The Sun.
London, England, 1859-06-29 00:00:00

break on the part of Austria, perhaps foolishly
depending on assistance from other quarters, she
had no reasonable chance against the combined
forces of France and Piedmont nor, in truth,
against France single-handed. But the Emperor
FRANCIS JOSEPH was led away by young ambition,
and flattered by fallacious hopes of extinguishing
the rising spirit of Italian Freedom. And now let
him count his gains! He may even yet hope tolure tb e
Prince Regent of PRUSSIA to share his fate. Still,
we trust the Prussian people will show their
Princes the wisdom of looking well at home first,
before they risk the ominous chances of an unjust
war to keep down the liberty of those in whose in-
terests they can have no other concern, save that of
humanity, and the well-being of their brother

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SIB. CHARLES WOOD has evidently
nothing from- adversity. Sixteen months in oppo-
sition have taught him no lesson of Prudence or of
Patriotism. He is the same identical Sir CHARLES
WOOD who has pocketted the public money during
so many years in return for bungling our policy,
and boggling our Administration. Scarcely has he
crossed the threshold of power anew—when he is
at it again—perversely committing himself and
his party at the shortest possible notice, and with-
out the smallest possible hesitation. Yesterday, as
recently as only yesterday, he indulges the electors
of Halifax—in recompense, we presume, for their
intense want of appreciation in returning him again
to Parliament without opposition—he indulges the
electors of Halifax in the conrse of his speech from
the hustings with, what is popularly termed, a bit
of his mind. Says Sir CHARLES Woop—to whose
discretion the government of our vast In-
dian empire has been entrusted by the
forethought of Lord. PALMERSTON—says her MA-
JESTY'S marvellous Fifth Secretary of State, only
yesterday, that he (Sir CHARLES WOOD) hoped the
German people would prudently adopt the advice
of the New English Ministry—(of course nothing
of the kind was ever thought of by their predeces-
sors—yet somehow there is that unfortunate
blue book of Lord MALMESBURY'S to the
contrary nevertheless notwithstanding)—namely,
the earnest recommendation to keep out
of the war altogether. So far, so good. The aspi-
ration of Sir CHARLES WOOD—not a very original
one, as it happens under the circumstances—is
applandedto the echo : even the electors of Halifax
joining in the general acclaim in favour of Neu-
trality. But Sir CHARLES cannot, for the life of him,
leave well alone—even the well with truth at the
bottom of it. He adds, in his speech to the electors of
Halifax yesterday, this amazing intimation—that
" in the event of Germany rushing into the vortex,
our national interests, our national engagements,
may compel us to interfere." Whereat there is
an instantaneous roar even from the electors of
Halifax in the negative. Certainly the words are
sufficiently significant in themselves. Couple them
with some other words uttered by the same lips from
those same hustings,' to that same auditory some
eight or ten years ago, and the bearing of the re-
mark becomes at once sufficiently obvious ! Alto-
gether the observation may be worthy, it
is quite true, of Sir CHARLES WOOD—
but is it worthy of England, is it worthy
of a Minister of England—is it consonant
with the wishes, the instincts, the prayers
of the nation—will it be tolerable for twenty-
four hours to any section of the electoral
or non-electoral population? We believe not,
in our heart, in our conscience—we believe
NOT. We ,' believe that England will never
again consent, under any circumstances, to be
dragged into another iniquitous war for the paltry
interest of some petty cousin-german ! Should
that monstrous, that criminal, that inhuman and
unpatriotic policy, ever again be adventured upon
—not only will all the Sir CHARLES WOODS
in the realm be swept away like chaff from the
floor of the winnower by the brtath of public
indignation—but he were a bold man, indeed, who
would venture to indicate what else might not
be the consequence!

learn'

" Kissing goes by favour." The promotions and
the patronage distributed even daring the few
days that have intervened since the Coalition came
into power by that admirable compromise of prin-
ciples blending together at last the fortunes of
Canningites and Peelites—Whigs and Radicals—
all the joint stock promotions, and all the joint
stock patronage "go" to admiration. Mr. SMITH is
a Lord—a real live lord by the name style and title
says the Gazette, of Baron LYVEDEN, of Lyveden, in
the county of Northampton. Mr. BLACKBURN—if
you can't find his name, by the way, in any man-
ner conspicuous as yet in " Who's Who," you
may surely discover it shining henceforth like
a very beacon-light in the oracular roll of
" What's What"—Mr. COLIN BLACKBURN iS
to be a judge and a very good judge
he will surely prove himself to be if only in the
ready acceptance of this proffered appointment.
Gentlemen—make your game while the ball's a-roll-
ing : make your game and back your own opinions
any time while the ball's a-rolling. It is a matter
of uncertainty whether the full complement of
Ministers can be filled up--whether Mx. COBDEN
will consent, upon his arrival from America, to throw
Mr. BRIGHT over for the Presidency of The Board
of Trade, a seat in the Cabinet, and the title of
Right Honourable--whether Mr. GLADSTONE, by
Continuing to retain his seat for the University of
Oxford, will be able to continue in office as Chan-
cellor of her MAJESTY'S Exchequer. These things
are still problematical. But, n'importe : we are to
take for granted at once the existence of a strong
Government. Mr. DISRAELI is a myth, and his
united party of more than 300 in the House
of Commons the merest fantasy. Mr. RoE-

BUCK has never avowed his antagonism to
the Old Whigs and their proceedings. The
Opposition benches, when Parliament has re-
assembled, will prove as vacant as the halls of
Balcleutha. There is no such thing at all as a
blue-book revealing the foreign policy of Lord
MALMESBURY. That policy is, of course, clearly
the policy of a philo-Prussian from
first to last—
although the said Lord MALMESBURY is proved
beyond a doubt to have assured the Court of Berlin
that no assistance could be expected from England
in aid of the warlike designs of the Germanic Con.
federation. it is perfectly notorious that nothing
at all of any moment whatever was either done or
even attempted during the sixteen months existence
of the late Administration. There was no Channel
Fleet in existence before they came in, it is true,
and there is a Channel Fleet actually afloat before
they go out—but still, in spite of this apparently
corroborative circumstance, it is a mere absurdity
to talk seriously for one moment of the Navy
having been in any way at all, or to any extent
whatever reconstructed under the management of
Sir JOHN PAKINGTON. Then, again, as to his gal-
lant colleague recently at the head of the other
branch of the public service—well, the best that
can be said of him is that during the time General
PEEL was Secretary of State for War, the army
VMS not quite in a state of disorganization. As to
the financial condition of the empire during the
late Government—why, is it not a monstrous fact,
in the first place, that the Income Tax was