The Sun.
London, England, 1844-03-06 00:00:00

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DINNER to DANIEL O'CONNELL, Esq., ► On a question put by Sir WILLIAM HEATHCOTE,
M.P., at COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE, on TUESDAY Chairman of the Colchester and Ipswich Railway
NEXT, to :now the sympathy of Englishmen with Irishmen, and the
admiration entertained in this country, for the constant advocate of Committee, relative to the claim of certain parties to
the Eights and Privileges of Irishmen tOr more than forty years.
TICKETS, ONE GUINEA EACH, may be had from the Stewards and act as agents before Committees, those parties not.
by them, or gentlemen recommended by them, at No. 3, Cleveland-
being Parliamentary agents, a discussion arose, which
row
The Stewards are requested to apply for their Tickets, without was terminated by the opinion of the SPEAKER, who
delay, as they cannot be reserved beyond Friday. said that Parliamentary agents were the only
.persons
By order of the Committee of 3lannagement,
JAMES COPPOCK. admitted by the Standing Orders of the House to
appear before Committees. The House acquiesced in
this decision.
After the presentation of a number of petitions,
Mr. WARD gave notice that, on an early day after
Easter, he would move for a Committee of the whole
House, to inquire into the present state of the tem-
poralities of the Irish Protestant Church. This
announcement was received with cheers.
Mr. WILLIAMS moved that no motion, if opposed,
shall be brought on and discussed in the House after
midnight.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER opposed the
motion, and blamed the Honourable Member for
Coventry and others for making long speeches, which
led to the inconvenience complained of.
Mr. BBOTHERTON said he never made long speeches,
and expressed a wish that the QUEEN would imitate
the example of her illustrious predecessor, ELIZA-
BETH, and admonish Members • not to consume so
much time in making long speeches.
The House divided, when there were for the motion
16, and against it 146.
No other business of importance came before the
House, which adjourned at a Quarter to Seven o'Clock.

3, Cleveland-row, sth March, 1844.

NEW WORK by tli . ..nthor of "HENRY DE POMEROY,"
" WHITEIL;ODS," " TRELAWNEY," &c.
.Just ready, in 3 vols. , post Bvo.,
COURTENAY of WALREDDON: A Novel.
By Mrs. BRAY.
Author of " Henry de Pomeroy," " Whitehoods," &C.
Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street.

• Preparing fpr publication, in 3 vols., post Bvo.,
HAMPTON COURT,
AN HISTORICAL ROMANCE.
BY A DISTINGUISHED NOVELIST.
Henry Colburn, publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street.

LIEUTENANT-COLONEL NAPIER'S NEW WORK.
Now ready, in 2 vols., small Svo., with Plates, 21s. bou
nd,
S
WILD SP OR
IN EUROPE, ASIA, AND AFRICA.
By Lieutenant-Colonel NAPIER.
Author of " Scenes and Sports in Foreign Lands," " Excursions along
the Shores of the Mediterranean," &c.
Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
SEASON 1844.
The following outline of the arrangements for the ensuing season
is respectfully presented to the Nobility, Subscribers, and the Public.

ENGAGEMENTS FOR THE OPERA.
Madame Grisl, Madlle. M. Favanti (her first appearance at this
Theatre), Madame Bellini, Madame Dai Fiori, and Madame Persian!.
Signor Mario, Sig. Correlli (his first appearance at this Theatre),
Dai Fiorl, Sig. Felice (his first appearance at this Theatre), Sig.
Fornasari, Sig. F. Lablache, and Sig. Lablache.
Director of the Music, Composer, and Conductor, Sig. Costa.
THE BALLET.
Madlle. Carlotta Grisi, Madlle. Adelaide Frail, of the Teatro di
Pergola, Florence (her first appearance at this theatre) ; Mad. Guy
Stephan ; Madlle. Schetrre, Madlle. Ferdinand, Madlle. Planquet,
Madlle. Barville (their first appearance at this theatre) ; Madlle.
Fanny Elssier, and Madlle. Cerito ; M. St. Leon, M. Montassu (his
first appearance in this country), M. Conlon, M. Gosselin, M.
Gouriet, M. Venafra, M. Bertram, and M. Perrot, and a numerous
and efficient Corps de Ballet.
Arrangements are also pending with Madlle. Taglioni, and there is.
every probability that the talent of this eminent artiste will be se-
cared for a limited number of representations.

The persecution of the Jews, we regret to state,
lif
still continues with unabated virule hout
the Russian dominions, as also in 'ices
which once formed portions of Tur °find,'
but which are now in a great degree under the direct
influence of the CZAR. "Letters from Moldavia and
Lithuania," says a Morning Contemporary, " give
most harrowing accounts of the sufferings of the Jews
in those countries. The Moldavian Government de-
sirous, why or wherefore we know not, of diminish-
ing the number of Jews resident in the State, has
recently enacted that none shall be admitted without
a regular passport, and that any one detected
contravening this law shall be sent to the salt mines
of Olma. In the town of Jassy a daily report is to
be made to the police-officers of the number of Jews
that arrive, and of each they are to require a carte-
de-sojour." When we read of these tyrannical acts
of legislation, we are carried back in fancy to the
twelfth and thirteenth centuries, when the Jews
were treated worse—if that he possible—than the
black slaves in the Southern States of America ;
visited with fine—imprisonment—torture—death—
according to the caprice of the great and petty
despots of Europe ; and scarcely recognised as
forming a branch of the vast, comprehen-
sive family of humanity. From the above accounts
it would seem that the Moldavian and Lithuanian
authorities—acting, no doubt, under Russian influ-
ence—look upon the Jews as a sort of moral pesti-
lence, and require them to perform quarantine, and
bring a sound bill of health with them, previous to
their being permitted to reside in those enlightened
countries. We always knew that NicHoLas was a
tyrant—a systematic, remorseless tyrant, utterly re-
gardless of the claims of humanity, when those
claims interfered with any favourite project; but we
little thought that he was a fool as well as a tyrant,
without wit enough to see what was beneficial or other-
wise to his own interests. We could understand
his policy much as we abhorred it, when he sacrificed
Poles by thousands to his lust of arbitrary, irresponsi-
ble power; tore the mother from the son, the wife
from the husband, and heaped up, like another TA-
MERLANE, but without his intellect, a pyramid of
corpses on the highway as an awful monument of his
Imperial vengeance—we could understand, we re-
peat, this ruthless, straightforward policy, emanating,
as it avowedly did, from the CZAR'S desperate deter-
mination to strike terror to the heart of Poland ;
but we must confess we are wholly at a loss to
understand the motives by which he is in-
fluenced in his present persecution of the Jews,
which seems to us the most suicidal act of atro-
city that ever yet was perpetrated, even by a Rus-
sian despot. As for the pretext that they are en-
gaged in smuggling, surely this is not sufficient
to explain or justify the banishment of an entire
people, many of whom are among the most enlight-
ened of the CZAR'S subjects, diffusing the arts of civili-
sation by their wealth, and fostering a taste for its en-
joyments by their example ! There must be some petty,
corrupt, underhand agency at work; and NICHOLAS
has doubtless been 'led to believe, by certain crafty,
interested counseilors, that the Jews have been actively
engaged in fomenting political disturbances in the king-
dom. Be the motives of his conduct, however, what
they may, he has shown the most deplorable fatuity
in expatriating his Jewish subjects, and the conse-
quences cannot fail, in the long run, to come home to
him, and verify SJIAKSPEARE'S remark, that " the
great Gods are just, and of our vices make instrument,
to scourge us." Should Poland ever again threaten
insurrection—should another such conspiracy break
out among the Russian military as that which sig-
nalised the EMPEROR'S accession to the throne—
should, in short, any event arise that may require a
vast increase in his expenditure, from what quarter
is the Sovereign of all the Russias to derive the
means of replenishing his exchequer ? Will the
Jews, the great bankers for ages of all the Courts of
Europe, assist him ? Certainly not. They will
bear diligently in mind his remorseless perse-
cution of their Russian brethren, and reject all
his supplications for a loan with contempt, :.were he
even to offer an interest of cent. per cent. for the
money. Meantime, we trust that our brave and
generous countrymen, always the advocates of the
oppressed, will not fail to mark their sense
of the atrocious conduct pursued by NICHOLAS
towards the Jews. We trust that they will
forthwith hold public meetings on the subject, and at
these meetings express their sentiments of disgust
and abhorrence in the strongest terms that the Eng-
lish language allows. A tyrant, even though he be
a Russian tyrant, and call himself NicnoLAs, must
not be permitted to trample on the laws of justice
and humanity with impunity..

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LAN&
THIS EVENING, MARCH 6,
Will be performed Shakspeare's Play (as altered by Cibber) of
RICHARD 111. Richard, Duke of Gloster, Mr. Charles Kean;
Duke of Buckingham, Mr. Cooper; Duke of Norfolk, Mr. G.
Horncastle; Earl of Richmond, Mr. Hudson • Elizabeth, Mrs.
Warner; Duchess of York, Mrs. Selby; Lady Anne, Mrs. Stirlidg.
After which, I'HE LADY OF THE LAKE. James the
Filth, Mr. Balker; Douglas, Mr. Stretton ; Allan hare, Mr. G.
Horncastle; Rhoderick Dhu, Mr. W. Harrison; Murdoch, Mr,
/Singe, Malcolm Grwme, Mrs. Alfred Shaw; Ellen Douglas, Miss
Betts.
Dress Boxes 75., Second Pricc! :Is. 6d, ; Upper Circles of Boxes 55.,
Second Price ::s.; I'it Is , Second Price .25.; Gallery is..
S,•cond Price Is.; Upper Gallery Is., Second Price lid.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
M it. BENJAMIN W EASTER. LESSEE.
THIS EVENING, MARCH 6,
Will be repeated a New Drama, called THE MARRIAGE OF
REASON. General Bremont, Mr. Stuart; Edward, Mr. H. Hell;
Bertrand, Mr. Webster; Pinchon, Mr. Buckstone; Susette, Ma-
dame Celeste, Madame Pinchon, Mrs. Humby.
After whiuh will be produced JOSEPHINE; or, The Fortune of
War. Guillot, Mr. B .ckstone ; Josephine, Mrs. Fitzwilliam
To conclude with A i‘ISS IN THE DARK. Mr. Selim
Pettibone, Mr. Blickstone; The Unknown Female, Miss Connor;
Mrs. Pettibone, Mrs. W. Clifford.
Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Boxes, ss. ; Pit, 3s. ; Gallery, 25.; Upper
Gallery, Is. Half-pricerßoxes as. ; Pit, 25.; Gallery, Is. ; Upper
Gallery, fid. Doors opened.
atHalt-past Six, and the Performance
cumnience at Seven.
Tickets and Places to be had of Mr I. T. Archer, at the Box—
office, from Ten till Five.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET..
LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MADDOX.
THIS EVENING, MARCH 6,
Will be performed the Comic Opera of LOVE IN A VILLAGE.
Justice Woodcock, Mr. Granby ; Young Meadows, Mr. Allen ;
Hawthorn, Mr Nx ood ; Hodge, Mr. Keeley; Rosetta, Mrs. Wood;
After which, a New Petite Comedy, called AGED FORTY. Sir
Harry Vl/4 ilder, Mr. Walter Lacy ; Mr Dapper, Mr. Oxberiy ; Lady
Clifton, Miss Fortescue.
To conclude with THE QUAKER. Steady, Mr. Wood.; Gillian,
Mrs. Wood ; Floretta, Miss Grant.

THEATRE ROYAL. ADELPHI.
THIS EVENING, MARCH 6,
Will be repeated, by permission of Charles Dickens, Esq., THE
CHRISTMAS CAROL. Principal Characters—Messrs. 0. Smith,
Wright, Lyon, Maynard, Forman, Miss Woolgar. Mrs. F. Mathews,
Miss Chaplin, and Miss Lee.
To be tbllowed by ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA MARRIED
AND SETTLED. An:ony, Mr. Wright; Cleopatra, Miss Woolgar.
After which, ULRICA ; or, 'Hie Prisoner of State. Principal
Characters—Messrs. Lyon, 0. Smith, Maynard, Forman, Wieland,
and Hamilton ; Mesdames Yates, D. Lee and Chaplin.
To conclude with the Tragedy of RICHARD [BE THI BD. Ri-
chard, Mr. Wright; Lady Anne, Miss E. Stanley.
Boxes. 4s. ; Pit, 25.; Gallery, Is. ; Second price at Nine. Doors
open at Hal .past Six, commence at Seven o'Clock.

DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.
THIS EVENING, MARCH 6,
Will be performed a New Drama, entitled THE LAST SHIL-
LING, supported by all the Cdmpany.
Atter which. POLICHINEL IN ITALY.
To conclude with THE KING'S RANSOM.
Places and Private Boxes to he had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box-
ftice, trom Eleven to Four.

We return to the debate of Friday last, the 2d
instant, on the Navy Estimates, in order to direct
attention more particularly to some of the important
points, calling for the early attention of the Admi-
ralty authorities, to which our limits, on a former occa-
sion, did not allow us to advert. The result of our long
experience as journalists is a conviction that no means
can be employed for the remedy of abuses in any
department of the public service, so effective as
the pressing them on the public at large, rather than
on any given branch of its executive service. We,
therefore, make no apology for repeating Captain
Psezu.'s remark, that when there is some difficulty
in getting good seamen to volunteer, those boys who
have already acquired some proficiency in gunnery
ought to be kept in the service. They were, how-
ever, discharged at the expiration of their apprentice-
ship. Only those who were as much as 7 stones (of'
141 b.) weight were taken. Now, there may be some
force in the answer, "that it would not be fair

retain the boys, after completing their apprenticeship,
seeing that others are always waiting to be admitted
on ships' books in their places." But, on the one
hand, the policy is obvious, of retaining the services
of thoroughly drilled and efficient boys, after they
have grown up, as it were in this very professional
discipline, to manhood, and have attained a thorough
acquaintance with the ships in which they have
served ; and, on the other, the danger is. Immi-
nent, by discharging the boys just as you
have made them sensible of their worth,
utility, and handiness—of inducing them to enter into
foreign service, in which no man can say how soon it
might happen that their " gunnery practice" would
be directed against our own fleet. The question of
retaining them, it is true, is a question of expense:
But that might be in a great measure obviated by
some such arrangement as Sir CHARLES NAPIER
suggested. The Gallant Commodore at the same
time thus described the immediate consequences of
their discharge on completing their apprentice term.
" When," said he, " they came home and were dis-
charged, they were hobbledehoys,' neither men
nor boys—(A laugh)—were caught up by the
crimps, taken to houses, and spent their time in
dancing with the girls, while some fellow fiddled
away.—(Laughter.) That was the way in which
their morality was ruined, and he thought that the
Government, whatever might he the cost, should take