The Sun.
London, England, 1859-11-03 00:00:00

PRINCESS'S THEATRE.

Last night a three-act drama, from the French,
by Mr. Falconer, entitled J"lhe Master Passion,
or the Outlaws of the Adriatic," was produced at
this theatre and met with perfect success. The
plot is laid in Venice, and the period the reign of
the Council of Ten. " The Master Passion" alludes
to the hate engendered from the hereditary feud of
the Orseoli and Falieri. Galicno Faliero, a success-
ful soldier, is denied the justice he demands from
the Seigneury, through the inimical influence of
the all-powerful Giovani Orseolo, whose daughter
Olympia (Miss C. Leclercq) he loves. In his
resentment Galieno joins the Uscoque out-
laws of the Adriatic, and wages successful war
upon the Republic. He is followed by Morosina
(Mrs. Charles Young), a courtesan, who- had been
previously employed as a spy upon his actions, but
who becomes madly enamoured of her proposed
victim, and so contrives to share his fortune as a
kind of piratical Helen M'Gregor. Olympia is
taken among many other prisoners by the Usco-
ques, and brought to Segna, their fortress on the
Adriatic, from whence she is sent back in freedom
by the generous Galieno, otherwise the " 131ack
Captain." Galieno and " the trash of Venice" return
to that city for no particular reason that we can
adduce at present, except to fall into the hands of
their ruthless foes, the redoubtable Ten, and their
arch-minister, the wily Orseolo. The story here
becomes a little complicated. However, on the
death of Orseolo, Galieno weds the lovely Olympia,
and Morosina retires to a convent to repent her ill-
starred passion.

The character of Galieno Faller° was sustained
by Mr. Melville, who made the best of a not very
effective part ; while Mr. Ryder enacted that of
Giovani Orseolo with his accustomed ability. Mrs.
Young's Morosina invested the part with all that
natural pathos for which she is celebrated, and Miss
Leclercq, as Olympia, was as stagy and mechanical
as ever.

Too much praise eaNnot be awarded to Mr.
Harris for the care with which the piece has been
put upon the stage. The scenery was magnificent,
and the dresses and decorations brilliant beyond
description.

The house was crowded in every part long before
the rising of the curtain.

His Excellency the Prussian Minister and the
Countess de Bernstorff arrived at Prussia House on Tues-
day afternoon, from visiting Viscount and Viscountess
Palmerston, at Broadlands. His excellency and the coun-
tess have since left town on a visit to the Marquis and
Marchioness of Salisbury, at Hatfield House.

His Excellency the Minister for the Netherlands
has left town on a visit to the Marquis and Marchioness of
Salisbury, at Hatfield house.

FRANCE.

THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 3, 1859,

LATEST NEWS.

The following telegrams have been received at
Mr. Iteuter's office :

FLORENCE, Nov. 2.

The elections of the members of the municipality
at Florence, and other places in Tuscany, have
terminated without any result, on account of almost
all the electors having abstained from voting.
The National Assembly has been convoked for the
7th November.

MARSEILLES, Nov. 2.

Advices from Constantinople of the 26th ult.
state that the new Grand Vizier insisted, in the first
place, that the culprits in the late conspiracy
should not be executed. To this the Sultan has
readily given his content. The sympathies of the
population continue to be in favour of the accused.
The Grand Vizier demands complete reforms, and
wishes that the chief religious dignitaries shall
contribute largely to the public taxes, and that the
Sultan shall sacrifice one-third of his own revenue.
The Grand Vizier having met with resistance to
these measures among his colleagues, a modifica-
tion of the Ministry will therefore take place. It
is stated that Ethem Pasha will succeed Fuad
Pasha.

The Chief of the General Staff, Riza Pasha, has
been banished.

PARIS, WEDNESDAY.

The heavy gales that have been blowing for the
last 24 hours have interrupted the communications
between the French and English coasts, the weather
bring so boisterous that the packets have been un-
able to put to sea. Our London letters and papers
of yesterday have consequently failed to reach us.
A private letter of the 31st of October from San
Sebastian states that early in the mprning of the
29th three steamers arrived at that port to take
troops for Africa. At 9 o'clock they began putting
the baggage on board, and a portion of the troops.
At 3 in the afterno•n two battalions of the Toledo
Regiment, with full bands at their head, and colours
flying, marched to the quay, where boats were wait-
ing to convey them to the ships. In about a quar-
ter of an hour, however, they marched back again to
their barracks, being prevented from embarking by
a tremendous gale of mind which suddenly rose.
During the storm a boat, carrying three small brass
guns, was capsized, and the guns went to the
bottom. No life was lost ; the boat went on shore.
To embark the horses of the cavalry was, of
course, out of the question. One poor soldier was
crushed to death between the boat and the steamer,
and another so injured as to require amputation.
Though the weather was so boisterous the Spanish
merchant steamer Rita, manned by Biscayans,
and which had about 300 of the troops on board,
stood out to sea; and, while people thought she
was making for the harbour of Passages, which is
hardly three miles distant, sailed away on her desti-
nation. On the 30th, seeing the difficulty, and even
the danger, of attempting to embark at San Sebas-
tian, it was decided that the troops should proceed
to Passages, and there go on board. The steamers
went there at once; but instead of embarking, as ex-
pected, the troops had rations brought them from
San Sebastian (for they could get nothing at Pas-
sages), and were billited for the night in the houses
in the town. Various causes were assigned for the
delay; one was, that the troops were not provided
with water. This is absurd, for the water is both
plentiful and good at Passages. The men and offi-
cers got leave to go to San Sebastian to amuse
themselves, or buy whatever necessaries they
wanted; but though on the 31st (the date of the
letter) the weather was fine and the wind favour-
able, they had not yet left Passages.

On the 29th a chassemaree, laden with coals,
from the Asturias, was driven ashore at San Sebas-
tian.

A few days back the Delegates of the Provincial
Deputations of the three Basque Provinces, Biscay,
Guipuzcoa, and Alava, met at Victoria, the capital
of the last named. The object wag to discuss a pro-
position made by a member of the Guipuzcoan
deputation for the creation of a legion of Basques,
to be equipped and paid by their native provinces,
and to be officered by Basques. The ancient fueros
of Biscay specifies that whenever war is made
against the Moors the Basque Provinces shall send
a force, at their own cost and without any burden
to the Crown of Castile, to fight against the Infidel.
Echague, who commands one of the divisions of
the expeditionary army, is a native of San Sebastian,
capital of Guipuzcoa, and a Basque pur sang.
It is said that the interview between the King of
Sardinia and General Garibaldi, which various tele-
grams have announced, was not the most Satisfac-
tory. According to this account Garibaldi declared
frankly to the King that, Italy was betrayed, and
that he should put himself at the head of the revo-
lution ; and that Victor Emmanuel replied that he
hoped that he would not commit such an absurdity,
but that if he did so, there was no alternative but to
employ force to prevent it. It is also again stated
that the French Government has received favour-
able despatches from the Duke de Grammont at
Rome, and that the Holy Father had announced to
the Duke that after the insurgents in the Romagna
have returned to their allegiance, which he pre-
sumes they will do after the restoration of the
Grand Dukes, he will readily grant all the reforms
recommended by the Emperor Napoleon.
TIIE BOURSE, Nov. 2.—The settlement has gone
off rather heavily. Threes, after having been done
at 69f. 80c., declined to 69f. 65c. for the present
account, and from 70f. sc. to 69f. 80e. for the end
of the month ; Mobilier varied from 790 f. to 785 f. ;
Orleans, 1,372 f. 50c. to 1,370 f. ; Lyons, 917 f. 50c.
to 915 f.; Southern, 515 f. to 517 f. 50c. The fol-
lowing were the last quotations

If per Cents. .... 95 50 I Credit Foncier
Do. end month .. Belgian 4} —
3 per Cents 69 80 , Piedmonteso (5) .. 83
Do. end month 69 80 , Roman B3 75
Bank Sharem. 2840 Austrian
Credit Mobilier •.. 785 Spanish Threes
Do. Account 785 Home Debt 4l 75