The Sun.
London, England, 1864-06-30 00:00:00

on Monday by Mr. DISRAELI, merns—War. Mr.
KINGLAKE affects, in other words, to look upon the
"situation" as this—that, Whereas the Government
are for Peace, the Opposition are for War ! When
the "situation," in reality, is nothing whatever of
the kind. The Voting of Mr. DISRAELI'S pro-
posal for an Address to the Crown would, in
no imaginable way, jeopardise the pacific future
of England. On the contrary, the very
objection raised by the words for which Mr.
KINGLAKE now proposes to substitute his Amend-
ment—the very ajeetion raLied by those words, at
the close of Mr. DISRAELI'S suggested Address to
the Crown, is to the rffict that the course pursued
by the Government tends to the jeopardising of
peace, renders the prob ,bility of war later ou more
end more inevitable ! Saving only of course

if those increased temptatioes to war should
not again be evaded by mcre of these mean
and despicable concessions made, in the
haughty name of Englaad, by a faltering and a
paltering Government ! Mr. KINGLAKE, however,
affects not to sec anything of all this—affects,in fact,
to see exactly the reverse. Hence his amendment.
We shall be curious to observe how Mr. DISRAELI
will deal with that Amendment under the circum-
stances. One way of dealing with it, one
is almost tempted to suggest this, might be
the incorporation of the purport of the
Amendment parenthetically in the Address to the
Crown to be proposed on Monday in the House of
Commons by the Leader of the Opposition.
Namely,byinterpolating,among the closing wordsof
the Address, something to the effect that "although
we have learnt with satisfactioo," et cetera! Thereby
taking the little sidelong puff of wind out of that
cleverly unree'ed Amendment of Mr. KINGLAKE'S,
designed by that ingenious as well as honourable
and learned gentleman to carry her MAJESTY'S Goa
vernment safely into port, even when at their very
direst extremit3 . Clever, wonderfully clever, though
the amendment nnquest;ouably ie, it nevertheless
admits of being rendered perfectly nugatory and
inefficacious if adroitly dealt with by a far cleverer
man and a far abler tactician than even Mr. KlNG-
LAKE—meaning, of course, the right hon. gentleman
the Leader of the Opposition. It is just precisely
the opportunity for Diamond cutting Diamond.

Tnere are same men whose names are so identified

with a particular cause that they are regarded as
to some measure authorities upon the subject, and
whatever may fall from them res?ecting it commands
attention. Lord BROUGHAM has long occupied this
position with reg trd to the Save Trade, and con-
srquently the brief address which he made on our
relations wish the Br ziiao Gevernmen! on Tuesd.y
evening aro not altogether to be over►ooked, even
amid the twiny exciting topics now pressing upo❑
public attention. To whatever subject the noble
lord addressed himself he was not, indeed, likely
to be heard with anything but deference; but on
this question ho has expended to much time and
energy, be has laboured so strenaously for the good
cause, and hs,s been such au unflinching advocate
of the rights of man against the oppression of his
fellows, that his speech will be read with interest
by a more comprehensive circle. Despite the ana
themes of Federal partisans, Lord BROUGHAM is
one of the recognised leaders of anti-slavery princi-
ples in this country, and the public is inclined to
receive with favour any proposition which he mey
make respecting it. Hij object on Tuesday evening
was, singularly enough, not to increase the severity
or efficiency of the acts now in force, but to obtain
the repeal of one which he considered to be injurious
is its operation. The measure to which he referred
was the Aberdeen Act of 1845, whose present
agency he believed to be rather deleterious to the
cause than favourable. It is highly satisfactory to
find from so competent an authority that the slave
trade in the Bra zils may be considered as actually
terminated. Twenty years ago from forty to sixty
thousand slaves were annually imported into Brazil ;
it is, therefore, no light matter to have succeeded
in putting an elLctual stoppage to so large and
flourishing a trade. Much of the credit due for this
suppression Lord BROUGHAM attribatesuureservedly
to the Brazilian EMPEROR,who has not only shown
some anxiety for the total stoppage of the trade,
but has also wished to preclude the possibility of its
revival. In these views be haq been power ully
supported by his own peop'e, and, in fact, he could
lot on such a matter have effected much withou

their aid. Pub,ic opinion is happily entiatcd on the
right side of the question, and some half dozen years
oink the Bri-zitian legislature passed an act reader-
ing the slave trade piracy. There is, therefore, little
ground fur uneasiness I.« sp. c:ing the future prospects
of a trade which appears to have been virtually
annihilated. Lord BRUUGUA3I contended that the
wording of the Act gave great cif, nee to the Bra.
zi!ians, both people and Government, especially as
regarded the very large indemnity which it gave to
British cfacas for acts done in the suppressiin of
the slave trade. Lord ABERDEEN himself said that
when the trade was abolished, the Act should be
repealed, but the Act has now survived the trade
for nine or ten years without any modification; and
although it may not be fully carried out at present
it remains in existence, occasioning causeless irri-
tation. The Brazilian Government appears to have
acted with good faith throughout, although we need
not inquire too closely how far its honourable Jul-
filtnetat of its obligations has been encouraged by
the ehdatte in the views of its citizens. The result
is at
any rate a matter for congratulation, and it is
only to n
lamented that while Brazil has sincerely
3 .be
endeavoured to discourage and suppress the slave
trade, Spain, which has accepted large subsidies for
the same purpose, has treated her engagemnts with
the most open. disregard. The real cause of this
dishonourable breach of contract is Cuba, and Lord
BROUGHAM was perfectly Correct in his assertion
that Spain would never do anything_ to injure the
slave trade so long as Cuba remained in Spanish
hands. The Government is too easily influenced
by the wealthy capitalists of Cuba, and accordingly
they encourage rather than repress the trade. Lard
RUSSELL consoles himself for this unsatisfactory
state of things by anticipations of the total extinc-
tion of slavery by the American Civil War. In
waiting, however, for so doubtful and distant a
prospect, it would be well to see whether some-
thing cannot be done to secure a better observance
of the Treaty, and to check a great and appalling
evil, which it rests with us in a great measure to
cauntenance or to cure.

Tuere have been so many defeats of the Govern-
:nent thio year that the oecupaws of the Treasury
I•nches 11)Udt be ruth*r more surprised when they

brain
u tuccebs than when they sustain a reverse.
A any rate the m+rity which voted for Mr.
Dout..ToN's reso!ution on Tuesday did good service
.0 the community, and more especially to the
.umbler lanks, to whom the preservation of open
.paces is Moat important. I. is difficult to exp.ain
vhy the G.,vernruent are dlways against these
roposals, p suited as they are to the requirements of
the people. Perhaps it is from a dislike to any in-
terference id their departments, or from their in-
nite love of arbitrary power, and the wish to usurp
.1 rights of judgment to themselves. 8,, this asit
n ,y, it Is very certain that no .-)ne brings forward
the claims or the wishes of the community in any
respect that some official does no; start up and

attempt to explain away what has been said.
Either this suggestion is not practical, or that ar-
gument is not solved, or it will not be expedient to
do anything just now, but the Government will
bear the question in mind for a future occasion.
Mr. DOULTON made out a very good case in support
of his proposal; he stated facts, which should have
been sufficient to convince even official impractica-
bility ; but it is tru!y said that there are none so
deaf as those who will not hear. No one can deny
the great importance of preserving these open
spaces, and yet it is equally true that while more
demands exist for their maintenance it becomes
more difficult to preserve them. London is fast
losing the great advantages it once enjoyed of
being surrotmded by open places, they are ra-
pidly becoming absorbed fur building purposes.
Under these circumstances, Mr. DOULTON proposed
that the Government should introduce a bill for the
purpose of affording the necessary protection, the
Board of Works not having the power to do so.
There can be no reason why more active inter-
ference is not used in this case, for it is surely
a bounden duty on the part of the Government
to undertake the responsibility themselves, and
not to be continually shifting it from their own
shoulders to those of others who cannot perform
the task if they have the willingness to do so. The
usual absurd excuses were given by the Government
speakers, which amounted in reality to declaring
that the subject was important, but that reasons
prevented it being properly attended to. Surely it
one thing more than another imperatively calls for
action, it is the preservation of the health of the
metropolis, and yet this is constantly neglected by
those who are ready to go to any expense for mere
matters of business or objects of interest. In no
better way eould the Government spend the funds
at their disposal than by first clearing those open
spaces over which private individuals have a right,
and thus prevent their being built upon. Had they
acted with promptitude and proper publicfeeling there
would not have been all tie outcry raised concerning
Hampstead Heath, which has given so much annoy-
ance and caused so much odium. It is always very
disgraceful for public functionaries to display
meanness in their dealings or inaptitudelor their
tasks, but when these qualities are shown in affairs
of moment asreg srds public he lth, the consequences
are disastrous and deplorable in the extreme. Mr.
TORREY'S made a few very forolole observations,
and said that persons were in the habit of laying
claim to considerable portions of Epping Forest,
under the plea of beicg lords of the manor, and
+h it tee Government were so supine that they
did not protect the rigors of the Crown. He
truly said that the Attorney Ganeral ought to be
instructed by the Treasury to interfere and prevent
such spoliation taking place. It is very easy to
make glib speeehes on the Treasury benches and its
immediate vicinity, and the exaggeration of this
and that statement, the incorrectness of those de-
tails, and the utter impossibility of that proposal
being carried out ; bat the end always is the same,
that the worst fears of the complainants are ful-
filled, and the general interests of the public are
sacrificed. Mr. F. PEEL made a most ridiculous
observation when he said that he could not admit
it was the duty of the Government to pay for the
compensation out of the public purse,and that there
" ought to be no difference in that ropect between
the metropolis and other large towns." Nor can
anything ba more extraordinary than this state•
ment, when the population of the metropolis is an
numerous, and is so much more precluded from the
means of obtaining fresh uir. Tue end is the same,

whatever means are adopted to encomp,ss it, and
the Government mea❑ t.► do nothing. The large ma-
jority against them is a great satisaction to con-
template, as they will now be forced to do some-
thing, nolens volens, if they remain in office; and it
they do not, their successors will be able to take
advantage of this warning, and exert themselves to
perform their duties more faithfully in this impor•
tent respect. All that relates to the health and
comfort of the working classes should receive a
double share of attention.

The annual meeting of the Manchester Cotton
Supply Association took place on Tuesday, at the
Manchester Town Hall, and its members could not
fail to contrast the present cheering aspect of the
cotton trade with the gloomy state of things when
she Associatio❑ was first formed. Then all seemed
dark and hopeless, so hopeless, indeed, that many
able and experienced men seriously recommended
that the great masses of the cotton spinning popu-
tation should turn their attention to some other
mode of pilling a living, eince there was ►ittle or
no chance that the cotton industry would ever
again support them. Others advised a wholesale
deportati,,n of the people, and every suggestion
commanded some degree of attention when the re-
cipients of public relief were reckoned by tens of
thousands. But while this perplexity and anxiety
were filling most minds, a few more sanguine or
energetic considered what cculd be done to revive
the cotton trade. It was plain that that trade
supplied countless necessities, that it met the wants
of all grades of the community, that it was able to
give employment to all these starving thousands,
while its stoppage was occasioned by no inevitable
otlamity, no national misfortune which human
power could either foresee nor control, but from
purely secondary causes. The earth did not refuse
to nurture the precious seed, the seed itself showed
no malign influences, but the fault lay in the 1311133011
agent for its supply, and men refused to profit by
what the peat Mother would willingly have
given them. Why, then, since the soil and the
climate which favoured its development was
confined to one part of the globe, why
could not the seed be sown elsewhere, and
the energies of other nations be enlisted
on behalf of the cotton cultivation. Had this

reasoning been acted upon earlier it would have
spared Lancashire the cotton famine. Had the
gloomy prtents which wise men could see in the
political horizon been earlier heeded—had the pos■
sibility of an American War been calculated on
instead of being thrust into the background as a
catastrophe quite cut of the question, how much
loss and misery might have been saved. But a
reckless spirit of speculation possessed the mill-
owners, and they went on adding store to store,
regardless of the future. Happily now the sky is
brightening again, and while every month the
pluper returns show a considerable diminution, the
sta:istics collected by associations encourage us to
hope for a gr4dually increasing supply of the pre-
cious material. The cc:net:Wing words of the report
would be borne in mind by all concerned in the
revival of the trade. The writer says, after sum.•
ming up the rapid progress of the cultivation in
many widely removed lands, " the review of the
obt supplies hope for the future; and whether we
look to India, or Egypt, or Turkey, or Italy, or
Australia, to Central or South America, the West
Indies, or eny other quarter, it is manifest that
there must be no faltering policy pursued if we
would reap the harvest for which we have sown."

EXETER HALL.—Handers oratorio, "Judas
Maccatteus," will be per!ormed for the last lime this sea-
son on k% ednesday next, the 6,h July, by the National
Choral Societ), under the direction of Mr. G. W. Martin,
Principal singers—Madame Parepa, Miss Palmer, Mr.
Sims Reeves, and Mr, Sentley, Band and chorus, 700,