The Sun.
London, England, 1862-12-15 00:00:00

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PARIS, DEC. 15.

LAING BIGHT.

IxT of great political acumen, undertook the defence of
I t L • the more recent measure of the Crown. The con-
cessions made in October, 1860, said the venerable
Prelate, were insufficient for the requirements of
the Empire, and his Majesty therefore promul-
gated the Statute Laws of February, 1861. In
Article 13 of those laws it is said that if a general
Reichsrath (Gesanzmt .Reichsrath) cannot be assere-
bled the necessary supplies shall be procured by
means of an Imperial ordinance, but for important
reasons the Emperor wished to avoid an octroi.
His Majesty, therefore, empowered the present
Reichsrath to fix the amount of the expenditure,
to vote the supplies, and to take in hand the ques-
tion relative to the Bank. "Could he, or should
he, have acted otherwise ?" continued the most
reverend gentleman. " Could he repeal the laws
promulgated in February, 1861 ? Had he done
so, and given to the Provincial Diets the privi-
leges which are enjoyed by the Austrian Reichs-
rath, he would have destroyed the power of the Ern;
pire, and have brought about a national bankruptcy
The Cardinal, who spoke as a man speaks when he
is convinced of the truth of what he is saying,
was loudly cheered by his fellow Peers, but his
arguments must have failed to convince Count Lee
Thun, for that nobleman declared that he did not
feel at liberty to meddle with the Bank question, it
being a matter which concerned the whole, and not
a part of the Empire. The great improvement in
the currency has attracted the attention of the
Emperor, and his Majesty is said to have expressed
to the Archduke Reiguier and to M. von Schmerling
his satisfaction that the new system has produced
such beneficial results.

SIR CHARLES WOOD WRONG AND MR•

(From the Money Market lievicu P.)
The Secretary of State for India has issued a notification
that, from next month (January), he will issue bills on the
different Governments of India for a milli n sterling in
each month, being at the rate of twelve millions in the year.
We would draw attention to the fact that this proceeding
on the part of Sir Charles Wood completely and unanswer-
ably proves the correctness of Mr. Laing's financial state-
ments and views as to the productiveness of the Indian
revenues. It will be remembered Coat in July last Sir
Charles Wood stoutly denied the existence of any surplus
revenue in India, and positively prohibited the expenditure
of half-a-million sterling which the Supreme Government
proposed to make on education and public works, &c. ; Yet
within six months he intimates his intention of drawing
bills,encUalia for more than double- the sum required for
the Oilinary di4,ursemerits in England on account of Indie•
In other words he appropriates a sum at the rate of
sis
millions sterling a-year to extraordinary purposes, which
sum can only be provided from surplus revenue, or by A
reduction of the cash balances in India, which, by that
measure, he would seem to have increased to an inconve-
niently large extent.
There never was such an experiirentum crucis as this i°
prove Mr. Laing right and Sir C. Wood wrong in the re:
cent discussions. It can only be compared to the proceed"
ings of an uneducated partner iu a business, who, not lA'
derstanding book-keeping or accounts, will not believe in
the profits they show, until he touches the actual coin.
It would be very desirable to know clearly what Sir
Wood proposes to do with this extra six millions a yew** e,
which ho now proposes draining India. Is it to be applio
to paying off loans here ? We are assured that, according
to the usual practice, the Indian financial statement will
not
be made to Parliament before the very last days Of tl3l
session, when it will be too late to suggest any approprir
tion of its amount other than what the all-powerful Sere'
tory of State may have been pleased to adopt:

SIR IL BULWER AT SUEZ.—The Malta Tines °f •
the 4th inst. says.:—" We learn from Egypt that Sir
Bulwer paid a visit to Suez,.and on his return to Cairo lei"
by a river steamer, placed at his disposal by the Paeha,
a visit to Thebes and the cataracts. Rumour states th,a-
the object of his visit is to inspect the several CO
establishments ; but it is believed, in addition, to bavreaire'
ference to the state of the works of the Suez Canal' --
is at present full of visitors, and an unusual numberof
travellers have already left for the upper country?'
LORD BROUGHAM AND THE CASE OF ROSALTS
GARDIN. —The Temps publishes the following letter front
Lord Brougham to M. Odillon Barrot Cannes Mr)/
Dec. 3.—My dear and worthy Brother,—l take the liberty'
to send through you a trifling subvention to the subscriptioe
which your charity and feeling of pity induced you to opea
for that poor woman who was so illused by functionaries'
But what most hurt me was the harsh language used bla
the ml.lokow +n-a. Lh.t mifortunate person, an
not against the wrongdoei s —Mille amities, H. BROV►
—P.S. I will give twice as much if you think it desirable.'
Sir W. Armstrong's so-called 3,000-pounder'
rifled with ten grooves, has been sent to Shoeburyness feri
experiment, by the Ordnance Select Committee. We stated
in our previous impression that its projectiles weigl
2301b5., having been reduced to less than the weight Orw-
merly proposed, so that the gun is in no way a 300. pound';l:‘
It is certainly time to classify our guns, either by the 61°0
of born or weight, or both—as the present nomenelattird,
gives very little idea of the actual size and power of or
nance.-4rmy and Navy Gazette.
BIGOTRY IN TASTE.—Art and science have 915.00
their intolerance. Hear the orthodox physician talk of
thel9
innovating brother. No coarser libels have been Wrie teci.
than those in scientific journals against a professor —Ol,
ence. In art an artist forms his theories and his sell°„e.
and has an enthusiast's faith in their indubitable gioteil,
riority ; the artist of a different school he regards as a °teed
One of the mildest poets I ever knew, who had v-ito-eibt
his own harmless muse in the meek Helicon of Words meat
never could hear Lord Byron praised, nor even qui tee
without transports of anger. I once nearly lost one of
dearest friends I possess, by indiscreetly observing theira Gf
delineation of passion was essential to the highest,orreeti:
poets, simply because he had formed a notion, it' t'ererfeci
tude of which he had the strongest good faith, th't
poetry should be perfectly passionless. lam not oe'o' eet
deed, whether there be not, now-a-days, a raore °v °rig
bigotry in matters of taste than in those of opinion. o_olo
much has been said and written about toleration as
opinion, that in that respect the fear of not seeming ei't 0
tened, preserves many from being uncharitable. 131:;;,jc 0›
the contrary, so much is every day said and written s
favours intolerance in matters of taste, that it ens
lightened to libel the whole mental and moral col bale
of ,he man whose taste is opposed to your own' 0300
known language applied to a difference of taste on theilised
of a poet, a novelist, nay, even an actor, which the
tf
of Exeter would not venture to apply to Tom rail/e.
E. B. Lytton, in Blackwood's Magazine. orrer
We may again state, in reply to mall
pondents, that nothing is yet officially decided resPeec-ofee °
Indian reliefs for next year, excepting the return Pi 00
the Bth Hussars, 92d Highlanders, Ist battalion, 13tioee4
69th, 74th, and 43d. The last-named corps will he riktsera;t
not by a regiment from home, but by the 91st from vet
'
in which presidency there is an excess of infantrYliD°d
establishment as newly fixed upon. One cavalry an feat
infantry regiments will go out in the course of
1863, but no particular corps have been yet Bele° e
Army and Navy Gazette. Sll/361
NOBLE LIFEBOAT SERVICE.—CARDIGAN, aOO/J-I+l
Night.—Yesterday afternoon, during a heavy grellell strae
the smack " Countess of Lisburne," of Abelysteviti"a DeoP
on Cardigan Bar. Her mainsail and mainboora 11%610;
previously carried away. Immediately the smael°crto
position was seen, the Cardigan lifeboat, belong`rooeitiill
National Lifeboat Institution, was launched. Ulla sooaest
the vessel the surf was found to be tremendous, oo tljo
to appal any man. The smack's boat had been less'oceV,o
the poor creatures had no means of rescue, if tip, Ic_l„t,
failed to reach them. Their piercing cries for ""st yee4
death staring them in the face, were of the 133°0 forlPue
rending character. However, the resolve had heewoolatto,
on the part of the lifeboat's crew, that theirF oliryteusti:iviteltioeilen
sacrificed, if necessary, to save them.
lifeboat succeeded, with God's blessing, in closineo aft,
wreck, and in saving her crew of three men, and
wards bringing them safely ashore through the / loft
Do NOT DESPISE COPPERS.—When fir°! tjje:o
him he kept his carriage—two or three carriage'llseaysj
matter—and I don't know how many horses. 11(3.esii,
house in Belgravia. He dressed most expereetvver Ord
never wore a coat for more than a month. I ne.earOt „1,4
him to drink beer. He smoked the choicest °ie. pot '0
never condescended to use coppers. Ileadwale r
coppers in the pocket of his carriage, and the ig_ed
them out every night as he swept out the ;
the dust. Ah I what a fine gentlemen Sira4°pocitlea)
I admired him much, for he was in all respects a g-ooth t:
dedid not cast off his coats at the end of the r°-srealio,4
spise coppers from ostentation, but because be WD3rogeti e,
rich man. But Shuffieton came to sad grief. He ettl, sfail%,4
fortune in an enterprise which turned oat a corall that ",,ef
He did not lose quite all, but it was a mere wreass,el:ii
left to him ; and when this was gone, Slaufflet,°,,..o pit el :00
and lower until he reached the very bottom et novo
b btu
verty. I have seen him in a shabby coat and won"%yeig
provisions creeping from
b y theone
pennyworth little obscur e
He
shop
did
do an he eser!'!
s©o tta
now. I have seen him in his garret-room In I:irl'of botlo
percha in a gallipot, and soleing an old wer.n.P
out heto
that a beggar would not have stooped to pie:
_t leo.o
streets --him who once wore the neatest p
notstoat so to!'die
and gave them to his tiger when there was
with eeesa,
as a crack in the varnish I I have seen him, to
~ie thl
and thread mending his poor coat, and revivi g:fa ;oleo
bare trousers with ink. Once I saw him
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public.house and purchase a halfpennywue_etuton, soo
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