The Sun.
London, England, 1828-09-29 00:00:00

(FROM THE EXAMINER.)

THE DUKE op NEWCASTLE.,—When Coleridge
published: his " Christabel," it was agreed unani-
mously to be the most absurd poem that ever was
writtei; .upon which judgment, Wordsworth, in .a
moment of generous friendship, composed his "Peter
Bell," and redeemed. his brother poet's-performance
from the diSthiction of pessimism, by producing
what all the world concurred was yet ranker rub-
bish. A parallel service of charity has just passed
between Lord Kenyon and the Duke of Newcastle.
The former nobleman, it is perhaps unknown to the
world, addressed a letter to the Protestants of this
realm,•whicb was, as may easily be supposed, a per-
fect miracle of imbecility. The Duke of Newcastle,
uneasy at seeing the fool's-cap consequently fixed
upon his noble friend's head, generously took up the
pen, and has transferred the appropriate honours of
the most distinguished absurdity to his own brows.
It is an old proverb, that one fool makes many, and
in this instance we certainly see the generative qua-
lity:of folly whimsically illustrated. Lerd Kenyon
uplifts his voice like a sparrow on the house-top,
mul his Grace of Newcastle :testifies his response
like a pelican in the wilderness. The Duke declares
th!tt,after reading the appeal, .he
.cannot contain
and must embark in the same vessel with
the noble Writer; what vessel is most meet for such
a production and such a pair, we do not care to men-
tion; and we lea'e it to the caricaturists to 'describe
these gentlemen sculling away in their crockery
craft. The poor Duke has indeed only taken his
passage prudently, for he is in a perpetual fright,
which causes a looseness
of logic, and distressing
diarrhea of words and phrases. We particularly
to observe in that manner
re-
commend it to. the world
the. Duke writes, for whose understanding prayers
are daily. offered up in the chureheS--we fear the
result must be received as a melancholy evidence of
the inutility supplication.

(F.R.031 THE MORNING leva7lB.)
, Among the documents which have recently been
printed by order of the House of Commons, ther
'is one -to which we would specially call the atten-
iton of the blink-Paper gentry connected with the
A3oard. of Trade,.and of their coadjutors, Sir Thomas
!:Lethbridge and the Corn Monopolists generally.—.
jheformer that they may acquaint themselves with
the actual state .of British trade, and the latter that
they may bethink themselves in time kowtheywillhe
able to maintain high prices when the manufacturing
system of this country, which first blessed them
With them,.shall have, been irreparably ruined, and
-:thosewho are now consuming their products obliged
tomigrate to other countries through want of em-
4mYmeot. The account to which we refer is a state-
,xnent of the cotton manufactured goods exported from
Great Britain in 1818
and 1826 inclusive; and
of the cotton twist
and
years, specifying I yarn exported in the same
the ports from which the
exportations have takenn place, and the countries to
which they have b made. It is a melancholy
document, and pregnant-with 'Tfe.lancholy reflections.
Our manufacturing
industry,watts figures are to be
"relied on, is evidently on the ; and instead of
supplying the whole world with thee cotton fabric, as
mere
that we are
,:
,we were wont to do, it would.
iterial but
ft,
destined to furnish them with theep
re
one stage advanced from its raw
state—i„me, to be
mere " hewers of • wood and drawers of
to
from the countries which previously drew fro-n:aatlaeliltiir
supplies ! In 1818, for example, thefofileio
v
cotton manufactured goods exported from this countryue of .
.amounted, in round. numbers, to 21,292,0001.and.1
2.6
the-declared.. value to 16,372,000/. ; while in 1826
the official value was still only twenty-one millions,
and the declared value had fallen off to 10,522,407/
—the most undoubted proof, first, that the quantity

of manufactured goods had not increased, as it
ought to have done, during the eight years preced-
ing 1826; and secondly, that more than a third of
the value received for the same quantity of goods in
1818 had wholy ceased to be received, either by the
manufacturer in the shape of profit, or by the
workman in the shape of wages in 18261 On
examining the table to ascertain where the greatest
falling.eff has taken place, we find Germany,
the Netherlands, and the • United States of Ame-
rica, pre-eminent in this respect ; and the fact i 3
easily accounted for when we turn to the corre-
sponding table, containing an account of the quan-
tities of cotton-twist and yarn exported to these
countries. The increase in this respect is as enor-
Mous as the want of increase and diminished value
in the other is appalling. In 1818 the official value
of British cotton-twist and yarn, exported to all
parts of the world, only amounted to about a mil-
lion and a quarter sterling, while the declared value
was nearly two millions a half; but in 1826, while
the official value had amounted up to three millions
and three-quarters, that is to say had • been actually
tripled, we find the declared value only advanced one-
third. Such are the melancholy facts vouched for
and attested by parliamentary documents, and which
there is no possibility of explaining away. In eight
years we have made no advance in the quantity of
manufactures exported ; but we have sustained a
rapid and tremendous decline of value; the first of
which, as we have seen, is accounted for by the
brisk tide of rivalry which has set in against us from
the Netherlands, from Germany, and the United
States of America, and the pressure of the latter re-
solved into a loss of profit by the manufacturer—so
great, as, in many instances, to have compelled him
to retire from a trade in which he no longer found
any advantage—anti into the miserably low wages
and increasing privation of those whose only source
of subsistence is their labour. And yet, notwith-
stending this .appalling state of things,, the land-
owners
cry out for protecting duties on foreign
corn, to discourage our manufacturing industry still
More--the abettors, of a gold currency against one
pound notes—and the Government itself all reduc-
tion of expediture, although we. are now in the
thirteenth year of peace !
(FROSt tut NEWS.

The Duke of Newcastle, an Ultra of the first
water, and who it may be recollected made himself
very conspicuous at the trial'of the poor persecuted
Queen Caroline, has followed the example of Lord
Kenyon, by favouring the public with his opinions
.proper to be observed by the Protestants towards
their Catholic fellow-subjects. We have thought
it expedient as marking the signs of the times, to
publish this letter, though we must admit, that a
more libellous or blasphemous production never dis-
graced the columns of our paper. We have often
had occasion to remark, that none are more ready to
violate the principles of "social order" and our
" holy religion" than those who render themselves
the most conspicuous by their zeal in crying up the
rigid observance of the same principles in others.
In this letter the Duke of Newcastle publicly pro-
Claims an Irish gentleman of -ancient descent, of
high legal attainments, and large landed property—
as " a fellow who years since deserved to be hanged
for his treason." Is his Grace in a situation to
prove these words ?—he undoubtedly should be,
for a more serious accusation—involVing fortune,
character, nay, life itself—was never before brought
by one British subject against another. But sup-
poSe for an instant that what this fiery zealot has pub-
lished is incapable of proof, because grounded in
falSehood—in what character, then, does this advo-
cate for "Protestant Ascendancy" stand forth to the
world ?—ln that of a lying, contemptible calumnia-
tor. The blasphemy of the Duke of Newcastle's
letter is as conspicuous as its libellous tendency.
His Grace invariably mixes up the Deity, the omni-
potent ruler of the Universe, with his own petty
views on the question of Catholic Emancipation.
With him, the all-wise and all-powerful Creator—is
only the God of the Protestants—nay, in the consi-
deration of his Grace, he is not. the God of all the
Protestants, but only. of that portion which belong
to the Church of England.. The Dissenters are ex-
pressly put out of the divine pale—.—the repeal of the
Test and Corporation Acts, of the last Session,
being denounced as "an climcc to God, and a
disowning (f Christianity." I simply ask," says
this Ducal aspirer to the honours of Dunciad, " I ,
simply ask, if we desert our God, will he not desert
us ? will he not be revenged _ upon . such a nation as
this ?" This " deserting of God," for which deser-

tion God is to revenge himself on the whole nation
—those who read the Duke's letter will perceive
alludes to the unnecessary delay in shedding the
blood of our Catholic fellow subjects. "An lilac-
tiOn," says the Duke, " totally inexplicable, possesses
the Government :"--which means that, in his opi-
nion, the Government is not quite so ready to phle-
botomize as his Grace. Such are the men and such
the tenets they uphold, who.are moving heaven and
earth to incite a civil war in Leland Y.

(FROM THE ATLAS.)

The Irish Papers are for a season diverted from
the monotony of the " Question." The death of
Lord Erne, creating a vacancy in the Irish Repre-
sentative Peerage, the Editors are .now engaged in
mooting the qualifications of the two candidates, who
have appeared in the persons of Lords Dunally and
Castlemaine. The former is supported by the Libe-
rals and Lord Anglesea, " who," rays the Evening
Mail, " has caused circulars to be written to the
noblemen entitled to:vote, signed (lithographed) by
his own private secretary, and sealed with his own
privateseal,-canVassing each individual to vote for
his protege, an emancipatorLord,Dunally." The
latter is put. forward by the Brunswick Clubs upon
the Tory, interest. We are not aware that any
strong objection can be raised, in a constitutional
point of view, against Lord Anglesea's interference
in this matter ; he has the precedent of his prede-
cessor for doing so, and that cannot be charged upon
him in his executive situation as a crime which he is
privileged to do in his private capacity. But it is
of-little consequence to Ireland which 'of these. gen-
tlemen is elected—they are equal "on the_ score of
ability--and, even if they possessed any power of
intellect, it would not weigh as .a feather in the Coun-
cils of the Empire. Benefits contemplated for Ire-
land cannot be achieved by, individuals, they must
emanate from the Government of the country
alone, and until the Government have made up their
minds upon Emancipation, Emancipation never can
be obtained. •

(FROM TILE SUNDAY" HERALD.?
We scarcely recollect a week for a considerable
time past, during which the Civic Authorities 'of
this great metropolis have sliewn ilietnseli,es such
adepts in dialectics as,during
.the last. ..We often
'hear of turtle and 'venison 'feasts, swan-hoppings,
balls, routs, and, what not, as taking place . cast .of
Cheapside ; but seldom . indeed of any thing being '
attempted in the shape 'of logical argument. We
live, however in 'days when the sensual man is sub-
ject to the intellectual when the march -of intellect
is carrying along with it all parties and all classes—
when even'Alderinen can disport in the fields of logic
—and, thrice better still, in• the days of Aldermen
A insley
and Sir John Perring ! We mention these
two worthies by -name 'because they may now be
considered
the oracular sages of the city, from whOse
decision 11l
' matters of law. 4 would be the height of
'
folly to dis '
acumen on Wed
• fof their intellectuald
nes ay last,
proof
I enable them to rank still higher
as cannot fai. to
t Former) • •
hitherto done . . ),
if
such , a
than they have
~
the Lieetis4,Vctuallers of the
respectable body as
hands against the adoption
metropolis held up their .
conduct
would •
of their have
of a measure, the reasons
c" ,paid to their objet_
weighed--every deferep .o
tions, and a contrary line of .conduct pursued only
'
after it .had become plainly- manifest that they had
proceeded on erroneous grounds, But Sir John'
'
Perring has improved on this tardy mode of doing
business, and Alderman Ainsley still
further. The
manner,
former acts at once, and in the most decided _ e
s ame
without • enquiry; the latter much after • th
ses
at
fashion, but according to a rule which posses

once the double merit of infallibility and expedition.
On Wednesday last, for example, an application
was made at the London Sessions, for a license to an
eating-house on Fish-street-hill, kept by Mr.
William Norwood, who, we dare say is a most
respectable man, under the new Act for the
licensing of hotels. Sir Peter Laurie object-
ed to granting the license because the house
did not come within the Meaning of the Act, and
objected to it with a spirit and perseverance which
entitle him to the best thanks of the Licensed Vic-
tuallers ; and the Solicitor of the latter justified his
opposition by proving that the house in question kad
been regularly used as a cook-shop—only made up
two beds, and had one of its upper rooms let out at
3s: 13d, per week to a parish pauper, These, we
think, would have been good reasons for refusing the
license under the new Act, which only contemplated
the granting of licences to hotels of the first respec-
tability, which had neglected to take out licences ;
but Alderman Ainsley had a better reason for.grant-
ing it—the Licensed Victuallers objected to it, and
that to his mind furnished a strong argument for
granting it. "If the Victuallers," said he, " peti-
tion against it, that is the reason the licence should
be granted'!" We own our inability to fathom the
depth of this civic wisdom ; but, probably, the Al-
derman went by the rule of contraries, and-if so we
would recommend the adoption of a similar process
with him. When the Licensed Victuallers wish to
carry a point, let them not, if they have any regard
for their own interest, petition against it ; but, on the
contrary, scruple not to take a lesson from the swine-
drivers, whom they may see every Monday and
Friday winding their weary way to Smithfield. These
honest folks know better than to attempt to drive
the swinish herd—when they wish the pig to go
forward, they pull it backward by the tail, and such
is the blind obstinacy of the animal, that it never
fails to niake a for Ward movement. Sideways, ob-
liquely, retrograde, &c., this same rule will answer ;
and as Alderman Ainsley,has adopted the rule of
contraries, it would certainly. be worth. trying the
same plan with him. We venture, at least, to re-
commend its adoption by way, of experiment.

(FROM THE JOHN BULL.)

IRELAND.-A word upon the display of tran-
quillity in Ireland is needlesa--the Govern-
ment ha 3 conciliated—an illegal Parlianient is
sitting—illegal takes, are levied by missionaries, who
declare themselVes the Versonal friends of the Lord
Lieutenant—an illegal order is established—illegal
elections are carried—the protection of the rebels
offered to the Government, and an illegal army is
mustered. What is the meaning of conciliation and
tranquillity P—at this moment the Government of
Ireland is in the hands of the Popish Parliament,
while Lord Anglesea makes progresses to be cheered
like an automaton. This cannot last—we have fore-
told it—unhappily too correctly. Something,
however, must be done—this festering, rankling
fever cannot be allowed to continue—energetic. mea-
sures must be resorted to, for after reading the de-
tail we have just given, will anybody doubt or deny
that Ireland is in a state of rebellion--if the op-
ponents of a Government are so strong that the Go-
vernment dare not assert its rights or power, who
are the governors ? The apathy or timidity which
seem to have fallen upon .those on whom the comp.
try was taught to rely for vigofir and uncompromis-
ing straitforwardness, arc matters of as much stir-
'?
prise as grief ; a very short time will put an end to
the doubts with which the people appear to be in-
fected, and if those doubts are terminated as some
unhappily anticipate, the Administration will ter-
minate also.