The Sun.
London, England, 1825-05-14 00:00:00

FOR THE SUN.

Mn. EDITOR—Your CorreiPotident T. W., in
your Paper of the, sth inst., says, that "the ar-
gument used by Mr. CANNING in favour of Sir
FRANCIS BURDETT'S Bill, viz., 4 that if the con-
cessions required by the Roman Catholics are
not now granted, they will in ten years be in
sufficient force to enfranchise themselves,' ought
rather, when viewed in its true and proper light,
to he considered as an unanswerable objection to
the passing the Bill ;" that is, by its being pass-
ed, the Roman Catholics will acquire accumula-
tion of power that will give them the menus
of obtaining their ultimate end (an unlimited in-
crease of that power), what they will_not have
without the Bill being passed. But, Sir, it may
not be made a question, on what the increase of
the Roman Catholic persuasion depends, whether
on the tendency which it has within itself to add
to the number of its followers, (without which
tendency I think we can hardly suppoSe that any
accumulation of power, unless carried very high
indeed, will have that effect) ; or whether on
the spirit of opposition which the present restric-
tions on it now excite? On either side of this
question, I think the opinion must rest ,chiefly
on speculative grounds ; for though it is
that the demands have encreased since the first .
concessions were made, yet former (and 1 believe
general) experience has been in favour Of the sup'
position that adherence in these cases is eticreas.
ed by, that spirit of opposition, and 'the causes
that excite it. If, on the other hand, the Ro-
man Catholic religion has within itself its own
means of increase, that increase will probably
take place in spite of any restrictions that are
employed to prevent it,
.which, at most, wilt
only retard it. But, if restrictions have, more ,
or less, a tendency to maintain that spirit of
opposition on which I have supposed (as one
opinion on the question) the adherence to re-
ligious persuasion in. a great measure to de-
pend, the lessening of them'may be expected to
have a contrary effect. :It may, perhaps, be said
in favour of withholding any further concessions
to the Roman Catholics, that it is better to " let
well alone ;" but against the existence of this
well (or at least against its stability) many argo-
ments would no doubt be brought by men of
less abilities (or less eloquence and ingenuity)
than Mr. CANNING; and indeed the argument
adduced by 'l'. W., respecting that used b 9
Mr. CANNING, seems to me to be in some de-
gree an admission that Mr. CANNING'S iirgO'
meat is not without its weight ; for T. W.'s. ob-
jection to Mr. CANNING'S application of it, 1
think, that the increase of power in the Roman
t Catholics would, a fortiori, be produced .by
Sir FftAI•ICIS ButtnErr's Bill. If this is so, our
GoVernment must be coiisidered as having only a
choice of evils, or at least of dangers, to tie
upon ; and, at any rate, the opinion formed ups"
the question must, as I have said before, rest
chiefly upon speculative grounds, and so specula-.
tive that, considering all that is involved in it,
think it is extremely difficult (to say the least)
for a thinking man to make up his mind cow'
pletely upon it. Leaving it, as it must be left;
to the 44 multitude of Counsellors."
.
I remain, Sir, your's, -&c.
May 3, 182.5. W. D.
P.S. I think, in addition to what I have Said
above, that we. may lay some stress on the bp'
proved reason of mankind, to enable them to s‘)g
through the errors, and- still greater abuses, ; -
the Roman Catholic Religion. Will this leovf
a probability that those who are not alreitlij:
attached to it by habit, interest, &c. will 0131:
brace its tenets ? And if not, will there not a
ways be a sufficient opposition to its power all
influence ?

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Yesterday niornin4, in Grosvenor-square,th Lady c'"
lotte Calthorpe, of a sin, ik:;ttlf.;
On the sth inst., at Geneva, the lady of Henry Betteso
fsf., of a daughter. ___------.

MARRIED.
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On Friday, the 13th inst., at Barnes; in Surrey; CO- oar,
Bowen, of the itciyal Navy, eldest son of Commission& 13 r ....i,
to Elizabeth Lindley; only daughter of Jereniiali Cloves, f.'
Manchester-square" and niece to the Countess of Newburqtir.
On 'Wednesday la4f; the 11 th inst.,. J. 0. Ilenrique. ';.rav,
geon, late of Kingston, Jamaica, to bliss Sarah Elix9'
"only surviving child of Abraham Bravo, Esq., (___leffsft./

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afternoon, the 12th inst., `William 04
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Mr. GecrgeM
aged 72. I
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At Mussels, on the 27th urt:, Siiiab, the lady a Rea
niiial IVinthrog. ' 'liVibet4
On the 11th '
43 • inst., at Tottenham,'
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