The Sun.
London, England, 1844-11-22 00:00:00

BRAZILIAN GOLD MINES.
.
(THIS DAY.)
A meeting nc-,pe,.hylders shares the Cata
Branca (Brazils) Gold, Mining Company was held at
the office of Society, ,Broad-street-buildings,, at
half-past oneAls ,day! for .the purpose of receiving
the half-yearly,report of the.,Pirectors; George Hay-
theme, Lsq., m the chair,
After readinii,the .edyettisealant oonvening the
meeting, the Secretary proceeded to read the report,
by which it appeared that there had been a decrease
in the quantity, of gold produced from the " lode"
during the last half,-year, in comparison with that
produced from :a similar,.qukrit#y„ of lode in the
year 1840, and those', intervening.. The rate of the
produce of the,gold,,in the ygaxt,l£l4o, as compared
with the lode;,,w,p-.074 lbs., of gold for 18,230
tons of lode, while,,,in the-lasqtalf-year it was only
1541b5. of gold f0r.,7,900 tops of lode, being a
falling off in this proportion of abo4 23 to 51. The
cause of the decrease Icas:atlyibuted; by those who
were deputed.to, examine intOTit; the tact of what
is technically termed a "Slide" running longitudinally
through the bed-of Thile.atl4 stpVe '442 degrees, by
which the quality ofspthe productixetarth was consi-,
derably deterioritted. - to C".Ciatiterect" this, it became
necessary to sink a bell shaft to the depth of 100
fathoms, and now they found a con.siMrable improve-
ment in the quality_ of the, lode. - The excavated
earth, earth, by the usual process, producedas much gold as
covered the expenses of working the. shaft. The
Directors had deenied that it 'would be advisable't6
make a call on. the SharehOlaerS but they had re-
.
frained from doing so as yet; and made themselves
liable to 8,000/.:debt: -
On the molira, seconded by Mi.:
WRAY the report Ivas., adopted,: and ordered to be
printed for circulatwn;:.o.ter which a vote of thanks
to the Chairman, and one of confidence' in the Direc-
tory, were passeg, epirated. •

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC 'YOURNALS.
FROM TILE EIVEIS4NO RAPERS,OF THIS DAN.
GLOBE.---eThoaa views Whick we have steadily
put forth for a good. many years, "a. to where the fault
really lies for the lesi-Tavourable aspects of our social
system, and thet,. it, does not really lie with the ma;
ligned, and alleged merely Manimonite. middle class
—we now see put-forth ia.:spiarters possessed of nit"
chinery, powerful; when wokicedin a valid cause. The.
Times obsers that, country- possessed of a vi-
gorous middle liiss-s-• t , •
" The State hes.not to
.ee't to work a* soon as it fore=
sees an exigency, or' conceives a design; putting all the,
scattered parts or she social qiiiehtee together, and
covering, at the lasrilonient, 'to its•Acat; that it is not
prepared, for that'SettibtAing is missing, some joint has
gaped, or some ineeribstr hai.'shannk-dace -the last great
turn-out of the..nation-.• In
.sabli a predicament the
salts must_ atwaysebe preeariees ami..imperfect: But
with - a large. 'class, xri*ber very rich, nor very poor,
neither incapable- of great efforts no.cet;Ovi them, alwayS
engaged in extensive and ardustes (letigns, always aug-
menting and codeentWing the resources of the country,
the statesman: hti three; arti of hiVii'dik'done to ;hand.
Even if he slept, etitoa worked. 1.14 e lifts only to speak
tp a prepared peepte; and eipen'a -well -filled magazine.'
If the middleAUsseir,_ adds 'the-Times, " have been
banished from-Vie :country to the.lbwn, and made
thereby more "deinefertitid,• WhoSe'-fault:.is it? Not
their own." It is;:ript isimply. being.," bdnished" from
the country to the Own that makes people democratic.
It is very true that a 'whole' population of mere cul-
tivators is not usually democratic—nor anything else.
It is simply jolfeirhetar But neither are towns what is
usually underitood-hyllid -.epithet democratic (that is
to say favourable tp:throWing alt•pd'wer into all hands)
so long as towns are thriviiage--SOWdernocracy, in an
old country, is desperation. If footings in the country
has been withdravVil,''*teplipsetia, frem the numbers,
and if those niiihtZlit:find ,feeting fail - them in the
towns also, •thili4e4er natdrallyotakes the turn
of democracy.. But towns ;are 'loyal while they
thrive. Those whOlesid the opiniefh of the towns,
in ordinary Wits; "ire tWeliss*emest 'anxious for
tranquillity ''is the sine qua
nou to commercial -Ccmfidence. :They are ready
to regard the,iiirdi o 1 thei'S.oil; or the men of
hereditary rank;- as their :leaders, 'provided they
find in theln' tie, live • energy:, of leadership
in the national cause. _ But
,the energy of exclusion
e-the energt'Orinenepoly 'is. not surprising if
these energies ex-Cite• no-. respiaidihg loyalty.. Sir
RObert Peel tlle rfdier;- in-18'15, exclaimed against the
injustice of rewaPding the `steadrle3l/2tity of the menu=
facturing towns'lijr restriethe eorn4riws. It is true
that he did not exactly foresee, 'the Arm of the evils
Which have foll4wzel'; ' He foregav, rAther direct decay
than increased tileie.oui•se, stimulated-birert, and giant,
capitals. But are i7;t:llfe -increeked 'intensity of the
struggle, and the progressive afiSetktiens of small capitals,
Symptoms of' artiffe.iia-preSlilie and agonising exist-
ence? Are they nbt aft-ended ,Nl' ith the swallowing up of
the independent Middle etas?, Is not that the sure
forerunnyr_of,i.dec*-r-is it not that,we-should seek to
remedy ? rer oisr..ovii.,.part we.: elitist confess, it is.
with little satiStibtroYi or -COntrdenc6-tat we hear of
vast and daring' celintherrie'operationTi--narrowed, as
the base of 'those iperatiflns by restrictive laws:
We hear, for iu,stavdoe, that our exphrts to China have
increased from a i i llicn to-three pillions- and a half.
If this accurito it 348.--'superfftintis to inquire'
what will corg-trlett qAe:.•hitsineg IA- now done,
the system*,-'et.'6rediti which facilitates vast
speculative eiilk-;.-4enta 'of eetnnmekial operations
in any promisi: qt_i_arteir; 'mak& momentary flushes
Of prosperity, whidffEan • ileCeife .not watchful econo-
mist, and_ sttcrlll.d• 26bntent, no --"Air-ss:eing states-
, Man. The sole Oeifotind4fetifer Well-leing is the'
assurance to Labone' ht' proatiete' which Labour,
needs. The •eapjial,i§t !Olds hie- house upon• sand,
if he builds it 6ii'''*eculatieti On_ 'the indefinite ex-
ttnt of any marth:l2withontafeference., to the ques-
tion of availibi r..turnskL.--afid available to
our wants. The e.6),-ViYest, 'the' most everyday wants
Of Labour are Atte '• sirre.• ladsis 'lof commerce:'
Those being firll;egisiderecl; the Siiperstructare of
elegant luxuries-.'c'e.''YiVe BLit the instability •
of the base is :fat4l lg alriliat• can ,be 'raised above
it: and fatal; M. 064, Viistence of the
competent mitidlee-teiti;wtich dlttnds on labouring..
4usteniere, and'eneteif the ruin of this
class'far too inueh artificiAt• and .fine-spun' legislation
has tended etnitentlyi-much of the legis-
lation with respect,- to,;7l3ankritptcy,iid Insolvency.
A correspondentosiieSe yievs'*nt'thts- subject we have
inserted on fornipnceissinfiAt febser-viii " Now is the
time that new.laW:igtfirdiures_mnst be-reared ; and, if
not taken in handiCerioeßy by"the virtrtons and hard-
thiiiking, the (IFity*ifr bd'srvitelkd ,at-y-the same sort •
Of intellect that be th4ticeietitiind rude insti-
tutions; which;th&O. Withal ernalty, did keep
out the idle, anfl.e4lrlOagant; and dishonest, from the
treasure that frp9,l4 meji'ihac.l colleCteT These pro-
tections have rpeenilfestroled, 'OhieflY by the turbu-
lent tongue or.a ,trtiperfielal: -law Lord. • NeW protec-
tions must be devite4 by more healthy and more
honest intelleCt.•'l3;d-pooF-law:e have been the de-
struction or deteifTration'.-Of the whole of the lower
classes'; so will, bad inshlvehqtlkos effect the same
end for the middle -Cliises. Mid what then ? A
few millionaires' of fte`abre, the and the .ledger,'
will live in the Iteird'd•Fnid'st a while pOpulation, the
victims of unmitilitited:pofefty and -Zemoralisation..
And what thetil' eir'afhtien; with sift most hideous
weapons the l*lfikrlktlieitujfe !".4 Heaven avert it !
But God helps.tliisre
_who hap Itheitielves. We shall
returreturn to this to
n -47 •• • •
STANDARIY;--.--.47hig"tontepporary yester-
day expressed-Mach atiOty at the!aldation of Lord
Stanley to thepeeliftiponl-greaff4s; 'the ingenious
discovery of Naha we ,may adinire,- but grounds
Which we can ,Stertely,usiderstand, 'The journal in
question first assumes ltat .I.sprd-i Stanley has taken
fright at the Treitterienti -'feit'fitr.i4Viasion of the.
ColOnial departelsenV-nimliiiiartsfin important
Members of the Housecof Conendn's,'"iz.—
44
Some peopleVii4lisat'tlie•Bartiiii -Efekerstaffe has.
cut and run ' frZsiiCiteprOveking, Inquiries threatened
in the Commons Ittexheessia&-hy4dia -Buller on emi-
gration, by Mr, lititt.o'.the'West _lndies, by Mr. Scott
on New South Waleo;,:by Mii.,,Korster on .the west coast
bf Africa, by Mr4-.Agliorttly, W. Mangles, and, Lord
Howick on New
talliande
ts °llTchel6reniaisi:
representation in Yar
probability in tWe-Sasvictok," •
Some people'.'inay his ingenious
solution of Lord Stanley's elevation to the peerage
but " other people " WTH tliidlc than ttre matter may
beoraore simply explained ,bylthe Vpathesis that, as
Certainly the second in-emineace of living Parliamen-
tary debaters, Lord Stanley may ,be -placed more
iiiefully for the-'administration- stmt.'. the country:
, in. the House of Loll& :,than in, the House of Com-
tnens, where the vetytrst (*bate? Already lea&
the majority, and" eVbn singlesbanded, without the
aid of, Mr. Gladstems,... sir. J. woaan?, &-c.; would
' find it an easy matter t ciellate,,With a five-
fold greater forcO of ParliameiitarY,atility than Lord
J'ohn Russell and all, his blierivers, Lord Palmerston
included, can array a'gainst hire healdea, an ill
compliment to the..ex-Whig Colonial_ Secretaries in
the :House of Lords,:_liords‘,G.e4elg -and Normanby,
to say that they would be less formidable antagonists,
though backed'by Lord Olanricarde, 44c.; &c., than
Messrs. Buller, •Mutt, Scott, -Forster, Aglionby, Lord
Howick, and Mr. Bentgutin Hawes, or any of them..
The Whig journal, h'OVeveri proceeds:--
" This dodge' L.32aboidit. all .that super-subtlety for
which the Colonia!‘offiee„has". r4g,,,lpfn ,notorious, and
from which our transmarineposse.wrs have so 'deeply.
suffered. That Ofliced.ceeda discussion; it will do any-,
thing, however me_or.oilstions, to avOia.debate. Let" tMna :
us then cast a glance a;tllin.statiiwhiCh'Lord Stanley,,,
on his departure frem tlast Hotese of COMM ens, leaves the
to, • '
colonies.'
Of " the dodge "k. (tairbOrl*V4.oll,r Ceniemporary's
Polite phraseology) :wee. have - already'. spoken ; but
""
there is something curious int-..the admissions of the
paragraph,
that the Colonial-office .:bas-long been
notorious for "
-
istiper-sublety ' for. • "the
dread of
discussion," and for -doi
in order to avoid n
eg,
aa.ne .
anything
...mean or mon-
strousU t. Long ,notoriety, in
such matters, must -littend beyond •tbrSe or four