The Sun.
London, England, 1856-07-10 00:00:00

LONDON, THURSDAY, JULY 10, 1856.

Sardinia is already reaping the well-merited
rewards of its admirable conduct, not only re-
specting the Russian difficulty, but on all other
matters wherein the welfare and prosperity of
Italy is in any degree concerned. It is now re-
garded as the legitimate champion of constitu-
tional liberty throughout tho entire Peninsula.
The hopes of all those and their name is
Legion,"—who pine under the misgovernment
to which their beautiful but unfortunate country
is subjected,--who feel burning indignation at its
occupation by foreign bayonets,—rest on the ex-
ertions of that Government, which, united with
the Western Powers, achieved for itself an envi-
able reputation, not only in the ensanguined fields
of the Crimea, but also at the Parisian Confer-
ences—whose feats of arms and of diplomacy were
alike unexceptionable. The manly and energetic
protests of C nint CAVOUR, who proved himself
the worthy Minister of a worthy Sovereign, ma-
terially elevated the State that was so fortunate
as to possess a representative in every respect so
efficient in the Beale of nations. They proved
beyond the possibility of doubt that Piedmont
should thenceforward be regarded not only as the
champion of rational freedom, but as the unqua-
lified opponent of licentious anarchy. It stood
forward alike as the barrier against the encroach-
rnents of despotism and of revolutionary excitement;
and the offensive and defensive alliance which
it had formed with France and England added a
weight to its remonstrances which they could not
otherwise have possessed. - -

The Strdinian Protests have been legitimately
followed by the excellent Address to their author,
Count CAVOUR, from the Neapolitans, which
appesireki 41A., ur impression of yesterday. It is a
keart-felt tribo to the high qualities displayed in
the field and the council by the representatives of
Piedmont, to their "civil prudence and military
valour." But it is not merely a complimentary
address. It carried with it the significant impress
of that political gratitude which has been well
defined as " a lively sense of favours to come."
It shows that the championship that has been:'se
nobly tendered has been freely and joyously ac-
cepted--that the suffering nationalities of " HES-
,'
?mai illeffuOndaiur 6rden of the world," are
bee--43810g wore closely connected by 'ties
againdr which the most strenuous "friend
of ;,°rdet" ; < offer no valid objection.
Thq.eq ,t;
J"4 hope for Italy. The men
who could frame snap an address were not made
for slavery. The man worthy to receive it could
not reject the aid
.so feelingly required at his
hands.
th4-_ThiCtess Regent of :Parma has, even at the
eleventh heti;,
.repudiated the Austrian military
occii.tation, and required that the state o siege
sholikt be 'forthwith terminated. The SpeCious
pretext, that this untoward state of affairs was
justifitd by the request of the Governmenii'de
jurtind de facto, is thus removed ; and it
.novi,
stands forth in its unveiled deformity as neither
more' nor less than an " INVASION." Notwith_
Malkin its unblushing assurance, Austria cannot
maintain" its ground. It is by no means
. that the Piedmontege chatopion
mat hrtly he called to the rescue,: not by the.
revolutionary party,. -but by the GovernMent of
Parma and the friends of order, The address

above referred to proves how gladly the Neapoli-
tans would hail a similar avator..by which the
!faineant BOMBA might be brought to reason. It
is at all events clear that the state of Italy must
now be taken into the anions consideration of
the great Powers, and that notwithstanding its
success in shelving the question when broached at
the Parisian Conferences, Austria must at length
listen to reason, unless prepared to encounter the
opposition not only of France and England, but
also of Russia, and without receiving any decided
aid from Prussia, which would of course maintain
its despicable neutral policy under any and every
circumstance.

ever, or supposing again the atmosphere to have
been impeneyable through the density of some fog
settling down suddenly upon the waters of the
Channel—then, but not otherwise, we might
comprehend the possibility of a calamitous
accident of this kind being, in a man-
ner, unavoidable. Though even then, under
those extenuating circumstances, there would
be heinous culpability discoverable in the
fact of the speed of the vessel not having been
slackened in the darkness and uncertainty. As
it is, we repeat, no excuse whatever is any
where discoverable in regard to the two
casualties we have particularised merely
by way of pointed illustration.. Every-
thing, therefore, tends to demonstrate as
clearly as anything at all can be demonstrated,
the absolute and imperative necessity for instant
interference on the part of the authorities, upon
whom the responsibility of such interference ob•
viously devolves.

Never was a more glorious or exciting spectacle
presented to the inhabitants of the modern
Babylon than that which was yesterday witnessed
on the line of march from the South-Western
terminus at Vauxhall to Hyde Park, and at the
magnificent inspection by her MAJESTY of some
of the Crimean heroes, who were so fortunate as
to return safely to their native land from all the
trials, privations, and dangers to which they had
been exposed. It was the cordial wel-
come bestowed by those who had lived at
heme at ease, to their brethren who had
'd 'tithfully discharged their arduous duty,

When the Sabbatarian party are found insist-
ing on the rigorous observance of an abrogated
commandment, it would be not amiss to remind
them of the duty of paying a little more deference
to the new one. Whatever difference of opinion
may exist as to the religious obligation to keep
the fourth commandment there is none whatever
as to the duty of " loving one another." Pro-
bably, we will not say a rigorous, but a moderate
observance of this commandment would lead
them to a better comprehension of the spirit of
the Christian dispensation, and the adoption of a
less dogmatic tone, and amore humane attitude
in reference to the Sunday question.

•= A ?,1 • the field of battle and in " the immi-
-3.1 L - '
1 0a ' y breach," but in the trenches and the
leis,
teL ~ to had on every occasion not merely
mairt <'led but greatly elevated the character of
1
the-le Aish soldier. Never was there an "ovation"
mixie,'-ichly merited. Never was one more freely
ani A9turously accorded. The spectators were
full 09 .enthusiasm, and many of the recipients
--i. '-i and weather-beaten soldiers—were
•: tears by the cordiality displayed t0:.3
:.3 on every side.
t 611,4.gq,i,ire 'already stated that we deeply re-
gretted—and we still regret—the exclusive
nature of the ceremony. There are other brave
soldiers who should have participated in the
honours of the day. But although wo felt the
omission, to render honour where honour was so
justly due, we could not, on that account, visit
the omissions of the managers, on the distin-
guished and meritorious performers. To-
wards the Guards there could he but one senti-
ment, and, therefore, there could be no display
of any feeling that could in the slightest degree
take from their honours. There were men
amongst the spectators who ought to have parti-
cipated in the triumph. But there was not the
slightest appearance of complaint. Every private
and personal feeling was set aside, and the most
enthusiastic plaudits were bestowed by those who
having shared in the dangers, ought also to have
been permitted to have shared in their legitimate
results.

Of this there can be no doubt on the minds of
reasonable men, the Sabbath observance in-
sisted on involves the grossest inhumanity to the
labouring . classes, and indisposes individuals of
liberal minds to the reception of Gospel truth.
What accord can there possibly be between a dis-
pensation of mercy and a creed which would
practically exclude the labouring population of
our large cities from the enjoyment of pure air
and those refining and cheering influences to be
experienced on the broad carpet of nature ? Yet,
despite all reason and warning, this creed ip,
Sunday after Sunday, preached as being legiti-
mately drawn from the pages of inspiration
and part of the everlasting Gospel, not to be
rejected save on peril of eternal destruction ! To
such an extent, indeed, are the Sabbatarian party
led by the blind bigotry that possesses them that
at the period of harvest they would prohibit the
tiller of the soil from reaping the fruits of his
labour, if to do so involved the gathering in of
his crops on a Sunday. How opposed- this is to
the example of the Great Teacher we have but
to peruse the record of His career dispassionately
to appreciate. So opposed to His teaching that
the public welfare is concerned in an unmistakeable
manner in its reprobation. Scruples of conscience
ou,4lit undoubtedly to be as much as possible re-
spected, but we incline to think they are not so far
wrong who would visit with pains and penalties
such as occasioned by their Sabbatic bigotry the
loss of useful grain, or other articles of needful
food. With so many half-fed creatures among
us, we would, at all events, pronounce such con-
duct most grievous wickedness, and in this view
of the matter know we would be supported by
the weight of the most eminent Christian autho-
rities. On the necessity of a day of rest we
have always insisted ; of the propriety of devoting
a portion of it to public worship we never had
any doubt. All we contend for is a reasonable
observance of the first day of the week ;such a
one as will be compatible with the spirit of the
" new commandment," which that of the Sabba-
tarians is not, and with both Gospel authority
and reason on our side wo cannot doubt of
ultimate success.

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Who, after witnessing this brilliant and in-
spiring spectacle, will say that England ought not
to be a military nation ? It is manifest that
there is no want of enthusiasm on the part of
the people. All classes, from the highest aristo-
crat, who gladly avails himself of the opportunity
of purchasing a commission—a very bad commer-
cial investment under the circumstances—to the
prentice boy or clodhopper, who were equally will-
ing to accept the QUEEN'S shilling, are actuated by
the same feelings, and are only deiirous of the
opportunities of acquiring glory and distinction.
Here, then, as our Manchester friends would
say, is the " raw material," which only requires
proper management to be wrought into the most
brilliant and serviceable manufacture that the most
vivid imagination can conceive. The scene of
yesterday--and the subsequent Binquet at 'the
Mansion House to Sir WILLIAM FENWICS WIL-
LIAMS, Bart., of Kars, M.P. (!) will stimulate that
enthusiasm. England will never require a
forced conscription. Her children will always
stand forward when there is a real
want of their services. They may hold alcot
during the " piping times of peace," but when
" grim visaged war" again makes its appearance,
they will not be found wanting. All that is re-
quired is judicious management at head-quarters,
Ind the preservation of a fitting nucleus on which
to engraft any reinforcements that may be re
quired, so that every war may not be inaugu-
rated by a series of disgraceful and disastrous
failures. The mode by. which this great
desideratum, may be accomplished, is for Par-
liament to decide. We are happy to say that
their attention is directed to the all-important
subject, and we earnestly hope that the result of
their deliberations may be for " the safety,
honour, and welfare of her MAJESTY and her
dominions."

ARRIVAL OF THB PRINCE AND PRIN.

Somebody proposed the other day—in reference
to the high price of meat, caused by a very odious
monopoly—that a few of our London Butchers
should have their ears cropped. What, on
earth, let us now ask, can possibly be
done to certain merchant and packet cap-
, tains, with a view to the prevention of
future collisions by holding out some horrid or
ignominious penalty in terrorem abaft the bin-
nacle? Cannot we contrive to get good out of
evil, by changing every helmsman into a DA-
MOCLES? There really would appear to be some
reason for these inquiries after the recent running-
down of Lord ALFRED PA.GET'S yacht, " The
Alma," and the still more recent destruction of
the "Mail," by the Belfast steamer " Excelsior."
In each instance the night was clear enough, and
the usual lights hung out both upon the destroyed
-and the destroyer conspicuously ! Yet just in
the same lubberly fashion that the Great
Britain was run, some years ago, full tilt
upon the shore of Ireland—the " Alma" and
the "sail" were cut down to
..the water's edge,
and so sunk in a few seconds for. ever and ever
to "the ooze and bottom of the deep," their cus-
tomary "lights all right," and nothing visible
anywhere in ' the way of an excuse, or,
for that matter . in the way of the • shadow._
of the shade of an excuse, for the delinquent !
Wherefore the one very "pertinent and
- all-containing question comes to- us now, as it
came to Beverley in The Gramester, " What's
to be done ?" Admiral BYNG was shot, as VOLTAIRE
suggeSted pour encourager les autres ? Can't we
hit upon some ingenious pdnishment for these
purblind packet-captains, calculated so far to
rouse them from their apparently habitual apathy
as, to preclude them from equal liability in . future
to these'really frightful accidents ? It is a pro-
blem—thiii—the solution of which is really worth
striving after. Perhaps the Trinity Board (in-
stead of tioubling their heads about the abstract.
question as to whether or not the English
CmstitutiOn is in the middle of the
nineteenth:-century but still upon its trial) will
take this important .matter into instant and
se ions consideration. As things go, the inci-
de iis 1 liter alluded to, the incidents of the
la . 00,1jelLicAltha" yacht and of , the " Mail'
et'' '" .4, - titiiie-_-positively disgraceful 16 us as a
' 41071. 1. an'. 'The recurrence of such lament-
, '.l i" -
a' eP4 "Ilnieessary, casualties ought absolutely
d
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t° be..P14;914ed. : They ought to be prevented,
w ,!layk,lieeituie they can be prevented, be-
-9 se itgltir occurring` at _ all . is _distinctly .
1
and-obticiusly inexcusable. Supposing the yacht
and the steamer to have carried no lights what.

CESS OP PRUSSIA.

DOVER, THURSDAY MORNING.
The Prince and Princess of Prussia, with a nu•
merous suite, arrived at 12.30 this morning. They
left Dover by special train at 10 a.m. this day.

HEALTH OF LORD HARDINSE.—The answer to in-
quiries at Lord Hardinge's town mansion to-day was
tnat his loriship was going on favourably.
THE GUN-BOATS. —lt is rurn4.ured that the Swedish
authorities are about to purchase a )me fifty of our
screw gun-boats.

The King of the Belgians, accompanied by the Count
of Flanders and the Princess Cbariotte, left the Brick-
layers'-arms Station in a special train for Dover yester-
day afternoon. The Royal party were received at the
sta..ien by the Hon. James Byng, Chairman of the
South-Eastern Railway Company; Mr. J. Toulon,
director ; Mr. S. Smiles, secretary ; Mr. C. W. Eborall,
manager ; and Mr. J. P. Knight, superintendent, all of
whom travelled with the Royal train to Dover. His
Royal Ili&iess Pi ince Albert attended the Royal party
to the State carriage.
PRINCE A DALBERT OF PRUSSIA —PLYMOUTg, July 9 .
—ln consequence of the severity of the weather, his
Roy al Highness Prince Adalbert of Prussia did not visit
the ships in commission on Monday ; but yesterday, the
weather having moderated, he went on board the screw
steam-ship Conqueror, 101, Commander Charles Fel-
!owes, and the receiving ship Implacable, 72, Captain
Arthur Lowe, when the usual salutes were fired, but
the manning of yards was considerately dispensed with
by the Royal visitor. To-day Prince Adalbert receives
the Purt Admiral, the General, the heads of depa;•t-
ments, naval and military officers, 46c., on board the
Dantzic, which will probably sail for Falmouth to-
morrow (Thursday).
The Tay from Brazil yesterday has brought 50,0001.
The amount paid into the Treasury of the East India
Hems for bills on India, from the 25th ofJune to the 9th
of July, was 59,094/.
Gold continues to be taken from the' Bank for The
purchase of silver, bob, at present; ;in trifling arduunts.
Larger sums will probably again be withdrawn, unless
the demand should be met by Australian arrivals.
The Catherine Aoamson has arrived from Sydney,
but the amount of gold she brings, if any, remains to
be ascertained. The advises by this opportunity will be
nearly three weeks later. The amount of gold hy the
Vice-A.dirarat GGblifiTrorii Hobart 'rein is stated to be
50,000/. _

The subscription? of the Legislative Body for the vic-
tims of the inundations amounts. to 76,645 francs, and
in addition the-members hai►e individually 'made dona-
tions in their respective departments.
THE MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday. The
Royal Mail Company!s steamship Tamer, Capt. Jelli-
coe, left this day with the usual Brazil and River Plate
mails, 63 passengers; specie to the amount of 104,1981,,
jtvrellery 5,0001., and a full caw.
THE AMERICAN MAILL—LIVERPOOL, Wednesday.—
The Un ted States mail steamship Ericsson, - Capt.
Lowher, sailed from the Mersey this afternoon for New
Yoik'with th• mails for the United States, a few pas-
sen„f;ers, and a moderate cargo of merchandise on freight.
ALLEGEI) MIIEDER NEAR BRIDPCiRt —On Monday
evening'an inquest was held by Mr. Samuel Skinner,
eororier-for the western division of the county of Dorset,
on the body of John Antony Brown. The jury returned
a verdict of wilful murder against some person or per-
sons unknown.

EVACUATION OF TURKET.—A copy of the-convention
agreed to on the 13th of May between her Majesty, the
I.4amieror of the. French, and the King of Sardinia ex-
tends-the term previously stipulated for the evacuation
of the Ottoman territory to the space of six months from
the day of the exchange of the ratiflcations of ,the gene-
ral treaty sigried at Paris on thS 30th of March last.
BERLIN, Tneaday.--LWe learn from Hamburg that the
police have arrested there one. Josepli3Olsceski, a Pole,
lately arrived -there from London. Boxes of revolution-
ary circulars, addressed to the Polish nation, printed in
England, were found in his apartment. Arrests have
been made among the Polish refugees in this city, and a
police agent bas been sent to Hamburg to claim OLsceski.
If given up, he will ba hande'd over to the Russians. _.
' THE I•l3oo3lERANG.—Livxßroliri, Wednesday.--;-Capt.
Webster, of the- schooner Stetson, .fitted out by the
United States, to search for the abandoned ship Boom-
erang, laden with cotton from Mobile, and which was
seen afloat more than a month after being abandoned,
arrived at Queenstown" this morning, having crossed the
Apantic without haying seen anything of the missing
Oil). '
' MR. Burnes BENEFIT AT DEERY-LANE TIIZATRE.—
Mr. Bunn has announced a, be,nefit to take plce on
Monday next, the 14thinstant. - A more attractive
Pltogramine, .bas not been advertised for many years.
i B staff .o
sides the- regular f the theatre, appear the
n mes of Drayton, Weiss, H. billiard, Madame En-
d ysohn„ the Mines BrOugham, and the renowned
v4calist MadPiii3- Viardot.Garcia, ' The. graceful and ,
beautifaidanaalsec3fiiiiAtaitiella-Katrine,- and- Mona': '
Vandrie, from her Majesty's Toeatre, will dance a na,',
and Miss Louisa Vining will sing a new song, !‘ Ike
LOY•elf Walk," by bir. mad Mo. 8L Iva.
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THE SON, LONDON, THATItSbAY EVENING, J ULY fo, 1856'

LATEST NEWS.

PARIS, THURSDAY.

AUSTRALIA.

LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY EVENING.

The Royal mail ship Oliver Lang, one of the
Black Ball line of packet; is off the Point. She
was expected to leave Melbourne on the 27th of
April, and will bring three weeks' later advices
from Australia. She is also expected to bring a
large amount of gold on freight.

The Moniteur of to-day says that in conse-
quence of an incident, in which he was not the
provoker, a French soldier was killed by an Aus-
trian corporal near Giurgevo. An investigation
has been instituted on the spot, and the advices
received by the Government of the Emperor from
Vienna and from Bucharest assure that prompt
and severe justice shall be rendered. Meantime
his Majesty the Emperor of Austria has decided
that a pension shall be granted to the family of
the French soldier.