The Sun.
London, England, 1845-05-02 00:00:00

THE NUN, LONDON, FRTDAY MORNING, MAY g, MS,

extreme points of the views they respe2tiveiy enter-
tain on those soltjette, luencnge btaießt would result
to the country at large. Conciliation would diffuse
itself through even those classes whose interests seem
at first sight the most conflicting. As in almost all
other cases, decision has nine chances out of ten of
being justified by the result. In the case of Java,
and the still more remarkable example of Singapore,
the establishment of free trade and free ports was the
sagacious policy of the great Sir STAMFORD RAFFLES;
and the rapid increase of commerce, the increase of
revenue under almost nominal dues, and the almost
preternatural development and extension of the little
locality (the island of Singapore), in which this great
experiment was destined to be exhibited, surely
supply Sir ROBERT with fact, precedent, and autho-
rity sufficient for venturing on a large and compre-
hensive plan of free trade. Better to test the experi-
ment, even if it lead to results of some grave tempo-
rary inconvenience, so long as they are not irretriev-
able. But it would be easy to retrace a few steps to
meet in advance, by providing securities for that pur-
pose in the Parliamentary enactments which shall
authorise it.

The commotion excited in Great Britain against th
Maynooth grant has been resconded to in Ireland, and
bids fair to widen the breach between Protestants and
Catholics, and render the Union a curse rather than a
blessing. Every friend of peace, every lover of his
country must lament the result, because a separation
would be one of the greatest calamities that could befal
the two islands ; and the next to it would be a union

Accounts have been melted from Otaheite to the 4th
of janu„)., Tho Ituvre sap
"Admiral Hamelin I- i Arrived there in the Yirginie frigate
a few days before, but . had transpired respecting the
object of his mission, :..s presence had not produced any
result. The situation tv ielairs was such as the last news
had left them. The natives, still intrenched in their camp,
continued to guard an xpectant attitude, without, however,
haring recourse to :.,As of hostility. They appeared to be
guided by the conduct of Queen Pomar6, who was still in a
little island to windward, and who refused all communica-
tion with the French authorities. The Phaeton steamer had
been charged. with afresh mission to her, but had returned to
Papeita without being more successful than at first. It was
reported that she had rejected an overture from Admiral
Hamelin, and that she would not even receive a letter from
his Majesty Louis Philippe, written to her with his own
hand. Her intention, it was said, was not to enter into any
communication with the French authorities except in the
presence of the English Admiral, who was expected to ar-
rive shortly in an 80-gun ship. The sanatary condition of
the colony was most satisfactory. The troops of the gar-
rison and the crews of the vessels on the station, consisting
of the Uranie and Virginie frigates, and the Ariane and
Ellin corvettes, were co-operating actively in the erection of
buildings for habitation and defence."
THE BOURSE--TUESDAY, APRTL 29.
First II iy h.st Lowest

Lsu3t

Price. Price. Price Price.
Fr-Ech Five per Cents. •••• 119 20 .. 119 20 .. 119 10 .. 119 10
Four-and-a-Half- •• 115 .• 115 .. 115 .. 115
Foura•••• •• • • •• •• •• 108 50 •• 108 50 .. 108 50 .. 108 50
Three per Cents .• 85 65 .. 85 65 85 50
Loan .••••••• • •• •• 86 35 .. 86 35 .. 85 20 .. 86 20
Bank of France •• •• •• •• 3260 ••3260 —3260 .. 3260
Gouin Bank, I,ooof Bhares•.llo7 60 "1107 50 ..1107 50 ..1107 5$
Belgian Bank. •••• •• •••••• 630 .. 630 .. 639 .. 630
Belgian Fives, 1840.. •• •• •• 103 .. 103 .. 103
1842.•••.... 105;4 .. 105 y, .. 1353, .• 103y2
Active •• •••• •••• •• 40 .. 40 .. .. 40
Threes •••••• •• •• • 4214 • • 42% .. 42 .. 42
Passive .....•• •• •• 8% •• By 2 .. ..
New Deferred.• • .•• 18 •• 18 .. 18 .. 18
Roman ......••• •• •• ••• • •• 106 •
.• 106 .. 106 .. 106

maintained at the point of the bayonet. Should this re- I
ligious'svar be carried on much longer, these are the only
two alternatives to which rational men can look, and the
prospect certainly is sufficiently dismal. When we are
threatened by the United States, when the war
party in France are only waiting for the death o►
Louis PHILIPPE and the return of 111. TRIERS, the
mortal enemy of England, to office, we are torn by
internal dissensions, and sowing the seeds of a civil war.
If any feasible object were in view—if Protestantism
could be made ultimately triumphant, and the Catholic
religion banished from the country—there might be some
rational ground fur the attempt ; but all history, the test
of three hundred years, the increase of the Catholic popu-
lation in Ireland, the hopelessness of making proselytes,
by persecution, and the unanimity which prevails
among statesmen of every party against ruling
Ireland by force, leaves not the slightest chance that
such a result could be attained. The speech of Sir R.
PEEL, on introducing the measure, and the cordial sup-
port which be received from the Opposition, and also
many staunch Conservatives, diffused a general joy
throughout the sister island, but the loud clamour now
raised against it, mixed with cries of "No Popery,"
and the marked hostility to the Irish nation displayed
in so many quarters, have destroyed the bright pros-
pects of millions, and rendered this healing measure the
cause of only more bitter enmity between the two
countries. Mr. O'CONNELL is roused to madness
by this unexpected insult ; his ardent feelings are
shat4d by the whole body of the repealers, and
it is needless to say that the priests and the people
will follow in the train. What else could be expected?
Never was so grievous an injury from so mean a cause
inflicted on a brave people. They are treated as aliens,
their religion is described as idolatrous and damnable.
and they are not even allowed the privileges of Canada
or the most contemptible colonial possession. The
,:xpressions used by an Irish Catholic clergyman
in a letter to Mr. O'CONNELL are in unison with the feel-

Spanish

ings of his countrymen. " The events," says he, "which
have taken place in England during the last month
have settled the question among Irishmen. Every one,
oven the most apathetic, has been alarmed and
aroused to a sense of national duty, and despair of
any measure of justice from England has sunk deep
into every heart." And in another place—" Much
has been said about the gratitude we owe for

the grant to Maynooth, but I confess that I for one
(and I am joined in the sentiment by the priests and
people of this diocese) feel no gratitude whatever. In
the firt place, our own energies and determination
wrung that paltry sum from a bigoted and and anti-
Irish Cabinet ; nor shall we ever thank the rich glutton
when he disdainfully flings us the crumbs from his
table. Secondly, the grant is so miserable in amount, that
it can be looke upon in no other light than as a sheer
mockery and insult. There are 8,000:000 Catholics in
this country, and the grant would be about three far•
things yearly for each." The truth of this cannot be
denied; but what is of more importance, it cannot be de-
nied that scarcely a whisper was raided against Popery
in this country when no doubt whatever r( maincd that
it was the favourite religion at Oxford, that many teachers
of high rank in th ,t seat of learning had openly avowed
its tenets, and that the heads of the English Church
were either openly encouraging, or secretly abetting a
scheme for reconciling the Protestant Church to the See
of Rome. Where was all this wild roge againot Popery
then ? Have not the Irish reason, therefore, for saying
that the outcry is against them, not against their reli-
gion, and, come what may, they never will submit to the
Union on such degrading terms? They have justice
on their side, they have the sympathy of all Europe; they
have the support of the Treasury Bench and the Oppo-
sition Bem-h in Parliament ; they have the example of
Scotland before their eyes, and if they rest satisfied with
less than that small country so triumphantly wrested
from an unwilling Government and an unwilling people,
they must admit that they are an inferior race, and
doomed to be only "hewers of wood and drawers of

" Who runs may read."

water."

We have accounts from Madrid to the 23d ult. On
that day the Chamber of Deputies discussed the second
article of the budget, when the Finance Minister de-
manded an authorisation from the Cortes to make cer-
tain regulations respecting the public debt. Senor
LIEGAS opposed the motion, declared the debt exhibited
a perfect chaos, and the amount was frightful. The
Finance Minister said much misapprehension prevailed
on the subj, ct, founded on mistakes and erroneous calett
latious, and beside s the measure was absolutely neces-
sary. Something must be done to place that debt on a
proper footing. Senor PACUECO put a question to the
Minister of Foreign Affairs, relative to a note
said to have been addressed by the Spanish Am-
bassador at Rome to Cardinal LANBRUSCIIINI.
the object of which was to calm the apprehensions felt
by some Spaniards with regard to their oath to the con-
stitution, and which had been brought under the notice
of the Holy See. The Minister admitted such a com-
munication had be en made, but declined to produce it.
The following is the note referred to :
" Her Catholic Majesty the Queen Isabel has seen with
regret that the oath exacted by the constitution of her
kingdom had disturbed the consciences of some good Ca-
tholics. Her Majesty is convinced that the above-mentioned
constitution, modified in the sense that it has been, ought
so much the less to excite those inquietudes, inasmuch as the
Catholic Apostolic and Roman religion will continue
to be profes:fed in her states to the exclusion of all
other worship. Nevertheless, having consideration to
the title of Catholic Queen, with which she is honoured,
and her lively interest for the spiritual good and
interior tranquillity of her faithful subjects, her Majesty, in
order completely to tranquillise all consciences, has deigned to
order the undersigned, her Minister Plenipotentiary, to de-
clare sole:nnly in her name that, in exacting from the public
functionaries, and other subjects, the above-mentioned oath,
it is to be well understood that no one is obliged, in virtue of
this oath, to do anything, whatever it might be, that might be
contrary- to the laws of God and of the Holy Church.
" The undersigned, in directing the present declaration to the
Cardinal Secretary, according to the orders which he has re-
, ceived from the Queen, his sovereign, to that effect, has the
honour to beseech his Eminency to be pleased to bring this
declaration before the holy Father, and to receive at the
same time the sentiments of his high consideration.
(Signed) "JOSE DEL CASTILIO Y AYENZA.
"Royal Palace of Spain, 29th March, 1845."
The Throe per Cents were done at 35k, at sixty days;
Five per Cents. at 25k, at sixty days ; the Coupons at
23,i, at sixty days ; and the Debt without interest, at Bi,
at sixty days, with 5-16 premium.

From a brief dif,cussion which took place iu the
French Chamber of Deputies on Tuesday, it appears
that the representatives of the people are resolved not to
increase the army estimates to carry out Marshal Bu-
GEAUD'S conquests in Africa. They think the expenses
are already sufficiently great, and that he ought to be
satisfied with a gallant army, amounting to at least
80,000 men. M. DE BEAUMONT put some questions to the
Minister of War relative to the proposed expedition against
the Kabyles. Marshal SoULT said it would be inconve-
nient to discuss in that place the plans of a campaign,
but he might state that a demand had been made by the
Governor of Algeria for two additional regiments, s% hick
could not be acceded to, as the Chamber did no: seem
disposed to vote the necessary funds for the pur-
pose. The expedition, therefore, had been abandoned.
The Chamber voted the indemnity to the French agents
in Morocco, who had suffered losses by the war. M.
BILLAULT disapproved of such grants, as he thought the
money should have been paid by the Emperor of Mo-
twee°. The Committee on the Paris and Lyons Rail-
way have decided unanimously that there should be a
separate terminus for this line, and that it should
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labours under a chronic disease of the liver, and could
not resume his official labours for some months. This
circumstance caused a slight depression of the
Funds.

SUMARY OF NEWS
AND
Vutitr aptltton.

ronmzoxo.
On Sunday evening their Majesties the King and Queen of the
French received the Neapolitan Ambassador, the Cunt de Fla.
hault, the Marquis de Bumigny, Vice- Admlral Baron de La
Susse, the Counts tie Montesquiou and Dumas, and the Baron de

saint Didier.
The Ouke of Devonshire, who went to Paris, it is said, ex-
pressly to view the exhibition of the Horticultural Society at the
Luxembourg, has, on the nomination of the Duke Decazes, been
made an honourary member, and was on Sunday presented with
his diploma. His Grace congratulated the Society on the excel.
lence of its produce, and made considerable purchases for his con-

servatories.
The following is a list of the principal objects required for the
fortifications of Paris, according to M. Allard's report :-2,208
mortars, cannons, or howitzers, of which 50 are Paixhans howit-
zers, 5,750 rampart guns, 200,000 muskets, 1,500 fusee: de
guerre, 2,760 gun-carriages, a million of projectiles of various
sorts, such as bombs, grenades, balls, and shells—in all, 9,129,000
kilos. of cast metal ; 46,350 ball-cases, and 800,000 kilos. of
lead, 2,0J0,000 kilos. of gunpowder, 10,300,000 cartouches, be.
sides a considerable assortment of miscellaneous articles.
The Presse says :—" We have to announce a spontaneous act of
the Government. It has nominated to be members of the Legion
of Honour three eminent authors, namely, M. de Balzac, 51. Al.
fred de Musset, and M. Frederic Soulie, without any of them hav-
ing solicited this mark of distinction to which they had an incon-
testible claim. Let there but be a few more such acts as we have
now to report, and like that which raised M. Victor Hugo to the
dignity of Peer of France, and the Slinistry will discover that it is
promoting its own interests by shaking off that supineness in which
it has indulged itself too long."
The Journal des Debats snakes the following remarks on the
state of affairs, as regards England and the United States :
" People are excited against England, as if by maintaining under
her domination Canada and the adjacent provinces, the British
Government is spoliating the United States. These are bad symp.
toms, or ridiculous clamours. As regards Canada, New Bruns-
wick, or even the Oregon, these demonstrations are without
danger. England is powerful enough to command respect from a
haughty and insatiable democracy, better able to talk than to act,
when the question is ene of military enterprise against regularly
organised forces, and against one of the greatest nations of the ci-
vilised world."
A correspondent writes from Vienna on the 21st :—" Prince
Metternich, who has been suffering from ill health, is entirely re-
stored, and has again returned to business with all his accustomed
activity. Yesterday he had a long conference with the Archduke
Palatine."
A letter from Hanover of the 23d states that a new loan, at 31
per 'cent.; to be secured on the taxes, is about to be raised, for the
purpose of constructing railroads.