The Sun.
London, England, 1838-03-19 00:00:00

READING.

At Four o'clock the sitting Member was in a majority of one, and the
,:zunsel for the petitioner then intimated that he should withdraw all
further opposition, and Mr. Palmer will be, of course, declared duly
el, cted.

DUBLIN.
Ntr. Aunty was heard at great length in reply. Ho contended that
the argument of his Learned Friend was net sustainable, for he had
maintained that, by the 9th section of the Reform Bill, the rights of free_
rnen by birth, marriage, or servitude, were secured to them as fully and
04 freely as they enjoyed anterior to the passing of that Act ; and even
ft.lcaitting, for argument's sake, that such was the fact, it did not apply
i t the present ease, for these freemen had no inchoate rights of their own,
being acknowledged by the Town-clerk that no such rights existed in
Site Corporation at all, they having the absolute discretion of receiving
cr rejecting a claimant, whether he applied in right of birth, marriage, or
vitude.
The Committee retired at ten minutes to four, and after deliberating
for about a quarter of an hour, decided that the vote of William Hare
I:;aunsell ought not to be placed on the poll.
No less than 91 other votes, which were tendered for Messrs. West
old Hamilton, are affected by this decision, and are understood to be
abandoned.

The Committee adjourned to eleven o'clock on Monday morning.

SPAIN.

ST. SEBASTIAN, MARCO 9.--On Saturday next about 40
cilicers and between 600 and 700 men of the disbanded Legion
will sail in the Prince R,Tent transport and Columbia steamer
f.): Ireland ; the steamer to touch at Plymouth to land officers.
About 150 men volunteered to remain, and came ashore for
iat purpose ; but as the idea of raising an infantry battalion
is been abandoned, 60 of these men will re-embark again, as
they decline serving in either the Lancers or the Artillery, the
only force to be now re-organised. Both men and officers,
who are about to return, are not only tired and sick of the
service, but absolutely outrageous at the shabby treatment they
hare received. As to the men who have recently joined, or
rather volunteered for the force about to be raised, it is right to
say that they have not been trepanned into the service by either
ciiiistino- or bounty money; every individual had the option of
either going to his home or rejoining the service in the pre
c nee of one of the officers of the British Navy.
At a meeting of officers of the new Legion, which assembled
bare on the 6th instant, the following resolution passed unani-
mously:_" That having been induced at a former meeting to
forego a portion of our claims to pay and gratuity on the pro-
tniie of receiving three months' pay in cash, to take us to our
homes, and deeming that the sum of 10/. is insufficient for
that purpose, as well as being a violation of the agreement
tien entered into with us, we hereby claim the fulfilment of
the royal order directing the royal commission hero to issue
dree months' pay to each officer."
This resolution was numerously signed, and presented to
Colonel Lasaussaye by a deputation who waited on him for
that purpose. In explanation of the above resolution it may
as well to refer you to the conditions proposed by the
cfficers to the government at a former meeting, " to give up
their claim of twelve months' full pay and six months' gra-
tuity on condition of receiving three months' pay in cash."
This proposition (it was said at the time) not only received
the approbation of Lord John Hay, but was recommended by
him to the Spanish Government through Sir George Villiers.
Be that as it may, the Royal Commission here have acted
Upon it as far as deduction goes ; but the issue of three months
pay in cash has dwindled down to 10/. at the rate of 92 rials
in the pound, minus a further reduction of two per cent., not
4.nly upon the 101., but upon every fraction of either pay or
fi Id allowance that has been received from the formation of
the Legion up to the present moment, thus leaving most of
the officers with a fraction over 91. From this circumstance
it would appear that not a single penny has been provided by
the Government for the pay of officers from the day General
O'Connell took the command of the new Legion up to the
present moment, nor would they have had an issue were it not
fir the house of O'Shea and Co., at Madrid. I need scarcely
add that this has most thoroughly disgusted the officers.

CRACOW, FEB. 25.--The Diet of Cracow closed
its session on the Bth, after voting an address to the three
rotecting Powers, in which it demands-1. That the Austrian
:ermy should evacuate the territory of the Republic. 2. That
tb e frontiers of the Republic be open to trade and travellers,
e reeably to the constitution granted in 1815 by the Congress
'of Vienna. 3. That the institutions and regulations of 1833
should again be restored. 4. That the authority, power, and
consideration, formerly enjoyed by the Senate, should be re-
established. 5. That the Senate should hereafter govern
alone, and the authority no longer reside in the committee of
the three agents of the protecting Powers and the General
commanding the Austrian corps of occupation. 6. That the
direction of the police and of the customs department be re-
placed in the hands of the local authorities of the Republic of
Cracow. This address was presented to the three residents,
who undertook to transmit it to their respective Courts. The
senators John Mierochewski, Alexis Wensyk, and Lewis
Wolf, had resigned their seats, because the President of the
senate, M. Haller, insisted on all the acts of Government
being headed with these words--" The conference of the three
residents has proposed, &c."
THE PARKS—(From a Correspondent.)—By the
Fight of The Sun, I saw on Tuesday, in a paragraph, praise of
the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, prominently put
forward for having caused to be erected a new foot-gate in
front of Dandy D'Orsay's residence, and another one some-
where else ! Now, Sir, it seems to me that the Commis-
sioners could challenge credit, and that they would really
merit some praise, if they evinced rather more evidently a de-
sire to consult the public convenience as regards the Parks
honoured by their official presidency and preservation. But
the fact is that the interest and health, the convenience and
comfort, of thousands of poor pedestrians, are lost sight of
iu St. James's Park. The pedestrian public, in all but very
dry weather, arc compelled to wade ancle-deep in mud : from
her Majesty's Palace to the Spring Garden Gate, the whole
dreary distance is frequently one continuous morass. A paved
path or paths ought to be constructed immediately. Public
health, no less than public convenience, calls for this im-
provement; for it is well known that more than one person
Thom the taxes of Mr. Spring Rico forbid the luxury of
ding, have fallen victims to the condition of one of the
principal thoroughfares under the management of the Com-
missioners of Woods and Forests. Within view of her Ma..
jesty, many of her subjects have lost health, and even life,
by the state of the pathway to which I have adverted.
TfIE WEATIIER.---(From thee Dumfries Courier.)
--Although the mornings are still frosty, Queesbcrry white
with snow, and lower eminences more or less patched with the
same covering, the weather has improved considerably since
our last. In some parts of the country there are fields of
turnips which a sheep never touched, and on every farm there
will be less or more loss from the decomposition of bulbous
roots according to circumstances. Even the Swedes have
not escaped entirely. A correspondent states that he heard,
s, "feral days ago, on the skirts of the muirs, the note of the
curlew, a bird which haunts the coast in winter, but repairs
inland, to breed, in spring. Cushats have also been heard in
the woods, while the throstle and blackbird are again full of
activity and. song. The crows are building, and the bees
peeping out-from their cells; but as there are few flowers as
yet, they rarely venture far from the hives. Snow-drops,
aconites, and winter roses aro in full flower ; in fact the latter
have bra Ted every storm since the beginning of January.