The Sun.
London, England, 1861-11-18 00:00:00

THE NAVY.

Her Majesty's steam vessel Rifleman, recently
commissioned by Master-Commander J. W. Reed,
went down to Woolwich on Saturday from Dept-
ford, after thorough repair, She is ordered to be
completed with the utmost despatch, and is
intended for survey in the China Sea, to replace the
four-gun brig Saracen, Master-Com. W. Stanton.
The steam storeship Supply, Master-Commander
Ballisten, arrived at Woolwich on Saturday with
her cargo of ancient marbles from Cyrene.
The iron screw frigate Resistance, 22, sister fri-
gate to the Defence, 22, fitting at Chatham, is or-
dered to be removed from the Victoria Docks to
Chatham, at which port she is to be completed and
fitted for sea with all possible despatch. The Resis-
tance will mount an armament of 12 68-pounders,
each of 95 cwt., and two 100-pounder Armstrong
guns on the main deck ; and two 100-pounder Arm-
strong pivot guns on theupper deck. The same
armement will also be supplied to the Defence.
The iron plated frigate Royal Oak, 51, 800-horse
power, under construction at Chatham, is ordered
to be fitted with tube scuttles on her lower deck to
afford air and light to the officers' cabins. In carry-
ing out this improvement arrangements are to be
made to enable the holes through the armour plates
to bs plugged or otherwise secured when required.
A further supply of the massive iron armour plates,
without either tongues or grooves, were received
at the dockyard on Saturday from the Parkgate
Iron Works, Yorkshire, the company having entered
into an arrangement with the Admiralty to furnish
ail the armour plates required for the Royal Oak,
the whole of which supply will be of rolled iron. ltv
direction of the Admiralty the exterior armour
plates et the Royal Oak are not to be tongued at
the edges, and the plates so constructed which have
hitherto been supplied at the dockyard will, it is
understood, be used in the interior of the Achilles,
50, in the formation of the bulkhead compartments
of that frigate.
Under the new regulations recently issued by the
Admiralty for the apprentices in the royal dock-
yards to serve the last two years of their appren-
ticeship on board her Majesty's seagoing ships
in commission, a certain number of apprentices
at Chatham dockyard, consisting of shipwrights,
caulkers, and sailmakers, who have entered the
fifth year of their service, have been selected to
embark in the Firebrand, 6, paddlewheel steam
sloop, 410-horse power, Commander J. W. Bruce,
which is under orders to sail from Plymouth on
Thursday next. Each of the apprentices will re-
ceive a free railway pass from Chatham to Ply-
mouth, and during the time they are serving afloat
will, in addition to their dockyard pay, receive dne
day's pay per week for Sundays, besides being
victualled on board. They will also be paid tool
money. On the expiration of their period of ser-
vice they will receive a certificate of their charac-
ter and conduct, the progress they have made in
their trades, and in the knowledge of the subjects
prescribed for dockyard apprentices. The steamer
has been thoroughly cleansed and fumigated in
order to eradicate every trace of the yellow fever,
which made such havoc among her crew when in
the West Indies. According to present arrange-
ments the Firebrand proceeds to the Mediterranean.
Admiralty orders have been received at Chatham,
directing the screw steamer Swallow, 9, which is
now in dock at Sheerness undergoing a thorough
repair, to be prepared for immediate commission for
surveying purposes on the coast of Japan. She is
to have a crew of 90 men, including marines. The
Swallow has had a commodious office erected on
her quarterdeck for the accommodation of the officers
employed in the surveying operations.
The line-of-battle screw steamer Collingwood, Si,
400-horse power, which has been converted from a
sailing ship to a screw steamer, is ordered to pro-
ceed on a trial trip on Dec. 3 for the purpose of
testing her engines and machinery, after which she
will join the steam reserve at Chatham.
The screw gunboat Lively, 2, 60-horse power,
having completed her repairs, was taken out of the
great basin at Sheerness on Saturday, and placed
under the crane in the north camber to ship her
new boilers, the engines having been converted from
high pressure to condensing. When completed she
will resume her duties as tender to the Cumber-
land, 70, guardship of the Chatham steam reserve,
Capt. C. F. Schomberg.
The Wellesley, 74, completed shipping her new
masts under the floating shears, on Saturday, and
this morning will be towed up to her former moor-
ings at the head of Chatham harbour, where she
will complete fitting for a receiving and training
ship for boys and lads entering the Royal navy.
The Julia, 2, 60 horse power, attached to the
first class steam reserve at Chatham, completed the
alterations in her Kingston valves on Saturday, and
was removed from the basin to the harbour.

The 51-gun screw frigate Leander, recently con
verted from a sailing ship to a screw frigate, and
lengthened amidships 30 feet, was talzcu out of
Sheerness harbour r,n Saturday, for the purpose of
making her trial trip at the Maplin Sands, the
weather on the previous day having prevented the
trial taking place. The result of the trial was con-
sidered very satisfactory, the engines working
smoothly, and with 51 revolutions of the screw per
minute she made 10 knots per hour. The trii 1
trip was under the direction of the officials belong-
ing to the dockyard.

ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS.—Tho following
gentlemen, having undergone the necessary examinations
for the diploma, were admitted members of the College
at a meeting of the Court of Examiners on the 15th inst.—
viz., Messrs. George Framingham Hoff, Calcutta ;
Thomas Rutherford Adams, L.S.A., Kilkenny ; James
Sheetz, Etawah, Bengal Presidency ; William Matthew
Sheppard, L.S.A., Geelong-, Australia ; John Daniell,
Sydney, Australia ; and John Henry Troy, Clarendon-
J
square,

"B. lIAvEs.
" The Secretary of State for War having had under his
consideration the forms of demand for Bibles, Prayer Books,
&c., has decided, with the concurrence of his Royal High-
ness
the General Commandi g-in-Chief, that future requi-
sitions should be prepared in manuscript, on the amended
forms herein, and transmitted in duplicate to the Adjutant-
General. The following regulations in regard to the supplies
are also promulgated for the information and guidance of
officers commanding :-1. The books supplied are to last for
a period of at least 10 years, unless the regiment is called
into the field, when any loss so incurred will be replaced at
the public expense. 2. In the event of no books being re-
quired to replace copies lost or disposed of,commanding officers
should certify that the supply requested is solely for first
issues to recruits and soldiers not previously supplied. 3.
The prices of the books are as follows :—Bibles and Prayer
Books bound together, Is. 4d. each ; Bibles separate, SM.
each; Prayer Books separate, Sd. each; Roman Catholic ,
Prayer Books and Testaments, Is. each; Presbyterian.
Bibles, with Psalms, 10 jct. each; and when re-supplied to
men, under the conditions stated in paragraph 3,•mdit for
the same should bo furnished in the paymaster's accounts.
"EDWARD LUGARD."
The court of inquiry composed of general and
other officers, who have devoted the past 20 days to
a close investigation of the circumstrlnces attending
the late insurrection at the Royal Military Academy
at Woolwich, terminated their proceedings on Fri-
day last. On the following morning, Col. Wilford,
the Governor, announced the fact to the assembled
body of cadets, drawn up on parade for that pur-
pose ; and intimated that the results of the inquiry
would be immediately laid before his Royal High-
ness, the GeneralCommanding-in-Chief, and would
be promulgated in a very few days. On Tuesday
last half-a-dozen of the cadets who were detected in
a breach of the regulations, viz., playing cards and
smoking, were summarily dealt with by being
"rusticated." This punishment entails the loss of
six months' study, and the advantages of the Christ-
mas examination. They will be readmitted in Feb-
ruary next.

The Rotunda at Woolwich, appropriated for the
preservation and display of models and ancient
artillery trophies, &c., has been ordered to be closed
to the inspection of the public until after Christ-
mas, in order to carry out some necessary repairs
and make a considerable addition to its present
contents.

The boisterous and stormy weather of the past
week has partially suspended the works connected
with the drainage of the new camp at Colchester,
which have hitherto been successfully carried on.
They will, however, it is fully expected, be com-
pleted at the close of the year.
The strength of the 9th and 10th battalions
stationed in Colchester Camp is now about 1,600
non-commissioned officers and men, with upwards
of 400 women and children. The number of inva-
lids is unusually small, scarcely exceeding 100, in
consequence of recent draughts of invalids to the
depot at Chatham. This being the customary sea-
son for granting furloughs, nearly 100 officers and
soldiers are absent on leave.

The Royal Artillery depot at Warley Barracks,
under command of Colonel Radcliffe, is now orga.
nised, and the brigade nearly 800 in strength, has
commenced periodical marches into the country.
The strent,tll nc'thr, st.ltinn will c.l,nrtlybe mereaseti
by the addition of 200 men. Major-Gcn. Blomfield,
Inspector of Artillery, has visited the depot, and
reported favourably of its condition.
A detachment of the 70th Regiment, consisting
of 20 non-commissioned officers and men, under the
command of Lieut. T. 'l'. Hodges, arrived at Fort
Pitt Hospital, Chatham, from Glasgow, at a late
hour on Friday night, and after medical inspection
10 were admitted into hospital for treatment, and
the remainder sent to the invalid depot, St.
Mary's Barracks.

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Continence at Seven o'clock.

THE WEATHER.—Strx OFFICE, NOVEMBER 17, 1861
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
35—kighest since noon yesterday.
28—lowest this morning and during tho night.
3: —this day at noon.
Emtomma-30.0.
WIND—North-Westerly; light, with fine bitter, cold,
frosty weather.

Nov. 18.
THERMOMETER, IN THE BRADS.
30--highest since noon yesterday.
24—lowest this morning and during the night.
32—this day at noon.

BAROMETBIL-30.35.
WIND—N.-Westerly ; light, with dull frosty weather.

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THE S UN.
LONDON, MONDAY, NOV. 18, 1861.

In the game of beggar my neighbour the Em-
peror of the FRENCH has contrived to beggar
himself; it was a consummation foreseen by
many ; but so much mystery has involved the
French finance, that few, probably, if any, knew
the precise state of the evil, till the EMPEROR
put his accounts again into the hands of M.
ACIHLLE FOULD. Even he has not painted the
case in the darkest colours, if the statement of a
well-informed correspondent in a contemporary be
true, that the excess of expenditure over revenue
during the ten years of the extinction of free dis-
cussion will have burdened the country, by the time
all is settled, with an addition of two hundred
millions sterling to the national debt. The Free
States will probably not incur a heavier charge in
the attempt to vanquish the South, by two or three
years of war carried on in the most extravagant
style. It seems that Imperialism has cost the
country on the average about twenty millions per
annum mere than its representatives had agreed to.
Naturally the result has been what we are prepared
to learn, that it is almost impossible to find
money to meet the demands for the current
dividends. Looking at the whole affair,
it makes us almost angry with ourselves
that we were in such haste to build ship for ship
with the Imperial man of war; we seem to feel
that we might have been more sure of the result
that he would soon become an Imperial man of
straw; and yet our instinct was right, for it is
just the men of straw who have nothing to lose
by a desperate act. If they happen to be also men
tof more muscle, or to be better armed than their
rpeaceful ne;ghbours, the men of straw are apt t
become men of desperation. We must be thank-
:Sul, therefore, that severely as we have had to
Imperial ambition in ship' nilding, it is
cheaper than to have to pay for the ambition of
Invasion.
Haw little the form of government seems to
have to do with its goodness, unless indeed we
may indulge the vanity of Pronouncing
tionalism to have proved its merits in our eonstitu-
own
33untry—we might add in three or four more
Powers also of Europe. The constitutionalism
mhich his Royal Highness pronounced to be on
is trial, has seen at least three other forms of
;os ernment tried and found wanting of late
Tars. The American, for instance, the favourite
ine of the Tories, has broken down. There the
'allot box and the mob with its leaders were
upreme ; but candid observers will confess that
t was not the mob and the ballot which
reated the mischief; but, the incompatibility Ix:-
wen aristocracy with slavery as its domestic
istitution, and freedom with that unwisely adopted
et of the old world aristocracy, protection, as its
andmaid. Liberty ought to be the mistress of the
spublican household ; Mr. LINCOLN'S SARAH
id HAGAR will never agree, and the modern
BRAIIAM will have to adept the policy of his pro-

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*OYAL ENGLISH OP
COVENT GARDEN-.
U.,_ler the management of Miss Louisa Pyne and DID !..7 Wm,
Uarrison, Sole Lessees.
THIS EVENING, THE MARRIAGE OF GEORGiETTE.
3liBB Thiriwall and Mr. A. Core.
After which, at Eight o'clock, ROBIN HOOD. Messrs.
Santlev, Georze Honey, Patey, C. Lyall, and ElenrY Hakrh.
yELLOZ.T.
Miss Susan Fyne, and Madame ,Querrabella (her 4th ap.
pearance on the I,Agligsh stage).
Conductor, Mr. ALFR r.,"2

E PI A,

The Box-offiee opcn from Ten to Five daily. No charge for
booking, or fees to Box-keepers.
Staze-Manager, Mr. Leigh Murray. Acting-
Manager, Mr.
WR rd Murray.

t.tEA'l'it s.l4' •it Y AL, HAYMARKET,
Leagee, Mr. J. B. Backstene.
i'f[l3 EVENING. the nertormanoes will commence with
THE WOLF AND THE LAMB.

After which, OUR AMERICAN COUSIN. Lord Dun-
dreary, Mr. Suthern. Mr. Buckstone, Mr. Farren, Mrs. C.
Young, .tc.
To conclude with MY HUSBAND'S GHOST.
Commence at 7:

OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
1 I, Manazer--Mr. Edmund Falconer.
THIS EVENING, GONE TO TEXAS. Mr. Walter Lacy,
Mrs. St. Henry.
After which, at a quarter to Eight (Bth time) the new
and original Drama, entitled PEEP O'DAY ; or, Savourneen
Deelish. Messrs. Walter Lacy, Hermann Vezin, Charles
Selby, Edmun Falconer ; Mrs. D. P. Bowers, Miss Clara
Weston.

Acting Manag,er—lfr. P. B. Ch ttterton.
Prices as usual. Doors open at hali-pitst 6, to commence al
7 Box-oflice open daily from 1 t till 5.

I.'OYAJ, PRINCES S'S THEATRE.-
I II) Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Harris.
'tills EVENING, JANE r TE'S WEDDING. Misa M.
Barris and Mr. A. Widdicomb.
After which, at Eight o'clock, Shakespe re's tragedy of
OTHELLO, with new scenery, dresses, and appointments.
Othello, Mr, Fechter

EW TH RATRE-R0 YAL, ADELPHI.--e
Sole Proprietor and Manaier, Mr. B. Webster.
THIS EVENING, THE PRETTY HORSEB :EAKER.
31r. J. L. Toole, Mr. P. Bedford, and 31184 Woolgar.
After which, the new drama, entitled THE OCTOROON;
or, LIFE IN LOUISIANA ; written by the author of "The
Colleen Bawn," and in which Mr. and Mrs. D. Boucicaa't will
appear. A New Musical Introduction has been kindly pre-
sented by Sienor Benedict. and will be performed by the
Orchestra, which has been re-organised, and will be con-
ducted by Mr. Riviere, by whom the incidental music h? s
been selected and composed. The following artists will make
their first appearance :—Mr. G. Jamison, from the Winter-
garden, New York; Miss Latimer, from the provincial thea-
tres ; and Miss Denvil, from the Lyceum. The other prin-
cipal characters in he
drama will be perfoimed by Messrs.
Emery, Stephenson Billingaul Bedford, Romer. Mrs.
Bimegton, Mrs. Marston, &c., &c Entirely new scenery by
Messrs. Dalby and Thompson.
To conclude with DOMESTIC ECONOMY. Mr. Toole,
Anse K. Kelly, etc.
Doors onen at half-past 6—Commence at 7.
Box-office open from 10 till 5. No charge for booking.

E W R GrYALTY
Dean-street, Oxford-street.
Under the Direction of Mdlle. Albino di Rhona.
THIS EVENING, to commence with ATAR GULL
Messrs. Sinclair, Graham, Butler, Jr% ; Misses Clifford and
Terry.
After which, Mdlle. di Rhona will appear in CAMELIA,
and Dance two National Dances.
Sixth appearance of Mr. Hall, who will perform TWO
Solos on his Magic Bugle.
Box-offlee open -Comm to 5.
Doors open at half-past 6ence at Seven.

CANTERBURY HALL CONCERTS
AND FINE ARTS GALLERY.
Grand Selections from
STRADELLA, LA TRAVIATA, and DINORAH
By Miss Russell, Miss Ernst, Mr. Herbert, and Signor Tivoli,
with a powerful Chorus.
The Comic department comprises Mr. Sam Cowell, Mr.
Marshall, Messrs. Hervey and French, Mr. Wood and his
talented son, and Miss Harriet Coveney.
Musical Director, Mr. Jonghmang.
Admission—Hall, 6d. ; Stalls and Balcony, Is.

CANTERBURY HALL.--MR. SAM COWELL
will sing a New Song, " rim WHOLE HOG OR
NONE " (written expressly for him), THIS EVENDIG
at ten o'clock.

THE 0 X F OR D,
6, OXFORD-STREET.
E VER Y EVENING.
Auber's New Comic Opera, " LA CIRCASSIENNE," and
Verdi's new Grand opera, "Simonßoccanegra," by the entire
Company. Balfe's new ballads by Miss Russell and Madame
E derssohn (composed expressly for them). Varied Comic
Ilntertainments by Miss Harriet Coveney, Messrs. W. Ran-
dal:, Harvey and French (The Nerves), E. Marshall, and
SAM COWELL. Hall, ed. ; Balcony and Stalls, 1s ; Private
Boxes, 10s. 6d.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
THIS DAY.—Morning, 2h. 15m.—Afternoon, 211. 32m.
To-BORROW.-Morning, 2h. 48m.—Afternoon, 3h. 6m.

totype, and to dismiss for ever the bondsm aid from
his household.
But Imperialism in two forms has made quite as
bad an affair of it on this side the water. The
E his Emperor, elected by the Pretorians, and confirmed
on throne by the ballot-box, has, as we now see,
beggared his country by the ambition of taking
the place of the Czar NICHOLAS, and be-
coming the Dictator of Europe. Absolutism
over the nation's exchequer, which is the perfection
of absolutism, has ended in financial beggary; and
His Royal Highness will not deny that Imperialism
sprung from the army and people, and sticking at
nothing, has failed even in the hands of a con-
fessedly clever man. But if he looks to the south-
east of Europe, he sees purely hereditary Imperialism
in even worse plight. Bankrupt that is also, and,
at the same time, utterly unable to govern its own
territories. Louis NAPOLEON has not half his
empire hostile to him and governed by martial law
only. The people who elected him do at least obey
him. They do not refuse to pay taxes, and they
subscribe willingly to his loans. The French Im-
perial beggar can probably have the forty millions
of his actual deficit at once if he chooses to ask for it,
the Austrian Imperial bankrupt could hardly raise
four millions,except on terms extravagantly usurious.
On the whole the verdict must be that mob Im-
perialism is bad;pretorian and ballot-box Imperialism
worse; but purely hereditary right Divine Impe-
rialism worst of all—worst in the trial which all
three are now undergoing. We hope his Royal
Highness will soon have to make another Trinity
House oration, and will tell us how far he concurs
with our views of Governments on trial.
All we now wait for is to see the proofs which
the Dictator of France, and the would be dictator of
Europe, will give us of the sincerity of his newpolicy
Things stand thus. The EMPEROR needs a loan.
That is clear. A frank statement of the state of
affairs, and adoption of checks on future extrava-
gance are the undoubtedly best means of negotia-
ting a loan on favourable terms, When the loan is ob-
tained, and temporary ease returns, will the old prac-
tices return also. Can the court help spending ? Can
the works on which so many thousands are em-
ployed be stopped ? Can the Navy, can the Army
be reduced consistently with imperial ambition ?
Is Imperial penitence more to be relied upon than
that of another personage who when sick would
even be a monk. This is what Europe wants to
see. Two loopholes the EMPEROR has yet left
himself. The power to transfer funds from one de-
partment to another, so that what is voted for Agri-
culture and Education may be spent, if the EM-
PEROR so wills it, on War. ;The other, that, by the
very nature of his Government, he can not only
again dismiss a Minister, but meal his right to de-
cree supplementary credits, and thus recommence at
pleasure his secret preparations against any
country he means to victimise. Prompt and
bona fide reductions of Army and Navy will be
the first omen for good, if good be really intended,

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the Account, are now at 69f 40c. Railways have
been similarly acted on. The following are the
last quotations :--
41 per per Cents ... 96 20 Credit Fancier l2lO
Do, cud month.... 96 30 , Belgian 41 99 75
3 per Cents
...... 69 35 Piedmonteso Fives (3B 55
Do. end month.... 69 45 ' Roman
Bank Shares ...... 29`: 0 i Austrian
Credit Mobilier.. , . 760
Do. Account...... —; Spanish Threes 49 25
762 50 i Home Debt
RAILWAYS.

C
Orleans ................ I.33ash. Account,s 1337
Northern .............. 985 986 25 50
New ditto .............. 910 .. 911 25
Lyons and Mediterranean 1027 50 .. 1030
Geneva..
.............. •
•
Southern .............. 650 •
• 652 50
EWestern . •
........... 555 537 50
Sastern .............. 575 .577 50
ardinian .............. 352 50 .. 352 50
Austrian .......... 606 25 .. 507 50 L0mbard......... 518 75 .. 620