The Sun.
London, England, 1842-12-31 00:00:00

*ITH NINETEEN ILLUSTRATIONS BY GEORGE
CRITIKSHANK, ALFRED CROWRUILL, • AND
LEECH.
The JANUARY NUMBER, price Half-a-Crown, of
BENT LEY'S MISCELLANY,
Will contain :

THE ADVENTURES OF

MR. LEDBURiainififs---RIEiID JACK JOHNSON.

By ALBERT SMITH.
WITH AN ILLUSTRATION BY LEECH.
CHAPTER X.—Mr. Ledhury's Journey Home.
~.....61101APTER XI.—A few particulars of Mr. Ledbury's family.
-100FIAPTER XII.—Of the Grand Ball given by Mr. Led-
burv's friends to celebrate his return to his Native land.
ERaces at Celle (Life in Hanover). by Dudley Costello.
i s World of Ours, by W. G. J. Barker.
rge . Child's Second Love ; a Legend of Southwark. by
Paul Pindar.
The Wandering Jew ; Leaves of Legendary Lore, by Dr. W.
Cooke Taylor.
Pleasures of a Trip in a Badgerow, by H. R. Addison.
Song of the Morning Star.
Christmas Eve ; the Story of a Scull, by Henry Curling.
A Lay of Ancient Rome, by John Stewart.
MEMOIRS OF JOSEPH SHEPHERD MUNDEN,

COMEDIAN. BY HIS SON.
With Original Anecdotes of Garrick, Shuter, Mrs. Siddons,
George Frederick Cooke, &c., &c.
THE GALANTI -SHOW ; or Laughter and Learning all
the Year Round, by Jack Gossamer, P.P.P.S.S.E., Rail-
road Philosopher Extraordinary to the Million. With five
Illustrations, by Alfred Crowquill.
The Soft Man, by Alfred Crowquill, with Illustrations.
The Seder, by H. R. Addison.
To Anna, by K. J.
FIGURES FOR THE MILLION, by a Cypher. With
ten Illustrations by Alfred Crowquill.
THE GOLDEN LEGEND: THE LEGEND OF ST.

MEDARD.
Ry THOMAS. INGOLDSBY, ESQ.
WITH AN ILLUSTRATION BY GEORGE
CRUIKSHANK.
&c., &c.. &c.
Richard Bentley, New Burlington.street.

EDITED BY THOMAS HOOD. ESQ.
ILLUSTRATED BY LEECH.
THE JANUARY NUMBER FOR 1843 OF
COLBURN'S NEW MONTHLY
• MAGAZINE AND HUMORIST,

Contains the following interesting Articles:—
PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE
Of the late
LADY HESTER STANHOPE.
ETCHINGS MORALIZED, and THE DEFAULTER,
By the EDITOR, THOMAS HOOD, ESQ.
A Farewell to December. By The Recantation, a Poem. By
Barry C,rnwall. llorace Smith, Esq.
The Widow's Alms Houses. All Sorts of Little Attentions.
By the Author of " Peter By Laman Blanchard, Esq.
Priggins."
MY GRANDFATHER'S DREAM,
A Tale founded on Fact.
By JAMES SHERIDAN KNOWLES, ESQ.
Extracts from my Indian Diary. Granada. A Poem. By the
By the Old Forest Hanger. Medical Student.
Obituary Remarks on the late A very So-So Character.
Mr. 1342—deceased. The Barnabys in America. By
The Advertisement Literature Mrs. Trollope. Illustrated
of the Age. by Leech.
ELLISTONIANA
Or, Original Anecdotes of the late R. W. Elliston, Esq. By
W. T. Mnncrieff. Esq. No. 1. Conjuror and No Conjuror-
2. The Genius of the Lamp-3. Measure for Measure-4.
The Sanguinary Public-5. Fallen Hero-6. Humbug.
"„* The New Year being a favourable opportunity for com-
mencing a periodical, those who may desire to take in THE
NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE are requested to give their
orders without delay to their respective Booksellers.
Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street.

classes.
Nor has that other great combination which is
opposed to the leading principles of the party at
present in possession of the Government, been
weakened or dissipated in 1812. The Anti-Corn-
law League is stronger, bolder, more confi-
dent, and nearer success now, than at the
end of last year. Its numbers and its funds have
increased. Its principles have been consecrated
by the chosen Minister of the monopolists, who
has been unwillingly obliged to praise those
whom he was placed in power to condemn and
subdue. Though the League cannot yet boast of
having obtained any practical relief; it has made
a most rapid progress in gaining public opinion
over to its cause. Aided by the distress of the
agriculturists, and by the continued distress of
the manufacturers, on whom the Legislature
has conferred no advantages whatever, it is fast
becoming completely master of the public mind.
The farmers begin to listen with respect and
friendship to its admonitions; the landlords
show, by their abuse and their vacillation, that
they dread its power. Though its progress to a
triumph has been dearly obtained by a long
continuance of sufferings, which hearkening to
its advice would have avoided, there is no
longer any doubt of its ultimate and com-
plete success. So far as argument is con'
cerned, the total abolition of the Corn-
law is settled, and we have the gratification
of believing, at the close of our labours for the
year, that no power in the land can long with
hold a legislative sanction from the opinions and
plans as to the Corn-laws, which The Sun haS
steadily and zealously advocated. The success
of this cause, however, will be a triumph obL.
tained, by the force of truth and facts, over the
monopolists and over the Government, which
was constructed to be their instrument, and that
success will give additional power to its other
opponents to effect, in spite of its opposition, still
greater changes. Though we deeply deplore the
sufferings which delay has caused, we find fot
them some compensation in believing that in the
end, and probably before the close of 1843, the
destruction of the monopoly will be thereby the
more complete.
If our home affairs offer us no other consola-
tion at the close of 1842 than the hope that me.
nopoly, after having done its bravest and its
worst, totters to its fall, affairs abroad present
themselves to us in a more cheerful light. At
the beginning of 1842, we were engaged in two
contests, and were alarmed lest they might •not
be the only ones. A glorious peace has put an
end to the war with China, and a great success
in Affghanistan has obtained for us all we wanted
—the recovery of our friends, and a safe retreat
from that country. How much of the merit of
the final conclusion of these two contests belongs
to the Whigs, who say, that they made the
preparations which led to success, and how
much to the Tories, under whose guidance they
wrre actually concluded, we pretend not to de-
cide. In our eyes, both of them have deserved
so little at the hands of the community, that we
are willing to leave them both with a share of
the merit, to hide their otherwise great naked-
ness. To Sir ROBERT PEEL and the Tory Ca-
binet.belongs exclusively the merit of settling
the boundary dispute with the United States,
and putting an end to all apprehensions of war
on that account. From them, too, we must not
withhold the praise of having, to a consi-
derable extent, quieted France and Europe,
disturbed, at the beginning, of the year, by the
somewhat restless policy of their predecessors.
At the same time the close of 1842 sees the flame
of disturbance kindled in Spain and rising in the
East, and the opponents of the Ministers declare
that in both quarters they have sacrificed the
honour of the country. On the whole, the fo-
reign policy of the Tories has, during the year,
been more successful than their home policy,
apparently because there they have not con-
travened any known law of Nature, while here
and struggled in vain, to
they have struggled,
regulate prices, and have in doing it violated the
first principles of all Government.
On the whole, we conclude that at the end of
1842 the Government is much weaker, the people
more discontented and in greater difficulties, than
at its commencement; and we infer that if the
same policy and progress be continued in the
year which is now to commence, it will not close
without witnessing some great change, or some
greater disturbance than the outbreak of 1842.

TIE NEXT DISTRIBUTION of MONEY
DIVIDENDS, AUTHORISED and GUARANTEED
by HIS MAJESTY the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA, contains
MONEY DIVIDENDS of £5O, £6O, £7O, £BO, £9O, £lOO,
£llO, £l2O, £l5O, £2OO. £4OO, £6OO, £BOO, £l,OOO,
£1.500, £5,000, and £25,000 Sterling. Amounting together
to x:72,170 sterling.
Direct for PROSPECTUS with full particulars, WITH-
OUT DELAY, to -
HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH,
Or, to HEINE BROTHERS, at LUBECK.

HEINE BROTHERS having remitted during a
very short time very large amounts of Money Divi-
dends to their Correspondents in Great Britain and Ireland.
Divjsiends of 25,0001., 18,000/., 9,000/., 5,000/., and 3,6001.
to Mdon ; 3,600/., 8001., and 7001. to Edinburgh ; 3,600/.
to Dublin ; 3,6001. to Beverley ; 3,6001. to Halifax ; 1,200/.
to Porthleaven Harbour ; 9001., 7001., and 6001. to Liver-
poi)/ ; 900/. to Uull ; 900/. to Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; 9001.
and 6001. to I”finehester •, 700/. to East Retford, Nottingham-
shire • 700/. to Colne, Lancashire; 7001. to Ryde, Isle of
Widt ; 600/. to Cork ; 600/. to Bideford ; and 600/. to
Bradford, &c.. &c., they beg to call the attention of those
desirous to obtain large Money Dividends to the approachin4
ERILITEENTH DISTRIBUTION of LUBECK, gua-
raateed by the Government.
This Distribution offers the possibility of obtaining more
than 2.5.000/. upon One Share. 2,400 of the Shares obtain
Money Dividends of 11. and upwards.
Price of One Share, 11. ; two Shares, 2/. ' • three Shares, 3/.;
four Shares, 41. ; five Snares, 51. ; six Shares, 61. ; seven
Shares, 71. ; eight Shares, 8/. ; nine Shares, 9/. ; ten
Shares, 10/.

Direct for Shares, without delay, to HEINE BROTHERS
at Lubeck.

The full Prospectus, with all particulars, may be had gratis,
urn addressing a line to Hine Brothers.

THEATRE ROYAL. COVENT-GARDEN.

TI4DEVENING, DEC. 31,
Will be repea r. Arne's Opera of A RTAXERXES.
Artaxerxe, Mrs. fred Shaw ; Arbaceg, Mr. Ntanvers ; Ar-
tabanes, Mr. W. Harrison; Mandane, Miss llainforth; Semira,
Miss Poole

After which, DEAF AS A POST. Tristram Sappy, Mr.
Harley ; Sally Maggs, Mrs. Orger.
To conclude with a New Comicality, called PUNCH'S
PANTOAIME ; or, HARLEQUIN KING JOH:141, and
MAGNA CHARTA. By the. Writers of " Punch." King
John, Mr. W. H. Payne ; Harlequin, Mr. J. Ridgway ; Pan-
taloon, Mr. Garden ; Columbine, Mrs. J. Ridgway ; Clown,
Mr. T. Ridgway.
Doors open at Half-past Six, and the Performances com-
mence at Seven.—Dress Boxes 75., Second Price 3s. 3d. ;
First and Second Circles 55., Second Price 2s. 6d. ; Pit 3s;
Second Price 2s. ; Gallery Is.
Prirate Boxes to be had at the Box-office ; of Messrs. An-
drews, 167, New Bond-street; Mr. Mitchell, Old Bond-street;
and of Mr. Sams, Pall Mall.
Tickets and Places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Whit-
low, at the Box-office, from Ten till Four, where Season
Tickets may be had.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAY-MARKET.
-THIS EVENING, DEC. 31,

Will he repeated Congreve's Comedy of THE WAY OF
THE WORLD (Adapted for Representation). Period, 1699.
Sir Wilfull Witwond, Mr. W. Farren ; Fainall, Mr. Vining;
Itlarwoud, Mr. Stuart; Witwoud, Mr. Charles Mathews;
Petulant, Mr. Buckstone; Waitwell, Mr. Strickland; Mil-
lament, Madame Vestris ; Lady Wishfort, Mrs. Glover.
To be fol:owed by the Drama of THE BASTIL E. Louis
Quatorze, Mr. H. Hull; Fricandeau, Mr. Webster; the
Dnehim de Montbazon, Miss 'Charles; Ninon Labatte, Ma-
dame Celeste:-

To conclude with a Grand Comical Burlesque Bur-
etra, called RIQUET, WITH .THE TUFT. Prince
Riquet, with the Tuft, Hr. Charles. Mathews ; Green-horn
the Great, Mr. James Bland; Prince Finikin, bliss Charles;
The Princess Emeralda. Madame Vestris.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
THIS EVENING, DEC. 31,
Will be repeated an English Version of Bel ini's Opera
of LA SONNANIBULA. Coma Rodolph, Mr. W. H.
Weiss.; Aleesio, Mr. Walton ; Liza, Mrs. T H. Se-
Tern ; Amina, Madame Eugenia Garcia; Elvin.), Mr.
•Tem-
pleton.
To conclude with a New Fairy burlesque burletta, entitled
THE YELLOW DWARF. Principal characters by Mr.
Oxberry, Mrs. Anderson, Miss Noel, hladle. Melanie Duval,
and M. Deneze.
Phces and Private Boxes to be had at the Theatre, and at all
tte psincipal Libraries.

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHL
" Yankee Notes" a decided hit—Best Pantomime in London.

THIS EVENING, DEC. 31,
Wllltbe repeated the n Burletta, entitled THE 111ER-
eltANT AND HIS CLERKS. The principal characters
by Uessrs. Lyon, 0. Smith, Paul Bedford, Wright, Maynard,
Wieland, Miss Chaplin, Miss Brooks, and Mrs. P. Grattan.
Ater which, a New Farce, called YANKEE NOTES FOR
EITG,LISH CIRCULATION. Principal Characters. by Mr.
Rica (the celebrated representative of Negro Character),
Mevas. Wright, Wilkinson, :laynard, Mesdames H. P. Grat-
tan, H. Beverley, and Chaplin.
To conclude with a Ne%cjilistmas Pantomime, called THE
SHILDREN IN THE \N‘9II,3D ; or, HARLEQUIN AND
NOM.DY. Harlequin, -Mr. Frampton ; Anti •Clown (No-
If), Mr Wieland; Clown, Mr. H. Beverly; Pantaloon,
Arr. Handers ; Columbitiliss Ilullin.
Boxes, It . ; Pit, 2s. llery, Is. Doors open at half-past
six, commence at seven 6 efock.

DAVIDGE'S MARL SURREY THEATRE.
Rs usual, the most magnificent Pantomime in LondonL-A ter-
rific hit !_ Acknowledged by audiences crammed to the ceiling,
---,Superb Dresses—Splendid Scenery—Unequalled Appoint-
ments.

In another place we publish an extract from
the Chelmsford Chronicle, giving an account of
the poor in the Chelmsford Union Workhouse in
1841 and 1842, which is worth notice as a spe-
cimen of what is at present going on in thei.agricul-
tttral districts. It is well known that the amount of
pauperism was much greater in 1841 than in the
years immediately previous, and the whole in-
crease in the Chelmsford Union between 1841
and 1842 is 20 on 277, or :one-thirteenth. Con-
sidering that 1841 was favourable to pauperism,
that increase is great. But the able-bodied men
have increased from 15 to 27 ; the able-bodied
women from 28 to 38; the able-bodied lads,
between 7 and 15, many of whom should be able
to get their own living, from 30 to 46; and girls
of the same ages from 29 to 41 ; showing, on the
whole an increase of paupers amongst that popu-
lation, which in a prosperous condition of society
would find employment, of no less than 50 per-
sons out of 297, or an increase of pauperism to
the amount of nineteen per cent. in the working
population since 1841. 11* that may be taken, as
we believe it may, as an index to the condition
of the agricultural districts generally, it shows a
state of society which may appal the heart of
any statesman.

The account presents one or two other features
of interest. There are of infants and children
under seven years of age 17 less than in 1841,
indicating, we think, that the number of children
born is, and has been for two or three years
back, diminishing; otherwise, with such an in-
crease of able-bodied paupers the increase of
children should have been considerable instead
of there being a decrease..llt may gratify the

Nov ready, price One Shilling, with characteristic Illastra- t his great reputation. The close of 184‘) wit-
tinng by Leech, Part IX. of
THE FORTUNES OF nesses the country more deeply plunged in dis-
t' EC T 011, O'HALLORAN. tress and misery than at the commencement.
By W. H. MAXWELL, Esq., After a whole year of additional suffering, there
Author of " Stories of Waterloo," " The Bivouac," &c. is •
far less hope of relief from him than when the
Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street.
To be had also of all Booksellers. year began. His eagerly expected measures
have ended in universal disappointment. He
has unsettled everything, and destroyed all the
sanctity of prescription, without satisfying one
clamorous or discontented party. The bulk of
the, laws now restricting trade, which inflict so
much misery on the community, can boast of
only a few months' existence. To theunmitigated
distress of the manufacturing classes is now
added the almost equal distress of the agricul-
tural classes; and all which they can rely on to
protect them against the ever increasing dis-
content of their opponents, and against that
free trade which many of them dread, are
he ill-concocted enactments of last session. Pau-
perism is increasing ; there is no demand for
money indicating an increase of trade; bank-
ruptcy is extensive ; crimes are numerous; the
Minister has been tried and found wanting;
there is, at the end of the year, increased distress
and increased difficulties, and no longer any con-
fidence in a single public man.
There was much discontent among the people
when 1842 began, and it is not lessened at its
close. Sir ROBERT has not soothed the Chart-
ists, nor gained the middle-class manufacturers;
and he has alienated the farmers, and many of
the landlords. His increased taxation, particu-
larly his odious Income-tax, has offended and
disgusted a great multitude of the warmest sup-
porters of every Government. The recent Con-
ference at Birmingham, however divided
and unsuccessful, shows that there is no
abatement in the hostility of the bulk of the
people to our present institutions, while their
fearful outbreak in the autumn has taught the
Government and the upper classes that they have
at least the power, and may not want the will,
if their present feelings continue, to do an im-
mense deal of mischief. There has been no pro-
gress in the year 1842 to reconcile the bulk of
the people to the Government; and 1843 begins
with a still heavy, lowering aspect of contention
between the mass of the population and the in.
stitutions which are patronised by the ruling