The Sun.
London, England, 1849-07-23 00:00:00

earnest and touching appeal on the present exhausted
state of their funds :
"Central Relief Committee, 3 College-green,
Dublin, July 16.
"Sir,—We have been directed by our committee to
request you will, with your usual kindness, bring beforc
the public, through your widely-disseminated journal,
the following awful state of the country, in order that
the question may be fully considered by those who have
means Am I justified in allowing my fellow-Chris-
tian to dio while I have the power of saving his life.'
" This committee have now completely exhausted
their funds, havine. distributed 4,764 L, principally in
small sums, of 104 to the care of the Protestant and
Roman Catholic clergymen, and at this moment there
are lying on their table 200 applications for relief
from various parts of the south and west, all
representing that the harvest prospects are most
promising—that hundreds of persons in each locality
have made the most strenuous efforts to labour and
till and sow their ground—that their crops aro growing
luxuriantly, but that the industrious, hard-working, and
independent men, who have struggled, at the sacrifice of
present food and every necesfary for decent life, to sow
their crops, can never live to see them reaped, unless
their fellow-Christians now help them through the next
month or six weeks. A clergyman stated this day to the
committee that 2s. 6d. would keep alive a family of five,
by enabling them to mix a little meal with the cabbage
or other vegetables that they gather and feed on. Imagine
what a state of misery! And can those who are indulg-
ing themselves in every comfort—ruay, luxury—answer
to their God and Father, that they would not spare this
trifling sum from their superfluities to save the lives of
five fellow-Christians?
" Should any desire to inform themselves of the accu-
racy of these statements, the office at No. 3, College-
green, is open daily, and free access will be afforded to
those who may desire to search the sad histories con-
tained in the application papers.
" We are, Sir, your obedient servants,
" D. C. LATOUCHE,
" T. HUTTON, Honorary Secretaries."
"E. ISPDONNELL
The large amount of good effected by this philan-
thropic body—the awful state of misery in which a
great portion of the sister kingdom is involved—the
certainty that all subscriptions will be judiciously
applied, induce us to call upon our countrymen to
lend a helping hand to their charitable labours. The
heart of generous England has never been appealed
to in vain in the cause of suffering humanity. The
dethroned monarch, the patriot, the unfortunate of
every clime, find a home and a welcome in our happy
land; we feel, then, that in calling England's atten-
tion to the pressing calamities of Ireland we shall
meet with a prompt, a noble, and a generous re-
sponse.

Ireland has many claims, independent of her suffer-
ings and her wrongs, upon the affection and sympathy
of England... She gives us sound heads, stout hearts, and
manly arms. In the senate, on the battle-field, in
literature and in the arts, she sheds the light of her
genius upon the fame and glory of England. We
encounter no danger which she does not share, we
win no honour to which she does not contribute,
Under our time-honoured flag her hardy sons have,
with us, braved " the battle and the breeze." Upon
every sea, in every clime, throughout the wide empire
of our gracious QUEEN, upon whose dominions the
sun never sets, there is no battle-field where British
valour was to be sustained or British honour vindi-
cated, that the brave sons of suffering Ireland have not
fought and bled.
We will not enter into a calculation of the share
which misgovernment has had in reducing Ireland to
her present abject state—we will not canvass the
amount of responsibility of our rulers—we will not
stir up the vexed question of Irish landlordism, nor
any of the numerous causes to which Irish misery is
usually attributed ; but we will at once say to rich
and happy England for rich and happy,
thank GOD, she still - is, notwithstanding the
fanciful imaginings of political partizans, or
the garrulous repinings of aspiring statesmen—
" Your sister is stricken down to the lowest depth of
human suffering by the dispensations of PROVIDENCE.
Famine and pestilence decimate her people, and deso-
late her fertile plains ; your fellow-subjects are
perishing, will you not stretch forth a hand to save
the hardy and the strong ?" Imbecile age and help-
less infancy fall alike before the destroying angel, and
in a Christian land are frequently hurried, uncoffined,
into an unseemly and unhallowed grave. The
ravages of hunger have brought a people, remarkable
for their moral propriety tavad frugality, to the
very verge of cannabalism. The horrors of
a fearful plague have loosened the ties of kindred
among a people ever devoted to the practice of the
domestic and soeial virtues. The history of human
suffering can furnish no parallel to the misery endured
by our Irish brethren. The intensity of their wretch-
edness has only been equalled by the exemplary pa-
tience and pious resignation with which it has been

endured.
We fear that many benevolent persons have hi-
therto been prevented from contributing to this work
of charity and of mercy in consequence of some of our
Contemporaries having thrown out doubts as to the au-
thenticity of the reports of Irish distress. We envy not
the feelings of those who would restrain the hand of
charity, of those who would withhold relief from
their fellow. men, because some rash, though benevo-
lent, enthusiast may have given way to his feelings
in over-colouring a picture of human misery. We
can easily conceive how difficult it is for a warm-

hearted Irishman, surrounded by disease and death
in their most appalling forms, to write in calm and
cautious phraseology. But in the present case the

most heartrending tales of misery have been fully

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borne out and authenticated by benevolent and disin-
terested Englishmen, whose credibility and authority
is beyond doubt or suspicion—gentlemen who have

taken the trouble to see with their own eyes, to hear
with their own ears, and whose unimpeachable testi-

mony leaves no doubt as to the frightful extent and
intensity of Irish misery.
For ourselves, we never entertained a doubt on the
subject ; we believed that there was no exaggera-
tion in the melancholy details received through our
contemporaries of the Irish press. We have urged

the imperative necessity of such measures as we be-
lieved to be best calculated to stem the tide of misery
which threatened to overwhelm that devoted land.

But, alas ! the evil is of a magnitude too great to be
cured by ordinary means ; her necessities are too
pressing to await the tedious and, in her case, too
frequently, the uncertain process of legislation. The
hand of charity must be extended, in order to save
human life and to alleviate human sufferings. Go-
vernment advances, the prison, and the poor-house,
are insufficient to arrest the horrible ravages of pesti-

lence and of famine. We do then, with the most
lively and confident hope, lay the case of Ireland before
a humane and a generous British public. We appeal
to our benevolent fellow-countrymen on behalf of the

destitute people of Ireland. We feel assured tha

proud and happy England—the home of the exile—

~he asylum of the distressed from every quarter of the

globe—will not refuse to her suffering sister a
prompt, a willing, and a generous support. England's
sympathies are not of that affected and spurious cha-
racter that can only be excited to activity by some
romantic tale. We know that, while with a laudable

alacrity her children bestow their kindness and their

charity upon the suffering poor of other

!ands, they will not, they cannot forget their

brethren perishing at their very thresholds. Can we

conclude more appropriately than in the earnest in
terrogatory of the appellants to British benevolence—

"Am I justified in allowing my fellow-Christian to

die while I have the power of saving his life ?"

HORRIBLE OCCURRENCE IN THE WATERLOO-ROAD,
- -

—This morning, between two and three o'clock, the
inhabitants of Barron's-place, Waterloo-road, were
aroused from their slumbers by loud cries of murder
proceeding from a house situate at No. 13, in that
thoroughfare. Police-constable, No. 40 L, immediately
entered the house, when a horrible scene presented
itself, for in., one of the rooms was found a female named
Amelia Hough, covered with blood, which was flowing
from a number of wounds inflicted over the chest, shoul-
der, and abdomen. It seems that the unfortunate fe-
male, who lodged in the house, had been out with an•
other young woman, named Margaret Huggerty, and
on their return they quarrelled, when the landlady in-
terfered, and turned Huggerty into her own room; but
as the landlady was closing the door of Hough's apart-
ment, Haggerty rushed forth with a large table knife in
her hand, pulled the landlady from the door, and having
entered the room, she laid hold of Hough by the neck
with the left hand, and with the right hand ran the
knife into various parts of the other's body. Huggerty
then rushed out of the house. Mr. Bateman and Mr.
Sewell, the surgeons, were promptly in attendance, and
did all that was possible for the unfortunate woman, but
the injuries are of such a frightful character that her
death is momentarily expected. Huggerty has been ap-
prehended
thisb by
afternoon.
INTRAMURAL and will be taken before the
magistrate
INTRAMURAL INTERMENTS.—The vicar and church-
wardens of St. Bride's parish have decided upon closing
the burial ground in Farringdon-street, and not to per-
mit any future interments to take place there. It is
likewise in contemplation to close the St. Bride's burial
ground in Fleet-street.—Sunday paper.

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

We have received the Paris papers of Saturday
and yesterday.
The Moniteur publishes various decrees of the
PRESIDENT of the Republic, conferring higher ranks
in the Legion of Honour on Admiral TRELIOUAUT and
Generals Oumenzer and VAILLANT, and decorations
on a great number of the officers and men concerned
in the recent military operations under the walls of
Rome.
The National has the following on the restoration
of the POPE :
" We publish tho telegraphic dispatch announcing the
restoration of the Pope. We were quite prepared for
the intelligence. No detail is given as to the manner in
which the event has passed, but letters received for some
days past showed that a manifestation was in prepara-
tion, and that persons were hired to give the signal of
enthusiasm for the restoration of the Pope. We were
accused of calumniating the intentions of the Govern-
ment when we declared that the secret object of our
become
eodeiiosus theto iet r. stoTrahteio mask
a ac-
complished; the Pope resumes his crown, and the expedition was to impose on the Roman people a
hasbeen
soon
theocracywhich
Car-
dinals their power; the monks of all colours are return-
ing to Rome as masters; and it is the soldiers of the
French Republic who have re-established these odious
tbakaden oft H Here
clerical institutions, the shame of the 19th century! We
shall soon have to relate as formerly the ignominious acts
of the Papal Government, the vengeance of the priests
over this population, which has just given to the world
the spectacle of an heroic resistance; and we shall have
to say that all this hatred and all this fury fall on the
French name. But perhaps the accomplices of M. de
Falloux will spare us this afflicting task; perhaps their
code on the press will cover with its aegis the Pope and
the Cardinals. The honest and moderate journals can
then celebrate without contradiction the apostolic virtues
of this Holy Pontiff, who, following the expression of an
illustrious Roman, returns sword in hand, as if Rome
was Mecca, and the Gospel the Koran,"
The debate on the project of law on the press was
commenced on Saturday. This law is even more
htringent than were the laws of September, and in the
course of the discussion M. DE MONTALEMBERT, the
leader of the Jesuit party, declared that this was but
the first of a series of measures of repression against
the Republican spirit. The speech of M. DE MON..
TALEMBERT brought up M. JULES FAVRE, whose
eloquent and indignant attack upon the Ministry was
but feebly met by the inflated reply of M. ODILLON
BARBOT. The debate was adjourned until to-day.
No decision has as yet been come to on the ques-
tion of the adjournment of the Assembly. Several
of the members of the Committee, to which the consi-
deration of the question has been referred, have ex-
pressed an opinion that the period of adjournment
should not exceed a fortnight.
The rumour of an intended coup d'etat contemplated
during the adjournment continues to gain ground.
Le Temps of Saturday says
" We are enabled to assure our readers that
Thiers and Mole, whose sympathies for the Republic are
a secret to no one, have resolved to use all their efforts to
bring us back to the eve of the revolution of February,
1848. People speak very seriously of a little coup d'etat,
the consequences of which would be the annihilation of
universal suffrage and the prolongation of the actual Ex-
ecutive Power, for which an Imperial Monarchy would
be substituted. It is added that it is in order to facili-
tate the execution of such a plan that the demand has
been made, and which the majority will support, for the
prorogation during some months of the Legislative As-
sembly."
We can hardly imagine that MM. TRIERS and MOLE
can be so ill-advised as to contemplate a coup d'etat,
which, although it may be perhaps successful for the
moment (which is very doubtful), cannot but end in the
destruction, and that at no very distant period, of all
those who may take part in it. It is seldom that we
find any proposition in the Legitimatist journals to
which we can give our cordial assent; nevertheless,
we cannot but admit that the Opinion Publique has in
the following article, which we commend to the
attentive consideration of the PRESIDENT of the Re-
public and of his true friends, given an accurate sketch
of the " situation " :
" It is necessary to establish clearly the character of
the present situation—it is one of trial, experiment, and
transition. In February, 1848, a tempest swept away a
tent which was mistaken for a monument. Society was
taken unawares, and the question was who was to govern.
If any one had attempted to impose any particular go-
vernment, a civil war would have been the result
Then the government of every one was thought of—it
was said, " Let us have the government of universal
suffrage.' No one could object to that, for there was
neither preference nor exclusion in it. The nation exer-
cised the power in this sort of govermental vacation, and
changed its instruments as one changes the horses of
one's travelling carriage. M. Ledru Rollin, M. de La-
martine, and M. Cavaignac succeeded each other; up one
day and down the next. This mobility was necessary, as
what could have happened if M. Ledru Rollin had an
official power which survived his real utility; if M. de
LEmartine and M. Cavaignac had continued to be powers
de jure, after having ceased to be powers de facto. They
would then having become worn' out, be mere obstacles.
The Constituent Assembly, therefore, acted boldly in de-
ciding that there should be a President for four years.
In the present instability of ideas and of opinions that
decision might be even called a daring one. How much,
therefore, ought we to guard against encroaching on a
future, which belongs only to God. At a time when
there is nothing decided, the force of the govermental
powers consists precisely in their provisional character.
No one thinks of overturning them, because their time
of ceasing is close at hand. On the other hand, should
an attempt be made to build up something durable, a
catastrophe is proceeded to. There are persons who
imagine that it is sufficient to decree the definitive in
order to make it. They are greatly mistaken. The defi-
nitive only succeeds when it comes at its hour; that is,
when there is something decided in ideas and fixed
in interest; to attempt it sooner, is to attempt it too
soon. These reflections apply naturally to those who
do not see that the present position of M.
Louis Bonaparte is far stronger with his three years
and a half Presidentship before him, than if an attempt
was made to attribute to him, by some turn or other, a
longer power. That would give him stability,' is what
is said. Was the power of Louis Phillippe made to last
a day the longer by his being declared an hereditary
king? Stability is not given by laws or decrees ; and
the political life of power, in times of crisis, like the
physical life of the human body; when it is exhausted,
death arrives without any human will being able to pre-
vent it. Let us remain therefore as we are ; let us not
aggravate a situation already exceedingly grave; let us not
change means into obstacles, and let us nut endeavour to
place the end in the middle of the distance. The Em-
pire is a glorious reminiscence for all, a regret for some,
but it cannot be a hope for any one. It is already a
great honour and a great happiness for the' nephew of
the 'Emperor to have seen his name made the rallying-
point of six millions of votes from the most opposite
parties, and to have been invited to sit for four years in
the presidential chair. If an attempt was made to go
further, after having been useful, he would become
hurtful, he would do injury to France after having
served her ; and, supposing that he succeeded, -which
is doubtful, he would soon be put out of power by the
door of revolution, after having entered it by the door
of universal suffrage. Louis Philippe, King of the
French, brought France to a political republic ; Louis
Bonaparte, Emperor, would within a given time, lead to
a social republic."
The Prince DE CANINO (LUCIEN BONAPARTE) has
addressed a letter to M. Doris, the President of the
Legislative Assembly, complaining of the treatment
which he has received since he has been in France,
and declaring that he left Rome with a regular pass-
port on a mission entrusted to him by the Roman
Republic to France, England, and the United States.
The Journal du Loiret of Orleans gives the following
additional particulars of the arrest of the Prince :
" The Prince de Canino (Bonaparte) arrived in our
city at midnight on Tuesday, by railway, from Bourgcs.
Two gendarmes were with him in the carriage. At
Marseilles, the Prefect, M. Peauger, apprised of the dis-
embarkation of the Prince de Canino, informed him
that the instructions of the Government interdicted him
from going to Paris. At the same time he sent to the
Ministry by telegraph the news of the disembarkation.
Arrived at Bourges the Prince found the same in-
structions. Questioned by the authorities as to the di-
rection of his journey, he declared that he wished to
go to Paris. Two gendarmes then received the order
to accompany him to Orleans. The police waited for
him at the station of our town. There he publicly
declared that he wished to go to Paris, adding that
be had a diplomatic mission for Paris and London,
and besides, he possessed property in France, and
had interests in Paris to attend to. The instructions
sent to Orleans were, that if the Prince de Canino
should wish to proceed to England, he was .to be con-
ducted by Chartres and Evreux to Havre, but that he
was not to take the railway for Paris. The Prince
preferred to remain at Orleans. He wrote with a pencil
in the station several letters for Paris, and afterwards
caused himself to be conducted to the Hotel de la Boule
d'Or. He was placed in a bedroom on the grouudfloor,
and police agents were placed on the watch in case he
should be disposed to leave Orleans for Paris. At Or-
leans his liberty is left to him. On Wednesday, after
his breakfast, he went out to make some purchases and
to visit the city. Seeing that a police agent, in plain
clothes, followed him at a distance, the Prince called
him, and said, 'Come,', we will walk together; that will
be better, and you will do me the favour to show me
the town.' The agent complied, and M. do Canino,
thus acc impanied, visited the Rue Jeanne d'Arc,
the Museum, the Cathedral, and the Palais do Justice.
Ho afterwards returned to the hotel, and dined at the
tabled Ute. One of the guests asked him to take coffee, and
he consented. The person took him to the Cafe Choinet,
and a curious crowd soon assembled, but there were
neither cries nor demonstrations. After a short pro-
menade he returned to his hotel. The Prince de Canino
has, it is said, written to several personages at Paris,
among others to M. Dufaure, Minister of the Interior, M.
andC
iaryfr,iernd
ep. lie resentartiecive
ueosftstthheatLiot ho be not allowed toir- et-Cher, his relative
stay at Orleans, he may be permitted to go to Melun, to
an estate belonging to M. Clary. Ho conversed with
several persons on the affairs of Rome. We have no need
to say what are his sentiments on the French expedi-
tion. The Prince de Canino is of an en-bon-point, ap-
proaching obesity.
" P.S. In consequence of instructions which arrived
at mid-day, the Prince de Canino has left by post for
Havre by Chartres and Evreux, and he will there em-