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licensed to carry. Never was book more abused by
those who had not read it than was Don Carlos. e
read it at the time it was published, and it struck us as
a work of considerable merit, far beyond the average
run of tragedies ; sup, rior, in fact, to anything that
Sheridan Knowles had done up to thnt tine,
and he had then produced his Virginias, his
William Tell, and his Galas Grcxchus. This
opinion was confirmed from witnessing the repre-
sentation of the play last night at the Surrey. It is 5
good acting piay, and would be secure of a run even
without the adventitious aids of the name of its author
and its previous history. It was excellently put toot'
the stage, and the part of Don Cartes was most effec-
tively sustained by Mr. Ryder. The patriotic senti
ments which Lord John Russell has put into the mouth
of his hero were applauded to the echo. Dir. Ryder
was called for at the fall of the curtain and enthusiasti-
cally applauded.

THE REFORM MOVEMENT.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Stn,—As the subject of reform is now taking a deeP
hold upon the public mind, and in order to exhibit the
consistency of one of the panics taking the lead, f!1-.
J Hume, Esq., I herewith hand a copy of a letter w.blel.l
I received upwards of thirteen years ago, by
st whichlt
may be observed that he was then, as now, a ant It
advocate of reform and a decided friend to the labouring
class, the producers of weal-Ill.—l am youN, Sce.,

(Copy.)
Bryanston-square, April 25, 1835. h
,
Sir,—Although your letter of the 7th of last mot
has remained unanswered, it has not been unattended to, 6
but the arduous duty we have had of expelling unattended
office the Tories, who, in my humble opinion, bY
long course of bad government and profuse expeoditarne't
for many years, have'produeed poverty, with its attenda
crime, to an extent rlly frightFul. but
Your letter statesee principles that are excellent; f
there are others very objectionable in the view I take e.
society, and of its springs of action ; and I will, there
fore, notice each in turn as you request. t 25
The object of all my public labours for the Pss- f
years, as a public man, has been to correct the aboses "e,
the Government, and to promote the greatest degree I
DV
happiness to the greatest number, and the field for
exertions has been large.
I
weal!`!!,agree
andth at
thatthe l atbhoeuiriil nt
interest
eclassesalle ruethrl
eiers:l d to use
see of
see them in comfort, virtuous, and hapKapp}",an
every effort to make them so.
I agree also that the poor-laws, as carried into effecot
in England have been productive of more hsrm &ha
good to the working classes, and I therefore exerted for
self to alter them in the last session of Parliament', don
I think that the happiness of the labouring eolni`3-11 -
must ever depend more on themselves than on anYe
ter.
gislation, and that wo have often done harm bY in
tering with the labour and conduct of those classes:
if.„„
We never can make men industrious, pious, nodli l'era',
by Act of Parliament; but by d i e_ticat on, by V, de.
ample,penden naenudn btyheiinrstuil,slinngitahbeuumro, motive of action Ban to
become so. I have always inculcwaetemd3ythiendrnue;inithfes'rC
man should depend on his own labour and iodusntruYid do
his own and family's support, and that the law
violencesh.
aangdainrsctibwbehriyn,h andin
no more than protect him and his labour from toe,
prudencec a seen d °r
foresightun expected roliferevide,
the richer classes of society should then stretch o"beee
hand of charity to relieve them. If such had e pis
the ease in England the mass of & ood
would have been in a very different state,
cannot Pr..t the
orally bed
socially, than they now are. We have indeed bioriseri
and oppressive legislation caused much of the; so ge-
that exists, and then appear surprised that inicgi crime.
neral and so severe, with its attendants, vice a-
he orkiai .
The law ought to protect the labour of tei.- ,`,/de, so
man as it does your property in land or the iti" ditioot '
he ought to be placed in as good, if not better con to the
than the rich man, in the amount he is topalsod to
State for its support. But that is not the case'2o,l bed
working man becomes the victim of bad lswa Tod sce
government at the time that the rulers of She'nfeeiog
boasting of their attentions to ChristianitY, nnufrern the
the supporters of that charity which springs
true principles of that religion. the to
Every man who receives the protection of to the
should contribute to its support in proportiail All the
property and station he holds in the State, on .0, .0"
laws should be in their effects equal with te ri glasses, bot
the poor. There should be no privileged :,,forth,r
where the privileges and immunities are reilthen',,ii uf ttl,..
promotion of the general welfare, viz., for the fjerloPe'd
But England has been for ages a compounh °„' --direetee
and injustice in every institution, and chi
against the working man; and by taxing and nls'erl aye
unduly, he has been reduced to the state of
and to l'i
crimerhealyieef whichhuafd
flio,hr i
twenty-five
es
13;
tauytut.rfiahvcaetreyede
ayrsoumry a
requestedt t e no
It i
yo n
it,
odeinr
et icntne a f°
those ends, and I have laboured w
abated by the opposition I have shall'experietie if rsi
•
many quarters up to the present hour, and fire a
nitthteprietrwsleCerfnecneteul:,°.
health and life are spared, continue those Ish,e- has re,-;
In fact, the long course of abuse and roisrnie,, defer
me
dered almost every public organ and andinstituti°" reforn4
for the object in view—good government ; fin see is.
are requisite in every one of them before we can arid 033,,,,
pataimeineo dy people
tier si ecz
Reformer,,:oancm nienefdonon comfortable
wethbtr:nl:fe,mtuf,
therefore
or
Ie
gevhsruihart;
aye:
lieil:t
buriu, haveeterseo.lnrfioadtnlmeibnnyiso
or
ot
01
ihnocos hetetpet:, ef
osse
ti.
yb
ir:
oreoeriagjf
el
eicfn,
ty
advantage, but for the benefit of the coma°. sI a'
!__ lion WO
eoli
tolettiretcnti.r corpora ion and fiscal instittis'erilf°°ll;Prree
and exclusion have rendered them the organs pis'
sion instead of being the means of
proteeti°n* , ied
IIY at ' j fOla
In our courts of law the poor are literti wool fro
tire, whilst the rich by their wealth ca" le eeact '
t often '
iti
the poor not only what is his due, but t°
t°
him what he ought not to pay or contribute. ow ses
Our Parliament, instead of acting with lee clsl,. 10
the rich and the poor, have loaded the lee
erefislthl
with heavy taxation, and given power to the her
oppress the poor in a thousand ways. f ora the niferl
Monopoly of food has for ages exacted
the rich c'tiott
earned wages of the poor man to add to t ~ educ‘ the
of the wealthy; and the institutions for &",sajoi IV to.
and improvement of the poor have been steer the P
rich, and used either for their own classes or ' s the
poses of bribery aNd corruption. etionarie inid'
In support of the King and public filn n resieta,„ro.
greatest profusion and extravagance has beeetenoe oint'd it
and is still maintained, and, under the of defeerho,Fooo
tccting the peace of the country, aod e . sea deV
from foreign aggression, 130 000 soldier; fit isti ed
, rage 'it a
seamen are kept up, with all their extra'', „the s°„, es'
necessary establishments, for the guardssurirrt7ll_,,i3o
relatives of the wealthy and the noble; „alp iter"d'
pense qf these establishments the working viaa,iro the ,
/0$
to 40 per cent. of every shilling he receives, IL'oportiosol
ot
tocracy do not contribute one-fourth of thati3r
eflSg-A
prope, ty they possess. lies, e/- her ".
It is, therefore, unjust laws, monoP° •ety of eteiorlt.
expenditure, unjust taxation, and a "ri Most the itgb
t
pressive measures, all largely directed eg ft he, ero,,ier
ing classes—the producers of wcaltli---wh'e _f. theSe *Sol
and which keep the labouring population
e" nowt in All
doms in the miserable condition they fed 0° the
until you effect the reform I have P°inwill o°;Cr, the
these institutions and establishments, yog coot '-
tho satisfaction of seeing any great imPr(iv ~ tle,
condition of the poor. eistivea fore°
The poor-laws and emigration are Pa. -and icor- tere
existing evils, if conducted on the new,wite foreigdi the
plan; but anything to discourage trade _,,,08, bumble'
the fixing a maximum or minimum of lv"iry
passing laws to raise a labour-rate vrouldt in nol
. e 4
as'
opinion, aggravate the misery now existinf.ighipt h to'
Equal laws, equal civil and religious ion, wit, to 0:
taxation, and a universal system of edtl.o,rsneo lee" for•
sparing economy and retrenchment, Rill toessurensoirs
better state ot' things. These are the '
besithoo i)
promoting the happiness of the many, it, ftlra
to any. Church
of "
1 have not mentioned the state of the toes uier
land and Ireland as one of the great F.. these, their
government, and of consequent misery
,"_ye ettoo, Oa
dome. But the abuses in that Church o's in rvln Ae,
full share in producine• the wretched state leeede.,esea
many millions of our fellow-men are tiowl enlig" osr
we have the mortification to see, in thJ_resinote_a be
age, a continued course of rapacity and oP,Y,ion, 01:, ity,
tied on in the name of the Christian resltgoef toeet.;tirlea
alleged support of that which them eelf,e Are dbv the
culcated; and, moreover, all these 011_, sod 41 re'
unblushingly by the heads of the Chorine; 0°
aristocracy of the country. But I have OE,
main your obedient servant, JOSEFiI 8
ell'„l',i
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daldsietimonbaleldevoidnelnVceec,inrestd;Yesdra: elgr re:r.
an opinion that the construction of the
It is stated that the office of Secretall
th 13;
of Manufactures and Fisheries, held [lie on, of
so
Thomas Dick Lauder, will be given to t,..„
_oral
Primrose, who is at present Beceiver-Uc'
Post-offiee.—Edinburgh Witness.

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