The Sun.
London, England, 1848-10-26 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN.
Manager, Mr. BUNN.

TILLS EVENING,
The Entertainments will comtaance with a Grand Opera, entitled
LA. B;)NNAMBULA.

Coa t Rodolpho, ; Elvino, Mr. Sims Reeves;
essio, Mr. S. Cowell ; Amipa, Miss Rower; Liza, Miss Messent.
To conclude with a "rand 11a1,e,-Pantomime, entitled
THE AMAZONS.

dosifa, Mdlle. Louise; ['Walcott ; Don Ethur, M.
etips; Don Oscar, Mr. W. 11. Payne; supported by Mdlles. Celeste
.Stec' an, Moncelet, Arnal, Annie Payne, Therese Cushnie, home,
Soptio, Annie Cushale, Le Vete, Lowe, and Fenton; Messrs. Paul
and Jules.
Mr. BUNN, by an arrangement made with the Directors of the
Royal Italian Opera, is enabled to avail himself of the vast resources of
that celebrated Establishment, the Entertainments will be supported
by a mise en scene never yet given oa the English stage. With the
view of representing the Performances submitted to public patronage
in an equally efficient manner, he submits the names of the principal
Artistes with whom he has entered into engagements :

FOR GRAND OPERA.
Sornam AND Corraturr.—_Mdlle. Nissen (principal singer from
the Imperial Theatres of Italy and St. Petersbutr,h). Miss Romer,
Miss Masan°, Miss Wallace (sister of the composer:her, first appear-
ance), Miss Nelson (her first appearance on any stage), Miss Messent,
and Madame Stoltz (the renowned singer from the Grand Opera at
Paris'.
Basscs AND BAB.ITONES.—Mr. Borrani, Mr. Whitworth, Mr. Bur-
dini, Mr. if. Corri (principal buffo from the Theatre Royal, Dublin),
Mr. 5. Jones, and Mr. H. Phillips.
TENO/11.—Mr. W. Harrison, Mr. Herbert. (his first appearance ea
the London stage), Mr. Barker, and Mr. Sims Reeves.
The Orchestra has been entirely re-arranged, and selected from
the first talent, oa a greatly increased scale. Masical Director,
Signor Schir I.
The Chorus will be augmented to an unusual extent, and will COM-
prise the best voices in the country. Chorus Master, Mr. Lead.
FOR GRAND BALLET AND SPECTACLE.
nines. Plunkett and Sophie Fuoco (both from the Grand Opera
de la Nation, Paris), Mdlle. Celeste Stephan, Mdlle. Mencelet, Mlle.
Gaillot, and Mdlle. Arnal (all from the principal Theatres of Paris),
Mdlle. Louise, and Mdlle. Maywood (principal danseuse frora the San
Carlos. Naples) ; M. Petipa and M. Desplaces (both from the
Scala Theatre
de la Nation. Paris), M. Jules (from the Grand Opera La ,at
Milan), M. Paul, Mr. NW. H. Payne, Mr. T. Matthews, Mr. Cermack
(from the Theatre Royal, Liverpool, his first appearance), M. Mazi-
lier (his first appearance these eight years). and the most renowned
Dancer now on the Continent, M. Durand ; with a more numerous
and effective body of Corps de Ballet, Figurantes, and Premeneases,
than has ever yet been engaged in an English Theatr e.
Amongst other noveLies of the season, will be produced a new
grand Ballet by M. Ba,"rez (expressly composed for Mdlle. Plunkett.)
The celebrated Opera of " Haydee" (the last production of Messrs.
Scribe and Auber, and adapted to the English stage by Mr. Lavenu),
will be instantly produce;;,
A grand opera, in three acts, composed expressly for this Theatre

by Mr. W. V. Wallace.
" The First Wulpurgis Night" (thn Poem by Goethe, and the Ma-
nic by the late Dr. Mendelssohn), will be given iu a dramatic form
by all the immense resources of the Theatre.
A celebrated Musical Work (dramatised for the first time by d. P.
Planclie) is in preparation, and will be produced as speedily as the
magnitude of the subject will permit.
A new grand Opera, entitled "Kenilworth," by Signor Schira ; and
a grand semi-seria. Opera, composed expressly by Mr. W. Balfe.
An entirely new Ballet will be produced for the debut of Mdlle.
ntyweod.
unierens treaties are pending, and amongst others, an answer Is
daily expected from the celebrated Herr Pischek.
Principal Scene-painters —Mes irs. Grieve and Telbin.
Property Maker —Mr. Blamire.
Ballet Masters—MM. Barrez and Mazllier.
-Under Ballet Master—Mr. B. Barnett.
Stage Director—Mr. G. Ellis.
ENTRANCES AND PRICES OF ADMISSION.
Grand Entrance, Bow-street.—Grand Tier Boxes, 31. 3s. ; First
Tier Boxes, 21. 2s. and 11. 113. 6d. ; Pit Boxes, 21. q 3.; Stalls, 103.
6d, ; Single Admissions to a Private Box on the First Tier, 73.
_ _

Bow-street Entrance.—Pit, 3s. Gd.
piazza Entrance.—Pablie Boxes, 33. ; Gallery Amphitheatre,
2s. fid. ; Gallery, Is. 6d.
Half-price to take place, as usual, at tiine.—To the Public Boxes,
35.: Fit, 2s. ; Amphitheatre Gallery, Is. Gd. ; Gallery, le.
Doors open at Half-past Six, performance to commence at Seven.
The Box-office Is open from Ten till. Five, u.iler the direction of
Kr. John Parsons.

THEATRE ROYAL, OATMARKET.
Ml. B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brempton.
The public is ieFpeetfully informed that this Theatre has, during
the recess, uneergone very estensive repairs and alterations, and the
whole re-decorated.

THIS EVE).4-INO,
Will be performed Goldsmith's Comedy of SHE STOOPS TO
CONQUER. Mr. llardcastle, Mr. Tilbury ; Sir Charles Marlow,
Mr. Rogers; Young -Marlow, Mr. 11. Hall; Tony Lumplan, Mr.
Keeley ; Hastings, Mr. 11. Vanienhoff , Mrs. Ilardzastle, Mrs.
G'over; Miss Nevillo, Mrs. L. S. Buckingham; Miss Ilardcastic,
Nis& Julia Bennett.
After which, WllO'S YOUR FRIEND?
To conclude with TIM PAS DE FASCINATION. Michael
Brewsky, Mr. Keciey ; Katherine Kloper, Mrs. Keeley.

THEA FRE ROYAL, ADELPHI.
rnder the kin action oI Madame Celeste
Haring the Recess this Theatre has been entirely re-decorated, tke
Original designs by Digby Wyatt, Eeq., executed by Mr. Sang. A
new Stage, Curtain, Act Drop. and Chandelier. An approved sys-
tem of Ventilation, Skr!., &c. The Private Boxes enlarged, Backs
added to the Seats, and Stalls rendered more comfortable.
THIS EVENING

Will he per'orreed BORN TO GOOD LUCK.
!tit ,r which, JOHN JONES. Guy Goedlack, Mr. Lambert;
Eliza Melton, Miss E. Chaplin.
After which, THE IRISII POST.
To conclude with the Farce of THE P._-1-SCING BARBER. Lord
Mlueington, Mr. Boyce ; La :y Flitterly, Miss E. Harding.

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
Under the Management of Madame Vestria,
Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews.
TUTS EVENING,
WlUbe performed COURT BEAUTIES. Principal characters
3Ussrs. Selby, C. 'Mathews, R. Roxby, F. Matthews, Granby, ?kir-
Rile, Miss Howard, and Miss Marshall.
After which, MY FATHER DID SO BEFORE ME, in which
r.John Reeves will appear.
To conclude with TllB CRITIC; or, a Tragedy Rehearsed. Sir
Fretful Plagiary and Puff, Mr. C. Mathews ; Tilbnrina, Mrs. Yates.
,res. coxes, be.; Upper Boxes, is.; Pit, 25.; Gallery, Is. lie
half-price to any part of the house.
T e New Pox-office, No. 9, Wellington-street, is •pea t• the
public every day, from Ten till Six.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sele Lessee and Manager.
During the Recess this Theatre has been re-decorated and embel-
lished In a superb and costly manner by Mr. Hurwitz. ♦ new Chan-
delles has been fitted, and the best arrangements have been made for
the due Ventilation of the Theatre, and the comfort aad cenvestience
el tke audience.

THIS EVENING,
Will la performed a new Romantic Opera. entitled LEOLINE.
Count Adelmar. Mr. Charles Brahact ; the Seneschal, Mr. 11. Horn-
castle ; Frantz, Mr. Weiss; Matilda, Mrs. Weiss; Leoline, Miss
Rafter.
After which, a new Farce, entitled HIS FIRST PECCADILLO.
To come:tide with ESMERALDA.

TO CORRESPONDENTS.
No communication can be attended to unless authenti-
cated by the name and address of the writer.
Rejected communications cannot be returned.

THE WEATHER.—SON OFFICE, OCTOBER 26.
ThERIMIETER, Lowest, 42; Highest, 56; Noon, 53.

BAROMETER, 29 94.
WIND W.S.W.; fresh breeze and fine.

111GII WATER AT LONDON' BRIDGE THIS DAY.
)?orating .. 21 mia. after 1 I Evening .. ZS min. after 1,

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LONDON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1848

Among the daily journals of London, The Sun was
the first to comment upon the flagrant bigotry of the
directors and secretary of the Scottish Central Rail-
way, in impeding the journey of the daughter of the
deceased Earl of CARLISLE, on the plea of preventing
the desecration of the Sabbath. Since then our
indignation has been re-echoed by a large number of
our most influential contemporaries. The disgust
excited by the godly men of Perth and its vicinity
is not restricted to ourselves—it has provoked the
reprobation of a very numerous portion of the daily
and weeklforgans of the metropolis, as well as of the
different provincial newspapers. The miserable act
of intolerance which prevented the Duchess of
SUTHERLAND from kneeling at the death-bed of a
beloved and venerable parent—an act which
drew from our whole soul all those feelings
of scorn and abhorrence for the representation,
of which we could find any adequate terms in the
language—has subsequently elicited from our brethren
of the press sympathetic expressions of astonishment
acd indignation. And this, ba it observed, not from
any one particular section of the press, but miscel-
laneously from the press as a body—Tory, Whig,
Peelite, Radical, Conservative, all without the smal
lest distinction of political opinion, have coincided
with us in charging these mongers of morality and
huckaterers of virtue with the most pitiable hypo-
crisy, coupled with the grossest inhumanity. Thk
sentiment has been identical, whether articulated
by ourselves, or derided by the facetious sar-
casms of the Morning Chronicle, or attacked with
scriptural arguments in all earnestness by the
MorAing Post, or sneered at as something inex.
presAihly contemptible by the Examiner, or scorched
by the caustic irony of the Spectator. From all
rlaa ters we have the satisfaction of hearing our
WOO responded to, until the hearts of the people
resound with cries for the suppression of this detest-
able system of cant, which is familiarly known as the
Sabbatarian movement.
One poor little weasel of a fanatic, writing to us
from Glasgow, is in a terrible fluster at what he very
felicitously calls our " outrageous exhibitions of
entolerance"—our intolerance being a stern and in-
exorable determination not to stand by in silence while
a petty gang of Scottish directors are violating
the holiest impulses of humanity and are trampling
under foot one of the divinest dogmas that ever
emanated from the lips of the awful FOUNDER of
Christianity ! For it was declared by the Nazarene
that "sT 15 LAWFUL TO DO GOOD ON THE SAIIIIATEI-.
DAT." Whatever may be the views entertained
upon this subject by the wretched clique designated
under a generic title as Agnewites, there the words
are in the Book upon which they pretend to base their
morality, being nothing more nor less than the
rhyme and reason of their brutality ! And it has
yet to be proved to us that the journey of the Mistress
of tile Robes to the death-chamber in Castle Howard
was not most exquisitely in accordance with all the
noblest principles, all the revealed truths, all the in-
stinctive promptings of a heart animated by the
truest sentiments of Religion. If to protest against
the tyranny exercised over a populous nation by half-
a-dozen sanctimonious and psalm-singing directors is

intolerance, then do we eagerly enter our claim to
be classed among the most bigoted and intolerant. If
to raise the voice against a proceeding of systematic
cruelty practised under' the guise of piety, and
shrouded under the mask of morality, is illiberal,
then do we rejoice in being placed among the very
foremost who are guilty of this illiberality. We in-
sist upon the bounden duty of the Legislature to pre-
vent the continuance of this great grievance to the
community, this odious sham of excellence, this
enormous and abominable crime against Christianity.
" Mene incepto destere victam,
Nec posse Ital'a Teucrorum avertere regem ?"

The words of VIRGIL may be aptly articulated by
the Press—merely transforming the Trojans into
railway directors and Italy into Scotland. For it is
time, indeed, to inquire how long the population are
to be made the sport of the pharasaic whims of these
religious impostors, and how long the line of transit
between north and south, east and west, is to be ob-
structed by these hedge•priests and tub-philosophers.
In another column of this evening's impression will
be found an article, transcribed from the Scotsman of
last Saturday, in which the pretensions to sanctity of
the Campbells and the Barbours is' fully 'exposed.
But one thing more was requisite to divulge the hol-
lowness of their assumed orthodoxy, and that one thing
has been supplied by a letter inserted in the
Scotsman of yesterday, signed " A Shareholder "
in the Scottish Central Railway. Here are the par-
ticulars recounted by this shareholder, and surely
they are a conclusive testimony of the honesty and
truthfulness, as well as of the eminently evangelical
purity, of the directors and their secretary. Prior to
the opening of the Central Railway during last
March, these directors resolved that the question of
Sunday travelling should be referred to the decision
of the shareholders. For this purpose, in order to
ascertain the opinions of the shareholders, blank
proxies were issued, with a request that the proprie-
tors should write upon those blank proxies their
vote for or against the conveyanceef passengers along
the line on Sundays. This was the arrangement. Now
mark the coolness with which the decision of the share-
holders was ignored ! On the 29th of February took
place the half-yearly ordinary meeting of the com-
pany. Here follow a few very significant particulars,
(voted verbatim from the official accounts :
" Alexander Campbell, Esq., of Monzie, brought
forward the motion of which notice was given at the
ipecial meeting of the 20th ult.—'That no work of
any kind whatever be done on the Sabbath-day on the
Scottish Central Railway.' The motion being se-
conded by Robert Barbour, Esq , of Manchester, was
put to the meeting by the chairman, and declared to
be carried.

" On the question of Sunday trains, proxies were
lodged—

Shares. Votes.
For Mr. Campbell's motion .. 7,218 2,459
Against it . . 13,661 3,620

Majority against the motion 6,443 1,161
"But these proxies were not used, no counter mo-
tion to that of Mr. Campbell being made."
But these proxies were not used, no counter-motion to
that of Mr. Campbell being made I Well may the
astonished shareholder exclaim that on receiving
the report of the prozeedings, and reading this last
sentence, he was confounded at its consummate
coolness ! " I began," says he, "to think that it
must be a quiz ; it was too good to be a mere dull
matter of fact !" And yet, with these facts glaring
him in the face, upon the official report of the meet-
ing of the 29th of February, Mr. ROBERT D. Ksa
has the effrontery to declare in his recently published
letter of " explanation," that he was precluded from
affording any assistance to her Grace the Duchess of
SUTHERLAND "ET A TOTE OF THE SHAREROLDERS !"
Really these saints have a faculty for lying quite as
intolerable and enormous as their disposition to
assume the garb and language of a very spurious
sanctity ! The more the matter at issue is examined,
the more the festering ulcer of hypocrisy is probed,
the more disgustingly is it revealed to the heart and
the imagination. We are sick of it. The abomina-
tion must be got rid of. It must be done
away with at once and at every cost. Those
railways which presume to venture upon this
sacred ground of ethics and humanity must pay the
penalty by having their Acts of Parliament repealed.
The Legislature must decree as a law of the land that
trains shall run on Sundays on every line and every
branch•line of railroad in the length and breadth of
the United Kingdoms. Upon this point the people
are resolved—they are resolved, like FALSTAFF, that
they will not be sanctimonious "on compulsion"—
they are resolved that this arbitrary power for the
perpetration of evil shall be torn from the grasp of a
few miserable directors—they are resolved that
daughters shall no longer be kept from the death-beds
of their fathers, be those fathers earls or tinkers, cm-
terrnongers or statesmen, to satisfy the distorted
consciences of a posse of ignorant fanatics. Of reli-
gion the people may exclaim, as NAPOLEON and
CHARLEMAGNE exclaimed of the iron crown of Italy,
GrOD has given it to us, beware him who touches it

The reply of the directors of the Midland Railway
Company, through their respected chairman, GEOROZ
Esq , to the address of a number of share-
holders resident in Liverpool and its neighbourhood—
which will be found in our advertising columns—is
well worthy of a calla and attentive perusal. The
sound practical sense and great experience of Mr.
HunsoN in railway affairs enable him to give com-
plete and most conclusive answers to the various
complaints that have been put forward, and which,
manifestly, emanated from the fertile brains of those
interested in depressing the value of railway stock,
that their own speculative sales of property, not in
their actual possession at the time of making
the contracts, might be attended with the
highest degree of profit. The various doubts that
have been instilled into the public mind, the whis-
pered insinuations, found a local habitation and a
name. Some of the shareholders, " (righted
from their propriety" by the vague rumours
fi )ating about the precincts of the Stock-
Exchange, " screwed their courage to the stick-
ing place" so far as to require certain alterations
in the management, to interfere with the discretion of
the directors by establishing certain fixed rules, of the
expediency and propriety of which they were unable
to form a sound judgment, not possessing the requisite
data to enable them to draw correct conclusions.
And not only did they frame unreasonable and pre-
posterous demands, but they opened their communi-
cation by repeating the offensive insinuation of the
"Bears," which they have made to the great
detriment of the shareholders in every com-
pany, whatever it might be, by ascribing the depre-
ciation in the value of their property to "the want
of public confidence in the integrity of the manage-
ment."

Mr. HUDSON has well and ably reproved this gra-
tuitous and most unwarranted piece of impertinence,
in a tone and spirit becoming a gentleman and a man
of honour. He demands that the parties who have
affixed their names to the document containing this
slanderous imputatio:2 should immediately " furnish the
directors with a lint of the specific charges involved
in the statement, in order that they (the directors) may
convene a special meeting of the company and have the
opportunity of refuting the accusation thus brought
against the integrity of a body of gentlemen who
feel that they stand as high in the estimation of the
public at large as the individuals who have appended
their names to this slanderous document ;" and he
adds, with caustic severity, " which comes with pe-
culiarly bad grace from a body of shareholders who,
prior to the appointment of the present directors,
were only receiving two•and-a-half per cent. divi-
dend, which has since been increased to six and seven

per cent."
lie afterwards answers the several suggestions that
have been put forward by the misguided shareholders
who suffered themselves to become instruments in the
hands of their mortal enemies, who, pining for the
destruction of railway property, care little for the
ruin their unfortunate dupes may draw upon them-
selves by listening toltheir interested councils.
These suggestions are in turn disposed of in the
most fair and straight:orward manner. We would
refer our readers to the letter itself for these re-
sponses, which can scarcely be condensed or com-
pressed. On the first point, which required the im-
mediate closing of the capital account, he shows that
it is at any time in the power of the general body of
the shareholders to pass a vote to that effect at any
half-yearly meeting, hut also points out the absurdity of
saying that if a traffic of 20,0001. or 30,0001. per
annum should require an outlay of 60,000/., that

such an amount should bo taken out of income.
Annuitants, and all those having life interests only in
the stock, would have indeed great cause for com-
plaint if such a course were adopted. The accounts
of the solicitors are, it appears, undergoing a close
examination, and will be discharged so soon as the
parties are willing to accept the sums to which the
directors think they are fairly entitled. The
great saving effected in the bills of the con-
tractors, which were finally liquidated for about
20 per cent. of what was originally demanded, should
induce parties to leave the matter in the hands of the
directors. As to the question of Parliamentary ex-
penses, none of any importance can be undertaken
without the previous sanction of the shareholders.
The other points are met in an equally satisfactory
manner. That relating to the depreciation in the
value of shares cannot affect the directors, " their
duty is to obtain the highest amount of traffic and
pay the best dividend possible."
The concluding part of the letter cannot be
passed over without notice. " The regular com-
bination to depress railway property," to which
we have repeatedly alluded, is boldly referred
to. And the circumstance we mentioned last
week, that the amount of stock actually transferred
has been less than usual, showing that the quotations
are merely nominal, is corroborated by Mr. HUDSON,
so far as the important companies over which he
presides are concerned. This statement, now resting
on the highest authority, clearly and unequivocally
explains the conduct of the " Bears," and shows why it
is that a purchaser for ready money is unable to
obtain stock for immediate transfer even at a price
much higher than the nominal one.
There is also a cheering assurance of the sound-
ness and stability of the different companies
with which the Hon. Gentleman is connected
which coming from so influential and well-informed
a quarter, must completely re-assure the shareholders
and banish every doubt and difficulty from their
minds. He also states another 51. call on their .50/.
shares, with the arrears now due and owing, will
complete all the works now in course of construction,
and that the remaining 251. per share will be appli-
cable to the liquidation of the debt due by the com-
pany. This fully proves how greatly the parties have
erred in their calculations who have assumed that the
entire amount of the stock authorised to be issued,
and the full amount of the loans that may be borrowed
under the powers conferred by the Legislature, will
be required.
A statement of the liabilities of the company will,
it appears, be speedily laid before the shareholders,
so that the fullest information will be afforded to all
parties interested.
These are consolatory facts, and will be peculiarly
valuable at the present crisis, as they must com-
pletely remove the doubts by which timid men have
been disturbed, and dissipate the panic that has
already occasioned such mischievous results, but
which an exhibition of confidence on the part of the
shareholders will speedily set aside.

The second number of the "Financial Reform
Tracts" has just been published by the Association,
to whose laudable exertions for the promotion of
economy and retrenchment in every department
of the national expenditure we have already re-
peatedly directed the public attention. The object
of the Association, in the series of publications
which they have undertaken, is, to place before
the people a variety of existing abuses —to
show how the money wrung from an impoverished
nation is squandered away, in too many instances,
in a reckless and improvident manner, and to sug-
gest alterations by which considerable savings may
be effected, without impairing the efficiency of any
department of the public service, and without any
unfair or improper interference with those who have
a just claim upon their country's gratitude or
bounty for the devotion of their best years to her
service, or for brilliant achievements performed therein,
Although we may not in every respect agree with
the arguments adduced, or the conclusions arrived at,
we can yet recognise the vast benefits that may result
from thorougly informing the nation as to the manner
in which the income derived from the various branches
of revenue is expended, and we may judge how urgent
are the claims to be provided for, which render
ne-
cessary the imposition of taxes unduly ,pressing upon
the industry of the people, or materially interfering
with their health, morality, or comfort. Any just
and proper demand can never be prejudiced by the
fullest and most unreserved publicity and information ;
but there are, unfortunately, but too many cases that
will not bear the light, in which the sums lavished
upon unworthy recipients have been the rewards of
political dishonesty and turpitude, and should have
been long since discontinued, if the guardians of the
public purse had honestly discharged the duty they
owed to their country.

The parties receiving public salaries or pensions
may be divided into three classes—via., those who
have a just claim to the compensation awarded for
services now:performing or already rendered, either by
themselves personally or by their immediate relatives,
upon whom they were dependent for support and
maintenance, or whose untimely deaths, perhaps at
the very moment of their greatest achievements, pre-
vented a grateful country from offering to themselves
personally the rewards that would otherwise have
been tendered, and which therefore were bestowed
upon their representatives. With those parties it is
not desired in any manner to interfere, and they
cannot be prejudiced, or their feelings shocked, by
the disclosures that may be made. On the contrary,
the just appreciation of the services for which a fitting
compensation has been accorded should be a source
of honourable pride to all parties—to the recipients
as well as to the donors. The second class consists
of those who have some claims, but which are more
than adequately compensated, and in which all the
circumstances of the parties themselves and of the
country having been taken into consideration, abate-
ments should be made that would satisfy the public
mind, and induce the people willingly to submit to
the payment of the residue. All others, however,
should be promptly and unhesitatingly struck off the
list of pensioners. Hordes of State paupers should
no longer burden the national finances, and fatten
upon the resources of the country. It is against such
persons that the exertions of the association will
be chiefly directed, against whom war to the knife
will be proclaimed, with whom there will be no cessa-
tion of hostilities until the grievance has been
remedied, the nuisance abated. They, indeed, may well
shrink from the light that will be cast upon their
proceedings and the inquiries that must put an end
to any further payments from the national Ex-
chequer. At present, all classes of pensioners are,
more or less, objects of suspicion. Where there are
so many unworthy recipients, a certain disgrace is
attached to all, unless their services are of such a cha-
racter, and so well and universally known, as to
make the origin of their pension a matter of public
notoriety. Many persons who should receive the
public sympathy are unjustly censured, from being
confounded with others who have no such claims.
The numerous black sheep taint and infect the whole
flock. When, however, they shall be ignominously
expelled there will be such disgrace attached to the
circumstance of being a pensioner; on the contrary, it
will be a mark of distinction that should be highly
prized, when it is known that none are inserted in the
list but those who have deserved well of their country.
The former classess hould, therefore, he most anxious to
court the investigation that must terminate favourably
for themselves, and place them in their true position
before the public. They are, perhaps, snore
interested than the rest of the community in having
the matter placed in a proper point of view, in being
purified from the contamination of their unworthy
, associates.

In their first tract the Association explained the
present position of the national finances, and pointed
out the imperative necessity for the immediate adop-
tion of large and comprehensive measures of economy
and retrenchment. They then entered upon the con-
sideration of different branches of the civil expendi-
ture. The first section explained the different items
appropriated to the support of the Royal Household,
and the propriety of sundry reductions therein were
most respectfully suggested. We are convinced that
no Englishman would desire any change that could in
the slightest degree interfere with the comforts or the
happiness of our Most Gracious SOVEREIGN,' or place
her in a position unbecoming the dignity of the
Monarch of the British Empire. Any undue parsi-
mony, any paltry saving in that quarter, would degrade
the entire nation. But there are expenses ascribed

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