The Sun.
London, England, 1851-10-10 00:00:00

naval court incompetent to fulfil his duties from
either of these causes the Board of Trade can suspend
the certificate of service or competency of such
offender. In pursuance of the powers thus vested by
the Act a naval court was summoned to inquire into
the conduct of William Forster, master of the
William, of Sunderland, for assaults inflicted on the
mate, Thomas Dawson, on the high seas, and also
with charges of drunkenness and tyrannical beha-
viour. A similar complaint had been previously in-
vestigated by the police magistrates of Sunderland,
when William Forster was fined 40s. for the as-
sault. The naval court of inquiry having investigated
the case, reported the result of their decision in con-
demnation of the defendant to the Board of Trade, and
their Lordships have been pleased to direct that Fors-
ter's certificate be returned to them, and that the same
be suspended for one year ; and further, that the de-
fendant produce testimonials of good conduct during
the interval at the end of the year.

[The following appeared in our Third Edition of
last night :—]
THE GREAT EXHIBITION.
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In the early stages of the Exhibition some degree of
apprehension was felt lest the rush of visitors on the
first shilling day should put the strength of the building
to an unfair test. Accordingly precautions of every
conceivable character were taken to avert acci-
dents and preserve order; but, lo! when the
eventful day came, the numbers fell very far
short of what had been anticipated, and the
Commissioners, for once, were entirely out in their cal-
culations. Everybody stopped away because everybody
else was sure to go on the first shilling day, and the re-
sult was highly satisfactory to those who ventured be-
neath the crystal roof, in spite of the unfavourable
predictions about the stability of its supports. They
saw the wondrous treasures which the building
contained without the inconvenience of a. crush, and
had the best possible chance of examining minutely
the principal objects of this stupendous collection
of industrial curiosities. How different, how-
ever, has been the last shilling day! Pouring in torrents
from the earliest dawn until long past noon, the streets
and public vehicles have yet been filled almost to re-
pletion with men and women of all classes, bent upon
taking " a last fond look" at the interior of the Great
Exhibition, and the consequence has been that the re-
ceipts to-day have added another 5,0001. to the accumu-
lating exchequer of the Commissioners. The numbers
up to four o'clock, as returned by the police, were 90,036.
Notwithstanding that this immense assemblage of peo-
ple was collected together within the limits of the
Crystal Palace itself, the difficulty of circulation was,
comparatively speaking, of no moment. At the tran-
sept, where the various streams meet, it is true, there
was a good deal of pushing and crushing, but every one
seemed conscious of the importance of keeping his
temper or exercising a little patience, and in the end the
twisting and squeezing operation was looked upon more as
an excellent joke than an inconvenience. The police,
therefore, who manage their part of the business with ad-
mirable skill and tact, experienced no trouble in per-
suading the multitude to " keep moving ;" and altogether
the results of the last three days at the Exhibition have
been of the most gratifying character.
The following is the official report of the re-
ceipts ~ £4,344 7s. 6d.
... 90,813.

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KOSSUTH.

Tile Paris Presse publishes the following reply to
the calumnies on Kossuth which, emanating from the
forgery department of the Austrian Chancery, have
been transmitted to the journals which are organs of
the Austrian Government, and are now in the course
of publication in France and in this country :
" The Government has not permitted Kossuth to
pass through France ; the Constitutionnel is not sa-
tisfied with this refusal; it insults the noble exile, it
reproaches him with having usurped power, and with
only making the most miserable use of it. In this,
the Constitutionnel only repeats what was said by the
official journals of Austria at the time of the breaking
out of the Hungarian insurrection. Kossuth, ac-
cording to their accounts, was only an ambitious
man, a fanatic, a petty lawyer, and an insignificant
journalist. The great monarchy laughed at the ef-
forts of this scribbler, of whom the valiant
marshals of the empire would only make one mouth-
ful. The bombarder of Prague, Prince de Win-
disohgratz, was chosen to bring to reason this
dro le, and the handful of wretches whom he had
fanaticised by his ideas of nationality and indepen-
dence. The first bulletins of the campaign ex-
hausted the vocabulary of contemptuous terms for the
insurgents, and of glorious epithets for the imperial
army. The occupation of Buda and of Pesth in No-
vember, 1848, was considered as the termination of
the war. ATe Deum was sung. The revolutionists
of Kossuth had, it was said, vanished at the
approach of Windischgrats, and Hungary
was more than ever united to Austria.
The news was every day expected at Vienna
of the total dispersion of the bands who still
infested the country, and who were vigorously pur-
sued by the faithful subjects of the legitimate sove-
reign. The stupefaction was consequently great when
it was known that these bands had become regular
armies, having as much discipline and more valour than
the imperial army, and that Wiudischgratz had been
obliged to fly, leaving in the hands of the rebels a great
number of prisoners and military stores of all kinds.
The invincible marshal was recalled, and this superb
bombarder, who admitted none but princes in his staff,
and who kept up an almost royal court, was obliged
to retire into Moravia, to an estate mortgaged to M. de
Rothschild. There was then a short cessation of hostili-
ties, which Kossuth admirably turned to account. The
preparations which he made, the order which he esta-
blished in every branch of the Government at Co.
morn, at Cronstadt, and at Kaschau, the pecuniary
resources which he organized, and the enthusiasm
which he awakened were truly prodigious. Five
armies, forming an ensemble of 180,000 men with
an artillery of more than 300 pieces of cannon,
three fortresses of the first rank, and a great number
of second and third-rate ones, all well supplied with
warlike stores,—such were the elements which this
man, endowed with fabulous activity, placed at the
service of his country, which was struggling for its
independence. It marched from victory to victory,
until the moment when Austria, beaten, ruined, and
discouraged, was reduced to the degree of humi-
liation of confessing her weakness before Europe, by
appealing to Russia for assistance. Indelible disho-
nour, which henceforth made of the imperial army
the advanced guard of the Cossacks against the liberty
of Europe! This is what the Constitutionnel calls
making the most miserable use of power.' As we
shall have at some future day to return to the affair of
Hungary, we shall now no further insist on it. Our
only wish, by these few remarks, has been to show
what there is unjust and inconsistent in the manner
in which the friends of the Government treat an il-

lustrious man, whose misfortunes ought at least to
have sheltered him from insults. Besides, of what
avail is it to defend Kossuth against a journal who re-
proaches him with not having kept himself in the
back ground, like Bem ? The Constitutionnel ought
to know that there is a good reason for Bem not show-
ing himself—he is dead."

OPENING OF THE ITALIAN
OPER A IN PARIS.
(From Galignanis Messenger.)
This elegant theatre, the first notes of which are
the signal for the commencement of the season of
music and fashion in Paris, will open its doors on
Tuesday evening next; and, as the reader will
perceive from the list of leading artists given below,
with a company worthy of all itt ancient renown. In
addition to Mme. Barbieri Nini, and other brilliant
talents not yet heard in Paris, every musical reader
will be charmed to hear that Mr. Lumley has suc-
ceeded in obtaining the celebrated Guasco, described
as beyond all question the first tenor in Europe.
The theatre is to open with Lucrezia Borgia,
in which Mine. Barbieri Nini will make
her clikut, supported by M. Graziani, an im-
portation from Italy, also of distinguished reputa-
tion, as Gennaro. The orchestra and chorusses,
re-organised under the experienced supervision of the
able musical director, M. Ferdinand Hiller, are in
active training, and promise, it is said, to do credit
to the new maestro. The troupe is composed as
follows :—Soprani Mmes. Barbieri Nini, Sofie
Cruvelli, Fiorentini, Corbari. Contralti—Marie
Cruvelli, Ida Bertrand. Tenori—MM. Guasco,
Graziani, Cal zolari, Pardini. Bassi Lablache,
Belletti, Ferranti, Fortini, Lorenzo. With such a
programme there can be no doubt of a brilliant and
successful season ; more especially when coupled with
the fact that the number of foreigners daily arriving
in Paris to pass the ensuing winter is almost beyond
example.

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and long. Long before eight o'clock, the large
area and galleries were crowded to excess, even stand-
ing room was at a premium—every one being anxious
for admittance,
at any sacrifice of personal ease or comfort, to obtain a
view of the Bloomer. The appearance of the lady,
escorted by a young gentleman, one of the speculators,
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