The Sun.
London, England, 1855-03-27 00:00:00

LORD DUNDONALD'S SCHEME,

In reply to Mr. BELLEW.,
Sir CHAS. WOOD said Lord Dundonald submitted
his scheme to the late Board of Admiralty. It had since
been fully inquired into, but it would be indisereet in
him to publish to the world what the result was, or how
the Admiralty would decide upon it.
THE VIENNA. NEGOTIATIONS.
Mr. LAYARD wished to know from the First Mini-
ster whether there would be any objection to lay before
Parliament the protocol of the 2d December, which had
originated the Vienna conference ?
Lord PALMERSTON said it was not usual to pro-
duce fragmentary documents relating to a conference
still going on.

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house to consider her Majesty's Message on the sub-
ject of the Sardinian loan.
THE SARDINIAN
The Message having been read,
Lord PALMERSTON rose to move a resolution, in
reply to the Message, and, in doing so, he briefly urged
the necessity which the war had created for calling in
foreign aid to our assistance. Her Majesty having ex-
hausted the powers of the militia, bad been forced to
have recourse to the assistance of a foreign ally, and
Sardinia had undertaken to supply an auxiliary force of
15,000 men to co-operate with the troops of Eng-
land and France, and in return for this assistance
her Majesty had undertaken that this country
should advance Sardinia a loan of 1,000,000/.,
pay-
able within the next six months, upon condition that
the loan should carry interest at the rate of 4 per cent.,
one per cent. of which to go to the Sinking Fund. The
value of this assistance could not be overlooked ; be-
cause the valour and skill of the Sardinian soldiers were
amply acknowledged in history as having been estab-
lished upon many a hard-fought field. It was alike for
the interest of Sardinia as of England that
this alliance should be entered into ; it was an
alliance honourable to both parties ; and while it would
afford to Austria a guarantee for the tranquillity of the
northern part of Italy, on the other band it would
give Sardinia some assurance for the safety and
quietude of the south. He concluded by moving
a resolution, in effect authorising the Commis-
sioners of the Treasury to issue to her Majesty
for the purpose of this loan 1,000,000/. out of the Con-
solidated Fund immediately, and a further 1,000,0001. in
the event of the war continuing beyond twelve months.
Mr. DISRAELI found fault with the noble lord's
statement as being exceedingly meagre and unsatisfac-
tory. No doubt it was gratifying to know that
Sardinia was ready to assist us with her army, but
still there were circumstances connected with their as-
sistance which the house would do well to consider.
Last year they heard of loans in disguise, and it ap-
peared to him that this loan was a subsidy in disguise.
(Elear, hear.) The system of subsidising was vexati-
ous in principle and pernicious in operation,
and so unsatisfactory did it work during the
last war that nothing but extreme necessity could jus-
tify a recurrence to it. Nov, was there any extreme
necessity in the present case ; and if there was, what
had been the cause of it ? They were told, indeed, that
the country was embarked in a struggle with a
great Power, but before we embarked in it
we should have calculated its cost—(hear, hear)—and
consequences. We had only been at war about twelve
months, and yet, at this early period, Parliament was
called upon ganctiou a return to at#siclioa, Who noble