The Sun.
London, England, 1859-04-29 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 29, 1859.

THE LONDON.—The attention of Clergymen,
-A- Officers, and Professional Gentlemen, is especially
drawn to the advantages offered in these elegant and spa-
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end club of the most aristocratic and exclusive character.

F. SAWYER, Proprietor, 191, Fleet-street.

THE LONDON.—S AW Y E R'S famous
LONDON DINNER, consisting. of two soups, two
fish, two entrees, joints, two sweets, cheese, and salad, at a
fixed charge of 2s. 6d. (attendance, 3d.), is served from Two
till Eight in the spacious Saloon.
In the Coffee-room, Dinners from theloint, with vegetables,
cheese, and salad, Is. 6d. (attendance 3d.), and soup, fish, en-
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An extensive and carefully selected stock of Rhenish, Mo-
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F. SAWYER, Proprietor, 191, Fleet-street.

THE PATRICIAN. This Establishment is
now Open for first-class DINNERS, LUNCHEONS,
dre. The PATRICIAN DINNER, in the large Dining-room,
at 2s. 6d., comprising Soup, Fish, Entrees, Joints, Pastry,
Cheese, dc. The Wines with corresponding; economy. In
the Coffee-room, Dinners and Refreshments ala carte. Spe-
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Orders, addressed to J. HOLMES and CO., The Patrician,
New Coventry-street, will have the best attention.'
N.B.—Wedding Breakfasts and Ball Suppers, with first-
class attendance.

SCOTCH AND PALE ALES. --JOHN
AITCHISON and Co., be to inform the Trade that
they have OPENED their NEW STORES at BROKEN-
WHARF, 41, UPPER THAMES-STREET, where their un-
rivalled Stock of Scotch and Pale Ales may be seen, tasted,
and found superior to any in the market.
J. A. and Co. will be happy to see any of the Trade at
Broken-wharf, and to submit them samples of the various
qualities.
Agent—JAMES STODART.

country ; and at the present time we have in England some
of the finest mounted corps to be seen in Europe.
Any one who has had the good fortune to see the Che-
shire, Shropshire, and Yorkshire regiments of yeomanry
cavalry assembled will scarcely dispute this statement.
There are hundreds of thousands of men in this country
who cannot afford the expense or trouble of keeping horses,
but who can all provide themselves with the most im-
proved rifles.
Shall it be said that such persons are less patriotic, or less
willing to devote themselves to the service of their country,
than the loyal and high spirited men who form the mounted
corps I have named, and many others equally efficient ?
Let us make a movement at once. Tki fine season is
rapidly approaching, most suitable for drill and exercise.
-Woolwich is one of the most desirable places in this king-
dom for mustering and organising a rifle corps.
Will the "men of Kent" and Surrey, within a moderate
distance of this place, decline coming forward at this event-
ful period, when their native land is threatened by the
most dangerous treaty " offensive and defensive" which has
ever existed in Europe ?
We can most of us purchase our own weapons ; but let a
fund be established to assist all persons to whom such an
outlay might prove inconvenient. I beg to offer £5O, or, if
necessary, £lOO towards such a fund.
The meeting for drill and exercise may be made a period
of amusement; and cricket matches, boating, and other
manly sports, may be enjoyed continually.
Government will probably provide a store, or magazine,
wherein to place the arms and accoutrements, and keop
them in proper order.
Other similar corps will soon be formed and organised all
over England. Manchester, Liverpool, Bristol, and other
great towns, can surely raise corps of 1,000 each.
Canterbury is another place to which the people of Eng-
land look with confidence for setting an example at this
moment. Combined with the annual cricket matches. for
which that city has become noted, this duty of preparing
for the defence of the sacred soil of England will be made a
" labour of love."--I am, &c., OBSERVER,
April 29.

nuously protest against such a mode of political con-
troversy.
No such treaties exist as the Times described
yesterday. It is not true that " Russia has bound
herself, in the event of France being at war with
Austria, to assist France by the co-operation
of her fleets in the Baltic and Mediterranean ;" it
is not true that any treaty secures "that, in case
Austria should invade Sardinia, Russia shall declare
war against ber within 15 days of her violation of
the Piedmontese soil." So far from having formed
combinations with Russia, which may affect the
Rhine and the Bosphorus, the French Emperor has
not been able to obtain, even if he has sought, the
co-operation of Alexander 11. on the Po. Many
Englishmen, we suspect, would hear with intense
satisfaction that " Russia had engaged to declare
war against Austria within 15 days of her violation
of the Piedmontese soil ;" but, unfortunately, it is
not litrue.

The convention or agreement to conclude a treaty,
just signed between France and Russia, belongs to
the same class of diplomatic documents as that
which England signed with Austria at an early
period of the Crimean war. That compact, it may
be remembered, never took effect, because Austria
at no time recognised that the conditions upon
which it was to become operative had come into
existence. The contingency upon which the
present agreement is calculated is, remote. It is
not directed against England, but it is intended to
ensure the neutrality of the rest of Europe while
France and Austria fight in Italy. Its aim is to
circumscribe the horrors and calamities of war by
confining hostilities to their original theatre,
between the Alps and the Mediterranean.
It is time to return to reason and to ourselves—
time to let the despots of Europe see dud we are
prepared at all. points, by sea and land, to defend
our own, but that we are not going to saddle our-
selves with taxes and our children with debt, nor
to stain our consciences with blood, in order to
bolster up their rotten thrones. An opportunity is
afforded us of showing the world that we have
really profited by the lessons of history and expe-
rience, and are not going to repeat the melancholy
errors of former days. We have among us stupid
statesmen who blunder into alliances and enmities
before they know where they are, and we have also
able statesmen, scarcely less dangerous, whose am-
bition is to direct great wars, and make a figure on
the stage of the world. If the country can be saved
from such perils, it must be by its own practical
good sense. The questions of foreign policy now
before the country are easy to understand, and so
is the state of Europe. Now is the time, while the
people are sending their representatives to Parlia-
ment, to make known that, while to us one despot
is much the same as another, we are determined
that not a drop of an English sailor's or soldier's
blood shall be spilt in their quarrel.