The Sun.
London, England, 1857-04-14 00:00:00

rHE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 14, 1

labourers. A few striking demonstrations
at the proper time and place would avert this
fearful evil. We have already witnessed the
potent operation of popular excitement in refer-
ence to the Income Tax. The " pettifogging
quibble " was swept away before the voice of
public opinion, clearly and intelligibly expressed.
None dared to maintain " the slight convenient
entrenchment in the distance," when the fiat had
gone forth that it should be razed to the earth.
The monetary is even more -important than
the fiscal question, inasmuch as the amount
levied is less annoying than the mode of
obtaining the means of payment. Let the
latter point be satisfactorily arranged, and we
shall more willingly pay 2s. in the pound than
is. or even 7d. under the present monetary sys-
tem. Let the question only receive the attentive
consideration that it so eminently merits, and a
fair and righteous verdict be returned, and we
shall be contented ! The welfare and prosperity
of the people will then be insured for a long
inrm of years !

A supplemental list of the ,non-commissioned
officers and privates who are considered justly
entitled to the French military ar medal
has just been published. Four hundred
of these honourable and highly-gratifying
decorations had already been distributed
before Sebastopol, where the exploits by which
they bad been so eminently merited were per-
formed. 'The remaining hundred have now been
dispoied of tq those who had been obliged to
leave the Crimea previous to the distribution. It
is indeed highly gratifying to those men, and to
their families, to know that the faithful and exem-
plary discharge of their onerous duties has been
duly recognised and appreciated. In the olden
time the name of the fallen or wounded
soldier might possibly be " embalmed in
a Gazette," but that was all he could
anticipate. His deserts were blighted by
" the cold shade of aristocracy." Now mat-
ters are altered. There is something to which
the living man, albeit of humble birth and slender
means, may refer with pride and gratification
during the remainder of his career, and which will
remain a cherished heir-loom in his family during
successive generations. It is not merely his acci-
dental presence at a particular contest that will
thus be testified, but extraordinary gallantry on
some striking occasion, where he well deserved the
designation of " bravest of the brave," or a pro-
tracted course of exemplary conduct that proved
him a really "good soldier."

We look with intense gratification to the selec-
tions made for the Legion of Honour (how appro-
priate the designation !)—the VICTORIA. Medal
and the French Military Medal. The prospect
of such rewards will stimulate the private soldier
as highly as the hope of the "Bath " could his
aristocratic leaders. He may not be enabled
to exclaim " A Peerage or Westminster
Abbey," but he can feel that there is
something almost as dear to him as the
hereditary title to the General or Admiral,
which he may acquire, and which he will regard
as an equivalent stake to a lowly grave
on the well-foughten field. Besides the very
aspiration will operate as a perpetual incentive to
good conduct. The man looking forward to such
a distinction will not risk it by yielding to the
seductions of the wine cup, or anything
that may damage his chance of obtaining
it. The very struggle will ennoble him, and for
every one that obtains it there will be ten others
improved, and rendered in every sense of the
word better men. We hope that tho "awl=
thus inaugurated will be" duly carried out,
and that henceforward the " tope of dis-
tinction " may operate as a 'more powerful
incentive to meritorious condo c.:t than the dread of
punishment. It is far better to bestow " Wipes
en the arm" than on /..ne back—to govern the
men rather by lov-4 than fear. The plan
was long since earnestly recommended by
the Hero of Meanee and of Hyderabad.
and we rejf',.ice to find that the suggestion of Sir
CHARLES JAMES NAPIER is, although tardily, at
lengt' efficiently carried into practical execution.

King of Bavaria, travelling under '‘ao tame it I
Count- d'Augusta, at ter Ms 'Arrival
here with his suite, was visited by Ring Ferdi-'
nand 11. and tis sons, the Dulm of Calabria and Om
Count§ •,,t. Trani and of Caserta. The royal travel-
:a. leaves to-day for Sicily. On returning here lie
will make a longer stay, Two days back the
Tunisian general feltad, envoy of the Bey of Tu-
nis, left our por for his native country. Com-
merce reZains each day its importance ; new in-
dustrial companies are being established ; the go-
rarnrnent is about to execute gi eat works ; artists
are receiving numerous orders ; in a word, an ani-
mation and prosperity exist which create despair
amongst the revolutionary press. The Turin and
Genoa journals are greatly annoyed at hearing that
an arrangement with the western powers is in
course of negotiation, and seeing the Sicilian prey
escape them' they redouble their violence. In sup-
port of what I have said with regard to the recovery
of confidence, three facts, already alluded to, speak
more eloquently than all my comments :—M. de
Kakoschine, ambassador of Russia, does not hesi-
tate to quit Naples on a leave of absence of six
months ; the Spanish ambassador will embark on
the 15th, on an absence of four months ; and,
finally, M. de Martini, ambassador of Austria,
leaves Naples in a fortnight."

SPAIN.
The Madrid Gazette Of the 9th contains a royal
decree granting an "ample and general amnesty to
all those who, in any manner whatsoever, have
taken part in the Carlist insurrections and conspira-
cies of the last two years." The decree is based on
a report signed by all the ministers, in which an
indulgent view is taken of the Carlist movensents,
and in which it is said that the pardoning of the
offenders will came no danger to public order. The
other journals of the 9th contain no news.

A letter from Vienna,, in_ the Lloyd of Pesth,
denies that M. cie Bourqueney has taken any step,
to prove that Franoe has the intention of assuming
the role of, mediator in the Austro-Sardinian diffi-
oxitYi or that Count Buol has declared in a' note
his readiness to accept that mediation.

letteit fiotit eilk!, in the Cologne Gazette,
says ;—",The committee appointed to examine a
proposition submitted to the Chamber of Deputies
by M. Mathias, on the liberty of the press, has given
in'its repOrt,recommending the rejection of the pro-
position, and. consequently approving the preven-
tive measures now adopted towards the press."

A letter from Vienna, of the 10th, announces
that telegraphic despatches had been just received
from the Danubian provinces, stating that the An-
thion, a despatch boat of the Sardinian navy, bad
arrived on the 7th at Ismail from Constantinoph,
having on board the Sardinian Commissioner, the
Chevalier Benzi.

The Pays mentions that the Bourrasque, the
Couleuvrine, and the Raffaelle gunboats, lately
fitted up, are destined for the Senegal station.

AUSTRALIA.

ARRIVAL OF THE ROYAL CHARTER.
LIVERPOOL; MONDAY.
The auxiliary screw steam clipper Royal Charter,
Captain F. Boyce (a telegraphic announcement of
which appeared in The Sun of yesterday), arrived
in the Mersey last night from Melbourne, after a
rather protracted voyage, having left Port Philip
Heads on the 17th of January. She has on board
a heavy mail, above 200 passengers, and 128,000
oz. of gold, and 13,000 sovereigns—making, in all,
525,0001., in addition to a large quantity in the
hands of passengers.
The Royal Charter reports meeting nothing but
light and contrary winds from Cape Horn to the
Western Islands, and for the remainder strong
north-east winds. Whenever she met with the
slightest chance her sailing qualities were exempli-
fied in a most satisfactory manner. She steamed
from Cape Clear to the Bell Buoy in little more
than 21 hours.

One of her passengers, Mr. G. Sparrow, had a
nugget weighing 323 oz.—one lump of solid
without the least alloy, and is what the Australians
term a splendid specimen.
The advices per the Royal Charter have-been
anticipated.

MARKET NEWS.—(This Day.)