The Sun.
London, England, 1841-01-18 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE.

Mr. ELIASON begs leave most respectfully to announee that
the al iae Theatre is now OPEN EVERY EVENING
with tM•Grand Musical Entertainments, entitled

THE CONCERTS D'HIVER.
ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY PE RFORMEMS.
Conductor, 31 JULIEN (his First Appearance this Season).
Loader, Mons. NADA UD.
_ _

PROGRAMME FOR THIS F VENING, JAN. r..s.
PART FIRST.
Overture—La Gazza Ladra—Rossini.
Valso Espagnolle—La Itosita—h Ilien.
Overt:tro—Die Genueserin—Lindpaintner.
Quadrille—La Reine Victoria—Musard.
Solo on the Bassoon, by M. Baumann.
Second Part of the Grand Choral Sinfonia on Schiller's; Ode
to Joy, by Beethoven ; 90 Instoumental and 80 Vocal Ter-
form
Now Quadrille--Les Huguctot;—Jullien.

PART vri:(,l,ll,

Locke's celebrated Music in Macbeth ; the Chorusses by SO
Vocal Performers.
Waltz Chromatique for Two Orchestras—Jullien.
Si) o Cornet :t Pistons--Herr Kcenig—Koenig.
0 e .ture—Ro. ert le Diable—Meerbeer. Arranged by 111. Tons.
Nadaud, with Solos for Bassoon and Corno-Inglese, per-
fr.rtned by Messrs. taurnatin and Barret.
Quadrille tie Chasiie—gLa tiaint Hubert—Jullien.
La Tarentella—Juilien. _ _

Prices of Admission :—Te the Promenade, Is. ; Dress
sele, 2s. 6d. ; Uppey Boxes, Is. 6tl; Lower Callery, :Is.
Viiitors to the Boxes have thc privilege of passing to and
from the Promenade.

Priv4to }foxes can only be procured of Air. Mitchel?. :Rojal
Library, N. 33, 01,1 and at the •uf tae
Theat:.e. Prices, 103. Cd., V. is., and It. lie, foci.
O.OE, spot at half-past Seven o'Ckek to coin:no:lce at
Eight preci#ely.

'AtOYAL, TEI TR -
'Triumphant again ! Overwhelming Success of Ait:s.aa,•th's
Town• ut. Lor.don. jof
Pcrsons have already witnessed the best Pautominn, in
London.

THIS EVENING, JAN. is.
Will be acted a Grand Historical Romance, founded on aril

entitled

THE TOWER OF LONDON.
The Tableaax Vivans, splendid CaAnnie, and Appointments,
frnm the Designs of the celehi-ated George Criiikshank,4
After which will be repeated the Grand Traditionary Pantomime,
tit led
HARLEQUIN AND MYen LADY LEE ; OR, GOOSEY
GANDER. AND THE SPELL-BOUND GOSLINGS.
In svii.ieh the unrivalled Artistes, the Bolen° Family; Mr.
S malty, the Original Cle.vu ; Aliss Sharpe, Columbine ; and
the astenishinA Gymnastique, Signior Felix Carlo, from Fran-
cosi's, at Paris, will perform : concluding with Brunuing's
(ii and Dinramie Synopsis of Syria.

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LONDON:
MONDAY, JANUARY 18, IE4I.

There is to be a great meeting of the people this
week at Leeds. For what purpose ? ask the vast
multitude of the nation. And who dare answer
the question honestly ? Not the Tories ; for they
are, and always have been, afraid of meetings of
the people. And what answer do the Whigs give ?
—passive resistance merely ; for if they had lent
a willing hand to work out the good fruits of the
Reform Bill, there would not NOW be any
necessity for a meeting of the people in the
chief town of the greatest county of this king-
dom. But so it is. The Reform Bill was said
to be meant for the benefit of the many ; it has
turned to the advantage of the few, as the long list
of GREYLINGS can well testify ; and now the
people begin, too late, to find out ►hat they were
mistaken. This feeling has been bandied about,
and re-echoed from town to city, from
county to shire, until at last the stream
of public indignation has burst the bounds
of Whig and Tory decorum, and now fairly
challenges the mock lawgivers to meet the repre-
sentatives of the people at Leeds. We say the
representatives of the people emphatically, for they
cannot be called such who succumb to Whig or Tory
domination, as the weathercock may shift or turn.
And what will be the topics mooted at this meeting

of Indescriptibles P.—for such will be the term applied '
oit by both Tory and Whig. The answer is--
the general good of the people at large, and not
the especial gain of the few in particular." If the
pressure of the taxes—that is the laws—fell on all
alike, there would be no just occasion for grumbling ;
but when people who can see and feel like their
better neighbours, look on and observe the vast
disproportion of good and evil meted out to
them—that is, taxation without voice or volition
in its enforcement—is it. not natural that the
spirit which GOD has implanted in their hearts—
" Do unto man as man would do unto you
should rebel at the monstrous misapylication of the
common dictates of humanity ? if men in high
places do wrong, is not that a temptation to those
who look up to them for advice and example to do
likewise ? What right has one man over his fellow-
men to do that which he would not suffer in his
own person ? Would he rob his neighbour of half
his loaf, and say that the circumstances of his posi-
tion justified such robbery ? And yet so it is. The
Corn-law is a greater curse than the plagues of
Egypt—for there the oppressor scourged all alike ;
but our modern calamity is a left-handed plague,
which falls only on those who have the misfor-
tune to be poor, thereby fully illustrating the truth
of the Gospel--" From him who is poor, take
away that which he has got."
And to complain against such iniquity were
rain unless it be done with the voice of thunder.
By thunder we do not mean such thunder as
brought rebellion to common sense at Acre ; but
the mysterious apprehension that wakens the sleeping
conscience of the landowner and the aristocrat from
the dreamy deltision in which they fancied them-
selves secure. Endurance has no limit in
the catalogue of the Corn-law monopolist.
But can such things last ? Has iniquity
ever prospered in tilt!, long run ? If it did,
there would soon be an end of the world. Men
mieht as well or better die of starvation in
company with their oppressors, than work out
their lives for the benefit of those who ask all

and give nothing.
And such, if we mistake not, is the feeling of
those who are to assemble at Leeds—be they
Whigs, Tories, or Chartists. Being men, they
all deserve our sympathies, for true philanthropy
does not condescend to deal in creeds of politics or
religion ; the sunshine and the rain of heaven visit
all alike, and why should not the presentiment of
man take a higher and a wider scope in the
administration of his humble sphere ?
One thing is quite clear, if there were not deep-
rooted grievances festering in the minds of the
people, such a meeting as that expected at Leeds
would not and could not take place. Hitherto the
aristocracy have had all their own way, and things
went on apparently smoothly until one portio❑
began (that is of the aristocracy) .to think that
the other had too much of the good things—
the people in the mean time, as in all times past,
were never thought of; but when rebellion mani-
fested itself among the law-makers, it was high
time for the people to think. Now, thinking for
those who were not intended to think, is a trouble-
some dilemma ; and so it was thought safer, by
those of the refractory aristocracy, who wanted to
turn the masses to account, to take the thinking
part of the question into their own hands, and, by
professedly stemming the tide of corruption, to
turn all things to their own. account. And so it
has been with the Reform Bill. Lord GREY and
all his followers, with few exceptions, turned its
stream of popular benefit to their own selfish account,
and, behold, the result ! The people, who achieved
everything for the professed good of all, obtained
nothing but the satisfaction that their leaders were
provided for, and that the multitude would be happy
in good time.

Now this mockery has at last fairly worked itself
out, and people have been asking, and are now
asking, what is meant by Reform, for they cannot
understand what HAS been meant by the Bill—
"the whole Bill, and nothing but the Bill." If
they go to the Whigs, the answer is,
—" We are in place !" If they turn to the Tories
the answer is, perhaps, not so satisfactory to both
parties—" We are turned out of place I" And if
they go a step beyond, and enter the mysterious
regions of conscience, they will be told to believe
and pay—for that is the doctrine of those whose
pleasure it is to will it so for the support of their
vessel of State, which has hitherto sailed along with

" Church at the prior, and Corn-laws at the helm."
Aye ! these Corn-laws cut with as double-edged a
sword as the abhorrent exactions of the Church ;
and, both evils compounded for, they go hand in
hand in the work of iniquity. How ca❑ the propa-
gators of such damnable doctrines reconcile it
to their own conscience, that one man should
labour and starve, while the other should laugh
and eat ? Such doctrines may answer very
well in fancy, but they never will act. And how
could they he supposed to act, while men ftlt as
men ? You must not hold the langnage of slaves
t) freemen, any more than you would change the
present Siberian winter to the sultry climes of Africa.

Some thirty years ago a violent and just outcry
was raised against the Commander-in-Chief of the
day—the Duke of YORK, for certain malversations
in his department, which are still fresh in the re-
' collection of men of mature years. These malver-
sations were mixed up with the intrigues of a
worthless but clever woman, and as they were
considered of a dangerous tendency, a Parlia-
mentary inquiry was instituted, which led to the
• retirement of the illustrious Duke. His conduct, no
doubt, was bad, ard deserved such a ri tr;bution, but
was it half so injurious to the public service, or so
dangerous to the security of the army, as the sys-
tem which now prevails at the Horse Guards, un-
der a Reformed and Liberal Government ? It was
a simplo and amusing episode compared with the
disclosures which have been produced by the con-
duct of the Earl of CARDIGAN, the partiality of
Lord HILL, and the complaints which have
I poured into the Horse Guard.; from almost every
Officer ,of the 11th Hussars. At first no redress
was to be obtained. The commanding officer
was justified in every one of his acts, however
tyrannical ; the inferior officers were reprimanded
and humbled ; acts of insult were repeated without
redress ; and though thy general voice of the coun-
try was loud in denouncing a system of tyranny un-
heard of in these times, .Lord HILL and Lord
FITZROY SOMERSET still persevered in proteetine.
the Noble Lord who had caased all the disturb-
ance. As the Session of Pa:liament approaches,
however, a change appears to have: taken place. The
orders of Lott! CA It DIGA N havebeen countermanded,
reproofs have been addressed to him. and a num-
ber of the individuals on whom he had trampled
have obtained leave of absence, some for six months,
some for two years, and others have received pro-
mises (if we are to credit a new Journal, apparently
well informed on these subjects) that they shall
never be required again to serve under the same
commanding officer. Can anything be more subver-
sive of military discipline than the whole system which
has been pursued for the last twelve months ?
While almost
every officer in the 11th: Hussars
was insulted in a manner that no private gentleman
would submit to, and remained submissive solely
from military instinct, the Horse Guards did not
afford him the slightest protection, but on the con-
[rary, favoured the very individual whom every man
n the United Kingdom believed to be the

cause of all the mischief. The delinquency 1,
of the Duke of YORK was a trifle compared
with this, and if the House of Commons do
not take up the question in a way that shah
put an end to this aristocratical anti tyrannical
system, the people, and also the army, will look
for new representatives. It is said Lord HILL is
to retire, and possibly also Lord FITZROY
SOMERSET may find it expedient for the time
to adopt the same course, but will the country be
satisfied with these temporary expedients ? The
system at the Horse Guards is subversive of disci-
pline and justice, and if the House of Commons do
not take take steps to produce a Radical Reform,
it may spring up from parties who will not carry it
through with so much security to the throne or the
peacs of society. In another part of the paper will
be found some extracts from a Journal (the Alli-
gator) which throws some new light on the history
of Capt. J. REYNOLDS, time Eatl of CARDIGAN,
and the Horse Guards.

The Irish Reformers are opposing a bold front
to the STANLEY attack upon their liberties. lii
our columns of this day will be found an abridged
report of the proceedings at a public meeting of the
Irish Reformers held in Dublin on Friday last, at
which the Earl of CHARLEMONT presided, and
which well represented the Liberal aristocracy, clergy,
landowners, merchants, the learned professions, and
tradesmen of the sister kingdom. The requisition
calling the meeting was only eleven days before the
public, and in that brief period was signed by forty-
four peers, nineteen baronets, sixty deputy-lieute-
nants, three hundred landed proprietors, an equal
number of magistrates, three hundred Protestant
and Catholic clergymen, and four hundred mer-
chants and members of the legal profession—an irre-
fragable proof of the detestation with which STAN-
LEY'S Bill is regarded by all classes in Ireland. At this
great meeting the utmost unahimity prevailed. Minor
differences of opinion were forgotten in the general
determination to peril life itself sooner than submit
to any abridgement of the electoral franchise. One
speaker only, Mr. LETHBRIDGE, mooted the ques-
tion of the Repeal of the Union, of which he ap-
proved, and the announcement was received with
thunders of applause. What stronger proof is ne-
cessary to show that Mr. O'CONNELL has not a
more powerful supporter in his repeal agitation than
Lord STANLEY? But for STANLEY'S Bill it
would have been as difficult now to gather a Repeal
meeting in Ireland as in England. The Repeal fever
had passed away ; Ireland, annually increasing in
wealth, in intelligence, and in the comforts of ci-
vilized life, had begun to enjoy some repose after
her powerful and successful struggles to obtain an
Emancipation and a Reform Bill, when Lord
STANLEY'S genius for mischief contrived to set the
country once mote in a blaze. He blew the embers
of discontent into a flame, and now capers with
fiendish delight round the dangerous conflagration
he has raised.

If, however, the Irish Reformers, following the
excellent example of the Meeting in Dublin on
Friday last, will confine themselves to opposing
STANLEY'S Bill, and to the obtaining of equal
rights with their English fellow-subjects, they may
rely upon the most complete success. So long as
they limit their demands to equal rights and privi-
leges with their British fellow-subjects, they will
find numerous and powerful supporters in the Re-
formers of England and Scotland. With less than
equal rights it would be a disgrace to Irishmen to
be content; but more than justice is sought—the
dissolution of the Monarchy is aimed at by the
Repeal of the Union.

Madrid Journals of the Bth inst. have reached
us. The Regency was doing all in its power to
suppress the
.fiteros of the Basque Provinces.
War preparations were going on at a rapid rate in
the Portuguese Provinces adjoining Spain. The
Fives rose on the Bth to 29 for cash.

The French Journals of Friday have been re-
ceived, but those of Saturday are in arrear, owing
to the boisterous state of the weather on Saturday
night. They bring no political news of the
slightest importance except the following confirma-
tion of the intelligence which we published on
Saturday from Buenos Ayres :

" Lieutenant-de-vaisseau Page arrived this afternoon
at Paris, with the convention signed on October 31, on
board the French brig La Boulonnaise, between Rear-
Admiral de Makau and M. Philip Arena, Minister of
Foreign Affairs to Governor Rosas. This convention
stipulates, Ist, An acknowledgment of the indemnities
due to the French. 2d, The raising of the blockade,
and the evacuation of the island of Martin Garcia. 3;1,
An amnesty for the Argentine proscripts. 4th, A
confirmation of the absolute independence of the Ori-
ental Republic of Uruguay. sth, That the French
shall be treated at Buenos Ayres the same as the most
favoured nation."

The National has a severe attack upon the pro-
motion of the Duke of NEMOURS to his present
high rank in the army. The Delats ably criticizes
the PRESIDENT'S Message, which appears in the
Friday's impression of that journal.
The followirw, extract from a letter dated Cologne
the 2d inst., is from the Univers of Friday :

" The President of the province of Westphalia,
Baron de Vinke, having demanded of the Archbishop
of Cologne, in the name of the King of Prussia, if he
would be disposed to resign his see and retire to Rome,
should the Government obtain for him a Cardinal's hat,
and pay him during life a pension of 20,000 dialers per
annum, the Prelate replied, that he was ready to obey
the orders of the Holy Father, and would from that mo-
ment implicitly abide by his decision. It was after re-
ceiving this answer that the King of Prussia sent off
M. de Bruhl to Rome."

What no Royal menaces could effect is likely to
be done readily enough by a Cardinal's hat and a
pension. Had this means of silencing this trouble-
some Prelate been-first adopted, there would have
been no necessity for any squabbling between
Prussia and the Holy Sei•
The baptism of the Count of PARIS is fixed
for the Ist of May.

The Seine was rising rapidly on Friday, and
fears were entertained that Paris would be inun.
dated. Such a calamity would be productive of
frightful suffering among the poor.