The Sun.
London, England, 1850-04-26 00:00:00

MASANIELLO,

Inc tiding the Barcarole, by Signor Tamberlik ; the Duet, by
IR!gnor Tamberilk and M. Massol ; and the celebrated Prayer and
the Terentella in the Market Scene.

renulla, Mdile. Bailin ; Pietro, Mons. Masscl ; Alpheus°, Signor
Mal ; Borella, Signor Rommi ; Pescatore, Signor nacho ; Selva,
Signor 6re:folio; Masaniello, Signor Tamberlik.
The Ballet Incidental to the Opera will be supported by Mons.
Alexandre and Mdlle. Louise Taglloni.
Compwer, Director of the Music, and Conductor, Mr. Costa.
Tie Doers will he opened at Half-past Seven. and the performances
commence at Eight o'clock precisely.

FRENCH. PLAYS.-ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.

Positively the last appearances bat Two of the eminent comedieni,

M. Samson and Madlle. Denain.
THIS EVENING,

The Performances will commence at Half-past Seven •'clock pro-

cisely, with
IIEUR El' 11ALHEUR.

After which, by desire, and positively for the last time, Moltke s
celebrated Play of _ _ _ _

LE MISANTHROPE.
A'cesto, M. Samson ; Celimene, Madlle. Detain.
Ts enaelade with the popular Comedy, by M. Samson, entitled

L i FAM ELL E PoISSON ; on, Les Trois Crispin'.
Raymond Poisson, M. Samson.
The flex-office of the Theatre is open dally from Elaven till
Five

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Boxes and Stalls at Mr. Ai:tellers Royal Library, 33, Old Bond.
street.

THEATRE ROYAL. DRURY-LANE.

The Lessee has great pleasure in stating that the growing attraction

of the Grand Eastur Spectacle of the
DEVIL'S RING,

Tog,thor with the urgent recommendation from all quarters that it
should be continued, has induced him to make such arrangements
as w:11 meet the general wish, and,supersede, for the present, the
nocessity of closing the Theatre.
Revival of Sopkocles' classical Tragedy of

ANTIGOS:E

Thn Manager begs to Inform the public that he has yielded to the
general solicitation which demands the revival of this beautiful
Greek ?lay, and it will be produced on WEDNESDAY, May Ist,
with new scenery, dresses, and appointments, and all the Grand
Choruses by Dr. Felix 3lendelssohn Bartholdy, adapted to the
modern state by W. Bartholomew, Esq. Croon, Mr. Vadenhof
Antlirene, Miss Vandenhoff.
'MIA EVENING,
Will re rresented. by her Majesty's Servants.

GUT MA.NNEUING. Characters by Messrs. Fisher, Rafter,
Emery, Baker. Niss E. Nelson, Miss Rafter, and Mrs. Ternan.
Ift,r which I, lIE DEVIL'S RING ; or, Fire, Water, Earth,
and Air. In Threo Acts and Four Elements.

The tollowing are• the principal Scenes.
ELEMENT THE FIRST—FIRE.
A beautiful View or the
CITY AND .lIARBOU'II OF cArArriA IN SICILY,
With Mon•it Etna Smoking. In the Back-ground.
CHARACTERS IN THE FIRST ELEMENT :

Armiph, Mr. W. Montague ; Rodolph, Mr. Frazer ; Herman, Mr.
S. Jones; C nrade, Mr. Clifford ; Otho, Mr Everett; Adolphus, Mr.
Darcie ; Rupert. Mr. Abbott ; Carloman, Mr. Brayne ; Herbert,
Mlss P. Huddart ; Franco, Mr. S. Artaud ; Host of the World's
End," Mr. O. Watson ; the Enchanted Princess Eveline, Miss E.
Nelson : Leela, Rafter; The Spirit Devil's Ring, Miss A. Loos-
dale ; Whirlit+ur,r, Mr. Seymour ; Co-dah, Mr C. Fisher.

CAVERN: OF THE BRAZEN HAND.
TEMPLE AND SPIRIT OF THE DEVIL'S RING,

THE INTERIO: O' THE CHARCOAL BURNER'S ABODE

THE REALMS OF FIRE.
ELEMENT THE SECOND-WATER.
FALLS OF NIAGARA IN THE NEW WORLD.
THE CITY OF THE FOUNTAINS.
BREAKING THE SECOND CHARM.
TI/EY ASCEND UPON THE BOSOM OF THE WATERS
CHARACTERS IN THE SECOND ELEMENT:

Herbert, Miss F. Huddart; Franco, Mr. S. Artaud ; American
Settler, Mr. It. Romer ; Indians, Messrs. Henry and Tressidor ;
Indian Squaw, Miss Foster; Spirit of the Waters, Miss Neil; Queen
of she Naiades, 3iiss F. Grey ; Go-dah, Mr. C. Fisher.

OR &N.) NAIADE BALLET.
ELEMENT THE THIRD-EARTH.
DIAMOND CAVES IN CALIFORNIA.
EDARACTERS IN THE TRIED AND TOIIIVIII ELEMENTS:

Tharbert, Miss IS. liubbart; Franco, Mr. S. Artaud ; The Black

'Knight
Abbott, Henry, Ellar, Brayno, &e. ; the Princess Evsllne, Miss E,
Nelson ; Leela, Miss Rafter ; Go-dah, Mr. C. Fisher.

ECHE SICILIAN VINEYARD.
A TERRIFIC COMBAT
11411CWSIEN EMMERT AND TIIII BABLII XXIGEIT.
ELEMENT THE FOURTH-AIR.
THE PALACE OP RAINBOWS!
HALL OF THE HUNDRED KNIGHTS.

The Triaraphal Entry of Herbert and Princess ETeline is

A CAR DRAWN BY REAL HORSES.
GRAND MILITARY BAND,
AND GORGEOUS PROCESSION!

LONDON, FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 1850

The adjourned debate on the Securities for Ad-
vances (Ireland) Bill was last night resumed in the
House of Commons, and, after an animated discus-
sion, the principle of the measure was affirmed by a
decisive majority of 145, there being 186 in favour,
and only 41 against the second reading. This deci-
sion does not, however, in any degree affect the great
point of the case—the extension of the principle to
every description of real estate and to all classes of
landowners. That is a question which can only be
determined in Committee, and, from the tone and
character of the speeches last night, we trust
that the ultimate result will be such as
justice and equity, as well as policy and
expediency, so imperatively demand. The opponents
of the Bill, although they brought forward other ob-
jections, rested their case mainly upon the unfair and
partial nature of the proposition. The Noble Lord
the Member for the county of Kildare, who brought
forward the amendment, declared " that he would
not, perhaps, divide the House, if the Government
would agree to give the same advantages to the
ancient proprietors of the soil as they proposed, by
the Bill, to confer upon the new purchasers," and the
majority of those by whom he was supported ex-
pressed similar sentiments ; while the Hon. Member
for Carlow, and some of the most strenuous advo-
cates of the measure, declared their readiness to " vote
in favour of a proposition, similar to that before the
House, which should apply to another class of pro-
prietors." Even the Solicitor-General himself was
not very decided in his opposition, for although the
Right Honourable Gentleman said "he could not
agree to the propriety of extending this measure to
every proprietor in Ireland," he did not venture to
enter into the question of the fairness of the restriction,
and he added, "if such a plan could be adopted, by
which every person desirous of borrowing money
should consult the Commissioners, and after their in-
vestigation obtain a Parliamentary title to his land, and
so obtain money on debentures, he shouldapprove of it."
His only difficulty appeared to be that "it would re-
quire more extensive machinery than this Bill con-
templated, and, moreover, if they wished to proceed
safely, it would be wise and prudent in the first place
only to apply the measure to the case before them,
and if it answered it might then be extended to
others." The cautious suggestion might be very
prudent and judicious if the operation of the Bill
would not be deeply injurious to the unencumbered
proprietors, to all those, in fact, whose pro-
perties were not charged to more than half their
actual value. But, as we have already shown,
that such would be its certain result, and as the ad-
mirable letters of Mr. C. H. BowEN, which have
appeared in The Sun, have remained altogether un-
answered, we must, in the strongest and most une-
quivocal terms, dissent from an experiment of so
ruinous a character to those who have already suf-
fered so severely from the recent legislation for
Ireland.

But there is no real difficulty in the case. On
Wednesday last we suggested "a plan by which (to
use the very language of Sir JOHN ROMILLT) every
person desirous of borrowing money should con-
suit the Commissioners, and after their investiga-
tion obtain a Parliamentary title to his land, and
thus obtain money upon debentures." And we
therefore call upon the Right Honourable Gentleman,
in redemption of his pledge, to give that plan his ap-
proval. It was, that every person whose estate was
encumbered to less than one-half its actual value,
and who, therefore, under the present law, did not
come within the jurisdiction of the new
tribunal, should be permitted to petition the
Commissioners, setting forth the amount of
the annual proceeds and estimated value of
his property, and also a full and detailed account
of the encumbrances, if any, by which it was affected ;
and praying, not for a sale, but that he might be
authorised to issue debentures similar to those which
may, if the present Bill be carried, be made by the
purchasers of the " Encumbered Estates." The same
investigation, at present necessary, might then take
place at a very trifling expense, and, if all appeared
satisfactory, the prayer of the petition might be
granted, and a Parliamentary title given to the
holders of such debentures. This would require no
more "extensive machinery" than that now in exist-
ence, and in efficient working condition. It would
not require the construction of any new tribunal.
If the business of the Court were to be so
greatly increased as to be beyond the powers
of the Commissioners, one or two could be
added to their number, and never would
a trifling expense, not exceeding 3,0001. per annum,
at the outside, be productive of greater benefit to the
country. Indeed, in place of an expense, it would
prove a source of additional revenue, from the stimu-
lus that would be afforded to new transactions, and
the consequent increase of stamp duties in Ireland.
Now, then, is the time for the friends of Ireland,
and more especially the Irish Representatives, to
bestir themselves zealously -and energetically. No
time will be lost in pressing forward the measure
through Committee. The golden opportunity is at
hand, which, if taken due advantage of, will tend to
the regeneration and speedy elevation in the social
scale of the sister kingdom ; but, if it should be lost
or misapplied through any neglect or apathy on their
parts, they will have much to answer for to their re-
spective constituencies and their common country. On
such a point they should be prepared to waive all minor
differences and to exhibit perfect unanimity. If they
do so, they will command success. No Ministers
would venture to resist the unanimous voice of the
Irish Representatives on a question exclusively relating
to Ireland. No Parliament that ever assembled would
support a Government who attempted a course in
every respect so indefensible. The Honourable and
Gallant Gentleman the Member for Portarlington
"as an instruction to the Comm
has already given notice that
mhietteew,
will
that in
otvhee
same power be granted to owners that was
c hasers "
and The
whole
t
proposed by the Bill to be given to
thatpur motion,
whole question will be decided on
the Irish Members be only true to themselves, it can
only be decided in one way. Let Honourable Gen-
tlemen then for once be decided;. let them pull in
the same boat, and be seduced by AO persuasions
from the allegiance which they owe to their father-
land, and let their motto on the occasion be, " Ireland
expects that every man will do his duty."

Another week will find the House of Commons
deliberating in Committee on the Metropolitan Bill
for Extramural Interment recentlyt introduced by the
Government. Notwithstanding
general acqui-
escence with which the measure he
has been assisted
through the two first readings, we cannot persuade
ourselves into the belief that the • • Ministerial scheme
will pass unopposed into an enactment—recognising
as we do the very pernicious character of its tendency.
Nothing but oral or ocular demonst • ration can con-
vince us that the popular representatives are
thus prepared to connive at a proceeding which
will necessarily tend to repose ultimately
the
whole of the administrative power over the pro-
posed cemeteries in the hands of the ecclesiastical au-
thorities', thereby militating against the interests of
the community and preparing the way for the cle-
rical absorption of all kinds of emolument. That the
guardians of the popular rights, those men who are
especially returned to Parliament for the purpose of
watching over the preservation of the dearest interests
of the multitude, and of preventing especially their
abandonment preferentially fur the interests of the
Archbishops, their suffragan', and the bulk of
subordinate ecclesiastics—that the popular branch
of the Legislature, we say, should wink
at any such pernicious contrivance on the
part of the Administration is, to us, alto- 1

gether beyond the limits of credibility. The mere con-
sideration that their connivance with the Minis-
terial movement in the present instance may give
rise to the eotablishment of a forn6hble and (flange.
roux precedent must, one would imagine, be of itself
a sufficient incentive to a timely interposition.
Hence it is—from our most anxious solicitude in this
particular—that we look forward eagerly to the re-
ception of the Metropolitan Bill for extramural inter-
ments in the Committee of the Lower Branch of the
Imperial Legislature.
One of the most humane of all the Anglican com-
mentators on the text of ST. LUKE the Evangelist has
emphatically proclaimed, in allusion to the custom
of intramural sepulture—" God, decency, and health
forbid this shocking abomination." For the passage
in which that earnest exclamation occurs see Dr.
ADAM CLARKE'S "Commentary on St.,Luke," chap. vii.
Fortunately there is now no urgent necessity for the
demonstration of the truth of such a remark. The
hideous disclosures made of late years, as to the
spectacles visible in many of the graveyards, we may
say, without dread of contradiction, in the vast ma-
jority of the graveyards in this splendid metropolis,
have testified with frightful distinctness the accuracy
of all such condemnatory observations. A signal
proof of this is visible in the very circumstance that
the Cabinet has at length deemed it requisite to come
forward fur the removal of a nuisance destructive
alike to morals, health, decency, and true religion.
But for the covert manner in which the Government
are truckling to the powers of the Established Church,
in the very act of bestowing this boon upon the po-
pulation, we should most cordially have welcomed the
Bill now before Parliament, and have advocated its
rapid transformation into a substantial enactment.
Through its specious external appearance• of benevo-
lence, however, there are discernible such grave
matters for objection that we recoil from
evincing any sympathy whatever in a proceed-
ing so largely calculated to injure the character
of the movement in favour of sanitary innovation.
Some stern and resolute opposition to the projected
arrangement appears to us to be so essentially requisite
for the well-being of the community, that we remain
in eager expectation of the objections requiring to be
made specifically in Committee to the different clauses
already particularised by ourselves in leading articles
published in The Sun of Saturday, the 20:h instant,
and of Monday, the 22d instant. To all those who
may not already have perceived the clauses therein
specified, we would commend the examination of the
Bill itself, seeing that space and opportunity alike
preclude us from repetition.
Supposing that in Committee the Ministerial Bill
for extramural interment, as far as regards the metro-
polis, be amended somewhat in the manner before
indicated in this journal, it is scarcely possible to
estimate duly the immense and immediate advantages
which must accrue to London and its inhabitants.
The atmosphere will gradually become purified, the
rites of sepulture will be conducted with
some decent attention to the Christian ritual,
the churches and chapels in this great
capital will no longer be the hot-houses for
the propagation of pestilence, the burial of the dead
will be effected without injury to the living, and
with regard to the holier sympathies associated with
the memory of the departed. Surely, surely this
would be the conferrence of an inestimable boon upon
the metropolis and its population. Surely, surely it
is a benefit worth striving to secure to the present and
to future generations. Those who imagine that
the proposed arrangements in regard to extra-
mural burial in cemeteries will be calculated
to absorb an inconvenient extent of country
may rest satisfied upon that particular, if only
upon the authentic calculations of a body of di-
rectors well qualified to speak upon the matter from
the amount of their experience—the managers of the
Mensal-green Cemetery having estimated that seven
acres of ground will contain about 133,500 graves.
Besides, even where the space re quired for sepulture
to prove double that amount in proportion to the
number of entombments, it were obviously preferable
to encroach upon the extramural districts for adequate
room, than to increase the bulk of intramural
mortality by denser packing in graveyards of
inadequate dimension. The reasonableness, in fact,
of such considerations is altogether so apparent as
almost to render argument upon the matter ridicu-
lous. Yet so it is. These facts, so obvious to every
impartial judgment, require the most detailed and
lucid demonstration before their recognition can be
forced upon the unwilling judgment of those inter-
ested in the maintenance of the old system. It is out
of this miserable contention between self-interest and
philanthropy that has originated the Ministe-
rial notion of a Metropolitan Extramural Interment
Bill, such as will secure to the clergy both power
and emolument. The Government think, by so
doing, to secure to their measure the sympathy and
support of the ecclesiastical authorities. They may
do so, undoubtedly, but simultaneously they will '
excite a formidable and, we believe, an irresistible
amount of popular opposition. Neither the people,
nor their representatives, can assuredly consent to
any such system of cruel and odious compensation.

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC,

We have received the Paris journals of yesterday.
The deputation appointed to wait on M. EUGENE
Sus for the purpose of ascertaining whether there
was any truth in the rumours that he was disqualified
from sitting in the Assembly, because he was under
the interdict of a judicial council, have returned with
documents proving that in 1830 the interdict was
raised, and that consequently M. EUGENE Sus is not
disqualified.
The army still continues to give large majorities to
the Democratic candidates. Of seventy-five soldiers
quartered at S.. Germains, seventy have voted for M.
Luosras SUB ; and of the soldiers qqartered in Paris
who are entitled to vote for the Suite and Loire,
nearly all have voted fdr the Democratic candidates.
The Journal des Dads denies that the Demo-
cratic candidates have the majority of the votes of
the army, but we have not forgotten that the
Journal des _Wats published precisely similar denials
before the election of the 10th of March. It is
admitted even by the supporters of M. LECLERC, that
his chances of success do not improve, and that many
of the supporters of M. FERNAND FOY refuse to sup-
port him. Of the importance attached to this elec-
tion, by the reactionary party, our readers may form
an idea by the following extract from the Journal
des Debats

" If we are beaten (says this paper) it is the party of
order which will be beaten altogether, and beaten, too,
in Paris, in the city which yet bears traces of the bar-
ricades c.f June. The election of M. do Flotte might
have resulted from an error, or a false calculation. A
victory over M. Leclerc could not be explained s Nay in
any fashion. Commercial people know how much they
have suffered by the shake given to confidence on the
10(h of March. The 28th April will either re-establish
confidence or annihilate it. Let each then feel his re-
sponsibility on this decisive occasion. and vote as if on
his single vote everything depended. You complain, dear
citizens, of the badness of the times, and you blame every-
body more or less, and especially the Government.
Do not forget, in the name of Heaven, that you are
yourselves the Government, you alone—your fate is in
your own hand,. If you perish you do so voluntarily.
You write your own destiny on your voting papers. On
one side you have order—on the other anarchy. Choose!
Your decree will be that of God."
M. Tuiess is about to leave Paris in the dumps.
Ile has in vain turned renegade, renounced all his
former opinions, aided the Jesuits, been lackey to N.
DB MONTALEMBERT, and gone in the most edifying
manner to confession and mass. The parti-pretre
and Legitimatists will none of him—they see in
him not the devout and pious author of the Educa-
tion Bill, not the friend of M. DE MONTALEMBERT,
but the author of the protest of July, 1830, and the
colleague of ARMAND CARREL, and they conse-
quently having used hits up, now repudiate
belonging
hisleaderto-
ship, and denounce him as not
the party of order. We cannot say that we
baree sorry forrojA.
ngl but
to en his
of fateal should
i shades,
eatrned, Orleaniats,
as of old,
ttotdetrhaste
Llieegpiutibmliactainstss, Baoodnappaorrttiis.tpsr,
" learn nothing, forget nothing," and are not to be
trusted.

M. DUFAURE has gone to Toulon es one of the
Commissioners appointed by the Assembly to investi-
gate and report on the state of the French Navy.
M. DR PERSIONY has returned to Berlin.
N. FERDINAND BAIIROT arrived at Turin on
the 21st.

The Prefect of the Dordogne' has suspended two
companies of the National Guard at Perigueux, for
having elected a Democrat as captain. Tnis is cer-
tainly a somewhat extraordinary method of testifying
respect for the principle of election.
PARIS Bounsz, APRIL 25.—Latest prices.—Five
per Cents., 89f. 30c. ; Three per Cents. 55f. 50c. ;
Bank of France, 2,105 f.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK-FaCHANGE, ArRIL 25.
Boulogne and Amiens, G._ Great Indian Peninsula, 5%—
Namur and Liar, 6%.

SPA IN.

Madrid journals of the 20th have been reeeivt-d.

is said ftPt a courier had arrived that day ircm
the Sp,Anih Embassy at Paris, ';,ith the d,.lll;ith7::
diplomat:c arrangement
MADRII) BoLsa, APRIL 20.—Three per Cents., 29
15-16 i for money ; Five per Cent'., 137 paper.
Exchango on London, 50 35.

MATCH AGAINST TIMB. --- A brown pony, 12i
hands high, was purchased from Mr. 11. Radford, butcher,
Derby, by Mr. Lund, a north cattle thaler, from grass. The
( wrier bac : . ••e t. run three miles, carrying 13 stone
1011 a., • -41rAr.litLi :x •ad, on Tuesday last, in twelve
rninut •• tAL4grl' 1 ( •ff on the London-road, the pony
comp • '7,-,..7t'1"-..i ..-,` : • ,nine and a-half minutes very
tai • ~,i_°,,-. •i% . . • ted as jockey, rode exceedingly
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last 2)Mr. r:tiill4
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