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vIZAAD modating as to admit adherents from either of the old parties, without any very great violation of their political consistency. While he recognized the principles of religion and civil liberty, and, free trade , which gamed him numerous partizans among the moderate Liberals, he avowed himself on the other hand the uncompromising enemy of reform ; and rather inconsistently, he also avowed his determina tion to oppose the repeal of , the Corporation and Test Acts : this secured him numerous. adherents among his old Tory friends, so that !lion the whole, by skilfully trimming between the two parties, Mr. Canning succeeded in becoming exceedingly popular with a very great majority of the people.. The viru lent and, ridiculous opposition which the lamented Premier experienced from. his for Mer colleagues, and which, it is believed, hurried him to a pre mature grave, is a circumstance which excited universal disgust, and which it is difficult to ex plain. - Why, it is wilted, should the same party who acted with apparent cordiality with Mr. Canning, as Foreign Secretary and Member of the Pri'vy Coun cil, object with such rainpantfUrito act with him as Premier and Chancellor of the Exchequer ? The question has never been answered. Their nnbounded fury after they found his Maje Sty firm in his deter mination not to recalhis . captious would-be masters, is more easily explained—in_ fact, it resolves itself into a mess of disappointed avarice and gross selfish ness. At the same time we cannot let the reflection pass of the singular mutability of human affairs : thiS highly talented man, who at last became the hope of his country, was worried to death by the heads of the base faction -with whom he coalesced during the greater part 'of his political life. Is this, or is it not, a just retribution ? • (From the Westmoreland Advertiser.) DEATU OF MR. CANNISG.—No event in our re membranee has excited such a general feeling of re gret as the death of this eminent Stafesthen. He rad succeeded, under circumstances the most dis couraging, and t,a,idst , an, opposition more - virulent, heartless, and regardless of,truth, than the annals of our country can parallel,in forming : a Ministry which had, as it deserved, the confidence and support of the people; he had matured plans of retrenchment, such as his-predecessors.had not dared even to con template ; he had fixed upon a line, of,policy, which must have made England at once happy at home, and feared and respected, abroad ; he had drawn within his-circle all who are honoured for talent and respected for virtue; he had gathered together the scattered elements of power, and held them but for the glory of his country ; but an all-wise providence has seen fit to remove him.from the scene of his la hours, and it is yet ,among the hidden mysteries of time, ,whether the policy marked out by Canning shall henceforth guide the Councils of our King. Few men have been subject to more severe aninnad v ersiona than Mr. Canning; from his first'outset in life he has occupied a large share of public attention ; his abilities were feared by his opponents; s and ifhecould not always obtain their esteem he never ceased to corn naand their respect. Connected for the greater pdr tion of his life with a party whose misdeeds render ed them odious to the bullc'of the people,ihe had to answer at the bar of public opinion, not only for his !Own but for the political sins of his colleagues, for it was against him as the most talented, and there fore the most formidable of:the Ministry, that the shafts of opposition were levelled. To the tyran nous and illiberal policy of his colleaga s es„, it is true he gave his support; .but he was„a subordinate in office, and some allowance is to .be made for a man who had embarked, in a great cause,- as the - F.'ench war, and it was determined tostand fast by the policy he had recommended if „not planned, without being turned aside by the collateral circum stances which sprung out of it, and for which he was not fairly accountable. But in the' midst of all the misdeeds for which he and' others were blamed the liberality and extended political views. of the Right Hon. Gentleman always shone conspicuously. He was the opponent of slavery, and the friend of Catholic Emancipation, when the fearless expres sion of his opinions upon these questions was likely to prove most dangerous to his personal ambition. (From the Ino.sgow Courier.) The intelligence which we. csmmunicated in our last, 'regarding the state of Mr. Canning's health, prepared us to expect the melancholy and fatal re sult, which it is this day our painful duty to commu nicate to our readers. Mr. Canning is no more. He died on Wednesday morning; at minutes before four o'clock. We say it in sincerity, that we deeply regret this event: In him the country has lost an individual of the most splendid talents and acquire meats, and which; if these had been more practically and correctly directed, might have (lone greater honour to his country, and conferred lasting advan tages upon her. As an orator, he stood unrivalled in the British Senate. His Majesty's Opposition will long remember his powers—eloquence which, even where it did not work conviction,- was still acknowledged to be of the most splendid and com manding description. He has, however, been cut off in the prime of his da y s. H ad he died some months earlier, we believe we ma)'add, that it would bave been better fcr his honour and his fame as a statesman and as a man. We sympathise for the afflictions of his family. These must be acute and very great.; and their circumstances in life are, we fear, not of the most independent and affluent kind. But Great Britain is generous, and, in his family, will remember the splendid 4.bilities of the protector which they have lost. (From the Glasgow Free Press.) And thus is lost, at a moment when his life was of the last consequence to his country, a Minister whose place we must despair of now seeing oc cupied by ,his equal, either in talent or in practical knowledge ! No statesman, even during the most momentous periods of British history, has ever occupied a station in which the eyes of his country were with so much earnestness directed towards him, as Mr. Canning. A downward course of tyrannical policy had, at the time of his entering upon the office of Foreign Secretary, identified us with the most despotic measures of the Continental Governments —had compromised our independence as a nation— had lowered. our character in the eyes of the world—and, among ourselves, had established an oligarchy, under which the liberties of the people were rapidly expiring, To undo, and to recover the nation from the effects if, this degrading policy, • w as the task ustdertaken by qtr. Canning; an this task he nobly and successfully accemplished. F ro m his hand the Holy Alliance received its death-blow) at the waving of his rod .of power, the South American States rose into political existence; by him was Port' 1, our ancient ally, protected from foreign aggress.._,f; ; by his consummate abilities was I the plan matured—which pow is pearly effected— of giving peace and independence to Greece ;—and, greitter than all, by. him was begun, in the face of a powerful aristocracf ...arrayed against the country and the monarch, a system of retrenchment more rigid than other men had dared to think possible, even in theory, These are the more luminous f Mr. Canning's fame ;—to these points in the sky o the statesmen of other 04 Ontries have already looked upward with reverence, au4 acknowledged their splendour; and, in our own country, among those upon whose heads is shed the benignity of their in fluence, the multitude of like admirers is daily on the increase. Posterity is just, The petty pre judices and party rancours, that veil for a little the .. immediate presence of superior geniu s, d i ssi p ate not 'lss speedily than do the vapours of mornin g before thei i rising sun; and one glow of devot ion—one un dvde(l sentiment of admiration, are then the only feelings by which mankind are actuated. And such must imm e di ate l y b e t h e resu l t i n the ease of Mr. Canning, The calumnies with which he has been assailedsaadwh s ic:i f hive no doubt tended to sho r t en the period of u i),e liave been too gross, too deeply disgusting, not to pe'dily. Po tent breath of public b): • I °pillion swept away by the chokedamp, o r the thunder-cloud, ern"-lv' e The elements that alway . ; are quickly destructive of their os , existence; and a clear and serene sky never fails to succeed their stormy dispersion. The glory of baring begun—which is almost equal to that of haVing accomplished--the regenera tion of his country, can now never cease to follow the memory of Mr. Canning. ft remains to be seen in what manner those who may succeed him in office, shall copy his example, by pursuing the l ine of pOlicy which he had . chalked out for himself, and to the successful result of which the public had begun to look forward with almost entire confidence. On this all-important point is now hinged the national destiny. It would be premature to hazard an opinion as to the probable successor of our lamented Premier; but of this we are at least as sured, that,.should those who so lately and so shame fully deserted their Sovereign, again return to office and their ancient course of policy, the most fatal convulsions cfsuld not - fail speedily to be the conse quence. The London Journals point to the Marquis of. Lansdowne as the person most likely to be now placed at the head of Government. We trust that they point to the proper object—for of Peel or of Wellington we cannot even think with patience. (From the Dublin Morni l / 2 Register.) THE LORD LIEUTENAN.T—MR. CANNING.—The intelligence of Mr. Canning's dangerous illness, which arrived in Dublinpn Wednesday last, was re ceived by the Marquis Wellesley with those feel ings of deep regret and sorrow that might naturally have been expected to arise from the long and inti mate friendship which had subsisted between them without interruption from the commencement of Mr. Canning's public life.—His Excellency gave imme diate direction for postponing an entertainment; of which Mr. Wilmot Horton, Mr. Lamb, the Knight of Kerry, and several persons of distinction, were to 'have partaken on Thursday. His Excellency has also postponed the introduction of the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs Elect, which had been fixed for Satur day, and also the ceremony of laying the first stone of the King's Bridge, Aid' had been appointed for Monday, the 13th inst.' Grievous and afflicting as the loss of Mr. Canning must be to the country, we doubt if he could have added to his fame by living long enough to perfect the exalted policy which he had commenced, not only towards the great Empire whose destinies were committed to him, but towards that " Great Globe itself," with the widely extended politics of which those'of Britain are interwoven. In the estimation of a kindred genius, which was too independent to flatter, and too discriminating to judge rashly, Mr. Canning was "a statesman, a poet, and a-wit." The hopes of the great Tory, whom his boyhood fascinated, were more than fulfilled on the floor of St. Stephen's.. His classic language,. his rich and original humour, his spontaneous and resistless rea soning, his graceful and rotund utterance, his good humoured and gentlenianly demeanour—these de monstrated his aptitude for the Senate, and his ca pability to contend successfully for the liberal and sound principles which he was called upon by his great political progenitor to maintain: One of his predecessors died, like the Tvrian Queen, by lifting the sword against himself. Though such a mode of death would be, abhorrent to the virtue of Mr. Can ning, it would not be incompatible with his humility to use the magnanimous words with which Pluenissa prefaced her desperate deed— , " VIXI et quem dederat curse m fortuna peregi ;" She liVed to build a city. Mr. Canning lived to rescue a Monarch from the dangers mid perplexities by which he was embarassed by the treachery of servants, who abused his confidence; although they fattened upon his bounty. He vanquished, by the great mind which Heaven had given him, a faction, who could not rule a village, although they could ruin an Empire. He achieved the rare and remark able triumph of making himself the pillar of the throne and the idol of the people. He was hated by a few titled, selfish, nod talentleas bigots, because they argued, from the ascendancy of plebeian intel lect, the demolition of that system of arrogance and spoliation, which planted in the soil of Britain the seeds of a ripening, but now, thank Heaven! an averted- revolutign. The aristocracy could not be hold without envy and terror—a man, reaching the highest place under the crown, whose paternal in heritance did not exceed one hundred pounds per annum, lerived from a farm in the County Kilkenny. This was wormwood to theth, and bitterly did the gartered and constelitted humdrums vent their spleen against the illustrious personage who raised himself above them by theAignity of his genius and the splen dour of his virtue. Soy great is the interest created in this city by every thing connected with the name of Mr. Canning, that numbers have requested to see and touch complimentary letters which the Right Hon. Gentleman addressed to Mr. Hamilton, of Anna dale Cottage, on Friday, August 3 d, the very day on which he received the fatal warning to a belter .world. (From the Dublin Freeman's Journal.) MR. CANNING.—The packet of Yesterday has ve rified our forebodings. All of Mr. Canning that can perish is no more. That which cannot is transferred, we fondly hope, to the realm of its peaceful and blessed immortality. Could prayers compromise the ordinances of another world, the spirit whose de parture we deplore would have been spared some what longer to illustrate this. Omnipotence has decreed otherwise, and all that now remains to us is to breathe the Christian aspiration, that ere the corruptible vestiments of the being that is fled shall be deposited beneath the clod of the valley, the soul by which they were tenanted will exult, young, re novated, and eternal, in the bosom of its God.— Reigctantly, indeed, do we descend from the sublime and dominant theme, in which the death of a great and good map wraps up our thoughts, to the con sideration of the fame, the glOry, and the regret, whose endurance in the hearts of mankital, his va luable life has secured. There is a link, however, between celestial and sublunary things, which may render the transition not only safe, but decorous.— Philosophy has its limits, sects have their narrow and arbitrary perspective of futurity, but true reli gion teaches us, that men who have benefited their kind—who have earned the admiration of the world by their virtues and their genius, will go with strong recommendations before the tribunal of their immor tal and omnipotent Judge. Britain has flattered her living warriors with monuments of their prowess. — Let not the ashes of her statesmen lie unhonoured. But, if she raise " the storied urn and animated bust" over the bones of that Minister whose death she now laments, let her not claim the monopoly of being a solitary mourner; let her artists arid her sculptors represent the Genius of the American RepublicS, weeping over the relics of him " who re dressed the New World by the balance of the Old ;" let Greece be permitted -to sympathize with E r ie.- land in the fate of u Statesman, who exploded the atrocious theories of the Holy Alliance, and laid the foundation Of her liberty. Nor let Portugal be for : gotten. (From the Irishman.) THE DEATH 4)F MR, CANNING.—This death, SO much to be lamented by every rational man, has, we dare say, been anticipated.by all our readers. That there are Blockheads in the community who will re joice over the grave of this illustrious Statesman, we are well aware=anirnals like those can only flatter themselves with the hope of existence when spitits like Mr. Canning cease to live—his death gives to them a promise of resurrection, and like the owls, they only go forth ,when the sun has disappeared, and the world is covered with darkness. In the presence of such a man as Mr. Canning the London derrys, and Bankeses, and Lethbridges were obliged to Mile their diminished heads—they shrunk from the exposure of their wretched incapacity and igno rance, and retired from the Senate to hide themselves from the laughter and ridicule of their countrymen ; creatures like these writhed under the keen dissect ing knife of that Statesman's wit—they were driven to madness by the torture—and its 'the impotency of their vindictive fury only multiplied the triumphs of reason, truth, and eloquence. Mr. Canning had great public qualities—no man knew better than he did how to accommodate himself to the feelings of the times he lived in—the violent and irreconcileable enemy to the French Revolutionists, he could for get the principles he inculcated under the banners of Mr. Pitt, and assert the Revolutionary rights of South America—the enemy of Reform in Parlia ment, he could not refuse his approbation to every other species of Reform, whether in Jurisprudence or in Finance—he was the friend of Catholic Eman cipation, 12ut always guarded concession by con ditions, which invariably insured its rejection by those whose liberty he eontemplated. Mr. Canning, though the advocate of popular principles, would disdain to communicate with the people—he seemed to despise any suggelitions from there, and would not humiliate the House of Commons by the acknowledgment that its deliberations were influenced by public• opinion. Not so the great and immortal _Fox—be always felt it his duty to consult the petitioner—to ascertain the justice and the reason of his prayer,aud if he concurred in the representation that was made to go into the House doubly armed with his own great powers and the respectful suggestions of the men whose petition he advocated. A thousand circumstances have, contributed to render the death of Mr. Canning a source of general sorrow. But the last and most important event of his public life has given an interest to his name, which all the great qualities of his mind could never have obtained for it—we mean that struggle which he made, on the part of his Sovereign, .to form an Administration independent of that audacious and impudent - confederacy of monopoly and bigotry, Who vainly imagined the King could not dispense With their services. Mr. Canning stood by the King in this emergency, and succeeded in creating one of the most popular Administrations ,which England has witnessed since the days of Lord Chatham. The insolency of Aristocracy roused the indigna tion of the Empire, and the miserable . :incapacity they displayed in their efforts to perpetuate- their power, have rendered them the bye-word and ithe subjects of ridicule in every intelligent society. ! Never did an English Monarch obtain a greater triumph over a round robin of aristocratic ignor ance than the present King—and to the 'ad dress, and talent, and spirit of his Minister; as well as hi►s• own personal determination, may.' be attributed the achievement - of the victory. Ire land, Protestant and Catholic, will lament the fall of such a man—they will recal the glorious pas sages of his life; and reflect with gratitude on the services he rendered to the cause of civil and reli gious freedom. On to-morrow, the Catholic Association assem bles at the Corn-Exchange. -That this body, ;en joying, as it deservedly does, .the confidence of Ire land, will act upon this distressing occasion with the sensibility and generosity of their country, 'we have no doubt. Had Mr. Canning never raised his voice for Ireland—had his eloquent advocacy been confin ed to the people of South America—to the 'infant freedom of Portugal, or the struggling patriots of Greece, these great and permanent services to man kind would be quite sufficient to command from Irishmen some solemn manifestation of their respect and sorrow, and,to prove to England and the world, that however slow and tedious the march of justice, that still we are ever ready to join the mourning procession which carries to the silent tomb the fa vourite child of eloquence and genius. It would be an act• of injustice to the memory of Mr. Canning not to suppose that he wonld have taken advantage of his high station and the universal feeling of ad miration by which he was surrounded, to advance the freedom and happiness of' Ireland—that he would have endeavoured to reconcile the Royal con science to Irish liberty—that he would have sooth ed or shamed the bigot into silence, and have effect ed for the country which had such claims on his sympathy, the same advantages it was his boast to have extended to the most distant nations on the globe. Ireland will draw this picture, and will, With sincerity, lament, in common with England, ; the death of the Minister who promised to be the source of such unutterable blessings. (From the Dublin Evening Mail.) The well known,poWers of Mr. Canning's mind appear to have overshadowed the genius of Britain —to have darkened the glories of her other chil dren ; and the Statesmen of the day, dazzled by the splendour of his rhetoric, seem to have considered opposition from him as a difficulty more formidable than it really was—as an obst r acle not to be sur mounted by any talent short of an eloquence, as Powerful and popular as his own; not considering that Mr.. Canning's talents were in a great measure neutralised by his character; and that his success as a Minister (we allude. not to his late elevation, but to his former career) was due rather to the confi dence which the people had in the honesty of his associates, than to their reliance either on his ta lents for business, or the consistency of his principles. This brilliant comet, which in turns dazzled or ob scured the public vision, has burned out—not per haps before his destined race was run, but certainly sooner than all human calculations led us to expect. The film is removed from men's eyes—and they begin to perceive, that what they called an impos sibility—was nothing but a difficult, though still a practicable object. (From the Dublin Patriot of August 11.) LATE MR. CANNING.—Mr. Canning is no more ! he expired on Wednesday morning, amidst the tears of his family, and the solicitude and affection of all who deserve the name of men. No Minister, since the great Lord Chatham, filled so large a space in the eye of mankind. But his was a period more pregnant with important events than that of Lord Chatham's, He lived when a great moral struggle agitated the world —a conflict, whether the institu tions of kingdoms- were to be adapted to the wants and wishes of the many, or sacrificed to the passions and cupidity of the few—whether Europe was to relapse into despotism, or the improvement and happiness of the people were to form the presiding principle of Go vernments. He lived when it became necessary that England should act in accordance with the spirit of the age—when the question at issue was—whether the British Government should lead, and by leading, temper and controul any rash spirit of popular im provement ; or, whether by acting upon maxims of a dark and obdurate policy, obstinately opposed to all reformation within, a spirit should he en gendered in the country which would reform with a vengeance from without ? and Mr. Canning decided in favour of human happiness. He esta blished a Government formed upon this prin ciple. For this, while he incurred the hatred of tyrants, he became the pride and hope of wo , of tl he pr h on u i m o a ta n t r h a e ce. i But we cannot all who 19provement and dwell upon this subject now. He is no more. The 'head which dictated, and the: ongue which embodied the inspirations of wisdom, are mute and motionless. Ordinary feelings may 19e de scribed with fluency, but it is the character of intense emotion to find a difficulty of expression.-- And when we reflect upon all the afflicting circum stances a ttending this calamity —a family deprived of the kindest husband and father—friends of an amiable, pleasing, and sincere companion—society of its most polished and brilliant ornament—the Senate of its most accomplished orator—and the country of its most efficient Statesman ; when we contemplate, too, the important political events which may be influenced by his death, ours are, indeed, no ordinary feelings, and we find ourselves totally inadequate to express our sense of the loss of a man who lived, hide,* long enough for fame, but not long enough for his country. One consolation, however, we have. We admired living, whom we mourn dead. The principles which he had just established as the practice of the Govern ment, we had long inculcated. Gradual mid prac tical improvement—as far removed from innovation as obstinacy—which, by leading the march of reform in the Government, arrests the progress of licen tiousness among the people, and prevents the catas trophe by correcting the Causes' of revolutions. — Will this system be still acted upon ? We think It will. The country has now got a taste of good Government, and will no longer endure the domi nation of those with whom every abuse is sacred, which is hereditary. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS. " MFrees the Journal cies Debats, Aug. 11.) ADRID, JULY 30.—;4. conspiracy to desert has been discovered in the militia regiment of Ciudad. The discovery was owing to the insubordination manifested by the soldiers, which excited the at en tion of their officers. The most guilty among the sub-officers and soldiers were condemned and punished immediately. A great number have been condemned to the galleys. " The garrison of Penon, which is one of our three stations en the African coast, has, we are assured, deserted in a Colombian vessel. As Pe on is a place to which convicts are transported, m ny of these persons have deserted also ; but it app ars that the garrison has allowed only men condem ed for political offences to aecompany them. ` 6 PARIS, Aua. 10.—Statesmen disappear qom tife, political stage in England with frightful rapidity. Death strikes almost incessantly those individnals whose names are connected with all the political events which have agitated the world for thirty years. The tomb is scarcely closed upon the Mar quis.of Londonderry ere it is re-opened to receive the remains of Mr. Canning. It is not yet ' six months since' an attack of apoplexy removed Lord Liverpool from the helm of public affairs. The first political office in England has been twice vacant, in one half year ! " The death of Mr. Canning has occasioned throughout England a consternation perhaps without example in its history. Never in that country, where things are so arranged as that the death, of particular men is of little consequence,—never did the loSs of an individual excite More interest and create greater alarni. " Europe, likewise, awaits, with reasonable inquie tude, the result of an event, the_ consequences! of which are as yet beyond all human foresight. Its probable influence on our destinies is one of the questions on which we can no •longer descant ; but presentiments arise in our minds, as in those of our readers. " TO THE EDITOR. " PARIS, AUG. 9. " Sir,—Civilization has sustained an irreparable loss : a great Statesman, who gave to the interests of nations a tutelary support, has descended into the tomb. ". It was in the midst of a French city—famous Bor deaux—that Mr. Canning made known the sentiments which will cause his memory to live and to be blessed. " France was deserving of witnessing the revival, in the midst of its generous population, by a Foreign Minister, of the wish which the first caused to be heard in favour of all p eo pl e —. Civil and religious liberty throughout the world.' By giving to the policy of Great Britain the direction which tends to this object, Mr. Canning has rendered him self the benefactor of a great number of nations. " The people of South America, when they learn the premature death of the Minister, the pa . cificator, who, the first in Europe, hailed them as an independent people, will weep over the illustrious friend, whom death has removed at the moment, even when, as a last benefit, he suppressed among them intestine war, and restored at once peace and freedom to the shores and the waters of the Plata. "Portugal will mourn the Minister who saved her from the opprobrium of invasion, the horrors of civil war, and a return to servitude under an absolute power rendered san guinary by vengeance. " Greece will mourn the Minister who took her under his protection when she was in the extremity of distress— who proclaimed the property of the Hellenic territory to be complete and necessary in favour of the sons of Hellas. " All other nations will mourn the great man who showed to ,what point he wished, he was capable to realise the idea of which we were the first and the most worthy confidents. " Well, then; to maintain the rank which becomes us, let us anticipate all nations in expressions of regret and praise towards the friend of nations. "Let us get engraved by our most skilful artists a medal, on one side of which we will inscribe his device and ours: •' g Civil road religious liberty throughout the world.' " The other side will bear his effigy, with the words :--. " in the name of nations, the French tts George Can- ning.' " We should become the organs of two grateful worlds. This part is worthy of France. Ilinisters, in the two worlds, will learn, that if they have to struggle painfully, during their life, against the factions which beset them in the bosom of their own countries, as scoa as they are strong enough to raise themselves above partial interests,— to work on an eular.ed scale the happiness of the human race,—nations, full of gratitude, will reserve for them ho mages, worthy of an age when benefits rendered to man are understood at once to all civilized people. " I propose, Sir, that you sfiould receive subscriptions for th medal to be struck in honour of the tneinory of George Canning. It will be sufficient for each person to deposit, at your office, any smn he pleases not below one franc. " An active committee will be formed of three of the principal subscribers out of the first hundred, and of three artists and literary men chosen from amongst the most cele brated. This committee shall select a banker to receive and manage the funds. " The sum thus raised will serve to pay the artist who shall furnish the most beautiful model of the proposed medal,-and likewise to defray the expences of engraving it.• " Afterwards the medal will be delivered to subscribers upon the payment of a moderate sum, equivalent only to the expence of metal and of the striking it off. " Two medals will be struck in gold—one for the widow of Mr. Canning, the other for the magnanimous Monarch who has ,et a great example to Sovereigns, by selecting', to direct the affairs of his Empire a friend of na tions and of their liberties. " I have the honour to be, with the greatest considera tion, your very humble and obedient servant, " CHARLES DUPIN, Member of the Institute." (From the Moniteur of Saturday, Aug. 1 I.) "PARIS, Auu. 10.—The death of Mr. Canning has appeared from the very first day, to a Feat number of persons, rather as a public than a private event—they have thought they saw not a man perish, bet a system. We feel it necessary to rec tify the opinion formed of the immediate conse quence of his premature death. Without doubt (and we are eager to relieve our heart on the subject) we cannot behold, without lively emotion, a statesman, always distinguished by the most brilliant success as an orator, and recently honoutfed with the confidence of his Sovereign and the regard of ours, fall, all on a sudden, from the summit of power, and from an elevation still more personal—that of great talents. Glorious parliamen tary recollections, flattering hopes, ware attached to the name of Mr. Canning. His country . expected great things of him ; and the interests of civilization i❑ the two worlds are, in our times, so united 'to gether, that a man distinguished by the qualities of the heart and understanding cannot die in any part of the globe without universal mourning. " But, in order justly to appreciate the emotions of the first moment, we must think of the feeling which impels so many restless spirits to foresee, to . find serious events in all the incidents which occur. The peace which consoles Europe is a burden to many descriptions of ambition. These suffer no pretext to escape for deceiving themselves with respect to the consequences of any event whatever, and to seize upon it as an argument in their favour. Hence that•almost general disposition to exaggerate the importance of every fact that occurs in the na tural course of things, and to see in it an entire re voila ion. " What abuse has been made during the last 30 years of these phrases, All is lost. All is saved.' Human affairs do not go in this manner : they follow their course without continually returning to their source. First causes are rare, and it is our weaknees that makes us consider as such, causes that are purely secondary. Let us not look on events either in se good or so bad a light : the age bears nothing ab solute, " And in the first place, what system should we believe to be buried in the tomb of Mr. Canning ? No man has more need than that statesman to have his political life divided into several periods, and nobody has more eagerly armed himself against by his own contradictions than the new friends on whom he depended in England and on the continent: Let us close the Parliamentary Journals and political biographies, to date the new career of Canning from the day when here-entered . the Council. But first, we see him .sitting there under Lord Liverpool, as President, cordially joining in his policy, and in no .point separating his conduct from that of that wise Minister. The speeches of both correspond in the two houses, ,only with the differences suggested much more by the difference of the conditions than by difference in the opinions of the two speakers. In a word, the two great English determinations which have distinguished these latter years—the first ostensible separation of Great Britain from a . continental system which was ascribed to the Holy Alliance, the other the recognition of the South American states. Were not these two measures, we ask, the first a simple sanction of the conduct of Lord Castlereagh at the time of the Congress of Laybach, and of that of the Duke of Wellington at the Congress of Verona.; the second, a necessity long since foreseen by Lord Londonderry, and pro claimed by Lord Liverpool after him, and . before Mr. Canning ? . " If we fix the question of a new system to the day when Mr. Canning was raised to the chief place in the Administration, we' find it difficult to under stand in what acts this innovation is to be discovered. We find no traces of it but in changes of persons, which 'had not yet produced any result except to raise up numerous and complicated difficUlties, which, if we may believe those writers who are the most devoted to the memory of the •fllustrious deceased, contributed not a little to accelerate his end. It would, therefore, be, very hazardous to. calculate now what would have been the final issue of the late ar rangements commenced in England, and which were not yet completely finished. We confess that it was not possible for us to see in it, as others have done, la determinate system. We waited; we did not, however, fail to observe that France (as settled by the restrictions) could not but be easy, as far as she was concerned, by the succeeding conduct of Mr. Canning. A city, fully celebrated feria attachment to the Royal cause, heard him in 1816, profess the most honourable principles with respect to our, legi timate King. " At all events, there is, in favour of the mainte nance of the 'good understanding between the Go vernment on which the prosperity of 'nations is founded, a, dilemma which is very easily stated. If England had adopted, in the person of Mr. Canning. a new system, judged indispensable for the repara tion of its domestic evils, and the preservation of its foreign influence, it cannot be supposed that the ne cessity of the system, which seemed in no respect contrary to the order of things in Europe, can have disappeared with the Man who was called to carry it into execution. It cannot be supposed that the adoption of this system, after being longcontemplated, can be discouraged by a natural accident which was ,too easily to be foreseen, not to have been taken into account on the previous determinations. If, on the contrary, we were to see in Mr. Canning only a man of talents, called upon to perfect continuing it, the English system, as it . has been known to Europe for these fifteen years, in this case there is nothing to be said to quell a people's minds, unless it be that Eng land has co-operated in every legitimate restoration, even in that of 1823. However. this be, if we set aside the considerations which more . particularly affect Great Britain, to contemplate only those which may extend to our own country, "it is then we feel a just pride in the situation in which France is replaced by its legitimate princes.— France, especially in these latter times, has reco vered truly French policy, which permits it to adept in all foreign policy whatever is good in it, without having. reason to fear what may be bad. It sympa thisei with all generous and pacific influences, with- Out ,coalescing in an exclusive manner with any one. Thus she has lately entered,. for the interests of her commerce, into the road opened by England in America, and yet observes all the precautions re commended by her relations with Spain. Agreeing 'with Russia in the means of stopping the effusion of blood in the East—with England in those of pre serving peace in the Peninsula=with Austria on the right of Queen Donna Maria and the - Infant Don Miguel, France acts (marche) alone, since she does so long keep terms with tlie*Poivers whose views are supposed to be the least compatible .with each other; or rather each of them acts with her accord-' ing to wants and institutions, between which she always reserves the choice to herself. This policy, which is wholly national, and, if I may be allowed the expression, wholly geographical, since it-results from the twofold position of a poiver at once mari time and continental, gives her certainly a right to show herself indifferent to external accidents, which can never become serious without her concurrence, or in spite of her opposition. These are truths which may have been long overlooked by blind pas sions. The results are the answers; and the diplo matic history Of France, tiering the last five years, is, an eloquent refutation of the declamatory accusa tions of her false friends, who are often more danger ous than her real enemies, " The preceding remarks seem to indicate but little solicitude in us to seek the probable results of the death of the English Minister, and the combina tions which may take place in the Cabinet of his Britannic Majesty. We must observe, first, that profound respect for the independence of Govern ments—a respect founded on the sentiments of our own independence—seems to forbid these delicate discussions on the eventual determinations of a So vereign, our friend and ally, whose wisdom has long been known by Europe, and especially by France ! Made easy by it, we must wait with confidence for the issue of a struggle in which we can see nothing but a rivalry of men and 'of means to arrive at the same end. . ... " This end is, in England, what it ought to be in all countries,—the union of wise and moderate men, to obtain, by a good discretion of power, the satis faction of the general interest. There is nothing in this to alarm France, which, on her part, constantly aspires to the same object; and which to attain it completely, is also in need of the same concurrence of which the passions of parties continually endea vour to deprive her. For the rest, a second proof of the highest Royal prerogative exercised by the King of England, will fix the opinion of his people respecting his will. " France has nothing to fear from the choice which the English Monarch will make : it knows that all the Cabinets are at present actuated by a common want,—the maintenance of peace founded on the legitimate rights of Governments, on the legal order of States, on the mutual liberties of nations—in a word, on that universal patriotism which excludes all tyrannical pretensions, and admits all generous alliances." (From the Courier Francais.) ON THE DEATH OF MR. CANNING. N which ebvaesn justt w d England generally o f of her er elt than first s that which has just (leprived England of her first States- States man. The world had its eyes on him r The Ame rican Republics, Portugal, and Greece, looked at him either with gratitude or with hope. The former partly owed to him their existence; the latter ex pected him to put an end to their evils. Will the course of his policy finish with him ? Will the sys tem on which he had founded the new direction he had given to England, follow him to his tomb ? We cannot believe it. Mr. Canning is not one of those men whose influence lasts only during their lives, and who leave no trace after them. The advantages England has derived from her connection with the new States of America ; and the character these States have acquired in Europe, guarantee the continuance of the policy adopted towards them. The Treaty with Greece is signed ; the execu tion of it is commenced; all the forces are moving towards the accomplishment of its object. As for this affair also, the death of Mr. Canning will not prevent the interposition of Europe. The question is more difficult to resolve with regard to Portugal. The part taken by Mr. Canning as to this country, was one of the boldest acts of his political career; and yet, notwithstanding its audacity, it has led to no decisive result. The difficulties of Portugal have only become more complicated. It was difficult to conjecture what were Mr. Canning's intention* as PRICKS OF STOCKS THIS Bank Stock 2151 3 per Cent.• Red. eiVe i i 9 % per Cent. Cons.... 88%% 3}6 it to R per ed. 9534 Cent. MN D 4 per Cent. New ... 101% 2 IS IC Ditto, 1826 - Bank L. Ann. 204 3-16 India Stock - Ditto Bonds 93 92 93 pin. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds, 5 per cent Brazilian Bonds B7 Buenos Ayres Bonds. (nnan Bonds, IS per at.., — Colombian Bonds Dine, 1824 3l+ 48 Danish S per cent. 63.i% Greek Bonds Ditto, 1826 Guatemala Mexican Bonds Do. 1825 RN% to the future fate of this kingdom, or what were views as to the measures to be adopted for the pa cification of this &featly agitated country. V° is, perhaps, the most difficult task left to his suc cessors; it was enough, even for his skill, expe rience, andability, to have extricated himself from 4 with honour. Mr. Canning has more than one title to the re gret of his countrymen. He had restored' to England that rank in Europe, which she seemed about to lose. .He had revived the brilliancy of the British P o wer, which had been obscured by his predecessors.-- While thus occupied with the external dignity of his country, he neglected no improvement which might contribute to its internal prosperity. It should not be forgotten that during his Ministry those re strictions were abolished which English commerce formerly deemed necessary to its success, but which it was afterwards glad to see retnoved. Lately Mr• Canning had announced that he was planning re ductions in the army ; this was one of the most pte pular measures an English Minister could adopt. Mr. Canning was beloved in England, not only for what he had done, but for what was expected from him. He carries with him to his tomb more hopes than, perhaps, he would have been able to Tealise.-- - If it be so, he dies at the moment most favourable to his glory—a happiness denied to many eminent m en. It is not to be concealed that Mr. Canning, after he became head of the Cabinet, met with numerous obstacles, 'which were not entirely removed. The Ministry, formed with great difficulty, and recently re-modelled, had been too much occupied 'with its internal changes to justify all the 'expectations it had excited. The Treaty in favour of Greece is the only important act it has performed. The noble position taken by. Mr. Canning—his memorable acts—his immortal speeches, in which he declared that the welfare of, England, so far from being founded on the misfortunes of her neighbours, could not be cone plate or lasting without the happiness and freedom of other nations; these glorious professions of faith, welcomed by the whole world, date their existence from the epocha when Mr. Canning was only s simple member of the Ministry. PRICES OF SHARES THI Brazilian Mining Co. Potosi La Paz and Peruvian A Provincial Bank of Ireland .... *Atirb s . .., LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 14, 1827. It is understood that the new Ministerial M' rangements will not be announced till after the funeral of Mr. CANNING. The Paris Papers of Saturday, including the. Gazette de France dated Sunday morning , reached us last night. The latter contains '1 news of importance; but we find in the Jouro.a des Debats and the Moniteur two art i c l e s °` particular interest to Englishmen, as relating to the Great Statesman, whose loss this country o ' l the whole civilized world has to deplore. The first is a letter which M. CHARLES DupiN,th' able Member of the French Institute, has ad' dressed on this lathented event to the editor' eloquer,itly stating the grounds on which our lst c , Minister is . to be mourned as the benefactor 01 all nations, and proposing that a medal shoul d ' be struck in gi at e f til memorial of the b e nefit!' which he has conferred on the world.atlarge! The inscription on one side to be— • " Civil and Religious Liberty throughout the World and on the reverse, his effigy, with the words -1 " jn the Name of all Nations—The Freneb, to George Canning." It is no less consoling than gratifying to us t 0 observe the sympathy thus manifested at the 1 054 which we have sustained, by the people of o tbei r countries, and to receive their unsought testimoi to the merits, talents, and p o li c y o f our departed Minister. The other article to which we allude is the ov e from the Moniteur, which will be found amongs t our extracts in another column. If this -articl e is written with a less generous feeling than tho t which inspired the pen . of M. DUPIN, in th e one before alluded to,. and instead of offeril* .„ unqua , nneu sympathy at the loss we have Or tamed, attempts to show, by a strain of cold ph"' losophical reasoning, that it is not of suc b serious consequence as it has been described t e be, either to this or other nations, still, never' theless, it also bears ample testimony to the gre l: talents and brilliant success of Mr. CANNING t ) an Orator and a Statesman. It admits his se vices to the world, but denies that any serio ls consequences will ensue from the loss of them . This article is also worthy of being notice) from a remarkable expression which escapes till writer respecting Portugal. In alluding to Jr relations of France with Foreign Powers, O f writer states, that France " agrees with AustrO " on the rights of Queen DONNA MARIA Wi ll " the Infant DoN MIGUEL." Now as th e rights of these personages, when the conditio o i of the act of a bdication of DON PEDRO and ° the Charter are fulfilled, are not denied by 0 1 one, we must consider this as an avowal th e France and Austria agree as to the right whic h DoN MIGUEL has to the Throne of Portugs h at once, in virtue of his intended future marriage with the young QUEEN. Austria, it is known, entertains that opinia! but this is the first avowal made in the Frd Government Papers of similar sentiments beiv^ entertained by the French Ministry. Faswea FuNDs, Paais, Ana. 11.—Five per Cel t : 10Sf. 90e. ; Three per Cents. 72f. 80c. ; Bank Ste 2,010 f. We have but seldom condescended to no ti€ l any of the articles which have appeared in I ' l evening paper, called the Standard, which been lately established by the very scum of faction, and will, without the least doubt, tern' nate its ephemeral existence as the rancour ' party spirit subsides. Its articles possess so lid talent, and so much malevolence, that few p° DAY AT ONE o'ctocr. South Sea Stoek Ohl Annuities New Ditto Ex. Bills, £l,OOO 2d. 58 59 pin• Ditto 5OO 2d. 58 00 pin. Ditto Small Ditto Commercial pm• Bank far Account India for Account Cons. for Acct..... ...... —88,6%5 THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Neapolitan, 182-1, -- Peruvian Bonds .... Portuguese*Bonds ..., Prussian, 5 per cent. Ditto, New Russian, New i;63* Spanish, 1821 '182 l French Rentes,•s p: c, —t ---c• ' Exchange 444. - 3 net Eichange 4. O C' DAY AT ONVItaOCK. Paid. Share. 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