The Sun.
London, England, 1834-05-22 00:00:00

abolition of tithes, just and liberal compen-
sation to the working clergy. and not their
degradation,—will now be acceptable to the
people of England, provided there be such
a reform of the church as shall make its
ministers really and truly the instructors of the
people. But if this be denied, or even post-
poned, how long will the nation continue
moderate, as it is now, in its expectations and

designs ?
Let the Church-rates be abolished, the
Universities be effectually reformed, the Re-
gistration Bill and a Civil Marriage Bill be
passed, and a Charter granted to the London
University without delay, and the reasonable
and reflecting portion of the Dissenters will be
satisfied; but the nation—never, until the Church
has been so effectually refoimed as that it shall
be made a source of the greatest possible good
to the whole community. Accurate informa-
tion of the value of the lands, buildings, tithes,
and endowments claimed by the Church is,
however, the first and indispensable step to the
requisite reform.

Mr. O'CONNELL has addressed a letter to
the editor of the Dublin Pilot, which, coupled
with his late conciliatory speech on the Tithe
Commutationßill,—a speech that had the effect
of throwing Mr. STANLEY into fits of ecstacy,
—wears a very significant aspect. The lion. and
learned member seems to be precisely in that'
state of political vacillation which it requires
only an expert tactician to turn to good ac-
count. : He is halting between two m
tives—between his apprehensions for the web
fare of his beloved Erin, and his natural, and
indeed laudable, anxiety to serve himself. He
would, and he would not, take office, as the
following passage shows, which betrays in every
line an uneasy, restless, hesitating state of
mind :—" Ministers have solemnly pledged the
Parliament to remove ' the just complaints' of
the people of Ireland. A Cabinet minister—,
one of the first in rank, and one of the highest
in talent—has publicly and unequivocally de-
clared that the tithe system in Ireland, as it
relates to the established church in its present
form, is a just complaint.' Shall it be re-
dressed ? Alas ! fear not. But why should
I fear either alternative ? If this just com-
plaint' be redressed, then the people of Ireland
will have obtained a great, a solid, a permanent
advantage. If it be not redressed, then the
honest, the undismayed Repealers will, with me,
point to the falsification of the address, and,
exclaiming against the living lie,' feel more
deeply how impossible it will be to expect
justice from any other than a domestic legislature.
This experiment is being made—as the phrase
is—it is in progress. The people of Ireland are
showing their readiness to receive with heart-
binding gratitude the act of justice which they
require in fulfilment of a most solemn promise.
For my part, I am ready to make every sacri-
fice to obtain the jitylment of that promise.
What will the Ministers do—promise and per-
form ? Oh, I fear not—promise, and falsify
their own promise ? Continue, I would en-
treat my loved countrymen, continue your pre7
sent attitude of perfect readiness veconciliation:.!
The above passage is inexpressibly diverting,
from the attempt it makes at mystification—
from its roundabout way of expressing a very
simple and obvious fact. Every one knows
that Mr. O'CoNNELL's usual epistolary ad-
dresses to his countrymen are terse, pointed,
and epigrammatic. Now the present is remark-
able for the absence of all such peculiarities. It
is•as studiously vague and wordy .as one of the
late Lord CASTLEREAGH'S speeches. Trans-
!ate .1 into English, it means this ;—Ministers are
now busy with their Tithe Bill ; if they frame
it so that I can consistently advocate it, I will
at once throw Repeal overboard, and take office
under them. • But " oh," (we can imagine the
pathetic spirit in which this "oh" was penned)
I feel they will falsify their promise, and give
me no excuse for nestling under their wings.
In this case, therefore, I shall still con-
tinue a Repeal agitator ; but, in the mean-
time, till matters are arranged, I must beg
my countrymen to stand in an "attitude of per-
fect readiness of conciliation."

So far as the public interests are concerned, we
hope matters may be arranged to Mr. O'CoN-
NELL'S satisfaction. It would be curious, to be
sure, to see him seated on the judicial bench,
and in that capacity denouncing Mr. FER-
GUS O'CONNOR for agitating the highly
unconstitutional measure of Repeal : still even
this would be preferable to seeing him
continue his present vocation, as the arch-
agitator of Ireland, and the perverse thwarter
of all salutary measures of reform. It is a fine
game of finesse that Ministers and Mr. O'CON-
NELL are just now playing with each other.
Some of our readers may, perhaps, have
seen a shrewd old fisherman angling for a trout
of eval shrewdness, and admired the way in
which the cunning creature swims up to the bait,
turns it round and round, just gives a sort of a
half-nibble at it, and then startled at some
slight shadow thrown perhaps by the nervous
angler, as he steals nearer to the
water's edge, turns tail, and swims away.
Just in this dexterous spirit, are Ministers
now fishing for O'CONNELL. If they even
get him to bite, they will show no common
skill ; but if they catch him, they may justly
consider themselves the most cunning sportsmen
that ever threw a bait. But we have our doubts
of their success. DANIEL is a wary old fish,
up to all the tricks of anglers, and though by
no means wanting in voracity, yet as shy as the
most knowing salmon that ever swam, in the
Shannon.

A letter is in town by the last packet from
Mexico, dated from the city, and written by General
Pedraza, which states that the insurgent leaders
Bravo and Canalizo, whose united force was redued
to 300 cavalry, had made fresh proposals for submisson
to the Government, which were under consideration
at the departure of the mail. Official accounts Lad
also reached the capital that Acapulco, which bad
been for a short time in the hands of an insurgent
party, had surrendered to the Government troops.--
Times.