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Mr. Canning was always open to correction, and ra ceived any suggestions for the improvement of his speecher in the most courteous manner, Of this dispo., sition we will give an instance. in one of the speeches which he delivered during the election in the year 1818, he combated the doctrine of universal suffrage, and con• tended, tbat " an unlimited *mansion of the right of suffrage would dissipate and exhaust its virtue," illus- crating the idea by the old simile of the circle caused by the stone cast into the water. Unfortunately, however, the orator had used the word stream, instead of water, and the sentence read thus—" As the circle that spread, from the stone cast into the stream extends itself till it embraces the whole surface of the pool, and is lost Pn its own diffusion." The word stream caught the eye or thaAtte Mr. Ysmes Williamion, who was somewhat of an eccentric chaActer, and who btoke out into a criticism on the phrast ' isikrearn, Sir ! nonsense, Sir. How can a stone make a circle in a stream, Sit`? A stream Tans, Sit; and how cin you make a circle by throwing a stone into running water, Sir r 'hit hypercriticism was mentioned tb Mr. Canning, who admitted that the word waterwould be more appropriate than stream, andit was altered accordingly. The Right Hon. Gent'eman inquired every day during the conti- nuance of the election, after the old critic, as he good humoutedly called him, and asked whether he had suggested any mote alterations in his speeches? Mr. Canning had a very high opinion of the talents of the Gentlemen who repot t the proceedings of Parliament for the metropolitan journals. He did not. however, seem to have a perfect knowledge of the division of labour by which the debates of the night are given forth to the public in the morning. In conversation on the sub- ject of reporting, he remarked, that the reporters must be classical scholars, " for," said he, "I have fre quently observed that classical quotations which had been imperfectly or incorrectly made in the hurry of speaking are generally correctly given by the re porters in the newspapers." Mr: Canning bad, at the election which took place in 1820, heard Mr. Edward Rushton speak from the hustings. This was the first opportunity which he bad had of listening to this Gentleman's oratory ; and he inquired in the evening of the day on which he had beard him, who Mr. Rushton was? On being told who aid what that Gentleman was, Mr. Canning observed, " He is a very promising young man." Mr. Rushton, when ibformed that Mr. Canning I had in onotmeed him a very pro:lashes' young man, 1 smiled at the compliment, remarking, that all his cre ditors gave him the same character. Mr. Canning once, in correcting a speech in which the word constituents occurred, remat ked,that we wanted a noun of multitude by which the whole body avows could be designated. The Americanism constituency. he said, would answer extremely well, and might be naturalized with advantage. It was suggested to him, l ,that if he would use the word, his example would make' it fashionable; but, although he acknowledged the want of such a word, he did not venture on introducing it into the English vocabulary. The preceding anecdotes of Mr. Canning are stated from our own personal knowledge. The anecdote which we are about to mention we heard related since the 'death of that great man. Although se cannot vouch for its authenticity, yet the person from whom it is de. Itived had such means of knowing the truth on the sub ject, that we have not ourselves the slightest doubt that what we shall now relate is strictly true. It will be in the recollection of all bur readers, that Mr. Can- I sing was, in the year 1822, appointed to fill the im portant station ot Governor-General of India; and that he visited Livei eo 11 in the month of August in that year, for the purpose of taking leave of his friends and constituents previous to his intended departure for India. He resided, during his visit, at Seaforth house, the seat of John Gladstone, Esquire, near Crosby. On Friday, the 30th of August, a grand farewell dinner was given to the Right Han. Gentleman in the Lyceum News-room. On the morning of that day, Mr. Canning received a letter from his old and tried,friend, the Earl of Liverpool, offering to him, on his own terms, the office of Secretary of State for Fo-1 reign Affairs, which had become va ant by the sudden, death of the late Nlarquis of Lnndonderty. - Gratifying, as this unconditional tender of office was to his feelings the circumstance of its teaching him just on the eve of the farewell dinner caused no little embarrassment to theaight Hon. Gentleman. In the delicate situation in which he was thus placed, he confided the secret of the letter to an honourable Gentleman who had joined him . at Seaforth House, and who had long enjoyed a large share of his confidence. They walked down together to the sea side, on the sands ot which they discussed the propriety of keeping the secret of the actual tender of office at home, in order that the farewell dinner, which was appointed to take place in the evening, might not lose any of its interest from the disclosure, and it undoubb. l edly would have lost some, if the fact bad become gene- rally known to the company. The secret was kept,the nor went off with eclat, and Mr. Canning delivered on this occasion one of his most brilliant orations. His vale- dictory address was beautiful as well as affecting ; and the bulk of the company, when Mr. Canning departed hem the room, thought that they should " see his face no more." We recollect perfectly well, that when he came to the part of his speech in which he alluded to the hope which the Chairman had expressed, of yet s eeing his great talents employed in the service of his I country at home, Mr. Canniug seemed to speak , with unusual hesitation. A breathless silence reignedl throughout the loom; and at the very moment when i attention was Orton& up to the highest pitch, and when every ear was on the alert to catch some interest ing disclosure respecting ministerial arrangements, the Right Hon. Gentleman disappointed the hopes of the auditory, concluding the sentence somewhat abruptly, by stating that " upon his honour, be had nothing to COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL Yesterday, after the minutes of the last Court were read, and the various City officers voted in for the year ensuing, Mr. Etym.!. moved, that the Resolutions of the 9th of MAT, 1827, relating to the Test and Corporation Acts, should be read. The Clerk of the Court having read them, Mr. FAT - Etc:rose and said, he haJ often had the honour of moving Resolutions in that Ceutt, but he never moved a Resoletimmith more pleasure and con fidence than on this occasion. He was confident that the Members of that Court !Mild be unanimous in their feelings, in going up to the Legislature 'Sidi the ewes _ •ion of those enlightened sentiments which characterised the Resolutions of that Court in May last. He was sure that, howelrer much be might at times.differ front some of his respected friends, these would be one feeling of heart with regard to this petition. He rejoiced that on this occasion he was called upon to advocate. not the cause of any particular party or country, but the tight* of conscience and religious liberty—(hear hear)—and he would venture to say, that he was now pleading the cause of every Protestant Member of 'that Church, whose interest must be supported by the adoption of his resolutions. It was certain when those Acts (the Tests and Corporation Acts) were first passed. they never were intended to affect the rights of Dissenters though the Dissenters had now been scourged by them 1150 years. It was an usurpation of the prerogative of Deity for any man to judge of questions of conscience. Man was left to judge for himself upon all questions of this nature. He (Mr. Favell) would say no more upon this point. But there was another; it might be said to Dissenters, you talk about your rights of conscience, but are you good.subje-cts? Is it safe to trust you with civil offices ? He acknowledged that Dissenters did not come canting with their professions in times of danger ; they had been tried on stronger grounds. Two rebellions had taken place during the earlier reigns of the House of Brunswick; and the Dissenters then came forward, not with their professions, but with their blood---(Hear). Mr. Canning had himself admitted it would be impossi ble to carry into effect the provisions of the Test and Corporation Acts, for it would affect almost all the property in the kingdom; and there was scarcely an individual who bad filled the office of executor, but= Would have to refund money out of his own poach These Acts carried with them an unjustifiable in sinumion that Dissenters were not to be trusted.— He felt rest pleasure in being able to present to the Court an Act of Parliament passed in the year 1824, which, however, tended to undermine these Acts, and whist) enabled persons to hold and execute various ffices in the Customs, Excise, &c. The worthy Member then read the Act, and proceeded to state, that in 1801 Mr. Pitt confidentially advised the repeal of these Acts, though 1e (Mr. Pavel!) had heard him (Mr.Pitt)in the year 1789 speak against it for two hours. He (Mr. Pavel') bad never found a member of the Church of England inclined to say any thing improper on those occasions; and he hoped he should always live in fellowship with all good Christians ; but now the time had come to a point, and something must be done. A Learned Sergeant had said, in allusion to the peseta state of the laws, that a man could hold any situation under Government without submitting to the Test, except that of cleansing the common sewer. No man could take upon himself that office without submitting to the cost- , (clear and a laugh).— There Acts fettered the King; for his Majesty could appoint no officer in his establishment, from the Lead Chamberlain down to the bug•destroyer, unless be, the officer, submitted to the test. The influence of these Acts extended themselves even to the female departmeet; His Majesty could not appoint a maid of honour, haw ever virtuous, unless she submitted to the test—fllledt laughter). Lord Melville was educated a Presbyterian, and he (Mr. Favell) understood he had never qualified, though he had held the highest offices in the state. Mr. Favell concluded by moving, 4 . That petitions to both Houses of Parliament should to presented by this Court, founded on the resolutions of May last, praying for the repeal of the said Acts; especially those which selated to the sacrament and qualification. " Mr. PIACOCIC considered it a high honout to be per mitted to second this motion. He knew that its sen timents identified themselves with those of every liberal minded man: The Dissenters had voluntarily imposed upon themselves the burden of these Acts at a time when a strong struggle took place to preserve the Pro testant Church. All brew what took place two hundred years ago. A great deal had been said about the 66 march of intellect," and be was glad to find it going on ; for he was sure the ge march of liberty" would go with it. There was now no occasion for one man to be afraid of another ; there was not the least probability of Popery ever again becoming the established religion of the country ; but be believed the Dissenters of the present day. would be ready to mai fice more than ever their ancestors bad done, if occasion required it. He was sure that thremfourths of the members of the Church of England were ashamed of these acts. He knew the time when it was difficult, upon their return to office, to get near the Council table to take the necessary oaths; but not so now there was evidently a falling off of the members every year. (Hear.) He therefore begged to second the motion. Previous to its being put Messrs. &raven*, PILLATT, and Ricuannson, severally addressed the Court in its favour, and open being put to the vote, only three hands were held up against it. It was then carried unanimously, that the Members of Parliament who sat in that Court, should be re quested to present the Petitions to the Home. Messrs. Aldermen WooD and Tuourstiw came for ward, and promised to give the Petition their Facet hearty support.