The Sun.
London, England, 1846-01-10 00:00:00

THE UNITED STATES AGAINST
THE WORLD.-AMEIZICAN STEAM NAVY.

(From the New Yorh Herald.)
In the present condition of our foreign relations no
one can tell how soon negotiations may take such a turn
as will involve war, however much we be opposed to it.
In the event of such an occurrence taking place, how
entirely inefficient would our present navy be to compete
successfully with that of Great Britain! The British
appear to have taken all possible advantage of the success
which has attended ocean steam-ship navigation, and
have added a great many war steamers to their navy,
besides merchant steam-ships, which could at any mo-
ment be c ,nverted into formidable vessels of war, while
our Government has almost neglected to avail itself of
that formidable engine of recent discovery. Even if our
foreign relations were of the most pacific kind, the best
way to keep them so would be, to be well prepared to
resist any attempt at hostility by foreign powers.
The Oregon question wiil, we have no doubt, be set-
tled without resort to the ultimatum of nations ; but,
sooner or latter, the tremendous conflict between the old
world and the new, and which will shake the world to
its centre, will take place. The old European dynasties are
eyeing with jealousy the gigantic strides of this country to
unparalleled greatness—a greatness which Rome, in the
height of her splendour never dreamt of ; and they see
and feel the influence of our republican institutions on
their rotten and decaying monarchies. They know and
feel that every progressive step which we make in any
element of national greatness acts as a retrogressive step
to them, hastening their destined downfal. They are
not unmindful of the tnet that, from all appearances, ace
are in a feir way to swallow them up, and that, sooner
or later, they will be obliged, by the instinct of self-
preservation, to make a bold, determined, and united
effort to crush these United States, and with them the
hopes of the pw riot and phiiantheopist all over the
world. Every day the sun of heaven shines upon us
brings us a day nearer that dreadful crisis. By the result
of that conflict will be decided for thousands of years the
fate of republics acid of monarchies, in this and the old
world; and in the result of that conflict the great expe
riment, that man is capable of self-government, will
succeed or be for ever abandoned as a chimera.
No person of judgment can doubt what the issue will
be if we be but prepared for it. Hence, then, we
imagine the necessity there is of our maintaining our
position on the seas, for it will be principally- by navel
warfare that the conflict will be contested.
We see France and England adding yearly to their
already powerful navies, while the United States, which
in national and commercial consequence is inferior to but
one country in the world, has a navy only equal to some
of the fourth or fifth-rate powers.
In addition to this, our commerce requires protection.
While we were in our infancy our commerce was small
and did not require much protection; but we
now are the second commercial nation on the
globe, and our navy should increase in the same
ratio as our commerce, and give full and ample pro-
tection to it in every sea and ocean that it frequents.
To do this effectually would require a large increase
in our navy department. We are glad to find that the
President is fully sensible of the Impcirtatiee of this sub-
ject, and has recommended it,zto the conSideration of:
Congress, who, we hope and trantiivill make some legis7.l
lation upon it. l t, 3 : o,i,
That an increase of ottrifti, laiitfliiiititingq of our
steam navy, is called for'botli by tife'''cb'nilition' of
,our
foreign relations and. ,by the'cleraandidf otir- commerce
to be protected, no sane man will The only
question existing isnthe inannetilewhichilittfiticrease
shall be made. = acm-_) Lo ^. •
With all due deferente'We will'iboin?WidAiititit sve con-
ceive would be well!ca4cillated for lhis puriebitti SOme of
our New York shipowners proposed to the Tyler Govern-
ment to build a nunaber of steam ships, or packets, to trade
between the several ports of the United States and those of
foreign countries, provided the Government would confer
upon them the same rights and privileges that the British
Government has conferred upon the Cunard and other lines
of steam-ships owned in England. 'These vessels were
to be constructed in such a manner that they could, in
24 hours, be converted into steam-ships of war, and for
model, workmanship, and swiftness in sailing, equal to
any of our splendid packet-ships ; and likewise, that in
the event of the United States engaging in foreign war,
these vessels were to become the property of the Govern-
ment at a fair and reasonable price.
This favourable proposition was not noticed by Mr.
Tyler; having his hands full of petty business, such as
intriguing for the succession, and supplying offices to
his minions, and other contemptible business, he
had no time to devote to the attention of this
important matter. But now that we have an Ad-
ministration in power that is above such small
potato affairs as intriguing for the succession, &c.,
which disgraced Mr. Tyler, we hope that the pro.
position will he renewed, for there is no doubt but Mr.
Polk will make leisure time to give it the attention it is
entitled to. If this plan were adopted, we have no doubt
that in an incredible short space of time we should have
an addition to our navy of 20 or 30 steam war vessels,
capable, when manned by our sturdy tars, of contending
successfully with any vessels of the same or greater
calibre, or any oat inn in the world.

SIR BROOK BRIDGES AND THE

EASTRY UNION.

(From the heat Herald.)
Our readers will peruse with surprise and indignation
the following letter from Sir Brook Bridges, Bart., of
Goodnestone, in this county, addressed to the editor of a
local Contemporary:—
Sir,—Observing in your paper of this day a state-
ment that the inmates of the Canterbury Workhouse
were regaled on Christmas-day with " roast beef
and plum pudding," and that the inmates
of " other unions " in the county received
the like treat, I hasten to correct the impression
which the public might derive from such a statement
with regard to the Eastry Union, as the guardians of
that union thought proper to refuse permission to the
supply of a provision of the above-mentioned fare, ten-
dered by one of the guardians at a board meeting on behalf
of some charitable individuals, who had put it in his
power to guarantee the requisite funds.

If you Will insert this letter in your next number, you
will much oblige, Sir, your obedient servant,
BROOK W. BRIDGES.
Bowling, December 30th, 1845.
From this it appears that the benevolent intention of
the worthy Baronet and his friends to supply the iamates
of the union house with one good dinner in the year, with
some old English fare on Christmas-day, was frustrated
by the guardians, who absolutely prohibited its reception!
This appears almost incredible—a piece of wanton bar-
barity almost beyond comprehension. There surely
must be some mistake in the matter. We wait to hear
the guardians' explanation.
If the fact be uncontradicted, if there be no mistake,
if the cruel prohibition really took place, can the guar-
dians, can the supporters of that new poor-law which
gives such power or creates such a tendency, wonder at
the feeling of alienation which exists between the la-
bourer and his employer, between the poor and the richer
classes ? Deep and deadly must be the feeling of ani-
mosity which such treatment of the aged and tha unfor-
tunate will necessarily excite.

Viscount Hinton, son of Earl Poulett, has re.
tired from the army.
LONDON AND WINDSOR RAILWAY COMPANY.—It
is with much pleasure we notice the statement which
appears in our advertising columns, of the position and
prospects of this Company—not with any knowlewdgeo
the feasibility of the scheme, for of this
.w r!.
CIL ' The system
manner the Directors meet the subsertch
accompanies
no-
thing—but on account of the open, candid, and
of economy adopted, the explanation
meawns used to check
I,tion, combine to pro-
ducependiture by
schemes of this nature, if
anythe finnthaenrcitahlanstaleteemtiemnat,teceaunsriapecty
and good faith on our
an impression or
recklessnessotrhse of
ex
minds, which, in too many
judge from we may.
the offientis, has been glaringly' dLficient.—Bridgewater
remarkably
parkitabry A
productive
imes, Jan. 8.
last few
c—tiveThine
works of fiction. Among the most interesting are The
Citizen of iPrague, by Mrs. Howitt —The Attractive
Man, by Mrs. Trollope—The Queen of Denmark, by
Mrs. Gore_Dunster Castle, a Tale of the Great Rebel-
lion, by Mr. Hewlett—Pomfret, by Mr. Chorley—The
Master Passion and the Gambling House at Brussels,
by Mr. Grattan—and The White Slave, by the author
lf " Revelations of Russia."

SCILLY.—On Sunday, the 4th instant, the French
brig Leoni, from Charante, laden with brandy, for Liverpool,
in beating up St. Mary's Sound, missed stays, and went on
shore on St. Agnes, where her masts were cut away, and the
following tide she was got off, making but little water, and
will be towed in to-day (Monday) if the weather keeps fine.—
Pooance Gazette.

SUICIDE OP A WRITER TO THE SIGNET.....The
inquest on this melancholy case, the particulars of which
have already appeared, was on Thursday resumed before Mr.
Bedford. A verdict of " Temporary insanity" was returned
by the jury.
The Lord Chancellor is fast recovering strength.
The Learned Lord and Lady Lyndhurst have been placed in
mourning by the death of her Ladyship's father, which took
place at Pans early in the week.
THE UNITED STATES AND ENGLAND.—Every
packet-ship leaving this port for Liverpool is filled with our
agricultural products, and it is highly interesting and grati-
fying to see the great and rapidly-increasing variety of our
shipments. The packet-ship Fidelia sailed yesterday for
Liverpool with the following cargo :—Outward cargo of
the ship Fidelia for Liverpool-441 bales of cotton,
1,250 barrels of naval stores, 1,000 barrels of flour, 775
barrels of apples, 50 barrels of provisions, 325 tierces of
provisions, 1,050 boxes of cheese, 25 casks of oil,
126 barrels of lard, 11 hogsheads of lard, 300 barrels of
iron ore, 114 bales of wool, 310 kegs of lard, 9,000 bop-
heads of staves, 327 salt d hides, 30 bundles of leather,
16 barrels of jewellers' sweeps, 308 bags of_ trtoanns'6s
crates of onions, and 14 cases of merchandise. u",
iotfhsitraonndio
& offering for
conse-
quence of the quantity of flour, provisions,
fewyears since our
ap-
pears to be a small item among this variety.
, In
shipment, freights rule very high.oad
I with cotton on their
packet-ships were compelled Pc'
and transient ships
ix
the increase in the number of packet
i the ballast;
30n: now, notwithstanding
outward voyages or goFloudtheimia
full cargoes, The most extraor-
dinary shipment in thenreg.
Onions, beans, and leather are very
unusual exports from
this country to England,
,butwe have no doubt in a few
years they
will be staple shipments. There is a very large
irade rowing up between this country and Great Britain in
provisions, and our agricultural exports alone must soon ex-
ceed in value the aggregate cost of our imports.—New York
Poe'.
THE MAMMOTH Tionsn.—Several noblemen and
gentlemen, who have taken their friends and families to see
the astonishing monster horse at the Egyptian Hall, have
expressed great regret at the absence of the gentleman ama-
teur riding-master, whose courtier-like conduct won all
hearts; it is reported he has lost his own. -Great inquiries
are made for him—by female visitors too. It is ,hoped he
will soon return to his disconsolate frieads. 'Me horse itself
even sorrows I