The Sun.
London, England, 1854-03-09 00:00:00

ever will be in the way of securing immediate
funds, with a view to the energetic carrying on
of the war against the Russian A.UTOCRAT. In-
somuch has this alacrity on the part of our repre-
sentatives been manifested, that hunireda of
thousands of pounds have been summarily voted,
while a member has been taking off his great coat
and walking to his accustomed seat, accord-
ing to the graphic statement of the Leader of
the Opposition. Again, such is this readiness
on the part of the Commons to afford Ministers
the wherewithal to pursue their policy in support
of Turkey, and in opposition to Russia, that
scarcely any qualms are felt in accepting a Bud-
get that proposes the doubling of the. Income Tax
in the first moiety of the Financial Year, with a
proviso from the Chancellor of the Exchequer
that fresh supplies or additional grants may be
required before the next twelve months shall have
elapsed, nay before the present session of Parlia-
ment shall have terminated. These particulars
cannot fail to speak trumpet-tongued to the CzAR,
and, indeed, for that matter to the whole of Chris-
tendom. They will indicate with sufficient clear-
ness the resolve of France and England to support
Turkey in her present position, not partially or
negligently, but immediately and to the very ut-
termost. It is this resolve which has increased
the military forces of England from what it was
at this time last year by no less than 50,000 men.
It is this which is conducting from 20,000 to
30,000 soldiers from our own shores, and from
40,000 to 50,000 soldiers (at the lowest compu-
tation) from the shores of our neighbour's territory
across the Channel, in the direction of Constanti-
nople. It is this which has at last placed the
combined fleets under Admirals DUNDAS and HA-
MELIN in such a position that they may, when the
signal is at last given for the actual commence-
ment of hostilities, take part the more effec-
tually in the vindication, by force of arms, of the
outraged rights of the Sublime Porte—thereby
repelling not only the assailant of Turkish inde-
pendence, but the enemy of civilisation. Added
to all which testimonies of the energetic opposi-
tion prepared against Russia simultaneously by
France and England, there is that magnificent
Baltic Fleet now on the eve of proceeding north-
wards under the command of Sir CHARLES
NAPIZR. Could anything be more indicative
than that Fleet of the determination of England
to proceed against the Russian AUTOCRAT ener-
getically and thoroughly ? Consider for an in-

unchanging syst em of management, more than
any other matt( w.
We would mo st earnestly and emphatically im-
press these views* on the proprietors of South-
Eastern Railway S'tc,ck. The crisis of their fate
has indeed arrived ; and if they be not true to
themselves on the trial that is rapidly ap-
proaching, they will inflict an amount of
injury onL their mak,rnificent property, which
years of steady industi7, of wise and judicious
management, may be inadequate to repair. Let
them, therefore, avoid caprice or levity—let them
consider the debt of gratitude they owe to those
who have faithfully aad efficiently discharged
their arduous duties with credit to themselves
and advantage to their constituents ; and let them
also reflect that the sin of " ingratitude" is more
heinous than that of " witchcraft," and " sharper
than a serpent's tooth." It is time, then, that a
decisive step vrem taken to restore the lost unani-
mity of the Board Room, and to obtain an ex-
pression of opinion so distinct and unequivocal
that it may restore peace, and cause
—"the aspiring blood of Lancaster"
to

should be given to the world simply and thus
epitomised. They had to be introduced
under auspices correspondingly calculated to
excite general amazement. The intelligence
of this grim victory of the Russians,
and of the ghastly defeat of the Turkish
forces, was said to have been conveyed imme-
diately, on its arrival, from the Foreign-office to
Buckingham Palace, where the Royal carriages
were detained, during upwards of three-quarters
of an hour, while the QUEEN was pondering
over the astounding news before going to
the little theatre in the Haymarket ! An ex-
amination of the country required to be tra-
versed by the " special messenger," who
was said to have brought this information,
" direct from the seat of war," and to have
" travelled with the utmost expedition"—proves
that the transmission of the news in the manner
intimated would have been altogether incredible,
even under the most favourable conjunction of
circumstances. Supposing the intelligence had
been transmitted through Scullin to Vienna, and
thence onwards by telegraph, it must have arrived
much earlier. Supposing, on the other hand, it
had been conveyed, as intimated, by special mes-
senger, it must have reached us much later.
Fixed on the horns of the dilemma of that inevi-
table alternative, the statement contains in itself
its own audible refutatjon.

"Sink' to the ground."

An able admonition, cmtaining sound and ex-
cellent instruction, li'as just been addressed to
the proprietors, by one possessed of much pain-
fully-acquired experience, and with judgment
sufficient to mature and bring to perfection the
fruits of that experience. The admirable address
of Lord TORRINGTON tc the South-Eastern pro-
prietors, which will be fc'und in another part of
this day's impression, red' uires no appeal on our
part to insure attentive pal-usal, and mature and
deliberate consideration. .A.part from the respect
due to the noble writer, as a large proprietor,
having a very considerable st,%ke in the concern,
Lord TORRINGTON possesses peculiar claims, which
entitle him to a patient hearing'', and which in-
contestably prove that he is not speaking " with-
out the book," or on a matter respecting which
he is so profoundly ignorant as to be unable " to
give any opinion on the point in dispute !" For
many years Lord TORRINGTON acts d as one of
the Directors of the Compauyl—not as- if he con-
sidered that the hereditary honours, woo. by the
brilliant actions of his distinguished ancestor,
entitled him to dispense with exertion, to Assume
the ornamental rather than useful part in the
transaction. Far from it. He laboured inde-
fatigably and judiciously, as if his future fortunes
depended on the suffrages of his constituents, and
the reputation for business habits which he might
achieve in their service. Nor were his exertions
misapplied. One of the most honourable, as it
was one of the most graceful and becoming
testimonials that could be offered to a public
man, was bestowed on the Noble Lord, and that
without a single dissentient voice. The admirers
of art who flocked to see the beautiful production
of Messrs. HUNT and ROSICELL'S skill, who ex-
amined the splendid service, may form some no-
tion of the value of the efforts the appreciation of
which produced so magnificent a tribute. Lord
TORRINGTON, on receiving it, and that, too, under
circumstances which enhanced, nay, made sink
into comparative insignificance, the splendour,
beauty, and intrinsic worth of the gorgeous gift,
must have been of a strangely constituted tempera-
ment if an undying feeling of affectionate regard
did not arise toward those with whom he had
been thus gracefully connected. Every thought
and sentiment must prompt him to render
beneficial service, and bestow wholesome
and salutary advice on those who, though
now only his fellow-shareholders, were formerly
his grateful clients, and that independently of his
own interest in the Company ; and, as we have
shown, he has had abundant opportunities and
possesses every qualification essential fora faithful
and competent counsellor.
It is difficult to select any portion of a docu-
ment, all of which merits the most careful perusal,
on which to hang a comment. The Noble Vis-
count speaks far more powerfully and convincingly
for himself than we could do on his behalf. Our
part is merely to entreat perusal of his arguments.
Anything further would be almost as supereroga-
tory as the attempt to
" Cast a perfume on the violet."

It is sincerely to be regretted that at a juncture
like the present, a juncture of such remarkable and
supreme importance, misstatements so enormous as
the one here mentioned should be fabricated, for the
purpose, it would seem, of enhancing the general
agitation and bewilderment. It almost induces
one for the moment to hesitate between the charge
of " credulity" or " connivance," adopting the
alliterative alternative of the Right Hon. Gentle-
man the Leader of her MAJESTY'S Opposition.
What is yet more deeply to be regretted in re-
gard to the extraordinary rumour referred to as
having been published yesterday afternoon by one
of our morning contemporaries, is the indecorous
circumstance of its having been directly associated
with the name of the SoVEREICN.

stant the extraordinary promptitude with which
it has been suddenly called into existence ; and
remember at the same time its magnitude as a
naval armament worthy of maintaining our mari-
time reputation.

It should especially be borne in mind in
reference to the origin and character of this
magnificent fleet now about to be conducted by
Sir CHARLES NAPIER into the Baltic, that its
crew consists not of pressed men, but of
VOLUNTEERS. That notable difference between
the sailors of England as they were formerly,
and as they are nowadays, was referred to on
Tuesday evening on the' occasion of the Banquet
at the Reform Club, and referred, moreover, with
an easily comprehensible and allowable exultation
by the Right Hon. Baronet the First Lord of the
Admiralty. Referred to, we mean, when, after
avowing in regard to Sir CHARLES NAPIER as the

guest of the evening, and Commander-in-Chief of
the Baltic Fleet—" He possesses my entire con-
fidence, and I rejoice in having had the oppor-
tunity on this great occasion to commend him
to the choice of my SOVEREIGN "—Sir JAMES
GRAHAM, observed, " The selection, I believe, is
approved by the country ; it is approved by the
profession ; and although the propelling power of
the fleets may be changed, though naval tactics
may be altered, as lie goes forth the commander,
not of a pressed body of men, but of volunteers in
her MAJESTY'S service—though all these old plans
may be changed, yet there is one thing that is
unchanged—the gallantry and the power of com-
mand of my Honourable Friend." What is,
moreover, scarcely less creditable to the present
Board of Admiralty, presided over by Sir JAMES
GRAHAM, scarcely less creditable we venture to
say than its regard for the advantages of the screw
as a means of propulsion to the vessels of the fleet, or
than its substitution of volunteers for pressed men in
the complicated scheme of its general organisation,
is that ample and general scope allowed to the
discretion of the gallant Admiral entrusted with
the guidance of the Baltic Fleet, in his responsible
position as its Commander-in-chief. Through
some inadvertence, there was au omission in that
part of our yesterday's impression containing a re-
port of the speech made at the banquet given by the
Reform Club to Sir CHARLES NAPIER—an omis-
sion of the gallant Admiral's earnest and well-
merited tribute to the mingled sagacity and cour-
tesy displayed towards him in this particular by

llf, then, we add a few brief sentences, it is not in
the hope of lending additional weight to these
opinions.
The unfortunate di vision in the direction that
has taken place, and which has been so painfully
and so strikingly exemplified by the opposition
circulars issued by the " minority," who appa-
rently oppose every act of their fellows, too surely
and unanswerably prove the imperative necessity
of a clear and unequivocal demonstration on the
part of the shareholders. These pernicious and
perilous divisions in the controlling authority
must be healed—aye, even at the expense of the
excision of the diseased portion. One party or
the other must be called on to retire from the
Board-room. One side or the other must give
way. Lord TORRINGTON clearly indicates which
should be retained. He points out the grounds
on which the new candidates hope to gain the
" most sweet voices" of the proprietors. Two
of the number at least have no former
services to appeal to indeed, they have
not been so very long connected with the
Company or interested in its welfare to warrant
very great faith in the disinterestedness of their
motives. Their names, as we are told, on un-
exceptionable authority, did not appear on the
list of shareholders of last year, and the qualifi-
cations must have been acquired at a strangely
significant period, just when the publication of
the first protest pointed out the unfortunate dif-
ferences prevailing in the Board-room. This
was certainly a strange coincidence, leading to
the inference that these Gentlemen looked to
their own private and personal advantage
rather than that of the shareholders, or of
the district through which the line runs, and
the convenience whereof they could have no
object in advancing. It is far from being ourwish
to slight or underrate the pretensions of the gentry
from the manufacturing districts, who appear to
have extracted a leaf from the " Saxe-Gotha" Al-
manac, and to be prepared to come forward to
govern anybody wanting a direction on the short-
est notice, and the slightest solicitation. They do
not even send forth the northern cry " Wha wants
me ?" but rush forward uncalled for and unwished
for. They may be excellent men of business, well
qualified to manage thelines in their localities, with
the exigencies of which they have had opportuni-
ties of becoming acquainted. But they candidly
and honestly confes that they know nothing of
the wants of the districts into which they seek
to intrude themselves, and that " they are
not able to give any opinion on the point
in dispute !" although that point is the solo
foundation for their unprovoked and wanton ag-
gression. Let the shareholders consider these
matters. Those who are desirous of maintaining
a permanent connection with the company, who
think that the public convenience is to be regarded,
and the full traffic--goods and passengers—to be
completely developed, should bestir themselves to
give a death-blow to the hopes of mere specula-
tors, who may at any moment dispose of their
shares, and would thereby cease to have the
slightest care for advancing the interests of the
Garden of England, or making the South-Eastern
Line the medium through which the communica-
tion with the entire Continent of Europe should
be carried on.

the members of her MAJESTY'S Government.
Sir CIIA.ELES NAPIER said—" We have now a fleet
well advanced—l do not say the fleet is yet in
perfect order—but which, I believe, considering
the officers that have been appointed, very soon
will be. And here I have to thank the First Lord
of the Admiralty that he has seldom—no, I ought
not to say seldom—that he has never refused me
the appointment of a single officer that I have
asked of him"—an assurance which was at once,
naturally enough, welcomed by a,eclamations.
The AUTOCRAT must now recognise the fact,
that both France and England are resolved upon
withstanding, by the most energetic moans, his

' lawless and daring encroachments. He must re-
cognise this through the enthusiasm and unanimity
with which enormous sums of money have been voted
by the Legislature of both countries to place "the
sinews of war'' at once at the almost unlimited
disposal of their respective Governments. Besides
which, there are other significant circumstances in
connection with the expeditionary forces sent against
Russia by-France and England—circumstances sig-
nificant of the ardour with which the CROWN and
the nation, both of France and of England, have
united at this juncture in defence not only of
Turkish independence, but also, and in a particu-
lar manner, of our common civilisation. The
fat, for example, that both tsxmies are to be
accompanied by a Prince of the Blood—the Eng-
lish army, conducted by Lord RAGLAN, being
accompanied by H.R.H. the Duke of CAMBRIDGE
—the French army, conducted by Marshal ST.
ARNAUD, being accompanied byH.I.H. the Prince
NAPOLEON. Russia, in short, is about to be op-
posed by the CROWN and the People of France and
of England, by the whole of the mighty force of
the united French and British Governments.

" A House divided against itself cannot stand !"
We have the highest authority for this principle,
which the experience of a long succession of ages
has fully confirmed. Where there is a cordial
concurrence of sentiment among the parties en-
gaged in a common undertaking—where, waiving
all minor differences, they co-operate together
zealously and energetically, they have conquered
the chief impediment that retards success, and
entered on the highway leading to prosperity.
The principle is the same whether applied to a
kingdom, a public company, or a family ; indeed
of any number of persons associated together
for any purpose whatsoever. The great
master of human nature, to whom all the intri-
cacies and phases of the mind were familiar—the
most profound philosopher of any age or country,
speaks with too painful accuracy of the fatal con-
sequences of
" Civil dissension, with its vip'rous tooth,
That gnaws the bowels of the common weal."

The extraordinary and extravagant report
transcribed in our impression of yesterday from
the columns of a morning contemporary—a ru-
mour the accuracy of which, as must have been
observed from the note appended to it by our-
selves, we at once discredited—cannot but de-
mand from the journalist at least some passing
words of regret and reprehension. The fallacy of
the statement put forward could not but be at
once apparent on its serious examination. This,
moreover, in spite of its being so very daringly
circumstantial. The assertions advanced were
nothing leas titan announcements of the massacre
of an army of 30,000 men—of the capture of a
gigantic and formidable entrenchment—and of the
advance of the triumphant barbarians, who were
said to be the conquerors, directly upon the
capital of Censtantinople. It was not enough,
moreover, that declarations so astounding as these

And, indeed, it may safely be asserted of any
society where there are internal disputes that it
contains the elements of its future destruction,
and that at no distant date. It is for the lovers
of order, for those who desire to preserve their
property unimpaired in value, to put down the
insnrrectionary spirit with a strong hand on its
ilr3t appearance, and to prevent the inter-
necine conflicts that must prove, if not
destructive, at least highly prejudicial to
the stability, the prosperity, the gradual develop-
merit, and steady but certain progress of any uu-
dertakiug, of any kind or description whatsoever,
but 111313 especially
those connected with the great
trunk linos of railway—the arteries that dissemi-
nate the life-blood of industry throughout the
length and breadth of the land, and which require
a unity of thought and action, a consistent and

TEM SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 9, 1854.

EXCLUSIVE INTELLIGENCE.

A contemporary, who for some time past has not
favoured the public with any very great amount of
news, but who has been rather remarkable for his
energy in epithets addressed to sundry and all of
her Majesty's Ministers, yesterday suddenly astoni-
shed the town by an official revelation. "We are
enabled to state," said the Morning Herald—

"That a special mes3enger, who travelled with the
utmost expedition direct from the seat of war, arrived
last evening at the Foreign-office with despatches of the
very last importance. These were immediately for-
warded to her Majesty, at Buckingham Palace, The
Queen was just leaving for the theatre, but, in conse-
quence, detained the loyal carriages for upwards of three-
quarters of an hour."

Only fancy ! the royal carriages detained three-
quarters of an hour. Here must be news, indeed.
Our contemporary continues—
"Vrotn what we can gather, we fear that a dreadful
reverse has overtaken the Turkish arms, being no less
than the capture, by the Russian army, of Kalafat, the
key and the chief position of the Sultan's forces on the
Danube, and we understand that almost a total mas-
sacre of its defenders took place."

Here's news ! exclusive information of the massa-
cre of 30,000 Turks, the defenders of Kalafat. It
is unlucky, however, that the Herald does not pos-
sess copies of Mr. Wyld's maps, or neglects to refer
to them. Thence he might learn that Kalafat is
but some one hundred and fifty miles, not twenty-
four hours' journey, from Semlin ; and the file of
the _Herald would inform him that from Sendin to
Vienna, and thence to London, there exists tele-
graphic communication, so that were Kalafat taken
we should infallibly receive the news within some
forty-eight hours, whereas this "special messenger'
from the seat of war must have taken many days
to perform his journey. The news of the fall of
Kalafat seems to have completely bewildered our
contemporary, for he proceeds to say—
" Unless checked by the extraordinary interposition
of Providence, the hordes of the Autocrat may be at this
moment on the high road to, if not in actual possession
of, Constantinople."
We will not attribute to the Herald, whose sen-
timents on the subject are well known, any sudden
conversion to Romanism or Greek orthodoxy, which
might be inferred from the tone of expectation in
which he speaks of an " extraordinary interposi-
tion," at a time when the feats of our Lady and
two warriors, at the battle of Alexandropol, must
be so vivid in his recollection. We will rather as-
sume that his extraordinary expression, " extraor-
dinary interposition," results from a sudden and
extraordinary knowledge of the fact of the interpo-
sition of the well-defended chain of the Balkan
mountains between the Danube and Constantinople,
and we, therefore, feel bound to suppose that he
attributes as little value to his supposition that the
" hordes of the Autocrat may be at this moment in
possession of Constantinople," as we do to the rest
of his intelligence.
Curiously enough, however after so many blun-
ders in so short a space, the herald adds—

"There is and can now be no mistake."
Really there's nothing like being satisfied with
yourself. This must be a great comfort to our
contemporary. Pleased with himself, he is kindly
in feeling towards his enemies, and of one whom ho
has hitherto treated, when in his wildest humour,
as " a noble dotard," he now predicates—
" This news has even brought Lord Aberdeen to his
senses."

Lord Aberdeen must be very much obliged to
the " news," and to the Herald especially, for pub-
lishing its excellent effects. Our contemporary
concludes by observirg, in regard to the noble
earl, that—
" Henceforth he must admit that nothing but war to
the knife against the Czar can atone for the atrocities he
has committed."

After so many assertions of facts, about which
" there can be no mistake," we are at last left in
doubt as to whether the atrocities for which war to
the knife is to atone have been committed by Lord
Aberdeen or the Czar. This great problem may be
perhaps solved by the next " special courier."
Morning Post.