The Sun.
London, England, 1840-11-11 00:00:00

ence for the increasing mass, while the want
of all local government leaves them no peace-
ful objects of ambition, seems a just ground for con-
tinual and increasing apprehension. The present
stir is but the re-awakening of that mighty mass ;
when they are again fairly roused, they must find a
vent for their activity. But what vent, as matters
are now arranged, but to overflow on the surround-
ing States, carrying with them war and desolation ?
Let it not be supposed that the pressure of popu-
lation against the means of subsistence will be less
in the extended territory of France than it is in the
contracted limits of England. Hunger and famine
assail the ignorant savage wanderers over the count-
less acres of the vast continent of America. France
before the Revolution was continually the prey of
are now by no means
extinct.poverty andlt diisstress, which
not, therefore, the extent of terri-
tory, but skill and knowledge in bringing out its
resources, continually extending and improving,
which keep subsistence in advance of population ;
and France, not richly endowed with commerce
and manufactures, has her land at present so ap-
propriated
Butl thatpiriatetason mlysode
slowly to improve in agricultural
skof
appropriating her land
has given of late a powerful stimulus to her popu•
ltao Etimul,rope which
hereafter
will
n than her,
though, merely rous-
ing now,
we fear, more terrible
ing herself, she has spread abroad general alarm.
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If statesmen are to provide for the welfare of so-
ciety, here is a problem which they ought to solve,
Is the peace of Europe to be always preserved by
setting up one armed host to threaten another ?
Past experience proves that this is ineffectual, and
that armed precautions to preserve peace, never
wholly keep it, and very often lead to war. Can no
means be found to provide a peaceable subsistence
for the ever-increasing mass of people in France, or
must they at some future period, like the armies of
NAPOLEON, or the hordes led by ATTILA, be suf-
fered to break forth on surrounding lands, till their
bones are left to bleach at a distance from their
home on some mighty battle field ?

Statesmen undertake to heal the disorders to
which society is liable ; here is a fearful disorder
growing out of the condition of France, which
those who busy themselves about boundaries, and
Pachalics, and the balance of power, cannot
neglect without acknowledging their own insuffi-
ciency. We do not ask them to interfere with
other nations ; but they do interfere, though it
may be doubted whether any of their ordinary
stratagems will, or can, preserve peace, unless
something be done to allow of the tranquil de-
velopment of the energies of the French.
It is palpable that the vast material interests of
England, scattered over the world, have in part
begotten the peaceable disposition of her people.
If we had no trade, we should care less for war.
The capitalist, who is sending a venture to the
Southern Ocean, the emigrant who has gathered
his all of wealth here, and is seeking a new home
on the other side of the globe, with those he leaves
behind him, the merchant, the manufacturer, the
ship -owner,and all who depend on them, whose pros-
perity is bound up with that of some distant land, whe-
ther a colony or not--all the many hundreds and
thousands of our population who live by commercial
industry, have a strong interest in avoiding war, and
they have contributed to give a peaceful character
to the whole community. The condition of our
own people indicates very clearly the policy which
other States ought to pursue towards France.
They ought to promote her prosperity, extend her
commerce, encourage her manufactures, and help
to give industrious occupations to her people. It'
such a development of her resources would tend to
make her the peaceful and certain friend, instead of
the terror, of surrounding nations, it is surely far
more Christian, more philosophical, and better
worth aiming at, than to beat down her warlike
energies by nursing the warlike energies of other
nations, making them the terror of one another.
With a want of foresight, England retained at the
peace some of the colonies of France which would
have contributed to make her peaceful by making
her commercial and colonial. With an equal want of
discretion now, some of our people are anxious to
throw of France to colonize
a part of Newta Zealan
d and extend her coloniza-
tion in Africa. Both ought to be encouraged. It
was WELLINGTON not to
impede
politic
Fan
Algiers ; and a further
extension of her colonial system, procuring a peace-
ful outlet for the energies of her people, would en-
sure present and future peace. Our statesmen are
afraid of her power ; but has England become more
extendedanno
annoying
to her neighbours in Europe as she has
her colonies and increased her commerce ?
Quite the reverse ; and why should we not ex-
pect for France, from the same cause, what
has happened to England ? Our old national
jealousy, gloating in indulgence, begets the very
mischief which it dreads. We are like the
nobleman whose title and estates were to pass into
a family he hated, unless he had a male heir, and
whose fears, mastering his hopes, made him the
parent of nothing but daughters. France is made
powerful and terrific by compression ; to weaken
her, she must be invited to send abroad her chil-
dren into colonies arid into the surrounding nations,
to increase their fortunes by peaceful industry.
With the known opinions of The Sun, as to free
trade, we need scarcely add that to open the English
and other markets freely to the products of France,
and so extend her commercial relations, would
tend to the same good end, and would spare all
Europe
of its own subjects,
much uneasiness, and much expense for
soldiers. The Government of France lives in dread
and has had, both under the
elder and the junior BOURBONS, a most uneasy ex-
istence. As far as we can see there is no prospect
for it of a more easy futurity, unless something be
done to give healthy employment to its subjects
its safety and the well-being of its people
would be
Promoted by that extension of their
commercial and colonial relations, which would
ensure the peace of Europe. The French
Government might be expected, therefore,
zealously to co-operate, by concessions to other
nations, in bringing about results so desirable for
all. We do not suppose that our hasty, but not
altogether impromptu sketch, of what ought now
to occupy the thoughts of philosophical poli-
ticians, will be satisfactory to others ; but this we
can safely say, now that the symptoms have
plainly indicated a deep-seated disease in Eu-
ropean society, the METTERNICIIS and the
GUIZOTS, the PA LMERSTONS and the PEELS,
the Louts PIIILIPPES and FREDERICK WiL.
LIAMS will not deserve the name of statesmen if
they do not attempt some other mode of cure than
cordons of steel.

A fact of much importance to the provriOots oC
Bank of England Stock is made manifest by the
late inquiries by the Committee of the House of
Commons into Banks of Issue. We borrow the
statement of the fact from the Morning Chronicle)
in which journal it is illustrated and confirmed by
many figures, which we have not at present room to
quote:—

The discount operations of the Bank, it will be
found, completely neutralised the general good ma-
nagement of the securities, and, by constraining the
Bank to reissue for discounts the notes which had been
called in by the sale of other securities, or by the pay-
ment of bullion, they produced the vicious condition of
the circulation, and were the true cause of the inconve-
ence and danger which ensued.
It is perfectly clear that the unsatisfactory condition
the circulation, auto all the evils which have ensued