The Sun. — 1849-10-04 (London, England)

BURKE—that the age of history has gone by. We are more than ever sanguine that the last researches of Sir Jou N Faariximq and of his colleague, Captain Citoziut, in the Arctic Circle, may add another and a brilliant chapter to our maritime annals, and not remain for ever a mystery, whose solution is as horribly dubious as the fate of the unhappy President. The above communication from the Secretary to the Admiralty inspires U 3 with new hope that the name of FRANKLIN will be numbered amongst the most successful, and not amongst the most unfortu n'te, of our illustriaus navigators.  There was an incident recorded in our foreign in, to Iligence of Saturday last, the bare recital of which "riust fill every manly heart with unutterable indignation, and yet in the civil:z2d country in which it took place such things aro a matter of daily OCCUtre2nce. Wherever that mirror of chivalry, General IIAYNau, makes his appearance, his soldiers—so often conquered, and no wonder! when they meet men in open fight—are employed in bestowing the lash upon refractory women. Such, it appears, is the mot ap.  proved mode of Austrian warfare in the nineteenth century, and Austria (as we were informed no later back than Friday last) is " a Power with which England, if not in alliance, is on friendly terms !" GOD forbid that we should in any way regard with satisfaction such an act of wanton cruelty, such a base and cowardly outrage as that perpetrated against the noble lady whose hospitality had afforded temporary succour to the heroic fugitives BEM and Gu'roN. Nevertheless, the event, however lamentable, has been excellently well-timed. It has come as " a great fact " to give a startling answer to the eloquence of a contemporary who, on Friday last, denounced with most rhetorical indignation the illiberal opponents of an Austrian loan. Let the people of England look dispassionately upon this picture and on that : let them listen to an English newspaper strongly urging upon Englishmen the propriety of furnishing supplies of money to impoverished Austria, and, behold I the next day it is made manifest for what purpose those sums of money are required. It is asked of us, Englishmen ! to put a lash into the hands of Harelau ! We are called upon--we who boast of our civilization and our Christianity—we whose hearts have bled for the sorrows of the Hungarian patriots—we are called upon (now that the swords of her soldiers are no longer to be feared) to share in the final glories of an Austrian campaign, the chastising of the wives and widows of the insur gents. Such is the sober fact. Austria wants money, and why, we are indignantly isked, should not English money be forthcoming. " This (we are told) is one of the most ordinary commercial trans, actions possible. It is as a commercial, a pacific transaction. It is one in which merchants, bankers, and brokers are eminently concerned. It is a mere matter of trade." It is the business of a capitalist to lend his money, no matter for what purpose that money may be required. In the same way it is the business of a druggist to sell his wares, and of a cutler to dispose of his weapons ; but if those weapons or those wares be purchased fur the avowed purpose of , committing murder, we apprehend that the said cutler and the said druggist will be amenable to the laws albeit they considered the sale " a mere matter of trade." Equally certain it is that any capitalist whose gold shall find its way into the coffers of Austria will from henceforth be identified, in the eyes of Europe, with the cruelties of WINDISCHGRATZ and the cowardice of