The Sun.
London, England, 1852-07-28 00:00:00

in productiveness to those enactments—" looming in
the distance"—which are to carry joy to the hearths
of the most disconsolate cultivators of the soil in
England ! And those enactments, it is now pro-
claimed by the more sanguine among the supporters
of Lord DERBY, are certain to be passed in rapid suc-
cession, because just now the strongest Government
this country has ever seen is confronted by the most
impotent Opposition. So resolutely are those decla-
rations made, that one of the most credulous calcu-
lators on the side of the Ministerialists has gone so far
in his " rose-coloured" comparisons':of the gains and
losses that he has fixed the latter at 38 and the former
at 69—leaving, of course, a magnificent surplus of
thirty-one to her MAJESTY'S Government. A careful
analysis of this very astounding calculation discovers
to us, however, the rather flagrant device by which
our ingenious Contemporary has managed to prove
so much in favour of the interests of the Adminis-
tration. The contrivance is simple enough—all
the Liberal-Conservative losses are attributed
to the
moreover, can
Opposition, and all the Liberal-Conser•
vative gains to the Government. How Oldham,
possibly be shown to have yielded
one additional supporter to the Cabinet it would be
difficult to demonstrate—for it were somewhat
strange to insist that the Radical COBBETT is an up.
holder of the DERBY Administration. Again—we
presume upon the principle that " extremes meet "
Mr. MONTAGUE CHAbIBERS, the new Member for
Greenwich, is claimed no less coolly as a supporter of
the Tory Government—although, so far from appear-
ing on the hustings as a Derbyite, the Honourable
Gentleman presented himself before the constituency
as an ultra-Reformer. These amusing incidents only
disclose the more clearly and unmistakably that the
Ministerialista find themselves driven to an extremity,
and are therefore compelled, for the sake of appear-
ances, to assume the virtue of a majority if they have
it not, and to affect a confidence that may conceal
tr a the the fa
rtkhse
wDheirolahy
their latent disappointment.
ob-
servableConnm
that f r o
ihteasvewifthalle
the prominent leaders of the 0 "t*
ppoai am. While the
Attorney-General is wishing the big loaf had stuck
in the throat of one of his free-trade •
anagoms.s, while
the Secretary at War—should we say the Frail Cor-
respondent who, as the " W. B." of the Carlton
Club aspired to carry a favourite candidate to a
height as remarkable as the top of a barber's pole?
—while, we say, the Secretary at War is designating
a crowd of Englishmen the vilest rabble he ever saw,
and one he most heartily despised—Lord PALMER-
STON is merrily talking a throng of farmers into good
humour, or bantering some unfortunate Wight of an
antagonist with the most agreeable and innocent
and yet the most galling and overwhelming pleasan-
tries. The comparison of the tone perceptible in the
speeches of the leaders of the Cabinet and of the Op-
position—is, we repeat it, somewhat significant. An
additional illustration of the gay spirits with which
the Liberals are awaiting the assembling of Parlia-
ment was afforded yesterday Ott Carlisle by Sir
JAMES GRAHAM'S masterly address ro his constituents.
Delightful was his allusion, for example, to the threat
that after Lord DERBY comes the deluge—a threat
borrowed from the phrase-book of METTERNICH—tO
which Sir JAMES facetiously objected that whereas
the Babel of tongues followed the Deluge formerly,
it preceded the one now held in terrorenz over the
heads of the electors. Therefore, said he, " I must
say, that the deluge is past, and th at Babel has come,
for there are not two member of the, Government who
hold the same language. The Lo rd Advocate, ad-
dressing the peop'e in the north calf S2otland, and
knowing that the people of Scot end are a wise,
shrewd people, not only does he Fa•Ly, ' I would not
support a duty on foreign cora,' but I will not be
a party to say that an equivalent will be given.' The
Solicitor-General again says that the whole
question of our commercial policy must be revised,
because no advantage has been derived from it. And
Mr. WALYOLE has argued that, in consequence of
the repeal of the corn-laws, our poor-rates have in

creased, our crime has increased, and our savings
banks have suffered—the humble thrift of the poor
has had inroads made upon it. Lf that is his opinion,
he is bound to propose a :repeal of the
corn-laws." But, no—the latter cou7se is decidedly
just now a non-sequitur. Lord DERET acts upon a
very different system —upen a system thus /mil-

irt ctly scouted by Sir JAMES GUAIIAM, in a tone of
noble indignation—" I tell you that I Lave great
respect fur the people of this country. I have the
strongest feelings that their deliberate sentiments
must be carried, and prevail in the councils of this
nation; but I tell you that I would never consent to
be the tool of the
people of this country—that what
I thought right I would propose. I would stand by
it—l would fall by it. Never would I say, ' I throw
the question of policy down before the people of this
country. I desire protection if I Call g it, but if
the people are against it, I become the party to carry
out the principles of free trade against my own
private opinions.' " From the contrast of the lan-
guage thus employed by the foremost men of the
Opposition and the foremost men of the Government,
some reasonable conjecture may be formed of the
energy with which the contending parties will
encounter each other on the assembling of the new
Parliament.

The dream of DISTAFFINA may yet be realized—the
humblest housewife may live to see the time when
she can truly boast that
" nil her pots and pens
Are made of shining goii.”

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enough for all, and although
locality. There is room
there may be cases of individual failure, where the
parties are easily discouraged,
time and rtoetimreakferoma
fairthe
field without allowingsufficient
trial, yet it is clearly ascertained that every
unskilled labourer may, with the rudest im-
plements, obtain from four to six ounces of dust
per week, or calculating only at the rate of 3/. per
ounce—about 24 per cent. below its value in this
country—from 2/. to Si. per diem. As this amount,
enormous and unprecedented as it :appears to be,
must be considerably increased when. the various
companies now iu course of formation, some of which
have already dispatched efficient bodies of men, and
owpeelrla-steioleoc,trlt
is y
stores to " the diggins," come into
im
will terminate, or weet limitsa can be assigned to the
possible to say where matters
production. As yet it has not led to any very great
effect on prices ; but we would remind those who
think that it therefore follows that no remarkable
change can occur, that more than half a century had
elapsed before the results of the discoveries in
Faro and
intercommunication perceptible.
o dWu ciet
dh
the increased
now in existence the effects will be p
in a much shorter period; but already the tide is
flowingae
lead on to fortune all who
hira facilitieszi
i
judgment to discern and enterprise to act on the
existing state of
affairs. Matters ar
1847 e indeed very
v which mint
different from what they were in ,when the
life-
blood of industry—was wanting, and when the na-
tionalid not be usefully developed, or
measure and representative of value—The very
capabilities could
the labour of the working classes fully employed, for
want of a circulating medium adequate to the wants
But now, in place of
and exigencies of the country.
, or twenty-three
o
coffer's a scarcity, we have a plethora of bullion. In place of
eleven or twelve, we have twenty-tes
millions of pounds sterling in the of the Bank
of England; while the notes in the bands of the public
amount to nearly twenty-four millions, and everything
appears to indicate a continued increase until the arri-
val of the real golden age, when, the demands ("f the
currency being satisfied, the surplus may
be applied,
not only to ornamental, but even to useful articles.
We would, then, once more most atrenesouslY
recommend our friends and supporters to regard the
existing state of affairs, and to regard the probable i
consequences. Fluctuating property, more particu-
larly every industrial pursuit, must improve, while
fixed property cannot materially alter. Government
Securities, Three per Cents., &c., have nearly reached
their highest point, . while real estates, shares
in railways, steam. packet, gaining, and other
companies must considerably improve. Parties
may be timid, and for a time distrust may pravail,
but capitalists will not always be contented to keep
their money idle, watching for opportunities that
may never arise. A monetary
panic like that of
1847 is not speedily forgotten.
Those who have suffered largely will for a time
look at nothing bud certainties. Co mob, then, are