The Sun. — London, England, 1827-05-10 00:00:00

'MALT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The affairs of Portugal, and the interests of ' England combined with those of general free dom and humanity which they involve, require at this moment the sedulous attention of the British Government. A division of the British army was not despatched to Portugal to fulfil the mere letter of a treats, the spirit of which was to be lost sight of in all the subsequent acts of this Government. Sir William Clinton and his troops were not sent out to fight with sha dows, or for them ; or if the words of a treaty were binding on Great Britain, surely the sub stance, which conferred all its force and value on that treaty, was worth something when we came to settle the circumstances under which, and the end .for which, it should be executed. - When Mr. Canniit . explained and justified the inter ference of Britiali troops, - he took pains to strip the queatiOn of its disguises, and to prove that Portuguese rebel's, eqUipPed, and paid, and en couraged by the Court 'of Madrid, could not be said to carry on a civil war against their own Government, but to perpetrate 'a foreign invasion of its territory. This argument was a wise and spirited substitution of things for names ; and seemed an earnest of the vigour and dis cernment with which the joint rights of England and Portugal, would be maintained, without caring for artifices or pretences. It was further a gauntlet thrown down to Ferdi nand, which challenged him to go to war for a criminal object if he durst. Starting on this manly principle, we were among those who felt some confidence that Mr. Canning would follow up the supply of troops by the enfOrcement of direct and - straight-forward. counsels upon the Princess Regent and her advisers : but we. do not know that there ever yet appeared a Govern ment so imbecile or incompetent to a great crisis, as that-of the present Portuguese Regency, since England identified her intereste With those of the Charteis which she engaged to defend. • It is manifest that she had 'only to speak, and her will would be a law to the Regent. What; then, has been the political advice which, judging from facts, we must presume that his Majesty's Government has tendered to that of our ally ? To encourage rebellion by leaving one and all of the insurrectional y leaders unpunished in person aid estate. To constitute a Cabinet of which the most prominent member should be a partizan of Don Miguel, the sworn enemy of the Charter and of England. To chill, and repel, and treat with contumely, all the unhappy Spanish exiles, who represented the Constitu tional cause of Spain in other countries ; and even when they sought the soil of Portugal as that of a nation bound to Spain by the sym pathies of common suffering, and by the hopes of it congenial freedom, how have these merito rious and miserable men been received ? They have actually been driven like wild beasts from the shelter in which they had crouched from the storm which every where pursued them, and told that because they 'had fled to Portugal without passports—when passports were refused to them—they must fly from it with greater speed, though their own country was closed against them, and they had not within their reach the means of foOd, or raiment, or convey ance. And why has all this been ? Because a timid or treacherous policy left hopes to Miguel that he would soon be Regent of the kingdom ; the partisans of Miguel, who made open war upon the Government, were to be treated with respect. Because the Ministers of the Holy Al liance, who all distinctly declared their approval of the Constitution on behalf of their Sovereigns —because these men threatened to complain, if libiril - IVlinisters should he employed to realize for Portugal the .advantages.of liberal institutions; Ministers, forsooth, like the BishoP of Viseu, must betaken from among the. enemies of the chat tel, mud frarra talc pautibans of the saiage Miguel, for the sake of undermining the system they were sworn to uphold. Again, that man must be absurd or dishonest, who denies that the constitutional spirit in Spain is the best card in Mr. Canning's hand, if he seriously meditates to maintain the influence of England, and the Portuguese institutions. Whatever policy tends to preserve and strengthen the attachment to England in the mind of liberal Spaniards, ought to be industriously pursued by an able Eng lish Minister. Every body knows that the con stitutional spirit is growing rapidly in Spain.— Mr. Canning's assertion of its weakness, and his assumption of pity or terror for the Liberals if the French troops had been withdrawn a few months ago, imposed upon no man who understood what was really going on throughout the Peninsula; but the exiled Spaniards who proceed to Portugal are the only thread of communication, and the kind and friendly encouragement of . them is the sole bond of union between this country.and the immense body of friends to a national regeneration in. Spain. Yet have we, or the Portuguese Cabinet under our guidance, rejected them with barbarous impolicy and folly from its shores If we encourage the Con stitutional party in Spain : we make the defence of Portugal to ourselves a snecure ; if not, we s icri fice td the audacious demands of Ferdinand upon the Pot rague;4 Government, whose destruction he has all along been planning or attempting, the very weapon, and the only weapon, by which we, in con junction with Portugal, can most effectually resist his plots. But this is to be done " for the sake of peace !" Shall we, indeed, make peace more dur able, or war less certain, by a mean, and truckling, and pusillanimous system of concession? Will Fer dinand remain at pease with " Constitutional" Por tugal on any terms ? Can he do so ? Manifestly not. e give Mr. Canning full credit for his wishes; but wishes, however praiseworthy, will not always exe cute themselves England strenuously supports an honest and unbending protection of the Portuguese Charter, and of the policy of -Don. Pedro, as contra distinguished from, that of his wretched brother and of the incorrigible Queen.—Our Portuguese .corre• spondence is full of alarming interest. —Timer. The Common Council of London yesterday passed a series of Resolutions, expressive of the opinion of the Corporation in favour of the re peal of the Test and Corporation Acts, but ab stained from presenting a petition to Parliament urging the immediate discussion of the subject. - The Test and Corporation Acts are at present (taken separately and in their practical effects) insig,niticant ; they are, however, parts and par cels of a system of intolerance, the whole of which ought to be swept away together. The best mode in which relief could be given to all the classes of dissentients from the Established Church, would be by a general Act: to remove all the disabilities which have been imposed upon them. The false principle which has been ap plied to all of them is the same—the relief should be the same, and simultaneous. If a Dissenter or a Catholic be a less loyal subject than a Churchman;- it is only because he is a less privileged subject. The law has made the discontent, which now is made a justification for the law. We are anxious for a repeal of the Test Acts, in common with other laws of the same kind, and we should continue anxious for it, even if the mass of the Protestant Dissenters we're (which we believe they are not) anxious for the continuance of laws for the oppression of the people of other sects. It i - an :absurd maxim to " perse cute those who are disposed to, persecute," because the world, if it were acted upon, would be divided only into those who persecute from disposition, and those who persecute frOM retaliation. The malig nity of weakness is better put down by the tempe rance and justice of strength. We believe the mass of the old Dissenters of England to be the best friends of civil and religious liberty• A few of them may be unreasonably alarmed, but the howlings which are set up in their names against freedom of religion, come chiefly from fanatics who have not reason enough either to assent to, or dissent from, any doc trine; and who call themselves Dissenters merely because they disgust all regular worshippers by their noise and absurdity.—Morning Chronicle. When that portion of the Press which now devotes its columns to the unmeasured flattery of Mr. Canning, and the virulent abuse of all who cannot unite in their fulsome cant about a man whose virtues .they ,never discovered until his fortunes seemed to be ascendant—when that portion of the Press made a charge of cabal and even of conspiracy, against the late colleagues of Mr. Canning, and that, too, in the coarsest lan guage—what step did the parties thus vilified take to vindicate their conduct in the eyes of the public and the Sovereign ? Did they bring actions at law, or apply for criminal informations, as we have often known men who pretend to greater liberality of political sentiment to do on slighter occasions ? No—the charge. was one which affected their honour, and it appeared to us to be a strong proof of conscious innocence that they had not recourse to those legal pro ceedings in which technical forms too often ex clude the investigation of truth—but came for ward in a manly way, and, confronting their political adversaries, stated their case, and ap pealed to the public judgment. Having vindi cated themselves in this manner, it now becomes matter of inquiry, how far those through whose agency it is said such statements got into the Press, were qualified to make such changes—or, in other words, how far. they came into Court with clean hands. It is asked whether there was no cabal at the other ride ? and in the House of Lords, the Marquis of Londonderry has made a statement, which, if not satisfactorily answered very soon, must be taken as conclusive of that question. We now deem it a duty, with out charging cabal or conspiracy on any set of men, to inquire whether a Barrister of great practice and celebrity did not,- when upon cir cuit, send a written communication to the sent First Lord of the Treasury, which conveyed by a Gallant Knight distinguished in Peninsular affairs, and in which communi cation it was stated that not only the Bar rister's political friends, but the Marquis of Lansdown and his adherents would join Mr. Canning in the formation of his Gpvern ment, if certain preliminary arrangements could be agreed upon ? We ask if Mr, Canning did not, receive this communication, or some thing to this effect, eight or ten days before his last visit to Windsor ? If it should be the case that such an overture was received, we then ask the Right Honourable Gentleman, whether he informed any of hii colleagues of it ? We ask whether, in stead of informing his colleagues, he did not make use of it at Windsor, to satisfy a certain high quarter, that if any of his colleagues retired upon principle, he had another party at his command. We ask the Right Honourable Gentleman whether, upon his hearing that the secret had transpired and an intima tion having been given that the proceeding would be made public, he did not go to the Secretary of State for the Home Department, and show him the com munications ? .We ask whether his colleague (lid not immediately inquire as to the time of his having received this overture, not being then aware that it had been shown in the highest quarter ? If these questions are not fairly answered, we need not ask what indignation the colleagues of the Right Ho nourable Gentleman must have felt when apprised of these circumstances; nor need we inquire whether such proceedinga r if true, indicate a case of common cabal or one of deep intrigue. So . far are we from wishing to find these things true, that we hope the Learned Barrister and the Noble Martini* may be able to prove, to the satisfaction of the country, that they did not offer the services of themselves and party to Mr. Canning, before he had received his Majesty's commands to re-construct the Govern ment; and we also hope that, if the Right Hon. Gentleman received such a communication, he will be able to show that lie did not conceal it for eight or ten days from his colleagues, or make an in triguing or improper use of it—otherwise the public will draw their own conclusion.—Morning Herald. We fear Mr. Canning will find great difficulty in keeping his new troops in any tolerable order. Mr. Brougham, we perceive, thus early in his career as Deputy Leader of the Ministerial Party in the Commons, shews a disposition to play tricks of which the chief or nominal Leader can hardly be supposed to approve. Mr.-Brougham, it appears, feels himself entitled to be King of the Treasury Benches ; and this is not very un reasonable, considering that much the greater part of their present population have long been his subjects. He may, however, for some time longer recognize - Mr. Canning as King, upon condition that he shall be Viceroy over him.— This mighty potentate of the coalition thought proper on Tuesday night to express his high displeasure at the conduct of certain of the Election Committees which have sat this Ses sion, accusing them of having outraged law, and common sense, more than insinuating that they had violated even common honesty, and threatening them that he would call for the minutes of their proceedings, in order to found upon their delinquency a measure to repeal the Grenville Act, and substitute for it some device of his own. Now, when we recol lect that Election Committees are ballotted for impartially, and that the Members are sworn to do justice between the parties, that the Grenville Act up to this moment has been understood suc cessfully to assimilate Election Committees to - the form and character of juries, we cannot suf ficiently wonder that a person standing upon such an eminence as this Learned Gentleman has attained, should have been guilty of thisimpru dence and indecency. Are Members of Parlia ment who have been performing a painful and laborious public duty, and performing it under the solemn sanction of an oath, to be thus branded and reviled by a political intriguer, even although that intriguer happens for the moment to be asso ciated with the Prime Minister of England, and to tower over him. Mr. Wynn, we imagine, must feel a little uncomfortable in the com pany of this strange confederate, who in the glory of his new-born greatness, and. r the pride of imaginary superiority, evidently thinks himself entitled to regard all others with contempt. That Right Hon. Gentleman long announced his intention of bringing in a Bill to consolidate and amend the laws relating to Elections—he has baen studying and toiling upon the measure ever since—and now, when he has just elaborated it to what ha believes its highest possible state of perfec tion, up starts this new confederate, and, 'without deigning a consultation or communication of any kind, in the all-sufficiency of his greatness, in the proud consciousness of his unmeasured superiority, anticipates or obstructs the well-considered project. This, we anticipate, is a pretty good specimen of the discipline which is• likely to prevail in the Minis terial camp. These transient_ and desultory dis orders are not, however, the greatestdanger to which Mr. Canning is exposed. Liberalism is the basis and the watchword of the. coalition ; and we piofess we do not see how, in the march of liberalism, Mr. Canning and hii new confederates are to keep together. So long as the enemy hovers around their army, the con seioasness of a common interest and a common danger may keep it tolerably compact—but whenever this ceases, we expect to see the Commander left a long way in the rear. Mr. Canning, when acting with his former Colleagues, was generally supposed, although we think unjustly, to be the advanced guard of modern liberalism in•the Government. He humoured this, which, if any judgment is to be formed either from the most splendid of his parlia mentary efforts, or from the general tenor of his po litical life, we are entitled to call a mistake, and thus acquired much noisy popularity, and - at the same time obtained the advantage (we now see how great) of having two strings to his bow: .All is now, how ever, changed. - The.advaneed guard of modern li beralism. in .the -English Government is now com posed of Lord Lansdown and -Mr. Brougham.. If Mr.-Canning can at all keep ,pace with them in their March--if all the noisy popularity ; is not speedily transferred from him to them, it will be abundantly prOVed either that he or that they have contrived hitherto to keep us in the dark as to their true prin ciples and character.—Morning Post. In the connected narrative of facts, which we yesterday submitted to our readers, respecting the late 'Ministerial negotiations, we mentioned that Mr. Canning, " early in April, stated to the Duke of Wellington, that. one of the schemes which had occurred to him, in case the King should desire him to reconstruct the Govern. ment, was, to make the present Lord Goderich First Lord of the Treasury." 'We have reason to believe, that our impressions upon this. üblect participated in the error into which his Grace himself fell, in the declaration - which he made to the I-louse Of LOrds. It has been generally supposed, that vvhoeVer possessed the office of the - First Lord of the Treasury, was, ipso facto, the Prime Minister of .the Crown. It is true that, for a long series of y Y ears, the notion has prevailed, that such is the fact : and it was upon the assumption of tins generally received opinion that his Grace proceeded, in the sentiments he delivered on the occasion referred to. It seems, however, that there is an important distinction, which has, we understand, been satisfactorily ex plained to the Duke of Wellington. The First Lord of the Treasury is not necessarily the Prime Minister. It is only when the pa tronage which attaches to that high function ' happens to be combined with the patronage which belongs to the Crown, that the hold ing of the office of First Lord of the Trea sury carries with it the influence and authority of Premier. The reason why the two have been commonly united appears to be, that, as they frequently flow in the same channel, or must otherwise come into inconvenient collision, it has been found desirable that they should be vested in the same individual. How, then, stands the case as regards Mr. Canning and the Duke of Wellington ? When there no longer existed a reasonable ground of expectation that Lord Liverpool would be able to re-assume his functions in his Majesty's Government, it be came, we believe, a question with Mr. Canning, whether he might not unite, in his own person, the office of Foreign Secretary with that of Prime Minister ; and it was in reference to . a pmsible arrangement of this kind, that the suggestion was thrown out, of Mr. Robinson becoming First Lord of the Treasury, and of Mr. Canning retaining the seals of the Foreign Office, in con junction with that dispensation of the patronage of the Crown, which would essentially constitute him Prime-Minister of England. Hence the suppositon that Lord Goderich might fill the one office, and Mr. Canning the other, with this implied condition annexed to it;• and hence the very natural error. into which his Grace fell. It was not to be supposed that Mr. Canning, filling the station which he did fill in Lord Liverpool's Governinent, could.contem plate the transfer of supremacy to any other bands; and this leadsus to a considerati on , , w hi c h we do not remember to have seen urged in any of the dis cussions that have arisen out of the late Ministerial crisis. We believe we may assert, without fear of contradiction, that, had such a catastrophe occurred during the period when the late Marquis of London. derry directed the Foreign Policy of this Country, as we have witnessed within the last two months, that lamented individual would have, unquestion ably, expected that the highest office in the State should have devolved upon him ; yet he was as decidedly an advocate of Catholic Emancipation as Mr. Canning can be ; and we beg leave to ask, whether, under such circumstances, the late Col leagues of Mr. Canning would have refused to con tinue in office with . the Noble Marquis ? We firmly believe not. Surely, then, we are justified in coming to the conclusion, that there were other reasons than those which have been avowed, which induced the seceders to determine upon retiring from his Majesty's Councils. Our object, however, in stating what we have, is to show, that, in the proposition made to the Duke of Wellington, or rather intimated to his Grace early in April, -there Was no departure from that course which Mr. Can ning had, from the first, prescribed to himself.— New Times. BALLOON. Mr. Green made an ascent on Tuesday evening in his - balloon, for the 67th time, from White Con duit Gardens, and was on this occasion accompanied by a lady of the name of Edwards, and Mr. W. H. William:,, of Sadler's Wells. The following is Mr. Williams's account :—We ascended at about six in the evening, amidst the cheering and good wishes of numerous friends, and rose almost perpimdicu la.-ly for about eight minutes and a half, when we lost sight of terra firma. Having got into the clouds, Miss E. and myself sang " God save the King," and afterwards we all drank his Majesty's health. We then descended within half a mile of the earth, and could plainly discover that we were over Ful ham. Again we ascended, and encountered a fall of snow. Mr. Green felt cold, in consequence of his being dressed in summer clothing, and I lent him my great coat. It was the desire of Mr. Green not to descend near Fulham, inconsequence of 'the treatment which he received at the hands of the party NI whose premises he alighted on a former occasion. We had a female with us, and it was the wish of Mr. Green that she should be in a place of safety before we began to descend. Hav ing arranged every thing as Mr. Green suggested, we descended, and found ourselves still over Fulham. At the desire of Mr. Green I threw out ballast, and on our again descending, Hounslow presented itself to our view. It now becomes my duty to offer my thanks to Major Bacon, who is quartered at the barracks of this place, for his kind and gen tlemanly behaviour to us. This gentleman offered me the use of his horse, that I might not be detained in waiting the arrival of a post-chaise ; and, at the same time I notice his attention, I feel myself justi fied in noticing the reception of an English farmer of the name of Reynolds, the very counterpart of O'Keefe's Farmer Gammon, in Wild Oafs. • The conduct of this bluff blunt old man formed so great a contrast to the first-named gentleman, that I could not believe they inhabited the same sphere. He not only called us wilful trespassers, but seemed inclined to treat us as such. We dropped at Bed font at eight o'clock, arrived in town at eleven, and I had the honour, as well as pleasure, of receiving the plaudits of a crowded house, a little after eleven. " SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS. The House met at Five o'Clock. The Earl of MALMSBURY presented petitions from certain persons in the County of Southampton, who were owners and occupiers of land, and also engaged in the flour trade, against any alteration in the Corn Laws. A PEER whose name we could not ascertain, presented a petition from Lewes in Sussex, against any further con cessions to the Catholics.- Lord GAGE presented a petition from the Half Hundred of Dean, against any alteration in the Corn Laws. 'Lord REDESDALE presented a similar , petition from the occupiers of 150,806_ acres of hind in the county of Lincoln. MESSAGE FROM THE COMMONS. .111 r. Woymicousr and other Members of the Commons appeared at the bar .to request a copy of the Report of the Select Committee of the House. of Lords, appointed to en quire into the prices of forcing grain at foreign ports, together with a copy of the minutes of evidence taken before the Committee. The Gentlemen were furnished with the report whilst at the Bar. The Messengers also brought up the Postage Duties Bill. Several petitions were presented against any alteration in the Corn Laws. PORTUGAL. Lord ELLENBOROUGH seeing his Noble Friend who was the head of the. Foreign Department in his place, wished to put a question relative to our present peculiar connection with Portugal. It would be in the re collection of their Lordships, that in December last, a most - Gracious. Message was . delivered from his Ma jesty, stating that he had . been called upon -for as sistance. by the Princess Regent -of Portugal, by virtue of a treuty subsisting- between the two countries. — A dutiful Adnress had been presented. in answer to this message, and troops were Immepiately, sent to Portugal. = It was then stated by his Majestys Ministers, that it was impossible to lay the papers connected with that measure before the House ; but it was commnnicated to their Lordships that his Majesty's Ministers had ascertain ed that there .was a just cruse for, performing what we had stipulated by our treaty to do. The Noble Lord thought that it was not sufficient that we should be called on by the other party to do any act founded on the treaty, unless there appeared to be a just cause for that demand. It was the duty of his Majesty's Ministers to satisfy themselves upon this point, but since that time to the present no in formation have been laid before their Lordships._ That, perhaps, might have been caused by the dis organised state of his Majesty's Government, things are now different, said the Noble Lord, and though a casus feederis may have then arisen, non constat, that it exists now. The state of Portugal had since undergone a very material change. That rebellious army which had derived such assistance from. Spain, was .now, dyiven across the fron tiers, and recent accounts toldus the troops in the strongest fortress, and those troops, the most distinguished had re volted. It was impossible to look at the state of Por tugal, if indeed we believe the accounts which arrive from Lisbon, or unless the falsehoods coming from Lisbon. were so numerous as those lately in' circulation, through London, and not feel uneasy at the situation of our troops in that country. There they were, and it was not possible to imagine that they could continue there without being engaged in contests, which were purely of a civil and domestic nature. Feeling as he did the vast importance of the *object, it was his duty to call on his Noble Friend whether he was ready to lay before the House any in formation respecting the present and the late state of affairs in Portugal. Lord DUDLEY said it was not at present the intention of his Majesty's Ministers to lay any such information be fore their Lordships. The question was one of the most important and delicate nature, and connected with negoci ations which were now pending. Under these circum stances, he was assured their Lordships would consider his Majesty's Alipisters justified inwithilohling the required information. Lord ELLENBOROUGH—WiII my Noble Friend say whether these negociationq are being carried on with the Portuguese or with any (Aber Governments ? Lord DUDLEY was understood to decline answering the question. NEW ADMINISTRATION-MR. CANNING. The Duke of NEWCASTLE rose to present a petition against any alteration in the Corn Laws. I intended, said his Grace, to oppose the bill now before us, even when the Noble author of it was in this House. If I were then of that opinion, how much more strongly strongly must I be inclined to do so when those persons with whom he was associated were driven from the Government, and those checks and safeguards upon which I might rely are removed. It is, I think, the duty of every honest man to come forward at this awful crisis—lt is a duty which he owes to his King and his country, to stand boldly forward and dispossess of power that indi vidual—l may perhaps be using a harsh term—but I can find none more appropriate, I apply it of course in a political sense, but I cannot designate him other thin the most profligate Minister that ever was in ,power. I call on you all, my Lords, to come forward and liberate his Majesty from the awful and tremendous situation in which he is placed, and to overthrow that most insidious and dangerous coali tion that had ever entered into the head of any Statesman to project._(Loud cheers.)—Thus much my Lords, I felt it my duty to say. Indeed, I should be very sorry if any Member was not sufficiently clear ; or if I have not stated my opinions as strongly as I feel them, and I am convinced that in giving utterance to those opinions, I hut express the sentiments of every well-thinking man from John o'Groat's House to the Land's End.—(Cheers.) Lord TEYNHAM presented a petition against any al!,!ration in the Corn Laws, from a Parish in the County of Buckingham, and gave notice that he would move that the petition by taken into consideration in order that the petitioners be heard at the bar of the House against the proposed bill. Lord DARLINGTON, after expressing himself in favour of the bill, and appealing to the recollection of the Noble Lord, who had lately sat on the Woolsack, whether his opinions had not always been in accordance with the principles o f his Majesty's p . . - -‘sant Government, that he was astonished, and saw with grea&gret the sudden and violent opposition which was raised against the new Administration. There could be but one of two causes for this opposition— either a desire of office and place, or an intention to dictate to the Crown what Ministers his Majesty should choose. Both causes were, in his opinion,. highly objectionable.— ( Cheers. )—He had but little personal knowledge of the Right Hon. Gent. now at the head of the Government, but he felt himself bound to declare, that, his confidence in it was much strengthened by the accession of that distinguished Stateiman. It was with feelings which he could hardly describe, that he heard that Right Hon. Gentleman al luded to in n manner not very uncourteous, and certainly most unparliamentary.—(Cheers.)—The Noble Lord did tint standup as the advocate of that Statesman—lie was too feeble for such an undertaking, but he stood there to vin dicate his own character in having associated himself with the new Administration. The Right Hon. Gent. at the head of it entertained principles in favour of civil and religious liberty—principles which the Noble Lord acted for SO years, and what then could be snore reasonable than that he should rejoice that the Right Hon. Gent. should hold the present elevated situation ? He had proved himself a great statesman, and fully. competent to direct the foreign and domestic policy of the country.—.(Cheers.)—The Noble Lord was sure that the opposition to the new Administration which had absolutely commenced before the Ministers had taken their places, was adopted rather with a Niel, of embaTrfissipt .the Povepurentffint4 (ifigvinuthf country. —(Great cheers.)—The-Noble Lori' concluded by desig nating the new Administration as trio' - most finished that ever was formed. The Errl of HAREWOOD Said, 'that the whole course of his life was an answer to any , insinuation charging him with faction, but he confessed,, on , the first view, he could not approve of the present Administration Hear. ) He should apologize for not having given notice of his in tention to put a question as to the persons composing the present Administration. Like many other persons, he did not know who composed his Majesty's Government. A certain part of the Administration hrd resigned, and the Country looked for an explanation of the causes of those re signstions. Those reasons had been given, and he believed they were satisfactory to the whole community._(Hear, hear.) It was generally reported that the present Government was only provisional, and if that was the fact, why not explain the reasons for this extraordinary, he would not say unparalleiled, posture of affairs? Under all the circum stances, he considered it was the duty of_the present Ad ministration to .afford their Lordships the fullest satisfac tion on the manner in which the present Administration was formed, and the probabilities of its performance. Lord GODERICH complained of the singular manner in which discussions of this kind arose. If Noble Lords did not choose to confide in the present . Government, and it was clear there were some Noble Lords who did. not, the fair and manly course to pursue was to bring the ques tion regularly before the House. For this reason he 'had hailed the constitutional course proposed by a Noble Lord opposite (Winchelsea,) who gave no tice of a motion which would bring the question to an issue. If his Majesty's Government could not give satisfactory reasons for, their conduct, their Lordships would withdraw their confidence, and he would bow to their decision, but he knew enough of the high feelings of the present head of thee. Government to be assured that that Right Hon. Gent. would prefer the consummation he had hinted, namely, a Withdrawal -of their Lordships' confi dence, to being baited as it 'Were every night in the way of • interlocutortquestions.--4eheerk): ,. The Marquis of *TdOillit could ja4o”!hipg foul the acts of the, present Adiphlispriitifiri;-7-4(gear, from, the Ministerial Benches.) 7 -But constitute4,as r thet Administra tion was, he confessed he, should irk at all their acts with great suspicion.—(Hear, hear.)---,-But though he had no confidence in his. Ministers, he had the fullest confidence in his Majesty, and when his Majesty discovered that his avowed wishes on a particular subject were not attended to, he (the Marquis of Salisbury) had no doubt how his Ma jesty would act. The Earl of HARDWICKE rose to order, we under stood him to object to the course pursued by the Noble Marquis in attributing certain views to his Majesty. Lord LAUDERDALE thought his Noble Friend was quite in order. The King was only known in that House to act by his Ministers, and it was the unquestioned privi legege of their Lordships to express themselves on those Acts.—(Hear, hear.) Lord FALMOUTH regretted that he was now under the necessity of withdrawing his confidence from some of his Majesty's Ministers, in whom he was formerly willing to confide, but his confiddnce was his his own, and he confessed he could not give it to an Administration con stituted as the present was. Lord ELLENBOROUGH _agreed with Noble Lords opposite that it was the undoubted right of his Majesty to choose his own Ministers, but he held as firmly that it was the undoubted right of Parliament to express its opinion on all public questions.—(Hear, hear.)—What 1 dependance could be placed in the present Adminis tration, when it was well known that several Noble Lords presiding over the highest department of the State, only held their present situations until other Noble Lords thought proper to accept them.—(Hear, hear.)—No doubt the change would take place when the Session was over or nearly over. This measure he had no doubt would be consummated in the dark.—(Hear, bear, hear.) and, therefore, no doubt it was convenient that all notices of motions should.be withdrawn, as was -seen in another place, and that no public measures should be introduced by Government that could possibly be avoided. The effect of this arrangement was, that a year would be lost to the country. He )10 heard with surprise, from a Noble Earl (Darlington), that he (Lord D.) had agreed with the prin ciples of his Majesty's .present, Ministers for a• period of 30 years, but notwithstanding this long and complete coinci dence of opinion, it was not at the 11 th,but at the 31st hour that the Noble Earl thought of giving those ,principles his support. The, Noble Earl . and and all his friends, how ever it now appeared, had given their support to his Ma jesty's. Government, but how far the country would con sider that support .disinterested he would not now in quire. It was well known that all the good things were not yet disposed of, and it remained to be seen whe ther the coalition which had taken place between the Noble Lord and his friends, and, that the pre sent Ministry was founded in a sacrifice of private feeling to public principle, or whether it was to be looked upon as a mere common vulgar transac tion of willing political seduction, only remarkable for being perpetrated with the appearance of a little more than ordinary scrupulosity, for the sake of decency. — (Cheers. ) Earl SPENCER followed, and was left speaking, (at seven o'clock.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The House met this evening at 4 o'clock. DISSENTERS' MARRIAGES. Mr. W. SMITH brought up the Dissenter's Marriage Bill, which was read a first time and ordered to be read a second time on Monday next. SALMON FISHERIES. Mr. H. DRUMMOND presented a petition from the Guildry of Perth, against the Salmon Fishery. Similar petitions were presented fsom the Proprietors of Salmon Fisheries on the River Tay, and from the Corporation of Stirling. Mr. HUME moved for returns connected with the General Post Office Delivery. Ordered. On the motion of Mr. HUME to summon the House, resolved itself nto a Committee on the Fraudulent Bank ruptcy (Scotland) Bill, which passed through a Com mittee, and the Reperf was ordered to be received to-morrow. Upon the motion of Mr. BERRIES, the Irish Auction Duties Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed to-morrow. The SPEAKER called upon Mr. Macqueen, Mr. W. Horton, and Lord John Russel, each of whom had mo tions on the orders of the day, but as they did not answer to their names, upon the motion of Mr. HERRIES, the House adjourned at a Quarter before Five o'Clock. LAW NTELLIGLNCE. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, MAY 9. TYE WAKEFIELD& Mr. BRotionAm, in the course of the day, said, that it had been agreed to enter a nob prosequt with respect to Mrs. Frances Wakefield, and that therefore the motion which the Attorney-General had leave to make to-morrow would most probably be unnecessary. PREROGATIVE COURT, MAT 9. DUKE AND CRAMP AGAINST DUKE AND OTHERS. William Duke, of Bexhill, the testator in this case, died in Oct. 1826, at the age of 91, leaving personal property to the amount of 40,0001. besides a real estate worth 3,000/. In 1821, and subse quently, he executed a will and codicils, appointing his brother, Mr. J. Duke, and another person, his executors. The next of kin now sought to set aside these instruments, on the ground that, from 1820, the testator had been in such a state of debi lity, owing to his mental and bodily infirmities, that he was wholly incapable of giving instructions for a will, or of reading it or hearing it read, and was to circuFvention. Besides „being nearly VI and, so deaf that the.Utraoit "exertion of voice co not make hiM hear, it was "alleged that he Irv; weak and unsound mind. Amongst the extrave' gancies ascribed to the deceased, he was represente d to have driven himself about the country in chaise, notwithstanding his bodily weakness, acconr panied by a furious mastiff, in the habit of Worrying sheep, which would have prevented assistance being rendered him ; also with harnessing a bullock to 11 0 chaise, and driving it, to the terror of the neigh . bouring people; drenching his milch cows with salt water; ordering his corn to be harvested in a ire° state; distributing barley-sugar, gingerbread nuts) and " bull's eyes," (which Dr. Jenner, at the r equest of the Court, explained to be a species of sweet' meat, moulded into a form resembling the balls of bullock's eyes), amongst children at • church, Sz e ; These eccentricities were either denied or explained away in the answers on the other side. Dr. JENNER, on the part of the executors,.woul a contend that all the, evidence, even that,of the lu; verse party, proved incontestibly the capacity an remarkably strong mind of the testator. Dr. ADDAMS, for the next of kin,'admitted thit the allegations set up a case of incapacity strong i t than was proVed ; but he was prep are d t o c ontent' that the alleged testator was, notwithstanding, capable. The reading of the evidence occupied the rest n i f, the day. The argument therefore stands over no next Sesiion. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Mar 9. Thomas Todd, a stock-jobber, came .before the i _Court, to obtain hi s di sc h arge , b ut was op pose" by a Mr. Jos. Grillo', jun. for having defrauded . / 10 ., of a Colombian B on d. Th e oppos i ng cre di tor said that on the 2d March, he gave the insolvent .a Co' lombian Bond for 100/. to sell, and met him by 'sr poiutment at the Fleece Tavern, to receive th e money, where they urank several glasses of liegtl and ale. The insolvent then became intoxicated, sto, the next m orn in g he de n ied heiingieceived the or the money: It was,; ii4reever, proved that 11° 'had "sold the bond for 391 , and upon. this being communicated to th e iniol ven e, he offered to giv. e Mr.. Grillen bills for the amount, but he declined to receive. them. A nt The COURT, und er t h ese c i rcumstances, di d consider the insolvent deserved any punishment, a" ordered him to be discharged. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS. INSOLVENTS APPLYINI Petitions to be heard at Nang MAY 14, Bardsley, T., Dublin Bohm, J., City-road Durden, J., Uxbridge Graham, F., Pimlico Hall, J., Netherton Hooper, G., Shepton-mallett Knight, G. ' Larribt,th . Marlor, S., Oldham 'G TO BE DISCHARGED' 01-street, Lincoln's-Jun-Field& AT NINE. Morris, J., Uxbridge Needham, T., Nottingham Pedder, A., Newport Smith, T., ..ongport Stradling, J., Greenwich Weatherley, J., Leeds Wilkinson, T., Shoreditch COUNTRY.—At the Court-house, Brecon, Monday, May at Ten o'clock. • Marks, G., Painswick, Abergavenny. CORONER'S INQUEST. DISTRISSING SUICIDIC I KINSIKOTON GARDICN%•'' On Tuesday afternoon, Mr. Gell, the Coroner for West minster, held an Inquisition at the Fox and Bull publf, house, at Knightsbridge, to i nqu i re i nto t h e d eat h o f J(''''" Nixon, Esq., well known in the mercantile world, ivb„! body was discovered floating in th e pi ece o f water oppo'''' - the Palace in Kensington Gardens, on Monday last. The jury-room was very much crowded, and o ' 3 ' 4 friends of the deceased were present during the inquiry f The first witness examined was Ge orge Kin-glieldl, ° No. 1, Palace-place, Kensington, who deposed to filitTl the body.—From its app e a rance , th e w it ness considered I had not been long in the water. On searching the pocket:i a razor, a penknife, three addr ess - car d s , t wo p e ncils, a nd an eye-glass, were found ; but no watch or money. Richard Dickson, Esq. of the house of Greff at )4 Kensit, solicitors, Skinner's Hall, deposed that the d e .' ceased was hi* most particular friend, a n d his P r „ v vate residence was next door to his ( w it ness ' s ), No. 2 " Windsor-terrace, City-road. The deceased was a I" er , chant, and carried on busines s i n Cl emen t' s -l ane , Lomb° street. Witness, for the l as t t we l ve mou th s , h a d o bserv e. ' the deceased to be in a melancholy and dejected ota te ; About a week ago he saw him walking on the terrace, . very desponding manner, but did not spe a k t o him. N F A nes, was not aware of the cause of his unhappiness , there had been for some time a misunderstanding bet ° , l , e him and a relative, on matters of business, which wito tz primary eauee, in witness's opinion,bf the melancholy of his mind. The deceased was a m an o f k nown i n teority and had a wife and three children. Witness is decidedly opinion that the deceased had, tor some time prior to death, been insa ne ; an d some t i me b efore he left borne 1.(1 ,1 many days, and on that occasion, his distressed friends t r, the New River and C ana l d ragge d , under the ltnpfe'ss°- that he had drowned himself. Another gentleman, a friend of the deceased, spoke t 1 several arts of the unfortunate man, which clearly denot,el, his insanity, and, a s a f ur th er proo f, h e h an d e d to the C : ° o rover a copy of Burns' Poems, in the fly leaf of which written, in the deceased's hand-writing, the following 11 : v . coherent expressions :—" Oh, God ! my poor head ;: c i, reason, if ever I bad any , i s gone, an d my ideas are l ' e ff Oh, my dear Plaeh e ! w h a t wou ld s h e say if she 10e tie that her love h a d b een wan d er i ng a b out fur nights with,l, a pillow to r es t hi s h ea d, an d t h e ra i n d renc hi ng hi m t° skin ; no food for two days. Ah, see how they are da lel ` - a reels around me. Oh, Ph oe b e ! my dear, dear wife , ";,,t bless you, and your pretty d ar li ng b a b es !" Th e wi n tn said that he thought these extraordinary expressions sv e quite enough to denote the state of the deceased's uti ud. The CORONZR. and Jury were of the same opinion , a`!,. : after a short address from the Coron e r, a ver di c t of insa u° ' was recorded. go' Mrs. Nixon, the widow of the deceased, from t h e • timely end of her husband, is not ex p ec t e d to gir o ' him long. THE MARKETS. KET.—M 9. 9ci• Walls End Newniarch , ^ 243 , 0 Ditto Russell's 4 0 Ditto Walker 9 Tanfield 6 Pelaw Main and Bean... % 5 , Hebburn Bean 7 0 6 Londonderry small 0 Russell's Het ton's anal , id 6 Hebburn small 7 6 Lambton small ;, c . 0 Cewpen 4 -' Engine C0a1......- - Elgin Main _ - 0 Hartley 0 Llanelly Coal 46 9 ,- Scotch 9 Walls End Elgin • S EdereMain c Russell's Lyon's Main 3 , 7 ' Walls End Hetton,—...--• Ditto Lambton e Ditto Lyons g o 9 , Ditto Stewart's " Russell's Hetton's W. D. g o, ips sold, 58%---Unsola, COAL MAIL Adair's A 325• 6d. Beaumont Charlotte Eighton Main—, 30 0 Heaton 34 9 Hebburn Main 31 0 Killingworth 34 3 Liddell's 30 6 Ord's Redhugh 29 9 Percy 30 e Pontop Windsor 30 6 Shipcote 3l 0 Tanfield Moor 32 3 Townley 33 0 Willington ' 34 9 Wylam 34 9 Walls End Bell and Co. 34 9 Ditto Bewiekeand Co—* 36 0 Ditto Cramlington 3l 9 Ditto. Hilda ,33 0 Ditto Hotspur '32 3 - Ditto Northumberland 33 Ditto Peareth 32 6 Ditto 31 9 Ships at Market, 193%—gbi 0 40 0 34 LIITRYOOL CORN EXCHANGE—MaI B• This day's market was thinly attended by or country buyers, and although for some fine itd ' l° Wheat an improvement of Id. per bushel was rea';'r . , ditfr our previous currency, the sales generally were v er J,. LW ) cult. Oats must be quoted 2d. per 451 b. cbear: to on this day se'nnight, with scarcely any disPg" l .: purchase. Prices of Flour and Oatmeal are unvar_ eithercetio°ll BIRTH. On the sth inst., at Eaton-terrace, G ro svenor - P h ;r , the wife of the Rev. Robert Lynam, A.M., of a MARRIED. sr• $" On the Bth inst., at St. Luke's, Chelsea, the t he Hacket, of College-street, to Susanna, daughter 0' late Mr. John Mann, of Hastings. Williamst., a g edilo I , p e ldes t rDn2eI2,E, Esq., one Frances Maria, the a he ..frh daughterc Cou ns e l. e t o ri f On the 4th December last, at Calcutta, Georg Gibson, Esq., in the 4141 year of his age. ob ° On the Bth inst., a ft er a l ong a n d painful Oldest), oo f Magnay, of Rickmansworth, Herts, id 4 i th: r a . the late Alderman Magnay, in the 28th year Of ins eI On the 6th inst., at New-grove, Mile-end, 1% r.' Norris, late of High-street, Sbadwell, in the 76th ;- of his age. ' Pitman . and tiosi.tinan by . M. YOUNG, „s t , SUN-QaTica, No. 112, Chita,