The Sun.
London, England, 1857-09-24 00:00:00

WA MAJESTY'S THEATRE.I
One More Night only, at Reduced Prices,
on Saturday Evening next, September 26, with Piccolo-mini,
Ginglini, Beneventano. Rossi, Vialetti, and Belletti.
In consequence of the great demand, and to accommodone
ate
those who have found it impossible to obtain places,
more night will be given
On SATURDAY EVENING, when will be repeated
LA TRAVIATA.
After which, THE NATIONAL ANTHEM, by
Mmille.
liccolomini
To conclude with the Last Scene of LUCIA DI LAMMER.
MOOR, by Sig. Giuglini.
PRICES :
Boxes to accommodate four persons,
Grand Tier, Pit Tier, and One Pair £2 2. 0
Two Pair 1 1 0
0 15 0
Three Pair
Pit Stalls 0 10 6
0 3 6
Pit
Gallery Stalls 0 3 6
Gallery

a share of the profits, in place of an usurious
rate of intarest for the money he had

invested in the concern. Before trans-
ferring their property they strictly scrutinise
the prospects of the concern, and the chances of
payment. And, we believe that, in the event of
failure, they have a far better chance of a tolera-
ble dividend, than in that of an ordinary bank•
ruptcy. They are not tempted into speculative
litigation in the vain hope of rendering some per-
son, as innocent as themselves, liable for the
losses they have foolishly sustained, and
thus avoid the chances of a lottery, which seldom,
indeed, returns a prize to the ticket-holders.
When we consider the millions, aye, tens of mil-
lions, annually lost by creditors in bankruptcy
proceedings, and in windings up under inspec-
tion, we may cordially congratulate the commer-
cial community on the comparatively trifling
amounts forfeited under the recent law of " limited
liability." The smash is by no means so com-
plete as is generally the case, and if it comes
sooner it leaves at least something to be diß-
tributed. _ _

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.—Lessee, Mr.
Dillon.—Under the joint management of
Miss LOUISA PYNE and Mr. W. ITARRISON.—Open for
an OPERA SEASON of THREE MONTHS, with the fol-
lowing Distinguished Artistes :—Madame Caradori, Miss Co-
relli, Miss Susan Pyne, Miss Marian Prescott, Miss Cuthbert,
Mrs. H. Manley, and Miss Louisa Pyne ; Mr. Augustus
Braham, Mr. PA St. Albyn, Mr. Edmunds, Mr. Hamilton
Braham, Mr. Ferdinand Glover, Mr.' Bernard, Mr. Kerby,
Mr. Wallworth, Mr. G. Honey. Mr. Weiss, and Mr.W. Harrison.
Conductor, M. Alfred Mellon. The Orchestra selected
from the Royal Italian Opera, Jullien's Bend, and the Orches-
tral Union. The Chorus selected entirely from the Royal
Italian Opera. Stage Manager, Mr. E. Stirling. Assistant
Acting Manager, Mr. William Brough. Ballet Master, Mr.
Frampton. Chorus Master, Mr. G. Smythson.
THIS EVENING, THURS DAY, Meyrbeer's opera, THE
HUGUENOTS.
To conclude with-BuclEstonc's farce, entitled A ROUGH
DIAMOND.
Private Boxes, £2 12s. 64., £2 25., and £1 lle. 64. ;
stalls, 6s. ; Dress Circle, ss. ; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit. 25.;
Gallery, ls.—The Box Office is now open daily, from 11 to
5, under the direction of Mr. Chatterton, jun.

The sharehold.era too, are, far better off. Men

look, or ought to look, before them. If not con-
tented with the low interest and " elegant sim-
plicity" of the 3 per Cent. Consols, if anxious to
put out their available capital on more specula-
tive, and probably more remunerative, invest-
ments, they too must look closely to the character
of the companies and of its managers. It is not
for the encouragement of wild and reckless gam-
bling that:the new law has been framed. If men
want to make 20 or 30 per cent. for their money,
and not only fail in doing so, but lose the original
subscription, they have no right to complain.
They may think themselves truly fortunate in
knowing that they cannot be called on for more
than they themselves deliberately determined to
embark in the speculation. Their persons and
the residue of their fortunes are free. How happy
would many of the shareholders in the Tipperary
or Royal British Bank be, under similar cir-
cumstances, to know that they could not be
made targets for sharp practitioners to quadruple
the original loss, and sacrifice the unfortunate
victims by unnecessary costs.
In every such case there should be a stringent
examination into the proceedings of the managers.
They should be answerable for their conduct. The
recent act will sufficiently punish every instance
of malafides or deliberate dishonesty. There may,
however, be a degree of carelessness and ineffi-
ciency, which, while it may not be sufficient to
render the parties criminally responsible, should
make them pecuniarily so. Men who undertake
duties for which they are not duly qualified, or
to which they will not devote the time
and trouble essential to the inadequate discharge,
should be liable for the consequences of their own
laches. Such strictness may render it more dif-
ficult to obtain a Board of Directors, but it will
render a Board far more efficient and more ener-
getic. We must remember that the principle of
partnership en command:te, or limited liability, is
but in its infancy, and not abrogate its manifest
; advantages because abuses are still possible, and
it has not attained perfection at its very com-
mencement.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone.
PHIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock, with
Sheridan's comedy of THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL. Sir
Peter Teazle, Mr. Chippendale ; Sir Benjamin Backbite, Mr.
Buckstone; Joseph Surface, Mr. Howe; Charles Surface (3d
time), Mr. W. Farren ; Moses, Mr. Clark ; Sir Oliver, Mr.
Rogers ; Crabtree, Mr. Compton ; Lady Teazle, Mrs. Cathe-
rine Sinclair (her 3d appearance in that character in this
country) ; Lady Saierwell, Mrs. Poynter ; Ma.tia, Miss Emma
Xing : and Mrs. C IndOnr, Miss Talbot.
After which, A CURE FOR LOVE.
To conclude with THE SWISS COTTAGE.
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Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the
evening), 6s. each. (No charge for booking.)
First Price. s. d. Second price. s. d
Dress Boxes 5 0 Dress Boxes '3 0
Upper Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0
tt... . . ........ 2 0 Pit. 1 0
over Gallery 1 0 Lower Gallery 0 6
Upper Gallery 0 fNo half-price to Upper Gallery.

THEATRE ROYAL, A DEL PHI.
Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster.
THIS EVENING, will be performed the new Comic
piece, called URGENT PRIVATE AFFAIRS.
After which, will be revived the celebrated nautical drama
•f THE PILOT, a Tale of the Sea. Long Tom Cofth, Mr.
T. P. Cooke ; Captain Barrougheliffe, Mr. Wright ; The Pilot,
XL C. Selby ; Kate Plowden, Miss Mary Keeley.
Followed by MY PRECIOUS BETSEY. Mr. Wright,
P. Bedford, Mary Keeley, Sze.

STRAND THEATRE.—Lessee, Mr. T. Payne.
—THIS EVENING will be performed
A ROLAND FOR AN OLIVER. Mr. J. Kinloch and
Miss Harriet Gordon.

A CHEAP EXCURSION.
After which, the highly-successful and original burlesque,
written by Leicester Buckingham' entitled LA TRAVIATA;
er, THE LADY CAMELEON. Miss Craven, Mis 4 Victor,
Mr. F. Charles, Mr. O. Bolton, Mr. J. Howard, and Mr. J.
Clarke.
Yellowed by BA.^HELOR'S BUTTONS. Miss M. A.
Tic`or and Mr. Clarke.

Commence at Seven. Stalls. 3s. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, 1%;
Gallery 6d. ; Private Boxes, 1/. ls.

ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE.
Lessees, Messrs. Rob=on and Emden.
THIS EVENING, will be performed the new drama of
THE LIGHTHOUSE.
After which, the comedietta, entitled A SUBTERFUGE
Mrs. Stirling, Mr. G. Vining, and Mr. G. Murray.
To conclude with the original Extrava.ganzl, by R 43.eit
13. Brongh, Esq., called MASANIELLO. Messrs. Rob-
!on, Cooke, Danvers, Am ; Misses Swanborough, Thirlwall,
Hughes, Bromley, and Mrs. Melfont.
Commence at half-past Seven.

ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.
Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswiek.
THIS EVENING, will be performed R/RD IN THE
311 ND WORTH TWO IN THE DU H. Messrs. Shepherd,
W. IL Eburne, B. Potter, Widdicomb, Vollairo, W. Smith ;
Miss Chalmers, and Miss M. Eburno
After which, CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS will appear.
Pollowed by OOR TRAVIATA.
To conclude with the Christy Minstrels.

" India for the Indians," is a cry which some
my wise philanthropists have ventured to sug-
gest ; half in a whisper it is true, being quite con-
scious that in their sense of this parody of the
Irish folly, it soul I meet with no response from
the majority of their countrymen. In its better
sense we cordially accept it. By all means let India
be for the Indians;—for the Indians generally, not
assuredly for such fiends as the mutineers, or for
such Arch-fiends as NANA SAHIB. Let India be
governed and administered, not to enrich a com-
pany, or to funish patronage, civil and military,
for a Board of Directors and a Board of Control ;
but to raise the social, commercial, and ultimately
the political condition of the natives. The most
perverted humanitariaism can hardly pretend that
the faithless and cruel wretches who have plunged
the country into all the horrors of anarchy, who
have plundered natives as well as Europeans,
and butchered, and far worse than butchered,
the unarmed and the innocent, are the pretorians
on whom we ought to devolve the task of electing
an Emperor for India, and giving it a code of
laws and a civil administration.
We by no means approve of appealing to Pro-
vidence as our guide, and pretending we can
interpret its decrees ; but surely, so far as belief
in Providence ought to influence our judgment,
the most rigid Puritan could see but ono inte)-
petation of our duty in the events which
Heaven has permitted to take place in India. A
Righteous Providence cannot have intended that
wretches who have combined to perform atrocities
which demand the ex`ermination of the perpe-
trators, should succeed us as the Governors of

C&NTERBURY HALL. Westminster-road.—
OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow-
inz company of Vocalists aro engaged for the performance of
uele.-,ions from all the popnler OPERAS, MADRIGALS,
CHORUSES, GLEES DUETS, &c., via.: Mrs. Palmyre, Miss
E. Scott, Liss Brunel, Mrs. Le Jenne, Miss Lcslio, and
Madame Marietta; Herr F. Jonghmans, R. Grover, T. Far-
rant, S. Yo., en, J. Barker, W. Melling, P. Corri, Senor An-
tonio, E. L. lime, and Nfr. St. Albyti ; Master Corri ; Messrs
Sam. Collins, and E. Mackney. Pianoforte, Mr Cecil
Hicks; harmonium, Master Williams Director, Herr F.
Jonghmans. Commence at Seven o'clock Precisely. Sap-
pers, tic., until twelve o'clock.—Signor PICCO will perform,
At ha f-past Eight and half-past I'en, every Evening.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.

THIS DAY —Morn., 59 min. aft. 4—Even., 16 min aft. 5
To-Molt/tow—Morn., 34 min. aft. 6---Even., 52 min. aft. b

THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, SEPTEMBER 21.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
66—highest since noon yesterday.
51--lowest this morning and during the night
70 —this day at noon.
BAROMETER, 21.92.
WIND, S.W. ; light, with heavy clouds. A slight
shower in the morning, with indications of more rain.

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LONDON, THURSDAY, SEPT. 24, 1857.

An outcry has been raised against the Limited India. England can conceive, readily enough,
Liability Act, because there have already been of a patriotic insurrection ; popular sympathies in
some instances of failure. The resolution for the this country have always been in favour of insur-
winding-up of the London, Manchester, and gents who have risen only to assert the rights
Foreign Warehouse Company has been referred of oppressed nationality. Had the Sepoys shown
to as exhibiting a strong il'u:tration of the anything of this spirit, the Peace Party here
dangers to which the public are thereby exposed, would have had a very numerous band of sympa-
in the double capacity of creditors and share- thisere, and might even materially have impeded
holders. It is by no moans fair, however, to the energies of the Government. And, had In-
charge the system with these untoward results ; dians generally but made peaceful efforts to ac-
As well might it be said that joint-stock banking quire a share iu the administration of their coun•
should be abolished because the Directors of the try's affairs, there has been of late a disposition
Tipperary Joint-Stock, the Royal British, or the but too prematurely to place natives in office. The
Eastern Banking Oorporation abused the powers oemy, on the contrary, not the natives generally,
confided to their charge. There may be bad has mutinied against its benefactors, has chosen
management las :well las foul play ; and the palpably mere pretexts for doing so, has assigned
most enthusiastic advocate of freedom of no motive whatever to justify even its rebellion,
trade, and liberation from partnership liabili- and certainly not the shadow of a pretext for its
ties, never for a moment contended that murdering officers, civilians, women and children.
prosperity and efficient control, could be ensured It was to their interest, if they had any reason-
by the liberation of Commerce from the trammels able or oven any colourable excuse for mutiny, to
by which it had been fettered and restricted, and preserve all these as hostages. NANA SATED
the opening of new fields of competition. For- with the thousand Europeans, whom he has
tune is a capricious Deity, and some lose wealth slaughtered in cold blood, safe in his custody,
by the very means by which others acquire it. would have been a far more formidable antagonist
panici n the Money Market, an exorbitant rate than he now is. No, these wretches have
of Interest, may paralyse the energies of many done deeds of unreasoning yet malignant
eatsbliellraents, and produce heavy losses to the madness, which if permitted by PROV*
parties interested. All commercial men, even DENCE for any purpose, were surely per-
those who have •
ac neved the highest positio*, witted in order to rouse England to their utter
have, particularly in the commencement of their annihilation. It has been made our duty to ex-
career, had to encounter •
periods of pressure and terminate these rebels—rebels, not against English
difficulty that have driven them to their wits end, dominion merely, but against every holy instinct
and compelled them to strain every nerve to avoid of our common nature ; these fiends, whose war
.
and social degredetion
bankruptcy :Limited is less with us than with innocence, with good-
hope to prove exceptions good-
Companies panics can not ness, with purity, with helplessness, and with all
the general rule, or to be exempted from
the that demands the respect and protection of man.
common lot. Some will fail, while many ati,oced
s HEAVEN, at least, cannot mean India for those,
and the great desideratam is to ascertain which
whom, by th© light of reason and of revelation,
will be most beneficial for all parties concerned, he equally, we are bound to destroy.
be event of any untoward resulte. If, indeed, there be any rebuke from HEAVEN
Now, we are-prepared to contend that, even
supposing for
we should think it
England iu these
under the most adverse circumstances,to be for our excessive tenderness
even a total failure, the present state of affairs is would seem horrors,
over what we know t) be debasing and degrading
far better than that formerly in operation. Per- superstition. Here, indeed, we have the best
sons will no longer recklessly give credit, particu- authorities for our Opinions.
The names of
lady when made fully aware of the terms on NAri-Ea and of JACOB are
proof enough that ire
which they are dealing. There is no longer a have foolishly and wantonly, because injuriously
vague notion of some Citazsus behind the scenes, to ourselves, patronised the follies of Ma-
who may, by some ESute. We
species of legal legerdemain, hommedanism, Ilindooism, and of c
be rendered responsible to the last shilling and have taught the native soldier to think more
the last acre, for having been induced to accept of his superstitious fooleries than even of military