The Sun.
London, England, 1855-11-09 00:00:00

LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEIVIBEit 9, 1855.

seats himself will be under the magic spell, and appear to
the audience, under circumstances least expected, in a posi-
tion as peculiar as perplexing.
Act, 11. The Mystery of the Charmed Chest ; or, the
Nucleus of the Night's Wonders. To comprehend which the
audience will have the goodness to observe, in an earlier part
of the evening, the chest suspended (like Mahommed's coffin)
in mid-air, into which all things will travel, and out of which
all will be produced.
Act. 12, The Homological Evaporation ; or, the Shortest
Route to the. Antipodes. Illustrating the easiest mode of
ridding ounelves of a troublesome friend, and the advantages
of the newly-discovered dia-terrestrial passage from the west-
ern to the eastern hemisphere.
Doors open each evening at half-past 7 ; commence at S.
Private boxes, 11. Ils. 6d. and it. ls., to be obtained at the
Box-office, or at the principal libraries; stalls, 4s. ; dress
circle, 3s. ; upper boxes, 2s. ; pit, Is. ; gallery, 6d. The
Box-office is open daily, from 11 till 5, under the direction
of Mr. Chatterton, jun. Grand fashionable Morning Per-
formance on Saturday. November 10, at 2 o'clock. Doors open
at halt. past 1.

ni HE PEOPLE'S CLUB.-
A. The progress of the People, the march of mind, and
many other phrases, are common in the mouths of all ; yet it
is a fact that very Eta° is done for them by the Government;
and although many praiseworthy efforts are made by private
individuals and the richer classes, yet they fail of coming
home to the feelings and sympathies of the people.
The reason is, that all those are attempts to provide for the
people much that the people do not care for, and much they
do not understand ; and both are
.frequently clone in a way
that offends the pride and self-esteem of the working classes,
who are as independent in feeling as any other class in society,
The consequence of this state of things is, that. the Me-
chanics' Institutions of Lord Brougham, the Athenmums of the
rich traders of Manchester and Liverpool, and even the Crys-
tal Palace of Prince Albert, are failures, as far as the veritable
People are concerned, who scarcely ever visit such places,
where they feel themselves intruders. They mingle with
classes who look down upon them, and they keep, as most
classes do, to their own places of amusement and recreation,
such as they are. Fairs are mostly done away with, and
the boisterous mirth of such places has degenerated into
scrambles for picking pockets and viler purposes.
Meanwhile population goes on increasing at a tremendous
rate. Every year the addition of hundreds of thousands extend
the area of this huge metropolis ; and whilst allpther classes
have their refining and civilising processes, the artisan alone
sinks lower and lower in the scale. The class of traders has
improved with every generation, and we now find their sons
and daughters are more refined, have more knowledge, and
better taste than had the ancestors of many lords and dukes a
hundred years since. Their young men support the nume-
rous theatres, concerts, libraries, clubs, exhibitions, and in-
stitutions of this great town. They are well clothed and
well mannered, and in all essential respects gentlemen.
What a contrast is there with the artisan class, who go on
from generation to generation uncared for ; and although they
too have made some progress in civilisation, yet by no moans
in a fair proportion.
Whence this difference arises is plain to be seen. The
traders' sons are not only better grounded in education, but
they have numerous sources of adult education. Their wits
arc sharpened at the theatres, their minds are cultivated at
the various learned and literary institutions, and by mingling
iu company at the Clubs and other places of resort. They
thus get, what no set or scientific education can give, some
refinement of manner and the elements of taste. _

It may be said that our artisans and workmen have the
same opportunities, but it is not so. It is true the civilising
influence of the theatre is thrown open to them, and many
take advantage of it ; but the people at large require much
more than this ; and many many thousands never receive
evan this influence; some by principle, and others by circum-
stances, being precluded.
The Crystal Palace comes the nearest to a grand refining
public institution ; but it is essentially removed out of the
reach of the working classes, except for occasional purposes.
What the people want is something that shall spontaneously
attract them. Some place tvhich they eau feel is their own,
some place where they are at home amongst their own friends
and their own class. A place in which they can take a pride,
and where they will find ease, and pleasure, and relaxation,
mingled imperceptibly with refining and instructing pro-
cesses ; where by mixing with men of all tempers and capa-
cities, they will acquire manners, and by associating with
portions of art, acquire refinement and taste.
No such attempt has yet been made. Hospitals have been
built for the sick ; mechanics' institutes for abstract studies ;
schools for the ignorant; but nothing has been done to im-
prove the manners and the tastes of the great body of the
people ; and this we maintain, in spite of the British Museum
and the National Gallery being thrown open to all. The
wandering through museums and galleries, without other
stimulants to the mind, is of little advantage, and that it is
so is proved by the inadequate operation of such places on
the minds of the people at large.
It is a remarkable fact that the mind will remain dead to
all such appeals for ages, and that it is only earnestly aroused
and improved through the feelings. Thus the pulpit will do
more than scientific lectures ; and theatres than dumb gal-
leries and overloaded museums.

If, then, the people are to 'be awakened to a full develop-
ment of their capacities and power, they must have the moans
of doing so. They must be sufficiently informed and culti-
vated to become a class. They must feel their own position
and respect it, and they must become powerful by cohesion,
and by a unity of taste and interest.
Looking at i; in this point of view, the imperfectly existing
amount of civilisation, and among the working classes its
slow rate of progression, too plainly shows the mental state
of the greatest portion of mankind. Sanitary improvementa
would not be so tardy, ; mendicancy so extensive ; law so
inefficient ; and true religion so partial, if the minds of
mankind were fully informed, and the best feelings of the
human heart were cultivated,
It has been, therefore, thought by oNs who sincerely sym-
pathises with his own class, "The people," that a bater
commencement of a new epoch, in which to arouse the popu-
lar intellect, could not be devised than to erect on a magni.
ficent scale,

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—The
Directors hereby Give Notice that-they will receive Money
on Loan, to pay off Debentures falling dae, and are prepared to accept.
Tenders for the same for a perlß of 3,5, or 7 years. at 5 per cent.
per annum. Application may 16 made to the undersigned.
By order of the Directors.
CIMS. A. SAUNDERS, Secretary.
Paddington Station, 2d Noveutber.lBss.

LONDON and ig
RAIL ''AY.—CONTRACT
Toe Directors are prepared to rec
the undermentioned Stores, TiZ. :

ORTH-WESTERN
' for STORES for the Year 185 i
*TO Tenders for the Supply of

No. of Contract-
1. Brags Sheet and Tui•;cs for
- .Locomotives
~ Iron tubes
3. Copper
4. Canvas
5. Carpets and Rugs
9. Crucibles
to. Curled Hair
11. Copper and Brass Work
12. ColourS
12a. Drysaltery
13. Coach Trimmings
14. Cotton Waste
If,. Glass, Plate
If a. Glass, varlons
17. Hardware
17a. Brushes and Pencils
17b. Nails and Tacks
17c. Screws
17d. Gas Fittings
17e. Locks •
17f. Lamp Cottons

0. of Contract-
-18. Leather.
18a. Leather
19. Lead, White and Red
19s. Lead, Ingot, Sheet and Pipe
20. Iron, Yorkshire
22. Iron Vire:k
24. 011, Burning, &c.
28. Oils, various, and Turpentine
26. Oil Cloth
2sa. Augurs, Hammers, &c.
29. Tin Block
30. Tin Sheet and Speller
31. Varnishes
32. Sundries, consisting of Bas-
ke s, Felt, Candles, Soap,
Browns, Pitch, :Links,
Sponge, Hose Pipes, Fog
Signals, Sieves, Cement, In-
diarubber, Flannel, Calico,
&c., &c.
34. Hats
33. Caps

Specification and Forms of Tender may be had on and after Mon-
day, November sth. on application in writing, to the Secretary,
Euston Station, Londcn.

Forms of Tender for each Contract are printed separately, and
parties applying should state the particular Contract or Contracts for
which they propose to tender. . .
. _

Pattern; may also be inspected on and after Monday, Nov. sth,
from Ten till Four o'clock, at the Company's Pattern Itoont, Easton
Station, and any further information recfalrel may be obtained on
application to the heads of the seyrral departments.
Tenders to be sent in on og Letore Ten o'clock on Monday,
Nov. 19th.

By order of the Directors.
CHAS. E. STEIVART, Secretary.
Easton Station, October, 1855.

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Established 1824.

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LONDON LIFE ASSOCIATION.
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The rate of reduction of the Premiums for the precent year Is 70
per sent., leaving less than ene-third of the original Premium to be
paid.
The Society also undertakes other descriptions of Assurance, in
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