The Sun.
London, England, 1842-12-26 00:00:00

PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.

This New and Elegant Theatre, fitted up in a style of splendour
hitherto unequalled in this country,
Will OPEN THIS EVENING, DEC. 26,
With an ADDRESS; to be delivet4d by Mr. J. H. Wallack.
After which, LASONNAMBULA, Count Rodolph, Mr.
W. H. Weiss ; Meseio, Mr. NiealioivLisa, Mrs. T. H. Se-
*ern ; Amine, Madame Eugenia:44ll.cm (her first appearance
nu the English stage> ; 'Elvin°, VT.: Templeton.
To . conclude with a New Fairy iurlesque berletta, entiged
THE YELLOW DWARF. Principal- characters by Mr.
Oiberry, Mrs. Anderson, Miss Noel,lladle. Melanie Duval,
anal M. Beneze, who will make fheii-firit appearance in this
a ntry in the incidental ballet.
P I aces and Private Boxes to be had at the Theatre, and stall
e principal Libraries.

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI.
THIS EVENING, DEC. 26,
Will be repeated the new Bhrletta, entitled THE IVIER,
ANT AND HIS CLERKS. The prinCipal- chaticterit
Messrs, 'Lyon, Q. Strath, Paul Bectforsl. Wr4l2t. Maigardi
eland, Miss. Chaolin, Miss lirafts, iott.hiurs. r : .
After which, a New 'Farce, called YANK N4rSiatt. 1/'"
ENGLISH CIRCULATION. Principal' Cliirteteri
Rice (the celebrated representatire d 5 •Ncgic, Chat ter),
Mews. Wright, Wilkinson, 3layttari,Mesdames E. P. GrAt:
tan, . Beverley,. and Chaplin. •
1 o (-include with a New Christmas Pantomitne,.called-THE
II(LL) REN IN THE WOOD; or, IIoCRLEQUIN.ANII:.
N ()BODY. Harlequin, Mr. Frentptin ; Anti •CloyiniAn-
body), Mr Wieland; Clown, Me..o:- Beverly;-
Mr. Sanders Co.u.subine, Misa liqllifs.7
Boxes, ; Pjt,3 s. ; Gallery, is. . Paoll GINN atiblaillatie
six, commence at seven o'clock. •

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DAVIDGE'S-110-17X-L SURREY THEATRE.
The Grandest Christmas Entertaiutneuts weer „offered to the
Public—A lavishing outlay—AA the, yi,rst,ratc Artistes—
Everything of the most costly &ficri_p/itin.
THIS EVENINCkPEe: 26,
Will be produced -a New Drama, entitled RICHARD
A VAGE, which Messrs. HisOes, Hieltit,,,,R; 'Bonner,
J. Webster, Neville, Smith, Mrs. ;I:fawner, Mn. H. Vining,
Miss Terrey, &c., &c., will perform.
After Which, a New. Grand FairrPisiltuitiiine, with splendid
Scenery, Dresses, Tricks, Mechantear,Chlinges, and Appoint-
ments, to be called HARLEQUINi:PUCK ; or, THE EN-
CHANTED STATUE OF THE, CHRISTA', FOUN-
TAIN. Harlequin, Mr. Harvey;, Clovin, Mr. C. Montgo-
mery;. Pantaloon, Mr. T. Blanchard;, Columbine, Miss M. 11.
Fairbrother.
.The effects will exceed everything hitherto
attempted.
Places and private Boxes to be hattof Mr. J. Kersehncr, at
the Box-office, frem eleven to four.:-

HtOH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY.
Morning.... 4 minutes after 8 i Evening 33 minutes after 8.

Government—its only means ofraising an in-
creased revenue in war, by his injudicious, and
unjust mode of collecting it, extremely unpopular.
Such a consequence of his conduct seems to have
torn from him almost- the last rag of reputation
that till now hung around him. _ _ _

His consistency has long been whistled down
the wind. He never had credit for being a states-
man. He was always supposed, however, to be a
clever, careful administrator—a nian who never
would unnecessarily, and for the attainment of
any trifling object, rouse the discontent, and even
the wrath, of the bulk of the middle classes•
That he has now done. The hostility of the lower
classes towards the Government was previously
fierce and unmitigable, and he has kindled almost
as fierce an hostility in the middle classes by his
routine and injudicious mode of levying an In-
come-tax. In common with many others, we re-
garded him, till lately, as a skilful hand to work
the machine of our government ; but by his
tariff—unsettling many things, and taking on
himself the blame of falling prices caused by a
reduction of the means of consumption—and by
his Income-tax, he has proved that he is really one
of the least skilful Ministers that has of late un-
dertaken the management of the national affairs.
The only thing that can now be said in his
favour is, that he manages the House of Com-
mons admirably. To make the nation prosperous,
contented, and happy, he has no power and no
skill ; but he has hitherto ruled and guided the
country gentlemen to theirheart's content. He
has been the idolised of the squires—those gentle-
men who commit men to gaol for doing a little
of what they do a great deal of. All the boobies
who must have something to worship, have
worshipped PEEL. Amongst the blinded mono:.
polists he has been the one-eyed king. We are
not quite sure that his late measures have not
couched his blind adorers, and that when he
meets them again, they will not pretend to see
as far as he can. It is clear that they begin to
waver in their faith. The gaffers throughout the
land are quite at a loss to understand their oracle.
They would have cared nothing about his pro-
mulgating free trade doctrines; but their rents
are falling, and the Income-tax must be paid.
In almost every part of the country we hear
of gentlemen being compelled to remit ten,
twenty, or even thirty per cent., to their
impoverished tenants. This they cannot hear,
and they hesitate and doubt, till a suspicion
arises that they may ultimately break their idol
in pieces. When such is the case, Sir ROBERT
PEEL will retire from office, with the reputation
of the most plausible talker that ever spoke in
Parliament, and one of the worst statesmen that
ever attained to great eminence.
At thisseason of the year, when, in general, the
hoarded pleasures of some weeks or months are
expected to be enjoyed ; when the country should
resound with the sounds of gladness; when, fes-
tivity should sit around every board in the em-
pire, there is little more heard than the
moans of bankruptcy, the curses of discon-
tented tax-payers, and the wailings of famine.
There is no relief for distress. If mankind are
to " read the history" of our present statesmen
in the " nation's eyes," if it is their chief duty
to " scatter plenty o'er a smiling land," which
we do not say, but !which they have most rashly
undertaken, the sufferings of our industrious,
enterprising people, throughout the year 184,
and at this Christmas, will tell a tale to after-
times that will be read with feelings of the
liveliest indignation. The season is beautiful.
Nature smiles on man. All seems divine
around us save the grasping spirit of monopoly
that meets us in every quarter and at every turn,
and dooms the nation to bankruptcy, plunder,
and famine. The source of hope lies in the
people themselves. The spring beams from
their looks on the winter of our despair. Deeply
touched in their pockets, pinched in their bodies,
and pained in their minds, they seem generally
to eye the dark and brooding spirit with grow-
ing dislike, and ere the summer's sun shall ripen
the next harvest, we trust that they will for ever
have rescued dear old England from its loath-
autn€ and ruinous presence.
. COURT CIRCULAR.

: WfNi)gOlt, SUNDAY.—Yesterday the Queen and
Prince Albert took their usual walk about the grounds
.Itround the -Castle in the morning, and again in the
.afternoon.

I; The Prince, of Wales and the Princess Royal were
lalten .an airing.
Viscount °lnning and Captain Seymour arrived
~at the. Castle, and the Earl of Liverpool took his de-
parture. --s
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Prince, Albert went on a shooting excursion, and
had good -sport at the Flying Barn, near Virginia
Water. His Royal Highness was attended by the
Marquis of Ormonde, Hon. Colonel Grey, Major-
General Sir E. Bowater, and Mr. G. E. Anson.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Dow-
ager Lady Lyttelton, Lady Fanny Howard, Mr. G.
E. Anson, and Major-General and Lady T. Wemyss,
had the honour of joining the Royal dinner party in
the evening. _ _

The band of the Horse Guards was in attendance
at the Castle.

This morning her Majesty and Prince Albert and
the Royal Household attended Divine service in the
private chapel within the Castle. The Rev. Lord
Wriothesley Russell officiated.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess.of Kent attended
Divine service in the Church. The Rev. Mr. _Gore
and the Rev. Mr. Oaks officiated. The latter gentle-
man preached, taking as his text the words from St.
John, "He came unto his own, and his own received
him not."

Lady Fanny Howard and Sir George Couper were
n waiting on the Royal Duchess. Sir George stopped
the sacrament.

His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge
has arrived in town from Leeds. His Royal High-
ness went yesterday to Kew.
Count de St. Aulaire, the French Ambassador, and
Baron Brunnow, the Russian Minister, visited the
Earl of Aberdeen, on Saturday afternoon, at the office
of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
The Chancellor of the Exchequer left town, on
Saturday morning, for Cambridge.
The Earl of lladdington transacted business, on
Saturday, at the Foreign-office.
The Ladies Feilding left town, on Saturday after-
noon, for the Upper Lodge, in' Bushy Park. The
Earl of Denbigh, accompanied by Viscount Feilding
and the Hon. Mr. Fending, returned to the Upper
Lodge, Bushy Park,.on Saturday night, from attend-
ing the funeral of his late Countess.
The Earl of Liverpool has arrived in town from a
visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. ,

The Board of Ordnance have given orders to have
some of the stalls of the stables of the Horse Artillery
barracks at Woolwich, and the Hyde-park cavalry
barracks, to be paved with the patent elastic pavement.
The crime of desertion has, of late years, enor-
mously increased. This is a fact admitted on all sides.
Several inquiries have been instituted, with a view to
ascertain the cause and apply a remedy ; but as yet
nothing has been done with success to remove the
evil. By many it has been affirmed, that the decrease
of pension is the cause; by others, that the suspen-
sion of corporal punishment for desertion is the rea cense;
while a third party states that desertion has increased
on account of the long colonial service demanded of
the soldier. We firmly believe that all the foregoing
have some influence in producing desertions, but only
among a small number of those who fill the columns
of the Hue and Cry. The opinions generally enter-
tained by the Captains of the army differ from the
above. We have taken pains to inquire, and the result
is, that those officers who come into closer contact
with the soldiers than others all are of opinion that
desertion chiefly arises from disgust with the service,
caused by the state of debt in which every young
soldier is placed in consequence of the bounty (falsely
so called) not being adequate to supply the recruit
with his kit. When a young soldier finds that during
the most arduous period of his drill, he has scarcely
the means of existence, and not a penny to spend in
recreation, he becomes discontented, and soon falls
into the hands of some ill-adviser who suggests to him
the sale of his regimental necessaries and desertion.
It would well merit a trial, to give only a bona fide
bounty on enlistment—no matter if only 11.--and to
supply a complete kit to the recruit on joining his
regiment, thus letting him commence his service free
from debt, and in the receipt of his regular daily pay.
We have full confidence that this system would ulti-
mately be found less expensive than the present one,
taking into account the charges for new bounties,
charges for escorts, apprehensions, and rewards, and
the cost for support in prison after trial, without any
return in the form of service for all the outlay.—
Naval and Military Gazette.

TnE WEATHER.—The long tract of mild weather
with which we have been favoured was interrupted
yesterday morning by a fall of snow. The thermo-
meter which stood at 50 degrees on Thursday, was
yesterday so low as 38. Arthur Seat and the other
hills in the neighbourhood are slightly Powered with
snow.—Scotsman,

IMPERIAL AUSTRIAN LOAN OF 25 MILLIONS
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GRAND DISTRIBUTION on the FIRST 'of
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Prize 600 fl. .

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THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, DEC. 26.
THERMOMETER, Lowest, 47 ; Highest, 51 : Noon, 50,
BAROMETER, 29.65.—W1ND, S.W.

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