The Sun.
London, England, 1822-01-12 00:00:00

[MORNING HERALD.]

Public festivities, addresses, and grand galas,
had not, it appears by the latest accounts, yet
ceased in Dublin. One would think, however,
the state of that part of the United Kingdom was
such, that the " loyal and happy people" there
would have rather curtailed than prolonged ce-
remonials, and allowed the Noble Marquis to
give his early and undivided attention to the
miserable condition in which a part of the po-
pulation is placed. The Noble Marquis and his
countrymen appear delighted with each other.
They claim compatriotship with his person, and
estimate his talents with that vivacity of senti-
ment which seeks appropriate expression in the
language of imagination ; and he accepts their
pledge, and assumes their tone, even so far as
perhaps to sacrifice a little of the elegance of his
taste. The interchange of compliments is vivid
and rhetorical ; and, if the Noble Lord's mea-
sures prove as winning as his words, the sentiment
has some prospect of duration. His Lordship's
answers to the Addresses have all the graces of
polished composition, and may well take their
place with those that remain of Lord Chester-
field in the archives of Dublin Castle. Perhaps
the mention of Lord Chesterfield will suggest a
coincidence between both Chief Governors. In

the graces and accomplishments of a courtier
and a scholar, Lord Wellesley must be his ,equal
—for it is said he has no superior; and we
should readily claim for him, at least, equality of
talent as a statesman, if we were not restrained
by oar deference for the authority of the Roman
Catholic Bishops, and the Corporation of Dublin,
who have allottedto him, in this respect, a supre-
macy of endowment with which we dare not
meddle. It is probable, that Lord Wellesley's
official responses exceed the generality of state
papers, not in eloquence alone, but also in real
feeling. It was in Ireland—in the Irish Parlia-
ment—that he commenced and at the same time
established his reputation. There is a sentence
in his answer to the Corporation, which alludes

with art and delicacy to the epoch of his early and 1
admired speech. It is not long since We happened
to meet with a copy of this speech and perused it.
With the utmost admiration of the eloquence and
talents of the orator, it would be impossible now to
read the .calculations and the prophecies of the
financier and the politician upon the French revo-
lution without a smile. But it has been the fortune
of that extraordinary event to confound in its
results both its enemies_ and its admirers. It is
observable that Lord Wellesley studiously
identifies himself with the personal feelings of
his Majesty, rather than with his Majesty's
Government. Ilis purpose, no doubt, is to che-
rish the feelings of mutual kindness and -affec-
tion generated by the King's late visit- to Ire-
land. The circumstance may suggest some far-
ther inferences, but of so doubtful a nature that
we think it unnecessary to enter into them.

[BRITISH PRESS.]
It is with noordinary sentiments of respect and
admiration, that we direct the attention of our
readers to a trait of genuine patriotism and be-
nevolence that is related in another part of our
Paper of the good and ,venerable Earl Fitz-
another column of T SUN.)—
There is a kindness of heart, united with a truly

English energy of mind, in every action of this ex-
cellent Nobleman. It is delightful to see the im-
pulses of a generous disposition blended with the
enlightened views of a statesman and a philoso-
pher, and both directed to the accomplishment of
private and public happiness. We have had oc-
casion already to notice with sincere satisfaction
acts of liberality on the part of several other
landlords throughout the kingdom, in abating
or remitting certain proportions of their rents
to their respective tenants ; but although the
act now recorded of Lord Fitzwilliam differs

but in degree from those already published,
there are circumstances thrown around it
which distinguish it by a peculiar interest.—
The relation of landlord and tenant is one which
ought to imply a reciprocity of kindly feelings,
insuring protection and friendship upon the one
side, and affectionate esteem upon the other. It
ought further to be distinguished by a conviction
of mutual interest; for the man who owns the
land and the man who tills-it are equally depend-
ent upon each other. Lord Fitzwilliam appears
in his conduct towards his tenants to be influenced
by these principles,. and the picture it exhibits is
one upon which the coldest irnaginatio❑ may love
to dwell. On Wednesday last we are told that
the Noble Earl summoned his tenants around him,
and having assembled them in his great hall, he in-
formed them that he had taken•their; sittiation,as

farmers, into his most serious consideration, and
the result of his inquiry was a conviction that a
reduction of rents. had become necessary. Ob-.
serve! Lord Fitzwilliam does not propose to
remit a proportion of the rents for the present
year alone, but to reduce the rents in perma-
nence. The Noble Earl had, in the year 1815,
already reduced his rents at the rate of fifteen
per cent.; but now, in the year 1829., after a
careful inquiry into the actual receipts and
expenditure of the farmers, he resolves to effect
a further reduction, at the rate, in some in-
stances, of '2O per cent. and in others of thirty
per cent. upon the whole of his vast estates. In
his address to his tenants, he expresses to them
his persuasion that G 4 the prices of the produce
of land are permanently fixed,* and that no
efforts of Parliament could have the effect of
raising them. The scale of the present reduc-
toin was regulated according to the just principle
that those who had expended most capital and
most labour upon their possessions, were entitled
to the largest share of encouragement and re-
ward, and to such persons a proportionate re-
duction was made. This disposition was as
wise and judicious as it was conscientiously
just ; but how many landlords are there,
who, on the expiration of a tenant's lease, con-
sider not so much the exertions of the tenant, as
the improved condition of his farm, and enhance
the future rent by a reference to the latter only
This is to punish in:lustry and enterprise, and to
make a man pay interest for the capital and la-
bour which he has himself expended. Lord
Fitzwilliam, in this particular, sets an example
which ought to become equally beneficial to
landlords and tenants, by relieving the latter

from the apprehension which not un frequently
paralyses their exertions, that instead of receiv-
ing compensation for their exertions and libera-
lity, they only labour to raise their rents against
themselves.

The Treasury Minute regulating the reduction
of salaries in the public offices, which we lately
noticed, has been finally settled, and will be
published in a few days. It ordains a reduc-
tion of five per cent. upon present salaries,
and of ten per cent. upon all increases, and,
in case of death, the representative of the party
deceased to have the benefit of the superannua-

Hon fund, as stated in our paper of yesterday.—
This indulgence is not to be granted to any new
appointments, and in case of vacancies in the se-
veral classes of clerks, they are not to be filled
up by seniority, but by merit, at the recommenda-
tion of the chief of the office. The whole patro-
nage of the office is thus placed in the chief, and
all spirit of independence is completely banished
from the officers under him.—(lbid.)