The Sun.
London, England, 1855-07-19 00:00:00

THE LION FLAG OF ENGLAND.

" They say best men are moulded out of fauIts."—SHAICSPEASE.
"England ! with all thy faults I love tine still."—CowpEa.
The Lion-flag of England !
Say, Briton, shall it wave
Tile scorn of every base-born serf
And jest of every slave,—
A sign to tell them how they beat
The bravest of the earth,
And teach them by our England's fall
To magnify their worth ?
" Forbi.l it, Heaven," the nations cry,
In council gravely met ;
" We'll send her aid across the seas,
And she shall conquer yet."
Have faith in dear Old England !
A voice comes from her slain :
" We found her sound enough at heart,
But erring in the brain,"
Have patience, and Old Time shall prove
Her power is like her oak,
'Which rises in the scale of worth
Beneath the deadly stroke.
For, though she staggers at the blow,
Her hero-hands have met—
Her ancient prowess gives the pledge
That she shall conquer yet.
Have faith in dear Old England,
Her lion-hearts lie dead;
But tens of thousands ready wait
To battle in their stead.
They know from history's reddest page,
That nations when opprest
Must point their swords for arguments
Against the tyrant's breast.
While voiees from the grand old past
Come pleading—" Pay your debt :
For you ste fought—preserve our fame,
And you shall conquer yet."
Who would not fight for England !
Afield or on the main'
And strive to win (if she has lost)
Her honour back again?
The creature who would dare refuse
To take his country's part,
Is coward—slave, an ingrate vile,
Or traitor at the heart ;
And little weets what he enjoys
Was bought with blood and sweat,
Or such who sheath their swords to rust
Might rice Siberia yet.
O England ! dear Old England 1
What land is like to thee,—
So rich in patriotic gems,
And free as thou art free ?
Who quench'd the bigot's faggot fire?
Who staunched the patriot's blood ?
Who ? England, at the battle-cry
Of " Liberty and God !"
Her Past ! why 'tis a deathless Fame—
A sun that cannot set :
A power majestic—and her name
Shall nerve to conquer yet !
Hurrah ! for dear Old England !
Come Britons, ono and all,
Strike on, strike hard, strike home, strike sure
Till WAIL himself shall fall ;
And Time, on pointing finger wears
The precious pearl of Peace,
And Earth sends up her anthem shout
That loving hearts increase.
Fight on, keep heart, look up, be firm;
And never once forget
That Heav'n proclaimed this God-stamp'd truth,
" The Right shall conquer yet."
EDWARD CAPERN.

THE PROPOSED SETTLEMENT OF THE
EASTERN QUESTION.

It is said in Government circles that the following
scheme for an eventual settlement of the Eastern ques-
tion is seriously under consideration. The cession of
the Crimea by Russia to be made a fifth point—the
Crimea to be restored to Turkey as a compensation for
the Principalities, which would be annexed to Austria
in consideration of Lombardy being given up to Pied-
mont.

The Royal Mail steamer Atrato, for the Pacific, has
sailed with 71,0001. The Peninsular and Oriental steamer
Iberia takes out 40,3001., principally for Cadiz and
Lisbon.

It is understood that the negotiation recently opened
with the Austrian Government by Messrs. Rothschild,
Laing, Uzielli, and others, for the purchase of the who!e
of the Lombardo-Venetian railways has been broken off,
on account of a wide difference of view between these
gentlemen and the Austrian Government as to the price
that should be paid for them.
FUNERAL OF THE LATE FIELD-MARSHAL LORD RAGLAN.
—BRISTOL, July 18.—A letter has been received this
morning from the present Lord Raglan, which announces
the receipt by his lordship of a letter from Malta, from
the commander of the Caradoc, in which that officer ex-
presses his belief that he would reach England about the
19th inst. A meeting of the mayor, magistrates, and
military authorities was held at the Council-house to-day.
The Caradoc will steam up to the quay, and the landing
will take place at Princes-street Bridge. The Artillery
will be drawn up on the Grove, at near to the Sailors'
Home, and upon the landing of the corpse will fire a
salvo of 19 guns. All the cavalry arrangements will be
carried out by the Royal Horse Guards (Blue), who will
be assisted by the enrolled Pensioners, under the com-
mand of Major Wetmore, by the Staff of the Bristol dis-
trict, and the Land Transport Corps. The mayor, ma-
gistrates, and corporation, and the other public bodies,
will assemble in Queen-square, and fall in as the pro-
cession enters Prince-street. Information has just been
received that the Royal Horse Guards (Blue) will arrive
here by rail to-morrow.