The Sun.
London, England, 1868-02-11 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 11, 1868.

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T"EATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.
sdle Lessee and Manager, Mr. F. B. Chatterton.
THIS EV.C.N.TING will be performed the Comedy of THE
HYPOCRITE. Mr. Phelps ; Messrs. Edmund Phelps, Charles
Vat tier, J. Rouso, W. C. Temple. F. Moreland; Mrs. Hermann
Vezin, Mrs. H. Vatidenhoff, Miss Kate Harileur.
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Pantomime, written by E. L. Blanchard, Esq., entitled
FAW FEE FO Fiat ; or, Harlequin Jack the Giant
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THEATRE ROYAL, HA YMARKET.
Sole Lessee, Mr. Buckstone.
THIS EVENING, THE BROKEN-HEARTED CLUB. Mr.
Gordon, Mr. Braid, Mrs. Chippendale, &c.
To be followed by A WIFE WELL WON. Messrs. Sothern,
Bileltstone, Howe, Kendal, Rogers, Braid, Weathersby, cte., and
It 'Wilson.
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on WEDNESDAY, 19th February, 1868, on which occasion will
be performed the Comedy of DAVID GARRICK! With (by
desire) BOK AND COX! And other Entertainments!

rri lIEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII.
Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. WEBSTER.
Directress, Mrs. Alfred Mellon.
THIS EVENING, UP FOR THE CATTLE SHOW.
After which, at 8, NO THOROUGHFARE. Mr. Fechter (his
41st appearance here), Mr. Billington, Mr. H. Neville, Mr. R.
Phillips, Mr. G. Belmore, Mr. C. J. Smith, and Mr. Benjamin
Webster; Miss Carlotta Leclercq (her 41st appearance), Mrs.
Alfred Mellon, Mrs. Billington, Mrs.
at 7. H. Lewis, &C.
Commence

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Vining.
THIS EVENING, a Grand Combination of Two Great
Dramas, THE OCTOROON and A RRAH NA POGUE. Mr.
and Mrs. Dion Boucicault; Mr. J. S. Clarke, Mr. Vining; Messrs.
Dominick Murray, Dan Leeson, G. F. Neville, J. G. Shore, Mac-
lean, H. Forrester; Mesdames Henrietta Simms, E. Barnett
Rachel Sanger, K. Stafford, and Addle.
Scenery by Mr. Telbin, Mr. F. Lloyds, and assistants.
Doors open at half-past 6, commence at 7.

QUEEN'S THEATRE, Long-acre.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. Alfred Wigan.
THIS EVENING, HE'S A LUNATIC. Mr. John Clayton.
After which will be produced a New and Original Drama,
entitled DEARER THAN LIFE. Michael Garner, Mr. J. L.
Toole.
To conclude with (17th Time) the New and Original Operatic
Extravaganza, by Mr. W. S. Gilbert, called LA VIVANDIERE;
or, TRUE TO THE CORPS. The Scenery by Messrs. W. and
T. Grieve, Johnson, and Assistants. Messrs. J. L. Toole, L.
Brough, and Sanger; Misses P. Markham, F. Addison, Jordan,
Montgomery, Heath, Sylvia, h. Everard, and H. Hodson.
Doors open at Half-past Six, commence at Seven. Acting
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Box-office open daily from Ten till Four.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough.
THIS EVENING, at 7, OLD SALT: Messrs. Emery, James,
and Belford; Mesdames N. Moore and Gwynne.
After which will be produced a Grand Christmas Operatic
Oriental Extravaganza " THE CALIPH OF I3AGDAD." Messrs.
Thorne, James, Turner, Murray; Mesdames A. Swanboruugh,
Johnstone, Harland, Holt. Aewton, &c.
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110LBORN THEATRE ROYAL.
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THIS EVENING, at Seven, THE FLYING SCUD. Messrs.
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WILLIAM I. esents the notion that Conservatives are
opposed t 4 ) progress, and declares that many per-
sons seer u to think that Conservatives do not
mend th eir fences or drain their land for
fear of imprudent innovations. "It is all
very wt'll," he exclaims, with humorous
indignation, " to say we do not do this and we do
not do that. One might fancy that none of us ever
did an ything at all ; and it might be said, " Look
there, there's a Tory ; you can tell it by his hedges
and his; gates !" The Hon. T. DE GREY, Sir WIL-
LIAM'S colleague for Norfolk, declared that, in his
belief, mo measure of Reform was imperative. The
; working classes had become better educated and
better informed, and were consequently more de-
sirous of obtaining the franchise ; and they had been
taught to believe there was a studied intention of
excluding them from power. Speaking of the
future Mr. DE GREY said, truly enough, that some-
thing more was wanted in the education of these
classes. It is not mere hnowledge that is needed,
but a certain discipline and respect for the law.
" Those who are concerned in making the law must
be taught to feel that their very first duty is obedi-
ence to the law." At present, what with Trades'
Unions and Fenians, the law is not observed with
such fidelity as it should be, but the new classes of
constituents are not more likely to offend in these
respects than the old ones.
Mr. BoURKE, as an Irishman, naturally gave a
good share of his attention to Irish subjects, and
insisted, not without reason, on a distinction being
made between the " Irish question" and the
" Fenian question." " The Irish question appeals
for its solution to the philosopher, the philanthro-
phist, the statesman, and the divine ; the Fenian
question appeals only to the bullet of the bravo and
the dagger of the assassin. The Irish question con-
cerns the wellbeing and happiness of a generous, a
warm-hearted, a virtuous and religious people ; the
Fenian question concerns only the treatment of
foreign filibusters and low conspirators. The Irish
question, I believe, is to be solved by a conserva-
tive and at the same time a generous policy ; the
Fenian question must be met by the strong arm of
justice and the vindication of the British law."
Mr. BoURKE expressed his conviction that
Fenianism was entirely of foreign origin, and
that, though it had, like everything else,
thriven apace on Irish soil, it had not
the sympathy of the people upon whom the future
of the country really depended. The true way to
benefit Ireland, he believes, is to be found in pass-
ing measures which shall encourage confidence, and
thereby induce capitalists to invest their money
there. Under such circumstances the country

would prosper, and the peasant and farmer would
get a fair share in return for their produce and
their labour, in place of the very inadequate remu-
neration which they receive at present.
Legal reforms, Mr. BOURSE reminds us, must
occupy a prominent place among the tasks of the
next session. The judicial system, the bankrup.ey
laws, the statute-book, all need energetic and care-
ful revision. So far, then, as we are to accept the
views of the Norfolk orators, as representing those
of their political chiefs, we may look for some
vigorous action during the coming session.

Marshal NIEL is resolved to lose no time, and
accordingly we And that he has already taken
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bile. In consequence of this the bill has been put
before the Legislative Body setting forth the num-
ber of conscripts to be one hundred thousand for
this year. It is impossible to overlook the import-
ance of all this, and not to foresee that it is indica-
tive of stormy days at hand. There is no reason
to suppose that all this is a mere matter of form,
for the Marshal hurries on one thing after another
with a surprising velocity, and in a manner which
attracts general attention. His object is very
plainly to consolidate the forces of -France and
as quietly and effectively as may be, and to deve-
lope all the resources which the bill admits of. He
informs those whom it concerns, in the circular he
has drawn up, that the " service in the Garde
Mobile commenced on that day, the law was suffi-
ciently
promulgated; it is, therefore, requisite to
proceed immediately to the drawing-up of the list of
the young men who are to serve in it." This shows
that the Army Bill was not merely designed, as
some supposed, to revise and reorganize the military
force of France in the abstract, as it were, but that
its promoters had the firm intention of pushing it
on to work out a speedy and comprehensive
change in the state of affairs, and prac-
tically to render the nation fit for war, however
imminent that might be, or however serious the
consequences it involved. Amid all the talk of
peace we are by no means secure, and who that
looks at the matter calmly can fail to perceive the
risks we run of a Continental war some time this
year. Peace is certainly no nearer when there are
no apparent preparations for war, but still this
great haste in France to have all things quite in a
state of efficiency, coming as it does so soon after
the gigantic scheme of Prussian military organi-
sation, looks rather ominous.

It is hard to say that the EMPEROR is to blame
for all this, because he most be well-informed as to
the secrets of Berlin policy, and besides that he
must know the flaws in the old system. Still
we cannot but lament the real or ima-
ginary necessity which exists for this con-
stant disturbance of the Continental nations,
for the consequences are most disastrous to the
people, and cannot fail to exercise a direful influ-
ence on the prosperity of the countries thus affected.
We are not surprised to hear that Marshal NIEL'S
Circular is looked upon somewhat in the light of a
military manifesto, notwithstanding he intimates
that the object he has in view is to inscribe those
liable to service on the rolls of the National Guard.
All that sounds very well of course ; but the people
are always apt in such cases to put their own con-
struction on the text, and to compare the observa-
tions made with the indications of events abroad
and at home. As for the Prussians they have
already had much cause to complain of the
hard terms they live under in the new order
of things, and more especially have those
newly-annexed provinces been unfortunate who
are weighed down by the oppressive laws inflicted
on them by their new masters, called by courtesy
their friends and the inaugurators of a regenerated
system. It is not going too far to say that the
responsibility of all this loss and distress rests in a
great measure upon Prussia. Had not the states-
men of that country persisted for some years past
in pursuing the aggressive policy so much to be re-
prehended things could not have come to this pass.
Bitterly have the nations of Europe, individually
and collectively, had cause to repent of the tame
and pusillanimous course which they followed on
the occasion of the war with Denmark. We have
yet to reap the harvest then sown, and it is a
warning alike to the Powers who took
part. in it, and to those who looked on, if
the evils that may be wrought in haste
have to be repented of hereafter in leisure. To

say that the aspect of affairs in France is at all of
a pacificatory nature would be to affirm what nei-
ther observation nor experience can ratify ; and
though this new Army Bill be not a popular one, it
may still possess a motive power that will draw the
country on with irresistible force, until it appears
ready and willing to encounter the best prepared
foe on equal terms.

The Reichsrath re-assembled yesterday. Dr.
KAISERFELD was elected as President of the Lower
House. In acknowledging the election he made
reference to the guarantees which the appointment
of a Parliamentary Ministry afforded as to the com-
mencement of a constitutional system, adding that
a Ministry which was the interpreter of the senti-
ments of the Reichsrath would most cer-
tainly receive the support of the House. The
President of the Council, Prince AUERSPERG, asked
the House to put confidence in the Ministry, and
thus afford an opportunity for the system now in-
troduced being strengthened. This was a very
just plea, and we hope that it will be responded to
by the President, for it will be quite impossible for
the Government to carry out their schemes unless
they are permitted to have fair play. As the Pre-
sident truly observed, the Ministry has been ap-
pointed to carry out the principle of dualism, and
it is now upon the most cordial footing with the
Government of Hungary. It is not desirable to
trench upon " self-government;" but without doing
that the Ministry must be careful most strictly to
enforee the observance of the laws. On the whole,
we must look upon this speech of the President's
as the earnest of a better state of things
obtaining in Austria than any which
has been hitherto observable there; and if the
authorities are met half way, there can be no rea-
sonable doubt that the new aspect of affairs may be
a prosperous and progressive one. Nothing could
be fairer than the way in which Prince AUERSPERG
spoke, and a minority animated by such views is
well worthy of confidence and respect. He con-
cluded his earnest and impressive discourse by de-
claring that the Government desired to promote the
strength of the,State in unison with the Reichsrath.
It is fortunate that the reassembling of the House
should have been marked with such unanimity and
good feeling, for it encourages one to hope that the
work of the session may proceed vigorously, and
that the reforms so mucb talked of may be put in
practice while the minds of all are directed towards
them. Most satisfactory proofs have been afforded
that the general policy in Austria is in favour of a
change in the right direction ; and if the Govern-
ment can be based on constitutional principles, and
the Parliament will assist them in carrying them
out, there will be witnessed a complete reform in
one of the countries of Europe where we least ex-
pected to see it, and this may show us the propriety
of not trusting to appearances, for often the most
striking improvements occur perhaps where they
are least looked for.

CORRESPONDENCE FROM PARIS

-FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

PARIS, MONDAY, Feb. DI
There is a calm in political matters. Since the defeat of
the Arcadians the Government have gained credit and
popularity, and the majority seem more disposed to relax
the Press Laws still further. It is noticeable that several
of them voted with Jules Favre and Thiers for having
press offences tried by juries. Meanwhile, the Govern-
ment is trying the temper of the provinces by the Army
Bill, as, I have no doubt, the elections next year will
chew.

The most contradictory telegrams and official declara-
tions are flying about the Continent as to the existence or
non-existence of the Roumanian filibusters. The Consti-
tutionnel publishes a note which shows that the French
Government are in receipt of information more trust•
worthy than the Havas telegrams ; and from Vienna we
learn that the Austrian Government has been admonish-
ing its neighbour Prince Charles on the subject. At the
present time nobody believes th these revolutionary
movements could bring about another war in the East,
but they may harass Turkey, and that is probably their
object. The sick man has few chances of recovery.
In presence of the Eastern question, and the everlasting
complaints of the Czar. on behalf of the Christian subjects
of the S-Iltan, it is curious to note that the treatment of
Catholics in Turkey and Egypt calls out no such remon-
strances. On the contrary, the Pope has made a present
to the Sultan in token of his appreciation of the protection
afforded to Catholics in his dominions. A similar present
has been made still more recently to Ismael Pasha in
acknowledgment of the privileges extended to Catholics in
Egypt. The latter consisted of nine cameos in precious
stones, containing representations from an ancient statue
of Augustus Caesar discovered a couple of years ago at
Rome.

Gossip states that M. Haussmann was so chagrined at
not being allowed to meddle with the cemeteries as he
wished, that he offered his resignation, which was not ac-
cepted. Eh, Lien, the Prefect of the Seine will avenge
himself on the living : for every tomb spared now, many
houses will fall.

The projected international bridge (Pont International)
between France and England has attained the importance
to merit a long notice in the Constitutionnel. The first
paragraph relates a forgotten incident. It was in 1801,
just after the peabe of Amiens, when Buonaparte and Fox
visited the Louvre together, when the English statesman's
attention was arrested by Matthieu's great project of a
tunnel under the Channel. Fox was delighted. "It is
one of the grand things which we will accomplish toge-
ther," said the First Consul. And, let me add, we might
have done it, but we spent the money and the time in grand
alliances and campaigns, in strife, slaughter, and destruc-
tion. The project of M. Boutet for uniting the two countries
takes the form of a bridge from Calais to Dover, with a
very few intermediate supports. The two points chosen
are the Cap Blanc-Ney on our side, and Shakspere's Cliff
on yours. At these points the cliffs are on each side
about 120 to 136 metres (a metre is 39 inches) high. The
distance between them is 30 'kilometres, or nearly 33,000
yards, which M. Boutet would divide into ten huge spans,
reposing on nine intermediate rows of iron pillars. These
he proposes to make 90 metres high, so as to allow large
vessels to pass. The merits of M. Boutet's proposal rest,
like his bridge, on the specialities introduced into the con-
struction of the iron piles and of the huge metal beams he
would require. You may judge of the strength required
for the support, since each pile would have to bear 14,000
tons of iron. The beams would, I understand, be on the
plaited or chain-cable system, so as to give a maximum of
strength with a minimum of weight. The ingenious
Frenchman spent ten years in bringing his plans to a
workable shape ; that is, if they are really workable. After
what has been done it is hazardous to say what is possible.
When man can converse with man from one hemisphere
to another, he may some day bridge the Straits of Dover.
The cost presents the least difficulty ; but I suspect it is
put too low at £6,000,000 sterling. To bring Paris within
eight hours of London would be worth that.
The Chamber of Arts and Manufactures at Armen-

tieres have addressed a plain and sensible note to the
Minister of Commerce on the present industrial crisis.
They tell the Minister that the chief causes why so many
of the working classes cannot find employment are the
dearness of commodities and the insecurity of peace. On

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the last point the memorial is worth quoting. It says :
" This is exclusively in the hands of the Government. It
is notorious that the question of war or peace has been
upper-A:lost for a long time, and if that has not been the
principal cause of the present state of industry, it has at
least aggravated all the others. To dissipate this uncer
tainty would be the most efficacious intervention in indus--
trial matters which the Government could make." The
Chamber in question represents a population who have
felt the dearness of provisions and the want of work very

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severely.
The late storm was felt with severity in the Medi-
terranean. Th'e-Algerian papers give a distressing account
of a voyage just made by th.? Alger steamer. The vessel
left Marseilles on the 28th January, with forty-nine per-
sons on board, and for eight days was not beard of. She
was caught in the hurricane, during which several seas
struck her succesively. One of these carried away eight
of the crew and put out the fires. The ship became en-
tirely unmanageable ; but after the storm abated the
remainder of the crew managed to drift the vessel into
Algiers. In the meantime, their sufferings were extreme.

It is rumoured in Dublin that Viscount Gor-
manston is to be raised to the British peerage.
The Times has a powerful article on the disastrous
effects of the military fever on the Continent. The French
Government, it notes, is proceeding with inexplicable haste
to enforce its new Army Law. The bill became law on
the Ist instant. Three days later Marshal Niel ordered
the census to be taken of those youths who had been
exempted from military service in 1864-5-6, but who will
now be called upon to enter the National Guard Mobile.
Four days later again the bill fixing the Contingent for
1868 at 100,000 conscripts was laid before the Legislative
Body. These hasty measures. have created an immense
sensation throughout France. What with Baron Ilauss-
mann melting down the wealth of the country in Parisian
improvements, and the Emperor drawing away its man-
hood into military service, the drain on the people is in-
tolerable. The military rule of Prussia is scarcely less
grievous. The Times adds, that it is hard to think that
men like Louis Napoleon and Bismarck, who aspire to
leave their mark in history, should not shrink from the
great I:avoc they inflict on the living generation, and
should find it impossible to devise some plausible scheme for
a general and simultaneous disarmament. Hope does not, we
fear, point to their prudence ; rather to the time when
the people of Europe shall manage their own affairs.
At length common sense seems to have invaded the
Italian Chambers.. High politics and international dis-
putes have given way to sober discussion on home matters,
and the paring down of the estimates. The improvement
is due to the protests of the public against the absurd way
in which the interests of the country were being trifled
with. Addresses have been sent from most of the prin.
• cipal towns, urging the Chamber to suspend its political
debates, and devote itself to internal improvements and
the finances of the country ; in short, to mind its own
business.

The completion of the Mount Unis Tunnel has been
entrusted to the engineers Sommeiller and Grattoni, two
of the projectors of the undertaking. The company
undertakes to finish the tunnel in four years, ending the
31st of December, 1871, and to pay a stipulated forfeit for
every month beyond that time during which it shall not
have been completed. If it ends the work before that
time, the same sum is to be paid to it for every month
gained. Mr. Fell is likely to have a good five years' car-
riage over the summit of C6nis before the traffic drops to
a lower level and rumbles through the bowels of the moun-
tain. The summit railway line and the covered ways
were ready two months ago, but some parts of the
engines, which were made in Paris, would not stand the
tests applied to them, and it was found necessary to re-
place those parts by corresponding ones of greater strength.
One of the experimental engines has been working in a
most satisfactory way all along, and carrying materials for
the covered ways. It is believed the line will be opened
shortly.
The Italian Scientific Association has made a gratifying
acknowledgment to Sir Charles Wheatstone. The annual
gold medal forwarded by the president, Professor Mat-
teucci, for the greatest discove,ies in physical science, has
been unanimously adjudged to Sir Charles, for his contri-
butions to the science of electricity.

As the time approaches for the recommencement of the
tug and strain of party struggles, politicians of all shades
of opinion are rapidly gathering together at Westminster.
There are anxious inquiries as to the chances of the Prime
Minister's health enabling him to keep his arduous post
during what must prove to be a most harassing session, and
none the less so that it will in all probability be the last
of the dying Parliament. Question after question is sure
to be brought forward, and there will be urgent endeavours
to settle more than one outstanding difficulty 'rather than
allow them to remain to be dealt with when the house-
holder shall be mater of the British Empire. The nut
earnestly puts it to the Conservative party whether it
would not be better for Lord Derby at once to retire from
the Premiership. His advancing years, his disinclination fi r
office, and his continual attacks of gout, which last
have preventei him from attending a single Cabinet
Council since the beginning of the year, are weighty
reasons why such a course should be taken. It is better,
argues the Tines, to reconstruct the Administration before
the actual labour of Parliament commences, than to leave
it to be devised in the mid-stream of the session.