The Sun.
London, England, 1859-02-14 00:00:00

WOUNDED SOLDIERS.

Of all the classes of the community none are more
deserving, and none at the same time more heln
less, than soldiers who have been maimed awl
abled in the service of •
ire; haahrown...4
ptsiuu.. Faiithe *bounty c.
sans, pirhaps, suppose when they read of Privates
Smith or M‘lia.y or Murphy having been discharged
frem her Majesty's service with a pension for
wounds, that these heroes will in future receive a
sum which will maintain them in comfort for the
rest of their days. The sooner such a delusion is
dropped the better ; and it will soon be dropped
even by the most romantic when they consider how
hard it is in these times for a man to support him-
self, and perhaps a wife and family, on a shilling a
day. This, then, is the position of these men. They
may have been foremost in the fight, have rushed
repeatedly at the Redan, have nailed the powder-
bags to the gate of Delhi, have threaded the streets
of Lucknow under Havelock and Outram, have shed
their blood like water, and lost their limbs as freely
as though limbs would grow again ; and then a
generous country—generous, indeed, because it can
afford no more—discharges them to be mingled
with the common herd of humanity on a pittance
which barely suffices to keep body and soul to-
gether. To meet this acknowledged defect, and to
provide work, not alms, for these deserving men, an
Institution has been established, a detailed account
of which will be found in a letter in another part
of our columns this morning. As our correspondent
justly observes, the fact that these men are in the
recept of a pension is to a great extent a guarantee
for their honesty and good conduct, inasmuch as
these pensions are liable to forfeiture from miscon-
duct. The public, therefore, we venture to think,
may safely employ these persons ; and, the scheme
once started, it will depend on the Society and the
men themselves if public support continues to fol-
low it.—Times.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE,
Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough
THIS EVENING. THE BONNIE FISH WIFE.
After which, the new Extravaganza, KENILWORTH ; or
Ye Qneene. ye Earle, and ye Maydenne.
And THE LITTLE SAVAGE.
Commence at 7 o'clock.

A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE,
Westminster-road.

Lessee and Manager Mr. William Cooke.
THE SCOTT COMMEMORATION.

THIS EVENING, and daring the week, the revived dra
matic Romance from Sir Walter Scott, entitled KENIL-
WORTH, re-produced with original effects and additional
splendour.
To be followed by SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, intro
clueing Mr. W. Cooke, Mr. Bridges, Mr. A. Cooke, &e.
Madame Blanche, Madame Bridges, Maddlle. Fleurette, and
Emily Cooke, together with the Star Riders. and Astley's
unrivalled Troupe of Equestrian Artistes.
To conclude witb the great Operatic and Burlesque Eques-
trian Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN BARON IdUN-
CILAUSEN, AND HIS COMICAL CREAM COB
CRUISER. Baron Munchausen, Mr. W: Anson ; Harlequin,
Mr. H. Hemmings ; Pantaloon, Mr. Morley; Clown, Mr. A.
F. Forrest, the Grimaldi of the day ; Columbine, Miss Julia
Weston. Brilliant and unsurpassable Transformation Scene,
with dazzling effects of Colour and Fire. Gorgeous Scenery,
and every incident in bustling reality, from Regent-street to
the " New Palace for the People, at Muawell Hill."
Dress Circle, 4s. ; Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 2s, ; Gallery, 18. ; Upper
Gallery, 6d.
Stage Manager, Mr. R. Phillips.