Solos, the cornet
by Flerr Koenig, violin by Sig. Monasterio; the new Comic Panto •
mime Quadrille ; the Charge Galop ; and the grand Allied Armies
Quadrille, assisted by the three Bands of her Majesiy's Guards
" God Save the Queen" and "Partant pour la Syrie "

AAII,

LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3, 18&6,

There is a screw loose in the Government ! So
it is positively asserted, and with much apparent
reason. The almost daily Cabinet Councils, the
incessant anxiety, clearly indicate that something
is going on of au extraordinary character. Minis-
ters do not remain three or four hours in earnest
discussion if all matters are going on smoothly,
and that there are no peculiar difficulties to be
overcome leading to differences of opinion
amongst themselves. That matters of an unto-
ward character are ventilated in the inmost shrine
of Downing-street seems certain, and it also
seems more than probable that the bonds by
which the rather heterogeneous elements of the
Joint-Stock Administration were united in the
first instance ara becoming gradually relaxed,
and that even should Ministers escape a strong
Parliamentary opposition and a stringent pressure
from without, they would still yield to their own
feelings and dissolve the inauspicious connexion
on which they had entered without due consider-
ation.

The rather vague rumours that have for some
time been circulating have at length assumed a
definite and consistent form. It is said that Lords
J. RUSSELL, PALMERSTON, LANSDOWNE, and CLAR-
ENDON deeply feel the odium to which they are sub-
jecting themselves by continuing in a Cabinet, from
all the important offices whereof—relating to the
management of the War—they are studiously ex-
cluded. They find that protests have not received
the attention which they merited ; and that, in
fact, their own reputations are suffering from the
mismanagement of matters wholly beyond their
control.

of negotiations, that would necessarily be so
protracted, 'that the urgency would have long
passed away loel.)re they could 1-.Tort,2llt to a
If they gave a tacit assent, or evei:
connived at, the proceeding, insert would
nutU-
rally, and, we must add, justly, refuse to consi-
der them as neutral. She would say, you m ust
not indirectly do that which you refuse to do
openly and above board. Although Ido not re-
quire your assistance in the quarrel in which I
am engaged, yet I must class you with my ene-
mies, and deal with you as such, if you suffer
your subjects to enter the lists against me, either
as sympathisers, or, still worse, as mercenaries.
Such arguments will unquestionably prove effec-
tual with those who, like Prussia, still hang back,
and refused to elect the standard under which

coric!u3r:T.

they were prepared to serve.
We cannot, then, obtain the State sanction to
the step ; and what can we do without it ? The
above Proclamation shows that every attempt to
obtain recruits without the requisite permission
must prove fruitless and abortive. And why
should we expect it to be otherwise ? Would we
permit Prussia to send its recruiting officers into
England to find men willing to take up arms
against Austria, or France, or Sweden ? Cer-
tainly not ! The attempt would at once be met
with all the rigour of the law ; and every man
who came within the salutary provision of the
Foreign (not the " foreigners") Enlistment Act,
would, if an Englishman, be severely punished by
fine or imprisonment, or both ; or if a foreigner, by
exclusion from the territory, the hospitality whereof
he had abused. Why should we expect different
treatment from others than we would ourselves

accord to them if the situations were reversed. It
is one of the strongest objections to the very ob-

noxious measure that it reduces the United

Kingdom to that of a suppliant or a wrong-doer,
while at the same time it establishes a very dan-
gerous precedent, that may at any moment be
flung in our teeth with fearful effect.
In the commencement of the War the
practice of " privateering" was most powerfully,
aid we may add almost unanimously, denounced.
The evils of warfare would be seriously aggra-
vated, if all the bold and dissolute—every man,
who, like the conspirator of the olden time, was
" alieni appeteus sui proftcsus "—should feel
himself at liberty to seek plunder in
any direction—without reference to the justice of
a quarrel, in which he himself, or his own
country, had no interest whatsoever. If we

have Swiss or German mercenaries, what
should hinder the CZAR from licensing
American privateers ? And if we treat the
latter as pirates, what is to forbid the use of the
rope or the fusillade to our "Halbert Buc-
caneers?" These are serious questions, which
should have been answered before the mea-
sure received the sanction of Parliament.
We cannot reasonably complain of the refusal of
the FREDERICK WILLIAM to be implicated, but
rather of our own improvident Legislature that
exposed the United Kingdom to such deep
humiliation at the hands of such a
Power. The affliction of the dying lion
was most insupportable when he received a kick
from a passing donkey ; and we must endure the
contumely from Prussia, and place it to the pro-
per account, that of the Ministers who introduced
a measure so unconstitutional and impolitic