The Sun.
London, England, 1851-01-24 00:00:00

THEATRE , DRURY-LANE.
Lessee and Man Kr. James Anderson.
THIS ENING,
Will be presented by her Majesty's ServantS
7th time, a new Comedy, called,
THE OLD LOVE AND THE NEW. Sir Algernon Courtoun,
Mr. Cooper; Major Stock, Mr. Emery ; Captain Sidney Courtoun,
Mr. J. Anderson ; Mr. Haythorn, Mr. Barrett : Miss Trimmer, Mrs.
Ternan Camilla Haythorn, Mrs. Nisbett ; Cherry Bounce, Mrs.
Walter Lacy.
After which an entirely New Grand, Historical, Emblematical,
Aeroetatical, Gastronomical, Metaphorical, Musical, Poetical, Vocal,
Municipal, Juvenile, Pautomical Pantomime, by E. Fitzbail, the po-
pular author of " Za-ze-zi-zo-zu," entitled
HARLEQUIN and HUMPTY DITMPTY; or, Bobbin de Bobbin
and the First Lord Mayor of Lllll%lll.
Private Boxes, 3/. 35., 21. 12s. 6d., 2/. 25., 1/. I Is. 6d., and 1/. Is.
To be obtained on application at the Box-office ; Mr. Sam's Lib
Andrews andararY,
st. James's-street; Messrs. Mitchell Ebers and Co. ;
Aleroft, Bend-street; at Jallien's Music Warehouse, Regent-
street ; Chappels, New Bond-street ;
BonesLdr an Cocks,
Bail 63, New
Bond-street ; liansford and Co., New d t and andyMoon, Carlton Library. 12, Regent-street. Stalls, ss. each. First
price—Dress Circle, 55. Od. ; Boxes, is. ; Pit. 2s. 6d. ; Lower Gallery,
; Upper Gallery, 6d.. Second Price at Nine o'Clock—Dress
Circle, 25.6 d. ; Boxes, as.; Pit, Is. 6d. No Half-price to Upper or
Lower Galleries. The Box-office open from 11 till 4. It is respectfully
intimated that seats in the Boxes cannot be reserved alter the First
Act of the Play.

TBEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
mr,, B. Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton.
MR. MACREADY.
THIS EVENING,
win be performed JULIUS CiESAR. Brutus, Mr. Macready
After which a new translation of, THE SECOND C &LENDAR
and the QUEEN of BEAUTY who had the Fight with the Genie.
principal characters by Messrs. J. Bland, Selby, Lebarr, Buckstone,
Mrs. L. S. Buckingham, Mrs. k itzwilliam, Miss F. Horton, and Miss
A. Romer.

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI.
• Under the direction of Madame Celeste.
THIS EVENING,
Will be performed a new and original Drama, entitled JESSIE
45 SAY. Characters by Ilessrs. Hughes, Boyce, 0. Smith, P. Bed-
ford, Madame Celeste, and Miss K. Fitzwilliam.
After which a new Farce called THE SCHOOL FOR TIGERS ;
or—The Shilling Hop. Captain Klt..4lyer, Mr. Boyce ; Major Stiff,
Mr. Worrell; Mr. Panels, Mr. Wright; Alexander Panels, Miss
Chaplin.
To be followed by a new Extravaganza called LA TARANTULA ;
sr, the spider Xing. Characters by Messrs. Wright, P. Bedford, 0.
Smith, Miss Woolgar, Miss E. Chaplin, Miss K. Eitzwilliam, Madame
Celeste, &c.

1 AL r-rascEss's THEA.TRE, OXFORD-STREET.
er the Management of Mr. C. Kean and Mr. Keeley.
The? üblic is respectfully informed that Mr. BARTLEY will per-
form only Six Nights more, and that consequently the final repre-
sentations of Shakespeare's Play of HENRY IV. will take place on
Monday, Jan. 27, Monday. Feb. 3, Friday, Fob. 7, Monday, Feb. IN
Friday, Feb. 14, and (for the last time) on Monday, Feb. 17.
Private Boxes, Sac., to be had of all the Booksellers, and of Mr.
blaigingtiam ; of whom also places may be taken at the Box-office,
Oxilird-street, from Eleven till Feur o'clock.

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
Under the Management of Ml:clame Vesirbt.
Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Mathews.
THIS EVENING,
Will be perfarmed

THE HANDSOME HUSBAND.
Aft(r which an entirely new and original Fairy Extravaganza,
to lie called KING CHARMING; or, the Blue Bird of Paradise.
Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, Horneastle, Suter,
Bellingham, and Moaner; Madame Veitris, Mrs. Frank Matthews,
Miss Ellis, Mrs. C. Horn, Mss St. George- and Miss Martindale.
To conclude with
it; BINGDOVES, 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.
Great bit of the Romance of the Nose.
THIS EVE SING,
Will be performed ALL THAT GLITTERS IS NOT GOLD.
To be followed by PRINCE DORIJS ; or, The Romance of the
Nose, In whirls Messrs. H. Farrell, Compton, Shaiders, W. Farren,
,fan., Cooke ; Mesdames Louisa Howard, Ellen Turner, and Madlle.
Adele will appear.

ASTLXY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
trader the Patronage of her Majesty and his Royal Highness
Prince Albert.
Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty.
Extraordinary series of attractEVENlNGive novelties.
THIS
The Grand new Spectacle of KENNILA ORTH ; or the Golden Days
of the Virgin Queen. with new and costly costumes.
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,
b. the author of " Bluff King Hal," to be entitled
HARLEQUIN AND O'DONOGHITE ;
or, The White Horse of Killarney.
Box-eftice open from Eleven till a our.
Stage Manager, Mr. T. Thompson.

ifIGEI WATER Al LONDON BRIDGE
Tam DAY —Morning 49 rain. after 6 I Evening 14 min. after 7
TO-1101161017—Merning 42 min. after 7 I Evening 11 enln. after 8

THE WEATHER.—Strx OFFICE, JANUARY 24.
THERMOMETER, LI rim SHADE.
42—highest since noon yesterday.
27—lowest this morning and during the night.
30—this day, at noon.
BAr.oythrx=, 30.21.
iiiTLCD S.W.—nearly calm ; thick fog all day.

DAILY WEATHER TABLE.
tate of the Wind and Weather at each of the following
places at Nine o'clock yesterday reoniinie.—The etations
are arranged in order of latitude.
PLYMOUTH—Wind N.E., calm—foggy.
PORTSMOUTH—Wind E., gentle breeze—Cloudless.
BuHarroer—Wind N., calm—cloudless. •
BAsereiGs—Wind N., gentle breeze—cloudless.
SOUTHAMPTON—Wind N., gentle breeze—foggy.
FOLRESTONE—CaIm--cloudless.
TummEDGE--Wind S.W., calm—slight frost.
BASINGSTOKE—Wind S.W., calm—partially cloudy.
GREENWICH—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—cloudless.
SWINDON—Wind S., light airs—partially cloudy.
OXFORD—Wind S.W., calm—partially cloudy.
COLCHESTER—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
CAMBRIDGE—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—cloudy.
YARMOUTH—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—cloudless.
CREWE—Wind S.E., light airs—cloudy.
CONWAY—Wind S.E., gentle breeze—cloudless.
HOLYHEAD—Wind W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
MANCHESTER—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
WHITBY—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—cloudless.
lioßerNGros—Wind S., gentle breeze—frost.
BEATTOCK —Calm—foggy.
The returns from the following places indicate the state of
the wind and weather on Wednesday morning at nine
o'clock :
Cozw.—Wind N., light breeze—frosty.
C.taLow—Wind S.X., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
Ml et UNGAR—Wind S.W. gentle breeze—cloudless.
Pootx—Wind W. gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
RUGBY—Wind N.W., gentle breeze—cloudless.
PETERBOROUGH—Wind S.W. gentle breeze—cloudless.
Cazwe—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
Jl,Bens —Wind S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
TORE —Wind N., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
WrierzHAvser —Wind S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.

LONDON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 1151.

Nothing positive his yet been done in the way of ter.
niinating the Ministerial crisis in the French Repub.
lic. Overtures, it is true, are being made with cor-
diality to various eminent individuals in succession—
the PRESIDENT evincing every readiness to conciliate
the belligerent politicians, without, however, in any
manner betraying
a weak concession to their auda-
city. Little, of course, can be predicted with any
confidence as to the mode in which Louis NAPOLEON
will ultimately bring the crisis to a termination. So
many Prejudices have to be conquered, so many jea-
lousies have to be dissipated,
Bo many differences of
to be
opinion have
reconciled before the conflicting
ranks of the representatives can be brought to any-
thing like
a state
of tranquillity, that we
shrink instinctively from • at all sa-
vouring of an explicit vaticianything
nation. Until now a
e;ter-raev
counter-revolution,
:a:l:tic:ea:el
hollow friendship has
Legislative and Executive
s been
maintained between the
ea:thorium Thanks to
the ambitious arrogance of
par-
ties are at length placed on akiltGrrigu'
footing of mutual comprehension.
traitors to
both e
Hitherto,ans,bstanii.ial
the again,
the secret aspirants for a restoration
Republicanism, the conspirators of
have contrived to assume an imperturbable
giance to democratic institutions. Thanksir oft
impassioned petulance of BERRTEK, the
of the recen
masquerade has been flung aside in the heat and
agi-
tation of debate. Before the opening
discussion, moreover, the latent enemies of the
Prince-PRESIDENT, the intriguers who, while as.
sliming towards him an aspect of generous and almost
enthusiastic devotion, were really plotting to bring
about at the very earliest opportunity the downfall
of the representative of the imperial dynasty, had
managed to hide their sinister designs under an ap-
.
P.'araeoe of satisfaction. Thanks to the constitu-
).
1 /./ J:
,t.:012al irritability end the systematised faithlessness
71:11ER31 the animosity of this most despicable of
actions towar,3B the nephew of the EMPEROR has
tardily, but unmistakably disclosed. .
~,,,
the passion of assailing the Chief Magistrate of
Republic, the historian the Consulate openly
him with hypocrisy, oif
vowehat
te
of the Elyse was in
re ;lit
(ecd that the oecu-
sidential Messages might proclaim
aspiring for the arrival of the day teliveer contrary)h s
Pre
when the democracy

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Now ready at all the Libraries, in 2 IS, postt •9
D. would be forgotten in the splendours of an imperial
I LA
NOVEL. 0 coronation. As if to afford the most striking con-
.. The author, we are convinced. is young, otherwise we could
tradiction to this calumny, the Prince Loves NAro-
hardly see displayed such fresh and enthusiastic sympathy in.be-
i
f his heroes and heroines. lie is a writer of genies,
inspired LEON forthwith desired the attendance at his palace
ohigh standard cf morality and religion, awl by a laudable love of r.
the most distinguished member of the Provisional
We gather this from the glowing lan- •
of the purest sort of fame.
sentiments, and opinions Government, the hero of February, the statesman
Ruage in which he expresses his feelings,
on the subjects just mentioned. There are several chapters, in
which of the story are dropped, containing most eloquent essays who of all men in France may be regarded as the
onmatters that are the prima mobilia of the actions which cha- most like the visible impersonation of Republicanism.
racterise nature's nobility. The writer evidently belongs, though he
has marked per se peculiarities, to the school of the Blared* man- Much curiosity has of course been excited by the
nesoos, and Smythes."—Observer. lenthened interviews between Louts NAPOLEON and
e. SilvfoOd' is no ordinary work ;it contains passages of exceed- g
kg beauty, and is written in pure and forcible language, with great T
J_JAMARTINE. Rumours of all kinds have naturally
yowl taste and power. It is one of the most interesting and en
gaging novels which the present season has produced. Of the cha- been afloat in consequence ; among which we have
meter of Amelia Ross we have already spoken, and the extract we
have given above is the surest voucher of the truth of what we have been assured very confidentially that, in answer to
said. The other ladies who play conspicuons parts in the tale are the application made to M. DE LAMARTINE by the
Florence Howard, an intellectual beauty; Jessie Gordon, a wild and
impulsive genius, passionately fond of music and poetry ; and Julia PRESIDENT to the effect that he should undertake
Maitland, the noblest and best of them all."—Morning Post. the construction of a Cabinet, the illustrious
Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street.
statesman replied that he could not undertake to do
so upon any other condition than that a measure should
at once be introduced for the revocation of the elec-
toral law—a proviso most comprehensible, coming as
it does from the lips of the author of that memorable
decree which gave to France the prerogatives of uni-
versal suffrage. While assuring the Prince that such
must absolutely be the understanding arrived at be-
tween them, prior to the formation of any Ministry of
the kind proposed,M. DE LAMARTINE, with a magnani-
mous self-abnegation singularly characteristic of his
genius, acknowledged that to his mind nothing
could by possibility be more impolitic than the
selection of himself as the person to be en-
trusted at present with Ministerial responsibilities.
His personal influence he confessed to be so strangely
deteriorated on all hands in the Legislative Assembly
that he could look for little sympathy either from the
Right or the Left, from the Centre or the Mountain
of the Legislature. The avowal, we say, was emi-
nently characteristic of the, self-abnegation of LA-
MARTINE, and, at the same moment, was a sort of
voluntary expiation for what some have regarded as
his diseased vanity and his insatiable thirst for popu-
larity. Fallen from his lofty position as one of the
most influential statesmen on the continent, deprived
of that prestige which at one period invested him with
the irresponsible authority of Dictatorship, LA-
MARTINE has a patriotism so sound and impartial
that he comes forward spontaneously to advocate
the interests of Louis NAPOLEON when the Prince
is being deserted by almost all of his pretended par,
tisans, and a magnanimity so generous and compre-
hensive as to set aside the allurements of office rather
than eid in any manner in multiplying present
embarrassments.
Meanwhile it should not be forgotten that the great
statesman above alluded to has, throughout these
transactions, had to deal with a man as noble in his
temperament as himself, as patriotic in his ambition,
end as magnanimous in his character. Since the
period of his eleeatiLn to the supreme rank of Repub-
lican President, Louis NarDe. EON has shown
himself in every way wort'esy of the respect
of the nation by which he has been chosen as its
chief magistrate. His acts have been most consis-
tently in accordance with his professions. His oaths
:have been preserved inviolably. his demeanour has
in all respects been befitting the head of a great
democracy, the elected of six millions of French-
men. Without any affectation of eloquence
or sententiousness, his speeches upon all
public occasions have been conceived in the
happiest mood imaginable, sagacious in their style,
moderate in their tendency, and dignified in their
utterance. Many and various, however, as are the
claims possessed by Louis NeroLmose on our admi-
ration for his conduct during upwards of two years
of his Presidency, not one incident as yet recorded
of him throughout the whole of that period can be men-
tioned as at all comparable to his recent treatment of
the Assembly and his noble and heroic reply to M.
DUPIN, its President. It will net be speedily lost to
the general remembrance, that when M. DUPIN inti-
mated to Louis NAPOLEON the intention of the
Assembly to surround itself with an army of
50,000 men, in the event of the dismissal
of CHANGARNIER, the Prince replied in a tone of
dignity and self-poss ession—" If the Assembly
ventures upon that act of suspicion, I shall follow it
up by an act of confidence ; if the Assembly sur-
rounds itself with an army of 50,000 men, I will dis-
miss even the sentinels of my palace, the citizens of
the capital shall be any defenders, I will walk through
the streets of Paris in plain clothes and without
attendants !" Noble and chivalric language—language
worthy of having fallen even from the lips of the
EMPEROR. While such continues to be the policy of
the Prince Louis NAPOLEON, he may set at open de-
fiance the trickeries of TRIERS, the treason of BEE.
RYER, and the arrogant ambition of CHANGARNIER,
relying upon those generous impulses of the
French character which create the national
sympathy for whatever is heroic in its bearing or
tendency. Especially may such be his reliance on
the future, while among the list of the contemporary
statesmen of the Republic can be recognised the
name of such an one as the poet-administrator,
LAMARTINE.

We had hoped that the theological poriion of VI,
marriages affinity question had been finally disposed
of. The discussion had been already carried on both
in and out of Parliament usque ad nauseam, and the
stale and unfounded pretext of " a Scriptural prohi-
bition" had been long since formally abandoned by the
most strenuous advocates for the continuance of the
existing restriction. During the debates last session
the case was argued simply on the point of " social
inexpediency." It was really too absurd for any per-
son possessing the slightest knowledge of the prin-
ciples relating to the correct interpretation of disputed
passages to affirm that there was any prohibition,
express or implied, against such connexions con-
tained in the Mosaic law. The 18th chap-
ter of Leviticus is the portion of the
Peatateuch chiefly relating to the subject—we say
chiefly, because it is from it that the objectors endea-
vour to support their singularly distorted views.
They rely cn the 16th and 18 verses. Some persons
have had the folly and audacity to assert that the 18th
verse contains a direct commandment on the sub-
' ject. Never was there a greater piece of absur-
dity ; the text is, indeed, decisive, but it
is a powerful and unequivocal authority
on the other side, and conclusive as to the propriety
of such marriages. It enacts a certain law for a
limited period, and it gives the very reason why that
provision is made. In that it differs from almost
every other rule laid down in the code of laws deli-
vered by MosEs to the Jewish nation. The rule,
whatever it may be, is generally laid down
broadly, but no cause is assigned to sa•
tisfy the people as to its policy or
expediency. It is, however, different in the present
instance. And we may easily believe that it appeared
necessary to the inspired lawgiver to show why it is
that he forbids a practice that had been adopted even
by 'slum, himself, the patriarch and founder, and
common progenitor of the whole nation. " Neither
shall thou take a wife to her sister to vex her
. . . besides the other in her lifetime." Here
1 there is the time during which the prohibition is
continued, the lifetime of the first wife. A clearer
permission to marry after that time could not be
produced. If a penalty or civil disability were im-
posed upon a party during the existence of particular
circumstances the moment these circumstances
were changed the prohibition falls to the
ground, and the party is remitted to his original
and natural
r o lawd
, fa r
polygamy 7,rights, whatever they might be. Be-
fore thise party might marry his wife's sister at
any p
as sanctioned and
tole-
rated. JACOB did so, and it was found to be incon-
venient and attended with evil ; therefore, in order to
prevent similar annoyance, it was forbidden by the
i
scendant or
be supposed to have sympathised with the
the neglected LEAH, who might
sufferings and heartburnings of his afflicted ances-
tress. " Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister
to vex her." If the first wife were removed by death,
if her worldly cares and sorrows had for ever termi-
nated, how could she " b
on
be vexed" by any subsequent
act of her quondam partner ? There is a legal
maxim, the accuracy of which
ca
impugned, which is conclusive
has
ases also.
thniaefovrerwbheicehn
" Cessat ratio, cessat lex." When the
a law is enacted terminates, the law itseulfec point—
Here the cause, the vexation of the first ,:if' is re-
moved by her death, and therefore there is avirtual
removal of the prchibition founded, and this
would be
amply sufficient, even if there was not th© subsequent
limitation, " besides the other in her lifetime."
Dr, rum', whose Tractarian followers—.the

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