The Sun.
London, England, 1857-11-03 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. with those of the overwhelming majority of the
JI7LL [EN'S CONCERTS. people.
Engagement of MDLLE. JETTY TREFFZ. There was no mawkish or puling appeals for
PROGRAMME THIS EVENING (TUESDAY), Nov. 3.
PART I.—Overture, " Sem' ide " Rossini. Qua. mercy to wretches who had voluntarily placed
themselves beyond its pale. He spoke in
Hughes. Symphony, Andante con
drille, " The English Lancers," Jullien—Solos by MM. La-
vigne, Crozier, Pratten, De Folley, Sonnenberg, Phillips, and
Moto (Pilgrim's March— a strain of manly indignation against the
Contemplation and Prayer), from t " Italian Symphony _
ers, combined with sympathy for those
Mendelssohn. English Song, " Home, sweet how!, Sir H. offenders,
Bishop, Mdlle. Jetty Treffz. Polka, " Mazourka ' —Jullien who had suffered " unprecedented miseries,
(for the 4th time in England). Cornet Obligato, Mr. Phil- p
lips. Symphony, Andante from , The Surprise "-_Haydn. resultsng from unprecedented crimes," emphati-
Solo, Trombone, " I Capuletti," Mr. Henry Russell (his
third appearance in London). Quadrille, "The British tally adding—" I do not hesitate to affirm
Army" (Jullien), Solos by Mr. Lavigne, Mr. Collinet, that history will not furnish a parallel of atrocity,
Mr. Hardy, Mr. Pratten, Mr. De Folley, Mr. Hughes, Mr.
Phillips, and Herr Kcelig. either in the principle or in the perpetration of
PART IL—Grand Operatic Selection from Verdi's Opera the guilt !" * " Hundreds and thou-
"La Traviata," second time this season, with Solos by MM.
Lavigne, Pratten, Collins, Hardy, Hughes, Phillips, and Herr sands have been massacred in the onslaught of
Koenig. German Lied, " The Young Recruit," Mdlle. Jetty
Treffz Kucken. Polka, "My Mary Anne "—Jullien, towns, provinces have been ravaged, thousands
Sole, Violin, Mr. V. Collins)—V. Collins. Galop, Fells: have been put to death, children have been
sier"—D'Albert,
rites of Admission—Promenade, Is; Upper Boxes, Is. ; tossed into the fire in the momentary excitement
Gallery,6d. ans
upwards,
;rd. Dresss Circle, 2s. (Id.; Private Boxes, 10s. of rage, and under the influence of an assault ;
Prospectuses, with full particulars, may be had at the Box. but where have you heard of such cruelties per-
&Bee of the Theatre ; of all the principal libraries ; and at
Jullien and Co.'s, 214, Regent-street. petrated in cold blood ?"
The Concert will commence at Eight o'clock. These matters did not occur in consequence of
an oppressed nation seeking to vindicate itself.
It was not the ebullition of a race stimulated to
insurrection by intolerable grievances Lord
' SHAFTESBURY pertinently asks " Was this
a nation rising in the sense of its wrongs,
writhing under torture, plunder, oppression,
cruelty, under the violation of every sacred
and social right—rising to recover their lost
liberties—rising, as one man, to assert their inde-
pendence and the integrity of their religion?
No such thing. Has any proclamation been put
out by the rebels that they had a single wrong to
complain of ? Have you found, in any one in-
stance, the national, or even the symptom of a
national rising ? Has not the whole country,
with very few exceptions, been perfectly tranquil
and quiescent ? Have not the greater part of the
villagers assisted the Royal troops, and attempted
to discomfit the mutineers t Wherever an excep-
tion has occurred it may be traced to the brigands
and dacoits, and those wild and lawless hordes
that will always be found on the continent of
India, wandering from one village to another.
The villagers themselves in no instance have risen
against the British power ; they have known that
their security consisted in the vigour and per-
manence of her Majesty's dominion."
To these series of interrogatories he returns
suitable answers. He declares that "It arose
from a monster of our own creation ; it arose
from an army pampered, flattered, overpaid, un-
derworked ; it arose from an army that we had
raised by discipline into the attitude they have
assumed ; and having given it that discipline and
that knowledge of arms and of the military pro-
fession, by our foolish system and by our own
neglect, we allowed it to acquire a sense of its
own importance—a conviction that it could act
independently of its European officers, and that
it was as capable as it was willing to take the em-
pire into its own hands. We drew these soldiers
in all their barbarism and corruption from
the votaries of the goddess Kali—votaries
of the grossest, filthiest cruelties that ever
disgraced mankind—from a set of men to
whom morality was a dead letter. Never
having been taught it, they never could have
known it. Constituting these men into an army,
giving them discipline, force, and arms, these men
turn round upon us and say, The power that we
have we will make our own. You are dependent
upon us, and we will make you feel the force of
our authority.' But as for grievance, what griev-
ance was ever put forward ? God knows there is
no such thing to be laid to our charge in our
government of India ; and there is nothing to be
laid to our charge in our rule and institution of
the &pop army, except the charge of folly, igno-
rance, flattery, and, I must say, foolish and con-
temptible truckling to their pride and superstition,
as we taught them to believe that their gods and
the religion they professed was at any rate as
good as that which we professed. The retribution
that falls upon their crimes must be equal to the
nature and extent of the crimes themselves."
Surely, then, as he stated, " justice, simple
justiee, demands that we should exact of these
men that compensation due upon the perpetration
of crimes unparalleled in the history of mankind."
For the future government of India he asks
that there should be full toleration to every reli-
gion. We should not punish or deteriorate the
condition of any man on account of his religious
opinions. But, in like manner, we should ab-
stain from pandering to prejudices that lead to
the commission of crimes. We should not per-
mit the murder of widows under the name of
Suttee, or their isolation from society by refusing
to permit a second marriage. We should not
punish the convert to Christianity by despoiling
him of all his property ; and while compulsory
proselytism or anything bearing its aspect
should be especially discouraged, fair play
should be accorded to those intrepid men who
are prepared, at no trifling risk and privation,
to carry the glad tidings of the Gospel to all
parts of the earth. We do not want Missionary
Colonels or Captains, but most assuredly every
facility should be afforded to
_those who, without
official rank or authority, invite the attention of
their hearers, and use no persuasions save those
of reason and argument. This is what is required,
and what the Parliament and the People of Great
Britain will accord to India.

THEATRE ROYAL, HA.YMARKET.
Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone.
PHIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock, with
Sheridan Knowles' comedy of THE LOVE CHASE. Con
stance, Bliss A. Sedgwick.
After which, BOX AND COX. Box, Mr. Buckstone ;
Cox, Mr. Compton.
Followed by MAKE YOUR WILLS.
To conclude with THE GALICIAN FETE.
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 6 0 Dress Boxes 3 0
Upper Boxes ... 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0
Pit
lower Gallery 1 0 Lower Gallery 0 6
Upper Gallery 0 6N• half-price to Upper Gallery.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean.
LAMP FOUR WE'KS OF THE TEMPEST.
THIS EVENING, will be performed Sakspere's Play of
THE TEMPEST.
Preceded by LIVING TOO FAST.

THEATRE ROYAL, ADE.LPHI.
Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster.
THIS EYENING, will be performed the popular drama
of THE GREEN BUSHES, in which Mr. Wright, Mr. Paul
Bedford, and Madame Celeste will perform.
After which, an original Apropos iketch, entitled THE
DRAPERY QUESTION ; or, Who's for India ? Messrs.
Wright, P. Bedford, C. Selby; Miss M. Wilton and Miss
Mary Keeley.

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.—Lessee, Mr.
Dillon.—Under the joint management of
Miss LOUISA PYNE and Mr. W. HARRISON.—Open for
an OPERA SEASON of THREE MONTHS, with the fol-
lowing Distinguished Artistes :—Madame Caradmi, Miss Cs-
rani, Miss Susan Pyne, Miss Marian Prescott, Miss Cuthbert,
Mrs. H. Manley, and Miss Louisa Pyne ; Mr. Augustus
Braham, Mr. A. 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, Mr. Alfred Mellon. The Orchestra selected
from the Royal Italian Opera, Jullien's Band, 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, lir.
Frampton. Chorus Master, Mr. G. Smythson.
THIS EVENING, will be performed the celebrated opera
TRO VATORE.

After which, GOOD FOR NOTHING.
Private Boxes, £2 12s. 6d., £2 25., and £1 Hs. 6d. ;
Stalls, 6s. ; Dross Circle, ss. ; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 25.;
Gallery, la.—The Box Office is now open daily, from 11 to
5, under the direction of Mr. Chatterten, jun.

OY AL OLYMPIC THEATRE.
Lessees, Messrs. Robson and Emden.
THIS EVENING, will be performed HEADS OR FAILS.
Messrs. Addison, G. Vining, H. Wigan ; Miss Marston and
Mrs. Emden (late Miss Somers).
Followed by the new comedy, called LEADING STRINGS.
Messrs. Addison, G. Vining, H. Cooper ; Mrs. Stirling,
Misses Wyndham and Swanborough.
After which, the comedietta, entitled A SUBTERFUGE.
Mrs. Stirling, Mr. G. Vining, aid Mr. G. Murray.
Commence at half-past Seven.

LOYAL SURREY THEATRE.
I II) Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Crsswiek.
THIS EVENING, will be performed AMBITION : or,
The Throne and the Tomb. Messrs. Creswick, W. Smith,
Vollaire, B. Potter, Jackson, Belmar° ; Miss Webster, Miss
M. Eburne, Miss Johnstone.
After which, a new Petite Comedy, UP IN THE WORLD.
To conclude with AVARICE.

CANTERBIJRY HALL, Westminster-road.—
OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The
follow-
ng company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of
Selections from all the popular OPERAS, MA.DRIGALS,
OH•RUSES, GLEES, DUETS, &c., via.:—Miss Russell,
Mrs. Badzey, Madlle, Marietta, Mrs. Palmyre, Miss Bru-
nen, and Madame Marietta ; Herr F. Jonghmans, Mr,
Renshaw, R. Grover, T. Farramt. S. Jones, J. Barker,
W. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L. Rime, aid Mr. St.
Albyn; Messrs. S. Collins, W. T. Critchtield, and E. Mack.
ney. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks; harmonium, Master
Williams ; Director, Herr F: Jonghmans. Commence at
Seven o'clock precisely. Suppers, drc., until twelve o'clock.

Great indignation was excited in this country
at the gross mismanagement at Dinapore, which
led to the escape of the mutineers from that dis-
trict, and the subsequent heavy loss of soldiers
dispatched to the relief of Arrah. It was stated
that General LLOYD was to be brought to a court-
martial, and compelled to answer for the ineffi-
ciency and inactivity that led to such deplorable
results. At all events, he was held up to public
censure, and many of the subsequent evils were
ascribed to his proceedings.

The General has come forward to vindicate his
character against the grave charge of incompe-
tency. The gist of his defence is, that he did as
much as could reasonably have been expected at
his hands ; that " from his gouty feet, he was
physically unequal to active bodily exertion ;"
but that "in judgment and intellect he was
equal, if not superior, to any of the
younger commanders at Dinapore !" This, be it
remembered, is his modest estimate of his own
powers. On the latter point others must form
their judgment, but the mere fact of " physical
incapacity ;" about which there is no controversy,
was surely sufficient to disqualify the aged General
for a position which required not merely " judg-
ment and intellect" but personal activity, and the
power of enduring bodily fatigue. He had
earned for himself the enjoyment of the
°Gun& cures dignitate. He might have left the i
active duties of his profession to younger
and stronger men. But unfortunately for himsel f
and for India, ho could not form a propor esti-
mate of his own capabilities, and there was no
MENTOR to impress on his mind the virtue of
resignation.
Like the Archbishop' of Toledo,
when warned by
GIL BLAB of his failing powers,
he was never better contented wits himself, or
more satisfied that he
w" the' light factus ad
unguem" —" the right man in th e
Cafoutta Govern-
e right place."
But it was the duty of the
ment-to have diapelledAhia-pleasing &Ruske, and