The Sun.
London, England, 1829-02-23 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF 'NC LONDON JOURNALS.

(FROM THE TIMES.)

We publish two letters from respectable ?members
®f the University of Oxford, which tlo ttedit to the
writers' public spirit and good sense. One in par-
ticular deserves notice; ice mean that of tho Rev.
Maurice James of Corpus, in reply ro a eirrular
address from poor Sir Robert Inglis's Committee.
This gentleman tells them flatly, that he will give
11.• vote, and " with the greatest possible satisfeee
tie i—not for Sir R. Inglis, but for Mr. Anti" We
are heartily glad to hear it. Mr, Peel bee ,fared
manfully, an I suffered deeply, ft"( the greatest of ail
causes ; and that we may not be accused of misre-
presentation, SVC do I:Dt say that it is the cause of
" civil and religious i.'oerty," since Mr. Pert him=
self has not placed his support of the Catholic Ile-
ne( Bill On env such abstract ground, hut he has
dared, like an hottest man, and rational statesenan,
to ure`:e and sacrifice his own abstract opitildne, be-
cavuse a paramount practiial necessity--the national
safety—demands it. M 7. Peel Sts this has acted
virtuously, incurring considerable personal risk and
distress for an end which he can have no
sordid or selfish, interest. We declare, then,
that it worad be base in the press or
people of v—ngland to de-ert a man SO acting and
when Otte University of Oxford, or father the party
has taken a momentary olfence at Mr. Peel,
Shall have deliberated for a very few days, aftesthe first
subsiding of their anger, we are eoneietsd that all
eelucated and generous teen will ask themselves—
" Why should we plenish Mr. Peel for yielding at
'once his prediiettions, his interests, and his pride,
said conettreing with every other member tf * Go-
eteriesvent, - f which the majority, like himself, had
relsosys been adverse to Emancipation, yielding, we
'repeat, from no coerestivable motive but a sense of
the imminent 'dangers which would otherwise sur•
rosestei til74 Mpire," So much for principle. Let
ass assent that no such question as this of a fill, for
the relief of the Catholics were ever to be afcitated,
jest let any of those 1, arned arid worthy members of
The University, who hare so hastily accepted Mr.
Peel's resignation, consider, would they hesitate for
one half moment to elect him in preferentee Id such a
nobody as Sir 'Robert Inglis ? The question ans avers
itself, Well then,we cats put their minds at rest upon
it his subject. The aviation of the Catholic Relief Bill
is at an end. Oxford, were she to el' thiply her anti-
Catholic committees by a thousan& or te, despatch
es metre- petitions and remonstranets l the Legis•
tore as would fill her oais tiedleian with their
copies, could not prevent—no, nor delay for one
week—the final settlzment of the great question of
Catholic adjust:Thent, Let the learned persons,
Therefore, wlea have raised this foolish uproar against
Mr. Pee'., regard the Catholic questio§ as an affair
of hi story, (for such within a month it will be,) and
;ponder for a little while upon their own condition.
They have thrown out Mr. Peel, the distinguished
under graduate and scholar,---Mr. Peel, the long
tried, zealous, and most useful representative; they
have thrown out Mr. Peel, the Cabinet Minister,
with claims more irresistible upon his colleagues in
the Government, and his hands consequently more
fraught with patronage and power than at any pre-
vious stage of his representative career: the Catho-
lic question is gone, in spite of their opposition-Tfor
ever gone : Mr. Peel for ever gone ; much Univer-
sity business, and innumerable private interests re-
main behind to be daily negociated and promoted;
and in exchange,and as a succedaneum for all these
things, Sir Robert Inglis remains upon their hands.
A bad exchange will they think they have made,
when they begin tb and that they have a Represen-
tative who cannot reward them as all good ecele-
tiastite Wish to be rewarded ! This is an argunten-
luta ad homines ; but they will do well to weigh it
before it is too late. While a party in Oxford he-
sitates, the Corporation of London acts more nobly:
it meets and presents the Right Hon. Gentleman
the freedom of the city.
(FROM TUE MORNING CHRONICLE.)

'We are told by Shaftesbury that " a Clown once
took a fancy to hear the Latin disputes of Doctors
at a University. lie was asked w hat pleasure he
conia take in viewing such combatants, when he
t:ould never know so much as which of the parties
had the better. For that matter,' replied the
Clown, I a'n't such a fool neither, but I can see
who's the brat that puts t'othcr into a passion.'
Nature herself dictated this lesson to the Clown,
that he who had the better of the argument would
Le easy and well-humoured ; but he who was un-
able to support his cause by r easen, would naturelly
lose his temper and grow violent.' " The observa-
tion of the Clown may be applied to our intolerents
in and out of Parliament. Their frantic ravings
evidently prove that they have the worst of it.
Their Retinue and latiguaee bespeak the desperate
nature of their prospects. We should, indeed, re-
commend the friends of some of the daily advocates
of intolerance to bespeak the aid of Dr. 'Burrows in
time, were we not half assured, that their fury,
however ungovernable in appearance, is yet under
the controul of worldly wisdom. They are aware,
that in the present excited state of the imaginations
of their patrons, sober reasoning would be as insipid
us smell beer to a veteran brandy drinker. Hence,
no doubt, their out-Herading Herod day after day,
with " an eye that never winks and a wing that
never tires." What would they be at ? Dis-
solve the Parliament ? And this is gravely
urged, day after day. The Duke of Wellington,
of course, will not dissolve a Parliament which
supports him. The King may dismiss his
Grace and give his confidence to another Ministry,
which might then dissolve Parliament. But then
there is another livle difficulty here—there are not
materials for forming another ministry. Sir Robert
Inglis, and the Duke of Newcastle, and Lord
Kenyon, and Lord Winchelsea, are very well in
their way; but we should think his Majesty would
be very hard pressed for servants before he resorted
to them for aid. Whichever way the intolerance
turn, their path is obstructed. We trust Oxford
will not disgrace itself by electing Sir Robert
Every thing, the into!erants tell us, now depends on
returning Sir Robert—we do not see how this will
benefit them much. The Duke of Wellington's
Administration will not be overturned by the return
of Sir Robert, and the materials forming a No-
Popery Administration would not be one whit more
abundant. The question lies in a nut-shell. There
is nor a Statesman of the least grasp of mind in
either Hotta* of Parliament who is not satisfied that
we ought na loee-er to allow Ireland to remain in its
present unsettled' state. We might precipitate the
Catholics into a rebellion, and slaughter them by
hundreds of thousands ; but what then ? should
after all be no further advanced than before. The
course of conciliation holds out a better prospect;
and in that course the Government will be supported
by all r.lecting persons throughout the country.