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lin FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR. HACKETT,
T"el4BtNi:hilttfilllVPOLlT PAlTGAranNglis Two Sons.
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~ .IDAY May 17, j.tatea7 "'hi commence 'with a Romantic and Domestic
io two acts, 1839, the Entertai-
called
!tip v
..,_, RIP VAN WINKLE.
1, I 4huiue (a North River Dutchman).. Mr. Hackett.
° which will be added a Serio-Comic Sketch, called
MONSIEUR MALLET ;
°lt, THE POST-OFFICE MISTAKE.
ItiterMon.sieur Mallett .. Mr. Hackett.
..........
b I'lllol, (first time here ) the ludicrous Scene of a
4erfort, MILITIA TRAINING,
,ed several y Mr. Hackett throughout the
'Joel,
United States of America.
fl United (a Yankee major and tapster) .... Mr. Hackett.
To be followed by the favourite Drama of
C4gotel v. THE KENTUCKIAN.
/le Nimrod Wildfire.. (the Kentuckian).. Mr. Hackett.
~ ertainments to conclude with the extraordinary and
410N.StbT, wonderful Evolutions of
''"lt PLEGE AND HIS TWO SONS ON
, . TIIE BOUNDING CORDE,
, 'erilg positively their Last Appearance.
1,44 e Public"tl bee is respectfull informed that an arrangement
If6.,Nueesa Inadeit, for a limitedYnumber of' Nights, for the Per-
ko? (4, .. LIERRN HEINRICH SCHREYER'S VERITABLE
' g in number) of
Rolill, MONKEYS AND DOGS,
th.." created so great a sensation at the Theatre-Royal,
91111 4, :8, London, nd i P . , Vienna, Berlin, Ham-
,Nttleti.,4' all Parts of the Caontianreinat. The Engagement will
Atli cn MoNnAy next May 20, and full announce-
‘l4l.e'liseaftilttsPcriorrnance wd:egivn in future Bills and
11' hlllBB SMITH AND MISS JULIA SMITH,
1,47 , tillaephr Sul. gers, (Nieces of the Countess of Essex,. late
i'4414 &ens' long celebrated as the first Vocalist of the
kt,4 theirl4g..e,) are engaged for a limited period, and wille
krite o:tyPearance on MONDAY next, May 20, in "I
1.4„,, of thnineta of ROSINA. . Mr. B e Mr. 8AR-
'1,71., ~,Ll.cB atres-Royal, Edinburghe,iviand 'St. ames's,
4,4444
,qinv:?, engaged fora. porti.onofthe season ; Ro-
kT erforit,a,."4 ' Phoebe, Miss Julia Smith. After which,
4,eLt ,auces of HERRN HEINRICH SCHREYER'S YE-
-10:4"411 Farce Pof MONKEYS. To conclude with the
smith'
of N foNG NO SU R. Frederick,
'ith."r; Margaroet Mies -Sn-dtiii- Dorothy, Miss Julia
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R NING, MAY 17, 1339
I'
.~lv~l'.
LIN
'ekel•h4l,l3risoner at the bar is called on to say what
,1,°41111;t1-,141,4 °WII defence, his counsel commonly re-
Ilita to hold his tongue. The least said is
11egt
,°Litti' ended. The public has seen the speeches
elhourne and John Russell in the two houses
theired at, and will judge how much they have bet-
‘ ekpalLi abjeet and disconsolate condition by the
ieNe44t.ons,,
they have made. They have solemnly
the 11l a.cabinet minute their deliberate opinions
the'
tiellti°ll• which has for the last two years been
t 4
I/erqbalY ho d
„Ati
11 nil to place and patronage,—the Bedcham-
,44o
44 Lord Melbourne says,—" He therefore
LSuit' his colleagues; and, having laid before
111thatWi hie ease, they were unquestionably of opi-
k S eith::;vas not advisable--that it was not proper—
hhittire °Y her Majesty's present ministers, or by
°l4 Fhb
inet, the ladies of her Majesty's house-
oee °lll- ue subjected to the changes and vicissi-
Ote Political movements."
01111',,,,h,,ateaella:l.ot help
admiring the almost superhuman
lil.tBllgh 1,1°4 which could carry the heartless old man
11,11,,tiAelith-th a speech as this. Knowing that in 1837
istration was on the verge of disso-
't
having trusted for months to the chapter
were rescued at last from despair,
148 Vllort,lB°,lo3' by the demise of the excellent Sove-
h bten tiley had insulted, and whom now they
- taw
Iva e4t to fear that access by the court stair-
P 01,? the 0
4-.11 y way open to them to the heights ofd
a' this access must be securely guarded, an
ti,lBloeif
tinhaintained, or all was lost—knowing that he
Ifti 18 hollow-hearted old beguiler, had removed
etlds
'44' anti instructresses of Princess Victoria's
)01
eBpy ad set in every place about her person
wea4:l Ills Own (exclusively political) selection—
.4o had a.: her attachments from her. natural advisers,
ter rated to himself not the office of. Prime
1:4414. :111Y3 but that of her personal adviser and
14—'8 klAraild might have said with more truth than
bßiq re p;(17. Charles X. "L'etat c'est moi"—know-
to iv'Y or at' and inwardly chuckling over all this
th 4tearii tW° years' intrigue,—he has the hardihood
,the k ka°lent and the country with the assertion
qa vieL4°llght these ladies should not be subjected
eppof ,07itudes of political movements ;" and, by
in einnitY, they have recorded this Whiggish.
0111 e a c
''°4 abinet minute. Let us heartily assure
lit%i,lb°llll-le that in one. passage at least of his ora-
coneur, and that " mere assevera-
ktqe v Protestations produce on our minds a doubt
the same of the party using them." And let us
tst dyne guard ourselves against any possible
ti4kit trZ ti
t'on, by solemly declaring, that, in respect
bBliot th°t: Lord Melbourne's statements, we en-
th. smallest doubt whatever.
41e constitutional adviser mean to say, that a
tt,L ssto4ter •
q, of
Whatever
is not to tender any advice to. his sove-
Nll,llop4bia.tever nature, when the occasion arises,
l' 100 le service imperatively requires his inter-
'
h °eB he mean to say, that when he fashioned
itt. 1(1.11;sehold, he thought it so unimportant a
kb,,rB tel?„l,tteallY speaking; that he left it to her Ma-
i4;,4 to
.1,-"llenced and undirected choice ? Does he
1;0 eet'l that he has not daily and hourly interfered
44t of affairs at Windsor and Buckingham
i411110114a;es been proverbial for it. Now he has
ate °they miring Minister. He serves her Majesty
Ahieh 11-q-aeLPacitY• A Mayor of the Palace is an
to the British constitution, -and for
teL4llllll,7Pied Lord John will find no precedent
gN; t0.:4Y8 of Anne. Well then, as Prime ?di-
!,•'4t a,..`" Melbourne has fashioned the household
h •
continued most actively and Most jealously
01•1, Nero
CaieBt, It' Has the afflicted mother. to write to
8
4 441114 a subject of peculiar delicacy as well as
41i,4 'olei),-" e°. Utterly unconnected with politics, wholly
G f?itjNy), 1111ected with the household, who is her
N al Of an
? Does she resort to the natural
an
oPrectinexperienced young lady in so very pain-
-114h:4 eve-vc,,alllent—to her august mother—or to one,
V 4 44;14' of her more experienced female confi-
tit/114t Affilelles ? No : tl:e Prime Minister, Lord
1441,,:11t 4 e,""irtle, assumes to himself this embar-
-04, • the household—and gives his own reply—
IN'jll4"manly deli-
e----his Whig . courtesy—his
Nt:tY to :I°w the same Lord Melbourne has the ef-
to ha4sert that the Prime Minister has not, nor
t')e, Pitt a°3'thing to do with the Queen's house-
0,
04 t " it never occurred to him to allude to the
i!licl t4o:t such an interference when he gave his
otreo,s,friendly advice to her Majesty ! ! And
IN'hy pi.,'"4 of this he solemnly denies that there
I,,,neerted intrigue, or any anticipated re-•
11, wer• It Was not that
k's-1841set of ,o, r e,;)trijanc, life gave him mystical lore, ,
Vt events east their shadows before. '
e everse. This old habitue' never thought
Deli • es of
4toh.tle4.expectant premiers were likely to.dabble
toi;wand the last thing that could have come
IttlialFf bye:lll.4B, that Peel or the Duke would object
Viorp.t; d, and thwarted, by two sisters of
Vs
tb: tid. the wife of Lord Normanby.
'111) er the case of Lord Melbourne and his
• •
attitl4,t°4 •the4l,244try. We join issue with them, and
1. to put themselves at once upon the
ti_t'Pl ofLthern dissolve the parliament, and ask
t't two : tlgland to return a safe majority to sup-
-414 Nei., t'lsters of Lord Morpeth and the wife of
"''' 1)Y.
()rth a'-td Let them say, " support your
4e,, ifia "leY will be met with their own watch-
-10r: to t When King William called upon his
`'hat PP'rt hint in the choice of his own minis-
-IpOtiowas th •
tr, -al dt, e wing reply ? What were the con-
eti: the -eines of the liberal cabal ? Did they
b veople ,
e o of England,—the houses of parlia-
o
aer oaf
side, the personal predilections of
e on the other :—nay more; the soveri-
-1,,c%t th„ houses
trien and bed-chamber Women are
,tl%itell4B jove44-e',,3 °f parliament ; the British constitu-
f of ..eu tb,„
.114). the n, oethchamber women with the
71 vverei re •
• ~•tha Policy s ministers, and the direction
1, 4lher vote then, loyal radicals, for the
,44,,wer
.°neo Vote, constitutional Whigs, for
-anid a..
Vot the throne greater than the throne
V. f , the
of or the 3e reformers, of every shade and
ge k Lord two sisters of • Lord Morpeth and the
tht 44. - orrnatib
1. Ye. kid if Y • 'There is nothing new under
Ibt, °Old nieu
k ‘414;4, 440WWould but learn from history,
I,et • kla 'at hollow-hearted and loose-tongued
leot4 aßra44lNe.' ohaeotleadri:he same part, and played the.
ratk s a iormer stage. But it would
tleclaatun'ae to the liberal farce, to see the de-
ers of
equality and popular govern-

went come down to their constituents with these
courtly battle-cries. Lord Melbourne is fastidious on
the score of rumours : he does not mind being accused
of avarice and ambition, not he ; but if he were to be
accused of backwardness in thirsting after place or
pay, he would feel it most acutely. " I don't mind his
calling me a coward (says Acres in the play), but odds
triggers and flints if he'd call me a poltroon !" On
this head Lord Melbourne may set his mind at rest ;
he has lived the last four years in vain, if any living
man accuse him of this backwardness. He has shown
all the real instincts of genuine whiggery, and may
feel perfectly satisfied that history will, in this respect,
do ample justice to the name of Melbourne.
If Lord Melbourne had bond fide resigned his office,
because he had lost the confidence of the country,
what would he have done, when he discovered that a
misunderstanding subsisted between the sovereign and
her new advisers ? Would he not have explained the
misunderstanding to his sovereign, and shewing her that
no difficulty in fact existed, have placed her in the posi-
tion in which she was before the misunderstanding had
arisen ? Let this ancient man of the world answer this
to his country. He acknowledges that the difficulty
arose from such a misunderstanding, on the sovereign's
part, of Sir Robert's views and wishes ; yet he availed
himself of the accident to reinstate himself and his col-
leagues in the places from which public opinion had
forced them to retire. Men will draw their own infer-
ences ; and they will give to Lord Melbourne's protes-
tations, and to the ostentatious minutes of his cabinet,
precisely the credit they deserve. Meanwhile the
country is patiently waiting the result : what this
silence denotes, will be readily understood at Bucking-
ham palace. "The silence of a people," said one who
knew them well, "is the lesson of Kings."

The events of the last week must cause every ea.,'"

and reflecting mind to ask, how is the government of
this great nation to be carried on ? England is at
present ruled by a mixed government. The monarchy

fenced round by an aristocracy, and the latter sur-
rounded, in a great measure, by the democracy, and
although, politically speaking, independent of them,
yet united by sympathies and interests which render a
breach dangerous if not fatal—all combined form a
nicely adjusted balance, on whose regularity of motion
essentially depends the welfare of all our institutions.
Let our readers remember that England has, since the
days of Anne, possessed not only a strong legislature,
but a powerful executive ; she has not only been able
to frame wise and equitable laws, but she has been
able to enforce them. Rebellion has ever been nipped

in the bud ; the traitor to the constitution has ever
ended his career as traitors to a free constitution ought

do ; and property, liberty, and life have been secure

in this highly favoured land. The principle of mo-
narchical institutions is interwoven with British so-
ciety ; it actuates the feelings of every rank ; and the
Papist, who has sworn allegiance to a foreign poten-
tate, and the democrat, who secretly pines for the over-
throw of the monarchy, are both obliged to defer to

the national feeling; and, in the furtherance of their
nefarious designs, to blazon their love of monarchy
personified in this land by a young and unsuspecting
female, that they may cover their treason by the sem-
blance of loyalty, and blind the people whose interests
they really intend to destroy. Hence we see placarded
on our walls, in the largest type, "The Queen and the
People ;" hence we see the republican, who has grown
gray in his denunciations of monarchy, veil his dis-

loyalty under the mask of attachment to the throne;
and hence we also perceive that deference to the good
feeling of the British nation, which is so unwillingly
extorted from the dissatisfied and the disloyal, and
which is wrung from them like drops of blood, but
which they are obliged hypocritically and treacherously
to avow, lest themselves and their rascally sch€mes
should be blown to the winds by an indignant and
loyal people. Let any one read the speeches of the
mob orators of the Clayton-square meetings before the
passing of the reform bill—let them look over the old
files of the Mercury, and see the language uttered by
themselves and their clique during the regency and
reign of George the Fourth, and they will find not only
an absence of all respect for the monarch, but a tone
of abhorrence towards all the institutions upon which
the British monarchy undoubtedly rests. George the
Third—blessed be his memory—by the honesty of his
intentions, the integrity of his heart, the love he bore
his country and-his people, but above all, by the mo-
rality of his life and his high-toned feelings of devo-
tion—rendered all attacks upon him unavailing, and
his moral character was the impenetrable shield on
which every political assassin's dart fell in vain. His
son was, unfortunately for England's weal, not cased
in this impenetrable armour. He had in early life im-
bibed the principles and the practice of whiggism. A
laxity of conduct and a looseness of thought were his
characteristics, and the levity of Sheridan and the vices
of Fox were entwined round a heart naturally chivalrous
and confiding, and he was never able to shake them
off; and although the day arrived when he saw the
treachery of the party into whose hands he had sur-
rendered his principles, and he spurned them from him
with disdain, the virus had been too successfully plant-
ed, and the monarch was unable to resume the decision
and the independence of the prince. That fatal breach
in the Protestant constitution of England, the Roman
Catholie relief bill, was and will be viewed by impartial
historians as a blot upon his reign, for it gave political
power not so much to the individual Catholic (for that
he possessed before by the possession of the elective
franchise), but to the Court of Rome jn its official ca-
pacity ; and it admitted the tools of that tyrannical
theocracy to participate in framing laws for a heretic
people. His successor, called to the throne at a late
period of his life, and whose profession in early years,
whilst it kept him aloof from court intrigue, had also
kept him ignorant of mankind, found a people in a
state of mental arid political excitement, drunk with
democratic success, and burning for further political
power. He mistook the political lunacy of 1832 for
the sober demand of an intelligent people ; and when

he vowed to go to the House of Lords and dissolve
Parliament iu a hackney coach, in case one of the royal
carriages could not be got ready in time, he committed
a royal blunder, of which the enemies of the monarchy
were not slow in taking advantage. In his impetuo-
sity he discharged the rump of the Whig ministry,
when he had found them out, too soon for the benefit
of the country, and just soon enough to make them
martyrs in what is unjustly called the people's cause;
and the consequence was, that when death put a period
to his existence, and England saw a young and inex-
perienced female ascend the throne, they also saw that
throne surrounded by the men who had so unceremo-
niously been thrown back upon the former monarch
against his wishes, and it was no wonder that one so
young, and one so little accustomed to intrigue, should
place confidence where power existed, and in her ig-
norance of the characters of the individuals composing
her ministry, should yield them the confidence of an
unsuspecting mind, biassed, no doubt, by her royal
uncle of Belgium, and the amiable Lehzen, whom he
had placed as a spy upon her person.
The personal qualities of Lord Melbourne, his fasci-
nating manners, and conversational powers, (for Lord
Melbourne let it be known is a finished gentleman as
far as manner is concerned,) have no doubt had their
influence on the royal mind, and his lordship has lost
no opportunity of strengthening that influence, for no
lady of the bedchamber could be more constant in her
attendance than his lordship has been at Buckingham
Palace. Windsor and Brighton have each been so
many tables d'hote, where the noble viscount has re-
hearsed the farce of " 'Where shall I dine." But in the
mean time, the sober and thinking people of England
have undergone a mighty change. The Royal Palace,
the residence of a maiden queen, has been discovered
to be corrupt. Men whose characters are more than
questionable, have been appointed to situations neces-
sarily connected with the Royal person. Ladies have
been politically placed there also, who have an interest
in keeping the Queen in the dark as to the real feeling
of the country, and a tissue of falsehoods and indecen-
cies have been brought to light, which are as disgrace-
ful to the ladies concerned as they are abhorrent to the
feelings of the nation. Corruption in the Court has
progressed in proportion to the loyalty of the people;
and there are thousands now living, who remember the
Courts of Queen Charlotte and Queen Adelaide, and
who draw comparisons not much in favour of that at
present engaging our attention. Russia, France
America, threaten our Colonies and our Commerce:
Our cotton mills are not quite so well employed
foreign nations are appropriating our trade, and foreign

ships are successfully competing with the wooden walls
of England. Ireland is ready for an explosion. Above
a million of Chartists are connected together through-
out the nation, in correspondence with the republicans
of America, and The infatuated citizens of volcanic
France, mostly armed, careless alike of whig or tory—
crusading against property, and taught by infidel publi-
cations, to detest alike the lord of the soil and the
urban shopkeeper. And amidst this gathering together
of dangerous and discordant materials, who stands at
the head of affairs to avert the danger ? England, and
the world, see with amazement and contempt, the helm
of the vessel placed in the hand of the most unskilful
and unprincipled of her statesmen, whilst those Who
who are able to save the vessel are unable to reach the
helm; or, if there, dispossessed by the most disgusting
chicanery or the basest intrigue. Wellington and Peel,
Stanley and Graham, are ready and able to guide the
destinies of the nation, fraught as they are with happi-
ness or misery to 'millions, yet are the services of these
able men lost to the country, because selfishness, hatred,
and malice, actuate the conduct of a few Court ladies,
who, from the nature of things, must remain in the de-
graded character of political spies, if they remain at all,
and fill situations, which we fear they would not in such
circumstances in the slightest degree adorn. We ask,
Flow long will the country tolerate such a state of
things ? How long are the vital interests of the nation
to be sacrificed to Court it igue ? How long are the
unprincipled and the inefficient to be kept in office, to
the exclusion of the able and the honest ? How long
is the British lion to be muzzled and kept ih the net,
whilst the jackalls of the Continent are devouring his
food instead of providing it ? How long is Melbourne
to reign and Peel to be excluded ? And how long, if
this state of things continue, is England to retain her
Colonial supremacy, her National Church, and her mo-
-r uoc
shortly answer these questions, and they will come upon
them like the clap of a thunder-bolt ere much longer
time elapses.