The Sun.
London, England, 1822-12-02 00:00:00

MISCELLANEOUS.

THE QUARTERLY REVIEW.—It is said that Mr.
GIFFORD, who, according to general report, has
been the Editor of The Quarterly Review from
its commencement, is inanced, from his state of
health, _to resign the conduct of it. The Review '
itself formed a new Epocha in British Criticism;
and by its high literary merits, moral tendency,
political rectitude, and wit and-humour, conduced
in a great degree to check the licentiousness of
the times, and powerfully counteracted another
Review, which seemed to be written for the
most pernicious purposes, and which was charac-
terized by an impertinent flippancy and daring
asperity, that were mistaken for wit, and an
insidious sophistry, that, with shallow minds,
passed for argument. The Quarterly, how-
ever, .exposed its artifice, ridiculed its vanity,
manifested its flagitious tendency, and very
soon far exceeded its boasted circulation. It is
stated that in contemplation of Mr. GIFFORD'S
retirement, several Candidates have already
started, among whom are Mr. MILLMAN, Mr.
COLERIDGE, a nephew of: the Poet, and Mr.
SOUTHEY, who has long been understood to be
an active contributor to the work.-----We have rea-
son to hope, however,-that. Mr. GIFFORD'S health
is daily improving, and -that he will be able to
resume an office which he has dis Charged with so
much taste, judgment, acumen; and learning, and
that the public will soon have the pleasure of
readinghis promised EditiOnnf SHIRLEY, as well
as of witnessing his renewed vigorous superin-
tendance of a vehicle of sound Criticism, which
has so powerfully supported our glorious Con-
stitution in Church and State.

On Saturday, at the early hour of one o'clock,
a Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign Offic6
in Downing-street, which was attended by the
Loan CHANCELLOMi Earl of, Harrowby, Earl of
Liverpool, Earl of Westmoreland, Viscount Sid-
mouth, Mr. Peel, Mr. Canning, Earl Bathurst,
the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Viscount Mel-
ville, Mr. Robinson, Lord Mary borough, and Mr.
Wynn, which were all the members of the • Cabi-
net, except the Duke of 'Wellington, who is
abroad, and Mr. Bragge Bathurst, who is not in
London, and was'considered a very ninnerOuS as-
semblage of the members olthe Cabinet at this
season of the year, especially as Parliament is
not sitting. The Cabinet continued in delibe-
ration till near
.half-past six. Some of the mem-
bers left at a quarter before six: The members
received the summonses to ,attend on Thursday
night, which were-ordered to be issued by-Air.
Canning. The Earl'of Liverpool and the.chan-
cellor of the. Exchequer came to town to attend
the Cabinet from their residences of Combe-wood
and Blackheath, to which places they returned
after the breaking up of the Cabinet.—On Fri-
day the Lords of the Council assembled at the
Council-office, Whitehall. There were present
the Earl of. Harrowby, Earl Bathurst, Lord
Stowell, Lord Colchester, Sir John Nichol', and
Mr. Beckett. The subject under discussion we
understood to be that of Mr. Serkant Rough,
which was at length finally determined 'after six
days' discussion; • -

• Sir NVILLIAM KNIGHTON, the present favourite
at Court, attended the Marquess WELLESLEY as
doiriestic Physician to. Spain, by ,which he laid
the foundation of his future fortune, and on the
return of the Marquess, who was then in great
favour with his MAJESTY 3 the Knight was strongly
recommended to him, and was soon 'after ap-1
pointed Physician in Ordinary. The present
Lord Lieutenant Of Ireland is reported to owe
his recent advancement more to the persevering'
influence of Sir WILLIA3I KNIGHTON' than.to any
love or affection entertained towards him by his
Majesty's Minister's, although a Noble Relation
holds a distingUished post in the Government,—
. (Morning Chronicle.) '
• It is intended next spring to introduce a rep-
4ar communication between St. Petersburg and Lubeck, by
means of steam packets. The project is by a Mr. BAUM,
(an enterprizing Englishman) who, it is said, is to have an ex-
clusive privilege for 10 years from the Russian Emperor. , Such
a measure till be pregnant ,with the greatest advantages to
commerce, as we may reasonably expect to have the Peters-
burgh letters in London in the course of 10 or 12 days, instead
of 3 weeks.

In the middle of last month an eminent Banker
in Hamburgh discovered that a barrel of silver money, valUe
marks banco 50,000, transmitted to him from Leipzig via Lime-
burg, had been opened, and a sum of between -3
and 4,000
marks banco (about, 300/. sterling) taken out. On application
to the police, which, it should be observed, is founded on an
admirable system in that city, the robbery was quickly un-
masked, and the stolen property, although it had passed into
third hands, promptly recovered. The Luneburg skipper, it
appeared, had betrayed his trust, and broken open the barrel
on its route to Hamburgh.
Sir T. B. LETHBRIDGE, Bart., M, P. for Somer-
setshire, has addressed a letter to the land-owners of that county,
on the subject of a county meeting on the state of agriculture,
for which a requisition has been presented to the Sheriff. Sir
Thomas say S—." lam convinced that nothing will contribute
so much to your receiving that justice at the hands of the Le-
gislature, which is at present withheld from you, as a strong
manly 'avowal on your parts, in the face of your country and
its Government, of that depressed;, not to say
,degraded,
sition in which your property is involved;' to set forth with
firmness and moderation your utter inability to hold, under
your present embarrassments, that situation in society .which
by birth, and the property you once, enjoyed, you are en-
titled to fill ; to state reepectfully that no relief has yet been
afforded by the measures adopted in the last Session of Par.:
liament, which can in any degree be deemed aileqtate to
the urgency of your case ; that the new Corn Bill carrries
with it the direct opposite character, and must be 'consider-
ed by all who have any knowledge -of its enactments as an
injury rather than a good to the corn grower; for the
s;inple reason, that its provisions go to ensure a large importation
of corn, at a price for which,upon an average of years, no Bri-
tish corn can be grown ; and that whilst you expected the im-
portation of all other articles, the produce of the soil, such as
tallow, hemp, flax, seeds, hides, bark, butter, cheese, &c.,
would at least have been made liable to duties on their import,
in some measure proportioned to their cost of production here,
you observe, with astonishment and dismay, that a proposition
to that effect, made by one of the individuals whom you send
to Parliament, was set'aside by the most overwhelming majo-
rity."—" Let me hope, then, that you will be convinced of the
necessity for public meetings, to enforce these vital and im-
portant matters on the notice of an administration, who have
shown hitherto more reluctance to encounter, than vigorous
determination to overceine, ' the extraordinary difficulties pre-
ailing . among the landed interest."—( Hampshire Telegraph.)
We regret to see it stated, that tile MASTER of
the RoiLs is extremely indisposed. He is attend-
ed by four profeisional Gentlemen of the highest
eminence. The, casels of a surgical nature, and
considered as dangerous.
•
We are concerned to state, that Lady. THEO-.
DOSIA VYNEIt was taken suddenly ill on Satur-
day at
.Brighton, and survived only three hours ;
her son was sent for express, and immediately
left town.