The Sun.
London, England, 1853-11-18 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE,

Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith.

THIS EVENING, Nov. 18,

The GREAT AMERICAN EQUESTRIANS will exhibit their
astonishing Feats, unnia.ched in the history of such Performances,
assisted by the most renowned Gymnastic Artistes, 0. Dal. an.'
Barnes, the European and American champions.

THEATR.E ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Under the management of Mr. Bnckstone.
TINS EVENING, Nov. 18,

Will be performed THE LADY OF LYONS. Characters by
Messrs. Howe, FL Corri, Chippendale, George Vandenhoff, and Miss
Reynolds.

To be followed by A PRETTY PIECE OF BUSINESS. Cha-
racters by Messrs. Howe and Buckstone ; Miss Reynolds and Mrs.
Fitzwilliam.

After which, LOVE'S ALARMS. Characters by Messrs. W.
Farren, Corti, and Compton ; Miss Emily Ormonde, Miss E. Romer,
and Miss Featherstone.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET,
Under the Management of Mr. CHAELES KERN.

THIS EVENING, Nov. 18,
Will be performed THE DAY AFTER THE WEDDING. Sup-
sorted by Mr. and Mrs. W. Lacy.
After which, Lord Byron's Tragedy of BARD ANAPALUS, con-
siderably abridged for stage representation. Principal characters by
Mr. C. Bean and Miss Murray.
To conclude with DEAF AS A POST. Principal character by
Mr. Harley.

LYCEUM THEATRE.
Under the Management of Madame Vestris.
THIS EVENING. Nov. IS,

Will be performed A NICE FIRM. Principal characters by
Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, and Mrs. F. Matthews.
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After which, THE COMMENCEMENT OF A BAD FARCE i coh b,
ehno wilmeovwEe
HA is hoped), will. in the end, show HOW TO
HAPPY. Principal character by Mr. Wright.
T
erd PATTER v. CLATTER. Captain Patter, Mr.
MAKEw f
followed
Charles Mathews.
To conclude with WRIGHT AT LAST.

THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI.
Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste.
THIS EVENING, Nov. 18,
Will be performed THE DISCARDED SON. Characters by
Leigh Murray, Paul Bedford, and Keeley; Mrs. Keeley and Miss
Woolgar, &c.
To be followed by WHITEBAIT AT GREENWICH.
After which, THE CAMP AT CHOBRAM.
To be followed by "HOTEL CHARGES!" or, How to Cook
" A Biffin."

ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan.
THIS EVENING, Nov. 18,
Will be performed TIIE CAMP AT THE OLYMPIC. Charac-
ters by Messrs. A. Wigan, Emery, F. Robson, Cooper, and Galli ;
Mesdames A. Wigan, Stirling, P. Horton, Chatterley, E. Turner, and
Wyndham.

To be followed by PLOT AND PASSION. Principal characters
by Mr. F. Robson and Mrs. Stirling.

ASTLEY'S EUROPE'S NATIONAL AMPHITHEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke.
GRAND MILITARY SPECTACLE—THE INVASION OF
RUSSIA, and THE BURLESQUE.
FIFTH WEEK of the Star of the Arena, Miss KATE COOKE,
who continues to be received with increased enthusiasm.
THIS EVENING, Nov. /8,
The Entertainments will commence with the Grand Equestrian
Military spectacle, entitled BONAPARTE'S INVASION OF RUS-
SIA ; or, The Burning of Moscow.
To be followed by Mr. W. COOKE'S matchless Scenes of the
ARENA, in which Mr. ALFRED COOKE will appear.
To conclude with JUPITER'S DECREE AND THE FALL OF
PII,ETON ; or, The Fiery Coursers of the San.
Box-office open from Eleun till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W.
w es t.

HIGH WATER AT LoNDorir BRIDGE.
TEIIS DAY —Morning 9 min.after 3 f Evening 25 min.aft. 3
10-Moßitow—Morning 41 min.after 3 U.vening 58 min.aft. 3

THE WEATHELI.—Sux OFFICE, Nov. 18.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
45—highest since noon yesterday.
34—iowestithis morning and during• the night.
4k—this day at noon.

they have been guilty in quarrelling with their
real friends in obedience to the dictates of those
who feel no interest in their permanent welfare,
but use them merely as instruments to carry out
their own object, that of getting the destinies of
trade under their own control and management. The
great majority of the operatives are now not
merely willing to resume work on former condi-
tions, but to submit unconditionally to the rea-
sonable demands of the masters, and to eschew all
connection with a system which has already led to
such heartrending results. The sufferings they
have already endured—the bitter privations to
which their innocent and helpless families have
necessarily been subjected—have taught them a
severe but salutary lesson, and they now deeply
deplore the grave mistake they committed, and
would willingly take any pledge to appease the
juit irritation of their quondam employers.
It is greatly to be lamented that the masters
cannot make arrangements to take back those who
now confess their error, and would consent to
abjure the Societies and Unions by which they
have been misled. It is painful to see the wear-
ing effects of famine beginning to tell, not merely
on men, but on women and children, palling their
cheeks and reducing their strength. The haggard
faces and wan aspects of the sufferers must plead
powerfully in favour of a merciful use of the vic-
tory that has already been achieved in many of
the districts. We cannot extenuate the conduct of
the suppliants. It cannot be denied that they
have merited all they have endured, and are still
enduring. But they are our fellow-creatures,
and, conscious of the magnitude of our own errors,
we should regard theirs with leniency and con-
sideration. It is said that the millowners of
Burnley and Bacup, and what may be termed
the outposts, have stated, in answer to the
urgent applications for the re-opening of their
mills, that " any attempt to do so would be pre-
mature." It is also asserted that there are very
considerable stocks on hand, so that they would,
even had there been no dispute, have been com-
pelled either to suspend operations or to work
short time. Under such circumstances, and
smarting under the irritation naturally arising
from the arrogant demands put forward, they ap-
pear determined to make the best use of their
victory, conceiving they have not only their own
interests to look to. But although they would
be justified in so doing, we should greatly regret
to see so stern an adherence to legal rights. It
could not, of course, be expected that they would
now consent to patch up a precarious truce, liable
to disturbance at any moment. It could not be
anticipated that they would take back parties who
would contribute any portion of their earnings,
however trifling, to the funds for the support of
the " turn-outs" in other localities. They would
not merely be justified, but imperatively re-
quired, to demand the most efficient guaran-
antees against such steps. The first condition,
a condition absolutely indispensable, would be a
clear, distinct, and unequivocal renunciation of all
connexion with trade unions and societies formed
for the purpose of in any degree regulating the
management of the concerns, and a solemn pledge
against any pecuniary assistance being afforded to
those who are still standing out against their em-
ployers. If these preliminary terms be not entered
into, no reasonable expectation can be entertained
of permanent tranquillity. " The snake will be
scotched, not killed," and all the elements of dis-
turbance will exist in undiminished force. The
temporary arrangement will be broken on the first
apparently favourable opportunity, and the mas-
ters will be exposed to still heavier pecuniary
losses, and that at a time when they are less able
to sustain them than at present, while the suffer-
ings and privations of the operatives may be in
no degree more tolerable than those they are
now enduring. An arrangement that allowed
the operatives to continue their combinations
and confederacies would be worse than useless.
The men might themselves be well disposed and
unwilling again to come into collision with their
employers ; but experience proves that they are
subjected to a most stringent and galling des-
potism, that does not permit freedom of action,
or even of thought, to the most strenuous advo-
cates for " the rights of labour," who, in striving
against the mild and legitimate rule of their em-
ployers, the purchasers of their only available
property, yield themselves in soul and body the
veriest slaves of irresponsible and good-for-nothing
scoundrels, who make them the mere tools of their
own nefarious projects.

Any contribution to the funds of the turn-outs
would be equally prejudicial to the cause of order,
although the subscribers themselves did not again
join the societies. It might turn the scale against
the masters in the places where the contest is still
waged, and where the committees are concen-

trating all their forces in the hope of striking a
heavy blow at capital. A victory of the malcon-
tents at Preston would speedily excite new dis-
turbances at Burnley and Bacup, at Accrington and
Bury. The masters are leagued together in the
cause of order, and none can now be so obtuse as

to take any step that might be injurious to the

general cause. A binding pledge against any sub-
scription would, therefore, be an indispensable
preliminary to the resumption of operations.
There is a recent precedent in favour of de-
manding such pledges. When the engineers,
foiled in their attack on the masters, expressed
their willingness to return to work, the masters

insisted on every man signing an undertaking,
binding himself, while in their employment, not to
belong to, or even to subscribe to the funds, of
any trade society. The demand was very dis-
pleasing to the agitators ; but it was steadfastly
persevered in, and the great majority of hands
speedily succumbed to a condition which they
found to be indispensable. The same declaration
would, with very slight elteration, answer the
purpose on the present occasion. The leaving a
locus penitentice to the men, who are already
awakened to their error, would, we verily beli3ve,
bring the dispute to an earlier termination even

at Preston, and deprive the agitators of the

trifling influence that still remains.

We throw

out this suggestion to the masters, believing that
they will find it well worthy of calm and attentive
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consideration.

Among the many benefits arising from the pros-
perous state of the country may be reckoned the
progressive increase in business, more or less, of
all the Life Assurance Companies. As men's
minds are less harassed by difficulties and anxieties
they become more disposed to consider in what
way they can best make provision for their families
when it may please the ALMIGHTY to remove them.
Thus the principles of Life Assurance are gra-
dually becoming better understood, the prejudices
of many hitherto existing are being removed—
and the means of attaining the object at the
least sacrifice of present comforts more fully ap-
preciated. This is evidenced by the yearly in-
crease in the number of insurers. Having always
advocated the principles of Lifo Assurance, it
is satisfactory to record the fact, and it gives us
pleasure to draw the attention of our Commercial
and Trading readers to a Meeting of the Provi-
dent Clerks' Mutual Life Association, recorded in
another part of our columns, because it is a proof
of what we have stated. Thir toen years back
this Association was first establisTu ed, from which
time we have watched its steady progress, and
advocated its claims to the support of those for
whom it was more immediately formed. The
large Meeting and result show the position it now
holds, and where, in the early siaLge of its pro-
ceedings, it was difficult, as the Cibairman stated,
to get gentlemen of position aind character to
take the responsibility of its mai aagement, there
is now a strong competition. In connection with
this Association is a Benevolent Fu Lnd for Insurers
who are clerks, and it has often be en our pleasing
duty to record the benefits it col fifers. Let us,
therefore, once more draw the at tention of the
public, and clerks especially, to i the advantages
offered by this Association.

BANK OF FRANCE.—The letters from Paris state
that the Bank of France are said to, have discussed the
expediency of limiting their discovintl to 75 days. It
was not generally believed, how ever that any such
measure would be adopted.

THE SUN. LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 18, 1853

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