The Sun.
London, England, 1869-08-30 00:00:00

srizil or THE PUBLIC JOURNALS,

411,-

We can have no wish, says the Times, to lay too gre-
at
a stress upon the Emperor's indisposition, but we al
hardly bring ourselves to believe that the perturbati°
created by the rumours current on the subject is altoge'
tiler to be aseribed to mere stratagems of Stock Excliascie
speculation; nor do we think any good end can be serve,
by too stubborn a denial of the fact that the ErilPer°r It
labouring under some more or less serious infirmity
is not without reason, one would imagine, that half'a,.
dozen medical gentlemen are in daily attendance at Ss
Cloud, nor that with Nnlaton, Iticord, Chauval, and col;
visart about him, his Majesty should deem it expedient
to summon Dr. Chelius from Heidelberg in consideratait
of his special proficiency in some branch of his prefessioe•
is satisfactory to hear that the Emperor finds himself 80 Yts
relieved as to be able to transact business with
Council, and to drive and walk with his physician la ss
park. The fact that, after some hesitation, the Etall,rej
and the Prince Imperial have gone to Corsica, as
been arranged, may also be taken as evidence that;
sudden crisis is apprehended ; but it would be needless*
deny that there have been a few days of consideny
anxiety in the Emperor's household, and some of lds11;
fessional advisers make no mystery of the fact tlls',.
Majesty's health is not such as to remove all grounds
uneasiness. He may yet have—and we hope be l'atlto'
many years to live, but he is liable at any In°lll,cii„
another attack. There may be nothing really serl°—ila
the Emperor's illness, nothing to prevent his wielding "to
supreme power for many years, till the time comes is
resign it into the hand of his grown-up son. But thr:so
no harm in the meanwhile in all interested l'art'e-nie
preparing themselves and the country against that c.l
tingency as to enable themselves to meet it without hewoo
overwhelmed by it. There is no harm in the Emperor 0
relieving the central power of its heavy responsibilitY to
to render it possible for weaker shoulders than his °fib'
bear it ; no harm in the members of the Imperial efts
so burying every recollection of past disagreeinent'oa
oblivion as to feel strong in their mutual good-will
co-operation in any emergency ; and no harm, ab°lefor'S
things, in France so taking her stand on the EulPe—rie
concessions and so reasserting her right to self"g°Lin
ment as to accustom herself to look upon no Pers'o-Sica
indispensable, and to fear nothing from the P31%110
and antipathies of those who may aspire to share or (IL'r
his successor's authority. 0011 V
The Post declares that investigation, instead of acs
ing for the position of the Albert Insurance Cons0„1;
0
only makes it more unaccountable, and explanatiolleto,
hitherto given only renders it more inexplicable. 111:.
the adVertised reserve fund of £650,000 has gone t° so•
stated. Neither is there anyattempt to account for the ellor
priation of the sums illegitimately drawn from the 11l tile
branch; nor does any one explain what have be‘icio
uses to which the £350,000 a year has been put.
question suggests itself. What will the other incur
the
companies do under these circumstances? The cas°°‘ iff
.Albert, which, as investigation develops the facts °'_ it
administration, may be expected to shew worse el: i)
does even now, will undoubtedly give a very selitiaa
check to the rapid progress which the practice of inslloo
life as a provision of families, or as a security, was illaisasSi
and it is by no means improbable that the middle c' •
may direct their attention to the facilities which ateitio,
tendered by Government for the accumulation of stiala
The public have found out that they are utterly beirtiat
and the discovery is creating an amount of distrustirecta
cannot fail to produce before long very sensible c Tao
upon the revenues of even the highest class otlices'
insurer is not, as some persons who have treatedfbe',.
ject represent him to be, a speculator. He is strictly
investor and a contracting party in an instant/o,of
ought to meet its obligations as certainly as the 3
./ its
England gives gold for its notes, and would do s°l
direction were capable or honest.
contleC*
The Daily _A'ews asks if there is any necessary aby
tion between the extremely speculative form assalliea the
the commercial transactions of the present day, 3llstyls
portentous extravagance which marks its prevailiag_
of living? We are strongly inclined to believe the'o Tao
Who is really well off now it is impossible to sal' bon'
splendid millionaire of to-clay is the notorious istor,
rupt of to-morrow, and the resuscitated specula
it
of the day after. How much of his gilt°t
sacl
gold, and how much is paper, none but his bankerSo's are
not always they, can know. The risks of comreeris
kept in countenance by the risks of home, and rice to
t
Such a mode of life once plunged into, it still:l'oer°
reason that it cannot be retreated from ia' dor°
comes a tremendous crash. To reduce expend
e'
and check display would be a confession of a checilffeieet
where, a check in the other gambling department' t both
as the game becomes more desperate, the plea', a Nell
ends, often waxes higher. Probably nobody Wl/010"
considers this matter will hesitate to accept the
ths
. c corn
sion that between the prevailing recklessness of e see
mercial spirit and the scandalous extravagance ri
around us there is a close and essential associeti°l:l,l
.worse misfortune, however, is that the peopiC
originated and mainly promote this great social c% Bober
blot communicate disease to their naturally 11.1191.teiiriag'
neighbours. They create a factitious standard 01eale
and compel persons of fixed or calculable I",iosal
—athe aristocracy, the gentry, and the Prpfeisc,
classes- ato live up to it. For human nature is coose'
frogs always will try to be as large as bulls. lrl", asoci
quences are too notorious. Family after family erVainl
origin and history is being dragged down to P°'clicr 01.111'
disgrace, and professional men and traders of sela,,ot say
stance lead a life of monstrous struggle and cons: le oore
barrassment. It is probably vain to hope that t.a.f peel
influential portion of society will at last set till(ilvion
{lgainst this sort of thing, stamp ostentatious ssei
atil
vulgarity, and treat speculative spendthrifts "iy daulA
pariahs. But unless this be done, we can scar°
that still graver misfortunes await )ciety. hot, coal.
The Herald observes that limitation no less t
nlon
pulsion is one of the essential elements of the traf ]about'
policy. It extends to almost every departmeat,°,ooo_,
and its object is, in accordance with their frank'Ys far as
and intelligible principle, to make the work g° aloas
possible and provide employment for as Waal( the ear
possible. It is a kind of protective system %owe tee'
rowest and most suicidal character, for its inevrlodotioll;
clency is unnaturally to enhance the cost of !00, blri,
ratterti'n'or tiro
and thereby to punish the buyer in the first looks f°
eventually to limit the production. Mr.
ward hopefully to the progress of Free Trade 0, yet
growing political influence of the working class
_.0i0015015;
is one of the foremost champions of trade
aunto
t
which makes protection for the benefit of one cane o
cl
all others the corner-stone of its syste°l' . (ling s
answer in the long run. The London shipbuili
plies o;
has gone northwards, and Germany now suer'W°rs:
builders with window-frames, doors, and 7pln„ fitted
ie
made to drawings and sent over ready to hots
cheaper than they get it on the spot. Ise of
taiga
most abnormally clear by enforcing tbe; Le t'.„3
most expensive bricks, and the result w"" car,'
asoPle
fewer new houses will be built.
and 'njeee".
stone decoration unreasonably costly',
chain
learn to conent themselves with de brick'
.4
ornamentation or get it out of coloured or Inouelrestrict.,:j
Such is the Nemesis of limitation. As for tl.l . _ a bles;ro
of the hours of labour, it would no doubt I° ,i„
should all like it, from Cabinet Ministers dew': bastlia_bn
thing if such a rule could he established univer_satiolJo'osteir:
mongers. But we cannot afford, in this busy'' eaive wit
hard-working, incessantly active world of
two-thirds out of our four-and-twenty hourll oicl,.Pe4
ourSt,o"e a,111;
leisure. It might be better for us if we could...._sl7ith
as a matter of fact we do not ; and, to sneal,'. nartic
al„fo
frankness, we cannot altogether admit that that tr
section of the working
unions is the best entitled to call for an arbft
0 Or
clueing the hours of labour. orareissi° but
The Star thinks that the fewness of the c.ortonatell
tbs
classes represented tale
inquiry provided for this autumn is t
r atitioes Yaie.
one of several proofs that the trial o
__oat -o
judges has not proved the effectual in
__ti.a,',Odges
covery which was hoped and intended. r-1-11esta. and
refused to be inquisitors. This is not siudrenrs,,olngaocivssecin
blame rather lies on those who incons Os
roe
such work from them. They have accented ~ irk s° of
addition The
end
unwillingness new work as judges, The „aril
and responsible because without juries•ve eft'
Diia
„Leto aicea
it has been that, while legal
explained and carefully and consistent praju
it 1010
while party feeling and suspicion of
aeceasarilY
parliamentary election committees have oolirregaoo
jestfce elect'
appeared, we have lost all the rough
a work 13 teict,
shrewdness which sometimes did gee— been 8. os
principles bla
C
committees: the trials of petitions h ,„0
tion
assimilated to ordinary lawsuits ; strict L'ol,tiao itrowa_,
legal rules of proof and natural anxiety' I,:t ao 1;;/8
to give the accused all benefit belPeJ t •0
whole, bas
to overstrain evidence, have, on the
ibe iudg'es 110 t
guilty and discouraged petitioners. raw „jai bas of
clone right : something different, ae_airpatiae..co
been provided, was wanted for the
)01x.t'ant fialan'coo
electoral corruption. Among the manY itasot, none
.4;
pressing for attention from the Governerbe saileclso;c.
of doubt, an
exceed in importance that of clean
sinegritatiov.
poisoned springs of the national repres
It spas; —d
,°,oo°t
thing very strong has yet to be done. It
• not icer
clear to all that the judges' trials wi the ribi ctea
stamp out the evil. Mr. 'alundella struckis
.0
note the other day at Sheffield as to wlr
cant
v;
sing, felt
from Parliament for abolition of Pa (ti
electieesni-,3°ival
repression of public-house influences a
other 004
as for enactment of vote by ballot ; and
gill,„ t
members, addressing their constituents
follow suit to Mr. Mundella.

The Lord Chief Justice of E„ gland (51r
cocitharia) ift 94_ kridttg