The Sun.
London, England, 1852-01-19 00:00:00

that singular study of astrology Iwhich is assuredly
redeemed thereby to some degree of respectability,
being saved at least from the ignominy of reducing
its students to the list of rogues and vagabonds.
Erroneous let us still continue to regard it—extra-
vagant let it still be proclaimed—bat, at any rate, let
it not be repressed by measures so very despicable,
so wholly un-English, and so entirely beyond the
reach of justification, as those we have here found it
our painful duty to particularize and reprobate
Above all, in the prevention of further acts of injus-
tice of this kind, let our legislators at once and for.
ever put a stop to this odious system of espionage,
and thereby vindicate the correctness of that constitu-
tional principle which environs with the sanctity of
the laws the house of every Englishman.

Notwithstanding the abundance of bullion now
lying idle and unproductive in the vaults of the Bank
of England—notwithstanding the extraordinary low
rate of interest, and the consequent easiness in the
Money-market, Irish estates are
,still selling at little
more than half their actual value. The sacrifices
daily made under the direction of the Learned Trium-
virate of Henrietta-street are not merely "alarming,"
they are heartrending in the extreme, indicating the
ruin of once opulent houses—the unfortunate inheri-
tors being sent into the world to commence life
de novo, without a single shilling to enable
them to conform to their widely-altered circum-
stances, and also the destruction of the hopes of the
puisne creditors, who see the savings of their lives
(the majority being men of small means), which they
had put by as provision for old age, or for the
future support of their helpless families, swept away
beyond the possibility of redemption.
These melancholy events are the more deplorable,
when we reflect that the actual sufferers are, generally
speaking, perfectly innocent of the extravagance
which they are now expiating. They are suffering
for the sins of their forefathers, whose wanton and
reckless expenditure has entailed so much misery on
their unfortunate descendants. Not only the nominal
proprietors themselves, but their wives and children,
accustomed to the enjoyment of every comfort and
reasonable luxury, are suddenly reduced from a state
of comparative affluence to the deepest poverty,
deprived of even the commonest necessaries
of life. We cannot conceive a more truly
painful position than that of highly educated and
eensitive females thus suddenly subjected to the most
bitter privations, and deprived of the last particle of
hope by the announcement of the sale of an estate
that had descended through a long line of ancestors,
at eleven or twelve years' purchase. Bitter, indeed,
must be their sensations under this "confiscation."
Perhaps there could not be found objects of greater
charity than those who, previous to the mysterious
visitation by which the sister kingdom was pros-
trated, were looked up to with respect and admira-
tion and regarded as the favourites of fortune.
Although of less exalted rank, the small creditors
are no less deserving of sympathy. They are, gene-
rally speaking, persons who invested their savings as
charges on the estates of the neighbouring proprietors•
The then law of Ireland with respect to judgments,
which became liens on every acre of land of which
the conveyor was then in possession, or which he might
thereafter become entitled to, afforded the greatest
facilities for these small encumbrances, and they were
consequently largely resorted to, the squire being
considered as a banker, to receive deposits from all
the neighbouring farmers. There was no great im-
prudence on the part of these poor creditors, for at
the periods when their debts were contracted the
estates were supposed to be sufficient, and according
to the then value were sufficient, to satisfy every claim
and to leave a large surplus.

But we are now addressing capitalists, and although
the parties above alluded to may be greatly to be
pitied, that will constitute no adequate reason why
the men of wealth should direct their attention to the
other side of St. George's Channel. The only argu-
ments to which they will attend must be founded on
s. d. Show them that it is their interest to
purchase Irish estates, and they will attend in person,
or by deputy, at the auction-rooms ; but until that
point be clearly established, any appeal to the feelings
must be worse than useless. The arguments respecting
the quondam inheritors or puisne encumbrancers are
directed not to them, but to the Imperial Legislature,
and to the constituencies throughout the United
Kingdon, in order that Sir JOHN ROMILLY'S
admirable measure (the Securities for Advances
Bill), which can alone afford an adequate remedy for
evils such as those above referred to, may be taken
into consideration at the earliest possible opportunity.
In reference to the pecuniary part of the ques-
tion we need only refer to the sale of
the Comolin Park estate, which was disposed of
in one lot, on Thursday last, for 55,2001. An English
gentleman is the fortunate purchaser, and we venture
to assert that a better circumstanced property could
not be discovered in any part of England at this
moment for double the money paid for that now
under notice. The estates were sold under the will
of the late Earl of MOUNTNORRIS ; they were situate
in the model county of Ireland (Wexford), not far
from the sea side, in the heart of a fertile, thickly-
inhabited district. They extended over more than
9,000 statute acres. There was the family mansion-
house (not included in the valuation) and demesne
containing over 900 acres. The rental from tenants
was only 4,2921. 65., but GRIFFITH'S value-
ation (made on a greatly reduced scale)
is 5,6631. It is perfectly free from quit-rent,
and we can scarcely say more in its favour
than that at the worst period of the famine,
which was, happily, unknown in that locality,
the poor-rate has never exceeded one shilling in the
pound on the valuation. A more beautiful residence,
or a property holding out greater temptations to a
person fond of country pursuits, could not, we
believe, be discovered, and yet it has been
sacrificed for little more than thirteen years'
purchase. We venture to assert that the purchaser
would not accept 100,0001., or a clear profit of
44,8001., at this moment for his bargain, and he
would be wrong if he did, for even• at
this moment it is fully worth it, without
making any allowance for the certain improvement
of prices that must speedily take place. Once more,
then, we would invite English capitalists to look at
the lista of properties offered to public competition,
and not to remain doggedly insensible to the unpa-
ralleled advantages now tendered for their accept-
ance. If they neglect the opportunity they will re-
pent it, and that deeply, when too late.

LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH-COAST
RAILWAY.

Traffic—Week ending Jan. 17, 1852 ... £7,409 10 .1
Traffic—Week ending Jan. 18, 1851 ... 8,078 9 9
Total of the half-year, to this date, 1852 ... 23,279 3 2
Total of the half-year, to this date, 1851 ... 24,136 10 2
Total number of Passengers—Week ending -
Jan. 17, 1852 ... 39,846
Passengers £5,325 10 0
Goods
... 2,084 0 1

Total ... £7,409 10 1
Total miles open, 1852, 17314 ; ditto, 1851, 17114.
London Terminus, Jan. 19, 1852.
Scorrisa CM7TRAL RAlLWAL—Traffic for the Week
ending Jan. 11, 1852 :
Passengers (8,273), parcels, horses,
and carriages £BO6 7 9
Goods, cattle, &c.
... 802 13 5

Total . ... . 1,609 1 2
Corresponding week in last year... 1,520 18 5
Perth, Jan. 14, 1852.

Electric Telegraph.)—
Macewan, ;Sons, and Co., tea
EfiFrnimoLfusvßEili—iarn FAILURE.—(
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and sugar refiners, Glasgow, has become bank -
rupt. The liabilities are estimated at 120,0001. The credi-
torsThEe extensiveXTENSlV
expect to get a settlement of 10s. in the pound.—Times.
MIDDLE TEMPLE, JAN. 17.—The following mem-
bers of this society have been called to the bar, and were
sworn in this evening in the Hall :—Mr. Arthur Pattison,
Mr. Joseph Pargeter 13rindley, and Mr. Henry James.
On Saturday no fewer than 400 notices were given
in the Queen's Bench of intended applicrtions to be ad-
mitted attorneys of that court; 170 will come up for exami-
nation this, and the remainder in the ensuing Easter term.

Ort:lciAL APPOINTMENTS.—Henry Darling, Esq ,
now Lieutenant-Govenaor of St. Lucia, is appointed Lieu-
tenant-Governor of the Cape. Lieutenant-Colonel Charles
F. Seymour, of the Scots Fusilier Guards, is appointed
hlilitary Secretary to General Cathcart, Governor of the
Cape. The Hon. R. W. P. Curzon, of the Grenadier Guardp,
is appointed Aide-de-Camp to Governor Cathcart.—Sunday
.Paper.
We understand that a numerous and influential
deputation of ministers and laymen of the various denomina-
tions
voluntary
action
the importance
the p eople,
of Nonconformists are about to have an interview, as
early as possible, with Lord John Russell, in order to impress
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