The Sun.
London, England, 1856-05-29 00:00:00

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capitulation," or the gratuitous and uncon•
stitutional surrender of our unquestionable
maritime rights. Never was there a sacrifice
more wanton and uncalled for than that

which Lord CLARENDON deliberately made.
Not a single effort was made to avert the
evil—not a word spoken in defence of what was
considered by the Statesmen and Jurists of former
days, as the clearest and most valuable privilege
belonging to their " Mistress of the Seas," the
most formidable weapon by which she could bring
any enemy, whether continental or transatlantic,

o reason. We were accustomed to rely on our

' wooden walls," not merely as defenders of the

British soil, for any invaders, even if they effected
a landing, would have bitter cause to deplore
their temerity, but also as the means of checking

and destroying the adversaries' commerce, and
thus inflicting the heaviest blows on the sensitive
part, the pocket. Against this power no
enemy could stand. It was to it that
England owed her eventual triumph. in
the most serious struggle in which she had ever
been involved. But for it there might have been
no interruption to the NAPOLEON dynasty. The
Great EMPEROR might have lain in state in the
Tuileries in place of dying in exile. With its
surrender we have abandoned the chief source of-
strength which entitled us to rank amongst the
great Powers of Europe.
It is obvious that England is not and cannot
be a great military nation. We cannot maintain
half or three-quarters of a million of fighting men,
partly because our free institutions do not allow
of forced conscriptions, and men, aye and boys, of
all ranks being compelled to serve as private sol-
diers at the will of a despotic ruler ; partly, also,
because our commercial and manufacturing
occupations are too well remunerated to in-
duce men voluntarily to shoulder the firelock
and accept the QUEEN'S shilling, but chiefly be-
cause we pay and feed our soldiers far better than
any other nation, and do not allow them to make
up by plunder for the scantiness of their ether
resources. But our maritime power and maritime
rights more than compensated for any and every
deficiency. As GEORGE CANNING truly declared,
we have " braved confederacies and sustained
wars rather than give up the principle, and when-
ever in despair of getting the British" (they were
British, not German Governments then) "Govern-
ment to surrender it by force, recourse had been
had to proposals of amicable negotiations for the pur-
pose. of defining, limiting, or qualifying the exercise
of the right of search, Great Britain had uni-
formly declined all such overtures, from a convic-
tion of the impracticability of qualifying, limiting,
or even defining in terms that would be accept-
able to the other party the exercise of a
right, without impairing, if not sacrificing the
right itself." It was in speaking of that
same right, and the attempt to produce
a new code of maritime laws, that Mr. PITT
made the memorable declaration " Whatever
shape it assumes, it is a violation of public faith,
it is a violation of the rights of England, and im-
periously calls upon Englishmen to resist it even to
the last shilling and the last drop of blood, rather
than tamely submit to degrading concession, or
nreanly yield the rights of the country to shameful
usurpation."
Bat this degrading concession has been
treacherously made at Paris without the slightest
necessity on the insidious application of our own
Ally. It wasto France that the power was peculiarly
dangerous. In the event of any future compli-
cation in which the flags of France and England
were array ed on opposite sides—and such an
event is possible, although, we trust, notprobable—
France could carry on her whole commerce under
neutral flags, and her only vulnerable point being
guarded by the concession so improvidently made
might laugh our puny efforts to scorn. We have
voluntarily disarmed ourselves, or have been com-
pelled to fling down our well-tried weapons by a
juggle, of which we shall not trust ourselves to
speak in the terms that it deserves.
Lord CLARENDON is not the only delinquent.
There are others implicated. The manner in
which the surrender was made, proved that it was
not the result of any sudden inspiration, but
rather of a well-organised conspiracy to sap the
foundation of England's greatness. Neither the
Parliament nor the People of Great Britain were
consulted. If such had been the case we can
scarcely doubt the nature of the indignant response
that would be heard from every district through-
out the length and breadth of the land. We
would still be prepared to resist to the last shil-
ling and the last drop of blood the degrading
concession, and refuse to barter our children's
birthright to gratify Emperor, Kaiser, or Prince.
But the matter was kept involved in deepest
mystery. Not a hint was suffered to leak out of
the terrible degradation and iojury about to be
sustained by Great Britain. We were deluded
into the notion that the Conference was held for
the purpose of obtaining satisfactory guarantees
from Russia, such as might justify the cessation of
hostilities. It was not for a moment imagined
that we, who had made no aggression, were to be
required to make the heaviest sacrifice of all. The
Italian question, and others, were venti-
lated as a mere excuse for the more se-
rious matter introduced. They were quietly
shelved by the refusal of Count BUOL to dis-
cuss them, as not within the scope of his
duties. But Lord CLARENDON did not adopt a
similar course. He struck at the first summons
not on a topic under discussion, but one that was
surreptitiously and improperly introduced by
those who should not have aimed a blow at, or
been willing to surrender, England's rights.
That it was illegal and unconstitutional we
have no doubt. That it is not, and cannot be,
binding on our successors is equally certain. We
cannot deprive them of their weapons of
offence and defence—cannot compel them to sur-
render their inalienable rights, rights indispens-
able to the hon Our and security of the country.
It would be just as competent for Lords PALMER.
STON and CLARENDON, LOUIS NAPOLEON, and the
irresponsible Premier, to stipulate that England
should pay tribute to France, acknowledge its
supremacy, and entrust its defence in case of
aggression to French soldiers, while the British
helots worked at the loom or the plough, as that
they should attempt to bind her not to resort
to the only weapons that could be effectual in
time of war.
we repeat what we have already declared, that
not only Lord CLLRENDON, but all the parties
cognisant of this
miserable and degraded capitu-
lation, should be impeached and brought to con-
dign and exemplary punishment.

CURIOUS TREASURE•TROVE. Ln.;ng must be much
meetuh on the Derby-
day.
easier than finding, for where yol—
:mhae :or are
must make
money," you
h dropped
with one man " who has
pecked
come in contact with at least ten
theirs. By the bye, the Lord of the
a good thing of it, if he claims all the money that is
dropped on those oceasions.—Panch,.
THE FORCE OF HABIT.—Louis Napoleon has the
credit, whether justly or not, of having concluded the
present treaty. It would seem as if, at the "Theatre
of War," as at all our other theatres, the English could
not avoid taking their " Peace " train the French.—
Puna.
COLONIAL.—It is not true that the Governorship of
Victoria was offered to Prince Albert, and in the hand-
somest manner refused,—Punch.

"GERMAN PASTE."

Our English glory is confirmed, our triumph ratified,
A little English gold has gone—a few brave men have died ;
But "Articles of Peace" are signed, and form a painted cage,
Where, like the " Happy Family," all nations lose their rage,

'Tis curious to watch the "Bear" bow down with courtly stoop,
And let the Gallic Eagle strut around him " cock-a-whoop ;"
'Tis strange to see the Lion stretched, like lamb on flowery plain,
While PrussianßatsandAustrianCats are playing with his mane.

fis whispered there's a secret in the mixture of their food,
Some potent charm that cunningly affects their real blood ;
And shrowd men have suspicion that the "secret" is a taste
Of that mysterious condiment well known as "German Paste."

So satisfying does it prove, 52 soon it yields enough,
It seems a pity that our "stores" did not contain the stuff;
That Englishmen and English steeds, on Balaklava's waste,
Could not have had their lives saved by a little " German Paste."

Perhaps John Bull may ask to know how this same stuff is made,
Perhaps he'll find that this same stuff affords a Royal trade.
Perhaps at last his genuine and honest roast-beef taste
Will "stop supplies" for bills of fare made up of "German Paste."
MARCO.

t' PEACE, PEACE, WHEN THERE IS NO
PEACE."

LINES FOR MAY 29.
Blazing rockets pierce the sky,
Flags hang out from tower and steeple,
Yet there is but little joy
In the hearts of British people.
Vain are the illuminations,
Vain the cannon's thundering peal,
Vain the Royal Proclamations,
Joy Great Britain cannot feel.
Great she is, alas ! no longer,
In the dust she bows her head ;
While the despots are but stronger,
And the hopes of freedom dead.
By our household idols shattered,
All the brave ones we have lost,
By the millions we have scattered,
All the sum the war has cost.
By our soldiers' deeds of wonder,
Since they stood on Alma's height,
We declare the peace a blunder,
'Tis our duty still to fight !
Oh ! for one more chance with Russia,
This time on the open sea,
Noble fleets but wait to crush her,
Let them not inactive be !
Then, our mighty task completed,
Shall the wrongs of Poland cease,
And the nations all be treated
To a happy, lasting peace.
Now, though rockets pierce the sky,
Banners wave from tower and steeple,
Yet there is but little joy
In the hearts of British people !
Brompton, May, 1856. W. G.

FIREWORKS FOR MAY 29.

Squibs, crackers, and rockets,
And wheels—from our pockets
Well paid for—oh, glorious, glorious peace !
What no one can boast of

We shan't make a toast of,
But pray, this our joy, may not soon have to cease.
Squibs, rockets, and crackers,
The war had its backers
Not few ; but this peace, like a newspaper puff,
The thoughtless hoodwinking,
Has found many thinking
That Louis, the Czar and Co., soon—but enough.
Stars, candles, and bluelights ;
Methought I saw two lights
Shine forth in the heavens—ourselves were the one,
And like to a brother
At first seemed that other,
But shortly it grew, and blazed hot as the sun.
Stars, bluelights, and candles,
And now from my sandels
I shake the dust at you—yo who are blind !
Who wet not, unequal
Where friends are, the sequel
Is ever, the strong leave the weaker behind.
Bells, triple bob-majors,
As ringing for wagers—
All jingling and jangling—Oh, Lord, what a din,
And I writing treason
With rhyme, if not reason ;
Roar cannon ! bang pistols ! and laugh ye who win.
Edinburgh. J. W. P.

THE TEMPLE OP _HUMBUG.

A PASTORAL.
Tell me, shepherds, tell me, pray,
Unto HUMBUG'S Fane the way;
Shepherd swains, this pilgrim tell,
Whereabouts doth Humbug dwell?
Gentle stranget, take the way,
On a morn in jocund May,
Walking Eastward up the Strand;
HUMBUG dwells on thy left hand.
Yea, but shepherds, what may I
Know the dome of HUMBUG by?
Shepherds, kindly tell me what
Signs denote the hallowed spot?
Crowds of vo'aries who wait,
Thronging round the Temple gale,
Over whom sleek HUMBUG reigns,
Se ions nsui7lis and solemn swains.
Are they then so clearly seen
By their countenance and mien ?
May they be so surely known,
By their garb, for HUMBUG'S own ?
By their visages severe
Nymphs and swains revealed appear;
These in black with ties of white,
Thofe in saddest hues bedight.
Thanks, kind shepherds—now I'll go
IV here CANT'S tumid rivers flow,
Moods which Atm/worm pouroth out,
And the Sabbatarians spout.
Go where wild fana:dcs stray ;
If, hke them, thou lose thy way,
Ask for guidance to the HILL
EXETER which Shepherds call.—Punch.

His Royal Highness Prince Frederick William of
Prussia visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of
Kent, yesteriay, at Clarence House, St. James'e.
His Excellency the Prince Carini arrived in town on
Tuesday from Paris. His Excellency made a brief stay
at the Pavilion Hotel, Folkestone, previous to his re•
turn to Eaton-square.
Sir Henry and Lady Houghton and family have ar-
rived from the Continent, and are sojourning at the
Pavilion Hotel, Fiiikeistone.

The Earl and Countess of Stamford and Warrington
I ave arrived in Hill-street, from Enville Hall, Stafford-

shire.

Sir Archibald Alison, Bart., and Lady Alison have
arrived at Rawieigh's private hotel, in Jerrnyt-street,
from Possil L'lnarkshire.

The Earl ,nd Countess of Clarendon gave a grand din-
ncr at the family residence in Grosvenor-crescent, last
evening, to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cam-
bridge and the Princess Mary, and a distinguished circle
of the nobility were invited tJ meet their royal highnesses.
The Earl and Countess of Malmesbury entertained at
dinner last evening the Earl and Countess of Chester-
field, the Earl of Stradbroke, the Marquis Conyngham
and Lady Cecilia Conyegham, the Earl of Howth, 'he
Earl of Eglinton, L"rd and Lady Delamere, Lord Otho
Fitzgerald, the Hon. Admiral Rous and Mrs. Reus,
Right Hon. Sir W. and Miss Somerville, the Hon.
Gilbert Heathcota, Mr. Charles Greville, Lord Bateman,
&c.

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MR. BARON PLATT.--Mr. Baron Platt, whose severe
indisposition prevented him goinglastcircuit, or appear.
ing in court during this and the previous term, is said to
have tendered his resignation.
PORTSMOUTH, Wednesday Night.—The W. S. Lind-
say has arrived with the head-quarters of the 4th Dra-
goons. The Clyde also, with the Army Works Corps.
The Windsor has arrived from New South Wales, with
the 99th Regiment.
HEALTH OF THE BISHOP OF GLOUCESTER AND BRISTOL
—We regret to learn from a correspondent that the
Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol is in a •ery weak state
of health. Prayers were offered on hie behalf in the
several churches in the diocese last Sunday.
CHURCH BUILDING IN ST. PANCRAS.—The works at
the Church of St. Matthew, Oakley-square, after being
suspended for many months for want of funds, have now
been resumed, and it is anticipated that the structure
will be ready for consecration in the course of the present
year.
THE TRIAL OF PALMER.—By the now act under
which Palmer was tried, an account of the expense of his
removal and maintenance, &c., in Newgate, is to be de-
livered to the county treasurer of Stafford, who is to
pay the same. Any objection to the account must be made
in writing, within a ca!ender month of its delivery. We
understand, from good authority, that this trial will cost
the country at least le,oooi.

TsE PRINCIPALITIES.—The Correspondence Autri-
chienae publishes an article upon the evacuation by the
Austrian troops of the Danubian Principalities, which,
it says, has commenced. The semi-official organ con-
cludes with stating that Austria will complete the
evacuation immediately that the stipulations of the
Treaty of Paris concerning the organisation of the Prin
cipalities have been carried into effect.
LORD BROOGIUM.—We regret to announce the death
of the only sister of Lord Brougham, which took place
on the 25th inst. The mournful event has happened at
a moment when his lordship is far from well, although
to the last moment assiduous in the discharge of his Par-
liamentary duties, both judicial and political. The 1)1-
lowing letter from his lordship was read the other even-
iug by the Lord Chancel!or in the House of Lords :
"My dear Lord Chancellor,—l am sorry that I must
trouble you to take charge of the Carlisle petition and
of my bills, as I an unable to attend, being very unwell ;
but besides, I find that 17 years (since my afflictions in
1839) have, both by the length of time and the work,
left me unable to struggle as I then did, and I may, per-
haps, venture to hope that I have earned a title to some
rest under the present distress. Two of the bills are in
their last stage ; but by far the most important (the
Judicial Statistics) is not, and I earnestly recommend it
to:your care. The prints are delivered to-day, and the
numerous schedules, elaborately and most carefully pre-
pared, really exhaust the whole subject, and give a com-
plete system of judicial statistics, civil and criminal,
general and local. As I shall almost immediately leave
town, I hope you may receive this so as to act upon it
before I go." Lord Brougham will, we believe, quit
town immediately, either for Stratbfieldsaye or West.
csoreland.