The Sun.
London, England, 1856-04-07 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENIN6, APRIL 7, 1856.

indefensibleness of certain items—but he and
Lord P.ALMERSTON both, as Mr. DISRAELI told
them, made an irresistible appeal ad misericor-
diam ; even Mr. WILLIAMS himself was touched,
and after some four or five dexterous passes be•
tween the Premier and Lord DERBY' S Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer, the grant was car-
ried by a majority Of eighty-five. This
ast subject is, however, a serious one, and
should be considered at the threshold of such
votes as Lord JonN RUSSELL'S resolutions would
lead to. If we are to be told whenever experi
ence shows that Government has created a useless
set of publics servants, that these'servants don't
like losing their salaries, and that, therefore, we
must keep up the institution on that account, we
may well demur 'on this ground alone to a sys-
tern of National Education involving scores, nay,
hundreds, of State-paid dependent% m All comer
,
eial and benevolent institution; when the business
or the society is a failure, break it up and -pay off
the servants. Why should State institutions be
an exception to the general course ? We are
sorry when. `ary one who has enjoyed a comfort-
able salary loses it, but it is his business to seek
another 'post, and not ours to keep up the un-
profitable post for his sake.

If the other view, however, is to prevail, and
if we cannot dismiss public servants when the
service they can render is no longer wanted, one
Should think twice before ,we ,are led by Lord
JOHN RUSSELL'S' educational ambition to an out-
lay eventually
~of sevPl74 millions. What with
the impossibility of 'hoping for any reasonably
cheap result from Government managementof any-
thing which private effort can do, and what with
the hopelessness of adapting compulsory education
to English habits, we begin to despair of the
practicability of Government education. It wil;
issue in a vast establishment of Government tools,
will inevitably do its work worse than private en-
terprise—it will necessitate compulsory attend-
ance,—and, worse than all, the tholuands of
Government school officials will retain their posts
and their pay, when they turn out to be of little
value, on the plea ,that it is a hardship to lose a
salary.

The necessity of organising the speediest postal
communication with Australia is one of those
things which will not -admit of question. The
c3lonists, who may fairly be suppcsed to under-
stand their own interests, demand and are pre
pared to contribute liberally towards it,' and,
apart from this consideration, it is obviously the
policy of the Imperial Government to accede to
their wishes. Australia, at the present time,
standi second in the list of our- customers, awl is
likely before long to become the first and best;
so that if there existed in the Colonial-office any
desire to trifle with Australian interests, a mere re-
gard for home interests would peremptorily prohibit
its indulgence. This being the case, the question
for consideration is, which is the shortest and
most practicable route ?

Font' rontes are before the public. First, the
late mail route, via the Cape ; second,"via Sin-
ga.pere ; third, via Diego Garcia ; fourth, via
Panama. The distances and periods of transit
being as follows.:—The' Cape, 13,3G7 miles,
occupying. 80 days ; the Singapore,. 11,521
miles, occupying 764 days.; the Diego -Garcia,
10, 348 .miles, occupying 44 days ; the Panatia.,.
12,686 miles, occupying F within..a few heurs, of
57 days. Stippesing these calculations to be
correct, ,the superiority.. is palpably with the third
'or Diego
,Qarcia rettte-Heihieli is the one •pre-
ferred by the General ...kssaciatiOn" for 'the. Aus
tralian colonies: - Thera, is reason to apprehend,
however, that a too favourable report has been
given of this route, many natural obstacles ex-
isting to render it both dangerous and uncertain,
and, consequently, to make a deviation necessary
The elevation ~of, Diego Garcia, it is 'alleged,
is-. such that ' the :island can only, •be. al.
proachea' ,by daylight —so that 'a 'steamer,
if not fv thin" fifteen miles before ,nightfall
—there.ls: have to lie-td
till morning, thereby losing valuable time. It is
further 'alleged, that there is another dangerous
reef on the direct track between Aden and Diego
GarCia, the avoidance of which would demand
both time and c ire ; that Diego Garcia has no
lighthouse:; •no water of good quality ; no culi-
nary vegetablei ; offers no facilities for repairs,
S,°. The most serious charge, however, against
this route is that it would involve a steamer in a
constant succession of hurricanes, head-winds,
circular storms, and adverse curresits—which, if
true, is a fatal objection.. Those who prefer these
allegations point to the 11Ituritius as the proper
depot. True, they urge this deviation will in-
crease the distance some 427 miles ; but how
many dangers and occasions of delay will not be
avoided ! Instead of having carefully to steer
clear of dangerous reefs, the only interruption of
clear water between Aden and the Mauritius is a
boldly-projecting grOup of rocks. Instead of being
inaccessible at nightfall, the island is accessible at
all hours, besides which it possesses numerous
lighthouses, good water, arid every facility for
coaling and for repairing shipping and machinery,
in all which-things Diego Garcia is wanting. So
that if a steamer were disabled there she would
actually be compelled to bear up under canvas for
.the Mauritius. - Instead, too, in case of accident,
having to wait for the next steamer, as at Diego
Garcia, a sailing vessel may at all times be char
tered at the Mauritius for Melbourne, to which
port she could convey passengers on an average
in thirty-five days. This, however, is not all ;
by this deviation, it is alleged, the most formidable
elemental Obstacles incident to the biego Garcia
route weuld...be avoided. No doubt many of 'these
allegations are correct ; the main one, however,
if established,„ Will settle the question, and to
this the attention of Government should
be directed. , The route by Diego Garcia,
looking merely to • the map, is evidently the
shortest ami :reest direct, but that were of
little avail if natural obstacles exist which may
practically make it the longest route of all ; of
course, the truth or falsehOod of the matter must
bo ascertained ,by competent scientific authorities,
and it will then be for Government to decide be-
tween the contending parties. To whateVer de-
termination, however, they may come as to which
of these is the best, there exists no earthly rea-
son why only one route should he adopted. The
growing commercial relations between the two
countries fully warrant the organisation of
a communication also by the Panama route,.
and other considerations taught by the experience
of the past and the present aspect of affairs,
lend force to the suggestion.

FUNERAL OF ADMIRAL SYMONDS. MARSEILLES,
April ,4.--The. funeral of the late Admiral Symonds
took plaCe in the Protestant cemetery of this town
at halt past 9 this morning. It was strictly private.
The Admiral sailed from Malta on Friday last in the
French. steamer Nil, and died on Sunday, of con-
sumption. A regulation which is strictly observed
here, to send td the lazaretto, at the Frioul, every
(lead body which arrives in the port, was dispensed
with in the. case of Admiral Symonds' and every
facility was afforded to his friends to land his remains.
' A Cabinet Conncil was held on Saturday afterno)n at
the Foreign-office Downing-street. The Ministers pre-
Wit were -Viscount Palmerston, the Lord Chancellor,
the Marquis. of Lansdowne, Earl of Harrowby, Sir G.
6reY• Mr. Secretary Labouchere, .Lord. Panmure, the
r,a
ChanCellor of tbe-Eitcheciner, Sir C. Wood, the Right
Ron. Vernon Smith, t
Bian4ykof-Alderley,,tt sale
of Argyll., and the Right Hon, M. T. Baines. The Coun-
cil sat two hqure and a-half. •

LATEST NEWS.

BERLIN, SUNDAY.

A ukase just issued by the Czar states that the
two fleets hitherto maintained by Russia in the
Black Sea and the Sea of Azoff are not to be re-
tnstated.

It is believed here that at a Cabinet Council
held about the middle of last month, the English,
Government decided on rejecting the proposition
for capitalising the Sound Dues, in the terms
Jffered by the Danish Government.

England will, kowever, make a proposition of

;ier own.

A Royal ordinance prohibits stockbrokers from
negotiating the scrip of foreign shares.
National shares partly paid up, and foreign
shares fully paid, only are permitted for transfer.
There are other measures against stock and money-
jobbing.

HAMBURG, APRIL D.

After a long debate, the Upper Chamber 'of
Denmark has decided, in spite of the vigorous
opposition of the Ministers, that every member of
the Assembly is entitled to address interpellations
to the Govbrnmint:

FRANCE.
PARIS, SUNDAY EVENING.

The Moniteur contains the following important
notification :—" For the time during which they
must await the ratification of the Treaty of Peace,
France, Great Britain, Sardinia, and Turkey, on
the one part., and Russia, on the •other part, have
conduct-A an armistice. It has been consequently
agreed that the prizes' made subsequently to the
signature of peace shall be restored, that orders
should be given for the immediate raising of the
existing blockades, and that 'the prohibitive mea-
sures taken in Russia against the exportation,
during the war, of Russian produce, especially of
breadstuffs, should also be revoked without delay.
Consular acts and the formalities required of navi-
gators and merchants will be provisionally carried
out by agents of those powers that consented to
take charge officiously, during the war, of the in-
terests affecting the subjects of the belligerent
states.

The Emperor yesterday received the replies of
the Grand Duke and of the Elector of Hesse, and
of the Senates of the Free Hans towns to the noti-
fication of the birth of the Imperial Prince, and a
letter of felicitations hrn o the Regents of the Re-
public of San. Marino on the same event.
The Moniteur 'continues the announcement of
the receipt of addresses of congratulation on the
birth of the Prince Imperial. Among the last re-
ceived is one from the national guard of the Seine
with 28,105 signatures attached to it.
The Minister of Finance has been authorised by
imperial decree to raise 250 millions, the amount
of treasury bonds to be issued for the service of the
State in 1856.

The Rouen journals contain the following
" We learn that the Ciiambers of Commerce of our
department have just been officially informed that
they may very shortly expect the publication of an
act authorising the immediate resumption of com-
mercial relations with. Russia, the removal of all.
the blockades, and the revocation of all restrictive
measures."

The following telegraphic despatch has been re
ceiyed here :--

" BERLIN, April 4.—The Emperor of Russia has
quitted Helsingfors for Abo. His Majesty is to
hasten his return to St. Petersburg. An article
in the Abeille du, Nord, preaching up the emanci-
pation of Russian civilisation from foreign, influence,,
and violently attacking England, has produced a.
great sensation."

, BOURSE, April s.—The permission to issue 250
o Treasury Bonds has thrown a damp on
the market and produced -a now fall. The follow-
ing,
.were the closing. quotations :
Cash. fr. e. Eel of Month..
44 per Cents 92 75 —f. —c.
3Ter Cents 72 93 73 25
New Loan 73 13
Bank Shaires 3,700 Roman
Credit Mobilier 1,670 &ustrian
Belgian Spanish Threes •
Piednionteat (5). 9l home Debt ...... 40i
RAliVf A IS—FOR CA 3.

fr. c. fr. C.
Orleans ... ..... • (xd) 1,282 50 Western - (xd) 883 75
Northern
Lyons
nediterratioan 1,590 Grand Central
Lyons Geneva — Testo
Cette 762 50 Austrian C0rn....... 920

RUSSIA.
Intelligence hag been received from Odessa that
many vesSels lying there have received orders by
way of Trieste to set sail for Marseilles immediately
with their cargoes of corn.

-The official report of the Emperor's trip to F;n-
land-shows that he left St. Petersburg on the after=
noon of the 21st of March, stopped the following
morning in Friedrichshamm to inspect the corps of
Finland cadets and to visit a battery that had last .
year been engaged with the English, and left again
the same day for Helsingfors, wherehe arrived early
on the morning of _the 23d. At 10 o'clock the. Em-
peror attended mass in the church of tile palace
there, and then received the Senate, the officers of
the gArrison, Jrc., on which occasion the Citizens of
the town, according to Russian custom, broUght
him, as a stranger just arrived, bread and salt.
The Emperor subsequently. visited the Greek
and Lutheran , chinches, the University, the mili=
tarY hospitals, and all the batteries on the right
dank of the lino of defence. The Emperor was ac-
companied by his brothers the Grand Dukes Con-
stantine, Nicholas, and Michael ; General Todtle-
hen did not accompany the Imperial party, as has,
been reporteel, but remained behind in Cronstadt.
Whilst Grand Duke, the Emperor was Chancellor of
the University of Finland, and on every opportu-
nity. that presented itself showed a great amount of
goodwill towards theFiulanders, with whom ho is very.
popular ; the last instance of his peculiar •" mo-
narchial goodwill." towards Finland was his corn-•
wand issued in last year that three posts- as pages
in the Imperial service should be set apart, for the
sons and descendants of such Findlanders as have.
attained the highest military and civil 'rank. The
visit of the Emperor to Helsingfors. was by no
means an unexpected one. The Emperor was ex-
pected back..in St. Petersburg by the 30th from
his Finland trip. •

LITERATURE.

THOMAS MOORE.
(THIRD NOTICE.
Ifernoirs, Journals, and Correspondence of Thomas
l3loore. Edited by the Right Hon. Lord John
Russell, M.P.. Vols. I. to VI. Longman and
Company.

Arrived in London, Tom Moore was very soon
indeed the favourite of the fashionables awl the
pet of the petticoats. It mattered little in his in
stance. even in those preposterous days when
H.R.H. George, Prince of Wales, was the exam
ple and the arch-leader of Snobbism Rampant—
that the young Irish poet had a father over in
Dublin who was a small shopkeeper. Anacreon
Moore, with his sparkling eyes, his animated fea-
tures, his tongue of fascination, his exhilirating
companionship, his wit, his melodious songs trem-
Oling into tears or flashing out into sudden
laughter carried everything before him in
the " great world," as it is called (mean-
ing the little one)—Bucks, Big-wigs, Beautiful
women : all of them dangled after him, indiscri-
minately, wondering and bewitched, from his Ma-
jesty's servant the poor play-actor to the aristo-
cratic " raff" attendant upon his Royal Highness.
it is a strange spectacle enough that motley con-
course traversed by Moore almost immediately
upon his arrival in the metropolis. The strangest
spectacle ! As motley in its way, nearly, as the
crowd grouped by Hogarth's pencil in his famous
picture of The Cockpit. Blackguards and Princes
jumbled together so very confusedly that one could
hardly tell the Prince from the Blackguard. Yet
Aoore contrived to get through the crush somehow
triumphantly, without receiving the faintest soil
or smutch by his forced contact with so many (to
say the least of them) " questionable" reputations;
and with only this to be regretted in his regard,
now that we look back upon his entrance into
" life"—that his vertebrfe (by just, of course, the
smallest deflection in the world from the perpen-
dicular) proved a little too supple in—
" Bowing down, and bowing down"-
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