The Sun.
London, England, 1850-03-16 00:00:00

tradesmen, who considered that they had a vested in-
terest in the expenditure of the Viceregal salary,
should be permitted to perpetuate the nuisance
for their own private and personal objects.
Far better would it be for the community in
general to give compensation to those interested par-
ties. But, as no person could be found with suffi-
cient hardihood to bring forward a proposition so
monstrous, these high-minded, and disinterested par-
ties are endeavouring to get up a petty excitement,
and to induce others, who are ever but toi
happy to catch; at "a grievance," to fight their battle,
and to agitate the question. Some: few of the Re -
pealers have fallen into the trap. Mr. JouN, O'CON-
NELL an l the Freeman's Journal, who formerly were
loud in condemnation of the back-stairs' in-
fluence, are now, it appears, determined
to " break a lance" in its support. But Conciliation
Hall no longer possesses the power it wielded in days
of yore, during the lifetime of the Liberator, and
even the Freeman's Journal, deservedly popular as it
is, cannot so far lead the public opinion as to induce
any considerable portion of the community to struggle
for the perpetuation of the Irish Viceroyalty.

We have already shown that Ireland can
never become what she ought to be—an
integral portion of Great Britain, so long as a
separate Executive is maintained. During its
existence there will ever be a temptation to
demand a separate and independent Legislature. Ie •
deed, if the former be conceded, we cannot under-
stand upon what grounds the latter can be de -
nied. A spirit of pseudo-nationality was
kept alive by the office ; it showed that
Ireland was considered a province, and that
she was treated as one of the more distant colonies.
It may well be doubted whether the bloodless insur-
rection, which was so happily suppressed by the Earl
of CLARENDON, would ever have broken out but for the
system carried on within the precints of the Castle, and
the gross abuses that were thus brought under the
immediate cognizance of the people.
The above was not, however, the greatest of
the mischiefs to which the tinsel and
pageantry of the Irish Court gave origin.
It exercised a malignant and enervating
influence upon the wealthier classes that was produc-
tive of the most fatal results to the national pros-
perity ; it fostered a spirit of paltry pride that led
but too many into expenses far beyond their
ability to maintain ; many of the mortgages
and embarrassments now weighing down
the Irish gentry are ascribable to the passion for at-
tending levees and drawing-rooms tbat some time
since prevailed to so great an Extent. The En-
cumbered Estates Act might not have been ne-
cessary had this Viceroyalty been abolished
half a century ago, IN hen the treaty of
Union was agreed upon. It also taught
the Irish to despise the pursuits of honest and honour
able industry, and to struggle after a spurious aristo-
cracy, which they had not the means to support.
Younger sons were sent to professions in which the
great majority could never hope to realise an inde-
pendence, in place of entering upon mercantile or
manufacturing pursuits. It was true that they were
in consequence obliged to endure many privations,
and to incur debts which they could never liqui-
date, but they were admissible to the " Castle."
They could hope to fish cut snug situations
under the Government, and these question-
able advantages were regarded as more than
equivalent to the innumerable evils and annoyances
incidental to the position. Every man possessed Of
any resources endeavoured to make one, at least, of
his sons a barrister or a doctor, and hence these pro-
fessions were greatly overstocked, and the reasonable
expectations of the working men were disappointed.
All this will now be remedied, and we have no doubt
that the beneficial results of the change will speedily
be perceptible.

We rejoice to find that this important measure
is not to be procrastinated or delayed. The
Premier last night stated, in answer to a
question by the Lord Mayor of Dublin, that
" a Bill f,,r the purpose was in course of prepa-
ration." There is, therefore, every reason to hope,
that it may be introduced immediately after Easter,
and that it will be accompanied by what may be con-
sidered an essential adjunct—a measure for the full
and perfect amalgamation of the English and Irish
Bars, and the removal of the disabilities by which the
legal practitioners of either country are now restricted
or impeded.

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

We have received the Paris journals of yesterday.
The Patrie of Thursday evening contains the fol-
lowing paragraph :
" Citizen de Ftotte, after the examination of the votes
made up to this evening, has only a majority of 341
over M. Ferdinand Foy, the candidate of the Electoral
Union. The examination of the votes of the Gendar-
merie Mobile may modify this result in favour of our
candidate."

The Evenement, on the same subject, says :
" The election of M. de Flotte is, it is said, threatened
with annullation. It is hoped by that to draw to the
Place de I'Hotel do Ville a certain number of workmen,
and to obtain the emeute which is wished for. In the
name of liberty, we conjure the workmen to avoid any
assemblages tc-morrow on the Place do I'Hotel de Ville."
The National announces, and the Ministerial
morning journals confirm the announcement, that
there can be no doubt of the election of M. DE
FLOTTE

" The definitive result of the scrutiny," says the Na-
tional, "is known,— Carnot, Vidal, Do Fiotte. ' The
proclamation which will be made this day, Friday, March
15, will only confirm it. LET THE PEOPLE ABSTAIN
FROM APPEARING ON THE PLACE OF THE HOTEL BE
VILLE. This warning, which is given to them by the
unanimous voice of the whole of the independent press,
is not lightly given. They must not expose themselves
to the chance of changing into a sanguinary conflict a
pacific victory."
In the same journal we find the following address
lt -

TO THE PEOPLE.
"The Democratic Socialist Committee, informed that
the enemies of the Republic have determined to en-
deavour this day, (Friday) to bring about a collision
at the Place de lHotel de Ville, earnestly invite all
citizens to abstain from being present at the procla-
mation of the new representatives."

These warnings produced the desired effect,
and, thanks to the vigilance of the journalists
and of the committee, and to the exemplary
prudence of the people, the re-actionaries were
baulked of their intended coup cretat ; the para.
pretre were unable to organize, a political St. Bar-
tholomew's. The ace de l Hotel de Ville was yes-
terday a desert, and in the presence of the authorities,
and of the authorities only, the following official pro-
clamation of the poll took place at twelve o'clock :

Carnot .
Vidal
De Flotte .• 126,982
Foy . 125,643
La Ilitte
Bonjean
M. VIDAL, having been elected in one of the depart-
ments, will resign his seat for Paris. lt is said that
the Democrats have determined to start M. EMILE
DE GIRARDIN to fill the vacancy.

Several of the journals mention rumours of an
intended change or modification of the Ministry, but
they are of a very contradictory character as to the
persons who are to go out, and those who are to come
in. The Courrier Francais gives the following not
as a rumour, but as being founded on information of
its own :—" General DE LAIIITT E and M. FERDIN-
AND BARROT have given in their resignation. The
portfolio of Foreign Affairs and the presidentship of
the council were offered on Wednesday evening to M.
MOLE. In case of refusal, it is M. DE FLAIIAUT
who is to replace M. DE LAIIITTE. M. PISCA-
TORY had been thought of forthe Ministry of the
Interior, but it is General DUMAS, ex-director of
Arab affairs in Algeria, who is appointed in the place
of M. FERDINAND BARROT."
"It is confidently stated," says the Ordre," that
the Government mill this day present to the Assem-
bly two important Bills on the press, and on which it
will demand urgency."
The Patrie says—" The defenders of society must
promptly assume the offensive against the Red party.
In revolution, the status quo conspires in favour of
anarchy; the victory always belongs to the offensive.
Grave measures ought to be proposed and voted d'ur-
genee. There are two which the party of order have
a right to demand at once from the Government and
the Assembly. The first is a seriously repressive law
on the press ; and the second, theinterdiction of
electoral meetings. livery
one comprehends the ne-
cessity of an efficient repression of the excesses of the
demagogical.press. As to electoral meetings, the ex-
perience which we have just had of them is a living
lesson. M. VIDAL has been elected in the Bas-Rhin,
and according to the engagement which he entered
into before the Socialist conclave he will decide to
sit for that department. We shall have consequently
a new election for the Seine. The Reds will seize
on that occasion to open their clubs. But they must
not be permitted to do so. It is neither moral, nor
sure, to allow to a part of the population of Paris the
spectacle of these demagogic orgies."