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THE EARL OF BUR

N =2. a well-informed and able Correnkht..l" 1
The Earl of Durham has not resigned the-linhasey'te
Rursia, nor is it his intention to do so at preikriellittritieVei
only returned home on leave. His stay at St. Peters-
burg?' tiering the long proposed absence of the Emperor on
his visit to the outhern provinces would have been uselese ;
he has therefore taken advantage of it. to see his frien,is, to
seek the improvement of his health, and to pay that at-
tention to his large property in the North which it re-
quires. lie had intended to have proceeded to Carleheef,
and may now do so, to benefit by its waters. The obser-
tmions of the Morniny Chronicle, however just, were
somewhet premature. Lord Durham does not seek office.
It mev be forced on him. His return to the Cebinet
would' certainly b© a tower of sircn:ith to the present
Administration. It would be an assurance to the people,
their interests would be advanced and protected. It
would be a guarantee to Reformers, that Reform would
progress with certainty and with wisdom. But Lord
Durham could not now accept office but at a great sacrifice
to his comfert and to his happiness. He is totally free of
all false ambition—he is incapable of intreeee—he would
not undermine or supplant any one—he will (to good, hut
is incapable of mischief. He is undoubtedly fond of dis-
tinction—of honest, virtuous conseefuence, and which may
be fairly indulged in by any one possessing his abilities, and
gifted so peculiarly with the powers of transacting busi-
ness—but he has no love for office, for its emolument, its
patronage, or the power of interfering in public affairs. His
vanity has been sufficiently indulged, his ambition fully
gratified, by the reputation which he has acquired in diplo-
macy—deservedly acquired—and in a department with
which he was unacquainted. He has given the fullest sa-
tisfaction to the Sovereign whom he represented, and who
was known to be prejudiced
against him, and to the Sove-
reign to whom he was accredited—a Sovereign the
most opposed in Europe to all the liberal opinions
professed and maintained by Lord Durham. He
has had conferred on him, by both, the highest
honours, and unsolicited, the spontaneous acts of both
liam and of Nicholas—honours conferred from their appro-
bation of the m inner in which he discharged his eduties as
Ambassador at the Court of St. Petersburgh. From Wit-
ham the Fourei he received the Grand Cross (civil) of
Order of the B ith—from the Emperor Nicholas, the Order
of St. Andrew, granted to no other English Subject but to
the Duke of Devonshire from private friendship, and to the
Duke of Wellington for his great European services when
they were sent on special missions to Russia. Lord Dui-
ham has every reason to be content with his present posi-
tion—respected and beloved by his countrymen, whose
interests he has promoted and protected—admired and
esteemed by ell his colleagues, in whose bosoms he
has excited no jealousy by his known influence with
the Emperor, and which he has never abused. Having
upheld the dignity of his own country without attempt-
ing to lower that of any other—having strengthened
the political relations, and revived the commercial interests
of the British Empire, without injury to any other nation
—ho can desire no other post. Such is the general con-
viction of his honesty, his sense of justice, his high and
stern integrity, that he is considered to be as much the re-
presentative of Europe as of Great Britain. Possessing
the entire confidence of the Empeior—who looks upon him
as his best friend, and treats him as such—he has not
created the least alarm in the minds of his favourites, or of
any one person about his Court. The Russian looks up to
him as a patron, as if he were a native. The most ardent
lover of liberty--the most determined reformer in his own
country, he lives in the land of despotism without exciting
the least alarm, or giving the least offence—valued,
esteemed, and cherished. He never obtrudes his opi-
nions—he never comments upon the institutions of his
country—he gives no countenance to discontent—he
encourages no complaint—he lends himself to no
party—he interferes not nor expresses any opinion as to
what is Russian—his attention is only given to what is Bri-
tish, to what is European—he has obtained justice for his
countrymen—he has upheld the honour of his country, and
preserved peace—he has been firm without insulting—he
has been bold without offending—he has been frank with-
out irritating—he has been honest without alarming—he
has been successful without wounding. There is no draw-
back in the embassy of St. Petersburgh to Lord Durham,
but the abominable climate. He there feels his utility,
and possesses all the enjoyments which can be desired
by even a proud man. There he has done, and will
still do good—there he has power to act, and there he
has been successful. Here he will he limited in his
power, and therefbre unable to effect what he would desire,
and what would be expected of him. To be harassed to
no purpose,—to have his tranquillity destroyed, and
his health injured for no beneficial result,—would be
folly on the part of Lord Durham. He wants not
patriotism, nor would he be slow in making a sacrifice of
himself, provided that he could effect a positive good.
As yet, his services at home cannot be commanded ;
there is no vacancy, and he would displace no one. He
could not accept a minor situation ; he is too pure, too
high-minded to cabal fir the major. Be will give his
di,intererted support to the present Ministers as far as
he cons ientiously can. He has no other object, but
the goo I of his country. Hereafter he may be called to
the councils of his Sovereign with the greatest advantage
to the State—to the satisfaction and joy of the people,
an f with the highest honour to himself. When any ac-
ci.lcnt shall remove Lord Melbourne from the Premier-
s'iip, Lord Durham must beehis successor. His enemies
now do him justice—his superior abilities arc admitted,
an.l the prudence and judgment which he has exhibited
in his conduct at St. Petersburgh, gives the lie to the
cherge of the violence of his temper as a statesman.
There is no one so easy 'of access—no one less repel-
ling—no one more ready to enter into a full discussion
of a subject—no one more influenced by reason—no one
who has a higher sense of justice—no one quicker in ap-
prehension—no one bolder in decision—no one more atten-
tive to business—no one more regular. He answers every
letter, and generally by his own hand—he never puts off
business—he has no procrastination—he carries punctuality
to an excess—it is almost painful to himself. He is un-
douLtedly impatient of folly, of trifling ; he abhors trickery;
he scorns imposition, and cannot bend to subterfuge ; he
cannot conceal his disgust at dishonesty, and therefore he
has been and is still feared, and hated, and therefore he has
been calumniated, and is yet attacked by the profligate
and unprincipled. He was an impetuous youth ; he was
too early a pere'on of consequence, and injured by the
command of a large fortune before he had gained discre-
tion ; but the maturity of years, and the severe chastise-
ment of family affliction has softened and improved his
character. There is no kinder husband—no fonder father
—no better brother—or a more sincere friend. He may
be sotnetvh it a severe master ; but no one more just, more
kind. Ile is affable, playful, hospitable, and generous.
He may h ive a high bearing ; but no on dismisses for-
mality in a personal communication more than Lord
Durham. Ile is free of all affectation, aid puts every one
at his ease. At Court he may be a courtier, but in his
closet he it a philosopher
.: no one more wiling- to be ad-
vised, or even admonished in sincerity. --Dlnyr.'es Times.

Till: MINERAL SPRINGS OF GERMANY.-It iS
no eari,,,,,geration to say that there is scarcely a physical ill
th.tt ‘• flesh is heir to," which is not either wholly curable, or
capable of Leing more or less alleviated by those wondrous
natural agents of the medical art—the mineral springs of Ger-
r-oany ;--and it affords us the sincerest gratification to learn
that their curative virtues have at length met with a compe-
tent investigator and exponent in the person of Dr. Granville,
ho is oz the point of giving to the world, in a popular form,
the r, sults of his recent extensive personal investigations on this
highly interesting and important topic. His forthcoming work
on the German Spas will, if we are not misinformed concern •
ing it, form a complete guide, as well as a most pleasant and
amusing companion to the whole of those health and life-giving
springs.

ANECDOTE OF HIS LATE MAJESTY.—The free-
dom of the borough of Plymouth was presented to his Royal
Highness by the Corporotion, and he got initiated into a so-
ciety of freemasons, meeting of the Prince George Inn in that
far-famed town. The Pegasus, in the mean time, was getting
ready for a foreign station, and the Prince left Plymouth for
London, to receive instructions from the Admiralty, and take
leave of his family. A story is related of a " spree" between
Prince William and his elder brother at this time, which caused
the world some amusement. The Prince of Wales had come to
a m isquerade as a Spanish grandee, attended by four esquires.
There happened to be a mask habited as a sailor, with a lady
in the dress of a nun under his protection. The heir apparent
paid a good deal of attention to the fair lady, more than her
protector thought right or proper, and he, in consequence,
threatened the Spanish grandee, very unceremoniously, with
a drubbing, if he repeated his conduct. The grandee, Fup-
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with an English sailor. Rougher expressions were
used, and the ladies of Portsmouth Point hinted about. This
as trio much for the sailor, who set-to at them all. A row
ensued, and the constables entering, took the whole party to
the watchhouse in their masquerade dresses. Once before
the Dogberry of the night, they were compelled to declare
themselves. The lofty Spaniard and the gallant sailor both
unmasked. " What, William, is that you ?" said the eldest,
" What, George, is that you?" exclaimed the younger. The
constable was astounded, the brothers laughed heartily, and a
fee in the palm of the guardian of the nocturnal peace, set all
right again. _

TO-ItY DEBT.—Mr. Spring Rice informs us, that
in six years, ending in 1836, there has been paid off 4,622,000/.
of the Funded, and 3,700,000/. of the Unfunded Debt,
making together 8,328,0001. This is of course the amount of
stock extinguished, the money value of which may be about
7,:500,0001. It is indeed a driblet, compared with the money
value of the whole debt;. but still patriotic citizens will Te-
jo:cc to learn that the ruin which the Tories wrought in twenty
years, may be repaired in about six hundred, provided always
that we give them no opportunity of plundering us a second
time.—Scotsman.