The Sun.
London, England, 1869-01-05 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, UESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 5, '1869

times—that then the doubt was as to whether tl

echo the first words of Othello upon his earliest en

;ranee upon the scene, "'Tis better as it is." • The

peoples of the earth, whenever they become revolu-
tionists, are so conscious of their power, that they
can afford to be merciful.

LORD CLARENDON'S arrangements with Mr. Bun-
LINGAME mark a new epoch in our foreign
policy. Disputes between English residents in China
and the Chinese are to be referred to the central
Government at Pekin, instead of being left to the
decision of the local authorities. That is one impor-
tant point gained in behalf of peace. But far
more important are the instructions which have been
sent out, that in case of disputes arising the
matters of controversy shall be referred home
to the British Government before British officers
perform any act of hostilities, and that the British
residents should 44 pay duo respect not only to the laws
of China, but to the usages and feelings of the
Chinese people." The importance of these two last
instructions will be best understood when we say
that if they had been in force thirty-five years ago
not one of the China wars would have taken place.
Englishmen would not now have to blush as they
read that most shameful history which tells how we
Christians made war with a heathen sovereign because
lie refused to allow our merchants to ruin his subjects
body and soul by the introduction of opium. It is just
thirty-five years since the opium disputes commenced;
it is just thirty years since the Emperor of CHINA
ordered the trade with England to cease because our
traders insisted upon smuggling in the poison. Then
commenced the long series of wars in which might
prevailed over right—Captain ELLIOT'S campaign of
1841, Sir HENRY POTTINGER'S of 1842, Sir JOHN
BOWRING'S of 1850, Lord ELGIN'S of 1800, all
full of that "glory" which is shame, and resulting in the
wholesale degradation of the Chinese people, and the
undermining of the Chinese throne. The mischief
has been done, and we are now issuing regulations
to prevent it. They are thirty years too late; but
they at least shew that we have a higher standard
of international morals than our ancestors
had. They unlearnt the lesson which their
predecessors had taught them—that the Frenchman
is the Englishman's natural enemy. We have un-
learnt the lesson which our predecessors taught us--
that an Englishman is a chartered libertine, with full
right to laugh at and bully all foreigners who are not
strong enough to punish him for his insolence. It is
with immense satisfaction that we see our statesmen
adopting, more and more every year, the principle
for which we have long contended, that among
nations as among individuals the golden rule should
prevail—" Do unto others as ye would be done by."

MILITARY AND NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

Captain Samuel Goddard, a Military Knight of
Windsor, upon the Royal foundation, died on Sun-
day at his residence in the Lower Ward of Windsor
Castle. He was formerly in the 14th (Bucking-
hamshire) Regiment of Foot, and in that regiment
he saw very lengthened service. He was present
at the storming of Carnbray and the battle of Wa-
terloo. The next service he saw was in the East
Indies, being present at the siege of Hattras, and
in the campaign of 1817-18 in the Deccan. Be-
sides the Waterloo and Indian medals, Captain
Goddard received a reward for distinguished ser-
vice. It was he, however, who originated the
measure by which there was accorded the nominal
rank of captain to meritorious quartermasters of
long service.
The paddlewheel steamer Dee, 2, 220-horse
power, Navigating Lieutenant Gilpin in charge,
arrived at Chatham yesterday from Portsmouth
with a cargo of hemp and other stores removed to
Chatham, in consequence of the ropemaking estab-
lishment at Portsmouth being abolished. In enter-
ing the harbour the Dee again took the ground on
one of the shoals near the spot where she grounded
on the last occasion of her steaming into the har-
bour, in consequence of there being no Queen's
pilot on board, as was the case at the former occur-
rence. After completing the discharge or her cargo
she will proceed round to the Thames with stores
for Woolwich and Deptford dockyards.
The departure from Bombay on the Ist inst. of
her Majesty's Indian troopship Malabar has been
announced, per Suez, with troops destined for
Portsmouth.

The following appointments were made yesterday
at the Admiralty :—Comtnander Robert P. Dennis-
toun, to the Royal George ; Lieut. Edward A.
Bolitbo, to the Penelope ; Sub-Lieut. Edward J.
Wade, to the Fly; and James 11. Wallis, assist.-
paymaster to the Fisgard, as supernumerary.
The undermentioned have been notninatad naval
cadets :—James W. Litle, Hubert A. "Warren,
Richard H. F. W. Wilson, Walter V. Anson, Wm.
J. ti. Dadson, James G. Duberly, John 0. L'owe,
Henry A. S. Stenhope, Eugene A. Sandford, C, has.
E. Thompson, and Horner S. Douglas.

even the veteran ESPARTERO, under the astounding
title of King BALDO3IERO—each of these personages
in turn has been spoken of as a not imporisible
successor of Queen ISABELLA 11. Not one in-
dividual amongst them, however, has evidenced
the slightest eagerness to grasp at the glittering
bauble lately rolled in the dust of a street riot, it
might rather be said, than cast down by anything so
formidable as a national revolution. Sovereigns are
discrowned of late years more by the threat of vio-
lence than by actual violence itself. The King of
NAPLES disappeared from his capital, as one might
almost say, at the stamp of GARIBALDI'S foot on
Sicily. Queen ISABELLA hurriedly withdrew to the
frontier, taking shelter under the eagles of NAPOLEON,
at the mere tidings of the approach of PRlM—for the
people of Madrid had to wait some days after the
QUEEN'S departure before PRIM made his triumphal
entrance into the capital. Twenty years ago, when
the younger branch of the BOURBON dynasty suc-
cumbed in the person of Louis PHILIPPE, who cleared
out of the way to make room for the suddenly im-
provised Provisional Government, hardly one con-
temptuous thought was vouchsafed to the poor
old fugitive KING, who was left to carry
out his own devices according to his own
pleasure in the manner and circumstances of his
rather ignominious departure ! Now taking refuge be-
hind a stove at a post-house, through fear of pursuers
who did not pursue him—now shaving off his mutton-
chop whiskers by way of a disguise when no disguise
at all was really necessary—now under the by no
means recondite pseudonym of Mr. SMITH landing on
the English coast, a wretched woe-begone figure,
huddled up in an old pea-jacket. With remi-
niscences of Royalty before them like these, it
can hardly be wondered at that those whose claims
have recently been under discussion elsewhere than in
Spain, as more or less suitable candidates for eleva-
tion to the Spanish Throne, have betrayed no
especial eagerness to avail themselves of that prof-
fered, or, at any rate, suggested opportunity.
" Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown," nowa-
days, no less than in the age of ANNE BOLEYNE or of
SHAKSPERE. Only, there is this difference in the

uneasiness with which the wearer of the crown

takes his repose now, as compared with
,he uneasiness experienced in the same way in earlier

head might not come off as well as the crown

whereas now the ordeal to be passed through is the

ignominy of a sort of charivari of ridicule. Re

volutionists of yore were sanguinary. Those of to-day
are s!mply contemptuous. CHARLES I. of England,
and Louis XVI. of France, were decapitated
on the scaffold amidst the gleam of the pikes and
the rolling of the drums, here of the Roundheads,

here of the Jacobins. King GEORGE of Hanover

and Queen ISABELLA of Spain are simply asked to

pack up their luggage and leave by the earliest
train in any way convenient to themselves. To