The Sun.
London, England, 1853-06-10 00:00:00

House at the eleventh hour ? Would they not,
on the contrary, resist the attempt to convert
them into mere instruments for registering the
decrees of the other House ? and whatever might
be their opinions as to the bill itself, be disposed
to show their power, more particularly on a point
where they would have the voice of public opinion
in their favour, and the prevailing feeling would
be one of congratulation that we had still "a
House of Lords." It is not very often that such
an occasion could arise of demonstrating their
utility, and we can scarcely think that they would
let the golden opportunity slip by without full
advantage being taken thereof.
We must, however, remember, that hitherto
a most suspicious silence has been observed by
the leaders of her MAJESTY'S Opposition—and
that the Board, which Ministers are attempting to
perpetuate, has been remarkable for its Tory pre-
dilections, and also the large proportion of patron-
age which has been distributed among the aristo-
cratic party. Every exertion-must, therefore, be
made by Indian Reformers to strengthen their
position, and to insure the rejection of the bill, if
only for the present Session.•

In another part of our impression we give a
Report of the Fourth Annual Meeting of " The
Times Life Assurance and Guarantee Company ;"
and we experience considerable pleasure in draw-
ing the attention of our readers to the results of
the working of this Company, for we told our
readers at the time when this Company started
that the success of this and similar insti-
tutions would not only be highly beneficial
to the public, but involved the question of the
correctness of the principle of public guarantee.
Indeed, the importance to a community like ours
of the security of a Company, in preference to
that of private individuals, for the honesty
of clerks, dm., is so apparent that we cannot
wonder at the large amount of business transacted
by this office; but we can wonder amd be agree-
ably
surprised to find that such institutions are
successful—profitably successful—in their ope-
rations, for it is thus shown that the morality
of the masses of young men employed in the
commercial world is at a high rate—we may
say at a premium—and in striking contrast
to the records and statistics of crime furnished
by the last generation, when every Monday morn-
ing brought brisk work for the Calcrafts of the
day, and men's lives were disposed of by the
dozen for the smallest offences against the com-
mercial laws of that day—laws which, like the Dra-
conian code, may be well said to have been written
in blood. Public guarantee, it has been urged,
must, in its action, decrease crime, by restricting
the temptation to crime, hitherto so largely
afforded by the carelessness or cupidity of employers,
and by teaching the employed habits of prudence and
forethought, such as are suggested by the rules of
this institution we refer to, where they join a life
assurance with the guarantee bond, and make the
persons guaranteed give their life policy as a
hostage for their honesty. We strongly recom-
mend all employers to adopt this principle, and
we hope that the 3,200 policies already effected
by this Company may be doubled in number by
the time the proprietors hold their next annual
meeting. .