The Sun.
London, England, 1856-07-19 00:00:00

-LONDON, SATURDAY, JULY 19, IRSB.

The German Auxiliaries (our Prince's Mixture)
are displaying their true' colours. Never formid-
able to the enemy, they have rendered themselves
very much so to those by whom they have been
fed and clothed, and who have offered them
valuable privileges in the way of free passage to.
and • grants of lands in the colonies—privileges
which are denied to the most meritorious British
soldiers. They have had very excellent " board-
ing and lodging,"—we can't say much for the
" washing," for that is a weakness in which they
do not apparently often indulge. They are, how-
ever, still dissatisfied, and manifest an intense
desire to treat England as a conquered country,
and to follow the bright example set by the
Austrian invaders of the Danubian Principalities.
Not having had the opportunity of indulging
their pugnacious propensities in the Crimea, they
have determined to she'w, while there is yet time,
the full extent of the lelessing which the Ecglish
people relinquished, in not accepting the German
"occupation" which was contemplated at the
time the Foreign Enlistment Bill was brought
forward. There has therefore been another row
at Aldershot, in which. the gallant legioneers
have, as usual, been the aggressors.
The Crimean medals worn by the soldiers of
the 41st Regiment, who lave nobly earned them,
appear to have been the 0" teterrima causa" in the
present instance. Not having anything of
the kind to show themselves, they deter-
alined to exhibit their profound contempt for
these honourable testimonials. They therefore
wantonly attacked some clf the wearers, snatched
the medals from their bregasta and trampled them
in the dirt, displaying an: anxious desire to treat
their gallant owners with. similar indignity. The
latter, being few in numbers, were unable to cope
with their ruffianly assailemts. They were there-
fore compelled to retreat lin the direction of the
Camp. Bat the valiant Germans were bent on
mischief, and could not ,easily be diverted from
heir project of insulting and maltreating their
Eaglish comrades. They followed the retreating
party, and while some of .1 .heir number were pelt-
ng with flint stones the so Idiers of the 41st others
were engaged wrecking the huts of the English
soldiers, until nearly half A range was completely
destroyed.
At thin point, howevtre, they were checked in
their reckless career. The 41st rallied. The
soon in camp hastened to, the assistance of their
comrades, and in a short time the assailants were
getting the worst of the Contest. They, however,
returned with their bayceeets and firearms, and a
dreadful massacre might ;have taken place hut for
the fortunate appearaaco of a troop of cavalry,
who separated the belligi zrents. Thus the matter
rests for the time being, but there are manifesta-
tions of discontent in the German camp from which
the most serious consequei Ices may he apprehended,
uhless timely precautions ;be adopted.
It is surely time that P trliament should inter-
fere. It is unfortunatel3 y but too palpable that
the-Government has succu embed to ‘` the prevailing
nfluence." The Under Secretary for War had,
/ last evening, "heard notl ling of the affray ;" and
the Premier, when inten ,pgated as to his inten-

tions respecting the Foreign Legion, protested, in
his usual off-hand manner, against the inconvenient
practice of requiring information. His answer
was a model of red-tapist insolence. It was
simply, that " what he was going to do with re-
spect to the German Legion would, he trusted,
when done, be found consistent with law and pro-
priety." And this excited the risibility of Ho-
nourable Gentlemen ! This gross insult to the
majority of the people was received with cheers
and laughter ! How are the mighty fallen !
Alas ! how changed are they from those, who,
even in the boroughmongering days, respected
their own honour and independence. They
are satisfied with being told that any inquiry is
too early or too late—" that the Government
are not bound to take the House into their confi-
dence," but will do exactly as they like without
caring for the opinions of the people. This may
be strictly in accordance with the spirit of Ger-
manism, but it will not be very agreeable to the
community at large, who may not patiently sub-
mit to the frittering away of their constitutional
rights and privileges. The Constitution is indeed
"on its trial," but in a very different way from
that to which allusion was made by H.R.H. F.M.
P. A. at a certain memorable Tinity-House
Banquet.

" The Government have not yet considered the
proceedings to be taken next session, in reference
to the Bank Charter Act, and consequently they
have not arrived at any decision I" This is the
answer of the Chancellor of the Exchequer to the
most important interrogatory that could be ex-
hibited to Ministers ! They have carefully
avoided inquiries, adducing the stereotyped argu-
ment of "inconvenience.'' But when left to
themselves for the whole session, they have de-
cided on nothing—have considered nothing. The
" inconvenience" to the community, nay, more,
to the Bank itself, is as nothing in their eyes.
They rejoice at having shelved a troublesome
topic for the time being, and are totally
reckless respecting the untoward consequences
of the delay. The rate of interest may fluctuate
from the highest to the lowest range of the pecu-
niary barometer. There may be a monetary
plethora, or a monetary panic, but the Govern-
ment will do nothing, will think of nothing
to avert the mischief. Mercator has found a pro-
mising pupil in Sir G. C. Lewis.
There should be something done one way or
the other. It would be far better to know the
worst than to be still kept in doubt and per-
plexity. If the Financial Minister decides
on maintaining the monetary monopoly, and
eschewing free trade in money, or what
is perhaps the more correct phrase, the
nation should receive immediate information
on the point. Men may then judge for them-
selves as to the manner in which they employ
their resources. But, under existing circum-
stance; what would otherwise be legitimate and
healthy speculation degenerates into reckless
gambling. Those only who can get an insight
into the Ministerial intentions can venture to
enter into auy contracts, and they will be playing
with " cogged dice," have a similar advantage
over their less favoured brethren to that
which the smuggler has over the fair trader.
The latter must yield in tha long run,
however great his energy and efficiency.
We cannot compete with the man who " steals
his brooms ready made." The matter must now
necessarily stand over until next session, but if the
Monetary Reformers exhibit due diligence in the
meanwhile the stringent, searching, and impar
tial inquiry so urgently required must be granted
at the very commencement of the next session,
and the all-important question be finally decided
before another prorogation.

Everybody who takes the smallest interest
whatever in the encouragement accorded to Lite-
rature by her MAJESTY'S Government, must very
well remember the extraordinary insult, offered
upon his deathbed, to the learned and laborious
compiler of the Dictionary of Dates and the Book
of Dignities. The insult we mean, of course, of
that most paltry pension of 251. per annum—
suitable, as we declared it to be at the time,
rather to a superannuated court shoe-black
than to an aged and infirm man-of-let-
ters. It gives us the most sincere satisfac-
tion to intimate that an opportunity is just now
afforded to all those who may have resented the
flagrant indignity thus offered to Letters in the
person of the late Mr. HAYDN, and who possess
any sort of influence whatever in the manage-
ment of the Royal Asylum of ST. Ames Society
—to repair in some measure the cruelty inflicted
upon the family of the deceased gentleman by
the distributors of the paltry 1,2001. per an-
num, placed (for the nominal encouragement
of science and literature) at the disposal of the
Administration. Among the candidates for ad-
mission into the charitable institution here particu-
larised, is a little child nearly 9 years of age, the
son of the author of the "Dictionary of Dates,"
&c.,---THOMAS MATTHEW► HAYDN, born 4th Aug.,
1847,—and thus standing at the very porch of
Intellectual Life, pleading in the name of his
dead father for some kind of Education befitting
the son of a ruined gentleman. Let it be remem-
bered that the father of this interesting applicant
was suddenly arrested in the very midst of
his literary labours by paralysis, and that
after lingering hopelessly during many months
of anguish and exhaustion, he was ulti-
mately carried off by the dread disease with
which it had pleased GOD to afflict him in
the January of this present year (1856), leaving
his widow, with three children (two boys and a
girl), to struggle on as she best might for their
tuition and maintenance. The case is one of
itself so eloquent as to render unnecessary any
direct or elaborated enforcement of its claims
upon the philanthropist. We are by no means
surprised, therefore, to find it at once
earnestly recommended by an eminent and bene-
volent physician like Sir JOHN FOREES, of Old
Burlington-street, by the learned and amiable
Doctor WOODS, of Kensington House, and by no
less than four of the most eminent of the metropoli-
tan clergy, namely, a Professor of King's College,
the Incumbent of St. Pancras, the Rector of St.
Clement Danes,- and the. Rector of St. Mary-le-
Strand. A Volunteer Committee—the members
of which announce their readiness to receive
(and that very thankfully) any proxies that may
be intrusted to them in the interest of the Child-
Applicant. Let us—after this—hope, and not
vainly, that the votes of the Governors of the
Royal Asylum of St. Ann's Society may have been
secured " in the very act of being " sought "
for THOMAS MATTHEW HAYDN, the Orphan-
, son of a poor dead scholat, who did some good in
his generation !

If ever there was a period when energy, enter-
prise, and judgment were especially needed at the
Metropolitan Board, and had a favourable oppor-
tunity for their display, it is at the present time.
Very properly, as we believe, Sir BENJAMIN HALL
has interposed his veto between the projection
and execution of the ill-advised scheme of drain-
age to which the Board bad given their assent.