The Sun.
London, England, 1842-12-09 00:00:00

tion of tranquillity in the sister country. It Is I
idle to say that Mr. O'CONNELL—the favourite
scape-goat of Toryism—is to blame for the
present system of agitation progressing at
a giant's pace through southern Ireland. He
has clearly nothing whatever to do with
the matter. He is just now quiescent, and we
might almost add, acquiescent, for the Repeal
ferment, generally speaking, has no real hold on
the sympathies of his countrymen; it is limited
in its range, feeble in its effects, and is
gradually waning away, like shadows at the
approach of dawn, before the healthy
common-sense influence of that wonder-
working Reformer, tile true moral regenerator
of his country—Father MATHEW. Mr.,O'CoN-
NELL, too, agitates the question, as if his heart
were no longer in the cause—or rather, as if
there were a sore struggle going on between his
natural impulses and his rational convictions
on the subject, in which the latter would even-
tually be triumphant. It is not, then, to this
gentlemen that the present disturbed state of
Ireland is owing. It is no longer possible to lay
the blame at his door. At whose threshold, then,
is the lusty bantling of Irish agitation to be
laid ? Unhesitatingly, we reply, at that of
the Tory Government. Earl DE GREY led
us to suppose, when he assumed the
reins of power, that he was about to do
great things for the sister country; Lord
ELIOT made an emphatic speech to his English
constituents, in which he volunteered the same
boast; strict impartiality was henceforth to be
the order of the day ; there was to be no more
coquetting with Orangemen; no tricky, balanc-
ing of parties, one against the other ;
the Irish Government was to be conducted, not
only on the wholesome principle of showing fa-
vour and affection to none but the deserving, but
it was also to be distinguished by the energy and
promptitude of its movements, and by its anxious
desire to investigate minutely and searchingly
the existing state of affairs in the country com-
mitted to its charge, with a view to acquire, not
superficial, but substantial information, and to
apply, not a momentary, but a permanent re-
medy. Such was the boast made by the Tory
party when it first entered upon office in Ire-
land. It took possession of power amid the
sound of drums and trumpets, " psaltery, dul-
cimer, and cymbal." It announced itself as
a mountain in labour, which in the fullness of
time was to produce something worthy of itself.
Well, it has gone the full period of gestation;
the hour of delivery has arrived; and it has
brought forth—what ? A Mouse ! In plain
English, despite its boasts, it has done literally
nothing towards the pacification of Ireland. It
has shown no zeal—no energy—no forethought;
it has been simply a Government of expe-
dients—a timid unconditional dependent on the
Chapter of Accidents. Its name is Common-
Place ! It is without character of any sort. It
goes sniffing and sniffing at the two bundles, of
Orangeism on the one hand, and Liberalism on
the other, between which it is placed ; and though
it is perishing of inanition, is afraid to take
a bold bite at either. It cannot make
up its mind to any decided course of conduct.
It is too timid even to perpetrate a dashing mis-
chief. Can we wonder, then, that, if not deci-
dedly unpopular, Earl DE GREY'S government
is at least a nonentity in Ireland, and that agra-
rian and other disturbances are the consequence?
We do not mean to say that the recent murders
in Tipperary are the direct and immediate con-
sequences' of the feebleness of the Irish Execu-
tive, but we will unhesitatingly maintain that
they are more or less connected with it.
When a Government, after teaching a
people to hope for an improved state of
things, disappoints all their just expecta-
tions, and leaves them in a statu quo condition,
it is no more than truth to say that it is an-
swerable for the results of such disap-
pointment. By-the-bye, it is not a little
curious that the very county which, but the
other day, Lord DE GREY plumed himself so
self-complacently on having pacified, is the very
one, which is now the most convulsed in Ire-
land! His Lordship should have borne in mind
the old adage—", Never shout before you are out
of the wood."

At a meeting of 'the Corporation of Dublin,
held on Tuesday, a motion was made to the effect
that the Council, in congratulating themselves on
the termination of the horrors of war in India
and China, tender their thanks to Ge-
nerals Sir HUGH GOUGH, NOTT, and PoLLocE,
Sir R. SALE, land Sir HENRY POTTINGER, for
their services in both countries. One would have
supposed that no objection could have been rais-
ed to such a motion even by persons opposed to
these wars, and that Irishmen in particular, with
their usual admiration for gallant deeds, and for the
honour conferred on their countrymen, would
have carried the motion by acclamation. It was,
however resisted by a town-councillor called
KIRWAN, and he- was supported by an Alder-
man who rejoices in the name of KISHAN, being
a brother, or some relative, we suppose, of the
Chinese Commissioner who distinguished himself
at Canton. The grounds for the opposition were
that the wars were unjust, and that the officers
had only done their duty. This is a perverse
mode of reasoning, to say the least of it. Why,
WELLINGTON at Waterloo only did his duty;
NELSON at Trafalgar, gave as his last signal,
" England expects every man to do his duty," and
the signal was faithfully obeyed. Mr. O'CONNELL,
in rendering the most important services to his
native isle, has only done his duty and is he
therefore to receive no monument to record the
gratitude and affection of his countrymen ? It
should be remembered, too, that POTTINGER,
and GOUGH, and KEANE (all Irishmen, by
the way), did not originate these wars.
They acted merely as the servants of the public,
they obeyed, as all soldiers must, the commands
of their superiors, and deserve thanks and rewards,
not for the object of the wars :in which they en-
gaged, but for the skilful and gallant manner in
which they brought the operations to a
peaceful conclusion. But the opposition
to this well-merited testimony proposed
is the least remarkable feature in this
singular scene, for it would appear that some of
these Chinamen proposed a vote of thanks to the
Emperor of CHINA, and KIRWAN and KISHAN
actually embodied in their resolution a vote of
thanks to Lord ELLENBOROUGH. There never
was a better instance of the " reductio ad ab-
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the name of England a bye-word among
the nations of the East. As the mail has not
brought the conclusion of the discussion, we can-
not state what was the result, but have no doubt
that common sense and national gratitude would
prevail.
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No authentic accounts of the submission of the
Barcelona insurgents have yet been received,
but from various statements in the papers of the
south of France, there can be no doubt of the
fact. It is said that the entire day of the 28th
ult., was spent in negotiations between ESPAR•
TERO and the Junta, and that the latter
offered to surrender on the following terms
The removal of VAN HALEN and the political
chief; the garrison to be changed, and the pre-
sent National Guard to remain armed. No con-
scription. We doubt if any such propositions
were made, but if such was the fact, ESPARTERO•
to a certainty would reject them. The Semaphore
of Marseilles states, that all was terminated, and
that the Junta had accepted the terms offered
by ESPARTERO, one of which was the disarming
of the National Guard.

The Constitutional of Barcelona, of the 29th
ult, gives the following details relative to the
late Junta :

After the dissolution a Commission, charged to de-
vise and carry into operation the best means of putting
an end to the difficult position in which the insurgents
were placed, was appointed. It consisted of the
Commandants of the National Guard, and the Al-
caldes of Barcelona. At its first meeting, this Com-
mission called upon the Consultative Junta to assemble
and deliberate on the course to be adopted, but it
seems that only three out of the twenty-five members
of that body who had been elected were willing to
assume any responsibility ; indeed, none of the other

members would even show themselves at the meetinc,
This journal adds, that on the 22d inst. the Deputies of
Catalonia waited on the Regent, whilst on his journey
to Barcelona, to entreat his clemency, and, above all,
that he would draw a line of distinction between the
criminal and the innocent. The Regent is reported to
have replied, " I am a Spaniard and love Spain, and
cannot believe that the Catalonians would rise against
the cause of Spain. I will make a distinction be-
tween the people and those who have excited and
promoted disturbances ; but as to these latter, I am
resolved to chastise them with a heavy hand, and to
let the arm of the law fall upon them in an inex-
orable manner. Either lor these seditious men
must cease to exist. I know them, and I am has-
tening to Catalonia not to destroy, but to protect
Barcelona and its industry. I have taken my oath to
the Constitution. I have obtained for it victory upon
victory, even to the summits of the Pyrenees, and 1
will die rather than allow it to be trampled under foot.
I will do this until the moment shall arrive for me to
give up the Regency, and place authority in the hands
of the Queen, when I will retire into private life, and
attend to the interests of my own property, satisfied at
having served my: country." The Comstitucional,
which had not appeared for some days, explains its
non-appearance, by stating that the Directing Junta
having forbidden the publication in its columns of ac-
counts from Madrid and the provinces,"it had preferred
suspending its publication.
The Madrid Gazette of the 29th publishes
numerous reports from the political chiefs of the
different towns in Spain, all of which announce
that the best spirit prevailed in the respective
districts. There never, in fact, was a more
isolated attempt to change a Government than
this affair of Barcelona.

The Three per Cents. were done at Madrid on
the 29th at 22 21 15-16 at 60 days; the Five per
Cents. at 261 11-16 f at 60 days.

A thick fog still prevailed at Paris on Tues-
day, and as it prevented all communication by
telegraph with the provinces, it is supposed to be
general throughout the country. The papers
consequently are very barren of news. The only
article of interest is the following, taken from
the Presse, on the rumour of the French Govern-
ment having taken possession of the Marquesas
Islands, in the Pacific. "The full importance of
the Marquesas," says the Government journal,
" will not be understood until the day comes
when the Isthmus of Panama shall be cut
through, and thus a free passage be opened for
the commerce of Europe. More than once al-
ready the idea of realising this project has been
seriously entertained. Companies have been
formed in the United States, and elsewhere,
which' have obtained all the necessary grants
from New Grenada. Unfortunately, these asso-
ciations have not been carried on with a spirit of
perseverance, and have suffered their privi-
leges to become extinguished. It is im-
possible, however, that this isthmus can
much longer be suffered to remain as
a barrier against the enterprise of maritime
nations. It would be a disgrace to the age if it
suffered its progress to be arrested by so weak
an obstacle, when three centuries ago so many
bold and noble attempts were successfully made
to open a channel for the spice trade, shorter
than that by the Cape of Good Hope. The pos-
sibility of making a way through the Isthmus of
Panama is no longer problematical. Surveys of
the ground have been made by able engineer.,
and it is ascertained that a wide canal may be
cut across at an expense not exceeding
12,000,000 f. At this very time, if we are well
informed, a new company is being organised in
London, under the auspices of Mr. BARING,
for carrying into execution this important
project. Let, therefore, the necessary capi-
tal be raised in London, or let recourse
be had to the contributions of other places—it
will be easily found. The late treaty between
England and the Emperor :of CHINA is decisive
of the question. Henceforth, the gates of this
vast continent will be opened wide to the com-
merce of Europe, and will become the theatre
of rivalry. All maritime nations have an ilk-
terest in piercing passages which will shorten the
voyages of their vessels, and reduce the expense
the extremities of the earth.
of transport and competition on the new markets
hemat
through the Isthmus of Panama is
Theopen opened
cutting t
the only means of securing all these interests.
Our forefathers prided themselves in having
found a way to India without having
to double the Cape of Storms. The
discovery of Cape Horn appeared to them to be
an immense advance ; but it is in our power to
realise one a hundredfold more important. From
the day on which our ships may pass from the
Carribean Sea into the great Southern Ocean,
the voyage to China, Japan, and the Oceania,
will be but a mere ordinary passage, as we may
then be said to be able to take one straight
course. Then, on this great highway for all
the ships of Europe, France will have two ex-
cellent stations. The consequence of our An-
tilles will then become as great as it is now in-
significant. They will be, as it were, the first stage
of all great commercial expeditions. The Mar-
quesas, placed at the entrance of this, great
oceanic labyrinth, which extends to a length of
4,000 leagues, would become the second stage.
It is easy to conceive all the advantages which
may be drawn from this admirable position. We
do not hesitate to affirm that the possession of
New Zealand, to which England attaches so much
value, is far from being worth, in a maritime
point of view, the possession of the Marquesas.
It is useless after this to complain of the
French Government not having thought
of making this new colony a penal settlement. It
must be confessed that it would be a strange man-
ner of establishing the sovereignty of France on
these shores, were we to send in the suite of our
soldiers and our sailors the refuse of our hulks
and our prisons ! This would be a singular mode
of causing our name to be beloved, and our in-
fluence to be respected, by sending among a new
people the most corrupt and criminal of our own !
No; it s not an establishment for transported
convict that M. DUPETIT THOUARS is gone to
found in this virgin land, hitherto unbroken up
by any European colonists. Such a conquest is
made for better purposes than to serve as an
asylum for robbers and murderers."

BOURSFr—PARIS, TUESDAY, DECEMBER G.
First Highest Lowest Last
Price. Price. Price. Price.
French Five per Cents. 119 55... 119 75... 119 55... 119 71
4% per Cents 106 50... 106 50... 106 50... 106 50
Four per Cents 101 30... 101 30 .. 101 30... 101 30
3 per Cents 89 75... 80 80... 80 75... 80 80
Bank of France 3335 ...3340 ...3335 .. 3340

LafittelThial,ooof...los7 50 ..1057 50...1057 50...1057 50
5,000f...5080 ...5082 50...5080 .4082 50
Belgian Bank
Belgian Fives lo3a 103 k ... 103 i ... 103 k
1840 lug 104 i ... 104 i ... 104 i
Spanish Active. . 23i 234 ... 234 ... 234
Neapolitan... lO7 107 ... 107 ... 107
Roman, 1044 ... 10.44 ... 1044 ... 1044
Portuguese Fives 324 ... 324 ... 324 ... 324

RAILWAY SHARES,
Versailles, LB B5 ... 85 ... 85 ... 85
Rouen .... 635 ... 637 50... 632 60... 637 50
Orleans.... 607 50... 607 50... 606 25... 607 50
Strasburg to 8a1e...—. 203 75... 203 75... 202 50... 202 50
BELGIAN FUN:. 3.—BatissExs, Dac. 6.
Actual Debt, 256 per Cent ,
Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent. ........... 1023 i
Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent
Three per Cent...........
Thlrty.seven Milli. ns, ditto
(1840) 103%
Loan of City, 1832, Four per Cent 97
Society of Commerce, Four and a Half per Cent —
Bank of Belgium, Five per Cent 76
National Society .
Exchange on London (short)
—Brussels Papers, Dee. 6.
AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, Nov. 28.
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JUDICIAL COMMITTEE or THE PRIVY COUNCIL.—
Their Lordships
yesterday ',resumed the hearing
of Mr. Simister's
application for an extension of his
patent for stays. The case of the opponents to the
extension was concluded, and the Court proceeded to
give judgment, refusing to grant an extension of the
patent. There being no other case for hearing on the
list for to-day the Lords present rose immediately
after giving judgment.
The public will be rejoiced to find, that the omis-
sion of Sir Robert Sale's name in the honorary dis-
tinctions granted to the heroes of our late achieve-
rnents in India, proceeds in no degree from a desire
to underrate the merits of that gallant officer. Sir
Robert Sale very recently received the Grand Cross
of the Bath for his noble defence of Jellalabad, and
other eminent services on the north-west frontier of
India, and it was therefore impossible to give him the
same distinction which has been conferred on General
Pollock, General Nott, and Sir William Parker; but
it has been notified to the Governor-General of India,
in compliance with his recommendation, that it will
be proposed to Parliament to grant to Sir Robert and
Lady Sale, with the benefit of survivorship, an an.