The Sun.
London, England, 1860-12-26 00:00:00

QUEEN TOPAZE.

Raphael (a Captain)
Annibal Barbiano (a Rich Vene-
tian)
Francatrippa }
(Gipsies) c Mr. PATEY.
Fritellinol Mr. TERROTT.
Gritti
Zerao Mr. BEALE.
Loredano (Young Venetian Mr. ST. ALBYN.
Manfred Nobles) Mr. BAKER.
Bembo Mr. THOMPSON.
Topaze (a Gipsy)
Countess Filomela
Hostess of an Inn Miss HEMMING.
Nobles, Ladies, Male and Female Gipsies.
The scene is laid at Venice, 1512.
After which (the first ever represented at her Majesty's
Theatre) will be produced, an entirely New and Original
Grand Musical, Magical, and Comical Burlesque Ballet
Pantomime, founded on one of the most popular of our Old
National Stories, and entitled
HARLEQUIN AND TOM THUMB •
,

OR, AORLIN THE MAGICIAN AND THE GOOD
FAIRIES OF THE COURT OF KING ARTHUR.
The Scene 7, entirely new, under the superintendence of
Mr. WILLIAM BEVERLEY. Artists, Mr. CHARLES
BREW, Mr.;GANDERS, &c., &c., &c. The Overture,
Choruses, and the whole of the Music composed by J. H.
TULLY. The Libretto by Mr. E. L. BLANCHARD,
and the whole produceJ under the direction of Mr. ROBERT
ROIBY, assisted by Mr. E. PHILLIPS. The Panto-
mimic Physiognomy and Designs for:the Dresses by DYK-
WYNKYN. The Machinery by Mr. Tucker. The Tricks
and Properties by Mr. NEEDHAM, Mr. GLINDON, and
Mr. H. ADAMS. The Costumes by Miss DICKINSON
and Mons. LAURI. The Harlequinade by the LAURI
FAMILY. _

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INTERIOR OF GAFFER THUMB'S COTTAGE.
Tom Thumb (" the abridgement of all that is pleasing
in man," engaged especially for Juvenile Patrons), Miss
Lilia Ross. Rosewater Lake and Romantic Haunt of the
Fairies. Gaffer Thumb's Cottage. Farmyard and distant
Country. Turrets and Terrace of Giant's Castle. Ban-
quetting Hall in the Palace of King Arthur. King Arthur
" He was a goodly king" (Minstrel of the Period), Mr. E.
St. Albyn. Changing to
THE CHAMELEON TEMPLE OF THE FAIRIES.
GRAND MAGICAL METAMORPHOSIS.
Harlequin, Mr. J. Lauri. Columbine, Miss Jenny Lauri.
Clown, Mr. C. Lauri. Pantaloon, Mr.
Sprites by the celebrated Arabs. H. Lauri.
NOTICE.— Doors open at half-past 6 ; commence at 7.

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY- LANE.
Lessee, Mr. E. T. SMITH.
NOTICE.—The Lessee has much pleasure in announcing
his Ninth Pantomime at this national establishment. Every
care has been bestowed on it to make it suitable to the taste
of his patrons who have honoured the theatre with their
presence, and have pronounced the Pantomimes under his
management superior to any produced. Great objections
have been made as to the length of the comic scenes in
pantomime. This has also undergone the necessary prun-
ing, and the pantomime will be so arranged as to leave off
at Half-past Eleven, that the audience may avail themselves
of the late Trains. The Lessee, having selected Wednes-
day morning for eight years for his morning performance,
begs to inform his friends the Pantomime will commence
every Wednesday at two o'clock.
On BOXING NIGHT, Dec. 26, and during the week,
her Majesty's servants will perform a new Comedy, in
two acts, entitled
THE ADVENTURES OF A BILLET-DOUX:
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Principal Characters by Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr.
Tilbury, Mrs. Charles Mathews, Mrs. Frank Matthews,
Miss E. Arden, Miss H. Howard, and Miss It. Ellington.
After which the new Grand Comic Christmas Annual,
which, for a considerable time having engrossed the atten-
tion of every department, will be produced on a scale of
unprecedented magnitude and magnificence, under the
title of
PETER WILKINS ; or, HARLEQUIN and the FLY-
ING WOMEN of the LOADSTONE ISLAND.
Founded on the most remarkable and beautiful romance
in the English ranguage. The new and splendid
scenery by Mr. WILLIAM BEVERLEY (to whom is
due the merit of originating and bringing to perfection the
present state of grand scenic effects mow adopted at this sea-
son of the year by every theatre in the kingdom), assisted
by Messrs. H. CRAVEN, C. PITT, GOMPERTZ
BREW, &c., &c. The Overture and Music composed
and arranged by Mr. J. H. TULLY. The Grotesque
Burlesque Opening invented and written by E. L. BLAN-
CHARD, author of the great Drury lane Pantomimes for
the last eight years. The whole arranged and produced
under the superintendence of Mr. ROBERT ROXBY.
Programme of the Incidents and Scenery :
A TIN MINE IN CORNWALL.

Black Ralph (Captain of the Mine) Mr. Glindon.
Peter Wilkins (a Miner) Mr. W. Templeton.
The. Earl Polwholfoltolderyddel Fitz Arthur Trevanion
Mr. R. Power.
Constantia (his Daughter) Miss Conway.
ELFIN LAND IN THE CRYSTAL SPHERE I
Nymphidia Miss H. Howard.
GRAND BALLET FANTASTIQUE.
TREVANION CASTLE, ON THE CORNISH COAST,
NEAR THE LAND'S END.
Jack Robinson (first mate oftheAd venturer) Mr. T. Matthews
QUARTER DECK OF THE ADVENTURER.
FLIGHT OF THE FLYING ISLANDERS TO
THEIR AERIAL HOME.
THE SPREADING BANTAN TREE.

Harlequins—Mr. Cormack and Mr. St. Maine.
Columbines—The Misses Gunniss.
Pantaloons—Mr. Naylor and Mr. E. H. Martin.
Clowns—Mr. R. Huline and Mr. R. Power, and a little
one in by Young Huline.
Sprites—By the celebrated Lavater Lee Family.
Scene I—EXTERIOR Off' A GREENGROCER'S,
A PRINTING OFFICE, AND A PUBLIC
TAVERN.
Scene 2.—A NURSERY GROUND AND SCHOOL.
Scene 3. FARMHOUSE AND SPORTING
COUNTRY.
Scene 4. EARLY MORNING AND EARLY
CLOSING.
Scene—MTSTY VIEW.
REDUCED PRICES AS USUAL,

ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-
GARDEN.—Under the Management of Miss Louisa
Pyne and Mr. W. Harrison, Sole Lessees.
IMPORTANT NOTICE.

The Management find it necessary to announce to their
Patrons that it will be impossible for a few nights at Christ-
mas to perform Bellels eminently successful Opera with the
Grand Pantomime. The time in representation and scenic
preparation required for a Harlequmade of such magnitude,
renders this temporary suspension of the brilliant Opera im-
perative.
Boxes and places will continue to be booked daily at the
Box-office for its reproduction at an early date.
On BOXING NIGHT, Dec. 26, and during the week.
Commence at Seven. Order carriages at half-past 11. On
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 26, Mr. W. Il arrison's popular Operetta,
THE MARRIAGE OF GEORGETTE : Miss Louisa Pyne
and Mr. H. Corti. After which, with entirely new Scenery,
Machinery, Dresses, and Decorations, a Grand Christmas
Pantomine, BLUE BEARD; or, Harlequin and Freedom in
her Island Home. Written by J. V. Bridgman, Esq. ; pro.
duced by Mr. Edwari Stirling • embracing the chief panto•
mime talent of the day. A perfect galaxy of
Mr. Harry Bolen°, Mr. Henry Payne, Mr.
Clowns
*** Hildyard, and the Lilliputlans.
Harlequins, Mr. Milano, Mr. F. Payne.
Pantaloons... , Mr. Barnes, Mr. Tanner.
Columbines Mme. Bolena, Miss Clara Morgan.
Sprites.......... The Zelinski Family.
Ballet f 26 Ladies. Mr. W. H. Payne, Mdlle. Lamou-
I reux, Mdme. fierron, and Mons.Vandris.
Gorgeous scenery, from the pencils of T. Grieve and Telbin,
illustrating the moving events of the year; decorations, by
Blamire, on a sea e of magnitude and expenditure without
parallel ; fairy costumes, by Miss James and Mr. Coombe, ;
Eastern splendrur, processions, marches, dancing, fun, and
frolic, united to magical transformations by Sloman, pro•
during a combination of the grotesque and beautiful, recalling
the golden days of pantomime for which Covent Gar den stood
alone and unapproached.
Morning Performances every Wednesday and Saturday,
commencing Saturday, Dec. 29, at Two o'clock.
Conductor, Mr. Alfred Mellon. Stage Manager, Mr. Ed.
Stirling, Acting Manager, Mr. Edward Murray.

ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA,
COVENT-GARDEN.
Under the Management of Miss Louisa Pyne and Mr. W.
TO-NIGHT Harrison, Sole Lessees.
Dec. 26. MARRIAGE OF GEORGETTE :
Miss imul*a yne and Mr. H, Corrle. To conclude with the
Grand Christma, Pantomime, BLUE BEARD ; or, Harle-
quin and Freedom in her Island Home. Clowns, Messrs. H.
Boleno, TE* Pane. Hildyard, and Lilliputians. Harlequins,
Messrs. Milano and F. Payne. Pantaloons, Messrs. Barnes
and Tanner: f,ohunbtnes Mdme. Boleno and Clara Morgan.
Sprites, the Zelinski Family. Mr. W. H. Payne, Mlle.
Lamoureux, ctc.
Conductor—Mr. -Mired Mellon. Commence at Sewn.

fr-H EA TR ''' - 1.1" 41,, it AI( MA h...K ET.
/
i,,,s4eP, Mr. - R. Buokstone.
(Ruing N.
THIS EVENING in, xrifzhot), SHE STOOPS TO
CONQUER. Toni
Mar-
low, Mr. Howe; , Bias Fanny Stirling (her
MiNi;uHintirdcastle • "uekstone ; 'Young
first appearance here).
After which, a new PantorninipanrFEN LADYBIRD
AND HER CHILDRF,N. The emitnists by the un-
rivalled Leclercqs, Herr Cole, and Fanny Wrint.
Commence at 7.

THEATRE-ROYAL L.,.„1103,ijm.
Soe Lessee and Directress, Maclaine C rA;ESTI,I.
THIS EVENING (Boxing, Night), Dec. 26, THE taisri
TUTOR. Dr. O'Toole, Mr. John Drew.
After which, the Lyceum Christmas Comic Extravaganza,
CRYSTABELLE ; or, The Rose without a Thom, show-111,4
THE VISION OF "A ROSE. ITS FADING AT EVE,
AND THE MAY-BLOOM OF THE WILD BRIAR',
ANDY.
Followed by the comic Drama, entitled HANDY AN
Messrs. Campbell, .Tohnstone, T. Lyon. Forrester, Villiers,
Butler, and John Drew: Mrs. J. Rouse, Miss Hudspeth, Miss
M. Ternan, and Miss Neville.

A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
-IL Proprietor and Manager, Mr. WM. BATTY.
This Evening, a new Spectacle, entitled THE LION
CONQUEROR; or, The Death Jungle, expressly for the
introduction of the Wonders of the World. " The Groupe
of Performing Lions." The Lion Conqueror, Mr. J. Crockett.
To be succeeded by Scenes in the Arena, supported by
talented Parisian and Bri;isli Artistes.
Concluding with Batty's Prize Equestian Comic Panto-
mime, for Good Little Boys and Girls, by T. L. Greenwood,
entitled HA RLEQU EN AND THE WONDERFUL
HORSE ; or, I'ercinet and Grociosa, the Ugly Duchess and
the Greedy King, produced with Gorgeous Scenery, by Mr.
Cuthbert, new Costumes and Appointments, and introducing
in the comie scenes Batty's Prize Equestrian Harlequinade,
and the celebrated Old Bob Ridley, and Brandon Ledger.
Harlequin Mr. Sylvester.
Columbine Miss Hariet Dalton.
Pantaloon Mr. G. Perks.
Clown Mr. James Cooke.
SPrites—Messrs. Thorne, Lockhart, and Sons.
Doors open at halt-past 6, performance commence St T.
BOY-oilloe Open daily from 11 till 4
BtaZe Ifanager—Mr. W. WEirr.
Directo r of the Arena—Mr. Pearson.

ADELPHI, NEW THEATRE-ROYAL.
Sole Propetor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster.
THIS EVENrNG, AN UGLY CUSTOMER. Messrs. J
L. Toole, C. Selby, and Warde ; Miss K. Kelly, and Miss E.
Thorne.

Alter which, THE COLLEEN BAWN. D. Boncicault, D.
Fisher, Billington, Falconer, S tephenson, C. J. Smith, Romer.
Miss Agnes Robertson, Miss Woolg,ar, Mrs. Billington, and
Mrs. Chatterley.
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To conclude with a new Burlesque Extravaganza, entitled
BLUE BEARD FROM A NEW POINT OF HUE.
Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, C. J. Smith; Miss Woolgar,
K. Kelly, Laidlaw, and F. Thorne.

Doors open at half-past 6—Commence at 7.
Box-office open from 10 till 5.
No charge for booking.
Private boxes, £2 2s. ; Family Boxes, XI.
Orchestra Stalls, ss. ; Balcony, 4s. ; Front Circle Stalls, Ss. 1 •
Pit Stalls, 20.; Pit, is. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, is ; Gallery, 6d.

Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith.

HALL

CANTERBURY
Open Every Evening at Seven.
GRAND SELECTIONS (First Time) from LA FTGLIA
DEL REGIMENT° (Donizetti), NORMA, SONNAMBULA,
and MARTHA.

Principal Artistes Miss RUSSELL, Madame MARIA, Mis
TYRRELL, Miss WILLIAMS, Mr. HENRY HERBERT, C.
W. BERNARD, and Signor TIVOLI.
Musical Director...., Mr. F. JONGIIMANS.
The Comic Department comprises Messrs. J. BLANCHARD,
A. B. HOLLINGSWORTH, Master BARRY, G. W. FELL
CHARLEY Fox, and E. MARSHALL.

The Fine Arts Gallery has been enriched by the addition of
the late John Martin's three Grand Pictures—viz., " THE
GREAT DAY of HIS WRATH," " THE PLAINS of
HEAVEN," and "THE LAST JUDGMENT," on view
until 12 o'clock at Night.

THE WEATHER,—Suis OFFICE, DEC. 26, 1860.
THEEMOICETEIt, IN THE SHADE.
30—highest since noon yesterday.
22—lowest this morning and during the night.
60—this day at noon.
BAROMETER-29.55; rising,
WIND—North-Easterly—light; with dull, hazy, frosiy
weather.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
rnis DAY.—Morning, 12h. 19m.—Afternoon, 12h. 43m.
To-moultovr.-Morning, lh. sm.—Afternoon, lh. 27m.

THE SUN.
LONDON, WEDNESDAY, DEC. 26, .1860.

The impression made upon the Chinese by the
Europeans appears at last to have been overwhelm-
ing, Nor can this be wondered at in any way
under the ' circumstances. For what in point of
fact is it that has been now very recently accom-
plished out there, in the north-eastern quarter of
that vast empire, by the Anglo-French Expedition ?
What is it that history will have to relate in
respect to that henceforth most memorable enter-
prize. The annalist will tell how—tardily and
reluctantly, after a series of frightful and reiterated
provocations—the two greatest nations of Western
European, of the eastern hemisphere, of the world,
despatched at last to the remote shores of China
an armed expedition, consisting altogether but of
a very few thousand men. The historian will
record how this comparative handful of Europeans
—strong in the justice of the cause of which they
were the champions, resolute in their determination
to avenge the wholesale murder of four hundred of
their heroic fellow-countrymen (barbarously mas-
sacred in cold blood at the Mouth of the Peiho, by
a dastardly ambuscade) irresistible as opposed to
to the effeminate Chinese, those wonderful
half - civilised Asiatic barbarians, irresistible
no less as opposed to the savage hordes of the
Tartar conquerors and oppressors of the Chinese
—the historian will relate how this comparative
handful of Europeans, irresistible in being armed
with all the marvellous scientific resources of
modern civilisation, had, in a few weeks, with
the utmost facility, prostrated in the dust the
hitherto inscrutable and inaccessible Dagon of the
Chinese Government. History will tell how this
little advance-guard of European Civilisation ad-
vanced upon the Imperial forces and the Impe,
rial Capital of a Power numbering altogether
from 300,000,000 to 400,000,000 inhabitants—
how, comparatively insignificant though they
were numerically, they routed again and
yet again the swarming legions of the
Tartar Cavalry, how they penetrated with
rapid steps to the very walls of the mysterious
capital of China, the ancient and heretofore in
respect to armed Europeans impenetrable city of
Pekin—diving thence before their approach at the
mere terror of their coming the haughty Sovereign
of those four hundred million Chinese—driving him
forth a fugitive with the remnant of his vast armies
far from Pekin, beyond the distant frontiers o
Northern China, away into the wilds of Tartary

,ge complete and overwhelming, in truth, has been
the impression made alike upon the Chinese army,
upon the Chinese capital, and upon the
Chinese Government, by these deeds of
daring performed within the brief interval of but
a very few weeks by the merest handful of Allied
Frenchmen and Englishmen, that at length—and
no wonder—everything we had determined upon
demanding from the conquered race and from its
cowed and astonished rulers, bad been conceded,
and conceded, too, absolutely and without reserve_

on :

The Ambassadors—French and English—are to
reside at Pekin permanently, at their own pleasure,
without let or hindrance.

The Emperor HIEN FuNG is to apologise (what
a phrase !) for the Peiho ambuscade.
Tientsin—termed in these columns of yesterday.
the Gravesend of China—is to be opened henceforth
to European commerce, and to be opened to it,
moreover, not next year, but immediately.
The interdict upon the Coolie emigration is to be
at once removed, and that system of emigration
allowed a full and unconditional development.
There is the ceding of one place to the British
Crown, but unhappily not the one we ourselves
could have desired—namely, Chusan. Chusan is to
be once more evacuated by the British, after we have
again been tantalised by its temporary and most
tempting occupation. But in place of Chusan—
which we acknowledge to have so long
and anxiously covetted for England, alas !
in vain—we are to take possession of a spot (not
without its importance too, it must be confessed)
sailed Cowloon. A little peninsula this is said to
be by the way—part of the mainland of China—a
little peninsula jutting out from the Asiatic con-
tinent opposite to Hongkong : greatly to the
advantage of the latter province, now that the
British Standard will fly hereafter at that portion
of the
mainland hitherto infested by pirates—a
sheltering resort, from which those lawless ruffians
will be seared 13y the mere presence there of
armed Englishmen.

Finally—in respect toyththesee complete and Aso-
lute concessions
made
b
to the demands forced upon
them Chinese
by the stretched-
out arm of France and England in
doubling
hol
alliance—
finally, and to crown all, there
is the
of the Indemnity. After the capture
of Pekin
and the flight of the Emperor in terror to z
in Tartary—the English demand, instead ofe
re-
maining, as it was understood to be, at som
8,000,000 taels, has been sternly advanced to exactly
double that sum total, namely, to some 16,000,000
taels in all. This at least i 5 what we

r can alone understand—what we are alone
will-
ing to understand—in regard to the position
of this question of the indemnity, viewing it
through the somewhat uncertain and hazy medium
of the first hasty telegram, flashed via Trieste, from
the direction of her MAJESTY'S Agent and Consul-
General at Alexandria. Supposing this to be
accurate and reliable information, so far as we can
yet make it out after careful deli beration,and remem-
bering that the tael is equivalent to what would
be expressed in English money by six and ninepence,
otherwise a penny more than a lawyer's fee—a
mere trifle under a third part of an English sove-
reign--we may readily divide those 16,000,000
taels by three, and thus deduce as the result of
of that simple calculation the fact, that the amount
of the British indemnity alone may be stated at (as
nearly as we can express it thus hastily), just
£5,000,000 sterling.
As to the melancholy- record of the last occur-
rences of the late war oat there in China—the
melancholy record of those• tragical occurrences,
accompanying the epitome of the prinCipal articles
in the newly arranged Treaty of Peace, arranged
between the Chinese and the Europeans—
we have scarcely the heart for comment
upon them, they are incidents so terrible, more
particularly because so irreparable. The
worst is now known in regard to the miss-
• ing prisoners ! The gifted Correspondent of
our leading contemporary the Times, the
lamented Mr. BOWLBY, in whose fate we had as
journalists a fraternal interest and sympathy,
proves now to have sunk under the barbarous
cruelties of his Chinese captors, like those com-
panions of his in misfortune already reported as
dead from the same cause. Captain BRABAZON has
been beheaded, and so too, we grieve to learn, has
the world-famous Abb€ Hue, traveller, man of let-
ters, priest, missionary—that emissary into China at
once in the interests of Christianity and Ciiiliza-
tion, from whose heroic researches, and from whose
exquisitely graphic, witty, and eloquent writings
Europeans have learnt more about China and
the Chinese than from the researches and the
writings of almost any other author and traveller
that could be named. It is deplorable to thin k
of a man of rare genius, of brilliant intellect, of
kindly heart like this, falling a victim thus
to the otherwise impotent rage of a swarm of
barbarians. He dies a martyr, however, in the
cause of science and of religion—dies a noble
death as died our brave soldiers, from their
duty to the Crown and' 'country, as died
Mr. BOWLBY, of the Times, from his
duty to his high and responsible profession as
an English journalist. It is some slight consolation
to know, in 'reference to this barbarous massacre,
for it can be called no less, of the English and
French prisoners, that indemnities to the amount
in all of £lOO,OOO sterling, were to be paid
by the Chinese Government for distribution
among the families of the various murdered
prisoners. It is still more, if possible, a satis-
faction to know, that the Summer Palace
of the Chinese EMPEROR was in consequence
of these atrocities, burnt down to the ground after
its almost fabulous splendours had been sacked and
ravaged—that it was burnt to the ground, more-
over, by the British force—and that heaps of
smouldering ashes now alone mark the site where
shone but yesterday all the oriental magnificence
of Yuen-min-yuen.

There must be a certain pleasure in seeing bombs
falling around you, provided, that is, you yourself
are out of harm's way. What else can keep his
ex-Neapolitan MAJESTY at Gaeta it is hard to con-
ceive. The last accounts tells us that he is now
exposed to a very vigorous fire— that the Spanish
Ambassador, who seems as partial to bombshells as
himself, has had notice to quit his "palace," by its
being riddled with bullets—that the KING, like
boys snowballing each other, was running from
shelter to shelter, and that the QUEEN was
enacting the Maid of Saragossa at the batteries,
till hurried away by the
.King to the better quarters
of the casemates. Very, exciting all this, no doubt,
still it suggests to everyone the wish that if any
one be killed by all these shells and bullets, they
would have the good luck to send his MAJESTY to
purgatory, from whence we may be sure the PONE
would soon release so faithful a son. One is
sorry to read, for instance, of the killing
of two officers standing the near KIN G—since, if the
shells could have made their choice, they would
have put an end to the siege, and the perfectly use-
less destruction of humai life, by selecting his
MAJESTY himself. He is now but a private man,
de facto ; and would cortainly be less loss than
many a better private. We can only hope that
the report will prove true, that the French fleet
is about to withdraw, and then, probably before
Admiral PERSANO makes his appearance, the King
and his brave QUEEN, and ejected Spanish Ambas-
sador, will all leave together.
COBBETT pitted paper against gold, but
from the midst of all this FRANCIS IL tries
what paper can do against bullets. He pub-
lishes a manifesto to his former subjects, breathing
the most ardent aspirations for his late people's
independence; his own Crown is quite secondary,
in his present views. What grieves him is that
foreigners should domineer over his native land, of
which he can say :
" I am a Neapolitan; born among you, I have never
breathed any other air, never seen any other country ; I
know no other than my native land. All my affections are
in the kingdom ; your customs are my customs ; your len•
guage is my language; your ambition is my ambition.
Heir of an ancient dynasty, which for long years reigned
over these beautiful provinces, and re-established their in-
dependence, I do not come, after having despoiled orphans
of their patrimony and the Church of its possessions, to
seize by foreign force the most delightful party of Italy. I
am a prince who is yours, and who has sacrificed every-
thing to his desire to preserve peace, concord, and prosperity
among his subjects."

What Neapolitan would not for such a native
Prince be ready to drive with indignation the bar-

barian VICTOR EMMANUEL from the soil ? Appeal-
ing to his deeds, he points to his clemency as proved
by his amnesty ; to his desire to avoid bloodshed,

shown in his retiring from Naples to save it from

bombardment, and his not suffering the destruction

of Palermo ; to his liberality and loyalty, evidenced
by his granting a constitution, and intending to

grant a separate administration to Sicily ; in fact,

,here was nothing good he was not "preparing to

do" or had done. His misfortune is that old one o

despots, young or old—" too late." We wonder
while we read, what sort of memories the poor

young monarch can fancy allow his subjects to

have. He had actually the hardihood to advert

to Palermo itself, and to take credit to himself for

humanity, for not completing an act of barba-

rity at the horrors of which all Europe turned

pale, and while it execrated the young perpetrator

as the consisent son of a cruel and relentless race.

If Palermo illustrate his humanity —good heavens—

what must have been his severity ?
He fights at Gaeta for his crown, but above all
for his country's independence ! Such is the

avowal which pervades the whole manifesto. For

the crown, we have no doubt, he is willing to fight,
provided he can be sate himself—and for keeping
the Two Sicilies independent of the rest of Italy,
and independent of self-government also.
But can even this weak-headed young
1411 be unaware that the King of PIEDMONT

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