The Sun.
London, England, 1844-12-17 00:00:00

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LYCEUM THEATRE.
Signor Camillo Sivori commenced a short engage-
ment of two nights only at this theatre last evening.
To praise Sivori now-a-days is a work of superero-
aion. He is confessedly the first violinist in the
world—perhaps the first the world has ever produced.
Save and except his instructor, Paganini, there has
never been a violinist who could for one moment
stand a comparison with him ; and, as we said sc?rne
two years since, we prefer Camillo Sivori to Paganini,
inasmuch as he possesses all Paganini's wonderful
powers of execution; with a finer perception of the
beautiful. As a mere violinist he is Paganini's equal—
as a musical poet he is his superior. He last night
gave us the first part of his Concerto No. 2, and
Paganini's burlesque variations in the Carmaral de
Venise. The concerto deserved that name better
than the generality of pieces so called, for Sivori
played clearly and distinctly a duet, at tinn-s a trio,
and, if we are not greatly mistaken, even a quartetto,
on one violin. The concerto was given with exqui-
site taste and expression ; and then, in the Curriacal de
Venise, how he revelled in developing the buffo powers
of his instrument. The very fiddle itself seemed to
laugh and enjoy the fun. One would have declared
that it was a " thing of life." " Vixere fortes ante
A gam eninona"—there have been great actors before
Sivori, but never until his time has there appeared a
man who has made a musical instrument act ; and in
his hands the violin becomes a very Garrick.

THE DEPLORABLE STATE OF
THE CHURCH.

We are, perhaps, anticipating our Contemporary
of to-morrow, when we venture to make a suggestion
to the Rev. Hugh M'Neilo. The Bishop of Exeter,
after long coquetting with it, has, at last, openly
avowed his Puseyism, and proceeded to enforce upon
the clergy of his diocese the adoption of certain out-
ward signs and symbols by which it may be known.
The consequence is, that he has lighted a flame which
will very soon be felt from one extremity of the
country to the other. Some of the clergy are obey-
ing the fiat of this spiritual potentate, sonic are not.
Now, from what is known of the temper of this
haughty prelAte, it is certain that he will employ
every engine of annoyance and persecution against
the recusants. It is time, therefore, for every true
friend of the Church and Protestantism to be making
a forward movement to support and encourage them.
We call upon Mr. AP-Nene instantly to put himself
at the head of such a movement in this diocese. Let
a meeting be called, and a loud and strong protest be
made against the proceedings of the Bishop of Exeter.
Nay, let something more be done. Let a subscrip-
tion be entered into to defray the expenses of the
litigation to which he is sure to put all who shall
dare to refuse obedience to his commands. There is
not a day to be lost. The danger is becoming too
imminent to be any longer trifled with. A strong
demonstration of public opinion may yet overcome
the madness which is at work ; but, to be effectual,
it must be made at once. Mr. M'Neile, we have often
opposed you. We now call upon you to act and to
lead. You have the energy and talent requisite for
the crisis, and we cannot doubt that you have the will.
—Liverpool Albion of Monday.

THE FULFILMENT OF SINDIAN

PROPHECIES.
" Sinde can never pay.' " Sinde will 'be a per-
petual drain on the Company's treasury." So said
those who were supposed to be best acquainted with
the country.
Sir C. Napier, after paying the whole expense of
the civil government of Sinde, including an efficient
police force of 2,000 well-armed men, the half being
cavalry, has, up to the 31st of July last, deposited in
the public treasury 500,000 rupees, or 50,000/. This,
too, with a reduction of taxes!

Moreover, an English officer may now ride alone in
perfect security from one end of Vle land to the other.
The Governor of Sinde is a most extraordinary man
—the business he gets through is almost incredible.
He not only has to read, but does read, the pro-
ceedings of all trials, civil and military. He causes
his military magistrates, who are pushed in all direc-
tions, to keep diaries, with abstracts of all letters
written and received by them. These are sent to the
Governor weekly, and he carefully reads them. The
labour is great, but he thus knows the exact state of
every part of the country. He has the duties which
are involved in the command of 17,000 men. When
we consider all this, and that he has to carry on a
correspondence with the Governments of Calcutta and
Bombay, we may form some idea of the extraordinary
mental exertions of the Governor of Sinde.
Further, when we recollect that Napier has had his
leg broken by a musket-ball—his side grazed by a
cannonball—bayonetted in the back--cut down on
the head—his face perforated with a ball which car-
ried away part of his jaw—the calf of his leg torn by
a rocket—that he, out of thirty-four of his people
struck with coup de soled, was the only survivor--
that he has had a paralytic stroke—and is sixty-three
years of age, and is actively governing the country
he has conquered, we are perfectly astonished at the
man .—..Nra val and Military Gazette.

MISS CLARA SETTON.—It would appear that this
young lady is as great a favourite in the provinces as
she is in the metropolis. She gave her lecture on Eng-
lish Comedy at the Athenzeum, at Manchester, last
week, and the Manchester papers all speak in the most
enthusiastic terms of her. In fact, her debut in Man-
cheater as a lecturer was a perfect triumph. She re-
turned to London on Saturday, to fulfil her engagements
at the different literary institutions.
INTERESTING DISCOVERIES AT NINEY Ell.—The
news of the progress of M. Butte's excavations at Khor-
sabad, near Mosul, Palestine, are always interesting.
There are at present 100 workmen engaged thereon, and
besides the walls, which are covered with sculptures and
inscriptions, many antiquities of a peculiar and at pre-
sent inexplicable nature are met with. For example,
under the large bricks, of which the floor consists, are stone
repositories, which are filled with small clay enamelled
figures of men and beasts, without anything on the surface
Indicating the existence of such repositories, or there
being anything within them to explain their contents.
In another place they discovered great rows of earthen
vases of a remarkable size, placed on a brick floor, and
filled with human bones, and similar to those which
have been found at Babylon, Ahwaz, and other places
in South Persia. The palace seems to have been totally
plundered before its destruction, for neither jewels, nor
instruments, nor even the small cylinders so numerous
in the neighbourhood, are anywhere found; merely some
bronze images of beasts (for instance, a very flue lion),
have been discovered, as also a part of the bronze wheel
of a war chariot. But tho most incomprehensible cir-
cumstance is, that the alabaster slabs with which the
walls are cased, and which are covered with inscriptions
and sculptures, bear on the back, likewise, inscriptions
in arrow-headed characters, cud certainly not in the
Assyrian, but in the Babylonian language. 'As it is
naturally not to be presumed that the architects would
have been so foolish as to have graven these inscrip-
tions where no one could have seen them without pulling
down the wall, it must be presumed that the slabs have
served twice, first belonging to a Babylonian palace, and
afterwards have been transported by the Assyrians and
freshly graven. At present no sculptures have been
found on the back, which would, indeed be of the greatest
interest, no Babylonian sculptures having ever yet
been discovered. Some of the lately-found bas-reliefs
are especially remarkable ; for instance, one repre-
senting the siege of a town situated on an island ;
the sea is covered with ships, the fore part of which
form a horse's head, and which are occupied in bringing
the trunks of trees for the purpose of • erecting a dam.
The water is covered with all kinds of marine animals—
tiAhes, crabs, and winged sea-horses. The richness of

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the details, and the mass of sculpture which the palace
contains, are amazing, and it is incomprehensible how
so magnificent a building should hare been so strangely
buried in the earth. The French Ambassador at Con-
stantinople has not yet obtained permission from the
Porte to send to Paris those articles of antiquity which
will bear transport, which says little for their interest
there, at a time when thelEnglish are removing whole
cargoes of antiquities from Lesser Asia to London.—
Augsburg Gazette.

,
A GUIDE TO SINGLE LADIES.—I. Beware how you
accept an invitation from an industrious widow or an

indefatigable old maid " to spend the day," especially
if she should add, " Come early, love, and bring your
work." Be assured that very soon after you arrive,
heap of linen-drapery will be piled on the table, and
you will be asked " just to run up a seam or two," and
then to fit on the boddice, like a dear." When that Is
done, she will apologise for not having anything to
amuse you. If you are obliged to accept such an invita-
tion, be sure to ask your mania if you may ask Charles to
fetch you home at night—" about nine." Write to him
immediately, telling him not to be a minute later than
six. 11. Should a similar invitation come from a young
lady who is in your confidence, by all means take
every one of Charles's love-letters ; you will find them
very pleasant reading after your friend has shown yon
all her lover's presents, and told you all his secrets. 111.
When you are invited to a diner de pretention, be sure to
dine very heartily before you start. As, however,
merely looking on is dull work, take a huge bouquet.
This should emit an odour strong enough to spoil the
appetites of the men who sit next to you, so that
they may have the more time to flirt and talk. Ba
perfectly ignorant of the name of every dish ; for to be
suspected of the smallest cognisance of cookery is dis-
gustingly vulgar. Should any old-fashioned man ask
you to take wine, give him a glance of unconsciousness,
and turn to one of your neighbours to ask what is
meant ? That explained, you may take up an empty
glass, and set it down again, bowing at the same time
to the epergne. IV. When 370 u are going out to a
grand quadrille party, you will, of course, be obliged,
to wear a very expensive and very extensive dress ;
stipulate, therefore, for the whole of one side of tho
coach, that the skirt may be spread over it and not
be tumbled. Never mind getting your poor and un-
attractive cousin squeezed up on the other seat between
your two fat uncles. If, when you arrive, Charles should
bore you, tell him you have made up your mind not to
dance that night; but the moment he has engaged an-
other partner, waltz away with the handsoniest man you
can get. Be handed down to supper, if possible, by a
title, if it is only a captain. The next morning, when
Charles calls, ask him how he dares show his face, " after
his cruel neglect of you last evening."—Punch.
Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colo-
nial-office from the Governor of Gibraltar.