The Sun.
London, England, 1850-10-09 00:00:00

she did not bind them together every day
by the cement cf her institutions iu favour
of her people." Her prudence in acting thus bene-

ficently he designates by a magnificent phrase,
Machiav ell= of Virtue I" To say that such a genia

" the

and flattering estimate of our condition is in no
respect exhilarating, would be to talk in a manner
altogether nonsensical—what though a familiarity
with th 3 many unsatisfied wants of the epoch pre-

vents us, while recognizing the veracity of the picture,

from acknowledging its completeness. having
celebrated the astonishing increase in all di-
rections of the English capital, " that city
of two millions six hundred thousand inhabitants,"
having scanned its improvement in its centre and in
its extremities, in the City itself, which he terms
" the furnace, at the same time blackened and
infect, of this human ebullition," or in Hatnp-

stead, which he christens the St. Cloud of Lon

don—M. DE LAMARTINE observes generally,
of the surrounding country, " Everything,
is being built ; and everything is smoking, hurrying
on, so perfectly alive is this soil ; one feels that the

people are eager to seize on the new sense of circula-
tion which PROVIDENCE has bestowed on man." Such

is the vivid and encouraging picture, drawn by a

master-hand, of the aspect at the present period pre-
sented to the eye of a stranger by Great Britain. It

is a noble tribute of regard paid to this " patrician

republic " by a great Democrat, the homage offered
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;o England by LAMARTINE.

" What shall we do? whither shall we turn ? what
course shall we now pursue ?" are the questions by
which the discomfited Protectionists now address each
other throughout the length and breadth of the land !
" Deprived of the formidable weapon by which we
have hitherto assailed the Legislature, what hope
remains of the re-imposition of a tax on food, the ,
restoration of that dearly loved and highly prized
monoply for which we have struggled with such
desperate energy, such unflinching courage ?"
Alas ! we are not ruined ; there is still
room for agricultural improvement. Farmers
may expend their capital on the propar cultivation of
the soil. They may apply their labour to its per-
manent amelioration, with a reasonable hope of re-
ceiving a fair remuneration for their outlay. They
are aeually encouraged to drain it—to manure it—
to level fences—in fact, to proceed as in days of yore,
when the corn-laws prevented the possibility of fo-
reign competition; and where there is " a tenant of
capital, skill, and industry," let him receive " the
ample and full security of a lease," provided always
that " he be a man able to make use of the advantage
of his lease, that as he obtains security for his outlay, he
shall be able and willing to make profit of that outlay—.
that he shall be willing to improve his land, if he has
the security that he shall not be deprived of the ad-
vantages he may expect from his expenditure."

These are startling recommendations proceeding
from the acknowledged leader of the Protectionists,
from the modern Roland, on whose indomitable
prowess the agriculturists relied for the retrieval of
pest defeats, and the restoration of those palmy
days when the entire community paid tribute
to the farmer. It was no reckless Free-trader,
no doubtful politician who acknowledged that there
is yet " room fer the profitable investment of capital
in wheat cultivation," and who exhorted the tenant-
farmers to "go on boldly, notwithstanding the dis-
couraging position of agricultural affairs generally,
and improve the land." No, it was the noble heir of ;
Derby—the future Prime Minister, who is to preside
over the Cabinet—whose voice will be paramount in
Downing-street and in the Ministerial Councils when
the Wbigs shall be ejected from office, and place and
power be in the hands of the reactionaries. The long.
continued silence of DISRAELI was sufficiently
ominous, and conveyed impressions of sinister import
to the bucolic heart. But what was even that
quiescence to the well-considered and deliberate pro-
clamation of the recognised chief, the startling ac-
tivity of STANLEY ?

Some other topic must now be agitated, a new
champ de battaille must be selected, on which
they can enter with a reasonable prospect of success,
if they are not willing to surrender their arms and
march out from the captured citadel without the ho-
noura of war, to relinquish their former trophies, and
henceforward to spend their days in inglorious ease,
and to convert their political swords and shields into
ploughshares and reaping•hooks. But what is that
topic which affords a chance of retrieving their former
fortunes, and obtaining. the support of the industrious
population of the British empire ? That is the question.
Only indicate the direction, and they will fearlessly
pursue the path. We will inform them. Oar coun-
sels shall be honest and straightforward, involving no
departure from principle on their part, no fighting
under new banners. Let them take up the great and
all-important question cf the currency, which, al-
though it has long remained in abeyance, has never
been formally abandoned—which has been sup-
ported by STANLZY, by IhutALLI, by Jimt.