The Sun.
London, England, 1839-09-23 00:00:00

EVEN IN a EDITION.

In 3 vols., post Bvo.,
THE NEW NOVEL.
H E DUK E
,T A STORI&OF THE PRESENT DAY.
By MRS. GREY.
IS NOW READY AT ALL THE LIBRARIES.
Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street.

4,751,500 FLORINS.
GREAT SALE, by Shares, of the splendid
Seignory GROSS-ZDIKAU and TWELVE other
VILLAGES:—Gross Zdikau, Aussergifield, Sabert Rallen-
bach, Mehlhuttel, Waldhauser, Planter, Bock, Althutten,
Grafen, Tobia.thutten, and Buchwald, all situated near Vienna.
(Austria). The value of these Estates is taxed by the Govern-
ment at 3,751,500 florins. The tirage will take place irrevo-
cably the 14th of October, in Vienna, by the authority and with
the guarantee of his Majesty the Emperor of Austria. Price
for a share 11. ; six shares together, 51. ; thirteen shares
together I'o/. The amounts could be remitted in Bank of
England notes, or any other way. All gains will be paid
without the smallest deduction after the tirage, and the
bulletins sent to the purchaser.
Apply for-shares, prospectuses, and further particulars at.
HENRY BEER and CO.'s, Bankers, Paris.

ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.
THIS EVENING, S. 23.
NM be presented an entirely new and original Nautical Drama,
in Three Acts, entitled
ARMSTRONG, THE SHIPWRIGHT.
Reuben Armstrong, Mr. T. P. Cooke ; Abel Armstrong,
Mr. E. F. Saville; Annis Mildred, Mrs. H. Vining; m
Bona, Miss Martin.
After which (31st time) the successful Nautical Drama of
BEN BOATSWAIN ; Or, SAILOR'S SWEETHEARTS.
Ben Bowling, Mr. T. P. Cooke.
To conclude with,
PETER THE GREAT AND PAUL THE MARINER.
Peter the Great, Mr. Neville ; Paul Cloutenhoff, Mr. W. Smith.
Lisbeth, Miss Martin.

ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.
Under her MAJESTY'S IMMEDIATE PATRONAGE.
THi6 EVENING, TO-MORROW, and THURSDAY,
.sErr. 23d, 24th, and 26th.
LAST WEEK OF THE
ki GRAND PROMENADES MUSICALES ET CHAM-
( METRES,
By the unrivalled Band of this Establishment,
Conducted by Mr. Godfrey.
Exhibition of the Wonderfully-intense and beautiful new Ugh'
KONIAPHOSTIC,
Under the superintendence of Mr. H. Carter.
And the ERUPTION of MOUNT HECLA.
Admission One Shilling.
Feedtag Hour Five o'Clock—Concert at Six.

TO CORRESPONDENTS.
had overlooked the request contained in the first commu-
nication of X. Y. Z. His second communication has
reached us. The papers are so long that it is impossible
for us, however willing, to insert them.

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LONDON:
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2.3, 183 S.

The Carlisle Patriot contains a speech of Sir
JAMES ft:TRA HAM, at a meeting of the Netherby Ag-
ricultraval Association. Had that Journal not called
atv_ntion to it, and had Sir JAMES not said " they
were always ready to admit those who conveyed to
the public what passes on such occasions," we should
have foreborne to notice what be calls, and what
really seems to have been, a family meeting. The party
dined at the Graham Arms, he was surrounded by
relations and tenants, and the business wholly con-
cerned the improvement of the Netherby estate, and
the welfare of its several possessors and occupiers.
No difference of political opinion, nor the contempt
, we feel for the manner in which Sir JAMES
I GRAHAM, above all the respectable politicians of
the day, has pandered to the narrowest and most il-
liberal religious prejudices, seeking by so doing to
attain political power, shall prevent us from saying
that the account of the meeting reflects great credit on
Sir JAMES'S conduct in the management.of his
property. It is impossible to read such descriptions
lof mutual kindness and mutual service without
wishing that the present prosperity of the agricul-
twists was based on something better than an
' odious tax which the rest of the community neither
can uor will submit to.
On returning thanks when his own health was
toasted, Sir JAMES alluded to the conflicting
duties he has had to perform as a landlord, as a
brother, and as the heir of Netherby, which pre-
vented him from acting towards all his tenants as
he could wish. It is well understood that the same
circumstances,—namely, certain incumbrances on
his estate—have warped his views on the Corn-
laws, and made him, in order to keep up his own
state, unjust towards the eaters of bread. The close
of the war unfortunately saw the land urdeed with numerous charges contracted under the high
prices caused by the debasement of the currency,
stud the landowners could find no better method of
snaking the community bear those burdens, instead
of bearing them themselves, than imposing a per-
manent and ruinous tax on bread. Sir JAMES de-
fended that tax, because to take it off would lower
rent, and lower the value of the farmer's capital.
Grosser exaggerations than his own fears and his
own self-interest led him into we have not yet en-
countered ; but the demands made on our columns
by other interesting subjects will not allow us to do
more than merely 'mention the subject. We must
refute his statements on some future occasion.

y the, overland Mail from India, arrived
on Sat,..mlay, bringing Bombay papers of the
lit 'of August, we learn that the " Old
Lien of the Putijaub," RUNJEET SINGH, died,
aster a protracted illness, at Lahore, on the
27th of June. RUNJEET SINGH, was one of
the most extraordinary of the many distinguished
characters who figure in the modern history of
India.

His death is the most interesting item in the
catalogue of intelligence brought by the overland
mail from India, received in London on Saturday.
The news, so far as regards the mere fact of the
death of the MAHARAJAH, can excite very little
surprise ; as his long illness, his age, and his intem-
perate habits, which were not in the slightest de-
gee moderated by his sickness, had prepared the
public mind, both here and in India, for the intelli-
r genee of his dissolution. But there arc events so
i momentous, that a knowledge of the certainty of
their occurrence, only inspires the greater apprehen-
sion that ordinary precaution will be found inade-
quate to provide against the dati4ers threatened by
th.ern, and among these we may certainly class the
death of RUNJEET SINGH. All were apprehen-
'Jive that a kingdom which he had founded by his
F enterprising valour, and kept together by the force of
his genius and the strength of his character, would
inevitably fall to pieces at his death ; and the ene-
mies of British domination in India were in'ecstacies
at the prospect of our alliance with the old and indo-
rnit
the ttble 4 C
iLion of the Punjaub" being replaced by
.
enmity of a host of powerful marauding., chiefs
1 along
which whole line of our north-western frontier,,,
Would have the effect of destroying our nitiu- 1
ence in Candahar,
'i But Lord AucKLad Herat, as well as Lahore.
%adequate to the dutieAn. D°f his t,
Office. Never, perloaps, since
a footing in India proved himself fully
z high and important
did
40
man
ngland first obtained
. intricate political
combinations at once engage the mind of aGover-
no':-General ; and never be:re more beneficial re-
v sults obtained by means so worthy Ofthae humane
' and economical Government. From
the Governor-General was convinced that
tlstathnt
recovery of the MAHARAJAH was hopeless, a
strong British force was ordered to the frontier,
prepared to cross the Sutlege at a moment's notice,
and at once dash upon Lahore. Camels and
stores were provided at Ferozepore and Kurnaul
and in the meantime our political agents at Lahore
were instructed to negotiate with the Seik Govern-
ment the measures to be taken to maintain the
Royal authority in the event of the MA HA RA-
JA N'S death. In this important service Colonel
WADE and Mr. CLERK eminently distinguished
themselves. So prudently were the measures of
the Seik Government taken, that on the death of
R. cretJe.:ET, his son, KHURUCK SINGH, peaceably
ascended the throne of his fa,,Hr without exciting a

IVOTICE ;IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a
_LI MEETING of the Creditors of ABRAHAM HENRY
CHAMBERS, the Elder, and ABRAHAM HENRY
CHAMBERS, the Younger, Bankrupts, will be held at her
Majesty's Theatre, Haymarket, on FRIDAY, the 27th day of
September instant, at Twelve o'Clock precisely, to take into
conglderation the general affairs of the Estate.

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