The Sun.
London, England, 1858-03-26 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 26, 1858.

' very worst consequences. The capture of Delhi
was confessedly the turning point of the war. Let
us recall our sensations before and after the news
of this great military exploit reached us. Before,
there was a general anticipaton of widespread eala-
mity. Every mail was looked for with trembling.
Even the Government did not venture on any
favourable prediction. The Opposition openly
expressed their fear of a general rising of India, the
revolt of the Sikhs, the mutiny of the Bombay and
Madras Armies, and the necessity of a complete
reconquest of the country, without a single native
ally. But the capture of Delhi dispelled every
fear for our eventual success. We knew then that
India was saved. Popular attention turned to
the position of the inmates of the Lucknow Resi-
dency, and though, doubtless, the fate of some
hundreds of our countrymen and countrywomen
was a legitimate cause of anxiety, yet so great an
interest in the fate of individuals was a sign that
the existence of the Empire was no longer threat-
ened. The fall of Delhi confirmed the Mahratta
Rajahs in their allegiance, calmed the excitement
in the Bombay and Madras Presidencies, and in-
duced the Nepaulese Prince to take the field. And
was all this to be recompensed by 36 rupees, as the
men in their vexation wrote upon the walls of
Delhi ? Such treatment would have given little
encouragement to those who are to garrison India
for many years to come, and who, after the recon-
quest of Oude is complete, must bear the burden
of sepoys work until another native army on which
we may fairly trust is organised.
The grant of a baronetcy to the son of Sir H.
Lawrence, with a pension of 1,0001. a-year from
the East India Company, is another concession to
popular feeling. Indeed, the strongly-expressed
opinion of the nation seems to have been the
cause of a much more liberal distribution of honours
than was at first intended. A fitting reward to the
family of such a man as Henry Lawrence could
hardly be withheld when it was resolved that
generosity should be the order of the day. The
able administrator of Oude and the organiser of
• the defence of Lucknow had claims on his country
which his premature death only made more
sacred. When it is considered how liberally
honours are dispensed at home, it cannot be
thought that the rank of a baronet is too great a
reward for the son and representative of one who
stood so high on the roll of Indian heroes.
" The public may fairly be congratulated on hav-
ing attained these three objects. Concessions of this
kind are generally wrung from new Ministries, and
it is very likely that we shall have a few more of
them. We, of the public, of course, are ready to
take all we can get ; the Tories may be as liberal and
popular as they like ; whether they are consistent is
the concern of their broadacred supporters, and not
ours. If they wish to reckon their tenure of office by
anything more than weeks, it must be by the prac-
tice of the vigorous and liberal policy of which we
have given these three instances."
Another PALMERSTONIAN organ, the Morning
Post, has adopted a different line. It advises and
counsels the Cabinet,
,has est ab hoste doeeri, and
therefore Lord DBBBY should receive his in-
spiration from his antagonist. The Post is his
monitor, and its opinions must be received with
" bated breath and deep humility." There
should now be an " uncontrolled Secre-
tary of State for India." The bugbear
of Crown, or, more properly speaking, Minis-
terial patronage, is no longer to be dreaded.
The rock which Lord PALMERSTON so cautiously
avoided is to be sought after by Lord DERBY.
We confess that, under existing circumstances,
we see no great danger resulting from
this patronage. We believe it would be
administered as well and as beneficially by
the Government as by the Directors, or any
council that may be substituted in their place.
We shall not, however, blame the Government
for respectingeven the untenable scruples that have
been put forward, and venture to predict that the
measure which within a few hours will be
submitted to the House and the country will be
something very different from that so strenuously
and so disinterestedly recommended by the PAL-
MERSTONIAN organ.

There must always be a species of guerilla
warfare carried on to a certain extent in both
Houses of Parliament. We cannot object to the
skirmumen or uuvr.l,3, ur w .071a.g00 of oom-
plimenta in the military fashion between " light
bobs" and " triailleurs.' It is perfectly correct
that they should at one moment fraternise, and

:he next be prepared to worry each other. But

the heavy artillery altoull never be engaged
where " pop-guns" would be more appropriate
weapons. A NASIITTH'S hammer may be so
admirably constructed, and tap so gently, as to
fashion a tenpenny nail, but there would be a
great waste of power in so doing, and no judi-
cious manufacturer would resort to such instru-
ments.

"To compare small things with great," we
may see similar inconsistencies in the political
world. The Ex-leader of the House of Lords—
the quond6m President of the Privy Council,
hurled a few tormenting missiles against those by
whom his colleagues were superseded. And for
what ? Simply because they had followed in the
track indicated by their predecessors. It was the
to quoque argument. Ws treated the Company
badly, but you were by no means better, and
therefore you also merited censure.

No one could administer a more appropriate
rebuke to this Parthian hostility than Earl GREY.
He, courted by Whig and Tory, Conservative and
Radical—the independent Peer, who, like HARRY
Gow, "fought for his own hand," and could,
without inconsistency, exclaim, " A plague of
both your houses," recognised the gross impro-
priety of Lord GRANYILLE'S attack on his oppo-
nents, and implied defence of his own and his
coadjutors' policy.
A more suitable occasion might surely have
been selected. The Indian question will be ven-
tilated this evening in the House of Commons,
and every discontented legislator will have full
time to sharpen his weapons during the recess,
and a certain opportunity for discharging his
shafts. It would have been more dignified and
courteous on the part of Earl GRANVILLE, and far
more judicious, to have bided his time, and avoided
such an inopportune and premature movement.
He should also have shown some gratitude for the
forbearance of his opponents during many sessions,
and perceived the possibility of a Roland in the
Derbyite camp that might fairly be matched with
the Palmerstonian " Oliver."

Lord DERBY accepted his share of the censure
which Lord GREY impartially administered, but
in so doing he was really heaping coals on his ad-
versary's head. There was nothing that could be
fairly alleged against himself or any of his more
prominent and influential followers. Lord
GRANVILLE could not have justified his
coune by any example on their side. We
need not further refer to such unseemly contests.
If well-founded complaints respecting the con-
duct of either Ministry to the East India Com-
pany can be preferred, there will be a suitable
occasion for their discussion ! That should be
waited for, and there should be no petty onslaughts
in the interval which may annoy, but cannot
seriously injure, either party.

ORDER OF THE GARTER.--Her Majesty the Qaeen held
a Chapter of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, ye,.
tArday afternoon, at Buckingham Palace. The Duke of
..annodur thoe.....9ueen was
Wellington was introduced, and was conducted between
Garter and Black Rid to the Sovereign. His Grace
knelt graciously pleased to confer
of ~.s_vo4.
_: le.ntgllthood upon his Grace. The Duke
ver4-41,
an:der:sat conducted in like manner to the So•
Knighthood.
ce ved from the Queen the honour of
Her Majesty,. atteuid lav
the Hon. Missee Herr4ar - the
,Countess' of Cal .
Lord Colville, honoursdatht tZeVit'hel. Lord Raglarted""
Theatre with
her presence ie-th ovresnoe at the Olympic 1
e evening.
His Royal Highness the Prince Consort I
ofwith his presence last evening the opening he T. \
IJames's Hall. His Royal Highness was attended by ti 4
Margins
• of Abercorn, Lord Bagot, Major
and Captain the Hon. D. de Roe. Geri. Wyldr,

SURREY TBEATRE.

Miss Goddard, the celebrated tragic actress, had
last night an opportunity of increasing her already
well-earned popularity as a highly-finished deli-
neator of Shakspearian characters. The role she
sustained on this occasion being that of "Hamlet,"
a character hitherto pourtrayed by male actors ;
yet her magnificent reading—at once bold, clear,
and lucid—coupled with her thorough knowledge
of stage business, at once stamped her success as
I complete. At the fall of the curtain she was called
to receive the well-earned plaudits of a crowded and
delighted audience. We predict for this lady a
high position in the walks of tragedy.

L &TEST NEWS.

THE CHINA MAILS.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)

SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY MORNING}.

The Cohmbo steamer, Capt. Field, has arrived
with the mails from China, Ceylon, &c. ; those
from Calcutta having been lost in the Ava.

She left Alexandria on the 13th ; Malta, 17th ;
Gibraltar, 21st.

The Colombo brings 107 passengers, among
whom are the following from Lucknow :—Lady
Inglis, Mrs. Bruene, Mrs. Ruggles, Mrs. Ap-
thorpe, Captain Lawrence, Lieut. Powell, and
Lieut. Cook.

On freight she has 111 packages specie, value
not stated, 263 bales cotton, 37 boxes valuables,
and general cargo of fruit, (gze.
Gibraltar exchanges on the 20th were—Lon-
don, 49; to 50 ; Paris, sf. 30c. ; Marseilles, sf.
30c.

The Colombo spoke Indus, steamer, on the
15th ; Malabar, steamer, on the 19th ; schooner,
Pride Of the Seas, on the 20th, lat. 37.12 N.,
long. 1 E. ; ship, Storm Queen, on the 24th, lat.
45.20 N., long. 8.10 W.

FRANCE.
PARIS, THURSDAY.
A Council of Ministers, at which the Emperor
presided, was held yesterday at the Tuileries.
The Minister f the Interior and of General Safety
has addressed a circular to the prefects of depart-
ments on the subject of passports. Alluding to the
established principle that any traveller, passing
from ono State to another, mu.t be provided with
a national passport vise-ed by an agent of the power
over whose frontier he wishes to pass, the minister
states that the police measures founded on this
rule have, of late years, been so relaxed that
serious inconveniences have resulted. It has beer,
therefore, found necessary to return a more
strict observance of previous regulations rela-
tive to passports and their visa by the proper autho-
rities ; for which purpose an understanding has
been come to between the departments of the In-
terior and of Foreign Affairs. The circular then
goes on to give the new regulations adopted, which
are in unison with those which we publish from the

Acet,rding to a Paris letter in the Nord, Lord
Wodehouse, the English Minister at St. Peters-
burg, has resigned.

Prince Jerome was able yesterday, for the first
time, to walk a little on the terrace.
Tue following telegraphic despatches have been
received here :

MARSEILLES, March 24.—Intelligence from Constan-
tinople to the 11th confirms the statement that Fuad
Pacha has been named plenipotentiary to the congress of
Paris. A despatch was received in the Turkish capital
from London to the effect that Lord Stratford de Rad-
cliffe would return to Constantinople to take leave of
the Sultan. A catastophe has taken place at Damascus,
several houses and bazaars having been crushed in by
masses of Fnow. The loss is stated to be very consider-
able. The Official Gazette of Persia expresses its satis-
faction at the friendly intercourse existing between
France and the Government of the Shah.
TRIESrE, March 25.--A Turkish screw line-of-battle
ship and two other vessels of war, having on board
3,100 troops, under the command of Kadri Pacha, ar-
rived yesterday in the bay of Kisk.
BERLIN, March 25.—The New Prussian Gazette de-
clares that the late Danish propositions are inacceptable,
in consequence of their containing nothing precise. It
demands from Denmark positive concessions, with a
guarantee for the accomplishment of the results of the
negotiations. The new regulations, relative to tele-
graphic communications, have been published.
BERNE, March 24. —The government of Neuchatel
has replied to the Federal Council that it should have
preferred not to have a French consulate at Chanlefonde,
but that it would yield to the decision of the Federal
Council on the subject.
BOURSE, March 25.—The following were the
closing quotations :

ti per Cents 93 40 Credit Foncier
Do. end month — Belgian 4
3 per Cent. ..... ... 69 90 Piedmontese (5)
Do. end month 69 95 Roman
Bank Slrtres ...... 3125 Austrian
Credit Mobilier ... 810 Spanish Threes
Do. Account Bll 25 Ilome Debt —

RAIL'
adcazam
Northern
New Ditto 7874

'AYS.

Lyon and Meditoran.
New Ditto B9O
Geneva

lYttc/t
Western 665
Strasburg
Grand Central

S,r,iinian
Austrian

SPAIN.

The Madrid journals of the 20th state that the
Queen had summoned to the palace the Duke de
Valencis (Narvaez) and Count de Lucena (O'Don-
nell), and that this had given rise to new reports of
a change of ministry being probable. The Govern-
ment intended, says the Espana, to bring in a bill
to make modifications in the system of sel cting
substitutes for the army. The sitting of the Con-
gress on the 20th was somewhat aDitated. M.
Mazo commented in sharp terms on some re-
cent nominations to honours and dignities made
by the Government. The President of the Council
said that he must loudly declare that it was
one of the prerogatives of the crown to grant
honours and dignities, and he protested against
any insinuations being made as to the manner
in which that prerogative was exercised. M.
Mu) replied, and M. Castro and other deputies,
in order to put an end to the matter, proposed
a motion to the effect that " the Chamber had
heard with pleasure the declaration of the Pre-
sident of the Council." M. Mazo was about to
again make observations, but the President of
the Congress interrupted him ; the public in the
tribunes then raised some clamour, and were ex-
pelled ; after which the motion of M. Castro was
adopted.

AMERICA.

LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY.
The Anglo-Saxon, belonging to the Montreal
Ocean Steamship Co.'s line of screw steamers, ar-
rived at this port to-day, with the mails from Ca-
nada. She left Portland on the 13th inst., and
brings 38 passengers, but no specie.
The Canada, hence, arrived at Boston oa the
12th March.

On the 18th inst. the Anglo-S txon received from
ihe French barque Eliz b, of Granville, the craw of
the French schooner, Joseph Portier, from Swan-
sea to Honfleur, which vessel foundered March 3,
off Land's End.

We have news from Belize, Honduras, to the 18th
ult. Mahogany scarce and high. The supply of
logwood was large at the nominal price of 16 dols.
Dry goods and provisions were very dull, and
there was very little money in circulation. No rain
had fallen from June, 1857, to data. The Legis-
lature had met in sessiou and passed a law for the
importation of a thousand coolies or satiny-A, if to
be had, from India. The small-pox was spreading
in the town. Two thousand Indians. from )(MA'
tan, bad visited the mthogany cutters on the Rio
Honda, but they retreated peacefully.
Mr. Bernhisel, the delegate to Congress from
Utah, has not very lately received any despatches
from Brigham Young on any subject. The rumours
that belligerent letters relative to the United Statt,s
troops had beau s:Jat to him from Utah are there-
fore incorrect.

The Council Bluffs Bugle, of the 31, says that
a Mr. Wingate had just arrived from Sait Lake,
Jan. 25, and reports that there is no snow in Silt
Lake Valley, and very little in the mountains.
He came by a route known only to the Mormons,
through the mountains, by which only horse-
men in single file can pass. The army has
not discovered any trace of it. The route passes
through perpendicular rods for thirteen miles, in
many places only three feet wide, and is completely
covered by a roof of rock. Mr. Wingate says thar
,the Mormons are manufacturing *mall cannon, with
percussion locks and telescopic sights, which will
carry a two-pound ball, will much more cert
than a common rifle, one hundred and twenty yards.
They are also waking five hundred revolvers, and
manufacturing a coarse kind of gu❑powder for
mining purpo,es. A skirmish had occurred between
a party of Mormons and a picket-guard of the
army, i❑ which two of the former and four of the
latter were killed. Mr. Wingate says that 13,1g-
ham Young is willing that the civil officers shall
come into the territory, and enter upon their duties,
but if the Utah army attempts to enter the valley
thef will be resisted. On the 24th of January,
Brigham Young preached to 9,040 people, all of
whom arose when he said, " All in favour of g:ving
the troops hell, rise."