The Sun.
London, England, 1839-05-22 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN.
The Public is respectfully informed, that the
PRESENT MANAGEMENT WILL TERMINATE
WITH THIS SEASON ;
;1112 following Programme is therefore given of its final ar•
-leroents
Standard Plays, as brought out at this Theatre, wil
be performed once more, viz. :
THE TWO FOSCARI, and \VERNER.
THIS EVENING, MAY 22,
Will be performed the New Play, in Five Aets, called
RICHELIEU, OR IHE CONSPIRACY,
Written by Sir E. Lytton Bulwer, Bart.
The Characters by
Didde, Mr. M

blr• Elton, 1%

Diddear, .acready, Mr. Warde, Mr. kss
Ilett Mr. Vining. Mr. Roberts, Mr. Phelps, Mr. G. Ben•
oipo Mr. Howe, Miss- E. Phillips, Mr. Tilbury, Mr. Yar-
, Mr. W. L. Payne, Mr. C. J. Smith, Mr. Bender,
et Paulo, Mr. Gough, Mr. Thorne, Mr. Brady, Mr. Bur-
t, Mr. Smith, Mr. Kirke, Mr. Hollingsworth, Mr. Wal•
V", Mr. Ayliffe, Mr. Andrews, Mr. T. Matthews, Miss
y,...at'clenhoff, Miss Charles, Mesdames Reed, Corder, Lee,
-444 duke, Mathews, Mew, and Morgan.
AG„, After which, the New Dramatic RoOF AUGSBURG.
sailed
'NES BERNAUER, THE MAID
After which, the New Farce, in One Act, called
To conclude with
To_ CHAOS IS COME AGAIN.
morrow, The Lady of Lyons, with Inkle and Yarico, and
maga and Doings.

Grand, ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.
, Holiday Attractions—bliss Romer. Mr. Templeton, and
Balfe, in the New Opera of " The Maid of Artois," and
44 entirely New Domestic Drama.
THIS EVENING, MAY 22,
And Two following Nights,
Mr. Balfe's Grand Opera, entitled
THE MAID OF ARTOIS.
Isnline, Miss Romer ; Jules, Mr. Templeton ; The Marquis,
Mr. Balk.
T. A Double Chorus and Increased Band.
SlCwith (first time) a Domestic Drama, called
-"'.• GRAY, THE SUSPECTED ONE.
wew scenery, and powerful iliterest.

The stigget•timt TO CORRESPONDENTS.
Letter of A micus will be attended to in future; his
, of the 13th was not received.
a personalmore
We cannot insert Air. J. B. Dixon's letter, which is
of
ver attack on another party, than an elucidation of the
y important public question referred to.
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LONDON :
WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 1839.

to The reasons stated by the Morning Advertiser
14! not at present making any changes in the Mi-
ti%lty, which we transfer to our Metropolitan Sum-
-447, will be regarded by the public as satisfactory.
ere changes now to be made, the whole Ministry
t be remodelled ; a number of new elections
kellt take place before the public business could
otti,tnmenced, and the short time which under
tioinarY circumstances yet remains before the Ses-
on i 3 brought to a close, would be wholly lost.
the e business, however, as for example,°providing for
thotternment of Jamaica, which every arrival from
toltiwest Indies shows to be urgently required, de-
atti iinmediate attention. Again, the time has
the tile when the Budget should be submitted to
that illose of Commons, and it seems indispensable
Ck this duty should be performed by the present
lio:lletrAoß of the EXCHEQUER. Mr. RICE,
p,piever, is one of the Ministers, according to re-
' who will be changed, and it is plain that to
del-°°e him at present would cause a serious
thea! to necessary public business. It seems wise,
re refore, whatever Ministerial changes may be
d blithe, not to make them till after the business is
ses if the Tory faction will allow that, and the
ion has been brought to a close.
At the
same time we must observe, that if there
t° t~t. be no change in the personnel of the Minis-
il"ndicating to the nation a more forward and re-
to eute Progress, it is the more necessary that some
4tures should be proposed which would keep
th‘e all the hopes, and some of the enthusiasm of
Public. In the present state of the House of
6:4lrnons, no large measures of Reform can be
ePosed with any chance of succes'l.; and before
Y Can be carried, public opinion must be concen-
tillted on them, and the conviction that they are
tieeMary, and will be beneficial, must become
4t, strong, and general. To establish such a
hoe'lviction is the duty of the Press, and when pub-
lat°Pinion shall be suiEciently enlightened on any
kflect, no doubt that opinion would soon be
oned into a law.
FLn' administrative improvements as the introdue-
iii: 51a uniform penny postage, ought to be imme-
i kiltelY proposed, and the honor of carrying so use-
thealneasuie, ought on no account to be left to
Tories.
ko, he Ministers have already announced a grant
1)t education, and the great value and utilityof their
of Position may be inferred from the universal howl
illthe Parsons and of the Tory Press against it,
e east religious Establishment of this country,
IX revenue as large as half the revenues of
;14141a, has been proved, either from the want of
to in the Priesthood, or from want of power,
to be wholly inadequate to give the most
pfttlibon school and moral instruction to the bulk
4 the people.
.Self-education is now prevalent
~41%,gst the people, and amongst the most skilful
441/len in existence are now found an abundance
authors and orators, whose composition and
(!lletelies would do honour to any Member of the
til)Per House. But all the education which is de-
peve4 from the Clergy, or which they ought to dis-
iiittl.4, is in the lowest and most contemptible con.
litil°n• Their power has been unchecked, their in-
eiice uncontrouled, and the national morality (as
trt\n4s the report of the Constabulary Commission-
is at the lowest ebb. Wherever they have
tief4t Power, as about Canterbury, education is most
theeictive ; wherever they have the least power, as in
Ittl large towns, it is most improved. The Priest-
s,,,,l42 opposed to all knowledge which they cannot