The Sun.
London, England, 1854-12-04 00:00:00

LONDON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1354.

" Long threatening comes at last !" Every-
thing, however tedious, must be brought to a con-
clusion at some time or other. Even Austrian
diplomacy, with all its devious windings, forms
no exception to the general rule. The long-talked-
of Treaty with the Western Powers has at last
been signed, and Fr.aseis JOSEPH is committed
to the contest, but whether for good or evil, time
only can reveal. We confess that we do not de-
duce very favourable auguries from the result of
these protracted negotiations, in which it is known
that the German empire, in place of rising to the
level of France and England, endeavoured to de-
press them to hers, and to obtain terms which we
venture to assert no English Minister would dare
to submit to a British Parliament. Specious
pretexts were put forward for delay, so that she
might remain inactive and uninjured while the
Western Powers were bearing the brunt of the
sanguinary conflict—a conflict rendered the more
ard. 4'4,13 and destructive by the presence of Rus-
la'a troop, whose services could be dispensed with
Bessarabia, in consequence of Austrian machi-
nations prey •
exiting OILER. PAcHA from making the
anticipated diversion in other parts of Southern
Russia.
There were several alleged reasons for this ex
Eons and annoying procrastination. The vmoas-t
prominent, and that which was most relied on,
arose from the suspicious attitude of Prussia and
the petty States represented at the Bamberg Con-
ference. She was afraid that she could not de,
peed on the unflinching co-operation of her own
oonfederates if she ventured to enter into any
arrangement on her own account without their
assent being first duly had and obtained. The
concurrence of Prussia—nay, more, of the Brum_
!nage= Courts, that ape the semblance of royalty
—was indispensable before she could move in any
direction. A stubborn ally is as useful in state-
craft as in legal affairs. The example of
Messrs. " GREENHORN and GRINDERSON" h; is
been recognised amongst the magnates o.r
the earth, and confederated nations have fol-
lowed t tie
precedent established by a firm,
of
solicitors. "When it is fair weather with the 1

client, out comes the gentleman-partner to fawn
like a spaniel ; when it is foul, forth bolts the
operative-brother to pin like a bull-dog." In the
present instance Austria has been the GREENHORN
to fawn and flatter—to send her congratulations
on the victory at Alma—when she, too, had been
taken in by the " tatar " hoax as to the taking of
Sebastopol. On the other hand, the German
" GRINDERSON" (FREDERICK WILLIAM) is enabled
to talk, in language so ambiguous, that he cannot
be in any degree committed, but which he has,
doubtless, claimed credit for with Russia, as being
entirely in its interest, of its being "his task to
plead for peace, the independence of foreign States,
and moderation ;" adding, however, a rather sig-
nificant hint as to the possibility of being compelled
"to add force to his attitude." Thus, if the
Allies conquered, there was Austria ready to par-
ticipate
in the fruits of victory, and to take the
largest attainable share of the spoil. If, however,
on the other hand, Russia held her own, and could
still retain even a shadow of her former supremacy,
there was the "junior partner" ready to
interfere to avert the anger of the CZAR,
and to shake off his apathy, even at the
eleventh hour, by assuming an attitude hostile to
the Western Powers. This game was, however,
exhausted, and Austria compelled to act with
some appearance of decision ; but we should not
feel greatly surprised if, when the terms of the
treaty become known, it should be found that
she has still stipulated for a whole skin for her-
self, and for keeping away from any' active mea-
sures for coercing Russia. As we stated on Satur-
day, we can express no opinion on the recent
Treaty—which was only signed on Saturday—
until we " have it before us verbatim et lit eratim,
and are enabled to scan every clause, and ma-

turely weigh every sentence."
It was also said that Austria had endeavoured,
while the terms were under discussion, to bind
the Allies not to go beyond the "four points,"
which, although they might once have been
willing to accept, they certainly could not now,
after so terrible a loss of life and so large an
expenditure of money, accede to, without ample
" material guarantees" for a permanent peace,
and reasonable compensation for the damages
sustained by the Allies through his perverse
and obstinate refusal to withdraw, or even
to modify his unreasonable demands. Austria
also wanted to prevent any attack on the Russian
territories through the Principalities, which she
was so improvidently allowed to occupy—and, in
addition, to obtain the pledge of France and Eng-
land to crush any manifestations of independence
on the part of the Magyars, Poles, or Lom bar-
lians. It is needless to say, that such stipula-
tions could not possibly be acceded to on the part
of France or England ; but the fact that they had
been suggested, renders it imperative that the ex-
act terms should be made known without a
moment's unnecessary delay, and that the Treaty
itself should be subjected to the critical examina-
tion of the Imperial Parliament.

A Supplemental Despatch from Lord RAGLAN
was received at the War-office at midday on
Saturday, which we were enabled to present to
our readers in an early edition on that day. It
was dated the 11th instant, and merely alluded
to some of the officers who had highly dis-
tinguished themselves at the glorious but san-
guinary battle of Inkerman—one of the most
arduous struggles in which British troops have
engaged for a long series of years. A special
notice might, indeed, have been given of every
man of the invincible eight thousand, whose ex-
ploite were scarcely paralleled—never surpassed
by any army of equal cumbers since the beginning
of the world, or, at least, since man was arrayed
against his fellow-man with hostile weapons, seek-
ing to shed his brother's blood.
`,"Multi fortes ante Againemnona vizerunt."

Many men have performed deeds of desperate
valour which have attracted but little notice.
They had not " poets to chaunt their praises,"
and must, therefore, remain "unsung," although
not " unwept or unhonoured." Lord RAGLAN
could only, according to existing precedents,
allude to officers of a certain degree of rank.
That each and every one of those so noticed
eminently merited the distinction we have not the
slightest doubt, and we should gladly unite in
paying them any honours which the gratitude
of their country might confer. But there were
many brave subalterns, aye, and dashing non-com-
missioned officers and privates, whose feats were
worthy of the ancient knight-errants, but who are
not included in the Gazette Extraordinary. We
do not hear of Colour-Sergeant Davis, of the
Grenadier Guards, although his prowess might be
reccrded with that of Slum the Life Guardsman,
or Sir JOHN ELLEY, or others who displayed ex-
traordinary energy in the olden time. There aro
others who also exhibited a cool determination
and tremendous power in the fearful melee, but
of whom nothing remarkable will bo heard by the
general public. It is only in the narratives of
their brother soldiers that they may perchance be
mentioned. Even the lists of the killed and
wounded soldiers have not as yet been forwarded,
although their relatives anti friends must be just
as anxious as those of more aristocratic comba-
tants.

Now, we would gladly see this amended.
There was nothing that gained for the great
NAPOLEON the devotion of his army more than
his readiness to recognise and reward merit in
any rank, however humble. The private soldier
was stimulated to acts of extraordinary daring by
the probability, if not the certainty, that it would
not be suffered to pass unnoticed. It would,
therefore, be well if we took a leaf from his
" book of victories," and gave to the world an
official intimation of the acts of non-commissioned
officers or privates who greatly distinguished
themselves.

In the Guards, for instance, we find that out
of 58 officers who entered the field, only 27 re-
turned unhurt, 12 having been killed and 19
wounded. 29 out of 81 sergeants, 6 out of 48
drummers, and 538 out of 1,143 rank and file
were in like manner killed or wounded. What
battle of ancient or modern times showed greater
loss to the victors in proportion to their numbers ?
Why, then, should not something be done to re-
ward the survivers, and to call attention particu•
larly to those who, like Colour-Sergeant DATIES,
exhibited extraordinary prowess ? There would
be no compliment more highly appreciated by the
troops than the publication of the names of men
who merited the honour. Regimental reports
might easily be made, and published, so that
names might be enclosed in an Extraordinary
actutte without a severe wound being an indis-
pensable preliminary. We trust that this sugges-
tion may be taken into consideration tat head-
' quarters, as we are convinced that, if adopted, it
would give great satisfaction to those whom Eng-
land is especially desirous of honouring at the
present emergency.

Despatches for Lord Raglan in the Crimea were sent
by a messenger, from the Forei
evening, gn-office, on Saturday
The Queen }Las amointed Lord Dufferin one of the
Leadend; s WailOg fit tho room of the Marquix of Or-
v d4ceac c.