The Sun.
London, England, 1841-04-03 00:00:00

THIS EVENING, APRIL 3,

TIDE Will he acted a Nautical Drama entftled
RED ROVER ; OR, THE MUTINY OF THE
DOLPHIN.
104 Fid (his original character) by Mr. T. P. Cooke.
lifer
Which, the Nautical Drama, in Four Parts, called
It:"OR JACK; OR THE WIFE OF A SAILOR.
""jell Mr. T. P. Cooke, and the entire strength of the

Company, will perform.
To conclude with
11101/; KINC; OF SPAIN AND HIS BARBER.
Mr. Henry Hug hes; Gil Perez (the Barber), Mr.
W. Smith.

Go,, ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.
'`t in Extra Night, with Novel and Extraordinary attrac-
-4 su, td b all the First-rate Talent i n London. or e y
vit THE BENEFIT OF MR. R. LAWRENCE,
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TREASURER.
ON MONDAY, APRIL 5,
Will be acted,
THE BEGGAR'S OPERA BURLESQUED.
kr Mr. Paul Bedford; Lucy, Mr. H. Hall ;
• Pftchern, Mr. Wright ; Mackheath, Miss Coveney.

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Airier which,
THE MARRIED RAKE.
Ilitecr' Flighty, Mr. T. Parry.
-11nderful Performances of Signor Felix Carlo, and the
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German Tub 11-unner.
To conclude with
PAUL CLIFFORD.
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Paul Cliford, Air. Collins.
G. Stansbury will preside in the Orchestra.

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LONDON:
SATURDAY, APRIL 3, 1841.

it,. .„... -.di artizans who are engaged in manufactures.
laks- veers did little more last evening than Their increasing number would extend the de-
tioro the Drainage, Buildings Regulation, and !nand for shipwrights, seamen, captains of ships,
Ntt ugh Improvement Bills through a Corn- book-keepers, clerks, &c. &c. Not only would
beteee The Reports on these Bills, however, there be a great demand for the production of
s Pot off till the 3d instant.
orb, traders and professional men of the metropolis,
4441. returns were ordered connected with the but there would be a vast many openings in bu-
11),,,Ittstlatiou of the Poor-laws in Ireland, and , siness which their children might fill, and they
*4 their Lordships adjourned till Monday.
gl,la would be able, much better than now, to provide
aily the Commons the Polloc and Govan for their sons, and to bestow their daughters in
Itway Bill was recommitted after a division. marriage.
evider• IILACESTONE moved that the minutes of At present, notwithstanding the prodigious
Nitt 'lee before the St. Alban's Election Corn- advantages we possess in our noble untenanted
tliqtee should he laid on the table, in order that colonies, every family is hampered, every class
lie t°use might know the ground of the decision. is uneasy and constrained. From the humblest
IN 'Ought it was necessary to put down a sys- labourer to the highest profession, all ranks feel
811,41 bribery, and when he saw the evidence he i y ,„;,,c„i n;re,,„it 1,, r,,,,,-;.1. c„li-.1,13, fnr +1,,,:..
4 4 know what further steps to take. children. If that difficulty were not, as we be-
t4' vi: T. DUNCOM o
BE agreed that it was neces- lievevholly done away by the abolition of the
it it that the House should watch the proceed- Corn-law, it would undoubtedly be much lessen-
its of Election Committees. It was of great ed. Englishmen, for their skill,would be in greater
1, Dlrt
rth anee, to that those Committees should demand than at present in all quarters of the
listrve the c fidence of the country, which was
4
world ; and it is impossible to conceive or de-
IINI/telly-if Mel statements made by the public , scribe the vast accession which would accrue to
Isrvl were to be)* passed by. Some o£ those ob-. the. national happiness and the national morality,
'11):t1°118 reflecting severely on 'the St. by lessening . the-. diffienity. -of
_providing for
%, ti's Committee, the Honourable Mem- offspring. Ofthat great improvement the corn.
l'epoTloted at great length, as well as the paratively well-educated and skilful inhabitants
,leettt Of what occurred before the Canterbury of the metropolis would have a full share.
kteor„°u Committee. He stated that there was Their interest, therefore, as well as their duty,
',.ol:l,—(irlg to that evidence prima facie proof of a commands them to exert themselves to procure
•le'7r°tuise. It was transferring a scene of the the repeal of the Corn-law.
4411,7ic4js Off: era to the House of Commons, and It is said that tradesmen should not engage in
/tlitt; a perfect farce of an Election Corn- politics ; but why then give them a vote, and
11,rtli:' lie moved, therefore, that the minutes make them responsible for its exercise, and for
\;014,..- Proceedings of the Canterbury Election the conduct of their representatives? Such an
Vlttee be also laid before the House. excuse is idle, for the preservation of our freedom
ik;ok„,• SANPonn, the Chairman of the St. Alban's depends on the watchfulness and exertions of
gito 4-'ittee, seconded the motion, and entered the people. Government is naturally an en-
rth,,l explanation and defence of the conduct crouching power, and can only be kept in check
l'tteic; Committee. He said that the Committee by the popular will. Our Government has
tile :ed with astonishment the intimation that
Pro never, till the present Ministers came into office,
eeedings were brought to a close.
It r• 111 concetl,ql anything till it was compelled. To
al ILDAt-Av, a Member of the Committee,
fief, , say, then, that tradesmen are not to attend to
kr. (-tided its proceedings. politics, is to say that the liberties of the people
t°lll .etlvß, as Chairman of the Canterbury
1 ttlitt ire at once to be surrended as a prize to the
~,,the ee, explained that the non-prosecution Whigs and the Tories. That it is irksome to
' thelletition in that case was entirely the work
to Co leave their homes, or neglect their business, and
eht • tinsel who said they had agreed not
Co, atj , perform the duty of the Legislature, we can rea-
'ins, " great eApense on their clients without lily believe, but such is the condition of hu-
, At . ,V 6, t 0 an
hti...,1.
tt_ y conctution., manity. The wisest and best rulers are not to
tis unnittee deprecate
%Lk '4 Co ICI.T, another .Afember of the St. Al- b
e trusted, unless they be made continually to
it tot), feel their responsibility to the people by the ac-
, Itad -e Corninittee, and defe_
disparaging allu-
nded the course
tie • Purs
NI d ued. It was after the Co. Live interference of the latter. The people must
Co e a . either have no rulers, they must become slaves,
era. that
-tunittee had
Itsa , °ase in favour of the petitioi:- - or they must watchfully exert themselves to keep
to .t decided
C048.1.C1 Rot," they would proceed ne, fur:kler.lie their rulers in check and sometimes expressly
Arsttatio:',..cx stated that a great defect in . ' dictate their conduct.
,hotiessioriai et the Committee was the want of a Those who preach the emasculating doctrine
Fire Nui,adviser, and till they had one the
tiot tradesmen have no business with politics,
c aqs/1.7. sanction bribery and corruption.
'' we knew not why, talked about inrg-set that it is by the power of the people laws

are made and sustained. They neither make, I
nor execute themselves. The law is only the
expression of the public will enforced by the
public arm. For the existence of the laws,
whether they be good or evil, the people are
responsible ; and as long as the citizens of
London, or any other place, are passive under
the continuance of the Corn-law, they are as
much guilty of starving their poorer fellow-
creatures as the Members of either House of
Parliament. In the case of an unjust law, it is
strictly true of all the inhabitants of the
empire—" he who allows oppression, shares
the crime." The Corn-law is as much
carried into execution by the hatters and shoe-
makers of the Strand, as by the Dukes of BUCK-
INGHAM and RICHMOND, and they are as much
to blame, unless they exert themselves to pro-
cure its repeal, as those Noblemen.

Mr. NEWMAN has addressed a letter to the
Bishop of OXFORD which appears in another
part of The Sun. It is worthy of the creed he
teaches. He carries out his own principles of
blind obedience to his superiors in the Church,
and crouches before a Bishop with extreme ser-
vility. He can have no genuine convictions, or
he could not so resign them at a Bishop's orders.
But he does not even wait for an order; "an ex-
pression of his Lordship's wish would be suffi-
cient to make him at once obey." "A Bishop's
lightest word, ex cathedra, is heavy. His judg-
ment on a book cannot be light." Mr. NEw-
MAN, therefore, who has impugned the Articles
of the Church, the Liturgy, and the Homilies,
falls submissive at the feet of a living Bishop.
He seems to have made all this uproar in the
Church for fun. He does not care about abso-
lution and confession ; he does not think the
Church of Rome the 'only one which is entrusted
with the keys; he has asserted these doctrines
out of vanity, or froth a love of mischief, not
from conviction. The letter may, however, be a
piece of hypocrisy, as the Standard, which is no
doubt a excellent judge, from intimate acquaint-
ance, of the character of our priests, insinuates
in the following passage:—

Mr. Newman has addressed a letter to the Bishop of Oxford,
promising that the " Tracts for *the Times" shall be discon-
tinued. So far so well ; and if the letter had not been praised
we should stop here ; but, as we feel that Mr. Newman and
his followers have obtained undue reputation for talent and
learning by the help of flatterers, and under shelter of the
charity, or neglect, of those who judge impartially, we must
say that we think the letter a most contemptible production.
We know to what we expose ourselves by avowing this opi•
Dion ; but we must speak the truth when we think the
truth useful or necessary. The letter is ungram-
m ,tical in structure, creeping and affected in style, and in
tone it is characterised with that mixture of fawning and low
sneering, which is the very reverse of manliness. Mr. New-
man's purpose pretty plainly is, while he affects the utmost
reverence and submission, to charge upon his diocesan a gross
inconsistency in first encouraging the Tracts, and then con-
demning them—a charge which we have every reason to be-
lieve to be unfounded.

Mr. Newman says nothing of the Bishop of Oxford's and
the Vice-Chancellor's admonition some time ago. No, he is
much too meek to be candid.

The Puseyites will be much lowered in public
estimation by so readily yielding their convic-
tions to authority. One thing, at least, is quite
certain, that servile priests, who submit With all
the docility of well-trained Jesuits to the orders
of their superiors, are totally unfit to be the in-
structors of a free people.

The preliminary meeting of the Deputies of
the Anti-Corn-law League to prepare for holding
a Great General Meeting in London is to take
place on the 13th instant. We have of late heard
so little on this subject, that we were almost
afraid the League had given it up, and we are
gratified with the re-assn: ante this piece of in-
telligence has afforded us. We will in the
mean time do what we can to prepare
the Londoners to give them a hearty and
even an enthusiastic reception. The cause of
abolishing the Bread-tax ought to unite in its
favour all but the landlords and their vassals.
To prepare for this meeting, let the Corn-law
repealers of the metropolis at once .extend their
local Anti-Corn-law Associations; let them get
up numerous petitions for the repeal of the
Bread-tax, and appoint from each local Associa-
tion a deputy to attend the great meeting, and
so swell its numbers that it shall be hailed as
the representation of millions of the people.

Letters from Constantinople, of the 11th of
March, have just reached us. On the Oth the
SULTAN conferred the Order of Nishau
a magnificent decoration in brilliants—together
with a present in cash to the amount of ten thou-
sand pounds sterling, upon RESCHID PACHA, his
Prime Minister, for his successful termination of
the Eastern question. Immediately after this
manifestation of the Imperial favour, TAHIR
PACHA, the mortal enemy of the Premier, pro-
posed, in full Divan, that hencethrth the Mem-
bers should reverently kiss the hem of RESCHID'S
garment! It was generally supposed that these
extraordinary favours portended the fall of
RESCIIID PACHA, who is too great a favourite
with the Franks, for his reforming spirit, to please
the orthodox Mussulmans. The victims of Ori-
ental despotism, like the victims of the Pagan di-
vinities, are always ornamented before being led
to the altar of sacrifice.

On the 7th ult. a grand Council was held at
the Porte relative to MEHEMET Am's refusal
of the finnan. The modifications claimed by the
VICEROY were supported by the majority of the
diplomatic body. One correspondent states that
the answer of the Porte would be sent off di-
rectly by a steamer to Cairo; but another z.s-
serts that the Porte would refer all points of dis-
pute to the arbitration of the Four Powers, whose
decision it would accept as final. On ti.e same
day four vessels of war, with 800 troops, sailed to
quell the rebellion in Samos, while six vessels,
carrying 2,000 men, sailed fin. Candia, where
disturbances still continued. A strong north
wind prevented the entrance of the Turkish fleet
into the Bosphorus. The Albanians were re-
called from Syria.

Madrid journals, of the 24th ult., have reached
us. The Cortes were engaged with the verifica-
tion of their powers and the Regency question.
The Five per Cents. were done at 26 for cash.

The Paris journals of Wednesday have reached
us. The proposed amendment of the Peers'
Committee upon the first article of the Fortifica-
tions Bill was lost upon a division, there being
only 91 votes for, and 148 against it. There is,
therefore, no longer a doubt that the Bill as
passed by the Deputies will be adopted.

ne itionzteur of w eanesday contains the fol-
lowing official correction of the report of the Na-
tional, relative to the attack of the police upon
the Reform banqueters :
" The National gives an incorrect account of the measures
taken by the authorities on the occasion of a projected banquet
intended to be given on Alonday, by some Reformists and Com-
munists. We now give a true statement of the facts. Con-
trary to the injunctions of the authorities against these tumul-
tuous meetings in the form of banquets some Radi_al Re-
formists fixed on this for Monday, and distributed a great
number of subscription-tickets, the place at which the
dinner was to be given.being kept as secret as possible, the
stewards alone knowing where it was to take place. At
about two o'clock on Monday the guests were assembled at dif-
ferent points, where shortly afterwards the stewards went and
led them off, without telling them ;where they were going.
About half-past two nearly 250 pe4ons were collected at the
Pere la Galette, the house of a tiaiteur at Montrouge, and
they immediately elected a President. He returned thanks
in a speech, containing expressions in favour of the work-
ing classes and reform, and uttering opinions of the
strongest Radicalism. Two oilier similar ikeches were de-
livered, and political toasts were drank.. Upon this the
Mayor and Commissary of Mlles.- of Montrouge interfered,
and ordered the party to disOrse, as their meeting was un-
authorised. After several observalions, they were allowed a
quarter of an hour to settle (heir bills, and then they left
the room. Instead. however, of- separating peaceably, they
marched in a body towards Vaugirard, singing the Marsel-
laise' and the `Chant du Depart.' Atter violently insulting
the Commissary of Police they attempted a riotous entry into
Paris. Then it was that the municipal guard interposed,
stopped their passage, and dispersed them, after arresting
several of those who had violently insulted and maltreated
the Commissary. Public tranquillity nevertheless was not all
disturbed, but, on the contrary, the inhabitants loudly ap-
plauded the measures taken by the authorities to maintain
order.
othing can be clearer than that the whole
mischief was the consequence of the uncalled-
for, impertinent, and insultiqg interference of
the police. Had the Reformers been left to
themselves ,they would have toasted and
talked themselves into a vapouring patriotism,
and walked quietly home to their beds. But if
950 pel•sons cannot now meet, and dine, and talk
Radial politics without having their heads
broken and their persons imprisoned by the po-
lice, what will be the state of public liberty when
Paris is Bastilled ?
The Constitutionnel says that the creation of thirty new
Peers is now more talked of than ever; it is said +hat there will
be only fifteen deputies included in this new creation, the re-

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