The Sun.
London, England, 1846-11-06 00:00:00

'RIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 6, 1846.

determined in the first instance to call together a few
of the most influential gentlemen in the Liberal in-
terest." What business, indeed, was it of Earl FITZ-
HARDINGE'S at all, unless he considered, as he must
hare done, that his brother was his mere puppet—
and, notwithstanding what we have just
quoted, his Lordship did virtually convene
the meeting of the 15th September, and
we must observe that the letter we are now discuss-
ing is as near to " publishing an address on such a
subject" as can well be imagined. But the further
this precious document proceeds the more unconsti-
tutional it waxes:—

" I beg to state most unequivocally, that if the party
are of opinion tither that I have in the slightest degree
injured or neglected their interest, or that such interest
would better thrive without my interference, I trust they
will explicitly say so, and I will interfere no further."
Again, after expressing a desire that his old friends
should be fairly represented, we find the following :
" If that desirable end can be achieved without my
assistance, I will do that which is the wish nearest to
my heart—viz., to cease from all meddling or interference.
But if I still possess the confidence of my former coadju-
tors, if they think me still worthy to take an honourable
position in their councils and operations, and claim at
my hands the assistance which I have heretofore given, I
will not desert them, and they shall have it, even though
it entail on me more gross and abusive personalities than
I have (if possible) hitherto experienced."
The hint is significant enough ;—" continue to do
as you are bid, and I will continue to assist you with
money." Further remark were needless. We should
state that Mr. G. BERKELEY, having left London, did
not get his circular, but was in Gloucester, and re-
quested to be admitted to the meeting, which was,
however, refused. This was comical treatment. As
their actual Member, desirous of explaining his
conduct, he had a right to a fair hearing, though,
upon constitutional grounds, the Earl clearly had
not. Three ;resolutions were passed : the first, de-
claratory of their independence; the second, of their
dissatisfaction with Mr. G. BERKELEY'S votes on the
game and corn-laws; and the third appointed a com•
mittee to secure a more correct representation of the
county in future. We recommend the electors, when
they next meet, to carry two resolutions—one, that
they will receive no more pecuniary assistance from
the dominant Earl ; the other, that no member of the
BERKELEY family will be returned by them to Par-
liament. Until these resolutions be carried, the
honour, integrity, and independence of West Glouces-
tershire will remain under a cloud.

FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
A vigorous but necessary step has been taken, a
severe but salutary example has been made. The
cautions, the warnings that have been held out to the
misguided peasantry, who attempted by violence and
intimidation to overawe and interfere with the officers
of the Board of Works, to dictate the manner of their
own employment, and the mode and quantum of re-
muneration, having failed in their effect, and proved
quite insufficient to restore peace, and bring the
people to a sense of their duty and of their real in-
terest, more active measures became inevitable. No
alternative remained for the Executive but to put
down with the strong arm the system of insubordina-
tion and outrage that endangered the lives of the
officers and overseers, and deterred the more
peaceably disposed from labouring at the
works provided for them. We have already
pointed out the dangerous effects of yielding
anything to violence, if it were once submitted to.
A reign of terror would commence, illegal confede-
racies would be formed, and neither person or pro-
perty would be safe within the disturbed districts.
Great mischief had been occasioned by the apparent
success of the outbreak at Youghal, the first of what
may be termed the food riots in Ireland; but there
some excuse existed for the people—their peaceful and
humble remonstrances were slighted, their pressing
exigencies disregarded. Neglect and apathy prevailed
amongst those whose especial duty it was to provide
for the wants of the people, who had funds in their
hands, and yet saw the people suffering the pangs of
hunger, without any effort for their relief being
made. The natural consequences followed such
proceedings. The people were exasperated to
the utmost degree. They took forcible pos-
session of the town, plundered the bread shops
and provision stores, and, after a scene of the greatest
turbulence and confusion, which continued for two
entire days, they were rewarded by an unconditional
submission. The works that should have been pre-
viously commenced were, at the eleventh hour, put
into operation. The necessary relief was wrung from
the fears of those who could not be acted on by mo-
tives of humanity.
What, however, could then he done ? No means
had previously existed by which the necessities of the
poor could be supplied; and although the danger of
the precedent was manifest, and it was morally cer-
tain that its success would lead to similar acts in
I other districts, where no apology could be offered on
behalf of the rioters, we could not disapprove
of, or object to, the submission that was then
made. Had a refusal of employment been
persevered in, it would have involved the innocent in
one common punishment with the guilty, and help-
less women and
.noffensive children would have expi-
ated the misdeeds of their husbands and:fathers. The
disturbance, too, was occasioned by a want of any
means of subsistence or livelihood, and not by an
objection to the manner in which that subsistence
was to be earned and obtained. The event, however,
rendered it doubly incumbent on the Executive to
act with firmness and decision whenever any attempt
should be made, by persons more favourably circum-
stanced, to disturb the public peace and tranquillity.
In the barony of Upper Tulla, county of Clare, the
promptest relief had been administered. Large
presentments had been passed at the extraordinary
sessions, and an expenditure of more than 200,0001.
had already been sanctioned and approved of by the
Board of Works. Operations were commenced and
proceeded with, and it might well have been hoped
that the present employment and the prospect of con-
tinued support during the winter, would have secured
language,
man, ready
dya
and
a
it
the thanks and gratitude of the labouring population,
and that all disturbance would be averted from the
o
locality. The hope, however, was vain; the system
of taskwiork, by which a
which the
fair day's work fo
industrious
wages, could earn larger wages than usual, was
objected to by the idle and dissolute ; they obstructed
the
was
thatth e
the
most
efthrse a fairacting day's
for their benefit, and honestly discharging the duty
they owed to the public, would be seriously perilled.
Those disposed to work were compelled also to join
the disaffected, and nothing remained for the Execu-
tive but to suspend the works until the people should
be restored to their senses. This course Lord BES^
BOROUGH has adopted. His address to the inhabi-
tants of the barony will be perused with much in-
terest, and cordially acquiesced in by every unpre-
judiced and well-disposed person. In this instance
the people must emancipate themselves from the con-
trol of their turbulent leaders; they must offer an
immediate and unconditional submission, and a full
assurance that if their past errors be forgiven, and
pardon awarded, they will for the future pursue a
different line of conduct, submit to the regulations
imposed on them, and render in all things a ready
obedience. Should this be the case, it needs not the

promise given at the conclusion of the letter to satisfy
us that his Excellency would gladly direct the imme-
diate resumption of the works, and preserve the
people from the destitution and ruin which a perse-
verance in turbulence and outrage must inevitably
produce.

The Augsburgh Gaz3tte publishes a letter from
Turin, dated the 26th of October, which contains the
following passage
I have the honour to inform you that the marriage
contract between his Royal Highness the Duke de Bor-
deaux and Princess Theresa of Modena was signed a few
days ago. Their marriage will be solemnized on the
30th of this month."

A letter from Berlin, dated the 26th of October,
says—

"On Sunday morning the Abt6 Ronge received
orders to return to Breslau immediately, and two gens-
darmes were sent to conduct him to the railway station."

The Nuremberg Correspondent announces the dis-
covery of a new plot in Austrian G allicia. The same
paper confirms the report that nuisia had joined
England in its expression of disapprobation of the
conduct of the French Government in relation to the
Montpensier marriage.
An announcement that the railroad from Berlin to
114mbUrgh will be opened throu4hetit the whole j

length on the 15th December, appears in the Frank
fort Gazette des Pastes.

Madrid papers of the 30th ult. have been received

The Minister of the Interior read on that day to
both Chambers of the Cortes a decree closing the
session, and the decree announcing the dissolution of
the Chambers was expected to appear on the follow-
ing day.

Rumours of an impending change in the Ministry
were rife in Madrid. It is evident that there is
much intriguing going forward to bring about this
change, and that Senor MoN is mixed up in the in-
trigue, but whether it will end in his victory or dis-
comfiture it is impossible to conjecture; for while one
leport states that he is in disgrace with the Court, and
will be at once dismissed, another declares that Senor
ISTURITZ will go to the wall, and Senor Mori be pro-
moted to the Presidency of the Council.
The Gaceta publishes a circular letter from the
Minister of Justice to the Presidents of the Tri-
bunals, declaring that it is the QUEEN'S intention that
the amnesty, decreed on October 17, should extend
to all political offenders, whether in prison or not, or
whether under prosecution or sentence; that all per-
sons accused of offences against the laws of the press,
whether condemned or not, by the tribunals created
by the decree of the 6th of July, 1845, shall be dis-
charged, and that the said tribunals shall be dissolved ;
that all persons comprised within the amnesty shall
be, if in custody, at once set at liberty, without pay-
ment of any fees or other charges; that the amnesty
shall be applied ex officio, and without requiring any
application from the parties interested ; and, lastly,
that lists of all persons comprised in the amnesty shall
be sent by the tribunals to the Minister of Justice.
The Heraldo notices a rumour current in Madrid
of a serious outbreak at Malaga, for the purpose of
contradicting it.

MADRID BOLSA, OCT. 30.—Three per Cents.
341 money, 34 paper; Four per Cents., 214; Five
per Cents., 21.3- money, with the current Coupon ;
Debt without Interest, 64 paper; Non-Consolidated
Vales, 8.1 money ; Coupons, 20.

We have received the Paris papers of Wednesday,
the political articles of which are almost destitute of
interest.

For want of some more exciting subject the Oppo-
sition papers comment on a bit of gossip relating to
the English Consul at Bayonne, which appeared in
the Constitutionnel of the preceding day. The fol-
lowing is the story, as related by the Constitutionnel
:
On the day of the entry of the Duke and Duchess of
MONTPENSIER into Bayonne the Consuls of the
different nations hoisted their flags, as is customary
on occasions of public rejoicing. There was, how-
ever, one exception —the Consul of England. The
Sous-Prefet of Bayonne called the attention of the
British Consul to this subject, and the Consul replied,
"That he was acting in accordance with the instruc-
tions received from his Government, and that he could
not receive suggestions from the civil authorities."
The next day, on the occasion of the regatta,
the Sous-Prefet had so arranged matters
in conducting the embarkations of the dif-
ferent nations as that• the English flag should
be nearest the shore, that is, that it should be placed
the last, which would have been considered as an
insult, and it is said that the Consul demanded his
passport to leave Bayonne. Such is the story told
by the Constitutionnel. It adds, however, that none
of the Bayonne journals mention the circumstance.
The Commerce, while speaking in severe terms of the
rude and intolerant conduct of the English Consul, in
refusing to comply with ordinary usage in a matter
of mere ceremony, reprehends the conduct of the
Sous-Prefet of Bayonne in the following energetic
manner :—" If the conduct of the English Consul,"
adds the Commerce, " was offensive and reprehen-
sible, the laws of diplomacy offered sufficient modes of
obtaining a reparation such as the most justly sus-
ceptible national honour would have been satisfied
with ; but to change the punishment merited by a
Consul into a kind of insult, addressed to the flag of
an entire country, is one of those faults which no zeal,
not even the desire of paying court to a Prince, can
excuse." The Courrier Francais, observing upon the
affair as having really occurred, does not seem to think
that the proceeding of the Sous-Prefet, censured by
the Commerce, was improper. It says it is assured
that the French Charge d'Affaires in London has
been instructed to demand the recal of the English
Consul at Bayonne, and is angry that a more ener-
getic mode has not been adopted, namely, the with -
drawal by the French Government of his exequatur.
The Duke and Duchess of MONTPENSIER were
expected to arrive in Paris on Wednesday evening.
No rejoicings were to take place on the occasion.
The King and Queen of the BELGIANS left Paris
on Tuesday. The fact of King LEOPOLD having
quitted Paris the day before the arrival of the Duke
and Duchess of MONTPENSIER gave rise to many
speculations in the political circles of Paris. It was
confidently reported, that the King of the BELGIANS
did not approve of the conduct of Lours PHILIPPE,
in the Montpensier affair; or, at all events, that he
did not wish to take any active part in it. It was
also rumoured, that LOUIS PHILLIPPE had requested
King LEOPOLD to use his endeavours to bring about
a revival of the entente cordiale with England.
The Moniteur publishes a royal ordonnance, con-
ferring forty-one crosses of the Legion of Honour
on the officers, soldiers, and seamen who were
wounded at Otaheite, " in the five encounters that
took place with the natives, between the 19th March
and the 30th of May last."
The Courrier Francais states that the Prince DE
JOINVILLE will be promoted to the rank of Admiral
of France, which is equal to that of Field-Marshal.
There can be but two Admirals of France in time of
peace, and the vacancy which is to be filled up by the
Prince DE JOINVILLE is occasioned by the death of
Admiral DUPERRE. The Prince appears to be inde
fatigable in his efforts to improve the navy of France.
The Presse says—
" A report, addressed by the Prince de Joinville to the
Minister of Marine, at present excites much attention in
naval circles. This document, worthy of the author of
the ' Note on the Maritime Forces of France,' treats, it
is said, of the establishment and arming of large vessels.
The young Admiral demands that a reform be estab-
lished in the vessels called 100 gun ships, when in reality
they have only 74, and that this measure be adopted the
e
smt urit will be necessary to do
tipromptly, inasmuchthis kind,
which ttsNs'e have on the stocks con-
away with afterwards. The report in question has been
submitted to the Council of the Admiralty, which named

a commission to examine it, and the conclusions of this
body are in its favour."

The squadron of the Antilles, under the command
of Rear-Admiral LA PLACE, was at the Havannah
on the 23d of September.
A letter from Mascara (Algeria), of the 23d ult.,
says :

" Notwithstanding the dreadful weather and the ex
cessive cold, all the troops are ordered to march imine.

diately to the border of the desert, where Abd-el-Kader
is said to have ra-appeared at the head of a large force:,

Fampoux, 400 f.;
482 f. 50c.; Tours
The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Wed-
nesday at 82f. 80c. ; the Five per Cents., 117 f. 90c.; the
Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,236 f. 25c.; Rouen, 905 f. ; Havre,
v9i6gl 02n5,c8. ;92f.L5)0'
687 f. 50c. ; Great Northern, 6651. ; Avignon, 877 f. 50c. ;
Vierzon, 575 f. ; Bordeaux, 5351. ; Boulogne, 455 f.; Troyes
Dieppe,and
53c5.0;
p;
aßr
iass
andle, 2slt7rfas.
Strasburg,
()ens.
and Avignon, 490 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 475 f.; Belgian,
and Nantes, 4900c.rf.;.
30.
—Marseilles
A 4
2!4 ; Spanish Domestic Debt, 33.
MARSEILLES, .
Northern, 690 f.

BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, NOVEMBEE 5.
Boulogne and Amiens, 14%—Demerara, 2% —East Indian,
Great Western Bengal, 14 —Lux em bourg, 14—Namur and Liege
3%—Northern of France Constituted, 114—Orleans and Bordeaux'
74—Paris and Lyons Constituted, s—Paris and Rouen, 354
Sambre and Meuse. 5.

THE APPROACHING BANQUET AT GUILDITAEL,-..
Last evening, an experimental light of the gas chande-
lier., &c , as arranged for the Lord Mayor's banquet,
took place in the Guildhall, in the presence of about
1,000 t..pectators. The whole of the decorations of the
llall are complete, and consist of groups of flags, ban-
ners, armour, &c. At the east end are shields, con-
taining the arms of all nations ; above are the words
" God save the Queen," illuminated, and surrounded by
groups of flags, &c. At the west end is a brilliantly
illuminated revolving strar. From the centre of the
ceiling is suspended a chandelier, and towards the east
and west ends aro suspended two magnificent chan-
deliers, which have not been used since her Majesty's
first State visit to the City, in 1837 ; they are in the
form of plateaus, from a circular diameter about twelve
feet, material glass, with beautifully foliated gilt borders,
from which spring innumerable gas jets. The convex
surface, which is towards the floor, exhibits a noble
unique design in white and coloured glass, the centre of
each contains her Majesty's arms, from which springs a
brilliant radiated, crystallised, prismatic star, between
the points of which are twelve compartments, in each of
six are the italic letters V. R., beautifully intertwined ;
in each of the other six is a crown, with a grouped rose,
thistle, and shamrock. The whole, when lighted by gas,
under the direction of Mr, Wade, had a magnificently
brilliant effect,