The Sun.
London, England, 1857-05-01 00:00:00

TO TEE EDITOR OP THE SUN.

GLASGOW, April 24, 1857.
Sir,—l consider the country deeply indebted to
you foithe patriotic view you have taken in rela-
tion to the Russian Railway Scheme, and for the
light you have thrown on the trick now playing off
by the black-leg speculators of London and Paris,
to aid Russia and relieve Messrs. Baring and Co.
from the burden which they have thought proper
to assume.

How any respectable English house could be
found to embark in any scheme so well calculated
to advance and strengthen the most powerful, and
certainly the greatest, enemy Great Britain ever
had, puzzles me, and must puzzle most men who
have any love or respect for the glory and honour
of their country. But are the Barings really Eng-
lish ? I doubt it. Were they not originally Dutch ?
Certainly one of their chief partners—Mr. Bates
—is not an Englishman. He is an American ;
and all the world knows the predilection our
cousins have for dollars, titles, and despotism
itself, provided the Autocrat or any crowned
King knows how to administer sufficient doses
of flattery to the recipient, mixed up with declara-
tions of profound respect and esteem for the United.
States, and admiration of the government, institu-
tions, and intelligence of the "most enlightened
people on earth."

Ito man of sound judgment will believe that the
late miserable, or rather diQgraceful peace, can last
ten years. er apology for the peace was, that
Napoleon refused to continue the war; that be
could not afford it. Now, the chief, if
not all the expenses' for another six
months' campaign had been incurred ;
and there can be no question as to the fact that
Russia was on her last legs when we thought fit to
re-establish her—much iu the same way as our
unnatural kindness spared Odessa ; which piece of
treason cost us millions of money, and the still
greater loss of much precious blood of our best and
bravest. We must all respect and love our noble
French ally, but it is somewhat strange to see
Napoleon cottoning with Russia and Austria. It
is no great honour to our Queen to see a Russian
archduke received with like honours as berself. Did
not Victoria recognise and acknowledge Louis Na-
poleon, while Russia, Austria, Prussia' and all the
kinglets of Germany turned their backs upon him ?
There is no doubt, however, that he refused to carry
on the war ; still I am satisfied that Great Britain
alone could have carried on the fight with greater
advantage than with the aid of any foreign Power—
' not with our gallant soldiers, for the barbarians of
the north would have met us with a hundred to one
of such savages as murdered the wounded on the
field of Inkerman ' • and that, too, under the eyes
of two of their Arch!Dukes But the " wooden
walls" of England would easily have sealed up
every port in the Euxine and Baltic, and effectually
destroyed their commerce, leaving them to the en-
joyment of their own wilds and wastes. Indeed on
the declaration of war, this should have been the
game for Britain to have played—infinitely thebest
mode of fighting a barbarous foe, under a ruthless
despot, who can without compunction sacri-
fice his people, by burning their cities,
and sinking flests afraid to meet an enemy even
on equal terms. We talk of Yeh and the atrocilies
committed by him at Canton, and the poison ad-
mi istered at Hong Kong ; but no man who has
studied the conduct of Russia, in the last war, will
allow that she is less cruel, or more enlightened
and civilised than " the Sons of the Moon." Yet
it is said, for I can hardly yet credit the report,
that an English mercantile house of standing-one,
too indebted to our Government (was not a peerage
granted to one of them within the last few years ?)
has undertaken to support and carry through, a
scheme to aggrandise our powerful and inveterate
enemy, a scheme which every high minded man,
would turn from with loathing as an " 'unclean
thing," and which Jew and Scot alike eschew.
remain, &c.,
ONE OF HER MAJESTY'S JUSTICES OF