The Press.
London, England, 1857-10-03 00:00:00

THE PRESS, OCTOBER 3, 1857.

in each operation is in itself a school of military at•t.
To bring a body of troops on the field, to put them
in order of battle, to direct and manoeuvre them in
action, such are the duties of a general, and which
constitute the art of war. It is with reference to
these necessary conditions that all orders should be
given, and the movements of each arm combined.
The principles thus laid down remain unchanged,
whatever may be the number of troops in hand, or
whatever may be the difficulties they must contend
with. To manoeuvre on a plan already formed, and
on a probable hypothesis to adopt a series of opera.
Lions of both attack and defence, and in which the
part of each commander is assigned to him, without
restricting him to an exact obedience, should unfore-
seen events occur, such are the rules of knowledge
to be learned by both officers and soldiers in a camp.
Here I must conclude for the present. I shall
hope to send you a more detailed account of the
mancouvres when they are resumed on the Em-
peror's return.

ST. JA3IES'S TUEATRE.—Mr. Mitchell gave us in
the past summer the Bouffes Parisiennes, who
attained the highest degree of popularity. He has
determined to produce at the St. James's Theatre an
Opera Buffs Italiana, carrying out the design of the
Turin manager, Signor D. Ronzani. This novel
species of entertainment will be presented to the
public next month, commencing on the 3rd of Nov.,
and will be continued throughout the winter until
the ensuing Lent. The list of vocalists embraces the
following names, all favourably known to fame in
the chief cities of Italy, Naples, Rome, Florence,
Turin, Milan, dx.:—First sopranos—Amalia Fume-
galli and Luigia Cerelli ; first tenors—G. Daniele
and Enrice Georgetti ; contralto, mezzo-soprano—
Luigia Tamburini ; first baritones—Carlo Bartolncei
and Luigi Frimagalli ; first buffi—Giuseppe Ciampi
and Ninno Conti (the celebrated Neapolitan Punchi•
nella) ; first bass—Cesare Castelli.

GENERAL HAVELOCK, whose name has now become
one of the most familiar to British ears, is a native
of the banks of the Wear, and a member of a Sun-
derland family. His father, Mr. William Havelock,
was a well-known shipowner and coalfitter, residing
at Ford-hall, the present residence of Mr. W. Hay,
where the family, since so distinguished as soldiers,
were horn. Another brother, Colonel W. Havelock,
well known in All the Peninsular and Oriental cam-
paigns as one of the most dashing cavalry officers in
the service, fell at the head of the 14th Light Dra-
goons in one of the bloody engagements on the
Sutlej. The present gallant representative of the
family has passed through a long and distinguished
anprenticeship to arms in the great conflicts of
North-Western India, especially in the campaigns of
Sir Charles Napier. There are not wanting anecdotes
among those who remember the residence and early
life of this hero, of the courage and daring which fore-
shadowed the man in the boy, and we (Sunderland
Heralds, may earnestly hope that it will yet he our
pleasure to record in hi: future career of retributive
valour exploits and honours which will alike reflect
distinction in the soldier and do honour to the town
which claims his birth.
FRENCH AND ENGLISH FISHERMEN.—The Admi-
ralty continue to neglect our fishing interests. A
single vessel only has been provided to protect one
hundred and fifty miles of coast from the Humber to
Berwick, and of course our fishing interests suffer
severely. As an instance of what is daily occurring
we take the following ease from the Newcastle
rapers :—" On Wednesday Louis Gifford, master of
the No. 299 of Dieppe, and Nicholas Germe, master of
the No. 348 of Bonlogne, were brought before the
North Shields magistrates by Lieutenant Simpson, of
the Otter, charged with fishing within a mile and a
half of the Northumberland coast, and the charge
being proved against them they were each fined 101.
and costs. Lieutenant Simpson, in answer to a ques-
tion from the mayor, stated that the English fisher-
men complained very much of the damage done to
their nets by the French boats fishing upon the
English ground. He stated that the crew of a
French lugger had been guilty of a very malignant
act on the previous night. They had sailed their
vessel with a grapnel iron over her stern through a
fleet of English boats, and tore away five or six of
their nets. The crew had, however, covered their
number, and the English fishermen had not been
enabled to identify the vessel. At present about 150
large French luggers, manned with crews of from
fifteen to twenty men each, are fishing for herrings
in the North Sea. As we have before stated, by
international treaty the fishermen of either country
are prohibited from fishing within three miles of
their neighbours' coast. Of course, all the best
fishing is within three miles of the land, and as the
crews of the French luggers exceed in number the
men on board our boats three to one, they have
literally possession of the herring fishing, and do as
they like ; for it is not found that the one solitary
steamer can keep up any sort of regalation along
such a lino of coast."