The Sun.
London, England, 1859-06-01 00:00:00

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was so he wanted, to know why' it that we
wanted more soldiers. Why was 'it that, after
spending £22,000,000 annually to pay for national
defences, in the shape of a . standing army and a
powerful fleet, they should , invite the people (not
the non-electors, but gentlemen froth various parts)
to change their character from peaceable civilians
into martial heroes ? , Having discussed this part.
of his subject at some length, Mr. Bright went on
to say that he had a positive opinion that if we
were to spend £22,000,000 annually in defence of
an island, with a population of 32,000,000 of the
most martial and clever people on earth, with the
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greatest power.of mechanism at their hands—if
they. were united and resolved to keep their shores
inviolate from foreign foes—if they did all this, it
was for Ministers. to see. at the same time that 'the -ss----
people should not be called upon to arm themselves . , 0...,
in.cities, towns, villages, and parishes to meet a foe, 4 .
of whom they said there was now less chance of fir coming than there ever was, but who was always ,clfltuts ;-
coming but never came, for he believed that Louis :If '
Napoleon was himself bewildered at the periodical s ry' illusions which which seized the minds of the English ''•••I
people on this subject. After alluding to the pro- ej.j.tv :. .7 :
posed enrolment of volunteer corps the hon. gentle..--Astas3.!'
man said he was obliged to come to one of two cost_ TA.,'',
elusions ; either Government, while pretending 4.4
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peace, were looking forward to war, or believing • '31401
that there existed among the people a longing- for
military discipline and, perhaps, a little clamour,. ,„i
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the Government thought they should get a. little r ' -.•:
popularity by doing that which their predecessors -- -
had omitted to do. One important fad was that
they did not invite the non-do:lnn—the bone :
and sinew of the country—and ask them to rally' .
round their national flag in defence of their , home
and country. Li the way the. question had been
placed before the nation he could not regard it
but as 'an insult -to the working classes. , .•
Our past policy had been strongly condemned. •
The great Continental war left us an enormous
debt, and with a great amount of suffering among
the lower classes; it ended with the Treaty of
Vienna,_almost every stipulation of which had been
broken. . That treaty was made without any re-
ference to the rights of the people affected by it.,
Austria was one of those States—and they nowsaw
the fruits of the past policy of the Government of
this country—which was most powerful in regard
to that treaty. Etna and Vesuvius with their
volcanic fires were not more menacingto the people
of their slopes than had been the late disjointed
state of the people of Italy to the whole of Europe ;
there only wanted the opportunity, and that had
been afforded. Anglia had governed so sorely-
that she had not a single friend in the whole
Italian States. It was desired to bring about the
opportunity for a rupture, and it had arrived ; but
there was another thing for which we were re-
sponsible. The conclusion of the Russian war left
Louis Napoleon not only Emperor of France, but
arbiter of Europe, and, by our foolish and insane
policy, the little country of Sardinia—a country
not larger than Yorkshire or Lancashire, and not,
more populous—was puffed into the idea that it
was one of the great Powers of Europe. The war
having commenced, the question now remained as
to the duty of England. It might be true, and
doubtless it was true, that what Sardinia was
fighting for, was not for the people, not for the
King, but was for an extension of territory and the
growth of the kingdom of Sardinia by taking the -
territory at present under another; Power. What
France want d was best known to herself. Possibly,
from an ancient feeling of friendship to the Italian
States she had united herself to the Government
of Sardinia, while this country was in this happy
position, that our interest and duty ran exactly in.
the same channel and did not clash in the least. It
was not more our duty to keep out of this war than
it was to abstain from the smallest participation in
it. All agreed that it was difficult to express sym-
pathy for any of the combatants; at the same
time, it was impossible to divest their minds
of sympathy for the Italian people. While
we maintained a most rigid neutrality with regard
to Austria and France, we might at the same
time have a deep sympathy for Italian freedom,
and express to the world our resolution never to
interfere by blood or gold to maintain a foreign
Government, good or bad, or a foreign system of
government. He would not go into the question
as to what should be done next week with that
great public malefactor (as many persons deemed
him) the head of the present Administration. With
regard to the question of Parliamentary reform,
the hon. gentleman concluded by stating that he
would have nothing to do with it beyond that
which every member of Parliament must have to do
• with questions as they rose. He would have
nothing to do nor any special connection with the
support of any Government which was disposed to
play false with the people on this great question:
He was now, not less than he was five years ago,
in favour of peace between this country and the
othernations of the earth. 'With all their friend-
ships, commerce, and communication they might
give their sympathy to sufferers everywhere. He
felt they had met in evil times, but let them hope
for better days. They might meet agrin—he
trusted they would meet again—when the clouds
of war had passed away, and when they whom he
was now addressing as non-electors might have
their names enrolled on the list of the town. If
they hoped for better days, let them honestly, fer-
vently, and disiriterestedly work for them, and
they might trust that Heaven at last would grant
them. (Mr. Bright resumed his seat amidst
enthusiastic cheering.)
Mr. Bright spoke upwards of an hour. His speech
concluded, the proceedings of this "non-electors'
demonstration" were soon brought to a close.

LOUIS NAPOLEON AND VICTOR

B3I2IIANUEL.

If for a moment we can survey the great struggle
in Italy with the oalm eyes of a historian two cen-
turies hereafter, we may think the personal c ha-
racters of the two sovereigns allied for Italy tin be
worthy of special study, strikingly contrasted as
they are. A strange pair of hounds to hunt in a
leash together! Louis Napoleon we better k no*
as dark and difficult to fathom, unscrupulous and
apparently without conscience, but patient, cautious,
diligent in detail, long-headed, slow to act, but
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war he distinctly proposed to the English • Ministry
to restore Poland as a barrier against Russia.
The
advice was rejected. A hl
pamp et, notoriously
from Prince Napoleon, in favour of restoring
Poland, was published, to feel the pulse of Eng-
land ; but when it was coldly received here the
schen-I'e was of necessity abandoned. is a matter
of public history that when M. Drouy n de Lhuys
quailed at Vienna the French Emperor dismissed
his Minister, insisted on perseverance until Sebas-
topol should fall, and confirmed our wavering
Cabinet. When such was his obstinacy against
the solid empire of Russia, whose throne rests on
the attachment of nearly 50,000,000 peasants that
speak one language, he is not likely to vacillate when
matched against the rotten dynasty of Austria,
which cannot claim as loyal subjects one-fifth, per-
haps not one-tenth, part of the millions whom it
crushes—men of many tongues, bitterly remem-
bering the institutions of which they and their
fathers have been treacherously despoiled. At the
side of Louis Napoleon stands Victor Emmanuel,
having all the qualities which the ether has not.
Frank and open-hearted, generous and winning,
born to conciliate men's affection and trust, his
faithfulness has been tried by his subjects at a
most critical moment. In the reaction of 18491850
he might easily have re-established a despotic rule,
as did nearly all the other princes. Scarcely
.in.
Prussia could any real constitutionalism be main-
tained. The Austrian forces occupied even Ham-
burg. But Victor Emmanuel flinched not for one
hour, and he reaps the harvest in his people's love
and trust. He is known to be as brave as a lion,
having a certain physical joy in danger. What is
better, he is staking his crown for the deliverance
of Italy, and is thoroughly believed to be in earnest
when he says "he will gladly lose it if that end
be achieved." Such is the monarch into whose
hands Piedmont has zealously confided all, her
liberties during the crisis of invasioa—a magnani-
mous proceeding, highly conducive to
victory. A King of such a .temperament • h
iing t
be too rash ; but he is balanced bT
patient sagacity. Napoleon , Nap eon's
• inlgto t be tei npte
to some new treachery ; blt Victor Emmanuel will
take no part in it; and th •
e great army of Italy,
which will soon be formed, a '
eve.ted to the Sar-
dinian alliance, will secure that ...Napoleon shall not
be tempted by too great facilii
ies.—Daily News.

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Mr John Ware, residing iri Stubb's-build ings, West-street 2
Hull, had been afflicted Frith giddiness in the head off and
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is
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forerunner of paralysis and apoplexy*, and should never 1*
neglected, the

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