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

Masaniello —Signor Tamberlik

From the Theatre San Carlos at Naples, and the Grand Opera al
Barcelona—his first appearance in England.
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The Characteristic Dances incidental to the Opera will be sup-
ported by 31ons. Aiexandre and Mdlle. Louise Taglioni (Premiere
Danseuse of the Academie Royale at Paris), with whom th• Di-
rectors have effected an Engagement.
Composer, Director of the Music, and Conductor, Mr. Costa.

On SATURDAY, April 6, A GRAND OPERA.
On TUESDAY, April 9, will be performed Donizetti's Opera,
LUCREZIA BORGIA,
In which Madame Grisi, Mdlle. de Merle, Signor Tamburini, and
Signor Mario will make their first appearances this season.
The performances commence at Eight o'clock precisely.
Tickets for the Boxes, Stalls, or the is it may be had (for the night
or season) at the Box•ottice of the Theatre.

• THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. JAMES ANDERSON.
THIS EVENING,
Will be performed FAZIO. Fazio, Mr. Cooper ; Bianca, Miss
Laura Addison.
Alter which THE DEVIL'S RING; or, Fire, Water, Earth, and
Air. In Three Acts and Four Elements.
The following are the principal Scenes.
ELEMENT THE FINST--,FIRIC.
• A beautiful View of the •
CITY AND HARBOUR OF CATANIA IN SICILY,
With,Mount Etna Smoking in the Back-ground.
CIIAILACTEBS IN THE FIRST ELEMENT :

Arnuph, Mr. W. Montague; llodolph' dr. Frazer ; Herman, Mr.
S. Jones; C tirade, Mr. Clifford ; Otho, Mr Everett; Adolphus, Mr.
Darcie; Rupert. Mr. Abbott; Carloman, Mr. Brayne ; Herbert,
Miss F. Iluddart ; Franco, Mr. S. Artaud ; Host of the " World's
End," Mr. C. Watson ; the Enchanted Princess Evelinc, Miss E.
Nelson; Leela, Miss Rafter; The Spirit Devil's Ring, Miss A. Lone-
dale ; Mr-Seymour; Gs-dah, Mr C. Fisher.
CAVERNS OF THE BRAZEN HAND.
. TEMPLE Allth SPTIZIT OF THE DEVIL'S RING.

TIIE INTERIOIC OF THE: CHARCOAL BURNER'S ABODE,

THE /tILALMS OF FIRE.
•
ELEMENT THE SECOND—WATER.
FALLS OF .NIAGARA. IN THE NEW WORLD.
THE CITT OF TIIE FOUNTAINS.
lIRF:AKINO THE SECOND CHARM.
THEY ASCEND ITI'ON THE lIOSOM- OF TIIE WATERS
CHARACTERS IN THE SECOND ELEMENT:
Herbert, Miss le. Huddart ; Franco,- Mr. S. Artand ; American
Settler, Mr. It. Romer ; Indians, Messrs. Henry and Tressidor ;
Indian. Mtaw, Miss niter ; Spirit of the Waters, Misa Neil; Queen
of the Naiades, Miss F. Grey ; Go-dali, Mr. C. Fisher.

GRAND NAIADE BALLET.
ELEMENT THE THIRD--EARTH.
DIAMOND CAVES IN -CALIFORNIA.
CHARACTERS IN TILE THIRD AND FOURTH ELEMENTS :
Herbert, Miss F. Itubbart ; Franca, Mr. S. Arland ; The Black
Knight ; Mucklow, Mr. Manderson : Gnomes, Messrs.
Abbott, Henry, Ellar, Brayne, &c. •, the Princess Eysline, Miss E.
Nelson Leela, Miss Rafter ; Go-dab, Mr. C. Fisher.
THE SICILIAN VINEYARD.
A TERRIFIC COMBAT
BETWEEN HERBERT AND THE SABLE KNIGHT.
ELEMENT TIIE FOURTH—AIR.
TIT E PALACE OF RAINBOWS!
HALL OF THE HUNDRED KNIGHTS.
The Triumphal ' Entry of Herbert and Princess EN-cline in

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

An original Play of demcstle and powerful Interest, by Bayle Ber•
nard, Eq., entitled

TEE P...kSSING CLOUD
has been accepted, and will be produced on Monday next.
Principal charscters by 'Messrs. Vanderthoff, Cooper, Diddetr, F.
Vining, W. Montag•le, J. Parry, Manderson, Emery, J. Anderson ;
Miss Vandenhoff, -Miss A. Lonsdalc, &c.
The original Mssical Farce, called THE CRICKET MATCH, is
postponed until atter the production of the Passing Cloud. Charac-
ters by Messrs. W. Davidge, It. Itcmer, Itaftcr, S. Artaud, Emery,
Clifford, S. Jones ; lirs. Winstanle,y, Misses Ratter, C. Tellett, Fos-
ter, &c.

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THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Mr. IL Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton.
Great Attraction for the Holidays.
Tills E'r
Will be performed a new Cor.nekly, en tiled THF. SERTOLTS FA-
ITH', Y. Characters by Mc,
..its. Webster, J. Wallack, Ruckstone ;
Mrs. W. Clifford. Miss Rer,eids, and Mrs. Fitzwilliarn. To conclude with they
newest improvements. I,azt Edition of IVANHOE, vrith all the
Cedric the Saxon, :Air. J. Bland ; Sir Brlant de Bore Geilbert, Mr.
Selby; Sir Wilfrid of Ivanhoe, Mrs. Keeley; Wamba, Mr. Buck-
ssone ; Isaac of fork, Mr. Keeley; Robin Hood, Mrs. litzwilliam ;
Rebecca, Miss P. Horton.
The Sox-011ice is under the direction or Mr. T. T. Archer.

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHL
Under the direction of Madame Celeste.
THIS EVENING,

WU! be performed a new domestic Drama, called THE MOTHER'S
DREAM. Principal characters by Messrs. Hughes, Wright, P. Bed-
ford, 0. Smith, Madame Celeste, and Miss E. Chaplin.
To be followed by a grand historical Spectacle Vaudeville, entitled
PLAYING FIRST FIDDLE; or, Follow my Leader Principal
Characters by Messrs. P. Bedford, Lambert, Madame Celeste, Miss
Woolgar, and Miss E. Filmy illiam.
After which Mr PRECIOUS BETSY. Characters by Messrs.
Wright, Bedford, Worrell; Miss Harding, and Mrs. F. Matthews.
To conclude with TOM NODDY'S SECRET.

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
THIS EVENING
Will be produced (2d time) a Lyrical, Comical Pastoral, entitled
CYMON and IPHIGENIA, altered from the text of David Garrick.
Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, Harley, F. Matthews, R. Roxby
and F. Cooke ; Miss gt,. George, Miss Keaworthy, Miss Dickinson,
Mrs. Humpy, Miss Oliver, Miss Manners, and Miss 31ar tindale.
After which the original Fairy Extravaganza, called THE
ISLAND OF JEWELS.
To conclude with TWO IN THE MORNING.
All applications for Private Boxes must be made to Mr. Aileron
IS, New Bond-street.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
THIS EVENING
Win be performed a new comic Opera, entitled THE VALLEY OF
ANDORBE, Sterhan, Mr. Allen; Tete de Bois, Mr. G. Barker;
Jacques Sincere' Mr. Weiss ; Le Joyeux, Mr. W. Harrison ; Geor-
tottte, Madlle. Nau ; and Rose de Mai, Miss Louisa Pyne.
ery
After which a New Grand Tale of Enchantment, with splendid
Seen
entitled, Costurees,
THE and Appointments; extensive Machinery, &e.,
QUEEN OF THE ROSES ; or, The Sorcerer of Candahar.
Principal characters by Messrs. Ryder, Forman, Honey, Craven ;
Miss Louisa Howard, Miss Saunders, and Miss Tillers.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty.
• Immense attraction for the Holidays.
Re-engagement of Young fierrmdcz, the wonder of the world.
Tills EVENING
The Entertainments will commence at Seven o'clock, with an
entirely new and magnificent Equestrian Spectacle, entitled
THE FOUR SONS OF AYMON ; or The Days of Charlemagne.
To be succeeded by as incomparable display of Equestrian Wonders
in the Arena.
TO conclude with a FAVOURITE FARCE.

DREADFUL COMPLAINT OF UNE OF THE LUNGS OF
THE 51ereorous..--.-Lord Duncan complains of encroach-
ments upon the Green Park. If these encroachments are
allowed—and they are very likely to increase, since it ap-
' pearethat the officers of the Woods and Forests do not know
the boundaries of the property they are supposed to have the
care of will won be no park left, and the spot it for-
merly occupied will be known in history as the " Invisible
Green Park."—Punch.
EIGHTY-FIVE POUNDS FOR AN OLD COAT.—Among
the effects sold last week at the Queen's-house, Lyndhurst,
" the celebrated coat worn by the late Duke of York at the
visit of the Allied Sovereigns to England, said to have cost
four hundred and fifty pounds, and presented by his Royal
Highness to the late Thomas White, Esq., was bought in at
eighty-4c P9llll4.—Salisbury Journal.

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That he did not sympathise with the crimi-
nals, or rejoice at their escape from justice,
may be gathered from this, that he said,
" the case was one which presented consi-
derations which, he confessed, made him regret that he
was not in a condition to place it (i. e. the cause of
death) before them, and he GREATLY DEPLORED that
the case was of necessity left in that imperfect state
that he could not direct them that there was evidence of
either prisoner having inflicted the blow." Surely a
stronger or mere explicit condemnation of the con-
duct of the prisoners could not have proceeded from
the bench of justice, and would not be in accordance
with the calm, dignified, and temperate language that
should ever fall from a judge cf the land. It must
completely remove any erroneous impression that
might have been created by the, perhaps, unfortunate
expression, "chastisement of which he did not ap-
prove." A judge, however, could not before convic-
tion make use of the strong and energetic terms
that might be becoming on the part of an advocate.
It has been asserted that there was some analogy
between the present case and that of the MAsizsiNos,
who justly expiated their guilt upon the scaffold.
This is, however, a grave mistake. PATRICK
O'CoNssoa was murdered under circumstances that
clearly indicated a guilty knowledge on the part of
both the prisoners, and a predetermination to deprive
their victim of life. The grave was dug beforehand
to receive his lifeless body. One had purchased, the
other had paid for the instrument with which the earth
was dug up, and with which the skull of the deceased
was battered in. Everything showed pre-arrange-
ment and concert between the guilty pair ; but was
such the case in the present instance ? Both had
chastised, cruelly and brutally chastised, the unfor-
tunate child, but it did not appear that the floggings
that were brought home to the prisoners, collectively
or individually, were the cause of death. The fatal
blow " might have been occasioned by a fall upon the
fender," or it might have been inflicted by one, in the
absence and without the knowledge or consent of the
other. We fearlessly assert, that it is an undoubted
principle of law, that if it be clearly shown that one or
the other of two persons are guilty of a crime, and it
cannot be established by evidence which is the delin-
quent, both must be acquitted. Were it otherwise the
principle of the law, that "it is better that ninety-
nine guilty persons should escape than that an inno-
cent man should be unjustly convicted," should be
reversed, and juries should be directed, if they enter-
tain any doubt, to give the benefit thereof to the
Crown, and against the prisoner.
One point alone remains which it may be desirable
to notice. It is said that it was proved that " the
death was concealed by the prisoners for some time
after it occurred, and that such suppression and con-
cealment afforded strong presumptive evidence of
their guilt." Admitting, for the sake of argument,
the premises, we deny the consequence; the deduction
is by no means decisive. It is possible that even
innocent persons might hesitate to reveal the death of
a person where a strong suspicion to their prejudice
must necessarily be excited. The concealment might
form an additional circumstance corroboratory of
their guilt ; but taken per se, and unless the cause of
death was clearly established, that it was, in fact,
shown that a murder had been actually committed, it
could have no effect on the verdict of the jury.
The monsters are not, however, to escape altogether
with impunity. They are, it appears, to be prose-
cuted for the assaults that were clearly brought home
to both, and, as the skin was broken by formidable
weapons, the intent to commit grievous bodily injury
may be established. They will, thus, in all human
probability, ultimately suffer severe, although most
inadequate punishment—sufficient to deter others,
who may be entrusted with the care of helpless
orphans, from indulging their fiendish passions and
inhuman cruelties. And, for this result, the public
are probably indebted to the amiable and Learned
Judge, whose conduct has been so unfairly and un
generously mi'represented.

Do the fanatics really wish to render religion
repulsive, and that golden day of the week, Sunday,
an object of scorn and abomination ? If such is their
detestable aspiration they are pushing on in a fair
way, and a foul way too, to realise their wishes, and
to make their efforts successful. Before these wretched
men proceed further in their unholy and demorali-
zing work, we would comment very briefly upon
some of their most recent proceeding.. Our columns
of this evening are disgraced by certain reports of
the latest doings of the Scottish Sabbatarians, which
we are nevertheless reluctantly compelled to republish
with a view to their more general exposure. From these
accounts, already commented upon in terms of just
indignation by sundry of our provincial and metro-
politan contemporaries, it will be observed that the
saints have made another most futile and abortive
effort to cram their disgusting dogmas down the
throats of an unwilling population. A line already
notorious for its association with the cause of this
glaring and stilted hypocrisy was again brought under
the consideration of the public as affording about the
best opportunities r transformation into a sort of iron
tram-way to heaven ? Need we say that this line was
the Caledonian Railway ! Need we reiterate the
particulars of cant and humbug which have been
preserved for perusal by the pencil of the reporter ?
Heaven forfend. They may be found elsewhere labo-
sioiomuesl may there be perceived, that
specified.
efiaedbOmlintable Sabbatarians dared to take
upon themselves. an exclusive and intimate acquaint-
anceoYf stpheecs
with the Divine Economy—standing forward, to
our thinking, in a somewhat more impious
attitude than that assumed by those pert quibblers
upon ethics who are sometimes prosecuted as
blasphemers—telling us (as if they had been rapt up
to a celestial conference in the thunder• clouds of
Sinai) that the potatoe disease and its consequent
famine were the results of Sunday travelling. Were
the quondam Member for Oldham now living, or the
former browbeater of the Lord Chancellor ELLEN-
BOROUGH, and were either of those sagacious and
plain-spoken men commenting upon this occur-
rence, they would designate Mr. MEixitussr
the person who thus dared to express him-
self, by the blunt epithet of a blasphemer
against PROVIDENCE. Why, as our contemporary the
Examiner very pertinently remarks—" Last harvest
was one of blessed abundance, even though people
sought fresh air and cheerful scenes, or visited the
sick, or distant friends and relatives, on Sunday l"
But this is only one out of the many miserable argu
ments brought forward with such an air of unendur

able dogmatism by the canting directors of the Cale

donian Railway, the advocates and apostles
of Sabbatarianism. Mr. METYLERAM bolsters
up his sanctimonious proposition by the
pretence of. a sort of a divine revelation ; but Mr.

Inficarzio, travestied the proverbial shrewdness Of
his countrymen in matters mercantile by blending
his appeal to piety with an appeal to the pocket. He
tries to reduce morality to a sum of subtraction,
taking dogmas ar his dividend, and no virtues as
his n
quotient, ent,but expounding to us the ordinances of
the Evangel as if they were subordinated
to the rules of arithmetic. Then, again, Mr.
Musa undertakes to demonstrate that the

annual amount of collisions and other kinds

of railway accidents might be materially
reduced through the suppression of the trains

hitherto employed by way- - of conveyance en the
Sunday. While an enormous amount of odium is

endeavoured to be cast upon the Englbb multitude
fur the demoralising example set to their northern
neighbours by the continued running uf Sunday
trains along divers trunk lines and branch railways
south of the river Tweed. So the sin is ours—the

sin is England's—the sin of maintaining a means

of communication throughout this island as
well on Sunday as on .Mondays, Tuesdays,
Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays!

We wonder how many Scotch people have availed
themselves of the Sunday trains of England—not for
the purpose of visiting the beds of death or of sick-

near, fur the performanc3 of one or other of the

TALFOURD then justified in saying, " that there was
no proof of the cause of death." Even if it proceeded
from a blow, "there was no proof of who it was that
gave that blow." It was very true that they might
suspect t'nst it was given by one or other of the pri-
soners, but, in the absence of all proof, he could not
direct them that there was evidence to fix it upon one
or the other. What alternative then remained for
Mr. Justice TALFOURD ? How could he, as Mr.
BALL fairly inquires, "as an honest and impartial
judge, have acted otherwise ?"