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h tan. member for Dudley said last evening) he, this
right hon. Chancellor of the Exchequer, could sus-
Liend the grave business of the House, for we know
not how long, while talking about Mr. H. B. SHERI-
DAN'S aunt, his uncle, his brother, and others of his
re lations! We have an Under-Secretary for Fo-
reign Affairs—[the Secretary of State himself being
cleverly relegated to the House of Peers, so that
wherever his conduct may happen to be arraigned
in the Commons the Premier can scernfully depre-
n ate criticism upon anything affecting a man
who is absent !]]--ge have an Under-Se-
cretary for Foreiga Affairs so wonderfully
hoighty toighty in his manner of late, that if asked
the plainest question imaginable, he can hardly
contriae for the life of him to be civil while
answering it. We have a Secretary for Ireland so
exactly fitted for his position, as such, that when
discussing the affairs of that still b flEct ed sister
island, he can indulge in buffooneries about the
Fenians or what not, thereby exciting a
sympathetic House of Commons to shouts
of laughter. We have a Postmaster-General
who, whether rightly or wrongly, has acquired
for himself at any rate the credit of having
worried oat of his position as Secretary at St. Mar-
tin's-le-Grand—that man of men as such, Sir
ROWLAND HILL, the Right Man in the Right Place,
if ever there was one, the instant acceptance of
whose resignation upon the " plea" of ill health
is never once hesitated over by Lord STANLEY of
Adderley. We have a Dake at the Head of the
Board of Admiralty so intensely unpopular in that
official capacity of his as First Lord, that upon the
earliest vacancy in the representation down at Devon-
port the whole country awakens to the ignominous
rejection of the Government candidate by the con-
stituency, and the election in his stead not simply of
a Tory, but of the truest blue Tory among Tories,
of Mr. BUSFIELD FEERAND, in fact, who comes in
triumphantly at the head of the poll as M.P. for
Devonport. And now as the youngest member of
that same Board of Admiralty whom have we ? Is
it not Mr. JAMES STANSFELD, M.P. for Halifax,
Mr. JAMES STANSFELD, Brewer, Mr. JAMES STANS
FELD, of 35, Trarloe-square, Brompton, formerly
of 2, Sydney place, ditto, now for several
months past, and still (let us give him
his full title as he himself rather osten
tatiously claims it) " Minister of the Crown"
—Mr. JAMES STANSFELD, who, for eighteen
years past has been, and still is, the intimate
personal
.friend and associate of one whose name
,s an object of abhorrence throughout all Chris-
tendom.

ISS BATENIAN.—LEAH.—EVERY EVEN-
' cc.—Ort SATURD ,Y, the 145th and I.st nil ht be-
fore Easter Monday'. when Miss Batement will re-ao• ear in
her great impersonation of the Jewish mad n otil further
notice. In • rder o give due effect to t :is most remarkable
sucles4 ot the se son, e t ireiy new sc nery by the celebrat .d
arists Messrs. Oans-m and -ons, a Thomps n, and new
dr ss s and appcOttmrts have be n p-epare for its prod ,c-
-,.—N. In consequence of the pressing and numerous
applications a-. the Box-offi e, arrangement have i.ow been
made by which Slats m y be obtaine i a Fortnight In Ad-
vance.

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With Mr. STANSFELD'S fair fame, as the int
mate friend and associate of M. MAzZINI, the
Government last evening may be said fairly and
plainly to have identified themselves. They
evidenced their readiness not merely to stand by him,
but to stand or fall with him. When he made his
appearance in the House last evening he was cheered
vociferously. What for, it would be difficult to con-
jecture! Unless it may have been for
-his intimacy
with M. MAZZINI, or for his indecent panegyric
the other evening upon that apologist of assassina-
tion. In reference to the charges directed against
Mr. STANSFELD by the Attorney-General cf France,
the late Procureur Imperial, there was in point of
fact not only a rather serious discussion last even-
ing in the House of Commons, but, at the close of
that discussion, a rather momentous division. Out
of a House of 332 members, exclusive of the
tellers, Ministers pulled through by a narrow
majority of just nine. Rather a close shave of it—
under the circumstances! If wo could only offer
them our congratulations upon it ! Yet, how, in-
deed, under those circumstances, can it be in any
Way possible to cffer them our congratulations ? Sir
JOHN PAKINGTON last evening put the matter at
issue as clearly as a few simple words could put it,
in the manner followinB :—" What," he asked, "are
the facts of the case as they stand. Signor MAz-
zINI is the avowed associate and adviser of
the assassin GREco. Signor MAZzINI is
also the avowed associate and adviser of
the assassin GALLENGA, and for years the hon.
member opposite has been the intimate associate of
the friend and adviser of assassins. These
are the plain facts befo7e us. Something," added
the right hon. baronet (and surely with reason),
" something is due to the dignity of this house ;
something is due to the feelings of our French
allies, who are naturally irritated and, angry at
finding these foul plots being one after another
brought to maturity in this country. And it must
be painful to find that a gentleman holding the
high position of member of Parliament and mem-
ber of her MAJESTY'S Government has lived

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for years as an intimate associate of this
Signor ManiNl." Her MAJESTY'S Ministers
however, think not, and their supporters in the
House of Commons coincide with them last night
in so thinking. It is, to put it in the mildest pos-
sible phrase, a decision—on theipart of the Cabinet
and on the part of their thick-dnd•thin supporters
in the House of Commons—profoundly to be re-
gretted. As to Mr. STANSFELD'S reply (so-called)
last evening—Lord PALMERSTON actually avowed
(not, however, without provoking by his avowal in-
dignant cries of " Oh, oh !"), Lord PALMERSTON ac-
tually avowed that it appeared to him "satisfactory!"
Satisfactory? Yet, what—among other agreeable
little things—transpired through that so-called re-
ply of Mr. STANSFELD'O ? Recollect, that the Pro.
cureur Imperial had so spoken the other day upon
the occasion of the trial of GRECO and his accom-
plices that everyone's impression, here in England,
there in France, had come to be this—that letters
intended for m
i_AZZINI, ',addressed to a person of
the name: of FLOWER, were transmitted from
abroad, through the Post Office, directed to this
" FLOWER" at Mr. STANSFELD'S house, 35, Thurloe-
square, Brompton, S.W. Well—and in regard to
this, what are the facts cf the case as they were
actually extorted at last, yesterday evening, from
the naturally reluctant lips of Mr. STAN SFELD ?
He was going to sit down quietly after a few, as it
appears to us (begging Lord PALMERSTON'S pardon
for venturing to say so)most unsatisfactory remarks,
neither here nor there, in any way to the point—
Mr. STANSFELD was positively going to sit down
quietly last evening without uttering one syllable
about this Deadly Nightshade—that is to say,
about this" FLOWER." Some hon. members, how-
ever, not unnaturally indignant at so very gross an
evasion, could not resist calling aloud that same
obnoxious pseudonym " FLOWER " Then, it
was that—after a little further parrying and par-
leyin—at last—out it all came! " I have had
letters addressed to my house," says Mr.
STANSFELD, " under the name of FIORE." And the
hon. gentleman himself obligingly adds—" The
name of FLOWER, as every member knows [we
wonder if Mr. P. A. TAYLOR did, by the way ?] is
only the Italian translation [Mr. STANSFELD
means, of course, though in his flurry he does not
say it, the English translation] of that name." But
even this is not all. After the discussion of last
night was pretty well over—just immediately before
the House went to a division—the inexorable
member for Finsbury, drives Mr. STANS
FELD yet more closer up into a corner, with
this query —" I wish to know whether this
in truth, MaeziNlP"
Mr. FLOWER was not,
There is no getting over that at any rote. And so,
what—at last—does Mr. 'Itt;':SFELD say, mama-

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THE SUN, LONtONI FRIDAY EVENING, 1111 ARCH 18, 1864.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

CAPTURE OF A DANISH VESSEL,

LISBON, MARCH 10, p.m.

The Danish brig Prethe, from Leith to Barce-
lona, has been brought into this port by the Aus-
trian war steamer Schwartzenburg and the gunboat
Seehund.

The opposition to the Ministerial bill for the
ion of the tobacco monopoly is increasing.

abo'

THE WAR IN DENMARK.
BOMBARDMENT OF DUPPEL.
COPENHAGEN, MABcri 17, 1.20 p.m.
A vigorous bombardment of Duppel was carried
on yesterday by the Prussians from Broager.
The bombardment was continued all day but
without result. A very strong artillery force
opened fire r.gainst the right wing of the Danish
position, but was soon withdrawn.
The enemy is moving in Jutland and marching
southwards.
6,000 Austrians have left Horsens.
600 Prussians have occupied the Island of Fe-
meren and have taken the Danish garrison of 96
men prisoners.

COPENHAGEN, MARCH 17, 4.45 p.m.

The DagVadet of to-day says :—" Mr. Crowe,
son of the English Consul. General at Christiania,
has fled to this city from Veile, where he has been
ill treated by the Austrians."
The Austrians have made a requisition in Jutland
for 5,000 oxen and 25,000 horses.

DETAILS OF THE NAVAL ENGAGEMENT.

STRALSUND, MARCH 18.

The naval engagement which took place yester-
day resulted in the withdrawal of the Prussian
ships, closely pursued by the Danes, whose force
had been in greased to seven vessels.
The Prussian gunboats have safely reached
Baden, and the two corvettes put into Schwinc-
munde,

The Nymphe lost two and the Arcona three
killed. The Summa had nine men wounded, among
whom is Lieutenant Berger seriously.
Great enthusiasm prevails among the seamen.

This morning the Danish fleet sailed for Moen.

SPAIN.

MADRID, MARCH 17.

The Minister of Finance intends to discount the
bills, signed by the purchasers of national property
with the Bank of Spain and an English banking
firm.