The Sun.
London, England, 1865-02-10 00:00:00

servants, there is one source of general danger that
is altogether disregarded. What is . everybody's
danger is nobody's danger, and the condition of our
public buildings has been a wanton risk of life and
limb. Accident after accident, catastrophe after
catastrophe, have failed to arouse the public interest
to more than a languid and occasional action. We
have had no vigorous exertion, no organised im-
provement, no official supervision. Just now fires
are a good deal talked of, for the disasters have
been more than usually momentous. The very
narrow escape of Sandringham Hall is enough of
itself to attract attention. Every one must feel re-
joiced that the country house of the young Prince
and Princess, whose fortunes England follows with
such kindly interest and goodwill, has escaped de-
struction ; the risk was, however, sufficiently great
to make its preservation a matter of more than
ordinary congratulation. It would have been very
much to be regretted if the building which has just
been arranged and adorned to suit the taste and con-
venience of its royal owners, should have been de-
stroyed ; but the absence of all but a few persons
from the establishment prevented much risk of any
fatal casualties. In our public assemblies it is not
so, and we have just had two warnings sufficiently
impressive to arouse us from our lethergy. The
destruction of the Edinburgh Theatre happily
occurred when the audience was not present,
and thus loss of life from the terrible commotion
inevitable when such a discovery is made was
avoided. The catastrophe, however, was not un-
attended with fatal accidents, and the death of those
courageous and noble-minded men who perished
in attempting to rescue those already endangered
by the falling buildings, adds a mournful feature to
the story. Since that disaster, and while the heroism
-of the Dean of Guild is still fresh in the minds of his
countrymen, the metropolis itself is startled by ano-
ther wholesale conflagration. One of the regular
theatres is totally destroyed by fire ; but in this in-
stance, though the public lose a pleasant place of
amusement, the respected managers incur a heavy
pecuniary loss, and some hundreds of persons are
thrown out of employment, no life is actually sacri-
ficed. Had it not been for the promptness and
presence of mind of those in the theatre, many acci-
dents would probably have taken place ; and had
fire broken out earlier in the evening,when the house
was full, we can scarcely hope that no fatal results
would have occurred. In both these theatrical dis-
asters the origin of the fire was something similar,
as the roof in each case caught fire from excessive
heat and unprotected gas. It is noticeable, too,
that, in accordance with a common but dangerous
custom, the carpenter's shop in the Surrey Theatre
was just above the thin lath and plaster ceiling,
which, from the excessive heat of the chandelier, set
fire to a heap of shavings and rubbish. It will be
remembered that this was the orign of the fire at
Covent Garden in 1856, and the total destruction
of the fine old house. It would be well for theatrical
managers to look to this, and to have the arrange-
ments altered without delay. A very trifling out-
lay of trouble and of capital would not only secure
their own property from great risk, but the public
from serious danger. Forewarned should be fore-
armed, and the recurrence of such disasters proves
that there is something wrong in the present sys-
tem. The same motto should be accepted by the
public generally, as a hint to insist on some active
steps being taken to improve the means of entrance
and exit belonging to places of public resort. Most
of our large houses are little better than man-traps
for destruction in case of fire or sudden panic ; and
we have no doubt that it is the desire as well as the
interest of the managers to secure the safety of their
visitors, it only needs a properly organised system
to remove the danger.

The French Government and the Papal
Nuncio.

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LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

The Moniteur of yesterday contains the following
announcement:—" The Minister for Foreign Affairs,
after receiving orders from the Emperor, has re-
quested his Majesty's ambassador at the Holy See
to complain of the two letters addressed by the
Apostolic Nuncio to the Bishops of Orleans and
Poitiers, letters which have been published in the
newspapers, and which constitute an infringement
of the regulations of international law and of_ the
public law of France."
The following is a translation of the letter ad-
dressed by the Papal Nuncio to Monseigneur Pie,
Bishop of Poitiers :
Monseigneur,—l have just received, and I have read with
delight, the charge that your excellence has published in
your cathedral for the purpose of acquainting your people
with the recent Encyclical of the Sovereign Pontiff, and
the catalogue of condemned errors annexed to it. Your
charge, Monseigneur, is admirable for its firmness and epis-
copal courage. That does not, however, astonish mein any
way ; I expected it. It is to be hoped that the veritable
glory of the Church of France will shine forth undimmed on
this memorable occasion. It will be a great subjectiof con-
solation for our Holy Father to see the chief pastors of this
catholic nation inspired with his courage and firmness, which
do not falter despite the sore trials to which he is subjected.
I take the liberty of adding, that we shall all be very glad
to become acquainted with the letter that your excellence
has addressed to the minister, in reply to his circular of the
Ist January. Accept, sir, with my most sincere congratu-
lations, the assurance that I am happy to renew towards
you the sentiments of affection and devotion with which,
I am, &c., FLAVIO,

Archbishop of Myra, Apostolical Nuncio.

BANK OF FRANCE,

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PARIS, FEB. 9.

The following is the return of the Bank of France
for the week ending to-day, together with the cor-
responding figures of the previous account :..-
DEBTOR. 9
Feb. 9. Feb. 2.

fr. C. fr. C.
Capital of the Bank... 182,500,000 182,500,000
Profits in addition to
capital (Art, 8, Law, 'Li: a

June 9, 1857
Reserve of the Bank

and its branches 22,105,750 14 22,105,750 14
Reserve in landed pro-
perty 4,000,000 4,000,000
Notes in circulation 805,966,575 812,425,525
Banknotes to order and
receipts payable at
sight 6,246,618 64 0,780,382 75
Treasury account cur-
rent creditor
Current accounts, Paris 129,309,601 97 115,213,823 01
Do. branch banks
Dividends payable 2,574,848 75 3,240,858 75
Discounts and sundry
interests
Rediscounted the last
six months 2,789,444 05 2,789,444 05
Sundries

Total
CREDITOR.

Feb. 9. Feb. 2.
Cash in hand and in fr. n• fr. c.
Branch banks
Commercial bills over-
duo
Commercial bills dis-
counted, not yet due 328,857,706 40 322,560,428 27
Do. branch banks .. ... . 307,446,199 328,814,862
Advances on deposit of
bullion .- . ... .. -
Do. branch banks 4,248,210 4,205,610
Do. on French Public
Securities 14,584,100 14,925,600
Do. by branch banks
-_- 9,222,500
Do. on railway shares
and debentures
D. branch banks 17,573,750 17,928,050
Do. on Credit Fonder

Bonds
Do. branches
Do. to the State (Con-
vention, June 10,
1857) 60,000,000 00,000,000
Government Stock re-
serve 12,980,750 14 12,980,750 14
Do. disporable
Rentes ImmobalisOs
(Law, June 2, 1857) 100,000,000 100,000,000 -
Hotel and furniture of
the Bank and landed
property branches -
Expenses of manage-

went
Sundries

221,800 06 208,008 18
6,754,389 71 6,550,813 50

(REUTER'S TELEGRAM.)

ROME.

ROME, Feb. 9.

The Giornale di Roma of to-day contradicts the
statement that the representatives of the Holy See
in foreign countries have given, by order from
Rome, any explanations or commentaries upon the
Encyclical.

ITALY.

TURLN, FEB. 10.

It is stated that the Commissioner appointed to
select a locality for the establishment of a military
port for the Southern Italian provinces, have fixed
upon the port of Taranto.

AUSTRIA.

VIENNA, FEB. 10.

The official Wiener Zeitung of to-day says :
"In reply to the false rumours now current, we
state that the military tribunal of Buda, having
condemned the landed proprietors of Nedeczky and
the Bailiff Benitz to be hung for high treason, com-
mitted in Hungary, this sentence has been com-
muted by his Majesty to 20 years' imprisonment."
Paul Almasy and five other individuals have been
condemned to 14 years' imprisonment, and Linen
to six years' imprisonment and loss of his nobility.

JAPAN.

SH.A.NGHAE, DEC. 26.

The intelligence from Japan is unsatisfactory.
The British forces were still in the Bay of Jeddo.
It is reported that the Mikado repudiates the late

Total 1,287,921,267 81 1,286,065,500 33
(Signed) The Senator Governor of the Bank of France,
ROVIAAND,

THE SUN, LONDOS, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 10, 1865.

HOUSE OF COMMONS-FEB. 9.
PRIVATE BILLS.

happy to learn that the President has signed the
bill creating a General-in-Chief. That bill is now
a law. No appointment has yet been made to fill
the new office."

A Washington despatch thus describes the result
of Mr. Blair's rnistsion to Richmond :

"It is now definitely settled that Mr. Blair's
mission has been an entire failure, and that he is not
to wear the honour of a great pacificator. Mr.
Blair went to Richmond confident that he should be
able to inaugurate negotiations whose end would be
the termination of hostilities and restoration of the
Union. He returns satisfied that at present there is
no hope of a peaceful solution of existing difficulties.
He found division and wrangling among the rebel
leaders, but they are so distrustful of each other
that none dare to assume the responsibility of mak-
ing advances, or agreeing to terms which would lead
to peace. Davis is environed with enemies, who
watch his every motion, and are ready at the first
indication of a disposition to accede to any possible
terms of settlement to spring upon and overwhelm
him. For this reason he could offer no terms ex-
cept a precedent recognition of commissioners as
representing the Confederate Government, or he
was willing to negotiate without an actual recogni-
tion, provided an armistice of from thirty to ninety
days was granted. Neither of these propositions
could, of course, receive a moment's consideration,
and so he was informed.

" Failing all efforts to accommodate: matters
amicably, Mr. Blair has returned to this city, and
his labours as a peacemaker are ended. Nothing
now remains but a vigorous prosecution of the war
until the army of Lee is destroyed, and then peace
will come, not by negotiation, but by the disintegra-
tion of the rebel Government.
" The rebels are determined to make one last
effort, by the conscription of negroes and a more
vigorous enforcement of the conscription of white
men, to change the current of disaster, which has so
steadily set against them of late. Their hopes
of recognition have not altogether failed them, and
they are encouraged, from the action of our Con-
gress in relation to the French occupation of Mexico,
to believe that France will soon recognise them as
an off-set to the hostility displayed towards the new
Government of that country by the United States.
All these arguments are used to keep the rebel Con-
gress and the people from despairing of ultimate
success; and they have the effect desired for the
present.

" It is authoritatively stated that Mr. Blair is pre-
paring a letter, addressed to Horace Greeley, de-
tailing his experience as a peace negotiator, and
explaining the causes of his failure, and showing
that there is no hope of an immediate peaceful set-
tlement of the war.

" General Singleton has not returned yet to this
city, although it is understood that he has come
within our lines from Richmond. His political
friends are quite disappointed at his utter failure to
bring about a peaceful frame of mind.
" Peace men are said to be plentiful in Richmond,
but reconstructionists do not as yet dare to avow
themselves.

" A resolution will be introduced in the Senate on
Monday calling upon the President for all the Blair-
Davis correspondence."

PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION,

Standing Order No. 7 read. Amendment proposed, to
leave out the word " four," in order to insert the word
"three," instead thereof. Question put, " That the word
'four' stand part of the paid Standing Order." The house
divided—Ayes, 154 ; Noes, 72.

AYES —154.
&dderley, C. B. Gore, J. R. 0. Palk, Sir L.
Archdall, Capt.M.E. Goschen. G. J. Palmer, Sir R.
Ayrton, A., S. Gower, G. W. L. Palmerston, Visct.
Barnes, E. Grey, Sir G. Parker, Major W.
Baring, Sir F. Gurdon, B. Peel, Sir R.
Barrow, W. 11. Hadfield, G. Peel, Gen.
Bazley, T. Hamilton, Lord C. Peel, J.
Beecroft, G. S. II attd,ey. J. Potter, E.
Bellew, R. M. Hartington,Marquis Powell, F. S.
Bonham-Carter, J. Bossard, M. Price, It. G.
Bouverie, P. P. Hay, Sir J Rowley, R. T.
Boyle, G. F . Headlam, T. E. Russell, A.
Bremridge. R. Henley, J. &later-Booth, G.
Bridges, Sir B. W. Hotham, Lord Scourfielo, J. IL
Bright, J. Howes. E Smith, Aug-ustus
Bromley. W. B. Hubbard, J. G. Smith, Sir`.
Bruce, Major C. Hutt, W. Smyth, Col.
Bruce, H. A. bighorn, R. Smollett, P. B.
Burghley, Lord Jervis, Captain Stansfeld. J.
Caird, J. Kingscote, Col. Stracey, Sir H.
Calthorpe, F. H. Knatchbull, W. Sturt, H. G.
Cardwell, E. Knatchbull-Hugess Sturt, Lt.-001. N.
Cartwright, Col. Leader, N. P. Surtees, H. E.
Castlerosse, Vist. Lefevre, G. J. S. Taylor, Col.
Cave, S. Lefroy, A. Thynne, Lord H.
Childers, H. C. E. Lee, W. Tite, W.
Cochrane, A. D. B. Legh, Major C. Torrens, R.
Courtney. Lord Legh, W. J. a Tracy, C. R. D.
Cowper, W. P. Lennox, Lord H. G. Trefusis, O. 11. R.
Cox, W. Leslie, C. P. Treherne, M.
Crawford, R. W. Long, R. P. Trollope, Sir J.
Darner, S. D. Lovaine, Lord Turner, J. A.
Denman, G. Lowther, Col. Turner, C.
Disraeli, B. M'Cormick, W. Verney, Sir H.
Duncombe, W. E. Malcolm, J. W. Villiers, C. P.
Dundas, Sir D. Matins, It. Waldegrave-Leslie
Fane, Col. Martin,J. Walpole, S. 11.
Farquhar, Sir M. Miller, W. Warner, E.
Fenwick, H. Mills, A. Watkin, E. W.
Fitzgerald, W. S. Moffatt, G. Weguelin, T. A
Fitzroy, Lord F. Montagu, Lord R. Western, S.
h loyer. J. Montgomery, Sir G. Westhead, J. P. B.
Foley, H. W. Morgan, 0. Whalley, G. IL
Fortescue, F. D. Morris, W. White, L.
French, Col. Mowbray, J. R. Whitmore, H.
Gavin, Major. Naas, Lord Willoughby, Sir H.
George, J. Noel, G. J. Woodd, B. T.
Gibson, T. M. O'Conor Don, The Wynn, C. W. W.
Gilpin, C. Ogilvy, Sir J.
Gladstone, W. E. O'Loghlen, Sir C. TELLERS,
Glyn, G. C. 0' it eilly, ,ii. W.
Goddard, A. L. Pacite, Col. Patten, Col. W.
Goldamid, Sir F. Paget, Lord C. Egerton, E. C.

NOES —72.
Antrobus, E. Ferrand, W. Pakington. Sir J.
Baillie, H. J. Forster, W. E. Peacocke, G. M. W.
Beaumont, W. B. Gower, F. L. Pinney, Col.
Bentinck, G. W. P. Greville, Col. F. Pugh, D.
Bentinck, G. C. Griffith, C. D. Robertson, H.
Bowyer, Sir G. Hardy, G. Roebuck, J. A.
Brady, Dr Hardy, J. Salt, T.
Briscoe, J. I. Hennessy, J. P. Selwyn, C. J.
Bruce, Lord E. A. Hodgson, R. Seymour, Danby
Burrell, Sir P. Huninerstone, P. S. Stacpoole, W.
Cairns, Sir H. Jackson, W. Stanley, Lord
Cargill, W. W. Kelly, Sir F. Trelawny, Sir J. S.
Cecil, Lord R. Kinglake, A. W. Vance, J.
Clifton, Sir B. Knightley, zir H. Vansittart, W.
Craufurd, E. H. J. Langton, W. H. G. Walsh, Sir J. B.
Dalglish, R. Lawson, W. Walter, J.
Dawson, IL P. Lennox, Lord G. G. Whitbread, S.
Douglas, Sir C. Locke, J. White, J.
Duff, M. E. Lowe, it. Wickham, H. W.
Elphinstone, Sir J. Lyall, G. Wrightson, W. B.
Enfield, Viscount Maguire, J. F. Wyndham, P.
Ewart, W. Marsh, 31. H. Y orke, J. R.
Ewart, J, C. Murray, W. TELLERS.
Fenwick, E. M. Nowdogate, C. Forster, C.
Fergusson, Sir J. North, F. Henley, Lord

Mn, STANLEY AT BARCELONA.-.-We must, writes
the Barcelona correspondent of the Presse Theatre
et Musical of Paris, alluding to the performance of "Lucia
di Lammermoor," make a special mention in favour
of the Barytone Santley. Since his debut in
the " Trovatore," Mr. Santley has marched onward
from success to success. His is a talent of the very
highest order, and his voice is so happily timbre that
one cannot hoar it with indifference. Mr. Santley
manages it with an art which one cannot sufficiently ad-
mire ; without exaggeration, without ficelles, by force of
expression alone, by the legitimate employment of all the
resources of the vocal art, he produces his effects and raises
the enthusiasm of his hearers. Mr. Santley was recalled
and applauded vociferously after his air (the air of Enrico
in the first act), after the duet with Lucia—in fine, after
the principal scones of the opera, all of which compliments
were eminently merited.--Musical World.

RESTORATIONS AT NOTRE DAmE.--The scaffolding
which was erected before the north front of the
cathedral of Notre Dame has been removed, and it can now
be viewed with its large Gothic window completely re-
stored. The date of this part of the church is not cut in
stone as on the south side, but the architecture itself indi-
cates the period of its construction. It was evidently built
at the same time as the other part of the church, and per-
haps by the same architect—that is, by Jean de Chelles.
The gate at this side of the church is called the gate of the
cloister, because it opened on the ground reserved for the
canons. Nothing can be more richly sculptured than that
gate, the sides being profusely decorated. The Gothic
*Mow is not less than 40ft. in diameter. Two angels,
sounding trumpets, are placed in niches at the sides, and a
statue which stood there, and which was removed thirty
years ago, has been replaced.—Times' Correspondent.
AN INCIDENT IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.—A
very novel circumstance occurred yesterday evening in the
House of Commons. Mr. Boyle, the new member for
Buteshire, took the oaths and his seat at the usual hour
and in tho usual way, but being resolved to distinguish
himself he subsequently, after Mr. Disraeli took his seat,
walked up to the right hon. gentleman and presented his
card. The unusual proceeding attracted notice, but Mr.
Disraeli was equal to the occasion. Instead of evincing
surprise he coolly inspected the card, and handed it back to
the owner, apparently for the purpose of getting his address.
Mr. Boyle accordingly wrote the address, and again pre-
sented the card to Mr. Disraeli, who solemnly gazed on the
writing, then slowly rose from his seat, advanced to the
table, applied some blotting-paper to the card, and carefully
Consigned it to the breast-pocket of his coat. This accom-
plished, in the same grave manner as if the business on
hand had been of overwhelming importance, the right hon.
gentleman returned from the table and resumed his seat.
Mr. Boyle then gave a parting bow to his leader, and re-
tired to a distant bench in the vicinity of the Sergeant-at-
Arms.—Morning Paper•