The Sun.
London, England, 1864-02-22 00:00:00

SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, VEER

ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA,
COVENT-GARDEN.
Under the Manatzement of Miss Louisa Pyne and
Mr. W. llarrison.
T HIS' EVENING (10th time) a new Opera, founded on
Goldsmith's Comedy, and to be called SII sToops To
coNquER. Miss*Louisa Fyne and r.M w. Harrison.
fter which, the Burlesque Opening of the Grand National
antornime,
LIARLEQUIN ST. GEORGE AND TILE DRAGON.
Doors open at half-past Six—Conunence at Seven.

IHEATRE ROYAL DRUR Y-L AN E.
Managers., Messrs. Edmond Falconer and
I'. B. Cli;ttterton.
THIS EVE";ING, the Performances w;11 commence with
THE MAN OP THE WORLD. Mr. Phelps,Ba
Mr. G. Z;eville; M:lsses Atkinson, It. Leclercq, and Murray.
To conclude with the new Grand Christmas Comic Panto-
mime cf SINBAD TILE SAILOR ; or. The Seven -Wonders
of. tn.:. World. Clown:. Messrs. 11. Bolen° and C. Lauri ;
Barlequins, Messrs. J. Cormack and S. Saville ; Pantaloons,
Messrs. IV A. Barnes and J. inorris ; Columbines, bladama
1.501er,0 and 74Iisses Gunnies.
Prices as usual. Box Cfrice open from 10 till 5 daily.

firTIE ATRE ROYAL HAY NI
Sole Leesee and Manager, Mr, Rucks tone.
THIS EVENING, A KISS IN THE DARK.
After which, SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER : Messrs.
Buckstone, Chippendale, Culleniord, Howe, W. Gordon,
Clark, &c.; Mesdames Angel, Snowdon, Fitzwilliam, C.
To be followed by LEND hill FIVE SHILLINGS.
To conclde with KING ARTHUR ; or The Days and
u
Knights of the Round Table. Messrs. Chippndale, Compton,
Braid, Clark, Rogers, Tilbury, &c. ; Mesdames L. Keeley,
Brough, Wright, Terry, Lindley, Rogers, &C.
Commence at 7.

OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE,
„Led Under the Sole Management of Msr. Fechter.
BEL DENIONIO (a Triumphant Succes) will be repeated
Every Evening during the Week.
THIS EVENING, the performance will commence with a
:
New ad Orh4lual Fare, THE LOST
Messrsn. I. Widdicombe, c
Shore,entitledar Gden, F. Charles Collett,
Moreland; Dlisses Percy, Pauline Le?lercl, Wood, Mrs. Lee,
and Miss E. Lavenu.
Ater which, at Eight o'clock, BEL DEMONIO, a Love
Story, in TIVCIVC Tableaux, taken from Stendhal's "Italian
Chroniclez," by Ur. John Brougham, Principal charac
ter by Mr. Pechter, supported by Messrs. Jordan, Charles,
Brough,in, Emery, Raymond, Moreland, Smith, Clifford,
Sims ; Miss Kate Terry, Miss E. Lavers, Mrs. Lee,
and 811613 Elsworthy.
The Public are entreated to take notice that No Charge is
made to the occupants of Boxes, Box-places, or Stalls, either
to: play bills or for the safe keeping of hat,, and cloaks, and
that the attendants in all parts of the house are forbidden to
receive any gratuities whatever.
Box-0i:1,:,‘ open daily from 11 to 5. Commence at 7.

DI OPAL PitINCESS'S THEATRE.-
0) Sole Lesee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining.
THIS EVENING, PAUL'S RETUE.N.
After which, HARLEQUIN LITTLE TOM TUCKER;
or The Fine Lady of Banbury Cross, and the Old Woman
who Lived in a Shoe and Had so Many Children she didn't
snow what to do.

MEW THEATRE-R0 YAL,
t3oio Propriotor and 111anazar, If:. B. Webster.
Vst Week of Miss Bateman.
THIS EVENING, THE PRETTY HORSEBILE/IKE
13.
Wool,gar and kir. J. L. Toole.
to Eight, the New Drama of LEAH Miss Bate-
Sinn, supported by Messrs. Arthur Stirling, R. Phillips, Bil-
ington, Stuart, Stephenson, Eburne ; Miss IL Simms, and
Mrs. Billing,ten.
To conclude with LADY BELLE BELLE; or, Fortunio
and his Seven Maccio Men. Messrs. J. Clarke, R. Phillips,
Stephenson ; Miss Woogar, Miss IC. Kelly, Miss Patti
iose2hs, Alias L. Laidlaw,l Miss Seaman.
• Commence at 7.

LEA H.-EVERY
S BATE HAN.

NIGHT.

ISS BATEMAN.-LEAII.-THIS EVENING,
the 122 d appearance of the great Tragic Actress, Miss
AT MEAN, in the character of LEAH. In consequence of
the unbounded success with which Miss Bateman's imperso-
nation of the principal character in the new Five Act Drama
of LEAH has been attended. Mr Webster begs to announce
that it will be performed EVERY EVENING until further
notice.

ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, under the
Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER.
Cro.deel with rank and fashion.—The New Comedy of THE
SILVER LINING every Evening.—Mr. and Mrs. Charles
J.
Mathews, Mrs. Stirling', Mrs. Frank 3litthews, and
L. Toole every evening. The following eminent artistes are
engaged :—Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr. j. L. Toole, Mr. Paul
Bedford, Mr. Frederic Robinson, Mr. Ashley, and Mr. Chas.
Mathews Mrs. Stirling, Miss Herbert, Mrs, Frank Mat-
thews, Miss A. Cottrell, Miss Fanny Josephs, Miss Went-
worth, and Mrs. Charles Matlews.
THIS EVF,NING. and during the Week, at 7 o'c'ock,
an entirely new Comedy, in 3 Acts, by LAcest2r Bucking-
hatn,7Esq., entiVed THE SILVER LINING : Mr. Charle
Mathews, Mr. Frederic Robinson, Mr. Ashley, Mr, John-
s
s'one, Mr. Montague ; Mrs. t harles Mathews, Mrs. Frank
Matthews, IlLss Cottrell, Miss Wentworth, and Mrs. Stirling.
•To be followed by Mr, Charles Mathews just translated
from the French)in his characterstic character of Un Anglais
Timide, entitled COOL AS A CUCUMBER.
To conclude with 180 ; or. THE SENSATIONS OF
THE PAST SEASON : Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. Paul Bedford,
Mr. A. Cottrell, and Miss Fanny Josephs.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough.
THIS EVENING, ON AND OFF.
To be followed by UNLIMITED CONFIDENCE. Mr.
)cltord, Mr. Parselle ; Miss Marie Wilton, Miss Thorne.
After whinh, the Grand Cliri,tmas Dirlesque, ORPHEUS
3ND KURA' ) E : Messrs. Wood, James Fenton,
Mesdames Swr.nblrouqll, Mario Wilton, Ifughcs,
Concluding with MARGATE BAND.S.
Commence at 7.

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LONDON, MONDAY, FEB. 22, 1864.

Austria and Prussia, after invading the purely
Dinieh province of Jutland, and there retaining
their troops during forty-eight hours, quite law,
lessly, upon the soil of Denmark Proper have—
upon reflection—evacuated it. They still overrun
Holstein. They still hold possession of Schleswig
as a "material guarantee." Those allied assailants of
the sovereign power of King CHRISTIAN IX., and
of the independence of the nationality to the vindi-

cation of which that monarch haa but so very recently
been summoned by the death of his predecessor—
Austria and Prussia, in the name of the Germanic
Diet, having occupied Holstein and segues-
strated Schleswig, have planted tai feet of their
soldiery for
a while upon the soil of Jutland,
only—upon seecnd thoughts—to evacuate that in.
varied peninsula. For the advance of the German
armies into Holstein, even for their advance into
Schleswig, some show of argument might be put
forth, in effect has all along been put forth in bold
words, by the aeplomatists and the Governments
of the Confederation. But for the still further
advance of the Austro-Prussian troops into Jut-
land no vestige of a plea, even of the most shadowy
kind, could by possibility be adduced. It was
simply lawless. It was simply a brutal violation of
all the most sacred rights of an independent
Sovereignty. It was an act admitting of
no (=use whatever. It was an Outrage
in no Way to be eztennated. The peninsula of
Jutland is an integral portion of Denmark Proper.
Whatever may be argued about Schleswig or Rol.
etsin, s4arately, or about, both of them together,
nothing whatever can be said in regard to Jutland,
but that it is intensely and essentially Danish
throughout, that it is part and parcel of purely
Danish tereitory. If the crossing of the Eider, that
is, of the southern boundary-line of Schleswig,,by
the Austre-Prussian troops, was bad on the part of
the two leading Powers of Germany—far
worse, far more outrageous, was the course
pursued by them last week when the German
soldiers advanced still further in their lawless inva
sion of the kingdom of Denmark : crossing not the
southern but the northern boundary of Schleswig,
not the Eider but the Skodborg or Scholborg.
So monstrous, so wholly uejust'.fieble, indeed was
this proceeding on the part of the assailants and
inVaders of Denmark, that even in the British

a 5..... ,
house of Commons, the Prime Minister of
a Do-nothing, Non-intervention, Rest-and-be-
Thankful, Cabinet was constrained (when goes-
tioned, point blank, upon the subject) to
reprobate the movement as it deserved. Lprd
PALMERSTON, it is true, declined to intimate, how-
ever vaguely or indirectly, what action her MA-
JESTY'S Government would take thereupon ; or if,
indeed, they would be disposed to take any
a ion at all under the sting of that
la Et and frarcest goad. Nevertheless, while
rn,intaining a dogged silenco as to the future
policy of the Cabinet, even contingently upon the
invasion of J atlancl, the Premier, as only in truth
became him under the eircum3tances, designated so
very monstrous an invasion as that, in the only terms

in chich it admits in any wey of being accurately
designated. Whether Jutland had actually been
invaded or not, remain: d for a while
matter of some uncertainty. It appeared almost a
thing incredible—even after all the recent lawless-
ness of the Germanic Powers in their invasion of
Denmark. The announcement of the evacuation of
Jutland, however, is, in itself, conclusive. The
perpetration of that last and crowning outrage
upon the twofold rights of Danish Independence
and of the Danish Sovereignty, no longer admitted
of being simply hypothetical, when the intelligence
CDMES of the actual reversal of the step after two
days' interval in that direction, the distinct reversal
of it, namely, by the evacuation of that portion of the
peninsula. The allies, like Fear in COLLINS'S Ode,
have " back recoiled"—but, probably, unlike their
prototype, they know full well " why." The occu-
pation of Jutland could hardly have been regarded
apathetically even by the meekest stickler for the
principle of Non-intervention, and for that Easy,
Dawdling, Da-nothing policy which has grown out
of it. Even if Ministers had shown themselves in
this matter fain to look on quietly while this last
shameful act was being perpetrated by the
Austro-Prussian army with impunity, we
cln scarcely deem it probable that the Par-
liament of England would, to that extent at least,
have indorsed the non-intervention policy of the
Government. The Opposition must then, at length,
have been awakened from its protracted torpor.
The policy of Ministers must, at last have then
necessitated a decisive division for them or against
them. Another dilemma has, however, been so far
happily tidedlover by the Ministry, thanks to a pru-
dent afterthought revising the strategic movements of
the allies in the seat of this lamentable war in Den.
mark. Like the King of France in the old nursery
song, marching up the hill and then down again,
the German soldiery have entered Jutland for a
couple of days—only to evacuate it, however, at
the end of the brief interval during which they
had thus indulged their insolence as aggressors. So
far, their evacuation of Jutland is a concession to
public decency. As it is, however, they have out-
raged all sense of right, and justice, and decorum,
before all Europe, by their temporary advance into
that purely Danish province of Jutland—as they bad
done already, for that matter, by the brutal violence
with which, with a force of seventy thousand men,
they advanced into Schleswig against Danish forces
numerically so insignificant ! Presenting to view, all
the while—as they are doing—the spectacle of two
of the greatest Powers in Europe banded together
for the infliction of a cruel wrong by brutal violence
upon a lesser Power ! That lesser Power being, up
to this present moment, left completely in the larch
by the rest of the Powers (great and small) in
Christendom.

A matter of considerable provincial importance
was discussed on Friday evening in the House of
Cemmons, In the lull which is now preceding that
political storm which may be safely expected to
follow the production of the foreign correspondEnce
of our Government, minor topics rise to the surface
and occupy a degree of time and attention which
would hardly be accorded to them under other cir-

cumstances. All parties are resting on their oars,
as it were, and have leisure to spare for the consi-
deration of these internal arrangements which are
happily of a more peaceful and satisfactory nature
than those of most States. Instead of struggles for
supremacy between Crown and Parliament, in place
of anxious cogitation over army estimates and de-
fensive preparations against a foreign foe, or, worse
still, to make ready for the sudden emergencies of a
desolating civil war, we find our members delibe-
rating on the rival claims of two country towns to
the dignity of the assizes, It may be remembered
by our readers that it has been decided to hold a
separate commission for the West Riding of York-
shire, a district whose extent and importance ele-
vate it almost to the rank of a county. So far
back as 1652 the Liw Commission reported in
favour of such a proceeding, the report bearing the
signatures of several eminent judges. Five years
later a Royal Commission was appointed to inquire
into the place Nacre the assize should be held, con-
sisting of Sir JOHN PAKINGTON, Colonel WILSON
PATTEN, the late Speaker, and the ex-Lord Chancel.

for as President. This commission were, it seems,
unanimous against the selection of Leeds as the
assize town; two of the members, Sir J. PAxING•
TON and Colonel W. PATTEN being in favour
of Wakefield, and the rest opposed to it. The
Home Office received the report, but the
Government came to no decision on the matter,
which wassubmitted to some members of the Privy
Council, who gave their opinion in favour of Leeds.
AS yet, however, no order has been made upon the
subject, and therefore Sir JOHN HAY, in moving

for an address to her MAJESTY in favour of Wake
field, expressed some hope that he was not too late
to obtain the granting of his petition. Accordingly
the partisans of Leeds and Wakefield came forward
valiantly en behalf of their respective clients, and
recounted all their claims to pre-eminence, and
rehearsed the arguments in their favour. On behalf
of Wakefield, the plaintiff in the cause, it was said
that the great majority of the inhabitants, the
magistrates, the privy councillors, and the members
of the West Riding were on its side. Of 350 magis-
trates, nearly 200 had expressed themselves in its
favour, while only 59 were for Leeds. Its accom-
modation for judges, juries, and barristers was also
stated to be greatly superior to that of its rival,
the county building at Wakefield having cost
£250,000, whereas a rate must be levied on the
county to provide assize courts at Leeds. It was
further contended by Sir J. HAY that the selection
of Leeds would be a slight to the county town—a
somewhat sentimental reason, followed by the
weightier argument of the inconvenience of re-
moving the prisoners, who are all committed to
Wakefield before teal, to Leeds for the assize,
Mr. LEATIIAII, in a very amusing speech, brought
forward a whole catalogue of reasons and ninon-
etrances, in mingled jest an calms!, in support
of the motion. Leeds, ho said, was poieoned by its
dense population and its mess of steam machinery.
The atmosphere was murky, the vegetation decay-
ing, the court was the worst place in the world for
hearing, and on every ground its claim was insuffi-
cient. The hon. member drew a laughable pic-
ture of the surprise and delight of the good
citizens of Leeds at the
dignity which
had come so unexpectedly upon them, and now it
had been said that tho Ministers heal chosen the
town out of regard for the tnernb2r for that borough
w;io overawed them by going about "carrying a
.4iDgle-bArreled Reform Bill at full cock." Then

came the speakers on the other side, foremost among
them being the Home Secretary himself. He an-
nouneei that it was after careful deliberation the
committee had come to the concluion that Leeds had
the best claim, a decision arrived at without regard
to political or private interests, but with the sole
view of forwarding the cheap, speedy, and effectual
administration of justice: As for the magistrates,
he said they were mostly in favour of making no
change at all, and their opinion consequently was
not of much weight. It remained for Mr. BEECROFT,
however, to suns up the case in favour of Leeds,
which he did so clearly and conclusively as to lease
little to be said by the other party. Leeds is the
most populous town in the whole district; it has
270,00 J inhabitants against Waktfield's 20,000, and
within a radius of ten miles Leeds numbers 600,000
persons. There aro only eight miles between the
two towns, and as Mr. BEECaOFT very justly said,
common sense indicates that the small population
should go to the larger town, and not the large
population to the small town, The great railway
companies have chosen Leeds as their general ter-
minus—an additional proof that it is the natural
centre of the Riding. It has no less than 220 trains
a-day, while the vast amount of business carried on
there naturally gives rise to a large proportion of
the assize business, not, as Mr. LEATIIAM jokingly
pretended, on account of the greater wickedness of
the population, but from *the fair proportion of
numbers and opportunities. With regard to the
accommodation, it was asserted that Leeds had
s‘uperior advantages, and the town had already pur-
chased land, made contracts for building, and
entered into other arrangements for facilitating the
business of the assize. On these grounds, therefore,
we are not surprised that the House of Commons
should have resolved not to interfere with the de-
cision of the Privy Council, but to let the matter
rest in its present position.

At this inclement season of the year there can-
not be too many schemes set on foot for the sue-

tour of the poor and homeless. It is to be won-
dered at that there have not been more efforts
made, considering the urgent necessity that exists
for some remedial measures. Scarcely a day passes

in which some case is not recorded of dreadful

destitution and abject misery. People read of these
cruel snfferings, and lament the fate of these
neglected wanderers on life's highway, but bow

'ew really try t) do anything to put a stop to
he recurrence of the calamities I This is the only
;rue way to benefit society, and gradually but

surely to introduce a now state of things. There

;s now set on foot a most excellent undertaking,

which is to establish " a nightly refuga for Borne

of the poor outcasts of the West end of London."
The advantages of such a plan are manifold, and
it is not likely that the plan can bo otherwise
than successful when it is once fairly put into
working order. Of course there are many objcc•

tions raised against the adoption of the scheme,
and all the arguments that have already been
worn threadbare are again put into requisition
as to the futility of such notions, and the impru-
dence of doing so much for those who ought to
work, but will not. This last pretext afords a
very convenient excuse for a greet many refusals
to aid and assist the poor and indigent, but a
more unfair or unfounded accusation dues not
often exist. Only those who have had much ex-
perience in the workings of existence among the
lower orders can enter into the many and great
difficulties that ]ay in the way, and altogether
impede the course of their employme,nte. Besides,
[it sickness or distress has not at the first

been the primary agent in throwing a family
out of work, and if there is great blame to
to be attached to the parties concerned, is it just
or reasonable that the families or relatives should
be left to starve, while the stern and inflexible
lookers-on exclaim—" It serves them right for
losing this place and not taking that situation ?"
Some people are also very ready to declare that
there is already quite enough provision made for
the poor; bat how truly may it be retorted that
the "parochial authorities are most dilatory, and
often put off compliance to the urgent demand
until help is too late, and succour unavailing.
Until the arrangements for relief at workhouses are
very different to what they are at present, there
will remain much for private endeavours to accom-
plish ; and it is the unwillingness to assist that
prompts the negative answer that so frequently
damps the efforts of the well-meaning and zealous
to better the condition of their hapless fellow-
creatures. At the east end of London an institution
of this kind has been established for some time, and
has been the means of effecting great good to the
classes for whom it was especially designed. This
new scheme for forming a "nightly refuge" at the
West-end will only cost about £5OO, and will be
capable of receiving one hundred inmates of both
sexes. These outcasts are provided with food and
lodging, and the luxury of a bath. The committee
are to be vigilant to guard against deception ; and
of course if due precautions are taken the impostors
will soon be discovered. Each party is to furnish
an account of his previous life; and if it be found
that occasion demands it, subsequent steps will be
taken to follow up the succour already afforded, by
more timely help and more lasting benefits. It is
almost impossible to overrate the beneficial and
stimulating effects that are produced on the out-
cast, driven from one place to another refused ad-
mittance here and told to " move on" there, when

admitted into the sheltering preeints of such a

" city of refuge." The kindness and attention thus
bestowed will never be thrown away, and one of the

chief claims which these undertakings can urge to
public support, and public favour is that they are
often instrumental in arresting the downward pro-
gress, and in enabling the waverer to keep to the
right path. Also they are of service to the large
class of unfortunate individuals who, from ignorance
and the machinations of others, have been led astray,
but who are not by any means confirmed criminals,
and may be in a great measure, if not altogether,
redeemed from the error of their ways, if only a
helping hand is stretched out, and cffi:lent means
are employed to rescue them from their perilous
poaition. Many of these unhappy beings are driven
into the commission of crimes to provide themselves
with food and shelter. The law is ready and active
to pronounce where they shall not go, and what
they must not do, but says nothing as to what spot
they may seek to gain a shelter, and how they may
provide themselves with food. It is to rectify this
anomaly then that these " refuges" are designed,
and it will be a scandal to our Christian community
if they are not properly supported, and carried on
successfully. When it is contemplated how many
squander fortunes on trifles, waste fabulous
sums on business, and fling away what would
save many a family from perishing to pan-
der to their extravagant fancies, it may
well be urged upon them that they may
spare a tithe out of their abundance to bestow
upon houselcss misery and starving mendicants.
The accommodation provided is suitable, and doubt-
less greatly enjoyed by the recipients, but at the
same time it is not of the class or kind that would
tempt the undeserving and irreclalrnablo away
from the haunts viime they can gain more and be
better suited to their tastes. Surely a higher end
for human, efforts can hardly bo found 9aan thus to

reclaim the erring and relieve the distressed among
their fellow creatures, and we know that in some
respects this is a practical futilment of the divine
inculcation to feed the hungry and take in the
stranger. That society cannot be prosperous, cr
deserve to be so, where no attempts are made to do
something for the class, whose name is legion, who,
when night comes, knows not where they shall pass
it. It is earnestly to be hoped that the charitable
efforts now being made to do something in the good
cause will not be unheeded, but that a vigorous
support will ensure the success of this and many
similar institutions.

LATEST INTELLIGENO.

1:Rl UTEIt'S TELEGRAMS.]

THE 'WAR IN SCHLESWIG.

THE DEMOLITION OF THE DANNEWIRKE.

SCHLES WIG, FEB. 21.

One hundred sappers have arrived here, and
forthwith commenced the razing of the Danne-
wirke.

Four hundred labourers are assisting in the
work of demolition.

THE WURZBURG CONFERENCE,
WURZBURG, FEB. 22.

Tho Conference) of Ministers, held in this city,
has agreed to the proposition of Saxony, that the
minor States should be united in their attitude in
the event of the Great German Powers endeavour-
ing to withdraw forcibly from the Federal Diet,
the right of disposing of Holstein.

It was also resolved not to sanction any conven-
lon affecting the rights of the Duchies, and that
,ho Federal Diet alone has to decide on the succes-

sion question.
The Conference further resolved that more Fede-
ral troops should be sent to secure Holstein, and
that preparations b 3 made for the mobilisation of
the armies of the minor States