The Sun.
London, England, 1846-04-29 00:00:00

LiERMAJESTY'S TII.EATRE7

Madlh. LTJCILE GRAIIN respectfully informs the Nobility, Sub-
scribers, and the Public, that her BENEFIT will take place on
TO-MORROW EVENING, APRIL 30,

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When will be performed (thr the first time this season), Doniz-2ttPs
Opera, entitled
DON PASQUALE.

Norina, Madame Grist ; Dr. Malatesta, Signor Fornasari ; Ernesto,
Signor Mario ; Bon Pasquale, Signor tablache.
In the course of the Evening will be revived the Ballet Diver-
tissernet.t, by M. Perrot, entitled, LE DE LIRE D'UN PEINTIIE.
Stephano, M. Perrot ; Blanche d'Oviedo, Madlle. L. Crain;
Together with a Selection from the admired Ballet, CATARINA ;
ou, LA FILLE DU BANDIT.

During the 'Evening various Dances and Pas de Caractere by
Madlle. L. Grahn, Madlle. Taglion!, and M. Pe.rrot.
To be followed by the la,t. Act o: Verdi's celebrated Opera, entitled,
NINO,
'chins, Signor Fornasari ; Idaspe, Signor Corelli; Orotasphe, Signor
Ilotelli ; lemma, 31dtle. Corbaii ; Abigail, 31,111 e. Sanchioli.
To conclude with Se'ections, including the Dryade Scene from
the admired Ballet of EOLINE ; ou, LA DILYADE. licEne,
Mille. Lucile Gratr,.
Applicatlons Ear boxes, stalls, and tickets to be made at the bc.x
office, Opera Colonnade, Doors open at Seven, the Opera to com-
mence at half-past Seven o'clock.

THEATUE icol.l L, 11)11111t1 "LA
Trl IS EVENING
Will be performed a 'S ew Opera, entitled TIIE
The principal ebaruters will be sustained by Messrs. W. liar-
Borrani, Horneastie, S. Jones, WOlO3, tretton, D. W. King,
Stiii Romer, and Ilia, Itainforth.
After which will be pro tu.-ed a New and Original et.
entitled TMELDA. The Du .e, Mons. Adrien ; Count Alberti, M.
Mathis ; Governer, Mr. T. Matthews ; Fablic o, Mr..W. H. Payne ;
Imelda, Madlie. Salt.

•FUIATIIF.. ROYAL. itA AIAUE.e.T.
THIS EVENING
Will he performed a New and Original Comedy, caged, A
BEGGAR. ON HORSEBACK. (1) mon Foxail, Mr. Webster; More-
craft, Mr. W. P',lrren: Sir John Coy, Male, Mr. Tilbury; Ernest
t 'overdale, Mr. 14. Hell; Horace Wald rave, Mr. Hudson ; Schad-
lermaim, ,elr. J Wand; Thomas, Mr. Brindal ; Lady Coverdale,
Mrs. Glover ; Selina Caverdale, Miss Julia Bennett ; Emmeline,
Mrs. Seymcrir.
The Band will perform the Overture, " La Symphonic," the
Pantasle, " Fra Dlayolo ;" the " Post Horn Galop," Anioinctte,"
Cellarius Waltz ; tha '` Chatsworth Quadrilles ;" and the " Brunow
Volka."
After which, an experiment will be tried upon THE BIRDS OF
ARISTOPHA NES on which occasion they will be presented to
roe public with new Names, new Feathers, new Songs, ant new
Tales. Principal characters by Messrs James Blind, Hudson,
Tilbury. Brindal, Caulfield, T. F. A: athews, and Miss P. Both,
To conclude with the Comic Drama, entitled THE IItISII
POST. In which Messrs. Bland, Tilbury, Hudson, and Mrs.
Glover will appear.

'THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM.
UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY.
Last Six Nights of the justly celebrated General TOM THUMB.
TIES EVENING
The performances will onnmence with a New and Original Farce,
entitled A FRIEND INDEED !
After which, the Comedy of HONOURS AND TRICKS. Prin-
cipal characters by Messrs. F. Matthews, F. Vining, Wigan,
Didslear, and Keeley ; Miss V Wars, Mr-:. A. IV,gan, and AI: s. l celey.
To be followed (for the last Six Nights) by the Burlesque, en-
titled HOP 0' MY THUMB or, The Ogre and Ivs Seven-Le gue
Ito ifs. Hop 'o My Thumb, General To: Thumb.
To conclude with a New Extravaganza, entitled THE MARL:LE
MAIDEN. Characters by Mr. Keeley, Mr. A. Wigan, Mrs. Keeley,
,ind Miss L'ildlaw.

ROYAL. ADELPtit.
FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR. WRIGHT.
THIS EVENING
Will be performed a popular Co:11,Nly, entitled EXCHANGE NO
ROBBERY; or, Who's to Father Me? Sam Swipes, Mr. Wr:lit ;
Mrs. Swipes, Mrs. F. Matthews; M;S3 Melrose, Miss Chaplin ,
Lair Cranberry, Miss goolgar.
After which a New Farce, entitled, DID YOU EVER SEND
Yr/llit WIFE TO CAMBERWELL ? Chesterfield Iloneybun, Mr.
Wright; Isaac Crank, Mr. 0. Smith ; Mrs. Crank, Mrs. F. Matthews,
Mrs. Iloneybun, Miss Emma Hardin.%
To be followed by a Farce, entitled THE UNFINISHED GEN-
TLEMAN, Bill Downey, Mr. Wright ; Louisa Bloomfield, 111,s Al.
Taylor ; Mary Chintz, Miss Woolgar.
To conclude with the Burlesque, entitled PETER WILKINS ; or,
The Loadstone Rock and the Flying Indians. Principal characters
by Misses Woolgar, Emma Harding, Chaplin, Brooks, Taylor; Mr.
Paul Bedford, Mr. Munyard, &c.

PRINCESS'S TIIEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
THIS EVENING
Will be performed Sheridan Knowles's Play of VIRGINIUS.
Virginius, Mr. Macready ; Dentatus, Mr. Coeper ; Icillus, Mr.
Murray; Lucius, Mr. J. Vining ; Virginia, Miss May; beryls,
Mrs. Ternan.

To conclude with a New Fairy Extravaganza, entitled LADY
110 DIVA AND PEEPING TOM OF COVENTRY. In which
Messrs. Walton, Wynn, Compton, Granby, Oxberry ; Miss Taylor,
Alias E. Stanley, Mrs. Fosbroke, Miss Honner, &c., will appear.

ASTLEY'Ii ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty.
?atronlsed by her most gracious Majesty the Queen, Prince Albert,
and the Princess Royal. Unparalleled attraction. Mr. Leman
Rede'S New Equestrian Spectacle of " The Arab and his Steed."
THIS EVENING
Will be performed the Grand Asiatic Drama of THE ARAB
AND HIS DESERT STEED ; or, the Pearl of the Euphrates.
Ia which the whole resources of the Establishment will be brought
lute requisition.
New and popular• Scenes in the Circle. Double stud, &c.
To conclude with the favourite Drama of the POST BOY OF ST.
AUSTLE ; or, The Fatal Snowdrift.
Clowns to the Circle, Barry, Wallet, and Roches.
Box-office open from eleven till five o'clock.—Doors open at six
and commence at seven o'clock.

DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.
Immense Novelty! Roars of laughter at "On the Tiles." Second
Week of the Virginian Harmonists, with entirely new Songs.
THIS EVENINCt

Will be performed THE LAS I` KISS ; or, the Soldier's Grave.
Messrs. Hughes, Johnson, Rogers, Cowell, Lewis, Heslop, Wil-
Ramson, Mesdms. Vining and Martin will support the principal
cnaracters.
To be followed by WHERE DID THE MONET COME FROM ?
Fanchette, Miss Lydia Pearce.
After which, a New Farce by Mr. E. Stirling, entitled, ON
VIM TILES ; or, A Night at Greenwich.
To conclude with THE MAID AND THE MAGPIE.

ROYAL VICTORIA THEA'I:WE.
°feat success of the New Drama of " Laid up in Port," and " The
Bride's Journey." Immense attraction and Novelty!
THIS EVENING
Will be performed an entirely new Drama, entitled LAID UP
IN PORT ; or, Sharks along Shore. Principal characters by Messrs.
IP:ederieks, Saville, Raymond, Tindell, niggle, Searle, Burton;
Miss Vincent Miss E. Terry, &c.
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After wrch. THE BItIDE'3 JOURNEY ; or, the Escapes of
Te o Dresden. In which Miss Vincent will perform.
elude With alsTewDrama, entitled THE FACTORY LADS;
The Workranrea w appear. iSaturday Night. In which the whole Company
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ENTIRE CRAW INOVELointE.TIES AND MAGIC EFFECTE.
La gale% eat la same def ame
La trisstesse en eat le potson.',
Y. THIS EVENING
PNILLIPPE begs leave to annonnce that, in c n tic c r
the Triumphant. 'Auccessthat has attended his EASTER zNnTl'zit
TAX NMENTS, they will be repeated every Wednesday turday Morning. and every Evening until further notice. and Sa-
M. PHILLIPPE will commence the Entertainment by Lighting
Two Hundred and Fifty Wax Candles by a single Pistol Shot 1.
single
performed by
This unique and brilliant Experiment was ori
Mons. Phillippe for upwards of 700 consecutive nights in part..
M. Philippe will also have the honour of introducing HIS
GRANDMOTHER'S CAP, with all its laughable and rapid Trans..formations.
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The—iniertalnments will be varied by the Dancing of the
CHIARINI FAMILY, and the Olympic Gatubols of the AME-
ItICA—N BROTHERS.

The Morning Performance will commence at Two o'clock ; the
Evening at a quarter to Eight.
Stalls, 35.; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is. ; Gallery, 6d. ; Pr'vate Boxes,
I/. Is., and 10s. 6(1.

THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, APRIL 29.
THERMOMETER, Lowest, 35; Highest, 58; Noon, 49,
BAROMETER, 30.26.—W1ND N.N.E.; fine.

rilGtl WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY.
morntsg .. 2 minutes after 4. I Eveninz .. 21 minutes after 4.

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A case of considerable interest, involving the question
of the privileges of the City of London, was heard before
the Learned Recorder on Monday last, in continuation of
proceedings commenced on the previous Monday. It
was an action brought by the Chamberlain of the City
of London, in his official capacity, against a Mr. STUnT,
a highly respectable gentleman, trading as a wholesale
warehouseman, dealer, and Chapman, at 90 and 91,
Wood-street, City, to recover certain penalties allegt d
to have been incurred by him for carrying on such
business within the City, without having first taken out
his freedom.
Although the amount sought to be recovered was
only 51, yet the principle was looked on as so impor-
tant, that the plaintiff secured the valuable services of
Sir THOMAS WILDE, while the defendant was supporte I
by the Solicitor-General. As might, therefore, have
I:et n expected, all that legal ingenuity could possibly
effect was exerted on tither side. The entire of the
first dxy and a considerable portion of the second a
consumed in the consideration of pertain technical points
respecting the constitution of the jury before whom
the case was to be investigated, and which,
from the ability with which it was argued, and the man-
ner in which it was finally placed upon the record for
the purpose of having the opinion of a higher tribunal
taken, in the event of the decision being unfavourable to
the defendant, must be highly interesting to the profes-
sional reader; but, to the public generally, the important
question was, whether any bye-law of the Cor-
poration can take away the common law right
of the subject to have a trial by his peer.i.,
and by those uninterested in the matt( r
in dispute, of any question affecting his person or pro-
perty, and more particularly so when those proceedings
are of a penal character. We have here the Corpora•
tion of London the complainants, and we have the case
tried in their own Court, before their own officer, who
was appointed by themselves, whose express duty it is
to surport their privileges, and who, as he stated him-
self, might have to defend elsewhere, in his utilci4l
capacity, the right of the Common Council to pass tie
bye-law on which the entire proceedings were founded.
Here, then, in the first instance, we have a Court
which must necessarily be prejudiced, any decision of
which in favour of the defendant might hereafter be pro-
duced when the Learned Recorder was arguing as an
advojate for the very privileges on which he had now to
decide as a judge. Again, the jury, whose duty it was
to decide on the evidence, and to return a verdict ac-
cording thereto, were empanelled from amongst the
body of the complainants, and of course interested in the
result. Let it not be supposed for a moment that
we impute any partiality either to the Recorder
who presided, or to the respectable and upright gentle-
men who constituted the jury. Far from it, we feel
that a case of far greater importance might safely have
been left in their hands ; but if the principle be once
admitted, the grand palladium of British liberty, the
trial by an uninterested jury, is infringed upon. The
point might arise under circumstances far more unfa-
vourable to a defendant than in the present instance,
and we must protest against the existence of a power
so contrary to the first principles of natural justice of
the constitution under which we live—it is not because
the practice has existed for centuries that it is to be
permitted to remain in force, when its injustice, its
impropriety is so manifest. Happily of late years the
rust of antiquity has furnished no defence to acknow-
ledged abuses. The Reform Bill, and other valuable
enactments recently passed, show the existence of a dif
ferent feeling in the Legislature ; and we are quite sure
that, if unfortunately the decision of the Court overruling
the challenge of the jury in this case, should be well
founded, a prompt legislative remedy will be applied
to abolish so mischievous a right ; for the present, how-
ever, the case must remain in abeyance, the decision of
the jury in favour of the defendant obviates the neces-
sity of his taking the case before a superior Court,
perhaps, that of ultimate jurisdiction, the House of
Lords, as we are assured by the Solicitor-General
h e would have done if adverse to him. Mr. STURT
desenes well of the public for the spirit and liberality
with which he defended their social rights
when attacked in his person, and we hope
that whenever this question may again arise, the then
defendant may be actuated by a similar spirit.
We are no enemies to the Corporation of London,
We hope they may long possess the immunities and
privileges which they have so long possessed, and which,
t;.,r the most part, they have exercised for the benefit,
not only of the citizens, but of the nation in general.
They have in all great questions been generally found
arrayed on the aide of constitutional freedom. No
voice has been more loudly raised for the
re-
movel of all civil and religious disabilities, and
the extension of equal rights to all classes of their fellow-
subjects. None more loudly called upon the Legislature
to purify one of its branches from the excrescences which
during a series of years had arisen, and which rendered
it not a just representation of the people, as it constitu-
tionoy ought to have been. None have more loudly
called fo.r the admission of cheap food, the removal of
all restrictions on commerce, the prostration of monopoly,
the abolition of what has been termed protection to agri-
culture, which we have the valuable authority of the Prime
Minister, supported by the great majority of the intelli-
gence of the country, for .designating as not merely im-
politic, but also as unjust ; and why should a body, so
coDspieuous for their intelligence and liberality, seek for
their' own benefit to furnish an argument to the oppo.
nents of free trade? Why should they, the head of the
greats St commercial body in the world, suffer themselves
to be put forward as desirous of enforcing some
of the :,antiquatedg:restrictions on commercial enterprLe?
If it v,Taa competent to one Common Council to
()rant such a live-law it is competent for anotherto
carry its repeal, We trust that the Corporation will
be the first to set the
example of rescinding such of
their privileges as may
such a purpose may be
riot be . for the public benefit,
and that ere long a motion or
free-tradtrs who are
brought forward by some e/i.
the
trust that the attention
mccibers thereof;
,adoration of which
shall :nave the gre...t principles, if the Legislature miraynobte, clval c7t.
itibeet,rdeoto, And that we
mov,al of such privileges
able, spetvlily extended to the re
by the Ariegislature has renderedl3lleitti,,is session ao remark-
upon their, fellow-subjects.
of the Corporation as may be found to press unfairly

The battles on the Sutlej, a) td the policy adopted by
the Govmpor-General previorts to the invasion of the
Seikhs, for a short time formed topics of discussion in
the e
1311."..c journals, but the rapidity of successive victo-
nes, the hippy
result of the higite,st military skill, con:-
bleed witb the bravery of the ,13riitish army, And its