The Sun. — 1856-01-23 (London, England)

HOP.. T. lil. Macaulay ef.p , F.R.s , late Fellow shame and indignation the changesproduced in of Trinity Colle,ge. ' • • . H. J. Sume.er Maine, Esq late Regius Professor the mind of one of whom England once was proud of Laves. •, L•L•D • 1 A. —who failed in the trial to which be was subT. Medkin, Esq., Trinity College. C. H. !•faltby, Esq., Trinity College. jetted ; and, by an act of political felo de se, virHorate Mansfield, Esq. late Fellow of Trinity Cellege. W. W. Pearson, Esq., Trinity College. tually destroyed his existence as a statesman. R. Perry, Esq , Trinity College. We should not expose any new plenipotentiary to C. J. Preston, Esq., Downing College. The "Right Hon, Sir John Romilly, Master of the Rolls, the ordeal under which Lord JOHN RUSSELL so Trinity College. The Right Hon. Sir Edward Ryan, F.R.S., Trinity College. signally failed. Some other less trying locality .1. Miller Surethurst, Esq., Trinity College. should be selected as the scene for future diplori. G. Smith, Esq., Clare Hall. The Hon, W. Spring Rice, Trinity College, matie tournaments. The Hen, C. Spring Rice, Trinity College, We should also take care that Prussia shall John Sykes Esq., Fellow of Pembroke College. take no partiin the controversy. She has already W. J. Taylor, Ewe, Trinity College. 'tom Taylor, Esq., late PelloW of Trinity College. cautiously abstained from anything calculated to Martin Thackeray, late Fellow of Kiug's College. Henry Thring, Esq.' late Fellow of Magdalen College. identify herself with the Allied Powers, and, in The Rev, C. J. Vaughan, D.D , Head Master of Harrow, late Fellow of Trinity College. so cluing, has unequivocally abdicated her poe • tC. M. Vialls, Esq., Trinity College. tion as one of the leading Powers of Europe. In ii, W. Watson, Esq., Fellow of Trinity College, J. Westlatte, Esq., Fellow of Trinity College. so doing she has clearly foregone any possible The Rev. Rotero Whisten, late Fellow of Trinity College. claim to be represented at the conferences. Her The Hon, Mr. Justice Vaughan Williams, Trinity College. The Hon. Sir William Page Wood, late Fellow of Trinity sympathies and leanings are so notoriously in faCollege. J. Woolley, M.D., late Fellow of St. John's College. your of the AUTOCRAT that her admittance could J. Worlledge, Esq., late Follow of Trinity College. only operate in favour of her good friend and F. T. Wroth, Esq., Fellow of St. John's College. E. Yardly, Esq., late Fellow of Magdalen College. ally, the nephew of " the Angel of Peace, the exemplary Clicquot," who might be an excellent co-operator in a convivial symposium, in which, as in the olden time, a man with whom "Yon could drink in the dark," and who was certain never to shirk the bottle, would be an acceptable companion. But 'too weighty matters are now at stake, and FREDERICK WILLIAM must abide by his first determination, and keep himself in every degree aloof from the contest—either in the field or the Council chamber. . The chief thing to be avoided is procrastination,. We have already suffered too much from wilful delays and " waiting for orders" when the acceptance by Russia of . Austrian Propositions was even more decisive than at present, and when there were fewer points for discussion, and, consequently, leas loop-holes for evasion than at present. Parliament will meet in little more than a week, and Government should, beyond all things, avoid committing itself until the opinions of both Houses, and of the leading members of the hereditary and representative branches of the Legislature, can be obtained. Then it may negotiate on the most satisfactory and constitutional grounds, with the approval of those authorised to a great degree, if not absoutely, to give expression to popular feeling.