The Sun.
London, England, 1858-11-24 00:00:00

•
rrHEATRE•ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.—Under
the Management of Miss Louisa I'yno and Mr. W

Harrison. •
THIS EVENING, Tuber's ;;rand Opera, THE CROWN
DIAMONDS : The characters by Miss Louisa Pync, Miss
Susan Tyne, Mr. Geo. Honey, Mr. A. St. Albyn, Mr. Henry
Corri, Mr. Bartleman, Mr. Tcrrott, and Mr. W. Harrison
Conductor—Mr. Alfred Mellon.
• To conclude with a new Ballet Divertissement, LA
D'AMOU Mesdlles. L. Michela, Morlacehi, and Pasquale.

ROYAL (PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
Under the Managetnent of Mr. Charles Kean.
THIS BVEND.ZG will be presented Shakspere's Tragedy of
ALACBETII.

Macbeth, Mr. C. Kean-, Lady Macbeth, Mrs. C. Kean.
Preceded by the Farce of
THIRTY-THREE NEXT BIRTHDAY.

THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone.
THIS EVENING, LONDON ASSURANCE : Mr. and
Mrs. C. Mathews, and Mr. Buckstone.
After which, THE DAUGHTER OF THE GUADAL-
QUIVEB. Perea Nena.
MY MOTHER'S MAID.
And ANY PORT IN A STORM.
Commence at 7.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough.
THIS EVENING, THE LITTLE SAVAGE.
After which THE MAID AND THE MAGPIE.
WOOING IN JEST AND LOVING IN ,EARNEST
Miss Swanboroagh.
And THE BONNIE FISH WIFE.
Commence at 7 o'clock.

•
A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE,
Westminster-road.
Sole Lessee, Mr. William Cooke.
Stage Manager, Mr. R. Phillips.
Engagement John Townsend, Esq., M.P. for Greenwich,
for Six Nights only.
THIS EVENING, and during the week, will be presented
Shakspere's Tragedy of KING RICHARD THE THIRD ;
or, The Death of White Surrey, reproduced with all its origi-
nal splendid effects. The Duke of Gloster, Mr. John Towns-
end, M.P.
Followed by the inimitable SCENES IN THE ARENA,
in which Mr. AV. Cooke, Mr. Runnels, Miss Kate Cooke, and
Madlle. Blanche will appear.
To conclude with the popular farce of SHOOTING THE
MOON.
No fees to box-keepers. The art of riding taught.
Carriages at eleven.

CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.—
Proprietor—C. MORTON.
The public is most rospecttully informed that the FINE
ARTS GALLERY, in connection with the above Hall, IS NOW
OPEN DAY AND NIGHT, from 11 o'clock a.m. until 12
o'clock p.m. The New Gallery contains an extensive Collec-
tion of Pictures, by Ancient and Modern Masters and is also
devoted to Art productions generally. The 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-
selves, or the varied and hitherto unattempted combinations
within, will be found to be wholly without parallel in the
Kingdom.
The MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT commences as usual at
Seven o'clock.

THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, Nov. 24.

THERMOMETER, TN THE SHADE.

36—highest since noon yesterday.
31—lowest this morning and during the night.
34—this day at noon.

BARomETEn-29.84—falling
WIND, South-Easterly ; rather fresh, with dull hazy
frosty weather.

The North country shipowners have brought
forward their alleged grievances very strongly and
very distinctly. They have established a respect-
able organisation and an energetic agitation, and
are, at all events, resolved that their complaints
shall be heard and fully investigated. They posi-
tively assert that the British mercantile marine is
in a very depressed condition, and that remedial
measures must be speedily adopted, if we desire to
preserve that very important interest, on which the
welfare, prosperity, and security of Great Britain
so greatly depends. They speak strongly, and
doubtless feel deeply, on these points, and are pro-
bably impressed with the notion that they are
deeply-injured individuals, and that it is the im-
perative duty of the Legislature and people of
Great Britain to willingly tax themselves
for the especial benefit of one particular
class—viz., the North country shipowners. This
reactionary policy cannot, however, be sanctioned
either in or out of Parliament. We have happily
got rid of Protection in all save one point, and our
struggle must be to get rid of it in that respect,
rather than to reintroduce it in any other matter.
The shipowners object that there is no recipro-
city, that other nations have not fairly responded
to the generous treatment that they received at our
hands when we repealed the Navigation Laws,which
had become an established institution of the United
Kingdom. It is, we fear, too true that they have
not acted in as straightforward a manner as could
have been desired or anticipated. The Yankee pre-
text of designating the voyage from New York to
San Francisco a mere:coasting voyage is too gross a
humbug to deceive even the most credulous. But
the other inhabitants of the United States have to
pay for the privilege thus granted to one parti-
ular body. They are deprived of the free and un-
restricted competition which would in the long
run prove very benefical to all classes, arid,
as has been remarked by a morning contemporary,
they have even greater reason to complain than
British shipowners. The consumers are charged
higher prices, and are thus virtually paying an
additional tax, with the sole exception that the
proceeds are pocketed by American shipowners in
place of finding its way into the Treasury, to pro-
vide for the liquidation of the national liabilities,
and the maintenance of the national establish
ments. The shipowners desire that our
Government and Parliament should commit a
similar error, but in that they will reckon without
their host. They must, therefore, be contented
either to meet the competition with which they
are threatened, or to abandon an unprofitable
business, and invest their capital in some other
more promising speculation.

The resuscitation of "protection" in any shape
or form cannot for a moment be tolerated.
We should have fancied that an independent
manly, and fearless body, like the British ship-
owners, would have been ashamed to receive it even
if tendered for their acceptance. It is simply
ridiculous to suppose that the Government can
directly interfere, that they can recklessly fling
away the popularity and respect which they
have so fairly and honourably acquired. The
slightest movement in the wrong direction on
their part would furnish a plausible excuse
for another onslaught more virulent and
more factious than any that occurred during
the past session. If any appeal is to be
made, it should be •to Parliament, where a fair
hearing would be granted—if a reasonable case
could be made out.

We Would, however, earnestly advise the
North-country shipowners to set their own
shoulders to the wheel, in place of calling either
on the Government or Parliament for assist-
ance. If they cannot compete with foreigners
on their own coast, if their home trade, as it may
be termed, is interfered with by intruders, how
could they possibly hope to carry On a profitable
business on the American coast, when the advan-
tages would be as much on the other side as here
they are for our own countrymen P In place of
sending forth whining appeals for assistance, let
them boldly meet their rivals, and resolve that they
shall not be defeated on their own ground. In fact,
although the objection ostensibly:relates to the want
of reciprocity in the coasting trade, the facts on
which they are founded are ell gathered from the
foreign. The former is but a colourable pretext,
such as those which gentlemen rejoicing in a
grievance are delighted to discover. It is
true that we are not interfered with in our

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THE SUN.
WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 24, 1858.