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been imposed upon, either by German influence
at home, or by the duplicity of the Government
at L'ielll C Li 111:
and we shall acecept it as the omen of au altered
policy. Every one of our political prophesies in
regard to the conduct of the war have been veri-
fied ; they were scorned by tho magnates of the
press and the Legislature at first, were visions,
dreams, revolution, and all that ; they are not
scorned, but adopted now. Few will now have
the hardihood to defend our first supplications to
Prussia, our admission of Austria into the Prin-
cipalities, and our effeminate yielding to her self-
evident wiles. Never were DELILAH and SAMP-
SON better enacted in the political world. Twice
already, while England was reposing in the lap of
Austria, has she bid the Russians be upon us; once
at Inkerman, and once at Vienna. Well for us if we
do not betray to her the secret of our strength,
and find ourselves made to grind at last in sub-
servience to Russian ambition.
We will once more remind our readers of the
true cause of all our disappointments. It is, as
we have ever contended, not so much an Admi-
nistrative as a political one. Efficient Adminis-
tration would have been quickly secured, had the
political aims been honest and earnest. The truth
is, Our Court and our Cabinets have played the
country false. The people went to war to humble
Russia, and to rescue the oppressed nations from
her cruel and enslaving gripe. They were out of all
patience with her everlasting perfidy and her ever-
active ambition ; and they wanted to see Circas-
sia, the Black Sea coasts, the Danubian terri-
tories, and above all Poland, restored to liberty
again. They hated the Russian despot, and any
other despot, but our Cabinet felt very tenderly
for Czars and absolute Emperors, and loathed the
idea of restored nationalities. A mean, a paltry,
a concealed, an unrighteous, political end has
guided all our Governments. To uphold on their
thrones the perjured beings whose existence
challenges the vengeance of HEAVEN itself, and to
prevent the nations groaning beneath their merce-
nary soldiers from breathing the air of freedom
—this was their real aim. They found it neces-
sary not to let the Tartar despot swallow up the
Teutonic despots, and reduce England and France
to insignificance ; but they wanted still to pre-
serve what they called the honour and dignity of
the Czaa, and of his subordinates ! to let down
the Lord of the Calmuc3 and Cossacks very gently;
and to keep unhappy Poland well crushed under
him, and Hungary and Lombardy becomingly
trodden beneath the feet of the boy of Hapsburg.
We do not, therefore, and we cannot, trust our
Court and Cabinet. They wickedly refuse to in-
scribe the righteous cause on their banners, and
therefore debar themselves from the energetic ac-
tion and the efficient means which would have
settled the business before now, and which
even now would settle it ten years sooner than it
would otherwise be settled. Consideration for
guilty crowned heads, which had better have
rolled in the dust ten times over than the bodies
of our noble and innocent soldiers, will protract
the war for ever. Consideration of the rights of
Poland, Hungary, and Lombardy would compel
the despots to yield a peace on any terms, or the
result would be a war which would send them to
political perdition, if to no other ; and who among
us would not rejoice to see it ? Europe, since
1815, has been arranged on a system of such
villanous disregard of human rights that nothing
but a political thunderstorm can clear the political
atmosphere. Nations were treated like so much
property, and exchanged and bartered amongst a
set of creatures who talked of rights in the said
property as if nations were made for the aggran-
dizement and pleasure of a few families of
mortals, and mortals who, to say the very
best of them, were no better than their
fellows. They have continued to disgust all
the unfortunate nations they thus appro-
priated, to drive them ever and anon to an
assertion of their liberties (called by Lords J.
RUSSELL and PALMERSTON rebellion), and b this
hour, after forty years' °pi, ntunity, the rulers of
Austria, Russia, and Prussia are cordially a.nd
bitterly hated by a very large portion of their
subjects.

trate" and required to find substantial bail that I
wip, will be forthcoming to meet the cherge to be
;,referred against her at the suit of the victimised
bondholders; nor can we het thc excolleut agents
who obtained cash for the all-but-repudiated
bonds into the witness-box. We can only sum-
mon the defaulting State of Buenos Ayres to the
bar of public opinion, and subpoena the leviathan
firm, that ranks amongst the highest class of
" merchant princes," to give evidence in the case.

That Buenos Ayres received all the money
cannot now be questioned. Her agents, ROBERT-
soN and CASTRO, 'received a highly respectable
introduction to the money market. Before Messrs.
BARING consented to act, they must for their own
security have strictly scrutinised the credentials of
these gentlemen, and ascertained that they were
warranted in giving the sanction of their names
to the transaction ! They deliberately and ad-
visedly became the endorsers of the bill which
the Government of Buenos Ayres had drawn on
British credulity, and were bound not to remain
altogether indifferent to its liquidation. They had
ample notice of its dishonour, and should have
taken energetic steps to bring the defaulters to
reason. If they could not make them honest,
there should, at least, have been the semblance or
appearance of honesty.
It was the prestige attached to the name of
BARING and Co. that induced the English capi-
talists to subscribe for the loan at so high
a figure —to give 861. for each 1001.
bond. Had the referees been at all ques-
tionable—could the slightest doubt have been
hazarded as to the position of BARING and Co.,
Buenos Ayres could not have humbugged her
creditors for 31 years, or persuaded them to re-
main contented with the specious pretexts that
she chose to put forward, under the head of the
war with Brazil, or the blockade ordered by
Lord ABERDEEN.

We have stated our deliberate opinion that the
Foreign Secretary is bound to interfere ; hut there
are others on whom the obligation is even more
imperative. It was the name of Messrs. BARING
and Co. that brought many of the bondholders
into the scrape. It is Messrs. BARING and Co.
that should take measures to extricate them.
Although thirty-one years have elapsed, the trans-
action has not yet been washed in the waters of
oblivion, nor has the repudiating state or its
" highly respectable" agents been quite exonerated
from all liability. Nor will the payment of a
paltry instalment of little more than 1 per cent.
every 15 or 16 months be regarded as a reason-
able effort to discharge the claim on Buenos
Ayres " honour and honesty"—if such elements
be admissible into the calculation.

sutor ultra crepidant. The wisdom of this
saying was strikingly exemplified the other day
at Leamington. On the presentation of an ad-
dress of congratulation from some of the principal
inhabitants to Sir GEORGE BROWN, recently re-
turned from the Crimea, that gallant General
most unexpectedly deviated from an expression of
thanks into a discourteous lecture, as uncalled for
as unbecoming to the press and the public in
general, on the deserts of the officers of the British
army in the Crimea, and the system under which
they hold their com missions.
The first, he would have it, were maligned, and
the second so perfect that an attempt to amend it
would be next to sacrilege, at all events would
compromise the safety of the empire. Yet there
was as little truth in the allegation as wisdom in
the opinion—in other words, none at all. The
people of England do not thick, and never did
think, that British officers generally have not done
their duty, and have been inattentive to the
wants of their men ; their censure has applied
mainly, almost exclusively, to the staff, many
of which have not only shown themselves
deplorably inefficient, which possibly they could
not help, but inattentive also, which they could,
while they have come in for the lion's share of
promotion and other good things going.
Nor has there ever been, nor is there any in-
tention in the public mind, or in the mind of
army reformers, which amounts to pretty much
the same thing, to exclude gentlemen from the
army. The public never indulged in any such
folly ; what they desire is to have in the service
men likely to be most efficient and useful to their
country, and to secure an adequate supply of
such men without lowering the " tone " of the
army ; but the reverse—they are persuaded the
abolition of the purchase system is necessary. In
this opinion Sir GEORGE does not concur, but the
prolonged siege operations in which he has
taken part ought to have had a different
result. None know better than he does
that two of the ablest Russian officers who
have contributed beyond all others to the defence
of Sebastopol —viz., General TODLEBEN and
Admiral NACHIMOFF—were not offshoots of the
Russian aristocracy, but mere " common fellows;"
and really Sir GEORGE should have remembered
that his own name smacks more of the plebeian
than the patrician. But the gallant General
seems to have had a "fit " of misrepresentation ;
for not only did he misrepresent the opinions of
the public in relation to the officers, but he ap-
peared to have made au erroneous interpretation
of their opinion with regard to the conduct of the
men. The reader will smile to think Sir GEORGE
deemed it necessary to hold up the conduct
of our soldiers in the Crimea to public admiration,
as if the great heart of England had not throbbed
in deepest pulsation with gratitude and admiration
for the heroic deeds and indomitable fortitude of
her noble defenders.

This hatred is our strength. To use it would
be a simple act of justice to the oppressed. It
would be worth more than hundreds of millions
of money, and would save thousands of French
and English lives. We shall soon now see
xhether Government is cajoling us or not. Sir
WILLIAM MOLESWORTH'S talk of striking a body-
blow at Russia, and the summons hither
of Count LAMOYSKI, ought to mean SOlTlO-
thing. A short time will prove whether all this
k done to hoax this country or to un-Germanise
our policy, and to strike a blow at Russia which
ought to have been one of the first, but which
even now would give our Government such
strength at home as none has had for many a
long year, and such strength abroad as would
make all the despots from the Rhine to the Volga
tremble for their very existence. Of one thing
we are confident—the enthusiasm infused into the
war by declaring for a great and righteous prin-
ciple, the cordiality it would create between our
Government and the people, the inspiration it
would impart to the generals and our Ministers,
would make them all new mon. There seems,
hitherto, to have been a wonderful lack of genius,
but if there be one thing which can supply its
place, one thing which has a hundred times over
in the world's history created it, that thing is a
high, a holy, and a righteous cause. Battle for
the liberty of the crushed would regenerate all.

The " Modern Babylon" exhibits many phases
of roguery. Those who do not mince matters,
and call things by their right names, speak of
" theft" or
" swindling"—others more euphreis-
tically term it
"appropriation," or follow the
precedent of the immortal "ancient" who said—
"a
wever Convey, there vie
it
te call."
the same
They all, however, iwise
applicable
proceedings—to the various modes
by which in-
genious, but not very moral, persons fill their
purses at the expense of their innocent neigh-
bours, who chance to have more money than wit,
and offer themselves as willing victims to the
spoilers. Ring-dropping and other time-honoured
forms of " appropriation" prevail, notwithstand-
ing the unsparing denunciations of the pub-
lic journalists. We still hear of " yokels" who
yield implicit credence to the benevolent-looking
man who is desirous of applying his loose
cash to the best purposes, and wishes to ob-
tain the valuable services of his "verdant"
friend as an agent in the distribution. Some
" security " is, however, necessary, and the kind-
hearted man so far resembles the late AUTOCRAT
as to prefer a "material guarantee"—a bond fide
deposit of hard cash—as the test of respectability !
We shall not speak of " skittle sharps," or of
other talented "conveyancers." Even the higher
flights of cb • ~
among genius shall remain unnoticed.
We aim at the • •
very highest of all—at a Govern-
ment (GOD save the mark !) represented by a
first-class firm--one that would have nothing to
do with anything less than six places of figures,
in which " hundreds of thousands," if not mil-
lions, of pounds were involved. Buenos Ayres
cannot be brought up before a " worthy Magis-

But enough of this ill-judged and impertinent
speech. The gallant General would seem to have
more " pluck" than head, more courage than dis-
cretion ; and, though admirably fitted to lead on
his men to the charge, to be wholly incompetent
to lecture his countrymen at home. Sir GEORGE
may be trusted on furlough with almost anything
but his tongue, and that ho should have left be-
hind him, to resume on the first field-day for the
encouragement of his division ; for a few such
exhibitions as that at Leamington, and adieu to
his popularity.

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THE CAITSE OF POLAND.—The Council of the Literary
Association of the Friends of Poland advertised " a
meeting in favour of the employment of a Polish Legion
as the most effectual auxiliary for carrying on the war,
and the restoration of Poland as the only means of secur-
ing a durable peace," to be held yesterday evening at St.
Martin's-hall, Long-acre—General Sir De Lacy Evans,
M.P., in the chair. It was also stated in the circular
convening, the meeting that the cause of Poland would
be °' supported by the Marquis of Breadal bane, the Earl
1 of Shaftesbury, the Earl of Harrington, the Earl of Yar-
borough, Visco,un_t Ebrington,: M.P., Sir John Villiers
Captain Townshend, • R.N.,
Shelley, Bart,
R.N., M.P., William Tite,lll.s.PC,aptAalira.
Arthur Otway, M.P.,
meeting building, SAc.obenll.,
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indisposition of General Sir De Lacy Evans, the meet-
inn intended to be held this evening on the subject of
the restoration of Poland is unavoidably postponed for
a few days. " This notification appeared to occasion
some disappointment among the crowd, many of whom
hinted that the hon. and gallant gentleman's indisposi-
tion, however much i: was to be deplored, was scarcely
a sufficient reason for postponing the restoration of one
ing the peace of another.
kingdom, and the adoption of the only means of sem-

COURT CIRCULAR.

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EiTENINC4, AUGUST

OSP.ORNE, AUG. y.
Prinrit•iT,

Tue Queen arc Prince, a:iconiriaai,d by ine Pri;;c,:- of
Wales, Prince Alfred, and the Princes:, proceeded
from the Admiralty-house, Portsmouth, yesterday, to
visit the Military Hospital.
Several wounded officers, lately returned from the
Crimea, had the honour of being presented to her Ma-
jesty, who afterwards minutely inspected large detach-
ments of wounded and invalided soldiers, and subse-
quently went round the wards of the hospital, where the
Queen personally inquired into the condition of the
patients.
The Royal party re-embarked in the Fairy about 4
o'clock, and returned to Osborne.
Lieutenant-General Sir George Brown arrived on a
visit to her Majesty.

The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yes-
terday. The blockade case., "The Franciska" (part-
heard) and "The Johanna Maria," were resumed.

THE COMMAND OF THE ARMY IN
THE EAST.

There have been many rumours lately in circulation of
the recall of the present Commander-in-Chief of the Eng-
lish army in the Crimea. These rumours, we are able
to state, are without foundation, as not only has General
Simpson not been recalled, but there is no reason to sus-
pect the slightest intention of recalling him.
At the same time, it is proper to state that General
Simpeon's health is not of the strongest, and that, there-
fore, it will excite but little surprise if he find himself
unable to cope for a protracted period with the vast la-
bours and incessant anxieties of the chief command.

It is not probable, in the event of General Simpson's
coming home, that a new Commander in-Chief will be
sent out from England, as Lord Raglan was almost the
only one of the veterans of our last great war that was
really fit for service.

Beatson.

A GERMAN CLASSIFICATION OF THE
ENGLISH CABINET.

tan yesterday.

The following (says the Morning" Advertiser) is a trans-
lation of a very clever German squib, which has been
circulated in high circles, to the amusement, sub rosa, of
many. It professes to be a supplement to the well-
known, steady-going, Tory Almanac de Gotha, but,
nevertheless, contrives to give a sly hit at the Coburgs
of that ilk, carrying the sting, scorpion-like, in its tail.
Of course recent changes in our Governmental body have
disarranged some of the writer's office, but the classifica-
tion is still apt, and defines, as nearly as can be, the
true character of our Ministers, past and present,—be-
sides having the further advantage of giving us a slight
insight into what are the real views of the 6erman
people on the war, as contradistinguished from the
German Governments :
MINISTERS OF HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF GREAT

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9, 1855,

• I foreign commissioners, has commenced a series of
174,-T-Trl lc-lE7cl visits which he proposes to make. in sue,.;esion to
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The Courier de Marseilles announces that the
French Government have chartered 9'r steamers

for river navigation, each to carry 500 men.
The flotilla is to make a trial trip before leaving
for the Crimea.

CAIRO, JULY 21.
The Viceroy of Egypt is in negotiation with
the Bedouins to serve in the Climes.

ST. PETERSBURG, JULY 28.

.General Prince Gortschakuff writes from the

Crimea, on th© 28th ult., that, on the previous
day, the Allies opened fire on the Russian battery
No. 4. The cannonade lasted for ten hours and
a half, and was vigorously returned by the
Russians.

KAMIESCH, JULY 29.
This port and Balaklava are crowded with ves-
sels lately come from France and England.
A grand expedition is preparing.

CONSTANTINOPLE, JULY 2G.
The Bashi-Bazouks have murdered General

M. Thouvenel had his first audience of the Sul-

TRIESTE, Alla. 1.

Accounts of the 23d, through Constantinople,
state that Schamyl had effected a diversion in
Georgia, which brought him near Tiflis.
The Russians had Illandoned the attack on
Kars.

l (

l4erd Cerleto en4;siec, a ow
,
of a clespL-tteli Ly id Peomitle from
General Simpson, expresslng that officer's deep
regret at the death of Lieut.-Colonel Vico, attached
'as French Commissioner to the head-quarters 9f
the English army in the Crimea.
The Minister of the Interior has addressed a re-
port to the Emperor on the subject of the advance
in the salaries of Prefects, as limed by the decree
of March 27, 1852, without necessitating their re-
moval from the department, where it is desirable
that they should remain. As that decree fixed an
immediate advance of 10,000 fr. in their salaries,
the large expense, says the report, which would be
entailed on the State would allow it to be carried
into execution only in rare instances, and therefore
in order to remedy that inconvenience the Minister
proposes that the increase should be limited to
5,000 fr., to be further augmented to 10,000 fr. after
5 years' further residence in the same department.
The Moniteur contains au Imperial decree carrying
out the recommendations of the report.
The Narval steamer arrived at Toulon on the
31st ult. from the Pirmus, with Admiral Lebarbier
de Tinan on board. The Canada steamer-frigate
arrived there on the same day, bringing troops
from Civita Vecchia.

The screw transport La Meurthe, of 1,f,03 tons,
left Brest on the 31st ult., for the Black Sea.

Mouravieff is supposed to be retiring.

TREBIZOND, JULY 20.

The Russians have suspended operations, and
confined themselves to naming governors for the

BOURSE, AUG. I.—CLOSING PRICES.
Cash. fr. c. End of Month.
4? per Cents 94 —f. —c.
3 per Cents 66 70 66 90
Creldit Mobilior lo7o Roman —
Credit Foncier — , Austrian
Belgian Fives — Spathe& Threes —
Piedmontesa B4 90 Home Debt 3Ol

villages in the province of Kars.
Ten guns have been sent to Erzeroum, which
is now defended by 15,000 men.

MADRID, JULY 31.

General Zabala will be back this evening, his
prompt return being caused by the Emperor
Napoleon having quitted Bayonne before the
General arrived there. It is religious difficulties
which have caused the marriage of Prince Adal-
bert of Bavaria to be put off.

THE SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL.
BEFORE SEBASTOPOL, JULY 21
Our approaches on the side of the Malakhoff ad-
vance considerably. We now touch the place.
Everythirg is prepared for a general action in
about 15 days. I send you the last order of the
day of General Pelissier, as follows :