The Sun.
London, England, 1855-03-22 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TB URSDAY EVENING, MARCH 22, 1855

It ivas like a piece of Sallust, something of imagi-
native colouring being perhaps wanting:s The pre-
cise object was not very distinctly avowed, unless
we take the expression towards the close as some
indication of the immediate purpose, in which the
inveterate veteran expressed his earnest hope that
under no circumstances shall we place any confi-
dence in the Prussian Government. But it is im-
possible not to see that the tendency, and we fear
we must add the manifest intention, of this elabo-
rate invective, is to widen the alienation already
unhappily subsisting between this country and the
chief state of Northern Germany. The incidental
profession of a desire to discriminate between the
country and the court, the people and the King of
Prussia, is not sufficient to blunt the edge of the
polished sarcasms in which the noble and learned
orator thought fit to indulge at the historical
expense of Prussia. Far be it from us to
palliate or justify the political sins of our neigh-
bour in past times ; but are we ourselves na-
tionally so free from all that we should wantonly
challenge invidious reproaches and recriminations ?
To what good purpose can it tend to rake together
on the floor of Parliament the records of every mis-
deed committed by a neighbour with whom we have,
after all, so many points of congenial sentiment
and interest as Prussia? It is plain enough, we
think, from the draft address agreed to by a com-
mittee of the Second Chamber at Berlin, within the
last few days, that the representatives of the nation
are not insensible to the European duties we ask
them to perform. But, if we would stimulate their
generous impulses, and strengtken their liberal in-
tentions, we must not forget that they are Prussians,
or trifle with their national susceptibility and pride.
To what purpose other than that of unmixed mis-
chief is it that a man who has filled for thirty
years the great position of Lord Lyndhurst in
this country should amuse the British Senate with
sardonic cavils at Frederick the Second's title to be
called the Great ? Napoleon has often, and justly,
been reproached. for despoiling the hero's tomb of
the sword with which he won so many victories,
of which every Prussian is proud. We own we
think it a paltrier theft to try to make away with
the epithet with which national history has invested
the name of that celebrated man. Still emptier,
idler, and, we must say in all honesty, more unjus-
tifiable, is the reckless stroke upon the death-bell
of Poland. We are as ready as most men to grapple
with that subject whenever we have reason to be-
lieve that any party or any statesman in this coun-
try is prepared to enter upon it resolutely, honestly,
and practically. But we look with feelings we had
rather not be forced to express upon the use of
Poland's victim name, for the mere rhetorical pur-
pose of the hour, by men who have never in their
lives devoted a serious thought to the rescue or re-
demption of the Polish people. Lord Lyndhurst
has more than once been a Minister of the Crown :
did he ever while in that capacity do, or try to do,
auy act for the resuscitation of Poland ? Beside
the years he spent in the House of Commons, he
has for eight-and-twenty years occupied a distin-
guished place in the House of Lords : did lie ever
originate any substantive proceeding on behalf of
that injured land during all that time ? For
our part we shudder as we look back and think
how the sufferings and the hopes of the Poles
have been traded on and trifled with by poli-
ticians amongst us of every degree. In our
view it is a very solemn thing to excite ex-
pectations in the unfortunate which there is no
reasonable certainty of seeing realised ' • and a very
cruel and cowardly thing to resort to the too ready
discontent of an oppressed community when wo
happen to be at war with their oppressor, unless
we are prepared to stand by those whom we stimu-
late to arm along with us. Above all, we are com-
pelled to ask what is the meaning, where is the
sincerity, of observations like those we have re-
ferred to, while the whole course of our present
foreign policy confessedly turns upon an Austrian
alliance ? As if to mark the hollowness of aristo-
cratic professions of sympathy for what are called
" oppressed nationalities," it so happened that at
the very time Lord Lyndhurst was speaking in the
House of Peers, Lord Palmerston, in the House of
Commons, was formally repudiating certain ex-
pressions attributed to Sir R. Peel on the occasion
of his re-election the other day for Tamworth. A
question on the subject having been put by Lord
Wni. Graham, the Prime Minister thought fit to state
that the Austrian Government had the best reasons
for knowing that the Cabinet of England were far
from desiring or countenancing any projects for the
disturbance of the Austrian empire, whether in Hun-
gary or elsewhere ; and that the only light in which
they could ever contemplate the revival of questions
regarding Poland would be that in which the Ger-
man Powers might possibly some day be led Fpon-
taneously to originate them. 14 other words,
Italy, Hungary, and Poland have nothing what-
ever to expect from our lordly rulers that have
been or that are.

MONEY FOR THE WAR.
(From the Derbyshire Courier.)

What the country wants, and what Mr. Glad-
stone never gave, is a clear and distinct intimation
of what Government intends to do •to raise the
large sums already required, and possibly the still
larger sums which may be necessary for the war.
Lord Aberdeen's ministry made the fatal mistake
of adopting half measures in everything connected
with the war. Government was too slow and too
late in all its proceedings. They were slow to go
to war at all, when it was evident that we could
not otherwise secure honourable terms from Russia.
Then when we did go to war all active hostilities
seemed to hang fire. It was plain that Lord
Aberdeen and his colleagues expected to " patch
up" a peace with the Czar. Now, the con-
sequences of this paltry, wretched policy ex-
tended to the financial measures of the late Admi-
nistration. Mr. Gladstone, hoping that the ex-
penses of the war would be trifling, made no ade-
quate provision for the enormous expenditure we
have already incurred. In fact, he did not even
make any settled plan for procuring the requisite
funds. It is purely ridiculous to suppose that the
industry of the country can raise the whole amount
of the war expenditure by increased annual taxa-
tion. Yet this appears to have been Mr. Glad-
stone's first idea. And then came his half measure
of a loan in reality under the name of Exchequer
bonds. Just one of those distinctions without a
difference, for which Mr. Gladstone is so famous,
and on which his reputation as a statesman has
been wrecked.
Under existing circumstances, the country ought
to be obliged to Lord Monteagle for bringing this
subject before the notice of Parliament. Let us
know what financial measures are intended. "If,"
said his lordship on Tuesday, "Government thought
it best to raise the money required by annual taxa-
tion, let.them act on that principle, and propose
measures to Parliament for that purpose. If, on
the contrary, they thought it best to resort to a
loan, they ought to go boldly and openly into the
market, and make the best bargain they could."
Mr. Gladstone did neither the one nor the other.
His system has been neither bold nor open ; a sys-
tem of subterfuge and expedient ; a system of
living from hand to mouth, drawing accommoda-
tion bills, and renewing them as they became due.
This, as every private merchant and trader knows,
is the most expensive and ruinous system which
can possibly be adopted. " With respect to the
Exchequer bonds," said Lord Derby,. ". no. debt, it
was said, would be created; but just as well might
a young gentleman, spending double his income,
and raising money by bills, and taking them up as
they fell due by other bills, put himself forward as
a man of prudence and frugality. The late Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer did nothing more nor less
—he issued bills at a certain number of years' date,
and when the time arrived for paying or renewing'
them, in either case they constituted a practi-
cal addition to the debt of the country." So
far from the expenses being defrayed out of the
taxes imposed, " It turned out," said Lord Grey
in the same debate, " that what between Exche-
quer-bills which were to have been paid off, but
which were removed, and the Exchequer-bonds
which were issued, and which, as it had been said,
were neither more nor less than bills at four years'
date, while the Government were professing to in-
-cur no debt at all, they were placing upon the
country the burden of a debt the exact amount of
which he could not state, but which he believed
ah (slibreent
much
worse
would reach, if it did not exceed, 7,000,0001."
We have always believed and stated that the
financial mismanagement of the late Administra-
tion was on a par with the rest of their weak and
incapable policy. , .
We warn the new Chancellor of the Exchequer
that if ho treads in the steps of his predecessor,
the dissatisfaction of the country will be general,
and his tenure of office will be short. The esti-
matedtrno:prioegrxi.
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statede nocv iy , navy, aaysyt, I
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under
:ordnance, and
Actual chaurges‘, 17'851?5 -a
L 17,621,312
Estimate 27,153,931
ow framed for 1855-6 37,427,000
Now two things are certain : first, that this
enormous amount cannoctoubseidr:ised by he increase
that let it be raised how
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trade.i o n
se ceicaol lnyd y ring. the depressed
it may, whether by terminable annuities---which
it
we think the baestteevreprylatnb-rngereblsye
nisewdith this unfortunate war, too late. in clone
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connection
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We shall have toraoifsommr.olGielyados
terms, in consequence
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opportunity of ascertaining how many hundred
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thousand pounds
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cellor's subtile, metaphysical

"The directors are in receipt of advices from the re-
sident director at Melbourne to the sth of January, con-
taining the following
Mining.—On this subject I have as yet nothing
very definite to communicate. I have addressed a
letter to the chief commissioner regarding it, he being
just now absent from town on the Gold-fields Com-
mission. After a very careful consideration, I have
come to the conclusion that the best plan to be
adopted is, to take possession of a part of the Wool-
shed Creek (in the Ovens district) and work it
in the best way we can, according to the imperfect me-
thod adopted by the diggers in that district, which alto-
gether differs from the system at the Western Gold Fields.
Owing to the absence of running streams at the latter, I
have instructed Mr. Thompson to take possession of as
large a portion of the creek as he can, and to commence
at once, unless he should differ in opinion from me and
can suggest some more feasible plan of operations.
There is no doubt that it is rich both in gold and tin.
The main deposit of tin ore yet discovered is upon the
Woolshed Creek.
" Gold Purchase.—This business I have closed, Rs it
is impossible to compete with the banks, and, with the
exchange on London going down, it is hazardous to
make purchases at the gold fields.
"Assay-office.—The business of this office is improv-
ing. Last month we melted 15,000 ounces for the pub-
lic and a very large quantity for the banks. The public
are beginning now to see that it is to their advantage to
ship assayed gold instead of dust, and I am in hopes of
baying the gold of another of the banks to melt. My
only fear is that the Government may be induced to
start their assay-office again.
" Accounts—These are not quite ready, but shall be
forwarded by the overland mail on the 23d inst.
" COLONIAL GOLD.

" The directors have advices from New South Wales
to the 20th of December as follows :
" Louisa Creek— There is no alteration in the produce
of the quartz, the lode having continued poor in the back
of the five-fathom level south. Preparations were being
made to commence other slopes at the north end of this
inclines; and, as the quartz in this portion of the lode is
considered good, better returns are looked forward to.
The alluvial washing had been more productive. They
still continued to work the alluvium at the back of the
ridge ; but, as it had latterly not given much encourage.
meet, trials were about being made on another part of
the claims. The supply of water still contioues good at
Louisa Creek, although, with the exception of the com-
pany's dam, most other holes are dry. 'Tee season was
dryer than for several years.
"Tamboroora—All the departments were in a state of
forwardness, and on the a rival from Sydney ofsome pieces
of the machinery fur the stamps, which were expected in
about a week, everything- would be in readiness for starting
early in January ; but the effmt of the drought had so
diminished the usual supplies of water that there was
scarcely sufficient for ordinary purposes, and unless there
should be a fall of rain the commencement must be de-
layed. On the Royal ♦ein an incline tramroad from the
creek on the course of the vein was being made, which
would be of cons;derable advantage in working ; towards
the creek the vei, is found to be much larger and more
regular, the gold contained in it appears to be coarser
than that on the top of the hill. A splendid bunch of
rich gold quartz has been cut between the original work-
ings and the creek, and some men have been placed to
sink on it, in order that an idea of its extent may be
arrived at. The vein altogether looked exceedingly
well, being much more regular towards the creek, and in
the end of the inclined plane some good specimens of
gold had been found. The quantity of quartz at the
surface was estimated at above 400 tons.
" Burrandong.—A dam has been built across the
Macquarrie, and it would net be long before an efficient
trial of the bar would be made. The dryness of the
season was in this locality of much advantage. A small
quantity of gold only had been obtained from the first
operations of washing, but better ground had been
reached, and the returns were improving. The quan-
tities obtained would be stated in the gold account to be
made up at the end of the month.
"Advices have also arrived from Mr. Comer, up to
the oth of January. He had received the communication
sent him in October fast that the board would probably
determine to break up the establishment and discon-
tinue operations in the colony of Victoria. Mr. Coiner
had given the necessary directions for the discontinuance
of all operations which involved labour, and, having dis-
charged the men not under contract, ho was waiting the
receipt of further instructions from England before tak-
ing steps fn- closing the company's affairs."

"NORTH BRITISH AUSTRALASIAN.
"The directors have advices from Sydney to the 30th
December, and Kavau to the 16th November. Mr.
Mackay advises a large consignment of wool (108 bales),
and adds that the quantity of that article wilt be much
greater this year than heretofore, but that the continued
droughts wou!d, unless a change took place, materially
affect the tallow season, the immediate Fr sspects of
which were discouraging. Mr. Beeger transmits Capt.
Bray's report for October on the workings at the mine.
At the east end of the level the lode had become wider,
and of a more promising appearance, with spots of ore,
and Mr. Beeger expected they should meet with ore
there, as there was a large mass of nsuudic with
ore above it in the upper levels. Ninnis's shaft
had net been sunk more than three fathoms, on
account of water, and the small engine would be set u 1
work the next week, and the sinking resumed. The lode
in the shaft bad assumed an improved appearance, and
the old miners expected to find a bunch of ore. A party
were employed to rise a winzo to break the ore which
was left standing when the old workings were sus.
pended."

The Emigration Commissioners have advertised
for vessels to carry emigrants to Sydney and Ade-
laide, each to be ready for passengers between the
3d and the 11th of May, as shall hereafter be de-
termined.

" The dividends on the Peruvian Three per Cents.
have been announced for payment.
The annexed information relative to the progress
of English mining adventure is condensed from the
Mining Journal :
" The mining market has been particularly flat fir
Most descriptions, and quotations have exhibited a
tendency to decline. The Cwmystwith Company have
declared a dividend of 51. per share. At West
Wheal Damsel meeting the accounts showed, after
the payment of a dividend of 21. per share, a la-
lance in hand of 8391. At West Wheal Basset meet-
ing the accounts showed a balarice in favour of the
mine of 4,4761. A dividend of 10s. per share was de-
clared. At Prignant Consols meeting the accounts
showed a balance in favour of the mine of 4751. At
Wheal Creber meeting the accounts showed a balance in
frvour of the mine of 2451. At Mendhip-hills' meeting
some disclosures were made with regard to the conduct
I of the late manager, who, it is alleged, had appropriated
to his own purpose the whole of the cash (2,0001.) in his
hands, and, in addition, three bills of exchange, each of
which was drawn for 5001. At Wheal Whitleigh meet-
: ing the accounts showed a balance against adventurers
of 6971. ; a call of 2s. 6d. per share was made. At Tin-
croft meeting the appointment of the new directors mai
unanimously confirmed. At Craigwen the accounts
showed a balance credit, of 791. At Keswick meeting
the accounts showed a balance in favour of the mine of
47/.!; a call of 2s. per share was made. At Devon and
Cornwall United meeting the accounts showed a
balance against the mine of 2461. ; a call of Ss
per share was marl& At Wheal Brewer meeting
the accounts showed a balance against the mine
of 691. ; a call of 1/. per share was made. At North
Roskear meeting the accounts showed a balance in
favour of the mine of 1451, At Trethollan meeting