The Sun.
London, England, 1829-01-12 00:00:00

(FROM THE MORNING ADVERTISER.)

It affords us much pleasure to perceive that the
" Butchers' Charitable Iwititution," the origin of
which we noticed some time back, is proceeding
apace, and that the subscriptions are corning in
in a manner which affords us strong grounds for
hoping that they will succeed in establishing it to an
extent alike honourable to themselves, and useful to
.the decayed and distressed of their .trade. Nearly
1,0001. have already been subscribed ; a►ul at the
meeting. which takes place on Thursday, we doubt
not that that amount will be doubled or trebled.—
The great exertions in the cause of charity which
have been made by other classes of tradesmen in the
metropolis, and the complete success which has at-
tended them, renders it, in fact, imperatively incum-
bent on the Butchers to come forward liberally in
behalf of their- own body; and we feel assured that
the good intentions of the projectors have only to
become generally known in order to receive the sup-.
port which they deserve. They are generally
wealthy ; and wealth cannot assuredly be better em •
played than in providing for the relief of the aged
and infirm—of unprovided widows and orphan chil-
dren.

(FROM THE NEWS.)

THE MARQUIS OF ANGLESEA'S LETTER.
" England ! bound in with the triumphant sea,
Whose rocky shore t eats back the envious surge
Of wat'ry Neptune, is bound in with shame;
Wi'h inky blots and rotten parchment bonds.
That England, that ,4 as wont to conquer others,
Bath made a shameful conquest of itself!"

The age of miracles does not appear to have gone
by with that of chivalry. We hare happily arrived
at the-ne plus ultra of ruling by a divided Ministry.
The Duke of Wellington must himself be ashamed
of such a system of policy, since the publication of
the coup de grace of the Marquis of Anglesea's
Letter. The very form of Government is becoming
dangerous, from the despicable, figure which it cuts,
in the eyes of the people. The law in Ireland is in
various places a perfect mockery. Blow but a
trumpet and all were anarchy from Londonderry to
Cork. It were stark-staring folly now for any.
Ministry of Brunswickers to attempt to lead the
Catholic Association; or to rule Ireland for another
year with its present code of disqualifications. God
help the anti-Catholic Viceroy that should supersede
the Marquis ; he might as well get his commission
made out. for purgatory at once. But something
must be done immediately; events cannot wait on.
the opening of the Session. Daniel O'Connell will
now, virtually, be the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
We very much question whether Ministers will
be able to find a successor to the Marquis ; un-
less in connection with some preliminary arrange-
ments contemplating partial Emancipation, it
would not be prudent for any man to assume
the office. It is in this point of view that the
Letter of the Marquis of Anglesea is the most im,
portant ; arid in reference to which it will be con-
demned as a most outrageous act towards the Go-
vernment, of which the writer was a most prominent
Member. Hishould first have resigned, it will be
said; and
.that he' had no right to avail himself of
the influence and elevation of the Viceroyalty, to
scatter embarrassment and dismay, through all the
ramifications of authority. This however he has
done; and evidently under the consciousness that
Justice must be rendered to the Irish people, before
the exercise of his office can be made either benefi-
cial to. the Government or useful to the Empire.
That Ministers had prepared no plan in respect to
Ireland is now evident; the Letter to the Duke of
Wellington to the Rev. Dr. Curtis, postpones the
affair sine die; the Parliament was to meet;
and the old split-difficulty course was to be pursued,
as though it had been taken up on a life lease of the
King tfrid his Ministers. The Marquis of Anglesea
says that he did not know what the Duke of Wel-
fington's opinion 'on the state of the Catholic
Question was ; and this is a most singular
fact. Really, as far as Ministers are concern-
ed, the Duke had set the . example of passing
the affair" into oblivion;" it was not only no Ca-
binet measure, but it was one in which ever; Mem.
ber of the " Great Council" was to play Dummee.
In appointing the Vice-regal power for Ireland, where
the great question of Emancipation is almost the
onl,y one that can he said to exist—directing and

agitating all minds,-Lit was held superfluous in the
Chief Minister of the -State -to give the slightest
thought to the opinion or feelings of the person ex-
ercising that power. All that the Ministers have to
do, is to.dispose of place; the understanding of each
other beyond this, is either instinct or matter-of-
course discipline. We had talked freely" about the
Great Soldier and the Milifary Service of his .Ads
ministration; but he has really outstript all our cal-
culations; he has made all the Members of his Go-
vernment so manyfanteerini; but the Marquis has
not exactly answered-the string ; and•taking the ad-
vantage of the fact, that the subject of Catholic.
Emancipation was one that never troubled the .mind
of Government, he has treated pretty freely of it us
an individual. It is in this view of the case that-the
Noble Marquis will stand free of blame. The more
immediate-results of this dissertation on politics, ex-
officio, and the events to which it will 'ultimately
tend, will furnish matter of grave inquiry. The
guarded cautiousness which has recently marked the
steps of Mr. Peel; and the secession of his brother-
in-law frotn'the back-bone Brunswiekers, gave note
of a regular break-up of all the hopes of a Bruns-
wick Administration,. as far as that connexion went.*
In the mean time the publications of Lord Kenyon
and the Duke. of Newcastle, &c., with the establish-
ment of Brunswick Clubs in England, showed that
there existed a party in the State prepared to go
any length in an entire antisCatholie principle of
rule ; but this, like every thing, else, has been done
in driblets; there is no general understanding on
the subject ; some counties and towns contending
that the flaw for Protestant exertion as a body is
not yet arrived. We have been told that the mo-
ment it shall be attempted to force. the Royal
conscience on some advanced and preliminary form
of Emancipation,—the King will dissolve the Par-
. liament, and appeal to the people, We should like
to see that moment arrive, because we think that ex-
cepting with the counties, where the agricultural
population area little in the rearof the march of intel-
lect, 'a decided majority of voters would be found in
favour of Equal Laws; and the influence of the rich
Whig Aristocracy would take over a great portion of
Borough's to the Catholic side. It would be a great
national struggle however; and it does mow appear
that we shall be driven upon it. There is a good
deal of work cut out, as John Bull would say, by
this very Letter of the Marquis of Anglesea ; it helps
on a crisis that has been a long time slowly forming
in our d .enestie politics. It was .like an ugly and
unsightly indolent tumour on the human system, that
resisted all the ordinary means of excitement; but
which when once brought into activity, works by its
own latent powers, towards a wholesome or a de.
structive result. One consequence of this event in
Ireland, will in all probability be some further partial
changes in the Administration ; which will be patch-
ed up to meet the Session ; and then•a series of
political explanations will be required, that must. elicit
a light on the future. The Wellington Journal (the
Standard) which considers the courier as ai " Trim-
ming To)*," combats the writings of the lamenting
Editor of the said Courier on this subject ; and the
more decided animadversion of the Times. We see
plainly, from 'this Ultra print, that -every possible
disgraCe is to be heaped on the Noble Marquis.
The writing of such a letter, " without transmit-
ting a copy to his superiors," is called a " high
misdemeanour!" Its " scope and tenor " are "to
keep alive the spirit of the cursed Association." It
was " unbecoming his rank, repugnant to the duties
of his office, inconsistent with his engagements as a
member of a neutral Government, and most danger-
ous to the 'peace of the .country whiCh he was com-
missioned to govern." Thus is the Administration
constructed alternately in layers of fin ions Tories,
trimming Tories, and trimming Whigs, bilging into
a wreck. Whether. to attempt to supply the place
of the Marquis; or to make a virtue of necessity,
and abolish altogether an office, under the form of
econoMy,- which could no longer be filled ; and
which has for years been hawked about to poor
noblemen of expensive habits,—now occupies the
attention of the individual at the head of, the Go-
vernment. He can ill spare such a " sop to Cerbe-
rus," in the present straitened patronage cff Minis-
terial office ; and some time must therefore be taken
to allow of consultation with the outposts of poli-
tical connexion. The event which we have de-
tailed,—but on which it would be idle now to offer
any particular speculation, as every.- day teemi With
its own commentaries in the shape of facts,—will
lead us to the door of the Sessions with a great ac-
cession of pOlitical interest. Now is the time for
the advocates of a liberal policy to sacrifice trifling
shades of difference in opinion, and agree on some
uniform principle of Parliamentary tactics ; a code of
warfare in which they have hitherto been most la,
incurably deficient, and to which alone may be as-
cribed the lengthened political existence of their
adversaries.