The Sun.
London, England, 1846-09-15 00:00:00

Those who have been much on the Continent are

aware how seld.oin the soldier is seen in a state of in-

toxication, the parent of numberless vices.

This is

attributable to the force of education. Amor.gst
other good results that will attend the praiseworthy
principle laid down by the East India Board will be

the death-blow to the infliction of the lash. This bar-

bayous punishment will become obsolete, or, at the
most, he reserved for criminals of the worst de-

scription.

It is singular that England, humane, generous, and

noble as she is, should have so long remained in-
different to the superior enlightenment with which
other powerful and civilised nations have governed
their armies. Nothing but the matchless and in-
vincible courage of her sons has enabled her to do so
with impunity. Every other profession has presented a
remarkable contrast. In the law there has been
nothing to prevent the clerk in an attorney's office
from winning his way to the Woolsack and the
Peerage. In medicine, the boy who has stood with
his pestle and mortar behind the apothecary's counter
may live to become the most eminent physician of his
age; and the mitre we know has constantly rested on the
temples of those who have been but humble ushers
in provincial schools. In the army alone, where great
personal daring, self-respect, and a keen sense of
honour are- the pervading attributes of its members,
has a galling line been drawn, an invidious barrier
established. Thankful, then, are we that a new era is
dawning upon us, and that the natural rights of the
soldier are on the eve of being generally recognised.
A great move has been made in the right direction.
Nevertheless, much remains to be accomplished,
which to indicate and enlarge upon at this moment
would exceed our present limits. The importance of '
the subject will induce us to return to it.

Accounts from Rome mention the arrival of the
Prince DE JOINVILLE in that city on the 29th ult.
Notwithstanding his express desire to pass unnoticed,
he was received at CivitaVecchia with all the honours
due to his rank. The troops were drawn up to sa-
lute him on his landing, and the Delegate delivered

to him the following address :—" I am happy, in qua-
lity of representative of the Government of his Holi-
ness, in having this occasion for offering my respect
and services to the conqueror of Mogador, a worthy
son of the great KING whom PROVIDENCE has sent
into the world for the good of mankind." The
Prince, in his reply, repeated his desire to pass un-
noticed, as he was only come to Rome to throw
himself at the feet of the Holy Father. On
his coming ashore the crowd assembled on
the port greeted him with loud acclama-

tions, and threw before him two addresses. To
escape from these manifestations, the Prince deter-
mined not to stop at Civita Vecchia, but imme-
diately proceeded to Rome, where he arrived at ten
in the evening, accompanied by Prince ALBERT DE
BROGLIE, first Secretary of the Embassy, who had
come to meet him. On the following day, at
twelve, his Royal Highness was received by the
POPE, with marked kindness and visible pleasure.
His Holiness expressed to him his earnest wishes
for the welfare and happiness of the King and
Queen of the FRENCH, in terms which must be
most gratifying to their MAJESTIES. The Prince dined
at the embassy, in company with several personages
of the highest distinction, among whom were Car-
dinal Gum, Secretary of State, Prince and Princess
Massimo, and their sister-in-law. Prince and Prin-
cess TORLONIA would have been present, but the
Princess was obliged to leave Rome for Naples on
the same day, and was to dine with the Prince on
board his ship when in the bay. His Royal High-
ness left Rome for Naples en Sunday evening, with
two aides-de-camp, travelling by land, leaving behind
him about fifteen of his officers, and his chaplain, the
Abbe COQUEREAII, all of whom had leave of absence
for five days, to enable them to visit the antiquities
and other objects of interest at Rome.

His Holiness has, it it said, prohibited the digni-
taries of the Church from appearing at places of
public amusement. This is considered as the fore-
runner of a reform of the ecclesiastical discipline
generally. The POPE has appointed a commission
to examine and to report upon the various plans pro-
posed for the formation of railways within his
dominions.

The Governor of Foligno has been dismissed ; on
his departure from the city he was pelted with stones
by the people.

In the neighbourhood of Turin 25,000 troops are
assembled, and the King of SARDINIA has quitted
Raccdnizi, in order to be present at their manoeuvres.
This is nearly double the number of troops usually
assembled at this annual inspection.

The following proposition was unanimously adopted
by the States of Roeskilde, in Denmark, on the 2lst
August :—" The Government is desired to present to.
the State, in the course of the next session, a Bill for
suppressing the excise, and for establishing a system
of customs, and a uniform duty on brandy through-
out the country."

The Warsaw, papers state that MIRECICT, an
architect of Cracow, has been sentenced to hard
labour in the mines for life, and to the confiscation
of all his property, for his participation in the late
insurrection.

Madrid journals of the 6th and 7th have been re-
ceived.

The Gazette of the Bth officially announces the
approaching marriage of the INFANTA with the Due
DE MONTPENSIER.
The Heraldo of the 6th has the following article
on the subject of Mr. BULWER'S note :
" According to our information, the English Ambas-
sador's note is not the result of any special and ad hoc
instructions he has received from his Court, it makes
no mention of a protest, and does not exceed the limits
of respect and regard due to an independent and so-
vereign nation when it keeps within the sphere of
its domestic interests. We learn that the English
Ambassador's note evinces that friendly feeling which
permits a nation to submit to sundry political considera-
tions on the influence it: proceedings may exercise over
their intercourse. Thus the Ambassador is content to
tell the Spanish Government that the marriage of her
Royal Highness the Infanta with the Duke de Mont-
pensier may modify the amicable relations existing be-
tween the Cabinet of St. James and that of the Tuileries
—relations in which our country has so much interest,
owing to its being allied to those two States, and to
other general political considerations, which all men
who have watched the course of European policy in
last and this century can appreciate. But if her Bri-
tannic Majesty's Minister thinks that such a mar-
riage might occasion a disagreement between the two
Cabinets (which circumstance we should regret,
without, however, considering ourselves bound to
sacrifice our interests in order to avert it), it
would solely be in the event of such marriage taking
place before the Queen's marriage had secured heirs to
the throne. Such are the considerations and notions
that form the substance of the Ambassador's communi-
cation. He makes no allusion to the treaty of Utrecht.
He does not dispute the Queen's right of approving of the
marriage between the Infanta and the Duke de Mont-
pensier, and adduces no lawful. objection to a marriage
which, according to the declarations of certain prints, is
about to set all Europe on fire. The Ambassador, we are
ashamed to say, appreciating better than certain Spaniards
the rights of the country and throne, does not think that
a foreign nation can interfere with ourdomestic affairs, on
pretence of requiring the execution of laws, the action
of which cannot exceed the limits of our territory. If
the journals we have alluded to had held another lan-
guage, &c. &c Such are the principal
features of the note. We shall see that the Ambassa-
dor thinks that the Infanta's marriage may procure to
the Cabinet of the Tuileries an influence at Madrid
which may be detrimental to that of Great Britain.
Let us now notice AI. Isturitz' re-
ply. Both a polite avid energetic tone prevails in
it, suited to Governments which are conscious of
their duty and rights. If Austria, after the civil
war, had acknowledged the Queen ; if the choice
of our young Princess had fallen on one of those
Archdukes, so illustrious by their birth and qualities,
who have in late times obtained the support of England
as candidates for the Queen's hand, the monarch
and constitutional party could not have rejected them
as pretenders to the Infanta's hand, and yet, Austria
and France have pursued very different lines of conduct
during our civil war. M. Isturita avails himself of the
opportunity officially to announce to the English Minister
the intended marriage, in replying to his note. Ile ex-
presses his conviction that the marriage of the Infanta
with the Duke do Montpensier will not bring on be-
tween the Cabinets of the Tuileries and St. James, the
complications, coolness, and discord that appear to be
apprehended; if the contrary happened, he should, more
than anybody, regret so mournful a result, seeing that a
nation cannot help doing what is suited to its interests,
although it may thereby disturb the amity of two
foreign powers. M. Isturitz represents to her Britannic
Majesty's Minister, that the Spanish Government,
having ever abstained from meddling with the marriages
contracted by the Royal Family of England, he has a
right to expect that England will observe the same
conduct as regards the marriages of the Royal Family of
Spain. '

Mr. BULWER, it appears, has sent in a rejoinder to
the reply of Senor ISTURITZ, in which he shows that
the marriage of the INFANTA with the Due DE MONT-
FENSTER is a question which concerns not only
England, France, and Spain, but the whole of
Europe. On the receipt of this note, on the 7th,
a Cabinet Council was assembled. The Marquis of
MIBAFLORES has been appointed President of the
Senate.

MADRID BOLHA, SEPT. 7.—The Three per Cents.
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