The Sun.
London, England, 1856-02-16 00:00:00

SOUND AND REFRESHING SLEEP at j whether the Financial Minister would avoid the
WILL—To B s. d., or not to be'—in
place." that's the Q'nestion."-Span'sh,—under its " Metropoli-
tan So'dula 'ch's," notwithstanding, the upper X.'s of New
York .!. or'? R. Y., of 16 Feb. 1814., for a Belize Indian
King G••• F. 1. e., on H. Vll.'s, Hanse 'banker, precedent in
Dublin. Hop-0 'sucre ; Hark'ye = 'Ducer:—" Canst thou
not minister to a mind" dis-seiz'd Y'es ? Pluck'
from the memory a rooted s'rrow ?" lie's. '4. SWEAR t rrr ?
—" O'pooh. ! 0 'ye's ! Ja.—yaw " Our ! 'w'i,
Oh, "yes.—By 'God's Aeriform process " a la Nineveh quill-
counter-poise," as in effect, space-shielding our fabric from
all weight ; e'en the 'Air 15 lb. square inch—outer pressure
—; whereby the inward fluid circulation, becomes thinned
by the lightsome inter-medium of wax-flame spirit, co-induct
—by our nasal hydraulic-pump action, for an onward flow
"to a boa'ey full tidal" vertebraic expansion. This
wished for " Zero'phfan forgetfulness" is attained in ten
minutes; for elasticity under the quill=fibre-piston
analogy ; to a vacuum-rest of the Midriff-fan, in the sickly ;
for ease, appetite, and sleep at will. Personal instruction
only, by letter to the Agent-factor (with the Metaphysician's
A'reg'inea-fee 215.), for " Captain" Ackerley, as the pa-
tentee's " Off'gift," No. 5, Swallow-street, Piccadilly,
London.

grave mistakes committed last year ? Was the
new Loan to he thrown open to public competition,
or kept as a tit-bit for leviathan capitalists, who,
being enabled to bid for the entire Loan, could
exercise a virtual monopoly, and coerce the Mi-
nister into the acceptance of any terms they may
think proper to offer ? Speculation was rife on
these and a variety of matters of detail, and, as
we have stated, the result was a fall of nearly 2
per cent, on all classes of securities. Great ex-
citement was also created in consequence of
the allegation that the Ministerial intention
was prematurely communicated to certain
favoured parties. It is certain that large
sales of Stock were pressed on the market
before the important intelligence was officially
announced. So decided were the rumours, and
so great the dissatisfaction expressed, that an in-
vestigation subsequently took place before the
Committee of the Stock Exchange. It was de-
cided
that the assertion was without foundation.
Perhaps the Scottish verdict, " Not proven,"
would have been more suitable in the case under
notice. The actors in such improper proceedings
are usually too wide awake to leave any direct
and unequivocal evidence sufficient to'bring the
guilt home. The suspicion may be very strong,
but suspicion is not proof, and nothing short of
certainty, would justify the stringent punishment
which the offence would eminently merit.
We can make every fair allowance for the mis-
takes committed by Sir G. C. LEWIS last year,
and which, as then proved, cost the country not
far from a million sterling, about the same
amount sacrificed by the GLADSTONE abortion.
He was then new to office. It was practically
the first step in his progress as Financial Minis-
ter, and it would have required great firmness
and vigour to shake off the red-tapist trammels
by which he was fettered. But he has now had
sufficient experience. He has witnessed the
almost miraculous success achieved in France by
having sufficient confidence in the community.
No such excuse will now be available, and his
character as a financier will mainly depend on the
course now adopted. He is now fully warned as
to the shoals and quicksands to be avoided,
and if he wilfully disregard the lights clearly
visible, and suffer the vessel of the State to sus-
tain any damage, he must be held responsible for
the entire injury sustained.
One point of great importance will be the
amount to be raised. It is far better that the
extent of the evil should be accurately ascertained
—that the Exchequer should be placed in a per-
fectly easy position—so that every probable de-
mand may be met without any new demand either
on the Bank or the Stock Exchange. Last year
we pointed out the grave error of limiting the
Loan to 16,000,0001., in place of taking
20,000,0001., which would have averted the
necessity of Deficiency or Exchequer Bills, which
subsequently occasioned great mischief to the
commercial and monetary interests of the nation.
We are told that all our naval and military pre-
parations are to be carried on without cessation.
Sir G. C. LEWIS is therefore bound to act as if
there were no prospects of peace ; and
even if peace be obtained, he will still find
abundant occupation for all the money he can
get, and may be saved the disagreeable necessity
of proposing new fiscal imposts to the already
over-burdened tax-payers. Thirty millions would
be obtained just as easily, and on as favourable
terms as twenty, or even fifteen.

CLERICAL, MEDICAL, and GENERAL
LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY.
The ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of PROPRIETORS will
be held at the Office of the Society, on THURSDAY, the Sixth day
of March next, at 1 o'clock precisely, at which meeting Slx Direc-
tors will be elected.
Ari 7 Proprietor desirous of proposing a candidate for the office of
director, must send the name of such candidate to the secretary,
at least fourteen days before the day of meeting. The ballot will
commence at Eleven and close at Two o'clock.
An election of an Auditor (on the part of the As,ured) will also
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take place on WEDNESDAY. the sth day of March, between
the honrs of Eleven an Two o'clock.

Let him also for once appeal to the people with-
out the intervention of middlemen. We believe
that if the matter be fairly put forward the call
will be promptly and liberally responded to, and
that he will have no cause to regret the experi-
ment. We have already explained the causes of
Mr. GLADSTONE'S failure. His successor should
I carefully eschew any attempt to obtain biddings in
! the dark. The chance of a trifling advantage will
be fully compensated by diffusing the profits to he
obtained among the great body of the people. If I
he offer fair terms, stating clearly the sum he re-
quires, and the conditions and price of the loan
he will get all he wants, and the people of Eng-
land will show that they are not behind their
French brethren in such a cause. We. earnestly
commend this course to his consideraion, although
from the request for the attendance of capitalists
at the Treasury on Monday, at eele o'clock, we
fear that it will not be adopted, and that the
vicious red-tapist system will still be rigidly
adhered to.

Even the Times at last quakes for the English
Plenipotentiary at Paris. YesterEay it read him
a lecture on the necessity of maintaining in the
discussion of the terms of peace the position due
to England. We gladly accept the rather tardy
co-operation of our influential contemporary.
Our own fears we have never concealed, nor have
we failed to urge
.that Paris is Dow the spot on
which we have a somewhat damaged reputation to
retrieve, but on which we may retrieve it. The
French nation, entered on the tVar rather from
their chivalrous love of military glory than for
political reasons. The English. nation, on the
contrary, were prompted chiefly by their sturdy
love of freedom, and their hatred to the cruel,
encroaching dispositions of the 'CzARs. Hungary
and Poland lay on the hearts of Englishmen ;
Moscow and Waterloo on the "hearts of French-
men. The immediate and -urgent object of
both countries was to prevent the absorp-
tion of Turkey and the subjugLtion of the East
by the insatiable aggressor ; but the deeper feel.
ings and sentiments of the two peoples were what
we have indicated. France had to obliterate a
national dishonour by vanquishing her van-
quishers ; England had to disfniable the Northern
Bear from trampling down liberty in every adja-
cent country ; and very general was the feeling
that a free Poland at least was essential to that
end.

We thus hunted in company, and the French
have gained the prize they scragl4t. We have not.
Our Ally has acquired in the East such a reputa-
tion and influence as she nervier enjoyed before.
Her last military appearance in that quarter was
to be driven from it, and chiefly by English
armies and navies. She has :now appeared there
" the leading military pewter, taking the lead in
the great achievement of th e War—never once
beaten, while an English Commander, after
immortal feats
himself cf skill and valour, was
starved into surrendering and his Turkish
garrison as prisoners of -war.
Waterloo and
Moscow have been avenged at the Malakhoff, but
the solid objects dear to
the 7nearts of Englishmen
are almost wholly unattained. Now, we ow, we can
hardly believe that the Freruch People are so selfish
as to rest satisfied while their own ends alone are
gained. Besides, liberation of the nations is an
object as dear to:the sons of tide Great
Revolution
as to us. Paris has been, as: much as London, a
home for the Poles, and by a singular turn of
fortune a Pole is now the Plenipotentiary of
France, and presides over the Peace discussions !
What we desire, though not: the first thought
hitherto of Frenchmen, is at ]east their second ;
nor can we think they would endure that we
should have bled at the Redan , to secure to them 1
the triumph of the Malolhoff, while they refused