The Sun.
London, England, 1834-12-04 00:00:00

MANFRED.

Count Manfred, Mr. Denvil ; Chamois Hunter, Mr. Diddear ; Abbot
of St. Maurice, Mr. Warde; Manuel and Herman (Dependants on Count
Manfred), Mr. Young. and Mr. Duruset ; Arimanes, Mr. Howell. Spi-
rits and Destinies tributary to his will—Vesper (Spirit of the Air), Miss
Poole ; Orcus (Spirit of the Mountains), Mr. W. H. Payne; Thammuz
(Spirit of the Waters), Miss Kenneth ; Eaalim (Spirit of the Storm),
Mr. F. Cooke; Nox (Spirit of the Shadow of Night), Mr. Wieland;
Omorasdes (Spirit of the Elements), Mr. G. Bennett ; Astaroth (Spirit
of the Ranh), Mr. F. Sutton; Nemesis (Goddess of Vengeance), Mrs.
Vining ; Clothe, Lachesis, and Atropos (the three Destinies), Miss Lee,
Miss Murray, and Mrs. Chester; the Phantom of Astarte, Miss Clifton;
the Witch of the ♦lps, Mies E. Tree.
After which the Comic Opera of
CINDERELLA; OR, THE LITTLE GLASS SLIPPER.
Felix, Mr. Sinclair; Baron Pumpolino, Mr. Giubelei ; Dandini, Mr.
Seguin ; Pedro, Mr. Meadows.

Cinderella, Miss Romer; Clorinda, Miss Betts; Thisbe, Mrs. Crouch
Fairy Queen, Miss H. Cawse.

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.
THIS EVENING wi❑ be performed the Comedy of
THE ROAD TO RUIN.

Old Dornton, Mr. W. Farren ; Harry Dornton, Mr. Vining; Gold-
finch, Mr. Harley; Sulky, Mr. Bartley; Silky, Mr. Blanchard.
Widow Warren, Mrs. Glover; Sophia, Miss Taylor; Jenny, Mrs
Humby ; Mrs. Ledger, Mrs. Broad.

After which, DEAF AS A POST.
Tristram Sappy, Mr. Harley ; Captain Templeton, Mr. Cooper.
Sophia Walton, Miss Murray; Amy Templeton, Miss Lee; Sally
Maggs, Mrs. Fitzwilliam.
To conclude with, the New Farce, called TAM O'SHANTER.
Tam o' Shanter, Mr. W. Farren ; Souter Johnny, Mr. Bartley; David,
Mr. Webster; Roderick Allan, Mr. Brindal.
Dame o' Shanter, Mrs. C. Jones; Maggie, Mrs. Fitzwilliam; Jeannie,
Miss Murray; Mrs. Macklewhee, Mrs. Broad.

TO CORRESPONDENTS.
' A Friend to Truth," who writes us a long letter from Bris-
tol, complaining of our erictures on the late Conservative
Meeting in that city, is informed that our observations were
founded on reports forwarded to us by persons whe stated
that they were present at the meeting in question. We
never wilfully misrepresent the public conduct of any party,
however opposed to us in political opinions, and when we
have the misfortune so to do, the fault originates in our
dependance upon others for our information. " A Friend to
Truth " states that the Bristol Meeting was not even partially
composed of " women and children,"—that 3000 persons may
have been in attendance, including 150 Clergymen and 100
Magistrates.

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THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1834.

convenient morality of those who profess to be Re-
formers, and yet pretend to put faith in the Duke of
WELLINGTON'S intentions ; and shows that the Noble
Duke cannot, as a minister, entitle himself to the sup-
port of the Reformers, without, at the same time, sub-
jecting himself to the enviable distinction of being
loathed as an apostate. The evil consequences of

such unblushing profligacy in public men are pointed
out with great truth and force. The concluding sen-
tences of the passage to which we allude, will, we are

sure, find an echo in the breast of every Englishman :
" I do not think so meanly of the high heart of England as
to suppose that it would approve, even of good measures, from
motives so shamelessly corrupt. And, for my own part, so-
lemnly as I consider a thorough redress of her monster
grievance' necessary for the peace of Ireland, a reform of our
own Church, and our own Corporations, and a thorough car-
rying out and consummation of the principles of our reform,
desirable for the security and prosperity of England, I should
consider these blessings purchased at too extravagant a rate, if
the price were the degradation of public men—and the undying
contempt for consistency, faith, and honour—far all that makes
power sacred, and dignity of moral weight—which such an apos-
tacy would evince. Never was liberty permanently served by
by the sacrifice of honesty.
Mr. BULWER then discusses the question whether a

Tory ministry, supposing thew ready to make so shame-
less a sacrifice of principle to place, could carry their
purpose into effect. On this subject we find the fol-
lowing just and striking observations :
" This is, then, their dilemma : either they will prosecute
reform, or they will withhold it—either they will adhere to
their former votes, or they will reverse them : in the one case,
then, people of England, you will have uncompromising anti-
reformers at your head,—in the other, you will have ambitious
and grasping traitors. Let them extricate themselves from
this dilemma if they can !
" But, in fact, they have not this option. They are com-
mitted in every way to their old principles ; they are com-
mitted, first, to their own party, and secondly, to the King.
Were they as liberal as the Whigs, their friends would desert
them, perhaps his Majesty would dismiss them. Their friends
are the high church party. High Church is the war cry
they raise—High Church the motto of their banner. What is
the High Church party? It is the party that is sworn to the
abuses of the Church. Its members are pledged body and
soul to the Bishops, and the Deans, and the Prebends, and
the Universities, and the Orangemen of Ireland ? They may
give out that they think a great Church Reform is necessary;
vague expression ! what is great to their eyes would be invi-
sible to ours. Will they—let us come to the point, and I
will single out one instance—will they curtail the Protestant
Establishment of Catholic Ireland? They have called the
attempt " spoliation;" will they turn " spoliators ?"—lf so,
they lose their friends, for no man supposes that the Tory
churchmen have a chemical affinity to the Duke of Wellington
—they have no affinity but that of interest : if he offend their
interests, he offends the party. Let him but say, " that the
church has no congregation, but it gives 15001. a year to the
parson ; I respect property—the property of the people—and
they shall cease to pay, after the death of the incumbent, for
receiving no benefit ;" and all the parsons of the country are
in arms against him! What a moment to suppose that he
could do justice in such a case,—with the cheers of the Orange-
men, and the ravings of Londonderry, and Roden, and Wick-

low ringing in his ears.
" As for the claims of the Dissenters, who can imagine they
they will be attended to by the man who has called them
atheists? He may swallow his words, but can he swallow his
friends of the colleges? He cannot lose his great permanent
support, the Church, for a temporary and hollow support
which would forsake him the moment he had served its purpose.
The Corporations—what hope of reform there ? Every
politician knows the Corporations are the strongholds of
Toryism, and many of the truest liberals supported the govern-

ment till the Corporation reform should be passed, in order to
see, safely, carried a measure against Toryism, only less im-
portant than the Reform Bill. To reform the Corporations
will be to betray his own fortresses. Is the Duke of Welling-
ton the man to do this ?"

Mr. BULWER is not sparing in his censure of the
conduct of some members of the late Administration, as

well as of some parts of their general policy. He is,

however, neither insensible to the difficulties with which
they were surrounded, nor indisposed to make the
proper allowance for them :
" Looking temperately back at the proceedings of the
Whigs, we must confess that they have greater excuses, than
at the time we were aware of. Who shall read,' says the
proverb, the inscrutable heart of Kings?' We could not
tell how far the Monarch was with us ; rumours and suspicions

were afloat—but we were unwilling to believe them of Wil-
liam the Reformer. We imagined his Majesty, induced by

secret and invisible advisers, might indeed be timid, and re-
luctant ; but we imagined, also, that the government, by firm-
ness might bias the royal judgment to a consistent and uni-
formly paternal policy. Many of us, (though, for my own
part, I foresaw and foretold* that the Tory party, so far from

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being crushed, were but biding their time, scotched not killed)
—many of us supposed the Tories more humbled and more out
of the reach of office, than the Cabinet, with a more prophetic

vision, must have felt they were. With a Houre of Lords,
which the Ministers had neither the power to command nor to

reform—with a King, whose secret, and it may be stubborn
inclinations, are now apparent, surrounded by intrigues

and cabals, and sensible that the alternative of a Tory Go-

vernment was not so impossible as the public believed, we

must, in common candour, make many excuses for men, who

however inclined to the people, had also every natural desire to

.9 preserve the balance of the constitution—to maintain the

second chamber, and to pay to the wishes of the King that de-
ference, which, as the third voice of the legislature, his Ma-
j esty is entitled to receive. Add to this, if they resigned
office, the King would have had the excuse he has not now--he

would have had no alternative but a Tory Cabinet ! It is
true, however, that so beset with difficulties, their wisest

course would have been to remember the end and origin of
all government—have thrown themselves on the people and
abided the consequences—and that, my Lord, is exactly what
I believe your colleagues and yourself intended to do, and it is
for that reason you are dismissed. A few months will show, a
few months will allow you to explain yourselves ; but I should

not address to your Lordship this letter—l should not commit
myself to a vain prophecy—l should not voluntarily incur your

own contempt for my simplicity, if I had not the fullest reason

to believe, that the occasion is only wanting to acquit your•
selves to the public."

* England and the English.

BANK OF ENGLAND.

The Governor and Company of the Bank of England do
hereby give notice, that on and after the 4th instant they
will be ready to receive applications for Loans upon the de-
posit of Bills of Exchange, Exchequer Bills, East India
Bonds, and other approved Securities. Such Loans to be
repaid on or before the 15th of January next, with interest,
at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum, and to be for sums
of not less than 2,000/. each.
Bank of England, Dec. 4.

INCENDIARISM.—On Thursday last, about six
o'clock, a fire was discovered in the stack-yard belonging to
Mr. Clayton's farm, at Roche Abbey, but immediate assistance
being procured, and the fire-engine kept at Firbeck being
promptly on the spot, the flames were subdued, after one
stack only had been destroyed. Fortunately, the stack
discovered on fire was at the contrary side of the yard from
which the wind came, otherwise there would not have been a
possibility of saving the remainder of the stacks, six or
seven in number. This act must have been com-
mitted by some vile incendiary, as there is no house
near, or any other way to account for the fire ; and Mr.
Clayton, occupier of the farm, is a man universally respected
in the neighbourhood. It is hoped the villain will be disco-
vered. Application was on Friday made to our magistrates
for the assistance of a constable, which was promptly attended
to, and Mr. James Wild was sent off to the place. After a
careful examination of every suspicions person in the neigh-
bourhood, not the slightest trace of the incendiary could be dis-
covered. What is very remarkable, Mr. Clayton is univer-
sally respected ; almost every person for miles round was on
the spot, with the least possible delay, and by their praise-
worthy exertions succeeded in extinguishing the flames, before
they spread so the other stroets.—Sheffidd