The Sun.
London, England, 1865-11-27 00:00:00

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.

THIS DAY.—Morning, Bh. 10m.--Afternoon, Bh. 48m.
To-Monitow.-Morning, Oh. 25m.—Afternoon, 10h. Om.

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f 3,
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LONDON, MONDAY, NOV. 27, 1865.

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The intelligence from South America gives us
reason to suppose that Spain, should she proceed to
extremities, will find Chili and Peru allied against
her. By a singular indiscretion she has given the
Peruvians the opportunity, or excuse, for a fresh
resistance, and the courage and spirit displayed by
Chili seem to have reanimated their flagging
energies, and they have refused to submit to her
increased extortion. We learn that CAL'SECO, the
chief of the Peruvian Revolutionists, has declared
war against Spain, and that the Chilian frigate
Esmeralda had joined the Peruvian fleet at the
Chin ch as, the combined squadron being placed under
the Chilian commander. An offensive and defen-
sive alliance has also been concluded between Chili
Ecuador, so that the affronted Republic does not
lack for allies in her own neighbourhood, besides
the more powerful support she may expect from
Europe. According to intelligence received by the
Moniteur from Valparaiso down to the 12th October
both parties were maintaining an expectant attitude,
desiring not to prejudice the chance of friendly
mediation. The Spanish Admiral-Ambassador was
probably somewhat startled at the vigorous resist-
ance which he had encountered. It would be a
very desirable thing, no doubt, to extort a large
indemnity for a fancied or pretended wrong from
a timorous and weaker Power, which would season-
ably refresh the Spanish exchequer, but the prospect
of an enzbroglio which should bring the European
powers on to the stage would be less enticing. It
is true the example of Prussia and Denmark might
give encouragement to believe that wanton aggres-
sion and dismemberment of a weaker State might
go unpunished, so far as England and France were
concerned ; but possibly Admiral PAREJA formed
a different conclusion in a case where such large
commercial interests were at stake. Chili, mean-
while, would not of course seek to provoke active
measures, and, indeed, there is not much
within her power on land, though she
has taken prompt and vigorous measures for
the discomfiture of the enemy at sea. There is
good reason to hope that her expectations of the
success of European mediation may be realised. It
i,3 understood in Paris that the Spanish Government
has given in and solicited the mediation of England
and France between itself and Chili, and that in-
structions have been sent to Admiral PAREJA to
abstain from hostilities against the Republic. It is
curious to notice the tone of the Spanish press on
the affair. One journal affirms confidently that, "de_
spite the Times and all the merchants in the world,"
Chili will have to give the satisfaction demanded,
or to endure the punishm en t threatened by Spain. This
journal betrays its sense of the difficulty by itsrefer-
ence to " all the merchantsin the world," wellknowing
that commercial interests are powerful incentives to
action. Another organ, the Epoca, takes however
a different tone, and its words are not without sig-
nificance. In Spain, it says, where the feeling of
national dignity is carried to the highest

point, the public should understand that to threaten
Chili is to take a wrong course to obtain satis-
faction. The active measures taken in both
hemispheres have probably by this time reduced
the assumption alike of the Madrid Cabinet
and of •its representative at Valparaiso. Europe
will gladly see the affair brought to a conclusion,
and the arrogance of Spain towards these Southern
Republics reduced and humbled. Unscrupulous
Powers are learning a dangerous lesson from the
successful spoliation of Denmark ; but it is a pre-
cedent which can hardly be suffered to be followed
with impunity,• or we shall have a general disor-
ganisation, and our sacrifices to secure peace will
end in producing a prolonged and universal war.

The English public will learn with great satisfac-
tion the termination of the petty but harassing war
with Bhootan. Although it could scarcely be
ranked among those matters which occasion a
serious disturbance in the current of English politics
and make unusual demands on the Imperial trea-
sury, it was from first to last an unsatisfactory
business. Since the Viceroyalty of Lord DALHOUSIE
the public mind has undergone considerable changes
on the subject of annexation, and a good many
conscientious persons are apprehensive that we have
already done more in that way than we were en-
titled to do. The great convulsion of 1857, too,
awoke England to a fresh sense of her important
and responsible duties towards the peoples and
races of India, and among the most difficult of these
must be ranked our relationship with the native
chiefs and with those states that do not own our
direct control. There was consequently a fear in
some quarters of proceeding to harsh measures with
Bhootan, while at the same time it was quite im-
possible to allow the outrageous conduct of the
Bbootanese towards a gentleman who, whatever
his diplomatic mismanagement, was the representa-
tive of the English Government. The two conflict-
ing feelings were reconciled in a most unsatisfactory
manner by placing British troops on the frontiers
in such positions that the lives which were
spared the risks of warfare succumbed to
the pestilence. The divided authority in Bhootan
very greatly increased the perplexities of the situa-
tion, the one party expressing a desire to make
terms only to be contradicted by the other. The
approach of the cold season brought about promises
of submission and peaceable intentions ; the advent
of hot weather, when action was difficult for Euro-
peans, allowed the Bhootanese to assume fresh airs
and graces. Happily they have now perceivedtheir
error, and appear to have arrived at the conclusion
that however long they continue their resistance
English power must be triumphant at last. As yet
we have no particulars of the manner in which their
submission was brought about. We have yet to
learn whether it is due to the influence of the Deb
Rajah, or to the slowly awakened conviction of the
rival party that the struggle is hopeless. However,
it matters comparatively little by what means the
conclusion has been arrived at, since, according to
the overland telegrams received, it is everything
that could be wished. The Treaty was signed on
the 11th. Full apology is made to the British Go-
vernment, and all the Dooars are ceded. The pri-
soners are given up, and free trade is established
between British India and Bhootan. There is
consequently nothing left to require at their hands,
and the last clause of the Treaty, while opening up a
fresh channel to Anglo-Indian commercial enterprise
is likely to produce important effects 3n Bhootan
itself. We have, therefore, thus come to a pros-
perous conclusion of the long-pending dispute with
Bhootan, a dispute which the close vicinity of
Assam and its rich and thriving tea plantations in-
vested with some importance. There are not many
parts of India in which the inhabitants arc ignorant
or isolated enough to provoke a struggle for supre-
macy with the Imperial rower, but it is the grow-
ing desire of our statesmen and people to rule by
reason rather than by fear. The day may be yet
far distant in India, but we are moving towards it,
and every step we take towards the education and
civilisation of the people brings us nearer to it.

A number of the members of the Rugby and
Dunchurch Conservative Association met on Friday
in the Town Hall. Mr. NEWDEGATE congratulated
the Association on having proved its vitality, for it
has survived the rinderpest at all events as yet. It
certainly would be a pity if these associations and
agricultural meetings were to fall into desuetude on
account of the calamity which has befallen the
greater part of the country, because there are many
objects of importance which should not be neglected,
even if it is deemed undesirable or found impossible
to continue the annual cattle-show. In returning
thanks for the members of North Warwickshire
Mr. NEWDEGATE made an interesting speech,
although of course it was characterised by his ex-
treme views on some' subjects. He declared his
desire to serve his constituents, who on their part I
seemed ever ready to join with him in the considera-
tion of those subjects which interested all classes of
our countrymen. The hon. member, in his down-
right manner, explained the purport of his work,
and said that when his friends asked him what he
had to show for so many years' labour he re-
plied the renewal of his commission. There
was great truth in the remark made by the hon.
member that it would never do for all public men
to set out on a like course with the sole end, aim, and
object of personal aggrandisement and political ad-
vantages. The consciousness of having faithfully ,
discharged one's duties, and gained the apprecia-
tion of one's friends and neighbours, is quite suffi-
cient for many to aspire to, and if such a result be
gained it cannot be said that time is misspent or
energies wasted. If all the members of the Houses
of Parliament were struggling in their turns for
some personal object, it would soon turn out as is
here stated that Parliament would no longer repre-
sent the will of a great nation as well as its ambi-
tion and strength. "If each of these members were
struggling for some
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writhing mass of struggling atoms, violent, weak,
incapable, but of continuous action, a wretched
assemblage of continuous action dragging on its
existence from hour to hour in deadly fear of having
to hold on in quest of itself." Independent mem-
bers are the strength of Parliament, and the best
security and defence for the institutions of the
country and the liberties of the subject. Those who
are fettered by the ties of party, and tampered with
the arbitrary rules of official existence, are often
greatly impeded in their course, and sometimes find
it almost impossible to give expression to their own
individual opinions. It is thus far evident, as Mr.
NEWDEGATE infers, that no private member need
think he has missed his destiny, if in scanning
his career he can point to no office he
has filled, and no Ministry of which he has formed
a part. In concluding this part of his subject Mr.
NEWDEGATE expressed his conviction that the "love
of country, national feeling, admiration, and
veneration for the constitution under which we
live" is limited to no one section of the House of
Commons.

Referring to the fact of the dreadful visitation
which has affected the cattle of this country, the
hon. member said it was the " riuderpest." Mr.
NEWDEGATE is able to speak with st me authority

on this matter, because he is connected with
the governorship of the Royal Veterinary College,
and he gives it as his opinion that the Commis-
sioners are right in their declaration as to the neces-
sity of the " interruption of traffic" if the disease
continues to extend. Previous experience in Eng-
land, and the observations made in foreign coun-
tries that have lately suffered much from this cause,
tend to show the reason these precautions were
adopted. It certainly sounds to sense that this will
be the only course to adopt, and, as Mr. NEwDEGATE
forcibly observed, those individuals are short-sighted
and ignorant who make a great clamour about the
likelihood of such a restrictive course enhancing the
price of meat, because if the disease continues to
spread " the price of meat must rise to a de-
gree to which it never could be enhanced,
even by the universal establishment of a
dead instead of live meat markets throughout
England." In all calamities of this sort the
surest and safest policy is to look ahead, and not
to allow present inconveniences, because great,
to prevent all realisation of future emergencies
that may arise. Insurance societies are very de-
sirable precautions to adopt, both for the sake of
compensation and for the purpose of checking
the disease. They arc very likely to prove more
efficacious in the long run than the most strin-
gent regulations of the authorities, because many
attempts will always be made to elude the direc-
tions given.

Mr. NEWDEGATE considers, and with some jus-
tice, that it is a very awkward practice to " muzzle
members" upon political subjects at these associa-
tions. They are told to hold their tongues re-
specting their business, and yet to respond to a call
made upon them as political representatives. With
respect to Ireland, the hon. member for North
Warwickshire thinks that the Government officials
there have acted wisely and well and concerning
Jamaica, he very wisely denounced the cause
taken by some in upholding the course of the
rioters against the representatives of law and
authority. Mr. NEWDEGATE spoke very fairly as
to the claims which the Government of Earl Rus-
SELL possesses upon the forbearance of all, although
he does not think that the noble lord will be able to
carry on the Government of the country with as
much skill and success as Lord PALmERFroN—an
opinion in which many of all shades of opinion
and diversity of rank will doubtless concur, with-
out any disrespect to the present Premier or his
colleagues.

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Drury Lane Theatre,

On Saturday evening a new comic Irish drama
founded on Charles Lever's celebrated work,
" Charles O'Malley," entitled " Galway go Bragh,"
was produced, and met with the most decided suc-
cess. For the pleasant, lively, and rollicking drama
we have to thank Mr. E. Falconer, the lessee, who,
besides being the adaptor, is the representative of
the principal character, blundering, loving, blarney-
ing Mickey Free. The first two acts of the piece are
laid in Ireland, and the third in the Peninsula,
but a succession of fun is kept up which was
thoroughly enjoyed by the brilliant audience as-
sembled on Saturday evening. That Mr. Falconer
should have made a hit in the part of Mickey Free
is by no means surprising, because his great creation
in the " Colleen Bawn" proved him to be one of
our best Irish comedians ; and although the pecu-
liar part represented in " Galway go Bragh" differs
from it in every particular, yet the rich fun
and humour he infuses into it brings it quite up to
the level of his Danny Mann. Miss Hazlewood
sustained the part of a lively Irish student, Frank
IVebber, with great spirit and effect—the laughable
incident in the second act, viz., the coming to the
ball disguised as the terrible Irish auntwas capitally
done. The other characters were all well represented,
and contributed in a very liberal manner to the en-
joyment of the audience ; and, taken in connection
with the bustle, music, and dancing, " Galway go
Bragh" will prove an excellent afterpiece to the
splendid tragedy of " King John."
\Ve are sure it will be productive of great plea-
sure to hear that Mr. Blanchard has furnished his
annual grand pantomime for this theatre. This
year " Fortunatus" will be the name of the Christ-
mas entertainment. A better subject we don't think
could have been chosen.

The Chapel Royal of the Savoy.

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Yesterday this Royal and very ancient church,
which has just been restored by the munificence of
her Majesty, and with which so many interesting
historical associations are connected, was again
opened for Divine worship, and the Dean of West-
minster, Dr. Stanley, preached a sermon on the oc-
casion. It will be recollected that the fabric was in
great part destroyed by fire in July, 1864, and that
all the more interesting parts of it, especially a very
beautiful ceiling and some fine monuments, perished
in the flames. The disaster was generally deplored
at the time, particularly by the inhabitants of the
ancient precinct of the Palace of the Savoy, to whom
the chapel was an object of peculiar veneration. No
time, however, was lost in its restoration, and the
fabric has now risen again from its ruins at the cost
of the Queen, as Duchess of Lancaster, to the great
gratification of the parishioners and of persons of
archaeological taste. It has been rebuilt at a cost of
about £5,000, under the superintendence of Mr.
Sydney Smirke, the eminent architect ; the roof has
been embellished very much after the design of that
which was destroyed, but with greater splendour; the
great window over the altar has been magnificently
painted, and a tine organ erected at the southern end
of the chapel. Over the window is a Latin inscription
to the effect that it was presented by the inhabitants
of the precinct in 1813, destroyed with the chapel
in 1864, and restored by Queen Victoria in me-
mory of the Prince Consort in 1865. A beauti-
ful font has been contributed at great cost by
Mrs. De `Vint, a parishioner, in memory of her
husband and brother, the water-colour painters, and
in place of a mural monument of them which perished
in the fire, and Mr. Burgess, an inhabitant of the
precinct, has given an oaken pulpit of chaste design
and elegantly carved.

DEATH AMONG THE AUTHORS.—Mr. Sala writes :
' Whom the gods love die young they say ; but in our age
it would seem as though the most intellectually favoured
were permitted to arrive at maturity, and were then, with-
out preparation, smitten down. Lord Macaulay, William
Makepeace Thackeray, Albert Smith, David Roberts, Eliza-
beth Barrett Browning, John Leech—all died with awful
suddenness. Now it is Mrs. Gaskell. Who next, and
next ?"

THE CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY.—The annual
meeting of the members will take place on Tuesday next,
the 28th inst., at 2 p.m., at Exeter-hall ; Viscount Ranelagh
in the chair.

MARRIED OR NOT MARRIED.—WhiIe a couple
were being married in Preston Church the other
morning, the mother of the young lady, who was under
age, rushed into the church and forbade the wedding. The
officiating minister [at once stopped the service, and the
bridegroom had pronounced the words "With this ring I
thee wed," declared that no legal marriage had taken place.
Since then, however, the matter has been discussed at a
meeting of the clergy, and the unanimous decision they
arrived at was, that the couple had been properly and
lawfully married according to the rites of the Church. The
point is a very ticklish one, and will probably have to be
settled in the law courts.

JamesDollan was stolen on the
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STOLEN CHILD.--It is six
and still there is no clue to his
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Ao week agon in
the Procurator-Fiscal for the city
the case, for the purpose, we believe, of laying the matter
before the Lord Advocate. Meantime a new distribution
of handbills has been ordered to be made throughout the
city and county. On Monday last the mother and grand-
father of the child made a visit to Ir-tine, from which they
walked back as faras Glasgow, inquiring at all the police-
stations on their way, but the clue they supposed they had
in that direction turned out unsuccessful. The suspicion
is entertained by the police that the child must have been
taken away by some woman who desired to establish a claim
for aliment as a mother - a suspicion more probable than
that the infant was taken for purposes of mendicancy.—.
Edinburgh Courant.

LATEST INTELLIUENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

THE FENIANS.

DEPARTURE OF MEN-OF-WAR FROM
QUEENSTOWN.
QUEENSTOWN, Nov. 27.

The war ships Liverpool and Achilles put to sea
yesterday from this port with constabulary on
board.

The object of their departure is kept secret, but it
is supposed to be to search for Stephens the Fenian
Head Centre.

THE OUTBREAK IN JAMAICA.

Advices from Jamaica to the 6th November state
that troops had been stationed at all parts of the
island, and the rebellion seemed to be at an end.
Arrests continued, and a large number of insur-
gents had been hanged.

AMERICA.
ARRIVAL OF THE PERUVIAN.
(Via Greencastle.)

NEW YORK, Nov. 17 (Evening).

The New York Tribune denies the truth of the
reported naval preparations at Portsmouth Navy-
yard.
General Grant is receiving much popular atten-
tion in this city. He has visited the Union League
Club, when, in reply to a speech of Mr. Beakman
expressing sympathy for Mexico, and a firm belief
in her coming deliverance, the General said that the
speaker's remarks concerning the future of Mexico
expressed his own sentiments.
Toronto despatches report considerable excite-
ment in that city. A portion of the military were
under aims, and the whole police force on duty.

Orders had been received at Hamilton and To-
ronto to despatch troops to the frontier. It was
understood that nine corps would be sent.
The sale of Government transports has been
suspended in Louisiana. Orders have been received
in Texas not to muster out any more troops, and
to discontinue the sales of Government property.

The New Orleans Delta states that some Federal
troops have been ordered to the Rio Grande.
Mr. Chawneey M. Depew has been appointed
Minister to Japan.