The Sun.
London, England, 1840-09-11 00:00:00

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BISHOP SHUTTLEWORTIL

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SELI-1, per.
SIR—I am rather surprised that the Liberal .1 310,,th
should have announced the elevation of Dr.Shuttleviento
to the see of Oxford without prefixing any callnlees
upon so extraordinary an appointment. Not that
r Wtll
is any personal objection to Dr. Shuttlewortb,
ro) 01,
his talents disgrace the mitre—his learning is p „to
and his life has been consistent with his professiof.
he is well known to be a staunch Conservative
perhaps of the Roden cast ; but still his Toryism;oo
marked and avowed that Sir Robert reel,., first
have elevated him to a Bishopric tup'ede'
vacancy, had be not, fortunately for the a-rcon'
been compelled to abandon office. The Whigs Joust*
stantly complaining that they do not receive acle',,ased
support in the House of Lords ; yet they ht_aTe acknow"
a man thereto, who, in accordance with ,"sffer 001
!edged opinions must, as he doubtlessly wi"P.tion ; Ana
and their principles the most strenuous Or's' tb of 213
thus they willingly increaso the numerical strengt
unabil
opposition with whose power they are at pre-en,ssiorle-
to compete. And mark ! this has not been io for
through the lack of qualified men in their own ,d; 5
whilst a Hampden, an Arnold, a Sedgwicikt ver
host of as able men remain unmitred, this can ""tiirl
be the case. These are the men whose elevation
satisfy the just expectation of the people, men vib°,.;tb
vleated Liberal principles before Reform " walked
oeb
in her silver slippers," and when to acknowledge t
doctrines was to destroy at once and for ever al! Ore
of preferment. , fir
What, then, is the secret of the appointment O5
ports have recently been current that the Govern- er
are seeking the formation of a coalitionary Adtnestrire,
tion ; and recent events justify the supposition.
then, to regard the elevation of Dr. Shuttlevitloig
the precursor of the publicly attested amitY Or°
and Conservative ? or is it but a mode of fec"'''' let
public pulse on the subject ? If such be the cas'e6'/ tba
the Whigs reflect before the scheme is matured t 1
formation of such an Administration the Whigg,,roiriffr
fill ; and that not amidst the requiems of a m°,--
but amidst the execrations of the betrayed P"P'eLlt if'
such a Ministry cannot be—honour must pre
even if principle be disregarded.
I am, Sir, your's truly,
1-'
Sept. 10, 1840. J. E. 11Y

lONIAN ISLANDS.
reno,
MR. VILLETTA cAucino PULO'S IN
DUCTION AT COURT.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE
SIR,--When SUN"! 0
Ill,—When Mr. Altavilla Viletta Calichiollreoi..
announced to have arrived in London as the „ re'
dent of the lonian Assembl a" and therefore 35 t"- the
presentative of the rank, talent, and influence Eager
loniaas, I confess that I, in common with EnaLIJA per'
fish noblemen and gentlemen who had official ne',ooo
sona lknowledge of the lonian Islands, did not weiot
that such an announcement would escape the tearlarlY
and searching remark of the London Press, Pill- se'
:cite. aatrtioanmse when the attention of all Europe i 3 'VI eaese.
lallly directed to what is passing in the Mediterra ab'
the Couiruntosttl'oletfhpJeluria "atenees .000
Sof C , vari.
ebsfltoiiccr surprisedeej,ionuirinisa l
own at he
country
phearut n: e,„ ro:iiii•ehr
times passed against Mr. Viletta CaliehloPal°'t the
even at the remarks which the Morning
14th of August, appended to them. 00
But mY astonishment exceeded description,
that
taking up the Herald of the `)od of August, to fieciftoni
letter, joy
Mr. Villetta had addressed to that Paper a
Paris, in which he endeavours to do away With the
pression which those sentences have created agadli
in the
shellseys of all honourable men • a 01
.
I
A leave to a discerning public the cluest'll sa
Ir. Villetta's character, and shall not enter tirie the
answerG to his defence in which he denominete us Aso
Herald, of
the
that preceded that of Sir Howard 1.)°,110,
despotic, and the Judges who condemnejh le
amongst whom were two distinguished Enes 011'
tires, Sir Robert Forrester and T. Kirkpatrick, as oer
just. men, and the willing tools of arbitrary power 'ore'
will I make any remark as to his election to the 'ter
sent seventh Parliament, which was the act of a 0
rifled constituency, nor to his ap" intelleal°warj
" President" of that Assembly by k)Sir I:ta°:CClf
Douglas, whose ear he most unhappily 011'ser
and whose confidence be has abused, bY And
ting that worthy. minded, but somewhat haststir
headstrong personage at enmity with the most a' vat
gwished and influential citizens of the Islands. to
1 cannot allow Mr. Viletta, without animadversie%ol
brand as '° persons of low character, of ambitious ci,
interested motives," the best men and most etni,nenic.tari,
tizens of the lonian Islands, such as Count Pu": 00,
President of the former Senate ; the Counts, 'bellir
Valsamaehi, Viaro ; Dr. Plessa, Dondi, N. id'"lier
G. Petrizzopulo, &c., and amongst them the enrciav
Mustoxidis, for whose European reputation, n°blee Lora
ratter, and exalted worth I refer you to the late 03
Byron, who has in his works made honourable Ine°„01
Glee° ' „
of him, to all the distinguished scholars of
re, Italy, to the most eminent literati of your nw"C wb ii,
here, 0 d
and to a number of distinguiihed noblemen
on his late visit to London on the affairs of his °PP,,reofao3
country, hastened to honour and show every at'„- the
to the learned scholar who had re-illumed e"11 'eat
Athenian altars of the muses the fires of their a- Ci
learning.
At the end of his rigmarole Mr. Villetta bss I;a.a, '''
allusion to some one he calls a '. 'serable ePaata
and most incorrectly "an agent" m' osed taC,-
,i
which his imagination his.
srperni(tleuv (pmartirni
00. t.:
the true
of
.a, aath disinterested cot"; .%sty'i
ihniffithfoopatriotism, to place beforeher ale.
Government lonian a aeos-
I am glad to fiad that thatto
ortbpettslo has stung hi
m•
have the honour
ir,
Colonial Cub, sth Sept.,
Your obedient humble servant, s
AN lONIA '
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