The Sun.
London, England, 1845-08-18 00:00:00

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~t)NotiNT, lIONDAY. AUGT'ST 18, 1845.

Recurring to they subject of Orange procescdon3, and
ti.e attempt on the, p in of some over-zeal.us Protestants
in Ireland to re-establish, or rather to reorganize the
Orange Association, and to give development and military
array to the various affiliated bodies of which it is com-
posed, we cannot notice in terms of too strong commen-
dation the letter of the Irish Secretary (Mr. Lucas) to
Mr. WATSON, which we published in The Sun of Friday
last. Mr. WATSON—being at the time one of her
MAJESTY'S Justices of the Peace for the counties of An-
trim and Down, and a Deputy-Lieutenant of the former,
—had been so ill advised as, by his own confession (in
answer to an application addressed to him by desire of
his Excellency Lord HEYTESBURY), to have signed
certain resolutions of the Lisburn Orangemen, in the
capacity of chairman of their meeting. One of these
resolutions was to this ele :t :—" Resolved, that we
deem it essential to take immediate steps to re• organize
the Orange institution in this country, and that the
county secretary be requested forthwith to convene a
county meeting." The Enniskillen meeting, to which we
have already devoted a special notice, followed. Our view
of the illegality of the whole proceedings connected with
that "demonstration" will be found in perfect accordance
with the irresistible case sct forth by Mr. Lucas, in in-
timating to Mr. Wicrsox his dismissal from the Lieu-
tenancy of Antrim. M. Lucas, after stating that Vs
Excellency has receive.l, with deep regret, Mr. WAT.
sox's acknowledgment, rofers this gentleman to the
memorable answer or his late Majesty King WILLIAM
IV. to the ad cress of the Hi ,use of Commons, presented
on the 25th of February, 1836, praying his MAJESTY to
discourage Orange lodges, and to the subsequent Act
of Parliament, 6 and 7 Will. IV., c. 38 ; to the 2 and 3
Vict., c. 74 ; and to the 7 and 8 Vict., c. 78 ; as, in the
tut instance, specially directed against, and throwing

We have received the Paris papers of Thursday. M
GUIZOT'S speech at Lisieux is the subject of comment
in most of them, and La Presse takes the occasion to
draw a most ingenious parallel, after the manner of
PLUTARCH, between M. GUIZOT and M. THURS. They
all also contain articles on the declaration of war by
Mexico against the United States, which none of them
seem to regard in a very serious light.
From the following, which appears in the Journal des
Debate under the date of Zurich, 10th August, it would
appear as if another collision in Switzerland was immi-
nent :

"Yesterday, the Berne Deputies left Zurich precipitately.
The cause of this abrupt departure is a secret. This day the
District Committees of the famous popular league are to meet
at Berne, an event of a nature to excite alarm in the Govern.
ment of this Canton. While the popular league is deliberating
at Berne, that is, at this moment while I am writing, the
Committee of the Free Corps is sitting at Zoffingen, a small
town of the Canton of Argau, on the frontiers of Lucerne,
which was their head-quarters, whence the expedition started.
M. Stieger and M. Boschenstein are at Zoffiugen. This is
the day also on which the Canton of Vaud is called upon to
vote fey the new constitution devised by the lucubrations of
M. Dr ay and his colleagues. Thus one-half of Switzerland is
in movement at this same moment."

It appears certain that Marshal BUGEAUD has been
recalled ; Generals DE RUMIGNY, CUBIERES, and SE-
BASTIANI are each spoken of as likely to succeed him.
The National has the following on the subject of the
Great Northern Railroad:—

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" All the Companies that had been formed for the purpose of
contracting for the Northern Railroad have capitulated in
turn.
" Yesterday the Company of Pepin Lehalleur surrendered,
and to-day that of Admiral Rosamel struck its flag. In con-
sequence of the accession of those two Companies, it was ne-
cessary to make a new division of the shares. According to
the information we have obtained, the division took place as
follows : Francs.
Rothschild was awarded ...... 51,500,000
Messrs. Laffitte and Blount 41,500,000
M. Hottingeur
M. Rosamel .......
M. Pepin Lehalleur

In all
" Thus the eollusiou is flagrant, and there trill not even re-