The Sun.
London, England, 1851-09-24 00:00:00

Whenever there are 'unusual' movements among
the Sovereigns of Christendom, it may be confidently
argued that some political changes of importance are
i❑ preparation. Recently we have seen the contend-
ing factions of the Germanic Confederation silenced
by the interview which has taken place between the
King of PRUSSIA and the Emperor of AUSTRIA.
Subsequently we have seen the latter traversing his
possessions in Lombardy, and receiving✓an ovation in
the chief cities of the northern part of the Roman
peninsula, not merely from Germans, Croats, and
Tyrolese, but from enthusiastic bands of Italians and
Hungarians. Court pageantries though these are, and
consequently hollow throughout in every par-
ticular, they are not on that account by
any means the less peculiarly significant.
They betray on the part of the vanquished
a degradation sufficiently abject to engender a feeling
of hatred towards the originator of such lamentable
abasement. Added to which, they reveal on the
part of the conqueror a determination to turn his
successes, if possible, to some material advantage not
hitherto anticipated by the members of the Imperial
Government. Viewed in this light, the pomp sur-
rounding the youthful KAISER in his journey ac-
quires a certain degree of interest and attraction,
From the latest intelligence it appears that the
Emperor of AUSTRIA had by the 15th instant
proceeded already as far as Verona, where his
arrival had been celebrated with considerable
cheering and a very general illumination.
Doubtless the municipal authorities had actively
prepared for the advent of the SOVEREIGN, having, of
course, a wholesome dread of causing any emotion on
his part, either of displeasure or disappointment.
Hence the cordiality displayed towards the EMPEROR
by the complaisant Veronese. Viva l'lmperatore!
may prove somewhat unpalatable as a street cry in
Lombardy ; but dungeons and bombshells, with both

of which the people of that province have been ren

dered familiar, would be yet more unwelcome, and
therefore "Viva l'lm. peratore" shout the Veronese! The

spectacle to the rest of Europe is melancholy enough

and not the less so when it is remembered that of all
the public men of the past half century, the one most
energetically vilified by the Italians as a nation, is the
very one who died in endeavouring to effect their
emancipation. Almost as well might the Romans
strive to blacken the fame of RIENzr, almost as de-
cently might the South America❑ population execrate
the memory of BoravAß, almost as justly might
TOUSSAINT be detested in San Domingo, and WAsu-
INGTON in the United States, and HOFER in Tyrol,
and TELL in S Wi" zeriand, and KOSSUTH in Hungary
—for, although it was unfortunately his calamity to
be a King, CARLO ALBERTO was still struggling to
vindicate his position as a patriot when his horse was
shot under him at Novara, and his soldiers were routed
by the veteran forces of RADETZKY, and, driven
himself to the last extremity of despair, powerless,
crownless, and hopeless, he died soon afterwards at
Oporto of a broken heart, if ever man died of one in
this world—a hero, an exile, and a martyr. Yet the
Lombards are ready now• a-days to hiss curses through
their grinding teeth over his grave, and when the
KAISER makes his appearance amongst them to raise
their most sweet voices in shouts of " Viva l' Impera-
tore !" This explains to us, we conceive, the mi-
serable situation of the Roman peninsula. This
accounts for the political degradation into which its
inhabitants have lapsed. Instead of welcoming
those men who are really qualified to be their

liberators, they turn against them out of the very
multiplicity of their own suspicions, and at the
same time are ready, in too many instances, to lick
the dust at the feet of their foreign oppressors.
Hence the gloom which has again settled over Italy.
Her children, instead of lighting the torch of libera-
tion, are kindling bonfires in honour of the German
EMPEROR ; instead of girding up their loins for the
vindication of their independence, they are dancing
to the music of their fetters, and propitiating the
smiles of the conqueror with serenades and illumina-
tions.

Actuated by a similar anxiety to observe with
vigilance the maintenance of despotism over the
different races comprised within the boundary of his
dominions, the Emperor of Russia may be seen at
intervals making a tour among its principal cities.
Every additional visit of course is but a repetition of
the same slavish enthusiasm. It cannot be conjec-
tured, however, for an instant by that wily potentate
that in the acclamation of helots there can be any
sincerity, or that he can count with any degree of
confidence on the popular allegiance. With the young
and inexperienced Sovereign of AnsTsteA it may be
otherwise. Deceived into a credence in the cordia-
lity of his reception, he may calculate on
the permanent obedience of Lombardy. Should
such, however, be his impression at the
present moment, future years will proclaim
to him in characters of blood—characters traced on
those very Favements trodden at this time by the im-
perial processions—that in this belief he was mis-
taken. The Italians may be ungrateful enough to
calumniate their well-wishers, they may be desperate
enough to bend the knee in homage before the repre-
sentative of that foreign tyranny under which they
have groaned so long and hopelessly; but with these
sentiments they cherish also an undying hatred of
oppression, a hatred which sooner or later must be
gratified by the avenging terrors of u revolution.
Whenever the explosion comes next—as come it wil
most assuredly—it will for once and for all be sue el
eeesful. Next time the people will guard against all
accidents by their unanimity. Next time they will
avoid everything that could at all baulk them in their
effort at their own emancipation. The experience of the
last three summers will not be lost upon them, however
barren of good those years may appear in regard to their
Governments. When the tocsin is again rung, be it
in Naples or iu Turin, be it in Florence or in
Milan, be it on the shores of the Adriatic or on
those of the Mediterranean, the people of the
Roman peninsula must rise like one man,
without any despicable squabbles about precedence,
if they would ever dream in earnest of reclaiming
their violated rights, or of driving their German
masters beyond the suburbs of Inspruck. Before
they can hope to accomplish this much, however, the
children of Italy should learn in some measure to
discriminate between their friends and their enemies.
They should learn to love those who are really soli-
citous to mitigete their sufferings, and to abhor, in-
stead of flittering, the authors of their social and
Political oppression. They should as sedulously en-
deavour to draw the right line of demarcation be-
tween those Princes who would redeem them to
happiness and those who would confirm them in
their miseries, as
and the lawless between the true-hearted patriot
and sinister demagogue—instead of
vilifying, lea they
- uoi9 do, the reputittiou of the 14to j

stop when they have once excited a panic among
unreasoning and unthinking men, who sacrifice their
property without being able to assign any possible
reason for their fatuity except that " there appeared
to be a falling market." Not knowing or not caring
that such a result has been produced by the
machinations of their inveterate opponents, they
offer themselves up willing victims, so that
the "sharpers," might feel some degree of shame at
taking advantage of such unsuspecting innocence,
when there was no credit to be derived from taking
in unsophisticated spooneys.

We would, then, once more emphatically urge
upon bone fide inverters the propriety of not parting
with their property at present prices, and also of not

affording any facilities to their inveterate opponents.
Let them look to the traffic receipts of the companies
in which they are interested, and they will find that
there is every prospect of fair prosperity for the
future. There is no longer a blind and unreasoning
confidence in boards of management, inducing share-
holders to plunge into the wildest speculations. The
evil is now altogether on the other side. It is an
excess of caution—an undue distrust, that paralyses
the action of the directors, and prevents them from
making- really beneficial, arrangements. Everything
tends to show that railways have reached their
lowest point, and that henceforward there will

be a gradual but steady improvement.

The dis

covery of gold in Australia, as well as the
continued influx from California, will tend
to improve the value of railway shares and other pro-

perty of a fluctuating character even more than that o;

a steady amount like the funds. We believe that
there is no longer any doubt as to the interna

prosperity of the country for such a time

as our infamous monetary code will permit it to re
main in such a happy condition. Even the moa

rampant Protectionists are compelled to admit that a.

but the agriculturists are enjoying almost unparalleled
good fortune, and this in a perfectly legitimate
manner, not the effect of any temporary excitement
that might produce a fearful reaction, but of a steady
demand for our produce, and, as a natural consequence,
for labour of every description—" a fair day's wages
being freely tendered for a fair day's work."
Let persons possessed of any description of property,
more especially in railways, ponder on these things,
which are matters of public notoriety, and determine
not to dispose of it except under unsupportable pres•
sure, but patiently and steadily to await " the
good time" which is most unquestionably "coming."

Elsewhere in our impression of this evening will
be found an announcement respecting KOSSUTII.B de-
parture from Constantinople, from which it must be
evident that before many days have elapsed we shall
hear of that illustrious exile's arrival at Southampton.
A grand banquet will, of course, be thereupon
forthwith given to the glorious leader of the llunga-
rians, in order that to himself personally we may
express our earnest admiration, affording him at the
same time an assurance that the people of England
still sympathise profoundly in his aspirations for the
independence of his gallant Hungarians.

We understand that the directors of the Electric
Telegraph Company have received the report of their
engineer, to the effect that the re-insulation of their
lines upon the new principle, patented by Mr. Edwin
Clark, is completed, and that they have determined
forthwith to make a considerable reduction in their
charges for the transmission of the messages of the
public, and at the same time to simplify their tariff,
by making it as far as possible uniform.
DEURY-LANE.—To-morrow evening Mr. M'Col-
lum, the first of American equestrians, will take his
benefit on the boards of old Drury, an occasion when we
doubt not his very great abilities will be rewarded by a
bumper. It will be seen from his announcement of the per-
formances that he has secured the services of such remark-
able performers as Iliadlle. Caroline and Mr. Eaton Stone.
ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—The
proprietor of these gardens has, with much judgment, ar-
ranged the amusements so as to terminate shortly after nine
o'clock. We recommend all our country and foreign visitors
not to miss the opportunity of inspecting this place, satisfied
that no exhibition in London will more amply repay them.
The final decision of the Committee with reference
to Dr. M. Thomson's coloured signal lights for the use of her
Majesty's Navy has been laid before the Lords of the Admi-
ralty for their approval, and their Lordships, in accordance
with this desire of the Committee, have ordered a dozen of
lanterns to be made for the use of the Lisbon and Mediter-
ranean fleets. We shall now have an easy and simple method
of signalizing at night to any extent we please, at a distance
quite equal to the old system of angles, which could only
yield nineteen signals, and these, too, at certain positions by
particular ships, in a fleet not to be made out ; but by this
new method the lanterns, being hoisted as flags, are readily
perceived, by all ships, at a range of 314 miles nautical.

THE GREAT CABLE TELEGRAPH. Contrary to
expectation the coil of the submarine cable was not depo-
sited on board the Blazer by tide-time yesterday morning, as
the workmen, tired of the toil, did not continue their hauling
labours during the night. To-night, however, they will do
so, a relay having been provided. At a late hour last night
nearly 20 miles of the cable were on board, and the remain-
der will be there this morning, when the vessel will start for
Dover.

THE PREMIER IN WALES.—Lord and Lady John
Russell and family arrived at the Vic;:oria Hotel. Llanberis,
on Wednesday hut. from Carnarvon, ascended Snowdon on
Thursday, and on Friday viewed the slate quarry, the pro-
perty of Mr. T. A. Smith, which now employs 2,100 men.
On Saturday they were boating on the lake, and on Sunday
attended Divine service. On Monday Lord John left vid the
Pass of Llanberis, and the romantic scenery of Gwynant Vale,
for Beddgelert.
AMERICAN GOODS FOR THE EXHIBITION.—The
vessel Canada, arrived from Boston and Halifax, has brought
from the fiirmer place three packages of goods, declared to be
intended for the Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry
of all Nations, in Hyde-park, and they have been forwarded
to the building for that purpose.
We read in the Avenement—M. Proudhon, at his
own request, has quitted the Conciergerie for St. allagie.
Just as he had packed up his books and papers, two police
agents came to inquire how he would like to remove?
"Ali! you are coming with me ?" asked M. Prcudhon.
They replied in
.the affirmative. "Well, then," said M.
Proudhon, "we will walk ;" and the honourable bocialiat
went raw between the Ow agents.