The Sun.
London, England, 1844-06-26 00:00:00

Acting and stage.m inager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot.

OOAe MOE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.
Second Week of the German Lilliputians—First Week of the AMC,
rican Tragedian, Mr. Hudson Kirby, and an entire change of per-
formances.

Will be THIS EVENING, JUNE 1:(3,
performed a New Drama, called THE CARPENTER OF
ROUEN, in which Messrs. Hudson Kirby, Hicks Neville, Vale,
Heslop, Johnson, Mrs. Daly, Miss Ferrey, and Mrs It Homier will
perform

After which, a Lilliputian Ballet, entitled Napoleon'A Gene-
rosity, ill which the Brockstedt Family—three German Lilliputians,
only 23,22, and 36 inches in hewaht—will perform.
To conclude with GASPARD HAUSER.
Places r nd Private Boxes to be had 01 Mr. Ktrachner, at the Boa-
office, frc an Eleven to Four.

ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE,
PORTANT TO ALL TEIVIPERANCE SO' lETIE=.
First Week of a Powerful Drama, to which the Goat Effects of
Tet Aperance a enzade Manile,t, and the upright Mechanic ca not
fait. to receive a useful Lesson wbereb, his Home may be made
Chtee. rful, his Family Happy, and Himself a Credit to his Em-
ployer, and an Ornament to his Native Land.

THIS EVENING, JUNE;I,
W be repeated a New Drama, in Three Act,, entitle.] THE
TENIPER kNCE PLEDGE ; or. a Tue Lesson of Life. With an
Orli;Anal Epilogue in favour of the Caw°, by Miss Vincent, and
sups ortsri by Messrs. 0.-bald stoli, J Vining, Miss Hamilton, Miss
A rd esi, and the entire Company.
After which, OUR LADY OF THE WILLOW.
The Astonishing Performances of Harnet Bey, the Creole Wonder.
To conclude with OF AGE TO-MORROW.

ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.
Daylight View or
LONDON in the OLDEN TIME!
Painted by Danson and Tenons.
The sensation caused by this unrivalled production is beyond all
former precedent; the artist, tt,e amateur, the casual observer
are all strut); with its extraordinary beauty and fidelity of delmea.
tion, and are unanitnous in pronouncing it the most wonderful ex-
hibition evc.r witnessed. To view it only as a vehicle for the terrific
display at- 'Dusk is unjust ; it should be seen in the calm stillness of
thou titurt L evening, with its Towers and Steeples reflected in vie spa-
s Ake, to be wily appreciated.
The Evening PROMENAUE CONCERTS, on Men *ays, Tues-
days. Wednesdays, anl Thursdays, conducted by Mr. Godfrey,
are %sport a scale or more than usual excellence: but words fail in
doing justice to the awful representation of
THE GREAT FIRE OF LONDON.
Its Itarful characteristic, are truthfully pourtrayed, but at the same
timer so beautifully blended with use Wonders of the Pyrotechnic
Attu that delight is predominant over terror; and the Thousands who 3lightly crowd the Gardens hail it with acclamations, and admit that Southby, the Unrivalled Pyrotechnist, h:,s achieved a matchless
triumph.
The Gardens and Zoological Collection are in the most perfect
state, and combining so many and interesting features, are by far
the Most attractive lounge in or near the metropolis.
etiling of the Animals at Five—Concert at hoc—Conflagration at
Dusk. Admittance, One Shilling.
This day, the Boys of the Royal Hospital School, Greenwich
accompanied by their Band, will visit these Gardens.

EGYPTI.A_N BALL, PICCADILLI .
IYJ'ORTANT NOTICE.
OWE SHILLING Admission to THE Nil OLEON MU-
SEUM, the most maigilfleent and extensive Colkeilt n of histo-
ry'Crioti and Wor's.s of Art ever known to h.O c been formed
(Ale Person, during 'Twenty-five years of elaborate research, at a
Cost of 60,000 guineas, 'uid to completely illustrate, lit 1.1. e most in-
structive and interest.ng manner, the most important part of Euro-
pean history, riz.—...iIIARLES 1., OLIVEIe CROMIVELL, and
XIV., to tir; deaths of GEORGE 111., and tie EMPEROR
NAPOLEON, in 18%1. This unique Museum has been vidted often,
duripg the last any. present year, by the Royal Family, the Duke of
Wellington, the Frxeign Princes, Ambassadors, an 1 their Ladies,
i•lse,many thousands el the Nobility and Public; r.. 1,1 the Pro-
;rioter has rec-Jntly been able to increase, by several very tine
pictures, no.. ).1.1 previous ahnost incredible number and variety of
MSS., Works. et Art, and a multitude of valuable and other
nriosittui, in tills most instructive and, as hundre.la have said it
mallet Lo be, a National Museum. -Many thousand have inspected it,
And ,Tlfutys PRINCIPAL EOITORS of the PUBLIC PRESS
hti ave
1.1.!"-ted,4,-hat it ought to be seen by everyone. The price of adrais•
ir:ers',:ed to ONE SHILLING.
7, .4..POLEON MUSEUM Is to be seen only at the • Egyptian
1
0 Hall. ticeßalliy, daily from Ten till Dusk.

Now these are precisely the grounds on which all
parties should meet the proposal of his Lordship.
The Duke of WELLINGTON, in declaring himself op-
posed to it, remarked " that Parliament had thought
fit to entrust the Secretary of State with the power
to issue warrants for opening letters of individuals at
the Post-office. There could be no doubt of this
power ; and it ought to be proved to have been used
for an improper purpose before their Lordships
made any :inquiry into the matter." May we ask,
with all submission to his Grace, how it could be
possible to prove the abuse of the power, if the House
of Commons refused to Mr. THOMAS DUNCOMDE a
Committee of Inquiry, and the House of Lords
denied to Lord RADNOR the production of these war-
rants ? Really this sounds like a mere quibble—a
fencing with the proposition that was before the
Lords—quite unworthy of the usual frankness and
simplicity of the Noble Duke. The Earl of
TANKERVILLR adduced two precedents, we sup-
pose in the nature of a plea of justification ;
the one, a warrant in the handwriting of the late
CHARLES JAMES Pox, directing all letters to and
from foreign ministers in Great Britain to be opened.
The other, a similar warrant, in the records of the
I Home-office, respecting the letters of Lord GEORGE
In the House of Lords the Earl of RADNOR moved , Gonno.N. Now (as was remarked by Lord BROUGITA M
that an address he presented to the QUF.EN, for copies and Lord DENstaN), the circumstances of the first
of all warrants issued by the Home Secretary for 3 0
American war, and the coincident armed neutrality f
opaning letters at the', Post-office. The Duke of th., northern powers of Europe, coupled with the lutes-
WELMNGTON said he had no knowledge of the sub- tine discontents of this country, composed a case of
jeft hhnielf, but as power was given to the Secretary ! such peculiar exigency as amply justified this re-
f tatcto open letter on certain conditions, he must marliable warrant from such a MiniEter even as Fox
4:1):,,e0:-A1);,..s the Illotion. Several other Peers male and Lord GEORGE GORDON having been an undoubted POWDER MILL EXPLOSION AT EIV.ELL.—On Mt n•
despotic system
subicct,
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Mnairmsa,tnefial,r-ei,:op'sGto(m)e,ki,Zzgot
most 01 them eondenmin 1; madman, there could be no impropriety in subjecting
tootSitr Lowder
Henryde rB
rmy s
trlis dcspo '3 stem, and the motion was ultimately', him to the same civil grievance, enormous though it Bart., was blown ott; the explosion being occasioned by an
withdrawn.
I accidental combustion of the materials used in manufacturing
. Several_ persons were at work on the pretakes
The Charitable Bequ •
B be, which is visited, every day, on any other dangerous
11l was read a second lunatic, for the well-being of society at large. Th 9 iat the time, but they itlrescapeatinjury!
gunpowder.

WIIATHETt.—Sux OFFICE, AWE 26.
bian3lo3lw,'E Lowest, 4; Highest, 61: Noon, 59.
BAROMETER, 29 B.—WLND, N.E. NOTE.--Th.e number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the
freezing point, and 55 tempernte. In Barometets fair is
a;ua411111111 plar,ed opposite 30, andrain at 29.
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?From"' mammal.

THE BOURSE-MONDAY, JUNE 24.
First Highest Lowest Last
Price. Price. Price. Price.
French Five perCznts.. •••• 122 10 .. 122 15 122 10 .• 122 15
Four-and-a-Half..•• 113 25 .. 113 25 •• 113 25 .. 113 25
Four per Cents. lOB 20 .. 108 20 .. 108 20 .. 108 20
Three per Cents..... 82 30 .. 82 40 .. 82 30 .. 82 35
Bank of France • .•.3060 —3060 .•3060 ..3060
Lailitte Bank, 5,000 f Sharesso92 50 —5092 50 —5092 50 —5092 50
Belgian Bank
Belgiau Fives,lß3l.
1840
Dutch Two-and-a-Half. 62 • • 62 .. 62 . 62
Spanish Active •••••••• •• •• 311 •• 31¢ .. 311 .. 31f
Threes .• •• •• 35 .. 35 .. 35 .. 35
Portuguese Five per Cents.. 461 .• 461 .. 46; .. 461
.Neapolitan 99 65 .. 99 65 .. 99 65 .. 99 65
Roman ..... ••• .. 1041 1041 • • 1041 • • 1041
RAILWAY SHARES.
Versailles,R.B ••.••• .• •• 395 •. 395 .. 390 .. 990
L. 8.• •• •
Rouen .••••• •• •• ... ••• 995 .. 995 .. 995 .. 995
Rouen to Havre
Orleans. —loo2 30 ..ICO2 50 ..1000 ..1001 25
Strasburg to Bale.. ...• •• • . 237 50 .. 240 .. 237 50 .. 240
Avignon to Marseilles 768 75 .. 772 50 .. 768 75 . 772 50

SECOND EDITION..

RAILWAY SIIARES FOR 30ru JUNE.
St.. Germain
Versailles, R.B •.• • • • 395 .. 397 50 .. 390 .. 392 50
L.B • • ...... 240 .. 260 • • 240 .. 260
'Rouen .......... •• •• •••• •• 995 .. 997 50 992 50 .. 992 50
Rouen to Havre.. ...... 768 75 772 50 .. 768 75 .. 772 50
Orleans .... •••• • • • • •1002 50 • •1003 75 ..1000 • •1002 50
Strasburg to Bale • • •••• • • • • 236 25 .. 240 .• 236 25 .. 240
Avignon to Alarseilles• ••• • • 770 • • 770 .. 770 .. 772 50

THIS DAY'S NEWS.

AN OLD BAILidI"FRIAL, BY

ANTICIPATION.

"If the Hon. Member for Finsbury could prove that letters
had been opened or detained at the General Post-office, the
Act of Parliament was express that any party so opening or
detaining them was guilty of a misdemeanour, and was liable
to be indicted. If he (Sir James Graham) had so violated
the law, he was guilty of a misdemeanor, and could be pro-
secuted. The legal tribunals of the country would do justice
between the humblest individual and the highest civil autho-
rity. He was amenable to those tribunals, and could be
punished either by fine or imprisonment, if he bad trans-
gressed the law."— Vide Sir James Graham's speech in the
House of Commons, on Monday night.

" The question was, had not Government exceeded and
transgressed the letter of the law, and abused the power
which the law ves!Ld in them? Ile contended that they

had dons both these things, and abused the sacred power
vested in them by Parliament, of opening the private letters
of individuals. If they had not done sa, they need not
shrink from inquiry before a Committee. Something not un-
like fraud and forgery had been committed."— Vide Mr. T.
Duncombe's speech, on Monday night, in the House of
Commons.

EXTRAORDINARY TRIAL OF THE RIGHT
HON. SIR JAMES GRAHAM, FOR A MIS-
DEMEANOUR.
CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
(Tins DAY, ACTG. 2, 1844.)
In consequence of the loud public disapprobation,
expressed generally throughout the country, of
the corvluct of the Home Secretary, in open-
ing, or causing to be opened, at the General
Pest-office, numerous private letters of certain
individuals, without assigning any reason for
such a breach of confidence, the Government, true
to their ruling principle of expediency, abandoned all
further idea of defending their obnoxious colleague ;
and he was accordingly, in deference to the popular
wish, put upon his trial this morning, at the Central
Criminal Court, on a charge of misdemeanor.
The Court was crowded to suffocation; many per-
sons of rank and distinction in the political world
were present ; and among several old ladies who were
accommodated with seats on the Bench, we recog-
nised our fair Contemporary, the Morning Herald,
dressed.in a bright orange muslin gown with three
flounces, who appeared to take the deepest interest in
the proceedings, and was visibly affected whenever
the evidence bore hard against the unfortunate Home
Secretary.
At ten o'clock, the Lord Chief Justice (DBNMAN)
took his seat on the Bench, and immediately after-
wards the prisoner was brought in, in the custody of
two officers of the Court, and placed in the dock. He
was dressed in deep mourning, kept his eyes con-
stantly fixed on the ground, and seemed to feel deeply
the disgraceful predicament in which he stood.
After the names of the jury had been called over,
and ea-h had answered to his name, the usual oath
was administered, after which Mr. Honns opened the
pleadings, and Mr. DODDS stated the case. The
Learned Gentleman began by observing that " unac-
customed as he was to public speaking," and trem-
blingly alive to a sense of his own deficiencies, he felt
that he stood in need of all the forbearance of the
Court, which he trusted therefore would be generously
acc)rd.2d him. lie then proceeded at considerable
length to detail the facts of the case, as they appeared
afterwards in evidence, and concluded by observing that
the law was singularly explicit and luminous on the
subject of opening private letters at the Post-office,
:or it had been expressly laid down in stat. 4, George
111., c. 64,257, that he or she who wilfully and with
malice aforethought opened, or caused to be opened,
private notes, letters, missives, epistles, communica-
tions, addresses, or petitions of divers or every kind,
whether written in folio, or outsides, on note paper,
on parchment, or on plain, whitey-brown, with or
without envelopes, dated or undated, post-paid, or
otherwise, stamped or unstamped, at the General
Post-office, or any other office, messuage or tene-
ment, public or private, large or small, or middle-
sized, within his Britannic Majesty's dominions, sub
jected himself or herself to the penalties of misde-
meanor.
The Learned Gentleman having stated his case,
several clerks at the Post-office were called in to
prove that they had received orders from the prisoner
at the bar to open certain private letters at the Gene-
ral Post-office, which accordingly they did ; two
foreign gentlemen also proved the fact that their letters
had been freqtiently opened, and resealed with grea
skill and nicety, so as to avoid the possibility of de.
tection.

The case for the prosecution having closed, Mr.
TOMKINS, in defence, insisted that the prisoner was
justified by official usage, in what he had done. lie
had every reason to believe that the correspond-
ence which he had caused to be opened, was of a
highly seditious and treasonable character—that it
contained the heads of an atrocious conspiracy on the
part of the writers either to set the Thames on fire—
blow up the new Houses of Parliament with gun-
powder—or pull down the four-and-twenty houses of
ill-fame in the Almonry, greatly to the injury of the
temporal interests of the Dean and Chapter of West-
minster. Believing thus, he (the Learned Gentle-
man) contended that the prisoner had only acted the
part of a wise and provident Minister ; and if on
question, he had found himself'
iciinons, that did not alter the case—
for he had clearly acted for the best, and with a view
only to the public interests.
On the conclusion of the Learned Gentleman's
speech, the prisoner was called on to state what he
had to say in defence, on which he observed, laying
his hand on his heart, that his conscience was pure,
and acquitted him of all blame.
At the mention of the word " conscience " a loud
laugh rung through the Court, and was re-echoed
by the cr3wd in the street, on which the venerable
Judge exclaimed, with evident emotion, that if such
indecent conduct were repeated, he should give orders
for the Court to be cleared.
Witnesses wqre then called to character.—Sir RO-
BERT PEEL, who was the first witness examined,
stated that he had known the prisoner at the bar for'
many years, and believed him to be a thoroughly
honest man—that is to say, as honest as a man could
reasonably be expected to be, who was a member of a
Conservative Cabinet.
Mr. Honns—l fear that's not saying much for him
Sir ROBERT.
Sir ROBERT PEEL, with considerable embarrass-
ment—Perhaps not, but we are all the creatures of
circumstat ces.
Lord JOHN RUSSELL examined—Had known the
prisoner at the bar for a very considerable period, and
while he acted with him as a Minister, had always
found him attentive to his official duties. He was
also exceedingly sober and well-behaved.
Cross-examined by Mr. HOBBS—Has your Lord-
ship found no reason lately to alter your opinion of
him ? Take time for consideration. Remember
you are on your oath !
Lord JOHN RUSSELL—I am sorry to say I have.
Since he quitted our service, and put on the Tarn-
worth livery, he has acted towards us in the rudest
and coarsest manner possible ; and I have no hesita-
tion in declaring it as my fixed belief that he will
betray whoever trusts him.
Sir ROBERT PEEL, with warmth—He will not
betray me, for I have never trusted him ; but I beg
leave most respectfully to add, that I think him a per-
fectly honed man, for if I were to order him to swear
back was white he would do so, and if that is not
exemplary conduct in a servant, I don't know
what is.

The evidence to character having been disposed of,
the Learned Judge summed up the facts of the case,
when the jury, without quitting the box, found the
prisoner Guilty.
His LORDSHIP then proceeded to pass sentence in
the following terms :—" Prisoner at the bar, it is
now my painful duty to pass upon you the sentence
of the law for a crime which strikes- at the root of &I
public and private morality. It is not my intention
to add to the poignancy of your feelings by any
lengthened remarks on the heinousness of your con-
duct,
but I would just venture to remind you that
what is morally wrong can never be politically right."
Sir ROBERT PEEL, with emphasis—" I beg most
respectfully to dispute the axiom of the Learned
Judge. There's my Income-tax, for instance, which,
though morally wrong, as all parties admit, is, never-
theless, politically right, inasmuch as it keeps me in
place, and returns five millions to the Exch,equer."
The LORD CHIEF JUSTICS.—" If the Right lion.
Baronet persists in this ,iolicarous interXtpption, I

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