The Sun.
London, England, 1835-04-14 00:00:00

change his spots, or the YEthiop his skin. ln the '
mean time, the Popish press uses such language as the
following, to show that there is a total absence of any
endeavour, on the part of the Papal and the repeal
faction, to coerce or intimidate the King in the choice
of his Ministers :—" Let the truth be spoken out at
once—Lord. Grey is hated in Ireland. His very name
is abhorred by the coerced people of this country,
whom he ruled with a rod of iron—and in forging new
chains for whom he broke up his Cabinet.—No, no,
we have had enough of the tyrant in friend's garb, and
if oppression is still to be our lot, let us in resistance
—for in that case we will resist—have an open foe to
encounter. What ! submit again to Draco s rule ?
never—rather let every man, woman, and child in
Ireland perish?' This is what the Popish Press of
Ireland says of Lord Grey—the father of the Reform
Act—the steady and persevering advocate of the Ro-
man Catholic claims during the whole of his political
career—the compatriot of Fox, and the friend of civil
and religious liberty. Why then does the Popish
Press thus denounce and proscribe him ? Simply
because it is well known that he has too much of the
spirit and dignity of an English patrician patriot to allow
himself to be made the "cat's paw" of the repeal-agitator,
who " never intrigues, and who acts frcm the most
disinterested motives." But were Lord Grey as willing
as some of his Whig friends to sacrifice his indepen-
dence and his principles to secure the political support
of the Agitator and his " tail," we should not hear of
his name being held in abhorrence by the Popish party
—nor would the report of his coming again into power
operate as a signal to the Popish Press to pass upon
him a sentence of excommunication from the Councils
of his Sovereign. Whether Mr. O'Connell has, in
terms, demanded that he shell have the appointment
of the Law Officers of the Crown in Ireland, that he
shall have a veto upon the appointment of Lord-Lieu-
tenant and Chief Secretary for Ireland, and upon the
appointments of Judges and all public functionaries,
with the exception of the Bishops, we do not know,
but we can easily believe he will not now be sa-
tisfied with any Ministerial arrangements which will
not have the effect of placing the Government of
Ireland virtually in his hands. This is what his
party and the Whig-Radical faction mean by the
appointment of a Ministry which will "do justice
to Ireland." In their estimation no Ministry will
ever do justice to Ireland that does not give the
absolute controul of the policy and government of
that portion of the United Kingdom to Mr. O'Con-
nell. What peace and security there would, in the
event, be for the Protestants of Ireland we need not
say. It is true he courted and flattered even the Orange-
men at one time, but it was when he hoped to make
them subservient to his design of clamouring for a •re-
peal of the Union; the experiment failed—they spurned
the alliance—they adhered to the British connection
through evil and good report, and we cannot now be-
lieve that the Crown or the people of England will
abandon to their enemies the Irish Protestants, whose
religion and loyalty are the real links of union between
the two countries which the sword of Rome has often
smote, but never yet been able to sever.—Morning
Herald.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS,_ Arßir, 13.

The House was considerably crowded with Peers at an
early hour this afternoon, in consequence of its being sup-
posed some Ministerial announcements would take place.

ROYAL ASSENT.

The Royal Assent was given to-day, by Commission, to
the Mutiny Bill, the Marine Mutiny Bill, British Territories
(India) Bill, Ledbury Improvement Bill, Belfast and Crum-
lin Road Bill, Carmarthen Roads Bill, University Life As-
surance Company Bill, and Schwabe's Naturalization Bill.
The Commissioners were the Lord CHANCELLOR, the
Earl of ROSLYN, and the Earl of SHAFTESBURY.