The Express.
London, England, 1847-07-30 00:00:00

worth, the intellect, and the honour of Inking?
choose such men is ridiesdoes; to disregard candidates
like SHELL and WISE it hateful.
Blow—bietw, Men wintry wind;
Them art meat =kind
As Irish patient&
We do earnestly all upon every decent :smiler to
scout such pct Will inch men as Mr. FAGAN, of
Cork, lend "r name to such prooeedi P Mr.
Racism, we are glad to perceive, is a andidate for
parliamentary honours. He enjoys a eeneillsonlele
provincial reputation. He is a gentleman peeneslng
many valuable moral qualities. He has adow, and,
what we prize infinitely more, he bay a high souse of
honour, and an unaffected strain of senses= intim-
MU= Mr. FAGAN, whose name has bow he years
before the Irish public, is now a candidate he Cork
city, really commencing his public life. Ho bee de-
servedly obtained the support of many lobe differ
from hem. Will such a man sully his cheaster by
lending himself to such loathsome and werelosiii
fanaticism as is shown by the sentmaptilie CROW who
wish to drive SHELL and Win from periiamaatP
No ! We should radar trust that a swot el sense end
scholarship would &preside highly the value of seek
men. Much of Mr. FAGAN'S repstation rests upon his
exertions for education. The city of Cork was the
only place in Ireland in whisk public opinion was
roused on the subject of education. Mr. FAGAN is a
friend to the intellectual development of Ireland.
Does he think that such an end is promoted by
51:Zrthe most gifted Irishmen? Mr. FAGAN is
a , and we are convinced is an honest poli-
tician. Does he think the cause which he advocates
is made honourable by the rejection of men of cha-
racter and by the adoption of those who have no
character to lose? At present, by a combination of
peculiar circumstances, Mr. FAGAN is invested with
much influence amongst the Munster repealer'. We
call on him and others of his party, who
are not lot to shame, to use their political power,
such as it is, in a worthy manner. Let them
remember that FEARGUS O'CONNOR, Dr. BALD-
wire, O'NEILL DAUNT, and other extravagant poli-
ticians, wielded as much provincial influence for a
brief space of time as Mr. FAOAN and his " Irish
confederates" possess now. But that influence rapidly
passed away. Its creatures were the mere flies of a
summer. Not a man amongst the " tail members"
achieved a fourth-rate reputation. The liberals of
England were disgusted by them ; and the liberals of
Ireland were disgraced.
Of Mr. FAOAN and his party we should hope better
things. We would be sorry to chalk down that gen-
tleman amongst the " Tail members." He is no obse-
quious political lackey, ready to perform any menial
service for that anomalous thing, the democracy
of Ireland. He hopes to be an influential and
useful member of the legislature, and we believe
that he possesses many of the qualities which gain
parliamentary respect. He has industry, intel-
ligence, and honesty,—the three prime requisites.
Added to these, are a high commercial position and
much familiarity with the details of all the vexed
questions in Irish politics. But if that gentleman will
not interpose his influence in stifling the disgusting
yell raised against those parliamentary liberals who
will not swallow the repeal pledge, he will find his
hopes of senatorial success prematurely blighted. If
he and his associates will tamely stand by while men
of talent and public services are hunted down in
Ireland, they must take the consequence. We
will say no more on this point, than to suggest
that the sympathy of the DILLON Bnowne.s,Mset
i -
RICE Poweas, et hoc venue omne, Will be a poor com-
pensation for the loss of the frank support and friendly
assistance of the English liberals. Bat those who
make themselves responsible for ousting Tiroeue
WISE and RICHARD SHELL from parliament will find
themselves treated with studied neglect or fraudulent
attention in England.
At Youghal, where one of the Ponsonby family is
a candidate, supported by the Cavendish interest, the
repeaters put forward • English barrister,
known merely asacatholic amp6leteer. Mr. Aintree,
however, is to be returned for catholic purposes. He
hes published a rhapsody, called an address, to the
electors of Youghal, full of the most approved repeal
fustian. He abuses the government of his native
land, and denounces the English House of Commons
into which he is endeavouring to creep ! He declaims
.about the national wrongs of every country in the
world, and has a kind word for every people but the
English. The Scotch proverb about birds that be-
foul their own nests is probably applicable in the
present instance. Mr. ANOTEY
Heaven for Turkey's woes tb' impartial sigh.
When CANNING sketched the cold-hearted coemopo-
lite in " New Morality," he had just such a man as
Mr. ANSTIST in his mind's eye.
Coesistent patriot Mite world alone,
The Meador ester errantry but hia own.
The services of the PONSONBY family, so proudly
identified with Ireland, and the munificence of the
house of CAVENDISH—aII is to be forgotten by the
generous repeaters!
But we are sorry to say, thatingratitude to her
public men is no new vice in Ireland. At the end of
a life passed in her service, the celebrated HENRY
FLOOD could find no constituency to return him to
parliament. The treatment to which Mr. °Barren
was subjected is too well known to dwell upon. It
is matter of history, that the best native leader of the
seventeenth century, Room Moon!, quitted the ser-
vice of his thankless countrymen in disgust, and died
a voluntary exile. In his analysis of Hirremilsow's
philosophy, Sir JAMES MACKINTOSH, in the admirable
" Dissertation on Ethics," cannot help noticing the
utter indifference of Ireland to the men who conferred
honour on her. We are sorry to say that, in the
treatment now offered to SHELL, WYSE, POMSONBT,
and others with similar claims, we have but fresh in-
stances of the ingratitude too prevalent in a people of
fickle character and mercurial temperament.

MADRID, ITTLY 23.
Costa Cabral, Conde de Thomar, has resigned his
place of Portuguese plenipotentiary at Madrid. His
resignation has been accepted by the Queen Donna
Maria da Gloria, and the ex-ambassador retarns forth-
with to Lisbon, where, in anion with the Dukes of
Saldanha and Terceira, he will take the lead of the
Carliatas, and, in all probability, be placed at the head
of the ministry.
The Conde de Villareal succeeds the Conde de Tho-
mar as Portuguese minister at Madrid.
The Espanol talks of rumours of a change of
ministry in favour of the progressistas : adding that
the Queen had sent to Madrid for Senor Cantero. On
the evening of the 21st, Senor Vaamonde went to
La Granja with papers, for the despatch of business
I with the Queen to-day. The drawing-room, or kiss-
hands (beau-manos), comes of to-morrow, which is the
fete of the Queen-mother. Some ministers are expected
from Madrid on the occasion.
The Queen amuses herself with fishing, driving,
and going to the theatre. She is commonly attended
by Count Santa Colo= or Don Ventura de la Vega.
The London papers arrived to-day contain an
account of the meeting. of the Spanish bondholders.
The delicate manner in which Lord 0. Bentinck
offers himself to the creditors of Spain, as a person
who, if Lord Palmerston is not prepared to back
their claims stoutly, will have nitillbelection to take
his place, will not escape the 8 wags. They
will take the change out of 'a abusive epithets
against the Spaniards— " base," " profligate,"
" thieves," &o.—by a quiet laugh at the ludicrous pro-
ruption of self-complacent effrontery with which his
letter ooncludes.
Some time ago a representation was addressed to
the government by the Duke of Setia, claiming certain
rights as the husband of an Infanta of Spain which
were not granted by the decree that authorised his
marriage. The answer of ministers to this applica-
tion has been against the duke's pretensions.
Caletrus has shot at Clariana Juan Lopez, the ser-
geant of the regiment of the Constitution, that enticed
away the recruits from the fort of Manrema to join
the insurgents, by whom they were killed.
The band of the Student is quite dispersed. The
chief has been deserted by all but his brother. They
are both wounded and wandering in the mountain
solitudes.

FRENCH COLONIES. MARTINIQUE.— On
Saturday last we published the speech of Governor Mathieu
en opening the session of the Coal Council. The reply
of that body appeared in the Journal des Baal* on Wed-
nesday. It expresses " bitter and grievous =melee "at the
scenes in the Chamber of Deputies on the 21st and 26th of
last April. Gratitude is expressed to the governor for his
vindication of the colonists. The document goes on to de-
clue that the council will persevere in demending the esta-
blishment of model farms and workhouses, the legalisation
of contracts with workmen, the repression of vagrancy, and
the encouragement of free labouring immigrants. In the
policy thus indicated they recognise the only means of
initiating true liberty. The governor acknowledged his
sense of the council's kindness to himself in a conciliatory
speech.