The Sun.
London, England, 1857-10-22 00:00:00

LYCEIINI-ENGLISH OPERA.

An English version of the " Trovatore" was produced
last night to a crowded house, and with great success.
On the present occasion, though the performers were not
the stars of the Italian stage, yet they acquitted them-
selves well, and produced an effective ensemble. Mr.
Augustus Braham surpassed himself in the character of
Manrico : we never saw and hoard him to so much ad-
vantage. He sang, indeed, with remarkable sweetness,
and some of his principal efforts were most warmly re-
ceived. Madame Caradori's Leonora was a musician-
like performance, and Miss Susan Pyne's Acuenza
showed con:,iderable dramatic power. Mr. Ferdinand
Glover, as the Count de Luna, showed himself a mare
novice as an actor. But he is a singer of rare merit.
The opera is admirably put upon the stage ; the cos-
tumes, scenery, and decorations being rich and beautiful.

LYCEUM THEATRE.—Mr. BaNe's new opera, founded,
we hear, on "The Muleteers of Toledo," a piece pro
duced some time ag) at the Princess's, is in active
rehearsal, and will be ready for production, it is sup-
posed, at the end of next week.
HERRING TRADE.—WICK, Oct. 15.—N0 sales of her-
riegs have taken place, so far as wo can learn, since V.e
ewe of our last, at which time prices ruled at 365. 9d.
for full crown brands, and 325. for epents. Of the latter
the stock is sold out, and now that continental prices
are rather on the decline, it is fortunate that the quan-
tity of the former is also small. Price of red herrings
at Wick, 40e. per barrel.—John o'Groat Journal.
A SECOND SILK CROP.—A singular experiment, which
may lead to valuable results, has just been made at
Toulouse. A lady, the wife of a captain quartermaster,
put an ounce of silkworms' eggs to hatch in September
last, and fed the young worms with the leaves of the
mulberry tree as usual. The worms have thriven better
than in May last ; none of them have died, and they
are now spinning their cocoons. This success is, per-
haps, in a great measure attributable to the mild weather,
for which this autumn has been so remarkable ; at any
rate, the above fact shows that the second crop of mulberry
leaves is quite as good food for the silkworm as the first,
contrary to the opinion of the majority of silk growers.
—Galignani,
Tao NICK or Timo.—As the late Earl Fitzhardinge's
rent-roll is supposed to have been about 40,000/. a-y, ar,
a nice point, it is remarked, may arise on the question
cf the precise hour of his death, which is announced as
having taken place " about midnight" between the 10',h
and 11th inst. His rents were payable at " old time,"
that is, Old Lady-day and Old Michaelmas-day. Old
Michaelmas-day fell this year on Sunday, the 11th inst.,
and the day begin. at midnight. New the rent is due
upon the first moment of the day it becomes due, so that
at one second beyond 12 o'clock of the 10th inst., rent
payable at Old Michaelmas Day is in law due. If the
earl died before 12 the rents belong to the parties taking
the estate, but if after 12, then they belong to, and form
port of, his personal estate ; so that the difference of one
minute might involve a question as to the title of about
20,0001. ; a nice question for lawyer-N.—Guardian.

CARLISLE AND HAWN/X.—lt is now certain that there
will he a struggle between the Caledonian and North
British Companies for this line. The former company
will be supported by the Duke of Buccleuch, who etre-
nuously supports the Langholm route, and by the people
of that town; while the Liddesdale line will receive the
support of Sir James Graham and Sir William Elliott,
also extensive landowners, through whose estates it will
run, and by the town councils of Hawick, Galashiels,
and Selkirk. Which of these parties is most likely to
be successful it would at present be unsafe to predict.
It appears that the expenses of the recent contest amount
to 10,0001. ; but the North British Company engage io
defray the whole cost of the approaching struggle
themselves.---Glatgow Daily Mail.
WAGES IN CANADA.—Bricklayers, 7s to 8s fid ;
masons, 6s to 7s ; stone-cutters, 5s to 7s ; joiners, 53
to 73; carpenters, 6s 3d to 7s 6d ; tinsmiths, 53 to 5s 6d ;
painters, 5s to 6s ; grainers, 6. to 7s ; hatters, 6s to 7e ;
printers (compositors), 6s to 73; ditto (power pressmen),
64 to Gs 8d; tailors (male), Is to ss; ditto (femalt), Is
to 23; shoemakers, 43 to 5s ; upholsterers, 5s to Os;
coopers, 3s to 4s; farm labourers (with board), 2s to
3s; day labourers, 2s 3d to 33 9d • boys and girls, 12 to
18 (with board), 9d to is 3d ; railway labourers, 4s to
53 ; needlewomen (with board), is to 2s ; dressmakers
(with board), is 3d to 21; servant u aids (per month),
12. 2d to 243 4d ; servant boys, 12s 6d to 25s ; servant
men, SOs to 50s. The addition of one-fourth to sterling
money brings it as nearly as possible into Halifax cur-
rency— the standard by which all mercantile and mone-
tary affairs are settled here.
MUNIFICENT LEGACIES TO THE LIVERPOOL CHARITIES.
—Mr. Thomas Watkinson, of Liverpool, who died on
the 14th inst., at his residence, Kensington, near that
town, and who lived and died a bachelor, has left about
60,0001. amongst his distant relatives and friends, The
father of Mr. Watkineon was a retired Liverpool trades-
man, and the son has not forgotten the charities of his
native town, having instructed his executors to distri-
bute 4,700/. amongst them as follows :—Toe Infirmary
and Lunatic Asylum, 500/. ; the North Dispensary,
0001. ; the South Dispensary, 5001. ; the Northern
Hospital, 500/. ; the Southern Hospital, 5001. ; the
Blue Coat Hospital, 5001. ; the School fir the Indigent
Bend, 5001.; the Deaf and Dumb Institution, 1001. ;
the Ladies' Cearity, 2501. ; the District Provident So-
ciety, 100/. ; the Female Orphan Asylum, 2501 ; the
Boys' Orphan Asylum, 2501.; the Strangers' Friend
Society, 250/. Mr. Watkinsun has appointed a doctor,
a lawyer, and a divine as his executors, viz., Dr. O'Don-
nell, Mr Stone, and the Rev. T. Gardner, of Stanley,
to each of whom he has bequeathed a legacy of 1,0001.,
as a testimony of his personal regard, and for the trouble
they may have in winding up his estate.
SALE OF CHURCH PREFERMENT.— Yesterday, at Gar-
raway's Sale-room, Change.alley, Cornhill, Mr. Clark,
of the firm of Messrs. Farebrother, Clark, and Lye,
offered to pubic auction the next presentation to the
valuable rectory of Woodhana Walter, near Maldon,
Essex, The annual income of the living' is derived from
the tithe-cerninuted rent. charge, awarded at 5601., 45
acres of glebe lend, residence, and fees, amounting to
648/. The value, according to the Clergy List, is 437/. ;
tae value in the "King's Book," 121. 13i. 10. The
incumbent has held the living for nearly 40 years, and is
now in his 76th year, and, therefore, according to the
tables, it was stated by the auctioneer, his life may be
expected to be only four or five years longer. The popu-
lation of the parish is 540, and the neighbourhood de
scribed as being very select. It was st ded that the
advowson of the living could be purchased, as it was
held by a relative of the vendor of the next presentation.
Previous to putting up the property, the auctioneer
remarked that the Press frequently ceu-ured the sale of
the cure of souls, but that was not a matter for his con-
sideration, f r as long as it was legal to do so, he woul
continue to cell church livings as well as any other pro-
perty pat into his hands—knocked down at 4,9001.
"TEnnottaX."—There has been a good deal of di
custioa in the newspapers about this word, and its claim
to be accepted as legitimately derived from the two
Greek words out of which the word "telegraph" has
been formed. In the course of that discussion it has
been several times stated, in letters to the 7imes, that
the word "telegram" originated in the columns of that
journal ; and the Tines was evidently as well disposed to
" own the soft impeachment" as Mrs. Malaprop could
possibly be. The statement, however, is altogether
erroneous. So far as we know, the word first appeared
in the Times, when giving the first despatch from Cag-
liari, about two months ago ; and then it was communi-
cated from the Foreign-office, not only to the Times, but
to the other London papers. So far as we can discover,
the word was first used in India, and appears frequently
in the papers relative to the mutinies in the East Indies,
laid before Parliament during the present session. The
earliest instance of its use that we have been able to
find is contained in a letter from Major Birch, secretary
to the Governor• General, to Major-General Hearsey,
dated Calcutta, April 21, 1857, which says :—" A tele-
gram to the following effect has this day been trans-
mitted to you." Subsequently to that date the word
appears frequently in the papers.—Manchester Guardian.
INVENTION FOR SUBMERGING SUBMARINE CABLES.—
A. rather numerous meeting of engineers was held at
the Town-hall, Manchester, yesterday morning, to re-
ceive from Mr. John De la Haye ( me of the firm of Da
la Haye and Bloom) an explanation of a new invention
for which he has taken out a patent for submerging sub-
marine electric cables. Mr. Richard Roberts presided,
and Mr. De la Haye said his attention had been drawn
to the subject by the failures in laying the Mediter-
ranean and Atlantic telegraph cables. The plan be
would adopt would be to encase a cable, prepared like
that for the Atlantic Ocean, in a soluble compound
(the composition of which he would not now mention),
capable of floating it for a time on the surface of the
water. The coating he proposed to use for this purpose
be supposed would hold it on the surface of the waves,
whilst about five miles of cable were paid out from the
vessel before it began to dissolve, and as it wouid die.
solve gradually, so the cable would sink gradually to
the bed of the ocean. By this means he calculated
that there would always be about five miles of cable
Icing on the surface of the water its the wake of the
,epsel, and the remainder would de,cribe an outline to
within one or two bundre.l feet of the ue t of ths ocean,
so that there would be comparatively little strain, and
consequently less liability of breakage. The cable would
descend into the ocean horizontally, instead of nearly
perpendicularly. Some questions were put to Mr. De
In Haye, but his proposition will be sufficiently under-
stood from the above short outline of the plan,