The Sun.
London, England, 1834-12-24 00:00:00

DUBLIN.

FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.
Peel's Programme, whatever effect it may work in Eng-
land, has played the mischief with his Pseudo-Reforming
friends in this country. They are thrown now exclusively
upon ultra-Protestant support ; and that, divested of the
rank and file of Popery, will make but a poor show at an
election. The one thing, about which there can be no mis-
take in the whole of his wily Manifesto, is the declaration
for maintaining the Irish Church Establishment intact, in
all its broad-blown enormities. That simple paragraph. has
confirmed the hostility of seven millions to his Government,
and now, indeed, the cry of " Tithe, or tithe," will resound
from one end of Ireland to the other. Those who desired
to see the speedy end of the Tory rule, and to combine the
Irish people together for that purpose, could not have
prayed for anything more pat to their wishes than Sir Ro-
bert Peel's candid explanation. Let him now dissolve the
Parliament as soon as he likes. If he is to have a majority,
he must look for one in England ; for here he has none to
befriend nor any to tolerate him, save amongst the wildest
of the Orange fraternity.
Lord Chandos may talk till he is hoarse, of all the good
in store for the agriculturists. The farmers of Ireland
are assured of this—that if the Tories can hold their
ground, they will be forced to pay the tithes to the last
farthing. This is the only promise made by the First Lord
of the Treasury, which admits no doubt at all.
It is in vain for landlords to require, for agents to inti-
midate, for candidates to wheedle and beat about the bush
now. The pledge must be everywhere broadly and unequi-
vocally given of war against the tithe-proctor Tories; for
no Catholic voter can support an adverse, or even a neutral
candidate. God grant that the excitement and indignation
which this stern death-blow to the hopes of the country
cannot fail to arouse, may exhaust itself in Constitutional
re-action ?

This letter of Sir Robert's, if printed off in thousands
and placarded all over the country, will produce more agi-
tation than ten proclamations of O'Connell. No doubt it
will be circulated industriously with ample note and com-
ment by that eminent casuist ; and the infallible result must
be, that every constituency which has a majority of Catholic
electors, will return a member pledged to oust the pre-
sent Cabinet. Many thousands of Protestants will cue-ope-
rate for the same object, and Ireland will send eighty
pledged opponents of the United Government to the next
Parliament, should Sir Robert be the fool to change the
de'il he knows for the de'il he dont't know. Before another
year goes over, the clergy will be lamenting the loss of that
Bill which their over kind friends in the House of Lords
rejected.
The bustle of election preparation is going on in all parts
of the country. Mr. W}se has been put in nomination
along with Mr. Barron for the city of Waterford ; they are
both Catholics, and opposed to the Tories. It is confi-
dently expected that they will throw out Mr. Christmas,
the Conservative Member, who was returned in 1832, in
consequence of a division among the Reformers. Mr.
Christmas has just put forth a confession of political faith,
which has the ill fortune to give satisfaction to neither
party. He is for an abolition of tithes, subject to certain
conditions, not very well defined in his letter ; and he pro-
tests against a " factious opposition to any Government
which his Majesty may think fit to appoint." The meeting
at which it was resolved to support Messrs. Wyse and Bar-
ron was attended by a number of electors, including some
of the most spirited and respectable inhabitants of the town.

TILE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1834.