The Sun.
London, England, 1847-06-14 00:00:00

sistance, of England, if he will not make some exer-
tions on his own account, and at least endeavour to
support his people in honourable independence ?
The general culture of flax throughout all parts of
Ireland—the zealous and efficient attention by
which that valuable crop can be brought to
the utmost perfection, by which not only the
fibre but the seed may be preserved, and
every portion made applicable to the beneficial uses of
which it is capable, will furnish the solution of the
enigma—will be found the real cure for Ireland's
distresses. The tourist throughout the country is
struck with the extraordinary differences visible in
the appearance of the inhabitants. In the southern,
eastern, western, and even parts of the northern
districts, he sees around him on every side a half.
starved people, exhibiting all the indications of the
most squalid poverty—their wretched huts scarcely
fit habitations for the swine that are admitted to
a participation in the shelter—their clothing a mass
of filthy rags, insufficient to ward off the inclemency
of the weather, or to preserve even the decencies of
life, while their attenuated and worn aspects evince
a total absence of all the comforts and an insufficiency
of even the necessaries of existence; with this he
also perceives a listless languor, a lounging laziness, a
general indolence that seems to pervade the very at-
mosphere. If he inquires into the state of the
country, he is informed of riots and bloodshed,
of agrarian outrages and nocturnal disturbances.
While proceeding on his journey let him enter
into Armagh or Downshire, and he is indeed
astonished at the change. He finds a cheerful
and contented peasantry, well-fed and well-clad, clean
and well-ventilated cottages, with every fitting office,
and all the conveniences of domestic life, every
person employed, and even the children, contributing
by their exertions to the general fund. It is almost
unnecessary to say that peace and tranquillity will
invariably be found in these happy localities. To
what magical influences are these blessings to be
ascribed? He is in the seat of the linen
manufacture, the district in which the growth
of flax is diligently and sedulously attended
to ; there is no other apparent cause by which
the great and extraordinary difference can be ac-
counted for. He may, therefore, fairly presume that
it is ascribable thereto, and if by a separate calcula •
tion he can show that the cultivation of flax would
ead to such results, that fair presumption will be

changed into a moral certainty. We hope on a future
occasion to show that such is the case, to point out the
many advantages flowing therefrom, the reasons why
it should be brought into universal use, and that, as
we have already stated, it furnishes most obvious
means for the speedy removal of Irish distress, and of
Irish difficulties.

The Moniteur Grec of the 30th ult. has been re-
ceived. It expresses very forcibly the dissatisfaction
of the Athenian Cabinet with the discussion in the
House cf Commons, which was elicited by the motion
of Lord JOUN MANNERS.

The Union Illonarchique asserts that the French
Government has received dispatches announcing that
the Porte had accepted the proffered mediation of the
Vienna Cabinet, for the reconciliation of the rulers of
the Ottoman empire and the Hellenic kingdom.

Madrid papers of the 7th have arrived.
Monsignor BEUNELLI is described as being still
actively engaged in endeavouring to reconcile the
QUEEN and her ill-matched husband. Fire and snow
we fear are more capable of union.
Both the Faro and Heraldo contain accounts of
the capture of the forces and property of the Junta.
Otherwise than in the expression of joy at the
honourable reception of General NARTAEZ at the
French Court, and his friendly intercourse with the
young Duke and Duchess of MONTPENSIER, the
papers are barren of intelligence.
BOURSE.—Three per Cents., 30i cash ; Four per
Cents., 18 cash ; Five per Cents., 181 cash, 18i
paper ; Debt, without interest, 5i cash, 5i- paper.
Exchange on London, 49 10.

The Paris journals of Friday and Saturday have'
reached us with their usual punctuality. From the
latest rumours in the capital it would seem that there
is little probability of a very protracted existence for
the Ministry. Guizo-r's authority is slipping through
his fingers—like the handful of sand, the tighter he
grasps it the more quickly and the more glibly it
runs out from the pressure. The back of the Admi-
nistration was nearly broken by the division in the
Chamber of Peers upon the Medical Reform Bill.

So desperately was the Cabinet driven by this division
that, according to the Opposition newspapers, the
whippers-in of the Chambers went even, as it were,
to the bedchambers of decrepid nobles, and had their
enfeebled and paralysed bodies conveyed to the
benches of the Legislative Chambers by their at-
tendants. Notwithstanding which extraordinary
precaution the Ministerial majority was miserably
small.

The various journals are busily occupied in the
discussion of the probable consequence of this very
visible decadence of power. The future is indeed to
them a mirror in which they already see the reflected
downfal of the once powerful but now powerless
GUIZOT.

The Presse contains the following article on the
present state of the corn markets :
. .

" We announced a few days since that a slight change
of temperature would be sufficient to raise the price of
corn. Already, unfortunately, our anticipations have
been realised in Belgium. The last markets of Courtrai,
Grammont, Liege, Louvain, and Termonde, experienced
a rise of from 2f. to 3f. the hectolitre. One week of cold
wind has raised exaggerated fears in the minds of the
consumers, and the speculators have taken advantage of
it. It is, moreover, easy to excite a panic when a con-
siderable deficiency of provisions is supposed to exist.
In England, notwithstanding the continuance of fine
weather, a considerable rise in the price of wheat has
taken place. In Holland prices are looking down. An
inspection of the crops has taken place by order of the
Agricultural Congress assembled at the Hague, and the
appearances throughout the provinces are extremely fa-
vourable. The growing wheat has assumed the best
aspect—the rye promises such a crop as has not been
seen for many years—the potatoes are flourishing, and
no symptom of disease has yet been discovered. It does
not appear that the temperature has producd any bad
effect in France. The corn maxitets continue to decline
throughout the kingdom. In gip East particularly, the
fall in prices is remarkable. Within the last ten days
wheat has fallen from 9f. to 12f. the hectolitre at Metz,
and more than 20f. at Strasburg."
The Journal des Debuts publishes the following

letter from Palma of the 3d instant :
" The squadron of evolution commanded by the
Prince de Joinville has made a short appearance in our
roads, and the few hours it remained were devoted to a
simple and affecting ceremony. The Prince had heard
last year that the small island of Cabrera, which had
been the prison and tomb of the French soldiers taken
prisoners by the Spaniards at Beylen, was strewed with
the bones of those unfortunate men, deprived of sepul-
ture w . Ho as not able at the time to ascertain the fact,
having been apprised of it just as he was putting to
sea. Yesterday, however, the Prince had scarcely
reached the roads of Palma, when he dispatched the
steam- corvette Pluton to inquire if the information he
had received was correct, and, on the return of the ves-
sel, he issued the following order of the day :—' The Corn-
mander-in•Chief has been informed that on several
points of the island of Cabrera human bones are seen
lying unburied—the sad relics of our unhappy country-
men taken prisoners at Baylen, and who died of misery
on that rock. The Pluton repaired, by my orders, to
the island, and then the officers and crew, guided by a
Spaniard who had witnessed the lingering agony of our
soldiers, collected a large quantity of bones scattered
over the soil and exposed to every insult. To-morrow
the Pluton will return to Cabrera with the Abbe Coque-
reau, to give Christian burial to those remains. The
admiral proposes to place a stone over them, with this
inscription:—` To the memory of the Frenchmen who
died at Cabrera—the squadron of evolution of 1847.'
(Signed) The Vice-Admiral Commander-in-Chief, Fer-
dinand d'Orleans.'
" In consequence of that order, the Pluton returned
this morning to the island of Cabrera, and the com-
mander of the ship landed with the AbL6 Coquereau,
chaplain of the squadron, to accomplish the religious mis-
sion confided to them. No pomp, no military show was
displayed to give to that funeral ceremony useless éclat. The
Pluton had her colours half mast high during divine service
and the prayers for the dead. Nothing could bo more
affecting than to see the fifteen or twenty farmers who
constitute the entire population of that desolate island
kneeling by the side of our seamen, and joining in their
pious supplications. Mass having been said, and the re-
mains of our unhappy soldiers covered with earth, a
wooden cross was placed over the grave to indicate the
spot where the monument is to be erected. The officers
and men would not leave to the generosity of the Prince
the honour of defraying alone the costs of that modest
sepulture. A subscription, in which all participated,
produced 2,ooof.—sufficient to
pay the expense. The
squadron demanded, moreover, that the name of the
Prince be introduced into the inscription. This was
a just homage rendered to the young
.admiral, who
had conceived the patriotic idea of of offering that pious
tribute to the memory of unhappy
and forgotten fellow-
countrymen."
Queen ittuu. CHANTINA had arrived at Toulon