The Sun.
London, England, 1863-01-12 00:00:00

in the drama, and loudly called for at the close of every
act, as well as at the end. He was admirably
supported by Mr. George Vining, in the Prince ; Mr.
Brougham in the Irishman, and Mr. Widdicomb in a
cowardly retainer; and even more by the various ladies—
by Miss Elsworthy's most affec'ing and most striking
portrait of the mother; by Miss Kate Terry as Blanche
de Nevers—a most graceful and engaging effort;
and by Miss Carlotta Leclercq in the young
Gitana, which was full to the lips of piquant vivacity.
The drama was placed upon the stage with extraordinary
beauty and completeness—every dress and every scene
contributing some happy illustration, and achieved a great
success with an audience which, we need not say, crowded
the theatre to the very roof.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

FRANCE.

PARIS, JAN. 12.

The Moniteur of this morning announces that
Monsignor D rboy, Bishop of Nancy, has been ap•
pointed Archbishop of Paris.
The Monzteur, , in its bulletin, remarks that the
movement in favour of peace is acquiring increased
strength in Americu.

The Opinion Nationale of this morning has the
following remarks on the opening of the Chambers :
The new session opens with a crowd of impor-
tant questions for debate. The affairs of Italy and
of America will doubtless give rise to very ani-
mated discussions, since the country, however tran-
quil, is impatient to know precisely the policy of
the Government on these two questions, which in-
volve such great principles and such important
interests.

" Matters relating to the Isle of Madagascar will
most probably be brought under discussion, and
the Chambers will certainly not fail to give its
careful consideration to the Eastern Question,
which may perchance one day startle us by a
general outbreak among the Slave and Greek na-
tionalities. Besides these topics there are others
that concern us more nearly. The suffering among
us is great; the distress has reached many of our
chief centres of industry, and grave and earnest
discussions will be held on this subject. The EM-
PEROR will, it is said, leave for Rouen immediately
after the opening of the session, and a bill will be
presented without delay to the Chamber, opening a
credit of 12 millions for the relief of the labouring
classes in the Seine-Inferieure."

The French Ministers held a Council at the
Tuileries yesterday, at which the Emperor presided.
The grand gallery of the Louvre was closed yes-
terday owing to the preparations being made in
the State Saloon for the opening of the Session of
1863.

BOURSE, Jan. 10.—Stock has been offered from
the opening of the market, and the business done
shows a further decline, Threes, for the Account,
being now at 70f. 40c. The Railway Share Market
also heavy, and quotations generally lower. Tbe
market closed as follows :

tt per Cents. 9B 40
Do end month
3 per Cents
Do, end month 7O 45
New 3 per Cents
Do, end
Credit Mobilier 1150
Do, end month 1145

Bank Shares 3425
Credit oncier 1485
Piedmontese Fives
Italian Loan 7O 40
Rassian
Austrian
Spanish Threes 5l 75
Home Debt .. 491

ILA IL'

AYB.
Cash. Account.
Orleans lO9O 1087 50
Northern
New ditto
Lyons and Mediterranean 1185 .. 1187 50
Geneva 370
Southern BlO .. 810
Western
Eastern .....
Sardinian ... . 367 50
Austrian
Lon. bard
ITALY.
*TURIN, JAN 10, Evening.
The committee appointed to inquire into the
causes and extent of brigandage has arrived at
Naples.
The national subscription for the relief of the
sufferers from brigandage has been a complete
success.

The municipality of Milan have appealed to their
fellow-citizens to join in the subscription, and thus
by an act of charity repeat the plebiscite in favour
of the Constitution of Ita y.

The Remains of John Hampden.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sir,—l have been much shocked by reading in
your excellent journal of the 3d inst. (which is
always read with much interest in this place) of a
wanton insult offered to my esteemed friend, John
Hampden, i❑ July of the year 1828.
With characteristic reticence Hampden had never

mentioned the matter to us ; and, but for the hardi-

hood of the man Smith in publishing an account of
so gross a transaction, it might probably have alto-
gether escaped us. It appears that on the 21st of
July, 1828, the said Smith, Mr. (afterwards Lord)
Denman, and Lord Nugent presented themselves
at the door of Great Hampden Church, where they
were met by the Rev. Mr. Brooks, the rector, and
others. Immediately upon entering they fell to
rummaging the graves, and finally determined upon
forcing a coffin, without name or date, which they
had struck upon four feet below the floor. A snort
inspection convinced them that they had secured
the object of their search—the remains of my re-
vered friend.

After cutting off some of the hair from the head
of the corpse, and manipulating the body in the
grave, for greater convenience, " the coffin was
raised, and set upon tressels in the middle of the
chancel. The body was placed in a sitting posture,
with a shovel to support the head. The should() g
and arms were then carefully inspected, and the
result proved that Lord Nugent's foregone con-
clusion' that Hampden's death was occasioned by a
gunshot wound in the shoulder, was at once dissi-
) pated. There did not appear any discolouration, or
the slightest injury to the shoulders or arms; but,
I in order to be perfectly satisfied, Lord Nugent him-
self, with a small pocket-knife borrowed from me
at the instant, made several incisions in the parts
adjacent to the shoulder-joint, without finding any
fractate or displacement of the bones." Further
examinations of the hands, &c., are detailed, and all
appears to have been done to gratify the curiosity
of my Lord and others as to the truth of their
speculations upon the precise cause of death.
Now, sir, I wish to ask you, as the representative
of good sense and the upholder of right in the British
nation, ought we, who did our best for the old coun-
try, and held life cheap for it, or actually offered it
as a sacrifice—ought we to be considered fair game
for antiquaries or literati ? Is this to be added to
the other penalties of greatness, that our corpses
should be probed and incised by the pocket-knives ,
of the curious? Is the dictum which protects the
graves of the obscure, " Let him alone, let no man
move hls bones," to fail of protecting those who,
1, as happy, have earned a name inscribed in their
country's annals? And does your establishment
tolerate that a parson such as Master Brooks should
offer so unholy an entertainment to his friends, and
dare, without fear of penalty, to preside at such
dismal orgies ?
Pray, sir, let us know the best or worst of this
—whether our countrymen have lost all sense of
reverence for the deal, or whether they execrate
this deed of desecration.
If you cannot give us satisfaction upon this
point you may at least permit those who hereafter
have greatness within their grasp to think twice
before they subject themselves by their achieve-
ments to such post mortem butchery and dishonour.
—I am, sir, your constant reader,
THE SHADE OF PYM.

Hades, Christmas Eve !Old Style).
P.S.—Roundhead and Royalist feel that they
must make common cause in this matter, and Vis
cLwut Falkland begs me to state, in the hope of
saving himself from the hands of the curious, that
he was shot in the stomach at the battle of New-
bury,