The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-22 00:00:00

ORANGE MANIFESTO.

"TO THE PROTESTANTS OF TIIE BRITISH EMPIRE.
"In a season of great danger and trial, under much ob-
loquy and manifold provocations, we have deter mined to appeal
to you,
"We ask you to hear us calmly, and to give to our case
your earnest and practical consideration, not led away by
vague prejudices and hasty judgments.
" There are some who use towards us the language of con-
tempt and insult, and others who exhibit to our cause only
apathy or impatience; and there are too many who are pro-
fessors of Protestantism, but who object but feebly even to
the religious tenets of the Church of Rome.
"We address not such as these—we expect no sympathy
from them ; but we appeal to those millions of our fellow-
countrymen who are still willing to maintain their protest
against Rome, and to uphold the religion of the Reformation.
"We feel that our cause is good, and that we can prove
it to be so ; that our principles are true, and our conclusions
sound ; and, further, that the means we desire to adopt for
the defence of our cause are not only necessary and effectual,
but righteous, legal, and constitutional.
"But to our success and safety it is essential that the good
will and cordial aid of British Protestants should be engaged
in our behalf ; and that their sober and solemn attention
should be given to the question of Irish Protestantism, and
the peculiar position of the Irish Protestants.
"It is our belief that the true principles of the reformed
faith are nowhere more ardently loved, or more soundly
maintained than in Ireland; and we mournfully believe and
fear that our fall would be felt throughout Christendom as
a blow to the cause of truth.
"Do not look on our interests as remotely, but as very in-
timately connected with your own ; and when you read our
address, cast off all such impressions as may have been made
upon you by the levity, the unfairness, the bitterness, and
the scorn whitli have hitherto been too often manifested
towards this important luestion.
" No proof is needed of the eager support that was given
by Irish Protestants to the present Administration on their
accession to power. There were, indeed, misgivings amongst
some sagacious observers of events; but the greater number
buried the past in oblivion, and again trusted those who
before had disappointed them. While there was • then, as
there is now, no diaposition whatever on the part of the
Protestants of Ireland to co-operate with the Government in
a truly liberal and conciliatory course towards their Roman
Catholic countrymen, and no desire to withhold from them
the advantages of civil equality, it was hoped and believed
that a Conservative Government would have endeavoured to
remedy and reverse the ruinous policy of their predecessors,
as regarded this part of the empire: that they would not
have encouraged the advancement of the Church of Rome;
but, guarding against its encroachments, that they would
have befriended the Protestant cause, and zealously consulted
its interests that, in questions relating to religion and
education in Ireland, due regard would have been paid to the
principles of Scriptural instruction, and to the claims of that
reformed faith which is interwoven with the Constitution, re-
cognised by the laws, and is the corner-stone of the British
monarchy.
" Such were our expectations. We challenge the most
moderate to point out in the policy of the present Administra-
tion any signs of affection to the Protestant cause, or any
symptoms of resistance or discouragement to the march of the
Church of
" In the face of the remonstrances of more than a million

of British Protestantg, the Roman Catholic College of May-
nooth has been permanently endowed; the conscientious ob-
jections of Protestants to the national system of education
have been disregarded ; and a peremptory refusal has been
given to the rra4onable petition of a large body of the nobi-
lity, gentry, and clergy of Ireland for aid to instruct the
children of the Protestant poor in a manner conformable to
their faith.

" Whatever may be the judgment of the people of Great
Britain as to the merits of the Irish scheme of national edu-
cation, differing so much from that of England, few of them
will deny that the scruples of those who regard Scripture as
an essential part of education ought to be provided for as
carefully as the scruples of those who claim the authority to
exclude it.

" We are, therefore, compelled to the startling conclusion,
by manifold proofs, that the policy of the Minister is to at-
tempt to govern Ireland by means of the Roman Catholic
party, and to secure their influence and co-operation by con-
tinued concessions.

" We cannot but apprehend, therefore, that heavier blows
and greater discoursgements are still in store for us,—that
there may yet be a more direct violation of the Constitution,
as, for instance, by the endowment of the clergy and Church
of Rome--and that, from the policy of the Government, the
maintenance of the Established Church in Ireland, although
a fundamental article of the union, may be seriously en-
dangered.
"But there are ether and obvious causes of deep anxiety
to Irish Protestants; they find themselves encompassed by a
wide-spread and fearful conspiracy, and our fair country has
been made notorious amongst the nations of Europe as a land
of blood and crime: the perpetrator of the foulest murder
escapes into triumphant security, and the arm of the law is
utterly powerless.
" We will not dwell upon this fact; but we earnestly be-
seech you, in forming an estimate of the conduct and circum-
stances of Irish Protestant, to give full room and weight
to this sad and horrible ingredient.
" To associate firmly and peacefully, in the earnest spirit
of men who feel the importance of religious truth, and with
the cordial loyalty which renders full obedience to the law,
has been the thought, and is the wish, of the Protestants of
Ireland ; let your judgment as to this desire be deliberate and
impartial.
" We have confidence in that veneration for constitutional
liberty which makes an Englishman jealously watchful over
the right of free expression of political opinions. We remind
you that the very first indication of a wish to unite for an
object we held to be legal, conservative, and religious, has
been met. by the Government with an act both arbitrary and
harsh. In the late dismissal of magistrates all consideration
of their object has been discarded, and a principle established,
that to unite for a legal and Protestant purpose, and to unite
for an object illegal and unconstitutional, shall incur an equal
penalty, ar.d must be treated alike.
" How far is this principle to be pushed? Are we to un-
derstand that all Irish magistrates are prohibited from being
connected with any association, or any movement of a poli-
tical nature ?

" If so, any Government of the day may convert the magis-
tracy into a body
,of political partisans. Would such a course
be pursued or submitted to in England ?
" We cannot believe that a cause so righteous as ours, and
so momenton!►.o the destinies of this great empire, can be
wanting in support from the people of Great Britain. How-
ever this may be, we despair not ; the truth of God, which
we desire to uphold, teaches us not to fear, for there is no re-
straint with Him---' to save by many or by few.
" To our Protestant brethren in Ireland we would now
address a few words :—Undoubted loyalty has ever distin-
guished you as a faithful Protestant people. We trust you
would not stoop from your high position to seek aid from any
source which the spirit of the laws and Constitution forbids
or condemns. We need not urge you, we hope, against
weakening your union by administering oaths, or using secret
signs, a system which modern sedition has promottd, and the
law has denounced.

" The friends of that. frith which you profess intently and
anxiously observe, whilst your enemies as keenly watch your
every movement, one act of disobedience to the laws by the
huniblest individual amongst you reacts upon the character
of the Irish Protestant, and gives occasson to the enemy to
malign our glorious cause. •It is ours and yours; our interests
are vitally identified with yours, and one member cannot suffer
without an influence upon the rest.
" We are conscious of the severe triais-which many of you
suffer—the state of insecurity and restressness which the evil
policy of man has generated by the -discouragement of the
good and loyal, and the encouragement ' of the bold and the
bad.' Be calm and united, confidept that your principles can
never perish.
" You can wield lawful weapons with all the confidence of
men who know their cause is righteous. The great consti-
tutional arena is the House of Commons ; and, therefore,
every energy should be exerted to secure, to the utmost, a
faithful representation of your principles in Parliament. If
the registries are neglected, your political influence is para-
lysed; if perseveringly attended to, some, perhaps much,
benefit may arise. We therefore earnestly implore you not
to be deceived, or persuaded to abandon the battle of the
registry. Political privilege involves political responsibility,
and your neglect or apathy is triumph to the foe.
"'You have, under every difficulty, the assurance that the
darkest cloud with which human tyranny can overshadOw
You cannot oh cure the bright bow of Christian hope, nor
obstruct the voice which ever invites you to hear Him who is
our peace. England cannot abandon you without sacrificing
tier Protestantism, and forsaking her Go'l.
" RODEN, Chairman."

John Bowes, Esq , M.P., has been appointed grand-
master of the Freemasons of the province of Durham.
John Barnehy, Esq., M.P., has resigned the chair-
manship of the Herefordshire quarter sessions, in consequence
of his health not permitting him longer to discharge the
duties of that office.
The Duke of Sutherland, Marquis of Stafford,
Mr. Loch, &c , left Dunrobin on Wednesday last for Loch-
inver, where they intend to spend a week at the Duke's
beautiful house of Lochinver. Few spots in the north could
be selected of such an agreeable nature. The house stands
majestically on the banks of the loch, surrounded by towering
hills of the most picturesque appearance. In time of storms
from the west, the rolling of the waves is grand to behold,
and in time of fine weather the whole scenery is delightful.
—Russ-shire Adrertistr.

PUBLIC DINNER TO MR. HUDSON.—The public
dinner in hononr of Mr. Hudson's return for Sunderland was
to take place on Tuesday, in the Polytechnic Hall of the
Atheneum, in that town. Preparations on an extensive
scale had been made for some days previously, and it is said
that not less than 400/. has been expended in fitting up and
ornamenting the building. The room, which is the largest
in the borough, will not accommodate the number who have
applied for tickets, although the price is one guinea each.
The tickets were sold on Monday, at a premium of 1/., and as
high as 1/. lOs. Mr. J. J. Wright, Mr. Hudson's most in-
fluential supporter at the election, is to preside, and Mr. R.
Sporr, his seconder at the nomination, is .to take the vice -
chair. Among the speakers will be Lord Seaham, Mr. M.
Bell. M.P., Sir John Lowther, M.P., Mr. Hodgson Hinde,
M.P., the Rev. Dr. Townsend, canon of Durham, and several
local gentlemen, whose names are as yet unknown to fame.
The list of toasts includes the healths of the Duke of Wel-
lington, Sir Robert Peel, and her Majesty's Ministers, Mr.
Hinde, and the Conservatives of. Newcastle; Mr. Bell, and
the Conservatives of Northumberland, with others of a like
description. The ball is to take place on the following even-
ing, at which the Marchioness of Londonderry is expected to
be present. Mr. Hudson and her Ladyship will probably
lead off the ball. A sumptuous supper will be served at
twelve o'clock. The Hon. Member is a guest of Mr. C.
Bramwell, of Hendon House.

THE LATE FIGHT FOR THE CHAMPIONSIIIP.-A
committee in behalf of Bendigo has been formed to raise a
suiscription to defend the action now pending between Caunt
and the stakeholder.

THE LATE ACCIDENT IN THE ROYAL ARSENAL
The Board of Ordnance have ordered that the son of the late
Michael Purcell, who lost his life by the late explosion in the
Royal Laboratory department of the Royal Arsenal, shall be
entered as a boy'in the storekeeper's department, at a salary
of six shillings a week. The Board, however, do not re-
quire that he shall attend work until he is fourteen years of
age. Ile is now only ten years of age, and is at present
under the care of Mr. P. Fogarty, landlord of the Duchess of
Wellington, Green's-end, by whom he will be placed in the
Roman Catholic school, at Somers Town. No communica-
tion has been yet received from the Lords of the Treasury
relative to the allowance to the widows and families of the
other unfortunate men, so that the paragraph which appeared
in some of the morning papers, a few days since, is altogether
false.
Mr. D.C,Mosrlan? recently elected Judge Assessor
for Weal:linger; in: nitwit* Alain Debts Act, has been confirmed
n meatthe appointment by tbv-Sp
Di Wettity of State for the Home Depart-
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WILLIAM ORTIL—A paragraph has
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Soutkwark was seriously. .On inquiry in Lowndes-
squae, pimiieo,it wasatsdir William had been for a short
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