The Sun.
London, England, 1858-07-10 00:00:00

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would take the earliest opportunity, after the
re-assembling of Parliament, to ask the opinion of
the Legislature upon a bill which he would intro-
duce, in the hope and belief that it would be
accepted as a satisfactory solution of a long-con-
troverted subject." This is as it should be. It
proves that the Government are not deaf to the
voice of public opinion, and that there is a far
better prospect of obtaining really liberal mea-
sures at their hands than there would have been
had their predecessors remained in, or been re-
stored to office, and Lord PALMERSTON had esta-
blished a political dictatorship such as that at
which he aimed.

Another point, and one of no ordinary impor-
tance, was also adverted to. The Government
acknowledge the propriety of holding autumnal
Seosions of Parliament to pave the way for the
despatch of business, before the heat of the wea-
ther, and ,the filthy Thames, combine to drive
members of both Houses to their country seats
and amusements. Lord STANLEY has already
powerfully advocated this great improvement. He
has shown how much better the business of
the country could be transacted under more
judicious arrangements than are at present in
operation. We cannot hope that the beneficial
change can be inaugurated during the present
year. There are abundant reasons for not inter-
fering with plans already formed, or imposing
additional labours on those who have, under so
many disadvantages, so well performed their duty.
But there is every reason to hope that during next
session a system will be introt.
iuced which will at the
same time be conducive to the yublic interest and
in accordance with the wishes of those who
undertake the labours of legislation. Should
Lord DEEEY'S Cabinet be enabled to effect
these matters, and to carry a large and compre-
hensive measure of Reform, the people will have
reason to bless the moment that replaced those
who called themselves Liberals, but were very
ultra Tories at heart, by those who, Tories only
in name, were desirous of introducing wise and
wholesome enactments.

There is nothing of greater importance, in a
commercial point of view, than the improvement
of our communications with large and rising
colonies in other hemispheres. Any appearance
of apathy or carelessness on such a point may be
productive of the very worst results. Our colo-
nial fellow subjects are naturally irascible, and
what we may deem impatient, at any appearance
of negligence. They feel their own importance
and naturally require that the service, for which
they are willing to pay most liberally, should be
efficiently and fairly performed. They will
not tolerate jobs very prejudicial to their own
interests. Of course there may be an occasional
failure, from causes that could not be anticipated,
but such accidents should be the exception, not
the rule ; and when they are of almost daily
occurrence, they may justly complain of the de-
fective arrangements under which such a state of
affairs can possibly arise.

A very slight amount of geographical know-
ledge, such as would be required by any candi-
date for a clerkship at Somerset-horse or in the
Customs, would show that the route via
the Isthmus of Panama possesses extraordi-
nary advantages over any other that can be
devised. It will not at the present time be
deemed sufficient to transmit our Australian
mails, either by the Cape of Good
Hope or Cape Horn ; and that by the Over-
land route has certainly not fulfilled the
reasonable expectations that were indulged
in ; with anything like proper management
the time might be considerably abridged. The
Panama Railway conveys, securely and
speedily, large amounts of specie from Cali-
fornia to New York. It, might therefore,
be entrusted with the conveyance of Aus-
tralian gold and Australian correspondence.
There is no extraordinarydifficulty in the way, no
impediment that may not easily be surmounted by
ordinary care and attention. We trust, then,
that no time will be lost in introducing a better
system ; one that will be satisfactory to the
inhabitants of Great Britain and beneficial to
those of Australia.