The Sun.
London, England, 1863-12-08 00:00:00

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have now on show heel in?, already to be encountered and coped
ESSRS. JAY and
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the most, unique
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217, 249, 251, Reg
: regret. And they are difficulties that have
arisen in this wise. The selection by the Greek
nation of the Boy-Prince who is now, under the title
of King GEORGE 111., their reigning sovereign; the
selection of this youthful scion of the house of Son-
derburg-Glucksburg to the throne rendered vacant
by the summary expulsion from it of the ex-King
Onto (of Bavaria)—it is well known was mainly
decided by the knowledge on the part of the Greeks
themselves, that, in the event of such a selection,
England was prepared to cede at once to Greece the
whole of the long coveted archieolago of the lonian
Islands. At the moment, however, when M. TRI-
COLIPI was on the point of signing in the name of
King GEORGE, and in the interests of the Greek
nation, the formal Treaty by which Great Britain
would have undertaken to transfer the lonian
Islands to the Kingdom of Greece—it be-
humiliating;
be-
came painfully manifest that there was to be
coupled with the cession ofthos those
certain
intolerable condition by way of most
preliminary. The fortifications of Corfu were to be
razed to the ground. The Young KING was to
stand pledged by the terms of the treaty to their de-
struction. In other words, his name, at the very out-
set of his reign, was to become historically identified
with an incident, as we have said, intensely humiliat-
ing to the amour propre, to the honest self-respect
of the Greek nation. Almost, as a matter of course,
M. TRICOUPI at once declined to become in any
way a party to such an engagement as that—an
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engagement that must inevitably anger the Greeks,
and as inevitably, by so doing, jeopardise the main-
tenance of their newly-chosen Sovereign's reputa-
tion. In the difficulty of the sudden hitch that has
thus awkwardly arisen in the negotiation of the
transference of the lonian Islands from England to
Greece, we observe that it is quite seriously sug-
gested, suggested by no less an official autho-
rity than the organ of the noble Iris-
count at the head of the British Government,
that England should come to the relief of King
GEORGE 1., of the Hellenes, in this his very dis-
tressing dilemma, that England should come to his
relief at once at this most anxious moment—How,
is it asked ? By, with all convenient speed, setting
her hand to the task of destroying those fortifica-
tions at Corfu, the destruction of which are deemed
to be an essential accompaniment of tho transference.
Now, for our own part, we cannot for a single instant
believe that our sodoing will relieve King GEORGEof
Greece from his dilemma. We cannot but think that
his name will then still bo very painfully and
hazardously associated with an act, most untoward
as the earliest incident of his reign, an act of
humiliation which, while he will no doubt be spared
from the anguish of performing himself, that is by
his own Government, that Government of his will
at any rate have the discredit of having permitted
—or rather it should be said more plainly—meanly

BONNET'S SILKS a LYON.—Every Article of
commerce takes its title either from the inventor or
ufacturer, and the more perfect the production the
mgrrater is the credit which attaches to the originator.
_BONNET'S SILKS are said to be incapable of identifica-
tion in England ; but the fallacy of such an assertion is ex-
pos dby the very trade mark of the firm, as exhibited by
Messrs. JAY, of Regent-street.
The following interwoven mark may be seen at the end
of each piece Manufacture de C. J. Bonnet et Cie., a Lyon
eta Lnjurieux. Wesr guaranteed.

LIFEBOAT SERVICES.—Daring the recent
heavy geJes some of the hosts of the Royal Na ional
Lifeboat Institution have been instrumental in rescuing the
crews of the following wrecked vessels :—Schooner Theophi-
Ins, of Aberdeen, 5 men ; barque Tamworth, of Norway, 17 ;
schooner Nort'aern Lights, of Preston, 4 : pilot boat, of St.
Ives, 7 ; schooner Aron. of Workington, 4; schooner Gipsy,
of Drogheda, 4 ; smack Saucy Jack, of Inverness, 1 ; barque
11.a.rietta, ot Lisbon, 1 ; fishing boat, of Filey, 2 ' • Tenby
fishing beat, 3; and barque Providence, of Dantzia,7. Total
lives saved, 55. The liieboats also assistea in bringing safely
into port, 'with their crews, consisting of 29 men, the Italian
brig Camoglino, the schooner Sir Colin Campbell, ot 'Whitby,
the schooner Guilts, of Palermo, and the ketch Snip, of Am-
sterdam. The lifeboats also went off in reply to signals of
distress on fourteen occasions, but their services were not
ultimately required. The amount of reward paid for all
these services was £216.
The Committee of the Institution earnestly AP PEAL to the
public for ASSISTANCE to enable Them to meet the con-
tinued heavy demands on the Society's 125 lifeboat estab-
lishments. Contributions are received by all the London
and country bankers ; and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis,
Esq., at the Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi, London.

ROYAI ENGLISH. OPERA,
COVENT-GARDEN.
Under the Aranagement of Miss Louisa Pyne and
Mr. W. Harrison.
THIS EVENING, for the 14th time, Male's new Opera,
BLANCH 14: DE NEVE RS Miss Louisa t'ync, Miss Anna
Hiles, Miss Emma Heywood; Messrs.W. H. Weiss, H. Cord,
A. Cook, A. Albyn, C. Lyall, J. Rouse, and W. Harrison.
To conclude with the Second Act of THE DESERT
FLOWER.

Conductor, Mr. A. Mellon.
Doors open at half-past Six—Commence at Seven.

H E ATRE ROYAL D RURY - LANE,
Managers. Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton.
THIS EVENING, her Majesty's Servants will perform
the Farce of BEAUTY- OR THE BEAST. Principal cha-
racters by Messrs. Addison, G. F. Neville, Barret, Spencer,
and G. Weston ; Mrs Edmund Falconer and Miss H. Leclerq.
At er which, Lord Byron's Choral Tragedy, MANFRRD. ,
Messrs. t'helps, Ryder. Rayner, 311,agreson, Ward, Spencer ;
'Miss Eburne,Miss E. Atkinson, Miss Leclercq, and Mrs. E
Falconer. Vocalists—Miss Poole, Miss latter, Miss Cicely:
N ott, Miss Heywood, and Mr. Swift.
Followed by MY HEART'S IN THE HIGHLANDS;
clutracters by Mr. J. Neville, Mr. G. Weston, NE
Mr.. J. Marris ; Mrs. C. Melville, and Miss flarlieurr..

TIIEATRE ROYAL HA YMARKET.-
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone.
THIS EVENING, SILKEN FETTEdS : Messrs. Chas,
Mathews, Chippendale, Farren, Howe, Sze, ; Mesdames
C. Mathews and M. Harris.
Followed by THE GOLDEN FLEECE. Messrs. Charles
Mathews, ComPton,WeAthersby,ac.; Mesdames C. Mathews,
L Keeley. Griffith, &c.
Followed by COOL AS A CUCUMBER. Mr. C. Mathews.
And MY HUSBAND'S GHOST.
Commence at 7.

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter.
BEL DENIONIO (a Triumphant Success) will be repeated
Every Evening until further notice.
T HP; EVENING, the Comedietta, by W. Gilbert, entitled
UNCLE BABY: Mess's. Widdicombe, J. G. Shore, Charles ;
Miss P. Le.lercl, and Carlotta Leclercq.
After 'which, at Eight o'clock, BEL DEMONIO, a Love
story, in Twelve Tableaux, taken from Stendhal's "Italian.
Chronicle.," by Mr. John Brougham. Principal charac-
ter by Mr. Fechter, supported by Messrs. Jordan, Charles,
Brougham, Emery, Raymond, Moreland, Smith, Clifford,
Collett, Andrews, Sims ; Miss Kate Terry, E. Lavenue, Airs.
Lee, and Miss Elsworthy.

Doors open at half-past 6—commence at 7.

IjEAH.-EVERY NIGHT.

MIISS BATEMAN.—LEAH.—THIS EVENING,
the 60th appearance of the great Tragic Actress, Miss
BATE MAN, in the character of LEAH. In consequence of
the unbounded success with which Miss Bateman's imperso-
nation of the principal character in the new Five Act Drama
of LEAH has been attended. Mr Webster begs to announce
that it will be performed EVERY EVENING until further
notice.

connived at.

We learn from the latest intelligence that the ill-
ness from which Lord ELGIN was suffering had not
up to that date proved fatal, although there was too
much reason to anticipate the worst results. We
may still hope against hope, until we actually hear
of his death, but in any case we fear the services of
a valuable public servant are lost to England. The
appointment of Sir JOHN LAWRENCE to the impor-
tant post—vacant in any case through Lord
ELGIN'S resignation—has given universal satisfac-
tion, and his immediate departure for the land he is
so well qualified to govern was a wise and neces-
sary step. There is no fear that he will prove
unequal to the responsibilities of his post. His
natural capacity, his high principle, and his
lengthened experience of the people whom he is
called upon to govern, all combine to fit him in an
eminent degree for an office in which individual
character is more tried than perhaps any other.
But however well suited Sir JOHN LAWRENCE may
be, mentally and morally, for the high position he
has suddenly been called upon to fill, he, like his
predecessor, is mortal, and will be physically sus-
ceptible to evil agencies. The rapid succession of
deaths of men in the prime of life, the successive
loss of three Governors General, in one case the
vice-regent's death following closely on that of his
loved and honoured wife; the death and illness of
financiers and Statesmen, the terrible mortality
among our soldiers in times of peace, all combine
to call our attention to the question, and bid us
consider whether the conditions of Anglo-Indian
life are unnecessarily fatal. It is scarcely
fair to count the loss of such men as
HAVELOCK among the sacrifices to the climate. The
terrible work and anxiety might well have proved
fatal to a younger man in a more temperate zone;
but the quiet residents in cities ought surely not to
die at a rate commensurate with the risks of the
battlefield. If England is to send some of her best
men to India, if she is to provide the head to plan,
the heart to feel, the hand to execute, she must at
least see that they are not sent as sacrifices, that in
appointing a man of ability, character, and position
to a high Indian office, she is not at the same time
signing his death-warrant, or at least compelling
him to take a last farewell of health and all its
blessings, when he touches the fatal shores of the
Hooghly. It has been asserted on good authority
that there is no reason why the climate of India
should, under favourable circumstances and with
due precautions, prove so disastrous to Europeans.
Many a man has lived to a guod old age there, and
some parts of the country are especially salubrious.
By an unfortunate combination of natural and arti-
ficial causes, the seat of government is notoriously
unhealthy, and to their enforced residence in
Calcutta during the greater portion of the year the
illness of the leading men in India is openly attri-
buted. Though it lays claim to the proud title of
the
City of Palaces, it is anything but palatial in
its surroundings. Situated on marshy ground, ill
drained) au a .
ill supplied with water, it is placed
in such
proximity to the native town that
the poisonous
exhalations produced by the habits
of the natives, run nog whom cleanliness appears
to be a thing unknown, render the air fre-
quently pestilential, known,
balmy and temperate at-
mosphere would soon, become intolerable if decaying
carcasesand other putrid
tatter were allowed to
taint
marshy the
so breezes.
0 Much
in a hot climate on a
toa
aresuch evilsch more
4s:atr
Qua, and bad air
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a pestilence.
and
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be
yenoughatsea
nptr
experienceoduce
some of
the effects of a fetid river, but they can
hardly ima-
gine what those
effects must be Under a tropical
sun. Happily for the metropolis, however, its
residents were not dependent on Father Ti mss
for their water, but possessed a luxury unknown to
the inhabitants of Calcutta in a pure and plentiful
supply drawn from other sources. It is then in
conditions that under any circumstances and in any
climate would be most prejudicial to health that
our statesmen are called upon to undertake the
duties of their weighty and anxious office ; to go
on in the routine path with incessant toil, continual
mental application, and the burden of a heavy re-
sponsibility. Even if natural strength of constitu-
tion enable them to withstand the
pressure, or
timely retreat to the hills avert fatal results, the
I insidious evil has probably
materially affected their

NEW THE ATRE-RO YAL,
Sole Pronrietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster.
THIS EVENING, at 7, THE TIIAGEDY QUEEN: Mrs,
Stirling.

At 8, the New Drama of LEAH: Bth weex of Miss Bate-
man, supported by Messrs. Arthur Stirling, R. Phillips, Bil-
lington, Stuart, Stephenson, Eburne; Miss H. Simms, and
Mrs. Billingten.

To conclude with THE IRISH TIGER : Miss K. Kelly
and Mr. btephenson.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough.

THIS EVENING, MIRIAM'S CRIME. Messrs. Geo.
Honey, Parselle, Belford, Turner, Miss K. Saville, and Miss
31 waders.
Followed by (13th time) PATIENT PENELOPE ; or, The
Tleturn of Ulysses. Messrs. Roney and Fenton ; Mesdames
Swanborough and Simpson.
After which, MI NEW PLACE. Mr. A. Wood.

Commence at 7.

ROYAL SADLER'S-WELLS THEATRE.
Manageress, Miss Marriott.

THIS EVENING, the successful new Play, by Westland
Marston, Esq., entitled PURE GILD : nessrs. E. Phelps,
11. Marston, D. H. Jones, W. D. Gresham, S. Perfitt ; Miss
Mandlebert, 31rs. B. White, and Miss Marriott.
To conclude with TILE BRIGAND : Mr. D. H. Jones, Miss
Mandlebert.