The Sun.
London, England, 1860-09-14 00:00:00

OYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-
GARDEN--under the Management of Miss LOUISA
PYNE and Mr. W. lIARRISON—wiII open for the Fifth
Season on MONDAY, October Ist.

THEA TR E-R 0 YAL, IiAYMARKET.
Lessee, Mr. J. B. Baekstone.
THIS EVENING the performances will oommenee with
THE OVERLAND ROUTE. Messrs. Charles Mathews,
Blackstone, Compton, Chippendale, Rogers, Mrs. Charles
Mathews, Miss Weekes, and Pars. Wilkins.
wAf ter which, NAVAL ENGAGEMENTS. Miss Florence
Haydon (her 2d appearance) and Miss Mortimer.
And A DAUGHTER TO MARRY.
Commence at 7.

A DELPHI, NEW THEATRE-ROYAL.
lA. Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. Benj. Webster.
THIS EVENING. a new drama, by Dion Bourcicault, en-
titled THE COLLEEN BAWN. Messrs D. Bourcicault, D.
Fisher, Billington, Falconer, Stephenson, C. J. Smith, Romer.
Miss Agnes Robertson, Miss Woolgar, Mrs. Billington, and
Mrs. Chatterley.
After which, SHE WOULD BE AN ACTRESS. Miss
Agnes Robertson, Mr. W. Smith, and Mr. P. Bedford.
To conclude with MUSIC HATH CHARMS. Mr. David
Fisher.
Doors open at half-past 6—Commence at 7.
Box-office open from 10 till 5.
No charge for booldng.
Private boxes, £2 2s. ; Family 1 oxes,"4-1.
Orchestra Stalls, 55. ; Balcony, 4s. ; Front Circle Stalls, Ss. •
Pit Stalls, 25.; Pit, is. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, Is ; Gallery, 6d'.
Acting Manager—Mr. Wm. Smith.

A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.—
Proprietor and Manager, Mr. WM. BATTY.
Crowded Houses.—Second Week of the celebrated Dela-
vanti Troupe, Mr. George Hutehingson, and the Wonder of
the World, the Great Little Menoni.
A Grand MID-DAY PERFORMANCE will take place on
SATURDAY next, Sept 15, commencing at Two o'clock.
This Evening, Lord Bon's splendid Hippo-drama of
MAZEPPA AND THE WILD HORSE, with entirely new
and beautiful 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, and the Wonder of Wonders, ',Me Menoni.
Doors open at half-Fast 6, performance commence at 7.
Box-ofnce open daily from 11
_till 4.
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Stage Manager—r. W. WEST.
Director of the Arena—M. Felix Revolt'.

CANTERBURY HALL CONCERTS,
EVERY EVENING,
A Grand Selection from
MARTHA,
And Selections from
DINORAH, TROVATORE, MACBETH,
And nnmerou other Entertainments.
Balcony, Is, Hall. 6d.
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
ezro delineations, anecdotes, dcc., in addition to the usual
entertainments.
The Fine Arts Gallery is open from 5 till 11 on Sunday
Evening.

THE WEATHER.-SUN OPPICZ, SEPT. 14, Is6o.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.

65—this day at noon.
53—lowest this morning and during the night.
64—highest since noon yesterday.
BAROMETER—DOW/1 to 29.66 ; now up to 29.70.
'WIND—South-Westerly; fresh, with rain in the night—
but fine now, though cloudy. It blew a gale yesterday
afternoon.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
THIS DAY.—Morning, 12h. 44m.—Afternoon, lb. Bm.
To-monnow.-Morning, Ih. 29m.—Afternoon, lh.'49m.

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THE SUN.

LONDON, FRIDAY, SEPT. 14, 1880.

Our last information is that the Emperor of the
FRENCH has broken off diplomatic relations with
the King of SARDINIA. His representative is to
leave the Court of Turin, and a secretary only to
remain, for the transaction of business. The reason
assigned is the entrance of the KING'S troops into
the Papal States.
What does it all mean ? In the case of a straight-
forward Government, no such question need be
asked ; yet in that of the French EMPEROR the
question will arise, grave as the step may seem, Is
it more than a blind? We all know that he over-
threw the liberties of France by two armies, one
of priests, and one of soldiers ; by the
help of the former he triumphed at the ballot-box,
and kept the superstitious and ignorant peasantry
right. Is he then now only providing the requi-
site defence for a Pope's protector ? Does he want
to be able to say—" I forbid him to save the Pope's
subjects even from the mercenaries of his Holiness
—and, not satisfied with that, when he marched
his troops over the border to stop Perugianism, I
withdrew my representative ; what more could I
do ? " This is quite a natural supposition in the
case of such a man and under such circumstances.
But, of course, its first aspect is threatening, and
simply such. NAPOLEON may be really angry.
He may be disposed to show what he can do. He,
though intervening himself at Rome, may be dis-
posed to show that he will allow no other interven-
tion. His plans may be doubly thwarted—by the
awkward position in which he will be placed if the
Romans find means to proclaim their preference of
the Sardinian to the French intervention ; and by
the meeting of the KING'S troops and GARIBALDI'S,
thus completing, much sooner than he likes, tho
military as well as the civil union of Italy. He
may think that Austria, emboldened by the present
good nature of Russia, will issue from the Quadrangle
and compel the King of SARDINIA to retreat, or
that Sardinia may be frightened by his threat
merely.

Some will see in it a move for a new European
war. Of that, however, there is, we think, little
danger. Russia has work enough on hand with
the emancipation of her serfs, and her destitution
of money. Austria has still more difficulty in
moving, while every province of her empire is un-
settled, and wanting but some occasion of raising I
commotion, while money she has none. And the
rest of Germany—what can it do? Will Protes•

tant Prussia help the s POPE against his sub-
jects? Then, do what the EmPLRor. will,
he cannot free himself from suspicion. Even

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if he meant to meet the wishes of the other
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" Powers" he could not make them sure of it. He

will never be trusted again. Ai to our coati! ry we can

express but one opinion. The universal feeling of
England will be, that despite all Papal protesta-

tions, if the POPE would hire the scum of Europe
to butcher Italians, VICTOR EMMANUEL was quite

justified in leading his own Italians to the succour
of their fellow-countrymen.

Insensibility to human suffering, and pleasure
in torturing those who resist or oppose, is charac-
teristic of Ecclesiastics. Here and there a HAPS.
BURG or a BOURBON, aid once in our own country
the last of STUART Kings, found gratification in the
iTa.triots on the rack; but singular it is
ag,oni.of
that all these civilian potentates had been trained
in ecclesiastical schools: Our JAMES IL, who de-
lighted in witnessing the effects of the boot and
the thumbscrew, the whole race almost of the
HAPSBURGS since the time of the Reformation and
the thirty year."' war, and last not least, the
BOURBONS of the Two Sicilies, were all devoted
adherents of the priesthood, and their education,
with hardly an exception, conducted under the
auspices, or even the direct superintendence of the
Jesuits. Jesuits also, either in the confessional, or
openly in the council chamber, have been the ad-
visers of all these worse than brutal rulers—for it
were libelling the brutes to suppose them taking
pleasure in pain. Only one of the priest-trained
torturers now retains his throne—he of Vienna ;
and he, though bad enough in this re-
spect, is yet a vast improvement on some of his I