The Sun.
London, England, 1842-11-15 00:00:00

DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.

Immense success of the new Nautical Drama. Mr. I'. 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 hurticane of applause.
THIS EVENING, NOV. • 15,

Will be repeated an 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. Honner, 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.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY.
%brning...... 0 minutes after 0 I Evening 3 minutes after 0.

TUE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 15, 1842.

Monmouthshire, the numberofpersons summarily
sent to prison in the course of the year was 240;
in Cardiff (Glamorgan) 118 ; in Cardigan House
of Correction 28; in Northampton County Gaol
455, of whom the offenders against the Game-
laws were 74; in Devizes (Wiltshire) 632, of
whom the offenders against the Game-laws were
71; in the Oxford County Gaol 464 ; making in
nine prisons 3,147 persons shut up in one year by
the summary convictions of the Magistrates.
Such a power is too great for any men to possess,
and far too great for the landowners of England,
who are avowedly, by their own acts, at issue
with the people.
We regret to know that the power of sum-
marily committing to prison has been extended, as
the same committing Magistrates have rendered
the rigour of prisons far greater than the law-
makers of a former period contemplated. Under
the pretext of shortening the term of imprison-
ment to which men were liable, when] waiting
for the sessions or the assize, and under the pre-
text of checking juvenile delinquency, the Ma-
gistrates have gone on, year after year, persuad-
ing the Parliament to place more and more of-
fences under their power of summary conviction.
Punishments have, we believe, increased amaz-
ingly in consequence, and crimes have increased
in about the same proportion. The manner in
which summary punishments have increased,
while crimes have increased, and prison disci-
pline has become more rigorous, till it is in some
cases horrible, deserves the serious consideration
of the Legislature.

The Devonport Independent of Saturday says
ras anticipated, the Tories
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The results of the municipal elections dispelled
all doubts on that head. Wednesday last, an
important era to the Conservatives of this bo-
rough. beheld them in the ascendant. The new
Mayor, after expressing conciliatory intentions
towards his opponents, almost in the same breath
showered on them vituperations of no very digni-
fied kind." The "results of the municipal
elections" alluded to in the above passage, have
been, we regret to state, most disheartening to the
Liberal cause in Devonport. Of twelve returned,
not less than eleven were Tories ! This new-
born penchant for Toryism reflects great dis-
credit on the inhabitants of the borough. Many
of them who have hitherto called themselves
Liberals, must necessarily have falsified all their
past professions, and ratted to the enemy, or
such a triumph could never have been achieved.
As for supposing that these people were induced
to change their opinions out of a strong and
sudden moral conviction of the surpassing excel-
lence of the present Administration, such an
hypothesis is not to be entertained for an
instant. What decided, salutary measures has
Sir R. PEEL brought forward, that were likely
to flash conviction on the mind of an ardent Re-
former? His Tariff is certainly a move in the
right direction, but it is a move so timid, halting,
and partial, that no really sincere Liberal can
possibly lay his hand on his heart, and say that
he is satisfied with it. But, perhaps, it is that
delectable impost, the Income-tax, that has
wrought such a magic change in the political
sentiments of the good folks of Devonport. This
can scarcely be the case, for the impost in ques-
tion will put all those who may happen to be in
trade there, to a world of annoyance, and
likely enough, conduce to the ruin of not
a few of them. The plain truth is, that the
triumph of Toryism in Devonport is not the
triumph of enlightened conviction over pre-
judice, but of self-interest over principle. The
present Government is supposed to be a strong
one, and there are always to be found in every
borough lots of people who are Ministerial or
otherwise, just according to their chances of
picking up some little bit of local, or other pre-
ferment. The very men who have just now
turned Tories in Devonport, because Toryism is
snugly quartered in Downing-street, would turn
Whigs to-morrow, were
the Whig star once
again to be seen flaming in the ascendant.

In an article on the subject of the new Law
Appointments in Bankruptcy, the Times of
Friday observes :—"
There is one person, cer-
tainly, whom the profession in general regret
not to have seen
included in the list of promo-
tions—we mean, Mr. DEACON, whose claims rest
on the authorship of a work on the Bankrupt
Law, beyond all comparison the best in exist-
ence, and referred to on all occasions by the
Bench and the Bar. We trust he has been only
postponed, not overlooked."
We cordially echo
these opinions of our Contemporary, for we
have long heard Mr. DEACON spoken of as a
sound, ready lawyer ; of much quiet, steady
chamber practice; and of long experience in his
profession; and we are willing to believe, with
the Times, that his claims to legal preferment
have been " only postponed, not overlooked."
Opposed though we are in politics to Mr.
DEACON, we have considered it an act of justice
to say thus much in his behalf; and we may add,
too, that we have every reason to believe that his
wouldpprroomt.eosstijoonn,tomany
abny bepopular with the
generallyof the most eminent mem-
bers of which he has been for years personally
known, and respected by them notless for his legal
talents than his unassuming private worth.

We have received Brussels papers of Satur-
day. On the previous day the KING held a
Council n
andat afterwards received a
deputation
oof Ministry,
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te s e
with the Address in
answer to the Royal speech. The budget for the
year had just been issued, from which it appears
that the receipts for the last year were
112,816,742 francs (4,400,0001.), and the expen-
diture 110,486,091 francs. In the department of
Foreign Affairs there had been a diminution of
5,000 francs, as compared with the expenditure
of the previous year. The public debt is -
creased by 3,494,212 francs, and there is also some
increase in the estimates for the army, and the
department of Justice, but to a small amount.

The Royal Tar steam-packet arrived at Fal-
mouth from Gibraltar on Saturday, bringing in-
telligence from the latter
Place to the 3d instant,
from Cadiz to the 4th, and Lisbon to the 9th.
Sir ROBERT WILSON arrived at Gibraltar on the
30th ult., and was sworn into office on the follow-
ing day.
The news from Lisbon is not important. The
decree relative to the Treasury debentures has
at last been published in the official journal. The
debentures are to be for various sums, from 2,500
to 50,000 reis each, and to bear interest at the
rate of about 7 per cent, per annum. The bank
not having chosen to discount them, they are to
two-thirds of their current salaries and the ar-
rears ai.s issued i
due
onl payment
that account, to the public employes for
the other third to be
paid in cash.
An anonymous proclamation addressed to the
Portuguese nation had been published in some of
the Lisbon papers, and excited considerable inte-
rest. This document is directed against M.
DIETZ, a highly_respectable German, who ac-
companied the KING as Private Secretary, and
it would appear has excited the jealousy of some
persons about Court. Public opinion points out
COSTA CABRAL as the author of this absurd ad-
dress, which cautions the people against the ma-
chinations of the " infamous" DIETZ, and adds
that he was endeavouring to persuade the QUEEN
to leave the country, and had so far prevailed
upon her that the best of her jewels and a large
sum of money was embarked on board a vessel to
be shipped to England. The story is totally des-
titute of truth.

The Madrid Gazette of the sth contains some
severe comments on the declaration published
by the twelve journals. It denies that the Go-
vernment has any hostile intentions against the
Press, and it relies on public opinion to defend
the laws and defeat the machinations of a con-
spiracy, having for its object the renewal of the
civil war and the establishment of anarchy.

Rumours of a chane---oiMinistry were current
in Madrid. It is said, however, that the REGENT
will neither
modify the Ronn. Cabinet nor dis-
solve the Cortes before the opening of the ses-
sion; but it was believed that the Parliamentary

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