The Sun.
London, England, 1862-02-06 00:00:00

711 E BAY _MARKET THEATRE.

Mr. Sothern still continues to be the one " bright
particular star" at the Haymarket. His extraor-
dinary originality and his exquisite humour in the
character of Lord Dundreary crowd the house
nightly with an audience that is tickled during two
hours and a-half intermittently into shouts of
laughter. The simple fact that Mr. Sothern is
regularly every evening encored in the perusal of
Brother Sam's letter, just speaks for itself ! That
nightly encore of the reading of a letter—a thing
never heard of before—is proof positive of what is
really in truth the case, namely, that Mr. Sothern's
style of acting is perfectly exceptional, and that it is
also excruciatingly ridiculous. Never was there a
more delightful embodiment of the empty-headed
fop. His interrupted sneeze is only to be thought
of on the broad grin. The mere recollection of
his little tripping run is a perpetual exorcism to
the blue devils. His very whiskers survive in our
remembrance as perpetual provocatives to merri-
ment. His glass in his eye, his hands in his dandy
trouser pockets, his hair parted down the middle
with the straightest of sheepwalks up the crown of
his head, his unconscious stutter, his chronic
influenza, his rs wolled into we, his frequent self-
bewilderment with his own logic, his constant
impression that every one about him is " mad you
know," his inimitable ease and self-possession
throughout, his perfect good breeding and
imperturbable good humour from the begin-
ning to the end of his performance—every indi-
vidual member of his nightly admirers, every
woman and child cannot by any possibility look at
without laughing, and we will add too without
liking. So exquisitely droll is my Lord Dundreary
even in his ineffable rapidity, that one is almost
fain to say of him esto perpetua. He certainly
cannot by any chance be spared for a long while to
come at the Haymarket, where he has long since
grown into a favourite, and where he is fast grow-
ing into an institution.

Lord Taunton arrived at his residence in Bel-
grave .square last evening-. -
Lord Ebury returned to Moor Park yesterday
afternoon.

Lord and Lady Caithorpe left Grosvenor-square
yesterday, for Perry Hall, Birmingham.
Lord and Lady Egerton of Tatton arrived in St.
James's-square a few days since, from Tatton Park, Che-
shire. His lordship and family have since left town for
Brighton.

LATEST NEWS.

MEXICAN INTERVENTION.

NEW YORK, JAN. 23 (Morning.

(Per Canada, by telegraph to Halifax.)
The Spanish steamer Velaseo, from Vera Cruz
on the 10th inst., arrived at Havana on the 14th
inst.

The " Diario Marina" states that the British and
French squadrons and the Spanish steamer Fran-
cisco Asia, with General Prim on board, arrived
at Vera Cruz on the 7th inst.

General Prim made a speech saying that the expe-
dition did not come to conquer Mexico, but to obtain
redress for injuries. He said he believed the Mexi-
cans were convinced of the loyal intentions of the
Spaniards, and would not oppose them by force of
arms; but if they did so the responsibility would
rest with them, and he would throw himself into
the peril and point out the road to glory.
General Prim afterwards reviewed the Spanish
forces amidst great enthusiasm.
The disembarking forces of the French are
1,300 infantry, 500 Zouaves, 500 marine fusiliers,
and 200 marine artillerymen. The total force is
2,600, of which the largest portion had disem-
barked.

The flags of England, France, and Spain float
over Vera Cruz and San Juan de Ulloa. The
English flag floats on the right, the French in the
centre, and the Spanish on the left.
The barque Preble and the schooner Beautiful
Star had arrived with arms and powder for the
Mexican Government. Both vessels were seized,
and their cargoes deposited in store until further
notice.

The price of provisions was very high in Vera
Cruz.

Reconnaissances had been madeby the Spaniards
in the neighbourhood of Vera Cruz. One account
states that the Spaniards met guerillas, who fled.
Another account states that the Spaniards were
fired upon by concealed foes, and driven back.
The Mexicans still appear determined to resist.

PARIS, FEB. 6.

The " Moniteur" of this morning alludes in its
bulletin to the comments of the press on Mexican
affairs, and says :

" An imperious necessity exists for the interven•
ing Powers to complete their work by constituting,
in accordance with the wishes of the Mexican nation,
a strong and durable Government, with which
Europe could form solid and pacific relations."

The" Moniteur" also announces that M. Gouin has
reported on the bill for the conversion of the 4f per
Cent. Rentes, and recommends its adoption.
The delay for the conversion of the Rentes is
reduced to 20 days.

TURIN, FEB. 5 (Evening).

The _ltalia of to-day counsels the Government to
recal Mazzini unconditionally, and says—" Mazzini
would not be veiy redoubtable even as a deputy."

CALCUTTA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIAN

MAILS.

The Euxine, with the above mails, left Alex-
andria fur Marseilles on the morning of the sth
instant.

The Ceylon sailed the previous day with the
Southampton portion of the mails.
The Nubia brought the mails to Suez, arriving
there on the 2d instant.