The Sun.
London, England, 1852-09-21 00:00:00

LONDON,

give an ear to the supplications of down-trodden
freedom abroad ; and might hesitate to make heavier
still the barbarous foot now placed upon its neck.
Our chief argument is to the pocket. If the talked-
of loan be carried into effect, its course will assuredly
be one of premiums and commissions in the hands of
the " first houses," one of discount and uncertain
dividends in the hands of ultimate shareholders.
Most persons think themselves as competent to de •
cide on the morality of what they purpose as a news-
paper editor ; we therefore leave each to settle that
question by themselves, or with the Peace Society,
if they prefer it, but we earnestly request them to
think twice before the usual talk about the " first
houses " beguiles them out of their fair inheritance,
or hard earnings.
One word to the head of one of the first money deal-
ing houses in the world, and now a Member elect for
the City of London. Most heartily have we laboured
in the cause of Jewish emancipation, and shall con-
tinue to do so ; but if the name of ROTHSCHILD iS
to be mingled up with a loan for rivetting still
more hopelessly the fetters of Hungary, we and
the citizens of London shell never be persuaded,
at another election, that the tool of foreign liberti-
cides is the fitting man to personify Jewish freedom
n the British House of Commons.

While General GODWIN and the forces under his
command have been resting quietly at Rmgoon, a

very important step in advance has been taken by a
flotilla of light steamers under the command of
Captain TABLETON, a gallant and energetic naval
officer—a step which must materi4lly influence the
proceedings of the British troops, and may possibly
open the eyes of the despot of Ava to the im-
policy of the course which he has de-
liberately sanctioned. Prome has fallen. Captain
TAELETON was not satisfied with merely
observing the force and position of the enemy ;
he clearly perceived the extraordinary chance that
offered, and took due advantage of the golden oppor-
tunity. With his marines and seamen alone he at-
tacked and captured the town, and that with the loss
of, a single life—a seaman—two officers also being
wounded. The resistance was of the most trifling
character, considering the importance of the position.
Several guns and mortars (28 in all) were taken pea-

session of, and actually brought away.
This great success was achieved by a rapid
and unexpected movement in a direction where no
preparations had been made for defence. There
were two branches of the Irrawaddy river, one of
which, that by the left bank, is only navigable in
ordinary seasons. In that quarter the Burmese force
was concentrated, and several formidable batteries
were constructed, "stone bastions mounted with
cannon, which could entirely enfilade that branch cf
the river." But while one route was so admirably de
fended, another was left unnoticed and un
cared for. The Burmese appeared to think
it a matter of perfect certainty that we
should remain inactive during the rainy season, at
which time alone the right channel would be avail-
able ; and also that we would attack the fortifications
rather than leave them in the rear. They were,
however, deeply deceived. The friendly natives on
the banks of the river gave full information as to the
impediments, and the means of avoiding them. The
river had been so greatly swollen by the fall of rain,
that ample depth of water was afforded for
the passage. of the flotilla by the right
channel, and the main river was reached with bed
little damage from the enemy. The garrison fled
almost at the first summons. A panic ensued the
moment it was ascertained that the British vessels
had escaped the obstructions prepared on the left
bank, and that an attack on the town itself was im-
pending—not only was the town taken possession of,
the seamen and merines remaining unmolested for
more than 24 hours, but some of the saucy blue-
jackets made an expedition into the country, stray-
ing a mile and a half beyond the gates, without
meeting anything in the shape of an enemy.
This achievement, great as it is, however, is but of
trivial importance when compared with the prospect
it opens of bringing this unprofitable and inglorious
war to a speedy termination. It is reported, and we
believe truly, that Captain TARLETON declared that if
he were authorised by his instructions, and had a sin-

gle regiment with him, he could have reached Ava,
and have captured it as easily es he did Promo. The
Burmese would have been taken by surprise—the
danger would have approached from en unforeseen
direction. A decisive blow might have been made
that would have brought his Burmese Majesty to a
due sense of his situation and of the necessity of con-
ciliating his opponents. The opportunity was, how-
ever lost for the time being, but we trust not perma-
nently. However anxious General GODWIN may be
to conduct hostilities selon les regles, he cannot
ignore the new prospect that has been opened through
the enterprise of Captain TARLETON. The lives of
our gallant soldiers, to say nothing of hundreds of
thousands of pounds sterling, are not to be sacrificed
to a blind obedience to ancient traditions. A com-
mander must now be at least up with, if not in ad-
vance of the times, and if the rainy season should
prove best calculated for formidable demonstrations
the rainy season cannot be passed in slothful inactivity:
although such had been the custom before steam
had been used as a mode of propulsion to our vessels.
It is nearly certain that Ave is attainable by water
during the rainy season ; and it is in the metropolis
only that terms of peace should be dictated. The
lesson will doubtless prove a salutary one, obviating
the danger of further aggression from that quarter,
once regarded es so formidable.

SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY.
Gross traffic receipts for passengers
and goods, week ending Sept. 18,
1852 ... £19,644 9 7
Ditto, Sept. 20, 1851... ... 19,632 10 7

Increase in 1852 ... £ll 19 0
Total amount from the commencement of the pre-
sent half-year on Ist August, 1852 :
Seven weeks ... £136,119 13 3
Ditto, 1851 ... ... ... 142,326 17 4
Ditto, 1850 ... 117,229 4 10
Decrease under 1851 £6,207 4 1
Increase over 1850 ... 18,890 8 5
London Terminus, Sept. 20, 1852.

GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic for
the week ending Sept. 18, 1852 :
Passengers (25,812), goods and
parcels, horses and carriages.. £4,278 17 3
Corresponding week in last year 4,177 13 1

THE CORPORATION AND THE DUKE OF WELLING-
TON. —Mr. John Wood hag given a notice of motion for con-
sidering, in the Court of Common Council next Thursday,
what ma-k of respect should be paid to the memory of the
great Duke.
Yesterday a large meeting of the most influential
inhabitants of Hull we 3 held in the Mansion-house, the
Mayor in the chair, at which it was resolved to observe the
day of the Duke's funeral by an entire suspension of business,
and by religious services in the churches end chapels of the
town. _ _

M. Bruloff, a distinguished Russian painter, whose
" Dernier Jour de Pompeia" was much admired at the French
Exhibition a few years ago, died recently at Manciana, near
Rome, where he was drinking the waters for the recovery of
his health.

MRS. S. C. HALL.—We regret to learn that this
lady received a severe accident while at Killa”ney, having
sprained her ancle in the Gap of Dunloe ; she is, however,
under the care of Dr. Kennedy, and is progressingfaveur-
ably. _ _ _

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the Dean and Canons of Windsor; and the Rev. F. E. Long,
M.A., to the rectory of Priors Portion, Tiverton, on the no-
mination of the Provost and Fellows of King's College,
Cambridge.
The Bishop of St. David's has instituted the Rev.
W. C. Bowen, M.A., incumbent of Llanstinan, Pembroke-
shire, to the rectory ofJordanstown, in the same county, ren-
dered vacant by the retirement of the Rev. IL Nathan, on
teheekßburitniisßhalLidents at Cochin,
theTh e chanominationplaincy
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Malabar coast, South India, has been conferred upon the
Rev. T. Whitehouse, M.A., curate of Well-walk Chapel,
Hampstead.
The Lord Chancellor of Ireland has appointed
Richard C. Pratt, Esq., of Kinsale, late 95th Regiment, to the
commission of tne pee igancefhort tilnho. theecoun Ltyarl of ofC oi/akn,daotn.the re-
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