The Sun.
London, England, 1858-09-16 00:00:00

THEATRE-ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Le isee, Mr. J. B. Buckstons.
THIS EVENINU will be performed THE WAY TO
KEEP HIM. Hies ers. Buckstoue, Howe, arid Farren ; Mrs.
C. Sinclair.
After Which, THE DAUGHTER OF THE GUADAL-
QUIVER. Perm, Nena.
Followed by A_ WICKED WIFE. Miss Reynolds.
To conclude with A sKISS IN THE DARK.
Commence at 7.

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
Manager, Mr. Edmund Falconer.
Great Success. The New Comedy of EXTREMES ; or,
Men of the Day. Supported by Mrs. A. Mellon (late Miss
Woolgar), Mrs. Weston, Miss Kate Saxon, Messrs. Emery,
J. Rogers, E. Falconer, and Barrett, EVERY EVENING.
To conclude with the New Farce, entitled TOO MUCH
FOR GOOD NATURE. Messrs. Emery, .1. Rogers, Mrs.
Weston, and Miss Kate Saxon.
Doors open at half-past 6, to commence at 7. Box-office
open from 11 to 5 daily.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Lessee and Directress, Miss Swanborough.
THIS EVENING, NOTHING TO NURSE ; Mr. Swan-
borough, Mrs. Selby.
After which THE A
LST F HE PIGTAILS ; Messrs.
C. Selby, J. Bland, and J. ClarOke,TAc,
Followed by A ROUGH DIAMOND. Miss M. Oliver and
Mr. Faradic.
To conclude with FAMILY JARS. Miss E. Wilton.
Commence at 7 o'clock.

vANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.—
OPEN E VERY EVENING.—The following Company
of Vocalists are ended for the performance of Selections
from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES,
GLEES, DUETS, &c., viz. :—Miss Russell, Mrs. Badsey,
Miss Brunel, Miss Ray, Madame Bartoletti, Miss Montague,
Mrs. Lawrence, and Mrs. Anderson ; Herr F. Jonghmans,
Mr. Renshaw, S. Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, Senor Antonio,
X. L. Hime, Mr. Badsey, Senor Tiroli, Mr. Cozens, Mr. Bell,
Mr. Barnard, and Mr. St. Alb n. Mr. John G. Porde land E.
W. Mackney. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks—Harmonium,
Mr. Courtnay—Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at
7 precisely. Suppers, &c., until 12 o'clock.
NOTICE.—The Proprietor begs respectfully to announce
tnat in the month of October, _

A FINE ARTS GALLERY,
now in course of construction, will be thrown open in eon
flexion with the above Hall.

THE WEATHER.-Sux OFFICE, SEPT. 16.

THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
70—highest since noon yesterday.'
59—lowest this morning and during the night.
71—this day at noon. _ _ _

BAROXETER-30'10.

WIND, South-Easterly ; light, with fine weather.

THE SUN.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1858.

.-The arrival of the Bombay and Calcutta mails,
extracts from which appeared in our impression of
yesterday, confirm the pleasing intelligence that
the treaty of peace with China has not only been
duly executed by the Celestial Commissioners, but
that it has already been completely ratified by
" the Brother of the Sun and Moon." In other
words, that the EMPEROR himself has expressed
his approval, and pledged himself to observe the
oligations thereby enforced. This is a point of
importance, inasmuch as our previous experience
of the Chinese character proved that they
would readily repudiate the authority of
any subordinate officials if the slightest ad-
vantage could be gained by so doing. They
cannot, however, ignore the sign-manual
of the EMPEROR himself, or " rail his seal from off
the bond." A new and powerful position is thus
obtained, and one which, we trust, will never be
abandoned through any weakness or vacillation on
the part of British officials.

A curious account is given by " the Times' Com-
missioner" of the manner in which KWAILIANG
attempted to evade the execution of the indemnity
clauses. They constituted a different document
and the wily old Celestial thought he discovered a
favourable chance of evading a payment that
may materially lessen the drain of silver to
China for some years to come. He grace-
fully waived it away as a matter of no
consequence, but his skilful move was checked by
the courteous but unbending firmness of Mr.
LAT, who would not be denied, and eventually
succeeded in obtaining the important signature.
This specimen, at the very commencement of the
Nonieate regime, indicates not only what may be
iinticipated from our Chinese friends, but also the
mode in which every attempt on their "part to
aroid,fulfilling their liabilities must be dealt with.
They may offer a " passive resistance", but will
yield to the determined action of the " men of
wrath," the quondam " devils" or " barbarians,"
which, by the way, the strangers are no longer
to be termed.
As yet we have not the exact terms of the treaty. It
must in the first instance be submitted to her MAJESTY
at Balmoral. That is a point of etiquette of which
we cannot complain, however annoying it may
appear Mr the time. Some little information has
however leaked forth, which may be accepted cum
graceo salis, and which we believe generally indi-
cates the nature of the all-important document.
The North China Herald is the authority on
which we must rely for the time being. It
declares, as we stated yesterday, that the
treaty contains fifty-six articles, or clauses, and
briefly enumerates the more important topics. Thus
the treaty of Nankin is confirmed, but the supple-
mentary treaty and general regulations—which
have seldom, if ever, been acted on—are abrogated.
The former, if fully, fairly, and honourably carried
out, would have produced very valuable results.
Its beneficial provisions were frittered away
through the fraud of the Chinese authorities and
the easiness of our own. There is, however, every
reason to hope that no further complaints can be
made under these very important points.
Then we find that the teterrima causa mali—the
absence of full and complete communication—will
henceforth. be removed. Ministers may be sent
to the Courts of St. James's and Pekin, who shall
be received by the respective Secretaries of State
on footings of perfect equality.' There are also
provisions respecting Consuls and their official rank
and dignity. These are matters which will probably
ensure the due observance of the Treaty. Hitherto_
it was impossible to convey authentic information
to head-quarters, or to know that the Emperor
was made acquainted with the complaints and
remonstrances justly preferred against the refusals
to comply with our reasonable demands.
But this is not all. British subjects are to be
henceforth permitted to travel, either for pleasure
or profit, in any part of China, and, as a matter
of course, the Christian religion is to be
tolerated, and its professors protected through-
out the Empire. Henceforward, therefore,
the religious element must be excluded from
all • questions. A pledge has been given
of almost universal toleration ; and, therefore,
the religious element, which might have been ren-

dered a fertile source of discord, can no longer be
so grol-sly perverted.
Nine additional ports are to be thrown open ;
the right is, however, suspended, so far as three
of the number are concerned, it is only to be
granted "on the evacuation of its shores by the rebels."
This may protract the terms beyond the period
at present anticipated. In China an emeute can
easily be excited, which may be dignified into a
- rebellion.

A great matter is that the official correspondence
id to be conducted in English, so there can be no
mistakes of interpretation. The contumelious term
" I," or bal.barian, is also to be abandonded. This

is more important than appears at first sight,

much as the manifeetatiOli of official djares-ard

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