The Sun.
London, England, 1854-01-12 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 12, 1854.

deavours of a reformatory tendency are more im-
peratively demanded than ever, now that many
serious contingencies are being evoked from the
recent narrowing of the circle of secondary punish-
ments. It is indisputable. According to Mr.
WARREN'S epigrammatic utterance " all crime ori-
ginates in intemperance or ignorance." That
too, we take it, is altogether removed beyond
the reach of contradiction.

Whence comes the bounden duty of extended
facilities towards the education of the more de-
graded classes of our population. Upon which
head—the Learned Recorder of Hull spoke thus
nobly and eloquently ; " Gentlemen, so deeply do
I feel these things that I assure you I would
rather—fixing my eye on my deathbed, and an-
ticipating the reflections of that awful moment—be
the founder of a ragged school, a Sunday school, a
school of any sort or description which taught the
heart its duties to GOD and man ; I would rather,
I say, then reflect on such an act than strive to cheat
my departing spirit with dreams of a glittering
chaplet of earthly immortality, in respect of any-
thing for which short-sighted human vanity or
munition might pant ; and I believe there are
many good men now living----would that I were
among them—who, for what they have done in
this direction, shall shine as the stars for ever and
ever." It is by the utterance of sentiments such
as these from the judgment-seat, in his capacity
as Recorder, that Mr. WARREN is successfully fur-
thering the interests of humanity; while embellish-
ing anew his already ample and distinguished
reputation. An address of so much importance,
falling from the lips of one already so largely en-
dowed with the advantages of popularity, could
not well be passed by without some word of ear-
nest commendatory reference. Conceived as it is
throughout in a spirit of genuine and unaffected
benevolence, it at once wins from us our sym-
pathy, while by its natural eloquence it commands
our admiration.

LAT INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.)

QUEEN'S BENCH.
MO LEOD V. SOUTHERLAND AND OTHERS.

This was an action brought to recover the value of
certain debentures issued by the directors of the Royal
Bank of Australia. The plaintiff had made advances to
the bank upon the security of the debentures, but the
bank ultimately becoming insolvent, the shareholders,
some of whom were the defendants in this case, repu-
diated the act of the directors in issuing the debentures,
and the plaintiff was compelled to bring the present
action to enforce his right. At the trial the point was
reserved for the opinion of the court as to whether the
shareholders had given the director's authority to raise
money on debentures, and the court being of opinion
that they had, judgment was directed to be entered for
the plaintiff accordingly.

General Guyon (Kurschid Pasha), who dis-
tinguished himself in the Hungarian insurrection,
had arrived at Kars, furnished with full authority,
and he had immediately adopted measures to im-
prove the organisation of the army. The troops
appeared to have full confidence in this GenerAl.
The r Medical Press of Bucharest says that there
are 11,000 Russians on the sick list in the Princi-
palities.
The Gazette of Silesia states, on the authority
of letters from Bucharest, of the 28th ult., that the
rumour of the Turks having taken by storm the
town of Karakal, in Lesser Wallachia, was well
founded.

The Journal de ;'.7t. Petersbourg of the 2d, says :
—" General Prince Worouzoff states that from
the 12th to the 16th nit. nothing of importance bad
taken place on the Asiatic frontier of the Trans-
Caucasian provinces. According to well-autherai-
cated information, which had been received during
that interval, the loss of the enemy in the battles
of Akhaltsyk and Basch-Kadyk-Lar amounted to
more than 12,000 men iu killed, wounded, and
deserters, without reckoning the militia, who had
returned to their homes. The two Turkish corps
defeated in those battles were composed of 28,000
regular infantry, 7,000 regular cavalry, and 19,000
militia. The enemy's force, which reassembled at
liars, after these defeats, numbered 19,000. Among
the principal officers lost by the Turks were Ibra-
him Paella, two commandants of regiments, and 5
majors killed, and 4 majors wounded."
One or two private letters from Constantinople,
of the 26th, speak of the hostility which still sub-
sists between Mehemet Ali Pasha and Redsehid,
and there is some apprehension that it may occa-
sion future trouble. Mehemet Ali is decidedly hos-
tile to any compromise and to any pacific arrange-
ment, and however his warlike ardour may be
censured, yet it proceeds less from religious fanati-
cism than from exalted patriotism. He makes no
pretensions to the character of a statesman, and in
the arts of diplomacy he very willingly yields the
palm to Redschid. But we learn from persons
who know him well, that he is incapable of a dis-
loyal act. He is a frank blunt soldier, occasionally
brusque in manner, dnd more accustomed to the
language of the camp than of the Court. Of his
devotedness to the person of the Sultan, to whose
sister he is married, there is no doubt ; and if his
language be sometimes strong, it is straightforward.
In his moments of excitement he uses as little cere-
mony with the Sultan as with his colleagues.
His Imperial brother-in-law is much attached
to him. The Sultana, wife of Mehemet, is the only
surviving married sister of the Sovereign, and this
circumstance is also much in favour of the warlike
Minister. In many points of his character he re-
sembles Marshal Lannes, who used also to address
the Emperor Napoleon in a way no Marshal or
Minister would venture to do, and he no doubt
looks upon diplomatists pretty much with the
same contemptuous impatience as the rude Generals
of the first Republic, or the Marshals of the Em-
pire, were wont to regard the avocats.
We are now enabled to give a fuller account of
the two Imperial hatti-scheriffs, which are intended
to regulate the future political condition of Servia,
and are now on their way to Belgrade. In the
first hatti-scheriff it is explained how the Sublime
Porte, since the war has commenced between it
and Russia, no longer holds itself bound to respect
the treaties with Russia, and that, therefore, all
treaties hitherto concluded with that Power—as
that of Rutchuk-Kainardji, Bucharest, Akerman,
and Adrianople—are not to be regarded as valid.
In the second hatti-scheriff the Sublime Porte
confirms, out of consideration for the loyalty and
fidelity of Servia, the rights granted on the basis of
the Russo-Turkish treaty, the independent inter-
nal government of the land, free election of their
princes with reserve of the approval of the Sultan.
It also declares Servia free from all duties towards
Russia as a protectity.; power, and it leaves it open
to Servia to place itself under the protection of the
four Powers.
The Servian Government (without the consent
of which doubtless this hatti-scheriff would not
have been issued), will seize upon this opportunity
to place the political existence of the land under
the protection of the great PolVers, so as to esta-
blish it on a firmer basis for the future.
An aide-de-camp of the Sultan has arrived at
the camp of Omer Pasha, bringing him orders to
continue the military preparations, seeing that no
armistice has been concluded.