The Sun.
London, England, 1853-10-08 00:00:00

AN ARGUMENT FOR PEACE.

Perhaps the gentlemen who now seem so disappointed
that the autumn has passed without more active de-
monstrations on our part, are not aware of the extreme
difficulty, uncertainty, and tediousness of our communi-
cations with Constantinople. The last telegraphic dis-
patch, and the very last news of any kind from the
Turkish capital, arrived last Monday. It came from
Semlin, considerably more than 2,000 miles, in two
hours, and it might be supposed that it would have been
followed ere this by later intelligence. No such in-
telligence has arrived, and at this time no one
knows what has happened at Constantinople, or
whether the city exists since the 26th ult. On that
very day, however, and before the Sultan could pos-
sibly act on the recommendation of the Grand
Council, there occurred an incident very likely to
have a great and pacific effect, and that was the
arrival of her Majesty's steamer, the Triton, with
dispatches, the purport of which was anything but
favourable to an immediate declaration of war. Diplo-
macy certainly is a very tedious process. The passage
to and fro of " Notes, emendations and explanations
of all sorts, honest or otherwise, is not very satisfactory.
Emperors and diplomatists are snot the most flattering
studies of human nature, especially when they are
powerful and ambitious. But annoying and wearisome
as the process may be, it costs only ink, paper, patience,
and, occasionally, the honour of some wily potentate.
It does not cost blood, or even money. It leaves no
bloody page in the annals of history, no name of ill
omen on the map, no sore that centuries cannot heal,
no filed that future wars must expiate. So long as
there is a fair chance of a peaceful and honourable solu-
tion, it is worth any amount of talking and writing. If
it cannot be attained by these means England must not
hesitate to use others more cogent. That is the view of
her Majesty's Ministers—their unanimous view, and
we do not see what there is to say against it.—Times.

THE COURT.—According to present arrangements, her
Majesty and the Prince Consort, accompanied by their
five elder illustrious children, and by Sir James Graham
as Minister in attendance, ,will leave Balmoral early on
Wednesday morning next for Windsor Castle, stopping
one clear night en route, so as to arrive at the Castle on
Friday. The youthful Princes, •Arthur and Leopold,
and the Princess Louisa, are expected to leave Osborne,
Isle of Wight, on Thursday, for Windsor Castle, so as
to be in time to meet their illustrious parents on their
arrival from Scotland, when the Royal family reunion
will be complete, and at the same time the Duchess of
Kent and suite will leave Abergeldie for Frogmore
Lodge. . _ _

CABINET COUNCIL.—A Cabinet Council was held yes-
terday afternoon at the Foreign-office, Downing-street.
The Ministers present were—the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord
John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, the
Duke of Argyll, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Viscount
Palmerston, the Earl of Clarendon, the Duke of New-
castle, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Charles
Wood, and the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert. The
Council sat three hours and a half. Sir W. Molesworth
was not present in consequence of an error of the officer
whose duty it is to summon the members of the Cabinet.
THE QUEEN'S EXPECTED VISIT TO HULL.—A letter
has been received by the Mayor of Hull from the Home
Secretary stating that her Majesty's visit to Ireland pre-
vented her from taking Hull in her way north ; and that
her Majesty's arrangements for her return to London
will not admit of her visiting Hull on her way south.
MYSTERIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE, AMBLESIDE.—Two men,
living at Ambleside, went out nutting on Wednesday,
in a wood at the foot of Grasmere Lake. Whilst thus
engaged their attention was attracted to a particular
spot by a dog that accompanied them, and on approach-
ing they discovered to their horror, the dead body of a
man extendedlat full length on the ground. The body was
in a dreadful state of decomposition, must have lain there
many weeks. It is not known up to the present time
wl o the man was, or what was the cause of his death.
Nobody has been missed at Ambleside or its vicinity ;
but, perhaps, some clue may be obtained and the
mystery elucidated at the coroner's inquest, which is to
be held at Grasmere. The coffin for the remains was
sent from Ambleside, and they will be interred, if not
previously claimed, in Langdale churchyard.