The Sun.
London, England, 1841-04-15 00:00:00

THE lONIAN ISLES.

The following is the speech of his Excellency the
Lord High Commissioner to the Legislative Assembly,
on the 16th of March :
" In addressing you at the close of this highly im-
portant and useful Session of Parliament, I have first
to express the very high gratification I have had in
giving my assent to that great Act by which the new
codes of law will speedily come into operation. I con-
gratu'ate you on the accomplishment of this great work,
and it is my ardent hope and fervent wish that the
transition thus made from conflicting and ill-adapted
laws to a sound system of legislation, may be produc-
tive of every possibir benefit and advantage to the
lonian people.

" With reference to the recommendation which I
made at the opening of this session, that you would
take into your serious consideration the insufficiency of
the revenue, and the necessity of adopting such mea-
sures as the exigencies of the public service render ne-
cessary, I may now aid, that the measure which you
have adopted, of restoring the duty on grain, a duty
originally imposed in lieu of tithes, but abolished in 1833,
is considered by her Majesty's Government to be the
only means of insuring an additional revenue to the
lonian Treasury, with the least possible burden to the
people ; I congratulate you, accordingly, on having, by
this Act, restored the finances to a condition which will
fully enable the Government to meet all its engagements.
" In proceeding now to the painful duty of closing
the lonian Parliament for the last time, I beg to ex-
press the great satisfaction which I have experienced
in all my relations with the seventh Parliament, and
my thanks for the cordial and firm support you have
always affor?led me, particularly in these, the closing
acts of my administration.
" The seventh Parliament commenced its labours
under difficult circumstances, but these so speedily dis-
appeared that its first session closed under the most fa-
vourable auspices ; and the protecting Sovereign and
her Majesty's Government derived great satisfae-
tion from learning that harmony had been so happily
re-established between the two branches of the lonian
Legislature, and I feel convinced that her Majesty's
Government will receive with increased gratification the
evidences which I shall have to offer of the happy con-
tinuation of that harmony, and the satisfactory termi-
nation of this short but important session.
" On your return to your respective islands you will,
I am confident, do all in your power to inculcate what
you feel, and have so well practised—to confirm the
lonian people in the spirit of loyalty, confidence, affec-
tion, and respect for the protecting Sovereign, which
I feel persuaded nothing can shake or undermine.
Thus, in separating from you, I have the consolation
of knowing that I leave the powers of these States
moving and co-operating in perfect unison with each
other for the public good, and all acting in harmony
with the views and intentions of her Majesty's Go-
vernment.

" I most earnestly recommend a steady perseverance
in this laudable spirit—a prosecution of those measures
and a cherishing of those institutions, which can alone
prepare the lonian people to discharge properly the ar-
duous duties which free institutions impose—institu-
tions, however, tvhich, if prematurely introduced, would
prove a far greater injury than a boon to the people
themselves ; for becoming the sport arril the prey of a
few ambitious and intriguing men, the lonian people
would never have the benefit and protec:ion of a stable
Government, nor the energy and vigour of a free State.
" Those changes and modifications which the real in-
terests of the lonian people may, in future, require,
may safely he lett to the Sovereign of that free State,
and the Government of that enlightened country, under
whose exclusive protection and guidance you arc placed,
and in whose hands that power is, happily for you, ex-
clusively vested by the constitufon,d charter.
" The cardinal measures for improving the condition
of the lonian people are those only which I have
unceasingly urged forward by all the faculties and
means in my power—namely, the diffusion of public
education—the improvement of the laws, and a vigi-
lant concern for the impartial administration o: justice
—the encouragement of industry—the opeaing of new
communications—the advancement of morality and me-
rit—an unfeigned respect for religion, and implicit obe-
dience to the laws.

" Ttieszi bring all other blessings in thTir train ; and
that all prosperity and happiness may ever attend the
lonian people, collectivily and individually, is my
fervent and parting prayer to that Providence, which
directs, overrules, and disposes all human affairs."

FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE.

ARRIVALS.

Sir Charles Napier. R.N., from the Mediterranean; the
Earl and Countess of Sandwich, in Dover-street, from Hinch-
inbrook ; Mr. and Mrs. Maclean, from Brighton ; the Earl of
Harewood, in Hanover-square, rom Harewood House, York-
shire; Mr. C. W. Codrington, M.P., and Lady Georgians
Codrington, in Park-place, from their seat in Gloucestershire;
Lady Saltoun and Hon. Miss Fraser, in Great Cumberlatid-
place, from Ness Castle, Inverness ; the Hon. J. Cole, from
Ireland ; the Earl of Falmouth, iii St. James's-square, from
Woolhampton, Berks ; Lord and Lady Montagu and Hoc.
Miss Montagu, in Hamilton-place, from Ditto!' Park ; Lord
Sydney Osborne, from Dublin; the Hon. Colonel Wingfield,
in lover-street, from Powerscourt Castle, Ireland; Lady
Sarah Campbell, from Malta ; Lady larlotte Blount
and Lady Henrietta St. Maur, in Cumberland-street,
Portman-square, from Sunning-hill; Reverend W. Wilson
and Miss Wilson, at the Gloucester Hotel, Piccadilly; Mr.
and Mrs. Barton, at ditto ; Mrs. Lewis, at ditto ; Lieut. M.
Macgregor, 21st. Fusileers, at ditto; —'Perkins, Esq.. at
ditto; Wren, Esq., at ditto; Herbert Langham, Esq., Mrs.
Langham, and family, at Marshall Thompson's Hotel ; his
Excellency M. Oliveria, Madame Oliveria, and family, at ditto;
Sir Charles Chad, Bart., and Jady Jane Tumour, at Fladong's
Hotel, Oxford-street, from Pinkney Hall, Norfolk ; Edward
Henry Chad, Esq., at ditto, from ditto ; Sir Duncan Came-
ron, Bart., of Fassfern Callart, Fort. William, N. 8., at ditto ;
Mr. and Mrs. Mackenzie, at ditto, from Madras ; Ruddell
Todd, Esq., at ditto, from Brighton ; Rev. Mr. Sage, at ditto,
from Brackle), Northamptonshire ; Charles Kaye, Esq., at
ditto, front Teignmoutb, Devonshire; Henry Lucas, Esq., at
ditto, from Newport Pagnell, Bucks ; Daniel Vautier, Esq.,
and Messrs. Gordon and-Whitesides, at ditto.