The Sun.
London, England, 1860-12-22 00:00:00

the summit of these old Christian edifices—nay, we
now learn from the Aioniteur of yesterday, that on the
29th of last October, a Te Deum was solemly chanted
in the Cathedral at Pekin, and together with the
Te Don, the Domine Salvuin fac Imperatorem nos-
train—not, we may be sure HIEN-FUNG but—
NAPOLEONEM.

The Illoniteur has further announced that all the
churches, all the cemeteries, and all their depen-
dencies (meaning of course by this all the chnrch
lands, schools, &c.), formerly belonging to the
Christians (otherwise the Roman Cathelics, other-
wise the Jesuits) throughout the Chinese Empire
shall be restored to them—through the medium of
the French Ambassador ! No wonder the Cross was
raised in exultation over this grand occurrence to
the summit of the restored Cathedral of Pekin, or
that the Te Deum and the Dwane Salvum were
sung there on the 29th of October in celebration
of it ! What a fluttering of the Volscians would
there not be, by the way—supposing this sort of
revivification to be applied nearer home than China
and to be thereupon notified by a kindred -celebra-
tion ! Take a peep into WILLIAM COBBETT'S cata-
logue of the church lands and edifices portioned
out—and then imagine for a moment the incident
of some such eomprehensive reclamation ! " All
the churches and the cemeteries and their depen-
dencies formerly belonging, &c., throughout the
United Kingdom, to be returned through the
medium of the Minister of France !" Fancy a
notification like that appearing in an extraordinary
supplement of the London Gazette, or say
of an extraordinary edition of the Moniteur
published in London. Baron GROS is certainly
causing the good teak-built Imperial ship Gallia
to forge ahead of her European convoy out in that
remote and treacherous sea of Chinese diplomacy
—and it will be well, judging of his policy out
there from his own revelation of it in his last de-
spatches to the Imperial Government, it will be
well for France, for the Allies, for Europe, if he
do not advance too far ahead at this rate for the
interests of prudence.
The Ultimatum of Shan ghae, the French Minister
writes to the Imperial Government at home, under
date the 7th ultimo, has been accepted. He adds,
moreover, what we know already, but what it is plea-
sant to have reasserted thus all over again, that an
exchange had taken place of the ratifications of the
Treaty of Tien-tsin, The exact amount of the
indemnity to be paid down to France is also par-
ticularised. It is expressed in the round sum of
30,000,000fr.-3,7i0,000fr. out of the 30,000,000 fr.
to be paid down in hard cash by the Chinese on
the 30th of November. And added to the intima-
tion of all this, and of the restitution already men-
tioned of churches, and cemeteries, and their de-
pendencies to the Christian population of the empire,
headed by the once more tolerated Christian mis-
sionaries—comes the supplementary announcement
that the emigration of Coolies will be henceforth
permitted by the vanquished Chinese Government.

There is another notification in regard to these
recent tidings from the late scat of war in China,
another notification officially published in the
Illoniteur yet remaining to be especially referred
to. It sets forth with a rather ill-tempered and
thoroughly irritated preamble to the effect that
" Certain organs of the English press persist with
the most inexplicable obstinacy in entertaining
their readers with accounts of fabulous spoil with
hich every French soldier will return after the
pretended sack of the Imperial Palace of Pekin"—
that is, of course, the palace of YtEN-MING-YITEN.
In demonstration for once and for all of the now
indisputable fact that these same rumours
of the enormous and excessive spoil seized
upon by the French soldiers, the ,Ifoniteur
then gives U 3 entire that important despatch
written upon the Bth cf October by General MON.!
TATMAN, recounting in a very graphic and explicit
manner the history of the capture and of the sub-
sequent looting of that summer Palace of the
Chinese Emperor—YUEN-MING-YUEN. In regard
to the wondrous magnificence, of which imperial
residence, writes the French General,—" It is im-
possible, M. le Marechal, for me to describe to you
the wonders of this Imperial habitation. Nothing
in Europe can convey an idea of such luxury.

shall not attempt to describe its splendours in these
hasty lines." While we are yet waiting for the
detailed description of the palace itself and
its treasures, a description that will in all
human likelihood come to hand in our next
China despatches, it is gratifying to know now for
an absolute certainty that French and English
have shared and shared alike in the distribution of
the gorgeous spoil thus secured by the Allied
armaments.

The " triangular duel" of Hungary, Venetia,
and Austria still continues with vigour, Austria of
course occupying the obtuse angle in the affair, and
receiving the fire from both the other angles. Very
different indeed are the weapons at the command
of the two provinces in their fight with the old
archducal province which has so long domineered
over both. Yet, imperfect as their equipment
is, the two against one may prove too
much for the one, Hungary is strong in
herself, in her numbers, and her legal and
tradititonal rights ; Venetia, strong in her right
also, but makes up for smallness of population by
being part of the 24 millions of Italians who have
GARIBALDI for a general, and VICTOR EMMANUEL
for a constitutional King; and also by the convic-
tion of all Europe that Austria is bound to emanci-
pate her for a reasonable consideration, a convic-
tion illustrated by Paris pamphlets, everywhere
read, and by the pen of the ominous M. GRAND-
GUILLOT of the Constitutionnel.

Hungary is performing her part at present admi•
rably. As yet the tumults have been but few, not
more than sufficient to show that the popular feel-
ing is ready for action whenever it may be required,
and that the general order which prevails is due,
not to deficiency of hatred to Austria, but to the
conviction that they shall be able to get rid of her
agents by peaceable means. The struggle with the
Austrians by legal means and passive resistance is
quite interesting for us Englishmen to witness,
resembling, as it does so much, those of
our best patriots, with our HAPSBURGS
—the STUARTS. The Hungarians are effect-
ing everything by insisting on legal right
against illegal prerogative. They assume, most
justly, that everything done by the Austrian
Government since 1848 is clearly illegal ; they pass
over, for
the present at least, the declaration 'of
independence at Debrcczin and the separation from
Austria in 1849, and maintain that the laws of
1848 sanctioncd
NAND himself, are
, and freely sanctioned by FERDI-
the last legal basis of Hapsburg
Government. All that has been octroyed since then
by the Vienna Government has no more
foundation in law and
constitutional right than
the most arbitrary acts of the STUARTS.
r
r,when,after the battle
ground which Hun •
gaian Thiss is,
assumedsubstantially,
from thestth efiof Solferino, the frightened Government began to
feel its way, by the patent Offered to the Protestant '
Church—" the octroyed church constithtion:, But
the people demanded restoration of theirleo.als tatus,
thereby asserting the illegal yit of all done in Church
matters since 1848. Since then the greater struggle