The Sun.
London, England, 1835-04-16 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.

On EASTER MONDAY will be performed the Grand Opera of

MASANIELLO.
Masaniello, Mr. Templeton ; Elvira, Miss Betts.
After which—THE BRIGAND.
THE NOTE-FORGER.
John Brasstoun, Mr. Warde; Diana Brasstoun, Miss E. Tree.

THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN.
On EASTER MONDAY will be performed the Tragic Play of
PIZARRO.

Rolla, Mr. Vanclenhoir; Alonzo, Mr. Cooper; Pizarro, Mr. G. Bennet
Elvira, Mrs Sloman ; Cora, Miss Taylor.
Aftrr which an entirely Original Melo-Drama, called
CARLMILIIAN; or, THE DROWNED CREW.

Carlmilhan, Mr. Bennett; Magnus Spiel, Mr. Cooper; Uda, Miss Taylor.

The publication of THE SUN NEWSPAPER commenced this dal
at 15 7itinzaes past 3 o'clock.

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THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1835.

ployed during the sittings of last week, with petitions
on the subject of the cotton trade.

Advices from Constantinople to the 18th of March,
have reached us through the medium of the German
Papers. Several English vessels were then cruising
off Smyrna, nor was it known whether Admiral
ROWLEY had given orders for the sailing of the fleet
from Vourla to Malta. A British vessel had then just
arrived off Smyrna with despatches to Lord PON-
SONEY, to the effect, it was reported, that his Lord-
ship should take care, in all communications with the
Porte, not to lose sight oZ the interests of Great Bri-
tain, by suffering himself to be lulled into a false
security.

On the 11th inst., the mortal remains of the Arch-
duke ANTONY of Austria was interred in the convent
of the Capuchins at Vienna. Count ST. AULAIRE,
the French Ambassador, had an audience of the EM-
PEROR preparatory to his setting out for Paris to pre-
side at the trial of the prisoners of April.

VIENNA. APRIL. 11.—Five per Cent. Aletalliques, 102
Four per Cents., 75i ; Bank Shares, I,329.—Allgemeine Zei
tung.

By an Act of Parliament passed in 1831, loans to
the extent of 500,0001., and grants to that of 50,0001.
were authorised to be made by the Board of Public
Works in Ireland, for the general improvement of
that country by the construction of roads, harbours,
bridges, canals, &c. The third Annual Report of that
Board is now published, and contains a most satisfac-
tory account of the steady progress of those improve-
ments. Loans have been made to the amount of
393,2701. 18s.; and the sum of 31,609/. 4s. 2d. has
been allotted to various objects in grants. In conse-
quence of this approach to the total amount autho-
rized by Parliament to be applied to those purposes,
the Board suggests to the Legislature the propriety
of considering whether that amount should be ex-
tended. The introduction of Exchequer Bills into
Ireland, under the operation of the Act before men-
tioned, has been attended with the most beneficial
effects to the monied and mercantile interests. On
the subject of Roads, the following extract from the
Report affords a specimen of the great improvements
which are in progress :
" The benefits which the country has derived from the con-
struction of roads carried, by the aid of Government contri-
butions, through extensive, poor, and uncultivated districts
which were previously without means of communication, con-
tinue to manifest themselves in the most satisfactory manner.
These roads have been the means of fertilizing the desert, and
of depriving the lawless disturbers of the, public peace of their
place of refuge, affording them at the same time resources for
an active, honest industry, of which we must do them the jus-
tice to observe, they have not shown any indisposition to avail
themselves.
" The following is a list of the roads constructed under the
Act of 3d Geo. IV., c. 34, and consigned to our charge by
the late Board of Inland Navigation :
Cork, 85 miles—Tipperary, 41—Limerick, 31—Kerry, 33
—Clare, 92—Galway, 12—May-o, 22—Roscommon, 101--
Leitrim, 3:l—Total, 3301 miles. These are all in good con-
dition ; and in the course of the last year the following have
been added to the number Galway, 120 miles—Mayo, 105
miles.
" Others in addition are also now in course of completion in
these two counties, by means of the Parliamentary grant of
1834 ; and a still further considerable increase will be made
from time to time under the moiety grants provided by the
Public Works Act.
" Twelve years since a tract of country 400 square miles in
extent, although surrounded by considerable market and .post
towns (as Portumna, Loughrea, Gort, Crusheen, Tulla,
Feakle, Scarriff and Mount Shannon), and bordered by a lake
for a considerable distance, was wholly without intersecting
communications. It comprised the mountainous district head-
ing the waters which flow to the Shannon, on one side, and
the Western Ocean, on the other ; and dividing the counties
of Clare and Galway. The vallies and great portion of the
land were naturally of a fertile quality, and capable of consi-
derable improvement by cultivation; but from the want of
roads, it was impossible either to introduce lime or other ne-
cessary materials for the improvement of the soil, or to remove
its produce; and thus, this part of the country remained in a
manner shut out from the world. The attention of Govern-
ment was first turned to this direction by the spot being chosen
as the asylum of the bands of ruffians, who, under the designa-
tion of Terry Alts, Lady Clare, &c., devastated the neigh-
bourhood."

By means of the Anglesea Road in Tipperary—a
district previously inaccessible-63,000 barrels of

lime were carried into the mountains last year.
The Board has also undertaken the maintenance
of three Roads, of the length of 93 miles, and is ne-
gotiating respecting others to the extent of 118 miles.
An extensive wharf and quay are being constructed
at Kingston, and will be finished in September. The
clearances in and out at that Harbour amounted last

year to 1,699 ships, and 213,305 tonnage. Among
the improvements is the Railway from Dublin to
Kingston, which was opened in December last. From
that period to the Ist of January (15 days only), the
number of passengers conveyed on it was 35,041.
The total number of Loans made last year was 65,
and that of Grants was 18. It is very satisfactory—
both for the sake of the public Treasury, and as show-
ing that the purposes to which the loans are applied
are judicious and remunerative, to learn that the re-
payment of the former Loans " is in gradual and
general operation."
Let us hope that by continuing thus to encourage
and assist Ireland to avail herself of the natural re-
sources with which she is so bountifully gifted, as
well as by governing her in that spirit of justice and
liberality, of the adoption of which by the Adminis-
tration that is now in course of formation, the reso-
lution recently proposed by Lord JOHN RUSSELL, and
carried in the House of Commons, is a sufficient gua-
rantee—let us hope, we say, that by these means,
political agitation, lawless outrages, and general wretch-
edness, will gradually be replaced by peace and pros-
perity in that hitherto unfortunate country. There is
one measure which we are convinced will be necessary
to effect this desirable change, and we earnestly trust,
therefore, that it will be one of the first adopted by the
new Ministry towards Ireland. We allude to the in-
troduction of a well-regulated system of Poor Laws,
free, of course, from all the defects and abuses which
have been so pernicious in England. By such a
measure alone will it ever be possible to make the ab-
sentee or unfeeling landlords of Ireland take an active
interest in promoting the welfare of the labouring
classes on their estates. If they will not fulfil the
great moral obligation towards their GOD and their
country, which proprietorship entails upon them,
Cy:, law must oblige them to do their duty. The
peasantry must no longer be starved into the pay-
ment of 5/. or 6/. per acre to grow their miserable
means of subsistence—we must no longer hear of fa-
milies ejected by hundreds from their cabins and
their land, to perish on, the mountain or tlle
bog, a prey to disease, and without food or
shelter, for the mere gratification of political
animosity, or the indulgence of heartless avarice.

There has been lately found at Crotroy, on the
Somme, a human skeleton with an iron ring soldered round
the neck, apparently of the 13th or 14th century. The weight
of the ring is considerable, though eaten by rust.

On Thursday, in the noon day, some armed ruffians
with their faces blackened, went to Lismacue near Bansha,
the residence of Hugh Baker, Esq., and there killed a
valuable horse which was ploughing at the time. They were
followed by his steward and some other persons, but the villains
outran their pursuers.—Cork Herald.

On the 27th ult. the Reformers of Whitby gave a
dinner to their member. A silver cup was purchased by a
penny subscription, and presented by the people of Whitby to
their townsman and patriotic representative, Mr. Moorsom.

News" is not, as many imagine, derived from the
adjective New. In former times, it was a prevalent practice
to put over the periodical publications of the day the initial
letters of the cardinal points of the compass, thus

Etw.

importing that these papers contained intelligence from the
Four quarters of the globe ; and fxom this practice is derived
:he term of newspaper.

THE SUN NEWSPAPER EXPRESSES

RESIGNATION OF MINISTERS.

The Ministers at length aware of the utter hopelessness of
attempting any longer to carry on the Government on the prin-
ciple of Sir Robert Peel, resigned in a body on Wednesday.
The news was brought down by Mr. Young, the proprietor of
The Sun newspaper, who, by extraordinary exertions, reached
Liverpool about one o'clock yesterday. The public are much
indebted to this spirited gentleman for having put them in
early possession of important intelligence on several occasions,
and we have no doubt that his zeal will produce its legitimate
reward. We have abridged the foregoing account of the pro-
ceedings of Wednesday from a Second Edition of The Sun
newspaper, which was brought down Express by M. Young,
Esq., the spirited and indefatigable proprietor, and reached
this town at about half-past one o'clock—an instance of news-
paper despatch almost unparalleled. Liverpool Mercury,
April 10.

THE SIN EXPRESS.—We ought to have noticed in our last
our obligations to the spirited proprietor of The Sun news-
paper, for on Friday night putting us in possession of Sir Ro-
bert Peel's resignation speech ; a feat attempted by none of
the other London newspapers, although, from the early hour
at which it was delivered, it might have been accomplished at
comparatively little expense. But, indeed, expense seems a
small consideration with Mr. Young of The Sun, compared
with his anxious desire to furnish the country with the earliest
political intelligence in these eventful times. This is
fourth express that has reached Glasgow from The Sun
office since the commencement of the present session.—Scots
Times (Glasgow), April 14.
At. length the Whigs have effected what they call their
triumph, by forcing Sir Robert Peel and his colleagues to
abandon office. We copy, from an Express Edition of The
Sun, the Ministerial announcement of this resignation in both
Houses of Parliament, on Wednesday evening.—Glasgow
Free Press, April 11.
SUN EXPRESS.—We must tender our acknowledgements to
Mr. M'Phun, of Glasgow, for the Express Edition of The
Sun, sent us yesterday. To the conductors of The Sun the
public owe a heavy debt of gratitude for their unprecedented
exertions in forwarding important news to all parts of the
country.—Greenock Intelligencer, April 11.

THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.)

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

We still continue without any official information respecting
the 14inistry, but the following information on the subject ap-
pears this morning in one of our journals :—Mr. S. Rice,
Mr. Ellice, and Lord Palmerston are to be made Peers; Lord
Duncannon, Lord Mulgrave, Lord Morpeth and Poulett
Thompson, to be Members of the new Cabinet ; O'Connell
and many others to represent large sections of the reform inte-
rest ; Lord Brougham has the seals ad interim ; Lord John
Russell to be the Leading Member of the Cabinet.