The Sun.
London, England, 1837-10-26 00:00:00

as far into inill-etone as anybody ;. but we apprehend
that Lord Durham is rather more likely to Iterrer that
measures Ministers intend to intrUdirce, and whether
it is probable he win be disappointed by th'ern; Omit
even the sagacious president of Printliblise-square.
It is not perhaps too !IPA, under all the circum-
stances, to my that Lord Durham is to the full
as likely io be in the confidence of Ministets as the
editor of the Times. Withutit at all pretending to
know what pretitre authority Lord Durham hsd for
his favourable anticipations of the teurse to be pur-
-1 sued in the anP roachirre 'Session, we draw very dif-
t.
ferent conclustou s from his expressions then those
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waren the .11.771 CS has endeavoured io torture out of
them. His Lordship 'curls forward to measures
which will coofitin the present servants of the Crown
in " the respect, esteem, and confidence of all classes
of Reformers." That the Times should quarrel with
this declaration of reliance on the proceedings of an
enlightened and liberal Government was to be ex-
pected ; and the forlorn attempt of our Contem-
porary to pervert the plain meaning of plain
words shows at least the importance which the
Tory party attributes to them. Throughout the whole
of the article in question there is obviously an in-
sidious design to breed ill-blood between parties
among whom the best understanding now pre-
vails, and we are satisfied will continue to pre-
vail. In its desire to accomplish this object
the Times stoops to the lowest artifices, and en-
deavours to beslaver Lord Durham with compliments
at the expense of his friends. We know how he will
appreciate such a tribute ; we know how from the
very bottom of his heart he will despise this miserable
meanness; and if ever it should cross his noble mind
to disapprove in the slightest degree any proposition
brought forward by Ministers, because perhaps it may
not go quite far enough, he may possibly recollect this
futile and silly but not the less base attempt to sow
dissention, which so far at least is likely to defeat its
own end. 17 The truth is, and that truth is evident
throughout Lord Durham's recent address, that although
he may differ from or go beyond the present Cabinet
upon some points connected with the remedy of ex-
isting abuses, he is resolved to set a good example to
" all classes of Reformers" (to use his own words),
that they may unite their efforts for one common purpose
of national improvement, and by the honest expres-
sion of confidence to encourage those in power to
spare no effort and relax no exertion to defeat the en-
deavours of the self-styled " Conservatives" to bring
back their happy days of corruption, taxation, and
Toryism. But what does all this contemptible ma-
noeuvring of the Times show but the real weakness of
its patron party, and the little hope they entertain,
notwithstanding all their boasting and blustering, that
in the ensuing session they shall be able to do any-
thing more than impede for a short time the beneficial
plans of Ministers for the reform of abuses, whether
in Church or State ? A single article like that of yes-
terday tells so much truth, that it more than counter-
acts all the falsehoods and misrepresentations from the
same quarter during the last two or three months. How
rejoiced would the Times be could it but produce a
temporary separation, or even a coolness, between a
man of Lord Durham's reputation and talents and
Lord Melbourne ! If the high character of the Noble
Earl could receive addition, this eager anxiety of the
Tories to console thetAselves with a glimpse of hope
that he would even stand neuter in the approaching
contest might be taken as a reluctant and valuable tri-
bute.—Morning Chronicle.

Under the usual head of " Irish tranquillity," and
from " a Correspondent," will be found an extract from
a Tipperary Roinish newspaper, followed by a letter
and commentary thereon, which we recommend to the
notice of our countrymen. The world,is tormented, but
not deceived, by the clamorous boastings of " Irish
tranquillity," the much-lauded work, as we arc told, of
Lord Mulgrave and his " humane" and " liberal"
Administration. Now, tranquillity is of two kinds—
" natural" and " factitious. It may proceed from
bona fide good principle, or contentment with the cir-
cumstances in which God has placed us, or respect for
and conscientious obedience to the laws, and hatred of
turbulence and uproar. In that case the public tran-
quillity is genuine and unforced, a topic of well-de-
served praise to the people, and of pride and congratula-
tion to their rulers. But tranquillity may sometimes be
• of another sort—a mere cessation of violence, a suspen-
' sion of seditious outrage, plunder, and blood-shedding,
a forbearance enjoined by the command of leaders in a
wide-spread confederacy upon their followers, got up for
an ulterior purpose, and that a criminal one, to throw a
; Government or Legislature off its guard, and to delude
either or both into the grant of powers to the conspirators
which would assuredly be withheld if no disguise' were
assumed or deception practised by them. A tranquillity
' of such a nature, so far from affording any rational
ground of panegyric Avon the state of the country,
would on the other hand be justly regarded as a cun-
ning device, set on foot by treacherous and wicked im-
postors to facilitate the consummation of crimes against
the State, which might otherwise be frustrated by
timely measures of precaution. Instead of a seeming
calm of that description being a wholesome or a happy
one, it becomes a palpable evidence that the country
is diseased to the core--that treason is organized, and
rebellion crouching, to spring with more fatal efficacy.
How often has it been remarked, and never yet dis-
puted, that during the twelve months previous to the
' bloody rebellion of 1798, crimes against house and
person were completely suspended, and whisky, the
great opener of hearts and lips in Ireland, was all but
' entirely disused. The question, therefore, at present
' stands thus—O'Connell and Lord Mulgrave boast
incessantly of the outward quiet which prevails among
' the Irish Roman Catholics. Is it true, gentlemen? Very
; well. Be it ever so true, it is consistent with the growth
' and organization of a system of extensive treason, in-
' volving rebellion against the State. It is compatible with
the most watchful, wily, and circumspect machinations
l; of the priesthood, intent on the execution of their one
paramount object—the overthrow of a Protestant realm.
It is the silence of an ambuscade, the stealthy footstep
of an assassin, or soundless and sinuous approach of
' a serpent, which strikes but never warns. But we
are among those who never have believed or admitted
the veracity of the Papist assertion, that quiet, even
outward quiet, or any general diminution of outrage,
appeared on the face of Ireland. The accounts in the
daily papers, and in letters from all quarters of that
country, demonstrate the falsehood of every such alle-
gation. There is no doubt that O'Connell and his
coadjutors would rejoice to see a glossy superficial
stillness, maintained just long enough to promote
their own selfish objects, and to blind the Legis-
lature to the permanent impolicy of yielding the
demands of those incorrigible though artful conspira-
tors. The fact is, however, that the priests and de-
magogues, powerful over the Papist multitude as they
may be in certain directions and to certain ends, have
in one particular undermined their own authority.
They have preserved what they had in 1798—the most
frightful power of inflaming the Irish populace—but
the power of repressing andregulating its violence, even
for the advancement of a common end, they cannot
exercise with all their former efficiency. The fierce-
ness they have inspired exceeds the discipline they
have established, and bursts asunder in many, though
not in all possible instances, the restraints which for
prudence sake they would eagerly impose upon their
followers. But as for tranquillity in its true and fair
acceptation, what would be the worth of that tranquil-
lity, and how spurious would be its nature, which
formed part and parcel of a deliberate scheme for
bidding defiance to the laws I Read the statement
which we set out with alluding to, taken from the
" Tipperary Free Press," with the paraphrase and
comment subjoined thereto by our correspondent, and
then say how much per square mile would be the
market value of a tranquillity so founded, so directed,
and so displayed ? Here is a priest who collects a
concourse of angry peasants, whose numbers are "in-
calculable," with a body of several hundred horse-
men, and for what purpose? Why, to defeat the
law, for that alone—that there may be mani-
fested to that " incalculable " multitude the exist-
ence in the country of a power which the law is
utterly unable to contend against, and the prevalence
of a danger far more imminent and more terrible than
that of any punishment which the law administered by
the vassals of lawless force can inflict. Does any man
in his senses imagine that the priest who drew together
such a mass of the peasantry for an illegal purpose— 1