The Sun.
London, England, 1856-04-03 00:00:00

THE PRECIOUS PEA.CE!

TO.THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
- SIR,—I am glad to 'see the tone you have taken on
this premature and dishonourable peace ; at least that
one member of our press stands up for what is true and
honest—not that I expect that anything can turn our
countrymen to what is due to themselves. „Germanisin
as you call it, iaparaliount. The influence behind the
Throws is all the more powerful because it can act in the
most profound secresy, and si ithout the slightest, respon!
sibility. There has doubtless been a secret itnderstandinfi
for some time past between our Court and Louis No-.
poleon, and the pressure that the Coburgs could not and
dare not bring 'airectly upon our Cabinet in the matter of
peace, terms, &C., has been done through Leuis Na-
poleon, speaking in the name of France. The Gorman
alliance, has: been the curse of this country. If the Queen
had not gad a German' husband, Aberdeen would never
have been Premier. If Aberdeen had not been Premier,.
we should not have had the Russian war, so that the•
matrimonial connection with Germany ' has cost the:
country in the last two years thirty thousand precions
lives, aof 50 millions of money. But John Bull is a'
contemptible animal ; he will stand anything. If You,
want a proof, look here: By an overwhelming majority,
of the House of Commons Aberdeen was ousted, and
stigmatised as the author of our calamities. Within two
mouths or that time Abt rdeen, branded by the House of
Commons and public opinion, is rewarded by Germanism
with the Order.of the Garter. The House of Commons
say nothing, and the country hardly murmurs. I almost
begin to fancy that Bright was right after all ; and, as I
th, war was n ver intended o advance either the honour
of England or the liberty of the a or:d, it would haVe
been better to have saved our sons and our money. Al-
coding to the rismes we are to have the pleasure,.of pay-
ieg the income tax for two years longer. As for the
country not standing it, tha,t's all nonsense ; 'they will
stand anything. • . •• :
We are now, it seems, also to be involved in an addi-
tional Ce•man tie• by the Prussian marriage. . Another
hope for John Hull ; so that if the reigning fairlily'pl
Prussia get into trouble we shall be called on to defend
them, not in the':name of the Princess Royal-7no, crafty
dogs—it will be'for the &fence of Protestant iprit'ciples
attacked iii4the person of Prussia; but as a natien We
deserve it without a murmur ;
.we accept the dictum that
no Eog:ishman 4s g•,od enough for any of the-Royal
fa-oily. •

• For the present Aberdeen's views are carried out, and
we shag have a truce perhaps for 20 years ; but thereare those probably living.who will remember and fue the
day when, to use your own expres-ive Words, ‘c The'fight
that was a cross ,was—closed by a Peace that was a Sell,"
Altno.,t in shathe I beg to subscribe myself, yours,,,&c;;
Al' ENGLISHMAN..

Ail,~ 185 G.

THE DEATH OF A MISER.

'TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN,
your paper of the 28th-of February, an arti-
cle appeared, headed "Self-Starvation—Death of a
Miser," wherein it was stated that nearly the whole .of
his property had been left to the Bookbinchrs' Alms-
houses. I beg to inform you this is an error, the society
being much in debt, it may possibly mislead, and cause
parties to whom it is indebted to think the society in a
position to liquidate their claims (which, unfortunately,
it is not). A correctioa of the error in your valuable
journal w 0 greatly oblige the Committee of tlle,Book-
binders' Avlurn Society, • -
T. JEFFREY, • Secretary:

LATEST NE WS.

HAMBURGH, APRIL 2.

The English Government has transmitted orders
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by tlie telegraph to Commodore Watson, to quit
the Baltic and to return to England with. his

squadron.

ST. PETERSBURG, APRIL 1.

An Imperial manifesto bas been published to
announce that peace has been concluded—the
9bjeck of the war having been attained, by the
guar,antee of, the recognised rights of the Chris-
tians.

The manifesto adds that it will be necessary to
readjust the frontier-line of Bessarabia, in order
to avoid all risk of collision.

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BERLIN, APRIL 2.
The French, English, Sardinian, and Turkish
diplomatic agents yesterday visited the Russian
Ambasiador. On Saturday a grand fete will be
given at the Russian Embassy on the occasion of
the conclusion of peace. All the diplomatic corps
have been invited.

Our advices from the Danubian Principalities
state that the Russians bad allowed 163 vessels
which had been detained in the Danube to leavo.

TURKEY.

A letter from Constantinople, in the Siec/e,
dwells on the opposition which, it declares, is made
by all classes in that city to the Hatti-Scheriff of
the 18th Yeb. " Tito Turkish functionaries," it
says, "join very freely in this opposition, at the
head of which is a mau who has played an important
part in
.the history ofthese late years, and who has
4pap§edin the eyes of Europe for a reformer. -I
altatle tO.the ex-grand vizier Richard Pacha."
A letter front Constantinople of the 20th, in the
Post Anyt Gazette, says :—" The Porte has it in
conteniplntion to send in a ghort time to all the
friendly powers a memorandum relative to the at-
titude which Montenegro has hitherto assumed to-
wards Turkey, and in which note she threatens to
again send troops to vat ious points round Monte-
' negro, as was done in 1852. This plan is said to be
-p.,4tvpur4e,one of Omer Pacha."