The Sun.
London, England, 1856-05-27 00:00:00

THE SUM LONDON; TUESDAY EVENPNG, MA.Y 1856.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
Madllo. PICCOLOMINI.
THIS EVENING, (Tuesday, May 27), will be repeated
Verdi's highly successful Opera,
LA TRAVIATA.
Violetta, Mdlle. Piccolomini (her second appearance);
Alfredo, Signor Calzolari ; Barone Dauphol, Signor Vairo ;
Dettore Grenvil, Signor Baillou ; and Germont Giorgio, Signor
Bineveutano.
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To conclude with the new Ballet Divertissement,
LA MANOLA.
Madame A, Belion, Mdlles. Clara, Lezereux, Katrine, Pierron,
and Rosa ; M. Venefra and M. Vandris.
Applications for boxes, stalls, and tickets to be made at
the Box-office of the Theatre, Colonnade, Haymarket. The
Opera will commence at 8.
Madame Albertini has arrived, and will shortly appear.
Madlle. Marie Taglioni has arrived.

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.
Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith.
ENGLISH OPERA.
THIS EVENING will be produced
THE YANKEE HOUSEKEEPER.
After which,
IL TROVATORE.

To conclude with
THE YOUNG ACTRESS. ,

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Under the Management of Mr. Bankitons.

THIS EVENING,
THE EVIL GENIUS.
After which,
The Spanish Dancers.
Followed by
THE RIGHTS AND WRONGS OF WOMAN.
Mr. Buckstone and Muter Bundy.
To conclude with
THE POSTMAN'S KNOCK.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
Under the Management of Mr. CHARLES Bran.
THIS EVENING,
THE VICTOR VANQUISHED.
After which,
THE WINTER'S TALE.
Principal characters by Mr. and Mrs. C. Kean:

ROYAL THEATRE ADELPHI.
Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Wibster.
Directress, Madame Celeste.
THIS EVENING.
THE GREEN BUSHES.
Followe I by
A BOTTLE OF SMOKE.

ROYAL OLY\LPIC THEATRE.

Lowe and Manager. Mr. Alfred Wigan.

TIII3 EVENING
THE TRAGEDY QUEEN.

After which,

RETRIBUnoN.
To conclude with
STAY AT HOME.

ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.

Lessees. Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick.

THIS EVENING,
MARTIN CHITZZLEWIT.

To be followed by
A THITIIPI'SG LEGACY.

To conclude with
TWICE KILLED.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. Win. Cooke.
THIS EVENING,
The highly successful Romantic Equestrian Spectacle, called
THE HORSE OF THE CAVERN, or the Mounted Brigands of the
Abruzzi, in which Mr. William Cooke's Horses, trained by him, will
xhibit a number of novel and extraordinary feats.
After which,
The transcendently beautiful ACTS of HORSEMANSHIP in the
CIRCLE.
Te conclude with a TRIOMPHE EQUESTRE.
Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W.
West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
Tam DAY—Morn. 1 min. aft. 7—Evening 35 min. aft. 7
T)-Moaßow—Morn.l2 min. aft. B—Evening 54 min. aft. 8

WEA.THER—SUN OFFICE, iLklr 27.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
70 -highest since noon yesterday. •
53 -lowest this morning and during the night.
09 —this day at noon.
BAROMETER-29.85--falling.
WIND, S.W.—Light, with fine weather.

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LONDON, TUESDAY, MAY 27, 1856.

The Separate Treaty of the 15th of April
entered into by Austria, France, and England,
appears not only to have excited considerable
annoyance amongst the other parties represented
at the Conference, but excluded from any partici-
pation therein, and also to have occasioned the
rumours respecting a Secret Treaty of a still more
objectionable character—rumours that were only
set at rest by the declaration of Lord PALuER-
STON a week since in the House of Commons.
We confess that we cannot in auy degree sytupa-
thise with the complaints of Russia or Prussia,
and should, on the contrary, rejoice at any addi-
tional and more stringent guarantee that could be

obtained against the aggressions of the former, or
the time-serving neutrality of the latter.
But we do feel for Sardinia, which has been
seriously aggrieved by the manner in which she
has been dealt with by those who were still her
allies.

The words adopted in the 7th Article of the
Treaty of the 30th March are exactly those con-
tained in annex A, to Protocol No. 11 of the
Vienna Conferences. At the next meeting, that of the
21st April, 1855, Prince GORTSCHAKOFF, by cer-
tain explanations, frittered away its value, point-
ing out the very limited sense which he attached
to that engagement. He declared that he did
not attach to that guarantee the sense of an active
guarantee of the territorial integrity of the Otto-
man Empire. This restrictive interpretation
elicited expressions of deep regret from the Repre-
sentatives of the other Powers. It was palpable
that Russia contemplated at that very moment an
evasion of its provisions. This simple fact should
have placed the Plenipotentiaries at Paris on their
guard, and induced them to exercise a
salutary caution in insisting on a form that
would be more binding on the Muscovite
conscience—or, rather, which would leave no loop-
hole for wriggling out of the spirit of the engage-
ment. They had been fully warned. The protest
of Prince GORTSCHAKOFF had been duly recorded
in the Viennese Protocols.

The stipulation was therefore perfectly value-
less so far as Russia was concerned ; and it might
easily be conceived that on any dispute arising
the German Powers would take any view most
favourable to their own interests. It was, there-
fore, right to fix Austria as firmly as that shuffling
and double-dealing Power' would suffer itself to
be bound. We do not therefore object to the
matter so much as to the manner of that subse-
quent contract, and the slight which it Was calcu-
lated to indict on Sardinia, who had faithfully
and honourably discharged every obligation which
she had contracted, and had earned for herself an
indefeasible right to be made a party in any en-
gagement entered into by France and England.
It is true that the Treaty is not a secret one,
but it has been pertinently asked, " Whether it
was not intended by its authors to be so ?" The
Morning Advertiser explains the nature of the
accident that led to it 3 publication, and there is a
vraisemblance about the statement that induces us
to lend an easy credence thereto. A correspondent
of our contemporary declares the following
t• be a correct sketch of the events which
led to the frustration of this mischievous design.
" It would appear that Count ORLOFF, in the first
place, having his suspicions aroused, contrived to
obtain, surreptitiously, from an employe in the
Foreign-office at Paris, a copy of this precious
document. The Count, naturally infuriated at
this under-hand dealing and breach of faith on the
part of the Allies, gave vent to his indignation
with more vigour than discretion, and, ere long,
news of the wrathful ebullitions of the Russian
Plenipotentiaries was conveyed to the Tuileries,

and thence to the English Governmen t. In this fix,
that truly English Statesman, the Earl of CLAREN.
DON, finding that the cat was let out of the 1
bag, made a virtue of necessity, and fearing the
exposure in the German Press, such as led to the
disgrace of his predecessor at Vienna last year,
took the bull by the horns, and boldly, but in
silence, laid the Treaty on the table of both
Houses of Parliament. It is, Sir, to this clever
coup de main' of the Foreign Secretary that we
owe the ill-concealed astonishment of the Imperial
Moniteur, the undisguised jealousy and distrust
of Prussia and Sardinia, and, above and beyond
all, it is solely to this unworthy juggle that the
British House of Commons owe the presentation
of the Secret Tripartite Treaty of 1856."
The great error seems to be in letting Russia
out of the position which even the Viennese Re-
presentatives considered indispensable, and which
partly led to_the abortive result of the first Con-
ferences. Prince GORTSCHAKOFF considered the
blood of Russian subjects belonging to Russia
alone ; that is to say, that it should only be shed
in promoting the traditional policy of the House
of ROMANOFF, but not in maintaining the balance
of power in Europe. If others interpreted the
engagement in a similar manner it is obvious that
it would not be worth the paper on which it was
written. Why, then, should Russia be per-
mitted to avoid a responsibility which Austria,
France, and England deemed it necessary
to assume ? The separate Treaty proved beyond
the possibility of doubt how little dependence the
parties thereto reposed in the moderation or pro-
- mises of the AUTOCRAT, and their own deprecia-
tory estimate of the Precious Peace, for which the
people of Great Britain are expected to rejoice.
It also affords a pretext for dissatisfaction to
Russia and Prussia, of which they will not be
slow to avail themselves whenever a suitable

opportunity may arise.
But it is a direct and unwarrantable insult to
Sardinia. It was immediately after the ventila-
tion of the Italian question at the Conferences that
those who had been so faithfully assisted by Sar-
dinia chose to exclude her from their counsels,
and to patch up an arrangement intended to be
secret with Austria. Had that secrecy been
observed, —had it only oozed out that there was
a private treaty between the parties, it would
have been universally considered that it related
exclusively to the state and condition of Italy,
and must have operated greatly to advance the
views of Austria, and to injure the sacred cause of
which VICTOR EMMANUEL is the chosen champion.
The happy accident that brought the matter to
light has prevented the greater part o: the mis-
chief that might have arisen, but Sardinia may
still justly complain of th 3 positive insult, and the
contemplated injury. If applied to, she would
gladly have joined in the guarantee, and she has
• already proved the value of her alliance. We
suppose, however, her exclusion was owing to the
prevailing German influence, and the unfortu-
nate disposition to truckle to Austria, so fre-
quently and so painfully manifested since the
commencement of the Eastern difficulties.

The Marquis of BLANDFORD, Lord PALMER-
STON, and the Bishops ! What a singular misfit.
Had the subject been Italy or arbitration, and the
catechists Mr. GLADSTONE or Mr. GIBSON, that
would have passed ; or, had the subject remained
Bishops, and the Premier been Lord JOHN Rus-
SELL, that would have been appropriate ; he
would have deemed himself but too happy to be
the creator of any number of Bishops—cadet-
Bishops, if they would suit, or assistant-Bishops,
or sub-Bishops, or reversionary-Bishops, "feeding
the flock not for (present) filthy lucre," but for
the precio us mantle left by each successor of the
apostles on his beatification ; or supernumerary
Bishops unattached, ready, like chessman,' to be
moved wherever they were most wanted ; or, a
Bishop of Labuan or some other colonial rocks, if
a Bishop must have a local designation, whose
dioceses could certainly shift very well without
them. Lord JOHN would, we are confident, have
had a Bishop-making bill ready at twenty-four
hours' notice at any time. But Lord PALMERSTON
—what can he do in that line ? Had, indeed,
SIDNEY SMITH been living, he could have prof-
fered his brother humourist at' once for the ser-
vice ; but, to ask the joking Premier to pity and
to aid septuagenarian episcopacy—what can Lord
PALMERSTON care about so grave a subject ?
The Marquis of BLANDFORD, no doubt, was
serious enough. To what purpose were it for
him to get the ecclesiasiical parishes of England
as square and trim as United States' counties, if
the clergymen are to be " birched " and honoured
with " fools' caps " by octogenarian Bishops ? Hi-
therto age has merely kept bishops to their easy
chairs k they have quietly received their episco-
pal revenues, have enjoyed their otium cum, dig •
nitate, and, an adjacent Bishop, expecting him-
self one day to need similar assistance, has per-
formed the ceremonies, all whose validity depends
on the magic power transmitted from the apostles.
Thus the want of a Bishop has never been felt.
The House of Lords could spare him and his
diocese could spare him; the only persons aggrieved
were the select few who .wished him in a happier
world while their patron was Prime Minister.
In a recent case, however, age and irritability
have come on together. The Archbishop of CANTER-
BURY is over-anxious to drive the people to church
—in so far, that if they will not go there, they
shall not at least hear sacred music in unconse-
crated parks. But his suffragan of Bangor has
no notion of such over church-going. In his dio-
cese they shall have no double services at Church.
Let them well mark, learn, and inwardly digest,
one sermon, it will do them more goal than
two ; or let them have a frolic in the evening.
He of Lambeth would shut the Park gates if he
could, while he of Bangor will shut the Church
doors, whether rectors and curates like it or not.
One says—No band in the Parks on Sunday
evenings; the other says—No organ and choir in
the Church more than once a-day. One politely
constrains a Premier, in the face of the nation,
—the other furiously threatens a parish clergy-
man, and a member of the House of Commons,
and prints his scoldings too. It is hard to say
which injures religion most. We must, however,
think
that the ;Archbishop is the more dan-
gerous. Nititur in vetitum ; deny the people plea-
sure in one form on the Sunday, and have it they
wills Probably, in a worse ; tell them they shall
not have Church
open even if they wish it, and
they will rush to the conventicle. CANTERBURY
drives them to the public-house, BANGOR only to
a dissenting chapel.

Angry Bishops after all, even at four score, are
awkward beings to manage. Even an act cf
HENRYVIII., who had he been living would have
made it or some other serve, will not reach the
Bishop of BANGOR, since it provides that the
Bishop must ask for help ; and we have no King
or Minister now who can make a prelate ask as
humbly as could be wished. It is curious to
imagine the look of the TUDOR, if told that he
could not appoint a coadjutor because the Bishop
toould not ask. Not ask. Contravene the intent
of my act of Parliament ! He would reply—Tell
my Lord Chancellor to have a bill drawn and
passed forthwith, empowering the Read of the

Church to dismiss any of the Bishops at pleasure
—unless, indeed, the judges all pronounce that
he has the power already. Now, however, we
have changed all that ; and some gentle remedy
will have to be found for senile episcopal irasci-
bility ; if nothing else will do, a bill with some
money clauses in it will make all smooth. HENRY
VIII.'S Parliaments voted power to the Crown—
we vote it money ; it's all one eventually.
Mr. HADFIELD, indeed, ventured another sug-
gestion t• his lordship—that the present supply
of bishops would be quite adequate if they were
" relieved from attendance in another place." He
sympathised with the Noble Lord's loss of the
ecclesiastical services of the bishops, and with the
ill health which was the cause of it, but could not
undqrstand of what use they were in the other
house ; " he was sure there never was a measure
connected with the freedom and welfare of the
country which they did not oppose." To which
some honourable members said " Oh ! oh ! "—but
to which, forgetting all past ieforms opposed by
them, Lord JOHN RUSSELL and the Jews, and the
widowers desirous to find in a fond aunt a second
mother for their children, would say—" Hear !
hear !" It is an unlucky fact, but a fact, that,
with a few exceptions, rendered the more conspi-
cuous by the uniform conduct of the Bench.
Bishops have always been steady opponents of
liberal and popular measures. We should not be
surprised to find Mr. HADFIELD right in saying
that " if he were allowed to poll the members of
the Established Church of this country, a vast
majority would join him in soliciting that the
Bishops should be relieved from taking their seats
in the Legislature."
Anothersuggestion, which has bean made before,
was this time forgotten—to relieve them from
the care of managing the episcopal estates. Were
these put into the hands of an encumbered estates
court, the property sold, and the procrds funded,
a large increase of agricultural improvement,
episcopal leisure, and funds applicable to that or
any other purpose would soon follow. Bishops
could then be superannuated and pensioned on
moderate terms, and incomes still left for those in
actual service with which successors of ST. PETER
and ST. PAUL might well be content. Now,
why should not this be done at once ? If Bishops
be of any practical use their superannuation
ought to be provided for ; the country would
not endure a charge upon the Consolidated Fund,
but the episcopal fund itself is ample for the pur-
pose. Our Metropolitan Diocesan is, we fear,
already sinking under the care of his vast estates
and of his Church together ; an Episcopal
Estates Consolidation Act might be life from the
dead to him.

After what passed in the House on Friday
evening it is, we think, the duty of Government
to announce by placard that private houses are
not expected to be illuminated on the QUEF.N's
Birth-day, and that, as ample entertainment is
provided by the Government elsewhere, all such
mischief as has been frequently perpetrated on
similar occasions will, if attempted, be severely
dealt with. It will be inexcusable if the Govern-
ment first gets up an illumination to its own
praise and glory, and then indirectly levies a
black mail on its dishonoured subjects in the shape
of lamps, stars, candles, or broken windows.
Should any damage be done, the Treasury ought
to make it good, for it will have been done by
the masters pro term,. of the Treasury ; but Sir
GEORGE GREY and Sir RICHARD MAYNE may
easily anticipate the danger, and make the public
distinctly understand what is expected, and what
measures will be taken for its security.
After all, perhaps, there could not be a more
fitting Governmental commemoration of the peace
than that of Fireworks. An exhibition which
would go for nothing in the light of day, which
must be a deed of darkness—just the emblem of
Parisian secrecy, the much-lauded splendour
of which becomes invisible in the daylight of free
discussion and a t-ee press. And then the flash,
and all over !—dark as ever What does it
mean ? Why, a Peace which guaranteed all the
objects of the War ; but we open our eyes and
find that despotism still covers and curses the
earth, that the Press is threatened, Circassian
villages burnt, a treaty made with Austria and
Sardinia left out, and Italy, Hungary, and PSland
groaning still under their detestable oppres-
sors and unbearable oppression. Let rulers
illuminate if they will, peoples have certainly no
reason to do it.

MORE ROYAL VISITS.—We understand the Prince of
Prussia, father of Prince Frederick William, at present
tLe guest of her Majesty at this Court, may be expected
to visit this country in the course of a few weeks.
THE PRINCE OF BADEN.—We lear❑ by telegraph that
his Royal Highness the Prince Regent of Baden was
expected to arrive at Dover last night by the Garland,
and that rooms were prepared for him at the Ship
Hotel.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent left Osborne
at 10 o'clock yesterday morning, attended by the Hon.
Mary Seymour and Lord James Murray, and returned
to her residence,-Clarence House, St. James's.
Tho Countess de Persigny, owing to the ball to be
given to her Majesty at the residence of the Turkish
Embassy, will not be " at home" this evening.
The Duchess of Northumberland's party, at Northum-
berland House, which was to have taken place to-mor
row, is unavoidably postponed.

Lord Holland, who has lately been isuffering from
severs indisposition, is now out of danger, and rapidly
recovering.

Lord and Lady Edward Thynne have arrived in town
for the season.

Lord and Lady Muncaster have arrived at Thomas's
Hotel, Berkeley-square, from Yopkshit e.
General Reeve and Lady Susan Reeve have arrived
at their residence, in Cavendish-square.
In the course of the present month Mdlle. the Ba-
roness Sarah Louise Rothschild, third daughter of Baton
Anselme de RAhsehild, of Frankfort, will be united in
marriage with M. I. M. Montefiore, nephew of the Lon-
don barikPr of that name.

Lieut. Col. Deverell, from St. Lucia, had an interview
with Mr. Secretary Labouchere yesterday. Mr. Law-
rence o:iphant bad also an interview with the right hon.
gentleman at the Colonial-office.
Despatcbes were received at the Colonial-office, yes-
terday, from the Governor of Tasmania. Despatches
w(re sent to the Governors of Gibraltar and Malta, and
to the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands.
The bar silver brought by the last West India steal" e
was sold yesterday at 61d. par ounce, being a decline of

The gold brought by the Light of the Age, which was
telegraphed on Saturday from Sydney, consisted of
78,315 go vereigns (principally New South Wales Mint),
and 1.262 ounces of gold dust, waking a total value of
13,363/.

The Roxburgh Castle has arrived from Port Philip,
but her amount of gold has not been correctly ascer-
tained. Yesterday morning it was stated as 60,000
ounces, but it is now alleged not to exceed 12,000

ounces.
The committee of the Stock Exchange, being unable
to close that establishment on Thursday, in consequence
of the Transfer-offices at the Bank remaining open, have
arranged for business to commence at ten o'clock and to
terminate at two.
MI% HOLMES' CONCERT.—In our recent notice of this
concert we inadvertently stated that the fantasia "Fairy
Fingers" was the production of the father of Master
Allison, whereas it was the composition of his master,
Mr. Holmes.
THE MIDDLE TEMPLE.—We understand that John
Humphreys Parry, Esq., of the Old Bailey, is about to
take his leave of the Middle Temple, having been raised
to the dignity of a silk gown. The old and quaint cere-
mony of leave-taking will be performed this week in
the ancient and splendid ball of the Middle Temple,
upon which occasjon a feast will be given to the mem-
bers of the inn by the newly-elected sergeant.
TRINITY TERM, 1856.—At the public examinaii m f
the students of the inns of Court, held at Lincoln's-inn
Hall on the 19th, 20th, and 21st inst., the Council of
Legal Education awarded certificates of honour of the
first class to William Lambert Dobson, student of the
Middle Temple, and Wells Butler, student of Lincoln's•
inn. Certificttes that they have satisfactorily passed a
public examination were awarded to William Markby,
student of the Inner Temple ; Charles Beard Izard,
student of Lincoln's•inn ; Athelstane Willcock, student
of Lincoln's-inn • Charles A. W. Crump, student of the
Inner Temple ; Frederic Seebohm, student of the Middle
Temple, and Edward Bullock, student of the Inner
Temple.

LATEST NEWS.

BERLIN, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 26.
The Emperor of Russia is expected here before
he end of the week.
Count Nesselrode and Prince Woronzoff are

expected to arrive at Stettin td-morrow.

THE OVERLAND MAIL.
MALTA, MAY 22.

The Borysthene, French steamer, has just ar-
rived from Alexandria, which port she left on the
17th inst., bringing the Bombay Times' Overland
Summary of the 28th ult., which, as the Cal-
cutta Mail was not expected at Suez before the

18th instant, and consequently cannot reach
Alexandria so as to be despatched by the Ava. to
Malta before the 21st, is likely to anticipate the
intelligence by this latter some three or four days.
Profound tranquillity reigns throughout India.
There have been indications of another Moplah
outburst in India, and a detachment of Queen's
troops has been sent from Bombay to aid in sup-
pressing the commotion. The King of Oud.3 has
got as far as Benares on his way to Eagland, and
the Chief Khyrpoor has arrived at Bombay in

prosecution of a similar journey. Otide is per-
fectly tranquil ; not the slightest discontent hav-
ing manifested itself on a change of masters.
Fires have again been prevalent in Burmah.
The governors of India are at their respec-

tive seats of Government. The money market at
Bombay is easier. Exchange rapidly declining.
Import market dull. Cotton steady, a fair
amount of business having been transacted with
China. Freights firm, and looking up. A slight

improvement in all descriptions of securities.
From Malta there is nothing new. The Anglo-
Italian Legion continues quiet, but very discon-
tented at the limit placed upon their leaving bar-
racks, only three from each company, daily, being
allowed this privilege.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
BOMBAY MARKETS.
FROM THE 16TH TO 27TH APRIL, 1856.

The overland mail of the 26th of March was received
at Bombay on the 24th of April, per Peninsular and
Oriental steamer Malta :
Our money market during the fortnight has bec)me
decide Ily easier, and although the banks have made no
fiArther reduction in their rates of interest. we are still
of opinion the' a reduction in present rates must take
place soon. We have to report a slight improvement in
all descriptions of securities.
Freights have an advancing tendency, tonnage not
being abundant. We quote for cotton, to London, 4/.
to 4/. 2s. 6 1., and to Liverpool, 41. ss. For seed,
to London, 47. 53. For China several ♦essels have been
chartered at 14rs. per candy, but the rate has since ad-
vanced to 16rs.

Exchange—Only a small business has been done for
this steamer in first-class paper at 2-r. 111, and in local
credits and documents 2,. 21d. to 2s. 2 On Calcutta.
Company's bills, 60 days' sight, 99 ; Madras, 30 days'
sight, 991 ; China, 60 days' sight, 218 to 220.

THE PRECIOUS PEACE REJOICINGS.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Ma. EDITOR,—In reference to the rejoicings which
are about to take place on Thursday next, I shall be
glad if you can spare a corner in your valuable paper
for a few remarks from one of the "peoples" who has an
opinion, although that opinion is not likely to be re-
garded by the powers that be. I see the note of prepa-
ration going on in various parts of the metropolis for
illuminations, and other tom-fooleries, and that the Go-
vernment are trying, doubtless, to make the people be-
lieve that the occasion is a fitting one for the display
which is intended, and to reconcile them to the enormous
expense which has been incurred. lam one of those
who think that instead of rejoicing for such a "precious
peace" as has been patched up, we have been greatly
humiliated, and that it would be far more appropriate
to " put our house in mourning." I believe firmly that
the feeling of the great majority of the nation is decidedly
averse to any such manifestation, and that their wishes
ought to have been consulted before the Government
could be justified in incurring this expense. But as it
has been determined on without any such sanction, I
should like to know what steps the Government has
taken to protect the windows and property of those par-
ties who, like myself, do not choose to make a fool of
themselves, or act the part of hypocrites, by illuminating
their houses for a peace which they believe so humiliat-
ing and futile. The Premier has told us that, as far as
the Government is concerned, the illuminations are not to
be general, but he has not told us how we are to be com-
pensated for the loss and mischief which we may suffer
from the mob of ruffians and blackguards that will natu- '
rally be congregated on such an occasion, lior even how
we are to be protected against their violence ; and as we
are debarred from taking the law into our own bands,
and repelling force by force, we are left open to all the
consequences. The Government has shown some tact
in the choice of the day—the celebration of the birth-
day of the Sovereign—when it is usual for the royal
tradesmen, and many other toadies, to set an example of
loyalty by illuminating their houses ; besides calcu-
lating on the delight that John Bull exhibits for such
displays:—
" Great joy to London now !" says some great fool,
" When London had a grand illumination,
Which to that bottle-conjuror, John Bull,
Is, of all dreams, the first hallucination ' •
So that the streets of colouv'd lamps are full,
That Sage (said John) surrenders at discretion
His purse, his soul, his sense, and even his nonsense,
To gratify, like a huge Moth, this one Sense."
All the public and Government offices will doubtless
be lighted up, and making others through fear of the
consequences ; and all this will be put down as the peo-
ple's approval of the "precious peace" patcted up by
the Government, of which we shall probably hear them
making a boast in the two Senate Houses !
You have, Mr. Eaitor, contributed powerfully to ex-
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pose the unsatisfactory nature of the "precious peace "
which the Government, at this late hour, iv about t
force the people to rejoice for, or take the consequences,
and you must have the satisfaction of feeling that
throughout a great portion of the country your senti-
ments hava been echoed. The plain truth is, we have

nothing to rejoice for, but, cn the contrary, deeply to
mourn the loss of the flower of 0,3 r precious army, and
the many brava and gallant souls who have so nobly
sacrificed their lives, for which wa are left without the
sl;ghtest c mpensation, and the great enemy of liberty—
the provoker of the war—instead of being humiliated and
compiled to give some " material guarantee" against
his agrires,ive and ambitious projects, is left almost un-
scathed and free to follow out, at no very distant period,
the nolicy of his predecessors' tyranny
"It makes my blood boil, like the springs of Hada,
To see these scoundrel Sovereigns break law."

The " peoples" entered into this war in right good
earnest, confiding in the justice of their cause ; opened
their purse-strings freely, and notwithstanding the se-
vere sacrifices, borne with exemplary fortitude, perse-
vered in their determination for another conflict with
the enemy, and when their effort; were on the point of
being crowned with success, and they had given the
Government ample means to dictate their own terms,
our diplomatists step in and patch up a dishonourable
peace, without consulting their wishes, but, as I fear, in
deference to the German influence so paramount in oar
court and councils. After doing such an act, and shut.
tieg the door to all chance of retrieving our past misfor-
tunes, and gaining those seccesses we had a right to ex-
pect, we moke a foolish display of our undiminished re-
sources at Spithead, at which our enemy must have
" laughed to scorn 1" And these are some of the things
for which we are called on to rejoice, and "throw up
our greasy caps and shout 1"
We have restored ever .thing to our enemy, and
gained nothing but an addition to our national debt,
and if the "precious peace" lasts only a few years
(which I doubt), our fl3et of gun-boats which have cost
such an enormous suai, will rot in our ports and har-
bours without having done any service beyond the porn•
pous display made in presence of the Sovereign and her
faithful Lords and Commops.
. Da' Mr. Editor, endeavour to persuade the people not
to make fools of themselves, by giving their sanction to
the tom-fooleries provided for next Thursday, but rather
to spend their money in aid of the Widows and Orphans
of our brave Heroes who have been sacrificed in this
war, which has left us no redeeming points, and you
will merit the thanks of a large portion of the commu
nity, as well as

Your obedient servant,
Southwark, May 2G, 185 G. DIOGENES.