The Sun.
London, England, 1864-01-13 00:00:00

ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN.—Her
Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge and her Royal
Highness the Princess Mary honoured the performance of
W. C. Levey's popular operetta " Fanchette" with their
presence last evening. The royal visitors remained for the
grand pantomime.

The Duke of Devonshire is entertaining a selec'
party at Holkar Hall, near„Milnthorpe, Lancashire.

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The Marquis of Hartington has arrived at Devon•
shire House from a tour of visits.

The Earl Granville, the Lord President of the
Council; the Duke of Somerset, the Right Hon. Sir George
Grey, the Right Hon. C. P. Villiers, M.P., and the Earl
De Grey are among the members of the Cabinet who hays
already arrived in town for the meeting of Parliament.
Lord Wodehouse, the Minister Extraordinary on
a special mission to his Majesty the King of Denmark, is
expected to return to London to-day, accompanied by Mr.
Currie, the Hon. Henry Wodehouse, and Mr. Sanderson.

Lord Huntingfield has left the St. George's
Hotel.

The Earl of Cawdor is expected in South Audley-
street this day from Stacpole Court, Pembrokeshire, in
order to be present to-morrow at the marriage of his lord-
ship's niece, Lady Alice Cuffa, with the Hon. Major Hen-
niker. We understand that the Countess of Cawdor has
quite recovered from the effects of the accident on the ice
last week.

The Countess of Elgin is expected to arrive in
this country early in February from India. The Earl of
Durham Las left England to meet his lordship's sister on
her way homewards.
The Countess of Dunmore and the Ladies Mur•
ray have arrived on Carlton souse-terrace from Dunmore
Castle, N.B,

Viscount Palmerston is still suffering from gout
in the left arm, and was, in consequence, absent from the
Cabinet Council yesterday. According to present arrange-
ments the noble Premier and Lady Palmerston are not ex-
pected to return to Cambridge House until the 20th inst.

VISCOUNT COMBERMERE is in the enjoyment of
his usual good health at Cliftoß.

THE MARRIAGE OF Miss VINCENT, daughter of
H. W. Vincent, Esq., of Thornwood Lodge, Campden-hill,
and Captain Lane, will be celebrated shortly.

THE MARQUIS OF NORMANBY has been gazetted
Honorary Colonel of the Tower Hamlets lst Administrative
Battalion.

SIR GEORGE BROWN, commanding the forces in
Ireland, has issued an order, directing that, for the future,
bands attending military funerals are not to play when re-
turning therefrom.
THE VENERABLE HERR FINTELMANN, the King
of Prussia's head-gardener at Charlottenburg, died
on Christmas-day at the age of ninety. Those who have
visited Berlin will recall how he used to tell, with evident
pride, that in his boyhood, when he was employed in the
gardens of Sans Souci, Frederick the Great was wont to
search out the largest and finest figs with his eyes, and,
pointing to them with his cane, make him mount the trees
and gather them for him. But, if he spoke with pride of
this occupation of his boyhood connecting his memories
with the great king, he would tell with enthusiasm of the
culture of the first dahlias, which Humboldt had
brought over from America, and first introduced into
Prussia. To old Mr. Fintelmann the beautiful gardens on
Peacocks' Island, near Potsdam, the favourite resort of
King Frederick William the Third, owe their chief attrac-
tions.
GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE.—Last night Mr.
Hankey, M.P., delivered a lecture to the Bank of
England Library and Literary Association in the Reading-
room of the institution. The chair was occupied by Mr.
Hodgson, M.P., Governor of the Bank, who stated that
lecturerthoedgn ,
had taken a leading part in founding the
society, and had shown great interest in its progress. Mr.
Hankey chose for his subject " One Year of Government
Expenditure; or, how the money comes in, and goes out."
He first dealt with the cash account of the Treasury from
the let of April, 1862, to the 31st of March, 1863, specify-
ing the amount expended by each department of the
Government, and explaining
how the various items were
made out. The total ordinary e*periciitUre for the year was
169,302,007 19s. 2d. He Lhen went through the items of
revenue in the same way; showing what the seteral de•
partments produced, wit '1 the cost of collection. The
ordinary income Was X/ 0ji04,560 16s. 3d., being A 302,652
Ns. Id. in excess of the expenditure. He pointed oat,
however, that in addition £1,050,000 had beet expended on
fortifications, reducing tba excess of income over expendi-
ture to £252,552 16s. ii. Mr. Hankey concluded his
lecture, which Was listened to throughout with marked
attention, by paying a hiht, tribute to the honour and in-
tegrity which in the pressit, day characterised the public
servants. The proceedirgs terminated With a vote of
thanks to the lecturer ant the chairman.

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But
BLACK AND WHITE,--One William Still, in a
letter to the Philadelphia Preset, dated the 11th alt.,
writes as follows :—" I had occasion today to come into
plthotauettnpodunerrptdtehseeh.platform.,
Philadelphia from Germantown, and entered onti of the City
Qu'ekly the conductor ap-
proachedigule that was due to me, he
the fare, but before he
' Why is this?'
I remarked. 'lt is against the rules,'
he added. 'Who
objects ?' I inquired. It is the aristocracy,' he again added.
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4 Well, it is a cruel rule l and I believe this is the only city
of note in tho civilised world where a decent coloured man
cannot be allowed to ride in a City
Passenger car.' I told
of course it was all of no 1
platformahvimailt,hßatidlinpgaidontathsees,
4 bitter cold day like this,
kithbe
found
u thend cold,
a better
I need not say, is almost intolerable, but to compel persons
to pay the same as those who enjoy comfortable seats inside
sake of arriving at my Fi
by a good fire seems quite atrocious. Yet I felt, under the
circumstances, compelled to submit to the virong for the
hence I concluded to walk the
on
,8 decision in the Dred Scut{ case, in
before I arrived at my destination it began to show, which,
as I was already thoroughly
platform utterly intolerable;
could
u chilledld
rest of the distance, and accordingly got off, feeling satisfied
that nowhere in Christendom
illus-
tration of Judge Tanny
which he declaredthat black walleye norights which white
men are bound to respect, than are demonstrated by the rules
of the passenger cars of the City of Brotherly Loie. A
venerable old minister of the a"Pel) in going from here to
his home at Frankford, one dark' cold, and rainy night last
tmteardethewinter, while occupying the only Place on the platform
assigned for coloured people, was killed. Who has for-
gotten this fact ? One eveoiug' in going home from 4
lecture, two elegantly dressed young women stepped into a
car, and took seats. The conductor courageously brought
the rules forward, and one of them instantly stepped out,
while the other remained. The car was stopped, and the
conductor seized her, and actually, by physical force, thrust
her out of the car. The father of this young woman pays
several hundred dollars taxes annually ; keeps his horse
and carriage, and lives as al& as most respectable oitizens.
But the God-given hue of the skin of his daughter rendered
her obnoxious to the rules of the railway company, and she
had to submit to tho outrage."