The Sun.
London, England, 1861-11-12 00:00:00

BAYNA.R.KE7 SHEATBE.

Last night Mr. Sothern made his first appearance
in London, in a piece by Tom Taylor, Esq., entitled
" Our American Cousin." Mr. Sothern represents an
English exquisite, with peculiarities forced into the
veryextreme of caricature. Fops have been done to
death on the London stage, but none ever saw the
exact fop presented by Mr. Sothern, under the name
of Lord Dundreary. To test him by anything in the
actual world would be. to ignore his special merit,
which consists in giving to a conventional notion
the most novel and fantastic expression that can be
imagined. You are perfectly aware that the noble
lord is talking absurdity on which an equestrian
clown would not venture, but you watch his alter-
nations of puzzle and sagacity until you admire the
impudence of his stupidity in fancying every man a
lunatic except himself, and denote your admiration
by a roar.

The exquisite is brought into sharp contact with
a type of Vermont 'cuteness and good feeling, who,
of course, has the best of it. " Our American
Cousin," comically played by Mr.Buckstone, proudly
puts forth his native rudeness, saves a respectable
family from destruction by deeds that oscillates be-
tween the chivalric and the burglarious, and forces
the empty aristocrat to obtain a ship for an aspiring
young officer by withholding the dye that changes
his hair from red to black until the favour is granted.
This Yankee hero, as sustained by the ever popular
Mr. Buckstone, is as amusing a spectacle to the
audience as the ridiculous aristocrat.

The house was crowded, and on the descent of the
curtain the loudest applause was manifested.

His Royal Highness the Prince Consort, attended
by Colonel the Hon. A. Hardinge, visited their Imperial
Highnesses the Grand Duke and Duchess Constantine of
Russia, at Claridge's Hotel, yesterday.
Their Imperial Highnesses the Grand Duke and
Grand Duchess Constantine of Russia and the Princess
Olga returned to Claridge's Hotel on Saturday last from
Tibitipg the WA at 'Windsor Castle.

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THE KING OF PORTUGAL.
LISBON, Nov. 11.

The King of Portugal is worse, and has passed
a bad night.
His case is considered desperate.

LISBON, Nov. 11 (EVENING).
The King has received the last sacrament.

PARIS, Nov. 12.

The Constitutionnel of to-day publishes an article
signed by Dr. Veron, which after mentioning the
probability of the nomination of M. Fould as
Minister of Finance, concludes as follows :

" If we are well informed, this is not only to be
considered as a personal change in the Ministry,
but as a political and financial event which the
Senate and Corps Legislatif could not fail to ap-
plaud."

TURIN, Nov. 11.

King Victor Emmanuel has arrived at Ancona,
and opened the new railway, amid the enthusiastic
cheers of the people.
It is said that the Italian Exhibition at Florence
will remain open during the current month.

TURIN, Nov. 12.

Another congress of workmen has just -been held
at Asti, and has expressed its disapproval of the
deliberations of the last congress assembled at

Florence.

The province of Avellino is again disturbed by
brigands.

BERNE, Nov. 12.

A note addressed by M. Thouvenel to Dr. Kern
asserts, on the authority of categorical statements
made by General Vaucheux, that the territory of
the Valley of the Dappes has not been even tem-
porarily violated by the French troops.
A similar declaration has been made to the
Federal Council by M. de Turgot, the French Am-
bassador at Berne.

MARSEILLES, Nov. 11.
The Tribunal of Commerce delivered judgmen
to-day in the affair of the Neapolitan frigates.

The Tribunal admitted the view of the case taken
by the defence.
The judgment ran as follows :
" Considering that Francis 11. was still on his
own territory, fighting for the maintenance of his
rights, and having near him his own Ministers and
the Ambassadors of the majority of the foreign
Powers ; also considering that, although the French
Government was not at that time represented at
Gaeta, it nevertheless treated Francis 11. as king
and did not recognize any other sovereign of Naples,
the Tribunal, sensible of the grave danger of extra-
ordinary expedients, dismisses the demand of the
Consul of Italy."

THORN, Nov. 11.

Yesterday the Chief Rabbi, Meisel, Rabbis Jas•
trow and Kramstuck, and M. Ferinkind, Chief of
the Jewish community of Warsaw, were arrested in

that city.
The reason of these arrests is not known.

Despatches received here from St. Petersburg
state that the Emperor had given the Marquis
Wielopolski a very kind reception.

THE HAGUE, Nov. 11, EVENING.

M. Zuylen Nyevelt, Minister for Foreign Affairs,
has tendered his resignation, which has been ac-
cepted by the King.
He will be provisionally replaced by M, Strens,
Minister of Public Worship.

SPECIE FOR THE EAST.
SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 12.

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer
Delta, sailing hence to-day, takes out for Bombay
—bar silver, £215,300 ; silver coin, £8,620 ; gold
coin, £8,985; and jewellery, watches, &c., £555105.