The Sun.
London, England, 1829-02-11 00:00:00

was. The Right Hon. Gent. had, it appeared, ogered to
resign in August last, declaring, at the elms time, that he
should support the measure of relief to the Cetbolice; but
the Noble Duke at the head of the Government, with that
right feeling and gool sense which ohm acterised Him, had
persuaded the Bight lion. Gentleman to continue in office,
end be haul continued—a proof that he Was actuated by no
earthly motive but the welfare of the•country. He could
not consent to see a man of this stamp run down by vulgar
vituperation. Ile hoped the Right liOn. Gentleman would
treat it with the contempt which he (Lord Clifden) did
when he saw himself abused in the blackguard Orange
Papers. When, for example, be was last travelling-in Ire-
land, he asked at the Inn for a newspaper, and the first
paragraph his eye lighted on was one attacking " the
worthless Lord Clifden, who, though he deew' twenty
thousand Funnels a yeas front Ireland, did not spend
fifty pounds there."—(a laugh.)--Thoee who opposed this
measure were bound to show that it was impossible to
pacify Ireland without: it. • The enemies of this country
were watching with lynx eyes what that House was doing,
in the hope that it would throw out this salutary measnre.
Supposing it carried in the House of Commons, her
would lie by an overwhelming majority, if their Lordships
Were so mai as to reject it, what would be the conse-
-queneee ? Would they turn out the Noble Duke, to
whom, .ifhe succeeded, this measure would be the
crownilig viteciry of all ?
.(Hear, hear.) If they did,
all those who wished for imerhief and confusion, in order
that they. might blow up the Constitutione.would7 rejoice
at it. A Noble and Learned Lord on the ether evening
had reftrred to America. He (Lord.Cliftlen)•, would tell
their Lordships that through the United States of Ante-
rice, from Boston to Charleston, through to the rivers that
fell into flue Pacific Ocean, there was a strong feeling in
favour of the Irish Roman Catholics. There.were thou-
sands
tradesmen, ar;dntscl earned,
,stalnedi
cod ofth
ere citizens
as m descendeder ehant ts,
who were inspired with a resolntiert to do something for
the eonntry-Of their lathers. (Hear.),. They had seat hun-
dreda and thotnii'Ods of pounds to the Catholic Rents and if
despised, he bad
if it persisted In restrictions which all other ' awremswearner 11471:-rdttniintioarn".., eneonndtornyb,%itldheeeYd,va°:oltadluslehnde
coun-
tries had Aelished. . Mote he concluded, he would say,
that be should be happy if the Right Hon. Gent. (Mr. Peel)
remained *Member for the University of Oxford. He be-
lieved that the Right Boa. Gent.'s resignation had not been
neceptedi He haul. seen a leading man connected with the
University, who bad told him see. If it were otherwise, he
would say, that since the infamous decree wieich was burned
by the hands of the common bailer:tau—that, he meant, in
favour of passive obedience, and non,resistaure—the Uni-
verEity, if it should reject the Right Hon. Gent., had done
nothing so contemptible and disgreceful. Bat he hoped the
University would not he influenced by the parsons, who knew-
as much about this question as their horses. The Noble
Viscount concluded by presenting three petitions from the
county of Kilkenny, in favour of the Catholic Claims.