The Sun.
London, England, 1834-01-14 00:00:00

DEATH OF LORD GRENVILLE.

Died on the night of Sunday last, at his seat, Dropmore,
William Wyndham Grenville, Baron Grenville. His
Lordship's health has been for some time in a declining
state, and his dissolution has been daily looked for.
Lord Grenville was one of the few remaining public
men who acted a prominent Fart during the period of the
French Revolution.

From his connexions, his career as a public man was
greatly facilitated. He was the third son of the Mr.
Grenville whose name is so familiar to all who are
acquainted with the history of the American War, and
wI,o forms the subject of one of the ablest drawn characters
of Mr. Burke. The Right Hon. George Grenville was
allowed by Burke to possess great aptitude for business,
and to be well qualified for the management of public
affairs in ordinary times, but utterly unsuited for periods
when men have no precedents to guide them. His name
his become proverbial as the representative of the lawyer
class of politicians.

Lord Grenville was born in Oct. 1759. In 1789 we
find him, from January to May, Speaker of the House of
Commons. In June, 1789, he was Secretary of State
for the—Home Department, and in May,. 1791, Secretary
of State for Foreign Affairs—which situation he filled
during the whole of the Pitt Administration. In 1790
he was created a Peer. His correspondence with M.
Chauvelin, the French Minister in this country, previous
to the breaking out of the war with France, has been often
the subject of remark.
When Mr. Pitt was succeeded by Mr. Addington,
Lord Grenville quitted office. On the resumption of
office by Mr. Pitt, in 1804, without having stipulated for
Catholic Emancipation, Lord Grenville, with Mr. Wind.
ham, refused to join him, and took a very prominent
part in opposition. On the death of Mr. Pitt be became
First Lord of the Treasury in what was called the Fox
and Grenville Administration. He has never eince been
in office.

As a speaker, Lord Grenville held a high rank. We
have understood that his earliest efforts were not very suc-
cessful, and that he is indebted for the nickname of "Boggy
Grenville," then given to him, to his floundering on
through speeches, the drift of which was not perceptible
to every one. His perseverance, however, was in time
rewarded by the very highest kind of secondary excellence.
His elocution was, perhaps, too solemn, and his style was
too uniformly laboured and, perhaps, prolix ; bat it made
a strong impression. He always took care to prepare
himself on every subject on which he spoke, and his
speeches were, therefore, full of matter, which was well
arranged. His knowledge on all subjects was very exten-
sive, and it is understood that few public men were more
accomplished than his Lordship. In debate he did not
pos.ess the fire, the acuteness, and the indignant sarcasm
of Lord Grey; but during a long period he was con-
sidered only second to his Lordship, as an effective debater
in the House of Lords and the two were associated as the
heads of the Opposition, with whom negotiations were
carried on during several emergencies, when it became
necessary or politic to make overtures for a new Ministry.

Lord Grenville did not hesitate to admit his errors of
opinion on several important qu stions. Thus, for in-
stance, he readily admitted his mistake with regard to the
Bank Restriction Act, and he wrote a pamphlet exposing
the fallacy of the Sinking Fund.
He was Chancellor of the University of Oxford, High
Steward of Bristol, an Elder Brother of the British
Museum, and a Governor of the Charter Muse, and he
held the sinecure appointment of Auditor of the Exchequer,
to which a considerable income was attached. Tee Act
by which be was enabled to hold the offices of First Lord
of the Treasury and Auditor of the Exchequer involved
the Administration to which he belonged in 1806-7 in
considerable obloquy.
It has been often said that the secret of the authorship
of s' Junius" would be discovered on the death of his
Lordship, and that a Noble L•ird, his relative, not now in
this country, has been repeatedly heard to declare that the
secret was in his kinsm in's keeping, and would bt dis-
closed.

His Lordship married in 1792 Anne Pitt, only daughter
of the firt Lord Catnelf trd. H, was uncle to the Duke
of Buckingham. He will he succeeded, we believe, by
the Right Hon. C. Grenville.

Hil Lordship way in his 75th year.

PANORAMA OF BOOTHIA.

A panoramic representation of the new continent in the
Arctic regions, discovered by Captain Row., and to which
the name of Bonthia has been given by that enterprising
officer, is now exhibiting at Mr. Burford's rooms in Lei•
center-,quare. Ii will, perhaps, appear strange to most
of our readers, that a spot only associated in our minds
with ideas of gloom and desolation should have been
selected for delineation by a painter whose pencil has been
chiefly employed in the representations of the mast fertile
and picturesque portions of the globe; yet those who an-
ticipate that such a subject can produce nothing but a dull
and monotonous picture, will be most agreeably disap-
pointed, as we were, on paying a visit to the panorama.
It is true that in this painting we discern none of those
rich and luxuriant landscapes, or stately cities, which h we
hitherto supplied Mr. Burford with subjects; but in their
Alice we have other effects singularly striking and beau-
tiful. The panorama represents the winter quarters of
Captain Ross and his brave crew in 1830, and the ap-
pearance which the Polar regions exhibit at mid-day in the
sunless season. A very interesting point of view has been
seized for the pointing, for the three spots where
i Captain Ross wintered during his long absence from
this country are all brought within the sight of the
spectator. The lower portion of the picture represents the
rugged and dreary wilds of these regions of snow. In
one part the situation of the magnetic pole is pointed out
—in another the ship Victory is seen frozen in at Felix
ll:rbour—and in an opposite direction a small village, in-
habited by Esquimaux, rears its snow-built huts in the
distance, while in the foreground Captain Ross and part of
his crew are represented conducting a party of natives to
the ship. But the interest of these scenes fades almost
into insignificance before the singuiar eft-et produced by
the painting of the sky. The vast and clear firmament
is studded with myriads of stars (whose apparent magni-
tude and relative position, we are assured, are preserved),
of such refulgent brightness, that to the eye of the be-
holder they actually appear to scintillate. At the same
time they are so well relieved from all surrounding ob-
jects, that they seem to be floating in the immense
ocean of space. The same remaik may with equal justice
be applied to a beautiful representation of the Aurora
Borealis—a welcome visiter in those dreary wilds during
the long absence of the sun. The varied hues and their

gaseous appearance of this brilliant meteor are very hap-
ply depicted ; hut arduous as must have been the produc
rim] of these effects, perhaps the greatest difficulty which
the artist has had to overcome is the representation of that
sombre vet clear twilight which pervades this desolate
region fir so long a period of the year. This effect is
beautifully maintained throughout the picture, and it
imparts to the painting a solemn stillness perfectly in
accordance with the awful aspect of the scene. The
panorama has been prepared from drawings taken on the
spot by Captain Ross, who inspected the work during its
progress, and who has, we understand, expressed his satis-
faction at the successful manner in which the artist has
completed what must have been a most difficult perform-
ance. The folloWing account of the panorama, extracted
from the book of description, will, perhaps, be thought
interesting to our readers, especially when they learn that
it is from the pen of Captain Ross himself
The situation of this panorama is half a mile north-
ward of Felix-harbour, in the newly discovered country,
named by Captain Ross Boothia Felix,' and is in latitude
70 deg. north, and longitude 92 deg. west ; the land is
entirely of primitive formation, the rocks being composed
of various kinds of granite, and destitute of vegetation,
exc-pt in the valleys, in some of which are lakes of a
considerable size, but frozen over, excepting a part of July,
August, and September. Reindeer, hares, and foxes were
seen here, and two kinds of grouse, and bears were also
constantly ranging along the coast. The time at which
this view was taken was the 9th of January, 1830, at noon,
after having communicated with an interesting tribe of
natives. Captain Ross and his officers having obtained
their confidence by giving them presents, persuaded them
to accompany his party to the Victory, which is repre-
sented frozen at Fel x.harbnur, with her colours and
flies flying. The ship is housed in, or, in other words,
covered over with a roof of canvass ; the bow is exposed to
view, but the starboard or gangway side is protected by a
wall of snow, within which the men usually exercised when
too stormy to walk on shore or at a distance. The
island to the left of her forms the harbour, and on
it the observatory was erected, and contained a three feet
trsnsit instrument, and a six feet telescop., at which an
officer is represented looking at the planet Venus ; this is
decorated with flags, as well as the magnetic observatory,
at a more distant point. Blond at a great distance is seen
King William's Land, which, since Captain Ross's return,
has been so named with his Majesty's gracious permission,
as well as the position of the magnetic pole, which is be-
hind the high land to the right of the ship, which is
named Boothia Felix, in honour of Felix Booth, Esq.,
the patriotic friend of Captain Ross, and on the point of
which, near a gun, is planted his flag. Going on again
to the right, will be seen the village of the natives, con
sisting of 18 huts, built entirely of snow; and round the
point is Sheriff's Harbour, where the expedition pass d
the stcond and most severe winter. On this side, at the
most distant point, called Cape Margaret, is Victory Har.
hour, distant 15 miles, where the third winter was spent,
and where the ship was left in May, 1832. The next
to the right is Isabella Louisa, or Lady Parry's
Island, which, b-ing nearest to Sir E. Parry's dis-
coveries, is so named in compliment to that distin-
guished officer ; and the lands which close in with that first
mentioned are those visited, after much peril and I ihour,
by Mr. Thom and Dr. M‘Diarmid, in March, 1830. In
the foreground are seen the officers and natives proceeding
to the ship. Mau, the old man, who bad been placed in
the front of the natives when formed into a bo ly, is seen
on a sledge drawn by Captain Ross, and his party of
sailors. Tullooachiu, the man who had lost a leg, is sten
on another sledge, drawn by Commander J Imes Roas,
and another party, the rest of the natives are following,
and by signs and gestures expressing their surprise at every
object which is new and wonderful to them

" To the south, looking towards the Victory, is seen
the horizon as it is illuminated at noon ; as the sun
passes some degrees below the horizon, Venus is seen to
the left, and the fixed stars are everywhere shining as seen
at noon ; in opposition, or in the north, is seen the
Aurora Bared's, as it generally appear 9, shooting its
pencil rays upwards, or towards the zenith. The tints
which these phenomena give the surrounding bills is also
given with striking effect."
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Among the company who yesterday visited the panorama
were Captain Ross, the E irl and Countess of Caledon,
Lord and Lady de Siumaros, Lord Colville, Sir Robert
Stopford, Sir Stratford and Lady Canning, &c.

Mr. Pressly, the Secretary to the Commis-
sioners of Stamps, has stated, in answer to inquiries made
by him, that " the anti-dating a bill, note, or receipt, is
not prohibited by law; and that, therefore, the date of the
stamp, although it may he posterior to that of the instru
ment written upon it, cc ill not affect the validity of the
latter." A very useful piece of information after the recent
change in the stamp dies.

A ROYAL SIGNET.--In the Hotel Soubise
at Paris is a document of the date 1,404, to which is ap-
pended the public seal of the Welsh prince and renowned
warrior Owen Glyndwr. Until this discovery was made
it was not known that Glendwr had assumed the sovereign
style of using a royal signet.

DRURY-LANE. Sardanapalus is coming
forward, and in this an attempt is contemplated which
reflects great credit on the boldness of the projector, no-
thing less than a realization of Martin's " Fall of Nineveh."
The sublime conception embodied on a scale so vast, and
so appropriately magnificent, executed with the wonted
felicity of Stanafield who models it, would be one of the
noblest efforts ever made in the cause of the drama.

Dr. Dibdin himself discovered Mr. Heber's
will. He was in the act of taking down some duodecimo
volumes, which had been placed rather higher in the
library, when down dropped a sovereign and some papers.
and immediately afterwards out came the will, which Mr.
Heber appeared to have opened after it had been sealed up,
Wednesday a public dinner was given to Mr.
Ferguson, the member for the Kirkaldy district of burghs,
by the electors, in the Town Hall, at which upwards of
160 gentlemen were present, Provost Malcolm in the
chair.—Edinburgh Evening Courant.

Mr. Pease, a brother of the Member for
Durham, is on a preaching tour among the Quakers in
Ireland. He held forth last week in Abbeyleiz, at the
Methodist meeting-house, and proceeded thence to Mount-
ratb, where a large congregation awaited him,—Maccles •
field Courier.

The Hon. Colonel Grey, in passing through
Nairn, on Tuesday week, was waited upon by Provost
Ketchen, Dr. Smith, and Mr. Mackintosh, of Milbank,
as a deputition from the Town Council, when they (in
the name of that body) pres.ntel the Colonel with the
freedom of the Burgh.—Elgin Courier.

TITHES.—We are intern-led that the Rev.
Edward Jones Lewis has commenced legal proc edin.4s for
the recovery of the tithes of Cloheran, a parish very near
Dublin, but which only conra'ns three or four Protestant
faindies. This comes wirh the greater surprise on his
parishioners, for at a tithe meeting some time ago, he had
resolved, as he declared himself, to abstain from taking
such a course. In the neighbouring parish of Swords,
the Rector (the Hon. and Rev. F. Howard) has availed
himself of the Parliamentary grant, and has then-by earned
for himself that warm resolution of thanks and gratitude
which was passed at the recent meeting held in that town.
—Dublin Morning Register.

ANSPACH, DEC. 3O.—Gasper Hauser's fu-
neral took place on the 26th ; it was attended by crowds
of persons, all moved by the greatest sympathy, for the
poor youth was universally beloved. His preceptor, Dr.
Fuhrmann, pronounced an oration over the grave, which
is to be printed at the general request. He alluded to the
last words of the victim, who, on being asked if he forgave
his enemies, replied, " I have prayed to God to forgive
all whom I have known ; for myself, personally, I have
nothing to forgive, as no one ever did me wrong." The
police can obtain no clue to the murderer; it is
therefore probable that the history of this young man will
rem lin an impenetrable mystery
During the storm on Tuesday last, a consi-
derable portion of the roof was blown off the Goat Mills,
near Cockermouth, in the occupation of Mr. M iwson.
Some of the premises adjoining, and occupied by Mr.
Harris, shared the same fate.—Carlisle Journal.
DO RAI ANT PEERAGE.--A gentleman of very
noble and ancient descent is said to have completed the
proof of his claim by descent to a peerage which has been
dormant ever since the reign of Richard 11. The title
claimed is Baron of Kt ych, in this county.—Derby Paper.
What is become of the hard winter which was
confidently prognosticated ?—intead of it we have fruit-
trees prematurely blossoming, and the banks and hedgerows
teeming with violets and primroses at Christmas. Our
market, on Saturday last, presented the unusual appear-
ance of an abundant supply of bouquets of flowers, brought
by the cottage's in the neighbourhood. There were,
within the last fortnight, in the garden of Mr. 11. Chum.
herlain, at Park Cottage, near this city, two bldg of
straw berries in full blossom. Several roots are still in
blossom, while others are bearing fruit of the finest fiaveur.
The variations in the barometer have been extraordinary
during the last three weeks, not remaining stationary at one
point during twelve successive hours. In December the
wind was soutb.westfifteen days; it rained fifteen days;
luantity in iucbes '1.95... Worcester "Aram.