The Sun.
London, England, 1831-01-15 00:00:00

and although O'CONNELL be the man who
swims at the head of the tide of opinion, irri-
tating and disturbing it as he goes along, he is
merely the instrument which is worked by a
superior force. Let us, therefore, not dwell
upon the conduct of individuals, but turn our
attention to an unjust Tithe System—oppressive
Grand Jury Laws—inordinate Taxes—anoma-
lous relations between Landlord and Tenant—
increasing Pauperism—and a hungry Popula-
tion now swollen to upwards of eight millions,—
and consider whether there be not enough to
do upon these topics, without wasting time to
reply to Mr. O'CoNNELL's tirades.

The Government cannot be too often warned
against those enemies to Reform, who would
perpetuate abuses for the gain of a few, little
thinking that their efforts tend not only to in-
cense the public against themselves, but seriously
to endanger the security of property. Those
whose stake in the country is the largest, are in
truth the most interested in the bringing to an
end of institutions like the Irish church, which
are at once a mockery of religion, and a viola-
tion of that first principle of social justice, which
forbids the existence of any national institution
that is repugnant to the feelings of the people.
All Governments, as HUME has observed, only
exist upon the sufferance of public opinion, and
it is therefore inconsistent with the safety of the
existing order of things, to allow popular dis-
contents to make an unchecked progress. We
speak not of the noise of the rabble—for the
rabble are happily in all countries but a small
portion of the people—but of those classes
who live by honest industry, and have, therefore,
a stake in the fortunes of their country, be its
amount great or small. In Ireland, as else-
where, the higher classes look for honours and
offices—the middle ranks to the increase of their
property—the poor to the means of subsistence.
So long as each class has open to it a fair pro-
bability of attaining its peculiar objects of de-
sire, it will not seek to molest the other classes
in their pursuits, or to change a state of society
in which, by industry, each individual may
thrive if he will. When all classes unite toge-
ther for a common object, as they did for Ca-

tholic emancipation, it is highly dangerous to
withhold from them, even for a short apace,
the relief they seek; but in the case of the
Union we want better proof than we now
possess, of the unanimity of the nation
for its repeal. The art of a demagogue
consists in persuading the ignorant who
suffer under privation, that their condition
can be bettered by some political change in
which they are, in truth, not at all interested. It

is much to be lamented that the schoolmaster
has yet done so little in Ireland to open men's
eyes to delusion and quackery. Education has
made so little way in that unfortunate land, that
the people " ask for a fish and are given a ser-
pent." It is, therefore, the more incumbent
upon all persons of influence among the Irish
people at the present crisis, whilst they exert
themselves for the reform of the abuses which
bend Ireland to the ground, to do what in them
lies to point out the certain mischief of a sepa-

ration which, by severing the poorer and ruder
island from the richer and more civilized one,

would frightfully retard the advance of the
former in the useful arts, in public wealth, and

n general happiness.

In another part of The Sun will be found a
sensible and temperate letter on the subject of
the Coal Trade, in which the writer points out
the evils of this great monopoly with much
sagacity, and projects one or two partial
remedies.

In our remarks on the Barilla Duty yester-
day, we should in strictness have asked whether
the minute in question was not left at the
Treasury, rather than at the Board of Trade.
We repeat our question in other respects toti-
dem verbis, and if the gentlemen alluded to can-
not answer it, let them on this subject " for
ever after hold their peace."

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.)

FROM LLOYD'S.

PORTMOUTH, JAN. 14.—Wind E.—Sailed his Ma-
jesty's ship Highflyer, on a crnize.
DEAL, JAN. 14.—Wind N.E., light breezes.—Ar-
rived from the river, the Scotsman, Caple, and sailed fur
Jamaica ; the Solos, Crickenay, and sailed for the Cape of
Good Hope.
FALMOUTH, JAN. 13.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrived the
Chichester, Helger, from Seville.
DARTMOUTH, JAN. 13.—Arrived the Hortense, Dob-
belar, from Alexandria. Part of the cargo thrown over-
board.

BRISTOL, JAN. 14.—Arrived the Henry, Wiskett, from

Terceira.

GREENOCK, JAN. 12.—Arrived the Bayard, Smith,
from Charleston.

DUBLIN, JAN. 13.—Arrived the Swift, Newell, from

Leghorn.

Coxx, JAN. 12.—Arrived the Harrison and Tomb, from
Richebucto.

WATERFORD, JAN. I2.—Arrived the Eleanor, Reed,
from St. Andrew's, New Brunswick ; William and Jauieg,
Nl'Mann, from Gibraltar ; Sir John Newport, Nichols,
from London.

PENZANCE, JAN. 13.—The Monassia, Moyse, from
Dublin to London, has been surveyed, Part of the keel is
broken, and several planks in her bottom stove. Ethe
will
commence unloading to-morrow if she can be got into a
birth.

AMSTERDAM, JAN. 11.-The Virginia,
Ilasaien, from
Riga to Hamburg, has been brought into the Nieuw Deep
leaky, and with loss of sails, and must discharge to repair.

The Standard, Potter, from Mirsmichi, has arrived off
Youghal ; the Active, from St. Michael's, has arrived at
St. lees.
Extract from the Agent to Lloyd's st New York, dated
Dee. 15 :—" We are now 53 days without advices orar-
rivals from England, and we fear that there will be much
damage in the manufactured goods on board the Liverpool
packets which have been so long at sea, and must have
encountered violent storms. Of late the averages on goods
by them have been very small indeed."