The Sun.
London, England, 1846-09-30 00:00:00

El P. SU'N,' LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENIN

THE WEATHER.—SIIN OFFICE, SEPTENBLIt 30.
RERMOMETF.R, Lowest, 40; Highest. 62 ; Noon, 60.
BARoMETER, 20 72 —WIND \V.N.W., fine.

111 in WATF lc AT LONDON-R1:1!e(11,: THIS DAY.
.. 41 mirlutes after 8. Eve rnivates 41ler 9

threatenin7 and infuriated mobs, or their 'persons 1
attacked and their lives endangered. A threatening
iotiee was thrust under the door of the Earl of
Ilou3sTeAsuELL, and Liter in the day a numerous
,ody of rioters attempted to bre7.k in the demesne
~..tte at Moor Park, his Lordship's residence, and
were only deterred from the attempt by the timely
approach of a body of police who appeared inside the
;rounds. At Castlemartyr, the seat of the Earl of
-lIANNON, the mob obtaiaed admission into the
,temesne, and threathened to pull down the castle
ever his Lordship's bead and to return the following
lay in increased force for that purpose, but these
)ccurrences are far surpassed in atrocity by the
Ferocious attack made on Lord STUART DE DECIES,
he Lord-Lieutenant of the county of Waterford, on
,is return from the Extraordinary Presentment Sei-
ions for the barony of Decies-within-Drum, held at
,filas'mnore (within three miles of Youghal), over
vhieh his Lordship had presided. Nearly every vote
:shed for had been granted, and sums, amounting to
•everal thousand pounds, had been voted at the meet-
ing, in order at once to afford the required relief;
tut the people had unfortunately witnessed the fruits
,f turbulence at Youghal, that the riots there had ob-
-ained instant work for 500 labourers, and they forth-
-vith proceeded to still greater extremities. lame-
!lately on his Lordship leaving the Sessions-house he
was greeted with menaces and threats, and the most
pprobrious epithets were applied to him. With diffi-
culty he reached his carriage, and only effected
'tis escape, through the aid afforded by a party of
aussars, on whom they made a violent attack, assail-
ing them with sticks, stones, and all other available
missiles. Many of the soldiers, who behaved most
Ida-drably, were severely hurt, and they had finally
to take refuge in the Earl of HUNTINGDON'S farm-
yard. Mr. T. J. FITZGERALD, J.P., a Roman
Catholic gentleman of considerable property and in-
fluence, was also assaulted, and it is said had a narrow
escape of his life.

We have ever been the advocates of the Irish
peasantry; we have pointed out their grievances, have
sympathised with their distresses, have justified them
when unduly assailed, and have denounced the evils
and the injustice that have led to many of their errors ;
we have anxiously sought out the means by which
their condition may be ameliorated, and the capa-
bilities of their country fully developed, and have
urged the adoption of such measures on the
Government and Legislature; but it is impos-
,iMe to palliate or defend conduct such as
we have just described. If such returns are made
for the exertions used on their behalf, if the noblemen
and gentlemen who reside on and improve their
estates, who afford employment and give their re-
spective neighbourhoods the benefits resulting from
large establishments and ample expenditure, are to be
thus insulted and outraged with impunity, what can
the misguided people hope for or expect, but that
they will be deprived of advantages which they do
not duly appreciate ? For their own sakes it is neces-
sary that the most vigorous measures should be
adopted for the repression of such outrages, and the
bringing the ringleaders to condign punishment.
The safety of the country is at this moment trem-
bling in the balance—on the gentry depends the issue.
If they desire that the peace and tranquillity of their
country should be preserved, we should, per-
haps, say restored, they must afford relief with no
stinted or niggard hand ; every well authenticated
case of destitution, must be promptly dealt
with, the wants of the several districts must be anti-
cipated with discretion and foresight, but the majesty
of the law must also be vindicated, and riot and
outrage must be visited with its due reward.
It is cheering to turn from the contemplation of
this dark picture to the steps that have been, and
are likely to be, taken for the public relief. The
Lord Chancellor of Ireland has justified the high
expectations that were entertained on his Lordship's
accession to the seals. He has just issued the most
useful and salutary instructions to the guardians,
committees, and receivers of the estates of minors and
lunatics, calling their attention to the provisions of
the Drainage Act of last session, with a view to their
having inquiries made as to the conditions of the
respective estates in reference to the objects of the
Act, and whether it can be beneficially applied to
their imppovement. And he states, that when it is
ascertained that the Act can be so applied, it will be
their duty to lay a statement of facts before the
Master, who is to decide whether applications for an
advance should he made, and to give instructions ac-
cordingly. His Lordship also directs that if they
shall find that any other works of improvement may
be beneficially undertaken, they are to make similar
statements, that the Master may judge whether he
will direct any proceedings to be had for obtaining
an order of the Court on the subject.
This conduct is worthy of the exalted position
and amiable and benevolent character of his Lord-
ship, and affords a brilliant example to the several
landowners throughout the country. It points out
the duties incidental to their property. It is also
said, that Parliament will assemble early in No-
vember, and that the Lord-Lieutenant has, in the
strongest terms, urged the necessity of such a step
on the Government, and that his Excellency has
pressed for authority to carry into immediate opera-
tion the plans for relief by reproductive works, lead-
ing to the permanent improvement of the soil by
drainage or otherwise, and to trust to a Parliamen-
tary indemnity in case it should be thought con-
trary to the letter of the Relief Act. There is no
doubt that such an indemnity would be unhesi-
tatingly and unanimously accorded. We sincerely
hope that our information may be well founded, and
that, ere many days have elapsed, we may see the
labouring population of Ireland employed on useful
works, which luny be productive of lasting benefit to
the coil atry.

Madrid papers of the 23d- September have arrived.
The Eco del Comercio, the Clamor Publico, the
Espectador, and the Nuevo Espectador were all seized
on the 22d. The editors of these journals published
a joint protest on the 23d. "Despite," say they, "of
the fines and other miseries daily inflicted on us by
the Ministry, and of their dread of the press's disclo-
sures, which such desperate rigours sufficiently prove,
e shall continue to write, not as circumstances re-
quire, but as the caprice of our governors may permit
—not as in countries where the constitutional system
prevails, but as we may in Spain under an arbitrary
domination Let, therefore, the saga-

city of our readers supply what we are obliged to
dissemble. The silence of the press will hereafter be
the most elcque:lt imputation that will be levelled at
the present Government."
The Espanol of the 23d was seized for re-publish-
ing an article from the Times.
The Heraldo publishes the following on the subject
of Mr. BULWER'S protest :
" Fresh rumours have spread this day as to the active
steps the English Ambassador is adopting, in order to
create obstacles to the union between the Infanta and the
Duke de Montpensier. We wish not to affirm that the
information we have on the subject is quite official, but
ill not take place. We the marriage of
we are still persuaded that it is far more positive than
the information of certain other prints, which behold
the
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believe that her Britannic Majesty's Envoy has
written no other note on the affair in question ; and
the Imparcial of last night confirms our belief of ft.
According to our information, all that exists on the
subject is but a communication of the English Minis,
ter fur Foreign Affairs to our Minister for the same
department, in which the serious complications that may
hereafter arise from the crowns of France and Spain
being united on the same head, are dwelt upon. As our
readers see, the weak argument adduced by our oppo-
nents—an argument founded on such remote proba-
bilities that it is beyond human calculation—clearly proves
that the remonstrances of the English Cabinet are of
mdre forms and that it does nut even attempt to oppose
any serious resistance to the projected marriage, because
it finds no plausible pretence for acting in such way.
The conduct of the English Cabinet on this occasion
may be aptly compared with that which it held when
the French conquered Algeria. It protested against,
without in any way touching on a fait accompli. Never-
theless, we must again say that on the present occasion
no protest has taken place. Moreover, if we be well in-
formed, the English Cabinet complains that a foreign
influence has prevailed in this question. It appears that
some communications on the subject have been ex-
changed between the English and French Governments;
hut it is not the less true that the principal fact exists,
and that nobody thinks of opposing the Infanta's
marriage, for to deprive foreign diplomacy of all pre-
tences, the Duke de Montpensier's renunciation of all
eventual rights to the throne of France would suffice."

If this renunciation would suffice, why, it may
naturally be asked, is not this renunciation made,
and foreign diplomacy thus deprived of all pretences
for interference ? We believe there can be very little
doubt of the fact, that on the 22k Mr. BuLwza

presented to Senhor ISTURITZ a formal protest
againet the marriage. M. SAnAmANcx, who
was ab.“-.nt from the Chamber of Dquties wir,,n the
vote was taken on the subject of granting to thf
Mini.3ter.i the authori:lition to levy taxes, a:.licd tin:
his name might be added to that of the opponents c;
the Bill. The revised tariff will be presented to tbf
Cortes early in the ensuing session.
MADRID BOLSA, SEPT. 23.—The Three per Cents.
were dune at 358 for cash; the Four per Cents. at 22;
the Five per Cents. at 22 5-16; the Debt without interest.
at 6.1 ; and the Couptens, at 20i,

We have received the Paris papers of Monday.

The Duke DE AIONTPENSIER and the Duke
D'AUMALE left Paris for Madrid on Monday morning,
by railroad for Tours, from whence they would pro-
ceed without delay to Bordeaux, which they would
reach on Tuesday morning, and proceed to Bayonne
the same day. On the Ist October they are to leave
Bayonne, enter Spain at Irun, and proceed, by way
of Tolosa, Vittoria, Burgos, and Segovia, to Madrid,
where they will arrive on the sth.
The Journal des Debats of Monday still main-
tains that no protest had been presented to M.
GUIZOT by Lord NORMANDY Against the Pdontpensier
marriage.

" The British Minister of Foreign Affairs," it says,
" has sent to the British AmbassAdor at Paris a
dispatch, with instructions for its being read and
a copy left with the French Minister for Foreign
Affairs, and that dispatch manifested the dissent of
the English Government in the most amicable terms.
" We think it right to repeat, that in spite of all
the rumours to the contrary, the two marriages will
be celebrated at the period which has been desig-
nated, and we persist in thinking and saying that
the differences to which this resolution may have
given rise, however much they may be to be re-
gretted, are not of a nature to compromise the pacific
relations between the three Governments."

The same paper states up to the 22d no protest had
been presented at Madrid. This is so far correct, because
it was on the 22d thatMr.BULNVER sent a protest, in the
name of his Government, against the Montpensier
marriage. "Finding that neither the counsels, the
interests, the wishes, nor the friendly feelings of
England were in the slightest degree regarded or
taken into consideration, Mr. BULWER was compelled
to present, as a last measure, a formal protest."

At a Cabinet Council held on Sunday, the reply to
the memorandum of Lord PaLmErtsTos was agreed
upon. M. GUIZOT was charged with drawing it up
in conciliatory and measured terms, and with transmit-
ting it to the Count DE JARNAC, to be by.him delivered
to Lord PALMERSTON.
The French Carlists declare that the Count DE
MONTEMOLIN is in Navarre, having entered Spain
disguised as a priest by the bridge of Behobia.

The strictest surveillance is maintained over all the
Spanish refugees, Carlist as well as Progressista.
General PRIM has been honoured by a domi-
ciliary visit. General RoDu. and Senhor DE
SANTA Cuz, the latter a former aide-de-camp
of ESPARTERO, are watched constantly at Bor-
deaux, from which place, however, notwithstand-
ing the vigilance of the police General SEOANE has
succeeded in effecting his escape,' and has entered
Spain.
The price of wheat was rising in all the towns of
Prance, and all that was brought into the market was
immediately bought up.
Marshal BUGEAUD has been ordered to proceed
immediately to Algiers, to watch the movements of
.A.BD..EL-KADER in Morocco.

The Prase announces that the French squadron
was not to quit the Mediterranean. It was to be
formed into two divisions, one of which, commanded
by the Prince DE JOINVILLE, was to sail for the coast
of Spain.

The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on
Monday at 82f. 55c. ; the Five per Cents., 117 f. 50c.;
the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,270 E ; Rouen, 953 f. 75c.;
Havre, 726 f. ; Great Northern, 7271. 50c.; Avignon,
928 f. 75c.; Vierzon, 630 f. ; Bordeaux, 563 f. 75c.; Boulogne,
482 E 5Cc. ; Basle, 235 f:; Dieppe, 385 E; Paris and Strasburg,
502 f. 50e.; Tours and Nantes, 510 E ; Paris and Lyons,
528 f. 75c. ; Lyons and Avignon, 492 f. 50c.; Bordeaux and
Cette, 485 E ; Belgian Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 561 if.;
Spanish Three per Cents., 37%; Ditto Domestic Debt, 33%.
The following are the quotatiuns for otherlines :-
MARSEILLES, SErr. 24.-Marseilles and Avignon, 915 f. ;
Northern, 732 E 50c.
LYONS, SEPT. 26.-Paris and Rotnn, 9521. 50e.; Avignon
and Marseilles, 916 f. 25c.; Northern, 721 f. 25c.; Paris and
Lyons, 523 E 75c.

BUSINESS DONE. IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, SEPTEMBER 29

Louvain a la Sambre, 74—Luxembourg, I%—Namur and Liege,
1% —Northern of Franze Constituted, 13N Orleans and Vierzon,
15 Orleans and Bordeaux, 84 —Paris and Lyons Constituted, 5N
—Rouen and navre, 27.% —Sambre and Meuse, 34—West Flan-
ders, 3!,4.

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