The Sun. — London, England, 1859-11-17 00:00:00

ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, -COVENT-GARDEN. Under the management of Miss L. Pyne and Harrison THIS EVENING, DI - NORA H. Messrs. Smiley, Corri, St. Albyn, and W. Harrison. Misses Pilling, Thlrl wall, and Miss Louisa Tyne. Conductor, Alfred Mellon. 134lict, LA. FIANCE:. Messrs-. W. H. Payne, H. Payne, F. Payne, Mdlle. Legnine, Pasquale, Pierron, Mons. Vandris. Doors open at han-past 7—Commence at 8 o'clock. THEATRE-ItOY.AL, HAYMARKET. LQs4ee, sir. J. B. Buckstonc. THIS EVENING the performances will commence with HALLOWE'EN. After which, THE BACHELOR OF ARTS. Jasper (his original character), Mr. C. Mathews... Followed by a new Comcdietfa, entitled THE LATE LAMENTED. And MY WIFE'S DAUGHTER. Commence at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Lessee, Mr. A. Harris. THIS EVENING, the performances will commence with a new drama, entitled THE MASTER PASSION. Messrs. Ryder, Cr. Melville, Graham, P. Cathcart, Garden ; Miss C. Lee . eraq and Mrs. Charles Young. To be followed by A WONDERFUL WOMAN. Mr. A. Harris, Shore, Frank Matthews, and Miss C. Leclercq. After which, a new farce, in one act, entitled NURSEY CHICKWEED. Messrs. Widdicomb, Meadows, H. Saker ; Miss L. Keeley anti Mrs. Weston. - - To conclude with the Divertissement from LOVE AND FORTUNE. MEW THEATRE - ROYAL, AD ELPIII. .1A Sole Proprietor and Manager. Mr. Benj. Webster. THIS EVENING, 'PITE DEAD IIEART. Messrs B. Webster. J. L. Toole, David Fisher, Paul Bedford. Stuart, Billlngton, C. J. Smith, Eburne, Moreland; Miss Woolgar, and Miss K. Kelly. Followed by the successful piece of extravagance, called DINORAH UNDER DIFFICULTIES. Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, C. J. Smith, Eburne, and Miss K. Kelly. • Doors open at half-past six—Commence at seven. Box- Offfee open from 10 to 5. No charge for securing seats, nor for bills of performance. All fees to servants of this establishment are strictly prohibited. Acting manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, King-street, St. James's. Lessee, Mr. T. B. Chatter ton. The nearest Theatre to Chelsea, Pimlico, and West minster, the Park being open to carriages and foot passen gers all hours of the night. TFIIS EVENING, a new Comedy, LONDON PRIDE ; or, Living for Appearances. Messrs. Leigh Murray, Barrett, Charles Young; Mcsdaa.es Frank Matthews, Murray, and Nelly Moore. After which (first time) a new Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE SWAN AND EDGAR. Messrs. Barrett, Francis, Hiss Lydia Thompson, Miss Clara St. Casse, and the Corps de Ballet. To oonclude with A DEAD SHOT. Mr. IL Cockrell. Reduced Prices—Gallery, 6d; Pit, ls. The Box-office open from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at half-past six ; perform • ance commences at 7. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, Westminster-road. Sole Lessee Mr. William Cooke. Extraordinary prosperous career of the new historical Drama, in four parts, by Tom Taylor, Esq., called GARI BALDI. New scenery -Magnificent Minter+ Tableux.— Supported by a Powerful Company—Mr. R. Phillips, Ennis, Belmore, Raymond, Miss Kate Carson, &c. -The Scenes in the Circle will be sustained by the best and most talented Equestrians of the day, Mr, John Henry Cooke, Miss Rosina. Madlle. Marguerite, and a host of British, French, and American talent—Little Menoni, the wonderful Juvenile Equestrian—Facetious Clowns, Parisian Pierrots, and Ec centric Drolls -terminating eat% Night with the comical and mirth-provoking Ballet entitled LOVE'S VAGARIES. Stage Manager, Mr. R. Phillips 0 ANTERB UR Y HALL CONCE RT S.- x__ , EVERY EVENING. The Music of Verdi's Opera of MACBETS (now first made public in England at these Con certs). -- - - - And a Grand Selection from Meyerbeer's new opera of DINORAII. Comte Vocalists —Messrs. Geonfe Unison (the Irish Come dian and Mimic). W. T. Critehfleld, and E. W. Hackney. Several interesting: Pictures are added to the Fine Arts Gallery. The suite of Halls have been re-decorated and beautified, and constitute one of the most unique and brilliant sizhts of the metropolis. ROSA BONHEUR'S celebrated PICTURE of the HORSE FAIR is now added to the already magnificent Collection of Paintings in the Canterbury Hall Flee Arts Gallery. The gallery is opedi from 9 a. m. till 12 p.m. Admission, Six pence. TILE WEATHER.—Sux OFFICE, NOVEMBER 16. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 48—highest since noon yesterday. 42—lowest this morning and during the night. 45--this day at noon. BARONETE2t-30.18. WIND, North-Westerly; rather light, with dull, cold, weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY.—Morning, 6h. 21m.—Afternoon, 6h. 52m. To-Monliow-Morning, Th. 27m.—Afternoon, Bh. 6m. ~. t,;, 5 01, „,.. I,A v.. 4 ' ,•-• —(2''' iiLU' c '• . "-.:•1 • - 1 t /e ,-. , - '.• - ?.,‘ ,? , .. I . i ..ii ''' • •.- $ e: Az,, ,•, ••)..,,, . -. 4"-,4-,,,._),.;. THE SUN. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1839. THE ' EDITOR of the Freneh Press seems not pleased with the Duchies. They have acted inde pendently, when he meant they only to be indepen dent, or to be called independent. They have done unwisely, we are now told; first, in voting annexation to Piedmont, and, secondly, in voting the Regency of Prince CARIGNAN. And even the Prince, His IMPERIAL MAJESTY TILE EDITOR says, has not hearkened to the wise counsels of France, "as expressed in the letter of the EMPEROR to the KING." The double vote, the C'onslitutionnel tells us, means simply this : " That Italy no longer confided in the wisdom of Europe; that she even distrusted her decisions, since she forestalled them ; and that, having be come mistress of herself de facto, she would, if neces sary, dispense with the sanction of international law. But nothing, absolutely nothing, justified that distrust of the future resolutions of the Congress. Let Italy be con vinced of this fact—that the Congress of which she is LOW advised to decline the jurisdiction can alone achieve and sanction her deliverance. The Congress alone has the power of consenting to the territorial arrangements which may be useful to her new organisation." But we may well ask, what reason has Italy to confide in a Congress ; or, indeed, what title has any Congress to demand the confidence of Italians ? Hare these Italian States the rights of indpendent nations; or have they not ? No one is hardy enough to deny them such rights, at least none but the merest thorough-bred tyrants, who hold that nations were made for Sovereigns and dynasties, not Sovereigns for nations. Once allots, however, the principles by which the Sovereigns of the mightiest peoples both of the Old World and the New now occupy their thrones or their Presiden tial Chair, and it is properly no business of a Con gress at all to tell the Duchies who shall rule over them. They cannot properly acknowledge the right - of Such a court. They may, if they please, imitating weaker countries—Belgium, Greece, the Danubian Principalities—ask the intervention of a combination of the Great Powers; but, unless they ask it, «the Powers" have no more rightful con cern with settling the Government of the Duchies than a highwayman has in settling what I shall do with my purse. He may extort my purse from me for his own use, and " the Powers" may wrench the rights of Central Italy from her for their own use, but the latter deed is but the political counter part of the former—it is political highway robbery, and, like the Treaties of 1815, could have no binding force on the peoples. And. he people of the four States show, we are told, " a want of confidence" in a Congress by their vote. Clood--:and nev,'r was a vote of want of confidence better justified. We are now told that he of Naples, and he, the Arch-Shepherd of Perugian fame, are claimants for a seat in Congress —and of course the " Great Powers " arc all to be there. England will surely be absent, unless it be previously declared that the four States had a right to vote as-they pleased,—that, in fact, they were not called on to " confide in a Congress." Now, how on earth could any man in his senses ask the States to trust such a precious Congres“as this—Sardinia, alone, avowedly in their favour; France avowedly desiring them to take back their detested despots ; Russia and Prussia,.lookinz, no doubt, most lovingly on States who had kicked out detested despots; Austria, of course, dead against them ; England standing aloof because she will not compromise the primary rights of Central Italy-- -so a precious jury they are asked to confide in. A j ury of despots, on Liberty—rather say of wolves, on. sheep. Vic Tort EMMANUEL was wrong in the fin it instance, when he referred him self and th em t o a, Congress. They did not want him to plead their cause before a tribunal they could not possibly trust. They wanted him to take their cause into his own hands, and it was his duty to have done it. Count CAVOUR would have coun selled him to do it. GARIBALDI would have coun selled him to do it. And once done, Austria might have gnashed her teeth, she dared not have moved. Again, we are told from Paris that " it is ques tioned by what right Sardinia undertakes to pre judge the decision of the Congress in naming a re gent for Central Italy, and thus by his nomination assuming that the Duchies were already annexed to Sardinia. This proceeding is contrary to all cus tom and not in accordance with the rights of the people." This refers, of course, to the nomina tion, by Prince CARIGNAN, of the Chevalier BUONCOMPAGNI as his Vice-Regent, as we may call him. We are glad to see this. It gives some hope that BIIONCOMPAGNI will be no mere tool of the Great French EDITOR. The Chevalier, indeed, though not a MAZZINI or a GARIBALDI, has won his administrative spurs in the cause of Italian liberty. As commissioner for the King of SAR DINIA, till the imperiousness of France compelled his recal, he managed so well as to incur the dis pleasure of the Marquis of NORMAN BY and of all the admirers of the Dukes in Italy and elsewhere. He goes to his Regency as an Italian, we may therefore presume, and so far, the counsels of the Autocrat of France are foiled. We are again, how ever, told that this is " prejudging" whafought to come before a Congress. To which the reply is, as above, that the Italians are the only legitimate judges of the question ; LOUIS NAPOLEON, who has no right to prejudge, did so by his letter to the King of SARDINIA; the Italians, who have a right, do so by their double vote. We accept the representation of the meaning of the double vote. We affirm that it is exactly what it ought to be. Instead of not be ing " in accordance with the rights of the people," we may challenge all Frenchmen who, six or seven years ago, elected their own Emperor, to deny the same right to the free States of Central Italy. And the same fact assuredly furnishes an answer to the observation that the conduct of the Duchies is "contrary to all custom." It is not contrary to the custom of France, who will surely think that she may settle the propriety of political customs, as well as the proprieties of crinoline and bonnets. France chose her Ruler in 1852, and told the Powers of Europe it was hers to choose, theirs to acknowledge the chosen. Why may not the Italians follow in 1859 the example set by France in 1852? Since the above was written, we have received the following telegram from Mr. REUTER'S office : PARIS, THURSDAY MORNING. "The Constitutionnel of to-day, in an article signed by its secretary Boniface, announces that the French Government, true to the principles of its policy, has recommended to the Cabinet of Turin to annul the appointment of the Regency which the Government of the King of Sardinia has dele gated to Chevalier Buoncompagni, as such appoint ment would prejudice the questions brought be fore, and encroach upon the competency of, the Congress. The Constitutionnel says This advice must be considered as a proof of the solicitude of the Em peror for the Italian cause, which cause he made to triumph on the field of battle, and the final set tlement of which awaits to-day only the decision of Europe.' " Instead of the above being considered as a proof of the solicitude of the EMPEROR for the Italian cause, it proves very clearly quite the reverse, and exposes NAPOLEON'S hypocrisy to the contempt of Europe, and the well-merited detestation of the Italian people. Who has not a word of praise for his Royal High ness the General Commanding-in-Chief? This new military reform of H.R.H., issued by his orders, and signed by his Secretary, amounts, really and tn.:ly, to nothing less virtually than the Abolition in the Royal Army of England of the degrading punishment of the Lash. Henceforth every recruit tying the particoloured ribbons in his hat, and slipping the QUEEN'S shilling into his pocket, may pass through the whole period of his military ser vitude afterwards without being from first to last in any way not only lia,ble, but capable even, of being subjected to the ignominy . of Corporal Punishment. SHAKSPERE :has written, oracularly, " the cat will mew, the dog will have his day." But from this day forth the cat in the Royal Army of Eng land is virtually a thing non-existent and abolished. It is a reform for which we ourselves have for years and years past loudly and earnestly argued, almost we had said clamoured. The evil of the lash was a part of the military system, regarded, for that matter, by the whole mass of the community with unmitigated abhorrence. There was nothing to redeem it. It was worse than a crime against all the nobler feelings and honest self-respect of our soldiery—it was a mistake, and a mistake the most egregious. It was a part of the system, moreover, that always worked ill. It hardened and brutalised the offenders themselves, and excited far and wide only sentiments of the profoundest indignation. It was literally a betise, a positive stupidity. For among other (almost we might say inevitable) con sequences, the lash in a manner as it were by magic instantaneously, at every singing of the thongs, during the cruel torture of the flagellation, trans. formed the Culprit into the Victim and Martyr, as it were, of a detestable tyranny. Whenever a sol dier was flogged of late years, no matter what his offence, the sympathies of the public fell to his lot and not to the authorities—environing the offence and not the punishment. The Press, as a body, has for a very considerable time past been strenu ously and most energetically opposed to it. Some of the wisest and most heroic of our great Captains have expressed their detestation of the lash as an instrument of punishment for the British soldier. One of them the most dauntless and gifted of all the great English Captains of modern times, the man who, as a conqueror, is second only in the role of the Royal Army of England to ARTHUR, Duke of WELLINGTON ; we mean, of course, it is needless to say, the late General Sir CHARLES NAPIER, the Glorious Victor of Seinde, who was dead against this degrading system of corporal punishment in the army. No man was a keener or a more sagacious y disciplinarian than Sir CHARLES NAPIER—but •it was precisely be- cause he was that—because he had really at heart the, well-being and the perfect subordination of his troops—of the troops to every man amongst whom he was at once the Friend and the Model, the Protector and the Paragon—because he was such Sir CHARLES NAPIER was heart and soul for the abolition of the lash as an abhorred and barbarous institution. Against it he used his ' pen as powerfully as ever he wielded his good sword against the foe! And now, the lash, thanks to the wise councils and benignant resolution of 11.R.11. the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, is a thing virtu ally abolished. By this one act, if by nothing else —and it is not the least of the Duke's military re forms—H.R.H. has earned a right to the baton of a Field Marshal. The remembrance of this act— and it is an act that will be long • and gratefully borne in remembrance--will be the gl,;ry of H.R.H.'s career at the Horse Guards as the General Commanding-in-Chief ! After commenting upon the long-notorious, and painful fact of " the unequal estimate of crime and allotment of punishment by courts-martial, especi ally as regards corporal punishment," the General Order announcing this wise and noble reform upon which we are here commenting goes on to observe thus - explicitly, by way of explanatory announce ment : "All men on entering the army will be placed in the first class, and will not, except for aggravated mutinous conduct, be liable to corporal punishment. They will continue in the first class unless they should incur degradation into the second class by the commission of certain crimes hereafter speci fied." After having enumerated the two classes o. .leffencee, the General Order adds— " No man guilty of offences under the first head is to be subject to corporal punishment, except during time of war, when the army is in the field." While, upon the other hand, it is said :—" Men guilty of offences under the second head, being crimes of a very serious description, will, if in the second class, be liable to corporal punishment. If, however, they are in the first class, they will, toge ther with their other punishment, not being corpo ral punishment, be disrated, and passed into the second class, when they will thenceforth, on the repetition of crimes under the second head, be liable to corporal punishment, as having degraded them selves by their own bad conduct." The soldiers in this way being placed in the same position as the criminal if brought up and duly convicted upon certain charges upon trial before the Quarter sessions. An important provision has yet to be specified as part and parcel of this beneficent Order, namely, the paragraph announcing that " Uninterrupted good conduct for a year will how ever, again restore the soldier from the second to the first class, as proving a desire for reformation and amendment." The closing sentence of the Order is especially worthy of consideration. It is expressed in the manner following : " His Royal Highness trusts that the above classi fication will greatly simplify to the officers of the army the method of dealing with crime ; will deter the evil-disposed from committing offences, justly subjecting them to severe punishment, which, though necessary to maintain discipline, should be restricted as much as possible ; and will give con fidence to the good soldier by securing to him, on entering her Majesty's service an immunity from degrading punishment, which immunity it will be in his power to preserve to the day when his en gagement shall expire." Again we say this wise and just reform thus generously inaugurated by the Duke of CAMBRIDGE as the General Command ing-in -Chief, is his Royal Highness's title to the baton of a Field-Marshal, and with that to the full and supreme designation of Commander-in-Chief. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary have returned to Kew from visiting her Majesty at Windsor Castle. The Prince Vogorides has left the residence of tho Turkish Ambassador for Constantinople. The Princess Olga Dolgorouky has left Long's Hotel for Lisbon. His Excellency the Belgian Minister and Madame Van de Weyer have arrived at the residence of the Belgian Legation, in Portland-place, from Brighton. His Excellency the Portuguese Minister has arrived at the residence of the Legation, in Gloucester-placo, from Widsor Castle. The Duke de Richelieu arrived at the Pavilion Hotel, Folkestone, yesterday, on his way to Paris. The Marquis and Marchioness of Aileshury left Windsor Castle yesterday, for their seat, Tottenham-park, Wilts. The Earl arid Countess of Elgin have arrived at Farrance's Hotel, Belgravia, from Scotland. The Earl and Countess Manvers have left Thoresby Park, Notts, for Brighton. The Earl of ilopetoun has arrived at Long's Hotel, from Scotland. Viscount and Viscountess Enfield and the Hon. Misses Byng have arrived in town from Wroth= Park, Herts. Lord Kenyon is at present staying at the Pavilion Hotel, Folkestone. Mr. Lawrence and Lady Jane Peel and Miss Peel have arrived in town from Brighton. The Right Hon. Frederick Peel, M.P., and Mrs. Peel have arrived at Farrance's Hotel, Belgravia. The Right Hon. T. H. Sotheron Estcourt, M.P., and Mrs. Sotheron Estcourt, have arrived at Farrance's Hotel, Belgravia, from Estcourt House, Gloucestershire. , The King of the Belgians the day before yester day received in private audience Count de Ludolf, who pre sented his credentials as Minister of the Two Sicilies. The Modena Gazette announces that the Arch bishop of Modena has caused the Sardinian arms to be placed over the entrance of his palace. A communication from Vienna, in the "Cologne Gazette," states :—" The Austrian naval authorities seem inclined to introduce the French invention of &unboats plated with iron. At all events, an experiment with that view has been made at Maria-Zell, in Hungary, by covering with iron iron-plates a large chest made of thick planks, and then firing 48-pound balls at it from a distance of 400 yards. The effect is said to have been astonishing, as the balls wore shattered to pieces - without breaking any of the plates." A telegram was received at Lloyd's yesterday, announcing the recovery from the Royal Charter of two bags of sovereigns, weighing about 181 b. each, one large box of gold, weighing 561 b., and a smaller box. C _OMPOSITIONS FOR COATING SHIPS' BOTTOMS:. A number of gentlemen interested in shipbuilding assem bled in the Southampton Docks on Tuesday morning, to witness the result of an experiment which had excited some interest among persons of that class. In the early part of last May the Royal Mail Company's steamship Atrato was coated on:the starboard side with M'lnnes's green copper soap, and on the port side with Peac oc k an d Buchan's pink composition, for the purpose of practically testing the rela tive merits of the two articles in keeping the bottom of the ship clean. On docking the Atrato on Tuesday for examina tion it was found that the starboard side was covered with coral pipe, shells, and barnacles, with a good deal of corro sion; while the port side was perfectly free from coraline incrustation or barnacles, having merely a thin slimy unctuous coating upon it. The result is considered as hav ing incontestibly proved that preparations of copper are of little value in preventing incrustation or fouling on the bottoms of iron ships, while their galvanic action must, sooner or later, prove injurious to the rivets and plates. The green composition is now being scraped off Ole Atrato. THE AMERICAN AGGRESSIONS AT SAN JUAN.— Accounts have been received from Vancouver's island which state that the Americans are profiting by the im punity which has been so long allowed them, and are .teadily_establishing themselves upon the island., They have now placel the island under the American Revenue Law. , A small steamer, the Caledonian, went a few days before the accounts left with a party of respectable people on a pleasure trip to San Juan, but on arriving were told they would not be allowed to land without a permit from the Custom-house at Port Townsend, in the Oregon terri tory. They were about to return to Victoria, when a shore boat went alongside into which several of the passengers jumped and went ashore without leave. The authorities said they would overlook the act for the present, but would carry the law into effect should it be attempted again. A short time previously some fishermen from Victoria were driven off from the neighbourhood of the island, and told they had no right there. BOILER EXPLOSION.—A fearful boiler explosion took place at West Cramlington Colliery, about ten miles from Newcastle-on-Tyne, on Tuesday ; one man was killed and another dangerously hurt, but from the amount of de struction that occurred, and the number of persons about, the most miraculous thing is that so many persons escaped without injury. There were three boilers placed along side of each other, and on Tuesday morning, Th.smas Graham, the foreman blacksmith, and Henry Tate, another smith, were employed rivetting some plates in one of them that was disused, when the boiler adjoining to it ex ploded with a noise that shook the earth, and which was , heard at the other collerics, three or four miles distant. Tho boiler that exploded was torn completely in two, one-half of it being carried into the air, alighting on the other sid e o f tke pit. Dislodged materials were flying about in all direc tions; a large piece of timber fell through the roof of a pit man's cottage, another large piece of boiler plate fell at a pitman's cottage door; and a huge fragment of the boiler was thrown on to the waggon way, close to where a wag g.on driver was passing, but without injuring him. Other Peraons had most extraordinary escapes. Graham, the foreman blacksmith, who was inside the unemployed boiler at the time of the explosion, escaped with a slight cut of the head, while his partner Tate, who. was working under neath it, was literally boiled to death by the scaldingwater thrown out by the explosion: William Curtis, the fireman attending the boiler that exploded, was buried among a maw., of bricks and rubbish, but though he is very much hurt, hopes werr entertained of his recovery yesterday. The damage done by th e exp l os i on i s very considerable, and about 400 pitmen and lads will be thrown out of employ ment soma time, until the hollers and engines are put into a working state again. PROPOSED UNIVERSITY PRIZE ESSAY ON SIR J. FRAWKLIN.—A member of the University of Oxford has offered a prize of £5O for the best poem on " The Life, the Character, and the Death of the heroic Seaman, Sir John Franklin, with special reference to the Time, Place, and Discovery of his Death." Competitors, who must be mem bers of the University, are to send in their contributions on or before June 1, 1860. The judges are b be the Vice. Chancellor, the bean of Christ Church, and a ilifid - pelEon named by them. NEIV - MUSIC; The Gay Deceiver. W .11. Montgomery. An Evening with the Christy ;Wastrels. Mont- gomcry. lienziniscences from Flototo's Opera of" Martha." A. B. Berg. Six - Airs from "La Traviata," Montgomery. Thou Lovely Angel Mine. C. L. Fischer. lhou art Adored. Mercadante. " The Gay Deceiver" forms one of an unexcep tional series of ladies' comic songs, and Mr. Montgomery has certainly done justice to the quaint and good-natured satire of the words, which are by Eliza Cook, and appeared in this journal a short time since. The melody is smooth and flowing, and admits of great humorous effect in singing. We advise young ladies to enlist it as soon as pos sible into their service, if they wish to give a gen tle " rap on the knuckles" to the modern " exqui sites" who value themselves and their 'mustachios at a very high figure. "An Evening with the Christy Minstrels" is an arrangement of eight of their most popular airs in an easy and familiar style, admirably adapted for young musicians, as it combines an amount of useful practice with attractive genuine harmony. Berg's " Reminiscences" from Flotow, and Montgomery's selection from La Trariata may be classed as possessing the same constituents of ex cellence and equally well suited to juvenile pianists. " Thou Lovely Angel Mine" is a beautiful German song—brilliant, elogant, and tender. " Thou art Adored" is the well-known cantata from Merca dante's "Il Giuramento," and consequently needs no further mention. If is fairly due to the publishers of The Musical Bouquet to say that their fastidious judgment and indefatigable energy in presenting first-rate music to the public, at a fabulously cheap rate, demands the praise and patronage of all who are not above blending economy in expenditure with exhibitions of sterling art and refined taste. The finest classical works of the old masters, and the choicest produc tions of the modern ones, are given in rapid succes sion, while the superiority of the paper, printing, and general getting up, fully sustain the character of the Musical Bouquet as being amongst the very best musical publications of the day. SIIAKSPEARE PAPERS. By WILLIAM MAGINN, LL.D. Bentley, New Burlington-street. The name of the late Dr. Maginn is sufficient war rant for the quality of the volume before us. Powerful in thought, lucid in criticism, and at tractive in style, his articles are always welcome to the lover of literature ; and, perhaps, among his nu merous works few have met with more appreciative admiration than the "Shakspeare Papers," which were originally contributed to Bentley's Miscel lany, on the establishment of that journal. He gives us an agreeable and instructive commentary on each of the principal plays ; bringing the lead ing characters out with analytical and photo graphic distinctness, and presenting the consecu tive intention of the whole drama in a light that renders every touch of refulgent In illiancy, and every depth of masterly shadow as discernible to the self-taught artisan as to the metaphysical scholar. The author's minute delineation of " Lady Macbeth," " Borneo," " Falstaff," " layo," and " _Hamlet," are peculiarly intellectual and discriminative in treatment and tone, eliciting much from the characters and construction of the story which may have escaped the perception of those who are accustomed to look on our " immor tal Shakspeare" rather in the aggregate than in the integral. Many valuable incidental notes are appended, which convey important suggestions for oonsideration touching the various readings of the text ; and the good taste and modesty with which these suggestions are offered afford an example which many of our flippant, shallow-brained de picters of the Great Bard would do well to profit by. Dr. Maginn was becomingly impressed by the magnitude of the genius he was approaching, and evinced a delicacy and sense of veneration which did honour alike to the shrine and the wor shipper. The acute penetration of his reasoning faculties, the genial refinement of his poetic spirit, and the energetic flow of his ideas, rendered him a fitting judge to "sum up" in a Shakpearean case, and we most cordially recommend this volume as an essential and graceful addition to every book-shelf where the "Swan of Avon" holds his loved and honoured place. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. The new extravaganza produced at this prosperous establishment last night, under the laughable title of the " Swan and Edgar," has about as much con nection with the famous firm in Piccadilly-circus, whose name it somewhat unceremoniously assumes, as has St. James's Theatre itself. The scene of the story is laid in the shadowy realms of fairyland, the heroine being Cygnetta (Miss Lydia Thompson) a beautiful being, half-swan, half-fairy, who falls in love with Edgar (Miss Clara St. Casse), and who, by reason of having lost a certain magic veil which is essential to the exercise of her supernatural at tributes, is banished for a time from the society of her sister-elves, and, in company with her lover, passes through a variety of romantic adventures in this dull sublunary sphere. The piece is ckiefly to be esteemed as affording a new field for the display of the brilliant Terpsichorean accomplishments of that pretty blonde doree, Miss Lydia Thompson, who danced herself into the good graces of Mr. Chatterton's patrons on his opening night, and has been pirouetting there ever since, to the great de light of all beholders. In the new burlesque she dances with her usual grace and spirit, and wins applause and bouquets to her heart's content. She is capitally supported by the corps de ballet, who perform a number of dances, and especially a "Ma zurka," in charming style. Nor must we omit to bestow a word of commendation on Miss St. Casse, whose melodious and expressive singing adds not a little to the attraction or the piece. The house was crowded. ST. MA.RTEV'S lIALL. Handel's music to Dryden's "Alexander's Feast," and Sterndale Bennett's "May Queen" were per formed at this Hall last night, and inaugurated the winter season. Mr...Hullah,as usual, was the effi- . cient director, and the chorus consisted of his Upper Singing School, who acquitted themselves on the whole, with credit, and in some of the choruses were loudly applauded. The music of "Alexander's Feast" is well-known. It is varied in its character, and is in the severer classical style of the composer. Miss Martin and Miss Rowland were the chief soprano and contralto. Miss Martin is a young singer of promise, who requires care and practice to improve and soften her style. She has a fine clear voice, but the vehemence with which she sung some passages made it harsh and strained, while it greatly diminished the effect she produced. She must be more subdued in her style, and aim at something more than singing loudly if she -wishes to make the most of her abilities, and become a suc cessful vocalist of classical music. Miss Rowland sung with care and credit. She distinguished her self in the air, " He sung Darius, great and good, 'Fl which demands pathetic expression as well as cor rect singing. Mr. Wilbye Cooper and Mr. Weiss displayed their usual ability as tenor and bass. The chorus performed their part with spirit. In the chorus, " Behold Darius," and in the last, "Let old Timotheus," they were more especially success ful. Bennett's grac;:ful cantata was well performed. Miss Banks sings the chief part with great ability and care. The gem of the piece, the chorus and solo, " With the Carol in the Tree," was unani mously encored, and a similar compliment was paid to Mr. Weiss's spirited rendering of the fine bass song, ""fi3 jolly to hunt in the bright moonlight." Miss Bradshaw was an excellent "Queen," and l Ar. e Coop er ' l he hall aswell v filled, , as' acorrec t n and the who l e careful l e perf orm ance tenor. well received by the audience. The Marquis and M'arellioness of Stafford arrived at the Pavilion Hotel, Folkestone, on Monday, on their re turn from visiting the Emperor and Empress of the French at Compiegne, LATEST NEWS. The following telegrams have been received al Mr. Reuter's office : PARIS, THURSDAY, The Constitationne/ of today, in an article signed by its Secretary Boniface, announces that the French Government, true to the principles of its policy, has recommended to the Cabinet of Turin to annul the expedient of the regency which the Go vernment of the King of Sardinia has delegated to Chevalier Buoncompagni, as such a course would prejudice the questions brought More, and en croach upon, the competency of the Congress. The Constitutionnel says :—" This advice must be considered as a proof of the solicitude of the Em peror for the Italian cause, which cause he made to triumph on the field of battle, and the final settle - ment of which awaits to-day the decision of Europe." PARTS, Nov. 16 It is asserted that the measures taken suddenly in Turin in reference to the regency have been com pletely disapproved of by the Emperor. It is also stated that the French Government has made known its disapproval to the Sardinian Government, and to all the other powers of Italy. The Marquis do Moustier, French Ambassador at Berlin, has been appointed Ambassador to the Im perial Court at Vienna. BOLOGNA, Nov. 15 The document relative to the regency which has been published has produced an excellent impres sion in Bologna, and likewise in Parma and Modena. The Governor of Bologna has decreed the suppression of the Tribunal of the Inquisition. TURIN, Nov. 16 It is expected that the treaties of peace will be ratified on Sunday next. The full powers entrusted to the Plenipotentiaries will then be withdrawn. The subscriptions to the national loan having reached the sum of 20 millions rentes, a proportional reduction will be made in allotting the amounts applied for according to the time when the applica tions were sent in. Those who subscribed during the first five days of the opening of the subscription will have allotted to them 47 per cent. of the amount of their subscription ; the others less. MADRID, Nov. 16, Marshal O'Donnell has returned to Cadiz, after having effected a survey of the coasts of Africa. The military operations will immediately begin. MOROCCO. , The following protest has been made by the Moorish Government in the name of the Emperor, against the conduct of the Spanish Government In declaring war on Morocco : " Glory and pi aise to the Almighty I To the represen tatives of foreign powers, residing at Tangiero. The rela tions between us and the Spaniards have been broken off. I think it my duty to give you an exact account of what has taken place between us and the Spanish representative, and for this purpose I annex to this communication copies of five letters which the said representative has addressed to us, as well as copies of :four answers which we made to him. This is all the correspondence that has passed between us since the day when the Arabs of Aujera destroyed the posts planted to mark out the limits that being done with out our order and in formal opposition to our wishes. "By this correspondence you will be able to exactly judge of the conduct of the Sultan, our master ; and will see whether he has acted in these negotiations in a regular and friendly manner, or whether the Spanish Government has manifested from the commencement a desire to find a pretext for declaring war against us. You knew that when the Arabs of Auj era comm itt e d th e ac t above mentioned, the Sultan Muley-Abderraman, our master died. We had not at that period the powers necessary to adopt any measure and to settle that affair. It was not possible for us to occupy ourselves with it until we were confirmed in our post by the Sultan Sidi-Mohamed, our master, whom God has just raised to the throne. " The Spanish Government, in presence of the events which had taken place, fixed a first delay which expired on the sth October ; that delay was extended to the 13th of the the same month. Before our nomination we had done all that was in our power to make the perple of Aujera abstain from any further outrage. You will observe that the Spanish Charge d'Affaires demanded in his first letter that public buildings might be constructed in the camp of Ceuta. In the old stipulations, and in that of 1815, mention is made of the camp and of ground for pasturage belonging to the Spaniards, but M. Blanco in his letter only speaks abso lutely of the camp. " The Sultan, our master, in his exalted wisdom, and inspired by the sincere wish to maintain friendly relations, ordered us to accept the demand made, and consented that the Spaniards might construct fortifications within the camp. We received that order before the sth of October, the delay fixed by the first ultimatum. After that Spanish Charge d'Affaires as you will see by his letter, put forth a fresh pretension ; ho demanded permission to erect fortifi • cations on the ground which we had conceded in 1845, and which was exclusively intended for the pasturage of the flocks. This new demand was contrary to what M. Blanco had formally promised, as we can prove, nevertheless, he received on the 11th October complete satisfaction on that smbject " On the 13th October a now pretension was put forth. Tho Spanish representative demanded possession of the heights necessary for the defence of Ceuta, and if you read with attention his letter of the sth of this month, you will see that he twice declares that he only asks for authorisa tion to construct fortifications within the enclosure of the line of limits. Wo did not, howover, take any notice of the disingenumis manner in which he sought to explain his wishes, and did not seek to ascertain whether he was right or wrong; we granted what he asked for, understanding that those heights were necessary for the defence of the place, and because in a private conversation he assured us that they were close to Ceuta, and not at a distance from it. " He accepted our explanations, and returned here in the night of the 16th inst. Another pretension was then brought forward ; this time it was a demand for the posses sion of a vast territory comprised between the valley of Gibel Moma and Ceuta. To that pretension we replied that we could not give a precise answer without applying to the Sultan our master. From that moment relations ceased between us, and war was threatened. " I beg you to send the annexed documents to your Government, making known to it that in the name of the Sultan, cur master, we protest against the Spanish Govern ment because on three occasions it has paid no attention to its word and to its engagement, and has declared war against us without any legitimate motive. " We have been much surprised on hearing that some journals in speaking of this affair state positively that the people of Aujera every day harass Ceuta. You are well aware that for the space of a fortnight not a single act of aggression took place until the day when the governor endeavoured to erect fortifications on ground which does not belong to, Spain. We beg you therefore to transmit to your government a faithful recital of all that has taken place on this subject. You are well aware of the conduct of the inhabitants of all tho towns of the ernpiro, who are desirous of living in peace with all nations. " On the death of the late Sultan, and when symptoms of disturbance and insubordination manifested themselves, no one was insulted or ill-•treated. At Mazagan the inha- bitants fought with the people in defence of Europeans. desire that you make known these details to your Govern- went, begging it not to attach any credit to the language of those who arc not acquainted with this country, or who feel no sympathy for its inhabitants or its Government. " Our desire is to keep up the most friendly relations with all nations, but we renew our protest against the un just conduct of the Spanish nation, which does not knew how to' dscide on what it demands, or to respect its promises. We appeal to Almighty God and to the great and powerful Governments of Europe and of America; we appeal to all men who in this world follow the path of justice, and who judge the rights of others without having recource to force. We put our trust in God, praying him to regard us with a favourable eye. We calmly await the course of events, and we shall act in such a way that no one shall be able to reproach us ; all the evil will come from our enemies. " Peace be with you !. " Oct. 25." MOHANEED-LE-KATIM. FRANCE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY. The /Mats makes the following observations on the designation of M. Buoncompagni by Piedmont as a suitable person to fill the office of Regent in Central Italy : " It is easy to see how the Piedmonteso Government, which has twice shrunk from the responsibility that might be incurred by Accepting and exercising the supreme authority in the Duchies, has at last been induced to take the step which at first had appeared to alarm it. After de clining to sanction the annexation of .these territories— after setting aside the offer of the Regency for the Prince de Carignan—the Piedmontese Government takes upon itself to appoint a Regent. We have nothing to say against that step, and oven yesterday we remarked that a definitive refusal would be more embarrassing for Piedmont than for the States of Central Italy ; but, however much in alined to do so, it is impossible to see any difference be tween designating a Regent and accepting the Regency. This is so true that the arguments presented this morning against the acceptation of the Regency, by a jour nal which delights to assume a semi-official character (the Constittstionne/), is meant to apply with equal force to the designation of a Regent, an event which the said jour nal, though correctly informed so far as its infor mation went, does not seem to have expected. Should the Piedmontese Government,' it says, 'not decline the Regency offered to the Prince de Carignan, its influence in Central Italy will cease to be legiti mate; it will assume another character, and become a real intervention.' Who will venture to assert that designating a Regent is not also an intervention, and—what is most important in the present case—equally declared and equally official with the acceptance of the Regency `r" So serious a step does this designation of a Regent by Piedmont seem to our contemporary, that it insists that in case of an armed attack on the terri tory of Central Italy, King Victor Emmanuel would be obliged to intervene with his troops : " Who would se far insult the Piedmontese Government as to insinuate that in designating M. Buoncompagni, in stead of the Prince de Carignan, its only object is to secure the right and the opportunity of abandoning its representa tive, if it should be necessary to support him by force ? It is impossible to maintain that in thus designating M. Buoncompagni Piedmont incurs less re sponsibility and assumes less }Aiding obligation towards Central Italy than would have followed the Prince's accept ance of the Regency. And, to adduce a prosf easy of corn irehonsion, let us suppose that the Pontifical Govern ment, forgetting its weakness, overlooking its true in terests, and reasoning only in accordance with the law of nations, considers this official designation of a Regent over an important section of its territory as a declaration of war, and attacks the Legations annexed to this new Regency, is not -Sardinia bound to lend assist ance to the Regent ? Can she honourably dispense with doing so on the pretext that the Regent whom she has designated is not a member of the Royal family ? We are therefore witnessing the solution of the Italian question before the Congress meets. This solution may not be the last; it may, on the contrary be the opening of a now drama ; but it is none the less the most decisive step that Sardinia has hitherto taken in sanctioning the wishes of the Italian people." The Siecle expresses its satisfaction at M. Buon compagni's appointment, as calculated to promote union among the Central States. It says:— " That the provinces which have achieved their inde pendence be administered by Prince de Carignan or M. Buoncompagni, is indifferent. The important point is that all the power shall be united in one hand ; that the administration of the Duchies and of ROmag,na shall have the force of unity and cohesion ; that annexa tion, so to speak, shall be worked out. Since the King of Sardinia and the Prince do Carignan have followed the counsels given them, wo must believe that it is with the assent of the Powers that M. Buoncompagni will take the regency delegated to him by the Prince. We shall see how this great piece of news will be received by the Royalists and Ultramontanes. But we may foresee that the Regency of M. Buoneumpa,gni will not be re garded by them with more favour than that of the Prince, and that the Jupiter Tonans of the Univers is already pre paring his thunderbolt_ to strike down the Regent, who ever he may be." THE BOURSE, Nov. 16.—The market has been heavy, Threes, after having been done at 69f. 95c., declined to 69f. 80c.; the Mobilier varied from 777 f. 50c. to 770 f.; Lyons, 886 f. 25c. to 882 f. 50c. ; Or leans, 1,367 f. 50c. to 1,365 f.; Northern, 947 f. 50e. to 945 f.•; Southern, 515 f. to 512 f. 50c.; Austrian, 547 f. 50c. to 545 f. ; Lombard, 547 f. 50c. to 546 f. 25c. The following were the last quotations : The Moniteur publishes an Imperial decree rais ing M. Rouland, Minister of Public Instruction, General Count de La Grange, and M. Caignart de Saulcy, Member of the Institute, to the dignity of Senator. 41 per Cents. .... 95 55 Do. end month .. Credit Fonder 965 Belgian 4} lOO Piedmontese (5) Roman B6 50 Austrian — Spanish Threes lidome Debt 43 3 per Cents 69 85 Do. end month 69 85 Bank Shares 2900 Credit Mobilier .. 771 25 Do. Account ..... 771 25 RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans Northern 950 .. 950 New ditto B3O 830 Lyons and Mediterranean BB5 BB5 Geneva 530 . Southern Western 567 50 .. 565 Eastern Sardinian 412 50 Austrian Lombard ........ 543 75 .. 546 25 Exchange on London, at sight, paper, 25f. 12c. ; money, 251. 10c. ; three months, paper, 24f. 971 c. ; money, 24f. 95c TILE CASE OP SMETHURST. The following is a copy of a letter addressed by the Right Hon. Sir G. C. Lewis to the Lord Chief Baron, communicating the grant of a free pardon to Smethurst, so far as the alleged murder of Isabella Bankes is concerned : " Whitehall, Nov. 15, 1859. "My Lord,—l have the honour to acknowledge ,he receipt of your lordship's further report, of the Bth ult., on the case of Thomas Smethurst, who was convicted at the Central ,Criminal Court in August last of murder, and sentenced to death. ."As your lordship suggests in that report that reference should be made to the judgment of medi cal and scientific persons selected by the Secretary of State, for the purpose of considering the symp toms and appearances of the deceased Isabella Bankes, and the result of the analysis, I have sent the evidence, your lordship's reports, and all the papers bearing upon the medical points of the case, to Sir Benjamin Brodie, from whom I have received a letter, of which I enclose you a copy, and who is of opinion that, although the facts are full of sus picion against Smethurst, there is not absolute and complete evidence of his guilt. " After a very careful and anxious consideration of all the facts of this very peculiar case, I have come to the conclusion that there is sufficient doubt of the prisoner's guilt to render it my duty to ad vise the grant to him of a free pardon, which will be restricted to the particular offence of which he stands convicted; it being my intention to institute a prosecution against him for bigamy. " The necessity which I have felt for advising her Majesty to grant a free pardon in this case has not, as it appears to me, arisen from any defect in the constitution or proceedings of our criminal tri bunals. It has arisen from the imperfection o. medical science, and from the fallibility of judg• ment, in an obscure malady, even of skilful and ex. perienced medical practitioners. "I have, &e., " The Lord Chief Baron." " G. C. LEWIS." A free pardon, under the Great Seal, was received by Mr. Keene, the Govern9r of Horsemongerlane Gaol, on Tuesday, for theirrisoner, in reference to the crime of wilful murder upon Isabella Bankes. The announcement was, of course, formally made to him, but, as he had been led to believe that this would be the result from the course that had been taken in reference to the charge of bigamy, he did not seem at all surprised that the Government had absolved him from the crime of which he had been convicted. Dr. Smethurst is no w , th ere f ore, mere l y in the positi on of a prisoner under committal upon a charge of felony, and he is, of course, relieved from all the restrictions to which he was liable, under the gaol regulations, as a convict under sentence of death. He will remain in Horsemonger-lane Pri son until a few days before the next session of the Central Criminal Court, when he will be removed to Newgate, and take his trial in due course for the offence of bigamy. The utmost punishment that can be awarded for this crime is penal servitude for four years. CHANCELLORSHIP OF EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY. —The following letter has been received from Lord Brougham by Sir David Brewster, in reference to the elec tion of the noble lord as Chancellor of Edinburgh Univer sity :—" Sir,—l have had the honour of receiving your letter announcing to me the great kindness of the Council of the University, and it is altogether unnecessary for me to express my respectful thanks for the high honour which they have been pleased to bestow upon me, or the pride which I have in the enjoyment of it. I only wish it were in my power to show myself worthy of it. All I can hope to do is, by the faithful discharge of the duties ha _ ._ _ pc . _ iosed, to testify lay g . ratitude for the honour conferred.— ;elievo roc to be, with great respect, your faithful servant, BROUGHAM." LOSS OF A TYNE BRIG AND NINE HANDS.-- Taesday.—lntelligence has reached Mr. James Derkin, the owner of the Harvey, of North Shields, that that vessel was lost about the 24th October, on Stormy Point, on the coast of Newfoundland. The Harvey was bringing a cargo of timber from Quebec to Hartlepool, on the fall voyage. She is totally lost, with her cargo ; and we regret to state that Mr. Miller, the master, and eight of the crew, have perished with the vessel. The only survivors are Andrew Harvey, the mate, and Daniel M‘Cambridge, a Belfast man. The crew, with the exception of the master and the mate, were Belfast men. FER2'ILISE THE LAND, PURIFY T-1i STI?RA TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Agriculturists are continually calling attention to the evils which result from NV ithdraic' ing from the land the sewage so necessary for its fertilisation and production of human food. This view comprises but half the story of the present mischievous di s t r ib u ti on o f sewage, a nd important questions are left unnoticed and undis' cussed. The sewage now so much wanted by the lan d is distributed to the rivers, where it poisons the fish, causes a deposit to subside which putrifies, exha les . pestilential effluvia, and s ti mu l a t e s the 'growth o.f . weeds, till the wh o l e s t ream b ecome s a se mass of vegetable growth. All the beautiful sp ec i es o f th e salmonidoe abhor foul and filthy rivers, and delight in the bright transparent waters which naturally flow through the lovely valleys of England. The trout preserver is ever jealous of his fish) a nd it would be curious to see a Parliamentary return . of the number of comp l a i n t s ma d e , ac tions threat ened, judgments obtained, injunctions in Chancerf which have been d ecree d, na y, even attachme nts which have been issued for contempt of the highel.' legal tribunals aga i ns t th e var i ous boards of health of this country. The present sy s t em o f th ese so - ca lled boards health is to pass th e filth o f th e i r own town by the nearest brook or rive r t o th e ne i g hb o uring 8 14 and I myself ha ve been compelled to make A., complaint to the Pri v y C ounc il th a t th e inhabita nt ' of villages u p on th e course o f a stream have been drinking u nawares th e excre ti on o f a large p llue u 0", e! . which had been i ns idi ous l y th rown i n t o a trout stream which had ser ve d th e inhabitants !.e.r . drink and dom es ti c p urposes f rom t i me immemorn o Sewage after deod er i sa ti on , a lth oug h transparent,' contains in solution a l arge quan tit y o f animal tmat ter, together with all th e more valuable salts. When it passes into a still pool or millhec , d, a sP °ll taneous separation occurs, and a layer of ag ain° mud is deposited, which, under the action of shine, gives off gas with a peculiar milky cloud' ness. This g ra d ua ll y ex t en d s f rom millhead A-• millhead till the whole stream becomes een t r i t : nated, and a source o f pest il ence t o the bourho3d. an Ultimately a peculia r f ermen t a ti on is set nib an the wate r b ecomes per f ect l y b r i g h t, having le ", -a .11111.. its organic ma tt er . By this operation the fer ing matter whi c h oug ht t o b e returned to th e land is spent upon th e wa t er , an d vegetat i on , espeeja u f, the growth of th e new water wee d, i s stimula ted to an almost i ncre dibl e extent. All the 9 ° 84° 2 round London a re f u ll o f t hi s pest , an d the ~ the Colne, the Wandle, contain vast masses. During the p as t year my atten ti on has been forcibly directed to the consideration of the matte r, and it app ears t o me th at poss ibl y , as far as the water weed is concerned, this apparent curse Mk be turned to a benefit and profit. AnekOF This weed is e s p ec i a ll y th e f oo d o f s wans, -- 1 , 0 and other wate r f ow l, an d a f oo d w hi c h c an form t t muscles, bon es , an d f ea th ers o f suc h cre atures In ed contain all the el emen t s o f nu t r iti on in a mar k manner; and ha v i ng cause d a quan tity to be dr ie dr Dr. Gilbert analy se d it an d f oun d it as rich in nitrogen as clover, besides containing phospher ti sulphur, and va r i ous sa lt s . the The experiment i s now r i pe f or t r ial upon but higher animals. H orses are f on d o f the Weed' bow about mulch co ws ? I h ave no t had the c°a• venience for determi n i ng th e p o i n t, but rather all 6, cipate it may be f oun d a va l ua bl e f o od. , Lo e of The present distrib u ti on o f sewag e IS a c— nro . the right stuff in the wrong place. Ever" ro r po prietor calls for th e f er tili ser t o i ncreas e his c,j-iorl and every guardian of the streams cries ale tu e a prohibition again s t th e po ll ut i on o f the wa+n'"r, and no person will res t sat i s fi e d t ill we havf out re „, turned to the earth it s d ue , and restored the t rout to the brooks and th e sa l mon to th e r ivers.-- -.1 main, sir, your obedient servant, ALFRED SIVIE E ' 7, Finsbury-circus, Nov. 17. INQUIRY INTO THE MANAGEIII,-, ' OF GRETIV-I-C-11 ROYAL COMMISSION—(THIS DAr• S o u This morning Robert *lngham, Esq., Q.C., M.P..P. for 'd Shields, William Hutt, Esq., Ml' • for Gatesh ead, John Charles Dalrymple, Esq., captain in her Milie S *_ A navy, assembled at the Ad m i ra lty, u nder powers conferre'. upon them by a Royal Commission, t o inquire into the :l ternal economy and management of Greenwich "Togo and of the funds by which it is maintained, and ills° whe n , ther the resources of the hospital can be more a dvantag. ously applied for th e benefit of seamen who ha ve served is the Royal Navy. On the 26th of July last Sir Charles Napier brought tilt subject before the H ouse o f Commons, w h e n he stated illts" he wished to see th e o ld seamen in Greenwich hospital ' treated with as much justice as the officers. Those officer* who had pensions before they en t er ed were allow ed to Iva tain them, but a seaman's pension was taken awe,' w , lie he entered the hospital, and he only received the telunteo; nance given to a man who had served a certain numberthi years. The salaries of the officers of Greenwich 110sPi amounted to £25,698 10s. a-year, while the sum spent li the maintenance of the pensioners was only He should propose that the men should be allowed to ro oK ta"' their pensions for wounds. He complained that the a. nee to the men was not sufficient to enable them to ° lain : Lain their wives and families, an d it w as notorious that their wives were not maintained by the hospital or in the neig h ' bourhood with anything like decency. Another g reat cam of complaint was that the gove r no r, lieutenant-governa t and the other officers of the hospital had not the leas power in the world, but wer e continually thwa7,vii and their recommendations overruled by three commissioners, who rece i ve d f rom £7OO to 000, bow Os sides their half-pay, a n d some o f them did not even live Greenwich, but in London. The existence of these ecosr missioners was entirely unnecessary. On these and 1 , 8 5 ous other grounds which the gallant admiral fully exPl au .„ to :the House, he concluded by moving that an addr7 should be presented to her Majesty, praying her to apP4 3lll . a Commission to inquire into the management of then 11° ow ig to pital. The motion could not be put on that day, an obstruction arising out of the forms of the house, but on the 28th instant Sir Charles again proposed it. Mr. WI bread, in the absence of Lord Clarence Paget, opp osed but promised that the G ov ernment would, during' """ recess, investigate the subject. On the divisi°ll which took pl ac e, th e mo ti o n was negatived by 142 against 82. Acting upon the Pr°l3ll:,."s given, the Gover nmen t a ft erwar d s thought it wise t o a P P°l* a Royal Commission, and accordingly entrusted Mr. Ingd ham, Mr. Hutt, and Captain Hay with the inquiry. On the assembling of the commissioners this inornin th. g, secretary read her Majesty's Commission, and Mr- r 0 ham briefly indicated the course which the co mmissione would take in conducting their investigation. They who proceeded to call witnesses, the first taken being those %v.-- hold high and responsible offices itt , the hospital. It is expected that the inq u iry will last about a week or ten days, and that the report of the commission ers will b; ready to be laid befor e P ar li amen t a t the commencement 0 the forthcoming session. STATE OF TRADE. „ LEICESTER, Nov. 16.!-There is no tra de 1 change to rep or t i n the state of the hosiery .re all useful arti c l es con ti nue i n r equest, and th ere '. numerous orders in the hands of the manu facture 0 actir At Loughborou g h an d Hinckley trade is and future prospects are of an encouraging e% The workmen in nearly all branches are We l for gaged, and wages are as high as they have stead y some time past . The wool-market is less gnu”' There is not much change in yarns. NOTTINGHAM, Nov. 16th.—There is no Pe reel r. tible improvement in the lace trade. Buyers Vico chase very sparingly, and manufacturers Preaud for the most part only what is actually requires: thus keeping down stock and preventing au , s Yi n tem of "jobbing." There are a few orders for Pf le nets, but very little doing in other branches• ma . silk lace trade continues extremely flat. Le ss— lly chinery is at work, and workmen more partA employed. The hosiery trade. continues in an . 9 , sa is above an average. The shipping !lye condition ; the demand for home consumP",',o good, and manufa3turers have plenty of orders I. ' s , hand which are awaiting execution. The ° P e li d tives are well employed both in the town a neighbourhood. The yarn market is firm. track) i s t_;, r Of er ~, TIIE AUDIT- OFFICE.—A Parliamentary pa r P, the 6 r . .t2 2lo7 p i a hl g eB e s s ji in extent, yesterday published by orde 43 ! .... Hon. the House of Commons, gives some details of 1 7 0 state of business in the Audit-office. It appears that 110 , i 1 thenbe number i u n i number arrear r f o f accountsdelivery of accounts in office not audited 336. In May, 185, .t i were 617 accounts to be audited, 13 in arrear of delivs. ~ and 167 in office not yet audited. So that there wreisio; accounts less to be audited than in 1857. In Ma: ure ar, there were 588 accounts for audit annually, 1 3 ill to b ° and 106 yet to audit. The number of accounts less visa au litcd than in 1858 was accordingly 61. This ret Urli moved for by Mr, Hanley, M.P. 'THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 17, 1859