The Sun.
London, England, 1865-01-18 00:00:00

NEW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPIII.—
sole Propriktm Imo Manager, As.-. Is. rt eost.er.
THIS EVENING, ICI ON FARLE FRANCAIS. Mr.
J. L. Toole.
At er which, at 8, LEAH. Miss Bateman, supported by
Messrs. George Jordan, Swinbourne, K. Phillips, Stuart,
Stephenson, Eburne; Miss H. Simms and Mrs. Bilangton.
To conclude with DARK DOINGS IN THE CM:-
BOARD BY THE KNOT rIN(PE BROrIIERS. Messrs.
J. L. Toole, Paul Bedtord, R. l hill ps, Billington; airs. A.
Mellon. Miss A. teaman.

Commence at 7.

11,CYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Alanag,er, Mr. Geo. Vini4.

THIS EVENING, a new Extravaganza, entitled THE
MAGIC HORSE AND THE ICE MAIDEN I RINCESS.

Alter which, THE STREETB OF LONDON. Messrs.
Vining, J. W. Ray, D. Fisher, D. Murray, J. Nelson, H.
Forrebter. H. Mellon ; Mrs. Henry Marston, Miss Emma
Barnett, and Miss Fanny Gwynne.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Manageress. Mrs. Swanborough.
'l'lll, EVENING, at 7, LAWRENCE'S LOVE SUIT.
Mr. Pernik ; Mesdames Palmer, Carson, and Hughes.
After which, the Grand Christmas Burlesque, THE
" GRIN" BUsIIES ; or, the Mrs. Brown of the Missis-sippi.
Messrs. Stoyle, Thorne, James, Fenton, U.; Mesdames .I.da
Swanborough, lt.aynham, Simpson, Johnstone, &c.
To c mclude with MRS. GKEEN'S SNUG LITTLE
BUSINESS. Mr. Belford.

COALS.—The T MA. JE SHALL COMPANY'S
UOAL.
Direct from their own Collieries.
Afarquis'.......26l. per ton. I Double.. 21s. per ton.
Top 255. „ p
screened and delivered within five miles of their De-
pots, Westbourne Park-road, W., and 17, South What%
,s'addinp-,tan, W., and Maiden-lane, N.
Best Coke lss. per chaldron.
Terms cash.
JOHN bCO TT, Sole Lent

THE LATEST EDITION of " THE SUN "
supplied, as SOOll as published every Evening. by
W. ALEXANDEK (late 111tOO1 S), Newspaper Agent, 21,
Vld Oaveuhisii—treet, Oxtord-street.

WHE THIRD EDITION OF THE SUN,"
L;untatuing the Latest IN l'LLLit,
Can lie had .I!:very 01
G. It. ULAN IN, NEWS AGENT,
No. 4, Connaught-terrace, LI yde-park.

THE LAST EDITION of " THE SUN "
supplied as FOOll as Published containing all the
LAMEST tWS an.l SPORTING- INTELLIGP:INCit, by
tl. W. FlAltitlS, kin spaper Agent, 4, Blackfriars-road,
London, S.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.

THIB DAB.—Morning, sh. 55m.—Afternoon, 6h. 15m.
To-Moußow.-Morning, 6h. 30m.—Afternoon, 50m.

•-•
lk
ji it'

LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 18, 1865.

-f

Mr. SEWARD is certainly a great authority, and
his manner of laying down the law is about as
absurd as it is amusing, looked upon theoretically;
but practically it is lamentable to reflect upon, that
a man in so influential a position should act with so
little consideration and want of respect for the ordi-
nary rules that govern civilised nations. In his
reply to the Brazilian Charge d'Affaires at Wash-
ington, relative to the seizure of the Florida, he
manifests his usual arrogant style and speaks in his
usual impatient and impertinent manner. It was
doubtless a great annoyance to Mr. SEWARD to con-
fess that the employees of the United States Go-
vernment had been engaged in an affair that was
not creditable, and in fact violated the law of
nations ; but it is the worst possible way to extri-
cate oneself from a difficulty by doing it with a bad
grace. Those who are actuated by high and honour-
able sentiments will always be the first to disclaim
any sympathy with injustice or injury, and whether
the offenders are connected with them by private or
public ties they will not allow any considerations to
make them slur over wrongs or condone crimes.
Had there really been the indignation existing
among the Government at Washington that Mr.
SEWARD intimates or insinuates to prevail there, a
very different spirit would have characterised this
reply to that which we now regret to find
as the most prominent feature in it. It
is evident that the chief object of the
writer was to put in his despatch as
many contradictions as he could to the remarks of
the Brazilian Government, and, above all, to avail
himself of this opportunity of venting his spite and
rancour against the Confederates. The burning
hatred
which
the officials of Washington cherish
against their
opponents is a disgrace to them as
men, and cannot
fail to militate very considerably
against their efforts to appear to the world as states-
men who are prescient enough to direct a State with
confidence and success. From first to last this reply
is a vehement assertion of
the rights of the United
States, and if an avowal of
in it is immediately followed°llbgY is allowed to creep
a to quoque argu-
ment, until the uninitiated
reader might believe
that the fault of the captain and the
complicity of
the consul were quite secondary to the errorsof the
other parties in the affair. While it is custom to
give the accused party the benefit of the doubt
the offence is not positively brought home to them,
it is quite absurd to take their estimate of their cm,
conduct, when it is patent to the world that they
have committed acts that are contrary to all prm_
ciples of honour and justice. Thus Mr. SEWARD'S
attempt at their defence is quite a failure when he
says that his Government does not attach credit
to the charges of " falsehood, treachery, or decep-
tion that have been brought against the captain
and Consul ; these charges are denied on the autho-
rity of the officers accused." This is quite ridiculous,
because it was manifestly an act of treachery by the
showing of Mr. SENVA.RD's own explanation. It