The Sun.
London, England, 1864-08-16 00:00:00

R. ALFRED MELLON'S CONCERTS a lowed them to plunge, it must seem outrageous
EVERYEVENING ,at Eight.—ROYAL ITAL [AN to all thinking minds to know that, so far from
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Tlhee fo'llowinz distinguished Artistes will appear This E yen- being ashamed of such extravagant and extreme
ing :—Mdlle. Carlotta, Patti, Mdlle. Marie I.rebs; Mr.
fir. Patey, M. Niedzielski (the young Polish lito i Let:„ avid measures, there is rejoicing made, and boastings
An Ben Sou-alle. heard of doings that bear no light of day upon
BAND OF ONE HUNDRED PERFORMERS.
Conductor, Mr. ALFRED MELLON. them. One would think that even Prussian as.
Promenade, Amphitheatre Stalls, and Amphitheatre, One
surance might forbear this last insult to the com-
51Olena.
On Thursday next, Aug. IS, a Mendelssohn Night. l•mon sense, this outrage on the good taste, and this
violation of the right feelings of the other great
Powers of Europe. When we hear of trophies of
such a war, of monuments to be erected in honour
of such a dishonourable affair, we may well under-
stand how the mighty are fallen, and how much
utilitarian influences have prevailed, to the extinc-
tion of better feelings and good faith. The present
King of PRUSSIA has made nothing but blunders
since he first cime to the throne. Ho has disap-
pointed the expectations of all who had prophecied
that he would do better things than his predeces-
sors. The self-seffiedency which prompted him to
take the crown from the altar and place it upon
his head with his own hands was symbolical of the
proud perversity and arrogant assumption with
which he intended to rule, or rather to
mis-rule, the people whom Providence had
committed to his care. Since that memorable
day how dark has been his doings. He has coma
promised the liberties of the country at home, and
for ever tarnished its honour abroad. He has been
in league with the great enemy of European liber-
ties to put down freedom at any cost, and done all
directly and indirectly to crush out the smouldering
fire of liberty in unhappy Poland. He has listened
to the counsels, and kept as a constant adviser a
statesman whose policy has called forth the indig-
nation of all Europe. His course in respect to Den-
mule has signally disgraced him as a King, and
been unworthy of his position in every respect ;
in short, no Monarch of conscientious principles,
and no ruler inspired with a spirit of magnanimity,
would think of allowing such a war to be made.
Still more would he have disdained the mode of its
procedure, and have refused to listen to the terms of
the propositions for peace. What can be said in
defence of a ruler who makes an attempt to cele-
brate the course of this war by the erection of
monuments it is difficult to imagine. Doubtless
some apologists may be found, but never will their
arguments prevail in communities that share the
honest conviction, and are actuated by the honour-
able feelings, of freemen. What is there to be
proud of in the affair P It is a disgrace to the army
of Prussia to imagine that there was any difficulty
to advance in their engagements with the Danes.
For Denmark to be proud of her troops is another
affair altogether. Well might that gallant and
little nation have honoured their soldier sons who
so nobly exposed themselves to fearful odds, and
that without hope of success to crown their efforts,
and reward their endeavours, Of them it may truly
be said in the poet's glowing words—
They are true to the last of their blood and their breath,
And like reapers descend to the harvest of death.
The column about to be erected at the Hotel
des Invalides at Berlin in memory of the
late war, will be the monument of a
lasting disgrace to that city. Those who
set it up little know the harm that they are
doing, nor the reproach that will be visited on their
work. The more considerate among themselves
blush to hear of such a purpose, and bitterly regret
the nation that suggested its erection. Rightly
considered, it is one of the most barefaced attempts
to ignore the criticism lavishly heaped upon, the
unfair contest that has ever been witnessed. If
King Wenniam's latest order be attended to, he
will have ample cause to regret its fulfilment. It
he is spared long enough to outlive the temporary
clamour of all this make-believe glory he will hear
plenty of reactionary statements. War nannot last
for ever, and when the people of Prussia find that
ij they have been hoodwinked into giving up their
civil rights for a war that has brought them no
honour, they may one day point with bitter scorn
to a trophy that celebrates the triumph of Might
against Right. It is a bitter thought for English.
men to dwell upon that this monument is to dis-
figure a capital where the eldest daughter of
England is one day expected to reign as a Queen.
It is quite inconsistent with the views and senti-
ments of this nation that the success of the strong
over the weak in a cruel war waged from no ex-
cusable motive should be thus signalised and set
forth in triumph. No real honour rests with the
affair, and when in the coarse of time the more fla-
grant instances of Prussian exaction shall have
almost faded out of recollection, a glance at this
miserable memento will serve to bring back the
past in all its horrors to the memory. It will be a
landmark of tyranny and oppression, and a trophy
of the triumph of wrong. If such are to be set up
in the high places of a city, it is pretty evident that
the national spirit is not alive to the tree instincts
of honour, and the popular recognition of greatness
is indeed obscured, if not altogether lost.

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The arrival of the Calcutta mail fails to bring us
any striking intelligence, and we may congratulate
ourselves that such is the case. The wayfarer who
journeys along the broad and beaten highway has
little to tell when he gets to his journey's end ; it is
the traveller through rough and dangerous wilds
who has to encounter risks, dangers, and discern.
forts, who can give us an animated and exciting
narrative. In like manner the country which is on
the high road of peace and prosperity, cannot hope
to compete in interesting intelligence with lands
that are desolated by a foreign invader or agitated
by internecine atzife. Of the Bhootan affair we
hear very little. The Viceroy ie, it is said, opposed
to war if it can possibly be avoided; and again, it
is stated in other quarters that he will not suffer
the maltreatment of a British Envoy to pass un-
punished. The Bhooteas, it is said, did not extort
the renunciation of the whole of Assam in the
unlucky treaty, bat only of such parts as they
wanted. At all events the Government is silent,
and the authorities endeavour, as far as possible, to
check discussion on the matter, thinking, perhaps,
that it is better the Bhooteas should not sup-
pose we attach much importance to a tams
section which, whatever its results, at present
savours of the ridiculous. Preparations are
being made in the arsenal, however, and a re-
connoitring officer has been sent to the north-east
frontier to collect information, with a view to the
posaibility of the jest becoming earnest. Forewarned
is forearmed, and whatever line of conduct the
Bhooteas may determine upon following, it is
scarcely likely that our authorities will be unpre-
pared to deal with them. The Mussulmans are
still restless and mischief making. The headquar-
Ars of their disaffection are at present at Petrie,
where their proceedings are closely watched. While
the Government is on its guard there is not much
fear that the grand Mussulman's prophecy of over•
throwing the British rule this year will advance
very far towards its fulfilment. The religious
fanaticism of India had just received its most con.
spienons illustration when the mail left. The great
Juggernaut saturnalia, which combines the two great
Lams of Hindoo
worship, had come off with uc-
wonted eclat, three voluntary victims being crushed
to death beneath the wheels of the triumphant car.
From the description of the throngs which pressed
around this dismal chariot, it is not difficult to
imagine that accidtnia wire likely to 'occur, wnd the