The Sun. — London, England, 1860-12-22 00:00:00

A DELPHI, NEW THEATRE-ROYAL. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Yr. Benj. Webster. Engagement for a limited number of nights of Miss Ames Robertson and Mr. Dion Roucicault, who will appear every evening: in the highly successful Drama of ".The Colleen Bawn." THIS EVENING, AN UGLY CUSTOMER. Messrs..l. L. Toole, C. Selby, and Warde ; Miss K. Kelly, and Miss E. Thorne. _ _ ----- After which, THE COLLEEN BAWN. D. Poneicault, D. Fisher, Billinnion, Falconer, Stephenson. C. J. Smith, Romer. Miss Ames Robertson, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Billington, and MrA. Chatterley. After which, TH&T BLESSED BABY. Mr. Billington, Mr. J. L Toole, and Miss K. Kelly. Doors open at half-past G—Commence at 7. Box-office open from i 0 till 5. No thane for bookino% Private boxes, £2 2s. ; Family Boxes. XI.. Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Balcony, Is. ; Front Circle Stalls, Its.; Pit Stalls, 25.; Pit, Is. did. ; Amphitheatre, is ; Gallery, 6d. I. OYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GARDEN—under the ManaLYement of Miss LOUISA rYNE and Mr. IV. HARRISON, Sole Lessees. THIS EVENING, BIANCA, THE BRAVO'S BRIDE. Miss Louisa Fyne. Miss Thirhvall; Mr. W. Harrison, Mr. A. Lawrence, Mr. H. Corti, Mr. St. Albyn, &c. Conductor—Mr. Alfred Mellon. And a DIVERTISSEMENT. Doors open at Seven. Commence at Half-past. ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GARDEN.—Under the Management of Miss Louisa Fyne and Mr. W. Harrison, Sole Lessees. IMPORTANT NOTICE. The Management find it necessary to announce to their Patrons that it will be impossible for a few nights at Christ mas to perform Balfe's eminently successful Opera with the Grand Pantomime. The time in representation and scenic preparation for an Tfarlequinade of such magnitude, renders the temporary suspension of the brilliant Opera imperative. Boxes and places will continue to be booked (Ally at the Box-office for the reproduction of the Opera at an early date. The sensation created with the public on the first represen tation of' Balfe's New Legendary Opera was most enthu- Mastic. Continuous applause marked its progress from the rise until the fall of the curtain. The demand for places daily at the Box-office to witness this great illusion work of our popular English Composer, places the Management in the proul position of announcing the per f orma nce of BIANCA, THE BRAVO'S BRIDE, Every Evening until further notice. THIS EVENING. and during the Week, Belle's New Legendary Opi , ra, BIANCA, THE BRAVO'S BRIDE : Miss Louisa Pyne, Miss Thirlwall ; Messrs. A. Lawrence, J. Wharton, H. Corgi. A. St. Albyn, G. Kelly, ltiallworth, T. Distin, Lyall, and W. Harrison. Conductor, Mr. Alfred Mellon. Orchestra of Eighty Performers. Chorus of Fifty Voices. Concluding with a DIVERTISSEMENT.—Stage manazer, Mr. Edward Stirling. Acting-manager Mr. Edward Murray. Doors open at 7 ; commence at half-past 7. No charge for booking, or fees to Box-keepers. A t Christmas a Grand Pantomime, entitled IT ARL E QUIN BLUE BEARD ; or, Britannia and the Fairy Hope. Morn ing Performances every Wednesday and Saturday. r OYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. Under the Management of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison, Sole Lessees. On BOXING NIGHT, Dec. ?(i, and every Evening', will be prodired. with en exnencliture hitherto unattempted, HARLEM:TEN BLUE BEARD, the treat Pantomine, pro duced by Mr. Diwarl Stir ; ernbrachw the chief panto mine talent of the day. A perfect galaxy of Clowng. .. r Mr. T!nrry Boleno, Mr. Henry Payne, Mr. Flillyard, and the Lilliputians. riarlequins,....Mr. Milano, Mr. P. Payne. Pantaloons Mr. Barnes, Mr. Tanner. Columbines Mme. Bolena, Miss Clara Morgan. Sprites. The Zelinslti'Fainily. Ballet 25 Ladies and Mr. W. IT. Payne. Gorgeous scenery, from the pencils of T. Grieve and Telbin, illu,tratintz• the moving events of the year ; decorations, by Blamire, on, a sca'e of magnitude and expenditure without parallel ; fairy costumes, by Miss James and Mr. Coombe:. ; Eastern splendour, proressions. marches, dqncine,', fun, and frolic, unitNi to magical transformations by Sloman, Pro ducing a combination of the grotesque and beautiful. recalling the golden days of pantomime for which Covent Garden stood alone and unanproached. Commencrng. at seven, with the popular operetta of the MARRIAGE OF GEORGETTE, in which Miss Louisa Pyne will appear. Order the carriages at half-past 11. • THEATR-E-ROYAL, lIAYIVIARKET. Lefoee, Mr. J. B. Backstme. EVENT NG the Porthrmimes will with LONDON ASSURANCE. Lady Gay Spanker (first time) Miss Amy Sedpvick• After which, THE LADIES' CLUB, in which Miss Amy Sedgwiek will appear. Commence at 7; OYA T, PRINCESS'S T.H.EATRE,— Enesee and Hanger, Mr. A. Hanle. TUTS EVENING, the performances will commence with SUSAN SMITH. To be followed by. at S o'clock, THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. Supported by Messrs. Pechter, A. .Harris, Meadows, Graham, Shore, and Miss Murray. To cop:lude with THE GARIBALDI EXCURSIONISTS NEW THEATRE-ROYAL. ADELPHI.- Sole Proprietor and Mankzer, Mr. B. Webster. CHRISTMAS EVE. Monday Holiday Night (by desire), THE COLLEEN BAWN. and Mrs. Boncicanit. Boxes and places to be had at the Box-office, from 10 till 3. lco charge for.booking. A:ting Manager—Mr. W. Smith. Manz zer—Y - J. Wm. Smith. STLEV'S ROYAL AMPHITTTF ATI:M.- - Proprietor and ..i,ranaf: f er.mr. B trur. Crowded nous2s nightly io witnes the Lions and the great Bruto Tamer. Miss Ilebecc -7 .1: rver,lll7. Notic , .—Th,re will be no half-price durine; the enfrlsr ment of' the Lions. except for children under ten years of ap,7„ and then to Pit and Boxes only. This Eveninz, a new Spectacle, entitled TILE LION CONT7.'III,OIZ.; or, The . Death .1nr.7.1e, expres;ly for the introduction of the Wonders of the World. "The G rour.‘e of Pori orming• Lions." The Lion (7mritteror, Mr. J. Cnrkott. To he e. , 1 by qeor. es. in the Arena, supported by talented Parision and Br! isle Artistes , . Coneludincr with the Yrst Ae of THE DATTGHT.ER. OF THE REGIMENT. Marie, Riss Rebecca Isaacs. Doors open at half-rest C, r,.ert , rmance commence at 7. Box-office open daily from 11 till 4 at } nP Vpna , zer_Mr. W. wRg-r. Director of the Arena—Mr. Pearson. Elfty'q Prize Pnntomime will be produced on a scale of great ynagniflence at Christmas. CANTERBURY HALL. Open Every Evening at Seven. GRAND SEVECTTON ,4 (First 'lime) from LA FTGLIA DEL REPrIMEI4.ZTO(Donizetti),.NORMA, SONNAMBULA, and MARTHA. Principal Artiste 3 Miss RUSSELL, Madame MARIA, Miss TyRRELL, Miss WILLIAMS, Mr. HENRY HERBERT, C. W. BERNARD, and Signor TIVOLI Mnsical Director...., Mr. F. JONGTIMANS. The Comic Department compri , es Messrs. J. BLANcrr Ann, A. 13. IlnLLl2sosworvrtr, Master BARRY, G. W. PELL, Crr.autmv Fox, and E. MAnsnA.Lt. • The Fine Arts Gallery has been enriched by the addition of the late John •Martin's three Grand Pictures—viz., "THE GREAT DAY of HIS WRATH." THE PLAINS of HgATEN," and "THE LAST JUDGMENT," on .view until 12 o'clock at Night. THB WEATIEER.—Surt OFEICR, DEC. 22, 1560. THEMMOMETER, IN THE SHA.DII. at—highest since noon yesterday. 29- I _owest this morning and during the night. 3Z—this day at noon. _ „ ZARomET2R --29 . 81 . ortherly ; with dull cold weather, and light snow falling during last night and this morning. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THI3 DAY.—Morning, Sh. 39m.--Afternoon, 9h. urn To-meanow.-Morning, 9h. 45m.---AftLArnoon, 10h. 18131 . . pc;,, , fi x c m. , t, ---r 4 --!-- -,',,t_ .:34,:f:-37,-,--,-7‘ .- -, ,-,--,. , :p.-„ ; 4 4 ,?, , ; t 5 ; ,•, : , 1 0 „,..„„.....z zil „,,,, ~ Fc f::-'4:-.1"-t.,..,"4,,--", i","'Z'A' ,, - .-- •,,,..z . ~.... THE SUN. LONDON, SATURDAY, DEC. 22, 1860. ..~. --Y- Supposing a French army of invasion were actually, somehow or other, to effect a landing on these shores in spite of the vigilence of our Channel fleet. Supposing this French army of invasion to have fairly advanced upon London, by : a still more extraordinary evasion of our own regular array and of our Volunteers. Supposing the capital of England, the capital of the British Empire, to have absolutely fallen into the enemy's possession—juit as Paris fell into the hands of the Allies in 1814, an i again a but one short year afterwards. S upp "A - InK all these astounding 1 events to have occurred, and then suppose, as a sequel to all th is, that th e Church Property after, 300 y ears , f or re were announced aga in distribution ! Westminster Abbey again to resound, after a lapse of three centuries, with the music of e t r High Mass, to be filled wi th the fumes of censers, to vibrate from parapet to b asement with h s e , discharges of artillery and the tolling of the great bourdota at the Elevation. _ Well—it is pretty nearly a counterpart of this, that has but just now been witnessed out at the opposite extremity of this old eastern hemisphere. Remembering always, of course, that the invaded and conquered nation is a huge and plastic, and yielding mass of 400,000,000—instead of an impenetrable and stubborn, and whollyun-yielding body 0r30,000,000. With that one- certainly very important — difference : yonder in the Far East is in a great measure the .very counterpart of what we have here been Supposing. After a couple of centuries or so have elapsed since last the Roman Catholic Missionaries in China performed the offices of their religion with all their accustomed pomps and ceremonials in the great churches and cathedrals erected there by those ecclesiastical chiefs and champions of Roman Catholiciatn,—the Cross hag beeniaised again to the the summit of these old Christian edifices—nay, we now learn from the Aioniteur of yesterday, that on the 29th of last October, a Te Deum was solemly chanted in the Cathedral at Pekin, and together with the Te Don, the Domine Salvuin fac Imperatorem nos train—not, we may be sure HIEN-FUNG but— NAPOLEONEM. The Illoniteur has further announced that all the churches, all the cemeteries, and all their depen dencies (meaning of course by this all the chnrch lands, schools, &c.), formerly belonging to the Christians (otherwise the Roman Cathelics, other wise the Jesuits) throughout the Chinese Empire shall be restored to them—through the medium of the French Ambassador ! No wonder the Cross was raised in exultation over this grand occurrence to the summit of the restored Cathedral of Pekin, or that the Te Deum and the Dwane Salvum were sung there on the 29th of October in celebration of it ! What a fluttering of the Volscians would there not be, by the way—supposing this sort of revivification to be applied nearer home than China and to be thereupon notified by a kindred -celebra tion ! Take a peep into WILLIAM COBBETT'S cata logue of the church lands and edifices portioned out—and then imagine for a moment the incident of some such eomprehensive reclamation ! " All the churches and the cemeteries and their depen dencies formerly belonging, &c., throughout the United Kingdom, to be returned through the medium of the Minister of France !" Fancy a notification like that appearing in an extraordinary supplement of the London Gazette, or say of an extraordinary edition of the Moniteur published in London. Baron GROS is certainly causing the good teak-built Imperial ship Gallia to forge ahead of her European convoy out in that remote and treacherous sea of Chinese diplomacy —and it will be well, judging of his policy out there from his own revelation of it in his last de spatches to the Imperial Government, it will be well for France, for the Allies, for Europe, if he do not advance too far ahead at this rate for the interests of prudence. The Ultimatum of Shan ghae, the French Minister writes to the Imperial Government at home, under date the 7th ultimo, has been accepted. He adds, moreover, what we know already, but what it is plea sant to have reasserted thus all over again, that an exchange had taken place of the ratifications of the Treaty of Tien-tsin, The exact amount of the indemnity to be paid down to France is also par ticularised. It is expressed in the round sum of 30,000,000fr.-3,7i0,000fr. out of the 30,000,000 fr. to be paid down in hard cash by the Chinese on the 30th of November. And added to the intima tion of all this, and of the restitution already men tioned of churches, and cemeteries, and their de pendencies to the Christian population of the empire, headed by the once more tolerated Christian mis sionaries—comes the supplementary announcement that the emigration of Coolies will be henceforth permitted by the vanquished Chinese Government. There is another notification in regard to these recent tidings from the late scat of war in China, another notification officially published in the Illoniteur yet remaining to be especially referred to. It sets forth with a rather ill-tempered and thoroughly irritated preamble to the effect that " Certain organs of the English press persist with the most inexplicable obstinacy in entertaining their readers with accounts of fabulous spoil with hich every French soldier will return after the pretended sack of the Imperial Palace of Pekin"— that is, of course, the palace of YtEN-MING-YITEN. In demonstration for once and for all of the now indisputable fact that these same rumours of the enormous and excessive spoil seized upon by the French soldiers, the ,Ifoniteur then gives U 3 entire that important despatch written upon the Bth cf October by General MON.! TATMAN, recounting in a very graphic and explicit manner the history of the capture and of the sub sequent looting of that summer Palace of the Chinese Emperor—YUEN-MING-YUEN. In regard to the wondrous magnificence, of which imperial residence, writes the French General,—" It is im possible, M. le Marechal, for me to describe to you the wonders of this Imperial habitation. Nothing in Europe can convey an idea of such luxury. shall not attempt to describe its splendours in these hasty lines." While we are yet waiting for the detailed description of the palace itself and its treasures, a description that will in all human likelihood come to hand in our next China despatches, it is gratifying to know now for an absolute certainty that French and English have shared and shared alike in the distribution of the gorgeous spoil thus secured by the Allied armaments. The " triangular duel" of Hungary, Venetia, and Austria still continues with vigour, Austria of course occupying the obtuse angle in the affair, and receiving the fire from both the other angles. Very different indeed are the weapons at the command of the two provinces in their fight with the old archducal province which has so long domineered over both. Yet, imperfect as their equipment is, the two against one may prove too much for the one, Hungary is strong in herself, in her numbers, and her legal and tradititonal rights ; Venetia, strong in her right also, but makes up for smallness of population by being part of the 24 millions of Italians who have GARIBALDI for a general, and VICTOR EMMANUEL for a constitutional King; and also by the convic tion of all Europe that Austria is bound to emanci pate her for a reasonable consideration, a convic tion illustrated by Paris pamphlets, everywhere read, and by the pen of the ominous M. GRAND GUILLOT of the Constitutionnel. Hungary is performing her part at present admi• rably. As yet the tumults have been but few, not more than sufficient to show that the popular feel ing is ready for action whenever it may be required, and that the general order which prevails is due, not to deficiency of hatred to Austria, but to the conviction that they shall be able to get rid of her agents by peaceable means. The struggle with the Austrians by legal means and passive resistance is quite interesting for us Englishmen to witness, resembling, as it does so much, those of our best patriots, with our HAPSBURGS —the STUARTS. The Hungarians are effect ing everything by insisting on legal right against illegal prerogative. They assume, most justly, that eve r ythi ng d one by th e Austrian Government since 1848 i s c l ear ly ill ega l ; they pass over, for the present at least, the declaration 'of independence at Debrcczin and the separation from Austria in 1849 , and ma i ntain that the laws of 1848 sanction c d NAND himself, are , and freely sanctioned by FERDI the last legal basis of Hapsburg Government. All that has been octroyed since then by the Vienna Government has no more foundation in law and c onstitutional right than the mos t arbitrary act s of the STUARTS. r r,when, a f ter the battle ground which Hun • gaian This s is, assumedsubstantially, from thestth efi of Solferino, the fri g htened Gover nment began t o feel its way, by the patent Offered to the Protestant ' Church—" the octroyed church constithtion: , B ut the people demanded restoration of theirleo.als tatus, thereby asserting the illegal yit of all done in Church matters since 1848. Since then the greater struggle THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 22, 1860. for civil liberty has commenced, and the offers, which looked so liberal, were quickly scouted as a - delusion and a sham ; the two points chiefly insisted on being, that they gave Hungary no control over her taxation or her army. In opposi tion to all the octroyed arrangements, the Hungarians have persistently demanded the laws of 1848. They are right. These laws have a clear historical position ; a clear constitutional sanction ; they are associated with no acts of resist ance ; they were regularly voted by the Diet,' accepted by the King of HUNGARY, and joyfully received by the people. But the Hungarians are not only demanding from the Emperor of AUSTRIA that, as King of Hungary, he should restore these laws, they are acting upon them in defiance of him. He appoints functionaries of various kinds and makes rules for their conduct ; but the functionaries themselves assume the old Hungarian titles, and act on the old system. Thus at Pesth Count STEPHEN CAROLYT, named an " Administrator" of the Comitat, meets it under the title of fo-ispan, con firmed on him legally in 1848, an office which he never resigned, from which he has never been dismissed, and to which therefore he still lays claim ! He was enjoined not to allow more than 500 to assemble as a commission, but he receives 700! Again, on the 11th of this month, his de puty presiding, this commission voted the illegality of the appointment by the Viennese Government of Baron VAY to the Chancellorship—the principal office in Hungary—because it had been abolished in 1848 for a responsible Ministry, and only ac knowledgedhim as a temporary officer. They re quired an early assembly of the Diet. Convene the Hungarians in what way it will, and appeal to men of what class it likes, the Austrian Govern ment finds but one response—its acts are treated as interim proceedings, and 1848 is the mortifying cry. On the 18th ult. at the conference at Gran, under the presidency of the venerable Archbishop, the unanimous resolution was for the electoral law of 1848, and the primate himself urged the early assembling of the Diet. It is not easy to see how Austria will be able to meet the reasonable demands of Hungary. It may snit her to regard that kingdom as a sub ordinate province of the Austrian Empire, but she has not the shadow of a legal title to do so. Diplo matists may think Hungary but a fragment of Aus tria, but they cannot unmake the legal rights of 800 years and more. The Emperor of AUSTRIA can be nothing else but King of a Constitutional Hun gary—that is the fundamental relation he sustains to the country. The Russian invasion certainly could not cancel the constitutional laws and rights of Hungary ; a personal union, not an amalgamation or absorption, is the only legal relation between the Governments of Vienna and Presburg ; and, if another system be desirable, it must be brought about as our union with Scotland—it must be the voluntary act of both parties. We hope next session some competent mem ber will catechise our Government as to its views and its acts, if there have been any, in regard to Hungary. We have Lord PALMERSTON'S and Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S sad ladies of 1848-9 to atone for. They used very unwarrantable language in regard to Hungary, and treated her in all respects on the opposite principles to those which they now act on in regard to Italy. Tbey tolerated, though professing to re gret it, the Russian invasion. Altogether they sympathised practically with Austrian despotism more than with Hungarian liberties. Had England but used, for Hungary the moral influence she has exerted for Italy, Hungary would have been free for this last 12 years, and would have been a splendid theatre for the opera tions of our commerce; for she had inaugurated free trade under KOSSUTII, and her raw produce of almost all kinds would have been welcomed here, as the produce of our looms and forges would have been there. England has done well for Italy. She must do as well for Hungary. NB. RULLAI. r N 1r 4.24 ' L. • REUTER'S TELEGRAMS. PARIS, DEC. 21 (EvENTNG). The Constitutionnel contains a second article, signed by its chief editor (M. Grandguillot), on the subject of Austria and Venetia. M. Grand. guillot says :-- _ " France will never suffer the return to an offen sive policy by Austria in Lombardy." M. Grandguillot explains that another Power, from divers motives, is equally contrary to Austrian domination in Italy. NAPLES, DEC. 21. It is rumoured that a correspondence has been discovered between a member of the clergy and the King at Gaeta. DRESDEN, DEC. 21. The official Dresden Journal of to-day contains the following : " Count Ladislaus Teleki, the Hungarian re• fugee, who had arrived here with a false English passport, has been arrested and delivered up to Austria." TRIESTE, DEC. 21. The Triester Zeitung publishes letters from Mon tenegro denying the reports:that Godinge would be ceded to France for the purposes of colonisation. BERNE, DEC. 21. The National Council, in its sitting of to-day, took into consideration the decree concerning the construction of military roads in the Alps sub mitted to it by the Federal Council. The National Council resolved upon returning this project to the Federal Council for a definitive report (to be made in the course of the next session) on the negotiations with the different cantons for its realisation, and on the pecuniary sacrifices which the construction of these roads might involve. The National Council then resolved to adjourn its sittings until the Federal Council should again consider its convocation necessary. FRANCE. PARIS, DEC. 21. BOURSE, Dec. 21.—Up to the present time specu lators have been rather sellers, and the business done has been at quotations below those of yester day. For the Account, Threes are now at 68f 40c ; Mobilier, 765 f ; Orleans, 1,380 f ; Northern, 990 f ; Mediterranean, 910 f ; Austrian, 507 f ; Lombard, 482 f 50c. The following were the last quotations 41 per per Cents ... 96 50 Credit Foncier 930 Do end month.... Belgian 4/ 9B 50 3 per Cents Do. end month 6B 401 Roman Bank Shares 2940 Austrian Credit Mobilier.... 760 i Spanish Threes 5l Do. Account 762 54 Home Debt MANIFESTO OF TIIE TUNG OF ;VA PLER. The following is the text of the Manifesto which, as announced by telegraph, hus been addressed by King Francis 11. to the people of the Two Sicilies " Gaeta, Dec. 8. " People of the Two Sicilies,—From this place, in which I defend more than my Crown—the indepen dence of the country—your Sovereign raises his voice to console you in your sorrows, and to promise you happier times. Equall3 betrayed, equally de. spoiled, we will rise together from our misfortunes. The work of iniquity has never lasted long, and usurpations a - ie not eternal. " I treated calumnies with contempt, and regarded trcassn with disdain, so long as they were directed against ma alone. I have fought, not for myself, but for the honour of the name we bear. But when I see my beloved subjects a prey to all the evils of foreign domination—when I see them, a conquered people, carry their blood and their property to other countries, and behold them trampled under foot by a foreign nation, my Neapolitan heart beats with indignation in my breast, and I am consoled solely by the loyalty of my brave army, and by the spec tacle of the noble protests which are made in all parts of the kingdom against the triumphs of vio lence and fraud, " I am a Neapolitan ; born among you, I have never breathed any other air, never seen any other country ; I kno w no other country than my native land. All my affections are in the kingdom; your customs are my customs ; your language is my lan guage; your ambition is my ambition. Heir of an ancient dynasty, which for long years reigned over these beautiful provinces, and re established their independence, I do not come, after having despoiled orphans of their patrimony and the Church of its possessions, to seize by foreign force the most delightful part of Italy. lam a prince who is yours, and who has sacrificed everything to his desire to preserve peace, concord, and prosperity among his subjects. " The entire world has seen that, in order not to shed blood, I have preferred risking my Crown. Traitors, paid by the foreign enemy, seated them selves in my Council by the side of faithful ser vants; but, in the sincerity of my heart, I could not believe in treason. It was too painful to me to punish ; I suffered at the idea of opening, after so many misfortunes, an era of pet secutions ; and thus the disloyalty of some and my clemency facilitated the invasion which was accomplished by means of adventurers, and by paralyzing the fidelity of my people and the bravery of my soldiers. "Although the object of continual conspiracies, I have not shed a drop of blood, and my conduct has been accused of weakness. If the most tender love for my subjects, if the natural confidence of youth in the uprightness of others, if an instinctive horror of blood merit that name—yes, assuredly I have been weak. At the moment at which the ruin of my enemies was certain 1 held back the arm of my Generals, in order not to consummate the destruc tion of Palermo. I preferred to abandon Naples, my home, my dear capital, without being driven away by 3 ou, in order not to expose it to the hor rors of a bombardment like those which subse quently took place at Capua and Ancona. I be lieved with good faith that the King of Piedmont, who called himself my brother and my friend, who protested to me that he disapproved the invasion of Garibaldi, and who negotiated with my Govern ment a close alliance for the true interests of Italy, would not have broken all treaties and violated all laws, for the purpose of invading my States in full peace, without any motives, and without any de claration of war. These are my faults ; but I prefer my misfortunes to the triumphs of my adversaries. " I gave an amnesty ; I opened the gates of the country to all exiles; 1 accorded a constitution to my people; and assuredly I have not violated the promises I made. I was prepared to guarantee to Sicily free institutions which, with a separate Parliament, would have consecrated her adminis trative and economic independence, and removed at once all motives of distrust and discontent. I summoned to my councils the men who seemed to me the most acceptable to public opinion under the circumstances; and, so far as the incessant aggres sions of which I have been the victim permitted, I laboured with ardour in'effecting reforms, and in promoting the progress and prosperity of our com mon country. " It is not intestine discords that have wrung from me my kingdom.; but I am vanquished by the unjustifiable invasion of a foreign enemy. The Two Sicilies, with the exception of Gaeta and Messina, the last asylums of their independence, are in the hands of Piedmont. And what has the revolution procured for the people of Naples and Sicily ? Look at the situation which the country presents. The finances, formerly so flourishing, are completely ruined, the administratiord is in chaos, individual security does not exist, the prisons are full of persons arrested on suspicion ; instead of liberty, the state of siege is established in the provinces: and a foreign General publishes martial law, and decrees that all those of my subjects who do not bow before the.flag of Sardinia shall be immediately shot. Assassination is recompensed regicide obtains an apotheosis, respect of the holy worship of our fathers is called fanaticism ; promoters of civil war, traitors to the country, receive pensions which the pacific citizen has to pay. Anarchy is everywhere. Foreign adventurers have laid hands on everything to satisfy the avidity or the passions of their com panions. Men who have never seen this part of Italy. or who, from long absence, have forgotten its wants, constitute our Government. Instead of the free institutions which I gave you, and which I de . sired to de velope, you have had the most ruthless dictatorship and martial law now replaces the Con stitution. Beneath the attacks of your dominators disappears the ancient monarchy of Roger and Charles 111. and the two Sicilies have been declared provinces of a distant kingdom. Naples and Palermo will henceforth be governed by prefects coming from Turin. "There is a remedy for these evils, and for the still greater calamities which I foresee—namely, concord, resolution, faith in the future. Unite around the throne of your fathers—let forgetful ness cover for ever the errors of all ; let the past never be a pretext for vengeance, but a salutary lesson for the future. I have confidence in the jus tice of Providence, and whatever may be my fate I will be faithful to my people and to the institutions which I have accorded to them. Administrative and economic independence of each of the Two Sici lies, with a Parliament for each, and a complete amnesty for all political acts—such is my p . ro• gramme. With any other bases than these the country will be plunged into despotism and anarchy. " Defender of the independence of the country, I remain and fight here in order not to abandon a trust which is so holy and dear to me. If authority return to my hands, I shall employ it to protect all rights, to respect all property, to guarantee the persons and possessions of my subjects against op pression and pillage. If Providence in its profound designs permits the last bulwark of the monarchy to fall beneath the blows of a foreign enemy, I will retire with a conscience without reproach, with immovable faith, with unchangeable resolu tion; and while waiting for the veritable hour of justice, 'I will offer most fervent prayers for the prosperity of my co untry, and for the f e li c it y o f those populations who form the largest and the dearest portion of Loy family. " May Almighty God , and the im n.aculate and invincible the protectres s o f our country, support o Virgin, u rVi common i cause. " FRANCIS." UNBAPTISED CHILDREN. —A correspondent writes to us from Elham, says the South Eastern Gazette, re questing us to state that recently an inhabitant of, that place lost a young child by death, who had not been bap tised. The consequence was that the clergyman, when requested to do so, refused to read over it the burial ser • vice, and would not even permit it to be buried in the churchyard till after dark, as though the infant had com mitted felo de se, or the burial ground was the property of the officiating minister for the time being, instead of be longing to the whole body of the parishioners, who have had to pay for it 20 times over. In a neighboufing parish a similar incident lately occurred, when the clergyman there told the mother that all unbaptised children " become hobgoblins after death," and are not psrmitted to, go to IieRTOU, 71 - 1 E PRNIN';ULAR 31.41 L. SOUTHAMPTON, SATURDAY. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer S ultan, Capt. Cook, with the above mail, has arrived. She brings 17 passengers, £1.510 in specie, and 3,300 packages of cargo, consisting chiefly of oranges. S:le spoke the Tagus, bound for Lisbon, on the 9rh inst. The Tyne' sailed from Lisbon for the Brazils on he 14th inst. Her INlAjesty's ship Mersey left Lisbon for the West Indies on the 15th inst. In Lisbon harbour were her Majesty's ship Cell• ,urion and. the Portuguese squEdron. A great many vessels were anchored outside the bar of Oporto. At Lisbon, on the 17th inst., exchange on Lon don, three months, was quoted 54 7 4 ; Paris, 528 Amsterdam, 421; Hamburg, 48; Genoa, 527 ; Renter, 3 per cent. interest from January, 1861, 463, ; Coupons, 451; Deferred, 37; Bank of Por tugal shares, 262 milreis ; Commercial Bank of Opoi to and Mercantile Bank, 260 miireis, II ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The first pantomime that has ever been produced on this stage has been written by*Mr. E. L. Blanchard, expressly to e.raploy the vast operatic and choregraphic resources of t'ais establishMent, and, founded upon the familiar old English story of that name, is entitled " Harlequin and Tom Thumb ; or, Merlin the Magician, and the Good Fairies of the Court of King Arthur." The miniature hero, personated by Miss Lilla Ross, goes through all the traditionary adventures recorded in the memorable nar rative, gets brought out of a magic album by the art of the great wizard of the northern climes, shaken up in a bag of cherry stones, tied up in a batter pudding, swallowed by a great red cow, further absorbed into the system of the giant Hurlothrumbo, is devoured by a salmon, and finally brought before the table of the great King Arthur, by whom he is knighted, and who appoints him a residence in the palatial mousetrap, whence he sallies forth on the expedition that leads to his legendary fate. Here, however, the good fairy interposes, and he is transformed into Harlequin, whilst the rest of the principal characters undergo the usual magical metamorphosis. The celebrated Lauri Family support the humours of the harlequinade, and the ballet and the choral departments figure conspi cuously in the opening. Mr. Williamßeverleyhas invented some most effective scenic contrivances for the embellishment or the opening; and Mr. Tully, by original music, has given some striking features to the vocal illustrations ; the masks and characteristic costumes by Dykwynkyn, the expenditure which has been gone to by the lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith, and the exertions made by the other artists engaged to develop the design of the author, will doubtless secure for the bur lesque ballet pantomime thus arranged all the additional advantages of adeqr.ate illustration, besides that to be de rived from the r:ovelty of such an entertainment in such an aristocratic region. .DRU.RY-LARE TBEATRE. The Christmas annual at this theatre, which for some years past has assumed a prominent position -in catering for the holiday folks, is entitled " Peter Wilkins; or, Harlequin and the Plying Women of the Load - stone Island," and proceeds, as usual, from the pen of Mr. E. L. Blanchard, who has adapted the plot of the charming story of Peter Wilkins, which has attained a celebrity almost equalling that of Robinson Crusoe. According to his version, which for dramatic purposes varies slightly from the original form, the hero, Peter Wilkins, is introduced to us as a Cornish miner, the first scene representtig the " Interior of a Tin Mine," and, being subjected to the tyranny of Black Ralph, the captain of the mire, he is hnt up in its depths all night, but he receive the friendly assistance of the Kobolde, or knock ing spirits of the mine, and is by them taken to glfinland, were he is assured that if he remains true to his fiat love, nothing ill shall befal him. Peter, who has been smitten with the charms of the fair Constantia, daughter of the Earl Fitz-Arthur Trevanion, is. confident of his constancy, but he is to V severely tested. Tired of the ill-usage of the hard-hearted and horny-handed Ralph, he resolves to go to sea, and we find him soon after, one of a busy crew on board the gallant ship The Adventurer, which is bound for a long voyage. When they get into the Southern Pacific Ocean, the attraction of the irresistible Loadstone Rock nut only throws them out of their reckoning, but hurries them to the danger ous magnetic reef, where the vessel becomes a total wreck, and Peter saves himself by escaping on to the Loadstone 1 island, where he explores a subterraneons cavern. Thus he arrives in the wonderful country of the Glumms and Gawries, omen and women that fly; and falling in love withYouralse kee, one of the winged women, whose life he saves, he is about to marry her when the Elfin Queen appears and re minds him of his promise. This brings about the transfo7.- mation, and the comic business then commences. Mr. Ter a pleton plays Peter Wilkins, and Mr. Tom Matthews 'the jolly sailor, Jack Robinson, first mato of the Ad ventw •er. We shall not anticipate the peculiar treatment of the st ary by going into further details, nor refer to the brilli ant effects by which they are said to he illustrated, further tl inn by hinting that Mr. William Beverley's " Transforr na tion Scone," with the descent of the Flying Women at. the trysting place of the spreading bulbul tree, is reported to be a masterpiece of scenic and mechanical illusion. The music, by Mr. J. H. Tully, is singularly characteristit and original ; the masks, by Dykwynkyn, are most ingeniously contrived ; and the conduct of the whole story is said to , be exceedingly novel and suggestive. In the harlequins& we shall have Messrs. Cormack and St. Maine as the Harle quins ; Miss Vacy and the Misses Gunniss as Columbines and principal dancers; Messrs. Huline and Power as the Clowns ; and Messrs. Glindon, Barsby, Martin; H. Naylor, and the Lavater Lee Family as the representatives o 1: the other pantomimic characters. The whole has beemi de velopedre regardless of expense by M r . E. T. S m ith . , and ca fully arranged under the experienced direction of Mr. Rebut Ruby. TO TIIE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—The destruction of St. Martin's Hall, and the subsequent misfortune of Mr. Hullah, has evoked a gene ral expression of sympathy on the part of all who knew his private and public worth, especially by those who feel indebted to him (by the introduction of his system) for the many happy hours spent in the enjoyment of music ; the members of Mr. Henken's Choral Association, sharing this feeling, and wishing to pay him a tribute of their respect, esteem, and sympathy, respectfully invite the public to give their general support on the occasion of their giving a con cert in his honour, at St. James's Hall, on Monday even ing, the 31st December, when renowned artistes will assist, and the whole will be under distinguished patronage, in cluding the Right Hon. the Earl of Carlisle, lord-lieute nant of Ireland ; the Right lion. IV. E. Gladstone, M.P., Chancellor of the Exchequer ; and the Hullah testimonial committee.—l am, Sir, yours very obediently, A. L. BAXTER, Hon. Secretary to Council, 2, Cumberland-villas, Stoke Newington, N. THE NET BRONZE COINAGE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sur,--Your journal of the 19th inst. contains a leading article, finding great fault with my granddaughter's bronze coinage, because Britaniarum is abbreviated Britt. You must be a very young man, and don't recollect my splendid new silver coinage in 1816. If you look at one of my shil lings you will find I used the proper spelling, BRITT. Julius Cnsar, the other day, offered to show me the "MS.S." (sic.) of his Commentaries. Do you think the noble Roman used a superfluous S in his kind note ? GEORGIUS 111., Britt. Rex., Fid. Def. Elysian Fields, Dec. 20. His Highness the Prince Radziwill and Count Nicolas Pikovitch have left the Brunswick Hotel for Paris. His Excellency the Count Persigny has left Albert-gate House for Paris. The Duchess of Sutherland and his Excellency the Earl of Carlisle have left Stafford House, St. James's, for Trentham, Staffordshire. The Earl and Countess de Gray and Ripon have returned to their villa at Roehampton, from a visit to the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, M.P., and Mrs. Herbert, at Wilton House, near Salisbury. The Earl of Wilton has left Melton Mowbray on a visit to the Earl of Stamford and Warrington, at Enville Hall, Staffordshire. The Earl of Malmesbury comes to town on Monday from Heron Court, Hants. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean are playing to over flowing houses at Cork. " Harslet" and " Louis XI." have already been given with immense success, Mr. Kean taking the parts of Hamlet and King Louis, and Mrs. Kean those of Gertrude and Martha. We hear that the Lord Bishop of London will hold his Christmas Ordination for this year in her Mjcsty's Chapel Royal, Whitehall, to-morrow moaning (Sunday) the 23d inst., and that the chapel is free to the public. The municipal elections at Marseilles have con cluded in the triumph of the: Ministerial candidates, who have been almost all returned. The Opposition candidates, however, made a desperate struggle, and polled more than 10,000 votes. The French Government have determined, in order to give more animation to the magnificent Boulevard Sebastopol, that a theatre shall be built .fin the square of the Conservatoire des Arts et Metiers. Wednesday next, the 26th, is fixed for 'Change day, and is also settled for payments for foreign bills bought to-day. In answer to an inquiry the Post-offiee authori ties have intimated that the mails for India, China, and Australia will be made up in London on the 26th inst., as usual. A new issue of bronze coin, to the amount o 1,500,000 f., is about to take place in France. Mr. M'Gorel, the deputy chairman of Com mittee of Mexican Bondholders, has had an interview with Lord Wodehouse in relation to their affairs. Yesterday a certificate of the first class was awarded to Mr. Hullah at the Bankruptcy Court. The Judge• Ordinary has refused to allow Mr. Denison his costs in the late action, out of the estate of Mr. Dent. The public debt of India on promissory note loans now registered in London amounts to £1,003,230. Of the 4 per cent. Transfer Loan Stock the total on the London books is X 1,836,590. A special meeting of the London Discount Com pany was held yesterday, Mr. B. Diggles in the chair, when the resolutions passed at the last meeting for winding-up voluntarily, appointing liquidators, and fixing their remu neration at a commission of a half per cent., were confirmed unanimously. The Duke of Sase.Coburg has, with the consent of the King of Saxony, promoted the celebrated publisher of Leir,ic, Di. Bernhard-Tauchnitz, to the rank of heredi tary Baron. This dignity has been conferred as an acknow ledgment for the exertions made by the baron to promote the extension of English literature in Germany. Colonel Taylor succeeds to the position lately held by the Right Hon. Sir W. Hylton Jolliffe, in connec tion with the Conservative party, and will be assisted in the ensuing session by Mr. Whitmore, and also by the Hon. Gerard Noel, member for Rutland, who will fill th e vacancy caused by Sir W. Jolliffe's retirement. The general security of the Prussian fortresses, both on sea and land frontiers, is a question now under con sideration at the Ministry of War. The fortifications of Stettin are to be augmented ; Koenigsberg and Posen are to be raised to the rank of fortresses of the first class. In the mattQr of the Athenaeum Assurance Com pany, which was ordered to be wound up about three years since, another dividend of 55., making 20s. in the pound, has been declared. The ship Ascendant left Southampton yesterday with a large number of emigrants for Melbourne, Aus tralia. RIPON ELECTION.—The election of a member for Ripon took place yesterday. The candidates were Mr. Vyner, a Liberal, and Dr. Lees, a Radical, Mr. Vyner was elected. The demand of a poll by Dr. Lees was not persisted in. THE CLERICAL FUND AND POOR CLERGY RELIEF SOCIETY.—The committee of the Clerical Fund and Poor Clergy Relief Society have made during the past year grants to 90 poor clergymen, incumbents and curates, amounting to £393, and to 18 widows of clergymen £lll, or a total of £504. In addition to these grants of money, they have distributed no less than 100 parcels of clothing, new and old, the estimated value of which is £324. The society is one of the most valuable in the metropolis, as its bounty is given in money and'clothing to the poor clergy and their widows in England, Wales, and Ireland. A LIFE WELL SATED.—On Sunday night at ii) o'clock, Policeman MO A, on duty on the south side of the Serpentine, heard a splash in the water, he ran to the spot and seeing a hat floating gave an alarm. The boatmen of the Royal Humane Society were on the alert, and as quickly as possible the boat was pulled across the river and the body of a young man was recovered by the first throw of the drag ; he was apparently quite dead. The treatment of the society was immediately adopted, both while being carried to and at the Receiving-house, and slowly life's functions were restored and a night of anxious attention resulted in the young man being able to go before the magistrates . in the morning. He stated himself a clerk out of employment, arid driven by debt and poverty to this rash act. This case is peculiarly interesting as marking the time life may be restored after complete submersion. The body was under water while the policeman ran to the spot and gave the alarm, and while the men who were at supper cleared and turned the boat round and pulled obliquely across and up the river at least five or six minutes must have elapsed. THE CHINESE MURDERS.—CoIoneI Dubost, In tendant of the French expedition to China, mentioned in General Ignatieff's report as one of the French officers who fell victims to Chinese barbarity, was a gallant officer in theYrench Artillery. After serving during several cam paigns with distinction in Algeria he accompanied the French army to the Crimea, and we's one of the few artil lery officers who escaped the perils of the siege. His fate will be lamented by many officers of our own service with whom he became acquainted during that campaign. His father was also well known in England as having conducted with great tact and talent the negotiations which resulted in the Convention with France in 1843, by which a consi derable reduction was made in the charge for letters passing between this country and the Continent. A TRAGEDY IN REAL LIFE.----We find the fol lowing in the London Correspondence of the Manchester Guardian :—" The Marquis of D—'s yacht, now at Naples, hasbeen the scene of some of those tragedies of real life, which we are apt to think, in these dead-level days, lie far away from the region of real life, in the domain exclu sively appropriated by the dramatist and the tale-writer. The Marquis had been for some time cruising with some members of his family, including a youthful daughter,Lady Alice —. The yacht was commanded by a half-pay lieutenant of the Roy Navy. Tho Marquis coming on hoard unexpectedly, from an excursion on shore, if I am rightly informed, found his captain at the feet of his daugh ter, kissing her hand. The indignant father—a man of Herculean strength—seized the offender, and, let it be hoped, intending only to tear him away from his unseemly place and action, flung him over the bulwark of the yacht into the sea, when he went down at once, in spite—add some of the versions of the story—both of the Mar quis's and his sailors' efforts to save him. I would hesitate to repeat a story so like the invention of a French romance writer, had I not such information from persons just returned from Naples as leaves me satisfied of its sub stantial truth. It is, as I have said, already generally current, and cannot fail to be in a very short time the subject .of newspaper comment, and I fear of solemn legal proceedings. RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans l3BO .. 1382 50 Northern 987 50 .. 987 50 New ditto 895 895 Lyons and Mediterranean 910 .. 912 50 Geneva 373 75 .. Southern 521 25 .. 522 50 Western Eastern Sardinian 392 50 .. 392 50 Austrian Lombard TILE WAR. IN CHINA. The llioniteur publishes the following : " A despatch from Baron Gros to the Govern ment of the Emperor, transmitted from Pekin by way of St. Petersburg, and dated the 7th of Novem ber, confirms the news of the signing of peace be tween th© brother of the Emperor and the Plenipo tentiaries of France and of England. The ulti»za tum of Shanghai has been accepted. The exchange of the ratifications of the treaty of Tien-tsin has taken place. Sixty millions of francs are to be paid as an indemnity to France; 3,750,000 f. were to be paid down on the 30th of November. The emigra tion of Coolies is permitted by the Chinese Govern ment. The churches, cemeteries, and their depen dencies, which formerly belonged to the Christians throughout the Empire will be restored to them through the medium of the Minister of France. " A Te Deum' and the Domine Salvum' were sung on the 29th of October in the Cathedral of Pekin, after the restoration on the summit of that edifice of the cross which was formerly there." The lifoniteur also publishes the following : " Certain organs of the English press persist with the most inexplicable obstinacy in entertaining their readers with accounts of fabulous spoil with which every French soldier will return after the pretended sack of the Imperial Palace of Pekin. The (Illy reply we can give is to publish textually a letter written by General de Montauban to his Excellency the Mar... , hal, Minister of War, dated the Bth of October. It will be remembered that the Ambassadors of France and of England entered Pekin on the 22d of October, and that peace was signed on the 26th : " ' H EAD-QUARTERS BEFORE PEKIN, OCT. 8. "' Monsieur le 1 1.1arechal,--It was egreed. be tween General Grant and myself to proceed to Yuen-ming-Yuen, the summer residence which the Emperor always occupies, four leagues north of Pekin. " ' This country is so cut up by roads, thickets, &c., that General Grant and his army lost their way, and I arrived alone, in the evening, in front of the Palace, which was in charge of a Tartar guard. " Despite a long and fatiguing march I ordered the Palace td be occupied at seven o'clock in the evening, and forcing an entrance I had two officers and two soldiers wounded. The Tartars evacuated the Palace entrusted to their care and lost some men, one inferior mandarin being killed in the courtyard. I ordered the Palace to be occupied, and went there myself early next morning. It is impossible, M. le Marechal, for me to describe to you the wonders of this Im'perial habitation. No thing in Europe can convey an idea of such luxury. I shall not attempt to describe its splendours in these hasty lines. I shall have the honour to write to your Excellency at great length by next mail to give you a full description. " I placed strong posts at all the outlets of the Palace, so that nothing might be disturbed until our allies arrived, to whom I immediately sent in formation. A few hours afterwards they arrived, and a portion of their cavalry having joined my column I appointed two English and two French officers to see that nothing was touched, and that the two armies should conjointly exercise a strict control. " ' General Grant and Lord tlgin having arrived we appointed three commissioners of each nation to make a division of the most precious objects. In this division I recommended our commissioners to select only objects of value for the sake of art or antiquity ; I hope to send to your Excellency, for his Majesty the Emperor, and for the great collec tions of the Government, or for the Museum of Artillery, some rare curiosities for France. " am at present awaiting the arrival of Baron Gros, who is to join me here, Lord Elgin being here already. A sort of convention has taken place be tween Prince Hung, Regent of the Empire, and the English General, in the name of the two Generals in-Chief. " had consented to an armistice that Prince Hung might come to Pekin to treat; he has gone some eight leagues off, and the Emperor is in Tartary. " ' I beg of you, M. le Marechal, to excuse the style of this letter, which I write hastily; I shall remain here to-morrow, and even until Pekin is occupied by force or otherwise, and I shall then have the honour of sending you a full official report. " I I remain, &c., " MONT A.UB AN. DE 'TIT OF HR. •ALFRED With a deep regret, that will be shared by all who knew him intimately, and with the consciousness of a loss that will be widely felt through all literary and dramatic circles, we have to announce the sudden decease of Mr. Alfred. Bunn, who expired on Thursday, of apoplexy. For some time past Mr. Bunn had retired from public life ; and about two years ago he fixed his residence at Boulogne, where his death took place. There were no indications of such an abrupt termination of his life being near; indeed, though a twelvemonth since seriously indisposed, his health and spirits had lately so much improved that the very article which appears in our paper this week, "A Sum mary View of a Wintery Year," had proceeded from his ever-active pen but a few hours before. Latterly he had embraced the Roman Catholic faith, and to the religious offices of that creed he paid strict atten tion. In theatrical matters he continued, however, to feel a lively interest ; and to this paper he was a frequent and a valued contributor, especially as the writer of those arti cles from "Our own Boulogne Correspondent." Mr. Bunn's association with the Stage dated from a very early period. In 1826, he was Manager of the Birmingham Theatre; and, after succeeding Captain Polhill in the lesseeship of Drury-lane, he became, in 1833, Manager Of Drury-lane and Covent-garden Theatres, conducting both through two remarkably consecutive seasons, which will be especially re membered for the strong companies engaged at each house, and the prosperous career of the Opera of " Gustavus the Third," that was brought out by him at the latter. From 1835 until 1848 he controlled the destinies of Drury-laneTheatre, giving the public the popular series of Operas by Balfe, the advantage of the engagement of all the most attractive Ope' retie, Choregraphic and Dramatic stars that could be ob tained, amongst whom must be mentioned the names of Madame Malioran, Duvernay, Forrest, Charles Kean, and Macready; and, in the face of great difficulties, at last maintaining the attractions of the establishment at high prices, whilst the rates of admission were being genera,' reduced elsewhere. Besides being known as the author of the libretto of the " Bohemian Girl," Mr. Alfred Bunn will be remembered as the writer of three volumes called " The Stage, Before and Behind the Curtain;" and a brochure, called "A Word with Punch," both of which publications created a great sensation at the time. A sketch of the varied and interesting incidents of his life we shall endea vour to present to our readers next week; and, in the in terval, would only ask them to remember that the position which Mr. Alfred Bunn occupied for so long a period be fore the public, was one that could not fail to affect a variety of conflicting interests, and that much of the personal ani mosity which he had to endure arose from the difficulties which he had to encounter, in attempting, at the. same time, to satisfy both the profession and the publi, Iri private life, Mr. Bunn was a warm friend, anti a highlY intelligent and most agreeable. companion. —Era. THE LATE LIEUTENAN7 ANDERS= The melancholy circumsnces attending the death of this young and gallant officer in China having excited a more than usual regret and sym pathy among all classes, we feel happy to be able to give the following sketch of his short but event ful career :—Robert Burn Anderson, the second son of Mr. John Anderson, merchant in Glasgow, was born in Glasgow, on the 14th of October, 1833, and had consequently not reached 27 years of age when he died. He was educated at the Collegiate School and in the University of his native city, and on receiving a cadetship repaired to the Indian Col lege of Addiscombe. In this military school lie remained two years, and, after having passed el cellent examinations and received the very highest testimonials for his exemplary conduct and soldier like qualities, proceeded to India. On arriving in Bombay he was temporarily attached to the 29th Native Infantry, then at Surat, and was shortly afterwards posted to the Ist Bombay Fusileers, one of the oldest and most distinguished regiinents to the Presidency. A portion of the regiment being ordered to Aden he accompanied it, remained with them at that station rather more than a year, and thereafter joined the rest of the Fusileers at Kur rachee, where they were stationed until the outbreak of the Indian mutiny. He was not long in this garrison before, by his correct conduct and assiduous attention to his military duties, he attracted the attention of his superior officers, and was appointed by Genera! Scott, then commanding the station , to be his aide-decamp. On the outbreak of the mutiny the regiment was immediately ordered to Moultan, and after two days' residence at this place: Lieut. Anderson was sent to Meean Meer, as Quar termaster, and on arrival at this latter station was ppointed Adjutant of the left wing of his regiment. He continues to serve in this capacity at Feroze pore and Umritsir, and while at the former place: on the occasion of the mutiny of a native regiments greatly distinguished himself. On his joining the head-quarters of the regiment at Moultan, he found his name in general orders, and the day following was appointed by the Indian Government Brigade Nlejor of" Hodson's Horse," so well known for their eminent services at Delhi, under their gallant chief, Msjor Hodson. This appointment, having been obtained without personal application or in terest of any kind, reflects the highest credit on the manner in which he had discharged he duties while serving with the Fusiliers. Travelling by forced stages he joined Colonel Daly, commanding "Hod son's Horse," in Oude, and by the ability which ho displayed in arranging the accounts, rendered emi nent services to the corps and redeemed large sums which would otherwise have been entirely lost to Government. With on e of the regiments of" Hod son's Horse" he served for some time on the Nepaul frontier, endeavouring to entrap the :Nana Sahib: and was then ordered with the regment to Fyzabad, where he anticipated being stationed for some eon- L ho g w he ev spe er nt some was o si b d l e ig ra e lo d le to ti r m e e p . a S ir h t o o rt L ly u a c f k tr o N w, va , r lN d , time in disbanding the 3 d regiment of the brigades and as by the reorganisation of the corps to appoint' merit which he held,was done away with, he volutl teered to go to China, and very soon received orders to join "Fare's Horse" as Adjutant, then at Calcutta, on the eye of departing with the expeditionary forces under Sir Tiope Grant. With this dashing regiment he continued to serve till the period of his death, with the particulars of which the public arc already too familiar. Throughout his whole career Lieutenant Anderson has exhibited the high o ci honourable characteristics of a soldier and a gentleman. was at once a brave and dashing officer, and an active an d a prudent admini3trafer—qualities which would assuredly have gained for him, before the lapse of many years, prominent place in the British army.—Glaggoiv Herald. Captain Elliott, commanding the screw steame r Modern Greece, belonging to the Greek and Oriental Stee n ' Navigation Company, whilst walking the deck of his ve sse ; , last week at Malta, accidentally fell into the hold, and received such injuries on the head that death supervene d. IMPORTANT TO HUSBANDS AND TRADESME,I•--. SPARES v. DART.—Yesterday, in the Westminster Coun t y Court, before Mr. F. Bayley, a case was tried the circuol" stances and decision in which may be considered of pnb li f importance. Plaintiff, a boot and shoo maker, Frith-str eet? Soho, sued the defendant, a coach-lace tranufacturer , : f Bedford-street, Covent-garden, te recover Ss., the price 111 , pair of boots supplied to his wife. Plaintiff stated that N.. boots were furnished a short time since to Mrs. Dart , ° II° was a customer, when, on applying to defendant for P a l plant, he said as his wife wasliving away from him he s hoo not pay, and hence these proceedings; In answer to M 1"; Smart, barrister, who attended for defendant, plaintiff 01' he knew at the time the boots were ordered that defe ndant and his wife had not been living together for,about twt: months. Mr. Smart here said that defendant's wife had left her home of her owneccord, and his client, althonOt not judicially separated from her, allowed her a sufficie n maintenance. lle would refer to several eases reported in the superior courts wherein it had been decided that a 1 111 '; band was not liable for any debts his wife might, una° r, similar circumstances to the present, contract. His Hono having perused the cases pointed out, observed that the Lord Chief Justice of England had held " that if a was living away from her husband, and a person knewint: that gave her credit without first obtaining his ssuaction authority, he (the creditor) mus t take the chance of get, his money, but cou ld not sue the husband." In the fat Stance then before him no such authority had been soug a for, and he must consequen tl y disallow the claim. 'Yu"- meat was then entered for defendant, and Mr. Smart snY; leg that defendant's ch i e f ob j ect i n resisting the deism was to caution other trad esmen, declined asking for coo"' Th E atiliti aPpea At B e h rB Were , .A. 4 as InYeet Ai with d f or e Th e e . ,Xhib] Lia m :4) A, Iojat . tars , z The Londe Co mp Sin, been a Soi 11110- Dit tit JJ itto 'lt ,`4ol.pc Bran Dit kezi Porte Raul; Di BPitt i'7) Bir4ll Di Sp an L'Urt