The Sun.
London, England, 1825-05-13 00:00:00

THE LONDON JOURNALS.

DAILY
Extracts from the Mornzng Papers, May 13, 1825.

[THE PUBLIC LEDGVII-1
The French Papers exhibit an extraordinary
interest in the Bill now pending in the British
Parliament for the relief of the Irish Catholics.
The liberal Journals, with little credit to their
political consistency, though in perfect conform-
ity with their scepticism ►n religious matters,
wake it often a text for a lecture on the intole.
rauce of their opponents; and thus, for the plea-
sure of a party tirade, underrate the merits of a
question tt.at, in whatever light it is received, is one
of the most important that has been agitated in
this or any other age. In the manner in which
they occasionally treat it, there is disguised,
perhaps, a feeling of secret hostility towards
the English Nation ; and in speaking lightly of
the claims of six millions of• the people of Ire-

laud, they may entertain a hope of confirming in
their blind infatuation the English opponents of the
measure. On the contrary, the Ultra Journals
• affect the greatest sympathy with the Irish Ca-
tholics, though they can scarcely disguise their
joy at the turn which the question may possibly
take. They look upon it only as a means of
weakening the British Empire ; and if it were to
pass, their vexation would be indescribable.
Their party, we are told, watch its progress with
an anxiety just as great as if their own weal de-
pended upon it. A Gentleman, who has-just
arrived from Paris, and upon whose information
we can place reliance, assures us that it is the de-
termination of the Ultras to make a grand effort
for the purpose of *tUrning out the present Mi-
nisters, in the event of the prayer of the Ca-
tholics being again rejected. It is their wish
to have a Cabinet which should take ad-
vantage of the distractions, which they hope
it would create in Ireland. They hail with un-
bounded joy the prospect of the incurable dis-
sections in that country, which they see in the
agitation of this question, and speak already of
'composing a Ministry of such men as Fitzjames,
Ilyde de Neuville, Montmorency, and Chateau-
triiand, who, they say, would not neglect so
favourable an opportunity to weaken the power,
and perhaps overturn, the liberties of this country.
In her present state, she offers an insurmountable
obstacle to the designs of the *Ultras ; and as long
as she retains it, they know well that they
.have no hope of establishing in France their
favourite system of government. To accom-
plish this, whilst England exercises her pre-

sent influence on the affairs of the world,

they are aware is wholly impracticable ; and
-they also_ know that there is but one chance
of depriving her of that influence, which they
hope to find in the rejection of the Catholic
gill. We have therefore no difficulty in credit-
ing the statement, which represents them as
watching with intense anxiety the Parliamentary
proceedings upon this great measure.—We fear
that the French Ultras are not the only persons
u the 'Continent who exhibit this lively interest ;
but that it is felt, wherever a jealousy of English
p?wer, and a dreacrof English liberty, prevail.