The Sun.
London, England, 1861-08-02 00:00:00

more in favour of peace than I am ; no man has de-
nounced
war more than I have, probably, in this
country; few men, in their public life, have
suffered more obloquy—l had almost said,
more indignity—in consequence of it. But
I cannot, for the life of me see, upon
any of those principles upon which States
are governed now—l say nothing of the literal
word of the New Testament—I cannot see how the
state of affairs in America, with regard to the
United States Government, could have been dif-
ferent from what it is at this moment. We had a
heptarchy in this country, and it was thought to be
a good thing to get rid of it, and to have a united
nation. If the 33 or 34 states of the American
Union can break off whenever they like, I can see
nothing but disaster and confusion throughout the
whole of that continent. I say that the war, be it
successful or not, be it Christian or not, be it wise
or not, is a war to sustain the Government and
to sustain the authority of a great nation."
The reason for the line he takes appears to be his
views of the cotton question. He does not
agree with those who think the cotton difficulty
will blow over as similar things have done-before;
" All I assert is," he says, " that this particular
case is new, that we have never had a war in the
United States between different sections of that
country, affecting the production of cotton before ;
and it is not fair, nor wise, but rather childish than
otherwise, to argue from past events, which
were not a bit like this, of the event
which is now passing bafere our eyes. They say,
"It is quite true there is a civil war in America,
but it will blow over ; there will be a compromise;
or the English Government will break the
blockade." Now, recollect what breaking the
blockade means. It means a war with the United
States ; and I don't think myself, that
it would be cheap to break the block-
ade, at the cost of a war with the United
States. I think that the cost of a war with
the United States would give, probably, half
wages, for a very considerable time, to those
persons in Lancashire who would be out of work
if there was no cotton, to say nothing at all of the
manifest injustice and wrong against all inter-
national law, that a legal and effective blockade
should be interfered with by another country. It
is not exactly the business of this meeting, but my
opinion is, that the safety of the products on which
this country depends rests far more on the success
of the Washington Government than upon its failure.
If that be Mr. BRIGHT'S view, we can well under-
stand how our " Friend" should be unwilling to
quote the New Testament literally against the war
of the North with the South.

lest partiality should be suspected. We know of
no reason, on the other hand, why the Government
should not in any original contract include the offer
of as many men from the Sappers as liked the terms
agreed on between a contractorand the Govern-
ment ; but that is quite another case. It would
be doubtless in favour of both the moral and
physical health of the soldiers to be employed
when possible in industrial occupations. Martinets
we know do not like it ; but if our soldiers in time
of peace had more useful employment their
muscles would probably be in far better order,
either for a long march or a charge. We commend,
therefore, the employment of the sappers, but, ac-
cording to our present information, cannot com-
mend the terms or even the occasion of their em-
ployment.

ROYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTI-

TUTION.

A meeting of this institution was held yesterday,
at its house, John-street, Adelphi, Capt. Sir E. Per-
rott, Bart., vice president of the institution, in the
chair. There were also present Montague Gore,
Esq., Capt. lie St. Croix, Capt. Washington, R.N..
F.R.S., hydrographer of the Admiralty, and other
gentlemen.
Mr. Lewis, the secretary, read the minutes of the
previous meeting.

A reward of 10s. was voted to the crew of the
Lowestoft lifeboat, which is in connection with the
institution, for putting off and saving the crew of
eight men of the French brig St. Michel, of Marans,
from Christiana, which during a gale of wind was
wrecked on the Holm Sand, on the 25th ult. The
sea was breaking heavily over the wreck at the
time the poor men were taken off, but the lifeboat
being managed skilfully by her intrepid crew no life
was fortunately lost.
The Alinouth lifeboat, on the Northumberland
coast, belonging to the institution, had also been
instrumental in saving, on Friday last, a man who,
whilst bathing, had been carried out to sea by a
heavy back surf. The promptitude with which the
lifeboat was taken out of the boathouse and launched
on the occasion, elicited the admiration of all who
witnessed the operation.
The lifeboat of the institution stationed at Cam-
ber, near Rye, was also reported to have rendered,
on the 28th ult., some service to the emigrant ship
Oithona, from London, which had gone on shore
near Jury's Gap.
A reward of £6 was also voted to the crew of
the Arklow lifeboat, which also belongs to the in-
stitution, for putting off, on the night of the 22d
ult., in reply to a signal of distress from a vessel
which was dragging her anchor, and in danger of
grounding on an outlying sandbank. The lifeboat
remained by the vessel until the next morning,
when, the,weather having moderated, she got out
of danger, and proceeded on her voyage.
The silver medal of the institution was presented
to James Tooney, in testimony of his gallant exer-
tions in wading into the surf, at the peril of his life,
and afterwards assisting to save the mate of the
schooner Industry, of Whitehaven, which, during
a heavy gale2of wind, was wrecked off Kingstown,
on the Irish coast, some time since. Lieut. Hutchin-
son, R.N., harbour master at Kingstown, was also
thanked for his valuable services on that occasion.

THE SUS, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, AUG TST 2, 1861.

LiiTET NEWS

TURIN, AUG. 1.

The Italia of to-day says :—" The Archbishop
of Naples has been removed as a precautionary
measure."

TURIN, AUG. 1.

A despatch received from General Cialdini an-
nounces that during the last three days the reac-
tionists have attempted a combined and simul-
taneous movement in several provinces, but have
been everywhere defeated. In the provinces of
Terra di Bari, Otranto, and in the Basilicata and.
Capitanata many reactionists were killed.
General Cialdini says :—" Our losses are insigni-
ficant. The morale of the National Guard has been
raised, they having sustained the brunt of the
engagements.

" An attempted invasion of Sore, on the Roman
frontier, has been repulsed.
"We have arrested Quatrebarbes, of the Papal
army, and two acolytes who have been staying at
Naples. I have ordered them to quit the country.
"The disbanded soldiers are returning by hun-
dreds. Two days more of good fortune and we
are masters of the situation."

CRACOW, AUG. 1.

The Czas of to-day publishes n ews from Warsaw,
according to which the office of Governor-General
of Poland will be suppressed, and General Lam-
bert, the military governor, will be entrusted with
the portfolio of the Interior. It is also asserted
that General Liprandi will be appointed Comman-
der-in-Chief of the army of the kingdom of Poland,
and M. Wieiopolski President of the Council of
State.

The celebration of any more funeral services in
honour of the late Prince Adam Czartoryski has
been prohibited at -Warsaw.

MADRID, Auci. 1.

The Madrid papers assert that anarchy and dis•
order reign in Morocco. They mention the assas-
sination of six rich Moorish travellers by the
Kabyles of Vadras, and state that the crime re-
mains unpunished.

The following despatch from the Swiss Minister
at Turin to the Federal Council has been received :
" TURIN, JULY 19.