The Sun.
London, England, 1860-01-23 00:00:00

THR ARMY.

The following general order, relative to the army
reserve force, has been issued from the Horse Guards
by command of the Duke of Cambridge :
" With reference to the royal warrant, dated
War-office, 9th December, relative to the enrolment
of any number of men, not exceeding 20,000, as a
reserve force, his Royal Highness the General Com-
manding in Chief desirds that commanding officers
will be particularly careful, when soldiers who have
the service* required by the warrant, express, on
being discharged, an intention of entering the re-
serve force, to insert a note to that effect on their
parchment certificates, which will be an authority
for the staff officer of pensioners to take the neces-
sary steps for having them attested for that force.
A corresponding note is, of course, to be made on
the discharge document.—By command,
" G. A. WETHERALL, Adjt.-Gen."
The various improvements at Fort Pitt Hospital,
Chatham, together with the additional buildings
ordered by Government to be erected for the accom-
modation of the increased number of medical officers
who are to be attached to the staff at that establish-
ment, have been completed by the contractor, Mr.
Stump, from the plans authorised by Government,
the whole of the works having been finished within
two months from the date of the order being issued
from the War-office. The additional buildings in-
clude a commodious army medical lecture theatre,
together with dissecting and operating rooms, class-
rooms, and other offices, with separate rooms for the
Use of the professor who is to preside over the esta-
blishment. The whole of the works have been com-
pleted to the satisfaction of the officers appointed
to report on the same, and last week the new build-
ings were handed over to the Government by the
contractor. The site of the new establishments is
the open square in front of the principal fort.
In addition to several improvements whim have
recently been carried out at Chatham for the com-
fort of the troops of the line quartered at that gar-
rison the Major-General commanding has had the
whole of the married non-commissioned officers and
soldiers, who, with their wives, formerly occupied
the barrack-rooms with the young unmarried sol-
diers, removed to quarters in the barracks by them-
selves, a portion of the barracks having been set'
apart for that purpose. This arrangement has
given very great satisfaction to the married troops,
who can now occupy their several quarters with
some regard to decency. From the reports and re-
presentations made it is understood to be the in-
tention of the authorities to propose a considerable
sum in the army estimates for the present year, for
the erection of quarters for the married troops at
Chatham garrison, as has already been the case at
Brompton barracks, where the married men of the
Royal Engineers are all supplied with separate
quarters which have recently been erected for them.
During the past few weeks recruiting for the
various East India depots at Chatham has been car-
ried on with great spirit, and numerous bodies of
recruits, most of them being fine young men, have
arrived at the garrison from the several recruiting
districts at London, Bristol, Liverpool, and York.
For the 20th Regiment alone upwards of 100 re-
cruits arrived at Chatham during the last week,
and recruits are arriving almost daiiy for the other
depots which have recruiting parties away. Not-
withstanding the reduction of the bounty to £4,
the Royal Marines have lately received a number
of recruits at head-quarters.
The following medical officers, being the first
portion of the additional staff ordered to be attached
to Fort Pitt hospital, Chatham, have arrived at that
establishment previously to being appointed to their
various regiments :—J. L. Power, W. L. Robinson,
J. R. Gausson, J. B. Hamilton, W. Cherry, S. E.
Maunsell, P. W. Stafford, M. J. E. Fagan, M. J.
Burke, R. Waters, E. J. Boulton, T. W. White, B.
Austen, R Fergusson, W. H. Hill, G. E. Will, F.
Falwassar, J. J. Chappell, 0. Owen, T. Quinlan, J.
Stephenson, E. D. Tomlinson, W. Trail, N. Ad-
vern, and F. Ashley.
The Perseverance, screw troopship, Commander
Power, at Portsmouth. is reported ready for fur-
ther service on the 26th inst. The battalion of her
Majesty's 9th (East Norfolk) Foot, consisting of 560
men, under the command of Colonel Bethune, will
proceed by the Perseverance to Corfu, relieving
there the let Battalion of 14th (Buckinghamshire)
Foot, the Perseverance conveying the latter regi-
meut on to Jamaica, and returning to England from
Jamaica with the headquarters of the 41st Foot.
The Dublin City Artillery, in command of Major
R. W. Brettingham, consisting of three captains,
three subalterns, one surgeon, and 314 non-com-
missioned officers and privates, arrived at Saturday
morning at Woolwich, and took up the quarters in
the Royal Marine Barracks vacated on the preced-
ing day by the 9th Foot. The newly-arrived troops
yesterday commenced the garrison duties by filling
the guard and sentry posts in the dockyard for the
day.

At Boston, a point near the Scalp, commanding
the entrances of the Welland and the Witham, has
been selected for the erection of a battery. A
Government inspector has visited the spot, but his
report has not yet been received.

Extract from the Royal Warrant :—" Any person who
as a non-commissienod officer or soldier shall have com-
pleted the term of service for which he was originally en-
listed, not being less than 10 years in the Infantry, or 12 in
the Cavalry, Artillery, or Royal Engineers, or who, after
fire years' service, has been discharge for any other cause
than misconduct, without a permanent pension, may, pro-
vided he is approved and engages for such service by a do-
claration in the fOrm hereto annexed, be enrolled to serve
in the reserve force."

'N87'121.72'10117 OF NAVAL ARC Li ITECT,S

'1 he Institution of Naval Architects which has
just been established is likely to he an important
engine of Naval Reform. The sums which have
been spent upon men-of-war by successive Boards of
Admiralty are indeed portentous ; but, large as that
expenditure has been, it would not have bean
grudged had the country reaped a proportionate
benefit. Last session Lord Clarence Paget in vain
attempted to trace the money from the public purse
to its destination in the shape of some armed vessel
afloat or in frame. Even if he had succeeded,
however, he would only have elicited the fact that
the money spent by the Admiralty was wasted, be-
cause it was spent by men who did not understand
their business. There is nothing more expensive
than shipbuilding ; there is nothing in which
science can do so much to produca economy.
It is singular that ours is the only country in
which men of war are planned by those who have
not studied the principles of naval architecture. Sir
Baldwin Walker, though an admirable naval officer
on board ship, has no scientific training in the sub-
ject-matter over which he presides ; and yet ho is
the Surveyor of the British Navy. No doubt ho is
assisted by some men who have made naval archi-
tecture their study, but these men may be over-
ruled by the chief. But there is no more reason to
believe a man capable of building a ship because he
sails it, than there would be for assuming that
the mechanic, because he makes a surgeon's
instruments, must be able to use them. The truth
of this principle is obvious, but for years it has been
ignored by the Admiralty, and the sums of money
squandered upon experiments and failures attest
their folly. Instead of the Naval" Minister laying
down distinctly the chat aster of vessel required,
and confiding the execution of the order to a board
of naval architects, he has been in the habit of call-
ing into their service sometimes an old admiral,
sometimes a yachtsman, sometimes a naval archi-
tect. No attempt has been made to reduce the pro-
blem to a principle; success or failure has been a
happy accident.

Consistently with this no-principle system the ap-
pointments and promotions in the Royal dockyards
were disposed of as if there were no such thing
as a science of shipbuilding. Years ago Lord
St. Vincent established a school of naval archi-
tects, in which the young men were regularly
instructed in the principles of their business. His
intention was obvious, but the spirit of corruption
was too strong. The young men were branded
with the nickname of " Academics," and until
within a few years most of them have been com-
pelled to waste their energies an 1 talents in subor-
dinate positions. Scientific shipwrights are not of
necessity good political agents, and until of late
the keen politician was much more useful as the
master shipwright of a dockyard than a good naval
architect. His nominal business was to build men-
of-war; his real business was to see that the work-
men in the yard voted for the right candidate,
Of late years, however, this has somewhat changed.
and at present it will be found that several of
the master shipwrights in the Royal dockyards
were educated at the school of Lord St. Vincent,
though they have only lately, after many years'
neglect, been promoted. The change still to be made
is that henceforth the Surveyor of the Navy shall
be, not a naval officer, but a naval architect. Every
one who knows anything of the Admiralty knows
that the surveyorship which has lately been filled by
a naval officer will not readily be surrendered to the
naval architects. There is great jealousy between the
two branches of the service. But it is obvious that
until the naval architects can fill the post which is the
natural summit of their profession, the proper
weight will never be attached to their advice. If
the Institution of Naval Architects does nothing
else than confer fresh importance on its members,
it will not be without most important effects in
elevating their position.
Again, the naval architects in her Majesty's dock-
yards are selected from the apprentices. These ap-
prentices are selected partly from boys nominated,
and partly from boys who enter the yard by means
of a competition. After the boys are in the yard
they are obliged to pursue their studies—to ac-
quire a knowledge of the principles of shipbuild-
ing—and, in short, to become highly educated
naval architects. This is a manifest improvement
over the old system, by which boys were admitted
into the yard because their relations were already
there, or because their friends voted the right way,
and obtained their promotion because they were
obsequious partisans. But a system founded on
merit must be administered justly, or it will infal-
libly tail. It seems that until within the last few
days the examination of the apprentices was con-
ducted by local examiners, and that the result of
such examination was complained of. Henceforth
the examinations for admission at least are to be
conducted by the Civil Service Commissioners,
who will be absolutely free from all local prejudices,
and will be acknowledged to be so. The only
change still wanting is that the whole, instead of a
portion, of the appointments should be open to com-
petition. But even as things stand at present,
the dockyards may be supplied with a body of
naval architects as able and highly cultivatal as
any in the kingdom.
Another important matter is, that the naval
architects themselves should have the means of ex-
tending their it formation and modifying the prin-
ciples of shipbuilding to the changes which the
growth of science has produced. By the establish-
ment of the Institution of Naval Architecture this
means will now be supplied. Its efforts are to be
directed not only to the improvement of ships, but
of all that pertains to them. The naval architect,•
as the person whose duty it is to consider the ship
as a whole, is of course the principal. But he must be
associated, and closely associated too, with the prac-
tical shipbuilder, the man of science, the seaman, the
engineer, the mast-maker, the rigger, the sailmaker,
the smith, and others, without whom no ship could
ever be built or fitted out. Without association and
correspondence among all this variety of experts, it
is impossible that any man can draw the best plan
of a ship, and it has been judiciously concluded
that an institution which should concentrate all
this diversity of applied skill would be of the ut-
most utility. Considering that many of the most
eminent shipbuilders and engineers and naval
officers have already joined the Institution, that
Sir John Pakiugton and Lord Clarence Paget, and
other politicians patronise it, tbere can be little
doubt that its meetings and the papers road there
will materially promote the science of naval archi-
tecture. Above all, the opinions freely expressed at
the Institution as to the merits of the various naval
works will not only prevent the Admiralty from
being overruled by incompetent men, but will en-
sure that consideration as to the science of naval
architecture which has been hitherto withheld.—
Daily New:.

DEATH OF A CRIMINAL LUNATIC.—On Friday
morning Mr. Payne, the coroner, held an inquest at
Bethlehem Hospital, on the body oeMaria Isabella Beckett,
aged 69 years. Dr. Chas. Hood deposed that the deceased
was tried at the Lent Assizes, at Aylesbury, Buckingham-
shire, for the wilful murder of her granddaughter, on the
9th March, 1857, and acquitted on the ground of insanity,
but ordered to be confined during her Majesty's pleasure.
She was removed from Buckingham gaol, by a warrant
from her Majesty, on the 24th of July, 1858. About a
month ago she was taken ill with dropsy and bronchitis,
and died on the 16th inst. The jury returned a verdict of
" Natural death."

COMMITTAL OF A SOLICITOR TO THE HOUSE OF
CORILECTION.-111r. John Pringle, describing himself as a
solicitor in the Temple, and at 3, King's-court, Lombard-
street, was brought before Mr. Hammill, at the Marylebone
Police-court, on Friday, charged with most scandalous con-
duct, while in a state of intoxication, towards Miss Perkins,
a lady residing at 81, Holles-street, Cavendish-square.—
Mr. Hammill said that the prisoner's conduct had been of a
most disgraceful nature, and he felt it his duty to inflict
such a sentence as would be a real punishment, in order to
show him that ladies were not to be insulted with impunity,
and that they mast be protected from insults while passing
quietly along the streets. He should not fine him for the
offence, but sentence him to seven days' imprisonment Intl*
House of Correction. The accused begged that a penalty
might be imposed upon him in lieu of the sentence passed ;
but the worthy magistrate refused to alter tho decision. On
the arrival of the van, the prisoner was conveyed therein,
with others, to his destination. _ _ _

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SARDINIA /
•
A letter from Turin, dated Jan .1`134,01,1Z4::
.- Y • .‘.4
The telegraph will, long before iliftWaXeSo
informed you of the change or1111Lgt"i
Cavonr taking office ; what remains, fikretik taS
me is to relate the circumstances which
tecomparlied
this change.
As is usually the case in human affairs, in this,
too, the great and, little are consickrably mixed up ;
but I suppose it must be so on our paltry little
planet., and s° ^^ : " not reason about it, but pro-
ceed to relate the facts.
Lord John Russell addressed himself to the Pied-
montese Government to have Cavour seet to nig-
land, as he wished to have an inn rview with him,
whether Congress should meet or not. In accord-
ance with this desire Cavour was called up to Tulin,
and asked to undertake a mission explaining th•
views of the Piedmontese Government to those of
France and England. A Council of qinisters was
held, at which Cavour was present. IL expressed
his willingness to go, making the only conditions
that Parliament should be immediately convoked.
To this was objected the impossibility, or rather
illegality, of this step.
According to the law, the electoral lists must be
prepared by the Sindic, or mayor, in connection
with the Communal Councils. it is only at Milan
that the communal elections are over; in Turin it
only takes place today, and in other towns later.
It is the Government which has reserved the right
to itself to name the Scindics from among the com-
munal councillors, and a month's space is given
for this process, which is not much considei ing that
about 9,000 mayors hare to be mimed ; until the
mayors were named, therefore, there could be no
electoral list prepared and no Parliament convoked.
In order to get out of this difficulty it was sug-
gested that the Communal Councils should make np
the lists without waiting for the elections of the
Sindics. The Ministry did not think itself em-
powered to give such a coup de canfrto its own law,
published not more than two months ago. Still,
negotiations were carried on, and, in order to settle
the point, ono of the most prominent lawyers,
Canis, was asked his opinion. The reply was, that
although, strictly speaking, such a step would be
illegal, yet, considering the circumstances, it was
politically quite justifiable.
The Ministry was not of this opinion and gave
in its resignation, which was accepted.
Nothing could read better, you will agree, than
this serious self-sacrificing conduct of both parties.
One of them, intimately convinced of the necessity
of re-opening Parliament as soon as possible, makes
this, which has become a general cry all over the
country, his only condition to accept a difficult and,
perhaps, thankless task. The other party objects to
this, an impossibility, except by an infringement
of oee of the fundamental laws of the State, and
prefers to go out of office rather than consent to such
an illegality.
The only misfortune in the whole is, that tho
French saying of " Il n'y a pas de /taros pour soli
valet de chambre," is true here, too, and if one was
to look close one might ferret out many little weak-
nesses on both sides, which are hidden by the arts
of the toilette.
Whether it is in this way or any other that the
change has taken place, it is of great importance for
more than one reason. It is themselves that the
late Ministry have to thank for the position of their
adversary. With every blunder they wade the her-
mit of Lori grew taller and taller, until he over-
shadowed altogether his opponents. Almost all
over the country there was a general cry for him ;
the more insupportable the Ministry became the
more Cavour's popularity increased ; his nomination
as plenipotentiary to the Congress was a first
triumph, and must have shown the Ministry that its
days were numbered.
the critical position with regard to Centel Italy
made it even more important to have a united and
energetic Ministry. The fruit has been pronounced
ripe and must be plucked now or never. In the
late Ministry this met with considerable difficulties.
With the exception of the Minister of the Interior
the rest were as decided as ever to keep to their
timid uncertain policy. The King, who had made
up his mind to give up this policy, at first contem-
plated to intrust Ratazzi with the formation of a
Ministry. He is the confidential adviser, and we
almost say friend of the King, and seemed to be
ready to undertake the task to send away his un-
willing colleagues, and act in the sense the King
wished it. He would have been likewise ready to
wave the legal objections to the meeting of Par-
liament. Not so his colleagues, who probably
thought this a good opportunity to get out of an
awkward position, and tendered their resignation.
Whether the Minister of the Interior has romantic
ideas about political friendship, or whether he
thought it likewise wiser to retire before the com-
ing storm, the fact is that he elected not to aban-
don his colleagues in this circumstance, and to
stand or fall with them.
Whether Carour will be able to satisfy all the
expectations which are connected with his name
remains to be seen. The opposition against his pre-
decessors has been one of the chief agents in pro-
ducing his great popularity ; it excited, perhaps,
exaggerated hopes, but one must take this evil with
its advantages. Having been for years the chief
agent in carrying out Victor Emmanuel's Italian
policy, he is certainly the fittest man to continue it
under the difficult circumstances.

NAPLES.

A letter from Naples, dated January 14, says :
I have reported on several occasions lately the arr. st
of iignor Pandola, son of a lady who sacrificed her
precious birthright as an Englishwoman by marry-
ing a subject of this barbarous and imbecile Go-
vernment ; he now pays the penalty of a weakness
which could renounce the moat glorious heritage of
which any human being can boast. His father, as
you have been informed, was persecuted into the
death before him, and he, with many others, now
awaits, not the judgment, but the caprice of the
authorities in that prison which I pass almost
daily in my walks. You have called special atten-
tion to his case, but it is as nothing in comparison
with the innumerable and far more brutal cases
which I have brought before your attention during
the last five years. It would require a volume to
detail the suffering of those who at this moment
even are lingering, like young Pandola, in prison,
or in relegation, or exile. My heart sickens with
the reports which are brought to me from day to
day, and I sometimes fear to weary the public by
giving them to the world ; yet I should fail in my
duty to justice and truth, and should incur the con-
demnation of my own conscience, did I not mako
every effort to expose what is passing around me
The position of the Neapolitans is the more hope-
less as the Government, by a long continuance of
its infamous system, seems to xie to have lost all
moral sensibility, to have fallen into a kind of
moral torpidity, and to be incapable of distinguish-
ing between right and wrong. Thus one hears
continually of violating law until illegality has be-
come the normal action of the Government, and the
eye is familiarized with spectacles which would set
England on fire. Take the following, which might
have been witnessed in the early part of the week.
There are four well-dressed persons, apparently
gentlemen, at the head of a procession ; fire or six
inspectors follow after them, perhaps 10 policemen
after them, and as many gendarmes close the
column. I hear, too, of the arrest of 37 of the most
considerable persons in the Vallo, and of the expul-
sion of Giovanni Battista Ascheda from the king-
dom, notwithstanding the remonstrance of his
consul, Signor Fasciotti, and of Count de Gropello.
Aseheda has represented the house of Rocca in
GiojA for ten years, and has favourable reports from
the civil, military, and ecclesiastical authorities oft he
country, yet lie was brought up under arrest to
Naples, and after five days' imprisonment was sent
out of Naples. When will this state of things cease
to exist, and how long will a God of justice permit
this tampering with the liberties and happiner,bo
many millions of human beings under the deer
-
crated names of order and religion ?
Ficoarne
si ti
a nsdo s receive
will haNe
mattresses, o ne-t1 u. moredt
which tth.
ehn N e a-
p
Nea-
politan soldiers have not, and all h
exceptional
treatment which has hitherto marked the foreign

formation, and per-
troops.
d g body of men amounting to
per-
haps nearly forme ,
Here there is,
ssoc!chailuillehd Government of the Iwo
to do the
, without the com-
mon sympathy
4,023 hired cut-throats,—the. scum of. Europe, with-
out metetcyol,ut raslei
consentingaonfsr
dirty
Sicilies
awnt'oosrnfl,fmoeefulteijnhiega day. It is a body which will form a
good nucleus for a largo force, and unless Divine
justice is suspended we shall see that use made of
it. The formation of such a force in a country
which can fear no intervention, and could not resist
it if made, amounti to a declaration that the govern-
ment places greater confidence hi the outcasts of
society than in its own troops, and means to per-
severe iu its system of oppression and. repression.
Another reflection occurs to me. Row far is it
consistent with international courtesy that the Go-
vernment of the Two Sicilies should seek to enrol
Swiss, and plant its agents on the botrders of their
country at the very momeat when the Republic
is endeavouring to wipe off the stain which it has
received from propping up the desuotism of the
south of Italy ? Again, Feldkirch unit Eregenz,
the points from which these me:.cene rice are to
start, are both in the Austrian doraiai( ,ns, and the
fact demoubtrates that to the utmost (4 her power,
and in every way short of actual jute rv.ention, Aus-
tria is engaged in supporting principle
which, if
triumphant, will for ever crush the liberties of
Italy.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.-
Lessee, Mr. A. Harris.
Re-engagement of the Wonderful Dancer, Mons. Espinosa.
First appearance of Mdlle. Marietta Rosetta, Principal Dan-
seuse of La Scala, Milan ; and first time of the Delapierre
Family. These highly-talented Children will appear every
night. The Royal Princess's Rifles on parade every evening.
THIS EVENING, THE CRICKET ON THE lIEARTII.
After which, a new f:;hristmas burlesque pantomime, by 11.
J. Byron, called JACK THE GIANT KILLER; or, Harle-
quin King Art'Aur and the Knights of the Round Table.
Jack, Miss Louise Keeley—Harlequin, Mr. Cormack Panta-
,oon, Mr. Paulo—Columbine, Miss Caroline Adams—Clown,
Mr. A. F. Forrest.

NIW THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHI,
ole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster.
Reproduction of TIIE DEAD HEART, with all its p ower•
ful effects.

THIS EVENING, TIIE DEAD HEART. Messrs. B.
Webster, J. L. Toole, David Fisher, P. Bedford, C. J. Smith,
Powell, Romer, Miss Woolgar, K. Kelly.
After which THE NYMPHS OF THE LURLEYI3ERG ;
or, The Knight and the Naiades. Messrs. Toole, Bedford,
Eburne, Smith, Powell, Romer, Miss Woolgar, C. Webb, K.
Kelly, Laidlaw.
Doors open at half-past six—Commence at seven. Box-
Office open from 10 to 5. No charge for securing seats,
nor for bills of performance. All fees to servants of this
establishment are strictly prohibited.
Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith.

ROY AL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE,
King-street, St. James's. Lessee, Mr. T. B. Chatter-
ton. The nearest Theatre to Chelsea, Pimlico, and West-
minster, the Park being open to carriages and foot passen-
gers all hours of the night.
THIS EVENING the performances will commence with
PARENTS AND GUARDIANS. Messrs. IL T. Craven and
J. Francis, Mesdames Murray and Eliza Arden.
After which, a new Tragic Ballet, entitled MY NAME IS
NORVAL. Supported by C. Young, Barrett, Miss Lydia
Thompson, Clara St. Casse, Arc.
Followed by a new sketch, A HOUSEHOLD FAIRY.
Miss Wyndham and Mr. H. T. Craven.
To conclude with the new pantomime of PUNCH AND
JUDY. Introducing Miss Lydia Thompson and the Corps
de Ballet. Clown, Harlequin, Columbine, and Pantaloon, and
the wonderful Performing Dogs.

Reduced Prices—Gallery, 6d; Pit, ls. The Box-office open
from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at half-past six ; perform
ante commences at 7.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE
Westminster-road.

Last Five Weeks of Mr. W. Cooke's Season.
THIS EVENING, the New Sneetacular Drama by Mr. R.
Phillips, Till,: EMPEROR'S DECREE, with full stud of
Horses and great effects.—Scenes in the Circle by Astley's
world-renowned Equstrians, terminating with the Eques-
trian, Operatical, and Comic Pantomime of HARLEQUIN
TOM MOODY ; or, Old 'fowler thelluntsman and the God-
dess Diana ; Diana, with Songs, Miss Jacobs.—Costly and
dazzling Transflormation Scene.—llarlequin, M. Richarde ;
Columbine, Mdlle. 3fazoni ; Clown, M. Ililderbrandt ; Pan-
taloon, 3fr. P. Abbot -A family of Sprites - Epsom Races by
Living Jockiet and real I'onies, ring and Stage com-
bined

Commence at 7,

. Grand Morninc.r, Performances of the Pantomime on Satur-
day, Jan. 28, and Saturdays, Feb. 4 and 11, at Two o'clock
each day.
Mr. Co( ke respectfully intimates his Farewell Benefit will
take place on Monday, Jan. 30.

CANTERBURY HALL CONCERTS.-
EVERY EVENING. Sterndale Bennett's MAY

QUEEN.
And a Grand Selection from Meyerbeer's new opera of
DINORAH.
Comic Vocalists -Messrs. George Hodson (the Irish Come-
dian and Mimic), W. T. Critchfield, and E. W. Mackney.
Several interesting Pictures are added to the Fine Arts
Gallery. The suite of Halls have been re-decorated and
beautified, and constitute one of the most unique and brilliant
sights of the metropolis.
ROSA BON EU R'S celebrated PICTURE of the HORSE
FAIR Is now added to the already magnificent Collection of
Paintings in the Canterbury Hall Fine Arts Gallery. The
gallery is open from 5 till 11 on Sunday Evening.

TILE WEATIIER.—SUN OFFICE, JAN. 22, 1860.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
48—highest since noon yesterday.
42—lowest this morning and during the night.
49—this day at noon.
BAROMETER-29.15.
WIND, South-Westerly ; fresh and squally, with fine
dry weather.

JAN. 23.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADS.
50—highest since noon'yesterday.
37—lowest this morning and during the night.
45 —this day at noon.

BARl:atm-Eu-29.40.
WIND, W.N W.; fresh, with fine sunshiny weather,
but rather frosty.

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THE SUN.
LONDON, MONDAY, JAN. 23, 1860.

Bit-by-bit Reform is evidently the programme of
the Coalition Government. Mr. COBDEN has '.'said
it. Mr. BRIGHT has meekly indicated his com-
placency—being prepared, like many another Poli-
tical Parolles, to open his mouth and shut his eyes
and see what Ministers will give him. Immense
though the appetites of these omniverous Re-
formers, insatiable, voracious, unappeaseable—
they, nevertheless, appear to have suddenly awak-
ened to the fact that it is really, according to the
new view of things, nothing less than absurd to be
famishing thus, session after session, in the midst
of plenty, if they would only consent to stretch
forth their hands and devour that plenty piece-
meal. Hitherto, say they, we have starved on dread-
fully, year after year, simply because we have all
the while—to employ the holy figure of speech,
with no intention of profanity in its inversion—
straining at the camel and refusing to swal-
low the gnats. The situation, indeed, is
not unnaturally, aftcr so many egregious
" baulks" a nd disappointments, eminently sugges-
tive of a thousand ridiculous resemblances.

According. to the plan in vogue during so many
of the Parlilimentary sessions last recorded in the
pages of ILINSARD, the Royal Speech from the
Throne in the inauguration of each has been
literally, 1,1 -r. and to the question of Reform, like
the reiterat:ol of a cordial welcome to the Feast of

the Barmecir,ler.
Oeeasionctll y even the banquet of Reform,
served up v rith apparent profusion, and with
all imaginal and unimaginable Ministerial
pomp and c rremonial, has after all proved, so to
speak, on 111 e removal of the covers, almost as
agreeable) al la appetising as the last grand feast
spread b efo. e,l his 'guests by TIMON of Athens, in
the w°llll errul *atiric drama of our own SHAKs-