The Sun.
London, England, 1846-01-14 00:00:00

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A)NDON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1846

they liked with their own. They are nearly all of
Anglo. Saxon race ; they consider themselves too
weak yet to stand alone, and they, therefore, coalesce
with their strongest neighbour, to whom they are
bound by so many affinities and interests.
The acc,mplishment of this nefarious trans-
action was effected by deep and selfish
cunning, and its astonishing success, as well as the
very humiliation of England and France, which had
been so egregiously duped, have emboldened the rulers
of the United States to put forth higher pretensions,
and to claim the sole right of managing affairs in the
New World. M. GUIZOT expresses his just appre-
hensions at seeing the overgrown republic extending
its frontier to the Rio Grande, and thereby coming
into immediate contact with Mexico ; for it was the
wish of the French Government that a powerful

state should be created in that quarter, with a view
to protect Mexico against further encroachments. But
in that he has been disappointed, and he, therefore,
candidly declares that " the French Government
cannot behold such an occurrence with indifference."
LOUIS PHILIPPE and his Ministers would be hopelessly
blind if they did, for the uncontrolled dominion of the
American Republic in the New World would be as
dangerous to France as the uncontrolled dominion of
Russia or Austria, or England in Europe. But if
such were the feelings of the French Cabinet twelve
months ago, what are they now, when POLY, with
the most reckless daring, has defied all the
European Powers, and forbidden them either
to establish colonies in the northern hemi-
sphere, or interfere in any way whatever
with the policy of the United States ? It is only sur-
prising that a bond of union has not already been
formed by these states, and a r►aani£esto issued, pro-
testing, in the strongest terms, against such lawless as-
sumption. America is now only ten or twelve days' sail
from Europe; it is connected with many of the States
by the closest ties of commerce, policy, and other in•
terests ; it must always have a great influence on the
affairs of England, France, Prussia, and Russia, and
can they submit tamely to be interdicted from using
their influence in turn ? But the affair requires no
discussion. Every careful observer can see that the
object of POLE and his party is continued encroach-
ment and additional conquests. General Cass, who
seems to be the favorite orator of the Senate, and
the right-hand man of the PRESIDENT, openly
declared in that assembly that "he would go for
all future extensions of our general area, where they
could be rightfully made (witness Texas). There was
nothing to fear from the extension of our borders,"
and then he broke out in violent language against
Great Britain, and after such admissions about
extending their "general area," grievously
complained that they " had been charged as
an ambitious and grasping nation." No
European State would now dare to make use of
such flimsy pretexts for universal dominion, and for
the good of the people themselves they must be un-
deceived. They are still sadly deficient in civiliza-
tion an in many of the primary virtues necessary to
consolidate a great state. They require, therefore, for
some time longer the European schoolmaster
to teach them the distinctions between meum and ilium,
to teach them that honesty is the best policy, that

,hey should pay off their old scores before they con

;rad new debts, and that England and France w

not stand by idle while they are extending their

"general area" to the Isthmus of Panama.

The visitors of Trinity College, Dublin, have dis-
missed the appeal of the Roman Catholic student
seeking admission to one of the scholarships of the
College. They could do no otherwise. It was their
part to interpret the existing statutes of the College;
and the published opinion of their legal assessor
(Judge KEATINGE), must satisfy every one that the
scholarships and fellowships of Trinity College, Dub-
lin, are confined by the statutes to Protestants. That
is the law. The visitors cannot alter it. But other
parties can. And the next question is, should it not
be altered ?
In Belfast, Galway, and Cork, a Conservative Go-
vernment has planted three colleges, in which Pro-
testant and Catholic students are to mingle on equal
terms, and all posts of honour and emolument are to
be open equally to members of any Christian per-
suasion. Can it be said. of religious equality that it
is a good thirg in Belfast and a bad thing in Dublin ?
Sir R. PEEL has given a Roman Catholic president
to one of the new colleges. But, while the very
highest academical post is thus to be filled by a
Roman Catholic clergyman in Cork, the very lowest
place in the foundation of Trinity College, Dublin, is
inaccessible to a Roman Cltholic. Where is the con-
sistency or common sense of this ?

Oh ! but it may be said that the very establishment
of these three unsectarian colleges in Ireland takes
away from the Roman Catholic all ground of com-
plaint at exclusion from Trinity College. So it has
l'een said that, since the establishment of the Uni-
versity of London, the English Dissenters have no
reason to complain of exclusion from Oxford and
Cambridge. But new colleges do not enter the race
on equal terms with others of ancient name, hallowed
by innumerable associations, and fortified by wealth
and privileges accumulated through centuries ; and
if the Roman Catholics of Ireland wish for a proof of
this, they have only to look at the University of Lon-
don, still struggling against prejudices, and having re-
ceived to this day no aid which is worthy to be men-
tioned from the Government, in its arduous competi-
tion with the time-honoured and richly-endowed
Universities of Oxford and Cambridge. But,
after all, this is not a question of whether
Roman Catholics and Dissenters complain or not, but
whether unsectarian colleges are benefits, and ex-
clusive colleges, evils or not. That unsectarian col-
leges are benefits, and exclusive colleges evils, was
the principle of last year's Irish Colleges Bill. This
is an intelligible principle. To continue to coddle and
nurse an exclusive college in Dublin, is to tamper
with this principle. If colleges should beunsecta-
rian, Trinity College, Dublin, should be made
un-
sectarian also. This is not a case in which compro-
mise or compensation is admissible. We presume
that Ireland is not to be legislated for on the principle ,
that she must have some of both—some rligious

It will be seen from two dispatches addressed by M.
GUIZOT to the French Ministers at London and Wash-
ington, published in another part of The Sun, that the
Government of Louts PHILIPPE has been for some time
convinced that the annexation of Texas to the United
States'. is fraught with great danger to France as
well as to England. We never had any doubt as to
the view which the KING and his sagacious Minister
would take of such a wanton aggression, but, owing
to the hostile feeling displayed towards this country
by a certain portion of the Paris press, and their
sympathy for the encroaching Americans, we hardly
expected that their convictions would be expressed in
such strong and unequivocal language. By acknow-
ledging the independence of Texas, the French Go-
vernment conceived that they had, to a certain extent,
established a barrier between the United States and
the defenceless republic of Mexico, and hoped that in
time a state would grow up sufficiently strong to ward
off further encroachments. But in this they mere com-
pletely deceived and literally " taken in." A regular
plot had been formed between the chief men of the
new, independent, and free, republic of Texas and the
TIMERS and FOLKS to disarm all opposition to the
annexation on the part of other powers. The Texian
chiefs professed their sole object was independence,
and all they required from England and France was
to recognise the territory as an independent state;
and no sooner did they lead these two powers into
the snare than they carried out the plan concocted in
the United States, and joined that republic. Of
course no country had a right to object to the mea-
sure. The Texians were free, and might do what