The Sun.
London, England, 1820-05-12 00:00:00

FRIDAY, MAY 12, 1820

Committee already appointed to superintend the
pending prosecutions—(Hear, hear !)
Agreed to ilr)dniutons y.

Dtxoicr moved the printing of several sc-
codots, tllnt copy should be sent to each
ielobrr.—Ortfertd.

A Peihion was presented relative to the City
,vatio•nal Schools, praying for aid ; but after some
observations from Messrs. James, Dixon, and
others; it %vas withdrawn, it being by all agreed
that the state of the City Funds did not allow of
any liberality at the present moment, unless in-
deed a very strong case was made out.

LITERARY REVIEW.

A :4ERIES of LETTERS nddre•s.sed toe FRIFNII, tip(in the
ROMAN CATHOLIC: QUESTION. By I3tITASNICUS.

(Continued from the Ist iOstanr.)

The Valuable Tract to which we renew our at-
tention speaks so emphatically for itself thit no
comm:elm is necessary on our pail. It is, how-
ever, proper again to intimate, !bat it, is written
by a LAYMAN, es that consideration may operate
on the minds of the Members of the ESTABLISHED
CuH RCif , and intliice them to come forward with
zeal to support it against those enemies twi►o
never-will be satisfied, or think they sufficiently
merit happiness hereafter till they hare ac'eom-
plished its total annihilation.
My bEAR shall now resume the consi-
deration of the question how far the plea of 'auk.-
diency can be urged in favour of the concession of.
the Roman 'Catholic Claims.

You assert, ," that things cannot remain as
" they are, and that the Penal Lawt most either
" be re•et►aetetl, or some further concessions be
" made." Bat this is-certainly a most singular
argument, end it surely can never be seriously
urged, that because the Legislature has chosen
to make certain concessions, and thereby placed
the Roman Catholics in a more imposing attirmle
of solicitation, that still further concessions must
be granted. It this principle were once admit-
ted-, to what a monstrous and unreasonable length
would it extend. Roman Catholics might then
insist upon► a national restoration of the pomp and
splendour of their religion ; they might petition to
he allowed the payment of 'plies exclusively to
their own Clergy, upon the grounds of its being
an hardship and a violation ot• their religion to
pay tl►em to PrO(eStlllt betouheots and eonees.
sion after concession mieht thus be made, until an
English Vicar Apostolic, or an Irish Titular
Bishop, approached the Woolsack in the House
►f Peers !* I look epos this argument (if argu-
ment it c►in be called). of the necessity of further
concessions being made, as mere itirimidation.
may as well be said that all the Claims ought to
be granted, because a large number of persons
baste petitioned that they should he; but Ibis sorely
can be no reason for their concesion. Extorted
privileges ►ere merely indicative of the weakness
'and degradation of those 'Atli° grant t Lot, and can
never be attetidcd with any beneficial eff-cte.—
Yoo, in conjunction with other advocates for the
Claims, are too apt, when urging them upon the
ground of expediency, to forget tbe Protestant in-
terest altogether. It. is held out that if they he
not .granter!, certain ruinous consequences will
cosne ; hot has it never occurred to those who so
zealously liege 'hell), that consequences equally as
tuitions may ensue, should the Claims be granted
Will the great Protestant Alajority of the Nation
be satisfied in case they should he conceded, and
would it be wise policy to disoblige old friends in
order to purchase the favour of new ones by
_a
surrender of laws which have hitherto been coo-
. sidered as fundamental parts of nor Constitution
You insinuate that if the Mims be not conceded,
a virtual separation between this Island, and the
Sister Country will take place ; but is this likely ?
The Offices front which the Roman Catholics are
excluded can only be filled by a few of them, and
by a few only of the wealthiest and must power-
ful, and no real interest can therefore be felt by
the great body of the Roman Catholics of Ireland
in the decision of the question. Is there riot reason
to believe, that it is merely kept alive for party
purposes, and to serve as a stepping-stone to
powcr for disappointed ambition ? It is a libel upon
the people of Ireland to suppose that their alle-
giance sits so light upon them as has been it►si-
nuatetd, and that bo trivial a cause as the one int=
pitted to•them would fan the embers of party into
the flames of Rebellion. I, indeed, have formed
a very different estimate of Irish loyalty. Sincere
in its origin—enthusiastic in its progress.—and be-
neficial in its results, it is not to be impeded by a
mere struggle for power, which, if granted, would
confer no- benefit upon the Peasant—no blessing
upon the Cottage, hot would confine its effects ratite
kfty Dome and he Baronial Domain. Ireland has
evils to encounter—site has wrongs to be redres-
sed—but the conce.ssion or the Roman Catholic
evmtld•neither avert the former, or obviate
the latter. It would neither increase or cement
tbe union wt►ich now subsists between Protestslits
and Catholics ; and until certain principles are re-
nounced, that union will not advance in its opera-
tion ; " like the Rhone which flows through-the
" Lake of Geneva without mixing its waters wit!►
" those of the calm Lake," it will never so far
extend its effects as to promote a perfect recipro-
city of interest between the two Parties.

Vide a Pamphlet entitled " Catholic Emancipation, and
the unly way in which it can be effected, puinced out,"

LONDON JOURNALS.

FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.

[Morning C'kronicle.]

We were dkfypointed yesterday in our hopes
of receiving advices from Buenos Ayres direct,
for, on inquiry, we found that the vessel au-.
nounced from that quArter on Lloyd's books had
been detained at Nlonte Video for more than a
month, from which place she
,brings letters to
23d January. One of them states a cations fact,
which we cannot altogether credit, viz. that
Fruit's Bibeta, Atm second in command, had
joined the Portuvese with titil the turves he cam-

[Pitich Shirti,lpENcr.

mantled. Some Other RIO Janeiro letters were
received yesterday, and
,from them we were ena-
bled to Obtain the following extracts, which,
though not so late ?ka tho•e we have previously
published,. contain additional information respect-
ing the affairs of Buenos Ayres:—
Rio JANEIRO, FEB. 26.--XVe yesterday received
news from Buenos Ayres, by which we learn that
the Dire'ctor, General ilondeac, ltad been beaten,
and the army he had, carried with him from the
capital completely destroyed, in the neighbour-
hood of Rosario, by t:le Moutoneros, who, when
our advices came away, were within six leagu:•s
of Buenos Ayers. On this information reaching.
the 'place, the Government was immediately over-
thrown. This defeat, and the consequent as-
cendancy of thelllont °hero', with whom is Cal".
rcra, will, 110 doubt, affect Chili, and produce
there a change us coMplete in men and measures
as has taken Place in the capital of La Pl,rta.—
'l'i►e road to Chili, of course, still ;mains inter-
cepted. Sir ThOmas Hardy has taken' Commodore
Bowles' bou`se, and was living asbute.