The Sun.
London, England, 1825-01-01 00:00:00

be relieved from the Insurrection Act by the
proper authorities, who are empowered by the
Act to give such relief. But it is not very read
sonable to augur the tranquillity of a whole pro-
vince, from the present and somewhat extraor-
dinary appearance of tranquillity in a single
county. The same article contains a gross and
vulgar attack upon Sir George Hill, the very re-
spectable Vice-Treasurer of Ireland, on account
of his late Speech at the Anniversary of the shut-
ting of the gates at Limerick. The Worthy Ba-
ronet has always expected, and will probably al-
ways receive similar attacks from the class of per-
sons %%Ito have invariably hated him for his upright
public conduct. The audience whom he ad-
dressed on the late occasion are classed with
" apprentice boys," and allusions are conse-
quently made to " 4 apron wearing" and shop-
sweeping." We are surprised that such con-
temptuous allusions should find a place in the
Paper iu question ; seeing that they must be
considered as personally reflecting upon so large
a majority of its readers. The article closes
with the following happy sentence : 44 If we
were given to blushing we might change co-
lour at such dirty sights." We can relieve
them from any apprehension on this subject. It
is generally believed that they are not given
to " blushing ;" but it is known that, if ever they
were to blush, it would not be at " a dirty sight.",
They did not blush at the dirty London sights of]
the autumn of 1820, nor did they then have the
slightest objection to whole groups of apprentice
boys, journeymen tinkers, and unwashed artizans
of every description, with their wives and daugh-
ters, aping and insulting their superiors.

[BRITISH PRESS.]
By the German Papers received yesterday our
readers will see that his Majesty, as King of
Hanover, has issued a Proclamation, declaratory
of " a perfect equality of civil and political
rights" among all Christians, to whatever sect or
community they may belong. It was provided
by the Act of the German Confederation in 1815,
that there should be no difference of civil and po-
litical rights in any part of Germany, in conse-
quence of the differences of religious opinion that
may prevail among the Christian inhabitants.—
The Proclamation of his Majesty is therefore not
a measure of original legislation ; it is simply an
ordinance to carry into execution, within his own
dominions, the wise and liberal principles on
which the German system is in that respect
founded. 'We feel particularly gratified, how.
ever, in seeing the illustrious name of our Sove-
reign prefixed to an authoritative document recog-
nising, in the face of the world, that " all Christian
communities have a right to the unobstructed
and free exercise of their religious worship ;"
and, in another passage, expressly abolishing
" the notion of a predominant church, and of
merely tolerated sects." The appearance of this
ordinance, at this moment, may, and we trust
will, have effects highly beneficial in that part of
the United Kingdom which is now torn with re-
ligious dissentions. The King had given his
royal assurance to the people of Ireland that they
should have justice, and every measure of Govern.
meat since his accession had testified his Majesty's
anxiety to obliterate the distinctions of country
and religion that yet remained between his suh-
jects. Unfortunately the Catholic leaders have
since judged it necessary to press their claims in
a manner which has called forth the active hos-
tility of their old adversaries. On calm reflec-
tion we think the Catholics must deeply lament
the position in which they stand with regard to
Government. They must feel that whatever
blame may attach to the conduct of their anta-
gonists, much also is justly due to their own ; and
if the success of their cause be retarded, they
must be conscious that they owe the failure prin-
cipally to their own intemperance, and to the
choice they had made of instruments and allies.

[THE PUBLIC LEDGER.]

New York Papers to the 9th, and Charleston
to the 4th ult. arrived last night. Their con-
tents, though highly gratifying to such as sym-
pathize in the grand struggle with the people
the Southern section of that Continent are'
making for their independence, sink into insigni- '
ficance, as compared to the resolution confi-
dently ascribed to our Cabinet, of immediately
recognizing their political existence. A ru-
mour to this effect prevailed very generally yes-
terday ; and to chew the impression which it
made, it is only necessary to say, that it had a
a very conside9•able improvement on all the se-
curities of the New States. This would be
another signal, and we might, with propriety, say a
decisive triumph of liberal principles, in the Ca-
binet ; for this victory would be followed by
others, till the policy of the country, domestic as
well as foreign, should be purged of every thing
alien to our interests as a free, commercial, and
eminently enlightened people. Ministers had
only to chuse between this course and the pe-
nalties of adhering to a system, which every day's
experience shews to be utterly incompatible with
the wants and spirit of the nation. The effects of
this system, so long as it prevailed, were gnawing
discontent, besides the stagnation of all the
vital principles of our prosperity at home ; whilst
our best interests abroad were slighted, for fear
of impeding the march of despotism. Our di-
plomacy seemed to be wholly subservient to the
Machiavelism of three or four despotic Courts,
who, in return, published Decree after Decree
against our commerce, whilst thay hunted down,
with implacable rage, all political institutions
having any affinity to our own. What a change
has been effected in our situation at home and
abroad by the triumph which sound prin-
ciples have obtained in the Cabinet. The
most perfect tranquillity and contentment
prevail in every part of the Empire, with the
exception of Ireland; and all the effortsof Govern-
ment have been happily directed for some time
to remove this exception. Our foreign interests
exhibit, in a still more gratifying way, the effects
of this liberality ; and we may safely say, that
the influence of England in the transactions of
the world was never more conspicuous than it is
at the present moment. There would be no boast
now in saying, that " a cannon shot cannot be
fired in all Europe without her consent;" and