The Sun.
London, England, 1844-09-21 00:00:00

THE STIN,___LONDOW, SAT 'C R DAY_ ITTENING, SEPTEMBER 21, 18444

' that such a House of Commons could never work
well, if at all ! Limited in its sphere of action, it
would be constantly haunted by petty jealousies and
distrusts of the Imperial Senate, and would never
cease in its endeavours to restore legislation to the
state in which it was previous to the union. Of
popular influence it would have little or none, for the
people, finding how very circumscribed were its
powers, would soon learn to look on it with indiffer-
ence, if not contempt, as a mere emasculated Parlia-
ment. Possibly, however, Mr. O'CONNELL regards
Federalism as a mere stepping-stone to further Re-
peal, and if so, his approval of the scheme is at once
accounted for. Alluding to the apprehensions ex-
pressed by many Irishmen that property would not
be safe in the event of a restoration of the domestic
Legislature, the Hon. and Learned Gentleman ob-
served :—" I will now come to another impediment
in the way of Repeal—namely, the supposed confisca-
tion of property. I say that property is not safe unless
there is a Repeal of the Union ; and it ought not to
be safe when six millions of Irish money are
spent out of the country. But, on the other side, if
Repeal were obtained, property would be perfectly
secure; therefore it is that men of property should be
actively engaged in the struggle ; and let me remind
them, that an opportunity once lost, can seldom be
regained." We should be glad to see the arguments
by which Mr. O'Corirtem. supports his statement, that
property would be safe ifßepeal were carried. To our
thinking, it would be just the reverse. Such a revo-
lutionary ferment as the restoration of an Irish House
of Commons would engender, would almost, as a matter
of necessity, be fatal to every species of property. The
popular mind of Ireland would be so heated, the passions
wound up to such a height, that all considerations of
common sense, justice, and right feeling would be
lost sight of. The wedge of anarchy once inserted,
would be sure to be soon driven home, and the men
of substance and sagacity—the leaders in fact of the
Repeal agitation—the instant they attempted to put
a drag-chain on the popular movement, would be
overwhelmed by its pressure, and deprived at once
of all their former moral influence. He who talked
the loudest, and promised the most to the inflammable
masses, would be seen to be the favourite in the Irish
House of Commons ; and to his professions the people
would greedily listen, while they would turn a deaf
ear to the more staid, and equitable, and prudent
counsels of their soberer advisers. Ultimately, as is
the case in all great revolutionary changes, affairs
would right themselves, and common sense resume
her old ascendancy, but how much crime, and suffer-
ing, and humiliation must be endured ere this desir•
able consummation would be effected

LOUIS PHILIFPE, who is expected in this country
about the 9th of next month, will be the first French
Sovereign who has visited England in peace. King
JoHN of France was taken prisoner by the BLACK
PRINCE, carried to London, and lodged in the Palace
of the Savoy. FRANCIS the FIRST promised a
visit to HENRY the EIGHTH, and HENRY the
FOURTH held out the same hopes to ELIZABETH ;
but obstructions, intentional or unavoidable, inter-
vened. Neither Louis XVIII. nor CHARLES X.
were kings—they were mere refugees—and we
may safely say England, never till now, had
the honour of a friendly visit from a King of
France. This is a new feature in the remarkable
history of this remarkable man, and the skill which
he has displayed in preparing the scene for his recep-
tion only gives a higher idea of his comprehensive
mind, and the skill with which he can render events
favourable to his cause. But a month ago war
seemed almost inevitable between France and Eng-
land; the affair of Otaheite and the affair of Mo-
rocco exhibited almost insuperable difficulties. The
French Republican and Legitimist journals proclaimed
that the visit would not take place ; the passions of the
two nations were too much excited ; neither England
nor France could yield ; and the only chance of Louis
PHILIPPE visiting Queen VICTORIA was by a terrible
collision between the two countries, in the course of
which the French Sovereign would land at Ports-
mouth with an immense steam flotilla in his rear,
march on to London, and dictate peace at St. James's.
The " King of the Barricades," however, had no
such intention. He seriously contemplated, as a gal-
lant Frenchman, a return to the compliment paid to
him by our QUEEN. He could do nothing less. He
and Lord ABERDEEN, by mutual consent, threw
PRITCHARD and D'AumoNy overboard—the Prince
de JOIN MLLE was allowed to batter down the mud
fortresses of the Moors—glory was obtained for his
son—and no compensation was demanded for the
expenses of the war. No town on the Morocco coast
was occupied—no indemnity was asked—the district
opposite Gibraltar was regarded as sacred ground
and France, to her honour, rested satisfied with the
conditions proposed in her first ultimatum. No period,
therefore, could be better chosen for the arrival of the
King of the FRENCH. But the incident is in keeping
with the whole of his history. Never was there a
man so prudent, so industrious, se deep in his designs,
and so successful. At the outbreak of the French
Revolution he sided with the Republicans, he fought
at Gemappes, and DEMOURIEZ says he decided the
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taught the youth of Switzerland geometry and mathe-
matics. When driven from that hospitable region
he travelled to America, came to England, returned
to France in the train of Louis XVIII., took up his
quarters in the abode of his father at the Palais Royal,
lived in obscurity, never forgetting the education of
his children. He kept on good terms with the Royal
Family of France, was chief mourner at the funeral
of the Duke of BERET, retired to the country when
the fatal ordinances of July were issued, in a few
days was installed as Lieutenant of Royalty, and in a
few days more mounted the throne. He has kept it
hitherto—he has preserved the peace of Europe—he
has raised France to a pitch of commercial industry
unknown in that country; and, in the seventy.second
year of his age, is now about to throw himself unpro-
tected among a people called the natural enemies of
France. These natural enemies will do him justice.
SOULT, though so well acquainted with the English
character, was astonished at his reception, and, if we
mistake not the feelings of our countrymen, they will
equally astonish the humble exile who once lived at
Twickenham.

Madrid journals and letters have arrived to the

13th inst. It appeared to have been decided on that
there should be no alteration in the Ministry until
after the meeting of the Cortes. Such was the advice
of M. MAUTINEZ DE LA ROSA.

The Globo, the Ministerial organ, announces the
departure of additional troops for Navarre, and among
them are the infantry regiment of Castile and the
cavalry regiment of Santiago. "We do not believe
(adds that print) that the Carlists are very formid-
able, whether they present themselves with or with-
out arms; but we fear their attempts will excite the
public mind, and fortify other enemies of our institu-
tions and public order."
" The sentinels placed on all the avenues of the
principal streets (says the Clamor Publico) have each
by them another
.soldier, armed with a bayonet and
a musket, who quits them neither night nor day.
The terror that has seized on our authorities is so
great that the tranquillity prevailing in the capital
cannot comfort them."

The Gazette publishes a Ministerial order suppress-
ing the extraordinary authority granted to the in-
spectors and captains-general at the period of the
national rising.:

The Three per Cents. were done at 271 at 60 days ;
the Five per Cents. at 201 at 60 days ; the Floating
Debt at 63 for cash, and 63/- at 60 days ; and the
Coupons at 25+ for cash.

We have received the Paris papers of Thursday.
The Journal des Debats contains the following sum-
mary of the treaty of peace between France and
Morocco. The treaty itself, which has not yet been
published in extsnso, was received by the French Go-
vernment the day before :—.

" The Government has received dispatches containing
the terms of the treaty concluded with Morocco. The
text of this treaty will be published. In the meantime,
we hasten to apprise our readers of what we have learned.
The most important clause is that which regards Abd-
el-Kader. The Emir is outlawed. The Moors, conse-
quently, undertake to pursue him, with arms in their
hands, throughout their territory, until he shall have
either been expelled the territory, or they shall have laid
hold of his person. If the Emir fall into their hands,
they engage to confine him in one of the towns
situate on the western coast of the empire, until
the two Governments shall have come to an under-
standing to take measures to guarantee the tran-
quillity of Algeria against his attacks. This is the
essential article of the treaty. Another article stiel-