The Sun.
London, England, 1861-03-23 00:00:00

embroil us with a power with whom we were on

terms of amity. It was a misdemeanor he said—
yet we do not remember that the opinion of the law
officers of the Crown was formally taken on the
GARIBALDI subscription, or even any warning
issued. On the contrary our Foreign Secretary
justified it by his own subscription in bygone years
to the cause of Greek independence. But FRANCIS
11. and FRANCIS JOSEPH are very different persons
in the eyes of our Ministers, though in the eyes of
England there is nothing to chose between either
the individuals, or the dynasties which they repre-
sent. Indeed FRANCIS JOSEPH is, so far as years
go, and a long series of brutal atrocities perpetrated
under his twelve years' reign both in Italy and
Hungary, the worse despot of the two.
Another and a worse charge of Austrianism is
one supported by the telegrams of to-day. The
correspondence of yesterday is verified by the
news of this morning. Yesterday a letter from
Constantinople told us that the writer " was
afraid that her MAJESTY'S ship Banshee was
going to Galatz" to take on board there the arms
which the Hungarian soldiers in Italy had for-
warded from Genoa to their compatriots at home.
Like a genuine Englishman he adds, " What on
earth our Government has to do with the matter,
I confess my inability to understand." Simple
man ! Did he not know that to pat Austria
on the back, and to keep Hungary beneath
her hoof, if possible, was a special business of
our Government. His wonder must have been
increased when he saw the Banshee arrive at Con-
stantinople on the 15th with 10,000 stand of arms
on board, which had been taken from Galatz amidst
great excitement there while they were being put
on board.

And well might there be excitement. We hope
Lord JOAN RUSSELL will find great excitement
here when he meets us again after Easter. To find
the Banshee, a British vessel belonging to the Royal
Navy, burning good coal and using up her engines on
voyages in the service of Austrian despotism will,
we should think, not be forgotten. We had almost
as soon she had been engaged in the slave trade !
Will the English people endure spending one shil-
ling of the public money in seizing the arms of
Hungarian patriots ? Will they put up with it
more than they would have done with seizing the
arms which were being forwarded to GARIBALDI ; if
the heroes of Spoleto were allowed to enlist in the
service of Perugian ANTONELLI, and volunteers
and arms to go to GARIBALDI, will this country
tolerate such gross intervention against oppressed
subjects seeking their legitimate rights ?
There must be a public stir on this Austrian
question. The foreign policy of the Cabinet, while
Italy was the object of it, kept it in office. But
for Italy, the two leading lords could not have held
their ground with the country for an hour. They
have, however, done their work. The turn of Hun-
gary is come, with a cause as just as that of Italy, and
with a behaviour, on the part of the people, quite
as admirable ; yet we may defy Lord JOHN Rua-
SELL to produce a single despatch in which he has,
even in a private and friendly way, supported
Hungarian rights, and admonished Austria that
she was bound to restore them. On this very
question of arms, Lord JOHN knows, if he be
not far more ignorant than we take him
to be, that the existence of an Austrian
army in Hungary is an explicit violation of the
acknowledged compact between the Hapsburg
dynasty and the Hungarians. Not a single
non-Hungarian soldier can enter Hun-
gary 'without the permission of the
Diet. It is a part of their Magna Charta, it is no
obsolete law, but one recognised so late as in 1848
by the last King of Hungary, FERDINAND, who is
indeed the only legal King of Hungary yet. And
here is our Government,while Austria illegally keeps
an army of hated foreigners in Hungary, prevent-
ing Hungarian patriots from sending arms to
their comrades at home ! It is evident that both
our Home and Foreign Office are sold to the revo-
lutionary despot of Vienna, and it is for the coun-
try to speak out and tell the Government that it
will not tolerate an Austrian and Anti-Hungarian
Ministry, any more than it would have endured an
Anti-Italian Ministry.

AUSTBIA AND ITALY.

The following circular has been issued by the
Sardinian Minister of Marine to the Captains of
Ports, dated Turin, March 13 :

" It has happened of late that some of his Ma-
jesty's ships of war were forced, by contrary winds
and serious damage caused by stormy weather, and
which called for urgent repairs, to take refuge in
ports of Dalmatia.
" Reasons of humanity and international law
would have led the functionaries of any civilized
nation to follow a course very different from that
which was adopted by the commanders of the Aus-
train ports on the Dalmatian coast towards the
ships of the Royal navy, to whom they did
not even allow an anchorage in the roadsteads,
but bade them leave immediately, notwithstanding
the stormy weather. Such conduct might, no
doubt, entitle his Majesty's Government to use like
treatment towards the Austrian ships of war which
might seek refuge in the ports and bays of the
kingdom. But the King's Government, being very
anxious to maintain its reputation for humanity
and generosity, and on every occasion to conform
its conduct to the principles of international law,
the undersigned has to direct the Captains of Ports
to use all the means and facilities which may be
suggested by the sentiments of humanity and by
the urgency of the case towards ships of war, of
whatever nation they may be, which, in conse•
quence of stormy weather or of serious damage,
may take refuge in the ports of the kingdom. With
the present circular the Ministry intends to reply
to the question recently put by certain Captains
of Ports as to the course they are to follow on
similar occasions. " CAVOUR,

Turin, March 12."

DEPUTATION OF PAPER IK4NUFAC.
a TURERS TO LORD PALAIE.RSTON.

A deputation of persons connected with the
paper manufacturing trade of England and Scot-
land, consisting of about 60 in number, yesterday
waited on Lord Palmerston, for the purpose
of representing to his Lordship the groat
injury done to their trade by tho Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer's measure of last session.
Although no reference was made by the deputa-
tion to the paper duties question, Lord Palmerston
expressed himself to the effect that no alteration
would be made this year in the Excise laws as
regarded the duties on paper. The interview lasted
about an hour and a half.

LONDON COAT. AND WINE DUTIES,—Sir G, C.
Lewis's Bill, which has been printed, continues until July,
1872, the duty of 4s. a tun on wine imported into the port
of London by way of merchandise, and also the duties,
amounting to 13d. a ton, on coals, but these duties arc only
to be payable on coals in ships mooring at or westward of
Gravesend, or brought by inland navigation or other mode
of conveyance within the limits of the metropolitan police
district. The 4s. wine duty and the unappropriated Pd. of
the coal duty are to be paid into the Bank, to form a
" Thames Embankment and Metropolis Improvement
Fund," to be applied by the Board of Works to the improve..
ment of the metropolis in such manner as may hereafter be
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dirtormizted by rarliamvxt.