The Sun.
London, England, 1848-04-26 00:00:00

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tive at Madrid is the most insolent and the most un
justifiable. It is a becoming sequel to that ill
tempered act of the Duke of VALENCIA—the banish
rent of MONTP/INSIER to Seville, possibly with a view
to the assuagement of his thirst for intrigue by po-
tations of inimitable orangeade. If a rumour
emanating from the most authentic sources can be
credited, Mr. BULWER has acquired the antipathy of
the present Ministry of Queen Isaugma, and a
direct demand for his recal is said to have been for-
warded by that Ministry to the Foreign-office in
Downing. street. The reason for this sudden dislike
to a man who has hitherto been regarded with
deferential respect, if not with positive cordiality
will not be for one instant incomprehensible to
those who have perused the communication addressed
to Mr. BULWER on the 10th inst. by the Duke
DE SoToMATuR. That communication is a very
restive, and, in truth, an absolutely impertinent re-
joinder to one penned on the 7th instant by the Right
lion. HENRY LYTTON BULWER, inclosing an official
letter received by that Ambassador from Viscount
PALMERSTON. Lord PALMERSTON'S letter, it must
not beforgotten, was dated March 16th, and conveyed
a salutary recommendation to the Spanish Govern-
ment in reference to the adoption of a more legal
and constitutional system" than the one hitherto
adopted by NAavAcz and his colleagues. The
communication in which this letter was trans-
mitted to the Duke DE SOTOMAYOR by his
Excellency the British Ambassador was couched in
language befitting the representatives of that Sove-
reignty which had been principally instrumental in
raising ISABELLA 11. to the throne ; and Mr. BULWER
specified as much when he reminded the Spanish
Minister for Foreign Affairs, that " what especially
distinguished the cause of Queen ISABELLA from that
of her Royal competitor was the promise of constitu-
tional liberty inscribed upon the banners of her Ca-
tholic MAJESTY." In reply the Duke Da SoTo-
MAYOR perversely and indeed insolently inquired w hat
would be the response of Lord PALMRRSTON supposing
the Spanish Government interfered in reference to
the administration of the British Cabinet, to the
frightful condition of Ireland, or to the unfortunate
people of Asia ? " What," continued the irritated
diplomatist, " what, in fine, would he do if we were
to remind him that the late events on the Continent
gave a salutary lesson to all Governments without
excepting Great Britain, and that consequently the
administration ot the State should be given up to the
illustrious PEEL, to the skilful man, who, after having
conciliated the general opinion of his country, has
known how to merit the sympathies and the esteem
of all the Governments of Europe ?" As if the
Constitution of. England had been established through
the assistance of Spanish valour and Spanish negotia-
tion, as if in any respect whatever Spain was
authorised to catechise the Statesmen ot
Great Britain ! In presuming to discern an
analogy between his imaginary proposition and the
recommendation of Lord PALMERSTON, the Duke DE
SOTOMATOR misrepresents entirely the character of
that communication. Instead of being a dictatorial
interposition in the internal government of Spain, it
was a friendly whisper of advice uttered in a period
of terrible and momentous catastrophes. Let
NARVIEZ beware ! or, so soon as Mr. BULWER shall
nave departed homewards, the Voice of CASSANDRA
nay become audible in the streets of Madrid.

The peaceable and loyal inhabitants of Dublin, and
indeed, of by far the greatest portion of Ireland, have
been kept in constant anxiety and alarm iu conse-
quence of the feverish and excited state of the public
mind, and the possibility of some speedy collision be-
tween the authorities and those who openly profess
their disaffection, and avow their readiness to have
recourse to armed resistance upon any the slightest
provocation, or rather what they may be pleased to
consider as such. The Government have adopted
every possible precaution, and have made the most
judicious arrangements for the maintenance of public
order and tranquillity. There is no undue inter•
ference with the people by which an outbreak might
possibly be occasioned. They manifest a' perfect
consciousness of their strength, and suffer events to
pass apparently without notice that, under other
circumstances, would immediately arouse them into
activity. The prudent and sagacious statesman who
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to create terror in the minds of the well dies
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posed, that they could not possibly be suffered
to prevail without the Executive being
abeinogd ou thereby
subjected to the charge of gross
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negligence ; we allude more particularly so
recent practice of numerous bodies of people-assent-
bling together for the purpose of being trained end
drilled to the use of arms, and of practising military
movements and evolutions. Such conduct is in ex-
press opposition to the provisions of an Act passed
nearly thirty years since, and which, although seldom
ag
enforced, owing to the adoption of the moral force
of the Iris h
principle by the late Leader
the entire of his triumphant career, stinl tion Burin
l remains on
the statute book in full force and Efficiency. lience-
forward these enactments will be strictly enforced,
and all persons violating the law,
by drilling or in-
structing others in military tactics without the sane-
tion of the magistrates, will be subjected to trans-
portation fur a term of seven years; while those who
receive these instructions will be liable to be fined
and i
had
imprisoned therefor.
The Promulgation of the enactments thus oppor-
tunely brought to light, of the severe penalties to
which parties u
said that the be exposed for thus playing at
soldiers, have
the most beneficial effects. It is
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