The Sun.
London, England, 1835-11-26 00:00:00

BATH.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SlR,—Feeling that in addressing you my motives may
be liable to misconstruction, where I am most anxious to
be credited for disinterestedness, I think it necessary to
premise that having retired from the profession I cannot be
supposed to be swayed by any selfish policy in stating to
you, that, notwithstanding it has been asserted that no
Protestant Minister attended, that I was present at the
dinner given at Bristol to Lord John Russell. The dinner
was a truly intellectual banquet : never do I remember to
have witnessed so intense a feeling of patriotism, such unity
of sentiment from so numerous and respectable a body. So
simultaneous was the burst of the many voices, it might be
thought to have issued from one powerful organ, sounding
the gratitude of a people restored to their rights, and
breathinc, again the renovating air of freedom, from which
• they had been long debarred. Amongst this truly respect-
able body might be seen persons of all ages, from maturity
upwards, raising their . hands and voices, in good wishes to
their noble guest and benefactor—the result of an ardour
in the cause in which Englishmen glory ; proving at once
their gratitude to their forefathers for their charter, (a
' transparency ornamented the lower part of the room,) and
emulation in vying with each other in evincing that enno-
bling feeling that " grows with our growth, and strengthens
with our strength"—nay, even with our weakness—leaving
the honest and virtuous only at -the grave. A correspon-
dent has already confuted an assertion made by one of the
high Tory papers, that this meeting was not attended by
any of the respectable merchants of Bristol, by giving a
long list of the names of many who where present of the
first eminence. With respect to the omission of grace at
the dinner, so gracelessly charged upon the company, I can
testify that a most efficient grace, " non nobis Domine," &c. '
was chanted by some of the Cathedral choir.. This cir-
cumstance rendered it unnecessary to call upon any clergy-
man, several of whom were present, as well as myself, to
officiate on this occasion. I frankly avow that I attended
because I thought then as I think now, that the ministers
of the present day arc the only ministers who have evinced
any serious anxiety to promote the welfare of the Protestant
cliurch in Ireland, by proposing to make it correspondent
with the wants of those professing that religion ; by with-
holding and applying to the general benefit of the commu-
nity from whom it is exacted the stipends of those who
have no duties to perform ; in other words, by pruning the
tree, not of its exuberances for there are none, but of its
rotten branches, and thus preventing the tree from alto-
gether perishing. Educated in England, and having been
a resident for some Yeats as incumbent of a parish in Ire-
land, I regretted much to witness a deviation on the part
of the Clergy in Ireland, in too many instances, from the
system pursued in England, to which in a great degree
n:ay be ascribed the successful progress of the Protestant
cause in England, and the comparative want of success of
the same cause in Ireland—a result to be attributed
to the want of the twice blessed " dew of charity,"
without which we are told we are but 'as " sound-
ing brass, or tinkling cymbals." I allude exclusively to the
Orange Church party, including, alas ! too large a portion
of the fair island, that dominates by misrule. Some idea
of this party may be formed by their selection and misap-
plication of passages in Scripture* in justification, as it
were, of their hatred, malice; and uncharitableness, towards
all other. sects. Neutralising all the consolations of the
Gospel, they scatter firebrands in the place of olive
branches ; wielding a wand, the very reverse, in its spell, of
that which is said to have turned all it touched to gold, that
converts all the gold it touches into the basest metal. It is
to be hoped, however, that the same kind Providence which
has lately unmasked the machinations of this party, which if
they could, would have made an Ireland of England, will
remove the mists which has for a moment 'hidden its defor-
mity, and show the party in their true colours, their appro-
priate hues—appropriate, because symbolic of jealousy and
intolerance ; and that the English Protestant Church will re-
member what the Irish Protestant Church has too often forgot,
that they profess to serve a God " ‘vhose service" is ac-
cording to their own ritual, " perfect, freedom."

I run, yours,

W. L.

* Psalm 68.—" That their feet may be dipped in the blood of
their enemies ; and that the tongues of their dogs may be red with
the same."

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR,-If it were known (to use the very words of an
article in the Morning Herald of yesterday) how much of
Cariist partiality is mixed up with the degradation that
by misfortune is attached at present to some of the London
Papers, many persons would have ventured before now to
refute the persevering and rancorous malignity with which
that Journal assails the cause of freedom in Spain.
The article in question begins by bringing to the recol-
lection of the public the incarceration of their correspondent
there. Every body who is acquainted with that fact will
acknowledge that it was a doom well merited to the part
he was acting there, and a very lenient punishment, con-
sidering the circumstances of the case. The blow that was
struck in the Bastile of Pampeluna was not, as it is asserted,
a blow against the liberty of a British subject ; it was aimed
against a person who was residing in the Spanish territory,
with the mere object of defending with his pen the cause
of the enemy of the country.
Next comes, in the said article, an attack on M. Mendi-
zabal, in language so despicable that makes it unworthy of
refutation. If Don Carlos has not raised any loan, it is
not for want of will on his own part, but on that of the
persons who could provide him with money. It is not so
far from recollection, the lot that fill to the contractor of the
loan made to Don Miguel in 1833, to stimulate any person
to enter into a similar speculation. Besides, it must be
well known to the Editors of the Morning Herald, and
much more to their imptirtial correspondent, that Don
Carlos needs not any loan, having at . his disposal the
money and resources of the Holy Alliance, and the Tories
of England.
To any but the British public, it will perhaps be neces-
sary to make some vindication of M. Mendizabal. It is
enough to say, that on the 14th of September he accepted
office, when all the Spanish Provinces were in a complete
disunion—when the'Queen's Government bad no command
riven for two miles round the capital ; and that on the 16th
November, he collected round the Throne all the Repre-
sentatives of those Provinces, animated with the greatest en-
thusiasm and decision. Perhaps before the 16th January
next, the same M. Mendizabal will send Don Carlos to the
Editors of the Morning Herald, to thank them personally
for the trouble, though ineffectual, they have taken to up-
hold his cause.

Their remarks about the Spanish Generals, who have com-
manded the Queen's troops, arc badly applied, as there is
no foundation for tb,cm. General Mina, there is no doubt,
would have put down the faction by this time, had not
the state of his health compelled him to give up the com-
mand. After his separation General Valdez could have
accomplished the same, had not the Tory Minister of England
sent over Lord Eliot to perform the then called humane and
spare-blood treaty, which has been the cause of encreasing
the faction. As to General Cordova, he is still in command
and it is hoped that his army, now joined to the Gallant
warriors of the Isle of Dogs, (as the Morning Herald called
the auxiliary troops), will give occasion to their cor-
respondent for showing his impartiality before long—that
is to say, for sending a communication to his employers,
announcing a complete and decisive victory obtained by the
united forces of Spain and the English legion over the
royal master of the Editors of Shoe-lane.
I remain, Sir, your obedient servant,
London, Nov. 26. J.

THE EXECUTION OF TO-MORROW.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR-By a letter which appears in the Morning Herald of
to-day, it appears from the Septennial Tables laid this year
before Parliament, that no execution of the, kind in question
occurred in the last seven years. Now if reference be con-
tinued by means of the annual returns it will be found that
no such execution has been ordered by the Privy Council
since the year 1822, that is, for a period of thirteen years.
Nov. 26, 1835. SCRUTATOR.