The Sun.
London, England, 1859-12-12 00:00:00

Paris, at the time of the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill,
Monsig,nore FORNAILI declined to have any confi-
dential communication with me, on the ground that
his private conversation with ins had been published
to the world, and upon them had been founded an
erroneous impression as to the acts of his Govern-
ment: Such," observes the noble marquess in con-
clusion, "such are the mortifications to which
English agents may be exposed when serving a
) Government which perverts private diplomatic com-
munications to serve diplomatic purposes." Alto-
gether, we cannot but deem this a very opportune
revelation of the darker under-currents of dip-
lomacy in a Whig Government ! It reminds one
of that suppressed Indian despatch that was whis-
t
pered about together, not so very long ago, between
Lard What's-his-Name (Mr. SMITH that was yes-
ter Say) and the present chivalrous Prime Minister
of England the Lord Viscount PALMERSTON.

THE HEART'S CHARITY.

(From the OM-Fellows' Magazine.)

BY ELIZA comi.
A RICH man walk'd abroad one day
And a poor man walk'd the self same way ;
When a pale and a starving face came by
With a palid lip and a hopeless eye :
And that starving face presumed to stand
And ask for bread from the rich man's hand;
But the rich man sullenly look'd askance,
With a gathering frown and a doubtful glance,
" I have nothing," said he, "to give to you,
Nor any such rogue of a canting crew.
Get work, get work I I know full well
The whining lies that beggars can tell."
And he fastened his pocket and on he went,
With his soul untouch'd and his Wisdom content.

Now, this great owner of golden store
Had built a church not long before,
As noble a Pane as man could raise ;
And the world had given him thanks and praise ;
And all who beheld it, lavished fame
On his Christian gift and his godly name.

The poor man pass'd,—and the white lips dared
To ask him if a mite could be spared.
The poor man gazed on the beggar's cheek,
And saw what the white lips could not speak.
He stood for a moment, but not to pause
On the truth of the tale or the parish laws ;
He was seeking to give—though it was but small,
For a penny, a single penny, was all :
But he gave it with a kindly word,
While the warmest pulse of his breast was stirred.
'Twas a tiny seed his Charity shed,
But the white lips got a taste of bread ;
And the beggar's blessing hallow'd the crust,
That came like a spring in the desert dust.

The rich man and the poor man died,
As all of us must,—and they both were triad
At the sacred Judgment seat above,
For their thoughts of evil, and deeds of love.
The balance of Justice there was true ;
Fairly bestowing what fairly was duo ;
And the two fresh-comers through Heaven's gat e
Stood there to learn their eternal fate.
The recording angels told of things
That fitted them both with kindred wings ;
But, as they stood in the crystal light,
The plumes of the rich man grew less bright.
The angels know by that shadowy sign,
That the poor man's work had been most divine ;
And they brought the unerring scales to see
Where the rich man's falling-off could be.

Full many deeds did the angels weigh,
But the balance kept an even sway ;
And at last the church endowment laid,
With its thousands promised, and its thousands paid ;
With the thanks of prelates by its side,
in the stately words of pious pride ;
And it weighed so much that the angels stood
To see how the poor man could balance such good :
When a cherub came, and took his place
By the empty scale, with radiant grace ;
And he dropp'd the penny that had fed
White, starving lips with a crust of bread.
The church endowment went up with the bean],
And the whisper of the Great Supreme,
As he beckon'd the poor man to his throne,
Was heard in this immortal tone—
" Blessed are they who from great gain
Give thousands with a reasoning brain ;
But holier still shall be his part
Who gives one coin with a pitying heart 1"

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge has
returned to St. James's Palece from visiting the Earl and
Countess of Derby, at Knowsley, Lancashire.
The Princess Gagarine has taken her departure
from the Brunswick, Jormyn-street, for Paris,
His Excellency the Count Lavradio has left the
Portuguese Legation for Trentham, on a visit to the Duke
and Duchess of Sutherland.
The Duke and Duchess of Argyll have left
Campden -hill to join the circle visiting the Duke and
Duchess of Sutherland at Trentham, Staffordshire.
The Duke and Duchess of Manchester passed
through town on Saturday from visiting the Marquis and
Marchioness of Aylesbury at Tottenham-park, on their
return to Kimbolton Castle, Hunts.
.The Earl and Lady Constance Grosvenor left the
Marl and Countess of Derby's seat in Lancashire on Friday,
to visit the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, at Trentham.
Viscount Palmerston left London on Saturday
for Brighton. His lordship returns to town to-day.
Sir R. Peel, Bart., arrived in Whitehall•gardens
on Saturday from Drayton Manor, Staffordshire. Sir
Robert leaves early in the week for the Continent.
THE ORDER OF TIIE GARTER.—The doath of
Earl De Grey would, under ordinary circumstances, have
placed a Blue Riband at the disposal of her Majesty; but
in consequence of the gracious gift of an extra Garter by
the Queen to Lord Derby, he will now occupy the vacant
stall in St. George's Chapel at Windsor, and the ordinary
knights—subjects of the Crown—will stand at the usual
number, and the present vacancy will not be filled up.
REPRESENTATION OF READING.—The elevation
of Sir Henry Singer Keating to the judicial bench creates a
vacancy in the representation of Reading. Up to Satur-
day evening no address had appeared, but it is confidently
stated that Sir Francis F. Goldsinid, Bart. (who issued an
address to the electors some months since, in anticipation
of Sir Henry's acceptance of a judgeship), will be the can-
didate on the Liberal interest, and Mr. Benson, it is anti-
cipated, will again seek the suffrages of the electors, so that,
in all probability, there will be a severe contest.
SIGNOR GIUGLINI IN PARIS.—The numerous
admirers of Signor Giuglini in this country, where at Her
Majesty's Theatre he first acquired a great reputation, will
doubtless be pleased to hear of his new and triumphant
success with the difficult public of Paris. Signor Giuglini
made his debut at the Italians on Saturday evening as
Manrico in " II Trovatore," and was received from first to
last with enthusiastic applause. Tho grand air and the
miserere scene (" Ah ! the la more") were both rapturously
redemanded ; and the eminent singer was further honoured
with numerous recalls.
PENSIONS ON THE CIVIL LIST.—The Queen has
granted a pension of £l5O a-year out of the civil list pen-
sions to the daughters of Frederick Cort, whose inventions
in the manufaature of iron have contributed so much to the
prosperity of the trade, while his family have been left in
deep distress. The Family of Dr. Lardner.—Tho Queen
has also been pleased to grant a pension on the civil list of
£125 a year to the sisters of the late Dr. Dionysius Lard-
laer, whose contributions to science are so well known.
CARDINAL WISEMAN.—With reference to the
duration of Cardinal Wiseman's sojourn in Rome, it is
stated in the Freeman's Journal that a general impression
prevails that his Eminence is not likely to return to Eng-
land es a permanent place of residence. The state of the
Cardinal's health (making a sojourn in a mild climate ab-
solutely necessary) and other circumstances will, in all
probability, induce his Eminence to select Rome as the
scene of his future labours. The Cardinal has delegated
all his powers to the Rev. Dr. Hearn, of the Church of the
Assumption, Warwick-street, who is Vicar-General of the

diocese. •
The British Government lately sent a traction
locomotive engine to the Viceroy of Egypt. After receiv-
ing it, Said Pacha ordered the engineer to get up steam,
and had the half-dozen carriages o the personages attend-
ing and his own attached to it ; then requesting thorn to
get into their carriages, he started off with thorn—the loco-
motive at full speed—to the great dismay of its unwilling
passengers. They thus passed through the principal streets
of Cairo to the great amazement of its Arab inhabitants,
and through the Esbequeh, or Grand-place, on the way to
the Palace of Kav,er-el-Nil. The Europeans collected in
front of Sheppard's Hotel to witness tho scene wore highly
amused at this novel passenger train, thus exhibited through
the city of the Kaleefs, in the suite of its present ruler.
But Said Pacha is notoriously fond of a practical joke.
"It is in contemplation," says the Algerie
Nouvelle, " to fortify the ports of Algeria, and from 12 to
14 millions are to be devoted to the purpose. The Govern-
ment is said to have fixed on the roadstead of Bugia as the
point of concentration for the French squadrons on the
northern coast of Africa, and the vessels which may be
lying there in a well-sheltered anchorage will bo protected
by several strong forts. Algiers, Philippevile, and Bona
are also to be fortified."
The Journal de Geneve of the sth contains the
following :—A dreadful accident occurred last evening
at Laney. A ball was given at a wealthy inhabitant's,
and just before dancing begal the fire in the room was
carefully covered up with ashes to prevent the place
from becoming too hot The first quadrille was over,
and a w
lady,
before
tthe
e to
fireplace,
mustcommence, w hen a young
have
brought
her muslin dress in contact with the embers, for it
caught fire, and she was at once in flames from hoed to
foot. She rushed into the middle of the room, and several
of the Ladies endeavoured to extinguish the flames, but in so
doing they set themselves on fire. In an instant five of them
were in flames. In three cases the fire was extinguished,
but three others were most seriously injured, and fears
were at first entertained that the result would be fatal.
Happily the remedies applied have proved effectual, and
now they aro out of all danger."