The Sun.
London, England, 1821-10-06 00:00:00

one or the heaviest afflictions that can befit
military character of his late rank in the array%
—But the conduct of his rash advocates and in'
judicious friends deserves some animadversion, as
it is strongly marked by folly as well as
faction. Surely it will be time enough for
them to adopt measures in his favour when
he has fully vindicated his character. We have
heard strong charges against him, on account
of his conduct on the day of the late Queen's
funeral procession, but as we heard them in Pi"
vate, we shall lay no stress upon them. We find-
that at the Southwark Meeting, yesterday, Mr•
Alderman Wool) described the dismission as " a
wicked act." This assertion was rash and silly
A Mr. RYLAND asked " Why was he (Sir Ili
deprived of the Commission which he had bought
and paid for ? " We might, with equal ignor- •
ranee of the grounds of that dismission, so far aS •
matters have been publicly develupect,ask "Whf
he should have acted in such a manner as to
duce Government to dismiss him ?" Other per'
sons who attended the meeting expressed the
same unguarded charges against Government Oil
the subject, whose opinions are merely contemPt-
ible. It is not to be expected that Govern'
meat should come forward in answer to Nelv3"
paper clamour and virulence, but the Nation at
large may reasonably trust that some ineaSßre°
will be adopted, which may put a check on the
turbulent spirits who make the dismission of Sir
ROBERT WILSON the medium for a rooted hosti-
lity to Government, now that the demise of the
QUEEN has deprived them of their recent source
of the same factious animosity.

We are very sorry to observe, that party
spirit, which seemed to have been in a great
measure allayed in Ireland by the KING'S visit'
has begun to manifest itself again in that pi-3'
of the kingdom. The well-known toast, " the
glorious and immortal memory of King WI LLlA.3')if
has always sounded ungratefully to the ears
our Roman Catholic fellow subjects, and ha'
been resented by them as insulting to their reli"
gious and political principles. On the other
hand, the Protestants, both iu England, Ireland'
and Scotland, very naturally and justly associate
with the memory of WILLIAM, the security of
the Constitution in Church and State, and their
best and dearest interests and privileges as men/
as Britons, and as Christians. The toast I'
drank in England without any intention to
wound the feelings of the Roman Catholics ;
and is not, as far as we know, here consider
ea
by them to be peculiarly-- offensive. In jrerand,
however, it is so- excessively obnoxious to then',
that his MAJESTY, during his visit to Dubritl7
felt it necessary to express his strong displeasure
at its introduction by Alderman Da.n.LE-1- at the
Civic Festival. This expression Of the Royal dis-
pleasure allayed the ferment which had been excit-
by the toast of the 'Worthy Alderman ; and the
Catholics, gratified by this mark of attcniien
from their-Sovereign, seemed disposed to concur
heartily in the amicable adjustment cidifferenc"
which his MAJESTY was anxious to effect. They
could not reasonably expect, however, that the
drinking of this toast was to be wholly abandene,
on all those public occasions at which it had -
been usually introduced. The Protestants'
surely, have a right to express their joy at the
possession of civil and religious freedom, by the
the
customary association of that freedo',- - with
name of King WILLIAM, Wit.lloDt its ing Stir
posed that they express„ or intend t ,ress,
so doing, feelings of hostility to the Catholics, Of
of exultation over their political disabilities. Th°
Catholics, however, think otherwise ; and be.; .
cause the new Lord Mayor of Dublin, at ht
entertainment on Monday last, gave the ineni°4
of King WlLLtaat Tut] Tnitto," omitting, a 3
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peace • :a3 Catholics, the words, tj
has
rious and immortal," the tcrch of discord
been again lighted up, and the rancour of r"!.
gious and political—mrthiaiily caned -;tiL9
newel action. The Lord Mayor, as 101.1),
seen from our accsunt of the prOceedit'Bsl,
-
(copied from the Dublin papers), precede the-
-
toast with a most conciliatory speech, explat
his motives in proposing a toast which had als°l-'
ces'
been given on similar occasions by his pre
sors, and not only disclaiming any hostilitYto
he.
the Catholics, but expressing the hope that
should always continue to live with them WA ter
rai
of harmony and brotherly love. But These libe •
act'
sentiments were not met by an egnallY e-Tite
liatory disposition by the opposite party•
ter.
letter of Lord CLONCUR.RY betrays a bit
,
ness of feeling, which we fear is calt
ulate
to prolong those dissensions which all g°c.'
men must wish to see for ever appeased.---
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