The Sun.
London, England, 1817-09-30 00:00:00

" The knowledge of aDisease is half its Cure."—Swlrr.

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IRISH ADMINISTRATION.

-The following article, extracted from the elon-
met Herald of the 13th inst. gives a very forcible
and just sketch of Lord WfirrwoaTß's adminis•
tration, and of the support which his Government
has received from the able and vigorous mind of
Mr. PEEL
The County of Cork Grand Jury have ad-

dressed .Lord Whitworth, On his li.;.Xcellency't)
departure from office ; and Mr. Peel, on his ex-
pected continuance in it—and both-in a spirit
and language that eXpress.the universal opinion
of, all Irishmen, who are capable of appreciating
the value of an Administration, which, to use their
own language,-has evinced sn " steady an attach-
meta t) the interests of Ireland." Lord- Whit-
worth came here when the public mind was in
fermentation—when the People, as they are mis-
called, but in reality, the rabble of the land, .was
inflated into a notion of its own power andiinte-
rest, infinitely beyond what nature, or reason; or
policy designed for it, by a self-created ccinspi-
racy; assuming the representative character,-and
using a tone of dictation entirely unsuited to any
Man, or body of men, in the character-of subjects.
During the latter-part of his Lordship's Govern-
ment, the country had to endure all the evils of
adverse seasons, and the heap of distresses pro-
duced by want of every kind. In the first in-
stance-, by a mild, but firm-dispensation of justice,
the laws have obtained increased respect and obe-
dience. By a liberal spirit and conciliation, those
whose " bald unjointed chat" had been exciting
public uprOar, have sunk to that, bottom or mid=
the place, from which they had neither virtue nor
talent to raise themselves—and, 'from which they
never wont(' have been thrown upward, but by
the general agitation. The termagaucy. has sub-
sided; and the -public have been disabused. in the
second place,- by the exercising at once of a wise
and benevolent conduct, his Excellency diffused
through the country a spirit of charity, which,
aided by his liberality, and encouraged by his ex-
ample, preserved the mass of our population from
sinking under .nnparalleled 'privations—Which re-,
lieved afitl alleViated want, and hunger, and suffer-
ing—and preserved the public order from those vio-
lations, which, under the bett'regulated Govern-
ments,, too often occur, as the natural conse-
quences of general calamity. In the whole course
of his- Administration, not an instance can be
traced, in which the prerogative of mercy has
been withhOlden, where it could fairly be exercis-
ed—not an instance o( public distress, in which
beneficence has been tardy or stinted. And the
instances which have occurred -in -Lord Whit-
worth's Government, or private munificence, in
administering reliel,to individual sufferings, have
exceeded the liberality of any similar period with-
in our memory. It may very well be said, as these
Gentleman have stated in the Address, that his
Excellency's, " reflections must be sweetened by
" his ines4froied activity in the administration of
his (.4tiVotrnment, and, above gill, by the interest
" has telt, and the example lie has al-
l' fordeJ, in the great cause of morality and
" virtue'"
Taking into consideration, however, the official
arrangements—the modes of comniunication as
well as inquiry—and the suggestiOn hoth of great
public ends, and pi act ica ble public means, it is
no depreciation of his Excellency's worth or ca-
pability, that the Gentleman
.who fills the high
atutarduous office of his Excellency's Chief Se-
cretary, must contribute most essentially in time
effectuating any meastires'of national utility, In
this situation, perhaps, no man within our me-
mory had a harder task than Mr. Peel. Flinging
aside every consideration by which political

eprescntatjon or personal obloquy might hope to
warp his temper, or divert I►is attentinn,
onward in his even, unr►:flled, and steady course,
by those fixed landmarks which his knowledge
and love of the Constitution had pointed out to
In his diplomatic situation—accessible, pa-
tient, scrutinizing, and unprejudiced—no than liv-
ing can complain that, he has urged an applica-
tion, which has been triflingly, hastily, or insuf-
ficiently answered. In his influence respecting
financial resource or pubJic disbursement, vigilant,
intelligent; and economical. He shel.ved the peo-
ple in trade, who were most conversant -in that
trade, that he knew -their business as well, at
least, SS themselves ; and that he both knew and
loved the real interest of their country a great
deal better. An Englishman, it might he supposed,
not without some of that-original prejudice in fa-
vour of his own country, which has tended, in
the eloquence of the Patriot, in the closet of the
Statesman, or the tent of the Warrior, to elevate
the glory of Britain over all the nations of the
world. Mr. Peel appeared, from the inbutent of his

EW Fatuities are •N exempt from Secs.
F
butte —Affections, so common to the British climate,
' which exhibit' various symptoms, as Eroptions, Ulceration,
Debility, Loss of Appetite, and Dejection, all a: ising from
Impurity it Blood, Scrofulous Or \re:Jere:o'mila which,
whither from latent or I ecent infection, is certain to produce
the greatest injury to the Constitution, and prevent the en-
joyment of health and happiness.
1t is a melaucholy fact, that thousands fall victims to hor-
rid diseases, owing to the unskilfulness of illiterate men,
who, by an improper t,eatment of this direful calamity, not
nufregnently cause those fatal tdcerations and .hlotches which
so offer' appefir pir the head, face, and hotly, dimness in the
sight, noise iu the ears, deafness, strictures, obstinate elects,
'locks on the shin bones, ult;erated sore,threat;diseased nose,
-nocturnal pains in the head and limbs (frequently mistaken
fur other disorders) till at length a general debility and decay
Of the Constitution ensues, and a melancholy death puts a
period to suffering mortality.
To rernovethe cause of these symptoms, the ANTI-IMPE--
TWINES, or SOLOMON's DROPS, have been found to he
the must-safe, sp, edy, and beneficial, and thrlrefore adapted
to the aged as well us youth of both sexes. They never fail
to remove every species of debility arising from a coutatni-
nated-state of the system. Their effects are Mild, safe, and
expeditious—and what renders this Medicine of the greatest
importance, is, it requires no restriction in point of diet, and
no privations to the ordinary avocations in life.
It is well established as a fact, that an inquire or scrofulous
taint will remain in the habit for vears, nay, for genera-
tions, uniiiscovcred, and will in rade 6e noblest organs of the
human frame, before the Patient can be. aware of his dan-
ger. Tke Anti-Impetigines strikes at this root, net at the
branches, and with this peculiar advantage effects a cure
when other Medicines

entrance into office; tovhave undertaken the duty
of a trustee for the benefit of the people, whose
government he was administering. Ile interposed
himself between their real interests and their af-
fected friends—and, by a consistent, wanly, firm,
and moderate adherence to'original principles, has
developed the real character_ Q f that elammous,
brawling, but unmanly system, whose only object
was to delude and disorganize.- In Parliament,

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of the Anti-impetigines, or which is more commonly denomi-
nated Solomon's Drops, the Government label or stamp of
which haS the words a Sand. Solomon, Liverpool," engravell
thefeon, to protect these who buy from the intrusion of court-

on every occasion, where the financial concerns
of Ireland, her taxation, or her resources, base
been the topic of discussion, lie has been the ad-
vocate of her interests, labouring to increase her
means, and secure her prosperity :, he has, in
the Imperial Parliament, more than once de-
manded for Ireland the fair and full participation
of those benefits to which she was entitled by
her place in•the Empire, and sustained the justice
of those claims with lAn earnestncts, zeal, and in-

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telligence, which would dignify kind- ex-Air :till
highest and 'brightest of het. own sons. In the
Parliamentary discussion' of a great ptinlic • mea-
sure, which had' been so often and
.so eloquektly
debated, that it seemed warn threadbare, he. dis-
played a knowledge of the affairs of this rottntry,
which rendered lilm the highest cr'edir,' as a❑ ac-
curate and impartial historian, deeply. and tho-
roughly read in her affairs, and as frit enlightened
Statesman, prirsning 'he most vff,2Ctual means
for her tranquillization, her security, and her hap-
piness.

But the gi:eat display of Pithlic charaCter, in
which Mr. Peel's labours raiginated, has been the
Peace Prese and Newly ,loddle'd fluor
lion : measure, at fir, rel;de•ed
mi43conception or snisre-ptesent.ition...7long alinsed
as likely to become tt.e him nment at once of op.
pressiOnand patronaget--and derided ss insufriei• rigs
to attain any usertal_pAmrpose. It. has now been
tried neatly twO years and, we -sp,ali tom ex-
perience, the Very men who first oppw,ed it, I:ave
long since avowed -their conviction of its mitil,ty.
In many districts where it. was originally obnoxi-
ous, time universal acknowledgment is, that with-
out it there -would he neither peace nor security
and those who still continue a kind :ot snarling,'
animosity against- the establishment, are to be
found only among the confederates, or the
pf insurgency and tumult—among the instigator
to public confusion, who, as soon as they have
led their followers into th:• quagmire, have
with the fugacity of an Ignis Faluns, and left
their unfortunate instruments to the destruction
following their credulity.
Perhaps no higher tribute could be paid at once
to Mr. Peel's sagacity in devising the measure,
and the purity which has appeared in administer-
ing it, than by that acknowledgment which has
fallen, in the most public and candid way, Troia
one of the highest characters in Ireland, who has
avowed, that his original apprehensions were,
that the measure would be diverted to the purposes
of Court patroitage, and that, in its operation, it
would not prove efiectual—but that, viewing the
execution of thiS anomalous Statute in all its de-
tails, the most unqualified approbation was Lke
to the Government, for the judicious selection of
those persons, whether as Magistrates ur ,Liige„
to whom its administration and execution were
entrusted, and the merciful construction put ou
this rigid law, .both by the Government and its
M Misters. In-this sentiment u;c discern that true

greatness of mind which is capable of owning and
correcting misconceptions and :we believe We
may rest on the universal concurrence of every
rational and just rt:::n, who has witnessed' the
uniform c:inaraefer of the proceedings at the Spe-
cial Scsa;oriii.ottacr the Insurrection Act ht, this
county, from the first day that they were opened by
(then) Serjeant Moore, to the last day of their ad-
journment by Sedeant.Jebb. Two years will have
elapsed since their commencement, before the next
adjournment, and in that time 106 persons have
been convicted under the Statute as idle and 'dis-
orderly---of that number three only, we believe,
have been considered as proper objects for the
Royal 'clemency. ,Of this large number there
were three descriptions—persons having concealed
arms or am-munition, which they denied on in-
quiry—persons found guilty of .tumultuously as+
sembling—and persons found out of their dwel-
lings at hours prohibited by law, and not giving
a satisfactory account for their 'absence. The
first two classes speak for themselves—of the
latter, it is but strict justice to observe, that
there- have .been very, vt ty few hestances indeed
4 culprits under that head. who were not opine.
hended -in some. lurking place, where they had
taken shelter when fugitives from justice, endea-
milling to escape apprehension for some atrocious
offence, of a capital nature.. IVherever the lei-

fancy was through.mistaken terror of prosecution,
for some slight offence, the lenity of the Bench
has always interposed. against the rigorous enact-
meta and execution of the Statute, and the party
has been acquitted. •
•In the case of 345 who have, tvitistin the two
years, been acquitted an eminent opportunity
has been afforded in sonic instances, of impress-
ing on the giddy and thoughtless, a sufficie.nt sense
of the danger they incurred by neglecting
,the
provisions of an extraordinary statute, rendered
necessary by a still more cutraordinary disorga-
nization of public discipline—in many of the strict

-scrutiny with which, in cases of strong doubt as

to the real circumstances and-purposes, of the ac-
cused, inquiry was pursued—and, in all, of the in-
estimable. value derived to a poor man from uni-
form previous good character.
The feelings and sentiments that called forth
the•txpressions 'from. the Cork County Grand Ju-
rors., which are honourable to themselves as well

as to Mr. Peel, ought to be common. to all good
Irishmen. But if there be one spot, which more
than any other ought to avow similar sentiments,

from local as well as general motives, that .spot
ought to be the County of Tipperary, for whose
restortution to peace and subordination, and con-

scquentlY, to prosperity and .happiness, so muck,
has been effectually accomplished by_his measures;
111 e lista i-e s , the purpose-and tendency of ich can-
not be be ter pourtrayed, than in his own unasum-
Mg, simple, and honest language, in his Answer
to the Cork: Cotmty Grand Jnry

Sir,-TThe Grand Jury of the. County of Cork have done

their satisfaction my con-
Treat honour in exp,re7ssio4-

:ance in•the ()like of Chief -Secretary.
" They do me justice in attributing to me a sincere desire
to gain a knowledge of the interests of Ireland, and to contri-
bute to the promotion of her prosperity.
" In acting consistently .with such a desire, I am hut
dis-
charginfg the °litigations which my 'duty, as a public Officer,
impmses upon me ; hut I have been su long connected with
Ireland, and take so deepen interest in all that. concerns her,
that, long after those obligations shall have ceased, I shall
continue to &live the same satisfaction that I new deriver
from every'thing that can advance her welfare."