The Sun.
London, England, 1855-12-06 00:00:00

THIS EVENING,

First Week of an Equestrian Spectacle called TURPIN"S RIDE
to YORK, or the Heir of Rookwo d, with the wh le of Mr. W. enoke's
hiighly-traine4 Horses, toe celebrated " Ride," and the Death of
Black Bess !
After which (the L 'et Week) 3flle. Clementine Soullier's perfor-
mance In the WONDERS of the CIRCLE.
To conclude with an 011 a Podrida of Amusements.

N.B.—Extensive preparations are makin; for the Chriatma3 Ilar
lequinacle.
1:,...),r1ee open from Elevon till Four. ?itage 3danager, Mr. W.
West. Equestrian Dirv.;or, 3S Cookr. an.

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LONDON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1855.

It was long since—even before the commence-
ment of the War—clearly shown that Russia had
two classes of State Papers, one for Foreign
Powers comparatively moderate, and the other for
its own subjects, exhibiting the arrogance and
audacity for which the Government of St. Peters-
burg had become so notorious, and the high tone
by which the AUTOCRAT was accustomed to issue
his ukases to those to whom they had all the
effect of an ascertained and irrevocable law, or to
others whom he might hope to influence by the
dread of his displeasure. Such an apology was
actually put forward in the British Parliament by
an English Minister, for a document that attracted
much attention at the time, and excited much
indignation amongst persons of all classes and sta-
tions in society.
When the CZAR himself and his Ministers could
descend to such discreditable Subterfuges, we can-
not feel greatly surprised at any degree of false-
hood or equivocation adventured on by any
Russian journal, which, though deriving its in-
from Ministerial sources, does
spiration directly
not bind the Cabinet by its assertions, which may
be regarded as official by every Muscovite, but
can be repudiated at pleasure should they unfor-
tunately attract diplomatic notice, or be found
disadvantageous in any negotiations that may
hereafter be opened. The miserable serfs by
whorl the army is recruited may thus reoeive
very erroneous views respecting the true state of
affairs, while the CZAR himself and his Generals
are contented with merely glozing over and
putting the best possible construction on the real
facts.

The article recently extracted into our co-
lumns from the Northern Bee under the
" The War Beginning in _
heading, g n Earnest,"
is of this description. It is characterised
not ruerelY
by gross exaggeration, but by
-
It. isy in. fact, akexpag.
unequivocal ,mondaeitY•

iion of the "Munch Ausen " narratives of the
veracious Dr. DATErfat, and clearly proves that
rather notorious peitsori age to be a Russian agent,
who has fully carried cr ut th© instructions which
he received from head-. quarters, and well earned
the infamous wages for which he has sacrificed
character and honour.

The explanation of the withdrawal of the Rus-
sian troops from the south side of Sebastopol, for
" strategetical reasons," is exactly that given
by the notorious Doctor. It was really a
triumph in place of a defeat a brilliant
movement, which completely checkmated the
besiegers ! It asks, triumphantly, Where are
the trophies of victory the crown, the
standards, the prisoners ? boldly asserting that
the Allies were so intimidated that they did not
venture into the city for three whole days, and
then only with the greatest precaution, and with
fear and trembling. The Russians merely crossed
over to the Northern Side, " as one changes one's
dress, or selects another path !" To be sure it was
a pity to put off the beautiful purple dress of
Sebastopol, but it was only for a time, and the
CZAR will soon give it another one far more mag-
nificent than the former ! If the statement had
the slightest foundation, it would indeed be a
singular movement—a very serious sacrifice of a
very costly dress. But the writer shows that he
does not credit his own statements, or why should
he allude to " the loss of Moscow as not being the
loss of Russia." It shows the real weight of the
blow, and that it may be felt as something equi-
valent to the memorable conflagration of 1812.
It is unnecessary to refer to the unmitigated
falsehocds respecting England. They only show
the intense soreness of Russia at the injuries
she has sustained. The article is clearly intended
to obtain better terms in the anticipated negotia-
tions. In this we believe they will be grievously
disappointed. The only conclusion that can be
drawn from the article is that Russia is tottering,
and that the sound policy for the Allied Powers is
to destroy everything Russian—her commercial
ports and arsenals, so as to prevent the possibility
of the most besotted serfs being deceived by the
lying vaunts of Russian triumphs or English de-
feats.

Who can refute a sneer ? asks PALEY, and with
almost equal propriety we may ask " who can re-
fute a rumour ?" This hundred-tongued authority
has been very busy just of late. " Our own Cor-
respondent" at Paris, who but the other day knew
almost the letter of a treaty with Sweden, the
copy of which as well as the original, if there
ever was one, General CANROBERT must have left
at Stockholm, is now quite confident that peace
, proposals are worming their way through Austria
and Prussia to the Western Allies. Again, al-
most the details are certified, concurring pretty
well with what the " Leading Journal" had a few
days ago declared to be something the Allies might
take i uto consideration. Then the PALMERSTON organ
intimates that tangible propositions must of
course be considered, come from what quarter
they might. A well-known Conservative weekly
also uses very positive language, and anon it is
hawked about the streets, and at the tails of
omnibuses, that "we have exclusive official in-
formation" (mirabile dictu) that Lord PALMER-
STON is to resign, and Lord JOHN RUSSELL to
come in ! That the terms of peace are, the evacua-
tion of the Crimea by the Allies ! Sebastopol to
become a free Russian port ; the Euxine to be
a purely commercial sea, and that the King of
SA.RDINIA. came here to press this peace on the
two Western Allies ! ! Such is the crescit eundo
of the peace rumour.

)" Exclusive information," especially when sold
for a penny, it were of course impossible to gain-
say. " The best information," "authorities" on
which " own correspondents" tell us "we may
rely'' are equally intangible ; it happens, how-
ever, that our reliance, had it been given to pre-
vious similar declarations, would oftener by far
have been misplaced than warranted. It is use-
less to play at blind-man's buff with these rumour
manufacturers, and we shall not attempt it. Our
' old friends, however, united in a new firm of
Tory, Cotton, and Co., with a sleeping partner
whose name must not be public, we better know
how to deal with, and most of their move•
meats are tolerably manifest to us all. The first of
them, we regret to say, shows a facrious and party
spirit which we were not prepared for, but which
we are pleased to see neutralised by the thoroughly
national feeling and language of the best inen of
that section of politicians. The ultra-peace party,
the union of cottou-spinners and Quakers, are na-
turally in high feather with the rumours adverted
to and the rise in the funds, but they cannot
get their resolutions carried at public meetings,
and are sometimes, we regret to see it, for a
good cause needs no such help, rather rudely
treated besides. The influential sleeping partner,
with the aid of the leading Whigs in and out of
the Cabinet, the men most likely to have set these
rumoursafloat through their agents, has vast power
throughout the whole circle of diplomacy and Court
intrigue ; and it has already done, as we believe,
incalculable mischief, and can only be successfully
controlled by the determined front of the whole
nation.

The only circumstance of weight which we can
note is one to which we have so incessantly called
the attention of the public, that our readers are
not likely to see in it any specially-pacific result,
but, indeed, rather the contrary. We refer to
the " spare-Russia" policy of the War. From
the beginning we denounced the traitorous de-
claration of Lord Joan RussELL, who then spoke
with Cabinet authority, that we did not want
rlyn.e a n
sWae n show
en edd, t h
too,a t
to lessenwaßsUstshiae proper
oPfolatnhde War, and that to hit, without
mercy and without cessation, was the true course
to save the effusion of blood, and to bring about
thovaterontloyo often
The reverse of all this his been
a speedy peace.
the
the case ; not, however,
wej
grievous facts,yesterday
asjust
notice to go
morning the Times itself came out with a vigor-
ous denunciation of the ungeneral-like proceed-
ings of the Allies since the fall of Sebastopol, even
comparing it all, as we had previously done, with
the manifestly superior generalship, under every
disadvantage, of the great Turkish commander.
The Times, indeed, fixes the blame on General
PELISSIER—in which we have no idea that our
contemporary speaks his real opinion, but the real
culprits are not to be named yet, for which it may
have very good reasons. We must own that had
the neglecting to drive the Russians out of the
Crimea before winter been an isolated neglect of
an obvious advantage, we too should have con-
chided that peace must be thought of. It ap-
pears, however, but as a part of a settled policy.
iVe had quite as much reason to look for peace
because Odessa was spared, the Austrians let into
the Principalities, the Sea of Azoff left so long,
the success at Kinbourn not followed up, and the
Baltic campaign
so shamefully mismanaged,
as we now have because the Generals declined
to follow up the fugitives from South-Sebas-
topol, or even to take possession of Arabat
and Kertch. We do not .think PELISSIER
and CODRINGTON the equals of Om& Pa,.sx,A, in
strategic genius, but we do,t4ink them, with the )

,y

fleets at their command, much more than equal 1
to the task of killing or catching every Russian i,

who remained in the Crimea after the Bth Septem-
ber. It must have been the telegraph which said
" Stop." The Crimean Generals had half-a-dozen
plans before them, any one of which would have
been better than the dull and demoralising course
they have actually taken.

One of the Peace orators, Mr. MULL, has just
been addressing his constituents at Rochdale.
His logic was singular. He believess in the occa-
sional necessity of war, but thinks this war
might have been averted. He believes that
when a trial of strength once began it was neces-
sary that Russia should know which is the
stronger, Western civilised power or her own
semi-barbarous power ; but he thinks she now
knows that abundantly, therefore we ought to
make peace. One mis-statement alone vitiates
the conclusion. He should have said it was re-
quisite for Russia not only to know, but practi-
cally to confess, which is the stronger. When
Russia beat Turkey, Persia, or Sweden, she made
them practically confess her superior strength.
She required the cession of Bessarabia, the
Crimea, Georgia, Finland, and other pro-
vinces. This is Russia's own test of vic-
tory and defeat. Unless she accept that test
herself, the War will have been brought to a useless
conclusion. The peace men will quickly taunt their
old opponents with the folly of such vast sacri-
fices for such small results, and the Allies will be
ashamed of themselves before all Europe. Russia
will soon resume aggression, at first by piecemeal
and by stealth, then more openly ; England and
France will feel that they have an old disgrace to
wipe off ; and a ten years' sanguinary war will
conclude the present brief and disgraceful one.
Disgraceful we certainly think the gonduct of the
War has been hitherto. In personal gallantry our
troops and officers have sustained the credit of
their respective countries. But in generalship it
is notorious that the Russian and Turkish Com-
manders-in-Chief have quite borne away thepalm.
If it comes to a speedy diplomatic termination,
we are confident tke Russian genius will beat us
in that.

At length Monetary Reformers are bestirring
themselves. The meeting last night held at the
London Tavern will undoubtedly have its effect.
Never was there a time when agitation was more
wanting, or would be more beneficial for the coun-
try. The iniquitous Act of 1844 has virtually
expired. It now only awaits the notice which the
Government are authorised to give at any moment,
and which will completely get rid of these mon-
strous enactments.

The country wants a really National Note, the
profits whereof will accrue to the public exchequer,
which will have all the security of Consols, being
guaranteed not only by all the accumulated and
realised property of the country, but by its in-
dustry, and which will also be received in payment of
taxes and every public liability. By the issue
of thirty millions of these notes, as sometime
since proposed by Mr. HAMER STANSFELD, the
same amount of sovereigns would become avail-
able for the maintenance of the War, and
our foreign trade, and a far better and more con-
venient currency would be brought into general
use—a currency which would accomplish all that
could be required or desired—what the Act of
1844 aimed at but signally failed in achiev-
ing. By its means we should avoid these con-
stant fluctuations in the value of money, so
highly injurious to commerce and to the
productive power of the country. Let Monetary
Reformers steadily demand a national note,
insist that the regulation of the circulation shall
be placed under a Minister of the Crown respon-
sible to Parliament, and taken from the hands of
a private establishment, to whom a monopoly
is given in a most important commodity,
and one of the Royal prerogatives—
that of making money—handed over. The
Bank of England has no claim on the country to
entitle it to a renewal of privileges which, if it
has not abused, it has certainly not turned to
the best advantage, either for itself or for the
country.

It is always a pleasing task to independent
journalists to record the ultimate triumph of per-
secuted merit over its detractors, and doubly
gratifying when the announcement is coupled
with the consciousness that, from the first, they
were to be found in the foremost rank of its de-
fenders. It is therefore with more than usual
pleasure we call the attention of our readers to
the fact that the colonelcy of the Bth Hussars
has been conferred on Lord LUCAN, whom, on
his return from the Crimea, we were almost alone
among our daily and evening contemporaries in
pronouncing an ill-used man. To be sure, this
act of justice does not altogether satisfy his equi-
table claims, but it certainly must be regarded as
an indisputable verdict in his favour. It is by
no means our intention to rip up an unpleasant
affair, nor to offer any remarks that, may be dis-
torted into the indulgence of personal feeling ;
all that we shall add, therefore, is the expression
of a hope that, as in this instance, and in the
case of General, whilome Colonel THOMPSON,
whose name having been placed in the brevet
almost at the foot of the list of Generals, was
awhile back elevated to its rightful position, the
claims of meritorious officers will henceforth meet
with that respect the interests of the country
no less than the dictates of justice require they
should receive.