The Sun.
London, England, 1837-10-02 00:00:00

LONDON :
MONDAY EVENING. OCTOBER 2, 1837.

The Tory journalists cannot by any possible means
be reconciled to a majority of Liberal Representatives
from Ireland. It matters not who or what they are.
Provided they are advocates for justice to their country,
they not- only find no favour in the sight of these
patriotic scribblers, but are denounced in the foulest
language that the English tongue can supply. To
look for anything like consistency from such
writers, would be to display entire ignorance of their
nature and habits. They are as changeable as
the chameleon, adopting without the least difficulty,
or rather with a sort of natural and instinctive alacrity,
the political hue which best suits the passing moment.
Who that remembers anything that appears in the
columns of the Times, can have forgotten the taunts
with which that journal used to assail the Libe-
ral Members whom Ireland sent to the last
Parliament, on account of their supposed deficien-
cies in point of station and wealth ? How often did
this brazen mouthpiece of rabid Toryism ring the
changes upon its well-worn vocabulary of Billingsgate,
in order to depreciate the men whom it represented as
too poor and dependent to have any will but that of
Mr. O'CoNNELL ? Nothing, according to this vera-
cious oracle, could be so clear a proof that they owed
their seats to O'CONNELL influence, as the fact that
they were not of what is termed the aristocratic class,
and it was predicted at the same time, that while that
influence lasted there would be nothing in the shape of
a Gentleman returned by the Liberal party in Ireland•
It was utterly impossible that men of birth would
stoop to be the mere puppets of the Great Agitator !
Now, it so happens, that there are among the Re-
form Members returned at the late elections some
Noblemen, and many Gentlemen of the greatest wealth
and most ancient families in the sister country. What
does the Times, say to this ? Does it deny the fact? No.
That even it has not the effrontery to do. According
to its former doctrine on this point, the members to
whom we allude cannot be under the spell of O'CoN-
NELL, while their being returned in the Liberal inte-
rest at all must, according to the same authority, be a
proof that the influence of the champion of Ireland is
either on the wane, or never was so great as the Tories,
for their own ends, endeavoured to represent it. But
let us see how clumsily the Billingsgate journal tries
to back out of its position. They " make," says the
Times " a laompous assumption of names, fortunes,
respectabilities, &c., as if names were things, and
pounds principles." This is the answer of the journal
which was the first to infer the want of principle from the
want of pounds, whose great desiderata for the Irish
representation in the last Parliament were " names,
fortunes, and respectabilities," and which cannot, even
in an article devoted to a virtual if not ostensible
recantation of its often-declared opinion on this sub-
ject, conceal the contempt which it feels for the
people of Ireland, simply because of their poverty.
The Irish it calls " a pennyless rabble," and the Catho-
lic Clergy a " depraved priesthood." To what degrada-
tion will this Print descend at last ?

In another part of our paper will be seen a state-
ment of the privations to which the poor Polish patriots
still remain exposed. It is impossible for any man to
read the harrowing narrative of their sufferings, and of
the noble fortitude with which they have borne up
against pinching want, and continued calamity, with-
out ferlin'g an interest in the fate of the poor, yet noble
minded men. They have been exiled from the country
of their birth—reduced from stations of wealth and
rank for the love of liberty--they sought an asylum
here amongst us. Shall we suffer the strangers to
starve on Albion's hospitable shores ? Are we willing
,to have it recorded that exiles sought in England an
asylum, and found but a grave ? No—we are per-
suaded that the sympathies of our generous country-
men will avert this disgrace. They will not permit the
patriots of Poland to die unheeded and unaided in this
land of liberty, here in the heart of the richest country
in the whole world.

The whole of the Paris papers of Friday and Sa-
turday have been received. Their contents are more
interesting than politically important. In the official
columns of the Charte and Moniteur we find the fol-
lowing intelligence from Spain :

TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCHES.

" BAYONNE, SEPT. 27, HALF-PAST. ELEVEN.—The ac-
tine on the 19th was more important than at first believed.
The Pretender is precipitately retreating. A corps of 6,000
men detached from his army has been met by Oran in the
environs of Saudon, and dispersed by him. That General
pursues that division to the south. His head-quarters were
at Huete the day before yesterday.
Espartero writes from Fuenta that he is about to
continue to follow the bulk of the factious army, which
is retiring in confusion in the direction of Trillo. De-
serters are continually arriving, and the public spirit of the
people appears to have revived in favour of the. Constitu-
tional cause.

The elections commenced yesterday at Madrid, and are
proceeding amidst the utmost tranquillity."
" BORDEAUX, SEPT. 29, HALF-PAST SEVEN, P.M.
‘, On the night of the 20th the Pretender had left Bril-
tneya, moving upon Trillo. Espartero, who is follom ing
him closely, was on the 21st at Fuentes, In the action on
the Oth, besides a good number of killed and wounded,
the enemy lost 230 prisoners, including 11 officers, and
above 500 deserters ; Brigadier Miranda, leader of the
Carlist payajry, 1Y3,4 Cabrera, with 6,000 men, had
separated froth the rreteader, and was precipitately