The Sun.
London, England, 1855-07-10 00:00:00

LORD OHS RUSSELL'S CONDUCT.

( - From, the Assemblee of yesterday.)
Lord eTI ihn Russell has at length felt the neces-
sity of er dering
into explanations on theconduct
he folio' ',Ted at Vienna as negotiator, and in Lon-
don since his return as member of the cabinet—of
which Lord Palmerston is the head. This did not
take -place without a fresh provocation to it on the
part of Mr. Milner Gibson ; but, as must be agreed,
if this explanations of the noble lord have been slow
of productiein they are at least very clear, and are
presented -with all the characteristics of a sincere
and comr,lete confession. The resume which the
private telegraph transmitted us yesterday is neces-
wally -very concise, but it is perfectly exact, and
leave aus scarcely anything to add. Placed anew
in pi:esence of the circular in which the Austrian
Mir lister for Foreign Affairs declares that the two
pie nipotentiaries, French and English, at the con-
fel' -once at Vienna, M. Drouyn de l'Huys and Lord
Jahn Russell, had given their adhesion to the last
propositions of the Austrian Cabinet for the ar-
r angement of the third point of guarantee, and
I 'engaged to use all their influence to procure their
adoption by their respective Governments, Lord
John acknowledged that that declaration was en-
' tirely correct. Like his colleague, the French
Minister, he had, before leaving Vienna, given his
personal adhesion to the Austrian proposition.
Be perceived in them the means for terminating
by au honourable peace, offering sufficient guaran-
tees for the interests compromised in the oriental
conflict, a war which had already cost so much
treasure and so many men. In certain respects
these explanations do not tell us anything new.
We already knew what Lord John Russell declares
so precisely to-day, and since the month of May
we have so stated it on repeated occasions. But
on seeing him remain a member of the Cabinet by
which the proposals at Vienna were rejected, and
above all after the part which he took a month ago
in the debate in the House of Commons upon these
same negotiations in which he had played so im-
portant a part, it must be confessed we had come
to doubt of the exactitude of our communications.
Between the conduct and the opinions of the Eng-
lish Plenipotentiary at the Conferences of Vienna
and the language of the Colonial Minister in the
bosom of Parliament there was something irrecon-
cileable. It seemed impossible it should be the
same man. Lord John had given his assent to
the last propositions of Austria, and had engaged
to support them with his Government. What he
promised he has performed ; he has done his
best to decide his colleagues for the acceptance of
these conditions as the bases cf a treaty of
peace ; but not having been able to succeed in
procuring the adoption of his opinion, he has
nevertheless thought it proper to remain Minis-
ter, and concur as administrator, as orator in-
vested by his functions with a double authority in
the House of Commons, in the continuation of a
war of which he did not approve. He has sub-
mitted to combat the opinions of those who spoke
in favour of a peace which he approved. . . . .
From the moment that he could not bring over his
colleagues to the opinion which he had maintained
at Vienna as negotiator, and in which lie persisted,
there was but one step to take—to retire from the
Ministry, and make known the motives of his
secession to the country. Honour, the traditions
-of Parliamentary Government, equally made it his
duty, and this duty was in some sort rendeA ed.im-
perative by the example set before him in France
by M. Drouyn de l'Huys. Lord John Russell has
rather chosen to sacrifice his opinion—we should
even have the -right to say, to give the lie to his
convictions—and keep his portfolio."

THE AUSTRIAN ATROCITIES IN THE
PRINCIPALITIES.

The following letter throvs further light on these
horrors :

" BUCHAREST, June 30.
" The death of young Bulche, son-in-law of the Prince
of Moldavia, killed in a duel by the Count de Stolherg,
an Austrian officer, has produced in both Principalities
a most painful sensation. The young woman has been
punished by Prince Gregory Ghigk, her father, for her
imprudent coquetry; she has been exiled to a monastery
for five years. The young Princess Nathalie is not
more than twenty years old, and is a beautiful woman.
This lamentable incident was not wanting to complete
the hatred existing against the Austrians, who have the
talent of causing even the Russians to be regretted, and
whose excesses they have surpassed. The Rus,ian ad-
ministration was without intelligence and venal ; that of
the Austrians is quite as impolitic and corrupt—parti-
cularly at Bucharest. No place is given, every one is
sold, and the Austrian Generals, who are much poorer
than were the Russians, begin to do a thriving business.
Prince Stirbey, who clings desperatelyto power which he
feels is slipping from him, doss his utmost to maintain
himself. Re has caused to be drawn up at Arsaki nnd. Poe,
ner, two cunning but detested instruments of his 13, dicy, a
plan of new organic regulations which is, with very
slight changes, the reproduction of those which he pre-
sented in 1851 to the Cabinet of St. Petersburg. In
place of the Russian uniform we have the Austrian, and
the difference between them is almost imperceptible—in
reality it is the same thing. The impost of the two-
tenths established by the Russians in 1648 and 1849, the
object of which was the extinction of the debt which
Russia had imposed on the country, is collected. The
Prince says openly it is fur the purpose of defraying the
obligations of the Principality to Russia, and, in the
meantime, the proceeds are disposed of as on former occa-
sions. Prince Alexander Ghika, whose 'energy and
patriotism are known to his countrymen, and offered
some consolation to those who have never ceased to regret
him, has protested strongly against the payment of the
impost, and has thus set the example of legal resistance.
The fact is, the entire country is against Stirbey ; his
partisans are to be found among those who are justly hated
—among dilapidators, some of whom are still holding
place, though under prosecution by the Minister of Finance
and among persons equally disen titled to public confidence.
It is in my power to communicate to you official docu-
ments on the subject of the conduct of these men. But,
I repeat what I have often told you—there are no longer
parties in Wallachia ; there is but one feeling, public,
unanimous, and decided, and that is for the cessation, at
any cost, of the oppressive domination of the Austrians,
and the expulsion of a Hospodar who is execrated, and
of his followera who are the scourge of the. country.
That is what we, Wallachians, demand from England
and France."

Another letter from Bucharest, of the 26th, says:— -
"The Grand Vizier, Aali Paella, passed last week
through Rustchuk. Prince Stirbey proceeded to meet
and compliment him, and a certain number of Boyards
did the same. The Consuls-General of Prussia and
England also proceeded thither. General Coronini left-
some days since, to inspect the troops ha the two Prin-
cipalities. Prince Stirbey continues to act with the
same audacity. Ho has just levied an impost of
30,000,000 of piastres on the native and Greek monas-
teries. He has procured that impost to be voted by the
Divan convoked ad hoc; the members voted it unani•
mously, with the exception of one single member, Prince
Constantine Gbika, President of the High Court of Jus-
tice. It would be difficult to give von an idea of the
discontent of the whole population."

THE VICARAGE OF YEOVIL.—The Rev. Richard J. F.
Thomas has been instituted by the Bishop of Bath and
Wells to the vicarage of Yeovil-cum-Preston.
FAILURE OF Two OF THE NEW MANCHESTER NEWS•
PAPERS.—The Manchester Halfpenny Express and the
Manchester Penny Express, two of the five daily pap,..ve
recently started in Manchester, have already been dis-
continued. .It If 4 no uncommon thing for literary men
to have false conceptions of those commercial principle,
which are quite as necessary to success in the conduct of
a newspaper as good writing and the ability for compi-
lation. No fault could be found with the conduct of
these papers as regards the last-named qualifications,
for they appear to have been well got up, but the mis-
take was probably one very common to new speculations
of this kind, that they attempted to give too much fo:
the money, considerieg the competition they had to
encounter.
THE STATE OF THE THAMES.--The present disgraceful
state
(Saturday) by
of the river Thames has called forth the following
letter from Professor Faraday :—" I traversed this day'
steam-boat the space between London and
Tl,ung"lo- rd Bridges, between half-past one and two
have been
of the water forced o clock ; it vasnear low water, and I think the tide must
The whole of theri
the turn. The appearance and the smell
themselves at ones on my attention.
In order to test ver was an opaque pile brown fluid.
white cards the degree of opacity, I tore up some
, into pieces, moistened
them sink easily hel, , moistened them so as to make
some of these pieces ',l7t the surface, and then dropped
came to ; before they had
oare water at every pier the boat
guis,sunk an inch below the sur-
face they were indistir.
brightly at the time • - n ' :ID.t.ble, though the sun shone
sight before the upper
the
lower
part
was
Bidden
from
the pieces fell edgeways
part was under water.
1,),,e,-,,wharf, Southwark-
bridge, at St. Paul's
wharf, Biackfriars•bridge,
alTldemlap
n'etilll: doubt would
bridge, and Hungerford ;
have occurred fuither up and dow•
the bridges the feculence rolled up in cloudsriver; :Near
that they were visible at the surface, even in
')
t'ense„
this kind. The smell was very bad and conwiin'atoenr to
the whole of the water ; it was the same as that
eh
from the gully in t
now
the whole whi
river was for the time a real sewer. , I-lavir
g
just returned from out of the country air, I wrw, per-
baps more affected by it than others ; but I do not think
I could have gone on to Lambeth or Chelsea, and I was
glad to en ter the streets for an atmosphere which
cept near the sinkholes,ethoughtis it a duty to record these
facts that they In3Y. be
brought to the attention of those
who exercise power or have responsibility in relation to
the condition of our river; there
the words I have employed, or any approach to exag-
geration
river which
suffi-
cient authority to remove a putrescent pOnd from the
neighbourhood of •m le dwellings, surely the
they are the simple truth. If there be
n., a few al p .
ought not to h fermenting sewer.
The condition Z allowed to become a
floss for so many miles through London
be considered n which I saw the Thames may perhaps
be
exceptional,
coming the general of
but it Ought to be an im-
possible state, blt,.
we cannot expect to"dnodsition. If we neglect this subject
to be surprised if, which I fear it is rapidly .be-
coming
gives us sad proof of the foy-Y
ma: with impunity; nor ought we
ears are over, a hot season i
folly ei our carelessness." 1