The Sun.
London, England, 1863-04-04 00:00:00

taunt will deter us from asking what the Poles C:.*
any other suffering nation have to hope from the
diplomatic intervention of the Powers, eo long as
that intervention consists in appealing to the mag-
nanimity of the Czar. What did " diplomatic in-
tervention" do for the Poles between 1831 and 1856,
or even in 1861, when the population of Warsaw
were offering themselves up unresisting victims, in
the streets and at the altars to the tender mercies
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of the Czar ? Yet, if we are to baieve the rumour
that comes from Warsaw to Paris, the Central
Revolutionary Committee at Warsaw are actually
invited—indirectly and unofficially, we need not add
by—by the Governments of France and England to
stop the insurrntion and order the patriot bands to
lay down their arms, while the Governments of
France and England are pressing their diplomatic
intervention, more or less aided and approved by
Austria, upon the good heart of Alexander 11. ! Be-
fore the Polish insurgents can know the nature of
this diplomatic intervention, what are its proposi-
tions, its aims, its promises, and, in event of failure,
its consequences to themselves, they are recommended
once more to lay down their arms, and to stand
waiting with their eyes shut and their mouths open
for the fruits of diplomatic intervention; possibly,
for the condescending good intentions which Count
Orloff hinted in 1856, and the Grand Duke Con-
stantine was sent to Warsaw to fulfil; possibly, for
the grant of national institutions to the Duchy of
Warsaw, or even the creation of a new Russian
Kingdom of Poland out of the Duchy of Warsaw
and the incorporated provinces. Possibly, too, for
the uncovenanted magnanimity of the Czar. And
while the insurgents are disarmed and meekly
waiting upon the Powers, what is to be the attitude
of the Russian army in Poland ? Let us be per-
mitted to treat this rumour as a sorry fable until it
becomes a fact. When it is a fact, diplomacy will
have surpassed itself. It will not have left a noble
nation to be mu"dered, but it will have stepped in
to save the murderer's reputation, by requesting
the victim to dispatch itself.
QUEEN.—The Premier has been spending a busy
weex of it. No sooner was Parliament up for the
holidays than he hied him to Glasgow, there to
make speeches, attend meetings and dinners, and
take the principal part in the ceremony of inaugu-
rating himself as Lord Rector of the Glasgow Uni-
versity. Some of our readers are probably aware
that to be elected President over a great University
has, for some time past, been a matter of ambition

with the Premier. At first sight, it is not very
apparent why a man who wields so much power as
to be very well able to dispense with the outward
signs of dignity, should care very much for such a
post; but it is a well-known phenomenon in human
nature that men of great ability sometimes pride
themselves upon the very qualities of which they
are most deficient, and deem themselves specially
fitted for positions for which they possess the
qualifications. Su it is with Lord Palmerston.
Whatever we may think of his policy, his ability as
a diplomatist and a debater is not to be called in
question ; but he will have it that he is a scholar.
Before the late Prince Consort was buried, canvas-
sers, acting in the Premier's behalf, were at Cam-
bridge, attempting to secure the lately vacated
Chancellorship for their Principal. The suggestion
was, however, so unfavourably received by persons
of influence in the University that, in spite of a
good deal of support promised by those who
were content to postpone the credit of their uni
versity to their own respect for the dispenser
of loaves and fishes, it was very speedily withdrawn.
At Glasgow, however, the Premier has been more
fortunate (though, to be sure, Glasgow is not Cam-
bridge); and he can now congratulate himself on
occupying the position which his ambition has long
prompted, him to covet—the presidence over a real
university. The speeches which he delivered upon
the occasion have been lauded by some of the news-
papers as if they were oracles of wisdom, instead of
being, what to most persons of taste and judgment
they must appear to be, compositions of the merest
platitudes and common-places. The Times calls
the Glasgow speech an " oration of which a philoso-
pher might be proud." Does this mean that Lord
Palmerston is no philosopher ? It se, the compli-
ment is, after all, but a left-handed one. But really
we know of no philosopher (except, indeed, the " pro-
verbial" one) to whom that speech would not have
been the very reverse of creditable, although the
cheers with which the good people of Glasgow
accepted some of the boldest and most obvious
truisms would almost lead one to imagine that
they shared the " philosopher" theory of the
Times. The proverb " live and learn" is an old-
fash ioned one,though we do not recollect what diluted
form Mr Tupper has given to it in his great work ;
but when Lord Palmersto❑ metamorphosed it into
phrases which occupied about a dozen lines of small
print, the Glaswegians cheered and applauded as it
he had told them something very wise and very
novel—" The real truth is, that the education of a
sensible and intelligent man continues to the last
day of his existence. (Cheers.) For there is no day
in a man's life, no time of existence, in which, if his
mind is alive, if he keeps his ears and eyes open to
impressions and observations, that he will not be
continually adding to the stock of his ideas and
thoughts, and in which he will not add to the store
of his knowledge, and increase that information
which is useful to him both here and hereafter.
(Cheers.)" Not content with this he returns to it
once more, and worries the poor old proverb again
in this merciless fashion :—" Well, gentlemen, it
has been said that the proper definition of education
is that it is an art which teaches man to live, and
if that be a true definition it confirms what I have
just stated, that man learns better how to live by the
experience of every day which passes over his head."
The audience was, of course, highly delighted at
this, as also they were at several other pieces of
useful information which the Premier was good
enough to impart in this wonderful exercitation.
He told them, for example, that "speech and writ-
ing" are " two gifts which we enjoy." To be sure
Dogberry was of opinion that " to write and read
comes by nature ;" but even the celebrated con-
stable of Messina did not think it necessary to ex-
plain to the attentive watch that speech and writing
are the means we employ for " deprecating anger,
and conciliating love and friendship; promoting our
interests and propagating our opinions." Here,
again, is another of the gems of the Premier's ora-
tion. "Well, gentlemen," said he, " the foundation,
I may say, of all ornamental education—or all edu-
cation indeed—must be found in the classical works
of Greece and Rome." Of course he may say so ;
and we, on the other hand, may deny the state-
ment, and ask if education was denied to all who
lived before the classic works alluded to were pro-
duced, or if it be impossible to those who are not
now acquainted with those works. This, however,
is the kind of vulgar slip-slop which the limes de-
signates as worthy of a philosopher.
LAW TIMES.—The Lord Chancellor has grace-
fully played a liberal part in the voluntary abandon-
ment of the patronage of more than three hundred
of the smaller livings to which he presents by virtue
of his office. So small are they, that the bene-
fice often proves to be a burden, as none of them
offers a sufficiency for the most modest household.
It is calculated that the advowsons of these livings
(if they may be so called) would, if sent into the
market, procure a sum in putchase•money that
might be advantageously employed in augmenting
them, and it is rightly thought that private owners
would be likely to contribute largely to their im-
provement out of their own pockets—an aid which
the Lord Chancellor could not give to them if he
would. The advantage of this measure to the
Church and the people are obvious ; but it should
not be forgotten that, in resolving to abandon the
privilege of presenting to more than 300 of such
benefices, the Lord Chancellor is making a sacrifice
of numerous patronages which he might have kept
unblamed. It may be that this, like most other
pieces of patronage, is more of a plague than a
pleasure to the possessor, making for him few
friends but a multitude of enemies; but even while
complaining of the annoyance, the owner would be
reluctant to part it. Lord Westbury has come for-
ward to proffer the resignation of a large slice of
his ecclesiastical patronage, and he is entitled to
applause and honour for what he has done in the
of matter.

A HORRIBLE PROFANITY!—AND, WHAT IS MORE,
IN EXECRABLY BAD TASTE !—One of the speakers
at the working men's soiree in Glasgow, the other day,
ended his address to Lord Palmerston in the following
words. We give them exactly as they were uttered, and
with them the indignant inteiruptlons of the audience.
Turning to his lordship, Mr. Cullen said-- Let me express,
on the part of the working men of Glasgow, that while his
lordship has received often the commands ot his Sovereign
while he has received the plaudits of the Senate—he has
also received the unanimous approbation of the citizens of
Glasgow. May he be long spared, and when relieved from
the cares and toils of state may be have an easy translation
from time to the felicities of immortality, and when he enters
the presence of Him wbo is King of Kings and Lord of
Lords—(hisses)—may he receivo that woicome—(hisses and
derisive cheering)—may he hear the words from Him—
" Well done, good and faithful servant, enter thou into the
joy of thy Lord," (cheers.)
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