The Sun.
London, England, 1852-10-05 00:00:00

LONDON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1852.

The Earl of Datum has abandoned Protection in
his character of Prinac:l7.lol3ter of England. So also
has Mr. DISRAELI, as Chanc2llor of the Exchequer.
The example of the Leader of tha Lords and
of the . Leader of the Commons has, more-
over, boen emulated by almost all the other
conspicuous members of the Administration. Be-
yond this—the Government has already sig.
nificantly &dared itself in favour of an extraor-

dinery vnTief-IY of very important innovations--inno-
vations of a most liberal tendency, and indicative of
genuine enlightenment. Thsre can no longer be
any doubt in these particulars. They are obvious
beyond elle reacirof contradiction. They force them- 1
selves, however unwiliirtgly, upon the recognition of
the most resolute oppankats of the Cabinet. What is, Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well,
if possible', yet more remark :'o'•:+,
is the fact, that in all So in peace, so in war. But the utterly absurd and
these cheaagee there is no hocus-pocus—the successors traditional rules of military etiquette interfere, in the
of the RITSIELL Ministry reeving as naturally along present Burmese war, with the fulfilment of this
the grooves of reform as the succors of the Mnr,- eminently sensible aphorism.
General GODWIN,
BOURNE stry did when Sir ROBERT PEEL OS-. chief in command of the Anglo-Indian forces, ap-
mimed the reins of the British Government. It pears, at this moment, to be the chief
impediment to
would appear, in tesoth—judging from our lest the almost immediate and successful termination of
quarter of a century's experience—that it is no less the contest. He, it must be stated, was placed first
the prerogative t f the Tories when in office to turn Reformers than of the Whigs h
w-en but simply because he happened to be the oldest
in office to b.: come Conservatives. Look General in India at the time when the war commenced.
at the resales of the last six Administrations in tes
- Seniority—whieb, in such case, should often be
tiniony &this, and see whether such has not actually vvritteu senility—seems to have been his principal, if
been the fashion of m thise amass-mg official trpsforma- not his only claim, to the chief command in this, in.
Hens. What was gained, we should like to know, stance. It inds one of the Irish adventurer, who from the Whij. Ministry, formed in the April of boasted that,rem of eleven sisters, he had been favoured
1835 —wh'ati ' ei, gained from that Cabinet to the with the hand of the oldest and, rhe added, "her father
country, We should like to know, in the way of come ,
told me that if he had an older daughter, I should Lave
on the contrar
prehensive improvements ? Little or nothing! What, bid her:.
General Gonwne was the senior officer,
Y, was not gained by the people of the and therefore, though very far advanced in years and
United Kingdom from the Tory Ministry, formed in hitherto quite unknown to f me, he was put at the
the September of 1841—gained, wel moan, in the ,head of the military. ' t the
Burmese
i
form of a series of laws coneßuling an evidence of empire. spun e •
grand legislative developernent ? When the ever-
memorable Government of Sir As hesitation and delay are the characteristics of
Rottman PEEL, after Old Age, nobody was surprised.—nobody coud be
being shaken in 1845, wee overturned in 1846, and surprised at the manner in
w h thich e Burmesel
war
•
when the Whigs again occupied the places of autho- has been carried on. With the aid of ateam, which
rity from which,. in 1841, they "PPesned to have been we did not employ in the f ormer successful contest,
driven for a much more jar directed interval—the old n was every reason to
t,
ere
expect and hope that the
anomalous changes ens e more descended upon their expedition would have accomplished its object almost
counsels, nod the community was deemed to witness by a
coup. de-main. So, had NAPIER commanded " ad, Halfesait Ten in the Morning.
the indefinite postponement of referms which they had h • b the , ' " The Prince haejust heard mass as the Cathedral,
would undoubted)y ale een immediate result. which was filled with an immense crowd. The most
been led to count -,spon as corteinties so soon as the fair- ~ , „
; , , General GODWIN bad some successes at starting, and lively acclamations arc renewed; every heart and every
spoken leaders oi toe k.rp";;(-si!leti were once ansi.ao.o
„s' then it seemed good to him to wait for further rein- arm is raised towards the Prince at the present moment,
in the offices of the Imperial Government. Our ailed
,
when he is leaving for Caroassonne."
Some
,orcements.
heavy blows were struck at
stone musehe
e understood as having especial and the power of the Burmese ruler, yet none of them The PRESIDENT s conferred the Cross of Com
lmost ex elusive referenee to the unwillingness I Werethe Legion of 000 U
mender of
Like Fear, retreating
MARZANO
a
followed up. Neapolitan Envoys, Monseigneur DE SAN
v th:t stateernen of tl3e RUSSELL Adminstra-
evinced h
" Even at the sewed himself had made," and General ROBERTI. He has also decorated .with
sh cixyears of uninterrupted over i tion, durirg re - Pt . the aged and "Gallant" General appears to have the Cross of Officer of the Legion of Honour the
tossecuce to Ili:, n tft:n th? advantoge of those great made it a point, as if alarmed at each succees, to hold Spanish aide de-camp who had been sent to compli-
bv the masses as.essen-
molt him at Marseilles.
reforms, which trere sc.:cone:33d
back and commit the impolicy of waiting. On the
With. regard to the tragical event which has cc-
tial to the contiuned growti i" this country of the, peninsula, where Wn.LINOTON'S small army bad to
, ~ je'l'l-: .Y.
curved in Paris, depriving one literary gentleman of
socred priocneea oi re • . -
resist the attack of NAPOLEON'S numerous and cape- life by the hand of a brother journalist, we extract
Not withshszehine ell oe: iad:nnation at the legisla- fiencel soldiers, a Ribif.n policy was the ultimate the following from the Morning Advertiser of to-day.
tive abort-co: zing, of tbe itussELL Government, we , means of victory. T
-n the East, on the contrary, delay I Mr. Bowan. is known to be tne Paris correspondent
of that journal, and an account of sad eft' •
the sir has
are not blind to thu geory weice mins henceforth, in 1 is impolicy, because it is our proper game to encourage
been supplied by
the pages of our notional hietery, roves; the remains I the popular belief in the prestige of British raves; to of the editor of himself-theillorn inforAtdhe privatei information
brance of that fil'tn, aril 7:,)vf in some respects ( ntend the belief that we have only, like Czg4Aa, to .. Let us commence by retarkivnegr that we have every
despised, Aehrh.ls!ronen. nhher are we deaf to I come, and see, and cenquer: When India sees us so i faith in the truthfulness of the statenlerOs of Mr. Bower,
its great claims UI,GII the popular respect in I long over the defeat of the Burmese, it must (and! iso fur as the filets of the clEeare concerned. With regard
two particulars—to thnee claims v,liela will, itwill) .
i ' believe that we paused because we lacked the i may have deduced from
e particular Inferences which the unhappy gentl€Mßill
certain facts, that in a point on
we believe, resound in elequert and solemn ! means and the abilhy to conquer at once. . I which we cen express no opinion. .I.Vlrs. Bowor, in her
tones to many sf: or•gr neratione. As we have never I Naturally dissatisfied with the delay—for the con- i delirium —which was so
hour
as to threaten to
bfen blind to that glory, as we here never been deaf ; test, iestead of being over in a few weeks, has already ' terminate fatally every rashll
to for several days—ex-
so vehementa see Ur. Morton, that
to those clainu, $) we shell never be dumb in pro- I Listed many mouths—the Marquis of Deeeornre i expressed
' , the physicians advised Mr. Bower, whatever his private •

" Oct. 2, ►Six A.M.
" The Prince, after the dinner at the Prefecture, went
to the ball at the theatre, where his Highness was greeted
with enthusiasm. He went round the ball rocm saluted
by the persons present with a thousand cries of Vive
l'Empereur "

"Nino in the Morning.
"The Prince has just quitted Montpellier to proceed
to Narbonne. The same enthusiasm which hatted him
yesterday accompanied him during his stay. Ono cry
alone was raised, namely, that of Vive l'Empereurl'
The health of the Prince is excellent."
" Frizenas, 2d, Two in the Afternoon.
" To-day throughout the whole line from Montpellier
to rennin, where the Prince arrived at 14 criarter past
twelve, the enthusiasm amounted to frerzy. On all sides
he was hailed with cries a thousand times repeated of
'-Vive l'Empereurr Vive Napolim III!' Not another
cry was heard."

" Beziers, 2d, Quarter-past Three in the Afternoon.
" The Price() entered Peziere amidst the loudest ac-
clamations. Ilia Highness alighted and passed along
the front-of the 'rural populations of Beziers and of
Saint-Pons. The enthusiasm never relaxed. The cry
of " Vire l'Empereurl" was raised by 40,000 voices.
The Prince has just started for Narbonne in excellent
health."

" Narbonne, 2d, Ten at Night.
"His Ilighncss bas just entered Narbonne; the same
acclamations, which have greeted him during all his
tour, accompany him with the same enthusiasm. It
with cries of Vive Napolibn 111 !' Vive l'Ernpereut '
that art immense people hail him on his passage. On
the inhabitants of the communes marching past him the
enthusiasm was at its height.

p Ten at Nigt.
Tbo Prince has just left. `the ball. Both at hish en,
tr2nce and on his leaving ho was haikd with the louder
applause- A shower of bouquets inundated his High.
Am, who appeared much touched by this mani.
festation." _ _ _