The Sun. — London, England, 1828-02-12 00:00:00

THE SPIRIT OF Ttlt PUBLIC JOURNALS Lord Goderieb's account of the proceedings which led to the dissolution of the late Ministry was given last night in the assembly of which his Lordship is a member. It will be observed that it tills up cer tain lacuna' or gaps in the transaction, which had been left such by Mr. Huskisson's speech or speeches at Liverpool. His Lordship relates the dispute be tween Mr. Huskisson and' Mr. Herries, which ap-, peared to be of that nature, and the parties, or pre tensions of the parties, so irrecOncileable, that his Lordship thought it his. duty to represent the whole affair to the King. His Majesty seemed to be of the same opinion - with his late Premier on the fatal effect of the dispute upon the Ministry, which he from that instant pronounced to b e di sso l ve d ; an d in consequence sent for the Duke of Wellington to form a new one. Lord Lansdowne's speech con firms the narrative of Lord Goderich, with some additional particulars, explanator,y sof his own mo tives for not continuing in office. There still re main to be made known the relations of Mr. Hus kisson and Mr. Herries, by themselves, of their dis pute with each other, together with the explanation of their present co-appearance as Ministers in the new Cabinet..--Tinier. Lord Carnarvon, otf account of Lord Holland's absence from indisposition ) brought the subject of- ISlstvarin before the House of Lords kit night. The motion led to a declaration from Lord Dudley, that with respect to the foreign policy of the country, the present Government would not depart from the course pursued by the last--a declaration which places Lord Ellenborough, one of his colleagues, in rather an awkward predicament, as, in his brilliant Parliamentary career last Session, he was intlebted to that foreign p o li cy c hi efly for the subject matter of his opposition to the Government. But the part of the discussion which will be looked into with the greatest interest is the speech of Lord Goderich, which contains a very minute narrative of the dr cumstances which led to the dissolution of the late Administration. We are mistaken if his Lordship's statement be the last which we shall have to hear on this subject ; for it involves a charge of disingenu ousness, amounting almost to perfidy, against Mr. Herries. He states, with respect to the Finance Committee, that when Lord Althorp tves mentioned to him in a casual and incidental manner, he expressed 110 other opinion than that " being a question espe cially within the province of the House of Com mons, I should entirely approve of the considerate decision of those 'members of the Cabinet who belonged to that branch of the Legislature ;" that, however, communication bed been made to the in dividual in question, with a view to ascertain whe ther he would, if nominated, undertake the duty; that this communication was made without his (Lord G.'s) knowledge, and without the knowledge of the member of the Goventment, who, from his situation, must necessarily be materially interested in all matters relating to that subject ; that when he f Mr• Herries) learnt that this communication had been made without any previous communication with the Chancellnr of the Exchequer, he lamented the t ereunistanceas an oversight; that it seemed to him a u imfoetunate circumstance that any thing should !nave been said upon this subject, beyond their own -nvimediate circle, and he begg e d that n o tim e s h ou ld be lost in puttin'ehis Right Honourable Friend in possession of what had been said, and in explaining to him the whole of die circumstance; that Mr. Huskisson made the explanation, and no objection was made, no offence was taken itt the time, but next day—after he had had the subject under his consideration, Mr. Reifies found Mat there -were eery strongg - objeCtions to Me proposed appointment; that, he stated these objections to him (Lord G.), but he understood them to refcr much more to the fact, that no previous cvmmunicatim had been had with him, than to the individual who had been named, end to whose appointnient he could not accede ; that explanations followed be tween the Chancellor of the ,lixehequer and the Secretary of State for the Colonies, and various let ters passed between them ; that he certainly con sidered those explanations perfectly satisfaCtory, and so did the Secretary of State for the Colonies; that GO intirely convinced was Mr. Huskisson that he had removed the objections of the, Chancellor of the Ex chequer, that he never communimted to him (Lord G.) the correspondence that had passed between the Chancellor of the Exchequer awl the Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr. 'Tierney), who originally suggested the name of the individual qualified to be Chairman of the Committee; that alb thiS took place between the end of November and the beginning of December; that on the 22d December lie received a letter from Mr. Henries, in which he first of all stated his ob jection to the appointment proposed as a matter of form, and also mentioned the general grounds of a public nature on cvhich .he rested .his resistance to the nomination; and concluded his letter by ob serving, that " under; these circumstances, and feeling these objections so strongly upon principle, lie felt'it his duty to Waco his office at his (Lord G.'s) dis posal, if it should be any convenience to him to ap point any other person in his. stead.;" that a cor respondence,:then took pla ce ~be tween M r . H err i es and him (Lord (I.), and that copies of Lord G.'s petters were transmitted to Mr. Huakisson; that Mr. Henries, though often pressed, always referred to his letter, involving hie resignation if the appoint ment took place ; on the other hand, Mr. Huskis non felt his own honour and character involved in the maintenance of the nomination, and there was thus an irreconcileable difference between two of the principal members oftheAdminist r ati on , w h o cou ld not be bro ug ht together; ,that lie laid before the Ring, frankly and without reserve, the State in which circumstances had placed the Government, and hie Majesty decided on sending a communication to the Duke of Wellington. The gist of his Lordship's statement then is, that a slight was offered to Mr. (Terries, in the first instance by Mr. Tierney, in com municating with-Lord Althorp on the subject of.his appointment, before communicating with the Mini ster in whose department it was to propose the Committee; that Mr. Herries resented this, and ob jected to the appointment ; that Mr. Henries feigned an acquiescence in the arrangement, and remained si lent during yearly till the month of December, but to wards the close of it tendered his resignation, if the ap pointrnent should take place; that Mr. Herri es an d Mr. Huskisson then quarrelled irreconcileably, and th at file Government was broken up by them. This statement still, however, leaves something out. What Was the cause of the apparent acquiescence in the beginning of December, and the sudden explo sion t owards the close Men do not ant thus out a purpose. Th e refusal of Messes: Iluskisson and Herries 'to allow themselves to be, brought to gether, implied something more than a- mere diffee .rence of opinion, earnele'; that the One sospected t h e :other of acting f or the furtherance of some secret purpose. More elucidation is required, m ore espe cially as these two irreconcileable enemies, who could not 'be brought togeth er when it was their ( hay to be together, no sooner find themselves freed from the ties of office , than they im mediate] rush into` each other's arms: But the discussion of last y night le inernorahle for another explanation which the. Duke of 'W e lli ng t o n felt himself called °". to give in Huskissoncon .t's i ch. Liverpool sequence of t h a speech—in ti los ln all the versions ofpen the Li yerpool papers, and d of those in the London Papers, M • h different individuals,. writtenHuskiss on is ma d e to -sa.y.ein su bstance • , (for the words ne cessarily 'vary a little), ` that 711 th e progress of his intercourse with the Duke of Welling. ton he laid a full -stress upon -two things : first, as to me asures , for to them he always steadily -looked ; secondly, to the guarantees which were to secure the p rogress o f t h ese meas ur es" and h e enters into a variety of arguments to show that when his own great measures were conceded, notwith standing his difference with the Duke of Wellington on the Catholic Question, he was bound, for the sake of the country, to the welfare of which he deemed ........ his measures of paramount importance, to join the Administration. It is impossible to suppose there could be any conspiracy of Reporters to invent this ' leading feature in Mr. Huskisson'i speech; he must have delivered sentiments to the effect of what was reported. ThP Duke of 'Wellington was as much satisfied that Mr. Huskisson delivered them as he was satisfied of his own existence. But let us ob serve how his Grace rewards Mr. Huskisson for the love of country, which made him continue to serve _that country under his Grace, taking the precaution of first tying his Grace down to coNenants,, that the suspicious people by whom he was surrounded, some of whom had distinguished themselves as opponetits of his free trade,system, might not seduce him from the proper course. His Grace last night observed, " Is it to be supposed that the Right Hon. Gentle man even used such expressions as were ascribed to him at the Liverpool election 1' If lie had entered into any such compact bargain as he was repre sented to describe, he would have tarnished his own fame as much as I should have disgraced mine. It is much more probable, though I have not thought it worth my while to ask for any explanation on the subject, that my Right Hon. Friend stated, not that he had concluded any wholesale bargain with me, but that the men of whom the Government is com posed are in themselves a guarantee to the public 'that their measures will be such as will be condu cive to his Majesty's honour and interest, a n d to the happiness of the people." Truly, if Mr. Huskisson had told the people of Liverpool, who were so anxious to know haw he contrived to reconcile his . joining the enemies of his system with his con sistency, that the characters of his Coll eagues were all the guarantee he could offer for the continuance of that system, an instantaneous burst of laughter would have convulsed them, and put an end to his harangue ! So, then, it appears that the object of the enemy has been to get Mr. Huskisson into their hands, merely. to damage him. 0, wicked Duke ! 0, simple Mr. Huskisson ! The finish is given to this affair by the Marquis of Lansdowne, who cer tainly represents Mr. Huskisson as more of a diplo matist than we had supposed. But between two stools—the proverb is trite, and we have not space for enlarging farther on this curious business at pre sent.—Morning Chronicle. A case of no small importance to the literary world was decided yesterday in the Court of Ex chequer.. We allude to the case of " The British Museum'against Payne and others." Thehistory of this remarkable case is well known. The late Dr. Sibthorpe left funds for the publication of his Flora. Grava, and some numbers of it were actually pub lished before the passing of the statute under which the Museum claimed; Number 9; however, being part of the .sth volume; was published since. The only question before the Court was, •" whether a number, or part of a volume, was comprehended in the Act, which says, that copies of all works must be presented to certain public libraries, and, among others, to - that of the British Museum ?" The Court below declared, that it did not, or, in other words, found for the defendants, and the Barons of the Exchequer, sitting as a Court of Error, yesterday, confirmed that. judgment. The case is, therefore, now decided, that no penalty is eligible for neglecting to deposit eleven copies of a work at Stationers' Hall, provided that work is not complete, or does not form a volume. The demand in the case in question was a most exorbitant one— for only 27 copies were printed, of which 25 were subscribed for; so that 11 copies amounted to nearly 50 per cent. of the whole inapression.—New Times. LORD ROSSMORE AND THE CATHOLICS OF IRELAND. The following has been addressed by Lord Rossmore to the Editor of a Morning Paper:— Sir—On leaving London, I feel it my duty again to address the people of England, to call their attention in the most solemn manner to the peculiar, and, I may say, alarming circumstances in which the whole kingdom, and especially that part of it in which I am most immediately interested, is placed. I certainly should not again have obtruded myself upon the British public, but as his Grace, the responsible Pre mier of the Crown, has declared in his place in Parliament, on Thursday night, that it was not the intention of the Cabinet to.propose any mea sure for the relief of the Roman Catholics, I hope I am justified in making a second appeal, connected, as I conceive their question is, with the tranquillity of Ireland. The declaration of the Prime Minister is of the last importance, not only to Ireland, but to England. It tells Ire land she is to remain a victim ; it tells England that she must continue to feed the thousands of Irish who annually cast themselves upon her shores ; nay, more, it tells the friends of civil and religious liberty, every where, what they have to expect—whether Protestants or Catho lics—what they are to expect ; advocates of li berty, or advocatei of tranquillity, that the period of happiness is at all events postponed—that they have one cause and one opponent ; who that opponent is they can now no longer doubt. I proved elsewhere, and that proof has not been refuted, or even denied, that England is most materially injured by the continuance of Ireland in her present condition. I wish now to do more ; I wish to show that England has common cause with Ireland, to a greater extent than even her pacification or pro• syerity ; that she has common cause with Ireland in preservin g the laws and the liberties of the people inviolate. It is a wise saying of my Lord Bacon, " that measures without men" are dead images. Had a measure of relief from the pre sent Cabinet been offered to the Catholics or Dissenters, I should have. reposed little confi dence in it, knowing, as I do, the parties from whom it emanated ; at all events, I should have entertained less fears for the repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts from the answer of the late highly gifted and talented Premier of Eng land. I'll tell you why : although Mr. Canning might have created dissatisfaction in the Dis senting bodies by the answers he gave them, and apparently, I admit, with cause ; yet the inqui ring mind will not be satisfied without entering dispassionately a little beyond the mere act of dissent, and ask, is there no satisfactory reason why a mind like that of Mr. Canning should de part from his own general principles in the case of the Dissenters alone ? Might not Mr. Can ning hav e reasoned thus :—Did the petition of the Dissenters incorporate the removal of dis ability from others ? If granted, would it injure the claims of others ?—would it secure the support of the Dissenters in favour of time claims of the Roman Catholics ? Am I not justified in say ing that, in this providence of his great mind, be was probably laying the.foundation of a ge neral code of freedom ? A m I not bound to a d m it he had a right to suspect the Dissenters,theyilad eve n looking to themselves alone, as then evinced no great disposition to tak e into consideration the unbearable wrongs off' their Roman Catholic countrymen, and in which con clusion he felt himself fortified by the latter con _ duct of the Dissenters in the North of Ireland ? Was he not justified in saying to himself, if I concede the wishes of the'Dissenters separately ,may I not weaken the common cause ? And thus he, naturally e decided.in his own mind:— If I carry Emancipation, I secure the repeal of tile Test and Corporation. Acts; for if the for mer succeeds, the latter is a natural consequence. But if the latter were granted first, and sepa rately, Emancipation must be postponed, and Ireland may be sacrificed ; for I could not pos sibly, while the parties do 'not appear to act to- gether, succeed in both. What then was my inference ? That this answer was intended to be merely temporary, and by no means committing Mr. Canning to a persistence in refusal; and that the answer would not have been given had the Dissenters entered cordially into the com mon cause of all. I repeat it, he felt that, un der existing circumstances, any encouragement held out by him would be premature, and might injure the greet general cause which he had so much at heart, and of which the repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts, united with the re moval of the disability from Ireland, formed se parate and component parts. How can I, for one moment, suppose the mind which had unmasked its ruling principle, when no longer controulled by a power to which, from habit, or from necessity, it had been forced to yield, and which it seems to me, with all bu mility, the hand of Providence removed, to bring about his own great purposes, to smooth the way for the introduction of a more benign system, calculated to shed its influence over the nations of the earth—how can I suppose a mind like his, at the moment he was interesting himself for the liberties of America, for the liberties of Portu gal, for the liberation of Greece, for the removal of the disabilities in Ireland, could descend to such an act of inconsistency as to proscribe the large, influential, and most respectable Dissent ing bodies in our country? So far from being determined to deny the Dissenters their rights, it is my opinion Mr. Canning was determined to support them, when the season arrived. What can be the objection to a union amongst bre thren in seclusion, amounting by census to about fifteen millions, including Ireland, but not including the liberal Protestants, the best friends to the cause of liberality ? And why should not Ireland be included—the main stay of the cause—on whose wounds the tears of England are now fast dropping—with whom the plighted faith of Government has been broken ? And, if her measure of misfortune was not sufficiently full, I fear her cause has been weakened by a fa cility of doing her injury ; I shall not say in what quarter. I have long supported his Majesty's Govern ment in Ireland—l would continue so to do, if the present evinced any wish to adopt the mea sures necessary for her peace. Of what conse quence is it to me who is Minister or who is not? I belong to no party; but when I find the old system is to be persevered in—when I find those in power whose cradles have been rocked in the Ascendancy School of Ireland—who have been fostered on the lap of that power ;—when I find one of them, after admitting the dreadful state Ireland is in, that the system tried has failed, that another should be tried—when I see him resume office to persevere in the old system, with a characteristic coldness when she is in question—when that Minister owes his political consequence to a determined opposition to the measures I know can alone'eventually tranquillize my country, how can I reconcile it to myself not to oppose, by every legitimate means, an Admi nistration in which he fills so ostensible a situa tion ?- Every day proves to me how little the question of Ireland is understood. A. says, in a certain House; B. threatened us with unbe coming language, and therefore I'll not accede to a great imperial question, on which the proper ties, peace, and happiness of millions depend. C., a great statesman, declares he'll exclude a whole nation, " because a few Roman Catholics are, he alleges, intemperate." I am a Protestant, and I should be glad to be informed what is the intemperance of a Roman Catholic to me ? Why should I be debarred from my rights to return 'h Roman Catholic to Parliament ? If I choose to vote for him, why should my po , litical ineligibility arise out of his being ineligible contrary to the compact ratified between two na tions ? Why should I be debarred from living in peace and quietness, and from getting the same price for my lands I would if my country was tranquil ? Because a Roman Catholic has made use of intemperate language. A fine Statesman. like argument truly ! " No, no," says the public voice, " that cannot be ; another reason is as signed for your systematic opposition." What hopes, then, has Ireland of a shadow of peace or rest ?—Already we hear from the tribunal to which she appeals, the cold refusal. Before whom is her cause to appear ? Before those Who have received their political education in the Castle of Dublin, and whose early march was in the train. of the Ascendancy power. I repeat again, every day convinces me more and more how little the question of Ireland is understood--the inte rest of the Protestant is totally forgotten. If any Catholic was to tell me, " Oh, this is a question you have nothing ' to do with, it is a Catholic question entirely,' I would answer, -" By your leave, Sir, its my country as much as your's ; I have no property elsewhere ; my ancestors have lived here for ages. I and my children live here, and I am interested as well as you in this tre mendous question. I'll tell you more ; I'll make common cause with you in it, and if the Minis ter, contrary to the plighted faith of his Govern ment, were to attempt to re-enact the Penal Code, I would join you in opposing him." Why am I so adverse to this Ascendancy power, and what is' it ? I know it well, for I was brought up under its shade. It is the evil genius of Ireland, whose princi ple it is to govern her by the sword. She sits en trenched in the Castle of Dublin, the Acropolis of Corruption—there she held her Court, not to distribute her equal law, but to instruct the youth ful English senator in the art of governing poor Ireland by the sword. Hence our misfortunes. There are five, at least, of those statesmen in the present Administration. The early poison is in haled—Ascendancy principle takes root—pre judice prevails, and bigotry covers all the land. Here she makes Protestantism a good trade, monopoly the law, remonstrance against it dis loyalty ; she ,would have made the illustrious name of Grattan a term of reproach—she drove the immortal Abercrombie from our shore, the bravest of the brave, because his benevolent mind would not consent to carry free quarter and de solation in our fields, and become accessory to, revive again the day of Elizabeth, marked in the gloomy pages of our history, and recorded in the lamentations of Sir John Davis. I heard the parting words of Abercrombie ; I was often with him ; I shall never forget them ; there are those alive who heard the same I will never draw my sword upon Paddy." He dropped the prophetic tear of mourning upon our fate, and his departure from Ireland was more creditable to him than the victory which closed his honour able career. From such a subject, Englishmen, allow me to move the scene, and present to you another, with which all that is dear to you as freemen is connected. I saw it first at Cintra ; and now it advances upon me " in such a ques tionable shape" that I will look it in the face. Cresol-fought for Rome, and overthrew her li berty with the legions he led on to conquest in her cause. An awful and a memorable lesson Cmsar, as conspicuous for clemency as for suc cess in arms. But there is a fascination atten- dant on losing command, that perhaps unfits a man fbr the subordination necessary in times of peace. By this event a principle was recognised, which had been introduced by Scylla ; hence followed a Military Government, and all the misfortunes attendant on military rule. The late war, when England fought fOr her.existence, au thorised a departure from the jealous provisions of our ancestors ; our armies were increased to an amount never before known, and with it the influence of the Minister. A Peace Establishment succeeded ; but nei ther the Ministry nor the Army were included in any retrenchment that followed ; and, in fact, at this very day, the melancholy consequences are apparent in the assumption of a power (for 'tis nothing else) hitherto unheard of in Britain, in the person of the Commander-in-Chief of our Armies—of Min who bad so often led them on to conquest, not only in defence of our liberties, but of those of the civilized world—after dictating his own terms, filling two situations, incompati ble with the spirit of the Constitution. But the Duke of Wellington, like Cresar, has passed the Rubicon ! There is something in un-. controlled power that knows not how to re cede. The principle is to be established or not. Far be it from me to suppose that any act would take place on the part of his Grace, or any of his Majesty's present Ministers, to over turn the' liberties of these realms, or inten tionally to injure them ; but if the principle be comes once recognized, the gulf is open for any future despot to . hurl the Constitution into an abyss ; and where will Britain find a Curtius to close it up ? .Britons, this is a power that can be no longer trifled with ; formerly,'Administra dons .depended for their existence up on th e majority of the people's voice; now, they depend upon the Lords. Here is the cancer with which the Union with' Ireland- has • infected England. Her fibres, imperceptibly advancing, have now taken root—and, if in time eradicated, will extend their ramifications, and overspread the fair face of the-Constitution. Here is one of the deadly symptoms of the measure ; which, properly' executed, would have given security to the par ties ; but, insidiously contrived, and Jesuitieally. effected, has, by bad faith, destroyed the social compact. The Minister of that day, to carry the principles of 'the Union, strengthened him self in the Lords by the introduction of Irish Bishops and. of Representative Peers, who were notoriously returned by him to counteract the voice of the people in their 'Commons' House. So long es the Duke of Wellington is First Lord of the .Treasury, so long will he, virtually, be Commander-in-Chief of the British Armies; with . the disposal of all appointments to civil situations, situations under Government, as well as the whole patronage of the Church. This is a monstrous power—far exceeding that of the Sovereign. Any attempt of his Grace to get rid of the responsibility, by appointing a military friend or friends, will avail him but little, such appointees being in reality, nothing more than. Aides-de- Camp to his Grace. How could our armies be better commanded—hew could the vessel of the State, under such circumstances, be worse guided —than by the Duke of -Wellington ? What kind of power is this ?—People of England, he sitate one moment; and the principle becomes recognized by which the liberty of your country may be hereafter overthrown. Lose not one moment—l call upon you not to lose one mo ment. Resist the establishment of this power. Its next inroad may be upon the Press—wit ness the late attempt in France. Are not allthe Powers in Europe confederated in secret league? Petition from John o'Groat's House to the Land's End: petition—l call upon you to pe tition, by the memory of your ancesters, by the duty you owe yourselves, your posterity and your country. Petition before this " self-con demned" and inconsistent power has time to con centrate its strength, and his Administration will vanish into air. For, (in the words of one of our most eminent Statesmen) " No complaisance to our Court, or to our age, can make us believe nature to be so changed, but that public liberty will be amongst us, as.among our ancestors, ob noxious to some person or other : and that op portunities will not be furnished for attempting', at least some alterations to the prejudice of our Constitution. These attempts will naturally vary in their mode, according to the times and circumstances :—for ambition, though it has ever the same general views, has not at all times the same means, nor the same particular objects." —I have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient servant, Hatehett's Hotel, Feb. 3. ROSSMORE. It is said that the bridal-dress of Mademoiselle• LtitrrE, now Princess of MosxowA, cost 30,090 francs (equal to 1,250/..aterling).—Furet de Londres. ORIGINAL ANECDOTE.—When the Royal Hotel at Birmingham was kept by Mr. STYLES, a gentle man, who occupied, during his stay in the town, a suite of apartments in the house, sent for his host, and requested him to take him to some warehouse, where he might pur chase a few wire fenders. Mr. SrvLas accompanied him to the shop of Mr. BUSBY, wire-drawer in that town, who from the plain dress and manners of the stranger, took hint for a homely farmer of humble circumstances. some fenders were shown, at a price which appeared to Mr. B. suitable for such a customer. He, however, inquired for others of a finer make, which were accordingly produced. These, too, failed to please, and an article of the very best quality was inquired for. " I will tell then what," said BUSBY, " old chap ! thou It excuse me, but the price of even these will dip pretty deep into thy pocket."—" Well, Mr. Wiseman," said the purchaser, " I'll endeavour to find money to pay for them—and I want the very best you manufacture." They were shown and accepted. " But," said the vender, " I must either hate security old gentleman, or the money, before they leave my shop." " Send them, when packed up," said the stranger, "to Mr. Srmas's, and they will be paid for on delivery." This was agreed upon, and Bcsnv, turning familiarly to the stranger, said, " Now, old chap, a glass of good ale would be no bad thing ; will't have a glass?"—" With all my heart Sir," was the reply. BUSBY led the way to the kitchen, which he thought the most suitable apartment for his humble guest, and they there discussed the contents of a flowing can of home • brewed. After some chat, the wire-worker said, " I say, old chap! thou knowest something about pigs, (lost not? Won't come and see my little runts?" Without w aiting for a reply, he conducted the stranger to his yard, where they saw and admired the pigs, and other et ceteras of do mestic economy. Mr. BUSBY and the stranger then parted. At the app o i nte d t i me B USBY appeare d at th e bar of the salute,Ro}:al H,o,twelhlevrie is thethtllefeonlddersfa—rm,:rWeehllap ,S?TLia„ Show Mr. !" was his BUSBY up," said the innkeeper. Mr. B. was somewhat startled on being ushered up the great staircase ; at the top of which he was encounteeed by two servants in splendid li veries. " This room, Sir," said one of them, as he opened the door, and hurried in the bewildered man of wire —introducing him as "Mr. BUSBY, your Grace!" Hearing the words "Your Grace," and finding himself in a rich apartment, occupied by the " old chap" himself, with a full sense of the fami liarity he had used to the great unknown, he was about to leave the room in confusion ; but his Grace rose from his chair, saluted him with cordiality, forced him to take a seat on the opposite side of the fire ; produced a bottle of excellent wine, and filling him a glass,, said, " Come, Mr. BUSBY, I admire your:caution and your frankness ; and as I drank ale with you in the morning, you must now drink wine with me. The kindness of his Grace's manner, and the generosity of the liquor, soon dispelled the bashfulness of the wire -drawer, and it was not till they had finished the second bottle, that Mr. BUSBY, after receiving his money for the fenders, rose and took his leave, highly gra tified by his interview with the jolly Du yte of Notrois,,— Edinburvit Advertiser, ADMIRAL SIR RICH. JOIN. STItACHAN. This gallant officer, who departed this life at his house in riryanstone-square on the 3d inst., after a short but severe illness, was the son of Lieutenant Patrick Strachan, and nephew of Captain John Strachan, both of the Royal Navy, the fifth baronet of that name, on , wbose demise,:December 28, 1777, he succeeded to the barons e. Sir Richard Strachan was born 'in DeVonshire, Oct. 27, 1760, and at a very early period entered the navy.— His promotion to the rank of Lieutenant was on board the Actmon of 44 , guns, from which he became third Lieutenant of the Hero, 74, one of Com modore Johnson's squadron in- the affair off Porto Praya. He afterwards belonged to the Magnanime, 64, and then to the Superb, 74, the flag-ship of Sir Edward Hughes, who promoted him in 1782 to the rank of Commander in the Lizard sloop, at Bombay ; and further, to the Naiad frigate, captured -from the French. His commission as Captain was dated April 20th, 1783. After the close of the war with America, Sir Richard, Strachan was appointed Captain_ of the Vestal fri gate, which ship was ordered to convey the brother of the present Lord Cathcart on an embassy to, China. His Excellency was in a bad state of health on his embarkation at Portsmouth, and continues daily growing worse, and died on the Vestal's arrival in the Straits of iinca. During the stay' of Sir Richard Sttachan in India, he greatly distinguished himself. In November, 1791, while cruising off the coast of Malabar in the Phwnix frigate, he fell in with - La Resolve, of 46 guns, convoying two coun try ships to Mangalore, supposed to be laden with stores for Tippoo Seib. Sir Richard Strachan de termined to search these vessels, which was resisted by the French Captain, and an action accordingly commenced. The Phcenix had 6 killed and 11 wounded, and La Resolve 25 killed and 46 wounded, when the latter struck his colours, and was searched accordingly, but there was nothing found to justify her detention. On the commencement of the French war,in 1792,, Sir Richard Strachan was appointed to the Concorde, of 42 guns and 257 men, when he joined the squadron oefrigates on the French coast, under the, orders of Sir John B. Warren. On St. George's Day, 1793, being to the westward of Guernsey. four French ships were observed standing out to. sea, one of which L'Engageante, after a most despeitte resistance, and strongly supported by La Resolve, which escaped, struck to Sir Richard Strachan. The prize mounted 38 guns, and • had' 300 men, of whom bet Ween 30 and 40 were killed and wounded, while the ConcOrde had but one, killed, and twelve wounded. ' Sir Richard Strachan was soon afterwards ap pointed to the Melampus of 42 guns, and was placed under the orders of Commodore Sir William Sidney Smith, where he destroyed and captured a great number of the enemy's vessels of various de scriptions. When Sir Sidney Smith fell into the bands of the French, Sir Richard Strachan took the command of the Diamond frigate in his stead, carrying on the same system of destruc tion to all ships he could meet with. In February, 1799, he was appointed to the Captain, of 74 guns, and assisted at the capture of a French squadron in the Mediterranean, and served at the unfortunate expedition at Quiberon Bay and Ferrol, and bad af terwards the command of a small squadron off the western coast of France. During the suspension of hostilities that followed the Treaty of Amicns Sir Richard Strachan com manded the Donegal, of 80 guns; and on the re newal of the war was stationed off Cadiz, to watch the French ships in that port. On the 25th,of No vember, 1804, he captured the Amphitrite Spanish frigate, of 44 guns, from Cadiz to Teneriffe and the Havannah, with despatcher ; and subsequently com manded the Renown. In 1805 Sir Richard Strachan was appointed one of the Colonels of the Royal Ma rines, and in July to the C'asar , of 80 guns, with a detached squadron under his orders. On the even ing of the gd of November, off Ferrel, he fell in with four French line of-battle ships which had escaped from the glorious battle off Trafalgar, but it was not till daylight, on the 4th, that the advanced frigates of Sir Richard Strachan's squadron could get within gun shot, when, at half-past three the same afternoon, the whole of them struck their colours, thus com pleting the destruction of that fleet, in engaging which Nelson lost his valuable life. On the 9th of November Sir Richard Strachan was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral of the Blue. On the 29th of January, 1806, his late Majesty created him a Knight of the Bath, and about the same period he received the thanks of both Houses of Parliament, and hoisted his flag on board the Ccesar, and proceed ed to the American coast in pursuit of a French squadron, under the orders of Admiral Villaumez, one of whose ships, a 74, foundered in a hurricane, and another of the same force was driven on shore near the Chesapeake, and afterwards destroyed. On the termination of this service, Sir Richard Strachan was employed in the blockade of Rochfort until the summer of 1809, when he was appointed to command the naval part of the expedition to the island of Walcheren. On the 3d of July, 1810, Sir Richard Strachan was presented with a sword, and the freedom of the city of London ' which had been voted him for his capture of the French fleet in 1805. On the 31st of July, 1810, he vies promoted to the rank of Vice- Admiral, and on the 19th of July, 1821, an Admiral. He was also allowed a pension of -1,0001. for his services, Sir Richard Strachan married, in 1812, Miss Louisa Dillon, by whom he has left some children. DON MlGUEL.—During the last few days his Royal Highness has been enjoying his otium cum diynitate at the Royal Hotel, occasionally taking the air in the King's carriage, but always in a private manner. His Royal Highness has frequently expressed his sense of the attentions and respect paid to him while here by all classes, and has on more than one occasion openly avowed that he will carry with him to Portugal the kindest remembrances of the people of England. rae wind having now become fair, preparations are making for his embarkation at nine o'clock this morning. He will take his passage in the Pearla, Portuguese frigate, accompanied by the Tajo brig. The Ocean, SO, Windsor Castle, 74, Briton, 46, and Britomart, 10, are expected to get under weigh at the same time.—Detionport Telegraph of Saturday. The Marquis of GItANBY, who was an ad mirer of the art of self-defence, as well as of painting, had been a patron of the celebrated BROUGHTON, of pugilistic reno wn, and had in his younger days taken lessons in the art of boxing. FRANC'S HAYMAN, the painter , an a thletic man, had also in his younger days been an a mateur performer, and could spar with the best of his contempo • plied his r aries. The Marquis, who had been sitting to FR ANK, as 11 ,, e oe, w n a c scalled, h av i ng acc ident a lly h e ard of his prowess , one morning accos t e d the p a i n ter with—" So, friend HaystaN, I u n d ers t an d you ar e a n adept with the gloves ?" InLyorLdsohrdip,, "so it w but the day is with isgo me; n eby." "m Midi," re cme, I see your g gl o o: t •es y,, t , h s e a r i e d i F ll ßA th N e K c . orn , e , r s , o le a t m us ih,, responded the ve a set-to. " I am " Mar quis, " w e are about the same age, and a fair match." " But I shall not he in a condition to paint," added HAY MAN." " Pho, pho," 'exclaime d his Lordship, " y ou will paint as well, and I shall look all the b etter for the exer uci•seen't', tu T ri h ii e ng gl o o v v e e rall gloves were handed down, and to work they t h e 4 rcana of th e pa i nter ' s stu di o , and shaking' the whole h ouse with their weight ; when the noise became so violen t, that Mrs . HAYMAN burst in , and, to her astonishment , saw her h usband and his illu strious sitter knocking e ach ether ' s heads about like tw o coat heavers.--Ange/o's Reminiscence s . W O NDERS WILL NEVER CEASE---FIVE H A RES AT A SH O T.—On the sth of January la st, a bare was shot in the neighbourhood of Glenduckie, of an un commonly large size, and on opening her, four young ones, fully as large as leverets generally are at the time of littering, were found :n the cavity of the abdomen, in a loose and unattached state, without any c onnection what ever with the contained parts. Their being found in this extra-uterine situation, is certainly a very singular casual ty, and must have been effected by some wonderful process of nature without any apparent inconvenience to the ani mal. 'Of course they never could have been littered, (with out the Caesarean operation.) No morbid appearances were discoverable in any part of the hare, the viscera, &c. being all in a perfectly sound state, and she was in excellent condition and very fat.—Perth Courier. 1 THE MARQUIS OF ANGLESEY'S FARE WELL ADDRESS. GENERAL ORDER. " February 4, 1828. " The Marquis of Anglesey takes leave of the Royal Ar tillery and of the Corps of Royal Engineers, withsentiments Of the highest consideration, for their uniform good con-' duct, and for their high acquirements, and of deep regret at his separation from them. He is certain that there ex ists a reciprocal feeling upon this subject, and that what he thus briefly expresses will be understood , and appreciated. Wherever he may be—whatever his destiny—he will al ways look with solicitous interest for the honour and pros, perity of these distinguished Corps. (Signed) " A. DICKSON, " Colonel and Dep. Adjutant-General." LONDON MARKETS. PRICE OF BREAD. The highest pticc of Bread in the Metro&lis is 9d. for the 41b. Loaf. There are others who sell from }id. to I}oi. below' that price. WHIIEVHAPEL HAY MARKET.—Feb, 9. 7.0 d. to 100 a. Od. Clover '9os. Od. to 120 a. Od. Od. to 36.. Od. PRICES OF HOPS (per Cwt.)-Feb. 11. Kent Pockets 4l. 4s. 41. 1&. to 6/. 6s. Sussex Ditto Essex Ditto 4/. 4s. 41. 15s. to 51. Os. Farnham Ditto, fine ' 0/. Os. N. Os. to N. Os. eonds 0/. Os. 71.• Os to W. Os. Kent gags Sussex I)itta Essex Ditto - 4/. Os. 41. 10s. to 4/. ltis. PRICE OF OIL. Rape Oil, brown Refined 0 Linseed Oil 23 0 Linseed Oil Cake at the 31111, per thousand .. 12 12 Rape Cake, per .ton lO PRICE OF POTATOES..—Feb. 11. Kidneys. Ol. Os. to 41. Os. per ton. 'Scotch Reds 3/. Os, to 3/. 10s. ditto. Marsh Champi0n5......—......—..., 31. 10s. to 41. Os. ditto. Oxnobles and Shaw& ..............—. 2/. 10s. to 3/. 11s. ditto. PRICES OF LEATHER. d. tad. Per lb. 201 221 Tanned Horse Hid 22 231 Sinnish Ditto 13 'l7 Pet* dozen. 17 19 Calf Skins-36 to 40113. IS 2t 14 1: 0 1 Ditto 50 to 701 b. Z 1 26 'l6l "18 Ditto 70 to 801 b. 21 211 18i Small Seals, Ortenland 19 211 Per lb. 8utt5...—......50 to 561 b... Ditto,,,. 60 to 661 b.... Dressing Fine Coach Hides Crop Hides, 35 to 401 b. to 501 b. Ditto _ • d. toct. it II 21 27 HAW HIDES. Per Stone. a. d. to g. d. Per Stone. i. d. toe. d. BestMeitirs&Steers.3 0 3 6 Ordinary 9 0 2 2 6 2 9 Market 7 0 each SHELF' SKINS. 2s. 3d. to 25 . 91), I Shearlings...... Os. Od . to Os. Bd. Polled 3s. Ed. to 46. Sd. COAL MARI Beaumont ..........----. Od. Heaton 'Hebburn Main . 34 6 HolywelL.— 33 0 Killsngworth . 35 3 Liddell's Main...,,.,.,—. 31 0 Percy East.- 3l 0 Pontop Windsor —...... 31 6 Pelaw • 34 0 'rantield Townley 34 0 Wy lam 94 6 Walls End, en and Co. 35 6 Ditto Bewicke and C 0... 37 0 Ditto Urown's.--.;.-- 35 0 Ditto Burraton 35 6 Ditto Clarke and C 0..,. 34 0 Ditto Carr and Co. 33 0 Ditto Cramlington.--:. 32 0 Ships at market, 186 4--S1 ET.—Feb. 11. Walls Sad Newraareh... 336.9 d. Si 0 Ditto 36 0 Ditto Itussell's • 36 0 Ditto Walker ...--,. 36 6 Ditto'Henderkuu—. 31 0 Ditto*Nutt, 26 6 Beamish South Moor.. 32 0 Walls E 32 6 Walls End lA'ons 35 6 Ditto Stewart's • 38 Russell's Hetton MX,. 37 6 31 6 Hartley - 33 0 Silkstone Main ........—.. 32 0 East Percy Trader.-- 30 6 Tanga' 1 Trader 32 6 Hebb. partly re-ship.... 33 3 Walker 3S 0 lips sold, 36 Unsold; 130. IRISH MA DUBLIN MARKET N( RKETS. 3TE.FRIDAV, Feb. 8. From To M. P. 5,109 Wheat, per barrel 20 stone 19 0 29 0 24 7 2,997 Beie l6 stone 9 0 13 0 12 I 13,619 Barley* 16 stone 10 0 17 0 It 26 12 18,565 Oats .14 ston e 8 0 0 10 0 11,207 Cwt. Flour 9 stone 5 0 22 0 0 745 Oatmeal 11 stone 7 0 14 0 I I 2 3 4 Sold to Bakers only. 8,180 Cwt. Flour.,—. 14 0 22 0 15 7 1 4 Average price of Wheat and Flour 38s. 4d. per sack. Receipts of Flour, 12,631 {Firsts, —... from 20s. Od. to 225. Od. Seconds, from 14s. Oct. t o 16 s. Od. Sales of DO. 11)41-1'Thirds , from ss. Od. to 12s. Oct. PRICE OF BREAD. Quartern Loaf, 41b. 7%(1. Half.quartern, 21b. 2ot. 3d. Wheat, Barley. Oats. I Flour „Fer cwt. per barrel per barrel per barrel a , • 20 stone. 16 stone. 14 stone. be. 2d. s. d. a s. d. s.d.as.d. s. d. as.d. s. d. as. d. s. d.ag. d. Cork —2O 0-24 9 9 0-16 8 9 2-11 616 o'-11 614 6-15 6 Limerick 12 6-23 4 10.2 0 0 89— 00 15 0-16 0 0 0— 0 6 Waterford 22 0-25 0 lo 0-15 0 9 6-10 0 15 0-15 6 11 0-13 0 Clonmel —25 0— 0 0 12 0— 0 0 10 0-- 0 0 12 0-16 0 0 0— 0 0 Belfast-- 19 6-20 9 12 0-15 0 13 0— 0 0 80'6--21 0 0 o— 0 0 Derry .—..... 00— 00 138— 00 11 1-129 0 0-- 0 0 9 0— 0 0 Carlow ..—.. 20 0-24. 0 10 0-15 0 80— 9 0 15 0 — 0 0 0 o—. 0 0 Tralee— 00- 0 0 00— 0 0 00— 0 0 0 0— 0 0 0 0— 0 0 I Beef, Mutton, Pork, Butter. per lb. per lb. per cwt. Ist. 2ct. 3d. 4tb. sth. d. a d. d. a d. s. d. as. d. s. d. s . d. s. d. 5 . d . s. d. Cork N.L.. 5 . 4 - 0 29 0~32 0132 013 0 651 0 054 0 Limerick- 3 -4 I- 5 24 0-.29 01'76 070 064 058 052 0 Waterford 4 -6 4.,i - 6 33 0-35350860740...... -.. 0- 0 Clonmel -3-4 3 -5 00- 0 0 6070 0 tr 60 O S4 0 Belfast 4 -5i 0- 0 0 0-- ,0 081080 0 59 49 0- 0 Derry .M.... 6 -0 6 -0 00-, 00-.0-0-0-0-0 Carlow 4 -5 5 - 6 23 0- 0 093 088 072 64 0- 0 Tralee -- 0 -0 ,0 0 0 0-- 00 78 072 0 '54 046 0 1.7 KILKENNY MA RIC ET, Feb. s. —Butter, Bos. to otils: per cwt. ; Bacon Pip, 325. to 31.5. per ditto; Wheat, 225. to 255. per barrel ; Barley, 9s. to 14s. ; Oats, Bs. to 10s.; Flour, Ils. to 28s. per bag; Beef and Mutton, 4d. to 6d. per , lb. ; potatoes, ltd. to 2d. • per atone ; Coals, ls. 2d. per cwt. SCOTCH MARKETS. Wheat. Barley. 44 At s 31 Tl' 1 ; 1 Oats. Aberdeen .... 21 31 23 31 8erwick.......,. 32 36 1 9 2 2 Coldstream ... .34 44 20 21 Cupar --..... el 31 27 '3O Dundee....... 24, 32 18 28 Elgin...* 25 27 22 23 Inverness—. 25 20 28 30 Kelso —......—. 34 37 20 2l Kirka1dy......... 22 32 26 30 Perth .......,.. 20 32 19 21 At Berwick, Coldstream, Kel so , price is given per quarter. The otl Oatmeal, which is per sack of 28011 0.0 44) 46 33 34 'Oatmeal. 27 ' 30 32 :36 17 20 19 • 18.1 20 21 16 10 26 28 29 24 27 •30 16 19 16 16 20 21 '3O '24 26' • 16 19 .24 26 20 - 24 34 14 17 12 14 1 and Wheat at Aberdeen, the h er prices arc per boll, excert MEETINGS OF CREDITORS. COUNTRY DlARY.—Tittrasnia, Fan. 14. • Grithston and Wilkinson, Preston—Office of Mr. Noble, Preston ... . .......................................... ... ...... : II Hobbs, W., Bristol --Cary and Co Bristol Marshall and Be Cary Bristol—Swan, Bristol ...... .-... Constantine, A., Bolton-le-Moors—Albion H otel, Wan • • chester 9 Mott, W., Brighton —Old ship,Brighton Nicholson, J., Rochdale—Mr. Norr i s , Halifax ll Chet- Walker, - Rich; Sir C. Beenham, Berks— Bear , Reading l2 smith, H. INfold, Flintshiro—Bear inn, Reading l2 ~ mithers J, Lirerpool—Mawdesley, Liverpool ll Swithenbank, A., B ra dford—Mr. Morris, Bradford.... ..... j un ., Minchinharopt on— Y ork hotel, Chet wßa.dford-;-PlYlnti Horse, Nottingham....— l2 tenham ............................. , ...................... , ' II Y u r l t- N h Ci G u s T e, O No U tt E ing D h l an S l, Cl F i eb it r ll u O ar E y D l4 „ S W lT 'igthorpe, labourer Thomas, Nottingham, baker INSOLVENTS at Ten 'o'clock. Davison, Robert, Nottinghani, corn-dealer iwci, It., Nottingham, hardware-dealer Herring, James, Nottingham, fr uit-dealer Kirk, Robert, Kimberley, miller COUNTRY. -__-At A t A t h P e Pj a o peppc, Thomas, Jun., Nottingham, baker Price, Samuel, Nottingham, attorney Roebuck, Thomas ,., Illans fi cki; hosier Rushton, Samuel, Nottingham, labourer Richardson, C,, Horncaitic. farmer , Sampson, Isaac, Nottingham, frame-work-knitter Wood, D., Sit me y, farmer anddealer . B C A , :t t I l e , n N j b a: r i R o u n , BIRTH. On the 11th inst. , i n Guilford- Street, Mrs. Charles Winfield, of a daughter. Trothen, le*singt": MARRIED, Williams, J. C. Veeks, Esq., late of. Cholderton- Henry just.,ns at St. Mary's, Islington, by the Rev. lodge, /unto , to ,_; Surrey, by the R e v. widow of the late Zdwd. Gibbs Goddard, Es q ., of Orchard -street, Cheseingtuo. T% . wilsou, Mr. G. H. Roberts, of Islington, to Sarah, On the the 8:: Mary " 1",otomot daughter of the late Mr. Tarney, of the same flls"..e• . . ' o n the 7th inst., at St. Olave's, Chichester, Mr. C. A. only Ma nn , of that cit y , to M ary A nn , daughter of the late win 1_ I gr. . , Ar 046011, of the same. DIED. On the 7th inst., at the house of Wm. Palleylitsq., Links, Leith, H e l e n Louisa Milne, aged 25, third daughter of Alexand e r George Milne, Rut. of Portland-road, London. In New Dorset-place, Claph am :r oad, Mr. Francis Col lins, aged 37. On the 10th inst., aged 69, Mr. Richard Pinch, many years of the City Solicitors efface, G u ildh a ll . On the Sth inst., Edwa r d V i llers Lennox, aged two years, the youngest son of L or d George L e nnox. On the 3d inst., at Clift on, Mrs. Newsome, relict of ' Dr. Newsome, late Primate of Ireland, in the 77th year of her age. On the 10th inst., in Rowland -street, Fitzroy-square, in the 22d year of her age, Caroline Sarah, third daughter of Captain Bridge, of Harwich. PRINTS* and Pubtartre by M. YOI.INOI, at the SUN OFFICE, No. 112, Strand. T. to DISI tender f Wrougb at the I wich, broken Cast fro Iron lic quet Li Steel RI and othi into Loi Prineip Storeke the day A ea Persons the Sec for the Lots, at day of YALU/ Within NEin TH, thereby situated miles of Public The est. And the Leaving Which Adeval Add"als belon Add lik The sterling, bhe Cro The ' emeeptit nation, highest nurnero of the I lisle ant Ediebu greatest longs tc extent, moval very va tal: ing pia this tue The paid, al iieW, t thaser motley. • 'For George writer z. BO Seven BAI BA! vtilseort Bril 0 aretai Es% 1 ester and BA LIV NIA 1%111 ford•w NO: The fc Nwe- Not Six. Win .Bin Eight. Eight. Can Br►o LR Two,. Noi Rive. . before Edi before bit b e fore Vol ,Bir Quays Ho] Cal Wes V • eigle bengal