The Sun.
London, England, 1849-06-20 00:00:00

iLE LEGAL TITLE ASSURANCE commendation he has declared in the most emphatic
COMPANY.
language that the French po-sess a much
(Provwonally rtegistered, January 17, 1549.)
Capital, 2,ers,,f3Cl 1., in 90,000 Shares, of 251. eaca. more efficient steam navy than ours Ives,
Prehrainasy Deposit, ..!s. 6d. per Share
VfoSpeAnae. Atari tUr information may be obtained at the Temto- seeing that while England has mre
ear; (sinus of the Company, 12A, Cannon-row, Westminster, on ap-
:l.Jatlon horse power, and he believes more tonnage, " France
has 20 steam-frigates, capable of mounting 32 guns
each, and of carrying 2,000 troops with ease." A
fact which was alarmingly demonstrated the other
day by the abrupt disembarkation on the shores of
Central Italy of the French army under OUDINOT ;
and one, moreover, which calls forcibly to our re-
membrance as opinion long since pronounced by a
great French statesman and historian, ADOLPHE
TRIERS. " The character of steam navigation"—
these are the very words of M. TRIERS—" the cha-
racter of steam navigation it is impossible to predict
now in its relation to future events. That it gives
more means to France of acting against England is
possible. That it renders the Straits more easy to
be crossed must depend upon the efforts France may
matte to assume a superiority in the employ of the
New Power." According to the deliberate assertion
of Sir CHARLES NAPIER those efforts have been made,
and have not only been made, buthaveproveccdesuspful.to
the present time to be eminently successful.
If .false, that assertion may be very readily
•
disproved ; if true, it renders the argu
ment of the Admiral signally imperative.
Whether true or false the fact might be the most
effectually and the most clearly demonstrated by
having recourse to the very measure proposed by Sir
CHARLES NAPIER, namely, the appointment of a
committee of naval officers and engineers to investi-
gate thoroughly the whole system of the present
management of our naval forces, and to propound
some other by which its difficulties and blunders
might be immediately and permanently prevented.
The very circumstance of his suggesting this con-
trivance for the removal of existing abuses, and for
the substitution of a wholesome re-organization, affords
the best guarantee of the sincerity and the
disinterestedness of the feelings by which Sir CHARLES
NAPIER is actuated. It demonstrates that his solidi-
tude is actually to witness the improvement of cur
steam navy, and not to cram a crochet of his own
down the throats of the Government. This circum-
stance, moreover, is the more worthy of regard in
his particular instance, from the recollection of
the fact that the views upon steam navigation of Sir
CHARLES NAPIER individually are entitled to a very
express consideration, for, according to his own
decisive statement, " during the two years he com-
manded the Channel squadron no less than 29
steamers have passed through his hands." Of the
steam-vessels of war by which he has endeavoured to
illustrate the accuracy of his objections to the old
system (or rather to the old want-of•system), the
most remarkable have been the three well- known
ships, the Sidon, the Odin, and the Terrible—
the first-named being the very first pro-
duced under his personal direction, Mr.
Fricuam being the builder, and Mr. SEAWARD the
engine maker. Faults, blemishes, deficiencies, there
undoubtedly have been in these vessels, but those very
faults, blemishes, and deficiencies have only, to our
thinking, proved the more incontrovertibly that Sir
CHARLES NAPIER was correct from the outset in his
objections. If plans, in carrying out which the
builder and engineer have been brought together, the
merits and demerits of which plans have been scrupu-
lously canvassed " for months," in reference to which
officers experienced in steam navigation have been re-
peatedly consulted—if such plans, so directed and so
followed out to their completion, are found, notwith-
standing all these precautions, to require
considerable modification, how much more liable to
error must not those earlier, more jejune, and hap-
hazard plans he in the furtherance of which neither
the constructor of the ship, the maker of the engines,
nor the seamen of the vessel have been brought to-
gether to consult on one of the most difficult points
of naval architecture.
Briefly—Sir CHARLES NAPIER has fully effected
all the purpose of reasoning towards which his ar-
guments were through this letter directed. He has,
by his allusions to the superiority of the French
steam navy, as revealed in the recent expedition of
30,000 troops to Civita Vecchia, proved that some rigid
investigation is required forthwith. He has proclaimed
the madness of the reduction lately made in the
number of our seamen to the extent of some 3,000 or
4,G00 //o hws Mae by cue pie.eiJt
absurd and dangerous system we are only building
overgrown corvettes which are miscalled frigates—
and that those vessels, through the want of coopera-
tion and of a common understanding among the
parties engaged in their construction, are conspicuous
for the following defects :—the want of sufficient
stowage—the exposure of their boilers to the enemies'
shot—the sinking ot the main deck ports so low in
the water as to render their guns useless, and
the general fabrication of so-called frigates at once
cumbrous, ineffective, and inconvenient. All these
defects, all this necessity for a re-organization in the
management -of -the navy, we ourselves have long
and long ago insisted upon. Years since
The Sun has declared, for example, the absolute
necessity for the general adoption of the
" screw" in our own steam navy, as the best preser-
vation of the propelling force in vessels of war,
besides all those other necessities for modifica-
tion, which have at length found a supporter so
earnest and resolute as Sir CHARLES NAPIER. There is
no longer any path for withdrawal open for the Go-
vernment. The charges made against the pre-
vailing system have become at last so dis-
tinct and definitive that they must be en-
countered. And, to bring the matter to the
earliest and most satisfactory settlement, the com-
mittee of naval officers and engineers must conse-
quently be appointed. When this much has been
accomplished we shall no longer be " groping in the
dark," and shall see the Navy of England placed in
a position commensurate with its ancient glory.

A. F. anwE. Ron. sec., pro ter►

NOTICE

1 LISTER NEW WORK,
" BRITISH HOMES AND FOREIGN WANDERINGS,"
ja Two Vols., WILL BE BEADY on Saturday, June 23. Orders
,Tacief. Tel by all Booksellers.
Henry Colburn, publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
Signor MORIANT.
TO-MORROW EVENING,
Will De presented Donizetti's admired Opera, entitled
LIICREZIA IIORGIA.
tlie wale of the evening a new Divertissement, entitled
LA PRIMA BALLERINA.
With various Entertainments in the Ballet Department.
Application for Boxes, Stalls, and Ticke s to be made at the
Box-office of the Theatre, where Pit Tickets may be obtained, as
usual, price 10s, fid. each.

ROYAL ITALIAN OPE.It A,
COVENT-GARDEN.
MADAME PE ft MANI'S BENEFIT.
TO-MORROW EVENING
IL MATRIMONIO SEGRETO.
After which, the Third Act of
LA SONNAMBITLA.
To conclude with a DIVER fISSEMENT,
ES 'Which the principal Artistes of the Ballet Department will appear
The performance• will comme, ce at Eight o'c'ocit precisely,
Composer, Director or the Music, and Conductor. Mr. Costa.
T.

JAMES'S THEATRE.
FRENCH PLAYS and OPERA COMIQUE.
THIS EVENING,
MR. MITCHELL'S BENEFIT.
T.i Perfirmancis will commence at /lalf-past Seven o'clock with
' (By Desire)
LA VENDETTA.
After which LE CO'ETE OF:Y.
After the Opera Madame Cinti-Darn.reau will sing " Scene de la
Debutante," accompanied on the Piano-f )rte by 31. Benedict ; and
La Bachante, - cherzo, le Roi de Baviere," accum anted by herself.
To conclude with
EXTRF:3IES tiE T )LCIIENT.

; ATR • ' ROYAL, BAYM..A.RA.E'.C.
Mr. B. Fie Atcr..Sele Lessee and Manager, Old Brompton.
Will be performed a new and original tragic Play, in Five Acts,
4Mti tled STRATI' M Olt E.
To be followed by T LIE ROUGH DIAMOND.
To conclade witii,the Farce of LEND ME FIVE SHILLINGS.

TiLEATHE ROYAL. ADELPIII.
llnflez tie directlon of 'la lame Celeste.
THIS EVENING.

Will be performed THE KNIGHT OF ARVA.
After which a new grand Extravagarza, entitled THE DEVIL'S
VIOLIN AND THE REVOLT tiF THE FLOWERg.
To be followed by a novelty in the ,hape of A MOST UNWAR-
RANTABLE INTRUSION, which will be committed by Mr. Wright
o the annoyance of Mr. Paul Bedford.
To conclude with JOHN JONES.

ROYAL L YCL UM THLATtt .
Under the Management of Madame Vestris.
-ale Lessee, Mr. Charle Ma• he ~s.
THIS EVENING
will be performed PROMOTION.
After which a new Drama, called A ROMANTIC IDEA.
To be followed by A WONDERFUL WOMAN.
To conclude with BOX AND tOX.
Dregs 1..0.te5, 58.; Upperkßoaeg, 48. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. No
Ralf-price to any part of the house.
The New Boa-office, Ne. 2, Wellin-ztor, street, Is open to the
public every Jag. from Ten rill

ASTLE Y'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty.
ruder the Patronage of her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness

Prince Albert,
The following eminent artistes form the greatest amount of female
equestrian talent ever engaged in this or any other establishment at
one time :

Md
lles. Adelaide Hinnie, Valentine, Louise Touirnaire, La Jeane
Josephine ; Miss Woolford, Barrand, Davidson, Avery, and La Petite
Jeanette.

In addition to the above Mr. Batty has great pleasure in announc-
ing that he has engagel that peerless equestrian Marie Macarte,
whose brilliant triumphs on the Continent and in America have ac-
quired for her the appellation of the Equestrian Enchantress.
THIS EVENING,
The performance will commence with a Grand Military Equestrian

spectacle, entitled

MOOLTAN and GOOJEttAT ; or, the Conquest of the Seikhs.
To be followed by an Inimitable display of SCENES IN THE
CIRCLE. in which Marie Maearte will appear, supported by the first
Equestrian talent, of the day.

To conclude with a favourite Melodrama, entitled THE WHITE
rAIiM.

Rex-office open from Eleven till Four.
A/we Manazer. Mr. W. West.

ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.
Engagement of M. JULLIEN.
IMMENSE AND UNPARALLELED SUCCESS.
Wilder the patronage of hot tiles : Gracious Majesty, her Majesty the
Queen Dowager, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, Re.
The Public Press has unanimously pronounced the Storming of
Badajoz to be the most perfect and life-like exhibition.
The Nobility, Gentry, and the Public are respectfully informed
that this favourite place of fashionable re,ort is open every
MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND THURSDAY.
Denson's gigantic modelled Panorama of the TOWN AND
FORT OF BADAJOZ, pronounced by the voice of public
opinion to be the most perfect and life-like exhibition ever
presented—Splendid Menagerie—Ju lien's unrivalled Band—Vo-
cal and Instrumental Concert—Several Favourite Songs and
Ballads by Miss Frances Mildmay, Miss Ellen Rowland and Mr. G.
Tedder—Solos by Koenig, Richardson (Flute)—Violin and Violon-
cello by Viotti and George Collins, varied alternately—and other at-
tractions, concluding with a vivid representation of the Storming of
Placlajoz, pourtraying the advance of the British army—bombard-
ment and attack—gallant defence—rush to the breach by real troops
—and final ta',leaux in honour of the " Hero of a hundred fights."
Doors open at Nine o'Clock, A.M. ; feeding of the animals at Five ;
Pelicans and White Bears half-past Five ; Concert at Six ; Storming
of Badajoz, at Dusk,—Admission One Shilling.
REFRESHMENTS.—The frequenters of these Gardens have long
complained that Refreshments from the Confectionary-rooms only
could bs procured. Arrangements have been effected, and a distinct
portion of the Gardens set apart, where Refreshments may be had
of the first quality, and at the usual Prices.

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What the ATTORNEY-GENERAL has had " under
consideration, but not found time or opportunity to
do," the Noble Lord the Member for Marylebone
has almost accomplished ; while the law officer of the
Crown was doubting and hesitating as to the best
mode of encountering the difficulties of the case, the
unpaid representative of a metropolitan borough has
produced a sound practical measure, completely
removing the virus from an acknowledged
nuisance. The Palace Court Bill was
read a second time on Monday evening,
without a single dissentient voice, and was ordered
to be committed on Friday. It will undoubtedly
pass through all its stages with perfect unanimity,
unless Sir JOHN .Tunvra shoal, in the intetitu, ahakc
off his apathy, and bring forward his long contem-
plated Bill for the total abolition of the tribunal.
Lord DUDLEY STUART proposes that henceforward
every Fr-rson sued in the Palace Court shall be
allowed to demand the transfer of the cause to the
County Court of the district within which he reside s.
This privilege will completely
t
of the obnoxious tribunal, foriaktceana
injusticeiy
ar
nwowatyill voluntarily
he eol supposed business
unt
.l
that any person of ordinary
capacit
submit to the enormous costs and y
practical
of a jurisdiction that has already attained ao unen-
viable a notoriety. It may sometimes be resorted to
by persons anxious to obtain payment of extortionate
or unconscientious claims, for, whether justly or
otherwise, it has been generally believed that the
party appealing to the Court has almost a
certainty of success if he can bring forward
the slightest evidence to sustain his demand, but no
defendant will consent to have his case adjudicated
on where there is a manifest prejudice in favour of
the plaintiff, and where, in the event of an unfavour-
able decision, the original debt may be quadrupled
by the costs incidental to its recovery. If cheap and
expeditious justice be desirable, nothing can be
alleged in favour of the jurisdiction of the Palace
Cour'

But where there is really a legitimate and bond
fide debt, the proceedings of the court are almost as
injurious to the interests of the creditor, as they un-
doubtedly are harassing to the defendant. Many
unprivileged persons practice under the sanction and
with the connivance of the attorneys, who put for-
ward a claim to compensation for what they are
pleased to term " an invasion of their vested
rights:' Such intruders will too frequently
be guilty of acts at which the legitimate prac-
titioners would blush, and no security is
afforded to the humble suitor that he will not be
permitted to fall into such hands. A set of harpies
haunt the precincts of the court who obtain the ma-