The Sun.
London, England, 1841-01-04 00:00:00

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THIS EVENING. JAN. 4:

Will be repeated Shakspere'S
:MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM.
liTiaeseus, Mr. Cooper ; Quince, Mr. Bartley; Bottom, Mr.
marleY ; Flute, Air. Keeley ; Snout, Mr. Meadows ; Snug,
yr. P. Itlatthews ; Hermia, Mrs. Niibett ; Oberon, Madame
; Aliss Titan
ailia: Mr ;
s W. Lacy • Puck, Miss Alarshall; First
Rforth

The vit., After which,
""NV GRAND CHRISTMAS PANTOMIME will be
THE CAST repeated, entitled
LE OF OTRANTO; OR, HARLEQUIN
ru.bb Alin THE GIANT HELMET.
in, Mr. C. J. Smith ; Clown, Mr. T. Ridgway ;
air—", Mr. Mo-olfi; Columbine, Miss Fairbrother.
.0-morrow, The Merry Wives of Windsor, with The New
'nte-mime.
ovi°l;W cdnesday, The Midsummer Night's Dream, with the
ntomime.
Doors to be opened at half-past six—the performances to
11,Fience at &ye% o'Clock.
„ t'irkets and placei for the Bort : to be taken of Mr. Grogan
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The 1, ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.
tiProud pre-eminence acquired at this Theatre by the supe-
oritv of the pantomimicaf effects, is more than ever realized
brilliant
amasing hit of the Royal Pantomime. The most
overflows have been attracted by p
the resent Per-
formances

THIS EVENING, JAN. 4,
Will be represented a New Domestic Drama, entitled
MARTHA WILLIS, THE NIAID SERVANT.
Martha Willis, Mrs. Henry Vining.
'',uPperted by the entire strength of the Company,
will be repeated the Grand Traditionary Pantomime,
entitled
4,4ItLEQUIN AND MY LADY LEE ; OR, GOOSEY
'4NDER AND THE SPELL-BOUND GOSLINGS.
„4 which the unrivalled Artistes, tl e Bolouo Family; Mr.
(
,outhby, the Original Cloqrn ; Miss Sharpe, Columbine ; and
fte.astenishingGyronastique, Signior Felix Carlo, from Fran-
Grand at Paris, will erform : concluding with Brunning's
and Dioramic synopsis of Syria.

eornlng ...... 9
ll°ll VVATER 111IDGE TOMORROW.
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LONDON:
MONDAY, JANUARY 4, Ih4l.

The Leeds Times on the 26th ult., included
7'4 'Sun amongst those Journals which are favour-
-I,le t° the new movement of the Leeds Reform
Association. Certainly we have given circulation
to its manifestoes, and we have on all occasions ad-
I,ocated most of the principles of that Association,
but we have never been inclined warmly to recorn-
tn. end its present agitation, as that which ought
trurnediately to engage public attention. Seeing
l'he Sun thus connected with the Association, we
took an opportunity last Wednesday to re-state our
!.ften avowed preference for Anti-Corn-law agita-
kiwi to every other, at the same time implying that
.Re did not aspire to:lead the democratic Reformers,
by declaring that we would zealously forward that
particular reform which they might unite to pro-
cure. Our remarks are quoted by the Leeds Times,
of January 2d, as a proof that there is " a wish on
the part of the Anti-Corn-law leaders to check the
agitation lately commenced in Leeds." We think it
right and proper thetefore, to exonerate all Anti-Corn-
!kw leaders from the suspicion which our words are
qequoted to justify, by declaring that they were the spon-
taneous suggestion of our own minds, and came
less not from any Anti-Cern-law leaders, and were far
dictated by a wish to check the agitation at
Leeds than to induce all democratic Reformers to
Unite in the pursuit of some one object, the best
being' in Our opinion, the abolition of the Corn-
aw• They were meant to preserve and to vindi-
cate the, consistency of The Sun from the charge
Mplied, as we thought, in the language of the Leeds
Tenses, and not intended to show any hostility to
the Leeds Reformers.
At the same time, as our opinion has been called
in question, we will re-state, and endeavour to con-
firm it. If the people, we have always been of
iciPhlinti, cannot obtain the abolition of the Corn-
law in spite of the aristocracy, and however the Le-
gislature may be composed, neither can they obtain
any larger reform in the Legislature itself, in order
t° effect, amongst other things, the abolition of the
Corn-law. The House of Lords, to begin with,
will be more opposed to the Leeds Association
than to the abolition. Earl FITZWILLIAM, that
candid nobleman, the Earl of RADNOR, distin-
guished for his uprightness, Lord BROUGHAM,
remarkable for his eloquence and the far reach of
his thought, with several other Peers of great
wealth and power, are favourable to the repeal of
the Corn-law ; but we question whether one of
them would go the whole length of the Leeds As-
sociation. Next, every one of the present Minis-
teTB would strenuously resist the demands of the
Association, while several of them are favourable to
at, large modification of the Corn-law, and would
become advocates of its abolition, with very little
Pressure. Thirdly, there is a much larger number
of Members of the House of Commons favourable
to the
heimbolition of time Corn-law than to any point
by the Leeds Association, except the Bal-
lot. All the Members who oppose the abolition
N'vuttaid
oppose still more strenuously Household
tii Birage- Fourthly, of the great public a large
Majority of the electors, including of course the
agricultural districts, are decidedly hostile to the
Principles of the Leeds Association, particularly
If extended to Ireland, as witness the sophistry
which has been so zealously propounded by the
Leeds Mercury. At the same time a majority
of the electors, we believe, considering the large
c;oustituencies which Mr. VILLIERS' followers
represent, are favourable to the abolition. A very
‘:Msiderable number also, of the working-classes
zealous for the repeal of the Corn-law, while
'Aratively few of them trouble themselves about