The Sun. — London, England, 1827-04-16 00:00:00

It was the boast of Louis XI. of France, that he had put the monarchy hors de page—that he had rendered it independent of the great families or great-factions of the kingdom, who could dis turb it at pleasure, and usurped all the offices and all the emoluments by turns. It now begins to appear to us, shall we say, that the King. of England, or his Minister -IVEr. Canning, enter tains the same lofty ambition ? When we ex pressed the apprehension that if Mr. Canning sought to form a Ministry from his own friends and adherents, he would fail, we were not aware that the• Duke of Clarence, the Heir Pre sumptive to the throne, would rank himself on his side, accept the office of Lord High Ad miral under him, and so restore the administra tion of the navy to something like its ancient form. Yet such is the case. The pro- 1 blem to be solved is this—Shall the Crown be dependent On either of the factions, shifting from one to the other, in the hope of some temporary ad vantage or visionary power ? Or shall it assume, in fact, its position in-theory, according to the Consti tution ? And shall the nation, instead of being governed, sometimes by a few Tory families, and sometimes by a few Whig families, but chiefly the former, be in reality governed by its own Parliament, consisting of King, Lords, and Commons? His M a j es ty appears to us to have assumed an attitude in which he must be firm, or the Royal House of Brunswick drops, in affect, from the throne of Eng land, and the Government merges into an open Oligarchy. Had he never begun the contest, but shifted peaceably from party to party, his real situa tion would not have been know - to the many ; but if, after having attempted to assert the independence, of his throne, he-flinches ; then th'e :pitiable truth will be clear to children—that he Cannot reign but by the import of a faction.--Thnes. It is useless to inquire what exact proportions of insolence and maligarmay lava entered into the motives of the old Tiny Ministers for one and all resignink. But the people of England will be alike disgusted at the presumption which would make their Sovereign the tool of a gang of place-holders, who had nothing to recommend them but his ill-requited favour, arid at the bare faced profligacy which seeks to obAlict : the united efforts of his Majesty and his chosen ser vant to obtain for the country the indispensable advantage of some regular and effective Admi nistration. Fortunately, with the single excep tion of Mr. Peel, there is not an individual of the ei-Ministers (and in this remark - we include the Duke of Wellington), for whom, as a Mi nister, the nation feels one particle of regret or reverence. As statesmen, they, with Lord Eldon at the head of them, were among the very lowest of the tribe ; and having once disposed of the question of principle, involved in their ungrateful mutiny against their benefactor, we can solemnly affirm that the retreat from political office of Lords Eldon, Bathurst, Westmorland, the Duke of Wellington, and Lord Melville, is such a blessed relief from a whole bundle of nuisances, as in our own time, and thrOugh natural means, we bad scarcely ever hoped to see accomplished. Upon what is reported to have been done by Mr. Canning towards the formation of a new Mi nistry, and upon what remains for him to do, the Right Hon. Gentleman will, we assure our selves, take it' in good part, if we offer him a few frank observations. It is said that Lord Granville has been named for the department which was lately filled by Mr. Canning. Lord Granville has never occupied; in the public esti:nation, a space which would seem to qualify him for so high, extensive, and arduous an office as that of 'oreign affairs; nor do we suspect that :he noble Lord is pitched upon by his friend as a Minister fitted to hold it in perpetuum. But the course of diplomacy which has for some years past engaged the attention of the late Foreign Secretary, and required the full scope of his skill and talent, may perhaps be more se curely and effectually followed up by a Minister in his entire confidence, and reposing steadily on his guidance, than by iiman more brilliant or in dependent, and therefore less amenable t o com mand. Mr. Robinson, uncial: EIS' new title of Lord Strathearn—or in any, other shape—retain ing only-she spirit and substance and estimable c h arac te r . o f krederick Robinson, will be, as a Colonial Minister, worth a whole archipelago of Batluirstg. There Cs in the administration of the British Colonies much that ought to be, not merely.done, but redeemed. Lord Dudley will be, upon the whole, as good an exchange for the late illustrious Privy Seal, Lord Westmorland, as Mr. Robinson is universally regarded for the Tory whom be supersedes. But we open ano ther chapter by again observing, that Lord Granville and Lord Dudley are better known as personal friends of Mr. Canning, than for any os ei k inat pretensions. The circumstances under ditch His Majesty commissioned the Right a , Nonourable Gentleman to frame the new Admi a t 1 - nistTation forbid the belief that any undue th res t ra lifwaa placed by the Royal pleasure on his th choice. We have hot heard that the Whigs are of anxious to eitibarrass Mr. Canning's policy by tai making it a sine qua non that their chiefs shall th refuse office but Ori conditiun of taking with them the whole body of the yank and file. fr o Lord Lansdown would surely bring an accession da of strength as well as grace to the new Cabinet. nai What statesman in the empire better gifted sh to direct its internal policy, and above all wi the Irish policy, than this nobleman ? It might seem invidious to point at other indi viduals of the same party ; but we are per suaded that the country would view with pleasu:e a league of friendship and co-opera tion ests:blished between Mr. Canning and the more temperate and enlightened Members of the OppostZion. In the mean time there are one or two mati. - ers of urgency which ought to be finished instanter. Tiv Court Circular tells us that Lord Eldon, although :L.:As sent in his resignation, is to hold the seals for some woeks longer, " that he may give judgment" in certain eauses now before him. Is it meant, then, that the eagerness to go out of office will induce this old gentleman to make more despatch, and really to decide the outstanding vases, instead of finding excuses to delay them ? Ws feel this, if true, to be a weakness and an impolicy in Mr. Canning. Lord Chancello r Eld on i s a spy i n t h e camp—he is an enemy in the garrison. God knows what may happen, if a square inch of ground on which to plant an intrigue be left him. Therefore, we would submit to Mr. Canning, the wisdom of at o nce announcing to my Lord Eldon, th at hi s Lord ship had better go immediately about his business, and leave the Court of Chancery, as well as the King's Court, to some less questionable keepi ng . There is another point concerning resignations, on which we may suggest one word, and it is a case where general policy combines with feeling to re commend that no time should be wasted. Lord Manners and Mr. Goulburn have been hitherto those official persons of the Irish Government who were held in most obloquy by the people. Lord Manners is report e d to have sent in his resignation some short time ago=—more lately still has the Right Hon. Secretary made the same amende to Ireland. Now, if Mr. Canning be anxious to satisfy the Irish nation that their good fortune is not a dream—that they have really shaken off the Orange nightmare—that law between rich and poor—between Protestant and Catholic—is never again to become a mercenary and - Minister will in the very first Gazette announce the ap pointment of a new Lord Chancellor, and of a Se cretary in whose disposition to govern fairly, a sus pi ci ousland irritable, Aera ty e . ap ill-used, peony, ,.-May confide: Although' - re4hAilgetin ' the person - or the ' t.ord Lieutenant cannot be required on similar groendi to - these which'have rendered Mr. Gonl burn's disthissal unavoidable, 'it is, we are told, re ported, and we should not be sorry to find it true, that, the -Marquis Wellesley will be recalled from Ireland, and that Lord 'Carlisle will succeed him. Since the above was written, We , have heard, what inflicts upon- us no inconsiderable disappointment, namely, that a high personage has declared his un willingness to have a Cabinet uniform in its sup port of.emancipation; three offices, it is said, are to be filled by enemies to that measure—one of which accordingly, viz., that of Lord Chancellor, is placed, in spite of his recent brush with Mr. Canning,: at 'the disposal of the Master of the Rolls. This, at least, affords an instance of magnanimity on the part lof the new Minister, whose undertaking to his So vereign appears to have . gone no further than to his being provided with a Protestant Chancellor, but not specifically with Sir John Copley. The Mar quis .of Anglesea, we understand r is likely to be ap ointed Master-General of the Ordnance. We re et to hear that a negociation which had been corn enced by Mr, Canning with Lord Lansdown, has roken off on the impossibility of emancipation be ng made a Cabinet question against a 'deelared oyal wish; and further, that Ireland is 'still to reap few of the comforts of a divided . Government. If, owever, Mr. Plunkett be immediately named Lord ' hancellor 'of that cenntry, one positive good will ave been fixed beyond the reach of fortune.— bid. . , We retain the opinion we have all along ex- Iressed, relative to the circumstances which have to the present situation of public affairs— lz., that it was not at all necessary that Lori Liverpool's secession should have produced a dissolution of the Administration ; and that had Mr. Canning been contented to remain where he was, a successor might have been found for Lord tiverpool, without disturbinf the other compo nent parts' of the Cabinet. This, we believe, is What would have been most satisfactory to the country. That so many of Mr. Canning's late t drlleagues should have sent in their resign a ti on s oes not . surprise us. For this, Mr. Canning lips to thank him Self, or rather, perhaps, his in j?dicious pullers. Surely one man has as much right to give himself airs as another ; and if Mr. Canning, or his injudicious friends for him, choose 'to give out that he would be disgraced by l4in second in tie Cabinet with any of his fnllow Ministers, surely they, had the same right t decline being second to him. All this might hive been avoided, had Mr. Canning been con tented with holding the same rank in the Admi nistration as was held by Mr. Fox. The dye, however, is now cast, and Mr. Canning deserted by the majority of his colleagues, has , got the task Worming an Administration, divested of much of this incuinbrances,aa well as much of the talent of the last. We wish the crisis could have been avoided, but as it has arrived, Mr. Canning has our good wishes, and a ll th e reasonable, inde ptdent support we can give him in his arduous-un dertaking. It is clear that what he does is "in the King's name, which they of the adverse party want." T e appointment of the Duke of Clarence to th e he d of the Admiralty proves this beyond a doubt, anti will go far to fix the wavering, and give stability to ;the new Government. It would seem, if present reports' are to be relied upon, that the new Premier is filling up the offices without ally aid from, or iur ction with the Whigs—a circumstance which, if true, augurs more in favour of his discretion than of hist gratitude; for whatever Mr. Canning, or hi s im mepiate connections may say to the contrary, there can be no doubt but that it is to his Whig eulogists and supporters , (next, perhaps, to an influence of anether description, to which we have before al luded); that he principally owes the triumph he has gained. Two circumstances remain to be seen— first, whether 'Mr. Canning can succeed in forming. a n Administration at all; and secondly, whether he cani secure the support of both Houses of Parliament. Wd sincerely hope that both these events will take pilule : for such is the situation of tht country, both as regards its foreign and domestic relations, that we knc4v . of no greater calamity which could befall it, than a longer interregnum of instability and cabal, whi' h every moment calls for decision, ac ti v ity, an d uni n, in every department of the St a t e .—Morning He Id. i ow that the labours of the Galway Election Co Mittee have been brought to a conclusion, we cannot but express our astonishment that such scenes as were disclosed before them in evidence should ever have been tolerated in any country existing under any form of law, or regular Go verninent, _ We have heard a great deal from time to time of the efficiency of the present Irish Administration, but we confess we can see no procifs of it in the altered habits and condition of the ,people, or the . faithful discharge of their duties in those who ought to set them the ex nple of good morals and a manly obedience to e laws. It is not enough that by the result of is inquiry, Mr. Richard Martin should forfeit at seat which he had procured at the expence ' so much local misery, unless some steps be keii, in consequence of what was proved on is occasion, to prevent a recurrence of the dis acetful and barbarouspoceedings of which the will of Galway was the theatre during the 15 iys f the late .County .Election. When the inu es of evidence taken before the Committee call ,have been published, what a commentary 11 tliey not afford on the " efficiency" of the _._ov ment of Ireland, and'the usefulness of ;he I al authorities ! Here we have a large and popu us . town given up, from the commence ment to the end of an election, to utter anar chy, and all the disorders that follow in its train, and this too while there were four hundred re gular troops quartered in the town, and a police and constabulary force of 200 ; yet the Magis trates, who could have employed this large force to disperse the mobs and protect the peaceable elec tors, allowed, day after day, scenes of riot and terror that would have disgraced a tribe of Ashantees, to be performed before their faces, and took no effective step to suppress or prevent outrage, conflagration, and murder ! If men, we care not of what party, can, for the sake of their own selfish ambition, Inst. • gate the unhappy and misguided peasantry who barely exist under their controul, to engage in those brutal contentions, which only preserve the tyranny of their landlords and their own barbarity, it would i be better for Ireland if her representatives were no minated by the Crown rather than returned by the people—for the elective franchise is purchased at too dear a price, when its exercise raises insurmount able obstacles to. the progress of her civilization.— We think, however, that out of the evil of th e l as t Galway election some good will arise. The viola tion of law and humanity was carried to that savage excess which Parliament cannot pass over; they must coma to some definite resolution on the subject—they must tak e n o tice of the conduct of the local autho rities, a,,d make it more unpleasant or unssfefor Ma gistrates to allow such things to be done with impu nity, than to perform their duty in putting down gen tlemen rioters and their ferocious mobs. The county of Galway is among the least civilized districts of Ireland, and it has been k ept so, i n a great measure , b y t he violent habits of a va i n an d f ox -h unt i ng ar i s - 1 toc racy, who care nothin g for the people, but as the tools of their ambition and t h e slaves o f t h e i r feudal power , We are glad, t h erefore, that the at- to the state of society in thi; wretched and be nighted part of Ireland.—lbid. We congratulate the country most cordially, up' ors one of the . first results of the hitherto un explained, and, apparently, inexplicable, conduct of the seceding Members of the late Cabinet. His Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence has been appointed Lord High Admiral, and m that capacity will be assisted by the whole of the pre sent Board of Admiralty, :with the exception of Lord Melville, as the Council of his ROyal Highness. We have but to recal the eminent services rendered by the late Commander-in- Chief, to appreciate the full value of this appoint ment ; and we are satisfied the nation will view with satisfaction an arrangement calculated to secure for the navy all the advantages of a sys tern, which was attended with such conspicuous benefit to the army. The former-' has always been, and always must be, the more popular (we do not use the term in any invidious sense) Of the two services ; and .whatever tends to the pro motion of its interests, must be viewed with ge neral approbation. , . But it is not' on- these grounds alone that we offer our congratulations. We look at the appointment as a prompt and decisive- evidence of the course which his Ma jesty is determined to pursue, in the present crisis of domestic affairs ; as an evidence that he will not permit the great interests of the country to suffer from the attempt which has been made to thwart. and embarrass his Government. The More we contemplate. the late proceeding, the snore we find, ourselves perplexed to discover an Intelligible motive for it ; and, as far as we have been able to.gather.the public opinion on the subject, we may add, the country is at an equal foss to find, not only an intelligible, but an honest Motive. This is the language of others ; not ours. They ask, was it becoming, was it de cent, in those who had so long been honoured with the confidence of their Sovereign, to unite in what appears to be a factious hostility towards him ? 'Was it not their duty rather, even though itl might cost them some sacrifice of personal f6elings, to consult-the personal feelings' of the Monarch ? Was it consistent 'With their high character and eminent station, to shew so un e4uivocally, that, when they had to balance the wishes of the King against objects of their oWn, they could discard so lightly all considera tion of the former ? These, we say, are the q estions which are put, :by alm os t ever y t ° is e w st h r o an ni g w e p havee ro ce proceeding'; g cl , ; expressand theya n such, upon eed, as naturally present themselv e s. If i r. Canning had been an indi v id ua l h ar dly k own in the political world—if h e were one i i d w o, though known, was known without much o honour or distinction—if his character; public o private, had a taint upon it—if, even, on any former occasion, there had been a firm refusal to act with him—if ail, or any, of these reasons stood recorded in our political annals —we Could understand what now we cannot understand: Bit how are the facts ? A Minister, of splendid talents—a Statesman, whose reputationis co-ex tensive_ with the., reputation of his 'country in e4ry quarter of the globe—a leading member of tlnt very. Government of which the seceding mdmbers constituted a part—with whom they have acted for several years, and who, if not in name, at least in fame, has been its presiding head —one, in short, whom the nation hails; and the King approves—this is the man who, when placed officially where his vast . endoWments had placed him virtually, is to be abandoned, as if ihere were some implied sti g ma in the idea of acting under him I ' Under and with ! What a prodigious difference in two little words. Mr. Canning, as Secretary of State for Foreign Af f.irs, had his Grace of Wellin g ton, the Lord Chancenorilbe First Lord of the Admiralty, Earl Bathurst, &c. as his willing colleagues. Mr. Canning, as First Commissioner OfhiS Majesty's Treasury, frightens all these distinguished person age's out of their offices ! What does this betray ? On publicgrounds, and from feelings of public re gard for the. eminent individuals who have thus plamd themselves beforetheircountry, we lament what has taken place. We cannot but remember who and wha,t they are, upon whose conduct we are pronounc ing.] But the die is cast—the step is taken. The King must be supported in the exercise of his just rights—the Minister must be supported in the po sition where the King has placed him—the dignity of the. Throne, and the independence of the Govern ment, must be asserted., They who have made this duty painful, have also made it imperative—it must be performed. The report of the Duke of Welling ton baying resigned his situation as Commander-in- Chief, to which we alluded on Saturday,is confirmed. His Grace has retired also from the Ordnance. Some of otir contemporaries have expressed thei r sur p r i se at this, conceiving that the Duke might have con tented himself with throwing up his seat in the Ca binet; but we should like to knox with what pro prietY he could present hi mse lf b e f ore hi s S overe i gn to receive his commands upon matters of official businJess connected with the army, after having made comniion cause with his late colleagues in the Govern i to interpose what they, no doubt, considered '?.rably obstacles. to the free exercise of the Prerogative % His resignation of office was an ment insup Rova inevit himse step of procei some writte :able consequence of thai - act by which he placed df in opposition to the Royal will—a necessary his part, we should think, to prevent an obvious ding on the part of his Majesty. We have heard strange rumours of a letter, said to have been by the Marquis of Londonderry to the King, adverting, if the report be true, in most offensive terms to a domestic transaction, and founding, upon his own views of that transaction, his motives for resigning his situation about the Royal per son, as one ofd the Lords of his Majesty's Bed Chamber.-- We are unwilling to believe all that has reached us on this head. The fact, however, is certain, that the Npble Marquis has resigned into his Majesty's hands the office he held ; but, according to another account which we have heard, this resignation was ten dered after an audience of several hours with the King on Friday. It will be remembered that the Marquis of Londopderry resigned his Embassy at Vienna on the appointment of Mr. Canning to the Foreign Office. Other resignations have taken place, such as usually attend! great political changes like those we have witnessed within the last three or four days. The Duke of Montrose, Lord Chamberlain; - his son, the Marquis of Graham, Vice-Chamberlain; and the Duke Of Dorset, Master of the Horse, have retired from their respective offices. It was also rumoured yesterdq, but we could not ascertain the truth of it, that the Attorney-General had. resigned..--New Tinzes.! Since our last publication, an important change has been made in the constitution of the Admi ralty. The Duke of Clarence has been appointed Lord High Admiral, with a Council, and it is understood the present Commissioners will form the Council. The Lord High Admiral will not sit in the Cabinet, so that with respect to com mand the Navy and Army will now be on n e arly the same footin g . It has long been a matt er of great regret, that the service with which the power and independence of England are now particularly identified should not be freed from the shackles of Parliamentary interest, which has notoriously governed all the Naval Promo tions, with very few exceptions, and that Some thing like the impartiality observed in the Army understood, that the influence possessed by the late Duke of York, from his being a member of the Royal Family, enabled him to put down va rious abuses, iiid . to observe an impartiality which a less elevated individual could hardly hare at tempted with success. We have, therefore, ex perinnce to warrant us in ,anticipating the same beneficial results from the appointment of the Heir Presumptive to the chief, command of the Navy. This first stroke of Mr. Canning's po licy is generally, we believe, considered a mas terly one. One circumstance connected with it gives, we believe, universal satisfaction in Eng land, namely, that the door is pretty well closed against the return of Lord Melville to the Navy. How his Lordship's countrymen must curse the imprudent haste with which he quitted office, and thus exposed them to the calamity of having no longer a more easy access to the Navy than other people. His Lordship probably did not count on this movement of Mr. Canning ; but he might have remembered the saying, that a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush, and that the actual possession of place is worth much more than the best-founded expectations of it. There will no longer be meetings to celebrate his progress through Scotland, and toasts of Lord Melville and the Navy. We fear his Lordship will now experience the difference be tween the attachment which proceeds from gra titude, and that which proceeds from: the lively anticipation of future favours. Chagrin will be the prevailing feeling'— chagrin at his Lord ship's sacrificing his countrymen with all the thoughtlessness of a boy escaped from college. We trust that Mr. Canning will see the folly of having what is called a Scotch Minister. The Scotch are easily managed ; and we really do be lieve that there are few Scotchmen so obstinate and inflexible as to refuse place, because the offer comes immediately from an Englisman, and not through a countryman. We really do not see any ground, in the present day, for distinguish ing between Yorkshire or Lancashire and Scot land. An independent county, in Scotland, means a county in which the Representative de pends on the favour of the freeholders, and can not command the election by his own property ; and a Member of an independent county, who should, for a twelvemonth running, by voting with the Opposition, exclude his constituents from their share of Ministerial favour, might bid adieu to the representation for ever afterwards. nation of the Lord Chancellor. There was no mistaking the public feeling on this subject. Wherever you went the language was, " Well, thank God ! the Chancellor is out at last." The report is that the Great Seal is to be put in com mission, which might give Ministers a more com plete command of the immense patronage wielded by the Chancellor. The Archbishop of Canterbury and Bishop of London had an audience of the King on Saturday. Waithis for the purpose of announcing to his Majesty that they could no longer conscien tiously support his Government ? Shall the nation at length witness the phenomenon of a Bench of Bishops voting against the Administration ? It can not be. The Church and the Ministry will soon be on friendly terms. It is affnined that the command has already gone forth from Hamilton-plaee to sound the No-P - op - ery cry with might and main. But there is a material difference between raising this cry against -a Ministry and against an' Opposition. A very little reflection must serve to satisfy the Clergy that every Administration must be' friendly to the Church, for what Minister is insensible to the influ- We understand that the Duke of Devonshire is to have the Lieutenantey of Ireland, and that Mr. Abercrombie is to have the Secretaryship, These appointments would give Ireland what it has long been without----a unity ,of Government ; and they would inspire the inhabitants of that country with the most sanguine hopes. The Duke of Devon shire is _greatly liked, and must possess great in fluence in Ireland from his immense estate. Of Mr. Abercrombie, it may with truth be said, that a more honourable. and upright man does not exist. Tile Marquis of - Wellesley, between whom and Mr. Canning there hasiong been a connection, is, we learn, to have the Presidency of the Council. Lord Harrowby is to remain in the Cabinet, but to have a different office. Lord Seaford has been offered the Home De partment, but we know not the result. Among the reports, one is, that Lord William Bentinck has been offered. the Master-Generalship of the Ordnance. This report, however, we are .as sured, his Lordslii) contradicts; and we should rather think that Mr. Canning would be afraid, in the present critical state of things, to surround himself with too many of his relations and friends. Another report is, that offers have been made to Mr. Scarlett and Mr. Brougham. This we have reason s to believe to be unfounded. Of all the changes, the one which has given most general satisfaction, we believe, is the resig once he derives from the disposal of its immense pa tronage ? The Church will never be in danger from any Cabinet,—for Cabinets are seldom dis posed to deprive theniselves of power. These con siderations will, we should think, damp the ardour of the' Clergy for getting up No-Popery Peti tions. . When such ardour recommended men to the disposers of benefices and bishopricks, it was all very well ; but who would wish to dis play ardour, when the consequence may be the closing the door to promotion ? There is a pretty general feeling that the Chancellor's party have pro digiously over-estimated 'the influence they possess divested of office. Yet they might have remembered how few votes even Mr. Pitt could command, after a life spent in office, against his successor, Mr. Ad dington. One circumstance must tend very much to weaken them—the great age of the Chancellor, their head, and consequently the frail tenure of the power which they could hope to enjoy through him. Then the most of them are, individually, insignifi cant. Who, for instance, cares for such men as Lord Westmorland or Lord Bathurst ? Indeed, nothing is more conspicuous, in this retreat, than the parties being ashamed of each other. Mr. Peel would not , haVe it thOugiit for the world that he sails in the same boat with them. The Duke of Wel lington is only respectable as a General. As a Statesman, he is far from eminent ; and his talents as a debater can confer little benefit on his associates. The Chancellor himself is the merest twaddler that ever pretended to discuss politics. The idea of an , Opposition without talents of any kind (for Mr. Peel is it seems, to be neutral) is so suprem e ly ab su rd is; they must fall under the attempt. No Borough interest can stand against the contempt of the Nation Morning Chronicle. KEW WAD, CHALKINGS.—We are told by a gentleman, who assures us that the correctness of his in formation is not to be doubted, that the person who made the chalk sketches of the skeleton figures on the wall lead ing to K e w Bridge, was a M r . S amue l P onso nby Palmer, midshipman, 1 1 - I\ '• Our info r m an t s t a tes, that ' M r . Palmer entered the navy about the year 1810, on board the quitting i t , 1824, camethi s young nn mersmith, whe re l ie to f years 1816, 17, 18. In the latter pe riod he sketched his Dan ce o f D ea th on the wall On the l e ft side of the laiam was unfort unate l y resided daring the road going t owar d s K ew Bridge. On tt is Bth of September , drowned in the river Thames, by the upsetting of a sail ing boat.' The edit or of The Ti mes , who stat e d t h at these sketches were the w or k o f the nephew of M r . B aron Garrow, doubtless derived his information from a source w hi c h he conceived might be relied on ; but the foregoing statement amounts almost to a flat contradiction of it, un iehappened that both the gentlemen occupied themselves indeed, seiyeiin it tiltiarral ainocumt,..„..Diaties zoino, ~_. ~, _ , -- 7- 1 1...:1.u.) ' l .-' , 1, ' ,: i!,::,'.l:''. ~.. , ea iy , i , •-t:: LIVZILPOOL Aram 14. The demand for B r itish Plantation S ugar has been rather more limited this week, and, prices may- be considered a little lower, the total- quantity sold is 600 hhds. Nothing worthy of notice done in East India. or Foreign Sugar ; of the latter, 140 boxes Havannah, offered by auction, were bought in;- 324. were offered for yellow, and 425. for very' good strong white; 2s. to 3s. per cwt. more is demanded for both descriptions.-N o sales Made in Molagses; there is only one or two parcels of good quality in the market.-Our Coffee market is very dull; 250 casks Jamaica, and 2,400 bags Havannah brought forward by public sale were all withdrawn, except ing a few lots of the Jamaica, there being little dis ,position to bid ; 300 bags fair ordinary Havannah have been sold in private at 48s. per cwt. this week, and about this price is expected for the above parcel of 2,400 bags, which is :of similar quality.-- Cocoa and Ginger dull. A small lot of Pimento brought 9d. per lb.--The business done in Rum is limited; prices remain steady. There has continued a good demand for Cotton this week; and the holders generally hating shown rather less inclination to press sales' than during the last few weeks, American descriptions have in some instances been sold about id. per lb. above our last quotations, but Brazils and East India are rather lower. The public sales of Sea Island on Thursday went off very steadily at the full rates previously obtained by private contract; of 1950 bags offered, 1570 were sold at lOid. to 11 id. for middling to fair; llid. to 13id. for good fair to fine marks, in cluding .50 stained at 7d. to ,9id. per lb.; of 1680. Surat and 1360 Bengal offered, 85 only of the for mer were said at .sd. to 51d. for middling to fair common, and ten of the latter at 44 d. per lb.: there were also sold 450 Demerara at Bd. to 9d: and 190 Carthagena at 51d. to sid. per lb. The sales by private contract consist of 5480 Bowed, very ordi nary to good, Sid. to 7d.; prime 7id., chiefly at 6id. to 6id. for middling to good fair; 1940 Orleans, very ordinary to good, 6id. to 84d.; prime Ufd., chiefly at 6id. to 7d. for middling to good fair; 700 Alabama 6d. to 6fd.; 100 Sea' Island 10id. tin 131 d.; 50 Stained ditto 6id. to 7id.; 260 Pernam buco 9d. to 90.; 1140 lilaranham, 8 1 0. to Bid.; 1020 tlahia Bd. to 80.; 720gyptiau &Id. to Bfd. chiefly at sp. to 7d.; 50 Denser4ra, 7id. to Bid.; 40 Carthagena sfd.; 30 Sutat 51d: to 50.; making a total, including those sold by atiction, of 13,750 bags. The arrivals are 17,060 bags: Imported intol.iverpool, from the 7th to the 13th inclusive, by 1 vessel from Bombay, 1 HondUras, 1 Nassau, 1 Carthagena, 2 New York, 3 Charles ton, 2 Savannah, 1 Virginia, 3 New Orleans, 2 Mobile, I Dantzic, 1 Gallipoli, 1 Africa, and 1 Malta : Coffee 125, bags ; Flour . 3,000 brls.; Foreign Wheat 2,0.51 qrs.; Pepper 1,546 bags . ; East India Cotton 2,543 bales; West India ditto 1,038 bales; New Orleans anti Mobile ditto 5,079 bales; Rest United States 7,975 bales; Malta ditto 433 bales; Palm Oil 1,0.55 casks ; Olive Oil 256 casks; Nica ragua Wood 40 tons; Fustic 38 tons; Logwood 40 tons; Cow and Ox Hides No. 9,526; Horse ditto No. 435; Mahogany 321 logs. On. Monday two parcels of Rough Turpentine were offered by auction, consisting of 1,149 barrels American, and 193 hogsheads. French, the latter of fine quality, sold at 11s. 'per cwt. in bond, being equal to 15s. 4d. duty paid; the, American was abbut tyro-thirds soft, and brought 12s. 9d. to 13s. per cwt. The only sale of Tar is 100 barrels Caro lina at 14s. 6d. per barrel. Rosin remains steady. The transactions in Ashes have been confined principally to the sales by public auction on Wed , nesday, when 656 barrels new Montreal Pot were disposed of at 235. to 23e. 6d, and 82 barrels Mon treal Pearl at 235. 9d. to 245. for old, and 245. 3d. to 245. 9d; for new; the total sales for the week are ,840 barrels Pot at 225. 6d. to 23s for old, and23s. to 245. for new; of Pearl 250 barrels at 235. 94. to 245. for old, and 245. to 245. 64 for new, with 20 barrels States' Pearl at 275. In States' Pot no thing done. On Monday 270 tons Campeachy Log wood were offered by. auction on the quay, 70 tons Bold at 71. 15s. to Si. per ton; in Jamaica Logwood no sales effected. Fustic meets a ready sale, but not much Offering; 62 tons Spanish have brought 71. Ios., and a few tons Cuba 11/. per ton. Solid Nicaragua Wood is offering rather lower, and 30 tons of fair quality sold at 181. per ton, with a few tons small at 101. per ton. Some inquiry has ap peared for Barwood, and 10 tons Gaboon sold at 71. per ton. In Camwood no sales. Some trifling parcels of Philadelphia Bark have been taken. In Cochineal nothing done. ' One hundred tons Rough Brimstone have been sold, but the exact price not named. Madders are more inquired for at impro ving. prices. In Madder Roots and Munjeet nothing done. Shumac is offering at lower prices, 400 bags Malaga have sold at 10s. and 460 Sicily at 10s. 9d. with a few bags Verona at 7s. 6d. per cwt. There is a fair demand for Saltpetre, but prices rate low; 52.5 bags of good to fine quality have been sold at 245. 6d. to 265. per cwt. Valonia meets a steady sale. Galls are quite neglected. The season for the sale of Clover Seed is now drawing to a close; 66 bags French Red, of good quality, were offered by auction on Tuesday, 40 bags sold at 645. to 665. per cwt. • In Flax Seed nothing done this week. In Olive Oil the sale. are about 23 tuns Galli poli, at 461. and 4 tuns Sicily, at 441. per tun. In Seed Oils and Fish Oils very little business is doing. Palm Oil remains steady at 271. per tun. Rice is less inquired for, the sales this week are only 20 casks C aro li na , a t 21 s . 6d. an d 50 b a gs East India, at 225. d u ty p a id. S ta t es ' Fl our for export is in fair request, a t 25 5 . 6d. to 26 e . p e r barrel in bond. Free S our Fl our i s gett i ng very scarce, good parcels cannot now b e b oug h t un d er 35 5 . to 365. per.brl. —The transactions in Hides are not extensive , 200 Buenos-Ayr es sa l te d O x an d C ow at 6-4 d. 330 salt ed North American,at 4+l. and4oo salted Odessa, at 60. per lb. comprises the business reported. Hemp is dull of sale. fallow is in good demand, at 40s. to 408-6 d. for. Y. C. and 395. 6d. for Odessa; the sales this week are about 450 casks. The I leela left Sheerness , a nd w as towed out a b l y ( t . l;: fo G r 'o d n i i t e e s t s s . t steam-vessel, n h l e - N n 'e a s y s i e g b which rs re would o .accompany her as f ar e to n ' a l Orkneys, as in previous voyages, but proce ed to Hanunerfest i n Nor way,where some rein-deer will be provided for them to assist in drawing the boats on the ice when they are used as sledges. Upon the arrival of the Red a at Spit z b ergen , after securing her firmly , in as good a situation as can b e found, she will be left in char ge of a Lieutenant. Th e two expeditions , in to which th e rest of the officers and crew are to he divided (after l eav i ng a • few bands with the vessel), will then start on their adventurou s rou t es . Th e first, which is to p roc eed direct for the North Pole, is t o consist of two parties of ten men eac h an d t wo o ffi cers , i n two boats , which may be u se d on th e i ce w ith w h ee l s , or as sledges. The p rov i s i ons cons i st o f fi ne bi scu it po wdered, and meat p reserve d i n a pecu li ar manner . F or fuel there is highly rectified spirits of wine, one pint of which will mak e f our gal l ons o f water f rom i ce (by an i n • gcnious apparatus), and at the same time boil the water into soup. They will take provisions for 90 days, the time they expect to be absent ; but will be able to subsist upon the stock for 110 or 120 days, should difficulties arise to detain them so long. The second division is under Lieutenant Foster, R.N., an officer o f great scientific attainment, and who acted as astronomer ill the last expedition with Captain Parry ; it his intention, if possible, to sail round g Spitzhergen. It having been correctly ascertained to be an island, he will lay down the exact portions of the diffe rent bearings, and make many astronomical observations and e xpedition with many excellent an d thing which captai n P arry has yet undertaken. calculated that h e w ill h ave to travel experiments furnished o n thehavng magnetism---the Board of Longitud e ex curious instruments for those p ur p os es. This adventure far ,e exceeds in t is a little less than 2,000 miles, provided he and his compa nions reach the Pole, carrying with them the whole of their provisions and necessaries. Should the vessel be able to penetrate to 80 degrees, it would be 600 miles in a strait li ne to the Pole, which it is not probable they could pursue, as they must be constantly making detours to avoid mountains of ice, or perhaps land. They are, however, all most sanguine of success, and expect to return to England' in November llext.---hiterary Gazetty‘ ~:.,~:,.;:... 1, ~t trf~s:~~xcj Lt .1 - .C.IIAJ LI OM.. On Friday we published several documents relative So 41 discovery which is believed to have been made, of son's sailas belonging to " the expedition of M. de la Perou►e•' The following is the sequel : Questions asked of the Prutsiati Sailor, by M. C,ordier , Captain of a vessel stationed qt. Chandernagor; and 61 answers of the Sailor : Of what country are you a native?—Of Stettin, is Prussia. What is your age ?—Forty-nine years. What is your business ?—A sailor. At what age did you enter the service ?—Nine years cad' Have you sailed ou board French ships ?—Yes. When?—ln ISOO. How long have you been in the Indies?--Since that year' When did you leave the vessel in which you sailed.?- - • In 1810. T s what island did you go ?--The island of Miripoor. Is not the name of that isle Feejee ?—The Archipelfgl is called Feejee. How long did you remain there ?—About four years. In what year did you go to Tucopia ?—Twelve years ago* How did you go there the vessel of Capt. Dillon. Did the Lascar who was with you accompany you to Tucopia ?—We went there together. How long did you remain there ?—_About twelve yea"' Did you marry there ?—At River .; three wives. Had you any children ?—Two boys and a girl. When you arrived there, did you not see several actielfs coming from Europe ?—Yes. What were they ?—Sabres, knives, fork., &e. Who poAsessed them ?—The natives. Didlou know how they had obtained these, articles, and how long they had had them ?—They had gone to: seek them at the islands of Vhanoo and Paiow, twenty year? before my arrival. ..... • Did not one of the chiefs relate to Capt. D. all the parti culars of the wreck of the two vessels ?,--Yes. Could the time of the shipwreck be learned with 1 0 / thing like accuracy?--No. Whogive you this shell of a sword ?--The Lascar goo it to the crew for a red cap. Whence did it, as well as the other articled come, which you saw there ?--From Paiow. Did the Lamar ever go to Paiow ?—Twice. What time ?—About four years.ago. Did he stop there long P—Aboat three months. Did he see the Europeans there?—Yes. How many P—Two. Are they old ?—Very old. Does he know their! trades ?--He said one we. a go' smith, and the other a carpenter. What were theY - doing there ?—NOthing. Are they married ?—Yee. Did be speak to them?—Yee, but he could not mike himself understood. Does he speak Fteneh ?—No. What ii the distance from Tucopia to Paiow?—About thirty miles. How long does it take to go there ?—A day and a night'. Is it not said there are other Europeans in the interior of the Islands?—y e s. Are the natives of Tucopia harmless•?_._y es , Were you well treated there?—Yes. Could vessels come near Tucopia?—Within a gun-shot. Is the bottom good ?—Yes,,there is good anchorage P leeward. Were there any severe gales during your stay ?--Yd* sometimes in January and February. What food can be procured at Tucopia 2—There are to, quadrupeds;; but we can ge t fi sh, bananas, yams a n d potatoes. Is there any fresh water 2—Yes, from a very good sprint Per Quarter. Carlisle , Hexham Morpeth Newcastle Rornsey Sunderland Winchester Per BnaheL • Binningharn—,—, Coventry Newcastle :(Staff.) Northallerton— Penrith Stafford ' Worcester--,„. Per Roll. Barnardeastle Darlington Durham - "TRY CORN MARKETS DURING LAST WEEK. Nyheat. 2. to I. 62 .- 52 58 50 56 52 60 48. 56 58 62. Barley: tO 30 38 • 43 35 42 36 -38 n 42 40 4 s.d. 63 70 56 60 7.0 7 6 50' 5 0 00 53 1 74 76 56 59 52 63' OltS. I. to's: 28 30 87 32 40 28 33 32 40 30 38 s. d. o. d. 74 88 74 80 96 98 70 80 . 00 75 90 92 76 80 ' 72 79 Stanhope Stockton Wolsinghatn 11 9 16 3 13 0 14 6 12 6 15 3 130 ]39 139 14 6 ,139 158' 00 110 106 110 10 9 11 3 ( 0 ) 3 100 11l G 11 6 s. d. s. d. 50 60 50 60 56 60 40 46 49 00 60 68 50 00 48 56 10 0 12 0 70 106 86 9 0 7 0 0 0 8 90 86 106 ;OTCH MARKETS. HADDINGTON COI We had a good supply of all k Oats are higher, Barley, Peas Wheat.' Barley. First - 64: Od 48a Od Second 58s Od '42s Od Third s4s Od 36a od There were29l qrs. of Wheat In 5 ...at 64s. Od. 70 ...at.. 25 13 DALKFI' The supply of (ir prices than last wed 'H COR: in was sit Wheat. First' 33s Od Second., 3Os Od Third 29s Od Bestnii• td 0 - - '0•1• 48 frA. ag Bg DV 7 6 g 0 9 6 10 0 0 00 0 0 10 0 1 8 0 9 7 0 ‘, 83 9 -0 13° 120 136 100 J2 O 00 0 0 00 0 0 00 00 itN MARKET.—ApriI !S. kinds of Grain to-day. V ~ r at sn d ;, and Beans, lower. Oats! Pease. 1 Beads. 44s Od 56e 04.1 as Od 40s Od 55s Od 52s Od -35 s Od 53s (k 1 50a Od I Market, whereof 269 sold thus :-- 60s Od. 21 „At. s7s. Od , 59 0 32 58 0 3 MARKET "IV, and T.—April 1 sold readil 12. ly at higher Barley. Oats. ais Od 315 Od 335 Od 28s Od 235 Od 255 Od Pease. 293 Od 27s Od 25s Od Beans. 29s Od 2.7 s Od 25s Od GLASGO V CORN MARI—N- --- .—April 11. Wheat steady. A good demand for Oats, at some advance Bailey still scar c e, an d rat h er dearer. Pease higher. „, Wheat, .per 2401 b. s. d . s. d. Oats, per 2641 b. S. d. 9. "- British, old 3l 0t032 0 Irish 2t oto —;.— new - a Canada, free ..... ... 30 0 32 0 Beans, per 2601 b. Irish - ° Barley, per 3201 b. Scottish ~.3 ; ,-,° English 35 0 36 0 Pease, Scottish ... 30 0 3 .' ‘,.." Scottish 33 0 3.5 0 Oatmeal, per 1401 b. .23 0 24 ',-,' Irish 2B 0 32 0 Flour, per 2801 b.... 46 0 47 " ____ MINING INTELLIGENCE. Tons. CWt Quantity of Copper Ore sold at Redr u th l ast Thursday , Average Produce 7% 0 Quantity of fine Copper 156 0 Amount of Sale, 11,786/. 18s. Od.—A verage Standard, 1071. Oa' Chisinag C ir O mh N aen V bae E nnn ß ig S ohut i n : cde N dj S et : hv --- astwt S has o ei ni suo e icteie t tt i yh m eh e afashd a regioce o ni ,.. ve c Ad h tl ri oa s :3: ti oee a o n t. : ing in London, about four years past, for that th e purpose, one thousand of which came from Ireland ! It is non well known what success attended those pious efforts. The Jews saw the light by little and little as the" money was, advan ce d, an d when they found no more coming, their o l d opthalmia returned, and they relapsed into their former stiff-rickrti blindness. It was, therefore, impossible to keep t$ this conversion trade, and then new companies were thinned to bring round the men of colour. Experi enced officers were sent out, at a great expense, to distant climes. The novelty of this took very well, and large sums were cpllected, but in the general stagnation of trade for the last two years, the shares fell to a discount of 70 to 80 per cent. and the companies - were redUced to a tottering state. The attention of the members was then directed towarffs the " benighted" Irish Catholics. Althoug h they could not deny that all who believe in the Divinity of our Saviour are Christians, they discovered, by the happy light of t irp were iousz also idolatersealandb by their and Pagans , n ;n an that n legal o kn c o o we tageed that Irish Catholics e th i at thus they might preserve the appearance their original object. They, therefore, went to work with great ardour, and still continue their exertions.. The well.- informed, however, are not very sanguine as to the wisdom of the spe , :ulation. There was one capital defect in the formation of the company, which was not Teen until too late. Charges of using money and bribery in the business of conversion were made at an early period, and Lord Faro ham was under the necessity of publicly declaring th at none were used. After this official declaration, no openappeal can, with decen c y, b e ma d e f or pecun i ary contribu tions ; and, as even conversionists like to see their liberality proclaimed, it is thought that the c,:mpany will be only feebly supported.—Freentan's 'Journal. 'BIRTHS. On th e I s t December, at B a t av i a , On Sat ur d ay last, at her house in Berkeley-square, the lady Jan e W a l s h, o f a son and h e i r. Morgan E f a , sq. 0 CM the lady of Alexander a joi' Walker, B room h ouars On the 10th instant, at Ma nchester, Tho mas Cave Browne Cave, Esq. third son o f Sir William Cav e B . MteArRRIED. Cave, to Anne, eldest dsugh Levensbultne, Lancashire, Esq. at Church-terrace, '76 - TED. Frith -street, Soho-square, solicitor, in hie Mr. E. Jones, 29th year. instant, Willie, Ri chardson On the 11th n Graham, Eeq. St. Pancras, r ,,, eldest son of the late James Graham, EksJ aged 32 yea near Carlisle. of nicharhyt On the 12th instant, at Kentington . Gore, Mrs. Mary morr i s , widow . of the late Wm. Morris; Esq., of B e rmvn4• se y, in her 82d year. . .. On the 12th instant, i i ~; paninsu and PUBLISHED by M. YOUNG, 14'11111 3,X-OrtlCg 11V Strand. • - „; 4 4 44 1,4. )14,5) . 4 'lo,4l::Aat ..11J1D