The Sun.
London, England, 1833-05-28 00:00:00

o depreciate when we say—

" It is to this,
Hyperion to a satyr."
[t is not our purpose, no, have we space to afford
,0 it, it it were, to trace the various causes which

have led to the decline of the regular drains.
Among these might be enumerated the largeness
of theatre, the lateness of hours, the " star"
system, and the bad taste of polluting the drama
itself (not excepting even the sublimest works of
Shakspeare) with those very vices (for, misap•
plied, we must call them such) which, having
thus crept in by degrees, have at length contrived
to oust entirely the rightful possessor from the
stage. What is the Garrick Club about, that it
submits without an effort to see the total disper-
sion of the art which it professes to espouse ?
Or are its members willing to submit to the
imputation that their taste for the good timings of
the kitchen far exceeds any zeal they entertain
towards the avowed objects of their association ?
and that, in their hands,
4, Great Shakspeare dies that gourmandists may dine."
But, strange to say, this fatal inroad upon the
rational and enlightened amusements of the
people takes place at the very moment when
Parliament is professing to legislate upon the
subject; and which, while it professes to be se-
curing the dramatic rights of authors, quietly
witnesses the arena on which alone those rights
can become of any value, handed over to a fo-

reign manager, to foreign performers, and to

foreign arts. Surely, if such is to be the case,
and there be no power to prevent it, it is high
time, at least, that monopoly should cease, and
that patent rights should no longer exist in mock
protection of that which has renounced their
guardianship In the mean time, we would call
the sober judgment of the public—especially of
those who have hitherto been the warm and in-
fluential patrons of the drama—to Pltate of
things which, if allowed to progress as it is now
doing, cannot fail to produce a revolution in the
literature and manners of the people. To see
" Great Faustus lay the soul of wit" has often
been mortifying enough ; but to see the genius
of Shakspeare handed over to the professors of
sounds and attitudes, is a symptom of retrograding
not very flattering to this age of reform. There
is still good taste enough left to stem this inroad
before it is too late ; and this can only be done
by extending patronage to foreign artistes in
their proper sphere, and withholding it when
called for in that in which they are evidently
interlopers.--Morning Herald.

A circumstance connected with the late meet-
ing in Coldbath-fields has come to our know-
ledge, which we are bound, both from sympathy
with the sufferer, and from duty to the public, to
lay before our readers. It is the dismissal of a
deputy police inspector, by the Commissioners
of Police, for having declared his approbation
of the conduct of the jury which sat on the
body of Cully ! The name of the person so
discharged is Dean—his place of public service
the neighbourhood of Walworth, where, we are
assured, he was as universally respected as
he was known—his original station in the police
force that of a private, in which capacity he only
continued during two mouths—his first promo-
tiA that of clerk to the division, an office
which he filled for a year and a quarter
only—and his last, that of deputy inspector,
in which he remained for a year and a half.
The man who could rise thus rapidly in the
estimation of his superiors, must have possessed
some qualifications for hi, office ; and if he has
been dismissed on the alleged ground of having
expressed his satisfaction at the verdict of the
jury, we really conceive nothing more truly des-
potic or tyrannical. The reported charge against
Mr. Dean, however, was, as read in the order
book, " For boisterous and improper conduct at
Camberwell watch-house, on the 21st instant, in
condemning the conduct of Secretary Lord
Vi.-
count Melbourne and the police force generally,
and for extolling the jury for their verdict of
the man who murdered P. C. Cully ;"—bur
Dean has declared to us, and is ready to vouch
on his oath for the fact, that he was not
guilty of either boisterous or improper conduct—
that he never condemned the conduct. of Lord
Melbourne, and that his whole offence consisted
in having expressed his approbation of the ver-
dict of the jury. Supposing, however, that he
had " condemned the conduct of Lord Mel-
bourne," ought he not to have been heard—and
to hive had a fair trial ? Had he been a private
in a regiment, he would under such charges
have had the benefit of a courtmartial—had he
been a felon, of a trial by an independent and
impartial jury; but he was a policeman, and
after having been summoned to Scotlana-yard,
and waiting for hours to defend himself against
the charge, he could obtain no hearing ! A force
which is thus dealt with by its superiors—which
knows not the day or the hour when it may, or
may not, be dismissed by the arbitrary decision
of its superiors, is evidently as unfit to be
trusted with any important public service, as it is

in every respect unconsiittitional. To be dis-
missed without the commission of any error—of
any breach of duty—without a hearing, or an
opportunity of self-delence,—is a species of
usage which, thank Heaven, is as unknown in
this country as it is truly un-English ; and we
think that those public meetings which are about
to be held, will not do their duty, nor those
Members of Parliament who side with the people
do theirs, unless they bring this matter more dis-
tinctly before the public than we have it in our
power to do. Lord Melbourne could not, by
possibility, have signified any wish in accordance
with the despotic decision of the commissioners.
—Morning Advertiser.