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

ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT GARDEN.—Under the ManaKehteut 01 Miss Louisa Pyne 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 Harlequinade of such magnitude, renders the temporary suspension of the brilliant Opera imperative. Boxes and places will continue to be booked daily 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 siastic. 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 music I work of our popular English Composer, places the Management in the proud position of iinnouncing the performance of BIANCA, THE BRAVO'S BRIDE, Every Evening until further notice. THIS EVENING, and during the Week, Italic's New Legendary Opera, BIANCA, THE BRAVO'S BRIDE: Miss Louisa Pyne, Miss Thirlwall ; Messrs. A. Lawrence, J. Wharton, H. Corri, A. st. Albyn, G. Kelly, Wallworth, T. Distin, Lyall, and W. Harrison. Conductor, Mr. Alfred Mellon. Orchestra of Eighty Performers. Chorus of Fifty Voices. Concluding with a DIVERTISSEMENT.—Stage manager, Mr. Edward Stirling. Acting-manager Mr. Edward Murray. Doors open fees to commence at hall-past 7. No charge for booking, or fees 7 to Box-keepers. At Christmas a Grand Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN BLUE BEARD ; or, Britannia and the Fairy Hope. Morn ing Performances every Wednesday and Saturday. it 0Y AL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. Ender the ManagemFnt of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison. Sole Lessees. on BOXING NIGHT, Dec. and every Evening, will be produced, with in expenditure hitherto unattempted, HARLEQUIN BLUE BEARD, the great Pantomine, pro duced by Mr. Edwari Stirling ; embracing the chief panto mine talent of the day. A perfect galaxy of Clowns (Mr. Parry Boleno, Mr. Henry Payne, Mr. Hillyard, and the Lilliputians. Rarlequins,....Mr. Milano, Mr. F. Payne. Pantaloons Mr. Barnes, Mr. Tanner. Columbines Dime. Bolena, Miss Clara Morgan. Sprites The Zelineki Family. Ballet 26 Ladies and Mr. W. H. Payne. Gorgeotis scenery, from the pencils of T. Grieve and Telbin, illustratinr, the moving events of the year ; decorations, by Blamire, en a sca e of magnitude and expenditure without parallel ; fairy costumes, by Miss James and Mr. Coombee Eastern splendour, processions, marches, dancing, fun, and frolic, united to magical transformations by Sloman, tiro tlueing• a combination of the grotesque and beautiful, recalling this golden days of pantomime for which Covent Ga-den stood alone and unapproached. Commencing', 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. OPAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT .' GARDEN—under the Management of Miss LOUISA PYNE and Mr. W. HARRISON, Sole Lessees. THIS EVENING. BIANCA, THE BRAVO'S BRIDE. Louisa Fyne, Miss Thirlwall ; Mr. W. Thirrison, Mr. A. Lawrence, Mr. H. Corri, Mr. St. Albyn, &c. Conductor—Mr. Alfred Mellon. And a DIVERTISSEMENT. Doors open at Seven. Commence at Half -past. THEATRF.-ROYAT„ 14AYMARKFT. Lefiqee, Vr. J. B. Ignekstone. me TNT.EVENTNI; !lir. pertornumeeft grillnnmm.n with LONDON ASSURANCE. Lady Gay Spanker (first time) Miss Amy Sedgwick. After which, THE LADIES' CLUB, in which Miss Amy Sedgwick will appear. Commence at 7. OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.- Lessee and Manager. Mr. A. Harris. .I. THIS EVENING, the performances will commence with SUSAN SMITH. • To be followed by, at 8 o'clock, THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. Supported by Messrs. Pechter, A. Harris, Meadows, Graham, Shore, and Miss Murray. To conclude with THE GARIBALDI EXCURSIONISTS NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADIMPHL- Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. CHRISTMAS EVE, Monday Holiday Night (by desire; THE COLLEEN BAWN. Mr. and Mrs. Boucicault. Boxes and places to he had at the Box-office, from 10 til 5; No charge for booking. A , ling Manager—Mr. W. Smith. A pg - r,PT-TT, N - Fw THEATRE-ROYAL. 'll, Rely Proprietor .nrl ilignae , er. Mr. Beni WO,ster . Engagemeltt for a limited number of nights of Miss Agnes Robertson and Mr. Dion Roucicsult, who will appear every evening`' in the highly successful Drama of "The Colleen Timm"' THIS EVENING, AN UGLY CUSTOMER. Messrs. J. L. Toole, C. Selby, and Warde ; Miss K. Kelly, and Miss E. Thorne. After which, THE COLLEEN BAWN. D. Boucicault, D. Fisher, Billing - ton, Falconer, Stephenson. C. J. Smith, Romer. Miss Agnes Robertson, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Billington, and Mrs. Chatterley. After which, THAT BLESSED BABY. Mr. Billing - ton, Mr. J. L Toole, and Miss K. Kelly. Doors open at half-past 6—Commence at 7. Box-office open from 10 till 5. No charge for booking. Private boxes, £2 28. ; Family Boxes, XI. Orchestra Stalls, 58. •, Balcony, 4s. ; Front Circle Stalls, Se.; Pit Stalls, 25.; Pit, Is. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, Is ; Gallery, 6d. Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith. STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.- Proprietor said Manager, Mr. WM. BATTY. Crowded Houses nightly to witness the Lions and the grew Brute Tamer. Miss Rebecca Isaacs every Evening. Notice.—There will be no half-price during the engage ment of the Lions, except for children under ten years of age, and then to Pit and Boxes only. This Evening, a new Spectacle, entitled , TUE LION CONQUEROR; or, The .Death Jungle, expressly for the introduction et the Wonders of the World, " The Groupe of Performing Lions." The Lion Conqueror, Mr. J. Crockett. To be succeeded ty Scenes in the Arena, supported by talented Parisian and 13rPish Artistes. Concluding with the First Ac , of THE DAUGHTER OF THE REGIMENT. Marie, Riss Rebecca Isaacs. Doors open at half-Fast d, performance commence at 7. Box-office open daily from 11 till 4 Stage Vanager—Mr. W. WEPT. Director of the Arena—Mr. Pearson. Batty's Prize Pantomime will be produced on a scale of great magnificence at Christmas. CANTERBURY Open Every Evening, at Seven. GRAND SELECTIONS (First Time) from LA FTGLIA DEL REGIMENTO (Donizetti), NORMA, SONNAMBULA, and MARTHA. Principal Artistes Miss Russw.r., Madame MARTA, Miss TYRRELL, Miss WILLIAMS, Mr. HENRY HERBERT, C. W. BERNARD, and Signor Trvow. HALL Musical Director...., ➢ir. F. JONGFIMANR, The Comic Department compri , es Messrs. J. BLANcnAnn, A. B. HOLLINGSWORTH, Master BARRY, G. W. PELL, CHARLEY Fox, and E. MARSHALL. The Fine Arts Gallery has been enriched by the addition of the late John Martin's three Grand Pictures—viz., "THE GREAT DAY of ITTS WRATH." "THE PLAINS of HEAVEN," and " TIIE LAST JUDGMENT," on view until 12 o'clock at Night. • THE WEATHER.—Sux OFFICE, DEC. 22, 1860. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADS. 34—highest since noon yesterday. 29—lowest this morning and during the night. 32—this day at noon. BAROMETER--29.81. Wmn—Northerly ; with dull cold weather, and light snow falling during last night and this morning. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tate DAY.—Morning, Bh. 39m.—Afternoon, 9h. llm TO-MORROW.- Morning, 9h. 45m.—Afternoon, 10h. 18m 1,1 4 v: .-. 1, ,) ~ , r A l :2,21, . , 1,6,. ' ~4";. , ,.. ,:t....... ', 1 4, , , 'k id p Y - -..1:4 ..,4 : ., 7r ... .," ' -c i rr ' " k 4 47E* ~ g , 4 . 1 , ..... 4 ,f 4' ....:2, ~,,,,'.,;'.', ,II • 1 .. c , IP* . l . "--- b4:, - , ) i ~•, ,,, i.'4 . ' i 'N' • - 11 o•• - .;.. 4_, fr• T i .- )I 4 C " Th• 4. t _ ' , L r- - _ ' '4 THE SUN. LONDON, SATURDAY, DEC. 22, 1880. 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 army and of our Volunteers. Supposing the capital of England, the capital of the British Em p ir e , to have absolutely fallen into the enemy's P" sesei en—juqt as Paris fell into the hands of the Allies in 1814 , and again but one short year afterwards. Suppo‘ing all these astounding even ts to have oc curred, and then suppose, as a seq uel to all this, th at the Church Property were announced again after, 300 years, for re distribution ! Westminster Abbey again to resound, after a lapse of three centuries, with the music of High Mass, to be filled with the f umes of censers, to vibrate from parapet to basem ent with the discharges of artillery and the toiling of the great bourdon at the Elevation. Well—it is pretty nearly a counterpart of t h is, 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 o f 30,000,000. 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 churche's and cathedrals erected there by those ecclesiastical chiefs and champions of Roman C atholicism—the Cross' tas been raige4 again to the the summit of these old Christian edifices—nay, we now learn from the Moniteur of yesterday, that on the 29th of last October, a Te Deu?n was solemly chanted in the Cathedral at Pekin, and together with the Te Deum, the Domino Saloum fao Imperatorentnos tram—not, we may be sure HIEN-FLING but — NAP OLEONEM. The Moniteur has further announced that all the churches, all the cemeteries, and all their depen dencies (meaning of course by this all the church 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 grind occurrence to the summit of the restored Cathedral of Pekin, or that the Te Deum and the Domine 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 Chine 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 comprehensive reclamation ! " All the churches and the cemeteries and their depen dencies formerly belonging , Sec., 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 e xtraordinary 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 Shanghae, 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 amain, 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.-3,750,000fr. 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 seat 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 which every French soldier will return after the pretended sack of the Imperial Palace of Pekin"— that is, of course, the palace of YUEN-MING-YUEN. 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 ,iloniteur then gives us entire that important despatch written upon the Bth of October by General MON. TAUBAN, 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 ber 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• THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 22, 1860. civil liberty has commenced, and the offers, for which lo, 'iked so liberal, were quickly scouted as a delusion anu a sham ; the two points chiefly in s i s t e d on being, that they gave Hungary no control over her taxatli.' n or her army. In opposi tionuctroyed arrangements, the llun wa t r o ian a s ll the e persiNently 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 accepted by the King ot HUNGARY, and joyfully ance ; they were regularly voted b y the Diet, 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 offo-ispan, con ti'rmed on him legally iu 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 knowledged,him 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. I It may suit 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 lacles 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. They tolerated, though professing to re gret it, the Russian invasion. Altogether they sympathised practically with Austrian despotism more . than with Hungarian liberties. Had En gland 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 KOSSUTH, 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. MR. EIULLAH. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—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 Hon. W. E. Gladstone, M.P., Chancellor of the Exchequer ; and the Hullah testimonial committee,--I am, Sir, yours very obediently, A. L. BAXTER, Hon. Secretary to Council, 2, Cumberland-villas, Stoke Newington, N. THE NEW BRONZE COINAGE. ,frt 'I EST N NV REUTER'S TELEGRAMS. PARIS, DEC. 21 (EVENING). ' The Constitutionnel contains a second artiele, 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 : 4i per per Cents ... 96 50 Credit Foncier 930 Do. end month.... Belgian 4f 9B 50 3 per Cents Do. end month 6B 40 1 Roman Bank Shares 2940 —1 Austrian Credit Mobilier.... 760 ! Spanish Threes 5l Do. Account 762 54jHome Debt - TO TYE EDTTOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—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 Caesar, 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. "Hamlet" 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 Majesty's Chapel Royal, Whitehall, to-morrow morning (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 on 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-office 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 of 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 £8,003,230. Of the 4 per cent. Transfer Loan Stock the total on the London books is £1,836,590. A special meeting of the London Discount Com pany was held yesterday, Mr. R. 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 Saxe-Coburg has, with the consent of the King of Saxony, promoted the celebrated publisher of Leipsic, M. 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 laud frontiers, is a question now under con sideration at the Ministry of War. The fortifications of Stettin are to be augmented ; Komigsberg and Posen are to be raised to the rank of fortresses of the first class. In the matter 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 SAVED.—On Sunday night at 10 o'clock, Policeman 510 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, and 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 the:French Artillery. After serving during several cam paigns with distinction in Algeria he accompanied the French army to the Crimea, and was 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 fal lowing in the London Correspondence of the illanelte ster Guardian :—" The Marquis of D----'s yacht, now at Naples, has been the scene of some of those tragedieg 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 Royal Navy. The Marquis coming on board 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 ho went ( - town 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 newskaper comment, and I fear of Aolopm legal procril4l2:2- HER MA,TBSTPS THEATRE. 7 The first pantomime that has ever been produced on this stage has been written by Mr. E. L. Blanchard, expressly to employ the vast operatic and choregraphic resources of this 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 minis ture hero, personated by Miss Lille 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 ballot and the choral departments figure conspi cuously in the opening. Mr. William Beverley has invented some most effective scenic contrivances f or the embellishment of 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 adequate illustration, besides that to be de rived from the novelty of such an entertainment in such an aristocratic region. DRURY-LANZ' TBEATRE. tion of all Europe that Austria is bound to emanci- The Christmas annual at this theatre, which for some pate her for a reasonable consideration, a convic- years past has assumed a p rom i nen t p os iti on i n cater i ng tion illustrated by Paris pamphlets, everywhere oforr Harlequin le holiday andfolktsh,o Flyingis enti l tled "Peter Wilkins; Women of thethe pen of Load read, and by the pen of the ominous M. GRAND- store Islan q d," and proceeds, as v usual, from h GUILLOT of the Constitutionnel. Mr. E. L. Blanchard, who has adapted the plot of the c el a e r br Hungary is performing her part at present admi- hm t i t n y g s a t i o m ry ost of oPeutaelrlinWilktihnst, fwhichßobinson has attained a o Crusoe. purposos rably. As yet the tumults have been but few, not Accord i ng to his version,q equalling that for dramatic more than sufficient to show that the popular feel- varies slightly from the original form, the hero, Peter ing is ready for action whenever it may be required, Wilkins, rep i r s es i e n n tro n d g uc t e h d e to us ~Inta s . a Cornish ish T. miner, the first scene ti and that the general order which prevails is due, b e i ng su bj ecte d to t h e tyranny of Black Ralph,t n i h n e e' C ' captain , not to deficiency of hatred to Austria, but to the of the mine, he is shut up in its d e pth s a ll n i g h t , b ut he ing st of thehefrie mine, and is ndlyassistan ce of the Kobolds, o r knock conviction that they shall be able to get rid of her spirits by them s tr t u ak e e to n h to is l s fl rt nl l a o n v d e , agents by peaceable means. The struggle with the w h ere h e i s assure d th a t if he remains Austrians by legal means and passive resistance is nothing ill shall befal him. Peter, who has been smitten fair Cnt f h quite interesting for us Englishmen to witness, withthech T io armrsevofanthenis confident onaia, dau . ghter of the Earl Fitz-Arthur st s constancy, but tho resembling, as it does so much, those of h e i s to b e severe ly t es t e d. Ti re d of the ill tr ou C n re d w fo o r n a b. , a g d our best patriots, with our HAPSBURGS hard a -hearted and we horn m y-handed ded Ral er, one ph, he resolves to go to sea ),3 7 B f s e t l i tt o L t o h a e d s tu n t e h I t r n o c r a n c i t fi —the STUARTS. The Hungarians are effect- the'gallant ship The Adventurer, which is u ing everything by insisting on legal right a v t o t y ra ag i . en W a l t el i a e t i h rr e onlytil, the the vessel v e e s s ea se p l in b g ec o o n m t e o s a te otil j . o l a w ds r t eck, andou s magnetic ti a • against illegal prerogative. They assume, most them out of their reckoning, but hurries them to thedanrgewrs justly, that everything done by the Austrian c av re e e s f; hrm h s e e r il one Government since 1848 is clearly illegal; they pass i a s r l r a i n v d es , i w n h u e i r e e w h o e n e d x er p f l u or c s ou a n s t u r3, b , t o e f r t r h an e r u s m c m ay s e a rn mi alus . he over, for the present at least, the declaration of or men an d women th a t fly ; an d falling in love with Youra l e- eB ., independence at Debreczin and the separation from ka about onet to marryo theof i N l v e i r n winged n wo4 i n c e women, whose life Queen life appears e saves, he h d e is Austria in 1849, and maintain that the laws of minds him of his promise. Tkis brings about the tra u nsf re- Austria sanctioned and freely sanctioned by FERDI- r i la r t o io n n, p 7 a n y d a tV et c e o r m .i‘cvtuklinnse,ssanthdlicrom,leemncle\LLAtlre.ll,s h Tam ,theAND himself, llsailor, Jack Robinson, first mate of the Adventurer. are the last legal basis of Hapsburg jo weshall nut anticipate the peculiar treatment of the story Government. All that has been octroyed since then by going into further details, nor refer to the b r illi an t by the Vi enna G effects by which they are said be illustrated, further than overnment has no more by hinting that Mr. William Beverley's " Transforma foundation in law and constitutional right than tion Scene," with the descent of the Flying Wom en a t th e try-sting place of the spreadin ,, banian tree, is reported to the most arbitrary acts of the STUARTS. be a masterpiece of s( enic and ° mechanical illusion. The This is, substantially, the J. H. Tully, is s n in k gu n lar a V , char most ter i sti c and ground which Hun m l i g s l n e ' a l ) . :v t 11, Mr.m garians assumed from the first,when,after the battle contrived ; and the conduct ' ofYtheYwholet-stutoorsy iisngsaeliacitotuosilz of Solferico, the frightened Government began to o w x: s e l e i d a i l i j aV a y ve no l v i e e l ss a r n s d co su rra gg a e c ti i ti a v n e a stlnmthie e as hatrilciellnaidee feel its way, by the pate n t offered to the P rotestant quins; Miss Vacy and the Misses Gunniss as Columbines Church—" Church—" the octroyed church constitutio n ." - and principal dancers; Messrs. Hulin e an d P ower as t h e But Clowns ; and Messrs. Glindon, Barsby, Martin, H. Naylor, the people demanded restoration of theirlegalstatus, and the Lava!er Lee Family as the r e p resen t a ti ves o f t h e othermimic characters. The w h o l e h as b een de thereby asserting the illegality of all done in Ch urch vekp pedanto regardless of expense by Mr. E. T. Smith, and 1848, Since then the greater s t ruggl e s carefully arranged under the experienc e d di re ction et Mr, matters § ruggleT iACC g 4 dPert 4ozbi. RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans l3BO .. 1382 50 Northern New ditto 895 .. 895 Lyons and Mediterranean 910 .. 912 50 Geneva. Southern . 521 25 .. 522 50 Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard THE WAR IN CHINA. The .Moniteur 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 the brother of the Emperor and the Plenipo tentiaries of France and of England. The ultima 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 Moniteur 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 only reply we can give is to publish textually a letter written by General de Montauban to his Excellency the Marshal, 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 : " HEAD-QUARTERS BEFORE PEKIN, OCT. 8. "' Monsieur le Marechal,—lt was agreed 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 to 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 Imperial 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 Elgin 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. " ' I 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. " 'I 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 . l 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 remain, &c., " ' MONTAUBAN. " MANIFESTO OF THE KING OF NdPLE The following is the text of the Manifesto which, as announced by telegraph, has 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. Equally betrayed, equally de spoiled, we will rise together from our misfortunes. The work of iniquity has never lasted long, and usurpations are not eternal. " I treated calumnies with contempt, and regarded treason with disdain, so long as they were directed against me 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 ht 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 know 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 I held back the arm of my Generals, in order not to consummate the destruc tion of Palermo. I preferr=ed to abandon Naples, my home, my dear capital, without being driven away by you, 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, 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 administration 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 pro- 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 i❑ 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 :o 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 country, and for the felicity of those populations who form the largest and the dearest portion of lily family " May Almighty God , and the immaculate and invincible Virgin, the protectress of our country, support our common 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 fel° 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 neighbouring parish a similar incident lately occurred, when the clergyman there told the mother that all unbaptised children " become hobgoblins after death," and are not permitted to go to heayen, 711 E PENINSULAR MAIL. SOUTHAMPTON, SATURDAY. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's stave! Sultan, Capt. Cook, with the above mail, has arrived' She brings 17 p assengers, £1 , 540 i n specie, all 3,300 p ac k ages o f cargo, cons i st i ng c hiefly ° oranges. She spoke the Tagus, bound.for Lisbon, on t he 19th inst. The Tyne sailed from Lisbon for the Brazils on the 14th inst. Her Majesty's ship Mersey left Lisbon for the West Indies on the 15th inst. In Lisbon harbour were her Majesty's shin C ell. turion and the Portuguese squadron. A great many vessels were anchored outside th e bar of Oporto. At Lisbon, on the 17th inst., exchange on 1 0. ; don, three months, was quoted 54Z ; Paris, 528 Amsterdam, 421-; Hamburg, 48; Genoa, 621 i; Rentes, 3 per cent. i n t eres t f rom J anuary , 186" 461; Coupons, 451; Deferred, 37; Ba n k of Pr; tugal shares, 262 m il re i s ; C ommerc i al Bank 4)' Oporto and Mercantile Bank, 260 DEATH OF MR. ALFRED BURN. With a deep regret, that will be shared by all who ke el him intimately, and with the consciousness of a loss that will be widely felt through all literary and dramatic circ . _le* we have to announce th e su dd en d ecease of Mr. Alfred , Bunn, who expired o n Th urs d ay, o f apoplexy. For Olt time past Mr. Bunn had r e ti re d f rom pu bli c l i fe ; and ah°..an two years ago he fixed his residence at Boulogne, where' death took place. There were no indications of such an abrupt termination of his life being Rear; indeed, though a twelvemonth since seriously indisposed, his health and spirits had lately so much improved that the very arti cle which appears in our paper this week, "A St l 7 4 mary View of a Wi n t ery Y ear, " 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 attee: tion. In theatrical matters he continued, however, to fee l a lively interest ; and to this p a p er h e was a frequent a n a valued contributor, especially as the writer of those ee l ' ties from "Our own Boulogne Correspondent." M r . Bud° association with the Stage dated from a very early period' In 1826, he was Manager of the Birmingham Theet t and, after succeeding C a pt a i n Polhill in the lesseeshiP Drury-lane, he became, in 1833, Manager of Drury- 10 and Covent-garden Theatres, conducting both through t nl remarkably consecutive seasons, which will be especially re . membered for the strong companies engaged at each hos° and the prosperous career of the Opera of "Gustavus th e Third," that was brought out by him at the latter. F r e/321P u until 1848 he controlled the destinies of Drury-laneTheatr e f giving the public the popular series of Operas by Balfe, the advantage of the engagement of all the most attractive or ratio, Choregraphic and Dramatic stars that could be ° I) ; tabled, amongst wh om mus t b e mentioned the names n ; Madame Malibran, D uvernay, F orrest, Charles Kean; fni", Macready; and, in the f ace o f great di fficulties, at let' maintaining the attractions of the establishment at hig: prices, whilst the rates of admission were being general l y reduced elsewhere. Besid es b e i ng k nown as the autlicr the libretto of the " Boh em i an Gi r l , " Mr. Alfred Bunn w'siin be remembered as the writer of three volumes called "The Stage, Before and Behind the Curtain," and a brooht 4 r l P called "A Word with Punch," both of which publicati° created a great sensation at the time. A sketch of tba varied and interesting incidents of his life we shall endet v your to present to our readers next week; and, in the in . terval, would only ask them to remember that the posithn' which Mr. Alfred Bunn occupied for so long a period be . fore the public, was one that could not fail to affect a varlet?' of conflicting interests, and that much of the personal mosity which he had to endure arose from the difficultie n which he had to encounter, in attempting, at the sale time, to satisfy both• the profession and the publio. private life, Mr. Bunn was a warm friend, and a highly intelligent and most agreeable companion. —Era. THE LATE LIEUTENANT' ANDERSON. The melancholy circumstances attending t. llB death of this y o u ng an d gallant o ffi cer in Ch ina having excited a more than usual regret and synv pathy among all classes, we feel happy to be abl e to give the following sketch of his short but event' ful career :—Robert Burn Anderson, the second sel l of Mr. John Anderson, merchant in Glasgow, Wei born in Glasgow, o n th e 14 t h o f O cto b er, 1833, a n had consequently not reached 27 years of age when he died. H e was e d uca t e d at t h e C ollegiate Schoo l and in the University o f hi s nat i ve c i ty, an d o n receiving a cad e t s hi p repa i re d to the Indian Cot; lege of Addl econi b e. In this military school C h® remained two years, and, after having passed a' 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 regiments 1 0 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 Knrl rachee, where they were s t at i one d unt i l the outbrea k of the Indian mutiny. He was not long in this garrison before, by his correct conduct and assiduonS attention to his military duties, he attracted the attention of his superior officers, and was appointed by General 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 Quay' termaster, and on arrival at this latter station was appointed Adjutant of the left wing of his regiment. He continued to serve in this capacity at Ferooe pore and Umritsir, and while at the former places on the occasion of the mutiny of a native regiment, greatly distinguished himself. On his joining the head-quarters of the regiment at Moulton, he found his name in general orders, and the day following was appointed by the Indian Government Brigads Major of " Hodson's Horse," so well known for their eminent services at Delhi, under their gallant chief, Major 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 his duties while serving with the Fusiliers. Travelling by forced stages he joined Colonel Daly, commanding , t Hod son's Horse," in Oude, and by the ability which he displayed in arranging the accounts, rendered emi nent services to the corps and redeemed large sumo which would otherwise have been entirely lost to Government. With one of the regiments of" Hod son's Horse" he served for some time on the Nepaul frontier, endeavouring to en t ra p the Nana Sahib, and was then ordered with the regiment to Fyzabad, where he anticipated being stationed for some con siderable time. Shortly afterwards, however, he was obliged to repair to Lucanovv, where he sp en t som e time in disbanding the 3d regiment of the brigade, and as by the reorganisation of the corps to appoint ment which he hetd,was done away with, he volun teered to go to China, and very soon received orders to join " Fane's Horse" as Adjutant, then at Calcutta, on the eve of departing with the expeditionary forces under Sir Hope Grant. With this dashing regiment he continued to serve till the period of his death, with the particulars of which the public are already too familiar. Throughout his whole career Lieutenant Anderson has exhibited the high and honourable characteristics of a soldier and a gentleman. He was at once a brave and dashing officer, and an active and a prudent adminis trator—qualities which would assuredly have gained for him, before the lapse of many years, prominent place in the British army.—Glasgow Herald. Captain Navigation Elliott, G re C e c o e m , Company, gNivnhgi t s to the walkingt commanding he Gree Greek thehaen dd s e c oc r kr e i fn ht saitleevaemses Steamerl last week at Malt a , acc id enta ll y f ell into the hold, an d received such injuries on the head that death supervened. IMPORTANT TO HUSBANDS AND TRADESMEN.--* SPARES v. DART.—Yesterday, in the Westminster County Court, before Mr. F. Bayley, a case was tried the circum stances and decision in which may be considered of public importance. Plaintiff, a boot and shoe maker, Frith-street, Soho, sued the defendant, a coach-lace manufacturer, of Bedford-street, Covent-garden, to recover Bs., the price of pair of boots supplied to his wife. Plaintiff stated that the boots were furnished a short time since to Mrs. Dart, who was a customer, when, on applying to defendant for par ment, he said as his wife was living away from him he should not pay, and hence these proceedings. In answer to NU' Smart, barrister, who attended for defendant, plaintiff said he knew at the time the boots were ordered that defendant and his wife had not been living together for about two months. Mr. Smart here said that defendant's wife had left her home of her own accord, and his client, although not judicially separated from her, allowed her a sufficient maintenance. He would refer to several cases reported in the superior courts wherein it had been decided that a hus band was not liable for any debts his wife might, under similar circumstances to the present, contract. His Honour, baying perused the cases pointed out, observed that the Lord Chief Justice of England had held "that if a wife was living away from her husband, and a person knowing that gave her credit without first obtaining his sanction or authority, he (the creditor) must take the chance of getting his money, but could not sue the husband." In the in stance then before him no such authority Lad been sought for, and he must consequently di sallow the claim. Judg ment was then entered for defendant, am: Mr. Smart say ing that defendant's chief object in . resisting th e d em and was to caution other tradesmen, dechne asking for costs. Si;; been ( The k ll ll th etires youth West . 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