The Sun.
London, England, 1847-04-02 00:00:00

THE SON, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING-1 APRIL 2, 1847.

Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., made to the perfidious proceedings of the Northern
THE STORY OF LILLY DAWSON. !
potentates by our SOVEREIGN in her Speech from the
By Mrs. CROWE.
AUTHORESS OF " SUSAN HOPLEY." Throne ; but for the memorable correspon-
" Lilly Dawson is a creation worthy of Scott. The work will
Place Mrs. Crowe high among the v gli in writers of fiction."—John Bence laid upon the table by the Noble
•qualities. Its intention Is high and Lord the Minister for Foreign Affairs,
sun"
This work has excellent
wholesome—its tone fresh and natural—its perception of nature
subtle and accurate—its
portraiture graphic and truthful. Lilly and the casual observations uttered upon the disposi-
pawsona.usbiay Elliott,
are aAdditions Ph
to Philip
oar gallery Abel White, Jacob and Luke tion evinced by the different European Governments,
of imaginative characters."— op Ryland,e
the first act of the legislative drama for 1847 might
inueuta.
Maury Collura, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street, have passed without any Parliamentary reference to
those Governments. The attention of the Legislature
indeed has been manifestly so far pre-occupied and en-
grossed by the calamitous visitations of PROVIDENCE
in these islands, as to render more than a momentary
and furtive glance abroad impossible.
The man of true genius looks first of all
to the things by which he himself is immediately
surrounded, and then, by a gradual extension
of his gaze, looks onwards and onwards to
the horizon of his intelligence. With the
man of mediocre intellect the process is altogether
different; he stares afar off into the depths and in-
finitudes of the distance, and is morally blind to the
very existence of the materials close at hand. He is
grasping at things that are unattainable; and con-
temning or rather overlooking the things that are
within reach, and that, properly handled, might be
turned to practical advantage. With a sagacious
Legislature it is precisely as with the man of indu-
bitable genius. The sagacious Legislature looks first
to the well-being of internal affairs, and afterwards
occupies itself with the conservation of external
alliances, with the reconciliation of Cabinets estranged
by jealousies, and the re-establishment and re-adjust-
ment of those common bases upon which a general
peace is constructed. We by no means imply,
however, that it is either incumbent upon,
or advisable for, a Legislature to allow the
differences and misunderstandings, which may have
arisen out of any political movement upon the part
of another power, to accumulate in number and viru-
lence, while it is itself absorbed in matters restricted
within its boundaries. We would on no account be
understood to mean that a Legislature can leave any
difficulty, whether internal or external, in abeyance
without enormous peril, while it strives to conquer
other difficulties of a more urgent kind. The com-
plicated machinery of Government admits of no such
a hiatus in its operations. Like the spinning and
weaving machines, its thousand treadles move
in unison, the threads of its policy cir-
culate, and twine, and are intervolved with
uninterrupted rapidity, its shuttles flash to and fro
upon their various missions, imparting, almost imper-
ceptibly, colour and design to the general fabric, and
all this is produced with apparent confusion, but really
with order and regularity. We mean, therefore, that
for a time it is essential a predominant attention
should be paid to the most urgent necessities, al-
though the least pressing difficulties shall be com-
batted unobserved. In this manner our Legislature
has been apparently engrossed by administering assist-
ance to Ireland. Ostensibly it has neglected those
ominous movements which have latterly been tran-
spiring upon the Continent and in the
Peninsula, for the purpose of directing its undivided
energies to the assuagement of Irish destitution. In
reality it has been doing nothing of the kind. Its
vigilance has been directed simultaneously to the
home calamities of Skibbereen, and other localities of
the British islands, and to the most distant quarters
of the habitable globe, where the powers of the de-
stroyers of Cracow, and of the usurpers of Spanish
nationality extend.
When the dark cloud of destitution has floated
away from Ireland the Parliament ,will be enabled
to take into its serious consideration the rela-
tive position of the European States, and to
act as prudence shall thereupon dictate. Not to
the occupation of the island of Lahuan, not to
the jeopardy of Majorca, Minorca, and Ivica,
not to the petty squabbles still maintained
at La Plata, not to the over-crowded condition of the
penal settlements, or to the sorrows of Cracovian
citizens, or to the disabilities of a Spanish Prince,
must the scrutiny of the Legislature be directed ;
but to the removal or diminution of the unnumbered
obstructions which debar the earth from the securities
of a perm anent peace.

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HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
The Nob---111.-4, Gentry, Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public,
are resPeatfully informed, that the THEATRE WILL RE-OPEN
On SATURDAY, AP &IL 10, 1847,
When will be performed Donizetti's Opera,
L'ELISIR D'AMORE.
Adina, Madame Castellan ; Nemerluo, Signor Gardoni ; Belcore,
Signor F. Lablache; and Dr. Dulcomara. Signor Lablache (his first
appearance this season).
Between the Acts will be presented a "New Pas," composed by
M. Paul Taglieni, for Mdlle. Marie Taglioni.
To conclude with the admired Ballet, in Two Tableaux, by M. paw
railloni, the music by Signor Pugni, entitled
THEA ; OTT, LA FEE AUX FLEURS.
Principal characters by Mdile. C. Rosati, Mdlle. Marie Taglionl,
IL Paul Taglioni, &.
On Saturday, April 17th, will be produced (for the first time in
this country) Verdi's Opera " I Due Foscari."
Verdi's Opera " Ernani " will be repeated forthwith.

Two protests have been entered on the journals cf
he Upper House against the Irish-Ttor-law proposed
by the Government. Each contains its four "reasons
of state." One protest is nearly double the length of
the other. The shorter one is signed by the Arch.
bishop of DUBLIN and the Lords MONTEAGLE, RAD-
NOR, and MOENTCASHEL ; the lengthier, by the Lords
MONTEAGLE and RADNOR only. If anything were
wanting to confirm the wisdom of the Peers in re-
gard to the recent vote respecting Lord MONTEAGLE'S
motion, to refer the consideration of a poor-law for
Ireland, in the shape recommended by the Ministry, to
a Select Committee, the deficiency is amply supplied by
the protests alluded to. By the very feebleness of the
recorded reasons, we are strengthened in the convic-
tion that the Government are pursuing the right
course upon this important subject. We denounced
LordMONTEAGLE'S proposition, at the time, as nothing
better than an inconsiderate manoeuvre to defeat
a wise measure by Fabian tactics ; the denunciation
is now completely borne out. The trick is apparent,
and never was a trick more clumsily performed.
Vain and antiquated dames, who are satisfied of the
uncomeliness of their features, but conceive they have
some slight pretensions to figure, when they seek to
disguise the former, have ordinarily the prudence to
cover them, not with a veil of flimsy gauze, but with
one of sufficient thickness to baffle the inquisitive eye.
This is worldly wisdom ; for as their happiness con-
sists in deluding others, they take the best chance of
imposing upon the credulity of society. The ad-
mirable opera of the Duenna is founded upon the like
stratagem. But these protesting Peers are evidently
bad hands at masquerading. They are quite unequal
to the part they have undertaken to perform ; they
do not know how to wear the appropriate costume
They have rushed to the House of Lords certainly
with their dominos on their back, but have all the
while unguardedly kept their masks in their
hands. Quem Deus mat perdere, prius de-
mentat. Precipitate in their
own conduct, with
the very first stroke of their pen they ac-
cuse the Government of " culpable rashness?'
Why ? Because, without further inquiry, "it is
proposed to legislate in opposition to the principles
which, during the last half century, have been
uniformly admitted by ALL writers of eminence as
well as by ALL Parliamentary authorities."
Perfection of bombast ! Sound is everything—
meaning nothing. But we must be just. This
hyperbole has a meaning. Every writer
of the last fifty years who happens to
agree in opinion with the dissentients is ipso
acto eminent, and every senator who during
the same period, has not presumed to differ from them
is beyond r.ll doubt a " Parliamentary authority." The
second " because" is like the first. Unqualified and
dictatorial assertion reigns supreme throughout—
Damnant quod non intelligunt. Accordingly we have " hazardous experiments," " general confis-Lation,
"
and a choice variety of similar expressio
leg each other in
every line. Tb 'ls shoulder-
literary maze express their '::
"Legislature may stand c a- authors of this
n
xiety that the
reckless and Wanton
!tear of the charge of a
and happiness of disrigard of the rights
di nified is this
our fellow-subjects." How
g
benevolence! These Samaritan
Peers will "threw
light upon the subject," the--
they should studalone. The Governmenf • -"eh
. itself, an
thousairj.
immense 7,4
omens d
edr:llks through-
, an
o-rity of the Hons.:,
goof
out th
..e empire, have, it
rpon thousands of °the-
' • mfatuation, in thl,-- -king
sil -- sP:4uls, been all along under
'•l4‘w would that the proposed Irish
and want"- . put some check upon " the reckless
'the present time, ih
our f:;;;,,,,w—finitiiszetr.rd of the rights and happiness of
comforts, and interests
of the poor have It is to be inferred, that, up to
been
consulted and
comment further upon the cownetere
faithfully respected.
and suicidal protests. In thetit"f
MoNrEAGLE lately delivered, hesrdieech
tion was not to examine
Select Committee he desired to
a waste of time to
these dogmatical
appointers the
which Lord
a single
wee.ltard his inten.
simply to abridge and arrangegeittbner
jeavwidse.nceninis theL bef°re the
or"dbshluipe bmoouksst" ohnavthee subject ofuluwian°:
poor-
through their contents. Let him epitomise them
(if he will) as well as he can in the speeches
t make when the measure
which he will no doubt