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has bees answered by increased taitatioothat the
ear of the Sovereign is insensible to the !civil and
dutiful representation. of his people—they see, or
think they see, the Ministers of the King stood-
jug between the throne soil the subject. raveling
upon the one the image of their own unworthiness.
and visiting the other with the conisegtiences of
their own ignorance, their cupidity. their want of
capacity. of intelligence. and of v rtoe. We will
not say that this is the real character of Ministers,
but it is certainly the character which they beer
with the great body of the public. They have
sunk in public opinion—the feelings of the within
revolt against their measures—they should retire—
es unpopular Minister can never lie efficient. We live
in times when rank majorities odour c4nont support
the Government—opinion must support it ; though
the present pereooto of the Regent may amuse their
Muter, and disgust his subjects for wine time
longer, their tenacity to place will only render their
fall from power the more sudden and disgraceful.
Some chance should he given to the country :
under the present Ministers the hand of rile-
mitt' is pressing herde► on it every hour. More
faithful to their interests than their engagements,
they set not with promises of economy, and they Cots
eluded with additional taxation ; more anxious fur
power than for character, they consider the posses-
sion of pluce• sufficient compensation for the loss of
all that could give dignity to elevation. Their love
lof power proceeds front no high sentiment—ship
place of its emolument, and in their eyes you take
from it all that could render it desirable. They esti-
mate office precisely by the quantity of money that
it brings in. Perhaps they are right—most things
loose their attraction by too close an association
with what is vulgar. l'ower has been too long in
the posiessios of the present men not to have lost
much of its splendour—it has been faded ■nd
discoloured I►y hands at once feeble and rude—
alike incapable of exercising it with the firmness
of wisdom, or with the feelings of true humanity.
Under their sway. no grievance has been removed....
90 abuse has been corrected—indecision marks their
divided councils—discontent and failure prove the

inutility or the mischief of their measure,.
They have no redeeming qualities. Common in
all their view*, they never exceed mediocrity
—no comprehension of idea—no splendour of
action distinguish theirs from the meanest ca-
pacity. With the exception of Mr. Canning, who
is a man of some wit, they have sin talents. Their
debates are as dull as their measures are inexpli-
cable, and they are as incapable of explaining their
conduct as the nation are of comprehending it.
Under there men the empire has retrograded—their
fall from power will be the first advance of the no-
tion to prosperity and repose. An Administration
that has lost all character is the eyes of the people,
has lost all that should make it acceptable in the
eyes of the Sovereign. Whilst these men remain
in power, we shall only witness a dangerous conten-
tion between an irribrted Government on the one
hand, and an oppressed and outraged peple on the
other. Under the guidance of other councils the
country would recover, the sense of the people would
embrace objects which are attainable and which are
rational. Blest in their possession, Englishmen would
hail the return of tranquillity ; with the spirit and the
feeling of better days, they would again repose
under the Throne they loved—in peace, in secu-
rity, and in freedom.

The East India Company's ship Regent arrived
off Portland the 97th instant. The Regent, in
company with the Castle finally, left China the
10th March, and St. Helena 4911 Msy. 'rutty
parted company in the night of the 21st instant.--
The Moffatt arrived at Canton the 10th Fehrnary.
The Denira and Mriftat were expected to leave
China the 20th March. The Regent spoke the
Atlas, outward-hound, all well, off the Cape. The
William Pitt, Bombay, and Herefordshire, were at
St. I-Mention the 10th of May.
Another of the bottles thrown overboard from the
Isabella, by Captain Ross, in his voyage last year
tolßaffin's Bay, has been cast ashore on the northern
part of the Irish coast. This is the second that
has been found ou that part of the United King-
dom.
WI LTIIIIIIIII ELECTION.—CIose of the Ninth
Day's Poll, Wednesday, July 48 :
Doer Poll. Total.
Mr. Benett 97
Mr. Artley

Msjurity In favour of Mr. &sett .. 400

LUNAR ATMOSPHERE.—By an eclipse of a small
star by the moon on the sth December, 1818, oh-
select! by Mr. J. 11. Emigre, it appears that the
star was visible when really behind the moon's disc;
an effect that could be produced only by the refrac-
tion of the atmosphere of the moon.—The ettist-
euce of a lunar atmosphere has been doubted. but
contrary to every philosophical principle.—(lVerm.
castle Paper.)
lILLT majestic elevation generally
attracts the attention of tourists. To ascend the
mountain otherwise than on foot, has, till a few
years ago, been deemed an impossibility. and there
have been two ittataner* lit which the ascent has bten
performed by the aid of quadrupeds. The first suc-
cessful attempt was made by a lady on the back of a
donkey, about three years ago ; and the same task
wee performed by a gentleman on Saturday se's'.
night. In his descent be was compelled to take a
circuitous route. hut he arrived at the inn at Wyth-
burn without any accident. Helvellyn. according
to artate's calculation, is 3,070 feet above the Neu.

011 the morning of the 4 Ist instant, • veil% of
the offices at Kttherm), Ayrshire, was discovered to
be on tire, consisting of dairy, bre•house, and ser-
vants' rooms strove. The fire was fortunately con-
fined to this wing, which is entirely burnt to the
ground. Ilad the night nut been very calm, the
whole of the offices would have been destroyed.