The Sun.
London, England, 1859-03-09 00:00:00

ELECTION IN2'ELLIGENCE.

NORTH WILTS.—The Right Hon. T. H. S.
Sotheron Estcourt came before the electors of North
Wilts yesterday, on his appointment as Home
Secretary, and was unanimously re-elected.
TEWKESBURY, Tuesday.----The election termi-
nated here about three o'clock this afternoon in the
return of the Hon. F. Lygon, Mr. Humphrey
Brown having, after all, declined to come to the
poll. It seems that in the course of last night Mr.
Brown conveyed (at a very late hour) to the mayor
and the Hon. F. Lygon's committee his determina-
tion not to go to the poll to-day. He issued an
address to the electors in the course of the day,
announcing that his canvassers heard that Mr.
Lygon had received promises from a number of
voters whom he had calculated upon as his sup-
porters; and that therefore he should not trouble
the electors to go to the poll for him. At about
three o'clock the mayor announced that 170 electors
had polled for Mr. Lygon, being a majority on the
register, and he therefore declared him duly elected.
Mr. Lygon had left for London before the declara-
tion.

DISCOVERY OF A TESSELATED PAVEMENT.--An
interesting discovery has been accidentally made in the
grounds of Dorchester Castle. At the depth of four feet a
Roman tesselated pavement was found. Ono corner had
been destroyed. The beautiful centre was fortunately un-
damaged and entire, as well as the remaining portion of the
pavement, together with the threshold. The pavement
itseelf, now measuring 10 feet 51 in. by 6 feet 2 in., was
transferred to the chapel of the establishment, and placed
within the communion rails. A small coin cf Constantine
the Great was found among the rubbish.

Last evening a meeting too
Tavern, Kennington, which - was a, up 6
wards of 2,000 persons, for t. he purpc ,of ;in
into consideration the objects of the new Reform
Bill. The members for the bo rough, Mr. Roupell
and Mr. W. Williams, were pro !sent.
Mr. F. DOULSTON was callc d to the chair, and the question which called them together was •
one that ought to live in the hearts of every Eng-
lishman. The_ bill now before tile house was an
imposture, a delusion, and a mockery, especially to
working men. The measure professed to extend
the franchise, but it did not do so, and ho called
upon them not to be led away by it, and he hoped'
that Such a universal voice would be raised against
the obnoxious bill as would insure its defeat.
Mr. W. WILLrAms then rose, amidst loud cheer-
oplziors.e 411er!itmoeuaspuErLeLtoatlshee-
aladsdt.ress(eCdhetehrse.)
ing, and in the course of his address, said he should
meeting,
and said he was especially interested in the present
question, and was surprised at the unfair endeavours
to introduce such a bill. (Hear.) It was not only
a complicated scheme, but a direct insult to the
working classes. The Avorking classes were not
thought of in the bill, but would suffer, severely
were such a measure passed. He repudiated the
bill, and would oppose it to the utmost.
Mr. GRADY moved, " That the bill prepared by
Government, professedly to amend the laws relating
to the representation of the people, does not respond
to the just requirements of any portion of reformers
in the country, inasmuch as it disqualifies a whole
class of intelligent and independent county voters,
no less than 100,000 in nimber, refuses to disfran-
chise a single small, corrupt, or dependent consti-
tuency, does not attempt to redress the notoriously
inadequate representation of many large boroughs,
does not provide for the voter in the exercise of his
franchise the protection of the ballot, and delibe-
rately rejects the claims of any-portion of the great
body of the industrial population to be admitted to
the rights of citizenship." In the course of a long
address he pointed out the defects of the bill, and
concluded by calling upon them to reject it.
Mr. F. W. GODDARD seconded the resolution,
which was supported by Mr. MANTEL, and being
put to the meeting, was carried with loud and pro-
longed approbation.
Mr. J. P. MurtßouGH moved the adoption of a
Petition in favour of manhood suffrage, vote by
&c., which was carried, and the vast assem-
blage, -who had behaved throughout with the
greatest order, having passed a vote of thanks to
the chairman, dispersed.

THE NEAPOLITAN EXILES.

We have this day to announce that Poerio, Set-
tembrini, and the rest of the Neapolitan galley
slaves—it is a most honourable distinction—who
were transported to North America by the order of
their dying but unrepentant King, have set his
mercy at defiance, and, with singular blindness and
ingratitude, have declined to accept pardon upon
the terms which King Ferdinand proposed. For
ten years this Monarch had judged it necessary to
confine in chains in the most miserable dungeons
within the knowledge of his police, in underground
dens, and exposed to the horrors of a most linger-
ing death; but death would not come when they
solicited his stroke. They had been condemned,
not indeed without a form of trial, but after a trial
which had aroused the wonder of Europe, so un-
blushing was the perjury, so scandalous . were the
proceedings, so resolved were the judges to insure a
condemnation. The testimonyof thegovernment spies,
the production of the forged letter, abandoned after
wards even by the Neapolitan Attorney-General,
are there upon record to show how and why these
men are condemned. There is, no doubt, in Eng-
land a vague idea that Poerio was the victim of his
Sovereign, but in nine cases out of ten this arises
from the fact that in the year 1851 Mr. Gladstone
visited Naples, and wrote certain letters upon the
state of the Neapolitan prisons. What English
people do not understand is the profound treachery
of the Neapolitan Sovereign towards these unfortu-
nate gentlemen, and therefore how deeply they are
entitled to our sympathy—we dare not say to our
commiseration—now that fortune and their own
happy audacity have cast them upon our shores.
First, about the fact of how they came upon
the coasts of the British Islands, since here they
are. Poerio, Settembrini, and their companions
were confined for ten years in the Neapolitan
dungeons in defiance of law and justice. At
length—equally contrary to law and justice—
the King, whether instigated by the sharp
pangs of a death-bed repentance, or under the
apprehension that Europe was about to rise and
bring him and his kind to reason, resolved to
transport these men to the New World, and this he
r called a remission of their sentence—mercy ! They
were conveyed to Cadiz, and there a passage was
taken for them in an American ship. There were
69 in all of these transported men—among them a
bishop and seven priests. They were thrust on
board by the cruel mercy of the King ; the ship got
under way ; and the refugees, who far outnumbered
the crew, rose and overpowered them. We will
readily believe that the crew did not make a very
stubborn resistance. The refugees insisted that
the captain should steer straight for Cork Har-
bour, and, as he refused, they gave the com-
mand to the Second Mate. On Sunday morning
last, about seven o'clock, they reached the Irish
shore, and were free. We cannot entertain a doubt
as to the reception these gentlemen will meet
with in these islands, for in honouring them we
honour ourselves. They are no vulgar conspirators
—they have nothing to do with the miserable
backstairs routine of Italian conspiracy ; but when
Europe was convulsed by a movement which they
had not provoked, at the request of their King they
assisted him to inaugurate a constitutional system
of government at Naples. In the most solemn
way, and with the most awful words which a
human being may use, the King invoked eternal
perdition upon his head if he proved false to his
pledged word; but after the 15th of May he blew
all these promises to the four winds. These unfor-
tunate gentlemen whom we are now proud to
welcome to our shores had really been guilty of no
more heinous crime than than that of believing in
their Sovereign's word. For this crime—and it
was one which no man will repeal—they were con-
demned to ten years of such misery as few men
have endured, and survived to tell the talc.
We are sick of Leicester-square patriots, but no
man can impeach the patriotism of MM.. Poerio,
Settembrini, and their companions. These gentle.
men are indeed deserving of the sympathy of a
free people. When we supposed that they would
disembark upon the shores of the North American
Union, we ventured to bespeak the good offices of
our Transatlantic friends in their behalf; and, now
that they have found their way to our own shoreS,
we may, without presumption, address the same
exhortation to our own countrymen. The more
their story is inquired 'into the more it will be
found that these gentlemen have really and truly
suffered indescribable torments during the last ten
years, because they were foolish enough to rely
upon the wind of their perjured King, and to take
share in a system of government which he had
sworn to maintain. The' breath of calumny
has never passed upon their fair and honourable
repute. They have never Impelled others to
rush into danger which they- avoided them-
selves. They have never been accused, even
by the foul voices of the Neapolitan Crown officers,
of peculation. We know not, iiidded, of any sug-
gestion of evil which attaches to any one of their
number. The event of 1848 occurred without any
provocation on their part. King Ferdinand of the
Two Sicilies, in order to save his throne and his
neck, made a rush at a constitution. He solicited
earnestly, and ipersonally, the chiefs of these re-
fugees to take part and to bear office under his new
system. They did so. A few months, or weeks,
passed away, and he found himself in a position to
set his promises and engagements at defiance. He
turned the cannon upon his subjects, and at his
leisure trumped up a miserable charge of conspi-
racy which had no foundation in fact against the
statesmen who had lent him their aid to preserve
his throne in the hour of his dire distress. The

victims of his tyranny and faithfulness are now
among us. There is an instinct stronger than all
political calculation which calls on us to do honour

to these men.—Times.

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• object of the petition obtain the linnta-
lurid. The main
coal mines to eight •
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half of the workers in coal mmesofGiraeatot . .
day.
Various reasons are urged restriction, among
tion of the workingtimeiinnfavour of
which arc the admitted fact that, working in bad air and
away from daylight, is far more exhausting than it is under
- a miner's occupation
being particularly dusty and dirty, he requires a longer time
any other circumstances, and the
to clean himself; that he is, in short, riot good for anything
till ho has had an hour and a half's time after his work is
over, to wash and refresh himself. The other objects of the
petition are, that children under 14 shall only work half
time ; that coal-owtkirs shall be obliged to use the patent
safety cage, and such other scientific means of saving life as
may be from time to tame invented ; that a fund be provided
by law to support disabled miners and the widows and
orphans of those who have lost their lives in mines ; that
the apprenticeship system be introduced into mines; and'
that the machinery used in raising coals should only be al-
lowed to work nine hours a day. The apprenticeship system
is needed, the petition states, to protect the pitmenfrom the
dangers to which they are exposed from the inexperience of
novices, and in justification of the restriction in the time of
working machinery, they state that if an eight hours', bill
were in force without any such restriction, the ma sters would
Work the pits by relays the whole 24 hours, and that the
air would be thus in a eontixtugd state of oxplsivo ilil.
purity.

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THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone.
T 0-M0 R ROW, will be performed AN UNEQUAL
MATCH. Miss Amy Sedgwick, Mr. Buckstone,
Followed by the new grand Comic Pantomime, entitled
UNDINE ; or, Harlequin and the Spirit of the Waters.
Commence 7.

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
Manager, Mr. Edmund Falconer,
Engagement of Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams.
TO-MORROW, will be produced THE FAIRY
CIRCLE. Mr. and Mrs. B. Williams.
After which, THE HOUR AT SEVILLE. Mrs. Barney
Williams in ten characters.
To conclude with THE LEPRACHAUN ; or, Bad Luck's
Good Luck with Good Looking After. Messrs. Barney
Williams, Barrett, &c.
And a BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT.
Reduced Prices—Dress Boxes, 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 3s. •
, Pit,
2s. • Stalls, ss. ; Gallery, is.
iox-office open from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at half -past
6 to commence at 7 every evening.

NEW THEATRE - ROYAL, AD ELPHI
Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster.

THIS EVENING (Ash-Wednesday) No Performance.

TO-MORROW, STILL WATERS RUN DEEP. John
Mildmay, Mr. A. Wigan ; Mr. Potter, Mr. Charles Selby ;
Hawksley, Mr. Billington ; Mrs. Mildmay, Mrs. Billing-ton ;
Mrs. Sternhold Mrs. A. Wigan.
After which, WELCOME, LITTLE STRANGER. Mr.•
Wright.

To conclude with THE INVISIBLE PRINCE. Mr. J. L.
Toole, Miss Woolgar, Miss Arden, Miss Keeley, Miss Kate
Kelly.

Doors open at a quarter-past six—Commence at seven. Box
Office open from 10 to 5 —no charge for booking. No fees to
servants permitted. A registry kept of all articles found.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough
TO-MORROW will be presented MATRIMONIAL PRO-
SPECTUSES.
After which, the new Extravaganza, KENILWORTH ; or
Ye Queene. ye Earle, and ye Maydenne
And THE LITTLE SAVAGE.
Commence at 7 o'clock.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE,
Westminster-road.

Lessee and Manager _ Mr. William Cooke.

Brilliant and unprecedented success of the new Dramatic
Spectacle.
TO-MORROW, the performances commence with a grand
new Spectacle, from the pen of R. Phillips, Esq., interspersed
with extraordinary hippodramatic effects and striking situa-
tions, in three Acts, and entitled THE HUNDRED
CUIRASSIERS. Produced with new scenery, mechanical
arrangements, gorgeous in I characteristic costumes, elabo-
rate equestrian and spectacular appointments, and the hand-
somest Stud of Horses in the world. Characters by Messrs.
Holloway, Phillips, Anson, Francis, Anderson, M. Howard.
Herbert ; Mesdames Dowton, Blanche, Julia Weston, Thorne,
&c.

To be followed by SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, intro-
ducing Miss Kate Cooke, Miss Emily Cooke, Madame Blanche,
Madame Bridges, Maddlle. Fleurette, and Madame Fran-
cisco, being tne greatest amount of female equestrian talent
ever seen in one night at any theatre. Grotesques : Messrs.
Hemming and Thorne.
To conclude with the CAPTAIN IS NOT AMISS.

Dress Circle, 4s. ; Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 2s, ; Gallery, is. ; Upper
Gallery, 6d.:
Stage Manager, Mr. It. Phillips.

CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.—
Proprietor--C. MORTON.
The public is most respectfully informed that the Foss
ARTS GALLERY, in connection with the above Hall, IS NOW
OPEN DAT AND NIGHT, from 11 o'clock a.m. until 12
'clock p.m. The New Gallery contains an extensive Collec-
..ion of Pictures, by Ancient and Modern Masters Land is also
devoted to Art productions generally. The Proprietor feels
he may confidently assert that, viewed altogether, the exist-
ing Musie Hall, the New Fine Arts Gallery, and the recently
added Ante-Hall, will present an attraction which, whether
as regards the architectural beauty of the structures them-
selves, or the varied and hitherto unattempted combinations
within, will be found to be wholly without parallel in the
Kingdom.
The MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT COMIRCHCCS as usual at
Seven o'clock.

In addition to the usual entertainment, the SAUVLET
FAMILY, of Amsterdam, Eight in number, whose varied
instrumental performances have created so marked a sensa-
tion in the principal cities and towns of the Continent, will
perform every Evening at Nine and Eleven o'clock.

THE WEATHER.-SUN OFFICE, MARCH 9.

THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
50—highest since noon yesterday.
41—lowest this morning and during the night.
47—this day at noon.

BAROMETER-30.42—a very great rise.
WIND, North-Westerly ; light, with very fine weather.

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