The Sun.
London, England, 1844-05-11 00:00:00

After which, BOMB ASTES FURIOSO.

LYCEUM, LAI ENbILISH OrEttA.
HOUSE.
enter tht Management of Mrs. KEELEY.
" Open sesame; or, a Night with the Forty Thieves," continues to
be nightly rece"yed with perfect enthusiasm by crowded and

THEArlitel ROY

fashionable audinees
THIS EVENING, MAY 11,
Will be repealed an Original Comic Drama, entit'ed THE
THREE WIVES OF DRID. Princival Characters by Messrs.
Keeley, Diddear, F .oar.hews, Emery, Wigan. Craven, Turner,
Yarnold, Miss Wont gar, Miss Fairbrother, Miss Grove, Miss Turner,
Mrs. Wigan, and Nu Keeley
Atter which, pi olticed a new Comic Drama, called THE
LOVE BIRDS'. Poot,ipal Characters by Messrs: F. Mathews,
Toting; Mrs. Wo.s.l.ge, bars. Mite:, Miss Fairbrother, Miss Chaplin,
Miss Grove, and Miss I' oi t )szue.
To be followed by. lii Apropos Bagatelle, called POLK AMANIA
Characters 11 Mr. F. lilat,hews, Mr. Wigan, Mr.. Keeley, Miss
Woolgar, and Mrs. lief:ley.
To conclude with a ant Burk que Fairy Extravaganza, called
OPEN SESAME; or, a sight with the Forty Thieves. Cha-
racters by Miss Wts,lg-r, Miss K Chaplin, Mrs. Woollidge, Miss
Turner, Mi,,s Grove, tire. Wigan, Miss James, Miss Fairbrother,
and Mrs. Keeley, " Mcsirs; F. Mathews, Turner, lounge, Wigan,
Yarnold, and Chaplin. _
PRICES OF A OMlS'lON.—Baletiny coxes, 45.; Upper
Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 25,.• Callcry, 6d. Second Price—Balcony Boxes, 25.;
Upper Boxes, Is fid'. • I'it, E. Private Boxes on the Balcony Tier
(holding eight persoit."lstr. Guineas Private Boxes on the Second
Tier (ho sting eight- persons), One Guinea and a-Half. Private
Boxes on the Pit tier (holding six persons), One Guinea.
ASTLEY'S ROY A I AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS.
Proprictor and Manager, Mr. BATTY.
Brand Attraction.
11113' EVENING. MAY it,
Will be repeated the tii•tin‘cal Spectacle of the INVASION OF
ENGLAND BY W ILIA A M IFIE CONQUEROR; or, the Battle
of Hastings. With all tile edects of the Norman Conquest, Death
I Harold, &e. .
Entire Change
E et Splendid Scenes of the Circle.
To ernclude with 11,si Oriental Spectacle of THE SECRET
MINE; os, the II 110..3s o' the Ruby Cliffs.
The ctors will open ntglit.y at six o'clock, and the performances
commence at shay: B opened daily deco ten till four. The
private boxes hal': been le an.structed and rated with care and
splendour. s.
Acting and stag-San ranger, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot,
AV WOE'S RO i'.4L SURREY TUBA"' RE
Wonderful Attraction—The celebrated General Tom Thumb, Twelve
years of Age, weighing but Fifteen Pouts s, and only Twenty-five
inches in Height, Who has twice performed before her Majesty
the Oneen, and the entire Court, is engaged, at an enormous
oxpence, to appear 'Phis Evening; his immediate deparlu.e for
Paris will prevent his being seen on any S age again.
THIS EVINING MAY 10,
Will be repeated a New Tragedy, entitled OCTAVIA BR A-
C ALDI; or, The Confession. Supported by the Entire Company,
a ui Miss Charlotte Barnes, from New York.
After which, a New-Piece for the Million, entitled LA POLK A.
To conclude with an entirely New Drama, embracing all the
strati., effects of the celebrated- work, entitled 'IV HITEFRI ARS,
in which the entire Company will perform.
Paces And Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box-
sdice, Emu Eleven to Four.
_ _ _

• THEATRE ROYAL, A DELPHI.
OPEN EVERY EVENING.
The GREAT WIZ ARD of the NORTH is getting more
end snore mysterieus. tie nightly introduces new wonders.
His Mystic Temptc is thronged with most brilliant audiences,
sts who proclaim hip to be the only legitimate Professor of
Modern • Magic, he very "ne plus ultra" of Cabalistic
Phenomena. he performs snore u misters in one night,. than all
other Professors 'could accomplish in a trout's. The " Great Wizard
of the North" has no rival, no equal in Eu, ope or the world. He
will be fouhd nightly "at tome," Plucking from his My,tic Caul-
dron NEW MA GICCOPIC AI, EX: ERIMENTS of Natural Phi-
..,..saptiy, bringing trews Ally Gentleman's Hat a Feather Bed and the
Wets 4.. f Flora.
Between the park of the Wizard's Performances, Mr. SMITH
pern'rm on his new instrument, the CRYSTALOPHION.
fir PHLLIPS, the Banjoist, will nightly appear. The THREE
INFANT ARABS, Seven, Nino, and Twelve years of Age, go
through a new and original Performative.
Ore's Circle, 3.%;.Pit. Is. fid.; Gallery, ed. Reserved Seats, and
Pt irate Boxes can be secured at the .11leatte, and of all the Agents.
!'rice ar Nine o'clock.
floors open atHalf-pasteven—the Wizard appears at Eight

EGYPTIAN HALL, PICCADILLY.
IMP' RTANT NOTICE.
osir, SHILLT,NG . Admission to TILE NAPOLEON MU-
SE.:T3I, the most may.nineent and exteniive Collection of Ilisto-
71cal :I;itriosities anti Works of Art .ever known to have been formed
by One Pemon, duribg Twenty-live years of elaborate research, at a
Cost of GO,Co/Priiineas; and to completely illustrate, in the most in-
structive ana u.teresti'm a stlltCr, the Most important part of Euro-
pean . history, v 1 CHARLES 1., OLIVER CROMWELL, and
EOLIS XIV., to theAcaths of GEORGE 111., and the EMPEROR
NAPOLEON, in 1821. This unique Museum has been ♦isited often,
during the last and preset': year, by
the Royal Family, the Duke of
Wellington, the Foreign Piince..`. Ambassadors, and their Ladles,
alFo many thou-sands" of the Ni,b;lity and Public; and the Pro-
prietor has recently been able to inc: ease. by several very tine
pictures, Re., his previous almost incredible' number and variety of
MSS., Works of Art, and a multitude of valuable Relics, and other
curiosities, in this, most instructive and, as hunflreds have said it
ought to be, a National Museum. Many thousand have inspected it,
rani THIRTY. PRINCIPAL EDITORS of the PUBLIC PRESS
nave stated that it ought to be seen by every one. The price of admit'.
alon is reduced to ONE SHILLING.
The NAPOLEON . MI:SELTM is to be seen only at the "Egyptian
Ball," Piccadilly, daily from Ten till Dusk.

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THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, MAY 11.
THERMOMETER, Lowest, 46 ; Highest, 62 ; NOM, 60.
BARO3IETER, 30.—WIND, N.E.
Ye E.--The number 32 on the Thermometer denotes the
eezing, point, and 55 temperate. In Barometers fair i 8
u 'pally placed opposite 30, and rain at 29.

1,. 011 WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE TIES DAY.
Morning ... 8 minutes alter 9 I Evening...4l minutes after O.

Sir J. GE1...W1 presented some petitions, chiefly
from rnillowners, employing 100,000 persons, and
p,tying 60,000/. a week in wages, against the Ten
liour' Bill, as it would be fatal to the manufacturers
of the country and to the operatives also.
Mr. 3-47,:4:1-.. gave 7.otioe that oa an early day lae
vA•duld put oue*tions to the Earl of LtriooLY, respects
ing the expenses of the new Houses 'Parliament.
The CHAMALLOR of the EXCHEQUVR stated that
he would bring forward the Sugar Duties Bill on
the 24th inst.
In answer to a question from Mr. SHEIL, Sir J.
GRAHAM said the Irish Registration Bill was not
abandoned, and he would move its second reading at
an early day, but that day was not fixed. This ex-
cited laughter, as every one believes this obnoxious
Bill is given up. •
On the motion that the Factories Bill be read a
third time, Lord ASHLEY moved, that from and
after the Ist day of October in the present year, no
young person shall be employed in any factory more
than eleven hours in any one day, or more than
sixty-four hours in any one week; and that from
and after the Ist day of October, 1847, no young per-
son shall be employed in any factory more than ten
hours in anyone day, or more than fifty-eight hours in
any one week ; and that any person who shall be
convicted of employing a young person for any
longer time than is in and by this clause permitted,
shall for every such offence be adjudged to pay a pe-
nalty of not less than 31., and not more than 101.
The Noble Lord entered at some length into a state-
ment of facts regarding the price of labour, the pay
of operatives, and other details, for the purpose of
showing that the restriction proposed would not be
injurious. The House, he said, was placed in a cu-
rious position. It was called upon to rescind a reso-
lution to which it had deliberately agreed; but what-
ever might be the vote of that night, he felt that the
object for which he was contending must eventually
triumph.
Sir JAMES GRAHAM, after complimenting the
Noble Lord on the goodness of his intentions, op-
posed the motion, on the ground that, if carried into
effect, great evils would ensue. If, as some argued,
no reduction of wages would take place from the
change, then there must be loss on the capital, and
either that capital would be withdrawn from the
country, or parties would retire from that particular
branch of trade, and a fearful decrease of wages
must ensue, and with that would come general po-
verty, physical degradation, and increase of crime !
He was, therefore, convinced that shortening the
hours of labour would be most injurious to the work-
ing classes, and he never could vote fur such a pro-

position.
Lord HowlcK supported the motion. The Legis-
lature had already restricted the labour of women to
twelve hours, which was, practically saying, ten hours'
work, and he could see no danger if the practice was
carried still farther.
Mr. C. BULLER, Mr. ROEBUCK, Mr. MUNTZ,
and several other Hon. Members, spoke on the
question, when, after some confusion, the debate was
adjourned.
The other Orders of the Day were then disposed
of, and the House adjourned at One o'Clock.

On Sir JAMES GRAHAM moving the Order of the
Day in the House of Commons last night, for the
third reading of the Factories Bill, Lord AsnLEY
brought forward his clause respecting the limitation
of the hours of labour for women and children, which
led to an interesting debate, in which his Lordship
and the Home Secretary were the chief speakers.
The former, after a brief but impressive exordium,
wherein he insisted that " what was morally wrong,
could not be politically right "—a noble sentiment,
which we recommend to the Premier's special con-
sideration—went on to adduce a variety of docu-
mentary evidence, with a view to show that
the proposed reduction in the hours of factory la-
bour would not be attended with the slightest injury
to trade ; but on the contrary—and here the Noble
Lord quoted the authority of one of the most exten-
sive mill-owners in Europe—" that the workers
would be so improved in their physical condition, that
they would do very nearly as much work in ten and
a half, as in twelve hours." On the subject of the antici-
pate I fall in wages, on which the opponents of the mea-
sure lay such stress, his Lordship observed—"the opera-
tives, in contemplation of the great advantages which
would otherwise accrue, were ready to accept this reluc•
tion of wages. They say that by working fewer hours they
woull enjoy greater health and vigour of body ; they
would obtain increased social enjoyment, for they
would have first to learn, and afterwards to practise,
domestic thrift and home economy. But the greatest
advantage they would obtain, and the one which they
wanted to press more particularly on the country was,
that they would have conferred on them two or three,
or, may be, four or five years' prolongation of
their working lives, which they could devote
to the support of their families." These forcible
rea.ons made, as might have been anticipated, not the
slightest impression on Sir JAMES GRAHAM, who
opposed the measure with more pertinacity than ever;
and hinted, in no very ambiguous terms, that if it
should be carried against him, he should feel it his
duty to retire from public life, and cultivate a modest
privacy among the classic shades of Netherby. This
threat, which, to our thinking, is anything but an
alarming one, was nevertheless not without its effect
on the minds of some of the more sensitive Members,
and so excited the apprehensions of Mr. LIDDELL,
that he announced his intention of voting with Go-
vernment, though he declared that his "feelings were
with Lord ASHLEY." And he made this announce-
ment, notwithstanding—according to his own state-
inent—" Ministers had not actel on this question
with their usual ability, consideration, and foresight!"
Who, after this naive confession, will ever again
dreafn of placing confidence in a man who, for
mere party purposes, votes against his own
feelings, and the impulses of his better nature,
in favour of a Government which has
shown itself deficient in " ability, consideration, and
foresight," and which, as such, is unworthy of the
support of a considerate and conscientious Member ?
But Mr. LIDDELL'S was not the only instance of
apostacy exhibited last night. Mr. GALLY KNIGHT,
too, evinced a strong desire to recant the heresy of his
late vote on the factory question. When he gave that
vote, he was drunk, as he told the House—metapho-
rically speaking, of course—but since then he had
had time to grow sober, and the consequence of his
restoration to unclouded sense was, that he was re-
solved to throw the poor factory operatives overboard,
and stick to the Government ! Truly a most cre-
ditable and benevolent determination, and one that
will be pretty sure to be followed by many other
Members, who will, no doubt, plead the same " un-
toward" state of mental eclipse as an apology for their
former vote, and urge, like Mr. KNIGHT, their
restored sobriety as a reason for their now siding
with Ministers! What a humiliating confession for
public men to make—that they were wholly in the
wrong when they advocated the cause of humanity,
and are in the right only when they declare against
it ! Mr. Roanucx, who, with his usual success, at-
tempted to reply to an admirable speech of Loyd
HowicE, quoted, in allusion to what he
was pleased to call his Lordship's " rash
and meddling legislation," PorE's well-known
line, that " fools rush in where angels fear to
tread." The point—the delicacy—the gentlemanlike
propriety of the word " fools," applied to an indivi-
dual with whom the pert, pragmatical Member for
Bath cannot bear an instant's comparison in point
of intellect, is worthy of all praise ; and not
less commendable is the spirit of modesty which
induced Mr. ROEBUCK to omit that portion
of the line which refers to " angels, " for
as he himself is one of the non-interference gentle-
men, who " fear" to touch the factory question, the
ll?use, had he quoted the whole line, could not have
failed to apply the word " angel" to himself, notwith-
t standing that he has as little of the angelic character
1 about him as any man we ever remember to have seen,
not excepting even Mr. MunTz. At a late hour the
debate was adjourned, but we fear that there is little
doubt that Ministers Is ill carry the day, and that
the cause of the oppressed factory women and chil-
drenfo; this session at least, sustain a humili-
- _
ating widelfleat.

The Madrid Gazette of the 4th publishes a list of
the new Ministry, and it will be seen from a tele-
graphic dispatch received at Paris on Thursday, that
the state of siege was raised on the same day.
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