The Sun.
London, England, 1845-04-23 00:00:00

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patient altogether, and with it tte..ir aim and cal ng:-
the Examine? says, this is no ure at .all ; that Peel is-
quack, a concoctor of stone broth, an impose ;We- o
take the Examiner's view of' the aynooth rill.) Qr
indeed, it is little, but taken wit ,the doclaokiol4,o4
Tory chiefs, it is immense. It a.-1441, *VW%
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it is applied to the vital wound of fait kukeptibility—
the sense of religious inequality. n satisfies not the
demagogues of Ireland, the men who would trade
in anarchy, and seek individual eminence at the ex-
pense of the greatness of both countries. But it satisfies the
Catholic prelacy and priesthood. It teaches them to look
to the Imperial Government as just., as freed from prejuo ice,
as promising to be paternal. It gives them hopes of boa rur
and endowments, and binds the Irishmen, in whose ha ids
are the hearts of the poor, to keep those hearts not in
slavish submission, but in wise patience. If such fairness be
held out to the Irish ecclesiastic, how much more to the
Irish layman, in every profession, in every class? We i Lust
repeat, that we do not care who the man is that carries :uch
a Bill ; he deserves well of his country. We must own, t hat
when we think of this Bill and of its consequences; we have
but one anxiety—viz., that it should pass. Its rejectio tis
something not to be contemplated, except by those who
could tranquilly see England without a Government; and Ire-
land far worse than having none. No considerations of
party, no attachment to abstract principles, ark: no -strait.ing
after an impracticable better, could tempt us tA) Se.: this well
aside. We are sincerely attached to the principles dev.loped
in Mr. Ward's motion ; principles which, if acquiesced ti: at
the right time by the Tories, would have spared us the d'lli-
culty and humiliation of the present crisis ; for humilia4 :on
it is to have confessed their fears with regard to war and to
foreign powers, as the Tory Ministers have done. :tut
the present is not a time for creating difficulties, or tbr
retorting either with acrimony of speech or obstruction
in act. The conscientious assertion of a princiole,
or a strong sense of its future practicability, will r:Ily
the whole Liberal party iii support of Mr. Ward's mo-
tion. We cannot, indeed, but admit with the Exam: ter,
that the temptation to retort upon the Tories their own last
conduct is strong, nor do we in the least feel disposed to quarrel
with our Liberal Contemporary for its view of the cse,
which is perhaps more natural though we think not more
wise than our own. But we frankly avow our repug-
nance to obstruct the Bill on grounds personal to the Prem ter.
Whatever may have been the past motives of Sirßobert Peel,
we feel that his present ones must be most cogent and most
serious. He has confessed a good deal, but he cannot have
confessed all the reasons which have made him fling up
a line of policy so long and so rigorously followed out, r•ad.
substitute for it one marked out and sanctioned by his foes.
No motive of private ease or public honour, of emolument or
party, or even of keeping out his rivals, could, we feel con-
vinced, have dictated such a change: Thifi must have been
suggested by a sense of risk to the empire—of peril, not to
his party, but to all parties ; which, as it weighed on Lim,
should also weigh upon us, and induce our adjourning to
another time and a fairer field that legitimate struggle for
principle and for power, and for oonsistency, which is cot
abandoned or weakened by temporary and conscientious sus-
pension.

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. HER MAJES Y'S VISIT .TO THE
GREAT BRITAIN STEAM,SIIIP.
Her Majesty having been graciously pleased to signify her
intention of visiting tne Great Britain steam-ship, moored off
Blackwell, the Dwarf steam-vessel, Lieutenant Comma. _der
H. B. Proctor, was painted and fitted up at Woolwich, and
held in readiness to convey her Majesty from Greenwich to
Blackwell.
At one o'clock P.M. yesterday, Captain Superintendent Sir
Francis A. Collier, Lint., C. 8., and K.C.H., of her Majesty's
Dockyard, Woolwich, Captain Sir John Franklin, hut.,
K.C.H., of her Majesty's ship Erebus, Captain Washing ton
of the Blazer steam-vessel, Commander Smith of her Ida-
jesty's Dockyard, Woolwich, Lieutenant Commander Mac-
donald of the Lizard, and Lieutenant Commander Hoseason
of the .Alecto steamer, proceeded in the Dwarf, steam-vessel
to Greenwich, to attend upon her Majesty and her Royal
Consort.
A guard of honour of the Royal Marines, with the band
and colours of the regiment, marched from Woolwich to
Greenwich at the same hour, under the command of Capt.
Mitford, with Lieutenants Joliffe, Forbes, and Knight; Col.
Mercer, Lieutenant-Colonel Coryton, and Lieutenant and
Adjutant Varlo of the Royal Marines proceeded at the same
time to be present at her Majesty's embarkation. -
At Greenwich, the whole of the pensioners were drawn up
in the quadrangle and leading to the entrance, and the boys
of the upper and lower schools, with their excellent miniature
band; and they played alternatively with the band of the
Royal Marines until the return of her Majesty from the Great
Britain steam-ship and departure for Buckingham Palace.
The arrangements were admirably made by the Governer of
Greenwich Hospital, Admiral Sir Robert Stopford, G.C.8.,
and G.C., M.G., and efficiently carried into -effect wider
the immediate superintendence of the Lieuterant•Goveraor,
Rear-Admiral Sir James Alexander Gordon, K.G.8., and
other officers connected with the establishment.
At a quarter before three o'clock the Royal Marines were
drawn up under arms as a guard of honour, and the Right
Honourable the Earl of Haddington, First Lord of the Ad-
miralty, and Captain the Hon. William Gordon, were pre-
sent to receive her Majesty. At ten minutes past three
o'clock two outriders in scarlet liveries rode up the qua-
drangle, and announced by their presence the near 'approach
of her Majesty. In about one minute after, her Majesty and
Prince Albert arrived in an open carriage, escorted by a
detachment of the 4th-Light Dragoons, under the command
of Captain Fem. The Queen and her Royal Consort were
most enthusiastically cheered throughout the whole line,
hundreds of ladies seated in the windows of the west wing
of the College waving their handkerchiefs. Her Majesty
and Prince Albert bowed repeatedly, evidently pleased with
the scene.
Her Majesty was handed out of the royal carriage by the
Earl of Haddington, and the Queen conversed with his
Lordship and leaned on his arm when descending the steps,
covered with crimson cloth, leading to the Admiralty barge.
Several of the boys were stationed on the steps with t heir
flags, and the embarkation was effected in the most perfect
manner. Her Majesty wore a tartan silk dress and Paisley
shawl, with a light blue bonnet, and appeared in the eujoy-
ment of excellent health. His Royal Highness Prince k bed
was dressed in plain clothes. Amongst the members ce her
Majesty's suite were Lord George Lennox and Colonel
Arbuthnot and Colonel Bouverie, Equerries in Waiiing.
Captain Sir Francis A. Collier steered the Admiralty barge,
with her Majesty on beard, and the royal standard raised,
to the Dwarf steam-vessel moored in the river. Her Ma-
jesty was received on board by the Earl of Haddington and
Captain the Hon. William Gordon, who had gone- on beard
in the barge of the William and Mary yacht, steered by
Commander Smith. -Her Majesty remained on deck under
an awning, in conversation- with the Earl of Haddington,
and appeared gratified with the arrangements made for her
reception.
The Dwarf steamer proceeded for Blackwell at 'precisely
half-past three o'clock, followed by the Lord Mayor's barge,
with his Lordship and several of the Aldermen and other'
City authorities on board, towed by one of the Waterm
s:camers. Father Thames, the Ariel, and several m her
steam-boats, proceeded at the same time crowded with pas-
sengers.
1., After remaining on board the Great Britain about tl ,-ee-
quarters of an. hour, the signal was given at Greenwich hat
the royal party were about to return, and preparations were
immediately made for her Majesty's landing; the who's of
the old sailors, many of whom were decorated with the
Nelson and other medals, were drawn up on the east sic e of
the quadrangle, and the Royal Marines on the lawn. ('he
royal carriages and escort were also in readiness, ana, at
twenty minutes before five o'clock her Majesty and Prince
Albert, with the members of her Majesty's suite, landed in
the Admiralty barge, and were conducted by the Earl of
Haddington, Admiral Stopford, and the officers in attend:. ace,
to the royal carriage. Her Majesty, at a quarter to five
o'clock, proceeded on [her return to Buckingham Palace,
and the carriage drove at a very slow pace round the
eastern side of the quadrangle, the band of the • Royal
Marines playing the national anthem, and the band 01 the
boys of Greenwich schools struck up " God save the
Queen" as her Majesty passed them, the brave old tars
joining, and enthusiastically cheering: her Majesty. The
Queen and Prince Albert again repeatedly bowed on each
side to the assembled thousands; and all her subjects pre-
sent on the occasion appeared highly gratified, as every-
thing was conducted with such regularity and perfect case.
without the least hurry or confusion, that every one had
an opportunity of witnessing her Majesty, whose public
visits of this nature confer not only pleasure but prat
to many.