The Sun.
London, England, 1859-02-15 00:00:00

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE;
Westminster-road.

Lessee and Manager Mr. William Cooke.
THE SCOTT COMMEMORATION.

THIS EVENING, and during the week, the revived 0:s-
-mall° Romance from Sir Walter Scott, entitled KENIL-
WORTH, re-produced with original effects and additional
splendour.
To be followed by SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, intro-
ducing Mr. W. Cooke, Mr. Bridges, Mr. A. Cooke, drc.
Madame Blanche, Madame Bridges, Maddlle. Fleurette, and
Emily Cooke, together with the Star Riders. and Astley's
unrivalled Troupe of Equestrian Artistes.
Te conclude with the great Operatic and Burlesque Eques-
trian Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN BARON MUN-
CHAUSEN, AND HIS COMICAL CREAM COB
CRUISER. Baron Munchausen, Mr. W. Anson ; Harlequin,
Mr. H. Hemmings ; Pantaloon, Mr. Morley; Clown, Mr. A.
F. Forrest, the Grimaldi of the day; Columbine, Miss Julia
Weston. Brilliant and unsurpassable Transformation Scene,
with dazzling effects of Colour and Fire. Gorgeous Scenery,
and every incident in bustling reality, from Regent-street to
the "New Palace for the People, at Muswell Hill."
Dress Circle, 4s. ; Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 2s, ; Gallery, Is.; Upper
Gallery, ed.
Stage Manager, Mr. R. Phillips.

CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.—
Proprietor —C. MORTON.
The üblic is most respectfully informed that the FINE
ARTSGALLERY, in connection with the above Hall, IS NOW
OPEN DAT AND NIGHT, from 11 o'clock a.m. until 12
o'clock p.m. The New Gallery contains an extensive Collec-
tion of Pictures, by Ancient and Modern Masters and is also
devoted to Art productions generally. The Proprietor feels
he may confidently assert that, viewed altogether, the exist-
ing Musie Hall, the New Fine Arts Gallery, and the recently
added Ante-Hall, will present an attraction which, whether
as regards the architectural beauty of the structures them-
selves, or the varied and hitherto unattempted combinations
within, will be found to be wholly without parallel in the
Kingdom.
The MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT commences as usual at
Seven. o'clock.

In addition to the usual entertainment, the SAUVLET
FAMILY, of Amsterdam, Eight in number, whose varied
instrumental performances have created so marked a sensa-
tion in the principal cities and towns of the Continent, will
perform every Evenino.t Nino and Ekren o'clock.

THE WEATHER.-SUN OFFICE, FEB. 15.

THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
52—highest since noon yesterday.
48—lowest this morning and during the night.
50—this day at noon.

BAROMETER-30.19.
WIND, Westerrly; light, with dull weather, and slight
rain.

Lord STANLEY, by his brilliant and able state-
ment last night, completely demolished the gloomy
vaticinations of professed " croakers" respecting
the hopeless condition of our Indian finance. It
was not only a clear and intelligible, but a most
convincing and satisfactory exposition. No one
could possibly have anticipated that, after two
Years of almost unparalleled trials, when there was
not only a war expenditure of the heaviest de-
scription, rendered indispensable to the security
of the Anglo-Indian Empire, but there had
also been a serious loss of revenue, which,
even in ordinary periods, was bitrely sufficient
to meet the necessary outlay, a loan could have
been avoided. The war with Russia cost the
country, in round terms, one hundred millions, and
although we were enabled to increase our receipts
by the addition of. the war 9d. to the Income-tax,
and sundry other unpleasant burdens, we were
compelled to resort to a loan, and of no inconside-
rable magnitude. Unfortunately, the revenue of
India is not as elastic as our own, that is to say,
on a brief notice.

The opium returns cannot be much, if at all,
increased ; nor can the iand_tai,
unless
by
increased expenditure on public 'works, such as
irrigation, the making of new roads, and other
means by which the profits of the ryas may be
greatly increased, and larger sums obtained in con-
sideration of the money practically expended for
their use. The cultivation of cotton, if once en-
tered on, would not only repay 50 per cent. per
annum on the necessary outlay, but, what is scarcely
less important, would considerably reduce the price
of cotton, and render Manchester perfectly inde-
pendent of the slave•owners of the United States.
Why is it that such clear-headed, enterprising, and
wealthy men have hitherto virtually neglected that
which might be productive of so much unalloyed
good, both to England and India?

Previous to the breaking out of the mutiny the
equilibrium between revenue and expenditure had
been nearly restored. It is true that there was a
nominal deficiency of £179,000, but a much larger
sum had been expended in public works which
would yield handsome' profits on the original out-
lay. The mutiny and rebellion, however, entirely
changed this pleasing state of affairs. In 1857-8
the estimated deficiency amounted in round
terms to £9,000,000 sterling, While in 1858-9
it was calculated at no less than £12,600,000,
making- a total of £21,000,000, exclusive
of all claims for the destruction of pri-
vate property. The military expenditure alone,
during the two years, exceeded the former average,

showing an .excess of £18,000,000 in that depart-
ment alone. The loss from. non-collections and
plunder, within the same period, amounted to
£5,650,000. Thus amounting, in round terms, to
about £2,000,000 more than the estimated deficiency.
It must also be borne in mind that the confiscations
of those who have merited punishment may be set
off to a great extent against the compensation
justly claimable by those who have suffered by the
wanton destruction of their private property.

The rebellion is now crushed, the collection of
the revenue fully restored, and Lord STANLEY now
sets about the important task of trying to " make
both ends meet," so that the income may balance
the expenditure, and, perhaps, leave some surplus
towards the liquidation of the debt. Economy will,
for the first time, be introduced into its adminis-
tration, and great savings effected by a general
reduction of expenditure, while the receipts will be
lorgely enhanced by the strong impulse given to the
revenue, and the full development of the resources
of recently acquired territories. _

The existing Indian debt is altogether but
£74,500,000 or little more than two years' revenue,
of which £15,000,000 is due in this country, and
£59,500,000 in, India. lie now asks permission to
raise a further sum of £7,000,000 in England
for the use of the Government of India, charge-
able only on the Indian revenue. With this
bill we •will not only have enough to meet
all existing demands, but also have a margin
in hand sufficient to meet any probable claim. The
money, or at least the greater portion thereof, will
be retained in England, so that there will be no
disturbance of the currency by a large exportation

of the precious metals. The demand is moderate,
and the security unexceptionable, fully as good as
could be offered by any European Government.
We doubt not that it will be readily subscribed for,
and not the less readily because it will probably be
the last opportunity afforded to English capitalists
of making investments in Indian securities.
Lord STANLEY'S speech commanded the general
attention of the house, and was well received•
The debate will be resumed on Friday evening, and
we are convinced that there will be no factious
opposition offered to his carefully matured plans.
India is neutral ground, from which party warfare
should be carefully excluded.

A picturesque glimpse of his personal and his-
torical recollections forty odd years ago, has just
been afforded to the world by one of its greatest
men still living—M. DE LAMARTINE. The political
bearing of these recollections, though belonging
almost entirely to the past, is such—so peculiar, so
pathetic—that we are fain to direct attention here,
in our leading columns, to revelations which are
certainly as interesting as they are unexpected.
The retrospect of M. DE LAMARTINE comes to us
upon the morrow of the publication of the autobio-
graphic memorials of M. GIIIZOT. They appear
simultaneously with a number of curious brochures,
with the anonymous Est ce la paix? est ce la guerre?
—with the startling map of Europe en 1860—with
the unofficial pamphlet La Guerre, by M. DE
GIRARDIN—with the official pamphlet Napoleon
Trois et Italie by M. DE GUERREONIERE. There
is no ostentation in the issue at this mo-
ment of these singular historical reminiscences
of his youth by M. DE LAMARTINE. They appear
quite incidentally—almost parenthetical. They
are comprised in the thirty-seventh entretien (just
issued) of his popular literary miscellany, entitled,
Lours Fa;nilier de Litterature. They occur in the
second partie of his disquisition upon the genius of
the young artist, LEOPOLD ROBERT, in that divi-
sion of what is here called " The -Literature of the
Senses"—La Peinture. It is, therefore, with a
somewhat surprising effect that on turning these
leaves relating ostensibly to LEOPOLD ROBERT, we
suddenly find ourselves carried back to a distance
of nearly half a century—and stand, in imagina-
tion, beside an ardent Bourbonist in Italy—" that
land of ruins"—" among those exiled families
whose prodigious vicissitudes of rise and fall
are the wonder of history"—stand, there, beside
the Bourbonist in the midst of the Bonapartes.
Here—the mother of NAPOLEON, the Hecuba
of this race, living in seclusion in the palace of her
brother the Cardinal. Here—LuoiEN, at once an
imperial prince and an austere republican, who had
disdained a throne rather than repudiate the wife
of his choice, and who now lived in retirement with
that spouse he had preferred to a sceptre. Here-7-
the family of JOSEPH ex-king of Spain and Naples,
then himself a refugee in America with the opulent
spoil of his lost kingdoms. Here—PAuLINE, the
beautiful Princess of Borghese sauntering in the
gardens of her palace- among the statues "less
lovely than herself "—or driving through the streets
with (strange contrast !) her constant companion, a
poor Capuchin friar, seated beside her in her car-
riage. Here, moreover, two- other personages with
whom, singularly enough, the Bourbonist LAMAR-
TINE —future republican-ruler of France was
_strangely brought into personal communication.
King Louis—who had voluntarily descended from
the throne of Holland, preferring a life of privacy,
ambitious of repose, wishing not power, but a lite-
rary reputation. Queen HORTENSE, his wife—
illustrious by her rank, her misfortunes, her taste
for letters, her talent for music—coming for a while
into Tuscany to see her sons, but returning quickly
to the solitude of Switzerland.

Already popularly known as a poet, and having
at the time adopted diplomacy as a profession, the
society of LAMARTINE -was sought on either hand
by these two dethroned Sovereigns—parents of the
now reigning EMPEROR. Successfully sought by
King Louis—vainly by Queen HORTENSE. Speak-
ing of the ex-King Louis, M. DE LAMARTINE ROW
tells the world " I knew him mysteriously at
Florence during many years without the public
having any suspicion of our intercourse—the poll-
ticalpeculiarities of my position compelling me to be
thus reserved upon the fact. I never entered his
palace ;he always came to my house—at night—in
an unemblazoned carriage—accompanied by a
single attendant, who assisted his feeble steps to
ascend the stairs of my villa, outside the walls of
Florence. Our passion for long tete-a-tete conver-
sations, in which we chatted together upon purely
literary
and philosophical subjects, he had
the complaisance to seek the renewal of re-
I served the BOURBONS. He was a
TE. There was this positive incompatibility
Bp re-
peatedly. eAdplAyit.
between us. But he was above all things—a
philosopher, a poet. He read compositionsmehaisnast
and I forgot that heer.wwenahcseea.nkoinhuger of
spoke,eonvay conversation
literature yiation could
never recognise.
levelled every
difference.
con-
cluded—often as it happened when the night was
far advanced—l reconducted him respectfully to
his carriage. He left behind him in my thoughts
a perfume of honesty—an atmosphere which I still
seem to breath when I recall him to myremembrance.'
The recollections here given of the friendly ad-
vances made by Queen HORTENSE who desired to
meet and converse with M. DE LAMARTINE are
merely those of rejection or avoidance. " She
wished to see me," writes LAMARTINE, "she ex-
pressed a desire to meet me as it were by chalice in
the Avenue des Cascines where I was then accus-
tomed to ride on horseback—she several times even

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THE SUN.
TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 15, 1859.