The Sun.
London, England, 1860-02-03 00:00:00

THE NAVY.

The screw line-of-battle ship Royal Albert, 121,
bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir C. Fremantle,
Commander-in-Chief of the Channel Fleet, arrived
at Portland on Wednesday under steam from Ply-
Mouth, and took up her old position in the harbour.
The Aboukir, 91, left Portland under canvas on
Tuesday afternoon for a cruise in the Channel. The
coal-hulk Pitt arrived on Tuesday night from Ports-
mouth, in tow of the paddlewheel steamers Virago
and Lucifer, and was placed at her moorings at an
early hour next morning. The Virago shortly after-
wards left the harbour for the westward. There are
now three Admirals at Portland— Fremantle,
Erskine, and Elliott, and the following ship■ and
gunboats :—The Royal Albert, 121, Capt. H. J.
Lacon ; the Edgar, 91, Capt. J. E. Katon ; the
Algiers, 91, Capt. W. D. O'Callaghan ; the Mars,
80, Capt. J. N. Strange; the Donegal, 101, Capt.
H. Broadhead ; the Hero, 91, Capt. G. H. Seymour;
the Trafalgar, 91, Capt. E. G. Fanahawe ; the Mel-
pomene, 51, Capt. J. F. Ewart ; the Mutine, 17,
Com. Wm. Graham ; the Blenheim, 60, Capt. F.
Scott; the Flying Fish, 6, Com. C. W. Hope; and
the gunboats Biter, 2, and Partridge, 2.
The screw steamship Royal William, 90, will
probably be taken out of dock at Devonport next
Thursday.
The Mersey, 40, screw, Capt. H. Caldwell, C. 8.,
left Spithead at noon yesterday, under canvas, for
the westward. Wind fresh from N.N.E.

The Bacchante, 51, screw, in t 4 steam-basin at
Portsmouth, is nearly complete at the hands of the
riggers and steam reserve. She has commenced
shipping her stores and coaling, preparatory to her
steam trial.

The Alacrity, 4, screw gun•vessel, Commander J.
K. Baird, is filling up her complement of coal from
the depot at Spithead.
The Diadem, 32, screw, Capt. J. H. Cockburn, is
refitting at Spithead, and has sent down fore and
mainyards, topsailyards,topgallantmasts, and rigged
in jibboom.
The new screw gun-vessel Espoir, 5, has been
stripped, and was towed on Wednesday to Keyham
yard, where she will be docked, coppered, and re-
ceive her machinery.
The screw steam sloop Greyhound, 17, Comman-
der F. W. Sullivan, has filled up with coal, and is
now waiting orders in Plymouth Sound.
The screw steamship Aboukir, 90, Capt. Chas.
F. Schomberg, from Portland, arrived in Plymouth
Sound on Wednesday.
The gunboat Hind, tender to the Russell, 60, at
Falmouth, arrived at Plymouth on Wednesday for
stores.

The steam storeship Rhadamanthus, Master
Commander Sturdee, having transported 120 sea-
men from Portsmouth for service in the newly-
constructed screw steam frigate Forte, at Sheerness,
arrived at Woolwich on Wednesday evening, and
was yesterday taken into basin to reload with
steam gear for Plymouth, whence she is ordered to
embark riggers for Milford Haven.
Her Majesty's screw steam schooner Ranger, 5,
launched from Deptford yard, and fitted by Messrs.
Rennie with a couple of 80-horse engines, is ordered
to proceed to Woolwich this morning and enter
into trial of her machinery at the measured mile.
The hired steam transport Khersonese, laden
with war stores for China, has left Groenhithe for
her destination. The steam transport Britannia,
the Mantura, the Leo, and the Agnes have been
chartered by the War Department to ship stores
from the Military Store-offices, Woolwich.
Fifty first and second class lads were yesterday
enrolled in the Fisgard's offices at Woolwich for the
navy, and an additional number of 80, supplied
with a complete seagoing kit, were despetched by
rail to Portsmouth as disposable for the fleet.
The following will be the future establishment
of engineers and stokers on board her Majesty's
ships :

ENGINEERS,
Vessels under 200-horse power 2 assists
Do. at 200 h-p., and under 350 h-p., 1 chief and 3 do.
Do. at 350 11-p., and under 500 h-p., 1 chief and 4 do,
Do. at 50) h-p., and upwards .. 1 chief and 6 do.

STOKERS,

PRICE 4D. STAMPED, SD.

EXTRAORDINARY CONDUCT al,' SIR

TAMES 11(TDSON AT TURIN.

One of the most discreditable exploits of the
secret, irresponsible diplomacy of England was
brought to the notice of the House of Commons by
Mr. Stansfeld on Tuesday evening. The interpella-
tion made on that occasion refers to a subject which
we ourselves treated on in a leading article some
three works ago. Mr. GlitAtlis will again bring the
matter before the house this evening.. The facts of
the case are shortlp these. Towards the end of De-
cember a public association was formed at Turin
under the name of " La Nazione Armata," having
for its object the voluntary arming and military or-
ganisation of the population (f Sardinia, for the
purpose of being the better prepared for certain
political emergencies which are present to the mind
of everybody. It was a movement similar, in some
respects, to our own volunteer movement. Two
members of the Piedmontese Parliament, Signor
Brofferio and Signor Sineo, placed themselves at
the head of it. General Garibaldi, with the assent
of the King, accepted its presidency. About the
same time a royal decree, appointing Garibaldi In-
spector-in-Chief of the National Guard of the king-
dom, was determined upon, and on the point of
being signed by the Sardinian Monarch. In short,
the whole thing was a step in advance for the fur-
therance of those ideas of national independence
and Italian unity which the best patriots of the
peninsula have so much at heart, and with which
the people of this country so fully sympathise.
Now, what did the representative of England at
the Court of Turin, Sir J. Hudson, do under the.,.e
circumstances a Assuming, for the nonce, the role
of a Lord-Protector of Sardinia, he took the matter

nto his mighty " consideration," and " arrived at
:he conclusion" that a society such as the " Nazione
Armata" was " quite inconsistent with a monarchy,"
and must therefore immediately be dissolved''. This
" conelusion" Sir J. Hudson handed over to the
King and his Government, adding, it appears, some
threats and significant hints that the" good offices"
of England would be withdrawn if such measures
as the establishment of the "Nazione Armata"
under Garibaldi's presidentship, and his appoint-
ment as Inspector-in-Chief of the National Guard,
were persisted in. At this menace, the Sardinian
Monarch became alarmed. Ho forthwith entreated
the gallant general to give up the honour conferred
upon him by the patriotic association alluded to.
Garibaldi. on his part, knowing the immense im-
portance to the welfare of his country of a society
such as the "Nazione Armata," hesitated to relin-
quish it before trying whether in reality an Eng-
lish ambassador could have played so far into the
hands of the reactionary interest. He consequently
wrote to Sir James Hudson, asking him if he had
advised the King to dissolve the association. The
British Envoy " promptly and frankly" answered
" Yes !" Thereupon the " Nazione Armata" was
dissolved, and Garibaldi had once more to retire
from the stage of his exploits into obscurity.
But now comes the best part of the transaction.
Mr. Stansfeld—worthily representing, as he does,
the sympathy of the people of England with the
Italian cause—addresses an inquiry to Ministers, to
learn whether so disgraceful an interference in the
affairs of Sardinia had been perpetrated at the
order, or received the sanction of her Majesty's
Government. To this demand Lord John Russell
answers in the following off-hand style :—" We
have given no instructions to our Envoy on this
subject. His transactions with King Victor Em-
manuel and the Government at Turin have been of
an entirely private nature. It was in a private ca-
pacity Sir James Hudson addressed his remon-
strance to the Sardinian Monarch on this political
affair. The result of his exertions, however, meets
with oar hearty approbation. I, Lord J. Russell,
have chosen to write a private letter to Sir James
Hudson to tell him that we entirely approve of the
proceedings he has thought proper to take in an
entirely personal manner."
This is a new and admirable exposition of the
duties of a responsible Government on Parliamen-
tary principles. We recommend to the Czar of
All the Russias and to the King of Dahomey this
speech of our Foreign Secretary ; they may take a
hint therefrom how to dub in future the doings of
their own despotic rule by the more convenient
title of constitutional government—a name hitherto
generally given to the mode of administration pre-
vailing in these isles. So we are bidden to reconcile
ourselves to having the government of England
conducted on " private" principles ! An English
Envoy, in his " private" capacity, sets the King of
Sardinia to rights in his own kingdom on the ap-
proved meaning of monarchy and its duties ! And
an English Minister of Foreign Affairs highly ap-
proves of the proceeding, and takes care to express
such apFroval in a " private" billet doux to the
trusty Envoy.
Of course, matters being arranged after this
amiable fashion, the Parliamentary Know-Nothings
have no business to trouble themselves in the
affair. They may stare at their leisure at the amaz-
ing strength of such an athletic gentleman as Sir
James, who, quite apart from his strong official
character, can, in private encounter, double up a
crowned live King in his own country. Indeed, it
would puzzle our readers to remember a similar
performance. Only fancy Count Persigny telling
Queen Victoria a bit of his mind something after
this fashion :—" Now, Madam, I would have you to
know that I can't approve of this volunteering busi-
ness you are making all this fuss about. It don't
agree at all with my idea of what a monarchy ought
to be, and I must insist upon its being immediately
suppressed." And then fancy Louis Napoleon, oc
hearing of this performance on the part of his En-
voy, writing a note to "his dear Fialin," telling
him how much he approved of the useful lesson he
had read to Ma-lam about the management of her
own affairs, and how he was pleased to observe that
his good friend had " arranged the little matter so
well in his private character," and not troubled
himself by doing so in any official form.
Bat to return to the King of Piedmont. He has,
in our opinion, given an evidence of signal weak-
ness—a weakness, we regret to say, shared even by
Garibaldi—in thus giving way to the menace of the
British Ambassador, administered in such uncalled-
for advice. But this does not, in our eyes, diminish
in the least the grave responsibility Sir Jas. Hudson
and his superiors have assumed by dictating to
Piedmont on matters in no way concerning them-
selves. What business had an English Minister to
enlighten a Sardinian Monarch on his own pirate
notion of the meaning of the word " monarchy ?"
What right had he to declare that a particular poli-
tical association must be dissolved as " inconsistent-
with monarchical principles ?" Is not King Victor
Emmanuel competent to judge on a subject so mill
mediately concerning himself, without being fa-
voured with the "private" opinions of an English
knight ; which private and authorised opinions the
latter can only hope to obtain attention for, by back-
ing them with the power he derives as being the
public representative of this country ? Is England,
at the caprice of certain gentlemen who are lucky
enough to get diplomatic posts at foreign Courts,
to play the part of the sbire and gaoler of the petty
States of the Continent, forcing them back to the
illiberal principle whenever any measures Of liberty
they may contemplate, happen not to accord with
the peculiar notions of the aforesaid gentlemen in
their " private" capacities ?
These are sad reflections to be obliged to make.
It augurs badly for the preservation, and still worse
for the extension, of our own freedom, if an irre-
sponsible English diplomacy is thus to go about
doing the dirty work of despots abroad. It is high
time Parliament should look to the root of our dip-
lomatic system when the fruits it bears are of so
rotten and poisonous a nature. As it is, English
Envoys and English Ministers, laying aside, for the
sake of deception, their diplomatic liveries and as-
suming the dress of English gentlemen, make
themselves guilty abroad of deeds of so disgraceful
a character, that we think the severest penalties
our laws permit for the punishment of such acts
ought to be fully awarded to the offenders. If the
British Legislature, in fact, does not vindicate its
injured prerogative in this matter, it will itselfhave
laid the foundation of a despotic regime, which may
one day grow to a structure overshadowing its own
liberties.—lfferning dvertiser.

WIDENING OF HIGH HOLBORN.—The Metro-
politan Board of Works have determined to widen this im-
portant thoroughfare by the removal of the block of build-
ings opposite Gray's Inn-lane, and forming the northern
side of that narrow passage known as the Middle-row ; this
will give an increase of at least 20 feet in Width to the car-
riage-road, and about 10 feet to the foot pavement. Several
representations respecting the confined and narrow entraice
to Chancery-lane from Holborn, having been made to the
Board, it is stated to be their intention to widen the same,
futur f
which may bo accomplished at a very trifling expense.
PARLIAMENTARY REFORM COMMITTEE.
eo—rlAt
electionv leave
meeting of the executive committee, held on Wednesday
a
last, it was.resolved, " That this committee have observed
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oft motionall
of members to serve in Parliament for the boroughs of
Gloucester and Wakefield, the electors thereof give their
votes by way of Ballot,' which comes on next Wednesday,
February 8 ; respectfully thank him for his well-timed effort
in this direction, and beg to offer him any co-operation in
their power.

MANSION-HOUSE.—John
described as a musician, but better'kUoian ii4-410tte
police as one of the men who wefriiii4.Al e ‘ =.l
murder of Mr. 13:11cLambers, in VieSt*uateriitliOWil ;414
12 years ago, was charged with loiter'ng-f,iivF:
church-street, supposed with intent -toioolaniitV
felony. § •
Dennis Clarke, 108 M, said—Last nig* abut 7r—
eight o'clock, I was. in Fencburch-street, in com-
pany with 184 M, when I saw the prisoner stand-
ing at the corner of a turning. 'Well knowing
him to be a most notorious thief and housebreaker,
I called my brother officer's attention to him, and
we stood back to watch him. lie re nained there
for about 20 minutes, looking up at a warehouse,
and I then crossed over to him, and seid " Johnny,
what have you got about you ?" Hr said "No-
thing ;" and 1 searched him, without finding any-
thing, but just then two City officers came up, and
when I told them what I knew about him they
took him to the station. lie is one of the cleverest
thieves we have on the Surrey side of the water,
and I have no doubt he had a compauion waiting
not far off at the time.

Monger, City detective—l searched him at the
station, my lord, and found on him only a small
knife of a peculiar make, such as they use to force
panes of glass ; hut a gentleman who has a ware-
house close by thinks that an attempt has been
made to obtain an entrance. The pair cf iron
hooks produced were also found near the spot;
they are such as thieves and housebreakers use to
lower themselves over walls or anything of that
kind.

Mr. Goodman (chief clerk)---But nothing of the
kind was actually found in his possession ?
Monger—No.
The Lord Mayor—Then I am afraid we must
discharge him.

Clarke, 108 M—As I knew he had been tried for
murder and housebreaking, and was besides a no. _
torious thief, I thought I was acting quite right in
what I did, my lord. _
_ _

The Lord Niayor—So you were. You were per-
fectly justified in your conduct, and I hope you
will always keep as vigilant an eye when you Ome
into the City upon any such character that you
may see here. As for this man, although I must
discharge him now—if he deserves the character
you give him, and I have no doubt of your accu-
racy, the sooner he is brought to justice the better.
Prisoner—May I speak, my lord ?
Mr. Goodman—What do you want to speak for
when you are discharged ?
Prisoner—Why that officer (pointing to Clarke)
has a little enmity against me.
Clarke—He would not say that on the other side
of the water, my lord, where his character is so
well known.

The Lord Mayor—He may think himself very
lucky to get away now, and I advise him to be very
careful of his conduct for the future.
The pisroner was then discharged.

GUILDHALL.—Mr. George Tallantyre Gibbs,
a shipowner, of Newcattle, at present staying at the
York Hotel, New Bridge.street, Blackfriars, was
summoned before Alderman Lawrence under the
Merchant Shipping Act, for the sum of £8 12s. Bd.,
claimed by Capt. Somerville, of the ship Conrad, as
wages due.

A clerk from Mr. Buchanan's office appeared for
the complainant, and stated that Capt. Somerville
was engaged by Mr. Gibbs on the Bth of December
last, as master of the Conrad, to go to Cadiz. The
vessel left Cardiff on the 10th of January, and on
the 14th she was lost in 9.0 W. long, and 49 N. lat.,
but all hands were saved. The captain therefore
claimei for wages, at the rate of £7 per month,
£8 12s Bd. ; but on applying to Mr. Gibbs for pay-
ment, he was refused, and an accusation made at
the same time that he had scuttled the ship. In
addition to the claim for wages the captain had ex-
pended between £2 and £3 towards the support of
the crew, but that of course could not be recovered
in this court.

Capt. Somerville having given evidence to that
effect,
Mr. Gibbs said he had understood that four of
the crew had made affidavit that the captain scut-
tled the ship, and that was the reason he refused
payment of the wages. If, however, the captain
would produce the protest and swear that he had
not been the means of losing the ship he would pay
the whole claim.

Mr. Buchanan's clerk said the protest should be
produced, but as Mr. Gibbs had thought proper to
make such an accusation, he ought to prove it, in-
stead of calling upon the captain to disprove it.
Alderman Lawrence said the better course would
be to adjourn the summons for a week, and if in
the meantime Mr. Gibbs did not proceed against
the captain, then he would have to pay the amount
claimed.

BOW-STREET.—John and Sarah Siplis (hus-
band and wife), who keep a marine-store shop in
St. Giles's, were charged with receiving stolen
goods.

- The wife of a tobacconist in Long-acre deposed
that she was sitting in the parlour behind the shop,
when a strange man entered, took up a lib. weight
from the counter, and ran off with it. She went to
the door, and seeing the witness Cleaver passing,
asked him to follow the man, which he did.
Daniel Cleaver, a mulatto, who described himself
as a porter, deposed that he followed the man by
the request of the; witness, and saw him enter the
shop of the prisoners in Little White Lion-street,
Seven-dials. Looking through the window he saw
the man offer the weight for sale to the female
prisoner, who purchased it in the presence of her
husband. The man went away, and witness gave
information to the police.
Mr. Abrams, who appeared for the Defence Se-
eiety, cross-examined Clearer, and elicited that he
had been seven' times in custody, but only once
for felony. Had six months' imprisonment for that.
Once had three months for an assault. It was
striking a constable (with great reluctance). It
was done in rescuing a thief. Did not know the
man who sold the weight. Did not try to detain
him. Did not feel called upon to do so, not being
a constable.

Sergeant Felton said he went to the prisoners'
shop iu consequence of information received from
the last witness, and demanded the weight they
had just bought. The female prisoner strenuously
denied having bought a weight,until he threatened
to search the place. Sho then produced it from the
tire-place in the parlour behind the shop. It was
so hot that he could not hold it. He then. took her
into custody.

Sergt. Holmes went in private el )thes, in conse-
quence of information received, to the male prisoner's
stepfather, and asked for some lead which Siplis
had left there. The old man at once gave it up.
Witness said, "What made him leave it with you?"
The old man replied, " His wife is in charge for re-
ceiving a weight, and he wanted the lead out of
the way in case the police should search the place."
Witness then took Siplis in custody. On hearing
what his stepfather had said, he denied it, but
when witness said ho must apprehend the old man
if he persisted, the prisoner acknowledged it.
Mr. Abrams contended that the mulatto's evi-
dence was not worthy of belief. Without it, there
was nothing against the husband,
other hand, there was nothing to show that the wife
had not acted under his coercion. while, on the

The magistrate thought dere was a ease for a
jury, and committed both prisoners for trial.

BANK RETURNS.

The Bankers' Magazine furnishes the returns of the cir-
culation of the Private and Joint-Stock Banks in England
and Wales for the four weeks ending Doc. 17. Them,
returns, combined with the circulation of the Scotch and
Irish Banks for the same period, and the average circula-
tion of the Bank of England for the four weeks ending the
14th Dec. (the nearest date furnished by their returns)
will give the following results of the circulation of notes in
the United Kingdom, when compared with the previous
month : •

No". 19, 1 Dec. 17,
1859. 1859. Increase. DeMaim
—..
Bank of England.— --------21,956,3;T-.7 021,9, , 8 R79,,,A,..
Private Banks ~ .. 3,624,7801 3,480,718 1,,,=
Joint-stock Banks.. 3,030,754 3,s i7,5i4 1i:241
—_---- _
__________
Total in England. 28,661,9011 27,575,2931 i 30.606
5c0t1and............ 4,510,498; 4,591,02 80,560 • •
Ireland ............ 7,44508142,067
7,403,7911 _
-----1
United Kingdom. 40,618,2601
30,570,147 j - ------
,1,048,113

mpared with the month ending the 18th of Dec.
e returns show an increase of 4259,470
iiirtAniieastchirrce circulation of. notes. in England, and an increase of
141,992 in the circulation of the United Kingdom.
bn comparing the above with the fixed issues of the sm.
ral banks the following is the state of the circulation :
rhe English private banks are below their fixed
issue
£924,219
The English joint-stock banks are below their
fixed issue .. £284,203

Total below fixed issue in England.... £1,209,022
The Scotch banks are above their fixed issue .. £Y,841,787
The Irish banks are below their fixed issue .... 11,049497
The average stock of bullion held by the Bank of Eng-
land in both departments during the month ending the 14th
of Dec. was £16,985,218, being an increase of L 123,759 as
compared with the previous month, and a decrease of
£1,890,328 when compared with the same period last year.
The following are the amounts of specie held by the Scotch
and Irish banks during the month ending the 171 h Dec.:—
Gold and silver held by the Scotch banks ... 52,581,493
Gold and silver hold by the Irish banks 2,661,788

£5,243,281
Being an increase of £124,902 as compared with the
previous return, and an increase of £198,274 will ;a compexed
with the corresponding period of last year.

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ROYAL

ENGLISH OPERA,
COVENT-GA RDEN.
Under the managetnent of Miss L. Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison.
7THIS EVENING, a new Operetta, entitled ROMANCE.
Dingle by Henry Leslie. Mesprg. G. Honey and. IV. Ilanison;
Kiss Thirlwall and Miss Louisa Pyne.

Conductor, Alfred Mellon.
To conclude with the new grand pantomime, called PUSS
IN BOOTS; or, Harlequin and the Fairy of the Golden
Palms. Messrs. W. H. I'ayne, H. Payne, F. Payne, Go
lden,
Tallien, infants Lauri, and Miss Clara Morgan.
Doors open at half-past 6—Commence at 7.

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THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Lessee, Mr. J. N. Buckstone.
THE LOVE CHASE. Constance, Miss Amy Sedgwick.
After which, the new Haymarket Comic Christmas Panto-
mime, VALENTINE'S DAY; or, Harlequin and the Fairy
of the True Lovers' Knot. The pantomimists the unrivalled
Leclereqs.__________-----------.

trEATRE-ROYAL LYCEUM.-
sole Lessee and Directress, Madame Celeste.
Last Nights of the Spanish Dancer, Isabel Cubas.
THIS EVENING, a new Drama, called A TALE OF
Two CITIES, by Tom Taylor, Esq., from the story of that
name by Charles Dickens, Esq. Principal characters by Mr.
James Vining, Walter Lacy, Villiers, Rouse, Forrester, J.
Johnstone, T. Lyon. Morton, Palmer, White, H. Butler,
Clifford, and Fredericks ; Misses Kate Saville, Stuart, Turner,
Mrs. Campbell, and Madame Celeste.
After which, will be produced a new Grand Christmas Ex-
travaganza and Pantomime, KING TFIRUSHBEARD, the
LITTLE PET and the GREAT. PASSION. Clown, Mir. U.
Marshall—Columbine, Miss Rosino.