The Sun.
London, England, 1848-02-03 00:00:00

FRANCE AND IRELAND.

The Count de Montalembert, in his letter to Mr.
John O'Connell, talks of the ancient connexions be-
tween France and Ireland. These are stronger than
the English people understand. From 1691 to 1791
fifteen thousand Irish were constantly in the French
service. At Landen, at Nerwindcn (where Sarsfield
fell), at Cremona, at Almanza, Fontefloy, &c., these
regiments greatly distinguished themselves. By a
decree of the Resent Duke of Orleans, 1746, every
Irish Catholic was to be considered a native of
France.

Few of the old nobility are without Irish blood.
Thus, the wretched Duc de Praslin was the repre-
sentative of Marshal the Viscount Clare, who com-
manded the Irish at Fontenoy. The Duc de Fitz-
james represents worthily the great Duke of Berwick,
whose whose wife was daughter of Lord Clanricarde,
and widow of Sarsfield. Marshal:Bugeaud's mother
was Miss Sutton de Clonard (county of Wexford).
General Lamoriciere, the best officer in France,
is also Irish by his mother. Colonel M'Mahon, to
whom Abd-el Kader surrendered, Marshal Reilly,
Count Bourke, Colonel Cantillon, Count M'Carthy,
Viscount Walsh, O'Dillon Barrot, and a host of
Counts and Countesses in the Faubourg St. Germain,
still retain theis Irish namass ; :but numbers of others
have adopted, as is usual in France, the names of their
estates. These and the remnant of the '9B at Paris
associate little; they have, however, one feeling in
common—a great dislike to the British name and
nation. Bugeaud, while in command in Algeria,
promoted the Irish much. The Foreign Legion is
full of them. Its interpreter, the best Eastern scholar
in France, was M. de Slane, a native of Eccles-street,
Dublin, as he himself told the writer of this article.
Colonel Sutton was his principal Aide-de-Camp.
On St. Patrick's Day, the Marshal of Isly and most
of his staff sported the trefoil on the plains of Africa;
and the Irish portion of the Foreign Legion, including
our great poet's son, poor Moore, went to mass to the
tune of " St. Patrick's Day in the Morning. In case
of a war with England, these are the men who would
act as interpreters in any invasion of these countries.
—J. E. O'R.—Anglo Cell.

JEWISH DISABILITIES.—Last night a meeting of
the electors of the borough of Finsbury was held at the
Belvedere Hotel, Pentonville, to petition Parliament for
the removal of the civil disabilities under which tho
Jews at present labour. Richard Taylor, Esq., in the
chair. Air. William Paynes moved—" That the meeting
is of opinion that religious belief ought not to exclude its
possessor from the enjoyment of civil right." A scene
of the greatest confusion here ensued, the motion having
been opposed by a Mr. Wilson, whose address caused a
regular uproar. He was requested to sit down, amidst
groans and hisses. Mr. Paynes' motion was finally
adopted. Other resolutions, embodying the sentiments
of the meeting were passed, and the petition read, after
which the meeting separated.

Mr. Pattison, M.P., and a deputation, had an inter-
view with Lord John Russell yesterday.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
BETTING AT MANCHESTER.-TUESDAY.

CHESTER CUP.-25 t 0 1 offered on the field, 300 to 10
agst Kelehea (taken), 400 to 10 agst War Eagle (talon),
1,000 to 25 r.gst Queen Mary(taken), 1,000 to 15 agst
Maid of My Soul (taken), 1,000 to 15 agst Pantomime
(offers to take).
DERBY.-9 to 1 agst Surplice, 13 to 1 agst Glallower,
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LEAMINGTON AND SOUTHAM STEEPLE-