The Sun.
London, England, 1840-04-29 00:00:00

ROYAL SUP.REY THEATRE.

'Me Theatre has been entirely Re-Decorated, and embellished
in a New
and tasteful style, during the fteeem.
The IhTce Pieces have met with tumultuous rprobation
tVastvcrowded audiences, and will be repeated every evening.
THIS EVENING, Aran. 29,
Vifill be acted an entirely New Village Tragedy, illustrating
11,,garth's celebrated " Harlot's Progress," entitled
THE LIFT OF A WOMAN; OR, THE CURATE'S
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DAUGHTER.
After which, a New Cord.. Drama, called

THE WET NURSE.
; Toeoeschule with an entirely New Romance, entitled
T 1 VENZTIAN ; OR, THE COUNCIL OF TEN.
`rho Scenery comprising some of the most splendid Views in
Venice.

NEW STRAND THEATRE.
CAUTION TO THE PUBLIC.
There are I3IPOSTORS in tlie field.—The great approba-
tion, and consequent patronage acquired by the Great
WIZARD of the NORTH has given existence to a host of
IMITATORS, of whom the WIZARD says BEWARE !
!I Weida roe sec Necromancy in perfection, is addition to splen-
4ficl apc,tratus ? If you would, visit the WIZARD of the
eye-deceiving and inquiry-baffling arcana are
lob, exhibited on THIS EVENING, and every evening du:-
in.( the week, egincludin4 with his'celcbrated and original
GUN DELUSION,

wonder-striking in its detail, and perfectly divested of tbe slightest
,angmr, and cannot he imita'ed or comprehended by itinerants.
There is iota one Wizard of Necromantic fame—the GREAT
.• ORIGINAL WIZARD cf the NORTH—J. H. ANDERSON,

TO CORRESPONDENTS.
The 10. t., about the wooden pavement of the metropolis
alt „drortiiernetit.
We lia*a received several letters on the subject of the
!ier,,,e;eutima cf the Joys in Syria, for which we cannot
rake room. The suggestions of the writers shall, how-
i; over, be born,' in memory.

AT LONDON nitimAc TO-MORROW.
$ 6;lnutcs after s:vezaTnc, ui mmtae, aftor 0.

,Prollielmon of the Evening Edition of Tax Sox eotn-
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LONDON :
"WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 1540.

Me following highly important intelligence is
from the &cowl Edition of the Times
Despatches from Constantinople and .Alexan-
aria to the 7th inst., and from Smyrna and Athens
to the 9th, Malta to the 18th, and Naples to the
kith ins,74n,, have been received. Nothing new di
importance htid occurred at Constantinople.
Ovr Alexandria letters state that Colone
itop&,, the British Consul, had provoked the
langer ekNEHEMET ALI by offering passports to
tae Turks to reATrn home. This MEHEMET ALI j

would not suffer, and seemed highly indignant
against the English.
itie seemed disposed to
court the French for aid and protection, and was
determined to resist all concessions beyond those
he had alreatly promised.

The British ships of war, in the neighbourhood
of Naples, commenced on the 17th reprisals, and
captured (it was said) 50 vessels. The Hydra
was cruizing off the mouth of the gulf. The Nea-
politan vessels at Malta were under an embargo.
In Pis it was still believed (yesterday) that
a; the King of NAPLES had accepted the mediation
of France all would yet be accommodated.
The Duke DE NEmoußs was married to tho
Princess VICTORIA of Saxe Coburg on Monday
night. The promised extension of the amnesty
appears in the Moniteur.

1,500,000 francs were voted by the Chamber of
Deputies on Monday night for the blockade of
Buenos Ayres.

Our private lsttera report that an expedition wa►s
contemplated by the French Government again st
that Stt..

ITo erovk is the prerogative of old age. The eye,
too dim to distinguish the beauties of the present,
revolves inwardly, and survey's the fancied glories of
the past. The balance is soon struck when the in-
delible impressions left upon the tablet of the me- _ -
.ci.
aaery aer.e contrasted with the indistinct glimmer of a
pricing panorama of events not more imperfectly .
It would have been a happy thing for England
soon than comprehended. To the imbecile
f the Anglican Church, when it renounced the faith,
ald age the past is everything ; the present nothing, from 1
ha d also renounced the principles, of Rome. But,
And what, after all, is more natural ? The old have
unl rortunately, though much was undoubtedly done
entlived their generation—their friends—the habits
the greatest of all,—and, indeed, the source of all
at t he Reformation, much more was left undone.
once sio,familiar and still so dear to them—and what
lis of e
capacity of on- more importance than all, th '
ti '
so manyassociations
c tone\ led. The master-thread of cption, which
orru
.e evils of the ancient system, Was left un-
jtsyrnent. They are susceptible of
•n
phasure ; and they have 13o!e' ram t hrough the whole ecclesiastical tissue, was
with the past, than even an allusion to the
pl7eene ved unbroken, and thus a proof has been
, -present is distressing to them, unless the said
at for et dof the small share which the merely rcli-
frilusion has reference to some misery, civil, social,
t l Ciao ware happily.•exempted. Now, :t is well known giou s tenets of a Church have in generating the
religiows, or physical, from 'which bygone genera-
abuk es. with which it may be over-run.
P erhaps it Ns•as not to be expected that, after so
long a night of d;.'rkness, error, and prejudice, the
!Jo all who read newspapers that our venerable Coa-
-1 l torn?orary the Morning Herald is far advanced in mint Is of men shoule he able to receive at once the
*Ade of years, and that, like other old ladies,
O'randmansmis hardly advances a step in any direr_ full blaze of truth and. knowledge. It was scarcely
to I )e expected that, After having been so long
ce , 1 lion without pausing to look behind her. At every a( ; stomed to the .artificial splendour of
eftss to advance she taxes her recollection, shakes a
her sage noddle, and as she leisurely taps her r' : imposing ritual, the people should readily
vo t to the native simplicity of the Gospel,
t,(iliat the Ministers of the hierarchy,
eesinnui,elr-l'oofx;leerolmes out with some glowir g reminis-
1.
I'lrU le lusty youth. This leads now and then
age whining, which is lather '
this whole there ar
realer listen to than Grann
disagreeable ; but upon
the
e few old crones whom
y, when neitl,
we would as they had been to ease, luxury, and
1 . erould willingly renounce a system to which
i ,o, vt!r, •
nue nce.
y were indebted for their wealth and conse-
Even those among them who were most
sanctimonious.
tinacmal Ivor too . • - neither too seri. :,': . I were fearful of pushing matters too
BY way of sample uisi titcrestet ,
we select the following extract from a lea
, on the old
iv the Herald of Yesterdaytiirlirgeaadrbticle .
cep/ e the 4 :,q times con-
didea of cutting lip the so. ki ihroots,
fir, and scarcely an individual in tili.
dissolving that unnatural ..(411 I"'t e libetween
topie—the misgovernment of the Witi,s. It are 4i
which ' 11 IA f t, iseries of
be entitled " Tee years ago," and would s'er •I'nlay ,T 1. •
a ve
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1' . • Inanny fairly e'; e (~i
i• MY MOORE for an excellent text for cii 2•ion and politics, to
pttlitical vii al ,spiritual
ece csiastica ty may
' . Ibis union, this mixture ,
• .....; rrepug-
I.', squib z—
! 1114 decline ie oar na:iinal crengtli, and
inirnicieA'
power, and
110,045.1,4 • ,kitia;ett.in y%fahr..s—tvi.tliin a period co-erten: • vever
`,sir?
..,,;ii . ,
.., of the._ .V. 110 —1:! absolutely appnVing, ' :inntt erns,
the
spirit
eril:corfatli)iseucrdh iriiisi
Christian
i• :6,,,.1
\ :had re-
, jva, zgl,itp., bet iiu.sla nor
Prance,
% •, . t rejudice
,eiciei.-d,e- (IF-4 ',At !hit scheme of policy in regard ceived 1:11, ' sanction of time.
to political and religiain '
Essential
to tVrl4lBd , Vii 't
123 now the businEss of all three ran in 'its fa\ 'our. It was, in fact, I• ,
i c k!ivil
Pow evs to Act or;id. e.: Tea years ago, Russian and French to the , ;cry ext.. 'tence both ofC Iriiti.l i ‘

p rofit by this correction of her " Ten years ago "
Lli.`ty. Her memory fails her sadly, and to read

his ory to any advantage she must saddle her nose
with a pair of new spectacles.

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