The Sun.
London, England, 1842-11-16 00:00:00

DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.

Immense success of the new Nautical Drama. Mr. T. P.
Cooke as Union Jack is highly cheered by crowded audiences—
the novel effects surpass everything hitherto attempted, and
the ship on fire creates a complete hurricane of applause.
THIS EVENING, NOV. 16,

Will be repeated an entirely 'New Nauiical Drama, en-
titled THE UNION JACK; or, the SAILOR and the
SETTLER'S DAUGHTER, written expressly for Mr. 1. 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 never before attempted.
After which will be produced an entirely 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.
To conclude with THE PLEDGE OF LOVE ; or, a SIS-
TER'S SACRIFICE.

Places and private Boxes to be had of Mr. J. Kerschner, at
the Box-office, from eleven to four.

TO CORRESPONDENTS.
We cannot answer the question of " Junius."

baps perserve the "lives of the unemployed
people."
It is admitted by all parties that the distress at
Paisley is as great now as it was last year; but
last year Greenock, which is now as bad as Pais-
ley—Glasgow, which now needs assistance—and
Edinburgh, which has nothing to spare—were
all able to contribute to the relief of Paisley.
The distress, then, is making rapid strides; and
there being no hope of relief, thdugh the case of
Greenock has been repeatedly laid, before the
Government without effect, the Meeting adopted,
almost unanimously, some resolutions proposed
by Mr. WALLACE, to apply again, and most ear-
nestly, to Government for assistance. As a ge-
neral principle, we are much opposed to such
applications ; but when men are starving—when
the Government Juts refused to grant the only
measure which can give relief—namely, free
trade, it is a necessary consequence that the
Government should be continually pestered for
relief by the people; whom it unjustly dooms to
idleness and starvation. But whatever objec-
tions may be made to Mr. WALLACE'S principles,.
his humanity and his zeal are unquestionable,
and deserve the warmest praise.
We wish we could say as much for those who,
for our misfortune, preside over the Government '
of the country. They obstinately resisted all
the demands of the people ; they turned a deaf
ear to their comp:aims. They were xvarned
over and over again of the consequences of
monopoly, but they bigotedly pursued their,
own unjust career. They seem to be
making an experiment on the people. They
have placed the nation under a huge monopoly,
like a poor mouse in a glass bell, and, as it be-
gins to pant for air or food, the experimentalists
let in a small supply, and look quietly on at the
struggles of the sufferer. Tile poor animal,
or the poor nation, they say, will live through,
though they hardly know how, and by -and-by it
will get accustomed to the terrible ,crivation, and
be as lively and frisky as when it was inclosed
with a limited supply of air or food. So our
political MAJENDIES are now torturing the
entire nation by way of an experiment, and the
piteous cries we hear front Greenock - and
Paisley, are the proofs of their deeds and their
success. The people, though exposed to great
suffering are yet alive, and the monopolists
are resolved to push their experiment to its end.
What that will be, GOD only knows.

A Morning Contemporary has some remarks
on the Scottish Reformers of 1794, whose
memory be strenuously endeavours to cover with
ridicule and obloquy. His success, however, is
in an inverse ratio with his zeal, for he inflicts
no injury on the reputation of those whom he so
wantonly asperses, but he convicts himself of the
grossest. inconsistency. The patriots in question '
were, it is well known, tried in Edinburgh, and
found guilty of sedition; this was the crime
alleged against them, but their real offence was,
their agitation of the question of Parliamentary
Reform—that question to which their arch-
enemy, Mr. PITT, had once been favourably in-
clined; of which Earl GREY boldly avowed him-
self the uncompromising advocate in the
House of Commons; and which, thirty-eight
years afterwards; he carried triumphantly
through the Legislature, cheered by the con-
stant and enthusiastic support of our Coutem-
temporary ! Now, how can that which was
seditious in 1794, have been perfectly constitu-
tional in 1832? Above all, how. can the Scottish
Reformers have been ti pitiful scoundrels" for
agitating that very measure which the Whigs,
with the express sanction of the Sovereign,
subsequently passed into law ? If the one party
of agitators were " pitiful scoundrels," so, of
necessity, must the other have been. If MUIR
deserved transportation in 1794 fbr insisting on
the necessity of Parliamentary Reform, our
Contemporary, in 183, merited a like recom-
pense for advocating the sit me measure. What was
criminal in the one could not possibly have been
virtuous in
Contemporaryinthe
other;
has been unjustly used,and we think, therefore,
that
and that lie has great cause to complain of his
treatment, in not having been honoured, like his
Scottish predecessors,
by a free passage to our
penal settlements in Australia. It is never,
however, too late to do justice, and we shall be
most happy, if by strenuously urging his claims
to that distinction, we can assist in expediting his
transportation! When, not content with ridi-
culing their political sentiments, our Con-
temporary speaks of the Scottish Reformers
as " pitiful scoundrels," he forgets that he is in-
cluding in this censure one of the most chival-
rous and high-minded spirits of the age in which
he lived—the young and accomplished JOSEPH
GERALD—the favourite pupil of Dr. PARR—the
chosen friend of Sir JAMES MACKINTOSH, and
others of the Whig party—who testified his lofty
and disinterested attachment to Reform, by the
willing sacrifice of fortune—fame—hope—friend-
ship—of everything, in short, which renders life
de:iirable ! The man who could so act—and
PARR'S own private letters bear testimony to the
truth of our statement—has taken it out of the
power of even his bitterest enemy to load his
memory with obloquy.

A Westbury Correspondent of the Wilts Inde-
pendent says:—"One of our clergy the other
day, when about to marry a couple, ascertained
that they had not been baptised, and accordingly
expressed his determination not to marry them
unless they submitted to the ordinance, and fur-
ther stated that his charge would be one shilling
each. The man said he had. only three-pence
with him, and this being the case, the clergy-
man consented to baptise, and thus regenerate
him for that sum !"---There is a cool business-
like air about this transaction anything but
creditable to the clergyman engaged in
it. Conceive a parson first standing out for a
shilling baptismal fee, and then, finding he can-
not get it, lowering his terms, and administering
threepcnn'orth of spiritual regeneration ! Far
better lie had regenerated on tick, for then at
least lie would have avoided the scandal of
making the affair.one of mere pounds, shillings,
and pence ! By the bye, we trust that in his
next tariff SirßonEnTPExt. will give the Church
a turn, as he has just done the agriculturists, and
lower the Duties on all ecclesiastical matters.
We have now got cheap turbot, why should we
not have cheap Regeneration?

The intelligence front Madrid is to the 6th
inst. The official Gazette of that day announces
that ESPARTERO has no intention of prolonging
the minority of the QUEEN, and that he will ab-
dicate his powers as Regent when her MAJESTY
has attained her fourteenth year. The same
journal asserts that no intention exists to attack
the liberty of the Press, and that Article 2 of the
.Constitution will be strictly observed. It com-
plains of the degraded state of the journals, and
of the daily libels on the REGENT. The laws
only had been resorted to for the punishment of
press offences, although in no country did there
exist such abominable license as in Spain.

According to some o the Paris papers the
King of the FRENCH had reasons for removing
General PAJot. from the command of the
first military division. He was ardently at-
tached to liberty, and had taken an active part in
promoting the revolution of July, but he was ad-
n vaced in years, and in case of any serious dis-
turbance might be less efficient than a younger
and less scrupulous General. The Commerce,
therefore, announces that as soon as he was
dismissed a new military plan for the protection of
the Tuileries was formed under the auspices of his
successor, Gen. SEBASTIAN'. Thisplan lays down
the positions which each regiment of the garrison
of Paris is to occupy in the streets or public
squares, in event of a rising like that which led
to the abdication of CHARLES X. The corps
charged with the defence of the Palace, and other
public buildings, are to be provided with a cer-
tain number of guns for clearing the streets, and
levelling those dangerous obstructions called
barricades. We know not whether there is any
truth in these statements, but if another
outbreak should take place at Paris the insur-
gents mill find themselves in a very
differont 'position from that which enabled
the heroeS of July to conquer the Sove-
reign. The fortifications are carried on

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 16, 1842.