The Sun.
London, England, 1856-04-30 00:00:00

WHO LOST KARS ?

Who waq it lost Kars ? Can any one tell ?
Lord Stratford de Redcliffe ?—Lord Clarendon ?

well
It Might have been either—l'm not very sure ;
Perhaps it was Omer Pasha—or Panmure.
Who was it lost Kara ? Who was it—who, who ?
The Turks or the English ? Or, can it be true,
All lost it on purpose, that some one might find
fitting occasion for Peace to his mind.
Who was it lost Kars ? Oh, Whiteside, do, do !
Insiot on your motion, so that if not who
Did lose it we know, yet the loss of its fall
Shall fall on some traitors, if not on them all.

TRE LAY OF SOUTHAMPTON PIER.

weary—so weary ; and who, then, are ye,
Pith hunger sharp faces, that stand by the sea??
444 whence have ye journey'd ?—and what seek ye here ?
s 0 many—so many, ou Sonthampton's pier.
"Oh we are those passing through strange tribulation,
The
famous, the great ones of this mighty nation,
For steamers relied on that fail to appear,
Who wait, sad and weary, on Southampton's pier."
What ! Earl and Marquis, " my Lori," and c, your Grace,"
Like merest of nobodies, stuck in this place !
A
You, Britain's chosen—four hundred M.P.'s
't were Balaklava, in mud to
,the knees.
Good heavens! why, 'tis over with everything—Queen,
Church, Army, and Navy, as they ne'er had been ;
A
things of the past, empty visions—a myth,
"ith nothing more in them than in Vernon Smith.
The Peers and the Commons to lose the Review !
,remble, I shudder—it cannot be tree.
The 4 Queen gone without you—the great fight fought out
" you not to see it ! —oh, horrible !—shout,
Cry,
, groan, hiss and bellow—debate for a week.
uP, my Lord Raveuswotth—speak, Stafford, speak ;
llave at them—no quarter—show up the whole crew
"„Y in all things a failure—in sham war, or true
A,
itiKet feeble, helpless—from first to the last,
'`e Piag of Confusion nailed up to their mast.
(f ti'gfr with the remnant !--*o more of that sat !
War ye might pardon, their Peace may forget ;
.nPent millions forgive them ; but, if ye are men,
'enlemb'ring Southampton, be merciless then I
Edinburgh, 28th April.

J. N. P.

UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE IN FRANCE.

"Anglo-Norman "in writing to the Morning Advertiser,
says The accomplished Jesuit, M. de Mentalembert,
~as been much praised for condemning the judgment of
the Court of Cessation, which has decided, in accordance
to the will of Louis Napoleon, that citizens are not to be
allowed to distribute voting cards for any except Govern-
ent candidates. There miy be very little use in having
right of universal suffrage acknowledged if people are
not allowed to exorcise it ; but the difference between M.
Montalembert and Louis Napoleon is merely this :
Louis Napoleon, while pretending to concede universal
suffrage as a principle, withholds it in practice ; while M.
de M?ntalembert would neither allow it in principle nor
practice. He therefore, in fact, agrees with Louis Na-
poleon where he pretends most to condemn him. Like M.
de Montalembert, our oligarchy at home—both Whig and
Tory—when out of office, are very prone to condemn others
for not doing those things which they themselves would be
the last to carry into practice, had they place and power."

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We learn from Spain, that it is expected the recogni-
tion of Queen Isabella by Russia will be followed by the
submission of a great number of Carlist Chiefs.
The Duke and Duchess of Brabant the day before
Yesterday presented, with a certain degree of pomp, a
flag bearing their arms to the Arbalte Society of Brus-
sels called the Bonne Esperance.
The General Screw Steam Company have arranged
for the payment of the 2/. per share of returned
capital to be made to the proprietors on the 7th of
Bray.
THE ART UNION.—The annual meeting of the Council
and subscribers was held yesterday at the Haymarket
Theatre, the use of which was granted by Mr. Bockstone.
The Right Hon. Lord Mont:agle presided on the occa-
81°11- Mr. Godwin, one of the honorary secretaries,.
read the report, which was most satisfactory ; after
Which the usual drawing for, and distribution of, prizes
ook place.
About 170,0001. of Australian gold was taken yes-
terday to the Bank. Of the recent arriva's it is
believed about half will be retained here, and that
the remainder will be sent to the Bank of France, al-
though the rate of exchange is still at a point to cause
gold coin to be remitted from Paris to London.
THE LATE MR. BLAcKETT.—We regret to announce
the death of Mr. Blackett, the late member for Newcas-
tle-on-Tyne. Rather more than a year since Mr. Blackett
was attacked with paralysis, and compelled to give up
all public business. Retirement producing little or no
change for the better, he subsequently resigned his seat
in Parliament and remained abroad until his death,
which took place last week at Villeneuve-sur-Yonne.
Mr. Blackett was only in his 35th year.
THE TALBOT DIVORCE CASE,—The arguments in this
case commerc, d again on Monday in the House of Lords.
The evidence of the petitioner closed on that day, and yes-
terday the evidence of the opposers of the divorce com-
menced. The most important witnesses examined were—
Dr. Conolly and Dr. Roscoe, who both deposed that it
wag a common delusion amongst females to suppose they
had been guilty of improper conduct in cases where no
such thing could possibly have been the case. Servants
were generally supposed to be the persons with whom
they bad been guilty. The hearing of the case was fur-
ther adjourned.
TiIE MAINE LIQITOE, LAN REPEALED.—The Lower
House of the Maine Legislature, some days ago, passed
a new temperance bill, concurring with the Senate by a
vote of 78 to 68, after a seemingly careful and deliberate
examination of the subject. The bill was strongly op-
posed by the advocates of the prohibitory principle,
which it r_ epudiai. tes,— iymungon. intaligcncer, April 14,