The Sun.
London, England, 1863-09-22 00:00:00

THE MEXICAN THRONE.

FRANKFORT, SEPT. 21.
The Europe of to day says :—" The Archduke
Maximilian has finally accepted the Crown of
Mexico, at all risks and peril, and even renounces
his rights and prerogatives as the nearest collateral
Prince to the Austrian Crown."
A letter from Vienna says :—" The vote relative
to the Crown of Mexico in favour of his Imperial
Highness the Archduke Maximilian will give rise
to family arrangements at Vienna of great import-
ance. The constitution of the empire of Austria
enacts that the eldest brother of the reigning Sove-
reign shall remain at the disposal of the country to
assume the regency in the eventuality of the Em-
peror's death. The son of the present Emperor was
born on August 21, 1858, and will, consequently,
not attain his majority till 1876. Until then his
uncle, the Archauke Maximilian, having to be pre.
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the crown of Mexico, he can only do so with his

brother's consent, that his claims to the regency
shall be transferred to the Emperor's second bro-
ther, the Archduke Charles, who was born in 1863."

THE BOMBAY MAIL.

SOUTHAMPTON, SEPT. 22,

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer
Delta has arrived here with the heavy portion of
the above mail, 33 passengers, £1,147 in specie, and
1,380 packages of cargo, including raw silk, value
£lOO,OOO sterling. She left Gibraltar on the 17th
inst., and in the Bay of Biscay experienced strong
north-westerly winds, heavy squalls, and a high sea.

The Federal man-of-war Constellation was Ey
Gibraltar.

The brigantine Norah of Sunderland Was totally
wrecked off Port Casablanca on the 27th nit. The

master and crew were saved.

The Italian corvettes Eurydice and Valoroso, with
cadets from the naval school, left Gibraltar on the
17th inst. for Algiers and Tunis. Thaw vessels
have been on a cruise to the Canary Islands, and
are now returning to Genoa.

The screw line of battle ship Re-Gclantuomo,
with the crew for the armour-clad frigate Re d'ltalia,
constructed in America, left Gibraltar on the 17th
for New York via Madeira.
Exchange on London unaltered.

FRANCE.

PARIS, SETT. 22,

The Motiteur of this morning reproduces the
letter from Warsaw, dated the 15th of August,
addressed by the Polish National Government to
Prince Czartorisky, and already published by the
English journals.
lioußsE, Sept. 21.—The market at the opening
showed a slight improvement, but has since re-
ceded—Threes, for the Account, being now at 68f. '
35c. Railway Shares quiet, but in general firm,
The market closed as follows :

it per Cents. ..... . 96 25
Do. end month....
3 per Cents ...... 68 25
Do. end month.... G 8 35
Credit M0bi1ier....1205
Do, end m0nth....1206 25
Bank Shares ...... 3100
Credit 1 oncior ....1400

Italian Loan 74 05
Do. end month
New ditto
Do. end month
Russian
93
Austrian --.
Spani,h Threes 5,
Home Debt
_

RA ILWAYB.

Cash. Account'
Orleans lO4O .. 1037 50
Northern
New ditt0........ -
Lyons —.
and Mediterranean 1037 50 .. 1037 50
Geneva.. 497 50 .. -- ._
Southern ........
Western
Eastern ....
Sardinian
25
Austrian
TwErphard
North of Spain
Saragossa..
Ditto to Barcelona .... 365 .. ...,
.....

DRITRYZANE.

A new two•act seriocomic drama, entitled "The
Deal Boatman," was produced here last evening in
the most successful manner. The author, Mr. F. C.
Burnand, has evidently founded his piece upon the
episode in the incomparable story of David Copper-
geld, which treats of the fortunes of Old Pegotty,
the boatman, and his adopted child, Mary. In the
drama the old Deal boatman is named Jacob Vance
(Mr. Belmore), who has saved and adopted Mary
(Miss Rose Leclerq), and at the opening of the piece
she is about to be married to Mat Bramber (Mr. G.
Weston). The marriage feast is prepared and the
festival so far carried on that a brisk dance is given,
when it is found that Mary has gone off with a Mr.
Leslie (Mr. F. Charles), who has been boating with
the old man. The misery and distress caused by
this unexpected elopement is moat vehemently ex-
pressed by the old boatman, who from a hearty
joyous old fellow becomes almost a lunatic.

The second act is occupied by the efforts of Leslie
to break his humble marriage to his ambitious and
purse-proud uncle (Mr. Barrett). Jacob Vance is
here shown seeking his adopted daughter, enfeebled
by his sorrows, and enraged by the scornful pro•
posal of the rich man to settle the matter by money.
After a scene of passion and a little prolonging the
distress, all things are made pleasant, Mary being
married to Leslie, and its being discovered that she
is the daughter of the rich old uncle whose wife
was lost at sea.

The acting of Mr. G. Belmore, as the old boatman,
was of first-rate excellence ; his powerful represen•
tation of despair, anger, and (on the recovery of his
lost child) joy, produced tremendous applause. The
other parts were all well sustained, and the author
received the usual compliment at the fall of the
curtain. Mr. Falconer's now comedy, " Nature's
above Art," as we anticipated, has greatly improved
by curtailment, and in its present shape it nightly
produces universal satisfaction and applause. The
house, we are pleased to announce, was very fully
attended.