The Sun.
London, England, 1828-08-20 00:00:00

with Ireland.. For years--yea, centuries—she
has groaned under the most oppressive treatment
which seven millions of people could possibly
have borne at the hands of another nation--she
now feels her strength, and the mere threat to.
exert it has already sent an arrow to the heart of
lone of the bitterest opponents of her claims I
The acquisition by the Catholics of Ireland of
Mr. Dawson's support to their claims, is in itself
a matter of tilmost pure indifference. It gives
them Qne vote more, and that is all ; for the
talents of the Under Secretary are not of that
powerful and persuasive character. that would
operate very forcibly on the intellects of his
colleagues but fr another point. of view his
conversion is decidedly a matter of the greatest
'importance. As a servant of the Crown. he
must be supposed to know something of
the sentiments of hit colleagues ; and though
it would be 'extremely unfair to infer from
the mete circumstance of his conversion, the con-
Version of the higher members of the Govern-
ment, yet coupling that circumstance with others
of a similar nature, we think little doubt need be
entertained that there is now a serious intention,
on the part of the Government, to take the state
of Ireland into consideration, and to adopt such
measures as, by removing the chief causes of Irish
discontent, may effectually put down those revo-
lutionary agitators who have again and again in-
cited the people to rebellion, and who only are
popular because the people are poor and discon-
tented. But leaving this point out of view, the
conversion of Mr. Dawson is important in another
respect. Though it would be uncandid and un-
generous to charge the Right Hon. Gentleman
with having changed his mind simply because
Mr. V. Fitzgerald had been ousted, and
the Catholics of Ireland had come to the de-
termination not to send any Member to Par-
liament who would not regularly oppose
the measures of an Administration 'which had
resolved against their claims, yet it would be pay-
ing a sorry compliment to .his understanding to
admit for a moment that these circumstances

have not had their effect,
,and that Mr. Dawson
has not seen much more clearly, since the oc-
currence of these events, the necessity of settling
the affairs of Ireland than he did previously. We
therefore say to the Catholics, stick to this point,
and there is no fear that you will soon have
friends in abundance. Look to your own
strength, and to your own good conduct as the
surest means of success ; but discard the direc-
tion both of your priests and your agitators with
what speed you may, and above all beware of at-
tempting to force emancipation on the people of
England ; for while you are guided by the for-
mer, the British Legislature will not listen to
your prayers ; and if you resort to the latter, the
whole population of the two Protestant king-
doms will be in arms against you.—Morning
Advertiser.

The speech of Mr. Dawson, at Derry, con-
firms us m the opinion we have expressed, that it
is the intention of the Duke of -Wellington to
take some steps for setting at rest the Catholic
Question. It. is absurd to conceive that Mr.
Dawson, considering the station he holds, and
the ties by which he is bound to the present
Cabinet, could have used the words imputed to
him—and which have evidently been studied
before their delivery—without understanding the
intention of his colleagues in office. This speech
is exceedingly important, inasmuch as it shows
that the Duke of Wellington, in the observations
he made the last time the Catholic Question
was before the Legislature, was neither so insin-
cere nor so indefinite as some Journals took
pains to prove him to have been, but was then,
and has been since, employed in preparing the
way for the settlement of this question.—Morn-
' iitg Herald.
When Mr. Goulburn, in bringing forward the
Budget, stated that, from the promising state of
the crops, he saw little prospect of any duties
being paid into the Treasury, during the ensuing
year, on account of imported corn, the state-
ment, even at that-time, filled with astonishment
every one- who really knew any thing of the
matter-; for, laying the subsequent unfortunate
state of the weather entirely out of the question,
it is quite notorious that the most flattering view
of the wheat crop offered nothing like an average.
Subsequent events have greatly diminished even
that. From all that we have heard of the pro-
spects of the present harvest, we should say that
there may be a deficiency of two months' con-
sumption arising from it.- Those two months
would be those of June and July in the next

The spirit which is gradually arising among
the Protestants of Ireland is a theme upon which
we cannot too often or too warmly congratulate
the public. The celebrations at Derry and at
Enniskillen, and the dinner given in Dublin to
Mr. Moore, the Protestant Representative of
that city (some further particulars of which are
given in our preceding columns), arc events of
so interesting a nature that we recur to them with
umningled satisfaction. At the festivity in Dub-
lin, where were assembled the noblest, the wisest,
and the most loyal of Irish Protestants, one una-
nimous expression of opinion and resolution
burst forth. The zealous and uncompromising
support of the Protestant Constitution of the
Empire, by the influence, the authority—if
necessary by the arms—of the distinquished
men there present, is the lofty and honourable
pledge which we have the proud satisfaction
to record..., These we are perisuaded arc no
vain or umneaning professions. The pledge
thus solemnly given, will, whenever the oc-
casion may arise, be gloriously redeemed.
Nor is the value and importance of this
pledge to be accurately estimated with refe-
rence merely to the rank, wealth, numbers, or
social and political importance of the persons
assembled, great as all these unquestionably
were. They spoke the name of the whole
body of loyal Irish
i'i
Protestants, whose bosoms,
witk scarcely an exception, beat in unison with
tl'ieir patriotic sentiments and determined resolu-
tions. Neither do we review the
proceedings at
Derry, in celebration of that auspicious day,
which secured to Ireland the blessings of the
British Constitution, upon the whole with less
satisfaction. If the mistaken doctrines of conci-
liation were obtruded upon the meeting, if they
ded even from an authority hitherto proceedeemed
high, they proved no more than a feeble bulrush,
when opposed to the impetuous and resistless
torrent ofgenuine, manly, unsophisticated loyalty.
Even the respectable and clever individual who
advanced these disorganizing doctrines could not
mislead or corrupt the clear and vigorous un-
derstanding ()limy one of' his auditors. In ex-
hibiting the poison, he presented at the same
time; iu copious draughts, the effective
i and
infallible antidote. If the state of society' n
Ireland be convulsed—if those ties upon which
the well-being of society depends be in a
state of diSsolution—if the condition of the
country he an anomaly in the history of civi-
lized nations, having no parallel in ancient or