The Sun.
London, England, 1845-06-16 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE is, 1845.

THE NEW HISTORICAL NOVEL.
Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., post Ivo.,
MAIDS OF HONOUR;
A TALE OF THE COURT OF GEORGE I.

"As faithful and graphic a picture of the Court, the higher
ranks of society, and the literary and political celebrities of the
period as the most diligent and penetrating reader of history, private
memoirs, and incidental documents which elucidate the reign of
George I. could now furnish. We recommend Maids of Honour as
the wittiest and most sprightly novel of the season."—Tait's
Magazine.
Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street.

Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols.,

JDNA HA N SHA RP;
Or, THE ADVENTURES OF A KENTUCKIAN.

Written by Himself.

" This narrative is worthy of De Foe. It is 11111 of romance from
beginning to end. There is scarcely a chapter in the work that
would not have made the fortune of a modern novel, for whether the
author be exploring the haunts of the Buccaneers of the Ilavanuali—
wandering among the trackless prairies of Texas—dwelling with the
hospitable planters in Mexico—or making the acquaintance of Mor-
mons, Indians, or Yankee bravoes of the true bowie-knife school, he
renders his narrative so :singularly interesting, that the reader finds
it impossible to lay it down till he has gone through to the last page."
—New Monthly Magazine.
Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street.

Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols. post Bvo.,
MR. J. FENIMORE COOPER'S
NEW WORK.

SATANSTOE ; or, the Family of Little Page.
Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
Re-engagement of the Danseuses Vlennoises,
TO-MORROW EVENING
_ _

Will be performed Bellini's Opera of LA. SONNAMBULA. Amin%
Madams Castellan ; Terese, Madame Bellini; Lisa, Mdlle. A.
Rosettl; Count Rodolfo, Sig. F. Lablache ; Elvino, Sig. Mario.
Between the Acts the Danseuses Viennoises will appear in the
Mazurka, and in the course of the Evening in the New adruind Pas
Oriental.

To conclude with LA ESMERALDA. La Esmeralda, Mdlle
Carlotta Grisi ; Fleur de Lys, Madame Pctit Stephan ; Phoebus de
Chateupers, M. St. Leon ; Pierre Gringoire, M. Perrot.

In the Third Tableau will be introduced the admired " Pas de
Quatre" (composed by Mdlle. L. Grahn), by Mdlle. L. Grahn, Mes-
dames Moucelet, Cassan, and Demelisse.
Applications ior Boxes, Stalls, lud Pit Tickets to be made at the
Opera-dike, Colonnade, Haymarket.

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII.
UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE.
THIS EVENING

Will be performed THE .SOLDIER OF FORTUNE ; or, The Irish
Settler. The Duke of Anjou, Miss Woolgar ; Captain O'Rourke,
31r. lludson.

After which, an Original Terpsichorean Burletta, called POWDER
AND BALL; or, St. Tibbs's Eve. Mr. Montgomerie Tibbs, Mr.
Lambert ; Captain Kidglove, Mr. Selby ; Jacob Clarkin, Mr. Wright ;
Mrs. Montgometie Tibbs, 31rs. Frank Matthews; Sally Knobbs.
3liss Woolgar.

To be followed by the highly successful dnd Original Farce, called
THE IRISH DRAGOON. Air. Brown Sherry, Mr. Selby; Paddy
Murphy O'Brallaghan, Mr. Hudson.

T(icjneltide with MOTHER AND CHILD ARE DOING WELL.
Mr. Snugsby, Mr. Lambert; Lieutenant O'Scupper, R.N., Mr. Paul
Redford ; Mr. Felix Fluffy, Mr. Wright ; Emily, Miss Fortescue.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
LESSEE, MR. J. M. MADDOX.
THIS EVENING
Will be performed Shakspeare's Tragedy of MACBETH. Mac-
beth, Mr. Wallack ; Macduff, Mr. Archer; Baoquo, Mr. Lynne ;
Lady Macbeth, Miss Cushman.
After which, a New Divettissement, called A COURT BALL IN
1740. In which will be introduced the Dances as performed at her
Majesty's Bal Costume, with the Original Music.
To conclude with HIGH LIFE BELOW STAIRS.

THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM.
UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY.
THIS EVENING

Will be repeated a New and Original Comedy, in Two Acts,
entitled FRIENDS AT COURT. Principal Characters by Messrs.
F. Vining, A. Wigan, Diddear, Turner, Collier, and Bender; Mrs.
Keeley, Miss Villars, and Miss Fairbrother.

Atter which, an entirely New, Original, and Novel Grand Fairy
BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT In, which Les Danseuses Auglaises
will appear.

To be followed with the Farce of PERSONS ABOU r TO MARRY.
Characters by Messrs. F. Mathews, Meadows, and Mrs. Woollidge.
To conclude with an entirely New Operatic, Dramatic,Chivalric,
Fairy, Romantic Burlesque, entitled CINI) ERELLA. The Principal
Characters by Mr. Keeley, Mr. A. Wigan, Mr. Frank Mathews, Mr.
1. W. Collier, Mrs:: Keeley, Miss Villars, Miss Falrbrother, Mrs.
Woollidge, Miss Grove, Miss Howard, &c

ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.—FitENCH PLAYS.
Last Night but Two of Monsieur Achard's Engagement.
THIS EVENING
_

The Performances will commence, at eight o'clock precisely, with
LE PETIT HOMME OBIS. Guillery, M. Achard; Madame
Guillery, Mdlle. Eliza Forgeot.
After which, a New Petite Comedy, entitled L'AMOUR EN COM-
MANDITC. Desire Madapolam, Monsieur Achard.

To conclude with BRUNO, LE FILEUR. Bruno, lo Fileur, M.
Lienard ; Couturier, M. Achard.

Boxes, 6s. ; Pit, 3s. 6d.; Amphitheatre, 3s. ; Gallery, 2s. Doors
will be opened at Seven o'clock, and the Performances commence
at Half-past.

QUEEN'S THEATRE.

First Night of the Naiiiieailiiaimitlf:.);;TPer Jack ; or. My Aunt's
Zllobby ;" written by Mrs. Hallett (Authoress of " Woman's
Whims," &c., and dedicated to T. P. Cooke, Esq.
THIS EVENING,
Will be performed THE LADYE OF LAMBETH.

To be foil wed by JUNIPER JACK. " The Sailor," by Mr.
J. Parry, Jack's Botanical Aunt, Mrs. Menders; Justine, Miss
Stoker, who will sing the New Ballad of The Day ne went to Sea."
To conclude with the Domestic Drama of JOHN STAFFORD.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
PROPRIETOR, MR. W. BATTY.
THIS EVENING
Will he performed THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO. Introducing
the Double Company of French and English Artistes. The Em-
peror Napoleon by Mr. Gomersal, who is engaged expressly for this
occasion.
New Scenes in the Circle, presenting the first talent of British and
Foreign Equestrians of the present day.
To conclude with the New Grand Pantomic Spectacle of THE
GREEK RENEGADE.
By particular desire, A GRAND MORNING PERFORMANCE,
on THURSDAY, June 19, :o commence at Two o'clock, terminating
at Four.

DAVIDGE'S ROYAL. SURREY THEATRE.
Second Week of the New Local Drama, " The Old Mint of South.
wark," which has met with unparalleled Success.
THIS EVENING

Will be repeated a new local Drama, entitled TIIE OLD MINT of
SOUTHWA RK. The Scenery from designs taken on the spot.
Splendidly cast, &c.

-Mr. HENRY SMITH (who is engaged for Six Nights) will sing
two of Mr. Henry Russell's most Popular Songs.
After which, another New Drama, called LESTELLE ; or, Tne
Wrecker's Bride. Depicting the danger of Shipwreck, and the
marauder's plunder.
To conclude with A HUSBAND AT SIGHT.

ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.
COMBINATION OF ATTRACTIONS.
The Four Juvenile Minstrel Brothers and the Rock Harmonlcon,
Every Day, from Nine till Dusk.
ROMANTIC GARDENS AND PROMENADE.
EXTENSIVE AND UNRIVALLED MENAGERIE.
COLOSSAL MODELLED REPRESENTATION OF EDINBURGH,
The Acme of Scenic Illusion.
The MINSTREL BROTHERS, from Four to Twelve Years of Age,
will perform Select Airs at intervals.
The ROCK HARMONICON from Three till Eight.
tnd on MONDAYS, TUESDAYS, WEDNESDAYS, and THURS-
DAYS, GRAND CONCERTS D'ETE and MAGNIFICENT
DISPLAY of FIREWORKS.
Admission, One Shilling.
Feeding the Carnivore at Half-past Five ; Pelicans and Polar Bears
at Six ; Concert at Half-past Six; and Fireworks at Half-past Nine.

THE WEATHER.—SuN OFFICE, JUNE 16.
THERMOMETER, Lowest, 59 ; Highest, 81; Noon, 72.
BAROMETER, 29.95.—Wmn, N.
NOTE.—The figures which follow the words "Lowest" and
" Highest" denote the lowest and highest state of the
Thermometer during the preceding twenty-four hours. All
the other observations are made at noon.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY.
Morning .. 6 minutes after :10 I Evening .. 38 Minutes after 10

precedents in limine. The successful diplomacy of Sir
HENRY Porrisroßa is in itself, its results, and their in-
fluences, amply sufficient to constitute and found a pre-
cedent. One of the most remarkable events in modern
history has been, undoubtedly, the establishment of
commercial and diplomatic relations between China
and this country ; and, through this country, with
other States and nations possessing European institutions
and civilisation. When the trade which has been opened
through Sir HEALY POTTINGER'S admirable tact, spirit,
and management, between Great Britain and so many
points in the Chinese empire, shall have gradually as-
sumed that method, and organised those relations which
it will ere long attain, there can be no doubt that as the
demands and acquirements of those Asiatic markets
become better ascertained and skilfully provided for, an
immense expansion of our trade with China itself, the
islands of the Indian Archipelago, and the vast coun-
tries lying to the east and south of the Bay of Bengal,
will speedily take place. There is no greater benefactor
to his countrymen than a British functionary who multi-
plies the resources, and secures the permanency, of their
commerce. As a public benefactor in this invalu-
able and distinguished clais, no man has done
more signal service, for ages past, than Sir
HENRY. How few have rendered the commonwealth
as much I It is unnecessary, however, to elaborate a pro•
position which men of all parties and opinions without he-
sitation concede. The question then arises, what shall
be the amount of the acknowledgment wherewith a
grateful country shall reward so eminent a public
servant ? Sir HENRY POTTINGER appears to have too
entirely identified himself with his mission—to have too
spiritedly and disinterestedly devoted all his energies
and means to the conduct, maintenance, and successful
completion of his remarkable negotiations with the
Chinese government, to have been likely to derive pecu-
niary advantages from his position, had its appointments
been twice as liberal as they were. Besides, his labours
being ended, he is left without any continuing salaiy or
payment of any kind. It would seem that he has little
or no patrimonial fortune at all to fall back upon. In
short we cannot conceive stronger claims upon the public
generosity, a more meritorious person, or services more
nationally important.
Now what is the annuity for this eminent man's life,
which the Minister advises the Crown to recommend to
Parliament to grant ? Let us premise that Sir HENRY'S
protracted residence in China, and his endurance of ex-
traordinary bodily fatigue, combined with the incessant
pressure of severe mental anxiety, have seriously im-
paired, as we understand, his health—a circumstance not
to be overlooked in appreciating the value of the an-
nuity to be granted—namely, 1,.5001. a year, limited to
his own life. This does appear to our apprehension a
very inadequate amount of reward. It is obviously no
sort of measure of, bears no reasonable proportion to, the
services performed. That is an unavoidable incident in
these cases which we may regret, but cannot hope to
remedy. In the nature of things, national acknowledg-
ments of this kind can be but testimonial rewards,
not equivalents. But we have a perfect right to try the
amount of this annuity by that of other testimonial re-
wards in specific cases. Let us take the analogy of pensions
granted for civil and diplomatic services. It is not near
so much as some of the pensions we perceive to be en-
joyed by those who have filled other, but surely not
more important embassies. It is only 3001. a-year more
than after, we forget how many, or, rather, how few
years' service, the holders of civil offices, such as Secre-
taries to the Treasury, Chancellors of the Exchequer,
Paymasters of the Forces, &c., become entitled for life.
If we mistake not, Mr. G OULBURN himself, prior
to his last taking office, enjoyed a pension of this
kind, of between 1,2001. and 1,500/. per annum, and this
he will return to on laying down office. Writing still
from memory, we believe that a brother of the Pre-
mier's, no longer in office, is still in the receipt of a
civil pension of much the same kind. Can it be gravely
meant to put the services of Mr. GOULBURN on a level
with those of Sir H. POTTINGER ? If Mr. GOULBURN'S
pension be 1,2001., should Sir H. POTTINGER'S on any
principle, whether of equivalent or testimonial reward,
be but MO/. per year more ? But on the lists of those
pensions there are recipienti of equal sums, whose
official services can by no means compete with those even
of Mr. GOULBURN. Is a man like Sir H. POTTINGER
to be classed in the same category as to official pensions
with those men ? But let us take another case of mili-
tary service. The late General Sir JOHN KEANE, one
of the luckiest soldiers of fortune, to be sure, who ever
secured the good opinion of the most sagacious and most
renowned commander of his age, led the first British
army which entered the territories north-west of the
Indus. It is true that that army was eminently success-
ful in its operations ; but with a most frightful and im-
provident sacrifice of human life, of beasts of burden,
commissariat stores, &c. There were no positions
secured—no facilities established in the event of a re-
treat ; and the General tarnished his own reputation by
something like mean and unworthy jealousy manifested
in his conduct towards the lamented and gallant Colonel
DEN-Nis, and still more by his un-Britishlike acquies-
cence in the barbarous and wholesale murders perpe-
trated in cold blood by our infamous ally
SCHAH Soo.wr, on his prisoners in a memorable
instance which Mr. HUME vainly endeavoured to bring
under the notice and reprobation of the House of Com-
mons. Sir JoHN, however, obtained the incredible re-
ward of the honours of the Peerage, and 2,000/. per
year for his own and two lives. There is as little com•
paiison between any services that were rendered to his
cou atry by the military career of the late Lord KEANE
and the signal benefits which the diplomatic exertions of
Sir HENRI, POTTINGER have secured for it, as there can
be between the character, the intellect, and attainments
of the mere soldier, ' and the statesman-like capacity
and enlightened benevolence of the accomplished diplo-
matist. Will the Legislature be indeed content to give
a less income to Sir HENRY POTTINGER for his own life,
than it decreed to Lord KEANE for two lives ? We
trust that it will show a better appreciation of pri-
vate character, personal talents, and public merits.

We record in another part of the paper the particu-
lars of a very interesting scene which lately took place
at Bombay, interesting not only on account of the ac-
complishment of a noble work constructed chiefly for the
benefit of the lower classes in that part of India, but for
the encouragement, as far as honours can go, it gives to
native princes and merchants to improve their country
and ally themselves with rulers who, notwithstanding
some egregious faults, not to say crimes of their ser-
vants, have conferrred inestimable blessings on India.
The scene, which took place in April last, was at the
inauguration of the great causeway constructed for
uniting the islands of Bombay and Salsette, and thereby
forming a safe and useful communication between the
populous towns of Mahim and Ban tra. The whole
undertaking was completed at the expense of a private
individual, the lady of Sir JAMSETJEE lEJEEBIIOY, well
known in this country for his generous deeds and his
patriotic spirit, and for which, the SOVEREIGN was
pleased to confer on him the honour of knighthood.
This causeway, rivalling in many respects a Roman
road, cost, with the approaches, the sum of 167,000
rupees, or about 16,8001., and was appropriitely named
after its munificent founder—to be a memorial in after
ages of the gratitude of the Indian Government, and of
the patriotic spirit displayed by the wife of a native
merchant of Bombay. The eulogium pronounced by Sir
GEORGE ARTHUR, the splendid military ceremony,
and the studied honours conferred on these two indivi-
duals, in presence of a vast population, were all well-
timed and well-merited.

We have intelligence from Lisbon by the Royal Tar
steamer to the 9th inst., but it is not of importance. A
royal decree had been issued relative to the foreign trade
with the island of Madeira. According to that decree
the recent dues levied by the Board of Health, on ships
touching at Funchal, had been suspended, and the pre-
vious scale of dues re-established until the Commission
appointed to investigate the subject had made their
report.

The intelligence from Madrid is to the Bth inst. The
Government had received dispatches from Malaga,
stating that a riot had taken place in that city, in which
the provincial regiment of Jaen was implicated, but ac-
cording to the Castellano the accounts were greatly ex-
aggerated. The affair originated ,in a petty quarrel be-
tween some of the inhabitants and this regiment, and
was quickly suppressed. The capital remained per-
fectly tranquil, but the funds continuel to decline to an
alarming extent, the Three per Cents., on the 7th, having
fallen to 30 for cash. The Espeeticlor had been con-
demned in a fine of 20,000 reals (2001.) for publishing
an article offensive to the Government. The case was
decided by the judges without a jury. The QUEEN
still remained at Barcelona, where it was understood
the greater part of the Ministry would be assembled
on the 24th, in order to be present at the celebration of
Queen CHRISTINA'S birth-day. Accounts from Bayonne,
of the 10th, announce the arrival of Mr. BULWER in
that town, on his way to London. CORTINA. FALCON,
late Aide-de-camp to ESPARTERO, PRAT SANS, and
several superior and subaltern officers of the Carlist
party were residing at Bayonne.
On the Madrid Bourse the Three per Cents. closed
at 30 for cash, and 31 at 60 days ; the Five per Cents.
at 21i at 60 days; and the Debt without Interest at 6i
at 60 days.

The articles in the Paris papers relate chiefly to the
discussion in the Chamber of Peers on the Jesuits, and

the new convention for the suppression of the slave
trade. The Jesuits, we are glad to find, receive no
countenance from the Government, and the laws acrainst
them are to be put in force without delay. No doubt
whatever exists that they have been intriguing with the
French bishops, and secretly forming plans for the ex-
tension of their influence, both at Court and in the
universities, under the guise of maintaining the Catholic
religion in its pristine purity; but the Ministers of LOUIS
PHILIPPE wisely reject their aid, and will not allow them
to meddle with education. This probably mill excite
another philippic from Mr. O'CONNELL against GuizoT
and his royal master ; but Mr. O'CoNNELL's abuse finds
no echo in France. The French, to their honour, sup-
port almost unanimously the policy of their SOVEREIGN
on this question—they know well what miseries France
has suffered from the interference of priests, and would
risk another revolution rather than see them again in-
stalled in the Tuileries, as in the days of CHARLES X., or
allowed to corrupt the minds of youth by disseminating
their doctrines in the universities. This universal
feeling in France contrasts nobly with the bigotry of
Mr. O'CoNNELL, who, as in the dark ages, would
exalt the priesthood above both sovereign and
people. In allusion to the discussion in the Peers,
the Journal des Debats thus proclaims the in-
tentions of the Government :—" The laws shall be
executed, and they shall be executed without timidity
and without severity. No essential principle shall be
violated in the execution of the measures projected
against the societies not authorised by law. The So-
ciety of the Jesuits shall be dissolved, but the Jesuits
shall not be persecuted. Their dwellings shall not be
violated, the right of property shall be respected, nor
shall the citizens be removed from the jurisdiction of
their natural judges. The laws shall be executed with-
out shocking by their execution the mildness and huma-
nity of our public customs. The laws shall be executed,
and the Charter shall not be violated."

The remarks of the Opposition journals on the new
treaty possess little interest. Attempts are made to
show that it is Rot perfect, and still inferior to that con-
cluded between England and the United States. The
following remarks on the late return made to Parliament
of the number of steamers in our merchant service ap-
pear in the Journal des Debats. After stating that the
total number amounts to 900, it adds:—
" Compare with this the 110 steam-vessels which are em-
ployed in our commerce, and the effective force of Great
Britain will appear considerable in proportion, and much
more so if there be added the 65 steamers belonging to the
English colonies. Our steam fleet, it is true, yields in
nothing, either in number or size of ships, to that of our
neighbours, but we must not lose sight of the fact that the
steam forces of a nation are not to be measured only by the
number of its ships of war. The commercial navy may also
be made an instrument of war, and has now become one of
the first elements of the power as well as of the prosperity of
a nation. Our Government has shown itself convinced of
this by applying to it a wider and more efficacious construc-
tion of the law of 1840 on the trans-Atlantic packets.
Austria, in concert with England, is increasing its means of
communication in the Mediterranean, between Trieste and
the ports of the Levant. We, are in possession of a superiority
at this point which it behoves us to maintain at any cost."
The Gazette de Berri, a journal published in the south
of France, publishes the following farewell address of
DOn CARLOS to the Spanish Eation :
" Spaniards, my faithful defenders,—Called to the crown
of Spain by imprescriptible rights, my sole desire has con-
stantly been the happiness of my beloved country. That
happiness requires to-day my renunciation of those rights in
favour of my most beloved eldest son, Charles Louis, Prince
of the Asturias. No sacrifice could be painful to me when
the welfare of my country was in question. I have most
'heartily subscribed to the act of renunciation in behalf of my
son, whom you will recognise as my legitimate successor, and
surround with the same affection and fidelity. He will take
care, on his side, to recompense according to their merit your
loyalty and constancy in supporting the sound principles
which alone can save Spain.
" In retiring from public life I feel a great satisfaction and
consolation in expressing to you my gratitude for the heroic
acts with which you astonished the world, and which will
ever remain engraved in my heart.

" Farewell, my constant aefenders and faithful companions.
Pray the Almighty with me to remove the evils which op-
press our country, and give us more tranquil and happier
days. " Your affectionate and grateful King,
" Bourges, the 18th of May, 1845." " CARLOS.
The Presse says:—

"Don Carlos, it is well known, has numerous creditors.
The act of abdication made at Bourges appears to have
thrown them into great anxiety. Who is to pay, they in-
quire, all the debts he :has contracted, and the obligations
of all kinds which bind him, or which he has authorised?
The manifesto of the son says nothing about, and does not
even allude to, the debts of the father."

The Moniteur contains a royal ordonnance, dated
June 10, which orders that foreign machinery be im-
ported only at the following places:—Dunkirk, Lille,
Valenciennes, Forbach, Sierck, Strasbourg, St. Louis,
Les Ver►ieres, Bellegarde, Toulon, Marseilles, Cette,
Bordeaux, Rochefort, Nantes, Lorient, Brest, Cher-
bourg, Honfleur, Rouen, Havre, Abbeville, Boulogne,
and Calais.
The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Satur-
day at 84E 10c. ; the New Loan, at 84f 30c. ; the Five per
Cents. at 122 E 15c.; Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,218 f. 75c.;
Rouen, 1,095 f. ; Vierzon, 802 f. 50c.; Havre, 875 f.;
Avignon, 1,0351. ; Basle, 268 f. 75c. • Spanish Actives,
38%; Ditto Three per Cents., 41 ; Ditto Passives, 7%;
Old Deferred Stock, 8.

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