The Sun.
London, England, 1849-01-12 00:00:00

THE SUN,

Now ready, in 2 vols. post Bvo.,
-A.NECDOTES of the ARISTOCRACY,
AND
EPISODES IN ANCESTRAL STORY.
By J. BERNARD BURKE, Esq.
Author of " The Peerage," " The Landed Gentry," B'.
" These stories, with all the reality of established fact, read with
as much spirit as the tales of Boccacio, and are as full of strange
matter for reflection and amazement. Mr. Burke has here given as
the most curious incidents, the most stirring tales, and the most re-
markable circumstances connected with the histories, public and pri-
vate, of our noble houses and aristocratic families, and has put them
into a shape which will preserve them in the library, and render
them the favourite study of those who are interested in the romance
of real life."—Britannia.

Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street.

MR. AINSWORTH'S NEW ROMANCE.
Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols.,
THE LANCASHIRE WITCHES.
A ROMANCE OF PENDLE FOREST.

By W. HARRISON AINSWORTH, Esq.
" The Lancashire Witches is a story of great interest ; the per-
sonages who figure in it are true to the/ position, and to our pre-
conceived notion of them ; and much slit and versatility are exhi-
bited in their delineation. Let us add that the local descriptions,
which are numerous and various, are all most admirable. In fact,
Mr. Ainsworth in this romance has made an excellent use of much
profound and curious knowledge both of the time and of the scene in
which the action is laid."—Examiner. _ .

"Mr. Ainsworth may be styled the Salvator Rosa of novelists.
He delights in the thrilling—the terrible—the wildly romantic. In
gorgeous depth of colouring, in vivid reality of portraiture, in en-
thralling interest, Mr. Ainsworth's romances are almost unrivalled.
The Lancashire Witches excites a powerful and undiminished interest
throughout."—Sun.
Henry Colburn, publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street.

T. JAMES'S T H E ATR E.
Season 1849.

FRENCH PLAYS and OPERA COMIQUE.

Mr. MITCHELL respectfully announces that the performance of
French Plays will be resumed at this Theatre on Monday Evening
next, Jan. 15, by the production of LE MAITRE DE CHAPELLE,
music by Paer, compressed into one act, as represented at the Opera
Comique, Paris; Barnabe, M. Beauce; Gertrude, Madlle. Guichard
(their first appearances at this Theatre) : and Auber's popular Opera
Comique, in three acts, LE DOMINO NOIR ; Horace, M. Couderc,
as originally performed by him at the Opera Comique, Paris ;
Angeline, Maddle. Charton (their first appearances at this Theatre).
The performances before Easter will be selected from the following
repertoire:—Le Maitre de Chapelle, by Paer; Le Neauveau
Seigneur, by Boieldien ; Le Tableau Parlant, by Gretry ; Le Valet
de Chambre, by Carafa ; L'Eau Merveillieuse, by Grisar ; La Double
Echelle, by Thomas ; Le Bouffe et le Tailleur, by Gaveux ;
Adolphe et Clara, by Dalayrac ; Richard Cceur de Lien, by Gretry ;
Le Domino Noir, by Auber ; La Dame Blanche, by Roieldieu ; Le
Fidele Berger, by Adam ; Fra Diavolo, by Auber.—Engagements :
Madlle. Charton (from the Opera Comique, Paris, Madlle Guichard
(Premiere Dugazon, from Brussels), Madlle. Morel (from the Opera
Comique, Paris), Madlle. Martial (from the Theatre of Mons), Mdlle.
Mancini (from the Theatre of Rouen), Madlle. Garique (from the
Theatre Royal, Berlin), Mons. Couderc (from the Opera Comique,
Paris), Mons. Bonnamy (from the Theatre of Lyons), M. Coyer,
M. Buguet (from the Theatre of Brussels), M. Beauce (from the
Theatre of Lille), M. Chateaufort (from the Theatre of Bordeaux),
M. Martial (from the Theatre of Mons), and M. Julien Deschamps
(from the Theatre du Gymnase, Paris),—For the effective perform-
ance of the music of the above works, Mr. Mitchell has the honour
to announce the engagement of the following eminent professors :
Chef d'Orchestre, Mr. Charles Hanssens ; Messieurs Tolbecque,
Barret, Baumann, Lazarus, Remusat, Bourotte, Deloffre, Newsbam,
Peyton, Shepherd, Morris Alsept, Campanile, King, Bowie, Larkins,
Vaudreland, Nicholson, Winterbottom, &c.
Mr. Mitchell begs also to announce that, notwithstanding the in-
creased expenses of the present entertainment, the prices of admis-
sion are determined as follows :

Orchestra Stalls .. .. .. 10s. 6d.
Boxes .. .. .. .. .. ss. Od.
Pit .. .. .. ~ .. 33. Od.
Amphitheatre .. .. .. 2s. Od.
Subscriptions for the season may be arranged at Mr. Mitchell's
Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street; Mr. Same', St. James's-street;
Mr. Andrews', New Bond-street ! and at the Box-office of the
Theatre, which is open daily from eleven till live.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager. Old Brompton.
The public is respectfully informed that this Theatre has, during
the recess, undergone very extensive repairs and alterations and the
whole re-decorated.

THEATRE. ROYAL, ADELPIII.

trder the direction of Madame Celeste-

During the Recess this Theatre has been entirely re-decorated, th•
3riginal designs by Digby Wyatt, Esq., executed by Mr. Sang. A
sew Stage, Curtain, Act Drop, and Chandelier. An approved sys-
tem of Ventilation, &c., &c, The Private Boxes enlarged, Backs
added to the Seats, and Stalls rendered more comfortable.

THIS EVENING

Will be performed a new Drama, founded on Mr. Dickens's Christ-
mas Book, entitled THE HAUNTED MAN. Mr. Bedlaw, Mr.
Hughes : the Phantom, Mr. 0. Smith ; A. Tetterby and Co , Mr.
Wright ; the Boy, Miss E. Chaplin ; Milly, Miss Woolgar ; Mrs. Tet-
terby, Mrs. F. Matthews.
To be followed by THE ENCHANTED ISLE. Alonzo, Mr. Paul
Redford ; Prospero, Mr. 0. Smith ; Ariel, Madame Celeste.
To conclude with a new Farce called SLASHER AND CRASHER.
Mr. Slasher, Mr. Wright ; Mr. Crasher, Mr. Paul Bedford.

BOYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
Under the Management of Madam...! Vestria.
Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Ma he Aa.
THIS EVENIN4,,

Will be performed a new and original petite Comedy, entitled
WHO SPEAKS FIRST ?

After which, a new Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE KING OF
THE PEACOCKS. Characters by Messrs. Ilarley, John Reeve,
Selby, H. Hall, Marshall, and 11. Marshall ; Miss Kathleen Fitrwil-
liam, Miss L. Howard, Mrs. 3lacnamara, Miss Marshall, Miss L.
Marshall, Miss Coleman, and Madame Vestris.
To conclude with AN APPEAL TO THE PUBLIC.
Dress Boxes, be.; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. No
half-price to any part of the house.
The New Box-office, No. 2, Wellington= street, is open to the
public every day, from Ten till Six.

PRINCESS'S THEATII,E.
Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and Manager.
Daring the Recess this Theatre has been re-decorated and embel-
lished in a superb and costly manner by Mr. Hurwitz. A new Chan-
delier has been fitted, and the best arran,z, manta have been made for
the due Ventilation of the Theatre, and the couuort and convenience
of the audience.
THIS EVENING,
Will be performed a new Ballad Opera, entitled ROBIN GOOD-
FELLOW. Characters by Messrs. Charles Braham, Weiss, Honey,
C. Fisher ; Miss Poole, Miss G. Smithson, Miss Koaworthy, Mrs.
Weiss, and Miss E. Stanley.
To conclude with a new grand Pantomime, entitled BLUFF
KING HAL ; or, Harlequin and the Charmed Arrow. Harlequin,
Mr. Bologna; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; Clown, Mr. Flexmore ; Sprite,
Mr. De Barr ; Columbine, Miss Fawcett.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty.
Under the Patronage of her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness
Prince Albert, &c.
Enormous success of the Holiday Novelties, the roost astounding in
the Metropolls.—A gorgeous Spectacle.—Herr llengler, the most
extraordinary Rope-dancer in Europe.—Brilliant Scenes of the
Arena.—The Arabs in their wondrous Performances.—A new
comic Pantomime.

THIS EVENING,

The curtain will rise at Seven o'clock precisely to the magnificent

Spectacle of the

WARS OF THE JEWS ; or, The Fell of Jerusalem.
After which, Herr Mengler on the Tigkt-rope.
To be followed by an inimitable display of SCENES IN TBE
CIRCLE, supported by the first Equestrian talent of the day.
To conclude with a new Equestrian Pantomime, entitled BOLD
ROBIN HOOD ; or, The Pretty White Horse and Enchanted Prin-
cess of Sherwood Forest.
The Celebrated ARABS will appear.
Boa-office open from Eleven till Five.
Stage Manager, Mr. W. West.

TO CORRESPONDENTS.
NIo communication can be attended to unless authenti-
cated by the name and address of the writer.
Rejected communications cannot bo returned.

THE WEATHER.-Sim OFFICE, JANUARY 12.

THERMOMETER, Lowest, 31; Highest, 37; Noon, 33.
BAROMETER, 30.20—a rise of 72 points since yesterday.

The variation in the Barometer has been most ex-
traordinary during the week. On Sunday the mercury
fell to 29.10 from 30.13--and now it is up about an
inch and a quarter since Wednesday.
WIND W.S.W.; fine frosty weather.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.

THIS DAY —Morning, 7 min. after n Evening, 28 min. after 4.
To-Aforutow— ~(,rrung, 49 min. after 4 Evenne,, 11 min. atter 5.

acknowledged in the National Assembly the reali-
zation of that magnificent dream ; and it has wit•
nessed, in the history of that, Assembly examples of
valour, of self-sacrifice, of calmness in danger, of dig-
nity under insult, of loyalty to the population, and
of devotion to the Republic,' such as have had
few precedents and fewer parallels in the annals of
mankind. On the 15th of May, when scarcely
compacted together, the democratic Parliament pssed
through its first probation ; and it passed through that
probation scathless and unsullied. During the four
appalling days of June it had to battle for its exis-
tence, and not only for its own existence, but for the
preservation of society, of liberty, and of civilization.
Some of its distinguished members—men who shone
either as orators in the tribune or as heroes in the
fields of war—gloriously died at the foot of the
barricades, fighting in the holy cause with
which the National Assembly was identified. Hear
the eulogiums which these memorable deeds have
extorted from the reluctant heart of an enemy. Hear
the language employed upon this subject by Monsieur
GUIZOT—" Justice compels us to acknowledge," he
says (Dem. in _Prance, chap. iii, p. 23) " that the
leaders of the Republic have endeavoured to belie the
predictions of its adversaries, and the fears of the
public. They hare respected the faith of men.
They have fought—very late, it is true, but
at last they have fought—for the existence of
society. They have not broken the peace
of Europe, and they have striven to main-
tain the public credit. These meritorious efforts
do honour to the men invested with power, and show
moreover, what the general instincts of the country
are." Such are the panegyrics coming from the
austere and unenthusiastic intellect of a man who
once gained for himself the reputation of a statesman.
And the encomiums pronounced by him upon the
Executive Commission and the other members of the
Republican Government extend as a necessary con-
sequence to the aggregate of the national repre-
sentation.

It is against this national representation that
the murderous hand of a faction is now
raised in defiance. Petitions are said to be
pouring into the Assembly demanding in the name
of the people its instant dissolution. Those petitions
we have already denounced and again denounce as
forgeries. They bear upon their very front the
stamp of being the fabrications of a contemptible
clique, a clique as contemptible as that which de-
ceived the Honourable Member for Nottingham by
its assurances, and induced him in an evil moment
to lay the notorious Chartist Petition before the
British House of Commons. It is the latest of
the dastardly plots of the reactionaires but it is
one which if carried a hair's-breadth too far beyond
the limits of endurance, will recoil with a dismal
vengeance upon themselves. As an expression of the
sentiments with which this endeavour is regarded in
the French capital, we are satisfied that the remarks
of our Paris correspondent (published in this even-
ing's impression) will not be perused with indiffe-
rence. A threat is there held out against the
counter-revolutionists that in the event of any over-
provocation the people will rise up again in their ma-
jesty, but no longer merciful as in February. There will
be no escape for those who are tampering with
liberty. They will find no hiding place for their
cowardice. They will perish infamously, expiating
in a bloody catastrophe the crimes of the Counter-
Revolution. Let them beware—they are tempting
the thunderbolt !

By far the greater portion of the criminal law
throughout the country is at present administered
by benches of magistrates, assembled at what are
termed sessions, in the various counties or divisions.
General Quarter Sessions are held four times a-year
in each county for the trial of larcenies, assaults, and
misdemeanors, punishable with transportation, fine,
imprisonment, or whipping—the more atrocious
offences being left to: be tried at the county assizes.
The jurisdiction is thus of a very extensive cha-
racter, and parties convicted may be sentenced
to the highest secondary punishment known
to the law. The rural population regard
their Worships with the most profound awe.
They are looked upon as the administrators of justice
in their respective districts. They hear and adjudi-
cate upon the ordinary cases of every-day occurrence.
For one charge remitted for trial to the assizes, fifty
are decided by magistrates. It is, therefore, a m later
of the utmost importance that parties to whom .;el-1
extensive powers are confided should be duly quali-
fied for the situation—that they should bring learning
and experience, calmness, temper, and dignity to the
discharge of their important duties. The vindication
of the law is entrusted to their charge. For the
time being they are the representatives of the
SOVERBIGN, who is the chiefmagistrate of the country.
Any error, whether of omission or commission, arising
either from ignorance or prejudice, is calculated to
bring the majesty of the law into contempt and dis-
repute, and thus to inflict the most serious, nay, ir-
reparable injury upon the community in general. It
has been well said by one of the most eminent legal
reformers of modern times, that " it would be better
for a people to live under an ill system well executed,
than under a good system administered by incapable,
corrupt, or dependent judges." This is indeed the
truth, and no stronger proof can be afforded of the
extreme care that should be exercised in the selection
of persons to be entrusted with the commission of
the peace.

There is one member of the Bench, however,
whose duties are even of a more important character
than those of his brother justices. The situation of
Chairman of the session is not.; only honourable and
influential, but it is also arduous and responsible. He
is expected to be the adviser of his younger and more
inexperienced coadjutors, the spokesman and mouth-
piece of the Bench. By him the juries are charged,
the law interpreted, the punishments apportioned, and
the sentences pronounced. Any deficiency on his
part must become immediately apparent, and is,
therefore, more inexcusable than if it existed in
one contented with an humbler position on the
bench. If a wise and sagacious chairman can be
obtained, the other justices will seldom, if ever, dis-
pute his behests, or quarrel with his judgment. He
fills, in fact, the same character of the judge as as-
size, and the whole burden and responsibility of the
proceedings rest upon his shoulders.

Before the enactment of the Legislative Union
between England and Ireland, the Irish Parliament
recognised the absolute necessity of obtaining a per-
son duly qualified for the discharge of such vitally
important duties. They perceived that they could
no longer be intrusted to the " Great Unpaid"
—that legal knowledge was essential, and that the
party called upon to preside as a judge, should be
amenable to public opinion for the proper exercise of
its functions. He should not be permitted to set up
ignorance as a defence. Accordingly (by the 36th
of Geo. 111. c. 25, s. 2.) " the Lord-Lieutenant, or
other Chief Governor of Ireland, was empowered to
appoint a practising barrister, of at least six
yearsstanding, or who shall bare actually practised six
years, and who shall not at the time of his appoint-
ment to such office have retired from practice for
more than two years, to act as a constant assistant to
the justices at every sessions of the peace, or ad-
journment thereof, held for the administration of jus-
tice in criminal cases, and to preside and to be sole
judge on the hearing of causes by civil bill." Such
assistant-barrister when appointed becomes, virtute
officii, a justice of the peace for the county in which
he shall be so appointed. He is, in fact, the judge
of minor criminal offences, and of a certain class of
1 civil cases. His office combines that of judge of the
county court, and chairman of quarter sessions.
The system has worked admirably well since that
time—a competent person presides at all times, and
those ridiculous and painful scenes that too often
occur in this country are never witnessed on the
other side of St. George's Channel. It may be a
question whether it would not be well to import the
Irish system if many such cases are reported as those
which are stated to have taken place at Preston and
Taunton within the last week.
In the former case, Mr. THOMAS BATTY ADDISON
presided. A woman named RICHARDSON was tried
for stealing a half-crown from a man named NOR,
ars, who admitted that he had been treating the
prisoner and two other women, and that he was
rather "fresh" at the time. The jury acquitted
the prisoner, and it is said that the members of the
bar and the assembled audience generally approved
of the verdict. The "dignified and learned'

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