The Sun.
London, England, 1865-06-07 00:00:00

credit upon those engaged in electioneering anat- rseeds of discord and misrule deserve to reap the
ters and mar the effect of their elaborate Pais,- harvest of vanity and vexation of spirit, and it will
,
I be no matter of regret to honest folks when they
do so to the uttermost extent.

;ourses.

The Bombay Mail, which brings us intelligen, re
up to the middle of May, does not give us anythii ig
very startling in the way of news. The tidings of
LINCOLN'S death, and the probable termination of;
the American war, had indeed somewhat disturbed. 1
the cotton growers, but there seemed to be good
reason to hope that Indian cotton would keep its
hold for some time to come, owing to the thorough
disorganisation of the American sources of supply-
There have been some changes in official quart ars,
but the general system of policy remains unchanged,
and all parties seem anxious to encourage filose
reforms :of internal legislation -which are at
present so desirable for India. The public
health, unfortunately, continues to be very
unsatisfactory, the last weekly return ist Bombay
showing an excess of more than six hundred over
the mean of the last ten years. Cholera is also
prevailing in several parts of the country, and in
Gwalior there has been so much mortality from an
epidemic fever that the Maharajah has ordered the
perpetual performance of religious ceremonies, with
the view of checking the disease.

If we are to accept the version of the 7 ribune,
New York paper of some standing, we may thank
the Americans for teaching us an entirely new
doctrine. In accordance with their national 'cute-
ness and go-a-head qualities, it not only leaves
Christianity and modern civilisation far behind, but
entirely outstrips the theories of the ancients.
According to the Tribune, the Attorney-General
has decided that the Amnesty Proclamation was a
means to secure the suppression of the rebellion.
The rebellion being over, the amnesty is void. The
confiscation decrees are in full force, and the exer-
cise of executive clemency cannot extend to the
future. It is hardly to be credited that at the present
day any man of recognised position should disgrace
himself and his country by such a doctrine ; and
before we condemn him we must have further confir-
mation, but it is a little startling that the statement
should have found its way to the most temperate
and respectable of the journals. If the North is
going to deny its own acts, and to confess to such
a despicable meanness as holding out a promise
which it did not mean to perform, there is an end
of all public faith and public honour. The words
and promises of American statesmen will henceforth
be worse than useless—their fair speeches will be
regarded as mere baits, and their solemn pledges as
ingenious impositions. No honourable nation would
willingly submit to such degradation ; but the re-
cent acts of the Federal Government give some colour
to the suspicion. If the arrest of Gen. LEE is really
determined upon, it will be as great a breach of faith
as the disavowal of the amnesty ; but no Govern-
ment can long pursue such a course with impunity.
Diplomacy and intrigue may be synonymous ;
courtly words may often mask cruel or treacherous
intentions ; bnt the prompt denial of its own pro-
mises, when once the object is gained, is an experi-
ment which no Government in existence could
safely venture upon. The withdrawal of belligerent
rights from the Confederates by Earl RUSSELL
comes at rather an unfortunate juncture, but, as we
have said, we prefer to hope that so disgraceful a
trick will scarcely be tolerated by the Yankees
themselves, however unscrupulous or implacable
may be their ordinary policy.

The question of health naturally recals attention
to the fatal march from Mhow, about which there
has been considerable excitement. The general
state of the public health may, we think, be re-
garded both as an extenuation and as an aggra-
vation of the error. There appears to be
on all hands an increased liability to fever
and cholera, which may serve in some degree
to explain the sudden outbreak of sickness among
the troops ; but, on the other hand, this fact ought
to have made the authorities more guarded in
ordering any unnecessary marches. Cholera, it is
said, was known to exist along the route, and the
authorities at Mhow took care to inform those at
head-quarters of this fact, so that they must be held
blameless. It is difficult to understand, however,
why the detachment was suffered to leave Mhow
without proper medical assistance and medicines in
case of illness. The epidemic, when it broke out,
was so severe and so sudden that at one time it was
feared that very few would be saved. All the
party were more or less affected, and the
result was twenty-six deaths out of one hundred
and twenty persons. had not discretionary powers
been given to the general commanding at Mhow,
which enabled him to give the order for the return,
there is no doubt but that the party would have
been decimated. Naturally the alarm and anxiety
produced the most dangerous ally to epidemic ;
sickness, depression of spirits, and the increased
labour put upon the able-bodied by the illness of
their companion was so exhausting under the tre-
mendous heat that it rendered them easy victims.
We can hardly fancy a more trying position than
that of this little troop alone in the wilds, struggling
against their terrible visitor, exhausted with
heat, depressed with fear and anxiety. At
Burwai, where they halted, the men were placed in
some large buildings belonging to the ironworks of
the place, to avoid the oppressive heat of the tents
—a part of the works which was detached from the
rest being set aside as a temporary hospital. Dur-
ing that terrible night, however, the admissions
into the hospital and the deaths were so numerous
that the next morning the men who were still in
health were moved under a tope of trees. On this
day three men, one child, and two camp followers
died. The women and children were sent off to a
village at some distance, and the troops followed
during the night, arriving at daybreak. But here
the attacks grew more numerous than ever, seven

Consecration of Archbishop Manning.

rHE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVI4_,AING, JUNE 7, 186.

Projected Railway in Venetia.

gentleman is now at Asharada anxiously awaiting
the decision of the Persian Government.

The telegraph line now in the joint hands of the
English and Persians is working well, and through
messages are now being received from England for
India, and vice versa.
The continued exertions of Capt. Smith, the new
director of telegraphs in Persia, and Major Chain-
pain, have frustrated the efforts of the Eelcaut
tribes between Shiraz and Pushire, who have for
some time past been cutting the line, tearing up the
posts, and breaking the insulators. The Governors
of Fars and Khusistan have received orders from
the Shah to inflict summary punishment on the
offenders. Kaffa Khan has also been sent on the
same errand.

The Messrs. Stanley, now directors of the Impe-
rial Arsenal, by their united efforts, and with the
assistance of Junghis Khan, the Director-General,
are making vast improvements in this establishment.
They have constructed a factory, and ordered a
large quantity of machinery from England.
The smelting of iron ore, hitherto one of the
greatest industrial difficulties encountered by the
Persians, has now been successfully accomplished,
and it is hoped that in a short time the process will
be as easily carried on as in Europe.
Shortly after the Queen's birthday the British
Legation will return to Gulhelk for the summer, and
all persons of rank are now moving daily to Shaneran,
and the villages in the vicinity of the Elbuz Moun-
tains, distant about nine miles. • It is understood
that the races will be run some time during this
month, in which event one of the Shah's horses is
sure to win, as those of no other competitor are
allowed to do so when his Majesty's are in the field.

(REUTER'S EXPRESS.)
MILAN, June 3.

The Gazetta di Milano says :—" The admirable
project of a railway from Cremona to Mantua
meets, as was to be expected, with many serious
obstacles on the part of the Austrian military autho-
rities, who are always very jealous about their
fortresses. They wish the company undertaking the
railway to bind itself to extend the line as far as
Segnano, in order to thus create a communication
between Mantua, Verona, and Perchiera, the other
angle of the quadrilateral enclosure. Supposing,
however, that the line is to terminate at Mantua,
they will not hear of granting permission for
the station on the Te, nor the semi-cir-
cular loop round the fortress by the heights
of San Giorgio ; but they demand a bridge
upon the upper lake, in order to connect it
direct with the station of San Antonio. In both
cases the construction would be too expensive. It
is to be feared that the only object of all these
claims is to delay, discourage, and frustrate all at-
tempts at an undertaking which the Austrian mili-
tary authorities regard with no great favour. And,
indeed, in the opinion of the Austrians, it would be
a great evil for the province of Mantua, and parti-
cularly for the city itself, if, by means of this rail-
way, it should be enabled to shake off a little of that
prostration in which it now lies."

The Anglo-Austrian Commercial Inquiry.

(REUTER'S EXPRESS.)
VIENNA, June 3.