The Sun.
London, England, 1850-10-23 00:00:00

Lord STANLEY " respecting the expediency of per-
mitting private presses to be established," for,
in spite of the existing censorship, violent
articles could be written at C(rfu, printed
in the newspapers of Malta, and a few days after wards
transmitted back to the bureau of the correspondent,
and thence distributed throughout the lonian Islands
without let or hindrance. At length, on the 29th of
March, 1848, we find Lord SEATON going a little
beyond this recommendation for relaxing the censor-
ship, writing to Earl GREY in his dispatch of that date
thus emphatically :

" I think it desirable that I should obtain im-
mediately the sanction of her Majesty's Government,—
" I. To establish a Free Press I
" IL To place the extraordinary expenditure under
the control of the Legislative Assembly !
" 111. To alter the mode of municipal elections by
establishing the right of the electors to elect their
municipal officers freely and without the interference
of the Lord High Commissioner or Executive Go-
vernment 1"

Almost immediately thereupon two of these im-
portant changes were actually effected, namely, those
relating to the censorship and the extraordinary ex-
penditure. " The other demand," says Lord SEATON,
when writing to E srl GREY on the 22d of July, 1848,
" I am now persuaded, after fully considering the
subject and ascertaining the views and opinions of
many of the best informed and most influential per-
sons of the community, should al3o be immediately corn-
plied,with." Than this nothing could be more truly
conciliatory. And the consequence is, that on the
appointment of Sir HENRY WARD, in the room of Lord
SEATON, as Lord High Commissioner, we find the
former writing to the Colonial Secretary, in an ac-
count of his visit to the principal towns in the
lonian Islands :—" I am enabled to:assure your Lord-
ship that upon one point the immense majority [of
the inhabitants] agree, namely, that looking to the
material interests of the lonian Islands, to the pro-
gress which they have made and are daily making in
trade and agriculture, and to the benefits which they
derive from their connexion with a power
whose weight is always thrown into the scale of order
and peace [his Excellency 'might have added, also,
and to the readiness hitherto evinced by the repre-
sentative of that power to accede to their just de-
mands for constitutional improvement'], no greater
calamity could befall them than a transfer from the
protection of England to that of any other power, but
more especially a transfer to Greece."—Dispatch,
I dated July the 9th, 1849.

A comparatively brief period elapses, and the whole
of this feeling of affectionate allegiance to the Pro-
tective Sovereignty appears to have evaporated.
The reason becomes sufficiently apparent on a
closer inspection of the correspondence. For
instance, we find Sir HENRY WARD writ-
ing to Lord GREY from Argostoli (Disp. No. 18 )
as follows : c` There is a general impression that
large concessions will be made, that something like
reality will be given to the exercise of electoral
rights, and that a Parliament, freely constituted, will
be allowed to deal freely next year with those ques-
tions of finance, and the better administration of their
local resources, which in a small and industrious com-
munity come borne to all." Yet as early as the 4th
of Jane, 1849, we find his Excellency writing home
from the palace at Corfu, that finding that his prede-
cessor entirely concurred with him in opinion that
it was desirable to impress the lonian people and
Legislature with the conviction that it fehould be
her MAJESTY% pleasure to assent to the Acts recently
passed, with or without modifications, "they must be
regarded not as a stepping-stone to further demands,
but as a settlement of all Questions mooted hitherto be-
tween the protecting and the protected power," be had
thought it advisable to take advantage of his first
communication with the Legislative Assembly to
make known his sentiments on this point. The truth
was, the policy was charged. Hitherto the efforts of
the Lord High Commissioner had been those in the
way of conciliatory advancement. Henceforth they
were to be those of intimidating repression. Under
Lord SEATost, the watchword had been Reform
Under Sir HENRY WARD, it was to be Finality I No
wonder the amiable sentiments entertained towards the
Protecting Sovereignty, by the lonian population,
were very speedily exchanged for those, at
first, of suppressed wrath, and, ultimately,
of openly expressed abhorrence. The harsh

treatment received by tba lonian reformers from his

Excellency the present Lord High Commissioner was
emphasised in its severity by the yet greater rigour
of his behaviour towards the insurgent Cephalonians.
No doubt his purpose in both instances was of the
most loyal and laudable character; but, unfortunatel3
the results have been hitherto only peculiarly la-
mentable and disastrous. How this has been accom•
pliFled, in regard to the cause of reform in the
lonian Constitution, we have here rather succinctly de-
monstrated. We might with equal facility draw a.
similar deduction from an inquiry into the punish-
ment of the rebels of Cephalonia.

DEATH OF LORD STANLEY, OF ALDERLEY•

Our obituary records the demise of this nobleman,
who expired at Alderley-park, Cheshire, yesterday,
at the advanced age of 84. The deceased John
Thomas Stanley was eldest son of Sir John Thomas
Stanley, sixth baronet, by the only daughter and
heiress of Hugh Owen, Rl., of Penhoos, in the Isle
of Anglesea, and was, therefore, brother to the late
Bishop of Norwich. His Lordship married, in 1796,
the eldest daughter of the first Earl of Sheffield, by
whom he had issue Edward John, created Lord
Eddizbury, and the Hon. William Owen, twin with
the latter, and two daughters. In politics the deceased
was a Whig. He succeeded his father in the
baronetcy in 1807, and was raised to the peerage in
1839. The family property is situate in Cheshire
and in the Isle of Anglesea. The Stanleys of Alderley
claim a common progenitor sNith the noble house of
Derby. The title and family property are now
succeeded to by Lord Eldisbury.

Her Royll Highness the Duchess of Gloucester
left London for Woburn by the North-Western RAilway
yesterday, on a visit to the Duke of Bedford at Woburn.

The Lord Mayor of London and suite leave Lon-
don for York by the North-Western Railway, on Thursday
morning, by a special train, in order to be present at. the
banquet to be given on Friday.

His Royal 'Evilness Prince Albert will leave the
Euston station for York, by a special train, on Friday morn-
ing, to attend the banquet to be given by the Lord Mayor of
York.

GRAND PERFORM ANCE OF SACRED MUSIC IN TEE
CHAPEL ROYAL, WINDSOR, BEFORE THE COURT —Ar-
rangements are being made with nearly IUO of the principal
singers of the cathedrals of this country for a grand
performance of ancient sacred music, to take place at the
Chapel Royal of St. George, Windsor, before her Majesty
and his Royal Highness Prince Albert and the distinguished
members of the Court, in the early part of the ensuing month.

THE MARINE SOCIETY.—MUNIFICENT BEQUESTE•
—Yesterday a general quarterly meeting of the governors of
the above incorporated society, founded f. .r the equipment,
maintenance, and instruction of poor and destitute boys for
the royal and Indian navy, merchant service, and the
fisheries, was held at their offices, in Bishopsgate-street, for
general business, John Weld, Esq., in the chair. The
minutes of the past court were read and confirmed. During
the past quarter ninety-five boys had been received on board
the society's ship ; eleven had been sent into the royal navy,
twenty into the Indian navy, and sixty-one into the merchant
service. Since January last 300 boys had been thus pro-
vided for, making a grand total, since the formation of the
institution, of near 50,000 boys. A legacy of 1001. had been
received from the late J. Peacock, Esq., of the London
'Tavern; and during the past year 5001. from the late John
Curteis, Esq., 100/. from Mr. Alderman Lucas, 5001. from Sir
Clifton Wintringham, and 9,908/. 6s. Bd. by John Masser,Esq.,
in the Three per Cents., after his widow. The usual routine
business having been gone through, thanks were accorded to
the chairman, and the meeting broke up.
rKicEuilt'urist, took place, on
ESQ.—The death
of DMEr.AT
Blacker,H OFBtLA agriculturist,
an
Sunday, at his residence in Armagh. Mr. Blacker, while
agent of the Gosford estates, wrote several essays on improved
modes of agriculture. The deceased was in the 75th year of
his age.
RESTORATION OF ST. STEPHEN'S, WALBROOK --
In the prosecution of the repairs of this beautiful church, it
has been discovered that the columns, including their
charming Corinthian capitals, which bad been " church-
wardenised," by repeated whitewashings, without cleansing,
are all of the most exquisitely carved stone. These, with
the shields, palm branches, and roses, in fret work; and the
panels of crochet work, which ornament the unrivalled
cupola, are now fast emerging from the filth which has so
long obscured their beauties; and attract the daily visits of
a great number of architects and persons of taste, who evince
much anxiety in the progress of the restoration. It is ex-
pected the church IN ill re-open before the lst of December.
INFANT ORPHAN ASYLUM —A special general
Court of Governors was held yesterday at the London
Tavern, to receive the report of a committee appointed to
consider the resolution of the 10th of June last, ordering cer-
tain accounts to be prepared and presented. The report
stated that the resolution having been brought forward with-
out notice could nut be legally acted on. The report was
adopted on the motion of the Rev. Mr. Bacon, who, in moving
its adoption, said that charity, not economy, was the first
principle of the institution.

ARRIVAL OF THE IX- QUEEN OF TUE FRENCH.—*
The ex-Queen of the French left Dovtr yesterday morning
at eight o'clock, by express train on the South-Eastern Rail-
way, and arrived in London at half-past ten. Her Maleety
was accompanied by the Duc de Nemours, tho Prince de
the Drichef,se de Saxe Cobourg, the Due de Mar-
mier, and the .13arou de Montesquieu.