The Sun.
London, England, 1824-12-21 00:00:00

[MORNING CHRONICLE.]

The Courier may boast of the numerous corn-
municatious'which it receives from every part of
the country,:eneouraging it to persevere in sound-
ing the alarm against Popery. it may assail the
Catholic Priests, the Catholic' People, and the
Association io Dublin,in which that. People find an
organ, with all the violence of invective. The
attempt to alarm John Bull has completely fail.
ed We are ready to admit that our contem-
porary had played his part in ,this. notable
conspiracy against commoneal
and ability whichi
sense ;andtlat
twenty years ago, the zeal
he has now displayed to so little purpose
would'have almost convulsed the country; hut,
it is with these. No Popery cries as With other
artifices ; on repetition they are apt to fail of
their etlect.,, No one doubts the receipt of num-
berless communications ; for the' Church Mili-
tant is, no doubt,assiduous in clapping our con-
temporary on the shoulder, that his courage
may continue screwed to the sticking, place ;
but John Bull is now soberly employed in
calculating when he is likely to receive his first
remittance from the Mexican Mines, in weighing
the arguments for and against Itail.roadsi in
conjecturing whether the floods, by producing
the rot, is likely to donlile 'the price of mutton„
and what addition the prosperity- of British agri-
culture is likely to make to his butcher's bill ; so
that even the infallible Bull unigenitas, and the
prospect of blazing piles, that place where Bulls
of a very different description now congregate,
for the roasting of heretics, are all disregarded.
Even the attempt to touch John's pride by: the
demand whether he would allow Himself
to bullied into concessions to the •Catholics,,
has coMpletely failed.—ln fact every man
of sense sees that, religion is the last thing'
about which those who are now raising this
clamour : against the Catholics, really concern
themselves. They see a small fraction of a
nation bestirring itself to retain the body of that
nation in thraldom, that it may continue to enjoy
a monopoly' of power and place. They see this,
and they know moreover that the continuance of
this unnatural state of things costs the people of
England upWards of four millions a year. They
also that so long as the Orange exclusion
system is continued, Ireland can never know
peace, that the absence of tranquillity is a bar
-to enterprise, hat the population cannot conse-
quently be employed at home, but must seek our
shores, -to draw, down our own labourers to the
Irish leveh- They. may dislike the infallible Bull
:unigenitus, and the Catholic Religioni but they
May at the.same.time wish to observe' some mea-
sure in their hatred. They' may, thinkw.ithT/ie
Courier, that the Itev•Peter Daly-is necessarily
insincere,
because he has only
year, while the p.scopal reVeoues of his Grace
ally ing 01. 601. a
of Toni prove that conscience alone made turn a
Protestant; but still arty may choose to
.evince
their dislike of 81)4 their admir,tion.
of his Grace (whose virtues have been 6fteri
tolled), by a sacrifice somewhat less c.,0.A1y than
the prosperity of Ireland andli reat Ecitaio.

[Tut: pout.tc LEDGER.]
Several absurd l'Utlititifi wore put into circula-
tion yesterday ; that Mr. Gunning had tendered
his resignation ; that ti„,,ela system of coercion,
at out conciliation, VFll$ =•ttYbe Ole ride in Ire-
land, whil4l Nlarqui Wellese4Yl who would
be 'wither, t,eful nur trailaide under the new ar-
rangt-mentr,, Was to be recoiled ; And lastly, that
all idea of recognizing the political existence of
the New States of America, had been abandoned.
,These reports, notwithstanding their palpable

absurdity, served at first to create a slight alarm,
but a very little reflection was sufficient to dissi-
pate it ; and even credulity itself could not long
be imposed upon by the rumour, that the manage-
ment of the foreign interests ofthe country would
be taken away from the able bands to which it
is now confided. The Public may rest assured,
that there is uo question of foreign nor domestic
policy that would not be conceded to Mr. Can-
ning, if he were to insist upon it as the condition
of his remaining in office. If his colleagues could
reconcile themselves to the loss of his diplo-
matic services, they would ieverely feel the
subtraction of his Parliamentary aid. Besides,
it is understood that the Cabinet has ter-
minated the important discussions in which
it had been lately and so earnestly engaged ;
and that the results were laid before his Ma-
jesty on Saturday last, though it is supposed
they had been communicated to the King
two days before, by the Earl of Liverpool.
If his Lordship was the reporter of the decisions
of the Cabinet, they were not, we are convinced,
of an illiberal character; and neither the peace
of Ireland, nor our interests in the New World,
would suffer in consequence.

THE HAMPSHIRE GENERAL BENEFIT SOCIETY

Rosisty.--A very respectable Meeting was
held on Saturday at the Town Hall, .1. C. SHARP, Esq.,
Mayor, in the Chair, to consider the expediency of esta-
blishing a Branch of the Hampshire General Benefit Society,
when the measure was unanimously resolved upon, and a
Local Committee, consisting of twenty-five Gentlemen, im-
mediately nominated (together with all Gentlemen hereafter
becoming honorary members) to carry into effect the rules and
regulations of the institution.
The Rev. John Ford was appointed local agent, and Messrs.
Beddome and Winter the local surgeons to the Branch Society.
Mr. Lintott, in proposing Messrs. Beddome and Winter, took
the opportunity of calling to the notice of the Committee the
very useful information they had given the Rev. Secretary, in
the primary arrangements of the institution, and that they had
most liberally offered gratuitous advice and attendance upon its
members, if such should be required by the Board of Directors.
Mr. Hor.ams, in proposing the thanks of the Meeting to
the President, Join.; FLEinixo, Esq., for his active and dis-
interested exertions In furthering. the objects of the Society,
observed that he felt great satisfaction in moving the resolu-
tion, because, as a freeholder of the county, he sincerely
thought that the worthy Gentleman not only deserved the
thanks of his constituents for the interest he had taken in the
support of this measure, but also for his firm, constitutional,
and upright conduct as a Member of Parliament. He was
sure there was no Gentleman present who would servilely oiler
fulsome compliments to a superior, but they were all disposed
to bow to honest dignity of talent and virtue, and to acknow-
ledge merit wherever they found it. He felt satisfied that the
meeting would agree with him that 111 r. F. merited the good
opinion and confidence of the county. With respect to the in-
stitution itself, Mr. H. did not profess to be intimately ac-
quainted with the details,. but he knew enough to be satisfied
of its superiority over societies of a Similar nature. It appeared
to him to combine the advantages of Friendly Societies, with-
out their disadvantages, which were numerous, and frequently
called for the correction of the Legislature. The principles of
this Society tended to impress on the minds of the poor the
good sense of that admonition, which said—
. " For age and want save while you may,
" No morning sun lasts all the day."
And the institution itself was likely to encourage union and
good-will between the poor and the rich, by shewing the former
that they might derive solid advantages from the gratuitous
contributions of the latter. After a few other observations,
Mr. Holmes moved a vote of thanks to the President, which
was seconded by Mr. James Aldridge, and carried unani-
mously. A similar honour was conferred upon the Mayor, for
his readiness in calling the Meeting, anti for his able conduct
in the Chair.