The Sun.
London, England, 1842-11-26 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 26, 184 e.

Now ready in 3 vols., Bvo.,
THE HISTORY of the -MANNERS, CUS-
TOMS, &e., of ANCIENT GREECE.
By J. A. St. JOHN, Esq.
Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street,
Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty.

Now ready, in 2 vols. small Bvo., with Portraits, 21s. bound,
MEMOIRS OF THE
QUEENS OF ,FRANCE,
By
Mrs. FORBES BUSII.
Henry Colburn; Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street.
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NEW STORY OF THE SEA, BY ,THE AUTHOR OF
" THE PILOT," " THE TWO ADMIRALS," &c.
Now roady, in 3 vols. post Svo.,
THE JACK O'LANTERN
(LE FEU FOLLET):
OR, THE PRIVATEER,
A Story of the Set.
By J. FENIMORE COOPER, Esq.
Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street.

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THEATRE ROYAL, 141Y-MARKgT.
THIS EVENING, SATURDAY, Nov. 26.

be performed, Sheridan's Comedy} of THE RIVALS..
Sir Anthony Absolute, Mr. W. Farren; Ca?tain Ab-
solute, Mr. Vining; Faulkland. Mr. Stuart; Acres,
Mr. Webster ; Sir Lucius 0' bigger,. Mr. Malone Rajlnond ;
Fag. Mr. Charles Mathews; David,' Mr. Bud:stone.
Mrs. Malaprop, Mrs. Clover; Lydia Languish, Madame
Vestris ; Julia, Mrs. Edwin Yarnold ; Lucy, Mrs. F.3.latthows.
To be kllowed by Mr. T. Haynes 13ayly s Burletta of ONE
HOUR ; or, A CARNIVAL BALL. Mr. Charles Swiftly,
(his original character), Mr. Charles Mathews ; i liss Dalton,
(her original character), Ma:lame Vestris, wko will sing
" Love is the Theme."

Teo eonelude with Mr. Buekstone's last New Farce, called
A KISS IN THE DARK. Mr. Sclim Pettibone, Mr.
Buckstone ; Frank Fathom, Mr. Howe ; Mary, Miss Mattley ;
The Unknown Female, Miss Connor ; Mrs. Pettibone, Mrs,
W. Clifford.

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI.
THIS EVENING, NOV. 26,

Will he repeated THE MISER'S DAUGHTER. Prim
eipal Characters by Messrs. 0. Smith, Lyon, H. Beverly
Wright, Sterling, Wilkinson, Maynard, Craven, Mrs. H. P,
Grattan, Miss Faucit; Miss Murray, Mrs. H. Beverly, &c.

After which, a Isew Comic Burletta, called AN I.O—NY anti
CLEOPATRA. Antony, Mr. Wright ;‘ Cleopatra, Miss
Murray. _ _ _

To be followed by a Grand Burletta Spectacle, entitled
ALMA. Principal Characters by Messrs. Paul Bedford,
Wieland, Frampton, Mrs. IL P. Grattan, and Madame Proche
Giubilei.

To conclude with THE SECRET. Thomas, Mr. H. Beverly.
Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. Doors open at half-past
six, commence at seven o'clock.

DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.

Unparalleled success and extraordinary attraction.
T. P. Cook.. in two pieces.
THIS EVEINING.NOV. 26,

Will be repeated en entirely New Nautical Drama, en-
titled THE UNION JACK; or, the SAILOR and the
SETTLER'S DAUGHTER, written expressly for Mr. T. P.
Cooke, who will be supported by Messrs. Hicks, Neville,
Smith, Heslop, Mrs. R. Homier, and the entire Company.
New scenery and splendid nautical effects weer before attentpted.
After which, for via nights only, THE MONSTER ; or,
THE FATE OF FRANKINSTEIN. Frankinstein, Mr.
H. Hughes ; The Monster, by Mr. T. P. Cooke, u acted by
him upwards of 100 nights in Paris.
To conclude with Mr. Barber's new Drama, en-
titled THE BLACK LAW OF MARTINIQUE; or, the
FUGITIVE SLAVE. Zamba, the Slave, by Mrs. H. Vining.
The other Characters by Messrs. Hughes, Hicks, Neville, W.
Smith, Mrs. Hughes, and Miss E. Terry, who will sing Miss
Eliza Cook's Song of the " Red Indian," composed by Mr. G.
Stansbury.
Thousands of Blue Jackets are attracted by the last scene of
Union Jack—the destruction of the Pirate's vessel by fire—
appalling effects.
Places and private Boxes to be had of Mr. J. Kerschner, at
the Box-office, from eleven to four.

1-111414 W ATER AT. LONDON •BRIDGE THIS DAY.
61• ruing !.,1 minutes after
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NEW CHINA SUN,

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MAP OF CHINA.

ON WEDNESDAY NEXT, THE 30th INST.;
WILL BE PUBLISHED,
ANEW CHINA SUN,

CONTAINING
EVERYTHING INTERESTING
WITH RESPECT TO CHINA, AND
A DESCRIPTION OF THE
FIVE FREE TRADE PORTS OF
CANTON, AMOY, FOO-CHOW-FOO,
NINGPO, AND SHANGHAE ;
TOGETHER WITH ALL THE GLORIOUS
AND IMPORTANT EVENTS OF THE
LATE WAR IN THAT COUNTRY.

Orders mewed at the SUN-OFFICE, 112, SW-and,

and of all News-Agents.

on, year after year, adding to their own power,
and they now annually inflict on the people, by
their own will and pleasure, an amount of torture
in the shape of imprisonment, for what they call
offences, which we believe is unparalleled in any
other country. The case of this young woman,
and of Wm. BARTLETT, who was sent to Oxford
Gaol for a fortnight for attempting to kill a
rabbit on a turnpike•road, already published in
The Sun, are in point. As a further illustration
we quote the following front the Wiltshire lade-
pendent :

COMMITTED TO THE NEW PRISON, DEVIZES.—
Elijah Shelley and William Futcher, for two months
each, for having assaulted and beat Henry Bone, at
Downton ;. John Natt, for two months, for maliciousy
breaking the windows of the dwelling-house of John
Ponting, at Malmesbury ; Robert Hantley, for three'
weeks, for refusing to work in the workhouse at Brad-
ford; Jeremiah Bait, for six months, unless ho sooner
find sureties for six months, for misconduct towards
JameS Batt, at Sidghill; Henry ,Miles, for three
Months, for leaving the workhouse at Mere, with the
union clothing ; Henry Gray and James Singleton, for
six weekS each, for a breach of the ame laws at Don-
head St. Andrew; Charles. Slade, for three months,
for leaving his family chargeable to the parish of
Ililperton; William Overton and James Bigwood, for '
one month each, and to find sureties for one year, for
night poaching at Steeple Ashton ; William Bevis,
for one month, for destroying game at the Tything of
Hipperscomb ; Isaac Coster, for two months, for
leaving his family chargeable to the parish of Col-
lingbourn Kingston; Henry Box, for two months,
for, wilful damage in the workhouse at Bradford ;
Jeffery Dowse, for two mcnths, for poaching at En-
ford ; John Ferris, for seven days, for stealing a
o n t
Salmon,i t) Efs ts
cia., rr
aot ttll property of William Wroughton
he h a pelry of Saint James; in the
c parish of Bishcp Cannings ; Abraham Rivers, for
three months, for poaching at Avon ; and William
Coek, for two troaths, for a breach of the Game-laws
at llipperscomb.
Now, we ask any man of common humanity
whether six weeks' imprisonment for a breach of
the Game-laws, three months' imprisomnent for
leaVing a wile chargeable to a parish, one month
for night poaching, one. month for destroying'
game, two months for leaving a family charge-
able, three months for poaching at Avon, and
two months for a breach of the Game-laws, while
seven days is the punishment for stealing a quan-
tity of carrots, are not greater crimes committed
against the person punished than they committed?
As we have before observed, inen do riot forfeit
their rights by committing offences; if they did,
we must all pray for help ; and we must assert,
therefore, that such terrible punishments for
what country gentlemen please to make offences
are gross and scandalouS violations of the rights
•of the persons punished. Unfortnnately, gently-
men in the Commission of the Peace, or sport-
ing gentlemen when they make laws about
game, invariably treat the common people as if
they had no rid its at all, but held life and
liberty at their good pleasure. Hence it has
come to pas's that there are annually an immense
number of punishments inflicted on the people by
them for their purposes, and at their pleasure,
which amounts to a great system of slow torture.
We read of Mandarins ordering the "Chinese to
be beaten with bamboos, and of Turkish Paellas
administering the bastinado ad ; but who
can compare for a moment the beating with a
bamboo, or a thrashing over the feet with green
switches, to being shut up in Northleach, or con-
demned to solitary confinement and hard labour
in the new prison of Devizes, for one, two, or
three months ? If that were not bidden from our
view, we should instantly arrest the hand of the
executioners. The walls which secure the pri-
soners, also hide from the public eye the crimes"
which are committed in them; and there is nei-
ther redress, sympathy, nor help, for the unfor-
tunate victims of sporting country Magistrates.
This system has been tried for many years, and
found, as we might expect from its nature, to be
a complete failure. It nourishes crime. Its most
palpable effect is to brutalize both those who in-
deolausbst whetherTho!iti the
fiio moral
titbe
dofifeicgttiraiftedngadrteitoahttio,isoeits‘s who are its victims, is, alas! too
who suffer it. The degradation.
Steil-known;liitort-tZec
not , equal; :; f_WhAt • with Corii.4aws' as the
„ymbo Jbei,e public acts, and the conduct
of a liEnTFoun and his executors as an epi-
tome of their- private lives,- feeling no shame
at committing any act of cruelty or " dishoneStY,
or of exposing to public
a
profligacy\‘'liellisc'llatnhyeykienadnolfegalis'' Which hppens-to be
in fashion, they seem to be s4knAfch,..rnorally de-
graded as the unhappy people they consign to
a pheasant. With the
the tread-mill for
blandest smiles, the sleekest skin, the best
brushed coat, the most orderly decorum,
men pass
wpheo pass laws to keep food
People also consign them to
frontthe
gaol for entrapping a wild animal. They do not
think that wrong, and have no more a feeling of
shame at their conduct than had those wor-
thies who recently rushed into a court of
law and solicited the public gaze for the
most hideous profligacy. At present the
public morality, and the private conduct
of our aristocratic rulers, shed a bright
and clear light one on the other, and the under-
standing of the people must be obtuse indeed if
they do not soon attain the conviction that
country
who both make and adminis-
ter
been much too long entrusted
with irresponsible
Power,
laws, have gentlemen,

The Manchester Guardian contains the report
of a speech delivered at the meeting on Tuesday,
which want of room excluded from our report,
but which is worth preserving. Here it is :
Mr. E. Grundy of Parkshill, Bury, said,—Nothing
had been farther front his thoughts, when he came to
that meeting, than the idea of taking any part in the
proceedings; nor would he ever have consented to do
so, but that his refusal might have led people to say
that he was afraid to identify himself with the Anti-
Corn-law League.--(Cheers.) Having made this
preliminary remark, he would just say, that he com-
pletely concurred in all that had fallen from the
Chairman respecting the present depressed condition
and the no less ruinous prospects of our home and
foreign trade. On that subject he felt assured that
there could be no difference of opinion among mer-
chants and manufacturers.—(Hear.) . All must agree,
that unless something were done, and that speedily,
the whole country would be involved in ruin. But,

_
hough the statements they had heard of distress and
bad trade were most appalling, he for one rejoiced to
present aspect of events, because he
thought
witness
good
would come out of it.—(Cheers.)
After having, for the last thirty years, hold the doc-
trine, that a change of the system must take place, or
else the country must be ruined, he rejoiced to find
that su
thinking.
During a long portion of that thirty years
Many had come to be of the same way of
the suffering had been chiefly borne by the labouring
classes, but now it had reached the middle class also.
So long
as those who were in comfortable circum-
stances could shift the burden from their own shoul-
ders to the shoulders of those beneath them, it was
impossible .to obtain any change of the laws which
produced the distress.--(Cheers.) He did not
come there to flatter any class. He had always been
of opinion that the community at large were deeply
worthy of blame for the apathy with which they had
looked on the suffering of the operatives. He blamed
the Government as the originators of the distress
which prevailed on all sides ; but he also blamed the
people for permitting Government to maintain that
system of monopoly which threatened to ruin the best
interests of the countroubt most of thorn were y-. He would not enlarge on
this topic, as he had no d
im-
patient to get away. " The lowing of oxen was in
their ears."
They were Manchester men, and their
,thoughts were on the Exchange.—(Laughter and
cheers.) lie would not, then, detain them any longer,
except merely to say, that he went most heartily along
with the. Anti-Corn-law League in all its proceedings.
—(Cheer3.) It was said that the League was neither
more nor less than a conspiracy; if so, he would join
that conspiraey.—(Cheers.) If they were conspira-
torS, he was one also.---(Renewed cheers.) In what-
ever way his services might be of use, he would al-
ways 1„), ready to do his best in furthering the objects
of the League, lx,cause lie felt convinced that, in so
doing, he would most effectually aid in frustrating the
mischievous pOlicy of a corrupt and tyrannical Go-
vernment.

This speech is•another example of the manner
in which the gentlemen of Manchester and its
neighbourhood are beginning to speak out. It
does nut spare the Manchester gentlemen them-
selves any more than the Government. It
plainly tells them that it is their own fault that
they have been so long cursed with a ruinous
system. It justly reproaches them with not
standing forward to protect the humbler classes
as long as they could shift the burden on the
other's shoulders. They were contented to be the
tax gatherers for the landed aristocracy, till the

payments involved themselves in difficulties and
ruin. We welcome such severe but just remarks
for their healing effects. They will serve to
convince the master manufacturers that they
have not done justice through a long series of
years to their own skilful workmen; the sinews
of their wealth and greatness. They will he re-
garded by the labourers of every ',art of the
empire as an acknowledgment of error P:rld con-
fidence and bright hopes will take l place o
distrust and despair. They may bet J. germs of
a union which
.the aristocracy will be unable to
resist. •

If a kind of family compict between masters
and workmen—and well does th( it relationship
deserve that hallowed name—were to be the re-
sult of their present sufferings; if the men
should cease to look on the masters as extor-
tioners, and the masters should cease to look on
the men as merely instruments for producing
them as much wealth as possible, we should con-
clude that even the Corn-laws had not existed in
vain. An important lesson has been taught, and
if the remembrances of the present suff,:ring
should, in future prosperity. inspire al classes
with moderation, the Corn-laws may hereafter
be quoted as another example of GOD bringing
good out of man's evil devices.

FINE ARTS.
VIEWS OF THE CAPTURE OF AHOY.
Ackermann, London, 1842.
Mr. Ackermann has just published three Plates,
illustratiVe of the capture of the city of Amoy on
the coast of, China, by the combined British •
forces under Admiral Parker and General Sir
Hugh Gough. The original sketches are by
Lieutenant Crawford, of the Navy, and the en-
gravings, which are taken from them; and are
coloured with. 'great skill and nicety,,are by .a
gentle Man named. Papprill, who has executed a
somewhat laborious task quite in a con (more
spirit. The first view reprssents the suburbs and
trading. junks, of A.moy, ,are drawn up,
apparently; at anchor, close under .the, walls' of
the city. On. the heights immediately behind,
which command Amoy, the Forty-ninth Regi-
ment is stationed, awaiting the favourable mo-
ment to storm the beleaguered places To ,the.
extreme left of the spectator appear the attack-
ing batteries on Kulonsoo Island ; and in front
scarce 'a hundred yards off the hostile British
squadron, is a solitary Chinese junk; pursuing, to
all appearsnce, the peaceful occupation of fish-
ing, just as if there were no danger from its close
proximity to the foe. This is the only defect we
can find in the Plate ; and it is a defect of design,
not execution. Doubtless the fishing junk, with
its tall, tapering masts, its furled sails, and its
quaintly rigged crew, consisting of two men
luxuriating in wondrous breadth of hat and length
of pig-tail, adds to the picturesque effect of the
sketch, contrasting, as it does, with the British
vessels close by; but we would put it to the
ingenious' artist, whether the introduction of a
Chinese junk in such a place, and engaged in
such a pscific occupation, at the very time when
it is within tlib range of the enemy's guns,
is not a little at variance with probability !
Effect is certainly a desirable point to achieve in
a picture, but it should always be in accordance,
with, and subordinate to, truth, and not be pro-
duced in its despite. The second Plate shows us
the Wellesley and the Blenheim, both seventy-
four.gun-ships, in the act of attacking a range of
heavy granite batteries, which run fur a consi-
derable distance along the water's edge, and wear a
truly formidable aspect. The drawing of the
Wellesley is very graceful and seaman-like, and
despite her enormous size, she seems to float as
buoyantly on the still, unwrinkled surface of the
sea, as though she 'were no weightier than
cork. In the third Plate, we see the Nemesis,
steamer, just preparing to disembark Sir
Hugh Gough and the soldiers of the
Eighteenth Regiment; in the offing appear several,
Government transports; and in the distance, on
the mainland, the view is bounded by lofty, pre-
cipitous eminences, which add greatly to the ef--
fect of the scene. Judging from these clever
graphic sketches, we should say that the scenery
in the immediate neighbourhood of Amoy was
highly picturesque and romantic in its character.

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