The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-10 00:00:00

DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.

The most splendid Easter Entertainment ever presented—Everything
New—Supported by the First Talent in the Woild.
THIS EVENING, APRIL 10,
Will be repeated an entirely New Drama, embracing all the
strong effects of the celebrated work, entitled WHITEFRIARS,
.n which the entire Company will perform.
After which (First Time), THE SCAPEGRACE OF PARIS, sup-
pt by all the leading Favourites of the Establishment.
To which wit be added the Wonderful Performancz of Herr
HENOLER on the Corde Elastique, and the Carlo Family in their
Unrivalled Gymnastiqued.
To conclude with (never acte:lt, a Drama of peculiar construction,
entitled BARAK JOHNSON; or, The Blind Witness.
Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box.
°lce, from Eleven to Four.

ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE.
Great Novelty and new Engagements.
THIS EVENING, APRIL 10,
Will be repeated a New Drama, called LEONTINE; or
SIXTEEN YEARS AGO ! Fitzarlington, Mr. Osbaldiston ; Ar.
thur, Mr. C. J. Bird (his first appearance); Mat, Mr. Freer; Paul,
Mr. Corene, (his first appearance) ; Leontine, Miss Vincent.
With the Grand Fairy Ballet of ONDINE ; by, Mr. Frampton
and his Pupils.
After which, a Melo-Drami, entitled, THE BRIDGE OF
KEHL. Gervase, Mr. Freer; Darvdle, Mr. Nantz ; Albert, Mr.
C. J Bird ; Eugene, Mr. Seaman; Von Glotzen, Mr. James;
Valance, Mr. Da'e ; Phillipo, Mr. Paul ; Madelon, Miss Saker, (her
first appearance) ; Isabella, Mrs. G. Lee.
To conclude with THE ICE WITCH. Harold, (the Sea.
King) Mr. Nantz ; Magnus Snoro, Mr. Gardner ; Hecla, Miss
Arden; Ulla, Miss Stephens (her first appearance) ; Minna, Miss
Saker ; Freyer, Miss flicks, (her first appearance) ; Druda, Mrs.
G. Lee, &c., &c

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPH I,
THIS EVENING, April 10, the GREAT WIZARD OF THE
NORTH will re-ascend his MYSTIC THRONE, and com-
mence his NEW SCIENCES of MODERN MIRACLES, which
have no parallel in the world. In addition to the Wizard's Per-
formances, MR. MALONE RAYMOND, the successful repre-
sentative of Irish Characters, from the Theatre Royal, Haymarket,
will give his original E dertainment, entitled AN HOUR IN
IRELAND, assisted by MRS. MALONE RAYMOND, MISS
lANLEY, and MR. SMI PH.
Boxes, 2s. Pit. Is. ed. Gallery, ed. Second Price at Nine o'clock.
Mors open at Seven, the Performances commenceat half-past.

LOVE'S POLYPItoNIC ENTERTAINMENTS,
CROWN AND ANCHOR TAVERN, STRAND.
Mr. LOVE has the honour to announce that he will present
• HIS ANNUAL POLYPHONIC ENTERTAINMENTS, and
LEC CURES on LIFE and CHARACTER, every MONDAY,
WEDNESDAY, and FRIDAY. He will introduce much Novelty,
• which has been long in preparation, with entirely New and Appr,-
priste Mutative Costumes anal Appointments.
Total Change of Entertainments Every Evening.
' On MONDAY, NIIRTII AND MARVELS; w.th A WOLF IN
SHEEP'S cLOTHING; and other Entertainments
On WEDNK-DAY, LOVE'S REMINISCENCES; with MINE
'HOST'S DILEMMAS; and other Entertainments.
• fln FRIDAY, LOVE IN ALL SHAPE'; with LOVE'S LA-
- JOUR'S LOST; and other Entertainments.
• Particulars in Handbills. Doors open at Half-past Seven; begin
at Eight. Admission, Is. 6d. ; Reserved Seats, 2s 6d.

EGYPTIAN lIALL, PICCADILLY,
IMPORTANT NOTICE.

ONE SHILLING Admission to THE NAPOLEON MU-
SEUM, the most magnificent and extensive Collection of Histo-
rical Curiosities and Works of Art ever known to hove been formed
by One Person, during Twenty-five years of elaborate research, at a
cost of 60,000 guineas, and to completely illustrate, in the most in-
structive and Interesting manner, the most Important part of Euro-
pean history*, viz.—CIIARLES 1., OLIVER CROMWELL, and
LOUIS XIV., to the deaths of GEORGE 111., and the EMPEROR
NAPOLEON, in 1821. This unique Museum has been visited often,
during the last and present year, by the Royal Family, the Duke of
Wellington, the Foreign Princes, Ambassadors, and their Ladies,
also many thousands of the Nobility and Public; and the Pro-
prietor has recently been able to increase, by several very, fine
pictures, &c., his previous almost incredible number and variety of
MSS., Works of Art, and a multitude of valuable Relics, and other
curiosities, in this most instructive and, as hundreds have said It
ought to be, a National Museum. Many thousand have inspected it,
and THIRTY PRINCIPAL -,,EDITORS of the PUBLIC PRESS
have stated that it ought to be seen by every one. The price of admis-
sion is reduced to ONE SHILLING.
Th NAPOLEON MUSEUM is to be seen only at the " Egyptian
Hall," Piccadilly, daily trout Ten till Dusk.

THE WEA'fITEit.—SuN OFFICE, APRIL 10.
THERMOMETER, Lowest, 42 ; Highest, 63 ; Noon, 64.
BAROMETER, 30 4.—WIND, W.
NOTE.—The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the
ueezing point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair is
usually placed opposite 30, and rain at 29.

H Gil WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE TIES DAY.
Morning 2 minutes after 7 Evening ... 36 minutes after 7,
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The friends of humanity throughout the civilized
world, may congratulate themselves on the signal
success which appears to have attended the efforts of
our Ambassador to the Sublime Porte to put an end
to those excesses of fanatical bigotry against professors
of the Christian faith, which have so long disgraced,
and so recently polluted, Constantinople. Our readers
will not have forgotten, among other instances of
Mohammedan intolerance, the cold-blooded execution
of an Armenian (if we rightly remember) which oc-
curred in the capital of Turkey only a few months
ago. The unhappy victim had been artfully betrayed
into the expression, in some way or other, of a desire
_ to become a Mussulman ; and, under the impression
Perhaps the most remarkable event of that portion that the whole affair was one merely of banter or jok-
ing, he fatally assumed the turban for a day or two.
-,,, ~fie, . - ~, year which has yet elapsed is, that
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yestersiat ': i price of the Three per Cent. lf he really meant but a joke in doing this, h© began
to find that it was but a sorry one ; if he had been
C613°111 1 '''''s '; . to par, in other words, that
104--pu4 were:, for- 1001. of this description
of sincere in proposing to change his faith, he speedily
thought better of it. In two days he resumed his
'stock !.•, -Iniiinfry pint" of view this fact must be re-
serdea ttAppe 1 verydegree of
highest interest Armenian-Christian habiliments, and doffed his tur-
-, . t marks a point in the financial,
~..••- -- ban. For this last act of contumacy he was denounced
s , he political history of the empire, by some bigot neighbours; taken before the Cadi ;
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h e shall be enabled to estimate, with denounced by the Mollah ; and sentenced to be deca-
more precision and n.f a better-A .ormed judgment than pitated. Sir STRATFORD CANNING, the moment that
we could otherwise have hoped to bring to the sub. i the affair came to his knowledge, accompanied by re-

SECOND EDITION:

presentations of the imminent danger in which the
wretched offender was, addressed the most urgent
remonstrances to the Divan ; and, in personal con-
ferences with the Turkish Minister of Justice (by
whatever appellation that officer is designated) pressed
for the release of the unfortunate Armenian. All his
entreaties and negotiations were finally unavailing.
The poor man's head was cut off; and, his body being
exposed in the market-place, the head was placed be-
tween the knees, w ith the cap or hat upon it, to add
to the indignity with which it was desired to visit
upon him the penalty of the offence. The mob.of
Constantinople, always to the last degree superstitious,
fanatical, and brutal, indulged in atrocious gesticula-
tions and pleasantries on the subject; and for some
time it was impossible for any Frank—especially if
he was attached to the suite or household of some
one or other of the European Ambassadors—to show
his face in the public streets without being reviled or
hooted at, or even pelted, by a vile rabble of beggars,
disbanded soldiers, &c. Sir STRATFORD, with his
accustomed energy and spirit, brought the affair under
the notice of the SULTAN and his Prime Minister.
He would not be amused with vague and general
promises of " managing these things better" in future.
He did not relax his noble stand against these judicial
and bigoted murders, till now so common in Turkey,
until he had procured a solemn and formal undertak-
ing from the Porte that they would not be again per-
mitted.

This document has been given with certain forma-
lities, too, which are well calculated to increase its
actual authority and its influence among the native
subjects of the Porte. We subjoin a brief extract
from the correspondence of a Morning Contemporary
on this subject :
" CONSTANTINOPLE, MARCH 20.—Yesterday evening,
a note identique was transmitted by the Porte to the
English Ambassador, and the Ministers of France and
Prussia. The contents of this communication, which
has reference to the demands of England, France, and
Prussia, on the subject of executions for causes con-
nected with religion, are highly satisfactory. The
Porte declares that:desirous of proving that its in-
stitutions are not incompatible with the mainte-
nance of friendly relations with the Christian
Powers—it pledges itself that no acts, of the nature
of those objected to, shall again take Place. This so-
lemn declaration will, no doubt, afford sincere pleasure
to every friend of peace, civilisation, and religious
liberty; it is a great triumph in the cause of humanity,
and it is, moreover, fraught with the most important
political consequences to the Porte. The three Powers
above-mentioned having intimated that they would
withdraw their friendship and protection if the Porte
rejected their demands, it follows, as a matter of course,
that they are bound to befriend and support it to the
best of their ability, now that it has made this noble
effort to comply with them. The same straightforward
policy that required the sacrifice will strictly fulfil the
obligations it has imposed. The Porte may now look
with confidence to the prompt and cordial assistance of
those Powers ; and, certainly, as everything in the po-
litical horizon seems to indicate, it had never more need
of their friendly intervention than at this moment !"
If anything could add to the gratification we de-
rive from the " triumphant conclusion," as the writer
terms it, to which Sir STRATFQRD CANNING has
brought this delicate but important business, it would
be that we find he was most ably seconded and as-
sisted in his measures by the Minister of France at
the Porte, the Baron BOURQUENEY. It is an en-
nobling spectaele to see the representatives of two
mighty Powers, sinking all conflicting pretensions
connected with the minor interests and affairs com-
mitted to their charge, and thus making common
cause in a vigorous and successful appeal on behalf of
outraged humanity.
But if we turn from the metropolis of "Islam," and
its occasional brutal sacrifices of an individual Chris-
tian or so, to the proud capital, or the more ancient
provincial cities, of the "Most Catholic" of all the mo-
narchies of Christendom, what shall we see there at
this day ? Christian soldiers and civilians butchered
in cold blood, or shot by sections under the orders
and by the hands of compatriots, also calling them-
selves Christian men ! We shall see the state•ma-
jority of a young Queen, and the return from exile
of her mother, severally signalised by the most san-
guinary excesses of political vengeance ! Why
should not England and France accredit a solemn
embassy to the Court of Spain, insisting sternly on
the present cessation and future extinction of these
atrocious crimes, in the name of all Europe, and in
the cause of European peace ? Are the ruling autho-
rities of Spain more cowardly, more bigoted, more
bloodthirsty—less Christian, in short—than those of
Mahommedan Turkey, that it is assumed they would
turn a deaf ear to all such remonstrances ? Or are
the Spanish people so much more debased and bar-
barous than the Turks, that it is supposed they would
resist such an intervention of France and England on
behalf of human nature ?

The intelligence from. Madrid is to the 2d inst.
Within the three preceding days, there had been
many rumours circulatingof a change in the Cabinet;
but they are strongly denied by the Ministerial jour-
nals, which assert that the Cabinet was never more
united, or more resolved to go on with the plans it has
formed for the " salvation of the country." The
following titles and .dignities are to be dis-
tributed among the Members of the Ministry :
GONZALES BRAVO iS to be created, Marquis de la
Lealtad ; CARRASCO, Mafquis de Sarita Olaya ; POR-
TILL° to be Marquis de Casa Fortino. Of the other
Ministers, the Home Minister (the Marquis of PENA

FLORIDA) has already a title; and MAZARREDO will
be a Marquis, through his father. MAYANS, the Mi-
nister of Justice, is said to be obstinately opposed to
the new titles, and vt ill neither accept one for himself,
nor retain office, if his colleagues persist in their
views on the subject. General NARVAEZ is to be
created a grandee, and Duke of Ardoz, the place
where SEOANE'S troops went over to him ; and Gene-
ral RONCALI is to be rewarded for the purchase of

Alicant and the surrender of Carthagena, by being
created Count of the former place and Duke of the
lattei. It is reported that M. de BRESSON has strongly
recommended the conferring of the above titles, and
that LOUIS PRILIPPE has sent the cordon of the
Legion of Honour to NARVAEZ, RONCALI, MAZAR-.
REDO, and GONZALES BRAVO. The political chief,
BENAVIDES, has lately been created Commendador of
the same Order, and it is reported, that if the Mar-
quis of PENAFLORIDA leaves the Ministry, he will
enter it in his stead.

CHRISTINA, it is rumoured, is strongly inclined to
grant a very comprehensive amnesty, one more exten-
sive, indeed, than NARVAEZ approves. The QUEEN-
MOTHER wishes to exclude from it no one but DON
CARLO 4, while NARVAEZ insists on the exclu-
sion of ESPARTERO and others. Her MAJESTY seems
to entertain some kindly feelings towards the exiled
REGENT; for a poetaster of Valencia having pre-
sented her with a fulsome ode of congratulation, in
which he termed ESPARTERO a coward and a traitor,
she expressed her great displeasure at the insult
offered to his name, and declared the charges to be
utterly false and unfounded.
The state of affairs in Portugal may be surmised
from the following document, which has appeared in
the Government journals at Lisbon :
" To the 23d of April next all the individual guaran-
tees throughout the kingdom are strspenaled, and the
Government is empowered to make arrests without legal
process. During this term no journal, per:odical, or
writing, put in print or lithographed, can be published,
excepting literary and scientific journals, and the Diario
of the Government. The Ministers and Secretaries
have thus determined, and ordered the execution of this
decree. (Signed) " THE QUEEN.
" Countrsigned by all the Ministers."
_

The Miguelites are said to be taking advantage of
the confusion into which public affairs have been
thrown. Pamphlets have been published and circu-
lated advocating the restoration of MIGUEL to the
Throne of Portugal. It is these writings which have
probably caused the above decree, which totally an •
nihilates anything like freedom of discussion.

The Diario of the 30th ult., gives a statement of
the expenditure in the different departments during
the preceding month. Among the items of payment
the following have some interest here :
" Payment of the Duke of Victoria (Lord Wel-
lington), for the year 1843, 7 contos and 200
rnilrees. ' " Ditto of the Count of Cape St. Vincent
(Commodore Napier), second half-year of 1843, falling
due in January, 1 conto 200 milrees." The official list
of pensioners and public officers of 1841 specifies the
particulars as to date and amount. The Duke of Wel-
lington had a pension of 8 contos a year, payable in
island money, conferred on him by a decree of the 3d of
May, 1811, in sterling 1,6201. per annum, amounting in
the aggregate for the last 33 years to the sum of 53,4601.
sterling. The pension of the Count Cape St. Vincent
was conferred by a decree of the 25th of April, 1835,
2 contos 400 milrees, say 540 L sterling.
The pension of Lord Beresford of 16 contos a year (in
island money) was conferred by a decree of the 13th
February, 1824, in sterling 3,240/. a year. For several
years the pension of, and the pay likewise of, his Lord •
ship, as a general officer, of 666 milrees a month, fell
into arrears, payment having been pressed for in 1840,

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