The Sun.
London, England, 1864-10-22 00:00:00

which Sir R. Collier admits to be so lax that You
can "sail a fleet through them," had been Acme-
what hardly pressed against a nation which, even
i▪ fit had sought the co-operation of British still°
builders, could not have found in their aid ail.
adequate counterbalance to the enforcement all°
public recognition of an illegal blockade. Perhaps
there were some who recollected that Lord Russell,
who at first would do nothing in the case of t.l
rams, sent a hurried order for their detention im-
mediately after receiving a threatening letter from
Mr. Adams. It is well, too, for the American Go'
vernment, that it has the voice of one English lawyer
in high place far the monstrous decisions of Judge
Betts and others in the prize-courts. With such an
adviser near the Throne we cease to wonder that no
reparation has been exacted for the attack upon at'
English ship on the coast of the Bahamas—for the
murder of an unoffendiag seaman in the waters of
the Cape—for the seizure and confiscation of vex"
sels laden with neutral cargoes, and bound for the
neutral port of Matamoras. Acting on the advice,.
probably, of Sir R. Collier, our Government has
submitted to these outrages. Actin on his advice,
it has winked at a fictitious blockade which has
ruined our American trade and impoverished thou-
sands of our people. It has carried out the Foreign
Enlistment Act against the Confederates. It ba!
suffered its infringement in the grossest and Inc!!
systematic manner, in allowing Irishmen to be
shipped off by thousands and kidnapped into the
Federal service at New York and Boston.
this neutrality. Sir R. Collier must favour us with
a new definition of the word. The utmost severity
to the weaker, the furthest stretch of limits in .the
interpretation of law when it may bear hard against
the stronger side, are conditions which enter into
what the Whigs call neutrality, the leading azi°l▪ 33s
,„
of the policy of Lords Russell and Palmerston, t"':
ugly facts which their apologists seek to gloss over
with oily phrases. Sir It. Collier, after prenn▪
all3g,
that he did not intend to go into the Danish clu,e,e,
tion, kept his promise by going into it at 1041
and with a vengeance. As is usual with advocated
of a weak cause, ho set up a man of straw, attacke.
him furiously, and gloried in his supposed &sea%
fiture. A certain class of politicians, he said, are
of opinion that when any complication, arises "0
Europe only two courses are open to us. 13e.(13
Is to fight, the other is to hold our peace- Siro
Collier thinks that we have a right to Froncutl-d
our opinion and protest against a great wrong, an
as nobody denies him he has the field ale to 110320
self. What is objected to is that we oho uldisax`f
a s if we were going to fight, and then Nick out 0.
it ; that we should encourage a weak pecepleto fe„,
sietance, and then betray them. In the .Polish
in
surrection and in the Dano-German war our gates
men did something more than pronounce an oplawni
Is is necessary to remind Sir R. Collier that Lerof
Palmerston stated in his place in the 1:1013tee,,,..
Commons that if Denmark were attacked £ll Sent
wig Germany might find that Denmark wall° 13;.,
stand alone ? Is it necessary to recall to 10%1
mory the threat of lord Russell that the EnPie
fleet was in the Channel, ready for any work 10 .
hours? This system of blatant announcenicl30
,'r
and pusillanimous reculades is what Sir R. Coble,.
calls " forming the public opinion of EurFge,:n
Lord Russell, we suppose, forms public oplutio
on much the same plan as an Irishman gets
pig• on board ship, by pulling it the odic'. Wag:
His intervention has resulted thus far in the
slavement of Poland and the spoliation of Delinlat
Woe betide the people on whose behalf Earl Billase
sell intervenes, for his friendly salute is as fats' ge
the death-giving kiss of the Valkyrii of the lgc,r':r
mythology. We utterly despair of reducing
R. Collier to anything like reason when wrc
heals
that the panacea with which he would have hee",„
the Danish difficulty is none other than the Orb, "
rious proposition of Lord Russell in 1862, NviVecti
created a storm of indignation everywhere b°'
G. ermany, and which has found an apologist in
living statesman but her Majesty's Solicitor•Gatit-0
ral. Did the simple people of Plymouth happen e f
know that Lord Russell proposed to give to each
-
the Duchies of Holstein, Schleswig, and LisuenhaT
an equal voice in the Government with the wile t
people of Denmark? Can any man wonder that
Germany should have accepted, and Denmark re.
jetted, this utterly insane proposition ? Pci
Collier plumes himself on being well acquaints
with his subject, and boasts of having the u'ed
book at his fingers' ends. He certainly presumen
upon the happy ignorance of his audience.
we meet with a politician who ingeniously ca",
trives to take exactly the wrong view on ever-7
foreign question we are not surprised to find the,
we have to differ from him toto crlo cn domestic
subjects. We should begin to doubt our sanitp or
feel as if the world were turning upside down, if we
found that we could agree with Sir R. Collier 11P°12
anything. When we learn that he is in favour ,
abolishing church rates, of ousting the Establish'
went from her own ancient foundations, of legaliS'
ing vote by ballot and the six-pound suffrage, we
congratulate ourselves that he is, as he says, only
the legal, not the political, adviser of the Crown ;
and we wish Lord Palmerston joy on this appear'
ante on his 80th birthday of a Solicitor-General of
such advanced views. It is very hard upon Mr
Bright that he has not yet been called to tat° a
place in her Majesty's councils.

COUNTRY MARKETS.

STAMFORD—FRIDAY.
About the usual quantity of wheat, which mot with a fair
demand at recent currencies. In other kinc sof grain the
trade was dull, and former prices slightly on the decline.
—White wheat, 42s to 445; red, 38s to 40s per 36 stony
Barley, malting, 30s to 355,; grinding, 29s to 31s per I
Oats, 18s to 26s per 24 atone. Beans, old, 40a to 42$ P'
qr. ; new, 36s to 38s.

LIVERPOOL—FRIDAY.
We have had only a moderato attendance of buyers at
our corn exchange this morning, and with a limited incluiry
for wheat, the transactions have been at 2d per cental dee
cline on the week. Flour in moderate demand at a decline
of 6d per sack and barrel. Indian corn neglected, anAu,,"„t..
turn lower, say 6d to 9d per qr on the week. Oats and "-
meal as of late. Beans, peas, and barley, unaltered.

WAKEFIELD—FRIDAY.
urica
The wheat trade is dull, and, except for fine white,
in favour of the buyers. Barley is slow of sale. la -
articles there is no change in value.
Averages for the week :
Wheat 955 qrs., at 4os old
Oats
8ar1ey......... 635
Yea 5........... 35
Beans 4l ... 4os 04

LINCOLN—FRIDAY.
,I rate
This morning at our market wheat was ID 1320`.e" •
show, and sales took place at late rates for fine qualitieso,
inferior rather lower. Barley in fair demand at late rate
Oats in moderate supply. Beans a heavy inquiry,
28s to "
White wheat new, 40s to 44s 1 Barley, grinding. 178
Red to 40s i Oats,:old, .. ...... •Z is .2481°2 6
Red do.
Old white 42s to 47s New do .......... 21a ' 443
Red do. 39s to 43s i l'cans..
.......... 42s to
38s
Barley, malting 33s to 31s 1 LLans, new ...... 378 to

CORK—THURSDAY. ea
The following were the quotations this morning :,--,lt os
wheat, 78 3d to 7s 10d; white, 7s Gd to 88 Oil , par'e" to
Od to 7s Od ; oats, 4s 10d to Gs 5d ; black do., bs Od
6s Od ; bere, —s Od.

BRISTOL SUGAR—FRIDAY.
Tho demand has becomo improved, and somo consideraboalo
sales have been made at full prices to 6d advance, R 44.11 u
goods are steady at Oki advance. Rum sells freely at 411
prices.

COAL hL
Prices of Coal per Ton at
e. d.

allhseEmnadr.ket.
V 0.
e.
kithlelioEloTeel of .
Ifetton ...... 21 6
Tunstall
dough Hall .......... 6
South lielloo ......... 20 °

Byass's BeWide West
Hartley ... 19 6
Baddle'sWest Hartley 19 6
Hastings Hartley ....19 6
Holywell 19 0
Eden Main ..20 3
Ships at -mark°

:t, 26 ; sold, 24,

Births.
GRAIIAM.—On the 20th inst., at 9, Vernon•terrace, Brigfli;
ton, the wife of Lieut.-Col. Gerald Graham, R.L." °
daughter.
LONGFORD.—On the 19th inst., at 5, Leinster-street, Dub-
lin, the Countess of Longford, of twin sons.
RABY.—On the 20th inst., at Bath, the wife of rt
Raby, R.N., of a daughter.

Marriages.
CODDEN—JARRETT.—On the 20th inst., at St. Jaines..'"
Piccadilly, 1' R. Cobden, Esq., of New Windsor,
to Eliza, second daughter of the late Stephen Jarrett/
Esq., of Bethnal-green.
Caoss —Snurrnpus.—Oa the 18th inst., at St. Mary At-
bolt's, boa's, Kensington, Charles James Cross, Esq., of Brenvi
ford, to Eliza, daughter of the late J. Sounders, ESTI °
Kensington.