The Sun.
London, England, 1846-04-10 00:00:00

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grate:el thanks to his hind
-,x,ona to merit a out:nuance of past thvo;:rs,
rap :n hint by the discerning Public of this
h‘,,:s leave to announce that he will Resume his
31F.NT at the above Theatre,
ON aA.STEIt MONDAY srxT,
When he will have th.• honour of introducing an ENTIRL
CHANGE: in h a PEXFOR3I,I...NCW, which has been prepared at a
great expense and Labour. The. New rests ,nel Miraculous Seient:tle
Experiments are of the ny.:et extr,erl,nary and astounding kle-
scription, and must Le eon to ito behoved.
M. Pllll,l, EPPI7. will commence. tha Entertainment by T. ighting
Two Hundred and Fifty Wax .Cantles by a stoats Pistol Shot
This unique seal brilliant E::.perinient was originaby performed by
Mons. Philippe fur upwards of 700consccutive nights in Paris.
During the Evening M. Phillippe will introluce his GRAND-
MOTHERN CAP, with alt is tiapid Transformations.
During the Easter Week there will be a Morning and Evening
Performance each Day. 'I lie Morning Performance will commence
at Two o'clock ; Evening l'erforinance at a Wafter to Eight.
Stalls, 35.; Boxes, 25.; Is.; Gallery, 6a.; vale Boxes,

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Patronised by her most grart:g 21.1;4-,s;y the Queen, Ranee Alba
and tha Royal Family. Easter Entertainment extraordinary
the holiday visitors. The Public are most respectfully appris,
that the Summer soann will commence en

FASTER, i',.EONDAY, APRIL 13,
With an entirely new Eque.;trlan. Oriental Spectacle, rep'ete wit
gorgeous pageantry, intense ibc;dents, splendid scenic effect?, con:
'Ailing the whole resources of the Dramatic and Equestrian Con:
panies, aided by the be Stu 1.

New Scenes in the Circle; with other Entertainments, which wi
be fully expraised in the bills of the day.

Box-otlice open froni eleven till five o'clock.— Tuition !it the art o!
riding daily.

THE WEATIIER.—Su3 01:FICE, APRIL 10.
TJEILMOMETER, Lowest, 36; Highest, 57; Noon, 58
BAROMETER, 29.90 —Winn westerly; fine.

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LONDON, FRIDAY. APRIL to, 1846.

From the scanty particulars obtained at the meeting
of the Middlesex Magistrates, held yesterday, som,
extremely important deductions may he drawn. We
have talien occasion more than once to protest against
the system hitherto adopted for the suppression of crime
and the'prevention of social misdemeanours. The prin
ciple that Punishment "is the Hercules to be em•
ployed
.1.4 e cleansing of this A ugean Stable of Vice has
ever appeared to us as rotten at the core, and hence wt
have constantly and earnestly insisted upon the necessity
of some thorough transformation in the entire fabric o
criminal jurisprudence. We acknowledge ourselves
sanguin-fts'eo-tlie consequences of a grand moral revo-
lution ortas. 4e..-cription, and we look upon its realisa-
tion as far from impracticable. Hitherto the question of
criminality in the' Populace has been considered
only as' suppressible by retribution. Men were
to be awed into probity, shamed into decency, or
goaded into - virtue. The experience of all ages
proves .this., to have been a most inefficacious
system. Penalties, now onerous, now lenient, have
been enforced—and still depravity has continued to
flourish. Justice has been erroneously pourtrayed as
wielding a sword, and sometimes, even, with the intention
of vindicating the "majesty of the law," the scales of
the benign'goddesa have been either tampered with or
forgotten. A more mistaken mode of purifying a king
dom from the disorders which have always been, more
or less, prevalent in society, could not possibly have been
adopted. Prevent the recurrere3 of vice by instilling
knowledge and the right principles of morality into the
popular mind, and then, if any incorrigible specimens
of licentiousness present themselves, let the offence be
expiated. Give the multitude an opportunity of be-
coming decent citizens ; but, in the name of propriety
and common sense, do not tacitly encourage, by your
torpor, the, propagation of villany for the mere
purpose of crowding your penitentiaries, or of
----- rtions of Australia. If we look simply to
crime, the mode by which it can be the
prevented becomes obvious. A man