The Sun.
London, England, 1844-07-29 00:00:00

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N' telling

LONDON, MONDAY, JULY 29, 1844.

Lord HEYTESBURY has hardly yet set foot in Ire-
land, and already the more rampant members of the
Orange party are beginning to snarl at him. Indeed,
they showed their teeth, and set up a sharp, snappish
bark, before he had quitted the shores of England ;
for, at a meeting of the Protestant Operative Associa-
tion, which took place at the Rotunda in Dublin, on
Thursday last—the very day before his Lordship
arrived—the following was the language held by one
of the principal speakers :—" Lord HEYTESBUET was
just about to arrive, to-morrow was appointed for his
entree, and how would he come ? Not as the Viceroy
of a Protestant Government, but as appointed to carry
out the policy of Sir R. PEEL—a policy quite as bad
as that of Earl GREY or Lord MELEotErrE. In
fact, Lord NORMANBT deserved just as much of Pro-
testant support as Lord HETTESBURT. The Roman
Catholic Lord Mayor, it appeared, would go and meet
him; but he supposed that the Protestant operatives
would stay at home, and he (Mr. Gnnao) would
follow their example. They would not simulate any
enthusiasm that had no existence. They would not
give their applause to those who dealt nothing but
blows to the Protestant Church. Lord HEYTESBURY
would find plenty to pay their court to him. As for
men of Protestant principles, they were thrown over-
board." There is no need to point out to our readers'
abhorrence the bitter, malignant animus that per-
vades the above remarks, and we should not have
taken the slightest notice of them, had we not been
desirous of giving further proof of the incorrigible
bigotry and wrong-headedness of the Irish Orange
raction. All attempts to conciliate them
are clearly unavailing ; they will be satisfied
with nothing short of an uncompromising
submission on the part of Government to their
politiCal and religious intolerance. Acting on the
maxim that all who are not wholly with them are
wholly against them, they treat as an inveterate enemy
every Minister who presumes to steer clear of ex-
tremes, and advocate a juste milieu system of policy!
Full fraught with recollections of the past ascendancy
of his faction, when Ireland was at his mercy, and the
degraded Catholics were Mere hewers of wood and
lrawers of water; when county after county was pro-
olaitned and subjected to all the unceremonious rigours
3f martial-law, just according to the will and pleasure
,f some bigoted, despotic mag'sfrate—fraugh`, we say,
.vith all these recollections so flattering to his pride as
partisan, your genuine Orangeman, stiff-necked
is th.,? Jews of old, cannot and will not conform to. the
41rere3 circumstances-of the times, but thinks it a
:lard, an unjust, an extraordinary case that he cannot
,:otrpel circumstances to conform to his views. The
Catholics having been for so many years in his power,
!)e deems it but right that they should till continue
:0 be so; and to this moment resents the Emancipa-
-ion Act—just as the boroughmongers resented the
itecurm Bill—as a base, unprincipled infringement oa
:is legitimate authority. lie talks indeed of justice
md moderation, but with these honied words on his
ip, he is at heart the most systematic—the most
tyrannical—the most inveterate of bigots. With

such a set of men who—as TALLEYRAND
said of the BOURBONS—have " learned no-
thing and forgotten nothing," what is to ba
lone? Clearly nothing. You cannot enlighten
them—you cannot rub off the rust of their preju-
dices which, like the Ethiop's sooty skin, bids defiance
.o all the efforts of the scrubbing-brush; and the best
'ping, therefore, to be done is to fling thorn overboard,
Ind legislate for Ireland in contemptuous disregard
of their Cassandra-like prophecies and remonstrances.
It must come to this at last, and the sooner Sir B.
PEEL makes up his mind to act in this decided
spirit the better. Far too much allowance has
been made for Orange sensibilities, just as though
the Catholics were not possessed of feelings
which bad an equal right to be consulted I We are
oot Without hopes that Lord HEYTESBURY, who is an
experienced man of the world, and whose experience,
not confined to English politics alone, has been of an
unusually comprehensive character, will see the thing
in its proper light, and pursue a just and rational
course ofpolicy, careless of the maniacal wailings and
gnashings of teeth of the disappointed Orangemen,
who for all their noise and bluster have no more real
substantial influence over the popular mind in Ire-
land, than those hosts of threatening phantoms whom
ULYSSES, as HOMER tells us, encountered in his sub-
terranean journey to Avernus.

The present state of Spain exhibits a most remark-
able anomaly. It is the finest kingdom in the world,
and yet the most miserable and contemptible. It is
surrounded by the ocean, with the exception of a
small stripe on the west, and the lofty barrier of the
Pyrenees formed as a natural boundary against
France. It has magnificent rivers, rich vallies, sea-
ports without number, wine and oil, and almost every
production of the habitable globe. The inhabitants
are brave, the peasantry, in appearance and in muscular
strength too, are superior, perhaps, to the peasantry
of any other country in the world. It was once the
first kingdom in Europe, and now it is the last
All the training which it received during the
invasions of BONAPARTE, and the triumphant
march of the British troops through the country—
all the lessons of adversity since have been
thrown away. Spain has tried almost every
possible form of government that could be devised,
from despotism to Radicalism, and it still remains in
the same abyss of helpless misery. The condition
of the people excites the strongest feelings of sym-
pathy throughout every nation of Europe. Mankind
are amazed at finding a nation possessing such capa-
bilities so utterly lost to all sense of honour, for in
whatever way they are viewed, there is not one re-
deeming feature in the whole scene. They have '
broken faith with their creditors—they have com-
mitted cruelties towards each other, at which
all civilised people shudder—they have robbed
the Church without benefiting the State—they
have been persecuted and trampled upon by
France, yet trust to France as their deliverer,
and receive with open arms the very woman who, by
her intrigues at Paris, and by the wealth of which
she had plundered them, destroyed the government of
the only Spaniard fitted to regenerate the country. It
would be impossible to draw such a picture of any other
nation ; but even their last acts are worse than their
first. While ESPARTERO ruled according to the laws
of the Constitution, and held out a fair prospect that
Spain would be again admitted into the brotherhood
of civilised nations, provinces, and towns, and Alcaldes,
and generals too, his own friends, and the very army
which he had raised to eminence, rebelled
and drove him from his native land. His
successor destroyed the Constitution, abrogated
the Cortes, proclaimed martial law through the whole
kingdom, extinguished ever liberal paper, yet all the
warlike bullying desperados who expelled the Re-
gent, because he was not sufficiently democratic, are
now, in the midst of this wreck of liberal principles,
silent as death. Even the fanatical Progressistas
have not courage to show themselves at the general
election. They have given up in despair, and despotism
now reigns triumphant throughout Spain. The
curse of the Jews has fallen upon them :—" The
whole head is sick and the whole heart is
faint." What ie to be done with such a people?
Lord ABERDEEN seems inclined to leave
them to Queen Cnats.rxxa and LOUIS PHILIPPE,
and perhaps, in the present state of affairs, he is not
wrong. He did not interfere in time. The enemies
of good government, when expelled from Spain,
found shelter in France, and waited only a favourable •
opportunity to be let loose, with the aid of Louis
PHILIPPE,' on their devoted country. England
merely looked on while the Pyrenees were removed.
Lord PALMERSTON would not have been so passive.

While the Whig Government was in office, the
people of Spain looked to England, and now they
are under the dominion of FraUce.

The accounts from Madrid still continue of a very
unfavourable character. A decree issued by the
General-Commandant of Logrono on the 15th inst.,
declares that province in a state of siege, and a mili-
tary commission had been appointed to condemn to
death all who retain fire-arms, or in any way resist
lawful authority. One journal says, "All Spain will
soon be once mere proclaimed in a state of siege, as
Barcelona, Saragossa, Teruel, Almeria, and many
other places, already are." It was reported, with
every appearance of truth, that martial law was to be
proclaimed also at Madrid. These arbitrary and
horrible decrees evidently emanate from NAR-
vixz, and two members of the Cabinet had
gone to Barcelona to remonstrate with him
for adopting these illegal acts without consulting the
whole Cabinet. Cannot these gentlemen see that
" the Sabre," an appropriate title for this military
despot, will soon do without them. More arrests had
been made of persons charged as accessories in mur-
ders committed during popular commotions several
years since. These terrible proceedings are exciting
universal consternation, as scarcely any man con-
siders his life safe. Senor Mox and Senor MAYANS
set out for Barcelona on the evening of the 20th,
with a view it is believed to induce Queen CHRISTINA
to put an end to this reign of terror.
Madrid Bourse on the 20th.—Three per Cents.,
261 for cash ; Ditto, 261 for 60 days.; Five per Cents.
20 11-16ths for 23d August.

Most of the Paris journals contain articles on the
debate which took place on Mr. SHEIL'S motion rela-
tive to Algiers and Morocco, and with one or two
exceptions express satisfaction with the tone of the
speakers and the result of the discussion. "It was,"
says the Journal des Debates, " after all, little
more than a family squabble. Whigs and Tories
mutually reproached each other with not having pro-
tested against the retention of Algeria by France.
The Whigs says to the Tories, It is you who have
spoilt the business. You acknowledged the Govern-
ment of 1830 without demanding the evacuation of

Algeria, and remained four months in power without
making the least remonstrance.' The Tories retort
upon-the Whigs : It well becomes you to accuse us
of negligence!. Did. not youremain eleven years at the
head of affairs, from 1830 to 1841, without making
any protest? Did you not give your tacit assent to
the conquest of France during the whole duration of
your Ministry ? How can we, after your long silence
for eleven years ask the. Government of Louis PHILIPPE
to perform the promise, of Prince POLIGNAC r From
these recriminations, it is evident to us, that neither
Whigs nor Tories wish to take the lead in this, but
leave to each other the ungrateful task of making pro-
tests which they know must be perfectly ineffective."
The Constitutionnel takes nearly the same view.
"The affair of Algiers," it says, " was after all only
a pretext, and the discussion has clearly proved it.
The Whig Opposition wished to bring the discussion
on the situation of the navy, and they in fact in-
veighed strongly against the reductions effected by
the present Government in the navy, of which the
men have been reduced 7,000 since 1840. This is a
fan.ily- dispute between the .Whigs and Tories, in
which we have no temptation to interfere. England
may take, in the interest of her safety and dignity,
such measures as shall 3Uit her Government. France
will find nothing to say 'bgainst it, only as she has
also to preserve her interests
,and her honour, she
must be permitted by England to provide against
being taken by surprise."
The Presse, the Courrier Francais, and the Na-
tional, consider the question of the right of France
to retain Algiers as definitively settled, and;..,the latter

journal intimates that the only point wanting to the
settlement of the affair is the exequatur of the English
Consul. It thus breaks forth again't the English
and French Governments for allowing this gOstion
to remain so long in abeyance :

"Can the presence of M. St. John at Algiers be endured?
Will he be permitted to issue and authenticate acts under the
esequatur which he holds from the late Dey ? Will this
scandal which is evident to all the world, never strike M.
Guizot? We certainly cannot prevent the English 'Parlia-
ment from protestiug against our remaining in possession ;
but while this protest remains in a living evidence upon our
territory—when it is denounced—when we are told that we
are not at liberty to exercise our right of sovereignty—is it
possible fir us to remain any longer under such a state of
things ? To permit a consul who exercises diplomatic func-
tions, to preserve his authority among us in virtue of a power
granted to him by a sovereign whom we ourselves have de-
throned—is not this we say, submitting to lay under doubts
of our rights? Is this even a matter of indifference in the
eyes of the Arabs? Under such circumstances, may not our
enemies derive more than one motive for entertaining hopes
and gaining strength."

The Legitimist journals, Quotidienne and Frances
persist in denying the truth of the assertion, that the
Government of the Restoration ever pledged itself not
to retain possession of Algeria; but no doubt remains
that POLIGNAC did give such a pledge to the English
Minister.

Dispatches from: Marshal BUGEAUD, giving details
of the late action with the Moors, have been received
by the Government, and appear in another part of
The Sun. The Siecle accuses the Government of
concealing a portion of the dispatches, and that
the circumstance gave rise to a false report that cer-
tain of the auxiliary troops with Marshal BUGEAUD
had gone over to the enemy. It adds :

" The events in Morocco have this day rendered a Cabinet
Ccuncil necessary. Immediately afterwards General Foy
was sent off, travelling post, with instructions. He is to take
the Chateau de Soultberg on his way, in order that he may
communicate the instructions to Marshal Soult. The absence
of the President of the Council, and the division which has
arisen, since his departure, between the two principal persons
in his administration, are worked upon just now by the
Minister of Foreign Affairs, who hopes now for the prb-
motion which he could not pretend to during the sitting of
the Chambers."

The following letter, dated Gibraltar, 10th of July,
appears in the Journal des Debats:—
"In the several encounters of the Moors with the troops
of Marshal Bugeaud, on the banks of the Tafna, the losses
of the former were much greater than the French bulletins
stated. The first families of Fez are in mourning. Most of
those who perished in the attack of Ouchda were natives of
Fez and Mequinez. Nearly all the wounded died for want of
surgical relief—mortification generally set in and progressed
rapidly, in consequence of the excessive heat. To be
wounded or killed was the same thing, for the Moors have
no surgeons, physicians, or medicine for the sick. These
combats have excited to the highest pitch the fanaticism of
the populace, and the people breathe nothing but revenge.
The Kabyles, or rather the tribes, have taken arms en masse.
At Tangier, the people broke into the Government stores
and removed therefrom 300 barrels of gunpowder, which they
divided among the Mejeclins (the valiant), who have gone
to reinforce the tribes of Ouchda. It appears that the first
affair took place in consequence of a formal order from the
Governor, and that it was not a deviation from his instruc-
tions, as hitherto believed. When tne news of the attack
arrived, there were public rejoicings at Fez and Morocco,
although the result was disadvantageous to the Moors. That
event redoubled their fury, and has complicated the Franco-
Moorish question."
THE BOURSE—SATURDAY, JULY 27.