The Sun. — 1855-05-21 (London, England)

MILNER GIBSON. We are sure of his ability, and entertain a strong conviction of his honesty ;  yet what national purpose his motion can serve we are at a loss to divine. We have no doubt he will do justice to his case, and so far he may serve the purpose of proving that no talents can recommend it to the nation ; but we would rather not have to regard him iu the light of a special pleader. The great misfortune of the business is that he and Earl GREY become practically auxiliaries to Russia, and thereby enemies to their coun!ry. We have not the slightest doubt that " the Manchester School," unintentionally and indirectly of course, have been the cause of much bloodshed, and will be the cause of more. They emboldened NICHOLAS to believe that England would never go to war ; and this, in connection with his con viction of the ineradicable antipathy between Englishmen and Frenchmen, hurried him on to steps he would not otherwise have taken. Had Messrs. Conn EN, BRIGHT, and GIBBON demanded that if Russia m,,ved a soldier across the Pruth England should declare war, NICHOLAS would not have supposed us to be abjectly enslaved to our commerce. The effect of their error was magnified by its action on our Russianising Government. Lord ABERDEEN as well as NICHOLAS might have pursued a wiser course had he not been sure of he praises of two or three justly popular mealiers and speakers. Seeing that the nation's con,eieuce did not allow it to pass by on the othe-ede while another nation lay wounded by the ;neat robber, they might have abstained from fractically abetting the murderer, by proclaiming hat they wished the injured nation to bear all .7ithout help from England. The struggle now, however, promises to be one for worthier and graver objects than hitherto. Our troops are rising to a number in the Crimea which gives hope that the Russians there in the field will soo.i bs attacked, and Sebastopol deirived of supplies, and therefore soon placed in ur power. The expulsion of Russian troops from hat peninsula must speedily follow, and surely o statesman would permit her ver to tread that lear-won ground again, Meantime both Austria ind Prussiahave by treachery and cowardice placed -teuaselves completely hors de combat. The whole Oar must be conducted, to say the least, in utter isregard of the wishes of such practically insigi,ificant Powers. Wedged in between the fear of 'lie domestic reLibution termed revolution, and he cowardly fear of Russia termed prudential I.msiderations, they are useless for all European ,Atrposes. Their governments and dynasties are ndeed Russian at heart. They will aid her and damage us as much as they dare. This situation, as our neighbours term it, compels every thinking arm to see more and more decidedly, that the 'olish alliance is the grand hope of the Western Powers, of Turkey, and of all the peaples of 'lttrope, as well as that the necessities of the War re the hope of the Poles thermielves. But for 'the utter incapacity of our aristocratic statesmen • o devise or accept a plan worthy of the crisis, we  X3lll,  dust think that our whole Cabinet and Legislature .vould be of one mind. The independence of °'oland is clearly to every unbiassed judgment the solution of the great problem of the day. We ought, therefore, to take a cairn view of he strength of both sides. We may even tabu'rise it. It will stand about thug : For Slavery and Bar- For Independence and barism. Ci v England. l'russia. France. .lustria. Turkey. :he Coburgs and Sardinia. ?etty German Despots, Northern Italy. vith Leopold of