The Sun.
London, England, 1822-02-07 00:00:00

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'efarnai theme ;with the .dekn a . ert Cal kV°
of the ~Itornan Senator. The Anti-Reformers
might :remind hiM that the fulfilment of the last-
Mentioned policy Was a fatal blow. fo the power
and liberty of Roine. This question 'is shortly '
..to be brought before-the Udine by Lord Ebring-
ton -; and, it appers, with the CO-Operation of
the Westminster Reforthers—as the Hon.' Ba-
ronet-has formally declared his abandonment of
Universal Suffrage. The Agricultural QUestion
comes before the lionse of Commons next week,
under the auspices of Ministers. It was not in-
timated what precise course would be proposed;
lAA' Lord_ Londonderry stated' that the subject
had undergone, mature deliberation,

[ZIIORNINg POST.]

We mentioned briefly yesterday the opening.
of the SessiOn and the proceedings with which it
had been attended. A small portion of the veil
which-covers the views and intentions of his Ma-
jesty's Government has been raised,. but.as from
the little which has been seen it would be both
impossible to form an exact- estimate of what
may conie, and unjust to attempt it, we shall
only describe the course which Ministers
have marked out for themselves in their trans-
actions with Parliament, and through Parlia-
ment with the country. It may serve to give
some insight into the general line of their policy,
but certainly not a sufficient one to afford a basis
for argument. The only point on which it
removes all doubt, is their determination to
meet at once the difficulties of the times
in the face. There appears- to be no
dispo-
sition to delay, no shrinking on their part.—
This very day the Marquis of Londonderry is to
call the attention of the Commons to the state of
Ireland ; and in the Peers, the Earl of Liverpool
has not only laid on the table the correspondence
of the Lord Lieutenant with the Secretary of
State.for the Home Department, but it is already
printed, and in .the hands of their: Lordships.
On or before Friday se'nnight, the. Marquis of
Londonderry has announced his intention of
bringing before Parliament the. great- questiOn
of Agricultural distress, ,an4l ,of opening the
view which Ministers . take of -,the subject,
and of the remedy proper to be applied.. 'ln the
course of the following week,. the Chancellor of
the Exchequer, on moving for the repeal of the
present Act relative to Superannuations, will set
forth the rectuctions which Ministers have-made,
and describe, as far as this can be done so early
in the. Session, the condition of the revenue, and
generally of the finances of the State. The Right.
Hon. Gentleman has also declared that Govern-
ment were determined to maintain the public
faith inviolate, and that he had no intention:of
making any alteration in the circulating medium
of the country. This readiness .to investigate
and to explain, at a time when such mighty in-
terests are concerned in.the result, is a favour-
able and promising symptom ; nor is. it less grati-
fying to find, that even whilst demanding.fresh
powers for the Irish Administration to suppress
outrage and insubordination, the -first Minister
of the Crown has declared, that in. no instance
had those outrages..displayed a tra-ce-of disaffec-
, tiott,towards the Government,- or assumed. a re--
ligious complexion ; and that loyalty to-the- King
glowed at this moment. in the. breasts . of the
people at Limerick) as fervently. as it did last
year at Dublin.