The Sun.
London, England, 1829-02-07 00:00:00

latter have, on the one hand, been so long estranged
from political power—so long lain under the sus-
picion of being incapable, from perversity of reli-
gious opinion, of wielding it with usefulness to them-
selves, or safety to their Protestant brethren, that a
c:nstrary opinion can only become universal, and the
prejudices which still exist against them be destroy-
el, by the amplest experience of their good faith;
*bile, on the other, the IltitiA Constitution, with
exclusive Prott stantism
:for i,ts shield; hag weatheted
S 1 many storms, and gallantly braved so Matti teat:
f)ests, that to those who reverence it as some of the
opponents of Catholic emancipation reverence it,
it must almost seem like sacrilege and ingratitude
to sanction the slightest breach in its venerable
walls. It is our confident hope, however, that the
breach which is thus about to be made fn the fabric
of our Constitution, will tend to strengthen instead
of impairing it—to produce concord and 'harmonv,
end loyalty among all classes of hit Majesty's
jects, and to extend to every part of the empire that
prosperity which its centre has so long enjoyed—to
make capital flow to Ireland instead of flowing from
it—to promote arts and manufactures, and commerce,
and to change the now uncultivated and unprofit-
able, but naturally rich soil of that hitherto dis-
tracted country, into a land with plenty, and as
fruitful to its present miserable race of cultiva-
tors in the " good things of the earth," as it has
hitherto been barren of their peace or abundance.

Let not not the Roman Catholics of Ireland then, as
some of the agitators would still persuade them, at-
tempt to obstruct the plans of Government by tray
silly haggling about unqualified Emancipation, or
forty-shilling freeholders. A great boon is about to
be bestowed upon them, and they will do well to
receive it with gratitude. The people of England
may still be disgusted by their insisting on trifles,
and will not, in any event, submit to dictation. The
Duke of Wellington has acted manfully and nobly
in their behalf, and the smallest sacrifice which he
has a right to expect from them in return, is the
immediate dissolution of the Association, and the
complete transfer of that confidence to him which
has so long been reposed in its efforts.—Morning •
Advertiser.

Mr. Peel's speech in the debate on Thursday
night seems to involve the Duke of Wellington in a
dilemma, from which the country will expect his
Grace to be relieved, either by an explanation from
himself or his Right Hon. Colleague. The Duke,
so lately as December, in his letter to Dr. Curtis,
expresses his persuasion that, from the high state ef
party feeling upon the subject, he sees no chance of
an early settlement of the Catholic Question;
though it would appear from Mr. Peel's speech that
the matter was agitated as long ago is July, and
the change in his own sentiments and those of the
Duke actually agreed upon in AuguSt.- How, then,
could the Duke sec no prospect in December of ac-
complishing that which Mr. Peel says his Grace had
determined to accomplish four, if not five months
before ? Again, if the sentiments of the Adminis-
tration ' were so decidedly made up so long ago,
what a cipher must they have been making of the
King's Representative in Ireland, who appears from

his letter to Dr. Curtis to have known no more of
their intentions than the Man in the Moon. Even
Mr. O'Connell seems to have had more authentic,
if not better sources of information, than the Noble

Marquis; and the story which was so much laughed
at at the time, of the secret which escaped through
the tattling propensity of a Bishop's lady, or her
chamber-maid, appears now to have been not entirely
devoid of probability. We are curious to see, as
we have no doubt the public are, how the Marquis
will get over the said letter to the Catholic Bishop;
hut, if he will allow us to furnish him with an apo-
iogy, it would be this, that he was almost con-
itrained to form an opinion of his own, where he
was kept so completely in the dark as to the senti-
ments and intentions of others.--Morning Herald.