The Sun.
London, England, 1858-11-08 00:00:00

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The following memorial has been addressed by
the chairman of the East 'lndia and China Associa-
tion of Liverpool to the Earl of Derby, in reference
to Sir James Brooke's connection with Borneo :
" To the Right Hon. the Earl of Derby, Her Ma-
jesty's First Lord of Treasury, &c.

" The memorial of the Liverpool, East India, and
China Association by their chairman showeth, that
your memorialists are deeply interested in the de-
velopment of the trade between this empire, the
Eastern Archipelago, and China.
" That our free communication with the shores
of the Chinese Empire is now more than ever it
question of national and growing importance.
" That the command of the north-west coast of
Borneo by the British Crown is of vital importance
to the preservation of this communication :
" 1. Because it has been ascertained that therein
exists a large coalfield suitable for steam purposes,
the possession of which will carry with it the nau-
tical supremacy of the eastern seas ;
" 2. Because at this point, facing Singapore, is to
be found the best intermediate station between Sin-
gapore and Hong Kong for the electric telegraph ;
" 3. Because the imposition of a foreign nation
on that coast might be used adversely, and prove a
source. of embarrassment and misfortune in our
commercial relations with China, and that the pos-
session of this point is alone wanting to complete
the political supremacy of Holland in the Eastern
Archipelago, and _

"4: That on the north-western coast of Borneo,
in the territory of Sarawak, there already exists a
considerable English community of growing commer-
cial importance, its trade being in 1847 £30,000,
and in 1857 £300,000. The possession by England
of a territory so situated must in years to come be of
vital importance to her as a maritime and commer-
cial nation.

" That your memorialists have viewed with the
greatest sympathy and the deepest admiration the
career of Sir James Brooke iu the eastern seas.
" That through the exertions-of Sir times Brooke
piracy has been suppressed, good government
established, commerce protected, and Christianity
fostered in that distant region.
`‘ That by his exertions and by thesacrifice of his
private fortune the task of England has been
lightened in those distant regions of the globe, and
a future for her commerce has been prepared ; that
the time has arrived when the burden should be
shifted from the shoulders of one individual on whose
single life the prosperity of Sarawak and the well-
being of the whole continent of Borneo at present
hang to those of the nation : that your memorialists
therefore, without presuming to dictate to the Go-
vernment the terms upon which the change should
be effected, are of opinion that the British nation
should now assume the responsibilities which he
has incurred, and make him liberal and proper
compensation for the sacrifices he has madeand the
services he has rendered to the British name.

" That your memorialists see no reason why a
policy already inaugurated by previous Govern-
ments should now be abandoned, but, on the con-
trary, the strongest reasons why it should be pro•
secuted with greater vigour than ever.
" Your memorialists, therefore, pray that her
Majesty's Government will bring the matter to a
speedy and favourable decision in such manner as
may maintain the national faith, which has been
pledged to the inhabitants of the country, may best
promote the interests of the British nation, and
satisfy the just claims of Sir James Brooke.
" PETER EWART, Chairman.
" Liverpool, S,ept. 29."

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TiTHEATRE•ROYAL, RR-ANE.—Under
the Management of 3liss Louisa Pyne and 3lr. W.
Harrison.
era, THE CROWN
THIS EVENING, Auber's grand Op
DIAMONDS : The characters by Miss Louisa ryne, Miss
Susan Pyne, Mr. Geo. Honey, Mr. A. St. Albyn, Mr. Henry
Corti, Mr. Bartlemon, Terrott, and Mr. W. Harrison,
Conductor—Mr. Alfred Mellon.
To conclude with a pc.w.Ballet Divertissemeat, LA FLEUR
D'AMOUIi : Mesdlles. L. Mieliela,Morlacchi, and Pasquale.

OPAL ieRINCESS'S THEATRE.
w Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean.
'PHIS EVENING will be presented Shakspere's Tragedy of
MACBETH.
Macbeth, Mr. C. Kean Lady Macbeth, Mrs. C. Kean.
Preceded by the Farce of
AWAY WITH MELANCHOLY.

THEATRE-ROYAL HAY MARKET.
Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone.
Tins EVENING will be perrormed (second time) THE
TALE OF N COAT. Mr. Charles Mathews.
After which, THE DOWAGER. Mr. and Mrs. Charles
31athews.
Followed by THE ETON BOY. Mr. and Mrs. Charles
And JACK'S RETURN. FROM CANTON.
Commence at 7.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough.
THIS EVENING, WOOING IN JEST AND LOVING
IN ;EARNEST : :Messrs. Selby, Porsche, and Miss Swan-
°rough. •
After which THE MAID AND THE MAGPIE.
Followed by THE LAST OF' THE PIGTAILS : Messrs.
C. Selby, J. Bland, J. Clarke, ,kc.
.And THE BONNIE FISH WIFE.
Commence at 7 o'clock.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE,
Westminster-road.
Sole Lessee, Mr. William Cooke.
Astounding and Expensive Parisian Engagement.
THIS EVENING, and during the week, will he presented
THE WOODMAN'S HORSE, introducing a treble company
of equestrians and the finest Stud of Horses in the world.
Characters by Messrs. Holloway, W. Cooke, Anson, Francis,
Mark Howard, Anderson.
FolloweAl by the inimitable SCENES OF THE ARENA,
in which Mr. W. Cooke, Mr. Runnels, Miss Kate Cooke, and
Madlle. Blanche will appear.
After which, Madame Amine Maurice, from l'aris, wi
Ga 111 l make
her Terrific Ascent from the Stage to the back of the eries.
Mons. Matrice will also have the honour to introduce his
extraordinary Dogs..
To conclude-With A MST/NAV:NI STOKY.
Dress Circle, 3Pi ; Upper Boxes, 2s. ; Tit, fa. ' • Galleries, 6d.
l'rivate Boi-es from .£1 Is. to £2 2s. and upwards.
Stage Manager, Mr. R. Phillips.

CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.—
Proprietor—C. MORTON.
The public is most respectfully informed that 7the FINE
ARTS GALLERY, in connection with the above Hall, IS NOW
OPEN DAT AND NIGHT, from 11 o'clock a.m. until 12
o'clock p.m. The New Gallery contair san extensive Collec-
tion of Pictures, by Ancient and Modern Masters, and is also
devoted to Art productions generally. Vie Proprietor feels
he may confidently assert that, viewed altogether, the exist-
ing Music Hall, the New Fine Arts Gallery, and the recently
added Ante-Hall, will present an attraction which, whether
as regards the architectural beauty of the structures them-
selvev, or the varied and hitherto unattempted combinations
within, will be found to be wholly without parallel in the
Ki
T•
he 31USICAL ENTERTAINMENT commences as usual At
Seven p'clock.

WEATHER.—Sux OFFICE, Nov. 7.
THERMCKETER, IN TILE SHADE.
50—higkest since noon yesterday.
42—lower` this morning and during the night.
47—this day at noon.
BAROMETER-30'42.
WIND, North-.Eaeterly ; light but cold, with fine sun
shiny weather.

Nov. 8.
48—highest since noon yesterday.
46—lowest this morning and during the night.
48—this day at noon.

BAROMM TER-30'33,
WIND, Northerly; light, with dull weather, and some
rain in the night and this morning.

It is, when there is an absence of excitement on
any matter, that great and important ameliorations
can be effected. It will then receive the calm and
attentive consideration in all its details which can-

not possibly be given when the public mind is in
a feverish state, and the people smarting under
some real or imaginary hardship. Personal feeling
may then influence the legislation, and the dictates
of reason and prudence be for a time forgotten.
There cannot be a more convenient time for
entering into a discussion on the banking and mone-
tary laws of the country than the session now
rapidly Approaching. Nothing can be more unsa-
tisfactoryt han the present state of affairs. The Bank
bolds but n. precarious existence—its charter may at

any moment be set aside at twelve months' notice
to the Directovs. Surely this is not a proper position 1
for a quai Neional Bank, whose notes constitute
a legal tender; and must be accepted by all classes
throughout the leligth and breadth of the land.
During the two last sessions it was announced that
this el-important subject would be brought before
Par Hail-tent. Sir G. C. LEWIS, however, preferred
appointing a judiciously arranged committee, whose
decision was a foregone conclusion, and the nature
and effect of whose report might have been confi-
dently PreLlieted, even before the examination of a
single with e4s.
R.: The lateflaneellor of the. Exchequer, although
moving the appointment of this Committee, took
care to give full expression to his views, which
were to support the Act of 1844 in every point,
without change 0:- variation of any kind. He would
not sanction any addition to the amouft now issued
on securities which should be maintained at the same
fixed sum, although the trade and commerce of the
country had far more ti.‘an doubled in the interval,

and' there had been a very decided. increase o:
population. He would not even grant a relaxing
power to the Government, although the act had
been necessarily suspended twice during ten years,
in order to save the Bank itself from suspending
payment, and the, nation from the most fearful
misery and wide-spread ruin. In vain Mr. DISRAELI
pressed him to bring forward a bill, declaring that
the question was fully ripe for legislation, and the
country' ad ample inforMation on the subject. The
right hon, Gentleman clearly perceived that the
proposed inquiry was merely a solemn farce,
a mockery, and a, delusion. Sir G. C. LEWIS
could _ not, however, be moved.. He saw.
a mode of frittering away another session
and. shelving the matter, until the losses
and. sufferings of November, 1857, should
have passed from the public mind, and the public
should resume the apathy and indifference, which
alone enabled " the hard- calculators" to carry out
their designs. Could the people be once awakened
to the magnitude and importance of the questions
at issue, could they be made to understand how
completely the welfare, happiness, and prosperity of
theMselves and their families depend on a proper
solution of this interesting. problem,
the present
code could not stand a single month. There would
be a' universal demand for its repeal—a pressure
from without, which it would be utterly impossible
for any Government or any Parliament to resist.
We hope and believe thatthe Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer will approach this great subject in an en-
lightened, a comprehensive and impartial spirit. He
had ample cpportunities to weigh and maturely cou-
eider the e-vidence of all the witnses—to balance
the Various theories that have been promulgated—
and to ascertain the extent of the evils occasioned,
or, at all events, greatly aggravated by the in-
" auspicious law. He has also the admirabl or
e Rept
of the Select Committee of the House of:Lords in
1818, which exhausted the subject, and was quite(
sufficient, net merely to justify, but to imperatively
demand, a total alteration in the system: He -*ill
not waste these valuable materials, or permit the
golden opportunity to be neglected or misapplied.
Should. he bring in a bill satisfactory to the nation,
he will acquire the great est popularity for the Go-
vernment of which he is sl prominent and influen-

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THE SUN.
MONDAY. NOVEMBER 8, 1858.