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

LONDON,
MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 9,11833.

We have not editorially noticed the Ministe-
rial pamphlet entitled " The Reform Ministry
and the Reformed Parliament," opportunely
published, and containing a simple, and, we
presume, an official summary of the real Minis-
terial and Legislative Acts of the first Session
of the Reformed House of Commons. But
we have made copious extracts from its pages,
during the last week, in our selections from the
Morning Press, and inserted the ample and vari-
ous criticisms of our contemporaries on the
merits and demerits of the pamphlet. It is
a simple and tolerably brief defence of the do-
mestic and foreign policy of the present Admi-
nistration, and a vindication of the Government
from the animadversions and slanders of the
furious and mortified Tories. Throughout the
peculiar and difficult position of the Cabinet, in
the recent session of Parliament, The Sun has
maintained an impartial and independent course
—giving due credit to Ministers proportionable
to their acknowledged deserts; on the other
hand, never failing to condemn any backward-
ness in their promotion of the ends of Parlia-
mentary Reform, and consistently ani-
madverting on any political projects of
the Ministry, which we deemed injurious to the
national interest, or contradictory of its profes-
sions. Two extremes have prevailed in the pub-
lic mind, and in the conduct of the London
Journals—one subserviently flattered and wor-
shipped every act of the Government, the other
disingenuously overlooked the many important
and valuable Ministerial measures, successfully
concluded. The invariable habit of political de-
traction is as unjust and disgusting as the con-
stant practice of subserviency and dependance.
At the commencement of the session the Re-
formers throughout the country were incensed
against the Whigs by the unfortunate and re-
prehensible Trish Coercion Bill. In the bitter-
ness of their anger they occasionally, in public
meetings, unjustly reviled the Administration—
reflected wholesale on their measures, and
allowed one sin to cancel numerous good acts,
and much grateful obligation. It is the com-
mentary on this subject—the Irish Coercion Bill—
which we most disapprove of in the pamphlet
before us. Unquestionably Ireland is " tranquil,"
as a prisoner in clanking fetters is safely manacled.
But wisdom loudly asks, what necessitated an
unconstitutional addition to the executive
power for the government of Ireland ? What
was tile cause of Irish agitation ? The
glaring and odious origin of Irish discontents,
in 1832, was the short-sighted and unjustifiable
maintenance of a Protestant Hierarchy in a Ca-
tholic country—the Ministerial preservation of
a political monster, which, if the British Go-
vernment does not exterminate, will be speedily
destroyed by the Irish people. Of course, we
thus speak of the Established Church of Eng-
land in relation to the popular religion of Ire-
land. What should we think here, and how
should we act, if the GRAND SULTAN, suc-
cessfully invading England, were to introduce the
IVlahomedan faith, and to defray the cost of his
hostile religion by the imposition of a Mosque
rate, and a tax of ten per cent. on the industry
of the farmer. 'We hope, however, to see jus-
tice done to Ireland; if not, Lord GREY may be
assured that she will render equity to herself,