The Sun.
London, England, 1860-06-22 00:00:00

that long range which, when it was first talked of
by poor Captain WARNER, was regarded by many
as something synonymous with the palling of the
long bow. War, in point of fact, is as different
now-a-days from what it was during the campaigns
cf the Great NAPOLEON, as it was during that first

LATEST

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Napoleonic era dissimilar from war in the days of

CAESAR and ALEXANDER.

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There has been too much said, however, about the
extraordinary facilities afforded for an invasion of
these shores by the advance by sea and by land of
these wonderful modern improvements. It has been

forgotten that what has been lost by us on one side
has been gained by us on the other. If the Channel,
for example, can now be passed over rapidly, and,
at the same time, independently of wind and
weather, by a war fleet conveying an army of in-
vaders against us from the shores of the European
continent, have we on our side no compensative
advantages ? Let our intelligent correspondent
" Nautilus " answer, through one pertinent frag-
ment of his recent communication. "No doubt,"
he wrote to us on the 18th, " that, since the intro-
duction of propulsion by steam, great facility is
given to an invading force coming by sea." Add-
ing, "But I firmly believe that, as the like advant-
age is possessed by the ships of the country to be
defeaded, there is little or no gain to the invaders
now, as compared with the time when both fleets
had to depend only on the wing for locomotive
power, whilst the rapid transit by railway, and
speedy communication by electric telegraph, would
secure the concentration of a large opposing force,
much more rapidly than troops could be disem-
barked, even if unopposed in landing—which im-
munity would scarcely be accorded to them. Taking
all this into consideration, we may safely rest as-
sured that to effect a successful invasion of our
shores would be even more difficult than it was
prior to the introduction of steam." Now, this is
no mere idle phantasy. It is a simple, rational,
perfectly comprehensible calculation. At the same
time—it is incumbent upon us that, while this is
undoubtedly so, we on our part should keep pace
with a proportionate increase of energy with the
expansion and wultiplication of these same won-
drous improvements. And it is precisely this that
we are actually now doing. It is because of our
energetic determination' not to be outstripped by
any contemporary Power in this grand modern era
of scientific improvement that we are spending,
during a single year of peace, £30,000,000 upon
our war establishments ! That we are rifling all
our cannon ! That we are reconstructing our
navy ! That we are organising a national guard
among our civilians, under the name of the Rifle
Volunteers ! That we have been overhauling our
gunboats ! That we have been industriously fabri-
cating floating batteries ! That—still maintaining
intact our alliance with France—we have sum-
moned a noble Channel Fleet once more into exis-
tence ! Let us not slacken these great efforts.
Let us rather be heartened in them by the recol-
lection of what Mr. COBDEN himself has admitted,
that for every two war vessels possessed by Franee
we should take care to have at least three—so as to
keep up the numerical preponderance that is essen-
tial for the maintenance of our maritime supremacy.
Upon that supremacy our existence as one of the
great ruling powers of the world is dependent.
Should we now lose that supremacy our vast colo-
nial empire would fall asunder, the imperial sceptre
of England would crumble to dust within the grasp
of the Sovereign, the aegis of cur dominion would
be penetrable to the thrust of the invader's sword,
the palladium of our rights would be irretrievably
lost or irreparably shattered. Britannia would be
but a same—and the world would hold in our re-
gard little more than the memory of our wondrous
tripartite constitution.

The painful case which has occupied the Court of
Queen's Bench for the last few days, is at length
happily brought to a close, much to the satisfaction
of the public, and to the well established honour of
Lord LLANOVER. Of the plaintiffin the case we shall
say nothing in aggravation, further than quoting
the remarks of his able counsel, Sir FITZROT
KELLY, who said that " the plaintiff was entirely
innocent of the charges preferred against him ; at the
same time he must say he had beea guilty of acts
of such a grave character that justified many of
the rumours that prevailed, and the noble defen-
dant was not at all to be blamed, from his position
in society, for pursuing tho course he had done.
The learned Judge agreed with Lord LLANOVER
that he was justified, from the rumours in circula-
tion, for taking the course he had adopted, and
said there was no blame whatever on his
Lordship's character, in which we, and, we have
no doubt the public will cordially agree. Lord
LLANOVER'S character and political tendencies are
beyond all praise. We heartily wish he could in-
noculate many of his old (new) compeers with a
little of his own liberal views.

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THE -SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENiN

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The following telegrams hare been received at
Mr. Reuter's office :

VIENNA, JUNE 22.

In yesterday's sitting of the Council of the Em-
pire the Emperor accorded to the Italian members
of the Council permission to speak in Italian.
Instead of Count Barcoczy, Signor Petrino has
been elected as member of the Committee of the
Register of Landed Property.

BADEN-BADEN, JUNE 22.

It is now an incontestable fact that the Prince of
Prussia particularly insisted on the presence of the
reigning Duke of Saxe Coburg Gotha at the inter-
view of the German Sovereigns with the Emperor
of the French.

The Prince Regent insisted upon the Duke's
presence, because, as a German Sovereign who is so
intimately connected with the Royal Family of
England, he could, having been a witness, inform
the Court of St. James's of all that passed in that
interview, and would be enabled to state that the
interview in question, far from being a subject of
mistrust for the other great Powers, was a fresh
guarantee for the peace of the whole of Europe.

BERNE, JUNE 22.

In view of an approaching Conference on the
annexation of Savoy, the Federal Council has con-
fidentially proposed to the great Powers a new
combination, to be substituted for the stipulations
of Article 92 of the final act of Vienna.

MARSEILLES, JUNE 21.

TURIN, JUNE 21

FRANCE.

PARIS, THURSDAY,

RAILWAYS.
Cash. Account.
Orleans 1340 .. 1338 75
Northern
New ditto 866 25 .. --
Lyons and Mediterranean 878 75 .. 876 25
Geneva 4OO .. 400
Southern 517 60 .. 517 50
Western
Eastern
Sardinian
Austrian
Lombard

The proposition of the Federal Council com-
mences by stating that, after the annexation of
Savoy to France, the neutralisation of Fauoigny
and Chablais would be of no practical use whatever
for the maintenance of the neutrality of Switzer-
land. In order to attain this object, Switzerland
claims such a portion of territory as might be tra-
versed in a two hours' march, and which, sur-
rounding the Lake of Geneva, would form a bul-
wark between Switzerland and France. The Swiss
diplomatic agents abroad are charged to recommend
a similar combination for adoption by the Great
Powers, and more especially by England, who has
already taken the initiative in a similar proposal,
but which demanded a far more considerable ter-
ritorial cession,

The following advices from Constantinople to
the 13th inst. have been received here, and are for-
warded under reserve:—

" Sanguinary disturbances had taken place in
Albania. The dragoman of the Austrian Consulate
had been assassinated at Scutari.

" The Albanians, in virtue of their privileges,
dating from the time of Iskander (Alexander), had
refused to pay the taxes or to contribute to the
conscription, both of which the Christians refused
to bear alone.

"It was rumoured that a despatch had been re-
ceived announcing the outbreak of an insurrection
at Smyrna and the assassination of public func-
tionaries, but the correctness of this news was
doubted.

" The Grand Vizier had arrived at Schumla.
On his journey thither he dismissed or imprisoned
several Turkish and some Greek functionaries for
abuse of their authority.
" The Porte had sent Vely Pasha to Beyrout as
Extraordinary Commissiouer, in order to institute

an inquiry.
" Namick Pasha had been appointed commander
of the forces in the Lebanon, to which district two
steamers were to havo transported troops, but Want
of money caused the project to be abandoned.

" The army was exasperated at not having re-
ceived its arrears of pay, and a military revolt was
apprehended.
" The Ambassadors had concerted and sent iden-
tical instructions to the different consuls in Syria,
in order to prevent fresh disasters.
" 1,500 houses had been burnt in the Turkish
quarter of Constantinople."

Accounts from Genoa state that the circumstances
connected with the capture of the two Garibaldian
vessels are in a great measure. confirmed. The cap-
ture took place between the Isle of Elba and Pianosa.
The American Consul at Genoa has sent a report on
the subject by telegraph to the United States Am-
bassador at Naples.

The last bulletin respecting Prince Jerome is as

" VILLXGENS, 21ST, 7 a.m.—The state of Prince Jerome
is still exceedingly grave."

BOURSE, June 21.—The market has been steady,
but with very little doing. Threes, after having
been done at 68f 55c, improved to 68f 70c ; Mobilier
varied from 675 f to 677 f 50e ; Orleans, 1,335 f to
1,337 f 50c ; Lyons, 875 f to 877 f 50c; Austrian,
526 f 25c to 527 f 50c.

The following are the last quotations :-
41 per per Cents ... 97 Credit Foncier B3O
Do end month.... ;Belgian 41 96 50
3 per Cents
Do. end month 6B 75 Roman
Bank Shares ......2840 —lAustrian
Credit Mobilier.... 675 Spanish Threes —
Do. Account 673 75 Home Debt

.E ST. BAR.V.AB4IS CTIURCII DISP UTE,

JUDICIAL COMMITTEE OF PRIVY COUNCIL.
BEAL V. THE HON. AND REV. R. LIDDELL, M.A., IN-
CUMBENT OF ST. PAUL'S, KNIGHTSBRIDGE, AND ST,

BARNABAS, PIMLICO, AND OTHERS.--IMPORTANT

JUDGMENT.
His Grace the Archbishop of York, Lord Kingsdown,
Sir Edward Ryan, Sir J. T. Coleridge, and the Lords
Justices Knight Bruce and Turner sat in the Council
Chamber, Downing-street, this morning, for the purpose of
hearing an application from Mr. James Beal, in reference
to a monition from the Judicial Committee, directed to Mr.
Parkes and Mr. Evans, who were chapel wardens of St.
Barnabas at the time it was issued, ordering them to re-
move certain articles, such as crosses and other ornaments,
from the church. That order was not carried out, all the
objectionable ornaments still remaining.
Mr. Stephens, QC., who appeared for Mr. Beal, asked
the Judicial Committee to amend the monition by striking
out the names of the churchwardens, Messrs. Parker and
Evans, and allowing it to go to the present churchwardens.
He argued at considerable length that the Judicial Com-
mittee clearly intended that the monition should go to the
churchwardens as a corporation, and he now sought from
the Connell an affirmation of that view.
Lord Kingsdown, after consulting the other members of
the Council, said they were of opinion that the monition
should be amended in the way prayed for, and granted the
application.
This is a triumph for Mr. Westerton's party, many of
whom were in court during the Froceedings.

The Prince Consort, the King of the Belgians,
Prince Arthur, the Princ6sses Helena and Louise, and the
Count of Flanders, went to the ffower•-show in the Royal
Botanic Gardens, Regent's -park, on Wednesday morning.
THE "LEGITIMATE" WIFE OF THE KING OF
DENMARK.—The proposed interview between the Monarchs
of Sweden and Penniark has been on the point of being
broken off, in consequence of the refusal of the former to
see the• mistress of the Danish Sovereign, the notorious
Countess Danner. At last it was agreed that neither King
Charles, lior King Frederick, nor any of the Danish Princes,
who are to be present, will take their spouses with them,
and the interview will be quite a masculine one.