The Sun.
London, England, 1817-10-11 00:00:00

VIE ITOTESTANI ASCENDANcY.

FOR THE S[TN.. .
MR. Epurott,--The Protestant Community are
gre4tly indebted to the Writer-of the, Letter to
PeEL, in answer to his Speech on the Catho-
lic :
Question or the House of Commons, on the
9tb of May last, recently published by RIDGWAY,
I" it cannot fail to revive their anxieties on the
important subject to which it relates.
I Cannot compliment the Writer either on his
t°4lPition, temper, or candour, nor do I think
the Papists will consider him as their most discreet
4"l"e4te aid friend : he has, however, by 'the.
Publication of his Letter at this moment, rendered
the Protestants an important service, and they
will doubtlessly avail themselves of it, and he
Prepared to oppose, by every constitutional
Ine,'"ls they possess, the admission of Papists to
power.,--To the- Wesleyan Methodists
the Protestants at large owe.a vast debt of gnat i,
tide, for their steady, firm, and constant opposi-
tion to this dangerous inroad on the Constitution
the Country. THEY are, fortunately, ALwAYS
At their posts and it is to be presumed,. that as
the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge ex-
Pressed, in the last Session of Parliament, their
decided and- unequivocal opposition to the mea-
sure, that the whole body of the Clergy will be
animated by one spirit on the subject, and on the
ltext discussion of it follow- .the example of the
rapists, and exert their influence with the Legis-
lature to reject in toto their admission to places of
Power and trust.

To you, Sir, the. Protestants are bound by every
lie of respect and generous feeling, for the noble
and disinterested support you have given to the
Rood old cause, and for the detetmination which
Yoh have expressed to maintain the principles that
ie'iled the douse of Brunswick on the Throne of
great Britain-, and under wiaort this Country has
attained a height of glory, splendour, and
ressV hap-
unknown in any utter part of the g10be.,,,
hilst I am on this subject, I beg to ask some of
tttlor Readers to communicate, through your
~aPer, what were the Toasts of the Whig
before.l792 ; and what were the usual Toasts
Riven on the..4th of November,• before that year,
r the Anniversary Meetings of the Society esta-
ulished to celebrate the Glorious Revolution of
1688; and why the Annual Meetings of that
:Society have been discontinued since the French
Iterolut iou
fatapter CotreOiou.se, 10111 October, 1817,

WESLEY.

IRELAND.

LORD WHITIFORTIL

It is stated in Mc (Dublin) Correspondents
%at. the addresses to this Nooleinan, in appro.
thttion of public measures, while at the
head of the Administration of this Country,
and in testimony of his exalted worth, as a
titivate individual, are 'multiplying from every
quarter and we are perfectly cohvinced, there
it, not a County or a Corporate Body in Ireland,
that will be found deficient in performing this
fluty to the departing Chief Governor. The great
'Public services of Mr. l'Ett, are concurrently ac.
knowledged, but in distinct Addresses, with those
of Lord IVatrwoaTn, and will form a record
tf that light Honourable Gentleman's official
tolidnct, to shame faction, if it can he shamed,
for all the vilification and abuse with which it
assailed his efforts. to redeem Ireland from the
degradation and depression into which she was
'brown by many causes, not now necessary to
enumerate. The County of Meath Addresses are
h liberal and spirited tribute to the Viceroy and
Chief Secretary, and, we are convinced, express
the senthnents of the entite nation; as tar as
those can appreciate the merits of men high in
official authority.

ra his Erceltenry CHARLES Earl Wu ITWORTII,Lord Lieule,

naza-GenCral, and General Governor of Ireland.

May it pleaSe your Excellency,
'We, the High Sheriff, Nobility, Gentry, Clergy, and Free.
holders of .the County of Dublin, beg leave to express our
ineere regret at the approaching departure of your Excel..
from this Country, which has been governed since your
itrrival with the tobst liberal spirit and conciliation, and a.
vialstant attachinvut to its true interests.

acknov.iedge with gratitude, that the important trust
-,tiiiimitted to your Excellency, has been executed With fidc-
*dY, judgment, and integrity.
'lathe firm and impartial exercise of the powers intrusted
liour Excellency, added to the condescen,iun and benern-
knee 'WLicli bare uniformly influenced and directed your
Olkhlie and private einidtiet, we impute a very t onsiderable.
riare of the general satisfaction that baS been felt, and ac-
huowledged by all raulislif people in a period of unparalleled
%stress and difficulty.
Accept. our warmest Wishes for your future welfare and
which your Exerllenty,. us Chief Governor of this
Fmagdoiti,lias su justly merited.

COMITON DOMVILLE,

EXCELLEb/CY'S ANSWER.

To receive such a mark of esterni and of ;prohation as
taut enntained in the Address which-you have dune me' the
%or to present to me, cannot but be piitticularly gratifying,
from 'hose amongst whom T have constantly resided,
141d-with-whom I have been more immediately connected.
I beg to return you my very sincere thanks for your good
Fishes. I 'shall ever retain ?. grateful sense of your partiality,
‘4l a lively lacrest In your welfare.'

To the RIGI'IT HON. ROBERT PEEL, &c.
We, the High Sheiitf, Nobility, Gentry, Clett,..7,.and Free.
11 Id
ers of the County of Dublin, request your acceptance of
„Deer congratulation oo your continuance in the Office of Chief
neeretarv•
We beg leave to expreis our confidence that you will perse-
're to act with the same integrity and wisdom for the welfare
of Ireland as you have hitherto dune.
tWe have observed with satisfaction that your exertions
are been unremitting in acquiring a knowledge of the coon.
2‘Y, and we entertain- no doubt, but that the knowledge so
t''quired will direct you to its truest and best interests—,your
44tinuance in your official situation, we hail as highly ad-
‘4btageons to the country, inasmuch as It will enable :ant to
)take the hest use of the culmination you have gained with so
-44 eh laudable zeal and labour.
COMPTON DOMVILLE, Sheriff.