The Sun.
London, England, 1863-11-02 00:00:00

could be more reasonable; but instead of pursuing
the course marked out for them the lonian Parlia-
ment has not only decreed that the Septinsular
Republic should be forthwith annexed to Greece,
but by a resolution in favour of his own immediate
dissolution it has practically refused even to con-
sider the further propositions of the English Go-
vernment. It is probable that Sir H. Storks took
the only course open to him in proroguing for six
months so impracticable an assembly. Time will
thus be gained for negotiation with the powers in-
terested; and the lonian people will have an oppor-
tunity of compelling their representatives to recog-
nise the inevit.:ble conditions of their union to
Greece. In the meantime the position of the Eng-
lish Government is certainly one of considerable
difficulty. It is impossible for us to disregard the
provisions of treaties, toe remonstrances of friendly
powers, the terms of the convention into which we
have lately entered, and even our own claims.
But every question thus raised is rendered either
insoluble, for the time, or more difficult of solution,
by the conduct of those persons who for the last 20
years have clamoured for the very thing which we
are most anxious to give them. It is said that the
course taken by the lonian Parliament is due to the
intrigues of the ex-King Otho's partisans; and un-
doubtedly nothing could serve their purpose better.
It gives us, however, but a poor opinion of the
public spirit or the practical saguctty of those who
are probably destined to play a leading part in the
councils of Greece.

IRELAND,

DUBLIN, Oat. 31.

We have had a succession of tremendous gales,
with showers of hail, all through this country since
Thursday. In Belfast, Cork, and Limerick it blew
a perfect hurricane, hurling slates off the roofs of
the houses, throwing down chimneys, demolishing
glass windows, lifting children off their feet, and.
dashing them about fearfully. The storm swept
with all its force across the Channel, and the ship-
ping felt its full force. It is said that there has been
a tremendous sea running mid-Channel and off the
Welsh coast.
The gale seems to have been too much for the
Prince Consort. Having sprung a leak, she is said
to have been kept from sinking only by the great
exertions of the officers and crew. Having been
anchored in the Man-of-War Road, off Kingstown,
the fury of the gale was such that she soon parted
her cables. A second anchor was dropped, and she
now rides steadily. The leakage has not increased.
Campbell the diver, is to examine her, and ascertain
the amount of injury she has sustained. The storms
still continue, with hail showers and bitter cold.
The Tyrawley Herald of Thursday contains a
long report of the proceedings in the Court-house
of Ballina on the previous day. Colonel Knox Gore,
Major Knox, Captain Jackson, and other gentlemen
had called a meeting for the purpose of organizing
an Agricultural Improvement Society. The meet-
ing was numerously attended, and excited great
interest. It was remarkable for the free discussion
of the land question, and for the statements made
regarding the causes of " Irish decline" and the
emigration of the agricultural classes. The chair
was taken by Colonel Knox Gore, who spoke at
some length on the present state of the agricultural
interest in this country. He is a good resident
landlord, a man of superior intelligence, and has
studied the subject, and, after much consideration,
has submitted the result of his reflections to the
public. Having referred to the prosperous state of
the country 20 years ago, and to the famine, he
said he attributed the difficulties of the country
since that period to the fact that the potato was to
be for the future a root of uncertainty and not
root of plenty, and to the bad system of husbandry'.