The Sun.
London, England, 1849-09-26 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SlR,—Owing to those existing laws of England
which enact that gold (exclusively almost) shall be a
legal tender in discharge for all debts, our Govern-
ment may be compared to a supposed colony of human
beings, who, dependent for sustenance upon the honey
gathered from the wild flowers by the bees of the
colony, robbed the bees of all the honey they had
accumulated, and extirpated every flower to prevent
them gathering future stores, whereby the doom of
both bees and colonists would be manifestly sealed.
The death of the bees would speedily ensue, and
starvation of the colonists would become inevitable
after the stock of honey was consumed.
It would scarcely be thought possible that any
human beings could so overlook the vital necessity of
preserving and extending the flowers, that the bees
might continue to gather honey for the future
sustenance of the commonwealth of bees and men;
yet, strange as it may appear, in this highly civilized
and enlightened age, the Government of England act
with even more purblindness, for though the whole
fruits (quasi honey) of the labourers of this country
are required for the sustenance of themselves and
families, and to meet the expenses of the nation, yet
the Legislature permit the continuance of a law
which, when operative, withdraws from circulation
the money (quasi flowers) by means of which labour is
elicited, and food, clothing, &c. (honey) is produced;
and notwithstanding that (and what evinces greater
imbecility) the Government expects that the labourer
(it has thus deprived of means) shall continue to
maintain himself and family ; and demands besides
that he shall, in such starvation state, furnish money
forsooth (which he has no power physically or
legally to make) to defray the national expenditure.
If such folly and insanity be persevered in, the con-
dition of England and its labourers, it is self-evident
would soon become like unto that of the bees and the
colonists as prefigured.
The labourer cultivates and manufactures food,
clothing, &c.; thus he makes money's worth, but if he
could (which he cannot), he is not allowed to make
coined money. Hence it is imperative upon the
Government to make sufficient legal tender paper
money (based on and convertible into national pro •
perty, food, clothing, &c.), so as to facilitate and
maintain a ready and adequate legal tender mediam
of exchange at all times for all commercial trans-
actions.

The precious metals, fixed property, and merchan-
dise, are the fruits of labour capitalized ; hence it
must be obvious that if there be not sufficient con-
vertible legal tender paper money based thereon, or con-
vertible thereinto by purchase at the necessity of the
holder, free from any statutory contraction, and
adequately maintained, the labourer cannot continue
to be employed either adequately or profitably to
himself, or to his employer ; consequently the honey
in the national hive (i. e., capitalized labour) would
decrease, and all commodities would fall in value, ex-
cept gold, which is protected at a standard price by
Act of Parliament. War is not half so devastating as
this bullion law, which bears with ruinous injustice
on the labourer, throwing him out of employment,
and at the same time reducing the value of his pre-
vious products, whilst gold, by the. present law, be-
comes appreciated. DELTA.
Liverpool, Sept. 15, 1649.
CITY COMMISSIONERS OF SEWERS.

Yesterday a court was held; Mr. Deputy Pea-
cock in the chair.

Mr. Alderman and Sheriff FiNms presented a me-
morial, signed by a great number of mercantile men
who transact business in Mincing-lane, complaining
of a most intolerable stench which constantly astaile
them through the vents in the immediate locality, and
praying that the court would take immediate steps to
remove so disgusting and injurious a nuisance.
The memorial was referred to the surveyor of the
court, to examine and report upon.

THE SCENE IN THE CHURCHYARD OF ST. OLATB,

SILYER-STREET.

The churchwardens and other parishioners of the
parish of St. Olave, Silver-street, attended for the pur-
pose of giving to the court an explanation of the
alleged condition of the churchyard.
Mr. Lew, one of the churchwardens, and several
parishioners, stated that the church 3 and had been
closed without the delay of more than one day after
the issue of the notice of the Board of Health ; that
the parish authorities had acted consistently with
their duty, and that in the description which had
been given of the ground, much exaggeration had
been used.