The Sun.
London, England, 1833-09-20 00:00:00

STATE OF IRELAND, DUBLIN, SEPT. 18•

(FRO3I OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
" Why discontent for ever harbour'd here,
Incurable consumption of our peace."
Youxa.

We are at present enjoying a state of compa-
rative repose, which, though not very tranquil,
is refreshing. The recent political and predial
excitement is subsiding, or controlled so effec-
tually by the coercive Bill, as to leave scarcely
enough of agitation to keep warm the life
blood
of our restless nation. This state of things is
almost unprecedented in Ireland. In the absence,
therefore, of conventional clamour, apprehen-
sion, and savage ferocities, it would be well to
contemplate the prospects of our future quietude
and welfare. A favourable opportunity seems
to present itself, even though the departure of
one and arrival of another Lord Lieutenant,
were not events which of themselves called forth
observation.

The Marquis of Anglesea resigns the helm
of state, bearing with him the good wishes and
approbation—only of the few who have not
been warm partisans of contending factions. It
has been his lot to preside over the destinies
of this illfated land at periods the most critical
in her annals, and though he may not have suc-
ceeded in pleasing the many, his departure is
regretted by all who are capable of appreciating
the highminded and chivalrous spirit with which
he has endeavoured to discharge the important
tru t committed to his care. He has certainly
set the example of a line of conduct from which,
in the present position of affairs, his successor
must not deviate. The Ascendancy or Orange
faction is completely put down. Should it ever
again raise its head with a view to exclusive
monopoly and power, it must be owing to the
remi,sness of those who should be the guardians
of equal rights and privileges, or to the corrup-
tion of a new faction springing up from among
that very class who have been the footstool's
of this hitherto dominant but now prostrate
oligarchy.

Such is the condition in which the Marquis
of Wellesley will find his country ;—greatly
changed since his former government, but still
requiring the firmness, vigilance, and ability of
an honest statesman. There never, perhaps,
was a time when the welfare of the future more
depended on the conduct of the present. The
tranquillity of millions of people yet unborn,
must depend on the mode in which Government
shall dispense its patronage during the next
seven years ; as well as on the measures
adopted by the legislature within that pe-
riod for the amelioration of this country.
Our rulers should, therefore, be guided by
discrimination, if they would administer even-
handed justice. Party distinctions must, in
the first instance, be abolished, or the spirit
of emancipation and Reform will fail of
their intended effects. I mean, not only
the distinctions of Catholic and Protestant,
Whiteboy and Orangeman, Repealer and
Unionist, but the various other denominations
which ascendancy, monopoly, bigotry, ignorance,
and intolerance, both civil and religious,
generates and keeps alive among every people
on the surface of the globe. Never was
the maxim, " party is the madness of many for
the gain of a few," more clearly exemplified than
in the past and present history of Ireland. This
is the hydra, that for centuries has poisoned the
springs, or devoured the scanty produce, which
the hand of nature, in despite of a virulent and
blighting influence, has diffused over this fertile
land. The monster, it is true, has been crushed;
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to increase and multiply from its prolific and
pestiferous remains

Hoc opus, bic labor est.
It seems this work of difficulty has been reserved
for a nobleman, who has already evinced some
good qualities in the government of Ireland.
The Marquis of Wellesley first probed the sores
with which she had been long afflicted, and lent
a patient ear to the complaints of her suffering
people. His literary acquirements and impartial
criticism stimulated the zeal, and added character
and effect to the writings of as sincere a patriot
as vir ue ever enlisted in the cause of his
country. For the valuable letters of Doctor
Doyle, during the Marquis of Wellesley's ad-
ministration, we are in a great measure indebted
to that nobleman's taste and judgment. Had
he not been as liberal, as he was correct and
discriminating in awarding the palm to the young
Catholic prelate, in his controversy with the late
Doctor Magee, Archbishop of Dublin, we
perhaps should not have had that quick suc-
cession of powerful epistles from J. K. L. which,
if not the immediate, were certainly the princi-
pal amongst the remote causes of Catholic
emancipation, and the other measures of na-
tional advancement still in progress. But as the
richest jewels are soonest found to wear
their setting, the vigorous mind, that toiled
indefatigably for the restoration of our country,
now consumes and wastes away the body, that
would encumber or delay its pure and sublime
excursions. While the welfare of his country
still demands aid and eloquence of no ordinary
power, and a Reforming Administration sends
back an impartial Governor, it is to be regretted,
that a debilitated Constitution deprives us of
the mental exertions of that poor and pious
Prelate whose learning, philanthropy, and disin-
terestedness might avert the evils still threatening
his country.
Society is unhinged ; and the times in
which we live are pregnant with discord
Between religious feuds and party spirit, at
at this moment very violent, and the distress and
wretchedness of our operatives and peasantry,
this country trembles like earth in the vicinity of
a volcano. All is now calm and quietness, and
scarcely a rumbling sound betrays the internal
workings of the approaching eruption. Yet a
little while, and the jarring elements meet in
dire concussion, if not restrained and mollified
by some superior power.

" Ni ac terras, ( celumque profundum
Quippeferant rapid' serum, verrantque per auras."
The evils here portended, are not of an im-
mediately forcible and violent description. They
are, however, such as to require the vigilance
and attention of those who have the moral as
well as the physical power of controlling them,
and shall be further explained in a subsequent
letter.

It was formerly mention ed that the Duke of
WEr..i.rNcToN was expected at Eglinton Castle, on the
oceision of the Earl coming of age. We hear that a
requisition is in course of signature in this city, offering
his Grace a public dinner.— Glasgow Chronicle.
AWFUL DEATII.-01) Wednesday night an
inquest . sky-h at the George and Dragon, Greek-
mtreek :... t ,' body of Mary Roome, aged 53. The
ditelkilAEon: ... y \ vening addressed Mr. Newman, the
iaiidlOrdefilho. k ..ni , e and Dragon, in a very incoherent
,ti
:iviy, exclanng.,- q eg your pirdon—but you will—
,.;your house robled.l Ir. Newman and some bystanders
,'-took hold, of her, vv en suddenly her under jaw frhl, her
eyes *une fixed, 3nd she was evidently in the agonies
of deeitli47i*edical assistance was procured, but it was of
no avaittlt 6- " Died by the visitation of God."
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