The Sun.
London, England, 1860-10-01 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER -I, 1860

or indeed that any one has a desire to restrain ! . ..
In all ways we have absolutely perfect freedom of
discussion on all subjects, in Church or in State : on
all matters of policy, foreign and domestic—on all
branches of social science, which includes every
branch of public interest, we have the most abso-
lute and uncontrolled freedom of discussion." If we
could but witness, as a later age must assuredly
witness, the diffusion of this absolutely per-
fect freedom of discussion beyond the shores of
the four seas surrounding this group of islands !
It is the aspiration—of how many millions ? It is
the aspiration more than merely latent, it is the
heartfelt prayerful aspiration glowiug through
every syllable of those burning words of Lord
BROUGHAM—words that can hardly fail to excite a
contagion of earnest longing wheresover tits), may,
even through the faintest echoes, be rendered
audible among the remota inhabitants of con-

tinental Christendom. It is this perfect freedom
of discussion which shines lambent here, like a
Pharos to the surrounding nations of the world,
from the height of the political tripod of our
mixed Constitution.

The first of OctoLer, 1860, must henceforth stand
as a red letter day with the inhabitants of Belgra-
via. The London, Brighton, and South Coast Rail-
way Company have this day opened their extended

West-end branch for traffic. In future all trains
will start from the Victoria Station, Pimlico, which
stands within about 400 yards of Buckingham
Palace. The Victoria may take rank for accommo-
dation with the first termini in London, of which
when completed it will be the most extensive ;
and it is well worthy of its aristocratic neighbour-
hood. This is an era to be commemorated by all
those in the western metropolis who travel by the
Brighton and South Coast Railway. It will also
form a new and commodious route to the Crystal
Palace, and to Wandsworth, Streatham, Balham,
Lower Norwood, Sydenham, Croydon, and all
the Surrey suburbs served by this line. From
to-day the length of the journey to Brighton is re-

duced one-half, aye, and. the worst half cut off; for
the London-bridge Terminus is but a half way
house to the traveller from the west of London.
This first half has to be performed under difficul-
ties, for who dares to calculate, within anything but
a very wide approximation, the time it will take to
navigate the city at three o'clock in the afternoon.
Ample margin must be left to be safe, and it is
not until the traveller finds himself in the railway

carriage that he feels he is in smooth water, ani
has a clear course before him. By the ex-
tension of this branch line to the Vic-
toria Station the directors of the Brighton
Company have conferred a great boon on
the West-end public; and too much praise cannot
be bestowed upon them for the prompt energy
which they have displayed in pushing forward
the work. Last March few but the initiated
would have supposed that it was possible to com-
plete the but half constructed girder bridge
across the Thames in so short a time ; and
those ignorant of the activity with which
the Grosvenor Canal was being converted
into a tramway could not have believed that
the extended line would be thrown open for
traffic in little more than six months. In future
the old station on the Surrey side of the river
will be closed for all traffic, except that of the
Crystal Palace and suburban districts. As it will
be some time before the South Eastern Railway
Company's proposed central terminus at Hunger-
ford Market is ready, and the new bridge built,
they will doubtless avail themselves of this branch
and make the Victoria Station their west-end ter•
minus, as hereafter that at Hungerford will serve
the London Brighton Company for their central
terminus. Thus, in a short time both the western
and central districts may be entirely independent
of the London Bridge Terminus, and by a divi-
sion of traffic, confusion will be averted and the
increasing business carried on with ease and
regularity.

The Revenue account for the quarter ending on
Saturday shows a decrease on the whole, as corn-
pared with the corresponding period of last year,
of £606,000. On customs there is a decrease of
about £688,000 ; on excise of £460,000 ; and on
the item of miscellaneous of £24,000. Against
this, however, are placed the following increases :
On stamps, £116,000 ; taxes, £20,000 ; income-
tax, about £407,000 ; post-office, £20,000 ; crown
lands, £3,500.

The account for the year exhibits an increase, as
compared with the previous year, of up wards of
£4,800,000.

HER MAJESTY'S RETURN FROM TIIE CONTINENT.

—From information received by the authorities at Graves-
end, her Majesty is expected to disembark at that town on
her return from the continent about the 20th inst.
The Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson arrived in town
on Friday night, and transacted business at the Board of
Trade on Saturday.
The Right Hon. W. Hutt left town on Saturday
for Gibside, near Gateshead.
STEAMER ON FIRE IN THE LIVERPOOL DOCKS.—
On Saturday morning, at an early hour, fire was discovered
in the hold of the screw steamer Palestine, in the Canada
Dock. Considerable apprehension was entertained for the
safety of both the ship and cargo, but after great exertions
the fire was subdued, but not bfore a good deal of damage
had been done.
NORTH ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.—Mr. Croskey,
of 84, King William-street, presents his compliments to the
Editor of The San, and begs to inform him that he has this
day received information of the surveying expedition from
one of the crew of the Fox (C. Allen, A. 8.), returned home
in consequence of an injury received by him by the acci-
dental breakage of the foretopsail yard. He reports all hands
on board well on the 31st August, at Reikavick, where they
had taken in coals and water, previous to leaving that day
for Greenland. The land survey of Iceland from Portland
to Reikavick had occupied 14 days, and was considered
satisfactory. Numerous photographs had been taken of the
harbours and groups of natives of Iceland, and he was in-
structed to state that full official despatches would be for-
warded by Lord Milton's yacht, Gipsy Queen, then at
Reikavick, and expected to sail for the Shetland Isles on
the 10th inst. Her Majesty's ship Bulldog had touched at
Reikavick and was expected shortly to arrive there on her
return to England.
THE RUSSIAN PRINCES.—His Imperial Highness
the Grand Duke Michael of Russia and suite left Torquay
on Friday morning by an early train, and arrived about 10
o'clock at Plymouth, where they were received by Mr. W.
Luscomo, the Vice-Consul, who accompanied the party to
the Royal Albert-bridge, whence they were conveyed in a
steamer to Davenport dockyard. The Grand Duke was
attended through the Royal Arsenal by Commander Brown,
and through the Keyham steam-yard by Commander
Biddlecombe. The Imperial party took luncheon with
Major-General Hutchinson, and after a drive through the
delightful grounds of Mount Edgcumbe, accompanied by
Lord Valletort, returned to Plymouth at 5 o'clock, and left
again for Torquay.
LAUNCH OF A LARGE VESSEL AT BLACKWALL.
A splendid iron steam vessel, built for the Peninsular and
Oriental Steam Navigation Company, at the works of the
Thames Iron Works and Ship-building Company, Orchard-
yard, Blackwell, will be launched to-morrow afternoon, at
a quarter past two o'clock. She will be fitted up as quick
as possible in the most complete manner, and will very
soon be ready for the conveyance of trails and passengers.
At the time of the launch she will be christened the Mool-
tan. The following are her principal dimensions :—Length
between the perpendiculars, 330 feet ; length of the keel
for tonnage, 311 feet 5 inches; breadth for tonnage, 39
feet ; burthen in tons, new measurement, 2,521, Her en-
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illness, I was preparing, as soon as I was able, to rejoin the
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On my arrival yesterday in Paris I read in your Journal a
letter signed Bosco and dated Capua, 14th, and extracted
from the Verona Journal. I share in the sentiments which
are therein expressed, and am proud at having them attri-
buted to me, but I did not write the letter in question.—
Accept, &c., Bosco."
The total of .E 1,179,694 in specie, brought by
where
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tained
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