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THE SUN,

to 65c. per 561 b., for round northern; 59c. to 60c. for of the forces hr British India before the expiration of
Hat yellow; 53c. to 56(... fur mixed and white southern. those five mo nths—December, January, February,
--- --- ---- March, and 4pril—which he himself has-!. so very
11HE LEGAL EMarch,
recently decl.tred to be the only portion of
COMPANY.
(Provisionally Registered, January 17, 1849.) the year in w hich war can be there made by Euro-
Capital, 2,000,00 C/., In 80,000 Shares, of 251. each.
Preliminary Deposit, 2s. 6d. per Share . : .pe
Prospectuses and full information may be obtained at tho TempallS.— Seel " Letter to Sir J. C. HonnousE," page
19, note. He could consequently be afforded only the
o-
rary OtliceS of the Company, 13A, Cannon-row, Westminster, on ap-
rucatim to opportunity of following up the advantages gained, or

G. F. HOWE, Hon. Sec., pro tem.

of redeeming the blunders made by his gallant but
rash and inconsiderate predecessor. For these reasons,
therefore, the delay of a week or of a fortnight is of
comparatively small consideration. Sir CHARLES
NAPIER will leave England with an expedition such
as can neither be regarded as too long delayed or as
too marked by precipitation. He will go to
the land of his former glory to reap
fresh laurels not only in overcoming the Seikh re-
bellion, but in repressing the mutinous and incursive
spirit of the A ffghans, and in effecting a rapid and
complete reorganization of the whole cf the Euro-
p€,an and native soldiers throughout Hindostan.
If any circumstance had been required to impart
an additional and crowning eclat to the appointment
of Sir CHARLES NAPIER as Commander-in-Chief,
under Lord DALuouSIE, it would have been fully
derived from the cheers with which the House
of Commons received the announcement last
evening from the lips of Lord JOHN Rus-
SELL. All things considered, there could scarcely,
have been more promptitude evinced in com-
plying with the vociferated demands of the nation
within the brief interval which has elapsed since the
arrival of the disastrous account?from Chillian wallah,
especially when it is remembered that the election had
to prove satisfactory at once to the QUEEN, to her
Ministers, to the Duke of WELLINGTON, and to the
Board of Directors in Leadenhall-street.
Sir CHARLES NAPIER, as Commander-in-Chief of
the army in our Indian empire, will now be enabled,
therefore, to justify a hundredfold the admira-
-1 tion and confidence of his countrymen by repressing
the revolt now raging between the Sutlej and the
Indus. When this shall have been accomplished, and
the Anglo-Indian empire stabilitated upon a new
foundation, the Conqueror of Sinde may find lei-
sure for the development of those noble views which
have been casually indicated by his pen and his
voice. Two fields are consequently open for the
enhancement of the fame of one who has already
secured to himself a conspicuous place in the national
records as the conqueror and the pro-consul of the
great province of Sinde. No Commander-in-Chief
will ever have left the shores of England with so
many aspirations for his success, or with so many
inestimable assurances of the reliance placed in his mi-
litary genius both by the nation and the Govern-
ment.

SOW ready, in 2 vols., with Portraits, 2:is. bound,
MEMOIRS AND (,ORRLSVONDENCE OF
SIR ROBERT MURRAY KEITH, K. 8.,
MINISTER PLENIPOTENTIARY
At the Courts of Dresden, Copenhagen, and Vienna, from 1769 to 1793;
With a Biographical Memoir of Queen Caroline Matilda, Sister of
George 111.
Edited by Mns. GILLESPIE SMYTH.
Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marl')orough-street.

NEW WORK BY THE ♦UTHOR OF " TYPEE," AND " 03100."
On the 15th of March will be published, in 3 vols. poet Bvo.,
AB.D I; or, A VOYAGE THITHER.
By HERMAN MELVILLE.
Author of " Typee," and " Omoo."
• In consequence of the great demand for the works of this writer,
orders should be rent at once to the booksellers to secure copies on the
day of publication.

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(Publisher in Ordinary to her _Majesty).

T. .JAMES's TII E A T RE.
JJ Season 1819.
FREYCII PLAYS and OPERA COMIQUE.
THIS EVENING,
The Performances will commence at Eight o'clock precisely, with
LE MAITRE DE CIIAPELLE ; ou, le Souper Imprevu.
Barnabe, M. Ltauce ; Benetto, M. Chateaufort ; Gertrude, Millie.
Galchard.

To conclude with the popular Opera Comique, entitled
LE DOMINO NOIR.
Lord Elfort, M. Chateaufort ; Juliano, M. Soyer ; Horace, M.
Coudero ; Gil Perez, M. Baguet; Angels, Mdlle. Charton ; Brigitte,
Mdlie. Martial ; Ursule, Mdlie. Morel ; Jaciuthe, Madame Mancini ;
Gertrude, Mdlie. Vigny.
Mr. Mitchell begs also to announce that, notwithstanding the in-
creased expenses of the present entertainment, the prices of admis-
sion are determined as lellows :
Boxes 58. 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. Sams', St. James's-street ;
Mr. Andrews', New Bond-street ; and at the Box-office of the
Theatre, which is open daily from eleven till five.

iSOYAL,
Mr. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager. Old Brompton.

The public is respectfully 'wormed that this Theatre has, during
• the recess, undergone very extensive repairs and alterations and the
wholeTekle,corated.
4-tz TH IS EVESING,
Will beperformed THE WIFE'S SECRET. Sir 'Walter Amyott,
Mr. Charles Kean; Jabez S,ieed, Mr. Webster; Harrington, Mr.
Brindal ; Neville, .Mss Reynolds; Lady Eveline Amyott, Mrs. C.
Kean ; Mend, Mrs. Keeley.

After which, DON CIE'4AR DE BAZAN. Don Cmsar, Mr. Tames
Wallack ; Lazarillo, Miss Horton ; Maritana, Miss Bennett.
To conclude with a new Farce, entitled TOUR LIFE'. IN
DANGER.

THEATRE ROYAL. ADELPHI.

Under the direction of Madame Celesta.
During the Iteces this Theatre has been entirely re-decorated, the
Original designs by Digby Wyatt, Esi , executed by Mr. Sang. A
new 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 mere comfortable.

Protection is not as yet completely defunct. Al-
though its case has long been considered hopeless by
every competent judge, persons are still to be found
who profess to detect some slight symptoms of a lin-
gering vitality, and who are sanguine enough to pre-
dict its perfect resuscitation at no distant period.
Meetings are still held at which "jeremiads" are
poured forth touching the ruinous results of untaxed
food, and the injustice to which the labouring classes
are exposed by being compelled to eat their daily
bread without contributing 25 per cent. on its value
as a peace offering to the agricultural interest.
The usual routine has, however, been in some degree
varied. A change of programme has taken place,
new performers appear on the boards. Protectionist
Peers and M.P.'s still crowd the platform, but they
take no further part in the proceedings they remain

patient listeners while sturdy yeoman pour forth
et'fiiir bucolic grievances to their sympathising ears
The alteration of the dramatis persona was certainly
a judicious move. The country had become wearied
of the perpetual reiteration of the same forebodings
from legislatorial actors. They had been repeated
usque ad nauseam, and could now hardly attract atten-
.ion. Gloomy vaticinations would no longer terrify the
multitude, if uttered by the ancient soothsayers ;
some novelty should be produced in order to draw
an audience. A new "tenore di Maledizione" should
he prepared to chaunt the atrocities of the perfidious
PEEL and his wicked coadjutors. Even the eloquent
end witty Member for Buckinghamshire should re-
serve his orations for the more congenial atmosphere
of the House of Commons. No persons but tenant-
farmers would receive a hearing at the general meeting
the agricultural interest specially convened by the
Central Society for the Protection of Agriculture
and British Industry, which took place yesterday at
Wills's Rooms, St. James's-street.
A Mr. W. BENNETT, who moved the first resolu-
tion, was the "Faascuim" of the farmers on the
occasion. He elicited the most uproarious applause
by the vigour and determination with which he
anathematized the "dishonest Parlialnt" who had
repealed the corn-laws, and the ariTitic manner in
which he depicted Sir R. PEEL as heading "a body of
mi,rauders, to carry away every fourth stack of
and to drive off one-fourth of the cattle."
Ile lawn sleeves or the mitre did not protect the
ht Reverend wearers from the indignant
Talrunciations of the promising " delndant," if
tainted with free-trade notions. The Bishop
of OXFORD fell especially under the lash, which
was applied with the most energetic zeal, for his
speech in the House of Peers on the corn-laws
luring the delivery of which (teste BENNETT) " his
Grace of RICHMOND had been unable to maintain
his wonted sobriety." We know not whether the im-
passioned orator meant to convey that the Noble
Duke had indulged too freely in the creature comforts
it BELLAMY'S on the occasion in question, or whether
it was merely a moral intoxication resulting from the
startling opinions put forth by the Right Rev. Pre-
late, who had dared to speak of " the advan-
tages of competition, and of the farmers being
obliged to raise more from their land"—a temerity
which, at the moment, led to the unfortunate depar-
ture from the strict rules of sobriety by the Protec-
tionist leader ; and more recently, to the diatribe
of Mr. W. BENNETT. " Competition it is
that is ruining the country." Competition
must be done away with and good stringent mono-
polies established, if the country would be saved, if a
gleam of returning prosperity was to be hoped for, it
could only be by such means. Yes, one species of compe-
tition might be tolerated, and one only—" a compe-
tition in lawn sleeves," which the speaker acknow-
ledged he would approve of, a sentiment that de-
servedly elicited the most tumultuous applause, and
in which the orator was not quite so far astray as he
inanifestly supposed himself to be. Yes, a competi-
tion in lawn sleeves—a free trade in religion—would
not be so very terrible an infliction to the nation in
general.

There are some points in which the Protectionist
landowners may find the tenant-farmers rather dan-
gerous allies. It may surprise the noble and honour-
able audience a leetie if resolutions should be moved
respecting large reductions of rent, or a different
measure of taxation, in meetings convened and
patronised by themselves. The chief orator (the said
Mr. W. BENNETT) threw out some rather significant
hints, which will doubtless be duly considered by
his brother yeoman, and which may produce fruit in
due season ; he said " the reduction of 25 per cent. (at
which he estimated the loss to the farmers by the
repeal of the corn-laws), just about covered the rental
of the country.
That They would at once
• • •
perceive that the whole rental was sacrificed in some
shape or form." This was certainly placing the
matter in a very different light from that in which
Parliamentary speakers considered it. It was regard-
ing the subject in a point of view much more
pleasing to the tenant orators than to the landlord
audience. The speaker certainly evinced some feel-
ings of compassion ; he would not at once deprive
the proprietors of all their interest in the soil. A
general reduction of 25 per cent. on rents would do
very well as a beginning. "It VI as nut to be pre-
sumed (said he)—it was not to be presumed for a
moment that the landlords could walk away, and
leave the tenant-farmers in quiet possession of the
land." But let it be admitted that the landlords bore
their fair share of the change that had taken place,
that they came down one quarter in their rents,
still the burdens which the tenant farmers
had to bear were too great —so great,
indeed, that they could not bear up against
them. Let them take a farm rented at 4001. a year,
they reduced the saleable produce of that farm from
1,6001. to 1,2001. a year, and . . . they would still
have to squeeze out of the tenants and farmers the
sum of 3001. a year." Call you this backing your
friends the landlords, Master aerizarr ? Is this the