The Sun.
London, England, 1856-08-06 00:00:00

LONDON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1856,

Russia is already beginning to cast off the dis
guise which she was compelled to assume at the
commencement of the year. She is already show-
ing her full appreciation of the policy that pre-
vented any diminution of her power, and watched
more vi flantly ove • her honour than that of
either of the Allied:Powers, that submitted to tt e
useless sacrifice of so many millions of money and
myriads of human beings. She has therefore
determined to persevere in the traditional poliey
inaugurated by PETER the Great (Sarage), and
contieuect by the amiable and virtuous CATHE-
RINE, the mild and _courteous PAUL, and
the truth-7oving and moderate NICHOLAS. She
cannot even yet understand that the Wester,_
Powers could have been earnest in their determi-
nation to prevent its full development when they
allowed her to retain the power she had so grossly
abused. The leopard cannot be made to chant(:
its spots, or the northern bear to abandon the
instincts of its ursine nature. Her diplomatist:,
were not idle at Paris. They discovered that the
NAPOLEON of 1856, the father of an Imperial
Prince, the Sovereign whose chief anxiety was to
consolidate and strengthen the dynasty which he
hoped to establish, was very different indeed from
the NAPOLEON of 1854, who gained golden opi-
nions in England and throughout Europe—that
the French Government was contented with the
position it had already attained, and bad no
desire to insist very strenuously on the ob
servance of the articles comprised in the
Precious Treaty. It saw that our faithful (!)
Ally was the first to inflict a severe blow on the
maritime supremacy of England, and that the
criminal surrender of our once cherished privilege,
would render England far less formidable than i.
had previously been. Can we, then, wonder that
she has seized on the golden opportunity, and
that "her sharp practice" and indifferent faith
in carrying out the stipulations of the Treaty of
Paris have attracted general observation.

She still retains her hold on Kars ; and although
the Allied forces have already vacated the Crimea,
and restored the towns captured by their valour,
she has strengthened her Armenian garrison,
and maintained a threatening aspect towards
Turkey, while the Western Powers delivered up
even the buildings and defences they had them-
selves erected without • • injury. She has taken
measures to destroy the fortifications as well as
those of Ismail and Reni, so that these important
fortresses will be incapacitated from offering any
serious resistance, in the event of new complica-
tions, at least without an outlay, which Turkey
is incapable of undertaking in the present ex-
hausted state of her finances. Nor is this ap..
The forcible seizure of the Isle of Serpents, Which
so clearly belonged to the Ottoman Empire,
and the control thereby assumed over the navi-
gation of the Danube, clearly shows that she is
letermined to prevent the freedom of that im-
ortant river—although it was ono of the points
most earnestly insisted on as the ground-work of
the so-called peace.
It may
appear strange that the CZAR should so
speedily fling aside the mask--that he should
already risk the permanency, or rather the dura-
tion, for it possessed no element of permanency—
of the peace which lie >was so anxious to obtain.
But Russian politicians are as cunning as
they are unscrupulous. They know that
one at least of their quondam opponens
has been made safe ; that Lours NAPO-
MAX is more mindful of the interests of Im fo.
rialism than of the preservation of the balance of
power, or the protection of Turkey against her
unconscientious assailant. They also see that any
offence against international law may be coin_
ratted with impunity, inasmuch as it isupt,..4e.
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