The Sun.
London, England, 1828-08-27 00:00:00

TO MR. PEEL.

17" men have have ever stood in so important a
ti.iatiso „you now occupy—life and death—peace
ill rebellion, hang, humanly speaking; upon your
deiwvl4(l: It may be a proud 'situation for you as an
y 11---it is .a degrading one for ns, as a nation.
°lllotose to what I allude—l will not now; there
no %ger time to go over the Catholic Question,
rdarigtneets have been but too often stated in vain,
hal not so conceited as to fancy I can add any
ins new.
cßhu
ibtofeeliegs have changed, are rapidly eliang!ty,
, meet is of consequence—it is .no longer, a
fiLeto_d_y
all with vain disquisitions on the Treaty
lrntrick, on the. subtleties of abstract right, or
'Deem of a future divided allegiance. A stronger,
iif
e appalling question is at ' hand--allegiance
imlind rebellion are at issue—the sword is
telks On, the hand is at the hilt, and will
:,; - crlei, an erilirthtened, a humane, and a Chris-
' - .tll9w-beine will he, for the sake of a disputed
Nlittelit, say draw, 9.
ii"lk not, I hope not—your resistance has been
18ffi,,--Yr, has been consistent, has (as far
.as I, who
iv-r "in you, can perceive,) been rational ; you
i (1 9PPosed from conviction, from thinking that by
%t°',,ng you were best consulting , the general inte-
telh all your countrymen—Can you Mink so now?
ten qiiestion has unfortunately been widened; it has
„Irged on till men's feelings have become so
basted that they are ready to shed each other's
iti tot the support of their respective opinions.
N• it head, not on your's alone, but principally
ear es, will' this blood rest. Do not start, but
✓he two . .
, ODN, parties, the one by requiring, the other
ave'''sino', the grant of the Catholic Claims, may
ii, Ztlalry produced this ferment;. but on the one
wr,,i ere has been a galaxy of talent to divide the
be 01htesPonsibility of stirring up men's minds; on
land er, you, I may almost say you, a single talent,
5e alone upon a proud and melancholy height,
;g1:1:110nent of a nation's prayer. You may be
ut !ki they may be wrong—God only knows ;
lay , "lout paying you too high a compliment, I
on titY, and the nation will bear me out, that were
est,t).gire way, there would be an end to the con•
it
,ori n could not stand—mere votes would sup.-
erenot
.1; but, on the other hand, were Mr. Brougham,
amird Plunkett, Lord Lansdowne ; were any
aoin, s'iree, four, to give way, the cause would re-
Th,"`reng and 'pressing as before.
e nil Should teach you some diffidence in the jus-
rof .3`°,llr cause—it should give you a trembling
Atititoe moral Clanger you incur.
lien
,this fearful risk will be increased tenfold,
itedeu consider that the granting of the Claims
em net cost a -single life, that the withholding of
„:11aY, and probably will, let loose a sea of blood.
. last ver the gone-by miseries and dangers of
,r5......i twenty years—of the last two hundred
ie, 'nx you to the present day, upon the pre-,
k °ll which you stand, and thence I beg you to
411-11441nd ; pause from the usual current of your
1„g 4, escape from yourself, and consider.
ttn-rit 110 declaimer, or I might draw a frightful
,Ae of what your own conscience two years
• ,-- InaY, with tears of blood, tell you you might
s,Prevented.
:le dangers you foresee are, even according to
" showing, remote, political, constitutional,
'lls worthy of high consideration; but what are
I; e"")Pared to the imminent, bloody, intermin-
illicalculable horrors of a civil war ?
e s something to have stood out, honourably,
itlY) as you have, the champion of a losing cause;
have fought a good fight—so far, so well—but
I,the part of a wiser, of a still more honest man,
i'loty where and when to yield. Now is the
I. sheath the half-drawn sword; circumstances
your own good conduct have placed a nation's
"Within your hand : if you are ambitious, if you
Oise, if yint are- virtuous, as you are a Christian,
well your fortune, and with an humble gratitude
see your owe opinion to your country's good.
ik.lt if you would do this good work, you have no
04 lose; you must speak out at once; the mo-
-4 are precious, and fast fleeting. Ere long the
kt will be drawn, and then, with all the angry
'lls letloose—but I will not anticipate such
l'o'ts—no, I will believe that you have sufficient
,tY of character and rectitude of mind to spurn
P4ltry courage of those 'who, half afraid them-
' half conscience-smitten,. vow they will
''e frightened into concession. The nation well
qwho have been the consistent opponents, and
1113' appreciate their resignation of the contest,
ic)the cry of the hireling, and the foolish bark of
Vrangeist, will soon subside at the glad trans-
V." 91‘. their fears, real or assumed, into.. .the
‘ili sight of a nation's peace and reconciliation.
Snc't wear out your patience by trite aphorisms
rC,,,,m00 place illustrations. I will only beg you
4 'ember that the greatest miseries mankind have
Veti h
ill. f „ have ever been from the mistaken zeal of
e"°w men. I call upon you, then, in the name
4e
----as you value the interests of the Church,
't v 01e, of our common country, as you fear God
N.
„ ti e
man, as you abhor bloodshed, as you dread
tli:vvil conscience, and (as a man of sense) as you
I'l tjour own opinion—boldly to come forward,
itie enact the noblest part of man7-that of a
te-:Z/akee,.
'2l, 1828.
'.l,

cwis.

NATE OF TRADE.—We are happy to say
IN
this week, though it exhibits no
.particular
4,111 t,„ ness
ruly-:.(4 change from the report made
!ticiPt worse than it was, and in particular description,
S'N; the demand this week has been rather better...
4kill.:!1 general are not large, nor at present are they at,
•:"ng.—Manchester Mercury.
411,,,t111-1 "W. EATHEIL—CROPS.—During the
N' Pert of last week, we had showers more or less
r ~,
e414,-"ery day ; but towards the close of the week, the
:Yitlbecaine more settled, and on Saturday and yester-
-41 Fhb as fine, with every appearance of a continuance.
LlrttotNaY, in 'and around lladdingtou., the
orfainthifselelitiyn,
• 14' In the immediate neighbourhood
°\‘'ti I.,%est is general, and probably halt the crop is cut
:'`i Oat almost none of it is led in. The same may be
glls 14415 t Lothian. In West Lothiau,. the harvest is
•ntlii;hot is not so general as in this district and in East
niaco'llyt To the South and West. of Dalkeith, harvest can
; ," said to have commenced ;.nbsu.tnuteoasere glad to be
yh. parts is not
01,3',04tut8h.atstillieeairnejrusrlyvafgroesmatrieleirsa.ipe i
the os-t4itr, one
of the warders of rt
the dock-yard,
retired to his cabin,
86 '
sk,,
is ''ItNE q AUG. 25'—' 1
'l4, 8,
Inklt„ Vas visited with a most . .
'4 )4' hail-stones,
.da
ridn,b uhrilt:
0 1 Friday last,
t tremendous storm of
"I'4' "ild lightning, accamponial uy_aar
everyAcoitn)inauns
which were verly I
4 wi,'ll'iliencetnent of the storm
enisg bretriing big Bible,.
d a 114,1 Ind him, by putting upa
"tsf 1"
in it, and at the moment.
elt the 1,,, most vivid previously closed an
having
shutter. The shutter
flashes of lightnmogf
I att,t7 fluid passed through the hole in. .t
portion of
,the discharge
ahe shutter,
retell lu'irnin the poor man's hat and singing his hair,tl,.
I)eoti,-. back part of his head, and lie expired mstcfl 3
tar4l)f,llsesingvent into the cabin! and lbund him sitting
idsio'tvith
''' Jo his Bible before him, a lifeless corpse.
H 11) urncd.
lto
deb rtliti PHOBIA.—The fearful effects of this
thbetiriZY have just been exhibited in a cow in this
titbit, f (I. She is the property of Mr. ScanGo,hae
s I.iner at Didsbury, who has been one of t
`retra 'l' the late inundations of the river Mersey.-
-1111°Iith since the cow was bitten by a dog that was
' t° he mad, which ran through that neighbour •
fear, several o
•'
and
%ye
bit others. lately had. Mr. SCKAGG iin-
Adh 1 recourse to the precaution of taking her. to
tl„,"1-lane Doctor, who cut out the injured art
,r':- cwasidered that no danger would toP the
,16.,,., butr ensue
was
she Was carefully kept up, andsher milk
niilin 11": some time. For a few days past, however,
1k t was again used • and on Tuesday last the cow be-
hethaving inad• Of course she has been destroyed.—
ester Mercury,
fa', •
1. °urge Author having obtained 5001.
6115 bookseller on account of a new work, was imme-
iioo4fter the advance, asked-46 Well, how far have
' • ed'''"--" Why," replied the writer, " I have got the
al. andsheet of paper, and have already written
1. :`bap,
a
s'"al). 1."....Y0rk Courant.