The Sun.
London, England, 1845-12-30 00:00:00

property -which he holds himself, he pays them, not
out
the three per cent., but out of the profits
°f the farm. The fact is, that he pays no
Wages at all out of his three per cent., except to
dotneqic servants, grooms, gamekeepers, and other
Personal attendants—none of whom are 125.-a-week
labourers. Neither is it true that Mr. COBDEN makes
1,600/. per cent. His capital cannot be less than
six times, and is most probably ten times, the amount
at which Sir CHARLES WOLESLEY has assumed it, and
While in some years he may make a profit of 6,0001..
In others he may incur a loss of a similar amount
and therefore it is necessary to make some allow-
ance for risks. But let that pass, and let
those to whom Sir CHARLES WOLESLEY has ad-
dressed his letter ponder well upon the admission
made in this question as to the rate of wages of la-
bourers employed in agriculture. That rate is
twelve shillings per week. We believe that there
is not an unskilled labourer employed in manufac-
tures who is paid less than eighteen shillings a week,
We have heard Mr. COBDEN say, in the House of
Commons, that no unskilled labourer in his employ-
ment received less than that sum. It is admitted by
every one that, with a repeal of the corn-laws would.
come an extension of manufactures, and an ex-
tension of manufactures, to the unskilled
labourer, means 18s. a week, and yet
the monopolists have "the modest assurance" to
assume that this law, which keeps down the wages of
the agricultural labourer to 12s. a week, and prevents
the extension of manufactures and manufacturing
wages (18s. a week) into the agricultural districts,
is enacted for his especial behoof and protection
Out upon such barefaced hypocrisy !

The Madrid papers of the 22d had not reached
Nils at the departure of the mail on Sunday.

The intelligence from Paris of Sunday gives a fa-
Pourable account of the stock and share-market on

the previous day, both of which continued gradually
t° ripe from the commencement of business to the
Close. The effect produced by the KING'S Speech
tvas favourable, and the want of confidence which had
long prevailed on the Bourse, may be said to have
entirely' disappeared. The papers of Sunday are
ehtefi
occupied in discussing the KING'S Speech, and
111 remarks on the election of President of the Cham-
ber of Deputies. To those of the Opposition it of
course appears very defective on many points, such as
,e affairs of the Lebanon, Greece, Spain,
Mexico and Madagascar, and abounds too much
With flattery to England. The Constitutionnel
eBPecially is offended with the multiplied professions
Of "friendship, affection, mutual confidence, pacific
"(I earnest assurances, good and intimate relations,
and cordial co .operation with which the entente cor-
diale between France and England is acknowleged."
,
writer admits the advantages of the good under-
Itlnding between the two countries, and is anxious
for its continuance on reasonable and equal terms,
but
still thinks that it is obtained at too high a price.
anxious
readers," says that journal, " know well how
I,4lltous we are for the maintenance of pacific rela-
-I°lls between France and England. The English
Press almost unanimously has done us the justice of
Itßut
our spirit of loyalty and impartiality.
attitude
ill truth, by the language which is held, and the
driven which is impoked upon us, we might be
tiriven into feelings of a directly contrary descrip-
6-4. 'We blush to see this humility and these
bianspores of gratitude. Would a short and precise
o'grtise not be sufficient ? Why, then, always down
:11° ienees? Do you think the subordinate position
olab ,you give yourselves gains you the esteem of
p; pr.)ud neighbours, and will place France in the
16°11 which belongs to her in the affairs of the
World?'' From all accounts, M. SAUZET will be
-,eev
4, eel President of the Chamber by a vast
t orit37.. On that subject the Siecle says :-
01:1 onday the Chamber of Deputies meets to
-et its President. The candidate adopted by the
tillpt -re Opposition is the Hon. M. DUFAURE. The
t: fractions of the Left and Left Centre will sepa-
-4 assemble to-morrow, to agree upon the choice
f)l4lke-Tresidents and Secretaries, who will be una-
NtiatlV supported by the Opposition. The nomi-
siew°ll albout to take place would have a great political
fiektion if all the Opposition Deputies were at
their post. Unfortunately, the absence of many
tieas I:Paced to-day. We trust that the absent will
the ;responsibility which they incur by neglecting
tr dusty. Last year some of the Ministerial can-
k`4tes only carried their election by majorities of
three Tad four votes. The situation is now morally
w (4.50 v and the negligence of the Deputies of the
0 1311°sition would restore to the Cabinet a confidence
of.
Which its faults had deprived it."
th'he Ministerial journal states that the whole of
e° nservative party will vote for M. SAUZET, and
,Coeo).is upon certain victory. M. DUFAURE, selected
t/t t%e Opposition, it considers a bad choice, and
tbtle'k'ts that the national candidate of the Left should
o ODIEGN BARROT. "Ifit be true," continues
44° Writer, as a morning paper states, " that a close
thcl thissoluble alliance will hereafter exist between
tbe two great fractions of the Opposition, the league
have chosen, to try its strength, a more signi-
'kt name than that of M. DUFAURE. But it mat-
ter
hatle; we accept M. DUFAURE with the mean-
°k which the suffrages of the Left and Left Centre
°id impart to his election. We shall see on what
aide the majority lies. Nevertheless, that indissoluble
lVosition was so often dissolved by the first shock,
after having been proclaimed with as much eclat as
'll this occasion, that we are inclined to predict the
;41,41e fate to this alliance of the Left and Left Centre.
e) however, invite the Conservatives to remain
baited, as if an alliance actually existed among their
°l'Ponents."
tae
PoLK's Message also furnishes topics for
e reuaarks of the journals, of which we give the
°ll° wing summary from Galigvani :-
1: The Ministerial organ, Le Journal des Debuts begins
41. observing that the Message does not show that the
ita of conciliation forms a leading trait in the character
v
• kr. Polk, and that he talks much about moderation
.;!hout displaying any in his language, which, says the
;_ etc/es, is such that if it were used from Government to
L!°Arerneaent, a war must be the consequence. Our Con-
irporary then enters upon an analysis of the entire
eitessage, with a running commentary. The facts of the
(if! are stated with great clearnes", and with an evident
ti;3lre to appear impartial in the estimation of their
ii,el'itss but the writer appears nevertheless to have an
Tres, .sign unfavourable to the claims of the American
xje.s',dent. At any rate it is quite certain that the
'4Ots regards those claims as unseasonable. Our Con-
It,lnporary considers a war between England and the
sited States of America probable, if Mr. Polk's demands
approved of by the Senate, but it has great doubts of
this result. The Debuts says:—' From what we have
8441 ▪ it must nut be interred that we regard a rupture
probable, even after this Message. The _House of
• presentatives may voto offensive measures, and there
4 every reason to suppose that it will do so when excited
4:3 such a course by the first magistrate; but there is
%son to hope that the interests of peace will find refuge
and Support in the senate, of which the most illustrious
i'4,13 of the country are members, and in the interval
"e misled people may return to reason. It is not, how-
tver, to be denied that the President seeks to excite war,
"d in this respect his Message is a novelty, even after
those of General Jackson.'

" Towards the conclusion of its article the Debuts
becomes more animated, and remarks with more seve-
;,itY upon the conduct and language of Mr. Polk, whom
s regards as a man pushed on by democratic ambition
t‘
:r) a course which may be fatal to him. The absence of
ae usual courtesy towards foreign powers is particu-
'4rly noticed and censured, and Mr. Polk's mode of
alluding to France on the Texas question is warmly
"ndenined. Instead of attempting to imitate the dig-
nified language of his illustrious predecessors (says the
"taeots), Mr. Polk places himself on a level with the rude
cultivators of the valley of the Ohio, in whose opinion Eu-
rope is a collection of degraded beings, groaning under
,a weight of monarchical principles, and over whom
'4e Union would obtain an easy and sure triumph. Our
euntemporary vindicates the French Government with
great energy against the :accusations of Mr. Polk, and
declares that it is as anxious to promote true liberty as
at can be, but that, unlike him, it is actuated by con-
*lerations for the sacred principle of justice. Our
,I;eaders may judge of the anger of the Debuts by the fact
although it studiously seeks to hold the scales with
aal equal hand as regards the dispute between England
1411 d the United States, it cannot refrain from telling Mr.
-L:01k that, in speaking of the Texas and Mexican af-
fairs, he expressos hiirrso If in terms of detestible hy-
pocrisy, The Const:tutionnel indulges in a few corn-
!nents on the Message, but in the little that it does say
It differs greatly from the Debuts. Far from finding in
the language of Mr. Polk the tone of insult and defiance
so
; apparent to the Debat;, it regards it as soft, consider-
:ll,g what had been published in the American journal
wie Union, and which is regarded as Mr. Polk's
organ. The allusion of the American President to France
also finds a certain grace in the eyes of the Const,tu-
ej_unnel, for it regards it as a happy hit at the policy of M.
L..iuizot, rather than as an insult to the French nation.
The Presse allows that the Message is rather menacing
than conciliatory, and admits that the President has set
HP pretensions greater than those of his predecessors.
These, observes the Presse, must be abated, but England
Qn her side rust also show moderation. According to