The Sun.
London, England, 1866-01-25 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 25, 1866.

LONDON must have a SUPPER and MUSIC
ROOM for Gentlemen. Remember, we wait for you
at EVANS' after the Covent-garden Pantomime and the
Theatres.

BOARD and RESIDENCE.—CIiff House, near
Warrior-square, St. Leonards-on-Sea, two minutes'
walk from the Parade. Address, Mrs. Richardson, as above.

II E 0 X F O R D,
6, OXFORD-STREET, W.
The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (Limited).
THIS EVENING, and during the Week, EXTRA
PERFORMANCES by all the available talent. Opera,
Burlesque, Pantomime, Ballet, and Comedy Every
Evening, performed by the entire company, including
Misses Russell, Fitz Henry, Barrie ;, Messrs. A. St. Albyn,
W. Williams, Spagnoli, &e. THE HUNGARIANS in
their now entertainment, Messrs. Durish and Davies's
illustrations of Negro Lifo ; Herr Preskow, the wondrous
posturer, from the Grand Theatre, St. Petersburg; the
D'Aubans; Herr Berrani and his talented family ' • the
ENCHANTED HASH, eleven characters performed by Mr.
E. Marshall (his first appearance here), the entertainment
written expressly for him by Mr. W. T. Vandervell ; and
a host of other talent, for which see programme and small
biIIs.—EVERY EVENING.

Admission—Area, 6d.; stalls and balcony, ls. ; private
boxes, 10s. 6d.

CANTERBURY HALL.
RI-FUM ! TI-FUM.
During the Week will be performed the above most
extraordinary Entertainment, containing all the novel-
tics now in this country, and including the services of
Les Montagnards, their first appearance ; Mr. E. Mar-
shall, Mrs. and Mr. W. Randall, the renowned Talliott,
Les Freres d'Etoile, Signor Tescano, a la Donato; Les
Tableaux d'Amour, illuminated by the Magnesium Light ;
Fairy Orchestra, designed and painted by Mr. T. Burgess
and Mr. W. Gowrie ; and Grand Ballet of upwards of one
hundred ballerines. The whole written and composed
expressly for this establishment by William Vandervell,
Esq. In addition to the vocal and instrumental entertain-
ment. EVERY EVENING.

ARGYLL ROOMS, WINDMILL-STREET,
Piccadilly.
Musical Director and Conductor, 3f. LUIGI CURTL
Principal Cornet-a-Piston, 31. M'Eleney. Euphonion, the
celebrated Signor Luigi Mosca.
Programme 11114 Evening and during the Week—Grand
Selections, IL TROVATORE and IL LUCIA. Solo vio-
loncello, M. Sloman, jun. L'A FRICAIN VALSE and
ECLIPSE GALOP.
Pours open at half-past 8 o'clock. Admission, Is.
Mancger, M. GRENET.

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GEOLOGY.—DING'S COLLEGE, London.—
ProfesPor TI NNANT, F.G.S., will commence a
COURSE of WEDNESDNY EVENING LECTURES on
GEOLOGY, from Bto 9. First Lec!ure. Jan. 24. 1160. Fee,
ls. And a more extended COUll,“1 on WEDNESDAY
And FRIDAY MORNINGS, from 9 14 10. First Lecture,
Friday, Jan 26. This Course will b 3 continued till May.
Text-book, "Lyell's Elements of Geology."

It. W. JELF, D D , Principal.

LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN
-1.1.4.!LwAY COMPANY.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the next HALF-
EARLI.'" GENE HAL ME .1T! Gof this comp 1,3, will be
he'd at this :tation on TIIIMSDAtY, tit, 15th day of Feb-
ruary, 1865, at One o'clock p to precisely, wh-n the Directors
will submit a Report on the affairs of the Company. A. Divi-
dend will be declared, and the general business or the Com-
pany will be transacted.
And notice is hereby In ther given, that at the said meet-
ing it is proposed to submit to the Proprietors, for their
nsideration and approval, the Lease of the Compiny's
premises at Southampton granted to the Imperial Hotei
Company.
And notice Is hereby further Given, that at the said meet-
ing there will be an Election of Iwo Direct-en sin the places
of Edward John Hutchins, Esq., ant Henry Chsrles Lacy,
En, who retire at this time by rota ion, and, being eligible,
offer them elves for re-chetion.
The Transfer Bcoks of the Company will be Closed from
Thursday, the Ist February, ISGO, till alter the meeting.

By order, .
FREDERICK CLARKS, Secretary.
Waterloo-bridge Station, Lambeth, London,
January ii, 1808.

SICK CHILDREN,
freer, (lueen•squarc.

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The French Blue-Book on Foreign Affairs.

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PARIS, Jan. 23.

The folio volume containing the review of the
situation of the Empire was distributrd to-day to
the senators and members of the Chamber of Depu-
ties Under the head of Foreign Affairs the blue-
book
says :
" During the period which followed the re-estab-
lishment of the Empire, his Majesty's Government
was induced to intervene almost constantly in Euro-
pean affairs, and to exercise its initiative largely in
order to secure to France the rank belonging to her.
Now, released from diplomatic conflicts, it is able
freely to turn its attention to realising in economical
order the ideas of union and progress it has inaugu-
rated. The policy has been fertile in results of which
the peoples are summoned to reap the benefits.
" While avoiding interference in discussions with
which French interests were not directly concerned,
the Emperor's Government had to occupy itself with
the different questions which have remained pending.
It has followed them with attention, and is confident
of having, under all circumstances, pursued the con-
duct and used the language most conformable to
the principles France represents in the world.
" The convention concluded, Sept. 15, 1864, with
Italy, marked out reciprocal duties to the two signi-
tary Powers. It stipulated, upon the other hand,
favour of the Holy See, which had not interfered in
the negotiations, for privileges of which it could make
use at its convenience. The execution of that act is
following its regular course, and the Pope shows him-
self disposed to profit by the guarantee offered to him.
" The transfer of the Italian Government has
been effected without difficulty, with the disinte-
rested assent of the old Piedmontese provinces,
and with the applause of the new provinces of the
kingdom. Florence has been in modern times the
true centre of national regeneration. By its
memories as by its position this great city was
naturally designed to be become the capital
of Italy. The feeling throughout the country in
this respect, as well as the good sense and loyalty
of statesmen, are the guarantees for the accomplish-
ment of the obligations contracted on the 15th of
September.

The Government of King Victor Emmanuel
having fulfilled the condition which was the starting
point of these arrangements, the time appeared to
to us have arrived for commencing the evacuation of
the Pontifical territory. The successive return of
our troops by detachments had always been consi-
dered the arrangements most favourable to the Holy
See. The shocks their simultaneous return might
have produced were thus avoided. This measure
had another advantage ; by concentrating the
French occupation upon a certain number of points,
and by leaving the evacuated provinces under the
guard of the Pontifical army, the latter became ac-
customed to depend itself. His Holiness has kindly
appreciated these arrangements, and has sent his
thanks to us for the solicitude by which they were
dictated.

" A first detachment quitted the Roman States at
the beginning of the month of November, and our
garrisons have withdrawn from the delegations of
Velletri and Frosinone, Which have been given up
to the troops of the Holy See. The Roman gen-
darmery, as well as the soldiers of other arms
placed upon the frontier, have displayed much
energy against brigandage, and numerous facts
already testify to the efficiency of their watchful-
ness.

" The Court of Roma is besides engaged in aug-
menting the number of its army, and is placing it-
self in a position to provide by its own efforts for
the maintenance of internal order over the whole of
its territory. We have offered it our assistance to
facilitate the recruiting and organisation of its
forces.

" By Art. 4 of the Convention of Sept. 15, Italy,
had cleared herself ready to take upon her a pro-
portionate part of the debt of the old States of the
Church. The Imperial Government wished to se-
cure to the Court of Rome the benefits of this clause.
The difficulty consisted in finding the terms of a
compromise which did not imply any renunciation
of his preceding reserves upon the part of the Pope.
The French Cabinet hopes specdity to arrive at an
agreement with the Cabinet of Florence which the
Holy See could accept without any sacrifice of
dignity.

All the efforts of France in Italy tend to bring

about the triumph of conciliatory ideas between the
Government of King Victor Emmanuel and the
Papacy. These two Powers have given proof of a
mitigation of annoyance by entering into negotia-
tions, at the spontaneous desire of his Holiness, foi
the regulation of religious affairs. These negotia-
tions have not, it is true, had all the results' it was
at first hoped. They have not, however, remained
wholly barren, as the parties have come to an
understanding upon the return of several bishops to
their sees. Without interfering in these negotia-
tions we could only encourage them. We have
highly applauded this attempt of the two Italian
Courts to discuss their common interests without an
intermediate agent.
" In agreeing, by the Convention of Sept. 15, to
respect the independence of the Papacy, the Cabi-
net of Florence has gained the adhesion of the
Catholic Governments, except of Austria, which
still hesitates to renew diplomatic relations. Reas-
sured in her devotion to the Sovereign Pontiff by
this guarantee, Spain has recognised King Victor
Emmanuel ; Bavaria has followed this example, and
Saxony, which, like the Courts of Madrid and
Munich, is allied by relationship to the dispossessed
Italian princes, has adopted a similar resolution.
These relations are rendered firmer by a commer-
cial treaty which has been concluded between the
Zollverein and Italy. This is a precious guage for
general peace.
" Although similar ties do not yet appear likely
to be established between Austria and the Penin-
sula, commercial interests may nevertheless cause
the idea of arrangements to prevail which, while
ameliorating the relations of neighbourhood, would
have even now useful effects, and would open in
future the path to reconciliation. The Emperor's
Government will always be disposed to second
efforts made to realise this idea, and it has not left
the parties :interested in ignorance that its good
offices are secured to them in advance."

The following passage refers to the relations of
the Empire with Germany :
" It will be remembered that Austria and Prussia,
in the treaty signed at Vienna Oct. 30, 1864, agreed
to govern in common the territories ceded to them
by Denmark, until they were able to come to an
agreement settling the future of the duchies. This
agreement being delayed, the two Powers thought
fit to modify the system of administration adopted
at first. The government of Schleswig was confided
to Prussia, and that of Holstein to Austria. The
character of the Vienna stipulations being essentially
provisional, his Majesty's Government trusts this
matter may terminate by an arrangement in har-
mony with the ideas it has previously expressed.
" The policy pursued by France as well towards
Denmark as Germany has been appreciated as it de-
served by those Powers themselves. The Cabinet of
Copenhagen has not misconstrued the considerations
by which we havebeen guided, and it has taken every
opportunity to do justice to the loyalty of our atti-
tude during the war, and to the amicable goodwill
of our efforts to lessen its consequences. Germany,
for her part, has been able to see that, contrary to
old prejudices, we are not animated by any senti-
ment of illwill towards her, and we can but congra-
tulate ourselves upon the disposition of the various
German States towards us, either in questions upon
which we have to treat directly with them, or in
general affairs."
After discussing the relations of France with the
Principalities, Turkey, and the East generally, the
Blue-book touches upon the
.question of the Suez
Canal. It says :

" The negotiations relative to the company formed
for piercing the Isthmus . of Suez have been con-
ducted in a mutual spirit of conciliation, and ap-
pear to be approaching their termination. The
decision given by' the Emperor as arbiter, on
the 6th July, 1864, has had the effect of removing
the difficulties which had arisen between the Vice-
roy-of-Egypt and the company. 'The Porte, on its
side, unhesitatingly acknowledged that by this act
the conditions upon which Turkey gave her consent
were fulfilled. Nothing remained to be done, there-
fore, but to draw up the new contract, to be signed
by the Viceroy and the company, to which the Sul-
tan has promised to give his sanction.
"'The Emperor's Ambassador at Constantinople,
after having been acquainted with the views of both
parties, prepared, agreeably to his instructions, and
in concert with the Ottoman Ministers, a project of
such a nature as to satisfy all interests. It was at
the same time agreed that France, Turkey, the Vice-
roy of Egypt, and the Administrative Council of
the Company should each appoint a commissioner
to mark out the land necessary for the efficient
working of the undertaking, and which, according
to the terms of the Emperor's decision, should be
conveyed to the company for the term of the con-
cession. The commissioners have been appointed,
and are to meet in Egypt in the course of January.
There is every reason to hope that an agreement will
easily be arrived at between them upon the techni-
cal questions they have to decide. The Viceroy
shows himself determined to further the completion
of this enterprise, by pushing forward, with great
activity, the works of the fresh water canal."
The report then briefly alludes to the affairs of
Tunis, and the satisfactory relations existing be-
tween France and Morocco. With regard to Tunis,
it expresses the importance attached by France to
tho maintenance of the autonomy of the Regency.
Respecting the state of Greece it says : " While
affairs in the East continue to improve, Greece
again becomes a subject of anxiety to the Cabinets.
It was hoped that, under the auspices of a young
sovereign, chosen by the national will, the nation
was about to inaugurate a new era. But the
sterile agitations have survived the revolutionary
crisis. The three protecting courts have agreed
to request their representatives at Athens to direct
the serious attention of the public men of Greece
to the danger in which the country is placed
by their personal contests and the anarchy conse-
quent thereon. Let us hope that the appeal made
to their patriotism will be listened to, and that theso
wise counsels will cause the cessation of a state of
things which, by preventing the new kingdom from
establishing itself, may lead to the most regrettable
complications in Greece.

"Great changei took place last year in the aspect
of affairs in the United States. In view of the con-
flict proceeding between the North and South we
were, in common with the other maritime powers,
under the necessity of recognising the existence of
two belligerents and of stating the fact by a public
declaration. Immediately it became certain that the
Union renounced exercising the laws of war to
search neutral vessels, we hastened to revoke the
measures which were the consequence of our neu
trality. The complete success of the Federal forces
has caused the return to the Union of all the States
who endeavoured to secede therefrom. From that
moment the solicitude of the Washington Cabinet
was directed to the means of repairing the calamities
of so profound a crisis. 'We most earnestly and
constantly desired the pacification of the United
States, and were rejoiced to see a termination to the
effusion of generous blood. We now wish that this
great country may promptly effect its reorganisation
in the manner best calculated to ensure its future
tranquillity, and assist the resumption and deve-
lopment of the important commercial relations it
maintains with the whole world." On the subject
of Mexico the report says—" 'When the Emperor's
Government undertook the expedition to Mexico it
had an object in view which its conduct was made
to serve, and upon which its decisions still depend.
For a number of years past our countrymen have
constantly suffered acts of violence and pillage,
committed with the evident complicity of agents of
the Mexican authorities. We were under the ne-
cessity of declaring war. The anarchy which had
become the normal condition of Mexico had for some
time given subject for reflection to her principal
citizens, who deplored the increasing decadence of
their country.
" Despairing of re-establishing order wider the

PRICE. 4d.
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system then existing, they entertained the project of
returning to monarchy, of which independent
Mexico made a first trial in 1862. They had re-
c;ived more than ten years previously some en-
couragement from the very chief who was then at
the head of the Mexican Republic. They considered
that the moment had come to make an appeal to the
country. His-Majessy's Government did not feel
justified in withholding from them its sympathies,
but we went to Mexico with the object of obtaining
the reparation which we had demanded, and not
with the idea of monarchical proselytism. His Ma-
jesty himself declared in a letter addressed to the
commander-in-chief of our army, after the taking of
Puebla, that it was for the people alone to pronounce
upon the form of the institution which suited them.
Our troops are not, therefore, at Mexico with the
object of intervention. The Imperial Government
has constantly rejected this doctrine as contrary to-
the fundamental principle of our public law. We
have carried our arms into that country by virtue of
the right of war, and we have remained there up to
the present moment, in order to assure the results
of the war, that is to say, obtain the guarantee and
securities demanded by the interests of our country-
men. Mexico is now governed by regular authority,
strictly
its engagements, and causing
foreign and their property to be respected
subjects
jfielclitnsg
in its territory. When the necessary arrangements
shall have been concluded with the Emperor Maxi-
milian, far from declining the consequences of our
principle in the matter of intervention,
.w all be
ready to accept them as a rule of r onthictra iiffund
Powers. It will then be easy for us to fix the period
at which the return to France shall take place of
that portion of the Mexican expeditionary corps
hitherto maintained on Mexican soil. The docu-
ments relative to this affair will be subsequently
communicated to the great bodies of the State."
Passing next to consider the relations of France
to South America, the report alludes to the rupture
between Spain and Chili, and mentions the war in La
Plata between Brazil and Paraguay. Relations with
China and Annam are then discussed, and the blue-
book goes on to say :
of ';nltterrne
oinnsalf o
jrntrtisspt or
dsepne
caek, asw
htliye
ho f
has questionaris arisen
upon the subject of the extradition treaty, concluded
between France and England in 1843. This act re-
maining unexecuted in England, the French Cabi-
net has decided upon giving notice of its termina-
tion. Every time we have had occasion to address
to it demands of extradition, the Queen's- Govern-
ment has lent its assistance within the limit of its
powers. The difficulties, in face of which our mea-
sures have constantly failed, are inherent in the
clauses of the treaty itself in their relations to the
laws and the political organisation of Great Britain.
Political considerations are entirely foreign to the
communications which have now for a long time
been exchanged between the two cabinets upon this
subject. Further, no dissent exists upon the prin-
ciple itself of extradition where individuals are ac-
cused of common crimes against property and per-
son. We feel confident, therefore, that the-Govern-
ment. of her Britannic Majesty will examine this
question with the sincere desire to render possible
an arrangement securing to us the advantages of
entire reciprocity. Upon this point, as upon all
others, different legislatures tend more and more to
draw closer and to unite all nations in one common
idea of mutual protection and guarantee."

Ihe Nat.;anal Museums and Galleries.

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Last evening Lord henry G. Lennox, M.P., read
a paper at the Society of Arts, Adelphi, " On the
Uses of National Museums and Local Institutions."
The attendance was numerous, and amongst those
present were--Mr. Lay aril, M.P. (in the chair), Air.
11. A. Bruce, M.P., Mr. Ayrton, M.P., Sir Francis
Sandford, Sir Thos. Phillips, QC., Sir Walter Stir-
ling, Mr.-Cole, C. 13 , Profe,zsor Tennant, &c.

The NonLE LORD commenced by pointing out
that for many years past there had existed a
widespread dissatisfaction with the system of
management pursued in respect to the British
lluscu.o and the National Gallery--a dissatisfac-
tion which first fonnd expression in the House of
Commons through the medium of the late Joseph
Hume, and which had led to constant Parliamentary
inquiries from that time down to 1860. Various
changes, and some of Them of a very decided cha-
racter, had been from time to time recommended
by committees of inquiry and royal Commissions,
but nothing as yet had been done. With a new
Parliament, with public attention fully alive to the
subject, and with the opportunity for making
changes which the resignation of Mr. Panizzi and
the death of Sir Charles Eastlake afforded, this ap-
peared to be a most favourable opportunity for the
Society of Arts to add its weight and influence to
the efforts about to be made to induce the Goveru-
mentto take up the question. The official announce-
ment that that distinguished gentleman, Mr. Pan-
izzi, had consented, by " special desire," to hold on
his appointment for some months was a promising
sign, and gave hopes that the Government were
anxious to introduce some reform in the antiquated
and clumsy system of this cumbrous body of trus-
tees. To show the greatly increased and still in-
creasing interest of thc.public in exhibitions of this
kind, it was only necessary to remember the feeling
generated by the Exhibition of 1851 in their favour
as a means of bringing about what the Prince Con-
sort called " the introduction of science and art as
the unconscious regulators and improvers of pro-
ductive industry." That Exhibition was followed
by others in all parts of the world, national and in-
ternational—Cork, Dublin, Munich, New Fork,
Paris, Manchester, Florence, London (1862), Am-
sterdam, Oporto, Cologne, Stettin, &c. Besides
industrial
exhibitions there had been a vast number of
exhibitions in various parts of the metropolis and
in the provinces. A simultaneous movement had
gone on in the public mind with regard to
the national collections, in proof of which might I
be cited the agitation amongst the working
classes as to the removal of the Raphael cartoons
from Hampton-Court to Kensington, and as to the
opening of the British Museum on Sunday after-
noons, and on week days after dark. But the
managers of these great national institutions had
not in any way responded to make them as avail-
abletead tnsbey na-
tional as they might be for the education and enjoy-
ment of the people. The national museums and
galleries of London,
nnt,lgiaivvemasg
assistance
npenai to forh
funds, g
esta-
blished in the provincial towns, and especially the
great centres of manufacturing industry, such as
Manchester, Liverpool, and Birmingham, and also
the capitals of Scotland and Ireland, thus foster-
ing and furthering, if not creating, a taste for the
fine arts. This had been done to some extent in-
directly by the Department of Science and Art,
which had established, or helped to establish, schools
of art in more than 100 towns ; but directly it
ought to be done by the establishment of a system
under which should be circulated such objects of
art or pictures as could be spared from the parent
institutions among the provincial museums and gal-
leries. To this there could be but one tenable
objec-
tion urged, namely, the fear that the pictures, &c.,
might meet with damage or disaster. But, con-
sidering that two of the most remarkable of mo-
dern pictures—Frith's " Derby Day" and Bonheur's
"Horse Fair," confided by will to the safe keeping
of the trustees of the National Gallery—had been
allowed to leave not only London but England on
a tour round the world for the benefit of au emi-
nent publisher, the trustees of the National Gallery
could never have the face to urge the objection of
risk of damage by circulation. To show how utterly
unequal the present system was to the fulfilment of
its educational duties, there was the treatment the
Turner collection had received. Turner, at his
death, left to the nation the entire of his pictures
and sketches, amounting to
_the astounding num-
ber of 19,331. Theywere intrusted to Mr. Ruskin for