The Sun.
London, England, 1851-03-04 00:00:00

QUEEN'S THEATRE.

Last night another highly interesting drama was
produced at this unique little house before a crowded
auditory. It is entitled The Camp Follower, or the
Mystery of Twenty Years; and with regard to scenery
and acting excells many modern productions which have
obtained considerable success. The principal characters
wore very creditably sustained by Messrs. Willis, Dean,
Burford, Fitz william, and E. Green, whose exertions to
carry out the idea of the author cannot be too much com-
mended. Mr. E. Green especially distinguished himself
as an actor of more than ordinary merit. The principal
female characters were undertaken by Mrs. C. Boyce
and Miss Hamilton, both of whom materially aided to
render the drama successful. At the conclusion all the
principal artists were called before the curtain, and the
piece was announced for repetition every evening until
further notice.

THE FUTURE.
(From the Lady's Newspaper.)
The mighty minister of joy l
The sovereign cure for ill,
From doubt, distress, despair, alloy,
The sanctuary still ;
The bow of promise raised on high,

Unquenchable to blaze—
When
clouds have gathered o'er life's sky,
Its lustre bursts the haze.

It is whirling us on to the wished-for goal,
Be it glory, or love, or pleasure;
For oh! where breathed there ever a human soul
But the futUre contained its treasure?
Oh I the past is with mystical sanctity rife,
The present may pleasantness see;
But the stone of the sage, the elixir of life,
Must be found in the wondrous—To BE.

For there the poet's Bay is twining,
The warrior's wreath put on,
The bridal crown of light is shining,
The cherished post is won.
'Tis there the weary is to rest,
The mourner to rejoice,
And every spirit to be blest
For ever in its choice.

Then can we wonder that each owns
Its magic more and more—
That sceptred monarchs leave their thrones
To fall down and adore;
That golden youth's bright dreams illume;
That silver age reveres;
That Beauty throws her smiling bloom
O'er the sunlight of its years.

No; where the worshipped idols are,
The heart must ever be;
O'er oceans wide—through deserts far,
It tracks the land and sea.
But only does it love aright,
Or can it gain the prize,
When it seeks its treasures of delight
In the future of the skies !

CATHARINE.

THE FUNERAL OF THE LATE DOWAGER COUN.•
vEss or CHARLEVILLE.—Testerday morning the mortal re-
mains of this lady were conveyed from No. 14, Cavendish.
square, for interment at the catacombs, Highgate Cemetery,
by the side of her son, who was intered a few years since at
the same place. In accordance with the desire of the late
Countess previous to her death, the funeral was as unosten-
tatious as possible, all applications to attend having been re-
spectfully declined. The mourners were Hon. Charles W.
(5. Charleville, Lord Tullamore. Hon. John James Bury, Hon.
Alfred Bury, Hon. Mr. Moore, &c.

METROPOLITAN COMMISSION OF SEWERS.-It ap-
pears from a report of the secretary of the Metropolitan
Commission of Sewers, printed and issued yesterday by order
of the House of Commons, that in the past year the receipts
amounted to 91,070/. 6s. 11d., of which 77,784/. 6s. 9d. arose
from rates, and 13,322/. ss. from contributions. The pay-
ments in the year were 94,5541. 10s. I Id. The total charge
for the year was 125,918/. 3s. 10d. The amount of assets on
the 31st of December last was 82,6361. 9s. 4d., and the lia-
bilities 161,262/. 19% Bd., of which 61,142/. Is. 10d. was the
residue of the old debt of the Surrey and Kent Commission.
It seems that the Commission, in little more than twelve
months, have matured a comprehensive plan for the drainage
of the metropolitan districts, a part of which has been car—
ried out, and upwards of thirty-four miles of brick and pipe
sewers have been executed during the year. The Commission
has jurisdiction in and near the metropolis comprising an area
of upwards of 112 square miles. In the year the public
works of construction actually executed by the Commission
amounted to 69,511/. 45. 2d. For " cleansing" alone 17,523/.
14s. 7d. was paid. Extensive works of linage have al-
ready been executed, and others are to be carried out, ac-
cording to the report, by the Commission.

Tux PAPAL AGGRESSION.—Mr. Anderton has just
iriven notice of his intention to move, at the next Court of
Common Council, " that petitions be presented to both
Houses of Parliament against the late aggresslon of the
l'ope, for preserving the supremacy of. the Queen and
protecting inviolate the civil and religious liberty of her
subjects."

THREE DAYS' SIGHT.—A Frenchman received a
draft payable at three days' sight at a certain bank. The
first day he presented himself at the counter, and taking
the draft from his pocket-book, extended it before the
paying teller, and said, " You see that once," and, folding
the draft, he walked away. The next morning he appeared
again, and going through the same form, said, " You see
that twice." The third day he appeared once more, antic
raid, 6, You see that three time. Now, by gar, you pay him."

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

We have received the Paris journals of yesterday.
The Orleanists are greatly disappointed at the post-
ponement of M. CRETON'S motion for the repeal of the
law exiling the Bourbons ' • of that repeal it was well
known that the Comte DE CHAMBORD could not, con-
sistently with his principles, have taken advantage,
while the princes of the Orleans branch, who are not
restrained by the same considerations, would at once
have returned, and would have become, even in spite
of themselves, the focus of intrigues for a monarchical
restoration. M. TRIERS, M. PISCATORY, and General
CHANGARMER were particularly vehement in their
opposition to the proposed adjournment, and M.
TRIERS went so far as to justify the defence, by M.
MARC DUERAISSE, of the execution of Louis XVI.
"M. Durnaissz," said M. TRIERS, "has an incon-
testable right to state in the tribune his personal ap-
preciation of an historical fact." We should scarcely
have expected such a sentiment from the quon-
dam co-conspirator with BERRYER and DE
MONTALEMBERT in giving to the Jesuits the
monopoly of the education of the people, and in de-
stroying universal suffrage ; but eccentricities and
inconsistencies such as these are permitted to the
members of " the great party of order."

M. DE MONTALEMBEIiT has written a letter to the
Journal des Debats to contradict the report that he
had in the Chamber of Peers, during a discussion on
the affairs of Poland, on one occasion characterised
the Emperor NICHOLAS as a crowned monster.
Seeing that this report has been in circulation for the
last ten or twelve years, and must have been known
to M. DE MONTALAMBERT to have been so during
the whole of that period—seeing, moreover, that the
circumstance has been frequently alluded to in
his presence, both in the National Assembly under
the Republic, and in the Chamber of Peers under the
Monarchy, this contradiction is somewhat of the
latest, and would seem as though intended to conceal
some arriere-pensie.
In all the country districts of France " the owners
and occupiers of land" are complaining bitterly of
agricultural distress.
M. DIIPIN, the President of the Legislative As-
sembly, has been confined to his bed for the last three
days by an attack of acute rheumatism.
Government Securities, which opened firm at the
Bourse, declined towarEls the close. There was very
little business transacted. The Five per Cents. opened
at 96f. 80c., and closed at 961. 65e.; the Three per
Cents. closed at 57f. 900 ; Orleans Railroad Shares,
8771. 50c.; Roller, 6471. 500.; Havre, 270'...; Great
Northern. 476 f. 25c.; Avignon, 1911. 25e.; Vierzon,
4151.; Basle, 158 f. 75c.; Bordeaux, 365 F.; Paris and
Strasburg, 365 f. 75c.; Tours and Nantes, 255 f.

13Ut311'.1,58 1A:1.1 IN ieOREIGI4 IiALL,•, AYh Al TEIE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, MARCH 3,

Boulogne and Amiens, VA Central of France (Orleans
and Vierzon), 161 Luxembourg, 2il Namur and Liege,
B%—Northern of France, 15—Orleans and Bordeaux, 33k—
Paris and Strasbourg, 10%—Sambre and Meuse, 3,4,—Tours
and Nantes, 5%.