The Sun.
London, England, 1819-01-27 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL JOURNALS.

We have often bad occasion to animadvert on
the folly or the fear of those Protestants who un-
derstand so little of the true character of POPERY
as to sign Petitions in favour of Popish ambition
to share in Legislative Power. It was not to be
supposed that the wiser order of Protestants
would quietly suffer their own characters to be
involved in the discredit of thus attempting to
overthrow our Establishment in Church and
State, without disclaisoing all participation in so
ruinous a measure. Accordingly we find such to
be the fact, as we gather from The (Dublin) Cor-
respondent, a Paper that strenuously and ably sup-
ports the best interests of the United Empire.

" A Correspondent has enclosed to us the

lowing extract of a letter, received by a Gentle-
man in this city, from a friend in one of the
northern counties. It will form the best com-
mentary upon what The Dublin Evening Post em-
phatically styles The Grand Requisition for a
Meeting► of Protestants, for the purpose of peti-
tioning Parliament in favour of the Roman Ca-
tholics.' Our Correspondent has added sow te-
marks of his own, the truth of which we under-
stand to be indisputable :

6 I am truly sorry to learn that attempts are making in
Dublin to accomplish a second edition of what will be called
a Protestant Petition in favour of the Roman Catholics. We
have been iiving in peace and harmony in these ',arts for a con-
siderable time back; all religious differences were happily at
an end, and a good neighbourhood seemed the order of the day.
Should these unthinking people, however, persevere in their
efforts, I fear our sunshine will not last mire)) longer; for al-
ready are the Protestants beginning to talk of counter Peti-
tions—aud thus thedesulating brand of religious animosity will
he again lighted up in the laud, just as we were enjoying the
hope of its being totally extingil:,hed ; and you mast be aware
that a single Parish here wou' ! furnish more signatures against
the demands of the Roman Catholics than ail Dublin could
produce in their favour. Let the Roman Catholics petition
Parliament for themselves, and none can blame them; but
between them and the wisdom of Parliament be it—for I see
nothing but mischief, not only to the peace of the country,
but even to the Roman Catholic cause itself, likely to be the
result of this attempt at Protestant interference.'—The above
letter comes from a Gentleman of the most liberal principles,
and of a dispassionate way of thinking ; indeed; it is under-
stood, that even in this city a counter Petition is likely to be
the consequence of that for which certain persons are assi-
duously canvassing signatures. It is a notorious fact, that
this Requisition, purporting to be that of the Protestant No-
bility and Gentry, voluntarily coming forward on the occa-
pion, has been carried, from house to house, by a Roman
Catholic, asking for (we will not say extorting) signatures."

Among the numerous acts of royal munificence
which characterized her lute MazesTv, the follow-
ing has been related to us by Mr. PENLEY, Ma-
nager of the Windsor Theatre •—ln the year 1801,
while his brother, Mr. IVilliam Peaky, and wife,
were performing at Weymouth, her Majesty gave
Si splendid lite at Hadipole, and employed Mrs.
W, Penley to assist in the decorations. Being
much pleased with one of Mr. W. l'enley's chil-
dren, the Queen took the little boy torter her
protection, placed. hint at a school in Sherborne
till he attained his seventeenth year, and then gave-
the youth a Conmtission in the army,' with 300
guineas to fit him out, tel►ich were paid by the
late Colonel Di*browe.—{Windsor Exprep