The Sun.
London, England, 1856-08-26 00:00:00

ROYAL PRMESEV4 THEATRE.

This Theatre will Open for the Season on Monday next, Septemr,tr
the Ist, when will be presented (first time under the present manage.
meat) Sheridan's tragic play of

that a sufficient sum would speedily be raised,
an 1 under the happy hallucination that care
would be taken that a banquet should be
supplied in the true old English character, that
should give satisfaction to all, and particularly to
the recipients. That the former was fully realised
we have only to refer to the subscription list : how
the latter, to the events of yesterday.
After the great outcry against routine and its
destructive influence upon the " Old Guards," we
little expected to see it carried out, by way of a
climax to the events of the war, and exemplified
in the proceedings of yesterday, in regard to the
catering. We have every feeling of respect for
our allies—the French—in whatever station of life
they may be, or to what profession theymay belong,
and bear our testimony to their superiority in matters
of cuisne when the palate is to be tickled and the
eye pleased, but they do not appear to under-
stand the notions and requirements of an English-
man's dinner, and the signal failure of Messrs.
Photel and Shabot, the contractors on this occa-
sion, is a practical illustration. And this brings us
back to the starting point of routine, and leads us
to believe that the committee was led away by it,
and because the proprietors of the gardens
liberally granted the use of the grounds
they must patronise the purveyors of the
establishment, instead of inviting contracts from
those who understand the requirements of an Eng-
lishman better than any foreigners possibly can do.
Well, let us see the result. We understand the sum
of ss. per head was paid by the committee for the
supply of what was necessary except the cham-
pagne, a sum sufficiently large when it is considered
upwards of 2,000 men were to attend, to have ad-
mitted of an ample supply and of a superior
character. The tables looked very prettily laid
out to the casual observer, but when you scruti-
nised their contents and looked narrowly at the
affair, you found it was, as the gallant chair-
man naively remarked in his speech, " a din-
ner such as the memory of man never knew the
equal !" The tables were plentifully gar-
nished with flowers and shrubs with which
to feast the eyes, but as for the "belly tim-
ber " it was rather a scanty supply. After
great diligence of search, and wandering in a laby-
rinth of porter-bottles, glasses, plates, and plants,
3 our eye suddenly alighted on a piece of roast-beef
of considerably less dimensions than that put upon
the table of our industrious artisan for the Sunday
dinner of himself, wife, and two children, and the
piece of beef in question had to do duty for six sturdy
Guardsmen ; whilst near it was placed, by way of
allurement, a piece of cheese of about four ounces,
garnished in an artistic manner to excite their
fancy, but disappoint their expectations, and near
it the dessert, consisting of four small apples, placed
pyramidally, and the dish very prettily decorated
with leaves ; then came a plate of toss lettuce—one
cut in four—and then a plate of " plum duff." The
beef occasionally gave place to hams, joints of
mutton of similar dimensions, &c., alternately on
the tables, and there was interspersed infinitesimal
pats of butter, and tarts in proportion, whilst on
each plate was placed ono penny loaf, which cer-
tainly was the acme of perfection as regards
production, but considerably less than was
necessary for the enjoyment of lunch by the most
pampered son of the Odurch or State, leaving an alder-
man out of the question. Whether the men had
had any misgivings as to the result, and had con-
sulted a " cunning man," we know not, but some
of them must have been blessed with an intuitiy
knowledge of what was to happen, for on ques-
tioning many of them after the repast how they had
fared, they informed us " very well—they had had
dinner before they left the barracks," accompany.
ing the remark with a laugh of great significance
We think we have said enough to show the cha-
racter of the supply. L.-3t us now refer to how the
meat was put upon the table. Its app3arance was
not the most inviting, fur it bore evident traces of
early and hasty cooking ; the hams especially,
which appeared to have undergone a shaving pro-
cess, the fat having been cut off to give them " the
bloom of youth," whilst the beef reminded some of
the " Old Guardsmen" of the " raw beef of the
Alma."

who owed their throne to their efforts, to protect
the people against the Court, not the Court against
the just indignation of the people. This is indeed
very different from the state of affairs in Italy.
There Boatea, who has treated the demands of France
and England with such gross contumely, relies
on Austrian bayonets for support, and rails at
those who have exhibited such extraordinary for-
bearance towards him with the tongue of a
THBRSIiES. All that is required in his case is to
leave them to the tender mercies of his subjects,
to allow a clear stage and no favoar, and in a
week he will have ceased to reign, and the free-
dom of Italy will be restored not only in the
Two Sicilies, but in various other States, where
the existing system is only sustained by foreign

PIZARRO.
Rolla, by Mr. C. Kean ; Elvira, by Mrs. C. Kean.
Alter which will be produced a new petite comedy', in two acts,
. entitled,
OUR WIFE.

Books of Sheridan's play of Pizarro, as arranged for representation
the Royal Princess's Theatre, b y Charles Kean, with Historical
Notes, are now ready, and may be had at the stage door of the
theatre in Oxford-street. Price Is.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
under the management of Mr. Bucketona.

TIIIS EVENING,
SECOND LOVE.
Followed by
The Spanish Dancers.

After which,
MY WIFE'S DAI7OI7TER.
To conclude with
TIIE POSTMAN'S KNOCK.

ROYAL THEATRE ADELPIII.
Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster.
Directress, Madame Celeste.
THIS EVENING,
RELAND AS IT IS.

bayonets.
Al these evils may be traced to Germanism.
Queen AMELIA is tolerated because she is its
strongest representative. The French and Eng-
lish troops are to be withdrawn, and unhappy
Athens rendered the focus of Muscovite and
German intrigues, to the serious detriment
and peril of the Ottoman Empire. But such is
the will of Germanism, and the Peoples of France
and England must bow down before th 6 mysteri-
ous, but too potent, oracle. But distracted and
divided Italy, possessing all the elements of
strength and vitality, must still be paralysed by
the Austrian incubus, that prostrates its energies,
and perpetuates the misgovernment and oppres-
sion against which so many well-grounded com-
plaints have been put forward. England and
France are made to play very secondary parts in
the political drama, which is by no means con-
ducive either to their honour or interests.

Followed by
DOMESTIC ECONOMY.

After which
THE Mill TUTOR.
To conclude with
OUR GAL.

STR %ND TNEATRE.
Manager, Mr. T. Payne.
THIS EVENING,
TUE MISTRESS OF THE MILL.
Followed by
"THAT HOUSE IN lIIGII STREET."
Messrs. Stuart, Cooke, Basil Potter, and Kinloch; Mrs. Viroollidge,

. .
and Miss Isabel Adams.
Aftes which,
THE FLOWER GIRL OF GHENT.

To conclude with
THE STATUE LOVER.
Commence at half-past 7.

ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. Alfred Wigan.

THIS EVENING
THE GREEN-EYED MONSTER.

After which.
M E D E A.

While the Guards were on their way yesterday
to be/6W for their gallantry in the Crimea an
investigation was being made in another part of
the metropolis into certain charges against three
workhouse officials, by no means reflecting honour
on the national character. In other words, while
2,000 of the brave men of the Guards were about
to enjoy the triumph they had fairly won by
meeting and beating back, despite all odds, the
best men of the Russian army, three workhouse
officials were on their trial, before a Poor-law
Board Inspector, for flogging as many women.
The contrast is sufficiently startling ! Both
parties are known as Englishmen ; yet,
what a difference in the respective deeds
which called for public) notice ! Which
represented most truly the national cha.
ratter ? The Guards were 2,000 odd in
number—the women floggers, 3. Englishmen
are not Austrians. Throughout the kingdom,
we boldly assert, thousands upon thousands of as
brave men as the Guards are to be readily found;
but, sift the entire nation, and we doubt if 2,000
women floggers will be found among the chaff !
The greater reason why such cowardly rascals
should be hunted out and handed over to punish-
ment ! Owing largely to the impossibility of
poor men and women obtaining a divorce, and
the ignorance of the rural population, the spec-
taole has occasionally, in times past, been wit-
nessed in the agricultural districts of a wife being
led in a halter to market to be disposed of to the
best bidder. The spectacle, we all know, was a
rare one, and always excited indignant comments
from the more intelligent portion of the popula-
tion. The press condemned the practice in un-
measured terms, and no man was to be found bold
enough to pronounce that condemnation unjust or
uncalled for. Yet, see the result. To this hour
it is a settled belief on the minds of probably the
majority of our mercurial neighbours, the French,
that selling our wives like brutes in the open
market is a prevalent custom among us I sanc-
tioned both by men of high and low degree.
What is likely to be the result if workhouse or
other officials are suffered to escape the severest
punishment on conviction of wonsau-flogging ?
Why, that the six months' imprisonment awarded
to wife beaters is but a sham, and that, despite
the bravery of the British soldier in the field, we
approve, like Austrians, in our secret hearts of the
dastardly and inhuman subjugation of feminine
spirit by brute force
It is a question of national honour. It is not
enough that Ca6Aß's wife should be innocent,
she must be free from suspicion—and we trust
the inquiry still going on will be brought to an
equitable conclusion, so that justice may be done
to all—to the individuals directly concerned and
to the ratepayers—to the Poor-Law Board and
the country at large. Three individuals, work-
house officials to wit, RYAN, the master, and
BROWN and GREEN, the two porters of the Maly-
lebone Workhouse, are charged—the first with
ordering and overlooking the brutal seizure and
punishment by flogging with canes of three young
women, severally, and on distinct occasions—the
second with being his willing instruments in the
infliction of such punishment. RYAN plays the
tyrant. The women murmur. The dignity of
their taskmaster is offended. Whip in hand the
amiable gentleman whistles. Incontinently one
or other, or both of his bulldogs—curs rather—
bound into his presence. The luckless offender is
violently seized and hurried to an adjacent dark
c umer, and GREENand BROWN, or BRoWN or GREEN,
shower down a storm of blows with a cane on
her devoted head and shoulders. The temptation
is too great to be always resisted ; so on one occa-
sion RYAN administers a few dexterous cuts on
her face and elsewhere with his ready whip, and
IROWN, sundry kicks, both, doubtless, to their
entire satisfaction. Off at last the girl starts,
and BROWN and GREEN, or GREEN or Ertowx,
cane in hand, after her, until she contrives to
steal into bed. Such is the substance, or very
near it, of what each of the victims has to allege
against the "illustrious" trio. Is the allegation
supported by facts or by reliable testimony 1
Such brutal treatment must leave masks behind.
The girls speak to blood being drawn, and to
" wales," " thick bruises," dsc. A female searcher
at the Police-court testifies to finding such
marks, " very blue, indeed," on the persons
of all three ; and with respect to SULLIVAN,
who was shaken, caned, kicked, and whipped by
IiiROWN, GREEN, and RYAN, despite her womanly
cries for mercy, that she was more cut than the
rest about the loins. The public have but to read
the report to form a satisfactory judgment oa the
case _-a =sport, by the way, unpolluted by
the beastly
obscenities uttered by the two
" curs " by way of question and self-justification.
One of them, it is said, has got an appointment
at Stepney Workhouse. Do not all of them merit
the treadmill ? If they escape—shame on the
Guardians, and shame on Englishmen

To conclude with
SHOCKING EVENTS.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke.
Ehakspeare's Richard the Third illustrated.
THIS EVENLNG,
The highly successful production, Shakspeare's RICHARD THE
THIRD, with equestrian effects unprecedented, Imposing 'ablean of
the" Death of White Surrey," battle of Bosworth Field, 4c.
After which,
The ACTS of HORSEMANSHIP in the CIRCLE.
To concludt with a rounl of varied entertainments.
Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W.
West. 'Equestrian Director. Mr. W. Cooke, Jun.

Why were these noble fellows, whose bravery on
' the field of battle WAS unparalleled, and before whose
"thin red lino" the le2,ions of a great nation
melted like the snow on the steppes of the Crimea
before the sun, kreated in this manner ? It was
not the wish of the subscribers, it could not be
with the consent of the committee, that such a
dinner Was served, and be the responsible man
who ho may, he may rest assurol that he will
be remembered by the men, to the day of their
death, and the reminiscences of their " Surrey
friend" afford them ample source of amusement for
years to come. Happily the men ware in the right
vein; they knew the sympathies of the people
were with them, and they felt gratified at that
eircumstancemore than theenjoyinent of the dinner.
The fact that their sufferings on the field of battle
hal reached the public ear, had found sympathy
in their hearts, and h•id roused such a spirit of
indignation against the system that had caused
them, that when they found themselves surrounded
byso many thousands eager to testify their appro-
leVion of their passive endurance, and their
gratitude to men ready to sacrifice their lives
in defence of the sacre 1 hearths of Old
England their hearts thrilled with delight—they
fel' confident they might depend on the nation's
care, and they fully felt what their noble chairman
expressed, " that suoh a reception as that by their
fellow-countrymen was sufficient to make him and
them jump on one leg through another such cam -
paign as that just finished."

TAYLOR'S FAMILY CRESCENT HOTEL

NEW FILET, YORKSHIRE, COMMANDING AN EXTENSIVE
VIEW OF THE SEA.
The following visitors have recently patronised Tay-
lor's Family Crescent Hotel :—J. W. Thompson, Esq
High-park, London ; Mrs. and Miss Thompson, Lon-
don ; Alexander, Esq., and Mrs. Alexander, London;
Rev. I. H. Hubbard, London ; the Lady Wenlock,
Escruk Park, York ; Hon. Miss Lawley, York ; Hon.
Caroline Lawley, York ; Hon, Bielby Lawley, York ;
Captain Doncaster, London ; J. W. Ames, Esq., and
Mrs. Ames, Cote-house, Bristol ; Miss Walker, Masbro-
house, Rotherham ; Rev. C. I. Parker, Skirwith Abbey,
Penrith ; Mrs. Parker and family, Penrith ; W. C.
Alston, Esq., Eltham hall, near Birmingham ; Mrs. and
Miss Alston, ditto ; Henry Jephson, Esq., M.D.; Mrs.
and Miss Jephson ; J. Pomeroy, Esq., Lon-
don ; Mrs. Pomeroy, London ; Miss Pomeroy, Lon-
don ; J. W. Marsden, Esq., Walton-house, Wakefie.ll ;
John Wakefield, Esq., London ; the Rev. J. Rudston,
Oxford ; Lady Buckton, Cannon-ball, Barnsley; Hon.
Miss Buckton, C tenon-hall, Barnsley ; C. H. Cham-
bers, Esq., and Mrs. Chambers ; W. C. Willock, Esq.,
and Mrs. Willock, Manchester ; the Rev. 0. Brown,
London ; Boyce, Esq., London ; J. W. Sutton,
E-q. ; the Rev. J. and Mrs. Hildyard and family, In-
gohisby Rectory, Grantham ; Mr. J. Wilson, North
Dalton ; Mr. Libtrott, London ; A. Wood, Esq.,
Wood, Esq., and Mrs. Wood, Blackheath, London ;
Mrs. Admiral Falcon, Eaton-place, London ; Whire,
Esq., and Mrs. Wbire ; J. Marsden, Esq., Walton-
house, Wakefield ; J. Brown, Esq., Barnsley ; Rev. T.
and Mrs, Morgan ; Miss Secveton ; W. S. Woodhouse,
Esq., and Mrs. S. Woodhouse, The Willows; Rev.
Dr. English, Warley-house, Brentwood ; Hon. S.
Lushington and family, and Lush!ngton, Esq., Lon-
don ; Maples, Esq., and family, Spalding.

The banquet to the Guards, which took place
yesterday at the Royal Surrey Gardens, was an
event so novel and extraordinary in its character,
that we are induced to refer to it and to notice
many incidents connected with it which we were
yesterday prevented from doing, owing to want of
time. The thought of testifying the admiration of
the people of London for the heroic conduct and
bravery of these men, by inviting them to a ban-
quet, was a characteristic and noble one, and de-
serving of all praise ; and when we saw the names
of the gentlemen who interested themselves in its
furtheranc©,
we laboured under the impression ,

His Royal Highness Prince Alfred, accompanied by
Lieutenant Cowell, embarked from the Southampton
Docks yesterday on board her Majesty's yacht Fairy,
Master Commander D. W. Welch, en route for Osborne.
His Royal Highness proceeded to Osborne, for the pur-
pose of accompanying her Majesty to Balmoral on Thurs-
day. Captain Crespin FM in attendance on his Royal
Ilighneas.

THE SUN LoN ELDN; TUESDAY EVENING AUGUST 26, 18be.

LATEST _NEWS.

Advices from Constantinople, of the 15th inst.,
3tato that an answer has been received from Rus•

sia respecting the dispute about the town of Bob
grad, which gives reasons to expect that the
Rugsians will give way in the matter, and cede

FRANCE.
PARIS, MONDAY EVENING

Brigida in the street of Toledo, returning from the
church, two of the horses slipped and fell; the police
and the soldiers were engaged in getting them
up, when, taking advantage of this interruption,
a lame man, leaning upon a staff and respectably
dressed, approached the carriage, handed a written
petition to the King, and began to speak to his
Majesty in a low tone of voice. An officer of the
guard saw this, ran with drawn sword against the
unfortunate petitioner, and inflicted a wound upon
him ; other officers followed the example, and the
cripple tried in vain to ward off their blows. When
he was about to sink beneath their assault, be cried
out to the King, " Ferdinand ! they are assassinat-
ing me before your eyes! Remember this !" The
King was terrified by this appeal, and called out
to the officers, "Let him have his life." Imme-
diately afterwards, the horses having been raised,
the carriage went on at full gallop.
The same shocking scene is described in another
letter from Naples, written on the 7th to the
Corriere di Malta, which adds that the poor man
was mortally wounded.

SPAIN.
Private letters from Madrid state as a positive
fact, that after the decree of the dissolution of the
militia, the Government intended to publish two
more-Ist, Dissolving the Constituent Cortes ;
2d, Establishing the Conservative Constitution of
1845. But their courage failed them before these
decrees were promulgated.
The Debuts of yesterday contains a letter of con-
siderable length from Madrid, in which we read :
" It has been decided to return to the constitu-
tion of 1815, modified in some 'respects and com-
pleted by an additional act intended to 'fortify the
authority of the throne, and to guarantee to the
Spanish people the possession and enjoyment of
their rights. It is probable that a new Cortes will
be shortly convoked in order solely to deliberate
upon a project of this kind presented in the name
of the Queen. It is said that the Cortes will be
composed of a single assembly ; that the members
of this assembly will be elected by colleges framed
according to a combination of the regulations
adopted in 1837, 1845, and 1856 ; that the elec-
tions will be by district and not by pro-
vince, and that each college will elect its deputy."
The correspondent goes on to state that this
scheme is duo more especially to M. Rios Rosas,
but that the rest of the ministers agreed to it with-
out difficulty. The same writer asserts that the
indignation of M. Rosas has been excited by the
efforts which are being made by persons in the
confidence of the Queen to induce her to break
altogether with the constitutional regime.

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The elections in Sweden have returned to the
Diet a Liberal majority. The session ensuing will
be much occupied with railway projects. The
government proposes a complete system of railways
connecting the North Sea with th© Baltic and the
towns of Christiania, Gotten burg, and Upsal, with
the capital, at a cost of 128,000,000 fr.

AMERICA.

LIVERPOOL, MONDAY.
The Royal mail steam-ship Arabia, Stone, com-
mander, belonging to the Cunard Company, arrived
in the Mersey this afternoon from Boston and
Halifax. She has 78 passengers and $503,333
in specie. The Arabia sailed from Boston at 1,25
p.m. on the 13th.
The Arabia's passage has been delayed by fogs
and easterly winds.
The political news by this arrival is far from
being important, and the general news of but little
interest. The papers all contain Mr. Secretary
Marcy's despatch on the privateering question.
?the elections have commenced, but have not pro-
gressed sufficiently to indicate what the character
of the forthcoming Senate or house will be.
In the Senate of the 9th a substitute for the bill
regulating the pay of members of Congress was re-
ported ; it proposes giving them $2,500 a year,
instead of $3,000, with a proviso that if books be
presented to members, the price of the same shall
be deducted from their annual pay.
In the Senate, on the 11th, Mr. Douglas, of the
committee on territories, reported back to the
house the bill to re-organise the territory of Kansas,
with a report declaring the Senate bill now before
the house the best plan for the pacification of Kan-
sas that the Senate can devise. Mr. Collamer, of
Vermont, made a minority report in favour of the
enactment of the house bill, which was tabled by a
vote of 35 to 12. A debate took place on the re-
solution introduced on Saturday, calling for infor-
mation relative to Col. Fremont's accounts, in the
course of which Mr. Trumbull, of Ohio, offered an
amendment calling on the President for similar
information in regard to Mr. Buchanan, particu-
larly showing how much money had been paid
him since he entered public life, his correspondence
relating to the Ostend conference, and the reasons
of his removal from his position as Minister to
Great Britain. Tho amendment was rejected,
and the resolution adopted. The Executive, Le-
gislative, and Judicial Appropriation Bill was then
taken up, and the item appropriating $183,000 for
books for members of the house struck out. In
the House of Representatives the committee on
ways and means introduced a bill reducing the
duties on imports, the consideration of which was
postponed until he third Monday in December.
The President returned to the house the bill for
improving the DJs Moines.Rspids, with his objec-
tions ; and the house repassed the bill, notwith-
standing the President's veto, by a vote of 130 to
51. The Army Bill, returned to 'the Senate with
the Sherman proviso struck out, was taken up.
Mr. Pennington, of New Jersey, offered an amend-
ment for the Sherman proviso, which was adopted,
and the bill so amended returned to the Senate.
The Lighthouse and Post Office Appropriation
Bills were passed.
The new Tariff Bill, introduced into the house
by Mr. Camplsell, increases the list of articles duty
free which enter into American manufacture, and
are not produced in this country. It is estimated
the bill will, if passed, reduce the annual revenue
about $6,000,000.
Judge MtLane has not issued a writ of habeas
corpus in the case of the persons charged with treas
ion in Kansas. Application has been made to him
to issue a writ, but refused. It was reported that
the President had removed the two Kansas
judges, and that the treason indictments would be
quashed.
The treasurer of the committee to raise funds
for the relief of the sufferers by the inundations in
France, acknowledges subscriptions to the amount
of $9,619.
The boiler attached to a patent iron safe manu-
factory at Brooklyn exp!oded on the 9th, demo-
lishing about one-half of the building, and killing
three persons and wounding some 15 others. The
noise of the explosion was heard at a great distance.
A meeting of European refugees in ifew York
was held on Sunday, the 10:h, in order to perfect
measures to enable the revolutionists in that coun-
try to depart for Europa on the first signs of a re-
volution. About 300 persons, mostly Frenchmen,
were in attendance. After considerable discussion,
a resolution was adopted to invite the citizens of
the different nations residing in the city to elect
three delegates each, to attend a convention to be
held at the same place, to unite in a general com-
mittee, and adopt such measures as they may think
necessary to further the objects in view.
Much damage was occasioned at the Eastward
by a storm on Friday night, the Bth. In Boston
it is spoken of as the most severe experienced for
many years. The Merrimac River rose 11 feet, and
much damage is said to have been done in Hamp-
shire. The damage in Wentworth is estimated at
$15,000 or $20,000. The lighthouse on Plum
Island, near Newburyport, was struck by lightning,
set on fire, and totally destroyed. Railroad travel
is reported to be much impeded.
A Vera Cruz correspondent, writing on July 26,
states that the Spanish claims settlement conven-
tion sitting in that city was progressing towards an
honest settlement of the just debts under the coun-
sels of President Comonfort and Senor Alvarez.
Seventeen priests had been exiled to Havannah for
their agitation against the Church Property Bill at
Puebla. Two millions of silver dollars were ea
route to England. ComonfOrt was highly popular.
The yellow fever was very prevalent in Mexico
city.

We have interesting news from Northern Mexico.
General Vidaurri, who assumes the character of an
ultra States-rights champion, as far as he under-
stands it, is out against President Comonfort, who
is charged with a variety of political offences, the
chief of which apppears to be that he continues
popular, and is opposed to Vidaurri. The order to
deliver up the government of the northern depart-
ment to Senor R)driguez is point blank disre-
garded, and it is expected that a collision between
the fedoral forces and Vidaurri's partisans may be
the consequence.