The Sun.
London, England, 1861-02-27 00:00:00

Aotinz lianazer—fir. Wm. Smith.

A STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
Proprietor and Manarer. Mr. WM. BATTY.

Immense success of " Turpin's Ride to York."
2nd appearance of Mons. Hillier, the Greatest Equestrian
of the day, who has just arrived from Lisbon.
THIS EVENING, will be reproduced TURPIN'S RIDE
TO YORK, Ar4D THE DEATH OF BLACK BESS, in
which the Brothers Edwin will appear with their celebrated
Steed Black Bess.
To be succeeded by Scenes in the Arena, supported by
talented Parisian and British Artistes.
Concluding with Batty's Prize Equestian Comic Panto-
mime, for Good Little Boys and Girls, by T. L. Greenwood,
entitled HARLEQUIN AND THE. WONDERFUL
-HORSE ; or, Percinet and Grociosa, the Ugly Duchess and
the Greedy King, produced with Gorgeous Scenery, by Mr.
Cuthbert, new Costumes and Appointments, and introducing
in the comie scenes Ratty's Prize Equestrian Harlequinade,
and the celebrated Old Bob Ridley.
Box-office open daily from 11 till 4
Stage Manager—Mr. W. WEST.

Director of the Arena—Mr. Pearson.
Commence at 7.

CANTERBURY-HALL CONCERTS!!!
A Grand Selection from Verdi's Opera,

IL CORSARO,
consisting of the following 3lorceaux:
Preludio.
Coro Scena ed Aria. "Tutto parca Sorridere"
Coro di Odalische. " Oh qual perenne"
Cavatina "Vola talor dal Carcere"
Coro ed inno
Scena ed Aria. " Cento leggiadre Vergini"
Terzetto Finale "Vol tacete io noa"
will be performed EVERY EVENING, in the original key
and Italian languaze—in addition to the usual attractions.

Mr. F. JONGHMANS, Musical Director.
Also. In preparation, Selections from Verdi's New Operas,
Un Ballo in Maschera," "Simon Boccanegra ;" and Flo.
tow's celebrated Opera of "Stradella."

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
THta DAY.—Morning, 3h. 22m.—Afternoon, 3b. 44m.
To-moimow.-Morning, 4h. 4m.—Afternoon. 4h. 26m.

THE WEATHER.—Sux OFFICE, FEB. 27, 1561.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
47—highest since noon yesterday.
34—lowest this morning and during the night.
49—this day at noon.
BA.Romwrza--30.05 ; falling.
WlND—South-Westerly ; light, with very line weather.

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THE SUN.
LOI\DON, WEDNESDAY, FEB. 27, 1881

It has rather surprised us that in the interesting
discussion last night on the Slave trade and Coolie
How charmingly the free institutions of France emigration, advertence was not definitely made to
work ! There is the Address of the Senate in
the course which England ought to take with
answer to the Speech from the Throne, the high- America if her circumstances became what they
sounding speech delivered by the EMPEROR at the appear so likely to be. It is well known that the
inauguration of the present session of the Imperial project of the first seceding States was to revive
Parliament. It is quite a case in point. For the African Slave trade direct. The promise was
recollect—this answer in reply to the Speech of held out as a lure to the non-planting white men—
the EMPEROR begins a new system of free dis- " the Mean Whites," whose great ambition is
cussions upon him Majesty's policy, as expressed to possess "a Nigger"—that the African Slave
through his own words or through the acts of his Trade should make that article so cheap that every
Ministers ! It is the initial proceeding of an loafer amongst them might possess one. The
epoch in which the legislation of imperial France planters too, though it would reduce the value of
will ensure to itself, outwardly, at least, somewhat their present slaves, yet if they were holding their
of the characteristics hitherto appertaining almost stock, and did not want to sell their negro cattle,
exclusively to our English Parliament. Will it, would gain more by their increased means
however ? Will it, in real earnest, bear any resem- of cultivation, than they would lose by the
blance, even the remotest, to the Lords and Com- fall of value in their human chattels. It
mons down at Westminster ? We were certainly
was long, therefore, fully understood, that
led to believe that it would when those last impe- a Southern confederacy, when complete, would,
rial concessions of the reigning Sovereign were amongst its first acts, resuscitate the slave trade.
originally vouchsafed, or at least foreshadowed. It
Since then they have indeed been obliged to be a
was intimated that the PERSIGNY regime was at little cautious on the subject. The six seceding
length to restore to France under the Empire—free- States are amongst the feeblest and poorest of the
dom of Speech and freedom of 'Writing—liberty of South. They need the co-operation of the Border
the Press and of the Tribune. These were the Slave States, but these are for the most part slave-
alluring prospects held out to 40,000,000 French- breeding States. Slavery is desirable le Kentucky,
men. The only difference, it was hinted as gravely as Virginia, and Maryland, because slaves are their
possible, the only appreciable difference henceforth most valuable article cf export—to bring
to be discernible between the political institutions in the raw African, and to cheapen their
of France and the political institutions of England slaves till they were no longer worth
would be something equivalent to the contjast face- breeding, would make it not worth while
tiously indicated by the juxtaposition of six and half for these States to remain Slave States, and
a-dozen. France, like England, was to have open to join the South. The Seceding Six States, there-
discussion, free debate, in both Chambers. The fore, in their Congress, cunningly offered the border
debates were to be reported stenographically, and States the bribe of prohibiting slaves from being
to appear first of all epitomized in the evening brought into the New Confederation from any other
journals and afterwards in extenso in the columns quarter than States belonging to it. Thus, the
of the great official organ, the Paris Monitsur. African slave trade was to be given up in order to
The newspapers generally were to be allowed, purchase the secession of the Border States.
-under the auspices of Monsieur le Comte DE PER- This, however, can be ne reliance for us. It is as
SIGICY, the same privilege of unfettered writing likely as not that the Southern Confederation will
enjoyed on the northern side of the British Chan be under the lead of fiery spirits, who,
nel—with this one only distinction, that the redac
tear, when issuing his leading article under the already having proclaimed slavery a Divine
institution, will not hesitate to add to their
auspices of the responsible gerant of the establish-
Gospel the divinity of the African slave trade
ment, would, as usual, append his individual six- too. The planters, once emancipated from the
North, will overpower the slave-breeding states by
nature to his lucubrations, whereas the Editor in
England is an individual lost sight of absolutely their cry for cheaper labour, and then will com-
mence a renewal of the trade under the unassailable
under the shadow of the anonymous. Otherwise
fl
the press of France and the press of England were flag of the New Confederation, carried on with all
to be in freedom of discussion perfectly similar. the vigour of the Anglo Saxon race, and on a scale
It was intimated even that but one subject would be to which anything remembered by the present
forbidden to the political writers in France— generation would be trivial.
namely that dynastic theme which said the Minis- Now England would be strongly tempted to put
ter of State, in his argument upon the matter, was up with this. First, she would say—We have
'like a theme forbidden to political writers in Eng- always acknowledged de facto Governments. That
:and. It fell out, unfortunately, that no sooner were would be the diplomatic argument, the one put
these fair promises heard of, but something else was
heard of also in regard to the Press forward. But behind that would be the real one,
liberty of the
the Manchester argument. Unfortunately, the
in France--namely, the renewal, even under the
PERSIGNY regime, of arbitrary proceedings in refs Northern States are doing their best to repel us.
rence to the Press similar to those which had dis- They are taking advantage of the secession of
Southern members' absence to vote a much higher
jinguished (shall we say disgraced ?) the previous
Administration. It was not even that M. DE PER- protective tariff for the manufacturers in the free
FIGN y could " keep the word of promise to the ear,
sand at the same time "break it to the hope." up the present English trade to America. The
A ppear-
ta nces even were not kept up —foreign newspapers South, on the other hand, are proposing to admit
-:,sere seized at the Post-office just as insolently— foreign imports duty free, awl to lay a halfpenny
home newspapers were warned just as haughtily a pound on the export of cotton, The working of
as of yore, and told to keep a civil this, they calculate, would be to bring them all
(meaning
the foreign trade, while manu-
, as Northern States'
an obsequious) pen thenceforth in the right
facturers would pay the cotton duty as well as
hands of their redacteurs. As it proved those of Lancashire, the latter would have no rea-
hus in regard to the Press, in regard to son to complain. The bait of free imports would
y
and speciously promised certainl
the ostentatioNSlf take with Manchester, and perhaps with

England generally, and our Government might be
told to wink not only at slavery, but at the slave
trade.

It is now time to make up our minds for the pos-
sible and probable eventualities of the case. To let
the North understand that as really free States we
look to them henceforth for a policy worthy of
their nobler position. That they should, having
become like us a free soil nation, join heart and
hand with us, in putting down the accursed trade
which, indeed, they have already denounced,
by their laws, while by their deeds they are
its great supporters. New York ships, New
York capital, and the flag of its country, are
the sole stay of the only slave trade now remaining,
that to Cuba. Mr. LINCOLN and his friends ought
to put an end to this. Then, as to the Southern
States—if they form, as they seem likely to do, a
Confederation—we ought, all diplomatic prece-
dents notwithstanding, to refuse to acknow-
ledge them as a Government, except under a
treaty, which should give us full power to board
all ships bearing their flag and reasonably sus-
pected of being slavers; and generally we
ought to require, as the condition of acknowledg-
ment, a perfectly satisfactory and irrevocable treaty
on the African slave trade. Manchester and Liver-
pool will protest, if they dare, that we are not to be
without consuls and means of regular traffic.
With the New Confederation of Kidnappers,
slavery and the slave trade must wait on cotton,
according to Manchester politics ; but we rather
imagine these are not the politics of England—and
if the subject be but mooted in time, the discussion
will be of service both here and in America.
The Debate last night will do good. It will keep
before the eyes of the civilised world the guilty
parties in regard to the Slave-trade—Spain and
the United States of America. The former, as
the corrupt, the treaty-breaking, receiver of the
stolen goods; the latter as not merely the abet-
tor, by the contribution of her flag, but the direct
furnisher of all the most efficient instruments of
this devilish robbery.
The debate also shows that even the philan-
thropical party are now satisfied that the Coolie
immigration is carried on with humanity, good
faith, and advantage to the Coolies themselves. A
gentleman, indeed, who recently went to India to
inspect all the missionary stations there, and who
is just returned from a similar visit to the West
Indies, reported at Willis's Rooms last week that
the Coolies were well taken care of, and doing
better than in their own country. We think this
testimony very valuable, being not only that of a
competent witness, but of one belonging to a class
who generally go with the ultra philanthropists.

The principal points of the New Austrian
Constitution, as well as the text of the
summons to the representatives of Hungary
to meet the EMPEROR at Buda (not Pesth
as the Hungarians desire) on the 2d, are now
before us. To appearance all is fair enough, as it
generally is in the draughts of Viennese documents.
One would think, looking at the description of the
New Reichsrath, or Austrian Parliament, that it
was almost the counterpart of the British houses of
Lords and Commons. A Hereditary house, including
other persons nominated for life—a Lower House
of 343 members, elected by five per cent. of the
population, a more extended suffrage than our own—
the right of initiating legislation—public sittings—
the control of the imperial budget, and legislation
on all matters of taxation, loans, and the public
debt.—What could be asked more ? It appears,
too, as if all were frankly conceded. In the
same document we are told that the former coxsti-
tutions of Hungary and the partes annexae are
restored within the limits of the diploma of October
20th 1860.

For aught that yet appears the Imperial Parlia-
ment is even better than could have been hoped
for. If fuller information nullify this appear-
ance, the reason doubtless is to counterwork
the Hungarians. A very free and power-
ful Imperial Parliament will both gratify all the
provinces which do not care for a separate Minis-
try, and strengthen the rest of the Empire against
the great Eastern Kingdom. It may also lead
courtly Hungarians to prefer the idea of importance
in an Imperial council to that of figuring in the
inferior Parliament of Hungary.
It is to be observed that the King of HUNGARY,
as we must now call him in reference to that
country, still fences with his subjects—he not
only summons the Hungarian Parliament
to meet on the wrong side of the
Danube, but points to the contemned
diploma of the 20th of October, as the regulator of
the form of the venerable Constitution of their
kingdom. In the summons convening the Par-
liament, however, he has the temerity to
refer to the Pragmatic Sanction—which is,
indeed, the foundation of his claim to
the Hungarian Crown, but which undeniably
authorises, directly and indirectly, all that the
Hungarians ask. In another month or two, if
violence do not disturb all, we shall witness a
struggle of legal right against the arbitrary will of
a despot, in Hungary, as intensely interesting as
those of our forefathers with the STUARTS.

BXCHEQUEB BILLS.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer will move the
following resolutions in Committee on Consolidated
Fund and Exchequer Bills Acts :

" 1. That it is the opinion of this Committee that the
principal monies of Exchequer Bills issued under the
authority of Parliament, together with the interest thereon,
which may become payable from time to time, shall be
charged upon and paid out of the Consolidated Fund of the
Uuited Kingdom or the growing produce thereof.
" 2. That th e interest on such Exchequer Bills shall during
their currency by law be payable half-yearly by coupons,
and shall be paid at the Bank of England.
"3. That an option shall be given at the expiration of
each twelve months to the holders of Exchequer Bills to be
paid the principal monies of all Exchequer Bills held by
them, and such principal monies when paid shall be paid
to the holders at the Bank of England ; and that all Ex-
chequer Bills not so paid off from time to time shall have
currency for the next twelve months following the date
of such option.
"4. That, when such Exchequer Bills shall be paid off,
the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury may issue
the like amount of Exchequer Bills to replace the Exche-
quer Bills so paid off.
"5. That all Exchequer Bills shall be receivable for '
duties granted to Her Majesty during the last six months
of each year, during which such bills shall have currency'
by law."

The ex-Queen Marie Amelie, accompanied by
other branches of the ex-royal family of France, arrived at
Starkey's Royal Victoria Hotel, St. Leonard's-on-Sea, yes-
terday, from Claremont.

Their Serene Highnesses the Prince and Princess
Edward of Saxe-Weimar have arrived at Cumper's Hotel,
Torquay, from London.
The Princess Wassiltchikoff has left the Claren-
don Hotel for Paris.

The Earl and Lady Constance Grosvenor will
come to toun on Friday, from Calverley Park, Cheshire.
The Earl and Countess of Bective have left the
Lodge, Virginia, for Park-street, Westruinster.
The Earl of Munster, with his two sons, Lord
Fitzclarence and the Hon. L. Fitzclarence, left the Caven-
dish Hotel, Jermyn-street, yesterday, for Hastings.
The Countess Stanhope has issued cards for
assemblies on Fridays, the Ist and Bth of March, at the
family residence in Grosvenor-place.
The Countess of Craven has arrived in Charles-
street, from Brighton. _

TRAFFIC TELROUGII FRANCE.—There is a great in-
crease observable this year in the traffic passing from the
north to the south of France. On the Paris, Lyons, and
Mediterranean line the increase in the last weekly return
was no less than £19,291, and on the Northern £7,446;
while since the commencement of the year the collective in-
crease on the two lines (not including the new reseaux,
which have remained stationary) has been £91,563.