The Sun.
London, England, 1822-04-19 00:00:00

MR. CANNING.

LIVERPOOL, APRIL 17.—Yesterday, pursuant to public
advertisement, the friends of Mr. CAN NI.NO met at the King's
Arms,, in Castle-street, to take into consideration and determine
on the Propriety of inviting our distinguished Representative
to a public dinner, previous to his departure for India. About
one hundred Gentlemen, of the highest respectability, were
present.
Shortly after two o'clock; JOHN BOLTON, Esq. moved, that
Henry Blundell Hollinshead, Esq. be called to the Chair.
Mr. HOLLINSHEAD took the Chair, amid the plaudits of
the meeting, and opened the business 'of the day by stating,.
that, since the appointment of Mr. Canning to the 'Government
of British India had been publicly announced,;, veal of his
friends, considering the able, indefatigable, and upright man-
ner in which he had discharged 'the mist reposed in him as
Representative of this Borough. in Parliament, had conceived
it to be their duty to convene a meeting, for the purpose of
taking into consideration the best means of expressing their
gratitude to him for his services, and the regret which his con-
stituents feel at the prospect of being deprived of them. The
Chairman then
_said, that having thus briefly stated the object
of the meeting, he should be happy to hear the suggestions of
any Gentleman on the subject.
JOHN BOLTON Esq. then observed, thathe held in his hand
some propositions, which he took the liberty of submitting to
the meeting for their consideration.
JOHN A. CASE, Esq. read the Resolutions proposed by Mr.
Bolton. They stated, in substance, that the meeting viewed the
appointment of Mr. Canning to the Governor-Generalship of
Bengal with mingled feelings of pleasure and regret. The
meeting congratulate the kingdom on his acceptance of that high
and distinguished station ; but they. express their regret, that
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those talents which have so long inviated the councils of the
nation, and which have been so indefatigably exerted for the
interests of Liverpool, during the period it has been represented
by Mr. Canning, must for a time be withdrawn from the coun-
try. They state, that the meeting, reviewing the history of
the last ten years, find them filled with acts of Mr. Canning's
which claim their highest approbation, and call for their most
cordial thanks ; and, considering that those thanks may be most
respectfully offered by a personal interview, they request the
Chairman to solicit the honour of his company to a public din-
ner, previous to the suspension of a connexion which has been,
during that long period, mutually gratifying.
The Resolutions were adopted unanimously. The Chairman
-was requested to transmit them to Mr. Canning, and, upon re-
ceiving his answer -to the invitation,- to convene another meeting.
The thanks of the company were then-voted to the Chairman,
for his able conduct in the chair, and the meeting separated.
As Mr. Bolton will set off for London in the course of this
day, he will have the honour of being the bearer of the invita-
tion to Mr. Canning.—(Liverpool Courier.)

EDINBURGH, APRIL 15.

CONVENTION OF ROYAL BURGHS.
Art extraordinary meeting of the Convention
was held on Thursday in te Council Chamber,
for the purpose of considering the Bill lately
brought into Parliament by the Lord Advocate,
for regulating the mode of accounting for the
common good and revenues of the Royal Burghs
of Scotland, as altered by the Parliamentary
Committee. The Lord Provost of Edinburgh
was called to the Chair, when the Meeting pro-
ceeded to discuss the different clauses, and hav-
ing disposed of the first three, on which they
suggested various important alterations, and
which occupied them till five o'clock, they ad-
journed till Friday.
The Convention accordingly met, on Friday,
when the remaining clauses were discussed. The
clause, as to exhibiting accounts for charities under
the sole management of Town Councils, was agreed
to, and the one requiring residence was expunged.
A clause was proposed to be added to the bill for
establishing guildries in burghs where there are
none, but it was negatived by a considerable
majority after a long debate. A motion was also
made, for inserting a clause, that the burgesses
should not be liable for debts contracted by the
Magistrates, but it was lost on a division. A
Committee was then appointed to carry the re-
solutions of the Convention into effect. The
meeting then dissolved.

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SOLEM DICERE FALSUM 4UDEAT ?

LONDON,
FBfDAY, APRIL 19, 1822,

We have received the Paris Papers of Tues-
day, from which we give extracts in a preceding
column. Nothing further of a decisive character
appears respecting the question between Turkey
and Russia ; but it is stated in an article from
Augsburg of the 11th, that the RUsAan Ambas-
sador, Count GOLOWKIN, and M. de TATIS-
CHEFF, were present at an Extraordinary Coun-
cil of State held at Vienna, in which it was
resolved that fresh attempts should be made
at Constantinople, in the name of all the
Christian Powers, to know whether the Porte
persists in her resolution of rejecting the Ul-
timatum of th 9 Emperor ALEXANDEK. Little

hope. of success, observes the article, is
expected from this last attempt to preserve peace,
and " even if the Porte should be seriously dis-
posed to change. her system, there would be a
great catastrophe at Constantinople, of which the
great men of the empire would be the victims."
We fully conmir in opinion with the writer of the
Augsburg article, that this last attempt is not

kely to be attended with the desired success.

The Note of the Reis-Effendi, rejecting the
conditions proposed by Russia, is couched in such

decided terms and lofty language that it might,
we think, have convinced the most sceptical that
the final resolution of the Porte was taken, and
that she would not enter into fresh negociations ;

but it is so evidently the interest of the Euro-
pean Powers to avoid a war, that we have no
doubt every effort will be made by them to pre-
serve peace.—With this object in view, the
joint Note of the Ambassadors of England
and Austria at Constantinople was transmit-
ted to the Divan, o❑ the 10th of March, ac-
companied by another from the French Ambas-
sador, re-urging every argument they had before
advanced to induce the Porte to accept the
Ultimatum. The reception of this Note seems
to have raised fresh hopes of peace, though at

the departure of the last courier from Constan-
tinople no answer had been returned. We are
at a loss to know why the simple reception oS
the Note in question should have inspired such
hopes ; for it is scarcely to be imagined that

he arguments which failed to convince the

Porte of the expediency of preserving peace,
previously to the, rejection of the Ultimatum,
should now produce that effect.—On the contrary
the anxiety shewn by the Powers of Europe to

prevent a war must impress the Porte with a
high opinion of her strength, and has perhaps
contributed to the unexpected vigour of her
Councils. The greater the desire on the part of
the European Cabinets' to maintain peace, the
more will the Porte be disposed to raise her pre-
tensions ; with reason, supposing that as the
whole world is desirous of avoiding war, the less
cause has she to dread it. The Turks are
not so ignorant as is generally imagined of the
strength and finances of Foreign States ; and we
are informed that they consider the present mo-
ment as favourable to the maintenance of their

power in Europe, and that later they may not,
perhaps, be able to defend it.
On the other hand, Russia has gone so far that
she cannot well recede, without losing her in,
fluence in the East; and in proportion as she
yields, so will the vacillating power of Turkey
gain strength, at the very moment, too, when she
appears to be gradually declining. Besides,
the Emperor ALEXANDER has offered certain
terms, the unconditional acceptance of whicb
alone will satisfy him. Turkey has reject-
ed them. We have stated our reasons for be-
lieving that she will adhere to her resolution,
and as it would be highly impolitic for the. Em-
peror ALEXANDER to abate his demands, an
event it would be idle to expect, we are of opi-
nion that war is inevitable.

The proceedings in the French Chamber of
Deputies on Monday possess considerable inte-
rest. The discussion on the Budget being re-
sumed, the subject of the Land-tax was brought
under consideration. M. LAFITTE reprobated
the plan of Ministers for diminishing that tax,
which he contended was not done to relieve the
country, but merely as a boon for the double
vote of the great proprietors, and directed against
the small proprietors. Agriculture, he observed,
owed its progress to the Revolution, industry had
been stimulated by the Imperial Government,and
nothing but credit had been produced by the Re.
storation. After a few other observations, M. LA,.
FITTE concluded by declaring that the days of su-
perstition were now gone by, and that the only se-
curity for thrones was the favour and confidence
of the people. M. de VILLELE, the Minister of
Finance, in reply denied that any boon was
intended to be given to the great propri-
etors, and said that it was to the Restoration,
which had brought with it peace and pub-
lic liberty, that the country was indebted for its
present prosperity. M. LAFITTE then again
addressed the Chamber, and made use of some'
expressions which produced a scene of person-
alities too frequently witnessed in the Chamber
during the present Session. This interruption
to the debate continued some time, but after the
confusion had subsided, M. M. DELALOT, DUDO,t)
and General FOY, were heard, and the Sitting
then terminated.

FRENCH FUNDS.
April 15, Five per Cents.

Spanish Papers to the 4th have arrived, bring-
ing the agreeable information that tranquillity
had been restored. at Pampeluna.

Portuguese Journals to the 29th ultimo have
also arrived. Tlip British Government baying

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