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London, England, 1847-02-19 00:00:00

is not the time that Ireland, should show its dislike to
the British connexion, or offer any discouragement to
A Government actuated by such kindly feelings
towards it. We trust, ere long, to announce the
triumphant return of Mr. MoNAHAN, and that Galway
has been spared the disgrace of rejecting such a man,
solely on account of his not giving in his adhesion
to an impracticable project, and joining in the agita-
tation for the separation of the ties by which the
countries are united and cemented together.

The permanent improvement of Ireland must be
looked for in the judicious development of her agri-
cultural resources. Agriculture is the grand basis
of all national prosperity. The wealth of every
country always springs from the proper cultivation of
its soil. After the art of husbandry has been sue.•
cessfully prosecuted for a considerable period in any
state, then, and not till then, do manufactures, and
the other legitimate offshoots of a prosperous system
of tillage, engage the.attention of an industrious and
enterprising people. In most countries where the
attempt has been made to establish manufactures
before the pursuits of agriculture have so far pro-
gressed as to have placed at the command of the
chief proprietors of the land a reasonable redundancy
of wealth, it has generally signally failed. Ire-
land herself, at various times, and in nume-
rous instances, has afforded striking proofs of the
truth of this proposition. The great bane of that
country is, that, owing to different causes, agri-
culture has never been placed upon a sound basis
by the Irish. This is a singular anomaly, consider-
ing Ireland's proximity to England and Scotland,
where the ploughshare has yielded such comparative
abundance. The length of time, too, that the
Emerald Isle has been incorporated with the sister
kingdoms renders the anomaly still greater. The
vast difference between the landed products of the
latter, contrasted with those of the former, may be,
in some measure, accounted for by a consideration of
the distinct characteristics of the races ;
but, for the most part, it will be found,
on due reflection, that the agrarian customs
and habits of the Emerald Isle are so opposed
in their main features to those of their neighbours,
as very readily to solve the social enigma.
Parliament being on the eve of legislating, with the
view of regenerating Ireland, chiefly by ministering,
so far as human laws can avail, to the development of
her agricultural resources, and especially by the re-
clamation of her waste lands, it would appear to be
both wise and expedient to mould the law as
much as possible in conformity with what has
long and successfully prevailed in this coun-
try. The two most obvious points that demand
the strictest attention for securing to the Irish
the like prosperity enjoyed by Great Britain
are, the nature of the tenure by which farms shall be
held, and the size, minimum and maximum, of which
the same shall, upon the average, consist. Touching
the latter, we have before declared our conviction that
their division into not less than twenty-five nor more
than fifty acres, is too limited for the object which the
Government should be anxious to compass, the creation
of an independent body of yeomanry, to become the
permanent employers of labour. We remain of the
same opinion. Whatever may be said of the mini-
mum, it would be clearly disadvantageous to limit
the maximum, as suggested by the Ministers. Many
circumstances, as, for instance, the quality of the soil,
the course of cropping, and the contiguity of markets,
might render fifty acres a very eligible size for a
farm ; whereas other circumstances might dishearten
an enterprising capitalist, and preclude him from the
chances of profitable husbandry, if he were
to find himself incapacitated from holding land
exceeding in its average the maximum in question.
A comparison of the advantages derivable from dif-
ferent tenures, in order to determine which should
be favoured in connexion with the Government scheme
for redeeming the waste lands Of Ireland, forms too
important a topic to be hastily scanned. We shall
therefore, revert to this subject on another occasion.

By the Levant mail we have received Malta journals
of the 6th inst., Constantinople journals to the 27th
ult., rind Athens journals to the 30th ult.

The Turkish Government is still pursuing its measures
of reform. A commission of Turkish literati has been
appointed to compile a Turkish grammar and dictionary.
The Malta journals express alarm at the small quantity
of corn in the island, which does not exceed twenty days'
supply. The Greek journals contain no intelligence.
Madrid papers of the 11th have arrived.

IThe Gaceta publishes the following letter from the
I Minister of Commerce to the Political Chief of Malaga,
in reply to the representations of the Junta of that city,
on the subject of the Flores' expedition:—
" The expedition against the Equator, projectel by General
Flores, so far from having ever obtained the support of the
Goverment, was blamed by it as soon as it became aware of
its existence. The Government, after having dissolved the
depots, prevented, as I am officially informed, all succours
from reaching the getters-up of the enterprise, and gave or-
ders to the authorities to oppose a project which was neither
conformable to the interests of the nation nor to the good re-
lations that it desires to maintain with the new states of
America. Not only has it made these amicable dispositions
known to the American republics which have been recog-
nised
eitherec o gtnois oetillr, by addressing communi-
cations agent abroad,
by her Majesty Queen Isabella 11., but also to those
or to the representatives of those republics at Madrid, Paris,
and London. To act thus was to act in accordance with the
gererous sentiments of the Spanish nation, with the frank-
e
ness and honour that it has always shown in the observance
that
haN
to' thatnot yet been
effect,
of treaties, and with the noble desire that animates it to
render more intimate the relations with all the countries that
respect its flag and its name. This conduct being justly ap-
preciated, there is no reason for alarm and disquietude being
kept up with respect to an event, which, prevented in time,
has not teen able to alter in any respect the fraternity of the
Spanish Government with the republics of America. Coin •
merce and naulgation, of which the Government does not
lose sight, are secure, and cannot suffer from an incident, the
effects of which the Government has been able to set aside.
Her Majesty the Queen orders me to inform you of this, in
order that you may take measures to calm the fears of the
Junta of Malaga, and of all other persons. God keep you."
In the Chamber of Deputies, Senor SEGASTI called on
the Government to present to the Chamber the Act of
Succession of FERDINAND VII, and the marriage con-
tracts of the QUEEN and her sister. The Minister of
Justice declined saying anything on the subject at
present.
It is said by the Herald° That an army of observation
is to be assembled on the frontiers of Portugal, the com-
mand of which is to be given either to General JOSE DE
LA CONCHA or to General SANZ.
MADRID BOLSA, FEB. 11.—The Three per Cents, were
32 buyers, 39* sellers; Five per Cents., 201 buyers,
gellers; Passive Debt, G buyers, 1 sellers; Coupons,
19 buyer, 191 sellers.

We have received those of the Paris papers of Wed-
nesday which were published on that day, but, as Shrove
Tuesday is always kept as a holiday, several of the
papers, including the Conslitutionnel, the Siecle, and the
Epoque, were not published on Wednesday.
The Journal des Debuts publishes in leader type, and
with all appliances to direct to it the special attention of
the reader, the following announcement:—
"A letter from London, of the 14th of February,
says—`Yesterday the Count ST• AULAIRE, the Ambas-
sador of France, had the honour of dining with her Ma-
.

jesty the QUEEN. Their Boy al Highnesses Prince
ALBERT and the Duke and Duchess of CAMBRIDGE,
were present at the dinner, as was the Earl of CLAREN-
DON. On quitting the palace, the Count ST. AULAIRE
went to Lord PALMERSTON'S soiree."
This announcement, so made, was considered in Paris
as an indication that, at least, the personal misunder-
standings between the two Governments were at an end,
and it was rumoured that M. GUIZOT would take an
early opportunity of explaining away in the Chambers
those portions of his late speech which had given such
just ground of offence to the Marquis of NORMANBY.
The Prince DE JOINVILLE is about to proceed to
Toulon to take the command of the squadron fitting out

there, which will, it is said, visit the French colonial
possessions. _ .

M. MARTIN (du Nord) has returned to Paris, but with
his health in such a shatOred state that he is unable to
resume his Ministerial duties. _ _

Don ENRIQUE arrived at Toulon on the 14th.
In the Chamber of Deputies, on Wednesday, the Mi-
nister of Finance presented a Bill authorising the Bank
of France to issue notes of 250 f., and another regulating
the Transatlantic steam-packets.
A letter from Marseilles of the I lth says—

terier.. are, besides, in the- quarantine ports of Po-
" There is at this moment i:1 our city more than 600,000
hectolitres of grain, which are da!ly being sent to the in-
Theremegue and Frioal, in free pratiquc, from 170 to 180 vessels,
waiting their turn of admission and unloading in the port of
Marseilles "

The imports of grain and flour into the French ports
from July 1 to Dec. 31, 1846, amounted to 2,542,220
hectolitres. In the month of January they were 716,925,
giving a total of 3,259,154, of which 2,437,068 entered
by the Mediterranean, 616,795 by the Atlantic, and
205,301 by land.
Calms AUTHENTIQUE.—FARIS, FEB. 17.—French Five
per Cents., 118 f. 95c.; Four-and-a-Half per Cents.,
109 f. 50c. ; Four per Cents., 104 f.; Three per Cents., 77f.
30c. ; Treasury Bonds, 4f. ; Neapolitans (Rothschild's)