The Sun.
London, England, 1851-02-13 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL,DRITRY-LAITE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. James An 4 er 412.
THIS EVENING,
WM be presented by her Majesty's t err late
HAMLET. Hamlet, Mr. J. Anderson; Opli a, Mrs. Walter
Lacy.
To conclude with THE INNKEEPER'S DAUCHrE.R.

TFLKATitit ROYAL, IiAnYLA.h, ET
Mr. 134 Webster, Sole Lenee and Manager, d fi:ompten.
THIS EVENING,
_

Will be perferined a new and original Comedy, called PRE-
SENTED AT COURT. Charles the Second, Mr. Stuart; Captain
Montagne, Mr Howe ; Rochester, Mr. Davenport ; Marquis de Fla-
mer, Mr. Selby; Geoffrey, Mr. Backstcne ; Anne Franklyn, Miss
Reynolds; Miss Middleton, Miss A. Vining.
To be followed by a new and original ()mule drama, called GOOD
FOR .I.7OTHING. Tom Dibbles, Mr. Buckstone ; Harry Collier,
Mr. Howe ; Young Mr. Simpson, Mr. Clark ; Nan, Mrs. Fitzwilliam.
To conclude with the Nautical Drama of BLACK-EYED SUSAN.
Mr. Davenport; Admiral, Mr. Rogers; Cat tain Crosstree,
Mr. Parselle ; Gnatbrain, Mr. Buckstone ; Jacob Twig, Mr: H. Bed
ord ; Susan, Miss A. Vining.

Ireland.

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI.
Under the direction of Madame Celeste.
THIS EVENING,

Will bs peribrmed an entirely new grand Drama, n 3 acts, entitled
EIT.LPUEGOR THE MOUNTEBANK; or, The Pride of Birth.
Duke de Montbazon, Mr. ifughes ; Count de St. Cyr, Mr. Boyce ;
The Chevalier de Rolac, Mr. 0. Smith ; Guillaume, surnamed Bel-
phegur, Mr. B. Webster ; Ajax, alias Mr. Merryman, Mr. Wright ;
Captain Pufferes, Mr. Worrell ; 3fadeliene, Madame Celeste ; Nini
flora Aphrodite Stilz, Miss Woolgar.

To be followed by a nem Extravaganza called LA TARANTULA ;
ar, the Spider ding. Characters by Messri. Wright, P. Bedford, C. J.
lihnith, honey, Miss Woolgar, Miss E. Chaplin, Miss K. FitZWilliarla,
3dadarae, Celeste, &c.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
-Under the Management of Mr. C. Kean and Mr. Keeley.
THIS EVENING,
Shakespere's flay of TWELFTH NIGHT. Characters by Messrs.
Belton, Ryder, Addison, J. Vining, Meadows, Keeley ; Mrs. Keeley,
Miss Phillips, and Mrs. C. Kean.
After which a new Comic Christmas Pantomime. called ALONZO
E BRAVE AND THE FAIR IMOGENE ; or, Harlequin and the
nron all covered with Jewels and Gold. Clown, Mr. Fleamore ;
Harlequin, Mr. Cormack ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; and Columbine,
Miss Carlotta Le Clercq.

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
Under the Management of Madame Vefdris.
Sole Lessee. Mr.;Charles Mathews.
THIS EVENT' G,
Will be performed

THE HANDSOME HUSBAND. Characters by Messrs. C. Ma-
thews, Vining, Miss M. Oliver, and Mrs. C. Horn.
After which an entirely new and original Fairy Extravaganza,
to be °ailed KING CHARMING ; or, the Blue Bird of Paradise.
Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, Horncastle, Suter,
Bellingham, and Bonner; Madame Vestris, Mrs. Frank Matthews,
Miss Ellis, Mrs. C. Mai, Miss St. George, and Miss Martindale.
To conclade with
TAB ROTGDOVES, in which Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews,
Basil Baker, Mrs. F. Matthews, and Miss M. Oliver will appear.

ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Farren.
THIS EVENING,

Will be performed ALL THAT GLITTERS IS NOT GOLD,

After which KING RENE'S DAUGHTER, in which Messrs,
Leigh Murray, Diddcar, G. Cooke, W. Farren, jun.; Mesdames Stir-
ling and B. Bartlett will appear.
To be followed by JOHN DOBBS.
And a Ballet Divertissement.

ASTLNY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
Under the Patronage of her Majesty and his Royal Highness
Prince Albert.
Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Ratty.
Extraordinary series of attractive novelties.
Last Week of the Pantomime.
THIS EVENING

The Grand new Spectacle of KENILNA ORTH ; or the Golden Days
of the Virgin Queen, with new and costly costumes,
Alter which Mons. Plasche in his wonderful Ascent on the Barrel.

Together with Batty's Splendid Scenes of the Circle.
To conclude with an entirely new and original grand historical
Equestrian Christmas Pantomime, written expressly for this Theatre
by the author of " Blair King Hal," to he entitled

HARLEQUIN ANi) O'DONOGHIJE ;
or, The White Horse of Killarney
Eox-eflice open from Eleven tlll Four.
Stage Manager, Mr. T. Thompson.

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c included by declaring that there could be no doubt
but that Cardinal WISEMAN had violated the laws.
Mr. KEOGH denied that the Roman Catholics had
received more than a fair share of patronage in Ireland,
and declared that as a Catholic ho should laugh to scorn
any Pope or priest WllO should attempt to interfere with
his allegiance to the Crown or his obedience to the law.
He taunted Lord JOHN RussELL with the declarations he
had made in 1845 and 1846. aad contended that the
POPE had every reason to believe that his appointment of
this hierarchy would not be disagreeable to the Govern-
ment

Mr. C. A NSTEY opposed the extension of the Bill to

Mr. SPOONER supported the Bill, and hoped the Noble
Lord would carry out the principles enunciated in his
letter, to the Bishop of DURHAM,
Colonel THOMPSON considered, after the declaration
of the organs of the Romish priesthood, that the time
had come when Protestantism must be put down by force
of arms, that some measure such as that before the
House ought to be adopted; he regretted that it did
not go further.

Mr. HUME considered this a measure of persecution,
and was sorry to find such a proposal emanating from
the Government.

Mr. OSWALD considered that no aggression had been
committed, and should oppose the measure.
Lord Joni.; RUSSELL, in reply, admitted that his pre-
sent conduct was inconsistent with his declarations in
1845 and 1846. At that period he had placed confidence
in the Roman ecclesiastics and in the PoPE, and he
had since found that confidence misplaced. The POPE
could not have been misled by anything that occurred
in Rome during Lord MINTO'S visit, for he (Lord J.
RUSSELL) had declared in his place in Parliament three
months after Lord MneTo had quitted Rome that the
Government would not consent to the erection of Roman
Catholic sees in this country.
Mr. FAGAN moved the adjournment of the debate.
Mr. LAWLESS, in seconding it, continued speaking
until Six o'clock, when the House adjourned.

To-morrow the annual Budget will be brought
before Parliament by the Right Honourable Baronet
the Chancellor of the Exchequer. A little patience,
and the hitherto hidden intentions of that Minister
will be known throughout the length and breadth of
the United Kingdom. It would, consequently, be
idle to indulge in any elaborated conjectures, and
worse than idle, absolutely ridiculous, to venture upon
any definite predictions. All we need do, is to wait.
Hopes, of course, may be entertained ; though the
disinclination (in one sense constitutional, but in an-
other most decidedly unconstitutional) shown by the fi-
nancial administrators of England to relieve:the masses
from any tax that happens to be lucrative, is enough
of.itself to diminish, if it does not actually extinguish,
such expectations. Besides which, Sir CHARLES
WOOD has so very frequently disappointed the
country, that it were preposterous to repose an im-
plicit confidence in his judgment or discretion. Yet,
with a most vivid, and even painful recollection of his
notorious Brick-dust Budget of 1850 weighing upon
us at this moment of suspense—we are, nevertheless,
sanguine that in the present memorable year, we
may witness the remission of one or two, at
the very least, of our most irksome imposts
through his interposition as the head of the financial
department. According to the interests of the dif-
ferent classes throughout the community, various
duties will be regarded as demanding a priority of
abolition. The farmer will look for the instant aban-
donment of the malt-tax ; the West Indian planter for
a decrease in the duty on coffee; .the grocer for the
diminution of the impost on tea; the publisher for
the remission of that on paper—and so on, among all
the branches of reform, and among all the sections of
the population. Whatever may be his personal pre-
dilections, it should be the care:of the journalist, under
circumstances- of this description, to select for pre-
ference in his lucubrations those particular fields for
improvement, the penetration into which would be
the best calculated to benefit the greatest number in
multitude, without any distinction of rank or class
whatever. Among such objects of financial innova-
tion two unquestionably occupy a position of para-
mount importance. Allusion is here made, of course,
to the necessity for the abandonment of the taxes im-
posed on windows and on advertisements.
Every individual, more or less, is interested in the
abolition of the latter impost, every one, more or less
resorting at some period, or under some contigency, to
the aid afforded to enterprise by advertisements. The
poorest and the wealthiest amongst us is accustomed
to this method of forwarding their wishes, either when
ministering to their necessities or their luxuries.
The opulent landowner and the impoverished artizan
alike have recourse at one time or another to the ad-
vantage of proclaiming their wants to the world
through the mouthpiece of an advertisement. If one
is solicitous to barter an estate in Devonshire with a
view to purchase a property in the county of Middle-
sex ; if another is desirous of vending a particular
commodity, the excellences of which have not hitherto
been recognized; if one is for selling a favourite
race-horse, or fol. ebuying a yacht of the most ap-
proved construction, and the other is for obtaining a
situation either as a domestic servant or a handi-
craftsman—the advertisement is the trumpet em-
ployed to render their ,wishes audible to the miscel-
laneous crowd, and the..-means, consequently of
putting them in a fair WON :towards carrying out
their determinations. EveriOne, more or less, there-
fore, we repeat, is interested in the_abrogation of the
law imposing a tax on advertisements. The
farmer, the grocer, the 'West Indian planter,
the publisher, the breaver, and the paper-
maker, the innkeeper ~ind bookseller, are, in a
way, so to speak, equally interested in looking for-
ward to the ultimate removal of this very onerous
and ill-considereCgrievance. For the abandonment
of the ac et genient duty, therefore, we are all of us
hopeful. Whatever may be decided upon in reference
to other imposts, that is universally allowed to be
altogether indefensible.
Equally unanimous are the people of this country
upon another, and yet more important subject of a
similar description. We speak of the tax on windows.
Yesterday, a monster meeting, convened at a very
short notice, in one of the largest structures in the
metropolis, attested the fervour with which the mul-
titude await the remission of this most iniquitous and
unjustifiable of all kinds of taxation. The veteran
advocate of its removal, the noble representative of
the city of Batb, so long in the last mentioned
capacity, the colleague of Mr. ROEBUCK, was appro.
priately selected as the chairman of the demonstra-
tion. With the name of Viscount DUNCAN, the Anti-
Window-tax movement, has come at last in a great
measure to be identified. It was consequently, we say,
but right that he, of all men, should have been
chosen to occupy the post of honour upon this most in-
teresting occasion. Everything considered, moreover,
the meeting held on the 12th instant, in Drury-lane
Theatre, possesses not only an especial interest, but
a very peculiar significance. According to the as-
surance of one of the speakers on the stage platform,
the community may rely upon the abrogation of the
Act inflicting this detested duty upon windows with
a feeling little less than that of absolute certainty.
4, It is fully expected," said Mi. CHARLES LUSHING.
TON, " and I can almost stake my existence for it,
that on Friday next (namely, to-morrow) the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer will announce the entire and
unconditional repeal of the tax on windows." Such
a repeal cannot, assuredly, be regarded as premature
in its character. Neither can the demand for it,
made by the vast
majority of the population, be
considered in any manner ill-timed with refer-
ence to the diminution of the amount of
the national revenue the surplus in the
Exchequer already exceeding the round sum of
3,000.0001. sterling. Beyond which, a very reasonable
but encouraging calculation has placed the probable
increase of this surplusage by an aditional 2,000,0001.,
in consequence of the extrordinary stimulus likely
to be given to trade in all its branches by the
rapidly approaching Exhibition of the Industry of all
Nations. With an actual surplus in hand of
3,000,0001., and a probable, we might almost say a
certain, increase of that surplus by an additional
2,000,0001., it is surely but reasonable on the part of
the people to hope for the abandonment of such ter-
rible and now unnecessary burdens as the imno3ts
placed upon windows and on advertisements. As
was observed yesterday, very justly and very perti-
nently,the window-duty is a war tax, and as such it
u
t assuredly to have been long since re-
og.ht mast
re-
mitted. In demanding its removal from the present
advisers of her most Gracious MAJESTY, moreover, we
are only requiring from them the development
of that v
poacy with which their political
o reed is associated, the 134c7 which, iu hot;