The Sun.
London, England, 1852-08-14 00:00:00

shadowing out a liberal policy in the Commons, for
Lord DERBY to be hinting at the reverse in the
Lords ? What can people think of a Ministry, the
members of which differ on the main points ? What
can be done with a Ministry in which
.the CHRISTO•
PHERS and the FITZROY KELLEYS advocate the main-
tenance of Protection, while the DISRAELIS
and the "'BLUETS frankly admit that
they cannot re-animate a corpse ? These uncer-
tainties, these variations, these eccentricities may
have served their purpose in hustings' speeches and
post-prandial orations, hut a dread ordeal is at hand,
and, when that comes,—literally putting the Minis-
try to "the question"—straightforward, decided, and
unmistakable language will be demanded.
The rational Members of the Ministry—at whose
head we certainly place DISRAELI, whose practical
common sense appears curiously balanced by his un-
doubted genius—cannot dream of taking up the
caput mortuum of Protection, with a hope of vitalizing
it? They must know, and they do, that when the
question, to the millions, is, " Will you pay fivepence
or a shilling for your loaf ?"—the millions will
shout a reply of " Cheap bread for ever I" Why
then contend for shadows ? Why waste time, and
words, and temper, and power, and the opportunity
of well using that power for the public good, is a
desperate and foolish contention for a mere name
To repeal Free Trade would simply cause a revolu-
tion. What Minister will be so bold—so foolish in
his boldness—as to precipitate such a terrible result ?
No one, we hope. Let the Ministry meet Parlia-
ment with the avowal that they dare not attempt the
restoration of Protection, and that they are pre-
pared to propose measures for the public good, and
they will have such vantage-ground, from that ad-
mission and that promise, as no Cabinet ever had
before.

We are so sanguine as to expect that the Ministe-
rial declaration, at the opening of Parliament, will
done,
ought
g ht and
to dunereciui sr
simply throw over Protection as an exploded and
wholly untenable chimera. That
that
wthiellrehcaavnen, a
o,tbcelaeanry
sftuagtuer,e,, andmistake upon it, Minis-
ters
" no favour," except what their conduct may obtain.
They have much to do. Two pressing subjects are
before them—the adjustment of taxation, and the
further reform of the law.
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The adjustment of taxation will naturally spread
into many ramifications. The Customs' duties want
further revision, reduction, and equalization. The
Excise duties are capable of great amendment. The
land-tax must be adjusted—if it were fairly appor-
tioned and equalized, it would be better for the
farmers than a duty of twenty per cent. on corn.
And, more than all, there must be a revision of the
income and property-tax, the unequal pressure of
which is now; such a source of general complaint
among all classes throughout the country, that the
Ministry who will fairly apply itself to do justice
on this head; will merit public protection.
Further reform of the law must take place. That
cannot be delayed. Chancery has received " a heavy
blow and great discouragement" during the last
session, and Lord ST. LEONARDS may be trusted to
undertake it. Still, we must, sooner or later, have
the junction of equity and law : one tribunal em-
powered to adjudicate on fact and law—or what is
legal and what is just. The Ecclesiastical Courts
demand n ithing less than to be wholly swept
away, as nuisances. The Bankruptcy Courts
are susceptible of many and great improve-
ments, which would extend their operations for tl-e
benefit of creditors and debtors. Never had a Mi-
nistry such a wide field for great and good exertion.
If they throw away this chance, by absurdly clinging
to the skirts of Protection, they will merit neither
support nor sympathy when they fall. No better
epitaph need be graved on their mausoleum than
the homely one, immortalized by Tlioues Iri-
GOLDSBY, of—" Served 'em right."

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

We have received the Paris journals of yesterday.
A telegraphic dispatch from Madrid has been re-
ceived, announcing that the Marquis DE MIRAFLORES,
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, has been re-
placed by M. BERTRAND DE LYS. The latter, who
was Secretary of State for the Interior, is replaced
by M. ORDONEZ, Civil Governor of Madrid.
A decree of the PRESIDENT of the Republic dis-
solves the company of the Municipal Sapeurs-pom-
piers of the town of Montpellier. No reason s-
signed for this act.
Monseigneur PAVY, Bishop of Algiers, has been
promoted to the rank of commander of the Legion of
Honour.
gave a grand fete yesterday, at his
villa The singers of the French opera
Mz
aunt tvAaT Pr
at incßeu
sang some of their best pieces. The PRESIDENT of
the Republic was present, attended by General
ROGUET.
The troniteur publishes the following telegraphic
dispatch :

" THE SOUS-PREFECT OF VALENCIENNES TO THE MI-
NISTER OF THE INTERIOR.
" Valenciennes, 12th August, half-past two o'clock, P.M.
"The followingis the first act of the Conseil d'Ar-
rondissement of Valenciennes;--
" . The members of the Conseil d'Arrondissement,
penetrated with gratitude for the services that the Prince
President has rendered, and every day renders the
country—being convinced, too, that France owes to him
her safety, and will owe to him with the stability of his
power (avec la stability de son institution) an era of pros-
perity and happiness, feel it a duty, before commencing
their labours, to express their feelings that Heaven may
preserve and protect the elected of eight millions, and
are happy to offer to his Highness the homage of their
entire devotedness, and the tribute of their profound
respect.'
" This resolution was adopted unanimously."
This resolution, it will be seen, amounts substan-
tially to a declaration for the empire, for it says, in
fact, that the continued happiness of the country
will depend upon the condition of stability being
given to the power of his Highness the PRINCE
PRESIDENT. The manner in which the Aloniteur
publishes the dispatch of the under prefect is certainly
not calculated to discourage the expression of similar
wishes.
The Constitutionnel, on the score of impartiality!,
publishes a protest agreed to by the electors of Ma-
Wedoes
rennes against the election of Prince MURAT to a seat
LP:rtlinaAmTenwtahroym conduct. th
in the Provincial Council, instead of M. CHASSELOUP
erected inthe Prefect had denounced for his
The violence of the storm which raged in Paris on
One of
Roads ars
of
with the re rations fdoaryhas somewhat interfered p pa.
file of the 15tb. The palm trees
theh Champs Elysees, although supported
by atron
fall crushed iron, have been seriously injured.
refreshments.
the largevoi trees in the Champs ElyEees, near
anlvt, Was broken in the centre, and in its
eirntudnately, nobody was hurt.
The Journa/I?oden house,
erected for the sale of
details relative to 8
family from Amboise of part
the rde-et-Loire gives the following
of ARD • EL-KADica'
taiGnAD:EAu.
They
comprise
have left for
With AID:—.." Five of the families
five persons, wad have taken their taken prisoners
about twenty-
superinteudence of Cap
their own coun.try.
BRIJaIER of the
the de under
41st line, and M. CHARLES
They are to embark at Marseilles for Algiers.
Amongst the i pr_soners who are about to recover their
liberty are tk.e four brothers of ARD-EL-KADER. In
sequence of the departure of these person?, then
consequence
number of prisoner:. at Amboise is now reduced to
about forty.
A letter from Toulon states that Vice-Admiral
BAUDIN is appointed to the inspection of that port.
M. Admiral CesY is appointed to inspect Brest. It
is ann oun ced that the Government has ordered two
ships of war ':o cruise off the coast of Morocco, sad
particularly Sallee.
The air j nthl 7 returns of the Bank of France pub-
lished t' "I • show a decided improvenlent. ,
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