The Sun.
London, England, 1854-03-20 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 20, 1854,

CONTRACT FOR STOCKS AND CAPS, WITH BALLS FOR
THE ROYAL MARINES.
Department of the Comptroller for Victualling and
Traisport Services.
Somerset-place, 11th March, 1854.
THE Commissioners for executing the Office of
Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that on THURSDAY,
the 23d instant, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with
such persons as may be willing to contract for supplying and delivering
into her Majesty's Tictuallin; Stores at Deptford, for twelve manths
eertain, and farther until the expiration of three months warning,
STOCKS AND CAPS, W:TH BALLS FOR THE USE OF THE
ROYAL MARINES
The conditions of the contract may be seen at the said office, and
pattens at tha Marine Mice, New-street, Spring-gardens. between
the hours of 11 and 2. No tender will be received after One o'clock,
on the day of treaty, norany noticed unless made on the printed form
provided for the purpose, and which may be obtained at the office of
the:Comptroller for Viztnalling.
Every tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty,
and bear in the left-head corner the words "Tender for
," and must also be delivered at Somerset-place.

tion Govornment. Lord JOHN RUSSELL, especi-
ally, comes out of the transaction—iet us say it
frankly and boldly at once—not only with his
reputation untarnished, but very considerably en-
hanced : enhanced, be it observed, by the dignity
of his proceedings—proceedings dictated by politi-
cal candour, and ministerial courage, and patriotic
disinterestedness.

without for the present speaking of its policy or
impolicy under ordinary circumstances—on which
our views must be so well known, as to require no
present explanations--we would put it even to
the most zealous " bullionist " to say, whether
there is not now an imperative necessity
for a change, at least to this extent, that if the
" convertibility of the Bulk Note" must still be
maintained, and if we still wilfully and delibe-
rately refuse to avail ourselves of the advantages
plainly to be derived from the use of a national
note, we may not give additional facilities fur a
well-secured, though economical, circulating me-
dium—for what, in fact, may briefly be termed,
" free trade in banking." The gold in circulation
for the daily business of the country is not less
than from 40,000,0001. to 50,000,00 W. sterling.
By a judicious measure three-fourths of this enor-
mous amount may be rendered available for carry-
ing on the war, and supplying the exigencies of
our friends and allies ; and surely the time has
come when their concession, at least, should be
made to the public convenience and the demands
of the monetary reformers so far complied with.

The challenge thrown down by the Journal of
St.. Petersburgh, has been accepted. Else-
where, in this evening's impression of The
I iun, will be found the whole of the secret
and confidential correspondence which took place
somewhere about this time last year between the
British and Russian Governments. Hitherto the
Ministers of the Crown of England have, it would
seem, considered themselves pledged to silence in
the matter by reason of the common underitand-
ing at London and at St. Petersburgh, that it was
in reality, as well as in name, a " Secret " and a
" Confidential " correspondence. It appeared,
however, that certain particulars in regard to it
had, somehow or other, leaked out—that the
secresy was oozing away--or that the confi-
dence, somehow or other, was being betrayed.
When, at last, forth came that daring
and flagitious article in the official or-
gan of the Russian Government, which dissi-
pated at once any scruples that might still have
survived in the minds of the members of the Eng-
lish Cabinet as to its being any longer a " Se-
cret" and " Confidential" Correspondence. The
taboo was removed. Documents could be spoken
of in the Lords and Commons within hearing of
the Reporters—nay, could be placed in the hands
of the Parliamentary printer—although before
now their existence could not have been hinted at
or whispered about, saving within the inner pre-
cincts, as it were, of the interior sanctuary of
the unheard-of doings of her Britannic MAJESTY'S
Government. Circumstances, indeed, inter-
dicted our administrators from referring in
any manner to the existence of this
mysterious and remarkable correspondence,
until the silence was at length broken
abruptly by the insolence, the rashness,
and the fatuity of the Russian Government.
Never, we may boldly aver, was such fatuity ever
displayed by a great Power as that which has in
this matter marked the Councils of the AUTOCRAT.
By blurting out the secret of this confidential
correspondence between the two Governments,
Russia has afforded the English Cabinet the op-
portunity of at last revealing what ought by right
never to have been hidden—a correspondence
which proves more glaringly than ever the crimi-
nality of Russia and the honesty of England
in regard to the treatment of the Ottoman
Empire the monstrous turpitude of the
CZA.R and the manly patriotism of Lord JOHN
RUSSELL, in reference to the daring and sinister
designs of the former upon the Danubian provinces
and upon the City of Constantinople.
Everything being now revealed in connexion
with these negotiations for a Turkish dismember-
ment—France and England must recognise more
clearly than ever at once the value and the neces-
sity for their cordial alliance—Europe must per-
ceive more plainly even than hitherto the impor-
tance of crushing out for once and for all the
dangers arising from the terrible ambition
of the Russian AUTOCRAT-the world must be-
hold, beyond the possibility of doubt, the heinous
guilt of the Emperor NICHOLAS, and the justice,
and the truth, and the honesty, and the magna-
nimity which lend an additional force to the
might of France and England, now that their
armies and their fleets are going forth together to
fight upon the shores of the Baltic and of the
Euxine the glorious and momentous battles of
Civilisation.

pURSSELL' S. —BALL SUPPERS; and
WEDDING BREAKFASTS SUPPLIED in the first style;
public breakfasts, dinners, and promenade suppers supplied by con •
tract ; a large stock of bride cakes for immediate use, front one to
twenty guineas each ; a handsome cake for five gui eas, pack:ed and
sent to any part of the country if required, and warrante 1 to keep 12
months.--JOHN K. Puasszr.L, 162, Regent-street, and 20, Ludgate-
hill, only.

THEA CBE ROYAL DRURY LA-NE.
Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith.
The Week of Mr. G. V. BROOKE'S Engagement previous to his
sailing for California and Australia.
THIS EVENING, Msson 20,
Will be performed THE VENDETTA; or, THE CORSICAN
BROTHERS. fhe principal characters by Me,sra. G. V. Brooke
and T. Mead ; Mrs. Vickery and Miss F. Cathcart.
After which, a Grand BALLE I' DIVER LISSEMENT.

THEATRE ROYAL HAYM tRKET.

Under the management of Mr. Buckstone.

THIS EVENING, Melia 20,

Will be performed FAZIO. Characters by Messrs. Rogers, Rowe,
Villiers, and Chippendale; Miss Cushman and Mrs. L. S. Buck.
Ingham.

After which, WILLIKIND AND HYS DINAH. Supported by
Messrs. Buck,tone and Corri ; Miss Louisa Howard, Mrs. Fitzwil-
Ham, and Mrs. Caulfield.
To conclude with TilE PORTRAIT OF CERVANTES. Prin-
cipal characters by Mr. Compton and Hiss E. Grey.

The drain of bullion, to which we have repeat-
edly directed the public attention, still continues
with undiminished force. Indeed, the state of
affairs on the Continent renders it too palpable that
such must be the case. It would indeed be sur-
prising if other nations did not avail themselves
of the provisions of our unwise and impolitic
monetary code, and seize what is to them literally
" a golden opportunity" of obtaining an ample
supply of the precious metals. Loans are nego-
tiating on every side—not only are France and
Turkey, whom we are bound to aireaay iu
the field, but even Austria and Prussia have
sounded notes of preparation. Every one of the
great Powers is on the borrowing tack, and, as
usual, poor JOHN BULL is to pay for all. But
while supplying the wants of others, we are ne-
glecting those of our own people. - Our Govern-
ment coolly proposes to double the Income Tax,
while it is as much by its acts of omission
as of commission producing a state of affairs that
must naturally reduce the resources of the over-
burdened people. We have, on the one side, the
direct pull on the Bank by the Chancellor of the
Exchequer. Through his very unfortunate finan-
cial operation, there has not only been a positive
loss of some 800,0001. or 900,0001., but the
Exchequer balances have been reduced to
less than 3,000,0001. sterling, about a third
of what they might, and in all human
probability would otherwise, have been. And
even that comparatively trifling credit the nation
is under engagements to pay off on the termina-
tion of the financial year (the sth of April next)
not merely the dividenda3 and other ordinary
liabilities, but a considerable portion of the
capital of the debt previously existing. Fur all
this Mr. GLADSTONE makes no provision. He
looks to the Bank for accommodation in place of
providing the means fro:at other quarters, and
allowing the Old Lady to apply her capital
in affording the requisite accommodation to trade,
in cashing "commercial " in place of "deficiency"
bills. With that singular want of forethought for
which English financiers have been so painfully
notorious, he allows every other country to fore-
stall us in the market, to obtain their loans on
more favourable terms than we shall be enabled to
do. Considering the respective credits in which
we stand, Mk. GLADSTONE thus, to a considerable
extent, absorbs the resources of the Bank, and
lessens the funds applicable to its legitimate
business.