The Sun.
London, England, 1841-07-30 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI.

The GREAT WIZARD of the-NORTH'S PALACE of
FASHION and WONDER is still honoured by the elite of
the metropolis; in short, boxes, pit, and gallery are nightly
overflowing with admiring hundreds, who with one voice pro-
claim—The Great Wizard of the North, the great muter of
scientific delusion ! the wonder of the age ! the miracle of the
nineteenth century ! He will nightly continue to demonstrate
the fallacy of the wisdom of our ancestors, " that seeing is be-
lieving." He will exhibit such wondrous phenomena, that if
only heard of would never be believed, and even when seen
cause the universal exclamation of " incredible !"

The Great Wizard of the North begs to inform the musical
the bell-ringers of London, and the public generally, that he
has engaged the SEVEN HARMONIOUS YOUTHS; or,
Lancashire Eell•ringers, whose extraordinary performance on
fourteen bells has created a great sensation in the North of
England. The sensation having reached the Wizard, he has
engaged then!! and imported them direct from the North.
They will have the honour of appearing for the first time before
the public of the metropolis between the parts of the Wizard's
performance, pealing forth their " merne strains," recalling
the memory of the " golden days of good Queen Bess" and
merric England."
Boxes, •2s. 6d. ; Pit, Is. 6d. ; Gallery, 6d. Second Price
at lialf.past Nine o'cli.ck. Boxes, is. 6d. ; Pit, Is.

Places for the Boxes may be taken from Mr. Swinburn, at
tke Box-office, between Eleven and Four.
l',irties are respectfully informed, that as the Dress Circle is
nightly crowded, as early application is requisite.
N.B. Private Boxes, containing six persons, 11. ss. Doors
open at Half-past Seven ; the Wizard appears at Eight o'clock
precisely.

Half-price at Half-past Nine.

THE

RAILWAY SUN

IS NOW PUBLISHING,
T'itlCE ONLY SIXPENCE.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY.
t10rmng...... 0 minutes after 0. I Evening 2 minutes aftur 0.

LONDON:
FRIDAY, JULY 30, 184,

A meeting, of which a report appears in an-
oth orplace, was held last night at the Mechanics'
In;titution, to consider the propriety of comme-
moration, by some suitable memorial, the great
service; of Dr. BIRKBECK in the cause of educa-
tion. We need not expatiate on his merits, the
chief founder and promoter of Mechanics' Insti-
tutions throughout the empire, they are known
to every person who takes any interest in the
education of the people. It is only necessary now
to commemorate them, less for his sake, perhaps,
than for—may we call it?—the selfish object of
encouraging imitation in others, in order to pro-
duce hereafter a whole generation of BIRK BECKS.

Hitherto mankind seems to have tonna little
pleasure in honouring their benefactors; but,
amongst modern improvements we may confi-
dently place that of a growing preference to the
peaceful virtues. So much have statesmen and
soldiers been glorified that greedy patriots, am-
bitious of high places, and warriors, who offer
their swords for any cause, have become dirt
cheap. The next age will probably need their
set vices even less than the present, and will
rather require, we hope, men like Dr. BIRKBECK.
Whether the admiration of such men be in-
stinctive, or the result of reason, it is now most
judicious, and will nurse into life the talents and
the virtues which will be more servicea'jle to the
nex t age. For the public good, even more than
for the gratification of the estimable individual
'whom the meeting was called to honour, we
trust the object proposed will meet, as it de-
serves, the cordial sapport of all the Mechanics'
Institutions, and all the friends to education,
throughout the empire.
It will be as honourable to them as to Dr.
BIRKBECR to make a great and a combined effort
at once to commemorate- his disinterested and
unwearied exertions, and promote the success of
the good cause to which he has devoted that
;from an arduous profession,
give to ease and indulgence.
411111 y years Dr. BIRRBECK has
.....ir4rl his talents to giving in-
f.fietftleal sciences to the humbler

'~.

Al 11 S

classes, and most of our Mechanics' Institutions are
indebted for their existence to his exertion and
example. Endowed with winning and grace-
ful manners, his lectures were always as con-
spicuous for their good taste and the graceful-
ness of his delivery as for their solid instruction.
It will be no honour to the country, and parti-
cularly to members of Mechanics' Institutions,
should such a man, now advancing into years and
no longer blessed with health, not be made sensible
while he is yet with us—that his valuable lessons
have not been throwft away, and that, at least, he
has taught his numerous pupils to appreciate and
honour his great worth.

In the abstract, it can be of no consequence to
the people, it is supposed, whether they receive
commercial reform, the needed reform of the
present time, from the hands of Sir R. PEEL or
Lord J. RUSSELL. " What we want," say a
great number of persons, " is a reduction of the
Corn-tax and the sugar duties, with an extension
of trade, and if Sir R. PEEL will give us that,
as he can carry measures through the Lords
which Lord J. RUSSELL could not, we shall be
as well pleased to see Sir R. PEEL in office as
Lord J. RUSSELL." That is a prevailing sort of
worldly wisdom to which Sir R. PEEL owes much
of his success.

But apart from the ingratitude of placing as
much confidence in the man who has continually
opposed as in the man who has very generally
promoted reform, apart from the impropriety of
honouring and rewarding a foe, and slighting a
friend, there is, we think, a good ground for
rejecting reform at the hands of Sir ROBERT
PEEL. Any Minister who carries through com-
mercial reform will increase his influence and
secure his power. Should Sir ROBERT PEEL be
firmly established and supported by the bulk of
the manufacturing and commercial population as
well as the county constituencies, there can be
no doubt that he would use his popularity and
power to promote his own projects. In the flood
tide of prosperity, caused by commercial reform,
he would be allowed to extend the Church and
destroy the franchise in Ireland. If he promote
or acquiesce in commercial reform, it will be be-
cause he cannot help himself; and it would be
purchasing his forced co-operation in that good
cause a little too dearly to give him, in exchange
for it, the means of crushing the germs of liberty
in Ireland, and of strengthening the clerical
tyranny under which we now groan in England.

From Lord JOHN RUSSELL and the Whigs we
can have nothing of the kind to fear. They
would, and could, only use the popularity and
power resulting from achieving the needed fiscal
and commercial reform of the day, to promote
some further improvements, such as the exten-
sion of the franchise and the curtailment of the
Church. Independently, therefore, of the love
and respect Reformers must feel for their gene-
rally consistent, though sometimes vacillating
and backsliding friends, the Whigs ; and inde-
pendently of their mistrust and aversion of the
man who, after having opposed reform of all
kinds whenever he could, takes up just so much
of it as he cannot possibly help, and promotes it
far less for the public welfare than in subser-
viency to his own party interests. There are
good substantial reasons for preferring the
Whigs to the Tories as Reformers.

Sir ROBERT PEEL at Tamworth has replied to
Lord Jonx RUSSELL'S address to his constituents,
and his speech appears in another part of The
Sun. Sir ROBERT is resolute in refusing to tell
the public what they are anxious to know. He
employs half a column to refute the tittle-tattle
of the Globe, as if his great mind had been
sorely wounded by it, but he declines telling the
people what he will do in office. He calculates se-
curely on being called to the administration of af-
fairs, but he obstinately refuses to inform us how
he will administer them. He shelters himself un-
der a metaphor, and declares that it will
be time enough for him to prescribe
when he is regularly called in. It would
be, he says, the part of a quack-doctor, not
of a professional man, to conclude without being
consulted by the patient—that he had a valuable
nostrum which would be a perfect remedy for
the disorder. How admirably the political quack
describes himself. He boasts of possessing
a quack nostrum—Toryism, which he insists
on administering to the patient, and swears loudly
by all the saints in the Calendar that no other
medicine can possibly cure him. Nay, with a
great deal more impudence 'than most quacks,
he has persisted in continually adminis-

tering his nostrum after its inefficacy has
been repeatedly proved ; and has prevented the
regular practitioner from curing his patient by
the forced admission of his own deleterious drug.
Quack, indeed ! Of all the patient-killing
quacks that ever infested the country, your
Tory quack has the most lives to answer for.
Sir ROBERT mistakes the state of the ques-

tion ; and fancies he is called upon to satisfy his
opponents, when he is really asked to inform
the confiding public. If Lord JOHN RUSSELL
or the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER have no
right to pump him for a Budget, the public have.
Ile has broken up the Ministry that proposed to
supply the wants of the Treasury by extending
trade; and it will be very like Dr. EADY, his
worthy prototype, to demand that the other
doctor shall be turned away, and that the patient
shall be trusted exclusively to his care, while he
stedfastly refuses to state how he will act.
There is the greater necessity for this, because
Sir ROBERT PEEL implied that tha Ministers'
measures, which Sir ROBERT defeated, are
plausible and popular measures. The cries of
cheap bread and cheap sugar he describes
as acceptable to the people. They did not con-
demn, he said, the mere policy of Ministers; it was
not the question relating to corn, no, it was that
the people had no longer confidence in the Whigs.
If the people do not disapprove of the Whig
policy, is Sir R. PEEL prepared, as he has done
before, to adopt their measures ? The best part
of his reputation rests on the wisdom he filched
from his foes. He may again imitate his own
conduct in 1826 and in 1829, as the safest way of
disarming an opposition that will speedily crush
him; but he shall not repeat his treacherous and
mean conduct without being thoroughly exposed.
The readers of The Sun will agree with Sir
R. PEEL that the elections have gone so much
against the Ministers, not because the people
dislike their Budget policy, but because the
Whigs have lost the confidence of the
people. We will not now inquire into the
causes of this loss, but the fact is confirmed by the
concurring testimony of all parties. The Whig
measures, according to Sir ROBERT, were popular;
but the people, urged by the misrepresentations
of the Tories, would not allow the Whigs to
carry them into effect. , Sir H. PEEL will pro•
bably take office, solemn quack as he is, to ad-
minister the medicine he finds already prescribed
for the patient,
Sir ROBERT promises to answer Lord J. RAN-
SELL 'S address,Whigs were but, except as he shows that the
defeated h the several towns as
well as in the co
cnotehe forgets his pledge. Hasty
as has been our Sir
itis o
ROBERT
too
t
and contemptible to provoke
remarks. oig
speech
sll
we shall probably not notice of r
to it;

There is no political news of importance
in the French Journals of Tuesday, except
Sun. The Mo-
what appeared in yesterday's
niteur publishes the usual programme of
the fetes of July, which includes the dis-
tribution of alms to the poor of Paris, the ce-
lebration of funeral services in the churches,
the erection of May-poles, with pantomimes,
dances, theatrical performances, fireworks, and
illuminations. The troops were to be confined
to their barracks, fully equipped, and ready to
attack the enemies of public order at a moment's
notice.
From the south of France we have favourable
accounts of the state of the crops, notwithstand-
ing the late heavy rains.
The Emancipator of Toulouse of the 24th says,
this morning there has been a review of all the troops
of the garrison by Lieutenant-General Bulhieres. who
has been appointed to the command of the 10th division,
in the room of Lieutenant- General St. Michel. The in-
spection was made in the following order :—The Vin-
ciennes riflemen, the sth, 25th, 37th, 38th, and 47th re-
giments of the line, stationed at Madron ; the Bth and
9th of Artillery, with all the batteries mounted. Another
grand review is announced for Thursday next, the 29th
of July. The National Guard will, it is said, be called
to take part in it.
A report is current at Bayonne, that the 43d Re-
giment of the line, in garrison in our city, the 37th of
the line in garrison at Toulouse, and the 2d of Light
Infantry, are selected to go to Africa, and this destina-
tion is considered by the Ministry as a punishment for
the sympathy and confidence with which the conduct of
those regiments has inspired the people.
Th French corvette Le Dordogne sailed for the
Isle of Bourbon on the 15th of February, with troops on

board for Madagascar, in order to renew our garrisons
on the several points belonging torus in that island.—
Le Commerce.
"M. Germain P—," says the Droit, "a widower

with an only son two years old, being deeply in debt,
retired to an obscure quarter of Paris, to avoid arrest,
and there lived in the utmost penury. Two days ago
he was met on the Quai de Billy by one of his creditors,
who reproached him in harsh terms, threatening to send
an officer immediately after him. M. P. pleaded his
utter destitution, and bis being burthened with the main-
tenance of his child, then in his arms. The creditor re-
plied, that the State took charge of all orphans. Cut to
the heart, M. P. placed the infant in the arms of his re-
proacher, saying—' Then do you take him to the hos-
pice l' and rushing to the water's edge, plunged into the
river. Though irritated, the creditor was not obdurate
—he immediately called for assistance, and his unhappy
debtor was saved from death. Affected by his distress,
the creditor at once relinquished all his claims, promised
to induce the rest of the poor man's creditors to do the
same, and declared he would afford him means to re-esta-
blish his fallen fortunes."

The Toulonnais, in a letter from its correspondent
at Algiers, gives the following account of a conversation
showing the view which the Arabs take of the security
enjoyed by the French in that place :—" The Bey of
Milianah received a young Frenchman in his tent a short
time since, and appeared to be much amused with his
discourse, and pretended to take a warm interest in his
welfare. Lend your ear to me for a while,' said the
Bey. I advise you on your return to Algiers not to go
any distance into the country, for you will most assu-
redly be made captive, and perhaps be decapitated.' But
I shall only go to Dely Ibrahim.' ' That would be a
great deal too far ; you will run the utmost risk." Well,
I will go no further than Fort Emperor.' Even that
will be dangerous; I will not guarantee your safety.'
Well then, I won't go beyond the Place du Gouverne-
ment in the middle town.' Upon this the Bey took time
for reflection and then replied—' Yes, you may walk
there without danger, but you shall be watched by a
biskris, ono of our spies.' "

Advises from Djigelly, between Algiers and Bona,
represent the state of the garrison as very unhealthy,
200 men out of 893 being laid up in the hospital.

A Constantinople correspondent of the Sud says
that Mr. Anderson, Inspector of the Oriental Company's
steamers, Dr. Davy, and an English mineralogist, have
been allowed by the Turkish Government to go and in-
spect the coal mines lately discovered on the shores of
the Black Sea. Every facility was given for this pur-
pose, and guards had been sent with the party, which
had not returned on the 7th inst.

Extract of a letter from Alexandria, 6th inst., in
the Semaphore of Marseilles :—" Twelve superior naval
officers have accompanied Said Bey and Samy Bey to
Constantinople. The Porte is said to be disposed to
return to the most friendly intercourse with the Pacha.
On this the Divan is believed to be unanimous, and in-
deed we have proof in an order sent to Mehemet Ali to
march troops into the Hedjaz, to put down disturbances
which have existed for a long time. The Porte, not in-
tending that the Pacha should be burdened with the ex-
penses of this expedition, has desired him to furnish an
account of them, and the amount will be allowed colt of
the tribute. The plague has entirely left us. European
ships have for several days had clean bills of health deli-
vered to them, and on the eve of Saint John (June 23),
the Government put the arsenal, the marine, and all the
military hospitals out of quarantine. It has also called
in all the soldiers who were on quarantine duty, and has
dismissed the National Guard. Ibrahim Pacha is in the
best state of health. He holds frequent conferences with
his father on the new organization of the country. When
any one talks to the Prince about war, he replies—' I am
no longer a General, I have become a simple peasant.'
In fact he employs most of his time in agriculture, and
has lately purchased several villages, in order to carry on
farming on a great scale."
The Semaphore of Marseilles has the subjoined
from Bevrout, 23d ult. :—" On Mount Carmel is a fine
French Convent, built under the direction of the cele-
brated monk Jean Baptiste. Within it is a grotto, also
formed by him, in which, when the army under Bona-
parte was in that country, in 1798, were deposited the
bodies of such of its men as died in the convent, then
converted into an hospital. The present monks, having
lately collected the bones of these brave men, carried
them in solemn procession to a monument erected in
front of the principal entrance for their final reception.
This ceremony was performed by Brother Jean Baptiste
himself, assisted by another monk, in the presence of
Captain Cavalier, of the French brig L'Orient, and M.
Sauvaire, a gentleman of the same nation, long resident
in the country, who represented the French Consul, kept
away by official engagements."
A correspondent at Naples writes on the 18th inst.
to the Semaphore :—" The King has given up his pro-
posed visit to Palermo, being deterred, it is believed, by
the extreme heat of the weather. His Majesty remains
at Castellamare, with the Royal Family. A fortnight
ago a carriage, with six horses, containing a family of
five persons and two femmes de chambre, was stopped
about half-past eight in the morning by three robbers,
who occupied themselves for a whole hour in plundering
the baggage. This was between Sessa and Capua, a part
of the road generally considered as particularly sate, and
the surprise excited by the audacious attack has conse-
quently been the greater. Two of the men have been
discovered and arrested, and the officers of justice are said
to be on the track of the third. A part of the property
stolen has been recovered. Another attempt at robbery,
though of a different nature, is also a subject of conver-
sation. A few days ago, two well-dressed young men,
during the heat of the day, when scarcely uny one was
about, entered the shop of a chemist, at the end of the
Chiaja, near the Pie-di-Grotta, and demanded all the
money he had. On his refusal to submit to this robbery,
they beat him cruelly with their sticks. His cries, how-
ever, reached the Swiss guard, and eight of them came
in time to save his life, and arrest the audacious 'assail-

ants."

A letter from Gueret (Creuze), in the Constitution-
nel, states that an English officer, named Capper, who
had resided there for several years, shot himself on the
22d instant. The suicide is attributed to long physical
suffering. _ _ _

4 .-... ~ .*. -. ik )
e,
~.11........, -----kth ft
~ :01,, , ...,..**
„„,-; 4,, ...4 - S.c
-6. fr-.46‘. r..i.i..
0,1,,, ..
.„, . „
.'" -4" , .

C-ht

l _
i_
heti
441ic . . tr- -1
n -1
.• - az4i.,,. 4:-tli
z ' ' ' : • ; -i;_fro'-' igi ni4
...__,
1-41—e-TY •"..:, :,--
...--.1-.V-_-_ 3' '