The Sun.
London, England, 1855-03-14 00:00:00

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frin-iir.LANE...44e110,3, Mr. E. T. Smith.--
Xstlaced Prices as usual.

THIS EVENING.
Will be performed an adaptation, written impressly for this
Theatre by Mr. REINOLDSON, of bleyerbeer's Grand Opera,
17ETOILE DU NORD. Characters by Messrs. Henri Drayton,
Williams, Bowler. Leffler, D. Beat, Miranda, and Blake ; Mrs
Henri Drayton, Miss Johnsen, Miss E. Arden, and Mdllc. Jenny
B au r.
To conclude with NO SONG, 240 SLIPPER.

THLEATHE ROYAL HAYMARKET.
trader the management of Mr. Buckatone.
TINS EVENING.

Will be presented THE SECRET AGENT. Principal characters
by Mr linekstone and Was E. Chaplin.
After which a new Ballot, entitled THE BULL-FIGHTER.
To be followed by THE BALANCE OF COMFORT.
To which wilt be added the new Ballet by the Spanish.,Dancerq,
called THE GALICIAN FETE.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
Under the Management pf Mr. CHARLES KEAN.
THIS EVENING,
Will be presented the ot►oinal adaptation of Casimir Delavigne's
Historical Play, entitled. LOUIS THE ELEVENTH. Principal
that acter by Mr. C. Ryan.
To conclude with (third time) a new Farce. entitled A GAME
OF 1103I1'8 Prirrcipal cbaracters.by messrss Harley, and Chester ;
Mrs. W"tinleiN Misses Heath, Murray, C. Leclercq, Daly, and
Tertian.

ROYAL LNCEHM THEATRE.
Under the Management of Madame Vestria.
THIS EVENING.

Wm be performed A NICE FIRM. Mr. Me filter, Mr. Char:cs
Ytthews.

To be followel by TAKE THAT GIRL AWAY.
To conclude with the new Comic Drama, called TO) MUCII OF
A GOOD THING. Principal characters by Mr. Roxby and Mrs.
F. Mathews.

Box-office opea from 10 until 6.
Sole agent for Private Boxes, Mr. Allcroft, 15. New-Bond-street.

THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI.
Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste.
THIS EVENING,

Will be performed a new and original Drama, preceded by a Pro-
logue. and called JANET PRIDE.
After which. BETTY MARTIN.
To be followed by THE UNKNOWN AND THE BAYADERE.
Characters by Messrs. P. Bedford and G. Lee ; Misses Woolgar and
Keeley, and Mdlles. Maraquita and Benonl.

ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE.
Lessee and Manager. Mr. A. Wigan.
THIS EVENING.

WM• be presented the new Comedietta, called TIT FOR TAT. In
Which Messrs. F. Robson, A. Wigan, and Miss Maskell will appear.
Followed by A LUCKY FRIDAY.

After which. a new Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE YELLOW
DWARF AND THE KING OF THE GOLD MINES. Characters
by Mr. F. Robson, Miss Julia St. George, Miss E. Ormond% Miss
Marston, Miss Bromley, and Mrs. Fltzallan.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Under the direction of Miss Rebecca Isaacs.
THIS EVENING
Will be performed OUR NELLY. Principal character, by Miss
Rebecca Isaacs.
After which, MIDAS. Midas, Mr. Hal-ord.
Followed by TEE MARRIED BACHELOR,

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooks.

THIS EVENING,
Last time bat two. The BATTLES of BALAKLAVA. INKER-
MANN, and the ALMA !
To conclude with the SCENES In the CIRCLE, and the wonderful
performance of Herr Endersohn, named I'll-de-Fer, with l'Entree the
Clown a la Francaise.
MONDAY next, the Complimentary Benefit of Mr. WILLIAM
COOKE. Timour the Tartar, novel scenes in the Arena, ant Herr
`Endersohn's performance.
Hoz-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W.
West. Acting Manger. Der. W. H. Cooke. Equestrian Directot,
Yr. W. Cooke. jun.

OBEAT NATIONAL STANDARD THEATRE, SHOREDITCH.
Propeetor, Mr. John Douglass.
Miss (ILYN, the popular Actress, as Cleopatra.
Every evening. Wednesday excepted. Shakepeare's ANTONY and
CLEOPATRA. Antony by Mr. Henry Marston; Cleopatra, Miss
Glyn. The play will be produced with new and splemit3 scenery,
dresses, and aPPointalents*
To conclude with The SCAPEGRACE of PARIS, by Mrs. R.
Suwon
On Wednesday, OTHELLO ; Othello, Mr. Henry Marston ; to con-
clude with the MISTRESS of the MILL.
Doors open at six, commence at half-past s!x. Boxes, 2s. 6d.; 25.,
Is. 6d., Is.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE
Tins DAT —Morninr 55 min.after 9 I Evening 47 inin.aft. 10
To-Vna unr—Morning 34 min.after 11 I Evening 0 mizt.aft. 0

THE WELTBER.—Sup Onus, March. 14.
• Tairamommuz, Is THE SHADH
49 - highest since noon yesterday,.
40 -lowest this morning and. during the night.
45-this day, at noon.
BAROMETER, 29.71—rising.
Wiwn. S.E.—Light breeze, with dull weather.
Two o'CLocK.—Wind, changed to S.W., with fine
weather.

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LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MARCII 14, 1855.

Prussia still appears intent on maintaining a
vacillating, or rather a deceptive course of policy.
Her sole aim is to cast dust into the eyes of those
with whom she may be negotiating, by statements
and assurances not only without foundation, but
altogether contrary to the actual facts. Indeed
her duplicity is apparent froth the conflicting pro-
fessions made to the different parties. To the
Ministers of the Western Powers she holds out
the strongest hopes that she is prepared forthwith
to enter into positive engagements—that she will
at length pursue a straightforward and honourable
course ; while to those of Russia the promises are
equally distinct and unequivocal, that, if peace
cannot be restored, a strict neutrality will be
maintained. There must be great mendacity and
equivocation towards one side or the other ;
and, if we consider the antecedents of Fan-
DEBICIC WILLTAK since the proclamation of
War, we shall be enabled to perceive which
party he wishes to bamboozle. We believe
that Lord Jourr Russsm. who, while in Paris, had
a prolonged interview with M. Ds HATZFELD, the
Prussian Ambassador to France, and at Berlin had
gni:iry communications with Baron MANTRUFFEL
and the KING himself, found that it was impos-
sible to place the slightest reliance on any pro-
mise or assertion emanating from Prussian
sources, and that the more positive the statement
the greater certainty of its falsehood.
The chief object of FREDERICK WILLIAM is to
obtain admission for his representative to the ap-
proaching conferences at Vienna, without con-
tracting any binding engagements ft-ern which he

could not subsequently shuffle out. For this he)
is prepared to incur any amount of
.discredit, 'to
quibble and equivocate in the most disgrace tut
manner. We trust, however, that the repre' sen-
tatives of France, and England will remain &rm,
and decisively and unequivocally reject the) insi-
dious and unwarrantable proposition.

It is not merely as an amende to his 'sounded
dignity that FREDERICK WILLIAM so anxiously
desires to participate in the discussions about
to be inaugurated. He naturally feels the loss
of inftnence,and pesition arising froin this exclu-
--and he would glad;ly avoid the humiliation.
ant hs
well
'mows• that it is the natural re-
sult of his
lip his mind to-folilue that
when he made
glorious, but so
A'w a course not merely so in-
submit philarsoi ,
disgraceful, he should
~,hicau y to the inevitable conse-
quences. He c,ould not for a moment expect to
retain the pr estige and influence which he had.
himself d
.eliljerately and wantonly sacrificed. His
most e?..rnes t wish, however, is to be enabled to
hely, ii:es ner diew, as he formerlyhelped hie brother-
ir,-law to assist Russia, not by boldly and man-
fully assum: ing arms in her behalf, but by pro-
ducing co! &fusion and dissension amongst those
to 'iv/Jose councils he might be admitted. We
col alemn the former policy, but it would at
feast be st raightforward and resolute, while the
latter woulifd be degrading znd despicable, more
befitting a q nibbling pettifogger than a Monarch
claiming to hold au elevated position in the
comity of nactions. We cannot for a moment
deem it possible that the demand can be acceded
to. We sho 0 Id, indeed, entertain a humiliating
estimate of tine Ministers and Plenipotentiaries of
France and Fd 'gland to suppose that the one could
propene or tht, ocher could consent to negotiate on
such tern2s.

t
uat et FIuDBRICK WILLIAM justifies, or

rather attempts to justify, the course he has pur-
sued, as being in obedience to the last dictates of
his dying father—a point of which he was strongly
reminded by the Emperor NICHOLAS at the very
hour of his dissolution. The message, which
might be regarded as coming from the grave, for
along with it arrived the tidings of the death of
the man who had su long exercised a paramount
influence over the mind of his feeble brother-in-
law, produced an immediate response. Prince
CHARLES of Prussia, notorious for his subserviency
to Russia, was at once despatched on a mis-
sion of condolence to the widowed EMPRESS
and the new CZAR —bearing, at the same
time, an assurance of the inflexible deter-
mination of the KING to act in accordance
with the principles inculcated by his predecessor.
If any doubt could exist as to the terms it would
be removed by the selection of so determined
partisan as the Prince CHARLES. There is, there-
fore, an additional and most cogent reason wh)
we should peremptorily reject the proffered inter-
vention of one so strongly biassed in favour of the

enemy.
Ou this point Lord JOHN RUSSELL cannot hesi-
tate. His acceptance of the Colonial-office ren-
dered it indispensable that he should speedily be
prepared to discharge its important duties. If a
representative of Prussia were admitted, we might
rest assured that, not merely days but months,
perhaps years, would be wasted in unprofitable
discussions, while Russia would be encouraged to
continue an obstinate resistance, in the expecta-
tion of benefits anticipated from the friendly in-
terference of Prussia

It will take a long time to lay the demon of
intolerance even in this land of boasted light and
liberty. Clergymen are fond of ringing changes
in our ears on the " mild and tolerant spirit of
our Church," and the happy difference in this
respect between Protestant and Papal countries.
We wish the difference were much plainer. The
nation is tolerant to a large extent, but no one
can now pretend that the Church of England is
the nation, or the nation the Church of England.
Her clergymen dare not hazard another common-
wealth, and if they dare, the nation, represented
by its Parliament, will not let them. The spirit,
however, which roused the country to overthrow
the Church two hundred years ago is by no means
dormant in all her present clergy. There are
those among them who would, doubtless, rejoice
in a Star Chamber, and in slitting noses and clip-
ping ears, and praising GOD for such sentences in
the orthodox ST. LAUD style, if only society would
let them. Nothing is plainer than that no class
of mortals on earth are more disposed to use
power cruelly than ecclesiastics ; and nothing is
more obviously the duty of the State than to de-
prive them of all legal means of annoying those
whe differ from them. A Czar is not more re-
lentless than a bigot. Indeed the bigotry of thu
majority of modern despots has quite equalled
their tyranny. The odious quality is essentially
the same, but now it shows itself in the civilian,
now in the ecclesiastic. The latter is far the
more hateful of the two, since the Great Head of
the Church came to unteach men the love of• rule
and to teach them humility.
Our readers were probably many of them led
to generalise in this sort yesterday by the report
in OILT columns of another case of burial intole-
rance. It came before one of our metropolitan
magistrates at Clerkenwell, Mr. CORRIE. Two
Irishmen were summoned for a row, and that on
consecrated ground. They or some one non
inventus had knocked the book out of the clergy-
maafs hand, had seized the tools of the sexton,
and rendered his last services superfluous ; and of
course for hustling a Doctor of Divinity, and lay-
ing profane ha nds on a holy pickaxeand spade, they
were taken in to custody. The dignity of the law
and the dignity of a D.D. demanded no less. But
what had tll e D.D. done ? He had only pitted
Anglican ane, educated bigotry against Popish and
illiterate bqvtry. He considered the Burial Ser-
vice of his prayer-book the only and the indispens-
able one for every body which sought repose in
his churcl•rjard. His Catholic parishioners deemed
the services already performed by their own priest
the only and the indispensable one, and no doubt
feared in, n.ry to the departed from what they held
to be an heretical service. The priest had judi-
ciously :ai lvised his people to request the Protestant
to abstPal i from the objectionable service, and if
he penis ted, to withdraw and leave him with his
sexton and clerk. The poor men, however, would
fight ag
,ainst a faith when obtruded upon them,
even (io ntrary to orders. They did not know that
the p bysical force of law enabled a clergyman to
perfo Tan over the dead the abhorred service, or
they -would not have resorted to the physical force
of w i 1 d Irish passion.
TI ►e magistrate considerately gave the repre-
son' atives of the Church opportunity to behave as
th sir Lord and Master would have done. He
se at the Doctor of Divinity to the Lord Bishop
of :London. He suggested that the bishop might
p ermit the omission of a servica over Catholics
ihich the surviving Catholic relatives deemed a
imecration. The civilian could not conceive at
first sight why a ceremony should be forced upon
people who did not want it, merely because by
_locality they were obliged to bury in a particular
• churchyard. The bishop, however, soon rebuked
the impious suggestion. It was, he informed him,

a right of the Church to read her service over all
bodies interred in her churchyards, and the right
must be sustained. The magistrate bowed to the
bishop. Not being an ecclesiastic, however, he
pitied the ignorance of the poor men, fined them
only ss. each, bat prudently threatened that,
if the offence were repeated, they must smart for
it to the heart's content of Bishops and Doctors of
Divinity.

Now, we humbly think that while ignorant
Irishmen must be kept from rows, it would have
been more creditable to the magistrate to have
lectured the bishop and his subordinate in the
spirit of his first suggestion. They in our opinion
occupy a much more disgraceful position than the
Irishmen. We hear everlasting homilies on the
liberalising tendency of education, but if such un-
meaning bigotry as that displayed by these church-
men is' to be the result of it, we may as well shut
up our schools. Here are a pair of college-bred
gentlemen fighting with illiterate Irishmen over
the corpses of poor Catholics, contending as a
right for what could not benefit the dead, while it
was revolting, indeed most irritating, to the
living ! It is but recently Lord SHAFTESBURY
and his friends were declaiming, and justly,
against the
burial-ground t
Spanish intolerance which denied a
,roatiesitnanaltl
s ;-or, if it granted
them one, refused
permission to celebrate publicly
the Protestant service. bigotry enough, to be
srst and most sacred sorrows or Protestants
in-
salting gantdhetldieeemp
such cases, for in-
living. For the latitude of London, however, we
think the bigotry we have just deicribed quite as
bad. The men who could in enlightened England
thrust a hated religions service on the mourners
for the dead would in Spain assuredly not
have
hesitated to consign Protestant bodies to the
stable-yard, or to low-water mark. Our ecclesias-
tics should know that no bigotry is more revolt-

ing to the' hearts of all laymen, whether Church-
men, Dissenters, or Catholics, than that which
shows itself in wounding the feelings of those who
mourn for their dead.

The public career of JOSEPH HUME was one of
those of which the country may be proud. It
was energetic, manly, unselfish, and patriotic in
an extraordinary degree. It was morally heroic.
Having ever admired his zeal in the public ser-
vice, and especially his unquailing perseverance
in pursuit of his righteous aims, under circum-
itances such as would have deterred most
men, it was not until the latter portion
of his life the great-heartedness of the man burst
upon us. He who had been the jeer of every
liveried sycophant of power and every imperti-
nent imbecility of rank, who had been hooted,
iiissed, butted at, and traduced by all who throve
by or abetted corruption in Church or State
through a long course of years, and who had
passed jeer, hiss, assault, and slander by with an
impassibility that seemed to indicate an almost
total al:sauce of sensitiveness, had, it be-
tame known to us, the tastes, percep-
tions, and feelings, if not the uttorance, of
the poet. The "Jon HuME" of the lobby, the
clubs, the press, and the hustings, had these and
persevered. Had these and never betrayed,
never bore, indeed, a particle of resentment, but
went steadily on his appointed way, and did his
work like a man—always at his place,. always
active, and always conciliating, but resolved. It
was his misfortune, so far as fame is concerned,
to have cost his country nothing, and to be an
economist and a civilian. Had he worn regimen-
tals, and never hesitated at an estimate, what
an " incarnation of duty" he would have been
called !

"JOSEPH HUME, a Memorial," by. JOSEPH
BURNLEY HUME, lies before us, and has suggested
the preceding remarks. It is written in irregular
couplets, after the measure of " Locksley Hall,"
and possesses considerable merit, many of the
couplets being very graphic, the character hap-
pily hit off, and the whole pervaded by intense
earnestness. But it is more than a poem :itis a
tribute of affection paid to the memory of a
father by a son, and we advert to it here in sup-
port of our previous remarks, and in proof of the
high moral bearing of that father. He who could
inspire so much veneration and love, as the memo-
rial reveals, could be no ordinary man, and must
have possessed most of the qualities attributed to
him. To his robust frame must have been
" Knit a soul of nature's simplest mould,
Strong, calm, brave, tender, manly, like some patriarch
of old ;
And so sincere, that what e'en foes would promise he
believed ;
And did so ever and again, how eft sn'e'er deceived."
We can believe that
--" Evermore unruffled : strife embittered not his
mind ;
Defeat and scorn could never leave one rankling pang
behind."
And further, that,
"Benevolent himself, in quenchless hope the earth he
trod,
His being one continued act of thanksgiving to God ' -
And thus a long charmed life he lived, that scarce knew
check or fall,
Successful as but few can be, and happy beyond all."
It is melancholy to reflect how inadequately
public benefactors are appreciated in their life-
time, but it is some satisfaction to know that
"virtue is its own reward," and that appreciation
comes at last ; and we feel confident that among
public benefactors a higher place than ever will
be accorded to him, to whose

" Simple soul was given a sturdy common sense
That seized what finer talents missed with striking
prescience,"
to the homely, indefatigable patriot, JOSEPH
HUME.

Tho Queen has given 501. out of the Royal bounty to
Catherine Wilkinson, of Liverpool, to whom, is owing
the establishment of baths and washhouses for the poor.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, who
was to have left town for Melton Mowbray, has been
compelled to defer her departure until Thursday next, in
consequence of not having sufficiently recovered from the
cold from which she has been suffering.
The Marquis of Hertford has arrived in Berkeley-
square from the French capital.

*The Earl of CAledon, whose seriou4 illnems during the
past three months has caused considerable anxiety to his
numerous friends, is now understood to be satisfactorily
progressing- towards convalescence.

The Earl and Countess of Wilton are dispensing their
hospitality at Egerton Lodge, Melton" Mowbray, to a
distinguished circle. The Hon. Captain Dudley and
Lady 'Elizabeth De Ros, Lord and Lady Newport, Lord
Canterbury, &c., are amongst the visitors.

The Earl and Countess of Durham are about to visit
Paris for a short period. On their return, the noble earl
and her ladyship will occupy the mansion, No. 122,
Park-lane. The countess's accouchetnent is expected to
take place in the month of June.
The Earl and Countess Cowper gave a dinner party
last evening, at their residence in Great Stanhope-street.
Among the guests were Viscountess Palmerston, the
Marchioness of Ailesbury, the Austrian Minister, and
the Countess Colloredo, Viscount and Viscountess
Sydney, Lord Charles Bruce, the Hon. W. Cowper,
M.P., &c.

The Earl Fortescue is not expected to return to town
until Easter. His lordship is still at Castle Hill, where
the family have been since August.
Viscountess Palmerston has cards out for an assembly
this evening.
The Countess Walewska had a " reception" last
evening, at the residence of the French Embassy, Al-
bert-gate House.
Viscount and Viscountess Milton will leave town in
the course of the present week for Milton Hall, North-
amptonshire, where they intend to remain until Easter.
Viscount Milton returned to town on Monday, from
Yorkshire.

THE WOUNDED AT SCUTARI.—An amateur soiree
musicale is to be given oa Tuesday, March 20, at the
Elanover-square Rooms, for the relief of the sick and
wounded at Scutaii, the proceeds of which are to be pre-
dented to Miss Nightingale. The tickets are to be ob-
tained from Miss Bevington, 48, Greek-street, Soho-
square.
MAJOR understa ud that the Cale-
donian United Service Club entertained thisdistinguished
young officer at dinner on Thursday last.
There are in England 2,406 brewers, 61,736 vic-
tuallers, and 44,236 licensed to sell beer. In Scotland,
there are 124 brewers, and 13,667 victuallers ; and in
Ireland, 101 brewers, and 15,667 victoallers.—Parlia-
ntentary Papers.
THE SOIREE AT UNIvEASITY COLLEGE.--The students
of University College la,t evening entertained a large
and distinguished body of per:ons known to be interested
in eduction and the pursuits of science and literature.
The conception of the entertainment was a happy one,
and does infinite credit to the energy of the students,
while it is a proof of their intellectual tendencies.

FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE ROYAL STANDARD THEA-
TRE, SHOREDITCH.—On Monday night a fatal accident
occurred at this establishment to a stage carpenter,
named Thomas Ray, aged 48 years. Deceased, who
was in the service of Mr. Douglas, the lessee, was en-
gaged after the performance in covering over a large
piece of looking-glass, in the front entrance hall, when
he slipped front the ladder on which he stood, and fall-
ing to the floor, a depth of 18 feet, sustained a fracture
of the skull, from which he died yesterday morning.
The deceased, who was a steady workman, has left a
wife and five children unprovided for.
RUSSIAN PRODUCE.—The idea that the purchases in
the English funds yesterday were consequent upon im-
proved prospects of peace caused flatness in the markets
for Russian produce. Tallow at one time was very dull,
but it partially recovered before the close.

AIISTRALIA.—The Dawstone and the Kurrajong have
arrived from New South Wales, but the amount of gold
they bring, if any, remains to be ascertained. The
Brilliant, from Geelong, has 35,000 ounces, valued at
140,0 001.
MADRAS.—The Nile (Nisbet) has arrived in the Downs
in 86 days from Madras, having touched at the Cape of
Good Hope about the 25th of January. • Her mails
would be received in town to day.
PRICE OF GoLD.- —The quotation of gold at Paris is
about at par (according to the last tariff), which, at the
English Mint price of 31. 17s. 10j,d. per ounce for stand-
ard gold, gives an exchange of 25.17; and, We exchange
at P.tris on London at short being 25-124 it follows
that gold is about 0.18 psr cont. dearer iu Paris than in
London. By advices from Hamburg the price of gold
423 i per mark, which, at the Enc,lish Mint price of
31. 17s. 141. per ounce fur standard gold, gives an ex-
change of 13.4! ; and, the exchange at Hamburg on
.-nnron at short being 134), it foAows that gold is 0.18
cent. dearer in London than in Harahan?D. The
Co arse of exchange at New York on London for bills at
GO days' sight is 1091 per cent., and, the par of exchange
bets Teen England and Anierica being 109 23.40 per cent.,
it ful. 'ows that the exchange is nominally 0.17 per cent.
in far our of England ; and, after making allowance for
eharg. 13 of transport and difference of interest, the pre-
sent r. tte leaves a small profit on the importation of
gold fn tin the 'United States.

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LATEST NEWS.

VIENNA, ALutcH 12.

A report is circulated to-day that a battle has
been fought before Sebastopol, but without any de-
cisive results. General Osten-Sacken was wounded,
and the French have taken one of the forts. Both
sides claim the victory.
The Congress will be formally opened on Wed-
nesday or Thursday.
A pacific solution is considered probable.
Count Alvensleben is likely to represent Prussia
at the Conference.

Prince Gortschakoff had the honour of being
received to-day by the Emperor Francis Joseph,
to whom he presented the new letters of credence.