The Sun.
London, England, 1851-02-04 00:00:00

DAILY WEATHER TABLE.

state of the Wind and Weather at each of the following
places at Nine o'clock yesterday morning.—The stations
are arranged in order of latitude.
KINGSTOWN (DUBLIN)—Wind N.W., gentlo breeze—

overcast.
Pnymourn—Wind W., gentle breeze—overcast.
PORTSMOUTH—Wind N. W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
BRIGHTON—Wind E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
HASTINGS—CaIm —partially cloudy.
SOUTHAMPTON—Wind N.W., calm—foggy.
FOLKESTONE—Wind E., calm—overcast.
TUNBRIDGE—Wind N.E., calm—foggy.
BASLNGSTOKE—Wind S.W., calm—partially cloudy.
GREEN WlCH—Calm—foggy.
SWINDON—Wind S., gentle breeze—overcast.
LEicarroN— Wind E., gentle breeze—overcast.
COLCHESTER—Wind S.W., calm—foggy.
CAMBRIDGE—Wind S., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
PETERBOROUGH—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—overcast.
YAR-mourn—Wind S.E., gentle breeze—cloudless.
CoNwAv—Wind S., strong breeze—cloudless.
HoLynEAn—Wind S.W., hard wind—heavy rain.
MANcriEsTEß—Wind S., gentle breeze— snow.
LANCASTER—Wind S.E., strong breeze—snow.
WHITBY—Wind S., gentle breeze—foggy.
BERwicu—Wind N.E., strong breeze—rain.
The returns from the following places indicate the state of
the wind and weather on Saturday morning at nine
o'clock :
CORK—Wind N.W. strong breeze—clear.
MULLINGAR—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—overcast.
LEEDS—Wind S.W., calm— partially cloudy.

A4' bitentna
LONDON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1851.

There is an inherent love in every true English
heart for what is termed "fair play." Prejudices
may for a time prevail any departure from the
beaten track, any novel project, however promising,
may excite suspicion, and lead to a strict investiga-
tion—a searching scrutiny into the characters and
motives of the parties concerned. This is perfectly
justifiable, and will be readily conceded by the pro-
moters of every legitimate and kong fide undertaking.
They must be willing to render full explanations, to
meet any charges that may be preferred ; and if un-
able to do so, must submit to the inevitable conse-
quences. But, in return, they have an unquestionable
right to be heard in their own defence, to be allowed
to bring forward their proofs, to repel any and every
accusation. Audi alteram partem, is a golden rule
that has ever been recognised and respected in this
happy land. The most atrocious miscreant that ever
disgraced humanity is permitted the privilege of
meeting his accusers face to face, of hearing their
evidence, of obtaining answers to such interrogatories
as may be calculated to throw light upon the subject,
and to rely upon the legal presumption in favour of
innocence until his guilt be clearly, distinctly, and
unequivocally established. It is also understood that
the same publicity should be afforded to the answer
that had previously been given to the charge—
nothing can be more unjust or, according to our
English phraseology, " unfair," than to give cur-
rency and extensive circulation to a grave accusation,
and to refuse an equal publicity to the vindication.
The latter, if it can be given, should always be
put forward through the same medium as the
former, that none might hear of the one who
would not also have the other brought under
their notice. This may not always be
practicable, but so far as it can be done, it is the
right of the party or parties on trial. A public
journal may, in this respect, be assimilated to the
spear of TEI.131'111:15, which can alone heal the wound
it had inflicted, which can alone provide the antidotes
for the poison administered, and no duty can be more
imperative than that which attaches to the managers
and editors of newspapers of giving insertion to the
answers of those who may be attacked in their
columns. According to the " code of honour," a
blow levelled all distinctions, and any person, how-
ever exalted his rank or station in society, who so far
forgot himself as to be guilty of personal violence
was bound to render full and complete satisfaction
to his opponent. In like manner, any member of
the " fourth estate " is bound to provide space for
any person assailed to repel the charges contained in
former numbers of his publication.

This just retribution is, however, not always freely
rendered ; public opinion is sometimes set at defiance.
The insinuations of anonymous correspondents may
be received and published, while the indignant refuta-
tion of the unwarranted calumnies by the injured
parties are totally suppressed. Such conduct is not at
all becoming, and the more unworthy in proportion to
the rank and position of the aggressors.
" The whispered hint—the shrug, the hum or ha,
These petty brands that calumny doth use"—

are at all times detestable, but more especially so
when all redress is denied to the sufferers ; and we
deeply regret that a sense of justice compels us to direct
attention to a very gross instance of such a depar-
ture from the ordinary rules by which the Press
should be governed.
On the 23d of October last, a furious and utterly
unwarranted attack appeared in the Times
against the directors and managers of the Anglo-
Californian Gold Mining Company. Sundry weighty
charges were preferred, but others of even a graver
character were more than hinted. The directors
acted in the manner that might have been expected
from men of honour. A full and complete answer
was prepared and forwarded to the office of that
journal —an answer in which these unwarranted im-
putations were not only fully explained and rebutted,
but the true position of the company clearly set forth.
Criticism was not deprecated, because the directors,
conscious of the purity and integrity of their motives,
and of the legitimate nature of their speculations, in-
vited the strictest scrutiny, convinced that the light
of truth would ultimately disperse and dissipate the
mists of prejudice. The Times, however, refused to
insert this ample and satisfactory explanation, acting
on a principle, " more honoured in the breach than in
the observance," which the "Leviathan," in the pleni-
tudefluenced by a sense of justice to the parties interested,
of his power, occasionally ventures to adopt. in-
whose reputations we know to be above reproach, we
thTeheSui Chairmanof the
of
f thelst November
Company, last,s ir the
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letter m
published,
fr o in
VENDISLI STUART RUAIDOLD E t
, Bart., which had been
rejected by our morning contemporary. Sir HENRY
VERE HUNTLEY, an English officer and an English
gentleman, who was then absent in another hemi-
sphere, on the business of the company, was a neces-
sary witness. It was stated that his speedy return to
England was anticipated. He was in poosession of
.loLianalts h t .:0111d show !he total
of the aggressor, the falsehood of the accusations that
had been heaped on the devoted heads of the direc-
tors, and until the period of his return arrived, and

in the interim, they relied on the facts, that they had
sent out a body of experienced Cornish miners—
nearly thirty in number—provided with all neces-
sary tools and implements fo: the pursuit on which
they were entering,—On tie report of the local
correspondent of the Times. itself, which con-
tained this passage—" I am bound in justice to
all parties to add that iron all I can see and learn
the company (the Anglo. Californian) has performed
all its engagements to the Cornish miners with fide-
lity. Money is placed here, and bills of lading for a
further supply have arrived, coming forward to pro-
vide for their wants and pay for their passage into
the interior ;" and also on the fact, the truth:of which
could easily be ascertained, that there was an absence
of all debts or claims upon the company by tradesmen
or others in this country—that, in fact, they paid their
way honestly and honourably in both hemispheres.
Under such circumstances they naturally demanded
why a leading and influential organ of public opinion,
which had the means of knowing that the provisional
directors had acted bonti fide in every matter that
could be inquired into, should charge or insinuate
that they had acted males fide in other cases with
respect to which it had no better evidence than
the statement of a writer in its columns.
This vindication was, however, as we have already
stated, suppressed by the Tinits, and would have
been altogether withheld had we not given it pub.
licity.
Well, Sir HENRY VERE HUNTLEY has at length
arrived in England, having justly merited the thanks
of the company for his arduous, zealous, and efficient
exertions. He has appeared at various meetings of
shareholders, and his explanations and reports have
been of the most satisfactory description, carrying
conviction to every honest and unprejudiced mind.
We refer our friends and the public generally to the
report of a meeting of shareholders recently held at
the Corn-Exchange, Lincoln, and also to the resolu-
tion unanimously adopted at a meeting held at Pen-
ritb, at which the shareholders present expressed
" their entire confidence in the manager and directors,
and in the ultimate success of the undertaking," both
of which will be found in other parts of this day's im-
pression.

Will the Times now, we ask, make tardy repara-
tion for the serious injury which it inflicted, or
rather endeavoured to inflict, on upright and respect-
able men ? Will it in common justice to those
calumniated persons render, the amende honorable
even at the eleventh hour ? We fear not. The
company are, however, fortunately in a position to
defy the calumnious aspersions of interested City
jobbers, who, jealous of the extraordinary progress
already achieved, and of the prosperity of any under-
taking in which they are not permitted to appropriate
" the lion's share" of the profits, may dare to repeat
their infamous falsehoods and that even although
the Times should again prostitute its columns by
promoting the objects of these people, and again
refuse to give insertion to the defence and vindication
of the aggrieved parties, fully satisfied that truth
must ultimately prevail.

Recently we took occasion to celebrate a circum-
stance which we could not but regard as propitious
to a cause we hold much at heart—the cause of a

well-regulated system of colonial emigration. Our

allusion, we need scarcely say, is to the reception
given a few days since to the Provincial Secretary of
Nova Scotia by the municipal authorities of the an-
cient city of Southampton. On that occasion the
remarks elicited from the Hon. Josaru HowE in
reference to the very important schemes he is
known to advocate, and with a view to the
carrying out of which, he has arrived amongst
us on a mission to her MAJESTY'S Government
were of a nature calculated to arrest no small
degree of attention—illustrating, as they did, the ad-
vantages accruing from the development of the
sources of wealth still lying dormant in our North
American possessions. The value of these observations
it was impossible not to recognize, even from
the brief report furnished in one or two of the local
newspapers. Since then we are glad to see that the
speech of the Provincial Secretary of Nova Scotia has
been transcribed, we presume from stenographic
notes, and published in the form of a substantial pam-
phlet.* Having consequently before us the complete
harangue almost as it fell from the lips of the orator,
we turn to it again at our earliest opportunity, with
feelings of genuine satisfaction. Were nothing

further to result from the visit of Mr. HOWE Co
England, than the delivery of this speech, his mission
could not by any possibility be regarded as fruitless
of happy consequences both to the mother country and
her Transatlantic dependencies. For we conceive the
arguments embodied in it altogether too cogent and
persuasive to pass without being productive of
good to the community. Hearing from the
mouth of one empowered by his knowledge
and his experiences to pronounce upon the capabi-
lities of the British territories in the northern
continent of America, bearing from his mouth such
explicit declarations of the wealth that might be de-
rived from the labour required towards their proper
cultivation, the people of England cannot remain
deaf to the entreaties of nature and of reason—en-
treaties all tending towards the work of a systema-
tised Transatlantic emigration.

Those who may recoil from a scheme for the colo-
nization of the Canadas and the contiguous provinces,
through an erroneous preference for the more genial
atmosphere of the southern parts of the American
continent, would do well to weigh the force of the
following sentences, articulated on the 14th ult. by
Mr. Howz, when addressing the intelligent inhabi-
tants of Southampton :
"It is often said the climate of North America is
rigorous and severe. Do me the favour to glance at the
eastern hemisphere, including Europe, Asia, and Africa,
and separating the northern countries from the south,
the vigorous parallels from the warm and enervating,
tell me in which reside at this moment, the domestic
virtues, the pith of mankind, the seats of commerce, the
centres of intelligence, the arts of peace, the discipline
of war, the political power and dominion ? Assuredly in
the northern half. And yet it was not always so. The
southern and eastern portions, blessed with fertility, and
containing the cradle of our race, filled up first, and
ruled for a time the territories at the north. But as
civilization and population advanced northwards, the
bracing climate did its work, as it will ever do; and in
physical endurance, and intellectual energy, the north
asserted the superiority, which, to this hour, it main-
tains."

Therefore the Provincial Secretary of Nova
Scotia implies that the bleaker climates of the
western, as well as of the eastern hemisphere,
should receive the preference, as being calculated
better to advance the interests of enterprise and
through them the general cause of civilization. Be-
sides, we hear him say a moment or so afterwards,
" the climate of North America, though colder than
that of England, is dryer when it is cold. I rarely
wear an overcoat, except when it rains ; an old Chief
Justice died recently in Nova Scotia at 103 years o
age, who never wore one in his life. Sick regiments
invalided to our garrison, recover their health and
vigour immediately; and yellow fever patients com-
ing home from the West Indies walk about in a few
days. Look at the countenances and robust appear-
ance of the inhabitants, and you will see the vigour
and energy that the climate of North America im-
parts."

Notwithstanding these very numerous advantages
the emigration has all set in from Europe to Ame-
rica upon the southern parts of the latter continent.
Upon this circumstance, hear our orator from Nova
Scotia :—"Whither went the `Mayflower,' that sailed
with the Pilgrims from this port ? To the heart of the
New England states. Whither went PENN'S and
BALTIMORE'S emigration ? To Pennsylvania and
Maryland,"
But if we listen to the Honourable JOSEPH HOWE
upon a theme yet more familiar to his intelligence,
we find his accents become yet more potent in corn-
mending the provinces already referred to as the
proper localities for British colonization. He ob-
serves—

"Nova Scotia, in many respects, greatly resembles
England. It is nearly an island, being joined to the pro-
vince of New Brunswick by a narrow isthmus. Of coal,
it has endless fields; it has iron in rich abundance; in-
exhaustible fisheries surround its shores; and its noble
harbours are open all the year round."
Perhaps, however, the most powerful arguments
employed by the Provincial Secretary of that impor-
tant possession of the British Crown have yet to be

* " Sptec of for. JOIC,DII Howe, Proviar::al So-
cretary of Nova Scotia, on the iwportauce and Value to
Great Britain of her North American Culonies ; deli-
vered at Southampton on the 14th of January, 1851.,,
Bvo. pp. 28, Loudon: Trelawney Saunders, 1851,

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