The Sun.
London, England, 1828-12-08 00:00:00

(FROM THE MORNING POST.)

We' eztrut from the columns of the Times and
The Sun the two following announcements :—the for-
mer a rice bit of originul—thf) lattpr an' exquisite
improvement thereon. The "we can go further"
of our Evening friend is truly admirable

" We rejoi,:eto say again, what we made known some
nuanthv ago, vie. that we have the very strongest reason
for attributing to the Duke of Wellington a fixed determi-
nation to introduce a Rill for the relief of the Catholics
in the ensuing Session."
‘.l We can go further l We know that the ,S'olicitor-
General is at present engaged upon a Bill for granting

fu7ther concessions to the Roman Catholics:"
' We shall dismiss these statements in the shortest
psssibie ;canner. They are impudent fabrications
from beginning la erg, We know them to be such;
and therefore our readers may place the most im-
plicit reliance • upon what•we say. We have not,
Wweyer, quite finished with our ,Morning Contem-
porary. The remarks with which he introduces his
litbrication tiem,mcl ti few words. He complains that
the Anti-Catholics 'five ." no information or facts
to bring forward in support of Ole denials" which
they give to the fabrications copeocted by
"liimse,lf and friends. Now, with all due de,
ference ,t,hp *superior judgment of the Times,
:we must us our opinion, that no ne-
cessity. exists for the ptfidoction of any facts what
ever. When a set of gossiping old women choose
to -o,tg. forth indecent calumntes against the head of
the Government, are those calumnies to be.
believed beeatis;a po facts are brought forward to
disprove them ?' Wisa:. facts or what information
can b.e required beyond a plait; and positive denial--
zueh, for inotance, as we have given appve ? There
is, however, one fart which we can bring ,feerward,
and which will completely rlestroy the statement of
our precious contemporary. • The Duke of Welling,.
lon is endued, in an eminent degree, with the rah-
ties of 1447Thesly and prudence, and it is therefore
quite impossibie that his Grace should either betray
those who have cori,ed in him, or that he should •
expose his country to the znachinations of the
(3o.tirt of Rome by the feggi!'. of Catho-
lic
•Ern4ncipation ! 'A little further ort our
Contemporacy waxeth facetious. " The
Catholics, " he says,- " have rummaged the
debates of Parliament f pledges of twenty
or thirty..,_yeus, standing, Whereby to fetter
the present judgment of the Duke of Wellington."
Here, we think, our liberal friend has sacriticA the
spirit of truth to the spirit of waggery. We are not
aware that stay anti-. Catholic has attempted to pro-
duce "pledges of twenty or thirty years' standing,
whereby to fetter the present judgment of this Doke
of Wellington. However, having rummaged the
debates of Parliament, we can relieve the Gentleman
of his
.4iniiety on this point. If he refer to the de-
bates of tha '.2S,th of April last, he will find the fol-
lowing words attlibote,d to the Duke of Wellington: '
" With regard to the C.e-thel:c ;10 man can be
more determined than myrdf in Oppo,Nipiz to it. The
result of many years' consideration has been ti? p,,;(1
,c„
1,
my mind an unalterable determination to opp 4, Q Xe
Utmost of my power, any further concession to the Roman
Cathofira." Contemporary ?
Does this ." pledge" satisfy our
He ought, we thinis,,t4s rest contented with it, for
,
it is scarcely of thirty weeks'standing! Perhaps
he will contend that even this EaFie•ize is of too
ancient a date. - flint what has occurred tiara 4prib
which could induce the Duke of Wellington to re,
cede from his " unalterable determination ?" Has
lie seen reason to discard the supposition that dan-
ger would arise from the grant of Emancipation !
No. Since 4pril the Clare Election has taken
place—the Roinish pr,i.ests have displayed them-
selves in their true cliarae(e,:. of furious and into-
fo
lerant bigots—the Demagogues has rt,'.ireatened
drive the people An to rebellion—and
the avowed organ of the Catholics, has declared
his hostility to the Established Ck.nrch, and his,
determination to call for a repeal of "the abominable
Act of Uiriou" Has he seen reason to expect an 1
itcsuiTeCtion in eotiserpt,twe of continued exclusion

of the Catholics ?. No. Since April the Protest-
ants have arisen, in the pure spirit of loyalty, to as-
sist the Government, arid by their energetic conduct
they have driven the miscreants of the Association
from the insurrectionary designs which they had pre-
viously entertained. What, then, can have I,d to a
change of opinion in the mind of the Duke of Wel-
lington ? We confess we are unable to answer this
question; but perhaps our respectable Corrempo-
vary will honour us with a solution of it. Till he
does so honour us we shall remain convinced that
the Duke of Wellington entertains an unalterable de-
terminatiln to oppose any further concession to the
Roman Catholics !