The Sun.
London, England, 1852-03-22 00:00:00

Will be per'ormed HEARTS ARE T 111131151.
After which MA '7 RBI ON I.‘ L, kc , &c., in which Messrs. Comp.
ton, Sholtter:, G. Cooke, Mesdam, rbilllps and Bartlett will appear.
To be followed by BLACK EYED SUSAN.
To cwaclude with KATHLEEN y or, The Reapers.

&IS I Lk.Y'S itOYAL IMP fill'iiEATßE,

Under of her Majesty and !to iioriCiughnot4
f•r,...cr, A 'hen.
Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty.
- The most successful and pour ar Theatre in London.
THIS EVENING,
Will be performed a new Grand Spectacle, entitled TANCRED ;
or. The Triumph of the Crusaters. F.oin the pen of J. Kingdom,
Esq., which has been some month, in preparation, and in the pro•
ductioj4 of Watt! neither cost rior pain, have been spared.
To be stnl_we•i by Laity'F, Inluntaniu 'zcenes of inc Arena.
To conclude with a Laughable r'arce.
TiStet.i to it,: had at the Box-otrice trom Eleven till Your daily,
Stage Manager. Mr. T. Thompa.,^n.

For what objects have the rural police been
enrolled and organized at a heavy expense to the
ratepayers ? Has the force been established for
public or-private purposes—for the benefit of the com-
munity or of individual,? It is right that the above
interrogatories should be promptly and distinctly
responded to by those in authority, who have some
degree of control over the local superintendents, and
who should issue clear instructions, not only as to
what should be done, but also as to what should be
left undone. The time has come when a clear
understanding must be arrived at on this important
subject. Judging from what has already taken place
in Norfolk, it is impossible to assign any limits
which some of the gentry or inhabitants of that im-
portant county will not be prepared to overleap.
Last year we found that the police were called in to
act as assistants to sheriffs%officers, as parties to exe-
cute process or take debtors into custody, for which
they had unquestionably extraordinary facilities from
the powers confided to their charge for other and very
different purposes. Now they appear to be acting as
assistant gamekeepers, to spare the pockets of parties
who are anxious to preserve their pheasants or par-
tridges without being subject to the expense of the
necessary staff. We do not doubt that the precedent,
if established, would be generally acted on, and re-
garded as a great boon to the " territorial aristo-
cracy," although the ratepayers might regard it in a
very different point of view. Parties have already
been so unreasonable as to complain of the heavy
outlay occasioned by the detention and prosecution
of poachers, and, also, of the maintenance of the
wives and femiliee of these offenders, in the various
woikhouses. They may also object to policemen
tieing employed as bailiffs or even " watchers," and
think that the prevention of crime, rather than the
detection of poachers, should be their chief occupa-
tion ; and that if landed proprietors are desirous of
veierving game, they should do so at their own ex-
peese, rather than that of the county.
To all these short-sighted individuals we heartily
c..inineud a calm consideration of the ease of the
Quest' spit's,: LiNc a.l and other}," which was
tried last weak at Norwich. It appeared that the
preserves at Letton, in the county of Norfolk, bad
(teen Er' qiiently violated. The proprietor applied for
the essi-taece of the constabulary, which was promptly
And fre•-ly granted. A parq of 10 or 11 policemen
w: re accordingly stationed in the lodge'ot the head
gain keeper, rsinferced by three or four keepers, or
iess than one third of their number; shots were kub-
s.qoenily heard in the adjoining woods and the
,nibustled party sallied forth, the police occupying
the centre and the gamekeepers the wings. As
u‘urti on such occasions, a fierce cot flict took place.
The Pril6 (in both sides were armed with deadly
weapon'', and, of course, availed themselves thereof in
the heat of the contest. The poachers,wounded the su-
perintendent severely, and one of his followers slightly ;
and a policeman, in return, fired at the poachers.
It may possibly become a question of some interest
in the investigation that wilt most probably be insti-
tuted into all the facts and circumstances of the case,
how the policeman obtained the gun, which cer-
tainly should not have been in his possession under
ordinary circumstances. We may, however, console
ourselves by the consideration that his possession of
a gun was not more strange than his presence on the
°cession.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
Tan DAT —Morainic 7 min. after 3 J Evening 21 min after 3
To-_••fossow—Mormni; 36 :Bin. atter 3 J Evening 50 min after 3

THE WEATTIER.—SuIt OFFICE, AlAna' 21.
THICH7IdOMST7IIt, IN THIS SMALL
48—highest since noon yesterday.
32—lowest this morning and during the night
55—this day, at noon.

BAROMETER, 30.13.
WIND E.S.E. to S.—fine ennshiny weather.
MONDAY, MARCH 22.
Tmanatomarsn, tx THE SHAM
56—highest since noon yesterday.
35 —lowest this morning and during the night.
58—this day, at noon.

Be_gobisnat, 30.22.
Wm S.W.—light airs and fine sunshiny weather.

DAILY WEATHER TABLE.

State of the Wind and Weather at each of the following
p'aces at Nine o'clock on Saturday morning.—The stations
are arranged in order of latitude.
PLymotrra—Wind S.E., strong breeze—partially cloudy.
BRIGHTON—Wind S.E.. gentle breeze—cloudless.
HASTINGS— Wind E., strong breeze—cloudless.
SOUTHAMPTON—Wind N., strong breeze—cloudless.
FOLIKNSTONM.- Wind E., gentle breeze—cloudless.
Tunnannx4E—Wind E., strong breeze—cloudless.
GREEN ‘v ICH W ind S.E., gentle breeze- cloudless.
ST 'WOO—Wind E., gentle breeze—cloudless.
SWINDON—Wind S. E., gentle breeze—cloudless.
CoLcHFsTrat— Wind N.E., strong breeze—partially cloudy.
CAA:IMMO IC— W ind S. E. , strong breeze—cloudless.
YIICKOUTH—iiind S E , hard wind—scud.

The returns from the following places indicate the state of
the wird and weather on Friday morning at nine
o'c!ock

Lon:Rica—Wind S.S.E. gentl- breeze—cloudy.
MULuNGAR— ind E . gentle breeze —partially cloudy.
PLymorTft—W S.E., hard wind partially cloudy.
RRTrawrow—lr inn N.E , breeze—partially cloudy.
E , fre,h breeze—partially cloudy.
So TI-LA MPTO:. 'n,; N., strung breeze-Imm tally cloudy.
fol.swroNv— Wind E. gentle sneeze—cloudy.
TUNBRIDGIL— it.) N. E , strong breeze cloudless.
N ICH—Wind enif. breeze—overcast.
STROO D Wino E, br. eze—cls.udv.
H k...sma, —l4 tbd N. d —overcast..
CA +t E., strong, breeze partaaLy cloudy.

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The result was what might have been
anticipated, the police acted gallantly and

bravely, as they do on every occasion ;
for whatever may be their errors, cowardice cannot

be laid to their charge. The trespassers were put to
flight and captured, some, with red hands, in the
wood, others while flying across the country, and a
few at their own homes the following day. The
leader of the police was severely, and One of his fol-
lowers, slightly wounded ; while six young men, just
arriving at manhood, four of the number being under
21 years of age, were sentenced to punishments
varying from two years' imprisonment to transporta-
tion for ten years. Another fearful illustration has
thus been afforded of the working of the game-laws,
the remnant of the old sanguinary forest code. We
trust that the legislative attention may at length,
even at the eleventh hour, be directed to the unwise
and impolitic system, and that if pheasants and
partridges mug still be regarded more highly than
our fellow•citizens,
_the parties desirous of preserv-
ingtheirva n
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rs
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edr a nt
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e t assistedhe them
t abayy public do
ioc as
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from the public purse. The matter is one of consi-
derable importance ; and We would desire to see the
organs of public opinion speaking out plainly and
unequivocally on the topic, with a view to the correc-
tion of the malpractice eriing in the east of England.

We would earnestly invite the public attention to
the communication ot the Hon. D. Hon.,
AN, Which
will be found in another part of this day's,
itnpres.
slop. The Learned Gentleman has been forced into
the conflict by a IPcter which recently appeared
in a morning contemporary, itupelicbing the title of
hit irincip4l, Cailonel FREMONT, to the royalties
of the Linis of which he is in the actual en..
joymen*, and attacking
the various companies already
in existence, or about to be established. We may safely
leave the matter in the hands of Dr. HorratAN, who
has fully disposed of all the matters referred to by
his anonymous correspondent. He seeks no conceal-
men!', but comes forward fairly, boldly, and above
board, not only pledging his unimpeachable charac-
ter to the accuracy of his assertions, but bringing
forward the strongest corroboration in the shape of
documentary evidence. This unquestionably lends
addlitml weight to the statement of the

0Y A L PR
O.IxNFOCRIE) IiStF'SF.T.T HEAT aE, general observatione.This pr jeer, it is only necessary
Under the Management of 11r. Cii.A.ItLES KEAN. r., is the one for the construction
On Monday, ..,larch 22, will he performed Rhakspere's mato- of a grand trunk railway across the North Ame-
rical. Play of King John, and the Me'odrama cf Pauline.
Tueiday, 23, The Corsican Brothers, and the Comedy of the ric,in continent, connecting together- the vast
Honeymoon.
Wednesday, 24, Shakspere's Historical Play- of King John, and oceans of the Pacific and Atlantic, and
the Meloira of Pauline. opening up a direct intercourse between the
Thursday, 2ma 5, The Corsican Brothers, and the Comedy of the
Honeymoon. opposite extremities of the eastern hemisphere by a
Friday, 2 ;, Shakspere's Historical Play of ring John, and the
Melodrama of Pauline. line of route stretching immediately across the wes-
Seneley, 27, The Corsican Brothers, ant the Comedy or tee tern hemisphere. After a very considerable interval
li oneyolooo.
. had elapsed, during which he Sun remained the
only London journal advocating the enterprise re-
ferred to, we have been gratified to perceive
that the subject has been gradually forcing
itself upon the scrutiey of some of our
' more observant contemporaries, the latest cf
these accessions to the cause among periodicals
being the .New Monthly Magazine. Considering all
that has been said in our own columns in allusion to
the project of this North American Railway, its
different promoters cannot, we believe, complain that
the Press has been altogether culpably indifferent to
the advantages held out by the scheme of such an un-
dertaking—and hopes, therefore, have been fostered
in the minds of Major CARMICEIAEL SMYTII, the first
of all the pamphleteers upon the subject, of Mr.
ASA WHITNEY, the United States projector,
and of Captain MieraeoxoN SYNGE, the ingenious
traveller through the Canada. Anything which
at all indicates a revival of this most remarkable
project enlists at once our sympathies ; and it is
consequently with satisfaction we observe the utter-
ance of the following remarks, on the 18th ultimo,
by the Hon. Mr. CHANDLER, in the course of a
speech delivered by him in the Legislative Council
Chamber at Fredericton, New Brunswick :
" Even those," said Mr. Chandler, in allusion to the
North American Railway, "who in general were ready
to carry a vote of want of confidence in the Government,
would, he hoped, deal with this question purely on its
own merits. It was a question too great for party con-
sideration. He bad himself no personal views in the
question beyond others. Office with him had long since
lost its charms, and although he had served this pro-
vince in the Legislature to the best of his ability for
a quarter of a century, he had never within that time
r. ct ived offieial reward. His object was to do ser-
vice to his country, and should he prove suc-
cessful in his last endeavours, he would
gl.dly, if that was made a condition, resign his place in
the Government for ever. To be connected with the
Honourable Mr. Howe iu a question of such national
inip,),:tance was to him a great remuneration for any
Alfieuitics of toinoyauce be might encounter; for in Mr.
ficaie these inovincos must ever recognise the man ski;-,
bad firsr, by his indomitable perseverance and command-
ing talent, brought before the British people tne vain,
and importance of British North America."
Let us still hope that an enterprise which has
secured to itself the advecscy of a men as able and as
pitriutic is the Hon. Josaru HOWE may speedily
triumph over all difficulties; and that, fraught as the
project is with inducements aff-cting the interests of
England, socially, politically, and commercially, it
will receive the support of her MAJESTY'S Ministers,
and the particular encouragement of the Culonia
S. cretary.