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London, England, 1822-09-16 00:00:00

THE LONDON JOURNALS.

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rXTRACTS FROM' TlfF. D T.lt MORNTNG PAPrRS:

September 16, 1822.

[IIIOIINTNG POST 3
A considerable portion of our preceding Co-
lumns is occupied with the repot t of the proceed-
ings of the Court-Martial, held on Friday and
Saturday last, on Lieutenant-Colonel Gore, of
the Coldstream Foot Guards. A more shameful
or infamous attack upon the feelings of any man
was perhaps never made than in the instance of
the utterly unfounded charge thus so basely and
atrociously preferred against a Gentleman of the
most pure and honourable character—a gallant
Officer, an amiable individual, and a most wor-
thy and respected member of society. Truly
rejoiced, therefore, are we to announce, that the
Judge Advocate General, after having submitted
the decision of the Court Martial to his Majesty
yesterday afternoon, immediately wrote a letter
to Colonel Gore,. congratulating him upon the
result of the deliberation, which was—that he
was fully and honourably acquitted ; that the
charge was wicked and malicious; and that a
prosecution would immediately be instituted
against his vile accuser.

[MORNING CHRONICLE.]
The introduction of Mr. Canning into the Ca--
binet is now placed beyond all doubt. The
arrangements were, it seems, completed on
Friday, and the Right Hon. Gentleman went to
the India House in the afternoon of that day to-
communicate what bad taken place to the Di-
rectors. Conjecture will be next busy with
respect to the successor to the Governor-General-
ship. It understood that Lord' Maryborough
is desirous of the appointment, and that ever
since Mr. Canning's acceptance of 'the Foreign--
office became probable, he has been using his in-
terest in the necessary quarters to secure the object
of hiS wishes. However that Noble Lord is likelyf
we understand, to have powerful competitors. Mr.
Charles Wynn, forinstance,is known to entertain a
strong predilection for India, and he may be.more
willing than Mr. Canning to renounce the hope
of the triumphs which Parliamentary oratory can
procure. We are indeed informed,' that when
Mr. Canning was at the India House on Friday,
he warmly recommended to the Court of Directors,
. as his successor for the GovernMent of Indio, the
President of the Board of Controul. Should
this report prove true, the recent interviews be-
tween his Majesty's Ministers and Lord Grew.
ville may. be easily accounted for.-

[NEw TIMES.]
A Privy Council will be this day hold -at Carl-
ton Palace, to swear in the Right lion. G. Can-
ning, as his Majesty's principal Secretary of
State for Foreign Affairs, in the room of the late
Marquis of Londonderry; Thus end all the
confident boastings of superior information—all
the mysterious hints of secret negociation—
the stories of " interchange of messengers"—

" entrances and exits frotTu the private door in
the Park"—" unexpected demurs"—"-postponed
departures" &c. &c. with which the readers of
certain papers have been aroused for the last ten
days! Does any body suppose that we could
not have filled our columns with trash of
this kind, quite as easily as our brethren ?
Would the retailing, or the fabrication, of
on Bits one day,- and, the contradiction of them
-the next,, have -cost us less trouble than was
required for, the composition of those articles
-which we actually-wrote ? Certainly- not; but
we could not descend to the level of a ''mis-
leading Journal ;" we could not degrade our
Paper into a yehiCle for stock-jobbing specula-
tion, factious intrigue, or personal malevolence.
We looked neither to the right nor to the left ;
bUtupon public principle, and upon public prin-
ciple only, we stated those anticipations, whith
have been- confirmed by the event: We were
persuaded that Mr. Canning would be appointed
to the vacant office,•because we- knew that no
other man could fill it so well and so efficiently.
We:Were satisfied that all objections to his appoint-
ment would fly before the great consideration of
national advantage; and that Mr. Canning him-
self would disdain to-place any views of personal
and pecuniary interest in ,competition with the
sense of public duty. .

[Tile Es.]
The Portuguese State Paper, which we pub:,
fished on Saturday, under the title of an Address
from.the Cortes of Portugal to the Brazilians,-
is a production of rather singular character. It :
begins by formally disavowing any right orpre-
tension on the part of 'Portugal to -bind Brazil in
an unwilling union with the Parent State. It on
the contrary- recognizes in the clearest- manner
the " natural right which the Brazilians -possess
" to -constitute themselves independent—and to
" choose the conditions, of the‘Government which
" best suits them." The sequel, however, seems
a-little calculated to restrain or qualify the
application of the above
_wise, and equitable
admissions., The Braiilians are conjured to re-
collect that they have sworn to maintain _the
Monarchy one -and indivisible.. The friends
of absolute independence upon Portugal are
denominated- factious' and ambitious disor-
.
ga.uizers. The people are, called upon, if
they disapprove the. Provisional- Juntas, to dis-
solve them, and let the Prince return to Europe;
and the despatch of_ troops from Portugal is de=
fended, as a measure desirable for the preserva-
tion of order, but by no means destined for con-
quest, or for any purpose of coercion upon the
public will of the Brazilians. From a docu-
uient of so mingled a nature, it is not easy to in-
fer the real drift of those by wham it was com-
posed. With our imperfect information, _we are
inclined to call it a frank and amicable overture
from the Government of old Portugal to a people
whom 'it sees too strong to be overpowered,- and
too jealous and suspicious to be amused by simu-
lative propositions. Our own swiSh,.andthat most
probably of all the honest friends of Portugal,
would be to see the two naembersof that ancient
Monarchy consolidated by an union equally good
for both. if such a state were practicable. The