The Sun.
London, England, 1837-06-28 00:00:00

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(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPON
Never was the condition of Ireland, in
of view, more happy than at this moment. '-"------"--illepnirtits,4
of the great body of the people, and the nations r.
itself, are elevated to a degree that could hardly have been",
anticipated. The sincere sorrow and regret which haa-beenlq.
for some days indulged in, for the loss of a truly generoUsA
beneficent, and patriotic King, are beginning to pass away,
and are succeeded by well founded hopes, that her Most n
Gracious Majesty will expedite the fruits of those bless-Vi
ings which have been first sown and distributed through thes4
land by her late illustrious predecessor. In a word, thelq
people of Ireland are full of hope, and confidence, and joy,4
in the prospects which are opened to us by the auspicious
commencf:rnent of her Majesty's administration : nor canq
these feelings undergo change or diminution' from the con--.
flict threatened by the faction at the approaching election. Itkl
is pretty manifest, however, from the discussion that tooki
place in both Houses of Parliament on Friday night, asll t.
well as from the demonstrations already making here, Watt'
the Tories, though despondent, are determined to rally their
forces, and make one more desperate struggle for place,44
pensions, and power. The faction in this country will not
be slow in seconding their combined effort, but to no pur-
pose. It
Ireland will do its duty ; and you may certainlyl I
reckon upon an accession to the cause of Reform from thisVi?
country in the new Parliament. If England and Walesq
will be true to the letter and spirit of their Constitution,
and adopt those principles of honesty and justice so timely
and happily laid before them by Mr. Mostyn's letter, as:,
contradistinguished from Tory policy and practice, which
have been with great clearness and truth developed and
disclosed in the letter of Sir Stephen Glynne ; if, I say, '
England and Wales shall only discharge their duty to thet,
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other parts of the United Kingdom, the next Parliament
will crush for ever the aspirations of Toryism. But Re-
formers
of all colours and degrees must be united : let no
standards be raised but those of Anti-Tory for England,
and Anti-Ascendancy for Ireland. It is now beyond a ,
doubt, that the policy of King William the Reformer must
be pursued ; and the only question is, how liberally will it;
be carried into effect, and by what Ministers? The Tories I
will feel no difficulty whatever in adopting any principles
that may procure them the enjoyment of place ; but having
obtained that, will they not frustrate the objects of Reforin,
and deprive the community of its benefits ? No doubt can
exist of their pursuing such a Machiavelian policy, should
they ever have an opportunity of doing so ; and therefore
the only safe test by which candidates for the people',
favour at the next election can be tried is, " Will you
support the measures for England and Ireland which

LO;(1 Melbourne's Government have been endeavouring
to carry through the two last Sessions of Parliament ?" -11
the people suffer themselves to be deluded by any other
criterion of a candidate's fitness than this simple one, the
will be playing the game of their adversaries, and be ulti
mately disappointed. Above all, the extremes of Radical-1
ism should be abandoned, at least for the present, and ali
honest men of that party should take care not to be mad,

the dupes of the enemy. There is in this country a mes;
respectable and influential class of men, of every rank and
persuasion, willing to join in obtaining for Ireland a settle
ment of the Tithe and Corporation questions, on tlic
terms laid down by the present Government. Bat the•
are timid and vacillating—influenced not less by thei.
own apprehensions of matters going too far, as regard,
the Church Establishment, than by the calumnies, and.
indeed, treasonable insinuations, put forward by the
Orange press in both countries. These men arc. now
wavering between the Morpeth and Stanley policy, and
many of the Tory representatives of Ireland will address
their constituents, and be supported by the landlords, in
the delusive language of the latter nobleman. They will
say they are advocates for every measure of Reform not
destructive of vested rights and interests, or injurious to the
Church Establishment, which, as they represent, the Li-

beral or Government party want to undermine, and by this
means endeavour to gain the suffrages of some honest Pro-
testants and their tenantry. Now, the most effectual means
of defeating such manoeuvres would be to caution the
people in time against them ; and to entreat the honest
Radicals to postpone such of their plans of representation
as have not yet been sanctiosied by a majority of the nation,
until they have seen how the Constitution will work under
proposed reforms. If the people of this country be in-
structed in time by the public press in these distinctions,
they may return between eighty and ninety Liberal Mem
hers. Under any circumstances, the present number of
their Liberal representatives will be considerably increased.
The preparations which have be-n for some time past ii.
progress towards the obtaining of Tithe abolition and Cor.
porate Reform, will be immediately cosivertcd into strenu-
ous efforts towards promoting the good cause at the genera.
election. How efficient these efforts must prove may bi
inferred from the present position of things—an hilarious
people rendered peaceahle, and to a certain extent happy
by a short experiment of good government—an influentia
clergy identified with the feelings and interests of tbei,
flocks by the calumnies sought to be cast upon, and the in-
juries to which certain parties would expose them becaus,
pf their religion—and lastly, the grebtit influence which

young Queen, educated with a view to the impartial go.
%,7.ntLent of a free and enlightened people, succeeding tt,
the Lest of England's Monarchs, and already declaring her
i„te,.;tiffir to rule according to the spirit of the Constitu-
tion and for the welfare of all her subjects—must have upon
,atea .1 eland.