The Sun.
London, England, 1850-10-25 00:00:00

TUT A FNENING,

Will he produced Lord Byron's gorgeous Spectacle of MAZEPPA
aid the WILD HORSE. Maxeppa, Mr. N. T. nicks.
To be succe• dcd by an Inimitable Display of Patty's Feats of
rmtitation in the Or= Olympique, by the male and female Eques-
trians of the E.3tablistunent, and grand Pageant of The Festival of
Flowers.
To con,lude with the laughable Farce of NEW' LIGHTS ; or,
The Irish Pedagogue.
Box-offlce open from Eleven till Four.
Stage Manager. Mr. T. Thompson.

It4ll LATER Al LONDON Is1t11)(4r..
Tina PAT —Morning 35 min. after 3 Evening .53 min. after 3
To-Sioasow—Morning 12 min. after 4 ! Evening 31 min. aver 4

111 E EATUER.— buN OFFICE, OCTOBER 21
TIIERMWIETER, IN TIIE SHADE.
39—highest since noon yesterday.
34—lowest this morning and during the night.
42—this day, at noon.

BAROMETER, 29.47.
WIND N.E.—dull, cloudy weather.

DAILY WEATHER TABLE.

The State of the Wind and Weather at each of the following

places at Nine o'clock yesterday morning.—The stations

are arranged in order of latitude.
KtsGsTows (Dun us) —Wind N.E , strong breeze—par-

tially cloudy.
PLYMOUTH—Wind E., gentle breeze partially cloudy.
PORTSMOUTH - Wind N.E., gentle breeze—overcast.
Beauturox—Wind N.E., gentle breeze— overcast.
HASTINGS -- Wind S., strong breeze—rain.
t•ouTtLowToN - Wind N. W., strong breeze—f ggy.
FOLKESTONE—Wind S.. strong breeze—rain.
BASIN GSTOK E —Wind E., gentle breeze—overcast.
ERISTOL— Wind N., gentle breeze—overcast.
READING NY ind E., calm—overcast.
GREEN W IC H —Calm—overcast.
SWINDON— Wind N. light airs—partially cloudy.
OXFORD—Wind N.W., calm—foggy.
GLOUCESTkR—Wind S, calm—rain.
COLCH FSTER —Wind S.W., gentle breeze—heavy rain.
CAMBRIDGE—Wind S.W.. gentle breeze—overcast.
YARMOUTH—. ind S.E., hard wind—heavy rain.
CREWE—Calm—overcast.
Ho LIM EAD—W ind N.N.W., strong breeze—overcast.
MANCHESTER—Wind E., gentle breeze—overcast.
YORse - Wind , gentle breeze—rain.
LANcAsrzn—Wind N.E., calm—rain.
Wiirrny—Wind E , heavy gale—overcast.
DARE. NGTON—Wind E., strong breeze—overcast.
SNAP—Wind N., calm—rain.
SUNDERLAND—Wind E., hard wind—rain.
BEA'TTOCK—Wind S.E., strong breeze—rain.
BERWICK—Wind N.E., strong breeze—overcast.
EDINBURGH Wind S.E, gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
The returns from the following places indicate the state of
the wind and weather on Wednesday morning at nil..
o'clock :
CORK —Wind N.W., light breeze—clear.
31 ULLD N.W., gentle breeze—cloudy.
DUNDALK—Wind S.W., strong breeze—overcast.
Potursmount—Wind N.W., gentle breeze—rain.
Yoa,.—Wind N.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
DariLtsioToN—Wind W.. gentle breeze—light Bost.
WHITZHAVEN— Wind S.W., gentle breeze— partially cloudy.

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LONDON, FRIDAY. OCTOBER 25, 1850. .

Another ineffectual effort has been made by the
Sabbatari-2Ts to interrupt the running of passenger-
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.) -,11,i. trains on Sundays. This time we are indebted to a
---T• 4- p.....).-'-- hrtain infatuated Mr. TsomsoN for the endeavour
•=os'./sti-:\C-- to interfere thus arbitrarily with the convenience of
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j;. e population. From a report given elsewhere of
t, ?isterday's half-yearly meeting of the Aberdeen
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--)kiz-Z (2,:. TA-/- ilway Company, it will be observed that that good
ck—i_
At i=1.21.. ~%--s.-' gentleman availed himself of the opportunity thus
& afforded him of thrusting his notions of morality
upon the attention of the directors and the share-

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holders. He should have remembered, however, that
in addition to all this, his propositions were certain to
arrest the observation likewise of the public and of
journalism. Possibly, however, he was sufficiently
conscious of the fact here mentioned, and, carried
away by his devotion to the Sabbatical observance,
propounded his scheme intentionally in defiance of
the press and of the people. Whether this may or
may not have been the case, it is certain that Mr,
THOMSON laid his motion before the meeting in
flagrant contravention of all common-sense and expe-
rience. Before thus foisting his suggestion upon
the assembly of shareholders, he must have been per-
fectly aware that the idea of carrying it into actual
operation was to the uttermost extent imaginable
hopeless. He must have known from the diurnal
record of the newspapers that the multitude
in this country are wholly averse to any
euch fanatical scheme as that of ot,structing the lines
of intercommunication on Sundays. One would
have imagined that this conviction must have been
ferce 1 upon his judgment, if only by the course re-
cently pursued in regard to the insane intermedilling
of Lord ASHLEY and his associates in the economy
of the Post-office department. From that circum-
stance alone he might have learnt the folly of aspiring
to elevate the morality of the masses by rendering
the sacred day of rest a day of intolerable annoyance,
or by investing with a repulsive instead of an attrac-
tive aspect the entire framework of religious observ-
ances. But no : Mr. THOMSON, like so many
others in the United Kingdom, has been infected by
the virus of bigotry, and in consequence of this has
been incited to the commission of the old extrava-
gances of the Sabbatarians.
Instead of gaining his point, the last advocate of
the anti-Sunday-travelling humbug has only rendered
this kind of psuedo-religion more than ever contemp-
tible. His motion was not only negatived by a large
majority, but elicited from another gentleman the
announcement that on a future occasion he would
suggest the employment:on the Aberdeen Railway of
two Sunday trains for the convenience of excur-
sionists. Doubtless the bare notion of such a change
will appear terrible in the the eyes of Mr. THOM-
soN, hut he has only himself to thank for originating
the idea of its introduction. But for the annoying
revival of a scheme disgusting to a vast proportion of
the community it might not have entered into the
mind of this energetic shareholder to respond in this
manner to the preposterous pertinacity of the Sab-
batarians.

It is by no means our intention, in alluding to
these proceedings of yesterday, to reiterate those plain
and simple arguments against the opponents of Sun-
day travelling which by this time must have become
sufficiently familiar to the population. We are not quite
so enamoured of the subject as to exert our energies
in proving for the nine hundred and ninety-ninth
time the absurdity of such ideas of Christianity to
men who are as blind as moles and as deaf as adders
to the most lucid and incontrovertible arguments.
Nevertheless, there is one remark in the observations
uttered yesterday by Mr. Tuomsorr, so transpa-
rently fallacious that we cannot resist the temptation
of an incidental reference to it. We allude to his
statement that " he believed that the cases of charity
and mercy which were adduced as reasons why lines
should run on Sundays were of rare occurrence 1"
As well might he have objected to the maintenance of
such costly institutions as our public hospitals an the
score that broken legs and other casualties of the like
kind are of rare occurrence ! As well, indeed, object for
the like reasons to all other eleemosynary establish-
ments. All peop!e are not paupers, and yet it is not
unreasonably supposed to be advisable to erect work-
houses and almshouses and other similar refuges for
destitution. All people are not blind, and yet on the
like account we have our ophthalmic dispensaries
and our blind asylums. All people are not mad, and
yet we have Bedlam and Hanwell and similar build-
ings open for the reception of the insane. Pauperism,
ulindness, and lunacy are the exceptions, and yet
while the cases of these unfortunates are exceptional
they are not considered the less entitled to
commiseration or assistance. So also, in like manner,
with the cases referred to, the cases of charity and of
mercy. We should scarcely have presumed to argue
with any degree of seriousness a question so obvious
in its bearing, but for the dogmatism with which it
was maintained yesterday by this Mr. THOMSON
'hat the contrary system was worthy of cora-
mendaticn.

While we congratulate ourselves of course upon
evry new discomfiture, however trivial, encountered
by the Sabbatarians, we begin at the sam,
time to despair of ever witnessing tha extinction
of their fanaticism. Wearied as the public must
inevitably be by the repeated struggles it has had to
maintain against the antagonists of Sunday tra-
velling, it finds its attention ever and anon demandeo
by some new proposal for the stoppage of Sunday
trains upon one or other of the railways. It may be
demonstrated with the clearness of a syllogism that
the carrying into operation of the ideas of
the SAbbatarians, instead of diminishing the
amount of labour, improving the general so-
briety, and inducing the multitude to pay
stricter regard to the injunctions of religion,
would cause, on the contrary, a greater amount of
labour, drunkenness, and indifferentism : all this may
be demonstrated, we say, with the clearness of e
,yllogism—yet, a week or two afterwards, some in-
fatuated shareholder in a railway will coolly rise to
suggest as a sort of novelty the practice of a scheme
which the community has shown again and yet again
to be altogether impracticable. With all sincerity we
must acknowledge that this con6tant repetition of the
4nnoy ance is becoming wholly intolerable, and that
we view with increasing disgust the dunderheaded
pertinacity of the Sabbatarians.

The fiscal and financial reformers throughout the
entire country should not neglect the golden oppor-
tunity (to which we recently directed the public at-
tention) afforded by the expiration of the property
and income-tax Act of insisting upon a complete re-
vision of the national taxation and expenditure, with
a view to the more equitable adjustment of the former
and the reduction of the latter within the narrowest
limits consistent with the national credit, and the
maintenance of the public establishments in full
order and efficiency. There is "a-penny-wise-and-
pound-foolish" economy which is as much
to be deprecated as the wanton extravagance so justly
complained of on former occasions. We would not
leave the British empire at the mercy of every aggres-
sor, unable to resent insult or repel invasion, to vin-
dicate its honour, or afford protection to its citizens.
It is vain to look for a general disarmament, to hope
that the lion will lie down with the lamb, or that the
despots and tyrants of the earth will cease to rule
with the strong hand, or consent to be bound by the
voice of public opinion. Our constitutional liberties are
far more precious than any amount of gold or silver
that could be brought into our coffers. A single war,
into which,we might be forced, and most probsbly
would if we exhibited any want of preparation, would
be far more costly than the support of our military
and naval establishments on a judicious and proper
foundation for an entire age. No desire for economy
and retrenchment would, therefore, induce us to de-
mand too great a reduction of the effective force in
either branch of the public service. But very consi-
derable savings might be made in the non-effec-
tive force—in bringing the number of ge-
nerals and admirals within the limits which
the exigencies of the country might require, and in
terminating the ridiculous experiments in ship-
building, to which " my Lords" the Commissioners
for executing the office of Lord High Admiral are so
exceedingly addicted.
We would also have every payment incidental to
the collection of the natienal revenue brought under
the control of Parliament, and sanction no stoppage
rtntranseintms U, nder any possible pretext, the heredi-
ary pensions, more particularly those which have
lnieavmeer beenntshould brought
teel
under
yinquired
the coo siindteor.a tTi on
l7e
question
e i Par-onshould be brought under the notice of the popular re-
presentatives, by what right the Dukes of GRAFTON
have received for 178 years the annual sums of
7,191/. 12-. from the Excise revenue, and 3,407/. 10s-
from the Post-t.filce, and it should be distinctly
shown whether that glaring injustice was to be per-
petuated, or when it,was to be brought to a termina-
tion. We have already shown that the support of
"the dignity of the Peerage" conferred upon the
illegitimate offspring of one of the most depraved and
licentious monarchs that ever brought disgrace on