The Sun.
London, England, 1825-05-05 00:00:00

TO THE Eli it OF ,I•HE SUN

SIR—It is remarkable that you are the only
one amongst your contemporaries, except John
Bull, who has unequivocally expressed your
disapprobation of- granting further concessions
to the Roman Catholic Subjects of Great Br'.
tain and Ireland. Whilst John Bull has been
extremely violent in deprecating the measure
now pending in Parliament, alleging (hat it is a
trick got up by the Whigs,. for no other purpose.
than to embarrass his MAJESTY'S Ministers, most,
of Whom we have heard, to express their decided,
opposition to Sir FRANCIS BUnnETT's Bill, ima.
gifting thereby to create dissension .among tire
..members of the Government, and by disunitinp;
them to weaken them, you have not less decid-
iedly grounded. your opinions On the rules of rea-
•soning and sound aro-ument ; but you, yourself
.Sir, have not adduced all you could have done
in support of your opinions. Is it, sir, from any
false delicacy of feeling, or from a partial re,
Bard to Mr. CANNING, that you suffered
an argument he used to influenCe the Honse to
receive Sir F. BURDETT'S Bill, which viewed in
its true and proper light, is an unansWerable ob.
jection to the passing it ? That Right Honourable
Gentleman affirmed in his place in the Rouse of
Commons, that if the concessions required by the
Roinan Catholics were not now granted, they
zeould in ten years be in sufficient force to enfran-
chise themselves. There can be no doubt that
the Right Honourable Gentleman.meant physics;
force. Now, if in tire course of ten years the disl.
appointed Roman Catholics can acquire an aceu•
mutation of force sufficient to intimidate the
Government and both Houses 'of. Parliament to
concede to them all they are now asking, for,
With some•few restrictions, such as filling the
office of Lord High Chancellor, Cabinet Minis•
ter, and Commander-in-Chief, who %J ill venture
to guarantee to the country, that with the accu.
muhition of power they will acquire, if the Bill
passes through both Houses of -Parliament and
receives the King's assent, that in ten years they
will not insist upon the abolitiOn .of these very.
restrictions. If Mr. CANNING's argument is
founded on reasonable probability in one case, it
must be equally'valid in the other, and I really
think if the Right Honourable Gentleman,
instead of advocating the measure, had stood
up to reprobate it, he could not have followed a
more convincing flue of argumentation.
Will Lord F. L. GOWER undertake to assure
the country (holding Mr. CANNING'S argument
in mind) that at the expiration of ten years, the
Roman Catholic Clergy will he satisfied with the
provision made, 'for them by his Bill; can Sir F.
litinourr tranquillize the alarm of his country.
men and brother Protestants, too reasonably ex-
cited by the affirmation of one of the wisest and
ablest of our Ministers satisfy us, the Protestant
part of the population, that our fellow-subjects,
the Roman Catholics, having the means of ac-
quiring such power, will not seize on the church
lands in Ireland for the benefit of their own,
Clergy, or that they will even s'ror; neyE!!

T. W.

DEATH OF BARON DENTON.

(PRITATE LETTER.)-.1 iamPllt to announce to
you the sudden death of the celebrated Baron DE N ox, so well
known to all the literati of Europe. T his enlightened traveller
and munificent patron of the arts, attended on Tuesday last, at
the sale of the valuable collection of paintings by the old Mas-
ters, the property of Mons. Perrier. The concourse' of ama-
teurs which this sale had drawn together was immense, and
rendered the room in which they were assembled so oppres-
sively hot, that the Baron, unable any longer to endure it, re-
tired for relief into the fresh air. The day was 'chilly, and
sudden change of temperature produced an almost instanta-
neous effect upon him ; he was seized with a trembling, anti
getting into his carriage, proceeded immediately home ; medical
assistance was produced without delay, but the symptoms of
approaching dissolution came. on so rapidly as to convince the
Faculty that their aid was vain ; he languished till the next
clay, when. he expired. He was burled "this niorning (Satur-
day) ,at the cemetry of Pere la Chaise, attended
.by upwards
of taundred persons of the most distinguished literary
-eminence, as well as others of the highest military rank.__
His two nephews followed as chief Walther& An immense
crowd of the poorer orderS followed in the train.; and' their tears
and benedictions bore testimony to the sincerity with which his
loss was deplored. The body Was removed at • twelve o'clock
from his house on the Quoi, Vt;lttlire, to the Church ofBt:Thhmas
Agnini which was hung With black on the occasion, and high
mass performed with the utmost solemnity. There •were twelve
mourning coaches, and a considerable numberof private-carriages,
at the obsequies of this distinguished individual. A detaeh-
ment ofthe garrison rendered the deceased military honOuni.
The Baion' was in his eightieth year. His invaluable collectiOn
of rarities In works of art—the choice but very numerous amsein-
Wage of .nnique articles of Egyptian antiquity—the
paintings,:'and curiosities, of the mast interestiowsiescriywtiliii;
which enriched his cabinets, are well known to •every
man of taste' and science who has visited Parii,, to whom his
house was always open. fie possessed a vast fund of knowledgo,
which he was ever ready to Connnunicate ; his sentiments on
all subjecti were liberal and elevated. In a word, he was au
accomplished Nobleman of the old French school. AN he died
unmarried, his property; which iS very considerable, tlevOlv:.s
his two nephews, one at' whom resided with him"; the other is
Colonel in the French service.

SUICIDE.—We are sorry to relate the melan-
choly fact, that Mr. Wm. HUNTER HUTCHINSON,
aged 22, son of Thomas Hutchinson, Esq. barri-
ster, put a period to his existence on Wednesday
night last, or early oh Thursday morning. He
returned from London about a fortnight since ;
he has frequently complained of violent pains in
his head, accompanied with depression of spirits,
and on the day previous tohisdeathexhibited Strong
symptoms of deranged intellect. He committed
the fatal act by dividinh the right carotid artery
with a razor. A Coroner's Inquest was field on
the body, and returned a verdict—" That the
deceased .deStroyed himself in a fit ofitisanity..l—
Ailr'ed.)
Mr. LAmBToN, in coming down the stairs of
the Palace at Newmarket, by accident slipped
down several-steps, and from the sudden shock,
and in the fall hitting' the baCk part dr his head,
:hw
a
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rtfloy after r afewre7ou'vernetd as,
ints.ted%si b.as ie.
a; biliee,.t'olk however,to
his apartments.