The Sun.
London, England, 1860-11-27 00:00:00

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mu st, however, await the revelations of at least

MADAME WARTEL'S GRAND

LA TEST

MORNING CONCERT.

another summer.

The Reform Bill Mr. WILLIAMS did not mourn
over; he numbered himself with those who did
not care to give the franchise to a couple of
hundred thousand, while four or five millions
remained without it; nor did the redistribution
of members find much favour in his sight. In
one remark we thoroughly concur with him, that
it is a perfect farce to give more representatives
to the counties at all, while they are, as at pre-
sent, mere preserves of Landlordism, generally of
Tory Landlordism. Fifteen, it may be remembered,
of the twenty-five seats taken from rotten boroughs
were handed over to the counties, " where the
electors were driven to the poll to vote, as they
were ordered, like sheep to the market."

A grand Morning Concert was given at the As-
sembly Rooms, St. Leonards, Hastings, last Satur-
day, by Madame Theresa Wartel, which afforded
great enjoyment to the visitors and residents of
that town, as it consisted of first-class and highly
attractive music, rendered, as such music should be,
by Artistes fully equal to the responsibility.
The Concert opened with Mendelssohn's beautiful
" Trio in D" for piano, violin, and violincello ; re-
latively executed by Madame Wartel, M. Sainton,
and Signor Piatti, whose finished and accurate per-
formance left nothing to be desired. .

Compiegne.

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M. Sainton gave a " Fantaisie" on the violin,
which exhibited his qualifications of vigorous tone
and firm touch to great advantage. His rapid
transitions and clear harmonics stand prominently
out in his style ; and are electrically effective at
times.

He justified his vote on the Bankruptcy Bill,

Signor Piatti executed the " Allegro Assai Op.
45" of Mendelssohn's on the violincello with that
purity of tone and delicacy of treatment which we
can now only meet with on this instrument from this
master of it. The " Solo" which he played in the
Second Part was perfectly entrancing, and elicited
great applause from the 'audience, who evidently
possessed a musical ear and critical judgment.
Madame Wartel sustained her reputation as a
Pianiste most admirably. Her touch is brilliant
and smooth—blending expression with tenderness,
and energy with taste. Her pianoforte " Solo" was
a great treat to hear, especially its latter move-
ments.

though it had affronted Sir R. BETHELL ;
and as a Financial Reformer, Mr. WILLIAMS
was right. Sir R. BETHELL was also
right from his point of view. It has been
the inexcusable fashion in past times to
bribe the tongues of the lawyers in the house,
whenever Law Reform was in hand, by the most
extravagant compensations. We know what may
be said in its defence. But what abuse cannot be
defended? The truth is, that if the State abolish
any service in which it has so long trained those
who conduct it as to unfit them for other service,
the superseded servants are entitled to moderate
pensions. But, if they are capable of other service,
perhaps of service in the reformed Department it-
self, they ought to be required to perform it, or to
forfeit all claim to pension. Now, surely the pre-
sent staff of officials in the Bankruptcy Courts
could work as well under Sir R. BETHELL'S bill as
under the present one, and for those which the
alterations rendered really needless, employment
ought to be provided elsewhere. While we are
still paying for - idlers under the last Reform of
Bankruptcy, it was certainly too much to
ask the house to throw more money into
the sink of compensation to do-nothing lawyers.
We miss in Mr. WILLIAMS'S speech any reference
to his own proposals respecting the just equilization
of Legacy and Probate Duties, as the best means
of dispensing with the necessity for an uniustlncome-
tax. He cannot do better than press that subject.
He might compare the equity of the one with
the iniquity of the other, with untiring
energy, for they are moral facts, and will
bear insisting on again and again. Such
a policy has a double advantage if well
worked it will either be successful in subjecting the
holders of real property in England to the same
burdens as those borne by professional men and by
the commercial community of all classes ; or it
will induce the former class, who for more the part
expend our taxes, to reduce them to the level which
shall render equalized legacy duties needless for
the present. Either way the great object
will be attained. We shall get from the
landed gentry the taxes they ought
,to
pay in common with us, or we shall compel them
to relieve us from taxation, in order to save them-

The weight of the instrumental music was
charmingly relieved by Madame Sainton Dolby,
whose vocal assistance was hailed with rapturous
acknowledgment.
Handel's exquisite Aria" Canges d' Aspetto" was
given by her with equal power and tenderness, and
the " Skipper and his Boy," "Janet's Choice," and
other ballads of that character, received the justice
at her hands—or rather lips—which they seldom
meet with from other singers.
The room was crowded to an overflow, and we

rust Madame Wartel will be induced to offer the

inhabitants of Hastings frequent concerts of the
same elevated and sound class as that which proved
so eminently successful last Saturday. Her spirit
and energy well deserve the liberal patronage
which we feel certain she will receive.

THE -SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER' 27, 1860.

E W S.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)
PARIS, Nov. 27.
The Emperor is on the point of leaving for

PARIS, Nov, 27.
The llioniteur contains the following appoint-

Count Persigny as Minister of the Interior.
M. Billault as Minister without portfolio.
M. Forcade Laroquette as Minister of Finance.
M. Magne as Minister without portfolio.
M. Benedetti as Councillor of State for Extraor-

that the audience murmured loudly, for which
offence against decorum it was severely repri-
manded by the presiding judge. The day before
yesterday the Staats-Anwalt, as he is here called,
put several irrelevant questions to a witness, but
he was not once called to order by tha Bench.
One of the questions was, what the witness—a
commissary-general—would have done if Richter
had laid 10,000 ducats down on his table. The reply
was, that as Richter had not done so it was useless
to ask him (the witness) what he would have done.
The examination into the conduct of the Gray Sis-
ters employed in the hospital on the Wieden is not
yet ended, but it is already evident that they
have long grossly neglected their duties. It
must, however, be observed, that Hospital in the
suburb Gurnpendorf, which is under the super-
intendence of the Sisters of Charity, is perfectly
well cared for.

A charge of having incited to sedition has been
brought against the editor of the Military Gazette
for having stated that a soldier was obliged to
march in boots which were not in good condition.

Although the weather is not bad for the season
.he English mail is overdue.

AMERICA.

LIVERPOOL, MONDAY.
The Royal Mail steamer Europa, from Halifax
and Boston, arrived here at 10 p.m.
Havannah advices are to the Bth inst. The sugar
market was dull.

Exchange on London was quoted 121 to 13 pm.
The latest Mexican advices say that Marquez,
with 5,000 men, occupied Queretaro. The Liberals
had seized 100,000 dols. worth of church plate.
Vera Cruz dates are to the 7th inst. The Consti•
tutionalists had lost 2,000 men by the explosion of
a mine at Guadalajara. The British Legation had
permanently retired from Mexico.
News had reached Boston from Dr. K aye's Arctic
expedition. All the explorers were well, but frozen
up for the winter.