The Sun.
London, England, 1836-04-26 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 26, 1,,36.

number 242,-with more than 1,000, 4001. a year, ex-
cept in cases where the, numba is. 30C1.0 and Upwards,
wheat tli rtipala is to be 500/.
No existing benefice is to be suppressed at present,
1001. a year being allowed td, every benefice in which
the numbers Ofe But Ato ig pfdpdged
to be gianted to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, in
conjunction with the Irish Government, to alter the
boundaries of benefices as they fall vacant, and as may
be thought most conducive to the spiritual interests.
concerned, regard being had to the state of contiguous

benefices. -
The funds of the Irish Church are stated by Lord.
,‘TORPETII to amount to 459,0001., arising from the

Following sources :
The clerical tithe payable to the parochial clergy
may be fairly stated at £511,500

linnitting 30 per cent. leaves rent-charge 358,0L=0
11inisters' money
Primate Boulter's Fund
_

Glebe lands are supposed to be worth 92,0001., and
after deducting 5,5001. for rents, they will be ... 86,500

Total £ 459,550
These funds are to be appropriated in the following
manner :
For 129 benefices, containing less than 50 members
of the Established Church, at 1001. each will
amount to
For 670 benefices, varying from 50 to 500 members,
at 2001. each
For 209 benefices, from 500 to 1,000, at 300/. each 62,700
For 183, varying from 1,000 to 3,000, at 400/. each 75,200
For 54, containing 3,000 and upwards, at 5001. each 27,000
Allowing glebe to the value of 25/. per annum to
each of the 1,250 benefices.
Curates .

Total

. £361,938

Amount of Church revenue under proposed plan £459,550
Amount of remuneration to the Clergy under pro-
posed plan 361,938

Difference and surplus to be applied to other pur-
poses
It thus appears, that after satisfying all the wants
of the Church to the full, there will remain a large
surplus. Out of this, however, has to come the
compensation to be 'paid to patrons, together with
other charges attendant on the proposed plan. But
after all ecclesiastical claims are discharged the surplus
is to be paid into the Consolidated Fund, on which
there is to be made a fixed charge of 50,0001. per
annum, to be applied to the religious and moral edu-
cation of the people of Ireland without distinction of
sects.

It will be seen that Lord STANLEY'S petulance
contrasted strongly with the moderation of Sir Ro-
BERT PEEL. We congratulate the Noble Lord on
the new title conferred on him by Lord JOHN
RUSSELL—the Hotspur of the North ; we fear it will
be a long time before he " pluck up drowned honour
by the locks."

A petition, signed by Sir J. M. DOYLE, and seven
other Commissioned Officers, late in the service of
DONNA MARIA of Portugal, was presented to the
Portuguese Cortes on the 26th ult., praying that a
Commission might be appointed to examine their
claims, and do them justice. We are really asto-
nished at the scandalous ingratitude of the Portu-
guese nation towards men to whose valour they are
mainly indebted for their deliverance from the Mi-
guelite yoke. Had it not been for the intrepid bravery
of the British troops, and the cordial co-operation of
the British Government, the brows of DONNA MARIA
would never have been encircled by the diadem of
Portugal. And what has been our reward ? Why, not
only are we worse treated as a commercial nation than
we were previous to the overthrow of the Usurper, but
even our volunteers, who individually risked their lives
and shed their blood in defence of the QUEEN and
constitutional liberty, are now treated with contumely
by the very cravens whom they raised by their swords
to the first dignities in the State I As the service was
ifalantarv_there is of course no room left for any official
would not presume thus to beard a Power to which, as
a constitutional Monarchy, she owes her existence,
and without whose alliance she could not,long hope to
preserve it. Should a Commission be appointed, the
petitioners pledge themselves to bring forward such
evidence as will fully establish breaches of faith,
and violations of all contracts entered into with
them by the Portuguese Executive. They also
undertake to prove the partial, unfair, and illegal
administration of the adjustment of their accounts by
the Portuguese Commissioners, appointed to sit in
Lisbon for the liquidation of debts due from the Go-
vernment to foreigners in the QUEEN'S service. All
this does not surprise us. It is quite in accordance
with our previous notions of Portuguse good faith and
honesty. That nation is not in the best odour with
the rest of Europe ; though had Don PEDRO lived,
there is little doubt but that he would have purified it.

The Paris Papers of Sunday, the whole of which
we have just received, announce that preparations are
making for the departure of the Dukes of ORLEANS
and NEMOURS for Berlin, where they will be present
at the annual spring reviews of the Prussian army.
Their Royal Highnesses will next proceed to Vienna,
and return again to Paris about the Ist of 3uly.
Lotus PHILLIPPE is looking about for suitable
spouses for these royal scions of the House of Orleans.
His Most Christian Majesty, is the most prudent of
fathers, and, therefore, he takes advantage of a season
of unusual tranquillity to settle his children comfortably
in the world. It is rumoured that the picture of the
Duke of ORLEANS has already found its way to the
presence of some of the most accomplished and
well-dowered Princesses in Europe ; and from the
way in which it has been received, there is rea-
son to fear that some time will elapse before the
Duke will have an opportunity of playing a part in

which his Royal Father intends him to cut a distin-
guished figure. Russia would prefer any alliance with
France to one by marriage ; and Austria has not for-
gotten the exploits of PHILLIPPE Egalite. There is
Princely blood enough in Germany ; bins% so closely
allied with pride and poverty, that even LOUIS PHIL-
LIPPE shrinks from a connection that would fill France

with state paupers.
The thirty Polish refugees, who were ordered by the
Government to quit Paris, petitioned the Chamber of
Deputies on Saturday, praying that the order might be
withdrawn. The petitioners stated that the Govern-
ment had instructed the Authorities to inform them
that their removal from Paris was in compliance with
the urgent demand of the Russian Ambassador. This
statement. did not seem to discompose M. TI-HERS,
who appeared to pay no attention to a matter so trivial
Premierships have a surprising effect on the opinions
of French and English universal philanthrophists and
liberals 1

The French Journals notice the arrival of more En-
glish
troops at Santander. More were expected ;
and the Spanish authorities had commanded the peo-
ple every where to open their doors to receive them as
friends and allies. Don CA ItLOS was at Elorrio,
MINA at Cervera, where he has established his head'-'
quarters ; and neither of them seem willing to stir
exception of
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General EVANS fall in with the Carlists, there is no-
thing more approaching to a war in Spain than the
murder of old women and defenceless prisoners. Re-
ports were in circulation on Sunday to the effect that '
Spain was about to make a formal demand of French
intervention, in order to put down the rebellion at
once. We think such reports premature.
!I Many honourable merchants on 'Change
PARIS, APRIL 21-.
about .
the famous ne • .
ws Vien by the Ml-
conversed smil'nglY fthe A '
' • 1" '• +lie reduction o ustrian army which
nisterial journal of .._ abundant panegyrics on • '
its patrons.
served it as a text for . • Austria is in want of money it
They observed, that wheneve, . •thicing its military esta-
loudly proclaims its intentions of r..... • 'ut the same time,
blishment. Thus it happened last year au.— -iv loan was
and a fortnight afterwards a prospectus of a
nt, • - • -4 be
issued, which, notwithstanding this precaution, 0.14,
filled up. The same thing will probably happen this l-
Pen tins year;
but whether this stratagem to raise money shall
succeed or I

not, the gentlemen offered to bet two to one that the Imperial
army in Italy would not J)ereduced,l:% a single drummer.
(ftEt'Vg OF TfIE iokNiNo:y
APRIL 24.—This morning the Prtsideiii o th6',..bouncil
was summoned before eight o'clock to wait on did Bing. It
is affirmed that despatches, received during the night from
Berlin; werp.the cause of this conference. M. Thiers, on re-
turning to his residence; derpmehed a courier to that capital.
None of the Ministers were in the seeiet of this interview be-
tween the King and the President of the Council,—Journa/
chi Commerce.
A journal says,--.." Much has been said of the question of
intervention in Spain. Let it suftce le know that the inter.
vention meets with an insurmountable obstacle, in a prepon-
derating will which is resolved at present not to give offence
to the Northern Powers. These Powers are still negociating
with Don Carlos, from whom they have not obtained all that
they desired. Couriers have been dispatched, and their return
and the deliberation of the absolute Courts must be waited for
before it can be. known what it may be thought fit to do at Pa-
ris. It is then that it will be time to calculate the results of
intervention in a given position of Spain and Europe. Till
then we doubt whether the instances of a part of the Cabinet
will succeed even in getting the force of our auxiliary legion
raised to 10,000 men."

The correspondence between the British Government
and the several persons in Spain who were parties to the
" Eliot Convention," has been laid upon. the table of
the House of Peers. All doubt as to the authenticity
of the notorious Durango decree, so often impugned
by the abettors of Don CARLOS, is now removed.
. _
The correspondence is spread over a period of nine
months—from the beginning of July, 1835, to the
latter end of March, 1836. The first document is the
copy of a declaration to be delivered to Don CAuLos by
Colonel WYLDE, in which, after stating that the Bri-
tish Government could not believe Don CARLOS
capable of publishing the decree referred to, the follow-
ing distinct and spirited announcement is made :
" The undersigned is instructed formally to declare to
his Royal Highness that the British Government will
not permit the Convention which was nertiated and
signed under the mediation of Great Britain to be vio-
lated with impunity : that the British Government
cannot doubt that this Convention will be strictly and
faithfully observed with regard to all persons engaged
in the service of the Queen of SPAIN, whether
Spaniards or others ; and that the British Government
look especially to his Royal Highness Don CARLOS
for a fulfilment of the engagements which have been
made, and for an observance, on this matter, of the
usages of civilised nations." This declaration
was read to Don CARLOS by Colonel WYLDE,
on the 2d of August, and a copy of the Du-
rango decree was put into the Prince's hands by that
Gentleman. No answer was required. However the
Prince thought proper to inform the Gallant Colonel,
without any hesitation, " that he had issued that de-
cree after mature reflection; that he considered that he
was perfectly justified in doing so, and that he had
issued orders to his generals to carry it into effect ;
that as to the convention presented to him by Lord
ELIOT, the employment of foreign troops was not con-
templated at that time, or he should not have agreed
to it, and that he looked upon this force as without
the pale of the Convention !" This is pretty well, as a
specimen of DoN CARLOS' humanity !
Our readers are all well acquainted with General
MINA'S account of the murder of CABRERA'S mother.
This old woman, it will be remembered, was not put
to death, before she had 'been engaged in a foul
conspiracy to betray a city into the hands of the Car-
lists. In MINA'S address to his " friends" the Cata-
lans, which was intended for publication in the Jour-
nals of London and Paris, rather than for perusal in
the Basques—the particular part which the old woman,
as chief conspirator, assigned to herself, is not stated.
We suspect it was some atrocious feat, from the willing-
ness with which so humane and gentle a being as
MINA consented to have her shot. Like SAMPSON,
she might have contemplated carrying off the city
gates, even though more ponderous and crazy than
those of Gaza ; but to whisper a suspicion of our
own—it is much likelier that the mischievous old hag
had determined to carry off the city altogether. Be
this as it may, having given MINA'S account of the
Or Ziff' "6\V n 7mrfig.a al% r' "kr.' affliiiieswsive that
, Me re-
peated efforts to humanize the Spanish warfare entitle
him to the respect of every Englishman :

GEORGE VILLIERS, EEQ., TO VISCOUNT PALMERSON.-
(RECEIVED MARCH 17.
" Madrid, March 7, 1836.
_

" I consider it ray duty to inform your Lordship of an oc.
currence which has lately taken place at Catalonia, and which,
with reference to its atrocity and its consequences, has pro.
duced a considerable sensation at Madrid.

" A Carlist Chief, called Cabrera, shot the Alcaldes of two
small villages in Lower Arragon.
" The mother of Cabrera, a poor old woman, nearly seventy
years of age, lived at Tortosa, and General Nogueras, who
commanded the Queen's troops in the neighbourhood, ordered
the Governor of that place to have her seized and shot.
" The Governor refused to commit this barbarous deed; upon
which General Nogueras wrote to General Mina, the Captain-
General of the province, for his sanction, which was unhesi-
tatingly given, and the mother of Cabrera was executed for the
crimes of her son.

" The Carlist Chief was not slow in adopting measures of
retaliation. He issued a circular denouncing the barbarous
cruelty of the Queen's officers, and ordering the wife of a
Colonel and three other women to be shot.

" Having obtained a copy of this circular, I have the ho-
nour to enclose a translation of it to your Lordship.
" Immediately upon these facts coming to my knowledge, I
waited upon M. Mendizabal, with whom I found the Minister
of War, and I told their Excellencies that I was come, in
the performance of a painful duty, to announce to them what
would be the feelings of his Majesty's Government and the
whole people of England upon learning these unparalleled acts
of barbarity.
" I said that the Carlist Chiefs, in general sprung from the
lower orders of the people, and risinr, to a kind of bad pre-
eminence by their daring deeds or ferocious characters, their
crimes, however lamentable, were not surprising ; but that
when two officers of high rank and command in the Queen's
service, after consulting together, deliberately committed an
act unheard of, even among savage tribes, regardless alike of
public opinion and the victims among their own party who
would in revenge be sacrificed, an indelible stain must be
fixed upon a Government which, by not punishing such offen-
ders, would seem to sanction and approve their crime.
" These, I said I knew would be the feelings of his Ma-
jesty's Government; and in order that the alliance of Spain
might not be shameful to England, I took the liberty of asking
their Excellencies to declare by what means the Government
proposed to vindicate the injured rights of humanity ?
"'M. Mendizabal and Count Almodovar, with expressions of
horror, admitted the facts, and seemed to be aware of the
impression which they would produce in England.
" I have several times since spoken to M. Mendizabal upon
the matter, and his Excellency yesterday informed me that
General Nogueras had been deprived of his command in
Aragon, and that a Court of Inquiry had been ordered into
all the circumstances of the case, with a view to ulterior
measures.

(Signed) " GEORGE VILLIERS.
General MINA is welcome to make the most of this.
In the meantime we are impatient for the details of
the horrid conspiracy, for a participation in which a
Spanish General and a Grandee felt himself bound to
imbrue his hands in the blood of a defenceless widow,
in the seventieth year of her age

We have advices from Madrid to the 15th inst.
The Cabinet, which alike bids defiance to completion
or dissolution, was neither increased nor diminished.
This greatly retards the business of the Chambers, as
both are prevented from sitting at the same time,
by the want of the power of übiquity in the
Minister. Such a curious state of affairs ex-
cites no surprise in Spain. To accommodate
themselves to what appears to them a necessary state
of things, the Peers adjourn when the Deputies pro-
pose to sit, and when the Peers sit the Depuiies vote
themselves tired, and so take a holiday ! What would
be thought of such a proceeding in England ? But
the English do not understand Ministerial accommo-
dation in the same sense as the Spaniards. Of course
we are presuming a Minister's official presence in both
Houses of Parliament constitutionally possible—
which our readers know is not the case in this country.

The altercation between MENDIZABAL and ISTU-.
iuz is not yet so adjusted as to lead to an entire re
conciliation between these gentlemen.

By the Hamburg mail, just received, we have ad-
vices from Stockholm to the 6th, and front Copen-
hagen to the 17th instant. The Swedish Monarch is
fitting out a naval armament, with a view, it is sup-
posed, of uniting with France and England against
Russia, of whose aggressive policy he has already had
ample evidence.

Lord John Russell has appointed Mr. James Bury
of Manchester, Superintendent Inspector of Factories for the
-•ies of Derby, Nottingham, Leicester, and Northampton.

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