The Sun.
London, England, 1864-03-19 00:00:00

Commence at 7.

MISS BATE MAN.-LEAH.-EVERY VEN-
IN EVENING, fhe 145th and last ni;ht be-
fore Easter Monday, when Miss Batement will re-appear in
her great impersonation of the Jewish ma!dftn until further
notice. In order o give due effect to this most remarkable
succesi of the se son, ea, ire y new sc nery by the celebrated
ardsts Messrs. Danson and r.ons, aud Thosaps ,n, and new
dr,ss.s and apno ntments have bean prepare t for its produc-
ti". —N. R. In consequence of the pressing and numerous
nPPlications at the Box-office arrangement have now been
made by which Scats m,y b obtainel a Fortnight in Ah-
v, nk.e.

NIP- BENJAMIN WEBSTF,R in the DEAD
HEART, MONDAY NEXT, 3.llrch 21.

ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. under the
Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER.
This Evening (SATURDAY), BENEFIT of Me. and Mrs.
CHARLES 3IATTIEWS, the highly successful new Comrdy,
by Leicester Buckingham, Esq., entitled TRE SI LVEIt
LI~IIvG : Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. F. Robinson, Mr.
Ashley, Mr. Montague; Mrs. Charles Mathews, Mrs. Frank
Matthews, Hiss Cottrell, Miss Wentworth, and Mrs. Stirling.
er which, for this night only, ONE TOUCii OF
NATURE : Mr. Benjamin Webster, his first appearance at
this Theatre.
To conclude with, first time these 10 years, the Farce of
TWO IN THE MORNING : Mr. Charles Mathews, and Mr.
Frank Matthews, his first appearance this season.
Commence at 7.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE,
Manager, Mr. W. 11. Swanborough.
THIS EVENING, ON AND OFF.
To be followed by UNLIMITED CONFIDENCE. Mr.
13,71f0rd, Mr. rarselle ; Miss Marie Wilton, Mi 93 Thorne.
A ftcr the Grand Christmas Burlesque, ORPHEUS
AND BURY OICE : Messrs. Honey, Wood, James Fenton,
esdames Swanborough, Marie Wilton, Hughes, &o.
Concluding with MARGATE SANDS.
Commence at 7.

H ,TIE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN,"
Contain:mg the L=ll2cst SPORTING- LiTELLIGENTE,
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Terms cash.
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The Weather—Sun Office, March 19, 1864.

THERMOMETER.
This day:at Two o'clock 4B

Barometer-30.05.
Wind—East ; light breeze, and very fine.

't6.lP7 "IPPI "IT

LONDON, SATURDAY, MARCII 19, 1864.

Lord PALMERSTON, apparently, will insist upon
bearing the whole brunt of it—meaning, that is,
the whole of the disgrace consequent upon this hor-
rible scandal about Mr. STANSFELD and M. MAZ-
ZINI. It is about the most mistaken act of fancied
chivalry that perhaps ever was heard of. How-
ever, Lord PALMERSTON will have it so to be—and,
therefore, so be it. He has chosen his bed—
and he must lie upon it. Mr. STANSFELD,
it appears, did tender his resignation,
as, indeed, it was only decent and proper that
he should have done. The Prime Minister him-
self tells us, indeed, tells the House of Commons last
evening, that Mr. STANSFELD so tendered it. But
—upon his own deliberate responsibility—the vete-
ran leader of the Government declined to avail him-
self of the proffered resignation. "My answer
was," said Lord PALMERSTON last evening, " that I
did tiot wish him to take that step, that I wished
him not to do so, and if any responsibility attaches
to that deeisien," said the noble lord, in conclusion,
" I am perfectly willing to take the responsibility
upon myself." Whereupon there were loud Minis-
terial cheers. It sounds chivalrous. It seems almost
a fine, plucky thing for the old man to have done.
We believe it, however, to be the greatest mistake
of his whole public life. It is worse than a crime
—it is (we repeat it) a mistake. It will be a very
long while indeed, not only before Lord PAL-
MERSTON, the oldest, and Mr. STANSFELD, the
youngest among all the members of the Adminis-
tration, but before the whole of the Administration
generally, as a body, are likely to hear the last of it.
It will stick to the Cabinet as worse than a burr, it
will cling to them like a taint. It will militate
against their popularity and poison their reputation.
The public will not easily lose the recollection of Mr.
STANSFELD'S shameful panegyric upon a suborner
of assassins, upon the man who gave the 1,00017. and
the dagger with the lapis lazuli handle to MARRIOTI,
otherwise GALENGA—that moral dagger which was
to have effected the murder of King CHARLES
ALBERT. Englishmen generally are not likely
either to lose the remembrance of the fact that

.he accuracy of the astounding accusation made by

the Procureur-Imperial, was distinctly admitted by
Mr. STANSFELD upon severe croza-questioning,
when at the very last he found it utterly

impossible to escape from the reluctant
acknowledgment—that letters intended for MAz•
ZINI were sent through the post to, and received at
Mr. STANSFELD•S private residence, 35, Thurloe•
square, letters directed to MAZZINI under the name
of Fiore, otherwise, in plain English, " Flower
Thanks to this member of the English House of
Commons, thanks to this member of the British
Government, MAZZINI was (as the Procureur Im-
perial had said quite accurately) enabled
to keep up his communications with his

infamous correspondents. When the right lion.
gentleman the Leader of the Opposition was re-
ferring the night before last to this indisputable fact.
to this admitted and clearly demonstrated truth,
Mr. STANSFELD himself rashly interjected the
inquiry (with a sort of indignation in his very
manner of putting it)—" What Correspondents?"
He had far better have held his peace. For—what
was the instant reply of Mr. DISRAELI—upon

the spur of the moment—suddenly, when thus
interrupted ? " What correspondents ?" exclaimed
the member for Bucks. "You know them better
than I do, I suppose. (Loud cheers.) What
correspondents ?' says the hon. member for Halifax.
Why, the assassins of Europe. (Cheers.) What
correspondents ?' says the hon. member for Hali •
fax? Why, the advocates of anarchy throughout
the Continent. (Renewed cheers.) What cor-
respondents ?' says the hon. member for Halifax.
Why, the men who point their poniards at the
breast of our ally." (Continued cheering.) Yet
it is of a man, like MAZZINI, who (during alt
these years that Mr. STANSFELD has known him so
intimately) has been cherishing precisely that class
of correspondents, that the member for Halifax
can have the consummate hardihood to speak
in terms of eulogium the most extravagant and
audacious! And not only was it thus with the
member for Halifax, but it was thus, the night

before last, with that peerless patriot the member
for Birmingham, and with that highly moral and
conscientious statesman the Chancellcr of the
Exchequer. Speaking of this amiable MAZZINI,
him of the "lapis lazuli" dagger (we beg par-
don of the " moral" dagger) the adviser of

GRECO and GALENGA Mr. BRIGHT had
the astennding effrontery to speak as
follows :—" I believe," he said, " there is no man

acquainted with NlAzziNi who will not say that so
far as can b 3 divined from his character, from per.

sonal association with him, he is a man of profound
devotion—[An hon. Member-6 TCI the dagger']—
it may be not to the principles of the hon. gentleman
who speaks [Principles ! Mr. BRIGHT means
Diggers! but to the priveiple of the unity and
indepandenee of Italy. rloreoTer, every man

who has associated with him will admit he

is a man of powerful and fascinating cha-
racter, that he obtains over those with whom
he associates '4 singular influence [very singular!]
—and that Mere are fe w persons who have ever
been acquainted with him personally who would
not, apavt from these special questions we are now
discussing—[An Hon. Member—' Of the dagger']
(cheers)—express for him the highest esteem and
admiration. (" Oh, oh.") And well, indeed, might
some voices exclaim with horror in the British House
of Commons at • observations so entirely opposed
to all our notions of right feeling or even of deco-
rum ! But—while Mr. BRIGHT could talk thus
mealy-mouthed about MAzzmi-of-the-Daggers—
Mr. GLADSTONE could actually talk of the same
Notorious Conspirator thus :—" I am bound
to say that I never knew one of those
men (he is speaking of those whom he has
been accustomed to look upon as authorities in
Italian politics) who did not regard MAZZINI as
a person of great talents and a man of perfect
truth and integrity. That is an important point
in the present discussion [very !] and therefore,
until the contrary is shown to be the case, I shall
assume that 31. Mazzini is to he belienld onhts word."
Bravo ! Mr. GLADSTONE, there is nothing like
sticking to it—just as Mr. STANSFELD, " the
youngest" of our Administrators (the ingenuous
youth!) sticks to it—just as Lord PALMERSTON,
"the oldest" of them (old enough we should have
thought to know better!) sticks to it. And so—as
Ithe upshot of it all--a sort of a dreadful M.zzinian
flavour clings somehow to the Administration.

It is very satisfactory that the Messrs. LAIRD
should have published their correspondence with
the Government. It was a very extra rdinary pro-
ceeding on the part of the Aliniste-s to refuse to
produce the papers themselves; bat really they seem
to thiak that it is the best thing tiey can do to