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THE SUN.

LONDON, TUESDAY, NOV. 11, 1862

Yesterday we were all aware that Lord PAL-
MERSTON had made almost a special effort to be
present at the LORD MAYOR'S Inauguration Ban-
quet. Would he tell us anything of the views of
the Government on the question of the day l'—was
,•the universal inquiry. All over the kingdom,
wherever a subscriber to Lancashire distress is to
be found, and few are the places where one is not,
the report of last night's speech will be equally
scanned. Lancashire will look at the Premier's
speech with the feeling of people asking for bread,
but, alas, for bread, he gives them a stone. We can-
not say that his Lordship had anything else to
give. It is fair to suppose, that though he may
know more of details, yet, in these days, when
knowledge of what is doing in foreign lands is not
the perquisite of Ministers, Lord PALMERSTON
may know little more of the prospects of the
American struggle than other intelligent persons.
One thing is certain that he told us nothing. His
own Ministers have discussed the question of recog- ,
nition ; one has described the South as already a
nation ; another has declared that they are nothing
of the kind while the war is yet in its
vigour. " Historicus," in his very able letter,
understood to be inspired by the Secre-
tary for War, has fully examined the
bearing of alleged precedents, shown their irrele-
vancy, and proved that, following those of our
dealings with the South American republics, the
South must wait yet many years for its recognition ;
but the head of the Government is perfectly silent
on the question. Foreign journals—journals not
altogether wanting in authority, especially in a
country where the publication of false news is penal
—assure us that Russia and France intend to ask
the co•operation of England in procuring at least
an armistice between the furious combatants. Even
a Conservative journal, not unknown to Lord PAL-
MERSTON, asserts with some confidence the proba-
bility of action on the part of European Govern-
ments—all to no purpose, we may argue, discuss, and
conjecture as we will the oracle is perfectly silent.
Here is the sum of all the head of the Govern-
ment has to tell us—it may be hoped that the cause
of Lancashire distress will not continue—there is,
however, little prospect that kindlier and more
humane feelings are likely to prevail between the
contending parties on the American continent—
we may hope, notwithstanding, that India
will
furnish us with a certain portion of the cotton
which is indispensable to our manufactures—and
lastly, that when we get the Indian cotton here,
our merchants ought not to sell it again in the
dearest market, if that market happens to be a
foreign one_ " Trust in India, and keep your
cotton at home," seems, therefore, to be the sum
of his Lordship's advice—advice which, so far as
it goes, points to expectation of a prolonged war.
He knows notF ing of Lori RUSSELL'S " ninety
days"—he will not hazard becoming a
political
Dr. CUMMING, but says, as any other Englishman
might have done—l fear it may be a long and
cruel struggle—look elsewhere, and make the
best of what you can get. As to his economical ad-
vice, his Lordship must have known that could
not be adopted. No one could ask the merchant to
contribute to Lancashire employment by offering
cotton for less than its value ; and that is the plain
meaning of keeping cotton at home, if France or
Belgium will give more for it. We must think
hie Lordship should not have endorsed the cant cry
of those who demand of persons to show their
ethriabruittye by
toy
tah:e parting from the simplest principles
Of
commerce. Betterumo sof
for thehis power
manufacturerto relief
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mittees, then
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business. falsify the first principles of

His Lordship seemed
glad to escape from the
topic, and to dilate on
th--
e,r,,naparatively small
-
number of our army and
navy
tion that they cost us thirty millions
to men,
trgetting
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far more than those of any of our . per annum—
far re-
membering to praise their " efficiency:, ~,, a
sort
of
humble makeweight, for the want of numbers, and