The Sun.
London, England, 1866-07-10 00:00:00

Should we desire Prussian Success ?

The ;nterested or prejudiced advocates of a bad
cause, in excusing admitted errors, generally give
us to understand, that an early, if not immediate,
reform is certain. We had the strongest passible
historical example of this in the late American war.
Persons in England who claimed to be the most un-
compromising abolitionists, maintained the cause of
the slaveholders, and urged as one of their most co-
gent reasons that if the Government were success-
ful slavery would stand, but if the slaveholders
were successful, And made themselves perfect mas-
ters of the situation, they would be sure, out of
their natural chivalry and love of freedom, to
abolish slavery of their own accord.

We presume that the same class of arguments
will be urged in favour of Prussia as soon as the
conflict developes sufficiently for people to get their
prejudices thoroughly enlisted. In fact very many
German Liberals are now going for Bismarck and
the war, on the ground that when the Prussian
dominions are sufficiently enlarged, Bismarck will
be sure to give their rights to the people, or else
the King will find another Premier.

We think it just possible that this may be an in-
couect conclusion. It seems to us that when Bis-
marck shall have consolidated his power by success,
when great armies in the field have learned implicit
obed'ence to his commands, when the people are
poor, weak, and exhausted by the war, when new
and disaffected provinces furnish fresh excuses for
acts of stern repression,—then it will be the worst
tune in the world for the Prussian people to hope
to obtain their rights of Count Bk-narck, or a new
and a more liberal Premier in his stead.

The complete suceess of Prussia necessarily in-
volves the success of the policy of Count Bismarck.
That policy clearly is to make, of all North Ger-
many at least, a consolidated despot;sm under the
d'rect sway of the Prussian King, and to place the
rest of the German States, Austria included, in such
a position of inferiority as will make them v'r-
Wally vassals, with final slavery in reserve. And
any considerable Prussian success in the final issue
wall have the same despotic tendency. It will in-
evitably tend to keep Europe bristling R :th bayo-
nets, and thus to oppress the Continent with the
support of an immense body of non-producers, and
with all the decided obstacles to liberty and pro-
gress which great standing armies must inevitably
occasion.—Anglo-American Times.

Foreign Mail racket List.

RAILS DUE.

Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton July 20.
Ditto, via Marseilles July I".
Brazil and Cape Verde, by British packet Aug. 5.
Ditto, by French packet . July 22.
Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.... July 22.
China. Penang. and Singapore. via Southampton.. July —.
Ditto, via Mar5ei11e5.........,~.,
Falkland Islands
Gibraltar, via Southampton. ........ July 27.
India (Calcutta), and Ce•ilon
, via Southampton July —.
Ditto, via Marseilles ........
India (Bombay). via Southampton. July 11.
Ditto, vis Marseilles ... July 7
Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton July —.
Ditto, via Marseilles July 14.
Mauritius, via Southampton July 13
Ditto, via narseille3 July 13
Newfoundland .... . July 18.
Portugal ............. . Aug 5.
Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon..
United States and British North America, by Bri-

tish packet .. July 18
Ditto, by United States Packet, via Southamp-

ton - .......... ....._
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.

Ditto, via Cork ................. ..
Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry' ..July 13.
West Coast of Africa, Madeira, and Tenerife ....July 11.
West Indies and Paola° (except Bahamas and

Honduras) .
Cuba and Mexico July 30.
Bahamas, via New York. July 26.
Bermuda, vla Halifax Aug. 1.

AN UNFORTUNATE INAINTOR.--A deplorable inci-
dent occurred in the Bay of Valparaiso in May. A
German, named Flach, havirg constructed a torpedo sub-
marine boat, made several successful experiments in sink-
ing and raising h's boat in four fathoms water. He then
took a party of friends on board, and with them proceeded
some distance out in the harbour, and there sank his boat,
with himself and friends on board, in 30 fathoms. No
anxiety was felt about the expedition for some time, Flach
haying stated that he could remain under water ensily for
the space of six or seven hours, but as the boat did not
mike its appearance about this time considerable anxiety
was created, and as evening advanced the anxiety in-
creased. Unfortunately, Flach was so confident in the
success of his expikiments tLat he would not allow any
buoy or rope to be attached to the boat, and thus no search
could be made for them with any certainty of • success.
Every effort to find them was made by divers and other-
wise, but no traces were found until five days afterwards,
when a diver discovered the boat, but at such a depth as
to render it impossible for him to make a rope fast to it.