The Sun.
London, England, 1856-08-30 00:00:00

THE SUN; LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING; AUGUST 30, 1856.

standing the combined influences of Germanism
and Imperialism, Sardinia cannot, and will not,
be abandoned. She therefore disguises her pro-
jects for the time being ; but the indications are
too clear and unequivocal to permit any dispas-
sionate Government or individual to doubt the
real nature of her intentions.

The fortification of Pola, on which already not
less than 18, 000, 000 francs have been expended,
alone establishes a prima facie case against
the Government of Vienna. Under the pres-
sing pecuniary difficulties to which it is sub-
jected, and the debased state of its currency,
seventy hundred and twenty thousand
pounds sterling is a sum worth looking after.
Austria has never hitherto set up as a maritime
nation. She cannot hope to snatch the trident
from Britannia, or render herself formidable at
sea to auy of the great Powers. Why, then, is
she striving to construct a new Sebastopol com-
manding the Gulf of Venice, and threatening
Italy, if not Europe. It is manifestly a shaft
aimed against Sardinia, and even eighteen mil-
lions of francs will be but a small portion of the
outlay if the views thus indicated are to be fully
carried out. It is a new " standing menace"
against Europe, that should not be tolerated or
sanctioned by the Western Powers.
Yery different, indeed, is the fortress of Ales-
sandria, which is being fortified by the patriotic
and voluntary efforts of the Piedmontese.
That is for defence ; Pela, for aggres-
sion. In the position in which the latter
is situated it cannot be raised for any legiti-
mate purpose, and it is therefore an impera-
tive duty on the Cabinets of France and Eng-
land that they should speedily interfere, so as to
prevent the complications that may otherwise
arise. Experience teaches us that, however
greatly Austria may bully, she will not
fight in behalf of her notions. She may strive
to obtain every possible advantage, but she will
count the cost in the first instance, and do
nothing that may render necessary an appeal to
arms. Anything in the shape of diplomatic
swindling is within her scope ; but the exhibition
of a stern and unrelenting purpose will make her
the most obedient humble servant of those who
have the power and the will to carry their reso-
lutions into practical execution.

sent at different periods by different prisoners.
In disproof of the first allegation in the official
defence, Louis BLANC refers to a letter published
nearly a year before the prisoners are said to have
been removed to the Continent for attempts at
escape, revolt, &c., in which it is positively said
--" The proscribed in French Guiana are sub-
jected to forced labour side by side teith the
most vile criminals. The regulations of the
galleys are applied to theme in all their

rigour. . . . If one of them venture to

LATEST NEWS.

TRIESTE, Auo. 28.

Advices from Constantinople, dated Aug. 22,
state that the Porte was preparing an expedition
against Montenegro.
The English fleet had lift Trebizond.
Kupresli Paella was on the point of starting
for St. Petersburg.

Intelligence from Athens of the 22d inst.

gives reason to expect some modifintion of the.
Ministry.

BERLIN, AUG. 28.

The Princess of Sweden has arrived at Sans•
Souci. Baron Budberg had yesterday an audience
of his Majesty to take leave.

The Times' Paris Correspondent (Second Edition)
says :—The French press continues mute on the
subject of the accusations brought by Louis Blanc
against the civil and military authorities of Cayenne,
and I know that this silence is the consequence,
in some instances, of strict injunctions to that
effect, while other papers doubtless fear to enter
upon the matter. It is sometimes difficult to under-
stand the tactics of the French Government with re-
gard to the press. The spirit of compression and ree
striction seems at times to be carried to an unwise
length. If M. Louis Blanc's letter contains exag-
gerations and. mis-statements, why should the
French papers be prevented exposing them, and
supplying proof in refutation ? The cockade ques-
tion, to which I yesterday alluded, is another case
of the kind. Grave and influential partisans of a
political party, which, if not numerically strong, is
at least respectable and of some importance, des-
cend to the puerility of a squabble concerning the
•olour of a riband. To have let the satirists of the
press loose upon them would have been quite as
effeotual, and a much more damaging way of dis-
posing of so silly a controversy, than treating them
seriously and giving them importance by a judicial
warning.

FRANCE.
PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING.