The Sun.
London, England, 1836-11-24 00:00:00

THE SUN., LONDON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1836.

to reduce taxation ; discountenance jobs and sinecures ;
supply the poor with cheap and expeditious law ; with
cheap and nutritious knowledge ; and a variety of
other cheap and valuable articles, " too numerous"—
as the trade placards say—" to mention within the
limits of a band-bill" ? Above all, have they not
been constant in their reprobation of the eight hun-
dred millions of debt with which the late war saddled
all classes—the poor especially—of the community ;
and equally loud in their anathemas against the mas-
sacre at Peterloo, where the poor were slaughtered by
scores ? Really, when we come to number up all
these acts of Conservative benevolence towards the
productive classes, we are not so much surprised that
a few Operatives should be in their favour, as that the
great majority should be against them. But the
dullness--to say nothing of the ingratitude—of human
nature in the aggregate, is proverbial. Legislate in as
liberal and enlightened a spirit as they may, and as

they have ever done, still the Conservatives cannot
persuade the mass of the working classes to recognise
them as their benefactors. They will persist in think-
ing (the benighted wretches ! ) that Toryism is their
natural enemy, even though Mr. BRIGHT CROSS
takes such pains to convince them to the contrary.
We have not yet heard to what extent the landlord is
a sufferer by the late Operative blow-out at Chorley,
but have some reason to believe that he has been vic-
timised to the amount of a dozen half-pint porter pots.
It is not true, however, that he missed any silver
spoons, for those in use were pewter.

The Archbishop of Dublin has incurred the displea-
sure, and " something more," of the Tory Journalists,
for prohibiting NOLAN, the notorious reviler of Ca-
tholicism and Catholics, from holding forth in any
pulpit within the sphere of his jurisdiction. We con-

gratulate Dr. WIIATELY on this additional testimony
to his meritorious services in the cause of truth, peace,
and charity, and we ardently wish that every bishop in
Ireland would follow his example in discouraging every

attempt to inflame sectarian prejudices and produce
social disorder, whether such attempt proceed from the
ignorant zeal of honest bigotry, or the calculating spe-
culations of the cold-hearted hypocrite, with whom
that religion is ever the best which holds out the best
prospect of worldly preferment.
The assailants of Dr. WHATELY are compelled to
resort for weapons to their usual magazine of misre-
presentation and calumny. They cannot allege that
the Archbishop of Dublin has exceeded his autho-
rity in this case—has done anything that he was
not fully warranted to do by the laws and canons of
the Church. They must even confess that he has
acted leniently—as was to be expected from his truly
Christian character—towards the fire-and-faggot mis-
sionary of the Tories, who had transgressed those laws
and canons by preaching in the Diocese of Dublin
without the Diocesan's permission first had and ob-
tained, and had thereby incurred a penalty. This sea-
sonable interposition of the Archbishop's authority
cannot be questioned on the ground of its illegality ;
but, perhaps, it was an unusual exercise of eccle-
siastical jurisdiction ? Here they are met by the un-
pleasant fact, that it is far from being a rare practice
in the Church of England, and that the much-bepraised
Dr. MAGEE, Dr. WHATELY'S predecessor, and father
of the Rev. Gentleman whose pulpit was to have been
defiled by NOLAN, thought it his duty to guard the
pulpit against the intrusion cf clergymen, of whose
principles he did not -approve.
Such being the case, the organs of the " ascend-
ancy" faction vent their rage against Dc. WHATELY'S
motives. Nothing, say they, could have induced him
to act as he has done, but a desire to promote the inte-
rests of the Catholic religion, and to sacrifice those of
Protestantism. This is the cry which has been al-
ways raised against the best friends of the Pro-
testant cause—those who, being persuaded that
Protestantism is agreeable to the word of God, will
not use any weapons in i s defence which arc not only
not sanctioned, but positively and emphatically for-
bidden by that word. Dr. WHATELEY has himself
written, and written powerfully, against what he
believes to he the errors of the Church of Rome ; but
he has used argument, not invective. His
appeals are to the law and the testimony,
not to the evil passions of men. What is it
that occasions so much animosity and rancour between
the Catholics and Protestants in Ireland, but the
abuse in which many so-called Protestants and Pro-
testant clergymen too indulge towards the Catholic re-
ligion ? To revile a system of faith is surely not the way
to recommend to its votaries the system of the reviler.
On the contrary, it not only kindles the passions, and
undermines the basis of social intercourse, but never
fails to shut the heart against conviction. Let
the O'SumAvANs, the NOLANS, and all such vaga-
bondizing scamps, whose trade is to disturb the pub-
lic peace by stirring up religious rancour, if their
mouths cannot be altogether stopped, be confined to
their own cribs.
The Times, we perceive, is very angry that a charge
of apoqacy should be brought against NOLAN, because
he has forsaken his former religion. When a man re-
nounces either his religious or political opinions from in-
terested motives, such an one deserves, and, the Times
knows well, receives the name of an " apostate."

The Advices from Portugal received this morning
are not of a later date than those referred to in this
Journal of yesterday, namely, to the 16th inst. The
publication of a Royal Decree suspending the ope-
ration of the 34th Article of the Charter, which
declares that Secretaries of State are not eligible
to be elected as Deputies to the Cortes, ex-
cited neither murmurs nor uneasiness. At Braga, a
conspiracy in favour of Don MIGUEL has been dis-
covered, which has led to the imprisonment of several
influential individuals. The QUEEN was in good
health, and appeared daily in public, accompanied by
Prince FERDINAND.