The Sun.
London, England, 1825-12-20 00:00:00

CABINET MEETINGS.

Probably there has not been a day since some
important event had taken place during the late war as yester-
day proved to be with his Majesty's Ministers, who are in
London, with the exception of the Lord Chancellor, whose
necessary engagements in the Court of Chancery prevent his
interference but very rarely, except at Privy or Cabinet Coun-
cils. The important business of finance, and the state of the
money-market in general, which now agitates the country at
large, combined with the mournful and important event of the
sudden death of the Emperor of Russia, engrossed the whale of
the attention of the Ministers from an early hour in the morning
to a late hour at night. The Secretaries of state's Offices and
the Earl of Liverpool's house, in 'Whitehall, were in the greatest
state of bustle and agitation during the whole of the day, par-
ticularly the Noble Earl's house, which was the general resort
of Ministers, Mr. llerries, one of the Secretaries to the Treasury,
and official gentlemen of various description.
At a late hour on Sunday night, said to be between 11 and
12 o'clock, Mr. Raisner, the valet of Lord Clanwilliam, our
Minister at Berlin, arrived at the Foreign Office in Downing.
street, with dispatches from the Noble Lord to Mr. Secretary
Canning, announcing the mournful event of the decease of the
Emperor of Russia.. Mr. Raisner did not leave Berlin till two
o'clock on Tuesday, the 13th instant, at which time the death
of the Emperor was not known in Berlin, with the exception of
a confined circle; his Excellency Lord Clanwilliam had only
known it about two hours previous to dispatching Mr. Rainner. •
- Soon after the arrival of the dispatches at the Foreign Office,
Mr. Williams, the King's Messenger, .was sent off with dis-
patches to his Majesty at Windsor, announcing the melancholy
tidings; and two others of the King's Messenger's, with simi-
lar dispatches, were senyoff to Earl Bathurst and Count Lieven
the Russian Ambassador, at Brighton : a messenger was sent
to the Earl of Liverpool, at Coombe Wood.
Yesterday morning, between 10 and 11 o'clock, the Earl of
Liverpool, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Lord Bexley,
arrived in London. These distinguished characters, together
with Mr. Peel and Mr. Iluskiison, were in consulation dur-
ing the day, more so than the rest of the Ministers.
Soon after four o'clock there was a general assembly of
Ministers ; and in addition to those there were present—Mr,
secretary Canning, Viscount Melville, the Duke of Welling-
ton, Mr. Wynn, &c.

At a quar-ter Past three o'clock, the Governor and Deputy
Governor of the Bank of England arrived at the Noble Earl's
house, and were admitted to a consultation for upwards of half
an hour.

At tour o'clock the Lord Mayor arrived at the Noble Earl's
house, and was admitted to a consultation for about twenty
minutes.

The Cabinet Ministers continued their general deliberation
;ill near six o'clock.

LONDON UNIVERSITT.—The leading promoter 4
of this Company met yesterday at the Crown and Anchor
TA-
vern. On behalf of the tribes who people the Grampian Hills,
and the other northern parts of the kingdom, we observed pre-
sent on the occasion, Mr. Brougham, Sir James Mackintosh,
Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. Hume, Dr. Gilchrist, Mr. A. T. Thom-
son, Mr. Thomas Campbell, cunt multi: alit:. For that part
of his Majesty's dominions calks! England, Mr. J. C. Hob_
house, and Mr. John Smith, were in attendance. Mr.
Baounn.ca being placed in the Chair, answered several
questions relative to the -appropriation of the funds already
subscribed for the purposes of the Company; but the answer
was given in so low a tone of voice, that we were only able to
catch the words " all right." The reply to an inquiry why the
building in the neighbourhood of Carmarthen-street had not
yet been commenced, the Learned Gentleman said it was
not considered they had as yei, a good foundation for their
proceeding. Mr. Brougham then stated that the object of
this Meeting was to elect a Council of Mana,ement, whose
acts should be binding upon the Shareholders. Hitherto
' there had only been a Provisional Committee, whose pro-
ceedings could possess no other authority than what was de-
rived from their individual character. The Council, it was
required, should consist of 24 members, and a printed List with
24 names on it was distributed about the room for adoption.—
Dr. GILCHRIST objected to the printed list, as having the
semblance Of dictation, especially as it was fitted up with the
exact number of names to which it was proposed the Council
should be limited. lie also disapproved of the plan of nbnii-
nating individuals to leading appointments in schemes of this
kind. It would be much better, he thought, that no one
should be treated as eligible until he sent a written intimation
of his willingness to accept the appointment. They had had
too many examples of persons disclaiming all connexion whh
Companies, at the head of which their names had long stood
before the public, and it behoved this Company to be cautious
lest they should fall into the same mistake. Some confUsion
followed the Doctor's address, but upon a feeling appeal to the
good sense of the assembly, as to the effect which the appear-
ance of a want of unanimity would have upon the share-list,
the ferment was allayed, and a ballot commenced. The ballot
continued till half-past six, when the names were handed over
I.
to the secretary, without being made public.

The Choral Society of these towns commenced
their Concerts for the third season on Dies:lay last. A selec-
tion from the works of Handel, Beethoven, &c. was perform-
ed at the Beneficial Society's Hall, and received throughout de-
cided marks of approbation by a highly respectable and nume-
rous audience. The members of the Choral Society, and other
musical friends, were highly entertained on Thursday evening,at
the Beneficial Society's Hall,by Mr. Yatman,ro ho gave a Musical
Lecture. The subject chosen was on the different moods used
by the Ancients, which Mr. Y. illustrated by examples from
eminent Composers. He concluded a very animated and in-
teresting Lecture by observing,, that as these towns could boast
of a Philosophical and Literary Society, and of a 'Mechanics'
Institution, he trusted this " fleaireu-born science'' vtonld* he
taken up by some person, that the observations he had made
might form a prelude to more useful information.—( Hamp-
,shire Telegraph, Dec. 17.)