The Sun.
London, England, 1860-03-29 00:00:00

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

Donna Lucreala Miss Russell.
Maffio Orsini Mrs. Anderson.
G ennaro Mr. Henry Herbert.
Don Alionzo Signor Tivoli.
Conductor—Mr. Jonghmans.
Comic Vocalists —Messrs. George godson (the Irish Come-
dian and Pilimio), W. T. Critchfiela, 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, MARCH 29, 1560.
THERMOMETER, IN TILE SHADE.
60 highest since noon yesterday.
51—lowest this morning and during the night.
57—this day at noon.

!BAnomETEn.-29.63 ;
-WIND, Westerly ; fresh, with dull cloudy weather, and
some rain in the night; afternoon, fine.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
THIS DAY.—Morning, oh. 42m.—Afternoon, 6h. 4m.
To-mon.Row.-Morning, 6h. 29m.—Afternoon, ' 6h. 59m

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THE SUN.
LONDON, THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 1860,

The spirited declaration of Lord JOHN RUSSELL
has been felt over the water, and its practical
effect has been endeavoured to be shuffled off by
Louis NAPOLEON, who has tampered with the
Bourse to neutralise the shock on the monied in-
terests of France. No wonder then the awkward
position in which the arch intriguer finds himself
placed. It was all very well while he cajoled the
English Ministry by listening to the meek and
placid persuasion of Mr. COBDEN as

to the wonderful benefits likely—nay, sure
to accrue, from a system of free trade.
But clever as our peace-at-any-price negotiator
thought himself, backed by the applause of the
Free Trade Cabinet, yet in the end he found him-
self ovorraatched—aye, and overreached into the
bargain ! It seems to be a fatuity with this
country, that whatever she acquires by the
sword, so surely shall she lose it by the
pen. We pride ourselves upon our freedom
in the exercise of either, but the French
continue somehow or other to take " the
shine out of us "at the end of the chapter. Whe-
ther it be from greater dexterity or presumption
blended with a due amount of flattery, we
cannot divine, but certainly we are cozened
to our own surprise and the contempt of the
laughing beholders. Are we too great or magna-
nimous to be wise—or do our riches make us
liberal overmuch in the generosity of our bounty
to thankless rivals ? Here we are done by our
" august Ally," the great man of the people—who
only cares for them in so far as they make brave
soldiers and bow the ready knee to his Imperial
bidding.

The question of Savoy is a settled matter now
but only for a time, for Switzerland will not bow
the neck to the French y oke while her people are arm-
ing to support their just rights, founded on the faith
of treaties to which they now appeal. The Emperor
NAPOLEON has been able to threaten the King of
SARDINIA into submissiveness, because he bribed
him first by spoils taken from Austria, and insists
upon an equivalent amount of gratitude for favours
rendered.

But the manieuvre begins to lose much
of its apparent cleverness now that the
hypocrisy is so nakedly apparent. VICTOR
EIIMA.NUEL sinks in public estimation,
much in proportion as NAPOLEON rises in
the scorn and distrust of all honest men.
It ;is not long since our present Prime
Minister paid the penalty of his devotion
on the altar of subserviency to despotic
presumption, and the time may not be far off when
he may peruse a second edition of his French
lesson.

We learn from the Paris correspondent of the Times
that a despatch from Berne mentions that the Swiss
Government intend protesting against any occupa-
tion, military or civil, by France, of the provinces
of Chablais and Faucigny, until such time as the
Powers who have guaranteed the neutrality of
Switzerland, and who are called upon by the
Confederation to see that this neutrality is not
violated, shall have decided upon the matter.
The Swiss Government have also replied to M.
THOUVENEL'S note in answer to the protest of the
Confederation against the annexation of the neu-
tralised provinces of Chablais and Faucigny and
the violation of its neutrality and independence.

This evening the Paper Duty Repeal Bill has
to be considered by the House of Commons in
Committee. Is it conceivable, is it possible that
under existing circumstances the House can con-
tinue meekly to be quite as complaisant as it
has dictu) proved to be heretofore ?