The Sun.
London, England, 1862-01-29 00:00:00

ME' `SUN LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JAN MARY 29, 1862.

other ports, from being closed
,in a similar man
ner. The engineer employed took pains to show
that he had done his work in a manner which
would render restoration of the channel hopeless ;
and the people generally received the account
of the exploit with as much applause as they did
that of hero WILKES. We have not the shadow of
a doubt that nothing would better have pleased the
men of the North than to have ruined for ever the
commercial advantages of the South. The Foreign
Secretary, even after all remonstrances, is not pre-
pared to say that it is unjustifiable to destroy
permanently the harbours of an enemy. That is,
because two nations happen to quarrel, the weather
tossed ships of friendly nations, for all time to come,
must be exposed to shipwreck, where nature had
provided them shelter ! To say nothing of the future
destruction of the commerce of those who had been
nil parties to the quarrel. As in the case of the surren-
der of the commissioners, we are not much concerned
with Mr. SEWARD'S views. He has renounced
stone-fleet operations, and we shall leave him to
" justify" what he pleases, so long as he gives up
doing what we deny to be capable of justification.

CANTERBURY HALL:

VICTOR JULIEN, THE “FLYING MAN."

" We fly by night, 'midst ]Hosts of "—applauding spirits.
Such might be a pardonable paraphrase of Locke's chorus,
to enable us to characterise the wonderful performances of
artists like Julien and Leotard, As the latter has been
much longer before the public, curiosity is naturally more
concentrated upon his rival. When Victor Julien first ap-
peared at the Canterbury Hall, we described him as a dan-
gerous competitor to the then undisputed hero of the
trapize, and as really a more daring performer. In the
hazardous nature of his feats Julien still excels ,
although we doubt not that Leotard, if he chose, could ac-
complish all that his less circumspect rival goes through
nightly. In Julien's performances we observe a marked
improvement in the style in which he performs his danger-
ous feats. There was a little stiffness at first in his method
of " perching" upon the platform. Now, in aplomb he is
equal to Leotard. As we have before said, his performance
is much more " thrilling" than that of the Leicester-square
Champion; for whereas the latter contents himself with a
good deal of certainly very graceful but still rather mono-
tonous gyration, Victor Julien commences feats of a terrific
nature as soon as he leaves the platform, and goes on
rapidly culminating to his final grand summersault in mid-
air. His exploits at the Canterbury Hall are regarded
with mingled horror and admiration. As a "sensation'
artist—and public taste seems to be running still in that
direction—Victor Julien is not excelled by any—not even
by Leotard or Blondin.

His Excellency the Ambassador of France and
the Countess de Flahault and Miss Elphinstone de Flahault
have left Coventry House on a visit to Viscount and
Viscountess Palmerston at Broadlands.

The Duchess of St. Albans and Lady Diana
Beauclork and Viscount Falkland have left Scutterskelfe on
a visit to the Earl and Countess of Zetland, at Aske Hall,
Yorkshire. The duchess and his lordship come to town
early next week.
The Marquis of Tweeddale and Lady Jane Hay
have arrived at Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, from
Yester, N.B.
The Marchioness (Dowager) of Bath has returned
to Murthant Court from a tour of visits.

The Earl of Abingdon has arrived in town from
Wytham Abbey, Oxfordshire.

The Earl Grosvenor comes to town on Friday.
Her ladyship remains at Calverley Park, Cheshire.
The Countess of Sefton and Lady Cecilia
Molynenx are expected in town in a few days from Crox
teth Park.

Viscount Palmerston arrived in London yester-
day from Broadlands. The noble viscount visited the King
of the Belgians at Buckingham Palace, and later in the
day returned to Broadlands.