The Sun.
London, England, 1855-10-15 00:00:00

haviour, and by apparent and perhaps sincer,-
attention to the chaplain's instructions, it is hi,
interest to act thus for the required time, al
though no change of habits, at least none suffi-
cient to resist the temptations of daily life, may
have been acquired. On this point Mr. HILL
agrees with Mr. PEARSON. He would subject
each prisoner to industrial discipline. Of the
results of his labour an exact account should be
kept, a certain amount should be held essential
in any case to obtaining his liberty, so that he
must earn it, and in that process acquire at least
the habit of regular work. In addition to this
it should be allowed him to take out part of the
results of his industry in improved diet, but then
all such indulgence would go in diminution of
the amount by which he was earning his liberty ;
the more, therefore, he asked indulgence in
food the longer must he be a prisoner. By pri-
son industry thus arranged with a view to call
into exercise habits of regular labour and of self-
control, Mr. HIM, thinks, and it would appear
most reasonably, to grant the conditional ticket,
with every hope that it would rarely have to be
recalled. The system of short imprisonment fur
crime seems to be about the worst supposable
device. It is certainly more humane, as well as
politic, to confine any man who deserves a prison
at all, till he shall not be likely to return to it
again, after having probably also corrupted others
by his example.

The proceedings at the grand baiquet held in
celebration of the Crimean victories, at Glasgow,
on Friday evening last, a report of which will be
found in another page, were of too important,
significant, and, we may be permitted to add,
personal a nature to be recorded without com-
ment.

With rumours around us of defections from the
cause of liberty and right on the part of mongrel
Right Honourables and unscrupulous politicians
—with unwarranted murmurs of dissatisfaction
with our brave troops and the veteran General at
their head still fresh in our ears—with the blush
of shame hardly extinct that rose for the sullied
(?) glory—we blush for the slanderer who said so
—of that glorious flag that waved so wildly and
grandly on the ramparts of the Redan—with the
first feeling of discouragement in connection with
the War just dispelled, it is with proud satisfaction
we point to a corner of the kingdom where traitors
and peace-mongers are at a discount, where the
people, like ourselves, have never for a moment
wavered in their advocacy of the War, not in
their faith in the untarnished glary of the British
flag, and where history, as it were, from the lips
of the most popular British historian, has pro-
nounced her verdict of approval of the War, and
done justice to the unconquerable valour, un-
matched devotion, and high emprise of our gallant
army in the East.

The limits of a single article will not suffer us
to notice the several speeches as we could wish.
We must, therefore, confine ourselves to that of
Sir A. ALISON, only adverting to the' remainder
to remark that they were in perfect keeping with
it, and in every respect worthy of the occasior.
And well did the patriotic historian acquit himself
as the annalist of the War ; well did he describe
the magnitude of the contest, the unparalleled
difficulties it presented, the matchless heroism and
devotion of our troops, and the wonderful success
that has been reaped by their valour and untiring
exertions. " The annals of the world," he justly
remarked, " will be sought in vain for the waging
of such a war, at such a distance and with such
means. In comparison with it the army of
ALVVANDER, the legions of Rome, the hosts of the
Crusades, sink into insignificance. Proportionally
great," he proceeds to remark, for the benefit of
croakers aod the encouragement of the army and
his fellow-countrymen, "have been the suc-
cesses in the terrible strife which ensued.
Three victories in pitched battles in the field, an
arduous and unparalleled siege of 10 months'
duration, terminating in a decisive triumph, the
total destruction of a fldet of 18 sail of the line
and 100 vessels of war, the capture of a first-rate
fortress with 6,000 pieces of cannon, and the
bloody defeat of 150,000 men, signalised the cam-
paign before the Allied Armies had been a year
in the peninsula !" Aby no means inglorious item
this in the national history of both France and
England ; but how much more glorious when the
valour and endurance of the victors (and not least
the English portion) is taken into account—when
it is remembered that " neither the storm of
autumn nor the snows of winter, neither the
floods of December nor the heats of July, neither
the sword of the enemy nor the poison of pesti-
lence, have been able to arrest that invincible
host ;" that under every circumstance of disc 3uragc.
ment they persevered and struggled onward ; that
while they suffered and perished in fearful multi-
tudes, it was "in silence," others not less courageous
supplying their place, " until the awful struggle
was brought to a termination, and the Allied
standards implanted on the ramparts of Sebas-
topol."

I The allusion of the speaker to the cause of
the fearful struggle, and to the alliance with France,
which have been followed by such grand results,
was as well timed as the vindication was complete.
The object we had in view in taking up arms
against Russia was the same we had in view in
waging war with the first NAPOLEON. It was
"to succour the weak against the strong, the
just against the unjust," and so far from a viola-
tion of principle on our part being involved in our
union with France against Russia, instead of with
Russia against France, the union took place
because she joined us under our old banner
in vindication of the right. The striking
coincidence between the events of the siege
of Ascalon and of Sebastopol w4l not less happily
introduced, more especially in connection with
the disappointment experienced at our army
not having figured more conspicuously at the
consummation of the siege. History, in that in-
stance, did justice to the efforts of both armies, and
" assigned at least an equal place to the English
under RICHARD as to. the French under PHILIP
AUGUSTUS." And history, it was well suggested,
will not fail to do justice to the armies before
Sebastopol, and more especially to the army that
furnished the bravo troops that were repulsed
before the Redan. When the story of the siege
is read in after days, there can be no doubt the
award of glory will bo more equally distributed
than it has of late been between the two armies,
and a blush of indignation will arise at the
thought that, because of a retreat from a position
it was impossible to retain, an army that had
"leapt like CURTIUS into the gulf to save
his country" was not only debarred from its right-
ful honours, but subjected, however temporarily,
to the disgrace of being stigmatised as betrayers
of the national honour.

Vienna, quoted by Galignani, says :
The Princess's Theatre opens on Monday next.
The parliamentary session in Piedmont is to commence
oa the 12th November.
from
Westmoreland is to return to Vienna only
It is alleged that Lord
John Russell is to succeed him.
toA "ThelarrangeeEarltter
h ofig private affairs.

It is said that Chevalier Bunsen has declared that he
cannot accept a seat in the Prussian Chamber, as it is
his firm intention to have nothing further to do with
politics, but to counue Jain:wolf to literary y labours.