The Sun.
London, England, 1854-07-08 00:00:00

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The loyrnal de la Statistigue Universelie publishes the
fdlo wing fable of the'iticcessiire encroachments of liUssia
from the 14th century up to the year 1832. it is drawn
up from communications by MM. Schmitzler, Make-
brun, General Bem, and other statisticians :

GRAND DUCHY OF MOSCOW.
Extent in
Geographical Popula•
Miles. tion.

In 1328,,,at .the accession of Yvan
(Katete) 4,656 6,290,000
In 1462, at the accession of Yvan I 18,474
In 1503, at the death of Yvan I 37,137
In 1584, at the death of Yvan II 125,465
In 1645, at the death of Michel I 254,361
In 1689, at the accession of Peter I. 263,900 16,000,C00
EMPIRE OF RUSSIA.
In 1725, at the accession of Ca-
therine I.
In 1762, at the accession of Ca •
therine If 319,538 • 25,000,000
In 1796, at the death of Catherine II 331,850 33,000,000
In 1825, at the death of Alexander I 367.494 56,030,000
In 1831, at the taking of Warsaw
That is to say, that during the la,t two centuries Russia
has doubled her territory, and during the last 100 years
has tripled her population ; her conquests during 60
yeare are equal to all she possessed in Europe before
that period ; her conquests from Sweden are greater
than what remain of that kingdom ; she has taken from
the Tartars an extent equal to that of Turkey in Europe,
with Greece, Italy, and Spain ; her conquests from
Turkey in Europe are more in extent than the kingdom
of Russia without the Rhenish provinces ; she has taken
from Turkey in Asia an extent of territory equal to all
the small States of Germany ; from Persia, equal to the
whole of England (United ICingdoin):; rn,d from Poland
equal to the whole Austrian •empire. A division of the
population gives—
'2,ooo,ooo for the tribes of the Caucasus.
4,000,000 for the Cossacks, the Georgians, and the Khir-
guiz
5,000,030 for the Turks, the Mongols, and the Tartars.
6,000,000 for the Ouralians, the Finlanders, and the
Swedes.
20,000,003 for the Moscovites (of the Greek Church).
23,000,000 for the Poles (Roman and Greek Church united).

60;000,000
The population of ancient Poland counts for two-fifths
of the total population over an eighth part of the terri-
tory, and the Muscovite population for one-third or the
total number over a tenth of the territory; in other
worth, even at the present time, the Polish element is
in a great majority as compared to all the others.

(From the Preston Chronicle of this day.)
THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST THE DELEGATES FOS
CONSP/RACT.—We feel pleasure in stating that-the pro-
ceedings taken at the instance of the Masters' Association
against certain delegates, for conspiring to induce opera-
tives to leave work
at factories in Preston, and which it
will be remembered was postponed from the last assizes to
these in August, have been abandoned. Whatever differ-
ence of opinion there might be as to the policy or pro.
rriey of the prosecutions at the time they wore instia
fated, there will, we imagine, be a general conatin,onee in
the wisdom of the course now taken in Abandoning legal
proceedings.
On Thursday last, Mr. Cowell and Mr. Baxendale, on
the part of tha Weavers' Committee., and Mr. Banks asd
Mr. Greenough, from the Spinner? Committee, waited
upon Mr. Miller, the chairman of the Masters' Associa-
tion, to request the withdrawal of the proceedings. They
expressed a desire for a continuance of the kindly feelings
which at present prevailed between the employer and the
employed; to which end the abandonment of the prosecu-
tion would, they considered, greatly tend. Mr. Miller, we
learn, received the proposition favourably, expresso(' his
own feeling to be with the suggestion, and promised the
earliest consideration by the committee of the association
of the request thus preferred. Yesterday the matter was
brought under the consideration of the committee of em-
ployers, and was at once unanimously decided to stay
the prosecution.
The -communication of the committee's decision was
made by Mr. Miller to a deputation of the operatives, who
waited upon him yesterday, and, as may be judged, was
received with the utmost satisfaction, and with expressions
of a desire for uninterrupted kindly feelings for the future.
The strike has left sad legacies behind it, but we would
hope that the experience of so deplorable an event in our
annals will not be without its use. Working men may
learn that combinations are of no permanent advantage to
the interests of labour ; employers may better appreciate
the advantage of timely concession; and men on strike
may learn that, however justified they may be in refusing
offered terms, they have neither legally nor morally the
right to interfere with those who may be willing to accept
them. .To all we would recommend the extract given in
another column from the report of Mr. Horner, the factory
inspector of this district. He says, " the danger of the
recurrence of such disturbances is evident ; but the means
of preventing them is no less clear and obvious. * *
These remedies must be, the. cultivation of a more kindly,
more trustful, and more friendly intercourse between the
employer and the employed, and a sound education."
We trust the former may speedily be the case ; the aban-
donment of the prosecution is a step to that end. To the
attainment of that object the energies of philanthropists
and statesmen should be unceasingly directed, and not to
be deterred by the crotchets of one sect or the intoleradee
of another, but proceed with a comprehensive plan adapted
to the wants an.; necessities of the kingdom.
In connection with the " Wages Movement," we may
meutiun, as an instance of how much more beneficial the
labour market, unfettered by combination, is to the work-
ing classes than one regulated by unions and committees,
that the weavers of the largest manufacturing concern in
Preston—that of Messrs. Hoirockses, Miller, and Co.—
yesterday received an unasked advance of five per cent. on
their wages. What a strike could not accomplish, c ,lass
in the natural course of trade. This simple fact should be
treasured up in the minds of working wen, and used when-
ever they are again asked to become participators in a turn.
out.