The Sun.
London, England, 1835-09-30 00:00:00

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he 13,by no means the prejudiced, one-sided partisan
that they had imagined him to be; but that his Govern-
ment is conducted with firmness, discretion, and a
marked absence of all political prejudices. Hence,
even in Derry, for so many years the head-quarters
of inveterate Orangeism, his Lordship has been
received with the most flattering marks of res-
pect ; and an address has been presented to him,
which has received the signatures of many Orange-
men, expressive of high satisfaction at his conduct as
a Viceroy, and stating a fervent hope that his " exer-
tions may be rewarded by the cessation of those jea-
lousies and divisions, which have continued to keep
Ireland so far behind the other parts of the Empire."
To this, considering the place where it was drawn up,
significant and auspicious Address, the Noble Earl
replied, "it has given me sincere pleasure to hear
those fraternal sentiments which were first conveyed
to me at the seat of Government, which have
been since repeated to me in the extreme south and
the far west, now cheerfully re-echoed in the north." H
Lord MuLGRAVE only has the courage to continue
as he has commenced, we have little doubt that he
will become the most popular Lord Lieutenant that
Ireland has known since the days of Earl FITZWIL-
LIAM. He has every requisite to ensure popularity
among the natives of the sister-isle, and, combining
skill with address and various useful knowledge, with
a highly social and enlightened nature.

The whole of the Paris Papers of Monday have
been received. The i%foniteur contains the following
important intelligence from Spain :
" A despatch of the 25th inst. from Narbonne an-
nounces that on the 22d, at the news of the nomination

of MINA as Captain-General of Catalonia, Barcelona
was illuminated, and RIEGO'S hymn was sung at the
theatre. Fresh disturbances were apprehended. They

write from Valencia, under date of the 19th, that in

consequence of a riot, the Count D'ALMODOVAR was
forced to embark; 1,500 peasants, partly armed, entered
that city on the 18th. A pillage was feared."
It is no fault of ours if our readers fail to discover
the connection between public 'rejoicing in Barcelona
and the apprehension of fresh disturbances. An event
worthy of being celebrated by illuminations and the
singing of national anthems would be presumed, by
persons less remarkable for their prescience than the
correspondents of French Ministerial Journals, to augur
peace rather than war—union rather than discord—
social harmony, rather than party collision and personal
violence. The veil of impenetrable mystery which

hangs over Barcelona overshadows Valencia. The riot
which drove the Count d'ALmoDovAR to seek shelter

on board a vessel is merely mentioned, without even a

passing allusion to its causes or consequences, beyond
the precipitate expulsion of the flying Count. How
one thousand five hundred peasants—the adherents of

no party—could possess themselves of arms, or think
of directing their march into Valencia, is still a greater
mystery. We are informed, on the authority of the
Moniteur's correspondent, that these armed peasants
entered Valencia on the 18th, and that on the 19th—
the date of the letter—a pillage was feared. What
reason had the inhabitants of the town for such an

apprehension ? If the object of the peasants was
pillage, it is not likely that they would have remained
a night in the town, without attempting the execution
of their designs upon the property of the citizens. Such
a handful of marauders could only hope to succeed by

taking the inhabitants of the town by surprise. Besides
Valencia is strongly garrisoned by command of the Junta,
so that five times as many robbers could not quit the
city alive did they attempt to invade the property, or
to disturb the peace of the citizens. " Why then," it
may be enquired, " are such indefinite announcements
made in the Moniteur ?" We will answer this
question. The King of the FRENCH sees in the
patriotic proceedings of the Spanish Juntas the
inevitable downfall of the despotic system which he is
now establishing in republican France ; and hence
every engine under the controul of the Government is
directed against them with a view to bring them into
contempt. The most effectual way to do this is, if
possible, to have it believed that they are factious
mobs congregated together for the plunder of the more
peaceable inhabitants of the country.
The Juntas are taking bold measures, some of
which are certainly premature in the present con-
dition of Spain. For example the Junta of Cadiz,
in a sitting on the 9th inst., voted Count TORENO
guilty of high treason. This was outstepping the
authority of such a tribunal, as the Constitutional
Cortes are alone competent to pronounce the impeach-
ment of a Minister of the Crown. Besides, the crime
of high treason against the people pre-supposes the
existence of a Constitutional charter ratified by the
Government, received by the people, and forming the
only legitimate basis of all legislative enactments.
Now the only document answering to this description
in Spain, during the government of TOREN°, was
the Royal Ordinance published by the QUEEN RE-
GENT at the opening of the last session of the Cortes.
This document was only intended as an outline of the
new Constitution, and as far as we can judge, was never
violated in a single article by TORENO or his col-
leagues. If the Cadiz Junta presumed to pronounce
Count TOREN° guilty of high treason, by virtue of any
article or articles of the Constitution of 1812, then we
say that such a proceeding was as ridiculous as it was
unjust, inasmuch as Count To RENO, as President of the
Council, did not acknowledge the legal existence of such
a guarantee for public liberty. There are two requisites
to the constitutional declaration of Ministerial high
treason—first, a Constitution, on certain defined prin-
ciples of government which Ministers have sworn to
observe inviolate ; second, 'a competent tribunal to
pronounce judgment upon them. It is a foolish as-
sumption of an illegal power on the part of the Juntas,
to take notice of the personal acts of any member of
the late Government of Spain. When legislative bo-
dies assume the exercise of judicial functions, moderate
men are inclined to suspect their prudence or their

patriotism.
The Junta of Arragon has published a Manifesto,
in reply to the Ministerial Manifesto published in the
Madrid Gazette of the 16th instant. The following
passage from it is quoted by the Journal des Debats,
as a proof of the confusion of ideas which prevails
among the Spanish Federalists :
" The legitimate throne of our beloved Queen,
ISABEL 11., shall be saved by her faiteful subjects,
composing the majority of the nation, from the abyss
in which it was intended to precipitate it. The im-
prescriptible rights of the people shall be established
on an indestructible basis, by a wise combination of
legal liberty with the essential prerogatives of the
Crown ; but opinions are divided respecting the mode
by which that desired end is to be attained ; some
wish the Cortes to be convoked, agreeably to the elec-
toral system of the Constitution of 1812 ; but that
system offers great difficulties, as the partisans of the
Pretender might avail themselves of it to return a fac-
tious majority, which would compel us to have re-
course to a second insurrection. Others insist on the
necessity of proclaiming at once the Constitution ; but
the danger would be the same, since a new election is
indispensable.
" According to the same system, a third party pro-
poses to restore the state of things existing in 1823.
They require that the Deputies returned at that period
shall resume their legislative functions, and that the