The Sun.
London, England, 1825-06-13 00:00:00

I agreed to at the Meeting at the Marquis of Londonderry's.—
The Duke of York is, in a more especial manner, the object of
the animosity (we might use a harsher word) of the' Catho_
lics ; and some of the speakers were exceedingly personal in
their allusions to him. This was to be expected. The King
(and the Duke spoke as a King by anticipation) who foments
sectarian animosity, will naturally be the object of sectarian
hatred. But God grant that this momentous question be
settled before he mounts the throne, for though we are per-
suaded if the two Houses were to determine on emancipation,
his so help him God would not. be in the way of his re-
ceiving a new light, if the alternative were serious (though
lie be at the head of the army), yet, as the present King has
never committed himself by any precipitate declaration,
there is the less reason for apprehending any diffi-
culties on his part. The Catholics are about to fur-
nish accurate returns of the population of Ireland, through
the instrumentality of their priests. As it appears from
the Report of the Education Commissioners, that notwithstand-
ing the large grants from the public purse for the education of
Protestants, the number of Catholics taught is still in the ratio
of 4 to 1 to that of the Protestants, we are warranted in anti-
cipating from this census a very great Catholic superiority.—
The Catholic Association is about to be revived in a new form,
and the Rent is again to be collected. For this we were pre-
pared ; for it is utterly impossible to frame a law on such a
subject which may not be evaded.

IMOWNING HERALD.
The House of Commons, very unexpectedly,
owing to the early .conclusion of the debate on the Duke of
Cumberland's Additional Annuity Bill, was enabled on Friday
night and Saturday morning to get through the fifty-two Or-
ders of the Day, and three notices, so that at two o'clock the
arrangements- for meeting on Saturday were countermanded.
The communication made by Mr. Brougham on Friday last,
respecting the Duke of Sussex, must have given very general
satisfaction. The Duke's income is 18.000/., and he has no
other advantage except the accommodation of apartments in
Kensington Palace. Allowances made by him to Lady Au-
gusilt Murray, his son by that marriage, &c. reduce his income
to 13,0001. Murray.
amount has been so husbanded, under the
management of the Legal Gentleman, according to whose ad-
vice the Duke has acted. that debts to the amount of 100,000/,
with which his Royal Highness heretofore became burdened,
have been almost wholly discharged. The Duke never applied to
Parliament for aid,nor did he seek to comnound for bis debts ; 20s.
in the Roundhare been honourably paid. This communication w.as
the more important and just,to disabuse thepublic.roind, because
during recent Royal conflicts in which Mr. Brougham himself
bore a prominent part as a Counsel, it was industriously circu-
lated, and generally believed, that the Duke of Sussex was
" over head and ears in debt—paid nobody, and could get no
credit any where." All such rumours are declared by Mr.
Brougham, in .the face of the whole country, to be, and to
have been, utterly unfounded. Nor does that which is ho-
nourable to the Duke of Sussex, showing him not to be un-
mindful of the station he holds, and the family to which he
belongs, end here. Besides his allowances to his ." wife,"
and their family, and the sums set apart fully to defray all his
debts, the Duke of Sussex is a considerable contributor to va-
rious charities, and expends constantly large sums of money•
in the formation of a library, in the purchase of rare and
valuable books, biblical as well as legal. The Duke's library
at Kensington Palace is large, choice, and valuable. The late
Dr. Parr, no mean judge in such matters, was greatly asto-
nished and delighted to find so good and extensive a library
as the Duke personally introduced him to, about two or three
years ago. Scarcely any of the good book sales take place at
which the agents of the Duke of Sussex do not attend, and
make purchases from catalogues marked by the Duke himself.