The Sun.
London, England, 1860-08-29 00:00:00

Commence at 7.

A DELPHI, NEW THEATRE-ROYAL.
sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Beni. Webster.
The Annual Benefit of Mr. J. L. Toole.
THIS EVENING, THE WILLOW COPSE. Luke, Mr.
Ben. Webster ; Augustus, Mr. J. L. Toole ; Staggers, Mr.
Paul Bedford. Supported by Messrs. Stuart, Billington, C.
J. Smith, Powell, Eburne, Romer; Miss Woolgar, Miss H.
Simms, Miss Laidlaw, and Mrs. Chatterley.
Atte/. which, THAT BLESSED BABY. Mr. Billington,
Mr. J. L. Toole, and Miss K. Kelly.
To c onclude with THE ENCHANTED ISLE ; or Raising.
the Wind under the most approved Principles. Messrs. J.
L. Toole, P. Bedford, C. J. Smith, C. Selby, Powell, Romer,
MillideS Woolgar, K. Kelly, and Emily 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, IL
Orchestra Stalls, 58. ; Balcony, 4s. ; Front Circle Stalls, as. •
Pit Stalls, 25.; Pit, ls. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, is ; Gallery, 6d.
Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith.

A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.-
Proprietor and Manager, Mr. WM. BATTY.
Continued Success of "Mezeppa."
A Grand MID-DAY PERFORMANCE will take plate on
SATIJRDAY next, Sept 1, commencing at Two o'clock.
This Evening, Lord Byron's splendid Hippo-drama of
NAZ.EPPA AND THE WILD HORSE, with entirely new
and IDeautiful scenery, costly costumes, and appointments,
Introducing the largest stud of highly-trained Horses, Po-
nies, Buffaloes, and Camels in the World.
To be followed by Scenes in the Arena by the Star Riders
of the day, including the greatest Equestrienne in the world,
Madlle. de Berg, whose wonderful Leap through the body of
a Mail Coach (a feat never before attempted by any other
female) has been nightly received with enthusiasm.
Doors open at half-past 8, performance oommenoe at 7.
Box-office open daily from Ii till 4.
Stage Manager—Mr. W. Wiev.
Director of the Arena—M. Felix Itcvolti.

CANTERB UR Y HALL CONCERTS.-
EVERT EVENING,
A Grand Selection from
MARTHA,
And Selections from
DLNORAH, TROVATORE, MACBETH,
And numerous other Entertainments.
Balcony, ls , Hall. dd.
Comic Vocalists—Messrs. George Hodson (the Irish Come-
dian and Mimic), and C. Marshall.
The ETHIOPIANS, consisting of 17 performers (organised
expressly for this Establishment), for the performance of
Vocal and Instrumental Music, Comic and Sentimental, with
Segro delineations, anecdotes, dm, in addition to the usual
entertainments.
The Fine Arts Gallery is open from 5 till 11 on Sunday
Evening.

THE WEATHER.—Burr OFFICE, AUGUST 29, 1860,
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
66—highest since noon yesterday.
56—lowest this morning and during the night.
68—this day at noon.
BAROMETER-29.57 ; a sudden fall.
; fresh, with fine weather now, but
rained heavily last night, and showers this morning.

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THE SUN.

LONDON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, iseo

Every humane man as well as every friend to
Italian liberty will hope that the rumour which we
publish from the Bourse at Paris, is a true one.
Confirmation of it will be awaited with intense in-
terest. That GARIBALDI was on the road to a final
triumph none of us, not even Sir G. BOWYER, could
well doubt, but if there was one thing which GARI-
BALDI himself desired more than another it was that
it should be henceforth, a bloodless success. He
sought not the renown of victories—but Italian
independence and liberties ; and the truly touch-
ing yet manly letter we published yesterday
showed the spirit in which he sought them. He
urged the Italians to combine in large numbers for
their liberties, for the explicit reason that posterity
might remember " with affection" those who had
emancipated her without shedding the blood of her
sons. His letter read like a very comment on the
" Angels Song." For his sake we shall rejoice if
he can see the Tyrant banished and Italy free
without further bloodshed.

Events, so far as we know them, had prepared us
for the flight, any day, of the brutal young savage.
He knew not whom to trust. The garrison at
Reggio " fought languidly," as well they might for
such a cause ; brigade after brigade surrendered, at
discretion, with all their equipments, and amongst
our many latest communications we read—" The
Minister MARTINO has officially announced to the
diplomatic corps the defection of two battalions of
the Neapolitan army at Reggio, and the surrender
at discretion of the fort." The Minister is said to
have added to his communication :—" As regards
the proportion of our forces, we were formerly three
against one, now we are one against three." This
could not last long—and we .may hope, there-
fore, that a few more hours will ap-
prise us that the rumour is truth, that
Naples is free, and that if the POPE wish to get up
the Italian Confederation, for which, in extremis,
he put in a bid the other day, he will have to be a
confederate with the excommunicated and anathe-
matised GARIBALDI and VICTOR:EMMANUEL.

Yesterday two speeches were delivered by Com-
mission—one in England, the other in France. Our
QUEEN'S we gave yesterday ; the EMPEROR'S, by
the mouth of Count DE PERSIGNY, we give to-day.
They suggest, by comparison, matter for grave
consideration. Both of them, on one of their prin-
cipal topics, are addressed to the public not only of
each country, but of Europe.
To see the bearing of all let us go back a little. On
the 24th of February, in opening the Parliament of
this country, her MAJESTY first adverted to a Con-
gress which was to have been held on the affairs of
Italy, but which had been deferred till it seemed
little likely to meet, probably because of the firm
determination expressed by our Government and
asserted in the QUEEN'S Speech, that Italy should
be left to settle her internal affairs in entire freedom
from foreign intervention. Then followed the para-
graph respecting the Treaty—its langwage is re-
markable •—" I am in communication with the
Emperor of the FRENCH with a view to extend
the commercial intercourse between the two coun-
tries, and thus to draw still closer the bonds of
friendly alliance between them."
When we turn to the Speech of yesterday what
do we find in reference to the same subject, but the
following unsentimental announcement Her
MAJESTY trusts that the additional freedom which
you have given to commerce will lead to fresh de-
velopment of productive industry." Nothing more
about " bonds of friendly alliance ;" all that has
evaporated, and we are told only of what would be
equally applicable had there been no " communica-
tion with the Emperor
of the FRENCH," and had
we only
got rthe four id of
which hardly hundred minor articles
from our tariffpaid the cost of col-
lection, and doubtless embarrassed business, far
more than they served the Revenue. How is this P
Was not the splendid sacrifice to France of the
Wine Duties, wholly uncompensated by a single
sacrifice on her part—was not this worth mention
as a splendid contribution towards weaving bonds
of " Friendly Alliance P"

Alas ! a " change has, indeed, come o'er the
spirit of the dream," It first showed itself to the

world in a conspicuous form when, in repelling one I
of Mr. HORSEMAN'S assaults, Lord JOIIN RUSSELL,
amid the almost deafening cheers of the House,
spoke thus—having described at some length the
duplicity of the EMPEROR and the King of SAR-
DINIA in regard to Savoy—having then shown what
an important subject was the neutrality of the dis-
tricts of Chablais and Faucigny to the neutrality
and independence of Switzerland, and thus
to the general peace of Europe having
asserted and re-asserted that the annexation
had prodaced, and would yet produce, " great
distrust ;" he thus concluded :—" Sir, my opinion
as I declared it in July and January, I have no
objection now to repeat—that such an act as the
annexation of Savoy is one that will lead a nation
so warlike as the French to call upon its Govern-
ment from time to time to commit other acts of
aggression, and, therefore, Ido feel that, however
we may wish to live on the most friendly terms with
the French Government—and certainly I do wish
to live on the most friendly terms with that Govern-
ment—we ought not to keep ourselves apart from
the other nations of Europe—but that, when future
questions may arise—as future questions may arise—
we should be ready to act with others and to declare
always in the most moderate and friendly terms,
but still firmly, that the settlement of Europe, the
peace
.of Europe, is :a matter dear to this country,
and that settlement and that peace cannot be as-
sured if it is liable to perpetual interruption—to
constant fears, to doubts and rumours with respect to
the annexation of this one country, and connexion of
that other—but that the Powers of Europe, if they
wish to maintain that peace, must respect each
other's rights, must respect each other's limits, and,
above all, restore and not disturb that commercial
confidence which is the result of peace, which tends
to peace, and which ultimately forms the happi-
ness of nations."
From that time, onwards, we have heard no
more of " bonds of friendly alliance with Fiance."
While conceding nothing of the rights of Italy to
Austria, we have let them understand that we were
ready to join them, as expediency might require,
against further French annexations. Baden and
Toplitz followed, and the shaking of hands be-
tween Austria and Prussia in face of the
common disturber ; and, most important of
all, Germany saw that we had a Channel
Fleet, and a Mediterranean] Fleet too, which
would enable us to speak with authority, if
further annexation tricks were talked of to amuse
a despot-ridden nation with something which
should look—to them—like glory in their despot's
foreign policy. Lord PALMERSTON'S former state-
ments in the fortifications' debate, that the con-
duct of France rendered these necessary; and his
declaration last Friday, of the right of Switzerland
to •satisfactory guarantees respecting Chablais

and Faucigny—language repeated by her MA

JESTY yesterday—with numerous other incidents,
have told the annexer of Savoy that the duplicity,
fraud, we might say violence, attendant on that
transaction have quashed the alliance, and left
nothing of it but ordinary diplomatic respect.
And now, most amusing is it to read the peaceful
assurances which pour upon us from the EMPE-
ROR and his confidants. The ink of my
dearPERsIGNY's letter is hardly dry, the unbosomed
frankness of that generous communication has
hardly ceased to warm all hearts, when it is followed
by plaintive bewailings of the unjust suspicions of
Europe, addressed to bodies of his subjects, while on
a visit of pleasure. But " my dear PERSIGNY" is the
man. He, the prime agent in confiscating the
estates of the ORLEANS family, is naturally chosen
to show that confiscations and annexations are at
an end (now they must be), and that peace, not
war, is in the heart of the EMPEROR. Indeed " the
EMPEROR'S programme of Bordeaux has not been
changed"—this seems strange language just after
two great wars ; but no. " Without pretend-
ing to abolish war the EMPEROR has, hos.vever,
repudiated the inheritance of mere fighting fox
the sake of vengeance for the defeats of the
first empire." Waterloo, that is not to
be avenged,—of course not till England has laid
up her Channel fleet ;—and as to the two wars, that
is easy of explanation, " Before the inauguration of
the present empire two extraordinary questions
were pending—viz., the question of the East, and
that of Ttaly, neither of which could be resolved by
means of diplomacy." So the EMPEROR cut those
two Gordian knots—Constantinople is safe for the
present from Russia, and the Italians, " though
they are now jeopardising the indepen-
dence which they acquired in consequence of
the war, the principle of non-intervention, now a
recognised rule of international policy, exercises a
dominating influence over the further development
of the question," The Count does not add that
England, with her augmented navy and army, in-
sisted on the non-intervention, though his master
who tried so hard to force a confederation on the

Italians, has put constraint on the King of SAR
DIN lA, and still, himself, intervenes in Rome.

As to all the fears of Germany and of England

" The apprehensions entertained in Germany re-
specting the Rhine frontiers, and the fears of an
invasion current in England, do not merit serious
discussion. The Rhine is no longer a strategic
frontier. France, being much stronger when Ger-
many is divided, will never support the project of
German unity for any compensation she might
obtain." Of all which, and of much that follows,
we may well observe, how appropriate it all is when
invasion and new strategic frontiers are but sour
grapes. However, his work is now done. " The
EMPEROR has certainly replaced France in her
legitimate position without shaking the confidence of
Europe! Taken as a whole, his policy was pure and
honest." What can we need more—unless it be to keep
up our army and navy which most certainly do give
confidence to Europe, as well as to ourselves, and
to which, we venture to think, whatever " purity
and honesty" belong to the EMPEROR'S policy, is
largely due.

The return of the Great Eastern from her first
trip across the Atlantic is highly satisfactory, and
we hope the success which has attended this last
enterprise will be the forerunner of future triumphs.
So many unforeseen calamities have befallen this
noble vessel, from which such great achievements
were anticipated, that this voyage having been
completed without accident or disaster of any kind
seems not only to be a happy omen for the future,
but to have broken the spell which hung over the
past. In any case the difficulties attending
the arrangements of a vessel of such unu-
sual magnitudo would have been very great, and
certainly they were complicated by the division of
authority and the conflicting interests concerned
in the speculation. Time and experience, however,
will be the best remedies, and those who have
hastily condemned the whole project on account
of the failures almost inseparable from the first
working of a new enterprise may yet find their
gloomy predictions unverified. Many regarded
the whole scheme with suspicion from the first, and
consequently were only too ready at every suc-
cessive mischance to declare themselves in
the right. Those best qualified to judge,
however, appear to regard the Leviathan
of the Waters 'with no ill will. The bone which

ME SUN, LONDO \r,

was presented on the great ship entering Milford
Haven was one of the most impressive sights that
could meet an English eye. The noble ships that
form the Channel Fleet were moored in a double
line in that magnificent harbour, and the setting sun
illumined the imposing scene. The crews crowded
every mast and spar, eager to hail the great vessel
with a welcoming cheer. We quote the follow-
ing impressive passage from the graphic description
given in our columns of yesterday :
" As the noble volume of sound swept over us like
the first rush of a hurricane, it seemed to stir the
blood of every Englishman like the blast of a
trumpet. Three times our ears tingled with their
manly greetings, and our breasts swelled with
pardonable pride that we could claim the brave
men before us for brethren. The return we made
may have been weak and scattering, but at least
it was heartfelt. The same scene was repeated
as we passed each vessel. Cheer after cheer
filled the calm evening air, and the declin-
ing sun shone on the round weatherbeaten
faces of the gallant tars as they waved their
caps in true seamanlike appreciation of the noble
ship they were welcoming. On board the Enthu-
siasm excited amongst us became contagious. The
first two ships we passed, the Diadem and the
Mars, our worthy captain, and the grave old pilot
on the paddle-box together maintained their cool-
ness pretty well. The third, the noble steam-frigate
the Mersey, evidently shook their resolution ; and
the fourth, the Algiers two-decker, swept it away
entirely. Off came their caps, and they contributed
a quota to the Hip, hip, hip, hurrah,' worth that
of any other six men there, from their being more
in the habit of raising up their voice aloud in the
open air. A somewhat similar effect was produced
on our American brethren. In passing the first ship
or two, though they enjoyed the sight immensely,
they did not seem to think replying much business
of theirs, but by the time they had passed two more
they began to think, like their gallant countrymen
in China, that ' blood is thicker than water,' and
their voices swelled the faint return that we were
able to make to the cheers of ten thousand of Eng-
land's bravest men. Cheering till we were hoarse,
and waving caps till our arms ached, we swept
past the Trafalgar, the Edgar, the Conqueror, the
Centurion, the Aboukir, the Royal Albert, and the
Donegal. In each and all men crowded every mast
and spar and hid the deck from view. On every
truck a man was either sitting at his ease, or appa-
rently with no less ease, standing bold upright.
From the quarter and stern galleries of several of
the ships ladies waved a welcome, and evinced their
admiration of their gigantic visitor. When we had
fairly passed, and had time to reflect a moment, we
became conscious that we were all speaking as if
we were labouring under frightful colds, and that
we had just witnessed a scene that does not gene-
rally occur more than once in a person's life-time."
Such a spectacle is indeed rarely witnessed, and
nowhere could it be more appropriate than off an
English coast. The national love of the sea which
secures our freedom, and over which it is our
proudest boast to rule, makes us regard everything
connected with " our sailors and our ships" with
especial interest. Let us hope that this is not the
last welcome which will greet the Great Eastern
returning to English shores, but that this "mightiest
child of naval art" may accomplish more than she
has yet fulfilled, and realise the brilliant anticipa-
tions of her gifted originator.

The Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch are enter-
taining a large circle of friends at Drumlanrig Castle, their
seat in Dumfriesshire.
The Duke and Duchess of Norfolk and family
are prolonging their sojourn at Spa, in Belgium. The noble
duke and duchess are expected to return home in the course
of next month.
The Duke of Leinster has not gone to Carton,
his seat in Ireland, but has departed fore continental tour.
His grace, accompanied by Lord 0 tho Fitzgerald, is in
Paris.

' The Duke of Somerset and the Lords of the Ad-
miralty leave town to-morrow or Friday on the custo-
mary annual official visit to the royal dockyards and naval
stations.
The Marquis and Marchioness Dreischor and
family have arrived at the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street,
from Holland.
The Count and Countess Alexander Strogonoff
and family have returned to the Clarendon Hotel from the
Isle of Wight.
The Right Hon. the Speaker and Lady Charlotte
Denison left town last evening for Ossington Park, Notts.
The right hon. gentleman goes to Scotland for grouse-shoot-
ing to-morrow, the Duke of Portland having placed his
hunting box in the north at the Speaker's disposal.
The Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson has left town
for Suffolk.
The Right Hon. W. Hutt has left London for
Paris.

Major Allen and family have arrived at the
Quoen's Hotel, Upper Norwood.

Some strong complaints have been received re-
garding the practice of the War•ofllce in refusing to enter-
tain tenders for timber except through the medium of
brokers— an agency which necessarily increases its expense.
The Admiralty, it is said, adopt the opposite course with
much advantage. If this be the case an alteration must be
necessary. In ordinary transactions the employment of a
broker is usually the best economy, but in the great public
contracts of the Government it may often be unnecessary
and undesirable, and there seems, therefore, much impolicy
in making an arbitrary rule on the subject.
As the report of the committee on the merchant
shipping service, just published, recommends various
changes in which the United States are interested, Mr. W.
S. Lindsay is about to visit that country, where, through
Lord Lyons, ho will bring under the notice of the American
Government the desirableness of an international treaty
bearing upon the responsibility of shipowners, the rule of
the road at sea, desertion, and other matters of consider-
able importance to the marine of both nations. He will
also endeavour to ascertain if any reciprocal changes can
be mad. in regard to the coasting trade of America, and
the charge for lights levied upon United States' vessels in
this country.

It appears from tho local papers of Texas that
several slaves have been hanged on charges of a design to
poison their masters, and that at the last accounts 23 were
sentenced to endure the same fate. The three who were
hanged gloried in the work, and refused to make any dis-
closures as to tho extent of their plot. On the other hand,
at the north, there is a corresponding excitement of an
anti-slavery character in resistance to the Fugitive Slave
Law.

PRICE OF GOLD.—The quotation of gold at Paris
is about at par, and the short exchange on London
is 24'15 per sterling. On comparing these rates with the
English Mint price of £3 17s. lOid. per ounce for standard
gold, it appears that gold is about 1-10th per
cent. dearer in Paris than in London. By advices from
Hamburg the price of gold is 424/ per mark, and the short
exchange on London is 13.41 per £1 sterling. Standard gold
at the English Mint price is therefore nearly 1-10th per
cent. dearer in Hamburg than in London. The course of ex-
change at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight
is 110 per cent., which, when compared with the Mint
par between the two countries, shows that the exchange
is slightly in favour of England ; and, after making allow-
ance for charges of transport and difference of interest,
the present rate leaves a small profit on the importation of
gold from the United States.

- A GIANT.—The Western Star inserts the follow-
ing in its obituary :—" In the neighbourhood of Cong, after
a few days' illness, Mr. Patrick Glynn, the son of a respect-
able farmer, Mr. James Glynn. He was only 22 years of
age, and was 22 stone in weight, thus gaining 141 b. for
every year of his age. His extraordinary height was 6 feet
8 inches. He was beautifully proportioned, and possessed
enormoug strength. He was humane and gentle in dispo-
sition."

THE SILK VELVET TRADE.—Meetings have been
held by the silk velvet weavers of Halstead, Coggeshall,
and Sudbury, in consequence of the determination of some
of their employers to reduce wages 3d, per yard. This step
is stated to be necessitated by the competition arising from
the importation of German goods. A strike has been talked
of among the men, but, on the whole, they seemed disposed
to act on friendly terms with their employers, whom they
have earnestly begged to reconsider their decision.
BLONDIN.—It appears that the M. Blondin,
whose name was mentioned in connexion with the late
accident at Dublin, is not identical with the Blondin of
Niagara Falls celebrity.

THE STEPNEY MURDER.—This extraordinary
affair seems likely to baffle all the activity, intelligence, and
experience of our metropolitan police, as yet no real, positive,
or practical clue as to the murderer had been obtained or
information received at Scotland-yard, although the case
has been placed in the hands of ono of the most intelligent
officers of the detective force, Mr Inspector Thornton, who
repudiates the paragraphs that have been published, stat-
ing that the police were in possession of such clue, and on
the contrary states they have no clue whatever. At the
adjourned inquest the evidence will be only such as to
leave the case open, that the deceased Mary Elmsley was
murdered by some person or persons unknown,