The Sun.
London, England, 1856-11-04 00:00:00

L )..4 TUESDAY, NOVEUBER, 4, 1856.

The Town Council of Manchester have decided
on addressing Lord PALMERSTON on the occasion
of his visit to the manufacturing metropolis.
The compliment may, however, be regarded as
" vex et preterat nihil." The address will not be
presented in a gold or even a silver-gilt box; nor
have they invited him to dinner or even to lunch.
As the Hibernian gentleman who, dropping in at re-
fection time, was rather coolly bowed out, asserted
"There was not the slightest curiosity manifested
as to whether he had a, mouth wherewith to enjoy
the good things of life." This was a grave min-
take, particularly so, whed.we consider the ci.mvi-
vial- qualities of the Noble Premier, and the
ample Compensation which ho could have returned
in the way of entertaining his entertainers. Never
could a sovereign or two be productive of a more
agreeable evening than that which procured the
subscriber a good dinner in company with one
whose qualifications at the festal board arc ad-
mitted to be unrivalled. The men of _Manchester,
by their niggardlinses for it is but an

act, of simple justin to say that they exhibit
eltraordinory liberality en many occasions—have
a goldon opportuoity.
' let slip They, however,
seemed detern3ined to respond to the gentle hint
in the easiest manner possible. Even the address
itself contains some sly touches of sarcasm which
might have been spared. It significantly hinted
At the great variety of offices held by the Noble
department of the State.
Lord in almost every

But the allusion to the important meas-ares re-
commended to the Legislature in the Speech from
:he Terone at the co:amence•»ent of the% session,
and the hone that they may be pressed
with " earnestness and determination," -was the
"unkindest cut of all." It brought prominently
before the world the shortcomings of the Cabinet,
of which the Noble Lord was the head, and should
ready be regarded as a serious admonition to dis-
play greater industry next year, and not to rest
merely on good intentions.
How different would it have been if the Pre-
mier could have exhibited to the admiring audience
the fruits of a really glorious peace—one that,
bavimg fully &ccoreplished the objects for which
the war had been undertaken, would have afforded
satisfactory guarantees for the permanent, or at
least the prolonged, tranquillity of Europe—that
would have rendered the heavy sacrifices of men
and money so cheerfully submitted to by the
people not. altogether unavailing—that would
have made the hecatombs of English soldiers and
the one hundred millions of English treasure ex-
pended, productive of some beneficial result, in
place of being shamefully and recklessly squan-
dered. If Lord PALMERSTON could speak of
valuable results accomplished he might have been
assured of a triumphant ovation at Manchester, or
in any assemblage of true-hearted Englishmen.
Bnt when we see the numerous clouds lowering
in the political horizon, the indications of a
rapidly approaching commercial and monetary
crisis, and the numerous difficulties impending
over the foreign relations of Great Britain, we
cannot feel surprised that the men of Manchester
should get rid, in the easiest possible manner,
consistent with courtesy, of the Premier's attempt
at " fishing for compliments."

The Turkish Ministerial crisis has eventuated
in the fall of the late Ministry, and the restora-
tion of REDSCHID PAOLI to the post of Grand
Vizier. That the SULTAN has succeeded in put-
ting " the right man in the right place" is felt
by all who are in any degree acquainted with the
vigour and ability displayed by the new Minister
in former times. But, although REDSCHID has
invariably proved himself the friend, not merely
of England, but of the Western Powers, it would
appear as if some jealousy were entertained in
France, in consequence of the supposition that
his return to office may partially be ascribed to
British influence. Sundry French journals, the
Gazette de France, the Assembles Nationale, and
the Union especially, have consequently virulently
attacked England and the English.
Now, we must declare at the outset that we
are utterly indifferent to these diatribes, which
we feel to be totally unfounded. We shall not
say that any articles which appear in non-official
journals can have the slightest effect in weakening
the alliance between the Governments ; but still
it appears very strange, after the remonstrances
of the Moniteur, that no notice should be taken
of articles that may correctly be designated as
false and calumnious. Louis NAPOLEON and his
advisers are well aware that there is no authority
which can restrain the legitimate comments which
English journalists think proper to offer on exist-
ing facts at home or abroad ! Tho ground of
complaint is therefore as futile as that of the wolf
against the Lamb. But can the same be said
of the French Press ?. There a rigid censorship
is established. Any journal that puts forwaid
anything displeasing to the Ministry may be
warned, suspended, or seized. The Govern-
ment is really responsible for articles calculated
to hurt the feelings of the rulers or peoples of
other nations. How strangely, then, do these
virulent attacks follow the whining remonstrances
of the Moniteur. ff not directly ascribable to
official inspiration, it is palpable that they cannot
be very displeasing to those in power, or they
would be speedily and summarily suppressed !
As we have already stated, we are perfectly in-
different either to their praise or censure. We
shall maintain the even tenour of our way,
whatever may be the sentiments of the journals
above referred to, distinctly and by name. The
offensive and calumnious insinuations, in which
they so unsparingly indulge, are only worthy of
notice as indicating the animus of the Cabinet of
the Tuileries. They clearly show that great
soreness is felt because France is no longer
permitted to do as she thinks proper
in every respect, and England is unwilling
to continue in the undignified position of
playing a subordinate part in matters of grave
importance, and in which her interests are deeply
involved. We shall gladly associate with the
French people, and earnestly hop that the
alliance may long remain unimpaired, but if it
can only be retained at the expense of our yield-
ing on every point the sooner an alteration be
cfrocted ths! better. We shall gladly remain the
friends, but most certainly will never become the
satellites, of France.

As our readers era aware, the wants, prospects,
and resources of British India have always found
in us a willing exponent. It is therefore with
more than usual pleasure we direct attention to a
collection of Indian pepers in another page of our
present impression, the subject being ono not only
of colonial but also of imperial interest and im-
portance, and the statements made confirmatory
of what we have repea,tedly advanced.
The great want of [ndia is due facilities for
locomotion. Wide as are her plains, vast as is her
population, and great as are her natural advan-
tages, her progress has hitherto been impeded by
the lack of railways and other means of commu-
nication. The magnitude of the country has been
its bane, so large an expenditure being apparently
required to bring into play the elements of her pros-
perity. To little practical purpose has attention
been directed to her naarvellous capacity for produc-
tion, to the immense service she may be made to
render the mother country. While tidings from
the West have threatened us with disastrous com-
plications, which might result in the holding back
of the staple article of our commerce, while Rus-
sian aggression has menaced the stoppage of our
Danubian supply of grain, and civil conernotions
in China have made us anxious for our supply of
tea, the broad plains and mountain ranges of
India have been pointed to as an abundant and
infallible resource. There, it has been truly said,
cotton may be 'grown beyond our wants ; there,
tee of the finest quality, equal to our demand ;
there, articles of consumption to supplement our
deficient supply of grain. There is to be found
a docile population, wilting to work, and satisfied
with with a remuneration which no West-
ern people would bo content. There are
atural obstacles with
has,. 'had to contend
noble rivets, and there the n
which railway enterprise
are-of the least formidable character. Everethine;
that can tempt enterprise and offer inducement;
for the inveetreent of capital is there fortliconaine.
The voice of the charmer has nevertheless been
listened to, comparatively speaking, in vain.
The
natives, it has been urged, are so indolent, so
trammelled by caste, that railways, highways, and
bridgescan never
o rtoevern rn
prove remunerative either to
ent even under the
most favourable circumstances.
the speculatorG
_ . .

Besides, railways cannot be laid without iron,

nor carried out without coal, and these being
wanting the sinews of all production are wanting
also. To this, it has been replied, neither iron
nor coal are wanting, and other ores of value are
to be met with in abundance. All in vain. The
capitalist until of late bas contented himself with
a shrug of incredulity, and a demand for more
convincing proof of the truth of these allegations.
Well, such proof is now forthcoming, and not
on unreliable authority, Lut on that of the Indian
Government. That coal is to be had in certain
quarters has already been shown ; that iron of
good quality and abundance, too, is to be had on
easy terms, the papers to which we have drawn
attention sufficiently demonstrate. While wars
and rumours of wars have engaged the attention
of Europe the Indian Government, it will be
seen, has not been remiss in the discharge of its
important duties. So far back, indeed, as 1850
we find the East India Company has had tho-
roughly competent agents at work to verify the
truth of the alleged discovery of iron ore in the
three Presidencies, and to ascertain the quality
and quantity of the ore, the localities in which it
is to be found, the means of transport, and how
far the circumstances generally are favourable to
a successful working. The reports of these
agents are now before us. That there
should be Fome conflict of testimony was to be
expected ; but we think a perusal of these papers
will convince the most sceptical that in India are to
be found in abundance all the elements of progress
and material prosperity—that nothing, in short,
is wanting but capital and enterprise to elevate
the country from its prolonged depression, and
render it of essential service to the mother
country. The Nerbudda Valley report, it is true,
is not wholly satisfactory ; but if a sufficient
supply of wood to melt the iron is not forth-
coming there is no reason to doubt a due supply
of coal will be found on investigation. In the
province of Kumaon the researches of Colonel
DRUMMOND have already been crowned with suc-
ee.ss. Both iron ore and fuel have been dis-
covered. In a route of about sixty miles along
the outer face of the lower Himalayan range the
gallant Colonel has observed frequent and rich
deposits of first-rate ore—solid ironstone actually
lying exposed in huge blocks on the surface, and,
independent of the bed below, capable of yielding
60,000 tons of metal. At Dechowree, the most
western portion of his route, the solid bed cf ore
in one part is exposed, we are told, to a thickness
of
.30 feet, in another it measured 24, in a third
50 feet. In the area of a mile the ironstone on
the surface, it is calculated, would yield not less
than 100,000 tons of pig iron. The beds of iron
ore in this district, in point of fact, appear to be
inexhaustible, and the ore, on being smelted,
kas been found to be of " the very best quality.''
The Bengal report is unfavourable, but it is ex-
ceedingly unlikely Bengal will prove an exception
—the more so when it is considered that the
process of smelting is being carried on in one
quarter by an independent Coal Company. In
Madras all that is wanted for the production of
iron in abundance is additional capital, the ex-
istence of rich beds of the ore being indisputable,
and the process of smelting being carried on to a
limited extent. If there be an exception it will be
found in the Presidency of Bombay, where hitherto
the iron smelter has almost been driven out of the
market by the iron from this country. It is,
nevertheless, far from improbable that a discovery
of coal may place the 'Bombay smelter in a more
advantageous position. The simple, unexaggerated
facts contained in the reports suffice, however, to
prove that if the future of India is not what her
best friends could wish, it will not be because she
is wanting in any element of prosperity save the
possession and application of capital. Iron and
coal she has to offer in abundance. Let her but
have the command of capital, and in the speedy
activity of her countless millions we shall not fail
to recognise a splendid field for our commerce,
and another bulwark to our dominion.

TEE LATE ATTACK ON THE ENGLISH

P BESS.

The leader in the Times of the 27th, in reply to
the clumsy and intemperate attack of the Moni-
teur on the British press, is in Vienna considered
to be a chef d'enere. Most of the papers have
given it in extenso, and even the retrograde party
acknowledges that it is " extremely dignified."

TETE MAILS.

SOUTHAMPTON, MONDAY.

The Royal Mail Company's steam-ship Magdalena,
Captain Abbott, left this day, with the usual West India
mail, a full cargo, and 176 passengers.
The steam-ship Tyne, Captain Vallcr, will take out
the next Brazil and River Plate mails, on the 9th inst.
The 110r:toward Brazil and River Plate mails will be
brought by the Avon, Capt. Revett, and may be looked
for :in the 12th inst.

The Simla, which, as before stated, has been chartered
by the European and Australian Royal Mail Company
for two years, to ply, under the new contract, between
Sydney and Suez, is getting ready with all possible des-
pech, so as to sail with the outward Australian mail on
the 12th inst. Capt. Cooper, one of the oldest com-
manders in the Peninsular and Oriental Co., is appointed
to take her out, via the Cap:). She has already talcen
iu 1,400 tons of coals, and Messrs. Cooksey are busily
engaged in shipping the usual stores. Fro n the well-
known speed of the Simla it is conjectured that she will
reach her destination within a short period of the
Oneida, which sailed on the lfith
On the 4th inst. the Peninsular and Oriental Corn.
pany's steam ship Candia will take out the usual East
Ind'a and China mail.

On the 7th inst. the Madrid, Captain Bradshaw, will
take out the usual Peninsular mail for Oporto, Vigo,
Cadiz, Lisbon, and Gibraltar.

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ships
now in dock are the Ripon, Simla, Candia, Tagus, Ma•
drid, and Colombo.
The Royal Mail Company's steam ships now in dock
are the Orinoco, Medway, Tyne, Teviot, and Clyde. The
two latter are being refitted for the West India stations.

The Belgian Royal Transatlantic Mail Company's
steam ship Constitution, Capt. Pangin, is expected at
Southampton, from Hamburg, on the 20th, and on the
22d will leave for New York, with the -Belgian mail.

Despatches from the Governors of Hong Kong, Cey-
lon, West Australia, the West Indies and the the Nor-h
American Provinces were received, yesterday, at the
Colonial•oEhce.

THE NlAGARA.—Liverpool, Nov. B.—The entire of
the specie brought from the United States per the Nia-
gara., amounting to 255,874 dollars, was on account of
Liverpool merchants.
At a meeting of the Chartered Bank of Asia, bold
yesterday, Mr. T. W. Henderion in the chair, it was
agreed to wind up, in accordance with the recommenda-
tion contained in the report.
The precise amount of specie shipped by the Peninsu-
lar and Oriental steamer Candia is 607,9161., of which
38,3601. is gold, and 569,5561. silver. Of the latter
234,2061. is taken for China.

consequence of the letter addressed by the Crystal
Palace Company to the Stock Exchange being considered
satisfactory the committee resolved yesterday that the
name of the company shall be continued in t
as usual.

It is understood that all the differences between the
English and Swiss shareholders of the South-Eastern
Railway of Switzerland have been arranged, and that
the balance of 160,0001., certified as due to Messrs. E.
Pickering and Co., the contractors, is in ccurse of pay-
ment.

DINNER TO TSB HON. F. HINCZS.—The reputation
for administrative capacity which this gentleman has ac-
quired in Canada, as Primo Minister under the gov( r•
norship of Lord Elgin, and -vhich led to his present ap-
pointment as GoVernor-General of the Windward
Islands, does not appear to have diminished by the
change of sphere, if we may judge from the sentiments
expressed at a grand dgjeuner recently given to his Ex-
cellency by a district agricultural satiety in Barbadoe,.
The eulogium pronounced by the Hon. Dr. Thomas, who
presided, upon his exertions to promote the prosperity
of the island, elicited the warmest applause. That it was
well merited the accord of the local journals, which
were not backwardin criticising the administration of his
predecessor, and denouncing what were regarded. as jte
abuses, leaves no room to doubt.