The Sun.
London, England, 1859-07-06 00:00:00

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hausted. By acting upon them the :safety and
dignity of the country may be alike cared
for most effectually. They ought to be inde-
libly imprinted on the national remembrance.
Whether we trust this potentate or that, whether
we look to this or that contingency, whether we
await these or those eventualities—" we certainly
ought to trust to ourselves"—and, condensing yet
i'lllmore the solemn truth already so fully and elo-
quently expressed by Lord LYNDHURST—" without
expecting war or dreading war, we ought to be
prepared for it !" Besides, as Lord BROUGHAM
put it irresistibly through the House to the
country, and through the country to our
Gallic neighbours—that French people upon
whose integrity and friendship Lord BROUGHAM
i relies, himself, so implicitly—" they had no right,"
Mid the noble and learned lord, " to complain of
our being prepared when they had proved them-
selves to be so prepared." How well prepared they
were Lord LYNDHURST had humorously enough
indicated when commentjug, in the course of his
most lucid and convincing harangue, upon the
celerity with which one hundred and seventy th ou-
sand men had been transported suddenly from
France into Piedmont, and conveyed thence still
further beyond the waters of the river Mincio,
with all their baggage and ammunition, with 200
guns and a siege train, winning the two great
battles of Magenta and Solferino—the latter one of
the bloodiest victories upon record and all
this, and much more—upon a peace establish-
ment ! All Lord LYNDHURST asks for ourselves
is some proportionate, some equivalent peace
establishment. Something considerably less
than the warlike total of France, he thinks,
and certainly with reason, will answer our purpose
under the circumstances. But while France has
her magnificent army of nearly 600,000 men
always more or less in perfect readiness—Lord
LYNDHURST deems a practicable total of 100,000
(inclusive of the militia) enough for our land de-
fence. The enhancement of the naval force, how-
ever, he conceives to be the essential security of our
independence. The noble and learned lord's dis-
claimer of any desire whatever to embroil
us with our Allies by expressing unnecessary
jealousy of their ruler, was, perhaps, the happiest
portion of all this brilliant and memorable oration.
" If I am asked," said Lord LYNDHURST, " , Do you
not rely upon the assurance and the courtesy of
the Emperor NAPOLEON ?' I answer, ' I have
great respect for that great personage ; but '—l
am not going to enter into any explanation upon
that subject. I shall leave every noble lord to draw
his own conclusion, and form his own opinion.
This, however, I will say, and say it with-
out impropriety, that if I am asked whether I
can place reliance upon the Emperor NAPOLEON, I
say with confidence that I cannot place reliance
upon him, because he is in a situation in which he
cannot place reliance upon himself. He is in a
situation in which he must be governed by circum-
stances ; and I will not consent that the safety of
this country should depend upon such contingen-
cies." Nobly, admirably, proudly, patriotically
expressed. Who can quarrel with words in
every way so reasonable in themselves ? Not
even the French. Not even the Emperor
NAPOLEON. By acting as Lord LYNDHURST
wishes us to act ; by extending and reorga-
nising our military forces ; by increasing our navy
at once in strength and efficiency—we shall only
be taking a leaf out of the French. book. They
cannot quarrel with us for emulating their own
wise preparedness. If we need but one
additional and irresistible incentive to the
proposed increase of trouble and expenditure—that
one supplementary and conclusive incentive may be
found in those two thrilling words of warning with
which Lord LYNDHURST closed his superb ha-
rangue— Vee victis ! words (as the noble and
learned lord observed) of an import so solemn and
so significant!

This afternoon Sir CHARLES WooD, of all men
in the world, with what we are fain to call at once
the most consummate effrontery—has upon the
papers of the House of Commons three notices of
motion, demanding under this very date Mereurii,
6e die Judd, 1859, three " Returns"—returns hav-
ing reference not to his present (the Indian), but
to his former (the
,Naval) Department of her MA-
JESTY'S Administration. The first of these suicidal
notices of motion has reference to the screw
steamers, demanding, in fact, under this head—a
" return of the number of screw ships and vessels of
her MAJESTY'S Navy afloat on the let day of Feb-
ruary in the years 1855 and 1858." The second is
for a " return of the ships and vessels added to the
navy between the 31st day of March, 1858, and the
Ist day \of June, 1859, distinguishing those which
were added in accordance with the general scheme
of works for the year, and those which were added
in consequence of subsequent orders ; and also of
the frigates and sloops which would, have been
launched according to the general scheme of works
for 1858-9, but which were deferred on account of
the men being removed to convert ships of the
line." Tho third, having reference 'to the dock-
yards, is for a " return of the sums *voted, and of
the sums expended for wages in the dockyards in.
the years 1857-8 and 1858-9 ; showing in the lat-
ter year the sum inserted in the ori'ginal, in the
revised, and supplemental estimates." The remark-
able curiosity evinced. by Sir CHARM s WOOD for
precise and reliable information upon -these heads
—is really only comparable, to our -.thinking, to
the renowned inquisitiveness with whi( :At a monkey
once upon a time (a monkey worthy o. F commemo-
ration by the pen of PILPAY) stretching
its head eagerly round the muzzle c f' a piece of
ordnance, peering anxiously down th 13 iron per-
spective [to see precisely what might c ome out of
t], appliecta lighted match to the tone I L-hole!

The prolonged expectation of another and it may
be a final pitched battle may soon "cc 11 ne off," as
the phrase goes ; for the Austrians as 1 : evidently
Preparing for a desperate hazard rlt or about
Verona, where they have the advantag :e :of a large
fortified camp
be on the right of the Adig :7 !. If they
able to hold their ground, it ma : 7. serve to
paralyse the
advance of the Allies 1.1 )r a time,
but only fore
time, for there is lit tle chance
against the daring
of the Fret .ch, now
flushed with the ardour of victory, an d conquer-
ing on under the - very eye of NAPOL EON, who
rewards deeds of valour on the very spt
achievement. This to a soldier is det
it as life,
while its immediate effCe
valent to a muster-roll of on the an
50,000 fi 1
a
One customer who pays his way is i: lined more
than a dozen who trade on " tl.e K. 1 " :yl
t iostfr troops
iplejsfri ;
iSo it proves
in war. A man who feels that 1 •
as E xertions are
sure of immediate reward and prof ~d acknow-
ledgment, will dare the very devil, for glory, and his
example best serves to stimulate others, so
that an army fighting under such I 31 art-stirrinr,
enthusiasm moves on to battle, reg: AN lless of all

consequences but victory.
" They march to death with militar y glee,"'
It is in this consists the 'grand secret of Frenth suc-
cess, and the EMPEROR knows his i nen too weil to
let their ardour cool : no—he fans the flame -till
the