The Sun.
London, England, 1862-04-29 00:00:00

sore need there is to lessen the expenditure of his
own particular Government. The urgency of an
enormous deficit drives either back from the "facile
descent" of a mere reckless expenditure. That in
effect constitutes for the rest of Europe the most
reliable guarantee that the course so wisely entered
upon at last, both at Paris and at Vienna, will yet
awhile, must•yet awhile in all human probability
be resolutely persisted in.

Since our tribute to the memory of Sir THOMAS
WYSE, late her Majesty's Ambassador at the Court
of Athens, a tribute which appeared in the leading
columns of our impression of The Sun of Thursday
last, we have received further and authentic
particulars of the funereal honours accorded to the
remains of his late Excellency by the Greek Court
and by the Athenian population. It appears, from
the terms in which the decease of Sir THOMAS
WYSE is announced in the columns of the local
newspaper of the following morning—that is, on
the 16th instant, the late Ambassador having ex-
pired on the 15th—that suddenly, though the
melancholy tidings came to us here in England by
Telegram, it came not by any means so unexpect-
edly to the knowledge of the Athenians. His
Excellency, the Franco-Greek journal referred to,
announces, " a succombe Kier a la suite d'une ma-
ladie prolongee." It is added immediately that the
loss of the deceased Ambassador was severely felt
by the whole Diplomatic Corps at Athens, of which
body he was the "Doyen," or chief, by right of offi-
cial seniority. His ever-conciliatory yet ever-firm
line of policy was by one and all of them, to the
full, appreciated—the amenity of his individual
character being none the less entirely appreciated
by the highest circles ; in fact, more or less by all
ranks and classes in the Greek metropolis, in proof
of which an eye-witness of the obsequies of Sir THOS.
WYSE informs us that so vast was the concourse
attendant upon the cortege that it almost appeared
to embrace '° the entire population" of Athens. It
should be observed at once, in regard to this, that the
Funeral—by command of his Majesty King OTHO—
was a Public Funeral! In obedience to the royal
mandate no exertion was spared in order to evidence,
in a signal manner, the respect with which the me-
mory of the British Ambassador, just deceased, was
regarded by the whole mass of the inhabitants of
Athens, from the Sovereign downwards. A cere-
monial pomp was accorded to the proceedings of the
day hardly inferior to those lavished upon royalty.
The flags half-mast high at the Piraeus, the church
bells of Athens tolling, the minute guns firing
throughout the whole period occupied by the fune-
ral ceremony, the path of the procession lined
throughout by the soldiery, behind whose ranks
appeared the enormous concourse of citizens already
alluded to, having thus shown their sympathy by
their attendance—all betokened the high estima-
tion in which this distinguished representative of
her Britannic MAJESTY was held, both by the
Athenians themselves and by their Sovereign.
It is noticeable that among the more conspicuous
and impressive incidents marking the obsequies of
Sir THOMAS WYSE, was the delivery of a Funeral
Oration over his Tomb, immediately before the
close of the ceremony of interment, a discourse
feelingly pronounced by the lips of the French
Minister Plenipotentiary. It gave, in a condensed
form,
an epitome of the public life and political
career of the departed Diplomatist. A verbatim
translation of this harangue, however—though it
was what we had, at the first moment of seeing it,r-
solved upon—we cannot but recognise, immediately
upon a perusal of the discourse itself, as altogether
unnecessary. For, our remarks on Thursday, in the
leading columns of our own journal, had
already, by several days, anticipated the
spoken commentaries of the French Ambassador
at Athens as now reported to us through the
Franco-Greek new.pnper already referred to. Stage
by stage in the onward and upward progress of the
career of Sir THOMAS WYSE, the deceased publicist
and diplomatist was followed in the French Minis-
ter's survey of it, as on Thursday it had been followed
in our commentaries upon himself and his achieve-
ments. Anything like a recapitulation—anything
like a twice told tale of what has thus been so
very recently brought under the notice of our
readers, would be consequently to the last degree
superfluous.

The closing sentence of the French Ambassador's
funeral oration the other day at Athens appears to
demand from us, however cursorily, a passing
glance of retrospective regret. After observing as
evidence of the unconquerable energy of the de-
ceased even under the enervating influence of dis-
ease, " pond it est mort, it est mort debout," the
French Ambassador says with pathetic significance
—" Dieu lui tiendra compte des douleurs sous le
poids desquelles it a enfin succombe." Words im-
plying more perhaps in the way of mournful sig-
nificance than the majority of those listening to
them had even a glimmering notion of. " After
life's fitful fever he sleeps well !" As KENT sighs
over the dead friend in SHAKSPERE. He sleeps
none the less " well," too, from having died in
harness—doing to the last, in the station in which
GOD had placed him, that Duty which England
expects from all her citizens, but more particularly
from her Public men in all Departments, and
which England has seldom had occasion (she cer-
tainly had none here) to look for in vain.

Her Royal Highn, ss the Grand Duchess of
Mecklenburg-Strelitz arrived at. Dover last night, by the
John Penn, mail steam-packet, under the superintendence
of Captain Smithett. On landing, her royal highness pro-
ceeded to Birmingham's Lord Warden Hotel, where she
slept. Her royal highness was met at Dover by Lady
Caroline Cust. Her royal highness proceeds this morning ,
,to London.
The Duke and Duchess of Wellington have re-
turned to Apsley House from Strathfieldsaye, where they
have been passing the holidays.
The Duchess of St. Albans and Lady Diana
Bcauclerk arrived in town yesterday from Redbourne Hall,
Lincolnshire.
The Marchioness of Salisbury and family arrived
in Arlington.street yesterday from Folkestone, for the
season.
The Earl and Countess Somers have left Princes-
gate for Reigate Priory, Sussex.
The Earl of Normanton comes to town to-day
from Somerley, Hants, for the season.

The Earl and Lady Constance Grosvenor come to
town to-day from visiting the Duchess (Dowager) of Suther-
land, at Cliefden House, Berks.
Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston arrived in
town yesterday from their seat, Broadlands, Hants.
Viscount and Viscountess Doneraile have arrived
at Claridge's Hotel from Ireland.

Lord Aveland has arrived in Belgrave-square
from Nornianton Park, Rutlandshire. Her ladyship will
return to town to-day for the season.

Lord and Lady Henniker have returned to their
residence in Grafton-street from their seat in Suffolk.:
Lord and Lady Portman are expected in town
to-day from Bryanston Hall, Dorsetshire, for the season.
Lord and Lady Proby have arrived at their
residence in Ilalkin-street Nest, from Elton Hall, for the
season.

Lord and Lady John Thynne arrived in town
yesterday from Haynes Park, Bedford.
Mr. and L Ady Augusta Fiennes have arrived
at their residence in Queen's-gate-terrace for the season.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mrs. Glad-
stone arrived at their residence on Carlton-house-terrace
yesterday afternoon, from Hawarden Castle.
THE RERESENTATION OF LAMBETH.—TIIO con-
test for the representation of this borough may now be said
to have begun in earnest. The only two candidates at pre-
sent before the electors are Mr. F. Doulton, a resident
manufacturer, and 141 r. Campbell Sleigh, the l arrister—
Mr. Montagu Chambers having taken no further steps since
the publication of an address to the electors in the early
part of last week. Both the candidates profess extreme ,
Liberal principles.