The Sun.
London, England, 1856-04-23 00:00:00

THE SUNS LONDON WEDNESDAY EVENINCis APRIL 23, 1856.

they will at least endeavour to discharge faithfully
iand efficiently the only duty confided to their
charge—that nothing can induce them, either from
apathy or some worse motive, to betray the soli-
tary trust that remains for execution.

Let the true state of affairs be faithfully dis-
closed, and matters called by their right names,
without any attempt at disguise or mystification.
High-sounding phrases may be very well, but we
must not suffer ourselves to be bamboozled by fal,e
representations, which may go down in Russia,
where public opinion is controlled and directed by
the policeauthorities, and "the many" must be pre-
pared to accept any statement, however incredible,
to which "the few" may deem it expedient to give
currency. But here, at least, there is a free
Press, and public journalists who will faithfully
fulfil their functions, however painful, and here
the people will learn the truth, however unpalat-
able to the powers that be, or the possessors of
the secret and unconstitutional influence that
operates so injuriously to English interests.
We cannot, participate in the remarkable self-
delusion that characterises the address of Marshal
PEussi ER to his troops. That the French and Englisl,
soldiers deserved well of their respective countries
and of Europe, that they acted with unflinching
bravery and indomitable zeal whenever the oppor-
tunity was afforded, is indisputable ; but that they
have conquered " a glorious peace" is by no meat*
so certain. We fear that the peace, "signed at the
cradle of an Imperial infant," will hereafter be
spoken of in very different and far less
flattering terms ; and that, although the
resolution, heroic constancy, and unflinching
courage of the soldiers may always receive the
praise so eminently merited, the inaction and in-
difference of their commanders after the captur(
of Southern Sebastopol may be very severel3
criticised. It will not, then, be forgotten that nt
steps were taken to push that success to its legiti.
mate results—that no means were resorted to fel
the purpose of expelling the garrisons from the
northern forts, or rendering the fall of Sebas
topol complete and decisive—that no advance
against Bakshi-Serai or Simpheropol was eveL
attempted—no effort made to drive back the
Russian lines from the immediate vicinity of
Sebastopol and Balaklava. However compla-
cently the Gallant Marshal may lay the flattering
unction to his soul, there will be more impartiai
judges to speak of the character of the peace
"signed at the cradle of an Imperial infant."
The unsettled state of many of the leading
questions will then be properly estimated—whet
the Austrian troops have been entirely removed
from the Principalities, and the different Commis
sions have made their returns when th,
Italian problem has been duly solved and the
hovering clouds have passed from the politica
horizon—then, if that happy time should eve]
trrive, there may be some cause for rejoicing
But the present condition is far more menacit4
than any that has yet arrived. The seeds 01
future strife have been sowed with lavish hands.
and there may yet be a fearful harvest to b,
gathered. Dii avertite omen. We may hop
that the dreadful day of reckoning may be post
poned, but we should not rest while the dange
is imminent. We should not, like Italian sailors.
be contented with offering prayers to their patrol
taints during the pressure of the tempest. Ever,.
human effort should irst be made, and then w,
;nay tranquilly abide the issue, which must res.
with a superior POWER.

!interference, and Divans are also to be summoned
lby the SULTAN, to confer and arrange with the,
,
Commission on the various matters. There is
also to be a verification of the boundary of the
Asiatic frontiers. These are the chief features of
the Treaty, together with a reference to the Aland
Isles, on the. terms whereof we shall be able
'speedily to refer at greater length than timel
permitted this day.

:At the request of a number of our Subscribers,
we reprint the following Article from The Sun

of yesterday.]

On Friday next another attempt will be made,
to obtain tardy justice for many families,' who,
Although truly described as "of religious and
moral character," have been driven into opposition
Against a tyrannical and oppressive law—one of
the last and most intolerable remnants of thel
systematic attacks on the civil and religious liber-
ties of the subject. On that day the Earl of ST.
GERMAINS, who has displayed great zeal and
efficiency in his management of the important andl
interesting subject, will bring forward the second
reading of the Marriage Law Amendment Bill, for
the purpose of legalising marriage with the sister or
niece of a deceased wife. We need scarcely refer to the
number of times that measures of a similar cha-
racter have obtained the sanction of the represen-
tative branch of the Legislature, or how frequently
the well-founded expectations of the parties in-
-I.erested, have been defeated by the Fabian policy
resorted to by its bigoted opponents. We need
not explain how the advocates for restriction on
he most sacred and inestimable privilege of free-
-•nen, have been driven stop by step from the theo .
logical grounds adopted in the first instance, and
aow they have been compelled to acknowledge
-.hat there is no express or inferential Scriptural
ujunction against the practice recognised in every
Protestant country, and only requiring a dispen-
sation in Catholic States.

The

of the furnace, .and cast into pigs.
I'`reader, like ourselves, unversed in the mysteries
of metallurgy, should know that thus far no eyo
coald detect either in the rough ore, or in the
lead, the slightest trace of the precious metal.
Indeed up to almost the last moment of cu
spelling nothing was visible but the lead. In-
Ideed, but for faith in the manager and-his work-
men, the spectator would inevitably believe that
nothing could be left in the cupel. It was, there-
fore, a matter of no small interest to see the aspect
of things almost suddenly change at the very close
of the trial ; to see the gold exhibiting, even in the
powerful heat of the cupel furnace, the well-known
lcolour and brightness, and remaining quite solid
at a temperature which oxidized and carried off the
'lead. The result was that the weight of gold obtainer'
!from this larger trial by a commercial process
was almost identical with what the assay of the
'ores had previously given, namely, three-quarters
liof an ounce to the ton.

The question now stands on a doubtful and,
we may add, obsolete Canon of the Church of ,
England—which is not assented to by a large
lumber of the most eminent and enlighten° di
?relates and Clergy of the Establishment.
dow then can the large and rapidly-increasing
oody of Dissenters—who see no possible objection
o such connexions—be bound by what they ex-
pressly repudiate 7 In other respects the demon
of intolerance has been banished from the Island.
A. man may now avow his religious convictions
without dread of penal consequences, and worship,
his CREATOR in the manner. which in his soul and
conscience he deems most suitable, without
')eing subjected to any disability, save one—
Ind that of the most vexatious character.
Fie may be prevented from contracting a marriage
calculated to insure his own happiness, and to
I:reatly benefit his orphan children ; and this,
dthough satisfied that it is not prohibited by
r,he law of GOD, and that, if he possesses
wealth sufficient to leave the couatry for a tern-
qurary residence abroad, the matter on which his
lead is set, may be legally effected. It is a cruel, an
niquitous law, and the more so, because it affects
he poorer classes, while their wealthier brethren
can break through its paltry trammels. We trust
;hat justice may at length be rendered to these
tong-suffering and much-wronged persons, and not
nerely to them, but to their innocent children,
who may be , deprived of their rightful in-
aeritances, by the infamous enactment. It
nut be remembered that the advocates for
the abolition of these unjustifiable restrictions do
aot seek to coerce the consciences of any man or
body of men. They merely demand that those
who see nothing wrong in these unions should
have permission to act in accordance with theiri
own conscientious views; and that demand,
,eing based on equity and justice, must ultimately;
"revail.

It is not for us to pronounce on the extent t(
which the new principle of smelting auriferous
!ores can be carried out with commercial success
much must, of course, depend on their proximity
to coal, or on their lying within the means of cm)
carriage to it. The main point is established be-
yond the possibility of dispute ; those who were
present saw some 401. worth of gold extractec
from fifteen tons of quartz. The cost per ton fm
reduction of such ores is well known to all smelt-
ers ; the cost of transit for materials to those wh
are acquainted with the districts where they ar,
found. To us it appeared that if ores with sucl
a small percentage of metal could be worke(
with such marvellous precision in the result:-.
richer ores could of course be worked with equs
certainty, and that there must be many contain
ing considerable quantities of gold in a fort
hitherto inappreciable, which will reward splen-
didly the efforts of gold-smelters.
We were informed by Mr. Low that the eaten
lof auriferous quartz ores in North Wales is very
!great ; a large part of them he has himself pen
-,onally inspected. The ores on which the trig
we witnessed was made were from the vicinity o
Barmouth, and were not only very inferior it

richness to many he had assayed, but were of ;
peculiarly refractory character. We are informe,
that works will be immediately erected in mor,

than one place.

THE TREATY OF PEACE.

;facilitate the navigation of the mouths of the Danube, 3:
;fixed duties, at a proper (convenable) rate, to be settled:-'
i
by the Commission by a majority of votes, may Ip,_"l
t' levied, on the express conditions that in this respect,';
d!: as in ail others, the flags of all nations shall he treated':-
, .n a footing of perfect equality. . 4
VI

ARTICLE 17.
A Commission shall be appointed, composed of dele•
gates of Austria, Bavaria, the Sublime Porte, and Wur-
,ernberg (one for each of these powers), to which Coin-
fission, the Commission of the three Danubian Princi
oalities, whose nomination shall have been approved of
)37 the Porte, shall be joined. This Commission, which
.hall be permanent, will first draw up the regulations of
iavigation and of fluvial police ; secondly, remove the
distacles (entraves) of whatever nature they may be,
vhich as yet prevent the application of the disposi-
ions of the treaty of Vienna to the Danube ;
hirdly, give orders for and cause to be executed
he necessary works throughout the whole course of the
-iver (sus- tout le pareours du fleuve) ; and fourthly, after,
,he dissolution of the European commission, see to the'
oaintenance of the navigability of the mouths of the
Danube, and the neighbourin.., parts of the sea.

ARTICLE 18.
It is understood that the European Commission will
'aye fulfilled its task, and that the bordering (riveraine)
~)mmission will have terminated the works desig-
ated in the preceding article under the Nos. 1 and 2,
•'ithin the space of two years. The Powers parties,
) this treaty, assembled in conference and informed
•f these facts, will, after having taken note of them
apses era avoir pr-is acte), pronounce the dissolu-
ion of the European Commission, and thenceforth the
,ermanent bordering (riveraine) commission shall enjoy'
lie same powers as those with which the European
ommission will have been invested up to that time.
ARTICLE 19.
In order to assure the execution of the regulations
'hick shall have been settled by common accord, in ac-
!ordance with the principles hereinbefore enunciated,
Ach of the contracting powers shall have the right at all
roes to station two light vessels at the mouth of the
Janube.

ARTICLE 20.
In exchange for the towns, poets, and territories enu-
-lerat2d in Article 4 of the present treaty, and in order
he better to assure the liberty of the navigation of tht
)anube, H. M. the Emperor of all the Russias consents
the rectification of his frontier in Bes,arabia.
The new frontier will start from the Black Sea at ont
ilometre to the east of Lake Bourna Sola, will perpen
ocularly rejoin the Akerman•road, follow this read
.r as the valley of Trajan, pass to the south of Belgrade.
~ascend along the river Yalpock as far as Saratsika
nd will terminate at Kakamori on the Pruth. Abovt
its point the old frontier between the two empires wil.
ndergo no modification.

Delegates of the contracting powers will settle, in itc
etails, the boundary line of the new frontier.

ARTICLE 21.
The territory ceded by Russia shall be annexed to
le Principality cf Moldavia, under the suzerainty
le Sublime Porte.

The inhabitants of this territory will enjoy the right:
od privileges al/4sured to the Principalities, and duriq,
(le space of three years they shall be permitted to re-
iove their domicile elsewhere, freely disposing of their
roperty.