The Sun.
London, England, 1847-07-29 00:00:00

I MASZTAbIhRE.

7.1. s libretto founded on the drama of The Robbers," by Sehil-
W with new scenery, dresses, and decorations.
.A.malia, Mdlle. Jenny Lind ; Carlo, Slg. Gardoni ; Francesco, Sig.
Co'tetti ; Moger, Sig. Bouche ; Arminio, Sig. Corelli ; Bola, Sig. Dai
; Massuulliano, Sig. Lablache.
With various entertainments in the Ballet department, in which
:cifdlle. Taglioni, Mdlle. Carolina Rosati, and Mdlle. Cerito, will
appear.

ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN,
FOR THE BENEFIT OF SIGNOR TAMBURINE.
THIS EVENING
Will be performed Rosinni's celebrated Opera
LA GAZA LADRA.
To conclude with Cosati's new Ballet of
LA ROSIERA.
Tickets, Stalls, and Boxes, to be obtained at the Box-office in
the Theatre, Bow-street ; and at Messrs. Cramer, Beale, and Co.'s,
201, Regent-street.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Under the Management of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee.
THIS EVENING •
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-Will be presented THE BEAUX STRATAGEM. Aimwell, Mr.
ilowe ' • Archer, Mr. 801 l ; Mr. Sullen, Mr. Tilbury; Scrub, Mr.
Backstone; Foigard, Mr. Hudson; Lady Bountiful, Mrs. Clifford;
Mrs. Sullen, Miss Reynolds ; Cherry, Miss Julia Bennett.
After which MARRIED LIFE. Mr. Samuel Coddle, Mr.
Farren ; Mrs. Samuel Coddle, Mrs. Glover ; Mr. Lionel Lynx,
Mr. FL 801 l ; Mrs. Lionel Lynx, Miss Julia Bennett ; Mr. Young-
buaband, Mr. Brindal ; Mrs. Youngliusband, Mrs. Humby ; Mr. G.
Dismal, Air. Tilbury; Mrs. G. Dismal, Mrs. Stanley; Mr. Henry
Dove, Mr. Buckstone ; Mrs. henry Dove, Mrs. W. Clifford.
To conclude with the new comic drama, called THE JACOBITE.
Sir Richard Wroughton, Mr. Stuart ; John Duck, Mr. Buckstone ;
Lady Somertord, Miss Fortescue.

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII.
Under the direction of Madame Celeste.
THIS EVENING
Will ba produced a new and original cw.nedy in three acts, called
THE TITLE DEEDS. Principal characters by Messrs. Lambert,
'Wright, Paul Bedford, 0. Smith, Boyce, Munyard, C. J. Smith,
• Worrell ; Mrs. Yates, Miss Woolgar, Miss E. Harding, Miss E.
~.Chaplin. Mrs. Laws, &c.
After which (sever acted), a New and Original Farce, called
. HOW TO SETTLE ACCOUNTS W ITH YOUR LAUNDRESS.
‘. Principal characters t.y Messrs. Wright, Munyard, and Redmund
Ryan ; and Misses Woolgar and Emma Harding.
To conclude with a new and original barietta, in one act, by Charles
%Selby, Esq., called OUT ON THE SLY ; or, A Fete at Rosherviile.

THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM.
(Summer Season—Lyceum Company.)
THIS EVEINING

Will be presented Mr. R. B. Peake's successful Drama of the
4CLIMBING BOY. Characters f.y Messrs. Emery, Johnson. Ben-
•der, Turner, and G. Wild, Miss Daly, 3.i s Turner, Mrs. Griffiths,
and Miss Arden.
Ater which, a new Farce' entitled GUN COTTON. Principal
• characters by Messrs. Johnson, Oxbery, and Turner ; Mrs. Griffith/
and Miss Arden.

lb be followed by a new Ballet Divert seem• nt, produced under the
direction of Mr. Yexmcre, called iHE ROCK OF BEAUTY, In
'hich the Spanish Dancers will appear.
To conclude with a new and original drama, in two acts, entitled
YLEUR DE I.TS; or, Love's Triumph. Comte de Marigny, Mr
Bender, Maurice Vermont, Mr. Murray; Coquadrat, Mr. (ninny
3%nupon 3.dongtiard, Mr. George Will ; Fleur de Lys, Miss Ellen
:Daly ; Isabel de Marigny, Miss Arden.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
J. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager.
THIS EVENING.
Will be presented the comic Drama entitled USED UP. Sir
Charles Coldstream, Mr. C. Mathews.
To be followed by TWO IN THE MORNING.
After which the new farce, entitled A SOVEREIGN REMEDY.
-Captain Pendragon, Mr. Ryder ; Mr. Bottleby, Mr Granby ;
r..Quackit, Mr. C. Mathews; Alfred, Mr. J: Webster; Mrs. Botdeby,
:Mrs. Fosbroke ; Mary, Miss Marshall.
After which a new farce, entitled EARLY CLOSING; or a
:Night at the Casino.
To conclude with a comic drama, entitled "LADIES BEWARE i"
oColonel Vavasour, Mr. Granby; Sir Charles Vavasour, Mr. James
Wining ; Matilda, Miss Cooper.

FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.
Lessee. Mr. John Mitchell.
TO-MORROW EVENING
Will be presented LE CODE DES FEMMES. Paul Fauvel, M.
30108tVil ; Emma, Mdlls. Rabat.
To conclude with Soumet's celebrated tragedy of JEANNE
D'ARC. Jeanne d'Arc, Mdile. Rachel.
Reserved seats, Dress Boxes, 7s. 6d. ; Pit, 55.; Amphitheatre, ss. ;
161allery, as.
• Boxes and Stalls may be engaged at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library,
Z. Old Bond-street, and at the Box-office of the Theatre, daily,from
11 till 5.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE,
Proprietor and Manager. binlliam Batty.
THIS EVENING

Lord Byron's equestrian spectacle of MAZEPPA; or. The Wild
'Norse. With all its original .trects.
To conclude with a favourite Afterpiece.
Entirely new Scenes in the Arena, by the talented _Artistes of the
Establishment, in the various modes of equestration.
Stage Manager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot.

ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.
Tinder the Management of 3lrs. Frances Davidge, Lessee.
THIS EVENING

Will be presented Shakspere's Play of THE MERCHANT OF
VENICE. Sbylock, Mr. G. Bennett; Gratiano, Air. Lyon; Bas-
lank), Mr H. Marston; Portia, Mrs. H. Vining ; Nerissa, Mrs. Ware.
After which THE HAUNTED CHAMBER.
To conclude with NELL GWYNNE.
Boxes. '41., Pit, is.; Gallery, 6d. Doors open at Six, commence
Halt-rrst Six.

ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.
First Representation of S I EAKSPERE' Bli T -PLACE.
The Harmonic R Tck Band every Evening.
On MONDAY, July 26,
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.
The celebrated Band of the Establishment, seleeted from the
Queen's Private Band, the Coldatreams, and the elite of M. Jullien's
Band, will perform a Grand Selection of Ancient and Modern Music,
Daylight View of Gibraltar. Splendid Menagerie. Shakspere's
Birth Place, from Drawings by Alfred Crowquill. lhe Celebrated
Barmonicon Band will also perform at intervals, concluding with the
Siege of Gibraltar.
Feeding the Animals at Five; Jullien's Concert, Quarter-put Six ;
Fireworks, Quarter-past Nine. —No extra charge.
Ad,nission to the whole, One Shilling.

IHE WILATIIEIt.—SUN OPTICS, Jum 29.
JERMOMETER, Lowest, 61; Highest. 74; Noon, 75
BAROMETER, 30.15.—W1ND N.W.; fine.

itIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDUF "THIS DAL
Morning.. 38 minutes after 2. i Evening 59 vl.l)titAs net 2

operation of the extraordinary changes which had
been effected by his Government not only were a
multitude of pernicious and timorous restrictions
removed from foreign articles of manufacture
ac d consumption, but the loyalty of the popu-
lation was confirmed, the dignity of the hereditary
legislators was heightened in the estimation of the
country, the power of public opinion was avowed
the liberty of the press was rendered more than ever
indestructible, because its advantage was more than
ever displayed, and, beyond all, thought, and action,
and commerce, received thereby a new emancipation
' by the dispersion of many centuries of prejudice, by
the destruction of a system of fiscal bondage, and by
the facilitation of intercourse between all the races
of Christendom, and all the nations of the habit-
able globe. Those were, in effect, the arguments
enunciated yesterday by Sir ROBERT PEEL before
the independent electors of Tamworth. The inte-
grity of the ex-Prime Minister was fully compre-
hended by those electors ; they respected his convic-
tions, his principles, and his daring ; they knew that
in his submission to those convictions, in his further-
ance of those principles, and in his manifestation of
that daring he had evinced the purity of his inten-
tions by the magnitude of his sacrifices : they knew
that in obeying the dictates of his conscience he had
abdicated from a species of dictatorship, he had lost
the enthusiasm and the devotion of a great party, and
had exposed himself to calumnies and vituperations.
Remembering all these things, the constituents of
Tamworth returned Sir ROBERT PEEL with ac-
clamation and without opposition.
Matters are not, unfortunately, managed so com-
fortably elsewhere. While the Right Hon. Baronet
is quietly reinstalled as the representative of
Tamworth, an ugly trick is being performed upon
the hustings of Bolton. A word in the ear of the
Mayor of Bolton ! A word in your ear Mr. J.
Scowcaorr! You have branded yourself on your
forehead, and the brand can never be obliterated or
forgotten ; it was done in the face of the whole
land ; the people of England will henceforth esti-
mate your character as it deserves to be esti-
mated. What says Dr. BowitneG ? "I have seen,"
he says, " many dishonourable and disgraceful nomi-
nations, but none equal to this ' The circumstances
are simple enough. A forest of hands is held up for
Dr. BOWRING, a similar number for Mr. JOHN
BROOKS, and " a comparative few" (so says the re-
porter) for Mr. WILLIAM BOLLING. The reporter,
indeed, goes further, calculating the number of hands
held up in favour of Dr. BOWRING and Mr. Bnooxs
as " not less than ten to one when compared with the
number held up for Mr. 13o.wisc." Yet, in defiance
of thi,, and amidst a storm of indignant
disapprobation, the Mayor proclaims Mr. BOLLING
and Mr. BROOKS to be the successful candidates, the
former gentleman beirg a Conservative. The dis-
grace of this transaction cannot speedily !se erased
from the character of Mr. J. SCOWCROFT, the con-
scientious Mayor of Bolton.

The alleged case of revolt and piracy, for which an
entire ship's company were placed on their trial at.
Exeter, on Monday last, possesses deep and peculiar
interest for every one anxious for the maintenance of
the commercial and mercantile welfare of Britain. It
was rightly described by the Learned Judge who
presided, and by the able and talented counsel who.
conducted the prosecution, as a question of the greatest
national importance, and of the most vital consequence
to the existence of the maritime greatness of this
country. The issue that went to the jury was, prac-
tically, to what extent could a captain be per-
mitted to bully and tyrannise over his crew, before
they would be authorised to venture upon a
resistance to his authority, and to dispossess
him of the power which he had abused.
We have had the advantage of a judicial exposition
of the law. The Learned Judge declared that, in
point of law, a revolt would be justified in one view,
and in one view only, viz., that if the conduct of the
captain had been such as to afford reasonable grounds
for concluding that, unless the men had imprisoned
him, they, or some one, or more of them, would have
been in danger of their lives, or of suffering some
grevious bodily harm, it would be a justification, but
that no degree of harshness or oppression, on his part,
no commands, however unjust or unreasonable, would
be sufficient to warrant the crew in takini the lair
into their own hands, or in depriving the master of
that command of the vessel with which he had been
entrusted by her lawful owners.
iVe are bound to accept this. interpretation
of the law. We believe it to be strictly
in accordance with previous decisions, and that
as liberal a view of the particular statute under which
the parties were indicted was taken as its stringent
provisions would admit. That statute contained no
exemption whatsoever, but declared " that if any
seaman should confine his captain, er make a revolt in
the ship, he should be deemed and adjudged a pirate,
and being convicted thereof should suffer death as a
felon ;" and, although in the recent changes of the
criminal code which the humanity of the age de-
manded, the extreme penalty of the law was remitted,
and transportation substituted for the punishment of
death, the law in all other respects remained in the
same condition as when it was originally enacted,
more than one hundred and fifty years ago. , It is
also possible that no very great' relaxation
could safely be made in the stringency
and severity of this law. It is mani
fest that the greatest dangers would be incurred, and
evils of the greatest magnitude rendered probable, if
seamen were encouraged to resist the authority of
their captain on trivial or insufficient grounds. It
such a course were tolerated, there would no longer
be any security for the lives of the mariners, or for
the safety of the property entrusted to their chaige.
The destination of the ship might be changed, and
the underwriters exonerated from all responsibility,
on account of some petty dispute or trifling alter-

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