The Sun.
London, England, 1860-03-05 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 5, 1860.

been interrupted, as we are consoled to remember
they were interrupted very frequently, with excla-
mations half of incredulity, half of indignation. It

may confidently be asserted that had the views of
Mr. BRIGHT and Mr. BRIGHT'S associates influ-
enced the councils of England at any period in the
past history of our country, England would cer-
tainly not be what she is now, the wealthiest, the
most powerful, and the most free among all the
world's great Constitutional Governments. If Mr.
BRIGHT'S policy had triumphed only as recently as
the time immediately prior to the outbreak of that
last war with Russia in the Crimea—how
very different now would have been the
political situation of Christendom ! The member
for Birmingham would, of course, exultingly echo
the ejaculation! He would remind us that there
would in that contingency have been saved 100,000
lives and £100,000,000 of money ! True—we
should undoubtedly so far have economised both
blood and treasure ; but how would matters have
stood on the other side of the balance-sheet? The
Autocrat of all the Russias would, during these last
six years, either have been menacing the peace of,
or dictating laws to, Europe from the Dardanelles !
It is a monstrous untruth to assert, as it has been
for some time the fashion to assert, that the war
with Russia has effected no political or social ad-
'vantage whatever, that it has resulted merely in
the destruction of so many lives and in the squan-
dering of so much treasure. Although Sebastopol
was only half-taken at last, although the Crimea,
at the termination of hostilities, was entirely eva-
cuated by the Allies, although Russia even then
was not constrained to pay down one farthing of
indemnity, it were simply a wilful perversion of
the truth to assert that the Allies were not perfectly
and pre-eminently successful in carrying the design
for which that sanguinary and expensive war was
commenced! That design was—not the conquest
of Russia—not the occupation of the Crimea—not
the capture of Sebastopol—but the overthrow, the
extinction, the utter destruction and discomfiture
of that Russian policy, the accomplishment of
which would have been (six years ago—but for the
Crimean war) the establishment of the Russian
Autrocrat as the lord paramount of Europe at Con-

ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA,
COVENT-GARDEN.
Under the management of Miss L. Pyne and Mr.W.Harrison.

SPECIAL NOT CE.
in consequence of the Volunteer Ball (under Royal Patron-
age) t4king place on Wednes lay Evening, the 7th of March
lust., Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. Wm. Harrison having been
requested to grant the use of the Opera House on that occa-
sion, there will therefore be No Performance on that evening.
Those ladles and gentlemen that booked places for Wednes-
day evening, March the 7th, may have their tickets trans-
ferred for any other evening, or the money returned on appli-
cation at the box-office.

THEA TRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone.
THIS EVENING, will be performed the new and original
Comedy, in three acts, entitled THE OVERLAND
ROUTE. Messrs. C. Mathews, Buckstone, Compton, Chip-
pendale, Mrs. C. Mathews, Miss Weekes, and Mrs. Wilkins.
Follewed by the new Haymarket Comic Christmas Panto-
mime, VALENTINE'S DAY; or, Harlequin and the Fairy
of the True Lovers' Knot. The pantomimists the unrivalled
Leolereqs.

THEATRE-ROYAL LYCEUM.-
Sole Lessee and Directress, Madame Celeste.
Brilliant and Increased Success of the new Drama—Colette

Dubois and Therese Defarge, by Madame Celeste.
THIS EVENING, the new Drama of A TALE OF
TWO CITIES, by Tom Taylor, Esq., from the story of that
name by Charles Dickens, Esq. Principal characters by Mr.
James Vining:, Walter Lacy, -Villiers, Rouse, Forrester, J.
Johnstone, T. Lyon, Morton, Palmer, White, H. Butler,
Clifford, and Fredericks • Misses Kate Saville, Stuart, Turner,
Mrs. Campbell, and Madame Celeste.
After which, will be produced the Grand Christmas Ex-
travaganza and Pantomime. KING THRUSHBE ARD, the
LITTLE PET and the GREAT PASSION, in which is pre-
sented one of the most novel, costly, and brilliant effects ever
witnessed -designed and painted by Mr. William Callcott.—
Xing Thrushbeard, Miss Julia St. George.
Commence at 7.

ItO YAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.-
Lessee, Mr. A. Harris.
THIS EVENING, the Comedy of MONEY. Messrs. Geo.
Melville, Ryder, Frank Mathews, Widdicomb, H. Bland, H.
Baker, Garden, Graham ; Misses Carlotta Leclercq, Clifford,
and Mrs Charles Young
After which, a new Christmas burlesque pantomime, by H.
J. Byron, called JACK THE GIANT KILLER ; or, Harle-
quin King A.rtliur and the Knights of the Round Table.
Jaik, Miss Louise Keeley—Harlequin, Mr. Cormack Panta-
loon, Mr. Paulo—Columbine, Miss Caroline Adams—Clown,
Mr. A. F. Forrest.

NEW THEATRE - ROYAL, ADELPHL
Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. BenJ. Webster.
Sixth Night of a New and Original Comedy, by Waits
Phillips, entitled PAPER WINGS.
THIS EVENING, ICI ON PARLE FRANCAIS, Mr. J.
L. Toole, Chas. Selby, Billington, Mrs. Chatterlev, Mrs. Bil-
lington, Miss Kate Kelly, and Laidlaw.
Alter which, PAPER WINGS, Mr Alfred Wigan, .1. L.
Toole, D. Fisher, Billington, P. Bedford, Stuart, C. Selby,
Eburne, C. J. Smith, Powell. Romer, Mrs Alfred Wigan,
Miss H. Simms, Miss Kate Kelly, and Mrs Chatterley.
Followed by DINORAII UNDER DIFFICULTIES.
Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, Eburne, C. J. Smith, Miss
K. Kelly.
Doors open at half-past six—Commence at seven. Box-
e open from 10 to 5. No charge for securing seats,
nor for bills of performance. All fees to servants of this
establishment are strictly prohibited.
Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith.

ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE,
Kinz-street, St. James's. Lessee, Mr. T. B. Chatter-
ton. Directress, Miss Wyndham. The nearest Theatre to
Chelsea, Pimlico, and Westminster, the Park being open to
carriages and foot passengers all hours of the night.
THIS EVENING the performances will commence with
" No. 49."
After which, MAGIC TOYS. Miss Lydia Thompson.
Followed by a new burlesque called DIDO. Mr. Charles
Young, Mesdames Wyndham, Clara St. Casse, Murray, Eliza
Arden, C. Ranoe, A. Evans, and Corps de Ballet.
To conclude with FIRST AFFEuTIONS. Messrs. H. T.
Craven, G. Spencer, and Miss Wyndham.
Reduced Prices—Gallery, 8d ; Pit, Is. The Box-office open
from 11 to 5 daily. Doors open at half-past six; perform
ance commences at 7.

CANTERBURY HALL CONCERTS.-
THIS EVENING,
LUCREZIA BORGIA,
(Donizetti).

Donna Lucresia Miss Russell.
Mafflo Orsini Mrs. Anderson.
Gennaro Mr. Henry Herbert.
Don Altonzo Signor Tivoli.
Conductor—Mr. Jonghmans.
Comic Vocalists —Messrs. George Hodson (the Irish Come-
dian and Mimics), W. T. Critchfleld, and E. W. Mackney.
Several interesting Pictures are added to the Fine Arts
Gallery. The suite of Halls have been re-decorated and
beautified, and constitute one of the most unique and brilliant
sights of the metropolis.
The gallery is open from 5 till 11 on Sunday Evening.

THE WEATHER.—SuN OFFICE, MARCII 4, 1860.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
53—highest since noon yesterday.
45—lowest this morning and during the night.
53—this day at noon.

BAROMETER-29.80—falling.
WIND, Westerly ; light, heavy rain in the night and
this morning, now fine sunslainy weather.
Two o'clock—Wind, North-West; fresh and squally,
with rain.

MARCH 5.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
52—highest since noon yesterday.
41—lowest this morning and during the night.
47—this day at noon.
BAROMETER-30.30—a rise of half an inch within a few
hours.
WIND, North-Westerly ; fresh and fine.

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THE SUN.
LONDON, MONDAY, MARCH 5, 1860.

We print, in another part, two very important
circulars, the one to Turin, the other to England,
stating the intended or present policy of the Em-
peror NAPOLEON with regard to Italy. It were
idle to speculate on the effect which these missiles
will create in the minds of England, Sardinia, and
Italy aye, and Europe too. Some people
are cursed with too much good luck,
and mistake their mission, turning that to evil
which was meant for good to themselves and all
with whom they are concerned. But the Emperor
NAPOLEON seems to laugh at the very fate which
hastens him to his doom; We wish him joy of it !
The hour has not yet come, but the hand of destiny
is up ready to strike the knell of his fate. He
has worsted Austria for a time, and sup-
poses he has finished the work. Let him
wait a bit. That same Austria, devoted to her
doom, will yet play him as false as his heart
is sanguine of success. Does he think that this
country, England, can stand by and countenance
his audacity in making plans day by day—each
more insulting than the other ?—that Italy
which has suffered so much already is to be
at his nod and beck—in order that the
original conception of placing his cousin on the
throne of Tuscany may be realised ? His game has
faltered in more respects than one already, and if
I° yet hope to prosper he had better let the
wish of the Italians be consumated by the complete
deliverance of their country without any more in-
terference than to help them on—not to divert
them from an object so very dear to their hearts.

Mr. BRIGHT'S speech in the House of Commons
on Friday evening affords, in every syllable of it,
fo
full and complete justification everything. we
h have ever written about himself and peace-at•
.any-price policy. It was a speech which, from its
:flagrant pusillanimity, was unworthy to have fallen.
tram the lips of an Englishman. It contained
ithiu it the expression of sentiments arising out
of an ;utter prostration before the dominant will of
the poi serful chief of 600,000 soldiers, the imperial
ru2er oi " very nearly 40,000,000 of Frenchmen. No
wonder that views so particularly small, and it
might au. rely be added even craven, should have

. ~ _ ,•..

It is a melancholy fact, that in enlightened Eng-
land, where freedom of speech and religious tolera-

tion exist to an extent not to be approached by any
nation in Europe, our very liberty and diversity of
opinion are fatal to the propagation of Christianity
both at home and abroad. Thousands will contri-
bute to missionary societies, the objects of which
are to convert, or rather, alas, as is too often the
case, pretend to convert the savages on the other
side of the Equator, while, when a really useful
attempt is made to spread the doctrines of CIIRIST
amongst our ill-instructed countrymen, it is met
with factious opposition. We do not, by these re-
marks, wish to censure the many who, with a real
desire to do good, give their mite to aid in a pious
cause, nor those who, with a conscientious feeling
of good intention, venture among wild savages and
endeavour in their conduct to emulate the apostles
of CHRIST—but we do censure that feeling of
rivalry which exists amongst our English multi-
tudinous sects, as well as with the Roman Catholic
agents, each endeavouring to cut his rival out of
the field, and be able to report to his own particu-
lar board at home that he is one male and two
female converts in advance of the rest of

the adventurers. Sir JAMES EMERSON TENNENT, in
his admirable work on Ceylon, states that the natives
in that island are so confused by the contradictory re-
presentations of the rival missionaries that the equal
law of Christ is perverted into a chaos of unintelligi-
ble contradictions, " Thus the outward concurrence
of Christianity in those points on which it agrees
with their own religion, has proved more embar-
rassing to the natives than their perplexity as to
others in which it essentially differs ; till at last,
too timid to doubt, and too feeble to inquire, they
cling with helpless tenacity to their own supersti-
tion, and yet subscribe to the new faith simply by
adding it on to the old. Combined with this state
of irresolution a serious obstacle to the acceptance
of reformed Christianity by the Singhalese Bud-
dhists has arisen from the differences and disagree-
ments between the various ehurches by whose
ministers it has been successively offered. to them.
In the persecution of the Roman Catholics by the
Dutch, the subsequent supercession of the Church
of Holland by that of England, the rivalries more
or less apparent between the Episcopalians and
Presbyterians, and the peculiarities which separate
the Baptists from the Wesleyan Methodists—all of
whom have their missions and representatives in
Ceylon—the Singhalese can discover little more
than that they are offered something still doubtful
and unsettled, in exchange for which they are
pressed to surrender their own ancient superstition.
Conscious of their inability to decide what has
baffled the wisest of their European teachers to re-
concile, they hesitate to exchange for an apparent
uncertainty that which has been unhesitatingly
believed by generations of their ancestors, and
which comes recommended to them by all the autho-
rity of antiquity; and even when truth has been so
far successful as to shake their confidence in their
national faith, the choice of sects which has
been offfered to them leads to utter bewil-
derment as to the peculiar form of Chris-
tianity with which they may most confid-
ingly replace it." The success of the various mis-
sionary societies read:well on paper, and the sup-
porters of each and all of them depart from their
periodical meetings brimful of satisfaction and
thankfulness toProvidence,that they have been able
to assist in so glorious and pious an undertaking.
But they should bear in mind that they have only
received one side of the question ; they have, in fact,
only heard read a report from paid officials, who
writing from a distant and unfrequented locality
have little fear of contradiction to any of their re-
presentations, and whose manifest object is to en-
courage their supporters by favourable reports to
subscribe funds sufficient to pay their salaries. The
list of converts too must be accepted with caution.
Man whether in a wild or civilised state is endowed
with the power of reason, and in general consults
his worldly advantage in all his actions ; when,
therefore, the missionaries have established, as is
the case in many of the Pacific islands, as well as
on the mainland in certain parts, an absolute go-
vernment, the crafty among the natives find it to
their advantage to curry favour with the mis-
sionaries, and adopt any faith which is acceptable to
them, in order to carry out their worldly ends, and
these sycophants are reported as converts, but can
they be considered as Christians ? and have not the
missionaries in such cases rather aided their fall
than assisted in their salvation ? We do not ques-
tion the sincerity of the promoters at home, nor
the zeal of many of the foreign preachers, but we
maintain that in many cases both the heads of so-
cieties and the public at large are imposed upon.
South African travellers could tales unfold of the
relations of certain missionaries making rapid and
immense fortunes by keeping stores at the mis-
sionary stations and dealing with the natives. It
is a curious fact that these retiring and pious indi-
viduals seek out of the way and remote districts,
almost out of the pale of civilisation, to dis-
guise their doings. Why has Australia been almost
completely neglected ? Can it be because rich furs
and ivory are not to be obtained on that auriferous
continent ?
We make these remarks because we wish the
money expended by charitable persons to be ad-
vantageously applied; too much care cannot be
taken in the selection of agents in so important and
difficult an undertaking, for zeal without discretion
is ruin. Although it is contrary to British policy
to make people religious by Act of Parliament, or
follow MAIIOMET'S strong argument of conversion
at the point of the sword, still we hold that the
Government ought to exercise some authority over
religious zealots in a negative form.
Among other causes for the late Indian rebellit n.
the vexed question of religious toleration figured
prominently ; and, to go back to an earlier date, the
first attempts made towards opening an intercourse
between China and the Western World in the
fifteenth century were frustrated by the bigotry of
certain Jesuit missionaries, unfit for aught else than
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in the wake of such intelligent men as
Ricci and his companions, the markets of China
would long since have been open to the merchants
of Europe. We extract the followinf, front an in-
teresting work on China in the present Quarterly :
—" They were received kindly. m vrEo Ricci
and his Jesuit brethren were most successful, not
only in making converts to Christianity but in
impressing the EMP EROIt and the officials of China
with the superiority of their attainments. The
Jesuits forebore to enter at once into direct hos
tility with the teachings of CONFUCIUS and 111. N.
erns. They admitted as a civil right the reverence
paid to the tombs of ancestors, and to the represen-
tation of the Emperors' act, which are typical
of filial duty and obedience, and are the
foundation of all Chinese authority. The suc-
cessors of the first missionaries denounced their

stantinople.
One of Mr. BRIGHT'S most cherished aspirations
appears to be that of complacently beholding, and
even encouraging, and actually exulting over the
territorial aggrandisement of empires governed by
potentates altogether despotic and irresponsible.
It was in this spirit that he deprecated the war of
which we have been speaking. It was in this
spirit that five sessions back he talked so very
grandiloquently about the "Angel of Death flap-
ping its wings," and gave utterance to a great deal
of similar rhodomontade—preferring, above all
things, at that moment, that instead of spending
so much money and shedding so much
blood to prevent the CZAR from carrying out his
designs against Turkey, and, through Turkey,
against Europe, we should have quietly and
amiably looked on while that little project was
being conducted to a successful issue by the AUTO-
CRAT. Consistently with these poor little white-
livered views, the member for Birmingham now
maintains in the British House of Commons that
the projected annexation of Savoy to France is one
of the most natural, almost one of the most desirable,
things in the world—that it is essentially in itself
(and regarded from all points of view) one of the
most reasonable projects of annexation ! Viewing
the scheme as it relates to Sardinia, Mr. BRIGHT
remarked on Friday evening that " he did not be-
lieve Sardinia would be sensibly weakened or
changed if the-transfer took place." At which the
House of Commons—even this House of Commons
which has just consented to swallow a one-sided
commercial treaty negotiated with the power-
ful French EMPEROR in the name and on
behalf of England by a Peace-at-any-Price Ple-
nipotentiary—the House of Commons could
not refrain foom uttering derisive cries of " Oh !
oh !" Viewing the project again in its bearing
upon the Savoyards themselves, Mr. BRIGHT re-
marked, on Friday, that "he had heard from per-
sons of high authority that the inhabitants of
Savoy had not only no objection to the transfer,
but would prefer being annexed to France." Again
the House of Commons—even the present Treaty-
swallowing House of Commons—responds with
fresh cries of "Oh ! oh !" Judging, we don't know
how far, from his own feelings of loyalty, but cer-
tainly in a way that evidences a very mean esti-
mate of human nature, Mr. BRIGHT observed, on
Friday, that, "for his own part, he would not give
much for the loyalty of some people in other coun-
tries besides Savoy if he could promise them to
double the value of the landed property of their
country." Again cries of "Oh ! oh !" from the
House of Commons. But the loudest of all these
outbursts of scorn and indignation was reserved for
that astonishing avowal of the member for Birming-
ham—when, having remarked that "he did not
wish the Government to give the slightest counte-
nance to the transaction, but on the other hand he
would not ask them to offet it the slighest opposi-
tion, because such oppostion would be futile, and
they could not possibly prevent the annexa-
tion of Savoy, although they might em-
broil England with France"—Mr. BRIGHT
actually went the length of exclaiming,
" Rather than this should happen, perish Savoy !"
Nothing need be added to the cries of " Oh ! oh !"
with -which the House of Commons greeted this
astounding ejaculation. Mr. BRIGHT'S remarks
upon the proposed annexation of Savoy to France
may be commended to general consideration with-
out one syllable of commentary beyond this—That
a peace-at-any-price policy appears to involve far
more than the sacrifice of a round £1,000,000 for a
treaty with Imperial France in a year of deficit—
far more than an income tax, in other words, a war
tax of £10,000,000 in a year of peace to the same
end—it onvolves with this, above this, beyond
this, the despicable sacrifice of the Duty, the
Glory, and the Honour of England !

It was stated in the House of Lords the other
evening by the Earl of SHAFTESBURY that not
more than two per cent. of the lower orders in Lon-
don ever attended a place of worship. The praise.
worthy experiment made by the noble lord and
other well-meaning individuals of preaching on
Sundays in the metropolitan theatres was attacked
by the very pious Viscount DUNGANNON, who, in
his veneration for the Word of GOD, maintained
that an act of desecration was committed by read-
ing prayers in a place intended for public amuse-
ment. We heartily concur with the Archbishop of
CANTERBURY in his declaration that, in his opinion,
the theatre was consecrated by divine service being
held within its walls, rather than that religion suf-
fered from the unwashed and ill-clad being present
to hear the Word of God preached in a building
which had not undergone the ceremony of sacerdotal
benediction. Where did the Apostles preach ?
Why, wherever they could—even in the wilderness,
where multitudes flocked to hear them. Has not
Christ said—" For where two or three are gathered
together in
my name, there am I in the midst of
them." What will Lord DUNGANNON say to this ?
It is not the place that sanctifies the deed, but the
good intention that glorifie; the Word of God.

the truth seems to be that in the present day form brethre a for thus yielding to expediency, and
is more appreciated than the act. Else why should raiiiatr ;d a Popish bull against such heretical
there be so much deference paid to outward ap- , ceedir igs. The EMPEROR, knowing no GOD,
pearance, and our clergy apparelled in a sort of
Regimental uniform, each grade rising in ridiculous
contrast to the others.

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February.

PARIS, MONDAY.

BOLOGNA, MARCH 3.

BOMBAY, FEB. 11

morning."

SOUTHAMPTON, MARCH 5.

VIENNA, MARCH 4.

MODENA, MARCH 3.

ROME, FEB. 28 (via MARSEILLES).

MADRID, MARCH, 3.

the advantages she would obtain. The other papers
maintain a reserve on the question.
The manufacture of rifled guns has been declared

ruling over millions of theoretical atheists, claimed
to, be the only person from whom all human
h appiness flowed, and full of wrath at
the invasion of his supposed rights, he swept
out the religion of CHRIST from the wide-
spre ad provinces of China. Thus the first
attempt made by the Chinese to depart from the
wisdom of their ancestors, who had laid down as an
as iom that nothing but evil could arise from com-
m unication with foreigners, resulted in misery and
bitoodshed ; and the barriers between China and the
b arbarous nations were made more impassable than
ever." Many other examples might be cited to show
the injury which has resulted from the mistaken fer-
von r with which enthusiasts have attempted to force
the it particular tenets, nolens volens, down the
thr oats of others. Why should the Christian reli-
gion suffer, or the peace of British dependencies be
endangered to please a few old women in Exeter
Hall ? Why should it not be distinctly understood
throughout all our foreign possessions, that the
British Government will not interfere, directly or
indirectly, with the religious worship of her Ma-
jesty's subjects; and all holding Government ap-
pointments, both civil and military, should be given
to understand that any interference, whether by
word or deed, in religious matters, will be visited
with dismissal. The Government or supreme
authority of any district or island should never be
vested in a missionary, the only result of whi:h is
to bring into contempt the very faith which we all
desire to exalt. Make-believe convert■ may look
well on paper, but they would not be of much ac-
count were their real motives scrutinised.

LATEST NEWS.

The following telegrams have been received at
Mr. Reuter's office :

The Moniteur of to-day announces that yester-
day the Minister of the United States presented
his lettres de creance.

The Conititutionnel publishes an article signed
by its chief editor, M. Grandguillot, explaining the
French policy in Italy. In mentioning the solu-
tion proposed in the message of M. Thouve nel,
M. Grandguillot says :—" If it is not a Sardinian
solution, it is an Italian one. Sardinia will possess
in Tuscany an ally who will aid her to overcome
the opposition of Naples and Rome, in order to con-
stitute an Italian nation, with the concurrence of
all its nationalities, and not an Italian kingdom,
absorbing everything without considering the
essentialidifference, the opposing interests, and the
distrust of Europe."

The Government of the Pope has prohibited com-
mercial relations between Ancona and Romagna
The merchants have protested.
There is great agitation in the Marches, and the
landed proprietors are refusing to pay the taxes.
An address is being prepared for presentation to the
Great Powers, in favour of annexation to Sardinia.
Austrian volunteers are arriving every day.
Farini's manifesto has been received with great
enthusiasm both here and in the Legations.

MARSEILLES, MARCH 4.
The Indian Government notifies that the Five-and-
a•Half per Cent. Loan is closed in the district trea-
suries. It is limited to 80 Lacs of rupees in cash at
Bombay and Madras respectively ; the balance is
to be subscribed at Calcutta.—Bombay Gazette.

THE FORCE FOR CHTNA.—The 31st Regiment of
Foot will embark in the Earl of Clare on the 15th
and 16th February.

The 3d Regiment of Native Infantry is expected
from Wassund, and will embark on board the Dal-
housie and Prince Arthur on the 16th and 17th

free in Spain.

THE AUSTRALIAN, MAURITIUS, AND
BOMBAY MAILS.
The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation
Company have received the following telegram :
" The Valetta, with the above mails, arrived at
Marseilles at -6 p.m. They leaven for London at

10 p.m.
" The letters will be delivered on Tuesday

The Royal Mail Steam-ship Company's steamer
Oneida, with Brazilian and River Plate mails, ar-
rived off the Needles at 1.20 p.m.

PARIS, MARCH 4.
The Moniteur of to-day contains the nomination
of M. Greterin as Senator.

The Paris papers publish the following, dated
Antibes, March 3 :

" The part of the Imperial speech concerning the
annexation of Savoy and Nice has been received
in Nice with enthusiasm.
" The Italian party is greatly agitated."

To inquiries made here by the representatives
of some foreign Powers, the Austrian Government
has replied that, its interests not being directly
affected by the annexation of Savoy to France, it
would observe on this question the same passive
conduct which the great Powers exhibited at the
time of the last war in Lombardy, and that Austria
will not protest against the annexation of Savoy.

TRIESTE, Milieu 3.
A committee has been formed here to collect sub.
scriptions on behalf of the Pope.

The Papal Government has prohibited commerce
by transit between Ancona and the Romagna. The
merchants have lodged a protest against this mea-
sure. Agitation prevails in the Marches ; the
landed proprietors refuse to pay taxes. Thousands
of citizens are signing addresses to the great Powers
in favour of the annexation. Soldiers enlisted in
Austria continue to arrive in the States of the
Church and in Naples.

A popular manifestation of no importance in
favour of annexation to Piedmont has taken place
in Gubbio.

The Pope is sai& to be ready to grant concessions,
if the Legations submit.
The students of the University have demanded
the re-admission of the eight students who had been
expelled. General Guyon has sent a detachment of
troops to the University, thereby preventing any
disturbance.

TETUAN, MARCH 1.
The siege train was embarked to-day, and mules
were disembarked.

The Epoca and the Occidente, Ministerial papers,
assert that to preserve the territory conquered in
Africa would entail sacrifices on Spain greater than