The Sun.
London, England, 1861-05-30 00:00:00

lan absolute minority than that towards the
close of his illustrious and patriotic career so foul a
blot should be fixed in perpetuity upon Lord PAL-
MERSTON'S reputation. Besides—it could have no
good result lastingly even as another of those
flagrant Ministerial dodges, the first of which led to
the formation of the present Coalition Goverment.
It would render inevitable the speedy breaking up
of a Cabinet that would thenceforth be nothing less
than a scorn and an opprobrium to all light-
minded Englishmen.

A long letter from a contemporary which we
have transferred to onr columns, has an interest
very much like that of a communication from the
interior of Africa, with the additional zest imparted
by our old and present relation to the people from
the midst of whom it is written. It has indeed been
long getting to us. From the Northern States we
hive information direct up to the 18th, but from
Montgomery, almost now as much out of the way
of intercourse with Europe as Timbuctoo or
Linyanti, we have only, and that by special good
luck, information of what was doing up to the 4th
of May. The writer tells us indeed " That his
communications are cut off, and that to re-open
them, he must get farther away from them." He
could hear nothing of what was going on in the
North, and even in the South he could not learn
what was doing " out of eye-shot." We are glad,
however, to obtain from him such knowledge as he
has of the now isolated South.

For one thing we know as facts what bad been
merely rumours before. He has noticed the change
of tone since it has been found that the North is
vigorously arming. Reasons are now assigned for
leaving alone Fort Pickens, although with
the Tortugas and Key West it is the key
of the Gulf of Mexico ; but it has been
strongly reinforced from the North, and it
is now asserted to be an advantage that it keeps so
many Federal troops idle and ships occupied !
General BRAGG did not seem, however, to have
perceived this advantage till the fort was too strong
for him. As to Washington, the Capitol, and
Faneuil Hall, all that was merely a joke, never
seriously thought of ; not thought of, the writer
seems to think, after their capture was impossible.
Now the universal language is that they only ask
to be let alone. They do not wish to meddle with
the Northern States, and the latter have no need
to meddle with them.

If, however, the tone of the South, in regard to
attack is very much moderated, all the zeal and fire
once expended in that way is now centred in
defence. All classes are described as determined to
die rather than allow themselves to be subjugated.
The ladies are even more enthusiastic than the men,
and their fair hands are employed not only in
scraping lint, but in the tougher work of
making uniforms and sandbags. The men are doing
their part organizing and drilling regiments, and
erecting batteries on the banks of the Mississippi to
command the passage of that great artery ; though
at present the more important point would seem to
be to get down its stream the vessels with supplies
of food and contraband of war which are detained
by the Northerns at Cairo. They fully expect after
a short war, one of less than a year, to become a
confederation of 15 States, and a power quite com-
petent to command the respect of foreign nations.

It is not unnatural that cotton should be their
chief reliance. This time it is to be used, not as it
was against us when our men paid the penalty of
attacking ramparts of cotton bags—they intend to
give a lesson to our currency doctors. Bullion in
our sense of the word is hardly known in the
Southern States. They intend to make bullion of

cotton. The Government is to buy it up, and to

issue bonds to the amount of its value at a fair
market price, and these bonds, which are to bear toe
attractive interest of ten per cent., are to be legal
tender on the Southern States. The much talked
of tax of oL e-eighth of a cent. per pound, export
duty, is to raise the money for liquidating ulti-
mately these bonds, What the bonds will be
worth if the cotton cannot be shipped—what it
will be worth, if by a war protracted beyond the
cotton season a vast supply for Europe has been
stimulated elsewhere—they do not tell us. One of
the most beneficial result to be hoped for from this
quarrel, is that Jamaica and India may
be stirred up to supply the deficiency created
by the failure of American supplies, and
that the free labour of our own colonies may
thus enter permanently on the production of cotton
in quantities sufficient for us. This is the most
peaceful blow which could be struck against Ame-

rican slavery.
One use of their cotton power they have great
hope from. They propose to starve Lowell and

glut Manchester. It is to be confiscation and

death for all who send a bale of cotton
to the Northern States; and thus Manchester
is to be enabled to supply the Union while its own
mills are thrown out of employment. How Man-
chester is to get their cotton, however, while the
Niagara keeps guard at Charleston, and the Minne-
sota at the mouth of the Mississippi, they do not
tell us. A few cargoes smuggled out would be of
no use for our cotton mills. The cotton crop
for this year is shipped, but if the war last
through October, as it is almost certain to do,
neither Manchester nor Lowell can benefit much by

the next crop.
Already, as the intelligence we have to publish
today shows, the blockade is no longer a
paper one. The Niagara is of rather more
formidable material than that, and she is
doing duty actively in the shape of sending
away even English ships which would enter the
port at Charleston. Ships were allowed 15 days
to load and to leave, but none were permitted to
enter. The Bay of Chesapeake is also closely
blockaded, and the Minnesota is proceeding
to her destination in the Gulf. American trade
will soon be confined to the Northern ports, and,
with the present tariff, much cannot be expected
there. We must leave the South, therefore, to its
blockade and its consequences—among which will
probably be compelling it to act northwards,
and to come into collision with the Federal army.

Pleasant and accessible watering places are one of
the wants of London. W. e have,
already several, one a Lem t h an i n that it
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express train but an hour from London-ibridge, andthe
others accessible both by river and rill
more the better. The tastes as well as the wants of
a population of three millions are so various, that
we need not fear having too many varieties of that
grand remedy for the sanitary ills of London life
and business—the seaside. The Eastern Counties
line already furnishes us with one of the liveliest
sea-side scenes, so far as shipping is con cerned, at
Lowestoft and Yarmouth, with abundant accommo-
dation for visitors, and an air which, after the
spring east winds have given way to the summer
breezes, leaves nothing to be desired.
But the Eastern Counties seem likely' 'very soon
to furnish even London with another delightful
country watering-place. A small unoppo: 3e d railway
bill is quietly making its way through Parliament,
to give us direct communication with little vil-
lage on the coast, about 15 miles on the. 'other side
of Lynn, hardly known, except locally:; ti.t present,

but which will, we venture to predict, not long after
the railway is completed, become well-known
enough to the numerous London families who
wish for genuine and healthy sea-side pleasure.
We refer to an extension of the East Anglian
line from the Lynn terminus to HUN STANTON.
The sea prospect here is peculiarly grand
and attractive. It is looked upon from a beautiful
and rather lofty cliff; northwards,there is the sublime
sight of a vast ocean, on whose bosom not a single
island lies to intercept the spectator's gaze to the
North Pole, could human vision reach so far, or the
form of our earth permit it; while, turning to the
west and west by south, the dark line of the Lin-
colnshire coast stretches along at the blue distance
of thirty miles, a distance not too great for the
perception of woods, houses, windmills, and the lofty
tower of Boston occasionally, by the naked
eye—always, in clear weather, by a glass
of moderate powers. Shipping is not
wanting. All which enters and leaves the large
port of Lynn must pass in sight of the Hunstanton
Lighthouse ; and many ships which do not enter
the Wash are yet visible to the spectator. In this
respect the little village is quite a contrast to our
great attraction on the southern coast.
Along the coast, on each side of it, there is a
pleasing country. In the village itself is the old
baronial residence of the L'ESTRANGE family,
which is said have come over with WILLIAM the
CONQUEROR. One individual of if, Sir ROGER
L'ESTRANGE, is well known to English history for
the part he took in the Civil Wars, as a Cavalier, in
which he owed his life to the goodwill of CROM-
WELL. We, of the Fourth Estate, are bound to hold
him in honour; for though he accepted the office
of Censor of the Press at the Restoration, he
brought out himself a paper, called The Public
Intelligencer, and has been said to be the father of
the English newspaper press, for though news-
papers had existed before, he was the first to infuse
into them life and vigour. He was a scholar
and a writer of numerous political pamphlets. The
ancient hall is occupied, and is still a very interest.
ing specimen of the baronial style of building.
The present representative of this ancient family
takes, we understand, considerable interest in the
project. He has built a large hotel at the terminus
of the railway, and is leasing ground in its vicinity
for building purposes ; several houses have
indeed been already erected. From this
spot the cliffs gradual* rise to a con-
siderable height, till they reach their highest point
where the lighthouse stands, whence they again
gradually descend till they terminate in sand-hills.
They are perhaps, if not the highest, yet amongst
the most beautiful cliffs in England. The upper
stratum is of a peculiarly solid white chalk, so
strong that it hangs in vast table-like slabs over
the softer rock which has crumbled away from
below. This immediately subjacent stratum is of
a bright red ochreous colour, contrasting strikingly
with the pure white above and with the dark yellow
and brown sandstone which composes the lower
parts of the cliff. At the bottom lie, in wild con-
fusion, huge slabs of the hard chalk which winter
has precipitated from the height above, while be-
tween this debris and the sea, there is a pleasant
beach. The water retires at ebb to a considerable
distance from the shore, affording infinite diversion
to the younger portion of the community, by the
opportunity of hunting out the tenants of the re-
maining water which in pools surrounds the rounded
weed-covered sandstone rocks, which extend a con-
siderable way out from the shore, indicate the great
gain which water has made, and is still making, at
this point on the land.
Of the commercial merits of the line it is not for
us to speak. It is but a short time since we paid a
brief visit to the beautiful spot we have imperfectly
described, end we noticed that it will run on a per-
fect level all the way, and a great part of it through
land of but little value. The cost ought to be very
light. But, we confess, visitors, not shareholders,
were in our thoughts, and to the latter we leave
entirely the calculations which concern them.
County visitors to the place will doubtless be
numerous ; but we are much mistaken if London
does not furnish a respectable quota. The distance
is not great; the scenery novel and attractive; the
fourteen miles ride along the coast from Lynn itselfis
pleasing. Under the patronage of Mr.L'ESTRANGE the
accommodation is now agreeable and sufficient, and
will doubtless be brought up to any demand made
for it ; and, for the numerous families who for
various reasons may prefer comparative quiet,
where the young also will find unusual sea-side
entertainment, we do not know a pleasanter spot.

It has already been notified in our columns that
a numerous and influential meeting had taken place
in the Rotunda at Dublin on Saturday last in
reference to the cancelling, by the present Govern-
ment of the contract entered into with the Gal-
way Packet Company by the late Government—
the Derby Government. The object of this meet-
ing was simply, as amended—" to consider what
steps should be taken to prevent the withdrawal of
the subsidy from the Atlantic Royal Mail Steam
Navigation Company for the conveyance of the
American mails." The Lord Mayor presided over
the proceedings as Chairman. Several speeches
were delivered, among others, by Alderman REY-
NOLDS and by Mr. WHITESIDE,M.P. for Enniskillen.
It is not so much to the speeches which were de-
livered, however, as to the resolutions that were
passed on Saturday, that we are here anxious to
direct the attention of our readers, however cur-
sorily. The resolution entrusted to Mr. WHITE-
SIDE'S advocacy, to begin with, ran, it will be ob-
served, then, in the manner following :—" That
bearing in mind that the Galway subsidy was
granted mainly owing to the geographical position
of Ireland, and with a view to facilitate postal and
mercantile commerce between the New and Old
Worlds, we feel that to withdraw the subsidy on
vague and insufficient grounds is a grievous and
intolerable injury to the commercial interests of
Great Britain and Ireland." The next resolution,
supported by Mr. PARKER was expressed more
briefly to the effect—" That the reasons put forth
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which the subsidy was originally awarded." The
third resolution, introduced to the meeting by the
chairman of the Atlantic Company,
as an additional reason for being—" That
guaranteeing the
subsidy originally was a desire to promote the
commercial interests of Ireland, by establishing
direct and rapid communication with America'
we must regard any act on the part of Govern-
ment calculated to frustrate that object as an in-
dication of positive hostility to the progress of this
country." This last resolution is certainly cha-
racteristic of the land from which it emanateF.
They can hardly ever, there, make up their minds
but that every act of the Imperial Government that
does not exactly meet their own views, must neces-
sarily originate in some sinister design directly
hostile to the interests of Ireland. As if we
knew not perfectly well that what injures them
necessarily injures ourselves. The last resolution,
like the first, was of a somewhat lengthy
and circumlocutory character. It remarked " That
considering the fact of nearly two thousand per-