The Sun.
London, England, 1855-08-02 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 2, 1855,

trate " and required to find substantial bail that
she will be forthcoming to meet. the charge to be
preferrqd against her at the suit of the victimised
bondholders ; nor can we get the excellent 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 subpcena 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-
sox 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
BAILING 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 ; but there
are others on whom the obligation is even more
imperative. It was the name a 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 Bueno;
Ayres " honour and honesty"—if such elements
be admissible into the calculation.

Ne sutor 'ultra crepidain. 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 Bnowx, 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 commissions.
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 think, 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 t::e 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 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.

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.

THE CAUSE 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,
a:ld.pt.h,einretshteorcahtaioirn of Poland as the only means of secur-
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hinted that the hon. and gallant gentleman's indisposi-
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COURT CIRCULAR.

OSBORNE, AUG. 1.
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The Queen and Prince, accompanied by the Prince cf
Wales, Prince Alfred, and the Princess Royal, proceeded
from the Admiralty-house, Portsmouth, yesterday, to
visit the Military Hospital.
Several wounded officers, lately returned from the
Crimea, bad 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
ueen 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 eat yes-
terday. The blcckade casep, "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.

A GERMAN CLASSIFICATION OF THE

ENGLISH CABINET.

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, sob 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 chara,c'er 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 German
people on the war, as contradistinguished from the
German Governments :
MINISTERS OF HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF GREAT

T TEWS.

The Courier de Marseilles announces that the
French Government have chartered 97 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 Crimea.

ST. PETERSBURG, JULY 28.

General Prince Gortschakoff 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 Balakla,va are crowded with ves-
sels lately come from France and England.
A grand expedition is preparing.

CONSTANTINOPLE, JULY 26.
The Bashi-Bazouks have murdered General

Beatson.
M. Thouvenel had his first audience of the Sul-
tan yesterday.

TRIESTE, AUG. 1.

Accounts of the 23d, through Constantinople,
state that &limyl had effected a diversion in
Georgia, which brought Lim near Tiflis.

The Russians had abandoned the attack on

Kars.
Alouravieff is supposed to be retiring.

TREBIZOND, JULY 20.

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

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 ...kdal-
bert of Bavaria to be put off.

THE SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL.

BEFORE SEBASTOPOL, JULY 20.

Our approaches on the side of the Klalakhoff ad-
vance considerably. We now touch the place.
Everything is prepared for a general action in
about .15 days. I semi you the last order of the
day of General Pelissier, as follows :

" GENERAL ORDER.

"The enemy, closely invested in the place, make, for
several days past, efforts, by means of sorties, to fnter-
rupt our works before the Malakhoff. They have com-
pletely failed in their two attempts. On the night of
the 14th of July a Russian column of several battalions
debouched by the ravine of Karabelnaia, and rushed on
the gabionades of the extreme left of this attack, but re-
ceived with a well sustained fire of musketry by a battalion
of the 86th and 91st, the enemy had to abandon the en-
terprise and retreated carrying off their dead and wounded.
They left, however, some dead bodies on the field. That
engagement does honour to the Motterouge division ;
it has shown great intrepidity. Lieutenant-Colonel
Chabron and Major Ttllier, who ably carried
out the plans of General Ulrich, who commanded at
thei trenches, have given proofs of capacity and vigour.
Two nights after, Gen. Vinoy commanding the trenches,
the Russians, after having made one demonstration
on our extreme right, which did not disturb the
sappers of the engineers nor the workmen of the 52d,
again made a vigorous attempt on the same point,
but were again gallantly repulsed. It was in vain that
their attacking column, which was supported by nume-
rous reserves, redoabled its assault on the three ambus-
cades which cover our works. A company of Zouaves
of the Guard and a company of the 20th of the Line
resisted these repeated attempts with a solidity which
nothing could weaken. Many Russian bodies remained
on the ground. The greatest praise is due to Captain
Dufaur, of the 28th, and to Lieutenant Chazottee, of the
Zouaves of the Guard, who has been wounded. The
conduct of Major Cardoum, who commanded on that
point during that night which was so honourable to the
Canrobert division, and of Captain Segretain, of the EL-
gineers, have been equally noticed by me. These com-
bats, sustained with coolness and resolution, are a severe
lesson which our guardians of the trenches will give to
the Russians whenever they try by means of sorties
arrest the irrisistible march of our works against the
place. .

" PELISSIER, General-in Chief, &c."

YENIKALE,

A letter from Yenikale, of the 17th ult., in the
•Press d'Orient, says :
"The Allies are actively engaged in completing the
works of defence which, when finished, will be very
formidable. The arrival of Colonel Osmond, as Gover-
nor, has Oven fresh activity to the works, and it is ex-
pected that in a very few days the place will I,e in a con-
dition to defy any attack. His arrival has also been of
material service in producing an improvement in the or-
ganisation for supplying the troops with regular rations
which had not been properly carried on, and had caused
the soldiers much suffering. The Turks at Kertch hav-
ing continued their pillaging on the few inhabitants that
remained there, Colonel Osmond has caused some severe
measures to be adopted to put an end to such a state of
things. A few days ago, Colonel Osmond, his aide•de-
camp, an English colonel, and M. Boost, who com-
mands the Pomone frigate, went to Tamar, on the coast
of Anatolia, in the English gunboat Mira. They landed
with a flag of truce. A Cossack officer awaited their
arrival at the beach, and before allowing them to set
foot on shore told them that, if they came with
hostile intentions, they had better return, as the
garrison were ready to defend themselves. Tamar is a
regular Cossack town, completely independent of Russia,
and in just the same position as the Hanse Towns in
Europe. Colonel Osmond replied that Tamar had
nothing to fear on the part• of the allies ; that they had
no intention to attack it, hut only wished to open ami-
cable relations with the inhabitants, and to purchase
their cattle and productions at proper prices. The go-
vernor of the town, on the report of the officer, gave
Colonel Osmond and his companions the most flattering
reception, showed them over the town, which is well
fortified, and agreed upon the signals which should be
made to the vessels at anchor off Yenikale whenever
bullocks and other provisions were ready for them at
Tamar. The governor and all his officers spoke very
good French, and conducted themselves with the utmost
courtesy."