The Sun.
London, England, 1866-01-22 00:00:00

QOUTII KENSIN GTON, HYDE-PARK,
Queen's, and Rutland Gates, Queen'saPiing Peters-
ham Terraces, Queen's-gate, Cornwall, and s Gardens,
Elvaston-place, Cromwell-rosd, Onslow and Thurloc Squares,
Boltons. &c. Messrs TOPLI4 and RO ISE itTS have RE
DENCES to SELL and LET in these and surrounding*
localities. Offices, 2, Conduit-street, Regent-street, and
South Kensington, lacing the Museum.

- -
LIFEBOAT SERVI C ES. —1) uring the storms
of the past year the National I.ifeb9at Institution, by
its ,ifeboats and other means, contributed to the savin; of
707 persons from 4illerent wrecks on our coasts. The Insti-
tution also expended £21,374 in the same peris,d on its life-
boat otablishmeats, in addition to granting £4,930 for to-
wards for saving life and exert.tising the lifeboats.

inquiry now instituted."
This last intimation is rendered very necessary in
consequence of the extraordinary and unwarrant-
able conduct of certain parties, who, not content with
the strange subserviency of the Government to
their views, declare that they must act for them-
selves. This memorial from Bath is very welcome
at the present time, and as time goes on we shall
meet with many similar ones, while the searching
inquiries that are said to be made in the matter
when the House meets,' will not be very easy to
answer. It is long since Ministers met Parliament
with so awkward an affair pending over them, and
it is very doubtful if they will be able to extricate
themselves from the difficulty with anything like
credit to themselves, or satisfaction to the House
and country.

The Committee of the Institution earnestly A i'PEAL to
the public for ASSISTANCE to enable them to meet the
continued heavy demands on the lobtaution's 150 lifeboat
Stations.

Contributions are received by the London and country
bauk,Ts ; and by the ticcretary, Richard Lewis, Esq., at the
Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi, London.

ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-
GARDEN.

(Opera Company, Limited.)

Tills EVENING (MONDAY), Mr. Charles Deffelli's
new opera, In one act, CHRISTMAS EVE. Madame F.
Lancia, Madame E. Heywood; Mr. A. Cook, and Mr. D.
Miranda.

Conductor, Mr. Alfred Mellon.

After which. at 8, the grand comic, spectacular, and ope-
ratic Christmas Pantomime, entitled ALADDIN AND TIIE
WONDERFUL LAMP; or, Harlequin and the Flying
Palace. (See other advertisements).
Commence at 7 o'clock.

TII EATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.-
Managers,yesers. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton,

THIS EVENING, the Comedy of THE JEALOUS
WIFE. Mr. l'helps, Mrs. Hermann Vezin.
Atter which, the Pantomime, LITTLE KING PIPPIN ;
or, Ilarlequin Fortunatus and the Magic Purse and Wishing
Cap. Messrs. G. Belmore, 11. Drayton, G. Weston. Master
Percy Itoselli ; Misses Hazlewood, A. Thomson, E. Falconer,
Pantomitnists, Messrs. H. Boleno. C. Lauri, Cormaclt,
Saville, Miss Morgan, and Madame Boleno.

The intelligence brought by the steamer Aus-
tralasian from New York is of very grave import-
ance. It refers almost exclusively to the Mexican
question which, after long increasing murmurs, has
assumed a position which throws every other topic,
foreign or domestic, into the shade. Since the
sudden and unexpected termination of the great
Civil War there have been plenty of exciting sub-
jects of political debate and internal division.
There have been debates and discussions respecting
the position of the Confederates, the cla4-ns for the
destruction effected by the Southern privateers,
the negro suffrage, the question of the civil or
military government of the South, and, very re-
cently, the admission or exclusion of the Southern
representatives to Congress. All these matters,
though they are severally full of importance and
interest, have been for the time put aside, and the
great question of the day is now the state of affairs
in Mexico. No sooner had Congress re-assembled
after the holidays than active steps were taken to
convince the Executive of the strength and unani-
mity of the public feeling on this point. The
diplomatic correspondence concerning it has now
been submitted to Congress, and we have the
summary of the contents in the Australasian
news. It seems that the great object of both
the French and Mexican Emperors has been
to obtain the recognition of the new Empire
by the Government at Washington, and
in this they have hitherto totally failed. In
July last the agent of MAXIMILIAN attempted to
obtain the much-coveted Federal recognition
through M. DE MONTIIOLON. It was so late as last
November that the recent correspondence was opened
by Mr. SEWARD, who wrote on the 16th to Mr.
BIGELOW, representing that the presence of the
French army in Mexico caused serious concern to
the United States. In this communication Mr.
SEWARD does not restrict himself to objecting to
the mere fact of the French troops being in Mexico,
but took taro to show that it was the authority
which they were assisting to maintain, which was
"in direct antagonism to the policy of the Federal
Government and to the principles upon which it is
founded." He reminds Mr. BIGELOW that the United
States Government regard the attempt to establish
permanently a foreign Imperial Government in
Mexico as disallowable and impracticable, and asserts
that they are not prepared to recognise any politi-
cal institutions in Mexico in opposition to that form
of Republican Government with which they have
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Mr. SEWARD significantly observes that ho has dwelt
so strongly on this subject because it has superseded
other considerations in the minds of the American
people. Mr. BIGELOW writes, in answer, that M.
DROLTYN DE LIII;ICS' comment upon this remon-
strance is, that it gives him neither pleasure nor
satisfaction. Mr. SEWARD, however, does not rest
here, and on the 16th of December, a month after
his first epistle, he writes again to Mr. BIGELOW,
insisting upon two points ; first, that the United
States are anxious to preserve their friendship with
France ; secondly, that it will be difficult to do so
unless the latter abandons armed intervention in
Mexico ; and, in conclusion, Mr. SEWARD boldly
states that his Government will not recog-
nise MAXIMILIAN, even if the French troops
are withdrawn. A confidential letter from M.
DROUTN DE Liiuys to M. MONTIIOLON had pre-
viously been received in Washington, of which the
substance is that the French Government wants
from the United States an assurance that it will not
interfere with the Mexican Empire. Mr. SEWARD,
in reply, laconically states that he regrets that the
condition which NAPOLEON presents is impractic
able

Commence at 7.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.-
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Buckatone.
THIS EVENING, BROTIIER SA.M : Messrs. Sothern
Bnckstone, Compton; Mesdames ISelly Moore, Snowden
&c.

To be followed by ORPHEUS IN THE HAS MARKET
Messrs. W. Farren, Fisher, Bartleman, Weaihersby, &c. ;
Mesdames Keeley, Snowden, Moore, Lindley, Woolgar,
Howard, Wright, Coleman, Lovell, Prevut,
To conclude with MY HUSBAND'S GHOST.
Commence at Seven.

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE
Under the sole Management of Mr. Fechter.

THIS EVENING, THE ILLUSTRIOUS STRANGER.
Mr. H. Widdicomb.

Alter which, THE MASTER OF RAVENSWOOD,
Mr. Etchter ; Messrs. Jordan, Emery, Widdicomb, Vezin,
J. H. FitzpatricK, D. Evans ; Mesdames Ternan, &worthy,
Lavenu, and C. Leclercq.
Box Office open daily from Eleven till Five.

NEW THEATRE-ROYAL ADELPHI.
Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster.
THIS EVENING, at Seven, a new farce called PIPKIN'S
RUSTIC KETBEAT, Messrs. J. L. Toole and P. Bediord,

After which, at 8, RIP VAN WINKLE. Rip (his 120th
appearance), Mr. Jefferson, supported by Messrs. Billington,
P. Bedford, It Phillips, Felix RogLrs, Ashley, Eburne, C. J.
Smith; Mrs. Billingtor,
To conclude with LEIIIND TIME. Messrs. J. L. Toole, It.
Phillips, Eburne, C. J. Smith ; Miss A. Seaman, &c.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining.

THIS EVENING, QUIET LODGINGS.
After which, at a quarter to Eight, IT IS NEVER TOO
LATE TO .3IEND. Characters by Messrs. Vining, T. Mel-
ville, T. Mead, 1). Murray, b. Calhaern. F. Villiers, J. G.
Shore, G. Murray, H. Mellon, C. Seyton, It. Cathcart; Miss
L. Moore and Miss Katherine Rodgers.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE,
Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough.

THIS EVENING, at Seven (never acted), LENDING A
HAND. ilessis. Belford and Turner; Misses Simpson and
Hughes.

After which win be produced a new Opera Burlesque,
L'AFRICAINE ; or, The Queen of the Cannibal Islands,
Messrs. Stoyle, James, Thorne ; Mesdames Swanborough,
Raynham, Johnstone, &o.

To conclude with THE ARTFUL DODGE.

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Matters are thus in a very anxious and unsettled
condition, and there is no great wonder that com-
mercial considerations have, as Mr. SEWARD states,
fallen into comparative insignificance. There can
be no doubt of the depth and earnestness of the
feeling of the American people. All their
political sympathies and convictions are on the side
of republicanism, and although they are often in-
consistent enough in their propositions and their
practice, the attempt to establish an Imperial
form of government by the aid of European
arms in a neighbouring Republic is certainly
not of a nature calculated to win their suffrages.
The Mexican Government was undoubtedly bad
enough before the advent of MAxamjA.N, and the
whole condition of the State unsettled and unsatis-
factory. Still it was a nominal republic, and as
such the Government of Washington regarded it.
In addition to the jealousy with which any change
in their favourite form. of government would in any
Case be regarded by the Americans, there is the
tenacity with which the people of the United States
cling to the Monroe doctrine. So far as America
herself is concerned she has a perfect right to
insist upon them fighting out their own quarrels and
arranging their internal affairs in any manner most
acceptable to the great body of the people, but the
new fashion of applying the MONROE doctrine to
every part of the Great Western Continent is extra-
vagant and untenable. If it were followed out to the
extent now advocated by American statesmen, it
would be only another form of the tyranny they so
greatly disapprove. If we follow the Monroe doc-
trine, and to its full extent, we may ask what has
become of the rights of the Red Indian ? We ap-
prehend that, where American interests are con-
cerned, the favourite theory will shrink into a very
small space, and we have already had proof of the
determination of the majority of the American
people to uphold their power and authority at
any cost of loss or suffering inflicted on
those who refuse to acknowledge it. All
efforts to enforce a form of government on a large
body of people who deliberately reject it must end
in tyranny, no matter by what name they are called,
and the Government of Washington have shown no
more real love for constitutional liberty in crusbing
down the independence of the South than the.

OLTSES.—Messrs. TOPLIS and ROBERTS ence of a doubt on their part as to whether he had
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have numerous furnished and unfurnished TOWN, conducted himself in a suitable manner, and
suburban, and Country RESIDENCES to ma or SELL.
Particulars forwarded for three stamps, upon stating exact efficiently discharged the duties of his position
requirements and rental. Offices, 2, C,onduit-street, Regent-
street, and South Kensington, facing the Museum. before any opportunity had been given, to
him of "furnishing such fuller information on the
subject of his despatch as her MAJESTY'S Govern-
ment may deem requisite." The last paragraph of
this memorial very forcibly declares that it is to
be hoped that no further step will be taken which
can at all tend to place the Governor in the position
of an accused person, and that no " interference of
an unofficial character be permitted pending the