The Sun.
London, England, 1833-10-19 00:00:00

polled, by a sense of justice to his own honour,
and a becoming respect to public opinion to have
recourse to a legal tribunal, thereby affording his
revilers a fair opportunity to substantiate their
charges, or retract them, in the fitce of their
countrymen.

We have been for some weeks anxiously
watching the Sayings and Doings of the great
hero of Repeal. We had calculated, as a matter
of course, that, on his return to Ireland, he
would—true to his pledges, and having his usual
keen eye to the Rent—agitate the great question
as briskly as ever, knowing well that the recess
is the only period at which he can hope to make
any profound impression on the " eight millions''
by his own personal influence. We had looked

for Repeal meetings all over the country—for
phillippics breathing the most outrageous patri-
otism—for combustible epistles, that should have
the effect of convulsing the " green isle" from
one extremity to the other. But how have we
been mistaken ! Repeal is in a state of abey.
ance. Its stern, uncompromising hero is qui-
escent. He has discovered that the question
can afford to wait. Yes, he who assured his

countrymen that he would never rest till Ireland
was restored to her former rank among nations ;
who swore to them, over and over again, drop-
ping " tears such as angels shed," while he said
so—that they could never be prosperous, nor he
happy, till their own dear Parliament was again
assembled in College Green ;—the very man who
said this, who swore this, has at length disco-
vered that he has been making " Much Ado about
. Nothing,"for that Repeal may very safely lie laid
on the shelf, or at least be shuffled off' till next
spring. Strange mystery ! Unaccountable in-
fatuation ! But we think we can solve the
problem. In plain words, then, DAN is
ratting ! Mr. LITTLETON has furnished him
with such convincing proofs that he has been
premature in his system of agitation, that he can
no longer deny the fact, and has therefore nothing
left for it, but to apologize and to recant.
With this view he proposes to pass " months of
seclusion" at Darrinane, in order to study the
great Question properly, the Rent :going on all
the while, in order that his study and his seclu-
sion may be rendered as agreeable as pos-ible.
This is natural. No man likes to study for
nothing. It is tough, unpleasant work at the
best of times, and DAN is no student for fame !
But how comes it, DANIEL,—we put our in-
terrogatory delicately and respectfully, as becomes
the inflexible character of the patriot we are
addressing—how comes it that you have occasion
for all this " study and seclusion ?" Have you
been ignorant till now of the great question of
Repeal—you, who for three years past, have
been writing and speechifying in Parliament and
out of Parliament, at breakfasts, at dinners, at
meetings of all sorts, and in all places, on
that very subject ? Have you really been
goading on your countrymen to demand
tie, restoration of a privilege, of the na-
ture of which you modestly insinuate you
know nothing, and consequently are now, for
the first time, beginning to study? Have you
been playing Ignoramus all this while, DANIEL ?
Hazarding the safety of your beloved country-
men, for whose welfare you offer up your
devotions night and morning, and from whose
pockets you disinterestedly draw some twelve
thousand pounds per annum, for a theory, yet
vague and unestablished even to your own con-
viction ? For shame, DANIEL, for shame T.
Can you make such a confession, and :yet
presume to hope that even the most idolatrous
of the " eight millions" can look you in the face
without a blush ? Do not suppose that the motives
for your "study and seclusion 'are misinterpreted.
Your course is tracked ; your manoeuvrings are
detected ; you are followed in all your windings,
DANIEL. You are studious and secluded for a
consideration, DANIEL. You will, of course,
Mr. LITTLETON knows this as well as yourself;
—make a prodigious display on the question of
Repeal next session ; yours motion will be nega-
tived by an overwhelming majority, and then—
having, as you think, redeemed your character
with your countrymen, having done your best,
and that best having failed—you will let the
question gently drop ; find out that it is mad-
ness to persevere in a cause where the odds are
so overwhelming against you, and, as a reward
for your discreet acquiescence, be raised to the
dignity of a Chief Baron, or a Master
of the Rolls, and administer those laws
which, for thirty years, you yourself have been
first and foremost to evade ! Such is the usual
wind-up of a hack patriot's career !
However, things are better as they are. For
the sake of Ireland, for the sake of England,
for the sake of common sense and justice, we
are glad that the Repeal question bids fair to
die a natural death. It was never more—it
never could be more, than a mere flashy hum-
bug, and now that its Coryphmus honestly con-
fesses he has yet to study the Question, of
course, its speedy dissolution is as inevitable as
it a dozen political doctors had been called in to
attend the case.

We have spoken with asperity of Mr.
0, CONNELL. Granted. But it is no more
than he deserves. Still, despite our anger, one
lingering feeling of admiration—which we would
fain root out, but cannot—lurks in the corner
of our heart, when we reflect how often he has
stood forward as the champion of the oppressed
in all quarters of the globe—aid that he was the
chief hishman, who, in the manhood of his
lime, when no one base thought of place de-
graded his high character, fought for, persevered
In, and ultimately won, Catholic emancipation.
But those days are past. The bold liish bull-
dog is about to be muzzier!. Henceforth he
may growl at, but cannot bite, his enemies—so
Whigs and Tories may now alike be at ease.

Vienna and other German papers, to the 9th
Ibr., arrived this morning. Their contents are not

of much interest.

VIENNA, OCT. B.—Fire per C-nt. Aletillicpes, 93
3-16 ; Four per Cent. 83 *; Bank Shares, 1,197 i.—
.Allyemeine Zeitung, Oct. 13.

The French Government are negotiating for the

introduction into France of steam-carriages. It is
said that M. Till Rs purposes to apply them to the
service, of the Post-office.

It is mentioned, in a letter from Paris, that more
than 100,000 copies of liberal and republican pub-
lications were sold there on Saturday last. This
fact shows the state of public feeling in the French
capital.

Count Ugglas and suite took their de-
parture for Hamburg this morning, by the General
Steam Navigation Cotnpany'a mail picket, the William
Jollijle.
There is at present residing at Pontymiser, in
the parish of Macben, Monmouthshire, a woman named
Ann Samuel, of the extraordinary age of 106 years. She
is able to walk about her own house with tolerable facility.