The Sun.
London, England, 1851-10-10 00:00:00

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.

rnder toe Patronage of her Majesty and his Royal Highness
Prince Albert.
Protrletor and 'Manager, Mr. W. Batty.
The most successful and popular Theatre in London.
Another Week of Glorious Triumph.
The most attractive Spectacle ever produced—crowded to the

ceiling nightly.
NoTics.—Mr. Batty begs to announce to his patrons and the
public that he has succeeded in making an engagement with the
renowned Italian Brothers, the most surprising wonders ever be-
held. Their performances surpass anything that has been witnessed
in England. They will perform every evening during the week.

'Lairs EVEI;ING, -
Will be performed the grand Spectacle, entitled MAZEPPA ;
er the Wild Horse of Tartary, which has been continued, in conse-
quence of numerous applications from Persons of all Nations to wit-
ness the magnificent Spectacle.
With Batty's Grand Scenes of the Arena, embracing the largest
Equestrian Company in Europe, represented by Foreign and British
Male and Female Artists of superior talent.
To conclude with a laughable Afterpiece.
Tickets to be had at the Bea-office from Eleven till /roar
daily.
Btage Manager, Mr. T. Thompson.

aYJ WATER AT LONDON
Tale DAT —Morning 52 min. after 1 I Evening 16 min after 10-Movaovr—Morning 29 rain. atter 2 I Evening 45 min after 2

- - -
DAILY WEATHER TABLE.
State cf the Wind and Weather at each of the following
Places at Nine o'clock yesterday morning.—The stations
are arranged in order of latitude.
PLrmotrrn—Wind W. g,ntle breeze—rain.
CHELTENHAM—Wind
WORCESTER—Wind S. NY.— cloudy.
PORTSMOLTTH—W ind
GospouT—Wind S W.—cloudy.
BRIGHTON—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—overcast.
11asTINGs—Wind S.W., fresh breeze—rain.
SouTica.mpros—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—rain.
Fclaute'roNE—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—overcast.
~,
13u1:LAT"-DGx—Wind E. strong breeze—rain.
--"Tcsgat—Wind N calm—foggy.
GR.EF2sNmIi " rain.
SwntnfrA—`Prod S.W ,rgentle breeze—rain.
Osroun—wind s.E.
ain.
•
GLoncEnzu—Wind
CHELMSFORD—Wind N.Nv.°urdlv;
COLCHESTER —Wind
rain
CAmßum‘u—Wind S. gentle br •
BuntuNGßAzet—W eeze—rain.
STAFFORD—Wind N.W.—rain.
YARMOUTH—Vi ind S., calm—fogu.
NORWICH—Winn S.W•—cloudy,
IPSWICH—Wind N.W.—rain,
DERET—Wind S.W.—very hazy.
NorruicatAm—Wind S.—rain.
Lrfcout—Wind S.—rain.
tioLTHRAD--Wind W.—rain.
CHESTEIL--Wind W.— rain.
sHEFFLELD--Wind W.S.W.—rain.
L ftroot--Wind W.—rain.
MANCHISTER—Wind S.—rain.
ROLL—Wind W.S.W.—cloudy.
L REDS Wind S.E.—rain.
Youx—Wind S.—tine.
DAR GTOX—Wind
NEwcAsTLE—Wind W.—cloudy.
GLASGOW— W ind S.W.—cloudy.
Enuvaintan—Wind S.W.—foggy.
The returns from the following places indicate the state of
the wind
o'clock : and weather on Wednesday morning at nine

I"2"RiYfincl W, calm—partially cloudy.
CARL°w—Winall•W• gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
lao MAN SAI.;,--N ri
gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
PooLK—Wind gentle breeze_Partially cloudy.
1b
partially cloudy.
PTZ:".'"u—wind gklNPrfe.e,ze—str-ong breeze partially

SUDDEN DEATH
thel3 v.-----;--------vr- c'
—Yesterday morning ec'fEc.;"l`'EET, OTATION-HOUSE,
station-house were somewhat 'a
-a employed at Bow-street
ron visiting the fe-
males' cells, when they discov:ruerlo one of the prisoners lying
in an apparently lifeless erect f
examination it appeared
that the deceased woman. known round the neighbourhood
as
" The Captain," was quits ead. Sh had some time
previous been brought into the station-hoeus.e apparently fa-
tigued and intoxicated, from having been visiting the Great
Exhibition the day before.
SUPPLY OF GAS FOR THE CITY.---Great am- •
commencing at dusk and terminating at dayreht-witYs
observable in Cheapside and throughout the eitli -Yn13,,,n0w
qt ience of the necessity found to exist for ed 1- —rise'
arging the
supply of gas to meet the increased demand, following on the
reduction of price in supply, many establishments having adopted it for domestic uses, besides multiplying their',
burddners. Additional mains of larger diameter are now being
laiown over the length of the City. The Operation ne•
cessarily causes great obstruction to the traffic, but it is only
carried on at night time, relays of workmen being engaged
and
temporary gas-jets. These operations are carried on simul-
taneously at both ends of Cheapside, and iii4ll consequently
be completed in a day or two.
Several of the journals announce the death of Don
Manuel Godoy, Prince of Peace, at the age of 85 years,

THE WEATHER—Sax OFFICE, OcroßFat 10.
TFLERXONIETER, IN ran SHADE.
59—highest since noon yesterday.
51—lowest this morning and daring the night.
62—this day, at noon.
BAROMETER, 3011.
Wan) S.W.—Morning, close, muggy weather; Afternoon,
sunshine.

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

LONDON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1851.

We some time since directed the attention of our
readers to the complaints made by the Brazilian Go-
vernment and by the Brazilian shipowners of the
unjustifiable and disgraceful, not to say piratical,
conduct of the officers of certain British cruizers, who,
under the pretence of suppressing the slave trade,
were, in fact, annihilating the whole of the coasting
trade of the Brazils, by wantonly plundering of their
property the subjects of a state in alliance with our
own, and the Government of which was, according to
the admission of Lord PALMERSTON himself, ener-
getically exerting itself to honestly carry out by
every means in its power the treaties into which it
had entered with this country for the suppression of
the slave trade. The last arrivals from St. Helena
unhappily confirm, and more than confirm, all that
we had previously heard in relation to the unjusti-
fiable manner in which, under pretence of suppressing
the slave trade, the laws of nations are too often
violated, and the private property of persons engaged
in legitimate traffic made valueless by certain British
officers, whose zeal outruns their discretion, and who
think more of the plaudits of Exeter Hall, and, it
may be perchance, of that which BYRON has,declared
is especially dear to seamen—prize-money, than of
observing the rights of the subjects of other
states. It appears that the Brazilian vessel Ma-
genta bound on a coasting voyage from one port of
Brazil to another, was fallen in with by her MAJESTY'S
ship Geyser, seized by the British commander on
the pretext that she was engaged in the slave trade,
and sent to St. Helena for adjudication. After a
protracted investigation before a Court which may be
presumed to have been anything but favourable
to the Brazilian owner, the vessel was
acquitted. It might have been imagined, under
these circumstances, that some compensation
would have been awarded to the unfortunate
Brazilian for the detention he had undergone,
the damage which had been done to his property,
and the false imprisonment he had suffered. Such,
however, we regret to say, was not the case ; he re-
ceived neither costs of suit, nor damages for the loss
of his voyage, nor for the injury his vessel had sus-
tained, nor for the anxiety which he had suffered,
and when his vessel was restored to him she was
completely dismantled, having been entirely
stripped, and all but broken up, by her captors in
the vaira attempt to discover something either in her
fittings, her rig, or her build which would enable
them to transform an honest Brazilian coasting vessel
into an African slave trader. Under these circum-
stances the Brazilian captain has addressed the fol-
lowing letter to the editor of the St. Helena Advocate,
and we commend it to the attentive perusal of all
those who are not so far gone in the " Black fever "
as to have lost not only their common sense, but all
feeling of honour, honesty, justice, and fair play. He
says—

" My vessel, the Mageno, was seized by her Majesty's
ship Geyser, on the Brazilian coast, on suspicion of
being a slaver ; she was bound on a legal voyage from
one port of Brasil to another—with a lawful cargo of
Brazilian merchandise, duly cleared at the Custom-
house. The manifest of this cargo was on board, and as
I proved in my first letter there was no one portion of
her fittings or cargo which which was not common to
vessels of her class and sine. However, at the port of
destination, with every prospect of a profitable voyage,
we fell in unfortunately with the Geyser—and my vessel
was seird under the pretext of being engaged in the
slave trade, and sent to this island for adjudication.
" After a
.protracted investigation, and a long pas-
sage to this island, the vessel was acquitted, but
though thus cleared of even the false imputa-
tion, it was strangely deereed that I should
receive neither costs of suit nor damages for the loss of
my voyage, the injury to the vessel, or the anxiety under
which I have for so long a period been left to suffer.
On resuming possession of the vessel, I found her com-
pletely dismantled—stripped to a gauntline—a quantity
of her standing and runninc, rigging cut to pieces, and
entirely useless—the sails and a portion of the cargo da-
maged and spoiled, as well as the vessel herself seriously
injured fur want of proper care while in the hands of the
English; and I am now reduced to the necessity of sel-
ling the cargo, in order, so far as it will go, to remedy
these evils, and to refit the vessel, for I cannot find any-
one willing to advance the large sum necessary for the
purpose.

- "The English are a great people—they boast that
their natlon is just—but is this not injustice of the most
cruel character, and will they allow me to suffer under
it? I hope not, and will make the trial--but I am
very anxious to show to all right-thinking Englishmen
what evils and wrongs are committed in their name
when they interfere with the affairs of other nations.
" Before my vessel was seized she was in perfect order,
and I was proud of her. Look at her now—a mere
wreck lying in these roads, exposed to a tropical sun,
wind, and rain, without any precaution or care for her
safety. Her cargo was known to be of a perishable na-
ture, and why was it not landed and sold while good, for
the benefit of whom it might concern?
" The question recurs—lf I was wrongly seised and
accused, why were not damages and expenses also
awarded to me for the pecuniary loss and anxiety of
mind I have had to endure? It would have been so in
my own or any other honourable country; and are the
innocent to suffer under English laws alone? After the
decree for the restoration of my vessel had passed, I
was obliged to pay for the decree itself before I could
obtain possession—and all this simply because I was
found guilty of looking like a slaver, not that I was one
in reality.
" I am told that one of the chief causes of this strange
judgment being passed upon me was, that water suckers,
as they are termed, were found on board. This I ad-
mitted on the trial myself, but I never for a moment
imagined that it could affect the case, for these water
suckers are used on board Brazilian and Portuguese
vessels just as dippers' are on board of English ones,
and it is ridiculous to suppose that a slaver would have
such things, which could be of no service to it, as if
Negroes on board were allowed to use them, there
would be no check on the quantity of water which each
consumed, and it would soon run short. These water
suckers are never used for other than steerage passen-
gers
in our vessels; and to assign any other purpose to
them is as ridiculous as the assertion often made and
sworn to here, that clappers are lased for calling the
Negroes to meals.

'I stand in this island, Mr. Editor, a stranger, and I
feel that all will say—a deeply ill-used one in a foreign
had. I have no friends here, but shall of course, when
I arrive in my own country, appeal through proper
channels for the redress to which I am entitled from the
Vali'to People, and to which, if their justice be not a
seek this re
that my boast, hey must lend an ear. I. have before said
\
papers for the in9ar be
edcrte
ams now writing to you is not so much to
what I ,ay m for myself here, but in the hope that
injustice inflicted inri
whether it would even
candid Englishman
any of the stronger E circulated through the English
ation of a nation which sees not the
late name on a weak people. Let any
auY 'whether such could be done to
zpean nations with impunity—or
I thank
wrong inflicted by his clOunct
then the double hardshi
for having insertedmfayvofour:iretie7coPratelud: anineadtiohne
and
dill feel,
ymy ease, and the double
you, however,
2 leirEn:11)::: 'aln( jitgt I:
lee
gad servant,
a tlA'o :::4 (in hopeP'sti -
naonitd that. should
that you will againi, Itutio_ favour
(Signed)
ge
nt
er
du)s t that our" Gov
insti-
tute an investigation into this
the facts turn out as stated they will'
formal demand to be made on the part ofw:llitef°l3rrany
Tian Government, but will at once tender to Ca t:4'
MAGANO a most ample compensation for the wrponagns
he has suffered. That, however, will not be sum
s.
cleat, nor nearly sufficient, to vindicate the honour of
Great Britain in the eyes of the world. The case of
Captain MAGANO is by no means a solitary instance
proceedings under the pretence of suppressing the
slave trade have taken place, both on the coast of
Brazil and of Africa, which can only be properly
designated as piratical, and the private pro-
tertY of persons engaged in legitimate traffic
coil',, in many instances been seised and
th confiscated under pretence that they were engaged in
mencement of l'tlati We
e 4aN'e trade • •
independent
should cease, ;
a Commit% of
It is time that such a state of things
trust that at the very com-
menaeterlext li es 5 io n of Parliament some
suppression of the slave tt
move forthe House of Commons will
o
conduct of the officers consider the laws for the
'llde, and to investigate the
con:, •
tilauding her MAJESTY'S

ships and vessels engaged in the suppression of the
traffic. Recent events have strongly fortified the po-
sition of those who demand the suppression of the
African squadron.

A question of considerable interest is now depend-
ing between the Board of Inland Revenue and the
different railway boards throughout the kingdom—
of interest not only to all persons who have made in-
vestments in railway stock, but far more so to the
hard-working operatives, who, cooped up in large
towns for the greater portion of their time, are
anxious occasionally to get a glimpse of rural scenes,
and to breathe pure air, for a few hours during their
intervals of toil. From the excursions which the en-
terprise and liberality of the directors place within
their reach they return with renovated health and
spirits to their daily labours. They have something
to speak of during the week, and a legitimate object
for which to lay by such sums as may be set aside
from their daily earnings, after providing the neces-
sary subsistence for their families. In this respect
not all the temperance societies ever formed under,
the auspices of Father MATIJEW have exercised so
salutary an influence in keeping working men from
the public-houses, and preventing them from applying
their surplus cash, be it much or little, in sottish
carousing, as the cheap excursion trains to different
places of public resort and interest, which have lately
been rendered accessible to all classes.

The enjoyment, too, is not entirely selfish. The
man who has expended a few shillings in a trip to
Dover, or Brighton, or the Isle of Wight, to Hamp-
ton Court or Windsor, will not rest until he is enabled
to bring with him his wife or sweetheart ; and if the
former, the baby is probably made the companion of
their trip. Every nerve will be strained to accom-
plish the desired object. Extra work will readily
be undertaken, every privation cheerfully submitted
to, if at the end of his probation he can
act as the cicerone, pointing out the miracles of
nature or art, which he has himself beheld for the
first time a few weeks previously. How will he enjoy
the wonder excited by the first view of the sea. How
will he rejoice in explaining all about " Shakespere's
Cliff," or "the Pavilion," or "Portsmouth," or the
Isle of Wight, or Stonehenge. Possibly the great
Park at Windsor—the tamer and more cultivated
beauties of Virginia Water or Hampton Court, or the
artistic glories in the magnificent galleries may attract
his attention, but in any of these cases, whatever
may be the subject of his prelection, he will feel al-
most greater pleasure in detailing and explaining the
various attractions, than his attentive and admiring
audience will have in receiving the coveted in-
formation.

Is it then desirable that these excursion trains
should be prohibited—that a stern mandate should
be issued, commanding the cessation of all such
traffic ? We believe that there can be no
seooad opinion on the point, that Ministers
would for once command unanimous votes in
both branches of the Legislature, and that
our most gracious and well-beloved SOVEREIGifi, who
is at this moment conferring the most perfect gratifi-
cation on millions of her loyal and devoted subjects,
while visiting the commercial and manufacturing
capitals of her dominions, would desire to extend to
the utmost the facilities for such innocent amuse-
ments, so that they may be made available by the very
humblest of her people. Under such circumstances
it would seem that but little argument was required
in favour of these speculations. Unfortunately, how-
ever, the Board of Inland Revenue appear to have
arrived at a different conclusion, and to think that it
is their duty to drive men into the beer and spirit
shops, that the excise on malt and gin might be in-
creased to the highest degree. For that purpose, too,
they are resorting to a degree of petty quibbling
and hairsplitting that would disgrace a hackneyed Old
Bailey practitioner. They endeavour to pervert the
meaning of the Act of Parliament, and by an over-
strict interpretation of the letter, to completely set
aside the spirit of the law.
If, unfortunately, they should succeed—if they
can induce any of the judges of the land to give a
decision in their favour, it would not in any degree
increase the public revenue. The only possible result
would be to annihilate the entire system of cheap
trains, to abolish the pleasure traffic for all except
wealthy travellers. If the tax is to be enforced,
it must, according to the recognised fiscal principle,
eventally fall upon the consumer. If a person can
be carried 80 miles, to Dover or Southampton, for
3s. 6d., without any tax—if it is: remunerative, and
barely remunerative to the companies to take them
at that price, without restriction of any
kind or description, the addition of is. Bd.,
as Government tax on passengers, would necessarily
increase the price to 4s. Sd., but as this addition
would prevent three-fourths of the pleasure-seekers
from taking tickets, and send the spare cash to the
public-houses, or far more objectionable quarters, the
companies could not afford to take passengers at the
same almost ludicrously cheap rate. The result,
then, would be that the system should be completely
abolished, and for that the working men may thank
the Board of Inland Revenue. GOD knows

it has no superabundant popularity at this mo-
ment, and need not seek to incur additional
odium. SIDNEY SMITH has, however, assigned sa-
tisfactory reasons why we are never to look for
anything just or honourable from an associated body.
Each member might in his individual capacity
be ashamed to do anything disgraceful, but
as in his corporate character he is restrained
by no moral or physical check, he is but
too frequently guilty of the most indefensible
and outrageous acts. We are quite satisfied that
it is only necessary that the nature of the existing
dispute should be fully known to excite a popular
feeling that must be decisive on the subject. The
Whigs are made of squeezable materials, and must
yield on such a point.

The Duke and Duchess of Norfolk, with the whole
of the establishment, are expected to return to Arundel
Castle, from Glossop, about the 10th instant. The new
lodge to the castle, at the top of High-street, is now nearly
completed; it has a noble appearance on entering the town,
through Maltravers-street, the arms at the top are beauti-
fully carved, the unsightly pinnacles, or, as some persons
termed them, " extinguishers," have been removed, and a
continuation of the towers substituted. His Grace, in the
most handsome manner, gave the occupancy of the lodge to
our much respected townsman, Sergeant Major Gamble
(late quartermaster of the Arundel and Bramber Yeomanry
avalry), who took possession last week. The entrance is
not yet open for traffic, but is expected to be open in a few
days.—Brighton Gazette.
ROYAL ENGINEER DEPARTMENT IN SCOTLAND,.—
Lieutenant-Colonel Phillpotts, Royal Engineers, has [suc-
ceeded Colonel Jones in the command of the engineer de-
partment in Scotland, and is stationed at Edinburgh.
DESTITUTE FEMALES IN THE HEBRIDES.•••••
There is every prospect of a large number of the female po-
pulation in Skye being employed during the winter and
spring knitting stockings, socks, drawers, &c., for parties in
Glasgow and in Edinburgh, at a fair remuneration for their
labour. Under the management of the relief board the
price allowed for knitting was so small that the most expert
knitter could not make twopence per day. It is expected
that by the present arrangement the females who are aceus.
tomed to knit will be enabled to make frrepence to sixpence
per day.—Northern Ensign.

COUNTY AND BOROUGH LUNATIC ASYLUMS.--Yes..
terday a return to Parliament was printed, showing that, in
the year ending the 31st of December last, there was
216,3081. 6s. 7d. received on account of county and borough
lunatic asylums in England and Wales. The expenditure
in the period amounted to 194,0071. 19s. lid., and on the
31st of December the balance in hand was 28,515/. 3s. aid.,
on which day there was 6,2141. 15s. Oid. due to the trea-
surers.

It is rumoured that Dr. Cullen, the Roman Catholic
Primate of Ireland, will viist London the latter end of next
month.

theT NiEobl Ee
LA oRrLd. or DERBY.—We regret to hear that
the Earl of Derby has suffered so severely from recent attacks
of gout, that permanent ill effects are feared by the friends of

The Most Rev. Dr. Mqlain left London yesterday
for Hilton Gran e in company with his Eminence Cardinal
Wiseman, g '

Monday two men,,, ---
A I.IE FRONITS MURDER.—On
Smith, on suspicion
com-
of having been concerned in the late horrible murder
nwaemr
eedB
pltporbe
he
er Robert
dlle
du rbdy (alias
DetectiveFrome Sergeant Bob) and William
mitted on the poor girl, Sarah Watts. This morning they
were brought up before W. IL Shepherd, T. S. Harrison,
and John Sinkins, F.sqs., whet the evidence of the father of
the deceased was taken, and also of a man named Watts,
who saw the prisoners, in company with others, going in the
direction of the house where the murder was committed, on
the day of the murder. There are other circumstances of a
suspicious nature against the prisoners, which must not for
the present be made public. Sergeant Smith applied for a
remand of the prisoners until lllonday next, which was
granted.
Mr. and Lady Jane Peel are about to break up
their establishment at Brighton, and reside abroad for six
months. Mr. and Lady Jane Peel have returned to Kemp
has been delayed by the herious illness of
Town from Butler's-green, and we believe their departure
member of the Academy of Sei-
dvanced age.
at Versailles, at an advanced ences, and known for his works on zoology, has just expired
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