The Sun.
London, England, 1864-12-05 00:00:00

Conductor, Mr Alfred Mellon.

Commence at half-past 7 o'clock. Private boxes, from
10a. 6d, upwards ; stalls, 7s. ; dress circle, ss. ; upper
boxes, 4s. ; amphitheatre stalls, 3s. and 2s ; pit 2a. 6d. ;
gallery, ls. No charge for booking places. The box-office is
open from 10 till 5.

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY- LANE,-
Manazers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton.

THIS EVENING, to commence with A YOUNG LAD
THOM THE COUN PRY. Messrs. G. Belmore, Fitajames,
and G. F. Neville ; Misses Helen Howard, R. Leclercq, &c.
After which, Shaksoeie's Tragedy of M CBETII. Mr.
a F. Neville, Edmund Phelps, J. Neville, Bartleman, ac. ;
Phelps ; Messrs. Creswick, R. Itoxby, G. Belmore, A. Rayner,
,hisses Rebeccajlsaacs, Emma Heywood, and Miss Atkinson.
Doors open at ha f -past Six—Commence at Seven.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET._
Lessee. Mr. Buckstone.
THIS EVENING, THE SUN AND THE WINO.
After which, SUNNY VALE FARM. Messrs. Howe,
Farren, Clark, Braid, Coe, Weathersby. Mesdames Beatrice,
nowdon, Harris, Fitzwilliam, Coleman, &c.
Followed by FRIEND WAGGLES,
And MY HUSBAND'S GHOST.
To commence at 7.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.-
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining.

THIS EVENING, BORN TO GOOD LUCK. I addy
O'Rafferty, Mr. Dominick Murray.

Alter which, THE STREETS OF LONDON. Messrs.
Vining, J. W. Ray, D. Fi her. D. Murray, J. Nelson, H.
Forrester. H. Mellon ; Mrs. Henry Marston, Miss Emma
jdarnett, and Miss Fanny Gwynne.

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
Under the sole management of Mr. Fechter.
THIS EVENING. at 8, RUY BLAS. Messrs. Fechter,
Ry,ler, Fitzpatrick, F. Ch,rles, M'intyre, Garden, Raymond,
Collett, C itford, Moreland ; Misses Carlot a Leolercq, H.
Percy, and Mrs. Winstanley.
Preceded, at 7, by MY WIFE'S OUT. Messrs. H. Widdi-
comb, F. Charles ; Misses H. Percy and E. -..,avenue.
To conc ude with IctURSEY CHICKWEED. Mr. H.
Widdicomb.
Doors open at half-past 6 ; commence at 7.
The Box-office open daily from Elev,n till Five.

NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI.-
Sole Proprietor and Manager. Mr. B. Webster.
THIS EVENING, THE WORKMEN OF PARIS.
Mr. Benjamin Webster; 3fe,srs. ton, R. Phillirs,
Stuart, J. Clarke, Stephenson, Eburne, C. T. Smith ; Mrs.
Stirling, Miss Woolgar (Mrs. A. Mellon), Miss H. simms.
Mrs. Bil.ing,ton, Mrs. H. Lewis, and Miss A. Seamen.
To conclude with DOING BANTING. Mr. J. Clarke, Mr.
Stephenson; Mrs. Lewis and Miss A. Seaman.
Commence at 7.

ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE,
Manager, Mr. Benjamin Webster.

EMIN EN P TALENT AND COMEDY DRAMA.

This Popular Theatre is now Open.

- - -
THIS EVENING, a new Musical Drama, entitled THE
BARONET ABROAD ANi THE RUSTIC PRIMA
ONNA : Mr. Prank Matthe s ; Miss Constance Roden.

After which, at a quarter to Eight, a new and original
Comedy Drama, in three acts, by J. !grave Sim;,son. enti-
tled SY Ftll.l. ; or, STEP BY STE r. Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Mathews.

To conclude with Mr. Maddison Morton's New Comedy
Farce of WuOL) OCK'S LITTLE GAME. Mr. Charles
Mathews, Mrs. Frank Matthews.

ROYAL STRAND TIIEATRE.
Sole Lessee and 3lanafzeress. Mrs. Swanborough.
THIS EVENING, WILFUL WARD. Messrs Parselle
and Belford ; Miss Palmer.
Followed by, at Eight, MILKY WHITE. Messrs. Craven,
Moyle, James ; Mesdames Swanbor_ugh and llanders.
To conclude with MAZEPPA. Mesdames Raynham,
impson, &c.

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LONDON, MONDAY, DEC, 5, 1864.

Mr LAYARD'S remarks are always worth attend-
ing to, and however much one may differ from hie
political tenets his abilities and energy fully entitle
Mai to confrideration and regard. On the occasion
of meeting his constituents the other evening he
delivered an address that was earnest and eloquent.
It need hardly be added that it was imbued with
much of that party spirit that has marred the pro.
gress of the hon. member of late, and it abounded
it./ prejudice ; but still it is out of the common
order, and as such goes far to redeem his party
from the charge preferred against them of being
taciturn during the recess. Na one can say that
there is any shirking of questions here, nor any
shrinking from the avowal of opinions relative to
Important public questions. In reminding his
hearers of the time that had elapsed since he last
addressed them, Mr LAYARD took occasion to illus-
trate his meaning by one of those anecdotes which
lire so rife with travellers, and which, telling of
distant lands and peculiar races, never fail to im•
part interest to the details and descriptions of
speakers. At an entertainment given by a Rajah,
it was found that at certain times a person came in
and uttered something. It turned out that he said
"an hour had pa.sed, and be hoped the Rajah had
made good use of it, and would also make good use
of the time which was to come." There is some-
thing very suggestive in the circumstance that a
year has elapsed since a particular duty was per.
formed, and in the instance of a member addressing
his constituents the most volatile should be grave
fur a period, and the moat unreflective think.
However lightly the burden may sit on some at
times, it must press heavily, and the failings of
those are not to be envied who persist in pitting
off the evil day of reckoning till a snore convenient
opportunity. " Be wise tosday, 'tis madness to
defer," may well be said of them in the perverse
and capricious mood. In his remarks aboat Den.
mark Mr LAYARD took upon himself the task of
defendieg Lard RUSSELL, This somewhat un-
gracious work was not very successfully done, as

might have been expected. He deplored that so
many had spoken in disparaging terms of one who
had rendered such signal services to the cause of
civil and religious liberty. This is a most lame end
impotent conclusion, and does not apply to the
subject in at all the manner in which Mr LAYARD
meant. On the contrary, the more the noble lord
has done in a good cause the more he is to blame
for falling so short of the requirements of his
position at present, and neglecting the duties en-
tailed upon him by the exigencies of the momentous
occasions referred to. The hon. member is not cue•
tainly one of those who fail in consequence of under.
estimating their abilities, for he considers that his
speech on the Danish debate " disposed pretty
completely of all the accusations against
Earl RUSSELL." This may be news to some
and matter of cavil for others to consider. In
perusing a speech of this kind we are led to regret
that one of such varied acquirements should expend
his powers in the unwelcome task of defending a
line of action_ contrary to the spirit of the age, the
opinion of the country, and the recognised senti-
ments which animate the policy of great nations.
In defending the course pursued in China, the hon.
member was more successful, and he plainly showed
that the decided measures adopted had produced
satisfactory results. How different is the whole
tone of this passage to those which refer to the un-
fortunate Dano-German passage-atearms ; and may
we not suppose that in this moving recital we meet
with the honest feelings of the man, bursting
through the trammels of official life, and leaving
far behind the influence and incitements that too
often prevail in such oases and mar the fruition of
many previous years of toil devoted to the service
of the country ? As many other speakers have
said before him, Mr. LAYARD called America the
" black spot" in the political horizon. The hon.
member spoke in a becoming manner as to the
horror that existed in this country with regard to
the war, and expressed his indignation at those
who affirmed that there was a section of the com-
munity that wished it to be carried on to extermi-
nation. Certainly, Mr. COBDEN did expatiate upon
his " sublime spectacle," but he did not carry the
sympathies of his audience with him; or, if some
infatuated individuals were led away by the spe-
cious sophistry, they will soon find out their error.
It is astonishing how p2ople can deceive theme
selves when they get an idea into their heads, and
this is the only way to account for a man of Mr.
COBDEN'S perspicuity uttering such discrepancies
in this harangue. Allowing for the sake of argu-
ment that carrying on the war would put down
slavery, that would not sanction the horrors and
brutalities of the Federal proceedings. A higher
and holier authority than that of man has forbidden
evil to be done that good may come of it, and it
would be well if some of the wise and learned
would leave these maxims alone for awhile and seek
knowledge from that source of truth in the light of
which infants and sages are equal. All who desire
the well-being of the great country referred to, and
the honour and interests of humanity, will cordially
concur in the sentiments expressed by Mr LAYARD
that " Englishmen wished to see an end of this
war, than which history did not record anything
more terrible." Mr. LAYARD dwelt at some length
on the state of our commercial affairs, and affirmed
that much was due to CoEDEN and BRIGHT for their
services in the cause of free trade. This is, doubt-
less, true, but they would have deserved much more
of their country if they exhibited more of the corn:
prehensive spirit befitting a great nation. In their
way the heroes of the Manchester school are quite
as exclusive as any of the aristocrats whom they
sneer at and scorn, and in their position such an I
error is tenfold more pernicious in its consequences
and blameable in its practice than in the other, be-
cause they make professions which they do not
carry out, and utter sentiments that are not sub,
stantiated by their conduct. Very true was the
observation made by Mr LAYARD as to the dan-
ger of trusting too much to the prospects of peace
foreshadowed by our flourishing commerce, for such
hopes might prove delusive and unstable in their
foundations. "If the time had come for the lamb
to lie down with the lion, then, indeed, England
might do without fleets and armies, and without
incurring the expense of maintaining those armies;
but that time had, however, not arrived." All must
regret, however, that the balance of power as at
present constituted does not fulfil the character
given to it by the hon. member for Southwark;
it is a theory and not a practice, if its object is
to prevent a strong State from despoiling a weak.
There can be no doubt that it was one of the wisest
measures ever devised by Statesmen to inaugurate
such a consummation, but how far has the per-
formance fallen short of the promise. In his zeal
to defend the Government from the charges
brought against them both on foreign and domestic
gronuds, Mr LAYARD rather forgot consistency,
for he first exulted in the triumphant majority in
the debate on Denmark, which proved that " Cone
sereative reaction only existed in the imaginations
of some of the Conservatives, and then fell foul
of the very assembly whose praises he had been
sounding by declaring that "this was a reactionary
Parliament beyond all previous Parliaments.,
When we remember the universal support which
it has accorded to the Government in their un-
worthy attacks on the Conservative Reform Bill,
their unwillingness and inaptitude to introduce
another and a better for themselves, their shameful
abandonment of a weak ally to please an unworthy
and ruthless Power, and their lowering the influ-
ence of England before the nations of Europe,
we are tempted to take Mr LAYARD'S consolation
to heart, and to rejoice that this House of Commons
has only another year to live. It is a matter of
irremediable regret, however, to consider that its
faults will survive in their fatal effects and injuri-
ous influences to this country and others for many
a long day to come.

At length the mystery is disclosed, and the route
taken by General SHERMAN is stated both by North
and South. It seems that his ultimate destination
is Augusta, the capital of South Carolina, which lies
just between the borders of that State and Georgia.
On his way to Augusta, however, he is aiming at
Macon, and Richmond papers of the 22d ult. re-
port him to he within eighteen miles of that city. It
is garrisoned by militia, and not strongly fortified,
according to some accounts, while other statements
declare it to be strongly entrenched. All Southern
versions agree in asserting that it will be defended
to the last, and speak hopefully of its safety.
Reckoning, apparently, upon almost uninterrupted
conquest, SHERMAN is said to have arranged to
march direct to Macon, and then to divide his army,
sending one half to Augusta and the rest to Savan-
nah. Augusta once captured will be fortified, and
as he will receive supplies up the Savannah he will
be able to move on to Charleston or Columbia, All
this depends, however, on the issue of the first
pitched battle, and when we read the self-com-
placent programme we shall do well to remember
that even the first stop as yet to be taken, and that
Macon, for all we know to the contrary, may be
still in the hands of the Confederates. SHERMAN'S
army is said to consist of about 50,000 men, of
Nhom 8,000 are cavalry, and ho has thirty days'
rations—but other versions state that he has
ordered his troops to raise their pro ;:eiuns from the

country they are passing through, and that his
flicks eXtend many miles in their foraging. The
same barbarous system of devastation and destruc-
tion which has disgraced the Northern arms in
other quarters—especially the Shenandoah—is, it
seems, to be followed. All property in Macon
and Milledgeville is to be destroyed, in.
eluding the State capital in which the Geor-
gian Legislature is now sitting. Some mem-
bers of this assembly have already fallen into
SHERMAN'S hands. The Georgian State Road
from Atlanta to Carrington, a distance of 40 miles,
has been destroyed ; and among the establishments
especially marked for demolition are the Confede-
rate arsenal and the largest powder mills south.
The Confederates have therefore something to
fight for, and as usual they appear to be on the alert.
It is re ported that the Georgian Militia has already
inflicted temporary discomfiture on the invader,
and forced him to fall back a few miles. These,
however, can of course oppose no lasting barrier to
his progress; but Beauregard's army is said to be
hurrying by forced marches to intercept SHERMAN.
In that case the Northern General will find an ad-
versary who will not be very easily disposed of.
General LEE too will, no doubt, press troops from
all quarters to anticipate his arrival, and instead of
taking the easy possession which he seems to count
upon, General SHERMAN may find very serious ob.
stacles in his way. The railways on which he is
depending may possibly be broken up; and expe-
rience has proved that cities fortified by General
BEAUREGARD'S engineering skill offer no very facile
conquests. The people are watching with great
excitement for the result. Meanwhile in Tennessee
the Confederates have achieved a decided success,
having captured an entire train of Federal stores
near Morristown. The latest gccounts report HOOD
to be marching on Pulasky in the same State, pre.
paratory to commencing operations in Tennessee
end Kentucky. SHERIDAN is said to be retreating
and reinforcing GRANT, who is expected to make
another attack upon Richmond. LEE'S forces have
also been recruited from Virginia and North Caro-
lina, so that neither army as yet shows signs of that
exhaustion which Mr. SEWARD tells us is to be the
end of the war. It is denied that President LIN.
COLN will make any conciliatory advances towards
the South, but he does not seem very anxious to let
the world know what his real plans are, for we are
told he will announce his policy in his Message to
Congress—no very great favour, seeing that such is
the usual custom, and that some months' delay is
thus secured to him. Perhaps be is unwilling to
commit himself to any decided course until he shall
learn the result of SHERMAN'S movement, but he
can hardly doubt the tendency of the public mind.
Expectation will be on the qui vine in Europe as in
America till SHERMAN'S exploit shall have ended
either in a decided gain for the Federal cause, or a
complete discomfiture of his army.

In the course of the past week several Volunteer
meetings have been held, most of them in connec-
tion with the agreeable duty of distributing the
prizes to the successful competitors of the recent
rifle matches. The usual features of such assemblies
were repeated. There were the exchanges of com-
pliments, the fashionable spectators, the tasteful
decorations, and the handsome array of prizes.
The latter were in most instances very well worth
a survey, and proved from their number and value
as warm and constant an interest taken in the
movement. The prizes distributed by Lady PoL.
LOCK to the East Surrey Rifles exceeded in value
£4OO. The Challenge Cup of the North Middlesex
was also a prize worth well winning, while singu.
larly enough the most attractive of the rewards
won by the members of the Fourth Tower Hamlets
Corps was a handsome mirror, won by a non-com-
missioned officer, who regarded the reflection of his
soldierly visage with great complacency. The
principal interest associated with these meetings
was, however, the presence of Colonel M'MURDO,
who will 89 soon retire from the post he has filled
with so much skill and judgment. As the gallant
Colonel explained to the North Middlesex Corps,
he is simply retiring in conformity with the routine
of militia regulations. As lospector-General of
Volunteers he has discharged somewhat difficult
and delicate duties to general satisfaction, and has
shown himself throughout a firm and consistem
friend to the Volunteer movement. Colonel
M`Mußpo, in addressing one of the meetings,
observed, that the high position now attained by
the Volunteer force was mainly due to the support,
moral and material, which it had received from the
public. This is undoubtedly true, but for it to
obtain and to secure that support it was necessary
for the public not only to approve of the principle
upon which it was founded, but to be satisfied with
the practical manner in which that principle was
applied. Had the Volunteers themselves proved
indifferent or incompetent, had they proved turbu-
lent or disorderly or neglectful of their self.imposed
duties, public sympathy would have cooled down.
But while great credit is due to the body of the
Volunteers, some share of it must be apportioned
to those who from their power could influence very
largely the fortunes of the movement. The Volun-
teers have for the most part been very happy in
these relations, and in none more so than in the
appointment of Colonel 117I'Mv.aDo as their Inspec-
tor-General. The unanimous eNpression of regret
for his approaching retirement from the members
of the different corps must have been very gratify.
ing to the gallant Colonel, as affording indisputable
testimony of the kind and courteous manner in
which he has filled an office, whose duties no one
denies that he has scrupulously and vigorously
performed.

SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY, Ex ETER-HALL.—
Handers Judas Maccabeus' is announced for Friday next,
the 9ch inst. Madame Sherrington, Miss Banks, Madame
Sainton-Dolby, Mr Sims Reeves, Mr M. Smith, and Mr
Weiss, principal singers, The 331 Christmas performances
of " Messiah" on Fridays the 19th and 23d inst.

IRON IN ELBA.—The island is as full of it as the
" Parys Mountains" in Anglesea was of copper. A
good deal of it occurs in the form of sand like that on the
beach of Taranaki, the richness of which helped to make
the unhappy New Plymouth people so eager to keep their
allotments. Now, how is the iron worked ? Why, very
inefficiently. Most of the mines are mere surface scratch-
ings. In many places nothing else is needed. At Rio
Marina, for instance, where you land from the Tuscan
Piombino, the very mud is black and metallic, and the
sea is for a great distance coloured dark red by the waters
of the little stream which comes down from the "iron
hills." The mode of bringing down the ore is primitive
encugh. You see a long string of donkeys carrying it in
their panniers. Gangs of porters are then employed to
haul it (still in baskets) on shipboard. The wheelbarrow is
an unknown institution. Possibly the Elbaus have the
same prejudice again4t it which the Seutehruan at Oporto
found the Portuguese bad. When he had imported a bar-
row at considerable cost his gardener at once gave warning,
indignantly asking " Would you set a man to do the work
of a beast ?" Mechanical scfence is at a low ebb in Elba.
There is not a crane in the whole island, nor a slide up which
loaded waggons might, as they come down, pull up those
which had been emptied at the bottom. When something of
this kind, with tramway to match, was proposed to Grand
Duke Leopold, " It's very clever, but what is to be done with
all my donkeys ?" he replied. Still, in spite of the Grand
Duke, the quantity of iron exported has greatly increased—
from some 15,000 tons a year to an average of 56,000 tons,
between 1851 and 1861. The year ending last June gave a
total of 100,000 tons. At present no more can be exported
with roads and means of shipment so imperfect as they are,
and an open roadstead instead of a safe harbour. But the
demand must go on increasing rapidly, and the supply is
limited. N. Simonin compares it to the guano in the Chin-
cha Isles, which in the same way is concentrated in a small
space
• but in the guano isles the wealth is only on the sur-
face—in Elba the deposits of ore are so thick that they can
supply a million tons a year for 2,000 years without being
exhatOted,—Aicbens's of pqr
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THE BOMBAY AND MAURITIUS MAILS.
The following telegram has been received at Mr
Reuter's office, from the Peninsular and Oriental
Steam Navigation Company :
MARSEILLES, DEC. 5.
The ;Syria, with the above mails, reached Mars
seilles, at 7.30 a.m. to-day.
The mails leave for London at 11.30 a.m.

FRANCE.

PARIS, DEC. 5.

The Paris papers publish a telegram from
Messina, according to which the whole province of
Afghanistan was in full insurrection. A battle had
taken place between the Russians and the Khan of
Kokand, who was said to have lost 6,000 men.
BOURSE, Dec. 3.—The market continues firm,
and a good amount of business has been done at a
further improvement. Threes for the Account, aro
now at 65f 95c. Mobilier at 992 f 50c. The Rail.
way Market has been also buoyant, and most of
the lines are rather higher. The market closed as
follows :

41 per Cents. 93
Do. es.d month
3 per Cents
Do. end month 65 70
Credit Mobilier 9OB 75
Do. end month 9ll 25
Bank Shares 3490
Credit F oncier 1235
Roman

lltalian Loan 65 30
Do. end month 65 50
Ditto Threes —
New Mexican
Russian
Austrian
Spanish Threes 451-
Home Debt .. —
Deferred

RAIL'

A.lB.
Cash. Account.
Orloanti

Northern
Lyons and Mediterranean 870 872 50
Southern

We3tern
Eastern ....
Sardinian 3lO .. 308 75
Austrian
Lombard
North of Spain
Saragossa 426 25 .. 422 50
Ditto to Barcelona 50 .. 200