The Sun.
London, England, 1855-11-06 00:00:00

DECLARATION OF PROFITS.

NDISPUTABL E LIFE POLICY COM-
.
PANY.—Cha mnan, Lord Viscount TORRINOTON.—The
trzxt Divi,ioa of Profits wi!l be made in June, 1856, and those
assur2l on or before the 31st of ll,eember, 1853, will participate one
yea:earlit'r than those assured after that date. A reduction of 25
p?.r e2nt. has heo.n ala:le on the premiums of all Policies of 5 years'
staitding. ALEXANDER: ROBERTSO', Manager.
.22,Loalhard-streA, London.

BURGLA.RY.-2200 REWARD. —On the
Night of Friday, the •26th of October inst., 1455, Oakland
Itonso, Cricklewood, Kilburn, near London, was robbed,• among
other thing 3, of 21. ss. Ed. in money, some silver Teaspoons, Threaded
She:l Pattern, engraved with a Lion's Head, and the Initial "3," and
the Motto, " Prudentia et Animis," oftie Works of a Drawing-room
Clock, purchased of Silver, of Hatton-Garden, and of 3 Coats, ono
black twil.ed Waterproof, another black cloth, with velvet collar,
and the other a dark brown driving coat of thick fine cloth.
Whoever will give such information as shall lead to the conviction
of the Thief or Thieves, shall receive the above Reward, on applica-
tion to Mr. Steele, Solicitor, No. I, Lincoln's-inn-fields, where, or at
the premises!, or to the police, all information is to be rendered.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
ITnder the Management of Mr. Buckstone.

THIS EVE NIN ;.
Will be performed THE POOR GENTLEMAN. Characters by
Messrs. Chippendale, E. Villiers, W. Farren, llowe, and Compton;
Mrs. Poynter, and tliss Swanboreugh.
Followed by THE LITTLE TREASURE.
To conclude with LODGINGS FOR SINGLE GENTLEMEN.

tiOrAt. VIKITRE, OXFORD-STREET.

Under the Manazernont of Mr. Cumrs BEAN.

THIS EVENING

IVITI be presented ,TE*DOE NOT BY ,PPE ULLNCES. .
After wh'eb, THE WONDERFUL WOMAN. Characters by
llfes.tri F. 3latthews, D. Fisher, Cathcart, Everett, and Miss
heath.

To conclude with THE CRI TIC.

f FIZA.TR.E ROYAL ♦DELPHI.
Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Dtreetress. Madame Ce:este.

THIS EVENING,

be performs 1 TqE Will CC Ti )RRE OF THE PEPPERR.
Gerald Pepp r, 11r. Hudson; supported by Mews. Moreland, P.
Bedford. Phelirn, Miss Kate K.elly ; Magdelens, Miss Laidlaw;
Agatha, Miss lAT3ndham.
After which, the Farce of THE £lOO N')TE.
lollowed by RE rsy BAKER.

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
Lessee, Mr. J. 11. Anderson, 13, Norfolk-street, Strand.
Increased Attractions, and success In equal ratio
THIS. AND EVERY EVENING, at Eight o'Clock,

Will `,O presented, with entirely Nov and Niagnitleent Appoint-
m3nts, NINCIEC and MYSTERY, in twelve acts, arranged in two
p ►rts, by Professor Anderson.

After which, the startling illustrations of Spirit-Rapping. HALF-
A N--EIOUR, Nlrir TIIE ,;PIRIT 4, being the most surprising and
intoresting series of experiments ever given withia the walls of any
theatre.

Revival, in an improved form, of the astonndinc novelty which
startled London 10 years ago, the GREAT GUN TRICK !

Prices of allnksion:—Private 11)xes, 11. Ili. 61. and It. Is. ;
Orche3tra Stalls, 43. ; Drc33 Bales, 33 ; Uro.sr Boxes. 24.; Pit,
Is. ; Gallery, 61. No lialf-price. nox-oake open from 11 to 5
d lily.

Grand Morning Performance on Satarday Next at Two o'Clock,
Doan open at ILdf-past One.

R )YAL OLY qPIC THEATRE.

TIII3 EVENING,

Will be presented PLOT AND P kSiIONT. Characters by Messrs.
F. Robson, Emery, a. Vining, Lesre, J. 11. White, 11. Cooper, and
Franks ; and Mrs. Stirlin4 and Mks Bromley.
Followed by CATCHING A MERMAID.
To conclude with A BLIGIITED BEING.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. _
Under the direction of Mr. Payne.
TUTS EVENING,
Will be perforrnel TILE RAGPICKER OF FIRM
Followed by N I fOCRIS.
To conclude with TIIE LADIES' CLUB.

ASTLErS ROYAL AMPHITIIHATIZE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. Win. Cooke.
THIS EVENING,

The vivid and tremendously real Spectacle, The FALL of SEBAS-
TOPOL !
After which the JEUX EQUESTRES DE L'ARENE, or Acts !n
the eirel-, with that miraculous feat, Mr. J. if. Cooke's Saut du Pont,
or Filglit of the Bridges.
To conclude with a B kI".T.ET D'ACTION, with a variety of Prin-
cipal and other Dances, by artistes of celebrity.
m,x..ottice open from Eleven till Four. Stao Manager, Mr. W.
Wesdt. Equestrian Direc,or, w. Cooke. Jun.

lIIGFI WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.

DAY—Morn. 0 min. aft. o—Evening 1 min aft. 12
Ta-Moßßow—Morn.2o min.aft. 12 —Evening3B ruin. aft. 12

THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, Nov. 6.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.

43- highest since noon yosterZsy.
43 —lowest this morning and during the night.
—this day at noon.

BAROMETER, 30'15.
WIND, S.W.—Light, with fine November weather.

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LONDON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1855,

Recent intelligence from the United States goes
far to prove that the very discreditable, nay more,
the highly criminal, electioneering trick of Mr.
Attorney-General CALEB Cusmero has by no means
answered the expectations of the parties to the
scandalous manoeuvre. Office at any price, or on
any conditions, seems to have been the sole end
and object of the step. For that lie would have
been willing to inflict permanent and serious
damage on the best interests of his country—to
have embroiled it in war with its best customers
—men springing from the same stock, and speak-
ing the same language as its own citizens. It is
needless to speculate on the results of such a war,
for any war undertaken without adequate cause
is unjustifiable, and must prove highly prejudicial
to the welfare and prosperity of all parties con- It is quite possible to be carried along so fast
cerned. and easily as to lead you to fancy the rate you
We can scarcely suppose that Mr. Attorney- aro travelling at is actually slow. In such a case,
General CUSHING coetemplated. "going the whole i of course, the error into which you have fallen is
beg," and proceeding really to extremities with corrected by reflection on your arrival at a point
England. Although we have no very exalted which you had deemed far distant. Some such
opinion. of his political morality, we cannot, delusion we are inclined to think is a little too
in common charity, believe him capable of prevalent as to the progress of railway con-
such atrocious guilt. No ; we believe that munication in this country. Justice, we are of
his wish was merely to create an excitement opinion, is hardly done to the great body of rail-
by means whereof he might secure a few' ad- way proprietors throughout the kingdom in rela-
ditional votes, sufficient to turn the scale to their magnificent achievements. Barely a
in favour of the party with which he was working, quarter of a century has elapsed since railway
and with which his own political existence was operations were commenced, and if we wish to
identified. He might possibly have thought that form a tolerably accurate notion as to how they
his blustering and bullying would have succeeded, Lave been carried on, we have only to pause for a
and that concessions would be made flattering to moment and look around us. And what is the
the vanity of some short-sighted electors. He result ? Why, from one end of the country to
might also have imagined that, with the aid of the other, we find a perfect network of railway
those by wheat he was supported and stimulated communication, the loops of which are yearly
in the reckless and culpable course on which he being drawn closer. In achieving so desirable
had. entered, the difficulty could have been re- a result, it may be asked what ha.ve railway
proprietors not had to contend against ? Moun-
moved at any time he and they thought proper,
when the object for which it was undertaken had tains have had to be tunnelled, hills to be cut,
been accomplished. But ho ought to know the valleys to be arched or elevated, rivers to be
danger of tampering with so perilous an element spanned, and thousands of miles of rails laid evenly
as -Popular passion, and considered that it has too down, to say nothing of the factious or interested
frequently been the fate of those who "sowed the opposition which has been surmounted. And now
storm to reap the whirlwind." He could instead of being borne slowly along by driblets
not answer for the result of the very and at unfrequently recurring intervals in stage-
doubtful experiment on which he ventured, coaches, waggons, or canal-boats, the population are
and even under the most favourable circumstances whirled daily along the rail by myriads in every
the consequences must be very mischievous. There quarter of the kingdom, so that a youth of 30
can, therefore, be no possible excuse for his mis- has seen more and knows more of the aspect and
conduct, and the least punishment which it can customs of the country than his great grandfather,
receive will be the failure of the contemplated his grandfather, and even his father, at thrice his
gain, and the substitution of a man of sounder age. How grandpapa would have stared had he
sense, higher attainments, and unblemished poli-
been told that a system of communication, which
tical honesty, in the elevated position for which could be carried on at the rate of a mile a minute,
he is so clearly di einalinad.
would be so far in vogue in 1854 as to be per-
But, thanks to the good sense of the high- sonally made use of by 111,000,000 people! And
minded people of America, there are already un- yet the prophecy would have been verified by the
equivocal indications of the complete failure of event.
the nefarious scheme. Our transatlantic brethren A system which has attained to such magni-
well know that no insult was contemplated that tude in so brief a period could hardly fail to be
there was nothing which could justly arouse their encumbered in its progress with some de-
treest sensitive feelings. If there had been an fects. When, however, the difficulties which
error, it was promptly and handsomely atoned railway directors have had to encounter
for. At the very first intimation not only Was in the discharge of their onerous duties
there an immediate apology, such as an honourable are taken • t
o consideration, surprise will
man might offer, and another equally honourable rather be legitimatethat
causes of cons-
receive, but the objectionable practice was at plaint have been so few. It was not the develop-
} discontinued. L )rd CLARENDON declicred ment of an existing system they were entrusted
that he had given to his agents the most stringent with ; it was the creation of a new, the merits
instructions not to • violate any municipal paw, and demerits of which could only be ascertained
and that if there had been any violation he by trial. On the and hand shareholders were
deeply regretted it. This should have been eager for high dividends, and on the other the
aniticient for the most c •
aPtious and querrultotts, public clamoured for comfort and safety with cheap
particularly when accompanied
by the cessation rates. In this dilemma whom had they to look
of the matter complained of. But Mr. CA'',EB to for support but the officials in their employ
CusirrNe could only see in the instruction "not to 'And these officials, from the highest to the lowest,
violate any municipal law " a deeper • • injury, ait were necessarily new to their work. Every pro-
more inexpiable offence. Ia that opinion he will j fession, trade and_ species of labour almost contri

buted to the staff. As a matter of course there
were accidents, some unavoidable, and others
arising from carelessness, sometimes on the part
of the passengers who suffered by them, oftener
on that of the minor officials. The public, natu-
rally enough, demanded that every possible pre-
caution should be taken to ensure their personal
safety ; and, not quite so justly, attributing a
large portion of the accidents to the smallness of
the force employed, that the number of minor
officials should be increased. Yet in 1852 there
were nine or ten officials on the average on every
mile of railway open, a number increased to
twelve in 1854. The fact, as we now know, was,
two-thirds of all the accidents of importance arose
not so much from the quantity as the quality of
the individuals employed. In vain might the
directors pay the closest attention to the safety of
their carriages and the solidity of their rails, if
the human machines to whom the carrying out of
their arrangements was confided failed in their
duty, whether from carelessness or lack of intelli-
gence. The want all along has been a larger
number, or rather an entire body, of
conscientious and intelligent officials. And
now that the railway system has invested
in it no less an amount than 300,000,0001.,
yields an annual revenue of 20,000,0001., and
employs a force of 90,000 men, the necessity
for the moral and mental culture of the entire
body of officials being stimulated to the utmost
becomes too manifest to be insisted on. Under
these circumstances, the public will be gratified
to learn that an important step in this direction
has recently been taken. An association, entitled
the " Railway Club," has been formed in Man-
chester, the object of which is to facilitate com-
munication between the higher classes, as we
suppose, of railway officials throughout the
kingdom--to enable them, in other words, to ex-
change in kindly intercourse with one another the
results of their daily experience, so as to arrive at
the requireddata for the perfect development of the
great railway system. A development which can
only be secured by the aid of an intelligent body
of officials, and which will involve not only due
consideration for the interests of the shareholders,
but also, what our readers will care most about,
for the physical and commercial interests of the
public. An association of this sort, with such
oljects in view, we cannot but wish success,
while we congratulate it on the brightness of
its prospects.